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CIRCULATION MOMMY /fniiiKV^3^> i^i<TrVL*>b<?> i TIIK WEATHER 2.240 Copies r Show./*? lonli-M ntul \V?cJne* dav. Warnwr innlKliI in ? ast por liiii.. MiHlfrat*' .??uih? rl> winds. VOL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTII CAROLINA Tl'FSDAY KVKNINC. DKCI'.MUKK 16. 1021* F!'. I IT PACKS. NO. 283 Eason Trial Wednesday Sure Draw Large Crowd bason un Interesting (ihuructer ami R< -i?lc< Public (lurioux to know I ruth \limit \\ liy Mc Pherr?on Fuilcd to Swear (hit \\ arrant Considerable Interest will at tach to Wednesday morning'* sen-' slon of tlio recorder's court by reason of the case of Hiram Eas on. who is to be given pn-liminary boa lin*: on that day on the charm or aaaault upon O. A. Mcl'herson with Intent to kill. Bine?' last Friday, when he appeared first be fore the recorder's court. aft? r having eluded arrest for mor?; than three months. Eason has been at liberty under n $500 bond. ? Hiram Eason was arrested shortly after midnight last Thurs day at his home less than a mlL* back of Rerea Church, four mil?? from the city by SherlfT Charles Carmine accompanied by Dcputv Sborlff Prltchard and Pollee Offl cera Anderson and Ilasnlght. The accused man had at hast twice Klven officers going 10 his home the slip, and he doubtless expect.<1 to repeat this perform ance Thursday night. When the officerK knocked at the door. Mrs. Eason answered the lummoiiH and on opening the door told them ?he had not seen her husband ?Ince Saturday of last week. In the meantime Eason had ?lipped through a trap dour to th. (round beneath his house, hoping to make his escape unobserved in the darkness Hut the house was Surrounded by the sheriff, the po lice officers, and a number of men who had followed them to th. Eason home. Hoping then to es cape detection in a search of the house. Eason crawled into the at tic, where Police Officer And? r ?on'8 flashlight spotted him. II? al iaing that further effort to escape would bo futile. Eason then gave himself tip with the explanation tnat he would have done so long ago had it not be-n for the nece? mty of looking after his wife and ?I* children. At that time the prisoner was brought to town and KiST #und'r a ten,P?rary bond of ?200 for appearance In the re corder's court Friday morning The scene at the Eason homo at the time of the arrest was de ?crlbed as pitiful. Of Eason ? large family of children, the .Id ' eat la hut 16, while the ynungeat Is a babe of popslbly ler.s than three months. Uncertain whether ner husband would be able to ar range hond when brought to th qlty. the members of the sheriff's party gave the woman what change they ),r,| t0 ilH|) h,.r lako care of her children In the event hor hu8band did not return. The warrant for Eaton's arrest charging him with assault with deadly weapon with Intent to kill, waa sworn out on August 2fi. it was on this dny that O. A. Mc pherson. well known Providence farmer, who lives about two m lie:; I from EaRon. came to town with n bullet hole drilled through hi? Jaw, bleeding like a hot' that has been aturk and with hla ?1,1.t front soaked with tore, lookln wf 1 (?,oc!"r WWh >"?i earn. Marshall Jennings, another Prov Mence township farmer, who h id brought him to town, and th ? two went to the office of Dr. ft L. Kendrick, who located th- bul J?t In the tissues at the hack of' .tjPh^son's neck and removed it. A few minutes later, with a White towel hanging bib fashion from his neck to cover his bloodv ahlrt. Mcpherson stood In th?- en n of tlh* ,obby of lhp Kramer Bulldln? In which Dr. Kendrick? Mflce la situated, talking fr.-elv, and like a man who la under tli. influence of liquor, about limine Men shot: but vouchsafln. n. word as to who shot hlrn 1!.?