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"MY SOX, deal with men Tvho advertise, jou will never lose by it." WEATHER Fair tonight mid Sunday, moder ate northeast winds. Benjamin Frank! in. r VOL. 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, SE? in:!3ER-?9ri0ia. NO. 229 n MT MiMDiST GROUND BREAKING GREAT OCCASION AND BIG SUCCESS Attended By Large Crowd Frorn All Albemarle Section-Bishop Darlington's Address Cap tures Audience First Methodist Leads The District The First Methodist celebration Friday marking the break ink of ground for the erection of their new church on the comer of Road and Church streets brought to Elizabeth City on Fri day afternoon people of all denominations from all this district cf the Methodist Episcopal Church South. These visitors with the congregation of the First Methodist church and Sunday school made a concourse of people that filled a goodly portion of the big lot upon which will stand the new edifice. On the wide platform toward the north side of the lot, erect ed for the occasion, decorated with flags of all allied nations and banked with palms and ferns interspersed with flowers, were seats for First Methodist officials, distinguished guests and representatives of the i i i i i. piuss. n special encioseu piai- )rm to the right of the main A atform, was provided for the ?J. H. Zeigler band, which jjj uencu ine ce :fi. cert lasting boned the ceremonies with a ig lor an nour while photographs of the var ious church organizations and Boards were taken. In thesj photographs were included a picture of the throe oldest members of the church, Mr. M. B. Culpepper, Mr. J. H. Bur gess, and Mrs. Sophronia Sam mons, who have been members oi' the church for more than sixty years. The photographer was Mr. C M. .Mann, of Norfolk, an expert in open air photogrophy. wohse pictures have appeared in the National Geographic Magazine, are on exhibition in Lon don and have won international rec ognition. The formal exercises of the eve ning began at five o'clock, when the band stuck up The Star Spangled ban ner, the audience standing with bared heads the while. Pastor J. M. Ormond, Master of Ceremonies, after the singing of "I Love Thy Church, 0 Lord," introduced L. D. Case of the Chamber of Commerce, who spoke for the Mayor and the Ci ty, emphasising- the value of the Church as an Institution in the world a"yd in the community and congratu ' ling the community as well as the .Wregation on the undertaking of t-Y First Methodist church of Elisa beth City. OTHER DENOMINATIONS REPRE SENTED Next Introduced by Mr. Ormand was Rev. 0. F. Hill, Rector of Christ church, speaking for the pastors and churches of the city, who said: "What the human eye here sees Is man showing his mastery over nature, that it may serve him fof an end higher than itself. Nature pro vides the materials and man har nesses them for his purpose. God made matter as He made man He made the matter first. So first the materials of nature are gathered that thej may serve man. Against man there is waging a war to destroy him. This matter here gathering and on ' this site. Is to be erected into a structure that shall stand as a fort, strong and mighty, against the enemy of man thus matter becomes man's ally. "The building that shall best with stand the destructive forces of nature is the building that stands upon and is cemented to the strongest founda I 'on. About us today we see the preparation for the erection of a building. That its towers may stand for years silhouetted against the sky the ground is made ready there is a digging in that soon It may stand secured? erect. "Al uod founded the earth as His footstoo upon which this temple hall stand, may it In turn give to this structure Its true foundation God the almighty. Thus may It stand a tower of strength tor years un- i .' . ' "v ' ' - ' ' I ,' ' ' M Continued On Back Page) PRES. WILSON ABOUTTHE SAME No Change in ' His Condition After Night's Rest. Suffer ing Nervous Breakdown Aboard President Wilson's Special Train, Sept. 27. President Wilson, returning to-Washington In a state of nervous exhaustion from his speech making tour, was described this morning as feeling about the same after a fairly restful night. AT CIRST .MKTHODIST III I'.CII Kverybedy is invited to tl ser- ; vices to be held at the First Metho Jdist Church. South, next Sunday. The l!''tor F'v. I. M. Onncnd. will sne'ik it eleven o'clock upon the subject of "A Christian Brotherhood." and iit eight o'clock will tell the story of Jonah. Sunday School al nine-thirty and Kpworth League at seven-lit'teen. MKT TIU'RSDAY NICiHT The C. M. B. Class of Blackwell Memorial Sunday school met Thurs day night with Mrs. Hale on Cy press street. Dr. G. W. Clarke spoke on "Intercession." Plans were made by the class for