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In the- colunuu of) this paper yon will find the advertisement of alert, progressive merchants and manu facture rt who are telling yon some thing they believe you ought to WEATHER Showers and thunderstorms prob ably tonight and Friday. Slightly wanner In extreme west portion, to night, gentle to moderate southwest winds. know. 1- VOL.4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY EVENING, AUG UST 21, 1919. NO. 198 1 : f W. 0. SAUNDERS IS OUT FOR CONGRESS NEW PRICES ARE MADE PUBLIC The local postoffice has received notice of a material reduction in the c i i rM Prices of foodstufTs which are being .Says Doe. Not Look For Norn- bM by government Thl8 ination or Election But Ex- lon ls due t0 the fact that all pects to "Inject Some Life in offices can secure whatever shipments Campaign", jtney need at flrst zne parcel post Ji j rates, instead of having to pay fourth zone rates. This accomplishes a ma-1 ISJOHNBOLICK ZEB GREEN TO DEADOR ALIVE? ADDRESS FARMERS Mysteriously Disappears And Mr. F. F. Cohoon, Of This Cty generally Believed That Hopes To Take Trainload Foul Play or Suicide the Ex- From Pasquotank to The planatlon Convention W. O. Saunders, Representa- HVC XVI 4 w-.jr 1()f 0,d prfces pr,ces ,nclud ! terlal reduction, as the following list about fortyflve Mr. John H. Bolick, a man of years of age, who West Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 21. Due to an accident which will prob the last General Assembly, has lne ' Hhnw ,cam! aere something like six months ably prevent President R. w. Chris- announced himsell a candidate Articles Old Pr. New Pr. fnr Cnn cress from'this district. Baked beans 1 lb 15c. 10c. - " D - . . . A rumor that Editor Saund ers 'Would enter this race has ! Baked beans, 2 lb 21c Stringless, 2 lb 20c. Corned beef. 1 lb 40c. been current for some time, but corned beef, 2 lb 70c. heretofore he has denied any'comed beef, 6 lb 2.06 ' intention of seeking the nomi- Roast beef. i c. nation Roast beef, 2 lb 78c. ' . . ... Roast beef, 6 lb 2.21 Questioned about the matter corned br x lb...33c. this morning, however, Mr. ; perries, 2 1-2 n. ...36c. Saunders admitted that he had Corn, sweet, 2 lb 24c. .decided to "iniect some life in- 2 lb 24c. to the campaign" by becoming ' ean8- dr lb .a candidate for the Democratic nomination to this office. A statement of his candidacy Soup Vgts. 1 lb 15c. given the Washington News, Tomatoes, 10 lb 86c. the daily paper of the home town of Congressman Small .and Candidate Hallet S. Ward, Mrs H w Heath died suddenly appearing in Wednesday's is- at her home on Pennsylvania Avenue .10.56 I Flour, 100 lb 10.07 1 Rice. 100 lb 10.81 I Pepper, 1-4 lb 16c. 13c. lBc. 35c. 62c. 1.86 35c. 70c. 2.01 28c. 28c. 16c. 16c. 7.54 7.06 7.79 14c. 13c. 45c. bbu hum mo upper pan 01 me state, tian of Manchester, N. C from at and was employed in one of the tending the Farmers' Convention next hosiery mills of the city, left, his J week, Mr. J. Z. Green, farmer and home on Parsonage street, extended, editor of Marshville, N. C. will de at about two o'clock. Tuesday after- liver the opening address on behalf noon and has not been heard from j of the farmers and will preside at the since' he was seen going from his subsequent meetings of the State nome in tne direction of the Wey-. Farmers' Convention to be held at mouth farm. He disappeared in the same piece of woods in which Daniel Ike Jones was shot from ambush less than two years ago. It is generally believed that Bolick Is dead, either by his own hand or thai of an enemy. The Bolick family consists of a West Raleigh, August 27, 28 and 29. Along with this announcement, made yesterday by Mr. W. F. Pate, Secretary of the Convention, comes the news that Mr. B. R. Andrews, Vice-President of the Savings Divis ion, Treasury Department, will de liver an address on "Thrift" on