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WEATHER , Fair tonight and probably Thursday. Southwest winds VOL V. ELIZABETH CITY. NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AP RIL 21, 1920 NO. 95 If It's Newt You'll See It First In The Daily Advance REVIVAL DRAWING DEATHS ALMOST NOW TOWARD END Final Services Thursday After noon and Thursday Night. Ex TWOJUNDRED Scores Injured And Property And Crop Damage In Mil- Mnlfinor Wac NiiKiArf I I . X? T I tin I . .uo & " nuns i rum i urnauo vv men Tndv Nicht Q. Tl C-i-. - j - - - o iTTKua i ui cc jiiiies Tli I'L'c more services will close the lliriningliani April 21 One hull- ALICE NIELSEN who sings at the Alkrama Thursday evening and her prize winning Chow Chow dog Chang .series of revival service.. Hint lriv' , dred ;t ml eighty two are dead and been, going on at Hi.- First Baptist '.sem es are injured while i lie property church for the las! . 11 days. Tluira j ;t nU crop damage runs into the mil day afternoon and Thursday niKlit lions, as the toll of the tornado will he the lina! s. 1 ires of the meet- whirl, yesterday swept parts of Miss-lug- j.-.siii, Tennessee, and A I ;i bum a. -Why I am no! a Christian, or t ho : sixteen bodies were ItoiikIi' into DiviN lret!s In- keeping men out !. in, i. ion. Alabama ioi.iv l.v Red of the Knni.lniii" J.- the tin Mil' at (',-,.- n lief patties. ., n , .-peeial Hi" eve", lit; service Tuesday, when .trains were rushed to ihe stricki.'ii I Dr. Je.---r preach.-, from the t xl : , .., ,.,; , .-irrying d..ioi-. nurses A:id tiny all with oil'' . m-eiit began ;ini f,h. I in in.ilv i-xruse. j .it al- for aid h.ivt In' 11 rei'eived ' "Tilt iv is a wide tiill'erelK o be- 1 1 j n man' .small towa I 'la lis have twin .1 l. isnii an I an ecu ,;" xibl ,ll:lde :.t ril-h ' V and f"od to tin- in . .11 le r ' I; m k of every reason hu,M,r,.,s , 1 1 ! . u!io-.e homes tliere i- ,i i ..ii . An exeuse Is a Wl.,.,, roved . Hi"'" pi' I'M "ii which we seek to- n nt - v il Ie. Ala April 21 Midi ,vad" ..iir duty or obligation. A.laniM,,, (-,,,,, v ,,.p.,rts : : ilead and --v-sotight to put the blame on Kve for (, ,,.rs seriously injured who hi.- disobedience in the garden and ll;iv Preparations are being lin n have been packing their short- ,.,,,, , u.v ,,,,, dl..nl ,uu n.nli, coinings on the women ever since. ,(, devaxtato.l area. "An excuse is the cradle in which I the devil is rocking to sleep the con sciences of men. HKKTI'OKM I'AI'KK NOT SOLI) The news item .sent out from llert- ..!.. . .,11 1 -uou is sometimes Buuig iu uufor uml pilhii,hed in the The Advanc. the hand of the excuse maker. If;an( ,M(. Virginian Pilot Tuesday rc he should do so tonight your city ' )()n jnj, , ,K, s,((l Qf ,h(, I1(,lttor(1 would he so full of funerals that II(.,utlt um,.- a mortgage is challen you'd have to call on undertakers hy J;lrk UVUs of h(, ,ill)tvp(, from a half dozen cities to help you .lll)1MljI1K mpany which has been to bury them 1 priming the Hertford paper here. Mr "People will break their necks to Wru (,xlllaiS ,,,,, get to a batidiiet and if one of you fnn n h(, fnriurr w- re lo i. r. ive all imitation to i!htiK )A , h a1 h l. a fuiirtioii uhne yon would meet f ,..,,,.,,,, U1, ,,, iM,-mIe ln the win: 1 - Kieai and coiiver-e fare t n. i v yoke for of cv 1.!,., w : a I ii" lor. iiio-l tin 11 of ymir nation "'i would go if you li.nl to 'Ir.ii;i uiur home to g"t the funds. And ' l whin Cod gives you all invitation to sit at bis table and f.