"MI EON,
v deal with, mtm
wbo advertise, ,
t foq will BCVCT
Iom by it." '
Benjamin Franklin.
WEATHER
' Rain tonight tnd probably Friday,
colder Friday In extreme west por
tion, moderate winds mostly south.
VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 8, 1920..
NO. 7
WAR ft IMJ FAH
ITUIUUIHI 1 UH
OIOVAN COLLEGE
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n' w.Jwf o.j
More Subsections Reported
Today, And Further Expres-
tions From Citizens in Behalf
of Schoi
The work ot securing subscriptions
r' for. Chowan College continues vigo-
juubij auu quue a uuiuuer 01 BUDSCrip
1 -tions are reported to-day.
v Following are expressions from
. two public spirited men, one from
Shawboro and the other from Elixa
betb City, In regard to securing the
' college here: ' ...
; J. L. DECORM1S, Shawboro. ,
?'Mrt I ill thru TV, a Un... 4knt
. It will be a shame for Elizabeth CUT
not to nut forth an earnest effort to
'."get Chowan College All my. section
N'wlll gladly patronlz ethis college and
1 we beg that Elizabeth City bestir, her-
self, in locatin this institution. We
, want It." '
- - W. E .DUNSTAn, Elizabeth City
. u: course I would rejoice , to eee
Chowan College located in my town.
" It Is now in my old home town and
- was a real Joy to me in bygone days.
.1 Bad three sisters educated in- that
'4ld institution and know they were
educated right"
, . Following are subscriptions report
t , 4 to The Advance to-day.
.ru me. uiu uev,
" Oscar Davis ,.,.. S 100.00
' B. L. Banks, Sr. ....... . S0.00
Wardman Morrlsette ... 100.00
Mrs, C. E. Overman .... 25.00
C. E. Overman 100.00
Mrs. Mary H. Brite 25.00
C. J. Ward , . , . . ' 500.00
L. B. Prltchard 25.00
. M.; B. Pritchard .'. 50.00
V Leroy 8. Nixon 50.00
J. O. Meggs 100.00
; A. C. Bell 60.00
. n e a A
.V At 1 -
4. j. rerry.
: Mrs.' E. E. Etherldge . .T. 10.00
W. B. Skinner 50.00
... G. G. Markham 100.00
H. O. Parks 100.00
Mrs. Mary Walker 100.00
Benton &. West . . 100.00
- Morrlsette ft Raper .... 150:00
W. S. White 25.00
" Darius White 50.00
' 35. M. Jones Co. -. 600.00
Today's total . . . . ,
previously reported
.1 2,835.00
.134,355.00
Grand Total 137,290.00
HERE'S AN IDEA
iWORTffl TRYING
"Community Councils" Doing
: "'Good Work in Many Araer-
: ican Cities is Claim
. '(By Associated Press)
- New York, Jan. 7. A community
- expediment similar to the one which
1 - bas been carried on in a section of
. Cineinnatr the past two and a half
years by the National Social Unit
Organization, will be conducted hers
in 1820, if plans for a merger of
that organization and the Commun-
...1. At malar Naw York.
llj v --.
recently formulated by the executive
- .boards ol both bodies, are consam
' mated. - ' .
' Miss Sara Oraham-Mulhall, Mrs.
. a n. - -A1Kaw4
Edgarton winirop ana
Shlels, director ot the Community
Councils Df greater-New. York, are
prominent in the proposed, enter
prise. Wilbur C. Phillips,, executive
secretary ot the National Social Unit
Organization, :explainin the project,
- saiu ;. ; . - :
'" vThe work of the '. Community
' -Councils, already established in 80
sections ot New York City, has dem
onstrated ; their ability r to awaken
civic interest increase neighborll
" ness and promote, co-operative en
deavor. The . Cincinnati unit has
' shown that the organisation ot peo-
pie ' by small population units, with
a representative for each unit, has
been extraordinarily successful as a
' meant of enabling the discussion of
' community needs and programs. ;
"Development ot the work In New
York," 8ld Mr. Phillips, "may first
' center around some common prob
lems,, ucu M lntnt welfare, the re
duction ol the cost ot TMarWTr
- creation. This work is to be under
taken insofar as possible by the wo
' men ot the city sfctia as volunteers.
