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Funeral Of Wilson On
Wednesday Afternoon
Silence and Quiet Keign About the Home Today as PrejH
arations Go on for The Simple Ceremony Vt hen
the Great Chieftain Will he Laid to ltest
toy i no kukiihi rr???)
Washington, Feb. 5. ? A fringe of j
folk on the street before the Wilson i
home waiting to see. the great onea
who caiue and went, and the guard \
of police who turned unnecessary j
traffic from the steep, narrow street. I
alone marked the outward prepara
tionS for the last honors to the dead
War President today.
No marshalling of troops for a !
parade of sorrow was needed, no set-l
ting of lines that thousands might
pass beside his bier, for Woodrow
Wilson will go to his last sleep to
morrow *ln the character in which
death found him, a plain American
citizon, with the days of high place
and high dignities put aside forever.
Before the services at the chapel,
there will be simple rites of thej
Presbyterian Church at 3 o'clock!
Wednesday afternoon in the home
on S street where death found him.
The family services will be held
there and only a few of those
closest to him in life will share it.
To represent the American people
in this brief service, President and
Coolldge will attend. Details of the
home ceremony had nort been an?
nounced today beyond the fact that
Rev. James H. Taylor, pastor of
Central Presbyterian Church where
the former President worshiped in
Washington, and Rev. Sylvester
Beach, in whose congregation he sat
in his years at Princeton, will con- j
duct the service.
.For the rest of the honors to be
rendered a conference at the White
House was required during the day.
President Coolldge calling Secretary
Weeks in after the latter had been
to the S street home to reiterate the
tender of co-operation. i
Roar Admiral Cary T. Grayson
again spoke for the bereaved family,
telling of the desire oT Mrs. Wilson
that the public services be as simple
as possible and her wish that the
casket should rest for a time in the
vault below the great Cathedral that
looms partly completed on the ridge
of hills to the west of the city. There
could be no questioning of her
wishes and it was so arranged, de
spite the very great feeling In many
quarters that a solemn and imposing
public display of mourning shonld
follow the services at the house.
Cemetery Causes
Lots of Argument
* Mayor Breaks Tie And Gate
Is To Be Left Open For
General Use
Sharp division as to the Question
of whether Hollywood Cemetery is,
to he opened to automobiles at all]
times or whether the automobile en- I
trance is to be kept closed at the
discretion of the keeper and City
Manager manifested itself at the ;
Monday night's session of the City i
Cou noil.
Asked why he had ordered the ,
automobile entrance closed recently. (
City Manager Bray represented that ,
it was at the suggestion of the offi
cers of the Cemetery Society, it be- J
ini: their opinion that many automo
biles were using the avenues of the
cemetery merely as driveways and,
_4iuxlivg the winter weather. Cutting
them up so as to render them rough
or even impassable when used for a
funeral. I
Seven members of the Council ,
were present and Councilman Pore
nian. Anderson and Kramer voted ?
against keeping the automobile en
trance closed, while Councilman
Weatherly. Ferebee and Hughes vot- j
ed to let the Cemetery Society con
tinue to regulate the matter as they
mieht desire.
"I don't care,* voted Councilman
Cordon, but Mayor Ooodwln broke '
the tie by votlnic that the automo
bile enframe to the cemetery should
be 1< ept ojx-n.
It was the position of the Mavor
that the city has now taken over the
upkeep of the cemetery, and It I
should accordingly be kept open to
the automobiles and people who de
sire to go In. On recommendation j
of the City Manager the keeper's
salary was Increased to $20 a week.
FIIIKWOHKH OflOIXAXfK
ADOITKD MONDAY MONT
The special committee named at j
the January session of the City i
Council to draft an ordinance as to
the use of fireworks In the cltv, pre- |
sented such nn ordinance at the Feb
ruary meeting of the Council Mon
day night, and It was adopted.
This ordinance Is the result of
dissatisfaction arising from the re- j
moval of all restrictions as to the
selling and explosion of fireworks j
within the city during the last
Christinas season.
