VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 1 ?>. I?.t25. SIX PAGES. NO. 239
Last Preparations Made
For Visit of Thousands
On Gala Occasion Here
Undeterred by Threat of j
Stormy Weather, Com
mittee* Redouble Effort?*
to Make Day Sueeeotf
WARD TO BE SPEAKER
Honored Native Son of
Galen County to Deliver
Principal Addre** at Big
Road Celebration
In the face of a threat of stormy
Weather, the committees In charge
of preparation* for the Acorn Hill
road Celebration Thursday went
about the task of completing final
details Wednesday with redoubled
?nergy. D. Walter Harris chair
man of the program comiiiittco,
was busy supnrvlstug the const ruc
tlou of grandstand. table*. seats
and booths on the courthouse ,
grounds, and other commit teemen
were buay with u variety of Jobs.
N. Howard Smith and Hubert
Cotter announced that they haJ ,
formed a committee of f,o attrac
tive yonng girl* to assiHt In the
work of distributing badges to
visitors from Gates ana the other
counties of the Albemarle. Dele- 1
gatlons of girls, with grown-ups;
??slating them, will be stationed
at points on the roads leading into I
lo iHHue badges to all .
Jjuests. Other badges will be giv
en out at a booth on the court- 1
house grounds, in order that every
Visitor may have opportunity to
?tiPPly himself with one. and
thereby become eligible for all the
major events of the day.
other booths on the grounds
Will be devoted to registration and
to the distribution of free copies
of The Daily Advance, Northeast
ern North Carolina's leading dullv
newspaper. A special edition of
The Advance will tell the visiting
thousand!* something of Elizabeth
I SfH: "" "^vantages, and Ita poasi
J DUttlee. and will Invite them to
?lake merry to their hearts' con
lent. Mrs. R. n. Cotter will have
general supervlalon of the booths
Hperlal l-arkliw l<ulc?
No parking of automobiles will
be, permitted Thursday on East
Main atreet, between Elliott and
Martin, and parking will be al
lowed on Matthews only on the
south side, iu order that there may
be no interference with Are ap
Daratus. Main s|reet will he roped
?fT at Martin and Elliott, and Pool
?tree! at Fearing. In order to pro- 1
Tide ample apace for the crowd1
to move about uninterrupted by!
traffic.
' All the merchants are expected
*P ''""n out and do their part to
\ *?rd entertaining the crowd. Suf
?cient badges will be Issued to
each merchant who contributed to-i
k2?j co,ebratlon for himself
|?nd all his salcafolks. and all ar"
I ?* per ted to wear them,
of <0 girls, direct
SrlnJ ">?' "??
? link bottling plants of the city,
1.111 have charge of the task of
aui'ldylng the crowd with carbon
afed beverage, of which an abttn
??hf supply will be on hand, large
UM?"'r"""'Ml Kr*"" by bo'
. *"? program will begin at 10 j
, ln morning with a con- 1
by the Kliaabeth City Boys'!
~ nq. This will b-' followed with
by thA "^uthland Ju- 1
fr ^"ngers. a group of eight i
lOlored entertainers, and that In
by aelections by the Naval!
r ij.i0. ?. S* Wunl- n native i
tmb It ij1"1' Bn<l " former ]
EKriLl apeak at I
,J> clock after aHJuvcK-atlnn by
' brlat
? 2?' C It I'uirh. of
(Ilea master of r.-r.- j
I'b-mir of Iterbeeue
... serving of the barbecue I
.prwW;?:^xn i1
i
? his phase of the day s ?ni?.r I
"me"', and tile barbecue will I
gljt almtnerlng over bricked pit.'
the rear of flre headquarter;'
1? hours before serving
Cooking It is an all night
, and > In charge of a veteran
|he art, imported for the oeea
by ft. n Parker from the
?uc country further weal
I 1:30 to 2:30 o'clock there
band concerta and other
i a. hi m.". w,,h " "y
h> " 'iiflglble from
0 y Field and a monster sea
Opera tin/ j
h* ?*e<ll,,on by Navy!
F2? of "ni
1 Norfolk follx
?Med to at tend are 1
:.ih,ui".bra,ii7
rtoOiored here Wednesday tha'
J Robertson. always popular,
ItMaehall fa bs In Ihls sect|??.
