fe'g
In tho columns of this paper yon
will find the advertisements of alert,
progressive merchants and manu
facturers who are telling yoa gome
thing they believe yoa ought to
know. -
WEATHER
Partly cloudy ton'ght and Satur
day, probably showers In extreme
west portion, gentle variable winds.
VOL.4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1919.
NO. 175
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RETURN FROM TRIP
President Wilson Will Then
Present Defensive Treaty
With France to Senate
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 25. President
"Wilson does not now plan to present
the defensive treaty with France to
the Senate until after he returns
from his tour of the country. '
This statement was made at the
Wh;te House today.
When the President presents the
treaty he will accompany it with an
explanatory address to the Senate.
PLEDGE AID
SAVINGS DEPT.
Commercial Travellers of
America Held in Campaign
Against F
Companies
Against Fradulent Stdckl
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 25. Members
of the Commercial Travellers Of
America have pledged their aid to
the Savings Division of the Treasury
Department in the campaign against
the promotion of fraudulent stock
companies.
The salesmen will endeavor to
warn communities against exchang
ing Liberty Bonds or Thrift Stamps
for stock in get rich Quick schomes.
PRESIDENT SIGNS
AGRICULTUR1 BILL
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 25. President
Wilson today signe dthe Agricultural
Appropriation Bill from which Con
gress eliminated the rider repealing
the Daylight Saving Act after the
President vetoed the original meat
are. RETURNS FROM LAURINBURO
Mr. Q. Shumaker is Just back from
Laurinburg where he has been look-
ing after melon shipments. Many i
melons are ruined by the rains In '
that section he says. Indeed, crops
seem to have suffered more farther
down the state than in this section,
if possible. Many streams have over
flower their banks, causing disaster.
The week previous Mr. Shumaker
was in Currituck in the interest of
the sweet potato crop there, and had j
with him a number of Elizabeth City .
Boy Scouts. The party had many
thrilling experiences in the rains,
often stopping to . build or repair
bridges along the way.
STATE AID FOR FAIRS
Raleigh, X C, JmH 1 IHfefttm.
lev is tfaslaf date for an itflautitatf
for State aid tad provision of Judges j taken at once to a hospital for treat
for fairs. Those counties which de- ment. (
sire State aid this year should file -
their application with the Extension
J, ""'ice at once. Applications re
t ved after September first will not
4e considered. According to Mr. 8.
0. Rublnow, Chairman of the Fair
Committee, only (2 counties now j
have applications on file. Of these,
It are for county fairs, 4 for district
' fairs, 3 for negro fairs and 39 for
community fairs. Every county can
have a county fair, for community
fairs and two negro fairs. These
should be organized at once, and ap
plications filed!
Every fair should strive for better
attendance, more exhibitors, better
exhibits, finer program, more con
tests, more interest and a permanent
organization. To secure each of
these, premium lists ought to be dis
tributed by this time and in the
hands of every man, woman and
child in your community.
Vvtantlnll PfriMiUr No. 84 rive
ubVMUwM t wr-
th erecord the people of the State
1 have made in fair work during the
j past nve years
This circular is
ifree. as lone as the present supply
lasts, and can be obtained by writ
ing to the Agricultural Editor, Agri
cultural Extension Service, Raleigh,
N. C. ,
- Tomorrow is shirt day at our store. j M. McRae Falson, District Deputy
Dress shirts 76c to $6.00. Men's $1.60. Supervisor of the Loyal Order of
work shirts, all sizes, special $1.00. Moose, spent Tuesday night In Ral
T. T. TURNER CO. 'elgh. (
TRAINS DELAYED
The Norfolk Southern railway was
obliged to detour trains over South
ern and, A. C. L. tracks Thursday to
and from Raleigh and Eastern Car-
olina on account of the washout
near Bailey, east of Raleigh.
Today trains were ablo to make
the trip on Norfolk Southern tracks
but were obliged to go very slow on
account of numerous smaller wash-
.ouU and flood9 oI waer along
the
way.
