VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22. 1925. EIGHT PAGES. NO. 321. Jj
Currituck Commission
Authorizes Bond Issue
For Proposed Highways
County Will Lend State
8200,000 on Cost of
Hardsurfaeed Koads to|
Courthouse and Virginia
PASSES UNANIMOUSLY
Hart Promises Completion
of Both During Coming
Year, Solving This Sec
tion's Itoad Problem
Definite promise of a con-i
Crete highway 16 feet wide!
from Elizabeth City to Cur-:
rituck Courthouse, on the
one hand, and to the Virginia
line, on the other ? both to be
completed during the coming
year ? was given by Highway;
Commissioner W. A. Hartj
yesterday upon authorization!
by the Currituck Board of:
County Commissioners of aj
$200,000 bond issue partially
to finance the two projects.
The two roads, both of which j
will be built from the Sllgo end j
of the State highway now being
built across Camden and Curri
tuck counties from Camden Court- [
house, will cost about $275,000, It:
Is estimated. The State Highway
Commission will put up $75,000
of the money outright, under the |
agreement, and the $200,000 to I
be furnished through the Currl- ;
tuck County bond Issue will con- ,
stltute a loan to the State high - i
way body.
When this money la repaid to
the county. It la to be re-loaned
to the State Highway Commission
for construction of a paved high
way southwardly from Currituck
Courthouse to Culnjock. When it .
la repaid the second tlme. lt may
"be re-loaned again TOT ItT9TTT6l!VT*
mileage to the southernmost tip I
of the Currituck mainland.
Vote In I'MuilmotiM
Decision to authorise the isau- ,
ance of the bonds was arrived at !
by the Currituck Commission with I
the unanimous concurrence of the
crowd present at the hearing,
which was held in the courthouse.
The auditorium was crowded, and
everybody rose In a standing vote |
In favor of the measure, accord
ing to news received here.
At their regular meeting the ,
first Monday In December, the
commissioners voted to Invite
Commissioner Hart to the court- j
house for a discussion of the pro- 1
posal. The commissioner* then (
recessed, Instead of adjourning,
and thus the meeting yesterday '
was a continuation of the regular j
session. In this way, any legal
obstruction to tho action taken !
was avoided.
Consummation of this project,
which is regarded as the most Im
portant now under way, from the
standpoint of the northeastern |
part of the State, wss brought i
about largely through the activi
ties of the Elisabeth City Cham
ber of Commerce, co-operating
with Representative E. R. John
son, of Currituck, and other for- 1
ward looking residents of the
county.
The matter flrst came up some
four weoks ago when Secretary I
Job. of the local Chamber, paid a
visit to Mr. Hart at his home In |
Tarboro with a view to ascertain- |
Ing the status of the Chowan .
bridge letting, scheduled for to
day. In the course of the confer
enr Mr. Job asked Mr. Hart
about the prospect for hardsur
facing the rosds from Sllgo t?
Currituck Courthouse and the
Virginia line, respectively. Sf r.
Hart told him tnere wasn't suffi
cient money svallsble.
"How about Currituck County
lending the State the money for
th*se roads?" Mr. Job asked.
Mr. Hurt Wim Over
Mr. Hart agreed to take the
matter under consideration, and
Mr. Job departed. That night, :
according to Mr. Job, the high
way commissioner called him by
long distance telephone and as
sured him that If the county
would lend the money, he would
build the road.
Armed with this assurance. Mr
Job sppeared before the Curri
tuck County Commissioners at
their December meeting, at which
It wss decided to Invite Mr. Hart
to Currituck Courthouse for dis
cussion of the proposal. The ac
tion taken yesterdsy wss the out
come.
Representative Johnson presid
ed at yesterday's meeting, which
opened at 11 o'clock. Commis
sioner Hart motored through
from Tarboro. coming by way of
Norfolk
At the opening of the meeting,
strong sentiment was manifested
by residents of the lower psrt of
Currituck for s bond lusue suffi
cient to build ten miles or more of
hardsurfaced highway southward- j
ly from the courthouse. Mr. Hart
r Inquired what the county's total i
property valuation wss. Upon be- .
lag informed that It was about
$S, 500,000, he counseled against
Continued en page 4
\cu Can Be A Santa
Claus This
Christmas
Do you know of a faintly thai i
Santa Clan. I* Hk, ly to overlook,
when he makeo his rounds on
Christinas live uiBht? .
