"MY SON,
deal with mea
who advertise,
you will never .
Iom by itw
Benjamin Franklin.
THE WEATHER
Showers probable tonight and Sat
urday. Gentle variable winds.
VOW 4
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 24TH, 1919
NO. 252
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FINAL APPEAL
FDATll nni701Til?TO
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After Miners and Oner
ators Twice Turn
Down Secretary Wil
son's Proposal
Washington, Oct 24 A fi
na.1 appeal was made from
President Wilson today to pre
vent the strike of soft coal
miners November 1st after the
miners and operators meeting
jointly with Secretary Wilson
turned down two proposals to
negotiate a new wage agree
ment The two groups heading the
plea of Secretary Wilson
agreed to return at four
o'clock this afternoon to re
ceive the message which the
Secretary hoped to bring from
the President
Washington, Oct. 24 Operators
lfid miners today rejected the pro
posal of Secretary Wilson that they;
negotiate a new wage agreement cal
culated to avert strikes of soft coal
miners called for November 1st.
CONCESSION FOR
NAVAL STATION
(By Associated Iress)
London, Oct. 24 It is reported
today from Lisbon that Portugal has
granted the United States a concess
ion in the Azores tor a naval sta
tion. PRISONES OF WAR ARE
WELL FED AND CLOTHED
(By Associated Press)
Berlin, Sept. 30 (Correspon
dence of the Associated Press)
The prisoners of war returned from
England are well fed and clothed,
writes C. M. Shmidt from the col
lection camp at Meschede. where the
men concentrate and then are sent
to their homes.
They are naturally overjoyed to
be at home, their relatives some
times frantic with Joy at having
them. The pleasant picture is dull
ed by only one blot the Indepen
dents, SpartacistB are already at
work trying to win the prisoners to
tneir side and have even placed
ageJn where they can most easily
.get touch with the men and
preach their unrest and chaos and
disorder.
LABOR OFFICIALS
, TO MI
Telegram From Gompers Says
Will Consider Industrial Dis
putes Pending.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Oct. 24 A confer
ence of officials of the International
Unions affiliated with the American
Federation of Labor will be Held In
Washington soon to consider indus
. trial disputes now in progress and
Impending, according to a telegram
from Samuel Gompers today.
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TH1RD
RED CROSS
ROLL CALL
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Tun to Rc-Join
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WANTEKD SALESLADIES, CAN
use five more at once. Good pay
to start. F . W. Woolworth - Co.
oct 12 83 24 np4
CHARMING HOSTESSES RECEIVE
1 IN HONOR OP BRIDES
Mrs. James O Fearing, Mrs. L. C.
Blades and Mrs. Oliver Gilbert, three
of the most charming social leaders
of the city, were at home to a larga
number of friends Friday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. J. Q. Fearing on
West Church street, in honor of the
Winn,. ,... . ,
.utvi muucd, juiobcs iuai gaici vui-
peper, Margaret Sheep, Hattie Glov
er and Shelton Zoeller.
Mrs. Fearing's home in Itself Is
exceptionally attractive in Its set
ting of cannas and other
outdoor
plants, and the flowers and ever
greens were carried on thru porch
and into every room in a maze of au
tumn beauty.
The color note In the porch was
crimson' and green, with dahlias,
ferns, and colens. Crimson dah
lias and ferns were also used in the
hall. In reception room, dining
room and den (Olden ohrysanthe-
mumus were gorgeous In their set
ting of green. Windows, doors, and
columns were festooned with grace
ful ivy. Magnolia and pine eliminat
ed most architectural lines and made
tl& air as fragrant as the woods.
Their guests were greeted at the
front dooi by Mrs. W. J. Woodley.
Mrs. Louis Sellg and Mrs. Clennle
Hayes.
In the receiving line were Mrs. J.
G. Fearing, Mrs. L. Carl Blades, Mrs.
0. F. Gilbert, Mrs. Harney Jennings
Miss Katherlne Hlnton, Mrs. Wesley i
Foreman, Mrs. M. Leigh Sheep, Mrs. I
Roscoe Foreman, Mrs. Wilson Hol
lowell, Mrs. C. O. Robinson, Mrs.
