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VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 15, 1920.
NO. 13
"MY BON,
deal with men
who advertise,
jron will never '
, lone by It" .
, Benjamin Franklin.
BANQUET WAS
LIVELY AFFAIR
Speeches' And Repartee Dem
onitrafed That City's Busi
ness Men Are Indeed Good
Fellows
- Dlnty Moore's place Wednesday
sight presented a lively and animated
scene when the local Merchant's As
sociation tendered a banquet ' In
honor ol E..R. Oettinger, of Wilson,
President of the North Carolina Mer
chant's Association, and of J. Paul
Leonard, Secretary of the State Or
ganization. A tempting menu had been pre
pared to which all present did ample
. by speeches of a high order and the
.sparkle of wit and sharp repartee
r demonstrated to the visitors that
Elizabeth City business men ar,e as
- genial and hospitable as they are
alert and alive to modern- business
methods. Mr. Oettinger said that he L
lin.H navor Ha an ehnwn antra horn
more genuine and hearty hospitality
than in Elizabeth City.
M. H. Joneg, assistant cashier of
the First and Citizens National Bank,
was toastmaster, acting for Mayor
Gaither, who was out of (he city with
the delegation that went to Ahos
kle in the Interest of getting Chowan
College to locate in Elizabeth City.
Mr. Jones said that he had been as-slstarit-everything
else but mayor and
that on this occasion he was assum
ing this role. It was the first time
since Mr. Jones has been In Elizabeth
City that he has appeared in such a
capacity but he presided with rare
grace and ease. Hardly less suave
and courteous than the Mayor him
self it was the unanimous rote of
the merchants that Mr. Jones could
beat Mayor Gaither telling a Joke.
Before introducing the speakers of
the evening Toastmaster Jones wel
comed the visitors to Elizabeh City
describing as among the assets of the
' city in the way of organizations the
tnaniDer or commerce, me uouse-''-wives
League; and the Merchants As
sociation, which though but in its in-
fancy gives every sign of being a
healthy brat.
" ' The first speaker was Mr. H. 0.
Kramer, President of the Chamber
"of Commerce, and Cashier of the
Savings Banlc and Trust Company,
who responded to the toast "Our
Merchants."
"The ultimate goal to , which all
,of us are striving," said Mr. Kramer,
' In or'der to attain these we must'
serve, conserve and Invest.
"There are three big c's in success,
though we use but two In spelling
It.. They are capacity, character and
capital. Capital counts, of course,
but couts for little without capacity
and character. (
- ine manuiacture 01 auiomoDues
in Detroit, of furniture goods in
Grand Rapids, of cash registers in
Dayton,' of mbtor parts in Elmlra,
re not to be explained on any "na
tural resources" theory; but by
brains, management or capacity in
the men who launched these enter
prises. "The human element is always the
controlling factor."
Mr. Oettinger said that Elizabeth
City Stores are in a class by them
selves, and that In his opinion there
is uui. iowu 01 us size m iuo siaie
win bp many gooa loomng stores, ne
was here to talk to merchasts and
'not to jjralse the' town ana lost little
time in getting down to business. He
Buiu tun iuo ome uui come wneu
the merchant must take an Interest
in pouucs ana get mo pontics in
., order to pat the merchants viewpoint
before the lawmakers of the land.
ThiBjtlt Is Impossible to do without
organization. t The Elizabeth' City
Merchants Association and every
merchants association In the state
, should establish and maintain con
i iieviiuus mwu iu aiaiQ organization
so that the Influence of all the mer-
, chants of the state can be brought to
. ' bear, when the, need arises at one
nnlnt
nonnla tn
. use and the merchants to carry lower
- priced .grades of goods.' . . ,
"You have a fire department In
your ciiy earn wr. ueuuara, -ana
; you maitaia that organization all the
time. Yon don't need It 'all .the
' .lime but you maintain It at the top
, ot efficiency every minute so you can
7 get It at ny minute. So ot-' the
, Merchants Association, and take , It
from' me, yoa need tt now. V ;
"The value of organization was
-." shown in onr winning the war. It
was shown In the Liberty Loan and
War Savings campaigns. ' The Talus
, ot the North Carolina Merchants As
. sociatioQ was shown during the war
when through it the merchants of
the state led the merchants of every
WON PRIZES AT THE
VA. POULTRY SHOW
Mr. and Airs. Howard E. Hettrick
have Just returned from the Old
Dominion Poultry Show at Norfolk,
where Mr Hettrlck's Barred Ply
mouth Rocks won first and second
prizes for cockeral mated pullets in
the strongest class ot Barred Rocks.