Fri- MRS. H. W. HEATH DEAD wife and three children, all girls, day morning. Mr. Andrews was se- the eldest about eighteen years of cured by Mr. Wm. R. Timmons, Di rector of the Educational and Rural Division of the Fifth Fedorla Reserve District at Richmond. The securing of Messrs. Green and age. Bolick gave this daughter his keys, his pocketbook and all the , money he had when he left home, telling her that he would be back by supper. I Bolick was In police court on the morning of the day of his disappear- WILSON SAYS HAS NO POWER TO DECLARE PEACE BY PROCLAMATION Nor Will He Consent To Take Such Step Prior to Ratification of Treaty by Senate.. Answers Other Questions of Senate Washington, August 21. President Wilson said he has not power to declare peace by proclamation nor will he consent to' take such a step prior to the ratification of the Peace Treaty by the Senate, in his reply to the twenty written questions sub-i nutted to him by Senator Fall after the White House conference. GROCERS FAVOR THE KENYON BILL (By Associated Ires) Washington, Aug. 21. Lewis Har- bey of Jacksonville spoke in favor of the Kenyon bill regulating the pack ing Industry before the Senate Com mittee in behalf of the Wholesale Grocers Association toduy. . 1 The President stated further, that immediate ratification of . ncwiy auu acceptance 01 the League of Nations covenant would certainly reduce the cost of living thru the restoration of) -commerce and production to normal. German overseas possessions the President said, were meerly given into the trusteeship of the . Allied Powers and no title to He urged the passage of the me.i Andrews now makes the program j Hure' sayine that the packers' unfair ownership was Conveyed by the complete. It probably offers more n,et"ds ire a menace to competi- Treaty. I i sue- is as follows: Wednesday afternoon at the age of Six months ago I stated that I had seventy-two years. She seemed In ,ancc as a witness when Police Officer .inspirational uranuison rneips ana no intention of seeking such a nom ination and election. I have repeat edly stated that I have no political ambitions. That statement is as true today as it ever was. I am a candi date for your Congress, not because of any expectations of being ' nomi nated ami elet t-il, or because of any deshe for the oflke. hut because I be lieve it LJie duty of some one who will conduct a campaign on live and vital issue, to enter the congressional taaipa'gn in this district. This country linds itself today, nine months after the signing of the European armistice, in a state of po litical, social and economic unrest such as it has never experienced be fore. We are in the m'dst of war and revolution on every hand and the old line politicians and reaction aries at the seat of government are , utterly incapable of interpreting the ' times and too timid to nteot and face her usual health all day and lay down for her customary nap in the after noon. At six o'clock she was called for supper and did not answer, and it is believed she had been dead for about a half hour. Five years ago Mrs. Heath suffer ed a paralytic sirokp, and it is sup posed that her death was th ) result of a second stroke. She has been a resident of Elizabeth City since lSt. lief'ro her marriage to Mr. Heaih site v, as Miss .Mary Mizelle of Windsor. On Friday of this week she would have been married fifty four years. Mrs. Heath is survived by her hus band and by two daughters, Mrs Wm. Boettcher and Mrs. It. E. Lewis; al so by five grandchildren, all of this city, and by a sister, Mrs. John Collins of Norfolk and a niece, Mrs. Bryant, of Windsor. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Boettcher re- were before the Itccorder for a stat utory offense. The case was dis- I L .' . - I , 1 una year in 1110 way ot eilircai loii'.l, md social entertain- Ed. Spruill 1 inent than any program 01" recent tion years. Mr. Pate is now having print ed copies made for the purpose of missed. The women involved were havinc m ntontifiii ur.,it .