CIKCI'LATIOX THURSDAY
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VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION
THE WEATHER
Tartly cloudy tonight. Saturday
fair: little chaDf" lu temperature.
Moderate Wind*
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENINC. SElTEMHKIl 5, 1921.
SIX PACES.
NO. 211.
Round World Flight Is
Sign New Era Warfare
Navies Limited by International Agreement. lint Wu?li
in^lon I'tirl l)iM'? Not lit All Apply to Aircraft
Which the Nations May Built! at Will
Bv I)AVIU UAWUKNIH
IC*?rljHt. By
Washington, Sept. 4. ? What is the purpose of the world
/onclrclinit flight of the American aviators?
Is it simply a stunt to
prove, the courage of t fie Am
erican flying corps? Is it a
challenge to the aviation per
sonnel of other countries? '
Thc?o questions no doubt have
I orrurnd ti> many people as they'
have ohiierved the progress of the
trip around the world and tho
careful preparations made by the
Army and Navy . to accomplish
their objective. The answers are
lo be found In the experience of
aviation officials in both the Ar
my and Navy with Congress. For
no matter what spectacular pha
ses of the flight may be upper
most in thu public mind today.
I hose interested in developing
American aviation as a military
weapon a.s Well us "a commerci.Ti
I nd natty are gratlflad beyond
words at the umount of 'attention
>!>'? exploit has attrartnH
Hitherto Congress KS5 Been*
? more or less indifferent to the
pleas for extensive appropriations
made by the Army and Navy. It
Is true that Congress has granted,
appropriations more or less gen
erously reckoning it from the
Congressional viewpoint which in
Kl?ta gii cutting down the Army
and Navy anyhow. Cut aviation
officers have pointed In vain to
the large sums appropriated by,
Groat Hrilain and France for the,
development of aviation. It has
been contended by Army officers,
for Instance, that European coun
tries since the war have spent
. more money on aviation than uny- j
thing else. In America the fact'
that a billion was spent on an air'
program which was not ready
when the armistice was signed
has tended to discourage Congress;
in expending more money.
The aircraft devotees have had
a hard time of It stnee the war.
Tin y hoped that the air mail aer
ylce would stir up interest and J
make Congress appropriate money
to enrourage commercial rfviation. .
To some extent results have been'
> ObtnTneft Many aircraft StftfCBFAB]
went out of business with the war
ii nd have not been missed befftuse
r some of them never became effi
cient. Hut unless the Government
kept on hu>lng a certain number
of plnnesi annually there was no
Incentive lor private industry to
keep en experimenting or build
ing. The industry was in danger
of absolute collapse, it I:; by no
moans at this time what Army of
[leers would like to sec, but they
ll!m' Imp. h Hut tin world Miielit
will put ;*n emphasis on aviation
which will keep it before the eyes
of tlio Aiuerlcun people and Con
gress in particular.
Then there is another aspect of
the world flight which will be
come a subject of discussion
when Congress reconvenes. The
American aviation units have
provd that with a relatively
small sum of money they can ac
complish a treat deal. The whole
trip round the world was a minor
expense as military Items go. Clv
cn more money they feel they can
lur.tify the appropriations made
and that America should not only
keep pare with the rest of the
air craft-building countries but
lead them.
When the Washington confer
< ? nee to limit armament was held i
'there was no -agreement on the
construction of submarines or
j aircraft nor on the size of stand J
I ln? armies. Huttleahlps and oth- ;
er fighting craft were limited. Ilut!
y since that time. France and Great
Itritnln hare been engaging In an
air competition which has started
a good deal of war talk from time
to tine From the viewpoint of
? national defense. It now has been
demonstrated that a hostile na
tion can come across the ocean
with airplanes and Zeppelin*.
Without doubt n program of do- ;
fenslre aircraft will be an impor
tant part of tho military and
Navy expenditures of the United
States from now on. The world
flight has shown that the Atlan
tic and Pacific oceans are no long
er Insurmountable barriers and
that Isolation la not aa comfort
able as It was before the days of
dirigibles and airplanes.
