NO. 61
Albemarle Bank Hearing
Ends When Court Grants
Motion For Continuance
Charges Against N. E. Hart,:
Teller Accused with Hol
land, to be Aired at June'
Court Term
CIVIL DOCKET OPENS
Numerous Relatively Un-i
f important Cases to be'
Heard in Closing Days of
V Session Under Way
1 Continuance of the case of
N. E. Hart, colored, teller of
the wrecked Albemarle Bank,
in Superior Court this morn
^njj- marked the close of th?t
succession of events which be
gan yesterday with the trial
ahd sentencing of W. H. Hol
land, cashier of the bank, to
three years and nine months
in the State penitentiary.
' ' Hart'a cue wa? continue to
the term of Superior Court lo br
gla Monday, June 14. He wa.
represented by Aydlett & Simpson,
and aaked through counnei for
continuance In order to have op
portunity to prepare htB defense
Thta was v ranted readily oy
Judge Henry A. Grady, presiding
over the court. It was Intimated
that an effort would bo mad" by
?ounwl for Hart lat^r In the day
to have his bond reduced from
flf/DOO, th?? amount act when
he waa arrested the day before.
Continuance of the Hart rase
marked the end of the criminal
dOfcket for the present term ol
court, and the remainder or the
week will be devoted lo disposal
of varloua relatively unimportant
civil caaee. At the openlug of
court today, a divorce wa* > iain
ed James Himmona, colored, from
hit wife. l?vle Simmons, on the
ground of Ave year*' separation.
Am had been the case yester
day, A go od Hired crowd wan on
haad when oourt opened, in antl
j dps lion of further development x
r IB Jtoe Albemarle Bank InvestigH
Ff Hop. Again, also the colored
fcyteetators outnumbered the
Whiter The crowd dwindled to
almost nothing, however, when
the motion for continuance or the
Hart cane had been granted.
Bart, arrested before noon ad
journment of Superior Court yes
terday on the basin of allegations
by W. H. Holland, caahler, that
hal' waa thoroughly conversant
J 1th the irregularities In t[ie con
uct of the bank'i affairs, was in
dicted by the grand Jury later in
afternoon on charges of eni
btgriement and of having receive:,
deposits for the bank, knowing I*
be inaolvent.
In the Oourae of the Holland
hearing yesterday. It wss brought
out that the cashier had cloned
the bank's door of bin own voli
tion when he no longer was sble
to cash incoming checks, snd hsd
wired the State Corporation Coin
rthaJou to send a representative
to audit its affairs. He then had
left Elisabeth City, going to Ev
anavllle, Indiana, to vialt his in
valid wife but had returned a
few days later, also of his own
accord. and had tendered bin ser
vices to W. 8. Coursey, auditor.
IP .clearing up the sltuutlon.
Wbcne |H?t Money <fc>?
Nowhere in the bearing did the
State offer evidence tending tc
show where Holland had spent a
slngls dollar of the money which
he bad been accused of taking
from the bank. While Mr. Cour
aey was on the stand, lie testi
/ fed that If Holland had destroyed
? <ba hidden ledger snd bslnnce
"vftwi* which figured so conspicu
ously in the case, it would have
baen exceedingly difficult to have
4l*co\t?red the irregularities In
handling of the bank's money.
th?- course of Hoi I r. .id s tee
i y. the former eaahlri ws*
if he had not had ample
junity to destroy these in
crlmlnstiiu; tecords. He stated
thM he had "Why didn't you do
Itf" he wss naked.
"Becan?? 1 wanted the record*
to, 'hp complete," Holland replied
"All I did, I did with the hope of
protecting the bank's credit and
goo* reputation.
Holland la obviously educated
t+X beyond the average for hla
race. During his two hours cr.
the stand yeeterday. he waa en
tirely calm snd self possessed. an
NffPfthg every qusatlon readily
and without a trace of confusion.
On every hand the question Is
asked by colored depositor whos*
fond* are tied up In the Alb"
nUrl" Flank: How much of my
mon?v will I get back?
A Tedious l*ror?M
That will depend on various
fUloi according to thoe? who
have investigated the condition of
the tank The Institution la de
felared to have something like
180,000 of outstanding nolea snd
ether paper on which It Is rati
noted that some 180.000 can fln
fHuty be resided. Collecting thla
W however, will be a tedious
f snd long drawn process.
