ANSWER THE CHRISTMAS ROLL CALL OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. ALL YOU NEED IS A HEART AND A DOLLAR
WEATHER
Itiiln tonight, colder. .Wednesday
much colder and genet-iilly fair. Mode-rule
to fresh southeast to south
winds, ahlftlng to west and north
west Wednesday.
Buy W. S. S. And
Help to Bring The
Boys Back Home
VOL. 3
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1918.
No. 302
W
FORMER ELIZABETH CITY BOY
IN DEATHLESS LOST BATALLION
Survives As By Miracle With Clothing All But
Shot to Pieces To. Tell Story of Hairbreadth
Escape
First Lieutenant, Maurice Vaughn Griffin, a former Eliza
beth City boy, and brother of Miss Mattie Griflin and W. W.
Griffin, who was with the "Lost Battalion" in the Argonne For
est, in a letter to his wife, dated November 7th, and written from
hospital in France where he is recovering from his wounds,
has the following to say of his experiences on that occasion:
"If you have read anything
in the papers about a Battalion ;
t::k :rr?tJzr:m more paper
ua j Of jwu tan juni ni ji i. viimv
your hubby was one of them, :
and believe me I. was glad to ,
get out when we were relieved, j
A Lt. Alexander, who was in j
the Hospital with me, from
Charlotte, N. C, says that some
of his people had sent him a
clipping of it from one of the
Charlotte papers. We weje re- j
lieved on October 8th. The pic
ture 4 have of you has a hole
in it from a piece of shell, it
went in my pocket book but
not through it. I have the piece
of shell as a souvenir. I have
four bullet holes in my overcoat
and my breeches were torn to
pieces by a grenade, but I onlyU)f rhlbH of NorUl Carolina, has heen
had my knee cut a little and the, added to the list. The executive
, ., , . , , , T-, I committee is now composed of the
bullet in my shoulder, Kvery-Statc ls Com , R Young M.
one says that I had my "rabbits 'liuiloweii of Goidshoro; Mrs. cun
foot" with me, but I think it1'"'""". I"rli'- Mr- Alderman
jof Henderson. Mrs. Johnson of Hal-
was something else that.,, all(1 MrK. j. G Fearing of kiu-
Watched OUt for me HO I could "'"'Hi I'ity. Mrs. Fearing having
come back home.
The Strap to my field glasses has lien, me a part of the educational
was cut with a bullet. My gas s-vM"1" s,taUiaml ,,JS vu'
nor iiickolt and other state oflicials.
mask was cut in half by shrap- dorsiM, ,,y Slipt ,,. v joyner. c.over-
nel and my helmet had a dent Kvery teacher is urged to organ
r , ., . t i il l-i j. Ize a Safety League in their school.
from a bullet, but they did not ,ri , .
' ' The ohject of this organization is to
get me. The last Seven days We help aid in the Prevention of Fires
had nothing to eat at all, ex- i,,ul C arolina.
I
cept tree leaves and roots, and j
most of our drinking water was j
rain water from shell holes. I !
certainly am thankful that Ij
got out of it as I did. j
I have some clippings from'"1' iH ,;,rdia,lv lnv"wl
. , . I' The music programme is as fo-
the London Papers and Pans' lnws.
papers about it but the Censor ; l. Prelude-war .March e,f the
, . r I- Priests. Stegall
rules prevent me from sendinr , n
them home at the present time, j :, -The Lord i, in His iioiy T-tn-It
looks as if the War was ' i'1''-"
, . 4 i i.ite. HchneckiT.
nearly over now that Austria; . (.(1I.(H s,.llll( ,,.r Jli(Vill.
has (Jtlit. I don't know when 'son and Nelson.
T ... . . , i ,,, j
I will re.iom my regiment but;
the Doctor says 1 will be behind
the lines for several months as S
my nerves are "shot to pieces,
but I don't fed so badly, just
nervous.
The major in command on;
the "Hill" was promoted toj
Colonel, given, the D. S. C. and!
nt bT. hi, narT e -1
wnuu'iscy ana me negimcnit
was from Nw YdN. I hope
I have r.ot violated the Censor
rules, but am told I have not.
