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* THE WEATHER *
* 'Cloudy and colder lo- *
* nifiht. Tuesday unset- *
* lied. Moderate to fresh
\ . and V. E. i rinds.
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* CIRCULATION
Saturday
2.36U ( tiiiies
VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION".
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. MONDAY EVENING, EEBRl ARY IS. l'.?2!.
EIGHT RACES.
NO. 12.
Large Industry Saved
-
By Chamber Of Commerce
Aided Ity E. It. Daniels of W'anclirse, Secretary Joli Rescued
lilt- (?lolie Fisli Company from the (Hutches of Hijrh
FreigKt Hates; Also Greatly Helped Fishermen
One of the city's largest Indus
tri'-s. and on** which links it In way
ot mall and trade with every tishlifi
cent, r on the Albemarle Sound and
its estuaries was saved to the city I
last week through prompt action oil
?tin* jiart of the Elizabeth City Cham
ber of Commerce. ably seconded by
E. It. Daniels of Wanchese.
This Industry was that of the
Glob?* Fish Company, one of. the I
most interesting as well as one of
the largest in the city, and one
I which hits been doing business here
since lull and which last yea r I
shipped flsli from Elizabeth City tol
the value of a quarter of a millio.jl
dollars and did a half a million dol
lar business. K. It. Daniels is pres
ident and founder of this concern.
T.lie factor which threatened the
loss of this industry to Elizabeth
City was a high freight rate. Re
cently a boat line operating between
Dare County and New York made a
rate of $2.00 a box on fish shipment*
| from Manteo to New York" by way
of the Albemarle and Chesapeake
Canal. The rate by way of E'iza
heth City has been $.'1.05 a box. Man
ifestly such a diiierence in rate
would have < nded the shipment of
fish through Elizabeth City and have
forced the (1 lobe Fish Company to
ntove to Norfolk.
This would not only have meant
tin* loss of the Globe Fish Company
to Elizabeth City, but also the loss]
of much trade from Dare County;
| for manifestly the movement of pas-|
senders and mail aQO rreig-ht would
have followed the movement of fish,
and the freight now shipped out of
Elizabeth City to points oil the Albe
marle Sound at a profit to Elizabeth
City Jobbers would have ceased to
move from here and have been dis-J
tributed from Norfolk. Another loss
to Elizab'-th City had the Globe Fish
Company been compelled to move Its
headquarters to Norfolk would' have
be, to t^>- Elizabeth City postoffice,
of which the Globe Fish Company is
j one of the 1:' i":est patrons. Post -
master .1 A. Hooper says that 1 1? ? *
loss of the Globe Fish Company's
mail would have meant reducing
Elizabeth City frcm a postoffice of
the first to a postoffice of the second
class.
Realizing th<- gfcavltvof the sltua-j
f Ion when it was put before him hv
Mr. r>:? ni? 's. Secreturv Job wen*
with M . TVrnk'U ti? Norfolk anl|
thriv the two w?nt Into conference
with E. 1>. Kyle, vice-president of
the No i ? "1 ic Sou t her i .Jillrond, wUh
J. \V. Nfwby, t.- -'leral agent of th- j
Oh? n< minion Steamship Conmanv.
and with representatives of the N.
Y., I*. & N. Through thes*' confer
ences arrangements we're completed
wherebv fish shipments may nor
move by freight from Wanchese
through Elizabeth Citv to Norfolk
and then by the Old Dominion line
to New York, and by the N. Y.. I'.
& S. to Philadelphia, at a lower rate'
than that offered by the all-water
route to New York.
This prompt action on the part rf
Secretary Job for the Chamber of
Commerce is m.t only of first im
portance to Elizabeth City for reas
ons set forth in the foregoing para
graphs. but it is also of immense ad
vantage to fishermen, who. In ship
ping their fish, as is their custom,
by prepaid freight, will find that it
means to them a saving of more
than $1.00 a box, increasing the net
amount, therefore, on each box by
that amount. When it is remem
bered that between 15,000 and 20,
000 boxes of fish are shipped annu
ally by the Globe Fish Company, and
that thousands of boxes in addition
to these are shipped direct to North
ern markets through Elizabeth City
by sound fishermen, it will be seen
that the new freight rate secured
will put something like $25,000 a
year in the fishermen's . pockets.
