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WEATHER Local showers and thunderstorms probably tonight and Wednesday, no change in temperature, gentle var iable winds. lauttott MM. . ,w ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 27, 1919. No. 125 4, -fc"! kil.U AJW . l. ' (J ... - ' - . : ; VOL.' 4 j - COLORED STATE NORMAL HERE & ' GETS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS General Education Board Makes Appropriation For Permanent Work In Institution Comes Message From New York . . (By Associated Press) 4"; New York, May 27. The General Education Board today nnounced that the State Normal School-at Elizabeth City will leceive $20,000 for permanent work. SEAPLANE NC4 AGA10NWAY Passes Station Ships - Along First Part of Way Safely. Should Reach Lisbon This Afternoon (By AasocUted Press) Tnta Delgada, May 27. Seaplane UC-4 started for Lisbon this morning at 6 : 18 o'clock, New York time. The weather was clear. ., PASSES FIRST MARKER Washington, May 27. The NC-4 passed station ship number one, the destroyer Thompson, between sixty and seventy miles east of Ponta del Gada at 11:13, Greenwich time, Ad miral Jackson has reported to the Na vy Department. The Thompson is the first of four teen destroyers marking the eight hundred mile course to Lisbon. PASSES SHIP FOUR NC-4 passed the station ship four, two hundred" miles east of Ponta Del gada at 8:54 Washington time. Reports from the ship showed the seaplane over the first quarter of the trip to Lisbon averaging more than seventy knots an hour. It is estimated here that the plane should, arrive at Lisbon at about one o'clock Washington time. PASSES FIVE AND SIX Station ship five reported that the Nc-4 passed at 9:35 Washington time. The plane passed number six at 10:05 Washington time. PASSES STATION EIGHT Washington, May 27. The NC-4 had passed station, number eight, more than half way to Lisbon, at 11:16 Washington time. MR. CASE WILL ADDREffiLEAGUE Meeting of Housewives Wed nesday Afternoon of Import' face And Interest Good At tendance Urged Secretary Case of the Chamber of Commerce will address the House wives League Wednesday afternoon, May 28th. at 4:30 on "How the League can co-operate with the Chajn ber of Commerce for Community Service." The meeting will be held In. the Rest Rooms in the Hlnton Building and a number of Important matters will com up. It la urged that all members and other Interested women and men attend this meeting. VICTORY BONDS .JTRST SOLD TODAY - . (By Associated Press) New York, May 17 Victory bonds sold for the first time on the stock exchange today. The price was Stt.tO per hundred. SEMI-LUXURY TAXES MAY BE REPEALED Washington, May 27. The House Ways and Meana Committee today anlmossly order- favorable re sort on resolution repealing the semi-luxury taxes la the War Reve nue bUL POSITION WATTED SEV ENTUEN year old boy of good habits, no clg nrettes, desires position during vacation. For Information apply to J. W. Uaadtajlef istar of Deeds ' Office. CUBS LOSE TO PORTSMOUTH GIANTS BY SCORE OF 8 TO 0 The Elisabeth City Cubs journeyed to Portsmouth, Va. Saturday morn ing to play the Portsmouth Giants, one of the strongest amateur teams In Tidewater. Even tho the Cuba had to use somewhat a crippled line up, due to their mad rush to win the pennant In the local city league, they made a very creditable showing against such a strong team. The features of the game was the home run of Norrls of the Cubs with two men on bases, one of the longest hits ever made on that diamond and the pitching of Twiddy for the Cubs who relieved White at the end of the fourth inning and held the Giants scoreless the remaining five innings. The Cubs will play the Pirates of the City League this afternoon on the High School grounds. FIRE IN NORFOLK NAVY YARD TODAY . One Man Killed, Three Injured By Explosion of Acetylene Tanks In Plumbing Shop (By Associated Press) Norfolk, May 27. Fire originat ing in the mammoth .plumbing shop la the Navy Yard" here this morning threatened to spread to other struct ures. Several explosions wrecked parts of the building. One man was killed and three Injured by the explosion of acetylene tanks. Several firemen were hurt by flying debris. JUNIORS ENTERTAIN SENIORS The Juniors of the Elisabeth City High School entertained the Seniors at a picnic at Arneuse Creek Satur day. There were about thirty-five In the party, including the High School faculty. They left town at 10 : 30 and left - the picnic grounds for home sgaln at