W. C. Foreman, Mrs. Zenas Fear-
ng, Mrs. Robert Fearing, Mrs. Con
stat Fearing, Mrs. Isaiah Fearing,
and the four honorees, Misses Mar
garet ttulpepper, Margaret Sheep,
Hattie Glover, and Shelton Zoeller.
Mrs. S. II. Johnson, Mrs. Thorburn
Bennett, Mrs. Baxter, Miss Mae Sel
don and Mrs. W.' H. Zoeller ushered
the guests into the dining room,
where a delicious salad course was
served by Mrs. Norman Whltehurst,
Mrs. C. C. Parker, Miss Lou Davis,
Mrs. Walter Small, Mrs. Pratt Fear-
i
Ing, Misses Susie Stevens, Llllle
Mae Stevens, and Fannie McMullan,
Mrs. C. B. Williams, and Miss Ly
dla Williams.
In the hall were Mrs. D. A. Mor
gan, Mrs. J. T. McCabe, Mrs. T. B.
Cooke and Mrs. M. R. Griffin. At
the head of the stairway Little
Misses Geneva Roane and Willie
Fearing played the victrola.
Mrs. J. H. White and Mrs. H. G.
Kramer showed the way Into the
den where ices were served by Mrs.
Bessie Stewart, Mrs. W. C. Sawyer,
Mrs. F. 0. Jacocks. Mrs W. A, Worth,
Mrs B L Banks Jr.., Mrs. Brent, Mrs
H. D. Walker, and Miss Margaret
Hollowell. Bidding the guests
adieu at the terrace door were Mrs.
M. L. Sanderlin and Mrs. Clay Fore -
man.
MAY RVAfflATR
tiusa ms v iiwiiiu i
SOVIET RUSS1A&
.. , '
London. Oct. 24 The Bolshevlkl
. ,ai . a
viet Russia it is reported here.
The wireless message says that the
plan Is for the removal of the cab-
inet to Tashkend after the abandon-
ment of Moscow and the withdrawal!
of troops on all fronts to Turkestan.
ALIEN BILL WAS REJECTED
Lodon, Oct. 24 Members of Lloyd
George's cabinet today are consider
ing the situation which has arisen as
the result of the averse vote in the
House of Commons yesterday when
the government's amendment to the
Alen Bill was rejected because only
about half the members were present
when the vote was taken.
It is believed that the government
will not resign. The ministerial
council under Liord George discuss
ed the political situation this morn
ing and later the entire cabinet as
sebled. MOOSE MEETING TONIGHT
The Loyal Order of Moose will
hold their regular meeting tonight
at "eight o'clock in the Flora Build
ing on Main street . All members
and those who hare not taken obli
gations are asked to be present at
this meeting.
WANTED DOT OB, GJRL FOB
office. - Leon Eklar, Studio Rooms
22-24. Kramer Building. oct24tf
NC-4 WAITING
ON WEATHER
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Oct 24 The
NC-4 is ready to leave Norfolk
but will not .start .until .the
... .
weather moderates.
TEA FOR BRIDE ELECT
Mrs. F. M. Grice. Jr.. entertained
at a denghtful tea Thursday after
noon from four to six in honor of
her sister, Miss Hattie Glover, i
whose marriage to Mr. Noah Bur-. time is promised all from the invoca
foot, Jr., takes place early next tion by Noble Jimmie Whltehurst to
month. the benediction by Noble Thorburn
Mrs. Will Newborn received the Bennett. Noble A. B. Houts will
guests at the door; Mrs F M Grlce Jr. be the toastmaster for the occasion,
and Miss Hattie Glover greeted them ' having gained considerable notoriety
and ushered them into the reception ' in the role last Spring in Wilson,
rooms. Mrs. W. A. Worth and Mrs. j The Shrlners' Fexzed Quartette con
Duckworth Glover presided at the sistlng of Louis SIS, Jack Munden,
tea tables. Mrs. Ada Lester, Mrs. 'Henry Sharber, and George Wright
R. L. . Kendrick, Misses Margaret will render music suitable for the
Griggs, Shelton Zoeller, Lillian
Whitehurst, Olive Aydlett, Helen
Wood and Ruth Reid served the dell-
i clous salad course. Mrs. F. G. Ja-
cocks and Mrs. Pierce Appleby of
Norfolk also assisted in receiving the
guests.
