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VOL. 4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1919.
No. 113
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PRfiSTON S. V ANN RESIGNS AS
COUNTY SUPERINTENDET OF SCHOOLS
Hands Letter of Resignation To Board of Educa- '
tion Without Making Public Reason For His
Action
P. S. Vann, County Superintendent of Public Instruction
in Pasquotank County, has resigned the position to which he
was elected less than twelve months ago.
His resignation, dated Tuesday, May 13th, is now in the
hands of the Board of Education of Pasquotank County.
Professor Vann came to Pasquo-
" ZTT M b E" OLDS SECURES FLAG
From the beginning he has shown
himself a thorough going progressive
In every phase of the duties of his
office and a zealous worker in the
cause of education.
Under his supervision, in spite of
the disadvantages, due to the influ
enza epidemic last fall, with which
he has had to contend, there has
never been a school year in the his
tory of the county in which there
has been such a lively manifestation
of school spirit in the various dis
tricts of the county and such a whole
some and hearty sentiment for bet
ter schools throughout the county.
Prom the beginning Professor
Vann has sought to establish consol
idated schools at central poirits in
the county where the more advanced
rural pupils could receive instruct
ion without having to leave homo.
To give the rural children educa
tional advantages equal to those en
joyed by the children in the towns
and cities has been his constant and
consistent aim.
He has not been here long enough
to see his plans mature, but just now
special tax elections are pending in
two or three rural districts and every
sign indicated that one could expect
within the next year or two to see
three or four central State high
schools established in the county.
The news of his resignation, which
has been a subject of rumor for
about a week, was confirmed Tues
day morning, when Professor Vann
made public his letter of resignation
to the Board. To the people of tlif
county at large it conies as a shock,
and expressions of sincere regret are
heard on every hand. Professoi
Vann's friends are determined to g't
at the bottom of the cause of h';
resignation and, if poss'b'.e, induct
hira to recons der his decision.
No cause for Irs action is assigne '
by Professor Vann in his letter oi
resignation to the Borrd of Educa
tion.
A GOOD HABIT TO GET INTO
How much of this paper do
you get full benefit from? There
Is certain news which Interests
you. There are special article3
which you find valuable, fcut
do, you read all the advertise
ments regularly?
Here Is a source of opportun-
lty for all our readers. These
merchants are sending their
business messages to you thru
this newspaper. And they want
you to know what they have to
sell.
Always look over these "nies-
safes" carefully whether you
want to buy anything at the
time or not. Keep track of
what the sUTe3 and manufact-
urers are offering and when
some need does come up you
will knew just w'.iare you can
get the best value for your
money.
Save the time ?nd energy re-
qstred to shop around from one
place to ancther. Know where
you're go'nc and what you'n
going for beforo you go. To
know the b&st slorea, start now
to, get the. habit ol read'.ug all
tke ads in this t.ew3paper--every
day.
EXPRESSES AI PREt'IATION
A. Pool, v'io hcKl h's nrir
"broken eight weelts r.go Is now able
to se his ern ard servn h's cus?
mett at tho Southern Hotel Barber
fihqp. He wishes to express his ap--preplation
of klndnesasi shown t'ai
"by jits friends while he has slot been
bls' to work. sdr
A.'MMTt and L. W. MMelM
f Rodanthe were 1b the Tlty Taes-
?.
OF 11TH JREGIMENT
Adds It To Already Large Col
lection In State Hall of His
tory Raleigh, May 12. Director Fred
A. Olds, of the North Carolina Hall
of History, returned to the city yes
terday, after a visit to several coun
ties, having gone as far to the north
east as Currituck Court House. He
is visiting all the county seats in the
State, and is paying special atten
tion to the documents in the offices
of the clerks of court and registers
of deeds.
At Elizabeth City Saturday after
noon he made the rrnual Menior'al
Day address in the courthouse before
William F. Martin Camp. I'nited j
Confederate Veterans, and D. H. Hill
chapter, I'nited Daughters .of the !
Confederacy. The veterans were in '
command of Captain E. R. Outlaw. a!
native of Bertie county, who during'
tl:f! war commanded Company C, '
11th Regiment. North Carolina St'ite
Troops. The lirst colonel of the 11th
was Collett Leventhorpe, of ('aid-1
well coun'.y, who later became a '
uoted brigadier general. i
Captain Outlaw placid In t'.'e '
hands of Director Olds, for the Hall I
of History, one of the most interest-'
ing tlagS t lie director has ever re
ceived. It is that of the 11th regi-
:neut and is no larger tup-i an ora -nary
envelope. At the surrender of
Lee's; army at App;:iiint!ox, A;r:l 0.