EXPECT SETTLE
STRIKE TODAY
(By Associated Press)
Now York, July 25. Announce
ment of the settlement of the marine
workers strike was expected to be
made today.
Vice Chairman Stevens of the
Shipping Board who came here Mon
day has had conferences with repre
sentatives of both the seamen and
nnprntnra nnri ha tnHtnntot tnHnv
that nractlcallv the onlr thin nacH-
sary to complete the compromise is
the signature.
FOREST FIRES
ARE CHECKED
-rr
(By Associated Press)
Spokane, July 25. The forest fires
situation in western Montana and
northern Idaho which has been re
garded by forest officials as critical
for the past ten days appeared much
improved today following heavy
rains.
BIB. TURNER RETURNS
T. T. Turner, of T. T. Turner &
Company, has returned from New
York City where he has been to buy
fall goods. Mr. Turner intimates
that readers of The Advance may ex-
pect some very Interesting anaounce-!
ments from the store for Dad and the
Boys la the aeax. future especially ;
the boys
LIVESTOCK PROGRAM
ENDORSED
West Raleigh, N. C, July 24.-
At the Annual meeting of the North
Carolina Commercial Secretaries As-
sociatlon, held in Wilson on July
8, the promotion of the livestock in
dustry in North Carolina was highly
endorsed. According to Mr. R. S.
Curtis, Animal Husbandman, of the
Agricultural Experiment 8tation, the
announcement of this endorsement
by the Association should be of much
Interest to all livestock growers.
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MISS FAY SHUMAKER IMPROVING
Miss Fay Shumaker is Improving
I slowly at Sarah Leigh Hospital In
I Norfolk from a sever attack of pero
tinitis. Her mother is with her. They
were bottt mm a a visit &u lfWfkA tvMX u ttr t9tm,t twftito
Slsmawr Wa- in aa 11 t U
NOTICE
W. W. Sawyer, M. D. will not close
his office Friday afternoon as stated
tin previous issue.
W. W. SAWYER, M. D.
VACATION WITH PARENTS
Miss Thelma Sykes of Sarah Leigh
Hospital, Norfolk, is spending her
vacation with her parents,' Mr. and
Mrs. John D. Sykes of this city!
FOR SATURDAY
Supply of fresh, homegrown corn,
tomatoes, cabbage and spring chick
ens with our new stock of groceries.
Phone 1035, 18 S. Water street.
' CORBETT ft.DOZIER.
WANTED BOY FOURTEEN OR
over as Advance carrier for South
ern Avenue, Riverside Drive and
intersecting streets. Worst route
In city in bad weather but offers
splendid opportunity for ambitious
boy to build op best paying route
In city. Apply to Business office.
SUGGESTS PLAN
President ' National Bank of
Commerce of New York Says
Must Pool America's Re
.sources to Meet Europe's
Needs
(By Associated Press)
New York, July 24. To pool Eu
rope's need3 of credit and commo-
tdities on the one hand and to pool
'America's resources to meet them is
ja plan suggested by James S. Alex
ander, President of the National
i Bank of Commerce of New York, for
I rehabilitating European countries
jand enabling them to reconstruct
their warstricken industries.
Mr. Alexander is a member of a
committee recently formed here to
investigate methods for supplying
Europe with American money and
goods during the reconstruction
period. This committee was formed
upon the suggestion of Henry P.
Davidson and is headed by J. P. Mor
gan as chairman.
"A pool of Europe's needs should
be met by a pool of America's re
sources, asserts Air. Alexander.
"That Is, America's resources should
be applied to Europe's needs through
a great, centralized credit organiza
tion, with extensive powers of co-or-
Knattin T'lifa mnv aminil UlrA an
ld vX Btate(j in sweeping terms
but j thlnk it8 detalls can be workcd
out in practical, concrete form.
