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NO. 297
CHURCH FULL
TO HEAR LANE
SUNDAY MORN
City Koud Members Out in
Large Numbers aiul Many
Visitors Present to Hear
Popular Preaetier
HOLDS I P CIIKIST
Presents (Galilean as One
Hope of Kace anil Sa\s
AH World Problems Hnd
^ Solution in Him
A congregation that lilled the
_ idltorium of Oily Road Metlm
ibi Church almost to iw roinotot
corner heard Itev. Daniel .
pastor for the lant two years
City Road Methodist Church. de
liver* his last morning message
from thai pulpit Sunday. The
pre-eminence of Christ was tin
preocher's theme and he was
heard with close. attention as lie
sought to impteas t li ?* U'hhoii of
the morning ?u the hearts rf
hearers, some of whom would per*
liaps never see hliu in the pulpit
again.
Mr. Lane's text was Lpheslans
1:10. "Sum up all in Christ." and
Collosslans 1:1*. *T'h?l in all
things Christ might have the pre
eminence.
?All creation.' the preacher said
in substauce. "reaches its climax
in Christ. In him we find a Moni
tion of all our problems. Those
who know Him /see God's ha:id
encircling all time and space. I
wish this morn in e. that you might
climb with me this Mt. Everest
peak of revelation and ??-e Christ
as the Light of the World in a
new perspective, ho that you
might gain thereby a vision that
would enable you to do a great
work next year.
The uulty of God's Word is
marvellous. We have lier" not
merely one hook, but fifi; not cue
author, but about 40 writers; and
these different men writing not
conu mponuH'<>UHly but with some
thing like 2.000 years between the
earliest and the latent manu
scripts
"Anil yet from Moses the de
liverer to John the beloved Apos
tle the Inspired writer In every
age points to Je.sua, the Christ,
the Lamb of God that taketli
away the sin of the world. Moses
wroto as a schoolteacher and law
giver. the authors of Samuel, of
Judges, of Kings and of Chroni
cles wrote a:* historians, the later
writers ol the Old Tt<?tamcnt
spoke as poets or prophets, but
one and all they proclaimed Christ
as the hope of the world.
"Then In the New Testament.
Matthew depicts Christ as King
fulfilling the law and the proph
ets; Mark depicts Him an S? rvani
of all; Luke presents film an the,
Perfect Man. and John as (lod In
Man but with Hod from the foun
dations of the world. Then In,
acts the four Gospels reach their}
culmination when of the disciples
none regarded ought that he hail
HH his own. and Christ Is seen
in his Church. The Epistle* ? \
plaln and expound the Gospels
and In Revelation Christ Is shown
crowned and Lord of All.
"Only the text can explain tin
marvellous and matchless miracle
of the unity of (Jod's word.
"Then consider In connection
with the unity of God's word, the
unity of God s work, the unity of
man. how man himself la a trinity
of intellect, sensibilities and will,
the first reaching Its highest ex
pression In faith iu God. the sec
ond ts subllmest height In love
for God. and the third never ful
filling Its destiny or finding satis
faction save In obedience to God
"Then consider the unity of the
home when It I* centered In
Christ. See how the gentle and
i . fltn 'l woman hocomoa thi> hrlp
inri t of a husband who could ncv
,.r her ou common ground
HVi' n? l?''h know Christ. Tin
horns l? II"' ??"< """ Kov.cn
mcni. ?"<! 1" rrt.r'-tlmn tjoni" |
we a?-?: the one ho|s- of rmllr.a
' "ConsMer "cm 'be """>' "V".
Church, which Is ihe body ?t
Christ, with tllm an its h ad. Only
the crowned Chrlat can l.rlnK
mottr ?ncl co-ordlnal'd effort
amonu all the d.no,nln?lloni. to
estsbllah lh. klnudoe.i of Chrlsl
In the hearts of nun and to es
tablish the rules nn'' ,h" J,""
the kingdom on earth. Thus In
the t''St analn la found lh" an
awer to all problems and alms or
the church. _ ,
"Consider next and as the second
main division of my theme Christ
In history. The incarnation Is the
divine event of the centuries to
which all that came before It ,
points forward and all that has
come or shall come after It points
back In Him what appeared .is
fragmentary events have been
unified, aa to the early Philoso
phers what appeared a fragmen
tary World has been unified In the
Copernlcan theory of the uul
varse. The Galilean dug at Cal
vary the well of freedom from
which wo drink Germany was
overthrown In the World War be
cause the nation had caat Ita lot
with materialism and against the
^Christ
? ' f inally, compare. If you can.
