WEATHER
In tho columns of this paper you
will find the advertisements of alert,
progressive merchants and manu
facturers who are telling you some
thing they believe you ought .to
know.
Partly cloudy tonight and Satur
day, probably showers, gentle var
iable winds.
VOL. -4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUS T 1, 1919.
NO. 181
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MARKET HOUSE ON PAYING BASIS
FOR YEAR BEGINNING SEPT. 1ST.
. Eleven Meat Stalls Le t At Revenue Which
Should Be Ample to Meet Running Expenses
And Eventually Retire Market House Bonds
Eleven meat stalls in the city
market have been let at a rent
al that will give the city a Rev
enue of between five and six
thousand dollars.
Up to the present time not more
than three or four stalls have been
occupied at any one time.
The renting of eleven stalls means
that every meat stall In the building
"will be occupied except one.
Besides the meat stalls, five fish
stalls have been let for the next year,
that is, all of the fish stalls except
one.
So far only one vegetable stall has
been rented, but City Manager Si
monds has plans which he thinks
will enable tho city to fill the vege
table stalls also.
The foregoing announcement.given
out by City Manager Simonds Friday,
puts an end to all talk that the , butch, j
ers are preparing to , fight
the market house and gives the public
1st, which is the beginning of the
license year in Elizabeth City, the
market house will be put on a paying
basis. City Manager Simonds be
lieves that the revenue from the
'meat stalls alone will meet all over
head expense and eventually liquid-
ate the bonded indebtedness on tho sity has organized a society tor nati-,ine
building. jonal expansion, upholding of Japan-
The city market house was buikjese traditions and to oppose blind
several years ago with the idea that 'adoption of (ho Ideals of Western
the revenue from tho rentals would civilization. The students assert that
be ample to meet the running ex- Japan hasher own characteristic civi-
periBes and eventually to pay for the
building. But when tne Duimmg
was completed no Board of Aldermen
-was ever able to get the butchers to
occupy the stalls. The present ad
ministration solved the difficulty by
the simple expedient of an announce
ment that no license would be issued
to sell fresh meats or fish outside the
market house.
A section of the city near the cot
ton and hosiery mills was exempted
from this ordinance so as not to in
covnenlence people living a: such dis
tance from the down town district.
Dealers in meats and fish in the ex
empted district, however, must pro
vide rofrigeratlng equipment as near
ly as possible equal to that afforded
by the City Market house.
TREATY WITH POLAND
IN SENATE RECORD
(By Assoc led Press'
Washington, Aug. I.t-A copy of
the treaty between the "Big Fife"
powers and Poland said fi have been
signed at Versailles en Jole twenty -
eiCM 'twas put into the SekaX -ord
today By Chairman Lodge, wh
aid that It had been submitted to
the British Parliament two weeks
protocol to the German Peace
ty defining explanation of the
r9aAr screed
to in memorandums
- nged
V nlnnlrM
IV . . .
between German and Al-
nlanlrtite-fit-fa-'laa waa loM haftr
tf Senate by Vice President Mar
shall. The documents were trans
mitted by President Wilson. The
protocol was accompanied by explan
atory letters.
WOULD PUT WHEAT
ON NORMAL BASIS
Washington, Aug. 1. Attorney
General Palmer suggested today at a
hearing before the House that the
government sell this year's wheat
crop at the market price to be deter
mined by the law of supply and de
mand, and make up the guarantee to
farmers out of the billion dollar fund
that was appropriated by Congress.
MAJOR AND LOOMI9
LOSE BOAT BY FIRE
AfyJ tug boat, Emandell, belong
to the Major and'Loomis Lumber
Company, was burned at Hertford on
'Tuesday morning,
The fire started
from a lantern and the loss is esti -
mated at around 1 5,1 00.
