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WEATHER If It's News You'll Se It First In The Daily Advance " Partly cloudy to-night and Friday. Moderate northeast winds. VOL. V. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 6, 1923. NO- 108 g FULL PROGRAM AWAITMOUNCIL First Steps Will Be Taken To ward Carrying Out, League of Nations Covenant at Rome Meeting Friday Washington. May t, - A full pro gram awaits the attention of the council of the League uf Nation:-' due to ns.-cnible .11 Koine Friday. The ouiline rei -"itoil here show;; til,, tir.st step to h carrying on: the taken toward ivl -lolls of the ( oveiiant for in- uioiii. ihe puhlica s entered into -. ; 1 1 i 1 11 ; for : !.: ague a mbiy of new 1 11 1 ' ill Del'-. League (it ternat ;ona lien of al by l.'iiL'in Jir.: mi .;. and -the ;i Nation di.-uru, NEW YOKK DELEGATES GATHER FOR CONFERENCE Albun. May il I i.'tnocrat r dele , ; ; , . a n l-'r incisro conven :ion limn New York are gathering her,, today for conference. Indication-, point to a light lieing made against the unit rule and the inclu sion of a wet plank in the platform. Nominates Potter Member Commission Washington, May 6 President Wilson today nominated President Potter of the Carolina Clinch field Railroad to he a member of the Inter state Commerce Commission. Best Testifies Hadn't Seen Girl Pontine. Mich. May (J Anson Best on Holland today charged with mur der of M;.- Vera Schneider, ttstilied that he had never seen the girl until he wa- asked hy the ollicers to look al lo t i.o ! I Chrome Deposits Found In Serbia llelgrudi . May ti -Chrome depos it- s u 1 1 i i 1 1 s in meet the world's do mauds have been discovered in Serb ia. the Amirican advisory committee to the .logo Siavia government an iii.tinced todav. Are Discussing High Cost of Shoes Atlantic Vity, May 6 -The high co-t of shoes and other leather prod nets wil he discussed at the annual meiting of the tanners council of An. erica ni re todav. ESTABLISH FACTORY EXTRACT PINE OIL Hattishurg, Miss. May 6 The Her rules Powder Company of Delaware has purchased ion acres of land and lea.sed lini.yon more, as the first step to establish a factory for the ex traction of turpentine and pine oil from pin,, stumps. REVISION VOLSTEAD LAW KAVOHKI) BY COWKCTICIT New Haven, May 6 Revision oi the Polstead law to permit the sale of light wine and beer is favored by the Connecticut Democratic conven t ion. FEDERAL AGENTS GUARD CUSTOM HOUSE Providence, II. I. May 6 Federal agents are guarding the old custom house and federal building here to day as the result of warning received that an attempt would be made to blow it tip PRICE SUMMER HATS NOT TO BE RAISED New York. May G Promise that 1 ii'einpt will be made to rai-e the ii 1 .0 pp 1.1""' mini I -umnier hats was made by u. ile milliners assembled In an 1 1 v ntion here today. STRAY SHIPMENT MONEY LOCATED Atlanta. May 6 A shipment of Jl.050.000.0d from the Sixth Feder al Reserve Dank to a branch In Jack oonvllie recently went astray but was finally located and delivered safely, postal authorities announced today. MIm Bertha Chappel Is visiting friend, In Washington, D. C. Young Calls This A Blooming Town" Fire Commissioner Makes Eliz abeth City Fires Horrible Example For State Kaleigh. May C It took a col- 1 tinin in an eastern Carolina newspu- per last week to describe an extl-, ing lire caused by a park from a! Ford. According to the account the Ford and Chalmers were locked, in th,. garage. Whether the Chal-j mors gave the alarm, when the Foil: .park set things burning, is not slat-' ed. hut the g.ifago. a smoke ho 11 -e and : cars were burned, at .1 h The hams in the sum heroic ehort were i. 1 lily n during t he I. is ot : ...ona. lo.ii.--e by i iviil pro-J bv si vera ! .1101; and doll.; r-. (Jo i, k work of com; any, i d a wiiiil ud yet the i 1(1 . -litis. con flag ra -e. : ing m ory , and cars I j 1 i n saved 11:1 iiv fa'.s"' t .on. ": 1 1 . that the gar.igi would have would liav. if on an 011 n t of - o alarms, t he li renn n nad not took 1: 1 0 he one w hen t !e y reached t he box. Seeing no oio . or any sign of lire, they turned back. Hut the lire accomodat ingly bur.