WEATHER
Fair tonight and Tuesday. Llttla
change in temperature, gentle west
vinds becoming variable.
VOL. .1
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1919.
No. 95
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VICrORYIOAN CAMPAIGN OPENS
IN PASQUOTANK MONDAY MORNING
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(Courty! Quota is $351,000 And Chairman Duff
Pdi?18 A ides . Are Determined To Go Over
1 he 1 op Like Real Americans
WILSON'S CALL " '
For two anxious years the American people have.stilven to
fulfill the task of saving our civilization. By the exertion of
unmeasured power they have quickly won the victory without
which they would havo remained in the field until the last re
source hud been exhausted. Bringing to the contest a strength
.of spirit made doubly strong by the righteousness of their cause,
thny devoted themselves unswervingly to the 'prosecution of their
undertaking in the full knowledge that no conquest lay in their
path excepting the conquest of right.
Teday the world stands freed from the threat of militarism
which has so long weighed upon the spirit and the labor k peace
fir nations.
13ut as yet we stand only at the threshold of happier times.
To enter we must fulfill to the utmost the engagements we have
made. The Victory Liberty Loan is the indispensable means.
Two years age we pledged our lives and fortunes to the cause for
which we fought. Sixty thousand of our strongest boh have
redeemed for us that pledge of blood. To redeem in full faith
the promise of this sacrifice we now must give this new evidence
of our purpose.
The Victory Loan campaign opened Monday morning In Pasquotank
'County. The county's quota of the big loan Is $351,000 and Chairman W.
P. Duff is determined to leave nothing undone that will put Pasquotank
over the top with the real American spirit.
Mr. Duffs headquarters have been established in the Chamber of
' Commerce rooms in the Hlnton Building, phone 932, and until the Job is
finished he will be found there. Mr. Duff hopes and believes that the peo
. pie of Pasquotank will stand by him and finish the Job of paying for the
war. He hopes too that there will be no holding back or waiting or hesi
tating, but that the response will be ready and enthusiastic.
BANKS HELP PATRIOTIC
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Those who are short of funds but
not lacking in patriotism will be in
terested In the announcement by the
banks of the city that they will carry
.Victory vBonds on the following
terms:
Ten per cent on application.
First three months, at 4 3-4 per
cent. Next three months at 5 1-2 per
cent. After six months at the usual rate
of six per cent.
START ilALL LOLLING
The first subscription at the First
and Citizens National Bank was made
by the Manhattan Life Insurance
Company Wru Max L. .8u.i dei i.i,,
Manager of the Southeastern Depart
ment and J. V. VVhitehurst, General
Agent.
TANK COMES APRIL 30th.
The Parade Committee received
-word at the last moment that the '
baby "tank" which was to be sent
. here today will be delayed and will
not leach here until the morning of
' the 30th of April. This news caused
- a little disappointment, but In v.eiv
of the fact that all of the other in
. tereetlng features were in line as
- soheduled, an Interesting spectacle
, wag shown and there was no disap
pointment In the parade.
The tank, which was delayed, will
surely be here , on the morning of
Wednesday, April 30th and will be
driven through the principal streets.i
a and then. to the Court House square
- where it will remain on exhibition
:' for; the remainder of that day. Ex
perienced tank men will be in charge
to explain all features of this instru
;t ment Of modern warfate to tliooe
wanting to know.
"HERE'S EAST PLANE
' Paris, March 24. (Correspondence
Mt The Associated Press.) France's
f: -fastest airplane today 's the new
. Nteuport biplane No. 29, which was
completed in the late fall of 1918,
'. and was to have been Incorporated
.-as a fighting unit in the French air
forces this month. This biplane ca
t rles a J 00 horse-power engine and,
with a load of 340 pounds, reached
at the official tests, a speed of 147
' 1-2 miles an tour. .It climbed 1,000
: meters In 116 seconds, 3,000 meters
In 39? second and 6,000 meters .in
1 1126 seconds. At the latter eleva
ration a speed of 131 miles an hour was
i Maintained. '.- V."
