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WEATHER
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cept probably rajn in extreme west
portion, colder Wednesday In extreme
west portion, gentle to moderate
south wind.
VOL 4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL IS, 1919.
No. 90
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VICTORY PARADE-MOST ELABORATE
if STORES TO CLOSE AT FOUR MONDAY
i
Many Individuals, Lodges, And Firms Have De
cided To Decdrate Cars or Floats. Prizes
L Are Offered
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The Victory Loan Parade to take place here next Monday is most un
usual in that prizes are being given tor the best decorated cars and floats.
?his fact is worthy of mention for in Victory parades in other cities rio
prizes are given but the committee in charge here originated thbi idea
with the hope that it would encourage a bit of friendly competition be
tween the contestants and spur them on to greater efforts in decorating.
Mr. Duff, Chairman of the Victory
"Loan, gave out this statement before
leaving for Raleigh to attend the con
vention for the chairmen of this
loan: "I wish to appeal urgently to
the merchants of Elizabeth City to
close their stores Monday at four
o'clock thereby co-operating with the
parade committee in helping them
make this the most elaborate parade
'ever held here. The Court House
bell will toll promptly at this hour
and it is hoped that this will be all
the reminder necessary to our mer
chants. I am sure that no merchant
In the city will offer any objection
In making this so small a sacrifice
to so great a cause." This state
ment from the Chairman will doubt
less be obeyed by all the local mer
chants for the Committee has de
cided that no petition will be taken
around, the matter cf closing being
left up to the merchant himself.
The prizes offered are as follows:
First Prize To best djjoiated car
Is a Silver Trophy Cup.
Second Prize To best decorLted
car is a Spot-light.
First Prize To best decorated
lloat is a barrel of gasoline.
Second Prize To best decorated
.float is 5 gallons cylinder oil.
The spot-light is being given by
The Auto and Gas Engine' Works
and the Elizabeth City Auto and
Supply Co., while both of the prizes
lor the floats are being given by The
'Texas Company.
f l uobe wuu mive Mgiuueu mcir in
tention of decorating a car or a float
. IU1 lllo IMUUUt lie 11. vr lUJ-jnuig.
George J. Spence.
R. M. Sawyer.
M. E. Papreiulick.
W. O. Saunders
J. H. LeRoy.
J. L. Pritchard.
C. V. Stevens & Son Motor Car Co.
Culpepper, Griffin, Old & Grlce.
Mrs. C. R. Pugh. ,
P. G. Sawyer.
I. M. Meektas.
J. & 8wmdell.
J. W. Johnson.
High School Senior Class.
W. T.Uelns.
.J. R. Bowden..
George. A. Twiddy.
" Hfiabeth' City Water & Power Co.
Elizabeth City Lodge No. 122, K.
of P. ' ,.
Athore Lodge No. .14, I. O. O. F,
ElkabetV Lodge No. 217, I.O.O.F.
Benton and West.
(Coca-Cola Hottltng Co.
Pmstuotfcftk Tribe -No. $, I.O.R.M.
A. F. Toxey & Co.
Elizabeth City Motor Car Co.
O. F. Gilbert.
J. B. Flora & Co.
TheElizabeth City Euggy Co.
Newborn Produce Co.
Mrs. I. N. Joftin.
J. M. Weeks.
T. J. Markham.
Auto & Gas Engine Wks.
R. E. Qulnn & Co.
H. G. Parks.
Jm STRIKE
IN NEW ENGLAND
(By Associated Press)
Boston, April 15. Telephone com
mumcauou inrougnoui must oi new
England, except Connecticut,. was
suspended today by a strike of oper
ators in all, cities. V ;
The operators quit work at seven
INDIAN UPRISING
J IS
(By Amtecioled Press) J : )
J HiiAtiAe A loa A nrd 1 K Trio Indian
'uprising in the province of Formosa,
t .norm eastern ..uot ., . p.Baaiub
toward Chaco 'Ue sttlara hav.
t'ibeen' attaceu. Casai, on
''.aaeat to toe scene. . '.
MUCH INTEREST IN
TWILIGHT BALL
Yes, the base ball fever is on again
and they are playing sure enough
base ball at the High School grounds.
It j&B been a long time since base
ball has been played here and sqme
are a little stale on some of the old
rules and do not know any of the
new ones, as was evident last night
in two or three decisions. If you
see tnree or tour men in a group
walk up and see if they are not talk
lng base ball. Chances are they are
looking up rules so that they can
argue with the Umps. Beware the
limps may get you.
