p o - e -
Day W. S. S. And
Help to Bring The
Boyi Back Home
f WEATHER
Rain tonight and colder. Satur
day fair, colder la eait portion wit
fresh south winds shitting to north-
VOL
ELIZABETH CITT, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1919.
No. 87
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PANT TANK FOR
WICTORY PARADE
'(Chairman Duff And Committee
' Jn Charge of Parade Making
T-
I
.'Strenuous Effort to Bring
Land Battleship Here From
Raleigh
County Chairman W. P. Duff and
lis Committee on the big Victory
Parade to be pulled off here on Eas
ier Monday, April 2 1st, at four
o'clock, are making strenuous efforts
'to secure a battle tank from the tank
camp at Raleigh to be used in the
parade.
These tanks , are being exhibited
to arouse interest in the Victory Loan
all over the country and Mr. Duff
and his helpers are very optimist to
about the possibility of getting a
tank here. They are the more opti
mistic because of the fact that the
man who has the say-so in the mat
ter Is a Camden County boy, Lieu
tenant C. K. Burgess, and Mr. Duff
-and the members of the parade com
mittee feel that Lieutenant Burgess
will strain a point, if necessary, to
iavor his own home section
Chairman Duff is writing Lieuten
ant Burgess a strong letter, urging
him to do all he can for Ellzabetl
City and Its section.
The Committee feel that more
than any other one thing a tank will
stir interest in the Victory Parade
and assure a large crowd fron' the
surrounding counties In the city on
that day.
ANXIOUSLY AWAIT
FURTHMPORTS
War, Department Wants To
Know To What Extent Un
real Has Spread Among The
.Soldiers
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. No addi
tional reports were received at the
"War Department early today on the
situation at Archangel where a com
pany of American troops were in
volved two weeks ago in a threatened
mutiny, refusing, to obey orders and
entrain for the fighting lines until
appealed to by the regimental com
mander. Additional reports that would dis
close the extent to which the unrest
has spread thru the entire command
are awaited with considerable an
xiety. .
TRY UNITE BADEN
WITOAyARIA
(By Associated Press
Copenhagen, April H.The revo
lutionary movement In Bavaria is
spreading to Baden and agitators are
working in Karlsruhe, Mannheim
and other large towns, according' to
a Karlsruhe dispatch to a Berlin
newspaper.
Agitators are said to be attempt
ing to start a revolution and pro
claim a soviet republic in Baden,
also to unite Baden with the Bavar
ian soviet government.
ELKS MEET TO-NIGHT
Elisabeth City Lodge B. P. O. Elk'
meet to-night at eight o'clock. All
memebers are urged to be present as
business of Importance will be taken
up.
Mr. Oraioed at Christ Church
Rev. J. M. Ormond, pastor of the
Tint Methodist Church, will preach
this afternoon in -Christ Church at
the Lenten service at 5.15. ,
The public is cordially invited 4o at
tend.
pr INTEREST TO MOTHERS
T. T. Turner ft Company have
.just received a shipment of Kasoo
suspender wslsts for boys and g!rl3.
No' sagging clothes, no wrinkling
nose. Call and see them.
" ; . I
THB OPPORTUNITY Of THE
.season. Our entire stock of suits,
capes sad cost?, Includ ng a Urge
afcfpinent of new garments Jsit re-
eetted at. Jirrt !y ..reduced. !' 1-
2JEIG!l SHOP CO.
MRS. PAYNE DEAD
Mrs. Mamie Payne died' Thursday
night at the age ot 18 after a long
Illness at her home at 912 South
ern Avenue.
She was a native "of Currituck
County and Is -survived by her hus-
unuu, xaorau rayne, iwo cnuaren,
aged S and 8; a brother, Homer
Pate,, a half brother, McKlnley Mid
gette, a- half slsteri ' Mariatlna Mid
gett, and her mother, Mrs Dorothy
Smith. r
TEAM NO. 3 WINS
FROM TEAM NO. 6
In a close game Tuesday after
noon, Team 3 helld its place at, the
roof of the league and Team 6 was
moved from next to the roof to next
to the cellar when Team 3 defeated
Team 6 by a score of 4 to 3.
