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"DO A GOOD TURN DAILY" IT'S BOY SCOUT WEEK THE WEATHER Unsettled weather to- night and Wednesday. Probably rain. Somewhat colder in East portion. ' Net Circulation Monday 1,205 Copies 'i VOL. XI. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1021 NO. 33. fe AND INTEREST IS any Who Have Already Joined Are Eager For Start Now Is the Time to Enter Why Postpone Till Tomorrow What You Can Do T0daySend In Your Name Now Names of Those Already Entered To Be Published In Very Short Time Each day brings in nominations for membership in The Advance 5000 Club campaign for circulation. The telephone is kept busy answering inquiries of interested folks who are beginning to realize that the wonderful offer of The Advance, giving away thousands of dollars worth of valuable prizes, is an unheard of event. These inquiries are coming from interested folk who are ambitious and desire to Share in the rich rewards to be given away, and are representative of the best people in the field covered by this newspaper. The territory has been divided into three: districts and these dis tricts will have their lists completed within -a.few days, and then the official start in the eight week's race will be made. However, it is not necessary for one to wait until the ; offlcial start is made in order to be gin work. This work can begin at once and the intervening time put into good advantage getting an early start. Beginning early in a campaign of this': kind is one of the main essen tials for success., , In these modern times it is the one who is on the job, first last and all the time that gains tltf iiggest successes and just so wt it be with the members of The Advance 5000 Club. Those who start . early naturally will have the better advantage than those who begin work later on. By starting now friends and acquaintances from my whom s ubieriptions are expected, will be advised of the club member's j Considerable interest was manl desire of that particular subscrlp- Jfest on the part of citizens attending tlon, and it will be held until such, the meeting when the report was time a the member can get around called for from the committee ap- tO Collect It. Opportunities, such as owning a valuable automobile free without one cent of cost and in exchange-for ef- fort put In during spare time among friends and acquaintances securing their renewals and new subscrlp- tlons, seldom come. It is the op- portunity o a life time for an am- bitious man, woman or young per- son to be several hundred dollars richer at the end of an eight weeks campaign. In ordinary voting con- tests, prizes of small value are of- fered but In The Advance cirucula- tion drive the prizes are of a distinc- tlve type and many times more than have ever been offered before in this community. Receipt books are now ready for distrlbutlon to the ambitious work- . an m hB had unon anolica- tion at the Campaign Office in The Advance Building, by telephone or caking the Buying punnc nemanu letter. Communicate with the Man-. be9t cuts- A committee was ager of the Drive, who is always on med from the board to report to the Job and ready to assist in any the special session of the Council as vKy possible to make the individual ,t wlut action the board could take f tha mnmhpm hne In the matter. successes. Telephone ao ai any time for Information. If your name is not already en rolled as a member of the "5,000 Club," send It In at once and re ive full details and Instructions as liow to start the race. Just a short time will be given to the work, and during that time one's bank account can be materially in creased by Joining in the pleasant work of selling subscriptions to The Advance. VESTRY MEETS TONIGHT The new Christ church vestry will meet at the rectory tonight at eight o'clock. The following men were re cently elected on this vestry: Messrs. J. T. McCabe, T. T. Turner, W. P. Skinner, R. B. Martin, V. O. Gaither, F. O. Jacocks, W. II. Weatherly, Jr., W. P. Duff, A. H. Worth, 3. C. B. Ehringhaus, Edson Carr and Fred Whltehurst INCREASING DAILY COUNCIL TAKES UP MANY MATTERS Water. Sewerage, Light, Gas, Meats and Malaria Were Some of the Subjects Dis cussed Monday Night The City Council Monday night in regular, session exhausted prae- tiCtlny its entire time on the uis- cusslon of the old problems of water, sewerage, light and gas and the high price of meats. The question of lowering the rates charged for the power and jgas were referred to a committee consisting of ' Counc-ilineti Worth, Sawyer and Bowden which was in Istructed by the board to audit the ! books of the gas and power compa nies and to make recommendations at a snecial meeting of the board. 