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Says General Assembly Having No Moratorium
Nv.'C- Banks Are Open Under Restrictions-Assembly Passes Two Emergency Measures-Corporation Com
i- ai i:^.u i Qj,aW RflfMSflg fmirt Because Of Bank Holiday-Other Interesting N. C. News
mission is awuhsi
?"The legislature is still here." says
Carl Gcerch. writing from Raleigh.
"Banks may close, presidents may
eo out cf office or get inaugurated,
school may keep or not?it doesn't
make the slightest bit of difference
?the legislature apparently goes on
forever. This week they've been
worrying more about their own. per
sonal affairs than they have about
the affairs of state. When a guy
finds himself away from home with
only $4 89 in his pocket and with
no additional cash in eight. it's time
to worry. What does he care about
r-.'i appropriation cf $13,438,922 for
public schools when he's got a S15
hotel bill due and no more chance
f\ paying it than Tarn Bowie has
of o. ::ig elected president of the
I niv.-vsity cf North Carolina? The
it:or: important thing to happen
this Week took place Tuesday whsn
Hti.ris Newman, of New Hanover
county, chairman of the appropria
tions committee, presented the ap
propriations hill to the house. It
calls'for a total appropriation of'
at :u:a SS3.000.000 for the next bi
rnmtfen. Mr. Bowie has an appro
priation b:!l of his own. which he
r.L o will introduce this week. It is
ccn-iderably lower than the measure
which had the approval of a major
ity of the appropriations committee.
Jest as soon as the house gets to
work eti the appropriations bill,
things will liven up considerably.
And ?t looks as though there would
be quite a fight over the measure.
A ide from that, the legislature
hr.sn't accomplished very many vit
ally important tasks during the pas;
vreek. Pete Murphy didn't get very
lieu?JUUgC Uiiuu i
| far with his drug store liquor bill, j
(Tile bill was acted upon Monday J
I night, and the house apparently i
i didn't think much of it. they voted'
; it down by a vote of 75 to 19. So
far as the state as a whole is con
[cerned, folks apparently are more
j interested this week in the banking
:situation than they are in matters
j pertaining to legislation. The banks!
have reopened under certain regu- J
5 la-lions. They'll make change for j
.you. they'll let you get to your sal-I
ifty deposit boxes, they'll mike ar-j
rangements for taking up drafts in
utantcticn v.ltli shipments?they'll
do ev, rything for you?including
brushing your clothes and tucking
yea in at night?with the exception
of giving you back seme of your'
money. You've got to wait on that!
; i'or a few days. There is some talk
of issuing scrip. Scrip is something,
that makes you think you've got
money, whereas you really haven't
'got any. 1: looks as though we've
at last reached that corner around
1 which prosperity is suposed to be.
[but the old guy has skipped again.
There was some talk of letting the
'legislature adjourn for a few days,
but this idea soon petered out. The
bo\s have decided to stay on the
'job until they've finished what they
? were sent here to do."
?All batiks in North Carolina open-'
ted Wednesday under restrictions!
promulgated by Gurncy P. Hood, i
Commissioner of Banks, and approv- !
ed by Gov. J. C. B Ehringhaus. j
which conform to modifications pro-1
vicusly announced from Washington
? in the national banking holiday.
| ?The General Assembly, acting
peedily because of the financial j
'emergency, quickly ratified bills to
[safeguard insurance policy holders'
[and to protect building av.d loan
associations. The first grants to the
Insurance Commissioner power to
put into force regulations deemed j
necessary to safeguard interests of
policyholders, creditors and bond
holders of insurance companies, and
(allcws him to provide for extension
?'of pericdj cf g,ace for fife Insurance,'
;
LlVWtJUVU w Mi v ?
policies in times of emergency. This
act will expire by limitation at mid-1
night next May 1. Tiie other meas- j
ure lequires 30 days' notice before j
shareholders can withdraw holdings!
of unpledged stock from building;
and loan associations, and provides'
for equitable distribution to stock-;
holders who call for their funds |
upon maturity.
?The House Tuesday signed the j
death warrant for the Corporation;
Commission, passing without a re-1
cord vote the measure already pass- 1
ed by the Senate setting up a Utili
ties Commissioner in its stead. The j
bill became law this week but, not |
become effective until next January j
1. This was a major recommenda-j
iion of the committee on reorganiza-!
tion.
?Judge Thomas J. Shaw of Greens
boro adjourned supe.ior court in
Fayetteville Tuesday with the state
ment that "this is no time to be
holding court." Judge Shaw, after
disposing of all jail cases, continued
all bend cases until the next term of
court. "Everyone's mind is confus
ed over the financial situation." he
raid. "I: President Roosevelt would
call this nation to a week of prayer
he would find that the best method
to cope with the banking situation."