Sherlock, C. Jones and F. Sey
ffert were the principal hitters for
Team 3, while Greyson and A. Jones
were the heavy hitters for Team 6.
Gregson knocked a 3 bagger in the !
fourth.
Following is the lineup and score
by Innings:
Team No. 3.
Name Po.
C. Jones, Mgr. . . : .C.
Stowe, Capt P.
Skinner S.S.
F. Seyffert IB.
Hits
1
0
0
Runs
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
Seymore 2B. 0
Lamb C.F. 0
Sherlock 3B- 1
Kramer LF. 1
Sylvester R.F. 2
Totals .6 4
Team No. 6.
Name Po. Hits Runs
Dalley C..L.F. 0 1
Holloman, Capt. . . .P. 0 0
Lowry, Mgr S.S. 1 0
Hathaway . . . IB. .R.F. 0 0
Gregson 2B. 1 1
A. Jones 3BV I 1
Garrett L.F..C. 0 0
Jennings . . . .R.F..1B. 1 0
J. Modlin" C.F. 0 0
Totals
" v
Teem 3 1 1 0 2 x 4 1
Team 6 1 1 0 1 0 3
Bases on balls, total 10; off Hol-
loman, 5; off Stowe, 5.
Time of game, 1 hour, 30 min.
Umpire, W. Jones.
Scorekeeper, N. Trueblood.
Following is the standing of the
League:
Name
Played
Won
3
1
1
1
1
0
Lost Pc.
0 1000
Team No. 3 . ,
Team No. 4 . .
Team No. 5 . .
Team No. 2 . .
Team No. 6 . .
Team No. 1 . ,
500 '
BOO.
500
332.
000
. .2
. .2
. .3
. .2
SPARKS' MENAGERIE FEATURES
Experienced Aaknal Man Describes
127 Monkeys
rThat is the number of different
species of monkeys that inhabit the
earth, so says Gimp Reed, the noted
tra'ner of slmeans in the natural
haunts in all parts of the known
I world, and Is now in charge of the
'nterestlng collection of monkeys,
b'rds and reptiles that constitute the
most Interesting department of the
Sparks' Circus Zoo. Persons partlc-;
Ularlv Interested In ivirwln'a " than. !
Iries will nave an opportunity to study
first hand the habits and peculiari
ties of two rare specimens recently
added to Sparks' Menagerie at great
(expense. One Is a mamnToth Chacma
Crfbcon, imported" prior to -the out
break of the war and kept In a gulf
coast private too until thoroughly ac
climated. He Is one of the few of
this species that has withstood the
change of climate, 'confinement and
separation from its mtej, all of
which are causes of short life (or the
Chacma, when taken from its nstive
home. .Mr. Reed claims as the great
est attraction In the big menagerie
a mother monkey and 7-months-old
baby of the species known as Rhesus, .
This mother very seldom allows her
baby to get beyond her reach. No
human mother could possibly show
nee love, or give more attention to
the cere of her baby. The visitor to
i Sparks' Menagerie on" April 24 should
i not lall to 'devote some time to a
'study , of Trsiner Reed's ; special
' , ,i
. , . . ; ' ;. .a
Dr. and Mrs. S. C. Bautn of Pop-
Isr Branch were here Wedaeedaj
a'gfct to aear Cksmp Ciarkt
PEACE MATTERS
More Progress in Past Forty
eight Hours Than in Previous
Two Weeks is Report
By Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. More pro
gress was made in the Peace Confer
ence in the last forty-eight hours
than during the entire previous two
weeks, according to advices reecived
at the White House today from Paris.
Without giving details, the advices
indicated that some Cf the chief dif
ficulties reraymg the progress of ne
gotiations have been overcome and
the President has secured the accept
ance of certain important points for
which he is contending.
HID IN BUSHES
TO EVADE WAR
One German Trusted Himself
To Cannibals Rather Than
His Own Countrymen And
The Enemy
Sydney, Australia, March 5. (Cor
respondence of The Associated Press.