"There seems to be no existing
machinery adequate to do so. There
tore, a special instrumentality must
be set up probably in the form of: a
great credit corporation with capital
enough to handle transactions of a
size that would be involved, trans
actions representing not merely the
business of Individual concerns but
the combined requirements of na
tions. "A necessary step would soom to
be that surveys be made of the com'
modlty needs 0f the nations of Eu-1
rope that lg an estimate of how
muCfl coppef( Bteei, cottoa,, .wheat
and other supplies would be required
for Belgium and also for the other
needful countries.
"The supplies available in Amer-
lea are great but they are not so
great as to meet unlimited and un
balanced demands. Therefore there
should be a Judicious rationing of
our commodities among the nations
requiring them, in accordance with
their needs.
"In addition to this rationing and
allocation of commodles, there is the
question of establishing adequate
credits in this country to be con
sidered. The necessary credits will
be great, so that they must be car
ried to the investing public of the
whole country in the form of bonds
or debentures.
"Because of the deferred maturi
ties, the banks are not to be expected
n hnrh them. There will have to
0a the gre-aaa of safe sad itera
tive Investment and for the sake of
humanity." Mr. Alexander pointed government funds. Nevertheless, tne
out that this would be a means of 'necessary measures should be organ
maintaining the business prosperity and administered on a leml
and integrity of America and of pro- puhHc basis and along lines that will
tectlng Americans from unsound in- n0Tt the support and approval of the
vestments In European securities.
The security behind these deben
tures should make them almost equal
to government bonds in point or 1 Europe as it did throughout our par
safety," Mr. Alexander said. "They 'ticlpatlon in the war; there are
must be based on everything in the'pienty of domestic problems for at
way of collateral that Europe Is able jtentlon to engross the full fiscal
to offer. The individual European j poilcy and activities of the govern
buyer must be prepared to give a gen- ment."
eral mortgage upon her entire assets.
His loan should be further endorsed 1
i.- . nMim Af hunka in tit own
VJ m VWUDVI tSJW W m,mmmmw
country, relnformed where possible
by governmental guarantee, thus
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every debenture soia 10 an American
Investor would have behind it equal grow worse ana idoy.u.,
security consisting of the pool of all the United States." The organisation
the collateral supplied by Europe, as proposed for dealing with Europe
There would be no direct loans was necessary, he said, from a selfish
against the collateral of weak con- point of view of American Interest
cerns or nations Individually by the in order to conserve America s mark
American investor;- neither would ats and avert possible industrial de
the strong be allowed to monopolise presslon. Unless such steps were
the benefits." .taken, Mr. Alexander believed the
'world might be drawn into unsound
Mr. Alexander declared that suf- .nni!tiona. America would be liable
flclont credits must be extended to
rnABt the full reanlrements either of
Europe as a whole, of the nations of
Europe,' or of the individual Indus-
tries. The full needs of Europe must
be ascertained and met, he said, and
this would make imperative an econ-
omlc surrey , of Its requirements,
FROMMNEOLA
TO AUGUSTA, ME.
(By Associated Press)
Mineola, L. I., July 25. Llout.
Col. Hartz loft hero at 8:25 this
morning on his flight to Augusta,
Maine and expects to reach there
shortly this afternoon.
REVOLT ABOUT
DEMOBILIZING
(By Associated Press)
Gratz,, Svria, July 25. Violent
combats occurred Tuesday evening
at Marburg, thirty six miles south
east of Gratz, whero a large part qf
the garrison rovolted as the result
of dissatisfaction over demobiliza
tion. Thirty persons were killed and
many wounded.
Credits supplied should be made
available not to the nations of Eu
rope as such he added, but to the
specific Interests within .the nations,
properly coordinated, that is, to in
dustries, manufacturers, transporta
tion lines and even to municipalities
requiring funds for reconstruction.
To put his plan into operation, Mr.
Alexander said, there would have to
be "this scientific survey of Eu
rope's needs," willingness of individ
ual interests in Europe to coordinate
thoir demands, to furnish satisfact
ory collateral and to pay American
rates rather than European rates on
loans made by the proposed Ameri
can corporation.
"From the American point of
view," he said, "this plan is predi
cated on the willingness of American
producers and manufacturers to co
ordinate their selling plans, forming
commodity groups and permit the
allocation of their products to places
and in amounts according to need.
