. , 1
IY EON.
deal with men
." who advertise,' '
you will never
lose by it." '
Benjamin Franklin.
WEATHER
.Rain tonight and probably Friday,
colder Friday1 in extreme west porr
t:on, moderate winds nioBtly south.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 9, 1920.
NO. 8
v.
HERBERT HOOVER
IS MENTIONED
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James ; W. Gerard Declares
There Are Plenty of Good
Democrats For Presidential
Nomination
- V" (By, Associated Press)
Portland, Oregon, Jan. 9. Demo-
. crats exhibited- much Interest today
In the telegram read last night at the
banquet here In which James W. Ger-
'ard declared that there are plenty of
. good men for Democratic nomination
for the rPesldency from which the
party could make Its choice, and
added that "Herbert Hoover is one
of them."
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SEEK SOLUTION
TURKISH PROBLEM
. (By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 9. Having aban
doned hope that the United States
..-would accept the mandate over Tur
key, the Allied Powers are searching
lor a solution of the problem of ex
, jelling the Turks from Europe with
r out causing an uprising among Mo
hammedan peoples as would endan
ger control of the European nations
over them..
v Reports from India, Egypt and
'other Mohammedan, countries .Insist
'upon the retention of the head of
their church in Constantinople un
der threats of boycotts of Christian
business and trade and even actual
.'VatfaKA
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EXPENSES TO BE
V- BORNE BY GERMANY
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Jan. 9. The Supreme
Council decided 'today that the ex
penses -of the High Commission in
control of the Rhine regions should
be borne by Germany as well as the
cost of hie Army of Oocupation.
The Council discussed the first
1 meeting of the executive council of
the League of Nations to be called
by President Wilson. The date of
. the meeting will be fixed later. .
VILLA FORCES
ARE IN FLIGHT
- (By Associated Press)
El Paso, Jan. 9. Villa's forces at
present are not more than 250 men,
Carrania officials claim.
The rebels are today reported vin
.'" flight in the direction of Durango
wheer Federal forces are said to be
advancing to intercept their retreat.
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TO CONFER WITH BILLY SUNDAY
Rev. J. M. Ormond, pastor of the
First Methodist Church and Rev. H.
K. Williams, pastor of the First
Baptist church, left Friday after
nodn for Norfolk, where they had an
engagement with Billy Sunday at
6:80 p. m. to invite him to visit
Elizabeth City.
Mr. Ormond and Mr. Williams rep
resented the Chamber of Commerce,
The City Council, the W. a T. U.
and the Ministerial Union of Eliza-
..L Mia .
vein viij. . ..' j
- Announcement of the result of I
their' conference with, Mr. Sunday
will be. made in The Advance to
morrow. V
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IN HONOR OF BRIDE-TO-BE
" Mrs. Thorburn Bennett entertained
a number of friends at the home of
her sister, Mrs. -Wesley Foreman, on
West Main'street Thursday afternoon
yj) s honor of Mise Lottie Mae Bennett
whose wedding takes place next
week. ' . ,,. .; , '
The color scheme of pink' and
' white wis carried , out In , ret resh
', r '' mentsr favors and decorations. , Two
courses, an ice and a salad : course
were served. . Rook was played and
the guest's prize, a kewpie doll, was
V . awarded to Miss Bennett, while the
. prize for the highest score, a box of
dainty pink correspondence cards,
rwaa won by Mrs. Harold Foreman. .
Those present were: Mrs. Howard
Kramer, Mrs. W. L.' Small, Mrs. Ed
ward Griffin,' Mrs. Harold Foreman,
Mrs. Frank Salig, Mrs. Spring Brent,
Mrs.. Noah Burfoot, Jr., Mrs. James
Fearing, Mrs. R. L. Kdhdrtck, Mrs.
Lev..McCabe, Miss Nellie Wood, Miss
Fannie McMuIlan, Miss Margaret
Griggs, Miss Olive Aydlett, Miss Ber
nlce Leaman of Suffolk, Miss Maude
Palmer, Miss Katherlne Jones, Miss
Lillian Whltehurst and Miss LotUe
Mae Bennett ' . ';
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WANTED NIGHT CASHIER TO
- work five nights' week. Hours
to 10 o'clock, Standard Pharmacy.
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liAYNE .WHITE
. Mamie, Jan. 6. On Tuesday morn
ing, January 6th, at the Baptist pas
torium, near Mamie, N. C, N. D.
White of Gates County-and Miss Nel
lie Maude Layne of Bertha, N. C,
were united In marriage.
