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ft 'Partly cloudy tc..Iht andTw. ;No, change in tfem; srature. - PAID UP.CirXULATIC:. PAGES voL.m iTJI "1 P" - v " . .-". .jf V - . ' . " i . - i "a, 5 t t ' II i , tlliil Tbe liisregation. of ihe Eighlh St. Cthristian Church on yesterday clear ed their handsome church property of debt and.it .is now ready . for dedica tion which In all probability will take place sometime during the month . of January. lHe debt of about $8,000 waa liquadated yesterday morning as a kind of farewell gift to the retiring pastor, Rev. Lee S. Sadler wholfiiled the pulpit for the last' time before, gor ing to Vanderhilt Unirersity; Nashville,f Tenn to complete . his biblical cburse( in' that institution.: ; -r,.; ' "fS Mtk Sadler aopaetime ago- tendered his resignation to take effect thl last Sunday in December. He " will be suc ceeded by the eDr Shamhart ot Petersburg, iuwhom.yt is expected, will assume the pastorate' on or ibout February : 1st, -1920. -Mr. Sadle'r icame here eighteen months wago front; the Atlantic Christian Pollr-rei WilsoA ' nnA ' Atlantic Christian Colle-e, Wilsoi and since that time down tothla good. hour he. haa; endeared; himself to the , tire community both as a preacher and as a : man. He is without doubt one of the most logical .thinkers ot his church In - the state and;the efntfre city was loath to 4 giyef him up.VThe church under his leadership has pro gressed along all lines 6f endeavor and he , leaves it in. first cjass ahap4 , f or his succesaor. ' ! ' - The Christian, church' is . pne"o jtho handsomest church structures, in this city and one of .the bestof the Christ ian church denomination in Nortn.Car Iina.Work - was- commenced r on it in 1916 and - ii- was completed' i"i9l7r The site and building as It now stdhds cost approximately $50,000.; Since, its completion there has been , a debt of $8)00. hanging jrver it. Yesterday hla indebtedness was ; completely. "rpedv' This building is a credit to the; de-, nomination "afid" to-t hxi yr Co; latlons. ' Uv;ir t " Rer. Mr. Sadler and family left this morning on the 8:20 Norfolk Southern for Nashville, : Tenn., . 'carrying with them the best wishes of the. entire city. Already Mr. Sadler' haV'many flattering offers ;. from . some .-of" the leading . churches of his ; denomination to become their pasTor after finishing his course at Vande-Mlt tTniversity. Fortunate indeed will h? the church to secure him. . DAueisrms imw xsmm ; ; (By Associated Press.) ' .. . .;!.';. The Hague The ideals and ideas' of ( Dutch women, for centuries confined to children kitchen and church, have nndergone a change and -the ; dangh-i ters of the land of windmills' and can also are making a strong fight for their rights ;v ' : . . ' ; Several great -organizations have been - formed for improvement 'of the conditions of women "With the revision of the Dutch. constitution last year, women obtained full suffrage and, the result is that now there are women in nearly every town council - Realizing, however that the pos session of the vote . alone does not de cide the lot of women , the promoters of the movement are now . seking to, bring about changes in the laws and regulations which discriminate against the sex economically ad socially - According to the TJitch law," . said Mrs . Wijnandts Francken, one of the leaders of the women's movement, "the father has pMCcapy, !ali:; the say about the educatioh of the" chil dren He decides as to their future, con sents to their marriag. and may send them wherever . he likes. Of course. this is of no importance whatever in i a good marriage,- where -father and mother together ; debate about such things, but this power' of the father may easily be abused ; I know or sev-. oral raui in which the father de-f . . . J liberately took a child away ana nia ; . it rrom its moxner, wuuuut r1;, 1 being able to ao anyimng u&w course, as the law was on the side of the father .'" . - - x j Another thorn in the flesh or Dutch woman is that she must, prom ise obedience to" her -tmsband .in the vow of marriage Now, please don't think that these women are averse to rule and 'order They only want to COTTON BEPOIiT Cotton is selling ia-Greenville today ly SIIEPiEMF HILLS HEd VEDffSDA - j i i V ;i 'X.