OtKtTLATION KltlDAY 8.199 Copl?4 THK WEATUKR Ccurrully fair toninht and Sun day. Moderate Northeast winds. ?OL XVI. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATntOAY KVKNING, SEPTEMBER 11. 192G. SIX l'ACKS. NO. 214 Early Work On Floating Road Seen In Repair Of Draw Of Camden Bridge Taken as Initial Step in J fulfillment of ProniiM' Made l>y Committaioner1 Frank Kugler in July ELATION EXPRESSED 1 Public Hopeful That B ?entiul TrafTie Artery will Have Attention Before /Winter Set? III g Elation over the prospect that tfi# "floating road" is about to be pot Into better condition, is cx-1 pressed here as work is begun on | tiut draw of the long bridge which i ' farms the terminus of the road at! (his city. The bridge will be j 1 cloud Saturday night at C o'clock for repairs, and 1? to be opened; again Monday morning at 8 j o'clock, barring unforeseen delay. - Road enthusiasts here?and that takes In Just about everybody ?Are inclined to regard the work OA the draw as beginning the ful fillment of a promise made by | Frank Kugler. of Washington. | State highway commissioner from the First North Carolina District. ? that the "floating road" would be I //^ridged in the immediate future, i M the means of providing depend - j ?Ma highway access to the coun ties to the East. The foregoing promise was j ?Mde by Mr. Kugler late In July. I ' |ftov he had been visited by dele-\ gat Ion from Elizabeth City. Hert-1 ford and Edenton, and was con-' rred In a letter to State Senator { H. Williams, of.thin city. Dur Iftf the alx weeks that have; ?lapaed since, the public, here lias bean waiting expectantly fur the proposed Improvement. While nothiug official has been given out as to the nature of the work to be done on the "floating road," there have been unofficial tivlces that the State Highway Department Intended to bridge u large section of It, which began sinking a few months after Its completion, and has been sinking ?tar since. Built of reinforced concrete, 16 feet wide, the "floating road" ^?aa put down across a three mile ivimp formerly cross-logged * Without piling, on the theory that Concrete laid over a sector of such length would have sufficient dis placement to float. It was In the ?atare of an experiment?and it frlUd. ; I?, i Nevertheless, tho construction! Of the "floating road" Is declared to have proved of much value to HI State's roadbulldlng forces. In j Mat it has prevented repetition of the mistake elsewhere. There-' fore, tho State Highway Commix- . ?Ion is understood to look favor- J ably upon an emphatic plea from this section that the cost of the j road In large measure be charged I against the State as a whole, and I lot entirely against the quota of fttate funds for the northeastern I OOUAtles. "Tho "floating road" assumes Store than sectloual Importance, I It la pointed out here, through the| fact that It la an alternative link In the South Atlantic Coastal j Highway, running from Washing-! ton, D. C., along the Atlantic Sea board to Florida, and passlnp through Norfolk, Elisabeth City.' Mow Bern and Wilmington, in this part of the country. With winter In the offing, with IU prospective throngs of motor tourists hoaded for Florida and ?Ifowhere In the South, strong hope Is expressed here that this! ahort defective road, link will be, pot Into condition at once. An j Idea of Its Importance may be. from the fact that traffic! n this city and Camden I irthouse, only three miles dls- j At, must be detoured via South . Ills, a distance of 25 to 30 miles, | while the repairs to the bridge are | being made. This detour must be made also by all traffic between fBllxabeth City and Currituck polota. A surprisingly large volume ofI traffic passes over the road, a*[ waq proved recently by a count mate on a busy day. During the morning only, a total of more than 500 vehlclea crossed the ! Camden bridge, those making the i count reported. Into It converge 1 ! all hlghwsys from Currituck | County to Elizabeth City and nil. highways to this city from the moot populous half of Camden , Cotlty. RPAlft RKMION'M FROM LKAGIfR OP NATION? j Canava. Sept. 11.