Judge Kenner pronounced the first
bird as in a class to herself. The
competition In Barred Rocks was
keener than in any other breed in
the show and Mr. Hettrick had many
offers made him for his two prize
pullets, as much as $40 fr one bird,
before Judge Kenner placed the
awards. 11
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SEES POSSIBLE
WAR REVIVAL
.
General Bliss Says Poland Is I
Only Bulwark Against The
c.j e ni.i..
Western Europe I
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Jan. 15. General re
vival of the war in Europe, it Poland
is unable to withstand the Russian
Bolshevik armies Is not Improbable,
General Bliss, member of the Amer
ican Peace Delegation, today told the
House Ways and Meane Committee.
Poland is the only bulwark against
Bolshevism, General Bliss said. i01 ine Jmi commission ui moiuuuw..
He appeared before the commit-1 Episcopal Churches,
tee to discuss the proposed loan for ; The delegates considered it a fore
food relief in Europe. s"ne conclusion that a merger would
0 be Immediately agreed upon.
mMMANTlRH ARMSTROVH "O
At a very quiet wedding this
ternoon at 2:30 Miss Mildred Heine
Commander, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Commander, became the
bride of Mr. Clyde Spruill Arm
strong. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. R.' H. Willis, Presiding Elder
of the Elizabeth City District, In the
First Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, of this city.
Only the members of the family
and a few friends were present. Im
mediately after the ceremony the
bride and groom left for Washing
ton and otheY northern cities.
The bride wore a, suit of midnight
blue tricotine with accessories to
harmonize, and a corsage of bride's
roses. There were 10 attendants.
Both bride and proom are very
popular with the younger social set
and have many friends.
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DEATH TOLL
ISGROWING
(By Associated Press)
Mexico, City, Jan. 15. Reports
from Puebla state tell of terrible
loss of life in that region as the re
sult of the earthquake on January
3rd in Vera Cruz state.
The death toll seems to be growing
as reports come In. The number of
dead in Courtland and nearby vil
lages reaches more than three thou
sand.
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DIRECTS ENERGIES
AGA1ST BRITISH
(By Associated Press)
Geneva, Jan. 15. Enva Pasha,
former Turkish minister of war and institution will place Brazil in tore-
recently elected king of Kurdistan, front of any country in the world in
has started a Bolshevik revolution the fight against the dread disease,
in Turkestan, Afghanistan and Be- Laboratories, with staffs of experts,
luchistarf, according to Baku ad- for research Into the disease on the
vices. most complete scale will be estab-
It is said that he is directing his Hshed within the hospital,
energies against British prestige in The leper colony will have sepa
southwesteru Asia, his ultimate aim rate departments for single men and
being India. women, children and married per-
O sons. It will have its own church.
$35,000 FOR A HOG
.
(By Associated Frees) .
iNoblesvllle. In,d... Jan. 15.-Chief's
Best,' a spotted Poland China hog,
was sold today tor thirty-five thou-
sand dollars, a new record price tor
one n0- ' ' .'
stste in the Union in the sale of
War Saving, and Thrift Stamps."
T. hinnrf hnii
to see these same merchants who had'ot wage demands In lower grades of
rendered such service during the war
not only In tha War Savings cam
paign but In the Liberty Loan cam
paigns and In response to every call
ot the government sow classed as
profiteers and placed under dlscriml
ary restrictions that wars not In
force in any neighboring stats,
The last speech ef the evening was
tirade by Thos. J. Markbam, who ex- men wounded In nsval service dar
tollecV the beauties and advantages tng the war will begin Immediately,
of the picture city on the placid Pas- the Navy Department announced to-
louotank la glowing terms.
FEAR SPREAD OF
BELINTROUBLE
Diplomatic Dispatches Indicate
Possibility it May Reach
Even to Vienna
(By Associated Press)
London, Jan. 15. Fear Is ex
pressed in diplomatic dispatches re
ceived here that the trouble at Ber
lin may spread throughout Germany
and even to Vienna through the
agency ot the communists.
This element is using the recent
Berlin disorders to inflame the
masses by representing those killed
as martyrs to the cause of the peo
ple. Berlin was quiet Wednesday, nc
cording to a wireless dispatch re-
. ceived here today.