-as; on his bounty sou In gin to liinl pretexts for slighting the invita- t lull. -One man has bought land, and must needs go out in the night to see what he has paid bis ne without ever investigating Another has naid for a oxen without knowing whether will wink or not and must of necess ity try them forthwith -Another has married a wife who would not care to go out to banquet. "All these excuses are ridiculous, of course, and the master uses them mly to show the fallacy and ,.f the nretexts on w' are holding back from surrendering thuir lives to Him. "I don't know what the devil has suggested to your mind ithat has served to keep you out of the King dom; but of one thing you may he Hire: Whatever your excuse is. it is of the devil. "Do you say: 'I don't understand the Bible." Then you and God are in complete agreement on that. fp"WWWWWIWWWP " JJJW" 1 ''""W ,WH I I III IIHWJUI.WHIIIWWIWH lli.g I 1 v. pi V CI II i Home Talent To Give Play "Under the Willows," or "The Spy" Will Be Presented By First M. E. Ladies Aid in' is an t 1' No 2 o .I the Fir uiging for ' the Ladies Aid So t M.ihodist Church an exi'iting and in- -hallow- iich men Hut ting plav to be presented at an .ill) date hy a number of the city's well known amateur actors. The play ii entitled "I'nder the Willows" or "The Spy", and presents a beau tiful and thrilling story of life when the Confederacy was struggling lo maintain its independence. The principal character. Dick D' 1. mini!, the Spy. i.s taken by Hill C. Sawyer, and his name alone on the program, is a big drawing card. The other prominent characters in the play are Miss Matlie Harney. Miss I, ik ile Pas-. Miss Katharine Hint on . Miss Mah.ila Meekins. heroines all. and Guy Hrockett. Raymond Sbeely. IJiivd Sawyer, Dr. Julian Selig, IV. II Smith and Kuxton White, every one a star in his own special line. The play will recall to many of the older people in thg audience the days when ihe Confederate Flag was their flag, and the hopes and fears, and the weary long drawn out struggle of the divided nation, during the long at:o War Between the States. thti way of salvation you do under-: stand. God has made that so plain that the wayfaring man. though a foid need not err therein. A noted inlidel when he came to die pointed to the Bible and said: "There is no trouble wth that Book. The trouble ( has been with my own sinful life. "Do you say T don't feel like it-' There is nothing about feeling in the j Hook. I! is not a question of feeling ; It is a question of believing. ( Constantinople April i! 1 French "Perhaps you say that in order to in.np- have eu'eted Aintab and re he a Christ iarTone must give up too u,l th" situation. .,,,( h Cod asks you to give up, A n i . r i . :i n relief workers sent mes '.,'.. :ng that i worth while. 't-u.'.-- from there lust week asking I'.