SH(HiTIX(. THt'ItADAY NIGHT
A difficulty that ended In a
'hooting as a result of which a
physician spent some hours In re
moving number 10 shot from th?
persons of Henry Armstrong and
lertrtide McCafflty ocenrred on
i Val* itreet, or somewhere In the
??fa etrack" section of the cltjf.
Thursday night.
Armstrong's wounds. It ts re
ported. may have serious confo
rmance*, and police are looking
for a negro charged with th?'
fhooting. but conld not or toild
not give his name Friday after
noon.
(fetalis of the affair, nnltss the
alleged gunman la brought Into
court, will probably remain mea
ger. 1
PKINtiE OUT KOK -
THE FOUIITU NHUIT
Syoitsct. L. f.. Sept. 5. ? Th ?
Prince of Wales spent the fourth
consecutive night out last nigm
and had not It ft his bed room at
th?' Burden homo at lioon today
lie boarded a motor launch a'
the estate of J. S. t'osden last
night a~nd went "aoniewh re 01
Inland Sound." Mo re
turni'd between one o'clock and
dawn.
STII.L NO l.igi'Olt
Two submissions, one on a
charge of spcedinu and' the other!
Jin a charge of failure to observe
I hi? bright light law. marked Fri
day's session of I In* recorder's
eonrt. Ofcar Prltrhard. Ml. Her
nton dairyman on th?' suburbs of
tin- city._was tin- defendant in tin*
latter cnim. and Parker Morgun ?if
?RHzafjolh City, tin" deTeulaut In
tin* former. Pritrhard was let off
"With "tho~ costs ami- Morgan? wlth
a line ?>f $1?) and runts.
PEACE NOW THE
W OKI) OF FRANCE
< Hi T*j? tWk'Utnl l*rru I
fh-n?*\a, Sept. -I* rent lor
Harriot. :utilr?sMn^ tin- Asiw*m
lily of tli** lifatui1 of Nutloix
I "day. said Hint he broiu'lu thr
ui?rtl of Trance to tin* Amiem
l?ly J! ml that word wa?* peart-.
- The prt tiller p\|iri-H*?-d ll??*
liopi* that tin- l'nlted St a ten
would not refuse to rontipin'
Us u h. ful collaboration In dis
armament. e*p. -daily now that
arbitration had come In as a
feuture of tin- l?eai:iie'tf wo*U.
KMKItS HUI'UIK ?
I'ICTOl! TO BOSTON
? **? Tti* iiwKitiii] rtf ?
Pictou. 5. ? The American
around I he world filer* hopped
off from IMctou to Boston today
on the last overscan sta?e of their
flight which will bring them hack
to t'nited ^tato* territory. Th<*
Boston II was forced down after
being in the air three minute* and
!!??? New Orleans also came du?.i
a few minute* later.
Tin* tlli'rn pHHKi d over ?i. John
shortly 1m* fore 1 o'clock and con
tinued down the coast toward
Maln<a. They reached Ka.-tport ?
Hhort tlni" later.
COTTON MAHKKT
New York, Svpl. <i. ? Spot co.
ton clofo-d quiet. Middling 25.70
an advance of 5 point*. Puturw^
closing bid, Oct. 21.44. I>ec. 24.02.
March 24.1a. Ma/
24.34. T
Double Deck Street To
Solve Traffic Problem
This Latest Move of (iliicajfo W liit-li Will Provide One
Thoroughfare for I'ast Traffic and Another
for Trucks, Carts and Wauons
iCotyrifht. 1121, B, TM A#??n <??)
- ?. ? ?? iiin
been no tricrk for many years to
change a physical complexion, as
the prosperity of (in* beauty shop*
attest. Hut as a result of mark
which has Just been inauKuraUd.
the business complexion of a sec
tion of ouo of the gn tttesi bu3i
ii?'h* centers of t ho country will b
altered. Tiie success or failure of
the experiment will affect practl
cully ev??r congested city In the
1'n'ted Staffs, altering tlie trejnl
01 traffic. tiio lore; ion of lu'uiJ
IrJes and property values.
