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The Daily Advance
NO. 116
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 15, 1920
VOL. V.
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BAPTISTS STRONG
FORTEMPERANCE
Declare That Efforts Cannot Be
Relaxed Because Liquor
Traffic I Seaking To En
compass The Earth.
Washington, May H. The choice
of the convention city for 19 21 1b
before tne Southern Baptist conven
tion with the committee on reccom
nieudutlons favoring Chattanooga,
Hot Springs or Birmingham.
After a spirited contest, Chattano
ga was chosen.
The committee on tmeperance de
clared today that the denomination
cannot relax its efforts In the Inter
pol of prohibition, because the liquor
traftlic is seeking to encompass the
earth and circumvent the law. "The
Baptists must see that only friends
of law and order are elected to of
fice whether president or constable."
What Southern Baptists are doing
in providing relief for their aged
ministers and their fanilles and es
tablishing an annuity for ministers
after they reach the age of 68 was
set forth in the annual report of the
Relief and Annuity Board, as pre
sented to the Southern Baptist Con
vention today by Dr. William Luns
ford of Dallas, corresponding secre
tciry iMtOTECTIION FOR MINISTERS
From the recent 175,000,000 cam
paign, $2,500,000 was appropriated
to this board and a movement will
be launched to ralse the sum to
$7,500,000. The maximum annu
ity' will be $500 a year for those who
hpn eneaeed In active denom-
m.iinmi work for as long as thirty
years, prior to reaching the age of
oi.tv Pirht. WherP the pastor or
other worker has been serving the
denomination for a lesser period man
thirty years, the annuity win ue ie
rdintr to a regular scale
UUICU " , , ,
in thP event of the disablement of
a minister prior to reaching the age
. .,. .x. ,,.! tippnmes Immedi-
Ot u o . Hie. aiiuu'tj
ately available, and in case of his
death his widow or orphan and de-
i,.i rhildren will receive 60 per
cent of the annuity which the hus
band and father would have receiv
ed. The annuity received by membeis
is in addition to the relief funds that
are given them in case of need.
There are 10.000 Baptist minis
ters in the South. ,,..-,,
BETTER PAY FOR PREAt HERS
Pastors of Baptist churches must
have larger salaries If they are to do
their best work and the churches are
to serve the human family as they
should, declared the annual report
of the daymen's Missionary Move
ment of t ie Southern Baptist Conven
tion, nf presented by Dr. J. T. Hen
Htmn "D iieneral secretary.
Whilf'Jthe Laymen's Movement has
been Insistence for twelve years ana
has for Its object the bringing about
of greijer religious activity on the
part ot the lay members of the chur
ches special program has been
formulated for better payment of
pastors, adoption of the tithe as
the minimum of giving to religious
purposes and encouragement of men
of means to make bequests to relig
ious institutions and causes.
Much activity on the part of men
identified with the Laymen's Move
ment in the 75 Million Campaign was
reported by the general secretary.
Twenty-eight members of the excu
tive committee of that organization
contributed $444,870 to the causes
represented in the campaign. Local
and general members of the com
mittee were active In every phase of
the campaign, while the general sec
retary traveled 24,674 miles in the
interest of the campaign, made 120
addresses In 12 states in its behalf,
and assisted the men of more than a
dozen cities of the South in the or
ganization of active Men's Lnlons.
Many laymen who had never been
actlve in religious work were reach
in that way and became leaders in
(he promotion of the denominational
program.
ELKS WINNERS
IN FAST GAME
And Teams of Twilight League
Now in Neck-and-Neck Race
For Pennant
$25,000 MNTUCKY KIDNAPING IN PICTURES
In a hard fought contest, the Elks
defeated the Y. M. C. A. yesterday
afternoon by the score of six to four.
This was the llrst defeat of the
season for thL. 'Y' team, and the se
cond victory In three days for the
Elks. Davis, the star pitcher of the
'Y,' was knocked out of the box in
the second Inning after allowing
three singlet), one double, coupled
with a base on balls and an error
which netted the Elks four runs.
The Y's got off to a good start in
the first inning when Armstrong
singled, stole second and scored on
a bad return to the plate 01 a sen
sational catch off Dennis by Twiddy.
The Elks scored in the same in
ning. BeVeridge was safe on a fum
ble by Dennis, taking second on a
passed ball, advancing to third on a
fumble and scoring on Tinner's tap
to short.
The Y's scored two in the second.
