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ClHC't LATIO.N wedn ksd a y 2,575 Copies VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. THE WEATHER I'nsettlcd tonight and Satur I day. Moderate to fresh South west winds. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, Fit I DAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 2S, 1:12 1. SIX PAGES. NO. 288. She Cut Red Tape And Got What She Wanted! When American (iirl Thought She'll Been (liven |{aw Deal hy Italian Jewelry Firm She Wrote to Musso lini Addressing Him as "Dear Ken" and Oh My By HOnKItT T. SMALL <C*ryrtffct. IH4. By Th? New York, Nov. 28. ? Some where In Federal law or musty precedent It is written that no in- 1 dividual citizen of the l'nlted ' States Hliall treat with a forelgu government, shall make claims or ' demand redress for wrongs real or Imagined. All such matters are reserved for diplomatic treatment through the regular channels which start in Washington and reach out to all quarters of the globe. This was the wish of the forefathers of the republic. All of which, however, has meant nothing at all In the life of a Jer sey girl who d? cided recently to 4ftt all rod tape and become her jijwn envoy extraordinary and min-1 later plenipotentiary in adjusting a little matter which concerned herself and certain matters of fair dealing in which she felt the Ro.v al Italian government had a very real Interest. The amateur diplomacy has been vastly successful. Nothing has been filed away In the ar-J Chives of Rome or Washington to gather dust and await further representations until some time in ; the dim and distant future. There has been direct action, stern and ; uncompromising, and better rela tions with Italy have been en gendered In at least one American . community. The feminine direct actlonist Is; Miss Margaret L. Johnstone, an i artist of Glen H'.dge, New Jersey, j The friends who have heard her' i story have marveled at her auda- : City. It seems that last spring Miss Johnstone was a visitor in Iloni". While there she was stricken with typhoid fever snd spent works in a hospital. Throughout her Ill ness she was attended by a nurse who proved exceptionally capable and kind. The American girl wished to make her a substantial present in addition to the usual compensation and Just before leaving Rome she went to one of the more prominent Jewelry stores and selected a very handsome j necklace. Much pleased with her j choice she started for New York. .Jjaving left careful directions as ( |Bo the sending of tho necklace to | ?fihe nurse. ^ Arriving home In Glen Ridge. ' Miss Johnstone thought little or ! nothing more about the matter | until one day a letter arrived front j the nurse. It was couched In f most casual terms. The necklace 1 had arrived and had l?-vn a very thoughtful remembrance. Tho tone of tin- acknowledgement, however, was mil in k ?*?* pi n with the value of the necklace. There was fvid'iico op disappointment. Mlsn Joliiii'tiiiii' smelt a rat. She promptly w rote to the nurse and afked lor what sort of necklace she had r? eeJved. When the reply came tile trouble was evident. Tho ji'Wt'lirs had dollv< rod an artiol" far inferior to tin- one purchased. [ Miss Johnstone was outraged. Sh? wrote a burning b tt? r to the jewelry firm. She j ot no reply. She cabled. Still no attention. Ml a* Johnstone wr*.s calling malo d lot tons down on tho out in- Italian people. Thou a brilliant thought eamo to hor. The papers had boon full of Mussolini. She had road of! Mussolini this and Mussolini that, i Evidently Mussolini was tho rat's pajamas In all things Italian. Miss Johnstone looked further into ihis Mussolini matter and decided to find whillifr he was a myth or; a master. She learned Ills flrst name was Honito and she prompt ly sat down and in her beM hand writ iim dashed off a letter to! "Dear Hen" that she f ?