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CIKITI.ATIOX WKDNLSDAV 3,189 Copies VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION TMK IVKATHKB Fair and uliichtly warmer to ulRht. Friday lu<reanl!ifi cloudi ness. Fresh southwest winds. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, PKCEMBEI! 21, 1025. TWELVE PAGES. NO. 323 Albemarle Bank Closes Doors Pending Survey Of Financial Situation Examiner Summoned from Raleigh to Investigate Condition: Expected to Arrive Monday MAY BE TEMPORARY Hope lleld Forth That D<*? posit or* May lie Protect ed; Other Three Bank?* Are Not Affected The Albemarle Bank, col ored institution which has, been in operation here for the last five years, closed its dqors Thursday morning pending arrival of a bank examiner from fealeigh to go over its resources and liabilities. News of the closing was borne to the public through a % terse notice pasted on the door: "Closed pending arriv al of bank examiner." Whether the bank'* embarrsss nient is only temporary in nature will bo disclosed after the State Corporation, through an examin er who probably will arrive Mon day morning, haa made a thor ough survey of the situation. The closing of the Albemarle Bank will not in any way afTect the three white banks In the city, officials of the Elizabeth City Clearing House Association de clared. explaining that the colored bank was not a member of the as sociation. and has been operated entirely Independently of the oth ers. Lack of fund* due to Mow col lections is the reason ascribed for the closing. The bank recently underwent a heavy drain on Its cash In hand through the pay ment of a large amount In Christ mas savings accounts. Its funds k largely are tied up In long term f real estate loans, it 1m understood. jnnTThls made It Impossible for the Institution to meet thr* heavy Christinas demands of depositors. Whether the depositors will be protected could not be learned Wednesday. Efforts to get in touch with W. H. Holland, cash ier, were unavailing, and It i? re garded as probable that nothing definite will be known as to the situation until a bank examiner has gone over the accounts. Holland, the cashier, has been rcKarded ns thoroughly reliable and trustworthy by officials of the other banks here, who state that their dealings with him have be# n entirely satisfactory at all times. One reason ascribed for th?* closing Is that the Albemarle Dank has been hard put to it t'? build up sufficient business to meet its expenses of operation In th? last two or three year*. A strong hope Is expressed, however, that the condition of the Institu tion will be found such as to Jus tify Its re-openlng in the early fu ?Tho bank was organised a little | more than five years ago with a capital ftock of $26,000 Its offi cers and board of directors com prise a number of the most high ly regarded and respected <*olore<l men In this part of the Bute. Th? officers are: Dr. K. L. Hoffler. president: F. W M. Butler, first [ vice president; l'rof. P. W. Moore, k* second vice president; W. H Case, third vice president ; W , H J Holland, csshler; and J. It. Hem Ing. ssslstant csshler. FOt'K INOICTMENTS IN LYNCHING CASE CUrkedale. Mlaa . I**- M- ? Four Indictment. were returned shortly before noon today by .he Coahoma county grand Jury which waa convened In .poclal aeaalon Tuaaday to Inraatlnata lynchln** Saturday nl(tht oC Llnd.ey Cole man. negro. GIVES STOCKHOLDERS OHHISTMAS PWESENT New York. I>?f ??. ? The Standard Oil Company a New York todsy gsve Its stockholders ? Christ mss present by declaring a dividend of t$ per cent. MliH c. il 1-ABHITKM OKAD Mrs. C. L. Ls setter. sued 2*. died Thursdsy night st 6:36 o'clock st the residence. 