MILUKOFF HAD TO
LEAVE PARIS
(Hy AwocUted PreoiV
rrls. Dec. H. Paul N. Milukoff,
former Runnlan foreign minister, ac
cunel taut Jul; of German leaning,
has been obliged to leate ParU, ac
cording to U Matin.
HIa pranc atr was bUTd to
kA uacftssrf.
UNTIL FRIDAY
There will be no issue
ef The Advance on Christ-
h mas Day. and on Thurs-'
day, as The Advance', fol-
lowing its usual custom,
will give its force two
days off
ItKTUiXS KKOM H.UF.TY
MKKTlXg
Mrs. J. G. Fearing has just re-
it urned from Raleigh where she went
to he present at a conference of
r Safely League Workers, called hy
I he Stut Ins. ()in. Mrs. Clarence
Johnson. President of I he Federation
.charge of Kastern North Carolina,
i This wonderfully Important work
insist HI IU II
There will he a special service held
in Christ Church Christmas morning
at eleven O'clock to which the pub-
f) Festival Te I I'll in. hud!
. Jiil1Mfi , .. ;
i. k.
s Hymn :.4.
r.nck
)lldev
;i dlona inn. Anon,
lo Hymn r!.
! 1 1 II. irk. the lier,
Id Angels sing.
-ad.
Il
Star Sp; .. nirled Mniiner
ll in 11 ' .,
14
1'iistUnle. Mil ri
ill (i. Itafl'.
HOHENZCLLER NS
ARE m PAUPERS
(lly Assoc In led I'ross)
Itaxle. per. 24 The Keizure nf
liroperty owned by the llolicnzollcrua
would Jiroduce lniiuedlalely nine
hundred luillimi murks, according lo
figures compiled by the Frankfort
Naelirlchton.
EM'
COKN
SAVE
VHMT
IMIKPKMIK.N'T
The Advance begs to acknow
ledge a debt ot appreciation to
Editor Saunders Of The Inde
pendent for the fuct thul the
paper lias been able to appeur
for theJast two days.
There was a serious smash
up on The Advance press yes
terday before all the papers had
heen run and without help part
of our subscribers would have
missed their paper yesterday
and ull of them would have
missed it today.
Kditor .Saunders and The In
dependent force came to the
rescue under these trying cir
cumstances and at no little in
convenience to themselves en
abled The Advance to appear
as usual.
We ask t he indulgence of our
readers for matters in which
The Advance to day Is not up to
the usual standard of tho
Christinas edition and plead the
extraordinary demands upon the
time of the editor for the last
twenty-four hours.
INVITE WILSON
SPEAKATCHURCII
President To Be Asked to Ad
dress Congratulation in Eng
land Worshipping in the
Church Built by His Grand
father (It) Associated Press)
Carlisle, Kngland, I lee. 24. Ilev.
Fdward liooth, pastor of the Con
gregational church here which was
built by the President's grandfather
and where his grandfather was min
ister for fifteen years, has Invited
the President to address the congie
gation during his visit here next
Sunday.
nmij u
IS WIPED out
Opinion of Advocate General,
Sustained by Baker, Says
Militia Revert to Civilian
Status When Discharged
(Hy Associated Press)
Washington, Dec. 24 The opin
ion of the Judge Advocate (ieneral's
ollice, improved by Secretary of War
Raker, holds that ollieers and en
listed men of the National (Juard
will revert to civilian status when
discharged from Federal service.
The effect of Hip ruling will he lo
virtually wipe out of existence the
National (Juard as organized prior
lo i In' war.
(! .s-"ci.ilcd Ti'i'oi
I ',i- I'ee. 1 I. Tll colnlitloii
,,f
Miijnr (ii'ie .;;il ( hiirles i. UIukI'm.
who v;;s injured in Ull itiriil.iiie full
III I.eilVies. llnrllieii.-t of I'.iris, Moil
tiny s hiiwi ure;i lin prm enient diM-.
lite night.
Ill Hie ;;rcil!i ,,f ,t,
iiiin h !! ;ied i,Mi a itrii iwli otlh er
Were ktiied.
