WEATHER
Thunderstorms this afternoon,
partly cloudy tonight and Sunday,
cooler tonight, moderate Southwest
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VOL. 4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTHT CAROLINA, FftH- EVENING, MAY-9T1919.
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No. 110
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'GERMANY'S REPLY WILL BE COUNTER
PROPOSAL SAYS PRESIDENT EBERT
Plenipotentiaries Not Expected To Be Heard
0 9 From For A Week. Death Knell of 6ld Aus
5 tria Sounded, Says Chancellor Renner
ji y v ""ou :
Eteriw, May 10. "Germany's reply to the terms of peace
will be & proposal for a peace of rights on a basis of lasting
peace of the' nations," according to a proclamation to the Ger
man people issued by President Ebert which says that the
Treaty presented by the Allies "would deliver German labor to
foreign capitalism for the indignity of wage slavery and per
manently fetter the young German republic."
r pW HO FUSION AUSTRIA WITH GERMANY
"Vienna, May 10. The death knell of old Austria was
ounded jn parliament today when Chancellor Renner in ac
cepting th nomination as a Peace Delegate said that he relin
quished all hopes for fusion with Germany.
' "The Austrian people must
rulers," he said, "We never wanted war and were not guilty of
bringing it about."
' g AUSTRIAN NAVY EXTINGUISHED .
Paris, May 10. The naval terms of the Austrian Peace
Treaty as now completed are far more stringent than those to
Germany, as the Austrian Navy is completely extinguished.
President Wilson today ex-
pressed the belief that nothing
would be heard from the Ger
man plenipotentiaries for
about & week.
Nothing has been heard to
the effect that the Germans are
preparing to depart from Ver
sailles. .STUDY FIUME QUESTION
It is understood that the
Council of Four is continuing
to study the Fiume question on
the basis of the agreement
reached relative to the future
status of the Saar region.
NO PLANS FOR MESSAGE
President Wilson has given
no intimation of his plans rela
tive to bis message to the extra
session of Congress. It is stated
that authoritative legal opin-
fion has been given that he may
table the message.
TAKE NOTHING FOR
GRANTED
It is understood that among
the subjects the Council of
Four discussed today was the
eventuality of Germany refus
ing to sign the peace treaty and
what steps should be taken in
that event. No intimation that
Germany intends taking such
a step has reached the Allies
but they are taking nothing for
granted.
tV REPORTS MERE FICTION
Washington, May . 10. Re
ports from Paris that Wilson
had committed himself to the
proposal to settle the Fiume
question by giving that port to
Italy in five years were said in
dispatches to the White House
today to be absolute fiction.
Today's dispatches indicat
ed that the President would
address Congress personally
and discus3 the whole subject
matter of the 'Paris nejrotia
, tions immediately after his re
turn. It is understood that the
President is being urged to
make a speaking tour over the
'ccur.try after fcu $.irtzs to
suffer for the misdeeds of their.
THE SWEETEST MUSIC
THE WORLD
IN
Sweeter even than a mother's
lullaby Is the song of a little
child. Dearer than any other
earthly thing to every normal
heart is the. little child.
The one sound that arouses
feelings often too deep for tears
is the song of motherless and
fatherless boys and girls. The
tragedy, the infinite sadness of
the lot of such touches every
soul not dead to understand
ing and sympathy.
Sixteen such little children,
the famous Oxford Orpnanage
Singing Class, Y.ill appear in tho
Alkrama Theater. Wednesday
night, May 14, at 8 o'clock.
The children have a varied se
lection of songs, some humor
ous, some pathetic, some live
ly, all good. They sing many of
the popular songs, songs that
have lived because they touch
responsive chords in all hearts.
The usual motion picture
will be shown, and the double
attraction "Should crowd the Al
krama to its capacity. Tickets
on sale Monday, May 12, at
Sellg's, reserved seats 50c. Gen
eral admission, 25c.
While the children are com
ing from a Masonic Home, only
twenty-five percent of its in
mates are of masonic pirent
iie E'.!abeth City, known far and
near for its interest in father
less and motherless children,
must accord these little one3
the recognition they deserve.
No money will be asked for, and
no collection taken.
W. P. KNOWLF.y.
AUSTRIAN REPARATION
The question of what repar
ation Austria-Hungary must
make was consideerd today by
Wilson, Lloyd George and Cle
rnenceau, who also discussed
the question of financing Ger
many, Austria-Hungary, Po
land and other smaiIer Euro,
pean states.
