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THE ADVANCE PEKI.K & PKKI.K. I'tiMKherw NCttBERT PC ELC. Member of Tin* \*^h inh'il I'reot. (Ill AiMCiatrd Prm it (iclyiitflf ? ?MI*d to th? uh Nr r*-?vMicatian of ?i*w? d>ipat<hrt .i.d?t?d in <?.? *?9*1 and alM to tfia lo.-al n??a publ.i*rd Catmd at t?i? ??itoflic? at tl<iabrth City. N. C-. ai mui d ill**' mat'er . riir*? Mantht (In ad?anc?i . SI. 29 lt> Mai 1 1. ?ix Mantht (In adtant*) f? 2J lent T*?. 12 mantlii S3. 90 Zent On*. 12 main* |?.o0 SiiMm ri|il ion ICntes My C'anier Ona W?fh - 10 Ontt Out Month (in ad?anc?) . 42 Cmtj Monthi (in adf?n??l .. $4.00 MONDAY. FKlimWRY Is. 1!?24. Vi c Thank Yon Having acknowledged and having repented therefor in sackcloth and ashes, The Ad vance is disposed to put its mis takes behind it. They are not to be forgotten. We would m want to forget, if we could, for if forgotten the s-ime mist i!%e might be made twice over. Nor, in a matter of serious moment, could we forget, if wc wouM. So keen is this newspaper'.-- d - sire to achieve accuracy and !?? liability and fairne.-s to a de gree as high as these ijU.-riitieg may be achieved by any human agency of its kind, that to print anything that impairs confi dence on the part of its readers in its reliability, or its accuracy, or its fairness, hurts and grieves and distresses us to the, core. N'ot for all our hopes for The Advance for the present ed itor's lifetime ? and those hopes do not stop short of making The Advance supreme in the daily field throughout the whole ten counties of The Albemarle would we make a slip on news of vital moment. la our reach On the other hand, when a mistake has been made, ther<> i; no use brooding over it. Re pentance' and confession ar:1. good for the soul, but it is boot less to waste lime in remorse. That is one reason why The Advance, having on the baai< of a telegraphic report emanating from the Naval Base at Nor folk which was mistaken for an A:..ociatcd Press bulletin, pub lished prematurely an an nouncement of the death of Woodrow Wilson, has had 110th-' nig to say about it since its first abject apology to its Elizabeth City readers. No sooner wa-; the. error discovered than a bul letin was prepared and distrib uted to various parts of the citv announcing the mistake before the carriers were through dis tributing their papers. Not con tent with that, a member of Tlu> Advance staff, as soon as the bulletins were out, sat down to a telephone and called up resi dences and stores in every part of the city to explain the error. Not content still, arrangements were made, through the kindly co-operation of the management of the Alkrama, to have th" mistake put on the screen at the theater; after which announce ment of it was made to a meet ing that night at the County Courthouse. There was no way on earth to recall those pa pers that had already been or were being distributed. Hut no pains were spared, as far ns might be possible, to atone for the mistake. There is stili another reason why, after the apology printed in the editorial columns of the city edition next day, The Ad vance said nothing further nlxiiit what it hopes will prove the biggest blunder of its his tory: Not a single copy of the edition containing the prema ture report went to our out of town subscribers and few of these, we supposed, would ever hear of it. Having done all thev could to rectify the mistake made in the city, two meml)ers of the staff laid aside the weari ness and the bitterness of the worst day they had ever expe rienced to work through the still small hours in making up all over again three pages of NORFOLK COTTON The Advance before a sing'e copy was mailed to out of town subscribers. This newspaper is not so well known in the coun try p.s it is in the old home town, and The Advance