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Centrally fair tonight and Sun day Continued cold Sunday and | Monday. Frewh northwant arlntf FOUR PAGES. NO. I>: (UKTIATIOX THl'RSDAT 3.S51 Coplea 4 - k VOL. XV. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1925. IMPORTANT STEP ABOUT BE TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT American Participation in Proposed Disarmament Conference Means Defin ite Formula Found ^ 1 CHIEF COMPROMISES President Will Get Fund to Send Mission Abroad But Will Ditteusg Instruc . tion* Before They Leave W V DAVID I.AWttKNCK (UMvWt. IK2&. hy TIM Mmm) Washington, Dec. 26. ? The ; [ - 'biggest and most Important step ' |V. in International co-operation 1b about to be token by the United J States Government. It la the re-' ?ult of an argument by Senator I Borah, leader of the irreconcil ebles, and President Coolldge as to ' the scope of American participa tion In the proposed disarmament k y conference and It means that a foi inula for future association j. with activities of the League of Nations has been fourtd at last. | Mr. Coolldge is Insistent that 1 the United States shall not as sume any obligations of the Cov enant of the League of Nations, but, tin the other hand, he has j assured America of the opportune , ity to gather information first | band and participate in confer- i ences called by the League so that no act of International co-opera- : tion of a treaty character would | be signed until Senate leaders | have been consulted. Strictly speaking the Chief Ex ecutive through his ambassadors /and ministers oui negotiate trea- 1 tlea and sign tbem leaving it to two-thirds of the Senate to ratify or reject but Congress, too. must J provide the funds for American ; missions sent abroad. Ho Mr. Coolldge has found a compromise whereby he will get the funds to ?end missions abroad but he will discuss the InBtructlonp to such , - special missions before the latter | , leave. I. Thus in the proposed dlsarma I Mat conference to be hehl by the League of Nations, Mr. Coolldge has agr#Pd in advance with Sen ator Borah as chairman of the Senate foreign relations commit tee, that no security compact ob L, ligatlng the United States to pro ot or preserve the boundaries of r> foreign countries will be signed j by the American delegation. Also,] the American mission will be In-! striftted not to vote for any re duction of American land arma ment as the United States consid-| era It has reduced Its military es tablishment to a mere police! force. But America will -consider fur ther limitation of naval armament and th?* restriction of the use of poison gases and other weapons. This Is in line with the traditional policy of the American Govern ment under the Republican party in particular In The Ha^ue con i ference and the Washington con ference for limitation of arma-| moot. In deciding to send Hugh Glb aon. American minister to Swit zerland, to attend the informal parleys of a preliminary nature at I which the program for thf dis armament conference is to be dls at Geneva, the President 'simply availed himself of his to order hla ambassadors Miniate?* to report on any which goes on in the respec oountrles to which they are accredited. Mr. Gibson is a trained diplo mat and when he attends as an; Of the American Govern any conference that is Geneva ho stands on an footing with the represento rs of other countries which a/ej embers of the League. In this effect Amerlcs becomes associated with the League though not a member of It. The United States retains freedom of But for?lgn governments nro so anxious to have the disin terested advice and moral Influ ence of the United States thst they would prefer America as an for special occasions than to have the Unltsd remain aloof and pigeon document after document and nnnlcatlon aft^i communica whlch comes from the League i the case In the early dsys e Harding administration feeling Rgalnst any Infer- i whatsoever with the| ran high. t for the change of policy je part of Mr. Coolldge Is dlf ,t to give git unquestionably like Nicholas Murray Butler, lent of Columbia University leading Republican, as well Root. Charles Fran a and Colonel House have good deal to do with tho l reached by the President, itler on his return from Isst summer advocated he American , mlnUtef irlsnd keep In close touch he activities of the L*>nKu I nlteA States 0<vern??cM el jRonse, who WM i re pet at th? While House. urKlnk tor two r**r? tinttKl ??