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ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MAY 2t 1916
NO 38
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Sets Machinery uf Chm-
ber of omuierce In
Motion and Outlook
Bright For Real Achiev-
ment
The Elizabeth C ;y Chamber of
Cotnerce is now act-rely at work
with C. R. Pugh as business man
ager. The campaign for membership is
atill bear Ins fruit and new mem
hers are being added to the organi
zation every day. This work for
new members will not be giren
orer for some time to come, and the
t directors are much encouraged at
the. rate at which the organization
1b' growing and especially at the
number from outside the city who
are showing interest in it.
(The matter of advertising Good
Will Day, which will be celebrated
liere on July Fourth, has already
been begun. An automobile party
on Wednesday went over into Cam
den as far as Sh'loh, where the
Baptist Association was then in
sess'on, and on the trip distributed
a thousand invitations to visit Eliz
abeth City on Good Will Day. Sim
ilar trips w'll be made into the sur
rounding territory until every
county within easy 'access has been
islted. .
Manager Pugh has also taken up
with Congressman Small the mat
ter Of having the Pamlico or
some such vessel that can fire a sa
lute In these waters on Good Will
Day. He has written Secretary
of the Navy Josephus Daniels be
sides In regard to having one of the
"trial aviation flights now being
made from Newport News take the
route on the Fourth of July and
come as far as Elizabeth City.
Manager Pugh Is also active a'.ong
other lines of work which he has
inapped out. For instance, he
dug up the fact that the freight
Tate on coal is live cents on the tch
higher here than at Washington or
Hew1 Bern, though Elizabeth City
Is nearer the source of Bupply. Mr.
Pugh immedlate'y took the matter
-up with the proper department of
the Norfolk Southern Railroad and
unless sat'sfactory adjustment is
made will seek redress through
the corporation commission.
Another direction in which Mr.
Pugh is interesting himself is that
of bringing as large a numberas pos
sible of the various conven
tions meeting in the state
to E'izabeth City next year.
The Odd Fellows are in session at
Wilson next week, and Mr. Pugh will
see that a are given an invitation
to hold their next state convention
here. It will be some time before the
result of efforts of this sort will be
made, apparent, but results are sure
notwithstanding.
Asked about the prospect of a
Oamber of Commerce banquet in
the near future Mr. Pugh said that
Tie was unable to make a definite
statement. However, the question
of having a banquet some time very
soon is being considered.
, AD this gives one some idea of
the various activities of a business
Sjanager of a Chamber of Commerce.
"fr. Pugh says he has Just begun
work.
OR. JOHNSON SPEAKS
. Dr. Walter N. Johnson. Secretary
f Baptist Satte Missions spoke
last Wednesday eveninar at Black--well
Memorial Baptist Church and
was heard by a large number of
church members and visitors.
' NEW AUTO DELIVERY
'"The Albemarle Laundry makes a
froth of many progressive steps
'this week, adding to its equipment
a shining new Baxon delivery wag
n.
NEXT TUESDAY NIGHT
AT THE ALKRAMA
Next Tuesday night s projram at
the Alkrama Theatre will be in
charge of the Ladles Auxiliary of
he Y. M. C. A. to secure funds
te aid in furnishing the, bulling.
While the evenings entertain
ment, has been designated as Ama
teur N ght the program will consist
of musical numbers from the best
alent of tho c ty, with comedy by
tfce Elks Minstrel Stars.
Those who will take part in the
rnterta'nment are: Misses Maude
Falmer Nannie Banks. Kather'ne
Jones, HazeJ Sykes, Mildred Com
mander, Evefyn Jones, Aurilla
Strahl. Dorothy Gregory, Elsie Gre
gory Lucile Jones, Margaret Daw
son, Mrs, L. E. Skinner; ' Messrs
Bill C. Sawyer, Wesley' Foreman,
Harold Foreman, Harry Kramer. L.
E. Skinner. John Seymore, George
Williams, Lonhy Hughes, Ronald
Robinson, St Clair Chesson, Avery
Jones and others.
COMMENCEMENT AT CHOWAN
Invitations were received in the
city last week to the Commence
ment Exercises of Chowan College
at Murfreesboro on Saturday, Sun
day, Monday and Tuesday.
Class Day exercises are to be held
on Saturday, with the Senior Recep
tlon at night.
On Sunday morning Dr. R. T.
Vann of Raleigh will del'ver the bac
calaureate sermon and on Sunday
night he will preach the Mlsitonery
Sermon.
On Monday the Art Exhibit and
Annunl Concert are the features.
(Tuesday Is graduation day nnd
Hon T. W; Blckett will deliver the
I'terary address.