There was no vote against the or- j
dlnance. but Councilman' Gordon;
grumbled something to the effect!
that the city was putting more laws I
on Its books than It would Ije able
to enforce.
ONLY GERMANY IS
FAILING TO MOURN
Washington, Feb. 5. ? By
direction of the Berlin govern
ment the G? rman embassy
here has "refrained from mak
ing any display of mourning
for Wood row Wilson. No flag
has been flown over the em
bassy at any time since h's
death although the other em
bassies and legations have all
had their colons at half stair
since the official notification
reached them before noon
Sunday." The secretary at the
German embassy made this
explanation: "The German
government considers the late
Mr. Wilson a private citizen
and therefore has instructed
the German embassy to refrain
from any official display for
mourning."
CITY COUNCIL IN
REPEALING MOOD
'
Given Time to Find Out Ef
fect of Ordinances Recently
Enacted and Perhaps It'll
Repeal All of Them. _
Monday night found the City
Council in a repealing mood when
that body met for its February ses
sion, and petitioners found favor,
I generally speaking, in the Council's
j sight.
The matter of the prohibition
'against screen doors opening on the
street was the first grievance pre
sented to Monday night's session o(
the Council. Various down town
? business men were before the meet
ing protesting against the order of
, the police department that they re
move screen doors such as an* now
opening on the sfdewalk, and peti
tioning the Council that they be per
mitted to retain these doors. Th^
petitioners were of the opinion, in
large number, that extensive remod
eling would be necessary beforo
'screen doors swung on the inside
I could he fitted on their buildings.
However, but for the timely aid of
Dr. Z. Fearing, city health officer,
[apparently the Council would have
[denied the petition and forced the
, remodeling of the buildings. When
I)r. Fearing, however, pointed our.
that if screen doors opened on the
inside all the flies on the door would
be swept into the building, the re
quest of the petitioners prevailed
| and an amendment was add<>d to the
(ordinance as to the opening of doors
|and gates on the sidewalk so as t>
, except screen doors.
Councilman Gordon, who de
j murred at letting down the bars In
| the first place as to screen doors,
(immediately offered another amend
ment which would have excepted
I garAge door* alto, but the amend
ment was lost for want of a second.
The screen door petitioners, hav
ing thus found favor, the corner
j groceries .and fruit and produr.-.
(stands came forward with a petition
asking that the privilege of using a*
portion of the sidewalk to display
their wares be restored to them. Af-J
ter some debate, this petition also
| was granted, the Council passing an
! amendment to the ordinance against
] such use of the street so as to give
I any merchant the right to use two
feet of the sidewalk, either next to
his building or next to the curb fori
(displaying his wares.
"The streets of the city are for |
traffic." said a member of the Coun
cil, "but we permit a man to park (
his automobile on the street and I
| do not see why we should not per
mit a merchant to park Ills cabbago
on the sidewalk."
However, a new ordinance pre- j
(sented bv Attorney Leigh, at the In
stance of City Manager Bray, to the
j effect that skating on the sidewalk
I be prohibited on any block whereon
a majority of the residents petition
the City Manager to stop such skat
ing. failed of enactment. The attl
| tude of the opposition to the pro
posed ordinance was expressed by i
Councilman Foreman: "If folks
can't stand a little noise, what do 1
j they live In town for? Why don't j
[they move out in the country?"
ITNKirW. W. I>. WIIJIAMH
l Tho funeral of W. D. William was
conducted at Mr homo on Maple
[street Tuesday afternoon at 2
! o'clock by H e.v . Danlol l,ano. aftol4
which tho body was takon to thn
family burying ground at nolcroan
for burial.
| . Mr.. Williams dlod Morfday after
noon at 3 o'clock at his home, after
j bolng In falling health for a long
time. Ho was 62 years old and Ih
survived by his wife; one daughter, j
Mrs. T. V. Sexton; four sons, W. D.
I Williams. Jr.. A. W. Williams, Frank
and Walter Williams, and thre.?
grandchildren, all of thla city.