1 Play With the police team,
?rf? ** not be verified !
fW Mot to* A I ?o
| beginning at I o'clock, a j
Corn Husk Suit
The hlffh coal of clothing doesn't
bother John Melton, bachelor larmwr
of Carrollton. Mo lie taken corn
husks colors and weaves them Into
u fabric, which he uy> makfr an
extremely cool suit for iumm?r
NO ARRESTS TODAY
Monroe, Sept. 16. ? No arrest*!
have yet been made here In con
nection with the mutUal Ion of
Turner Blanchard here Sunday
and Sheriff Fowler Raid that none
was expected today.
K I WAN IS MEMORIAL
HARDING UNVEILED
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 16. ? f
Belief that "Harding's dying wish '
for the entrance of the United j
State* In the World Court will be |
gratified,'" was expressed by Sen-i
ator Frank Willis of Ohio at the |
unveiling of th<> Harding Interna
tional good will memorial here to
day.
The monument w?h erected by
KIwanlM International in Stanley
I'ark where the late President
apoke while en route to Alaska.
HELD FOH ROBBERY
ROCKY MOUNT P. O.
Wilmington, Sept. 16. ? Four
men, two Italians, one American
and the fourth a negro, were held
here today suspected of Implica
tion in the postoffice robbery laflt j
night at Hocky Mount.
The men were a r rented when |
leaving the city on the ferry. They j
dented all connection with the rob
bery.
II EKES Y CHARGES ARE I
NOT SUBSTANTIATED
Flint, Mich., Sept. lfi. Heresy
charges brought against I)r. Lynn
Harold Hough, prominent Detroit
Methodist pantor and former pres
ident of Northwest University,
were found unsubstantiated by
the ministerial Investigating board
today.
IftORAH OPPOSES ANY
MOKE LIBERAL TERMS
Washington, Bepf. 16. ? -Coinci
dent with the departure from Far
Is of the French debt mission, j
Chairman Borah of the Senate for
eign relation* committee, at a con- |
ferenee with President Coolldge j
today opposed for France more ;
liberal terms than .those given '
Great Britain.
COURT OF INQUIRY
WILL MEET MONDAY,
Washington, Sept. 16. ? The j
court of Inquiry appointed by Sec- '
retary Wilbur to Investigate the j
Shenandoah disaster will convene I
In Lakehurst next Monday.
program of free movies will be !
given at the Alkrama Theater, j
with Constance Talmadge appear
ing In "The Gold Fish," and a spe- ,
clal comedy. The show Is declared |
to be one of the best given here
In many weeks.
Parking space for the visitors'
automohlli h will be provided on .
the school grounds on both sides !
of North Rosd street, with com-1
mlttees snd special deputies on j
hand to assist and obviate con-|
fusion. 1
Mayor McCabe announces that i
he will not deliver an address at ,i
the eelebratloa, and wishes to tor- I
rect a popular Impression to the !
contrary.
STOHES TO CLOSE
FOK ( ELEBRATIOS
All merchanta in thia citv
have b?*?*n urged to close Ihrlr
store* between 11 and 2 o'clock
on Thursday, In order tliat they
luav mlugle with the crowd and
amidst In entertaining the vis
itors. The request comes from
the committee In chance of ar
rar.gementa for the celebration,
and a majority of the down
town merchant* already have
agreed to comply with It. ac
cording to J. C. Sawyer, general
chairman.
The celebration la too big u
thing for a committee to han
dle. It la pointed out. and lt:<
success depend* heavily upot
the extent to which the Indi
vidual merchant* give of their
time and euergy. A unanimous
response to the request for the
cloalng ia declared to be eaaen
tlal to the full success of the
event.
The merchanta as a whol*
are expected to decorate their
store* in appropriate fashion
for the celebration. In reaponae
to a suggestion from the com
mittee some time ago. The ef
fectlvenesa of the decorations
will depend upon all the mer
chanta co-operating. It Is ex
plained.
RADIO EXPERTS
STUDY FADING
Bfliovnl Thai Experiment*
Will Throw Light
on the Subject
Hv ROURKT MACK
<C*>Tti?lll. IMS. k> Tkt A
Washington. Sept. 16. ? In ihe
belief that accural* knowledge of
the aunaet fading phenomena of
broadcast slgnala will throw con-:
siderable light on the general
cauHOH and nature of radlng. the,
bureau of standards has under
taken to make a series of graphic;
record* of the fading of several of
the higher powered station* of
the Gaat.
