North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER In th column of this paper you wCl find the advertisements of alert, progressive ( merchants and manu facturers who are telling yon some thing they believe yon ought to know. Generally fair tonight and Satur day, moderate variable winds becom ing north. VOL.4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 8, 1919. NO. 187 TYPHOID FEVER , IN FIRST WARD City Health Officer Reports That Nine Case Have Oc curred in That Ward Alone Since July 1st. City Health Officer W. A. Peters reports that nine cases of typhoid fever have occurred in the First Ward of this city since July 1st. "Not one individual who has had the disease," says Dr. Peters, "took the free treatment for the pr3vent- ion of typhoid provided by the Coun - ty early this summer. "The fact that typhoid faver is a preventable disease and that ami- typhoid treatment by vaccination is a reliable preventive has been demon-, strated as clearly as any scientific I fact can be demonstrated." Experi ence in the army and navy shows conclusively that the "vaccination treatment is effective. Today If a man has typhoid fever it's his own o.,n w k,, .--s-m fr fault. If a baby has typhoid fever, It's the parents' fault. "If this outbreak of typhoid fever is to be checked, people in Elizabeth City who have not been vaccinated should hasten to bo vaccinated, es pecially people in the flr3t ward. "The opportunity of free vaccina tion against typhoid fever of course passed last summer. But any family may have the treatment administer ed by their regular physician. "People not living in the first ward but who get their milk from the first ward may be in as much danger as if they had a case of ty phoid fever in their own homes. Peo ple who u;ie pump water should boil this water beiore drinking it. All j.uii'p water in Elizabeth City is sur face water and therefore absolutely unprotected from polution." STRIKE ON AT STOCK YARDS Thirty Tliree Thousand Em ployees Walk Out When Ne groes Return to Work (By Associated Press) Chicago, Aug. 8. Thirty three thousand stock yard employees went on a strike following the return of .6,000 negroes to work. The white workers demand the withdrawal of troops and police guards which is refused by the city Authorities. POLISH TROOPS OCCUPY MINSK (By Associated Pres) Paris, Aug. 8. A Warsaw dis--patch states that Polish troops have occupied Minsk. TRAFFICTIE-UP GROWS SERIOUS (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Aug. 8. Traffic condi tions on the Southern Railroads are growing more serious as the result of the shopmen's strike. - etln this afternoon will deteraineeethifr action on the Presi- dent's appeal to return to work. NO NATIONWIDE CURTAILMENT Chicago, Aug. 8. No nationwide curtailment of passenger traffic Is expected as the result of the shop men's strike, the Railroad Adminis tration declared, , I NOT KING JOSEPH BUT PRESIDENT Vienna, Aug. 8. There Is no ln- .' tentlon of making. Arch Duke Joseph , king of Hungary, according to Buda Test advices. ZZl The Arch Duke Is surrounded Dy T. i -V l tnllnan.al Vnt It' ! d- blared that be Is democratic and nB,'. . ' ' the title of president ' I Miss May Ferguson of Norfolk Is ' ' ' ' I visiting friends In th city. StOr, LOOK AND LISTEN CAR . leaves Southern Hotel .for Norfolk; juit received fresh 1 supply of very day at 13 o'clock. $2 one eandy. ' We are selling 6 Oe candy for way, $3.60 round trip. . TRANNIB 44c Get your box Saturday at the ,' CRANK, Phone 34 S-L. A-7-3t standard Pharmacy. ONE DEATH REPORTED IN NEW YORK STRIKE , New York, Aug. 8. The Brooklyn Rapid-Transit Is crippled by the strike. One death Is reported. A train was attacked by strikers and the guards were roughly handled. Thousands are obliged to walk or to resort to motor aliases or trucks. SELL AMERICAN ARMY STOCKS Paris, Aug. 8. An agreement has ,boen reached for the sale of Amcrl- can army stocl3 10 France Ior 400'- , 000,000. WANTCLEMENCEAU AT FIRST MEETING Paris, Aug. 8. Clemenceau's pres - pnrn At thtk flrnt T.nns'iiA nf Mntlnna j"" - " , ' . . meetlnK ln Washington is desired