Davis singled, advanced to second and
third on a fumble and a fielders
choice, scoring on an error. In this
same inning, Modlin walked, stole
second andthird, and scored on Fer-
rell'8 single.
In the Elks half of tne second
Twlddv started the fireworks by a
single. Reld fanned. Stanley walk
ed, after Cropsey had singled, filling
the bases, Beveridge followed witn
a two base hit scoring Twiddy and
Cropsey. Hughes singled scoring
Stanley and Beveridge. Davis was
at this point yanked from the box,
Wodley relieving him, Roger8 going
behind the bat, and Lowry relieving
Stowe at short. Pinner was safe on
a fumble, stole second, Hughes tak
ing third, and later scoring on Wea
therly's infield out.
This ended the scoring so far as
ttio Rika were concerned, Woodley
allowing only two hits, both doubles
in the fifth inning, but fast fielding
saved him on several occasions.
The Y's scored their last run in
the sixth when Batron singled, took
second on a fumble of Lowry's
grounder, advancing to third on a
passed ball and later scoring on an
other passed ball.
Elks
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W i 1 1 mi ' i rJfHi,
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PRES. CARRANZA
HAS SURRENDERED
With Eight Hundred Loyal
Men Is Taken Today By Re
volutionists Says Commer
cial Attache From Nogales.
vAt left, Mr. an4 Mrs. B. R.
Little, parents of the kidnaped
boy, who is now safe at home,
and the Little residence. Above.
Paul Little, the kidnaped boy.
The kidnapers lost their nerve
and allowed Paul to phone his
mother. She went and got hiia!
t th Pbanl HoL
New York, May 15 Presi
dent Curranza and 800 men
have surrendered to the forces
surrounding them in the Mex
ican mountains, according to
information to the revolution
ists' commercial attache here
from Nogales.
K,l(l,IKIt KKI'OKTED KSCAI'K
Vera Cruz, May 15 Carranza, who
has been lighting against the revo
lutionists near San Marcus for the
last live days has escaped his captors
accompanied by a thousand of his
men.
H broke through the Insurgent
lines and is believed f 1)6 ln tlie
mountainous country between Pue
bla and Oaxaca.
SUNDAY SERVICES
IN CITYCIIURCIIES
All Denominations In Picture
City Invite Townsfolk And
Visitors To Go To Church
Sunday
ser-
AB H H PO A E
Beveridge, 2b, 3 2 1112
Hughes, ss. 4 11111
l'inner, lb. 4 0 0 5 1 0
Weatherly 3b 3 0 1 3 0 1
Evans, rf. 3 0 0 0 0 0
Twiddy If. 3 1 2 3 0 1
Cropsey, cf. 3 1110 0
Reld. p. 3 0 0 0 2 1
Stanley. c 2 1 0 7 2 0
Total 28 6 6 21 7 6
Y. M. C. A.
AB R H PO A E
Armstrong If. 3 110 0 1
Dennis. 2b. 4 0 112 1
Henderson rf. 3 0 1 1 1 0
Woodley p&c 3 0 0 2 3 1
Uavis p. 1110 0 0
Rogers c. 2 0 0 5 0 0
Batron cf. 3 110 0 0
Stowe ss. 1 0 0 0 0 1
Modlin 3b. 3 1 0 0 0 1
Ferrell. c. 3 0 1 6 0 0
Total 28 4 6 18 7 5
Two base hits, Weatherly, Twiddy.
Double plays, Hughes to Jlnner, Hen
derson to Dennis. Base on balls, off
Reld 2. off White 1, Struck out, by
Reid 7, Woodley 5, Davis 2. Passed
balls, Stanley 1, Woodley 1.
Umpires Hawkins and Bell.
Time of game one hour and fifteen
minutes.
Standing of League
BOUND FOR FUN MEETS
The Bound for Fun Club met at
the hem,, of the Misses Albertson
Th.,r.biv night, and enjoyed an ev
ening oT games and music. Plans
made bv the members for form
lng a tennis club and laying a tennis
en,,, nn the grounds near the
Elizabeth City Hosiery Mill; and
thin move mav lead to the grounds
beln amiinmied with other appara
tus for other out of doors sports, at
a later date. Those present were
Miss Gertie Scott, Miss Thelma An
derson, Miss Mary Scott. Miss Ina
Cohoon, Mlsg Wilma Sawyer, Miss
Jennie Cooper, Miss Maude Evans,
Miss Ida Swayer,, Miss Margaret
Sawyer, Miss Eliza Davis, Miss Pau
line Stokely,
1
1
2
' 0
i 0
Tie
1
1
0
Pc
W
Y. M. C. A. 1
Cubs 1
Elks 2
Score by Innings
Y. M. C. A. 1 z u
n P O E. 1 5 0
Batteries, Davis, Woodley and Ro
gers, Item anu sumcj. .