An effort also will be nwda to waken
the Intelligent Interest and co-operation
ot Important groupt In the pop
ulatlon such as business men, wage
earners, phydn, nurses, eocia
workers, clergymen and city efflcials.'
' ; " ' " P . : .. '
' "Bonnie B" Hair Nets. Fringe
shape and Cap shape. 15 cents
straight At City Drnr Store, - pa
W!or Etreet.' ' ,' ". : V 14
'" Am0 VALLEY FLOODED
MANY TOWNS ISOLATED
'., (By Associated Press) 7
f ome, Jan. 8. Arno. Valley Is
' floded and many towns are Isolated.
The Iower part o( the clty of pIaa
Inundated and It Is feared that lives
"!e 1)68,1 l0 Catelea.
G0DLEY WILL DIE
NEXT FRIDAY WEEK
- ,.. 7 " "
GorernorV Reprieve Expires
On That. Day; And Godley
Pays Penalty K
. Raleigh, Jan. 8. With the sub
mission ot the . report ot the well
known alienist, Dr. Louis E. Blsch,'
declaring that Churchill Godley,' un
der sentence of death for an outrage
perpetrated upon a nine-year-old
white girl, is now sane and that there
is no evidence ot previous insanity
that might have rendered him irres
ponsible .at the time the commission
of the crime, the last hope ot the
prUoner Is lost and he will be exe
cuted Friday morning, January 18,
at 10:30 o'clock.
Oodley was reprieved within twelve
hours of the time fixed for his exe
cution. Bickett was moved by the
plea ot insanity to have a thorough
examination made by a competent
alienist. ' He. gave, the condemned
man until January 15th to live, with
the provision that in the mean time
the examination be made. The re
port ia adverse to the criminal and
no further word will be needed from
Governor Bickett to proceed with the
execution. Plans are being laid for
the electrocution on Friday of next
week.
In so far as is known there will
be no further effort on the prisoner's
behalf. He has been denied a retrial
bv the Sunreme Court, and the chief
executive has declined to interfere
after a careful study of tbe evidence
and the various pleas made for the
doomed man. He is thoroughly con
vinced that Godley is guilty, and
without extenuating circumstance.
Although easily moved to pity, the
Governor has been absolutely unable
to find any mitigating circumstance
m the evidence that has been laid be
fore him in the case, and sees no
reason for interfering with the work
ings of Justice.
The trial and conviction of uoaiey,
and the plucky fight that has been
made for him by his faithful wife,
has attracted wide interest in the
State. The crime for which he will
pay the death penalty was committed
early last summer near Smithfleld,
and the prisoner tried at a special
term ot court. The evidence in the
case is ot an unusually revolting
character, much of it being of such
nature that it could not be printed.
Godley' continued to profess inno
cence of the crime.
MUST INVEST IN
LIBERTY BONDS
The Only Medium of Exchange
Which Will be Accepted on
Ellis Island as Bail For Reds
(By Associated Press)
Mo Tnrk. Jan. 8. Parlor Bolshe
vik! raising funds to assist their com
rades held on deportation proceed
ings must invest it In Liberty Bonds
.ot that frtnndi out on ball, Ellis
CM ,111 u v a - - - -
Island authorities announced today,
nirami of euh have beed refused
since the Island has no facilities for
handling large sums. Tne aumor.-
tles will accept Liberty Bonos, now
o.oi. ami release Reds' on ball as
soon s the preliminary hearings are
completed. , ""
CEREJIONY WILL
OtOTATURDAY
Date Fixed For Exchange of
Ratifications of Peace Treaty
' In French Foreign Office"
V (By-Associated Press) ' ':
, Paris, JanT 8.- Exchange ot rti
vi w Peace Treaty with
Germany wW occur Saturday. It bow
seems certain ' -
The Supreme Council today fixed
this date for the ceremony and de
cided that it would be held In ? tbe
French Foreign Office.
