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V (ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY -EVENING, MAY 30, 1919.
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No. 128
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, NC4 LANDS IN
A.
'f MONDEGO RIVER
Seaplane Not Damaged But
Must Await High Tide, Can
.not Make Plymouth Tonight
(By Associated Press)
London, May 30. -The fol
, i lowing-wireless- ; hat Keen re
ceired here. -; "
' "NC-4 landed in Mondego
River at the mouth, about 100
xndes north of Lisbon'
Lieut ead tent a further
message stating that he could
not make Plymouth tonight, his
seaplane was not damaged, but
the message did not say why
the plane landed.
, MUST AWAIT HIGH TIDE
ft Brest, May 30. The follow
ing wireless has been received
here:
"NC-4 must await high tide.
The seaplane cannot make Ply
mouth. Request destroyers to
keep stations. What is best
. port to land? Seaplane is
f within 300 miles."
Plymouth, England, May 80. The
NC-4 left Lisbon for Plymouth at
6:20 this morning and is expected to
arrive about four o'clock this after
noon, British summer time.
The distance is approximately 775
sea miles. V
The news that the NC-4 has
started from Lisbon created excite
ment here hours before the plane
-was expected to arrive and large
crowds gathered on the bluffs over
looking the harbor.
Weather conditions are favorable
with a light breeze.
SLIGHT TROUBLE EN ROUTE
Brest, May "SO. NC-4 passed sta
tion ship A at eight, o'clock and B at
Jr20.
A message received here at station
C was interpreted by naval authori
ties here as meaning that the plane
developed trouble but .effected re
pairs and resumed its flight.
SLOW CABLE NEWS
Washington, May JO. The Navy
Department was officially advised of
the departure of NC-4 in a brief
message from Admiral Cummlngs at
Lisbon. The starting time was 5:24
Greenwich time or 1:20 a. m. Wssa-
lngton time.
Slow cable communication keeps
the department four or five hours be -
hind in
flight
news of progress of the
ON SALE SATURDAY JUNE 7TH
Chautauqua tickets go on sale oa
Saturday, June the 7th. Chautau
qua begins June llth and last seven
iyous days.
DRIVE
POLES
FROM
ROVNO
(Br Associated Press)
-London, May 80. The Bolshevik!
lhave driven the Poles from RovnoPent three days in this otfnty this
:after fierce fighting and occupied the
town, according
Moscow.
to
wireless from
The Russians claim to have cap
tured large quantities of military
istores from Rovno,
PREPARE ATTACK
ALLIED GUARDS
(By Associated Press)
. "Vladivostock, May JO. A large
force of Bolsheviki In mobilising at
Jaianke Is the Suchan mining dis
trict and according to reports re
ceived, here is preparing to attack
Allied mine ' guards f composed Of
American and Chinees troops. -
GERMAN PRINCE
MEETS MOTHER
(By Associated Press)
Amerongen, May 80. ;Ths former
German crown prince and his mother
Jmet today .at Amersfoort n
1 luncheon together. ?
No deUils of the meeting or rea
son tor the Journey of the crown
prince can be obtained.
XOST ONE 80x8 1-8 AUTOMOBILE
tire between Elisabeth City and
Norfolk, Va. Reward If returned
to Louis O.-Mldgette, Elisabeth
City Iron Works. v M.80-Jtp
THOMAS PARDONS DEAD
Thomas Parsons .' whose home is
near Brothers schoolhouse died Wed
nesday of approplexy.
He was stricken about. 24 hours
before his death occurred.' "Seeming
te be in perfect hejpUUn (he ate a
nearly supper ana went' out to look
after his stock. He fell against a
fence and did not again regain con
sciousness, y
He was about sixty years of age
and Is survived; by his wife and sev
eral children. " CY ' V
The funeral was conducted by Dr.
O. W. Clarke Friday morning and
Interment was made in the family
burying ground.
BOY DROWNED
OFFj WHARF
Fire Chief Harris Warns That
Other Similar Accidents Are
Likely to Occur
Charlie Whitehurst, colored and
about sixteen years old, was drowned
late Thursday afternoon in the Pas
quotank River oft the wharf at Kra
mer's mill.
The boy had been ' out bathing in
shallower water, and was standing
on the wharf with his bathing suit
on when a bunch of other boys be
gan kidding him and telling him to
Jump off the wharf and swim. He
took the dare, not realizing what it
Involved. The water was sbout six
teen feet deep and ht was down an
hour and a half before he could be
pulled out.
The fire department was summoned
but had nothing to get him out with,
hence the delay. When he was
pulled out efforts were made with a
lung motor to revive him, but it was
too late.