in Amerlcan quarters, the Echo do Paris said today. FOUR ARRESTED AS ANARCHISTS '. in? ;.aeu i , New York, Aug. 8. Four men were arrested here charged with criminal anarchy afetr a raid. . r A t a j n v I MORE TRAINS OFF MORE EMBARGOES TOO (Bv Associated Tress) Chicago, Aug. 8. Forty additional trains have been cancelled h.3 a result of the shopmen's strike. The Rail road Shopmen's Union has promised to reply tomorrow to Trosident Wil son revues' I that they return to work. New oYrk, Aug. 8. All freight jT. embargoed by the New New Haven and Hartford rail- Toad and by the Central New Eng land as a result of tho shopmen's strike. LABOR OPPOSES GOVT. CONTROL ; (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 9. Organized Labor is not willing for the Govern ment to operat the railroads. It does not believe that this great industry can be wisely conducted by any poli tical autocracy, Gleen Plumb told the House Commerce Commission today, NOT A BAPTIST Members of the colored Baptist church on York street wish the state ment made that the Martin County negro preacher who was arrested for iantlti llnnn- tMa wafilr Wfta tn liaUDUVIIIU UUVI V" ttw w assist in conducting a meeting at the Disciple church on Starke street and not at the Baptist church on York Btreet, as stated recently la' this paper. The reporter regrets and apologises for the error. He was mis j informed by the police. REDECORATE INTERIOR H. C. BRIGHT STORE I I mi W..nllo at nnrl, n. x n immiciB wu. - decorating the interior of the H. C. ! lirigni (jompany. i j'yjf? LOCALS I Miss Maud Pastorfield of Richmond cheaper the cost per acre, is visiting relatives in the city. "I wish to especially emphasize that whatever is to be done should Professor and Mrs. R. H. Bach- be done without an hour of unneces man of Tarboro are guests of Mrs. sary delay. The worms are here by Bachman's brother, Dr H. D. Walker millions, they are feeding and grow on Main stroet. j ing rapidly and in every acre are - j probably eating sovercl hundred Mrs. Laura Lane has returned to pounds every day. her home at New Bern after a visit to Miss Fannie Dawson on uuipepper gtreet Mrs. Oscar Owens has returned , (rom spending some time at Nags Vt-mA SOYBEAN CROP IS HARD HIT Mr. Sherman of State Depart ment of Agriculture Making Studies in This Section. Sug gests Methods of Control of Clover Worm. Army Worm Also With Us Mr. Franklin Sherman, State Eu toniologist, who arrived in Elizabeth n 7 i j i BUCl" ,n iicuucoua; uiuimug iu ma no studies of the worm which is damag- :,ns soy bea-ns' has eKahed a tern- porary headquarters in a cottage on the Flora Farm, two miles from town (R. F. D. 1, Box 30.) where he , J, ..... v', t. is studying the life and habits of the worm and testing methods of con trol. "Nothing I or any other person can do or say will prevent a great loss from the Green Clover Worm 1 now in the bean fields," says Mr. Chavman 'f l. .. r. mA nnna -n -- DH already badly hurt and other hun- dreds will be hurt before remedies could be applied even though every farmer did his best. Furthermore, we know that many are always in- different and inclined to believe that the treatments advised are too ex pensive or too troublesome to bo profitable. I admit that where the beans are growing broadcast, or'tan ,g,ed , corn ,t l8 alm03t hopeless t0 flght tne wornlg and ,n such case9 f the wormg are bad u w. be better ,t0 cut v(noa now for wnat feed they i ...in i .i i I win iiiaKe, or ii ui owner wisiies he may merely let matters alone and lake his chances. But whero tho beans are in rows not mixe'd with i other crops, and if tho acreage is sniull, and especially if the crop is still young, there is a chance to make a winning tiglii. "The logic of the cn:;n is simple: the worms eat the lo.avcv, just as the pnlalo-hug due.j Willi potatoes, therefore they can be combatled in the same way by t lie lire of poi. ons. That i.s certain, and the samo meth ods of application will do, either as a liquid ypray or as a dry dust. But there is Hi is point oT doubt, nobody yet knows how strong a dose of poi isons the bean plants will stand