Another factor is the willingness of
the American public to buy the de-
features at a reasonable rate or la
terest. Still another Is the coopera
tion required on the part of Ameri
can banks to subordinate their in-
vestment opportunities to the gon-
eral situation and not attempt to
skim the cream of European invest
ments, which they might be well able
to do on account of their close con
nections abroad.
Without this proposed organiza
tion, said Mr. Alexander, American
Investors would have thrust upon
them many Issues of varying values,
some based on the best collateral
and some on collateral of very un
certain value. His plan, he pointed
out, would be a means to protect the
'American people from unsound in
vestments in European securities.
"I believe that unless some broad
minded scheme of this Sort is adopt
ed there are grave times ahead.
"Solution of the problem of sup
plying European needs should be un
Sertakes by governmeafal ,.; amis,"
MM Wt. AWxsnder. "U tfcoiM he
carried out with private capital, not
government of the United States. The
time 'is past for the United States
government to finance our Allies in
Mr. Alexander pointed
unless a means by which
out that
America
. -
and Europe could work together In
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hui nnri(Hnna In EurODO Will Still
t0 see serious dlsplscements In itsble as ended. His hands
K.in... Mtweture that' is. treat badly burned by chemicals.
prosperity in some lines and great
depressions in others and ultimately
t depression of the whole business
itructure and possibly a collapse, the
weaker elements pulling down ths
stronger. .
SUFFERS PARALYTIC STROKE
Mr. Peter Davis, aged 81 years,
suffered a paralytic stroke on the
left side of his body Thursday night
at about eleven o'clock, and Is not
expected to live.
Mr. Davis lives at the homo of Mrs.
George Fearing on Ehringhaus
street. He has been in this city
about thirty-five years and is one of
the oldest citizens.
PROHIBITION' CLOSES INNS
(By Associated Prees)
Philadelphia, July 25. Inns in
existenco since colonial days are
among those closed by the wartime
prohibition law.
One of the most noted is tho Gen
eral Wayno Inn, on tho Montgomery
pike outside of Philadelphia, which
was opened in 1704 as the Wayside
Inn by Quaker settlors. "Mad" An
thony Wayne used the inn as his
headquarters during the revolution
ary war and it has been a polling
place for more than 200 years.
Turk's Head Inn at West Chester,
has closed Its doors. In revolution
ary times It was visited by General
Washington, Lafayette, "Mad" An
thony Wayne, Colonel Taylor and
many other officers of Washingt6a's
army. '
KING AND QUEEN
GIVE PEACE TEA
London, June 27. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press.) English
society toon its tea thiB afternoon on
the lawn at uucklngham Palace, the
guest of King George and Queen I
Mary. It was a simple affair, their
Majesties moving about among their
friends, stopping now and then to
greet this one or shake hands with
that one while on their way from tho
palace to the pavillion where they
too had tea.
The scene was brilliant. The
weather did very well, for while it
was cloudy there was no rain. Scores
upon scores of gaily dressed women
walked and chatted with distin
guished generals and admirals in
full regimentals, or went over the
political situation with statesmen, of
whom there were a great many there
from every party.
Tho King and Queen came out
from the palace at four o'clock, and
the nearest band played the national
anthem. The whole of the great
company stood still, and than began
to flow with one accord toward their
majesties. From that time for two
hours, the "garden party" was Just
what It was intended to be.
The Queen was dressed In a strik
ing robe of sapphire brocaded silk,
and the Princess aMry, who followed
her mother, wore pink and white
satin. The King bad discarded his
familiar field marshal's uniform and
appeared In the high hat and frock
coat of other peace days. He was in
good humor, and spent most of his
time talking to the soldiers and
sailors WbO sttttfcli. bftal W ttk,
Queen said particular attention
to
the "new and the young," as one
who was there put It, but did not neg-
lect her old friends.