Immediately after the ceremony
the bride and groom left for the
groom's home in Gates County.
' Rev. J. L. Daldrep was the officiat
ing minister. ,
NATURAL GAS
MAKES MANY RICH
Others Anxiously Waiting Out
come of Subterranean Gam
ble in Snake Hollow Field
Near Pittsburg
(By Associated Press)
Pittsburgh, Jan. 9. Spouting nat
ural gas at" the rate of almost 100,
000,000 cubic feet a day, the Snake
Hollow field, which is not yet four
months old, already has made a
large number of persons comfortably
rich, wjhile some thousands of others
are anxiously awaiting the outcome
of their subterranean gamble in more
than 200 wells where the drills are
kept going day and night.
The development, which became
apparent when a strong flow of gas
blew the top off a derrick on Septem
ber 28 last, covers no more than 100
acres of town lots in the outskirts of
the thriving little city of McKees
port, 16 miles from Pittsburgh. Ef
fort are being made by important
oil and gar interests' to extend the
field. If tfse test wells, now being
drilled, come in gushers, an im
portant addition to the gas producing
territory of Allegheny county will
have been found. If they are "dust
ers," geologists say, it will not be
long until Snake Hollow will be a
thing of the past, and dreams of
wealth be nothing more than mem
ory.
Rock pressure, the measure of nat
ural gas at the well, was 1,600 lbs
to the square inch when the first
well came in. This pressure, experts
say, has now been reduced to 600
pounds, Indicating that already the
field is beginning to decline. How
ever, there are some 20 good wells
In the field, and every well which
reaches the Speechley sand where
the gas is found, comes in a gusher
good for 6,000,000 to 10,000,000
cubic feet. This cannot last,' for the
wells are drilled so close together
that the pool will be exhausted very
soon unless it is found to extend over
a much wider area than that now
producing.
But while it lasts' Snake Hollow
is taking on all the features of a
boom district where fortunes are
made over night. Steep hillside lots
whjch six months ago could have
been bought for a song have sold for
$10,000, and leases, covering spaces
not big enough to hold a drilling
equipment, have brought half that
sum. Churches have leased their
back yards, and schools have given
over their playgrounds to the driller
tor a consideration, nl one instance
the township board of education
leased a school property, getting f 6,
000 down and 30 percent of what the
drill might find. The lease of an
amusement park was sold for $160,
000. A year ago the land, surface
and all that might be under it, could
have been bought for $300 an acre.
The amount of money already In
vested in the field is placed by bank
ers at $20,000,000. This Is due to
the High cost of everything, from
drilling which reaches about $20,000
a well, to commissions of stock sales
men who are handling the securlt
ties of the 170 companies now in the
market, v The most profitable con
cerns, 'however, are close corpora
tions, and some of their shareholders
have been paid many times over the
amount of the original Investment.
The gas bearing sand Is from 3,
000 feet to 3,200 feet below the sur
face, with the- average well 8,100
feet deep. - Pipe lines have been laid
to some of the most Important holes,
and work is being rushed, day and
night on others. There is every
where in the field a feverish desire
to get 'the gas out and the money in
with the least possible delay, and
while, some people are getting some
money, experts agree that a whole
lot of Investors and speculators are
going to be disappointed. , ' ,
TO BE LANDED
AT COPENHAGEN
(By Associated Press)
Copenhagen, Jan. 9. Undesirables
deported from the United States will
be landed and transhipped to Danzig,
according to reports. .. .
CHOWAN COLLEGE
First let us say that we would be
almost helpless without the medium
of our dally paper, therefore, as we
have said especially during this cam
paign, everybody should take his
town papers, otherwise we must fail
in more ways than one.
Real Opposition to the College
There is a certain shop in the city,
which is managed and ewned by sevf
eral young ladies, and when ap
proached for a donation for Chowan,
the reply came quick and fervently,
"Nothing doing, we have too much
opposition now, and if all those girls
should come here, what would be
come of us?" We confess that we
had not thought of this, and we know
of no remedy except to open up a
campaign for a Boy's College.
On every hand, by men and wo
men, on the streets and in the stores
we hear this expression "If we just
had Dr. Hening to help us out."
The $200,000 bluff has succeeded
In putting Rocky Mount out of the
contest, and if the trustees are as
wise as they should be, only one
place will be seriously considered for
the location of the College, and that
place is Betsy. Elizabeth City occu
pied a territory all her own. Pas
quotank, Camden, Dare, Currituck
and all these surrounding counties
look upon her as their own home
city. Betsy has no rivals in their
affections. The trustees should note
this.
