poo
CuyW.S. S.And
Help to Bring The
'P Boys Back Home 4
WEATHER
Probably ihowera tonight and Fri
day. Cooler Friday In west portion,
moderate sonth winds.
I
VOL.4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1919.
No. 86
9
CLARK PLEASES
f
J!
Xecture At Once Entertaining,
; Instructive And Informing
i Heard by Good Crowd
SPECIAL MEETING
Champ Clark was heard for the
Urst time by an Elizabeth City audi
ence Wednesday night at the Al
irama Theatre.
Apparently Champ Clark liked
Elizabeth City and certainly Eliza
beth City liked Champ Clark. With
out affectation, without high sound
ing oratory, without catch phrases
and with no effort to merely enter
tain, he held his audience from start
to finish by the charm of Ms person
ality and by the intrinsic interest of
his message. Hair whfte as snow
and becoming thin but trlf figure still
erect and blue eyes as clear as a
girl's, his presence twas commanding.
And yet an air ot old fashioned
lriendllness in voice and gesture and
speech and all his manner makes one
believe that Champ Clark feels him
self one of the people.
The speaker was Introduced by
yf. A. Worth and besides Mr. Worth
and Mr. Pugh there were on the
platform the members of the senior
class of the high school and their
teacher. Miss Catherine Albertson.
The Advance makes no attempt to
give a complete report of his lecture,
which lasted for over an hour. Fol
lowing are, in substance, the main
thoughts:
"When I was a student at the
Cincinnati Law School,'" was his res
ponse to the greeting of his audi
ence Wednesday night as he rose to
speak at the Alkrama, "Senator Pen
dleton gave an oration, and I shall
never forget his opening sentence
'The sweetest incense that greets the
nostrils of the public man is the ap
plause of the people.'
"The wisest thing," continued the
speaker, "that was done when the
American government was formed
was the formation of the three de
partments of the government. Un
legislative, the judicial- and the exe
cutive. The next widest, was the establish
ment of two branches of Congress.
A lady once asked George Wash
ington what they wanted with the
Senate anyway, and he said that the
Senate was the saucer for the hoi
tea of the House to be poured into
to cool off. Evidently George Wash
lngton did not know anything about
nlnk teas, and we know now that
the Senate has hot tea of its own that
needs to be cooled off.
Mr. Worth, has Jut said In Intro
duclRfiae tbthls Congress to the
greateet Congress in nietory,
that is true.
n.. .mnnT ni" WOrki it. did WSS
The meeting now going on at the
First. Methodist Church is of special
Interest to all those who are attend
ing. The morning prayer meetings
are attracting much attention. Mr.
Stanbury is preaching sermons ot
power and they are filled with the
Christian splrtl. The evening ser
vices are held at eight o'clock. The
morning meetings are at seven and
last for one half hour. Everybody
is Invited.
OFFERS PRIZES
TOSCH00LS
First And Citizens National
Bank Co-operates With Supt
P. S. Vann in Educational
Work
are used to the six months plan in
stead of our thirty days credit.
And it doesn't do any good for
our drummers to swagger around
down there with the air that we are
a great deal better than the South
Americans. That doesn't cultivate
friendly relations.
We need Spanish taught in all
our schools so that we can talk to
them. My son wrote nie from France
that at first the Americans were dis
posed to like the Frenchmen best
but later they found the Englishmen
so much easier to talk to, so they
came away liking the Englishmen
best.
Then we've got to pass Secretary
Land's bill which provides for. getting
water off the wet land, for getting It
on the dry land, and for utilizing the
cut over lands for the returned sol
diers. Every time a home is planted
In the United States it strengthens.
the republic. There Is enough over
flowed land in the Mississippi valley
to make a big state and to support
million people. Why not take
some or tnis ana use 11 ana give
employment to the soldiers?
We've plenty of problems here at
home to work out, and I'm willing to
leave the Peace treaty business to
the men who are over there to do it.
They are in a position to get infor
mation on their problem that we can
not get.
Whatever you may think of Wood-
row Wilson, whether you like Him or
not, he is the foremost man of the
world today.
The First and Citizens National
Bank of this city has offered tour
prizes to the children of the rural
schools of Pasquotank county for the
four best essays on the subject of
value of the consolidated school em
ploying a number of teachers as com
pared with the small neighborhood
school employing only one teacher.