The Globe Fish Company, by tin
way, is the largest fish concern hi
the Slate and one of the largest >|
the South. It operates several lines
out of lClizabeth Citv. serving Wan
ehe ?, Manns Harbor, S'utnpy I*olnt.
Mashoe> , Hodanthe. Hatt - ras. i nd
other communities on "the Hanks."
The vessels used in freight and pas
Heng'?r sep ire are the la r ? ' ? gas
boats, the Jlattie Creef. the E. II.
1) 'iil? is and the I'ompano, and 11"
schooner Flossy Miilr.
Havf:, ejtnbll-h. .1 the Globe Fl ?
Company here ami being Interested
In Elizabeth City through the fact
that it Urn b< en fa ??? t hat hi? has
formed bfs business associations as
well as through the fict that, his tW)
sons. John P. Daniels and A. H;iti
lels, vice-president and secretin -
treasurer, respectively. cf the diet"
Fish Company, hav" their hone
here. E. Daniels 'ras averse tr?
the Idea of having to niove his plant
t.i Norfolk and was appreciative ?f
t!w r. operation given him by Secre
tary Job in the successful effort to
mil" it possible to keep it in Eliz
fclWh ('it ?. .
The movement ef fish f ttr the
season Is ! ist beginning and between
now and May 1 will be brisk. For
the convenience of fishermen, the
Norfolk Southern, beginning probab
ly this week, will bperate a fish
freight between here and Norfolk.!
leaving Elizabeth City at 5:T,0 a. m.
Still a Few Seats
For Plays Tonight
Carolina Playrr.akers Just
Visited New Bern And
Pleased Audience
The curtain will rise tonight at
>8:15 at tlu? A1 Urania Theater on
the Carolina lMaymakers. There
are still a few seats left and they
may be secured at Selig's until the
, store clcses.
The l'layiuakers are just from
New Hern ami this is what the New
Bcrnlun had to say of their perfor
mance in that city:
"A crowd that filled every seat
in the Mascaic, greeted the annual
i appearance of the Carolina Play
makers in. three one-act plays here
last night. Their bill was easily
the best that a N w Hern audience
has had the pleasure of witnessing.
1 he plays were remarkably well
written and the arrangement of the
program ideal.
"AJiss Frances Gray, who appear
ed in* t lie role of the wife of the ten
ant farmer, principal in Krma
Grten's "Fixin's" a powerful bit of
tragedy, and George Denny, a vet
eran of the troupe. In the clever
'.comedy, "uaius and Gains Jr..*'
captivated the audience with their
remurka.)ly finished acting. Their
wcvk brought out effectively truly
dramatic fibre that runs through
these fascinating North Carolintf
plays.
That doesn't mean that "The
Black Roost* r," I'earl Setter's play,
was not typical of the playmaker
calibre. It* bad its place on the
program, but was sacrificed to an
ex;, nt j?- the opener. "Fixin's"
ana "Gains niul Gains Jr." simply
overshadowed it.
"Fixin's" presented the conflict
between a woman's passion for the
beautiful in life and desir? of a
g.asping. ignorant man for the
purely material. The story was
highly developed and required nat
ural ability to be successfully por
tiayed. Miss Gray had that.
"In the concluding comedy was
given a delightful picture of the
typical Southern plantation ho:u? of
the fifties and here Gaiu^ M :;y i**ld,
courtly old aJri-stC'gtyit of the age,
was presented in a delii lit f illy hu
morous story George Uenpy inter
preted this part with great skill"
IN COl'ItT MONDAY
Henry Hecks'.all, colored, for
illegal posessfdn of liquor was fined
$25.00 and cc/.-ts in police court
M .in day.
