WEATHER
Fair tonight and Saturday, not
much change In temperature, moder
ate northwest to north winds.
Benjamin Franklin.
VOL. V.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENENING FEBRUARY 6TH, 1920.
NO. 32
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deal with mea
who advertise,
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VAnd Consideration of New Note
To Be Sent to Germany Was'
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Deferred loday
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(By Associated Press) ,
, , Parts, Feb. 6. Consideration of
the new note.td be sent to Germany
., as a result of the failure of her rep-
resentative to transmit to Berlin the
f list pf Germans demanded for extra-
dition was deferred by the Council of '
Ambassadors today until the arrival
tonight from London of Lord Blrkln
head and Sir Gordon Hewett, attor
ney general.
WOULD RISK NEUTRAL TRI
BUNAL Berlin, Feb. 6. Germany would
probably be willing to surrender its
nationals, charged with war crimes
to be tried by a neutral tribunal, If
the Entente will agree, says, the Na
tional Zeltung.
The Swiss government, the news
paper says, has declared its readi
ness to arrange such a tribunal.
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Triangular Debates
By End of March
And Final Contest Will Be
Staged at Chapel Hill April
20-24.
Chapel Hill, Feb. 6 Announce
ment has been made at the Univer
sity of North Carolina that the an
nual High School Week will be held
this year at Chapel Hill, April 20-24.
At this time several hundred high
school girls and boys are expected
to be In Chapel Hill to participate
ih and attend the final contests in
the high school debate, the inter
scholaraatic track meet, and the in
terscholastic tennis tournament.
. It will be the eigth year that the
championships In debating and
track have been held at the Univer
sity and the fifth time for the tennis.
All three events are expected to at
tract more students this year than
ever before and extensive prepara
' tions are being made for their enter
Two hundred and fifty high
schools have entered the high school
debating union thus far, Secretary
Rankin said today, which approaches
the largest number the union has
ever had. In 1916 there were 325
schools and in 1917, 331 schools, and
Secretary Rankin expects the total
this year to run up nearly as high.
The final debates all over the State
will be held toward the end of March.
Each school will have two teams, one
affirmative and one negative, and
those schools winning both debates
will send their debaters to Chapel
Hill for the final elimination con
tests and the championship debate
for the Aycock .Memorial Cup. The
subject this year is restricted Immi
gration. Three thousand copies of a hundred-page
bulletin are being distri
buted now to the schools In the
union. It contains a great deal of
information on the general subject of
immigration, outlines for debate, ar
guments on both sides, and refer
ences to other sources of informa
tion. ;
Sunday afternoon, February 1st,
Paul John Weaver, Professor of
Mu.sk: at the University of North
Carolina gave a piano recital as the
first of a series of music hours which
will be held on the first Sunday of
each month this spring under the
auspices of the Community Club and
the University Department of Music.
Professor Weaver's program con
sisted of numbers from Grieg, Cho
pin, Debussy, Cyril Scott and Rach
maninoff. A large audience of stu
dents and members of the faculty
filled Gerard Hall to overflowing and
listened with eagerness, and delight
to the music.
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V'.NG NICHOLAS NOW
IS PLANNING COUP
(By Associated Press)
Paris, Feb. King Nicholas who
remained at the head of the Royal
Montenegrin government in spite of
the fact that he was ousted by the
National Assembly of that, country,
is understood to be in Albania pre
paring for a coup which may restore
him to the throng.
LABOR WILL WAGE
AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN
'Waahlnf ton. Feb. 6. Plans for the
most aggressive and general political.
campaign ever waged by the Ameri
can Federation of Labor were formu
lated at the meeting here today of
i general committee composed pf the
Execntlve Council and heads of all
departments of the Federation.
A. J. BAILEY DEAD
. A. J. Bailey died Friday morning
at 10:30 at the age of seventy-eight
; years. ' (..-, , s ; . - . ,
I Mr. Bailey had been keeper of. the
Count7 Home for the past fire years.
?,U, Mnr,7? b' th"e d"hte.
and four sofaa The daughters are
Mrs. Altce Madrln, Mrs, Gertrude
Haskett. Mrs. A. C. Garrett, all of
this city. The sons are George Bailey
of Norfolk; Reuben, Harry and
Claude Bailey, of this city.