- c The Shepherd of the! HUlsa wWe ly. reajd story, of; ;tratk'siijas JbMn fllnxatiiWtihedfrec ord'n rigfitxfiijth this story has attaioed-i'a EOPJ which hasnot been etfualled by 'any"7 ;1 f. llW 1 ' ij- w . died at the lioaf her parents about other dook m a decade ? hA ' ti - - '5- i - ? 7 . ;thrp miles frouV -Greenville last Sat As a play the success- of this' ; work 'V,t-J- - . .. - was, phenomenal and. as a pictunza tion under the direction of Mr; .Wright the istorr bidarfair to Tnaric5 an -vfwvH 4n fhtf,t Af th .--4iAfr flmT :V t-v J"".:Tw. 7 ""'C ouvnu' ire .ad r y oik . xneacre weuL. nesuay.: jLnis motion picture is a re production on the screen of the scenes and- characters in th .novel or theJ.bjr the aeath 0 same-name,-which: is aid ta be the a JovnT-4 ... 1" Bell t7ritas-d this " innciian"; and : the"" tale :bttthk Idyll - of Ithe '.Ozarks 'is most heanti-i riuiy;,;ftoW rin these an .jn tensely : human story s. kn ;blch, tragedy, romance and comedy Areskill fully blended. In the lives pf, the typi cal mpunameer characters toe world--old story of love,' sin and suffering ami forgiveness is told, and u through it all a ntbrar of mlnlfii'essf: and honesty i nem . out . that seems r to purify ; the I story of .trammeled: teve-n ;wheti ' the pla y ibasedVfcThere-4iati inexor- a b e f PaV f jnan ' sptrili itge it taese la & swkc- I ly moving panorama make this-picture efTective that has -oeen nroduced that has . ben in smhetime. . .'' . - .Tamos " Little, and I)il: .Laughing honse hare returned from a: pleasure trip in Tarboro and Rocky . Mount. Liiidsay Swindells returned Sunday i f rom ; his home in Creswell, N; C" Miss Francas s Whedbee r 'turned from Tarboro. last night. . ;: -' -Ti . '" be the; equals of their husbands, .ngtj their house-keeror 1 ; -.."As thirigs nre ntT, v, Dutch woman has to : Suffe ' Imnit ; anything from a tryannical bu ban'I-' and nothing short of" adultery or bodily ill usage can rid her of his despotism V. 'One of the. greatest obstacles these women readers have to "orcbme is tSe conervatism , ,of . the old-fashioned women, ..who. especially in the -rural districts,! fori,r,.ti sreat part of the population ; IJut; o .-women who "are fighting S'v the betterment 'of their, 'sex- hope '4n:tix$r fej to succeed in con quering, this prejudice." WORKS LEAVE Eil1 FOR AM ' " (By Associated Press), j '-' London. The " House or - commons has been informed that large numbers of works of art have been leaving this country recently for America and else where. The -'Chancellor of the Ex- cheouer. : Austin Chamberiam, aia Ithaiu nrao nn irrfftrf. nTITV Oil VOTSS I of art but "there was much, to -be said in favor of imposlng such a duty" . - n. "H-v Newton -of Farmville is a lmsines!i visit0r . ;. J. R. Cox of Wihterville is a wel -come visitor to the 6ity today v---. ' Many good values - In r Woman's Wearing Apparel, felling at one half off. T7e Iom,int afford to carr rv over. uooa vaiujsiai inspectlcn. I OF ART GLAND dia'ays- :cfilfiiitia i daughter of JVIr. and Mrs.. Williani-of Cherryof Stokes was: ; slit :cddttti ayy.jqn Christmas fternch;d;shle-tsr; now, in Washington hospital'-u injjfeurgje Khecoy bright:., 5 -t v The accident took -place M the;owh of Stokes. Th? little girl's flrst;3coii'sin itJ&l said picked :pv a ;sh6V?ahd in f doing so in v some daitilred flic e St:- hn K- ,A;,. her life. The Interment took place yes terday in the family jburying .ground of W. P. Cla rkThe services' were cori- ctea by the Rev. Dr. H. T ,- Dr. Annie L." ed f rota-Norfolk T.? - n.;D:BaH of New Bern is spend- r ing the day in the city on nusiness " K.' Hoyt, "Jr.; of asMngtoTii, was here - yesterday i ; -. iSSfJBS GIVES DME I HQWOR OEGUEST! -Ji:.