five after a very pleasant day. There was a delicious picnic dinner at 1:30, and bathing and oth er amusements. KOW IS THE TIME! LETS GO! The Psychological time is here. Shall we have con tinued prosperity? No ques tion about the answer. Therefore keep Industry go ing. Speed up peace pro duction as we did war work In 1918. Remember: the manufactur er can not make, nor the merchant sell, unless the public buys. Buy! Buy now! Take up the slack caused by the stoppage of war activities. Let read justment pass with least pos sible hardships. If you buy, somebody sells( somebody produces, and there Is work for all. Continue to do your share. Keep everybody at work. Give the returning fighter his chance. BUT NOW. Now is the psy. etiological time. . - Biy.wlsely, but BUT NOW Let's Go! VA. DEPARTMENT OPLABOR W. B. Wflaoa, Secretary Roger W.,Bbeo, - Director General, Iaf orauUlow and Kdwetfloa Bar i tee. SAYS WAS SHOT BY JORDAN WARREN John Green Is In a serious condi tion at his home on the edge ot town, with a wound In his right arm and a ball still lodged lnjiis right side. Jordan declares that he was way laid Sunday night near the depot and that he knows positively who shot him, naming Jordan Warren as that man. Both are colored. Warren la now In Jail awaiting the outcome of Green's Injuries. GRAYS VICTORS IN FIRST GAME Defeat Indians in Fast Contest By Score of 10 to ft. In the first game of the Twilight Leagues' new series, the Grays, for merly known as the Third and Fourth Ward, licked the Indians (First and Second Ward) In a hard fought game yesterday, by the score of 10 to 8. The Grays scored four runs In the first Inning and managed to keep their lead throughout the game, in spite of the fast work of the Indians. Both teams changed pitchers the Grays twice and the spirit of In tense rivalry between the opposing organizations resulted in Occasional clashes between various players. Here Is the game, by Inning: FIRST INNING First Half (Grays at bat) : Twiddy safe on Davis' fumble at short; Bundy walked; Cropsey safe on grounder to Aydlett; W. Weatherly out on fly to left field; Beverldge 1 base hit to left field, scoring Twiddy; Henderson safe on Wood'ey's error, scoring Bundy; Cropsey came home; E. Weatherly fanned; Williams safe on Wooaley's error, scoring Bever ldge; Fearing out on fly to Hollo- man. 4 runs, z nits, 8 errors. Last half: Aydlett out on ground er, Twiddy A to w.eatneriy.; .ano walked; Lane to second on Hender son's wild throw, to third and home on Twlddy's error; Holloman out, Twiddy to Weatherly; Woodley 2 base hit to left field, but out on steal to third; Bagley left at bat. 1 run, 1 hit, 2 errors. SECOND INNING First half: Twiddy 1 base hit to left field, and store second; Bundy out, grounder to Woodley; Cropsey 1 base hit to left field, but out on attempted steal; Weatherly at first on scratch hit, scoring Twiddy, and stole second; Beverldge and Hender son, bases on balls; E. Weatherly 1 base hit to right field, scoring W. Weatherly; Beverldge out on. steal at third, 2 runs, 4 hits, no errors. Last half: Bagley out at first; Cotter 1 base hit to third, but out on steal to second; Davis fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. THIRD INNING First half: Williams to first, hit by pitched, and stole third; Fearing missed three; Twiddy out on fly to center; Bundy fanned. No runs, no hits, no errors. Last half: Perry waved ta vain; Rogers safe on Bundy's fumble; Ayd lett 1 base hit to left field; Lane 1 base hit to center, scoring Rogers; Holloman out on brilliant catch by B. Weatherly, Aydlett coming home on the throw; Lane out at first. 2 runs, 2 hits, 1 error. FOURTH INNING First half (Perry out, Stowe twirl ing ( Cropsey out, Stowe to Woodley; W. Weatherly to first, hit by pitcher, stole second, third and home, Bev erldge out, fly to Davis; Henderson fsafe on Davis' error; E. Weatherly fanned: T run, no hits, I error. - Last half: (Fearing taken out, E. Weatherly in box) : Woodley hit where three should have been; Bag ley walked; likewise ,Cotter, ditto Davis; Stowe safe at first, error W. Weatherly, scoring Bagley; Rogers to first on collision of catch and first baseman, Cotter scoring; Aydlett to first, hit by pitched ball; Lane out on pop fly to E. Weatherly; Stowe out at second. I runs, no hits, 1 error. FIFTH INNING First half: Williams out on pop fly to Rogers; Ivea singled to left, but was caught napping stthe Initial sack; Twiddy safe on Davis' punk pickup; and stole second; Bundy out. Stow to