TO CONFER WITH
GERMANY
Versailles, May 10. The
chairman of the German peace
delegation has asked the other
members of the mission to
hasten their examination of
tile treaty so that he may go to
Germany to confer' with his
' t
SuppoM there were no
. More Advertisements
Just Imagine for a minuo
that some power could stop all
advertising. How would that
affect you?
It would cut you off from all
direct, commercial news about
things that you need and use in
your every-day life. Somebody
might be selling a new, better,
more economical food; or a
utensil that would save hidreV
and tlmei of aU article that
would add great to yot'f com
fort and well-being; of some
better material for mflkMrig
shoes or clothing but you
would never know It.
Merchants and manufactur
ers would be unable to tell yon
about new and better things
They would thus find it hard to
put these things on the market,
and often would not try.
Merchants, unable to tell you
what they had to offer you.
could not take the risk of buy
ing goods for which they might
have no customers.
"It pays to advertise." And
advertising pays not only the
advertiser and publisher, but
pays you too. It keeps you In
formed about the things you
ned in order to live a profit
able, happy and useful life u
this age of progress.
CUBS WIN AGAIN
The Cubs' rabbit foot is still work
ing. The Third and Fourth Wards
went down in defeat to the tune of
14 to 6 before the undefeated nine
yesterday on the high school lot.
The Warders led off in excellent
tWln and f6fTire first three innings
it looked as if the Cubs were up
against their Waterloo, the tcore in
the third Inning standing 4 to 2 in
favor of the Ward hoys.
Hut as before stated the old Cubs
M-uveyard rabbit foot got back on
the Job and a swat fast started th:;t
continued right merrily to the end
of the game.
Meanwhile the fan3 are growing
more numerous each day. and did
anybody ever see so many raving,
shouting, screaming girl fans. And
good looking?
Be that as it may; the question is
can the Cubs' winning streak be
busted?
Following Is the score:
Cubs
Ab. R. H. E.
Twiddy, ss 3 0 0
L. Cooper, 2nd. 3 1 0
Perry, 1st 3 2 0
Brickhouse, c. . . 2 2 0
Morris, r.f 5 3 2
Johnson, l.f 3 2 0
Beal, c.f 4 1 1
Evans, 3rd .... 3 1 1
Cooper, p 2 2 0
Total 14
Third and Fourth
Ab.
. .4
. .4
.4
. .3
.3
.3
. .3
. .3
. .2
R.
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
H.
2
1
2
0
0
1
2
1
0
E. i
Twiddy, ss. . .
Bundy, 3rd . .
Weatherly, r.f.
Raper, l.f. . . .
Beveridge, 2nd
Henderson, c.f.
Cropsey, p. . .
Falls, 1st.
Ballance, c. . .
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
Total
AT FIRST METHODIST
The Sunday School will prer-ent a
Mother's Day program at tho Fint
Methodist Church Sunday and a
large nuhiber of mothers will bo
present. Flowers In honor cf
"Mother" will be worn by those who
are present.
The Epworth League will meet-at
seven-fifteen and a program of inter-
est will be given.
The castor ReT. J. M
Ormond will
fill
the pulpit at both the morning
I evening hours of publ'c wor -
and evening hours of puoi c wor-
ship. Everybody Is given a cordial
Invitation to all the services.
CTTV ROAD CHVRCH .
At 11 o'clock Rev. J. W. Bradley his stduies. At the time of his death Mrs. Ada A. West announces the M eengratuUte 1. Cerdlally ami
will preach from the subject: "Tith- Dr. Weeks hsd been for many years approaching marriage of her daugh-. m sincerely years, -Ing"
and st eight ..o'clock; will be a connected with the United States De- ter, "Mary Ada, to Mr. frank Upton, WOOOHOW WILC!t
rtr -h - tfia " iTnwnrtti
(League. The public la cordially In-
PLANES LEAVE
FOR TREPASSEY
(By Associated Press)
Halifax, May 10. The American
naval airplanes NC-1 and NC-3
started at nine o'clock this morning
for Trepassey, New Foundland,
whence they start the trans-Atlantic
oceanic flight.
Flying conditions are Ideal.
PUOI'ELLEK ilKEAKi
A broken propelleY Compelled
'NC-3 to return here at teri n'clock.
It was expected that It would be re
paired snd proceed ut noon.
TO KESl ME FLIGHT"
Chalk.- Mam., May 10. Naval
plane NC-4 uAs uxpected to resume
its ilight at noon, having repaired
its damaged motors.
TOTAL HIGHER THAN
OFFICIAL SHOWING
(liy Associated Pre)
Washington, May 10. Olilcial
subscriptions to the Victory Loan
shortly before noon were approxi
mately $3,500,000,000.00.
The Treasury Department state
ment said indications were that the
country's total was greatly above the
official shbwlng.
