CHUTLATIOX 8ATCIIDAY 3.15? Copies VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION THE VVKATHKB Rain tonight. Tuesday mostly) cloudy and colder, possibly rmla. Fresh to strong shifting winds. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21. 1025. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 320. SABBATH MORN , SERMON THEME | "IN HIS HANDS" Dr. J. H. Thayer Si reuses Counsel Found in Old Testament, "Commit Tliy Works Unto Jehovah" NOT SECOND CHOICE Many Turn to Lord After Trying Everything Else, Instead of Taking Him Into Partnership, Says He j "I lore to go out to our school? ! "J kK>k '"to the bright happy faces of the children," said Dr. I James H. Thayer, pastor of Black well Memorial Baptist Church Sunday morning Many of the races which look Into mine thia morning are deeply lined, because you p^ple know so much about lire. But the faces of tho chil dren are not so. They are fresh, and amooth and untroubled, be cause they roll upon you the re sponsibility of providing for their necessities and of directing their llvea. I want to tell you this morning that there is One who is ready to do for you what you do Tor your children and that there la eacape for you from the crush - n^^ht of the burdens of life." Despite threatening and dis agreeable weather. Dr. Thayer waa heard by a good congregation. those present felt amply re paid for having braved the dis comfort of the chill and damp of the morning to come out to the house of worship to hear him. It seemed particularly a happy coin cidence that on so dark and gloomy a Sunday morning the pas tor should have been impelled to "speak comfortably to Jerusa lem. The sermon, In substance, follows : "Thia morning I want to call your attention to two passages which are found In the Old Testa ment. One of those la in Prov * J and th* olb*r Psalms . J .'w Pot^ of th*m ape ** ?'?**? Ur that tljey could almost be Sfir thought which we are to discuss. The paasage In Proverbs roads: Commit thy works unto Jehovah, and thy purposes shall be estab lished. ' That In the Psalms reads thus: 'Commit thy ways unto Jo trUBt aUo ,n h,ni ""<1 *?e Will bring It to pass.' And from these two passages we want to talk awhile on tho topic: 'In His Hands.' "If you will read thoughtfully through tho sixteenth chapter of the book of Proverbs you will sot fail to notice that there Is one theme that runs through It all. Generally speaking this theme is the way or the doings of a man. pie writer exhibits In various ways, and Illustrates from differ ent angles the way men live and act here on the oarth. and he gives the friendly counsel: 'Com mit thy works unto the Lord.' Clay It takes no very great observa tions of Mfe to know that all of XL. !L*reat broftd outlines live alike. The differences between U* ,ar*e!Jr ?uperflelal. lying on the aurface. But underneath it all. we are of common clay and are subject to the same changes. Every lire has Its ups and Its downs. Its perplexities and Its sorrows. Its Joys and enjoyments. It la of course true thst what brings sorrow to one life, does not necwaarliy bring It to soother; what Is a thing of enjoyment and ' beauty to one. will not be to an other. Yet when we laugh, we I may be sure that there are count- 1 less others who laugh with us. I and when we weep, we may be: certain that It Is not alone. "Human nature share* equally ' ? ^?bn?y to ****** ?ook out for Itself. Yei, there comes on ago In the life of each person when they are absolutely sure that , they can take care of themselves. Indeed, we have coined It Into a current phrase: 'He Is old enough ! to take care of himself.' And that * J*"* rr##t ,ru,h- ' Given tho ordinary course of life, with ordinary Intelligence, why men and women arrive at the age j of discretion. And, if thia world ' Were absolutely run by law. as ! some of our friends would have us Relieve; If we could know all of M<1 have the power to obey them, then Indeed we would ?now how to