Would you like to ''J'
Christ.ua. cheer tor ?otno 'a.i.lly
which but tor you mluh. so with
OU|nl,elth?r case. you ?ho"1'11^>
tn touch with K'-v. A. II- O"11";
County Welfare Oftle*r> who just
now is quite busy In tt"
to make sure that no slngl. ralu
^..'.?ru^-tl. this morning"
Mr outlaw told The Advance to- ,
h.; "that I had baskets and !
stocking, promised In .ulTlcleut ,
number to take care of all the .
families that were o? tuy U?t. ' ,
And now that more baskets and ,
more stocklnus are needed. |
"1 hope that any one who wouia
like to have a part In mak,??
Christmas brlsht and j
the less fortunate (amlllM Ot oui
community will cotumunlcate with
me promptly (or particulars. Atm j
If there are any needy families
for whom uo provision aeema Ilk 1
ly to be made, I would like to
hear of those also."
FISH NOW HAVE
OWN ELEVATORS,
Whisked Over Power (.om
pany Dam on Their
Journey Upstream
Be^'brj^^Worl
government Is havlnlt Installed to
whisk him up over power company
dams so he can continue bin tm
portant yearly Journey up
Mr. Steel head trout la to ijj ??
other passenger to ride tom'?r'
ably up over falls without flip
ping a flu or wlggllnK hla tall_
After much work and research
?lenci""i"wlreba.?kete levator
r.. b"? Perfected so that fUh and
factories can occupywestern
streams at the same time. They
are now< , being Installed, to be
ready for the bin aalmon run neit
Heretofore thousands of fl.h
have been sacrificed so 1
wheels of industry rnlRh tnr? ,
It Is impossible for fish on their
way up stream to spawning waters
" lib over the big dams erec ed
by power companies. ? ?loc'".
light. were to blare In cltlea and ,
villages along the hankB dead fish
had to litter the streams. But,
now learned profe.eor. have .Ived
the problem. The flah will rid*.
Before their gills have time to
gasp surprise they are to he
swung Into the air and safely
landed In the quiet waters above (
"VTohn N. Cobb, director * I
,h. r?illcK(? of Fisheries of mo
University of Wsshlngton. Invent
ed the new flah elevator. While
other, were angllnK ?? ????
streams laat summerProfwof
Cobb was climbing ateep embank
ments and peering o'.r dams
ntudylng the habits of fish ana .
their reactions to riding in cleva
""Sr. Cobb has received Inqulrlea
from all over the world C"nr*[?;
In. the salmon lift. Preserving
fish and at the aame tlme encour
aglng hydro electric Progress
constitutes a world prohlam *?ow- 1
er companies and government of
flclals are snxlon.lyaw.ltlngthe
?t?:in.v".n?gr.r;ruih.*,o,,n.r.|
""n.iule's getting adnlt 'lsh nje
atream. the elevator la expeeted to
to save the live, of many youn?
flah traveling down atream
WIFK OF SECRETARY
RETURNS TO CAPITAL
Savannah, (la . l??e
nwl.h! r Davis, wife of Secretary
;'?Uh"r tohV. vr.np the 'nspect ion
r.":".hh.,0wi m.kS?
band and wtll return from here to
Washington today^
FIRST SHOW DOWN ON
prohibition today
Washington, Dec. It.? In the
first showdown on prohibition
this neaslon the ffoase Dry* to*,
dar swept aside. by a rote of 13ft >
to IT. H proposal to restrict the.
use of funds for the purchase of
liquor was evidence Th* amend- !
ment was offered by Repi>s#?nta ;
t Its Tucksr, Democrat, of Ylrgta- j
la. a dry. and wan defeated by a
rising rote.
FRANK MUNSEY
WORLD FAMOUS
PUBLISHER, DIES
PrritoniU* After Operation
Proves Fatal to Man Who
Hewed Way From Pover
ty to Great Wealth
HAD MANY REVERSES
Found Himself $ 100,000
in Debt After Eleven
Years of Bitter Struggle;
Then His Luck Turned
New York, Dec. 22. ? Frank A.
