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irr ecu, deal with men who advertise, you will never lose by ltM ' - Benjamin Franklin. WEATHER Cloudy tonight and somewhat waraer in Interior Wednesday, prob ably rain, moderate northeast and east winds. VOL. 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1919. NO. 282 wk i)PTAIDFOR COUNTY ROADS -. ? Pasquotank Highway Commis sion Trying to Find a Way to Get State and Federal .Money to Match the County's Expenditure of $5,000,000 Another effort Is about to be made to see If Pasquotank county can get State and Federal aid In any of its road building projects. The County Highway Commission has made application (or State and Federal aid (or the Elizabeth City South Mills highway. Against this application Chairman Page o( the State Highway Commis alon is playing up the application ot the District Highway (or aid on the Edenton Norfolk highway. He will visit Elizabeth City soon to look over both ot the proposed routes. In order to make their attitude with respect to the two routes clear and a matter of record the County Highway Commission at its monthly meeting Tuesday passed the follow- H' - ... ""It is unanimously agreed that this Commission present to Mr. Page, Chairman of the State Highway Com mission, on his visit here, the argu ments for aid on the Elisabeth City South Mills road, and that it is the aense of the Board that we are not antagonistic to the District Highway project, but believe that .both .the County road and the District high way should be incorporated in the State highway system and aid garnted both as (unds are available." It seemed to be the sense of the Commission that the District High way should be given the right of way if funds are available to begin work on it, but that if this project is held up for lack of funds for the present there is no reason why Pasquotank County should not get some Federal and Stale money to match the halt . million dollars that the county is ex pending for good roads. Meantime the County Board of Commissioners have gone on record In a resolution adopted at the Board's meeting Monday by unanimous rote as favoring the Suoth Mills route (or the District highway. The resolution of the County Com missioners follows: Whereas, it is proposed by certain people, for the most part non-residents of Pasquotank County, to bond , said County in the sum ot approxi mately $300,000 for the construction of a hard surfaced road from Eden ton via Hertford, Elizabeth City, and points in Currituck County to the Virginia State line, And whereas Pasquotank County .will be compelled to pay the largest jrtlon of the cost of said road, but at the same time receive less than aeven miles of such road within its territorial limits, And whereas, if it is proposed to run a road from Elizabeth City to Norfolk, Virginia, it must be remem bered that a road by way of South! Mills and the Dismal Swamp Canal 5ank is ten miles nearer than any iher route proposed and that the South Mills route would afford a iird surface road of an additional mileage of fifteen miles, or there about, within Pasquotank County, thus giving a road to the people who must pay (or the cost of Its build ing, And whereas a road built by any; other route would tax the people of JJewland and Providence townships without affording them value for the taxes, Therefore, be it resolved by .the Board ot Commissioners of Pasquo tank County that we respectfully pe tition the Highway Commission of North Carolina to grant State and Federal aid in the construction ot a hard surface road from Elizabeth City northward in Pasquotank Coun ty to the Camden or Gates county line, and respectfully urge the State Highway Commission to consider the merits of this route betore finally commlttiqg itself with respect to the other routes, it being our opinion that any other route would work a great hardship and place unwarran ted burdens on a large number ot ,iax payers in Pasquotank County. ' j N. Bnrfoot, Chrm., W. J. F. Spence, 3. E. Corbett, J. R. Brlte. P. 0. Pritchard, C. B. Munden. R. S. Prlt chard, J. W. Munden,- Clerk. 0 . ... MARY PICKFORD WILL NOT BE SHOWN TONIGHT Mary Picklord in "Daddy Long Legs" will not be shown at the Alt krama tonight owing to the ptctsre being lost in. transit, according to a telegram received by the manager ' vesterday. A new date has been asked (or and will be announced later. - v. -O ' J, U. McHarney ot Gregory was la the city Tuesday, , FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STATE OF REJOICING The members ot the First Baptist Church, Elizabeth City, are happy over the results of their efforts in the Seventy-Five Million Campaign. The quota for the First Baptist Church In this Campaign Is $27,500. The pledges and cash received from the members of this church, np to last night, amount to $31,157.75. Of this amount the W. M. 8. pledged and re ceived In cash $15,541.25. The above amount does not include any Items of the current expenses of the local churchj , A large number of the membership has not yet had an opportunity to pledge for the object of this Cam paign. The captains and their teams are endeavoring to finish the canvass and make a final report Wednesday night of this week, at prayer meet ing. The indications now are that when the entire canvass is made the above amount will be considerably Increased. O HOPE COMPROMISE WILL BE REACHED France - And - - Other- Nations Look on Hopefully as United States Senate