The funeral will, be held Sunday
afternoon. Arrangements have' not
yet been made in detail.
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NEW ARMY PLAN
OF ALLOCATION
Men From Same Section Will
Hereafter Be Assigned to
Same Unit Under - This Sys
tem. . "
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 6. To stimu
late regular army recruiting and
arouse local interest, the War De
partment has issued to all recruiting
officers over . the country a schedule
for allocation of recruits by states to
specific regiments. Through this
method of distribution, officials be
lieve each state 'will take a personal
Interest in the regiments to which Its
men are assigned,
The framework of a divisional or
ganization on geographical lines Is
also set up. New England will make
up one division, New York compose
another, and similarly the whole
country is covered.
Infantry and field artillery regi
ments will be so allocated as to best
identify each regiment with a sepa
rate state, according to the plan.
Where the number of regiments is
greater or less than the number of
states comprising the divisional
area, a regiment may be made up of
recruits from more than one state.
The regiments to which recruits
from each state will go are as fol
lows: South Carolina, Florida, Mississ
ippi, Georgia and Alabama Infantry
go to 5th Division regiments, Camp
Gordon; field artillery tp the 20th
and 21st, Camp Bragg; engineers to
the 56th, Camp Jackson, S. C, and
cavalry to the 6th, Fort Oglethorpe,
Ga.
Virginia Infantry recruits will be
sent to the 62nd regiment, Camp
Lee, Va.; Maryland, Deleware and
District of Columbia to 17th, Camp
Meade, Md.; field artillery from these
three states and the district to 19th,
Camp Bragg, N. C; coast artillery,
53rd, Camp Eustis, Va.; and cavalry
12th, Columbus, N. Mex.
Infantry, field artillery and engi
neer recruits from North Carolina,
Tennessee, W. Va., and Kentucky
will join regiments of the 1st divis
ion, Camp Taylor, Ky.; coast artil
lery to 51st. Camp Jackson, S. C;
cavalry to 5th, Marfa, Tex.
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REPORT SMALL POX
IN VERA CRUZ STATE
(By Anso'iutcd Trews)
Mexico City, Feb. 6. Travellers
from the earthquake district In Vera
Cruz state report the outbreak of
smallpox and other diseases among
the survvlors of the January 3rd.
cataclysm.
The government Is rushing pre
ventive measures to forestall the dis
astrous plague there.
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RETURN'S FROM FLORIDA
Max L. Sanderlln returned from
Florida Thursday, where he has been
on a business trip In the Interest of
the Manhattan Life Insurance Com
pany. Mr. Sanderlln reports business
on the boom in Florida.
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PNEUMONIA WEATHER
At the first sign of that bad cold
get a 30c. Jar of Rex Croup and
Cold Salve at the City Drug Store
and rub your throat, chest and
neck well each night.
A small' portion of Rex melted In
a 'spoon and, taken internally at
bed time will forestall that bother
some hacking cough. Be sure to
rub tn baby good with the salve to
prevent dangerous complications
arriving from a slight cold. The CJly
Drag Store will return your money
if this preparation fails to meet
very claim made for It by M
makers. It is certainly a meritor
ious formula and Is now belnj oscd
la large quantities by Elizabeth C'Ar
people with the most satisfactory re
sults. , It contains Menthol EucaJy
ptol and healing balms which ara
vaporised by the leat of the body.
Phone the CW 5fof Store on
Water B3treet so l get a Jar tods,
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PRINCESS ANNE
GOESAGROUND
Old Dominion Steamer From
Norfolk to New York Suf
fered in Storm
(By Associated Press)
New York, Feb. 6. The steamship
Princess Anne, of the Old Dominion
line, carrying 32 passengers and a
Crew of 72 from Norfolk to New York
went aground one mile from Rock
away Point on Long Island in the
heavy 6torm this morning.
The Princess Anne sent wireless
calls' for assistance, reporting that
she was not In immediate danger of
breaking up but asked to be taken off
by tugs.
PASSENGERS TO BE TAKEN OFF
New -York, Feb. 6. Later reports
from the Princess Anne were that
she was taking water rapidly and the
captain requested that the passeng
ers and crew be taken off before
night.
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ONE MAN LISTS 7 MILLIONS
.
