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ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS IN MUCH TO RENEW YOUR SUBSC RIPTION AT $4.00 A YEAR If It's Newt You'll See It First In The Daily Advance THE WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. VOL. IX ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 22, 1920 NO. 148 fa QUAKE DESTROYS 21JUILDINGS Inglewood California, and Other Towns of That State Suffered Considerable Dam age Last Night Los Angeles, June 2 -A survey of the damage from the ean hquake last night indicates that Inglewood, ten miles southwest of here, suffered more severely than was first report - e(j Twenty-one business buildings in Inglewood were practically destroy- ed; the town was deprived of lights and gas; and scores of dwellings were seriously damaged. Many plate glass windows in Los Angeles were shattered; several buildings were otherwise injured , and persons were struck by blocks shaken from chimneys. San Pedro .Long lieach, Santa Monica, and Venice report minor damages. Another slight earthquake shock fell in the Inglewood district at five o'clock this morning but no ad ditional damage was done. SNEAK THIEF ROBS MASTON'S STORE The grooms best man was his The ice cream store of U. J. Mas- brother, Mr. James B. Newbold of ton on South Poindexter street was Norfolk and the ushers were Mr. entered Monday afternoon about Herbert L. Newbold of High Point five o'clock by a sneak theif, who got and Mr. J. Henry Newbold of Hert away with $25.00 in quarters and ford. half dollars, which he took from the1 Mrs Newbold is the attractive cash draver. daughter of Mr. J. C. Perry, a prom- Mrs. Maston was waiting on a cus tomer in the bark part of the store, when she happened to glance toward the cash oiawer and saw a .:i.igc negro a'paping down with his hand 1n the drawer. She raised the al. rm and the negro dashed out of the store and succeeded in gelling awav. I, ,' er Captain Maston was inform"! that if lie would go over to Prior s'reet to a certain house, lie would lind the Iheil" Police ollicer Twiddy. K T. Musttn, and a number of other men immediately set oul foi the h mi e ce sigiii.leu. and there found the tlie-f, wlio in the meantime bad got!"tt lid of al! the cash except about '! in halves and quarters. He g iv sev eral false names at first. W:,lie Jones and Lucius Carlwright :'; (? th) list claimed, and sewil dit'fir ent towns were claimed by him a; his heme. Yh' tin1" was carri-d to j ail fal lowing the arrest, and t.-icl in peine ecu: on Tuesday on two vlia.es, first for robbing ("apt. Maston's store and second from stealing the sum of $5.00 from Otis Smith, a colored man of this city. Judge Sawyer sentenced him un-l der the name of Lucius Cartwright, I to 18 months on the county roads on the first charge, and to six months on the roads on the second NEGRO BOY DROWNED WHILE IN BATHING A negro boy named George Spen cer was drowned while in bathing near the coal dock at Foreman-Blades mill Monday afternoon. Spencer was alone in the water when the accident happened. At I first he was contented to swim around in the shallow water near the shore, but later not heeding the warnings of his comrades on the shore he ven- tured out into the deep water off the dock, and soon those on the shore heard a cry and saw the boy turn over on his back and sink. One of the men standing by went to the res cue, but the boy came up and sank the second and third time, and all efforts to reach him were unavailing. Some one on the scene phoned for the fire company, and Chief Flora and Chief Holmes of the police force came immediately with aparatus own Vd by the fire department for drag ging for bodies. In ten minutes af tor they arrived upon the scene the body of the boy was recovered, but as he had been under the water for forty-five minutes, life could notstrpel t,ir v Tuesday morning, aged be restored. )nn lnont, nd twenty days. The Spencer was about fourteen years funera wa, conducted from the old, and was a visitor in this city,il omp T,,.d:iv afternoon at five its home being In Washington, D. C. NOMINATED 1 OK AIM'OXTMENT Washington. June 22 Fred Neil son ot Nebraska was nominated to day solicitor of the State Depart men and Roland Mahney of New New York wag nominated solicitor of the Department of Labor. ITALIANS FIGHT ALBANIANS Rome, June 22 Serious fighting between Albanian Insurgents and Italian troops near Drasciovltza, Is reported by an Arlona dispatch which says that the Albanians were forced to retire. NEWBOLD-PERRY Beautiful Wedding Solemnized t at Blackwell Memorial j This Afternoon j A beautiful marriage took place at Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church ( iTuesday afternoon at two-fifteen j ' o'clock when Miss Oealla Dorothy j T'iry of this city became the bride j 'of M"- Henry Clay Newbold of San-! ford ' The church was artistically deco-: hated in a color scheme of white and green, carried out in ferns and pot-1 ted plants, magnolias and hydran-i B''as Dr. C. V. Clarke read the marriage service, the beautiful ring ceremony being used. Miss Bessie Cobb sang I "At Dawning," and Mrs. I'. G. Saw yer played the wedding music. . 