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deal with men x
who advertise,
yon will never
lose by ltM
Benjamin Franklin.
WEATHER
, Fair and continuing cold to
night and Tuesday
VOL. V.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1920
NO. 52
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DARE LUMBER COMPANY ACQUIRED D?
PROMINENT BANKERS AND LUMBERMEN
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ISJew Personnel Already In Posession And
Wheel of Industry Soon to Turn On Bigger
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And Better Basis
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The Advance is reliably informed that the property of the
TOare Lumber Company has been acquired by a group of Bal
timore and New York business men, who are now in possession
and have already set iff motion the machinery 1 to restore the
aaw mill plant to its former good physical condition.
A new corporation is being f , -
1T5 " " .TO ARRANGE FOR
Company will be started' on
full time as soon as the abso
lutely necessary repairs are
completed. v
The personnel of the new or
ganization has not yet been an
nounced but it can be reliably
stated that the syndicate that
purchased the property was
formed by E- Newton of Bal
timore and New York in conne
tion with some bankers and.lum
bermen of Baltimore.
Mr. Newton is a banker and
president of the Anthracite
Coal Mining Company.
Among those locally interest- ger or manageri who. will do the work
d in the new Company will be lrom headquarters established In Ral
Walter S. Taylor, who is well
known here- He is a success
ful lumberman of wide exper- Page men will depart from the usual
iee, and will prob.My direct V'.'S 2J 5 Si
the operating policy Of the new j appoint three or five men on a cam-
corporation. Mr. Taylor first paign committee which will const!-
became interested in North Car
PAGE CAMPAIGN
Conference To Be Held At Ral
eigh Tuesday To Perfect Or
ganization
ft
Raleigh, March 1 Tbe conference
called by Robert N. Page, candidate
for governor, some time ago and
which waa postponed at the last
minute beauce of the influenza epi
demic will be held here to-wday or
to-morrow, It was learned. It is the
purpose of the Page men to perfect
an organisation for waging a cam
paign against Max Oarder and Cam
eron Morrison. Some steps will also
be taken to name a campaign mana-
eigh.
Following the announcement made
recently by Candidate Morrison the
;tute the managership.
olina timber over twenty years
ago, and has in the last few
years been more intimately
identified with this immediate
section through his extensive
investments in farm lands, prin
cipally the Providence Farms
of Moyock. While the names
of the other men concerned in
this purchase have not been
Movement Not
For Organic Union
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Declares General Secretary Of
Interchurch World Move-J
ment Says Merely Work-J
ing Alliance i
J MUCH. NKtS SOMfc I hi v.;:. ohc Tsa -HAS SURE- X
; TAl WT. BACK "HOtA. T THtV
I BACK. THfr bPf YREtfT W ttlattT
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PRESIDENT TO
REPLYAT ONCE
To Suggestion of Premiers Rel
ative' to Solution of Problem
By Direct Negotiations Be
tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia
PASSED BACK If 0 HANDS OF OWNERS
New York Feb. 28 S. Earl Tay-
Transfer Made So Noiselessly That Travelling
Public Notes No Change. Director General
Clearing Up Business Details But Without
Authority Over Operations
Tar Heels Taught -
In Army Schools
Four Men Who Could Not Read
Or Write Learn In Five
Months What Average
Child Learns In Six Years
Washington, Mearch 1 The Railroad Administration to
day passed out of existence and the two hundred and thirty
In. Hanaro 1 Hoprotnrv nf thn Inter-
made public, it is known that chu;ch World Movement, made offi
Hhey are business men of ex-denial this afternoon, at the. New
perience and financial sub-j.York Headquarters, that the inter
stance. W. A. Worth is general j church World Movement Is In any
i Iwav concerned with matters of or-
couns io r e v . lganic church union. Recent reports lines that were merged into one giganic system again came
and has been instrumental in confuslng the C0:0peratiTe purposes j under ivate t
interesting this group of busi- of this organization with various i v
ness men in the acquisition of church union enterprises caused in-1 The transfer was made with
the Dare holdings. ! uirv t0 be made ln New York iTom out incident and . there was
. 1 nothing to indicate to the trav-
was In the .. ... ,, , ,, ' ,
olinrr TMihli' That tnoro non
fnrm nf fitplperam to E. R. Choler- r
in the Courts of New York and ton of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. , been a change.
