WEATHER
In the column of this paper you
will find the advertisements of alert,
progressive merchants and pmnu
factarera who are telling yon soma
thing they believe you ought to
know. ,
Fair In the Interior, showers on
the coast tonight. Sunday fair, not
much change In temperature, gentle
variable winds mostly north.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENING, AUG UST 9, 1919
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This Will Be First Hardsurf aced Road ift Pasquo
tank. Cost of Brick Found To Be Much Low
er Than Cement
The first stretch of hard surfaced roa,d in Pasquotank County
will be constructed between the highland near A. J. Jenning's
farm and New Weeksville.
This road will be a fifteen foot brick highway with concrete
base and cement binder. The County Engineer estimates that
it can be built at a cost of not over $25,000 a mile. The lowest
bid for a cement road over the same ground received by the
County.was $33,000 a mile.
When the foregoing stretch f i
of road has been completed fiFf BFI? DDfYHTRTC!
wnrt will Ka Vionmn Yta
abeth City-Weeksville highway
at Elizabeth City from Holly
wood cemetery to Simond's
store. This road, like the paved
streets of Elizabeth City, will
be of brick on sand foundation,
but the brick will be grouted
with cement instead of having
merely a sand filler as is the
case with the paved streets
here in town.
It is the program of the
County Highway Commission
to complete both these sections
qf paved road this year. The
purpose in beginning on the
road between Jennings' farm
and New Weeksville is to give
the people from the lower part
of the county a hard surfaced
road over a section that in wet,
cold weather becomes almost
impassable.
The County Engineer has
been directed to begin hauling
and placing conveniently along
the roadside at once the mater
ial for both these stretches of
road.
The construction of these
sections V.'ill assure the people
in the lower part of the county
that they will not be cut off
from Elizabeth City
during
next winter by virtually impas
sable roads, as has been the
case for the last two or three
winters.
I - PUT IT UP TO PAGE
Persistent reports have put the
Pasquotank Highway Commission in
the light of being opposed to the Dis
trict Highway from Edenton to the
Virginia State Line.
Chairman Page of the State High
way Commission has taken the posi
tion that aid cannot be given the
district project unless it has the ap
proval of the county road authorities
through which the proposed highway
passes. '
v. The Pasquotank Commission were
favorable to the proposed highway
from the beginning but did not wish
tcT jeopardize Pasquotank's chance of
getting Federal aid for any other
road project in Pasquotank by mak
ing application for such aid for the
district highway. However, as soon
as it became-clear this attitude of
the Commission was being used to
create the Impression that there was
opposition to the district highway in
Pasquotank, the Commission prompt
ly passed a resolution making their
attitude clear. Then came a request,
on July 19th, from Chairman Page
that the Pasquotank County High
way Commission make formal appli
cation for Federal aid for the district
highway. In reply to this request the
following letter has been- forwarded
Mr. Page:
Mr. Frank Page,
Chairman State Highway Com.
Raleigh, N. C.
Dear Sir:
We note your suggestion that wo
btnake formal application for aid for
the construction of the highway from
v Elisabeth City to the Pasquotank
y Perquimans line.
r As you know, this Is a part of the
Edenton-Virglnla-State-Llne highway
tor the construction of which the
Northeastern Carolina Highway Com
mission was created, and In the con
.struct Ion of which the Pasquotank
EXP0RT0F SUGAR
(By Associated Frees)
Buenos Aires, Aug. 9. A decree
prohibiting the exportation of sugar
is promulgated by the government.
SEVENTEEN ARE
KILLED IN MINE
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, Aug. 9. Seventeen j
are dead from a dynamite explosion
at Rosario Mine, Pachuca, when two
trains collided.
RESUME CONTROL
BACON IMPORTS
(By Associated Press)
London, Aug. 9. The Food Con
troller lias anonunccd that the gov-
eminent will resume control of sup
ply, distribution and prices ol bacon,
ham and lard imports.
CACHES EMBAKASSMENT
(By Associated Press)
Paris. Auk. 8. The Rumanian's
refusal to comply with the Peace j
Council's demands is causing great
embarassment.
NEW REGULATIONS
FOR MINING INDUSTRIES
Mexico City, July 16. (Correspon
dence of The Associated Press.)
New regulations for the mining in
dustry In Mexico prohibit the expor
tation of gold In any form but ap
prove the marketing In foreign coun
tries of silver and copper.
THREE THOUSAND JAPS
ARRIVE IN CALIFORNIA
Mexico City, July 18. (Correspon
dence of The Associated Press.)