-l I he would remember for most of hi* fascist ie day; she told him that America ; admired him and had always been friendly disposed toward Italy. However, she an American citizen, had been treated like a dog, she had been cheated and rohhod and she demanded that something be done. Otherwise she- was mire diplomatic relations would lie broken; that all tourist .trade with Italy would bo ended. No American tourist could feel him self safe in a shop at !louio. What Was Mr. Mussolini to do about that? For throe weeks after the dispatch of this ultimatum noth-. Inn happened. Then came a panic ? stricken letter from the jewelers., oh how chuKrinncd tlioy were. | What could they do? Please cn ble them and also please cable Mr. Mussolini. The government was threatening to revoke their I license and put them all In Jail. Wouldn't the brautiful A uteri -j can lady accept one million apol-i ogles and such a necklace would ! be sent to that dear nurse as n.i ministering angel ever had re- j celv-jd before. Miss Johnstone smiled In tri umph and serenity. She has not heard directly from Mussolini yet. May be she won't. It isn't at nil necesaary. The "incident" la Jnst about closed. Harlem Lottery Business For Time Being Is Poor Killing Set for Last Saturday for I'layrrs Turned Into Killing for "Bankers" anil Hungry Kinli Saddened by Experience Slow to Take Old Bait Again lly < . <i. MAIISIIA Mi (C*9yrl|M, I #24. By Tt?? Afwicil New York. Nov. 28. ? Harlem wont back to its galloping domln. oos Wednesday. lottery agents, or "bankers" ns they style them selves. wer?* open for business nt the old stand, but customers for the big drawing next Saturday , were scarce. The big killing set for last Saturday did not com?* t ofT. It didn't come off because > aomethliiK went wrong with th plot to doublecross the bank hut It almost succeeded at that. Too many persons were playlni? th< Winning number ? or what ap peared to be the winning numhi r ? for It to be merely a coinci dence, and Inatead of payln? off J^ot - Saturday night as usual, the banker* held up payment until KT>ir.<vday. In the meantime. It d* Yeloped that 261 whs not the win ning number at ail but that 023 were the numerals that brought home the bacon. ? 80 Instead of having to pay off a sum estimated at near 1300,000 the hankers had to separate them selves from only about $25,000. It was the bankers and not the play era who made the killing. The winning number la arrived at by Joining Certain digits of the New York bank clearings and New York bank halancss as posted ev ery Saturday on the bulletin board In the lobby of the New York Clearing House Association. The figure* as printed In four New York evening newspapers last Saturday were: Clearings $f>26. 000.000 ; bank balances. $101. 000.000 The second and third digits of the first set of figures. Joined to the third digit of the ?acond set. provided the lottery "number that was accepted as th?? winning one by all Harlem? ex cept the bankers. It turned out that the correct clearing figures were $302,000,000 and the cor tffaet balances $103.000. 000 which JgMule the winning lottery number The one winner of the first prlxe Was paid $6,000 and the 21 win ners of the second prl*?? took down about $19,000 If the bankers had paid off on the first number I Ithcy would have had to aettle | with !>2 persona for the his I money. Their Mk an* wild to have totalled $252. Thin mini at ?00 to 1. I ho quoted odds. would have cost the bankers over $1.10. 000. Moreover, the hankers would have hud to pay more than $100, 000 to G5 winners of the necond prize. When the disappoint' d onrn found out that there had been a mistake nnd that tiny were not to he paid off. they Im-kiiIi ho in hard - In k with abuse the n^wspapcra which printed I he Incorrect num ber* and also the cleaiiny house j officials. The latter maintained that' the correct flcure* had hem ported eu the hoard and In sup port of this contention, they r? - cited the fact that some of th< newspapers had the correct fig ures. lint they could not explain 1 how it was that all four of the 1 newspapers which printed the in. 