Masked Men In Regalia
Of Klan Burn Cross In
Threat Against Barber
Cafte H. Ediiiond*, of South
Mill-, Paid Visit After
Condemnation of Whisky
Traffic
RESIDENTS IMD1GN VNT
Law Abiding Itnidrnts of
Town Sifkin;: to Trao'
' Down and IVosecutc
Members of Party
A fiery cross erected fii
front of the store of (!. K.
RiKKS, in South Mills, by 12
unidentilied individuals in
tho regalia of the Ku Klux
Klan after they had paid \
visit to Case II. Edmonds,
barber whose shop and living
quarters are- over Ri Kits'
store, precipitated intense ex
citement in the Camden
County town Wednesday
night.
Edmonds moved to South Mills
from Sunbury. C.atP.n County, six
or Beven months ago, and opened
a harbor shop. Ho lias hcon very
outspoken in condemnation of the
liquor traffic which centers about
the town, nnd his emphatic utter
ances on tlic subject are said ?o ,
hove aroused much indignation
on the part of tho*-- engaged in
the illicit trade.
Reports from South Mills are
to the effect thai the visitation of
the 12 masked individuals was
prompted by Edmonds' recent vis
it to n colored church near the
town, in the course ot which he
addressed the congregation in a
"testimonial meeting." Those
who know ICdmonds declare he is
intensely religious. They pcout
at the idea, however, that he
preached to the colored folks
about their participation in the
business of making and selling
moonshine whisky.
I*aw abiding residents of South
Mills ar?* much aroused over the
visit to the barher. One man, an
attorney, is quoted sh having said
that if Edmonds hud shot any
body in the party, he could have
had the barber released without
the formality of a bond.
Accounts of the Incident re
ceived here are in effect that the
delegation In the regalia of the
Klan first went upstairs to Ed
monds' room. alonK Inward mid
night. called him out, and threat
ened fyim with summary veng
eance If he continued "preaching
to negroes." Then they went
downstairs, erected a cross several
feet high, and set fire to it. call
ing out some half a dozen people
from a nearby cafe to witness the
demonstration.
Nexl day. a resident of South
Mills who has been described as
"a true Klansman" posted a pla
card on the charred remains of
the cross, reading: "This cross
was burned by Howards aiul
Kurs."
Folks who claim to know what
they ar?- talking about assert posi
tively that the demonstration was
not the work of the Klan, and,
even though some members of the
masked party might have been
. members of the organisation,
their action wan without the"
Klan's sanction or approval.
Edmonds is 4 7 years old. The"
better element of folks In South
Mills are determined that he shall
not he run away from the town
by any such Intimidation They
say they are squarely behind him.
and Intimati- that Hteps will he
taken to (race down and prose
cute those responsible for the
demonstration sgainat him.
WANT COMMISSION
TO HAVE AtJTHOHITY
Washington. Dec. is Presi
dent Coolldge told Chairman Snell
of the House rules committee to
day that he favored the creation
of a commission to dispose of Mus
cle Shoals without requiring it to
receive congressional approval of
any lease negotiated. Mr Snell.
whose committee has Jurisdiction
over resolutions looking to th<
disposition of the property, said
that he also favored giving a com
mission final authority.
SAYS CAPTAIN'S TALE
WAS WIIOI.IA UNTIUIE
Boston. Dec. 18 A charge that
the storjr told by Captain John
II. Diehl, of the Cltv of Home, of
the sinking of Submarine S-f?l In
a collision with his vessel off
Block Island September 2'? was
"wholly untrue" was made today
by Lieutenant Commander Charles
A. l>ockwood. Judge advocate, be
fore the naval hoard of Inqury In
vestigating the disaster
Commander Lockwood aald the
* 8-61 waa not at fault In any way
for the collision and the City of
Rome was entirely to blame
The Judge advocate aald the
conduct of the City of Rome was
f "reprehensible." The H-61, he
maintained, was a "crossing ves
, sel" and as such bad observed all
I rates of tfce rosl
Rotary Brings Out
Musical Talent
In City
N?-*v !,iar.< In I In* musical liriua
inom ??r KII/;i'm t Ii City \v?
brought i? liuht iit the weekly
luncheou of the local Itotarv Club
ui the .Souih-rn Hotel Pii<!.)*
wh? ii Ilotarians Georg" S ?>?/!?? rt
ami J i in in ii- Alderman w. iv lead
er* respectively of iwu Rotary
quartet" which engaged in mi ex
temporaneous singing contert and
came off ?ach with even lion ore.
The thr?*e other m> inte rs of
Jliiimh-'s quartet ?i>ri' Fred
Houtz. Walter Sawyer, and Ever
<*tt Thoiiijison. George had Mora
llulla. Walter Harris and Sam
Parker.