The T. T. Turner Co. explain their
large subscription of $600.00 with
the statement that while their store
is primarily for "Dad and the Boys,"
yet It stands to reason that the com
ing into our midst of several hun
dred pretty girls, will of itself neces
sitate a decided increase in their bus
iness, for if it were not for the ladies
men would not dress anything like
as well as they do," hence the method
in their madness.
Look over the goodly list of new
subscribers in today's paper, and see
if your name appears, and if not call
up The Advance and enter your name
Immediately. It will be almost Im
possible to see everyone in the city.
The committees are busy men, and
you will help along the cause by call
ing for some one to come to get your
subscription.
If this campaign accomplishes
nothing else, good is being done In
boosting our fine little oltq. Already
there is a call for get together meet-
ines now and then in the Alkfama to
consider community interests. It re
veals our weak place in that we lack
"team-work." We must learn to pull
together, for "if we do not hang to
gether we'll all hang separately."
Doctors and Specialists
Betsy Is well provided with up to
date doctors and specialists, witness
if you nlease how the Influenza was
handled by them. What other town
escaped as did ours? Every ooay
knows that students need special at
tention from the Eye Doctors! see
this advantage Elizabeth City has
over these other towns. If the Col-
leee be located in Ahoskle the stu
dents might have to come to Eliza
beth City to consult our Eye, &ar
tni Treat Sneclallsts. Why not lo
cate the College here where all these
advantages are offered!
The Old Fair Grounds
Thi iii an ideal location for the
College. Its picturesque, artistic,
and scenic beauty is unsurpasseu. ai
it, fnnt flows the Dlacld Pasquotank
affording splendid bathing and boat
ing and swimming facilities, an oi
,Kinh am needed In the development
of robuBt, and charming womanhood'.
A committee will visit this Bite io-
GEO: W. CL.Atttt.iu.
TODAY'S SUBSCRIPTIONS
C O, Robinson ........$ '350.00
Mrs. Jennie Prtchara ... o" u
Ernest L. Sawer 60 0?
J, W. Sellg 100.00
Louis Sellg
H. C. Bright
D. Walter Harris ...... 100.00
..." 800.00
Luther fbnes ,, ;
Roland U Garrett . ... .. 60.00
Geo, W.-Brothers
Mrs Trim White 60.00
J P Kramer .'....... 100.00
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SPECIAL 'AT THE ALKRAMA
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A special matinee will be Tun at
the Alkrama tomorrow afternpon at
3-00 p. m.f for the benefit of the chil
dren w-no want to see a good play.
At the conclusion of he play Smash
ing Barriers" will be ma tor tn
benefit of those who were unable, to
tee It today. r
FUNERAL OF MARGARET
THURSTON ." '
The funeral- of little Marget Eliza
beth Thurston,, who died of mem
branous croup Tuesday night, was
conducted at the home' of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thurston
on Pearl Street, Thursday afternoon
at three o'clock, by Rev.. J. "M. Or
mond. V
A large crowd attended the fun
eral and many beautiful floral offer
ings expressed the affection of many
friends for the ljttle girl and sym
pathy for the bereaved family.
Mr. Ormond read a selection from
the Gospel of St. Mark.
The quartette, "Jesus', Saviour
Pilot Me," was sung by Mrs. Rob
Fearing, Mrs. G. R. Barrow, Mrs.
Noah Burfoot, Jr.. and Mr. W. C.
Sawyer. Mrs. Barrow sang as a solo
"1 think when I read that sweet story
of old."
The pallbearers were: Talraadge
Miller, Clalbourn Qu'nn, Haywood
Duke and Ernest Midgett.
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TAKE PROOF OF
THE BABIES FEET
At Hospital Infant's Foot Is
- Inked And Stamped on
Record With Thumb Print of
- Mother for Identification
(By Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 9. A system of
taking foot-prints of children has
been adopted in the New York Nur
sery and Child's Hospital to prevent
infants born there from going to the
wrong mothers. Its adoption, was
due to the fact that a soldier's wife
who recently gave birth to a baby in
that hospital at first denied that the
child was hers. The young mother,
who had been reading stories of ac
cidental substitution of children at
hospitals and similar public lnstitu
tlons, declined to nurse the baby.
"We brought all the proofs we
could muster," explained the super
intendent, "but the mother persisted
In her hallucination. She become
hysterical with.grief and fright. Fin
ally, I brought her our records which
showed that only a little colored
baby and her own had been born in
the hospital that day. That con
vinced her, but Just think of what
would have happened to that poor
woman If other white babies had
been born here on the same day."