Munsey. newspaper publisher, died
shortly before 7 o'clock thli morn
Inn in the Lenox Hill Hospital.
Mr. Munaey had been suffering
from peritonitis which developed
following operation for appendici
tis on December 13. Up to the
last his physicians held out hope
ror his recovery but early today
he suffered a sinking spell and
the end came shortly.
Frank Andrew Munsey was 28
years old and a telegraph opera
tor when he arrived in New York
one cold, bleak day in the win
ter of 1882. He had come down,
to the metropolis from Maine, .
bringing all his property with him. ,
ll consisted of a grip-full of i
manuscripts, the clothea he had
on, and $40 In cash. He was go-;
ing to start a publishing business.
Seeking a focussing point for (
what he felt certain, even at that j
time, would one day be a great
enterprise, he engaged a little
room for an office, bought an
98 table and a couple of cheap
kitchen chairs, some pens and a
bottle of ink, and the $40 waa
gone. Frank Munaey waa broke in
the world's greatest city, where
even the mighty must fight to
hang on.
Alger Waa Contributor
With all his trouble* ahead of
him. he atarted to work, and two
months later appeared the flrat
number of the Argoay Magaslne
? then an illustrated weekly pa
per- of eight pages for boys and
girls. Horatio Algar Jr.. waa one
of the contributors. Thla waa the
beginning of a struggle which has
had few if any parallels In the
publishing world.
Forty years later, after one of
the most remarkable demonstra
tions of hewing succeaa out of fail
ure ever seen in that particular
business. Frank Andrew Mun
sey had become one of the fore
most publishers In the United
States, numbering his newspapers
and magazines by the score and
his wealth by millions. It hsd been
a fight every step of the way, and
not once did luck lend a hand with
the burden.
His most notable achievement
In the newspaper field came In
February, 1920, when he acquired
the New York Herald, one of the
oldest newspapers In the country,
and merged with It the New York
Sun. the Hersld's senior by two
years, which Mr. Munsey hsd pur
chased In 1918 and consolldsted
with the New York Prssa. The
elder James Oordon Bennett hsd
founded the Hersld. and Charles
A. Dana developed the Sun. The
merged publication waa called The
Sun and the New York Herald for
a time, and then changed sim
ply to the Herald. At the same
time the Evening Sun, another
Munsey newspaper, waa changed
to the Sun.
The early life of Mr. Munsey,
as he forged gradually ahead In
spite of countless dlsappolnt
menta and bitter reveraes. was
not unlike that of sn Alger hero,
though his ultlmste success out
did the Imsglnstlon of even thst
famous writer.
Born In the little town of Mer
cer. Maine, August 21, l*f>4. he
has been described aa "one of
those msny bare-footed country
boys who stsrt life with more in
their hesds than In thslr pock
eta." He attended the public
achool of Mercer for a while, but
soon felt the urge to make money.
His flrat job waa In the country
atore. where he served aa gener
al utility boy.
Hat4<?| Telegraphy
From there he went to a tele
graph office, learned to handle a
key. and waa sent to Augusta,
then an Important publishing cen
ter. His work became sn obses
sion. snd he heted It. He knew he
could do big things. The four
walla of a telegraphic office, he
wrote years afterward, "were to
me aa the rage to a tiger yearn*
Ing for the boundless freedom of
the Jungle."
"I was so sure of myself." he
continued, "that 1 would willing
ly have given 10 years of my life,
without compensation, for a
chance with aoms of the big < ?n
cerna of the country ? railroading,
steel - manufacturing. shipping,
banking, or any of the treat sta
ple Industries"
Gradually the puhllahlng germ
entered his blood. He drew up
elaborate plans for a magastme
and submitted them to various
persons with money, but "sn en
terprise so hsiardoua as pnbltah- .
Ing. and managed by a man who
had bo practical experience, <lld
not appeal to them."
Finally, his scheme was laid i
Continued ob ? 1
Deputy Sheriff Loses Quarry
and Temper on Camden Jaunt
Deputy Sheriff Leiu Pritchard.
Rood natur?'d ofllcer of the law
and assistant to Sheriff Charlea
Cartnlr.e. of Pasquotank County.
Is not only Rood natured. he Is
obliging, n? well. But after a lit
tle experience that befell him
Monday afternoon, he is less in
clined to be obliging than he was.
