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If It's Newt You'll See It First In The Daily Advance fa 'Generally fair and con- tinued warm weather to- night and Tuesday VOL. FIVE ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 14, 1920 NO. 141 SENATOR HARDING IS BACKAT DESK Busy Finishing Up Business As Senator Will Get Into Ac tive Campaign Almost Im mediately NEW PARTY WILL HAVE CANDIDATE Declares Amos Pinchot, Mem ber of Committee of Forty Eight LaFollette May Also Head A Ticket EEE-YAHI GET READY FOR THE CIRCUS! IT'S COMING SOON! f (By The Associated Press) Washington, June 14 Senator Harding is back at his de.sk here to day. He arrived at midnight from Chi cago and told the Associated Press he would remain in Washington a week. He expected to be busy for a few days cleaning up business accu mulated as Senator but t lie arrival of Hays will force him immediately in to the part assigned him by the Con vention. He will confer with Hayes and his political managers with the idea of gefting the campaign under way immediately. THOMPSON-SAW YKK South .MilN. June 14 A quiet marriage took place Thursday after noon at two-thirty at the home of Mr. and .Mrs. J. W. Sawyer in this city, when their daughter, Miss Eliza beth Sawyer, became the bride of Herbert Thompson, of Portsmouth. The ceremony was performed by Magistrate John Jacobs, the ring cer emony being used. The bride was becomingly gowned In a traveling suit of dark blue cloth, wore a black picture hat with shoes to match, and carried a corsage bou quet of sweet peas. The only attendants were Miss Lil ian Trafton, cousin of the bride, maid of honor, Mr. Charlie Gibson of Portsmouth, best man, and little Alma and Mollie Forbes, flower girls. The maid of honor wore pink or gandy and carried a bouquet of sweet peas. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Thompson left by mo tor car for Portsmouth, where they will make their home. ALKRAMA TODAY Can you associate a cowboy outfit with a derby hat? It would strike you as about as absurd as a diamond sunburst on a calico dress, wouldn't it? Well that's part of Will Rogers makeup at the Alkrama to day and to-night in he big (loldwyn picture, "Water, Water. Everywhere." It the piazza seems hot and close just drop down to the Alkrama and let us show you what a good laugh and a pair of dandy big ventilating fans will do for you. If there's any air in Betsey at all. those big fans at the rear of the theater will certainly pull it through every nook and cranny of the house. Summer School Opens Twenty Four Present The Summer School opened here this morning wi'h twenty four teacher-pupils present a! the morning session. A number are expected on the trains and boats this afternoon, and by Wednesday, the registration will be completed, as after the third day, no teacher who has not regis tered, will be given credit for atten dance. Currituck, Camden. Pasquotank and Perquimans are all represented on the roll call, and several teachers from Dare and other counties are here also. The work today Is principally de voted to registering the teachers and arranging the courses of study There will be two sessions today and Tuesday, but later the day's sche dule will he for one session only. Quarantine law The reporting ot contagious dl nVsease by the people of the city nd county is compulsory, according 'o the State Law. This law Is being iitioi'ed by citizens who should know V law and roport these diseases. 1 .un warning each and every per son ;i the city and county and I havi -utlirient Information that there are a lornber of cases of mealen and whoopii c l otigh and chicken pox in the city t r reported. However un pleasant it may bp, I will have to en force the l.i w if this continues. The posit i n I hold as County quar sntlne Jfflcer tic cssitateR this step. The death toll (rem these diseases, especially whoopinc cough and meas les, mounts Into the thousands every year In the State . The State Health authorities are with me In this work and I earnestly request your cVoperation. If you report these diseases, this will save me from a very unpleasant task, for I shall certainly enforce the law. Z. FEARING. ! Ao IM Vf YrfX 'iMW And l00k wh0'1' here! "Alberl" the do" elephar: f th elr- ' -jt : fcSiW. - " Oall cus- He's helping preparations tor the opening of the sho . and la ,e"- . : Look what's coming with this year's circus! Little "Two Seventy-Five," baby son of "Beer-Sheba," camel of Barnum & Balley BJngling Bros. show. He was born on a train whiU the show waa on Ua wa o winter g,uajtr ai ; (ail. I .'.y . WAv.v. ;....-........