TUB WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonlicht and Wed
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to fr?'*h Northeast winds.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1921.
SIX PAGES.
NO. 273.
Evangelistic Campaign Begins
Seventh And Final Week Here
Another Impressive Service at Tabernacle Monday
Night, With Increased Crowd Despite Inclement
Weather, and Ileartv Kesponse to Message
Entering upon Its seventh and '
final week, with regular services
at the tabernacle today, the Ham
Ramsay evangelistic campaign
launches its final drive for now
convert*, for tho reclamation of
backsliders, and (or the reconao
cratlon or all tho Christian con
gregations of Elizabeth City.
Larger, despite Inclement Wea- i
ther, than on Monday night of
last week, the negro congregation
at the tabernacle services Monday
night was swept Into transports of
religious fervor by the muale and
by the Evangelist M. F. Ham'
aerraon from the text "Thou Art
Weighed in the Balance and ,
Pound Wanting."
At the conclusion of the sermon
?fro propositions were given. The
BTst wan to Christians for rocon
sec ration and the aisles of tb?; tab
?rnacle were blocked and r*>'?y?>d
by those who pressed forward in
response to this invitation wbi>
throughout the congregation
there was a hand-shaking and ,
general Jublliatlon for the recon
ciliation of old differences nnd ?h?
burying of long standing animosi
ties. The aecond proposition was ,
to the unsaved and In response to
this the inquiry room was parked
Again at the Monday night's
service the negro choir was led by,
L- L. Henderson. Ph.D.. Drake
University. Des Moines. Iowa, of
the chair of psychology nt the
State Normal School and choir di
rector of Mt. Lebanon A. M. E.
2lon Church, while Hattle ?_?raves.
wife of President C. P. Graves of
Roanoke Collegiate Institute,
again played the accompsniment.
Among the songs sung by the
Choir were "Onward Christian
Soldiers." "There Is a Fountain
Pilled With Hlood." and a solo
and chorus. "He Llfteth Me." with
Rose E. Hargraves taking the solo
Part.
Chorister Ramsay led the choir
and congregation in such negro
spirituals as "Steal Away." "I
Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray."
"Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and
"All God's Children Got Shoes."
"Matter the Tempest Is Waging"
was repeated by request. The ob
llgato In "I Couldn't Hear Nobody
fray" was sung by Marnolla Ov <
Mrioo. A solo. "Tell Me How Did
Boy Peel When You Came Out of
The Wilderness?" was aung by Ids
Robinson of the St. James Baptist
choir.
Two prayers were offered, one
by Dr. D. S. Blackwell. Mt. Leban
on Church, and the other by R-;v.
A. W. Garrett. Tbe negro boy
scouts again attended In a body.
White people parked the rear rf
the tabernacle, taking all seat*
not occupied hv negrors. nnd
standing along the rear and side
walla.
Sunday night's sermon on "The
Slaving of the Titanic" In sub
StaBce follows:
A Graphic Story
The evsngellst gave a graphic
account of thla great ocean dis
aster; atating In substance that
thla vessel bad left Southampton
on her first voyage with such
confidence that the uaual prayers
for her safety were omitted; be
cause she waa believed to he ab
solutely unsinkable. She had
started out to break the record
(or the quickest voyage across the
Atlantic, snd It was believed that
she would succeed On Sundsy.
April 14. 1912, she waa warned
by vessels she met to look out
for Iceberge. She returned
thanks for the wsrnlng but never
slackened her speed snd turned
from her course bnt slightly;
being bent upon breaking the
world's record no kept to the
short psth.
Though It was Sunday night it
mt the gsyest night of the trip
tmoat expensive supper pos
hed been served. And un
rou have been aboard one of
great liners, you hsve no
of their slse. capacity or
+4nli?tn*nt. I crossed on the
Lnsltanls when she made the
quickest trip on rocord. and she
consumed enough Coal to make SO
trail loads of If csra each. Their
food supplies consist of h*rda of 1
cattle, sheep, poultry, etc.. snd
froien fish and everything 1m
maglnahle from terrapin to ox.