Such records, while giving a
comparative atudy on the varia
tions of the field Intensity hereto
fore have not tndlcated real val
ues. New methods are being de
veloped. however, by which the
bureau hopoa to determine not on
ly the variations In Intenaltles but
the values of the intensities an '
well.
In pursuing these experiments.;
the bureau today Invited any per- j
son interested In such a coopera- .
tlve program to communicate with \
Ita engineers. Approximately 40 |
laboratories throughout the coun
try sre lined up to participate in j
the study.
The recent teats- of auper-pow- j
er. or power of fifty kilowatts, for
broadcasting waa found by the ,
bureau to prove definitely that in
creased power will In no way de
crease fading. Fof that reason.!
the bureau haa renewed Its en- .
deavors to learn aomethlng more
of the nature and causes of fad
Ing and. If poaalble, to devise some
method of aucceaafully eliminat
ing It aa one of the most object-!
lonable features of broadcast re-,
ceptlon.
A speclsl portable apparatus Is
being developed for the radio su
pervisors throughout the country,
so that they may make further,
measurements of the field Inten
slties of the stations in their dis
tricts to be used In the general
study of fading.
Increase* In power of promi
nent class B broadcasting stations:
were snnouncad today as followa. I
WTAM. Cleveland, Increased to
3.600 watts. WEAF. New York.
Increased to 6,000 watts; snd I
KFAB. Lincoln, Neb.. Increased to,
1.000 watta.
German manufacturers of ra
dio supplies are underselling all
competitors In the market of Scot- f
land, according to a report to the
Department of Commerce.
The Bureau of Standards today
Issued s warning against claims
made by some dealers that ccrtaln
brands of batterlee have been
termed superior by the buresu.
Tests of practically all makes of
batteries are made by the bu
reau, It was atated. but the re
sults of the teata are not published
or msde known to any person oth-j
er than the manufacturer.
FRENCH TAKE OVER
A MOUNTAIN RAN(;E
Itabat, French Morrocco, Sept.
16. ? French troops have captured ;
the mountain range of ttlblbane,
one of the Rifflan's strongest po- {
altlona.
M)NG DROUGHT IS
RROKEN AT LAST I
Charlotte, Bept. 16. ? The long
drought waa broken In practical-,
ly every aectton of the State with
the heavy ralna of last night snd
this morning.
ARREST WOMAN WHO
OWNS WHISKEY SHIP:
London, Sept. 16. ? Mrs Mattel
Ceares. part owner of the whiskey
ship, Oeneral Barrett. was arrest
ed today on a charge preferred by
a large Oxford atreet firm of ob
taining gooda under false pra
tenaes
Digging for Boy Buried By Landslide
The Menu ithnvel uned to din for lite body of Tlioiiiax Zy*:i?-l. 14 ycar.ohl boy of (MiIiuiko, wIk
ivas burled under ton* of earth. when pluylnK in a brick clay pit. Tin* arrow point* to tin- spot wh.n
,he body 1h believed to l>e entoipo* ?l under tin- Micky clay. A com pan ion similarly caucU was n-n
?Ued by the tin* department. T
Former Elizabeth City Boy
Passes Through Dry Lands
At the end of a *too-miii> iiiotnr
trip from H u 1 1 1 h v 1 1 1?>. Alabama!1
across l-laater u Tennessee' and
through North Carolina frmn the
western border of the coast. I?e%t]
I C. Culrklu. former Kllzal>el h City
boy. arrived Tuesday night with,
1 IiIh wife and 1 !? months old daugh
J ter, Mac Kllzabeth, to vlt<iL bin
mother. Mm. Mac Cuirkin Wllley. 1
They will *pend about two weeks
? here.
Mr. Culrkin la assistant division
I superintendent of the Alabama,
| Power Company with headquar-'
tern at Huntsvlllc. On the trip
| through the mountain districts of
Tennessee and North Carolina, he j
j ?yn. he olMHrved abundant evl-j
' dence of the drought which has j
! held that part of the country in ,
Ita grip for many
"At many places." he declares, j
"we weren't even able to" gel wiii-i
I er for the baby. Kverything was'
DfTpVT Y^HKRI FF HRTMOl'H i
DK8THOYH ANOTHKR KTII.I.