'Man Killed When
Cart Turns Over
' Industrious Pasquotank Far-'
I mer Loses Life In Unusual
Accident
| ? Ml lip n Eason. aged 50 years. was
| caught under the hand-rail of liU
(car! and choked to death before
| daylight Tuesday morning when his
?art slipped over an embankment
[and turned over. He was found at
about 5 o'clock, by Will Rlddlck andi
j another Newland negro whose nam**
lean not be ascertained, pinned be
neath his cart, the hand-rail of|
! which lay across his throat and the
| weight of which had buried his head
tin the mud.
His neck was not broken, accord
ing to County Coroner I. Fearing,
who viewed the body but did not
deem an inquest necessary.
Mr. Eason was probably conscious
for at least a few moments following
the accident. Tor his right hand,
which was free, had threshed about
in the mud as in au effort to free
himself. His left hand, which
grasped his lantern, was caught un
der his body.
The accident occurred about 11
miles from Elizabeth City just this
side of the bridge across the old Dr.
Temple millpond site. Leaving
home, three or four miles from the
bridge, long before daylight with
three slaughtered hogs which he was
bringing to town, Mr. Eason had just
crossed the bridge and had passed
about 20 feet beyond It, on the State:
highway. At this point vehicles had
been driving down the embankment, j
i which has been thrown up to build j
[the State highway, to the old turn
? pike road. It is believed that Mr. |
| Eason's horse started down the em- ]
I bank men t and that? when he. at
tempted to pull the animal Into the]
road, the cart, nearer the edge than,
Mr. Eason had realized, went over J
the side of the embankment and i
turned over.
When the two negroes arrived on !
the scene the horse, entangled in
harness and held on his back, had j
practically exhausted himself by hisi
struggles. Indicating that the accl-|
i dent had occurred some time before
j their arrival.
i Mr. Eason. who Is a brother of
i Walter Eason, foreman of Elizabeth
City's street force, was regarded as
on of the most Industrious farmers
of Newland township. He Is survived1
by a wife and a number of children,!
at least some of whom are grown.
PLAN EXTENSION OF
CERTAIN CITY STREETS
Another meeting of the Council
passed with no definite and flrtal
? stop toward the creation of a City
. Planning Commission Monday night,
I when the City Council refused to
[adopt the City Planning Commission
ordinance framed by City Attorney
Ijelgh, and copicd largely from a
similar ordinance recently enacted
I by the city of Raleigh.
The Council seemed to Incline to
.the opinion that the ordinance dele
gated too much authority to the
commission.
I Having made no arrangements for
jthe active functioning of a City Plan
j nlng Commission, the Council pro
' ceeded to take up for itself the mar
ker of planning for the extension of
.certain streets in the city. Accord
ingly the City Manager was directed
to make a survey looking toward the
| opening of a street over the old
canal south of the new high school
i building from Road street to Water;
to make another survey looking to
the opening of McMorrtne street
: through to Pearl, and a third aur
i vey looking to the opening of Fear
ling street from Persse through to
[the State Highway, which, within
the city limits, hears the na life 'of
'Charles Avenue.
WOODVILLE ROAD OPEN
BUT PAVING NOT DONE
I Hope of Completing the paving of
the road to Woodvllle before spring
! has been definitely abandoned, pav
i 1 11 g operations have been suspend'"!
i and the road has been opened to
traffic throughout its length, with a
gap of 1.100 feet In the paving
! where the State rond Is joined by
the Mt. Hermon brick highway, an I
'with the paving still a mile short of
Woodvllle.
Detours were becoming almost
impassable j,n(j with typical Febru
ary weather on, construction was
impossible. Tt was therefore deemed,
best to open the rond throughout its
length and give ov??r any attempt a'
further construction until w^ath^r
opens In the spring.
i The road wa* accordingly opened
Sunday. Construction on It was be
gun on the last day of August. 1022.
with the expectation of completion
|'fn the early fall of 102.1.