-ft.--i,;vs! The. me - of Mr-; sgrvriy. Si". aeleywas a seeua of loveless tm Friday eveningen; their .iT daughtef MrsI . Frances Moseley gave a dance in honor of the young ladies of her house party, ; namely Miss Virginia Ilarmen' and " Sara." : Breeden of Ben- nettsville, S. C.,-Misses Martha Greg-j ory . and Evelyn Hodges" of Richmond, Va. Miss Sue Frank White of Hort- ord, N. C4 Misses -Frances and EHza- beth Dunn and Miss Margaret. Cope land of Kinston, N. C.! r; ; ; - ' Joyher ; has;us'FrelSr where:sheWs.canedri-:-fe' " ".''T: iH 1 -c;':Chb; ?gt f Ser ?sistfe-w, f3ail&iUni ELI Miss Emily Moye, : . Mary GaskiU, Raleigh, to. conduct an investigation, Flanagan and Willie Skinner served j but because not the fact that the funer-i punch. About 50 of Miss Moseley's .al service oyer .thebody of the negros friends ; enjoyed this -delightful even-1 victim was Jelng Jbeld, the .'investiga ing. An orchestra furnished music j tiqn was -postppnedcttll Tufisdajr ; 7 throughout the evening. Delicious re- : The selicitfit nouneeti that -.he f reshments were served. All J departing would make; a;'full?hivesfigti6n. - info declared- Miss Moseley 1 a chirmhthe. ,iyne hostess. : ; J,flone thb might $ possibly secure the ; ;; '" -: . ,;".i.''" . "conviction -. of - those who partiefpated Miss: Celeste " Duke r ; .and y-brcer Clifton, Jr,:are spending the - week ': Gowsboro ;.i ''i (By Associated Press) Sydney, Australia. Sir' Joseph Cook Minister for the Navy, . is urging mil itary preparedness, upon Australians. At the" annual meeting ; of the Navy Leagued he said: -'Pf ,,;' ; i "Spend your last dollar on prepar ing for a fighl to .the last. We have signed the peace; but; Europe is still full of mutual hatreds, even amqng the Allies; Until there is it; general; move taentf or disarmament, as ;toope there soon Jwill be,' we must trust to the League ; of Nations and keep ' our powder dry.;? ? y-:,. il'vtw'y il : tWe cannot "afford .'to let; the rifle rust yet' awhile, though : we have :'a Xeagira of - Nations'; which we .v. hope will fuctify,"e ftold - the National Rifle; Association. ""Our rifles must be kept well oiled t. and you must be able to shoofthetir-as in tipies gofte byiif this country isfta be safe. ?We Jnay yet need ur rifles, here in" Australia." ' To the Women's Reform" Xieague, Sir Joseph said: ""Our hope must' be ceirtered in -the League of "Nations, It is. -the one great hope of the world, 1 but if we cannot make it.effcctiv in the near future we hadrbettei get ready- for". the?Tiext war, which will otherwise, come" as s"urely " as the , sun rist-s." " ' Many good values Woman's Wearing Appare at one half A final clean-up, Surtsl-and good valpes here for y selection. Winter Dressesr: Half .rice ny 12.2? Zts Cirida Tunstf fuCh : irtnm n sir" riBfi 1 ;KaierTernOTvfC! tejuheed i thls.:fterBoohl t I gfife?; rewardk: c.ty tappreheadedftnd9i;-i : " ' j ef partici- J panpn tnejyncr j GreenSr; lasjSrjrjuighf:t. the-J:ihTMt:ailoiei .vir;:negr;iJtfcL.' ! ssirjtJday ureene was oeuyrtr z.t t$ ; .IXoafe keepihwjSetf; ''andiLwich!f&.4-?-,s-5?;'2 -'Sir?? W rrrw Sp -ciThe mamr John&l oir;ofte tirm.pfjohjaoi.t 'haid -praciicilrfce ; inlJSaturday ig t f Jii in a visit;toJr ii;ttt; 3y ; Asso?:at- ;r--T FrankllntonThOTdy -fwell Green was lynched"; Saturday lugbfr f or -the murder of H jr. :Brown,; a prom-1 incut liinu. u. 7uiib wcc, :wa itnmu swinging to a small pine tree' one and one-lialf .miles from here -yester- day morning beside the Capital-hlgh- way . ' His body was riddled with bul lets and otherwise showed rough hand-j. ling "X-: -' , . ;- h p;'?-:, (P Coroner -Johnson came here yester-j day.