North Carolina Newspapers

Iv2 OHE-Ci.Y ii'TCGME TO THE ORPHANS ON THANKCGI7II J .n. News' Without' ; ' - Bias T. , Views-Without. i Prejudice . 1A 10 L , r fc. i - - mmS V - mmm t - mf 4 The OnljDemocratic . Newspaper' Published in Elizabeth ' ' . . City - . '. .. . VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY,' NQRTH CAROLINA MONDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 20, 19H : : NO 151 eh iiicpoiiit UNCLE SAM WILL NOT TOLER ATE OBSTRUCTIVE TACTICS , ON PART sOF MEXICO FIH WEEKS SB IS SUDDENLY HEART FAILURE . RESPONSIBLE FOR 8U0DEN TAKING OFF OF WELL KNOWN CITIZEN a Washington D C, November 20 ' The 'Administration will stand but little more delay on the Mexican aid of the Atlantic City Peace Con ference, It la announced to-day. The patience of the Administra tion fa said to be near the breaking polntV' &i portentiouB develope ; mentis within the next few days are possible.-. . Mexicans are to be emphati cally informed that the United I States cannot . contlue to sit In Seace Conferences if Mexico per itf' In obstructive and dilatory tactlck. '- 5 y The matter of the border patsool represent but a small part of the Mexican problem. The proper protection of Ameri- j.. I. uor'm in the nrimary J iuestkra at Issue. I 'Xg Jong as such protection Is not I obtained no agreement as to border control can prevent the United States from taking action to secure . JVYhat alternative course the U nited States will take in the event of the failure of the Peace Con ference no one can say. Secretary Baker and Secretary Lane alone Tend what has been planned. It la I - lnUtratedJhoveyer, .thai an? shift r" In Mexican policy will result In a stricter accounting fro mthat coun tritor failure to protect American ' ltltens and property in Mexico. OF PUBLIC INTEREST Jtepgrta of the bul'ding of the -keeper's home at the Currituck coun t?,home. -To Kramer Bros, for lumber and -materials M24.29 Sharber' and White for hard- ware-, 4785 Freight' oa. materials about . 20.00 I B. Fiora for lime and plas ter V. 24 45 Xaborifor plastering build- rto-. ilM Marshall Cowell lumber for '.' frame of building n.i - C H. Lee. contractor to build house" 200.00 'i'C. H. Lee, putting on two coats of-paint 10 ft " Hard oiled and inside finish .'about 25 00 . Total i bill for 7-room house with ,two porchea completed 1904.95. The ' farm' to fftbe Currituck Horn is n good one.. It is we'l located. The eoll la' good and is yielding good. 1 believe this farm cannot be dupll catefl for the price paid for It. The best counties of the State tare county homes and of course, our county must have one. ft Is keep lng pace with progress. Heretofore the county has been paying out -trom $2000 to $2500 for the poor per year- wfcen it had no such home s t present. We propose to save lor the county each year and have Already1, done this with this Home. 77Ttf e'. m. walker, ntendent In BJng Currituck -County Keeper's HoSijk ' 1 BATEMA L.AYOEN ' . ,r:; r . MT.Wheeler H. Bateman and Miss Maggie Layden were married at the homo of Mr. J. W. Munden Saturday night. The bride is the ." daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan y LaydenJ of thla city, and the groom Is the son of , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Bateman, also "o this City. They will reside here. M Batemall Is In 'the employ of The E'Uabet C'.ty Iron SV( r!'. - . V ' - '''; Mr. J. Frank Weeks, Sr., died .suddenly at the Carolina hotel on Matthews street shortly after three oclock Sunday afternoon. Mr. Weeks began complaining of not feling well, soon after dinner Sunday. Something he had eaten, he thought had disagreed with him be complained of pain in his arm which he said his doctor had told him wag due to heart trouble. At about three o'clock, Mr. Weeks in reply to an inquiry as to how he was feeling from Mr. J. J. Denver, who'was with one or two others, in the office of the hotel with Mr. Weeks, safd that he was feeling con sidrably better. A few minutes lat er, however, he lay down on a couch and the attention of the others in the room was next attraced by a slight moan. Mr. TJenver, going to the courh, found Mr. Weeks appar ently gasping for breath, and slipp ed his arm under the sick man's head to raise It. After a moment Mr. Weeks Indicated that he wished his head lowered. Meantime a phy sician had been sent for, and in a bout five minutes DrI McMullan ar rived. He made an examination and answered the questioning glances of those. In the room with the quiet atntamant "T am too late." f Mr. Weeks' was sixty years old and one of the