I Christ with other men; with Al
l aaaoder. for Instance, who con
\ Continued on p*g- 4
LIQUOR FIGURES
I N MANY CASES
IN POLICE COURT
Monday Morning S?k*?ioii
Give* T<'*timoiiy to Frrc
Hon of l'roliil?it?Ml Ilrv
t'rup1 in "I hi* (!it)
MGII I S \\|> -u SSING"
AfTruv 1 ii vol\ i iijx Krrr I *??
of rhair and knife ue
Wcapiius Aired Krrrly li?*
forr Judp* Sawyer
Evidence thai Die prmlU' t of
moonshine still flowed (ri'??lv in
city iivcr the week-end
wuk forthcoming In iti'iierouK mea
sure in recorder's court thl'i
morning. One witness. his fare
and head patched with eourt plas
ter. offered tentirnony that at least
some of the beverage dispensed
was what is commonly termed
"flshting liquor."
Kdward Daniels. ?? o I o r e d
charged Willi being drunk and dis
orderly. offered a plea of guilty
to the same charge, and was fined
$5 and costs. He whh lite chief
participant in an argument over a
>."? hill, recording to testimony in
the cast*, and was accused of us
ing a lot of loud, boisterous, plain
aiul fancy russ words.
M It. Fletcher, Sr.. pleaded
guilty to u charge of having been
drunk, and was fined $5 and
costs.
John and Karl Ronton, colored,
were charged with being drunk,
assault with deadly weapons, to
wit. a chair and a knife, on Robert
Copcland. colored, and with Him- ,
pie assaults on Itobert Bryant.
John Thomas Johnson and Kzrlah
Batiks, all colorod- The Bostons
are brothers. They were tepre
sented by Robert Lowry.
("opelaud testified he was si?-,
ting in a chair, reading, at the!
homo of the Bostons, when they
came In. and without warning
John Boston struck him over the
head with a chair. They grappled,
ho said and he threw Boston, fall
ing upon him. Earl Boston then at
tacked him with a knife, he con
tinued. catting a severe gash
arrosH his neck, lie broke away
and fled from tho place, he con- ;
eluded.
The Bostons clalmcd Copeland.
himself, had the only knife
which figured In the fight, and
l that he dropped It In the midst of (
hostilities when Karl Boston be
gan beating him over the head
i with a chair. John and Karl Boh- ?
ton were titled $5 und costs each
on charges of being drunk. 120
and costs each on a charge of an
saiiltlng Copcland. and $20 and
costs each also In connection with
?I ho other alleged assaults. A
charge of carrying concealed wea-j
pons preferred against Karl Cope- ?
land was dlrmissod.
Mones Downing, colored, sub
iii 1 1 ted to a charge of being drunk,
and was fined $5 and costs.
Fleetwood Smilh. colored, was'
sentenced to fiO days in jail on a
rhaige of assault in default of a
line of $25 and costs imposed Sat
urday morniiiM. when h" was
tried.
Charles Bundy. white, was let
off with the court costs In connec
tion with a charge of having re
moved crops from the farm lie
was renting, without having given
notice, to his landlord. He wan 1
directed to move Irom the farm
by W?*dneaduy afternoon.
AUTO-HEATHS IN
DIXIK THIRTY-SIX
Memphis, Nov. 23. Deaths In ,
automobile accidents last week in j
Dixie totalled and 170 In
jured, according to report* ualh
? ?red from 1 1 states by the Asso
ciated I'rees.
North Carolina bad seven
deaths and ten Injuries.
I Ft NKRAL MRS. N. fi. HVASH
1 . i
The itinera; of Mrs. N. (?. Ev
ans. who died Saturday afternoon
at o o'clock at her home. SI". .
Cherry street, was conducted at
the hom?' Sunday afternoon at !
2.30 o'clock by Dr. S. 11. Tem - 1
pieman and burial made In Holly
wood Cemetery.
Th?? pallbearers were: J. B.
heigh, J. Ij. Wells. Kd Stokes. J.
W. Cox, S J. Twine, and It. L.
Kvans.