'4' la addition to that, the actua*
caidtallasiion of the bank la given
Confined on Paga 4
Mlrftlfty
Plans for District
Chamber Boosted
In Hertford
A citizens' mass meeting will
be held In the courthouse at Hert
ford Friday night for discussion of
'the part Perquimans County will
have In the formation of an Al
bemarle District Chamber of Com
merce. tentative plans for which
were decided upon at a meeting
, hero several weeks ago.
In notifying the Klisabeth City
l Chamber of Commerce of the ap
1 proachlng meeting in Hertford. T.
j S. White, general chairman for
j Perquimans County, requested to
day that representatives here be
present to lay before the crowd
the general plan of the District
Chamber, whereby it in proposed
I that Kdenton, Hertford and Kllza
jbeth City unite with the rural
[communities in the seven counties
of the Albemarle district In pro
! moling the best interests of the
section as a whole.
Among immediate projects out
lined for the proposed DUrtrlct
Chamber are au advertising cam
paign for 'the section and promo
tion of the gootl roads program
now under way. M. Leigh Sheep,
of this city, Is district chairman.
ADMIRAL 1IKATTY DFAI>
Charleston, S. C.. March 17. ?
| Rear Admiral Frank Kklmund
lleatty, who retired from the
United States Navy a few years
'ago following a long and dlstlng
juished career, died here last night
i of Influenza, it was learned to
I day.
jACTOMOTIVK TRADK HODY
IS OFF TO <?OOI> .START
Winston-Salem. March 17. ?
! With an advance registration
' that promises the largest attend
; anco of any meeting in the history
I of the organization, the eighth
j annual meeting of the North Car
| olina Automotive Trade Assocla
I tion opened here today. A dlrec
j tors' meeting was held this morn
| Ing with only business of routine
j nature coming up. Governor Mc
i Lean is to speak tonight.
COW CASK SKTTLKI)
A case in which Otis Sanders,
farmer living noar this city, was
j charged with fraud in connection
: with the trade of a cow to S. C.an
| derson .Elizabeth City merchant,
was compromised In Superior
1 Court here late yesterday when
j Sanders agreed to plead guilty to
'trespass, make restitution to Mr.
j Ganderson, and pay the court
costs. A fine of $2 and costs
was Imposed in the trespass case.
RECORD SHARP QUAKE
Washington. March 17. ? An
.earthquake described as "very
'severe" was registered on the seia
: mograph at. Georgetown Unlver
j slty today at an estimated dis
tance of 1900 miles from Wash
ington. Director Tondorf report
ed that the disturbance lasted
.from 6:59 o'clock until after 8:00
o'clock, with the greatest Inten
sity from 7:09 to 7:11. The di
rection ii uncertain.
COTTON SEE!) CRUSHED
SHOWS CAIN FOR YEAR
I Washington, March 17. ? ? The
cotton seed crushed in n seven
I month period from August 1 to
February 38 totalled 4,462.224
tons a? compared with 3,756,993
tons for the same period a year
ago, and the, cotton seed on hand
?t the mills on l-Vbruarjr 2H to
talled 744,296 tons as compared
with 598,021 tons a year ago,
til? CenNiis (tiireuu today an*
, nounced.
Passaic Strikers
Fail Get Hearing
| FromMr.Coolidge
Washington, March 17.? A del
I ogatlon of strikers from the Pas
1 sale New Jersey Textile Mills
i failed today In an attempt to lay
| their grievances before President
! Coolldge.
The group headed by Albert
1 WHsboro visited the White Hous"
and conferred for nearly half an
hour with Secretary Sanders, who
refused to permft them to see the
President
The secretary advised the dele
I gatlon to lay their ease before the
; Secretary of Labor. Wlseboro sail
they probably would not do that.
The strikers Intend to return to
j Now Jersey late today hoping that
i the Senate will adopt the resolu
tion authorising an Investigation
j of conditions In the textile Indus
? try. Wlseboro said that the group
had hoped to see the President to
j urge him to give his support to
| such a move.
QUESTION VIEW
PRIVATE LOANS
BY GOVERNMENT
' \exed Question Up in Cui>
| inet Again As Krxult of
Hoover'* Kfforta in Be
half American Consumer
By DAVID I.AWHKX K
icwfrtfet. ikj. k? Ikf *<mmi |
Washington, March 17. ? The
, all Important subject of Govern-,
.went regulation of pilvatc loans
I la up Tor discussion again In the
: Cabin* t of President Coo lid g?*
i The question arisen In connec
tion with the effort of the admin-1
' iitiatiou to Influence the action oi
'monopolies abroad which control
materials. Although no legal !
power Is veated In the executive'
bnnch of the Government to dis
approve private loans, the De
partment of State has just the!
same indicated to private bankers
that it had no objection to the ex
tension of credits under certain
j circumstances.