3106 Eatt nurgess street, sfter a long 111 nses. Resides her husbsnd. she Is survived by two sons. Lock wood and Olbert lAsslter, snd her psr ents. Mr. snd Mrs. W. E. flteeley. of New London. Connecticut The funeral services will ??? conducted at the home by the Rev. JF. 8. Love, psstor of the First Wfi^fethodlst Church Thursday sf-' r^tgmoon 1 o'cloek snd burial '^mtde in Hollywood Cemetery j A FOUR KILLED l \l) SECY WEEKS Hi HI IS THAI.\ SMiSil (1utr!c"it:ill, !>. < Ih . . 1M. ? Four nv.> cnj{!:i'.oiN mi** I two flremca, were repoite?| kill's 1 ntul many |3?vm?er< badly s'uikcn u;? In a Tj.miI on C4?lllsl-,u Ixs ween two Atlantic C?A*t Line IlailtiMtd tiahiH Miuth of Moock.N Conifr early today. .AimciK Iho |Km nijjm on the tt.iln wa< Jutin \V. Weeks. former Kwrrtnrj of Wur, who wm ? li?:litl\ injured. Two rnKiueH were smashed ami w>ni car* ilpmiied. Knitlnrrr Hfrin'ri Paris of Florence, South Carolina, ami Fireman O. Ilntot of the Kami* city, were killed. Fnglneer .1. fc. ruimninp uf Sax an nali ami ii nuiu uatned William* an* missing and thought to be (lead. A relief truin with doctors ami nurses, accompanied by a wrecking train, have been dls INitchcd to the scene of the uc*? cklent. ARMY OF BOOZE BOUND FOR WEST ('uravuns (iniss Stretches uf Unpatrolled Border to the Interior It) OWKN I.. SCOTT (Capynghl. I?21. fey The Atfrsned Chicago. Doc. 2 4. ? An army of booze runners, piloting trucks loaded with Christmas cheer, la headed down from the cross reads of Canada to supply the liquor wants of America's great Mid West. Such 1a the story in circulation here, following reports from cor respondent* In the. northern prov inces. They say that big caravans of booze-carrying trucks have crossed th? great stretches of un pat rolled border between Canada ! and the United States, and are headed for the Interior. Liquor and wines, from 20 #.n 200 casts piled on the trucks and big earn, are said to make up the cargo. One out lit of 50 cars Is said to have crossed the border last night. Financial attractions of the ChriHtiua* booze-runnlng business are reported to have drawn th'* 1 best of the professional drivers and mechanics in Winnipeg. They are said to get $1,000 for making the trip to Minneapolis with a wet cargo and $1,600 for getting through to Chicago. This liquor in expected to dsmp "n what K. C. Yellowlev. prohi bition administrator for this district, today raid was an excep tionally dry sltunt'.on. Intoxicants, he declared, are scarcer this year I ban ever before. Mils. BI'LLA*H FATHF.lt DF.AD Dr. and Mrs. Mora Bulla lef? Tuesday for tylchmond. Indiana, their old home, to which they were taking the body of Mrs. Bulla's father. William Schooley. for bu rial. Mr. Scliooley, who had made his home here with Dr. and Mrs. Bulla for several months, died Monday. Dr. und Mrs. Bulla are not expected to return to Eliza beth City until next week. BKHTCITY IMW4T OFFICF OIIKKIlVKs <HltlSTMAS In compliance with a recent or der from the Postmaster (ieneral there will be no window nor de livery service at the Rllzabeth City Post Office Christmas Day. except special delivery and perish able packages. Outgoing mnil will be dispatched as usual and the Incoming mail will be put In the post office boxen. Effective Chacka Mid plalda ara tha nawaat thing In boafarr for atraat nar. Th? ?? ahown may ba or aUk or Hal*. *1X1 Mould (O wall with tha anaka i and litard footwaar which I* m |*>l>ular. GENERAL BUTLER SHORN OF HALO OF MARTYRDOM Hooted Out ?;f Hi* .)<>!> With As Little Ceremony As He Showed Philadel phia Poliliciuns HK MADE ELLIOTT It I!OWl.AM> \V?H>I> ? ? .???ItM |?J I. ?!?? Illtml IMiibd'lplilu, |).c. 24. ? Booted out of his Jrb villi a* ifitt t?