"MY BOS,
deal with men
yon will never
Iom by It"
, Ilonjaraln Franklin.
WEATHER
Fair and warmer tonight and Wed'
nesday, Qentel shifting winds.
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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 1920
NO. 53
CURRITOCOURT
And Special Term Will Have
To Be Called Some Time In
Summer in Order to Dispose
Of Cases on Docket
' Court adjourned at Currituck Mon
' 4ay evening after about an hour'
alttlng and the calling over of con
m' tlnueM cases on the criminal docket.
NotndlctmenU were possible owing
to the fact that not sufficient Jurors
were present to constitute a legal
grand Jury.
Elisabeth City lawyers leaving for
Court at Currituck Monday under-
stood that the Influenza situation was
o acute in the county that It would
probably be wise to adjourn court
After the first day's session and the
disposal of the most urgent matters
on the docket. But when the pre
Aiding Judge arrived in the late; at
1 ternoon, having been delayed by the
burning of a portion of the Norfolk
Southern bridge across Albemarle
sound, the convening of court dls.
, -closed -only fifteen Jurors present
not a sufficient number to effect or
ganization as a grand Jury. A special
term of court will be held some time
during the summer to dispose of the
cases on the docket.
. A highly sensational case in which
four young men of Norfolk now
lodged in Pasquotank County Jail,
are to be tried for highway robbery,
will probably be tried in Camden
next week or In Pasquotank the fol
lowing. Judge Cranmer's first day as Sup
erior Court Judge was an eventful
one. Arriving at Mackeys, hardly a
gala spot at its best, in the drear and
storied dark that preceedes the dawn
his train was stopped by fire on the
Norfolk Southern's bridge across Al
bermarle sound. After tedious de-;
lay and breakfast there be was tak
n across the sound in a motor boat
and had lunch in Edenton. Due at
Snowden, the nearest railway station
to Currituck at seven o'clock in the
morning, Judge Cranmer arrived in
the mid-afternoon; and the shadows
of evening were beginning to length
en when Court convened. He re
turned' to Elizabeth City Monday
night, arriving after eleven o'clock
at the end of a strenuous it not a per
fect day.
The 1920 epidemic of influenza in
Currituck has been no less severe
than that of 1918-19. Though it
has now begun to abate whole' com
munities are still in the grip of the
disease. In Moyock, for Instance,
sixteen out of twenty white families
in the town are stricken. At Jarvls
burg last week J. W. Forbes burled
one sixteen year old son, Sam Forbes,
on Wednesday, and another, six
years old, on Friday. Numbers of
instances were reported in which
every member of a family were ill at
the same time.
Mrs. Sam Ferebee
Fatally Burned
Mrs. Sam Ferebee, aged about
fifty years, of Shawboro, died Friday
afternoon at two o'clock as a result
of burns received Just twenty-four
hours earlier.
Mrs. Ferebee was standing in front
of an open fire when- her clothing
caught and after trying in vain to
smother the flames she ran out into
the yard calling for help. The fire
was extinguished by buckets of water
thrown on iter; but not until she had
been so badly burned as to make re
covery Impossible.
Mrs. Ferebee is survived by nine
children; four sons and. five daugh
ters. The sons are. Bryan, Alexan.
, der, Jay and Sam Ferebee; and the
daughters, Mrs. Leary, Mrs.
Forbes, Mrs. Waters, Mrs. Sawyer
and Miss Lizzie Ferebee. There are
twenty-five' grand children,. .
The funeral was conducted by
Rev. J. Boscomb Hurley Sunday.
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AxdTHEB REUEST MADE
(By Associated Press)
Mexico City, March 2 Another re
quest that Mexican consuls of the
United States vise the passports of
Americans testifying before the Se
nate committee Investigating , Mex
' can conditions was pfesonted here to
day by the American Embassy. 'Data
r relative to recent alleged murders of
Mexican in the Southern part of the
United States Is being gathered by
" the eMxIcan Embassy at Washington
' for protest vr ;
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' - FOB BALE WHITE WYANDOTTE
setting eggs from poultry that
"win, lay and pay.' prise winners
at Norfolk, Goldsboro, 'Wilson
Rocky Mount, Edenton and Ellxa
v beta City", Phone 280 or see C.
" M. Cooper, 600 Parsonage street.