I NO INTERFERENCE , ;
WITH THE CHURCHES
if.'
(By Associated Press)
: Budapest, ., April 2 l.r The Com
i tnlssary of Education has Instructed
1 the clergy to declare from their pul-
pita a soviet government guarantee
i of religious freedom for all.?
, . .There will be no Interference with
' clergy or churches in that the soviet
'VZtOSsgahetreMal order 6f
atarrlage and family lift aar eom
n-runlss women.
CITY OF BARROOMS
(Uy Associated Tress )
Fl Prso, Texas, April 21. Juarez,
the Mex'ccn metropolis of bordm
towns, has become the oasis in the
great American prohibition desert.
On Oalle Commercio, the number
of salocns has increased s'nce the
operation of the Texas ten mile mill
tary zone law until every n'er -.loor
orciis nto a barvom, R.ittpIs o'
American-made whiskev end win?
ire offered to porsonf perm It to
cror.s the border under prevailing
passport regulations.
Many of the old time El Paso
saloon keepers i-ho were familiar
figures at famous and notorious
Places here have donned white
aprons in Juarez. Bars and fixture?
.lorn El Paso heve been set up ia
Juarez, slot machines have been in
stalled and. except for lite prepond
erance of Mexican idlers, a vlsitoi
would think he is in nn El Paso bar
of former years.
Bootlegging, the hand maiden ,of
the border saloon, Is; becoming an
Important industry. American au
thorities have discovered that Meal
can servants, wash women and street
laborers who cross to El Paso each
morning carry contraband liquor in
quantities and are making tar uiou
money through its disposal than the;
are from their labors.
The prosperous Mex'can saloon
keeper say that a return to norma'
passport regulations will mpke J"
arec the mecca of sporting men from
'lie United States.
ORGANIZES STAFF
OF VICE CONSULS
Omsk, Siber'a, Feb. 24. (Corres
pondence of The Associated Press.)
n preparation for a possible
bieok'ng through of the Siberian
t.rmy into European Russia, the
American Consul-General, Mr. Har
ris, is organizing a staff of v'.co con
suls to be distributed at Important
points. In Bolshevik Russia there
are no American consuls except those
In Bolshevik prisons at Moscow.
Roger C. Tredwell, the American
consul at Tashkent, Russian Turke
stan, recently was re-imprisoned by
the, Red Guard, after having been re
leased temporarily while counter
revolutionists occupied the city.
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M'ss Asia Munden and Miss Mattie
McCracken of Norfojk, hays returned
after a visit to Mujs.Iena Perry on
Main street. , ,
Mrs. Sam E. .Wdllaass and ch i
dren, Elisabeth, Hallett and Holland,
returned Sunday from a visit to
,'Weeksvi'lle.
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I 'Oi:ss 6eran4 Sav f aadiriln
retur4 Sunday n!ght from a rUt.
CAMPAIGN OPENS
SANS EXCltEMENT
Nation Fully Prepared for Vic
tory Loan Drive. Telegrams
Tell of Subscriptions
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 21. . No
axcitcment was apparent todav
at the treasury on the opening
of the Victory Loan campaigr.
The big nation wide r,:achin )
for marketing the bonds ws i
:ompletely organized in ad
vance and went into operatio i
almost automatically.
Local committees through
3U the country are apparently
so busy today gathering th
first subscriptions that they
had little time to report. Tele
grams to the treasury were o.'
lecr.mcal nature and did no',
report demonstrations.
SUMMER SCHOOL
AT STATE COLLEGE
The Fifth Session of the Stat:
College Summer School at West Ral
eigh, N. C, which begins on June 10
and lasts through July 23 promise;
to be r. notable and successful ses
sion. A faculty of prominent teach
ers has been secured and a con ider
able extension of the courses ha
!een mada largely for the benefit o.
prospective student and for thos
tudents of the Slate College uik'
ther Colleges who deai.e to removi
riMhman i-.ndit:ons in "lathe n;:tic:
Physics, Drawing, ami Shopwork, 01
to obtain credit for those course:
Juring the Summer School.
