' "MY BON,
deal with men
who advertlne,
you will never
Iom by It"
Benjamin Franklin.
WEATHER, '
' Fair to-night. -Warmer Thursday.
Moderate northeast to southeast
winds.
VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3, 1920
NO.S4
MERELY A MATTER
OF ROLL CALLS
Believed That Majority of
Treaty Reservations Will Be
Adopted and Ratification Not
Long Delayed
DIESINFEWHOURS
OF SEVERE BURNS
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Mrs Louisianna Hayman Meets
Tragic; Death When Dress
Catches Fire From Heater
In Her Room
ANOTHER ROW
ON SOLDIER RELIEF
THE SNAIL
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Washington March 3 The Shan
tung reservation to the Peace, Treaty
fi'l Is before the Senate today.
Advocates of ratification without
reservation are'sald to feel that the
adoption of the majority of the reser
vations Is merely a matter of roll
calls and that final ratification will
not long be delayed.
" METHODIST REVIVAL
BEGINS MARCH FIRST
. Rev. J. M. Ormond, pastor of the
Tiret Methodist Church of this city,
says that the Methodist Episcopal
Church South, is focusing all of its
strength now upon a church-wide re
vival. Every local church where
conditions are at all favorable, Is
expected to concentrate Its powers
upon this feature of church work at
this time. It was a rather won
derful response which this southern
Institution gave to the call tor mil
lions of money last year for the two
causes of Missions and Church Ex
tension. About fifty-three million
dollars were raised in eight days.
This consecration of wealth Is but a
forerunner of something more sig
nificant which it is planned to do this
year. That something is a great
sweeping revival. Such a result as
is hoped for cannot be achieved In
a cold mechanical plan. The leaders
of the church realizing this fact have
called upon the members of the
church for serious prayer that the
Divine power may be able to exercise
itself through the organization of
the church.
"The City Road and the First
Methodist Churches," says Mr. Or
mond, "have planed to conduct
meetings at the same time, the pas
tor of each church doing hto own
preaching, and have also agreed to I
work out by united efTo'rt such mat-,
ters of information as may be needed I
before the actual meetings begin.
It, is expected that there will be
at least two union services of these
two churches one on the even
ing of March 21st at City Road
Church, and the other at the First
Methodist Church on the evening of
April 4th. The series of meetings
will begin March 21st and continue
as long as the conditions may then
determine. There are at least three
distinct results which the local
churches hope to realize: First; the
creation of a warm, spiritual life In
the membership of the church, Se
cond; the conversion of many who
are' not professing Christians,
Third; the offering of many young
men and young women tor Christian
work as a life service. The( fields
have never been more white, the op
portunity for the ,church has never
beeen more encouraging, than this
day presents to the forces of Chris
tianity." 0
OUT JUST EIGHT BUCKS
There was excitement in the tele
phone office Wednesday morning
when Calvin Twiddy of the Savings
Bank and Trust Company entered
with a fake ten dollar bill and said
that It was a part of the rent money
sent over by the Telephone office
Tuesday. The bill was a two dollar
one cleverly disguised with "Tens"
from tobacco coupons and was only
detected by he fact that the corners
where the letters were pasted on felt
stiff to the fingers as the bills were
counted.
The Savings Bank got one of these
camouflaged bills about six months
ago.
The Telephone Company doesn't
blame any of its customers' tor the
fake bill, since it was so difficult to
1 note the defect. It had possibly been
passed a number of times by inno
cent people. n.
But, Just the same,, the Telephone
Company is short eight dollars. ' .
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OLD BANK BUILDING BURNED
Some unknown person set fire to
the old bank on the Ehringhaus es
tate on South Road street, Tuesday
nglht at about eleven o'clock. The
1 building was partly burned nve yeara
ago. Not any of it wag saved this
tima.
.'Charles Relchly's home on ths cor
ner of Cypress and Greenleaf Streets
ught fire Wednesday morning at
one o'clock. The fire started from
a detective flue . Damages amount
ed to twenty-five dollars.
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OYSTERS OYSTERS JUST RE
cetved a load ot Shell Oysters
'. Shucking right out of the shell.