- X II... Hi ;i -"-. stCL 1 : ' ; 'rrtaJjwjiiii : if ( I ' i ' I Hard luck has made the fc.ee f Miller Hugglns, Yank manager, lard. The first wrinkle camt In rylng to get Babe Ruth and "rank Baker lined up. Then fol owed more tough breaks during '.ie training camp days, so that he future looks anything but opeful to the Yanks. ' MKS MARY SHKRMM'K lK.AI) Mrs Mary E. Sherlock, 73 years old. died at her home in Pooltown Sunday morning at nine o'clock af ter an illness of three days, having been Mricken with paralysis la-' Week Mrs. Sherlock is surviviod by one -.on. (I L Sherlock, by nine grand children and a number of nieces and nephews, among whom are Mrs. J V Jennings. Mr; Charles Cart wright. Mr-. J. H. Price and tJohn Hie' hers, all of this County. The funeral took place Monday af ternoon at two o'clock from the res idence. Rev. K. L. Stack officiating Interment w a rying ground made in the family bu-j in Pooltown. Will nlrilSS PERSIA'S APPEAL London. June 14 Persia's appeal! for protection against the Holshiviki ! Is expected to be discussed todn by1 the Council of the League of Nations at the opening of the executive sess ion. I MANY LIVES LOST IN GREAT STORM Salvador. June 14 Many lives were lost and great damage was done near San Juan. Honduras last night j . by a storm Oreat disaster is. c. V. Wilson of Weeksrlle was In feared by the authorises. 'the city Saturday. i if i u '-reft .iv tt!SnmW LONDON DOESN'T KNOW HARDING Thinks He Represents Compro mise Believes Democratic President Will Probably Be Llected ( liv The ,. London. June ing's per-nnaliiy socia'i'd I're si 1 t Senator 1 1 aril and record are un- known lu re, and newspaper comment expresses neither sat'saclion nor dis appointment with the Republican nominal ion Several newspapers infer from the cabled reports that he represents a compromise. Other journals as sume that the results of the Chicago Convention has opened the proba bility of the election of a Democra tic Pre-ident which recently was re garded here as extremely improbable Norfolk Negroes Leave Old Force Back Again The Norfolk negroes who were brought out by the Norfolk Southern freight department to take tin p.a.e of the home force who were dis charged fur failing to show up at the freight yards on Memorial Day. May quit work Saturday when the Norfolk Southern refused to shut down at live p m. When the Norfolk negroes refused to work after live in the afternoon the Norfolk Southern discharged them, and the old force, with the ex ception of one or two men is back at the yards. CONCERT TONIGHT TT HIGH SCHOOL A musical concert will lie given In the high school auditorium here tonight by four young women of Combs Conservatory. Philadelphia. The musicians are Miss Manic Parrlay, violinist; ML- Alice Wight man. Pianist; Miss Carolyne Mitch ell, soprano; Miss Demcre. Martin, Contralto. The Virginian Pilot says of their loncert given in Norfolk this week; "The 'nnr young women, having ;t:'.aalo ron-iderable preparation tor phis concert, thoroughly Justified Itheir audience's expectation In every way. and gave Norfolk a very ing "after season" recital." pleas- MIlKTINt; There wil at Powell's AT be OWKIX'S nn nil dav POINT meeting Point Christian Church Saturday June 19th. beginning at ten thirty In the morning Dinner w ill be served on the church grounds. After tln program in the church has been carried out there will be a hall game on the diamond at Harbin ger. Poplar Ilranrh and Harbinger will cross bats. -" I I HE'S GAME CHINESE GEO&GE GONG- . MEMPHIS, Tenn. Geors Gong has spent years purveying chop siiey and other queer eats at his Chinese restaurants In Mem phis ami Indianapolis. Now na's learning to be an aviator, un daunted by the prospect of some day falling out of the sky and making chop suey out of a China man He's going to establish a Norman Davis To Succeed Frank Polk V. . shiiKion. June 14 Norman Davis of leune-sce was today appoint ed by the President as I'nder Secre tary of Slate to as.-unie his duties to morrow -ncceeding Frank Polk who resigned Davis resigned last week as As-i-tant Secretary of the Treas ury to accept this post. FEDERATION CONDEMNS UNAUTHORIZED STRIKE Montreal. July 14 The labor bo dies which aided the unauthorized strike unions during the recent rail road walkout In the 1'nited States were condemned today in a resolu tion presented the American Federa tion of Labor Convention here. A resolution was also presented In behalf of the International Switch man's l'i;ion WILL YILLD (iOVKHNMKNT SKVKN Ml RKI I'll TV Ml, LI, IONS Washington, June 14 The second in-! ailments of the income and excess pr.. will lion Into t- L:es f r 1 '. 