-rhaps you say that your roil- for In !p :;i ,. does not n il you that you j 1 , , pt Jesus. our conscience FRENCH TROOPS RELIEVE SITUATION ,hai" ' ' : shai. i " '''" dokf a ; ' to he tin " I cord with C You say y ! voii have educated it to Hindu mother cists her ,. Ganges linn and un ! belief that that she Is i . art . Your conscience is only when it i.s in ac- ,Vs W ord. .a are not good onough to come into tie kingdom. How do you ever expect to be good enough a long as you stay on the out side? You say that "U are afraid you wont hold out. I know you won't. Hy the grace of God I am what I am. Commit yourself to Him and He'll hold out. It la not your part to hold ut- That is His part. You reach up to him by faith and Ho'll reach down to you by grace. "Are you waiting for somebody V else" Mow do you know that some body e e j a n wailing for you a ml thai you an i .. t a ii so of h is not coin ing Into the l.g'loni "Vou sav i too hi id to be a Christian. ni ire mist iken. .lesilR is a i, exacting Mas ter hut not a hard one Go to the men and women of this congre gation who have irrepted Him and they will testify that His yoke Is ntisy and his burden light. Go to the hard seasoned sinners and see if they will testify that the Devil is an easy master. "You say 'When I know that the end Is at hand. I'll surrender. You're wrong, You'll die as you have lived. The only sure and safe time to set tle thig question is now. Today if you ever expect to hear His voice harden not your heart. AN EVENING OF SONG by ALICE NIELSEN Assisted, by Thomas (Irisdle, I'i.iiiist-Arromiianist. PROGRAMME 1. Ai i.t: I)eh virni niiii tanhtr (Xn..c ci l'i-;ai'o) .Mnzart Miss Nielsen 2 A. Impromptu in A Ha! Chopin 15. Et tide in C Major Chopin Mr. Grisi'llc . a. Chcrc Nuit Bachelct . Mandolin Debussy c. Kxtase Du Paro d. Papillon Fourdrain e. Ariettc Vidal Miss Nielsen 4. Aria: Datti, Iiatti (from Don Giovanni) Mozart Miss Nielsen 5. A. Gavotte Intermezzo Sar Two Dances of olden times B. Minuet Griselle C. Bourree Mr. Griselle G. a. Lulla'-y Scott b. Under the Greenwood Tree Buzzi-Pecia e. Weathercock Lehmann ,1. But Lately in Dance Arensky e. An Open Secret Woodman Miss Nielsen Commencement At Forks And Newland People Of Section Offered Dou ble Opportunity To Hear O. Max Gardner STRIKING MEN REFUSE TO VOTE Efforts Of Chicago Leaders To Obtain Action Fails. New York Men Will Return To Work NIELSEN CONCERT UNUSUAL EVENT And Patronage Thursday Evening Will Determine Whether Or Not City Will Have Other Such 'Concerts Cl,i ae... Airil L'l The .striking Klizahoth City p. .,.le will have) raili m.I n, en Iieiv leln . i to vote on the opportunity Th u r-.lay iiilit to I the o : -i a. n of r tiiruiiiK I o work Kfl'ort - .1 ! lie colli 111 it I ee of . St I' i 1 e leader- 1 ..Main a. : i..n f illed. Wash it. i- A pi 1 1 1 A u re. -1 1 1 i ; l hear Alice Niel a n The ladies of the Kir. t Met ho, list Chinch are liriiicinr. i, i- world. I a in us prima l. ii iia In I i i ;,ei h with the r,; : i ...iii In ..: heriio.u!.. u i i i . r j ' i : n.t tor the small p. i c.-mi they u h n il i !..- 'i nl, hi r railway w. u kers , hop. i ., k.i hi I'rom i he a ie oi t ,, kei s, of N' w . .11 r-iuni to wo. I, w . i - I n t thiour.li a i-, . i 1 1 i i . .ie in- to a n ii. it to . -I ii.. ! K.lwanl Me r;v. Kaahelh Cily an oppni'l n nit y HoiikIi. Hi.:; juiki man. who ::!! f.. . njo the hir.li 1 , i . mu.-ir that ll. had a I. a Ie! .lied I he . II Oil to I. I V iiah-lv li 'll III'- I a- .' I i I: HP i'i' K. lilin.nl l.ahol ',e .;,1. ie In i town no la i ci than IliH ei' y ha v . n j . t t 1 1 . u Ii i l-:iia het ll City hi I 1 1 1 1 1 ' I .11. .1 Oi. I e . II t .'