best known citizens in the county. He Is survived by his wlfe who, before her marriage, was Miss Ella Raper, daughter of the late John Uaper of Pasquotank county; by a sister, Mrs. W. J. F. Spence of New land; a brother, Dr. Steven B. Weeks of Washington. D. C; four sons, J. M. Weeks of this city, Paul P.. Weeks of New Bern, Charles L. Weeks of Pine Level, and J. F. Weeks Jr., of this city; three daugh ters, Mrs. E. L. Smithson of Nor folk; Mrs. Elizabeth Grenleaf of Elisabeth City and Miss Nellie Weeks of Ellxabeth City. Mrs. Weeks was visiting her daughter In Norfo!k, at the time or Mr. Weeks' death . ' She arrived in the city Monday. The funeral will be conducted at iks hnm. nf Mr J. M. Weeks on West Main street Tuesday after noon at three O'clock. Interment will follow in Holly wood cemetery. Mill LEFTS Oil BIS CONFLICT EVERY INFLUENCE OF LABOR AND CAPITAL TO CLA8H IN i INVESTIGATION fOW BEGUN (Bv L'nl.ed Press) Washington, Nov. 20 The curtain lifted here on one of the most en grossing and dramatic battles be tween industrial units in the na tion's history when the Joint con gressional committee started an in vestlgation of conditons relating to interstate commerce today. - Every influence of labor and cap ital will clah during the hearing. Meantime the government must keep a careful eye to the inter ests of the public at large. Today Representative Adamson, author of the eight hour law,' will confer with President Wilson re garding additional legUlaUon pro posed for the prevention and settle ment of industrial disputes. The American Federation of labor has already challenged any legisla tion which may limit the right of labor to call strikes. CHAPEL HILL NEWS HORSE RACES FOR THANKSGIVING DAY There wm te horse racing at Al bemarle Park on Thanksgiving Hay, November 20th. Six purses of from $50.00 to $15.00 will be offered to the winners and the occasion promises to be one of unusual interest. Among the notable horses entered are Frank Albe,rtsons Chafty, B. M. White's Blllie Hair and Moses Stokelya. Colonel Snow. 10c .Milk Idq Mflk 10c Milk 10c Elisabeth City m.llk men have a gala advanced the price to 12c a quart effective Monday the 20th Inst. In many of the large cities the price today ' Is 8 and 10 cents for Certified Milk and the expenses of the freighting to the. cities and de llverlng much greater thaa here. If you are willing to agree to buy all the mCk you use for the nex three years trom a new strictly san Itary dairy "that will guarantee t furnish pure certified milk at 10c quart. delivered to your door, pleas' sign coupon below and mall or sen to m: . .;. X. Y- Z . Care Advance at once. Signature ."..;......... .'; , . St.- & NoiL';, r..5, .'C1.. . ' V Q. used dslly .,.;,.!,... . tf. - - . '; Chapel HIL1, N. C. Nov. 20 In the recently published North Caro lina Club Year Book fpr 1915-16, whi!h contains 21 studies of condi tions in North Carolina by Unver- sity students, the purpose of the Nfirfh Carolina" Club is very "clearly pet forth. It is defiined as "an or ganization composed of students and faculty memners who are bent up on accurate. Intimate acquaintance with the Mother State; with her re sources, advantages, opportunities achievements, iwth tlu production and retention of wealth an( the conversion of wealth into welfare and well-being, with markets and credits, organization and co-operative enterprise, with schools and colleges, churches and Sunday' schools, with public health and san itation, with Pie problems of urban and rural life with the whole round of conditions, causes and consequen ces, force, agencies and influences, tendencies, drifts and movements that have made the history that we study today and that are we making the history our children will be studying tomorrow." The club Is further defined aS Know Your Home-State Club, since Is concerned with the study of economic and social problems in North Carolina. "It is endeavoring to probe to the quick and core o the present movement, and to sound the bottom of the aftertlme to use the words of Henry, the Fourth." Asuociated with the North Carolina Clubs are the various home-country clubs, which explore similar prob lems in their own counties. So far 59 county booklets have been pre pared for publication In the home papers some of these are now be ing issued as pamphlets for use In the local high schools, and for other thoughtful readers. Altogether, 17S economic and social studies of state wide range have so far been com pleted la the club headquarters. Th News Letter has served as the me dlum of publication for many of these studies. These club actlvltle: have stimulated local Interest thru out the state, especially, however in Cherryville township , Gastoi county, and ln Swain, Watauga, am Alleghany, where the . communlt leaders have been busy arousln their constituencies, to the necer sity for community seluf-knowledg ind constructive, cooperative effor for progress and prosperity. DOCKS TE8 IIITEBESI akmival OF MATCHLESS AND PAMLICQ ATTRACTS CROWDS TO WATER FRONT FVERYWOMAN'S MAGAZINE -be new North - Caolina Woman' ra-izlr.c. Just ovt.. Get, your fin .opy at' Md'ck's,, 20 cental Leav' .our year! subscription ($1) wltl 4 . 