Thomas Crank ft Son. Phone 204
Keeney. Crank, Mgr." ' ' " Stpd
Mrs. Loulslanna Hayman died at
eight-forty-flve Tuesday night at her
home on Bell street as the result of
severe burns received between two
and three o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Hayman's dress caught from
the heater In her room. Mr. Casey,
living In the house, heard her call for
help and rushed In, extinguishing the
flames with a pall of water.
P. S. Vann, Superintendent of
Public Welfare, and the Community
Nurse, happened to be passing by and
gave immediate assistance. Dr. Wal
ker was summoned and arrived in a
few minutes, but Mrs. Hayman was
too severely burned to recover.
8h was sixty-two years old and Is
survived by two sons, William N.
Hayman and Dewey L. Hayman ot
this oity; by one daughter, Mrs. Mary
Roughton of Harrellsville; and by
three stepdaughters, Mrs. L. B. Twl
ford of this city, Mrs. Cora Guard and
Mrs. Ellen Mann, both of Manns Har
bor.
The funeral was conducted Wed
nesday afternoon from the home by
her pastor, Rev.' J.M. Ormond, assist
ed by Rev. H. K. Williams. Interment
was made in Hollywood.
Mrs. Hayman was a native ot Tyr
rell County and had lived here for
eighteen years. JShe was a widow ot
the late W. H. Hayman who died in
1907.
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Ahead of Average
In Life Insurance
North Carolina Makes Good
Showing According to Ten
tative Figures Of Insurance
Department
Raleigh, March 8 North Carolina
forged a little ahead of the average
in the amount of new life insurance
her citizens bought during the past
year according to tentative figures
Swhlch nave been complied Dy col.
Andrew Joyner of the state insur-
ance department. wnereas tne
general average increase lor the
whole country during the past year
was about sixty-six per cent, the
available figures now in the office
the insurance commissioner indicate
that this state's 'increase will be a
bdut seventy per cent.
The conclusions are deducted from
the figures turned in by the straight
life insurance companies and
does ,
not include the fraternal industrial j banks at the close of business Sat
or other types of insurance. During urday, February 8.
the past year figures from 119'com- o
panies in the United States show a WORKMEN IN PORTUGAL
business of three and a naif billion 1 ..., OTtgm iiurn caimft
dollars during the past year. Flgur- HAVE PROCLA1MLD SOVIET
ed on this basis the total business
for all the companies will run some
where near ten billion dollars, ac
cording to Col. Joyner.
Reports have been received from 1
twenty-six companies doing business
in North Carolina and the 1919 bu
siness In the State will run around
eighty-five and a half million dol-1,
lars for these companies. In 1918
the total business of sixty-two com
panies doing business in the state
was about seventy-nine million dol
lars. If the other companies show
a proportionate increase and there
is every reason to believe that they
will make as good a showing as these
... . . - m
companies wnicn nave oeen ngurea
the increase in life insurance bu-
siness in the state will run around I
seventy per cent for the coming
year.
This, the Insurance department
thinks, is a fine sign of the prosper
ity of the state. The people of
(North Carolina are salting away somjy
of their big earnings these days, put
ting it into life insurance as a bank
account against old age, and for
their families when they pass away.
It is a good sign, Col. Joyner thinks
for it shows that the people are not
spending all their big earnings In
these abnormal times for things that
are vain, but are putting a good .por
tion of it In good investments.
SWISS COUNCIL FOR
' LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Berne, March a The Swiss Na
tional Council has voted to adhere to
the League ot Nations but recom
mends a plebiscite for ths .people's
voice and desires that the Council be
asked to approve Switzerland's en
trance after the people have decided
and not to walt.nntll the United
States Senate has ratified the Treaty
Turkey ,-Be Limited
(By Associated Press)
tJaris March 3 Turkey's army
must be limited to the number of
troops necessary to maintain order in
Asia Minor, according to the Journal
which says Turkey will be compelled
to keep her forces on the Asiatic side
of the Bosphorus.
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ISSUES CALL TO BANKS
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March 3 The Comp
troller of the Currency today Issued
a can for tne condition of all national
I (By Associated Press)
I MnilrlH Mnrrh 3 Rnnrtrto frnm
the Portugese frontier declare that
workmen In Portugal have proclaim-
ed a soviet republic.
Postal, telegraphic and other work
ers have Joined the railroad men in
the movement.