... .,.(- (P ,n, j,r tr,e'A;.Ti-
'"" Areii.:ticf Coiiimltnti iind was
he hr .t Anterlciiu i i n. tl otlirer to
enter tn
rini;.:!i e
i . r t . in
DM inn
(ienill ,
WIS MtUM
. nn, tut
lit
.
of
"H lifter the
He wa-i f. r-
tlie l;,l .llll'.W
RETAINS OFFICE
(Ilj A""! Ilttlll N'M)
llasie, Dec. 24. An agreement
bus been reached between the Iler
lln K.iverninent and the (German gen
eral staff by which Field Marshall
Von lliiidenburg and General Croe
ner. Chief Quartermaster, retain
their offlcea. according to the Lokal
An;.eger of Ilerlln.
VOH RKNT OK LEANE HTOHE
now occupied bjr A. F. Toxer A
Co., aa a wholcaal grorrt jr. poa
mmIos Jaaoary U(, 11)1.' Ctu.
li now. D--cr
COl'ltTKNY
GENERAL RHODES
MUCH IMPROVED
WILSON VISITS
CLEMENCEAU
Leaves tonight to Spend
Christmas Day With j
American troops, goes
Then To England J
(lly AsNocluled Piths) j
Paris, Dec. 24. President;
Wilson this morning visited
Premier Clemenceau.
Paris, Dec. 2:5. The Presi-1
dent's plans for visiting" Ameri-1
can Army headquarters at
Chaumont, then proceeding to'
England, are now complete.
lie will leave Paris late Tues-;
day night and not return until j
New Years Day.
DINNER WITH TROOPS
The President will have
Christmas dinner with the
troops, eating from a mess kit
with the soldiers about him. He '
will have a'formal dinner with
General Pershing and his offi
cers later.
After receiving the rtoops,
the President will deliver anj
address, leaving Chaumont late
Christmas Day. '
He will then go to Calais,
arriving next .morning. From 1
there he will go to Dover and
directly to London. i
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING
President and Mrs. Wilson
went Christmas shopping todav
1 1
visiting many of Iho principal
shops during their two hour
tour.
lloth hiu! be i n about the city
before but this wsa the first
time they had ventured into
the shopping district together,
as they often do in Washing
ton. Few Parisians recognized
them, but all Americans, with
whom the center of Paris now
teems, gave greetings, which
the President and his wife re
turned with smiles and bows.
TM KKTS OS SAI K. Till ItSIMV
Yirkcls for the V. M ('. A. Vllilde.
Ville New Vein's Kve on hale on
Thursday. Announcement is found
in our advertising columns.
The name of the old favoriteM il
natii!K In the program. - Cam
Melirk. Hill (' " Sawyer iinil 11. Cuy
I'.riK ki M I:. Miflic'ein guarantee for
many a laugh
Mr. .Veih-k will he in-.-.r.l in the
I e,p .Moiiologiii' "l.y Trou
bles.-
"i'.il! ("' and (Juy Itrockelt have
a YlddMi Ta!kfa:t ending net wiih
the siu:g "Can on Tame Wild Wlm
i men .'
I Mr. J.i.-lie Waldorf appears in a
black f.n e novelty musical sketch
ending Ips act with the song ' In tm
Mac'n r.;ml f t'm'f V,! It. .!; n .f V." !,
M u t 1 . "
Vi lli. Tainindge .Miller will have a
clever dancing i.i I and W"'-ley Wood-t-y
A.i! iiiiniil-e tie1 aad'ence in i(
Kiii(ilgiji' "lie Art of KKsinc."
CONFERENCE AT
(I!) A-sim ialed Pros)
Pans, her. 24. An important
conference In the effort to Iind
ground for co-operation between the
Allies and the t'nlted States on the
one hand and the patriotic elements
In Hussla on the other, was held yes
terday at the Russian Embassy, to
day's papers reported.