'President Crook of the Light Com ..pany and Superintendent Stallings of the Gas Company stated that their committee from jpoinieu 10 mvesusaie me iimo ui meats at the local market. The committee's opinion was that the price charged for Western meats was not excessive, the wholesale price being from 20 to 25 cents and the retail price being from 30 to 35c per lb. On the other hand the com- mittee's report pointed out the'var- lance in the local wholesale price of meats now and a year ago. Meat is now bought, says the report, by meat dealers at from 10 to 12 1-2 cents a pound. Spite of this decrease in the wholesale price, the report goes further to say, the retail price is the same as it was when the wholesale price was ten to twelve cents higher on the pound. In conference with the butchers the committee suggest- ea scale or prices. me uuicuer., the report stated however, seemed to think this impracticable as generally Another matter that Is to be brought up at the called meeting of the board is that or more fire equip ment for the fire department. The Merchants Association will make de finite recommendations to the board as to equipment that they deem (necessary for the safety of the town. Secretary Case, retiring Secretary iof the Chamber of Commerce, thru the City Manager, expressed to the Council hiB appreciation of the many kindnesses shown him and his desire to assist the city In anyway possible In the future. The Coun cil In turn Instructed the City Man ager to write Secretary Case and thank him for the valuable service he had rendered the town during the time that he has served as secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. President Crook, of the Electric Light Company, is In the city today endeavoring to thrash out with the City Manager what can be done about the layln" of mains by the GOOD CITIZENSHIP UNION SERVICE SUNDAY J There is a rare treat in store for the people of Elizabeth City. In j Christ Episcopal church Sunday . night, February 13th, there will be held a union service In interest of Good Citizenship. There will be no service Sunday night in the First Methodist and First Baptist churches, these congregations joining that of the Episcopal church will all worship in this one place. There will be two speakers, Rev. H. K. Williams, pas tor of the First Baptist church, and J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus, well known to all the city. The choir will be made up from the choirs of these three churches, singing familiar hymns. F. R. Hufty will be in charge of the music, Mrs. J. R. Barrett will be organist. The offering at this service will be taken for the local use of the Red Cross. The Red Cross here is being called Bpon daily for the expenditure of large sums for use here in the city among those unable to care for them selves. The offering will, therefore, go for a most worthy cause. The public generally is cordially invited to this union service. Says Aliens Given Too Much Liberty Washington, Feb, 8. Representa tions have been made to the State Department by the Hungarian gov ernment concerning deportations of undesirable aliens from the United States. : Hungary says that the de ported aliens have been at such lib erty aboard vessels as to permit them to organize propogamla .against European governmenis ;md asks that aliens deported be segregated aboard their vessels. ANOTHER SNOW IN PROSPECT NOW Washington, Fob. 8. Snow or rain in the northern and rain in the middle and southern sections East of the Mississippi except the Southern Florida peninsula within the next thirty-six hours is predicted by the weather bureau as the result of a disturbance over the lower Mississ ippi valley moving northeast. Lower temperature will prevail. EXPLOSION DUE TO CARELESSNESS Washington, Feb. 8. Federal in vestigation of the gasoline-vapor ex plosion at Memphis on January 24th, which cost the lives of eleven per sons, was another example of the failure of workmen to heed pre scribed precautions in handling ex plosive matter, the bureau of mines announced tday. A negro opened a tank car of gaso line without relieving the pressure on the tank, the statement said, with the result that gasoline boiled out of the car which mixed with air to form- an explosive gas which was later ignited by nearby open fires. jGEKMAXV ,IAH ACCEPTED AIMED INVITATION Berlin, Feb. 8. The German gov ernment has accepted the invitation to participate in the Allied Confer ence on reparations In London March the first. GREEKS ORGANIZING FOR CHEAT OFFENSIVE Rome, Feb. 8 Seventy thousand Greek troops are being organized for the great offensive In Asia Minor, ac cording to Smyrna reports . The Turkish Nationalists are pre paring to meet the offensive. Sewer Company throughout certain portions of the city. Mr. Crook seemed to be disposed to believe that wnter