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"MT SON, . . deal with men who advertise, you will never lose by It" Benjamin Franklin. WEATHER Partly cloudy tonight and Satur day, somewhat warmer in east and central portion tonight with moder ate variable winds. VOL. 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEM BER 5, 1919. NO. 285 Sfa ARE DISCUSSING MEXICAN AFFAIRS Special Meeting of , Cabinet, Also Special Conference with President Wilson Today- Washington, Dec. 5. A special meeting of the cabinet was called tor eleven o'clock this morning by Sec retary Lansing. It was understood that the Mexican situation would be the chief topic discussed. President Wilson will see Senators Fall and Hitchcock at 2:30 this af ternoon to discuss the Mexican sit uation. Senator Fall announced that im mediately after the conference he would (make public the evidence on which he based his charges in the Senate that the Mexican Ambassador and Consuls in the United States were circulating "Red" propaganda. Fall awl Hitchcock were named as the committee yesterday by the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee to confer with the President and seek his views on the Fall resolution re questing the President to sever dip lomatic relations with the Mexican government. The Foreign Relations Committee will not meet until Monday to re ceive the report of the senators as to the President's views on the Mex ican situation, altho private advices received here yesterday said that Carranza is preparing a reply to the latest American note renewing the request for Jenkln's release. State Department officials said today they had received no official information -on the subject. O CLEMENCEAU SHAKES HANDS WITH GERMANS Kehl, Germany, Nov. 17. (By The Associated Press.) When Premier Clemenceau visited Kehl the other day he walked rapidly to the end of the great bridge which crosses the Rhine to Strasburg, winked gaily at the gallic cock that replaces the Prus sian eagle on the top of the bridge and-then turned to face a battery of d moving picture men. "Go ahead, snap away but don't forget that you must include that old bird up there In the picture," he said to the camera men. Leaning over the railing he noticed a big pile of coal on the pier below and pointed it out to M. Claveille, the Minister of Railways, saying to him : "Don't let me hear another com plaint from the Parisians about the lack of coal." M. Claveille's reply could not be heard but evidently it was not satis factory for, addressing the newspaper men, the Premier shouted: "Boys, send a telegram to your newspapers in Paris something like this: "Plenty of coal in Kehl but Claveille will not transport it.' " Returning to the waiting automo biles through the muddy main street lined with low houses from behind J the curtained windows of which faces peered curiously. Clemenceau caught ' sight of three frock coated men; standing top hats in hand in the ArMnm ruin: "Who are these peo ple?" asked Premier Clemenceau. He was Informed that they were the German mayor of tne city and his two aides. They advanced toward him and the Premier stopped. The German mayor, after excusing him self for his faulty French said: "I hope you have had an enjoyable stay( and will have a pleasant journey." Noting that they were still uncov ered, Clemenceau said; somewhat gruffly, "put on your hats." Then he hesitated for a moment, looking about him, finally beckoned to the three Germans to come to him, and replied with punctilious but dry po liteness: "I thank you for your good wishes." r Then he made as if to go out im pulsively as If overcoming a strong resolution, he extended his hand which the three Germans took and bowing deeply they withdrew. O HAD TO PAY COSTS f) Levy Crank and F. A. Crank were Un police court Friday for driving their cars without the proper state license cards and were required to pay the costs. O ' MEETS MONDAY NIGHT Griggs Commandery, No. 14 K. T., , m mfifit Mondar night In their hall In the Robinson Building In full dress uniform. , Business of much impon anna will be transacted and the new .drills wlll.be gone over. A fullat- tendance Is desired. O ' ATTENTION MOTHERS Big shipment ot Leatherlzed and , double-life Suits. Also school pants, hard finished, greys and corduroy. Warranted not to rip. T. T. TURNER k CO. FIRE OX SECOND STREET A fire alarm from Box 16 called the Are company Friday morning to the house on Second Street occupied by Wheeler Bateman and Clyde Saw yer and owned by W. L. Sawyer. The fire was due to defective wir ing. It started under the floor and ran up the side, of the house, causing damage to the house amounting to $200 and to furniture amounting to $600. It was