The Entente governments, press
accounts' declare, are completely In
accord In the decision to refuse to
undertake a vast military eipedltloB
Uto Russia,
CASUALTY LIST
MOIt.MNU REPORT
Washington, Dec. 24 The follow
ing casualties ure reported hy the
Commanding General of the'Ameri
ran Expeditionary Forces:
Killed in action 171
Died of wounds , . 69
Died of disease 14 3
Wounded severely 66!)
Wounded (degree undeter
mined I Si)
.Missing in action mm;)
Total 1,471
ill c.vitnuw casi aiiids
NOK
Killed in Action
I'liigene Rachel, Spokane.
Died or Disease
'.linile Amnions, Clintoif
(ieler W. Atkins, High Point,
.lohn K. Faircloth, Koseboro.
Albert F. Jones, tireensboro.
Wounded Heverely
John Whlilock Wallace, Klalesvill
George C. Mauney, Murphy,
Alex P. Arnold, Wakefield.
Dennie Presley, (lastonin.
Moody I. Kern, Ether.
Raymond Itarnes, Taylorsvllle.
Alex C. Hrown. Fast Dend.
James K. Lunsford, Klk Port.
Willie O'Neal, Selma.
Kagle Pamell, (ioldsboro.
John Henry West, (lastonia.
Lonnle C. M HI Ik In, I.aiirlnbiigr.
Solle L. Morris, Aulander.
Joseph S. Mozelle, Sunbury.
Kdgar M. Sattertliwalte, ltansoni
vllle. Robert J. Itntson, Vista.
Wonmled (Decree Ciidetermined)
Thomas C. Sinclair, Haeford.
Filch K. Rector. Cressroads.
Missing in Action
J
James M. lirickhoiise, Coliimli
I in in !' I.ee Fox, ftlorgantown.
Hubert F. Reildisli, Ulcsvllli
AFTKRNOOX ItKPdltT
Washiiiglon, llec. 21 - The follow
ing casualties are reported
by the
Ameii-
27:i
20 6
commanding ticnoral of the
."ed'Uonarv Forces:
Killed in lotion
Died of wounds
Died of accident ami other
causes
I i'd (if ,iirplaiM- accident
Died iif di.-.ease
WllllClled (.I'Verely
Wounded I deer..,, undeter
mined i
Missing In act inn
is
!i
I I I
622
Is
2 it !
Total i,r,sj
NOItlll AKOI.IW CASI AI.TIKS
Killed in Action
Walter I,. Parsons. Km kingham.
1 homiis t. Speaks. Jennings.
Died of Wound-.
Kdward ('. Harris, Wotidell.
Thoiuas M. Iliilla, Kayettevllle.
Clark U. Slewarl, Middlheiirg.
Carmel Kich. Holilnsville.
Kddie Parks, Seahoaid.
Ilieil of Disensr
liavid T. Carroll. Mansou.
Kred J. Stafford. Ophlc.
John H. Seiigrove. kaudolph coun
ty KreiU rh k Ciihey, Swen Springs.
Cl.illdi' M. (ia.skills, .Merrilt.
Itergis H Flowers, Taylursville.
'riioinas ti. Nance, ThoiiiUHVillo.
.Marshall K. Watttnn, Iarby.
Woniideil Severely
.l.iiiii i A. I.ockharl, Wudeshoro.
Ah in I.. Ilelitoll, i .is 1 1 1 ll l ,i.
Arthur (iihuii, Canton,
loin li. Chalmers, Uai'ii;h
William I,. oii. y. Mariuu.
.lal.M'.- !'. Ilnilileii I U-l fii in I .
W illie J. (.aliiui r, Wilson.
.I..me-, i hi , . Pond ..
Charlie S. Long, Swerti.
'Andrew J. 'I'lioiiipsen, Spray,
(iiie Michael, (in i nslioro.
t,niu1F It ,tfltn-itill, H'p!llle. '
( a.irie.H K. ..iet.rfe, I'iiinacle.
ii.i N. Clifpei, 1 1 ,. wtde.ilioro.
Jn.es K. liiil, ;Corv. noil.
I
II. 1 d u .. : i. , i!
J i - i ; i l; in Anion
I 'i h j . a. ( I 1 1 1 . i .
