Mrs. \\ Uley BntrrUtliu
Mrs. Mae Willey wax hostess
Thursday night at a Washington
sewing party at her home on West,
Main street from 8 to 11 o'clock
ladies of the various departments of
of the store of McCabe & Grice be
ing the guests. The hostess serv-|
ed two courses. The favors were
red cherries and yaupon green tied
with red ribbon. Those enjoying'
Mrs Willey's- hospitality were; Mes
dames H.'C Grice, A. H. Haskett.
Sprigs Brent. L. M. Rodgers, J.
Burrows. D. White, Misses Mildred
Pritchard. Dell Fearing. Mary Lee
Long, and Neva Owens.
Mr?*. Ciilbert Kiitertains
The George Washington idea and
color scheme was beautifully carried
out by Mrs. Oliver Gilbert at herj
home, 403 Pennsylvania Avenue,;
Friday afternoon when she was hos
tess to the bridge club of which she
is a member. The attractive home
was festive in potted plants, carna
tions, gay flag favors, and tallies
with red. white and blue ribbons.
Bright red cherries were used in th*i
punch. A blue and silver vase was
won as club high score prize by Mrs.
Edward Hughes, while the club boo
by prize went to Mrs. Carl Blades.
She received a dainty vanity case.
Mrs. L. E. Skinner won as visitor's
prize a box of stationery and Mrs. J.
Kenyon Wilson received a beautiful
oriental basket of rose leaves in
which there was a bottle of perfume.
After the game a delicious salad
course was served. The .visitors of
the Club were Mesdames A. L. Pen
dleton, Harold Overman, C. B. Mor
risette, Sidney Etherldge, W. H. Jen
nette, Kenyon Wilson, and L. E.
Skinner.
Ixnely Card Party1
A lovely card party carrying out
the George Washington birthday
idea in decoration was given by Miss
Frances Purvis at the home of Mrs.
L. E. Skinner, 221 North Road
street, Friday evening. Quantities of
r*-d carnations and sweet peas were
used with a background of American
flags. Favors of little hatchets and.
cherries made attractive mementoes
of the occasion. A box of powder
was won by Mrs. Joe Pinner, while
Victor Hooper won a necktie. During'
the evening a salad course with cof- |
fee was served, the hostess being as- 1
Bisted by Miss Mary Louise Skinner)
and Miss Katherine Skinner. Those i
enjoying the evening with the hos- 1
tess were: Mr. and Mrs. Joe Pinner. ]
Mr. and Mrs. William Weatherly,
Jr., Misses Lucille LeRoy. Olive I
Wood. Aleene Ed wards. Nettle
White, Lescelles Griffin, Paulino
Skinner. Messrs. William Galther.
Victor Hooper. Albert Gard. Lesliel
Belan.ua, John Pinner, and Dr. John
Bell. i
Presbyterian Social
The Presbyterian social Thursday
night &i the home of Rev. and Mrs.
Frank H. Scattergood was thorough
ly enjoyed by between 35 and 40
people. The pastor was in Chinese
costume, consisting of beautiful bro-i
csded 1av??nder silk pantaloons with |
black silk jacket. Only the queue
was lacking, but the guests were told
that queues were out of date. On
the walls of the living and dining
rooms were placards witli Chinese
numbers at the top. These letters
which, when correctly assembled. |
spelled events for which February is i
famous. Next, papers were given
out with the word Washington as1
number one. Each person was asked
to write underneath what the word I
reminded them of. and so on
throughout the list of 25 numbers.)
The reading of these lists caused
much merriment. Alvln Haley read :
two humorous selections as only he
can. He added much to the pleas
ure of the evening. Ice cream and
cake were served.
Personals
Mrs. D. Walter Harris and daugh
ter, Miss Rdt lr**H arris, were at Nor
folk Thursday to attend The orgTTfT
recital at .-jJDpworth Methodist
Church by th$ fartiBiis French or
ganist Marcel I)upre, of Notre Dame
Cathedral.