---o I-. ..v..... Kuiiufs Lut ein ire three days. All of the joint meetings will be j.iis. junii liuiicK ana rjinei unite, a young woman boarder in the Bolick tome, both of whom left town before the trial. Officer G. Thelps has also left town f.ince the trial. He had been on his vacation and his lime was up, but be did not report for duty. This tangled wobb of sinister cir cumstance accounts for the bel'ef that John Bolick did not leave home Tuesday afternoon with the intention of returning. What he purposed, where he went and whether be is si ill ' dead or alive remain locked in mys- tery. the new and strange conditions. In the face of the crisis at hand celved the news of ner dr,ath hlle we are to have three candidates for ! awaiting their train in Raleigh on Congress, from this district who will their way home from Swannanoa. have nothing new and vital to offer They arrived in the city Thursday fhe people, their masters. Mr. Small , morning. Mrs. Lewis and her ch'l has a splendid record of personal eer- ! dren " Swannanoa. vice to hundreds of bis constituents. He has dipped In to the Pork Barrel and put a post office here, a court house there and a dredge In a creek j out yonder. He has made many,! spiels? !d political appointments and I SOLDIERS FIGHT 1 LN DANCE HALL CONTINUE CHASE AFTERBANDITS One Killed And Two Captured By Pursuing Americans. Car ranza Forces Assisting bound to himself In this way many of the strongest Democrats In the vl "district. He has sent everybody some Jf led. , f. H. S. Ward, Mr. Small's fellow townsmen and opponent for the nom ination hasn't even so much to offer, He ls a better connolseur of Scotch perhaps, and can quote scriptures more glibly to his purposes. He ex pects to be elected by those who (By Associated Tress) Marfa, Aug. 21. Word has just reached here that the American troops in pursuit of bandits across the border hare picked up a hot trail. , Marfa, Aug. 21. American troops Copenhagen, Aug. 21. Fights be- re continuing their drive into Mex tween American and German sailors lco after the bandits with the co-op-at Neufahrwaaser resulted In wound- ration of Carranza forces, ing one German seaman and several 1 One bandit was killed and two civilians, according to Danzig dis- captured by the pursuing Americans, patches. The fights grew out of a Rains have obliterated the trails quarrel In a dance ball. tut the Eighth Cavalry troopers are : pushing on thru canyons and passes BANNER TOBACCO CROP outn of Oandelarla, Texas. MEXICAN PRESS BITTER don't like Mr. Small. C. R. Pugh the Republican aspir- Washington, Aug. 21. Another held in Pullen Hall. The sectional meetings will be held in some of the larger class rooms and auditoriums 111 1 h different bu'ldiiii-.s. Appropri ,a ;nls are l einj; prepared for (lie guidance of visitors in expectation of jOiie of Hie larger t numbers 0:1 ul- tendance of recent years. Indications are that the s"ct ion for women will l.e as widely al tended, if not imir i so, than those for the men. Mr. !'. F. Cohoon of Pasquotank County states that he expects to bring a solid train load of visitors from the coun ties across the Sound to stay the en tire three days. County agents from several counties report that the at tendance from their respective coun ties will be good. Mr. Pate is mak ing plans for securing additional rooms In the homes around the Col lege Campus. It is expected that ample accommodations will be secured. ASKED ABOUT LABOR COST President Wilson was asked to furnish information as t6 the i 1 1 . ,1 INCOME RETURNS I'K. canned poods as a means of de iermininp to what extent it in fluences the high cost of living iii a resolution introduced to day by Representative Cam (I5y Associated