Hankers are becoming rcativ* |
un<Vr the application of tills pol
icy lor they think It Is an unwar
ranted Interference with their,
' business and that If th?? Govern-'
| ment can say to a banker what i
I loans he should not make the Gov- :
eminent might also be in the po- i
sition of approving certain Invest- i
! ments. ? i
| Sonw officials of the Govern
ment are opposed to anything }
(which might be construed as Gov-'
lernment guarantee or approval of
j private loana yet bankers are b*?- ,
? ginning to feel that the Govern
j ment cannot limply disapprove,
| loans and escape the Implication :
that it is at the sam<- time ap
? proving others.
j During the two years preceding ;
I American entry Into the war. the
Federal Government was be-!
{sought to dlaapprove loans ex
pended by private bankers to the J
ullled countries. The extension'
'of credit waa protested against at
unneutral. The position taken by
J the Department of Statea was j
that lending uiouey to a foreign
Government was not prohibited
.) by law and that an embargo 01. ;
funds could not be Imposed an> J
,more than any embargo on uiu-,
nltlons. After the United Stat? .
| entered the war, of course, the:
situation changed. Out the con
' slstent policy of the Government
in peace times haa been agaiiiF'1
'any embargoes. I
The present altuatlon Is due to
the effort of Secretary Hoovar of i
the Department of Commerce to
pervuade monopolies controlled or ,
subsidized by foreign Govern- 1
ments from mulcting the Amer!-i
can consumer. The House Com-j
mlttee of Interstate and Foreign
Commerce has just made a report |
arguing that a conservation cuui-j
palgn and other methods be eui
ployed to fight foreign monopo- ;
I Ilea. While no legislstlon Is rec
lommended. It Is pointed out that'
j American bankera .should refus*-,
to extend credits to foreign inon-1
opolies.
Whether such a atep If embod
ied in a bill would pass is doubt-)
ful. because It would Involve th<
setting up of some agency to de 1
' termlne the difference between a
, reasonable price charged Ameri
can consumers for foreign prod
ucts and an unreaaonable price
Aa yet neltheT the Department of
'state nor the Department of Com
merce has been willing to state
what conatltutes an nnreasonablt ,
prjee.
The administration In the rase
of domestic pries fixing ia refus- .
ilng to Interfere In the Isw of
supply and demand especially in
respect to the export bounty plans ,
of various fsrm organisations In
the matter of foreign monopolies.!
the admlnlatratlon la Insisting I
that reasonable prices be charged I
but declines to say at what point j
the prices become reasonable or
to become party to any sgreeroent
| fixing the price for any length of
time.
The Department of Commerce
. Is. on the other hand, confident
that the agitation which has been
I going on will be fruitful of re-i
'suits and that even If no definite
prices are established, foreign
monopolies will be more careful
of their treatment of American .
i consumers. Indeed there is a hop. |
that foreign governments will |
cease to support private inonop
. olles.
One of the difficulties of the
situation Is that these monopolies
are able to obtain funds In Greet
< llrltaln and that (a the reason '
why tho bankers hers are anxlon? I
that the extension of loans by ;
them be permitted, because lh*
result hoped for cannot be acconi-;
pllshed by sn embargo that only
affects one country.
I *BW RKTKIVIVG mum
AT TTf K NAVIWW HAXK
Donald H. Klrby, formerly with
the Greenville Banking A Trust
Company of Greenville, has ac
cepted a position ss receiving tell
J er at the Havings Dank * Truat
Company of thla city
Besides hla connection with the
Greenville bank. Mr Kit by wat
, for one yeer with the National
flank of Fapettevllle He la a
J graduate of Maassy BuMn* *s Col
lege of Richmond and took a one
j year course with the American
Institute of Banking.
! Mr Klrby la a Tar H">|. hi
home town being Keniy, near Wll
son
DRYS GAIN BUT
DAMPS AND WETS
STILL IN LEAD
However, No indication in
Poll Folks Would Lik*
He turn Old Saloon anil
Licensed Sale Ijquors
RESULT INCONCLUSIVE
So Far As Nation at lw
( oncer ned Vote too Small
To lie Taken as Accurate
Index of Sentiment
The drya ?re gaining in ihe tu.
tlon-wide poll of prohiuitlon sen
timent Id which Tin- Advanfe
Joined with 700 dally a< WHpapcm
of the country, hut (lie damps and
wets are ailll In the lead.
