"MY BON,
deal with mea
who advertise, -
yon will never ,
lose by 1CM .
' Benjamin Franklin.
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WEATHER
Fair tonight and ' Thursday, tem
perature about freezing tonight, west
and northwest winds fresh on the
coast.
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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 14, 1920.
NO. 12
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BIG DELEGATION
GOTO AHOSKIE
With Offer of Fifty Thousand
Dollars And Free Site For
Chowan College
, A delegation of from twenty-five
. to thirty Elizabeth City live wires
i left here at seven o'clock this morn
ing In naif a dozen autos for Ahoskie
, to present to the trustees of Chowan
r College the natural advantages of
the Queen City of the Albemarle and
to offer 150,000.00 and a free site
., as Inducements for the location of
the college here.
. Among those going to Ahoskie are
M. P. Jennings, D. H. Tlllett, L. B.
Twiford, W. E. Dunstan, L. D. Case,
J. W., Pawson, G. W. Clarke, W. L.
, Cohoon, W. P. Duff, W. O. Saunders,
' J. W. Bradley, V. T. Love, S., Eldon
Jones and Geo. J. Spence. '
Additional subscriptions reported
last night brought, the amount sub
scribed up to approximately fifty
thousand dollars. A special com
mittee was named to continue the
canvass today with the hope that it
might be able to wire the committee
at Ahoskie that ten thousand -moTe
had been pledged. ,
Following are the names of sub
scribers not previously reported:
Rev. H. K. Williams ... 500.00
W. T. Love 500.00
H. Q. Panlos 100.00
J. F. Rlggs 100.00
C. E. Thompson . 100.00
W. B. West 60.00
J B. Ferebee 100.00
B. E. Lewis 100.00
Louis O. Midgette 25.00
W. H. Whltehurst 15.00
P. W. . McMullen ....... 100.00
J. K. Wilson 75.00
Electric Light Co. . . 250.00
E. S. Chesson Co 26.00
E. F. Aydlett, Jr 100.00
W. C. Wood 50.00
J. 8. Seeley 100.00
M. P. Jennings 100.00
William W. Deans 20.00
C. H. Lane 20.00
C. W. Brown '. . . . . 100.00
Ralph Pool 25.0U
Frank H. Venters 25.00
S. S. Davis 250.00
Josiah Simmons 10.00
O. M. Lister 25.00
Henry Pool ." 10.00
P. 8. Vann 100.00
Arthur J. Padgett 50.00
Rt 8. Jennings 25.00
F. H. Zelgler -v 150.00
Thomas Holloman 50.00
A. B.'Holloman ' 100
C. H. Robinson 600
Total I 3,210.00
HUNDREDSLOST
IN SHIP WRECK
Believed that One of Greatest
' Marine Tragedies Occurred
When Afrique Went Down
in Bay of Biscay
' La Roehelle, France, Jan. 14.
More than four hundred persons are
believed to have been loBt in the
wreck of the steamer,. Afrique, Cn the
Bay of Biscay.
Only 167 survivors are known to
have landed. Hope for the remain
der of passengers and crew faded out
during the night and 72 hours after
the vessel foundered It was feared
that one of the greatest marine trage
dies of modern time was enacted off
' , - the eoast before dawn. Sunday morning.,-
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DELIVER TREATY TO
HUNGARY TOMORROW
Paris, Jan. 14. The Peace Treaty
with Hungary, will be delivered to
the Hungarian delegates tomorrow.
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tVRM ANY BEGINS TO
EVACUATE SCHLESWIG
Washington, Jan. 14. Evacuation
of the first, tone of the province of
Schleswlg has been started by "the
Germans as required, by the Peace
Treaty, preliminary to the plebescite
there to determine whether he pro
vince shall be reunited to Denmark,
the 8tate Department was rfdvlsed
today. . , '
PRICES STEADILY ADVANCING
. In spite of all efforts to the con
trary, prjces in almost all lines are
steadily advancing. This makes our
January Clearance Sale In which we
have greatly . reduced all prices of
winter garments,, underwear, hosiery,
etc.k of much more than usual inter
est. You will save a real substantial
. amount oa any purchase from cur
store at this time. .
It V- M. LEIGH SHEEP CO.