* cere mony as he nliuwed the Philadel phia politicians with whom ho hn?l cluhcd, Rrlgadh r General Smed ley D. llutl. r, tho lighting Ma rlne. who came to purify tho City of Brotherly Lcve. today found himself slum even of the halo i>f martyrdom with which he had hoptd to depart. Ma>ur Freeland Kendrick adroitly removed tho halo when he announced his determination to supplant tho doughty general as director of public safety with George W. Elliott, who has be?n llutl ? r's assistant, his bosom friend and his riKht hnnd man. ever sinco he came to Philadel phia. From a political viewpoint, tho appointment of Fill lot t was a Kendrick ton-strike. Not only has Klliott boon Butler's flrst assist ant but ' he even had made him self more popular with a large section of the "reform'* or "church'" element, which whs Butler's strength, than Is tho gen eral himsolf. Elliott himsolf Is one of the "church crowd'' and hasn't tin* penchant for Butlerian Invective which at times pained some of Philadelphia's good ettlxenry. He is a Methodist, and for several years has acted as auperlntendent of one of the leading West Phila delphia Sunday school. The Irogy of it all la that But 1 ler "made the man who Is robbing ,hlm of his halo. When he came to Philadelphia, the flrst thing- the general did was to look around for a mail who could "teach him the ropoe" In Philadelphia. He real ized from the outset that he was going to meet plenty of opposition. -Kitten Pat that time w?s ch lef of the fire department, had never en tertained any police ambitions, and was content to remain as far uh posrilhle from political entan glements. Butler demanded him. however, and made his demand ao Htrong that Elliott finally consent ed to take the Job. _ Through all of Butler'* spectac ular effort? to clean up the city. Ell lot t was at his elbow, counsel linr. PUKKcsting. and executing his chief's orders with a wallop. When Butler left the city. Klliott took command and carried on his thief's campaign so well that the good folk of Philadelphia hardly 'knew the I>ovil Dog chief was gone. ? And hefiVe he decided after all. to stay in Philadelphia and hang on to hi* Job. Butler wan chief among those who sang El liott's pralaea as the man for the Job he was preparing to lay down j Developments of the Inst 2 4 hours, which Included Butler'n de cision to renlgn from the Marine Corps and Mayor Kendrick's sum mary demand for his resignation with the avowed Intention of put ling Elliott in his place, have placed Klliott In a most embarrass ing position. Tuesday flight there were many pemon* around City Hall who predicted he would re fust* to rise over his chief "a pros trate body. Today, while Elliott'.* decision wn* beliiK awalt-d. the wiseacres said ho would accept. Bui In either case. It wan pret ty generally agreed Butler'* halo had boen *adly tarnished. If not destroyed altogether. Tor Mayor Kendrick has made a magnificent genture at keeping Btitlerlsm oven though h?- no longer Is willing to keep Butler. And while aomo of the churt-h people think the mayor was pretty rough on the general, practically all of them think Kl liott will make a* good a crusad er for purity as Butler himself. There are even some who think he would be better. Meanwhile, the hotels and the 'vice dens" against which Butler rrusaded. are celebrating his dis missal. They think they see bet ter days ahead. For If Klliott proves too obstre perous. they believe he will be eaaler to bounce than the flghtlns marine. And the politicians, whom Butler fought and denounced are Just tickled to death. JXMKH THOMAS t)KAD James Thomas, for many years a resident of the Forks section, near this city, died at his home last night at * o'clock after an Illness of six weeks, preceded by a period of 111 health of about 11 . years. He lit survived by hit ? wife, by one brother. Captain Wil liam Thomas, of Ocracoke. nnd by. two sisters. Mrs. D. C. Perry and Mrs. Miles Davis, both of this city. Funeral services will be con ducted at the home tomorrow sf ternoon at S o'clock. Burial will be In the family cemetery nearby. The services will he conducted by the Rev. B. W. Prevost. pastor of Corinth and Berea Bsptlat Churches, and the Rev. M P.i Booe pastor of Calvary Baptist Church. Everybody Made Merry At Christmas In Days Before The Civil War Christmas on