)
"MY BON, -deal
with mm
who advertise, "
you will never ,'
WEATHER
Rain tonight and Frlday. Possibly
snow Friday. Saturday probably
fair and cold, east to south winds In
creasing. lose by It."
Benjamin Franklin.'
VOL. V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLIN A.THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 4, 1920
NO. 55
BANDIT LEADER
HATCHET BURIED
BY REPUBLICANS
' ' ' .
Big Four Chosen Delegates To
National Convention And
Morehead and Duncan Shake
Hands
t FIRST LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEETING
KMEDBHROOPS
Manuel Gonzales Whose Band
s
1
Murdered Former American
Consul Merrill, Meets Death
Other Bandits Killed Or
Wounded
(By Associated Press)
Mexico March 4 Manuel Gonzales,
leader of the band that murdered
Augustus Morrill, former American
Consul at Manzanillo February 26th,
has been killed by the government's
pursuing troops, It is semiofficially
announced.
. Other bandits were killed or
wounded during the battle.
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COTTON ASSOCIATION
TO MEET SATURDAY
The members of the Pasqudtank
Cotton Association and others Inter
ested in erecting a general warehouse
are requested to meet Saturday af
ternoon at two o'clock In the Colnty
Farm Agent's office In the Federal
building for the purpose of discus
sing matters pertaining to the ware
house and to ta ke subscriptions of
stock to the warehouse.
The farmers of Pasquotank have
subscribed over ten thousand dollars
to this fund and It is hoped that the
amount needed for the establishment
ot a warehouse may soon be reached.
Th membership of the association
continues to grow and each member
has the opportunity to lake from one
to twenty shares of stock and so have
a financial interegt in the warehouse.
"If you feel Interested and think
such an institution ,wlll be beneficial,
attend the meeting Saturday after
noon In the County Agent's office,
room 302, Federal building," says
County Chairman Eugene S. Scott.
BERGDOli FACES
COURTMARTIAL
Army Officials Believe Result
OF Trial of Wealthy Phila
delphian Will Affect Other
Draft Dodging Cases
Philadelphia March 4 Orover
Cleveland Bergdoll, wealthy Phila
dephian faced court martial on Gov
ernors Island today charged with de
sertion and eluding the draft.
Army officials believe the outcome
will bear heavily on the one hundred
and seventy thousand draft dodging
cases in the country
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MERCHANTS MEET
ON FRIDAY NIGHT
The members of the Merchants As
sociatlon will meet at seven-thirty
Friday night in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms.
At this meeting they will nominate
the directors of the Association and
transact other Important business.
The Association is now on a solid
footing and will employ a full time
secretary to look after such vital mat
ters as the correction of overcharge
ffi freight and express rates, estab
lishing a credit bureau and so on.
The members f the Association
have already found that such co-op-!
eration Is of much value and in these I
reconstruction days will help mater-!
ially ta reducing the cost of running
their Dusiness establishments, which
w ill, of course eventually help to sta
bilize and lower prices.
It is hoped that merchants who
have not yet joined -the Association
will do so at once.
Premier Nitti Says ,
They'll Be Friends
London, March. 4-Premier Nlttl
of Italy in an Interview today says
a way will be found to settle the Ad
riatic controverya and Italy and Ju
go Slavia will be friends.
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LITTLE (ilUL SWALLOWED NAIL.
GOES TO HOSPITAL FOB X-RAY 0reen8boro who was the choice of the
Mrs. C. C. Bailey left Wednesday! convention to make the raee tor
night for New Bern to take her llt-jstate superintendent of public in-
tle daughter Margaret to a hospital jstruction.
there.
The little girl swallowed s nail
; about a week ago and physicians
Iters have been unable to locate it."
'. The X-Ray will be used to And the
nail and It Is hoped that an . opera
t tlon will be avoided.
. ' Or
OVERMAN PERRY
Melvrn Erwln Overaantof Pasa.no
, tank County and Miss Elisabeth
Perry ot Oklsko were married in the
city Wednesday morning by Justice
of he Peace, T. B. Wilson. '. - v
(By the Associated Press)
Greensboro, March 3. The State
Convention of the Republican party
of North Carolina opened to-day with
delegates from every county In the
State responding to the roll call. A.