Miss Ruth Sawyer, daughter of
Mr. Alfred Sawyer of Belcross, is
vice president and prophet of the
Senior Class, while her sister, Miss
Maud Sawyer, receives a diploma in
voice this year. M'ss Kate Jenkins
of Murfressboro who visited In Eliz
abetb City last summer receives a
diploma In voice also. Many other
names on the attractive announce
ment are doubtless familiar . to
friends and relatives in this section.
JIM GIBB8 BROUGHT BACK
Jim Glbbs,- the negro who shot
his wife with a shot gun about a
year 1 ago at her home ' on White
street was brought here from New
port News by Chief Thomas Wed
nesday night. The woman was
thought as first to be fatally wound
ed but recovered and Is now at
work. Glbbs escaped and the police
learning that be was somewhere a-
bout Newport News advised the au
thorities there to be on the lookout
for him.
Glbbs was lodged in Jail here Wed
nesday night nnd will appear before
Judge Sawyer this morning.
REFRESHMENTS SERVED FREE
BY THE GAS COMPANY
This afternoon from two to five
o'clock a demonstration of cooking
by gas will be given In the gas com
pany's office on Poindexter street.
Those attending the demonstra
tion, will, be served refreshments.
MU8T LIST TAXES
BEFORE JUNE 1st
The county tax listers are hold
ing daily sittings at the court
house this week and all voters and
property owners should give In
their poll and list their property
for taxation without delay, A
heavy penalty attaches to failure to
1'st property this month.
TO-DAY PATRON'S DAY
To-day Is Patrons' Day at the Eliz
abeth City Publio schoo's and par
ents are Invited especially to visit
the school and see their children at
their usual work.
Mr. J. E. Goodw'n is shlppln
spring chickens to Norfolk in large
number, sending six coops full pre
vious to Wednesday of this week
BIG HUD HEARS
BIGKETT'S SPEECH
Memorial Day Exercises
Culminate In Stirring
Address By One Of
State's Foremost Sons
In an address that brought round
after round of applause from an au
dience that packed Pasquotank
County Court House and to which
.the Confederate veterans present
with tear-dimmed eyes, gave rapt
attention. Attorney General T. W.
P'ckett in the Memorial Day exer
cises Wednesday paid eloquent
tribute, to the Confederate sol
dier, Justified the War for Seces
sion, eulogized the . womanhood of
the Confederacy, antf reached his
peroration in a crowning tribute to
the men and women of the Old
South through whose united effort
v'ctory was finally achieved when
the war drum's throb had finally
ceased.
This address was the culmination
of Memorial Day celebration In
Elizabeth City for the year 1916.
The exercises, under the direction
of the Daughters of the Conferer
acy began when the children of the
pubrc sehools in a long procession
inarched from the school buildings
to the courthouse green, where they
heaped flowers about the Confed
erate monument standing in the
centre of the square ' t and already
draped with the colors of a Con
federacy and with the banner of the
"Old North State." The process
Ion was headed by the pupils of the
primary grades and the higher
grades followed In order.. When
the last of the high school students
had placed their floral offer'ngs
And had taken their places In the
ranks forming a semicircle about
the monument, prayer was , offered
by Rev. J. L. Cunnlnglm, and this
was followed by songs of the Old
South sung by the school children,
led by the teachers and the Daugh
ters of the Confederacy.
The orator of the day had been
escorted to the scene by the Eliza
beth City Naval Reserves and after
the singing the crowd was invited
into the courthouse. Seats to
the right of the speaker's stand
were reserved for the Daughters of
the Confederacy and to the left for
the Confederate Veterans. The
speaker was Introduced by Walter
L. Small of the Elizabeth City bar
who in a few well chosen words
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presented mm 10 ine audience. 4
Mr. Bickett expressed his appre
ciation for the "kind and gracious
terms" in which he had been pre
sented and suld that he counted
himself honored to have the priv
ilege of participating in these ex
ercises. Turning to the Veterans
he told them that in speaking to
them he was overwhelmed by a
feeling of Inadequacy amounting to
pain, realizing as the son of a Con
federate soldier that the most that
he might say would do but pitiful
Justice to the least of what they
did.
The speaker decried the Idea
now often heard that the war ' be
tween the states waa a colossal
blunder ft hat Uie South pfunged
needlessly and heedlessly Into a
conflict which might have been
avoided. The war had to come",
he declared. . The seeds of secess
ion were sown in the heart of the
constitution,"
That the South was light nnder
the constitution waa the next po
sition taken and proof of it was
produced by quotations from the
wr'tlngs of noted leaders in France,
In Germany, in England and of
the North itself. 1
Mr. Klckett then went on to
whow that the South's s sacrifice
of her sons tor her faith had' not
been in vain. The war he said
has taught us the lessons of "how
(Continued on Paw Eight) ,
HERE'S MHCE
TO MAKE Mail E
Cash Prizes Will Be A
warded For Best An
swers to Puzzle Adver
tisements In This Issue
Ou page five of this Issue is pre
sented a contest which will be of
Interest to every , reader of The
Advance aud of especial Interest
to the paper's country readers.