*!?? far**' f?r " ii i" 'i ' dlratt *nout direct iwmn-i th? sad siopi a REFUSES MERCY TO HIS ENEMIES Tokto. Dec. 26. ? Hie foreign office ha* recH\wl advices from the Japanese Couarll at Muk den that (ieueral (Iumik Tsolhi ha* rcruaed to |iroralM* m?ery for the preservation of the liven of the defeated Marshal Kno Hung Ling's famil> and alno for the live* of Kmo'k of ficer*. ( '<m*?ipie?tf Iv, It I* feared that a nenetal exrradoii of (jhani!')> eiietnle* U Imminent. COURT RHFLECTS | QUIET YULETIDF. Relatively Few Ca?e? as Af termath of nirwlmat in This Oty Additional evidence that Christ man was observed quietly and Without an accident or serious in fraction of the law wan forthcom ing in recorder*# court Saturday morning. The cases on the dock et comprised one for alleged pos session of liquor for purposes of sale, and six Involving the Imbib ing of holiday spirits. Tom Prltchard. living ? In the Forks community, was convicted on a charge of violating the Turl ington Act. and w*s put under suspended sentence of four months en the roads and fined S100 and cost*. His" arrest occurred after a Christmas Eve search of his prem ises by Sheriff Carmine. In which the sheriff testified he found one pint of liquor and a number of eibpty five-gallon jugs. The defendant denied vigorous ly that he had the liquor for pur poses of sale. County Judge 8a w Wfr, In pasa|ag upon the case, de clared the officerj^had had many complaints about alleged traffick ing In whisky there, and expressed regret that the evidence did not ; Justify him In dealing more se verely with the accused man. Jerry Sawyer. Jr., charged with being drunk and disorderly, was fined 110 and cuats.' OfTieer , Houghton testified be was a trifle ' hilarious in front of the Busy Bee i Cafe Christmas Eve. and broke a slot machine. Alex Klnsey and Clifton Carter, both colored, were fined $5 and costs each on charges i of almple drunkenness. Levy Sprulll. colored, was let ! off upon payment of the costs In ' connection with a little Chrlst ! mas celebrating in which he wa* accused of having "slapped over" i his wife. Russel Bowen and Luther Hol loman, white youtha from Eden ton, were flned flOand costs each on charges of simple possession of . liquor. Evidence waa that they ! were aboub, to take a drink In a ' t table on Matthews street when watchful officers flaahed a light | on them and broke up the party. I "The people at large should be ; congratulated on the orderly way In which Christmas was observed here." Judge Sawyer commented ' at the close of the court session. | "and the police force Is to be con ' gratulated. too. on the efficient way they handled the situation. It r is to the credit of the city that ' there were no accidents here, snd . that there Was no serious viola { tlons of the law." MORE COTTON OINNK1) THIS YEAR THAN LAST Cotton glnnlngs from this yesr's crop prior to December IS were I slightly higher in Pasquotank County- than during the corres I ponding, period last year, and sub ; Manually higher ia Camden Coun , ty this year than last. In all. 3. , 062 bales were ginned In Pasquo tank. aa against 1.010 last year, i Bnrt 4.35# in Camden, against ; 3.311, according to figures Just given out by W. H. Price, special , agent of the Census bureau of the I Depart meat of Commerce. ; OLDEST JEWISH FRATERNITY WILL CONVENE IN MONTREAL Montreal, Dec. St ? Zeta Beta i Tau. the oldest Jewish Interns tional College fraternity, will hold Its annual convention here De cember 29-31, the first time that It haa not met on American soil The McOftl University chapter as host expects to ihow the visiting delegates whst Jewish university graduates and students are doing , in Canada. There Will be two business ses sions at which prominent Canad ian and American speakers will make sddresse* A program of hoc la I and amusement affairs will feature a New Year s Eve ball and a number of sport events on lee. FVNERAL MRS.' L.tSRITER Funeral servlcee for Mrs. C. L. Lafcslter. who <Mcd Wednesday night at her borne. 30? East Bur gess street, jffter a long Illness, were conducted Christmas after noon at 4 o'clock by the Rev. F. S. Love, paator of the First Meth odist Church. Two hymns, "Rock of Ages" and "Asleep In Jeeus." were sung by memhor* of the ; First Methodist choir There were . msny besut iful Aersl tributes. Bu- . ? * , ;y i: f\i AMERICAN CHAIN STORES ADOPTED BY THE FRENCH United Stales' Method* of Quantity Production Bet ter Weapon Than Low Wage*, Says Brunei STUDYING METHODS Representing French Syn dicate Which Has 1,200 Store* and Arranging Se cure American Goods t?