with out injury, it i3 believed that they are not so hardy as potatoes. There fore untH we have experience to con- rary we should use a mild poison, or a weaker strength. Paris green is very apt to burn the leaves even of potatoes therefore, we give first recommendation to arsenate of lead. This may be had in dry powdered form from the wholesale department of the Standard Drug Co. (Elizabeth city) at 50 cents per pound One pound of this mixed with 8 pounds of hydrated lime (to be had of J. B. Flora Co. at $1.10 per 100 lbs.) makes a mixture which we have every reason to believe is safe to the plants and when thoroughly dusted into the tops will kill the worms. Wo give this first choice among the possible '...l.t. unit, .ImMU ICUITOIDB, VT Ikll 11111.0 DWnUllll m fot high and using a "dust gnn it will take (estimate) from 16 to 25 i lbs. of this mixture to treat' one acre this Involves an expense of about $1.26 to f 1.60 per acre for materials..! "ifyou haven't a duster, it can be shaken from a cloth sack, or even strewn by hand along the tops of the rows, but this will require more of the mixture. "If one Is equipped for liquid . -I .V A A nyiBi, wg yvnwiw iovm.iw vuu be mixed in water at rate of 2 lbs. to oy gallons, it may u upyueu wuu any sprayer such as is used for pota- toe8 The larger tne BDrJrer' tne more rows it will treat at once, the . 11Ab 8ftfe. of the .. that may be produced, as to later use of the forage we propose to deter mine that and announce results later, but we have every reason to believe that with so little polsln applied to each plant and with the growth and weathering all possible danger would be removed within two weeks after application. ' . - , i "The Insect Is an old native, but has never been a serious pest with us before. The preasent outbreak ex ALLIES DEMAND GEiVKRUSKA As First German Official To Be Tried For Violating Interna tional Law (Cy Associated Press) London, Aug. 8. The Allies have demanded the surrender of General ! Kaiser, as the first German official in K , , , ,, 7 , . to be tried for violating the Interna- tlonal law Hfl IB rha raotl with hn'ntr monnn. 8,b,e rof .v, irafuu- the typhus epidemic causing tllQ HontVl , I" dea ' 3p French prisoners, -TZZI TADTII A n IS AGROUND (By Associated Press) Boston. Aug. 8. The steamshlD. . . ... onn star, wun zss passengers, is aground at Green Island off Yar- mouth. Four steamers are standing by for rescue. It is rcportod that water is entering the fire room, PACIFIC STATES i CONTRIBUTE SHIPS I San Francisco, Aug. 7. Tho three Pacific coast states of Washington, Oregon and California will have con tributed 3,721,524 dead weight tons of ships at the close of the 1919 building program accord'ng to the approximate figures nven out here today by the United States Shipping Hoard. In nil, 472 ships will have been added to the American mer chant marine since hte intensive war time sh'p-buildinc be;,-;in to "bridge the Atlantic" in (he batlio vaed, against the (ierinau nubin.irine.;. Sleel and wooden fillips to th:1 num ber of ,,1S with a tonago of 2,336, fiS6, is tli o estimated produc!n of v'ashington mid ()rrv"o:i i.liij yaal.i Mil the beginning of the war to the completion of the litl!) program. Of the.e 2ir a;'o F.tccI end I'.l of wood. I In California the toinl tonnage of Ft eel vessels to he constructed to tho end of 1919 Is 1.192,538. Of wooden vessels, constructed or under con struction, California's contribution Is 28 with a total dead weight tonnage 'of 177,000. Concrete ships aro rep resented by 15,000 tons. GOVERNMENT TAKES IRRIGATION SYSTEM Mexico City, July 20. (Correspond ence of The Associated Press.) Questioned regarding the reported diplomatic protest by the United i States government against the nulli fication of the concession held by the "Compania Constructora Richardson, S. A.," to utilize the waters of the r . f n A M , n laqui river, rumor nuuau, oocr- tary of Development, Is quoted by . I. m ...... 