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' "MI B05, ' deal WttJa mm WbO advertise, , jou will never lose by it . Benjamin Franklin. WEATHER Local rains tonight and Tuesday, colder In north and central portions tonight, moderate variable winds.' VOL 4 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 8, 1919. NO. 286 MIES MODIFY PEACE TREATY Now Expected That German Plenipotentiaries Will Sign Protocol Without Much Fur ther Delay (By Associated Press) Paris, Dec. 8. The Allies have consented to modify some of the terms of the protocol putting the Peace Treaty into effect to which Germany has made objection. The clause providing for in demnity for the destruction of the German fleet at Scapa Flow has been modified so as to re flect to the Hague tribunal the question of whether the deliv ery of the tonnage demanded will cripple the Germans, it is understood. There is an understanding also that other features of the protocol most objectionable to the Germans will be elimina ted. It is expected that the Ger man plenipotentiaries will sign the protocol without much further delay. The final paragraph of the protocol providing that even after the Peace Treaty is in ef fect the Allies might use mili tary measures of coercion to ensure the execution of the Treaty terms is eliminated en tirely, as is also the clause re lating to the evacuation of the uaiuc provinces Dy uerman troops. Imputation of responsibility to Germany tor sinking the fleet is left in the protocol. It is expected that a note setting forth the Allied posi tion will be handed the Germans to day. The Supreme Council this morning took up unfinished business of the Peace Conference in an effort to dis pose of the most urgent questions be fore the Big Five becomes the Big Four. It Is expected that the Su preme Council will continue to meet after the American delegates leave tomorrow. O SIKF'S SALE BEGINS TUESDAY The S. R. Siff Company announces a Sale beginning Tuesday, December 9th, that will be altogether out of the ordinary. To begin with, this Sale Is made necessary by the fact that the Sav ings Bank & Trust Company has pur chased the building which the Siff Cifc pany occupies. This makes nec essary reorganization and stock re duction without delay, and the Siff Sale promises big values on a big stock to the big crowds who are sure to be there. WILL NOT STOP INVESTIGATION (By Associated Press) Berlin, Dec. 8. Rumors abroad that the committee investigating the war guilt of German leaders in 1914 have discontinued their meetings, are wrong, accirdlug to the Mows Agency which says It is intended to conduct the iivestigatlois ts thlr conclusion but new methods will be adopted which will make it impossi ble for witnesses to misuse the occa sion for party or political purposes. 0 MBS. HARRY G. KRAMER ENTEB 'V TAIXS FIVE HUNDRED CLUB Mrs. Harry G. Kramer entertained the Five Hundred Club on Thursday evening at her home on West Main ,Ureet. A very delightful evening was Vpent. After the game delicious re freshments were served. ' vfhose playing were: Mr. and Mrs. J. Norman Whttehurst, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jennette, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. McCabe. Mr. and Mrs. L. Sellg, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Zoeller, Dr. Wm. Par ker, Miss Ruby 'Cook, M. H. Jones, Miss Lottie Mae Bennett, Mrs. Sprig Brent, Mrs. Howard Kramer, C. F. Garrett, Miss Ruth Reld, Mrs. F. O. jacocks and Mrs. Duckworth Glover. EUZELIANS MEET TONIGHT The Euielian Circle of the' Wo man's Missionary Society of Black well Memorial Baptist Church wi;i meet with Mrs. D. B. 81mpson on North Road street tonight. All mem bers are urged to bs present, SENTENCE DISMISSAL APPROVED TODAY (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 8. The sentence of dismissal improved by naval court martial on Captain Edmund George Chamberlain of the marine corps on charges growing out of his sensa tional claims of having defeated vast ly superior forces of German airships on the eastern front was approved today by Secretary Daniels. O MUST OBSERVE FUEL REGULATIONS Local Fuel Administration Com mittee Issues Statement Call ing Attention to Violations of Law The local Fuel Administration Committee, composed of J. B. Leigh, chairman; O. F. Gilbert, A. R. Nichol son and L. D. Case, issued the fol lowing statement Monday morning in regard to observance of the Fuel Reg ulaltons: "Complaints have come