, In the columns of this paper you
Will find tlie advertisements of alert,
progressive ' merchant! and manu
facturers who are telling you some
thing they believe you ought to
know
WEATHER j
Partlylcloudy tonight and Tuesday,
probably local showers in went por
tion, warmer tonight In central and
southwest portions, gentle east
winds.
VOL. 4
ELIZABETH CJTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 23, 1919.
No. 148
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Germany
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GERMAN ANSWER REACHED PARIS THIS
AFTERNOON, IT IS OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED
WILSON MAY LEAVE
Indications Of Early Departure Seen at Presi
dent's Residence in French Capital
Paris, June 23.-Germany has formally com
municated her willingness to sign the Peace
Terms unconditionally, it is announced by the
French Foreign Office this afternoon.
Paris, June 23.-The German answer regard
ing the Peace Treaty was received by the Confer
ence this afternoon.
The contents had not been revealed up to
3:45 o'clock.
Weimar, June 22 It was officially announced
today that Germany will sign the Peace Treaty.
Paris, June 23. Germany today asked for an additional
forty-eight hours in which to consider the peace treaty.
The Council of Three flatly refused the request.
Activities today at the Paris residence of President Wilson
appeared to indicate that preparations are being made for the
President's departure for America.
Up to two o'clock this after
noon there had been no official
announcement, but it seemed
probable that the President
will leave Paris Wednesday
.morning, barring the unexpect
ed, of course.
HANDEL WON'T SIGN
Weimar, June 23. Dr. Han
del Von Haimhausen, member
of the German Peace Delega
tion, who was asked to con
duct the )eace negotiations at
. Versailles, hast notified the
Government that he will not
sign the Allied terms.
The Peace Treaty of Versailles Is
tthe fruit cf about five monthB of con
ferences in which delegations from
rthlrty-two Allied countries and Ger
many participated. The five leading
nations, the United States Great Bri
tain, France, Italy and Japan were
represented in the peace conferences
at Paris by five delegates each white
jjy.the delegations of other nations and
British dominions were composed of
from one to three men.
The representatives of the United
States were President Wilson; Sec
retary of State Robert Lansing;
Henry White, formerly American
Ambassador at Borne and Paris; Col.
Edward M. House and General Task
er H. Bliss.
Georges Clemenceau, Premier of
France, was chairman of the Peace
Conference.
At first a Supreme Council of a
Council of Ten was organized so as
to Incjude two representatives . each
from Great Britain, France, the Unl-
ted States, Italy and Japan. Subse
quently this council was divided in
two parts a Council of Four, com
posed of President Wilson and Pre
miers Lloyd George, Clemenceau and
' brlando; and a Council of Foreign
Ministers.
The Conference of the Allied Dele
gations iwmvened officially on Janu-
ary 18 to draw up the terms to be
submitted when completed to the
German Delegation. President Wil
ton had arrived Is France on Decem
ber 18 and had visited England, Italy
and parts of France.
One of the first acts of the Con
ference was to send a proposal to all
9 Russian factions to meet on the
Prince's Islands to endeavor to com
pose the Russian Internal situation
but this plan was rejected by the
Russians. Various factions which
were disputing over territory in dif
ferent sections of Europe were di
rected by the Peace Conference to
discontinue their conflicts. ' '
The iflrst he toward the actual
Will Sign
rerms Unconditionally
PARIS WEDNESDAY
BIG CROWD HERE
ON JIM FOURTH
Hydroplanes And Firework!
Feature of Many Big Attract
iona
Thousands of persons will throng
the streets of Elizabeth City on the
Fourth of July. News of the hydro
planes and other big features of the
occasion is already spreading thru
out the adjacent counties.
The publicity committee met on
Monday morning and outlined a cam
paign of dodgers, advertising, post
ers and other forms of publicity to
inform all this section of the state
of the big event.
The finance committee also met to
map out ways and means of raising
funds. Mr. T. T. Turner presided
over the general committee on poli
cies, and those in charge of the
parade, of the program, and of deco
rations also conferred.
One feature to be emphasized Is
the fireworks. The committee which
has this in charge is negotiating for
a record breaking display. The pyro
technics will take place from a barge
anchored In the river which will give
everyone a good opportunity to see
the bursting of the rockets, the
scintillant pinwheels, and all the
other brilliant color combinations of
the evening.