1 . ... mum hibU usuai interest was centered around the shipping docks here Sunday and Monday, the cause being the arrival into port of two government ships, the Revenne Cut ter Pamllfo, and the Coast and Geodetic Survey Boat Matchess. Al most every one Is asqualnted with befh these vessels and witn mem bers of their crew, and many visit ed the vessels at the docks 8unday afternoon, noln aboard one or both and looking them over from stem to stern. With the courtesy charac teristic of the officers and sailor lads, all who wished to inspect eith er vessel, were given kindly con duct and as they went whatever questions weie asked received po lite and ready answer. The Matchless arrived Saturday afternoon and was docked at the end of Fearing street. She will lie in port for several days taking on pro visions and water for another trip down Pamlico sound, where the orn cors and crew will continue the work of surveying. The vessel has been in this section for several months. The Pamlico arrived Sun day, having left New Bern Saturday morning. She was docked at the foot of Main street. She stayed In port here only a short while leav ing Monday at ten o'clock for Nor folk. It was learned by a reporter of The Advance that the Pamlico will go into dry dock as soon as she gets to Norfolk. She will be in dry dock for general repairs and having her bottom scraped and painted. The sight of the sailor boys in uniform on the streets Saturday night gave the city quite the air of a seaport town. Girls jWin In Basket Ball T The Elizabeth City Hiah School girla defeated the girfa of Hertford ln a close basket ball contest Fri day by the score of 4 to 3. - ' It was one of the hardest fought and closest games ever played in tuia section. Guard work In both teama was nearly perfect - neither team winning many chances at their opponent'a goal. A fine feeling of sportsmanship prevailed throughout the contest, and after the game a reception was tendered the visitors. - BUG WTOII AND REPORT FARMING GIVEN MORE ATTEITION AT EAST LAKE WITH EVERY YEAR Mesrn. Murray Sawyer. John E. Creef and John 8. Oreef, of East Lake arrived by their own boat Saturday afternoon with a large quanity of cotton. These gentlemen had not been In the city long be fore they made a good sale of their cargo, hvlng disposed of it in the seed to the Elizabeth City Milling Co., for VA cents per pound. In talking with Mr. Sawyer a rep resentative of the Advance learned that there was quite a quanity of cotton raised at East Lake this year, and all are satisfied with the prices they have received so far. Mr. Sawyer said that he had yet over 6,000 pounds which he expect ed to market ln short while. He said that though the log woods fur ilshed employment for a large num ber of the people in this section of Dare county, yet many of them were urnlng their minds to farming md that good results were being ealized from it. Mr. Sawyer and Mr. J. E. Creef isid also that bear hunting had ieen good this fall and that the aeat was bringing a good price, tear meat Is now selling on the narket for 18c nnd the skins sre dgher than hcrtnfore. They said hey would not ship their bear sklnp mtll a litle later In the fall. These cntlemen caught In, their traps Nat week two . Mack bears, r ffelf.hlnj tCO.and the 'other 225 AT HIGH SCHOOL TODAY Today at the HIgn school grounds the fcliowing baseball games will be played Giants & Champions and Red Sox vs American Eagles. Girls Basket Ba'l Junior 1st team V8 Se nior 1st., team. Tomorrow young Giants vs Lions and- Sliders v Red Stars. Basket Ball, Freshman 2nd, (earn vs Sopho mores' 2nd team. Boy Scouts meeting at 8 o'elosk Friday night. tiiiai BUT LUCK AND WEIGHT BOTH SEEMED TO FAVOR HOME - . -' - - . r BOYS' OPPONENTS THURSDAY The High School foot ball team has returned from Roper where on Thursday they met the team of the Washington Hlh School team and went down in defeat by the score of 10 to 0. Despite the