?By a count of 23 to 1C the State
Senate Tuesday voted to transfer
the State hig.iway patrol to the De
partment c! Revenue and add to its
functions the following duties: Col
lection of gasoline and oil samples;
from dealers: inspection and duties
new performed by the theft bureau.
The first two functions mentioned
are now performed by the Depart
ment of Agriculture: the others are
in the motor vehicle department of
the Department of Revenue. It is,
estimated that the bill will save tax
payers of the State $64,450 a year in
salaries and overlapping operation
costs.
?An injunction restraining any per
son from interfering with the busi-,
nets or property of the receivers of!
the Meadows Fertilizer company of,
New Bern was signed this week by
Federal Judge I. M. Meekins. It pro
hibits any person from trying to ob-1
| tain possession of any of the Mead-1
' ows property .including "persons act
| ing or attempting to act under any
J process or claim of process." r I
(?Property valued at SCO,930,392 in!
?Durham county is non-taxable, ac
cording tc a recent check-up. lire'
amount Ls incomplete thru the fail-,
ure of owners of considerable prop
erty to list the value with the county. I
Educational systems, churches, lodge
property, postoflices and other struc-'
'lures are listed among the exemp-j
jtions from taxation. i
I I
j?Ewell Fcrrell, 20. died near Guil-1
| fcrd college station Monday from a
self-inflicted bullet wound. He had
four brothers, all of whom are pro
fessional baseball players. Marvin
and George Ferrell are minor league
'players, while Wesley is a mainstay
of the pitching staff of the Cleve
jland Indians and Dick Ferrell is first
'string catcher for the St. Louis
Browns. Ewell had shown promise
? as a pitcher in high school.
j?About 100 men have begun con
,: tructicn of a new set of concrete
| bleachers and a field house on Gore
. r i( Id at Wake Forest college. The
new bleachers will increase the seat
ing capacity to 2.000. The job will
be completed in time for home foot
ball contests in the fall.
?Settling a challenge match, Robert ?
Gilmore of Washington and Gordon
Kinnear of Montreal ran a foot race
from Southern Pines to Pinehurst,
with a crowd of several thousand i
following on ho:esback and in auto-i
mobiles. Gilmore representing the i
winter resort of Pinehurst, covered |
the five miles in 28 minutes and 54
seconds. He was a former Wash-'
ington & Lee cross country man.
I
?Pounders' Day at East Carolina |
Teachers College was celebrated on
Saturday. March 4. with a challeng
ing address by T. Wingate Andrews
superintendent of the High Point
schools, on the subject "Educate or
Perish," featuring the first part and
exercises in honor of Mrs. Kate
Beckwith, who for the first 10 years
of the life of the college was lady I
principal, featuring the second part, j
Many alumnae attended.
?No University of North Carolina
student will be forced to quit his,
studies and go home because of the
bank holidays, according to plans
put into effect thru the cooperation
of the University administration, the ,
student body and Chapel Hill mer
chants. Machinery has been .set up j
for the maintenance of student ere-1
dit. and for extensions to those stu- !
dents who funds a.e tied up in the'
banks.
?Furniture manufacturers in Le- j
ncir decided this week to meet pay
rolls with scrip during the bank j
holidays. Thirty thousand pieces of,
scrip are being printed to be issued I
Saturday and merchants have decid- >
ed to accept it on the basis of a !
dollar. The scrip will be issued in
the form of a manufacturer's prom
ise to pay. redeemable at the plants
within 10 days after all restrictions
concerning withdrawals from banks
are lifted.
?A heroic and thrilling rescue C;ok
place at Snow Hill several days acgo
when Williard Whittington. 12-year-,
old son of Dr. W. W. Whittington at I
the risk of his own life jumped into
Contentnea river and rescued young
Silas Brown from drowning. Young '
Brown fell into ihe river while play
ing on the bank and was sinking
when young Whittington heard his
cries, shed his coat and vest and
' kicked of his shoes running some
' 300 feet to the river bank and plung
l ed into the river. ,
?The chief feature cl the annual I
Drama Festival to be held at the'
University of North Carolina March'
30, 3! and April 1. according to Pro-!
fessor Frederick II. Koch, will be the J
production of original plays written j
and staged in competition by high |
school, college and community au-1
thors. Eleven such plays have been '
selected for presentation.