Three thousand Japanese have ar
rived In Lower California with the
evident Intention of settling there,
say Mexican newspapers which add
that it is believed many of these Im
migrant Japanese crossed the Inter
national boundary and made secret
entrance to the United States.
Highway Commission can have no
part.
We understood from you that aid
could not be granted the Northeast
ern Carolina Highway Commission
unless their application was approved
by the several County Highway Com
missions. This we did by resolutions
which we sent you, but if this is In
sufficient to remove the technicality
and to enable you to grand them the
aid they request, we respectfully ask
that you draw up for us such an ap
plication as is necessary, incorporat
ing therein the provision that the
highway shall be constructed and
financed jointly by the State Highway
Commission and the District Highway
Commission, and forward application
to us fof our signature. .
We make this request because we
have no desire to either embarass tha
Northeastern Carolina District High
way Commission or to exceed our own
legal authority.
Yours very truly, '
Vi ' ; Pasquotank Highway Com.
i By Charles Carmine, Clerk,
ODD FELLOWS TO
HAVE BIG PICNIC
The Elizabeth Lodge and Achoree
Lodge, I. O. O. F. of Elizabeth City
and the Odd Fellow Lodges In the
surrounding counties will hold a
mammoth picnic In September. Plans
are being made for the occasion and
it will be a splendid affair.
V. P. Knowles Is chairman of the
committee from the Achoree Lodge,
and Mr. Silverthorn from the Eliza
beth Lodge.
The picnic will probably be held
at Riverside Park.
WAR DEPT. HALTS
PUBLIC BUILDING
Will T., r : . di
" icinK
f rotessional And Technical
Men in Civilian Jobs.
"The War Department has today
decided to stop the campaign for pub
lic building throughout the United
States," it is today announced by
Colonel Arthur Woods, Assistant to
the Secretary of War.
This decision was taken because
the decrease of unemployment in
many localities has been so marked
that some difficulty is reported in ob
taining soldier labor for the normal
industrial operations. It is there
fore considered that the further
stimulation of public building at this
time would be inadvisable.
The energies devoted In the past
to the stimulation of public build
ing, it was further decided, will now
be turned particularly into assisting
professional and techinacl men in
finding jobs. The work of placing
this class of ex-soldlers presents un
usual1 dilFiculties because the demand
for the high grade of ability pos
sessed by these men is not at present
in such great demand as ordinary
labor. An uctive campa.'gn, however,
is being conducted to secure infor
mation from trade associations, tech
nical societies, professional societies
and large employers with a view to
finding all possible opportunities for
discharged army men who qualify in
this way.
K X T E K T A 1 K I ) F III K M K
Master William Elrcdge Cart
wright entertained a number of his
friends Friday afternoon in celebra
tion of his sixth birthday. Those
present were: Mildred Mann, Eleanor
Goodwin, Minnie Frances Harris,
Forest Dunstan, Elliott Cook, Alice
Barrow, Richard Thompson, Brozler
Cartwright, Jr., Dora Wells, Bessie
Markham, Lessle Harris, Helen
Wells, Margaret Wells, Katherine
Mann, Mary Johnson, Junior John
son, Monterey Lomax, Lydla Cohoon,
Travis Turner, Kenneth Munden,
JUUGU, I
Elizabeth Creecy, Mildred Perry, 01 109 Poorer elements oi me popu
Emily Commander, Monterey Cart- latlon. Staple foods such as corn
wright, katherine Cartwright, Wil- meal- Dutter and cneese gel1 for ",x
Ham Cartwright.
WESLEY BIBLE CLASS
Rlhlo
Every member of Wesley
Class of the First Methodist church
Is extended a special invitation to be
present tomorrow and to bring a
friend.
TO SWANNANOA
Mr. W. P. Boettcher left Saturday
morning to spend a week at 8wah -
nanoa with Mrs. Boettcher and his
son Otto. Mr. and Mrs. Boettcher
will return next Saturday and the
Elizabeth City Business College will
re-open Monday, August 18th.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Cor. Road and Matthews streets.
H. M. Pressly, minister.
Sunday School 9:45 a. m.
Public worship 11 a. m. and 8:00
p. m.
Morning subject:. "A New Reli
gion. Evening Subject: "His Own
Place."
A welcome for all.