C. W. Collins ot Edenton .was
e. I
the city Thursdsy.
canadian strike cost
workmen Millions
Winnipeg, Man., July 31. Cana
dian worklngmen lost $7,000,000 In come into force upon its ratification
wages in June and slightly more by three of the Associate Powers and
than half that amount in the preced- Germany.
ing month, according to estimates. What else was contained in the
The Winnipeg strike alone cost protocol, If anything, was not dls
the worklngmen several million dol- closed.
lars. Board of Trade officials believe Great Britain and Germany have
the economic loss to merchants, man- already ratified the treaty and as
ufacturers and the public was at Boon as it has been approved by two
least 100 percent more than the labor 'other of the Associated nations It
loss. will take effect as far as those four
In June, the eighty strikes In Can- countries are concerned, permitting
ada Involved 87.917 men. women' and the immediate resumption of full
children. The official estimate shows
a loss of about 1,445,021 working!
days. The average wage involved in
Wlnnlpe Btrlke waa about 5 a
Tolvlng n,88 workera wno ,08t
OPPOSES BLIND ADOPTION
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Tokio, July 4. (Correspondence of
The Associated Press.) A student
group of the Tokio Imperial Unlver-
juzauon wnicu is strong enougn to oe
and
raaepenuent oi me European
American civilization.
ATTENDING MEETING AT
HERTFORD
I
A number of ladies from the two
Baptist churches here attended the
day's session of tho Woman's Mis
sionary Union of the Chowan Asso
ciation Friday.
POLICEMEN STRIKE
(By Associated Press)
London, Aug. Ni. The'
Herald, Labor organ, In a late edi
tion says that something like 65,000
policemen and prison officials thru
out the country has gone on a strike.
LIVE LOCALS
Harry G. Kramer, , cashier ot the
Savings Bank and Trust Company,
returned Thursday
ju
mn ITOln Knowies or norrorr nas
returned to her home after a visit
to Miss Amber Holloman on Road
street.
Mr. Frost Lewis, salesman
for
Sharber and White, of this city,
is
spending his vacation with his par
ents, Rev. and Mrs. Lewis of Manns
Harbor.
Misses Glennle Taylor and Mamie
Frazier have returned to their home
in New Dern after a visit to Mrs.
Dixon on Parsonage street.
Edenton defeated the Elizabeth
City Cubs to a frazzle at Edenton
Thursday. The score was 20 to 1.
Miss Alice Spruill ot Roper has re
turned home after a visit to Miss
Helen Dawson on Culpepper street.
J. G. Brickhouse of Columbia re-'
turned home Friday after spending
' several days here on business.
Mrs. T. J. Msrkham left Friday
for Eden(on, where she is spending
some time visiting her former home,
C. O. Robinson left Friday for
j Morehead City to visit his family.
'WDo are spending tho summer there.
W. H. Zoeller left Friday for Nags
'U.ai 1iam ti will Bf-knit astm tint I
iflVMI PHBIV aW ' WyWMW -rWMM-F MBHW
In' with his family who are there for the
summer.
NEEDS SANCTION,
OF TWO POWERS
Treaty Ratified by England and
Germany. With Approval of
Two Others Diplomatic and
Trade Relations Resumed
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 1. It was made
known today at the White House that
the protocol to the Prtice Treaty that
was sent to the Senate late yesterday,
by the President included the agree
ment that the German Treaty shall
diplomatic and trade relations,
QUESTION MAY
SPLTTBRiTAIN
Parliamentary Battle Over Na
tionalization of Mines And
Railways Waxes Hot
London, July 12. (Correspondence
of The Associated Press.) Belief Is
held by some political observers that
pananientary Dauie over tne
Proposed nationalization of mines
a,ld railways may split the coalition
government of Great Britain,
' The coal magnates are trying to
rally tho mlno owners to defend their
UUiv Vnuv i r
vate ownership of under earth de
posits is at stake.
The government has an arrange
ment by which Lord Cowdray's ex
perts are exploring for oil and the
Labor Party and many Liberals pro-
Pse tnat the government shall deny
any ri6h.t ot Private ownership in
oilfields.
! A hundred members of tho coall
jtlon in the House ot Commons have
I protested to the Prime Minister
against the transport bill. This bill
! gives the New Minister of Tarnsport,
Sir Eric Geddes, control over hlgh-
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n-n- ways, road transport, railways, tram
uauy, ... . , .
ways, uuckb, citiiais ana coastwise
shipping. It r'now proposed to add
electric power.