| Marshiill Jennings barn Ha dia ereet hs Mct-heraon perhaps win /*n*s f?r IIIrani Eaaon would n. -. gU have been Issued, but Jennln. fwaa overheard to remark an the TPli/slrlan waa dresslnc MtPh. ? ?m'a wound that It waa Hlran *??on who had done the shooting ' Th? bu"et removed from th. bark of Mcpherson's neck had en tered the left Jaw near the anale W the mouth and striking the lower Jaw bone had follow, d the lln? of that bone to Its end before KKt*ln< In the neck tlssu. a at point about two Inch.? beyond ?h? anale of the Jaw. Prior to tin ?hooting Mel'fierson's eh" k win already deeply seamed with a near ft *oun<1 ln#de *>r a knife In the hands of Esson 20 odd v? jm . ago at what Is generally known throughout Pasquotank county hm the llattle of Canaan, the blood lest hand to hand encounter Imown In the County In a genera OMI. Caught In the jam cf H f?bCe too high for him to jump and <tf too solid const ruction for mm to break down Eason. in that ?tlfcfcgemrnt. Kav* such a good ac count of himself and wielded hU half? with such effect that the tround In front of him Is said by ajr? witnesflex to have be?-n soakei Mlth blood in a semicircle two in circumference McPherm>n ^?a one of Eaaon's victims In thi? ?ocounter. From that day to this MePhcr ?on la said to have sworn ven geance upon Raaon and the two, alleged to have passed each Other Circumspectly aver since but j .Without an encounter owing to] NINE DIH I'OISONiCI) m BOOTLEG l.igiroit N?*w York. IK c. Tlu* ?I'jiih toll from poison l:i|u??r (Inline |.:?st I hi.. <!u>*4 lllMlllttit to i.in., with ll'io dt-ntli t<?U;?y of Ah; a ha m l!ot iny in n H.. okl?:i liftrpitul. St\iy-jt?>v? ii ?)ih?>r poi*on \ it-| limn aro in H. il, ru? Hospital. 12 of whom an- not p\p<i<it-ft ' tr> liw ulttl Mi 'V. fa I othi-r* of whom may h< bll:i(l?>(l. Tli*? can- I Malty llj't for !>? ??? mh'-r so far U L'3. CONFESSION WOMAN ItllLKI) m I IN COURT Mount Vernon. 111.. Jud*? Kerii ruled today 1 licit I hi* :tllei>i?d con fcxslon made by Mm. KM?? Swect In to officers after a night ques tioning <?) H M h.?t r..? to Jury an evidence In her trial with iwi'w rence III::!it f^r tli?* poisoi'tui: of her hufbaiitl, Wiifori! Sweet in. STII.I. \i. \i:m MIIMIAV A still alarm Monday ait ?;:&<) p. in., catIt-ii the tin* company to the liomi! of Dick ' CI- :?r>, colored, wlii ro a chimney tin* wan entin Kuishcd before serious damage was don?'. INDIA\ WOMKV OI?;AM/.H I OK ? IVIf illMTHUMIAT Odanals. Wis.. lice. ic.?Their own clubhouse and a crusade to clean up the town, arc* the first two ventures of the first brunch of the League cif Women Voivr? ever organized among Indian women Here. The senior league. made up of ','.t members. has .in auxi liary for Indian girls. ft meets once eujh week when ti:e girls aie given a physical cult uro urlll after their l*svons. "The senior 1 -anno is n*n only the first Jmiiau unit to he formed in the country, but it also lias the distinction of helm? the first or Kanlzutton of any Kind. a* far us known. to he form, d umoug In dian wonun in the country." ?aid Mr:". C). J. hit tie of Str?ne Lake. Wis., tl)" organiser of the group. WOllkKKH VISIT lit SSI.I Moscow. I) 10. -Memhe?*s of the ItiltIsli Trade I'nion dek Ra tion to Kitssla wore enthaslaslir eally roeeiv ?V. by Soviet authori ties upon t'ietr arrival. The co mm ft tlie Ip ma k It* g an investiga tion of fhe corn]ion ot Itussinn trad?' unloni.-m with a view of es tabliftliiriK International unity of workingmen's organizations. KI FM IFA1 SII7I* ' Al TAINS fill) MAMI \ ??r STOW AW AYS Manila, Dec. in. ? Manila's fame up and down the t'hina count as a good port of beach combers. where slowing away on army transports lias been easy, H parsing away. Sneeze Ras. furnished by the rhemlfal warfare service of the Philippine depnrtincnt of the I'nited Stales army. Is force:! Into the hold of every transport for a period of L'4 hours Just before de parture. 