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WEATHER ON SALE SATURDAY JUX3 7TII Chautauqua, tickets go on tale oa Saturday, June the 7th. Chautau qua begins June 13 th and last seven jtfyous days. Generally fair tonight and Sun day, gentle shifting winds. VOL.4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 1919. No. 135 WILL NOT PUBLISH UNTIL SIGNED ...... - r American Peace Delegation 7 Finn in Decision Regarding Treaty. Work is Being Hastened (By Associated Press) Paris, June 7. The Ameri Peace Delegation apparent ly is firm in the decision not to -authorize the publication of the German peace treaty un til it is signed and not even to communicate the text in its present form to the Senate. Virtually all important com missions to the Peace Confer ence wdre meeting today as the result of instructions from conference leaders that work of the body be hastened as fast as possible. The Council of Four continued the considera tion of the German counter proposals. ' 4 . DECLARES WON'T SIGN London, June 7 Germany's ' inability to meet the financial 4$iands of the peace treaty and the inability of the Allies to make her pay are insisted upon by Dr. Bernhard Dern burg, German Minister of Finance, in his interview with the Daily Mail's Belgian cor respondent. Dernburg reiterates his re cent declaration that Germany will not sign the terms as pre sented. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY MEETS Berne, June-7. The Ger , man National Assembly, will meet today with members of the government and members of the German peace mission for a joint conference over the .status of Versailles peace nego tiations, the Berlin Gazette an nounces. HONORS LAFAYETTE'S MEMORY President Wilson visited the tomb of LaFayette today and placed thereon a bronze wreath, a duplicate of that he placed when he first arrived at Pall Mall. SENATE WORKS ON REPEAL BILL x, - Washington, June f .-Indications that the bll to repeal te law author izing' federal control of the tele graph, telephone and cable compan ies would be pressed despite Burle son's order restoring to private op eration the wires, were given today by the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee which opened hearings on the repeal measures. anAA. rrn a.itA. - - peal bill, told the committee that the ; Teachers pursuing courses in prt Postmaster General's order only re-'mar7 "cho01 ttaods & grammar stored private operation and did not end government control. MR. CASE SPEAKS SUNDAY To forewarn those who have al- ---- r hnird them, and to Inform U'1r who hive asked that eaeh bViUaied.in clsss. .All , observation aometlme repealed. Mr. Case, Secre-1" c0c teachtaf.wlU.be done ' tary of the Chamber of Commerce, naer th "'tIoB and supervision ho speaks In two local churches Sun-of critlc xKhm- day. wishes It to be announced that A" teachers' bureau will be main he will deliver on both occasions ad-'tBlned durmg the Summer School for dresses recently made In Elisabeth the benefit of teachers desiring a City churches. change of position, Many appllca- Jn the morning, at Jthe, First, Meth-jtWBs tor teachers are received every odlst church, his theme will be "Llv- Tear by the bureau and many super ing on.Twenty-fpnr Honrs a Day,'. (intendenU visit the Summer .School In the evening, at the City Road for the purpose of employing well Methodist church, he will talk . on' qualified teachers., ' "Consecrated Work." . -.,".-. ; rd These addresses are being repeated U teachers realise that the ex-fj- - . . nenie of attendlnc the Summer nciiH iu rvaeia ui uiauj yropiv, . - and will never again be given in Ills- .8fcoo " Th ual ex abeth City. jpenses for those whroom in the ' ' dormitories and board at Swain Hall , r not counting, of eourse, the cost et Sergeant Ned Griffin to expected to transportation, books, and materials, arrive home from service overseas (irt for the six weekly 40 for teach Sunday,." , ; t , M fof .others. " SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS JUNE 24TH .Chapel Hill, N. ., June 4. June 24th Is the date for the opening of the 32nd session of the State Univer sity Summer School which will con tinue through August 8th. Prospects are bright for one of the best sessions in the history of the Institution. Ap plications for rooms are pouring In on every mall and all available dor mitory space la being rapidly filled. The prospects are that the registra- tion will surpass that of any previous session.' Both the University and town are making every effort to take care of all who desire reservations. The regular catalogue containing the final plans and announcements in regard to courses, lectures, high school teachers' institutes, entertain ments, and other special features, has recently come "from the press. The book Is handsomely illustrated with campus scenes and buildings. The plans for the coming session include several novel features and additions. There are to be many new courses, besides those offered in the past. A High School Department to