take care of our aeives. We would never do the wrong thing, never ssy the wrong Jhln*. never think the wrong thought. Bui. alas: the longer we "re, the leas we And that we real i ?i *now. *od despite our calcu lotions the leaa we really know J2 far* of ourselves. T he Pant and the Mttnn* And we soon find out two or Hjree Inlareatint thin*. Pint, we nave the power of reffectlog upon t*? paal ronalderln* lie Immiii. Mt we hare no pawer to t?ll th? , tUure In a lint hoi. m#n mar b? abl. to put two and 1*0 to. ??h?r; the, mar ix. abl. to my: w if 57 ,'h* " ,urh ?n,t eoeli conditions e*iet in tha (g. torn. aaeh and aueh thlngi will i ro?e to paaa. Rut ? no mortal ' man can tall whether or not thoae aondltlona are xolna lo .itat w? . Mat put an If Into iha auiam.nt ?and what If ihoae thlnaa do not 1 happen juet aa they Kara In tka Cont|nq?? ?? Pap ? onLy KORE GENERAL BROWN HAS EXTRA STAR Played Game Army Way and Had Reward Where j Mitehell 1^1 (C?p?rurt Bars "Came of Chance" Contrnranem from City and County The operation of slot machine* which deliver a small quantity of merchandise, and which may or may not reward the patron with one or more tokens redeemable In merchandise, was held a violation of the State sntl-gsmlng laws by Judge P. G. Sawyer In recorder's court Monday morning. The court's decision means. In effect, that anyone caught operat ing such a machine In this city or County la liable to arrest and pros ecution. The rnllng was made as a re sult of a police visit to the Cut Kate Drug Store, at Parsonage and Dyer streets. Sunday night by Chief of Police Holmes and Offi cers Twlddy and Houghton, in which two of the alot machines were seised and seven youths were srrested on a charge of shooting crap. The machines were on the sec ond floor of the Cut Rate Drag Store. Witnesses testified that when a nlckle was dropped In the slot, the contrivances delivered a roll of mints. Sometimes they al so dropped out a number of tok ens. which might be used In the store at a face value of 6 cents each In the purchase of merchan dise. J. B. Walston. proprietor of the store, etated the machlnsa had been instsllsd by John Olover. proprietor of the Olover Confect ionery. at Shepsrd and Front streets, long known locally as "Dog Corner." Mr. Walston said he had been Informed that a law yer had passed on the legality of operating such machines, and had decided they did not conflict with the law. The aft Ion was In ths nsture of s test esse, snd Mr. Wslston. si though found guilty of the vlols tton chsrged. wss let off without fine or psymeat of costs. The boys srrssted In ths police rsld were chsrged with shooting crap All except two were fined |6 snd costs each. Prom s prohibition st snd point, the week-end aietched the weath er. Pour defendsnts plesded guilty to chsrgss of being drunk. Three were fined 96 snd ooets. Theee were McKlnley Mldgett end Lloyd Crank, both whits, snd Prank Wadsworth. colored Wil lis Jsapsr. colored, charged with being both drunk and disorderly, wss fined 111 sad costs It was, Id evtdsnce that hs hsd used pro- 1 fane laaguege rather freely Ratur- 1 dsy night oa South Poladsstsr _ Policeman Is Much More Than Mere Law Enforcer Knights of the Shining Bodge in Elizabeth City ami EUetchere Called on to Perform Wide Variety of Service t for the Public Eecry Day All sorts of calls (or usalataneo com* to the police, according tc Chief of Police Holmes, In com mand of Eliiabeth City's force of vigilant knights of law and A policeman muat he everlaatlntf ly on the Job? or at least avail able for any sort of emergency. "About the most bothersome rail we get," Chief Holmes aayjfc.' "la for an officer to go somewhere to chase a strange dog off Up front porch. Usually theae calls come by phone from somewhere i far out aear the city limits. I'm tempted sometimes to recommend an effocacious way of removing the dog ? a little matter of using a ahoe toe vlgoroualy- ? but If I did. the caller would