'litis making the bold un inhabitable. Not a single stow awa> was found on the trans port Thomas when it touched at China '>n Its last trip. On pre vious trips the discovery of 15 or 20 was not uncommon. the fact that there were always witness * af hand to in;< rl? re or to t<'ll tales until the 2<ith of last \URUst when the shooting oc curred. The llowery version of the af fair, raid to have come from Me IMiernin bin;?? If wRcn no newspa per ni' n w? re about, i.n that Mc pherson, t? turning home ahou* midday from an automobile trip to Norfolk with Marshall Jen nings. ?eav tin- pni.it where the lan? from hi:; hotiRe Jolted th^ public road, taw a man approach ing whom lie i > c<v:r.ired Mr Ifirain Kason. Hiram Rt the rame time is said to have recognised Mc Pherson. Mr 1'in rson, the story wont, bore down on K.ison and Kasen reach* d /ur his hip poeket. MePh^rson Klntek r.-?*?in and Kits on pulled ou* a sun and find. At any rute it was about two hours In t < r Hint the woi'tided Mc pherson turned up at Dr. Ken* drlCk's orflc- Ho 1m alb?d to have boasted that his at to r-fayed Pore from tin- force of the blow that he struck Kasen longer than his cheek did from the bullet wound Inflicted by Ksson s Run. Kr.son's side of the contr6versy has fi> \ r been heard and prob ably may never he. It nil depend' on whether tire State Is able to muk. nut a cam against l.'ason. On the rntli* r film'V and hearsay evidenci? y. f ir divulged, it mislit be Impc ible to held him. Hut If Ktfson takis.the stand he may be able to throw some light on th?? question of why Mcl'herson nev.r swore ot^t a warrant against him. TWO CON F HI) VETS BURNED TO DEATH !I?auvoir. Miss.. Doc. 16.?Two Canfidi-rain ?teranu wero burn? d lo dea 11) and I wo others were In jur? <1 when a lire destroyed a dor mitory of the Ji'fli-ivon Davis .->oi diers' llome here early today. COOLIDCE PROGRAM AGAIN FRUSTRATED Washington. Deo. 16.?Senator .Wvust. Democrat. of Nevada, moved in the Senate that It givo Immediate consideration of Cool idge's veto of the postni salaries hill. The action blocked an ad ministration move hy which it was hoped the veto vote would be held up until uctlon on the meas ure to increase postal rates was hi fore the Senate. PRESIDENT NOT FOR PROBE AS TO NAVY Washington. I)er 16 ?Naval building hy nations of the worl.l <>n competitive basis promises lit tle hope for the future in the opin ion of President Coolidge. These views as expressed at the White' 11 oil ne where supplemented hy a. statement that the President regards as unnecessary any Con gressional inquiry into the state of the nations Navy. niOIKII I.OSKH I1AKN AMI STOCK IX FIHK Washington. N. C.. Dec. 16.? Fire destroyed the farm building and stock of Mr. O. W. Woolard near Magnolia school house on Krtutc 2. about 4 o'clock Sunday 'morning. The house which was not far away separated by a road way from the barn and other out buildings was not burned. The fire was discovered by a colored man who gave the alarm but It was t? *o late to save anything. He sides the barn, a stock barti. with a quantity of hay and corn was al so burned. Two cows, a mule, hors?* and all tho poultry were also burned to death. , Mr. Woolard. who works in the rlty. returned home about 12 o'clock midnight and he states that apparently everything was all right then. The loss Is estiniRtod at around (2.000 with no Insurance. Mr. Woolard has the sympatli) of all his friends In his loss which i* rot a very welcome Christmas present to say the leant. He has no idea how the fire could have occui red us there was not fire any where near the premises. PREPARE FOR RECORD JANUARY CLEARANCE Ill W. w. THOMAS lCoirri|M, 1124. I| Th# Atlantn. C,a.. Dw. Ifi. tSp< - clai i Willi holiday shopping at a high level. (ho lar?< r merchants ? i* I h If f ctlon. especially iIi-rIms in iii' n's and women'? wearing ap parti, are maklim plan? for more pxlcnilve January clearance xali n than they have over conducted I. 'for*-. The warm fall cauaed disappointment to merchant* who anticipated a heavy trade In win ? ter clothing rnd moat of their blocks are Htlll on the sh<Ives lluyers now Hwarmlni; the store?. I are seeking gift merchandise wl j ' most exclusively. Christmas buy ers an- leaning toward the IiIkI < r priced article!