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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1924. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 104.
HERTFORD HAVING
HER RIG DAY NOV,'
Visitors from Wilmington
and New Bern as Well as
Edenton and Elizabeth City
in Perquimans Capital.
Elizabeth City moved upon Hert
ford something like 200 strong
Thursday morning to attend the big
Coastal tfighway meeting at Hert
ford. and something like 600 visit
ors, all told, from this and other ci
ties on the highway, according .to a
long distance telephone message
from Hertford Thursday afternoon,
were in attendance. Including in
the cities sending delegations were
Wilmington and New Bern, both of
which had chartered a special Pull
man, which was used as headquar
ters for the delegation during its
stay in Hertford.
During the morning session a per
manent association to be known as
the Albemarle District Auxiliary of
the Coastal Highway Association
was formed to promote favorable
consideration of the eastern route
for this highway, with P. H. Wil
liams of Elizabeth City as chair
man. This organization is in no
way to be affiliated with the chain-[
bers of commerce of the respective,
cities intiWitldj but Is to be a
separate and independent organiza
tion having but one purpose in
view and that the matter of look
ing out for the interests of Route 30
as part of the Coastal Highway.
Effort for the present will be cen
tered on strengthening the organ
ization.
Chairman Page of the State High-1
way Commission was the principal I
speaker of the day and among the
other speakers was P. H. Williams
of Elizabeth City.
Ample preparations for the enter
tainment of the visitors had been
made including an abundance of
barbecue.
Delegations from South Mills and
Moyock are also said to have been
In attendance on the meeting.
DEMPHKY FIGHTS WILLS
ON SEITEMBER SIXTH
(By Tha Associate Pr.M)
New York, May 1?Tex Rickard
today announced that he had
matched Jack Dempsey and Harry
Wills for the world's heavyweight
championship fight at Boyles Thirty
Acres. Jersey City. September 6.
McCRAY ENTERS PEN
Atlanta, May 1?The day after
resigning as governor, Warren Mc-j
Cray today entered the Federal
Penitentiary here to serve a ten
years sentence for using the malls;
to defraud.
GOOUDGE HONOR GUEST
CONFEDERATE VETERANS
Washington. May 1?Coolidge to-j
day accepted the Invitation extended
him by the United Confederate Vet-I
erans to attend the Confederate
Memorial Day ceremonies May 25!
at Arlington.
METHODISTS DESIRE NO
MODIFICATION DRY IAW
Springfield. Mass.. May 1?A pe
? tton to Congrese to permit no:
modification of the prohibition
amendment was approved unani
mously today by the Oeneral Con
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church meeting here.
Says Did Not Fairly
Represent Tennessee;
Washington, May 1.?Major E. C.
Statilman. publisher of the Nashville
Banner, today told the Senate agri
culture committee that the testimony;
given by the other Tennesse witness
es did not represent the (rue sentl-'
tnent in that state regarding Muscle
Shoals. He said onf of them. Dan'
McOugln. had conducted propaganda ,
against the Ford bid.
MANY DKLKOATEH AT
IIKLHAVKN DKAINAUE MJKET
Iielhaven. May 1?Meeting In Hi
fourteenth annual convention prac
tically on the site of the first great
drainagp project in North Carolina,
the North Carolina Drainage Asso
ciation was the guest of Relhaven
this week with delegates represent
ing all the major drainage district*
of the State.
THIH ACTOR NKVKK HKKS
IIIM8KLF ON TlfK WUKKN
Bert ("Daddy") Woodruf. char
acter actor who plays an Important
tant role In "Children ' of Dust"
Frank Rorsago's Associated Flr?t
National picture at the Alkrama
theater today has seen himself only
once or twice bn the. screen and
furthermore he never attends film
shows!
Sounds Incredible, but It Is a
fact.
Mr. Woodruff, who is of the old
time stage school, declare* that he
ran get Into the part much better If
he goes before the camera Just as he
faces an audience?without having
seen himself on the screen as others
see him. He feels the part and
plays to the eamera as if it were a
thousand people.