Th? judge*, selected for their
flue discrimination In tilings mu
sical. were Joe McCab-. Harry
Johnson, and Will Galther.
I tot a iy ?)<vaker Friday wan
Frank Scattergood. who mad* a
plea for the t?oy life of the com
munity. Among the visitor* pres
ent wen* \Y. J. Wood ley of Fliza
b? th City and Itotar'aaM Thomas
Nixon of Hertford and W. A.
I'arker of Norfolk.
PEOPLE FORGET
POOR OLD SANTA
For War* Ho Mail ('o libel
ed Fluids for (Hlicrs,
Now He*g Dead
lh ItOWI.WO W"< M >|>
( CopyriiM. IMS. fey Th* A<f??nc?>
Newark. N. J.. Dec. IK. * Santa
Claus has been saved from the Pot
ter's Field. bur plan" for nis fu
neral still are lip in the air. five
dpys after hi* death, because the
people of Newark have been too
busy with their Christmas shop
ping to provide funds for his In
terment.
This particular Sunty wan a
pauper. Christopher Zozel by
name. He hadn't a ceni in his
pocket whe?; he died, spending
the last ounce oi his energy ring
ing n hell over a Christmas din
ner pot on a Newark street cor
ner. Old Chris died of heart dis
ease last Satuiday. in the midst
of a Christmas crowd that pushed
and Jostled about the eorner of
Market and Halsey streets. Home
less. friendless, lie was taken to
the city morgue, stripped of his 1
red coat and (lowing beard, and <
ticketed for potter** IW}ld.
The Volunteers of America, fot
whom Old Chris was ringing a
Christinas bell, began a search for
funds with which to provide a
more fllting end. but the money
caiae in s|owl>. One of the New
ark newspapers started a fund for
Santa's burial, Hut apparently
few people had time to read any* .
thing but the ChrlHfmas advertise
no nts for the response was pain
fully slow.
Fnough money had bi en col
lected by Wednesday night to ac? .
complish the removal of old
Chris's body from the morgue to
an undertaking establishment,
where it was prepared for burial.
It was reported that the funeral
would be held Thursday and in
terment would be at Evergreen
Cemetery, whlrh Is dotted with
little redsrs. that might, with a
bit of tinsel, he converted into
Christ inus trees.
Itut the undertakers said that
the report had been premature.
"The fund lun't large eunuch
yet to provide the simplest funer
al," they said. Santa has been
aavi d from Potter's Field, but (
Just what kind of a funeral he
will have, or when he will have it
is undecided.
"It's up to th? people of New
ark and they don't seem to care
much."
RUSSIAN PRIESTS
AKK BOBBING LOCKS
Moscow. Dec. I h ItiiAsInn
prbsts af" bobbing their long 'ia?r
arter the fmhlon of the Amerlran
girls. Some of them are also dls
cardlng their beards.
This is done for reasons of hy
giene and convenience, but more
particularly to render their Hp
pear.mce on the street Irsi* conspl
cuou ?. For ?anionic atheistic llol
sheviks a priest Is looked upon
with disdain. Formerly members
of the IdiHslan orthodox clergy
wore hmtc flowing lialr wMeh fell
loosely over their shoulder*, giv
ing them 'a patriarchal appear
ance. Many of thorn cultivated
bu.'hy whiskers which reached al
most to their waists.
Ever since the Soviet govern
ment sepsrated the church from
the state, large numbeis of priests
and bishops have been discarding
their clerical robes and serapplng
their high cortical black hat*. .
They found If they wore their ec
clesiastical garb they could secure;
neither employment nor recngnl
*\?Ui
FIND MITCHELL
GUILTY ON ALL !
EIGHT COUNTS
Verdict Fixe* Penalty at
Sii*pen?ion From the
I'nited State** Army for
Five Years
COURT IS LENIENT
Member* Ajrree That the
Colonel'* War Record
During World War
Should l>e (^on?idcred
ECHO OF TRIAL
HEARD I V HOUSE
WakliliiKtun, IWi-. 1H.? The
flrat < 'oiiurc?udoiial Pfh? of Ihr
ciiuii martial cenv let Ion of
Colonel Mitchell took tin* form
today of a bill IniriNlurH by
ltr|>rr*entatlvc LaUuanlUi, So
cialUt, of X?-w York, to
ly curtail thr authority of thr
court martial in pronouncing
Ncnlrnre on thoee convicted of
violation of thr nlnety-aikth
article of war.
I'nder thin measure HO days
NUN|M*nHion would be thr maxi
mum |H-nalt> for violation of
that article under which Col
onel Mitchell wan convicted.