*, the season be ing nolnble for th?- quantity -?f motor rars, Jewelry and hlMi priced radio on (fits bought an kIUi. IMI'ltOVINO Amill KAI.I? Mrs. T. S. Mc.Mullan, Sr.. In Im proving at her home. I119 Kant | hearing street, after suffering ? fall Sunday night when ?he tr.pped and foil down the atalr* breaking her left wrist and cut-j ling her head no that nino stltctics V< 1 ?? tuk< n. PLAN WORLD TEMPLE TO AKT OF FARMING j Chicago. Dec. 1<l. A world's) temple t-? agriculture, to he th? largest huildlng In the world, in eluding a radio broadcastfni. tow cr rivaling Eiffel Tower In I'arls a convention hall seating 20.000. and a commercial hotel of 3,600'. r<"?riif". the whole to COS t $.'10.000, 000, Is planned by a nild-weat K roti p headed by Frank Lowden, former governor of Illinois. Th< structure which is to b?- erected here. according to the plans out lined. would be known an the Am erlcan Agricultural Society flulld Ing. I'.Etfl \ >I\(i WKDNKMDAV Ol'KN KVKMNOM 'TILL (HHINTNAN Open cvnnltiga until Christ-1 mM." Again Elisabeth City? tore* are hanging out this sign In honor of the Chrlatma* season, one or two acattorlng stores have V? < n open evening" (or some time, but beginning Wednesday of this week, bright lights will be on throughout the down town sec tion every evening until Christ mas and ono who finds no oppor tunity to shop or who finds the stores too crowded to make a?fcec tIon In the day time can sh?M# t?? ? hi- or her heart's content during' the ovenllp. Shines Shoes for Crippled Tots I Miss Margaret Klldunn. Syracuse i University coed and Them Phil Alpha member, is men hero doinj; her bil In the university'? co-eds" cuuijMil'U raiw> money Cor crl|> pled thildu-n. Ar,n ?. * ?> -? ruiM nr.imr. NVwIan^, !>??? lfi. Xewland ; High School Ktaged its first dehytj when the Kxr^Ulor Literary So^ ejety of N"ew!and High School nid lr?d Thursday aftcrnnin. II. L. White was iii?:;??|ptr><1 ?ntIf for the afternoon .md tin- fallowing program wad glvt n: Devotional ??x-rri-i't Louise UrotherH. Sun}:. "Kin* Gently, :*??'?? t Af ton." 1 ?X;?\V3 an<l J? k*.*.?< Kvvrot! Ilea itu.n. 1)< hat<*?Itc.olvoil thn! men ar* mor.- vain than women Affirnm lllve: Linwood |!< Liixahoih Komet; Negative: lle:uy ii'OTre; *. H ii'h tiiiwyor. Piano noli. ?Kllzahr'h Heading Kmily (Jregnry. ll?M-lt: i ? ?ii Iruii?1 lire'her*. ("Inning nong nuin'wr 3.!, "Alo ha Oe." l.'urh r?? m her mi tU ? i-rtmn took i:ti artl\i' |?art < tel did Iti? ( work Hell. Th?- dehaie * .t r ft*, with argument hot'on hot h wide*. Thoy wouhl have tin* :n "i tin i val? than the wmn?n on?? ntinii*" ritid when th-- text ?(leaker . i: hed he would have WO.tr? :i v. ?? | vain th.'m in n. 'Use n?ini< : lioth kiil<>s wi r.- ko g-.:?d that , judge/ were in u?ht t? \vl. nidi- wj.i tin belt? i*. ,S !;?? t'i. v. tie.'Uled in favor of Ihe alfi.'.: i rtve. t>ne m.?re ::v-etlux of :>.?? 8dci< |y will he ll'dd h.-foi'. i i i. t inas holiday*. 1 hereafter t hi r will he twci me* tine* n month. I K \ KM KM' l)W Kl.l.KltS HMICKl) into stkkkt V.V.l? j'.ui y. Conn., i?. r 1 ?;. I if.- f.irr :l I ji) t?'ltaiilK in a t !?:. ih i i)' ?)' m !i?'i>><' into lli?t -1 r??t t ??!.? y. nfJir nary li:a*l In-i-n ??v- li'Miii?* ! v ?i,i<>k". 'I ?v? my imt r??i,H lru;i| ??t imi III- lift It llonr ?' r** r I?y IIn. Til?* <! inn*;'' Whs ?"-tiiti:il* ?1 at li:?If a Mjlllon tlollprn. sr? f\ tmm:v.knt 1 IKK ;'. \v V??rk. I? *?. 1C.?S!x |ht .. j'i Viiown in hjtvu perished lit l.i- w'i ' !i r il lv llii i iivrillili' ?* i?t llir?*u !i a brick t< n*-in<*nt ?1 ? .ir f.trj r;,iH avenue. I-..!. . ri'ftvml. At 1 . i i... im'.: -r> w- 74- s'-rioimly 1 i. ' i-.1, t li'* II..i ?? . wli- !i rlmv?' ? . f i m ini tla** .<ii?-. i. WKS. Y TO N V AliC NO !tlOHi: i;. *i ii'ii. h?" , if. Tin* annum iHi'i'liii!'. "f tli" .?'li"'" Akti? iiitiiral i . bi lipid today. \i v.* VniKbTlilli vill not Up candidal?.* for i t ion an pr^idhn'. Capital Moums Death Labor's Grand Old Man While id Kcilrriilinn ? ?.:?i,.]* !??<! I'nslrr lli* l/TiKlcritliij) (iiitiiu il i .lir.;i!