WEATHER
MMT BON,
deal with m
who advertise,
yon will never
Iom by It."
Fair and continued cold today.
Saturday fair slowly rising temper
ature. Gentle northerly winds be
coming easterly.
Benjamin Franklin.
vol. v.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 27, 1920
NO. 50
ORGANIZATION IS
NOW UNDER WAY
Post of American Legion For
Pasquotank Camden and Cur
rituck Counties Got a Run
ning Start Thursday Night
Elzlabeth City Is to have a post of
the American Legion, to be known,
temporarily at least, as the Pas
lsiotank Post. Until they organize
a post of their own Camden and Cur
rituck counties will be asked to Join
Pasquotank County.
, Fifteen ex-service men of the city
met at the Y. M. C. A. last night,
named temporary officers and made
plans to have present at
meeting to be held in the
ture, a repreesiualive number of ex
service men not only of Elizabeth
City but of Pasquotank and adjoin
ing counties as well.
i. i. vvuhuu who is a raemoer 01 able dally irom .3U a. m. to six p.
the State Executive Committee of m.' and in exceptional cases until
the Raleigh Branch of the Legion, 'midnight.
called the meeting to order and sug- 5th If country calls are requested
gested the election of a temporary ; patients must provide transportation
chairman and secretary. Mr. Wilson for the nurse,
was made Chairman and Joseph j 'it to to' be expected that there will
Peele secretary to serve until another be conflicting requests coming In and
meeting when . permanent officers ! it is earnestly desired that the pub
will be named. lie be considerate of this fact if the
Buxton White who helped organ-'nurse does not arrive as promptly as
ize the Post at Raleigh stated briefly ' is desired.
T t - iim ...i... i i
the aim and purpose of the organ-
4 wet Hnn "tli a Vta rtA in tr e9 n MatAi
rtliWU bUO WHUUAU VS. VUiOVIIVf
together for the principles for which
we fought." The American Legion,
he added was an organization of pol
icies, not politics. Any soldier, sailor
or marine who served honorably be
tween April 6, 1917, and November
11th, 1918 may become members.
Women who were regularly enlisted
in the army, navy or marine corps
are also eligible for membership.
The secretary was instructed to
apply for a charter to the State
Branch of the Legion at Raleigh,
This application has been ready for
some time but it was decided best to
first call a meeting of ex-service men j Adjutant General B. S. Royster In all
before sending it forward. As soon j.robability is making more satlsfac
as the charter is received here andtory progress than any other state in
detailed instructions as to a Post or- the Union. So fur there are but two
ganization from the Raleigh Branch 1 U!1ts which have passed muster, but
are received another meeting will be a number of new units in the State ex
called. ,pect to be ready for Federal recognl-
N. B. Parker and Frank Harris fMn within the very near future,
were appointed on a committee to j one difficulty and the greatest han
secure the names of all exservice men d'tap the officers are experiencing in
of Camden, Currituck and Pasquo. the reorganization of the guard Is
tank counties and to forward them ; the law which makes it necessary that
literrature on the Legion and to in-!0ne hundred men be enlisted before
vite them to be present at the next Federal recognition Is given a unit,
meeting to be h. 'Id at Elizabeth City j This Is making it very hard to com.
for making the organization com-,piete the reorganization. Adjutant
plete, permanent and effective. j General Royster and other officers
A committer of three was appoint- had hoped that Congress would take
ed to draw up by-laws and a ConstI- Bonie action which would place the
tution for the local Post, those on minimum strength of a unit at slxty
the committee being Ralph Pool, fjVe men, as was the case prior to the
Buxton White and R. M. Cotter. war. So far, however, this has not
In order to meet immediate ex-'. been done and the units which have
penses those prssent paid In a dollar been reorganized have the necessary
for whloh thy will be given credit 100 men.
when the matter of dues Is decided' The machine gun company at Dur
upon. The local, state and national! ham and the troop of cavalry at Lin
dues, it is assured, will not exceed colnton and Hickory are the two units
$2.50 annually for each member.
Ex-service men desiring to become
memoere have only to cut out and
fill in the blank' below and mall It
to Box 122, Elizabeth City. These
blanks also may be secured at the
Apothecary Shop.
Name
Address
Street No.
Organization la Which I served.
PAl'L LEONARD IN CAPITAL
Raleigh, Feb. 17. Witt an answer
to Henry A. Page, fsl; price commis
sioner in North Carotins 1 nthe mak
ing, J. Paul Leonard, of Btatesrllle,
secretary of the North Carolina Retail
Merchants Association, spent Tuesday
in Raleigh attending to hi private
business Interests. He Intimated
that he would within the next fsw
days issue a statement In answer to
Mr. Page's attack on the retail mer
chants of the SUte for charging ex
. costive prices for the necessities they
handle. v
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FOR 8ALB LOT ON WEST MAIN
street most desirable property In
- Elisabeth City forbuilding horns or
good Investment , Bee Osogs T.