South Mills. Sep!. 1?. ? A "5
Ration still and 400 gallons of]
mash were destroyed by Deputy,
Sheriff H. B. Seymour, accom
panied by Deputies J. D Barn
ard and Vance Berry, yesterday
300 yards from the went bank of
the Dismal Swamp Canal near the ?
locks at South Mills. The water
was boiling, the still was yet
warm, and all evidence Indicated
a hasty departure of the party
that had been operating the still
A run had Just been completed
In the opinion of Deputy Seymour. ,
Bit for the delay due to the
almost Impenetrable swamp In
which the still was located and to
the necessity 'of crossing a wide
dUfh. Mr. Seymour says, lie
would have caught the operators
red-handed.
CAILI.AUX LEAVES ON
MISSION TO AMERICA
Carls. Sept. itf. - Finance Min
later Calllaux left for the fnlted
States on the deht funding mlrsloti
this afternoon. He left on Hp
train for Havre st 3:3ft o'clock
CATHOLIC LEADERS OK j
AMERICA IN MEETING
Washington. Sept. If, ? Leader-'
In the Catholic Church from all
parts of the country met here to
day In annual conference to tak<
up pressing questions concerning .
the general welfare of the church
in the (Tnlted States. Cardinal \
O'Contiel) of Boston presided. i
EARMS EQUIPPED
WITH RADIO NOW
Washington. I) . Sept 1 r,
More than GK0.0O0 farms In the ;
United States are now equipped
with radio the Department of
Agricultural estimates, following
a nation-wide aurvey through
county agricultural ajftnts.
A similar survey last year
showed 34&.000 farms on which
there were rsdlo sets, and In lf?
23 only 146.000 farms This
rapid Increase In the use of radio
by farmers Is due, department
officials declare, to the need for
prompt markets inforinat ion in
merchandising farm pftrttarts. Co
educational value of the radio,
and to its . nu-rtalnmeot features
Many county agentfk report. *1 that
farmers have Install#* radio sets
primarily to receive pbather and
market reports.
Southern farmers have been
alow to put In radio set?r the
survey shows. This la, accounted
for by the department by "natural
conditions which hamper clear i
broadcasting and reception." j
I . f ""'""I II -re I. ,1,1 ,,,
,ha'1 i., ?.
n lililii.rlni.iUH r,? ,| ,
?" y>?"> At many
...... dnK well,. ami
i "u upon t*ul|.l.i.r wul.-r. Til - I
?ery dhutKreeablc in him. ... .
ta b""r
! Mr. (iuttkiu and |, iN f ?. ????i.
;r C"J vi" K""^
,l"'. Anh.v.11.. I, nil Italelcl,
'"Jyaltcr ci.in.ld. ruble
jon ,1;;,:;*'
'?? in.?
"I* ?IroiiKlil. Mr llulrkln ,
through Hie farf ,}IJIt ' ?
?uppll..,l will, wal.T rrniii a n-iti.
"print which bubbles rro, ' .
;;"h -I"- I" II... down,?, .
IrlM and pour* forth a
3S million KallmiH .-ai l.
far t??r.. than ,.l|y ,.n|| 1)w
I -? F? H.I.K1TK K >F.f.O V* S~
FATHKK'S FOOTSTKI'S
Milwaukee. Whi7 Sent K !
Robert M U. Follelle Jr
f lhe foolalepa ..f hlK l-il..
H-Jrr J" *""" "he
I'nfi i c"" i.omlnailon f?r ih.,
United Hi a l.-f. HenalorHhU.
HIm victory cmne In a dcrlsiv.
M.ahirr oilier It...
Publican candidate*. II,.
Into the final election Kept..,
rledl'^n"n Hob " car
III. .? or ti... 7i
counties ?>f the Hlalf,
\lnltiiiK I>hiikIi|4t Here
J1**- Char leu Hp,, v,. 1 1,... *
Hon?'.'1""*"1'"' *""? li-ll-vleve
IIIm. rv* "mc'"r ?' Kl.*ll?h unit
htlTh . "" lh" Kll*???it? < ny
ioile h ", I' -I-II'IIIIK
d.^1. 1 *'llv *l?Hli'i; lil?