STRIKE ENDED
IN FAILURE
(By Associated Press)
Berne, Aug. 9. The general strike
at Basle has ended In complete fall- i
are.; The Communist party adyocat-
lng soviet government was defeated,
ARCH DUKE
SENDSMESSAGE
Announce Intention to Exe
cute Armietice Terms And
Aska Authority To Send
Delegates
Paris, Aug. 9. The Supreme
Council of the Peace Conference to
day considered the message from
Arch Duke Joseph announcing his
intention to execute the terms of the
armistice and asking authority to
send delegates to Paris.
IN FULL ACCORD
Geneva, Aug. 9. The Inter-Allied
Mmlssion at Budapest has notified
Clemenceau that the Entente repre
sentatives are in full accord with the
new Hungarian government, a Vien
na dispatch says
JEWISH RELIEF
IN RUMANIA
New York, Aug. 9. Rent profit
eering that dwarf New York's
ex-
perience in this line, food prices that
are the desperation of the small
'salaried citizens, and a virtual stand
still of all transportation with a re
'sultant industrial and commercial
stagnation are among the things that
'stand out in a description of Ru
mania in post war days recently re
' reived from an American Jewish re
ilief agent in that country. The ac
count of Rumanian conditions is
'contained in a report which has just
been made public by the American
Jewish Relief Committee.
I Rents have simply "cone out of
sight" in iill parts of the country. I
Miserable hovels that used to rent !
' for live or six lei a month now brinf '
over twenly, while the cost of lions- '
WiK i moii . Uie middle-class or what j
was once the middle-class, is even
greater in proioi tion. j
1 The report ays much of the suf
fering to I lie breakdown of the tr.ius
P'lrlatlon systems. Wood and other
kinds of fuel, plentiful enough in j
, nome sections of Rumania, were uu-
' obtainable in the cities and in many I
I country regions also for lack of'
I trains to carry them.
"I think it is fair to say," con- '
tinues the correspondent, "that while
the suffering is great in the I'imote i
towns just beginning to be teuched
by American agencies, wherj people
until recently were dying of starva
tion, the greatest amount of suffer
ing is among the poor Jewish popu
lation. "The people who have never made
more than a small living and the
salaried employees are in a desper
ate situation. The cost of food and
clothlne is still far above the means
or seven times the prices at which
they could be bought before the war
nnA tha ninrmlnflr AAnant nf thfl ttlt-
Juatlon is the fact that they have not
come down perceptibly since the
'signing of the armistice."
A government official told the re- i
lief workers that the wheat prospect
is good, and that it Is hoped that the
coming crop of this cereal will ,be
sufficient for the needs of the coun
try with possibly enough left for
8Prln8 planting. However this grain
, ,s not UBed 88 mucn as cornmeal
among the poor people, and there
wiu be a serious shortage of that crop
unt11 the 1920 harvest.
The only saving aspect of the sit
uation, aside from American relief,
is the fact that many cargoes going
to Odessa have been diverted to Ga
iatz and Constanza where they are
circulating among the poor, Chaotic
conditions in the Rumanian financial
system prohibit foreign dealers from
willfully sending their goods to this
country.
The, report contains an appeal to
Increase the work of feeding the poor
and expresses the need of construct
ive relief work that will place these
people on a sound, self-supporting
basis again. . .
Miss Ruth Bray, who was operated
on Friday for adenoids by Dr. W W.
Sawyer and Dr. C. B. Williams, is
getting along nicely after the oper-
ation at her home on West Burgess
street
Urn
' Leslie Belangia is back at home
after overseas service.
GUNNING CLUB SCORE
Following is the score of the Eliz
abeth City Gunning Club for Fri
day, August 8th:
j Shot at
L. Rodgers 50
W. Rodgers 50
S. Rodgers 50
Broke
3S
34
47
23
15
21
21
18
9
17
20
8
Hastings 25
M. Morrisette 25
Geo. Rodgers 25
E. J. Colroon 25
'Ballard 25
Salter 25
Butt 25
M. Haskett 25
,G. Prlvott 25
NO DESIRE TO
FORCE ISSUE
So Say Leaders of Fifteen Rail
road Workers Union in Joint
Statement Today
(By Associated Presa'
Washington, Aug. 9. Leaders of
fifteen railroad workers unions have
issued a Joint statement that
they
have no desire to force the national-
izatlon of railroads by violence or
threati
J They declared 'that the wage dis-
pute is a separate issue from
railroad problem.
While the fifteen leaders did not
mention the President's address to
Congress, it 13 belioved that their
statement resulted from his warning
to the men to return to work.