BUSINESS AND
THE BUSINESS MAN
Summary Of Address Delivered
By Secretary V D. Case At
First Baptist Church Sunday
Night .
Following Js an abstract of the ad
dress, "Business 'and the Business
Man" delivered at the First Baptist
Church Sunday night by Secretary L.
D. Case of the Elizabeth' City Cham.
ber of Commerce, and which ' had
previously attracted much favorable
comment when delivered at the meet
ing of the Eastern Carolina Bankers
at Edentod on February 23rd.
.
Scripture, common sense and com
mon necessity combine to magnify
business. This is a world of busi
ness and business prompts aU of its
best interest The great difference ,
between the savage and the civilized
man is inai uuo i uu luier auu iuo
other a man of affairs. What sav
age tribe ever erected churches, es
tablished schools and colleges, or
evolved a civilization worthy of the
name? Wherever business flour,
lanes, there civilization increases.
"Wealth accumulates and men de
cay" Is only partly true. Where
wealth accumulates, there the arts
and sciences flourish, and education
and religion are disseminated.
Riches destroy only when men mis
take the means tor the end, and
make material success the goal of
life.
But business is not whst it once
was. Only yesterday business was
frankly and brutally ellflsh and "gen
ius tor business", painted greed and
even treachary In rosy colors. "Bu
siness Is business" Justified anything
mean and dishonorable. "Public be
damned" policies' and practices ruled
In business. The only test to which
any proposition was subjected was
"will it pay." With conscienceless
greed and ruthless power business
leaders pursued any end that prom
ised pecuniary profit.
The grasping greed, the foul piny
in competition, thSootempt of leal
and moral obligations and the ab
sence of anything like a social con
science in business, finally awakened
the bitter enmity of the people. This
public indignation found expression
in all sorts of repressive and regula
tive measures.
For some time back , a bloodless
revolution has been going on which
has resulted In a new movement that
is sweeping the modern business
world. Indeed it is already a far
cry from the days when sordid greed
sat on the throne, and eoclal service
was the iridescent, dream of the poet
and visionary. Today business here'
there and everywhere is coming to
recognize that its chief function is
the service of mankind, and bust,
ness men are more and more conduct
ing themselves in such a way as to
make for friendship, progress( hap
piness and Idealism among the child
ren of the nation. The slogan of the
new order is "The Public be Served."
The tew movement has service for
Its ideal, the common good is its pur
pose and its leaders are the forward
looking men of this and every other
community in the land. One of the
greatest of them.the head of the
United States Steel Corporation says,
"Ultimately, efficiency depends npon
a policy of life that recognizes first
the claims, needs and deserts of the
other fellow." How would such a
creed have been received by the
magnates of the old school? They
would have scorned It as . Utopian.
They would have spurned.it as too
ideal for use in a practical world.
But the business leaders of the new
school 1 are finding it immensely
practical, and they are not only
building up a magnificent America,
they are securing for themselves the
enduring satisfaction of both life
and business.
Who would have believed a gener
ation ago that there would ever arise
in the modern business worlds a bu-i
siness organization international in
its scope and which any business
man is proud to be a member, of.
with for its motto, "He profits most;
who served best" and with an ethical
code which might have been written
by a group of christian clergymen.!
Its members are obligated, and thous
ands take their obligation seriously,
to be guided by such lofty principles
as "My r business standards - shall
have in them a note of sympathy for
our common humanity. In every
position in business life in every re.
sponslblllty that comes before me, my
chief thought shall be to fulfill that
responsibility and to discharge that
duty so that when I shall have fin
ished each, I shall have lifted the
standard of human ideals and achieve
ments a little higher thanJ iound
them." Better still ars these words
which, should bs written In flaming
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CALL ON ALLIES
PRODUCE MORE
Supreme Council To Urge De
velopment to Utmost of Pro
ductive Forces of Nations
Associated In World War
Paris March 2 The Allied, coun
tries will be called upon to develop
to the utmost their productive forces
and were advised that laws for im
proving the condition of workers
mu:;t be applied to that end in a man
efesto prepared by the economic sec;
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REMARRIED AFTER
EIGHTEEN YEAR8 DIVORCE
Raleigh, March 2 Having been dl
v arced for the past eighteen years,
William D. MUllken of Chicago, and
Mrs. Mary Mllliken of Raleigh decid
ed Monday to try life again. They
were married here by a Justice of the
peace.