>rrw an* 15i:-1n <i \Ylr*!?? iti OffinM Sil Men I:n;!-?ii*tnr#I of l9n*^tir.ii! Tear* it? u if : i \*-l r. i?? I.M. I )l 1? AH rtom 'iniiij?? rs lov--d mm!'- r- 1 ali y?*at?Td.:y for lil* Ia*t I.? i ? comliiK- ll?*re li<> wo at !?? i Of llir?H?- who llliik?! lil" un ??? ? lawn urni tV)??' wh'? ? ?%??? nt? il 1 h?. a*a ud* ca I l<<l lii m friend, o-1 ?*r thousand* ii-nx of thou*-; ? may h< who ill<l not know lii wvll. and *tlll :i L1'1 iit ?" boat ? did not know Mn il all ?*xc? j#t i kIInii?no him In trrowd* on hi way to work, mourn hI* ^ iih. t th?*? Ik* was tli?' ;;r?.ikI old iii.mi of luhor. And a* hi* foot?' p* camf" falter und r tli? hard a of ? year*. their affection for 1 n're* . Even tho*?- who lobby li< fir capital. men v. It h whom h? find irowN'd a ruthhr* awntd i;.' (ho hot day* of hl? prime. felt ' him only kindly ? st-. m power* waned. 8?nte of t h - will be 1? the i h :? line \sbit pasa In *11? -nee and feverom 1 for?- lib body a* It II?-* la . today. Sam Oompera k;i?w In- ?. r? Inu kn? w If twu yeal .i n 11 heard th" eall nnd. r*r? ahlxi I' h"K-?n to p'lt his houae In ? ? !< i HI?? fir*t art wna l?? *i?a the ^rea? t??!??|?|r- of labor ?if -.vIti? i? In* wan hlrrh pri?*! would fut ? ? without pau*n <>r friction *>.;i? -? pa**od hwiiV. That done. h< ' ?>' ed upon th- rrownlnK wot I ? life. the writing of hi* auiohi raj'liv Into that iabot went hI? v. herrt atid tin- brat of the pov. atlll l?*ft MM la hi* Old :i hia nanny office on ?th< t?s of tla- r? d? ration Iflilldlm he ap?>nt twi hour* or mor? >< day faphlonina th?? *tory of 1 t llf*- and hi* er??>d. It wj* n in M the on?? *? the other ati ' 1,1 thought tha' Impelled hl? taak waa that lie iniptit !? a ? o labor for It* future n chnit < course It had followed to ?..? In th?* pa*t. Ho finished It before h* I Ibauka to th? energy and lo> M> \N .? *1? ri-tfiii, i), i Of !)??? hrlil'.'Ht yoin- :??? wo man ! - lil he 1- ? I ?1 n* rollnb ??i -i I ?#r 41 It It? 11 .!i but f? w ? f his <ioftiT-i j:s.-rjri ii? ? i*v? n k.n? w Hint ho was wrlllriL- ll. !t w;im char iicf* ibtif ? r Mi?- Miod'Aly -f h!/ ?\.tt ? !'l? l!i.'* he rhould ::??;*r?l lil.: \v< fit :? m . ??cr' t. A' th l-v ration Ituildlne. Ih?1 f:niir< U'i'd mid pompli'li'tl *1 :.?l? r !.?* I' ii? i'-.tdtrfthlp. Kri?-f ??nI i/ I i |?ol^?;. nf. Tin- !???>' wh ? iif. ?) t > hrlng lilifi lo \v >rk In hia lir. \ r h* <l:i?t Ih hrokcn ho tried. CI? rkf*. to tvlxun h M clinrful |??"- ? - i !!-??. v. < h ?0111111 .nplar-*' nr? mil niihniti <1 cf their 1? ;u*?. Th-- ithI i ?fiii win r?' ili" ? \? pitiv? <?>nn 'II. xn^r* m< court of labor, ho?, held many ii Mo: my ?-??nalon Ih h ii! U?m|. /\i Hi" h-. -I of Ih?* ki. tablo In Hi?- eonnrll room I*. tin arm chair. dill' \* In d?. i ?? from the oihetH. Wli 'AMl *11 IiIk Hiiro ?* ! or. It vrm 1 'hail \t I In- friot of tli? chair . a plain oak foot. Mlool. for v -lit ? r> vtinu plaCo of f?*? \ 1 hal i tv. iK?- would have danal-d -i-. 1 > h from tin* flnot. II, loo, v.:? M Tli - foot!>" >< will 1:0 with a worn old I. ? ?rilf? careful pre;i ' .vatlon t.H ? ?* wihid'-r of tii?> mzu who mIo'mI ulior'o !n lm Mios ? ni.?ny y?n >? Old tablo l?n. y<*terday d 'i ? nlal duty In lh< liwprn n?, ? ?1. rpltntcr^d, nn i ?tnudxcd h? Hut y arn ay_ , Man C imp 1 :?t that tnl?i< mul work d ? tin plan* for llo : r? at on oirnU' n. It will ???, with Kin foo* -*?m?I. Into labor'a nr chive... h;?t \ ?or of man will f.|i in the ri : 1 * vacmit at th? h"ad ( f tli ro'ilKll lablo? Altcaih labor in ? it Prclf f.?r nir aiinwcr !?>* (!' <|ij?t?tlon. Ar th? d< III |?',?], 1 .. ',1 i|y i-.tv?l?d hold ward. rl ?? Ir? r o.'iiw of ??'in^iOK lun' f ?r hi: place f,.)' acroaa ih? i <J ration The *? I Hun of a toon rcrvjs hI? dnftn l ih??d term \*iil u?? m? child a pt ''fg:<|c th? l.tnk "f ? '.-HI?;; hll 1 ?! uucci . lor n Octobar. AMERICAN HOSE WORN IN EUROPE S(?;iu*u!i?:l i ivsSsl al I* ii>l fc?r iCiiroprun \;iklrs hut Nov, Mail** I^j?iM*i:?lIy to Suit Eiiroi^i;!! Tratlc. Zurich. Switzerland. I> e. 1?J. Tlic American tctiiiuim- stockltii; l< 11??