the planta tions of the Albemarle in the days of the Old South was the biggest event of the whole year, according to Formal" Sheriff F. F. Cohoon, of this city, who remembers the kU?1 dav as a small boy 011 his father's plantation at (ium Neck. Tyrrell County. The elder Cohoon ran a store and cut shingles in addition to running a large plantation, and was a very busy man around Christmas time. preparations for Christian.. be gan at harvest time." rormer Sheriff Cobooll declares til relat ing his recollect Inns "? l?rl"rt ??I remember oti one occasion hearing my father W to bis slaves. 'Now. boys. ? ? ",IU , Kather corn. Oct a move on and let the work (tone so we can have a good. lone Christmas.' ? At the fall and winter season father ??. a very busy aging a country store and havlnl. shingles made Many of theshn gies were shipped to the West In dies. He vaa U9ted for mlle.t around as having the best man aped and ben controlled slaves In that part of the country. They rcallv managed themselves for they knew what had to he doue, and they did It. "The crops were harvested and the honey was gathered as 'he days wore along toward < hrlst mas In taking the honey. It was necessary to kill the b.-cs. and this was done by digging a large hole In frout of the hives. bull-.ling a fire In the hole, and throwing sul phttr on the fire. The fumes quickly killed the bees, and when they had dropped from tho hives the honey was removed. -j A (itrwy Hpot "Then came hog killing. In those days. Hum Neck was noted for it? pork products It was known as the greasiest spot In North Carolina. "Next came the corn shuckings. In 1 hope dayu when it was known that a corn shucking was to be held at a plantation the white wo men round about would go to bear the negroes sing. At these frolics the negroes always had one cap tain or leader to lead the RlnxinR. Many of those old songs linger with me yet. I know the tunes hut have forgotten some of the words. . Here are a few words of one ot the songs I remember: My sweetheart In yonder town She wore a frock 'twas a new cut gown And the hollow of her foot cuts a hole In the ground.' "In those days Moves were sel dom seen. I never saw one on the plantation*. The first stove I ev er hbw was on my father s ves sel. . "80 wood cutting? were next In order. The moasure of the big fireplace wan taken and the wood cut the right length. After the wood wan cut. enough llghtwood knots were gathered to last through the winter. No Work At Christmas Thl* done. Chrisms* began. No more work at father'* planta tion till after the fifth of January. Oenerally the work was all done by December 10 and from then till December 26 wan hunting sea son. Everybody and everything wan happy oxcept the roon and the possum No peace for them. Such fun this generation know* noth ing about. Oh dern possum and 'taters. Nobody could rook them so well as Black Mammy. Poa sum. 'tater? and West Indies rum who served at the corn shucking*. ?Old Uncle Hark having a wife at my uncle Allen's, who near my father, asked my father to buy him so that he could I be near hi* wife. This my father did. When Christmas came around old l,'ncle Hark, a* we called him. in troduced the customs of other plantations. One wa* on Christ mas morning to put on a big log In the bock of the fireplace and when thl* was burned up Christ ma* was over. Uncle Hark got a big gum log and put It In the lead ditch to soak In water so that It would not burn up too soon and Christmas would la*t longer. The bov* told father about It and he went to the old man's house and found he had so little fire he was about to freeze. He told him to . make ? big fire and that hi* Christmas shottld last as long a* "l? In" those <\A? wo celebrated: two Christmases, Kecember It.t which was called New Christmas and January 5. which was known ! as Old Christmas, t nele llsrk ( said that Old Christmas was sho nuff Christmas I asked him how | he knew He said "kase. Christmas eve night at 12 o'clock all the hoaaes nud cattle knelt down anil prayed.' , _ . 