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REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN THURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 30 Net Circulation Wednesday 1,163 Copies THE WEATHER Cloudy with probably shower tonight. VOL V. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1920 NO. 27 SEARS ROEBUCK . FOLLOWS FORD Montgomery Ward Also An nounces Sweeping Cut In Prices on Many Lines of Merchandise (By The Associated Press) Chicago, Sept. 23. Sears and Roebuck Company and Montgomery Ward and Company, two of the largest mail order houses in the world, today announced price cuts of from two to twenty per cent on many lines of merchandise. Cotton staples led the list. Blame It On Federal System Maplewood, N. H., Sept. 23. The present federal system of taxation has created an "intolerable situa tion" and is responsible for continued high prices on many articles, speak ers declared at the opening session of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers meeting here today. The gross sales tax and the em ployers privilege tax were outlined as substitutes. Epworth League to Entertain Teachers Camp Are Social on Riverside Friday Evening by First Methodist Young People The Epworth League of the First Methodist Church will entertain the teacners of the Elizabeth City schools at a camp fire social to be held on the river side Friday evening, Septem ber 24. Automobiles will meet the guests and Leaguers at the church at 7: HO and a delightful evening of whole some fun is assured. Hungary Works For Austrian Fusion Vienna, Sept. 23. The ArbciH r Zeitung publishes the sensational re port which it says is authentic thai the Hungarian delegation is spend ing large sums for progaganda for the downfall of the Socialist govern ment with the object of the fusion of Austria and Hungary. WHITF SAMPl.K Miss Irene Sample, daughter of Mr and Mrs. John Sample, of thl fity. and Henry White, son of Mr aul Mrs .lames White, of this city, were married in this city Thursday ji I ' "l't"( li BRIGHT PROSPECTS FOR MANTEO HIGH SCHOOL S A Crillin, of Manteo, was in the city Thursday and reported unusu ally bright prospects for a successful year for the Manteo High School which opened recently. Wilson Will Help At the Proper Time Washington. Sept. 23. A White House announcement made today is to the effect that President Wilson will participate actively In the cam paign ' when the proper time comes'' and will rot. line himself to state ments on i-.-ues, particularly the League of Nations. Plan Socialize Mines of Germany I Heriln, Sept. 23 Preparation of a bill for the socialization of the mines of Germany was decided on by the cabinet today STOLE DYNAMITE SEPTEMBER 5TH This Discovery Hastens Investi gation by Department of Justice Agents of Bomb Ex plosion rhlesgo, Sept. SJ, Department of J i- ire agenti seeking duel Stout c-c Wall Street eiplosion speeded f o r inquiry todajr after discovering thr pounds of dynamite were (torn from the Aetna Explosive Ce;iirmy warehouse st Lambert, 1111 ao n September S, Nelda Hewitt Stevens Here on October 2 1st Southern Musical Bureau Will Bring .the Real Musical Art ist to Bestcity This Season Nelda Hewitt Stevens will give a musical concert here on the evening of October 21. This announcement will be of in terest to all lovers of music. The Southern Musical Bureau is making it possible this season for Bestcity to have good music. A re presentative of this organization was in the city last week, asking that some Organization of men or women co-operate with him in bringing these attrcations here, but found it im possible to secure such co-operation. The fact that the Alice Nielsen con cert was a financial loss in the spring had chilled the ardor of those who have to furnish the finan cial guarantee. But the Southern Musical Bureau was not daunted. The concert will come and it is believed that it will be a success from every point of view, even the financial. Nelda Hewitt Stevens is an Amer ican. She is a Southerner. She is a great artist. Her especial forte is the folk song and her especial in terest is in American music. That her beautiful voice will please is certain, and her program will delight everyone with its Indian and(Negro melodies and the quaint old fashioned songs of America's first composers. The concert will be of real educa tional value to every American, young and old, and and will be a genuine delight. Announcement of details of hour, place, prices of tickets, and so on will be made in The Advance, and this newspaper will co-operate to the fullest extent in making the concert a success in the hope that this may be a beginning of such musical events In Bestcity. START MOVEMENT TO SEIZE HOMES Socialists In Italy Also An nounce That They Will In vade Vatican Palace and the Nunneries London. Sept. 23. A Home dis patch says that persons