The offer came as the result of a
talk made by County Superintendent
of Schools P. S. Vann at the monthly
meeting of the Chamber of Com
merce Tuesday night. Superinten
dent Vann put before the Cn'amber
In a very forcible manner the im
portance of the campaign for con
solidated schools throughout rural
Pasquotank and asked the co-operation
of the members of the Chamber
of Commerce in his work. The offi
cers of the First and Citizens Nati
onal Bank hope that the contest will
stimulate thought on this highly im
portant question throughout the
county and tend to build up and
strengthen everywhere the sentiment
for better schools.
The prizes are in the form of sav
ings bank accounts, the first prize
being for $10.00; the second, for
$7.50; the third, for $5.00 and the
fourth for $2.50. The contest closes
April 25i".i.
Superintendent Vann has mailed
to every teacher in the county a let
ter setting forth detailed rules of the
contest and urging each teacher to
enter as many contestants as possi
ble in the contest.
PARADE AROUSES
MOIMEREST
Soldiers, Sailors And Marines
Will Parade Here on Easter
Mondoy For The Victory
Loan Campaign
The Victory Liberty Loan parade
on Easter Monday is beginning to ere
ate much interest among the busin
ess firms of the town, all of whom
are anxious to win the prize for the
best decorated car. With many firms
represented, as well as the various
organizations of the city, It is safe
to sav that this will be one of the
most elaborate parades ever witness
ed here. Members of the tinted
States Naval Reserve forces will pa
rade under the Command of Lieuten
ant Commander J. Kenyon ilson,
while Lieutenant Commander J. V.
Howard will be in charge of the sail
ors and marines stationed at the na
val hospital here. For those of the
hospital who are unable to walk, cars
have been provided.
The people of Elizabeth City will
be able to see those men who have
had an active part in the great strug
gle, the boys from Pasquotank as
well as boys from various parts of
the country. The boys from the ar
my, many of whom saw active ser
vice on the western front, will form
a large part of the parade, and are
sure to be looked upon with pride by
the people of th community.
SOVIETS ESTABLISH
DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, April 10. Diplomatic re
lations have been established be
tween the Russian and Bavarian so
viet governments, according to the
newspaper, Zwolfuhblatt.
PRESIDENT IS
HAMMERING AWAY
This Report From Paris Re
ceived With Much Satisfact
ion by Washington Officials
AUK PAINTING I I
Will Twlddy says that lie's known
what it means to ugonine for the last
I've never been worked up over i lew days u nite I lie interior uecoru-
this League of Nations as mucii at, tors have been at work ou the walls
OffieTolM. "weXJ "hud leagues slnCo J of his place. However tile ifgany Is
nations were created. But the de- about over now and Mr. Twlddy ln-
sfrc of every person of sense is tor uue-s h.s trienc.s to come arounu a. hi
universal and eternal. And take a look at the improved appear-
.uiendoui.ythiaWunfcU)imoaey it
.approjeTNIft-mgsWlngr h
mora days tha .sny oherv Congress.
There wire at
Tet- three four m BJWK 1
papers all over the -tt&ntfy bussed
this Coagresa. I wish they had sense
iJStnlthe.aai?. .J, House
' paised every- bill necessary. The
Senate nlibustelred, and it's sorry
now that It did. Six great appro-
pr'atlpn bills went over and that s
the bsson we'T got to have an
extra session.
The newspapers say "Congress
talks too much." Well, the Senate
does. There's no limit there but the
limit of human endurance the
talker's endurance. In the House un
hour is the limit. There seems to
be a conspiracy among the newspa
pers to write Congress down and to
write the Executive Department up.
1 suppose It is because Congress has
no patronage to distribute and the
Executive department has.
Now the problems o reconstruct
ion are greater than the problems of
the war. Then we Jnst had to vote
men and money.
There are a number of things I
believe we've got to do.
' The first is to furnish employment
to the returning soldiers arid to
munition workers thrown out of em-
peace
I believe that the League of Nations
covenant will be amended so that
every reasonable man will be in
favor of it.
We've been so busy In America be
fore t'.ip wir chasing the almighty
iol'.ar and catching up with it now
an I Hiea that our patriotism had be
come flabby. We quit reading our
United States history and took it for
granted that everything back yonder
lo the days of the declaration ofjn-
lonoaAAnra wsa AaA airV. As a
Matter' of fact, the men who signed
the Declaration of'taSefieAdence'dld
so with hatters' around their nerta.