- Spain today, tonlftned from th? league of Na- i t Ion* NOT TH1H PRITCHARD Ella?* K Prltchard, of the per 0O?a?l of Prltchard'a Barber Shop.1 North Poind#*tar atrftat. wanta It tp4tf*to"es Molnva nominates Alvln Teter. 21-year-old shoe clerk. Trier was* on "extra" In lh# filming of "The Ten Commandments." and fi*?"?enMy wan mistaken for the ahtik. Charges Against Local Negroes Dismissed i Clarence Kxton and Joe Rouse.', both colored, the former facing a j charge of having committed an I offense against a girl under 14 : years of age. and the other of a | similar offense In which the girl I was above the age of consent, "were [acquitted by Trial Justice Sawyer jat the close of a long hearing in recorder's court Saturday morn ing. Neither of the girls was pres ent at the hearing, relatives stat ing that they had departed sup posedly for Norfolk last Sunday afternoon, and had not been heard from since/ Prosecuting Attorney LeRoy moved U*at the ease be postponed lu the hope of locating one or both of the girls, but Trial Justico Sawyer, bearing In mind that Kxton had been in Jail for about a week as a result j of one continuance, decliued to 1 grant another. The hearing had I been continued from Tuesday I morning. The State's main witness was William Bell, Jr., colored, aged : 10, brother of the younger of the two girls. William testified that on returning from a walk to Pryor Town last Sunday afternoon, he found Kxton and the younger girl In one room of the home of the family on South Martin street, and Rouse and the other girl In an other. The boy gave detailed tes timony as to what he claimed to lending to show that j both couples were guilty of the offense charged, but gave It with a glibness that apparently led the trial Justice Into the opinion that ; be had been coached carefully be ! fore taking the stand. The mother of the younger girl also took the stand, but her tes timony mainly was corroborative [of that given by Williams, she al ! leglng that he told her essentially the same story that ho told on the stand. The boy caused a ripple of mer i riment In the courtroom at the be ginning of his testimony, when i Prosecuting Attorney LeRoy asked him if be knew what would hap pen to him If he failed to tell the j truth. "Yes air," hp replied. "I'll go1 to the devil." Hearing of the two cases was preceded by a controversy between Attorneys Walter L. Cohoon and Robert Lowry as to which should assist the State in the prosecution. They argued the matter In the hallway outside the courtroom, i and finally effected a compromise : by bolh taking part in the Case. | Attorney C. K. Bailey represented j Kxton. Rouse was without coun- j , sel. ? j TWO AIIK l>E/\l) IN FLORIDA I.IQUOK WAII Tampa, Fla., Sept. 11. ? Two! men are dead and a third wound-j ed as the reauR of a liquor war! which broke out today In Ybof [City. The victims are Manuel Hernandei and 8. Connetto. both of whom were shot to death. TWO SENTENCED TO HANC, POK MIIRDEK Wetumpka, Ala., Aept. 11, ?( Clyde Rose Bachelor and Hays l^ftonard, negro were today sen tenced to be hanged Friday, Oc tober 2 2. for murder of Judge Lamar C. Hgilth, Bachelor'? fath er-in-law. SUNDAY SCHOOL COURSES WILL BEGIN ON SUNDAY Dr. W. A. Smart of Emory' I nni r.il> alu| )| y j -Sim-.,re of Duke Uuivent. oil I* acuity STUDY CHILDHOOD (Well Trained W orkers A*.,1' I J?*? T"ach O'ur^e. ?n I rimiry u,?j !,ll(.rillP. diate Methods . st,T?h/ .E''"b,>,h Cltjr Dlslrlct Standard Training Scl.ool for Sun. |day school and church leader, b?. J .! h",Ki">' ?""