OOMMINIST.S ACTIVE
Borlln, Jan. 15. A communist
manifesto was issued today urging
the Immediate election of revolution-
In all industrial es-
tablishmen
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MERGER WILL BE
AGREED UPON SOON
(By Associated Tress)
Louisville, Jan. 15. Clergymen
and laymen representing six million
Methodists ot the country attended
tne meeting which -began here today
... . . . lf.lL.JIat
JIS NOW AGAINST
GREAT BRITAIN
Under Guise of Bolshevism,
Asiatic Countries Seek Rus
sian Aid Against England
The Hague, Dec. 30." (By The X's-
sociated Press.) The apparent Bol
shevik movement-in parts ot ouin
ern Asia and the East Indies is not
so much genuine Bolshevism as it is
a movement directed against Great
Britain, according to' a Dutch of
ficial who is In constant touch with
affairs in the Far East.
"We have learned," this official
told The Associated Press correspon-
dant,
that delegations from Afghan
istan, from British India, ana irom
some other Asiatic countries, have
been in Moscow in close communi
cation with the Soviet government.
"It is apparent that those who
suck aid from the .Russian Bolshe
vik! almost Invariably are those ele
ments which have fought British
rule in India, or British control in
other parts of the East. Their aim
is simply to get Russian backing for
their anti-British campaigns."
Holland has had considerable dif
ficulty with Bolshevik agitators in
hnr East Indian colonies, but at
no
time has
started.
an actual revolt been
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LEPER HOSPITAL
NEAR SAO PAOLO
Rio He Janeiro, Brazil, 'Dec. 25.
(By The Associated Press.) A 1iuge
model leper hospital, intended to
accommodate several hundred lepers
of both sexes and all ages, is being
built some distance outside the city
of Sao Paulo. It is claimed that the
postal and telegraph office, police and
fire departments, light and water
services, and cemetery. t
: "
DELEGATES ACCEPT
a ENGLAND'S OFFER
. .
(By Associated Press
London. .Jan. 15.-, Delegates of
th, rallwaymen'. union have accepted
the-government's offer In settlement
service,
NAVY TO DISTRIBUTE t .
SILVER VICTORY STAR
(By Associated Pivm)
Wsihinrton. Jan. IS. The dlstrt-
btltloft ot the silver victory star to
day.
GODLEY IS QUIET
ON EVE OF DEATH
.
Spent . Entire 'Morning With
Wife and With Spiritual Ad
viser. Execution Tomorrow
(By Associated Tress)
Raleigh, Jan. 15. Churchill God
ley, who la to die tomorrow in the
electric chair at State Prison here,
for alleged criminal assault on a
little nine-year old white girl near
Smithfleld, Johnson County last May
spent the entire morning today with
hii wife and in prayer with spiritual
adviser. Mrs. Oodley left the prison
at noon but she was expected to re
turn later in the afternoon to visit
her husband, probably for the last
time. Everything at the prison has
Ijeen made ready for the execution,
which is to occur between ten and
elevon o'clock tomorrow morning.
Uodley is holding up well, according
to prison officials and has displayed
no signs ot a breakdown.
ITALY PREPARES
FOR CELEBRATION
Delayed by D'Annunzio Inci
dent, But Palms of Victory
Will be Handed Heroes
Early in Spring
Rome, Dec. 30. (By The Associ
ated Press.) Italy has not yet had
Its victory celebration. The cere
monies which were to -have taken
place early this month had to be
postponed because of the d'Annun
zlo incident and the unsettled pqli
tical conditions. But preparations
continue and when the palms of vic
tory are handed to the heroes of the
great war early next spring It will be
a celebration not excelled since the
most glorious days of the Roman
Empire.
"Workmen are now engaged in
making highways by which the sol
diers may pass along exactly the
route followed by the forces of Titus
and Constantine when they returned
lo Rome along the Applan Way and
made their way through the Roman
Forum to the capitol. The victori
ous army will inarch" under the fa
mous arch of Constantine, through
the arch of Titus, past the ruins of
the Collsseum, which Titus bujlt af
ter his conquest of Jerusalem, thru
the historic ruins of the Roman
Forum, pus: what remains of the
Temple of the Vestal Virgins, up the
Capitoline Hill to the Altar of the
Father and, the monument erected
to the illustrious Victor Emanuel II.