Th? exporimeal iuvxuvi^i . tie
double decking of South WqI<t
r.treet, Chicago tor R ?? year:; tl>r
terminal oud market f??r :i 1 1 fi??H
poultry and dairy products whhii
lave come to that clly for dlitil
bution. And Oie problem to be
solved all grow.< out of trafTic eon
gcslion, due to the speeding up of
business throe jih up<* of nioto
vehlclea. That same problem ex
ists In prnctlrally rvi-l'l IliiMi'i
center in the country today.
Mouth Water el n et. one of the
most colorful and moat antii; lat
er marts i f the country, has b >i
on its last legs for years. T!>
problem has been to malce it grow
new IrKf. Knglneers hope that
ttila problem will be solved by an
Innovation ? ? - the first double
ducked boulevard ever laid out in
America, the cost of which will be
approximately $2 4,000,000.
About October 1, workers will
commence to wreck the first s?-<>
tion of this market district which
has become almost impaied hie as
a thoroughfare and in which hun
dreds of dealers do about $.100.
000.000 worth of biiHlness an
nually. Out of the wreckage will
emerge a boulevard built on a
new prlnriple to meet modern
traffic problems. Its top deck
will be a broad highway for fast
light passenger automobile and
foot passengers. Its lower deck
will consist of three roadways for
I ruck* anil horse drawn vehicle
traffic.
On the upper dork thousands
of cars, now practically blocked
by piled product* and chaotic
truck and wa^on traffic, will have
a highway 80 feet wide giving
jenny 4ccvhm tg the south wewt side
of the city. Below, beside tin
| three roadway*, will be eight foot
loading platforms; abutting on new
buildings and a 17-foot esplanade
on the river front to handh' the
traffic corning lii from i.ake MRIP
i?:an. TIiIh thoroughfare will ex
Jeod for over a mile from Michi
gan Avenue, the city's main north
and Bouth traffic artery, to Market
street. Investigator* expect that
the change will finvr $r>,000.000
annually liy eliminating conges
tlon.
The entire district. now dilapi
dated and com posed largely of
Are traps. It Ih expected, will be
razed and replaced by a modern
'him*" mini Inn Th.- now nmd
wr.y will have Ita upper deck on
tin* same level as Michigan ave
nue. while the lower deck will
eousist of a vehicular subway be
I?aw street level. In other words.
Water street will grow Its new
legs downward instead of adopt
ing stilts. ({amps will connect
the lower and upper decks and
throe large ventilating plants will
clear tho lower levels of danger
ous gases.
Funds to complete the project
were voted last June. About ten
million will be spent at once by
the city and the remainder of tli ?
needed funds will be supplied by
ass ?sr.inents on property owners
along the street. Court proceed
ings for condemnation of the
buildings and property involved
have practically been completed.
Heavy losses have resulted iiii
congestion In the business district
of great cities and even In the
smaller canters of the trade. Ef
forts to decrease this have been ,
Invading British Lxokers -Battle for U. S. Cud
England and America will clash
on the golf links in th* fourth re
nuwal of the Walker cup matches ?i
Garden City. L.. 1.. Sept II and 13
America wax victorious in the rtr#t
three onikughu and u expcclt-d to
win again this year
The Drltlsh invndera *re wlthuut
the services of two of their strong
rst player*. Roger Wctherwl and B
W. Holdernesa. present champion of
England /
The team la however, well bol
an rod and la under the guidance! of
one of the best players in the land,
Cyril James Hastings Tolley. well
known to Americans
Tolley was a conupicuoua perform
Prince Attends the Races
TV Prinr< ? t>f Wal,, wont lo II.. rar., nt IVI.noat l\.iV, I.. I.. i,l ,
"J, BU? ,h"' '""I 111 II.. Hli'tl.lr;'. . Til, I..
lo Iho n. lll.1. throne wui having a wondr.rul lim ? until :,n uri.iv ?.r
ej??r?mcn look up 1.1. Iran. IK- I, ?<??, ?nvrr.lnK v,;:h l.l? |?X?
Aubu.1 llelinont. look in;: ?i| th<. tvorl.l like a l..-l.f :l
mad** largely throush the tj* v? l
opvnent of boulevard system*, but
I while (hi* method hud taken care
of liuht automobile traffic to Home
extent, the heavy truck traffic ha*
been neglected.