Mrs. Kvans was 57 years old.
She had been III. suffering with
'paralysis for a long time and was
taken with pneumonia a few days'
ago Before her matriage in
1 8M2 Mrs. Kvans was Miss Annie
Cbamberlin of Prlnress Anne.
Surviving her are h^r husband,
and four children: J. II. Kvans of
Great Bridge. Mrs. Carrie White-,
man. Miss Helen Kvans and R. R.
Kvans of this city.
I.F.AVK FOIl tX>NVK\T10\
J. 11. KeRoy. Sr. and Secretary.
Job, of the Chamber of Commerce,
left Saturday to attend the eigh
teenth annual convention -of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Asso
ciation in Miami, which opened
Monday and will dose Thursday.
They are expected to return about
December 1. Mr. LeRoy is a vice
prealdent of the assorts i ion. and
Mr. Job a member of the board of
directors
Flapjack King?
Hill I Sill TiU!*n. famous tc*ttni? MA**,
t < >? <i ;|H||||> Ins ra?a|tic| for tll?? \V?ll
known foik .it :? v.ith* ? !nrf of tiio
itrcnkf:i*t lfol!> uo.?!. Calif..
wh?*io lliv ? lt.ir->!>:(ui i* utcd to
hav*? j .1 in w !?< or<l for i.itii>|{
Iln|ij<uk? I !????? Iii-'h hh-un tmcsir.ts
;??;iy .a om . Vm. 1m* Htiin to cn
joy it.
STRANGE LIGHTS
DEFY THEORISTS
Intermittent Flashes in
Eastern Sky Observed by
Elizabeth (lily Folks
furious flashes far away to the
eastward, which thus far hare de
fled sat iHfurtory explanation, were
observed by many Elizabeth City
residents last night about 10
o'clock. The flashes were inter
mittent. and occasionally lit up
the whole eastern horizon. They
appeared to be many miles distant.
The theory that the flashes
might have been lightning was
discounted from the fact that the
night was cold and clondless ? de
cidedly not the proper setting for
a thunderstorm. Ditpatches from
Norfolk this morning stated the
strange flares had been observed,
apparently far out to sea. by res
idents of Virginia Beach and oth
er points along the shore. No nav
al maneuvers were in progress,
and the phenomenon was not giv
en a satisfactory explanation
there.
Some, who tried to explain tho
flushes on the ground that they
were the aurora borealis. or north
ern lights, were unable to gain
credence for their theory from
the circumstance that the lights
were to the eastward, whereas
these brilliant natural pyrotech
nics occur in the northern sky.
Among those who observed the
lights there were some who said
they naw them in various (jasr
ters of the heavens, the flashes ap
pearing to have been lightning
many mile* awav. Weather pro
phets declare lightning at this
season of the year indicates an
approaching drop In temperature.
Credence Is lent this theory by the
circumstance that It became much
colder here before morning.
COLONEL MITCHELL
GOES ON THE STAND
Washington.- Nov. 23. Colonel
William Mitchell took the wltneas
stand today before tho court mar
tial trying him for breach of disci
pline as the result of his public
criticism of the administration of
the Army and Navy services. $
rkiaNd accepts
THE CABINET TASK
Purls. Nov. 23.? Foreign Min
ister Hrland this afternoon provi
sionally accepted President Dou*
mergue's order to form a new cab
inet. M Hrland announced that
he would give a definite reply to
the President In the course of the
evening.
Paris. Nov. 2 3 Arlstlde
Hriund dubbed "the man of Lo
carno" since his success at the se- ?
curlty conference. Is regarded as
certain to be railed upon bv Pres
ident Doumergue to form the cab- '
Inet In succession to the fallen
Palnleve government
The foreign minister, who has
held the premiership seven times
In his lengthy political csreer. re
turned to Paris this morning and
had two long telephone conversa
tions with Mi Doumergue
COTTON M.M4KKT
New York. Nov. 23. - Spot cot
ton closed quiet, middling 21.46,1
a decline of 20 points, futures.'
closing bid: Dec. 20.94. Jan. 20 Id.
March 20.22. May 19.79. July
19.32. Oct. 19.74.
New York. Nov. 28? Cotton fu
ture* opened today at the follow
ing levels: Dec 21.42, Jan. 20. 16.