Konrad Detzler. a German army
engineer who had been hiding in the
Nw Guinea jungle for years or since
the beginning of thenar has come
back to civilization and now is in an
internment camp ln Australia. Detz
ler's story is on a par with other ro
mantic incidents of the war as it af
fected the South Sea.
Detzler holds a captain's commis
sion. When the war began he was
surveying the boundary line between
the then Kaiser Wilhelmland, or
German New Guinea, and Papua, or
British New Guinea. He decamped
into the bush. This was a risky
act, for the bushmen prefer ho mart
flesh above all other kinds. When
an Australian force occupied Kaiser
"'"'"''mland, Detzler was over
looked. For more than four years Detzler
lived In tils' bush near Mismis. He
had a shotgun but it was not long
before he ran out of cartridges.
Thereafter he lived on yams, taro and
kau (a variety of sweet potato) in
common with the natives, and upon
birds and animals which he caught
by means of snare'.
Several tlm'M i'le Australians
searched for h m ivit Detzler man
aged to e'ude then-. H: might have
stayed 'r.defln tely ' the. Jungle, but
mlsrorar'es '1d t' Par-nans of the
arm Is tke ar-' they in turn told him'.
Thereupon ha surrendered to te
nearest Australian officer. While 1 v
ing throughout the war at Mismis,
Detzler wore only a lave lava (native
k'lt.) The result is that' he Is almost
as brown as a Paupuan. He now
wears a German uniform.
o. l. Mcpherson dead
Mr. O. L. McPherson, aged about
45, died at h's home af' South Mills
at two o'clock Friday morning after
an Illness beg'nntng last December
when lie suffered a paralyt'c stroke.
The second stroke cane Thursday
and death was the result.
IS CRITICALLY ILL
Mrs. J. N. Taylor li reported criti
cally ill at her home In South Mills,
due to Injures received some months
ago In a storm. Since that time her
condition hat seamed to grow con
tinuously worse. '
MEASLES IN PROVIDENCE
There Is quite an epidemic
measles in Providence Township, that as many as s.x flofts must be en
there being nearly a score of esses tered or the prizes will not be sward
In the three families of Miles E. ed.
Russell, Ed Morgan and "Bart Mur- The parade committee, which con
gan. slits of F. K. Kramer, chairman, J.
, .. . It. StaUings, M. L. Clark. F. A. Mc
FIRST BAPTIST CHl'IU'H jDougal and Harry Oreenleaf. wLl
1 J ',
TVim nutnr rw n r Unln will
- ... ......
preacn at ii a. m, irora me suoject
"The Palm Tree Parable," snd at 8
p. m. from the subject "A Good Life
Fo ra Long Time." The public Is
cordially Invited.
, .
tks orrcr.TrxiTT
OF THE
season.
Our entire stack of suits,
cspee and costs, 'Including a large
shipment ot new gsrments Just re- loa.aaJInUa si Jf..Jlgh Sheep Com
eetved at greatly reduced prices. M. - pays Come early and ftt lrt
LSICII 8BEXP COT. adr. choiee;. . , " adr
FAVORS WILSON'S
FOURTEEN POINTS
Foreign Minister, Rantzau De
clares Germany Will Sign no
Other Sort of Peace Treaty
(By Associated Press)
-Berlin, April Hi Foreign Minis
ter Von Brockdorff Rantzau speak
ing before the National Assembly at
Weimar yesterday said that Ger
many would not sign a peace treaty
which deviated in any essential from
Wilson's "Fourteen Points."
WILL STAY AT WEIMAR
Weimar advices state that
the
government hsa abandoned tempor
arily its intention to transfer further
sessions of the National Assembly to
Berlin owing to the unsuitable con
dition of the Reichstag Hiiiding
which for months has been usoi es
baracks for revolutionary troops
RED WEEK A FAILURE
Rome, April 10. The general
strike of 24 hours called by Social
ists for today in memory of the vic
tims of "Red Week" In Berlin and
In honor of the birthday of Lenlne,
Russian Bolshevik premier, was not
a complete success. Federal stores
refused to close. The railroad work
ed normally and the garrison was
reinforced by troops from the prov
inces. There were no disorders.