>- J. c. KOYI.F. ic?rrti*t. I US. IV TH. AMinI New York. Dec. !? ? American methods of quantity production are a better weapon with which to fight for world trade than low European waxes, according to for eign manufacturer* who hare come to thla country to study Am erican methods. American chain I store methods are being adopted in Trance according to Rene Bru nei. representing Ernest Tonlouz. * head of a French syndicate deal , Ing in foodstuffs. The chain store method of mer chandising. he said, was not new . in Prance and had been used for 4 5 years but the chain store idea, as practiced here had been a reve- i lation to him. The Toulouz syn dicate has 1200 stores. With two | other members of his firm, Mr. Brunei, has made a circuit of the 'United States, studying food pro duction methods in the West and I arranging for the sale of certain pacific coast products In France. The American chain stores now , i are winding up one of the best years they hare ever experienced. ; Some hare piled. up a volume of ' sales never bo f one equalled. There 1 has been keen competition be- ; i ween different chains in some lo calities and more stores have i | been opened in new suburbs than : I the demand warranted. This ml*- 1 : take has been obviated In some , Hectlons by a merging of oonfHcl- 1 i ing chains. It has been a maxim for years among makers and dealers In wo men's clothes that the Parisian de signers and dreasmakers were | able to dominate the field. Moro American women have been In I Paris this year than In any pre ? vlous season for years. They have bought heavily and yet French ; modlstea have been sent over to I thla country to Investigate and adopt American methoda of pro duction. I Luclen Letong, a noted deeign i er and one of the largest employ . era of women In Prance, was chos en to make the Investigation by the French ministry of fine" arte. ; public instruction and labor. He waa eent here to make u study of ; ?omen In Industry and learned ' something of enlightened Ameri I can factory progress. "It Is fairly easy for us In Paris ; to lead wbmen's fashions for the world." he said. It is harder for ! u* to manufacture dreaaen In tne j quantities the world now demand), of u?." Drawee are to Psrls. be con tinued what automobiles are to Detroit, and dressmaking la the . largest Pariaian Industry, the es ] tabllahmenta ranging In aiie from the little tenement business to the famous houeee. the names of which are familiar all orer the [ world. The business, he Indicated. I gaye employment to 100.000 Pari i slans and estabHehments employ. In* 1.000. or more workers are numerous. .. I-asi year the "Haute Couture," that Is. the leading dressmaking houses, produced model coata and gowns raised at more than (If - #00.000 and four fifths of the an nual production of the Parle atu dioa now are exported Of these ex porta the United States absorbs one half. [INDIAN POETESS IS ! GIVEN GREAT OVATION Cawnpore, British India. Dec I 2?. ? The Indian conferee* met to- 1 day under the preeldency of the | nationalist poetess. 'Mrs. Rsrojlnl Naldu. who Tecelved an ovation from the large crow0a*o?hlch | I greeted her on her arrival from , Bombay. Proposals for complete independence and boycott of Brit ish gooda are thought to have ' small chance for adoption. i DRTMRI MAIJC4T il'RtMH ( HARORV) CHIEFLY WOMEN Hhefflel*. Eng.. Dec. 1? De [ cllne of dialect speech has been, brought about chiefly by women, said Prof. W. F,. Hatch, formerly master of English at iruifcHrfleld Technical school, in nddreeetng the dialect society. '^Adults of all classea and affW. especially girls and women, are more and more propping dialect and trying to t?lk fine,' " he said "Boys and girl*. Instead of being s?h?m*d of dialect. aslna the forceful and eipreaatve If asmewhat rugged speeches of their fathers, should he prosd tp pre. est It aa a dual tragse w?th the Ms^6sr4 st English. .-mUrn. X, ? fj Congressman Thinks Hired Girls Save the Home I?Y CHAIILHi P. KTKWAKT ' <0MBFT1?M. IWJ. fc? TM AtffiMt) >j WaahlnKton. Dec. 2?.