March 20 40. May 20.00. July
19.fl
HEARING IS SET
FOR DECEMBER 3
Erretioti of Dam ami Other
Kilobits ( ."reek Projects
to be Considered
A public hearing on the ques
llciii of proposed improvement* In
Knohbs Crei'k. al thin city, will
bo held at the Chamber of Com
merce Tbursoay anernoon. De
cember 3. at two o'clock. It Is
announced by Col. F. A Pope, of
Norfolk, district engineer of the
War Department.
All persons interested have :
been invited to attend the hear
ing. which will deal chiefly with
improvement of navigation in the
creek, and oral statement* will be
accepted It is suggested. how
ever, that all Important facta and
argu inents be presented in writ
ing. and In triplicate, for accuracy
of record. All records of the
hearing will be forwarded to
Washington for consideration by
the War !>epartment. Written '
statements may be presented at
the hearing, or may be mailed in
before it Is held.
The hearing will deal also with
the proposed erection of a dam
across Knohhs Creek. at the
point regarded as the head of
navigation, iti connection with
proposed improvement of the
city's water supply. This phase
of the proceedings will be taken
up at 1:30 o'clock.
j Persons attending the hearing.
I both as regarding the dam and
the proposed improvements from
the standpoint of navigation, have
been invited to express their
?lews freely, and to offer any sug
gestion thev wish.
STANDARD Oil. IS
OVERRULED IN COURT
Washington. Nov. 23. The1
move by the Standard Oil Com- 1
pany of California to stop the In
terior Department investigation
Into the mineral character of cer
tain of Its Elk Hills. California,
land holdings was overruled too
In Supreme Court of the District
of Columbia.
Chief Justice McCoy in denjr
tn* the preliminary injunction!
sought by *Yhe company declared |
the Secretary of the Interior waa
authorized by law to press the In
qulry and that no court had a
right to stop him.
The land, a part of the naval re- j
servo, was turned over to the!
state of California for school pur- j
poses under representation that it j
contained no mineral. Subse
quently it was acqulrred by the
Standard Oil Company.
AVIATION CHIEF IS
IN COURT INQUIRY
Washington. Nov. 23. ? Arthur
K. Carlson, aviation chief rigger
of the wrecked Shenandoah told
the Naval Court today that one of
the surviving officers had told
him not to give certain Informa
tion to the court unless It waa
asked for specifically.
This Information was that IS
minutes before the Shenandoah
broke up h* had closed off at
amidships the enternal gasHing
manifold connecting 18 helium
gas cells and designed to point to
the equalization of gas In the In
dividual cells.
I MDKN'TIPIKD AITOIHT
Itl'XH INTO KORD COIPK
Somebody who obviously
couldn't have been watching
where he was going as carefully
as he might last night crashed In
to the rear of a Ford coupe which
T. S Mr Mullan . Jr . had left
parked on West Main street. In
front of the residence of Mr. and
Mrs J. T. McCabe. The left rear
fender was wrecked, and the
wheel under it was damaged
Mr. McMullan discovered the
damage when he came out to go
to work this morning, but was un
able to discover a clue to the in
dividual responsible for It.
BURNED TO DEATH
IN CABIN OF BOAT
Helhaven. Nov. 23. - Capt. Ceo
Atkins was burned to death Fri
day night at 10 o'clock In the cab
in of his boat "Black Jack." This
craft was an open faunch with a
closed cabin and has been tied up
at the public dock. Capt Atkins
had been preparing for a trip to
Florida for several days and he
was almost ready to leave when
the tragedy occurred.
The captain left the business
section of the town at #:30 alone
and went to his boat to retire. It
Is pfesumed that the gas tank was
Ignited from a match and before
aid could be reached he auccumhed
to the deadly flames.
The Helhaven fire department
was called out but when the fire
men reached the scene the launch
had burned to the water's edge
Help arrived In time to aave th*
body from belna entirety consumed
by the blaze, but when It was car
ried out all of the clothing had
been burned completely off and
the remains were badly charred
Capt Atkins was married but
llted alone on his llttlo craft, lie
was originally from Hancbestei
County. Pa., hut haa been living
la Bolhaven for 'th* post two
years.