1 "I waa a lid old *nd 1 had to have proof of this, so I tat r up wit* Uncle Hart and the reet | Young Bookkeeper Here Takes Job fn Far Peru l:'? ? f:ir call fr m l.'ll '..iiit'ih City t c? I'.tu, on lit.- ? ? < ,--t of South A . I ;r ;? h r iuatl?r-if sori" r.iiU ?, th.? crow rtit's. 1': no ?.< i? 1 r.-i-t i ? J. M. Marti'i, \vh?? lias . i: ? 1.1 (tlo> ? ?1 a-; liookk |.or by \\". J. Woodlcy, wholesale tr-i' r here, for tin* last t v i > Mr. Martin will call f??r ? ull:u\ Peru, on J. .littery 21. aboard on?' of the (iruci* Mac at# am. re. Cullao is kll* W.i I > a; i ??very schoolboy as i-i. k.f i'i ports c;f pall i f the 1 1? Ont;?n on h ?;* t?*iabl.- cm ground two com bun's at :h?* ' open In*; ?f (lie ?<p;. \ tsi *il ean War. Th<* b; t ii ship' > i BptHHly v? yage v<<i> hiiMi'rj.il Jju-d fn \ tsp that has t?? ? ti hi moc lzctl by mai.v a y ?ua','4* ?.? s\ Mr. Martin lias arc ;:!.d :i p-iKltlon a:? nrcMiiifnnt for t !?.?* Cerro de I'uhci t. ?-i.;wr Corpor ation. operating <*xt' iirlv i.r.a lnu properties in Pru. ;.:?d aluticd a iTR'r:-.ri t ? ?:.;y thro ? ye j r." la that counriy. which L? on tlic 0|ip:vlli' sidi* of the ?;u?tn; from i:n. 1 1 ?? Is 2?*> yt??n\? old. and is a nativ* ?l M:i\tjn. this Slut**. CHKISTM4S I'AYilOi I STOLEN m BANDIT1* Pittsburgh. i>cv. 24. The Christmas payroll of the 1'IUb* hurch Terminal Coal Company. 00 was taken from the pa * car by six armed men at M.dlen ?aeur. a mining settlement, near i Pittsburgh. early today. The rob bers made their eacapo lu an au tomobile. of thu colored folks on January I to vralt and pee the animal* pray. Hut. they dldn t pray. Curie llark and Black Mammy both said that 1 moved around so much I dis turbed the animals and thai was the reason. Dancing lifiirti* tin* War "Dancing in those days was one of the holiday features., 'It was tin day of hoopsklrts, the Knuare dance und the bre:?k down*. as they called it. Those hoopsklrla. how they fly. One Instance ling ers with me. "Old Man Ab Hill, a mulatto In dian. living on my father's plan tation. was the neighborhood fid dler. After hearing him play "Old Dan Tucker* at my father'* store on" night 1 set up a howi when lie started to leave for a dunce juht across the road from my father's home Ab Insisted that 1 go. and father finally yielded, siiylhg that 1 would be brought home asleep. 1 don't think I went to sleep. If I did, I surely got waited up when the dancing began. I was sealed Iteslde the fiddler on a little stool, and when the couples were swing ing corners Miss Jane Patrick's hoopskirt* swung over my head and snatched nie down and landed me in the middle of the ballroom floor. 8aeb ? yell i did make. "I guemj one reuson for my ar dent love for dancing and music was that we never had It a' our house. My parents were Baptists, and HaptlstH in those days looked upon dancing as a terrible kIii and upon the fiddle a? an Invention of the devil. "Another sport In the holiday s?nson was turkey shooting. Tfe flint and Heel gtin was used. We shot at a mark and the one mak ing the best shot got the turkey. Kadi one shooting paid a fixed sum and tiles;- fees paid f<>' ! turkey. Santa Democratic "The storking* of the white and the colored children were hung ii round the fireplace and old Santa had no favorites. He made his visits in those days on the morn lug of December 25. new Christ mas. and on January ft, old Chris! mas. "Just before the CHvll War broke out my father moved lo Prsquotank and that dreadful pe riod which followed I wish I could blot from my memory, not only the war time but the days of Keconstrnrtlon which lasted till the early seventies I hope they will never return to romlng gener ations. "It Is said that old people live in the past, thst Is. they think and meditate on days of long ago. This In