get mad and aay the police were no good. And ao I usually go." Often the police here receive of law violations. A few of these of law vlllatlons. A few of theaa ' tlpe come in anonymous letters: some by telephone. Very . often j when they refer to violations of | the liquor laws, they come from ' women. ; Police in the larger towns and , cities receive a great many burg lar calls. Nine timea out of ten. ! when the officers answer such | summons, the "burglar" turns out to be a blind swinging In tho wind. ; a dog or cat prowling about the j , premises, or some other easily ex plained disturbance of the night's ? quietude. The tenth time, how-, I ever, there really la. or waa a , ! burglar on the premises ? and In , prder to be there when ho may be desperately needed, the policman muat anawer the other nine "false alarma." One never can tell. ! Occasionally, on the other hand, a phone call which Indicates only ! a relatively trivial Infraction of | the law leads to the uncovery of; a serious crime. For Instanca. ! the police of a city near here not 1 many months ago were called to , jan apartment house by a phone . {call to the effect that one fatAfly' TRIO CONVICTED IN THEFT CASE Truck Driver* ami Mer chant, All Colored, In I volved in Transaction Two colored truck drivers em ployed by W. J. Woodley, whole sales grocer, and Spence Elliott, colored proprietor of s small store I on North Harney street, were con : vlcted In recorder's court Monday I morning In connection with the al 1 leged theft of two ahoulders and a box of snuff from the Wood ley store. ; The truck drivers. Jamen Btan clll and Lee Overton, were con | vlcted on charges of larceny of < ; goods valued at leas than S20. fltanclll was sentenced to three months on the roads. Overton ; was put under a suspended sen 1 tenee of 60 days on the roads, con ditional upon good behavior for two years and the payment of a fine of 910 apd costs. BIHott was found guilty of re reiving stolen gooda. knowlnic j them to hsve been stolen, and wax i sentenced to 80 day* In jail He 'entered notice of appeal, and wan placed under $200 bond for hi* appearance at the March term of 8uper!or Court. Stanclll appealed jalso, and his bond was fixed at i f 800. Overton paid his fine. Testimony in the case was to the effect that Overton was found to hava delivered the shouldern and snuff at Elliott's store Mon day morning telling Billot t that somebody would call for them i Overton claimed he did this at StanclU's request. Stanclll de I nled It. Ellott claimed he didn't | know anything about the transac , Hon. except that Overton left the goods there, saying they would be , called for later. The court Inclined to the view ; thst the three had engajed In a i partnership, and that all were guilty. The light verdict In the rase of Ovarton followed a strong plea by Mr. Woodley. It sppeared i that Overton had borne a partlc- J ularly good reputation, and this militated In his favor. n NKKAI, J. J. CARTWItK.HT The funeral of J. J. Cartwrlght. who died ?t the bom* of hi* daughter, lira. F. O. MorrU. City Rout? One. Thursday morning at I: SO o'clock, wu conducted at the home Friday afternoon at two o'clock by Dr. B. H. Tem pieman and Rev M. V Rooa and burial made In the family burying ground The pallbearem were W. T. Brick hovee, M Klllott. W H. fltnipson. Benonl Cartwrlght. Charlie Cartwrlght and P. t>e!on Mr. Cartwrlght waa 77 yearn old and la survived by one daugtf ter, lira B O. Morrla. Roate One. City, a slater. Mrs. Rett!