-*-As something entirely out of the ordl- I nary In a 'legislative way. Repre- I aentative Sol Bloom'* bill to amend the immigration law, ao v 1 to let foreign "hired girls" IhtpJ the codntry on a non-quota basis, j has recently been the subject bf a Rood deal of discussion in Con gress. ? ? ? People not so very old can re-*! member when nearly every even' moderately prosperous American"! family had its hired girl. Her pay averaged around 13 n week. ? . ? ? ? As w? all know, thla epoch ls^ paat. Sol Bloom says so and It's true. A domestic servant costs so much that a family has to verge on be ing actually rich to keep one. In the vast majority of American households the miaais does her, own work. Housework is hard work, as Sol again truthfully says. He doenn't blame th?* American woman for disliking It, as evidently she does, he takes notice, for she shows an alarmingly increasing tendency toward getting something else to do, or. if Ihst's unnecessary, to ward hotel or rents urant life. Thus, In Sol's opinion, the Am erican home is In danger ? a dan ger which more hired girls would avert, so Sol thinks. ? ? ? Of course the immigrants would have to be genuine hired girls. Sol provides for that. He require*, of them at least a year's foreign1 experience In domestic nervloo and a minimum of three years of it here. Right at thla point the bill'* critics raise an objection. The girls virtually would be bound servants tor thoaa three years, they argue. Prevent a girt, for three years, front rising la1 life. If capable of It! "Wholly un American! Impossible!" exclaim tlH? critics. ? ? ? Nor do the bill's opponents be lieve a mere reduction In wages, even assuming its desirability, would solve the servant girl prob lem. The skeptlca have an idea that, the cost of. housing a hired girl and keeping her In ediblea would be prohibitive, except to the com paratively wealthy, regardless of her **ces. FOOD SHORTAGE IN WAKE OF TIDAL WAVE Toklo. Dm. II ? A lood short age Is reported on the Islsnd of Yap aa the result ot-a tidal wave and storm which swept the Islsnd. December 16. The government Is preparing to send a ship load of provisions to relieve conditions POUCH IMVRHTiaATINCJ RKPORTKD' CAM' AliTIRS Police are aeeklng three broth era. James. Lee Ed and George Franklin. In connection with a lit* tie altercation In a colored restsu rant on Culpepper street on Christmas Kve. In which Rlddick Is ssld to hsve been struck with a bottle snd cut shout the head. All four are colored, and all live In the portnth community. Officers also are Investigating a report that s negro was shot in the leg the night before Chrtstmss. somewhere In the vicinity of the City Market. Definite details were not available Saturday. The shoot ing was said to hsve resulted from a quarrel In which moonshine li quor was Involved. NORTH CAROLINA HAS SAFE, SANE HOUDAY j Charlotte. Dec. ? A quiet I Christ msa wss enjoyed over the State with no casuslties reported j from holldsy. Mil*. A DI>1K. MORGAN Mrs. Addie Morgan. aged 63. | died Christmas afternoon at 4 o'clock at her homs on the New land Highway, near tins city.' after an lllneea of five weeks, preceded by several years of falling health She la survived by thr#e daugh ters. Mrs. M. L. Jacobs and Mis* Pattie Whltehurst. living near Elisabeth City, and Mrs. R F. Coats, of Frankllnton; two eons. E. L and P. B. Whltehuret. of this County, a sister. Mm D. IB. Mc Klnnle. of Loo Is bur*, snd ? num ber o / niece* sad nepheWa. Pnneral serv ire* will be *oh-J ducted ftnndsy afternoon it Hi o'clock at the home by the Rev J W. Hariwl. pastor of City Road Methodist Church, with a short burial service at the ftrave In tht Whltehurst family cemetery on the NeWland Highway. x A nephew. Henry Brothers.- of I* Grange nr rived Saturday lo attend the servient He woe so< rompanted by his wife and sog,| Jsmes Brothers. Oth*r relative* were expected to arrire Sunday. ?m 15 YEARS | With a prtaon tarn of U )nn hanr ;ki( o??r hla haad. Homo* Warren. ; 41, of Kalau CHy. Mo., ku m?rjl*d 1 Mm Dorothy Da Crof. It. Bho aaya aka la willing to fkca whatever tha | Mure wUI Mai. Warren la out oa M ma pan4tn( appaal. Ha la convict. ?O of ktlllns John C. Daakla. HOPE MANIFEST IN THE COAL SITUATION New York, Dec. 26. ? A propos al that the striking anthracite" coal minora resume work Imme ! d lately under the wage Bcale of thfc last contract pending further negotiation* was mad? public to day by the anthracite operators' ; conference. The proposal was | i add reused to the ajithrnrite work ers and their leaders. Scran ton. I'a'..T)ec. 26. ? With the anthracite joint subcommit tee scheduled to renew wage ne gotiations at New York in the i effort to end the. suspension of mining In effect since September 1. all Interested parties including the anthracite consuming public > today manifest an air of hopeful expectancy. SHERIFF'S SON TjEAD IN SHOOTING SCRAPE BUhopvlllP."