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THE ADVANCE r#ri K * I'KKI K, I'lihti-Ju-ri MtHHtHt PI I i.1. Ic.lv'. Mfnibrr of The \-mn iitt??? I I'rrw. Tto Anmii1(? PrtM fMlail.'li H Ihf u?? Mr r*.??Mlrotioi ?f ?.. ?<???*'"?? >? V>i? mw ^l?c to th? || ?? ca Vatarvi at lit* ?t Hiki ih C?t?. n i I 4* ar.?' d ilin motUr. Il> Mail. ? f'iMMi (Id ? II It ? ? (in n?l*am. > I.\J' , fiftoM On?. 12 month? (. wi j ? f Mail Claowhrrt Ik 02 ! HubM-rlption llat** li) Carrier. I ???* . .. 10' . - I anntn (in *:t , 13 month| lilt ntfvaitrr) |ll^ MONDAY. l)KCi:Mlil:i: IT. l'u j "We are crowded to tin- limit j again this week." says Kdiloi'i Story of the Albemarle Observ er, "but this will not be the vase long." That's the pity of it. The few weeks before Christina* i - the only time that most country newspapers get a tasle of pros perity. The Advance lias a particular aversion to Xmas' for Christ mas. We try to correct every appearance of the unsightly and irreverent abbreviation in our copy, both news and advertis ing, but we can't do-a thing with the cut service which comes in mat form and has to be run "as is." Credit for the excellence of the farm page, which has be come a regular feature of Satur day's issue of The Advance, be-j longs to John Kilgore, whose] idea it was in the first place and -whose typewriter turns out thc| copy that makes this page, it seems to us, exceedingly read-' able, interesting, informing and altogether worth while. A Notable Anniverwnrv The conquest of the air was dreamed of by man before ever he had made any considerable progress in the conquest of the sea. But it was not until our own time and generation that the world saw its first really successful flying machine, or air ship. It chances that Monday of this week ushers in the twen tieth anniversary of the birth of the first successful flight of a heavier than air flying machine ? the machine which has now( come to be called the airplane. On this day the following from1 Sunday's Charlotte Observer seems particularly -timely and fitting: The Observer n few days aeo made! reference to I ho proposition of t lie people lo staue a c?iei>r?,lou nni'iypr. sary of the birth nL the heavier-ihan air flying machine and the glorifica-: tlon of the name of the Wright brn-, tliers in connection therewith. The, event seems to he having <1 singular, luck of publicity. December 17 If the anniversary day. It was then that , Wilbur and OrvlHe Wright flew their, machine down the slope of a great sand dune, across the valley he-, tween and up the slope of the twin I dune, where it waa wrecked in the landing. It was not until several days afterward that information cot out of what had been accomplished. The Wrights had kept their prelim-j inary arrangements secret even from the natives and the people were all unaware that a milestone had been' set marking development of one of the world's most potent Industries. The Wrights were fearful of failure! and at the same time confident of( success. They did not want to be come the object of public Jest, as' had been the fate of Lang ley and other projectors of the flying ms-: chine; they wanted to conduct t'?eir experiment In secrecy and they east about for a location favorable alike' for the teit .1 nd foi assured ? ? clu *lon. Perhaps Orvllle Wrlxht Wil bur la dead ma> \? t ?