felt that it had one tiling to be thankful for in that it had not unwittingly duped its out of town subscribers. The apology "printed in the city edition, therefore, did not go to sub scribers out of the city. And wo refrained from further mention of our pitiful blunder not only because we did not care to brood over it, but also because out of town subscribers would not un derstand a reference to it. Yet we are convinced that in one respect, in the course tak en, we erred. We should not have laid this error in its grave until we had expressed our ap preciation of the spirit in which Advance subscribers forgave the error and accepted our apol ogy-. adcrs of this newspaper seemed to understand that, how ever inexcusable such an error might appear, in a moment of sober reflection and cold reason, mistakes happen now and then when men and Women aiv working under tense excitement and long strain that would not occur otherwise. Every com ment that reached us for a full week was a friendly one, con doning our error, pointing out that the report of Mr. Wilson's death realiy got out at Naval headquarters at Washington, resulting in the flying of the flags at half m;>st at Naval sta tions all along the const, and that, since this report reached this newspaper just at press time and was mistaken for an Associated Press bulletin, the error was not unusual. Our readers were more merciful to us than we could l>e to out selves. We could not palliate or condone. They could and did. And to them this, is a messag> of appreciation, not less deep Ijecause it is belated. What i \i that likes i' shop all day. .? tl<J IH'V? r looks around bofort #be h:ick? on' ? Who. recalls th' oh* t iitii* bartender that usrd t' take a dual and thou pot i' hark in the case agin an1 take a dim* ? I'icoiti.KMs or covin cr (liy l'r?r<--s<tr Hick Calkins) WHAT'S IIKUK Study 111- picture before you read 1 1 1 ? an- w or. Aiinrvi-r It is fmnoHibW U ('well too stronisi-y upon the iiupor ? 11. <? <>:' r -? 1 1 1 .111,1 <lis. -r<.>t Ion on i!i" part oi ill.- traveling alune Speaking to nt ii 1 1 ?* in ? - ti to whom yen have never be- n Introduced? 'ii, ? i< i'1-. li. n.-ilile practice anil should - 1 1 icily avoided. <<' pyright Jolin K. IJilie Co.) M" V I \<: l'l< Tl" liK 11VMKS ? T^isr Cut tii* t.it* on all lour ' i* Then <tr?'/uily - fold dotted line i ( 3 entire length. Then dot? U'd line 2 and s?; on. FStild ea-Ch .M-rtlon underneath accurately. Wlj.'ii completed turn over and you'll riud'-a surprising result. Save 1 1 pictures. (.Copyright National Newspaper Service) Person^ : > Service By VVILI." . M. D. Noted .. .1 and Author Aii infant i* likely to have rickets In o in** degree, unless the infant enjoys much more aunshtue than most iniants are permitted U; have In cities. There are in direct sunlight certain ray. -4 which are In visible call d ultra violet beet as.' they are beyond the blue and violet rays of the spectrum these ultra violet rays are certainly great ?tuff for the little shavers. who, even among p. -opto not actually poverty stricken, nor even unin formed in the ordinar\ sense of the word, are too much "protected" from mii, light in ail seasons. 1 do not mean t > suggest that the baby be exposed to sunburn or even sunstroke, but merely that the baby can stand at least as much exposure as his mother can and ncedf the ultra volet energy for the business of growing strong, healthy bones, not to mention other atfjwrtennnces whlrh thrive when thete is no sun light famine. 