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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29 1912
NO. 49
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ABOUT THE SALE OF
RED CROSS XMAS SEALS
How Christmas Shoppers Hay Aid in the
Fight Airainst Tuberculosis in
This SecUon.
; v" From time to time have appeal
ed articles in this and other pa
pers in reference to the sale of
you know the history of the Red
, Cross Seal, what it is and how
. it is used? !
H The seals are decorative stick -
era used in sealing Christmas
"nackaees and I letters and money
: derived from., their sale' will be
used in airtMUDercuiosis wont.
Hot only so but.aR-moneyj'after
expensess have been ..deducted
-will be expended In the locality
where it is raised. The Amert
A can Red Cross acts as a distrib
V oting pgeny t them goes
' ten per cent of the amount col
lected to defray expense of print
bg and distributing the stumps.
9" J rr nearly 90 per cent of
. onev received from the sale
J W 1 where the seals are gold.
I ' w - ' ampB for this purpose were
Hroi UBTOI, iu ni aui
den In 1904. Three years later
they were introduced Into this
' -eonntrjr,1 being first sold in Delft
' 1 are. , It w. in1908 that the
American Bed ' Cross Society
trotyl-cut theV National Red
. h pp8tamn. nnd since that time
fXJf ' a million dollars has beer.
,a!id. .
,'p - it is pooed that the stamps in
'' Elizabeth City will net a large
" anfonnt this year. Mrs. W. C.
Glover. Mrs. R. T. Whitehnrst.
Mrs. Turn's Splig. Mrs. E. E,
Etheridge and Mr. Cam W.
Meliekcompose the committee
' that will have this sale in charge
10.000 stomas have been ordered.
Kinston pot so larcre a town,
' , bores to dispose of 15.000. The
.. committee nrre that everybody in
Elizabeth Citv co-operate with
them to see that all the 10,000
'seals are disposed of.
. The matter should he tikpn up
, ... In the smaller tjns in this sv-
tion also. TVe Advance pledges
the r"nvpTTeTt its hearty support
' ;.' throw gb out the section. -
"friIOII SCHOOL SCRIBBLINGS
r')le Faculty and thepupils of
the high school are presenting a
-play to he presented before
Christmas, ti e proceeds to he di
Tided between the Atheletic and
Historical Societies.
The Triennial . examinations
are sandwiched between Thanks
tfirin rr nnil rtiiMtitinna Thov
take place next week and teach-
ers and pupils expect strenuous
days. ' '
Boys of the Hi?h School have
entered the intemholastic de
bate and will compete In 'this
district with Wasbincton and
Newbern for the Aycock enn to
'be awarded by the State Univer
sity. Further details will ap
pear later
1
The nich School Football
' team was defeated by the Wash
ington team at Washington last
Friday. It was a hard fonjrht
battle, as the scvrs still borna
by Griffin and nooper attest.
The boys report n glorious trip.
The Class of. 1013 pave the sen
ior rl of 1012 a reoetinn in
"the vhir-b school aditoinni on
Wod'-cr'ny ni.rht. November 27.
' Gafs nrd ponrs we- eniored
I V !!" T'T-sf and refresliTrent 'n
three courses were seTvel. Th
rhn'-ons v-p'v the Mh sohool
yylry Pnd Miss Key of the Tri-
irf department.
IN 1 V EliS IT V LETTER
Chapel Hill, N. C The move
societies of the Unive.sity of
Xoith Carolina a few weeks ago
to foim a state-wide debating
union of the schools of North
Carolina has thus far met with
admirable success.. The plan
which provides for the formation
of a net-work of schools for stint
ulating debating in the seconda
ry schools has already been re
sponded to by 43 representative
schools of the -state. The list
includes the high schools of Ral
eigh, Charlotte. Salisbury, Stales
ville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro
Washington Hendersonville, Ox
ford, Lenoir and other foremost
schools in the state. The com'
mittee pomotingv this debating
union have been active In arrang
ing the query to be debated, the
prize that is to be awarded, and
other technicalities towards mak
ing the - union a thorough-going
one. The prize, ' nominally the
"Aycock. memorial Cup",, will be
a contribution of the local chap
ter of the Tau Kappa Alpha de
bating fratnrnity, which chanter
is Composed of inter-collegiate
Carolina debaters.