Scarcely had the banquet
ended, wherein she had been
tftgsted aa an absolutsly unsinka
ble ship, the veteran Captain
Smith In his speech stating that
tbe days of the ocean disasters
were past. when the vessel
strurk sn Icebuff shortly before
midnight and sank with all but
7|0 of her 2.100 passengers,
about 2 o'clock Monday morning.
April IS.
ladgmrat on Man's Ambit l*ms
Here tbe evangelist tesd the
fallowing from Isslah 11:11-17
"the looks of msn shsll he
tumbled snd ths haughtiness of
man shsll be bowed down. a?id
Ibq Lord alone shall he exaKed
M that day Por the day of tbe
mt>r6 of hosts shall be upon every
^ie that Is proud and haughty,
gnd upon svery one who Is lifted
?p; and he shall be brought low
t ? ? and a*oo avsry lofty
tawer, and apon arery fortified
Vhll had upon all tb* ships of Tar
ahlsh. j ami upon all pleasant
imagery.**
Why thLs unexampled outburst ,
of horror ut this disaster. It
was not because of the great
loss of life, which was only some
1.600 peop!". Earthquakes,
floods in China and other disas
ters carry many morn to death
than did the Titanic, without at
trading a tenth of the comment
'hat her fatal ending caused. The
answer ll?-a deep in the history of
the human soul.
Man was created for God's
glory and was given the lordship
over all earthly creation, with
orders to subdue it to his domin
ion. Had he been content with
thnt he would have accomplished
his mission. Hut wh^n Satan
whispered to Eve that the reason
'he fruit of the tree of wisdom
had been denied her was because
If she would eat of It she and
Adam would became hp gods, It
became neccsanry for Ood to put
a limit to the power of theso am
bitious creatures. Thus, though
fhorn of the power to subdue the
earth, the sea and the air and all
that in them is. man still has the
desire to do no; nnd from that
tsme to this, man hut been essay
ing to usurp the power and do
minion of God and to conquer all
things.
The reason for the outburst of
horror over the sinking of the
Titanic was that It burst one of
man's a!r bubbles. Tills great
Idol had disappointed him. He
was not independent of God's pro
tecting care on the5 high seas
after all. He is after all, not
Independent of prayers to God
for his safety.
Tower of liabcl a Caae In Point
When after the flood the de
scendant s of N'oah became num
erous and powerful, they sought
to defy God to destroy them
again. In Genesis 11:19 we
have an account of their effort to
Mild the Tower of Babel, and
how God thwarted them by con
founding their language. Still
trying to carry out Satan's advice
and become gods, they said "Go
to. now. let us build us a city and
tower whose top may reach unto
Heaven, and let us mako us a
name." The World War was due
to the ambition of Germany to
make herself a name.
Every attempt of man to con
quer the forces of nature but adds
to his own destruction. The
itemoVle. the airship, the rail
re ids. the trolley cars, the huge
rwrh'icry In the factories, all
add thousands annually to the
toll of life. Man b^s even boaatfd
that he doesn't need God any
more to make rain, but by explod
ing dynamite In the air he can
produce his own rain, and by
pumping water from the stream,
he can irrigate his own fields, and
raise crops, rain or no rain.
An old infidel, whose farm
bordered on the Guadalupe river
built a dam and put In a huge
pump to Irrigate his farm. When
the plant started it worked beau
tifully and tho proud owner
shook his fist heavenward and
said. "Now God can go to hell;
I don't need any of his rain." As
If thP waters that came down the
river did not derive their origin
from God's rain. Within a few
days the defiant man was missed,
and portions of his clothing and
flesh were found ground up In the
pump machinery of his irrigation
plant.
So when men said they had
built a ship that _ would banish
ths terrors of tho sea, and so no
longer needed Ood on I he sea. He
confounded their puny efforts as
ho did those builders of the
tower In the plains of Shlnar, and
their defeat instead of humbling
them put them In a rage.
