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SiflllES CLOSii FRIDAYS AT m 0'CLGffi AFiiul JULY FillSf WEATHER In the coIobuu of this paper yon will find the advertisements of alert, progressive merchants and manu facturers who are telling yon some thing they, believe you ought to know. Probably local showers tonight and Saturday, moderate winds on the coast, mostly southeast. VOL 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 2 7, 1919. No. 152 J t GOOD ROADS STILL DISTANT PROSPCET FOR PASQUOTANK COUNTY Highway From Albemarle Sound To Virginia State Line Hardly To Be Built At ThU Time That Pasquotank Is Sure Construction. Good Roads enthusiasm has been Tunning high in Eastern North Car olina since the signing of the armis tice and there has been a great deal of talk of linking up this section with the rest of the State by a sys tem of hard surfaced highways that would extend without a break from Currituck to Wake. Nifmbers of counties have Issued bonds for the building of good roads and it had been hoped through Fed eral aid that this dream of good Toads for all Eastern North Caro-J Una would be made to come true. It was understood in a general sort of way that there was plenty of Federal money available for roads between county seats and that all that a coun ty would have to do to get such aid would be to put up half the money to build the road. . Judging from the experience of Pasquotank, counties that are bank ing largely on Federal aid are going to be brought to a rude awakening when they begin to try to get hold of some of this Federal money A road in which there has been considerable interest throughout this scetion was a proposed concrete high way from Albemarle Sound to lha Virginia state line. A bill was passed' at the last session of the General Assembly creating a District High way Commission to handle the build ing of this road and with the passage of the bill it was generally under stood here that the building of the Toad was assured. However, when the District High way Commission went before the State Highway Commission with ap plication for Federal aid In building 4he proposed road they were met by -Commissioner Page with the state ment that he could not deal with them directly but that he would have to be approached through the high way authorities of the respective counties through which the proposed road would pass. There seems to be some doubt as to this question, how ever, and It has been referred to Attorney-General Manning. Provided that the Attorney-General's ruling permits Chairman Page to deal directly with the District Highway Commission there are still difficulties in the way of building the proposed road. The estimated cost of the road is a million dollars. Chairman Page tells the District Highway Commission that the esti mate is too low and that the cost will, aggregate a half million dollars more. The District Highway Com mission has not In sight as available enough money to pay half the cost of the road at that figure. So if the toad is undertaken it can not be completed until there are further ap propriations. This raises the per plexing question of what part of the road shall be built now and what part later. It raises the further ques- - tion of whether the county in which no portion of the proposed road N would be built would stand for pay ing its share of a road that did not reach or pass through it. If the Attorney-General sustains Chairman Page in his contention that he has no power to deal with the District Highway Commission, but that applications for Federal aid for ,thls road must be presented by the . highway authorities in the respect ' lve counties through which it passes, the difficulties in the way of the con atruction of the road are increased. The Pasquotank Highway Com-.- mission, for instance, while it favors the proposed road, does not wish to - commit itself to foregoing all further Federal aid for Pasquotank road pro- . jects at this time by applying for Federal aid for the district highway. . The position of the Pasquotank Com mission is easily understood in that ' Pasquotank would find Itself cut off from Federal aid for more than six miles of county road. Conferences of the Pasquotank Highway Commission with the Dis trict Highway Commission and with the State Highway Commission have brought out the foregoing facts, and the good roads question In this sec 1 tion la 'way up la the air. Pasquo- tjtank Is finding what comfort It can And Half a Million Dollars AH of For Hard Surfaced Road UNCLE SAM MAY TAKE SOCIAL WORK IN ARMY (By Associated Press) Washington, June 21. Social work in the army in any future emer gency should be handled by the gov ernment itself through a single, non sectarian agency, in the opinion of Raymond D. Fosdick, chairman of the ' Commission on Training Camp Activities, expressed in a report made public today by the War Department. Secretary Baker was said to be "sub