'correct figures had obtained them 1 through different Th? v I said It was bardly possible that I the n?ur? s had been chanced after I they had b? en written on the slate j in the lobby hut to prevent such ,n thinn belnu done in the future they have tlvcu orders to move j the slate out of reach of any one stnndlnK on the floor. There have been rumors of a I bribe fund of $1,500 rnlsinu last j week among certain Harlem gam j biers to Mfltire the "flxInK" o f the | figures but apparently It was not made clear oven to the contribu tors how this was done. Meantime there Is much moan* Ink' In Harlem and the lottery business for the time being 1; poor. ELECTROCUTION IS FIRST THIS YEAH Raleigh, Nov. 28 ? As Governor M'orrlson declined to intervene yesterday. Vance Morgan. 23 years old negro. will be electro cuted today. This will bo the [ fir?t electrocution 1a North Car , ! ollna In 1*24. Marion Pays Its Respects ;to Former "First Lady"* if 'Mio mkm jr ^ "t" ^ ?rn ? m ir w*" y>iw<* m< i Mr i rjjwiii - ? ~ - ? - - - ? The little city of Marlon. O.. sorrowfully turned out to pay it<? renpectx to the memory of Mm. Warren (i. liariiliic. Not since the death of her il? lustrlous husband, the late president, had there been such a display of genuine griel In Marlon. Hundreds filed past_tho Hower banked _bler_ In . th?i ? home Mrs. Frank J longshore, niece of the former .."first lady." HONOR ROLL FOR SECOND MONTH Nanir* <?f Student* in *???> Schools Maftiim Good Itccord Thi* Scmdon arc Given Today. Following i? the honor roll for II..' graJed Hdiool for the month oixlinu November 7: ... fourth C.radea: Mlaa Broekwell. t?>acher ? Elizabeth GrlfTln. H? r Inrt Ferrell, Kenneth Sawyer. mimh NVwby. teacher ? Lenora Ilundy. Sudl? Oriffln. Mario" Mundon. Margie Meeklna, Httsy Wright. Mr., ^klnn. r t'-ach-r - ( Pauline Anderson. Willie hiii. Illaneh- ????&?. frothy Ilaby. , Porta Hopkins. Selma Chamber*. Sad l<- Wood. Flow, ra Allcock. Clyde Ambroae, Charlea U^r> Harold Belanga, Wealcy Tal t. John Wataon. Mlaa Punch, teach er? Mildred Mann. Eleanor Good win. Marguerite Sawyer. . Cartwrlkht, Ha*el I endleton, Charles Toxey, Leonard Prltch nrd. Mills Bell. Thomas J antes Price. Mlaa White, te.fh or Eleanor Aydlett, Lillian Do tlrr. Less I e Mae JennlnK*. Man;a rot Kramer. Nannie Hold Lo\e. Edith Midgetle Maxlne Morrl. ette. Elizabeth Munden. Marjotle ITltchard. Inez Puekett. Margaret Seymour, Porta Wllklna. Loot"* WHIey. Katl.loen Bray. ""Ward Bright. Campbell Conn-ry. Illadea Foreman, Larry Davla. Francla Jennlnga. Richard Thompaon. jnlin Pecle, BlUle Leeter. fifth C.radea: Mr. I'';"?*'"' teacher I'nullne Bailey. Urglnia Sander.. Oeorge Dawaon Earl IVrry Mlaa Woodley. teacher? Percy Hurdle. Mica Scott teacher Margaret Chorey. Katherln' Miller Nellie Da?ldaon. Elmer Payne. Wllford Mil. J- D. Win, low, Itob.rt Keata Jamea To'er Mlaa Cooke, teacher ? Wllma noyce. I.e *le Harrla. Flora John son. Carolyn Kramer Manila Long. Martha Oullaw norla ftee - ey Julia Skinner. Kdna Sc.lt, Mary Sawyer. Inez Templeman. . Osceola Weal. Jamea Armatront'.| William llrork. Odla Bundy. Clar ence Cohoon. Edward Oaycnport. J??,c, Stalllnga. Robert Spence^ I Sixth C.radea: Mlaa teacher Oacar Salter. ' . I tencher- Sttale Bell, Huth Mvi npon. Mildred Kill-It Mavla | Harris Kdna Maplea, Katie Mur ,l. n Bertie Price. Hilda Rogera. | I.i n'nle Rogera. Joaephlne Spence^ Axle Swain. Margaret While. Mlaa Prltch.lt, teacher? Nine Turner. Margaret Symona. Beaale Sawyer^ llel. n Clarrett, Alice Barm*, Seventh fira.lea: Mrs. teacher Shirley Fearing Dorl?