Thr present xtatun leave* the
punlNhment to the "discretion
of thr court."
n'iMi',*h'?.*IOn' U,r 18 ? Colonel
1 " M"ch"" ?'?* 'fund guilty
Mill under technical arresi
-c.oon^i,,rKh^" n'"rk-a ''"""o
?n<|l*ap<:!roval.COO,ld**
Nfpresentatlve Prank "?
'l?"ol?. chief defanae ^ounatf r"
The' "r'i'r'i d""n* hl" ,rlal
?MH .,H i K,n ?" "<-'ob.-i 28
.1 '"> '?>< >'"?(?? rd.y oven
int' an^Z,dnCby,id.jrr?'r' h~
'? " ' word?'
,.T, ???llrt <if t *?mn
'-no,':: ?r:,:;rr 07rr;h' ?"?
??'/: ? & ?-iVsE
Kulllrof'
a^'ir^'ssr"
?u?^fnVrnldU,.yn w,,h fo?':
flv- y#>a ra ",,ow,ncM, for
"Tile court Is thus lenlen. k
SHSHS'S
ZZ 'T'"'" 'h" ?"?? >h" vote
?as ak.n concurring."
Colonel Mitrhf ii i.
'""'^?i"yV?7,v;;;edhu/erMV"b!.ii
?it?- J. ? Jud?<- Advocate Oen
?rcltx?' \?j:rc:zrk;? ?r
;i:!,,,,,i': ?i"
lire Vi? || | mj,.,.
Miuh^n r,.
iniimR in ihr? nt n t n % i >r u >, ,.#??
under technical i^e,, .""nee"'^
^? l"veVObv 'p T. """
j ' ?y I'rfHldont CnolMuom
endorsement. ,n rle? of
nation and the Hat refusal of The
Moused to comment publicly enn
:t '????? PU>.' ?a?Tr:
friends that 'f CO",n,?,'"
.be ewo."ni;i .rc
year s 'fuanL'n'il ,rom "" ?ve
> ai ? Kiinpnnilon ho might off...
!S: Artny h "om
The ncnerrl charge on which
sir ?r
?" 'oVw.'?'1,
sheet, were founded ?? panic,,!?,
raw. rrr tr?
?nd almost treasonable "^ " S ?
? ration of ,he
".croM^ro"' a^m'nlsiratlon
*"XTZ'Zxrz\r rd.,
were shifted with unusual rapid
Ofr#tlrn$<J on Pa ge 4
School Bus Partly
Wrecked By Fire
Nobody Hurt
The pa ri in I burning of a
school truck ufi <1 to bring high
school |?u|?ilti from th?? Oklnko
school and t nt ? rm -dlute point :
on the H "it ford highway to the
Elizabeth City Hchool* Th urn
day afternoon cauicd consider
able excitement on the part of
the occupants. some eight or
ten students. but r?'8ultt*d uuljr
In damage to the truck, nobody
having h.'en hurt
The truck wan driven b\ Kl
nier Hundy, who lives* near
ukisko. it caught tin- oti tin
return trip at a point near
where tlu* Ukinko road brandi
es from the paved h lull way near
Woodvllle. The blaze was at
tributed to motor backfire. It
wan put out before the truck
body had been damur.ed. ac
cording to a report received
here. The enelne Is said to
have been nearly ruined.
SWINGING BACK
TO THREE "ICS"
Chicago Educators Prepar
ing lo Cut Off .Many
of the Frill*
lit OWKN I.. SCOTT
IKS. by Th? Ad?anrr|
Chicago, Dec. lb. ? A swinging
back lo the three "ll's" as the
fundamental basis of public .school
Instructions with many of th?*
present-day educational frills re
moved. Is contemplated by th*?
school leaden* of the country.
Trial of a revised schedule of
studies to be carried out in Chi
cago and :i00 other cities tilrnul
taneously. only awaits approval
by the Chicago board of educa
tion of a $25,000 appropriation
for use in the experiment here. In
struction would he based on read
ins. writing, arithmetic and spell
ing, but would be supplemented
by strong courses In cltlzemihip.
Vocational studies which lately
have been creeping into elrricu
lums because of pr? srure from"
certain groups would be eliminat
ed from the grades and confined
to high schools.
Frills which distract pupils at
tentions from their rtudicH ? va
rious Uctur.s, money drives
movements for interesting chil
dren in outside affairs ? would be
largely done away with.
The plan as explained by the
educators, would be to base the
curriculum on the idea that tl??
children should learn how to keep
well, how to r?ad. write, spell and
figure; how to make a good home
and rear children; how to work
happily and efficiently; how to
Kpend leisure time wisely and how
to live correctly.
The fundamental of the three
"It's" would underlie the courses.