People Kclf-m iodH
The confidence of captain, pas
senger and crew contributed to
the destruction of the Titanic. So
sure were they that they had an
unslnkable ship that they paid lit
| tie heed to the warning* they re
ceived of Icfberga In their path.
'The Celtic did heeds thes*
warnings and cast anchor and
laid to till daylight
And this reminds me that an
other oY man's marvelous Inven
tions was rendered useless by the
providence of Ood or the decree
of fate Wireless telegraphy was
mpected lo bring succor l?
stricken or distressed vessel in
time to prevent the loss of life
And here Isy the Celtic within 20
miles of the Tltantlc. She could
have saved every" passenger on
board of ber. Hut tho wireless
operator had gone to sleep and
did not catch the distress signfcl.
The nearest vessel lo catch the
wireless signal of distress was the
i C'arpathla. which was so far away
(90 miles) that It took her till
daylight lo reach the scene of ths
! disaster. The Titanic had plunged
to the bottom of the ocean more
thsn three hours before. Th*
( arpathls picked up those In the
lifeboats, some 7S0 In number
j mostly women and children,
j Again, her very bfgnees. add
LITTLE ARMY
STANDING FIRM
Owens Valleys Forces in
| Possession of Ixis Angeles
Aqueduct While Officials
Wonder What to Do.
(Br TU* i?u-uud frwl
Lone Pine. Cal., >iov. 18. ?
Owens Valley's little "army of
occupation" was still in possession
of the Los Angeles aqueduct early
today and the water Intended for
Los Angeles municipal supply waa
counting in Its two day old paa
eago through the waste gates.
No one has yet made any ef
fort to forcibly eject the Invad
ers or to clone the gates.
Lone Pine. Cat.. Nor. 18. ? De
termined cltltenc of Owena
County in a dispute with aquoduct
official* of Los Angeles over wa
ter rights are holding the spillway
of the Los Angeles water supply
acalnit all comers despite court
orders and various attempts to
dlBlodge them.
They declare tha: thoy will stay
until officials adjuat the dispute
fro that ranches and properties of
Owens County wlli not suffer.
ed to the certainty of the Titanic* s
destruction. Had even the Titan
ic struck the Ice a square blow. It
would havo only stove In her bow
and filled one or two of her front
compartments with water, but
Bhe struck the huge mountain of
Ice. estimated to be ninety miles
long standing a hundred feet out
of the water and a thousand feet,
under water, a glancing blow, rip
ping open every water compart
ment from bow to stern, on that ,
side like a giant can opener. As
soon as these filled she begsn to
list to that aids, and In time went
down.
So we nee the site, the speed.
:he self-confidence of her crew
were all against the Titanic. In
stead of making for her safety
The fact Is that her bnllders bad
spent fifteen millions of dollars
for speed and luxury, for gymna
siums, swimming pools, tennis
courts, luxurious saloona and
apartmenta, and furniture, and :
less than a thousand dollars for ,
life boats! How foollah. you a* jr.)
nnd yet some of you are spend
In? a fortune on your children
and neglecting thair aalvatlon.
Had they thought that she i
might sink they would not only
have had tho usual prayers for a
safe voyage, but thay would have
provided lifeboats enough to have
saved all on board. It is char
acteristic of men who place their
trust in their own devices to ig
nore Qod.
Good and Bed Fared Aliko
Let no one suppose that th?,
people lost on tha Titanic were
worse than the common run of
' people. They were not. Thers
was tho Rev. Mr. Harper, who wa?
coming over to hold a meeting at;
Moody's church, and the old gam-,
biers called sea-bussards. There
were the millionaires? Aator.
Guggenheim, and fltraus and
Ismay; and there were steerage
passengers from Italy. There were j
the lgorant peasants, and the coal !
stokers, anil tha learned W. T.