?? at the f|mt ' k i Church with I,. i? ,;<)b. I, director; Hev. C II o.l i urer* -d rs: , ? liUKe | nlvcrttJty will i cUaae, in "liible" and ..V"/,, caltonal T.* ,lf thoChu^ich. M'm Owfda s. Keene en,,.,,. 1ST II E"S.,,ry suP'-r''l.**lld"?l; ?Mr* " i/ Ti" Uu'"??'. ??ld aludying ?t,.r> tilUol 'l'?. V,?"!"" ichild uuu H,- primary c'... trl0" I with the wo?k ?r ?Kmaf l",('r'"r<' director hf* ,n8truction,'* by the Instructor PuMI. !!"'." 'In* credit must attend fcS'C-raa -eLce "cu.rVr?'' T'"" for *h sisftlS-ti No on? un'^rn *,Y,Z! fetvaar jsw\S: Will iH- no finai examination | WARRANTO *X)R TWOmori IN THE RALU-WLM CASK SomeerTllle. New Jersey. Sept.] 11.?Warrants for the arroat of two persona an material witness?? In the Hallx-Milla rase will he I* aued this afternoon by Justice William Sutphen, It has heen learned from official sources It al so was Intimated that the arrests' wonld be made as soon as the war rants were issued. J Eddie Takes a Lesson Five-year-old fold h* IMtl?T, St roudshuru. Pennsylvania. a?limn*r of (??'lie Tunney. sets tlio luavyw box flphipr to hIiow him Just how the list nhould l?o doubled up lor a K. O. Senior Class Puts Pep In Sales At Local Store 1 Conclusive proof thai ihe mom I bers of (he Senior (Man* of *27 of | Ihe Elizabeth City High School! number salesmanship anion? their; many attainments*, wan fortheom-. ing Friday afternoon, when re-; ceipts were counted up at llucker | & Sheely's after the class had run Ihe Htore through the day. Raymond Sheely, munugt r of the Htore. stated Saturday that his! sales the day before had run about 26 p??r cent above the Friday ov-j eragn for (he time of the year, tie attributed this freely lo the work of hiit new Male*ladl<'H and their masculine aide?. "They're work-! | ing like veteranu." he declared, en I thUHiafltlcally. Tin lipwUlg ev-j jen a bigger increase in Hales to-j j day." Recently, Rucker & Sheely, made a proposition to the Clans of |*27 whereby they would receive 1 four per cent of all cash Rale* at , the store for their service* on Kri-1 day and Saturday, the commission! to go to the elans an a whole, and] not to Its Individual members. Th< class accepted It. The Seniors who took part III the two days of saleftmanshlp were: Naomi Ragby. Klora (IrigK--. Lillian Royce, Myrtle Simpson. Naomi Jacknon. Vlrgllia Ranks. : I-yd In Cohoon. Vivian Turner. Dorothy Richardson. Monterey ! Lomax, Ruth Doiler. Resnic Hor I ner. Clara I'ritchard. Marjorlc ' Fearing. Rebecca Stevens. Cecil ' Patrick, Andrew Ralley. Julian lAydlett. Aubrey Crailop, Keiib launders. Tyre Sawyer and Robert I Williams. Mussolini Escapes .Unhurt; Assassin Is Under Arrest * Homp. Bept .11?-Another -at tempt ha? Iiopii made on the life of Premier MuhhoIIiiI. A bomb was exploded against the Premier's cur. Mussolini es caped unhurt. .The natlotiul direc torate of the Fascist party an iiouncing that "God once aftaln has Huved Mussolini for Italy" is Kued all appeal that there be no reprisal*. The nltai'k occurred a little af ter ten o'clock HiIh momln'K whllo Mussolini's automobile was pro ceeding toward the Chlgl palace. A young man named Krmete (ilo vannlul. a stonecutter, threw the bomb agalnm the car. The bomb struck the Mid?- window of the car but fell to earth before It explod ed and the aulomobll" proceeded. The exploHlou wan terrific and four punsersby .were wounded. They were taken to a hospital, tiiovanulul was Immediately ar reted by police agent* escorting the Premier's auto. He had ar rived in Home today from abroad and he came Into Italy through the Alps bring unable to travel by the uniial rout cm as he waa without pa3nport* or Identifying docu ments. The a*ui?sln I? a native Italian ke (old! police; Authorities believe his Journey to Italy was fi nanced and directed by groups of ne If exiled atvf t-Kasiifila notably In Lyonft and Pari??. Rome. Sept. 11. ? "Thank Hod h la life has been saved" wan the rommcnt of the Pone when In formed of the attempt on the life r?f Premier Mussolini. The Pope expressed great horror at the act tind h In relief at lack of nucceaa of the assailant. They Play Parts In "Saint and Sinner" which Begins Monday In The Advance J? m 4UHT HATTf Nine years old and hard boiled. The funtih) ?htik. Thej called him Long for slioil. H ho meant what she soul and scud what she meant. HIGHWAY MEET i TO BRING MANY VISITORS HERE K<'l>r?x*tiluliv?'