Mr. E. L. Bfcdt, Superintendent e'.
Franklin County Schools, will con
duct several course In Education.
Miss Annie E. Workman, , member oi
the faculty at Peabody, will have
charge of the Primary work. Miss
Virginia LaFayette Nelson ,a grad
uate-student at Columbief I'niverslty,
and a lady of wide experience in the
educational field, will have charge of
the Intermediate Demonstration
School. Miss Mary McGill, graduate
of the Edinburgh Ladies College.
Scotland, and student of the New
England Conser, au.y of Music, Bos
on, and who was jcal Teacher a.
Meredith 'ast yeai v ; 1 1 fl'er course
n Public School Music, : nd conduct
Community S ngln-. Mr. f. C. Lock
hert, L uerii: entl jiu of Wake Coun
y Schools, Will conduct course lr
Education pnd History. Mr. L. F
link'.e, Professor of Modern Lan
guages at the State College, will of
fer courses in Education and Span
ish. Dr. T. C. Amick. Professor of
Mathematics at Elon College, and
Hr. R. E. L. Yates, Professor of
Mathematics at the State College w . '
present course in Mathematics toi
ear hers and prospective student:
md also courses for College credit.
curses in General Science for Teach
ers, and in Fhys'cs for College credit
!II be offered by Messrs Heck and
Jerieux, Professor and Assistant-
professor of Physics respectively, at
he State College.
A special effort will be made to
omply with the needs of the State
a tra n ng teachers of Agriculture
.'or Uie Cradsd Schools, Farm Life
and Rural High Schools by offer ag
ourte3 in Elementary Agriculture
and Vocational Agriculture under the
authority of the Smith-Hughes Act.
TO MAKE VIENNA
SECOND CAPITAL
(By Assoc ia tea Press)
Berlin, April 21." The govern
ment has a plan for recognizing
Vienna as the second capital of Ger
many by having President Ebert re
side there part of the year, transfer
certain imperial bureaus there and
even hold some meetings of the Na
tional Astembly there.
Miss Nellie Hastings has returned
from a visit to relatives in Ports
mouth. V,W. yt. Jenkins Is back with the
das . Company after serving in the
navy aad baa Just been transferred
'jj l company to Oxford, K. C.
DEBATE FINALS
ON MAY 1ST-2ND
Chapel Hill, -April 21. Contrary
to plans previously announced, no
second preliminaries will be held
throughout the State April 2fc for
ntgli school debaters. Instead those'
winning out in the first preliminar
ies will come to Chapel Hill to par
ticipate in the finals on May 1st and
2nd. Such Is the decision rp-wiioi
by the I'niversity committee oC tho
I.ebating Union, which was readily
agreed to by the high schools inter
ested. Lue to the war and the InfV.-.enza
... iiuiiiui otuuoiM en
tering the contests this year has been
cut down somewhat, and it was coii
equently thought best not to elimi
nate any more schools and the.eby
run the risk of making t he finals les.
.nteresting than hoietofore. Tne coin
plete list of those winning out in the
irst preliminaries co.nprires iorty-
;iie schools.
Much interest is being manifested
n the various events of "High School
Week." as tiie dates, May 1st und
-'nd, fast approach. At this time not
-nly will the high school debaters
;ome to Chapel Hill for the finals,
jut the annual high school track
meet and tennis tournaments will
also be staged. These events alway.;
dfiw hundreds of visitors to the University.-
Handsome prizes will be
iwarded the winners of the varlou:
athletic events.
KOREANS WANT
INDEPEDENCE
Peking, March 13. (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press.) Sev
eral secret societies whose numbers
aggregate millions of persons are
:-.upporii:ic the impendence move
ment' in Korea, it is understood.
N'otable among them are the Pro
gressive Party and the Heaven Wor
shippers which together have a mem
bership of more than 2.000,000 per
sons. Others are the New Korean
Society and the Light Restoring So
ciety. Sixty thousand students of
nearly all educational institutions,
.ncluding government schools, parti
capated in the movement. It is said
(hat the Insurrection was supported
lvo by Christian and Buddhist
bodies.