1 !' due 'oiuorrow yield the government Tad mil .. it is es'ima'ed by the Itureau of nal Revenue. TRAPS SIOVKIIA L IHOARS Tom Sprulll. colored tenant on the farm of John C Perry, four miles Irom town, has trapped several bears this season, two within the last two weeks. W. K. Gregory of Indlantown spent Ha! unlay In this city. NKiHT UOWX SPKCI.l L $I.2.T We are offering spclal fir this week an extra good slip oer gown, made of good nainsook dnd long cloth. Extra good value at price $1.25. M. LEIGH SHEEP CO. ft " 1 GASTON B. MEANS FILES DAMAGE SUIT Against District Attorneys Swan and Dooling in Sensa tional Maude King Murder Case of 1917 ( I'.y The Associated Press) New York. June I I Suit for one million dollars damage- was tiled to day for C.i-lnn It Means against Dis trict Attorney Swann and Assi-tant Di-trici Attorney Dooling. 'I he com pla i n I i ha rges that I he l I'eiuln nl s conspired with ollicial -ol a Irilsl company in Chicago to "bribe and coirun! witne -e," to tes- i tif falsely against the plaintiff in his I tn.il for murder of Mrs. Maude King ncn r ( 'oneord . Nort h 'arol ina. in 111 1 7. and to defeat the probate of i the alleged la-t will of James King ' or husband ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE CHILEAN CANDIDATE Santiago. Chile June 14 -Attempt to asssasinale Arturo Alexandria, lib eral alliance presided I ial candidate, here today was made. Three shot wei e fired but none struck mi:i:t mono.w h;m t The Circle Meetings of I he Womaiis ' Mi-sionarv Society of the First l!ap-' tist Church, w ill meet on Monday at S p. m. at the following homes; Circle No. 1 meets with Mrs. J R Pinner on Chu rch si root . Circle No. 2 meets with Mrs C C. . Clark on North Road -treet I Circle No. :! meets with Miss Inez Reid, Church street ! , Circle No. 4 meets with Mrs W. J.,. Slnumds on Riverside Drive Circle No. fi niets with Tom Love I Jr., Martin street. Circle No fi meets with C. A Cooke Seidell street. ! BOAT STKl ( K STAKK SO ItOVS IIIKK HOMK A party of boys went to Arneuse Creek Saturday to spend the week-1 end with the boys who are camping there and expected to return home, early Monday morning in a gas boat.! Ilni when ready to return, they found thai some of the campers had i run the boat upon a .-take and punch1 led a hole in the bottom, making It unseaworthy. So there was nothing for 'he boys to do but hike home the eight miles that lie between the camp and the city The boys trudged In to town e,nl Monday morning, foot- sore and weary, and blistered from , the ho' tays of a baking June sun The citnp breaks up Tuesday I BOLSHEVIKI KILL GENERAL ROUNDNOFF; Constantinople, June 14 A Seb- j Rstopol di-pach says the Ilolshevlkl killed Ceneral Roundnoff at Ilaku. Picnic at Worth' landing Mr. and Mrs. Thorburn Dennett. Mr. and Mrs Walter Small. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kramer, .miss i.auraj. front pnRe advertisements. Mln Itodney, and Dr Julian Sellg motored I . Imum (or front page advertise to Worth's IanllriB Friday evening, I nient jt 00 and enjoyed a delightful picnic. ! ' (Iiy The Associated Press) Chicago, June M Heel. nation by Amos Pinchot, member of the com mifee of Porty Kight, that there will positively be a new party with a pie idenlial candidate in Hie Held; rumors that Senator I, a Kollotte will head a ticket as presidential candi date; and announcement that the I'impaigii in behalf of Harding will .-I art promptly ure the outstanding developments following the Republi can National Convention today. President's Doctor Prescribes Bicycling Washington, June 1 I - President 'Wilson will take un bicvcliim as ex ercise it became known today when a local manufacturing concern an nounced an order placed for the bi cycle by Admiral Crayson, the pres ident's physician, accompanied by a letter staling that the bicycle was for the President's own use. KILLED IN WRECK Chicago, June 14 The Pere Mar quel train from Grand Rapids was wrecked today and the conductor killed when the train struck a freight at the lOrd stree crossing in South Chicago. A score of trainmen and passengers were injured. ( ONKPIRK A(i.IST KOYIKT London. June 14 An anachlst's conspiracy against the soviet govern- Illelll cow , was expected today from Mos ays a llerlin dispatch. I'OI.US WITHDRAW I OR KS ' War-aw, June 11 The llolshevi ki are pouring into the Kiev region with the grealest number of divisions the Polo-, have ever faced, according to 1 1 pi i i t s received here. The Poles are withdrawing their main turn1- i i.i:k m;if spiv i:v I Invitations base been received in this city which read as follows: "Mr. and Mrs Robert Lee Spivey request the honor of your presence at the 1 marriage of their daughter. Alma, to j Mr Claude Klliott Fletcher on Wed- no day the IMith day of June at ten o'clock in the morning, New Hope ; Mel he lisi Church, Duraiits Neck, i Nm i h Carolina." ADVERTISING RATE CARD 1 inch .35 2 inches GO :i inches SO 4 inches $1.00 5 inches 1.20 fi inches 1.40 7 inches . 1-60 N inches 1.7 5 inches 1.85 10 inches 2.00 1. 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