Miss EloiaeffWpper <rf Norfolk is
UMj. guest of Miss Mattel Bright at
her home, 100 Matthews street.
Mrs. James Seattle of Baltimore
is the guest of Mrs. A. B. Houtz at
her home 6 Matthews street.
Jesse Livermore May Be
A Witness Before Senate
He Was Sinclair's Broker in 3tock Deal to Finance Teapot
Dome Development and if Sinclair Can't Tell Senate
All it Wants to Know Perhaps Livermore Tail
lly ROIIEHT T. S.MALI,
Copyright. 1924, ky Tht Advartca
New York, Feb. 23. ? Jesse livermore, of Palm Beach anil
Wall Street, who recently "unloaded" on the New York stock ex
changes and sent prices tumbling in the most sensational decline
of the year, let it be known that he thought the oil disclosures at
Washington might have the effect of undermining confidence in
the government.
It now develops that Liver
more was the "Wall Street op
erator" who handled the Mam
moth Oil stock for Harry F.
Sinclair when Mammoth Oil
was organized to take over the
operation of the lease granted
to Sinclair on the Teapot Dow
naval reserves.
Mr. Llvermore knows more oer
haps about the flotation of this stock
and the arrangements back of it
than any other person In the world
except Mr. Sinclair himself. It may
be, therefore, that Mr. Llvermore
will b?> summoned from Palm Beacn
to Washington to give the. details of
the various transactions, unless Mr.
Sinclair 1s able to supply the oil in
vestigating committee with all the
Information I? requires.
Mammoth Oil was put over on the
market with little or no excitement.
Some persons are credited with hav
ing mad*> millions of dollars out of
the attending rise in Sinclair Oils,
but the money was made quietly out
of newly created values and there
was no "holler" In the Street b"
cause there was no squeeze and no
one was hurt.
Far more spectacular and Inter
esting from the public point, of view
was Ltvermore'a handling of Piggly
Wiggly stock for Clarence Saunders,
of Memphis, Tennessee, head of the
company operating the chain stores
throughout the country. The deal
broke Saunders buf this was not the
fault of Llvermore. It is said in
Wall Street that If Saunders fol
lowed the advice of his broker he
would have been many times a mil
lionaire today.
Hearing that certain brokers In
the Wall Street district were driving
the price of I'lggly-Wlgglv down by
"going short," or acreelng to deliver
the stock at prices below that quot
ed on the stock exchange, Mr. Saun
ders. as head of the company, start
ed out to "corner" all outstanding
stock so that when the "short" brok
ers were called upon to deliver they
would have to pay any price that
Saunders demanded.
Saunders called In Jesse Llver
more to handle the deal for him and
before very long the price of I'lggly
Wiggly began to skyrocket. When It
reached a certain figure Llvermore
advised his client to take hi prof
md sell out. launders thought h
knew more about the Wall Street
game than his wily broker, so Llv
ermore la aald to have wlthdrawu
from further transactions. Then
came the crash. Trading was stopped
'and an arbitrary price was placed on
the delivery contracts. The man
from Memphis who boasted that he
nad beaten Wall Street at its own
uame, found he could not handle th?
immense amount of stock he had
bought and his personal fortune,
made out of building Piggly Wiggly,
was wiped out in the ensuing settle
ments.
On the famous Wilson peace note
leak during the war. Li verm ore is
credited with having gone JJO.OOO
shares short on certain "war bride"
stocks and to have cleaned up more
than $1,000,000.
The brokers say it If* because Wr
ermore bar been "rlr;ht" on so tnauy
bin stock market deals lately thr.t
he has obtained such a following in
the Street- a following which appar
ently can "crash" the market one
way or the other at will. Whether
Llvermore sitnplv guesses right, or
whether he has had some "pipe line"
into real sources of information as
to developments likely to affect the
market. Wall Street apparently does
not know. Nor does It seem to care.