This contest offers the country
reader of this newspaper an op
portunity tq secure a cash prize of
five dollars for a few minutes work
and also offers the Elizabeth C ty
reader a chance to win a reward.
On page five ere presented a
series of advertisements which ap
pear with no actual mention of the
advertiser's name, but in each of
which will be found suggestions or
clues by which the reader may, if
he is in the hah't of studying the
advertising columns of this news
paper, readily guess the name of
the advertising firm.
frizes will be offered, for the
best sets of answers submitted: five
dollars from the best lint received
from outside the limits of El'za-,
both City, township; One Dollar to
the lady or miss In Elizabeth City
sondinir In the best set of answers;
and One Dollar for the man or
boy In Elizabeth City sending . In
the. best list.
Each advertisement s numbered
and the contestants Rhould write
the number of each with the name
of the advertiser following. An
swers must be submitted by mall
and must be in the post office at
Elizabeth City not earlier than
Saturday morning and not later
than four o'clock in the afternoon
of Monday, May 15th . No an
swers w'll be received at The Ad
vance office, and no set of answers
will be counted that comes in
earlier or later than the time limit
ahove set forth.
In case more than one contes
tant answers the entire list cor
rectly, the prize will go to the
subscriber whose subscription to
this newspaper s paid for the
longest period In advance. If
there is still a tie accuracy and
neatness will be considered In
making the award.
A year's subscription to this
newspaper will be given for the five
best answers from Elizabeth City
township and for the ten best
answers from the country after
the cash prizes have been awarded
Also through tho k'ndness of Mr.
J. R. Bowden The Advance Is en
abled to offer a Pepsi-Cola gold
lapel chain for the best set of an
swers from a boy In the Elizabeth
City public schools and a dozen
Pepsi Cola pencils for the best set
of answers from a girl in the Eliza
beth City pubic schools.
Announcement of the successful
contestants will be made in Tues
day afternoon's paper, and a cor
rect list of the advertisers names
with their respective numbers
will be publ'shed.
Mall answers to The Advance,
Elizabeth City, N. C, observing
carefully the time of the opening
and the closing of the contest.
WILL SELL THROUGH TICKETS
This summer the Norfolk Southern
Railroad will sell through tickets to
Manteo and Nags Head from any
point on their road. This arrange
ment Includes the transfer of pas
sengers and baggage from tra'n to
boat in Elizabeth City.
Week end tickets from Norfolk
and return will be sold for 13.75;
half tickets for $2.15. Season tick
ets from Norfolk will be sold for
M-15; half tickets for $2.35.
The season for these rates lasts
from May 26th until September 10.
WORKING FOR DAUGHTRIDGE
' R. T. Fountain of Roky Mount
was in the city Wednesday In tht
Intirest of the candidacy of Hon
E. L. Daughtridge fur Governor.
Asked as to what he thought of
h's candidate's chances to secure
the nomination, Mr. Fountain stated
that to his mind there is every reas
on to believe that Mr. Daughtridge
w.'Jl secure the nomination,'
"I feel," said Mr. Foun aln that
Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge is
the proper man to lead the party
Lieutenant-Governor Daughtridge is
well known to the people of North
Carolina. He Is one of the State's
largest farmers, a man of wide bus
iness experience, successful in his
every undertaking. He rendered
great service as a member of the
State Board of Agriculture, and as
president of the State Fair in 1906
and 1907 he did much to establish
and popularize that institution. At
thU t'me when extensive and in
tensive farming is receiving the
best thought of the State and when
our progress 1 nd prosperity are so
JargeTy dependent upon agricultural
development, it would be particu
larly timely and appropriate for the
election of one of the large and
successful farmers of the State to
the high office of Governor. It
will be remembered that Lieutenant
Governor Dau?btrld?e was a mem
ber of the American Commiss'on
which visited Europe In 1913 for
the purpose of studying co-opera
tive agriculture, rural credits, and
farm Jlfe. As Governor of the Sfnte
he wou'd be of untold value in shap
ing dlrett'ng and eucouragalng the
activities In agricultural develop
ment along the line and in conjunc
tion with the Department or-Agrlcul
ture and the A. and M. College.
While he Is a fanner, he has large
business Interests and Is in thorough
accord wl h the idea that ail legiti
mate business Interests ln the
State should be fostered and en
couraged.