Convenes (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 2. Newspapers com menting on the convening of the Uni ted States Senate express the hope that a compromise on the Versailles Treaty will be reached shortly. TURKS INTERESTED Constantinople, Dec. 2. Intense Interest in the United States Senate's deliberations on the Versailles Treaty Is being shown by the Turks. Fears are expressed that If the Treaty fails of ratification Turkey will lose her chance for the Ameri can mandate. O WORK BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (By Associated Prem) Washington, Dec. 2. Delegates to the Second Industrial Conference resumed work this morning behind closed doors. , O AMERICAN NOTE . NOTDHJVERED (By Associated Press) Mexic oCity, Dec. 2. Announce ment was made at the Mexican for eign office late tonight that the last American1 note was not delivered. The -first intimation as to the na ture ot the communication sent to Mexico by Secretary Lansing was given In dispatches to this city by the Associated Press. 0 Allied Warships On Dalmatian Coast (By Associated Press) Copenhagen, Dec. 2. A number ot Allied warships, Including one American vessel, are cruising off Spa latto on the Dalmatian coast, accord ing to a Lalda'ch dispatch. O OSCAR DAVIS HURT WHEN THROWN FROM BUGGY Oscar Davis, who lives near the city on Peartree Road, was thrown from his buggy and badly hurt Sat urday Bight at abeut 8;30. Mr. Davis was driving along on South Road street when an automo bile from Speed street ran into him. There were no lights on the car and it was not learned who, the driver was. Evidently, he thought it safest to get aawy. Mr. Davis is about forty years old. His head was badly cut in the fall and his injuries were gainful and serious but be is now getting along quite well. O FINED FORTY AND COSTS Willie Respass, colored and aged 20, charged with the larceny ot a watch on Easter Sunday from Wheeler Howard, also colored, was found guilty in police court Tuesday. By reason of his previous good character-he got off with forty dollars and oosts,-the prosecuting witness recovering the watch. Respass left town. after Jhe theft but came in Sun day night and voluntarily stood trial. o FOUND A SUM OF MONET. THE owner can secure same by describ ing package and amount and pay ing for this advertisement J. M. WHTTEHUR8T, 320 N. Road St., or phone 122-1. GARFIELD ORDERS C0ALC0NSERVT10N Restrictions Are Made Nation wide by Fuel Administrator. Asks State And Municipal Authorities to Enforce Law Washington, Dec. 2. Wartime re strictions on the nation's use of coal, more stringent even than those ap plied during the war, were ordered into effect Monday to stave off a fuel famine. Moved by reports of diminishing coal stocks and growing danger ot distress in numerous sections, the government sought to compromise with striking mine workers whose walkout forced the emergency, but asked for national determination to endure privation and discomfort un til coal mining was resumed on its terms. Fuel Administrator Garfield, act ing in conjunction with the railroad administration gave notice that here after only the essential consumers included in the first five classes of the war priorities list would be sup plied with coal, and asked the help of all state and municipal authori ties to make rationing effective. The order, which made national those restrictions already put into local effect by regional coal commit tees, where the pinch of fuel short age has been felt, cuts off supplies from all but transportation agencies, which Include inland and coastwise shipping as well as railroads; fed eral and local government institu tions and establishments, Including concerns working on government contracts; public utilities, Including newspapers and retail dealers. Rail road administration officials conced ed that it meant widespread cessation of Industrial operations, only justi fied by the gravity of the situation. "It is necessary that coal shall be used only for essential purposes." Dr. Garfield said in giving public notification ot the step. Public util ities consuming coal should discon tinue to furnish power, heat and light to non essential Industries and should consume only enough light, power and heat to meet the actual urgent needs of the people. Adver tising signs and displays of various kinds necessitating the-use ot coal should be curtailed and no coal should be distributed for such pur poses." Officials said that the terms of the order as given were framed to allow the greatest possible variation in local arrangements, so that emergen cies could be met by action best suit ed to that result. Industrial estab lishments operating their own power plants will be forced to shut down when present supplies are exhausted while the operations of those whose power is supplied from public utility plants will be curtailed or continued in the discretion of local agencies and officials. Dr. Garfield noted fur ther that the "government would be glad to leave supervision and con trol of distribution by retail dealers entirely to any state, county or mu nicipality which may make provision therefor. These arrangements, it was sug gested, would all be maintained while they proved adequate, but the feder al government would hold a final power to intervene by cuttlon off coal supplies where rationing measures are not being fairly or fully taken. Officials were hopeful that the ad vance of fourteen per cent in mine