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?/!?? 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 ?)|> ( CopyriiM. IMS. fey Th* A 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 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$ 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 .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
  • \ 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 (?oli? 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?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 $?!-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* iOHltH 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 lftln, ] 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 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