unable to ob tain dwellings have started a move ment to seize unoccupied homes and i, titer buildings. Socialists attempted to invade a church, but postponed their action. :i i ii k that they would attempt to invade the Vatican Palace, once the l'ope's residence, and the nunneries HELD ON SUSPICION POISONING GUESTS Creenville, Ala , Sept. 23 Five negroes were held here today on sus picion for responsibility in poison ing 24 guests at a hotel who became ill after the evening meal Tuesday. GET MORE EGGS 1 FROMLESS FEED Poultry Raisers Urged to Get Rid of Birds That Stopped Laying During the Early Summer (Special to The Advance) If poultry flocks have not already heen culled, now it the time to do It. and the hens to cull out are the ones that first stopped laying, say the most successful poultry men. The best hens are the ones that are still laying In the past few years poul try raiders have found culling out their poor hens early has resulted In more eggs laid, less feed used and more money made. In culling now, one should get rid of the birds that show hy ihelr deep yellow legs, new glossy plumage, and thick, blunt pelvic arches that they stopped laying early In the summer. The hens that are laying have full bright waxy combs, ioft pliable ab domen and bleached-out shanks. A ragged bird that has Just begun to moult should not be culled now Just because abe Is not laying. Where a small breeding flock can ba cared for It Is best to mate up a pen of hens that do not stop laying untn October, November or Decem ber. Such a pen will Improve the laying quality of nest year's chicks, sccordlng to Dr. B. r. Ksupp. or the North Carolina Experiment Station. BRITISH RULE ACROSS JORDAN Arabs Dwelling In Lands Tra- versed by Ancient Rebrewsl tors Will Attend Meeting of Receive Great Britain's High American Legion at Cleve Commissioner land This Month Jerusalem, Sept. 23. British ad ministration has been extended to a considerable part of trans-Jordan territory of which Es Salt, a town of about 12,000 Inhabitants, situated some 20 miles east of the Dead Sea, is the chief center. Sir Herbert Samuel, British High Commissioner for Palestine, has Just returned from a Journey to the new territory, where 600 representative Beduin sheiks and notable-, re ceived with enthusiasm the High Commissioner's assurance that "Great Britain did not propose to bring their country within the pres ent system of administration of Pal estine, but woujd establish a sepa rate administration that would as sist the people to govern them selves." Sir Herbert motored through Jericho to Allenby bridge on the Jordan where he was met by Majid Pasha, ex-general of the Shereelian army, and by the son of Sheik Sul tan, the most influential chieftain of the territory. The Turkish military road through the Shaib valley proved almost impassable even for cavalry and riding along the precipices was extremely dangerous at times, owing to landslides, but the party, headed by 200 Beduin horsemen, readied Es Salt without mishap. The Arabs extended a cordial wel come to the British High Commis sioner whom t hey entertained lav ishly in oriental style. In an address, Sir Herbert ex plained to the chiefs that since the French had fully established their influence in Damascus, it would be necessary to separate the Arab's dis trict from the Damascus administra tion. Great Britain, he said, would help them to organize defense against attack from outside. Str Herbert developed a program of road improvement, the building of schools and the provision of medical aid. There would be. lie promised, complete freedom of trade with Pal estine, and the people across the Jot dan would he supplied with petro leum, rice, sugar and other commo dities on the same footing as the peoples of Palestine. Moreover, fa cilities would lie given them for the marketing of the produce they might wish to si ll A bank would lie es tablished to assist commerce and posta 1 communications would be opened Announcement was made by the High Conimi -iniier that as many as possible of the future administrators of the new territory would be drawn from the people of that district un der the direction of a small number of British officers lie also gave as surance that it was not contemplated to establish any system of compul sory military service, nor to intro duce' disarmament An amnesty was readily granted, at a prominent chiefs request, to two fugitive Arabs who nail neen charged with instigating the Easter riots ln Jerusalem Many sheiks af fixed their seals to the official docu ment expressing a desire for British rule. TRY SECURE RELIEF FROM COAL SHORTAGE Greenville. S. C . Sep' 23 Fuel dealers here met with stale and mu nicipal representatives today with a view to seourlng relief from the acute coat shortage Nl NHKAMS TO KNTKItT.UN The Sunbeams of the First Baptist Church will entertain