< 11 fTii cli ? cunistances that led the brother** to the Isolated locality of KI IT IWII Hill, near the little less Isolated point of Kitty Hawk, on the North Caro llna coast, off historic Hoanoke Isl and. but certain It Is. they found the Ideal spot. Only the sea gulls, fly Inn overhead, know what Is going on In the sandy wastes of the hill with the odd-sounding name, of or laln no one seems to know. There j are a "few weather-beaten houses i Inst I In* sand> slopes ut the neighboring settlement of Kit 11 awk Th? so ar? Inhabit! <1 .ti i" riods during the summer months by people who love the lonesono life, ( but In winter, hills and roast line are barren of human life. mr Into Alb? -I on a boat that ha* aailed down the I'as fjuotank liver from KlUabeth City. NORFOLK PRODUCE At 6 F?iitr??? BPFNCK - IIOI.I/IWKM, r* Mt> Ihlrkonn 25-37 >1(1 Hons 25 >irliey? _ 25-SO 20 _ 25 >Ofk? ? Horn, mall Ho*. K Cllm MX., toeu Irene's Latest Major Frederick McLaughlin, wealthy Chicago society man. coffee merchant and sportsman, ho* be come vivacious Irene Castle's third husband. The wedding was sol* emnized In Chicago. The major, as hit title Implies, has been a soldier, too, Just like Vernon Castle and Robert Treman, the dancer's former spouses. the %? lull or sees to lh?* left a line of yellow hills that cut off the vie** of the rolling billows and the rating whit)* caps of the Atlantic beyond. The hills project Into the hotizon like a low mountain range, barr* n of v?vHHti(?ii and of any sign of life, softened In ihe misty atmosphere that hangs over the waters of ocean and sound, the shining yellow alopes of the dunes making an enchanting combination with the blue of the sky. At one point the contour of the sandy range is broken by a deep valley between two steep cones. That Is Kill Devil Hill, reached only after a sail over a considerable waste of water. It was the spot selected by Wilbur and Orvllle Wright for try ing out their flying machine. The natives can tell hut little about the proceeding* on tin- lonely spot. The Wrights had been there several days before local curiosity was excited. Two men had been s?*en "doing about*' on the inland strip, but on each occasion when the curious na iiivch imiue landing to investigate, they found themselves foiled. They 'could find neltlw ?mm nor the machine they wer?- wdrklng with. I lint on the day of the flight, De cember 17. 1003. they saw ifrme tlilnu which they said looked like a ' section of a shanty roof, move' through the air from one hill to the other. How boats and sail boats were pressed into service from Man-! teo ami many of the natives. landlnK i at the hill and hurry inn to the spot' where they saw two men standing around the wreckage of the tiling they had supposed to be the rooi of | ?i houw . learned for the first lime that the strangers had been operat-| Ing a flying machine. It was a fly-.1 Ing machine, the Wrights told them. J and that was nil they did tell. They had succeeded, and their concern] was-to pack un tin* salvage and get back home to add the finishing touches the experience had proved were needed. It was not until after the Wrights had departed that the real slwiiifi cance of what had taken place dawned upon the people. The hill was raided In search of portions of the machine to be saved as relics. .Some of the neighboring families to jhiw day are preserving parts of the first airplane as valuable historical souvenirs. The point The Obs? rver TtAlltS bring out. however. Is this: ; the blrthp'."** ?? flying niai nine , is unmarked; there fs nelthpr atone j nor tablet to Indirate the lov?Ut>' "? . an event that gave the flying ma-1 chine lo the world. Growing up out ( of the yellow sand and towering, a veritable lonesome sentinel. Is a 1 stout pine tree, its body warped by J the winds it has resisted. Its very i isolation makes it a conspicuous oh- j Ject. We doubt If the birthday of! the airplane in going to have cele-1 brat ion of consequence In North Car- j ollna. or In the nation, for that mat-} ter. but the suugestlon is that some or the patriotic societies might de sign a mark?