Four negro defendants, members
of the "Church of God and Saints of
Christ," w? re fined $1.00 and costs
cach lor running a fence on Sunday.
The defendants were F. W. Smith,
John Willard, Matthew Wlllard and
Lee Lassiter. Smith was pastor of
tin' "Church of God and Saints of
Christ," and he and his brethren ap
peared before the recorder aft< r
spending the night in Jail because
they refused to give bond for their
appearance Monday morning.
NON-MEMHES BANKS
MUST PAY IN CASH
Washington. Feb. IX.- Federal
llescrve banks act In- ?? m collecting
banks must require non-member
banks to pay in caih or Its equiva
lent checks drawn upon them r s:e
cept the liability in case other f<v .??
of settlement prove wi.rthb > 'be
Supreme Court ruled todav in ibe
case brought by tit" Federal I: . ?
Bank of Richmond agalnsi Mali";
Brothers.
NEW OYMNASIUM
CONSTANTLY I SI P
The opening of the new High
School has ndd* d to the KyuiUiisiunt
f qilipniMiU Of FIlKabet h < ity quite
m. l<>r!ali>i Jjut this iquiphi mu i*
' e ng uvljfzori on uri averag ? of per
hap more than ten bout.1, .? dev.
\ ; fymtia turn sit the n w High
School building Is In almost, c m
p' .at use thnaghoiit th" sehool day
and al o^ is used 5' (if practice gam ?
in i he cv ning.
.' t ', ?? > time t ho ('immunity
Bnlldhi*: ni i labium i. r :
: r. t f * Vt I ? - tV" it -s: ??
h? h It w.is the ontv pine;- f .? . High
School basket ball practice and
H^Tch :?:? k . si.,' , i; _v He ?e.:* j ?
tewt b > ? ftoV it slim ,t oli re<4
ular schedule as well as the High
H^foool basketball teams which wish
t' practice while other high school
teams are tiling the high school
gymnasium.
Crossing t lie street safer than ,
double crossing a friend. ,
TWKIA'E PERSONS ABE
KILLED IN EXPLOSION
<3* Th* Prrtt)
Frith. Fn^land. F??b. IS. ? Kiev* n
vitiiu-n and one man ww k i ? ? ? ?.! in
an explosion hero today which f>!
lowod ih?* outbreak of fire i:i .1 cart
ridge Ailing factory.
SEN \T()|{ GIILKNE IN
SEIUOIS CONDITION
Washington. Feb. is. ? Senator
<tr*M?n?' of Vermont. victim ol a pro
hibition chase;last week in the shad
ow of th*? capital, remained in n' se
rious condition all niuhi.
MAM FANATICS ARE
KILLED IN BATTLE
'B? Th? Miixiitrd PuMl
Manila.- Feb. is. ? Nine constabu
lary soldier* and ::5 r. liuicus fana
tics w -re kilU-d in a iigilt at lialte.
Amman Province. according to a
constabulary report received here.
Several other fanatics vvi re wound
ed.
MILLER SAYS BONUS
ESTIMATES Jl GGLED
New York. Feb. IS. Thomas \V.
Miller, alien property custodian, in
an address here last night declared
that high Treasury officials juggled
the bonus estimates In 'order to de
ceive the people. M? lion di ni?-d the
charm's.
FARMER KILLED AND
ins buggy smashed
UalolKh. Feb. 1?. A. \V. Wll
Hams, farmer, was killed y? sterday
when an auto collided with his bu^
nv :;n d tlu? abutt of the bUggy
pierced, bis chest. I
OLGA MORTON FOUND
BOUND AND LAGGED
N \v Yorl:. F-.-b. is Oi;:i Mor
ton-was boiii. I and <'. in her
apartment yenter day. ma'.ir the
second such case in N? w York in a
few days. She \ 1 viv. d. how
ever. \
IIOMK IS KNTIKELY
DKSTKOYIW BY I I UK
The hone ? t WlHIa Carter. col
ored. coiner of Uurj.?:?s and Hnilicy
8tr?'<.''s w:is entirely destroyed by fin
Monday morning r t ?? '.0 o'clock and
very little of th- furniture was
sav<d. 'I lie d a ? 1 1 ; i was abou'
$7r,i). The ii >1.10 of fU-r.r ? Held,
colored, n? vt door was al 1 par?l>
burned. The dam? was about
.5-""* Th?* lire tompftny > called
by .in ill. 1 : 1 from I'.. \ Si. but t: e
fir- ?' ?!: d already ::ui crn? id? table
t?oadv. wb ?? ?'v '<lavm w >s giwri.