The new vehicular tunnel un- ,
der the Hudnon. development* In 1
I'ittHburxh Involving a street car
ftubwuy. and the Inauguration of
work on a Philadelphia subway
are counted on to aid the heavy
traffic to some extent In those cj
tlos. while tho Water street devel
opment Ir. Chicago I* belnx
watched even more closely in vii W
of the direct effect it la expected
to have on htMlr.? *:? and Industry.
With Iho huildiiif? t f t)i - h< w
boulevard. Cnlni;'i i?roduc?> deal
th will fall ???? to ?'ck new qiiar
t< r*.
Thejf |il:<ii a ii- v: market c? nter
nearer to ade<|tiafo railroad f a r 1 1
Itlea and thi- development of thin
center will have u direct IxarliiK
on the entire trend of hiisln* sk as
well an on' property value* Anti
cipation of :? i rn I lit v- change* la
their own loralitiea ha* entitled
engineers, property liivii' rn. htifl
noaa iw a and municipal aiiltmrl
tie* to wntrli iMk development
with the ke? nest attention.
District Training School Here Next Week
A great emorKency mrets a',
(his tlnw all denomination*. More
and morfl the responsibility of re
ligions and moral training la be
ing thruaf npon the Sunday Schooi
or aa many prefer to call It the
Bible School of Ihe churches.
While the firm essential Ih of
courae christian Character, there
mutt nlao be knowledge* of the
Word which la to be taught, of
the person to be taught and of the
proper methods of Caching. Moat
workers In these churchea are un
trained in part at least In lbe?*
matter*. Nor can the churche?
wait tho alow progreas of train
1 nfr In the acboola even If, aa la
true, the achoola are doing more
than they once did In thla matter.
To meet this emwrgency. the <1 if
fereat denomination*, largely In
co-operation, have worked out a
system of training for workcra.
One such school will be taught in
the First Methodist Church of
thla city, beginning at 7: SO Run
day. Heptember 7. and going
through Friday night.
Rach evening there will be two
claas periods and a general or re
creational period. An excellent
fgentty will conduct tlio ?chool.
five teachers, all eaperts In their
varied lines. The faces of the
I'KOK. H. K. WIIMH
of Trinity Colleg^f who will teach
I'rtnrlplc* of Religion" at the
Training School at the l^lrat Meth
odist Church.
two men who teach are ehown
herr. |,. !,. Ookbol. fit*' Con
ference Superintendent, wilt be in
charge and will present a cours-*
for officers and other* interest"!
In t ho administrative side of Die
work. He will use the book pre
pared by Dr. J. L*. CunnliigKim
no well known and so beloved I"
FXizaoeth City whore ho yas a:
one time pastor of the First Meth
odist Church. Prof. R. N. Wil
son. of Trinity College. on? of i h
ablest teachers In the state will
present "Principles of Kelfgiou*.
Teaching." Mrs. C. n. Culbretli,
of Rlizahtth City, who haa.jvoji
for herself rank as a specialist in
the beiilnners work, will toac?j,
"How to Teach Beginners." Ml as
Georgia Keene. Conference Elem
entary Superintendent, will xlvrt
a course for teachers of the Pri
mary ages on "How to Tearh lie.
Union." MiM Bruce McDonild
will present the work of th<*
teaeher of the teen ago children.
"Junior Methods In the Church
School. "
While the school Is umlcr the
auspices of the* Methodist Church,
the work is not denominational,
and the workers of nil the church
es are Invited to attend and to
reive the benefits. There will
be no charge fo any one esrept fo"
the book used by hlnv Those who
affend regtUafly and ?1<> Hm ??
quired written work from day to
L. Vi. OdOHKIi,
Ootif*r*ftc* Hui>?*rin(? -mlctit. in
charg# KJir.abfth rifjr im?
Irlct 1 raining School.
duj will bf* nw;trj? I crr?i;? }>y
fh? Training lM>oartmr<nt of thw
Charrb. llut this It optional.