1 865. it was dec'dnl by the officer
of this regiment to bum the flag. It
was taken from the staff and on into
.he woods. A lit:li fire wv.s nude
oi twigs ana uien Lapia;n uuuaw ue-
cided to save pruts of it. The re
r.ed v.as df.-t -nyed.
The confederate : ag of the regi
me;.! hml been sent to Richmond, for
ho issue of a new one, the old one
laving been shot to p'ece. Then
be onf in question, wh'ch had been
made by ladies of Fayetteville, oc
3ilk, was used. Each reg n:ent had
i Confederate and a State flag. Cap
tain Outlaw brought back from A
icmattox the fragments and these
were put together and made into a
n'.niature fla by Miss Sue Capehart,
if Avoca. P.ert'e county. The tiny
flag thus foimed had been ever silica
in his personal possession.
There were 83 regiments In the
Confederate army from North Caro
lina and the odditlon of this flag'
irings the total number in the Hall
f History represented by their flags
;p to 71. Thore are yet believed to
. l,e:e ar.d it. ere .a t.ie otu.e. a fe.i
.ioie fla?, but they a. a oic nr. el,
to Ilc? e. Director 0U ha 1 in
it '.ee i irr'.i.r.g for iars for the
ag cf the 11th.
RELEASED TODAY
)n Ten Thousand Dollar -Btmd
A-vait Trial in Prince Wil
liam Couniy Jine f.ie First
Woodctt:!:, W. Hay 13. T.roh!
..'..on. inspectors Hr.ll, Dunieavy,
Iwee: and Sul! v?n, Indicted harts
ysatorday, charged with k'lllcg Hud-
jv. uid .ShaKld.orl, r.lesod boj;--SS.s
near Winchaster several
oiks tgj. ware teictel today on
10.000 tiond eii.h to awa t tr ul in
Vl'.un V-'.U 'an Ccur.tz Juc9 the fame m n photographer. Her por
first, chanRe cf vene be n? g.aated. tra'ts of children and old poapla es-
, ,, ., , . pec'ally hite .given her s place
A'VEAJ-Kl' $.13 among .the i true artists o! the 4ro-
.The C. M. . 8, !? of EOackweU feislon. Persons deairine; to liake
Ma:..ot al S mJay school c:r.ed ll an appointment w'th Mrs. Woo ten
it the'r rske sals bat Jsttuniiy in thouid romimm oa e at onr with
spite of rain. Tuey plan to toa r r VnnH-. wy be
,jo.ae kti-.s-Satturiay earn enou;' Mrs. Woottea't first vfsft -to Ellu
V -f h pay ng tor Usir Viv ..,a Luj and, she will accept only
tory Bond. few appointments, sdr.
BOARD OF EDUCATION
PASQUOTANK COUNTY
Preston S. Vann, Superintendent
Elizabeth City, N. C, May 13, 1919.
To the Board of Education,
Pasquotank County.
Gentlemen:
I hereby resign the; important trust committed to
my care when you made me County Superintendent of
Schools, and I desire that this resignation shall take
effect at the expiration of my contract with you, or, on
or about July 1, 1919.
In severing my connection with the schools of Pas
quotank county, I wish to tell the people in all sincerity
and truth something of what is in my heart.
"I was a stranger and you took me in." You did
even more. You gave me your confidence, and trusted
lae with a most important work to do. Since the day
when first I entered upon my work, you have treated
me, one and all, with a uniform and delicate courtesy
and kindness. If anyone among you has aught against
me, 1 do not know it. If there be such a person, he
shares equally with each and every one of you good
will ar.d best wishes for the future.
Your confidence, and absence of anything like
suspicion of my loyaltj, motives and industry in dis
charging my duties as your County Superintendent,
have placed me under a debt of gratitude which I
would not repudiate if I could. If I have invested my
self in my work with the abandon of a gamester who
stakes his all on a single throw of the dice; if I have
gone to my tasks as leaps the hound at the stag, it was
because, for the sake of such people, I have counted
the quarry good and abundantly worth while. And
the woimwood and gall of life are but as a draught
from a cool, eternal spring to one who labors with anil
for such people.