ELKS' FISH FRY IS
ONE JOLLY BIG TIME
With J. W. Ilt>bb*. Candidate for'
Sheriff". L-wklrm After Fl'h, and
the Elkw After the Fun
Hobbs' Fishery was the stamping
ground of half a hundred of Eliza
beth City's b. P. O. Elks Wednesday
evening, the occasion being a flsh
fry with all the accessories to pro
vide a typical feast of the soit that
is provided by flsh cooked Just out
of the water and eaten in the atmos
phere of good fellowship that always
prevails when a bunch of regular
fellows.?which Elks are certain to
be nothing else but?get together.
A shower in the afternoon and an
overcast sky thereafter delayed the
departure of the feasters somewhat
and for a time threatened to break
up the party altogether. Hardly
more than a score of Elks wer<* in
the first detachment of automobiles
that left the Elks Club shortly be
fore 6 o'clock, but stragglers fol
lowed after until the number had
doubled by the time the first flsh j
were served and had Increased to 50.
before the last panful were done to
a crisp and appetizing brown.
Hobbs' fishery is at the back gate
of J. W. Hobbs, the same Hobbs, by
the way. who is candidate for sheriff
of Pasquotank, and it was Mr. Hobbs
who provided the flsh and>the para
phernalia for frying them. Said par
aphernalia consisted of a pan about
five inches deep and as big as about
four old-fashioned biscuit pans, of
the size in common used when the
average American family frequently
ran up to 10 or 12 children, and fourj
stakes which were driven into the
ground at such Intervals thai one'
stake would support each corner of |
the pan. Fire was built under the
pan and when It got hot a 10-pound
stand of lard was dumped into it. I
Into the hot lard were then dropped
slices of bacon which were cooked to
a* crisp brown. Then the flsh?shad
for the most part and shad row?1
were dropped into the hot lard,
which was always kept deep enough
to cover them completely.
Elks who watched the prepara
tions for the feast were ravenous be
fore the first piece was ready to be
served and for a while the cooks
were put to it to keep up with two
score and ten healthy appetites. Fin
ally, however, the most Insatiable
appetite was satisfied and there were
still flsh and to spare.
"If Hobbs." said an Elk <m the
way home, "would make as good a
sheriff as he is a fisherman, he cer
tainly would be a crnckerjack and
ought to have the office for life."
Julian Selig was scheduled to be
master of ceremonies but another en-:
gagement prevented his presence,1
and his place was filled by Aubrey
McCabe, Ira B. Parker and Claude
Ives.
DEMOCRATS FIGHT
FOR SIMMONS BILL
Washington. May 1. ? Democrat-!
ic senators in caucus yesterday de
termined to push for the adoption of
the Simmons tax' measure instead1
of Melton's and other substitutes'
which the Republicans are urging.!
This means a hot fight on the rev
enue bill.
WHITE MAN CONVICTED OF
SELLING MQt'OK TO MINOIt
Will Stroud, Mill street, was found
guilty of selling brandy ^o a minor,
Leroy Duncan, next door neighbor of
Stroud, In recorder's court Thursday
morning and was sent to the road.^
for four months. Stroud noted an
appeal. The boy's mother testified
that she saw the transaction.
GEN. CARR'S BODY
ON WAY TO DURHAM
Chicago, May 1. ? General Ju
lian S. Carr's body left Chicago this,
morning for his home in Durham,1
North Carolina.
Durham, May 1. ? This commun
is- mourns the loss of Its greatest
citizen, General Julian S. Carr.
Fl'NKRAIi MISS III SSKIJ,
The funeral of Mla? Back Russell,
aged 87. who died Monday morn
ing at the homo of her sister-in
law. Mrs. Julian Russell of Norfolk,
was conducted by Rev. 0. F. Hill at
Christ Church Wednesday morning
on the arrival of the morning train
and Interment made at the Episcopal
Cemetery.