part fits my case The old er I set tho more my thoughts dwell on the days of my earliest recollections. "While the children were so happy on Christmas morning the older people had to be remtm bered. so early in the morning the colored folks surrounded the 'great house.' as they called It. ? nd when father poked his head out they all hollered Christmas gift.' The first thing handed out was sggnog and West Indies ram. Then other gifts followed." ?'G MORE WILL ARMY OFFICER CLEAN UP TOWN Al Iaa | St, More W ill Ptv ulrnt (iranl Our l.ravr of Ahsfiiro f??r Stirli S?ur]Mji.o WENT VWi ENOUGH A tic? Much A* Prrsidrut \\ <>:t Id lluw l.ikrtl tn ll!e;w Senator iVpper II** f s? lie Firm i?.i u;?:?:nr t. sm \i.t. itn. t> / Thi At. ?o.? i Die. :'.i N?*v.-r p?*?ln dutiau I'rrsid* nt t'tn Iidct-'s -t.-y .il ili?* \V!i:!e II '? i"u> ' All! a hign ranking oflfietr ? f ih? Army. *li?- Navy, or the Marine t'urpa N? . Livutod lojtve c;r iilwi'iH'c "to c|e;;n up* a t 'V. r ir c'tr. Tin* IM*. s*I dert ha:: li? . n d*-cid< dl> enne* rn?'d ?v*'! i !??- irilitlr. .???? f.?: hi Itiihrotrlio v."';!*'!! h.ia arir.-ii In' I'hllnd- Iph'a r .1 r* -nil f.f 111 * IWil VI :ir ? I* MV*? ? *f a hr? u:t.SII--<I I" CeiM-rul Sm?:dley I). Hull) r. of th? "llcht ii'fS Mil. In. p." (!? iionl li*s * ? r 1i.?h tir:t only i ir-.s1! ?l Willi the I? i ] ti I *1 it*, ? it c ity "m . t- It i ii ? " in I'hii.iii Iphia, I > n t from 1 T .? in la I'm* ;?.!*! t ha* Ir rn it., hu.it. *1 that if "i URl i?i" I r< ? in tli" position ri dire* :or ? I pn'dic r-afcty, ill" .Mrajipv rien era I ihIkIu mili rtnrewid ? icaut* ?f i in* malt*'!* by runnlu;: fur tlu? l'lll!c;l Mat* j Senate. I' h.? lt.? ppc iik thul i hi* S-nntrr whom (ieneral r.ullcr w? uhl op* jiaif next year, If lie o;ipr>es any body. i.s (li orfi" Whartop ivppcr, ? oJ' t I'r< <dd> til 'b tn Minnie. or n -ar-intlmat - |><*l H Ion 1 friends. Senator I'l-pp- r tried r c?ntly to ,ii the i'rcislili'nl t.i ? xt*;nd (Sen ??ral Iln tier's* leave ho ilia- ho might n riin'a another year ns i'hilad Iphln'n Hi irr.iy Chief of po 'lee, hut much a- lie want ml to iilraiit' the rcnnnyl' aula tolon. Mr. I'oolld'p* r It the IJutler eplpud** ha?I .una" tou far mid thai the gen eral *!i('u!*l cither raalan nt rot urn to hi* opimaml. (?f cnurae, If Tii-m ral Fliitl?*r had been granted another y ar lecve, ami hi* "one-. uili*n" In the city cf brotherly Ij*iv.' had not felt (hfotwlv ? sir;?n:i enouph to "throw him uin" hi? n'niiltl in. I hrve been In a pil lion to l?o a Si-jKii*' pamlhlllty and that world hi'v<- nl* ;isctl Srnator IN?pp?-r nmn* tlixn ?>v*'r. C isoi ui If ii r | r Tin a ihr^al'-n* d t^ "malTi* tl.n fur fly" In l'!iHad? l . phia. Ho haw h??rn r:iui,lit up Lii tho political whirlwind which til - waya rw*'**pn nrtnind lh? I'hlladi I p'?l i c||v hall whcr<* rather iN-nn "tar.ils liiuli a'?ovc th- muiiicipal Itv wMrli * nr .* wn.' ^!iaractcrl*< d iih "rorrunt and conl?*nlird." H la iifcami-il fl? ncral Tluth r fools ho know* (Miruuh Ihorouvhly to ? la harraas tho Itopnhliran machlnc If !??? I.* not treated riith*. Hi neral I'.titl t come* from a political fam ily at w* II t.a a lit' linn cite, nnd undouhtcdly tilnce l?- huf* bf ?*n In ? li?- m'<l'?l ft f the city hall ?K mm. tlio ur-: ? to enter politics hna laid a hitid hold upon Mir, :3o far aa hi.*, aupcrlora and "huddloa" of th<- Mnrlnr Corpt know, howi vcr. ('? ???iiiral Hutlrr has not Indicated to them that lie w!H pu rauo a p'dlth.Hl r'i,ir?' tn tin near fMtur?. A.i c* mmondt-r In rh'wf i-f ihe A rm v ui d the Nnvy anil the Ma* rln Corp.* I'rfnldriit C'oolid?:o il r . nr.f rtdlah 1 1. ? ? ?pcclncl?- i f cf nr- ?? Ihreatinl.ir; dire thln;*i to fie itepuhllc. ?'? an Individual c::iT?inoiiv?-.*llK, or |!? ji city liiori* ('"ji' clHlly ;i n'MHihlimi elty. Tie I'r. aldent found hlrn-*? If u> d ?.y. Iu:v.c\er, v.lih l,?dh (J< ii-ral IStii' r and fViInt I William Mlt choll on h!.i nhnulderfl. Mr. I'ool Idc i ft ? ?? vnne* pr<?