A. Whitener of Hickory called the
convention to order, acting In place
of Frank Llnney, chairman of the
State executive committee.
Immediately afterwards former
Lieutenant Governor C. J. Reynolds
of Winston Salem was chosen by ac
clamation to preside over the meet
ing and a permanent organization
.was effected.
The committe on credentials re
ceived the credentials of each dele
gation, all of which were approved.
One woman delegate, Mrs. Maud Hes
ter ot Wake County was among the
attendlng-delegates.
While the credentials committee
was In session, Mr. Wkltener launch
ed a vigorous attack upon the appli
cation of the revaluation act enacted
by the State Legislature at Its last
session. Mr. Whitener denounced the
law as unjust to farmers and small
property owners, holding that pres
ent assessments are based on Inflat
ed values.
Mr. Whitener also denounced the
Pemocratlc administration, both Fed
eral and State, characterizing them
as "extravagant." He declared that
only by the Republican party's re
gaining the reins of government
could the country hope to return to
a sound business basis.
When Mr. whitener declared that
"President Wilson Is a dead letter
in political and public life" his hear
ers were moved to great applause.
The convention elected John Mot
ley Morehead ot Chaslotte National
Committeeman and Frank . A.
Linney of Hickory chairman of the
State executive committee. The con
vention also voted to instruct the
North Carolina delegates to the Na
tional Convention to vote for Judge
Jeter Prltchard of Asheville for the
Presidential nomination.
The convention adopted a strong
resolution endorsing Senate Repub
licans under the leadership of Sena
tor Henry Cab ot
Lodge for their I
stand on the ratification of the Peace
Treaty and the League of Nations
BIG FOUR TO CHICAGO
xxj inivnuv .
The "big four" of the party In this
state were cnoseu as ueiegai.es hi
large to the Chicago convention.
These men are John M. Morehead.
Frank A. Lnney, former Senator
Marion Butler and former National
Committeeman E. Carl Duncan. The
selection of these men to attend the
Chicago Convention was somewhat of I
a surprise here, as mere '0"S
been a great amount or striie among
these men, Morehead, Duncan anil ,
Butler especially.
There had been Innumerable rum
ors that there would be trouble at the
convention today. This it was
thought, would be started by Duncan,
Butler and Jake Newell, the Char
lotte attorney, who recently broke
with Morehead, but some smooth
work was done Wednesday nght and
the party machinery moved with
great ease.
JOHX J PARKER FOR GOVERNOR
John J. Parker a young lawyer
from Monroe( in the western part of
I the state, was chosen by acclamation
I to make the race for governor this
year. T. T. Hicks of """Henderson
and J. E. Alexander were elected su
perior court Justices.
A. A. Whitener of Hickory was also
chosen by acclamation as the nomi
nee of. the convention to contest for
the seat of Lee S. Overman in the
United States Senate this fall. Mr.
Whitener made the race against Sen
ator Overman six "years ago and was
bid! defeated.
WOMAN CANDIDATE ON TICKET
The first woman to be a candidate
for public office in the State of North
ratlins tru nnmlnnteri. thin ladv hn
M Mary Settle Sharpe, of
The climax ot the convention was
reached this afternoon, after the an
nouncement of result of the vote tor
delegates at large, when John M,
Morehead walked on the platform these laying particular stress on the
and shook hands with Marlon Butler1 extravlgance ot the , democratic ad
E. Carl Duncan and Jake Newell, ah extravagance ot the democratic ad
three ot these, men having been bit-1 while hi office, .r
ter enemies of his men and who had; party leaders departing for their
heen trying in this state to wrest the
party leadership from him., Air or
these men stated that the '. hatchet
was then and there burled, and fol-
loc'ng this a regular love feast took
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iTOir''f t'-t , ,A Z, J
PARIS The above remarkable and historic picture as snapped during the first meeting of
the League of Nations In the clockroom of the French foreign office on the Qual d'Oreay. Paris,
Jn. K, 1920. Delegates seated at the big table, left to right, facing front, are: Dr. Cuflb-t. Brazil;
' Mr. Satflul, Japan; Lord Curxon. Enr'nd;i Loon Bourgeois, new president or the French senate and
permanent chairman of the Lmkuo Nations; Ferraris, ot Italy; Paul Mhyuians, Belgium, and
' Guluoncs de Lion. Spain.