| Harrison. Mlaerere lleltrlck. M>'r II.. Hill. Franca Pendleton. Mary II Saundera. Mlaa Harney, teach er Jodie linker. Nellie Bnyce. Cora McKlmmey. Joe lerrell. William Twlddy. Mlaa Aahe. teach er Mary Fearing. IIIkIi School: Freshman A Katherlne Cartwrlghl. Helen '.ai Iher. Evelyn Hill. I.avlnla J""^a. I an hell Munden. ,lu'^ t'lvla Spence. Helen W llklna. Hoy den "iJanlela. William Hordon Jamea l-cltoy. Ix>rlmer MW?J Freshman II Elizabeth White I Helen Well". Vetle I -ore. Huth Harrla. Elizabeth Creety, Sampl". Freshman C and P noth Jonea. Wilfred Jonca. Wil bur W.st. Arthur Wood. Freah man C and E ? Thelma Jackson. Elisabeth St<???r. Thos. Williams. Sophomore A Lillian Alexander. Vlrgllla llanka. laadore Mrrnw Mary (J. Orefcory. Jane Hastings. Elvle Jaekson. Gertrude Temple man. John Kramer, Keith Saun dera. Tyre Sawyer. Robert Wll- , llama. Sophomore B I." Han lloyce. Marguerite Morgan Jamea Wood Sophomore C and I) Jul* Ian (lard. Junior A? JJar'ha I at VrehheU, Monterey Cartwrlghl. Ka'herlne Duff. Mary Lee Jack son. Helen Kramer, Helen Virginia l^>Hoy. Mary Owena. 1.11 ||.? Twlford. Joaeph Kramer Jenlor 11 Naomi flpear. Ileaale Twlford Senior A ? Minnie l/ee Drorkett. Ruth Harrall, Selma Morgan, Irfiulae Outlaw. Myrtl< ownlev F.lliaheth Thompaon L i lian Wllklnn, Lawrence Aydlett., I Vernon Chappell. Marlon Harr I . ' Carroll Abbott. Senior B Mil MUTINEERS ATTACK MILITARY HOSPITAL ? Br T??? Cwr? ? .ii. i?. r.K > i?i .mm. i?n platoon* of the Kiev nth Sud:in3c i ui Khartum today mutinied and attacked the military hispltul, killinic a British doctor. Two Syrian doctors aiso were . killed. 'file British t roups fired on the mutineers who Buffered severe j casualties. Twelve more pcr*i>n.? were SIX MONTHS IS PHELPS TERM Former MoiiiImt of Policc Force (lonvicletl of li<?ot?j ' Ifpgiii^ in liccordrr'tt Court Friday. Six months en th.- rnath was the sentence impost d upon (irun dison Phelps. former member <?f the Kli/.aheth C'lty police force who has been a reputed hoot leu. ger for the last 12 months but on whom the police tip to Inst Sun day had been unable to yet any tangible evidence. wiie:i a record t r'a court Jiwy hrcucht in a \ ?: ? diet of guilty of s- Slur: against Phelps Prldav morning I^ast h tin day I'ollc- OfTIc ?> Twlddy and Itasnight before day light stationed tlietmi: I ? < * in a vacant house near the Phelps ie* idencr and caught a cukIoiih r ting liquor from the house red handed. Leonard lllount, colored, was nabbed at half past G o'clock before he got well off the preml:> s , when ?ie was Just in tin- act ??f placing the bottle to his lips (' i his first nip from the pint lie !?:< ?i purchased. Leonard was th third customer who had h? ? n waited en that morning, accord inu to the police. | The liquor w^s delive red to t ?' ? customers by Dor Phelpn, H y- i old son of <2rni:dUnn Phelps, and ithe dcf? sise, admit tin,*: the : i by the hoy to the negro mount, denied tin- State's evidence to tl< effect thai there wn.i another i ? and contended that in the en sale made the boy was selling a filnt that he had "found" out a neighbor'* hog pen and that t Ii* father knew nothing of the tra action. After nearly two hoi i deliberation, how? v? r. the Jur* sreepted the State's vorslon of the afTair and found Ph? lp* utility of aiding and n t?? ? tiny In th" transaction. T' ? polic who have been trying to g?-t evidence on Plielps for the In ' six menths claim tiiat he deliber ately uses a boy under the age ? t I ft to actually deliver his liquet because of the fact that if i och .1 lioy Is raiiKbt he can not he dealt with other than In the JqvenIP court. Police Officers Twiddy and lla* night said that they took up 1 h? I r positions In the unoccupied home at about f?:30 o'clock, and Twldd* testified that shortly thereafter 'i? saw two negroes route (o the house and thump on the wail. "Doc! Doe! Doc!" TwJdd% testified that he heard the f?th? r call. A f"W moments later. accord Ing to Twlddy. the Im>v appear' d at the door and made a kale, ap parently of liquor, to the two ?m groes. Ilasnlght. who was In stiOlh< r room and who testified that in too had heard the call of "Dor." rame Into the room where Twidd> was at about the time that tie sale to lllount was h< Inn marl He had not actually seen the tii-t sslr because his view of the back of the house wss cut off from his first point of observstlon "Two have already got liquor dred Dotler, Hilda Noonev. Her man Sawyer. Huslneas D'part nv nt ? Nellie Davis. Mary Dorkr. l^'Ona Mund* n, Loreen Munden, Orace Jenkins. taken inio ruMoiiy today ami mo police rxpiit to lit lain :ia III ? 