The pnll hearers wore: R R.
Martin. J. T. McCabe. l/ouls Sellg.
R. T. Whltehurst, Dr. S. W. Gregory
and Dr. A. L. Pendleton.
Miss Russell l's survived hy a
number of nelces and nephews
among whom are M. R. Orlffln of
lhl? city.
Among those from out of town to
attend the funeral were: Misa Eva
Russell. Mrs. Julia Tatum. Mrs. Kd
ward Wright, Mrs. Charles Calroe.
Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Walter Russell
of Norfolk. Ned Russell of Ocean
View and Miss Mattle Orlffln of
New Bern.
I >V K RTC >\-IIOHWOOD
Mfs. Katie Ho*wood and Mr.
Hardy Overton, both of Colnjock.
were quietly married at 2 o'clock
.Wednesday afternoon at the home
of the bride's alster, Mrs. J. C.
Raid, 502 Hunter street, by Dr. N.
H. D. Wilton. The couple left Im
mediately after the ceremony for a
bridal trip to Waahlngton. Baltimore
and other polnta. Upon thalr re
turn they will mako their home at
Colnjock.
National Publicity Edition
To Be Issued By The Advance
The Advance has decided to Issue I
a National Publicity edition. an<l
Plan, now are to have this edition I
off the press In the near future,
probably some time In June.
Realizing the advantages that!
Elizabeth City has to offer manufac-!
Iturers. wholesalers and retailers In'
Practically any line of business and!
the unsurpassed resources of Its fer-i
tile back country. The Advance feels
I that it should do its part to tell the
;r advantages are,
w .h!?, edltlon be iMued'
With that end in view. Copies of the j
dition will directly find their wav to
reading tables and file, of Chambers
of Commerce throughout the Nation
fnd, Uir daU ?n 'he "^"tages
of the Albemarle will be accessible
to Interested Inquirers from one end
of the country to the other.
It Is the purpose of The Advance!
o make thu pdltlon , frank t???J
of the P^?*niPrehenS*Ve Potation i
'h* ?c,ure City on the Pasquo
tank and it. claims upon the favor
able consideration of the home seek-1
Iblerhhe. en,erpr,,,e ,e?kln(f a favor-]
able business location. In It all
:t"r,ofhr and
social fabric of the city and Its en
virons will be covered, and the en
deavor wi|l be made to present the
mand ? * W8> ,h,t U W,U co?" '
mand Immediate Interest nnH >, I
"on- The value E.7?bethCutZ,
-fSHSsr
lc interests of the citv in #k". f
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BUSiNKSVARlETl
MIDDLE OF APRIL;
Both Favorable u.id Unfavor
able Factor Discernible,!
According to Monthly Ke
? view of Federal Reserve. I
Rlchmoml. May 1 Th? i... .
"iennh V 'h'XrTS
firth Federal Reserve
?aZrCZ'FP'r,bo'h favo"?b'? and un!
Bank of* thit """H
vuah "h" corre"P01"ll"g periodr last
yoar, when business wuh develoninv'
H
pointed out, whils nt *u! ;
last year the n,iu. hl" """"'on
II-, ' V'.e J1"1* "Pre running full
?rrasrffiBr.-iX
awrras
review.0" ' arr"r'l'ng to ?Z
PreTve"?,0WdVDdDr"M./Pr'n?
|?o.j for UX*pr,p":"?h" *
"op,! Tbu'll n"w"aar d,"ay
hwsm
reveal ??? . Wakness'n
n?'h, the n^tur,w!n"w?kf;?h,r>"
Ma^h '"volred In ThJ
failures war* due entirely to
? ?? ?