MOBILE SCHOOLS
ARE POSTPONED
Continued Prevalence of Influ
enza Leads To Decision To
Set New Dates For Training
Baptist Forces of State
Raleigh, March 4.On account ot
the continued prevalence of Influen-
za throughout the State, the elefen
mobile schools, which were staged
to De neia nexi we k, mutcb a to
12, have been called off temporari
ly, according to information sent
out from headquarters here to-day.
Hertford was one of the eleven
towns designated
A second and maoh larger series
of these schools will be held July 19
to 23. Dr. W. R. Cullom.of Raleigh
who Is the general diroctor of these
schools this year, is planning to mo
liilizo and train the Baptist forces
l of the State in this July series of
schools hitherto untried.
Fnllnwinir nn thn rrpnt financial
cam,,algn of last fall whlcn resulted
in raising over $90,000,000 in sub
scriptions for benevoelent pufposes
. , , . home church exnenses
the
Baptlsts of tne South are puttin.
g on
an evangelstic campaign of similar
proportions.
Dr. Walter N. Johnson
of the Board of Missions of the Bap-
1 1 1st State Convention, and Dr. W.
R. Cullom, who was associated with
him as far as the State organizer in
the seventy flive million campaign,
are arranging for a number of confer-
are arranging for a number of confer- j
. di(f(irnt spfttlons of the state
tails of the big campaign in this State
and to put the supreme Importance
of the movement on the hearts of the
leaders of the enmlnatlon.
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FOR REGISTER OF DEEDS
According to previous annonuce
nient, I am a candidate for Register
of Deeds. Subject to the Democra
tic Trimary In June. Thanking you
in advance for your support, I am,
Most Respectfully,
GEORGE W. BROTHERS.
ni5-12 swkly
place between the old rivals for par- j
ty honors. j
WANT AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
The convention adopted a platform
Via w u II u iuu vu iu iruigu su i- " ,
will be waged, denouncing the pres-jw
ent balloting aystem of the state and
demanding the Inauguration of the
Australian system; condemnation of
the application of the revaluation of
property act as adopted by the last
legislature, and a demand for Its ap
peal or amendment. They ' advo
cate a system or puouo roau consmu
tlon rivaling anything yet attempted
in this state, and also denounced the
present school system, declaring for
better pay for teachers and a better
system of common school Woman
suffrage was also endorsed . -Many
speeches were heard front'
different leaders of the party, SU of
homes tonight express much plea an re
,t be smoothness with .which the
convention was conducted and all are
highly elated, over the burying of the
hatchet by the various factions,
MRS. H. J. LANE DEAD
News was received here Tuesday
night of the death of Mrs. H. J. Lane
of the death ot Mrs. H. J. Lane of
Portsmouth, Va., sister of Mrs. Clem
ma Hurdle and Mr3. Charlie Parker
of this city. Mrs. Lane had been ill
with influenza for some time and It
later developed into pneumonia. She
died Tuesday afternoon at three
o'clock.
Mr I.ane in survived bv her hus-
h-n, and one dauehte, Mi8g oilve
Q La and bv her parentB Mr.
and Mrg L R Hurdle of Belvldere.
Sne ig alg0 gurvived by four sisters
and four brothers. The sisters are:
Mrs. J. P. Copeland of Hudson, Ohio;
Mrs. M. D. Boyce of Suffolk and Mrs
Charlie Parker and Miss Clenima
Hurdle of this city. The brothers
are W. C. Hurdle of Durants Neck,
E. A .Hurdle of Washington, N. C.
h.
