North Carolina Newspapers

THE WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Tues day. Probably rain In west portion. Continued cool tonight rising temper ature In north portion Tuesday. Fresh northeast and east winds. VOL. 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13TH, 1S19. NO. 242 "MY BON, deal with men , who advertise, you will never lose by it" Benjamin Franklin. ftfe HERTFORD CO. Ohio Company Refused Ship mint of Soy Bean Meal in Av gust c.f Last Year. . Cincinnati, , October, 13th l)ai.ir.ges in the sum of $4,200 with ntere.:t are asked in the suit cnte; J and liled hero tod:iy against tin- I ailed Slated Chemical Compa ny of Urex'iiville, Ohio, for an alles ed bi ach of contract with the Eas tern ' coilon Oil Company of Ilert-' ford, North Carolina. The contract was for 400 tons of soy bean meal which the Eastern Oil Company was to supply in August of last year at the agreed price of $82.50 t,o n. It is alleged that the market slumped about the time the meal was to be shipped and the United States Chemical Company of Greenvlle, Ohio, refused to receive any of the goods shipped. The Eastern Oil Company alleges that it had to sell the supply in open iparket at the prevailing price of $72. a ton. $ '.Judgment is asked for the full amount of the loss with interest. OPPORTUNE FOR HOME TOWN Some Town Will Seize Them, Without Doubt. Important Meeting Tuesday Night. The Aladdin Company will estab lish a branch' factory Bomewhpre in Eastern North Carolina. Elizabeth City can get it by going after it. There Is a chance to get a college. Some town is going to get it. The Federal engineers have turned down the preliminary survy of the Pasquotank. The matter can be appealed, however, if steps are tak en promptly and properly. These suggestions give an idea of the Importance of the Chamber of Commerce meeting Tuesday night, and Secretary L. D. Case urges that all live members and hustling citi zens be on hand at this meeting. ABOUND THE WOULD WITH THE AMEBIC &RED CROSS. J f & - KE&I r r . . . - j As far hnrk n. the first winter of the war, the Red Cross sent to Serbia a sanitary commission thut effective ly checked the scourge of typhus, but after the United States, entered the conflict, the Red Cross was able, Ir August, 1917, to send a full commis sion that carried on extensive relief operations among the suffering ref ugees of the tortured nation. Hospi tals were established, the refugees fed, clothed and given medical . attention, the army supplied with much needed -dental treatment, farm machinery, and seeds provided to help the Serbs re deem their land to productivity, and, not least, measures undertaken for the succor of the children. The terrible condition Into which these helpless vic tims of tho war bad fallen ls well portrayed by this photograph of a little Serbian girt wearing the rags and expression of hopeless dismay -that were all she possessed when the JUd Cross cam. IAN & f x ,'.;vr I :-" : - y EGG PROFITEERING WORRIES FOOD MINISTRY London, Sept. 15 (Correspon dence of the Associated Press)- Froi'itou-ins iu eggs is attracting the utlemio.i . of the Knod Minisry be cause of Complaints, which are reach ing it fioai ail parts of tin countiy. In some London district- (he ret.. il pr:;: $1.3j a dozjy, a;.u i.ie cheap est is $1.00. If this condition con tinues, it is announced, die ministry w.ll step in to protect t'-j consume;-. TillCKS SOLI) TO GERMANS With the American Forces in Ger many, Sept. 15 (Correspondence of the Associated Press.) Twelve hundred motor trucks abandoned by the German army in the area taken over by the Americans a part of the armistice material were sold re cently to a syndicate of German au tomobile dealers. This deal vir tually completes the work of the Coblenz branch of the United States Liquidation Commission which has been under the direction of Junius G. Adams, of Asheville, N. C, spe cial commissioner of the American Army of Occupation. Continuation of the disposal of sur puls army material in occupied Ger many will hereafter be under direc tion of a general sales board of the American forces in Germany of which Lt. Col. T. H. Kruttschnitt has been appointed as chief. The army board will be under the super vision, of the liquidation commission with headquarters in Paris until the final stocks are sold. ThTe sale of surplus property of the American army at the Antwerp base which also has been completed brought to the government. Most of the goods disposed Of to the Bel gian government, bringing a better price than could have been obtained In the United States. Uy the sale of a part of surplus stocks of the America forces In Ger many, much of which was sold to Geiman civilians, the sum of 11,000 was realized. Amon the material sold recently to German dealers was two million pounds of candy of a kind not particularly in