Hnmkline iwu years mgu. ?nd will
play UKiiin in the American event
at M?>rion. this year.
other member* of the Britiah In
vartera an* I;. P Storey. Major C. O.
llezht. w. I. Hope. Dennta Kyle.
Mike Si -oil. T A. Torrance. O. B.
ftlitimue. W. A. Murray and Robert
Httill Jr.
In th?? necompanying layout.
Stoiey la pictured at th? left. Ilezlet
I m the renter and Tolley ?u the
TO MAYO IIOHI'ITAL
Montreal, Sept. 6. ? Dr. R. C.
Ati<|or?on. p-?hl?lont of iho Mon
treal Assembly Ground* of llio
Southern I rcnliy u-rloii Church.
w;ih taken lo the Mayo ItoHpltat
in Koc)it>Kii>r, Minnesota, lie be
came III Sut inlay.
General Glenn To Speak
In Bess City On Monday
HanJIwii Kxtt'iidcd und llu? Accepted Invitation S|x>n
j Mirpd by The Advance unci Keprc*entalivr Citi
zens to Muke Address in ( 'olirl house
FIERCE FIGHTING
IN THREE SECTORS
(Br AnortMad Ptv?>
Shanghai. Sept. 5. ? Fierce
, fighllng-in-JiLTue sectora baiwee'i
I the armies of life rival Chinese
J military governor* content Iiik for
I possession of Shanghai continued
; unabated today.
Added fury was given tho but
tles by movement of alrplanen m
: to the war *one and reported con
| contratlon of Chinese battleship/
| for action along 'he Yangtze river.
The attacking Ktang.ni force*
- In Liu tho sector about 50 _inllet< 1
northwest of Shanghai continued
their assault all last night and
late today appeared to be prepar
ing fur another night of contln
j uous fighting.
I No notable gains were made by
I either side In the fight around
Lluho.
PRESS BECOMING
PUBLIC NUISANCE
London. Sept. 6. ? The Ameri
can press Is In danger of becom
j Ing a public nuisance hers use of
the scandalous way In which tSo
Prince of Wales has been pursued
almost Into his own bathroom by
. camera men and Interviewed.
"Ocellus" writes In the Outlook
here today.
NEW AMBASSADOR
APPOINTED SOON
(Br Tt? A~.*-u<r4 PrMa.
Toklo, Sept. G. ? The Jupanese
! vernacular press today sayn that
i the appointment of an amhass.i- ,
dor from Japan to the United
! Stales to succeed M. Hanlhara is
j Imminent. Tokechl Tanuka. for
mer vice minister of foreign af- I
! fairs and former counsellor of tho j
Japanese embassy In Washington
j Is being named bb tho probable I
'/appointee.
Fashion Hounds Puzzled
About Doings Of Prince
Willi Srvciilpon Trunk* (Content lo Slouch About in
Almuxt S-iiif Kind llolbfti from Day lo Day Un
til Waiild-be Imitators Almost Dt-spiiir
Dy IIOHKItT T. SMALL
rOMvH*Ht I ft*. Br Til* MviiinI
v. ? iue inmi -
Ion liiiti ii<Im who have been cha ?
inn iho prince of Wales like re*
ultrr hounds would chase u fox.
>?. unnlnn in mutRA iheir head*
anil have their doubts. They
Won't know iibout young "Davit*
Windsor." It is beginning lo l? ?
perfectly evident thai the heir to
he llritUh throne in not in ;i
style-setting mood this trip. Por
ItupH he thought ho would spend
so much time on his Canadian
runeh that he did not need sui.*.:
an awful lot In the sartorial lln?
Ytt the thing that keeps the
hound* so close upon the sc?nt la
i he fact lhat the prince brought
17 trunk* ovt*r with him. Surely,
t bey argue, there must be more
in ilion" trunkn (han bus appeared
ipon the surface, or rather the
buck, of Mr. Windsor, who for thj
mont part has been con'.pnt to
i Hi her slouch It. as U wer*. What
in the world v. ill the young mat
wear this tall und winter unless
the prince cuts loose and show.<
some of his stuff?