If I have anything further to say, it is to plead for
a new loyalty to your schools, a new devotion to the
sacred educational needs of the little children of the
county. You have done well in the past, but you can
and will, do better in the future. Place your schools
nearer the center of your hearts, and labor together to
pomote their varied and complex interests as you have
never done during ail the generous past. May the
ision you have of bigger and better schools, schools
located on hard-surfaced roads, schools equipped with
all modern facilities, schools that will give the rural
child educational opportunities and advantages more
nearly comparable to those enjoyed by the city child,
lure you on and on until it shall have been materialized
and realized in every glowing particular.
The day has come for a new patriotism loyalty
to the community where cluster your homes, your
schools, your churches, your business interests, and out
of which comes your civilization.
Love your city and county. This I dare ask be
cause of my interest in the people of Elizabeth City
and Pasquotank County. The months I have spent with
with the people of both will ever linger with me as a
frag.ant memory, and as an abiding inspiration.
May Heaven bless you, and crown all your efforts
to promote the velfare of your children by giving them
an equal-char.ee with the other favored sections of our
State.
PRESTON S. VANN, Supt.
NAVAL-OFFICERS
TO BE RELEASED
Washington. May 13. All tem
porary officers who entered the navy
for the war period only will be re
leased within a few weeks, acting
secretary Roosevelt r.r.nviui.ced to-
day.
They will be replaced by reserve
odi-pni. arcapt 'i coniinlss ons with
the SK.'eemer.L ; h r t thoy rerr.ain in
fc-.fv u'it 1 . : i.-na'.iu a'r pduo.-
decia -fd.
PHOTOGRAPHER HERE
Mrs. B.iyard v.jotton herself.
propr o'er cr t:e vootrn stun'o, or
New I'.trn. X. C. w 11 be n Elizabeth
city tho latte
Mrs. Wootten
r.art or th's week.
Is a North Carolina
woman who has attained national
SEAPLANES ARE
WEATHERBOUND
(By Assoc uita Press)
Washington, May 13. D.patc'ius
to the Na.y bopurinsent today from
Ti-v:.s'ey i'ny 'i..t eateJ that the
naval seaplanes at Newfoundland
toiiidi: i urt ( a lii' r tfc.i.t-.Vlant c
flight for at least .loiir.i.
Cotv.mar.der 'lowers, ih'ef of th"
expedition, slid that heavy sea .4 ute
running and a storn crnoing down slon and the local Chamber of Corn
ea the course to the Azores. merce have extended invitations to
NC-4 1b also weatherbound at Frank Page, Chairman of the State
Chatham. Massachusetts, end officials Highway Commission, and W. 8.
here regard It Improbable that she FaUIs, Engineer, to be present at
wm j,e
ToweiV
in the overseas flight, - as
r&eHLge indicates that he
wli .art aH BOon Ml t,0 m lti,,.
Mrmlt without waltlne for tho !ir.
.(al NX'-1 at Trepnssey.
WAV!KI ISSIILH OF T11K AD-
vanre of April '17th. R rents each
for first ' .three top'es brought to
The Advsnee office.
I . .l.n i r-'v , .. -
8. A. KaoMock. B. Chambers. ?.
L Cooper , sad B. H. Cooper of Bel
haven are to the city.
AUSTRIA HELD
RESPONSIBLE
Peace Treaty Contains Respon
sibility Clause Identical with
Germany's Except For Kai
ser Bill
j ' (By Associated Press
i Paris, May 13. In the peace
treaty with Austria, now near
ing completion, a responsibil
ity clause has been inserted
identical with that in the Ger
man treaty with the exception
that the first clause providing
'for the trial of Emperor Wil
'helm is omitted.
I The remaining clause makes
'provision for the trial of mili
tary offenders by international
court martial.
NOT YET ACCEPTED
I The Hungarian government
'has not yet accepted hte invi
tation to name delegates for
the signing of the peace treaty,
but it is assumed here that the
Bela Kun regime will gladly
take advantage of this means
of establishing relations with
the outside world.
NEARER SOLUTION
The Italian problem seemed
nearer solution when today's
conference began among the
Allied representatives here and
it is thought probable that a
basis of understanding would
be reached during the day.
Italian representatives are
reported to be evidencing more
of willingness to make conces
sions. .Discussions began when Or
lando called this morning on
Colonel House of the Ameri
can delegation. The Council
of Four held no meeting dur
ing the morning.
ENTERTAINED AT
NORFOLK THURS.
Delegation From Elizabeth
City Chamber of Commerce
Guests of Norfolk Rotary
Club
The Norfolk Lotary Club enter
tains a delegation from tha Elizabeth
Clty Chamber of Commerce ut dln
'ner at the Hotel Fairfax Thursday.