demand among Ammerican soldiers. JURORS FOR NOVEMBER COURT Following are the Jurors for the November term of court. John Cartwright, H. M. Prltchard, W. L. Prltchard, H. C. Garrett, W. L. Cartwright, (Salem) W. H. Bal lance, Thomas A. Corbett, C. W. Hol lowell, B. O. Morris, A. F. Miller, Cader Temple, C. C. Luton, J. J. Brothers, E. J. Spence, O. E. Harris, W. N. Price, Lemuel Cartwright, W. G. Overman. Elmo Stoknlr. C. V. Kramer, Rufus Hewett, W. E. Grif- nn j. 4. waison, josepn Morse. COURT HOUSE MEETING CONTINUES Rev. Robert Askew, known as "Tar 'Heel Bob," who has been con ducting a revival at the courthouse for the past week, was heard Sunday night by a packed house, and will continue his meeting thru next Sat urday night, preaching each night at 7:45. Mrs. Askew sings at each service, and tonight, Mr. Hicks, former evan gelistic baritone singer with Sam Jones, will sing a duet with Mrs. Askew. The meeting has attracted extra ordinary attention here because of i the fact that this is Mr. Askow's 'boyhood home, and because of Mrs. Askew's volte, which once in grand .Pera ls now dedicated to evange- Hstic work. ' W. T. Cobb, assistant manager of the Hotel Raleigh, at Raleigh spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Sanderlin. 1 THE ADVANCE FREE , to NEW SUBSCRIBERS Subscribe to Th Ad- ranee now at four dollars a year " and receive the paper for the rest of the year Free. AWARD PRIZES CAMDEN FAIR Pumpkins, Percherona and Pretty Girls Carry Off Hon ors of the Day. , Tlie Camden County Fair held at Camden courthouse last Friday was a success from every standpoint. The olilces on the lirst floor of the court house v.-ere given over lo exhib its, which included farm prod-.. its. needlework, pantry supplies, and fancy work; while on the mounds j wore the poultry exhibits, ami in the stables at the back of the grounds the livestock exhiblta COOKE'S BIG PUMPKIN Among the farm products exhibits was a pumkin weighing 84 pounds grown by Mr. J. E. Cooke of Belcross. Mr. Cooke also had on exhibit a barrel of Nancy Hall potatoes which were nearly as big as a child's head. Mr. J. E. Cooke also won the prize for the best stalk of cotto'n and an other prize for the best three stalks of cotton. . Among the fruits were V'fer pears and Matamuskeet apples. One of the most interesting fea tures was the better babies contest staged in the afternoon. The prize tor the prettiest baby went to little Gladys Mae Etheridge. Among the ladles whose needle work carried off the largest number of prizes were Misses Essie Ferebee, and Iredell Kight, and Mesdames nie Morrisette, T. S, Berry, and H. C. Ferebee. Mrs Ferebee also receiv ed the prize for the largest and most varied display of pantry supplies, her exhibit consisting of thirty-six va rieties of jelly, pickles and preserves II. C. Ferebee and H. W. Stevens were among the winners of farm pro duce prizes. Mr. Stevens also had on exhibition two pens of Duroc-Jersey hogs that were prize winners and at tracted a great deal of attention. H. S. Gilbert, with a beautiful pair of Percheron horses bred and raised on his own farm, won the prize offered for the best team. Miss Hattle Seymore was awarded the prize as the prettiest girl at the fair. The prizes were announced and awarded before a large audience in the courtroom in the evning. ET TO SOLVE COTTONPROBLEM More Than Five Hundred Del egates From Thirty-two Na tion Gather In New Orleans New Orleans, Oct. 13 With more than five hundred delegates from thirty-two nations in attendance, the World Cotton Conference, called for the purpose of arganlzing interna tionally and solving the cotton pro blems, opened here today. STOCK COMPANY BUYS FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER Raleigh, N. C. Oct. 11. The Fay etteville Observer, evening newspa per owned by E. J. Hale and sons, was to-night Bold to a new publish ing company, the Press Company, and will be conducted in the future with V. A. Stlckley as managing editor. The management expects la ter to add a morning edition if cir cumstances justify it. ' Tlie Fayetteville Observer is the oldest daily paper in the state. WOMAN DOCTORS GALORE London, Sept. 14- -(Correspon- dence of the Associated Press) One of every five doctors who com pleted their training in England this year was a woman, and author ities declare that next year the pro portion will be larger. In May, 1918, according to the British Med ical Journal, there were 2,250 wom en doctors In the kingdom, several times more than for the correspon ding date of 1914 RETURN FROM FISHING TRIP Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Worth, Miss Nan Burgess, 'Mrs. Wilson Hollowell, Mr. 8. B. Parker and Dr. William Parker returned Sunday from a fish lng trip at Durants Island. LARGE CROWD AT FIRST BAPTIST Hear Dr. Haywood's Dramatic Presentation cf Christ Before