1 1 nt? a pwaulJimnry inoiHiirt', London. Nov. 2s ? The l -an embassy In l.ondun *-nf?l In day I Iih i t !???>? regarded lln> out bu iU among the Kgyptiun troop: n( Khartum as not i|ii?> to any infliiencH ousitlo i in* haiallion in - \ it I veil anil not eonncrtod officially wilh the trouble in Cairo ' a '<(1 here ri't;i? s another mn ," st'd Twldtly lo ilasnl';hl a? the latter ri:no up lo Twfddy'a post of ob servation. Iloth offlfci'M tlion tti'trliiil tli transaction. saw the boy pick up a bottle noiti" where ?<n tin liark i porch, wntdi it nt the spigot ami disappear with it in tin- house. Within two niinuti r h was barh U< paxs out a full bottle. lilmtiti gPVP ? tlii* hoy Knur paper moiiry uiiil Dor again dlsapp'-ari-d lo tin' liouw and came hark with change. f llonnt testifi'i! that ho ?:avi- tin' hoy two inn- dollar hills and that tin- youngster short changed hint, bringing hack a nickel and a quart. r. win n h - should havo brought back f>0 crnfs. *'l don't think ho meant to do dat," said tlio wlt'iess. "I didn't notico it till later." An l."ona rd turned tin- bottle up lo his lipH wln n piirsini: through I he gar.w at tin- hark of tho promises h?- was plan d uiid?r arrest hy the two pnlico officers and his liquor taken from him. Asked why ho had gone lo the Phelps house to get liquor. tin negro testified that people in Iho neighborhood had told him that whlnkoy was n hi- hail from I'hi Ips and that onrr lt? had a ki d I'holp.-, ahout it. "I havi-n't pot any now." wait 1'holps' roply, nrrordiii:- t i lllntint. "Soiih linos I havo some. Winn | havo, von can get it." Thla was t ho first tlmo, accord Inn to Co m crn. that In hail put tho white man's statement to tlo j teat. The Jury took tho ruse at 11:30 and nrought In a vrrdlrt shortly before I o'clock. Vfoantltni- tho rajio against I'ii ui Harris on a charge of feckless driving, of operating an automohlh- while under tho in fluun'-o of I i?| it f>?- and of illegal possession, another trial hy Jury, hod beon takon up and In t It I case a verdict was brought In about 2 o'clock of guilty as to poaosshiii but not guilty av to th her two charge- This Jury was out less than an hour, tlo Houston of court Friday morning running until will pa otn o'cloi k. Tho rhargos again*! Mr. ll.irrjH young Corinth iwrtion farni'-r, *row out of an itulomobllo a< ? I dent on tho Wocksvtlle road last Sunday afternoon when a r!oscd Ford drivi-n by Harris ran into n Ford roadster driven by (luy Minn, bursting a tiro nnd oih* r wlao considerably dnmasting I ho roadster. Striking tho roadster from th ? roar Harris'* mr skid ded 40 to f?'i foot and stopped In a ditch on the loft n!d?- of th< road. Harris excused himself for the colli- ion liy saying that Mann's rar slopped suddenly as he was following along In-hind i* and that ho strurk li before he could turn aside for It. Tho oi rupanls of Mann's rar testified that they did not stop but were driving along lowly whrn they wort* hit. Th < on flirt In tost) mony on both sides throughout wan striking. An soon a* tho roadster w.a* "truck, according lo tho fltate'* Witnesses, Mann and Mlsn Mettle Randerlln who was out out rldlnt; with him, go' out an 1 going over to Harris'* car notrd a strontt odor of liquor At thlit Tim ? Mildred Dottier, who liven tioorto and was walking along Ihe road at the time, ran ottl and said tin had seen Harris throw something ZKI'I'KI.IN SKH> Hi: A< IJOSS T!IK SKAS ' l*> Tin1 It-rHn, Nov. ?K. A weekly mall Zeppelin wrvici' between the I'nited state* <111*1 Kurope will tuMin Ik- darted, Dr. Himo Kcki'ii it, director ??f tin- Zeppelin Coin |i:iii v, mid today. Tin* Zrpitrlln-diinilvt'ar cnmbln atiui lines not liit?