The Buddhists In Korea number
about one million. They have 2,000
temples and 100,000 priests Hie
Japanese have attempted to uc
Buddhism to strengthen their nnsl
Hon in Korea, sending many young
priests to Japan to be educated.
Nevertheless, many Buddhists are be
lieved to have been closely connected
with the insurrection.
Christianity has made rapid pro
gress Jn Korea for thirty years. Two
large missionary Doaies are wonting
theie. The American Methodist MIs
i on has 750 churches and 100,000
followers, while the American Prea
yterian Mission has 2.000 churches
nd a'ioi" 00 000 sdheren'K. Tb
Korean Christians are mostly men
of character and have received high-1
er education.
The demonstration in favor of In
dependence which began in nearly
all towns and villages throughout
Koiea on March 1, were at first ord
erly and limited to the delivery of
speeches and distribution of copies
of manifestos. Later the movement
took a distinctly revolutionary char
acter and this resulted in clashes
with the Japanese authorities and in
casualties oh both sides.
ItKII) BROTHERH
Thomas D. Reid of Holland, Va.,
and Miss Mabel G. Brothers, daugh
ter of Mr. J. J. Brothers of Newland
township, were married at the home
of the bride Sunday.
CHOWASi AHHOCIATION
MEETS IX GATES COUNTY
The Chowan Baptist Association
meets Tuesday, May 6th at 11 a. m.
at Middle Swamp Baptist church In
Gates County. i j ? i
A number of. delegates and Visit
ors will attend from this city and
community. ' .
FOR ' BALE PORD AUTO TRUCK.
Since change In our Ice cream
' business, we do not need It. Bar
gala to quick buyer. Scott and
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JOHN 'P. OVERMAN DEAD
Mr. John P. Overman died Monday
morning, at two-thirty at his home
on Church street at the age of seventy-one.
He had been In falling health for
a number of years but it was at mid
night Saturday night that he became
suddenly and seriously 111.
He is survived by his wife and
Uiree sons, Harold, John and Victor
Overman.
The funeral will be conducted at
the First Methodist Church Tuesday
ui'teruoon at four o'clock by Rev. J.
M. Ormond, assisted by Rev. Geo. F.
Hill. Interment will be mafle in the
Episcopal cemetery.
SMALLPOX HERE
ALSO IN COUNTY
There r.re two or liiret case:; oi"
:-innllpox i:i F.iizabelh CUy now aad
as many as fifteen or twenty cases
around Okisko In this county.
Dr. Zenas Fearing, County Health
Officer, lias placarded the communi
ties where the disease exists advising
vaccination at once. This is the only
protection to be had as smallpox is
not quarantined.
i XCLK HAM OCT EARLY
O.N JOB THIS MORMNO
Uncle Sam made his appearance
again in front of the First and Citi
zens National Bank early Monday
morning, calling attention to the
opening of the Victory Loan cam-
a'"n. expressing h's opt'rrsm in
regard to the success of the drive in
this county, and declaring that any
body with money who won't
Victory Bonds hasn't got his
bu
eyes
open.
W. F. C. GLEE CLUB
HERE APRIL 30il
The Wake Foie:;t College Gie.
Club and Orchestra will be here o:(
April 30lh, which is Wedi.cvd .y o,
next week.
,;rogr:i n 'a promised U!v
a crowded House U ocpc'tert tr
Hlizabeth City is ulready aeiiua'ntoi.
vith the W. I'. C. o ( .. and. '
it; believed will givj them a re.Mi. u
olU-ge town receplio'i.
am; now women
Kii kh tiie ci::c
Woman has come Into her ov:
with the circus. She rules suprcim
under the great white canvas pav 1
Ions of the Sparks Circus, which w'l
exhibit here Thursday, April 24
Where skill, strength, courage ant'
nerve are the prime qualification:
the woman of the world bf sawdus'
and spangles Is proving this seasoi
that her brother can learn sometalar
by watching her.