extinguished by chem icals. O Hungarians Resent Upset Traditions Ancient City of Pressburg, long Ruled by Hungary, Passes Under Control of New Cze choslovak Republic Bratislava, Slovakia, Nov. 11. (By The Associated Pres.) It is only on Czecho-Slovaklan maps that this an cient Hungarian city of Pressburg can be located by its new name. Ruled by Hungary for a thousand years it passed under the control of the new Czecho-Slovakian republic by the de cision of the Peace Conference and a large part of its inhabitants do not take kindly to the new order of things. Its people are dominantly Germanic or Hungarian. The street signs are in Germna and Hungarian characters and now to them is being added Czech. The old postal and telephone employes have been replaced by Czechs and Czech high officers installed in the government. Slovak regiments on duty here have been replaced by purely Czech soldiers. In a city as old and conservative and routine as this, drifting through the centuries undisturbed In its social customs, these things have made feeling n rather high in certain social strata. Persons, regardless of sex, who have not acquired legal residence are being expelled. One man told The Associated Press he had lived and done business here for forty years was expelled a few days ago. The list of those cited for expulsion is said to contain names of dead per sons. Some Hungarians do not hesitate to express their resentment over the, employment of Czechs in government' positions here formerly occupied by the Hungarians. Czechs and many Slovaks of the educated classes who hold office under the government, say this feeling is due to Hungarian and German propaganda and has no real strength or extent. Also they admit the necessity of Czech officialdom as Slovakia has little or no educated class from which to draw executives of ability. It is hard to upset rudely the tra ditions of ten centuries and talks with many persons, both in official and unofficial circles, would indicate that the antagonism displayed to ward the Czechs is a natural condl tionof this period of transition and not deeply rooted. Probably it Is stronger here in Pressburg than in the Other parts of Slovakia where the change is not so apparent. The school question plays a very prominent part in the situation here. The government has abolished the German and Hungarian languages in the schools and this means a gen eral ousting of teachers and a re action In households. Many Slovakians and Germans now speak ostentatiously in Hungarian as do the peasants of this immediate vicinity as a sign ot their feelings. A political speaker alluding to this development said that the Czechs had accomplished in six months what Hungary had tried to do for fifty years. Well informed Slovaks, however, do not feel that the racial question will result in any serious develop ment. They say that Slovakia must hold to the republic and with new elections and an elected, instead of a nominated National Assembly such as the present one, a more liberal Slovak representation in offices and the stabilization of the economic sit uation, conditions will improve. As a last argument they point out that Slovakia cannot exist as ah indepen dent state and there is not other country than the Czecho-Slovak re public to which she can ally herself. O- FILMS CENSORED IN RIO Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 11. (By The Associated Press.) Moving pictures exhibited in this city hereafter must be approved by a police censor. A circular was sent to all moving pic ture companies today warning them not to exhibit films not previously passed by the police authorities. O NOTICE Just received another load of those fine large oyaters, shocking right out of the shell. Just received 600 pounds of large Rock and Speckled Trout , Thomas Crank ft Son Phono 204 KEENEY CRANK, Mrg. D.6-2tp , ' GERMANY MUST . BECOERCED Unless Peace Terms Are Signed Allies Will Take Action. New Representatives on Way From Berlin London, Dec. 5. There was a per sistent rumor in the stock exchange this morning that the Supreme Coun cil of the Peace Conference had threatened Germany that unless final peace terms were agreed to, Allied troops would occupy Essen and Frankfort. There is official announcement that Field Marshal Wilson has gone to Paris in response to urgent summons to consult Marshal Foch in connect ion with the Peace Treaty and this is regarded by newspapers here as significant. ( OKKCION NECESSARY Paris, Dec. 5. Coercion is the' only argument likely to make an Im pression upon the Germans and in duce them to sign the Peace Treaty protocol, according to newspapers which declare that this conclusion was reached at a secret session of the