-ii?l to estahliHli |mvs< nuer nervier for the present, hi' indicated, I> ii r believed otic /? p|M 1 1 ii i a i*li way weekly carry in- half a million letter* at 'JO centa ? arh woi.'li! In* a business surcrsf. KI.IZMIKIII CI IV I.OSKS IIII HSDAV (?il mi's rtitliiM-y. Portsmouth football team iK-lcalt'd the local team lift-' Thanksgiving after nooii 12 to 6. I 'I III-: 'I 111 11*11.% V NKillT 'I he rocit ami one room of the hou.-tv on Kin Ii street occupied by John 'Irlpp burned Thursday night. The fire company culled out at 7.3U saved the Text of the house from going up in flames. ItlHIIOI* liMtsi HI III OX SI N'I>.\Y MCillT III. J!ev. T. 15, Darnt. I). I)., of V/llmin;:'on. Mishap of the Diocese of Fast Carolina ef the Fpiscopal Church, will preach and adminN t' r the rite of conllrmat Ion In CluJat Church Sunday night, at 7 : !!0 o'clock. Mlshop Durst Is one of the great preachers of the FpiHcopnl Church and always brittKH ii message worth while. ONK or OI.DI'ST COI.OltKI) CITIZl'.NM IMPS IIKliK Francis Turner, f?10 (ireen Street, otio among the 'oldest colored eltlzons of Kllzabclh City, liled \V"l|je?:lay at the age of S2 years and seven months. He leave* one Koii inul one daugh ter. on'- sister, three grand child ren. and a host of relatives. Funeral services will take place nt M> l.ebauon Chorch. Sunday at 2 o'clock, conducted by the pas-1 for. I?r l>. S. Ulack well and llev. Mr. I'ottlgrew from Edcnton. t COTTON Ki;roitT New Vork, Nov. 2X Futures opem il Friday morning at the lollowitig levels: December January 23. #8; March J I 111; May 2\ .T.fi; July 24. &4. New York, iNov. 2K -Spot col lon closed unlet with a 40 point lb Cllne. M Id ill UK 23.85, iiut of hlK car. On ihe dllchhank. i hea. MKs Samli-r'^i spied a pint bottle of liquor with about two drink < m Using. As she picked 1* up. H.irris claHned It and put if In i? 1 1 pocket. Later while Mann had gone to town to g??t a p/ I lee officer, Harris poured out the I ? i . i ' r and broke the buttle on his fender. When I'ollcn Chief Gregory and 1'olire Officer boughiou arrived on the scene Ihe : rii'll of the liquor was strong In the air. broken piocex of a bottl ? lay be;.ld< Ihe fender of Harris's car, and a wet spot on ihe ground indicated where Ihe liquor hnd Im < n poured out. Cut wh? n Ifart is took' the stand he denied hiving had any Hqtrir, denied having claimed the pint found, or ? v? n that an> pint had i> ep f . . it ii I donl"! ihat any l??|iior poured out or any lott ? ? ?n while M'inu was g? rie t ? the city looking for a poll ?? ofl. er. The J iry accepted M i moiiy as to reckless dr-v* i ii k ftt?;l to his having had none to drink hut gagged at hi* denial Of poje *>: ion. Only two other canes were dla po i t' of Frldty morning, one : ?? ' . f . ? 'Irady Felton, colored, for ii lattlt on hU wife; and one i Si wiiieh I'atttp McClnud, colored, v ,i : lot i ff with the costs lor let in h* r rhltkcn* run at large. 'Hie dock- t had not been e|. .i .-J when court adjourned, ?,t the rest of the cases were ' o. ?hu<d to Sal nrday rrtornlng. Jurors in the cane a ^slnst (J mdl- on I'helpn were: K. L. Itoget h, \V. (). Ha uer. M. M. .hr'i W. It Copelani', Ned ?nd C. C. Parker li 'tmtcli as <ourt had ad jn.irned .vhen the Harris fer'dlct v... b:.?;ijhl in sentence will be imposed Saturday morning. Chowan River Bridge To Reclaim Lost Provinces i hi, Ami Thai * Our IteaMin Why Secretary Job ?f (lhamker ??f (ioiiuiicrrr and Other Proponent* of Project Hope for Statewide Sup|>ort of Hill to Build It Over in the western part of !)