In the column of UIs paper you
will find tb,e advertisements ot plot,
progressive' merchants , and manu
facturers who are telling you some
thing they believe you ought to
know.
WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Friday,
not much change In temperature,
gentle variable winds. , I
VOL. 4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1919.
NO. ISO
V
BIG DRAINAGE SCHEME ON FOOT
AMONG LITTLE RIVER FARMERS
Drainage District Being Organized For all Lands
Lying To Southland East of Suffolk & Caro
lina Railroad
The farmers of the Little j
luver bucuuii ui muuia net
mon township hive onfpot
plans which, if carried but, will
result in the formation of a big
drainage district embracing the
land in this county to the south
and east of the Suffolk .& Car
olina railroad.
Two big canals will drain
the district, one emptying into
Little River on the south and
the other emptying into
Knobb's Creek on the north.
Thousands of acres will be
included fn the district which
will embrace the lands of T. S.
Ownley and sons, J. W. Fore
man, William Jennings, Oscar
Bundy, Edwin Brothers and
many other large land owners
in Mt. Hermon township.
It is reported that a similar
enterprise IS Deing aavocatea;.
i i
in Newiand township in the
Tadmore section.
These undertakings, if suc
cessful, would be the first steps
toward redeeming the yo.OUO
idle wilderness acres in Pas
quotank. Equally as import
ant as the reclamation of new
land would be the .increased
values of lands now under cul
tivation but inadequately
drained.
BENNER CABINET
WILL RESIGN
(By Associated Press)
Vienna, July 31. The Austrian
cabinet headed by Dr. Karl Renner
iias decided to resign.
Austrian governmental affairs re
cently have been in rather unsettled
.state.
The Peace Terms presented by the
Allied and Associated Powers to the
.Austrlani at St GernUln have been
.stoutly protested against in official
.circles nd"- predictions made that
Austria to-likely to ko driven Into
bankruptcy.
RESTE FRANCE
Cfneraf Pershinr Afainst Rs
nwrsil From That Country
The United States of Bodies
of FaUen Heroes
' (By Associated Press)
Paris, July 31. General Pershing
told the newspaper correspondents
here today that he woiHd advise
Against the removal to the United
States of American dead In France.
The American Commander in
Chief said that he was arranging a
conference with American artists for
the "beautlflcatlon of, a" permanent
cemetery in. France tor the American
dead.'" ""'' : r'
.RECOMMENDS TRIAL
BY HIGH COURT
(By Associated Press)
Paris, July 31. Trial by high
ourt of Joseph Calllaux, former
Premier, who has been under arrest
ior a year and a half charged with
' having had treasonable dealings with
(the enemy, is recommended In the
i conclusions of Theodore Lescouve,
v Attorney General of the Republic.
JITNEY RUNNING to bathing park
starts at 4 o'clock runs till , eleven.
Fare 10c. Leaving. Southern Hotel
and Mitchells corner every 20 mln
utes. Phone 845-L. Call for yon
anywhere In the city.
J.31-3tp TRANNIE CRANK.
H. M. Prltchard of Weeksvllle .was
5a the cltyTuesdiy. - " i
PRES. CONSIDERS
COST OF LIVING
Deeply Impressed by State -
'C Xtr'l C Ct .
WCDi ui WArrvn . .jiuiic
Regarding Unrest Thruout
Country
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 31. President
Wilson Is giving deep and very
thoughtful consideration to the high
cost of living, it was announced at
the White House today, and all
branches of tho government that'nd take the 8tep that ,eads t0 a
mleht aid in aolvln the tirohlem are
a work
The President Is understood to
have been deeply impressed by the
statement presented to him yester-,
day by Warm S. Stone, Chief of the
Brotherhood ot Locomotive Engi-.to
'uwa uuuV' i viuis vu uuavuvvvwbi
the country caused by the decreased
. .. r..iaflH h ,hfi a-PTai.pA
purchasing price of the dollar.