enable high school students to make up lost time, and special enter tainments in the way of lectures, rectlon of Professor F. H. Koch, are educational movies, and dramatic productions, the latter under the di among the other attractive features. The department of education is par ticularly strong in new courses. Other new courses that should prove of especial interest are those in Health and Sanitation and the Red Cross Courses in Home Nursing and Dietetics. The course in Health and Sanitation will be conducted by Dr. Charles S. Mangum of the Uni versity Medical School. Those in Home Nursing and Dietetics will be conducted by Misses Louise Hazel hurst and Helen Osborne of the Red Cross Headquarters, Atlanta. The departments of instruction in clude course in education, agricul ture, botany, chemistry, commercial geology, geography, health and san itation, history, " home-" -economics, Home Nursing, Latin, library, science mathematics, music, physics, rural economics and sociology, Spanish, writing and soology. In addition to the courses an nounced above, there will be regular high school courses for students wishing to make up deficiencies in their high school preparation. Reg ular classes have been organised In history. English, mathematics, Latin and science. Coaching classes will be conducted for other studies ' of his-h school grade. Students will thus have an opportunity to get in struction in almost any subject of high school grades and thereby make up work lost on account of the war and the lnfiuensa epidemic. Many high school students have already In dicated a desire to remove such con ditions preparatory to entering col lege of advancing in their school. The Summer School if from year to year enlarging the scope of Its work by opening other departments and offering additional courses, many of which count for credit toward the A. B. and A. M. degrees. This year more courses than ever will be given which lead to University degrees. A demonstration school will be conducted throughout the term. Keg ular class work covering the first j if t., - l J . iseven grades win ue carnuu uu. school methods will be required, un der the direction of the instructors, to observe the work of the grades, to prepare to teach assigned lessons from approved lesson plans, and, to far as possible, to carry out in actual practice the principles presented and MEN STRIKE ON NORFOLK WESTERN "Roanoke, June 7. More than five thousand machine shop employees on the Norfolk and "Western railway are out today on a general strike In in honor or tne world war hero. No 8eason tickets will be sold af which trainmen and engineers are Near the York homestead the ter Thursday and those who tall to expected to Join before the end of j county people gathered at a big pic- !gecurethem early may find them the day. J nle dinner and later witnessed York's j,eives disappointed . " Washington, June 7. Railroad ; officials had no official word of the Norfolk and Western strike but - started inquiry after press dispatches. reading the COLUMBIA WINS FROM BETSEY HIGH Taf t Scores 2 Home Runs For Visitors. Five-inning Contest Lost by Locals by 7-3 score. Columbia defeated the Elizabeth City High School base ball team on the high school diamond In a five- Inning contest yesterday afternoon, by the score of 7 to 3. The Colum bians put the game on cold storage In the last Inning by tallying three runs. The feature of the game was the hitting of Taft who drove two homers to deep right for Columbia. The score: COLUMBIA: 2 0 2 0 37 E. CITY: 0 3 0 0 07 NEW REPUBLIC MAKES APPEAL Cologne, June 7. President Dor- ten of the Rhenish republic tele graphed the commander of the Bri tish army of occupation announcing the formation of the republic and repudiating any desire to evade its just .share in reparation of war. dam, ages. He appealed to the Entente fo 'protect the new state against the inevitable ravages of Prussian mili tarism. MRS. HOKE SMITH DIES Atlanta, June 7. Mrs. Hoke Smith, wife of the senator, died early today. She was the daughter of Confederate General Cobb. DANIELS SAYS Washington, June 7. Comment ing on a news dispatch saying that he might be offered the presidency of the University of North Carolina at an attractive salary, Secretary Daniels said that no such offer had been made. When asked his attitude to such a proposition he said that he could not discuss the matter further. Opportunity will be offered at 8waln Hall for about 100 young ladies to secure one-half, or possibly all of their board by waiting on the tables, An unusually large number of prominent speakers and lectures will appear before the Summer School, among them being Dr. P. P. Clax ton, Dr. Edwin Mims, Dr. Stephen S. Colvln, Dr. Edgar J. Banks, Dr. "Fred erick H. Koch, Dr. Francis P. Ven able, Dr. Henry E. Jackson, Dr. E. C. Brooks, Dr. Collier Cobb, Prof. L. L. Friend, Supt. John J. Blair, Miss Doris P. Rosenthal, Dr. W. D. Weath erford, and Dr. Alexander Johnson. Two Teachers' Institutes will be held during