??' i Stale, beyond tho Dluc Ridge I M tin ii tains. North Carolina hns ; what for many yi'am liavo bt-cn known as tho "Lost Provinces." a group of counties liiat have rail road connections with Tennessee and Virginia hut none with tholr sister comities to tho eastward In i he Old North State*. I'p hero in tiif Northeastern corner of tlio State, however, I* another set of "Lost Provinces,"' lost in that they have no ready communications with their sister eonnties to tiio wrst and south of l.theni either telegraphic or hy highway. Tiiese provinces- -tlx in number lie heyotitl the Chowan River and Albemarle Sound. They have- railroad communications with the counties to tiie south ward ami with the State capital, i Hut there is no highway over wliich they can travel to either without a long detour to the northward along the Virginia bor der and telegraphic and telephone ' c o in in u n I c a t I o n must come ; through Norfolk- -telegrams be ing relayed both at Richmond and Norfolk. Representative "Tain" llowle got his "Lost Provinces" railroad hill through the State legislature for I lie benefit of the North went ern "I^ost Provinces." Now the | Northeastern "Ixist Provinces" | have Htartcd a determined effort ' to net highway connections with the remainder of the State and lo bring about a closer economic re lationship with the more favor ably situated sections. At a meeting held here on Mon day night, representatives from jchnmhers of commerce and other organizations of a number of counties north of Albemarle Sound discussed the situation. I Members of the Legislature from I the various counties have pledged t themselves to work for the con struction over the lower Chowan ! River of a bridge as a part of the ' State Highway system, Senator P. II. Williams of Elizabeth City is .committed to the project and Sen 'alor J. if. McMiillsn of Kdcnton was elected primarily to work for it. A bill therefore will be Intro duced at the January session of the General Assembly looking to i the construction by the State of 'this bridge, and behind it will be ' thrown the power of the buslnesn ' men and others of the sound coun ties. ! The meeting held here was called by Secretary Job of the ? Elizabeth City Chamber of Com merce. it was called for tbo pur pose of arranging to collect data for presentation with to buttress arguments regarding the necessity of (be lower Chowan bridge. In sending out his call for thu MANY ATTKNDED <111 IM II SERVICES Regular Sunday crowd* at Irmlod l ho Thanksgiving servlcea ul Elizabeth City churchea, ac h cording to nit reports reaching Tin* Advance. Thanksgiving attendance tty soino of the year* past has been liicak'i'r, hoilKAWlvos feeling that they had to cook dinner, while Dad and the hoys Ju?t naturally were Inclined t? loaf. Hut this year many famlltea expressed their thankfulness by attending church servlcea ana making their annual offering to the orphann. Of course, a large number of p<>nplc were out of town for tl\? holidays. and some went on all day hunting or auto trips. Other wim', the attendance would dotftyftf less have been even larger. pt? IIK'S OFF BOOZE IT BLINDED HIM Now York. Nov 28. ? WIOMW | Mack, playwright and actor, haa : been temporarily blinded in one', I eye for a week and Is now able ttf' ????? only fairly with his other eye an the result of drinking wood al cohol, he revealed today. Mack promlned today "to kits and pin a rose on" the next fcOfj I son who sees him take a drink. ; meeting the secretary recalled that there are many hlatorlQ* points among the counties north ? of the Albemarle Sound. Thla, be argued, would attract touriitg^ ' travel of a convenient means of egress to the southward la pro* vlded. i The meeting of the Route Coastal Highway Association lit j New Hern on December 3 haa been taken as a favorable occasion to I present the merits of the Chowan i bridge as a Coastal Highway proj ect to representatives of all the coast counties of the State and tt is hoped that strong friends may be won for the menaure at thla meeting. Those expecting to attend the New Hern meeting arc Invited to hand In their namea at once to Raymond Sheely. Aubrey McCahe, , or Secretary Job of the Chamber of Commerce in order that pall man reservations may be made well In advance. While Interested In better com munication witii the State capital and In bringing tourist trade i