Hut Knglih-h. sciences, languages,
art. music, conduct, roclul Instruc
tion. patriotism and citizenship
would be taught, with attention
placed on the social studies which
Include civics, history and health
instruction.
The National Kducationul Asso
ciation In behind the move to uni
fy and simplify the public school
course of study, lo order to mak'
Its Instruction more effective. Chi
cago. if the board of education ap
proves. would take the lead in the
revision of Its curriculum.
The feeling that schools a/o
starting to wander away from
their principal purpose of giving
Instruction In fundamentals is !???
hlnd th?- scheme for simplifies
tion and classification of old stu
dies. ?
ROYALTY FURNISHES
cor pi jus m atrimony
Toklo. Dec. 18 The private
engagements of several I'rlnces
and Princesses of the Itlood have
been announced and the official
sanction of the emperor Is expect
ed.
Prince llaruhlto Kanln. Jr .
son of Prince Kanln. Is to marry
Miss Naoko Ichljo. fourth daugh
ter of the late Prince Saneteru
Ichljo Princess Ifanako Kanln
sister of Prince Kanln. Jr.. in to
wed Prince lilronohu Pushinil.
Jr.. third son of Prince fllroyasii
Kushlml. and Prince Takehiko
Yamashlna. first son of the late
Prince Klkumaro Yamashlna and
the only Prince attached to th?*
Naval Air Corps, will take ;ih his
bride Prlncesa t'hlkako Nashlmo
lo. daughter of Prince Morlmun^a ,
Nashlmoto.
DKCOttATKI) J A I* \ \ KMti I \S
PAHHKK WITH It K Kit OAKIIKN
Seattle. Dec. IK Liquor wa'
the only thing that was hit by
prohibition. said Carl J lieutsch. <
representative of a Japanese fan
company, who has Just returned
from the Far Kast.
Since the advent of the Volstead
era the de< orated fan has almost
ceased to be he said Before pro
hibition millions of the fans were ,
?old especially to breweries, which
used them for advertising purpos
es.
"In those 'lays." said Deutsch.
"1^ whs quit#- the fad for ladles,
especially when sitting In beer
garden" to < <?ol themselves with
our fans, but since the country;
wsnt dry this business has
dropjw"' <f) almost nofhtflg."
DRYS SAY BEER
DOESN'T S E E M
SATISFY FOLKS
(juiMion SiiH'i'ril) ?? I* i*:o
ds" in lr\ii\?! to
I*runif* Hill for Modifir::
lion N oUtcntl l.au
ONTARIO TKIFO 1 1
Found I li?? Brvi'ritpr \h\
thing |{iit l'u!?!t;*li!t? to
Public I mmI to Ii..ol!t
Product <?
ll> IIUliKIlT T. johm.
? CafynrM. Ilj'h by Ihr Aa.-.n , ;
Washington. Dec. In. Tin
"#ns" on Coogiv:** v.h-t .iti '.uly
hnve started their ojir-n ficlii for
modification of iU?' VuNii'iul law.
ai" endeavoring in rally their
force* armiti.l a bill whb-h would
permit ilu* stains to a mi Mori?." the
manufacture of beer
The "dry " forces in Congress
naturally are que*.: leniu.: the sin
cerity of this move. heciiUM? they
say that "beer" of virtually the
panic aU'oholii- content Ins been
tried In the province of Ontario.
Canada. during the past *ix
months and hns been found to lie
anything but the beverage desir?*il
by the thirsty "wtti " It is rldlc
uJ?un. the "drya" say to think that
a beer whit h dissatisfies Cana
dian* can be made lo sat Isty un
people of the I'llited Slates til
their present frame of i:iin 1
The truth of the mi.itor would
poem to be that the people of pro
hibition territories have bei n edit
rated during the past few years
to the "hard drink" habit. This
Ih because bootlegging lias thriv? I
In the "hard liquor" trade and on
ly hard liquor has been wiih'ii t In
financial reach of the average
man. A great deal or beer ha <
been smuggled Into I h?* I'nited
States from the really wet prov
| luce of Canada and a good deal
more has been turned out from'
breweries deliberately breaking
tb?- law in this country's But beer
la-Uilficult to handle and thu < ?.a.
for beer, has been all but prohibi
tive.
The light beer whfr'h ban bc< n
tried in the province of Ontario
has had an alcoholic content of
per cent. Just a quarter of one per
cent "lighter" than the brew pro
posed by the Wets of the I'nited
States Senate and Huuae <?f li? pr?
aentatlyes. The Canadians have
found their 2.5 beer t c? be very
much of a flivver, as we say in
this country, or very much of a
"dud" as they say in their coun
try. In t'anadu the new le-'-r.
which has been permitted >.iu<*c
the end of last May. is known as
?1.4. but that ? mean1' alcohol by
weight and Is equivalent -.at! per
cent by volume, which is the
standard of measurement in the
1'nlted Stales.