Since 'the days of the Empire the
center of Rome lias undergone many
changes and It will require much
temporary reconstruction to make
it possible for troops to follow tho
ancient course of victors. Steps have
replaced the anclont highway leading
from the Roman Forum to the cap
ital. Consequently it will be neces
sary to build wooden roads over
these to accomodate the cavalry nd
artillery. Part of this road has al
ready been constructed and rises
generally from the ruins of the tri
bune where Marc Antony delivered
the funeral oration over Julius Cae
sar to the level of the approaches
leading to the capitol steps.
Cannon and ammunition carts and
motpr lorries will replace the char
iots and mortars dragged up the
famous Capitoline Hill centuries ago.
There will be no elephants and cam
els, no prisoners in chains. But air
craft will hover over the ceremony
and attest modern man's conquest of
the atr, even though he has never
been able to equal the art achieve
ments ot pagan Rome when it was
capitol of the entire known world
and all discovered portions of Eu
rope, Asia and Africa, were ruled
from the very spot where Italian
soldiers will receive their palms.
u.s.smXsT
are released
(By Associated frees)
Washington, Jan. IS. The two
American sailors who were arrested
at Masatlan, Mexico, on-the charge
assaulting a Mexican citizen and
sentenced to two months imprison
ment, ' were released Tuesday, the
State Department was advised today.
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high s to plat town
B. CITY
TEAM
The E. City High School Girls'
basket ball team will play the town
girls at the T. M. C. A. Saturday
night at seven-thirty. Admission ten
and aft sen cents.
ALA3AMA LYNCHING
WAS FOR USUAL CRIME
(By Associated lress)
Florala, Ala., Jan. 15. Jack Wat
ers, a negro charged with attacking
a white woman, was lynched here
last night.
His body was found this morning,
it is declared that he confessed
the crime.
LEAGUE NATIONS
BORN TOMORROW
Absence of United States From
First Meeting Main Topic in
European Nations
Paris, Jan. 15. The League of
Nations will come into being tomor
row at the public ceremony in the
French Foreign office.
Leon Bourgeois, French represen
tative, will preside and make the
opening address.
American Ambassador Wallace and
American representatives at the
Peace Conference will not attend.
PresB comment on the meeting
dwells principally on the absence of
the United States from the ceremony.
Most newspapers predict that the
absence will not be long and say that
the League of Nations can not be
complete until America is represent
ed. O
MERE PRELUDE
TO JANUARY 16.
Independent Socialists in Ber
lin Expected to Violently
Celebrate Liebnecht Anni
versary Ceneva, Jan. 15. Recent events
In Berlin are said to be only the pre
lude to others of more importance
which tho Independent Socialists In
tend to provoke on the anniversary
of the death of Karl Liebnecht on
January 16th, according to Berlin
advices.
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PLANNING COURSES
FOR SUMMER SCHOOL
Greensboro, Jan. 10. Plans for
the coining session of the Summer
School of the North Carolina College
for Women have Just been announced
by Prof. John H. Cook, head of the
Department of Educat on In the col
lege, and Director of the Summer
Session. The term this year will be
for six weeks, and will begin early
in oijder that as many teuchers as
possible may take the work and still
have a reasonable time for summer
vacations.
The coming session will open on
Juno 9 and run until' July 21. The
staff of instruction will be much the
same as in the winter session. .l
the facilities of the college library,
laboratories and buildings will be
placed at the disposal of the sum
mer students.
The work for teachers will be
planned with reference to the needs
of teachers in the grades, high school
teachers, principals of schools, and
supervisors. The courses for high
icnool touchers will be fuller than
usual this year. There will also be
courses in household economics to
fit teachers for part time teaching
as required for appropriations under
the Smith-Hughes law.
Besides the work planned for the
teachers, there will bu courses in
the regular college classes, looking
tn college credit, and all
students
( wRh proper entrance conditions will
be privileged to take credit courses.
Several lecturers of national repu
tation will appear before the summer
session, rroi. wiiimm w""
of Yale has already been secured tor
a series of lectures.
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ALDERMEN MEET IN
SPECIAL SESSION
The Board of Aldermen will meet
In special session' Friday night, Jan
uary 18th, at the city hall to con
sider the resignation ot City Manager
F. M. Slmonds.
Mr. Slmondi handed his resigna
tion to Mayor Gaither on January
10th to take effect In thirty days.