bills In the proposed areas would not begin to Justify the Sew erage Company to lay these mains. Co-operation with the Inter national Board of Health In the pre vontlon of malaria was strongly recommended by Health Officer Dr. Peters. Lack of detailed Int formation made it necessary, how ever, for the board to defer action on this matter until 'the special ses sion to be called at an early V.te. BOY SCOUTS ARE REORGANIZING This Is Boy Scout Week and They're Doing Good Turns Which Deserve Other Good Turns From Bestcity Troop 3 and 5 were given a special Boy Scout service at Christ Church Sunday evening, in honor of Boy Scout Week which Is being celebra ted the world over, February 6 to 13 Troop 5 was in charge of Scout master Pendleton and led the pro cession. The scouts marched in body to the church and to the tune of Onward Christian Soldiers marched in, Troop 5 occupying seats to the right of the altar under the pulpit, while the other troop sat on the left. Troop 3 was in charge of Acting Scout Commissioner E. K. Clark and Asst. Stanton of Troop 5. During the hymn 'America' the -'scouts of both troops filed in front of the altar and at a signal from Scoutmaster by scouts and leaders all at attention. The troops then filed back to their seats and heard a fine sermon by Rev. G. F. Hill. It dealt w'th the begin ning of the Scout movement in 1910, Mr. Hill presented Scou' master ond Hill presented Scoutmaster and Scouts of Troop 5 a new Testament The scouts marched out to the hymn "Work For the Night Is Coming." After 'the serviee'the Smuts formed at attention In front of the church and were reviewed. Troop 5 then gave a drill. II was tin- best scout occasion over. s. en ill this city and tluee seeing it want to sse the buys renew their oeih ag iin. Those who did not see wish now they had. It was the beginning of the reorganiza tion of the Hoy Kcouls of this city. Monday night troops -Three and Five met at the Y. M. C. A. for the second time and it was decided to fully reorganize 'and get busy. Scout master Venters, of Troop One, gave a fine talk. Assistant Stanton gave a brief talk, as well as visitor Richard Tatein and Scoutmaster Pendleton, it was decided at this meeting to have a big "father.son, mother" banquet at an early date. It was de cided to keep the troops to 17 scouts or two patrols, and form new troops as scouts want to enter. It was also decided to form a troop in the cotton mill section. Mr. Clark says, "the gun Is fired, now for busi ness, so let s go. . After this meeting there was drill by Mr. Tatem, all troops partlclpat- Ing in it and scouts doing ex-j celient work. This week is Boy Scout week the world over and means "Do a good turn daily." The Boy Scouts have been found eleven years today Tues day, February 8, and the slogan is "Do a good turn daily." On account of examinations at school it" Is impossible to have as much as the scouts planned" to haver as other cities are doing, but it's enough to reorganize this week and that's a good turn. POPULATION OF ALABAMA Washington, Feb. 8. The white population of Alabama in 1920 wasi 1,447,032 and the negro population 900,652, the census bureau announc ed today. The white population in creased nearly 18 per cent and the negroes decreased .8 per cent. ROBERT BRINDELL IS SENTENCED TO PRISON New York, Feb. 8. Robert Brin- dell, president of the Building Trades Council, convicted of extortion from builders, was today sentenced to serve from five to ten years in the si trie prison. Would Co-operate Curtail Armament Toklo. Feb. 8. Yuklo Ozakl, for mer leader of the opposition party, told the Associated Press today that he would Introduce Independently be fore the Diet a resolution proposing curtailment of naval armament. The resolution would ask Japan to communicate with the United States and England and decldf the best way. to restrict naval programs In conjunction with those nations. Bestcity Takes Forward Step Invites Community Service, Incor porated, To Make Preliminary Survey And Initiate Work Of Local Community Service Bureau What a boy or girl does with leisure hours is more im portant than what they do in school. Dr. Horace Jones, head of the Greek Departmen t at Cornell, told Elizabeth City men and women who heard h im at the community club rooms Monday night Says Testimony Was Perjured New York, Feb. 8. Frank P. Walsh, counsel for Thomas Mooney, convicted murderer in San Fran cisco in connection with the Pre paredness Day bomi) explosion in 1916. today telegraphed San Fran cisco authorities apprising them of an alleged confession by one wit ness in the case that he perjured his testimony at the trial. A special grand jury Is now inves tigating the alleged conspiracy to convict Mooney. The witness named is John Mac Donald, now