to the local Fuel Administration Committee that certain manufacturers in Elizabeth City and vicinity are not respecting the 48 hour schedule made manda tory by the regulations of the Regi-' onal Coal Committee: "Such violators of the law are hereby notified to comply with Its provision with respect to the 48 hour limit, or their light and power will be cut off. "The 48 hour law applies to every factory in Elizabeth City and vicinity using light, heat and power gener ated from coal, wood, gas or electric current. "Where manufacturing plants or other industries have regularly oper ated on a double shift basis since Oc tober first, the forty eight hours per week limitation may be applied to each shift, permitting the plant to provide a maximum of forty eight hours per week employment for each shift. "Complaints have also been made that scores of business places are using safety lights of from 100 to 200 candle power. The local com-j mittee considers this a violation of the law, and has ruled that a safety light must not exceed 60 watt jower." -o- DOES NOT FAVOR FALL RESOLUTION President Wilson Replies To Senator Fall in Regard To Severing Diplomatic Rela tions With Mexico (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 8. President Wilson would be gravely concerned to see any such resolution pass Con gress, he wrote Senator Fall today, referring to the Fall Resolution re questlon the President to sever dip lomatic relations with the Carranza government. It would constitute a reversal of our constitutional practice which might lead to very grave confusion in regard to guidance in our foreign affairs, he wrote. The President expressed confidence that he had the support of every com petent constitutional authority in the statement, that the direction of he government's foreign affairs are as signed by the constitution to the chief executive and to him alone. FLOATING THEATRE HERE The James Adams Floating Thea tre arrived at Elizabeth City Monday and will make this its winter quarters O PLAY AT HARBINGER NEXT SATURDAY NIGHT A play entitled "A Little Clod hopper," will be presented at the Harbinger school next Saturday night December 13th. After the play refreshments will be served. The proceeds from the entertain ment and from the sale ot refresh ments will go to the school. The teachers in charge ot the Har binger school this year are: Miss Lon Taylor, principal;' Miss Julia Sawyer, intermediate teacher; Miss Maude Griggs, Primary teacher. o MEETS MONDAY NIGHT Griggs Commandery, No. 14 K. T., Swill meet Monday night in their hall id the Robinson Building In full dress uniform. Business ot much import ance will, be transacted and the new drills will be gone over. A tall at tendance is desired. ,' . ADOPT UNIFORM BUSINESS HOURS . 1 j Wearing Apparel And Dry Good Merchants Will Now Close at Four Thirty And Open at Eight Elizabeth City entered upon the second week of fuel restriction on Monday with the order Issued a week ago by the regional coal committee carried out to the letter throughout the town. The order has been strictly ob served by merchants here from the time of the apointment of the local fuel committee, except that the local committee agreed last week, pending specific advice from the regional com mittee, to permit hardware and jew elry stores to remain open Saturday nights, along with the stores selling . wearing anarel, until nine o'clock. Some of the merchants have sub mitted gracefully to the rulings while others have just submitted; but in I no case, since the apointment of the local fuel committee, have the regu lations been openly ignored. In view of the fact that under the modifications of the original order issued last Wednesday stores are now permitted to open and close at will provided their wood and coal fires are not started earlier than they would have been had the store re mained closed until nine o'clock and provided that no wood, coal or gas beat and no electric lights are used after four o'clock in the afternoon, the local merchants held a meeting Monday morning in an effort to fix a uniform opening and closing hour. Eight o'clock in the morning and four-thirty in the evening were the hqurs set for opening and closing by merchants selling dry goods and wearing apparel. O CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE MAKES DECLARATION At the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Com merce of the Vnited States held in Atlantic City, October 