PRESIDENT'), ADDIIESH
President Wilson, addressing Con
gress yesterday, declared that the
existing laws were inadequate and
that present high prices were not
justified by the shortage of supply,
present or prospective, but wero
created in many cases artificially and
deliberately by vicious practices.
lie recommended that, the Food
Control Act be extended to peace
lime operation and dial Congress ex
clude from Interstate as well as in
ira.itate shipment goods which did
not comply with Its provisions.
Demands for Increased wages, tbo
President said, were justified if there
be no other means of enabling men
to live.
STATE OF SIEGE
IN BUDEPEST
Commander of Rumanian Sol
diers Issues Orders That Any !
Crime Against Jews Will be
Punished by Death
(By Associated Frets)
Vieana, Aug. 9. A state of siege
has been proclaimed In Budapest.
The commander of Rumanian
troops has issued an order that asy
crime against the Jews will be pun
ished with death.
Budapest transportation is cut off
and three Is great danger of famine.
Allied officials urge the lifting of
the embargo placed on supplies by
the Rumanians.
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CTVTV TIIAITC A lMTs
OUT BY NIGHT
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Aug. 9. It is estimated
.that sixty thousand stock yard em
ployees will be out on strike by to
night. I The soldiers and guards have been
withdrawn.
SPAIN TO JOIN
Madrid, Aug. 84 Parliament has
approved the proposal that Spain
join the League of Nations.
ON HONOR ROLL
Harold Chesson, Earl Sutton, Wal
ter Cohoon, Marcellus Corbett, Gra
ham Hedrick and Joseph Spence are
on the Honor Roll this week.
BAND CONCERT MONDAY
The J- H- Zelgler Band will give a
concert at the Pasquotank Bathing
Resort Monday night.
Mr. A. D. Bray Is suffering .ex
tremely with erysipelas of tha foot
at his home on Pearl street. '
MIDWEST SHOPMEN
BACK TO WORK
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Following President Wilson's
Warning That Wage Griev
ance Will Not Be Adjusted
While They Are Idle
(By Associated Press)
Chicago, Aug. 9. Twenty thou
sand midwest shopmen returned to'
work this morning following Presi
dent Wilson's warning that wage
grievances will not be adjusted while
they are idle.
Reports from the South are to the
effect that the men have decided not
to return to work until their wage
demands are met. The Executive
Committee of Shopmen adopted reso-;
lutions along this line. ' A limited
freight embargo continues on nearly
all roads. Passenger service Is cur
tailed. MAN KILLED BY EXPLOSION
J. D. Winslow received word
yesterday of the death of his
hrntlio. lv W;n.l.u - ..u
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ior Doner explosion at a faw
j mil' at Nicanor. Mr. Winslow's
the body was terribly torn and mu
tilated. The accident occurred
Friday morning at eleven
o'clock and . interment was'
made the same afternoon.
READY TO ACT 1
ON THE MESSAGE
(lly Associated Press)
I Washington, Aug. 9. House Lead
er Mondell declared today that Con
gress is ready to net on legislation
carrvlnf; out I he President's suggest- -ion
to redflce the cost of living. T
President Wilson said to Congress
yesterday that present high pricesof
foodstuffs nr, not Justified and recom
mended they re-establishment of food'
control as exercised during the war.
REPORT PERSHING
RECALLED TO U. S.
(IJy Associntod Press)
Tarls, Aug. 9. It is reported here
that General Pershing has been sud
denly recalled to the United States.
HELP SEARCH .
FOR PROFITEERS
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 9. Department
of Justice agents thruout the coun
try are ordered to assist district at
torneys In uncovering evidences of
profiteering in foodstuffs.
The Attorney Oeneral has ordered
agnts to drop everything except the
most pressing cases and devote their
attention to reducing the cost of liv
ing. HOLD RATES
UNREASONABLE
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 9. The Inter
state Commerce Commission held to,
day that rates on bituminous coal In
carload lots for Appalachian and
Dante districts In Virginia to Spar
tanburg, and other points In South
Carolina were unreasonable In 1916
to the extent that they exceeded the
rates contemporaneously In effect
from the Coal Creek district of Ten
nessee. .
The Cotton Manufacturers Asso
ciation will be awarded reparation
when transportation charges paid by
them are offered as proof.
TROPICAL DISTUBANCES
ARE MOVING WESTWARD
(By AaaocUted Press)
Washington, Aug. 9. Tropical dis
turbances in the Csrlbean Sea are
moving westward.
Z'ix nortabound train from Ral
eigh, due here at six o'clock in the
morning, was four and a half hours
late Saturday morning, due to a
wreck at Chooowlnlty.
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