resident of Trenton, N. J., with whom Walsh had a long conference last night. , JOE H. WINSLOW WEDS IN FLORIDA News was received here Monday of the marriage of Joe H. Winslow of this city and Miss Lucille Comman der of New York City at Orlanda, Florida, on Saturday afternoon at 5:30. Mr. Winslow is the son of Mr, and Mrs. J. N. Winslow who live at En field Farm, about two and a half I miles from the city. He is connect ed with the. Manhattan Life Insur ance Company and is in Florida with Max L. Sanderlin for several month! on business. NEGROES INCREASE AT f'OLlMBUS, OHIO Washington, Feb, 8. The negro population of Columbus, Ohio, Is 22, 091, an increase of 73.4 per cent. ALABAMA CONGRESSMAN DIES IN FLORIDA Mobile, Ala., Feb. 8. Fred L. BlacHmon, of Annlaton, Ala., repre sentative in Congress, recently elect ed to his seventh term, died at mid night last night at Bartow, Fla. IX POLICE COURT Alphonla Skinner, , colored, before the recorder Tuesday for assault on lieulah McCleese, was lined $5.00 and costs. ARMY BILL PASSES Washington, Feb. 8. The army appropriation bill carrying approxi mately ?329, 000, 000 and providing for a forVe of only 150,000 men for 1920 passed the House today and was sent to the Senate. SENATE WANTS LOOK-IN ON JAPANESE NEGOTIATIONS Washington, Feb. 8. The Senate foreign relations roinmiltee today di rected Chairman Lodge to tisk Sec retary Colby if it was not Incom patible with public Interest to sub mit to the committee u copy of the agreement between Ambassadors Morris and Shldehara regarding the new treaty dealing with the situation nriHlng from adoption of the Cali fornia alien land bill. I'IMJK ItKRLIN NOT COMfLY Munich, Feb, 8 Premiers of var lous German states have agreed to urge the Berlin to refuse compliance with the Allied demands formulated by the Supreme Council In Paris two weeks ago. Dr. Jones was speaking in the interest of the establish ment of a bureau of com munity service in Elizabeth City to provide., healthful out lets for the recreational and pleasure activities of the city and especially of the city's young people. North Carolina has recently established such a bureau for the State at large, being .the third State in the Union to take this step. Those who heard Dr. Jones were so favorably impressed with h's pre sentation of the Importance and of the need of this step that they unani mously voted to invite the national organization, Community Service, in corporated, to send experts to Eliza beth City to make a survey of the city with the end In view of m iking . recommendations for the establish ment and t lie Initiating of the work of a local bureau. The work of the national organization will extend over a period of throe months, at the end of which time Its workers will be withdrawn and the bureau will begin to function as a community activity. In return tpr the assistance of Community Service, Incorporated, Elizabeth City engaged to provide the experts upon their tirrlval with office room and stenographic help, and, when they have made their sur vey and Indicated the scope of the work here, Elizabeth City will en deavor to enlist popular support of the movement to the end that ways and means may be found to pul the local bureau on permanent financial basis. Whether this endeavor will succeed or not will, of course, de pend largely upon the impression made upon the public mind by the survey and the work Initiated by the representatives of Community Ser vice, Incorporated, sent here. "My father was a Baptist preacher and my mbtlier was a woman," said Dr. Jones by way of introduction, "and so I Just naturally love to talk. "Another reason why I am glad to bo with you is that as a Southern man I like to get back home especi ally In the winter time when where I live the thermometer Is down around zero. I want to say In the beginning that I am not here In the interest of anything fof myself, nor to give Elizabeth City a handout. But I am here to extend you an opportunity to avail yourself of funds already be longing to you. , " War camp community service, as you know, was ostaDitsnea during the World War. As a result of ap palling conditions brought to light by the Investigations of the Fosdlck Commission on the Mexican border, the American Playground and Recre ational Association of New York City was requested by President Wil son and the Secretary of War to give itself over to thework of mak ing It possible for the Boldler on leave In town adjacent to the camp to find wholesome recreation or amusement at any hour of the day or night. "Your community contributed to the support of the various welfare organizations Including War Camp Community Service. "By reason of the unexpectedly (Continued on Page Four)
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