~8T"c^ Dm. 2d. ? ' Paswell Scarborough was killed and his brother, Robert, perhaps , ratally wounded in a shooting scrape with a number of negroes In a store near Manvllle several miles from here last night. Both are sons of Sheriff Scarborough I of Lee County. DIFFICULT STAGE SUCCESSFUL DANCE . London, Dec. 20. ? The article In denunciation of formal sbclety dances with their stag lines and , defense of cabarets which Mies El- 1 len Macky, prominent In New York society, contribute -I i < to a New York publication, .has j found many sapporters In Eng land. There are many indications 1 that Mias Mackay expressed in writing what youth nearly all over . ? the world thinks. In Europe It Is becoming more snd more difficult for ambltlou* | hosteaeea to get together enough prominent young people to stage i | a successful dance. The Prince of Wales and the duke and duchpss of York gre distinctly "party shy' nnd before the death of Queen Alexandra were often seen In nigbt elubs with parties of dsncing friends with whom they : could hgVe an informsl evenlnj,. . The formal dane.*, with Its bat tery of ciltical snd bejeweled dowagvra on the sidelines. Is rap ' idly going Into the discard lb England society. It has been in decidedly leas fgvor *ver since the war when so many young people threw aside formality and knew tile Joy of roniradeahlp between sexes' without the la bo tale trim mlngs oft formal social functionr. LU>Y? OKOIMJfC I, IK KM WILD WKNT HTOltlKS Ixrndon, Dee. It has been revealed recently that Lloyd i Oeorge la an sVId reader of wild west stories. Ttfc?re Is nothing the former premier en) >4 more than to get wrapped up In a thrill ing tale of cow-puncher* or gold prospector*. lie has kIvcii i st ructions to the book dealer wh ? k-P? Kl* MI-PUM matter to ?-nt1 htm all th? *..-,<1 Chief Offered A Job While Watching Yule Crowds Chief of Police Holmes has been connected with the Klixa beth City force In one ruuk or \ another, off and on for u Rood many years, and In that time ha* had a wide variety of exper iences. amusing and otherwise. But a little Incident that hap pened late Christmas Kve took the cake. he declare*. The chief was in Woolworth's five and ten cent store in tfte middle of th?* Christmas rufh. and while Kinndleg near the dpor watching the crowds come and go. he felt somebody touch him ou the arm. He turned and observed that a colored wom un. wheeling a baby carriage oc cupied by an Infant, had stopped beside him. "Mister, wou'l you please look nfter this baby while I do some shopping ?" she requested. The chief politely informed her thai he liked \o help folks whenever tye could, but that tending to n baby was a little out of his line. And besides, he explained. somebody might cume after him any minute. Thus It was that patrons of the five and ten cent store were denied the treat of observing Kllzuheth City's chief of police solicitously unending n very young colored resident while the mothor bought gifts for her family and friends. SECRETARY ANDREWS IS AT WILMINGTON Wilmington. Doe. 26.? Assist ant Secretary Andrews was today in Wilmington ofl an extended survey down the Atlantic Sea board which will carry him as far South us Cuba. Mr. Andrews, accompanied by William It. Vnllance. nsslstant so licitor of the State Department, were here to begin the study of the customH ports of entry along the South Atlantic Seaboard and to obtain first hand Information with respect to prohibition condi tions. The party l?lt at noon for Charleston. BODIES THREE MEN FOUND IN STREET New York, Dee. 26. ? Three unidentified men were shot and killed today as the climax of the ChrlstmaH dane> at the Adonis Soclnl Club, a South Brooklyn fa sort. Police believed the men came at midnight to the club where danc ing was going on. They were ac companied by girls and It Is be lieved that a (juarrel between the, strangers and dancers over the choice of partners arose. The triple crimp was discovered when police found the bodies In the street. LONDON WANTS BE MOKE UP TO DATE Isondon, Dec. 26- -Ixindon early In the new year will labncli a movement designed to bring the British metropolis more up to date as a fashion center in com petition with New York and Paris. A new home of the modes here will be opened In fashionable Re gent street In January under the auspices of the leading manufac turers. who hav;? decided that the only way to Increase sale* and help the Industrial situation Is by establishing their own fashion center. Leslie Raymond, director of the movement, says: "If we continue to be guided by the Purls fashions, then the out look for the British manufactur er Is practically hopoless. In cloaks and gowns we shall strive to in i ke 'the London model' as well known as the Paris model or thos" created In New York. MANY LEAVE LONDON TO SPEND HOLIDAYS I^ondon, Dec. 26.