Wall Street really, likes Hie ? l?-in? nt
of uncertainty about llvermore. ^
j Traders never know whether he Is
operating for himself alone or for a
syndicate. The effect of what he
says or Is reported to be doing Is the
same.
An office boy at $3 a week not so
many years ago. Llvermore today Is
credited with vast riches. His home
is a modest quarter of a million dol
lar affair out at Great Neck, Long
Island. The young broker owns an
emerald for which he paid almost as
much as for the house. Speed boats
are his hobby. He will pay almost
any sum for a speedier one. Most of
the Wall Street men of Llvermore's
.class get their speed fromVaee hors
es. Th<- racing bug has not yet bit
ten the "boy wonder" but it may get
him any day.
Meantime if he cares to express a
view on the market, all of the pa
pers In New York city will open wide
their columns and the stock tickers
will quit sending quotations to re
port some passing Llvermore re
mark.
| It Is a strange influence that Llv
ermore wields, but he will continue
an Influence so long as he guesses
right or outguesses the other fel
lows. And the Wall Street system
Is such that one man's whims, or one
man's thoughts, can affect the secur
ity values of millions of American
cltisens. Many men have tried to
Agure out a market place which
would not be so sensitive, but so far
Wall Street has resisted all attempts
at a change.
Breaking the Memorable News to the World
Tou recall the recent resignation of Secretary of Navy Edwin Denby? It w at brought to you In thin wny:
Denby called Washington newspai>er men Into hi.s office and read them his resignation, as thu pholoi;iai>b
ahowa. Then this handful of men scattered and zip! the word was flashed around the utobt," e
N KWS FROM ( AMDKN
Camden, February 23 ? Worth;
Bargley Council No 60, Junior Order,
United American Mechanics, pre-]
sen ted a Bible and an American I
flag to Belcrirsa High School Sun
day afternoon. The Bible was pre- j
Hinted by Rev. E F. Sawyer and the
flag was presented by T. J. Mark- ,
ham. A large number, of Juniors;
motored from Elizabeth City and ,
a number from Shiloli attended.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Tarklngton .
spent Sunday night with Mr. O'ar
kington's parents at Belcross.
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Seymour mo- j
tored to Xorfc.k Sunday h to visit |
Mr. Seymour's sister, Mrs. Claud
Gregory. i
Miss Dorothy Upton spent the
week end in Norfolk with friends.
J. E. Jordan passed through Cam
den Thursday on his way to Eliza
beth City.
1 George Stevens, son of Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Stevens, is attending
College at Kansas City, Mo.
The people of Camden are mak
ing great improvements on the court
house.
Charlie Berry and Kenneth Jones
have returned home after a short
visit to Florida.
I. M. Meekins of Elizabeth City
' and New York visited Camden Siyi
! day.
Preston Cuthrell has purchased
a new Ford touring car from
Auto & Gas Engine Works.
; Miss Annie Bell Wood of Wood
vine, was the guest of her brother,
|F. P. Wood, Sunday.
E. R. Johnson o-f Currituck was
j In Camden in the interest of hard
surfaced roads Monday.
i P. H Williams and H. G. Kramer
! motored to Camden on business
Monday.
i Mr. and Mrs. C. G. Etheridge have
: recently received quite a number of
I very pretty rhode island chickens.
It. L. Whaley of Hastings Corner
j passed through Camden Monday go
? i ii k to Elizabeth City.
i Mr. and Mrs. C N. Jones of Eliza
j beth City were the guests of his paY
| ents Sunday.
, F. P. Wood motored to Elizabeth
! City on business Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Newbern
passed through Camden Tuesday
j motoring to Elizabeth City.
Aionzo Burgess has been quite ill
? with rheumatism but hopes to be
[out real soon.
H G. Berry went to Elizabeth City
j on business Tuesday.