ENDORSED BY MAYOR
pV Dally Advance,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Gentlemen:
cltv ?Prlluian8 ,toTJ* National Publi
city Edition of The Dally Advnnce
cltv Wl,h effort. niade by tlu,
"njgC-5e, J'n".b"f|"y for EH"
IhTi'Tu"' thie 8|),end'd resource, of
lhl? city and section. Cities and
i.J ? wh?t It has done for the
Vhf ? * " do for Elizabeth
?hl.%ecUo<r,ank C?Unly and ?"
* *,ro**'*'ou* time In which
to herald In a large edition of your
Clt>" tl!ew0|l|P?htUn"!.eS of Ellzabeth
anil will Z* read b* thousands
chv e Prpstlge to the
a*rlciiltnrni>mm?rC Industrial and
agricultural center. It |. nece.sarv
that you have the combined support
l .V0!Mnl,y ,0 """<" tho edl
tlon effective. To that end I highly
commend tho object In view In "he
hope that this edition may be made
aj\"prM,nl"l,! o' the wealth
HPd resources of the city and com
munlty which It serves I ,und
Very truly yours,
I W. BE.V GOODWIN
Mayor.
the difficulties of one very large
noHHSf, theaP difficulties"??
since ih^ I"'1''"'" conditions
since the company* adversities be
cZ'nZZ, The Poor deman" fo6;
coal Is relative, the aKKreirato dn
w?r'time"* ln^'f<,? th" of
war time encouraged the opening of
nees'"t?n>v "'""l f0r ""ffe'ent busl
nees to keep them all oueratln.
profitably in normal times. Pre
vious accumulation of supplies X,
effect present demands ' Labor
Mfu ?forar,n !?r ,an" w"rk'
'or 3,1 construction and Indm
farn, ha^U wl,""" J"?' ?'
over.pro,lur(|on o( f,(.rtu|n P^vem
The un'ensonnbly cold and wot
? nan. y'd ,h<> budding of trees
and he present ()111|ook "fop
for siverarryeaKrr?OWer" " be"er ,han
DIstHot "" " who1" ln
strait wlthou*
The volume of business as by debU.
f Individual accounts In clearing
*ZZ-'Tr:- wn!
in? a " 11 ft four weeks end
of*theDr ' 1924 """ """"I olrh'r
March 12 1924" r""lng
??rH.. 24' Mnd APrl1 11. 1923
llhAl?,ton ?rlc?'H htto iwPn,|v
, 11 a rising tendency, and for
ffor col,oil rh li,
tr?Ka y> ,mrrov'n#f. Virginia's
last fair. H"rn"'1 ,arK"r lhan
, ' estimates. Building op.
erat^ns contlnue at all n,.,lr re(.or?
1 -T .? no 8,*nK AS yet that anv
tS&VZl'V, J" 'n,P ndlng, SS5
feriLi k,nd" of *?"?din* ma
i7bu:,na;:,;nj"vi- -
nr.)."".*" Indicated by re
store. iT 29 lar|f" department
store, was one-tenth of one aercem
'he fir,, three 5EJE
.... ^ * >oar than during the first
vZme'/f I "factory
volume of htislnesH when It (. rn.
1 st"la^^ve'Ea"'er r:,me on April
1st last year but not until April 20
cSuseT' " condition th.t would
till <?.i con/Wcfable amount Of ro
?"ur ?n ,?? ?"urr"'1 'o
p ,??rlation In the date of
i?nrt? . * Influonrod wholesale
renin J" ""T" Postponing all
filling and last orders until .\prj|
?a e 1*1 m u 1.11 ve silos in wh do
sal. groceries, hardware and furnl.
jure were greater ilurlng the rirst
hree months of 1921 than during
ho corresponding period last ,e,r
'n <lry goods, shoo, an,(
drugs were lej?. The dnrilno in
drug WH, ,ma|1 decline ?
worthy of menlion that aprlng sales
n dry good, and shoe, were
*hich doubtless mc
count. for a considerable part of the
decMne. noted 1. tho.e "fine.
Woman's Influence Now
More Potent Than Ever
Will Have More to I)o and to Say Alton! Platform* Adopted
by Both Political 1'artieK at National <*.onveiitioii?