MORRISETTE
-BENNETT
Marriage of Two Popular
Young People of City Sol.
emnized at Early Morn
ing Hour
The marriage of Miss Lottie Mae
Bennett to Mr. Calvin Blackwell
Morrisette was quietly solemnized at
six o'clock Wednesday morning in
the parlors of the Southern Hotel,
only members of the family and a
few intimate friends of the bride be
ing present.
The ceremony was impressively
performed by Dr. Geo. W. Clame,
pastor of Blackwell Memorial Bap
tist Church, and the bride and groom
left immediately for New York and
other northern cities. They will be
at home in Elizabeth City alter the
twenty-fifth of January.'
.The wedding was a very quiet one
and there were no attendants. The
bride wore a handsome going away
gown of dark blue trlcotine, with ac
cessories to harmonize. An immense
number of gifts attested the popu
larity which she enjoys in her home
town, not merely in her own intimate
social circle bui with all who come
to know her. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Bennett. Her
father Is proprietor of the Southern
Hotel and his daughter has inherited
his natural talent for making friends
quickly and permanently.
The groom is a member of the
popular firm, The Apothecary Shop,
and tho young In years has mads
marked progress In . his business
career, besides being prominent in
the social life of the city.
He is the eon of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Morrisette of this city.
The congratulations of many
friends follow Mr. and Mrs. Morri
sette into their new life, and It gives
these friends pleasure to know that
the young couple will remain a part
of the home town.
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ARE WITNESSES IN
RACE RIOT INQUIRY
(By Assoc luted Press-)
Washington, Jan. 14. John Shll-
lady, executive secretary, and James
Johnson, Field Secretary, of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, are expected
to be the first witnesses at the open
ing today of the Senate Judiciary
Subcommittee's inquiry into recent
race riots and lynchings over the
country.
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BAGLEY DECLINES
DANIELS' MEDAL
Captain of Jacob Jones Asks
That His Name Not be Con
sidered For This Honor by
Navy Department
' Washington, Jan. 14. Comman
der David Worth Bagley, brother-in-law
of Secretary Daniels, has cabled
the Navy Department requesting that
his name be considered only for such
decorations as was conferred upon all
captains of destroyers serving In the
war zone.
Baelev. whose ship, the JacoD
Jones, was torpedoed and sunk, was
recommended for the Navy War
Cross by the War Decorations Board,
but Daniels awarded him the Distin-
snis-hed Service Medal along wnn
captains of other naval ships de
stroyed by submarines.
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FIRE TODAY BREAKS UP
COL. BOARDING HOUSE
m earlv Wednesday afternoon
nut a colored boarding house run by
. . Dol art A
Buelah Daniels, corner ui -cw
Poindexterv streets, out of business.
When the alarm was turned in at
t.ie notrhps of fire were breaking
out all over the. rotten shingle roof.
When the department reached the
scene the whole roof was ablaze.
The fire was extlnguisnea win.
Chemicals and without a great deal
of damage except to the room, which
It would probably cost about two
hundred dollars to replace. As the
building is a wooden .frame structure
in the first district, however, it is
not permissible to repair it.
Consequently Buelah will have to
seekTnew quarters for her business.
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K REAL CLEARANCE SALE ;
Our January Clearance ot.all win
ter Suits, Coats,. Dresses and great
reductions on' many other Items lr
now In effect at our store. Dont
miss this opportunity. , n
It M. LEIGH SHEEP CO.
BOARD STEWARDS
ENTERTAIN CHOIR
Voted the most honest-to-goodness
enJoyableaffair of the New Year was
the banquet given the choir of ths
First Methodist Church by the Board
of Stewards of 'that church at six
o'clock Tuesday evening at the Y.
M. C. A.
Mrs. J. G.' Fearing, Chairman of
the Social Service Committee of the
church, was hostess for the stewards,
and she was assisted In receiving by
Mrs. Clinnle Hayes, Mrs. W. J. Wood
ley and Mrs. Clay Foreman.
The guests were: Mr. and Mrs.
Urner Davis, Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Foreman, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fear
ing, Dr. and Mrs. Zenas Fearing, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Foreman, Mr. and
Mrs. H. G. Kramer, Mr. and Mrs. Q
W. Barrow, Mr. and Mrs. Ramp, Mr.
and Mrs. Miles J,ennlngs, Mr. and
Mrs. Noah Burfoot, Jr., Mr. and Mrs.