Ben FfaniTttt sal "Now wa must
hang together or we'll hang separate
ly: ' v; :,
, .ara great boasters, we boast
otur' wealth and of 'our democracy
and ot our freedom and so on.'Wt
hoij. boast. b.out, except me 6$
oolltlcal Influence outside the Uni
ted 8tates.
In 1776 there was only one re
public except ours. That was Swit
zerland. When the war began there were
26, and we did It, by our wholesome
example.
ance of things.
legislative body controls the purse
strings of the nation.
In 1857 we had the largest mer
chant marine in the world. It went
down to nothing but was resurrected
during the wpr. The question is
what are we going to do with it?
Some propose tint we sell these
ships to private individuals, some
that, the government ruu them, and
others that w,a jeaje tbein. Certainly
we should not sell them.
There la also a motion that we
give the' nstioas the meney we lent
the d5Wg"the Van Wall, wouldn't
It be a self spectasls tor men and
sncelr for us to give Bwe'BHtalk.
tne" second rlebesr aation ; In? the
world? a fe bflflou dollars ? We'e
got to be thrifty ourselves and finish
J paying tor. this, wag. . . .
there "are plenty of reasons given
about why we got into this war.
gome say out of sympathy for Bel
glum end France, and of course
everybody does sympathize with the
under dog, but that wasn't the rea-
HUNGARIANS AND
CZECHS VIOLENT
(Ity Associated Press)
London, April 10 Violent fight
ing occurred between the Hungarians
t'liil the Czechs at Cngvar near the
Moravian-Hungarian border, says a
Central News Amsterdam dispatch
A hundred and titty Hungarian:
wers killed. The Czechs also had
considerable losses.
SOVIET KKPIHL1C IN KAhMWIMi
The proclamation of a soviet re
,iu1)1jC in Salshurg, Ceiniaii-AustriL,
is reported in a Central News Am
sterdam dispatch today.
Sulsliurg is near the Bavarian
border.
SCHOOL BEGINS
HOME GARDENING
Important Step in Manual
Training Line Taken By
Trustees Tuesday Afternoon
Washington, April 10. I-resident
Wilson is "hammering ahead and has
made good progress" In his negotia
tions in Paris, according to advices
received today at the White House.
It was not stated Just what pro
gress had been made but the advices
seemed to cause considerable satis
faction in official quarters.
CALL ON QUEEN MARIE
Paris, April 10. President and
Mrs. Wilson and Rear Admiral Gray
son called upon Queen Marie of Ru
mania at her temporary residence
here before the morning's session of
the Council of Four.
PRESIDENT WILSON PRESIDES
President Wilson was expected to
preside over the League of Nations
Commission when it resumed Its ses
sion today.
The program called for discussion
of the amendments proposed by
French, American and Japanese delegates.
ANNOUNCEMENT CAUSES
COMMENT
Publication In Paris today of a
statement attributed to British
sources that the terms of the treaty
of peace will not be presented to the
plenary session of the Peace Confer
ence until after they are communi
cated to the German representatives
caused comment among the dele
gates of the nations not represented
on the Councillor Four. The publi
cation brought from the American
Mission the statement that It was
opposed to such a plan.
son.
This Is
the reason. It took me
ALLEGE PRISONERS
WERE MISTREATED
Washington, April 9. Complaints
alleging the mistreatment of prison
ers and purporting instances of brut
ality toward them in prison camps
In charge of Capt. C. M. J. Rhem
were forwarded to Governor Blckett
ot North Carolina today by the Pris
oners Relief Society.
HESITATED TO
RETURNTO FRONT
(By Associated Press)
Archangel, April 10. One com
pany of American troops recently
showed some hesitation in returning
to the fighting front south of Archan
gel, declaring that the war with Ger-i
many waa'over and the Catted States
was not a war wth the BoUherlkl.
The regimental commander told
them the were' flchtint a deeoerate
defensive battle snd appealed to them. P'HPVi00' Al
to stick It oiif the'eosapany'thep" Paeons ere reported killed snd s
left foV tM front. The sitnatlop Wl,Jrto,V 'leJ'
arose when the company named was nrnch damage to property. In
ordered hick to the front after a rest through, this
SKIWBY
rdered ,
period at Archangel.
ployment.