'The bridegroom paid a high tribute
to his divorced wife when he told the
justice that in all the years of seper
ation he had been unable to find a
woman who suited him quite so well
as bis first love. Mrs. Mllliken en
tered the same plea and the knot
was tied.
characters, "Nor will I take advan
tage of any opportunities to achieve
material success that others will not
take because of the questionable
morality Involved."
Greed there still Is, inhuman con
scienceless greed, which would fat
ten on the necessities of mankind.
For that the statutory guillotine. It
Is not business. It Is the murder-'
ous clutch of the highwaymen.
But life is more than , business. It
fs business and something more. No
man Is a full man who is merely a
business man. ' Every man should
have other Interests than business
merely. , :
So important is business, so mag
nified and so absorbing is it, that
multitudes of men are mere business
machines--the cogs and wheels, the
belts and bolts of the world's, great
business factory. They are business
men and nothing more. . They think
of nothing but business, do nothing
but business. They awake from
sleep to business. They' have- bu
siness tor breakfast, dinner and sup
per. ' Business i their evening en
tertainment and their Sunday medi
tation. They see toothing In lite but
business. Most ,, of them are men
who have been caught In ths swirl Of
material Interests without knowing
how utterly they are swallowed up
' (Continued on Back Paga) ' .
Normal Conditions
Are Expected Soon
Threatened General' Railroad
Strike in France, Now Avert
ed, It Appears
Paris, March 2 A railway strike
settlement has been reached which
provides a body of eight men repre
senting all Interests to organize for
the arbitration of all points not yet
settled and for the Immediate study
of all railroad rules to be In effect In
the near future.
Normal conditions are expected
tomorrow.
Take Notice
I wiBh to call attention to the
'Curfew Law" which was made an
ordinance April 7th, 1919 and has
never been repealed, therefore all
persons affected by the provisions of
same please take warning as the law
will be enforced.
The provisions of the ordinance
call for the Court House bell to be
rung at 9.30 each night as a warn
ing but as the fire siren can be
heard much more distinctly I shall
have the siren blown every night at
nine-thirty as notice to all children
who come under the provisions of
this ordinance.
J. C. COMMANDER.
Ordinance
Thftt it shall be unlawful for any
child under the age of fifteen years
to be on the streets of Elizabeth City
after the hour of 9.30 o'clock P. M.
unless attended - by their parents,
guardian or person with whom such
child resides.
That the City Manager shall have
the Court House bell rung every
night at 9.30 o'clock.
That" this ordinance shall not ap
ply to children under the age of fif
teen years who are engaged at work
and who are compelled to be out later
than 9.30 p. m. on Saturday nig tits
by reason of such employment
Any person violating the provisions
of this ordinance shall upon convic-'
tlon be fined the sunt of 11.00 for
1 the first offence and $2.00 for each
and every offense thereafter.
As to PIre Alarms . .
At a regular meeting of ths Board
of Aldermen held March 1, 1920 the
tlaw with respect to turning In a' false
fire alarm. was changed so as to pro
vide a Jail sentence of thirty; days
Instead of ft fine of fifty dollars.
; At .the same meeting a reward, of
fifty dollars was offered for ths arrest
and conviction of any person guilty
of turning In a talis fire alarm.
I ' . D. O. BROCKETT, Clerk, ,
MANY DEMOCRATS
LN CAPITAL CITY
Clans Gathering For Meeting
Executive Committee And
Well Attended Session Indi
cated i Raleigh, March 2 Democratic
leaders are arriving in the city this I
morning ror tne Democratic execu
J tlvi; committee which meets here to
i nitflit at eight o'clock In the house of
, Representatives. The indications
are that the meeting will be largely
attended, probably more largely at
tended than any In recent years.
There is some sontlment that
Chairman Thomas D. Warren will
aguln be elected although there has
been a rumor in some quarters to
the effect that he did not expect to
receive the place this year. Since
he has made no statement himself,
however, It is generally understood
that he will "accept the chairmanship
I If It is tendered him.
REPORT REDS ARE
POLAND MENACE
Warsaw, March 2 Although offi
cial quarters report the mutiny of
Polish troops at Kovno suppressed,
newspap er dispatches declare the
the trouble is continuing and that
the uprising In many cases has tak
en on Bolshevik characteristics.