Crimson roses, scarlet sage and
ferns were used in the hall, while
th rnlnr nrhnmn nf nlnk and rroan
.. , . . . ...
was effectively carried out with ros-
es, chrysanthemums and ferns In Dancing will be indulged in after
one room, and that of white and he banquet and the steps will con
green by the use of roses and ferns :st of those done in the days of '61
In the other, making altogether a )y Noble Charles Grlce, days of '82
charming autumn bower for the by Louis Selig, and the modern dan-bride-to-be.
ices by Noble Eddie Spencer.
About a hundred and twenty-live Noble Willie Overman will
guests called during the reception also give a few of his own compost-
hours.
STORES ITS OILS
ACROSS THE RIVER
Texas Company Eliminates
Danger of Fire and Yet Has
Oil on Tap for Customers
In Heart of Business District
ltln law and daughter, Dr. and Mrs.
Two of the bluest oil tank, in th'F. D. Vlehe at Binghamton, New
nf vPf),
u v i w vu vhi uiu wa7
to be
erected and ready for use by Jan
uary 1st on Machelhe's island, Just
across Pasquotank river from Eliz
abeth City. These two tanks will
Jn a combined capacity of 600,000
gallons and, It Is believed, will give
the Texas Company ample storage
facilities for the sonnd territory
which they supply with the various
'0u8 manufactured by the Texas
I Tom nan v.
Foundations for these tanks are
already being laid. The tanks
tne
themselves are huge stand pipes
2 feet In diameter and 34 feet
high. They are to stand on a solid
foundation of concrete resting on
Ps drin deep Into the marshy
Isoil of the island. Underwater
pipes connect these tanks with the
company's warehouse at the foot
of Fearing street, thus eliminating
the danger of storing gasoline and
other highly Inflamable oils in the
"business district of the city.
Each tank has a number af com
partments thus offering storage for
various oils. k
NIKOLAI LENINE
IS CAPTURED
(By Associated Press)
Honlulu, Oct. 24 Nikolai Lenlne,
Bol&hevik Premier of Russia, has
been captured by anti-Bolshevik
forces, according to a wireless pick-
Led up by a ship In the harbor here.
The message gave no further details
BACK FROM DETROIT
Mrs. C. W. Alellck has returned
from Detroit where she went as a
delegate from Christ church .to the
Episcopal -Convention.
LOST SMALL SQUARE LOCKET
With diamond in front and Initials
"J.B.F." In back. Reward If re-
- turned to Miss Mas Fearing on
Rllerstde Drive. ' ' "
'.
SHRINERS HAVE
BANQUET TONIGHT
The Elizabeth City Shrine Club
Will hold ltfl first unnnfll hnnnnat
tonight In the Masonic Hall and this
promises to be the largest affair of
Its kind ever held in this section of
the state.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by Montaigne's Jaz Or
chestra of Norfolk.
On this occasion the various
Nobles will have their wives, daugh
ters and sweethearts along to join
in the fun with them and a good
occasion while a novelty "hula-hula"
dance will be presented by 1 Noble
Latham Cox, garbed In genuine
Hawaiian costume. Noble H. D.
Walker will be present should any
'guest have a fainting spell, after
j witnessing this aesthetic dance. A
, few very humorous anecdotes will
be described by Noble C. O. Robin-
'inn. whn tins Fntnnrt rnnnldnmhln
, ,. ..
fame as an after dinner raconteur.
t ions on the piano. It is a known
i fact that Willie's music sounds like
it is original with hjm.
' And in all, the red fez Nobles
jwill have a gala time this evening
und many visiting nobles will be
present. The hall has been gaily
decorated and everyone Is waiting
for toast masterHoutz to say "go."
RETURNS KKOM VISIT
Mrs. P. W. Melick has returned
from an extended visit to her son
York. On her way home she stop
ped over to see another son In law
jand daughter. Dr. and Mrs. L. S.