In order to avoid a similar exper
ience the superintendent engaged a
finger-print expert to instruct the
head nurce In trying the system on
he babies. "We found we couldn t
get good prints of their hands," said
the official. "Their feet, however,
came out beautifully and for greater
security the mother Is finger-printed
also."
Very young babies, it was said,
may look lust alike but their feet
are quite dissimilar. One child, the
superintendent declared, will have a
perfectly formed miniature pedal
extremity, another's will print mostly
vague criss-cross lines and still an
other will look like "an egg and five
toothpicks."
Under the present system, which
has been in operation nearly six
months, the child's foot Is Inked and
stamped on the hospital chart of the
motheT. Although he may not re
semble apy one in the family and
thought no one can tell where he got
his nose or his eyes or his mouth or
the color of his hair, a comparison
of the footprint taken at birth it was
said, will tell whose child he is from
among the hundreds ot imams in
ails New York institution.
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CIRCLES MEET MONDAY ,
The Circles of the W. M. U. of the
First Baptist Church will meet on
Moday at 7:30 p. m.
rtrfile No. 1. Mrs. A. J. scou,
Leader, meet with Mrs. Jennie Prl-
chard. . ' . .
rirr.u No. 2. Mrs. H. K. Williams,
Loader, meet with Mrs. Geo. William
son.
rMrcie No. 3. Mrs. Walter Lewis,
Leader, meet with Mrs. Simonds.
Circle No. 4, Mrs. Jess rrucnara,
Leader, meet with Mrs. Cliff Mad-
rln. -r.irele
No. 5. Mrs. Wm. Boettcher,
Leader, meet with Mrs, Roland Gar
rett.
Circle No. 6, Mrs. W. L. Conoon,
Leader, meet with Mrs. 8. .W. Gre
gory. . ' , .
All those who have not brought in
their Christmas offering fo Foreign
Missions, will please nandl them in
at the Circle Meeting.
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Miss Esther Sawyer, who has been
rery til at her home on Southern
Avenue Is reported better.
Mr sad Mrs. W. O. Barnett and
daughters have returned from a visit
to relatives and friends at Mann's
Harbor. , ,
VERDICT RETURNED
SET ASIDE JOHN LOUIS HINTON WILL
. !
Ends Third Chapter of Fight to Break Will of
Pasquotank Millionaire, Case Will Probably
Go To Supreme Court Y
A verdict to set aside the will of the late John Louis Hinton '
was returned Friday morning at half past ten o'clock by the
jury that took the case Thursday evening at six o'clock. "
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TO RENDER AID
TO DEPENDENTS
Radicals Will Not Be Landed at
Copihagen, Says Commis
sioner of Immigration. Re
fuses to Say Where They
Will Land
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 9. The govern
ment decided to render aid to the
dependents of Radicals it deports It
was announced today.
This action will be taken aB a
humanitarian measure and not on
account of any obligations to the
families ot aliens. The families will
probably be sent later to join the
deportees.
Radicals deported on the Butord
will not be landed at Copenhagen nor
t is planned to send other deportees
there, the commissioner ot immigra
tion said today.
He refused to say however, where
the Buford will land.
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Pastor J. M. Ormond will preach
both morning and evening at the
First Methodist Church, South, Sun
day, January 11th.
The eleven o'clock subject will be,
"Foundation Stone of the Church of
Christ."
The evening subject will be, "Feed
ing a Hungry World."
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m., L.
It. Foreman, Superintendent.
The Epworth League meets at
6:45 Sunday evening, R. B. Sheely,
President. . ,
A cordial welcome awaits every
body who may attend.
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OTY ROAD CHURCH
J. W. Bradley, pastor.
Nine-thirty, Sunday School, G. F.
Seyffert, Supt. Please be punctual.
Eleven o'clock, special monthly
sermon for young people and chil
dren. Junior choir will lead In the
singing.
Seven-thirty, sermon subject, "Les
sons to be Learned from the Queen
of Sheba."
Everybody cordially invlled.
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL CHURCH
Community sermon.
Dr. George W. Clarke will preach
Sunday morning on "The Salvation
of the Community in which we live."
The evening service will be in the
hands of the B. Y. P. U. Dr. Bush,
of Raleigh, a specialist in this line,
will BJ)ftlE
Sunday school at 8:80. E. F. Ay
dlett, Superintendent.
Sunday school at. Calvary mission
at throe o'clock. Prayer meeting at
this mission every Tuesday night.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
H. K. Williams, Pastor.
Sunday School at 9:30 a, m., S. G.