18th, 19th, 20th, and 25th, 1919, the following declaration of principles was adopted "The most important thing before our country today is the defense of that underlying principle upon which our whole national life has been built and our entire social structure must rest, the essence of our country's con stitution, namely, the safeguarding of the rights and liberty of the indi vidual. It becomes necessary to awaken our citizenship to an under standing of, and an appreciation of, that fundamental. Therefore, fully to safeguard that principle we must insist that any organization, of any character whatsoever, or combination of persons for whatever purpose created, which thus becomes a dis tinct entity, must be made responsi ble for its acts, or the acts of its agents, and to no organization of any character whatsoever must govern ment be permitted to show special consideration or discrimination in its favor, nor must any organization or association, or association of persons be permitted to exercise a power of control over any of its members or others In violation of their rights or liberties as sought to be safeguarded under the Constitution of the United States. We demand therefore that the full power of government be exercised in th emaintainance of this princi ple." NO DECISION ON PROHIBITION (By Associated Press) Washington, Dec. 8. No decision on the constitutionality of war time prohibition and the Volstead Enforce ment Act was rendered today 'by the Supreme Court and there was no in dication ot when the decision would be handed down. O BAPTIST PASTORS MEET MONDAY, DECEMBER 15th The pastor of the Chowan Baptist Association will meet Monday, De cember 15th, at the First Baptist Church of this city. Similar conferences of the pastors of the Association are to be held on every month hereafter. . o QUICK WORK STOPS CHOLERA Kowel, Eastern Poland. To stem a cholera epidemic that was threat ened in this district, the American Red Cross sent a special courier to its laboratories In . Blalystock tor cholera vaccine. The promptness of the delivery of the medicine prevent ed s serious outbreak as several cases had already been Identtdod at the Red Cross hospitals, - v STATE BAPTISTS . OVERSUBSCRIBEP Reports Still Incomplete. Dr. Johnson Urges That Work Be Kept Up Until Every Church Member is Reached Raleigh, Dec. 8. Notwithstanding the fact that official reports have not been received from all North Caro lina Baptist Churches it is evident from the reports received that the Baptist people of this State have sub scribed more than $6,000,000 to the Baptist 75 Million Campaign fund. Dr. Walter N. Johnson, Campaign Directdr, and Dr. W. U. Cullom, Campaign Organizer, are both anxi ous that even yet churches will con tinue the work and particularly whore the Hill percent canvass has not been colli jileleil. .W.:iiy non-resident mem bers should lie readied and persuad ed to subscribe to this fund. North Carolina ought, in all seriousness to contribute at least $8,000,000, says Dr. Johnson and it will do it if the workers hold their organization In tact and stick to the task until the last church member is reached. North Carolina has 300,000 Bap tists and these are gathered into 2100 churches and there are some churches that have not made any contribution. This condition calls for earnest work even though the week that was set apart for the canvass has passed. Pledge cards can be had from Dr. W. N. Johnson, Raleigh, N. C, and all pledges will still be counted on the Campaign fund. It is remem bered that the Methodists received several million dollars after the close of their campaign and it is hoped that the work will continue in this State until the total reaches at least $8, 000,000. O CORINTH MARES SPLENDID SHOWING On Sunday, December 7th, the team captains of Corinth and Berea Baptist Churches made their final re port of work done In the 75 Million Dollar Campaign. The membership of both churches was canvassed, and with the exception of a few, all re sponded very willingly. There will probably be several more pledges to come in by next Sunday. Corinth made a splendid showing, having pledged $5,075.00. Of this amount $2,222.50 was pledged by the Woman's .Missionary Society and $1,2 J:!. 