; o -r ;
A ' P4YNE BA8S.IGHT h ;
t u t.Tia nf Elizabeth City
and Miss AUIne Basnlgbt ot Buffalo
-a aVa VMw
City, N. C., were marriea i v
Metbodlsr. Parsonage Wednesday, by
Rev. J. M. Ormond. ' ' ) !. ' "; ."'.'
v CHOWAN COLLEGE
For us to purchase the Old Fair Grounds and offer it to this
college and $50,000.00 in money with the assurance that Eliza
beth City Is the strategic location tor it, would go far toward
getting the one thing above all others that we nepd for the future
. ofourcityr : ' $
It has been' brought out by others that should the college
be located In Rocky Mount, or Wifoon, or in any of those other
.towns, the patrons would not have their daughters stop there,
for with the same money 'they could go on to Raleigh where we
have a splendid school for girls. "
Elizabeth City is the one place for the location ot this
College. There is not within a radius of one hundred miles of
this city, any other institution like it. Naturally pupils would
patronize this school from tea ot the surrounding counties, and
inasmuch as the Baptists predominate throughout all this sec
tion, we would certainly expect to have all of the students which
the College could accommodate. Many families would purchase
or build homes here, (
Already there are those who are asking about the location
of this College with the idea of building homes near it. In ad
vertising the college, we would necessarily advertise the city In
which it is located. ,
Should we purchase the Old Fair Grounds, sufficient lots
could be sold off the $2 and 1-2 acres to make the property worth
at least $50,000.00 ot equally as much to the College as Is the
fair grounds offered by Edenton.
The college' will have something like $200,000. 00 endow
ment, and in order to build suitable quarters would necessitate
an Immediate expenditure of possibly 8150,000 In buildings.
Now mucb of this money would be on deposit in our banks, cer
tainly during the erection ot these buildings, so it seems that
our banks could afford to become interested In its location. And
then too everybody knows that girls take to sodas as ducks do to
water, and therefore the, drug stores might become interested.
Parents would often visit their daughters during the sessions, and
this would enable them to do their trading here.
We need this College and this College needs us, and all wc
reed la some honest team-work and it will be located here, and ,
when it Is once located, it remains right there.
Tills Is an opportunity which comes but once in tbe Ufa
time of a little city like this, What shall we do about 1", fellow
citizens? We rejoice that there are a number of public spirited
men who really are putting forth honest efforts to bring the
college to Betsy. If the banks, the drug stores and the big mer
chants will contribute $1,000.00 each we can get this college.
We have five years In which to pay the subscriptions. Our Y. M.
C. A. possibly costs the city for running expenses $5,000, multi
ply this by five and we have $25,000.00. Will not this college
be worth as much as Is the Y? The Y expenses continue for
ever, while this subscription is for only five years. To those who
have thought over the matter, it seems that we will be standing
in our own light not to locate this college, within our gates. We
ought to have at least ten fJOOO subscription; twenty $500;
forty $260; one hundred $100; two hundred $50; four hundred
1 25 and a multitude of smaller subscriptions.
The surrounding counties are demanding that we get this
college. There are those who would be delighted to have It
provided It is brought to them as a gracious gift. There may be
some opposition, but the big thing In the way Is Inertia. A num
ber of our fine citizens, regardless of denomination are pulling
for this college, what are you doing Mr. Reader? Please tele
phone The Advance today what you will subscribe. If our chil
dren become intellectual and cultured. If our community takes
on new life in the right direction, we must create suitable en
vironments. Yours for a bigger and better City,
GEO. W. CLARKE.
BUFORD ABOUT TO
ENTER m CANAL
Safe Guess That Radicals Will
bo Landed at Riga To Be
Transported to Soviet Russia
(By Associated Press)
Washington. Jan. 8. The soviet
ark, Buford, with its cargo of radi
cals, is about to enter Kiel Canal,
according to official advices received
here today.
While still refusing to disclose the
destination of the ship, officials said
today that a very good guess might
be ventured, since, the passage thru
the canal had . become known, that
h Bnford would so to Riga to dis
charge the radloals for transportation
across Livonia into Soviet Russia.
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ENTERTAINS T. B. L. CLASS
Mrs: ST B. Hughes entertained the
T. . E. L. Class ot the First Baptist
Church , at her home on Fearing
street,; Monday night.
.Those present were: Mrs. w., i.
Culpepper, , Mrs. Stewart Rogers,
Mrs. Pool, Miss Mary Clifton Barnett,
Mrs. Estelle Pritchard, Mrs. William
nttehsr Mrs. Cora Twlddy, Mrs.
H. TJ: Pearson, Mrs. N. C. Clark, Mrs.
Roland Garrett and Mrs., Palmers
Following were the officers elected
tor i2d. .' -
Mya,W. P. Culpepper, President,
Mr. Pnoi. Vice-President: Mrs. Ro
land Garrett, Bacretary and Treas
urer, '! . y " . .