"It(has been twenty years Blnce
a farmer or .business man handheld
the office of Chief Executive of North
Carolina. Ninety per cent of the
population of the State belong to
this class,, and it is natural that
they shoutd feel thai Mr. Daught
ridge Is their real representative."
Mr, Fountain said further that in
addition to the fact that Mr. Daugbt
ridge is a practical fanner and bus
ncss man his record as a public Her
vant and man of affairs Is notable.
Mr. Daughtridge served as County
CoramlHs'oner for four years; was
a member of the Legislature from
Edgeeome County for four years,
I res'dent of the State Fair Associa
tion for two years and the first Pres
blent of this organlzat on to manage
the fair fo successfully as to leave
a surplus in the treasury; wus ap
pointed a member of the American
Commission for the study of agri
cultural conditions in Europe and
did Jhla valuable work at his own
personal expense; has been Lieuten
ant Governor for four years and has
never been overruled as presiding
officer of the Senate. While a mem
ber of the legislature Mr. Daught
ridge waa also chairman jbf the.
committee on agriculture.
( Paid Political Advertising)
ELLIZABETH CITY ELKS TO
TAKE WASHINGTON BY STORM
The Elizabeth City Elks wiU take
Wash'ngton by storm at the State
Convention of this order next week
Forty members strong with a
number of the Norfolk brethren
will leave Elizabeth City Tuesday
afternoon, May 16th, at six o'clock
on board the Annie L. Vansciver,
the largest boat on these waters.
The steamer has been chartered
for the Convention and a band
from Norfolk engaged for the trip.
The Vansciver will arrive at Wash
ington Wednesday morning with
her distinguished passengers, sev
eral of whom are to take part in
the Convention's program. Leav
ing Washington on Thursday night
the merry party will reach borne
again on Friday.
HI
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Wednesday Was Big At
tendance Day When
Throng Numbered A
bout . Twenty Eight
Hundred People
Chowan Bapt st Association ad
journed Thursday following the ,
forenoon session. Home Missions
was the topic of the day on Thurs- -day
and the discussion was featured
by the address of J. K. Henderson. '
Wednesday was the big day for at
tendance, many declar'ng that the
largest crowd waa present on that
day that they had ever seen gather
at an association The historic
ground on which the Baptist host
met and the welL. known reputation
of the people of Shlloh for hospital '
lty combined to make' the occasion
an unusually popular one.
The topics for discussion on Wed
nesday were Education, the Or
phanage, State Missions and As
soclatlonal needs. Rev. I. N.
Loftin made the report on Educa-'
tlon and E. F. Aydlett the report en
the Associations! needs. Secretary ,
Walter N. Johnson discussed State
Missions and Editor Archibald
Johnson, the Orphanage.
RECEIVE8 SHIPMENT OF :
MATTING FROM CHINA
The C. H. Hobinson Company of
this city have Just received two
shipments of raatjting ifrora Ch'na ,
which was ordered by cable several
months ago and which was shipped
on February 10 by Herbort Dent
and Company from Hong Kong. It
In an Interesting fact that the duty
and freight charges on the ship- '
ments amounted to over $1500,00 or
more than the actual cost of the
matting.
One of these shipments waa '
brought over by the Steamer China,
wh'ch was held up on the high sea
by the British government and
searched, with the result that sev
eral passengers were taken off the .,
ship by the British Captain and held
as prisoners of war. , News of the
release of these prisoners has al
ready appeared In the dal'y press ,
reports. The Ch'na discharged her
cargo at San Francisco.
The o'her shipment came over by
wny of Vancouver, Brltlnh Columbia
to which port It was brought by the
steamer, Robert Dollar. This ves
sel had an uneventful vvage.
"The htah freight rates, said Mr.
C. O, Robinson of tho C. H. Robin
son Company, "are due to h'gh rates
of Insurance as a result of war
rlHks and to the scarcity of ships.
There Is now a serious shortage of
matting In this country and we re
gard our firm as fortunate In secur
ing this shipment."
That an El'zabeth Cfty firm is
ordering merchandise direct from
the orient Is surprising news to the
average Elizabeth City citizen ' and
Is taken as one of the signs of this
country's increasing foreign trade.
am no
HORSE DROPS DEAD FROM
FRIGHT
Visitors In the city Friday from
Shawboro told of an unusual occur- '
ence In that village Friday when
horse dropped dead on the street, a
parentty from fright.
The animal In question was very
much afraid of automobiles and waj
hitched on the street when two au
tomobiles bore down on him front
opposite d'rectione. ' The horse
stood trembling while the machines .
passed him, one on the one side and
one on the other, and a moment
later dropped in his tracks. Exam
ined he was found stone dead.
The horse belonged to , Jerome
Wilson of Shawboro. Nobody fn
this section recalls an instance ot
a dcmestlc animal's dying of fright.