# Sawyer, a brother J. W. Cartwrlght all of Bllaabetb City; a half broth?r. W. J. Cart wrtght of NHMlb, ooe Igrandchild. C. J Morrla. Route One. City and two graat grand cfclUren. , wan raising sucb a disturbance that the others could not (deep. I'pon their arrival, two plain clothes men found a young wo" man lying sprawled upon the floor dead, her throat rut from ear to ear. Her husband was all time beside her hody. his fuce In hia hands and hla clothing spat tered with blood. He ronfeaaed to have killed her. The police men had none there expecting to find only the usual family row. Instead, they found stark tragedy. Many klnda of calls come to th? police. Usuully. they are first to learn of a family In destitute cir cumstances. urgently In need of asslatance from chnrtty agencies. This isn't exactly what 'one might call their Job; but they always promptly pass along the call to the proper authorit lt>s, and there by assist in relieving much want and Buffering. The pollceiuun's job carries with It a lot more than th< mere pres ervation of order in the commun ity, and generally lie accept* hia rule of tactful, kindly guardian over the folks on his "beat" with good grace, and doe? hia manifold duties in a manner reflect luu cred it upon himself and th ? organiza tion of which he i>t a pari COOLIDCE SElWiS HOLIDAY MESSAGE BOYS AND GIRLS Wnofilnui'm, Dec. 21 I'rr*? UI?mM < 'oolWlu?-, In hl? (lirlfrt nuis frrccttnif (imIav to boy* anil Ulrlw of the nnftnn. |M?tntcl oaf Ihr \?Iim' of obi1* dlcncc /wxl *clf control. TIip Rrc:'lln){ muh ? Kraut*. Lone Scouts i?n?l tlie Kour-H ( 'luh?. SISTER OF AUTHOR KILLED BY TROI LEY Charlotte. Dec. 21. ? Funeral services will be conducted ?t Sal isbury today for Mian Annie Flutt er. who wan killed here Saturday night by trolley. She wan a mem ber of a prominent North Caro lina family her father having been first president of the North Cum Una Railroad and her sister, Mrs J. II. Tlernan having been a writ er of note under the pen name. "Christian Reld." COTTON GINNED IS FOURTEEN MILLIONS Washington. Dee. 21. ? Cotton of this year's crop ginned prior to December 1 Fi totalled 14.12 running bales counting round an half halos and excluding llntern. compared with 12.792,294 bales* ginning to that date last year. North Carolina's glunlngs totalled 1.085,524 bales. rtOUBT ABDICATION OF KING OF HEDJAZ London. Dec. 21. iHiuht In cast upon the report from Fort Sudan of the abdication of King All of Hedjaz in dispatches re ceived here. The Dally Muiln Cairo 1 correspondent, referring to the re port. g#jri that It Is eootridlcM from trustworthy sources. An other Cairo dispatch suggests that It Is doubtful. MITCHELL FLOUTS ADVICE OF COUNSEL Washington. Dec. SI -?Heed lean of advice of hi* counsel Colonel William Mitchell appeared ss wit nesa todsy before the naval court inquiring Into the flhenandoah dis aster. Colonel Mitchell explained to the court today baal? for hid pith Ik chafT'-n aguln?t thoee who a*nt tha giant n?vy dirigible on her fatal voyage Home of the charge*, he Inn luted, were bapod upon la format Inn from source* he regard*" I a* reliable although other* represented hit own deduc tions. MARKETING Bil l. IH INTHOIHU.KI) IN HOti.SK Wanhlngton. Dec 21. ?The ad mlnlatratlre co-operative market lag hill fTax Introduced In th" Ifouaa today hy Chairman Hatigtn of the Agricultural Committer The hill would provide for the dl- [ ? lalon of co -operative marketing in the Department of Afrtculture. COOLIDGE LUCKY ' WHEN MITCHELL VERDICT GIVEN Country Hail Been Expect ing Thut I'r^idfnl Would ila\r lo Say Final Word in the Mulfer OFFICER FINISHED Suspension Worne Blow ?o Mitchell Than Diami* *al Which Wouhl Hove Left I Sim Free to 1'ulk (Co?r< ??*>'. Tl?i *0>??r?l Washington. Dec. 21. Another break fur l're.*H? ut Coolldc 1 inty recorded In the case ?f Colonel . Mitchell. The country has been : expecting that It would devolve upon the President to say Anally whether the stormy veteran would havi* to be (SlstuiMcd from the Army n;.d the politician* were al ready i>**Kltininj< talk of the pos Hible effects If Mr. Coolldge made a martyr of Mitchell cr If he failed to stand by the court and maintain Army discipline. Tin- verdict is all that Mr. Cool ld*e could possibly w l:?h for. He doesn't have t > mcke the decision ou dismissal from the Army. In : miiiic respects the suspension for Ave years Is a worse blow