Stead, who ' was coming over to
lecture on tie "Men and Religion ,
Movement." Thsre were rich and
poor, good and bad, learned and
Ignorant.
And Just here I pause to re
msrk thst while Mr. Stead was
coming over to lecture on "Men
and Religion." he was an avowed
Spiritualist, and had been told by
one of the splrlta whom he com-)
munlcated with that he waa des
tlned to die on the atreeta of Lon
don. But he didn't, he went to
Ja watery grave on the Titanic. I I
suppose he thought the streets of |
London rather wet.
No, this compsny wss not un
usua' nor exceptionally wicked
I Jesus aald. "Think you that the
I people on whom ths Tower of 81- ,
j loam fell were wicked shore their
fellow, I toll iron 1ST; but unless
V repent, re "hsll sll Uk??ls?
perish "
And ttaejr *11 died alike ?
preacher and gambler, millionaire >
'and coal heater; scholar and paae
ant. high and to*, good and had
[tecauae thera waa no power
within themasltss to sere them
and the thing on which they 'de
pended for aalvatlon. failed them
They all died allks heeauae they
,al1 remained on the Titanic. On
the other hand, those who were
pared wfre all eared alike regard
lea* of wealth or station because
they got on board llfsboats.
Why did the 1.100 sll psrlah
lust alike! Beesnse tha mad
ship In which they tmatsd waa
the only thing bstwsen thera and
the bottom of the ocean Why
were the 1?0 all aarsd sllke Be
cause they sll got Into ths life
boats sllke when glrcn sn oppor
tune .. ?
, Neither thoss drowned nor
those as red hsd thslr dsstlsy sl
Contlsusd Page ?
DOUKHOBOR CHIEF
? BURIED IN ROCK i
THE GRAVE OF PETER VERIOIN BRITISH COLUMBIA DOUK
v MOBOR LEADER AND tlNSETi VERIOIN ?
D| >EA IfnlPf
NSL80N B C-rnw Vartgin.
leader of Canada ? lN>ukln?U)r
culoniet reata in a vaull Maat
ed t r* th* roch of a mountain that
tower* ahov* the principal viiugf
Ftv# thousand followers curried
hla body there
He wti iejrard?-d hy the Houkho
bora at> divinely aent to lead th*m
t'nder hia guidance iheir woalth in
created to IS uOO 000 They owned
ssn mills. great (arms, several fa?
tones
Verijrln born tn Russia, spent IS
years in Siberian fxile before he was
allowed to come to Canada at the re
quest of the Canadian government.
Count Tolstoi and the American So
ciety of Friends He was killed by
a mysterious explosion on board a
I railroad train
HAYMAX AND COTTKX
HRTL'ltXBD TO WASHINGTON*
Washington. N. C.. Nor. IS. ?
n?;v. L. D. Haym*n linn (im'Q re-'
turned to the PI rot Methodist
Church for another year and Rev.
S. A. Cotten will bo the priding
older of the WnshlnKton district
for another year.
labor Committers
DOIN(; THE WORK
iBr tt? AvmrUtrd
I El Paso, Nov. 18. ? VUo Amori
! can Federation of Latfor ?onven->
tlon today turned to the formu
lation through rr>mm!ttep action
of It n major policies for the next
year.
Plfteen committee* appointed
at the first session yest?rday will
do the bulk of the work of the
assemblage during tbo remainder
of thin week Including executive
hearings on topics of paramount
Importance.
IX MOW YORK
i A. <5. James. Manager of H. C.
Bright Company in in New York
this week purchasing Christmas
Jewelry for the holiday season.
PKOBE DEATH OF
WOMAN IN FURNACE
Columbus. 0.r Nov. 18 ? County
Prosooutor John King 1* today
investigating the death yesterday
of Mrs. Addle Sheutsley. agod ^0,
vifo of Iiev. C. V. Shcatsu y. pas
tor of Christ Lutheran Church,
whose charred remains were tak
en from the furnucs In the Sh? atf
U y home.