RAILWAY MEN GET
WAGE JNCREASES
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. Wage ad
vances aggregating sixty five million
dollars were ordered today by Di
rector General Hines for 40y9,000
locomotive engineers, firemen, train
man, conductors, of both passenger
and freight services, . retor-actlve
since since January 1, 1919.
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EASTER MONDAY
TO BE GALA DAY
j
More Prizes Offered To Cars
And Floats In Victory Loan
Parade Announces Commit
tee The Victory Loan Committee is
hard at work making arrangements
for the parade on Easter Monday,
and they unanimously agree that this
will be the biggest and most impres
sive parade ever shown in Elizabeth
City. The parade, which will start
at four o'clock In the afternoon, prom
Ises to have all the various fraternal
organizations in it, the city fire de
partment, the coast guard, the Red
Cress, the U. 8. Naval Hospital, men
from the army and nav,' school chil
dren, the Board of Aldermen, Coun
ty Commissioners, and city officials.
Besides these there will be floats rep
resenting nearly every business firm
in the city.
Several business firms hare also
patriotically donated prizes which
which will be given for the best dec
orated flouts as well as to the best
decorated pleasure car.
To !le.i IV.-orateJ Autor.io'iile
Fir3t Prize Silver Cup
Second Pr.za - A Spotlight
These prizes are are donated by
the Auto &Gas Engine Works and
The Elizabeth Supply Company. They
are oa exhibition at Selig's.
To llet Float
First Prize Barret of Gasoline
(Second Prize 5 gallons cylinder 0:1
Both the prises tor floats are do
nated by The Texas Company, but
of 'Mr. Clark, the manager, stipulate
'be glad to give any additional infor-
mull, in Li ml on dsalrln In Mit
w it,
me pemse. iuvj win iau u sjuu
to eff or suige Hons end o give hints
s to how ran might be decorated or
floats designed.
. Ihe Judges to decide en the win
ners In the parade will be aauounct J
laier. .
. .MIIXIAL I'RJC-KAHTER REDCCT.
RED CROSS DEPOTS
PILLAGED MY MOB
(By Associated Press)
Basle, April 9. Storage sheds, of
American Red Cross were among the
food depots pillaged by armed crowds
in Nuremburg Tuesday.
LAKE SHIPYARDS
HAVE BEEN BUSY
(By Associated Press)
Cleveland, Ohio, April 10. The
shipyards of the Great Lakes have
been steadily turning out steamers
for the Emergency Fleet Corporation
during the mild winter and when the
canals between Lake Erie an.d Mon
treal open soon after April 15 there
will be a rush of down-bound ves
sels.
Orders call for the delivery of
more than 250 steamers In 1919. It
Is estimated that 100 vessels build
ing for the government for salt water
service will be ready to leave for the
coast when navigation opens.
The American Shipbuilding Com
pany, with several yards on the lakes,
has orders for 111 steamers, 45 or
which will be ready to sail at the
opening. The boats are being turnea
out at Superior, South Chicago, De
troit, Lorain, Cleveland and Buffalo.
Contracts for 44 steamers, many
of which will be ready soon, are held
by the Great Lakes Engineering
Works. Yards at Toledo, Duluth,
Saginaw and Manitowoc also win
have a number of vessels ready when
navigation opens.
n will be late in the season before
all the shipyards finish their con
tracts with the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration. CANADIANS HOME
WITH MUCH MONEY
I By Associated 1'ras)
Winnipeg, Man., April 10. Cana
dian privates are returning from Eu
rope with considerable money, while
many officers are reaching their
homes practically penniless, accord
ing to provincial officials.
Most of the Roldiers had approx
imately $500 to their credit when
they left England, only a. portion of
the amount being given to them be
fore embarkation. The privates
spent most of their leisure at recrea
tion camps where little money Is
needed. .
Officers, on the other hand, fol
lowed their Inclination to "live" and
with British and American officers
helped fill the London hotels, accord
ing to returned officers. They say
that fraternizing with American of
ficers proved' rather costly as Amer
icans received higher pay and spent
It freely.