; Wright at SUndard Phramacy, It
Red Cross Secures
Visiting Nurse
The Elizabeth City Chapter of the
Red Cross has been fortunate In se
curing for the community an exper
ienced nurse to relieve as much aa
possible the suffering occasioned by
the present epidemic.
Mrs. Anna Brooks Lewis, an ex
perienced Visiting Nurse,, has volun
teered her services during this emer
gency and the Red Cross has arrang.
ed for her to enter upon
the work
Monday, March 1st.
While her services will be free to
those needing her, the following rules
must be observed:
1st. Requests for calls must be
made by the patient's physician.
2nd. Requests must be phoned to
another the Y. M. C. A. which has kindly con
near fu-jsented to act as a clearing house for
this WOrk I
3r,i roil win hB limits to twJnls Vrty colleagues dolivered at the
hours daily in any home.
I 4th. Visiting nurse will be avail-1
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NATIONAL GUARD
MAKESPROGRESS
North Carolina Believed Ahead
of Any State in Union in Re
organization of State Troops
(Special to The Advance
Raleigh, Feb. 27. With approxi-
mately 825 men already enlisted and
recruiting going on at various points
lover the State, the North Carolina
National Guard, being reorganized by
which have passed Federal muster.
Waynesvllle is expected to be the
first inffantry company recognized,
Asheville and other cities are now re-
crultlsg for their companies and send
in word that they will be ready for
I Federal muster in a very short time.
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FUNERAL MRS- LEARY
The funeral services of Mrs. Ellz-
labeth Leary who died at her home in
Indiantown Thursday morning, were
conducted from the home Friday
morning at eleven o'clock. Inter,
ment was made In the family bury
ing ground in Camden county.
Mrs. Leary was the widow of Sam
uel Leary and was eighty years old.
Besides other relatives she Is surviv
ed by five sons. N. S. Leary of this
city, C. C. Leary , Samuel Leary,
Evsns Leary and Mack Leary, - and
also by one daughter, Mrs. O. L.
Roberta
SEEK LEGISLATION FOR
REQUISITION OF AUTOS
Paris, rsb. 17 Railroad msa at
(By Associated Press .
the eastern station here strnck this
morning and the strike became worse
at the northern station
The cabinet deckled today to seek
legislation authorizing the requisition
of automobiles. : -
SHERMAN RAISING
CAIN ARSENATE
Threatens to Vote With Dem
ocrats if , Colleagues Won't
Stand By Him and Newberry
(Special to The Advance)
Washington, Feb. 27. The Repub
licans of the United States Senate
must "save" Senator Truman H. New
b.rry of Michigan, now being tried for
conspiracy; fraud -and corruption in
connection with his election, or Sen.
ator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illi
nois is likely to turn the Democratic
minority Into a majority. Party soli
darity must be preserved, no matter
whether an election has been debauch
ed, was the general tenor of the 111 i
iuuiiLau o icluui naiuiug lu
ul volte
We on this side of the chamber
are either headed to lose oue vote or
we must stand together a great dual
better than we have been doing," de.
claimed Senator Sherman, following
the defeat of an amendment he had
offered to the deficiency bill requir
ing the War Department to furnish
copies of the draft records of the con
stituents of any Senator or Repre
sentative. I somewhat resent the su
perior virtue implied for voting on
all matters with the minority," he
continued. "I can do some of that
myself; I have already done so a
time or two, as a timely warning and
I will do so a good deal more before
my term expires unless there Is a
change of behavior on this side of
the .chamber."
Then followed Senator Sherman's
threat t othrow the majority to the
Democratls side of the Senate unless
his Republican colleagues stood as
one to retain Senator Newberry in
his seat, irrespective of the outcome
of the criminal trial now In progress
at Grand Rapids.
As Senator Sherman withheld his
("marks fron tlio official Congres
sional Record, in deference to the
protests of some Republicans, a copy
was obtained from the official sten
ographer and these quotations ore
from his record:
"l liave dwelt within party lines
l vii.ee 1880 40 years since last No
vember," the lllinotsan continued. "I
think I can not fairly be accused of
being loo liberal In matters of parti
san policy, but if the Senator now on
trial before the Committee on Privi
leges and elections (Newberry) shall
be unseated, one more vote will turn
tl. majority in this chamber to the
other side of the aisle, and I have
that vote." be shouted.