MANY APPROVE
JURY'S VERDICT
Outcome of (irhiilpT i !;twl%
Occasions (iniiimciit
on Slrri'l> Ht rr
Kxpressions of approval of ili?
jury's verdict Saturday aflrrtMiii
in thf run* of Mrs. Suku <'iiat?iii>
Iter, in which the plaintiff wan de
nied dumMRoti. arc heard mi i*vri'J
hand mi the strings h?Tn. There
were expressions of vyin|nith> fur
Mr*. fSetsinger. berau?ie r ill ?
ordeal through which she paavd
when the km to* of tin* asylum
yawned open for her: bill n?o?t
of those who heard the evidence
were little disponed to entertain
the idea that l>i\ f'orhell. in par
tlcuhr. had entered into any *Voii
splrac.v" 10 put her there
The week had heen a haul
one for I?r. Corbell. He drove
to and from his home in Stliibnt".
Gates County, each day. and
?pent hours each night in at 'end
Ins patients In that county. An
idea of his strenuous program
may he Rained from the tart t lie. <
he officiated at the arrival ? ?f
three additions to the population
up to Saturday, and wis confi
dently expecting two morv when
he left here that day. lie was
worn out.
Mrs fietsiuger. too. ??how??d
evidence of the strain she had
undergone ? the tension she had
been under during the week
She wan In the courtroom when
the verdict wan given, and ac
cepted it without display in* emo
tion ller attorneys entered
notice of appeal to the Su prenm
? Court ? the procedure under
whirh she had galtnd a new Iria!
when the case was first decided
against the plaintiff in 132:1- and
It In conceivable that the case will
again be tried In Pasquotank Su
perior Court. This, however. W
i regarded as unlikely. It is
thought that the notice of appeal
was given largely as a matter of
protecting her interests. in the
event that u careful analysis of
the pant week's proceeding** may
disclose something which offers
hope of reversing the two unfav
orable verdicts.
MYSTERY LETTERS
! ARE READ IN COI IH
i White Plains. N. Y . Nov. 23
The "mystery letters." whose In
troduction in the Khinclandcr an
nulment trial caused two adjourn
ments. were placed on the records
this morning
They were read after the pub
lic had been barred and concerned
the premarital relations of Alice
Hhlnelander and llhinliinder
Alice was later removed from
the courtroom with the mother,
the Jury, and fthlnelander. for ex
amination of her skill
White Plains. N. V . Nov. 23.
? Isaac N. Mills, counsel for
Leonard Kip Ithinelander. in hb
annulment suit against his wife.
Alice, part negress. issued a state
ment today charging that the so
called "'mystery letters" Intro
duced last week were a "deliber
ate attempt to trap the witness
and force him to withdraw hl:<
suit."
SUSANNE !.K!N<a.K!\
FINDS LOST JEWEt.
London, Nov*. 21!. -Suzanne
Lenglen lost a diamond arrow last
year while she was playing on ?h -
center court at Wimbledon and
Inquiries brought no r? -suit*. ,
When Huxanne was playing a y|?ort
time ago on the same Court she
mentioned the loss to one of the
Htteiidants, who liuiiiediat* ly re
stored th? lost Jewel, saying Jo
had kept it because no inquiries
had reached him and In- did not
know who the owner was
Mile. Lenglen immediately
pinned th?- arrow into the ban
deau about her head and wore it
throughout her successful gam
in the Cromer tournanjeut, dur
ing which she played so vigor
ously that she had t'> change he:
gown and bandeau three litn < /
each day.
FRENCH WOMEN ARE
AFTER TIIEIR RltiHTS
Paris. Nov. 23 - "The time f? r
universal suffrage in France Is ap
proaching. This announcement
by Henri Rtaff, dean of th? Sor
bonne faculty of medlHn* .
brought wild cheers from tb? del
egates to tho convention of the
French league of woman's rlgh:
That French women are slowly
awakening to a sense of political
responsibility was the tenor of th"
whole series of meetings held here
last week and It was emphasised
by the secretary's report on the
work of the year throughout the
country
Suffragists from all parts of the
world have been invlttd to attend
an international suffrage confer*
ence in Paris next May Among
the American leaders expected to
attend are Mr* Carrie Chapman
Catt. Charlotte <;i|man and Mar-'
tin Crampton.
Dlt. WALK Kit BMTTtCVt
Word announcing decided im
provement in the condition of Di
H D. Walker, of this city, who
underwent an operation for ap
pendicitis In St Vincent's Hospl-,
tal, Norfolk, en Saturday, was re- 1
reived bv relatives h<?re Monday
Unshaken
STATE GROWING
HALF SOYBEANS
IN All AMERICA
I < ;:<U in \'Ti'ap% in Nun?