50 by the Young People's Union. Herea pledged $1,70.1.95. Of this amount $(580.27 was pledged by the Woman's Missionary Society. The chief reason why Berca's pledges look rather small is due to the fact that several members made their pledges for one year instead of five years. It is almost certain that Berea will raise $3,000 within the Ave years. O GOVERNMENT SELLS ARIZONA LANDS (By Associated Press) Yuma, Ariz., Dec. 6. The United States government will sell at public sale heer December 10th, about 500 farms, comprising 6,400 acres, the first unit In the Yuma Mesa, 45,700 acres, occupying a portion of the Col orado desert lying south of Gila val ley between Yuma valley and the mountains to the east. These lands are to be sold at a minimum of $225 an acre, and, re garded as frostless,, are said by some to be the best citrus lands In the United States. The government, It Is announced, will construct irrigation works and canals necessary to put water on the land. O OPERATION BRINGS HOMAGE Cuprija, Serbia, A successful ap pendicitis operation upon a serious case has won for Captain Frederick L B.regel, an American Red Cross worker of Fairfai, Minn., the praise and homage of this entire town. Af ter two Serbian doctors had given up the son of a high army officer as too 111 to save, Captain Bregal oper ated successfully. O RE DCROHS HEALS The annual sale ot the Red Cross Christmas Seals is now on. No more beautiful expression of the Christ mas spirit can be made than tor every letter, card and package to bear the seal of the Red Cross. The seal adorns the package, is a recog nition of the blessings .off the Red Cross, and the money will be used to stamp out the Great White Plague. We are enjoying an era oi unrivaled prosperity. ' Let every one have the grace to show forth gratltnde by buy ing the Red Cross Seals.) T. W. BICKETU Governor, D'ANNUNZIO SAYS NOT PREPARING EXPEDITION (By Associated Press) Flume, Dec. 7. Gabrielle D'An nunzio assured the Associated Press Correspondent today that he was not preparing an expedition against Spa latto or Lalbach. He gave his word of honor that this statement was true. O VITAL QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED jtween miners and operators At Chamber of Commerce and the government was ex Meeting to be Held Tuesday pressed in a formal statement Evening at Eight O'clock. ! "sued at the White House Citixens Invited ! The utmost crecy still sur- i rounded the President's propo- Wliy did not Klizabeth City secure r.al and Secretary Tumulty and the branch factory of the Aladdin Manufacturing Company? Why has not the canning factory, concerning which there has been so much talk, j materialized? ! Those and other question will be answered at the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, to be held in the Chamber's offices on Tuesday! night at 8:00 o'clock. Chambers of Commerce are not subject to the reg- factory of the Aladdin ulatlons of the Regional Coal Com- mittee, and the meeting will surely beThedChamber cordially Invites all interested citizens to attend and par - tlclpate In the deliberations. O HOTEL INSPECTION FOR NORTH CAROLINA The state Board ot Health has the statement by Attorney General inspection of hotels under its charge 1 Palmer last night that he was and is making a careful and syste-i , f . .. . . matlc inspection of every hotel ln,sure lne ena 01 lne slnKe 13 m the State. It has appointed Mr. John sight. F. Gordon as Special Agent to do this1 The success of failure of the work, a man of wide experience in I , t bg determined un. this special line of endeavor. I The one idea above ail others the til Tuesday when the Federal state Board of Health has in mind, Court at Indianapolis and the in this inspection work, Is to better strike jeaderg m consider jt the sanitary and living condition of IHC uutcio. xl to aoniu iiutio to co-operate and the majority of the hotels are co-operating, not only be cause they are honest and desire to give value received, but they recog nize that it Is a good business propo sition to have their hotel score high, so that the traveling public will take i notice. Nothing travels as fast as reputation of a hotel, as being either; good or bad. The overhead charges for a good hotel or a bad hotel are I practically the same. There is Just1 one step between sanitary and insan-j itary, between good and bad, clean and unclean. It takes practically the j same amount oi energy io Keep up Norfolk .Southern will be discontin eitlier condition. People who are not i ut.j willing to comply with the law in re- Trains 1 and 2 will make local gard to hotels should get out of the,Bto,)a between Edenton and