the session, the first from June 21 to July lth', and the second on July 14th and ISth. The Social-Work Conference.which will be held during the week ot July 18-20, promises to be a great gath ering occasion for the devoted social workers ot the state. Dr. E. C. Branson will preside. . The choral concert will be given In July. ' Another feature ot the summer session will be a series of lectures and round table conferences running through the entire term, la addition to the regular courses of Instruct Ion, for the presentation and discus sion of vital school problems and questions relating to every practical phase of school work. ALVIN C YORK MARRIES TODAY ' . (By Associated Press) Nashville, June 7. Today is Al- Tin C. York day in Fentress county, marriage to miss urace w imams, i The ceremony was performed by Governor Roberts. Prominent citi sens of Nashville, Knoxville, Chatta nooga and other cities came for the celebration. PIRATES LOSE GAME TO CUBS One-sided . Game Score of 14 to 1. Errors Let In Many Cub Runners, in Punk Baseball Skirmish Yesterday's Twilight League game between the Cubs and the Pirates was a distinctly one-sided perform ance. In the first two innings the Cubs locked up the game and threw the key away with a total of 14 runs scored. Chory, putting 'em over for the Pirates, tightened up In the third and permitted no more runs. Crank scored the Pirates' one run In the fifth. Errors were piled up by the Pirate aggregation, and were largely responsible for the loss of the game. The box score: CUBS: ' Ab. R. H. E. Twiddy, 3rd 5 3 1 0 Dixon, s.s 5 3 2 0 Caddy, c 4 1 0 1 Perry, 1st 3 2 1 0 Norrls, r.f 3 2 1 0 Johnson, l.f 3 2 1 0 Beals, c.f 4 1 1 0 Davis, 2nd 4 0 0 0 White, p 4 0 0 0 Total . .14 R. 0 1 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 H. 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 s 1 2 0 0 0 s 0 0 PIRATES: Ab. . .4 ..4 ..2 ..2 ..3 E. Jones, e. . Crank, 1st . . Bartron, 2nd . Modlln, 3rd. Lowry, s.s. . Seymour, l.f. Seyffert, c.f. C. Jones, r.f. Chory, p. . . , .2 .2 .0 Hughes, p. , Total 1 6 The score by innings: R. H. E. CUBS: (9 0 0 0 0 014 7 1 PIRATES: 000010 0 1 6 Batteries: White and Caddy; Hughes, Chory and E. Jones. BAPTIST SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION Friday Night, Jane 27th. The Purpose of our 8unday Schools Discussed by S. S. Davis, P. J S. Vann, E. F. Aydlett and D. H. Tlllett. , Saturday, Jane 28th. 10:$$ a. m. Qualifications for Teach ers; Why have teacher's meet ings? Discussed by Revs. Wal drop, Pierce and Harrell. (Each speaker occupying ten minutes) 11:00 a.m. How "To Have and To Hold" a live Sunday School. Discussed by Prof. A. B. Combs, Prof. P. S. Vann, Hon. W. L. Small, and W. N. Price. 1:45p.m. Devotional Exercises Rev. I. K. Stafford. 2:00 p.m. Baptists In History: Elders B. C. Hening, Geo. W. Clarke, E. J. Harrell. " 3:00 p. m. Getting the Sunday School into the Church' Services: Elders M. P. Davis, E. 8. Pierce, Waldrop, Harrell, and new pastor of Corinth church. 4:00 p. m. Converting the 8unday School from a possible liability into an actual asset: General discussion opened by Dr. B. C. "Hening followed by other past ors and superintendents present. Shlloh Chucrh will make Its own arrangements for Sunday Program. A CORRECTION . As error occurred In the adver tisement et the Loyal Order ot Moose In yesterday's Advance. The third line of the ad read "Parity and Pro gress." It should" have been "Purity I Aid Progress." CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS ARE BEING SOLD Chautauqua guarantors met Fri day night in the courthouse and the .tickets were distributed to be sold by Wednesday night by which time all uarantora ... reauired to turn in tickets or money. READY TO SAIL LAST OF JUNE (By Associated Press) Archangel, June 7. According to revised arrangements all American forces on the northern Russian front will be ready to sail the last of June. J The second contingent is now as is Lost By sembling at Esconomia to sail in ten days. FOUND NOT GUILTY Sanitary Inspector Simmons, in Recorder's court Saturday morning on the charge of assault upon W. O. Saunders, was found not guilty by Judge Spence. Captain Simmons In vited Editor Saunders out of his car to fistic battle In front of the Bee Hive Friday morning. FINED $10 AND COSTS Oscar Owens was fined ten dollars and costs In the Recorder's Court Saturday morning on the charge of assault on S. Ganderson. Ganderson testified that Owens drove up to his door In an automobile and after call ing him out into the street chased him back into the house. W. C. Dawson, Jr., who was in the car with Owens, before the Court on the same charge, was found not guilty. Owens, through his attor neys, Sawyer and Simpson, noted an appeal. TOTAL CASUALTIES IN NORTH RUSSIA (By Associated Press) Archangel, June 7. The total casualties of American forces In North Russia to date number 20 of ficers and 626 men, including 12 of ficers and 325 men wounded. WILSON LADY WRITES A NEW POPULAR SONG Wilson, June 