"Thousands of Canad'an privates
will return with far more money
than they possessed ,when they en
(listed
one officer said.
SUMMER SCHOOL
- HERE
Talk of Havinj Summer School
For Teachers This Year In
stead of Usual Two Weeks
Institute
Superintendent P. 8. Vann is cor
responding with the county superin
tendents of Camden aud Currituck
as to the possibility of having a
i summer school for teachers at Elis
abeth City this summer.
The school would be in session for
s four week's term and wouldtbrlng
to the city for that period the teach
era from each of the thre onntles
The Idea Is suggested by Mrs. T.
E. Johnson of the Stste Board oi
Examiners and Institute Conductors,
snd Superintendent Venn believes
POSSIBLE
pthe suggestion sn exoellent one. i If
tne otner
BUperinienaenu cuucwr
I with him in tb's opinion It Is most
I probably that the school will be held
here.
P. C COHOON
CA !).'! a! VM AU)KRMN.
re i. j-f is a Vin.na v Ai;n
Yf urLXpott' w1l' be appro-"
e''-d
e e
Atl-lwp
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CONFERENCE NOW '
MAKING PROGRESS
Agreement Reached On All
Important Points Of Queer
tion of Peace With Germany
(By Associated Press) .
Paris, April 11 The Peace
Conference has agreed on fell
questions concerning peace
with Germany as to repara- V
tions, indemnities, and the
frontiers of the Rhine and Po
land, according to an interview
in Le Petit Journal. -
Such details as remain to be
settled will be disposed of
within a few days, it is stated '
WAR PRISONERS
ARE SET FREE
.
(By Associated Press t
Berlin, April 11. The Munich
Revolutionary Council has ordered
the immediate release of all war
prisoners In Bavaria. The order frees
thousands of Russian prisoners In
cluding the Russian Communist,
Axelrod.
EARLY CONVOY FOR
29TH DIVISION
(Hy Associated Press) j V.
Washington, April 11. A cable a.
gram from General Pershing to the
War Department today announced
, hat li 1 1 nreanlzatlnna nf tho SStH
have been assigned for early convoy.
LITTLE INFANT DEAD
The eleven mouth old Infant son
of Mr. and Mrs. Thorburn P. Ben
nett, Jr., died at half past twelve
o'clock Friday afternoon at the
Southern Hotel. , .
Death was due ,o i leninjit'i '.
The funeral irvke will iio Con
ducted at the ferave m threa o'clock;
Saturday ly Rev. F Ormocd. In-
turtneut wni be mailo 'n Hollywood.
25 KILLED IN
SPARTACAN RIOH
- ? . ,;
(By Associated Press)
Copenhagen, April 11. fa a aev
Spartacan outbreak In Dnsseldort oil
Thursday, twenty-five persons were
killed and twenty-five Injured when
the Government troops used pna-
chine guns on the Spartacan demon
strators, a Berlin newspaper says.
BOARD NAMES IJ8TAKER8
The Board of County Commission
ers has named the following list tak
ers ior tne current year:
Salem, N. T. Halstead.
Mt. Hermon, T. C. Perry.
N'lxonton, J. B. Walston.
Providence, M. P. Jennings.
Newland, R. B. Edney.
Elizabeth City. N. A. Jones and at,
M. Jones.
The duties of the listakers are the
same as heretofore. ,
The Board of Commissioner! baa
also named J. W. Wilcox of Elisa
beth City and J. Walter Perry ot
Oklsko assistants to the County Sup
ervisor to be appointed, under the
Revelation Act ot the last General
Assembly, by the 8tate Tax Commla
slon. The supervisor has. not yet
been appointed.
CASUALTY LIST
Washington, April 1. Too fol
lowing casualties sre reported ty Ue
Commsndlng General ot the Ameri
can Expeditionary Forces: '
Killed in sctlon 4
Died from accident and other
v causes ........ i .........
Died of disease
-Wounded severely
4
It
Wounded (degree undeter
. ' mined) It
Wounded sightly 14T
Missing in sctlon ..... 1
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city the guest of Its ancle. Rev. i.
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