through this section. Kllzabeth, City Is even more interested In : I the Chowan bridge project as a 1 means of extending Its trade ter ritory south of the Albemarle ' I Sound. ? . ' . President Will Consider A Most Unusual Document Man'* Itcrorri for Triitlifulm*** ?h Itranon Why SIioiiM Not Im* Held Cuilly of Crime of Which He I'I<*h<1m liiiioccnrr liul Wan Convietcd in Courts ? l?y 1*. <\ OWKN C???rlgM. I Ti%. k* Ida ?M?m | San Francisco, Nov. 158. ? ; "Truth Ik the Kate of Juntlce," ono ??f our ancient philosopher* telU iM. The reputation for truthful noun enta I>1 IhIi ed through two dec aden of p'il It li'ii I pow? r by "I'ete" McDonotiich. deponed San Francln j co underworld klnn. Imll bond I broker, and alleged bootlegger,, | tuny be the meant) of hrlngliiu to j hiin that Junticp of which he con | tendn he Ions ban been denied. McDonotiKh wan convicted lit re ? iilmont a year and a half ago for( alleged bootlegging, and wan sen- 1 ; t' liced to ?>?!?? year In Jail. Ills ! cane now In before ('resident Cool I blue. The Nation's Chief Kxecu tlvo han been anked to Invalidate j the punishment which hang* over McDonough'n head by extending j to hlin a Presidential pardon. It?' | hind the pnrtlon plea in probably the mont remarkable document that a head of the nation ever wan ?railed upon to consider. It In nil alteration by hundredn of bad , Inj; >ii ? -n of a great community to the nian'n llfe-lonK record for truthfuluenn and a declaration bv t hone who have signed It on their belief that Mcbonough not only In Kulltlenn of the offense t?f which he wan convicted, but that he wat convicted upon "framed up" evi dence. Appended to the document | which In In the form c.f a petition j to the I'renldent. are the namen of Mayor flolph of Snn Francisco, neveral Judge* of the Superior Court here, of jurlntn from other higher ptate benchen, of many Of the clty'n mont prominent hunlness! men and banker*. and of scores of "Junt plain citlsens." For more than 20 yearn, Mr Donough han been one of Sail Francisco's most colorful figure*. An cxar of the old Harhary Coon! 'he not only carried thousands of 'underworld votes In hi* vent pock-i et, hit llkcwlne alwnyn received credit for all tnat wan unethical or evil In local politic*. If HgltO't hoxcM worn stuffed, or "honeat" candldatcn counted out. It wu al ways McDonough who waa charged with It. If gambling Or rlvlc Kraft or anything sordid or HlnKiilar wan nuddenly uncovered, It was McDonoiiKh who recolv6<( the blnme. In the hoy day r?f hla political power, however, hi- always wall credited with one outatandlng trait. HI* word, oner given, was alwayn n thing to bo counted Up* on. Mr never evaded the truth. If hallot boxen wore not stuffed, McDonough might not admit It, hut ho would not seok refuge In a fulno denial. KvOn to hla bltter ?nt political enemies ho bore th* r< putatlon of "a man who would not lie." Kvor nlnoo hln arrent, Mr Don. oiikIi linn contended hln innocent of the hoot h'KKltiK charge upon which he wan convicted. The evi dence attain*! h I in wan that al though a millionaire, ho pprnontl ly nold three gallons of whlakgjr to throe men who adrnlttsd In court that they never naw him be fore. The object of the alleged "fram? up" he contended, waa to take away from him hln lucrative hall bond bimln'HK, which hi*: NT Ill Ica I onemlen are aald to h^vo coveted. San I-'ranclwro ban always takes McDonouKh'a conviction wltb J| grain of rait. It haa refused, to believe that a wily politician* ot j tho deponed bona' acumen, wotild j do anything no atupld. Like thone I who have nlgned the petition for hla oardon, a large pioportlon of 1 the population helicvon that thcro nhould be something In oven * -mk^I lit leal boas' record for Intecrlty nnd that an the ancient ph'-r oplpen, "'truth" In thin CMS j may be the "gate of Justtea." j
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Nov. 28, 1924, edition 1
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