In fact. Tuesday he was decidedly -
hard boiled, as the slang phraf
goes.
II all came about tiiia way.
Lloyd Mitchell, son of the proprie
tor of the Carolina Hotel, went to '
the Savings Dank & Trust Com
pany Just before closing time Mon- ?
day with a check drawn on a res
ident of Camden County. Some
how. the check didn't appeal to
the bank's force as exactly every
thing that a check should be. In 1
other words, they were doubtful
about cashing it.
While they detained Mitchell,
bank attaches sought to obtain a
policeman. None was available at
thai corner at the tint**. hut )u.-t
about tht n Deputy Sheriff Prlt -1?
aid strolled alonu. They called
hiiu In. and turned Mitchell over
to hiiu.
"If you'll enmo with tm*. I'll
take you right at rail: lit t? the
man who -nave Hie th;.t <h?ck. "
Mitchell Its quoted an hating told
Mr. Prltehard. The luit< r. al
ways ready to do a fellow mortal
n favor, agreed to g*i. Mil. 'lull
led the way across the ?.';*r.id? n
brl>luf. When they had crouned
the I'amdi n County line. Mitchell
turned to the officer.
"All right, you can no oil back
lo Pasquotank. You've got no
Jurisdiction over here. ??'.???! by."
With that, he i?t rolled *-reuply
away, headed toward Camden
Courthouse, leaving the nun*
liluaaed officer ilat in his tracks.
Hence It was that Mr. I'rltrhurd'i
usually genial anille lacked -aoitie
thing of Renulnen.nj Tu sday
morning.
Hotel Thief Raids
Bride and Groom
In Washington
j "Unavoidably on our part. wltb
i doom locked, someone stole from
our room my handbag with most
I everythlnp; In it. also Frances' suit
case with all her dresses and many
'other things. Wlllard Hotel will'
I make everything satisfactory.
; have been assured. Leaving (or
: New York late tomorrow."
The foregoing telegram re- J
; celved Tuesday morning by Mra. j
j P. H. Williams, of thia city, re- ,
latea in brief how misfortune
; swooped upon Mr. and Mrs. L.
Curtis Baum. Jr., In the Wlllard
! Hotel. In Washington. D. C., the
day before. Mr. and Mrs. Baum
were married here Saturday night.
| and are on their honeymoon. The
wire was from Mr. Baum. His
bride was Miss Frances Williams,
daughter of Senator and Mrs. P. 1
1 H. Williams, of this city.
Thieves show little conaidera- i
i tlon (or honeymooners, l??l
! hotel rooms are secure from an
j expert with a paaekey. First wdrd
of the misfortune was received by
j Senator Williams in a telegram
: Monday night, indicating that the
couple had lost considerable of
their funds along with their oth
er valuables.
Aside from the loss of a trous- i
seau running high into dollars
and centa. tho young bride, after ,
having most carefully chosen her
i wearables for the trip, now must
i go through the whole bothersome
? process again. But even though
she has lost many valued articles.
It may be that little Mrs. Baum.
; as la the way of her sex. can find
a thrill In picking out a new trav
eling outfit of pretty dresses and
I the many other mysterious artl
Icles ? from a masculine viewpoint
?that must be included In a girl's
.wardrobe.
Organize To Fight
Rubber Combine
Washington, Dec. 22. ? A move
ment to cut down the America!
: consumption of rubber lias been
organised with the backing of
Secretary Hoover and represents
,tlves of the principal rubber con
suming trades.
The secretary declared today
that nearly 9700.000.000 a year'
has been exacted from the rubber
using public by the British Hast
Indian rubber combination.
Prlcee have been raised to three
times the original figure by *ur
cessful methods of the scheme to
restrict production. Mr. Hoovpr
said.
FORI) HAS PROJECT
FOR POLAR FLIGHT
Washington. Dec. 2 2. ? A pro*
ijert for polar flight has been pre
sented to the War Department by
William D. Mayo, chief engineer
for Henry Ford, but ofdrials have
decided that congressional author
ity would be necessary for (lovern
ment participation.
Wants Investigate
The Cotton Tariff
Washington, Dec. 22. ? Investi
gation of cotton tariff schedules
was proposed In a resolution todsy
by Representative Oldfleld of Ark
ansas. chairman of the Democrat
ic Congressional Committee
He stated that the resolution
was prompted by the situation In
New England where he ssld prof
: Its in the textile buslneas hsd been
Increasing while wages were de
creasing.