'I lie bride entered the church on the ;irin of her father, who gave her away. She wore a handsome travelling gown of midnight-blue nicotine, with black bat and accessories. ;ind carried a shower boquei of brides roses and sweet pe.is. Mi s Veriieena Perry, sister of the bride wore a lovely gown of fie-h colored georgette with picture hat to match, and carried an arm bo quel of yellow Killarney roses and sweet peas. itieiit business man of this city She is a graduate of Meredith Colleen and w,n for several years a teacher in the Kli... belli Ci'y High Sri I. re-inning tint position to enter hu-sillo-, I'ie book keeper for C II Rnbin-nn Co. M r. New lend i- I be son of M r and Mi - S (' X . w 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 el thi- city. nil w.i- a-' -i-'ant ia-liier of the Citizens 1 lank prior to li is en! ry in the sit v ire. He n--igned thi- position in Sep-eni bur. 1!U7 and was overseas as Fir-! Sergeant of Company chine Con Batalliou of i-ion and participated great iinv- jll-t before i). m: the SI si Ma-lliv-lnsi ill the 1, the ami!-' re li;e -ittti-d Air Newbi I lie ca-iii'-r of I he I'eopli il is r, s Bank and M friends )f I i S iiilonl Newbold this i-it Direr! 'and Mi a ml o' lie North C, lint have a i Mr. host of y after the ceremony, Newbold left for AsIk .Mi- VII r poin t s in the mountain s irolina. Bather Drowned Near Swansboro ews was received at the Coast GuarJ oftice iere Monday morning that a bather was drowned at Station 192 near Swansboro Sunday morning His body had not been dlscivered when the telegram was received and the name of the unfortunate man was unknown. He was presumably one of a party from Swansboro or Beaufort who had gone over to the beach to enjoy the surf. BARGE OF POTATOES SINKS IN CREEK A )arge belonging to M. G. Wright of (hls citv ioaded with potatoes jcon ,iBned to Brock & Scott and to c H Kobinson sank at the mouth of ! xwbegun Creek Saturday morning ' .lie wa- from Veek9ville to this city The barge was carrying a load of a 00 barrels of -potatoes and the v.eUh'. proved too heavy. Half of the boa' load was recovjred Sni.day and brought to the city Monday morning, their soaked condition con siderably affecting the sale price. 1 I NEKAL OF INFANT Ida Mae ter of M t : Baker, the infant daugh nd Mrs. J. H. Baker, died Lit tho lueni' of her parents on Sixth o'clock by Dr George W. Clarke. W. C. T. I . MEETS The W. C. T. P. will meet Wednes day afternoon at four o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. B. Houtz on Mat thew street. All members are urged to be present. POLES KEI'l'LSE ItOLSHEVIKI Warsaw. June 22 The Poles have repulsed the enemy attacks in the Smllgal-Szaoqulna region, Inflicting considerable losses on the Bolshevl- kl, according to an official statement. WEARS WIG OF illllllllllllllni NEW YORK ?!:;!. I.ydiu Lipkowska. famous ;-!3sla says that the inosu piic- ie- eem of her waniiola i t,- i ; i ..i ! gold wig. SI e recently arrived In New York wit.. t . i,:. , . I wiiii Pan'- ban finerv. Her prize wig (shown anon-), is v......u it several thousand dollurs.. ADVERTISING RATE CARD 1 inch $ .:!.", iin !:-, tin im-iics -,u 1 inches $1.00 f iin lies l.u 6 inches i.4o 7 inches 160 X inches 1.75 ! inches 1.85 ll) inches 2.00 1 !i inches . . li.OO 16 inches' 3.15 17 inches 3.25 18 inches 3.40 19 inches 3.60 20 inches ''" 21 Inches 3.85 22 Inches . 4 00 23 Inches . . . 4.10 24 Inches 4.20 25 Inches 4.30 26 inches 4.45 27 inches 4.60 28 iuches . 4.75 29 inches 4.90 30 Inches (quarter page) 5.00 60 inches (half page) 10.00 120 inches (page) . . . 20.00 Advertisements must be in The Advance office at least one day prior to the day of insertion. This ruling is made in order that news may be given the right of way at all hours of the day prior to press time. Advertisements are set in the afternoon and evening after the paper goes to press and there is no live news copy on the hook. Want ads and Readers 1 insertion per count line 5 cents 1 week er count line. 25 cents 1 mouth, per count line $1.00 Minimum, 1 insertion, 25 cent"; 1 week, $1.00; 1 month. $4. 