- mast popular ' ?m|?-ry in inany p.ii!? ?-f I lump- this reason bicatis-* ?.f Ms full fashioned . I fert. f ?umi usually only in tin HIP SI ?X|Hl)SIVi> wear.. M nr. v o' ih< Am? rh*an ji'Miiis reftcntui; t i" ,('oni!iii'i>l are pf artificial silk and ::i II fr??tu HO cvtit.? to *!.-.?? a pair, the wtmirn run: ml in; that iIh Alll< liciitl st::ckini;s. ? \???? ?t thl-. cli.-ap prlrt^^outwear Kdropean hosd. ry by mnny h. Kuro p? :ui buyers admit that the American stcckinys have many distinctive furnir?*. Tlu-y aro particularly wi-U ilnttdicd ?h to surface, they s*iy. have a soft smoot hncss thai immediately nun iih iuIs iim<*11 t.i tin- f> m 1IIIII?' tourh. and t h*- odors art- unli able and the ; Ii:*?!invari? <1 eiwu;rh to nnsw r the wants of tin trade generally. "I he ntnrk< itms nre eylipdrlcalty woven with 'a little tuck rutiiiinr. down th< hack which rreuteH the luiprei' slon ul u mum wliirii is found In. ' enly th?- most costlx articles sell in? for five or six time* the amount dculers usk for tlio:;e now h inu offered. (?crman and I'riiish inanufuo-, turers have been particularly in , (crested in the rapid strides Am erican hosiery has made within i lite last yi'ar in a'territory which' forimily wa; all their own. 'I he Xlli'Tiran Stuck ill Were; sone-what tight at lirst for some l-ur<?)??:?ii ankles. hut this defect altvady has hi en ovrcotne. ac cording to tin* import inu agents, and now they may I#?- had in ali I hlzc.s and forms. IWOKS A H.liCAUTY KI.ECTION t'ltlCSIDKNT Washington. her. IB. A reso I h t it >ii ptopobitiK a const it ut loual mnendmont pnividlhK for t h? election of a president hy a p!ur . allty of electors' lather liian by ? majority was introduced hy Sen ator Johnson ut California today. SUSTAINS l>K\U >{itKI< <'i i:\l.iII\IOIiK I'OSI ? !j d. imiiT ??? i f tie- 1 'aItiuii<re I V.I i<> indictno IH ?? 11> 1.?I f III? ii, %:<l pllblicat i 'i: ol m?' me ta\ i? hirm. Tlie ih tnui rcr .kIiuII tinl i Ii?* facts sit forth in the indictment that The 1'okI puhlUhe.l tin* t.?x pay :im iif of the fivo person* tiallied therein, but contended that no law was violated. Judge S?.|.i ;? held iluit l?> .ic*. if l!iJl it was plain lhal i *i?ii k t ??.?.* determined to abandon he policy of secrecy from tin- ?;?n?T.'il public concerning thi' amount of taxes paid. IN I OI.lt -K rot IIT Kit being ?lunik Wilbur Wpr '??ll was linwl 15.00 ;iII(I' I'oMlrt III Tu?'N<lny'H morning'* nont-lon of pu ll? <? court W. t\ tligg.?, rhatgert with fiill nr< t<> h'.'IkI I.i4 ilauy liter In nclionl, wiii found not guilty. Th< girl's . K? wiiH Riven uj J :s jriurA Ht the beginning of tli" x-hool RORHlott lin' her mull.or on tMian>l lex* llf'oil thftt nh? linil Hlr.r#- found thiit ln>r iliiuRhti r was 14 Inntond of I .'I yrark oM Tito niurt accept ed tfil imtlmony. Stuart Curie*, <barged with an .1 iiIt on III* wlf.\ wii* aUn uc ' t it 111 cd Mr*. Curie*. wlf<? of the dffi'iiili'nl. wouM not l?"?tlfy n^nlntl her b unbuild nnd the court re] a ?d him. Mr. Clerk f>ln* ekrk of U.e >ti*?ourl ^tA?< ?.f f>rr<*vntattvc* t* not lit* ?'"jy? Clydf A, IV ?I;inn li.in far (AAM, Jiv Wtiflyi 4;t dvuihUl John B. Lowry, Jr., Asking Be Given Another Chance \ii?1 IVtilion for I'ardon Scliciliiled to Hi Ioit (?over nor Morrison oil !\loii<ln\. DhtiiiIht 22, nilli l>ourv Kr|irr?riitr(l l?y Youii? Brother V H K? OKI) DIMM' IN.TEIHPKRATl'MC (Sri'At Kalis. >fo?m . I)oc. Ifi ??A ilmp ??f s4 doni?M'H f rinit ??:: hIhiVH til '.'1 lu'luw ZtTl) T.11S 1'1'K ist<*rcil liin 1J liou.M Sun day night 'i liis Is tli?> i*rt-nti?sl ilrop ??v?t ru?:or?l?M| l>y ih* went liri* bureau. ASK PATIENCE PUHLIC IN 'PHONE SEKYICE "We hope llio public will In* pa* t!?'??