discrepancy of the score, the game was a close and hard fought one. The game was staged at Roper In connection with a community fair at that place. Washington made her touch downs, in the Kecon,! and fourth periods. botn ntiRT e ends of the periods. Neither team was able to gain consistently through their opponents' line and both resorted to the for ward pass. Elizabeth City threw 1 forward pas es and completed suc cessfully all but four for gains of from 4 to 10 yards. Washington threw about ten and were success ful ln about six, but both were for heavy gains, one netting them : touchdown from the center of the field with only about two minutej to play In the last quarter. Elizabeth City came within three yards cf the Washington goal ln the lapt period and If they had made the touchdown would havp tied the score. The home team was outweighed 5 to 10 pounds per man and with the team diforganlzed by three of their best men being unable to play put up a great fight for the game. Blackwell Sawyer, Earle Chesson and Herbert McCoy, put up a fine game and the whole team worked hard. 'The respective coaches of the teams were the officials: Mr. Schll letter, All Southern tackle. Clemson College, Referee; and Mr. Ford of Elisabeth City Y. M. C. A. umpire. The people of Roper entertained both football teams In fine shape and the visit will be pleasantly r membered by all who participated in the event. , pounds. When asked If the bear was not always ready for a fight when caught, they replied that he was tight vicious and would do consider lble damage if he could get loose before he was killed. Mcsirs. Creefs and Sawyer . will very probably return in the near, fu ture with more cotton and then will have more to say of the, beam . 1 . .4 V - . V. sieei.o s;:;:.1 : CHECK FIKG ' ( . . , sassBssssnNSN " AND INTERESTS IN EUROPEAN ' WAR NOW SHIFTS FROM THI V 80MME TO THE BALKANS . London. Uov. 20 With Ala aid sleet Interferring with operation ; . ' on the Somme. Interest has switch ' -ed to the. Balkans, where furthefV news has Increased the brillancr of ' all allied victory In the capture of ' Monastir. It Is doubted whether 0r ' manic forces can completely escape -the rapidly encircling allied viae. ' ; Energetic purault of the Teuton - retreating from Monastir la beta ' ; ; pressed, according to official advlcee - from Serbia today. . .. v BERLIN CLAIMS SUCCESSES - , Berlin ,clalma, however, y In ittv , ' official bulletin, that the British dur, Ing the night were ejected from the west portion of the village of Grand court when they were engaged In i ; a hand grenade attack by the Ce ' . mans. The Germans also claim that" " ' the French were iepulsed In attamnt Ing to enter St. Pierre and Vaux v wood from the Northwest. Berlin news from the Balkan la to the effect that new positions to the north of Monastir have ' been occupied by German troops without attraclng' any attention from the a lies. New Germanic forces are said to have arrived In this fighting . one. ' , The evacuation of Monastir hai , beenv prepared since several days aa the city was without military im portance, la the German explanation of the occupation of that city by ' ' i the allies. -, ,' ". V. f iti SMILING I AMERICAN LITTLE GIRL TAKE8 PLACE A8 FORE MOST WOMAN AVIATOR (United Press) New York, Nov. 20 Ruth Law, a smiling little American, took her place today as the premier woman aviator of the world when she equal ed the American record for cross country flying. Miss Law landed on Governors Island after having flown the 840 miles from Chicago ln an aeroplane of obsolete type, with only two stops when she descended for gasoline. Exposed to wind and cold through the fact that with her type of ma chine she was forced to sit out In front of her motor without a shield, the plucky young woman outstripp ed Victor Carlstrom's record for con tinuoiiB flight on November second ln a machine of latest type, and then continued her journey making the longest flight ever made by a woman. Miss Iaw was in the air for I hours and 50 minutes. Carlstront characterized her flight as the, great est aviation flight of the year. She was given a rousing recep tion upon her arrival. MR. TWIFORD HERE Mr. M. D. Twlford was in the city on business Monday. Mr. Twl- . ford fs one of Eatt Lake's most sub stantial citizens, being a merchant of that place. He has been away from his home several days visiting friends in Gum Neck and Edenton. ' He left on the steamer Trenton, Monday for Manteo, where he will , apend some little time with hta son John Twlford and ftrmlly. " ; ' '