Pennsylvania over the stocks choierton quoted a newspaper dis-j Director General Hines re
and bonds of the Dare Lumber patch printed in the South, identify i msins to clear up thousands of
The litigation that has been m sources- A
. . , Dr. Taylor s denial
Company arising from the suits the terchurch world Move-i.Li.-j
x. t r ment with the Philadelphia Confer-
OtlVU KJJ VilV XllO Mi. U11VV Will
missioners of New York and
Pennsylvania" to unravel the fi
nancial complications due to
the aptivities of George F Mont
gomerr and Messrs Birdsye in
connexion with the Pittsburg
Life Insurance and Trust Com-
vpany, has as a result of this
purchase been entirely settled
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claims, contracts and 'griev-
onim Knf la wifhmit Alifhnrifv
ence of Church Union, which begins . '
1 to-morrow. Dr. Taylor', telegram . over me operation oi me roaas
LEYLAND LINER
STRUCK ROCKS
Hundred and Eighty-Four Pas
senger Rescued By Tugs
Says Radio Mesage k
Halifax, March 1 The . Loyland
liner, Bohemian, bound from Boston
to Liverpool, struck the- rocks torty
miles east of SamWo . to-day accor
ding to a radio message received here
. The one hundred and eighty pas
sengers are said to have been , res.
cued by tugs.
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MEET TUESDAY NIGHT -TO
ORGARXIZK POULTRY ASS'N
All who are Interested In organls.
ln s poultry association in Pasquo
tank county are asked to meet In the
County' Farm Agents office In the
Federal Building Tuesday night at
seven-thirty.
said:
"Interchurch' World Movement is
no way connected with any move
ment for organic union. Individual
members doubtless have their own
opinions which may be favorable or
unfavorable but the Movement from
the beginning has expressed its con
viction Bthat all matters relating to
organic union should be referred to
other bodies which are giving their
specific attention to this matter."
The Interchurch World Movement,
as Dr. Taylor explained, Is a working
f
MILTO.V WEST DEAD
Milton West died at four o'clock
Saturday afternoon at his home on
West Fearing street after a week's
illness which began with influenza
land ran into pneumonia.
He was twenty.elght years old and
had been for many years with John
Wells job printing establishment
where he was known for his faith
ful steady work and bis loyalty to
his employer. He was affectionately
FRENCH STRIKE
PROVES FAILURE
Believed Railwaymen Will
Soon Compromise. Five
Strike Leaders Arrested To
day
alliance of the various agencies, such ; nicknamed "Gam" and everybody
as missionary societies, of the de. 1 in town knew and liked "Gum West."
nominations, individual churches He umpired base ball games for the
. uaU. amateurs, and was well liked by
and smaller religious bodies, wag Q on(j ftf
practical co-operation In conducting, town characterS( and wU1 be gen
the business affairs of evengelical . ra,Jy m,Med. , ' '
America, all the various bodies, be- He sunriTed by his mother, Mrs.
longing to it preserving their aUton- j Ada West; by six sisters, Mrs. J. B.
omy in every respect but studying to Doles and- Mrs Thomas Zlrkle of
work out nroerams of action In har-iDendron, Virginia, Mrs. Frank Up-
mony.
Dr. William Hiram Foulkes, Vfb,e-
chalrman of the Executive com
mittee of the Movement explained
that the meeting referred to Is thai
of a committee appointed two years
Paris, March 1 So far the gener
a) strike on the railroads is said to
be a failure
. Union men in large numbers are
refusing to quit work -and the out
look is distinctly hopeful although
freight service is everywhere aban
doned except in the devastated re
gions of northern France.
It is believed that the railwaymen
will soon call off the strike, if a suit
able compromise can be reached.
Five strike leaders were arrested
today charged with . interference
with liberty to work and with pro
voking disobedience.
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ANNOUNCE CAPTURE
OF MEXICAN REBELS
Mexico City March 1 The cantura
ton,' Misses Ida and Ines West of j 0f Cirllo Arenas and Marcelo Carovo,
Elisabeth City, and Miss Annie West reoei leaders, is announced" and the
of Norfolk; and by two brothers, Lee newspapers report the rapid complete
West of Norfolk, and Sam ' West ' pacification of tne eountry, declaring
whoss whereabouts are unknown to that onlyilIa with a small force
his family. , 'and Manuel Palaes . and Felix Dias.
The funeral was conducted by both vlrtuallr nowerleu In th mi.
ago by the General Assemniy oi,ro nii pastor, Rev. J. M. Ormoad, at reglon remtt!n 0f mln. rebels oner-
Presbyterian Churcn iookiuk lurnu (me nn Memoaisi cnurcn wonaay- ation a year agCv
arternoon at two o ciock. interment ; q
was made 1n Hollywood
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to organic union of evangelical
churches of the United States. Ttls
committee which has since carried on
negotiations to th.'i end.. Dr. Pouikes
stated, has no connection with the
Interchurch World Movement,
W. E. Cole has returned from a
business trip to Norfolk and Newport
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LOST OXE LADY'S BLUE SKIRT
On West Cypress Street Saturday
night by Delivery Boy. . Finder
, please returnto Cooper's Cleaning
Works and receive 5.00 reward.