The socially ambitious were not I
presented in person to their majes
ties the mere fact of their presence
being taken as proof positive they
had entered the coveted realm. Also I
It gave the King and Queon more
time to enjoy themselves, since u
did away with
lar, ceremony.
a trying, If spectacu-
FLORA SAVED ICE PLANT
Chief J. B. Flora of the Fire De
partment, recently back from over
anna ii.oil tils era a manlr In An Ampr-
v' -
gency at the Ice plant on Tuesday . .
and prevented an explosion which jagc-undertook to form an adopt
would probably have wrecked thelon th c'endp
plant and left the city without m' Mrch'
An ammonia pipe burst and every- "d" the other birthday, were easy
body was getting away from the flnd; bnt .J Ju
fumes. Somebody sent for the fire,"511 d'-coyered and the local papers
company to see what they could do
by means of wator. Chief Flora ar
rived, put on his gas mask, found his
way to the stopcocks and the trou-
were
26 Boys Keep Kool and Palm
Beach Suits, sizes 14 to 18. Special
for Saturday, on sale after a. m.
Special $4.05. ,
T. T. TURNER 4 CO.
AERIAL MAIL
PILOTS STRRffi
Something New, At Least, in a
World of Strikes of Many
laUllil
(By Associated Press)
New York, July 25. A strike of
aerial mall .pilots began today, no
aviator appearing to take out the
piano with the Chicago mall due to
St.trt at fivd tMa mnrnlnr.
. H . w - . u uiu, UiUj,
This strike is the first of its kind
In - . . - ..
iu una cuuuiry ana iouows tne re
fusal of the post office department to
loiuaiaie iwo pilots aiscnarged lot
refusing to take out their planes
Tuesday on account of the fog.
FRENCH ELECTIONS
OCTOBERTWELFTII
(By Associated Proas) '
Paris, July 25. Elections for a
new French parliament will probably
bo held October 12th.
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PREPARING TO
CUT DOWN ARMY
(By Associated Press) , i
Faris, July 25. Daring the ap
proaching recess of Parliament Pre-
jmier Cleraonceau and Marshall Foch
' will draft a bill for the curtailment
0f military service, it Is reported.
BULGARST0PAY
BIG JNDEMNITY
Greater Part of Which Goes to
Serbia And Rumania And
Remainder to Greece
(By Associated Press)
Paris, July 26. Rumania and Ser
bia have been awarded the greater
part of the Indemnity of mors than
,b""?n franc" ,ndemn"7 demanded
of Bulgaria under the Bulgarian
peace terms which are nearly finished,
1 RnpnrA n 9 in th navinatu VaL
O " MwnsyOTyvA
slor.
The remainder of the Indemnity
will go to Qreece, the newspaper
says. i
BAND CONCERT FRIDAY
There will be a band concert this
evening at 7:30 at the Pasquotank
Bathing Resort.
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SCOUTS MEET TONIGHT
AH members of Troops Ons and
Three should be present tonight at
Scout Headquarters at eight o'clock
to make arrangements (or their sum
mer camp and to attend to other ta-
t
JULY NO MONTH FOR BABIES!
Chicago, Illinois, Is conducting a
campaign which bids (art to deter
mine which is the best month for
babies. Mrs. Walter 8. Brewster,
vice-chairman of The Fatherless Chil
dren of France, and in charge of a
,natlona, campa,w t0 twut9
can aid to the extent of 10 cents a
day for one year for 00,000 little
French war waifs, issued an appeal
for birthday donations of $3.00 to
care for a child during tho donor's
birthday month. ' '
The returns disclosed that it is al
most Impossible to-unea,rth -a July
birthday. A group of children of
Lake Forest families Lake Forest
v- l.vl-.t ...v V -a vt
What's the matter with July?
To adopt a fatherless little French
war waif, which means to act as its
American godmother or godfather
while it remains with its own mother
In France or to make a birthday
donation, write to Mrs. Walter 8.
Brewster, Room 635, 410 8. Michigan
Ave., Chicago.
Every eent donated
goes direct to the child. The small
,expenses of the work are paid by in
forested friends.
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