Whitehurst lived with his mother
oa Shannon street near the State
Normal. He used t work at the
Bee Hfve.f ' W'tt$f.'''
Chief D. W. Harris jf the Fire De
partment has rigged Out a' dragging
apparatus for such emergencies, and
he warns that similar, accidents will
happen as long as boys dive off the
wharves, even tho some of them can
swim. ' He thinks -that a - ruling
should be made to prohibit this cue
torn and to make -bathing places
farther out on the edge of town
where the water is shallow at. the
edge and deepens gradually so that
accidents are not likely to occur.
Chief Harris Isn't the sort of fel-
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lieves is "safety first'
DI.IONSTRATES
SHEEP SHEARING
W. H. Ferguson of 'Raleigh
Pleased With Prospect for
Sheep Raising Industry In
Pasquotank
C'V.
Mr. W. H. Ferguson of, Raleigh
week demonstrating , to Pasquotank
farmers sheepshearing by hand and
machine, and giving them much prac
tical help In the sheep raising indus
try. G. W. Falls, County Agent, as
sisted Mr. Ferguson., a , .
Mr. Ferguson was, pleased with
prospects for the sheep raising Indus
try In the county. Jle found that
the farmers are getting pure bred
sheep and that Interest In this line
is growing." He believes that this Is
excellent country tor sheep raising
and that the mountain and hill peo
ple haven't anything on eastern North
Carolina in the way of natural ad
vantages that make for sheep and
stockrajslng. - ?
' Mf. Ferguson said that one of his
chief concerns was that the farmers
should learn to ship their wool co
operatively and In proper condition,
thereby getting godd prices tor It.
Too. often the farmers have been told
that they couldn't get good prices
for their wool and have marketed It
at too low price. : This Is entirely
Inconsistent with the price that the
tarmershave to pay tor wool goods
and is brought about by wrong in
formation given them. ' v
' See, Louis Selig's adr In this Issue.
8. M. Brothers of Weeksvflle was
hers on Thursday.
WHITE CITIZENS WHt COOPERATE
TO HELP SAVE IlANDSOME CHURCH
The Mt Lebanon African Methodist Episcopal Church 1b advertised
to be sold for a mortgage indebtedness
cannot pay the debt. .
A campaign Is being waged here,
them. It is a handsome .building, well equipped and furnishes a splendid
auditorium on such occasions as when-Governor Bickett addressed the
negroes at their Tercentenary Celebration and when the Williams Singers
sang here before a white and colored
The mayor, the Board f Aldermen, the Chamber of Commerce, the
Ministerial Association, the county official, the Bar Association and the
press of the city have endorsed the campaign and the white people will co
operate with the negroes to save the church from the auctioneer's hammer,
RESOLUTIONS
WHEREAS, Mt. Lebanon African
Methodist Episcopal fclon Church is
advertised to be sold;
AND WHEREAS, the Mortgage
Indebtedness thereon is 118,000.00
and the membership cannot pay it;
AND WHEREAS, that as the" re-
i
suit of continual failures on the part
of the uMubershlp of said; Church
Ldue.to Inability and other causes, to
comply witn its many promises, the
ire, notwithstanding his philanthro
pic inclinations, of the Mortgages
has been justly aroused to the ex
tent of instructing the Virginia
Bank and Trust Co., Trustee, to bid
to the ameant of his claim;
AND WHEREAS, the sale of said
Church property would be a great
calamity upon the .whole Citisenship
in general and the Negro Citisenship
in particular; ' '
AND WHEREAS, the Negroes are
an integral part of this Community
life and as such are an asset thereto;
AND WHEREAS, there has been
submitted to the undersigned Mem
bers of the MINISTERIAL ASSOCIA
TION of Elizabeth City, by C W.
Brown, a plan whereby the liquida
tion of said Indebtedness may be as
sured within 0 days by launching a
"SIS.OOO.OO Inter-racial and Inter
denominational Campaign" for the
solicitation Of subscriptions, said
subncriptlons to be evidenced by
notes drawn thru;
Elisabeth City, N. C.
11.
$
In monthly instalments of $
each, due and. payable, respectively,
June IB, July 15, Aug. 16 and Sep
tember 16, 1919 promise to
pay to W. G. Gaither or H. G. Kra
mer, Cashier, the sum of
Dollars, value received at
the First and Citizens' National Bank
or the Savings Bank and .Trust Co
Said note to be ta full force and
effect, if approved subscriptions for
the full amount as stated are re
ceived. Said receipt to be authen
ticated by the mailing of notice of
note's maturity by said payee: other
wise nutf and void.