Already howerer, enough has
???mi learned about the prince an. I
ii dressing ways to Indicate tha'.
som?' of his modes will not be. a*
all popular on Fifth Avenue or
among our fast young set In any
community.
'Cite prince la an old fashioned
fellow. He wears galluses, some
time* known as suspenders, hu;
c tiled "braces" by the British
The reason he wears galluses?
apart from the negligible Item of
of holding his trousers up ? It hp
cause the blooming British tail
ors Insist upon cutting the tops of
the trousers In huge scallops,
soine of these scallops ascending
almor.t far enough for arm holes
to be inserted. Naturally the.
UrljULt'.aniLjiil other good HrUlstv
d'resners v*>uld look rather foolish
w. arlng a belt with such sartorial
contraptions. Instead they must
wear a waistcoat to hide them.
The American young man would
never sebmit to ?cal'op-tc.pped
panties, so at least In this one re
spect the mode of the prince will
hav i'i be modified.
While on the subject of panties,
or undies, It may as well be stated
that Mr. Windsor, yclept the
prince of Walei, does not know a
thing on earth/ about our manly
Institution c/fmmenly called the
Q II loll H%lt Ho h SI never heard
th adage lhAt mj urtloo th*re is
i-englb. So. oJdlj' enough h?
sticks 10 the separate garments,
cut Mhlctle fashion and made of
pure white sl'k.
The prince positively causal
tno ragman :harKa lo gnash tholr
teeth when he Appears In thut co
coa brown coat of hln with CfW
! fmlwrattr giay ftamwl "tT,ctujt*pi^
cut wide but mil floppy. There
In no real fashion In <* get up of
that sort, but the Prince seem* to
like It and on one or two occu- !
slons he has made matters worn.' >
by swltchffift from a fag tu a pip.1.'
Maybe the collegiate set will
floock to the brown coat and gray
trousers Idea for most of them ;
have the gruy trousers already
and It would be an easy matter
1 to acquire the upper half of the
costumes In almost any handmr
down emporium.
Another thing the prince In
sists upon doing Is to wear those
'more or l.ss box toed brown i
suede shoes. The footwear I
bounds tear their hair when
'they see them. They know
that outside the cake enter set
It would never be possible to pop- 1
tilarlze such foot gear In this
country. Yet again the prince I
seems to like them, so what can
the foiled flashloi* folk say or
do? The seven have riding beots
made of the material. No les*
a personage than Field Msrsha:
Halg wore boots of thut variety
one day at Calais during the
World War when he was receiv
j Ing another high decoration front
King George. The ceremony took
place on one of the black and
grimy old channel boats which
had been turned Into a transport.
The prince of Wales wan pre.* '
ent. his khaki uniform and r >d
banded khaki hat.
j Perhaps that Is where he uot ?
the Idea of some day posseslng
some brown suede shoes of his j
-own Fuahion sharks allTftyi .
want to know the origin of j
style or custom so this Is a tip
for them.
Taking all In all, the prlnc? Ij
not nearly so fussy aout his
rlothes a* we have been led to be
lieve. Hi* wardrobe for Instance.
Includes an old red plush pair o.
slippers, badly run ilown. at thu
heel*. He would not take th?
world for them. Yet we hav.?
always had the Idea that every
thing In the prince's equlpmen*.
must he brand new and squeaky
While In a truth telling mood.
It might also be recorded hers
that on one or two occasions tha
nrlnce has worn red silk sO"k*.
He rather likes them best wlt'.i
hla brown snede shoes.
'Now. swell young dressers, go
( to It.
Elizabeth City will he given an ? J
opportunity to hear <????? ral E. K. 1
Glenn of ltuh Igli when he passes
through this city Monday on lib
way home from Currituck.
An invitation wan extended
him. Sponsored I . ! i \ 1 1 V allftf
and fepreHi?ntaH\ ? Hilr ns I'rlday
morning, and tin- Invitation wan
accepted. General Glenn will I
apeak at the court .house Monday
ntKht. beginning promptly at 9
o'clock.