Council of Five yesterday which Marshal Foch attended. The Petit Parisien Bays that Ger many considers that she has gone too far, and an unofficial note received from Berlin announces that new ne gotiators will soon leave for Ver sailles. : o INCREASED INTEREST IN CLUB WORK West Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 6. That the mountain counties of the State will lead North Carolina In or ganized club work in 1920, Is the prediction now being made by offi cials of the Agricultural Extension Service. In practically every county, the men and women agents in this seciiou are showing an unusual ln- tecst In rthe work, and are meeting with a line response on the part of the young people in the schools. The Extension Service Is planning to have only organized clubs next year. There will be no indiscrimi nate enrollment as in the past. It is expected that the clubs will be formed around the school, or some other community center, and that they will have their regular meet ings, their regular officers, and will carry out a good agricultural pro gram at least once a month. In this, they will be assisted both by the home demonstration agent and the farm demonstration agent. At the present time the mountain counties are taking the lead in this work. Mr. Allen G. Oliver, Poultry Club Agent, has recently returned from an extended trip through this section. In Jackson County, thru the aid of Mr. J. C. Brammer, ten different schoolhouses were visited during the week, and ten organized clubs formed. Mr. Oliver found that wherever he went over the county there was intense interest in the club work. The meetings had previously been well advertised by Mr. Brammer. A total ofv nearly 2,000 people, mostly boys and girls, heard the lectures, and 400 young people were enrolled as club members. One or two ot the clubs had an enrollment as high as 68 members each. ' Mr. Oliver was greatly pleased with the progress being made in Jackson County, especially the sup port which Is now given County Agent Brammer. The school chil dren showed good training, he stated. They were well organzled, gave good attention to the lectures, had some good yells, and their de portment throughout the meetings was most unusual. SMALLPOX Dr. Zenas Fearing, County Quar antine Officer wishes to Inform the public in general that there has been in the last several days, seven very typical cases of small pox developed both In the city and County. There is no quarantine for small pox. All those that have not been successfully vaccinated had better take this means ot protection. O HISTORIC OPERA HOUSE DESTROYED BY FIRE New, Orleans, Dec. 4 The historic French opera house erected in 1851 was destroyed by fire this morning. O LISTEN MOOSE! Don't fail to be present to- night at the meeting at 7:80 promptly. All those whose ap- plications have been accepted are especially desired. All. loyal Moose please make it a point to attend tonight. Ton are needed. ' ' . . DOCTORS TO MEET HERE NEXT YEAR Dr. Zenas Fearing Elected Vice President of Seaboard Medical Society This Week at Norfolk The Seaboard Medical Association will meet in Elizabeth City their next session, which will be in December. The following are the doctors of this city who attended the Associa tion in Norfolk the last three days: Dr. McMullen, Dr. Williams, Dr. Zenas Fearing, Dr. Kendrick, and Dr. Walker. Dr. Cyrus Thompson of Jackson ville, N. C, was elected president of the Ass ociation and Dr. Zenas Fear ing of Elizabeth City was elected second vice-president. Tli other officers are: first vice president, Dr. K. C. S. Taliaferro, Norfolk; third vice-president, Dr. T. is. I.i-xford, Princess Anne court house; fourth vice-president, Dr. Stu art Mann, Moyock, N. C; secretary, Dr. Clarence Porter Jones, Newport News; treasurer, Dr. George A. Ca ton. New Bern, N. C. The twenty-fourth annual conven tion of the association, whose mem bership is composed of Virginia and North Carolina physicians, and which has been in convention in Norfolk for three days, closed Thursday noon with the election of officers at the Monticello hotel. In the afternoon. visiting and local members went by special train to Cape Henry, where they enjoyed an oyster roast. In the future no application for active membership in the organiza tion shall be given consideration if the person applying resides west of a lino drawn from the southern boundary of North Carolina, at a point midway between La'urlnburg and Hamlet, thence to the easterly corporate limits of Petersburg, thence to the easterly corporate limits of Richmond and thence to the Potomac river at Wide River, Va. The convention was attended by more than 200 members and was pronounced one ot the most