Scott, Superintendent.
The morning theme: "How May I
Know that I am a Christian?" Atthe
evening service the ordination of new
deacons will take place and the ser
mon will deal with the "Quallflca
tlcnsand Duties ot ttie Deacon." The
ordinance of baptism will be admin
istered at the evening service.
The B. Y. P. U. will meet at 6:45
Sundav evening. The mid-week pray
er meeting will be on Wednesday eve
ning at 7:30. The first meeting of
th "Teacher Training Class" WUI be
at six o'clock Wednesday evening In
the Sunday school rooms: at which
time luncheon will be served for those
taking the course.
Th nubile is most cordially Invited
to atend all these services. Special
muBlo at both morning ana evening
services on Sundsy. s .
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Mrs. O. T. Wescott ot Manteo is
visiting Mrs. C. E. Overman on North
Road street. . " .' ' - ''.
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Miss Alma Watson left Thursday
for Gum Neck. She bas been at
tending the Ellaieth City Business
College. '
FRIDAY MORNING
So ends the third chapter in
the big legal fight begun in
January of last year to break
the last will and testament of
Pasquotank's first and perhaps
only millionaire
The verdict this morning -took
the town rather by sur-.
prise, as the rumor had got
about that the jury was divid- .
ed six to six and that the dead
lock was "tighter than a ;
wedge." Undoubtedly, how
ever, the verdict meets with
popular favor in Elizabeth City
sentiment here -having been'
with the caveators from the be
ginning. To those who had
hoped for the verdict that w?s
returned, however, it had
seemed a matter of ill omen
that the jury dismissed Friday
morning took the case on ,
Thursday, the same day that "
the presiding judge put the
case in the hands of theory in '
the first mistrial last January, ,
The second mistrial occurred the
following September, when" Judgi
Bond reluctantly dismissed the Jury
after having kept It all day Sunday
and until noon of the Monday fol
lowing court's adjournment. So high
did feeling run at the close of the
second trial that at the entrance of
the Hinton building, in which are
the law offices of the' law Arms rep-,
resenting the caveators, there wasxS K
personal encounter between the Hin
ton heirs and two of the caveators'
lawyers. '
Not In recent times has any civil '
action in the courts of this County!
aroused more interest or brought to
the Pasquotank County courthouse a "
more Imposing array of counsel. Ar-:
gument In this, the third, trial of the (
case was begun Wednesday and for
two days the heavy artillery ot the
legal profession has volleyed a'ud ,
thundered and reverberated through
the corridors ot the court house. . ,
Representing the propounders, or
those claiming the entire estate, as
provided In the will were: Small,
McLean, Bragaw and Rodman; Ward
and Grimes, Aydlett and Sawyer;
Thompson and Wilson.
Representing the caveators were:
Ehrlnghaus and Small; Meeklns and
McMuIlan and R. C. Dosier of South
Mills.
The foundation for the Hinton far-
tune was laid shortly after the War '
Between the States. Mr. Hinton bad
sold his slaves before the war and so
lost nothing when slavery was abol
ished. He had money at a time
when money ywas scarce and com- -manded
a high rate of Interest. And
he Invested that money In land which . -
continually Increased in value.' Time
with the mounting values ot land In
this section made what In the be-
ginning was a modest fortune a huge
one. , .
John Louis Hinton was a man of
education and breeding. As a. young
man he was' careful of dress and of
appearance. But as he grew older
and wealthier he gave less and less
attnetlon to such matters; and It Is
as an old man of many eccentricities
and of almost disreputable appear
ance that he Is remembered In the
Elizabeth City ot today. The city's
principal business block ' bears his
name.
The star witness for the caveators
was Mrs. John Cleveland Hinton, '
widow' ot the disinherited son ot
John Louis Hinton., 8he told of go
ing to her father-in-law,' after her
husband's death, with a plea, tor
help, to be told that he was as poor
as she and could do nothing for her
except that he would find homes tor
her children. It Is these children to
whom the verdict ot the Pasquotank
Jury Friday, if permitted to stand,
would award a share ot their grand
father's wealth.- They are Mrs. Ada
V. " Whltehurst, Mr. Flossy Nosay
and Mrsi Sophia Morgan. -
The Hinton heirs under the will
are R. L. Hinton. t, V. Hinton. W.
E. Hinton, Mrs. Ida 8awyer and the
children ot the late C. L. Hinton, who
has died since the proceedings to
break the will were Instituted.
The case will In all probability go
to the Supreme Court