-r of appropriate Inscrip tion and fasten it to thin tree, until a monument of more fitting com memoration and of a more endu.ing character, shall be erected on histor ic Kill Devil Hill. ARIDOR \ X $ |Candy Caddyif When empty the caddy may bo refilled with the as surance that it will lx> kept in just as (rood condition in the home as in the dealer's store. It keeps hard candies dry and fresh? With tiro pound* of UWkai^i high grade candie* $2. At your grocery or , druggist. Club Women Interested In Five Bills In Congress t.liilil I ithnr. I nijornt Mnrrinur I IHvitrcf. h.tlm ulioii. Ihwlfral I'rison for II onu'ii. mill Motli Jinl I ni in jura tion Hill ( Itii'j Mrasiirffi ( umiiitmtliiifi ideation I IK MIIS. I. iiknijy iik.h-mith. I I'tihlii it \ < littiriiiitM. NlHlr l ?M???!*?? I lion Woman'* 4 lul>?. Club woiiK ii of Ninth Carolina ar?' int?T?*st?-d in llv?? billy that ar?* tmv.* b?*fon? Coninss. Th'-s*- :? i? : Th? chilil labor law. tin* uniform in;mi aiee and divorc** a'tiendiu* nt, tin ,iiion of a I uit*-?l S|at?>i* I)? !'!?t ii. ?rt of Kdt'r.iiion with ;t iM-crHHry it th? l,r?,iiiil?'iil'n c*:tbin?-i ^heri'to'oif known an tin* Town*kr-?ter)lnj( bill.) This department Is. deemed necea wiry b> tin* organized wotmn o*. the country as preliminary to a Mirv? ss fill r.inipai'.n toward th** elimination of illiteracy in Ann-rica; a hill r ?r a |V?|.ral prison for women in \ Ir uinia and tin- modified linmiun tion bill. Ih .uii.i Week .1 urinary "ju-i'i Drama Week is to bf ohnfrvnl in North Carolina January 20-25. wriicH Mitts Marian H. Itlair of Winston*Salem. chairman of the lit mturc department of the federa tion. Clubs are urred to preseut historical pageants or play* during this week in connection with their study of State history. The observance of Drama We^k, says Miss Illair. Is in co-operi'tion with the Drntna League of America and with the plan of the genera? fed eration. She says further: "The Drama League has prepared 13 programs of all sorts, elaborate and simple, to meet the needs of any club and every community. The fol lowing is a list of some of the ma-, teriul which is available: "1. Great dramatists of the p.ges , "2. Types of drama?tragedy.; comedy, farce. ? "3. Racial as|?ects of drama. "4. High light in modern drama. "5. Scenery and plays of the past and today. "6. Informal programs for'small' clubn. These program.- may be ae-| cured free of charge from the Drama League office. 59 East Van Huren street, Chicago, or from your State' chairman. "Literature departments and club? should seo that a copy of 'Carolina Filk Plays.' edited i>\ Dr. Korh of the I'nlverslty, is in every library In the State, and In the private library of each individual member. If the Caxplina Playmakers have not been to your town, make an effort to se-, cure an engagement with them. The work which they are doing under the direction of Dr. Koch is of na tion-wide interest, and deserves our enthusiastic support." Sturte* and Poems Ready. "Stoil?*s and Poems from th?> Old North States," which Js the title of the book of prize winning stories 1 and poems entered in the literary contests held under the auspice/ of the North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs from 1915 to J 923. has the following; table of contents: Foreword, by Sallle Sonthall CQt ten. Introduction. A Slngln* Lad, by Zo?* Kii caid II rock man. A Race for Honors, Uy Susie A. , Hardin. -* Land of Dreams, by Zoe Kir caid Ilrock ma n. At the End of the Way, by Mary C. Robinson. The Apotheosis, by Kll'-n El I wan NORFOLK OOTTOH (Reported by Win'uorne & Co.) December 17 Cotton (closed today) 33 7-8c CIIIUSTMAft COKNAGE8 The latest citations. Orchids, Valley lilies, violets and rosea. Place your order early. ItYAX FI/OR.%1* CO., IX'. 8 South Road St., Phone 8 4 2. Just rpccivfd Katliolor Alcohol BATTERY & ELECTRIC CO. Ill N. Water Street Notes On The Simply ninke a orntpr i-umIi for the Society ttrnnd ( lotlie*' Shi'f) nn<l your goal of hein^ well (Irrtmrd will l>f miule on the first down. D. Walter Harris The City Tailor U. ?. AXD (WODYRAR TIRKS For Service an?l SMitafiu-tlon AVTO 81PIM.Y * VtLCjIXIZIXa (Vrni|uu)j PHOKI 4*7 ' ;? II an ford. Th* M? ."cat" t.'f t ? Tu-cjnia. by '/.*>? Ki n-Mill I?!oek!ti?ir . T1.