SPEARS FOR BROTHERHOOD
President Lee ot the Brotherhood
ot Railway trainmen announced
Hav that unlens the Railroad Admin-
...... . mnmmt m.. . .safeguarded we will go far for the
ber 1st on the demands of the,8ake of the worId"
Brotherhood that wages ot train- "Democracy after all is but a
men be increased or the cost ot living 'anting ot noses," Mr. Lane said,
reduced. ten lookln to the enforce- I
ment ot the demands' iuit be taken.
MEN NOT TXt fiTRIKE
Representatives o(. six railroad
shop unions who are In conference
here with the railroad adminlstra
tto Officials telegraphed shop t.m-,one w ha Purred tha the Housing Corporations, and going
ployees over the country today notLeaud hould have b1een born ,n a ahead with their building plans. We
to strike. PendinS; settlement ot dlfferent at different tlme."'cjm and must do the same. And I
their demands the workmen were
formed that th. idrntnlotration con-
Bented to enter a national agree-
ment covering rules and working
conditions.
RETURNS FROM MARKETS
M. Leigh Sheep returned Thurs
day from northern markets where
he has been tor the last ten: days
purchasing goods tor the M. Leigh
Sheep Company
BRING OUT SILVER
HAD BEEN HIDING
i 1 1
Coblens, Jnly I. (Correspondence
oi The Associated Press. )ClTillana
in Coblens tttte recently been bring
lit to light their stores ot silverware
Ad Jewelry which have been la hid
lit taost of the time since the Amer
Juw.eunt to Oexmaar. .
p;pdlB tk.erican arntf ot
occupation were wirn reporre ronwra
ing the khaki elad soldiers and most
ot tho civilians, expecting their
homes to be plundered, hurriedly
placed their valuable in safety de
posit valuta in the banks or in their
backyards'.
Now that the Germans have
learned to trust the Americans they
are tilling how and where their treas
ure has been hidden all these months.
AUTOMOBILE SERVICE ELIZA-
beth City to Edenton. , Fare $2.00.
Leave Southern ' Hotel 4 p. m.
Leave Edenton m. Phone
24. LEVY CRANjfc. J.31-3tp
LEFT IN END ROOM OF BATII
house last night a shirt to a bath
ing suit. Finder please return to
R. E. Qulnn ft Co. v
A FEW MORE Manhattan Shirts
at the old prices. If you expoct to
get in on this, don't wait TOother
day. Weeks ft Sawyer."
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank, our friends for
their kindnesses and sympathy dar
ing the Illness of Ciptaln Peter Davis
and for the flowers and automobiles
at the funeral. , J.,
HIS CHILDREN. '
Mrs. Russell ChappeU of Edenton
Is visiting', her sister, MrsBarlow
Harrow.
PATRIOTISM
NOT CHALLENGED
So Long As Men Think Above
Partisan Lines, Declares Sec
retary Lane in Address On
Leagueof Nations
(By Associated Pi-egg)
V Washington, July 30.t Patriotism
of-men who hold differing views on
the wisdom .of ratifying the peace
treaty including the League of Na-
tlons covenant is not to-be challengod
"so long as they think above the
nlnnal'of' nartlsanshin." Secretary
.Lane declared here tonight before
' . - t, .
. iuara meeuug ul fcuvuruuitMu em-
Ployees.
"It is not an easy question to an stock company to finance the under
swer," Mr. Lane said, adding that taking, and expects, when the prop
it was one "to which we wish an erty is developed, to show Elizabeth
American answer."
"And. it takes courage," he de- in the midst of attractive surround
clared, "whether we stand still and lugs. Indeed, such schemes as Mr.
risk the scorn ot a waiting, eager Spencer has in mind have been
world, or break through our Inertia ' worked out in thousands of other
possible obligations."
The view of the ordinary citizen
the Secretary sald he thouht wa8 i
De p,w m ino way 01 nauon8 aeBir,nK
make war "but t0 be left frce
signs, knowing that these do not en-
danger the peace of the world."
"We will not hazzard our national
We or the rlght of our people t0 de'
to-,termIne tnelr own ,nstu"ons ana
'" l" """"
"u '"um ""v" "
policy which the chosen leaders of
the two hundred and fifty million ot
the most civilized of the world's peo-!win
pie have endorsed."