Unless Mr. Newberry is saved this
chamber will be for awhile, until the
Governor of Michigan shall act, a
tie In the event a single Republican
votes with the minority. This mock
heroic virtue must cease. Mr. Presi
dent, I serve timely notice upon the
.senators upon this side of the cham
ber that they must be Republican or
there will be divers senatrs here who
will refuse to do anything."
In discussing the Newberry expendi
tures for both primary and election,
Senator Sherman went to such length
as to surprise his Republican col
leagues, most of whom deserted the
chamber while he spoke. Although
th Newberry Campaign Committee
In a sworn statement admitted spend,
ing more than $ 176,000 in the pri
mary alone, Senator Sherman Justi
fied this as legitimate. Disregarding
Federal statute regarding senatorial
elections. Senator Sherman asserted
he had Just as much right as Judge
omuiiii, who
Newberry trial,
I. i,u.MI.. ... k.
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to
pass npon that
question.
COTTON ASSOCIATION
MEETS SATURDAY P.
M.
The Pasquotank Cotton Association
will meet Saturday afternoon at two
o'clock In the office of Q. W. Falls
In the Fedora! Building for ths pur
pose of securing subscriptions for the
cotton wsrehanse. Ten thousand dol
Isrs has already been subscribed and
thirty thousand Is needed. .All those
wishing to become charter members
should not delay as ths books will
be closed as soon as this' amount has
been subscribed. ;
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FOR BALE TWO HOUSES AND!
lota. Water and lights. Good con
dition. Terms reasonable. Apply
to W. S. Ovsrman, S10 broad it
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TEN RADICALS
ARRESTED TODAY
Federal Agents Renew Efforts
To Stamp Out Menace And
Send Agitators Back to Na
tive Lands
(By Associated Press)
Cleveland, Feb. 27 Ten alleged
radicals were arrested here today by
raids by federal agents, marking a
renewal of the government's fight to
stamp out .radical ism and send the ag
itators back to their native lands.
Several wagon loads of of radical
literature were taken.
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BOLSHEVIKI ADVANCE
TO CHINESE FRONTIER
London, Feb. 27 Russian Bolshe
vik! forces have advance! to the
Chinese frontier in northeastern Tur
kestan.
It is reported that they demanded
of the Chinese governor of Sin Klang
province that he give up the Rus
sian consul and all refugees and al
low the appointment of all Bolshevik
consuls.
They threatened to occupy the pro
vince If the governor does not com
ply. WANT BOND ISSUE
FOR GOOD ROADS
Good Road Advocate in State
Hope to Get Special Session
of Legislature Vote $50,000
For State Roads
(Special to The Advance)
Raleigh, Feb 26. The special ses
sion of the North Carolina Legisla
ture which will meet here during the
coming summer will be unable to
p.void again wrestling with the good
roads proposition, for good roads ad.
vocates in Raleigh this week express
the belief that they will be able to
convince the Legislature as It is now
composed that a fifty million dollar
bond issue for good roads will prove
the panacea fur all the road ills that
lie Slate lias been heir to for all these
years.
While the special sess'on will be
called for the purpose of fixing the
tax rale in response to the findings of
the tax commission now working out
the new valuations under the reval
uation law, it will be impossible for
the opponents of the bond Ifieue idea
to prevent the wood roads enthusiasts
from getting in their work. These big
bond advocates profess the belief that
they will be able to do more with the
legislature this year than Senator A.
M. Scales of Gu.ltord, Senator Ste
vens of Buncomb and the State Hlgh
v ay Commission were able to do with
the same Legislature a year ago.
These two senators introduced the
Joint bill which provided for the Is
suance of bonds provided the sched
ule of taxes tliey proposed In their
good roads bill did not produce suf
ficient revenue to meet the Federal
Government appropriation for North
Carolina.
When it Is recalled that the pro
visional bond issue in the Stevens.
Scales Bill was small as compared
with the proposed bond issue talked
of by the North Carolina Good Roads
Association and the Col. T. L. Kirk
patrlck, it will be senn that the ad-
vooates of the big bond Issue have a
1 nrattv htv 4nh rut nnt for them. Thev
T . . ,, .
believe, however, that the people of
' .u- ... ill l.t, In on eWnri
I IUQ OtmlO Will UV IV iuoiu ssa mis uu.va
m bon, lBSUeJhat lne
members of the Legislature have seen
a light since they passed ths present
good roads law, which was merely a
good beginning.
Whether the same members of the
legislature which tamed down any
thing which looked like bonds in
1911 have undergone a change of
heart remains to be seen.
TO LEAVE WOUNDED
. lndon, Fsb. 17 Official 'dii
retches on the situation at Marsk.
ojrla, where French troops hare best
struggling with the Turks, announce
that the French extricated their con
tingents after hard fighting.