1? r Bii-li.1" l'r..?liir< ?l,
ami 1- S.m iuhI i" ^
IVr \cri*
\KW I'SKS KOl NI)
| \?lti<- of Soylwan
More and Mori- Kocon
niznl unci Many Indui
iri.x Bring l)evclo|W<l
UalelRh. Nov 2 3. --Tin- soybean
is doUned lo kfrmvi' one Of tba
loadinn form ."-.opa of the <'"1L6d
States ?nd North Carolina Mand.
wr|| la ihe fri.nt In ihls develop
ment. Of the 190.(100 ncrea plnnt
ed lo soybeans In ,I,B ' n,te?
SI...-, in 1?2?. Nnvlh
hail nearly out'-half. or
ar Sorlli Carolina !??<> In acreage
1 p|Hnl<'<l. In number of hu?hel?
produced anil wax second In yield
nor acre Til la muni be an Indi
cation Hint il>? soil and climate of
Ihln Slate art- epeclally adapted I"
tlie crnwili of I lil? plant.
The prlliclpnl use of Ihe soj
lienn In thin ciuniry ha" beer i for
forncf iiafturi* and en?IIaK<
Ihiiullh ll? vain." ?? <?""> '?
t? I... more an. I more rcronnlzo.l
American factories are n..w pro
dtl.llIK fri.rn lllo soybean. oil.
mtnl. floor. Manilla. m,lk '
der thncolalc. any aauee. and ape
elal foods for Infanla and Inva
lids The use of the soybean oil
|,a? ben.nm firmly ."nlnlillahed.
Hi. la IHE'I quantities bolus used
hv nianufariiirera nf snap. I"1"'";
lard and butler subs I"? J>
rake I.I meal is belllR used exl. n
ali.-lv a< a cllllle feed and alao a*
I f. rillUer. much
(he aame a- eolton aeed nieal.
So" l.ea 11 "II ? HI doubtless bt"
, n pel Hot Of O.her
, il.l.- oila for which the .It
man. I I eolialanlly InrrcaalnK.
boll, in tills colt 111 ry and lu Ku
""n nil. i ..II* food Indnalrlea have
,|. i. |..|.. ?! m >???*"? * 'J
I IM- m.M.c.ii |1 Ulliued In innn>
Tilt enlinlnn fa. lor lea la
va.lo.1 pari* ..f l be eoillitrv have
parked many thousands of bushels
n( American crown bean- a
pork and l?'?.i. The matured
henna have been plated on a?l
moat t.f I lie larite ell lea aa dried
henna, and lied lu Ihe name man
,?.r aa til. i in v > bean Soybean
floor has lierome established on
li,e market allhn.mh a. th- pres
lime principally ? n JK'"1
fooil In nome of tb" I arlf
t "final alalin. llo*evei Mi.- floor
haa I placed f|Ul.e generally <>0
ihr imrkH and <??i h*' roa,d 5
poured a, coin araham
f loti i etc (toy an ut e la now b. ?
Inn manufactured In n few Pisces
mi n Finall acale. Various other
foud aluffa are In .onrae of nanu
fact u re ? i.l. a V lew of ...HU M
Ihe hull lUllrlllvo value of the
beam
STEXMKH A<;KOl!NI>
Oi l OUIAN (OAST
Ne? Y?rV. Nov SI. The New
York in. L steamship Su,he,leo
... 'oils* at l'.inia d"
Ma1, inlll' ?: I'ubn fall picked
up h i. U'dlraled that lh. team
ihlj. ?..a In eomm.irlenli.il with
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II MJKISON NOW.
SENTENCED TO OIF,
N..ark, S'Tnov ? -H?rrl
w. NmI. kldn?rper and ?Uy
Hid ay waa muKd -d lo dl? In
Ihe electric chair during Ike ??>
Of l.nu.ry 10 for ih? murder of ,
Hayotond Pl*rce. nc?ro laal.ab
drlv?T. ?
CROWD ATTENDS
ANNIVERSARY OF
FEDERATION MEN
Not Sent* Ktiuiipli for All
Who (?o Out lo llrar I)r.