The origin of the fire Is not known.
Hi" los> ,vi w? partly cow-red by 11
su ranc".
Saturday morning at 10:30
o'clock the fire comp tny answered a !
Mill alarm and- found the fire at tie ,
tor-' <?! \V. I' Williams Wat# r ;
street. Th" damage was about $10.
ItCCHKlr TirtF.S SHOW
i\( HK\si;i) i>ii<>m<rio\
Akron. Feb. IS - An increase in
production hc-re has b ought tic*
lir. output to iOO.OOO casings a day,
the highest point in several months.
An Inrrei.- in demand for ball u.*a
tires has followed a cut of ir? t > 2<?
per rent In price by the Firestone
Company.
When they burled the hatchet in
Europe they left the handle sticking
out of the ground.
SECRETARY OF NAVY
DENBY HAS RESIGNED
77th
Thomas A. Edison celebrated his
seventy-seventh birthday the other
day by working in his Newark,
X, J., office as usual.
His Resignation Promptly Accepted By
President Following Telephone Conversa
tion In Which All Latest Aspects of The
Situation Are Discussed
Washington. Felt. Ui. Kdtvin Di-nliy today
as Secrt'lary of llic iNavy anil his resignation was acrcpled.
Nix decision followed "i
telephone rouvmalioit with
I'li^idrnl < in which
all llit* lalot aspect* ??f the
situation were talked ?>ver in
I In* light of informnliuii
passed on to the Vi liite
House l>y Republican leaders
in the Senate.
After having repeatedly d?
elared that he never would qu't
under fire of those who have
criticised his part in the oil
leasing program, the Sec ret a rv
notified Coolidge this morninj*
that he was ready to step out.
Not only is Denby party to
the oil leases, having alfixed his
signature along with that of
Fall, hut he repeatedly has de
fended his part in the proceed
ings and has declared publicly
since the present controversy
arose that he believed the con
tracts legal and world !?? will
ing to pursue the same course
again.
't has been pointed out to the
President that it might appear
inconsistent to have a member
of the adinini (ration holding
these views remain in office
while the administration itself
through its counsel was moving
in the courts to annul the leases
on thf! .ground that they were
made without authority of law.
Roosevelt Vi ill Sti-.y
Washington, Feb. li<. ? Theo
dore Roosevelt, Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy, announced
after a half hours conference
with President C'oolidge today,
that he would not resign as the
result of the retirement of Den
by.
"I have just been to see the
President and 1 am not resign
ing," he said.
I .eg u I Machinery Iteudy
Washington, Feb. IS. ? Or
ganization of the legal machin
ery to handle the oil lease sui's
was today completed by the
Senate's conlinuation of Owen
Roberts of Philadelphia "?
cial Gc. u nrr.-nt council.
TAIO'v? ,"??(! ItH NHS Ol' COTtOX
)IAKK l?.\l K SAYS ( <? IIT
Atlanta Feb. IS F v? hundred
1-1 f < ?!?:>? ? *11 t'llv JI bale,
r,if ;.n ipiiiuo court Iiuh ruled In
:t i-.i ? brouvh.t by ;? local bank, in
whlc'.i It w <lalmcd wareho'iis? re
r.jpi t'jvMi ;? 'roiJalefftl were for
?.'??? In quantities I' jw than
it pound*. whteb "ih? trade is ac
ru tntned to HiiHpeo.t."