Sir Eric claims that the ministry
will have no greater authority than
the Board of Trade formerly held.
Opponents charge that the bill makes
him s dictator with far more power
than Secretary McAdoo had In the
United States as director-general of
I railroads, and that his office might
morning from make and wreck industries and com
- -V v. , I raunftjse. ;'
I M powerful tftafsat et teWmts fa
against . nationalisation. These in-
elude the coal and electric compan
les. The Westminister Gazette thinks
the combination will have no real
weight unless ready with a definite
alternative policy. Many observers
believe the "interests" will subside
gracefully before a flood of public
opinion. '
BELAKUNWHL
KEEP HIS JOB
(By Associated Press)
Vienna, Aug. 1. Unless1 the Allies
assume a definite policy of forcibly
expelling Bela, Kun, Communist lead
er, it is believed by American hero
who are Informed as to the situation,
fiat he will continue as dictator in
definitely. ELIZABETH LODGE ELECTS
OFFICERS
The Elizabeth Lodge, I. O.
O. F.,
elected the following officers at their
meeting Thursdsy night:
A. B. Combs, Noble Grand; M. B.
Simpson, Vice Grand; W. H. Zoeller,
Recording Secretary; J. p. Stalllngs,
Financial Secretary; W. H. Weath-
rly, Tressurer,
W. I. Harrison ot
Jarvlsburg
pased th'ru tho city Friday on his
way home from New York. '
TO INVESTIGATE
COST OF LIVING
Committee Appointed Yester-'
day at Meeting of Cabinet
Officers At Attorney Gen-
eral's Office
(SI, p0)tI9Of)8Y fl)
Washington, Aug. 1. A commit
tee to conduct an investigation of the
high cost of living and ropcrt to
President Wilson was appointed at a
conference yesterday of cabinec offi
cers at the office of Attorney General
Palmer.
This was announced today at the
White House.
TO MAKE TRIP
L27 DAYS
In 1908 It Took Over 141 Days
To Go From Atlantic to the
Pacific Side
(By Associated rress)
San Francisco, July 30. When
the Atlantic fleet was on its famous
141 days, 7 hours enroute from Hamp
cruise around the world in 1908 was
ton Roads, Va., to San Francisco.
The new Pacific fleet now enroute
from Hampton Roads is scheduled to
arrive at San Francisco in 27 days
from the date of sailing. This is one
of the interesting comparisons of the
two fleets which have been made
here. i
Tho Atlantic fleet went around
Cape Horn. The Pacific fleet comes
through the Panama canal, not com
pleted when the Atlantic fleet made
its cruise.
The actual sailing time for the At
lantic fleet was 61 days 19 hours.
The Pacific fleet is expected to make
the trip to San Francisco in about
eighteen or nineteen days actual
In 1908 the American navy had
no airplanes or seaplanes. It had
few destroyers and less submarines.
The Atlantic fleet comprised 16
battleships with a flotilla of torpedo
boats. The new Pacific fleet approx
imates 196 vessels of all classes.
When Admiral Evans led his fleet
in parade here in May 1908 his flag
ship led but 42 vessels of all descrip
tions. President Wilson Is scheduled
to review a Pacific fleet of more than
150 vessels here in August of this
year.
The old Atlantic fleet carried 14,-
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VVV U1CU. A 11 TJ OViUV vf its WI1UB it M t i
000.
The Atlantic fleet was valued
at
approximately $100,000,000. The,
Pacific fleet represents expenditures 1
of several times that amount.
PDnuiniT urrnvrt wU1 enab, c,tlzen of th 8tta t0
PROHIBIT MEETINGS fcomply wIth th, proTtoloni of the
OF SOCIALISTS uw. Copies will be sent free upon
I ntwi ey the Stale Board of Health,
- CBy Associated Press) 'Raleigh. ' J '
Tokio, Aur. I. Owldg to the, ..-..
activities ot Socialists, the authori
ties have decided to Increase the
number of gendarmes, and Tokio es
pecially Is to be kept under more
strict surveillance. '
Meetings of Socialists have been
prohibited.