Signed . . . . .
THEREFORE-BE IT RESOLVED,
That WE, as Co-workers', in the
Master's Vineyard, believing that no
schlsmatlcal opinions or other dif
ferences should lessen our care one
tor another or minimise our Inter-
est In any Church, endorse said plan
and hereby pledge to It our Moral
and Financial support and that as
further evidence of "our sincerity,
will, during the waging of said Cam-,
palgn, from our Pulpits snd other
wise, devote such time as we deem
proper, to sufficiently arouse the
Members of our respective Congre
gation to Inch an extent as to Insure
their lndlTidual Interest and co-operation,
In order that the Campaign's
desired culmination may be assured.
(Signed) - J. W. Bradley, Pres.
CM. Warden, See.
of a 18,000, and the colored people
tlyrefore, to save the church for
audience, as well as on lesser occasions
(SDN, AFTERNOON
AT MT. LEBANON
After The War Institute Will
fte Held, Valuable Discuss
ions And Interesting Pro-
iOn Sunday afternoon, June 1st, at
three o'clock an "After the War In
stitute" will be held at Mt. Lebanon
Methodist colored church.
This meeting will be of great
value and of intense Interest to both
races.
Following is the program:
1 Devotional Service,' Dr. C. M.
Cart wright.
2 Statement of Purpose
3 The Church and the Commun
ity, Rev. J. W. Bradley, Rev. O. L.
White.
4 Health and Reconstruction,
Dr. Zenas Fearing.
5 Benefits of Playing and Sing
ing, Sec. V. R. Gllmore.
Education and Reconstruction,
Mr. Butler.
AT NEWLAXD MONDAY
Monday, June Ind at noon, a sim
ilar Institute will be held at Mt.
Carmel church, colored, in Newland
township.
Following Is the program:
1 Devotionals, Rev. W. A. Cobb.
2 Education and Reconstruction,
Mr. P. S. Vann.
3 Agriculture and Reconstruct
ion, Mr. Orover W. Falls.
4 Health Conditions, Dr. G. W.
Cardwell.
5 Playing and Singing, Mr. V. R.
Gilmore.
6 Organizing for Community
Work
DECORATE GRAVES
OF AMERICANS
President Wilson Speaks At
Suresnes And General Per
shing at Romagn'e
Paris, May 30. No grave of any
American who tell in the great war
was overlooked in today's observance
of Memorial Day in France.
Some services were hold In the
vicinity of the battle line along which
troops sacrificed their lives In ceme
teries where they rest, and others
near hospital centers where the
wounded who died were buried.
"-Trestdent Wilson delivered an ad'
dress at Suresnes near Paris, General
Pershing went to Romagne in Ar-
gonne where the Americans suffered
the heaviest losses sad spoke at the
exercises this afternoon.
Rufus Bradley,
J. M. Ormond,
Geo. W. Clarke,
B. C Henlng.
CUBS WERE WINNERS
IN THURSDAY'S GAME
Thursday afternoon's game be
tween the Indians and the Cubs re
sulted in a clean victory for the Cubs
At one time it looked like a shutout
as far as the Indians were concerned,
but a seventh Inning rally put them
one run to the good. Woodley, In
the box for the Indians, dftriome
good work, barring a slight wlldness,
but his support 'failed him at several
critical times. Cooper, pitching for
the Cubs, was effective till the last
of the game, when T. Twlddy was
put in the box. Features of the game
were the fast work of Davis at short
for the Indians and the sensational
running catch in right field by Norrls
in the seventh, which ended the
game.
Cubs: 10 10 0 1 36
Indians: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Batteries: Cooper and Twlddy (p)
Caddy (c); Woodley and Stanley.
Indians
Ab. R. H. E.
Aydlett, 1st 4 0 0 1
Stanley, c 3 0 1 0
Bagley, 3rd 3 0 1 3
Woodley, p 2 0 0 1
Stowe, 2nd .... 3 0 1 2
Davis, as 3 0 1 0
Cotter, c.f 2 1 0 1
Armstrong, r.f . . . 2 0 1 0
Hooper, If 3 0 1 0
Total 1 6 8
Cubs
Ab. R. H. E.
Twlddy, ss 4 1 1 1
L. Cooper, 2nd . . 4 0 0 0
Perry, 1st 4 1 0 0
Norrls, r.f 4 1 0 0
Caddy, c 4 1 0 0
Johnson, I f. ... 4 1 1 0
Beals, c.f 4 0 2 0
Dixon, 3rd 3 1 0 0
C. Cooper, p. ... 3 0 0 0
Total 6 4 1
ARRESTED AS SPY
Will Tell Chautauauan. Of
Thrilling Adventures in Ber
lin on Fourth of Seven Joy
ous Days
Arrested as a spy in Berlin and
alive to ten the tale! Mr. Frederick
William Wile, who will be the feature
lecturer at this year's Chautauqua
secured his release from the German
police only through the intervention
of the American Ambassador, Mr.