Mr. P. 8. Vans was elected teacner
ot the T. E. U Class. ' '
JUST RECEIVED NEW; : LOT
Ronnie B." Hair Nets. Any shape
and shade. '11 cents straight CITY
DRTJO STORE, 0 Water Street It
DAY IS NAMED FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Governor Calls For Co-operation
In. Enforcing National
N Prohibition Law
Sunday, January 18, the second
day after the Eighteenth Amendment
to the Federal constitution becomes
effective, outlawing liquor from the
United States, was set apart In a pro
clamation issued yesterday by Gov
ernor T. W. Bickett as "Law-Enforcement
Day," and the people of the
State are called upon to unite in their
determination to back the authori
ties that have set about enforcing the
law. Ministers are asked to read the
proclamation from their pulpits, and
urge their people to unite in making
the law effective. The proclamation
Is as follows:
"On January 16th, 1920, accord
ing to the action of the eitisens ot
this nation, the fundamental policy
of this Oovernment regarding the
liquor traffic will change and, accord
ing to onr Federal Constitution, it
will be unlawful to manufacture, sell,
transport, import, or export intoxi
cating liquors for beverage purposes
in the United States. Under the pro
visions ot the law-enforcement code
passed by Congress October 28, 191,
the. Internal Revenue Department is
charged with the enforcement of this
law, and Mr. Roper, the head ot this
department, is appealing to citizens
and State officers to give tbe Federal
officers full co-operation , in this
work.
... ' X
"Now, therefore, I, Thomas Walter
Bickett, Governor ot North Carolina,
by virtue of tbe authority vested In
me, do hereby proclaim that Sunday,
January 18 th, be Set apart as "Law
Enforcement Day," and I request that
the ministers ot the State, on that
AUSTRIAN OFFICERS
ARE NOW AT WORK
Vienna, Dec. 20. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Forty officers of the
old Austrian army,? ranging in rank
from lieutenant to lieutenant-colonel
aave gone to work as laborers in
wood chopping camps at 40 crowns
a day. One major remarked that it
was better than starving.
-O-
AMERICA DOING
BUSINKSIN INDIA
Japan And United States Cap
ture Trade Formerly Held
by Central Powers
London, Dec. 23. (By The Associ
ated Press.) The United States and
Japan have taken over since the be
ginning of the war, virtually all of
the big export trade which the Cen
tral Powers had with India, says an
official report which adds that, un
doubtedly, American competition In
India has come to stay.
The place of the Central Powers
has been taken by the United States
so far as iron and steel, machinery,
hardware, and Instruments are con
cerned. Japan has taken the trade
heretofore held by Central Powers
In such articles as electrical acces
sories, copper, paper, glassware, tex
tiles, beer, and clothing. The bazaar
trade In cheap, showy goods has been
entirely captured by Japan.
The primary reason for the in
creased shipments of American man
ufactured goods to India has been the
inability of the established British
exporters to supply the market owing
to war conditions, says the report.
Improved shipping facilities between
the United States and India are de
clared to have very largely contri
buted to the. expansion.
"There Is no doubt," adds the re
port, "that American competition in
India has come to stay. , A determ
ined effort is being made to secure
a large share of the trade of this
valuable market in steel and steel
work, machinery of all kinds, Includ
ing machine tools, mill stores and
hardware; capned provisions) motor
cars, lorries and cycles, 'and lumber.
Japan now occupies the second
place In India's import and export
trade. It is in Great Britain's staple
trade ot India, namely cotton yarns
and piece goods, that the most seri
ous inroads have been made and that
Japanese competitipn in the future
is expected to be most permanent
and insistent.
O
WILL BE TRIED
IN MH1TARY COURT
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Jan. 7. Germans accused
of violating the laws of war In France
and Belgium during the conflict will
be assigned today for trial to differ
ent Allied Military Courts, according
to the Petit Parislen.
The list Is said to have been com
pleted. O
WHY NO PEACE PRIZE
Stockholm, Dec. 21. (O? The As
sociated Press.) The real reaca
why no Nobel Prize for Literature
was awarded this year, says the Da
gens Nyheter, was that the Secretary
of hte Swedish Academy, the poet,
M. Karlfeldt, who had been selected
as the prize winner, declined to ac
cept tbe distinction offered.