1 E1 Dmocrata " th "n' I cession was cancelled because the company had not fulfilled the condi tions relative to furnishing water for Irrigation purposes and development mm, mlm mas rlilnk A nnjmialAn vta "u"1 "vvu """" l"D CDOtu" The paper also states that, accord ing to the sebretary, the company's irrigation system has been expro priated by tho government for the public good, after compensation had been fixed on the basis of the cost of the development work already done. tends from Massachusetts to Florida. "I am also finding army worms In the crab grass, but not ln the im mense droves sometimes found, and I find that a certain parasitic fly Is at work among thorn In such numbers that it Is not likely that they will be come serious. A similar fly Is at work among the worms on the soy beans, but not yet ln sufficient num ber to rolleve the situation. "Much more might be said but th's enough for ono time, I have given you the main points to use at once In the flght. Other facts may be given when I use your columns again." Mr. Sherman has arranged to have all the mall regarding Insects which comes to his Raleigh office forwarded to him here, and Intends to spend most of his time hereduring the present epidemic. He Is equipping the cottage with the crude essentials of an office, laboratory . and living quarters, making his tests and stud ies In adjoining fields. ' s ROAD CONVENTION AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH Hard-Surfaced Roads Will Bo One of Main Topics for Discussion This Year Chapel Hill, Aug. 8. The North Car olina Good Roads Association again calls attention to the Importance of the Road Convention to be held at Wrightsvllle Beach, August 13. 14 and 15. The object of this Convention Is to crystalizo sentiment for a progressive rc.d building program for North Carolina. In formulating such a nro- ' XT .v. r 1 .7 V ji. .gram, iiuiin Vyaruiiua uas m iier uia posal the experience of other states. u. vit w.c. it would be a foolish waste of money 11 Bhe dld not need these lessons- More Durablo Roads Needed wore vuraDio isoaus -eeueu In providing for a system of roads for any state, It must be realized that the roads when completed will create, and be called upon to serve (C fflc of a different character,, of much greater weight and of much greater volume than goes over these roads today. This traffic, It It is to be successfully carried, and If the public Is to get the service from its roads It should get, calls for the con struction of wider, thlckor and in every way more substantial roads than have been found necessary to accommodate our highway traffic in the past. To make such construction in- volves an increased expenditure of money, but it would be a most d'sas troiri policy if It. were attempted to lAiild a type of road merely because It was somewhat cheaper in first cost only to discover that it was wholly Inadequate for the service it should render. i A considerable discussion ha3 ap peared recently in some of tho papers of the state suggest ing that macadam 'roads should be built, that some of j tho more substantial types of road i ate now, therefore, evrjueiital, (that Nor;h Carolina should not enter upon such untried lirld:;. Tho sug gestion to build macadam roads seem I to rc.-t chiefly upon tho claim that t:.e;r co. isl ruetien is belter under fieid l.y the awrago real builder 'and that other types of hard-surface, such as the concrete road, Ih an ex- nnr!i:ifmt The Concrete Itoad The concrete road is being built In many of the states very successfully, as there has recently been awarded contracts ln New York State cover- Ing 140 miles; in Pennsylvania 377 miles; in Illinois 450 miles; In Mary land 58 miles; in Ohio 136 miles; 120 miles and ln Washington 150 miles. Comparative costs have been given by the Road Commissioner of Genesee County, New York, in, the Ithaca Journal which shows that a certain stretch of macadam road cost originally $54,395.45. In seven years It cost the State $75,081.76 to main- teiln thin ntrarch nf msnnrinm nr t9n . 686.31 more than the first cost. A . f r nn.allwn ml t n 4 M Jk LM mmuiwimih wuioui mauu uy Commissioner Greene on the cost of Ilk . a 1!"