Mr. Lane said he believed every-
in-i"u"u iUWUU,D ,,,k"'",,Dei,eve inere are enougn Puduc
"om nu lr,P 10 AIca- ne aaaea- ine
,tormeT President made the strongeet mo put my bunglaow project through,
aPPeal any national leader had thenjand ! know ! can rent all of them
voicea ior sucu a icragua.
"Then was the day for its , crea-;
tion," Secretary Lane continued
"But the world did' not see the dan
ger it was in."
Such men as President Taft andjace famlly of today prefera a 5 or 6
Mr. Root committed themselves to room house, and expects to pay $25
the project then, Mr. Lane said, hnt or gt0 monthly rental. Indeed, small
"the stern figure of the Kaiser
backed by his standing army of two
hnlllion men" stood in their pith.
William Jennlnn Bryan, as Secre
tary of State, had moved in the same
direction with his negotiation ot ar
bltratlon treaties, Mr. Lane eoatlh
ued, adding: .'
"Let ns be frank. We ot America
did not take these efforts ot hfr.
Bryan with any degree of serlofs
ness. We thought him a noblemind-
d fiatMar. Yei We ls lacor.
portT to tU !$ stop of Ut fcrf.
mid of the present proposed league."
It was not until the war came that
any but tentative steps could ho
taken toward the formation ot a
peace league, Mr. Lane said, and it
the President had not made the ef
fort to secure it "we would have said
he was a quitter."
Secretary Lane said, he had been
unable to find in the covenant any
surrender of American rights more
than every existing rule ot Internati
onal law involved. It was, he said,
"essentially , a gentlemen's agree
ment," based on .the assumption that
each, party to it honestly desired to
'adhere t0 the principles for which
the league stands.
FRENCH
WOMAN
WRITES THANKS
Mr. A. B. Walston of Elizabeth
City has received the following letter
ot appreciation from the mother of a
little French orphan which he had
adopted:
Please have -the bounty to excuse
me for being late In thanking you,
because I was without your address
until today, when I make haste to
thank you from the bottom of my
heart Please accept, sir, my sincere
salutations.
MRS. ROGER BUNT.
SHIRT SPECIAL, Oxford shlrU In
beautiful patterns and guaranteed
colors. Special price, $1.00. Weeks
ft Sawyer., ' .
rver. ' V. - , ' , , ,
JVV
E. F. SPENCER
IIASFINE PLAN
Will Build Colony of Artistic
nom m tazaDem utyana'
t?i e i t r
neip auppiy increasing ie-
mand
One of the most desirable nieces
of property on Main street. $00 foot
'frontage', and running back to Cherry
'street, with 12 beautiful bungalows
'built around a court of grass, flowers
and srubs, with a fountain plying
in the center, Is what E. F. Spencer
ihpntnllvvlHiinll7Pl hofrtra mirohaalnv
a!the tract of land which adjoins the
i . . .
property 01 u. u. 1'ugn.
Mr. Spencer is forming a 150,000
City a little colony of artistic homes
communities, which owe their charm
cuwuy 10 uio roauus wrougni oy men
ho have actualized like dreams of
homes and homo environments.
The bungalows when completed
W1" " lur re"l "r wuo ma
wish to purchase will be given an
9PPrtnn,ty t0 do 80 ea8y W-
when seen by The Advance
re-
.porter Mr. Spencer said: "Elizabeth
city must face and solve the housing
Problem. It Is next to impossible for
people to secure houses here. Many
nave gone eisewnere Decause unaDie
to find satisfactory residences. That!
lis my chief Interest in undertaking
this building venture. I want to see
ray town grow and prosper. I know
n"w senouBiy me. want oi nouses is
effecting this community. But I also
believe that the right sort of homes
rent for enough to make the
building of thorn a profitable invest-
ment. Other towns are forming
-
spirited men in Elisabeth City to help
iong before they are ready for occu-
pancy.
"The day has passed when people
expect to get an 8 or 10 room house
tor $18 or $20 per month. The aver-
bungalows, with modern equipment,
will more easily rent for $25 or $30
per month than the old time 8 or 10
room house will for $16 or $18.
"I have enough faith in my con
victions as to what people want to
day, and enough Interest in tho fu
ture ot my town to try to put this
scheme of building bungalows ever.