Woodley. No runs, on hit, one error. - Last naif: (Beverldge towing 'out ever) : Holloman gussssd -wrong thrice; Woodley singled to left, and copped eecond; likewise third, but stole to his sorrow st Ue piste; Bag- WORKING FOR JUBILEE FUND Eliiabeth City W. C T. U. Out To Raise $400 ThU Week, Ask Help of Their Friends The W. C. T. U. was asked to post pone its Jubilee Drive until after the Victory Loan, and now the time ex pires on June the first. Members of the Elizabeth City branch are out canvassing the town this week. It is a house to house canvass but the ladles ask that those whom they fall to see phone 223 or 3C2 and say that they are willing to make a donation for the work of national and worldwide prohibition. This is the first time that the W. C. T. U. here has called on the pub lic fo ra large sum, but the ladles feel that their cause merits the co operation of every one and that they will have little trouble to raising their quota. The W. C. T. U. of Elisabeth City not only works for national and worldwide prohibition but takes an active interest in various phases of community work and Is one of the most influential organizations in the city. PRESIDENCY NOT AHEAD0F HIM So Speaks Wilson At Dinner With President Elect of Brazil Last Night (By Associated Press) Paris, May 27. "It is very de lightful for one thing, if I may say so, to know that my Presidency Is not ahead of me and that his Presi dency Is ahead of him," said Presi dent Wilson last night referring to Or. EpiUdo Peaseo, PrwUU&t Elect of Brazil, at a dinner given by the Pan-American Peace delegation to Pessoa. NOT EXPECTED TO LIVE Mrs. May Sample has been called to the bedside of her father In Penn sylvania. He Is not expected to live. URGED TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT G. W. Falls, County Agent urges that all potato growers, potato buy ers and everybody else interested in potatoes meet at the .courthouse at 8:30 Tuesday evening, at which time representatives of the Bureau of Markets and the State Division of Markets will interpret potato grades and answer any questions in regard to the regulations for grading pota toes this season. This is very important, since many growers are disappointed each sea son in prices because their potatoes are not graded. ley walked; Cotter failed to connect. No. runs, 1 hit, no errors. SIXTH INNING First half: Cropsey out, Stowe to Woodley; W. Weatherly base on balls, and stole second; Beverldge walked; Henderson tripled to center,, bringing in Weatherly and Beverldge E. Weatherly out on fly to right; Williams 1 base hit to left Held, scoring Henderson; Ives out on short fly to Armsrtong, 3 runs, 2 hits, no errors. Last half: Armstrong out, pop fly to Beverldge; Stowe fanned; Rogers out. Beverlt'ge to W. Weatherly. No runs, no hits, no errors. SEVENTH INNINO First half: Twiddy out, Bagley to Woodley; Bundy out, Armstrong to Woodley; Cropsey out, fly to lane. No runs, no hits, no errors Last half: Aydlett singled to left, scoring on Lane's double to Center; .Psppendlck struck out; Wcodley j walked, and stole .two bases; Bagley fanned, and Lane stole nonn on throw to first; Cotter walked' and stole second; Armstrong fanned with two men on bases. 2 runs, I hits, no errors, j The score: I R. H. t. Grsys: 4 2 0 10 3 0-1 t I Indians: 1 11 I M i M I Batteries; Fearing, Weatherly, Berertdgs and Henderson; Perry, Eta wo sad Borers. ONE BOY .KILLED ANOTHER SHOT C. C. Walker of Currituck was in the city Tuesday and told of how O. E. Hooper of Seagull had one son, iged 11, killed, and another son, iged 0, with his body full of duck ihot as the result of the two boys setting hold of a shot gun last Sat urday. The boy who was killed re ceived the shot in the back of the head. ALLIES PREPARE FOR EMERGENCY (By Associated Press) Coblens, May 27. General Fay- ollle, group commander of the two French armies of occupation, arriv ed here yesterday for a hurried con ference with Lieut. General Liggett regarding emergency plans of the Al lies In the event that the Germans refuse to sign the treaty. MOVE TO SEPARATE RHENISH PRUSSIA (By Associated Press) Hamburg, May 27. The move ment for the separation of Rhenish Prussia from the rest of Germany Is showing positive results, according to a Dusseldorf to the Fremdenblatt. Fifty thousand voters in -Alx La Chapelle and the Immediate neigh borhood have signed a petition de manding the establishment of the West German Free State. THRIFT CONFERENCE CALLED AT ASHEVILLE Asheville, N. C, May 