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In the columns of this paper you will find the advertisements of alert, progressive merchants and manu facturers who are telling yon some thing they believe you ought to know. WEATHER Local thunderthowers probably to night and Wednesday, no change in temperature, gentle variable winds. VOL.4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. TUESDAY EVENING, JULY IS, 1919. No. 166 PARIS REJOICES TILL EARLY MORN Elaborate Illuminated Pageant of War Marks Climax Of Victory Day Celebration (By Associated Press) Paris, July 15. Weary but still bent upon continuing its' festivities -until the last ounce of celebrative energy had been spent, Paris kept up Its Victory Day celebration well into the small hours this morning. Each of the traditional attract ions of the Fourteenth of July, fire works, free performances, and street dancing, found its particular crowd. The climax of the night's proceed ings, however, was the appearance of the "girandole," especially brought from Florence where it was made for the occasion. It consisted of a series of connected panels brilliantly illuminated and adorned with por traits of the Allied rulers and cele brities, together with Inscriptions re calling the principal events of the war. . y GOVT. CONTROL ENDS THIS YEAR (By Associated Press) Washington, July 15. In rtew of the statement by President Wilson that the railroads would be returned to their owners at the end of the year Chairman Beach told the Inter state Commerce Commission today tthat it would be useless to consider fjlans for a five year extension of Government control. "Mindful of the sentiment thru out the country on the question of Government ownership," he said, "I think we should not spend much time on that. There are many prob lems to be worked out in the bill for the regulation of the carriers which we are taking up, and in view of the President's declaration nothing can be gained by discussing the situa tion." NEW HANOVER WILL SEND BOY TO COLLEGE West Raleigh, N. C, July 16. An appropriation was made at the last meeting of the county commis sioners of New Hanover County for the education of a youth from that county in agriculture at the North Carolina State College. The scholar ship is to be given with .the under standing that the recipient will re turn to the' county to put into prac tice in local agriculture the things that he has learned at college. The plan adopted is the same as that originated by Senator W. 8. Davenport of. Mackeya and first put in operation by Washington County. The proposal was made to the New Hanover commissioners several weeks ago by Mr. Hugh McRae, of Wilmfogton, . and others but acUon -was deferred nntil the recent meet ing when favorable action was taken. Woice of the youth to receive if scholarship will be left with the i nmtaaloners O. W. Track and Ad- f Jon Hewlett, ana J. i wecion, wu Hp. Herring. 4 The scholarship is to be awarded a young man of limited means, who has the proper preparation for en tering college and who wishes to study agriculture with a' view to re turning to his county to put in prac tice the knowledge gained In his ceM The demonstration In modern farming methods Is expected To .be of great value towards the agricul tural development of the county. . VOTE OF CONFIDENCE FOR PREMIER NITTI (By Associated Press) Rome, July IB. The Government of Premier Nltti, which took offlce W several weeks ago, received a now ilibf confidence in the Chamber of Dep uties tonight , - . SPECIALS. ' Built up Bummer ; Suits for Dad and the Boys. Straw hts with self conforming sweat bands. . ' .J.l-2t ' T. T. TURNER ft CO. WANTED AT ONCE B01 TO carry The Advance,' Apply The Advance Offlce. ' SAYS BATHING RESORT DESERVES SUPPORT The beach at the Pasquotank Bath ing Resort is being largely patron ized this week. More than two hun dred persons, it is estimated, were in bathing there yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Dawson, manager of the esort, does not think that the patron age Is as liberal as it is large. Of the two hundred and fifty persons in bathing only thirty-one used the bath house. Mr. Dawson explains that he is not trying to make any money at the beach, but he does think that he should be reimbursed for the outlay of over three hundred dollars which he has njade to get the bath house built and equipped. He asks that each family patronizing the reso'rt purchase a season ticket good for twenty baths. IT IS HOSTILE TO SUGGESTION Senate Foreign Relations Com mittee Doesn't Want to Talk Peace Treaty With President Wilson (By Associated Press) Washington, July 15. Indications that President Wilson would not be asked to appear before the Senate Foreign Relations committee for dis cussion of the Peace Treaty were said today to have been received in ad ministration quarters. High administration officials inti mated they had been Informed by some members of the committee that the majority of that body seemed hos tile to suggestions that the President be asked to appear or that the com mittee confer as a body with him. ONE OFFICER AND SLX MEN KILLED (By Associated Press) Washington, July 15. One officer and six enlisted men were killed in the destruction of the American mine sweeper, Richard H. Buckley, by an explosion in the North sea, July 12. SWISS TYPESETTERS WANT SHORTER HOURS (By Associated Press) Berne, July 15. No newspapers were published in Swltzerlnad today owing to a tsrlke by the operators of typesetting machines. The men are demanding a forty-two hour week. FIREMEN RETURN The Elizabeth City firemen re turned Monday from their vacation trip to Atlantic City. MEET PROBLEMS OF 'JAPANESE Tokio, June 8. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) After exten sive conferences with Japanese reli gious workers and other persons in terested in uplifting; the moral tone of the Japanese people as well as in creasing their material prosperity and happiness, the Home Minister has drawn up a program to meet the growing problems of the times in Japan, including the spread of dis satisfaction among the workers. The project includes propagation of popular education and observance of ancestor worships cultivation of public morality and devotion to the national welfare; and a careful selection of new ideas from -abroad together with their proper assimila tion by the young people of the em pire. i MINERS BUY BREWERY London, June 20. (Correspondence ot The Associated Press.) Because the coal miners of Wales can not buy enough beer, owing to the shortage, they are buying a brewery. A com pany has been formed to purchase and operate it and the capital of $100,000 .is' being subscribed by various miners' clubs, which are tak ing ont shares In the concern In pro portion to membership. 8PECIALB, Bathing Suits for Dad and the Boys. J.U-Jt T T. TURNER ft CO. VERY IMPORTANT TO THE SOUTH! Big' Rate Hearing in Washing , ton Expected to Boom South Atlantic Ports Washington, July 15. What is considered by many to be the most ! important rate hearing in the history of the New South, If not of the entire JCOuntry. is taking place in this city July 15 th On tha tdate, a concerted effort will be made by influential Southern and Middle Western commercial for ces to' persuade the Railroad Admin istration to so revise freight rates from the Middle West that the South Atlantic and Gulf ports can secure their share of business in competition with favored New York. If the Rail road Administration grants that re quest, and it is said that the Ad ministration is by no means preju diced against it the South Atlantic and Gulf ports will experience, it is predicted, an unprecedented boom. Shipping will crowd their wharves, and the hinterland immediately be hind them, like the hinterland about New York and other big shipping centers, will share in that prosperity. This hearing has been arranged by the South Atlantic Maritime Cor poration the quasi-public organisa tion formed by the five ports ot Wil mington, Charleston, Savannah, Brunswick and Jacksonville and backed by the states of North Car olina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida In co-operation with repre sentatives of the Gulf ports headed by William Allen of New Orleans who represents in Washington the City ot New Orleans In its new policy of aggressive commercial expansion. The hearing will be attended by rep resentatives ot practically al lthe ln fluential Southern and Western Chambers ot Commerce. The latter are especially Interested in securing additional gateways for Imports and exports so that they need no longer suffer from the periodic traffic con gestion which obtains in the famous neck of the bottle," the approach to New York. The specific request filed with the Railroad Administration is , that freight rates should be so adjusted that points west of Pittsburgh, like Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, can ship for export as cheaply through the Gulf and South Atlantic 'ports as thev can through New York. The plea will beheard on behalf of the administration by Edward Chambers, Director of the Division of TrafflMhists. Fighting at Sestri Ponente, and Max Thelan, Director of the Dlvls ion of Public Service, tl is expected that the principal arguments will be made by Judge Harry Covington of Washington, D. C, general -counsel for the South Atlantic Maratlme Cor poration, and Luther M. Walter, of the firm of Borders, Walter and Burchmore of Chicago. In addition Senators Ransdell of Louisiana, Flet- che rot Florida, Simmons of North Carolina, Hoke Smith of Georgia, and others will also participate. The hearing is scheduled for ten o'clock on the morning of July 15th but there will be an Important con ference of the delegates at the Hotel Wlllard en the previous afternoon at which the entire situation will be j canvassed. So far as the equities of thecase are concerned, the advocates of the proposed rate adjustment profess to feel entirely at ease. On the whole the distances from the Middle West ern points to Gulf and South Atlantic ports are about the same as the dis tances to New York; some are near er than New -York, some a little fur ther away, but the differences are negligible when it comes to matters of export and Import. Furthermore, the South Atlantic and Oulf ports have a great advantage over New York in economy of port operation; a thousand miles through Charleston or Savannah or Jacksonville, for ex ample, Is far less expensive tban a thousand miles through New Yprk. But the largest question of all Is one ot public policy: Shall the enormous import and export (raffle of eastern United States contlnVl to pour thru, one huge port to be distributed, with an eye solely to