WILL MEET WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON
The W. C. T. U. will meet at the
Y. M. C. A. parlors, Instead of 103
McMorralne street as has been an
nounced, Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Mrs. Clay Foreman will
lead the meeting. All members are
requested to be present.
See Siff'B big ad on the back page.
drafting of the Treaty occurred on
January 24 when the Conference
agreed to the plan, for organization
of a League of Nations and a com
mittee was appointed to draw up a
covenant. By January 30 the Con
ference had adopted the plan of gov
erning colonies and backward na
tions through mandatories issued to
various nations, subject to the di
rection and approval of the League
of Nations.
The covenant of the League of
Nations was completed on February
14. On the following day President
Wilson left France for the United
States.
MORE OF GERMAN
SHIPS ARE SUNK
Commander Who Or
dered Sinking at Scapa
Flow Claims Thought
Armistice Was Over
(By Associated Press)
Weimar, June 22. German
warships not surrendered to
the Allies and which have been
anchored off' .Kiel, Wilhelms
haven and other points, have
been sunk by the German
sailors manning them, accord
ing to a report received here
from reliable authority.
According to the report
there were twelve German war
vessels besides destroyers in
German waters which had not
been turned over to the Allies
under the armistice provisions.
CASUALTIES ARE LARGER
London, June 23. Although
it was reported that six Ger
mans were killed and ten were
wounded when the boats of the
German fleet were fired upon
after the scuttling of the war
ships in Scapa Flow, the Lon
don Daily Mail says that others
were probably drowned and
some may have reached the
Orkny Islands and have not yet
been reported.
MAIN FORCE AT SEA
The main force of the British
fleet was at sea when the Ger
man ships were sunk, only a
few vessels being on guard.
Admiral Von Reuter, Com
mander of the surrendered
German fleet, says that he is
sued the order to sink the
ships and the Daily Mail adds
that he did so because at the
beginning of the war the Ger
man Emperor ordered that no
German warships should be al
lowed to fall into the hands of
the enemy. '
Von Reuter says that he be
lieved from newspaper reports
that the armistice had ended.
FOLLY SAYS BERLIN
Berlin, June 22. The sink
ing of the German fleet in the
Scapa Flow was printed here
in the afternoon papers today.
In a more auspicious politi
cal situation the news might
have caused an outburst of en
thusiasm, but as matters stand
the populace was moved to no
demonstration.
The Berlin Gazette says that
ft I a amlrinM j-vf Sli4t ura m
WAV wav vaster rrnfl
perhaps folly as Germany
might have been able to force
an indemnity for their sur-
render. '
ORGANIZE TUESDAY NIGHT
The Merchants Bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce Is to be or
ganized Tuesday night. All mer
chants are urged to be present at
the meeting.
MEET WEDNESDAY NIGHT
There will be a called meeting of
the Pasquotank Tribes, Order of Red
Men, for degree work Wednesday
night at 7:30.
ICE CREAM SUPPER
The Young Woman's Class of
Blackwell Memorial Baptist Sunday
School will have Ice cream and cake
for sale 'at the home of C. J. Ward
o& North Road street Taosdsy night.
TORNADO LEAVES
FORTY SEVEN DEAD
And Six Million Proper
ty Loss in Minnesota
Town Sunday
(By Associated Press)
Evansville, Minn., June 23.
Forty-seven persons are
known dead and 160 injured
are in hospitals, while property
.damage to the amount of six
millions was done as the result
of a tornado which swept Fer
gus Falls yesterday.
Possibly the death list may
reach sixty when the ruins of
the Grand Hotel have been
searched as it is known that
many bodies are still buried in
the debris.
St. Paul, June 23. Reports from
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, early today
estimated the number of persons
killed by the torhado which swept
that town last night all the way from
200 to 400 and the Injured at 700.
PAINTER DECORATED
WITH LEGION OF HONOR
Paris, May 22. (Correspondence of
The Associated Press.) Louis Orr,
etcher and painter, has been decorat- i
od with the Legion of Hoaor, in rec- !
ognitlon of his work for the Red
Cross. He was born in Hartford,
Conn. Thirty-three of his original I
drawings and etchings are in the per-
manent collection of the Luxemburg
Gallery and his etched plate. "The j
Mint Canal, Pont-Neuf" is the first '
work by an American artist to be
placed in the Louvre.