It Is significant. however, thai
while the duiups and wets out-'
number the dry*. the combined
vote of the uiodlflcatlonists and
the drys in far ahead of the oi|t- i
riRht wrti, those, that Is. who fa
vor repeal of the pi oiiibitior
amendment.
In other words, whatever the
dlHtMitibfaction with the prohibi
tion law as it Htauds 011 the sU-i
tut*4 books today, there is no lu- ,
dicatlon that the people would
like a return to the days ot tilt*
legalized sale ol highly Intoxicat
ing liquors.
Her** Is the vote to dale:
For prohibition 15G.23S,
For repeal _ 2U6.774:
For modification 4*7.041 <
llow far, of courte, this vote Is
Indicative of the >M>ntlm? nt ?>f the
country as a whole is debatable.
In some localities, doubtless, aii
?official, binding vote would hhow
a different result. Dut in OtlMf
places there can be no doubt that,
the newspaper vote comes vert
close to beliii; a true reflection of
the voters' state of mind.
In El l'aso. Texas, for instance,
the editor of The Post wires tha' ,
the prohibition referendum. wi*!i 1
om tOMpUM, polled more votes
than any electlou ever held In E! I
l'aso. Only once In hlatory was
[the entire county's vote higher
'than the vote received by Th*"
Tost. K1 I'auo's wet majority, ac
cordingly. ought to be a fair rep
resentation of that city's opinion, i
Similarly, in Santa Ana, Calif.. j
which went heavily dry, the vole
was almost an exact parallel of
au official ballot taken prior to i
the enactment of the eighteenth !
amendment, according to the edi
tor of the lteglster. In* Nogales,
Arizona, The Dally Herald polb-d
a vote that was about 60 per c*-nt
of the city'a total registered vote,
and In Wallace, Idaho, The Pre?
Times' vote was nearly half of the
entire county vote iu the last
Freaidentlal election.
The editor of the Dowagiac
(Michigan) Daily News, report^
that the vote In that city seems io!
him a fair representation of ihe,
majority sentiment ? DowskIuc
went dry ? and a similar repori i*J
received from the editor of Ihe:
Ogdensburg (New York) Journal.
It is thus apparent that lit some
sections, at all events, the poll can
be accepted almost for its fac?
value. It cannot be said definite
ly In how many cities thla In true
until more complete returns are
In. OfThand, It would seem that
in any city such as Fort Wayne,
Indiana, for example, where ilic
N. C. Methodist
Women Meet Here
The Woman's Mission:. i.v Soci
ety of the North Carolina Cpnlei
ence will tne't in Klizab* iti City
April 20 to 24 in Mansion.
Representatives will ronic 1'ioni
all over Eastern Carolina from as
lar west a.s Rockingham and Ilur
lington. Mia. Charles Karly ol
Gatesville, president of th?' con
ference organization will preside
"This society." Hays the Uev. F.
S. Love, "ha* mail** remarkable
history In the religious life of tin
State. Frnm a humble beginning
expressing itself in tit ? distribu
tion of tracts and tin* collection
of p-nnii's it now dlatiibutes
many thousands of dollar* and
has representatives in iuan> mis
sion fields. In the bounds oi th?
North Carolina conference tin* wo
men have 282 adult societies with
a membership of more than K.OOO.
Then* are 71 Young People's So
rietU-K. 171 Juniors and k? in the
(la by Division
"During the days of the confer
ence here more than 250 arm d
ited delegates are expected to ut
tend. Anion*; the distinguished
visitors attending will be tl?r??
missionaries home on furlough.
These are Miss Nina Troy. Son
Chow. China; Miss Alice l! ret* tie.
China; and Miss Frances UurU
he:?d. Mocha tJard? n Mission.
' China.
"The Hociety at the Tint Mvtli
adlst Church, one of the best n?
the Conference, as host to the
Conference nieetlnK will not only
measure up to the chinch's repu
tation for hospitality but will send
i ihese who come anions us ?s \ is
i itors away with a lil^h regard lot
'on - whole community."
CRAP HHOOTKRH FIXKD
Pleading guilty to participation
in a social game of crap, Abra
ham (2 riff In . Henry Hawkins, Sam
Sykes and Ralph Everett, all col
ored, were fined and cohik in
recorders court Wednesday morn
In*.