Gerard.
In his celebrated "My Four Years
In Germany," Mr. Gerard makes this
reference to Mr. Wile's last fateful
hours In Berlin.
"In the evening of August 5 I went
to the Foreign Office to get Wile's
passport, and while one of the de
partment chiefs was signing the pass
port, he stopped in the middle of his
signature, threw down his pen on
the table, and said he absolutely re
fused to sign a passport for Wiles,
because he hated him so, and be
cause he believed him largely instru
mental in bringing about the war.
Of course this' latter statement was
quite ridiculous, but it took me some
time before I could persuade this
German official to calm his hate and
complete his signature."
Mr. Wile spent the twenty years
previous to 1919 in England and
Germany as a newspaper correspon
dent, first serving American news
papers, of the type of the Chicago
"Tribune," "Neif York Times" and
Philadelphia "Ledger." Later he be
came a special representative iq
Germany of Lord Northcliffe's Lon
don "Daily Mail."
It was In this capacity that he
underwent the adventures and ex
periences that make him unique
among newspaper men. He became
Intimately connected with the big
men of the German War Council as
a result of which he wrote his books
"The Assault" snd "Men About the
Kaiser." His characterizations of
the German War Lords wis of great
assistance to the Allies during the
war. But the main theme of Mr.
Wile's Chautauqua address will be
the relations existing between Eng
land and America, past, present and
future. Mr. Wile's, book "Explain
ing the Britishers", is famous ss a
description of "John Bull" as he Is,
and his lecture will largely employ
the material contained In that book.
Mr. Wile with his American birth
snd early rssldtnc and his
later
ORLANDO CALLS' i
ON WILSON TODAY
Council of Four Suspends Ao
thrities Pending Translation
of German Proposals
(By Associated Press)
Paris, May 30. Premier
Orlando of Italy called on .
Wilson this morning for con
ference over the details of the
Adriatic settlement. It is.un-
derstood that the settlement is
rapidly approaching its final
shape.
The Council of Four did not
meet today and peace making
activities are suspended pend-;
ing the translation of the Ger- ,
man proposals and the study,
of the Austrian peace terms by
delegates representing the
smaller states.
TWO NEW NOTES
Versailles, May 30. Two
new nates were delivered to
he secretary at the Peace Con
ference by the German dele
gates. At the same time the Ger
mans handed over the French
and English translations of the
first section of the counter pro
posals delivered yesterday in
German.
The first of the two notes to
day concerned German proper
ty in Allied countries, the sec
ond concerned the Turkish publ
ic debt.
RACGTONIGHTAT
OLD FAIR GROUND
There will be little excuse of "no- ,
where to go" tonight, for a new
stunt will be pulled off when racing
by electric light takes place out at
the, old fair grounds from 7:S0 to-
10:30.
The admission is only 25 cents
with no extra charge for grandstand
or parking autos.
There was good racing this after
noon and the attraction continues
thru Saturday.
K FORCES 1.
AT AWALI
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(By Associated Press) i
Paris, May 10 Greek forces land
ed at Avlall on the coast of Asia
Minor, northwest of Smyrna.,
Turkish troops offered slight' re
sistance.
GAITHER S. TOXEY
SERIOUSLY INJURED
Gaither 8. Toxey who lives near" -
Weeksville was seriously injured -
when his horse ran away and threw
him out of his cart Wednesday In
flicting a deep gash on the back of
his head. 1
Mr. Toxey was rushed to a Nor
folk hospital at once.
TWILIGHT LEAGUE
Standing of Clubs:
. W. L. Pc.
Grays ..l 0 1000
Cubs 2 0 1000 .
Pirates 4.0 1 000
Indians . ; 0 2 000
BOX SUPPER FOR CUBS
A box supper ani Ice cream party-
was given for the benefit of the Cubs'
baseball team of the Twilight League
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. B.
Anderson on Parsonage street Thurs
day evening. Ml. 25 ' was realized
from the Sale of boxes, refreshments
snd a cske, which money will be
used for the purchase of baseball
uniforms tor the Cubs. ' The affair
was attended by a large crowd. :
European experience, will make an
Ideal Interpreter of the old world to
the new. He will speak on the fourth
night of Chautauqua, which will be
June 17ti.