increased activity during I he fall and winter. Refresh ments were served by the hostess: Those present were: Mrs. W. K. McCoy. Mrs. S. W. Hastings, Mrs. S. Price, Mrs. C. J. Ward. Mrs. W. S. Chesson, Mrs. J. T. West, Mrs. J. H. Morrisette, Mrs. H. G. Godfrey, Mrs. M. H. Brite, Mrs. M. E. Trueblood, Mrs. R. C. Jackson, Mrs. J. H. Hale, Mrs. J. W. Edney, Mrs. W. G. Over man, Mrs. M. L. Brltton, Mrs. S. C. Newbold, Mrs. M. B. Bunch, Mrs. W. P. Atkinson, Mrs. Sue Chick, Miss Sophie Morrisette, Dr. O. W. Clarke, and Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Venters. Visitors were Mrs. M. W, Berry and Mrs. S. A. Simpson of Portsmouth. CA.N MEMORIAL CHURCH Cor. Road and Matthews streets. H. M. Preasly, Minister. Bible School 9:45 a. m. Public Worship 1:00 a. m. and 8:00 p. m. Morning subject, "The Riddle of Life." Evening subject, "Almost vs. Alto gether." Everybody welcome. WHAT IN A NEF? London, Aug. 20. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) A silver gift "nef" was sold In an art store here at auction the other day 'for 115,000 and immediately London peo ple began asking "what is a net?" for it is a word little known. A "net" is a relic of bygone days, a decorative piece of plate for the dinner table. It was generally shaped like a ship, often having a row of oars, and was used to hold table napkins and other odds and ends deemed necessary in thsoe days of sumptuous meals. AT CAMDEN SATURDAY NIGHT Secretary L. D. Case and Editor W. O. Saunders will speak at a farm ers and farm women's meeting Sat urday night at Camden. The meet ing it in charge of Mr. Nyeegard, Camden County's Farm Demonstra tion Agent. ! v WANTEDFOR JOSEPH PEELR Tabic board In private family with of without room. Call AdtJnce CHRIST 1UK II Uev. Geo. F. Hill, rector. Kith Sunday after Trinity. Sunday School 9:45 a. in. New courses for every class have been received. Morning Prayer, anto communion and sermon 11 A. M. Evening prayer and sermon 8:00 P. M. At the evening service the Pas quotank Tribe of the Improved Order of Red .Men will attend in a hotly. At this service there will lie special music and sermon. There Is a welcome in this church for every one at every service. 101. 1 AUK MKKTI '; Ai' 1 KARL STRKKT A public welfare meeting will be held Sunday night at Pearl Street Methodist church, beginning at eight o'clock. Mr. P. S. Vann, County Superin tendent of Public Welfare, aud Mr. L. I). Case, Secretary of the Eliza beth City Chamber of Commerce, will speak. Special music will be rendered, and the pastor, Kev. C. M. Warden, extends a very special invi tut on to the public to attend this unusually important and interesting s, i vi( e. abelWapatti died this morn (Ity Associated I'resvi London. Sept. 27 delina I'atti. pfiiia i!:i:ni;i. died this morning at Craig-y mis ( a-lle, South Wales. I'atti reigned for 10 years as queen of singors. , Her marvelous voice thrilled the, greatest contemporaries of her days, i The elder Dumas, the French drama tist, once said to her: "Being a man and a Christian, i xtetit of possibly is feet and about lovo to listen to your singing; but if l"'e s:,me distance behind the catch 1 were a bird T would die of envy." I10s,t,l,' and along the first and "I am a child of the stage," she ,,ilsl' Tnis. contract h.id t-iiid. "bin!,' 'milt during an op- ""' yU'K ,M'kl somewhat, hut it eratic season at Madrid, Spain, In w,:l possible to drive out legiti 1843. My father, Sal vat ore Pattl. a i1'"1'" ,,m'(' rs'' hits in left Held and Sicilian, was a good tenor singer. My mother, a Roman, became a fa mous artist as S gnora Harili the name of her first husband. The child made her dobut at Trip- i1""1 Yovk slrf'''1" In the western sel ler Hall, In New York, singing arias,11"11 of lil' Tl"" permanent from the "Barber," in 1860. She was the juvenile prodigy of the day, and nearly ruined her voice by over - work. She appeared again at the age of 13. After a tour through the West Indies, she withdrew to prepare for a greater career. At the age of 16 she appeared in the Academy of Music, New York, in her first opera, "Lucia dl Lam- mermoor." Her wonderful soprano fta lh bleachers have no roof shelt roused the audience to the wildest er- enthusiasm, and her fame swept the country. At this time she was earn ing $100 a week. She repeated her conquest as Amina in "La Sonnambula" in Cov ent Garden, London, in 1861. Her salary had increased to $750 a month. It was the beginning of a dazzling conquest of all Europe. Royalty en tertained her and courted her favors. The populace deseiged her hotels and theatres. Men in all stations of life wooed her, but she brushed them aside with a laugh and trill. She Anally capitulated at the age of 25 to Henri, Marquis de Caux, equerry to Napolean III. They separated af ter a few