'total vote Is extremely heavy, one
'would not go far wronn in accept -
| in* tin* vote In thi* referendum
us a good index to public opinion.
| During tho last two days the
f prohibition vote ha* climbed more
[ rapidly. In proportion, than the
; wet vote, and if this trend con
itinuea there may b?? a radical
I change in the standings in many
, localities. For while the dry lead
I era lu some regions liavo ex-,
pressed hostility to the (Kill, in
I others they have adopted other!
tactics and called on all MippoitoM
of prohibition to vote. These ap
peals are Just beginning to make'
their efTect felt
In llrockton, Massachusetts,
and Kisiiiiuinee, Florida. ministers '
passtd ballots through their con
gregations at Sunday services and
Increased dry totals may be ,-x
pected from those states when
those ballots are tabulated. The J
editor of the Klialmmec Gazette
tells of a 92-year-old woman In
that city voting for modification.
One thing would seem to In
certain; where there Is senti
ment against prohibition. It in
rarely in favor of absolute repeal
of the dry law. The total for mod
ification is far higher than the
total for out and out repeal ,
There seems no disposition on the
part of the bulk of the voters to
bring back the old saloon and un
restricted sale of all kinds of II
quors.
Young Farmer Gets
Suspended Term
_ Full of Teeth
Rdward Monro, young farmer
convicted l?y i? Jury In Superior
Conn Monday on charges <?C pon
session and transportation of li
quor. wait placed under a su
spended st iiu iicH unique in the ox- ,
lierieiirn of local court obMrvert
yesterday after noon t?y Judge
Henry A. Crit'.ly. after Walter I.
Column, one of Moore s attorneys,
and l)r. J II While, on who*.*
farm on IVartree lload Moore 1?
a It-nant. had made strong pleas
in Iiih hehr.lf
Judge (irady ordered that Moore
lie |iiit under suspended sentence
of two years hi jail. to lie worked
on the load-*. I lie suspension In
remain in effect for five years with
a pro vim* that. It at any time dur
ing that period, the solicitor or
i he |iid?:o of Sii pevior Court Hhmilil
wish, either might order that- he
lh> commit led to Jnil to serve the
term, without t lie formality of
further triul or hearing.
The court ordered fur: her that
In the 6 vent Moore accepted thui
judgment, he shoud pay a fine of
? inn and coals*. Moore agreed
to It. Through counsel, hi* had
stated earlier In the day that if
lie were let off under u su?pyide<l
judgment this time. th?? court*
would never again have occasion
to *u*pe< t him of dealing in li
quor.
Monro waa arrested about u
mouth ago lifter Chief of police
Ilolnics and Officer Itoii^liton had
ohaerved him ? arrjing a bulky
parcel between two houses in a
colored community here, und aft- 1
er a sea ??!? of the neighborhood
bad resulted in the finding of a
similar package containing some
three gallons of liquor. Sentenced
to four mouths ou the roads by
Trial Justice Sawyer, Moore had
appealed |o the higher court.
SEATTLE COMPANY
TO BID ON SIIOAI S
Washington. March 17. ? ? The
1 Nitrogen Products Company of
Seattle, Washington, bus notified
, the Muscle Slmnlu Joint Oongres- ,
sionnl Committee thai It expects
?to submit a hid for the lease ol
: the properly. This Is I he first 1
bidder formally to notify the com- ;
jmlttoe of its iiiti ntions to submit
a proposal. The. company ' re- ?
quested tint its iepiet? ntatives
be given a hearlnv .10 that details
of the contract can be discussed.
The committee will meet this af
ternoon to make plans to recelv
th- bid.
TEXTILE MIIJ. MEN
ACCEPT DAVIS TERMS
Washington. March 17.? All '
of ihe textile mill owners in the)
New Jersey strike area have agreed
to the I?ahnr Department's plan
for settlement of differences be
tween employers and employes.
The terms enll for Immediate re
turn to work of 16.000 strikers
pending adjustment of grievances
by operators' and employes' re
presentatives. whose decision
would be retroactive to the date
the workers go hack. If these
negotiations failed each side
would \ielect an arbitrator and
the Labor Department wouftl
name the third. The decision of
this committee of three would be
binding.
Member of Road Surveying Party Is Lost
In Boggy Wilderness Near Stumpy Point
Ix>?t in a tangled wilderness
near Rtumpy I'oint, Dare County.1
laat Thursday while trylnp to
make his way back to ramp
through the chill mark of a taut
gathering northeaat atorm. George
Owens. 22 yearn old, colored mem
ber of a road surraylng party,
has not been seen or heard from
alnce. He la believed to hove
frozen to death.