\l I IN' It i: ASK IN HAI/K
i.i I ARMIMi IMI'MCMKN'TH
?. o, j? it F.-lJ. tR ? 3aUs of
, n? rffiiHonic -n t.* in Louisiana, Mla
? .j.i an I ftn*t Texan sin* only
fiv j it cent ahearl of ln*t
Thh h iv beett disappointing
jffr ? of Tom 2$ t?. "0 per
it v.
i oiTon MAItKKtr
N't ? York, Feb. IS Hpot cotton
at; , ,i m .h i tM* afternoon, deellnttfl!
1 1. ' V ^dii' ? ??? ?, '?
. , ], f.(I ?t the following |eV?l*'.
m , : i -j *1 , M \ 3b 50 ; .1 illy
( tober 2fl,53j December
26. tO.
\. w York, r< b . 1* C ( Aon fa
I opened this morning nt the
(olloirlnK 1<\ t?: M?nh Sl.SR;
M?> ai.lR: 30. HO; Ortolier
27. 35; l>fce!mber 26.V;S.
KEKTII.IZLK STATUTE
IS DKCLAKKI) V ALII)
\\ .1 hiugt,on, Feb. 18? The North
Carolina statute regulating suits for
damages resulting from the use of
fertiliz* r* was today declared valid
and constitutional by the Su;?rt ni<?
i nf in the brought by Ulch
?> ? d ton? claiming that fertilizer
purchased . from the Union (Itr.inS
V. i.panV t outlined a substanc
harmful to tin- growth of tobacco.
.lones sou gilt to re c.over damages
1 ?; ? I *. ? Nirth Carolina courts dis
n:i<e' d the suit on the ground that
he fulled to comply with section
?1607 of the consolidated statuteH re
gulating the bringing of damage
pull* arising out of the use uf fotf
t ilizers
WAK l)EHT POLICY
KEM AIMS UNCIIANCE!)
We llington. Feb. IS ? The Amer
ican Government's war debt policy
i .oainej unchanged today after a
confer' m*ec of the American Debt
t mi mission which failed t<t act on/
the proposal* that debtor . govern
?" "t ?? reirtinded again that 'the
1'nited States is awaiting funding
pr opo sa Is.
A(ihl) Jl IX;K K I LI. K.I)
IN I I IK COLIM aoor.i
Lincoln, Neb. Feb. IS William
.Morning, veteran district Judge, was
i y n'^ot and killed in li is eourt
i ). ? in by Wallaco Wallick. who In
turn sh.?t and killed himself. The
judge was thot through the heart.
Few like work herainc
th?Ti? nre so many c/ihcr things to
do.
Exclusive View
Thle la an exclusive view of the fnmous Harvard University "Preal
dentlal Chair," uaed by preside nta alnc? 1737. It waa photographed
recently (or tha Aral tlma. ll la used only on Commencement Day and
then taken bacfc In vault.
Hero To Give Aid
To The Cripples
Paul J. Ransom, assistant ? super
visor of vocational rehabilitation,
will arrive Wednesday at noon and
remain in the city throuuh Thurs
day.
.\ir. Hansom comes to aid tie
cripples of this County who arc- de
pendent on others for support and
can be seen :>t any time during his
stay in the office of Mrs. Anna la-w
it at the Cha'niher of Commerce. II"
represents one of t ):<? bureaus of
public instruction and his work is to
turn the liabilities of the commun
ity Into assets by furnishing tile
Cripple wlili a business or vocational
training and replacing- the missin.u
limb with an artificial < tie, making
th ? man or v.i;in:ui m If ^'ippftrtinu.
Several iii? n arid women o! this
''I'lin ty h ?' vo already be.-n aided by
this department and p'ac. 1 l?v them
!n a ?. 'fitio.i which enabled tinm to
m.-l- a livelihood.
l ii ?"? bure.-'u is not for the aid < f
di:;abl- d ddi-TH. but i rtrictly for
civili-.Mi of the Stat'-.