W. J. Morrisette has planted
about seventy barrels of Irish pota
| toes.
AI. D. Stevens, postmaster at Cam
i den. motored to Elizabeth City on
! buftnnsr.* Wednesday.
C. C WM on of Old Trap has pur
rhffd a new Jitney body for bring
ing passengers from Old Trap to
| Camden.
W. J. Morrisette motored to
Elizabeth City Wednesday on busi
ness.
j Mrs. Clyde Etheridge and Mrs.
I Freshwater Wood motored to Eliza
j beth City Wednesday shopping.
I Mrs. Jennie Morrisette was in
I Elizabeth City this week visiting
I friends.
F. P Wood and C. G. Etheridge
motored to Elizabeth City Wednes
day on business.
Gram Sawyer of 'Shiloh was In
Camden Wednesday.
Jim Davis of Mildam passed
through Camden Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Mack Whaley of
Hastings Corer came through Cam
din Wednesday on their way to
Elizabeth City.
Mrs. Cora Hoggard and baby of
Norfolk are spending this week
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.
C. Jones.
Clyde Eetheridge motored to
Belcross Wednesday to fix a broken '
car.
Mrs. G. P. Wood went to Norfolk!
Thursday to spend a few days with
her brother, Alvln Griffin.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Etheridge mo
tored to Elizabeth City Thursday.
Mrs. F. C. Cuthrell and son Ralph
Cuthrell of Klizabeth City motor
ed over to their old home In Cam
den Thursday.
M. D. Stevens went io Elizabeth
City to purchase merchandise for
his store Thursday,
Mr and Mrs. J. E. Upton of Elis
abeth City spent the day with Mr.
and Mrs. H. W. Upton Thursday.
W. D. Stevens of Bhlloh was In
Camden Thursday on busiriess.
The people of Camden are begin
ning to plant potatoes, peas and
beet*
Rev. (Jco. F. Hill, rector. Sexa
gesinia Sunday. Sunday school and
adult Bible classes 9:45 a. 111. Morn
ing prayer and sermon 11 a. 111. Ev
ening prayer and sermon 7:30 p. m.
You are invited to worship here.
MKTHOD1ST
First Methodist
H?'V. N. tt. I). Wilson, D. D.. pas
tor. Sunday school. Mr. J. A. Hoop
er. superintendent. 9:30 a. m. Ep
worth League, ?:45 p. m. Worship
with sermon by the pastor. 11a. ni.
land 7:30 p. in. Morning subject:
"How to Hear." Evening sermon
by Presiding Elder ? B. Culhrath
The public is cordially invited and
til? membership of the congregation
earnestly urged to attend all ser
vices. The musical program for the
day is as follows:
Morning.
Prelude, (organ) Andantino ( Le
inake).
Anthem, "The Lord Is My Light"
(Ash ford).
Offertory, organ, Improvision on
An Old Hymn.
Anthem, "A Morning Prayer"
(Ash ford).
Evening.
Prelude, organ, Plere (Devndi.
| Anthem. "Sing lTnto God" (Wil
| son ) .
I Offertory, organ. Offertorie |n <;
(Loud ?.
Anthem, "No Shadows Yonder'
(Caul).
| Postlude.
City IUmmI Melhoilist Episcopal
Rev. Daniel Lane, pastor. Sunday
I school at 9:30, O. F. Seyffert, suiter
lntendent. Morning "acnnon at II
by the pastor. "A Rear Story." Ev
jenlng sermon nt 7:30. "Choosing it
King." Junior Epworth League jit
j ?? : 3 0. Senior Epworth League at
i?I:45. The public Is cordially invit
! ed to attend all services
I'n Ion. Xeuhctpin, Epworth.
Rev. W. T. I'hipps will preach nt
j Union at 11 o'clock Sunday morning
J at Kewbevun at 3 o'clock Sunday af
ternoon, an<l at Epworth at 7:30
Sunday evening. The public Is cor
dially Invited.