Klnc said it would have hcen
Impossible for the woman to com
mit suicide by crawling into the
turnaco and closlnK the .loor be
<k?n<1 her an the coroner'* ; verdict
said.
3heatsley van for tiini? years
pastor of a suburban church h??re.
lie was being questioned today
and officers nald they might have
something definite to announce
later.
KARLY HNOKDALL HKIIK
Heavy snow fell here early this
morning, c verlng vacant lots nnd
metal roofs with n thin hlnnket of
white; , but the weather wns not
cold enough for it to stick on
streets or sidewalks. Thin In the
earliest snowfall remembered hem
In 13 yearn.
Radio Fans Will Be Fed
On Jazz Diet For Season
Grand Offra Start* Kail to del Thrill from lnvi?il>lo
Audicncr Who Haven't Planked Down (Icsdi
at Box Offio? and Will Not Brondriixt
H> O. I,. SCOTT
IS*****). loll *i T?i A?va*Mt
Chicago, Nov. IS. ? A Jnzz diet
la all that radio fans ran hope for
thla winter to appease their np
petlto for music. Any fast? for
such delectable morsolB of onior
talnmont us grand opera will have
to go unsatisfied.
So offlclalH of the Chicago Civ
ic Opera Association have deter
mined by a decision against ar.y
further broadcasting of th?- ine
lodloua outpouring of At'
theater stars during their p r
forma nces In the **aion Jiift
stared.
To back tip their decHlov. 'ton
tracts with n number of tho'more
brilliant singers o a ?? Vcn m.r
to provide definitely that ihrlr
productions are not to be carried
by radio to the multitude of
teners outside th-> Auditorium
Theater here. Interest In gran \
opera, cultivated all last season,
by two broadcastings a week ov
two ot the most povo'liri Chl'v
go stations, ia now to be allowed
to lag.
For a time there was a thought
that the opera management
might revoke It* decision and l<?t
radio audiences get acquaint"
with tha real stars of th.? music
| world. But now they hiv.? an
nounced differently. Thus an
other move to ?iev.i? ? the en? r
talnment that Is filling the nit
foes up in amok*.
Jnst what effort the dwision
will have on box office receipts Is
hard to determine. The pre.ent
season however, Iv finding an uv
precedented demand for ticket*,
which many believe ia due in par'
to the interest of radio fans, new
no longer able to get tboir Hic'.i
class entertainment from the air
If only all stars of grand opera
were Ilk" Mary Garden it might
i dlfferont. Hhe claims to g?
I a thrill out of the thought of hav
[ lug her raoalcal effort* carried to
th# four corner# of the oountrr.
and Is delightod the lett"-n that
always come In afterward telling
how the Invisible audl?-nce haw ap
preciated her efforts.
Hut all the stars arc not like
Mary They don't believe in lot -
tin* th<* public enjoy their talents ,
unless that public pay? 'hroueh
prescribed channels.
Not ko with the Jar/, art lets
howover. The difficulty In to ,
keep them away from a micro
phone. radio atatlnna report. All
this winter the air la to be full
of syncophated symphonies and
Jazted melodlea. And after all.
'here la no denying; that Jazz la
the most popular type of music
with tho radio masses
But theTe waa a hi* clans of
llalenera who appreciated last
seaaon'a opera as It came out of
the loud speakers. They want
It repeated, but that one exper
ience aecrm* to have been enough
for (treat* singers
All of which again raises the
question whether radio haw
hurt or helped the theater busi
ness ? whether the people are go
ing to be content to stay home
and listen to the Jazz that comes
through the eiher. rsther than go
out and get their music from
stage or screen
It doea not look am though
theater m-n have any apprehen
sion on that score, Plofenz
Zlegfleld has Just announced
plans for about $2,000,000 worth
of theaters here in Chicago.
Thoae already operating can
hardly handle the rrowda wanting
MAUL
Grand tpers Joins with thr
reat of them on thin score. It
even haa a missionary out In the
field educating the masses to an
appreciation of the heat in music,
llut that mnala is going only to
thota who ar-a wiling to support ,
It.