T. P. Beunett, Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Sawyer, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Casey,
Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Ormond.
The guests were received in the
Reading Room of the Y. M. C. A. and
ushered into the Banquet Hall. The
table was lovely with a centerpiece
of pink roses and narcissus, and at
tractive place cards designated the
seat of each guest. The following
delicious menu was served In six
courses:
Grape Fruit.
Oyster Cocktail.
Chicken Salad.
Turkey Dinner.
Ice Cream and Cake.
Coffee.
The banquet was given in appre
ciation of the splendid services vol
untarily rendered by the members tt
the choir. A toast to the choir was
given by Mrs. Fearing and toy favors
which furnished much tun were pre-j
sented to each guest. j
LEGAL SUPPORT
TOSOCIALISTS
New York Bar Association
Sends Committee to Albany
Headed by Charles Evans
Hughes
(By Associated Press)
New York, Jan. 14. A special
committee from the Bar Association
of New York headed by Charles E.
Hughes will go to Albany to give
legal support to the five Socialists
suspended at the opening session of
the Assembly.
This was decided early today after
a long and stormy session of the Bar
Association at the annual meeting.
The organization adopted resolutions
by Hughes condemning the action of
the Assembly in suspending the So
cialists.
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MARTIAL LAW
THR'OUIGERMANY
Proclaimed Tuesday Night Fol
lowing Mob Demonstrations
Before The Reichstag Build
ing in Which Ten Were
Killed
(By Assoc luted Press)
Berlin, (Tuesday, 1 p. m.) The
government tonight proclaimed mar
tial law in all sections of Germany
following mob demonstrations this
afternoon In which at least ten per
sons were killed and many others
wounded by machine gun fire from
guards before the Reichstag building.
The mob was organized by the ex
tremists as a protest 'against the In
dustrial Council's bill now before the
Reichstag.
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ITALIANS EVACUATE
DALMATIAN COAST
(By Associated Press)
Belgrade, Jan. 14. Italian troops
apparently are evacuating the Dal
matian coast, according to semi-of
ficial statements.
WILL BE AIDED BY
CHINESE BOLSHEVIKI
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(By Associated Press)
London, Jan. 14. Russian soviet
troops which have reached Balai sta
tion, 400 miles west of Taigl, will be
aided by Chinese bolshevik!, accord
ing to a Moscow dispatch.',
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JANVART CLEARANCE 8 ALB
. puf January Clearance of all Win
ter Costs, Suits, Dresses, etc, is now
in full swing. Don't miss this op
portunity of saving. ' , -
It V M. LEIGH SHEEP CO,'
BILLY SUNDAY
NEXT MONDAY;
Speak, at One O'clock at First
Baptist Church. At High:
School in Morning i
Billy Sunday will be In Elizabeth 1 New York, Jan. 14. Incomplete
Clty'next Monday, January 19th. returns today from fifty-three of
He will arrive on the 11.26 train nearly four hundred colleges and unl
and will leave at three o'clock. j verslties, whose students and faculty
Immediately after his arrival Mr. members voted yesterday on four
Sunday will be taken to the Elizabeth questions concerning the Peace
City High School where he will ad-1 Treaty and the League of Nations,
dress the students. None but chil
dren will be admitted.
At twelve o'clock a luncheon will
be served in his honor.
At one o'clock Mr. Sunday will
speak at the First Baptist Church to
adults only. He will leave the city
on the three o'clock train.
GETS1EDALFR0M
UNIV. JF PARIS
Presented University of North
Carolina in Appreciation of
Services Rendered During
War by U. N. C. Men
Chapel Hill, Jan. 14. President
Chase has received from the rector
of the University of Paris a hand
some bronze medal sent to the Uni
versity of North Carolina by the
University of Paris in appreciation
of services rendered during the war.
The medal is about six inches in dia
meter and the work on both sides is
artistically and beautifully done. On
one side is a representation of some
of the old buildings at the Univer
sity of Paris and these words in
Latin: "The University of Paris halls
her most loyal sister." On the other.
side Is a picture of Justice with her
sword and an inscriptions reading -"With
book and with sword know
ledge becomes the instrument of Jus
tice 1914-1918."
The medal Is received as a sincere
tribute to the -forty-one University
men who died in the war, to the
more than 2,3u0 University students
and alumni who, first and last, were
in the military and naval service of
the United States, and to the many
different kinds of home service ren
dered by the University in lectures,
pamphlets, bulletins, training and
extension work.