O
TWENTIETH CENTURY
AS HUGO SAW IT
Paris, Dec. 22. (By The Associated
Press.) In the Victor Hugo Mu
seum here which was reopened the
other day, after having remained
closed during the war, Is a prophecy
In the poet's handwriting declaring:
' "I represent a' party which does
not yet exist the Revolution-Civilization
party; this party will make
the twentieth century. First ot all
will emerge the United States of Eu
rope and then the United States ot
the World."
You can get "Bonnie B" Hair Nets
any shape or shade at City Drug
Store, on Water 8treet. It
day, read this proclamation to their
congregations and call on them to
co-operate withthe officers for the
enforcement of our National and
State anti-liquor laws.
"Done at the city of Raleigh, this the
6 th day ot January, In the year of onr
Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
twenty, and in the one hundred and
forty-fourth year ot our American Independence."
DECIDE TODAY ON 1
CONVENTION CITY
Endorse Wilson And His
Stand on Peace Treaty. Big
gest Banquet in Democratic
History Tonight r-
(By Associated Press) -'
Washington, Jan. 8. Reso
lutions endorsing the Versailles
Treaty and denouncing as un- .
patriotic the attitude of Sena
tors who would defeat it di
rectly or by nullifying reserva-.
tions were unanimously adopt-
ea ioaay Dy tne Democratic Na
tional Committee in session
here. '
Arrogant Republican leader
A A. .1 .1 it ....
ship of the Senate was de
nounced as having earned the
contempt of the world, by
throttling the treaty for seven
called upon to quit playing pol
itics with the question of ratifi- .
cation. Selection of the conven
tion city and date will be made
late today.
. Washington, Jan. 8. When and -where
the Democratic National Con
vention will be "held next summer
will be decided here today by the
Democratic National Committee in
the session which Is expected to lay
the basis for campaign issues by reso- .
lutlons endorsing President Wilson '
and his stand on the Peace Treaty.-. .
San Francisco and Kansas City ' .
were leading for choice as the con
vention city before the meeting be- '
Kiin uui it aeiegauon irora unicagu
The delegation working for San
Francisco for the convention ctty1
went into today's meeting declaring1 "
they were sure of winning. Kansas
City supporters were not so optlmls-
tic but said they still had a chance. ? .
The committee meeting which Is
expected to last most of the; day Will
be followed tonight by a banquet de
clared by Democratic leaders to be
the greatest of the kind in the party's
history.
Chark Howell, of Georgia, was ap- '
pointed chairman of the resolutions
commiuee wmcn inciuue juuu ur; .
. . . I 1.1. I . t -
Evans ot South Carolina. ,'. ' -
A request from the National Asso
elation ot Federal Employees for a'
statement on the attitude of the .'
party on government workers'' de-.:.
mands for increased wages was re- ,
ferred to the resolutions committee. ..
o ;
miirniiTriTtr nnntirTi7ivU
uncm iuu oiiim
Marseilles, Jan. 8. Twenty per
Bona were drowned when the ocean
going tug, Le Pluvier, sank with all
on board, between Toulon and Mar- -seilles,
it was learned here today.
TOLL OF DEATH
MOUNTS HIGHER
'"'V "
Mexico City, Jan. 8. The esti
mated number of casualties from the
earthquake Saturday in the western
part of Vera Cruz state still stands
at 2,000 or more. '
Dispatches from the stricken area . "
do not even estimate the damage -.
done or given accurate lists ot the
dead. Fragmentary advices received -here,
however, indicate that the death
toll would mount above the first es- -timates.
. .". .
O
SCHOOL CIVIL AVIATION .
Rto de Janeiro, Dec. IB.-(By The
Associated Press.) The Brazilian
Aero Club Intends to found In this
city a school ot civil aviation, the
graduate pilots of which will be s
natural reserve for army and navy .
pilots. Steps are now under way
to raise the 1160,000, which it is es
timated it will cost to Inaugurate the
school. 1 i f
. O ;
SENATOR UNDERWOOD
IS NOT. CANDIDATE
Washington, Jan. 8. 8enator Un
derwood ot Alabama in a statement
today, announced that he would not
be a candidate for the Democratic
presidential nomination.
Lo
BTAYI AS CAMPBELL
Andrew Btaylas of Norfolk and
Miss Ethel B. Campbell, ot Norfolk,
were married here Wednesday. .
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