Plenty of Ontario residents ran
be imported to Washington to
prove by personal contact and ex
perience that the 2.f? beer is nou
intoxlcating. Some of tb?* early
testers of the fluid drank as many
as 3o bottles in an afternoon or
evening without gelling the least
bit mellow. A great many Cana
dians thought the alcoholic con
tent might be "stepped up" with
out governmental interference,
bdt an the -1 . 1 has persisted In it h
gorilnal form it has proved to le
anything but the "It. caning" th"
wets had been working and hop
ing for.
After giving I ho brew a rather
thorough try-out moat fautidhiiis
frankly express their ' prcfcrenee
for a good cup of tea.
Kxperts from across tin- lin<
predict that the experience of tl.e
i'nited States with a If. 7 5 brew
would be Identical with their own.
It has not been difficult to kIiuw
that the beverage is rion-Iutoxieat
i ii k The beverage has been oal
stable enough to palates which
iiud been fed on "near beer" of
less than one tenth of one per
cent. It perhaps hits been respon
sible for a bit of good f"llowMhip
in some of fbe tap rooms of the
Ontario cities, but in every other
respect it has been disappoint I tie..
In other words, and sp<*ektng
very plainly there lias not been
sufficient "kirk" in the 'i Cana
dian beer to have warrantor! the
fight mud" for its* .return. The
people of Ontario, for year.- under
absolute prohibit Ion. al-o had be
come accustomed to hard liquor.
Visitors from Detroit. Iluffiilo and
other America u cities. vlsitlnu On
tario for a whirl at the new bever
age. soon returned to theli* home
low iin disgusted with the mildness
and IneffcctiYcuefcs of the !!.">.
"loot's go back to the I'nited
States where we can get some
thing good" tlley said.
The writer attended the * 'a nu
ll Ian "openings" la.-t May and fore
rast at thai time the disappoint
ment which * Ince has come Would
the 1'nlted States lie *ati*llr-d with
what the. Canadians have turned
down?
iMfiM.h i \i:h
Detroit, l?ee, lH. The price
reduction# which will berotu?* ?f
fectlve on Dodke cars on Janim: v
7 and be retroactive to Decern b? r
15 are understood here to rang'
from $50 to $200. according to '
madefy.
V IkE ( tl'TIt ES Oh
TO II \ If tltSH II.;
II KECk II I NK SITE
I) '?*, ItlWil, I ???<-. IM. ? >lllk
iru of llif (own niarsh
ill, ti'lfjilMHir ii|M*ral?ir. ami rall
l?>a?l ?>|H*?*aloi-, ami m-utImh all
u in- r?i|||llilinlra(l?iii with "III
* r lon ns half a ?lo??i? lunik r*?b
Imi- i ii \ l<*< 1 ilii? illliiKi1 early
lirtla). v ri'rki'il I In- of III*'
hniiL . ami (Sca|M"| with nw<li
and Im i tli 1*4 a,>\ r?i\liti.ii inn 9IO,
GOLD BASIS HAS
NOT STIMULATED
ITS PRODUCTION
Plu'ihr ** 1 I *s? a (.old Mini'"
Il:t?? (VumimI to r.xprrw*
|{icliiH*Kit, for (?ol<l
\r? I .iuhililirs
cusix; awikii
l ucl That It More to
Minr lli?* Pn'oiuiH Stuff
Than fin* Ori's Ktlitin I*
I >i? I tirl>in;;
n* .1. r. itovi.t-:
iCottfilKI, IUV fev lh? Aliortl
.\. w Y*?rl?. l?'-r. is. Placing
? ?1 tlr.-at Britain and other nation*
i'ii a fcold baais lia* failed In nl hu
ll !a1?' a ild 1<10<I110<I011. Tin- I'lilled
Sliit.'* production of Bold this
i( lucaito- Unown 11 Mm (Jnv*
? t i. jii ? lit i?|flcial.< Thursday, U ?x
pt-clcd lu drop Iwlnw f jll.OOO.
000. This H It ?-s than half I ho
amount produced In 1i?15. Arlteii
uuid output was ;ii li:. pi.ik. That
>?a- initt-d States ?nld orf-H
yhldt-d 9101,075,000. Then thin
anmni.t 1 ? pri-f mod 21.5 per cent
of the ?-nUi" amount produced In
tin- world, hui 1 In* percentage haa
dccr.-rised sharply :lnce iluii I
World ouf-lurn since 191 5 ha*
ranged downward Irom ? 46K.799,
000 to >::K4.r,00.0uu III 1JI24. II
pn'liablv will be slinhtiy higher
(li'in lb" latter- tiKiirc thi* yi?ar,
sine ('aniila will produce more
- -id owinu to discovery of new
liii.li grade (!> poj'lts, and South
.Miii'u and l?u**-la an- ?-xnccted to
? !tnt increase*.