!May 15th at six o'clock.
The delegation is made up of the
I following men who have notified
I Secretary Case that they can accepi
the invitation and be present: M let
Clark, C. D. Gallop. S. 11. Parker.
O. V. Gilbert. Dr. A: I.. Pendleinv
H. C. Bright. W. S. White. J. B.
Leigh, E. M. Steven3. W'.-J. Wood
ley, C. R. Pugh. K. F. Aydlett. Sr.,
G. F. 8eyffert, L. K. Foreman, O. R.
Little. R. M. Cotter. John Wells. C.
V. Stevens. Dr. J. D. Hathaway. Sec
retary L. D. Case. There Is room
'for about Are others, if these will
! notify Mr. Case at once.
' TO PORTSMOUTH FRIDAY
Roads meet. ng at Portsmouth FruU;
at noon under tli1 :tuu pices of the
Portsmouth Rotary Club. The State
and County eng'neers and oilier
prominent officials representing Vlr
K n'a, Norfolk County, and Ports
mouth w ll be present.
The Pasquotank Highway fommls-
the Portsmouth meeting, which will
be held mainly in the Interest of the
Elizabeth City-Portsmouth highway.
,
NEW DIRECTORS OF
i CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
I Following are the newly elected
directors of-, the. Chamber of, Com
merce: A. B. Hout, Wt O. Qajthsr,
J. W. Foremiv H. .Williams, O,
r. Qltbert. J. C. B. Ehrlnghana, H.
O. Kramer, B. M. Stevens, J. T. Me-
Cabe.
GERMANS MEET
DISCUS TERMS
Possibility of Change in Ger
man Government At Result
Of Allied Terms is Reported
(By Associated Press) ,
Berlin, May 13. The Imper
ial Ministry met yesterday to
discuss the peace terms but no
positive proposals are yet com
rrtunicated to the Entente.
German democratic and
centerist parties threatened to
withdraw their representatives
from the government if the
treaty is signed. ..
Von Brockdorff Rantzau,
head of the German peace mis
sion at Versailles has informed
its representatives that he is
making every effort to secure
the union of German-Austria,
with Germany.
London, May 13. The pos
sibility of a change in the Ger
man government as the result
of the presentation of Allied
peace terms was discussed by
Chancellor Scheidemann at
Berlin Monday, according to
an exchange telegraph Berlin
dispatch.
The chancellor, denounced
the peace terms, which he said
represented a "brutal dictated
peace."
APPEAL SIGN TREATY
"There remains -o choice
but to bow to compulsion and
sign the treaty" says an appeal
of the central committee f the
independent socialist party in
the party organ, Die Frehsit.
The appeal is prefaced by
the denunciation of several of
:he peace teims and concludes
with the demand that work
men of all countries unite
againnt capitalism for a world
revolution.
TO RECEIVE AUSTRIAN3
Paris, May 13. It develop
ed Ihis afternoon that Von
rroclcdoiff Rantzau, head of
he Geiman delegation, intend
ed to ask permission to send
German delegates to meet the
Austrian representatives.
It was previously announced
:hat the Allies intended keep
ing the delegations wholly
apart.
ROSCOE F0RE9IAN
MAKING PLANS
At Head of Centenary Drive
For First Methodist Church,
Expects to go Orer The Top
Without Delay ' 1
I. K. Foreman, chairman of the
-VI iifclur.aiy C enienaiy Cauipa ga Com
...tt tt of the Fir3t Methodist Epls
coiul ( i.urcii, South, njseiableJ his
subcommittee chrlrmen in the
ciiun ii annex Mondcy night and put
btfort thcin the p'.uns for the big
diive to be made next Sunday, at
which time this church expects to
roll up Its quota of J22.500.00 (or
the Centenary.
ivxty nun and wo.nen canvaisers
from the First Church will make a
mrlw nd canvuss of the entlie mam
bersli.p of the church next. Sunday,
beginning Immediately after the mor
a us ui ice ano cout.nuing un.il the
lest member ha been canvassed and
the entire quota raised.
Tb subscribers to the fund have
five years In which to redeem their
pudges, which means that the chorea,
la called upon to pledge 11.125. 04 a
year tor Methodist missions for five
years. . . '
Men like L. R. Foreman, J. B
Leigh, C. E. Kramer, M.Leigh
gbeep. L. E, Old, W. J. Woodier
and others In, the First Melodist
Church express the opinion that It
is going to be easy sail's" 'or ' ieaa
vasslflg committee next Sunday,