Herod and Welcomed New Pastor. A arse crowd Sumhiv niciu'fks i 1 1 : 1 Dr. Oscar Haywood of New York City at the First Baptist church and ve'.co;.:id the lvnv pastor of the church, ltev. II. K. Williams. Dr. Haywood was introduced as "a Wake Forest man and a North Carolinian." but as he rose to speak he stopped to sJay that the only din- Unction which lie claimed was the fact that he was the first christian minister to give part of his time and all of his talent and means to the abolition of capital punishment." He then asked his audience to hear him at the Alkrama that afternoon when he spoke under the auspices of the State Society for the Aboli tion of Capital Punishment. A large crowd heard him at the Alkrama at three o'clock and again Sunday night when he spoke at the First Methodist church. Dr. Haywood's subject was "Christ Before Herod," and omitting all vain repetitions and useless phrases he painted the picture of the two contrasting characters In a manner so vivid that the scene seemed to be literally brought back from the pages of history to the listening congregation. After the sermon, the new pastor, Hev and Mrs H K Williams, their two children and nephew, were received into the membership of the church and were cordially welcomed by the church membership and other friends SEARCH FOR LOST CONTINENT (By Associated Press) f October 15th.' His address is Mur- Honlulu, T. H. Sept. 13 (Cor-! fn.es,oro, North Carolina. As a test respondence of the Associated Press) of Ueir ,Uness for the work app Search for evidence supporting j can( wII be m,ufred t0 flll, out a the theory of a lost pacllic contl- L.ullph, sohedule and w)1) bo dulv nent is being prosecuted in the' ,... ... )h ,,, :,.i ni,, fn. Hawaiian Islands, he South Seas ami aionK me wes. coasi 01 oouin America. easily accessible. Prof. Douglass R. Cambell of the i . botany department of the Stanford University thinks that in certain RED CROSS AIDES specimens or ferns found on the Is- CHILDREN OF SERBIA land of Hawaii he has established 1 the fact that at some period there Belgrade, Sept. 1. (Correspon Vas land connecting between theence of the Associated Press) Hawaiian group and the Islands to j Pressing need for relief work among the south and west thru to the06 children of Serbia is shown In Malay peninsula. Prof. T. A. Jag-.a report issued by the American Red gar, Jr., in charge of the federal Cross which states that of 360,000 observatory at Kllauea volcano, orphans and half orphans in the agrees with Prof. Ca'mpbell's theo- 'country, only 1,40 can be cared for ry, asserting that there are geologi- cal indications that the islands of the Pacific were once connected. Seeking data in support of Prof. cared for by the relatives, most of Campbell's theory, Professor W. A. them in reduced circumstances them Bryan of the College of Hawaii is "elves. It is estimated that about now touring the west coast of . 100,000 fall in this class. South America and the South Sea ! Tne others have maintained a Islands, precarious existence during the sum- . mer mmonths as the charges of ENGLISH VILLAGES -communities that will find It hard to ORGANIZE CLUBS I)rovi(le them with shelter when the cold weather arrives. London, Sept. 10- (Correspon-' T1'e Immediate problem of the dunce of the Associated I'ress) American aad Serbian relief agon More than 0.1O English villages have clen Is the finding of r.helter, rood organized branches of the Village and medical attention for the home Clubs Association, a union of rurul 'ess children for the coming winter, community sociulics thru which it is planned to make country life more attractive. In each of these com munities, clubhouses have been con structed varying in size and appoint ment from a simple reading room which may aUo be made to serve as a general ' meeting place, to Nettlebed's pretentious village hall which offers men's and women's dressing rooms, library, reudlng and billiard rooms, a play shed, skittle alley, rifle range, kitchen and cook- ery school. In the organization of these clubs, four points are given prime consideration the eligibility of both women and men to member- clubs shall be nonattheshlpthat cf ship, that the club shall be non- political and non-sectarian, that I they shall be self supporting and that they shall be administered by com- mittee elected by the members. WANTED CASHIER. HOURS 19 to one and six to ten at , night 8tandard Pharmacy. oct 11 tf A CALL PQPw 80.C00 czi,U3 iiiic.viiipjvrons I Tin' D rector in' til- ( e!i::i.