?Mrs. Margaret McCambridge.
daughter of Cornelius McGillicuddy
(Connie Mack>. Philadelphia base
I bail mentor, died in Asheville last
I week end after a short serious ill
ness. Within an hour after her I
|death Dr. George Alexander, widely]
j known Asheviile physician who had \
, attended her many months, died in I
' the McCambridge home after a heart j
i attack.
I !
?Mrs. Glenn W. Everett of Asheville
(convicted in October for obstructing
(justice in the police investigation
'of the murder of Lonnie G. Russell,
! was released this week from trie
Buncombe county jail after serving
| more than five months of a 19
j months'sentence. Gov. Ehringhaus
pardoned the woman.
?Henry Davis, 34, unemployed, and
'his two daughters, Thelma, 1U. and
i Catherine, 14. were instantly killed
| at Kannapolis Monday when a
I Southern railway passenger train
? struck their automobile as Davis
was taking the girls to school.
?Robert H. Woods, Jr., of Winston
Salem. has been appointed vice pre
Isklent of the Southern Public Utili
ties company of Charlotte to succeed
I the late Roy L. Peterman. Woods
has been with the Duke interests
J since 1915.
J?Two young masked bandits held
?up M. J. McCultton, High Point
| filling station manager, and escaped
| with between $80 and $90 on Mon
i day. McCuiston was dazed by the
j blows on his head.
I ?Every textile and hosiery mill in
I Cabarrus county, including all the
'plants in the Cannon chain, were
operating as usual this week in spite
of th*? banking holiday.
Another reason for righteousnesc
is that men at liberty can turn off
the radio and prisoners can't.
1 We are a peace-loving people, sel
dom paying pensions for more'than
three wars at one time.
Say Many Would
Be Helped By
No Market House
The Markclhoiise commit
tee of the City Council and
the City Market committee
of the Young Men's Civic Club
will hold a joint meeting in
the very near future and will
make a thorough investigation
of the practicability or wis
dom of abandoning the muni
cipal market as the result of
a petition or resolution presented to
the Council at its regular meeting
on Monday night.
On the night of Monday, February
27. the market situation was discus
sed at the Young Men's Civic Club
meeting and it was the club's idea
that abandonment of the market
would be to the best interests of
the citizens and taxpayers of the
town. A committee composed of W.
Keith Saunders, chairman. B. F.
Meekins and C. Lanier Lcggeit was
appointed and given power to act
on the matter without consulting the
club further. This was done to ex
pedite matters. The committee in
quired into the legal aspects of the
question and found that the City
Council is empowered to close or
abandon the City Market at any
time, so the following resolution was
drafted and presented to the City
Council:
I "To The City Council of The City
of Elizabeth City: Greetings.
Whereas the municipal market
jwherein all retail meat and sea food
dealers are required by statute to
'conduct their business is now oper
ating at an annual loss to the city
[in excess of two thousand dollars;
I whereas this market no longer is
[serving its purpose; namely, to faci- j
litate inspection and regulation of
sanitation and to protect the health j
of the citizens of the town; whereas!
the ordinance regarding the sale of
meats in the city is wantonly and
openly disregarded and is practical
ly impossible 10 enforce, resulting in
an injustice to ? the meat dealers
located within the markethouse
whereas the abandonment of the
municipal market would result in
the establishment of a number of
meat and sea food shops thruout
the city, and this would result in the
rental of numerous vacant buildings,
to the consequent relief of property
owners and taxpayers; whereas the
removal of the meat and fish dealers
[to individual stores will mean in
creased revenue for the Public Utili-'
[ ties Commission, since the individual
i dealers would then have to purchase
j their power., electric current and
water, ail of which is now donated to
[them; and, whereas the closing of
the market will mean the immediate
, rental of the store building former-1
)ly occupied by Al. Leigh Sheep com-' f
!p3ny and the'ecnsequenr salvation',
icf ihe Elizabeth City Y. M. C. A. .
and will also make this building,:
(which is owned by the people of!
i Elizabeth City, a worthwhile reve-j
Inue-producing community asset;;
j now, therefore, we, the undersigned I
(members of a committee represent-;
;ing the Young Men's Civic Club,
' petition this honorable board to take
such steps as may be necessary to I
close the city market, for the best .
interests,of the City, the public and '
(the meat dealers." i
| The resolution was referred to the
Council's Markethouse committee, j
which is composed of Messrs. C. M. .
Griggs, E. C. Conger and B. S. Saw-'
year. This committee will meet!
with the Civic Club committee short- j
ly to thresh the matter out.