Norfolk, hotel business. The traveling public ThS acli011 (.s a ,ulrt ot Ule fuel of the State are Insisting that hotels conservation action recently taken should meet the requirements or getand brings with It little surprise, out of business. Restaurants and lunch counters come under the hotel Inspection law when not In towns that have whole time health officers. The State Board ot Health insists and shall deem it sufficient cause for indictment, If any hotel falls to score on the following points, namely: First, Individual towels. Second, In dividual soap (liquid soap or soap shaved for each user). Third, In dividual drinking cut at water cooler. Fourth, rate card in lobby and bed rooms. Fifth, notices of fire escapes must be posted in each hall. Sixth, Fire extinguishers for each hall. Seventh, sheets must be 90 inches long. Eighth, medical examination of all food handlers. These require ments will not work a hardship on any hotel. Hotel managers in me oldest and most dilapidated buildings can meet the above requirements. All hotels will be expected to score 80 on first Inspection and on re-inspection. O USE CARRIER PIGEONS (By Associated Press) Denver, Colo., Dec. 6. Carrier pigeons are to be used by the United States forestry service next year to convey Are reports from look-out stations and "Are fighters at the front" to the national forest head quarters, according to an announce ment made by the local offices of the department. The pigeons and equipment of the navy department are to be used for this purpose. The value of the birds in the mountainous and lake regions where in many places travel is most difficult, and where there are but few telephone and telegraph lines, will be especially great, It is believed. Flights of 600 miles in a single day have been made by these pigeons. The distance to be covered in the national forests are considerably leu than this and In many esses the dls tance from look-out stations to the Are-fighting areas Is less than fifty miles. WILT CONSIDER PLANSTUESDAY Attorney General Palmer Is Sure That End of Strike is in Sight. Plans Not Made Public (By Associated Press) . . Washington, Dec. 8 Hope for settlement tomorrow after noon of the controversy be- nff.'al. rPfA tr, un. plement the statement. It was learned, however, that the proposal made to the miners was from the President himself and was in the form of a memorandum written by him. Washington, Dec 8. ine i public is still in the dark today as to the government's latest 'move to settle the coal strike. Nothing of the nature of the proposals has been made pub lic either by miners or officials, but comfort is taken in the LOCAL TRAINS TO COME OFF Beginning Tuesday, December 9th, Trains 5 and 6 Will Not Run. Trains 1 and 2 Will Make Local Stops. j ,.Tbe Advance was notified late Sat- ril !1 v lhafr Vw, tr 1 11 11 i n it TnuuHav Tlon- . Ul.LL.., LI, ML ni.l.llllh 1 " "U.J, L. V. ember 9th, Trains 5 and 6 on the since the newspapers each day for itne past week have told of the dis- continuance of trains on all lines. All the same, the news does bring disappointment, tor it Is on these trains that out of town shoppers come to Elizabeth City, and this is the shopping season ot all the year. Besides Elizabeth City has so few trains that it is somewhat like tak ing away even that which she seemed to have. Still with the thru trains making local stops, most people will manage to worry along and cultivate a bit more philosophy and patriotism in the doing. O NEW U8E KOR LEGATION Belgrade. The former Bulgarian Legation, one of the most Impressive buildings In Belgrade, is now the home of the nursing and office staff of the American Red Cross. The Ser bian government turned it over to the American relief organization with its splendid furnishings to be used as the home ot Red Cross activ ities in Serbia; O i;iUi) iiiviAiir) wr uiuumr Paris. tp to October 1, the Amer ican Red Cross had sent" 1,324 car loads of relief supplies to the devas tated districts from lta Paris ware . r, v 4 . . mi mi n . r. . houses. Strenuous efforts are now being made to replenish the stores in the French capital from the ware houses at Oievres, St. Sulpice and Bordeaux, as transportation difficul ties have held up shipments for some time past. O . THE ADVANCE FREE NEW SUBSCRIBERS , Subscribe to The Ad vance now at four dollars a year and receive the paper for the rest of the year Free.
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