The North Carolina Drainage
Association will be In session at
Raleipjh on the dites of Novem
ber 26 27. The university
will be represented by Prof. Wil
liajn Cain, professor of mathe
matics: He is interested in the
'urtherance of wo'k of this na-
five, and his advice on the sun
ject will be altogther worthy of
onsidpration at this meeting of
the drainage association. He wi'I
address the assriafion ou.the
sublet "The Relation of the Uni
versitv-to the Public works of
(he state." "
The debating union of the U-
niverrity his recently eonsnmat-
f( H'ins for a tHansrular debate
during the, monlU of April. 1m
tween the nniverrsities of North
f'arol'na, Virginia and .lohns
norkins. ,VBy new schedule of
'pbiles ! the nnivcsitv of
Vfth Cmolina recounts its ro-
ntv flfhievements in the fleH
of debate. In the sum total of
thirty debates with note! nm
"("tfit-ps froni Pennsylvan'a to
T.on?sina. Carolina has Inst on
'v nine. This is a record mqr
ased in Southern universities.
Tn a race contest held by the
l1rsuk. Prtnt of the univer-
tv last Wednesday, a member
of the freshman class won the
ne'Tal as the swiftest mile-elir-er
"'ainst seven competitors. The
dinner made the mile run with
'n 4:K8 33. of time..
The advance classes of the
riharmaey department have or
'rani'ed a society for the pnrpoe
of fnriherinff pharmacy in North
arolia, and for the purpose of
'lisenssing subfects of interest to
Iruyists. The society has been
fittingly named in honor of one
of North Cirolina's rimur phnr
macists, of several years aero, the
lae Mr. William Simpson of
Raleigh. '
Rev. Louis S. Chafer of the
PmfeM Rib'e School, of New
York City, has dnrin? tlve rat
week conducted a Pible Insti
tute inth Presbyterian church
of Chanel Hill. ' y
President F. P. Verrble was
''rno-d with th rffb-p of n Trpn'
'pr -of the erecntirp omrriittc of
'e Nationil AssoriTfion of Stit
"ivpit-ips pf- Its annnal Fr--
slops in Washington D. C.
week.
this
THE TREE DOCTOR
IS NOW tj TOWN
The tree doctor is in Hetsey
again. -
oouiing hei-e from the villages
and cities of the North, where
tLe people take as much caie.of
their trees as they would of a
a.ck ho.se, he hopes to arouse
some interest , in tree preserva
tion in Elizabeth City. ,
Indeed, the subject of shade
trees, these men say, is now a
theme of absorbing interest iu
all sections of this country;
towns and villages devoting care
ful attention to the matter of
preserving ,the beauty of the
streets and keeping them well
shaded.
The treatment of the trees con
sists in removing scaly bark, am
putating old limbs and filling
such cavities as result from thee
operations. After Jhe deseased
parts have been removed, the cav
Ities are first treated that all
the grubs and insects through
out the tree will be destroyed.
These cavities are then filled with
a preparation of cement and
sand, and in the course of two
or three years the bark closes in
over the filling, leaving but slight
trace of the operation .
All loose bark is removed from
the tree under treatment in or
der to prevent moths and other
insects from laying their eggs
alono the -limbs and trunk
These egirs hatch out into cater-
oillars which 'will till the , tree
in a short time. , -
A great many hollow trees
contain typhoid," scart fever,
and diptheria germs, the tree
doctors say. Rain water collects
in these cavities and stands for
months t and even years. Even
tually it becomes a thick green
slime of the consistency of mo
lasses which at times runs down
the trunks of the trees. This, it
is clainied, is a source of in
fection to small children playing
round the trees, who frequent
ly acquire these diseases.
The beantv of a city mlds to
its nttiai tiveress not only to the
lionTeseeker but to the investev
as well.' One -of Elizabeth City'
'liefest chanrs is the avenue of
"'agnifif-ient elms on Main street
The ladies of the Civic Leigue
some time ago attempted to get
the board of Aldermen to appro
priate money to have the trees
of the town doctored. Failing
n this they are ijoing themselves
to try to raise the funds to have
these Main street elms looked
oftc. Their work, should be
of interest not only to the pa
triotic citiVen but to the linrd-he-'ded
business man as well.
Dr. Thompson, of the .Thomp
son Forestry Association is here
lready, and is prepared to do
Yr-ionstration work to offord
all interested an opportunity of
seeing the nature of the work
that he proposes.
LITCnFI ELD HALL
Mr. G. L. Litchfield of Eliz
abeth City, and Miss Ira nail of
Newbern were quietly married al
Newbern Thnrsday morning at
half past ei?ht o'clock.
Mr. Litchfield is- the son of
Mr. Ed. Litchfield of Columbia
and holds a position with the
Dare Lumber Company.
SENATOR RAYNOR DEAD .
Senator Rnynor of Maryland
dip at Vv"nshintoTi Mndiv.
His death makps Democratic
'ont'-ol of the Fenate at its next
session doubtfnl.