Following are the announcements
of Sunday services in the city .
churches.
(' 11 HIST CHI IU'H
Rev. George F. Hill, rector.
Sunday utter Ascension.
Sunday School 9.45 a. m.
Morning Prayer, litany and
mon 11a. m. 1
Holy Communion and sermon 8
p. in :
A cordial welcome to all. ,
111. ACKW El.l, MEMOKIAL
Rev. .1. II. Hall, Presiding Elder o't
the Methodist Church will
preach at Blackwell Memorial church
Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. ,
L. 1). Case, Secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, will occupy the
pulpit at the night service. :
FIRST BAPTIST ( Hl'KCH
H. K. Williams, Pastor. Sunday
School at 9:30 a. m., S. G. Scott, Supt
Preaching at 11:00 a. in. and 8:00
, , , i i i. ii
p. m. 1. V. case win .suppiy uie pui ,
pit at the morning hour; and Herb-!
ert Peele will speak at the evening
hour. The pastor is away attending
the Southern Baptist Convention, in
Washington, D. C.
The mid week prayer meeting Is
on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock.
The B. Y. P. U. meets at 7 o'colck
Sunday evening.
The public is most cordially invit
ed to attend all these services.
CITY IIOAD ( 'Hl'KCH
Sunday School at ten o'clock; G. F.
Seyffert Superintendent. All teach-
,ers and officers are urged to be ten
minutes early.
Preaching at eleven o'clock by the
pastor, Rev. J. W. Bradley. There
will be ho Intermission between Sun
day school and the morning worship.
At which service several children will
be baptised and received into the
church.
Epworth League at seven fifteen.
Preaching at eight o'clock. At the
close of this service adults will be
baptised and received Into the church
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I !V you Rtivr wiuVwtwpf
'Turkisk Sultan
To Resign Throne
In Protest to Peace Treaty Pre
sented Turks By Allied Pow
ers, Says Rumor
Constantinople, May 15 The Tur
kish Sultan will resign his throne in
protest against the severity ot the
Peace Treaty presented Turkey by
the Allied Powers, accbrdlng to a
rumor which Is credited in many
quarters.
Break Records For
Increase Population
Washington, May 15 All records
for increase of population in the
present ceimus were broken today by
Hamtramck and Highland Park,
suburbs of Detroit, which showed
126(! and 103 1 per cent increase re
spectively. Thes(, increases were due to De
troit's automobile factory workers
settling in these towns. Both ex
ceed 45.U00 Inhabitants.
PEAS BRING
GOOD PRICES
And Crop Surprisingly Large
Big Shipments Going For
ward Daily
500
500
r h e
04 6 5
x 6 6 6
000 1 Every body is welcome.
CASK DEMVEKS LECTURE
"STORY OF THE STARS '
L. I). Case, secretary of the Cham
ber of Commerce, will deliver a lec
ture, "The Story of the Stars" at the
night service at Blackwell Memorial
Church, Sunday night. The address
will be illustrated by beautiful ster
onn att.ips. and a most interest
FIRST METHODIST ( HI RIH
The pastor, Rev. J. M. Ormond
wil preach at the First Methodist
Church South Sunday morning- and
evening. The hours of worship are
respectively eleven and eight o'clock.
L. R. Foreman superintendent will
open Sunday Schol at 9:30. Presi
dent of the Epworth League, R. D.
Sheeley will conduct the young peo
ples service at 7:15 p. m. Every
body Is cordially invited to all these
meetings.
Although the truckers in this sec
tion entertained litle hope of a good
crop of May peas this season, on ac
count of the long continued cold
weather, the farmers and commis
sion merchants have been pleasantly
surprised.
R. C. Abbott, local forwarding
merchant, stated this morning that
last week hp began by sending only
a few baskets to northern markets,
but tills week he has shipped three
solid cars of May peag in iced refrig
erator curs to New York.
The (irst car was sold by Smith &
Holden at $4.00 per basket, and these
peas were the smaller variety. Mr.
i Abbott expects to load Iced cars ev-'
ery day this week, commencing!