( if (eli'iilianc wrvli't? Ik not up i?i normal while Hie com pan v in tllovinu It* offices to South ICoad HtreiM." I>r. I?. 8. Itlades presi dent of tlu> Norfolk fe Carolina Telephone ami Telegraph Com pany said Tuesday afternoon. "Ii regular!! le* In plume ner vier may expected for the ni-\l thirty tlayh" l)r. Illu.ies went on to say. "The employe* of the company are working (lav ami iitKht. Koine of the men have had a ??out four hour* sleep in the lam 4 s umt everything Ik iielng done a m f it h i am Is humanly possible. A Bleat deal of work Is nccessary In connection with iimdcrnlziiiK the plan) as well us In chatiKitiK the location of the of!ice. ENGINE oi' (JOMPEKS* THA1N BKEAKS LOOSE Ahonrd Oompcrs' Train. Knroute to Washington. I'ledmont. West Virginia. Dec. K.?The locomo tlve broke loose from tlio train hearing tin- body of Samml finm pers to Washington n few miles went of here on a 17-mile urade, hut til*1 coacht-H came to a stop under tin Ir own brake* without damage. The locomotive was 'again illaclii'd mid the train jpro ceeded with a of only a few i.ilnut. s In nclii'dule. t loti lot te Textile C 'oi-point loo I'nr? Iimmpn Xenr Properties charlotte Dee. IB. T?i?' Can noil textile Interest* of Chariot|e I'.'ive purchased plants (It ?? 111<-it . .. . M..r :* C In lii^i!..: . ? ii? w pro|H-iIe..i? ii.iti- . p.? ?Jen (i ml ropies? III all i|i *re.-?l in* li< of fl.sufi.oou . Tills mak? x the Cannon CorporalIon on?' of the la I Rest textile uiailllfuet ure IB ill the Southeast. <Juarterl> Conference Friday 'I he first quarterly conference of the Pas?|tio!ank clrenlt will he lo'ld Friday Hiniiiingui 11 o'clock ut Kpwnrih Methodist Church, i There will he preaching at 1 1 a. in . Iiy Presiding Klder C. It Cul brcth. followed hy dinner on the Krnu lids mi.I the husineftfl session In the afternoon. A cordial In vitation Is extended to the public F. 1?. FOXIMM, |?KAI> \Vut?hlni:toii. N. Uh. 16 - Franklin (>. Foxhall. senior mem ber of tli o tobacco warehouse firm of Foxhall, Mrdowun and Can non. died ai his home In Oreen. vllle Sunday tnornltiK at 1:6ft! o.Ylock after ah IUhchs of several months. Funeral ^rvlrci wore' < ondncled from hi* Into hom>- In (Ireenvlllr thin afternoon at iw > oYloock by tin* II??v. |,ee Sadler, pastor of the Flrat Christian; church. I mm? dla??-ly after lb It? service the remain? were taken to Tatboro wbere funeral aervlcea, were rondurted thb afternoon fiom Calvary Kplm-opaI rburcb by lb?* Kev. It. H Orane. |) I)., of Kdi'nton. an uncle of tbe ilernnwd.' The Interment wan in the Calvary j Kpli<copal church cemetory. The services at the grave wire In rbarice of the Knight Tempi ara. Mr. Foxball ?um born In Tar horo April f>tb, 1X*H. Wh' D the tobacco m irk< t waa flmt open'-' m dreenvllle thirty yeara mk i Mi Foxball n' t bis lot In t hut towi and at the time of death w:h th? oldest warehouseman In that towi from point of service. lie wm flrnl connected with !h< (irei-nvilli- Warehouse. then for a number of yearn with the Johu aton and Foxhall warehouses firm and for the pant weveral yertrc I retilor member of the wnrehotta* ' firm of Koxhall. Mctiowun and Cunn<?n lie wa* one of the beat Judge* of tobacco In the Ntate and an i' warehouse man w?k popular with the farmer?. .Several yeara ago h" was hap-, pily married to MIm Klal? Pugh. nt oriental. wh> aurvlve* and al m? the following brothers and alt? ter?' K l> anil II 1' Foxhall of Tarhoro; W I. Foxhall of Dan vlile. Va , M II. Foxhall of Char* I'Mon; Mlaa 8u?ie Foxball of Tai bom ,md Mrn. Klorida MrCoy of Charlotte Mi Foxhall waa a member of t '.?Ivary Fplnropal Church. Tar iioro. Klwanln Club. Bethlehem j ( ? i.iruandery. I bit ty-aei-on I do i ? 1 mation of both the Scotthh nn I York Kite and alao a Shrin er. he(ug a member of Sudan Temple. > , t 1 \ii . Hon i* 0:1 f??t to ? ,mrd?m lor J ? l.owrv Jr.. ont {|m.. t.Viur or II t/..ill? tl? City by reason ??i the l?rae number of pet ty burglaries than he not away uiili in r?- l>? for * ho was Anally m< ni to prison back in l!U7. Ixiw ry's application for pardon will go In fore t; ivrrnor Morrison on De r.'inb* r I*:, wlili 111?* prisoner rep n-8. nl? d by litn lawyer brother. K??b. ri I.?? wry. l.??wry claim? now la tu- a m w man and Huh written i a Ionu lett? r t?? the editor of thla newspaper pleading for one more reliance to make -<>"d In his old limn?