ROLL CALL GETS I
OFF TO A START
^ ?rk<T(t (.unvaMKitifr City
and Hope to Meet IVompi
and Generous Response
for the Red Cross.
Tho It.d Cress |;?1| caii ?
In a Koud start Monday and Turn.
<lj> or ill l:i Ui ffk and th. work, rs
II" cllj hop,, th.1 Ih.ro may bo
no delay in tho response,
la J?. C"" P"?tl?>nod
' , ''k ' " uccnunt of tho rovi
Thanif ",|" ne" 'I 1>u?l close bv
.'. . L k "*>'? " could not 1)o
postponed this vook.
Therefore. as th- typ.. writer
practlc" ej. rc|?e lt ..N(ny (<
. I-Ml" 'nr It Kond tneo and true
to <????,.. ,hl. ai,i 'I!'1
Party this time, but ,.f ,|?. R,.,
f/rTi ,A "?*' f?v" will ? con
ferr-d by prompt response sj that
saryCon v'?" *?> ?"t
,?V"..S"'u^d?>, Mrs II II. Cotter
and ".rs. nessle St.-wurt, assisted
5L" "tractive hlKh school
will % oV a." "''d Cl'"9 nurses,
will c.ioiass the St not crowds
ed In Moll'l lh"" workers list
ed In Monday s Advance will try
to canvarn the C|t> ?
rjJ'l". ,'t"d Cr"?" "Wan used to
However, whpn u i? _
hrr.-d that over vi, ,
local work last y,*ar .,nd ,h'
?? ??Wn.r SE
coii.hu, J,.ar p. rhapa mnnv
buti??:n' ,U ",3k" contri
"?'"eh membership'
stavs , ''U", ?',<1 ">'? rest
stays here for local W(11.k Now
If a pels",, answers with a dollar'
"en. C'C, ft do,Iar stay's
125 whv i"! rft , answers with
here Z f? 60 thl" "lays
thl'. w from
sSv^^.VT.'ML's;
id In H'rZ ronlrl!'""?? are want
Jn 'ar8*? numk-r.
T!>#? annual roll call iu * ?,?
??"??? of support for ellher lh
local activlt les or th,? work iff e
?er h^w Ihrs?n'","'!"' "? ??
i? 3" in-.'r.tr
mmm
SS; stsi
JOSKI'H CAILJ.AUX
'JRANTFJ) AMNESTY
n.-i 'n? TV.? A-?|,tM Pw.?,
!?..? r V 18 J?8?ph Call
toiler I'sTr who In Oc.
r 1.118 won found giilltv of
havlna lmp.,|ed the prose?,!!, ?
nitty, ,n<,tty vol<>" ?n am.
?"T"U H NUr MU
WashltiKton. is-. ,? <Vnv. |H
VVashlnnton mourns today the
P"'n<f of ??r,? 0f | f n hiiriii v f>?
teem d elti2,.?, |? ,hr y '
Otway Hum ley who pa.Ed.wIy
|>? n.a homo, cornnr of WnRhinir
ion and Kecottd streets at il |r,
nroi"rlI f'""lny morning after i,
h hi horn b"ln? conflnod to
nls homo since last June.
ADDITIONAL data
ABOUT sugar tariff
Washltiaion. Nov. is .i_i>r,.,i
'lent ( oolldgo ha, received addl!
tlonal data from tho Tariff Com
mission In conniction with it. rr.
ports on the sugar tarff nn,| h()I,?,
o make a decision very soon ??
lOfsllon of i he tariff rate
qnrstlon. *10
City To Take Over
Utilities January 31
Will Take ' it? of Nearly 75 Days to Advertise
and St'Il Tom1- ;i'itl (Jet Money in Hand for Pur- ??
c1k:m "t iVomrties, Says Mayor Goodwin
WORKING ON I) VWES
PLAN FOK CHINA
New York. Nov. 18. ? A Dawes
plan (or China worked out by
business men instead of states
men la In progress of formulation.