GENER It IS GIVEN
DEATH SENTENCE
Tic A?wl?'.f4 I rtm. '
Moscow, Fell. T> * ? General Pepeli
avev. former Commander of the Si
berian white army, and 20 of his fol
lower* have been sentenced to death
by the military tribunal at Ctyta for
their counter-revolutionary activities
| In Siberia after Kolchak's defeat.
! Fifty-seven others were today given
| prison terms, Pepellayev has askeri
for mercy which It Is thought, may
| be granted.
I
PROFESSOR WINS
BOk PEACE PRIZE
Philadelphia. Fob. 5. ? I>r.
.Charles II. Livcriiiort*, college
professor and author, was yes-,
terday announced as the win
ner of the llok peace prize of
I5A.OOO.
In n teleurani of congratu
lation to him. Edward Bok
said last night he hoped the
Senate would not investigate
the matter.
UTILITIES BEGIN
BRAND NEW SUIT
Meantime Action Brought by
Company in District Feder
al Court Due for Hearing at
Richmond Today.
A brand new suit was Instituted
in the Superior Court by the Eliza
beth City Water & Power Company
in a complaint filed this week by the
utility company at the office of the
l Clerk of the Superior Court. E. L.
! Sawyer.
The case is expected to go to the
.Supreme Court of the I'nlted States.
'If the utility company can get that
I far with it, and It In estimated that
two years will be the shortest pos
sible time in which it can be dia
' pot?rd of.
Meantime the action brought by
| the Electric Light Company in the
District Federal Court was due for
j hearing In the court of appeals at
I Richmond Tuesday, and It Ih figured
that, anticipating the possible loss of
their appeal In this case, the affiliat
ed utility companies have whittled
out a brand new leg to stand on.
The suit is brought on precisely
th? same grounds, practically, as
that Instituted In the Federal courts,
but added to it are the amendments
which the affiliated utilities attempt
led to tack on to their complaint in
jthe Federal Court, In which attempt
i they were denied by Judge Connor,
j As was the case in the previous
I action Instituted by the utility com
pafW, the complaint asks for an In
i junction against the city's selling anv
utility bonds or against its proceed
1 ing to lay mains or to take any steps
! toward the establishment of new
{utilities of Its own.
i The formal complaint is a docu
ment of 11 pages reviewing the his
tory of the privately owned utility
companies now serving the city and
setting forth the grounds for the le
gal action instituted. I
TESTIMONY BEGINS
IN COOPERS' TRIAL
(By The Aiaoetatrd Praia) j
Wilmington, Feb. 5. ? The actual i
hearing of testimony In the trial of
Lieutenant Governor W. It. Cooper!
and his brother, Thomas, on charges I
of conspiracy started in the Fnlte'l
States District Court here today af-l
ter the reading of the Indictment by j
District Attorney Irvin Tucker.
The brothers are charged with va
rious alleged criminal acts In con
nection with failure about a year j
ago of the Commercial National
Hank of Wilmington of which they
were principal officers. Forty-two
Government witnesses were today in
troduced and sworn, Clarence La
tham, State hank examiner, being I
the first to take the stand.
SHOWS SURPLUS FOR
STATE DURING 1923
' Italeigh, Fob. 5. ? Governor Mor
rison yesterday made publlc.A..flnan
clal Rtitoment for the year or 1 fi 2
showing a surplus over operating ex
panses In the general funds of the
State of $422. Of, 79.
ARNSTEIN CONVICTION
CONFIRMED RY COURT
Washington. Feb. f?. ? Conviction
of Jules Nicky Arnsteln and four
i others In 1920 of bringing stolen
Wall stfeet securities to Washington1
for hypothecation iiy local banks was
today confirmed by tin* District of
Columbia court of appeals.
(JOI.I)IK (JIVKN KOI'lt MONTHS
C.ojdie King before the recorder
Tuesday morning on two charges of
being drunk and disorderly, one
charge of assault and one of resist
ing an officer, drew a sentence of 30
days in the County Jail on each
charge, n total sentence of four,
months.