Word has been received at the
University from E. I. deNemours &
Co.. of Wilmington. Deleware, thru
Or. ('lias. L. Reese, director of the
chem'cal ilepartment, that the du
1'ont scholarship, which whs granted
;d the Uiiivrsity last year for the
li.ht I'mio, will ! continued next
ye-ir. This scholarship is worth
';!;, i and lias 1 i held 'by T. M.
Andrews, of Chain I Hill, and D. H
.Jackson, of Guilford County, both
students In chemistry. The duPonts
grant this scholarship to a number
of universities throughout the coun
try to encourage research work in
chemistry.
In a letter to Dr. J M. Bell, Dr.
Julius Stieglitz, of the University of
Chicago, President of Sigma XI, the
national honorary scientific frater
nity, announced that the recent St.
Louis convention of the fraternity
had granted a chapter to the Uni
versity of North Carolina. Besides
Dr. Bell, who was elected to mem
bership at Cornell, the only member
now t the University is ur. josepn
Hyde Pratt, elected at Yale. No other
university in the South has a chapter
sxcept Texas,
Sigma XI Is the scientific Phi Beta
Kanpa. It was founded at Cornell
in 1886 and has chapters at virtually
every Important university in the
northeastern part of the country,
particularly those with strong scien
tific departments. Membership is
based on scientific achievement, es
pecially original Investigation. It is
not a secret order. Members of the
faculty and graduate students are
eligible for election but undergrad
uates are not eligible until their
rourth year. The granting of a chap
ter to the University Is regarded here
la a striking tribute to its scientific
departments.
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TO REPRESENT ITALY
(By Aftftociated Prrns)
Paris. Jan. 14. Ths Italian dele
gation here announces that Count
Lnigl Aldrovandl has been appointed
diplomatic representative of Italy In
Germany.
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SAVE HONEY
Don't miss our January Clearance
Bale, the opportunity of the season
;rf saving oo any winter, garment
In our stort. All Suits, Coats,
Dresses, etc, much under regular prl
:es. v ' r, ' '
It M. LEIGH, SHEEP CO.
STUDENTS FAVOR
RATIFICATION
But Thos From Southern Col -
leges Mostly Insist on Ratifi
cation Without Amendment
showed that out of a total of 42,000
votes, 22.000 favored anv romnrn-
mise which would make possible Im
mediate ratification.
Early reports from Southern col
leges showed a large plurality for
ratification without amendment.
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REACH SOLUTION OF
ECONOMIC PROBLEM
Brussels, Jan. 14. Satisfactory
solution of the economic problem
arising out of the revision of the
Treaty of 1839 has been reached by
representatives of Belgium and Hol
land.
BOBBY MCLEAN
AT NEW YORK
Preparatory to Sailing Friday
For Christiana to Skate
Against Oscar Mathieson
lA
New York, Jan. 14. The first ofl
a record number of foreign sport in
vasions for 1920 will begin here to
day with the arrival of Bobby Mc
Lean, preparatory to sailing for
Christlania where next month he will
skate against Oscar Mathieson for
the world's professional champion
ship. McLean, the American cham
pion who defeated Mathieson IB out.
of 16 races In this country In 1916
and 1918, makes the trip to Norway
in order to give the European cham
nion a sportsman's chance "to regain
his skating laurels upon a larger
.rack than those used when the
American was victor.
McLean, who sails on Friday,
comes direct from Lake Placid, N.
Y., where he has been training for
ten days, skating from 15 to 20 miles
a day, to Improve his speed and en
durance. Tomorrow night he will
be the guest of a number of sports
men who will tender him a farewell
and best-of-luck dinner. The Amerl-
u:i champion will arris? In Christ
lania about January 25 and will have
close to two weeks in which to add
i he finishing touches before facing
Malhieson on February 7 and 8.