6 Substantiating
Palolcrh ITVh
the faith of those who believe the
Revaluation Act will uncover a
large amount of intangible property
there has come to the headquarters
of the State Tax Commission 'the
report that one man has just listed
seven million dollars worth of in
tangible personal property. This
represents the property of an in
dividual who listed for himself and
not a corporation.
By way of illustration of the good
results of the Revaluation Act the
Tax Commission calls attention . to
the fact that this seven million dol
lar by one individual "was a greater
sum than was listed by owners of
intangible personal property by, the
State last year. It is greater than
the total value of all property, real,
personal and corporate, tangible and
intangible listed in sixty-eight of the
one hundred counties last year, and
Is a greater sum than the -assessed
value of all real property listed in
eight counties last year."
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SUNDAY SERVICES
INCITYCHURCHES
All Denominations In Picture
City Invite Townsfolk And
Visitors to Go to Church
Sunday
Following are the announcements
of Sunday services "in the various
churches of the city:
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I, MEMORIAL BAPTIST
CHI KCH
Dr. Geo. W. Clarke, the pastor,
will preach Sunday morning from the
subject "America's Samarlns," and In
the evening at 7:30 from the subject
"Some Hard Doctrines Simplified."
Sunday School at 9:30 a", m., E. F.
Aydlett, Superintendent.
Junior B. Y. P. U. at 6:30 p. m.
Senior B. Y. P. U. at 6:45 p. m.
FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. J. M. Orraond who has been
preaching to the young women of
Loulsburg College this week will re
turn Saturday and fill his Sunday
ippointments.
His morning subject at eleven
will be "The Birth of Jesus." His
evening subject at 7.30 will be "The
Good Samaritan."
The public Is cordially Invited
attend all services.
to
FIRST BAPTIST HIIU II
H.-li. Williams, pastor.
Sunday School at 9:30 a. m., S. G.
Scott, Superintendent.
Preaching at 11:00 a. m. and 7:30
p. m. by the paHtor. The morning
theme: "The Sad Farewell of Re
jected Love." The night theme:
"Heaven." Special musio at both
hours, morning and evening.
The B. . P. V. meets at :30 San
day evening. The mid-week prayer
meeting at 7:30 Wednesday evening.
The Teacher Training Clase at six
o'cl&ek WednesdayThere were four
teen present last night for a,lt that the
weather was inclement. ' i
The public Is most cordlall in
vited to mttend'all these services.
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PREMIER CONFERS .
; WITH PARTY LEADERS
Berlin, Teb. 6. Premier R. Baoer
In conference with party leaders to
morrow will probably determine
whether the National Assembly will
be called to consider the extradition
situation. .
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BELIEVES MAN
' IS JNNOCENT
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Governor Listens to -Plea of
Woman Lawyer Who Wins
Full Pardon For Client .
Raleigh, Feb. 6 Mrs Lillian Fry,
attorney of Bryson City, came to
Raleigh Thursday and pleaded with
Governor Bickett for the pardon of
Levi .J. Caylor, Swain County man,
serving a three year sentence in the
State's Prison for larceny, and won
out, a full pardon being granted.
Taylor was convicted at the July
term 1919, for larceny of lumber. I
His pardon is effective as of Febru
ary 3, Concerning the pardon the
governor says:
"There is filed with me a petition
for the pardon of this man, signed
by about eleven hundred citizens of
Swain County. Every Juror who
tried the case asks for the pardon of.
the prisoner, upon the fact that they
tear that -they reached a wrong con-f
elusion and caused an innocent man .
to suffer, and for that reason they
I say 'we most sincerely request the
pardon. of Mr. Caylor.' The peti-
tlon is signed by every official in
! Swain County. The senator of the
District writes me a
most earnest
letter , setting forth his supreme
faith In the innocense of this man.
In addition to the general petition,
I have personal letters from a very
large number of the very best citi
zens of the county, setting forth
their belief that an Innocent man
has been convicted. An uncle of the
prosecutor writes me a very pow-
letter in behalf of the prisoner, in
which he says that the prisoner has,
all his life, born a good reputation, 1
while the prosecutor who is a ne-
phew of his, had the reputation of
being a very bad man who would,
do anything to accomplish his pur
posesj "No counter petition has boen
filed, the only opposition being a let
ter from an attorney who is em
ployed by the prosecutor. There ap-
peared before me in person, In be-
half of the prisoner. Mrs. Lillian
Krye, attorney at law, of Bryson City
and presenti ii il the caso of the prls
oner with -neh convincing force
that if I allowed him to stay In the
penitentiary I could not sleep at
night. I Hi 1 a little sleep and a
full pardon is granted."