It vai learned hero yesterday.
SKIUOl'S ("Ol'IlT t'ASK
KXI)S WITH M.\?IUA(iK
What had promised to ho an
other cane with the defendant
charged with the same crime as
that of which Jee Swindell wan
convicted during the term of Su
perior Court ending here Fri
day terminated in n idea ?.f nolo
contendere for th- d--fendr.nl and
continued JudxmeM *by the court
when the girl who was to have
been the proa cutlng witness. who
had turned 16 since the alleged
??ffenac was c mmltted, appeared
In c urt with the written perrnls
sl> n from her parents that she
marry the d- fendant. The de
fendant ixpreni^d the desire to
marry the jjlrl and Trial Justice
Spence accordingly permitted the
pulr to hie themselves to a
preacher to b?? Joln? d in wedlock.
This they did forthwith and are
now man and wife.
TWO MEN KILLED
IN WHARF FIRE
4Ur 1-r.M.I
Linden. N. J. Nov. 18. ? Two
men were killed, a barge and a
! steamship were destroyed and
wharves suffered damago here I
last night when gasoline being
loaded from the steamer to the
barge caught fire.
Warners. N*. J.. Nov. J 8. ? The
loss of $7,000 it a? estimated to
day as caased by fire whlrh start-!
Inp with an explosion aboard a
i barge hcr?? last night. Ignited a
gnsolln ft tank and destroyed sev
eral oil tanks ashore. The flamoi
threatened for a tlmo to sweep
the entire water front.
DANGER SPREADING
FLAMES IS AVERTED
111* TM AMnrlttrd
Atlantic City, Nov. 18. ?With a
toll of two dead and four missing
Are whlrh destroyed the nothwoll
Hotel and its annex, formerly the
I Senator, lant night, and fOl* a time
threatened many fine residences at
?this coast resort, was burning lt
nelf out today, and It was believed
that danger of Acmes spreading
had been averted. Nothing but
part of the walla of the hotel re
mained and the cnplno on the fa
mous steel pier was pr-rtlrally
wrecked. The 1??sh l:i estimated
at $1,500,000.
A.tlatlc City. i Fire last
night destroyed ?? veil Ho
tel and dainaM- others,
killed two persons and Injured
several, and c.iur.od $500,0 00 loss.
NAMED ASSISTANT
SECRETARY STATE
Washington. Nov. 18. ? Presi
dent Coolldge today appointed
John A. MflMurray of iNow Jersey
as Assistant Serrrtary of State.
NAM K OMITTED
Tho name of W. ft. White A
Company was omitted by error in
Monday'* and Saturday's Hals of
firms urging a continuance of the
Ham-Hamsay revival here
STECK <;ON<;KATIILATES RKOOKIIAItT
him-! r. Hteck M?.n, <l?.<u^d Democratic en n did a to for I'nttHl
Ml i? h* nator from low*, h a*?n Iiito congratulating Henalor ?
Smit'i W. Ilrnokhart. i<? publican, th? mnn who defeated him. Karly
r. turda indicated .lit?cV won ilrookhart'a a?at, but aaveral duya later
th- Democratic candidate conceded the Senator ? re election.
January 31. 1925. wan the data
sot. In conference Monday betwetti
the City Council and I'rMtdlu
Howard E. Crook of tha affiliated
utility corporations of EllsabCttl
City, for the city to take over m
to and begin operation of tneoa
properties.
It was felt by the members of
the City Council. Mayor Oood^i9l
explains, that January 31 wu M
early as the city could properly
advertise and sell Its bonds, and,
as there are no funds available titf
the purchase of the utilities until
the bends are sold, the date eat
w >uld be as early as the of ff
cuuld take over and operate the
properties.