SAYS HUNS WILL
LEAVE FATHERLAND
Berlin, May 15. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press.) 'The
years of economic depression, which
Germany is now facing will force at
least fifteen million of her sons and
daughters to seek firesides else
where," says Gustave Stressemann,
leader of the National Liberal party
of Germany. "We can't employ them
at home, these people are unable to
reach oversea ports and will wander
eastward to Russia, their natural
destination."
MEMORIAL TO ENGINEERS
Ancon, Canal Zone, June 1. Cor
respondence The Associated Press.)
A memorial to the engineers who
built the Panama Canal, to be erect
ed in the form of a building contain
ing assembly and library and mu
seum facilities, was endorsed today
at a meeting of the Panama section
qf the American Institute of Elec
trical Engineers. It is intended to !
enlist the co-operation of" the nati
onal engineering societies. It is be
lieved that a site overlooking the
Canal will be granted by the United
States government.
MEXICAN CONGRESS
TOO BIG SAYS CHIEF
Mexico City, June 1. (Correspond
ence of The Associated Press.)
President Carranza recently re
newed his recommendation to Con- j
gress that the constitution be amend
ed so as to decrease the membership
of the Chamber of Deputies, the
lo.wer house of congress, from 249
to 160. He asked that representa
tion be based on population, one j
delegate for every 100,000 inhabi- j
tants with due provision being made
for stages which are sparsely popu
lated. The president pointed out
that at present the Chamber of Depu
ties is a cumbersome, uunwieldly
body that does not lend itself read
ily to lawmaking and suggested that
In a more compact form it could en
act more rapidly certain reform
measures now needed.
HAS RETURNED FROM OVERSEAS
James Bagley arrived in this city
Sunday morning after about eleven
months service overseas. He was
with 816th Field Artillery, "Wild
Cat Division."
Miss Mattle White is visiting rela
tives and friends In Norfolk, Vs.
BARTERING PIiAlES
Hack in the centuries the
shops or stores you know start-
ed In something on the order of
public bartering places. '
What has taken their place Is
the modern store, where you can
buy what you like Just when
you want it. You don't have to
buy a year's supply all at once
as of old. The storekeeper
keeps It for you, and you buy
only what you need as you need
it.
The merchants and the man-
ufacturer and advertising have
brought this useful state of af-
fairs about for your convent-
ence. You don't even have to
go to see everything and every
shop to make your choice now-
adays.
The advertisers relieve you of
this trouble, by bringing their
goods to you in the advertise-
ments. Before the days of the
development of advertising, you
would have to visit a dozen or
a score of places, weigh and
choose, and then not be sure
you had made the best select"-
Ion. Advertising has made it
possible to know Just what will
interest you and be of value to
you.
Just think what this means:
You order now without worry
or trouble because advertising
tells you all about the things
you want to buy before you buy
them.
Read the advertisements and
think about them with this in
mind. They are there to serve
you.
WANT U. 8. TO BE
SUBLIME PORTES MANDATE
Paris, May 1.. (By Mail.) The
report that the United States hm
jbeen urgel to assume the mandate
for Constantinople meets with gen
eral approval there, wr'tes an agent
or the Red Cross in the Turkish cap
ital. It is welcomed an the ideil
remedy for an impossible situation,
he adds.
"Wherever an American wanders
in Constantinople Turks, Greeks und
Armenians Impress it upon the visit
or that America will be welcomed
with open arms, that America will
be trusted. At the Turkish foreign
office, the Sublime Porte, there is
open satisfaction at the report that
America will come in and clean up,"
the Red Cross man continues.
"The Turk has been quick to ap
preciate what America has done for
his country since the armistice.
Everywhere one goes he sees Amer
ican flags stuck into the bags of rice,
of flour and over stacks of canned
goods which the street merchants
have for sale. The American uni
form Is not a familiar sight in the
streets or shops but wherever an
American army officer, Red Cross
officer or member of the Near East
Commission is recognized Turks go
out of their way to express their
gratitude for America's prompt dis
patch of food ships to' Constantino
ple, which Just before the armistice
was in a bad way for food.