In America the phrase "it's a
? 01I1I in iii?.*" ha ?' r.'aR< ?l to express
rieJinc** In many caacn uold
lit i oner- valuable. now are I lu -
1. 111th lallwr than assets. In oth
? r w? It pouts more to mine
ttnd In-.it their or. h than the or<-H
j'liini. This fact it> causing con
sid> rahl" anxiety In mining circle*
and varloiiM efforts have been
in !'!? tn 1 rtlfy th'- situation and
riTooi. gold mining. To date
ill Iinvi- not been etloellve.
It i.-i lonmrva lively estimated
t lis: Y thi- cost of producing uold
lin ?- rl3?-n l ?in |n-r cent since 1914.
Th- j-oIIImc price of uold In Amor
1. .1 has hoi-n llxed by law at1
$?!<!. i;7 an ounco Hliirc 190.1. In
Lnndon lln-re Is* a sliuht range In
pile -h ranr.1 d by the lliiriuation*
of 1 Miiiini'i . IMliir tn * -1 i? I h haw
ailuiiK-i (I If. |irlr?? iih costs mnvi-il
upward, hut thin ha a been largely
impossible with i;old.
T !??? oh.- of gold In manufurture
01 )? welry anil tin- jirt* litis di
c 1 1 11 1? 1 rather I l;an Increased re
ci-atly. The vogue for plstiiium
W'.dilln.'; ring* Iihh l-.ad a d'-clded
1- 1? 1 on ili?. amount of gold used
tor riuu tua mt fuel u r?\ Clicula
tion of i. old eolnr w'.hl^h i-nialb-d
wiir. di'xti uctlon and Iohh with
c ?' <1 .* *? <i 11 f n I r? plari-ni.-nt . haa
i?i t 1 a laru** exlinl. Not with
Mtnndlnu lhl?, lh rro i" ahonl 40
P'-r r??iil iiior** xold um-d In thi*
iii*. than Ih prodiiri'd in t hl*? conn
lr;.' aunuully.
|tiiiidr>-dii i f thoiiHands of dol
l.'iH- worth of ni"iiil on which
w hi Id v.i|i|"R are baa? d In belnu
w.inImI ami IohI. Th<- worklnu o f
only 1 i<-h parlH of ^old h?aailni(
vi'in* i<nMillM l he Iokk li?-yond re
c 'V.*ry i't lowi-r tirade ore. Vet
only llf tlrh?"l d<-|>OHltH pay to
Hi1*!". About I'll to 12 per CPU!
or 1 In- world prodm-fion of koM
coin*;.- throuah the mlnliiu of cop
pi-r. bad and zinc, nccordlnu to
ti ... utt-jij dffirhil/< ami the 1 111 -
pt'iv tnt.nl In th< output tif thon<
n 1 - 1 1 1 h ?!il^ year Iih.h ratiKfd a
fnrth 1 falllriu ?>ff in activity ?if
pi-opt iih'M. the main product of
which !.< &old.
Hi ii.i nbii Ion of 1I10 dt-mand for
uold hnllloii by flic n-Mirn to th'
r.old Kt'iiidnnl rf l!oropean conn
tii?-?i ial'i'd lo iiimIco ItM ap|H*nr
anc< I. t urly b?T.-i4*.< cenlml Imnki*
and a "I'liel' m in llioai- ? -ounti |<*a
mad** Hi'ce- = f fni i fttijfn i?? control
tl-- ??lovoim-iii and nm- of t;old.
.Mlninu iihh t.i 1 he Woniern ?laton,
h< >ib-d bv lion: ? aontiillt* ritarlea
I". fn try. of CMllfonilH. havr
itrii^UfcjirKfd that th" Ki-d?*ral
lin'ouie In % 'Hi aold hnllloii h?* re*
inn. i -I Inconie t a ???< In I '? 2 *1 re
poiic '-how that H2 proilnora of
priti 'i: lain rcporinl ? not In
cn 1 >( !.<-'? 13,110 on whkh a!
1 ' f?R? waa paid, irhll* j
','.<2 prediicera reported tleftrlta <
Mkitt* xat jnt| I9.92&,2'>'.'