* town. In part he saya: -\ thought I would write you a few linen to M you and all the good people In Kllzabeth City know I'm very anxious to come bark and bebav?- my:'* If and lead a different life, be a Christian, and lov?- my f? How mm. 1 have ? no grudge or bard f ?,?,l In K ajjalnit miy one. I have had only good will toward i very one In the paat seven long years. I blame no one for my troubles but myself, the devil, ami whiskey. ?I rerelvt il a I? iter from ?onla lilt.- in rilzab. th City several days i ago telling me ther" were only two ways, right and wrong, and telling m?' *1 know you wolid like to be free once more and muftt believe you will try to walk the .straight road - hereafter.' I am going lo be a man and show tho good people I littve it In me to ! make good. "Whnrl was arrested last Aug ust l. Chief fSregory knocked me In my load with Ills night atlck while I was shot in the leg and also handcuffed. I have no 111 will toward him and told him at tho jail the Minile night that I forgave him. I know I did wrong for cursing, hut 1 hist my temper and the old devil I? d m? astray. My Sunday school teachers here, Mr. Joe Weath? is and Mr. Loomas Coodmun. have taught me to love and respect every one and to un derstand and appreciate some of tb?' wonderful work of our al mighty Clod In Heaven. "My little wife alao laught ra? to love Cud and my fellow man, ami lo have no harm or hard feel ings toward any one. "I was locked up here for ar.fo 11 , l. niliei. 11117. ,t?i ;t v, i ? i - I was ill , -, litini I *i!> unij August, i oid my i ? ? -11 ?? v ? ? lh' le. I know at limes I was ??i mor? value to tb< ;ood old counm than work ing her? Ii 1 III. Sinie. I don't beli? ve in wars, but I will alao stick by my country. I often think of lb? narrow escapes I had lu France. "Iiy lli?_* v..iy. win n I left iny wit? and lit 11* boy nevera! thou sand mil", from New York I saw a p> rsou from Kljzabetli City, and from that minute I wanted to come back to the good old North Slate, my home, to see my loved on* - 1 was in town several daya. My father told m- to have ho trouble wltb any oh?-, and also told i'io of several people who told him tb? y had no hard feeling? to ward me. 1 "I did not go hack to Elizabeth t'Jty to have trouble with any on?-, but I realize that I am .U> blame for being h? r?-. since l have broken Cod's lawn and man'?. Bit I have suffered for noven long years and I am now hoping soon t?i lie a free man oilce more. "I will always be sorry for the mistakes I mad?' In my boyhood days. I ask every one in my old home town to give me one mora chance, I advis? ?v?ry boy and girl to keep aw.iy from bad com pany and whiskey. That's why I'm here today. "I will cli s? . wlsoing you apd every num. woman and child In Elizabeth Cl(y a rry Christmas and a proHprroufc New Y?-ar." HI I'ONTH M \kK FIIJdH Wilmington. II . Dec. 16>? 'Special) - 111?- K. I. Dupout I>e v-niour? Company has broadened i* a Hetties t?? Include tiie man ufacture of motion picture film n riiugh a subsidiary company orn?d in conjunclon with the .?athe inleresfs. NKt.KO OK MFTF.KN I.YM'liKI) A MOB Nashville. Tenn . Dec. 1?.? ??amuel flmlth. fifteen year old, ne ;ro. was taken from the city Jail iy a mob last night and lynched 'or wounding n store keeper here 'ay.t Saturday nlghl. IIOTTOX KKPOKT "w York. I)?'C. If..- Cotton fu Itires op? ii- d today us follow?: IX** ? tuber 23 &f>. January 23.W. March 2 10?. May 24.46. July 21 r. r.. Ne? Volk. flee. I? At two r m., foday cotton futures stood at the f ?Mowing levels: Dec. 23.64, Inn 2TI 73. March 24.13, May II r, I. July 24 63. N?-w York. Dec. Ifl -Spot cot ton. closcd quiet. Middling 24.00, nu advance <?f 10 points. Fu ture.?. closing bid. Dec. 23.46. Jaft. 23.r?6. March 13.#0, May 24.12. July 24.47. A
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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