I'icsm) Washington, Aug. 21. Senator , Walsh introduced a resolution today j re u,c: I'm; that the Semite Couimil ( ('' inviMt iKalmi; the cost of living I have access to the income tav re jlurn.s 01 an corporations di.a ribui inr, 1 . ood. TYPHOID RMTS tfiE ENCOURAGING p. Ualelgh. Auk. 21. Gratifying re sults in the tight being waged against typhoid fever in North Car olina by the State Hoard of Health are shown in the number of cases re ported for the past month. For that period there were 741 cases reported as against over 800 for the same month last year. JOHN WARREN j GETS J US HORSE I Walter Spence. colored, who left HI za belli C:ly early in the week with 'a horse belonging 1 o John Warren, ali o colored, lias been picked up by a Norfolk County constable at Deep Creek, Virginia, and will be brought hack hero Thursday night. The case will probably bo taken up lu police court Friday morning. An ollicer left here for Deep Creek to get Spence Thursday morning. A CORRECTION By error yesterday in Mr. J. M. The reports for the nrst half of Murray's adv. the " AuKusf are still mora nnpnitrurlnv BANDITS HOLD UP j August is the worst month in the PASSENGER TRAIN year f" typhoid fever, the number statement wm made that he is Installing Thirty-two Thousand Dollars worth of system when the amount should have been of cases and deaths from this cause Thirty-two Hundred. Correction Is r Nashville, Aug. 21. Four bandits always showing highest for this madB in tortnv-n Hv held up the Louisville and Nashville passenger train, Number 7, between Columbia and Pulaski today and es caped with the mail pouches. LINEN SHOWER The Mexican press is bitter against ' banner tobacco crop ls forecast by the Americans crossing the border. , , ., am 'the Department of Agriculture ant who will oppose Messrs. Small r and Ward, has nothing to offer the people except labuse of the record of 1 Mr. Small. Mr. Pugh has no record j ! of his own and the record of his party j in Congress these six months lndi-1 As additional supplies were rushed Mrs. Darius White and Mrs. S O JStheridge gave a linen shower Mon day afternoon at the home of Mrs. White on Burgess street in honor of Miss Marie Whltehurst whose mar riage to Mr. William Kahlbaum was solemnized Wednesday. A profusion of pink and white roses, with candle shades of pink and whtte effectively month. But this year for the first fifteen days of the month only 291 cases were reported for the State as a whole, by tar the best record sine reliable statistics have been available. The effort! to reduce typhoid, recognises as me most easily con- THE WATER'S FINE FOR THE PROFITEER EDGAR RESUMES LINE TO NORFOLK ; to the troops in the field, General rrled out the ,ovelv eolor Prunenda with 260 Carranze cavalry vhlcn was fuPther emphasized in the camped near the Americans. (By AMoclated Prewi) Columbus, Aug. 21. Theodora trolled of the preventable diseases. Leonard h ot the forty food deal- have been twofold. The campaigns 'ers arre8ted ner n the charge of conducted In a large number of coun- !noldinK mets In cold storage wias ties during this and the past fewjWned flve hundred dollars today. years to get the people rendered Im mune through vaccination has been one phase of the work. The other "has been the campaign for sanitation, for the proper disposal of human ex crement and thereby the removal of the source of the disease. The two together are making themselves felt MEXICOPROTESTS HUNT FOR BANDITS 1 I wish to announce the New Ferry I cates that he must be as helplessly Road is now open. My cars leave I and hopelessly reactionary as the promptly at 12 o'clock for Norfolk. most reactionary Democrat whom he Phone 58. EDGAR WILLIAMS, denounces. I FROM OMSK TO IRKUTCK (By Associated Press) Toklo, Aug. 21. The all Russian government at Omsk has transferred Messrs. Small Ward and Pugh are , don,t Rnow how many corporaUong