I.I d
li
(11) AiM l(Hcd Press)
Paris, her. 2 4.-- The Germans
have not completely compiled with
the terms of the clause of the armis
tice providing for the delivery of all
their submarines, according to Le
Matin.
The newspaper points out that the
j submarine cruiser t'-157 Is no at
Trondhjem, Norway, a submarine of
the newest type ot eighteen hundred
tons and credited wtlh having made
a emute of four moatbs vjiaout
auklaf port. -
JIM WILCOX IS
NOW BACK HOME
Arrived in City This Af
ternoon on Train From
Norfolk And Given
Cordial Welcome
Jim Wilcox is back home for
! Christmas, a free man.
I He arrived in the city on the
train from Norfolk due at 11.35
1 . I I ! 1 . .
dui wnicn aia noi arrive un
til nearly two o'clock this af
ternoon. . .He was met at the train by
members of the family, who
through all the years have held
to their faith in him, and his
reunion with his loved ones at
the Norfolk Southern made an
affecting scene.
Judging from the general
tone of comment heard at the
depot today and about the
street since news of Welcox's
pardon has been received here,
the welcome to the pardoned
man is felt not only by those
are his relatives and friends but
also by Elizabeth City people
generally. The feeling against
him, once so strong here that
he was taken to another coun
ty for trial, seems to har
passed, and the general senti
ment seems to be a feeling of
tatisfaction at the one-time
prisoner's pardon and return.
. .Wilcox was convicted on cir
cumstantial evidence and there
have always been many who
questioned his guilt.
WOMEN ARE"
Paris. Nov. lie. ( Correspondence
of The Associated Press. He want
ed to buy a Christ ma1 present for
the girl back home so Hint she could
show it lo all the o'l er 'iili. -md
destroy their pence of mind li-caas''
il had come from Franc lie knew
Just what he wanted, too, but every
time be thought of eolnz into 'he
shop and trying lo ask In Freio li f ir
the tiling he wanted, he gat r"l be
hind the ears. lie bad gone uvei
the top in the past, unafraid, bat he
couldn't do litis.
Al last, when his leav ! was ail up,
he wenl Into the calitee.i and asked
the V. M. C. A. woman there lo make
the purchase for him. I'e gave her
the address, and hoped it wouldn't
he too much trouble ;o Mi.d the
package.
' Oi cour e it nii't." s.'id the V.
M. C. A. woman who Imy. do' 'tis ol
ii'h fill-1 each week. "I'll enjoy i!.
I'll :" t!i;,t the piick i ; go'-s all
i :)!. i-eil, ;r you l.k I'M writ" her
a little note ton, lelhe,', Vi.v avcII
you re looking."
"Thrt will he nice " said Ho. ; -vale
lie coiinti ii out th" III' lie, a
iVi.erons amor nt. Si ill he ling ered.
I.imi jt- was evident that he bad so'il
I th':ii; el e ;,; hi, i; -tiid,
! Anything else ( c.iii do f o- yoii,'
I a- 1 '.! ! lie V.'olitiiH.
! ! ' I U.e I Ills." I i n the H : ill.-,
j liesjiiil n.My lie . .:,,..!, s-vallovieil
I fff ttf ff,.f M'l 5i.nOl "V.- '
j I-.' careful what you kv in that note,
won't j!,u Ma'aiii? N H'l : et - jay
i girl - hhe'd funny about some things
' . ' ii.'U'! t'i : i Ji'll, you Know
t .
now no non .. I'M': !o- Hie pri
vate wisl ly. 1
' I'll iel ynu 1." . d the
Alli ti;ill II. I if e her I en-
i d tnceting you hei-aitse I have a
son In the army myself. W'dl (hat
do?"
"That will he line," mi!iI the pri
vate heartily. "I wouldn't bare
mentioned it. only you know how
women:" He smiled at her tinder
standlngly. n.'uted, turned mid went
out.
AMBASSADOR
CALLED IIOjIE
Parle, Dec. 24. - Ambassador
Sharop has been called to America
by the severe Ulaeae of bis brother
Airrtft 04i. E Uarea UaJitu.