Searching parties have scoured
the woods and boga to the vicini
ty of the point where Owen* wat
Inst seen, and a reward of l???
for his recovery haa been offered
hy David Cox, in charge of sur
vey in* operations now under way
there, but wlthont reanlt owena
la thought to have perlahed from
cold, or to have drowneM In one
of the myriad muskrat hole* which
dot the region.
A report filed hy Mr. Cox with
W. A Worth, of thla city, attor
ney for the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company, which Is un
dertaking an extenalve develop
ment In the vicinity of Stumpy
Point, iclves In detail the cir? wm
stance* leading up to Owen v 'II"*
appearance. In substance ir fol
lows:
Engineers surveying a rlaiw of
way for a rosd to be constituted
from Htumpy Point to th? H>"1e
County line had undartnl <n to
survey s second line to ? point
midway of the other right' of way.
In order that. In conttnulm- their
operations, they might not have
to double back a? far in Kolng
to and from their aeene of <M?era?
tioa.a
On Thursdav moraine 'lie en
gineering party weat to ?? he?d
of Long Hhoal HWar hy bo.?t. with
the Intention of atrlktn* froa
that point in making their sur
I vey, about two and one-half mil*'*
of which had boon completed earl
| ler. They intended to continue
! that line to Htumpy Point, through
a swampy waste which Is barren
. of trees but heavily covered in
undergrowth
Before the party had proceeded
far, fog and cold accompanying
a fast gathering northeast wtorm
made it impracticable for them to
contlnne their work. They derid
ed to return to Stumpy Point, a
distance of about five miles over
land, despite the fact that theli
;boat had already left, neressltat
Ing that I hey fight their way
j through the wilderness
i Owena disagreed with the oth
ers as to the direction they should
follow, ami ?et out in another
direction alone, in (he face of
their protect* They undertook
J to follow him to persuade him to
|change his mind, but did not sue
ceed In overtaking him. lie had
taken a route which thry figured
would take liim to Parch Corn
Bay. several miles south of Stumpy
Point They railed to him repeat
edly. but without avail.
Late In th' fternoon. hunury.
tired and h?l 'rotten, the party
retched bom- Owen*, however,
failed to ?h" "P That night,
the whlfttle on i large dredge a'
fltumpy Poln' ?.n kept blowing
continuous Next morning. '
?ear< hlng p J went out and ?
?pent the d;. trying to find j
the misslnK w That night wa* .
wy eold. an i??rsons familiar!
with fhe com *?* In which Owens
apparently w ??t expressed the|
opinion that could not possi
bly have bui <1- unless he had j
match#* atwi able to r#*ckj
t ? timber. re* aeveral ml lei
-
' from the point where ho was last,
noon
Saturday's snowMortn halted
i ho search temporarily. hm It was
r-??unied Sunday and in declared
: to hav? been carried on sys!emat
Ically over since. Hounds have
been us?d In an effort to pick
up the lost negro's rrall. and nun*
have been fired repeatedly In the
con rue of the search In the hope
that an answering halloa would
had the way to him. It la he
I lleved utterly unlikely that Owen*
will he found alive, and the ulti
mate recovery o( liln body la re
tarded an very doubtful from the
fuel that the maze of vines and
weed* covering the irart would
, render It posidble for searchers
1 to come within a few yard" of It
without ever discovering II Oweni
Is aald lo be a native of Marlon
H. <*.
Tno Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company tract In which
Owen* was lost comprises an area
of ibou' 40. OOti acre*, which
formerly belonged to the old Hare
Lumber Company, and which wax
absorbed by the Metropolitan In
faking over the axsets of the
wrecked Pittsburgh Life Insurance
? nee Company The- -Metropoli
tan al?o acquired about I 25. one
acre-* in other tracts In litre Coun
ty, largely centering about Kant
Lake
The road now being surveyed
Is to ronnect with another from
Knrl* hard. In Hyde County, and
thereby to effon! highway con
nections ltetw< u virtually all
part ? of llyde an-l Stumpy Point..
Wh'-r if Is eon? pi -d. if will make
pos?iiiie the re ? !v shipment of
farm products f> joints In Hyde
?la boat lines fr-.n. Ktampy Point
i to Kliiabeth C ? y I
t.EM'.UE \ or ES TO
DEFER U'.TIOX O.N
C.EK\I4\ E V /' K V
W uMiinutnii. Miiuh 17? Tl?'
or Nation* \?*rinbl)
iihU) vot?l to. luljuiiiit ih?a
? liioMlon of ( ??m man >'?? t'lii lion
III lilt* Mill II Ihf >?*|W
mumIiiii.