For the first game some very good
ball was played. A little more prac
tice and the games should well be
worth the inall amount of effort ii
takes to walk out and see the home
boys play.
1 and 2nd Wards 3 and 4th Wards
Stanley (' Henderson
Woodley P Falls
Homan S.S Bundy
Morrisette IB Williams,
Davis, K 2nd ..... .Cropsey
Davis, S. ..... .3rd Twiddy
Seymour, N R.F . Weatherly, W.
Cotter C.F. . .Weatherly. E.
Pappendlck . ...L.F Raper
I'mpire. W. E. Wapl"s. former In
ternational League Player.
Inn'ngs "l 2"T 4 R 6 -7 W.
1st2nrt 0 0 5 (i 3 0 1 9
3rd&4th 1 1 0 0 4 2 WR
The way Cotter covered center field
d'd o:ie giod to be-there as a specta
tor. He had four chances and made
all of them.
Morr'sette eskPd to hpve pome one
run for him when he made first. It
was suggested that he wait until he
hit the bait before making such a
request. However,- he was walked
twice and it is seen by the score that
he died on the bases, which goes to
Show that you can never tell what is
going to happen when you are play
ing base ball.
More ladles out to see -the next
game, please.
The Cuds play the. High - School
team .Wednesday afternoon at 8:00
o'clock.
ON RECORD FOR
VALOROUS CONDUCT
The following will be of Interest
here, especially to those who knew
Maurice V. Grlffln, personally when
he was an Elizabeth City boy:
Headquarters 77th Division
A. E. F.. March 8, 1919.
General Orders No. 20.
I desire to record In the General
Orders of this Division, a tribute to
the valorous conduct of the follow
ing officers and enl'sted me.i who
have d'.st nguished themselves by
their splendid courage, service and
sacrifice.
First Lieutenant Maurice V. Grlf
f.n, 308th Inf. for hcrom in action
west of Bois le Beslonne, October
2-8, 1918. Lieut. Grlffln was in
command of a platoon on the ex
treme left of a detachment of com
panies of the first and second battal
ions, SO 8th Inf. west of Bois le Bu
rlonne during the period October 2
8. 1918 when the detachment was
thouch .wounded severely the second f
day and altho unable, to visit his
posts be still continued to encourage
and stead the wen lofce to him and
It. tho, flvo r-loalmr attacks of the
enemy he fired a rifle with good ef-
1 Tlie "splendid courage and fortitude
set a fine example to his men and In -a
large measure waj responsible' for
their high mc:ale. ' r - ,:
Miss , Luclle IJuudea ' c - Camden
hah ,e.uruod uoiue after a'f -e.t to
M.is::ary Joni on -Cypres .lireuL,
Eddie. Alberlson Is at home from
Cams Lee on nfteea day furlough,
Mm
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UAEIUCAN IDEALS CAlt
BE REALIZED IN LOAN
Two Issues Irrevocably Hound To-
getlier. In i red Htafes Peace
Delegates Cable
Consummation of the ideals for
which America fought is the appeal
on which United States delegates at
the peace conterence, headed by
Robert Lansing, secretary of State
urge upon an loyal individuals un
stinted support o.' the Victory Lib
erty Loan.
In a cab'e fror the very seat of
the war, where the horrors of the
conflict are lealici.cally visualised
the Americn roresettatives. In
cluding Secretary of 8tate Lansing,
Henry White, Col. E. M. House and
General .Tpsker N. Bliss sent the fol
lowing menage to the Amertcanpeo
ple: "We hare had the opportunity
hee In Frnace to see and realize the
magnitude of the accomplishment of
our country in this war and the mag
nificent spirit with which this great
task has been carried through to a
triumphant issue.
"What has been done and what
remains to be done before normal
conditions are restored demand your
continued and united support with
tho s,an;e spirit of self sacrifice and
of determination as that whic'a was
manifested by the nat ons whil8 the
German armies faced our men at
the Marne, and in the Champagne,
at St. Mlhiel and in the Argonne.
We must not relax our. efforts until
every soldier of the republic is landed
on the soli of America.