The news reached here from the
border by telephone and has not yet
been confirmed. '
FIFTEEN DEFENDANTS
DISCHARGED TODAY
Grand Rapids, March 3 Fifteen
mn rinfonrinnts were (liHrtltirPOfl to
.T "r :
da 7 Judge in the Newberry
elections conspiracy trial leaving 86.
defendants to be tried on the fifth
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federal statute of October 16, 1919-18
were dismissed.
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SENATOR HARDING
SETS PRECEDENT
Fort Worth Texas March 3 Sen
ator Harding of Ohio set a precedent
today as the first Republican presi
dential candidate ever personally to
campaign Texas. He spoke here to
day.
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merchants to employ
Full time secretary
The Merchants Association met
Wednesday afternoon and voted to
employ a full time secretary,', main
tain offices and, establish a credit
bureau. , ' V .
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FOR 8 ALA WHITE WYANDOTTE
setting eggs from 'poultry that
"win, lay and pay" prize winners
at ; Norfolk, Goldsboro, Wilson
- Rocky Mount, Edenton and Eliza
'both City Phone 280 or see C.
M. Cooper, 00 Parsonage treet.
POULTRY ASS'N
IS ORGANIZED
... . .
tIect Utticers And
Plans To
Secure State Pouldtry Show
For Elizabeth City Next Win
ter
Poultry fans met in the office of
the Comity Agent G W Falls Tuesday
night for organization' of the Pasquo
tank Poultry Association with the pur
pose of stimulating the breeding of
pure bred poultry in this section of
the State.
F. F. Cohoon was elected President
of the Association, with M. It. Griffin
Vice President; C. M. Cooper, Sec
retary; R. E. Li'wis, Treasurer; and
Howard E. Hettiick, J. T. Perry, and
G. Thomas Twiddy, Executive Board.
Plans were made for securing the
official State Poultry Show to be held
here next winter. It Is believed that
this show, which each year brings
exhibits from many states all the way
from Massachusetts to Georgia, will
wake the people of the section up to
the need of breeding high class
poultry.
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SOUTHERN RE-OPENS
RALEIGH OFFICE
(Special to The Advance)
Raleigh March 3 John H. An
drews has returned from Raleigh to
Greensboro where he went follow
ing the action of the government in
taking over the railroad lines and has
reopened division freight offices of
this city. The division office here
has supervision over the Greensboro
Goldsboro division and extending to
Danville and Charlotte.
The decUlon to reopen offices here
la the result of the realization that
Its Greensboro-Goldsboro division
produces a wealth of freight as vell
as passenger traffic that has always
taxed the company's facilities
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RED CROSS WORKERS
OPEN DIET KITCHIN
The Red Cross has opened a diet
kitchln to help in the relief ot in
fluenza sufferers and those in charge
are asking for donations of any ma
terials that can be used in making
broths and soup for the sick, or in
making custards. Apples, oranges,
Jsllo, bread and crackers will also
be of much help, y , .'
These should be sent to the office
of the Gas. Company on Polndexter
street. . ''''.
1 Howard Flora and Caol. William
Ppot went to Norfolk Wednesday,
Democrats Fix
Meeting Dates
Raleigh March 3 Within ten min
utes after assembling, the State Dem
ocratic Executive Committee meeting
here last night fixed March the 27th
as the date for all precinct meetings,
April the 3rd for all county conven
tions and April 8th for the State
Convention which will be held in Ral
elgh,
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C of C Directors
Endorse Maxwell
Appoint Committee To Go To
Raleigh And Also Plan For
Second Banquet In April
I The Directors of the Chamber of
Commerce met Tuesday afternoon
and voted to endorse A. J. Maxwell
of the Corporation Commission for
the vacancy on the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
' The directors also named a com
mittee of five to Attend the meeting
of Chambers of Commerce and Agri
cultural Associations to assemble at
Raleigh when the extra session of the
Legislature convenes and to urge up
on the General Assembly the need of
a fifty million dollars bond Issue for
road Improvements. This committee
is made up of A. B. Houtz, chair
man; J. W. Foreman, J. T. McCabe,
W. L. Cohoon and W. J. Woodley.
It was decided at Tuesday's meet
ing to hold the second annual ban
quet of the Chamber of Commerce
on Friday night, April 2nd, and to
admit ladies to the banquet. The
committee named on arrangements
is made up of J. T. McCabe, T. T.