And I expect to prove that Such an
Investment is a wise one."
BACKT00WNERS ,
ATJffl)NIGHT
Government Control of Tele
graph And Telephone Sys
temseases Tonight
(By Associated Press)
Washington, July 31. At mid
night tonight government control of
telegraph und telephone systems that
began June 22, 1918 when the lines
were token over as a war measure,
will bo turned over to, their private
owners.
ENGLAND WORKS
FOR PROHIBITION
(By Associated Press)
Londod, July 31.- In connection
with the prohibition campaign in
England the members of parliament
who sympathize with It will conduct
an energetic secret movement to
maintain existing liquor control reg
ulations established during the war,
especially restricted hours of sale. .
AUTO LINE TO OCEAN VIEW
My cars leave Sunday morning at
8:00 o'clock for Norfolk and Ocean
View, $1.00 round trip. Make your
reservation now. Phone 68.
, EDGAR WILLIAMS.
POTATO GRADING
BETTER THIS Yj
.'M'
And Trices Will Bo Good As LoiM
Graillmr Is Prnnorlv Drum fkin' IrtV. i
r-i . -- rr- - -
Hhuroaker
v.v.
Word has reached here from tho
..... .... ..TV.T'
uureauot warKcia at wasiiingtcn
that tho Market News Service &nnot
1 be furnished this sectloo dally diirjug
' the" sweet potato season. The 'funds
available for this service have 'been
reduced in the Agricultural Appro-
prlation Bill. The .government hopes
to furnish a semi-weekly service
.laler- '
Wr- Correll Shumaker of the In-
spectlon Department is busily on the
J00 of 8uelnB that sweet potatoes are
I nrnnorlv irradoH nnrt ronnrta much
properly graded and reports much
improvement this season in grading.
"There are no strings found fn the
potatoes for markets this year,' says
Mr. Shumaker, "tho we still hnve a
mixture of the two higher grades.
We are writing growers and packers
that it pays to grade potatoes; prop
erly and that prices will slump'when
this la not done. - V
"Prices are good this season, and
we are trying to keep them good
Potatoes are good, too. Proper' grad
ing will moan a splendid sweft po
tato season in this section."
A BATTY TALE
r-1
Henry Martin, an old colored! man
better known as Martin Mannwho
lives out near the Colored Stateier
mal on Southern Avenue extensd,
was reading his copy of The Adfance
Elizabeth City's daily newspaper,
Tuesday, as is his custom. Suddenly
he felt a bite on his leg, but was too
deeply interested in the day's nswi
and the editor's views to .pay much
attention to such a trivial matter.
Then there was a second and sharper
nip, and Martin brought his hand
down on the spot. He was amazed
at the size ot the varmint and called
aloud for help to the female mem
bers of his household. They came
to bis rescue and tied .up the young
bat, for such it was In the trous
ers leg. Then Martin took oft the
trousers and hung them out oa the
back of a chair on the piazza. He
didn't care to let loose the bat In
the house at night, and thought It
might as well stay where It was uaU
morning, when he would investigate
the culprit by light of day. But next
morning, Little Mr. Bat had cat hts
way thru the trousers to liberty.
And Martin says, if you don't be
lieve this story, he will show yoa' the
hole in his trousers leg.
SPORT PROGRAM
OF S. SL PICNIC
H -
AtWk
Following is the program othe
athletic sports feature of the U sho
dlst Sunday School picnic to bVJseld
Friday afternoon at the old?jra)r
Ground park. Av.V
Base ball gamo betwen the JTirst
Methodist and City Road Church V
It yard race girl aader
60 yard race (boys under M;l'
60 yard race (girls from 10 to4.)
60 yard race (boys from 10 ttf-.V,)
60 yard race for girls over
60 yard race for married ladies.
Peanut race. r1
Cracker race.
Fat men's race.
Nail driving race. '
Rope Jumping race for boys.
60 yard race for men over 26.
Water Sports.
Water baseball game.
Water wrestling.
100 yard swim. '
Tug-of-war. "
Swimming races for different: ages.