The races will consist of either
seven or nine events at distances
raiiRliiK from 200 to 10,000 metres
and the winner of the majority of
ihese contests will be the undisputed
world's champion of professional ice
skaters. The racing will continue
over a period of from two to three
days and will be held on the quarter
mile track of the Christlania Ice
Skating Club at what Is known as
Franges Rink. The rlnk is an open
air stadium which will seat close to
30,000 spectators and as the admis
sion fee will be equivalent to about
one dollar, the gate receipts are likely
to establish a record for such a con
test. The club, which is an amateur
organization of high social standing,
refused to participate in the arrange
ments for the races although perfect
ly willing to donate the use of the
rink for the occasion without re
muneration. The arrangements were left entire
ly In the hands of Mathieson and the
. Iter soon discovered that he could
not train properly and also promote
the affair. As a result he requested
that an American promoter and pub
1. city man he sent over to take charge
of arrangements. The latter sailed
several weeks ago with thousunds of
foreign posters, printed In this coun
try, and In all probability by this
time Norway Is getting an idea of
American publicity methods and ap
peals much like a country town here
on the vee of the annual visit of the
circus.
McLean has the advantage of youth
for he Is 25 years old while Mathie
son Is 32. The latter, however, has
the longer stroke when skating at
top speed for his stride measures 40
feet to McLean's 36. The Norwe
gian has always claimed that the
small tracks In this country hamper
ed bis long stroke and that he could
do much faster work on the larger
courses of his own city.
Following the races at Christlania
McLean will give a series of exhl.bltl-
ins in Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland
nd England and will challenge all
comers in those countries If he Is
successful In detesting Mathieson.
SIMMS AND DANIELS
smL QUARRELING
1 V"? Na?JG?t A"other
Letter From Admiral Today
But Says Hasn't Read it
(By AnsiMiated Press)
Washington, Jan. 14. Admiral
SImms has written another letter to
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels, the Secretary said today, adding
that he had not read all of it but
indicating that It dealt with the gen
eral question of naval morale and
efficiency and was controversial in
lone.
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POST OF LEGION
TO BE HERE SOON
Application For Charter Will
Be Made as Soon as Sufficient
Number of Ex-service Men
Enroll
Elizabeth City is to have a post of
the Amer.ican Legion In the very
near future. Over half the number
of members necessary to secure a
charter have signed up for the or
ganization at the ftiiiillnniu WliTQ
As soon as the required number
have enrolled M,i. r O. Etheridge
will forward. tfe application for a
charter for the local post.
The 46st membership will Include
ex-service men of the srmy and navy
who served at any period between
April 4th, 1917 and November 11th,
919.
t The large number of ex-service
men in Elizabeth City and Pasquo
tank County is assurance for a live
organization here, once these men
get together.
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NEW AGREEMENT
FORHrlWORKERS
Signed by Director Hines To-""'"
day And Retroactive From
January First
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 14. Director
General Hlnes has signed the Na- -tional
agreement, covering rules and
working conditions with the Brother- v -hood
of Railway and Steamship
Clerks and Freight Handlers and
with express and station agent em- , '
ployees. I .
The agreement Is retroactive from
January 1st, and will continue id; '
force during Federal control.
interpretmTon t
OF LEVER ACT
North Carolina Merchants To
Meet Representative of At- ;
torney General in Raleigh. 1
State President and Secre
tary in City
. E. R. Oottlnger of Wilson, Presi
dent of the North Carolina Merchants
Association, and J. Paul Leonard are r
In the city today in the Interest of
the local Merchants Association, It
is proposed that the local organiza
tion become a part of the State Mer
chants Association.
The Elizabeth City Merchants As
sociation are entertaining the visit--rs
at dinner tonight at Dlnty Moore's
place.
Mr. J. T. McCabe, representing ,
Elizabeth City merchants returned
Tuesday trom Washington where ,
twelve North "Carolina merchants
held a conference with Special As- "
sistanl Attorney General Figg in re
gard to the Interpretation of the
Lever Act.
A representative of the Attorney
General will meet the North Caro- .
Una Merchants In Raleigh with .Mr.
Page to discuss the interpretation
of the Lever Act in the near future. ;
While the merchants were not dis
posed ,to criticise Mr. Page for ths
action be had taken in regulating
the margins of profit in North Car
olina they think . it unfair that ,
this state, In the words of Secretary
Leonard, "Is having to abide by reg- ;
ulatlons that are not applied thru
out the country." . "
SPEND WINTER IN FLORIDA
Mr. and Mrs. Max. L, Sanderlln left
Wednesday tor DeLand tnd Orlando, !
Florida, where they will be until ths
spring. Mr, Sanderlln is away In the
interest of the Manhattan Life Insur
ance Company,