For leaving dead horses on the
clt y's Watershed, Weldon Sutton and
Frank Kason. both colored, were 'In*
off on payment of costs updnr sus
pended sentence of six month* In
Jail.
H. n. Ansnll. for operating a mo
tor car with an open cutout, was
fined |5 and costs.
Ilraxtnn (Rabbit) Barber, colored,
tried Monday on a charge of drunk
nnnnss, of operating a motor car
while drunk, and of Illegal posse? -
slon of liquor, drew fines of $50 snd
costs 'on each of the last two counts
and of $:. and costs on the first.
I it. M. Tinsdale, colored, for as
sault on his wife, Viola, as she lay
j |n bed with her nine-day-old baby
| beside her, was sentenced Monday to
I six months on the roads. He noted
an appeal, but unable to gIVe bond,
, is now locked up In jail.
World Pays Tribute
To WoOdrow Wilson
tNo American President lias Ever Occupied Place in Even
of Nations of World as Tliat Accorded Last War
Leader of tlic United States
n.v D.\VII> t.WVIIKM F.
. . <Co*Tri?h|. 1*24. By Th? Ad??nr*>
Washington, Feb. -I. ? Woodrow Wilson has passed into
history. . - ^ Jf X*
?shed before death's mellowing*
^ratsnCf Rerb,iCanS?"d Dem
oorats, friends and foes noliti
|Cally, unite in recognition of the
i "preme eff?rt made by a leader
|? ",?r,(l th?u?fht to raise th*
1 alky ?f intern?tionnl mor
dp?ihr off"woodmw wTi" yfa" u'?
| anticipated ? evfr ?!!! ! , 138 b' *'"
?ir. ?
I ?? n" "inrhToIuy
capital, the seat nf ? i national
?on"? icrnat?'8t ImHlo, "?drow w""
, h k'no w.r'u! ,r.?r. . ,n ?..t
} praise being Klven . .'P word" of
able spirit even bv then '"domlt
his bitterest \,y ? who were
"?ve made MWPr.d'n T, " ,WOUl 1
tion which he looke.l V v,"d,c?
handii Of posterity ?? u ? at 'hi
extent b,, * '1 h?v" l? an
| ther^ is a nnlf?JHranH bf*Hn ?olve.l
| one tiling? a alncerI?J>Pr<#C!atlon of
and ? loftiness of mn#i ""rpn*e
proclamation of Preside" c??,,h""
was written In ?S.i Coolldce
speeches In the Sen f veJ" Th<
are of similar tenor HoU"'
the crowd q Htiti .. ''air staff,
!tH?Ks3?ws
.h"?rr:' zs.rjrsz. isr*
kSSS::
by regarding h"m \,r,Tl'l'''''>UH "lar"
??
nut the International heroes v? I
is?;? r- ?ta>"r
SS? W S"r"K!
f?! "ttornnro" w*r? carried to the
far corner. of the klobe as the tvV'l
ieaf" 1 ^ "l""'
W.I, on will always' be a Kreitt e r ni a ri
Woodrow Wilson unl'r^TVZ^Z
times -he was the official leader of
<h" 1we"?a,T.dr.f0r^ r^UoT"
S5",V? "" whlih ?rt
bre'i^ow'n^th'e" ? i--wr
Jm?en*?. r?n""01"" ''l? fell,,*
wiien a President dies there are
E?f ~ ? &?
Wblet, t hese"' g'reat'
-?v o^rmw X"
*? ? h.ii In the White Hon*. it.
* rr A""r'?n i".
frb nds. a thorn o"' h*il e,!
hl'i ' spJrlt " T "t lr1r"'""'*?">l<' fl*hl-;
' ? n f*'nr1enti and dnrin ?
iisrss;
f"r the litt I?! , 1 "Vnipathv
?ii . ? . - 11 Kroup who ke?r tho vi J
II nUht and dav for four and 'i half
tnlflft'd an opport unit v. either on n..