This Year Than Ever Before in Hintorv
n.v DAVID MVRRXCB
(C??yrt?ht. 1*24. By Th? Alnnc*)
Buffalo, N. Y? April 30.?Women will have more to do and
sr.y in the Republicna and Democratic national conventions this
year than at any other Presidential nominating conventions that
. have ever been held.
NORTH CAROLINA
TORNADO VICTIM!
|
Storm Swept Southeastern j
State* With Total Toll of j
95 Death* Reported Includ
ing Several in This State.
Rocky Mount, May 1. ? A torna-.
! do yesterday swept a path 12 miles ]
(long and a quarter of a mile wide;
I through Martin county, doing dam-'
-age of more-than a million dollars
and injuring more than 40 persons, I
some seriously and one fatally, while ]
! several are missing.
The Red Cross has organized for j
relief work and doctors were rushed I
to the scene.
Chapel HiHr May 1. ? A tornado
struck Pacts Miil. nine miles from
here, yesterday, killing three and
injuring eight and doing heavy
I property damage.
Atlanta, May 1.?With 95 persons
i known to be dead, more than a score!
'missing, approximately 500 injured,'
some perhaps fatally, and hundreds
homeless, the Southeast today set
about to relieve its region stricken
I yesterday by the worst storm in hls
I tory.
I Damage estimated at $10,000,000
was caused by tornadoes which de
scended with devastating violence
, upon widely separated sections of
i South Carolina where were killed,
Georgia 13, Alabama 11, North Car
1 olina 3, Louisiana 1, Arkansas 1 and
i Virginia.
The storm's effect In Virginia was
confined to property damage and in
juries to four persons.
A picture of desolation and wreck
age was left In the wake of the
! storm which traversed a path esti
mated at more than 1,000 miles long
and with many points still complete
ly Isolated additional casualties are
feared.
Atlanta, May 1. ? The tornadoes
and storms which swept the south
eastern states this week took a toll
of 93. lives with more than 500 in
jured .more than a score missing,
and property loss estimated at ten
millions.
South Carolina was the heaviest
sufferer while North Carolina suffer
led least.
TORNADO IN MARTIN
Chairman Frank Page In the city
Thursday enroute to Hertford, where
he was principal speaker at the Coas
tal Highway meet. Is reported as
having said that the tornado of yes
terday did serious damage between
Wllliarnston and Tarboro. and that
several victims of the storm are In
the Tarboro hospital.
POISON GAS HINDEKS
WOltK OF RESCUERS
Wheeling, W. Va., May 1.?Pois
on gas in Hen wood mine of the
Wheeling Steel Corporation has re
tarded the work of the rescuers who
continued their efforts today to lo
cate the 59 missing miners. Fifty-'
one bodies have been recovered.
Thirteen additional bodies were
found during the morning by
rescuers who had to fight their way
through gas ftunos and water and
they expected to locate the 46
others behind a huge cave In at the
entrance to the mine.
OIL COMMITTEE ON
LAST PHASE OF JOB
Washington, May 1.? The .Senate
oil committee for the first time In itft
Inquiry Into the basing of the naval
reserves took Up In detail the ;;fna
tion In Reserve No. 2 on fluena Vista
hills In California today.
Assistant Secretary Finney of the
Interior and Director Haln of t.he
Hiireau of Mines Were called t>jr
questioning in what the committe??
members uld was the ImI phMd <>.
the long Investigation.
Dl{. (1IAS. MANLY DKAD
Oaffney, H. C.. May 1 Dr. Charles
Manly, president of Furtuaft l'nlver*c
ity from lfcHl to 1897. died here to
day at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Edward Watson.
( OTTO* M/MiKKT
New York. May 1? Spot cotton
closed steady today, advancing 50
print <. Middling 30.30. Futures
closed at the following levels: May
29.96; July 28.35; October 24.50;
December 23.92; January 23.57.