"At present four high commis
sioners, British, French, Italian and
Greek are working independently In
Constantinople and the two commanders-in-chief,
British and French
are doing their best to co-operate
but with what success no one can I
say.
"The present divided control in
Constantinople and the rumors con
stantly reaching the Turkish capital
of dissensions among the Allies In
Paris are liable to encourage the
Turks to believe that by playing one
nation off against the other they can
conduct themselves as they see fit.
"Parts of northern Asia Minor do
not know of the armistice and the
Turks are still terrorizing the Greek
there.
"Turks are surprisingly familiar
with the way the American protect
orate over Cuba has worked out and
prominent Mussulmen believe that
what has been done in the Philip
pines by America can be duplicated
In Turkey.
"Howard Helntz, of Chicago, has
unloaded half a dozen ships laden
with food, clothes, shoes and agri
cultural Implements. The American
Red Cross also Is helping the starv
ing whether they be Greek, Turk or
Armenian."
HIGH HONOR FOR
BESS CITY PASTOR
Dr. B. C. Hening Elected Di
rector of Baptist Seventy-five
Million Dollar Campaign
Dr. B. C. Hening' of this city and ,
President L. R. Scarborough of the
Southwestern Baptist Theological
Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas',
have been unanimously elected di
rectors of the seventy-five million
dollar campaign of the Southern
Baptists. ,';
Dr. Hening is asked if he can not
resign his present charge for good or,
at least get leave of absence from the
First Baptist church for the remaind
er of the year.
Interviewed this morning Dr. Hon
ing admitted that the foregoing state
ment is substantially correct, and
showed the reporter telegrams con- ,
firming It. 1
"The only offer I have made," said
ur. nening, in response 10 mese
communications Is that I could aid
the in in formulating plans and in
the work of organizing for the cam
paign, giving not more than two .
months of my time to this part of
the work at headquarters, and that
in auuuion inereio i couiu noia my
self in 'readiness at certain intervals
during all the time needful to speak
on this subject at different points In ,
the territory of the Southern Bap
tist Convention.
"I do not know whether this par- J
tial offer will be accepted or not.
"I do not see how I could glveup
entirely my paBtorate and take such
strenuous work permanently nor do
I see at this time how I could leave
my church for as long as six months.
"If there are further develop--ments
In the negotiations I shall be
glad to give your paper the facts."
i i,'
INEZ PLEDGER HELD
FOR SUPERIOR COURT
Inez Pledger, colored, was held
for Superior Court by Trial Justice
Spence in Recorder's Court Monday v.
morning, charged with maiming and
attempting to murder Susan Chap
man, also colored on the night of
Tuesday, June 10th.
On the night In question the de
fendant went to the home of Susan
Chapman and a general fight ensued
in the home and Just outside the -door,
as a result of which Susan
Chapman's head was crushed In
above the right eye with a baseball
bat, aqd her face cut up so that as ,
to result in the loss of sight In her ,
rlglu eye. She appeared in court
with head and eye still bandaged .
and it was not until today that her
physician deemed It advisable for her
to appear at all.
The police are on the lookout for
a colored man who is the alleged ac
complice of Inez Pledger. According
to testimony in the Recorder's court
It appears that he held Susan while
Inez beat and slashed her.
DAYS WRONG
In the ad of the Gas Company on
Saturday the days Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday should have been Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday. The
dates, June 26, 27, and
28 were correct. The ad was one of
special Importance, concerning the
coming of Mr. Joseph T. Taylor on
the last three days of this week. Mr.
Taylor will discuss kitchen problems
with the ladles, make biscuits, serve
refreshments, and do a number of
Interesting things.
MEETING OP BOY SCOUTS
There, will be an Important bus
iness meeting of both Troops of the
boy Scouts Tuesday evening at eight
o'clock In the Y. M. C. A. Building.
All members who wish to be re-registered
are requested to be present.
C. H. Butler has resigned his posi
tion with the Duff Piano Company
and has accepted management of the
Corley Company, Elizabeth City
Branch. The Corley Company Is one
of the largest wholesale and retail
music houses in the south, everything
In music from the smallest Jews
harp to the largest grand piano.
Read SIff's sd and find out how to
save and spend at the same time.