-i nut at this junc t lire, tilling them there was some thing doing and pointing the loca tion. Then the firemen were "on it in a minute." Hut they couldn't get a bit of water to it. The paper says that the gong that tells the I watchman at the waterworks to let 'er go failed to sound, and before the preessure was on and the hose began to play, the garage and cars and smoke house were burned. Hut the meat was saved, and by splen did work when the hose did begin to play, the brave firemen saved a barn and residence, and possibly the whol, blooming town from de struction. The Fire Chief is quoted in the article as insisting that when people pull a lire. they stand by the box to direct when 'IMIKI"" arrive- He is dead right lie al-o a ill 1. a!- to the milihc to hole le: m' 1 out 1 a 1 e a 1.1 1 111 i ' I in 1 "How en 111 t '.a 1 cong di I n't - oa ml " '-n't referred to hy th,. ( 'hid' or t !i in'ire ting writer of the i-Miiing ev en'. Mr. Young remarked when he re, ill the article that h.. was do 1 idedly of t he opinion 1 ha' in t he ab-ellie of ihomlcul i". miles. Wale:' was an essential in lighting li -. and it' water wasn't obtainable with 011' the Miunding of a gong, the gong certainly should !,. tested every day to so" if it was in working or der Hotter ten false alarms than one alarmless gong, he thinks. American Legion For Education Declares Its Position And Has Representatives at Educa tional Conference This Week The executive committee of tin American Legion of North Carolina met in (ireenshorn on April LTi, de daring the organization's position on educational matters and atithoriz ng the State Commander of the Le gum to appoint representatives to attend the Educational Conference being held this week in Greensboro., The sentiment of th,, organization was expressed in part as follows: "The proper maintenance of schoools and colleges Is one of the bulwarks of the nation without which our institutions cannot en dure. "The dissemination of knowledge and the careful education of all the people is one of the first duties of the Commonwealth and furthermore one of the most effective means by which bolshevism and Its attendant ills can he checked and ultimately destroyed The exodus of trained personnel from the faculties of our public schools and other educational insti tutions, on account of the prevailing Inadequate wage anil salary scale, has reached such an alarming stage that there are over seven hundred empty school rooms in North' Caro lina and over 1!IU thousand In the nat ion Hy actual statistics the wages of ordinary laborers have increased since' 1914 10 7 per cent while for the same period the salaries for the teachers and professors have been In creased only 12 per cent. "The salaries now paid the teach- Inf forces in the State are grossly disproportionate to the servleCs ren- dered. obviously Insufficient to en- able them to rope with existing mgti prices and so low as to Imperil the possibility of obtaining teachers of the right type, training and charac- the several teachers. Instructors and of Elks have complete charge of ar- II ST IIK KIVEI) flKJ NIIII'MKNTj Washington, Ma 6 President ter. ! professors so that oUr schools and i..nging e.itcretaii.men t for any la- o alias time piece suits. We i anea 0f the firemen and oilers charg "We do, therefore, most heartily 1 other educational Institutions dies who attend the convention. They thought they were lost, now they are',,,1 before the Railroad Labor Board endorse the Educational Conference throughout the state shall be filled have not announced their program here, we must sell them quirk. Sps-' today that "high government officials of citizens and pledge to it our loyal, ' with the required number of