> hill hat* Jnut b?o n lntn>diiced
in i1i?. Sonal" which provlden for <
an nndor -secretary ??f rominorce
who would head the imrcau of
111 ln<-n and whono duty ll would tie ;
to dcvlH*- Holutlon? for thin iind 1
other prohbm* afb-olhiR the 111I0-'
Jriu indua?rv,
? I
BANKS TO CLOSE
SATURDAY AFTER
CHRISTMAS HERE
lti>tiluti?u* Holding
lirmhip in Clearing Houw
Awoeiution l<? (?ivf 1 liri*<*
Day*' \ ucalion
OPEN "CHRISTMAS EVK
W ill Serve Catron* From H
In 10 O'clock on Nighl
Brforr Holiday; Store*
May ("lone Also
Klizabeth Clty'a banks holding
membership In the Clearlnu House
Awoclallon announce that they
will close, not only on Christmas,
but the day following an well. In
order to give their peraonnel an
opportunity to enjoy a real yule
holiday. Christmas (alia on Fri
day of next week, and thla art Ion
will mean that the banks will have
a throe day holiday. returning to
work the following Monday morn
ing.
In order to nerve their patrons
to best advantagH, the hanks will
remain open the night before
Christmas from * to 10 o'clock.
The First A Citizen* National
Hank, the Carolina Hanking &
Trust Company and the Savings
Bank and Trust Company com
prise the Klizabeth City Clearing
House Association.
Elizabeth City merchant* are
dUctiNHlng the feasibility of clos
ing the Saturday after Christmas
also, hut thus far the Merchants'
Bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce has made uo announcement
on the subject. Impetus wan giv
en the discussion by news from
Norfolk that a number of mer
chants there would close that day.
it happens only occasionally
that ("hristmas falls on a Friday,
making feasible the giving of a
three-day vacation from everyday
work Some who favor the giving
of a holiday next Saturday say
.there is almost no business the
day after Christmas, other than
?the exchanging of glfta that hap
pened uot to be Juat the right
?lie. in the cane of gloves, box,
slippers, coals and the like, or
not JiiHt exactly what the recipient
wanted.
On the other hand, the Job of
making the annual inventory of
slock begins in many stores on the
day after Christmas, and to give
a holiday on that dayf It Is ex
plained. would mean that much de
i lay In finishing it.
INGLISS CRITICIZES
PINCHOTS COURSE
Philadelphia. Dec. 18. - "The
only practical effects" of (lover
nor Pinchot's course In offering
his proposal to end the anthracite
suspenlon and In making coal one
of the subjects for consideration
by an extra session of the legisla
ture ' Is to prolong the strike. In
crease the public's Inconvenience,
'add to distress suffered by mine
workers, and to losses of Indus
try." sold a statement Issued to
day by William W. Ingllss of the
operators.
FOUR IN A FAMILY
BURNEI) TO DEATH
llolden. Mass . Dec. 1*. ? Four
children of Mr and Mrs. John
lloey were burned to death here
early today In the lloey home.
Others of the family escaped.
I I NKItAI. <i. ?. IIIIOTHKHH. Sr.
Funeral services for George W.
Brothers. Sr.. for many years n
resident of this city, who died in
New Orleans Tuesday, were con
ducted Friday morning at 1 1 : :10
o'clock at Black well Memorial
Baptist Church. I)r. James H
Thayer, pastor, officiated. Th<*
choir of the church sang. "How
Finn u Foundation.'' and "Abide
With Me." There were many
beautiful lloral offerings.
The active pallbearers, former
members of Mr. Brothers' Sunday
school class, were: C. D Gallop.
J II Wilklns, Dr It. I.. Kendrlck.
C. W Stevans. M. K Davis. H. K.a
Long, A. F. Toxey and C. I?.
Whllrhu rst. The members or the
board of deacons of the church
nerved as honorary pallbearers.
Burls! services were conducted at
the grave in Hollywood Cemetery,
with Masonic rites by the Eliza
beth rity lodge of the fraternity.
The body arrived from New Or
leans Thursday night, via the 1
Norfolk Southern Railroad. Mr. ,
Brothers was 72 years old. and
had been making hi* home with
a daughter. Mrs. Samuel I*>ftln, ]
In Jacksonville. Florida, for
a bout a vear. He served as reg
ister of deeds for Pasquotank
Count v from lf?2? !?? 1*21 after
having been long engaged in the
mercantile business here. j
? OTTOX MAItKKT
New York. Dec. I * Cotton fu- \
lures opened today at the follow- |
lug levels: Jan' lft.Bf*. March <
no. May 1* *2. July 1131. I
Del. 17. *7. . 1
New Yoik. Dec. 1*. Spot cot- <
ton closed quiet, middling 1&.40.II
mii advance of 5 points. Futures, <
dosing bid Jan II March ||
IK M May 1* <10. Jnly IS 22. Oct. ?