the Sunday School children who are from throe to twelve years old In the Sunday School rooms Friday afternoon at four-thirty All member between these ages are Invited to attend. MILLERAND. . IS -MADETRESIDENT National Assembly Today Names Former Premier as Successor to Former Presi dent Deschanel .Versailles. Sept. 23 (By The As sociated Tress) Alexander lliller snd wsa elected president of Frsnce today by tbe National As sembly to succeed Descbsnel, who resigned because of III health. FOCH TO SEND REPRESENTATIVE And Other Distinguished Visi Cleveland. Sept. 23 The Amer ican Legion convention here Septem ber 27, 28 and 29, is to be an inter national affair. Paris, Coblenz. the Canal Zone, the Philippine Islands, Hawaii and Alaski, where American soldiers are stationed, are to be represented in the parade which will open the convention and in the sessions where the future policy of the Legion and the questions which confront it are to be fought out. Although Marshal Focli, who was invited as an honor guest with Ad miral Beatty, commander of the al lied navies at the close of the war, will not be able to attend, he will have a.s representative nere General Fuyolle. Admiral Grant, of t he British grand fleet, will be the personal re presentative of Admiral Beatty, Bas coni Little, chairman of the distin guished visitors' committee of the Legion was informed in a communi cation from England. Officials of various associations of veterans of the World War from other countries will attend the Con vention. Metal Workers Continue Strike London, Sept. 23 Strikers at Turin rejected the agreement be tween metal workers and employes, says an exchange telegraph, and oc cupation of the plants will be con tinued. U. S. SURVEY MAKESREPORT Points of American Mainland Farthest East, West, North and South Determined Other Interesting Data Washington, Sept. 23 -The farth est cast, west, north and south points on the United States mainland have lie.n determined hy the I'nited State Geological Survey which an nounces that the easternmost point is We Maine Alva, not ' h . Nor-! I it inli t Qu iddy Head . ilea r K,i port , the wostermost point. Cape Washington; the farthest i small detached land area of 'i Minnesota euippg in la l't degrees. 23 m i n i: ! . and longitude S"i degrees. 9 minute-:, the sou I In i n :im -1 point . Ca p S.i ble. 1'londa i. i le t he Florida k: x lend tart her soul h Data determined and compiled by the Geological Survey contains some intetes' nig facts not generally k no wn Some of t hese are : The gross urea of the t'nitei States Is 3,H26,7h9 square miles. Tin land area is 2,1)73.774 square m lies. The Great water area, exclusive of the Lakes, the Atlantic, the Pa- riflc and the Gulf of Mexico, within the three-mile limit, is 53,015 square milt s From the easternmost point. West Quoddy Head, due west to the Pa cific ocean the distance Is 2,sn7 miles The shortest distance from V lanto to Pacific, lie! ween poin -near Charleston, S. C. and Sat; Diego. Cal . Is 2.K.2 miles Tb' Canadian boundary is .l.sus miles long. The Mexican mlleo long The Atlantic miles long The Pacific boundary Is coast line Is coast line is 1.71 I :: a mile long. The Gulf of Mexico coast line I 3.640 miles long. Cuba. Is transposed directly north, would extend from New York City to Indiana with Havana farther west than Cleveland. The Panama Canal Is due south of Pittsburgh, Pa. Nome, Alaska, is farther wet than Hawaii (.kiting aijoso well Mrs (2. F. Hill la getting along quite well at a Norfolk hospital fol lowing an operation which she un derwent on Tuesday anl is expected to Be able to come home In a short while. W. J. Ore gory, of Newland, was In ths city Thursday. TASHJIAN CASE IS ON TRIAL Has Taken Most of Time Since Court Adjourned For Noon Recess Wednesday- Very little has beeu disposed of in Superior Court since The Advance went to press yesterday, the case of the State vs. John Tashjlan, which has not yet gone to the Jury, having taken up most of the time. James Hrinson. guilty of aban donment, was put under $200 bond to appear in 'court for the next two years to show that he ia properly providing for his wife. Decrees of absolute divorce were granted in the following cases: Sudie Brlggs vs. Charlie Urlggs, Alice Wilson vs. Whit Wilson, Joe West vs. Hosa West and J. S. Rogers vs. Filena Rogers. The persons in the last two cases are colored. HACK PltOM HOSPITAL Miss a.Mi.Mtie DeFord Illand Is back from University Hospital, Hal tiinore. where she has been for two months. During her stay at the hos pital she successfully underwent two operations and seems to have com pletely regained her health. GRAIN HIGH IN A I STRIA Vienna, Sept. 23. The partial de control of grain has sent prices up to 300 per cent above the official price. Hands of traders are walking through the rural districts making contracts for wheat