Monday. Next week's nh!pments
will consist mostly of the large peas, i
which will bring much higher prices
than the smaller ones have. 1
CHARGE WANTON
AND UNINFORMED
Says Secretary Daniels Before
Senate Committee Today Re
garding Sims Attack on the
Navy for Uupreparedness.
German Communists
Plan Insurrection
London, May 15 German commu
nists are planning a new insurrec
tion which may be attended by whole
sale murders according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
Quoting a statement by Von Graefe,
conservatve member of the Reichstag.
DECREE MARTIAL LAW
Moscow, May 15 The central ex
ecutive committee has decreed mar
tial law ln the provinces of central
and northern. Russia and Archangel.
Washington, May 15 Secretary
Daniels today attacked Rear Admir
al Sims charge that the Navy De
partment lacked plans and was
otherwise unprepared for war.
Before the Senate investigating
Danlels said that the charge was
"uninformed and wanton" and de
clared the testimony of members of
the general board has proven Sim's
statement unfounded.
IX POLICE COl'KT
David Warren, colored, arrested
for being druk on the streets, was
fined $5.00 and (..sis by Judge
Spence in the police court Saturday
morning.
Ellhu Banks, colored, was fined
$10.01) and cost3 for assault on his
wife.
SAWYER & MEADS STORE
ROBBED FRIDAY NIGHT
LOSES PI RSE AT SHOW
Henry Pool, proprietor of the
Southern Hotel Barber Shop paid
dearly for an evening's pleasure,
Friday night. While attending the
negro minstrel show In this city,
Pool found that his purse containing
$40.00 had disappeared from his
pocket.
URGES PENSIONS
FOR CONFEDERATES
HONOR ROLL
The following route boys are on
thn Advance Honor Roll this week:
eopucon biw". - , , , , , ,
. ...... .n,nioui oonopinllv to Uniinweil fJnodw in. Randolph Dossier
ing evening i l"1"""'"' -
those in the congregation who are Krauss Walker, Joseph Spence and
ltBonin nn with the projected at- Harvey Goodwin
Washington, May 15-Pen8lon. ben
efits to all Confederate soldiers wbb
urged today by Representative Up
shaw of Georgia, speaking in the
House on the bill he introduced to
extend to Confederates the benefits
of the act of 1912 and to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to accept
certllled application filed with his
department.
John A. Ferrell, an employee In
the store of Sawyer & Meads at
Weeksville, on entering thp store at
six o'clock Saturday morning, found
the back door broken open, and
about thirty-live dolars worth of
, ..I. 1 n , I .. 1 1 l.,...ln I
goous. cnimiy niiue uim uuniui j,
missing. I
Sheriff Reid was notified at once I
and some effort made to secure'
blood hounds to trace the robber,
but as the nearest place where blood
hounds can bo found is Suffolk, the
llrm derided to abandon that means
of apprehending the burglers.
There Is no clue to the robbery
and members of the firm have no
Idea as to w ho the guilty person may
be.
W1LIIELM TO DOORX
Doom, Holland. May 15 Former
Emperor Wllhelni arrived here from
Amerongen today.
NICKY ARNSTEIN
GETS ARRESTED
Says He Has Been In Pittsburg
All The Time The Police
Were Searching the Conti
nent For- Him
n,Q nnrt oi scientists, io:
reach Mars and respond t,o the friend
ly signals which a number ot the as
tronomers believe the inhabitants
of that planet are sending to this
planet.
AT ALKRAMA TONIGHT
FOR TRIAL JUSTICE
Thomas J. Markham
Equal Justice to All
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SAYS HANDS OFF
"The Adventures of Ruth", featur- Indianapolis, May 15 ' National
ing jRuth Roland, will positively ap- commander Dolier of the American
pear at the Alkrama today and every iPKi0n In a letter today to the New
Saturday the management announces j(,rsey Btate adjutant declared that
the policy of the Legion is hands off
Miss Gideon Tlllett of Camden was M all disputes between employers
ln the city Friday. , and employees .
ELECTED METIIOIMHTH HISIIOI
Des Mones, May 15 Dr. J. L. Blr
ney of Boston University was today
elected bishop of the Methodist
church by the general conference
here.
New York May 15 July Nicky
Arnsteln, master mind of New York's
million dollar bond theft, was arrest
ed today in the district attorney's of
fice when he appeared with his wife,
FInnle Brlce, the actress.
Arnsteln said he had been ln Pitts
burg all the time while the police
were searching the continent for
him.
Arnsteln was Imprisoned in the
Tombs ln default of the f 7,500 bail.