^-The lure winter sports in Switzerland and the desire to bask In the sun or the Klvlere Is. threatening the tra ditional Kngllsh love of spending Christmas at home. Paris Is also attracting luany Londoners, and the crofn-chann. I aviation com panies havo Inaugurated holiday excursion rates and put on OKtrs alrplamt to hnndle the trralc which began with a rush s fort night before Christmas Dsy. More Lngllsb people are going sbroad for the holiday season than ever, aud the popular S'.rlss sport Centers have been full fer a week. At Murren and Orlndenwsld many of the rooms were reserved ? ven during the summer. Along th" fthrfera I; Is expected there will be severs! hundred thourend from the British Isle*, among ?h? m the Dulu1 < ( Connsuaht. TO FILL PLACE OF LATR FRANK MUNSEY New York. Dee. 26 -William T. Dewart t iday was fleetest presi dent of the cotnpsnlct publishing the New York Run and Evening Telegram to fill the vacancy caused, by the death of Prank A Yuletide Proves Quiet Holiday In This City; ] Many Kiddies Made Glad JOLLY HOLIDAY IN MOVIE LAND Work Suipcndnl Until Monday at Hollywood . for Good Time* Br JOHN K. KMOK IC..H?1. IUL ?. T*? Hollywood. Cel., Dec. 21 ? Juat j around the corner from Hollywood Boulevard on a quiet shaded Street, la a modest Utile church known to the world as the Episco pal Church of 8t. Mary of the An gels. hut to the film profession al? the "Little Church Around the J Corner." Here Chrlatmas began for the motion picture community with j the annual midnight service. 1 Stars whose names and faces are known throughout the world, were Joined by extras, earner* men and directors for the service conducted 1 by the Reverend Neal Dodd. af- > fectlonately known as "Fath*r" ! ; Dodd. Bishop Stevens led the sol- 1 emn processional while organ and voices united In the majestic "Adeste Fldelea." From Thuraday evening to Mon day morning the camera ceaaes to 1 grind while old and young cele- . brate Christmas. The big compa nies distributed cheer among their ; employee In the form of bonuses j and some decorated large Chrlet mas trees for the entertainment of I the film children. Mary Plckford gave dolls to the little glrla and electric trains to | the boys working with her In "Scraps." Three Christmas trees 1 were decorated at Plckfalr. Doug ! dressed up one for Mary and Mary ; trimmed one for Doug, while both worked on the third, for the en- , tartalnment .of Charles Spencer Chaplin. Jr.. who. with his father and mother, were guests at the Fairbanks home Friday. Christmas here was grandmoth er's day at the home of Bebe Dan- 1 lels. who celebrated the holiday and her grandmother's birthday ; at the aame time. The guests were ? asked to bring their grandmotfers or some other elderly person. To- j la Negri, who had not spent I | Christmas with her mother for , four years, provided one Christ- . : mas tree for her mother, who re cently arrived from Poland, and another for the orphanage In Po land which her mother superin tended. Belly Bronaon. and Mary Brian I co-stars In Peter Pan. Invited their ' j mothers to be their guests at the Bronaon home. Florence Vldor spent a quiet day with her five year old daugh ter, Sucanne. Harold Lloyd, rode out to look through hla specs at i his new million dollar Beverly I Hills home end Buster Keaton j Joined him after visiting the I Schenck home to extend holiday t greetings to his \slsters-ln-law, , Norma and Constance Talmadge. Jackie Coogan fixed a tree for his new brother. Bobble, and lit tie Frankle Darrow asked his fath er If there was any chance of San ta Claus bringing him a baby brother to play with. SIXTEEN DEAD IN HOLIDAY TRAGEDIES Atlanta, Dec 2?. ? Sixteen per sons were dead and six others auf ferlng more or less serious la | Juries today a a the result of IB oc currences on Chrlatmas day In the South, reporta