'I lie prevalence of ri.'kcta among negro children in the cities In prob ably attributable tr the lark of "tin shine :.tid to the fact that"" the pig ment of tht negro skin shuts out the ultra violet rays even when there Is a little sunshine for the baby. I tfopr no reader will crmfur"1 ultra viol- t ray* of light ^th so called "violet ray" toy-*. <)A|o>ir*e there Is aching but mum n\cut in these playthings for the gutillr< Ultra violet rays or light apparatus ran be rnfely used only by a physician. Consldt rablr ultra violet light Is ob tainable from the arc l unp. but the mercury vapor quarts lamp I* more practicable for therapeutic purposes. Infants with rickets are greatly benefitted by (reatment with the rays from the mercury vapor quart? lump, when sunlight cannot be had. l'ltra violet light brings about the necot* sary d< posit of calcium In the hones. Oluss filters out most of thrt ultra violet light from sunliglit: hence the use of the quartz crystal in the the rapeutic apparatus. Sunlight com ing thru wln'dows loses much at Its | Its healthful influence. In the ultra violet appsratup It 1* necess ary to cool the light by means of a (constant steam of water across the I lens, otherwise the treatment would be unendurable. Such treatment. by no one~tmt a physician. Animal experimentation as well u> t/inervatiort by the practicing, phyicinn seen* to show that ultra violet energy (let us say, since tlio;e rays of light are invisible) is fssi ntijil for th ? novmal nu'TaUtv lism of the infant. for normal gmwth in general j*ml for; strong boms In particular. If the; living conditions are nor so bad, as tin y often are in dtbM. that the infant cannot have the advantage: of natural sunlight , then treatment with ultra violet light from such { artificial source as the electric arc or better the mercury vapor <|uartz, lamp is a great boon tt; the infant | who fails to thrive. These artificial substitutes, hdwever. ar ? never soi good as the original source of! all ultra violet energy, sun light. yt'KSTlONH AMI ANSWKIUtS TIm',v Are More Than Kollowrt-i ! 1 am one of your admiring fol-! lowers. I have derive I so many benefits from reading your, fine articles as well as touch inspir ation. You give < ie a mrtre Whole-' s?ome and cheer. til outlo >k on lifo, ??veil whell you might se ??in to some Hftrcnstic I am an expectant j mother. Can you give me any i particular inst ructions or advice? (Mrs. t . \V.) Answer.- Sometimes 1 wi>h they w re only followers. They make a noise like ciiase.s. Ghi fl to *nd you a letter of instruction and ad \ ice which I think will f ; t th" char acter yo.i give me if you vill i?c- , company your request with a stamp ed self addressed envelope. I'ltrKnliiK Character Now I at id A* hie W lil you kindly send me a recipe cne tor. eczema. (T. J. K. > Answer. ? (1) Take two miles of oxygen three times a day on the hoof. (2) Consult a physician. , There Is no recipe, formula, pre scription cv remedy which Is advis-J able for Indiscriminate use In tciema, for that Is a very variable condition and the treatment which is appropriate for one case may do) harm in another. Nor Is there any medicine which merits the name of "blood purifier." (Copyright, .National ! Newspaper \V. II. Z'H?i>r is in I Baltimore this woi'k attending the East man Kodak Company's i'rof^s^nal Photograph ic School. A number of attractive spring frocks and suits have b?-?n received by M. Leigh Sheep, from N?'W York. They w??re selected by Mr. She??p on his spring buying trip, from which he has just returned. Mrs. K. K. Shrivn-r of Washing ton. and Mrs. 13. !\ K?-id of Norfolk hav?? returned home, after vlsitin:; Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Overman. Route 1, city. Mrs. J. P. Sawyi r of Kast Bursts# street has returned.. after visiting friends at South Mills. William Overman returned to Chapel Hill Sunday. aft**r spending the week-end with his parents. Mr. aud Mrs. C. E. Overman. at their home, 300 North Road str?*et. Kr" Friday Night There wlu be a (leorj!