stantially in accord" with Mr. Fos- dick'e view. Rivalries engendered by the sect arian nature of the Young Men's Christian Association, Knights of Co lumbus, Jewish Welfare Board or other societies sharing in the United War Work Campaign fund of $172, 000,000, Mr. Fosdick found to have provided "the worst possible basis for social work with the army," a result tor which he held the Train ing Camp Commission responsible for having turned to these private agen cies. It seems to me," said Mr. Fos dick, "that the lesson of the war in social work Involves perhaps three points: The elimination of sectarian auspices; reduction in the number of agencies employed; and the transfer to the government itself of much of the activity hitherto left to private initiative." Discussing the work of the six or ganizations that served abroad with the army, the report said the Young Men's Christian Association, handl ing 58 percent of the war work budget and with 8,000 representa tives in France, was far the largest and "received a great deal of criti cism from the soldiers in France." Some of this criticism Is merit ed," Mr. Fosdick said, "much of it is due, I believe to misunderstanding." The bulk of the complaint arose from Young Men's Christian Associa tion operation of army canteens, which Chairman Fosdick said was a mistake although it was undertaken as a service to the army and released a large combatant personnel. From early days the canteen had been an army perquisite and the soldiers could not understand why it should be handed over to a "private society which was at the same time raising millions at home for support," the report said and continued: "Moreover, the peraonel of the Y. M. C. A. was untrained for this kind of work and it soon found itself In a maze of business and technical diffi culties with which It was unable at first to cope. In the minds of the soldiers, it immediately became a commercial organization and from this stigma It has never succeeded In freeing itself." So far as the effect of the transfer of the canteens went on the army command, the report continued, "It was a genuine relief to the General Staff that during the fighting days of the army, it did not have to handle the ever troublesome canteen prob lem. "The charge that the Y. M. C. A. made money out of the canteen is of course erroneous," said Mr. Fosdick. "However high its prices may have been in individual localities, con sidered as a business venture the total results show large losses." Another ground for criticism of the Y. M. C. A. which Mr. Fosdick said was somewhat Justified was in the character of its personnel. While many of Its men were well qualified for their work, he said, "many others were utterly unadapted to this pur pose and had no common ground In mixing with our virile, red-blooded young soldiers." He found also, however, the field of choice was limited, men of proper qualifications being in most cases In the army. in the fact that the countr naa sold fa half million dollar bond issue for roads in this county and that from the funds made available" by the sals of these bonds' Pasquotank will get a half million dollars worth of hard surfaced roads. ' BOARD MEETING IS ANNOUNCED Matter of Election of County Superintendent of Public In atruction Comes up Wednes day The question of the election of a County Superintendent of Public In struction comes up for final action on Wednesday of next week, Chairman LeRoy having announced that as the date for the regular meeting usually held about the last of June to wind up the affairs of the year. At its regular meeting on the first Monday in April the Board of Edu cation gave notice to the present im cumbent, Superintendent P. S. Vann, that he might look elsewhere for a job after July 1st. At the June meeting there was a vigorous protest against this action of the Board and various organisa tions and communities sent in peti tions to the Board that Prof. Vann be retained. Members of the Board gave those making the petitions lit tle satisfaction, however. It is believed, however, that si.ce the June meeting at least one mem ber of the Board has experienced a change of heart. D. W. Morgan, a new member of the Board, whose term begins August 1st, is on record as favoring the retention of Vann. It seems probable, therefore, that Superintendent Vann's friends have wone out in their fight to prevent his removal from an office which to the general public he has appeared to fill to the general satisfaction of the people and to the promotion of Interest in education in Pasquotank County. CHAS. RAULFS' IS HEADQUARTERS Young Business Man Donates Quarters To Reception of Soldiers On Good Will Day Headquarters have been secured for the soldiers, sailors and marines for the Fourth of July. Charles F. Raulfs, who was 12 months overseas with the 19th Engineers, has do nated the use of his new tailoring shop at 8 South Water street on that day. The