-as did also Solicitor Norris of ; The. town is uletJMd Tntff 4 trouble is anticipated DANCE TONIGHT Owin gto : the extrenieicold wpather the Christmas' dance will :take place in the Carolina Club rooms -instead -of the Forbes - & . Morton ; warehouse as first announced. " ",- fJ C. Rice., of Greensboro is here to day ' ' - - - c ' - - - ' ; ; Bruce . Wilkinson. ' of. Washington motored, to this city yesterday -' iilit'ciiiititM s1 mm 13 RAISlGBMlfeTi JAlOSilllf (By Associated Press) f "7 Hamilton,. Bermula. A vigorous "ef fort td rajse. the- ban on motor cars has failed. -The House of Assembly: voted 17 to.'iSagainst it.For at least anoth- r yea?; Bermudians .and visiting tour-- . ist wiilntlnue towalk, ride a bicy- cle or -drive a horse as tof yore. - Since little Nantucket capitulated to the forces of progress this colonyvha,a held an almost ; unique position in its opposition to Jthe use of automobiles'. : off. We lose; tgcgnV. afford -tn'cAr ry ovr. Goc4,valsrCriti prtpt inspection. ... .,1 BERMUDA iz 2a bu ft ' C f i, .1 4l-' ' f ctisrdog; tsst :rioini Mer'stidSe'ttrilen uaiat - w vwpgasa-wsc-czu, 17. rtoday witlh Secrctary TunjuXtyf ar White; Hous. ; The comaisssoa If jWorlc; -its meeting dug thtf-day; be meeting of ih Sar- their rocm th! e&. blliipbrja;;4e transactetl. I5ija'fjiir ylsitoitb the :i'-Mi 'town planner, who has in band pro- Ject3 for- the improvftig of ; Jerusalem for the! Zionist Organization, -aims, at J . making the ehanges without destroy ing the, historic, and. romatic aspects of the ancient . city, according . to a statement which he has given to th ZIONIST ; BUIXETIN. . ;. - ftrpjfssor Gejjdes, states that one, of his first task's' will . be. in connection with the Hebrew University, and. he hopes tdbegin on that next year, util? Izirig bhUdings . already erected. IRer search "laboratories for chemistry will be a feature of. the schooL Dr.. Weiz inahn the Zionist . leader, y who : has been reader in bio-chemistry pt Owen's College, Manchester will be rin ohargs of the research wprlc " ;,;;:'.;.,.. ;; : Professor GeddesVsays he hopes also to start a Palestine museum andT sug gests . that nothing more of .nlstbrieal and archaeloglcal interest ' should "go I but of the country. -. ; 2... .-4 1 ;:4Ti;tAy '- -; Misses Hirse "Jardnaad "Jneai Thompson ot Goldsboro are visiting MiSsd AdrginiaV Dare ; Gales , in Ayden. 'Misses Gales, Gardner, and Thompson ttnd 'MrJ Herbert. Savage of -Winter-? vm'Jolieals Mrl Joe. Sutton of Bethel attended. the, show here, .Christmas night; T ' -y T7onca n-f' Ardpri cnmif Christ-.'; mas m Greenville to tne oengnv: or his; many friends ; . . , ... ;,- 'f K. W. Cobb has just returned from a ousiness trip to Ral eigh and Sanfordf He T was 'accompanied by -' Mrs. .Cobb and - son. . 5.:.''Vi;fv-c-.''''';-; : ' j. Ti. Simmons -'has returned "from Shelby , where , he spent the Jiolidays with relatives and" friends. '., , ;'?., IS DF.PBIDS : ; THE Wffl - (BT Associated Press.) . " - "r " London. ?The success of theLeag 'uV;bf Nation idea' is dependent ntwn trie .intelligent cooperation, of the wotnen says 'Mhs As, Helen War fn an article m the Ieague," a- periodical, AGI1 DOEESS UPON ' T7he; writer suggests the . organia- SIl: tion" of a Womaris Bureau ' of" the trxl Tjeagneof Nations and-tht; J It women rtnr. sl'onld be aoDointed for their g'ceral . tY.3 fitness tot the purpose of the League rather than merely as experts in what ar'knowTr as; women's hrterests.'" ' -: Mr. V E,r,fitatdn'and.Xitt!sor Tan went to-BaJtimoxp an - 7licho.S3"rr:3 - ? N - . - 1 ? "2 t1xFp,JesJc .0Bt:Ja-iaieVe- lcrtref prpperty L. dlt is; 0aneii:opizion ;thati tba nr"wasrstart&3Thy . :,alip-: in;th0;roc sarocintl dent t friction "heat;,; to eiaiiryaTd of isaj?iai.;irae jirea: to iff f by CS3 fscti Jcnster, stssrr toreJi ;ar -?v- " ' m i -' twnvt gfeqtrlo3;cf " yc-peseticefc: ijlvrahjj r.4HoygTajTTTiny 1 V:;4' ' Christ : CJiurch 'Y:; ;;:;V : ; Elizabeth City, North Carolina : At home'' :- -'; ; " after-February " the' first-;-j - . Cnrfst Church Rectory aJcha Fulford of Washington arrived in ih city "this morning via the Nor- X. Warreav Jr., of Farmville Is her3 ( io-2 on ' bnsiness. S .T :ZZ2 TRAFFIC TAX. Crrj $4$S,C50,8547 i3Sl? YEAS 1 V -i- C!cc?Ferntedand dtUled 11 - Ha s as colieced by the govern c:c ,i la i: i0 "were $483,050,854.47, ac corhri to a report; made public: yesr lercay" by toe local office of the 4ntr r.al revenue burean. '. l; -:' duel to tL3:' income and excess profits tax's. r fricads bfiSiiptS. B.