00 Front page readers or want ads will be accepted at the discretion of the publishers at 20 cents a count line. No time discount on front page advertisements. Min imum, for from page advertise ment, $1.00 EXEtTTIVE COMMITTEE NEXT Washington, June 22 With the dates fixed for officially notifying their candidates for the Presidency and Vice Presidency, Republicans are today awaiting the announcement of the personel of the executnve com mittee which will have general charge of the campaign. Harding will be notified on July 22nd and Coolidge five days later. SILVER AND GOLD LIXES U. S. CLOTHES 5 WASHINGTON Looks like t Japanese doll, doesn't she? But this little lady from the land of cherry blossoms happens to be Miss Miyu Fuji!, a member of the Japanese embassy at Washington. She says she likes her American clothing a bit better than the oriental costume of' her natlre country and sko isu't homesick for the colorful kimono she ouce wore. PROBLEMS STILL ARE UNSETTLED Supreme Council Adjourns Without Finding Solution to Pressing Problems Meets In Brussels July 6 Boulogne, June 22 (By The As sociated Press) The Supreme Conn cil of the Allies adjourned today to meet In Brussells on July 2nd. leav ing most of the questions of the pro gram undecided. The German reparations problem was referred to experts who will meet In Paris in an endeavor to con ciliate the viewpoints of the Allies regarding the division of the sum Ger many must pay. The experts have not yet reached a decision as to the total reparation Germany must make or as to the me thod of paying It. CUBS WINNERS IN 7TH INNING League Leaders Drop a'Real Thriller By Score of Nine To Ten ' In a game of ups and downs, wiih Ihe Y and the Cubs alternately in the lead, the latter yesterday won by Ihe score ot leu lo nine. C. llavis pitched the entire seven innings for the Y, but was less ef fective than usual, while Dixon, Cooper and J. Davis consecutively served in the box for the Cubs. Many and costly errors by both teams helped to pile up the total of runs scored, while Ihe fans present reached a higher pilch of enthusiasm than in any previous game of the sea son. With nobody to lirst base in the Cub half of the lirst. il looked bad for the cellar champions when Ann strong went to second on a Cub er ror, and scored on another in the Y. half of the lirst The Cubs, however, bunched hits in the second for a couple of runs. Caddy and Perry both s;ilV on singles, (inn ing home on Coupi i 's grounder ju -l inside the third base line. In the Y .session al bat m I be second. Kerrell was safe on an an error. Kerrell and Perry were out on a double play, and Woodley, safe on lirst, scored on Koger's single tying the score. The Cub ball' of the third was a very brief affair, but T. Twiddy, tak ing full advantage of Y. errors, was able to score, pulling the Cubs again temporarily ahead. The feature of the last half of the third was a par ticularly dilbcult catc h of a foul near the grand stand wire by lliggins, catcher for the Cubs. In the fourth the Y added three runs, pulling them ahead ot I lie Cuiis i ni a Line. Pel rill, linger:- and C. Davis scoring on er rors iil'ier l-'errill b id singled to en ter Willi Ho Y in tiie held in the Inn r: b, C. I lavis pn lb d him -ell nut of :i I. .id bob- when with C. Johnson, No aie i i a ml 1 1 igr ins on base. .1 I a v i ; T. Twiddy were retired on easy on: . In Hie hist ball ot lie- sixth I he Cobs again went gahead of the when Johnson and Nonas i-anie in mi 1 1 iggin one base hit . and biggins ci i, - s,. t lo plate on T Tw iihly's sin i;;.. to right The Y however, unt il i t ;i ni ni t In- Cubs iii i lo' la I half of Ihe sixth When Woodley singled II) letiei'. Perry to right, and C Davis lo b v enter, the bitter scoring W outt urn! Perry, alter which Arm strong was sale on an error, and Dowry bit nut a single In center, bringing in Davis and Armstrong mid giving the Y a three runlead When tin- Cubs went to bat in the seventh, they worked with the ener gy of desperation. Caddy commen ced the drive for victory with a one base hit to right, stole second and advanced lo third on a balk. Perry and J. Davis received free passes to first, filling the bases. Caddy scored on an error, and Perry and J Davis came in on Morris' single C. Davis came in on Norris' single. J. Davis walked, again placing three cubs on base, and Johnson stole home with Ihe run that won the game. J. Da vis held the Y. scoreless In the last half of the seventh, and the game of many