workers' wages would result in get ting some ot the men back to work, especially in view of the fact that coal operators generally were back ing the offer. But at the same time it was said that a period of several days would be "required before the effect ot this could be determined. Members of a mine operators com mittee were in Washington watch ing the situation and preparing for a general session weanesaay, when details ot the application ot the tour teen per cent increase will be ar ranged, but had no reports on work resumption. ESCAPED FROM CONVICT CAAP GETS THIRTY DATS MORE Alfred Banks, colored trusty, es caped last Wednesday from the con vict camp and was picked up on the Norfolk Southern Railway. He had only four more days of his sentence to serve, but the Judge added an other thirty days when Banks was tried in police court Tuesday. O OYSTERS! OYSTERS! Just received 200 bushels of. the finest oysters that have ever been on this market Shucking them right out of the shell. Thos Crank k Bon, Phone 204, Keeney Crank, Mgr. City Market - - dec 1 2 2pd CONFUSION IN NEWFUELORDER Elizabeth City Merchants on Verge of Holiday Business Dismayed Monday by Dras trie Restrictions Confusion worse confounded is what the Regional Coal Committee's order for the conservation of coal brought to Elizabeth City on Mon day, December 1st, 1919. Never was this section's isolation from the rest ot the State more ap parent. State papers have a very limited circulation here and those that do come in do not reach the city until the late afternoon. Consequently it was not until about four o'clock Sunday afternoon that the Regional Coal Committee's order was read here. Few business men had seen it when they opened their doors Monday for "business as usual." And then the news began to get about. The merchants heard ot the order, promulgated as law and law that must be observed, and numbers of them hastened to provide them selves with a State paper to read up on the matter for themselves. There It was in black and white that they must close their doors at 4 o'clock in the afternoon and let them re main closed until nine o'clock on the morrow, and this was to be done each day till further notice. Coming upon the merchants just as they were planning for an unprecedented holiday business this announcement fell as a thunderbolt from a clear sky and consternation was writ large upon the door of nearly every retail business house in the city through out the morning. Nevertheless, most of the mer chants, when they had gone thor oughly Into the matter, accepted the order In good faith and prepared to close their doors at four o'clock on Monday afternoon. Some had gone so far as to announce In their ad vertisements in the local press that they would rigidly observe the gov ernment Closing hours. Hardly had they made this decis ion, however, when doubts began to assail and fears dismay them. It was found that there were merchants in the city who questioned the author ity of the "newspaper talk," and openly announced that they would not observe the rules laid down un til and unless they received official direction in the matter. The de fection spread and in the evening if there was a single Main street retail place of business that closed Its doors before the regular closing hours It escaped observation. The merchanst met Monday night to see if they could formulate a con certed action. It was agreed that pending official notification that the order is effective here no action be taken. Some of the merchants suggested that it would be better to bank fires and use no artificial light after four o'clock In the evening, but no vote was taken to disclose the strength of this sentiment. Elisabeth City's "white way," ex cept for the arc lights at the corners, was unligbted Monday night and the Alkrama's electric sign was dead, be yond this the casual observer could see no change that the fuel conser vation order had wrought in the downtown district. There were iso lated Instances of Individual obser vance of the order, of course; but these were not apparent. Many show windows were brilliantly lighted at a late hour In the evening. O DEATH OF INFANT Leslie Belmont Harris, five months old, the Infant son of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Harris, died Monday afternoon at three o'clock after a short illness. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the home of the parents on Cherry street by. Rev. H. K. Williams. Interment was made in Hollywood cemetery. , 0 REBECCAS MEET THURSDAY The Rebeccas will meet Thursday night in their hall on Road Street at seven-thirty. All members are urged to be present as there Is work of Important nominatlonal election of officers. O HAVE RETURNED HOME Mr., and rs. W. T. Love and two children, Rob and Winifred ot Ocean View, and. Mr and Mrs. O. H. Wony cott and daughter, Barbara, of Ports mouth, have returned to their homes after spending Thanksgiving with Mr and Mrs. J. W. Modlln on . Church street O W. J. Bklles was back at work at the postoffice Tuesday morning after being crippled several weeks ago by a fall from a stepladder, PEACE TREATY WILL BE DISCUSSED IN SEPARATE MESSAGE SAYS WON Message to Congress Today Contains Recom mendations For Cost of Living, Labor Unrest, Radicalism And Other Readjustment Problems Washintfon, Dec. 2. General recommendations on legis- the readjustment of the nation to a peace time basis were fea tured in the President's annual message to