trained but there Is no doubt that the ladles clal prices $L'1!.50 to $45 00 T. T. Tur had been used In the despicable pro unanlraous and earnest co-operation; ' and efficient teachers." i I will be highly cared for. I ner & Co ltnpd poganda agalnBt labor." Prominent Men Turn To Wheel for Recreation Bicycling at 80! Hale and hearty, clear-eyed, clear minded, the men of note pictured here are all active exponents of the state ment that years make no difference to the eych-t. All of them are busy men with big achievements associated with mere mention of their names. Each day for them means new achievement for de spite their years, they have not wlin'Iy laid il'iun the yoke of lajbor and service to mankind. Peat all of them take time for exer cise. The bicvrle, they find, serves their purpose better than any otln r furca tion. It lakes them (nildoois where a w. rid oi fresh air braces tlieui. It 1 art le-. tin in along pleasant In ivais, It pr.o : !cs means lor easily unnlu ao d "h'iuv, ailautcd to whatever d'-'iee ot -trctie'li tiicy feel like pulling ml their rsi: g. The f'ttirc of Dr Charles Y. Flint, ' rat - i. age. president-emeritus of liarvard I 'diversity, bicycling through the streets of Cambridge, has been miliar tor years. A ride from his home 0:1 Prattle St to Fresh Pond .! 'rs in every He generally ji"; 'he trip betweent) and 7 o'clock in ' e morning' when the air is clearest e s- 1' a-tingle with the crisp cool it - ot night. ) 'in D. Rockefeller, multi-million- r ei". king, makes novel use of the b'.. cl1 He is a great lover of golf, l'c ukes the round of the links on a Ufy.'t, finishing his game in trim f.nape without the fatigue that might 'on.-, from walking. Mr. Rockefeller alo rides about the grounds of his estate ,.lVcy A. Adee, aged 77, second as s'va:.: secretary of state at Washington for t lie last .vi years, is one of the line t ardent devotees of the bicycle in '.'ilie life lb- has not missed a daily 1 . le during suitable weather for years. PLAN ATTACK ON PORTftiAZATLAN Rcvolut-'onary Corrn;ar)di r, General Flores of Sinaloa : Making Preparations for Ag gressive Move Nogah'S. Ariz May (i (Jemoal Flore of Sinaloa. revolutionary commander will attack the port of Maaliaii in it few days, according to Americans arriving here. LLOYD GEORGE IS UNMOVED London, .May 6 - I'reinier Lloyd (ieorge will not lake cognizatie,. of the message from American con- gross relative to Ireland GOKS TO HOSI'ITAI. ' W V. Knowles left Thursday for Sarah Leigh Hospital for operation a,id treatment. . , TI1K SCOKK WAS ,T TO I IN K.WOK OK TIIK (TBS The lirst game of the Klizabeth City Baseball Association Schedule was played Wednesday before a large an enthusiastic crowd. Both teams played well, and seemed to have plenty of "pep " The score was fi to 4. Friday. May 7 the Klks and Y. M C A hows will cross bats and it Is hoped that the town will turn out to see the game. Carol Davis of Weeksville will pitch for the "Y." and Is expected to do wonderful work Before the series Is over, it sfi.iid, the Klks may put John Cul pepper against Mr Davis. MF.F.TS TOMGUT Elizabeth Lodge I O. (). K. wi 1., eet in special session tonight for il .'ructions lo the representative to at the tlrand Lodge which meets a; Cannula next week. The meeting will be followed by u smoker. All Odd Eellows are invited. 1 and we will exert all honorable means at our command to remedy these unfortunate circumstances by seeklng to arouse the public to this manifest danger ana urging upon the proper authorities the Immediate necessity of raising the salaries of! BICYCLING AT EIGHTY! lbY P. COCKEFELLCIZ ZZXo'B He has also enjoyed several bicycle tours throtigh France. He declares it the only way to see the intimate side of a foreign land. Thomas Edison, electrical wizard, frequently employs the bicycle in get ting about his various plants. It saves time, which is one of his most valuable oossessions, and it provides exercise while he is busy at his momentous work. Luther Btirbank, t h e naturalist whose name is known the world over, can be seen most any day riding a bicycle in the magic orchards of his California estates. Richard C. M rs-, secretary of the Inter-Nate V. M. C . ( 1 item 1 Elks At Salisbury iViay 'i wont One Hall A ion of r ine ti-;; i'ui'chascu to ric Ba bocue tor b. K O. L. .Jo I 1 . :ii 0 i.l a ton has hei'll ii iigut p id K!U No ii:i;i lor lie given I :n- i:i ks (Jralid l.oilgi' niiei ITilh and L'lith of ot p. 10' 1 .'1.1 I sill I ) lie, till' 1 1 . 