In almost every varied number,
below and aloft, on the Sparks cir
cus program, the gentler sex pre
dominates. There are one hundred
women, In all, with the Sparks cir
cus. They are of all ages, all tie
tionallt'es, all varieties of endeavor.
Many of them are well-known per
formers whose names you find on the
program in big black or red letters.
Others you will meet in the dressing
rooms and many more you will not
see at til, because tbey are the
nrd'pwon-.en employed In the ward
robe department. But first, last and
always, they are of the c.rcus. Nc
.natter how Important or" lnsign fi
cant e part they play n the stupen
dous production, they lound out the i
days and tho'.r nig'jti; w'th the cir
cus. It is tholr means of llv:!'oo
a.;id the ?:rer.e of their soc'al diver-
8.08, n.ne months n the yerr.
The circus woman la about the
busiest member of her sex, but ner
vous prostration knows her not. Her
profession keeps her in the cnen a.iu
forces her to lead a regular, abstem
ious life. , Nerves and 'dlsVpation
moan danger and death to the per
former, man or woman, and circus
women aie singularly long-llvel.
Miss Lillian Hooper left Sunday
for Norfolk where she will ' attend
the .Easter dance at the country club.
Victor M. Sylvester of Portsmouth
spent the weekend here with rela
tives and friends. ' .
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Miss Mary Jones has returned
from 8outh Mills where she has sees
visiting relative.
GIVE TREATY
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Doubt Expressed As To Wheth
er Perfected Treaty WUl Bo
Presented Germany Repre
sentatives (Uy Associated I'rets)
Paris, April 21. Doubt Is
expressed today as to whether
the perfected peace treaty will
be presented German represen
tatives Friday.
While the treaty will be
ecmmtinicated to them in sub
stance, it is said today in well
informed circles that it will be
physically impossible to "pre
pare thg document in its com
plete and final form in the four
days remaining.
Premiers Lloyd George, Cle
menceau and Orlando met
again this morning and re
sumed consideration of the Ad
riatic question.
President Wilson again ab
lented himself from the con
ference. The Council of Four meets
this afternoon, President Wit
son and the three premiers all
attenuing. -
The German reply to the ul
timatum of the Council of Four
that it will not receive any
Germany delegation noffully
empowered to conduct and ne-
gotiate for pe&ce is awaited
anxiously in Peace Conference
circles. .
Ihe next steps toward peace
will depend on the German
reply.
add peace conl'erence
The Council of Four in the ,
interval before the Peace
treaty is handed the German
delegates will take up the
question of making Jhe docu
ment public.
The plan proposed in behalf
of the United States is for the
American delegates to cable
first a 250 word official sum
mary of the treaty, then a 5000
word official summary, : then
the next. The final dispatch
may total 100,000 words, .
Fear is felt that unexpected
developments may affect the
program for meeting Friday at
Versailles in the German reply
to the Council's ultimatum, and
this raises controversy retrard-
ing the status of their delegates
and the procedure to be fol
lowed. .
It is conceivable that th,e ar
rival of their delegates at Ver
sailles may be postponed.
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MEMBERS CHRISTIAN MISSION
CLASH WITH GENDARMES
(Uy Aiuiociated Press)
Toklo, April 21. Special tils- ,
patches from Korea states that mem
bers of the christian mission. at Telg
onaro, near Seul, clashed with gen
darmes during the riot thare, tie
officers firing upon the moll, killing
twenty and wounding many who
were engaged in the demonstration.
PAY FOR WOMEN
WITHOUT WORK
London, March 24. (Correspond-
ence of The Associated Press.) -The
Ministry of Labor states that SSS,-
318 women received unemployment
pay from the signing of the armistice
to February 14 but 158,000 of these
have since found work. . . '
Robert . Forbes, Joe Williams,
Howard Whaley, Bernard Forbes,
and Howard .Berry of Beleross,
in tms city Saturday. .7
Alfred Upton of Beleross was In
the city Busday.
Butler Parsons has returned t?
Portsmouth after spending the wr.L
al here with Crtetie.