Of hu't rl V,"W|"K III" "poll
Mr I " .'""I ",l
Kev. Mr Hunt hopea v(l<(| j
hllei.lon, t he old |,rlck hoilae. t ra .
dlflonary home of rite |?irnt?*
Teach, the Dismal Hwatnn an<t
n^t"1 b\ ""'"'Kb "II Ho a
nokc Inland.
DIES FjRQM IN.II KII S
New York. Sept 16 Seymour
U c.rnmwell. rormer president ,,r
the New York Stock Ktchmilro
? nil widely known banker and
broker, died today at l.ls home
"'"lar.lav New Jersey. ..f
o Juries aurrered when lie f?.||
fron, lib. horae n.ore tl.au ? ,v,...k j
H(WKIIMI) mckkim;
TO HAN Mosyi l ioivs
...m'.T y"pl ,H A bra HI, !
f.r '"'?IK I.. Mo,, load
.il.r.flonTh.r":1" - ?;
u?Thr ?" '"'"k mm f..
Morehead ? It y ?t ..I
? ennlor K. M, Hln.tuontt, who act- '
? he Mor. head flty rhumb, r of
commerce. The expert will (
c?n i..'." ' in-"-'
<vil. It'ln undoratood.
KINSION I'KKI'AKKS
fom hk; convention I
Kinnton. Sept. jr, M,.v?m;iI
. ",,1, k",#M an ?i *
??? ai if iid ih?> Hiitntal Sfaf?? con-1
yf ,llf. Norlh rMntUna
Ire^n. ,r 'r'"'' Whlrh I
are now being made
The eonrenllon la lo he held In
Wltton, wh. re the denomlnntlona I
eoll??e I.f the church In tl.i, st?,,
l? located, .-arly In November. D,
"P'^kcra of ?;,II,,M I| ?
reputation .r? c. peeled pr, ? '
.dr""T lh" ''"I:, and
HYLAN LOSES TO
JAMES WALKER
Slorim IVlrrl of !N?*w York
1'oiilir* I h I )(?f??uh'<l
liv Tammany
New York. Sept. 10. Mayor
John r. Ily la ii. atormy petrel of
NVw Yolk politics for tin* lunt
sieven yeara. was defeated for re
noiiiiuat ion in Tiiitnlay'# primar
ies liy Slate Senator Jamm J.
Walker. Tain many designee, by
a majority of more than tin. 000,
with ahoiit two-thirds of the vote
intromited. He gained steadily all
night and the metropolitan newn
|ia|M?rs, witli Ihe except ionof the
American. which supported May
or Dylan, predicted that Walk
er's plurality finally would reach
Iuii. mi (i.
WtilUcr'.'i lead, at !? o'clock t h "h ,
morning. was kk;T:M. with 1 2*? |
out of 2 . fH? H dlntlicttt Hi ill to lie
le-nrd from.
N w York. Sept. Hi, Mayor
11 v Ian was cloeiTnl when lie ar-j
rived at City Hall Hun morning !
Tin* mayor declined to discus* the
pr?-(llrt ion that he would head a
third ticket.
TO MOVE SKA IIO V III)
OKI ICES TO SAVANNAH
Norfolk, Kept. IT.. Arrange-!
mentM are being made to move the!
offices of the operatlllK depart-'
meitt 'of tlio Seaboard Air Line
Hallway from Norfolk to Mnvan-|
nali. Georgia, it became known |
todn y.
To Hear Magee
Hera la Jaatlre Meleclo Archlbeque.
before whom Carl C. Msgw, editor
Of the New Mf?lio State Tribune, it
to be arraign*) on a charge of mur
der. Archlbeque prealdea in precinct
?wo mllea from I^a Vefaa. where
Ma*?*e accidentally ehot J. R. I Mm
aater when attacked by hta old
polltloal enemy. Judge D. J. Lathy.
HEl.PEl) PIT Of EH
4COH\ HILL Hit 41)
On the eve of the celebration
of Hie con*t run Ion ot the Acorn
Hill r?md 1 cannot rental the
impulse of gratitude and as
cribe mucli credit lo a man who
wan u zealou* pioneer In the
movement Thin man wax A.