--t a 1 1 an I Victory Buttons For Coast Guard ( 'a pt a -n Kil j-.a r Chad w id, . Su p. r illt end. 11 I of I lie Sol ell Ml I li I loll of the Cna-t (Ciianl Depart nient . Inis just received fioni the govern nient . a iiiimhtT of X'iclory liiitlons to he given to the men of the Coast (Dtard who served hot ween April fith. 1!U7 and N'oveniher llili. l!ls. Victory medals will also he issued to all persons who are entitled to jvear the Victory Mutton. The lat ter cannot he worn when Hie owner is in uniform, hut the medal can he worn with both uniform and civilian clot In s. All lio n w ho have served overseas jor on convoys will be entitled to I wear a i la p w ith the an dal or but I ton Tin i ia p diows 1 1. at I lie wear 1 or wa n or . . as. or w is in I he run voy .ser,i.e I RIGGS SPENCE I - - ! A lii.in'i.i.L'.- ih ii cam, ., a ,.irpri , , i j f 1 Mm trie,,, u ,,. i iiNewland Uirl e ..in i j 1 1 i '"""II "Us St.leillli',.,1 I,, IJev. J. , 1 " '" e at ., toll, 'I ,,, ,,I V Clara Daiihii i M. I ' o i . have h--.il a n n in In r nf gooil It i 'Hi. I ill la. i i : y I mn lime I o I ino i ml i in- people, a a i ale. have y , . II I 1 o . ;. a . . rs l-ooil hull -e I In I a in ii ii a I '.ii like , ice N'iel-.-eii has h er.i ol . n I . i n an a 1 1 ogel her unknown iiianin in an Kliz ibet Ii ( ily theater. The ladies who are responsible for the Alice Nielsen ciiinerl Thursday wish the people to know that if this entertainment is a success linanclally arrangements will be made hereafter to bring most of Ihe best plays and concerts that come to Norfolk to Kli.abeth City. "Hut if the people fail to attend." say these ladies, "then Klizahoth City will have lost the opport unity to be come one of the chain of towns to whah th. -e attractions ale to be hi oiicht "Co on I ' h. n . anil brill K mi r i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii V, ie '-'I .'du ration a'oiir lln Ino of n-ii ie and art. ami mily li i. mi' Me !- -I can we h- irti to appf. . ia'.' ll Wins First Prize I. mi William. a pup, I ill Mo l.ri.le - (J. . K.,,, ,,,,, ,,,-j11"' NeWllll'l llTh Sdmol. won the Sn.aih Mills. I -lr lilKgs is the (laughter of the I 1:1,1 u s lliiiih ll. former slierii'f of f'.'iui.l. !i County, and ha, held t-,. '''' ul'il,,n iM ,hl' l'nsi uoi a n k i -I .r..e. a live dollar gold piece. ..II. lad by th.- landowners associa tion of North Carolina, for the best l'o-:t,on f stenographer lor I) K. Will, mis ,,f South .Miis tr s11(, 1 1 no Mi Kirgs is a promiiieiil merdia n t , ll''1" city on the Canal Mr :'"d Ah liigg.s are prominent in nM. j I'li-die- - and social circles of 1 1,, ,,- ! column, niy. and have a hos ,,f friends m Camden and Hie neighhor- i tig con titles. PALMER LEADS IN GEdRGIA PRIMARY t: addr Thursday at' oiiiniein . "i.. nt Newland High School tor a .H ;lt Fl,lk School nt T.:io Tiiuis-I ay night w il be delivered hy . Mux Cardnoi Lleuletianl Governor, and candidal for Governor of North Carolina. The neonle of the section an offered double opportunity to heat Mr. Gardner, a prominent states man and one whom they will be call upon to vote for or against at the comiliK primary in June. GERMANY ASKS LARGER FORCE Says Larger Army Than Is Per mitted By Peace Treaty Is NecessaryTo Maintain Order At Home Atlanta. April 21 - Returns from the (Jeorgia Democratic presidential primary show Attorney General Pal mer leading with 141) votes for I In state Convention, Thomas K Wat son, second, with 120 votes, and Senator Hoke