Blades.
The many friends of Dr. Blades
will be glad to hear that he is im
proving at a Washington Hospital
where he has been for an operation
and treatment for several months.
He plans to get home in time for
Thanksgiving Day, at the latest.
RED CROS8 NOTICE
Please take notice that the An
nual Meeting of the Elizabeth City
Chapter of the American National
Red Cross will be held Sunday,
October 26th, 1919, at 2.30 P. M.
In the Court House for the election
of an Executive Committee or Board
of Directors, consideration of and
action upon reports, and transaction
of such other business as may pro
perly come before the Chapter.
Each member of the Chapter Is
earnestly urged to be present.
FIRST BAITIST CHURCH
At eleven o'clock Sunday morning,
the pastor , Rev. H. K. Williams,
will speak from the subject "The
Baptists and the Seventy Five Mil
lion Dollar Campaign." October
26th has been designated for "The
Calling out the Called" and It Is
earnestly desired that every mem
ber of the church make an effort to
be present at the morning service.
At 7:30 Sunday evening the pas
tor's subject will be "The Seven
Utterances on the Cross."
VISITING DAUGHTER
Mrs. T. H. B. Glbbs of Lake
Landing is spending some time with
her daughter, Mrs. J. D. Hathaway,
on Matthews street.
! Thorburn Bennett, Edward Flora,
Aubrey McCabe and Victor Hooper
returned from Rallelgh Thursday,
where they taw the foot ball gnm
between the University and A. and
E. -
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AT THE ALKRAMA
Sunday afternoon at the Alkra
ma Theatre Col. I. M. Meeklns will
speak upon the League of Nations
The educational department of the
Housewives League is sponsor for
the lecture.
The public is Invited and there
will be no admission charges.
SERVICE IN POLAND FOR
LIEUTENANT JOHN WOOD
With the regiment of American
troops that sailed from Hoboken for
Silesian Poland last week was an
Elizabeth City boy.
This boy is Lieutenant John A.
Wood, son of J. Q. A. Wood of this
city.
When trouble with Mexico seemed
Imminent several years ago Mr.
Wood, a student in a northern uni
versity, enlisted In Uncle Sam's reg
ular army and saw service with the
regulars first on the mexican border
and later In France.
Lieutenant Wood spent a few
days with his parents here in the
city recently to bid them good bye
He does not know how long his
regiment will be kept In Poland.
HAWAIIAN RACE WILL
LIKELY BE EXTINCT
Honlulu. T. H., Sept. 27 (Corres
pondence of the Associated Press)
In the next century the full blood
Hawaiian will be extinct, declared
former Mayor John C. Lane, in a
luncheon address here recently. Mr.
I.ane is Hawaiian and one of the
leaders of his people.
"Among the Hawaiian," added
Mr. Lane, the present ratio is 225
deaths yeurly in excess of births.
On the other hand births of part
Ilawailans exceed the deaths by
775 and at this rate In 100 years
there should lie a new Hawaiian
race, a cosmopolitan race."
"When Captain Cook discovered
the islands over 140 years ago he
estimated the population at over
half a in f 1 1 Ion . Today, Mr. Lane
said, there are only 22,800 full
blooded Hawailns and 16,000 half
JIawailans.
The Hawaiian Protective Associa
tion, said Mr. Lane, has been forme
ed to protect, educate, uplift and re
habilitate the Hawaiian race and the
first step is to get the natives back
to the soil. He asked for cooper
ation In getting through Congress a
bill to set aside one third of the
public land of Hawaii for the re
maining natives and their heirs.
RUSSIA
APPEALS TO
AMERICAN RED CROSS
Kharkov, Southern Russia, Sept.
6 (Correspondence of the Associa
ted Press) Medical officers of Den
Iklne's Volunteer Army have ap
pealed to the American Red Cross to
aid them in their flhgt against the
swarms of files that Infest the
country In general, and the field
hospitals in particular, like a pest.
the army is without insecticides and
has no screening material.