COTTON MARK* t
New York, Dec. 22. ? Cotton fu
tures opened today at the follow
Ing levels: Jan. 18.29. March
11.70. May 11.42, July 12.11, Oct.
17.75.
New York. Dee. 22. ? Spot cot
ton closed quiet, middling. 19.16.
/a decline of IS points . Faturee.
(closing hid: Jan. 12.2R. March
It ??. May IS, 2t, July 12. #0, Oct. ,
17 ?4,
POOR COLONEL
PROBABLY WILL
GET HIS MONEY
President Cuolidge Prepar
ing Kent it Thai furl of
Mitchell Sentence IVr
mining to His |?a>
Washington, D.c. 22.--l'resl
CoolldK*- Is prepared to re
mit that pan ?f gen,enci. <lf
William Mitch. II which
^n, kf?r one-time an,!,!.
? hi Chil l uf the ii vIb I loti HOMInn
of the Army of bis pay during
nve y?>atM of hi? ?uap<*naloii rroiu
the service.
Tbla auteiuent ha. been made
" quartern no authorltatiw ihnt
Ii ituuuiHtl the War IJepart ,,t
liaelt may nuggent thl. course to
the I'realdent
There la plenty of precedent f..r
?C1 of "clciuency" on the
ii?rt of the commander In chief of
,h* N"V}r' ??a 'here
^ , "? I" 'cert.-nt fur con
tinuing Colonel Mitchell on the
Army rolla for live yeura without
The court martial which im
?TU !hr. ,,,nu""?l acnt.nce upon
Colonel Mitchell -unusual i?
auapenalon fr.itu |.,iy a]l(1 ?||,)W
ancea for a,, Ion* a term had no
rlKht to take cognizance of the
fact that the colonel la Independ
ently wealthy and that hla pr.
fiAT 1 her own
right. Colonel Mitchell
before tho court a* juat an ordl
nary officer of the Army, theoreti
cally dependent upon hla pay antl
hla allowancea for the aupporl of
hlmaelf mid hla two famlile*. for
the colonel .tin ??der |,w a|
Imony obligations to hla llrat wir
and the children hy that marrlace
li.i* qH ST , vld*n< "l? I the couil
r"h'r ^ , "ot 01 ?Old not dlveat
un'iL'n- ^ nowledge Colon,. I
Mitchell a worldly gooda and
therefore made It. .entence aa a, -
vere financially aa it could.
With the exception of the de
privation of pay and allowances
he aentenre of the court general
l> la approved In higher Array
clrclea and these circle:, will have
Influence With I'realdent
(oolldne. Many onicera who
njmpathlie wlfh I he ,nd
tent of Colonel Mitchell have been
hla harahent crltica for the ,?au
ta.u r *''nl ,h'"" hl"
task of attracting public alien.
'ion. Inaamucb aa Colonel Mitch
ell can make no headway With Ills
??hr"." I"' " u"ln'"1 "lr aervlc
hJfiT l!" "d Congress. It I,
,v.? h?v'' """" hla at
tack through Conareaa ralher than
by rlalng from the ranka. aa 11
"ere and denouncing 1. II or hi*
auperlor offlc. ra aa well a, the
conatltuted authority of the w.ir
and Navy Departments.
President Coolldge i? a stickler
for orderly procedure and ther.
th."2..Cll"l;r* ,h,t ul>*"
io e^.f ."J l""'"'" further thin
10 remit the loas of pay. Thin will
n.^0|"", *rn"0<l 'hr.l If a
TLiU ? v pt ,,n Ar><?
rolla for so Ion* a time and In to
H...I an hjeet to Artny dlae|p||,,e
during the term of hla su.p, ualon,
pay n0t ^ al hi*
Colonel Mitchell han no other
appeal than the one to the |',,.,i
?lent. The civil court, , r
1Jurl'"tlctlrn of hla Mao.
nT !t hl" p,>' *l'hheid
la tha latter evr nt he mlxM oh
: ?.? '""'"laoiii" to te-i the Cor,
?tttmlonallly of bclnu held In the
Army without compenaatlon.
aaaumptlon la
geaerai that Colonel Mitch' II
Z"!?" r"*'"n ?" "oon ?" hla eaa ?
la dlapoaid ot hy ihe Prealdeni. it
L.5" . i!"" <" III- famllv
.1.1 !d'?^ hl" lo re
, ' " he had bei-n arqulttrd l?
the court martial
'he eaa- cornea
"P "? 'he frealdent. M.