The French weft . compelled to
lesvs their wounded, who were cared
tor by the Americas Red Cross, -
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CLEVELAND- Mrs. A- B. Pyke
' 1 the first womaa delegate ap
pointed to the Democratic Nation
pl Convention. She waa one of
the most efficient organiser of the
food conservation campaign . dur
ing the war.
SYMPHONY PLAYERS MAY
FORM NEW ORCHESTRA
Boston, Feb. 27 Unless the Bos.
ton Symphony Orchestra players are
recognized as a union they will form
an orchestra themselves under union
affiliation, according to a statement
by a committee of the players today.
Ninety per cent of the members
have Joined the union and financial
banking for the proposed new orches
tra is offered, it is said.
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NO REST FOR DRUGGISTS
Madrid Feb. 8 Iiy royal decree
the Spanish government has excepted
from the eight hour day law certain
callings. Among those who are mw
permitted to work longer than the
le,",al hour are d-)mt:4ic servants,
waiters and other hotel employes
who live on the premises and drug
gists. AUCKLANDGEDDES
NEXT AMBASSADOR
British Embassy Formally In
quired of State Department
If His Appointment Would
Be Favorably Received
Washington, Feb. 27 The lirl-
1
Hull Embassy formally inquired of
the State Department today as to
the acceptability of Sir Aukland Ged
des, Minister of National Service and
Reconstruction, to be British Ambas
sador to the United States.
MAKERS OF TEETH
NOW ON STRIKE
New York, Feb. 27 The city faced
the possibility of s false teeth famine
today when 500 members of the
Dental Workers Industrial Industrial
Union struck for short hours and
more pay.
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MEET TO-NIGHT
AU those who expect to take part
In the Chinese Operetta to be given
In March are asked to meet prompt
ly at seven o'clock tonight at the
home of Mrs. I. M. Meeklns on West
Main street.
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RETURNED FROM FLORIDA
Mrs. E. R. Outlaw has Just return
ed from Tampa, Ylorlda where she
was called on on account of the Ill
ness of Mrs. W. A. Oreenleaf, who
Is now much improved.
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WILL MEET TOX1GT
E. F. Aydlett has called s special
muitm nf all Sunda. ftihnnl workers
this evening at ssvsa-thlrty la ths
deacons room st Blsckwell Memorial
Church.
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Miss Loclls Pass Is back la scholl
art ex several days Illness at her horns
oa Mala stmt. V
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: Answer of Premiers Of
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r ranee ana oricain De
fore President Wilson
This Afternoon
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Feb. 27 The
reply of the Premiers of Eng
land and France to President
Wilson's last note dealing with
the Adriatic question was re
ceived this afternoon' by the
State Department and is being
sent to the White House as
fast as it can be decoded.
Washington Feb. 27 Odlcial cir
cles await with interest the reply of
the Driilhh and French Premiers'
to the President's latest Adriatic
note.
The response is due tonight or to
morrow. The reply will not be made public
until after the President has had time
to st,udy it.
WILSON MAY ACT
ON RR BILL TODAY
Attorney General Palmer Says
No Constitutional Objection
To Measure in His Opinion
Washington Feb. 27 Attorney
General Palmer returned the com
promise railroad bll to the White
House today with the report that he
saw no constitutional objection to
the measure.
The President is expected to act on
i 1, l.lll n rlntf rtt f AmArnntV
I IIC UIU lU-UUJ Ul iiiuuiiun,
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CHIEF JUSTICE McCOY
SIGNS PACKERS DECREE
Washington Feb. 27 The agree
ment decree under which the "Big
Five" packers were forever enjoined
from nigaglng in business except the
bundling of meat and meat pro
ducts wa.s signed today by Chief Jus
tire McCoy of the Supreme Court of
the District of Columbia.
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AMERICAN AVIATORS
CHALLENGE FRANCE
New York. Feb. 27 The Aero Club
of America today challenged the Aero
Club of France for un international
aviation trophy which will be contes
ted in France In September.
Three American entries hav been
received.
The United Stars won two of the
five International contents before the
war.
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BUYS
TEN FROM
SHIPPING BOARD
New York, Feb. 27 The purchase
of ten three ton steel steamships
from the United States Shipping
Board la apnouueed by Lloyd Royal
Beige of Antwerp.
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LIVE LOCALS
Miss Janle Gordon Is is 111 at her
home on Southern Avenue.
Miss Olivia Benton Is Improving
after an Illness at her home oa Pan
ama street.
Misses Sophia and Rebecca . Wood
and Carrie Coke of Edenton were In
this city Friday, the guests of Mrs.
W. R. Foremsn.
ADVERTISEMENTS
should be in the Advance
office at least one, day
previous to the date of
publication. Advertise
menti received after eight
o'clock in the morning for
publication . the, same day
are accepted on the under
Is standing that their inser-
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