ENJOY OVERNIGHT CAMPING
TRIP
A party of Scouts enjoyed a camp
ing trip Thursday night to Gorrell's
Beach, which included bathing,
Scout tests, watermelons, supper and
so on.
The party left Thursday afternoon
with Scoutmaster Gorrell Shumaker,
whose vocation is the inspection of
potato grading in this section for
Uncle Sam and North Carolina, and
whose avocation wherever he goes
is looking after Boy Scouts and be
ing a good scout himself. Secretary
V. C. Gllmore of the Y. M. C. A.
took them down to the camping
AM . 1 ....... 1. .1
' young Richard Gllmore, born and
bred in the "Y" so to speak, went
' along as mascot. The party returned
early Friday morning.
The Scouts enjoying the trip were
Frank Dawson, Josh Dawson, St.,
Billy Scott and Curtis Berry.
Mrs. Fred Davis, and children,
Weymouth and Margaret, left Friday
tor Madison, New Jersey, where they
are spending
some time visiting
, friends.
AIRS. REBECCA PUGH DEAD
Mrs. Rebecca Pugh, the oldest res.-
. dent in tho Old Trap section of Cam
den county died Wednesday at her
I home. She was 84 years, eleven
months and twelve days old, and is
survived by eight children. Four chil-
dren are dead- Sho also lcaves 61
grandchildren, 83 great grandchil
dren and 9 great great grandchildren.
She had been married 67 years on
June 15th. Her husband, John Pugh,
who is two years her senior, is
still in good health for a man of his
years.
, Mrs. Pugh's death came after an
illness of 30 days, following a fall.
I The funeral was conducted by Rev.
E. J. Harrell assisted by Rev. Smith
of the Camden circuit on Thursday
at tho home. Interment was made
in the family burying ground.
"No word is too good to say of
her," is the general sentiment of the
people of Old Trap community." Mrs.
p.,h . . . . .
Pugh was the finest type of Christian
character, a model wife, mother,
friend and neighbor."
HEALTH BULLETIN IS
OF UNUSUAL INTEREST
Raleigh, August 1. The July
number of The Health Bulletin, pub
lished monthly by the North Caro
lina State Board of Health, Is this
week being mailed to more than fifty
thousand homes in the state. The
current issue is one of unuBual in
terest in that it deals in detail with
the recent law enacted by the legis
lature providing for the sanitation of
homes in all urban communities in
the state.
Tho following table of contents ex
plains the character ot
information
contained in this issue; the
state-
wide privy law explained; sanitary
principles of the construction of pri -
vie3; types of improved privies; plans
and specifications for approved priv;
ies; summary of rules for mainten
ance of different types of privies;
economics ot privy construction and
maintenance; machinery and methods
' , ,
The law reaulres that a sanltarv
nrlvw tnnaf Ho rinllt nnA nmnarl v
maintained upon every residence
nviriAlli fhn 4a mU liln tltvsiA ft n
dred yards of another residence, the
type to be approved by the State
nnorri nf Hllh Th h.,r,lAn nf rnn
UIUUC1 IT lliaL ID TV 1 L 11 111 lUlUC UUU I
structing such an approved type is
placed upon the owner of the prop
erty. The burden for the mainten
ance Is placed upon the tenant. A
penalty is provided for the use of i
any type not conforming In construct -
ion to the rules and
.
adopted by the State Board of Health
ons
or for the n.a of anr that in not
'maintained in accordance with regu-
. .. . .
iui rfui ibbuo v iu ngum uui-
Jetln has been prepared with a view
of giving in detail information that
LENLNE PLANS
RETIREMENT
Stockholm, Aug. 1. The Svenska
Tagoblatt is Informed by persons
closely connected with the Russian
soviet government that Nikolai Len
ine, Premier, Intends to begin a dras
tic change of policy and then retire.
One condition, of his retirement
will be that Leon Trotsky, Bolshe-
vlk War Minister, shall be left
command of the Red Army.
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In
REPORT MUTINY
ALLIED TROOPS
1
London, Aug. 1. Successes for
the Bolsheviki in the Onega sector
of the Archangel front sre reported
in Soviet official statements sent out
by wireless from Moscow.