-,, Hon. 1.. Uog. rs, ami ,;:nce.i that Mil, 000 enumerators will lie needed to take the next ccn.iu.i. .The work begins 011 January 2 and will last .iljou; two weeks 111 i.i.s. a ad .1 month or i.ioro in n.i.il Ji. :ric;s. li.ato ni pay will v.i;y, d 'peu.1 :i;; upi.n the locality and character or the district to be canvassed. The average pay per eiiume. aLor at t.ie 1 '..s;u, ol 1 J 1 u v.i annul At litis coniini; census ,t will . .1.00 be not less than J 100.00 I "Active, intellgi'iil, and reliable men and women, not less than 18 years of age, are needed for this task." .said Director Rogers, "and iu 'a sense, this is a call for volunteers. The importance of a complete and , reliable census, especially In this ! critical time when more than ever j before perhaps we need complete data regarding population, condl-1 tions, tendencies, and resources can nardly be overemphasized. The re organization of social and economic structure and the readjustment of international relations necessitated by the war must be based on by ac curate knowledge If we are to act wisely and deal Justly with all class es and all interests. It ls hoped, therefore, that public spirited, en ergetic people throughout the coun try will volunteer to act as census enumerators even tho they may not cure for the positions so far as the pay is concerned. I should be sorry to think, and I do not believe, that all our patriotism was used up by the War and none left over for pub- lie service in times of peace." Lloyd J. Lawrence, Supervisor of the Census for the First District of North Carolina, which Includes the counties of Bertie, Camden, Chowan, Pasquotank and Perquimans, states thai he will need about sixty enum erators for the district. Applications or repuests for application forms should be sent to him on or before this test. So far as practicable the place selected w be one that is y existing orphanages A considerable proportion of the orphans outside the institutions are MEXICO WORKS ON ITS NEW RANKING LAW Mexico City, Sept. 20 (Corres pondence of the Associated Press) The initiative recently submitted to Congress by President Carranza pro- viding for a "Banco Unico del He- Republlco" and a new system of credits has been withdrawn by the executive who explained that chang- ed conditions made the withdrawal necessary. The newspapers, here(, however, assert that the Department of the Treasury Is still at work on a new banking law which may be presented to Congress shortly. Miss Mande Williams has return- ed to her home at Gatesvllle after a visit to Mrs. J. Marshall Pool on Church street. WANTED RALES-LADIES AT once. Wool worth's 6 ft 10c. store. oct lt 14 II MAYNAR9 STARTS Fly 7: x.i .!o Plans Reg ular Daredevil Flight Across Cjnlli..i'. I.i ember 1. in Francisco, (k;.(i:. Lieut. :,,. nard . aid to-day thai he would be 10 .-tun ii s .viu. n ilight to Min- i.i.a 1 ..1 ..1..,.. . .. . :1 . :; V i ' ' he would USB t:.' -. i '-.no a:-d c-pected to make I' 'i-er ! !:: ca'-tward Ilight be- i.riM' ihe prevailing winds would be in Ills la vor. He also said ihat he planned to., try for ihe transcontinental record In Novevher with a machine adapted par ticularly for speed and hoped to fly, f .... ... I V.,. , 1 ...,! ... . 1. T 1 .... 1 .1 I 11 1. Ill 1 in- llLllllll UJ IILK 1 ttvlll v lii - two days. FORTY RACERS LINE UP Mineola, Oct. 13. Forty of the sixty-two starters in the Army Air Ser vice transcontinental race lined Up early to-day all the way from Mineo la to San Francisco to continue their flights. WILL EXPLAIN LEAGUENATIONS Congressman John H. Small at Alkrama Wednesday Under Educational Department Housewives League. Congressman John H. Small will t speak at the Alkrama Wednesday night on the League of Nations, ex plaining just what the League is and what it means. There will be no admission fee and the public Is cordially Invited. The address has been arranged to be delivered after the prayer meeting service at the churches and after the lirst show at . the Alkrama. It is hoped that men, women and child ren will hear Mr. Small. Arrangement for the Lecture was made by the Educational Department of the Housewives League of this city. TROUBLE TODAY AT YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown, O. Oct. 13 Consid erable turbulence was reported thru out the district thl smorning as the, steel mills resumed operations. Crowds of strikers about each plant stoned the strikebreakers and many arrests were made At east Youngs town a locomotive struck a handcar filled with en route to work, killing one and Injuring two others. TEAMSTERS UNION GOES ON STRIKE New York. Oct. 13 The city's lat est strike Is that of 11,000 membm of the teamsters union. The strike today tied up the principal railroad terminals of the greater city and sta tlons are pilled high with undeliver ed frelKht and express. THIRD RED CROSS ROLL CALL Novtmbir 2 to 11, 1919 Time to Re-Join E. M. 8tevens and Harry O. Kra mer left Monday for a business trip to New York City. Mrs. Loulu Bailey has returned from a visit to her brother, Mr. B. C. Brothers, at Richmond. WANTED TO BUY CHEAP BE. cond hand blcycvle. Bee M. M. Hurdle at Peoples Bargain Store, oct 11 lt pd