Mr. Crook was accompanied la
the conference by legal counsel/
while with the city's governing
b- dy sat William C. Olsen of Ra
leigh, the city's engineer, who
will advise the city as to tha M*
bulKing or revamping of the ex
isting utilities and under whoee
direction will be all the construe*
tlon wr rk undertaken. Mr. Olsafli
was retained by the city when
first municipal ownership of phb
lie ut tilth's was decided upon?i.4/
The existing utilities have baa*
purchased at a price of $370.#(Mf
while bonds to the amount, of
$800,000 will be advertised
nale. The city plans to spends
considerable amount on rebg||if?
lng or revamping the electric
and power plant, improving lb*
water plant, and extending ths
sewerage system.
TWO POKI>8 HMASHKl)
Washington. N. C., Nov. 18.?
Sunday afternoon around
o'clock two Ford touring c2H
went together on the Bath road
near Hunyan. According to
Smith who driving one oar which
was occupied by his mother, iftra,
H. D. Smith and his brothtf
Frank Smith, he had stopped h(a
car. due to engine trouble aaA
while he wan trying to remadjr
matters a Ford touring car drtaidi
by Guy Mixon with four otlptfr
I hoys in the car struck th* Smith
car to the rear with the reenlt
i Mrs Smith was painfull? hurt on
her back and is now in the Voir
lor Memorial Hospital and hta
brother, was injured on the head;
Hoth cars were smashed to pleeae.
It Is said that Mixon claims that
he did not see the Smith car.
LIMIT INSPECTION
INCOME TAX RETURNS
Washington. Nov. 18. ? Inter
nal revenue collectors were today
Instructed by Commissioner VlaJr
i to restrict public Inspection of la
1 come tax lists to not more tha*
! three days a week and not more
j than three hours of any one day."
ACiKD <X>ri?|J.; I>K.\D
I Washington. N. C.. Nov. 18. ?
On Saturday, November 8th, Capt.
William A. I'arvln, sged 14,
passed away at his home near
tbls city and Monday morning his
aged helpmate, Mrs. William ?.
I'arvln. aged 81. left to Join hi*
| In that "undiscovered country,*'..
POLITICAL LEADER m
FOUND MURDEItEft
Leonardtown, 'Md.. Nov. ll.il
James Henry Chlng, county po
litical leader, was found dead |ft
front of his home here today. Jttfl,
bead had been crushed witfc
blunt weapon and the coroner la
advance of the Inquest declared ft
was his conviction lhat chlng had
been murdered. There were In
dications of s struggle at the epot
where the body wu found.
"MIAMI" HMOWH ?i IfUi
OF TOP A V It K.\ I .LSTI< 'AJJbY
Rh? wm ii modern girl; ah#
amokcd, drank, flirted unconaclok*
ably And never took a dare. She
thou Klit love wmp n pleasant gan|#
hut ahn did not know It COatA. W
a dnngcroua one until ah? get
hurt. "M4arol" at the Alkratt#
today shown the girl of today a
her true colors, and Hetty Comi>
Hon plnya her with reallatlc thor
oughn'aa.
II %l> WRATH KK ItKHITTM IK
.NO HKNHIOX rO!,|( K (XWIHT
Owing. It In presumed. to In
clement weather wltneaaea In
lea before the recorder'* court
Tuesday failed to nhnw up and
there wan no acaalon of court. ''
A liquor cafe Involving the biff
gevt haul made by the police Mm#
the Ave gallon flaaco In whleh ???
mett Woraley, colored, and PqtkM?
Officer Hen Houghton played
Ing role#, la act for next Monday,
OOTTO* IlKrOBT
New York. Nov. IK. ? Spot cot
ton cloaed steady. Middling 24. 6d.
an advance of 10 point* rotor##
rloalng bid, Dec. 24 2*. Jan. t4.4|
Mar- h 14. 10. May t6.lt. Jul f
t4 #4
Now York. Nov. 18 -Cotto* ni
turea opened today aa follow*; De
cember t3.M. January I4?U*
March 24. *5. May 24.?3, Jui jr
24.80 7f|?