BAPTIST
Fir*?t Baptist
S. H. Templeman, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m. C. H. Twlddy,
superintendent. Morning service at
11. Memorial Supper. Evening ser
vice at 7:30, "Conversion of a Good
Man." Wednesday evening, 7:30,
second talk on "Abraham."
Blackwell Memorial
Dr. J. H. Thayer, pastor. Sunday
school at 9:30 a. m.: E. F. Aydlett.
superintendent. Morning sermon at
11. Evening service 7:30. Junior
and Senior I). Y. P. TVs at (5:30 p.
m. Sunday. Wednesday night prav
er meeting at 7:30.
Calvary BapfUt
Rev. R. F. Hall, pastor. Sunday
School at 3 p. m. S S. Davis, su
perintendent. II. Y. P. TT. at 6:30.
Preaching at 7:30 by the pastor.
Prayer meeting Wednesday night at
7:30. The public is cordially Invit
ed.
Rlveralrte ItaptKt
The pastor. Rev. W. J. Ranks, will
preach at 3:30 Sunday afternoon.
The public Is cordially Invited.
Corinth Baptist
Rev. R. F. Hall, pastor. Sunday
school each Sunday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock. W. F. Prltchard, Sr..
superintendent. Preaching at 3:lfi
by the pastor. Senior and Junior 11.
Y. P. U. each Sunday night at 7:30.
The public Is cordially InvPed.
Berea Baptist
Rev. R. F. Hall, pastor. Sunday I
school Sunday morning at 10:001
o'clock, Ben Frank Prltchard, super- 1
lntendent. Preaching at 11 o'clock;
by the pastor. The public Is cordial '
ly Invited.
PREHBVTKR1AV
Cann Memorial
Rev. Frank H. Scattergood. minis- j
ter. Sabbath school. 9:45 a. m. Les- 1
son subject: "Giving the Law.'' Df
vine worship, 11 o* clock. Theme:;
"Co-operation." Evening service. I
7:30 o'clock. Theme: "Workings ofj
Faith." Special service Tuesday,
night. 7:30 o'clock. This service
will take the place of the regular!
mid-week service of Wednesday'
night. The Rev. A. J. Crane, of Tar-1
boro. and the Rev. J. N. H. Summer-,
ell, D.D., of New Bern will speak on
the following subjects: "Prayer and
Church loyalty. "Personal Evange
lism," "Stewardship" and "The Ev
ery Member Canvass." This consti
tutes the Presbyterian progressive
program. The public are cordially'
Invited to attend.
CATHOLIC
m Elizabeth's ?'
Services will tie held in the Cath
olic Chapel, Hinton Building, a* .
10:30 Sunday morning by Father
Doherty. Visitors are always wel- ;
come.
Free Will TlaptUt
East Parsonage street. Rev.
|H. LeRoy Harriss, Pastor. Sunday
School each Sunday morning 9.30; '!
S. *M. Meekins, superintendent. Mid- 1
week prayer service Wednesday even- i
ing at 7.30. Regular preaching ser
vices on each third Sunday morn
ing at 11:00 o'clock and evening at
7.30
Pentecostal Holiness
Reverend W. J. Noble, Pastor,
.Sunday school at 9:45. J. L. Hill,
I superintendent. Preaching at 11 a.
.in., 3 and 7:30 p. m. by Mrs. Mat
! tie E. Verdin. returned misslonery
from China. The public is cordially
' invited.
! fhnrrlr
Rev. John W. Humphreys, pastor.
Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7 : :50 p.
?in. Morning theme. "One of Ours."
! Evening theme, "1 Shall Not Want."
? Sunday school at 2:30 p. m. E. L.
j Silverthorne, superintendent. Chris
tian Endeavor at 6:30 p. in. Prayer
l meeting Wednesday at 7:30. Jun-.
, ior Christian Endeavor Monday ev
j ening at 7 : 30.