Tel .i?* ?*Km'nr. *hether the colo- ,
,# S . he allowed f? realltn.
II Colonel Mllch.il la "good ? he
tnny bp allowed to cjult ff h>
; before resigning he can
Ii * Armr InrteflnlteH
gnd b? held reaponalhle for any
thl?? he may aay The chance.
ilTiJ "!V"' h" will be a
(himIV m*nr have j
CLUB BOND ISSUE
IS AUTHORIZED IN
SPECIAL SESSION
Additional 821MMH) Made
Available fur Improve
men!* on Property; Plan
l!? Ereet Pier Is Opposed
W il l. PAY UP DEBTS
Onlv u Few Bond? to We
Sold at Present; Remain
der Will lie Held in Treaf
nry for Later Needs
A band luuv of ?20.t>?0 (or ad
ditloiial improvements was autho
rised laM ulRht by the stockhold
, r% If the Kllxabeth City Coun
try Club at a combined bunln? as
and social suasion at the new club
houHf. Immediately after th ?
atock holders' anion, the board of
directors passed a resolution offi
cially i iilorlnr, issuance of lb** >
bonds.
Tb?- bond proposal was carried
with a stipulation thai no pari of
the money (O be derived from It
shall be used f??r construction of
a .pier front lb.* property, except
upon ratification by the stockhold
ers at a subsequent meeting.
Onlv a nm:?ll part of the bond
issu? will b'- ?old at present. W.
V. Duff, president of the club,
staled todav. explaining that
enough bonds would bo deposed
of to meet several thousand dol
lar." outstanding Indebtedness,
and that the remainder of the ls
tue would be placed In the club s
tn usury, to be us.d later for such
Improvement* us may be decided
upon. .
The aetlon of the stockholders
last nluht raises the club's total
authorized bonded indebtedness
to $50,000. a bond Issue of 930.
000 ItavInK been sold last summer
to provide funds for erection of
the club bouse and for other Im
provement* The club also raised
s*'5 000 by the sale of 200 mem
b?rshl|i? at ?,?h- A,J .,unJ"
obtained boen InT'.ted In the
I.ro|>orty. It In ejplalned. and
, hence the total bund taauc ????"
000 will represent a lien against
an investment of $75,000.
With an Indicated Income of
910 000 to 912.000 annually,
members of the club a* a rule,
express the opinion that no dtrn
- cully will be encountered in retir
ing the bond a* they mature, and
meetlnK operating expenses.
The business meeting last night
was followed by a social session,
at which dancing was enjoyed.
Music was furnished by the Caro
lina Merrymakers, an
orchestra. More than 100 club
members and guests were present
at Hit event, and a large number
not on band wore represented by
proxies at the business session.
The nlsht was stormy, and ?neni
bers of the club expressed tho
opinion today that If the weather
had been better, at Wast three
fourths of the membership would
have lurned out for the occasion.
The house committee or trie
club has been Instructed to ar
range a social function of some
sort al least once a month during
the coining year.
SEEKS HAVE AMERICA
ENTER CONFERENCE
Washington. t>ee. 22. ? I'artlol
nation by tho United Btatea In tho
fort Ii' omlnn t-eague or
disarmament conference would be
authorized In a reaolutlon Intro
, lurid today by Senator King.
Democrat, of Utah.
PRESIDENT COOL1DGE
WORKING ON HEPI.Y
Waahlngton. I>c, 22. ? Print
flont Cool Id ?e is working on a re
ply to tho league of Nations in
vitation to the preliminary disarm
ament discussion In an effort to
find a way to areept.
A. C L. COMPLETES
DOUBLE TRACK SYSTEM
New York. Dor 2 2. |Th? At
lantic Coast Line today announced
completion of the double track
system from Richmond to Jack
sonville. the main project In the
$101,000,000 improvement pro
gram.