the general welfare and sound national economy, thru a number of ports? Thus the argument runs. "In asking for this hearing and In outlining our contention," said Pres- GEN. PERSHING REACHES LONDON With His Staff to Take Part in 'Peace Celebration. Met . With Guard of Honor (By Associated Press) London, July 15. General Persh- jing, Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in France, ar rived here with his stall this after noon to take part in the Peace Cele bration. He was met at Dover by General Home and a guard of honor. LOCAL "Y." WILL TEACH SWIMMING A little more than seven years ago the National Y. M. C. A. swimming campaign was launched. It had for its object the teaching of every man and boy in the country how to swim. There is a double purpose in this u ndertaklng. Primarily it is intend ed to save as far as possible the lives of thousands of persons lost annually by drowning in the United States and secondly to demonstrate that groups of 20 to 30 can be taught at one time without the instructor handling the swimmer. From the day of its Inauguration the plan has made a steady progress and to date over 600,000 people have been taught by this wholesale mehtod of Instruction. The Instructors, Mr. and Mrs. V. R. Ollmore use the crawl stroke, this stroke is universally conceded by ex perts to be the easiest to learn and one by which the body can be pro pelled faster through the water, with the least exertion. Breathing Is an Important part ot the instruction. Many a person had he known how to breath properly, might have been able to save his lite when he was suddenly thrown Into the water. The "Y" swimming place will be at Outlaw's Pier, this side of the Hos pltal and the swimming lessons will begin July 21st. DISORDERS OCCUR IN ITALIAN TOWNS (By Associated Press) Rome, July 15. Strike disorders occurred at various places in Italy today at Lucera. Eight persons' were killed and thirty wounded near Genoa by anar- four miles west of Genoa also re sulted in' the arrest of four anar chists. ' The Genoa strike began at Caltan ista, Sicily. The people marched through the streets crying "Vive So viet" and forced dealers in foodstuffs and other necessities to reduce prices fifty per cent. GRAYS PLAY EDENTON The Elizabeth City Grays played a practice game here Monday and left Tuesday to cross bats with the Eden ton team at Edenton at 4 p. m., hoping to secure a return game. ldent Matthew Hale ot the South At lantic Maritime Corporation, "we have been impressed with the fair attitude of the Railroad Administra tion. While I can not assume, of course, what their decision will be, I believe that they are just as keen ly aware as we are that the present system is one of great maladjust ment and that some arrangement must be made by which the enormous export and Import trade of 1919 1920 may be handled more expedi tiously and economically than it is at present. "Not many months ago, for ex ample, the Railroad Administration made such rate adjustments between the Middle West and the Pacific coast for export purposes as to make it possible for a Middie West ern manufacturer to ship to Shang hai as cheaply by way of the Pacific ports as by way of New York. This may be considered an extreme ex ample but It Is Justified by the neces sity ot relieving New York from the ; congestion which constantly threat ens it ' The claim of the Oulf and South Atlantic ports for equal rates with New York Is, we believe, even sounder, WILL COMPILE CREDIT GUIDE FOR MERCHANTS A new credit experience guide covering Elizabeth City and adjoin ing counties, nas met with a warm reception and a hearty welcome by local merchants. Mr. W. P. Henry. representing the Merchants' Mercan tile Agency of Pittsburg, which is compiling the guide, in co-operation with the newly organized Merchants club of the Chamber of Commerce, Is in the city, and will remain for sev eral weeks. At the Smoker held re cently by the Merchants, a commit tee was appointed to assist Mr. Henry. The credit experience guide will be a compendium of the persons of the district it covers who get credit. The reliability and the promptness of each person in settling his or her debts will be recorded, as it Is known to merchants who have credit deal ings with him or her. uvery line or business and pro fession will be consulted in gathering the data tor the book. The Informa tion about each person will tell how he or she pays the clothier, grocer, furniture man, doctor, lawyer, butch er, baker, candlestick maker, and all business concerns and professional men. It Is expected that at least 100 con cerns and professional men will Join In the movement. The books will be ready for delivery within three months approximately. The same peo ple Issued a guide here two years ago. The system has been in use tor the last thirty years, and is consid ered by many leading business men to be a perfect one. A book will be Issued every two years. Each firm and individual will be put on record as to the number of places in which he trades, how much credit he ob tains and how he pays each firm with whom he trades, being rated accord ing to his promptness in settling ac counts, as "prompt pay," "fair pay," "slow pay," and "no pay." Persons who pay on one or two merchants in order to use them as references to obtain credit else where, and then fail to pay other merchants