MOKh WHITES
THAN NEGROES
CO TO PRISON
I'HI SON DO< T<>l< TAI.KS
, ucl "'""?mill ((in i?
< 'Interval ion ?f S?,Mri?.,
?endeni P?u ?? <;<mil|li|.
""?nl* 1 41 St Two Month*
rtn|?>lR|a. Mar,.h J7 _
than nPRroen now an. he
???. >hH ra,|?
??? ?"'/* T ,V; llon0, ar?,"?-ciiiiK
i>n ? (lf ,{; , , 1 ?'?n?rlniei,c|.
? v ??''0 prl">" "I- ?b
rew,rl, I hy Hie
fir?t . ro?ninlr iiunls for iho
"X nuh./r""" ?*?
? on. ?r of??J H.r,
-y r9r,-j in ??
brounht In. ?r l i -> i" J,?"* Wcr?
i Mnrrhj
only 729 WI1 M"! con' pared with j
nan. ,u, r"me fl"
Population of c>;r T " l>r'??n
"?? *???*,. ?n ,ff;,r,To "V"r?'?*
wurto to find work tL 4,,n*
flrJ/18 lnSf lWO m?nthl? hn u* thr.
commiimnnt fOI ?h..
man from Pi?# rolored
"tU-nH-. ThrJ?h",
?"?uukIii in durln? Tk """"
minlliH were H ,w"
facturln* liquor ?' mnn"- '
"ed mur* 1
f?l "t rrnhmai," cit pre"" I
!>lir*lur.,. ten ron?l, II 'ourtoon
cloven convict", r' "1 ,Mr"?r. I
receiving .stolen nr ,ari'ftny and 1
of m ?ault with ?.SSrf?*!SlroUPj
*">' ??ne. Oullfo" nw I
"nrt H'nk,. e.-i, ""?v??o?|
Durham and iwi ? ,l'chlnond.
supplied four ilmV!* onrh
"huh || v upii ri.n Mecfcienhurg,
one. y " rePr""ontod. h?d hut
Py<Tnh.%?"h%:,l!y """? oeen.
"'Ill ore makln* ?r? 7? ,h"H?
corrylne- ?!!, '? "lave
fence. * OUI ,h" ?<-a'h *en.
'y. will Ko ,Jthl i lM,1,0n roun
Fred nr c?l!,r A',rl1 20
hnr, ho.-n k rant ml tnBto"~8*t+ni
The lam report of Dr. J. II. Nor
man. who Is both prison physician
and warden, in or particular in
terest aM mIiowIhk 'he treatment
accorded prisoners upon entrance.
'Here 1x an excerpl :
"Tho prisoner in takeii immedi
ately for a hath, then Riven n hair
cut, hIiuvc, a clean pr<Hnn suit
and hia old clothes destroyed or
sent to his home. 1 1 in card It
i hen made . out. which Include*
imh woljrlkt, height. an, color,
mark* of Identification. religion
education, occupation, nativity
etc., then hi* finder prints and
photo are taken. a copy 'if which
are sent to the bureau of Identi
fication at Washington. From
there we ?et valuable report* on
many of the prisoners' past hia
torleN. He Iff then given .1 Illblc.
a hook of r u Ian and a ahort lec
ture on what la required of him
"He la then examined by the
' phyalclan an to physical condition.
A record of the physical examina
tion la kept on an Indexed cord
and n copy sent with tho prisoner
to the camp or farm to which he
Ik assigned. While on .regula.
trip* of Inapection to the varloua
cunipH I find the card* a great
aaa< t and time saver in re-cheek
ing the men's physical condition
The prlaoner is aaalgUCd to I if
ferent duties in accordance t? his
physical and mental condition
All prisoners are vaccinated
for small pox. typhoid fever and
blood. te?'.ta taken. If necessary*
an operation- Is performed before
the men are sent to work. Ne?e?<
sary dental work alao Is cared
for before the men leave the ? en
tral prison."