success ful, professionally and otherwise, that the association has held since it was first organized. The Mayor and the Chamber of Commerce extended the invitation to the Seaboard Medical Association to hold its next annual meeting in Eliz abeth City, through Dr. H. D. Wal ker who worked strengously and suc ceeded In landing the convention, which will assemble the first week In December, 1920 O ADOPT SOVIET PROGRAM (Hy Associated Press) Leipsic, Dec. 5. ;The congress of independent socialists in session here yesterday unanimously aodpted a pro gram declaring for the soviet system in Germany. O MAYNARD LEAVES FOR SAVANNAH Mineola, Dec. 5. Maynard left here this morning on his flight to Savannah, Ga., via Washington, D. C, and Winston-Salem, N. C, where he will address the Southern Com mercial Congress Sunday. He plans to return here before De cember 11th and then tp start on his one-stop flight across the country to San Diego, Cal. O BOY CUT LIP WHEN HE FELL ON CURB The little son of C. D. Sprulll, who lives qn the corner ot Park and Raleigh streets, had his Hp split and his nose severely cut when he fell on the curb In front of The Advance shop Friday. The boy was taken to the office of Dr. T. S. McMullen and had to have several stitches taken in his lip. 5H O P EARLY IN THE JAllLYINTim feAIUYIN 53 IN' HONOR OF MISS ZOELLEIt Miss Emma Woodward Willis gave a reception Friday evening' from three to five at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Kramer on East Main street in honor of Miss Lou Shelton Zoeller, whose marriage to Rev. Geo. F. Hill, rector of Christ Churcn will be solemnized early in January. The home was beautifully decor ated thruout with trailing ivy and potted plants, and in the dining room the dainty color scheme of pink and white was carried out in decor ations and refreshments. Little Jeannette Ormond and Sarah Williams received the cards at the door and the guests were greeted by Mrs. B. L. Banks and Mrs. .8. L. Sheep. In the receiving line were Miss Emma Willis, Miss Lou Shelton Zoel ler, Mrs. W. II. Zoeller, Miss Hattle Harney, Mrs. I). A. Morgan, and Miss Susie Stevens. .Mrs. Harold Overman ushered the guests into the dining room where they were received by Mrs. J. P. Kramer and Mrs. II. I). Walker. De licious ices, cake and mints were served by Misses Elizabeth Kramer, Elizabeth Sawyer and Elizabeth Hathaway. Mrs. E. F. Aydlett, Jr., invited the guests into the tea room and theer they were received by Mrs. R. S. Fearing and Miss Lillie Mae Stev ens. Mrs. R. A. Willis presided at the tea table and Misses Dorothy Zoeller, Elizabeth Nash and Helen Williams assisted in serving. O PAYS HIGH TRIBUTE TO COL. ROOSEVELT Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 11. (By The Associated Press.) Oeneral Candido Rondon, famous Brazilian explorer and companion of Theodore Roose velt he explored the "River of Doubt,' paid high tribute to Colonel Roose velt the other night, when before a distinguished audience in the Muni cipal Theatre the General was pre sented with medallions from the New York Geographical Society, the Ex plorers' Club of New York and the Rio de Janeiro Geographical Society. "At this moment when I am so glad ' and grateful to receive your homage," General Rondon said, "the image of my virile and dear friend Roosevelt is with me. I see before me the massive structure of his fine body, his radiant joviality, his keen and intelligent eye." The General recalled the times he had spent with Colonel Roosevelt on various expeditions, especially In the exploration of the River of Doubt. The Colonel, he said, was always first on the march. He referred to Colonel Roosevelt's travels and ex plorations in South America in com pany with his son Kermit. "Among the many and great works which Colonel Roosevelt had con ceived and realized," General Rondon continued, "he would mention In his conversations only his pacific inter vention between Russia and Japan, the construction of the Panama canal ,and the audacity of having been the first to meet clearly and In cisively the conquering insolence of the German Empire which, in order not to encounter the United States squadron, had to give up Its attempt on Venezuela." He spoke of Colonel Roosevelt as continuing "the glories of Washing ton and Lincoln, and concluded: "This enthusiastic Rough Rider was prevented himself from bearing arms for the liberty of peoples, but he sent all his sons to the battlefield of France and stoically saw one of them lose his life. The others, one of whom was our dear companion In the discovery of the River ot Doubt, was wounded In the great battles at the end of 1918." Oeneral Rondon, who was only re cently elected to his present