-Uri . wo; 1 Tia regret -xo .earn jtnat- ne .is t - coraed;.v,tc:-thejhos j bu- ,.rii..j iron n atiacK ra ionsouuu. . I. J, Ilretett 'snentlthedaT ' ini IXiiiiltcn Sunday and returned last H r!-':t. 'I 1 :r:. tlimasc : Wlrltenurstl pf;Rob - 1G1LTEB (Tr Associated Preas) , ::;"Ja.Ten millions 'of dol- lar t.' t'J, in j silver, are being -melted ilvcr bars at the United States hen. Later the bars are turned I'-jcs, qnarters and half dollars. j u r - - : v. Tient finds : it cheaper, to t. i c hilars than to go 'into the cct ar.d buy silver,: now selling at! !; : r t price , In many years. id values In Woman's ?irevllli? at. one half e but cahf afford tq:carr Upvalues iand prompt p . 11 ?i DOLLARS 'if . . (3 ac3 e TTcnst.".!li : 1v:e--I:2y.Iiti5i stHls, two t-n cf taolasses and twenty four bar r s iiitt'sU' EoiniVtaxd i:.fcr'; era " ea !Tiii ras Cieri3 Dudley's and" L: i:IVa reror"d(-in;Ktt "county I Saturday morning and "Saturdiy aft-r ?iDsn. -f rsf rid ocenrrea..- Satu" ifi3y jcicrnfe$ jb ;th.9 Fountain section Back of Doha's Dilda'r farm the sher arid lJjf;cCcra found four; sixty gru !5 s;;:2iy drnri; stills, two tarrs1 L of t ladlasses and ;e:ght barels of 1 ; sr t -AUjttr ;of : the plants' wer 9 -witMn renotm oderai!:-t',te;tl3je'f ; " oacers "appeared "dn- the, sceiie.; Sa .: 4ay afternoon a second raid was madr at Xlard Branch, about thres 'nils -of j Greehviae i Here was located- cse Wf one hundred BJid tweritr gallon capacity, which was construct ' ti'o copper. Besides taking in th still proper . the officers secured six teen - barrels of beer. Therp - was n end at the plant at the time. ; - r 1EDBW1! A - mm 1 . ; ' Bv A.(c -if : Paris.-The extfaii tlnv Iperc wnhelmTct . o -?' r demanded "frcm Hol'- '. .t; " as the treaty of po "r - ;r iye according to a' decision tl i'i''Sirjgnt sav Eclia D Paris:: i'y. ; - ..- -- .i?P)yrtiATatiatt- roltmteers -: .1' s .; CTclxitaceiits !ivrctashit;: Baalbek Syria " according to - a Cnr dispatch. ' ' ;.-; "v-"-: . The: losses; Buffered by both si?". rare said to be severe. " v .;' ;" .' jQATC A7AY .$3,C03., The John Flanaran Buggy Co 2 ttiis city,- on Chrtetmas ve. betrstr' - . preciative of the" services '""r-' them by their employes dur! ; th past year donates' to tt-in the tzra. cf $3,000. - i':-;l;.-":-.;': :- v (By Associated Press) . Tork. Three ' "t men - face 1 - 4 New charges; today here before ; a Unite 1 . States ;-Commasgi2Sir. in coniseoftion with spreading of , weed alcohol a whiskey through five states dur'n 7 the past ten dgys. Death and hlin ness is following in its wake. . -- John Romanelli, a" Brooklyn - un3e- taker ; Samuel : Saleeby, a Brooklyn Druggist Romanelli, ' according to lis Fdrnl affiotra ia. .T1A. lAarlpr" fn tfip ' ! " ' c ft f U i 1 1 F (By Associated Press) . Paris Informal notice of the r: meeting, of the-council of the "Lc . of nations will probably be given Tri1.: iii the next day or two after, tia c change of ratifications of the treitr -yersailles.-. . - Ambassador Wallace cabli t State ' department in .Washington t this effect after this mnfu's . ing of the Supreme Council vrhica di ; cussed -the qusstion. The question is still open trl- " -the formal call "for the mestir - : be issued by President Wilson as -c;: ginally provided for or whot z r : . view of the .fact that ;t3 1 States has not ratified the tro -1.- ference. A final clean ;Winter presses JT I "good valars-hsre. f . ' 12 33tc ' " -.'C- rrst -smm for art l-a test. "t '
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