1 1 III . II. Ill who attend Ihe ing here on the .May . ();!,'!' e;it erl aiti ineiii s for t he i ks u .. . a tend t he meet ing include : Su.olii , . hall game, special vaude ville .-him. and a dance 'I he iiiui ii iigs will with hii-.te -.- nieeling-i.-buiy Lodge ha sonn be taken up but the Sal aniuseinein or en ' ei" a 1 anient planned fur 1 he vis ilois I10111 'he time the business mi cling.- adjourn until ihe wee small hours of 1 tic night. 1' H Heard. president of the C ra nl Lodge of the State, will call the hr-t business meeting to order on the morning of May Hath at ten thirty and after a musical number and ihe invocation by Kev. H. Mur phy illiams, chairman of the ed ruler of Salisbury Lodge, of Sali-hiity will deliver the address of welcome which will he answered by Waller Murphy, Esq.. pn.st exaltt ruler of Salisbury Lodge. The entertainments for the after noon of the LTith will be ushered in hy a ball game between the Charlotte lodge and any lodge that will accept a challenge which has been issued by that lodge. The parade follows at 7 p. 111 A cup is given to the Lodge! which 11a- tic1 largest number ;n this para !' and several of the lodges are tied im thi.s now and they will all be represented in large numbers in the le.pi of capturing the cup. A s 1 1 , 1 1 k 1 r In the Salisbury lodge dub room- will occupy the vlsltor after the parade until 9.15 when a special vaudeville show will be given t hem in 1 he S rand I heat re. On tie morning of the 20th olli cers will I" elected and a place for the next mee'lng selerted. In the al'iernoon a barbecue at the fair grounds prepared by Carl (Skinny) Moore known throughout the state for his culinary skill with hogs, es pecially pine rooters weighing be- I ween .V and fill pounds,- will keep . ,., y(M)k. oll Karth" hannv un- .., ,V(, ()(.i(,ck. From six o'clock to' ,,ihl Bmii1ir Kmoker will he irivpn ,,y ,h(1 Salisbury lodge und the smo-' k(,r wi . f 01 lt wttl by a dance, A number of wives and relatives Thomas A. Edson is another of the men of large respon sibilities who finds recreation thr.;jh regular bicycle riding. WANT AMiiiii) LAWS OF SiUMioiiATiON I his is Sentiment of Senate Im migration Committee Follow ing Ruling of Secretary of Labor Wilson. Washington. May li The Settale 1 10 to .gra I urn com mi' lee lodny eon iil'ii'd itn mediately a 111 en il in g th' itnniigra: 1011 laws, following ihe ru1 ing ot Secretary of Labor Wilson that mem hot ship in the Coiinnuni-t par'-' alone wa- lllsiilhcient to caue lie deport al ion of aliens. RELIEF WORKERS IN GRAVE DANGER Americans Ordered Into Tiflis For Safety for All Caucasus Is Rapidly Turning Bolshev'i ki. Balum. Caucasus. May ti American relief workers in the Last have been ordered into - All near Tiflis for safe! y All Caucasus is turning Bolshevi ki Turner Electrocuted ! On July Seventh j Lynchburg. Va May C Joe Tur jner. the negro who yesterday pleaded 'guiily lo .hooting I'oliceinan Mann, was tolla',' sentenced lo be eictrocil- I t'd on Jul v seven! Ii Strikers Plan Parde Tonight New York May r, Striking marine wer.iKs i ud railroad employees in New York plan for a parade tonight iiecoiil.ng to Chairman Mcllugh of III,, strikers executive committee. ASK Idlt IIAIil BILLION Washington. May 6 itirllroad ex- for I ,r"' ""li,y ilHkr'1 t'(""?r,',,s an intuitional nan niiiton miliars ior the fun -1 r lift inn of freight cars. I SMALL DENIES FALSE RUMOR I And at Same Time Takes j Wiiack at C. R. Pugh For j Making Charges Known To Ce Untrue Editor Advance. .ionic o.' .i.v 1:0'. trict have from lino 1 d me t ha t a pel'.