II. Honrs who gave uuHpartni;
ly of his llni?* aud lent of hi*
mean* at a time when the way
wun dark and Fraught with ob
Htlnate discouragement. He
waa an Invaluable crankwhaft In
the moving *tage* of thlH un
der taking, and It In hut proper
that due recognition be given
HI in In this hour when celebra
tion I* mad<t to an achievement
In which he played a prominent
aud Iniportaut part.
W: L. COHOON.
DISCUSS CRIME
AND PROHIBITION
Cliurchra Depose law Vio
lation* un?l I- act Boot
legger Getting Rich
(?? Tti* a?e?rU*#a r.r- ?
Washington. Hept 1' An eg
hauallve dlacuaalou at Ihe effect
or prohibition on crime, condition*
In eettletnent nelghborhoode. drug
addiction. the murala >?? the
young. and reaped lor law In Kell
er a I was made public laat night
by Ihe Reaearch and Educational
Department of the Federal Coun
cil of Thurchea aa a third aectloii
of Ha apeclal report ou Ihe ao
clal conaeiiueneea of prohibition
law" . . ..
While pointing oul lhal a lack
of complete data makea definite
rollclualona Impoaalble, Ihe report
mude theae uaaertlona:
The tendency of young people
of the preaent day to depart from
conventional rulea of behavior
cannot bo laid entirely at the
door of prohibition hut "Ihe fact
that prohibition ban made no
more declalva effect In helgliten
Init their moral tone glvea food
for earneat thought "
Crime alatlatlca Indicate a ra
pid Increaae In violation* of law.
chiefly of the mlademeanor elaea
1 but It la "gratultoua to blame
prohibition, and "all that 'ran be
aaaerted la that prohibition haa
thua far not prevented an Increaae
In auch offenaea."
Available Information Indicate"
that In "ettlement netghtHirhood"
there I" leaa drinking and family
Illo ban Improved uqder ProMM
Hon but that Ihe law nev.rt Helena
la widely violated and "the bool-(
Inciter i? netting rich."
Aeaerttona that prohibition haa
tended to Increaae the u?e of
drug" lack definite proof and
would appear to be """"'u . ,
"The general Impreanlon that
reaped for law l? declining lead*
many union! aupporlera of pro
hlhlllon to believe thai 11"
are undermining all cltl.en.hlp. >
while the lutler a?aert very poal
lively that prohibition *!;!* de
Ht roved reaped for all law^ 1
tunately. neither contention In
fully aupported by facta. The beat
aulhorltle" In psychology and od ,
" agree lhat a pereoo ? allH
lude toward law and KovernmM'
|H not determined with feferonci
to u Mingle atatute, and that hoa 1
Hlltv toward one law doe* not car
rv over Tnlo the -bole field of h
cllllen'a reaiponalblllty The a t
^rss^zUr:
rr^e^USS.Th.n the
fS
olhera ?'?<! neceaaarlly *[l
law" have not the aame I"1!"'''
K;r,o\:-r?hrrpXf.:r *-\
aervance of prohlbltlnn .w" me r. ,
iLT:,hv.rrr,:r,:.,Hrt?i
rs ?7,.Tr, ?,h,"
that con'l'ln
b"!,"?"n.ho,,"col.e?o.. undoubtedly.
do n om h n a t Ion ?? college a atudent
h , been known t. , ?ra Wj
Thfe"'evldence ho*'ver. .eema
Ws&urts
other aourcea.
tlKTTON MA It MOT
New York. Bept. II.- Spot
cotton cloaed atead. middling 2 4 -
70. mi advance of 40 point* Fu
Y ii r?*?? cloning bid; October 24
44. December 24.77, January 24 -
f?3. March 24 13. Maf24.?b.
New York, flepl. tt. ? Cotton
ftiturea opened today at .the fol
lowing leveta Oct. 24.11. Deo i
24 4*. Jan tS 7B. March 94 It.'