W iUon ut Prayor Srrvirc
Karl) Monday Morning
IIKAKTS \KK TOLCIIKI)
AihI Kyi> Vt at Parting
of llo|H' and Kn*
coiirug?'itnnt Brought l?y
Much loved I'rrarhrr
once more the morning prayer
service <?f llit* Men's Christian
Federation of Kllzabeth City was
attended by n crowd that left
standing room only f.ir lute com
i?in when the federation oltwrvi'd
its first anniversary at lt? regular
place of meeting in th old Y. M.
?A' A. gymnasium Monday morn
ing. And once more. too. some
tlung of tin- lid*' ol amotion that
wa? wont lo sweep It h earlier
meetings was felt by t hone in at
tendance when Dr. N. H. I). Wil
son. who has Just completed his
Qtiadrennlum at the Firat Metho
dist Church and who in leaving
tins w ?-k for a new Held of labor,
brought the federation a parting
tneesage for the anniversary occa
sion
The effect of Dr. Wilson's mes
sage was no little heightened by
the singing of "When the Roll Is
Called l'p Yonder" by the First
M?tliodist male quartet and of "I
Aui Satisfied in Jesus'' by Mrs.
Wesley Foreman.
I "Anniversary occasions.'' Dr.
Wilson said, "are times for look
ing forward and for looking
back." He therefore pointed the
members of the federation to the
words of Paul. "Brethren, I count
myself not yet to have apprehend
ed. but one thing 1 do: forgetting
those things which are behind and
teaching out to thoat; things
which are before, I pretta forward
toward the mark of the prize of
the high calling which ia In
! Christ Jesus,'' as exemplifying the
proper attitude of the Christian
( toward the future; and he then
| pointed to the parable of the aow
| er as explaining that the dlsap
| polntments that hud come to the
i members of the federation durln,i
, Its firm year were the common
! lot. endured by workers In the
! vlnyard from the earliest begin -
' nlngs of the history of God's deal
ings with thu race.
"There are today," said Dr
W'llaon, "as there were in th?
timo of Jesus in the flesh, waysld
ground hearers who never receive
the Word Into their hearts at all.
With the first passing distraction,
it la gone.
"Also we still have today the
stony ground, or rather, If we are
to better translate the Maimer's
words, shallow soil hearera. We
have the same soli in certain bar
ren sections of our own Htatc.
where th?* hard-pan or rock Ilea so
clone beneath the surface that
when after a shower seed are
sown they spring up almost over
night. Hut ut the first rays of a
scorching sun. th? sudden and
rapid growth withers and dies. We
need not be surprised, then, t hat
some of fhoae who a year ago
were so eager to testify have lost
Interest and no longer even attend
these meetings.
"And again, we still have (he
thorny ground hearers. In which
the wheat Is nol utterly without
fruit bni where it Is so choked by
the other I lit*' rests that It can nev
er attain Its full fruitage.
"Hut again also, there are still
good ground hearers, and these
w? ? have seen during the year that
Is past bring forth much fruit,
some thirty, some sixty and some
an hundred fold. I.et us (hank
God for that
"All too often we are loo un
just to great revivals, forgetting
that as our little revivals have
their little reactions so the great
revival must have its great reac
tion On its tidal wave the great
souls are swept out far Into
depths of the sea of find's love
but likewise by it the driftwood,
the refuse and the dead bodies are
east 11 p along the beach, to be
come a stanch In the nostrils of
all who puss by.
"Again we are unjust lo the
great revival because we forget
that the emotional heights to
which It transports can not last
forever. Hut the fact that emo
tional transports pass does mean
that we have lost that which
brought these transports I may
not have felt the thrill this morn
ing that I fell years ago when I
opened a letiei and found a yea,
but I love my wife better today
than I did when she ftrst prom
ised to he mine. So though the
t Ht III thai we felt a year ago may
have p?KK?-d, the love of Ood In |
our hearts that has not passed,
but has deepenn/ and strength*
efted Its hold upon every liber of
OQf beings.
"I hope. then, that you will re
main faithful and loyal to th?a
federation These meetings here.
If only tor the fact that they keep
the earnest workers of the various
denominations In closer and
warm> i touch, are well worth
while My ministry In your city
has been the sweeter for them, j
and largely because of them 1 go
away with a feeling of sadness In
that I not only leaving the
First M thodlat Church but tbat l[
am lew* log Elisabeth City."