The world will be safe um.l
they start using pictures of good
looking men for maxa/ine cover"
HOTEL SITUATION
IS ENCOURAGING
SURVEY REVEALS
v ? f
<.ol(M>oro, Situated Lcm
Advantageous!) Than
Klizalieth Oily, I* Making
New Hostelry Fay
I'KOSPECTS BltlCHT
Fxeculive Committee lo
Meet Thursday Niglit lo
Work Out Further Detail*
of Financial Drive
A general survey of the hoUl
situation lu Elizabeth Cltjr? based
cm a comparison with condition#
in other cities of relatively e*jnal
site, ami discussion of jfurther
plans for the approaching cam
p.ilgn to finance erect ton ot a
modern hotel here, marked a
mooting of the hotel executive
committee Tuesday night at the
I Chamber of Commerce.
It was brought out lu the bourse
I of the discussion that Elisabeth
< *ll y actually has Ichs than half
the number of hotel rooma fottnd
in the avorage city of about the
same size, aud that many other
cities and towns recently have un
dertaken hotel projects with ex
ceptional success.
In the course of the meeting, It
was decided to hold another ses
sion Thursday night, at which sub
committees for t lie hotel atock
sales campaign will he appointed,
and final preparations made*- for
launching it.
C. O. Robinson, general chair
man of the executive committee,
declared all members of the com
mittee were ready to take up the
active financing of the campaign,
and that all were enthusiastic over
I its prospect for early succeMP At
tention was called to the fact that
inany smaller cities in thia vicin
ity had found it necessary to build
modern hotels, and it was urged
i hat if Elizabeth City folks ex
ported their city to develop, and
10 tuke its rightful place of lead
ership as an outstandingly pro
gressive communtly, it was abso
lutely necessary to put across tfce
campaign effectively.
The following telegram from C?
It. I'ugh. of this city, one of tbe
active backers of the hotel cam
paign. was read at the meeting!
"Spent last night In (loldsboro
hotel. Has 115 rooms, with 100
occupied. Six convention* of
State wide significance booked for
season. The more I go. the great
er appear our hotel needs.'" :
In this connection. It waa ex
plained that this new Goldsboro
hotel was opened September >1.
last, and that (JoldBboro had 4
population of 1 1.296 according to
the 1920 census. as compared
with 8.926 for Elizabeth City, lit
view of (loldsboro's situation close
t?o a number of other cities of
about the name size, c.j against
Elizabeth City's relative lsolgtj0J$
In that respect, It was argued that
Elizabeth City has even better
prospects than Qoldsboro for mak
ing a success of a modern hotel.
Figures prepared by the Cham
ber of Commerce indicating num
erous factors tending to asstye
the success of the proposed nesr
hotel were read at the meeting.
It was set forth, for Instance, that
at least 25 conventions of|6w#
wide Importance were availab-l*
as prospective brlngers of S,00e
or more hotel guests: that,* <fv#n
with the Improved highway* sys
tem far from completion, an aver
age of 2.000 "foreign cars visit
ed this city each month, bringing
an average of 1 1-2 porsons evl.
or 7.000 persons, many of whom
wen* potentinl hotel pat rone; that
100 sportsmen psssed through
hen* annually; and that at least
500 yachts could be expec|e4 to
ptiss through here each month
after the Dismal Swamp Canal has
been taken over by the (lovern-.
ment ,
Oilier Clllm Sufffd < *
In c.ompurlnon with Klltabelh
CHy'n campaign to mine 9460, 000
for the new hotel, It wan net forth
th?t Frederick, Md.. with a popu
lation of 11.056. had recertify,
rained 952 3,000 for conatructlon ,
of a hotel; Johnson V fly, Tenn..
population 12,442. had ral"*d
8508.809; Long Branch. S.J.. pop
Hint Inn 11.521. rained 9407. |(?0;
Willhimwon. W. Va., population
6.810, mined 5403.00; Brad en t OH.
Kin.. population 3.828, rained
$516,000; Menominee, Mich , pop
ulation 8,907, rained 9400,000;
('hArlottenvlllc, Va.. population
1 0.688, ruined 9601.000.
Thene population figures wert
taken from the 1920 connua,
which, an net forth above, gave
Kllznbeth City a population of 8,
!?25. On thin hanln, It waa <!?- 1
dared that no undue dirnmftt
should he encountered in financ
ing a 9 450.000 hotel d'-retopa
mem here. V
(intrtJI M AHKICT
New York. March l7.~-0Mt
cotton clpned quiet, middling It.- 4
30. a derilue of ten points. Fa
turon, cloning hid March 19. 69,
May 18 1 July 17.52, October
17.1*, December 17.19.
New York. March 4 7. Oottft*
ruturea opened today at the
lowing l^vell: March 18.90, Majr
18.29, July 17.60, October 17.17.
l>-c. 17.26.