The P'ith is coming into iti
Won-lrow Wilson Is Pouthpm
nn bv bi'-th nnd training and
"-onty-eiht o"t of -the thii-v
'opr committe1 chnirmenshi"".
nf ttio prpopnf COPTTPSS. S3VS
Colliers Weekly, are held by
RECENT HAPPENINGS
IN TYRRELL
Columbia, N. C. .Nov. 25th
A Pew groceiy has Just been o
pened up on tl.e corner of Main
ana Water streets, with an at
ti active fetock of fresh groceries
The name or the new llrni is,
Sykes and Son. Mr. Winston
Bykes being the head of the Hew
firm.
Mr. Nelson McClees arrived" in
lhe city on Monday of last week
from Middlesex (Jeoigia, bun
ing with him his Inide to whom
he had been married -.just before
leaving Middlesex. The young
courle spent a week with Mr,
McClees' father, Mr. II. W.'Mc
Clees. They have now returned
to their home at Middlesex
Rev ; Mr1. Duvalls, pastor of
the Metho Jist church here, ad
dressed a large and attentive au
dience fit the court-house on last
Sunday night. This was not
Mr. 1 Duvalls regular appoint-
ment but he spoke because tnis
was the last opportunity he
would, have of doi, so before
the conference, ne left for Fay
etteville, Monday.
Mr.. G.- N,. Hurdle, who open
ed uo a. new store , here last
Grins' has recently added con
siderobly to his stock and now
carries a complete line of gen
eral merchandise.
xnr. w. r. uwens, wno is wiin
the Richmond Cear Works with
jbeadonarterH at Norfolk, was at
ihoe Bnnday and Monday of this
week.
Fe .returned to Norfolk Tues
dav."
Mr. D. T. Holmes hs onen--
on oy-Ai k'in on M'n St.
onnos'to the CotnmMa Hool.
Thp new Hoop is try ponlai
o-o"v ovat, ? ti . Mi. TTolmps
ao"p tn Columbia from Wallace
wn, Va .
COLUMBIA nOTEL
CHANGES MANAGEMENT
Columbia N. C, Nov., 2rth
The Columbia hotel, which has
for the past year been under the
p'anagement of Mr. S.M. Combs
hanf'.eil hanr's last week and now
Mr.W.A.G.Co'hoon is uncharge.
Mr. Colioon was man.iper of
(he brick hotel, the Scupperuong
which was destroyed by fire two
years ago. ' M r. t'onoon says
th"t he expects to (five the pres
ent hotel building thorough reno
vation and have the walls, repair
!n the immediate future. He has
'tad :many- years experience in
ihe hotel business and will doubt
!ps receive a large patronage.
LOOKING OVER CITY
Mr. F. D. Clement of Sun
cook New Hampshire has been
in the city this week to investi
gate farming and industrial con
ditions in this section. Before
leaving, he subscribed to the Ad
vance in order to keep in touch
with this city. -
WILL DEEPEN NEWBEGUN
CREEK
The. War Department has or
dered a survey of Newbegun
Creek and, it issaid, will recom
mend an appropriation to deep
en the stream's channel.
The recent sentences imposed
in pliee court upon those con
victed of selling intoxicants In
Elizabeth City meet with the
"pproval of the Advance. The
way to test the justice nnd wis
dom of a law is to enforce it.
nd we suerrest thnt 'those. who
hoT'ove in law enforcement, see
to if that public se1irrpnt doos
n"t porniit the aeouittal of such
Tfn'Vs as appeal to the super
ior court.
Miss ITallie Powers of Wake
TVrpit is here the rnest of the
Misses Stevens on Main street.
THE PARCELS
AND
What May Be Expecltd of The New Law
and Why It Havors the Hume
Herchant
The Parcel Post created by
ct of -Congress August 4, 1912,
to begin operation January ls
1913, has awakened great inter
est all over the country, especi-il
ly in rural districts. Other
countries enjoy the benefits of
this cheap and convenient meth
od of sending staall packages;
and onr government, in treaties,
agiees to deliver parcels sent In
this manner from such countries
to persons in the United States.
There seems no reason, therefore
why we should not use the sys
tem to the advantage of a, large
proportion of our people. ' The
scheme is yet only an experiment
but will probably become a val
uable institution. Its success
will depend upon the rates cbarg
ed in comparison with those of
express companies.
While a large pjrt of the office
force in busy perfecting plans,
there are still imprtant ' detail
yet unsettled. -. .-i
The Act Creating the Pai'cel
ost Is briefly as follows :
onrth Class mail is extended to
include everything not now in
cluded in other classes; provid
ed the packages" do not welgi'
more than ' 11 lbs. nrn meas 'rj
more than 72 inches in length
anfl girth combined; and further
rovided thev be not in shape or
haracter to injure' other mail.
or to spoil before delivery in a
easonable tbre. This is prnc-
Hrally the whole bill except n
to rates. It is easy to regulate
he size and weight of parcels.
ut not easy to decide what may
be too perishable for each dis-
ance or too dangerous to other
ail. These questions are pub-
iing a svpeial commission, which
in conference wiin enaTor
iourne the author of the bill, is
ow trvin? to settle such details.