* Wraith of Autumn. l?y Zoo Kiiw:u?! Itroekliian. I Mill Dorn. bv Z<?*- Kir. raid Itnn'biiMii. Tl;?' Soul of |!i?- I'Sh i ii.?. liy Susie Morrb White* ? ?.?!. Ti:e l'a!l of th* Co'.mtry. bv Mrs I.. Wall. TV,* K\eoii?iuunl'':iti?.n ?>f Mrtlu-r . Htibbatd. I*v Mary 1 Me ?*>!*. \ <*rv. by (Vroilr.t A. TrowhriiKC Tr:tii?i?iSlitv, by K'Iiih Laker Scrim ger. Tit* Sm bv Kin-aid !Ji' i'ki'ian. Th* Merciful <to\er:ior. by Nell Hat lb* Lewi*. My Day. by Mr*. Dosro*- L. Wall. Til** House '?f Lit*-. Ijj Mary 1'ress ly. The House of I,on? lliifKs, by'Mrs. J. Dryaii CIrimes. ?tiJKh A Little lilt <>' Ha by, by Dai sy M. Hendley. They's Liars II* le. by Joy Kinie Denton. Dill an' Me. by Klla A. Lackey.. My Baby, bv Sally Stewart Nie tuyer. The .xloonstone. by Mrs. AI Fair brother. The Prodigals, by Mary E. Wells. The March Wind, by Ldna Daker ScriniRer. Alternative, by Joy Kim** Benton. Cynthia/a Voyage, by Mrs. Dieh ard It. Willis. Sally and Her Bonnet, by Mrs. C A. Jordan. The Silver Bell, 'by Mrs. Al Fair brother. Silent Trees and Singinu Men, by Joy Kinie Denton. The Minstrel Sinus, by Laura Bur ton Miller. Non Omnia Morlar. by Emily F. i Shapiro. I, Kehoes, by Mrs. Charles IVea i ~T 1 Shirts, of Silk, for | Gifts What better gift for him than silk shirts? He'll ap preciate them and feel bet ter dressed in them than in any others, especially when they're richly textured, smartly patterned and faultlessly tailored in the f shops of Wilson Bro's. ? They'll appeal to you, too, when you see how finely they are made. MITCHELL'S PHONE 100 BOOKS For Christmas Nothing gives more gen uine pleasure than a good book. Make your selec tions here as soon as pos sible. We have an excel lent assortment for young people and old at MELICK'S Limitation*. !?> \!t-i. Char!** Ives. K*-?*-arrh. I\v Ml*. t'harle* Iv# >. Small M? :or.le*, t . Mrs. Char!*** I \? - Modu- dj.li. I.v Mi.". C??.-!?? Iv. \t N it. h\ Mr< C .1!!v. Th?- hook \v:. 1 ? * 1 t.-s 1 11 w 1? it?:? fur ?U'livfiy .?% if.,r #- ????. Ad<?r* s* Mr s. K. Lea :?t. ?? r C'ha|*-I Hill. I lit ill Week. CTIuS *om*n of i!iv countiy at asked to cel?hr.?:? Thrift Jan uary 1T-2o. The thrill comiuitt*is tcHchinv that illicit of character is dependent on utoii* v affair*. ami that improved economic standing hi th?~ Individual brings al?out a b? tt?r citi zenship. Club" ar? a*k? il to ? imIoix Thrift We* k; to make Jaiiuaiv a thrift ninut1 : to ask merchant* to mention Thrift \\V> k in advei'ise ments; to foster talk* on thrift and "Having; to 11 rg* children to Mart hank accounts. Full Information .nay he had from thrift head?|Uart*Ts. 'J4 7 Madison av<nu-. New York city. 1 Mrs. I'alnier Jerman of' KaMuh and Miss Margar*t I., (iibron of Wil mington will attend th<* board tr.wt ing of the f!?'n? ral |V<|. ration of Wo men** Clubs to In* held In Washing ton in January. Tlu/y will remain over for the illiteracy conference {that will lie h* Id the two days fol lowing the general hoard meet lag. Miss Adelaide Fries of Winstoii Sah'iA a former president of the Stat/ federation, a prominent club' woman, an author and the first wo- . man to serve as president of the1 North Carolina Literary and Histor ical Association, captivated her audi ence as the presiding oiTicer at the . meetings of the State Literary His torical Association recently held in Raleigh. H? r charm and poit-e as i well as her face and tact, won her j admiration and honor. FIKE IN HEART OF BUSINESS SECTION Columbus. (la.. Dec. 17.?Fire of undetermined origin In the heart of the retail bailBCH district today caused an estimated loss of $290, 000. i 3E?5?aaSJaEt.?5ffla'Si5EJ??E!SI5Ha UNION | SUITS FOR BOYS 4\D CIRLS. The waist and plain kind. I-ong Mild knee lengths. McCabe & Grice The Bit?v Store STORAGE BATTERIES FOR ALL MAKES OF CARS? RECHARGED AND REPAIRED Auto & Gas Engine Works FOR YOUR ff FRUIT CAKE | Citron fryfttalizetl Lemon Peel Pineapple ? Orange Peel and 4 Fig* Cherrie* ? Call 698 or 697 j H. L. GARRETT f CHRISTMAS PLOW ERA BY WIRE Delivered anywhere In the U. 8. or In Foreign countries. RYAN FM>RAL CO., INC. 8 South Road St., Phone 842. Extends to Christmas travelers an Invitation to use it* service for Hol iday travel. Extra sleeping cars i provided, and reservations and tick ;ets can be secured upon application to ticket agent*. J. F. DAI-TON, CJpneral PassenKer Agent, dec.20-24 Norfolk. Va. i BKEAKKAST B\< ON Is lU-ilei if X i m hiii.