fluctatlons came to a final close Government Watching Switchmen's Strike Washington, June 22 The switch men's strikes which began In Phila delphia and Baltimore several days ago and spread to other railroad cen ters are being watched by the gov ernment. So fas as Is learned, however, no steps to combat the spreading of the walkouts here have been decided on. Olllcials rely on the recognized union heads to bring about a return of the strikers. Firing Resumed In Londonderry Londonderry, June 22 Firing was resumed in several part of the rily today alter a comparatively (iiiet night. Sever il were killed in the rioting yesterday and scores were wounded SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS HERTFORD TEAM PLAYS Wednesday afternoon at a will :il. a play Hertford baseball team V R Gilmore's Sunday School Class of the First Methodist Church on the base ball grounds. NTIUCKHN WITH IMKALYHIS James P. Whedbee was stricken with paralysis at his home on Fear ing street Monday night about ten o'clock and little hope is entertained of his recover. JOINT DEBATES FOR CANDIDATES Beginning Monday Morrison And Gardner Will Engage In Hand To Hand Encounters For Edification of Voters Raleigh. N. C. June 22 Cameron Morrison at Troy today telegraphed ibis campaign manager, llerlot Clark json to see Judge Crawford Biggs, j manager for Lieut. Governor, O. Max Gardenr, and arrange for a Joint discussion next Monday. Following receipt of Mr. Morrison's telegram. Mr. Clarkson addressed this letter to Judge Biggs at Raleigh: "I have received the following tele gram from lion. Cam. Morrison: "See Bigg and arrange Joint dis cussion beginning next Monday (Signed) Cameron Morrison" I will be pleased to arrange upon a joint discussion at once." ys McAdoo's Name I Will JBe Presented 1 Kansas City, June 22 (By The As sociated Pressl Burris A Jenkins, newspaper publisher and clergyman, issued a positive statement today that McAdoo would positively be placed in nomination before the Democratic Convention with or with out McAdoo's consent. Jenkins had been selected to make the speech nominating Mr. McAdoo before Ihe at ter had annuiin ceil that he could not permit his name lo be placed before the con- vent inn. "Whether I nominate McAdoo, or uhelher some one else does, said Mr .leiikin today, i ert a in : Hi- name ie. in ma t inn '' DOS T DO I I New York 1 line L McaibiM 'o,. iv lei "thi will much is be placed in SAYS M.AC '1 Will lain (i ibbs 'graphed Jenkins reiiie I iii f. thai li i - nainem not be siigge-ted for nominal inn at San Fran risen The message wa; sent when McAiloo learned t bat Jenkins bail announced thai McAdoo's name would be pre-enti-1 with or without M c A ib 'i i's roll -i i : . WEEKSV1LLE STORE ROBBED SUNDAY NIGHT Tin stnie run by the l-'armers Mercantile Supply Company at Weeksville was entered Sunday night anil cash a mount lug to $25. IH) was taken from the drawer, and about $ Kilt (til worth of expensive merchan dise stolen from the shelves. No clue to the thief or thieves has been found As soon as Ihe theft was discovered early Monday morn ing, efforts were made to obtain bloodhounds to put on the trail of the robbers, but none could be secur ed. ORDAIN DEACONS AT BEREA CHURCH An Interesting service was held at Bereat Church Sunday, when four members of the church, C. L. Harris, B. L. Pritchard, K. M. Sawyer, and Walter Lee White, were ordained as deacons. Rev. Romulus F. Hall, pastor of Berea church, was In charge of the service. He was assisted by Rev. I. K. Stafford, who made the opening prayer, and Rev. H. K. Williams, pastor of the First Baptist Church who made the ordination prayer, and performed the ceremony of ordina tion, assisted by Dr. George W. Clarke, pastor of Blackwell Memor ial Church. G. R. Harrell, I). W. Morgan and J. It. Brite of Corinth Church, and Philip Prltchsrd, W S. Stafford, and Joseph Harris of llerea church also assisted In the ordination of their brother deacons. A number of visitors from Eliza beth City churches were present at the ordination-. China Participates In .League Nations Peking. June 22 China's ratitica lion of the Austrian Peace Treaty has been promulgated It is held that this untitles China to participa tion In the League of Nations New York Starts On Test Recount Now York. June 22 Dissatisfied with government rensus figures which showed New York to have gained less than nine hundred thous and In habitants in ten years, city authorities today started seven hun dred enumerators on a test recount In the Manhattan district.
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