TO GREET ARMY ,
AND NAVY GAME
WITH BLUDGEON
New York Decide* l?> Tak?
VII It Can Get Out of the
Ri|! Service Game Next
Saturday
KAKEK'N CHRISTMAS
Santa Clans Come* Every
Year But the Army and
Navy l-'oollialt Came Only
Every Two Years
ll>- ItOltKKT T. SMAI.I.
lCor>nfH. 1923. Th* ?#???<?>
New York. Nov. 23. ? The gay
metropolis In preparing to greet
the Army ami Navy next Saturday
with great loud cheer* ? and a
bludgeon Ordinarily New York
does not profiteer, but It seems
nowaday* that everything la pick
ing on some part of the Army and
the Navy so New York has decid
ed to take all It can out of the big
.service football game which la
played at the Polo (Grounds on the
28th.
The Army und Navy game ? In
New York ? la rarer than Christ
mas. Christmas cornea once a
year, the Army and Navy game
, but once In two yeara. It la when
the went point cadeta have the
' choice of the city In which the
'classic In to be ataged. that the
i game cornea here. Last year the
Navy chose the Newman Stadium
| at Baltimore. In the year 1922
'the struggle was wltneaaed In Phil
adelphia. The Navy bellevea In
a movable feaat. the Army atlcka
i to Ita dear old New York and this
year is going to get atuck, good
and proper, by at least ene aec
itlon of the public purveyors of thin
wet and wicked place. The night
of the Army and Navy game la
probably the gayest that New
York knowa ? outside of New
Year'a Eve and In many respect*
the featlval* of football night are
very much In keeping with the
traditional celebrations of the ad
vent of the year. Of course In
| football only one team can win
and It would seem that only one
aide to the annual argument could
celebrate. Rut this la not the
icaae. The losers aeem to hare
just as good a time ? or better ?
ithan the winners. After one of
the recent "big three gamea"
i played not far from New York two
old "grads" dlacuased which club
I they would go to that evening In
?the metropolis. One suggested
the club of the winning varalty.
"Not at all" said the other
"there will be more doing with
I the losers.
Many of tne New York theatara
, tried two years ago the applying
of extra pressure at the box of
fice for Army and Navy night ?
and got away with It. So thin
.year they are going to do the name
thing. Prices for that night have
In moat instances been ralaed to
910 a seat with an extra 91 for
"war" tax. it seems Incongruoua
to tax the Middies and Cadeta for
"war" but Uncle Sam makea no
distinction In his collection along
thai line. Theater prices always
are advanced a dollar or ao for
the Saturday evening performan
ces. Saturday night Is distinctly
New York's night at the theatera
and lh?> producers and managers
put on all that the traffic will
The great crowds that com* to
New York for the Army and Na
vy game are spending crowds. A
few dollars one way or another
make little difference to them.
The theatrical folk were a trifle
slow In solving this psychology.
Hut now that they have done ao.
the visitors are jjolng to be made
to pay through the noae. One
big theatrical combine, however,
has revolted. It his advertised
It will not take advantage of the
occasion lo raise Its box office
scale
, Cabarets are preparing for their
big biennial haul and special
menu cards are being made up
that would stagger the ordinary
nlghtllfer of the great white way.
The despised, detested, hut Inev
itable convert charge also la being
lifted lo the skies Army and Na
vy niKhi will lie one large atream
of flowing gold along old Broad
way,
REVIVAL IMISIVONED
FOR JUST A WEEK
Ttie revival at the First Chris
tian Church has been postponed
for one meek on account of the
Illness of the evangelist. Hev. A.
Y. !>eClaffere||y.
The meeting will begin next
; Sunday. November 29
H.tMKs l?\M\?.K ItOOF
Itamaxe estimated at $26 was
caused hy a roof fin at the honte
of "Aunt Hasty" Jacobs, colored,
on Shirley street, shortly before
noon Monday Firemen put out
th?- blase with chemicals II Is
believed to have originated from
a spark from a flue Aunt Haaty"
Is the motn?r of Oneral and Lftw*
rence Jacobs, who were freed af
ter court Investigations of charges
that they were Involved In th?
murders of Nehetnlah D. Pendle
ton. Weekavllle merchant, and
Mack Whlrhard. colored paint* r
Of this city.