It is more or less of a habit
among Elizabeth City people to
drift In on an occasion of this sort
all the way from five to 20 miti
uteH late. Am a matter of cour- ? 4
tesy to the speaker, who muni be- ]
gin his address early in order to
get away on the in o'clock train,
those who wish to hear him are ,
urgently requested to be on 'time. I
General Glenn is credited with j
havInK made the best speech at*
the North Carolina Drainage Con- ]
vent ion this year and those who
know him give every assurance 1
that his address lure Monday I
night will be worth coming far J
to hear. ' General Cletin In a wide- j
ly traveled mati who* ban made i
close observation nf cltlfH In alt
1 parts of tile world, and' out of hl> 1
j life experience he will speak In I
Elizabeth City on some of the op- \
portunltles that offer 1heniae)vgg ]
at this time in North Carolina.
Ah a matter of courtesy to a j
distinguish* d visitor and World j
War Hreterun, us well an because ]
of the Importance of what he will ^
have to say. It is honed that a j
{large number ??r people will be }
out to hear General Glenn at the
court house promptly at ft o'clock
Monday night.
DETECTIVKS <;ot
NO I.Kfl&HI KITIIKK
Hut Mayor Kays The) Never Had [
. Chance um ItootleggerN, If Any,
Were Win? to Them
? ? -? :
He laughs best who laughs last '
and the Elizabeth City police de- J
partmeut. which has been under j
lire of late for failure to bring to H
light recently any tangible cvl- 'j
dence of the traffic In blind tiger I
liquor that Is supposed to bo go- 4
lug on, more or less, in all parta
of the country at present. Inclined i
to the opinion Friday morning
that it had the horse laugh on j]
Its critics Wheirtr b; came known, jl
that detectives h i. I he* n in the ]
city for something li k ?? a week
trying to ferret out blind tiger ac- *
tlvltlen and that Ci v had taken
leave without bringing a single
case Into fioitli.
Mayor W. Ileii Goodwin, how
ever, who assumes full r* sponsl- ^
blllty Tor brlnglm- the dftcethm
here, gives a very tdinple explnna
Tfcm of their failure to obtain any ? j
evidence ngiilnst KllzabMh City
bootleggers, provided that the
tribe Is not extinct in these part*.
"In some way,"' says Mayor }
Goodwin, "the fuct that these de- .
tectlves were here became gener
ally known almost immediately ,
upon their arrival. After they
had been here live or six daya I
discovered that their presence :
was a matter of common street
talk, and I at one.- dispensed with
their services, realizing, that any
chance that mil; lit have existed of
their uccomplb hltiK anything had
been destroy* d
"I felt that in view of my poal
tlon I could not afford to permit
the criticism of the police depart- J
ment which was a matter of com
mon knowledge and had been In
dulged In frci-ly even In print, to 1
pass without some effort to ascer
tain whether or not there was any
foundation for It. In r.ome way
that I do hot attempt to explain,
my plan was nhet to pieces- be< I
fore It could be tried out. I do
Dol understand how I could for?- A
se?? this failure, but for bringing
these detectives to the city I do ;
assume full responsibility." -?*
A suggestion as to how the *
presence of detect iveii was so
quickly sensed In the city Is that *
the agency to which Mavor Good
win chanced to apply had on a
previous occasion sent one of the j
same men here who came this ,
time and that h? was promptly
recognised by old hands In the
bootlegging name.
A report that among the detec
tives ctnploycd w.'s a woman 1* ?
denied by Mayor Goodwill, "I en
g??e4 ttrn," in1 imyST' If .1
there ws* a Woman with them, I ]
had uo knowledge t,f It."
STRANGE WOMAN IS
HELD AS SUSPECT j
Wllmlngt' i), .* pt. r. A W3- 1
man giving her n:im in "Ml* 9
Jonnell" but carrying u [?isrpoA 1
issued In I# t& bearing the i.ame J
"Itosalie Kelly" wni held hero
day for Investigation sh*n nr-^B
ralgnrd In recorder's court her# 1
after being arrested as a Kiisplrl-.il
ous character. had In hernl
baggage jewelry < st (mated to h < J
worth 910.00(1 flS.OCO In csSh M
and serial lags rf <!> < mieatjjH
sod a note hook full vf * ntrhj 9
made In code.