\ -i* offiM'i * ?.r the \rnty froni *rupt Inc In Ui< Mitchell fanhlon. from time tn t:mo, i-xccfil by ? UMUlni: punli<hiii"nt and i \.ini|de, hut ho en*? prevent offlcerr., while atlll lioMhiu their cr>mmlxniom>. from uolnn Into miinlclpal or sm# ?*? r vlc\ Rvanta of the paat forty <-hdii hourn In Phllnd* Iphla have uliuirn that tli*% polltlclana of thai rlty ii .-I eteil fb-n rul H'Mler only while tin > regard' d liiin a? all oc- , tlv?- ofTle# r. ? Onr" he had nn no jim*"! Ilia i'j*lpnatlon they leaped upon hltn with h'.l? nalbd boot a. The I'r- .il?l*'.T?t *?? "w:i chief mill' tary nM. Colonel riarenci- 0. fherrill I* about to leeoin- ' the flrrt cilv manm ,-r of Clr.elnnatl. hut hla ran U totally different from 'hat *f (}*norat Bull?*r In thnt le r> nlpnc! hh eniiuul?f*ion hi-ffir- finally ?rr ptlra th" effor. , Althotuli d HM1. Irj't to !? m ? fi<l riff' pahb :?n ? fric? r from the on Kinder , corp", l'r< Hld? nt Uoolldise accept ed t ?? i Mhen HI rrDign'tilon and bid lil'n godapci'd In hi:; Impor. fint n' w undertaking. It rl .i ?1 1 r C"t **al IH'i Wl! liant!*. i f the Marine Carpi. t**n <1 i d the pnaltlnn of T ilMle HJif'-* ty dir. cter In Clr' tnnatl. d' Cllncd the r r> r becattaa It would havo n tailed the *"vrr?nce of his *e?vl<?e with ?t:<- Maiinaa, An already atated fierc ere to b-? no fnora Irave* of absence fronted In auch canc JAPANESE DIET TO CONVENE TOMORROW Toklo. f)Or 24.- The Japaw?i*? dial convanen tomorrow and will be formally opened hy the pr!nc*> rcxeni on Saturday. Christmas Eve, Dawning Bright and Clear, Gives Promise of Glad Morrow CHEAT CEREMONY IN CLOSING HOLY DOOR Home. Doe. J I. I?one Pius XI. pli I ui'i tfquoly drcvsed ill potltlfl ? l.i I robot of ri^h mi? til oval design and Hurro?in?l'"l l?y eer!e*lactical illruliarlcM. today performed the n ?'emotiy of the dosing of I ho l!?>ly D:ior of ihr Hasllien of St. IM r. mammoth mother church i.( Catholicism. Th? corumony brought to n clone t ho your t?f penitence. The Holy Door had r< malto-d open since one years hso today. Since then more than 3."?.iMio.ooo pilgrims from ev ? ry corner of the world ha* 'crossed the fill ;ind kissed the door. \ IN TIENTSIN AFTER BLOODS battling IMiius-. n?o. t M::r.?linl Tllll Sinn'-'s National Arm v. troops ??n - t r> 1 Tl? ntcln thlr morning after wenl days' fluhting in which thmi-v nds uiiv killed or wound ed. Troops of General LI Chen Lin. civil governor "f Chlhll and FYng's ? :? my, are fleeing i:i dis order. SUTHERLAND ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN Washington. Dec. 24. VI Howard Sntherluiid. former Senator from West Virginia, wan appointed to day to lm Alien Property Custod ian. ARMISTICE SIGNED WITH TRIBESMEN Cairo, pec. 24 An armistice la reported signed between the Drus-- tribesman and the new Prencli high commisRioner In Sy ria. Henri D. Jouvenel. HAS TAKEN REFUGE WITH THE JAPANESE Shanghai. IVjc. 24.? Oeneral Li Ching Ling defeated by Marshal Yu Hlang at Tientsin, is reported .to have taken refuge In the Jap anese concession accompanied hy ills staff. ICIH'OKT CONDITION AND AKKA OK WINTKR WHKAT Wuahington, Dec. 24. ? The area of winter wheal sown this fall is 39.540.000 acrea. which In one per cent leaa than the revlaed estimate of ll!i,95(1.000 sown laat fall, the Department of Agricul ture today announced. The urea sown thin full and the condition of the crop on December 1 Included North Carolina with 4 37 arrow and condition 8I> per cent. Badgers' Ace Yirtor < hnpmwn, Univermiy of Win ion"iti ? ntNf hurriot who won th* t*??ht Wrutrrn Conffr?nw rrow country rm* at Ann ArOor. Mi< h Ha ? on* of the ffrtotrat mnnrra tha ftartgpra have ?vr hmi and hid* fan to U-v? lo|? into n ??