rank from a colonelcy, was for many years Chief of Construction ot the govern ment telegraph lines. His work sent him into the vast unexplored regions of the interior of Brazil inhabited by uncivilized Indians. He had a knack of winning the confidence of these Indians, and among several tribes is affectionately known as "Papa Ron don." His workers were rarely mol ested. O BANDITS RAID STORE (Dy Associated Tress) Houston, Texas, Dec. 5. State of flcials today received a report ot a raid by Mexican bandits on a store near the border in Sepata County. ' The report said the owner was bound, after which the place, was looted and the bandits fled across the border. , The report came from a Texas Ranger officer. NOTICE For the best ear service call Phone 10SO-L. . -Thomas Crank, Jr. he is driving one ot my new cars snd filling orders for PHONE 103. D.6-2tp KEENEY CRANK. WELCOME NEWS IN MODMCATIOu Drug Stores And Restaurant Doing Business as Usual c Thursday Night Tho Cus! mers Kept on Their Over coats Elizabeth City drug stores resume business as usual Thursday night, r a result of the modification ot tli fuel conservation regulations' pr mining them to sell other mercha dlse than drugs after four o'clock i the afternon and before nine o'cloc in the morning provided they oper ated without heat or light produce by coal or wood beofre eight O'cloc' in the morning and after four o'cloc! in the afternoon. , t- The dniK stores are permitted ti use fifty per cent of their usual light so tliey were not handicapped great! by lack of li'lit. The stores grew i bit chilly as the evening wore on bu customers kept on their overcoat: and continued to make purchases not withstanding. Other stores besides drug ' store are now planning to take advantag of the new ruling, notably hardware furniture and Jewelry stores whic' were especially hard hit by the or! ginal order In that they were no permitted to keep open Saturday af ter four o'clock in the afternoon whereas grocery stores and store selling wearing apparel were per mitted to remain open until Bin: o'clock on Saturdays. Many Store are now planning to open without heat at eight o'clock in the mornin and to remain open an extra hour i. the afternoon after their fires have been banked. Furniture stores, Jew elry storos, and hardware stores are planning to remain open until, nine o'clock Saturday nights also; tho iu order to do so they will have to pro vide themselves with some other source ot light than gas or electricity. The Associated Press dispatch re ceived by The Advance yesterday at 4:44 bringing news of the modifica tions ot the original order was as fol lows: "Raleigh, Dec. 4. The sale of to bacco, soft drinks and scores ot other articles after four p. m. Is possible today under a ruling of the South ern Regional Coal Committee an nounced last night. "Requests had been made by a number ot concerns exempted from closing hours for the sale of special articles that they might sell nones sential goods. The committee ruled that store? exempted from fuel regulations or for which special hours are provided, may at any time sell any goods in their stock If no lights are thereby required In addition to those used in the sale of food, drugs or other things covered by exemptions. "The Southern Regional Commit tee today was sending this order throughout the South along wltr other Interpretations and modifica tions of original ruling. Soft drinks, candies, tobacco, fruit and periodica! stands located in drug stores, hotels, restaurants and similar places whic! are exempted from closing regula tions or for which special hours arc provided, may do business at n; time provided no additional light, heat or power produced by coal 0 wool or gas is used for the purpos of doing business, outside ot the pres cribed hours." o "'-,t; USE ASHES ON DEVASTA TED LANDS Berlin, Nov. 17. (By The Associ ated Press.) The technical authori ties for the restoration of France an: Belgium announce that they have dis covered that furnace ashes from glas Iron and steel wroks stimulate vege table growth enormously throug! carbonic acid fertilization. Air plan! life Is said to be spurred to unusual growth. These ashes may be applied to restoration of the devastated dis tricts. ! :' 1 o JACK DEMPSEY TO FIGHT CARPENTIEr (By Associated Vress) ' New Orleans, Dec. 6. Jack Demo sey Is already under contract to mee In New Orleans the winner In th Beckett-Carnentier fight, It was an nounced today by Domlnick Tortorlc! promoter. He added that Nate Lewis ot Chi cago Is due In London today to gt with Carpentier. . o . NOTICE ' For information about Fuel Ad ministration call L. D. Case, Phon No. 932. O. F. GILBERT, L. D. CASE, J. B. LEIGH, v Fuel Committee.