to Col onel Mitch*-!! than dismissal for If the latter Itnd occurred he would ^ have be;-u free at once to repeat his offmse without further com plications with Army law and eu ?leavor to win sympathy by- speech nuiklng. I'nder the verdict, he can of course resign and do as he plcasea about criticising the Army but tbe initiative In leaving the Army must come from him. Or dinarily an officer In the position in which Colonel Mitchell finds himself today would not be per mitted t<> resign us he is under I definite punishment which must ; be executed. The general belief now to that Colon, I Mitchell will realgn aad ( that hl? resignation will b' 1 n-pted. though till" wl" pr"bab>y : not take place until aflcr b? has] Silvered a Tow WMU , .l b. mlH ' u.irv caate which tried htm. TMj Kind "f thin* which iii*rk?l tj?* i closing hours of the court tuartul | la typical of whnt may ho e*p?t . a of the colonel from now on. u- denounced his prosecutor and I a-iid Hlnioat no many things In crl "clan, of th. aviation the Army as ?a. 7'""'''^ ' ? be ' denunciation for which he wm be Ink- tried.' It haa been appawnt for ucveral daya that the court had made up lt? mind nol to dlamlaa t'oli, oel Mitchell. The word had been pax.ed around In Inner ? clr cl, ?? tliat It would be a mistake to, ' V Mitchell free. Public opinion. It wax argued. had mnnlfeated It self a. more or lea. IntcreHed ln Colonel Mitchell" denunciation because there waa nothing per- 1 aona I In hla remarka.aDd. bealdea. K.l(j M,ade ft record In th*1 h,ur opean war which entitled hln. to | * '.Meanwhile the friends i of avla tlon development who hare not h?M-n mixed up In th?? Mitchell CM i ura afraid the big l-U. of .!??? expansion may he lost at* b' ? ?> ' ' the quarrel over what Hilly Mltcn ell aald or did. nwlaht The report made by Dwlgnt Morrow la not altogether forgot "n but It baa been for lb. mo I?, ?t put aalde until Congrea. i get. Into the question more deeply. A lU tter break" for aviation would have been to publlah the Morrow r.rl?a-"^ncco.rd ll";o,nnel? Mitchell has . number, of ataunch aupportera In I'M' " rlv'^orn^Jmen, by ?;e, rd In def*-ndliiK anybody If in I m, 1 1 n- dm** * bombardment of th . i. r can In1 maintained . " the aviation row will be the committee, of Con i grcsa. OHDKH INVESTIGATION PRICE CRUDE Kt'BBER Washington. fee 11.- Inraatt ?atlnn of an alleged manipulation ,he ttrltlah Colonial Govern- | ?Kent of th. price of I and other raw tnalerlala waa or derod today by the Hottaa. DEaJNES ISSUE CAI.C Atntln. Tax... Uac IK -- l-? Satlerwhlte, apeatwr of tfcjHMJJ , of Hepreaentallvea. today declined in call a special ???,on ,!!) LMlalaturc Tbe .ought by aome le?UU'"? ^* * certain If there waa otldanc. on which to Hie impeachment charg e?. (iovernor Miriam A. r"J? aald that her trying lo find ""?'J1'? her nod bad declined to call ft ??? nion. ' W Hen Onodwln ( Record.. and J. w *'*" "4* 1 fireat Han lor Hag. mo re. <* the Im proved order ?t "ad Men. >*?> I here Monday mornlag "" 'h* n??J ' train for Orlfton to laat""'* * new ordar of the tribe there Mon day nlfltt. STOKES TO BE OPEN \H.HTS THIS ffEEK ItaKliuiiiiK Mundsy nljcht Mid continuing itirouirt) (he wwk until fhii?tmAM, the Mm cm of the city will mimlii o|rri nu-h nlKfat. In onlw to afford |? Inm* miu])1c opfionunHy to iniki- tUHr holiday without un alble to grant the application of | Iron and steel companies for pro tection under the safeguarding of Industries procedure. This meana t hn ? the Oovernment doea not think It wise to Impose import du ties to asdliit his Industry. A Mi DAY IN BKD. YKT THKY C1U IT WORK Imagine arising at 7 o'clock In the morning, coming to work at | eight, going back to bed again at ; 9 o'clock for the reat of the day, , and railing It a day's work! Thla was the lot of Rleanor ' Hoardman and Lew Cody a few months ago at the Metro-Ooldwyn studio. It waa all for ecenea In '"Ksehange of Wl?