Reports received In this city
from Red Cross doctors engaged
In a medical survey of the Kremen-
tchoug region describe this whole
area as swarming with files, crows,
and other birds of carrion. The
pests have been attracted by the
large masses of decaying material
that have been accumulated in tbe
areas recently vacated, ny the ited
armies.
THOMAS LIPTON
SAILS FOR NEW YORK
London. Oct. 24 Sir Thomas Lip-
ton, challenger for the American
cup will sail for New York tomorrow
toMnspect his yacht,. Schamrpck 4,
yith which he hopes to win the cup.
SENATOR MARTIN
STILLL VERY ILL
Charlottsville, Va. Oct. 24 Sena
tor Martin, Democratlo Senate Lead
er, whose condition was 1 reported
critical yesterday, rested fairly well
last night and is in no Immediate
danger. He is still very ill, how
ever and little hope la held for his
recovery.
Mr. snd Mrs. J. J. White, Sr.
have gone to Norfolk to visit their
ton, J. It. White. V
SERBIA WILL
SIGNJREATY
Serbia, Like Rumania, ' Had
Failed to Sign oh Account
Radical Clause
(hnj fwvpoetv Id)
Paris, Oct. 24 Forengn Minister
ITrumbitch of Serbia who arrived at
Paris yesterday brought authorisa
tion from the Serbian government
to sign the American Peace Treaty.
Serbia like Rumania failed to
sign the Austrian treaty on account
of objections on the part of Jugo
slavs to the clause dealing with
racial minorities.
PIERRE LENOIR IS
EXECUTED TODAY
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Oct. 24 Pierre Lenoir,
convicted on the charge of having
held communication with the enemy,
was executed at Sante Prison at sev
en o'clock this mornng,
.RED CROSS NEWS
The cessation of the war, sadly
enough, did not at once restore
comfort and plenty to bereaved and
stricken lands, and the American
Red Cross as a sort of "Big Brother
to All the World," is having to
maintain its overseas activities on
a vast scale, and for an Indefinite
time.
For one thing, all the surplus
medical and surgical supplies and
the supplementary rood stores of
the American armies abroad, has
been turned over to the Red Cross
for the relief programs now being
carried out in Poland, the llalkans,
Siberia, and other countries.
The American Red Cross, there
fore, Is obliged to maintain capable
medical, nursing and general relief
units at suitable points, and to es
tablish under American standards
training schools, the graduates of
which will be able to carry on the
war-stricken lands,
work Initiated by the Red Cross In
There Is also to be considered
the distribution of food and cloth
ing among penniless returning re
fuges a task that bids fair to last
well Into the coming year.
Take It all around the Red Cross
campaign, known as the Third Roll
Call, November 2-11, has this over
seas1 obligation as a most definite
objective.
COSSACKS WOULD HAVE
UNITED STATES TOO
Ekaterlnodar, Russia, Sept. 1
By Courier to Paris, Sept. 18 (Cor
respondence of the Associate dPress)
The presidents of the three Cos
sack states of Terek, Knbsn and
Don gave s dinner to Americans who
recently brought Into the Caucasus
three tralnloads of 103 freight cars
In all of American goods consigned
to the Red Cross. Each of the
three presidents referred to Russia's
ambition to become a federation of
states patterned after the American
union. "The United States of Rus
sia," was a favorite toast.
The supplies are for the hospitals
and asylums to the three Cossack
states and for the volunteer army.
The territory of the Cossacks
particularly the remote regions
among the mountains,' have been,
shut off from the world market for
the past three years by the Turks
on one side and the Bolshevlkl on
the other.
HOPKINS SANDERS
Miss Katie Sanders and Mr. Doc
tor Hopkins, both of this city, were
married Thursday night at nine
o'clock at the home of Rev. H. K.
Williams on -Main street.
. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins will make,
their home with the bride's mother,
Mrs. M. A. Banders on ' Riverside
Drhre.
Mr. Hopkins came here from New
Bern an number of years sgo.
U. E. Qulnn left this week for
the western part of the state, snd
northern cities, to buy furniture for
ths R. E. Qulnn Company.
J. II. SnoSJden of Norfolk, former
ly of this city, wss here Friday.