Smith third, with 100 votes. KM'KCT SOIA'K MVSTKKV Toledo. (). April l'l The police here are working on a clue which is expected lo solve tin- mystery sur rounding ihe d isa ppea r i nee of Anna Aloft a rd I w o years ano All. i arresting a r- 'uurant keep .r M- ib lectivi-s start., i excavalng. MICHOAGAN STATE County Schools, on the snliject: "Ma laria. It's Cause and Prevention." Aliss Louise llrothcr, of the New land Klemenlary School won Ihe se cond prize, three dollars, and Mis-t Minnie l.ayden of the Okisko Kle ineiitarv School. was awarded a prize of two dollar, for the third best essay -HI Ihe same subject. The Landowners As-ociation has offered these prizes in every county in Kastern Carolina The essays winning tin- lirst prizes in these counties will be sent to V i I 111 illgloll , the head(iiai'ter.s of the association, and from then- In Raleigh. where the judges, Mrs Jane McKimmon, Dr. K C Itrooks and Dr. V. S. Ran kin will decide upon the best of these. To the writer of the prizo winning essay will he awarded the sum of jr.u.ou The Landowners Association gives half of the amount and Dr. Clarence Poe. editor of the Progressive Kami, er, give- tin remainder. Tl pol ' ICIK Kl'ITING I'AKTV HliKK A Navy recruiting party of three arrived in tin- Cily Tuesday hy au tomobile from Norfolk, and will he lore for two days wi'h lieaihiua iters al the V. Al. C. A We '-hall In- glad to an wer any n no, I lo lis 1 11)111 I llOSe i il'"'' l' l ill JOINS THE REBELS j,,,. ,,,,., about tm- ,rv,.." jciii'l il .1 1 1 1 I' ill ii l"l -I W Am s. '' ,n' '''' S"""1'1 A,nl "' ' oin- f the nibei-s of Mo- p.rty. '" "' Al dinagan Ins ,.- v.,,.,1 ,.,.,.- force have ' In w opport ll n il v ol . i. r. bels. d lor. Germany has ask to maintain a t ban i, "t-rinittud Pa n -. A pr ed ffrr permission 'larger arm.-. I force thus ,y i,e peine Treaty. Tin- re(iiest states thai it Is necessary to have a ari?c force to pre crv, orili-r In I he countr. ALICE NIELSEN DRESS ATTRACTING ATTENTION A sir. kin v gown belonging to lln great prima donna, Alice Nielsen, is all raci ing much attention n the win dow of Ah Cube Grice, The dress Is made entirely of discarded silk i hose WIM, NOT IWKTtl II ATH Washington, April 21 Amhassa or Johnson at Home has been In- OVKKl,L I'AHADK SATlltD.W .structed to attend the Allied Confer New York, April 21 The overall vnre at San Kemo as American ofh parade here Saturday will take on a ra observer hut he will not partlcl- national aspect with the presence of pate In the discussions or dellbera- representativeg from other cities. dons I'.XSSIiNGKItH AUK KAKK Trieste, April 21 All passeiiKers fii the American steamer, Susque .liannu. which went a.shore on the Dalmatian coast, arc safe, according to mossage received here today. a pt a. t ii i cruise w hi. h w ; . I t . " ' m-.u during the su in hot to Cn i.a a 1 it or nia. the Hawaiian I -I mds, the Pan ama Ci.nal and to I'ug. ' Sound. The travel crii-e pi.-s' iits a splen did opportunity f""' the re-enlist-mejit of ex-seivice men," KILLED CROSSING SAVANNAH RIVER Anderson. April 21 - W. well was killed today A hatteau tak Iiir him and K. G. Partial! arross the Savannah river, became unnianaKable and swept over Gregg Shoals dam. l'artliin escaped injury hy grabbing a friendly rock as the craft was demolished.
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