* I'Votu All \loit? Kouir ,'i() id Alli'iitl Affair at the < tr> ('lu!) siiijkct is toifiusts I'lan- lo In* t?? Acl M'rli?* Scction Tli<- highway Hireling to l?i* held Wednesday. September U-. at lit** Country Club of Klizaheth City will bring representatives from all ! t ti*- clth's a Imii;; Moute No. 1!U in North Carolina and from Norfolk. ? Portsmouth, Newport News, Cli.n Icenter ami oilier points ahmg tli?? t i Tidewater Trail to discuss the lic M ?H-tliod of liandlinu tin* Inllnx of tourists to this strlioti expect<-?l this wii?t?-r, and of advertising tli-? Coastal Highway still fartler. Anions thi> speakers will he Frank I). Miller of Jacksonville and I'red Ward?* bf lliunswlck, | meeting in Klizab? th CllfM&~t<> ar I range for tlie handling of those on . '.the way, and bringing more here, j The meeting will be h? Id at 11 i a. ni. at the Country Club. Visitors from Virginia are a'dvUed to use; 1 Itoute No. 27 throuuh tir?'at : i llridge. Hickory and Moyock to' (Camden, then following th?> signs i about two mileH to the Club. All motorists interest??! in the devel opment of tills great highway nre j with n congenial crowd, good I [speaking ami true North Carolina {hospitality is assured all who ot-; it-nd. VERY NEARLY 300 AT SHILOH HIGH Teuehiiig Penotuirl In i ereused, Ituildin^ K11 Ial'|ied, Kf|iii|mienl Added J Sl? I If ill. Hcpt. II.?Two It ti ltd r<*?l and m>vpnty*?lx pupils, of whom Ml are high school hI ti t h. reg istered nl tlio Shlloh school tltln week and a total enrollment of very neurly .100 Is looked for dur ing the session. Seven trnek? will : be used In the transportation of Krade pupils and hI?h school stu dents to and from the school. Knrollnient Is hut one of the factor* which make prospect? for 1920 and I'?27 at the Shlloh lfiKh School bright and encouraglnK. 1? addition the teaching personnel has been Increased, tile building ha? heen remodelled, arid itow, In stead of elKht room?. 12 are oc cupied. Including a well equipped science laboratory, a principal'* office In which a complete system of records In kept, and a central elementary and high Mhool library room which aMs an a feeder to Hi?- grade* llhrsr.v and also pro vides adequate space for tables and chairs for students who care to line It an a study. Also a fine net of maps lian h? en purchased for clans room work In history. Kngllsli and geography. The taaebllg Staff tills year In cludes S. M. Kddleman. principal and teacher of mathematics and language; MIhu Claudia llurgeaa, teacher of science; Miss Mary Tay lor, teacher of history and Kitk lisli. and the following urade teachers: Mrs. IIosa Wright, first; j Miss Selma Morgan, second and ) third; Miss Hess Tlllett, fourth Miss fleas la Daughtery, fifth; Miss Ituth Ilowen, sixth; Miss Mlnnl" I?ee I^tnler. seventh. Formal opening exercises were held on Wednesday moralna r.t 0 o'clork In the auditorium with short talks made by J. C. Wright, chairman of the high school board, Itev. fi. C. Wood, pastor of the Methodist Church at Old Ttap, and Principal S. M. lOddleman. Mr. Kddleninn stresaed the growth of the school since lf>25 and the prospects of th? coming year, tirg Ing co-operation on the part of patrons, students and pupils In the matter of discipline, and appeal ing to the patrons to attend the meetings of the Parent-Teachers' Association. The cxerclscs opened with the singing of America ani scripture reading and prayer by Rev. f. S. Harrell, pastor of the Hhlloh Vtaptlst Church. INNOI'Nl I Ml \ I The Music Class of lTrner CI. Davis will begin work on Septem ber 15. I'uplls m;iv enter by call ing Phone tltll-J today or at High School Htudlo Monday a. m. adv \ H<. KOKS PHiPTKS'l it I IKS HIPTISHll. moat i.w ii ii.tli) Charlotte,- Sfjtl. II. ? lltot ??