D. Hurdle of l'arkaville and Je
rome Hurdle of Belvldere.
The body was sent to Hertford
Wednesday morning and from there
It was taken to the family burying
ground at Belvdere.
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Exodus To America
Becomes Alarming
Mexico City March 4 The exodus
of Mexican laborers to the United
States is becoming so alarming that
there Is serious danger that a num
secretarv ' hr of Industries of the northern
states will close and large areas or
farm lands will be uncultivated.
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11 XKUAL MRS. HAYMAN
The funeral of Mrs
Louilslanna
from the
Havman was conducted
home on Bell street at three oclocK
Wednesday afternoon by Rev. J. M.
Ormond, assisted by Rev. H. K. Wil
liams. Music was softly rendered
by Mrs Mae Willey, Mrs Robert Feur
Ing, Mrs. G. R. Barrow . and W. C.
Sawyer. A large crowd attended
the funeral and many automobiles
were furnished by sympathetic
friends.
Mrs. Hayman's death occured
Tuesday night following severe burns
received Tuesday aft .-moon. She
was fifty-two years of age.
O
MON'TEL WILLIAMS IMPROVING
Montel Williams, sixteen years old
jwho has been critically ill with pneu
Imonla following influenza is mprov-
lng at South Mills and is believed to
be out ot danger.
The Influenza epidemic at South
The school
-,....,. ,, ,ha -hurches
re-uyturu inuir,u7 -
ill hold services Sunday.
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MEET IN CHICAGO
DISCUSS WAGE SCALE
Chicago, March 4 Representa
tives of four hundred thousand rail
way maintenance of way ship labor
ers are here to discuss the wage
scale.
Officials said the men are under
paid and tired of promises.
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W. O. Jenkins To Be .
Expelled From Mexico
Mexico, March 4 W. O. Jenkins,
formr American Connsul, is to be ex
pelled from Mexico as ths result ot
h!s alleged dealing! wltlf rebels
MASON McDAMEL DEAD
Mason McDaniel who has been an
Invalid for s number of years with
rheumatism, died at his horns at
, south Mills last Friday,
'about fifty years old. '
Hs was
CAIN BROTHERS ,
FACE EMOTION
Received Final Message From
Families To-day Not Be
lieved That Governor Bick
ett Will Intervene
(Special to The Advance)
Raleigh, March 4 Facing the
dreadful fate that awaits them when
they will pay with their lives in the
electric chair for the murder of old
man Riley Easter Friday morning at
ten-thirty o'clock, Joe and Gardner
Cain today have received the last
massage from their families through
their attorney John Folger of Mount
Airy, who came to Ruelelgh to make
a last appeal to Governor Bickett to
stay the execution. '
Accustomed to the freedom of the
hills back in Surry county where
they were horn and raised, the long
confinement behind the narrow walls
of the State penitentiary has had tell
ing effect. Today they look more
dead than alive, their once ruddy
faces having turned to a ghastly
white due to the more than a year s
cou..uumeiit.
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Hapsburgs Not
To Be Restored
London Marchj4 The Supreme
Allied Council is determined to ad
hep' lo its refusal to allow the restor
ation of the Hapsburgs either In Aus
I N;t or Hungary, it was stated in con
ference circles today In answer to In
quiries regarding Rumanian fears
that the appointment of Wortli j s
Hungarian regent means the return
of former rulers.
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REGARDED VICTORY
FOR NATIONALISTS
( Constantinople Marcli 4 The Tur
kisli cabinet lias resigned and the
S-.iltau has requested Marshal Izzett
I'asha to form a new cabinet, which
lis regarded as a victory for the Na
llionalisl movement as lzzet Pasha Is
a partisan of Mustapha Kernel Pasha,
j leader of the Nationalists in opposi
tion to the Sultap and the Conserva
I lives.
W. J. IIARMHON DKAI)
Washington, N. C. March 4 W J
Ilardlson aged 56, a well known bu
Hipcs man of Washington, died at
his home on East Seventh street Wed
nesday. He was a native of Beau
fort county. He Is survived by his
wife and children.