\ >i.h ki? w ? it. ? X X ;? I'oiiiuL 30c 4" Tlircc Hounds. S.ic $ x % M. V. I'EKKY % X rilovn 4H.J T FKlTIT CAKES. \ \T10NAL BISCUT < O. 2 III. *!/.?? .... si.no 3 III. *>!/.?? ^1.^3 1'iu k?N| in iMitcy tin-. ? ?oM by ? 2 ficlqana $Jtcle<j-) Men's Xmas C v Neckwear An Alw?i)? Welcome fiiit Men's Silk Knitted Neck wt-ar 30c and Men's Silk Neckwear, a lar^e assortnient of very pretty pat terns. U.V. fl.OO, #!..*> and #2.00 Men's Silk and Wool Neck wear Kl.lHi Boys' Silk Neckwear, bcth Knit and Hroad Silk, J2.V and 50c Rucker & Sheely Company Kliuibetli/t'ify'M lle>t Store NOTICE _ On the 15th day of January, 1924, I shall offer for sale for cash that certain saw mill locat ed at Symond's Creek; a splen did opportunity to one who wants a good mill. S. S. OVERMAN. pd.l 2t ;dee,17-Jan.2.eod. ssssHsssssBaa Fruit Cake A fresh shipment of dellcloui Sua* shinp Fruit Cake Just received. Made with glared pineapple, cherries* figs and many other kinds of fruiU an 1 nuts. Main Street Grocery Phone 635 I Cold I Weather is here. Your radiator should be prepared with alcohol against freezing. Drop by and let me serve you. ' Poindexter and Fearfti?~ ;; Filling Station De Luxe I/OST?I.Kill I' IIMISII HfOTTKI> cur do* with fhort eari?. Reward If rtfornpd to J. A. Mot-Kan. Route Five. City. Box 12. dfc.l 21 8-pd I*** fX>ST?lit I.I. HITCH, WHITK with blindly apota. Anawprn to tho name of Krl*k. Reward for return to Percy I'ritchard. Route 5. Ctt/. def.17,$3.*9-j>d OPTORTUHITIK fob nu.K?oi.n ih>st ormii unction of building located on South Road Itml, n?-xt to Mra. .Morrl nett'a hoarding hnupc, corner Uoad and Main atr<??ta. Norfolk & Caro lina Tel. A Tel. Co. ?*d.,frl.,mon. tf-np IF IT-H A WRIHT WATCH, HICK M. I11.. Brltt, Jewoler, Having* Bank Dldg. Elizabeth City, N. C. dec.l 5-21-np MIA II OF OYHTERM AT FOOT OK Main street. Lark'*, 4ftc quart. Captain William?, Schooner Mark Steven*. ll-17npd FOR REST?7 ROOM DWEl.f 1*5. 214 We at Church street. Possesion January 1st. W. A. Worth, Hlnton building. Dec. g.tf-np HIX ROOM HOI HE FOR RENT. Ap ply to J. K. Wllfon, 4th floor Hln ton Hidir. Dec. ?-19 np, WANTED AT HERTFORD. COM M hla. South Mill*, Chapanoke, Win fall, Camden, nelcroea, 0 rep cry, Shawboro. and Moyock. representa tive!* of The Advance to wend In news and seenre subscriptions on commission bssls. Address The Ad vance, Elizabeth City, N. C. HKIJ? WANTED ? IF VOL* WANT to get Into (ood trade in a few months, on a paying basin?usually good pay and pleasant work?learn to operate a Linotype or Intertype; learn It right, by attending the school established by Iha Southern Newspaper Publishers Association, of which this paper is a member. Ad dress for full information Macon Printing School, Macon, Georgia. dec 6-24pd nrr FO?t NA|?R?AT \IXO\TO\, FIK t> bu*h*ls of corn In sfyuck. one <>ordon Hean Harvester, two horses and some turkeys and ge^s**, Call phono H'ven rings. Now Hope Line or. so?- lienoni Cartwright, Rout* 1, City, dec.17,1 $-pd FOR HAI.K?4'HKAP, 10 ACRK farm. Nic* two story, eight room dwelling nicely furnished both In and outside. Necessary outbuilding* blacksmith and workshop, tools and machinery, grist mill and fixtures, located at Cisco Station. Chowan County, N. C., at croia country For Information apply, on pr?mka?? or wrlt? P. O. Forahand, Tynor, N. C.? Route One. Box 141. dec. 14,1 5,17 pd
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