May 24 40
GRADED SCHOOLS
LAUNCHING TERM
WITH FAIR SKIES
Openini; Enrollment Ex
j crrds That f?>r Kntil*
Kirxl Month IjikI Year;
Main Mori- Ex peeled
footbaij. underway
Superintendent Sheep Urg
es Parent* to See Thai
J Their Children Study
Regularly ut Home
Tpichen and pupils In the Elis
abeth City (Iraded Schools! are get
ting down io bualnoea now. Pre- ,
: llmlnary organisation of the 1,500
mid odd boys and girls In thi
f.iree departments of the schools
Is virtually complete, and clas^
work is l>**l ii k# carried on under
regular schedules. The schools
opened Monday.
Opening enrollment figures give
a total of 1,630 pupplls for the
high, grammar and* primary de
partiuentH a? compared with 1,~
&10 at (lie clos.- c?r the llrst month
| last year. There are 1170 In the
1 blah school, a a against 367 In the
, first mouth lam year; t?70 In the
' grammar grades. an ugalnat 671,
I and 476 In the primary school, ma
comparer! with 4H2. The enroll
ment In the colored schools la
* about HOU.
Superintendent Sheep explains
I that inanv additional pupils will
J be enrolled In the ftrst three
1 mouths of school, due to various
cauneH. For Instance, many flrat
j grade pupils aro out this week
' on account of sore arms occa
sioned by recent vaccination.
, These will enter mainly on Mon
day. he says.
Half lloll<l?) (Jftven
The schools will close for an
afternoon half holiday Thursday.
In connection with the Acorn Hill
celebration, after the morning
classes. Members of the Boys'
Hand will bo excused from classes
all day. as well hh u number of
? schoolgirls who will help In va
, rious phases of the festivities.
Superintendent Sheep requests
the earnest co-operation of the
patrons of the school lu order that
'the best possible results may bo
I obtained.
I "Have your children enter
' school at once, If they haven't al
j ready," he urges, "and see that
^hey are present, every day pos- ?
slblo through the year.
"Children attending Irregularly
| cannot keep up with the work and
, thus often lose promotion. See
that your children study some of
their lessons at home. We do not
usk you to teach them their lei
sons. but see that, they have a
quiet place to study and that they
really apply themselves during the
time set apart for house study.
Teachers are Instructed t? explain
each lesson In making the assign
ment "<> that the children can
study Intelligently nt home.
Home Htlltly Vital
"First grade pupils should
study from 20 to 30 minutes.
Second grade pupils should "tudy
from 20 to 30 minute*. Third
grade pupil* should study one
hour. Clrainmar grade pupils
| should study from one to one and
h half hours High school stu
dents should study from two to
three hours. , A ?
"When pupils te|| you that they
have prepared all lessons In school
hours, you can readily see that
two or three study periods do not
afford sufficient time to prepare
their lessons I'lease examine the
monthly reports carefully and If
not satisfactory. consult the
teacher about It and co-operate in
getting better result*. The super
intendent and principals are al
ways ready to hoar any com
plaints ami patrons are requested
to consult freely with them about
any subject pertaining to the best
Interests of the pupils.
"|)o not expect satisfactory re
sults If your children spend their
nights on the streets or at moving
pictures or social functions. The
school will not assume any re
sponsibility for the progress of
pupils who do so.
"Parents ure most earnestly re
quoted to visit tile school at any
time. To do so will help your
children and teachers."
preparations for the organisa
tion of ii fast football team were
launched Tuesday afternoon at a
nioetluK at the high school, at
which about 26 prospective grttf
stars were present. The material
this year Is largely new, but by
heKlnnlnn practice at once. Prof.
F. S Iseuhour. In charge of ath
letics. hopes to have the eleven In
shape for a game by October 2.
No schedule has been arranged
yrl .
iiohpitai.itt ix>mmitpwi
TO MR FT F.AKI.Y THINHIM*
The Hospitality Committee for
the Clates County celebration to
be held here Thursdoy will meet
Thursday morning at ? o'clock at
the home of Miss Mary Bright,
400 Fast Matthews afreet.
The members of thle committee
nre Mis* Mary Bright, chairman.
Mrs Victor Flnck, Mrs. 0 F.
Hill. F II. Rcattergood, Mrs. Dan
Williams. Mrs. Ben Ooodwln. Mre.
Brandon Davit. Mre. Anna l*wle. A
Mrs K T Venters. Mlsa lees
Held and Mlsa Marcla Alberteon. J