A riniMf Ice I)av ceh.?.-?Ji n *"
hlrfhrfau . ''ration or on IHm
oinnday, to renew their , *
'n?te triumph of his Ideals however'
'.r'X.'ir appllcaMon'al
?r?M'?eS HFs?'
'???? flame, the re?dineM to me?t
(FARMERS TOLD ,
ABOUT WEEVIL
Experts* from State Agricul
tural Department Speak al
Court Houtte on (lotion Cul
tivation.
I About 250 of the leading cotton
. farmers of the County were at the
| courthouse Tuesday morning to hear
lectureB on combatting the boll wee
vil by experts from the State Depart -
! ment of Agriculture.
The first speaker, G. M. Garren,
I assistant State agronomist, spoke on
j the "Variety of Seed." and was fol
. }owed_by T. _0 Taylor, a practical
I farmer of Louisiana who is employ
I ed by Itoyster Fertilizer Company in
North Carolina.
Next was a talk on "Methods of
Poisoning the Doll Weevil," by W.
B. Mahee of the State Agricultural
Experiment Station.
The farmers were shown charts
and an actual collection of bugs of
ten mistaken far boll weevils as well
as some of the real boll weevils
themselves. v
They were warned against agents
trying to sell so-called boll weevil
traps or poison and told to get the
Government bulletins and rely on
them for advice und information.
Fertilizers and careful selection of *
seed to promote quick growth and
early maturity of the cotton plant
with the proper cultural methods
were the points especially empha
sized.
I BAD BEANS CAUSED
THE DEATH OF SEVEN
Albany, Ore., Feb. 5. ? Botulinum
poison in home preserved beans
caused the deaths yesterday and to
day of seven persons and affected
three others so seriously that little
! hope is held for their recovery. The
i beans, which had spoiled after hav
ing been preserved, were eaten by
the family at dinner Saturday.
'APPROVE REDUCTION
ON INCOME TAXES
Washington, Feb. 5. ? A 25 per
cent reduction In all personal In
come taxes payable this year was to
day approved by the Republican
ways and means committee.
I?AI<KNT-TKA(WKItft MI)KT
A XI) KNMOV PIjAY CJ1VKN
The Weeksvllle Parent-Teachers'
Association met at Weeksvllle high
school Friday night. ? A committee
was appointed to draft by-laws and
a constitution for the association and
its report at a meeting which will bo ?
held next Friday night. After the
transaction of business matters the
ninth grade presented a playlet, ?
"How Safety First Was - Taught."
This playlet wan one sent out by the
Surety League for the presentation at.
schools and was originally given at
the Weeksvllle High School as a
chapel exercise. It was so well re
ceived however, that it was decide^
to present it at the Friday night
meeting. The playlet was coached by
the ninth grade teacher, Mrs. A. T.
Haley. via ef *.:Jt * ? > v
UNDEHLEIDER DID
NOT APPEAR TODAY
Washington, Feb. 5. ? Because of
misunderstanding as to the hour of
meeting of the Senate oil committee.
Samuel Fnderlelder, head of a Cleve
land brokerage firm, was not present
today and as no Other witnesses had
been summoned further Investigation
of the- naval oil leases was deferred
until Thursday.
TOTTON MARKKT
N'ew York Feb. 5 ? Spot cotton
closed quiet tills afternoon, with a
decline of 35 points. Middling
34,50. Futures closed at the fol
lowing levels: March 34.17; May
34.4 4; July 32.94; October 28.26;
December 28.07.
the end, the conclusion of a period
of nearly three years of almost un
broken silence on public questions, a
dignified attitude toward Mr. Hard
ing and Mr. Coolldge^ not a word of
criticism of them and not an effort
to Interfere In the. congressional con
troversies, It makes the closing
chapter of Woodrow Wilson's life a
vivid contribution to world history.
His forcbea ranee and restraint, his
unalterable vh ws were to the end
maintained. He submitted his case
[.when he left the White House on
March 4, 1921. after eight years of
service. On that record he was will
lYig to depart to eternity leaving 1*.
to the followers who survive to car
ry on the battle for which he gave
his life.