!( lt.\IMKH K DEFEATS \AH \I.S
IN PAST GAME FRIDAY
In what was termed the best ex
i hlbition of team work ever seen on
the local basket ball court. Craddock
'? High School defeated Elizabeth City
4 2 to 10 here Friday night Though
, the game was <me sided it was fast
an'd clean. "It is far from disgrace
to lose from such a team as Crad
dock put on the floor. Coach Dwight
said after the game Friday night.
The line up follows:
Eli/.. City Position Craddock
right forward
Jones Garrett
left forward
Mann Jowell
center
Midgett Spear
right guard 7
Stanton Oliver
left guard
I Markhani ......... .?-.-r-r? ? Meiggs
Substitutes: Elizabeth City. Har
ris for Jones, Williams for Mann,
Cheeson for Stanton; Craddock,
Spear for Oarrett.
| FLOWERS j
* NEWTON'S FLOWER \
% SHOP :
A i
jj with the 5
X Apothecary Shop 5
PHONE 100 j
Electric Lamps
Price reduced on all siz
es, 10 Watt to 300 Watt.
We carry in stock 6, 32,
110 and 230 Volts. Auto
mobile and Finch Light
I Lamps.
I
|
W. S. White & Co.
Phono 61.
110 Matthew.' St.
Interwoven
SOCKS
A (?oo<l Sock for
75c
Weeks & Sawyer
II here the Best Clothes
Conre From
|:OPTIC AL SERVICE j
i;
| DR. J. W. SELIG |
OPTOMETRIST
^621 Main St. ? Eli*abeth Clt>X
% LS
| Spring Is Here u
s . ? ?
| So Fashion decrees, and
2 this store is in line with
5 Fashion's demands with an
|j attractive new line of
ia
Suits, Coat* and.
? Dresses
| M. Leigh Sheep
Co.
|j Woman's ff 'car Store |
"A Change"
THY A CAN
Norae Crown SardineH, (host
you t'Ver iiIp.) Sardines with
Tomato Sauce, French Mack
eral. Kippered Kerrlng, Saused
Mackeral.
CALL 698
K. L. GAKKETT
-AN INVESTMENT
Which n?Mircs an annual return of
not lens than 7 |K*r rent
and
which pay an additional 2 per rent
annually when net earnings on the
total capital amount to 0 per cent
In a cor|M)ratlon under the direct
management of n group from among
the moat mccewifal executive* In the
Piedmont Section
wecured by one of the mo*t modem
and hcNt eqiiip|>cd weaving mill* In
the South manufacturing a consist
ently profitable line of goodft
IS WORTH LOOKING INTO
For full particulars write
BOND DKPARTMENT i
American Trunt Coiujiiiny
Charlotte, N. C.
Frank B. Green, Managrr.
N'OHI'OLK SOUTHERN ILK.
finniHiiirrM
Reduced Hound Trip Fare*
to
New (Mroim, La. ?
account
Murtli Gran (lrl<?l>ratioii
milt'AKY '2H, MAfttH 4, 1924.
Tickets on sale dally Feb. 2#?th to
March :5rd, incluaive. and for trains
scheduled to arrive New Orleans on
or before noon of March 4th, final
limit March 11, H>24. For furt her
information consult any Norfolk
Southern Ticket Agent or write
J. P. DALTON,
(iencral l*a*?Hcnger Agent,
feb. 23-26 Norfolk. Va.
Ladies' Chiffon Silk Hose
A large ahlpment of Ijull ea Chiffon Silk Hoae Just re
ceived V?n Itaalte make - color*. nude, blliah, almond,
oriental, pearl, black and other popular ahadea priced at.
$2.00 an, I $2.50
Hoi* fo
II fnHhloi
$2.00
fJothani I, adieu' Silk Hoae for wear - the moat dura
ble al Ik hoae made ? full fashioned, all the popular new
ahadea, priced at
Rucker & Sheely Co.