BRITISH OFFICIALS
.SAY ITS NON8EN9K
London. Dec. 22 Officials of
the Uovernmeiii denied thai the
ItrltlNh Clorernntent has been
"mnnlpulatlng" the prices of
crude rubber and raid that the
suggestion in the United Hiates Is
pure nonsenne.
Yule Shoppers Throng
Streets As Old Santa 1
Fills His Pack Here*
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NORTH CAROLINA
IS DRY EST STATE
IIS THIS DIVISION
fliarlotte, Dec. 22. ? Bootleg
price* over tieoiula, North ( 'ar
a n?l South Carolina were
quoted nt from 912 to 1210 m
K?Ui>n for corn liquor, accord
ing to a atatement today from
the Federal headquarter* for
the dlvlaton here.
North Carolina la the dr>i*t
Mate of the dlvlalon, tl?e atate
tnent declared.
POOLROOM RAIDS
NET EIGHT BOYS
Minora Fined Dollar tmdi
Cent!* Each at Record
er'? Court Session
Eight offenders who landed In
a police roundup of minors In 1
white and colored poolrooms In
the city paid fines of $1 and costs
each In recorder's court Tuesday
morning. The police showed no
partiality on the ground of race,
nabbing four white and four col- t
ored boys.
Under the law. It is a misde
meanor for a youth under 21
years of age to loiter In a pool- i
room, and the officers arc deter- i
i mined that the law shall be ?n- i
forced here. Proprietors of pool- I
rooms explain that It Is difficult
for them to handle the situation
through the natural tendency of '
, the violators to stretch matters a j
.bit when asked their age.
The law requires also that ev
ery individual who enters a pool
j room shall write his name and
: addreas In a book provided for
the purpose. This phase of the
law, strictly observed at first, has ,
I b?en neglvotW somewhat during
recent months, officers say.
Ed. Koughton. In court on a i
charge of forcible treapass, was
let off with a suspended Judgment j
conditional upon payment of the
costa and the return of a horae
cart which he had sold to one ]
posh Zachary. colored. Zachary j
was ordered to pay Koughton a
balance of |3 which both agreed I
waa still owing on the cart.
Wltneaeea testified that Rough- ,
ton had sold the cart to Zachary t
for |15, to he paid at the rate of ;
95 a week, but that Zachary
falled to meet the third week's i
payment in Cull. After some de
lay, Koughton saw an opportun
ity to regain possession of the
cart, and took advantage of It.
Subsequently the colored man
brought a charge of forcible tres
pass against him.
In pssslng upon the case. Coun
ty Judge IV O. Sawyer reminded
Koughton that, from a strictly le
gal standpoint, he had no right to
I take the cart, without due process
of law.
William Jones, colored, charged
with failure to list nls taxes, wss
required to psy the taxes due and
the court rosts.
Mayor Objects To
"Resigned Officer"
Philadelphia. Dec. 22. Briga
dier General SmMley Butler to
day announced that he had re
signed from the Marine Corps In
order to remain In Philadelphia as
Director of Public Hafety. and an
hour later Mayor Kendrlck made
it known that he would not accept j
the General In the position of "re
signed officer of the Marine
Corps."
DOWAGKK PltlWlMH OF
MOKA<X> DIKH MIDDKM.Y
Pari*. Dec. 22. ?The dowager (
princess of Monsco. who was Miss
Alice Heine of New Orleans, died
auddenly here today. She was
married to the prince of Monaco
In 1889 and their marriage dis
solved In 1*02.
H MKKAL MIHM
flurlal services for Miss Bettle
Del?on.. who died Monday morn
ing 7:10 o'clock at her home on
Cedar street, were conducted at
ih. grave tn Hollywood Cemetery
at 3:30 o'clock Tuesdsy afternoon <
by the Kev. J W Hsrrell, pastor j
of City Road Methodist Church
The psll^srers were: J. W
Shannonhouse, W. K. Dunstan. W.
C Sawyer. H. W. Sanders. J. B
Ferebee. Oeorge Wood. J. K Wil
son. and J. H. WIlKins.
Miss DeLon was 82 year* old
and Is survived by three sisters.