Says Reds Have
Denikine's Army
London, March 2 Deaikines' ar
myvhas been trapped in the Kuban
penn Insula southeast of the sea of
Azof, it is claimed in a Soviet official
statement.
The First Kuban corps, the state
ment declares, has been annihilated.
Negro Murderer
Hanged To-day
Washington, March , 2 James
Henry Jackson, negro, was hanged
today for murdering Miss Lillian
Hood, war worker of Brownsville,
Tennessee, who surprised him fob
bing a boarding house a year ago.
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CHINESE PREMIER RESIGNS
.Honolulu March, I The Premier
of China has resigned according to
a special Tokto cable to a Japanese
newspaper here. ...... , ' '
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OYHTERH OYSTERS JUST RE
ceivsd a load of Shell" Oysters
Shucking right out of the . shell.
Thomas Crank ft Son. Phone 104
Keener Crank,. Mgr. , Jtpd
COLD WAVE DOES
BIG CROP DAMAGE
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Five Million Dollars Estimated
Loss Due to Record Low Tem
peratures In Florida
Miami, Florida March 2 Damage
estimated at more than $5,000,000.00
Was done the f fruit and vegetable
fields of South Florida by ths ex-'
1 tremely low temperatures last night.
The vegetable fields north of Mia
mi are virtually wiped out and dam- ,
age to the south Is reported seventy-
five per cent.
The temperatures of 34 degrees is
the lowest on record here for the sea
pon,
SEVEN LIVES ARE
. BELIEVED LOST
When Crew of Bohemian Aban
doned Ship Today. Some
Were Unable to Take to the
Boats
Halifax, March 2 Seven lives are
believed to have been lost when ths
crew of the Leyland liner, Bohemian,
abandoned the ship as It sank on the
Sambro ledges today.
Ths cotton cargo was thrown over
bosrd in the effort to save ths ves- ,;
sel.
The loss of life is believed to hart
occurred in the attmpt to transfer
part of the ersw to a tug by lit Unas.
Three boats got safely awsy but ths
remainder 120 of the er were an- ,'
able to take to the bctts.
The passengers ers removed yes
terday after the liner hit ths rocks' v
during a blizzard. v
PREPARING TO
SETUPTRIBUNAL
President Wilson Has Written.
Union and Raifway Heads
Asking Them To Name Re-.
presentatives
Washington, March 2 President
Wilson Is preparing to set up the trl-
bunal provided In the Railroad Bill
to consider the wage demands of ths
million railwaymen.
He has written the union and rail-J;
road heads asking them to nominate
representatives for the wage board.
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FIRE IN GREENVILLE
Greenville, S. C. March 2 Dam-
age of two million dollars was done ,
by the fire today that destroyed the ; ;,"
Myers-Arnold Department Store,"
damaged a garage, theatre and other ' '
buildings nearby. -
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ELUDE LYNCHING PARTY :
Wewoka Okla. March 2 Sheriff
Brown with his prisoner, Cap Davis,
negro, eluded a lynching party today
after Davis had been sentenced to- '
day to forty-flve years Imprisonment ,
for attacking a white teacher. v
The mob took another negro from
the jail yesterday but his fate has
not been determined. ,-.
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
Washington, March 2 The Senate
Naval Committee today ordered a
full Investigation of Immorality and
Indecency practices by the Naval In-,
telllgence Vice Squad at the Naval,
Training Station at Newport, Rhode
Island, on the charges of John R. '
Rathom of Providence Journal.
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GOV. EDWARDS SIGNS
Trenton N. J. March 2 Governor
Edwards today signed the bill legal
izing three and a half per cent beer.
in New Jersey.
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NO MORE FREE SEED
Washington, March 2 On reconv
mendatlon of the new Secretary of
Agriculture the Senate Agricultural
Committee 'eliminated the approprfa-
tlon for congressmen to . distribute '
free seed to their constituents.- . ' v
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MEETING POSTPONED i
The meeting of the Huosewives
League which was to have been held
this week hss been postponed. An
nonucement of ths time' of meeting
will be made later In this paper.
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MAJOR WILLIAM DCVALL DEAD
Sah Diego, March 2 Major Gen
eral William P. Duval!, aged seven,
ty-thres, retired, died hers- todsy