U
r.itiTisii Kgr.iDRo.x at aixjikrs
Algiers March 4 A British squad
ron of four battleships, one cruiser
and ten destroyers arrived here to
day. 0
MFKTS FRIDAY AFTERNOON
A business session of the Womans
Missionary of the First Baptist
Church will be held Friday after
noon at the church immediately after
the Week ot Prayer service.
0-p-
WARNING
Chickens must be kept at home
and not turned ont on ths streets or
on ths neighbors premises. This lsw
will be rigidly enforced, Leon
Holmes, Chief of Police. ,
.
WORST STORM
SWEEPSCOUNTRY
Western Towns Isolated, Com
munication Crippled. Storm
Spreading Rapidly East And
South
Chicago, March 4 Winter's worst
storm swept eastward today from the
mountain and plain states where yes
terday it reached blizzard propor
tions, isolating towns in Colorado,
Nebraska, South Dakota and crlp
plng railroad and wire communica
tion in Oklahoma, Iowa, Arkansas
North Texas, and Arizona.
The bllzaard will spread rapidly
east and south today and tonight
The forecast says "sharply reduc
ing temperatures."
There is from twelve to twenty feet
of snow In the La Plata district of
Colorado. Relief parties on snow
shoes are carrying provisions to the
snowbound trains at Cum'bres Pass.
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BOMB EXPLODES UNDER
AMERICAN CONSULATE
Zurich, March 4 A bomb explod
ed yetserday under the porch ot the
American Conulate.
The buldlng was seriously damag
ed but no one was hurt.
The police believe tbey have clues
that will lead to the arrest of the
guilty persons.
Continue Seize
Spoiled Goods
(By Associated Press)
Chicago March 4 Federal officials
continued today the seizure of spoil
ed and Impure foods in Chicago ware
houses while the district attorney
prepared to ask for warrants for the
arrest of owners of the foodstuffs
confiscated yesterday
The food was held In warehouses
for export to Europe and spoiled,
while waiting for the settling of the
Exchange market
Reach Decision
Armenian Massacres
(By Associated Press)
Ludon Marcli 4 Lloyd George an
nounced in the House of Commons
today that the Allies have reached
a decision regarding the Armenian
massacres which they have dispatch
ed to representatives at Constantino
ple. t
He said it is not available to pub
lish the decision but the Allies are
fully alive to the gravity of their pos
sit Ion and the need of strong meas
ures to protect the minorities.
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Ordered Return
Immediately
El Paso March 4 Instruction!
have been transmitted Lieutenant!
Wolfe and Usher, American avlatoti
who have been nt Sonora since Feb
ruary 2nd to return to the United ,
States immediately without waiting
for release of their airplane.
The question of the release of their
airplane which made a forced land-.
Ing will be taken up later.
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I RGK HOl'THKRN LANDS
FOR VKTKRAXH OP WAR
Waslfngton. March 4 Extension
of preferential rights of entry all
public lands to former service men
was urged before the House ways
and Means Committee today by D. W
Ross of California. Clarence J. Ow
ens of the Southern Commercial Coa '
gress urged that southern cut over
lands be used for soldiers settlement.
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LAW FIRM DISSOLVES
The law firm of Aydlett A Sawyer
has dlssoved and Mr. Sawyer will
take a new suite of offices on the .
third floor of the Hinton building
about March 15th. Mr. Aydlett will'
retain the quarters that have been
occupied by the firm.
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ILLUSTRATED I.ECTl'RR
Rev. J. E. Holden, colored of Wash
tngton D C delivered an illustrated
lecture on tuberculosis Wednesday
at Mount Lebanon M. E. Church. He
will deliver another at the same place
tonight on Pilgrims Progress.
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WILL ALLOW HERMAN Y
TO FLOAT
LOAN
London March 4 The Evening
Standard says ths Allied Supreme
Council has decided to allow Oerma
ny to float an internal loan became
Qermany ruined means a danger spot
In Europe.
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M W Ferebes has returned from a
business trip, to Norfolk . ,
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