The second Is to develop our trade
with South America. To do th' we
have got to have ship and the shins
must carry n load both irsyv W
have got to ra-j passenger re-rVe.
Do you know that a South Americun
omes here by c.oxl-g aril to Liver
pool snd th"" "0'p. 'he Unl-
Now. the Lord in Heaven only a iong time to get tins sentence Jut
right, but I've got it: No nation will
survive or deserves to survive that
will r.ot protect all Its c'tlzens wher
ever tl.ey mry be, on land or sea.
1 believe that boys and girls ought
to study first the h'story ot their
county, next the history of their
state and next the history of Amer
ica. It's much more important than
who was king ot some other coun
try. I was a school teacher myself
once
'oiows how many there are.
Mark Two'n said "B!e3sed Is the
ran who bloweth his own horn lest
l be not blown" and it Is true of
tat'ons as well as Individuals. We
.iiay well boast that we have Influ
enced the world by the wholesoine
..ess of our example in showing that
.nen can govern themselves. Not one
jf the South American republics
zo:C.d heve existed six months but
for us. Car Monroe Doctrine kept
.leni alive. some uneiinie puuu-
TOCONSIIP
COTTON REPORT
(IJy Associated Prees
Memphis, April 10. Cottno plant-,
crs, bankers, and representatives of
the business interes'a of al! cotton
s'.ates ae. lerd today with federal
crd state officials to consider the
oiganlzation of u fllty million dollur
cotton exporting corporation as a
means of facilitating the cotton
aiovement to Europe.
It was staled that the question of
sta.e owned warehouses uud financial
j country last.uight and passed within
five miles of this place.
The storm did not hit any towns.
WEEK OF PRAYER
The Woman's Misslnosry Sjciety
of Blackwell Memorial Chuich Is ob
serving th's week as a Week of
Prayer for Home Missions Services
are held at the church every after-
noon at half past three o'clock and
t.11 the ladles of the church u.o cor
dially Invited.
Monday's meeting va lei by Mrs
Mr. Frank M. Harper, for a num
ber of years at the head ot Raleigh's
public schools, now with the National
Bureau of Education, is in Elizabeth. ,
City to Interest the town In Home
Gardening.
Mr. Harper met the school trustees v
Tuesday afternoon at six o'clock in
the office of E. F. Aydlett and thS
trustees decided at once 'to make
Gardening a part of the work' of the
school here. ' ;
Arrangements were made for pay
ing a teacher In the school to tnito
up this work and Mr. Harper Is Stay- .
ing over a few days to get the work .
organized.
Tuesday morning he spoke to the
children at the school about the work '
and found a ready response;
Mr. Harper Is anxious to meet
represematives of any organization
in the city who will co-operate with ,
the children In this work. He hopes
that the Housewives League, th
Chamber of Commerce and other or
ganizations will do so. He is stop- '
ping at the Southern Hotel and la
jlad to meet all who are Interested
In Home Gardening. - ;
Altho gardening was greatly
stimulated by the war, It is not pri
marily a war measure. In the school
work, it Is in reality a branch ot
manual tra iling and what it means .
in the development of Ihe boys and
girls really outweighs its value la'
the matter of food production, as j
important as that is at this time,
with pr.ces high and peoples starr
ing. The plan to make Gardening aa
in -,puit?nt factor in the educational
iife of the Nation was worked out
by Commissioner Claxton of the
National I.ureau of Kd-.uatlon. Ho
saw ,.ii great possibilities of awak
ening the li.terest of the bOy and the
ulr! IT'1 of trng ng them t;ice? W
face with science und nature. He
saw the greui advantage of such in
struction over the second hand Or
clas.-: ro jn: met nod of teaching, and
he put lfs heart Into the work to
make it possiLie for ;ner!can boys
and g!:!s. M."-
All over American cities and
towns a.e UU.ug up me wura luru
the publ.c schools. In North Caro
lina Raleigh already has a number
of teachers o; Home uaraenmg.
Goldsboro has two teachers, Wash
ington has one.