STEPHEN B. WEEKS
PORTRAIT PRESENTED
Noted North Carolina Histor
ian And Collector In Hall of
Hiatory Portrait Gallery
Raleigh, May 9. The portrait of
Stephen B. Weeks, historian, and
collector of North Carolina manu
scripts and books, whose passion was
the recording and preservation of
his native State, Friday took its place
on the walls of the North Carolina
Hall of History. Friday at noon,
simple and Impressive exercises be
ing held in the hall in connection
with the presentation of the portrait
I to the State Historical Commission.
The portrait, which is the work ot
Emil Menzel of Charlotta, is painted
I in oil from a photograph taken o;
him by one of the members of Dr.
Weeks' family and shows him In a
light suit seated in a chair at his
desk with an open book In his lap.
The portrait was accepted on behalf
of the State Historical Commission
by J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of
State, who presided over the exer
cises. The invocation and blessing
were asked by Bishop J. B. Cheshire.
Capt. S. A. Ashe, North Carolinia
. historian, read an Interesting bio
graphical sketch of Dr. Weeks' life.
Dr. Weeks as a student at Johns
Hopkins University was the subject
of a paper by Dr. Charles Lee Smith.
I Bishop Cheshire, who officiated at
the marriage of Dr. Weeks spoke of
, nis personal relations wun mm. a
paper by George Pell on the per
sonality of Dr. Weeks was read by
I R. D. W. Connor In the absence of
Mr. Pell, and Dr. Lewis R. Wilson
of the University of North Carolina
read a paper on Dr. Weeks as col
lector and blbllographor.
Sketch on Dr. Weeks
When Dr. Weeks died May 3,
1918, he left a collection of books
and manuscripts pertaining to North
Carolina history and letters number -
Mng 10,000 titles which is now a
.valuable part of the library of the
' University of North Carolina. Morris'
'"Pioneers of Methodism in Virginia
and North Carolina," was the first
book of Dr. Weeks' collection, and
having begun the collection of North
Carolina books and manuscripts he
r.ever ceased to give the collection
his chief thought.
I Stephen B. Weeks was born of
; p;ortn Carolina ancestry, in Pasquo
Itank County, February 2, 1865. He
wag educated at the State University
an(j at j0hns Hopkins University, re-
Icelvins his Ph. D. degree In 1891.
!He was professor of history and poll -
tjcai ICienCe at Trinity College, es -
. tabllshed the historical society at the
tabllshed the historical society at the
, college and organized the college
I library. Severing his connection
Jwith Trinity one year after the ool -
lege was moved to Durham, he re -
turned to Johns Hopkins to resume
nirtmant of Education.. He assisted
tn organizing the Southern Hlstorl-
ROANOKE CLOSES
TWENTY SECOND YEAR
Roanoke Collegiate Institute
closed Its twenty second year Fri
day evening with an address' by Dr.
Clares Francis Meserve of Shaw Uni
versity. Dr. Meserve's subject wag "Some
Things Worth While" and he spoke
in a seriously sympathetic and very
frank manner to his audience.
Industry, a good name, a thor
ough education, patience and good
will he stressed as things worth
I while.
' " uue- uulmm uPn ttiese as foun-
aallon ,nere wl" no room for
worry about social equality or In
justices, he said.
He rejoiced in the progress which'
has been made by the negro race,
reminded his colored hearers that
while the negroes, were brought here
into slavery they were at the same
time bought from paganism Into a
Christian land. He reminded them
that man was created In God's own
image and with God's uttributera,
that the process of creation still goes
on thru the ages, man struggling up
ward toward higher Ideals.
Dr. Meserve paused to say to the
white citizens present "I. wish that
the white children and the white
parents were as anxious for an edu
cation as the negroes are. If you
could see as I do the sacrifices made
to educate the negro boys and girls,
you would be moved as I am. The
money order .comes in . for tuition
and board, representing the contri
bution of the father In the field, the
mother at the washtub and the sis
ter In the factory or kitchen, a
working and sacrificing to give a
boy or girl a chance.
"In a certain school district in the
state recently the public school funds
gave out and the decree went forth
that there would be no more school.
The white school closed. But Mon
day morning the negro, children were
at school Some one asked a little
colored'oby the reason and he ex
plained how that the colored people
were not willing that the school
should stop and had together man
aged to collect enough money to
ktep it going another month. Then
the man saw the little boy's lunch
tor himself and his sister. It con
sisted of two cold potatoes and two
persimmons, and the little fellow ex
plained that the potatoes weren't
onough to satisfy hunger but that by
eating the persimmons one's stomach
puckered up so that it didn't need so
much food. Such a spirit of sacri
fice, such determination, coupled
with Industry, good character, good
will, patience, and education must
evolvu a race of people worth while
industrially and as good citizens.