EGGS WANTED?Hen eggs, Duckl
eggs,. Highest Market prices?Spoti
Cash. W. C. GLOVER, Elizabeth'
City, N. C. cF3-tf
Sea lions in the LondonT"'
ed 40 pounds 0f fi<h s
?* c;y.
We Have Moved
Our Shop
from K North W'atet
Street to
17 N. Water Street
.lust across the street
from our old stand. See
us for tlu' tiiu'st shot* re.
pairing- Work railed fur
and delivered. t'lioik
1)21.
Jackson's Electric
Shoe Shop
17 N. Water Street
~3br/ieF%^^' ?1|
f\ntiiverjtmj
a beautiful
ELGIN WATCH
Give a gift that
V will be remem
\ bered for yeors to
\ com e? a fine
\ Elgin watch. The
I new models we
1 havereceived
I are exquisitely
I fashioned -
J masterpieces of
J Elgin precision.
J Prices are aftrac
/ tive, too. Come in
f today and make
your selection.
Exquisite, tiny Elxin. 17 Jewels,
14k jcold tilled case. $50.00
Bright Jewelry
Company
A. (i. JAMES, Mgr.
ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.
Friday-Saturday
*
added
Charlie Chase Comedy
ALKRAMA
Friday-Saturday
TIM McCOY
?in?
"FIGHTING FOR
JUSTICE"
?added?
JUNGLE MYSTERY" No. 3
SNAPSHOT
Monday-Tuesday
EDMl'ND LOWE
?in?
"THE DEVIL IS
DRIVING"
?added?
COMEDY ACT
Wednrdav-Thursday
CAROL LOMBARD
?in?
"VIRTUE"
?added?
J COMEDY ACT
i ___
Monday-Tuesday
pi
EARkT.
I with ERNEST TRUEX
UNA MGRKEL. Johi
Milpan, Johnny Hines
?added?
Laurel and Hardy Corned}
Carolina
Theatre
HEADS ... SHE WAS
HIS FOR TONIGHT...
rrri Tails...She
i | Was His i| I
ill Forever! ?|| 11
I
IJ Gambling, j HI
I I Man-Sized | j J
I j Attraction I '! li
1 With the W11 Ifll|
Screen's Big- \| |||||
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IwQ&r clarx
ilGDBLE
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Her Own
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? CAROLE LOMBARD |
r DOROTHY MfKWIU 1
Comedy q qaramount QictuK |
( GERALD'S
i Confectionery
The Home of
Better Fountain
Drinks
and
QUICK SERVICE
I
i |
Wr Are Stle Distributers of
Bob Melton's
Barbecue
And BRUNSWICK STEW
' both cf which we receive fresh
daily direct from Melton's Rocky
; Mount Plant. We also carry a
line of sandwiches, fruits, tobac
j cos, and confections. Barbecue
j lunches twenty-five and fifty
cents. Barbecue sandwiches ten
cents.
I JACKSON'S
Confectionery
17 North Water Street
Phone 324
Special Price
i ON
I Collars and liridln
| To reduce stocks we will reduce the price on evm
collar and bridle in our house
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
j ?
And Don't Forget:?Plow Points 12c
D. M. JONES CO.
The Old Reliable Hardware Store
c/&muowCHEVROLET
THE WORLD'S LOWEST-PRICED
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A NEW AND ADDITIONAL LINE OF CHEVROLET SIXES
Another great new line of cars from the
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as an addition to its present Master Six,
the new Standard Six line. Big, full-size,
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standards of quality . . . performance ...
dependability . . . and economy. And selling
at the lowest prices ever placed on six
cylinder enclosed motor cars.
The styling is modern, aer-stream styling
. . . ultra-smart and up-to-the-minute. The
bodies are Fisher wood-and-steel bodies
spacious, tastefully finished?and featuring
Kisher No Draft Ventilation. The wind
shields have safety plate glass. The trans
COUPE :
*445
C 0 A C H
$m .
COUPE
with rumble seat
'475
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Special equipment extra. Low deliv
ered prices and easy G. M. A. C. terms.
Chevrolet Motor Co.% Detroit, Mich.
L===========J
mission has an easy, clashless shift a1^'
silent second gear. The engine is a smood
fast, responsive six. And Chevrolet engiw?1
have made economy an outstanding feature
Engineering tests show that the Standi
Six goes more miles on a gallon cf gas,
on a filling of oil, than will any other full-s"
car on the road. As for reliability?ten*15
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Introduction of this new Standard Si*
the way for new thousands of people to en#
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mobile combining maximum quality ^
maximum all-round economy.
CHEVROLET STANDARD SIX
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L. B. Perry Motor Co j
ELIZABETH CITY, N, C.

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