|nit?I of lit?* local |Milici* for?'?* iva?? rall?*?l oil! shortly Iwftirt' iimin today \\ li?*n wvrrnl bun "lr?*?l m-KriMN galliensl h<-for** III?* ?lt> liall prot????tin? aKniiiM Hi?* hailing ?>f flic n?*gr?? bap tismal tomorrow plima? <1 by "IIImI???I?" (iriu-f, l'??rl iigii?*M<* "l>U(n<* Ileal? r". PnMor* lui\c n i|n?"litl tin* hnpt ism sio|t|>?i| us Krari* I? al li'U?*?! (<> (h' i liiircliiK Kt for I'lii'li baptiMii of (HMI ii?'?r?M** l'r? mining ih?-m '?vrt a in access (?? ||?'M Vl'll. Swiss Melodies To Be One Feature Chautauqua On the afternoon of September \ 1G the 11 i k 11 School auditorium will roHoiiml with the fumom Swiss Tyrolean melodic*, aung by Franz l?lrlet ha? challenged j thl? district for the cup. Your president accepted the challenge and It I? up to the cluhs to ntand by her and win again." Miss Annie S. Corbell ha* Just received notice of her appointment j hs District Chairman of music of the Sixteenth District of North Carolina Federation of Women'? club?. The Sunhury Woman's club en tertained the faculty of Sunhury High School Thursday evening at I the homo of Mrs. Ernest Pierce. The homo wns beautifully decora t-1 od with cut flowers, palms and ferns. A word of welcome was extended by Mrs. K F. Corbell.; president of the club, a beautiful solo wan rendered by MIhs Annie Corbell accompanied by Mrs. Ches ter Edward?. A very Interesting contest was then rnjoyod In which the answer to each number repre sented a teacher'? name, after which Mm. W. O. Crump rendered very charminxly a vocal aeloctlon which ?an followed by a roadlnx by Mrs Mills Hldtllck of Suffolk E. li. Derrick, principal of the, s??hool. rove an Inlorestfnx talk on his plnns for the year Miss Hlch-j, nrdeon. the music teacher tendered several piano selection?, fallowed | by a vocal solo by Miss Stafford. Refreshments were served snd ev eryone reported a jolly good time. SHEFFIELD TO GO BACK WITH FULL AUTHORITY Altitude ?f IVt^idenl Cool* itlgr Toward Ambassador lo lU^iniiiilg to It?' I11f Mexico. For the pres ent, therefore, any action taken In diplomatic channels will be con fined to securing respect for the lives und properly of any Ameri can missionaries or priests who may be uffected by the rellgloflfl laws. In other words, I lie basis of the diplomat it- action is not the relig ions questions involved but the ac tual effect on the liven or prop* erty of the American citizens af fected. It Is believed thst very few American Catholic organisa tions own prop? rty In Mexico so the opportunities for protest are limited. The policy ndopted by Mr. Coo| Idge is In line with the precedenta applied in the case of protestant missionaries in Turkey ami the N'ear Fast where diplomatic Influ ence Is used by the American em bassy to enable the American re* llglous schools and colleges to op erate without outside Interference. ? MITOV M \ |{ KIT New York. Sept. 11. CottOft futures opined today at the fol lowing levels: Oct. 17.15. Dee. 17.40. Jan. I 7 4T. March 17,1ft. New York. Sept. 11. Spot cot ton closed quiet, middling 18.0ft, t decline of 4ft points. Future?, -losing hid: Oct. 16 ftft, Dec. 17.14, Ian 17 14. Jan 17 21. March 17.45, May 17.ft* MIHU PI Pil* AHKKD TO IIMilMTKII MONDAY M|ss Minnie Nash will begin her 'lasses for piano and violin on Vfonday September 13. Pu pile ere isked to register on that date, adY,