MCortl t0 rt, received here ' lawyers. The idea seems to be that Mr pugh iepreaent8. ut , do know R Jg w thgt thfl fc " - " that tt will not be Mr. Pugh'R dispo one oux a dainty refreshments. The bride-elect cut the largj cake and to her surprise found beautiful gifts of linen concealed in the mdkt- !Icad tne llst of diseases reported with In the lessening number of cases, and the consequent fewer deaths. For July venereal diseases again believe cake. Games were played and a most de lightful social hour enjoyed. The guests included: Mrs. J. M. iWhitehurst, Mrs. Caleb Whltehurst, Mrs. A. F. Toxey, Mrs. J. W. Winslow, Mrs. E. F. Aydfett, Jr.. Mrs. Marv flrtimflnt'o rinulMnn la tfunwlnn ... 1. . . -.J in 1 r .......w uu.v.vu o evniil( WOttft lawyer in ouMiw6fi,. gltlon to turn down rotnlnrn frnm .. j . .. run for anv resDectable legislative . " "u"1 "l ' ol uio ouwyer wrigui, mrs. u. u. uuaiey, mJ A Lnrf lawvers can Bolshevlki and the desertion of Si-1 Mrs. Charles Tasker, Mrs. J. A. ..v " sem any corporation; no corporation a total of 752. Others for the month were as follows; typhoid fever 741, whooping cough 528, measles 212, j smallpox 117, dlptheria 65, scarlet 'ever 44, septic sore throat 12, chlck enpox 34, infant paralysis 3, epidemic meningitis 7, broncho-pneumonia 13, lobar pneumonia 9, cholera Infantum (By Associated Presa) I Washington, Aug. 21. The Mexl jcan Ambassador here has been In structed by his Government to pro test against the crossing of the bord er by United States troops in pursuit of bandits. FOOD CONTROL BILL OUT OF COMMITTEE (By Associated Press) NOTICE TO MERCHANTS and Ruth Reld, Lottie Mae- Bennett, Sue Orlce, Llllle Mae and Susie with a restless and dissatisfied peo- h.g trt ... . . pie, because the lawyer are schooled egU e the ,nteregt8 of tne pMn peo -nAn fwnvnAaHAn Inflnannai Anil. SlA . . . . riZ tMn,u from the P eVe 1 " m0re The Natlonttl Cash Register Com- Stevens, Anna White, Mildred Com- 3w Ztilt Mr SnTl an r interpreting iheir desire, and ful- pany's system expert and salesman mander. Maude Whltehurst, Nell Eth- .nJd hu Uw irTtierBL hi Wh0 CM um " te them stalling 13.200 worth ot systems for of Lucama. Margarite Wilson of ZTtnrjZTl JfSJS UntU 1 hT fUrther "foment Louis Selig, Spence A Hollowell Co. Hertford, Claire Harris ot Roxboro, ' ::Td Imn IS t0 nUke 1 be ,ad tmeet nd J- W . mre.tl Barco Belmont, of Durham, and Mar XVlTtSlct II la a CoS dldaC5r At Pr0pef Um0 1 ,baU 10 out chare" A,drw M" Murray, mindful of he toct a Con M ef every C0Bnty Jn Pharmacy, Phon. 114. 1 . ... . . greMmi as well u a good lawyer. dfatrlct fa on d d A.20-Stpd Mr. v ,., ', . a Mr. Ward, who ask. you to ;!vo him th0 ,MUe- whlch , belI)T6 wm u tpa ' T . "J F- JJ ' rMd .nd . Mr. Small! office, probably raprsnnta of n,,,mn,mt imnoH.n m h. . - , ' ., Mr. J. O. Guthrie of Raleigh , are as mnvr corporstlons as Mr. Small. ,fflp0rttBC ,B tht eom M:" Lue ha. returned visiting Dr, and Mr.. M, U. Harris on .wg c.mpaigB. . from a few day. stay at Norfolk. V?rt B'sfa rHt. v, Daciuary aysentery za, amoebic; Washington, Aug. 21. The House dysentery 1, para-typhoid 9, ophthal- j Agricultural Committee reported Lizzie Winslow, Mabel White, Inez .mea neonoratum 3. ; favorably today the amendments to FROM ATLANTA i the food control act imposing fine, land imprisonment for two years for ; profiteering. The terms of the act have been ex " tended to include wearing apparal, Col. and Mrs. A. L. Pendleton of containers of food, feed or fertilizer., Atlanta, Oa., are ln thi. city, the fue, 0,1 d natural gaa. guests of Dr. and Mr. A. L. Pendle ton on West Maliyureet. BUYING FALL MILLINERY Mlsse. Mary Maud Morrisette and j ! -Sophia Ive. returned ursday from j Ilrs. ?. JI. Walker ls ln Baltimore Ocean View, where wey have .pent buying full millinery for Walker ft Company. 1
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