form the class who are responsible for the greatest losses in the business world. The object of the system to be introduced here is to show up such persons n their true light, making it necessary for ;hem to pay cash, thus reducing the losses from credit. "What the trading public should Insist upon," said Mr. Henry, in go ing over some of the advantages to be derived from the use of their com pany's methods, "is that their mer chants give them a rating, so that when they ask for credit all that is necessary Is to refer to the guide. There are many pesons who are not intentionally slow In paying their accounts, but are neglectful, and when they understand that they must be rated they will endeavor to secure the best rating possible, and will be come more prompt in settling their accounts. The book is now published in the greater part of the United States and is renewed every two years. In many states every hamlet is organized under its system." Persons moving from one state to another or from another county will be followed by special reports which will show if they are good or bad risks, and for what amounts they may be credited. Supplements to the guide are is sued every ninety days in the form of a secretary's report, and the rating book is thus kept up to date. Each subscriber will be furnished with letters to send to delinquent debtors that may appear upon his books, giving them notice to adjust their accounts, In order that all may have an opportunity to pay up their Indebtedness and no injustice be done. In Raleigh where the work was just renewed, every progressive mer chant Joined again, and In Washing ton, Wilson, Rocky Mount and Greensboro, other towns to have the second credit guide, great results have been accomplished. MEETS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON The I. N. L. Circle of the Woman's Missionary Society meets Wednesdsy afternoon at four o'clock with Mrs. M. E. Trusblood on Greenleaf street Miss Rose Goodwin will speak to the ladles and there will be other inter- Attffi f tn rmm Alt mimtun ft rm urged to be present HON. W. T. GILES SPEAKS TONIGHT Public Extended Cordial Invi tation To Hear Distinguished Visitor at Courthouse Quite a, number ot Elizabeth City's business and professional men at tended the smoker at the Chamber of Commerce rooms Monday ,nght given In honor of Hon. William Trlckett Giles, Supreme Lecturer of the Loyal Order ot Moose. Mr. Giles made a most favorable Impression on those who met him at the smoker and a good crowd Is ex pected to hear the distinguished visitor who is a prominent lawyer of Baltimore when he delivers a frater nal and patriotic address at the courthouse tonight. The hour for the lecture is eight- thirty-and the public is extended ,a cordial invitation to be present and hear Mr. Giles. CUT FOOT WHILE ; IN BATHING SUNDAY Dennis Jones cut his foot badly while in bathing near the Hospital Sunday. Four stitches had to be taken by the physician. i-t , Bottles and bricks . had been thrown in the river by thoughtless , boys before the bathing season , opened and It was one ot these brok- ' en bottles that caused the injury. ) Mr. Dawsoa Is taking steps to have the bathing place cleared of these obstacles. CORBET AND DOZIErV READY FOR BUSINESS Corbett and Dozler are now open for business in their new grocery op posite The Advance Offlce at the cor ner of Fearing and Water streets. They are as near you as your tele phone. Their new stock is plainly, marked in clear figures. One price to all. Washington county water melons are featured today by the new firm. adv. SHOULD SOLVE LABOR PROBLEMS (By Associated Press) New York, June 14. Protestant churches of America should be brought into closer relations with the wage-earners of the nation, says a statement issued here today, by the , Commission on Church and Social Service of the Federal Council ot the -Churches of Christ in America. To accomplish this purpose, - the Commission proposes that hundreds of powerful, highly socialized ' and democratically organized churches should be established in industrial centers. It suggests that seminaries should train ministers to know how to ad- '-, minister such churches, men who will know economics and social prob lems, as well as theology. It proposes an alliance of the church with the workers themselves "to achieve the great objects for which the workers are struggling, such as living wages, reasonable hours for conditions of labor, equal opportunities and pay for women, participation In management and ownership and abolition of child . labor." It Is proposed also by the commis sion that the church denominations should agree among themselves to establish non-competing parishes for these churches In Industrial centers' and that the denominations should close churches which compete. ENSIGN RODD GETS CUP FROM CLEVELAND (By Associated Press) Cleveland, July It. Lieutenant Commander Read of the American seaplane NC-4, and his companion transatlantic filers, Lieut Comman der Bellinger Ot the llltated NC-1, and Lieut Commander Towers of the NC-t were guests at a public men tion today at which Ensign Herbert N. Rodd, ot Cleveland, wireless op erator on the NC-4, was presented with a silver cup by the city. ' McCabe ft Orlce Breezy Sale con tinues In full swing this week only.
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