' "To finish thla mighty task Im
posed upon the government of the
United States a treat financial task,
the Victory Liberty Loan must
thrive. If it sheuld fall it would In
dicate that the 'nation Is willing to
leave its task 'unfinished. 1
"To secure the Idea Js for wh,lch
! America fought ,lnf died, this great
' demand on national rperlottsm , nd
un1teKefforV ahould '.meet genesous
,!. (LaiAl iv m'm , T a A All
" uuiroiw iwyww. mi w
our duty teHe" end."
I
KUBfcKT L. A IN SI. Mi, '
IIENIIY WHITE, '
E. M. HOUSE, j
T. N. PL1S3, v A
RED CROSS NEWS
t 1 .!'
f- 'All Red Cros4 workers are urge
meet "ttut Monday efternooi at ! : J J
on the eourthouM grounds to' take
pxt la the Victory Loaa parade. ,
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sin'
FCviBRAfc MRSWTARltTNGTd
ox wkdvesdav aftekxoo:-
The funeral of Mrs. Claude Tar
Hngton will be conducted Wednes
day afternoon at three o'clock at
City Road Methodist church.
'Mrs. Tarkington died on Saturday
morning. Funeral arrangements
have been delayed in the effort to'
get a message to her husband who is
in overseas service.
SILK SALE LASTS
ONE MORE DAY
Mitchells Silk Sale lasts ono more
day only and SUk Bargains tor Easter
should be bought without delay.
All this week Mitchells will be es
pecially interesting to shoppers.
Easter specials will be on In many
departments. adv.
WILL MEET WEDNESDAY
W. C. T. U. will meet Wednesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the hoire
of Mrs. Fred Davis on Burgess St.
All members are requested to be
present as the meetlnj will be an
important c:ie.
Order your Easter Flowers now
before It's too late. 1 Lou'.s Selig,
"Your Jeweler Since 1882." It
WERE EXECUTED
BY COMMUNISTS
(By Associated Press)
I London, April 15. A Copenhagen
dispatch to the Evening Telegraph
says that two Berlin papers print re
ports that Communists at Budapest
have executed Archduke Joseph, Dr.
Alexander Wekerle, former Preni-
WnlBfr of Commerce. The reports
rt fl0t conflTOed ;
J
JM,. -,, ii
I
New'Yorkv April U. he jnew
C.Wji 'SAreaunnolIJdjr the Bait
RlrerJconnectlng with Brooklyn! was
. eued' toiay. . ' lri''-'',.'r . i
' The construcrioa of this tunnel,
wh cn icrt .je.wn tu.iwo was begun
in 191I.V v "i j
wk ca tt e w tu.H was berun
i
PROGRESS ON BUILDING
The rear and east walls of the ex
tension of the First & Citizens Nation
al Bank have now been erected and
work on the structure is going for
ward rapidly.
FEDERAL COURT
IN SESSION NOW
uimeu oiaies uismct court con
vened here Tuesday morning. Judge
Connor presiding.
There were no cases for action by
the Grand Jury, and Judge Connor
took occaaslon to congratulate the Ju
rors upon this evidence of the respect
for and obedience to law characteris
tic of the people of this section, from
the time of the early settlers, as re
marked upon by the historian, Han
croft. Judge Connor went on to say that
the present, as a period of reconstruc
tlon Is a time for the exercise of wis
dom on the part of the people's lead
ers and of patience, moderation and
forbearance, as well as loyalty, on
the part of the people themselves.
He pointed out that it was by the
exercise of these qualities In the days
from '65 to '76 that North Carolina
had come into the place that she oc
cupies among the States of the I'niou
to-day.
We, to-day, he said, should
show ourselves worthy of our heri
tage from those days of liery trial,
and of the priceless sacrifice of our
sons in the great struggle through
which we have just passed.
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I n mlP A rri?
NEGROES IN U. S.
(By Associated Tress i
New Tork, April 15.: The Presby
terian ( hurch in the United States
'has appropriated $400,000 as a par
i't .! .New K,a program for the edu
cation and welfare of the negroes of
tills country, it was announced here
today.
H. S. BOOMER DEAD
News reached here Tuesday of the
death of Mr. H. 8. Boomer at the
home of W. L. Jennette In Hyde
County where he had been since
Christmas. He was with the firm of
Jennette Brothers here until his
health broke down.
INVESTIGATION
STILL GOING ON
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 16. Investiga
tion of the clash between American
soldiers and Japanese at Tientsin Is
Still In progress with every iwflca
t'oh that the incident will soon be
I adjusted satisfactorily, It Is saJ to
day at the State Department.