-? Washing ton party in the City Itoad Annex .next Friday night at 7:45 o'clock, (troupe number 0 of the Parsonage Society is preparing a splendid pro gram. Ml KKHKAKMAL TOMCHT Th will be xio of th . aJ tonight oil account of the i'urini:ta Haymakers. NORFOLK PRODUCE At Jarvtg & Fentress SI'KM K-IIOLLOWKM CO. Live Dimed I'mln. Chickens ?.30-35 ;t0-33 25-30 Old Hens _ 25 30-33 25 Turk.ys 25-30 30-35 2S-30 Geese 20-25 20 25-2K Ducks 25 30 25-2.< Lar^e Hogs R-:? ? Small Hops ? 10-11 Milk Calves 12-15 Yrarlincs 7-10 Sweet Potatoes Kuuj* N'z*R ? ,AS"f ADVANCE CLASSIFIED ADS daily \n\ \N<:r CLASSIFIED KATES This slz?- type point) one cent a word earh insertion; minimum 25 cent?, oik.* time; 75 rents wf^k. Standing ad*, five renin ? word nor work. Twenty r?nt? per month ? In advance. White spare and (nra graphed ads. 50 cents an l; r*. Copy must he In the .-Icm by 5 p. m. day before !nrer tlon. For Rent rOH ItKXT ? HOISK. COIIXtilt Martin and Fearing streets. Apply Mrs. C. E. Kramer. Phone 4 ?*?0. feb.lC-tf-np l'OH III ; NT ? Hl'SSKY IIOMi:. ON Cherry street, new paper and paint, lights, water, gas. 10 rooms, hii It - able two families. Apply Mr*. J. IV Leigh. fel>.12-18-pd Help Wanted WAXTKI*? ?'OM III N ATION OFKICK girl and stenographer. Experience desirable hut not necessary If will ing to begin on very small salary. Apply by mail to "H. K. W.." care of The Advance. fcb.8-tf W.WTKI) AT IIFHTKOItn. CMA panoke. Camden, nelcross, Gregory, Shawboro and Moyotk, representa tives of The Advance to senJ in news and secure subscriptions on com mission basis. Address The Advance, Elisabeth City, N. C. MAKK 9100 \ WKK.k ? \ 111(1 Op portunity selling our guaranteed product. No experience necessary. Write at one.-. Parker Kenning Company, Cleveland, Ohio. feb,18-pd HATKSMKN WWTKD ? HALKKMKN earn $76.00 weekly telling utility suits and raincoats tailored to meas ure for $12.60. New, essential, non George needed a typewriter. "I c;in't a fiord to pay $100.00 for otic," he told his wife. "Why don't you try r.n Advance Classified Ad?" ; sk ? I Mrs. George. "As usual, you are right, my dear," answered George. So he did. George has a typewriter. Inir Mf Co.. (tropiisboco, N. C, feb.l 8-pd. Lost and Found lost ? ooi,n witisr watch, tnonotjram "K. L. K.." somowhon* on Ktrerl or at school. T!< tyard if re turned to Mrs, I. \V. Flaher, City, feb.l 2-20-n |> l. r. Thompson ? < (i:\r.ii a i< IX aurance. Automobile, Bonding. Cas unlity. Fire and Marino, lift Post office build1**. 1 .1-I9npd HAItl) AM) PINK WOOD. *7 l(KK cord. $3.50 half cord, $1.75 load. Stove IpriKtliR. Gep. J. Kerr. Phone 791-W. Jan.29-tf-np FIMiAirs 1:341 lll'H l?:\\i:s RLIX> abeth City pv< ry afternoon for Nor folk. Also leave* Norfolk Union Station at 5:30 evening, arriving Elisabeth City 8 o'clock. Ja.l2-tf For Sale FOR 8AI.F, ? SEI.KCTKD Pl.Y. mouth Rock etc*, alio Rhode >I? Willi Hed, One Hotter p?ch *?tt1n*. i Apply W. 1. Skllet, Southern At*.1 I I OK KAIJv ? 4?.\S IS\N(.t: AT A reasonable price. Apply 501 West Church street. IVb.1 6-tf-np l?liO\V CASTINGS HOIS SALK cheap. Apply to Klizabeth. City 1 r?>.? Works & Supply Co. f?*h.7-tf-np Opportunities W VVrCil ? -KHI 111 SIIKIiH ( OU\, Also black cow ppafc. Avdl'tt / Ow . n?. Phono felnlft. 19.20, 21-np Candidate Cards ' FOft ItWilHTKIt Ol' V>KFI>H or Camden County: 1 hereby announce myself a candidate for re-election an KovUter of df. of Camden County, subject "to the action of th ? Democratic primary on Juno 7. Your vote nnd support will b" appreciat* d. Silas H. Seymour. feb,18.25-pd NOTICE TO THE VOTKH8 OF Pasquotank County: ? - Ladles and Gentlemen :-?-l am a candidate for Sheriff of this County In the Pri mary to be held on the first Satur day in June 1924. I shall certainly appreciate your Influence and your rote for m* for- th!* office. Re
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