-< on<l Nurvnl Chrtpmnn t rrror<t?i of 4:2* for thr , mil* ami >:?0 for the two mil* and In Ir.hU aophotnorr yrar at Wlaconaln. Hulf Hour Program of 4'hriitliuai' (.urol* to lie Given at Elks' Home To. nij{hl, Bepinning at Nine EVENT FOIt CHILDREN Two Hundred or More Will Greet Santa al Elkt' Glut) Tomorrow; Awrmb ling Places Designated Dawning briffht and clear today, Christmas Eve icave promise that the weather man would do hif bit to make the morrow enjoyable. By 3 o'clock in the morninjj? Christmas shoppers were be ginning to throng the dowur town stores, indicating that long l>efore nightfall the ua ual Christmas Eve ruah would be up to its usual pro portions. Tonight at 9 o'clock, singers from the churches of the city will assemble in u great massed choir at Iho Christmas tree at the Elks' Homo, to sing eight Chrlstmaa carols which long huve held hal lowed place In th?> memorise of people everywhere. The program will continue for half an hour, und later the choirs of several of the churches will sing at varloua points In the city, In glad weloome of Christmas morn. Tomorrow morning the Elka will hold their annual Christmas entertainment for children who mlKht otherwlHe have failed to g?* u place on Santa Clsus' itinerary. Preparation* have been made to provide gifts for sbout 200 youngsters whose names MW been reported to the Rev. O . r. Hill, chnplsin of the club, and the Rev. A. H. Outlaw. County Wel fare Officer. The Elks will assemble at the club with their automobile? to morrow morning on the stroke or 8. and will drive to various desig nated points In the city, where they will pick up their little guesta and carry them to the club. A tall. beautifully decorated Christmas tres will await tne youngsters there. . JJ8* condloH and the like will be <11?* trlbuted In generous bsgfuls. and afterwards the Elks will carry the children back to their homes. The young guests will assemble at the bridge on Southern ave nue; at the Community House, on Fleetwood street, and at the elec tric lluht plant on Pennsylvania avenue. Many scattered once will be picked up at their homes. Members of the Elks' committee on the event ststed today that ev ery child In the city hsd been no lifted, and all appeared keenly an ticipant Of the event. Other chil dren from rural dlslrlcta will at tend also. Including aome living as far away as Weeksvllle. A spe cial automobile will go after The celebration will begin about 0 : 30 o'clock, according to present plans, and will close to ward U o clock ny noon, all tna children will he back at their homes, reidy for Christina* dln n< The annual Christmas dunce will be given at the Shrln? Hall tomorrow night, with mttajflbyan out of town orchestra. With hun dreds st heme from schools ana colleges, the usual large ?"?nd ance In anticipated. It wit ' given by the Elisabeth City der ma n Club. \ Everything I A In readiness for * ch?*ery, merry Christmas Horns blowing and cowbells Jangling to day reminded everylwdy that the glad holiday was at hand, gad ev ery Where folks were making their last minute preparations to ob serve it Joyfully. . A special Christmas serv lee will be held by the Men s ChrUjUan Federation at the First Buplb Church tomorrow morning at i" o'clock There will bo ^ort talks by a number of ? whom will be the Rev I * now psstor of the First MttfcodM Church. A c'.rdlsl inylta tlon to attend has b cn Issued to the gen oral public. _ j FINF.ll FOIt HPANK1XC4 Chirnfd with ^aoklnK a amall boy In vry f ITIcli'tii fashion, J H. Bunrh. <-ldaily ?hll? man. **? (ln.-d *'? ?"d ln rw!0",'T" pom i t lliln mornln* Th? hoy ? ,o-, < r Will Hiru'Kl The d<-r??d; r!.iln>?<l th* ?hlld h!.:l "rOTTON MAHKItC N*W York. I"" 2 4 <-ot'on f? I nr.. oprnrd loday ?? tha i?? lcvelat Jan. li-?li Marco |R ??. May ?? ? ?. ?'?If >????. 0o*' ' ' N? Vork. IW. I ? S??J Ion rlo??d .taadr. illMIMjMJ, ? n advanr. 01 ?0 rlo.lng bid January ? 1V07. May 0? tober 17.97.
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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Dec. 24, 1925, edition 1
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