' WnsliiiiBton, Feb. 28
Waslilngton, March 1 Of a total
of 17U.266 enlisted men reporting
j for duty, in a recent check to see
i what t lie army schools are doing for
the promot'on of better citizenship
and out' hundred per cent American,
ism it was found that 93,423 or fifty
four per cent were receiving training
Unit wo iid fit them for vocations when
. retiir,i"d to civil life.
ortju;se men twenty-four per cent
aN inking additional training (ed
ucationul) In the Army Schools that
have been established In 117 camps,
posts and stations. A dozen special
n rvico schools for cooks and baker
have also been estblished.
.The results of vthe educational
schools were recently demonstrated
in the office of the Governor o fNorth
Carolina when four young Tar Heels,
who five months ago could not read
or write their names were presented
to the Governor. These men had
attended the school for Illiterates at
Camp Upton, New York, and In
four months had reached the sixth
grade, having accomplished as much
in Ave months as tbe average child
accomplishes in six years.
. The statistical branch of the Gen
eral Staff War Department have is
sued & statement of battel deaths by
states, resulting in the war with Oer
many. It is shown 75.475 "Tar
Heuls" served ln the war and 922
were killed ln action or died of
wounds resulting from action from.
the enemy. Of every 1000 of this
is 11.6 of these serving. The total
number of the states dea dfroin all
sources is more than 2,370 as that
many memorial diplomas from the
Frenoh Qbvernment are being de
livered to tbe nxe of km to the dead.
This number does, not Include all,
as those have not been delivered
for the men wha gave their business
concern or the name ofi some friend
as the next of kin. The state of
Montana leads ln the percentage of
her dead killed In action with 17.2
of every one thousand serving.
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WEEK OF PRAYER
Washington, March 1 -'-President
Wilson has begun work on bis an
swer to the British and French Pre
miers on the Adriatic situation but
the nature of the communication is
undisclosed.
The President Is apparently plan
ning to reply promptly to the sugges
tions that the United States join the
British and French governments In
keeking a solution to the problem
thru direct negotiations between Italy
and Jugo-Slavia.
It Is noted here that Premier Nittl
has already opened negotiations with
the Jugo-Slovaks to this end.
O
Nitti Disposed
To Compromise
(By Associated Press)
Rome, March 1 Premier Nittl I
disposed to accept a compromise on
the Adriatic question under which
Italy will have no claim to territor
ial continuity between Istrla 'and
Flume, on condition that Flume be
placed under Italian sovereignty, ac.
cording to a message to -the League
of Nations.
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PROMISE CAPTURE .
MEXICAN OUTLAWS
Washington, March 1 The Amer
ican Consul at Nogales, Arizona, re
ported today that Mexican army ofll.
cers promised to effect the capture s
of the Mexicans who raided the Amer
lean side of the bofrder Friday.
Details of the unsuccessful i pur
suit of the posess across the line
have not been received, the banuits
having cut anil wires ln the vicinity
raided,
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SHOTS FIRED AT
BRITISH MINISTER
London, Mirrch 1 An unsuccess
ful attempt has been made to assas
sinate Lord Action, Hritlsk Minister
to Finland.
The shots were fired at the Minister
while he was driving and were with,
out effect The motive is unde
termined. 0
UNFAVORABLE VOTE ON
PEACE TREATY EXPECTED
Washington, March 1 A.i early
and unfavorable vote on the Pcaci
Treaty was forecast in the Semite to
day when Republican leader reply
ing to the demands of the lrreeoncial
ables reaffirmed tholr decision not to
accept a change in the Republication
reservation of Article Ten
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SUPREME COURT
REVERSES DECREE
Washington, March 1 The Su
preme Court today reversed the Fed
eral Court decree that the Sherman'
Anti-Trust Act did not prohibit re
sale and price fixing unless there was
intention to create a monopoly.
The Supreme ' Court upheld the
formation of the United states Steel
Corporation and Subsidiary comblna.
tlons In the iron and steel Industry.
SENATOR BANKHEAD DEAD
Prayer week on home missions will
be abserved at the First Baptist
church, beginning Tuesday afternoon
at three thirty. Subjects as follows:
Mountain Women,' Mrs. Cleveland
iackson; Wednesday "Mountain Mis
sion School," Mrs. H. K. Williams;
Thursday, "Cuba," Mrs, E..T. Bur
gees; Friday, "The 'Negro", Mrs. E.
E. Etheridge. . . .'
Washington, March 1 - Senator
Bankhead of Alabama dide to-day of
La Grippe.
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ONLY EIGHT BIRTHS
FOR THOUSAND DEATHS
Geneva, March 1 One thousand
and thirty-two deaths, mostly child
ren, and only eight btsths, are report
ed in Vienna from February 8th to
14th, according to a telegram receiv
ed here.
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