Regarding the Shanghai able
gram saying that tho Japanese gov-
rnment had plad $270,000 for the
klll'ng of two Americans In the dis
turbance, officials ealrt that no Amer
c: jis were killed so far as informa
tion to the Department showed.
TO ORGANIZE
GERMAN LABOR
Kr ANMK-ialcd I'reM
Berlin, April 15. Despite adverse
votes by Independent socialists, the
soviet congress today adopted reso
lutions sponsored by the majority so
cialists for the Incorporation of natl
lonal econom'c energy into a natton
'wlde system.- Owners and workers
l In all branches of production w.ll b -organ
zed, a.t sts, Jhurnalista, prea: j
ers, and physlctrns as well as man
ual labOieis le.ng expected to ap
po nt local representatives for tho
teirltor.al councils.
GE11ilAKS PILLAGE
U.S.F00DSIIIP
Prrls, April J 5. - An American
'stepmshlp with "food tor Poland 'was
.Iplllsed at Hamburg by Germans.
acre A nt to a Warsaw d.spvch ;w
celved in Zurich end transmitted
celved in Zurich aa
h,re.
STILL TROUBLOUS
TIMES ARE AHEAE
Queition of Distribution of In
demnity To Be Paid By Ger
many is Looming Up
(By Associated Press) .
Paris, April 15. The reparation
problem and its settlement still hare
troublous times ahead in connection
with the question of the distribution
of indemnity to be paid by Germany.
The smaller powers that suffered
under German invasion are stlA to
be heard from relative to their
shares of the reparation fund, par
ticularly Belgium, whose claims are
entitled to first consideration.
The tentative scheme of distribu
tion which France and Great Britain
have advanced apportions probably
eighty five per cent of the total sum
to these powers, leaving the remain
der to satisfy the demands of Bel
glum, Serbia and others.
This remainder is smaller than,
the secondary powers expected and
they are almost sure to be dissatis
fied about it. f.
ADRIATIC QUESTION UP
The Council of Four went into ses
sion again this morning with the
Adriatic question again before It. '
British Foreign Secretary Balfour
took the place of Lloyd George. Th
Premier went to London yesterday.' '
WIIHON HAII.H 27th OR 28th
W Ison intends to sail home-April
271 n or ilJSlli after "attending the
opening r.:ejtir.g of the Peace Con
ference at Versailles, the Echo de
Taris says today.' , it-
After his departure, Col. House
will act for htm, the newspaper sayS-
MAY START TODAY
ACROSS ATLANTIC
(By AsHoctated Press)
St. Johns. April 15. Weather
conditions had improved sufficiently
t(id;.y to lead the associate pilot ot
Hawker to express the opinion that
Hawker might start his trans-Atlantic
liifcht late today.
Ciei venther wa3 predicted for
this afierr.ton. ....
ALL NOW WELL
ATARCHANG3
(By Associated Press
Washington, April 18. Brlgadjer
General Richardson, the new -American
commander In northern Russia
reports the military situation satis
factory In the first official dispatch
since his arrival. The message' la
dated. April 13th, about two week
after the mutinous conduct of the
American company, wtychl refused to
go to the front from Archangel. , It
Is assumed he meana that' proper
uiscipline prevails among the Asuer
lean troops generally. , ,
NAVAL SECTION OF
t. , t '
- VICTORY PARAD
All persons who served In tho
navy or Marine Corps, at any time
during the war, are wanted to parti
cipate in the Liberty Loan parade,
which will take place next Monday.
In order to organise the parade It la.
necessary that the people in charge
of it know who will be. present.
L'eutenant Commander J. K. Wllion.
will have charge of the naval Sec
tion, and desires that every, one who
was in the navy sign and melt;; to
h.m the following slip, which. ca be
cut out of this paper. The uniform
for the parade will be dress blue
with legg'ngs.
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1 w.ll be present and participate In
i at ..-e Jdoadcy the 21st 1 i'
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.Rate; '. . , . .v , . .Vf S..N.4.,.?. .
F. Rowland Bell and Mrtl'jV' L.
Wells and chMdren left today .-for
Klnston to visit: relative. ViU-i ,
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LOHT THIM MORNIKCf I ,lqST
oifle lobby or on Man 'on North,
Pol dexter streets, bunch Of .keys.
e-ard' for return to Dr.' 1 Pear
- lng. . . . r- 4 u v.-. ;.
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