Turner and J. T. Stallings.
Mayor Galther announced that the
officers ot the Sewer Company will
bo here for a conference with the
City Council soon and invited the co
operation of the Chamber of Com
merce in this matter.
Mr. Doty, President of the Inland
Navigation Company, was present and
explained his plan for the develop
ment of water transportation to Nor
folk and neighboring towns and di
rectors voted to render him any
possible assistance in the enterprise.
IN HONOR OP MISS TARK1NGTON
Miss Alethla Riggs entertained a
number of her friends Monday night
at her home on West Main street, ex
tended, In honor of her guest, Miss
Nora Tarklngton ot Belcross.
Those enjoying the occasion were:
Misses Lessle Windsor, Elizabeth Bag
ley, Missouri Sawyer, and TJora Tar
Ington. Messrs; Willis Pritchard,
Llndsey Pritchard, Martin Temple,
Willie Carter, Jessie Pritchard, Char
He Carter 'and Tom Alexander,
Edward Hale Takes Exception t
To Statement Made Yester
day By Franklin Dolier Of
Ameican Legion
(By Associated Press)
Washington, March 3 Another
row today featured the hearings on
the solsjjer relief before the House
ways uuu means committee wnen ISO,
ward Hale, representing the veterans
of foreign wars, took exception to the
statements made yesterday by Frank
11 ii Dolier, bead of the America Le
gion Hale wanted thirty dollars for
each man tor each month's service.
ATTrMTOKILL
STEPHTV FRIEDRICII
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Shots Fired Into Automobile Of
Hungarian Minister Of War
Without Effect (
Budapest, March 3 Attempt was
made today to assassinate Stephen
Friedrlch, former premier and pres
ent minister ot war la the Hungarian
cabinet.
The shots were fired at him while
he was riding in his automobile and
were without effect.
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TOOK JOYRIDE ON ENGINE
Berlin, Feb. 13 As Instancing ths
laxity with which the Prussian state
railways are now administered the
Tageblatt cites the case of a Bremen
engineer who took an Idle engine
and road to a point nearby to bu
yeast for his wife and to visit his
aunt. Then he returned the engine
to the Bremen roundhouse.
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PRESIDENT WILSON
GOES AUTOING
Washington, March 3 President
Wilsonwent autolng today, the first
time he has been out since he return
ed to Washington from his Western
tour ill In October .
Accompanied by Mrs. Wilson and
secret service men, the President took
a spin around the speedway remain-
ing out an hour.
Photographers who waited at the
White House were prevented from
taking photographs by the police.
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ANARCHISTS COMPEL
STRIKE TO CONTINUE
Milan, arch 3 Workers out on the
general strike attempted to retunr to
work yesterday but anarchists attack
ed the factories, tramways and stores
compelling the strike's continuation
Radicals selzeda number of estab
lishments have prclalmed a soviet
but were expelled by troops.
Anarchists attacked the labor ex
change but were repulsed by the mil-
itary.
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APPEAL TO AMERICA
IN BEHALF ARMENIA
New York, March 3 The Ameri
can Committee for the Independence
ot Armenia, headed by James W. Ge
rard, charged today that the Allied
Premiers have tentatively decided on
the petition of Armenia, and. appeal
ed to Americans to protest.
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INVESTIGATE RAIDS
OF FEBRUARY 27TH
Mexico lty March, 3 The Mexican
foreign office has requested full in
formation of raids by Mexicans on
Montana Camp, Arizona, February
27th. ' i
It Is unofficially stated here that
no American troops crossed the bor
der in pursuit ot bandits.
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REPUBLICANS AT
GREENSBORO TODAY
Greonsboro, March 3 Fifteen hun
dred Republicans met in the State
Convention here today to choose the
stale ticket and delegates at, large
to the National Convention.
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' ALBERT STRAUSS RESIGNS
' Washington, March 3 Albert
Strauss of New York reslgne dtoday.
as a member of the Federal Reserve
Board. ; ' .
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LITTLE COLORED BOY BURNED
, Ths small son of Albert Wilson,,
negro1 porter at the Southern Hotel,
was hurried about the face Tuesday
when his clothing caught fire while
the boy was playing with matches.
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