Congress today. BETTER WATER IN SIXTY DAYS And R. E. Lewis Thinks That by Spring Water Company Will Have Solved Problem of Potable And Palatable Water Work is now under way for the new filter which the Elizabeth City Water Company has been planning to Install for the last twelve .months. Mr. R. E. Lewis, General Manager of the Company, so Informed the City Council at its regular meeting Monday night. Mr. Lewis believes that water for the mains will be passing thru the new filter two months from now. The Council was warned, however, that the new and modern filter plant would not enable the Water Com pany to eliminate the salt which now the chief cause of complaint against the city water. That can not be done, Mr. Lewis explained, until the dam across Knobb's Creek, which the Water Company, under act of the last Legislature, was empowered to build provided that the dam was ap proved by the County Highway Com mission, is in operation. Mr. Lewis says that hie company was ready to begin construction of the dam some time ago but was held up by failure on the part ot the Highway Commission to approve the project. A committee from the Council went before the Highway Commission on Tuesday and the dam was approved, Commissioner Foreman dissenting. Mr. Lewis says that owing to the nature of the work It will now be Impracticable for his company to un dertake the construction of this dam during the winter months; but that It will be undertaken next spring and that with the new filter and the dam both in operation he believes that Elizabeth City will have no further cause ot complaint against his com pany. GERMANS FAIL SIGNPROTOCOL American Delegation Will Stay In Paris. If Germans do not Sign, Situation is Same aa Beginning of Armistice Paris, Dec. 2. The American delegation to the Peace Conference which Intended sailing for home on December 0th has postponed its de parture. - It was learned from high author ity that the change of plans was due to failure of the Germans to sign the protocol ratifying the Peace Treaty. It was pointed out that if the Treaty is not ratified, the situation between Germany and the United States as well as other Allied and Associated Powers goes back to the status created by the armistice. Hence, the United States is still quite as much Interested as its asso ciates of the Allied Powers, despite the fact that the Senate has not rati fied the Treaty. ELIMINATE FIUME QUESTION The Supreme Council decided to day that the Flume question should not be settled in the Hungarian Peace-Treaty but should be reserved for final decision by the Allied and Associated Powers. This eliminates any objections on the part ot either the Italians or the Jugo-Slavs to signing the Peace Treaty. O ALEXANDER SUCCEEDS SECRETARY REDFTELD Washington, Dee. 2. Representa tive Alexander of Missouri has been i selected by the President to be Sec retary of Commerce, succeeding Red- field. . O LOST SMALL PURSE CONTAIN, lag large amount ot money. Liberal reward if returnelio-The Advance office. D.I-ttnp The Peace Treaty, the Pres ident told Congress, will be dis cussed in a separate message later, as will the railroad ques tion. The principal recommenda tions were for: The establishment of a bud get system for national finances The reorganization of the caxation system with simplify n I t imwviA and avAADfl profits, The readjustment of the tariff system if necessary to meet changed world conditions, The recognition and relief for world war veterans, parti cularly in way of government farms, Proper measures to foster the dyestuffs industry, An enlarged program for a Ul C4 u& v aSlJ.Vaiba Ctaile, Measures which will remove the causes of "political rest-' lessness in our body politic." The President renewed his recommendation for legislation to deal effectively with "those persons who by violent meth ods would abrogate our time tested institutions." o RIGIDLY OBSERVED IN OMR CITIES Raleigh, Dec. 2. Reports from other cities thruout North Carolina received here 4this morning indicate that the re strictions placed on the con sumption of coal by ordering the closing of all office build" ings, stores and various other, places at four p. m. daily un til the coal shortage due to the miners strike is relieved are being rigidly obeyed today. , Industries in cities that did not observe the order Monday, awaiting rulings on various points of the regulations, will close today. Altho it is not announced who will see to the enforce ment of the restrictions, the be lief here is that Department of Justice agents with the co-operation of city and county au thorities will have this matter in charge. RECEPTION MUST BE AGAIN POSTPONED Since yesterday it has been found that the Housewives League must again postpone its reception for the teachers of the schools and the moth ers of the schoolchildren which had of this week. This is about the thliH attempt to carry out this get-together meeting, and each time other meetings and. receptions have interfered. It is de sired, of course, to hsve the reception when all teachers and mothers caa be present, and the League will not give np the idea by any means. A meeting of the Housewives League will be held in the T. M. C. A. Wednesday afternoon, at 1:10, which every member is urged to at tend. O , We have found many pleasant people here, none otherwise. We bid you goodbye. God bless yon, one and all. . H. M. and Miss Mary P, Pressly,
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