War Camp Community Ser vice will have one of its men on hand at the headquarters all the time and will help the local people to make the place attractive. The general committee on the celebration of which T. T. Turner is chairman has asked Mrs. J. G. Fear ing to be chairman of a committee of ladles of the city who will provide comfortable furnishings for the place on that day and will be constantly on hand to give a welcome to the boys. Mrs. Mary Miller Lamb, Mrs. Cotter, Mrs. Leigh Sheep, Miss Elolse Robinson and others will be among those in charge. There will be free refreshments served to the men under the auspices of the local Red Cross. LADIES LEARN GAS ECONOMY The first demonstration by Mr. Jos. D. Taylor held in the office of the Gas Company Thursday after noon was most interesting. Mr. Tay lor had Just got in on a late train but he was on the alert to show the ladles present many important points of Kas economy as well as good cook ing. There is another demonstration this afternoon at four-thirty. The ladies are cordially invited, and re freshments are served. There will be no demonstration Saturday as Mr. Taylor must leave town early Saturday morning tor Baltimore. i JOHN A. LEACH DIED LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) Denver, June 27. John A. Leach, age seventy-six, founder, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, died last night of pleurisy. 3 SIBLEY'S SHOWS C0MINGT0 TOWN Aldermen Let Down Bars To Carnival To Be Here Week of July Fourth Under Cham ber of Commerce Auspices Another carnival is coming to town. And coming to town is right. The Sibley Shows, which have an engage ment here for the week of June 30th to July 5th will erect the parapher nalia of their business on and In Water street under the very windows of some of the city's residences. Carnivals, as is generally known here, were put under the ban by Elizabeth City's last municipal ad ministration, and the news that the lid had been put on this form of amusement in Elizabeth City was re ceived with a sigh of relief. The new city administration, if The Advance is correctly Informed, does not intend to repeal the ordi nance against carnivals in general. But they have made an exception in favor of the Sibley Shows. In the first place, it is reported that the Sibley Shows are far super ior to the average carnival attract ions, and the management has been warned that nothing but the clean est sort of attractions will be toler ated. In the second place, the Fourth of July committee of the Chamber of Commerce were looking for more amusement features for the big Homecoming celebration to be staged here on July Fourth. Sibley's Shows promised to provide them. Finally, the aforesaid committee of the Chamber of Commerce were looking for money to finance the celebration that it is planning for and spending considerable money for. Sibley's Shows offered them help in this particular. So a peti tion was circulated asking the Board of Aldermen to let down the. bars this once and permit the Sibley Shows to show. In Elizabeth City. The petition was signed by a good ly number of down town business firms and the Aldermen voted to grant it. So the Sibley Shows will show and show under the auspices of the Chamber of Commerce. The Elizabeth City Fire Company is making ready for its annual out ing to Atlantic City and the impres sion prevailed in some quarters, even among those who signed the petition to allow the carnival to come, that the Carnival was coming under the auspices of the Fire Company and that the carnival would provide the Fire Company with funds to defray the expenses of the Atlantic City out ing. This report was published as a fact In this week's issue of The Independent and Chief Harris was prompt to nail it as an error. The firemen are relying upon the gen erosity of their home town people to provide funds for their annual out ing, Chief Harris says. REFEREES FOR WHLARD BOUT (By Associated Press) Toledo, June 27. Ollie Pecord will be referee of the Willard-Demp- sey bout. Tex Richard and Major Drezal Biddle will serve with Pecord judges of the contest. Jack Skelly chosen as alternate referee and Warren Barbour as official time keeper. Pecord will be in complete charge 'of the boxers while they are in the ring. If the contest results lu a knockout he will have sole charge of counting, should the contest go the limit two Judges will attempt to decide the winner, falling Pecord will cast the deciding vote. CLOUDBURST TIES TRAFFIC UP BADLY i ' (By Associated Press) Roanoke, June 27. Railroad traffic was badly tied up here today as the result of a cloudburst a few miles northeast of here last night. The Norfolk; and Western tracks were washed away and approximate ly twenty miles were affected. MERCHANTS RECEIVE HOUSEWIVES CARTJ The Inspection Committee of the Housewives League has distributed its first cards of approbation to mer chants, markets, and other places