yoars, Mme: Pattl finally securing a divorce in 1886 to marry Slgnor Ernest' Nlcolini, an Italian tenor 'singer. She made her final professional appearance at the age of 65 in Lon- don. Her last days were passed In Wales at her beautiful castle, "Claig Nos," with her third husband, Baron of Cederstom, whom she married In 1899, a year after the death of Nl colini. Mme. Pattl Is reputed to have left an estate valued at more than $$, 000,000. She was the first operatic singer in the world to be made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor. She was decor ated by the Czar of Russia with the Order of Merit, and was appointed by him as "First Singer of the Court." European potentiates vied with each other In showering ber with Jewels, dtcorat ons and social distinctions. Post cards of the Methodist Ground Breaking can be had at Zoeller's Studio at 10c over first and Citizens National Bank. 8.17-lw mm STREET hjk ism m Addinj ?iew 5eais Fcr Fans Who Lx,:ect To Seo World Series at Cincinnati (By Associated Press) Cincinnati, Sept. 27. The home grounds of the Cincinnati Nations. .v.iK.u.s of I!.... National League pen ii'H't, wli ill is known as Kedlaml Field will seat approximately 27.0Hii persons, and :u .commodate about 33,000 when the local team plays the Ch.tugu White Sox. winners of the 'Aiuoriran League race for World's series championship honors. I The permanent stands seat 22, out) hut the time the lirst game of the world's series is begun, new seals for ,5,000 more persons will have been erected. In addition funs who arc not fortunate enough to obtain cou pon tickets for seats will find space i for i.bout li. 000 persons. I Early In August when Cincinnati lilayed the New York Giants in what jwas uns'dored by many baseball followers an the crucial games in the .pennant ra e. slightly more than 31. ooti poison.-, were on the ball grounds. From thi-i t can be seen that there 'will be no dillicuity for at least 33,- 0ii;i li.idm;; vantage places to view I Hi'' gumev I New eats in left and center tlelils iiu 'r ;,... sidewalk on Western A.ouue and alon,; ork street and ti:e new box sea's are along the fir t and third base lines. Cincinnati Cily Council elated over the Reds win it ng the pennant gave the club man-"-'-went 1 iTiiilssion to erect seals t the si.lcv.alks of Western Ave nue and York street, closing the lat-stiei-t to tir.liic lor tony diy;. The playing Held will be encroached upon in left and center field to the li"iiie runs mi right . t(e(i:ani 1' e., s considered the la t word in h.isehall parks. H is filiated at Western Avenue. Kindlay stands are of concrete and sleel and 1 1 he property is owned by the Cln- j rllln,l,i 1 m" building of the ! s,rurl Ule was started in September, 1911, and completed in April. 1912, the total cost running to $399,000 hTe grandstand proper has a dou ble deck, and on Its left and right are single stands with roofs over them. The right field seats known Box seats extend along the entire front of both floors of the grandstand proper. The press box is on the upper deck of the grandstand, bat la was not considered large enough to accommodate all the newspaper men and telegraph operators reporting the world series games, so extra seats with a temporary covering have been built on the roof of the stand for the working newspaper men. five street car lines are routed by way of the ball park, while there is another a square away. The .ball park can he reached In 20 minutes by street car from the heart of the city. The playing field is the pride of Garry Herrmann, President of the club and Chairman of the National liaschall Commission. It l'es about eight feet below trie stands with a slight embunkment along the left lflel(1 'ence extending to the fence 'enclosure. Left field Is shorter from the home plate than is the right field. Right field is the sun field and many players have found it difficult to Judge flies batted in, that direction. General admission and prices fixed y tne National Baseball Commission will prevail at the world series games. The Cincinnati Club manage ment had announced a scheme for distribution of the 10,000 reserved tickets for public sale that virtually Is a plan of placing the names of ap plicants In some sore of a receptable and then drawing them out until all 10,000 had been drawn. CATHOLIC SERVICES There will be Cathollo services on Virday rrorntng at 10:80 o'clock In th Catholic Chapel. Room 838, Hra ton Building. . v .. FAUNA LOA IS IN ERJPTICN (I5 Assmiatcd 1'icnn) Honolulu, Sept. 27. Manna Loa. a wiicauo on Ililo Island, burst into en.p'. Ic.i today. Two columns of lava or incandescent gases are visi l !e from the observatory here NEBRASKA MOB V.'gr.rous Action On Part Of jani C:Ly roi!co Prevents Lyncr.