Shall live animals be ivlmil-
ted? nnd such things as but
ter, eggs, milk, live pigs and
hiskey? It is the evident in
tent of the bill to provide for
ressed poultry, butter, eggs and
innors; for farm ana rnctory
products are-especially mention-.
1. Bnt such articles must of
ourse be pnt In safe contain
ers, which may possibly be sol 1
like envelores.
Dangerous explosives cannot
he accepted and live pigs, a.nd
turkeys will usually be exolir'od
by weight. Bnt live chickens,
for short hauls may become fl
common part of the postman's
delivery.
For the purpose of fixing rates
8 rones are created, baswd'noon
units that are about 30 miles,
souare, or half a degree of lnt;
itnde. Bnt for practical pur
poses wp miy say that the fl'-st
rone includes all points within
F0 miles of the sending office;
the second points between CO and
lHO miles distant; the third l.r0
to 300; the fonrth 300. to 000;
the fifth 000 to 1,000; the sixth
1.000 to 1400; the seventh 1400
to 1800; tnd the eitrhth all areas
beyond 1800 miles from the sand
ing office. The rates proposed
are as follows:
Zone Miles 1st lb. .Extra lb.
1 TO fi cents
2 J."0 0 eonts
3 mo 7 cents
4 MO S cents
5 1PO0 f) fPT1ts
0 J00 10 cents
7 1"0 11. cpnts
3 cents
4 ccts
fi cents
0 coits
7 cents
cents
10 cents
8overlS00 12 cents 12 cents
For small parcels and short
POST
HOW IT WORKS
distances this is much cheaper
than present express tales of
fourth class mail. But for par
eels of five pounds, they close
ly approximate the usual . ex
press charges, and for larger
panels and longer distances ex
ceed them. But boll express
and postal rates on small pack
ages are likely to be lowered in
the near future.
PASTOR ,GIVEN RECEPTION
On Friday evening, November
22nd the members of the First
Baptist Church tendered their
new pastor, Rev. L. T. Reid and
family a reception in the church
parlors. This was followed by
an informal social in the course
of which refreshments were serv
ed. There were a number of in
strumental solos and duetts and
several songs solos and quar
tettes. The evening was greatly
enjoyed by those present and the
new pastor, by his cordial man
ner, won the hearts of all.
"THE CLIMAX"
At the Alkrama on Tuesday
uight, December 3rd, Joe Weber a
"The Climax" with several of the
New York, cast and a production
complete and characteristic in
evjpry detail, easily stands out
as the most important theatrical
offering of the season. A liberal
guarantee was necessary to se
cure this gem of dramatic puri
ty nnd the interest already shown
in its coming proves that plays
with a purpose plays worth
whilewill revive liberal sup
tort. ' The well-known names of
those responsible for ''The Climax
insures a performance of high- .
est merit; Joe Weblier (Webher
and Fields) Edward Locke, (au
thor "The Case of Becky" Bel
asco's production With Prance
Starr) Joseph Carl Breil (com
poser for Charles Frnhman , and
Sarah Bernhardt) nnd last but
not leaet the appearance here of
Theodore Kerwnld from Weber's
Theitie in his famous character1
of the lovable old Music Master
and Harriett Magill Carter" the
little girl with the wonderful
voice" of which Acton Davies-on
the New York Journal-American
aid: - "It was easily worth the
?2.00 to hear her sing one Bong."
STOVE WOOD
(Advertisement)
O. C. Bray, 307 Greenleaf St
ha about BOO cords of dry strip
nnd slab wood, stove length, at
one dollar per load delivered.
Give your orders to any cart or
drayman as I furnish any of them
with wood. " . -.
Call 'Phone 747 if yon prefer.
This will give you John Hollo
man who is regular cartman for
me nnd who' also handles all
kinds of green wood.-
O. C. BRAY
N 22 20 DO 1 3
FOR SALE Two well grow
young mules three years old
next spring.
n. M. PRITCHARD
K.F.n.Xo. 1 Wccksvillc N. 7.-
le pd.
Mis 'n'-r Hil'nrd ninton. re,
."onf- o' tho Pnfe Poptefy. Daufrh
p"! "Pprpln''V wh hs hern
visiting tl'P Mies Allertson re
tnrppd Wpdnnd'y to her homa
nt Midway Tlajitation near Ral
eigh.
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