6. A new popular song hit, which Is now going the rounds of the mysio world, is the handiwork of a Tar Heel writer. The song Is "Take Me Back Down There Once More," and the writer is Mrs Ora Hester, formerly of Raleigh, but now a resident of Wilson. She is the wife of Mr. R. B. Hester, well known tobacconist, and mother of H. C. Hester, ot the Evening Tele gram. The song, which Is being success fully Introduced, smacks of the Car olines, and Is unique for Its origi nality and simplicity, which appeals to the heartstrings of those who ap preciate and love Southern music. Mrs. Hester Is an experienced musician, being an Instrumental and vocal teacher of reputed ability. She has been especially successful as pianist. Mrs. Hester has written number of song poems, and has sev eral other songs which will be off the press in the near future. The music was written by one of the foremost composers of popular songs In the country Leo Friedman, who was responsible for the music to "Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland," When I Dream of Old Erin," and others. The words of .the song deal with a typical sontnern aartey, wno naa strayed from his native pacture, and while on his way back home ex presses his sentiments In terms that cannot be mistaken. The chorus Is as follows: "Take me back down there once more, To that Carolina shore. Where the pine trees sm sgrowln' .there galore. For right down the 8. A. L. Is a town I love so well. Take me back to dear old Dixie Land once more." . Dr. H. T. Aydlett ot Greensboro, but for many years of Elisabeth City, Is visiting friends here. STATEMENTS ON STRIKE VARY Western Union Claims A thou- sand Employees Are Out, Company Says Strike is Great Failure (By Associated Press Atlanta, June 7. Statements as the number of Western Union em to ployees actually on a strike in the southeastern states remained as wide- variant today as they have been since the strike began Wednesday. Union officials said three thousand were out while the company's latest announcement was 288. Both sides express determination fight to the finish. The telegraphers are relying on the nationwide strike which President Konenkamp announced he would call soon. The company claims that the strike has already proved a failure and that business Is being handled normally. ORDERS RESCINDED Orders calling out union telephone operators at Columbia and other North and South Carolina cities to day In connection with the strike here have been rescinded, according Southern Organizer Mann of the Telegraphers Union. WILL STRIKE IN WEST San Francisco, June 7. The strike union telegraphers thruout the Pacific states will be called June 1th unless demands are compiled with, acco'rding to local union offi cials. RENCH ARE USING AMERICAN HORSES With the American Army of Occu pation, May 15. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) American army horses some of which last year hauled artillery over the battlefields of France will this summer be used by French peasants In various dis tricts as aids In tilling the soil of hundreds of acres ot devastated re gions. Details tor the sale of ten thou- sond American army horses and mules to the French government were completed recently at the head quarters of the American army of Occupation. These animals are to be shipped from the occupied area ot the Rhinelands to France by rail and sold by the French government di rect to the peasants. The first batch of one thousand horses sold to the French under this arrangement brought about $200 each. ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT On Friday at one o'clock Miss Elis abeth Derrickson entertained at a luncheon announcing her engagement to Mr. R. J. Spearman of Lynchburg, Va. The home was profusely decorated with sweet peas. The color scheme In the dining room was pink and white. Suspended from the chande lier was a huge pink wedding bell from which bung a shower of sweet peas. The guests were seated at small tables which were beautifully decor ated with sweet peas and favors ap propriate to the occasion. Covers were laid for twelve. At each place were lovely miniature parasols filled with confetti In which were hidden tiny envelopes containing the an nouncment cards. Those present were: Misses Mar garet Sheep, Margaret Griggs, Maude Palmer, Nell Etherldge, Hattle Glov er, Miss Thompson ot Jacksonville, N. C, Mesdames M. Leigh Sheep, H. CV Foreman, L. R." Foreman, R. L. Kendrtck, and F. M. Orice, Jr. The wedding will take place early in July. The exact date was not an nounced. WILL TAKE UP LABOR PROBLEMS Bouthport, Eng., May 15. (Corres pondence of the Associated Press.) The Labor Conference to be held here June 25, will take np Import ant problems growing out of the wsr Including resolutions calling for the withdrawal of troops from Russia and condemning conscription. One section ot the tabor element demands that. Industrial action be taken to abcllih conscription. Y
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