*," the Hobart i Henley production showing at the ; Alkrsms Theater today only. Cody and Mlae Boardman play a I young, scrapplly married couple. 1 after the novelty of the first year ban worn off. Borne of their ! most effective scrapping la done from th" MirNy of their reepec tlve twin beda, while the space be tween In filled with rroea words. The two other roles In ; rhsnge of Wives," sre played by Renee Adoree and Crelghton Hale MTATH AGAIN LKAIM I* NI'MBFR TRAFFIC DKATHM Atlanta. Dec. 2* Thirty nine persons lout their llveg In traffic accidents In the south during the past week and 2 17 others suffered vsrylng degrees of Injury. Theee fluuree were revealed In a anrvey today by tl)? Aseoclated Preea. I I North Carolina with aeven deaths led the galaxy of states, while Mia ?Isslppl and Florida with two eaeh were the lowest. WILL SEEK HIS VINDICATION IN HIS HOME STATE Colonel Billy Mitchell Will Run for Senate from Wia> ronton Next Year, Smy Kecent Reports COULD BE ELECTED If Election Held Now the Colonel Would Win on Any Platform Bui Months May Make Difference (OMyrtafef. iStT St TIM AAhn) Tgg 1 Washington. Dec. 21 i l..5,l!SM Mitchell will seek hte vindication" before the people of ii. ^ora: ,ul? ?t W'lsconaln by running for tha Senate next year. [Tim wan the prevailing opinion in military and political circlee lent1 k22 ^ ?l Washington. and Is hacked by recent reporta from |Mllweukee and other cltlee of tfem! Badger atate. Mitchell Is a nana to conjure with In WieconalT*? has been aald during the last tmm daya that it would make no dlf-^ rerence on what ticket ?.l Mitchell decided to run ? that ke could be elected. Of courae. the Senatorial ?Im tlon in Wlaconain is 11 montha I away and much can happen in taht time to change the political trend or the thoughts of the na?tJ Pl?*- If the election could be 'he&ll [next month Colonel "Billy" would romp In. But In 11 months' time i..j? Politicises can get In a lot ot dirty work and the young cro-i leader may find himself blocked afci many turna. w Jt la a foregone conclusion thst I Senator Lenrott will be n candf I date for renomlnstlon on the Ma?i publican ticket. It is a foreaoM conclusion that he will have t*e 1 InP n!" V Coolidge end I all the forces of the admlnlsUm* iMon; ?'?o a foregone eon-i I elusion that he will be opposed to! I L^Pollette forcee with all Ihf?r n Tb? aaaumption to that Governor Blaine will make l^Follette fight against Pern I I*. ^ ro?l- That under-l to be the general achocne of .?uD. w v?ung Bob waa elect led this yesr. ^ \ -inn^n,.l!ch ,h* Hspubllcaaa will be lh s fine old squabble add I lntamuch as the Democracy In Wlaconain Is but s hollow bim, 'l, - "ore than likely that Colonel Mitchell will chooae to run se n! csn undoubtedly neve that nomination. No one n?*.^.WOU,? IO a?Jwh?re with It. or the colonel may chooss to run 18 iS! a# an ,ndftP*ndent. \Mt. ,a to r Colonel Mitchell today. His election to me senate is merely a question ! whether tha flrea can be kept al in \if?r. .Ven 1011,1 m?nths, with ail the trained politicians of the i .? .i'"1"1 10 "tlngulah them. ? If I'realdent Coolidge gives Ha. ? I approval to the aentenee of tkfc! court martial, aa there la even? 1? h? "111. that Win definitely let I he sdmintsirattoa againa! Colon. I Mitchell r~Mllaal' 'y " ??" ?? militarily and aav nght he raakee in Wlscoaela SK l!? the administration Jorcee. However, that appears to he the popular thins to do in W la con. In. anyhow ?w?w?. M '!>?' I'realdent Cool . i ?Ppro?? tha humiliation of Colonel Mitchell by "axillae" him for Ave year, from the Arm* '* b"?> upon the fact that tha 1 resident did not hesitate to IH l>r,.*e (he Wsr Department aSE spring that Colaaal Mitchell, then brigadier general, be depoaed from hla rank aa aa f!111"1 ?' lh# a'r senrlo#. Much preaaure In behalf of Mltcfc ?. WV bought to bear at that time, but It had do effect upaa the I'realdent. He did not uL, Colonel Mitchell aa a political ea tlty. nor did he fear the wrath M t?1 . ,'r",'