O.KOM1N V MKUCUANTS
TO YlKKT \T |(Al.i:i(;U
Statesville. X. C. Feb. 18. ? Final
Ic-rt'-is hav?? been sent out to '.he
i "i?m'?i of the Vorth Carolina M? r
chant*' \s -.rt-iar on cnllin;* their at
tention to I ho midyear meeting that
will he hejd at th- Sir Walter Hotel
in R,i>ftfh en February r??. it w,u<
; :i iMi itiml C .lay at t|f ?adcjtiafters
af the ;i oHation here. The n?e? r
i ri ir will rom-hine binhn ?? and plea
.niit'. it wa sa!d. and entertiinment
lor the guests after t Ijc* .business ses
sion iy eomplett d has le .-u provided
for. ' ? i
Tlv principal speaker of the .meet
ing will be Irving S. Paiill. of Wash
ing!. >n, 1>. c . Chief of the Dr.mestic
Cumn'rrre Division o! the Iiepart
ir.ent of Commerce. ,\tr. Paull !?<
jalfl t i he one of the best informed
nun on the subject r?f retail di-trf
l-'ifieu in the world, lie was the
arfiv< head of the C</ngre?Hiona I
Commlnsion that tnadp an investi
g;*t<m of the retail distribution of
t!" entire < antry for ihe govern
ment. He al.-'o erved with the Joint
cammiltt ' of the Commission of
Ar.r: ultural inquiry.
The gey.--.ion will open with a lun
cheon at the Sir Waller Raleigh at
yne o'clock Wednesday February
:: i wh ej some prcininent speaker,
will address the members.
,u;i:n soi dikk kills
WO I II K l< 1NMATK
N:is!ivlll?. !?%???. is Dr. T.
Phlrkinr:. ;i : ? -?1 fl. Illlllltlc of till'
Onf <!? . Horn* Im i-4 . pfobahlv
will not survive Ills injuries In stMii'l
I -Ma i for <1. \V llamhy, ue <1
f*T. p1?'? n f it in ? * ' ? of t!'f? h'nno.^jji
a qonml y< Mt? rday ov?r ni Initio" .i
wJitriow.
iniK TO I "ILK STMT,
INCOMK TWKS NOV.
1 x Tho llmi' for
Qlinu Slat'' l!?ooin?- t. \ ?rt-furns i\
??irc - ? llfiftf i month rttli! tlioyn who
h" . r. -t i- . v It hi' c law 1 JU>n
u. ? u subjrrfc t '* h n nalty of flVo
:>> r jit vlth a irinlmum "f M.flli
. I Jx pi i <'t?nt wlvlch wHl
ar? i Ma.ch 1 "? mxt. according
J It. A. I )o II L.}?t ill j?: Mr 'if
V v<fnnr? of tli* S t : 1 1 * ? of North
oin:?.
l,a * w?r tllC offlrr; wo.'i- rtis'l'M
Si I "H fit - > 'I i II ? ):?? I i ?? - ' i) ? ' ' '
, :? -onoT Don -
ton. \ !h r-.M 'vlfo wait- d illtll t ??
' ? ' ' : ?? ? j i r - ?" i'mm! t I:iw
? > r- th< i return;. ! h '!onitnix*
, ? i< ?? in bnipeM that if'i n'<urr<n
' *ri"> *??? avoided ha? "?ii|?loy?d
;i*l. ? W ra < fx of r-1<-rU^ - i-l I i"
? Jill iri nidlnic it. ? public In
. it 1* ?? r' twr?>< Kroin now
??!? | y : r h 15 i.Iia of < of thj
vr' :\" i)< i>artm<" t w'll toe oj" i la
tli? Agricultural Building and tli *?
puhll*' f* nr^of! to mak?' out It* lax
return a Immediately.
Rumor Muy< n movli- mar will
m firry i frfend'H huibnml. l) ?n't
K?t mad. She may be doing th'?
frhnd n favor. f