-;-- lav; Tirana As ()i:'aha, Sept. 27. - A mob of fif teen bu tulred persons attempted to take Will Brown, a negro, from the police last night and lynch him. nrown was arrested charged with having attacked a young woman. Two thirds of the city's police had been rushed to the scene and mem bers of the mob beaten before the prisoner could be taken to the police station. For fear that the mob would storm the police station the prisoner has now been removed to the county jail. BRITISH OUT OF ARCHAIC.7! (By Associated Press) l '1 11.. Iti-iiisli evaluation of Archangel has been completed Willi the except ion of two hundred f I ighla liners, wiio are ex ported to embark did iv RE to Washington, Stopping Cnly to Change Engines (ISy AfiNnclntocI I'rex) St. I.-iuis. Sept 27 - President Wilson's special Irani arrived here at ,::I0 and departed at 4:1a, stop ping only long enough to change en gines. i he President is reported resting quietly. CHOOSEOFFICERS FOR NEW ARMY With the American Forces in Ger many, Aug. 27. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) Officers for the new German army permitted un der terms of the peace treaty are to be chosen by selection of the fittest, and the German war ministry has already taken the first step In the oe.cU: .e process. There are 20,000 officers still in service and as the number must be reduced to 4,000 by March 31, 1920, a large Held of choice Is available. KING OF SERBIA BACK FROM EXILE Uy Associated Prem) Deigrade, Sept. 27. King I'eter ot Serblu returned today after an ab sence of live years exile in Greece. REDCROSSSENDS UNIT TO MINSK Paris, Aug. 25. (Correspondence of The Associated Press.) As a se quel to the capture of Minsk by the Polish Army, the American Red Cross has authorized the .sending of a field unit Into that city from its headquarters in Eastern Poland. The efforts of the Red Cross unit will be mainly concerned with general relief and anti-typhus work. Supplies for the new work are being furnished fro mthe American Red Cross ware bouses In Blelystok. Reports from Minsk say that peo plo are dying fast of hunger and typhus. Mrdlclnes, soaps and nour ishing too'-J are the most imperative 'n -d-, a c,tp kitchen will also be I set up in Minsk. twiitVi And Government Pre paring to Operate Trains With Armed forces (By AsstH'iatexl Presst) l I c 27 The Na Railway em- (i-!cyec5 struck today in a body tMe stopping of railway ;.:v:jc was Cwrr.;.letc. . ivj Goverr.v.-.tnt having faiict! in its nj-vtiaisons with the Union is said to be prepared ij cp-i-ai.- ii-.c railways with armed forces if necesscry, but ycl no definite program has developed. AH England has been placed under a war regime so far as food and fuel are concerned. One disquieting feature of the situation is the possibility that the miners and transport workers also may strike, which would complicate the already serious labor crisis which con fronts the country. ITALIAN CRISIS IS VERY SERIOUS Alarmist Reports Cur rent And Civil War Imminent According To Rumor Rome, Sept. 27. Alarmist reports are current, one being that civil war is imminent with the nationalist and militarist f jciiont arrcyed cn the one side 3. A the socialists on the other. Several gt nereis arc credit cd with the intention of head ing the militarists with a view to controlling; the Government. Some of these generals have already been mentioned as be ing in league with D'Annunzio before the r mme raid, with the object of overthrowing by force the Nitti cabinet and re placing it with a military dic tatorship. The Navy is represented a being more dissatisfied than the Army. Approximately a million workmen are on a strike and dissatisfaction is growing everywhere at the constantly increasing cost of living. ORDER GERMANS TO GET OUT Paris, Sept. 27. The Supreme Council of the Peace Conference de cided today to send Germany thru Marshall Foch a note demanding the evacuation ot Lithunia by German troops under drastic penalties for non compliance. ALLIES THREATEN CUT OFF SUPPLIES Purls. Sept. 27. It all the Ger man troops are not recalled frqm the' Baltic provinces within i short time the Allies will cut off all supplies from Germany, re-establish the blockade and Interrupt repatriation of German prisoners of war. IT WAS "LIGHT' ACCIDENT ANYHOW Mr. James M. Weeks is hobbling around on one leg today as a result of sticking a knife Jn .this member yesterday while trying to open a i carton, and Mr. Weeks gives his word of honor that the carton con tained nothing more exciting than electric light globes. RAH I BEAUTIFUL MODELS IN LADIES Dresses in all slses and newest styles, and In all colors; Taffeta Silk, Jersey Cloth, Satis Charmeuse and Serge. They sre the season's sensstlonsl bargain at 911.75. - t ,-r- . ,!,; MITCHELLS. v
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