- i- ds ;,i the Dis in 1 inie inform- n t ru in or w a ; ' effect tlial af- 1:1 circuiai ton in 1.. we en tel , d t.ie ' i 1:1 1 ' . 1 : 1 g 1 a tig t he 11,, y . d V.'ar I t in- from . from 1. anil public ;oe-s. I a !i.-u id I'. I" a ,1 ll s d.gt:i: th . h til . . . 1 I., -1 .011 - ol ,ii. , n ally to our 'Ii 1 .r d h';!ii 1 . a ' my ,iiibl :c 1 1 1 un.ilil lie .-11 '.11 . a t a u -wer. 1 I"' 1 a. 1 1 ge .:, ; ,il , . 1 1 u a - m ule in lie I.: 1 political campaign by my Uepuiilii an oppom lit, 1 . U. I'ugh of Lli.ane! h City. Jus! a few tLivs be- ! tot e the ia-1 elei t ion ho circa lat ed hroadcasi throughout the District printed litters in which he made this and oilier false (barges I had no opportunity to reply to same be fore election I'IMT ore election day. The .same charge was made against other Democratic candidates for Congress in North Carolina, and utlerly disproved. Among others was .Major Charles M Ktedman, the Representative from the Fifth District, who made reply in September litis, which was pub lished in the State papers. Mr. I'ugh knew the charge was false, but his purpose was to deceive the peo ple of Ihe District .Mr. I'ugh stated in th,. same letter 1 hat I had volpd to Increase my salary as ( niigre- This w as al -1 member of lal-e and he it 1 1 1 i' K low or h thai it v. a . untrue I'ugh no i'it lit !y act have known 'I'll is i . the "a no' n tin- Ki'iiu ni ica n I'oiinlv ( o 1 1 v 1 1 1 i o u a' K 1 '.a In : a City 1 j 1 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 1 a pan : o have .Hi ' 110 groe . iii ! .1 n't ii c, nil lift vole the Kepu lil .' a li I 11 !; 1 ,11 ill I'.illl.i'l! elec 1 1011 . 1 u il he u a 1 pio I i . ' ' i hy his own pa 1 I 'I '1 1 . 1 t!o : nut I'ugh who inure ri i 1 n 1 1 y w mi e a letter to all 1 1 -old iei s 111 the d ist lie! false!., sia'i'ig C1.1t l!o'V were liable for their i"l I 1 a 111 I !i I !l w hile they Well' ill I lo Scr ice When a man holding public ollice is a candidal e for reti 1 1 111 i 11 a t in u . the peopl,. ought earefiiiy to scriil in ie hi- per-onal charaiier and his public record in order lo determine if h,. has made a capable public servant and is worthy of their conlidence and sup port I have faith in the intelligence and fairness of the people of the Dis t rid Very Itespecl I'll I ly. adv. John II Small Crowded House For "Under the Willows" A large and well pleased audience spent Twi very pleasant bouts at the Alkraina Wednesday night, where a number of Elizabeth City's star actors and actresses presented "I'nder the Willows," under the auspices of Cir cle Number Two of Ihe First Mtho di.st Church The play was full of interest and thrills, and the characters took their parts most cleverly Miss Mat tie liar ney won repeated applause In her role of "Fannie. the angel of mercy" and th, deserted wife of Dick Bel 111 1)11 1 , :e spy I Miss Mahala Meekins as Minnie I Preston, in her quaint costume of the sixths. was as pretty as a pic ture, and fell delight fully ill love with Lloyd Sawyer, in the role of Chester Brown. the artist. who played up to bis mischievous i''l la dy love very skilfully Bill C Sawyer as ihe spy and the heavy villian of the play, and I), (luy Brorkoit. the stern yet tender father, (ieneral Preston, wire frequently ap plauded ( Miss Lucile Pass. in the role ot "Edith Preston, the ('ieneral'. daugh ter " and Miss Katharine II .in n. as Ethel Wainwright. atlianced to he Ceneral's son In the Cnion Army, were clever and charming, while Buxton White, as Captain Homer iJriston, a union cavalry oflicer. and N. Howard Smith, a colonel in j the Confederate Army, played their parts well as did all the minor characters in the play PRESIDENT SHEA SWATS OFFICIALS
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