The Bolshevik! forces advanced 14
miles, aided by mutiny among the
Allied troops.
PLAY BASEBALL AT
COLORED NORMAL
The Elisabeth City White Sox de
feated the Royal Twenty rive by the
score ot 10 to I at the Colored State
Normal ScbooJ here Thursday afternoon.
RIOTING SAD)
TORE ENDED
State Troops in Full Control in
Black Belt of Chicago. Total
Dead Thirty-two
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Aug. 1. With state
troops in full control in the Black
Belt, the rioting that terrorizod that
section for four nights was pro
nounccd by state and city officials at
an end today.
Tho total dead since the. fighting
began Sunday night is 32, 14 whites
and IS negroes.
The injured have not been official
ly tabulated but it is known there
are more than 300 and the number
may exceed 600 as many more who
wnrn sllchttv hurt wont n ..(
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ironies without reporting to 'the
police.
VILLA RETIRED
IN DISORDER
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Troops BadlyDe moralized and
Disorganized, It Is Reported
Though This is Denied By
Villa's Friends
(By Associated Press)
El Paso, Tex., Aug. I.-1 Francisco
Villa's army which advanced on Ju
aroz with the intention of conquer
ing northern Mexico and establishing
a rebel government in the north, re-
I I I rA knfnm ITnKnil Olt.. 4 ... 1 .
uuiui o J"ivu oiavia liuvim'
baa iy demoralized and disorganized,
' .1 . t i a i : v
"" iyrUBBa Bmuer. wn
escared and cIvllIan8 who 8aw them
ui viiia Aiiuiiiaua.
After two days and nights of ln
termittant flehtlne for noBBeaalnn -of
Juarez, Villa had depleted his am
munition supply. A member of his
staff who came to the border after
the retirement said manv of Villa' '
men had no ammunition. Only Villa's
t dj gUSl d
had piore than 100
rounds. Soldiers had thrown their .
rifles away while crossing the desert
J wUh the American cavalry in pursuit,
V,lla'8 telegrapher. Who escaped
'fr0ra Vllla at Vllla Ahumada, report-
ed to Mexican ofllcials in Juares that
the rebels were without food, and
that their morale was very low. .
Dissensions took place among
Villa's men after the Juarez battle.
1 Martln LP01' who led tne Itinf
'in Juarez, is said to have denounced
, Villa and accused the bandit leadr
vm na BCCUBea l0 osnuu leaaer
01 uoceiving nis men mio Believing
m i i i . a. . i
the Unlted state8 Bovernment would
recoenlza tha Villa, ravolntlon 'and
American troons would not molest
- -
a . xa "i
mem wnen iney suacaea jusres.
Another report reaching the bordSt
er stated Vllla. selected 2000 picked
men from his forces and tart nil
south toward Psrral, announcing
that "he could not, fight the Assert-
caua aim Mtjriutt u ww uuij .
It tke fflouMaitts. Tftfa aetivltfes i
the vicinity of Parrel, recently would
tend to confirm this report. General
Angeles was reported to have, sepa
rated from Villa and to be hiding In
the hills near the border. r
Vllla partisans here denied that
Villa's army was demoralized. They
sar one of Villa's tricks is to scatter
his forces after a battle and then re
asseble them when he is ready to
conduct; another campaign. Pilar de
Conchos, on the Oonchos rlfer near
Parral, Iss aid by Villa's agents here
to be the rendezvous for Villa's
forces and all of his bands are drift
ing inthat direction.
SECRETARY CASE BACK AGAIX
Secretary L. D. Case ot the Cham
ber of Commerce Is back again from
his two weeks work at the American
City Bureau Summer School of Com-
munity Leadership at Eagles Mere,
Pennsylvania, with added pep and
vigor for making this community
progressive.
I Mrs. Case and Master Case are
spending the summer in Chicago.
REFUGEES OVERFLOW
GERMAN COMMUNITIES
(By Associated lrees)
Berlin, Aug. 1. Bo many refugees
sre arriving from every German city
and village from territorlties taken
from the former emperor that com
munities are forbidding their resi
dence because ot Isck of buildings.
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