! Concrete ttnd m dam roads and he summarizes as fol lows: "During the past four years 208 first-class concrete roads have cost $138 per mile per year for mainten ance and for the same period 2,451 miles of water-bound macadam roads have cost $911 per mile per year for maintenance." It is absurd to support that there would be any such large amount of this type of road built by skilled en gineers ln all parts of the country unless they felt that such construct ion was capable of giving to the pub lic a highway that would prove ser viceable and economical. To say that no type of road fhould be built merely because some failures can be pointed out would, if this 'ine of reasoning were followed to t log ical conclusion, lead us to build no roads at all. We do not attempt to state that tho concrete road Is superior to other types of hard-surfacod roads, as It is quite possible that there are other types which suit our climate and other local conditions better than the concrete, but certainly the macadam road is not the type for our primary roads. . Macadam Not Satisfactory The macadam road, cannot carry modern traffic on the principal high ways except at great Inconvenience, to traffic and at very large mainten ance csot to tho taxpayer. Ws have before us tho costly experience- of many states, which bave constructed ln tho put a considerable mileage of HINES AWAITS ; WORDFROMUNIONS Before Attempting to Settle Wage Demands of Railway Men. New Board May' Be Appointed (By Associated Press) Washington. Auk. 8. ttirtwtnr General Hlnes Is awaiting word from the union3 that tne men egum9 work before ne attempt3 to settle th9 , A i . , , " ' mfin h;lvT. ...... ... , ien have been notified that the men Bnould return 't0 WQrk by ulo f. ; rlclals here. , ,U- I ,..., w ..i. , v-" v U IUOU . , mav Ko ,, , consider tho controversy with equal representation on both sides. r ' TO CONTROL ALL ALLIED TROOPS (By Associated Press) ' Constantinople, Aug. 8. General Sir George Milne, commander of the British forces at Salon'kl, has been given authority by the Peace' Coh I ference to control all Allied troops in Wostern Asia Minor, and to restore order in the Smyrna district. PROM'TE REPUBLIC OF RHINELAND (P.y Associated Press) Cologne, Aug. 8. A committee has be;m formed to promote the 1th 1:. eland republic. Dr. Dorten,. rrciident of the republic, has piaiincd a speaking tour. l com i i i:ti; i:i:ti ks of t. K LAW ELECTION1 Following are Vac complete returns of the ttock law i tank Tiic.-iiay: ion in rasquo-i - it . For Against ,109 23 't . .65 38 .90 24 109 24 .27 77v .35 61 ..7 37,. ..9 87, .35 137 .13 42 .15 43 614 630 i First Ward . Second Ward Third Ward Fourth Ward Newland Pools Corinth 7 Mt. Totals 614 R, K. Qt'INX COMPANY GETS CARLOADS FURNITURE , , j In spite of shopmen's strikes and frolsht tle-UDH. the R. IB. Ontnn Pur nlture Company has Just got ln six em A m r 9 maw f.i.nUti wa nn J -. aw nuuu- m mi unm uu - pecti six more carloads soon. At the . . . , , . . . . , . . n.bP.l!!:f V': Quinn tells about the popular Keene porch rockers which have Just arrived And there are other things. Mr. Quinn Invits you to see for yourself. f WANTS TO SHAKE HANDS Rev. C. n. Angell will be at Black well Memorial church Sunday; and wishes to see all his old friends. He Is indisposed and may not be able to preach; but he wants to shake hands with the folks whom he sereved as supply pastor during the summer fol lowing the death of Rev. I. N. Loftin CANDY SPECIAL. A frash supply of good candy just received and we are selling It for 44c, tho it Is 60a candy. Got yours quick. Standard Pharmacy. Saturday only. this type of road only to find that to :eop them ln any sort of serviceable condition today requires an annual expenditure that has become prohib itive. Thus New York State is relay ing hundreds of miles of Its dearly bought macadam roads with concrete. If North Carolina Is to expend millions of dollars, which mutt be done to build an adequata system of Hate highways, the sooner It Js real lzed that only the most substantial ind durable firm of construction mould be built the less will be the waste of money and the fewer the regret to be suffered In the future.