17. M.
HITE SUGGESTS
PLAN TO BUILD
CITY BEAUTIFUL
Mu?l Go Patiently About
Task of Providing Parks
and Laying Out Attractive
Street*, He Say*
SUGGESTS PAKK SITE
Machellie Inland Ideal for
Purpose, He Contend#*
Declaring t.analu ^ ould
Drain It Properly 7?|
Kllziiheth City l? nultHrlng fr?r?
a malady more pernicious than
overdevelopment of its mercantile j
Interests. In tin- opinion of Cap
tatn M. r. HU?\ engineer and ar- ,
chitect. who makes pertinent com- i
nun I on the editorial. "Why Go
Elsewhere?" In a recent Issue of
Tln? Advance.
ThU malady. Captain HUB ??
thinks. Ih due to lack of plan- I
nlng. lack of vision, Iack.of pa- I
tlence and persistent emleavor, J
and to a desire to see contem- j
plated Improvements take shape
forthwith rather than work and
wait through long years for theai.
as a community must If It is ever
to become a model city. u ' ' '
It Is high time, contend* Cap
tain Hlto. that we were beginning
to build Klltabeth City under a
carefully thought out plan of
beautiflcatlon. with a cleat; and \
' definite view of what we are
working towurd. not next
1 nor even In the next decade, out .
In 1960 and 1 !? 7 5 . He rlmM* ]
a model city as attainable heed
j within the next 50 yean and pre
sents concrete auKgestlons aa to
how such a dream may be mail
>a reality. He asys:
"Suppose Elizabeth City r<w* j
dents of 50 years ago had v?
ioned in 19 25 a model city on the
Pasquotank . suppose they Add ;
carefully planned wide, shady
streets, spacious parka, segregat
ed residence and commercial
and all the other features that
make a model city. Then sup
pose they had set forth to the exe
cution of that plan and atiMk 1
doggedly to it. little by HtUd
building some part each year.
Does It not sppear reasonable tnai
we today would have a model
city? ? 3
I ><i Sot "Just <ir<m
"The evolution of a village that
Just grew." Into a model city. la
not a matter of days. Such a ?|
transformation can only be made
'by years and years of persistent
endeavor. There must be a care- |
ful plan and then dogged persis
tence In carrylnK that plan to ful
fillment.
"We really have but two j
through streets. We have scores
of little stub ended streets that
dodge herb and there aimlessly. j
Most of our streets grew out of
the endeavor of an owner to get
the most loin out of his lana.
Even today there Is no legal bar
to prevent an owner from laying
out little narrow, crooked. atut>
ended streets. The owner lays
out a street and the City Council
must perforce accept It because
there is no law requiring approval
of n layout plan. 5
-We could obviate future faulta
In our street layout by planning
ii ml laving out our city far into
the suburb* and then requiring
Hiihdlvlslona to follow that layout'
Manv of the faulta of our Pr^?*
pt reel layout could be cured ?y
nerving Intention to effect certain
changes, say. In 1950. and reqtttf ? ,-j
I n k that future building conform
to I hone changes.
"We have a wonderful pgr*
Kite In Machelho Island. There la
a vast acreage, ample for a real
park It has an extensive shore
'line and carylng vistas of watJP \
sea pes . It is almost an Ideal slid
right at our doors. This site could
be made an Ideal park for some
$100,000. which If done over IJJ
years would cost us but 15.000
per year, a sum we could afford.
Careful planning would provide a
system of waterways and lagoons
In the interior of the Island, all
aelf circulatory to prevent moe
qulto breeding, and the cut ft"??
these waterways would provide
ample fill* to islse the balance of
the surface high enough for
purposes. Such work could be
carried out piece meal at no se
rious Increase In cost. SUelt a
system of waterways would give
delightful relief and form pleas
ing borders for shore drives and
(hir MlMfortiine
? No model town can be other
Hi. n ii iM'NUlltuI town.
be beautiful to be a model. UB
fortunately we have no natural
beauty In topography. The site for ^
our town Is a prnctlcally level
plain and the only thing that pre
vents us from appearing ss hid
eous as one of the new towns of
the Western prarle Is our treea.
These ai? our only feature of
plnnn.d h-auly. only tblo*
? hat ???.? "? from tar. hld?ooa
We hi*, twen r??kl?M In
.I.Khlnu nnd dcatroyln? ttira#
ir.-M and lax In r.pl?Hn* mam.
I nurntMl that w<- appr?eUU thla.
ilir only planned lM*?uly, and a?t
ror|h on ? plantl?* "???? J
ittggc* (hat w. r?itilre our ?tr.?
-leaning department to devote,
lay. three hall ??h ?Ml11
larina the wlnl.r, each ynr. ?
lathering and planting tree* In
?Mentally I augge?t *' lecture
Continued on pan * A