where food or drinks are made or sold. The card reads: "This place in spected and approved by the House wives League," and it means that these places rank highest in the city in sanitation and have met the re quirements of the Inspection Com mltjtee, which was taught the gentle art of inspecting by an expert from State headquarters. The Inspection Committee, in giv ing these names to the newspapers today, wishes to say that all the merchants have been so kind in al lowing this inspection and in co-operating to better conditions wherever needed that they want it understood by the public that other cards are to be given soon, and that this is no boycott against any merchant who has not yet received his card. How ever, It is an advertisement for the stores who have, and these are as follows: Apothecary Shop. Albemarle Pharmacy. Standard Pharmacy. M. P. Gallop Co. G;. W. Twlddy, Grocer. D. R. Morgan Co. Hersey Williams. Pappendick & Love (In City Market) Pappendick's Market (corner Poin dexter and Matthews streets) WUHELM PLANS T0MAKEESCAPE Wants To Get To Germany Be fore Allies Get Him And Holland Says He Is Unwel come Guest (By Associated Press) Berlin, June 27. Formre emperor Wilhelm is planning to return to Germany before the Entente can de mand his surrender from Holland, according to Stuttgart dispatches to the Neueberlinger Zietung. The dispatch states that the Dutch government "thoroughly approves his return as the former emperor Is an unwelcome guest." GERMANY GROWS WORSE AND WORSE (By Associated Press) Berne, June 27. The general sit uation In Germany is becoming stead ily more serious, according to latest reports. A railroad strike is about to extend thru the whole country. Counter revolutions are brewing in the east and news is becoming in creasingly alarming. CUBS vs. GIANTS The Elizabeth City Cubs will play the Portsmouth Giants on the West Main street ball grounds Saturday afternoon. THE SUREST ROAD TO SATISFACTION is to know what you want when you go to buy. No matter whether it's a house, a tube of toothpaste a washing machine or a pedi greed pup you save worry, time and money when you know what you want. How shall you know? By reading the advertise ments in your favorite news papers. They put you' in touch with opportunities and advantages that other wise you might miss. The advertising columns are Just as important as the news. Reading advertise ments helps you lessen waste and Increase efficiency. It may be the means of add ing to your comforts and saving yon many a dollar. 11 1 j . e , SIGN AT THREE ON SATURDAY German Delegation Qn Way And Expected To Finish Things Up Saturday After noon , (By Associated Press) Paris, June 27. Berlin dis patches say that the German delegates understand that they are to sign the Treaty at three o'clock Saturday. Paris, June 27. Plans were completed by the Council of Four for the signing of the Peace Treaty at three o'clock Saturday afternoon, June 28th. No official statement, how ever, was issued by the Coun cil. President Wilson received American correspondents at the Hotel de Crillon this after noon and said goodbye to them. WILL SAIL SUNDAY No official announcement has . been made up to noon today regarding the time for the ceremony of signing the Peace Treaty. Arrangements for the event are proceeding on the under standing that it will occur at three p. m. Saturday. The Council of Four was in . session this morning perfecting plans for signature. If the signing occurs as con templated, President Wilson will sail at noon Sunday. DELEGATES ON WAY Coblenz, June 27. Foreign secretary muener ana i;oion ical Secretary Bell, two Ger man Peace delegates, passed -thru Qologne on their way to Versailles this morning, a tele phone message from Cologne reported. CROWN PRINCE (By Associated Press) The Hague, June 27. Frederick William Hohensollern, former Ger man Crown Prince, whose escape from Holland to Germany bad been reported, was still at his residence at Wieringen this morning, It was of ficially announced this afternoon. CROWNPRINCEIS STILL IN HOLLAND - ) (By Associated Press) The Hague, June 27. The fact' that the former Crown Prince of Germany is still in Holland at Weir- ingen was disclosed by official In vestigation by the Dutch Minister of the Interior. HERE'S GOODBYE TO DAYLIGHT LAW (By Associated Press) Washington, June 27. Final ap proval was given by Congress today to the repeal of the Daylight Saving Law, In the adoption of (he Confer- ence report on the Agricultural ap propriation bill to which the measure is attached. The bill contains an amendment providing tor the labelling as well as the Inspection of horsemeat. . ONE DRY BULL TAKES IN ALL (By Associated Press Washington, June 27. The House Judiciary Committee voted today to report out all prohibition enforce ment legislation In one general bill. The measure to enforce the, war time prohibition legislation will be part on of the general bUl. (