There has .been, considerable In
terest In HojieJ Gardenia in Ellas
beth Clt,y fqyhs PSft twafftii, bnt
the work hAfbetn.osilsed fd
tbe children hare. not yeen appealed
This yesyV0 wk
s teacher charge of jthew.ork, and
the boys ,a$$ girts online; Job, tp
Home Town will blossom lad bear
fruit, , , U
Prises. wttL, be.. &Wu there
will be,n,mrkeyg,comjaIfte, and
I display ,ottbe,,Homj .Qsrdsn pro
ducts. , There wbeesgning. too.
supervised, by WJpt , .Albertson, and
altogether,, It goes .without, question
that the Home Gardeners. will make
the Home Town, and Mjf. Harper
and Mr. Claxton proud of them in.
this year of Victory, 11.
STORtSWEEES
NORTH TEXAS
j. h Aydlett and the subject of the 'Southern Oklahoma and Part
op! er will got up and tell you that jugt a(ter tne Civil War wheu evei
we have outgrown the Monroe Doc- tning wag chaotic. My only as.;ei
trine. I was my size but in those days that
It isn't true. It has grown WjM an asset in teaching schoo .
Btrouger as we nave grown until' it Qometlnies now I w'h I had. never
aid to taruiers to enable them to
I started teaching at fifteen I hold their cotton for remunerative
.co ....-iit bl.j be discussed.
CORN 1KX TOR HERE
"Doc", the popular corn doctor,
has become the great poln.cal doc- jert tne , rhoolroom. tho I've been j Is here until the end of the week.and
trine of the we.iern world, it is ! more Rurresful than the avorago i-i.hoi.es ihoot who are suffering and
ihe Kii.y ih.ng the American people jaw Hnd politics. Hut tho Iv.v-er is j uvear.ii,; ut tl jlr pr.ng crop of corns
a.- i.e. nfc.eiH. on. jnot dways certain that he Is doing w'll send for him. II j removes the n
i!n? so- el by the palnls ir.ehod and thoeHect w.il
meeting wuj Cuba.
Tuesday's meeting was lee; Ly .'.rs.
A. F. Toxey and the subject was
"Mountain Schools."
On Wednesday uiieriu) i Mr. P.
T. Venters led ir.e i .eet ng. An In
of Kansas Also in
Large Cities Escape
Wake).
(By AsHociated Preso)
Dallas. April 10 Cue hundred
terest'ng leport of Wodi. ;si;.y s pro Ifnown dead were listed as victims
... .. . .1 . I .. u,l.ll. Tnualla fifflrtlfe
ceeuines at tne . v-. . t.i.i.dr.i.ou ui me iuiubuu mum u,.,
Fome toi. th'tik 'mat the dit- humanity a servic? n tur-'
wn-e het-e.-n a 'tree government of 1-s cl ents loose on society snd who have tried retting rtd of the-f; port of Fi .day's profc.-.a
aao a i'evot urn depends on whether the represents! ve ot the peop.e . corns with his aid are loud In praise jton will lw it.ada.
at Edenton wi.s n.uJo.
On Thunday afternoon Mrs. M
E. Trucblood led the meeting am.
Thursday at Edenton was i-emiei;
fcpOU. ,
Or. K..duy tiieiiioon Mr.. A. 15.
Co ni is !ni t'ie un t.ng aiij the suo-
ursonal ei vlte. A re-
the rtiVng power decends from fath- not always sure that he is ctiug or his skill anu rewUt..H.eua .am nij;B
e urn i.r whether it Is de erm ned his vote In the r best Interests. Uy. Calls may be left for him at tiiS
A HtatMT We have got to arranae hr tne neonie. ,'jnsi ;sni irue. a i inana you wt your iui ueu-,t"'i w.. . ... .
On S;:addy Miss Dessle Morgan
will lead li.e ...c-jl r.fc and u Home
ons ; rPTtm vV. be
the ., ri Ai .i y
snd ' Wednesday Btruck lionhera
Texas, southern Oklahoma and parts
of Knnsss when order hr.a 10 fortu
today out 01 ihe haos cUod by the
storm. . , '.
Nihiiv of Ihe injured are so badly
hurt tnai they caiiiioi le expected
to recover. ne " will probably
numner seveial t.undied.
iiuitn-v di(aiBgu is uial.er toaa
was expected for .he reuon t,ht the
pat 11 01 the storm ao.ded at prtncl-
t , hv ppl cit es, stria i n omy iaiin hoisee
iimltap lliulllt. 1
. i ft. . ft ... ,M u,L -r. 1. - I n ' i r, J 4 .1 . LA t .
j)IQ n u J laciiiiivv w w - 1