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i PEACE CONpiTIONS
FOR HUNGARIANS
(By Associated Press)
Paris. Jsn. IS. Peace conditions
will be handed the Hungarian dele-,
gatlon late today. A summary ot the
term! will bo made public tonight.
TO INVESTIGATE
SITES OFFERED
Committee Appointed From
Board of Trmre nt rk.
wan Colleze to MaIca Rr. '
cmmendationa
The Board of Trustees of Chowan '
College will meet at Edenton about
.
the first of February to hear a re
port from a committee of seven ap
pointed from the board to investi
gate the sites offered by Fdenton,
Groenvllle, Ahoskle and Elizabeth
City.
The Elizabeth City committee
which returned from Ahoskie Wed
nesday night seem to think that
Elizabeth City has a good chance '
iur me coiiege una u is ine opinion
of Home thllt the (iirht u-lll flnallv
lo bewcen Elizabeth City and Eden
ton. The spokesmen for the Elizabeth ;
Ciy committee were: E. F. Aydlett, '
Walter Cohoon, D. H. Tlllett, and '.
George W. Clarke. Others on the
delegation from Elizabeth City were: '
H. K. Williams, L. D. Case, W. O.
Saunders, P. S. Vann, M. P. Jennings,
d. L. Sheep, u. e. Williams, J. W.
Bradley, J. W. Dawson, W. O. Galth
er, Tom Love, Sr., W. E. Dunstan,
L. B, Twlford.
The Elizabeth City committee pro
poses to continue the canvass ot the
city tor additional funds and hopes
to offer In way ot funds as much at
the next town.
Among those on the committee ap
pointed to investigate the various,
sites are: E. F. Aydlett, D. E. Wil
liams, J. H. Matthews of Windsor,
C. L. Mitchell ot Aulander and W. J.
Berryman pf Edenton.
The towns bidding for the college
are Murfreesboro, Ahoskle, Green
ville, Edenton and Elizabeth City.
a .. i i a. i-
the college which has been there for
many years and seems a part of the 1
town Tlmrn la la nn mitatnnrilnr
Indebtedness of S22.000 on the col
lege as It stands and this Mufreei
boro offers, to take up if the institu
tion Is left there. The town will also
undertake lo provide free transpor
tation for pupils coming to the in
stitution who get off the train at
Wlnton, Ahoskie or Bdyklns.
Ahoskle, only seven miles away,
is keen for the college, and Is acces
sible by raid. Ahoskle Is willing to
put up seventy-five thousand dollars
In bona tide subscriptions and to
off or a free site besides valued at
$10,000.
Kiienton, if she can make good,
u 'wl militarily nfTpra tha mnnt llhArftl
Inducement of any town bidding for
the college a forty acre free site
ami $ 100,000 In subscriptions.
Greenville, which has already se
cured one college that Elizabeth City
could huve got If she had been a lit
tle mure wide awake, also jtiakes a
liberal offer.
Elizabeth City, acting on instruct
ions Klven tho committee represent
ing the town, offered fifty thousand
dollars and a free site.
Additional subscriptions for Eliz
azeth City already reported are:
Friend
J. M. Richardson . .
W. J. Wobdley
W. W. NeVbern . . .
D. R. Kramer
Kramer Amusement
J. M. LeRoy
100.00
25.00
200.00
100.00
60.00
100.00
200.00
Co..
Total $ , 750.00
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BOLSHEVIKI ARE '
SLOWING UP SOME
(By AssiM'luted Press)
London, Jan. 15. The-virtual
a'bolltion ol the death penalty
against non-Bolshevlkl- In Soviet '
Russia was announced In -a Moscow
wireless today. , ,J
The Bolshevlkl have captured
IVWlltUTUUUUU, o,v,wiuiuB w
wireiess.
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BIG BLIZZARD
ON IN MlllllliAiN
Ml ' Vjft,iU Inn 1 C '
v m m b w v ssrw ww si m w
a TBvnriH i.iit. in it: 11 saia. a. ts.
Scores ot cities and towns In north
am XTIrhlirnn Ant isolated todaT bV '
the worst blizzard that has "visited ,
this section In several years. ' t . '
' Zero temperatures and Impassable
la a serious predicament on account
of coal shortsgs.
Practically all railroad trafflo has
been suspended sines late Tuesday,
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I. O. O. F. LODGE MEETS TOMGHT ,
The Elisabeth Lodge I. O. O. F.
will meet tonight at seven-thirty. .
Installation ot officers followed by
a smoker. .