Tho names ot the winners oleach
of the above events will appeals in
Saturday's paper. -.V1''
The athletic contests will t0 in
charge of Messrs V. R. GIlmore.FTMk
Kramer and Raymond Sheeley. '
ATTENDING MISSION ARfVy
SO
MEETING
Mrs. 8. C. Newbold and Mrs. M.
E. Trueblood are attending the Wo
man's Missionary meeting at .Hert
ford this week as delegates oiUhe
W. M. 8. of Blackwell MefcVrial
Baptist church. V,
ANOTHER SHIPMENT ofths
Bhlrt Garter. ; Holds your shlrtawn
and your hose ap. Don't watt. 'They
sell qnlck. Price 60 cents. .Weeks
ft Sawyer. ' W'.
. -- '''".'!- ; '
gLIQUOR LOCKED
UP IN THE JAIL
Capt Gaskins And Son Out on
Bond, And Numerate'
Throats Athirst Following
Police Raid on Schooner
Tho most Interesting craft that has
.docked hero in some time Is the Jes-
B0 irving, a two-masted schooner,
wi,ich was towed Into dock at the
foot of Main street Wednesday night,
The boat attracted a crowd as" tho
somebody had been drowned and was
atm ti.n nMert nf mnrh fnfauo nn
Thursday morning. Yet there was
I . i . ... '
nothing extraordinary in the appear
ance of the Jessie Irvine. Tha AxMt.
ment centered about the boat's cargo
and the tact that the police were la
charge.
Tho Jessie Irving came Into tha
harbor Saturday aftornoon from Bal
timore bound for Washington and
New Bern, stopping here to put' off
canned goods and vinegar, which
were a part of her legitimate carrn.V
The boat was lying to the westward,
of Machelhe's Island. The police got
suspicious, for .some reas in, and Mon-,
day afternoon Chief ot Police
Holmes with Officer Roughton and
Captain Simmons, went aboard with
a search warrant.
What they found was 267 quarts
of the stuff. Five cases were In thu
forward hold and the rest was back
aft under the berths. The brands .
were Four Roses and Penwlck, with
one case of Dry Gin.
Capt. Ben Gaekins was In Charge.
of the Jessie Irving. His home is OA
Hunter street of this city. The police
believe that the liquor's destination
was Elizabeth City and that the boat
was waiting for a good chance to put
It off.
The case came up In recorder's
court at nine o'clock Thursday mora- .
ing.
Capt. Gaskins appeared and thra
his attorney W. A. Worth said that
he was not ready for trial. He was
bound over under $600 bond for a
hearing on Aug. 12th. J. E. Gaskins,
his son, was held under $200 bond.
Ing on August 12th. J. E. Gaskins,
his son, was held on $200 bond.
Both the Gaskins had been under
bond overnight of similar amounts.
was under $200 bond till morning
was released for lack ' ot sufficient
evidence.
The liquor is locked up In Jail. '
The case of "Dry Gin" was exhibited
at court Thursday morning andwfls
gased upon with, hungry eyes by on
lookers who crowded hrtd the fvff
The boat has been permitted to
proceed to Its destination.
t.
NEGRO QUARTERS
NOW PATROLLED
vausea ininy ieains. , ia
Deaths Reported Last Night
(By Associated .Press)
Chicago, July 81. The mala tegro
quarters of Chicago today were pa
trolled by six thousand soldiers tol-
r lowing four nights of race rioting
that caused thirty deaths, 17 ne
groes and 13 whites and the injury
of more than 600 persons, two hun
dred of whom were severely , hurt,
and a dozen of whom may. die. '
No deaths were reported' tlutmg
last night "Mt-jnany injuries' 'and '
fires are recorded." ' "
EASTIaKE MAN
AWARDED CROSS
Dare County Private Among
Those Rewarded For Distin
guished Service Overseas
(By Associated Prees)
f -
Washington, July 31.r . General
Pershing has awarded distinguished
service crosses to the following pri
vates: Alfred W. Smith, Stanfield, N. C.
Elwood Twlford, East Lake, N. C.
Wm. J. Turbeville, Turbevllle, S.C
Mrs. R. A Raper and little daugh
ter Mary are visiting, her. sonr CUs
D. Raper la Baltimore.