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'RELIEF DAY" IN ALL !
CHURCHES ON SUNDAY)
Pastors Asked to TelPof Needs
And Suffering in Near Efrst
Stirred by reports from abroad
which paint a .a picture of the
plifiht of the remnants of the Ar
menian people and the need of
proirpt reliei, pastors all ever isortii j j
l arriima. on hunuay, r enruary , win
voice the appeal of the Near East Re- j
lief for the starving and freezing hun I
dreds of thousands who must inevlt-1
ably perish unless America heeds the
call for help. ' I
Pulpits all over the land, of every;
creed and denomination, will echo
the appeal. It is to be "Near East
Relief Day" In the churches, and
there will be special services and col
lections.
The pastors In these churches have
been supplied with first-hand infor
mation of heart-rending present con
ditions In Armenia from such a keen
and matter-of-fact observer as Col.
William N. Haskell, High Commis
sioner of the Allied Powers in the
Caucasus and special- representative
of the Near East Relief In Armenia.
His reports show Imperative neces
sity of immediate relief in the rem
nants of this historic people the
first Christian nation known to his
tory are to be saved from utter ex
tinction. Information collected by Near East
Relief workers in hundreds ot the
renters where the starving and freez
ing people are being cared for has
boon sent to clergymen from the Near
East Relief. The sad plight of the
2.10,000 and the thousands upon
thousarTds of girls and young women
freed from Moslem harems and slave
tents, who must be led into a brighter
future, will he the theme of thou
sands of sermons.
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Swis to Follow v
Dutch Precedent
(By AMortated Preet)
Geneva. Feb. . The Swiss fed
eral authorities It is reported will
follow the precedent set by Holland
in dealing with the demands from
the Allies for eitradltlon ot Germans
who are In Bwltierland.
rormer Princf Rupprecht ot Ba
rarls ss well as several minor offi
cers on the extradltloa list sre sow
hers. ' i '
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20,000 FOR TREATY
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AURELIA H.ffiHH
! WASHINGTON yArmed
'huge roll of signatures of t.,
1.0,000 California women, Peti
tioner Aurella H. Reinbardt,
president of Mills College, Oak
land, Cal., is In Washington to ttxU
from Congress the immediate rati
fication of the peace treaty includ
ing the covenant of the -ei-j of
Nations.
CAPT. R. C. OWENS DEAD
oe oody of Capt. R. C. Owens
! w"' be brought here Saturday morn
'"a" at 11:25 from Norfolk where his
death occurred-Wednesday night at
ven o'clock. The funeral will be
conducted at two o'clock Saturday
afternoon by Rev. J. W. Bradley from
tne residence of his mother, Mrs. G.
W' Owens at 903 Southern Avenue.
J Capt. Owens was 44 years old and
had been ill three weeks with pneu
'monia. He leaves a wife and three
J children. He was a native of Dare
County but later moved to Elizabeth
City and lived here until fifteen years
igo. Ho had also lived in Baltimore
for a number of years.
I His five brothers, Amos Owens,
' R L. Owens, F. Owens, and R. D.
Owens, live in Elizabeth City. His
two sisters,
Mrs. 0. It.
more.
Mrs. B. S. Swindell and
Woolford, live In Baltl-
RETURNOF ROADS
Tripartite Conference at Ral
eigh Wants Fair Trial Befor'e
Return of itailroads to Own
ers
K.ii' -igh, Feb. 6. Claiming that
iiinmins bill will give to the
ia. iro. uls a billion dollars In subsidy
and i hat It allows the roads to sign
loiiH time notes for the amount of
money advanced by thegovernment
to ( over deficits, the Tri-I'artite con
ference of representatives of the
Fanners' Union, the Railroad Broth
erhoods and the State Fedreution of
Labor Thursday passed a nsojtitlon
protesting against the return of the
railroads to private ownership until
there has been a fair trial made of
Government control and operation.
This resolution will be sent to the
North Carolina delegation In Con
gress urging that no change be made
In the operation of the railroads at
the present time. The question of
the Plumb plan was discussed al
though the conferees did not agree
to support It as outlined.