Diplomas were presented the grad
uating class by Supt. P. S. Vann.
Music and essays by the students
completed the evening.
The coinn)ncement has been one
of esprclal interest and Indications
are tor greater progress In the
school than ever before, said Prof.
Graces
TAKEN TO NORFOI K
Miss rivelvn Sykes, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. John D. Syks, left on
the early train Friday morning for
Sarah Leigh Hospital, Norfolk, to
undergo an operation for appendi
citis. She had an attack about six weeks
ago and had not fully recovered.
, She was taken again Thursday af
ternoon and grew rapidly worse. She
was accompanied by her mother.
HONOR FLAO ARRIVES
Pasquotank's Honor Flag has ar
rived and Is dirplayed In the window
of Mitchell's Department Store so
that those who helped to win it by
buying Victory Honda may see It.
GEN. MARCH REPORTS
(By Associated 1'resit)
Washington, May 10. Demoblll-
' zat'.on has passed the two million
mark
j a' mil
and the returned troops exceed I
i a' million,
according to General
March.
j ,- 1 -H
! ANNOUNCES ) API'ROACHINQ
J MARRIAGE fl
. ' .'.,.
Tnssdar. June Ird. The marriage
will take place at the home of the
ORGANIZING FOR
LASTING THRIFT
Field Director of New Cam
paign For Organization Of
War Savings Societies Here
Miss Mary Shotwell, of Oxford,
Field Director of the Educational
and Rural Division of the Thrift
Campaign for 1919 In North Caro
lina, was In the city Saturday to ge
this work started in Pasquotank
County. fe. wita-
First Miss Shotwell will name the
County Chairman for (he County. He
will choose four others to serve with
him to get the count thoroughly or
ganized for the campaign and these
live will constitute the advisory
council In Pasquotank County".
There will be four divisions of the
work in Pasquotank County, one
for each of the Advisory Council.
These divisions are as follows:
(1) An Educational and Rural1
Mvfslon; which will work through
the schools and endeavor to organ
ize War Savings Societie3, in every,
schooJ in the county. Such a society
can be organized wherever ten mem
bers can be secured. Each member
is required to sign a pledge to regu
lar and systematic saving and re
ports of the society's work are sent
regularly to District Headquarters at
Richmond.
(2) An industrial and Commercial
Division which will have charge ot
the organization of thrift societies
in mills and factories and In all
stores with ten or more employees.
(3) A Woman's Division which'
will undertake the organization of
all women's clubs, societies and oth
er organization Into Thrift Societies.
(4) An Agency Division which
will have charge of the designation
of agencies for the sale of thrift'
stamps and war savings stamps in
every community. The sales agon?
cles will be by no means so numer
ous as they were last year, but a
suffie'ent number of stores or offices,
in addition to the post offices, will be
designated to make the purchasing
of stamps an easy mutter In any
commun'ty in the county.
Miss Shotwell took up this work
several week ng. giving up her
position as Assistant Superintendent
of Public instruction In Lenior coun
ty to do so. She was also formerly
Assistant Superintendent ,of Schools
In Granville county. She plans to
go from Elizabeth City to Currituck,
from Currituck to Dare and from
Manteo back to Elizabeth City Mon
day. County Agricultural Agent Mye-
gaard has accepted the War Savings
Chairmanship in Camden county.
ON HONOR ROLL
Joseph Pool is on The Advance
honor roll again this week for de
livering the paper with no com
plaints afalnst htm and for being on
lime to get his papers.
WANTED ISSUES OF THE AD-
vance of April 17th. 5 cents each'
for first three copies brought to
The Advance office.
saitai3sjriiitsja
WILSON ENDORSES
SALVATION ARMY.
President Wilson, burdened
as be Is, fount) time t cub I
his endorsement of the Salva
tion Army Home Service Fund
Cumpiilfe'n, which will be con
ducted during the week of,
May 19-20. The cablegram :
to
Ml
(
to
Commander Miss E. Beoth,
Personal, Salvation Army,
120 West Fourtssnth street,
New York:
to
J am very much Interested , Ml
te;know that the Salvation, Pi
Army Is about to enter Into a - to
campaign fer 1 a sustaining Ma
i'2
to fund. I feel that the Salvs- Ms,
to tloA Army needs je com men- tol
to datien front m. The love V
to aiio gratitude It has" ellslted M
to frm tha troepe la a euffleJsnt A
mMmm ef the werk It baa V
to Cane, I feel thai I should
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