received by Aaao ' elated Preaa revealed. Seven auto mobile accidenta, five shootings, j two suicides and one train wreck | figured In the aerlea of happen I Ings. Six statea were Involved In i Ihe deaths, aa follows; Georgia, all: Florida, four; Louisiana, one; : Alabama, two; Kentucky, two; I Arkansas, one. Mannish i? tHpix mu, u >*/?il?h M im> v*r> lauuu ?J* ?' tfc? moult ivtnMi ?u 0? wtitt* nun Droafetolh. H "*">? pm S tk* mm Red Men and Kotariaiw A* Hint Santa at Anna B. Lew* in Home, and Elks Do Honors for Hundred* MANY FAMILIES AIDED Bankets Brimfnl of Good Things to Eat Given J?jr Frateftaal Organizations and Through Churches It waa n quiet Christmas, ?very body agreed today. After brilliant sunshine the day before. Christ- ? maa dawned cloudy and warmer,] and all day Ions Old Sol struggle^ vainly to smile through the cloud __ drifts that hid his face from the* j earth. It was an uneventful Da- J cethber 26. Santa Claus paid a visit to tl*oj An ok U. Lewis Home for undC privileged children at Nlxontoir < the eve of the holiday, accompan- d led by a committee from Pasquo- J tank Tribe of Red Men, and dise | trlouted a variety of attractive ; glftf, fruit and confections, ! many garments that hla proteges needed. The 14 el___ at the homo were gladden**! the Joy that the Yuletld* bH childhood, when the patron l of the day arrives. ".A-v-* ? Th?? children at the home had | written letters to Santa, telling what they wanted. und each oelved the gifts asked for, i with much besides. The n of the committee were Ward. U. D. Johnson and ' Griffin. and W. Hen Good* companled the flrst named t_ the trip, which was made In j mobiles. Probably the ell didn!t notice It. but Old ; himself bore a decided lance to Mr. Goodwin, If opt*1 counted a slight hoarseneaa, ! Goodwin had aaaliteif| for several strenuous preparing for IW dren, she and Mr. and Mn.1 waa there, too. B? Jones. In charge 'of the home, celved gifts. Kot*rU?? Make Pi ihA The Elisabeth City Rotn^ < sent a delegation to the * with d handsome vie many records, and It was ! at a lively clip when the Red 1 acflved. All In all. the day a memorable one for the child there. The Red Men and other fratera*-' al organisation** and the cfiureb ea sent baskets to many nnsdy j families In the city on ChrlstnUfca 3 Eve. and if any one In all Ellsg- -j beth City lacked for good things :i yesterday. It waan't the Tkult of these organisation. The work % wan sponsored by the Rev. A. H. J Outlaw, County Welfare Officer, ? t assisted by the other minlsteraof' the city and a number of Inter- 1 eated Individuals. Pealing forth In glad antlclpd tlon of tho approaching holiday: eight Cbrietmas carols of the kind that have held high place In the hearts of Elizabeth City folks for a generation and more were sung by a massed choir nt the Elks', Home Thursday night. L. B. Skinner, choir leader of Black well Memorial Oaptlat Church, di rected the singing, and Mr*. Barrett, organist at Qhrist I pal Church, waa accompanist. Christmas ninrnlng brought the* supremely glad moment or the year for more than 200 ehllj" who were assembled at the Home for the annual Chrl celebration given by that order. Nearly 9600 worth of toys, con fections and the like were $&? uted, and many a childish face brightened aa the big paper ting*, loaded to the brim with tillage to S delight a youngster's heart, distributed. The Elks brought the chlh to the home In autornobilee, afterwards carried them Among the articles dlstri Were 22 large balls, 60 balls, 44 mechanical mules, pistols, 21 pairs of auto 66 pairs of roller skat**, 20 Scout knlvea, 11 footballs, dolls. 21 tea sets. 21 girls' scarfs, 21 compacte* 72 Ing ducks. 72 hoys' silk Bobble combs, 24 hottlea fume and It hsruionlcss. wss also an abundance of and candles. Turfce-.* Ran Hhort There were ; pedal servl several of the cjty'a churches terday morning, and nftei most folks celebrated tf quietly at horn*. The nsua Ing ff horn*, jangling of and rarest from a ilosen noise r.nk Ing devices, to ln? cf tr ? erncker*. was ouslg ml^ttin* yrsteiMay, aa been 'ton Christ mas Eve. Christntfts turkey nm from many tables throuch aft uhenpected nte shortage la the ' long have graced the on that day Man r Mad put off the hiikin< Ing a turkey until Ch: found, to thrir dlsi supply hed run out and chicken snbstitui more aristocratic (Continued on
The Daily Advance (Elizabeth City, N.C.)
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