Benjamin C. Marsh of Iowa, sec
retary of the Farmer's National Coun
ell made the principal speech, speak
ing on l he need for co-operation be
tween farmers and organized labor.
lie thought great harm would be done
both unionists and farmers if the
railroads were returned to their own
ers at the present time without a
more exhaustive experiment with
Federal operation.
Addresses were also made by Pres
ident Moody of the State Federation
of Labor and President Stone of the
Farmers Union urging that the farm
ers and the laborers get together
get together more closely in matters
pertaining to politics. ,
The foliowlng attended the con
ference. For the Farmers' Union,
R, W. If. Stone, who presided over
tho meeting. E. C. Faires. W. R.
Diion, T. ivey, 1. M. Ferrell, J. P.
Buchanan. Dr. J. H. Templeton and
W. B. Gibson.
For the Brotherhoods; George W.
Williams, J. Y. Bryant, J. H. Hen
derllght, C. 8. Carver and W. P. Nels
ter. j.
For the State Federation: W. F.
Moody, J. A, Wiggins and L, E. Ni
chols ot the Allied Printing' Trade!
Council. , .
20 INCHES SNOW
IN NEW ENGLAND
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And Storm Still Continues All
Along Coast From Maryland
' to Maine '
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 6. An
other twenty-four hours of
snow and high winds along the
Atlantic coast from Maryland
to Maine is the weather bu
reau's forecast today.
The peak of the storm is now
in New England where the
heaviest snow fall in the east
this winter has occurred. Twen
ty inches has already been re
corded in some places.
The snow fall continued general
today from the Canadian border to
central Virginia and covered a path
as far west as the upper Ohio valley.
The damage from the storm Is
heavy.
High tides, heavy seas and high
winds have wrought havoc along the
Atlantic coast. Seashore resorts
from Georgia to New England and
shipping Interests also have suf
fered heavily. Many vessels are re
ported in distress and all along the
coast railroad traffic has been serl
ousy Interfered with.
Cities all along the coast north of
Virginia today are digging themselves
out of the snow. New York streets
are piled high with snowdrifts and
an army tank Is being used to push
along stalled trolley cars.
Washington's streets are covered
with snow and traffic Is greatly lm
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CASHIER STOPS
WOULD BE ROBBER
And Craven County Posse Now
Searching For Man Who
Tried Rob Dover Bank
(By Associated i'ress)
Raleigh, Feb. 6. A posse Is to
day scouring the Dover section ' of
Craven County In search of C; H.
Scott, who is alleged to haye at
tempted a bold hold-up of the cash
ier of the bank there late yesterday.
The would-be robber entered the
bank building, locked the door be
hind him and ordered the cashier to
turn over his cash.
The banker grasped a revolver and
opened fire on the Intruder, who fled,.
Armod men have been searching
all night for the fugitive and are still
M'iinliing but he has not been cap
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FEAR FOR SAFETY
OF N. CAROLINIANS
Raleigh Headquarters Syrian
Armenian Relief Anxious
About Dr. Shafer and
Thomas C. Linn
(By Associated Press)
Raleigh, Feb. 6. Because two
North Carolinians are now doing re
lief work In Armenia and Syria,
press dispatches a few days ago tell
ing of the murder of three relief
workers by bandits are causing an
xiety at State headquarters of Near
East Relief here.
The workers are Dr. Irving Shafer
und Thotnus Calvin Linn, both na
tives of Rowan County.
Local heudquarters have been
promised the names of the murder
ed workers as soon as they are re
ceived from Constantinople.
New York headquarters have ei
pre.ssed the belief that the persons
killed were natives engaged In driv
ing supply wagons.
POUND GOING UP
(By AitMK'lated Prrss)
New York, Feb. 6. Rates on de
mand bills for the English pound'
sterling opened at $3.34 this morn
ing and soon advanced to $3.19.
This Is twenty cents above the
record low mark of $3.19 reached
Wednesday. '
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IS CALLED TO WAHHINGTOX
BY DEATH OF BROTHER
William P. Boettcher was called to .
Washington, D. C., Friday morning
by the death of his brother, Fred
Boettcher. Mr. ' Boettcher left Fri
day afternoon for Washington.