Mrs. Penelope Davis of Newport
News. Mrs. A. L. Aydlett and Miss
Linda De1x>n of thta city, by a
brother. Jeese DeLon of Balti
more. by fonr nleeee, Mrs J. R
Hsrrell of Norfolk. Mrs. Walter
Johnson of Weekavllle. Mra. Win
If red Gregory of Rocky Mount
and Mfse Brace Davis of Newport |
News and by a nephew. Lawrence
Aydlett, of this city. t
Merchants Offering Kxcep.
tionally Attractive Holip
day Ware* ; C h e e r jr
Crowds Making 1'urchaaea
BUYERS CONSERVATIVE
Trend Thin Year Apparent
ly Toward Serviceable
Goods; Gray Skies Not
Keeping the Folk* Away
Christmas shoppers are
thronging the stores of the
city this week, as the Yule
holiday approaches, and San
ta Claus is rapidly filling hia
capacious sack with present?
for most everybody in the Al
bemarle. Elizabeth City store*
have never offered more at
tractive holiday wares, pa
trons agree, and Old Santa is
having no difficulty in finding
a wide enough variety to suit
the most capricious taste.
Generally speaking. Friday and
Saturday were buay day* for mar*
chants here, but yestardSf ,
eclipsed them. Crowde throng*!
the stores all day. despite a light,
misty rain which began falling !*?
ward nightfall. Facetiously mln fl
ed ones ascribed the rain to the
Country Club s business and social
session last night, declaring tKs
weather man and the club offi
cials were 100 per cent at odd*.
Thus far, It has rained almoat ar
ery time there was a special func
tion at the handsome new club
house.
"Weather or no." yesterday's
trade in Elisabeth Cfty waa good
enough to cheer the merchant?,
measurably. Buyera, in the mall
were showing a decided predllai
tlon for reasonably priced. bsl
vlceable goods as agalnat gaud||
showy things of little Intrln
worth. The Chrlatmaa shoj
this year la a careful buyer, .
keen after full value for hla dd
lar. Incidentally, he seema to m
getting It. Everywhere, priota
apparently are cut to a minimum.
Open After <*?rb*iMui
indications are that the mer
chants have decided agalnat , a
suggestion that the stores
closed the day after Chrlstmgfc
In order to give employers and
employes a three-day vacaUoa.]
This suggestion was prompted by
the action of four of the banks
In closing that day.
"It wouldn't hardly be fair to
our patrona," one merchant mm.
In discussing the matter. "The
after Christmas always Is a MM
one with us. There are tha In
evitable exchanges of merchan
dise which Isn't exactly the right
slse. or color, or style. There Srt?
msny folks who receive monaf
for Chrlstmaa, and usaully they***
picked out something they want,
and hurry down the day afta#
Christmas to buy It.
"Then, too, there are many l
pie who receive unexpo*
Christmas gifts. Wishing to
clprorste as promptly as they <
they come down naxt day
make their 'emergency' purchan
All In all. we wouldn't be doing
our duty by our patrons if wa
closed for the day."
Two merchants volunteered tM
Information yesterday that tha*
IVcember business thus far hsa
exceeded laat years. One hsa ad
vertised In every laaue of both tha
city's newspapers during the ya^J
Just closing. The other hasn t
missed half a dosen laauea. ?
Hlien It Pay* ll?t \
"We And that our advertlallg
during the dull seasons paya ua
the biggest dividends," one or tna
two commanted. "For Inatanes.
we can trace many of our holiday
sales to advertisements wa IM
during the quiet midsummer
son. 1 guess It's because p4
read newspapers more compli
then. W*?'fe convinced that
pay* to advartiae tha J
around."
Christmas trees In many hoi
In this city and section tkls j
will have come from far-off Mail
thereby counteracting to a la
extent the annual slaaghtov
young treea In thla part of
country. Hymmetrlcal young
asm furs cut In the anowy wll
ness north of the Kannebec
offered on the /oml market
considerable quaStttto*.
themselves admlrsbly to
tlon. they ara provlgg
with the trade.
Early today the atradta
thronged with freah
holiday buyora. sad
on their facea. waa
thing of the glad
makee Chrlatmas ui
of all tha year a holidays.
skies. ??* pec ted at thla tlna
year, obviously did not ??
deterrent to out of town ah? ?
It takaa mora than a hint of (
to kaap away folks bout on i
denlag the b?*rts of
and dear on Christ ma
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