At two o'clock thli afternoon fu
tures closed at the following levels:
Msy 29 78; July 28 23; October
24.50; December 23.90; January
23.11.
Although the National League
of Women Voters in annual ses
sion here is a non-partisan body,
a canvass of the delegates shows
that many have affiliated direct- *
ly with the two major parties
and that several will be active
in the drafting- of platform
planks and the balloting of the
state delegations.
Talking with various members of
,the league here, one gets the im
pression that the women of the
country have not yet gone into or
ganization activity with the same ln
? tensity as thetr brother ?otsrr~nnr
have they been able to accept the
present form of party organizations
as particularly attractive. Most of
the women are tempted to remain
Independent of party affiliation and
| the task of the party leaders Is to re
form their own orKanization methods
so as to draw to their side more and
more women voters. In the conven
tion here may be seen the leaders in
political work In America among
women. They go about their con
vention with serious manner and
i they apply themselves earnestly to
the program of principles. They took
no action on extreme proposals. They
did not go on record for peace-at
any-price. or total disarmament or
even birth control. They did not fail,
however, to support the World Court
and it was significant that whenever
the League of Nations was men
tioned the outbursts of applause
were overwhelming. President Cool
idge may consider that the country
has Anally rejected the League of
[Nations but judging by the mood of
the convention here, the women have
not disposed of it finally at all.
j There was a definite undercurrent
of thought on the question of Inter
national co-operation. Peace ctiU* *
remains In the minds of the women
as something not to be neglected ex
cept In the hour of emergency. They
think about It long before the emep?
gency arises. Both the Democratic
and Republican national conventions
could do little better than if they
adopted In Its entirety the set of hu
manitarian principles proclaimed by
the National League of Women Vot
ers. The social justice planks which
are always so difficult to get into
party conventions are made to order ?
for the major conventions this year.
The recommendations for legislation
are not in violation of the tradition
of either the Democratic or Repub
lican parties. .
Incidentally, there is no mistaking
the sentiment of the women on the
prohibition question. The sentiment
of the delegates Is "dry" and they
want the two parties to stay dry
though no platform to that effect
will probaby be asked for by the wo
men assembled here.
The men will fight that out. But
the wetness or dryness of any can
didate nnmed will be a subject of
much discussion by the women aifd
the great body of independent voters
will be Influenced to no small extent
by the manner In which the candi
dates and the parties handle the
prohibition question.
There are Indications that women
will take an active part In the cam
paign following the national conven
tions. Rut they will pay no casual
Attention to parfv platforms. They
are still In the "show me" attitude
toward the major parties with an oc
casional thought about the possibili
ties of a thlril parly though the ad
vocates of the latter were in a min
ority here The mention of Senator
L'lKollette's name at one of the mass
meetings wns greeted by prolonged
applause. The I>Ik parties have not
yet raptured the Imagination of the
newly enfranchised voters.
RAIll, iillUMH MAXAOKIl
Karl Orlggs of this city has suc
ceeded N. Howard Smith as manager
of the Carolina Potato Exchange.
He has had several years experience
In the Carolina Potato Exchange
office as assistant to Mr. Smith. Mr.
OriggM is a native of Point Harbor
In Currituck County anil Is the son
cf Albeit Orlggs, prominent farmer
of Point Harbor.
EXPECT REOUfTIONS
OTHEK RESERVE BANKS
Washlnuton, May 1.?Reduction
of the discount rate by th" Ne#r
iYork Reserve Rank yesterday from
four and one-half to four per rent Is
expected at the Treasury to be fol
lowed by similar action by reserve
banks at Boston and Philadelphia.
tllftKCT TO COXHt'MKIC Mll.L
OX TWO SHIFT IIAHIB
Atlanta. May 1. (Special.) The
Lullwater Shirt mills here which
direct to consumers, are worklm
hours s week for the day shift
GO hou/s for the night shift
The
i sell
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