27. One of the features of the Biennial Council of the General Federation of Wo men's Clubs which will be In session here from May 27 to May 30 will be the special Thrift conference of May 28, which has been called by Mrs. Thomas W. Llngle, of Chapel Hill, N. C, national chairman of the Thrift conference for the federation. Captain H. L. Baldensperger.chief of the Waste Reclamation Bureau of the United States Department of Commerce, will deliver an address in the afternoon. His subject will be "Salvage and Its Relation To Thrift." Captain Baldensperger has had wide experience in reclamation and salvage work, having been as signed to Important duties In the army during the war. Many phases of Thrift will be dis cussed at the conference and a pro gram will be outlined for the furth erance of the movement which high officials of the government consider one of the most important lessons learned as a result of the war. Rep resentatives ot various organisations will be present to pledge their coop eration. Among them will be Miss Donna Roberts, director of the Wo man's Division of the War Loan Or ganization of the Fifth Federal Re serve District. Miss Fannie Owens has returned from the Greensboro College for Wo men, where she has been taking a commercial course. People Will Bay If You Tell -''.Them About The Things Yon Have to Sell. ADVERTISE Bays The U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR The American public is a buy ing public. It has the money to. spend and will spend It If you will show them the need for spending It. Therefore Advertise! This is ths message from the Department of Labor to all live, progressive merchants who be lieve in the future prosperity of America. Tell your story through the press and reach the greatest number of potential customers at the smallest cost Advertising, intelligently planned and executed, is the surest, quickest and most econ omical means of securing sales stimulating business. VA. DEPaRTMKTT OF "LABOR W. B. WOaea, Secretary Rogw W. Bahs Director General. Iaiormailoa 1 as4 Edaeattoa Sen tie ! t 1 . e CROWD GREETS : RESCUED FLIERS Harry Hawker And Lieut Com ' mander Grieve Lifted To Shoulders of Crowd at Edin (By Associated Press) Edinburgh, Scotland, May 27. . Harry Hawker and Lieut. Command er Grieve, rescued by the Danish steamer, Mary, after their airplane alighted in mid-ocean, arrived here this morning en route to London from Thurso, where they were landed yesterday by a British warship. As they left the train they were seized and lifted to the shoulders ot the crowd. LLOYD GEORGE MAYVISimS. (By Associated Press) Paris, May 27. Premier Lloyd George, it is understood, is consider ing favorably the proposal of the American Peace 'Delegation that he visit America this year. The Premier would go to the Uni ted States especially to attend the first meeting of the League of Na tions in Washington next October. EIGHTY FIRST SAILING TODAY (By Associated Press) Brest, May 27. The battleships, South Carolina, Minnesota, and Mis souri are sailing today with the first troops of the 81st division of North Carolina, South Carolina and Geor gia men. ITALY WITHDRAWS TROOPS FROM EAST (By Associated Press) Paris, May 27. The Italian troops who occupied Sonkla, fifty miles southeast of Smyrna, In Asia Minor, have re-embarked on their trans ports after turning control over to the Turkish military authorities. MARINES AT DANZIG SAYS WARSAW DISPATCH (By Associated Press) Paris, May 27. British and Amer ican marines have been landed at Danzig, according to a Warsaw dis patch. A powerful fleet, It Is added, will be anchored off the harbor there. LIVE LOCALS E. M. Stevens Is In New York City on business. C. S. Mldgette of Rodanthe was In the city Tuesday. W. S. Davis of Wanchese was In the city Tuesday. Lev Gulrkin has returned from the State College at Raleigh for vacation. L. W. Hooper of Stumpy Point was In the city Tuesday. Miss Luclle LeRoy has returned from the North Carolina College for Women. Mrs. Clay Foreman and daughter, Margaret, have returned from a trip to California, and other western points. Vernon Mann ot Mann's Harbor was In the 'city Tuesday. 8. K. Mann and son, Joe Mann, ot Mann's Harbor were in the city on Tuesday. T. 8. Corbel! ot Kitty Hawk was la ths city Tuesday. I M U Ktlm of rM fro W.. la tt... city Tuesday. ! Mrs. M. J. Kvaas ot Dovsr, Dele. wars, seeosapaaled Mrs. Clay Fore- maa home this week sad is her guest. v
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