at 3,000 crowns for loo kilos (220 pounds) while the government price for the requi si.ioi'ed grain is 1,000 crowns the loo kilos. As the wheat Is not yet threshed, these trades take the form of options. CO-OPERATE TO FEED CHILDREN Herbert Hoover Confers With Red Cross and Other Organ izations About Destitute Little Europeans New York, Sept. 21!. Conferences are in progress here today lielweeti Herbert Hoover and officials of the Red Cross, the Jewish Joint Distri billion Commit tee, Hie Y. M. C. A . Ihe Y. W. C A and various church bodies with a view to joint co-operative action towards f ling 2,5oo.ono destitute Kuropean children this winter GOT BANDIT AND MONEY Denver. Sept. 23 - Passenger,; on i he Santa Fe train were robbed by a masked bandit near Las Animas, ('(dorado, today. Later they captured the robber, recovered their valuables ami turned him over to t he La J u n t a pol ice. WILL MATCH WILSON'S GIFT One Thousand Democrats Ask ed to Give Five Hundred Dollars Each Chairman White Announces Today New York, Sept 23. Demo cratic Chairman bite announced today that the National Commit'ee would raise $.'.1111.0110 additional to "match t be Pre-ieii; fund " One thousand friends of the League of Nations will he asKcd to follow President Wilson's example In giving $:.)" ROBBERS GET CASH AND BONDS OaMonla. Sept. 23 Robber blew open the safe and vault of the Mer chants Hank at Stanley. N. C . today and craped by auto with $10.(100 In cash and liberty bond' HYI.VESTEH l!.ll.I.t('K Mr Victor M. 8ylvester and Mi" Ida Hallance were married at the home of Dr. 0. W. Clarke on East purge., street Thursday. Th bride In the daughter of Mr and Ms J. W. Dallance. of this city. The groom wan formerly of this city hut Is sow of Portsmouth. The ceremony was witnessed by a few Intimate friends of ths bride sod groom. FIND DYNAMITE FUSEJURNING Police Discover Near Explosion on Plat form Elevated Rail way Station Brooklyn New York, Sept. 23. The police found dynamite with a fuse burning on the platform of the Road Avenue elevated station in Brooklyn today. The fuse was stamped out and the package taken to the Bureau of Combustible's. Big Balloon Race To Start At Birmingham y New York, Sept. 23. The national balloon race scheduled to start from lliriningham, Alabama, this month and the internal ioaal contest for bal loonists to start from the same city in October are expected by Aero Club officials in charge of the races to set new records. This hope is bas- ed ujion the greater gas capacity y( the balloons and lessons construction learned in the war. The national event, due to start September 25, will see 15 contenders lined up, each aspiring to be one of three who will defend the Gordon Bennett Cup which has been in America since being lifted from France In 1913, by Ralph Upson, of Akron, Ohio. Upson, present Inter national title holder, made his entry as soon as tbe race was announced. Three hags have been entered by the Army Air Service, one by the Navy and another by the Army Halloon School, Port Omaha. The other 10 balloons have been entered by civil ians. The entry of the balloon school will be piloted by A. Leo Stevens, who, witli Professor David Todd, of Amherst College, won fame last spring by an attempt to pick up radio electric waves from Mars through a receiving station 30.0(10 feet above the earth. The second race, which Is to start October 23, will be the fourth occa sion on which the I'nited States ha9 defended the Cordon Helmet t Inter national trophy since its foundation in linn; The entries, six ln all, are Italy two. United States, three and Ilolglum one. Although America is the title holder by virtue of winning the last race, France has an unbeaten record for distance, made in 1012 when Maiirne IPetiaiiue covered 1.361 miles without touching land, besting the American record of 1.171 miles -et in llllo hy Allen I! Hawley. The halloon ' I lelgici,' of 2,000 (iihic meters capacity, has been en tered hy the A i in Club of Belgium. It will lie piloteil by Krnesi Demuyter who contested in ihe race ot 1912. Ordered Produce Subscription Lists Financing of "Republicanism of 1920" included In Senate Committee's Investigation Washington. Sept Complete Investigation of the linanring of the book "KepiihlicaiiiMn In 1020," pub lished by the Albank. N Y.. Journal, was ordered loday by the Senate campaign investigating committee. William Parties. Jr. publisher, was ordered 'o produce the mi inscrip tion lisls for the book MKKTS TONICHT Kll.ai.eth Lodge, () o r . meets tonight a' 7 :'.o for work in the Initiatory degree. TRY TO SOLVE JAPPROBLEM United States Will Be Asked to Appoint Commission Ja pan Warns Against Anti Jap Legislation Toklo. Sept. 23 (Hy The Awo elated Prens) The United States will be asked to appoint a com m tu ition to solve the Japan"e American problems and if California anti Jananese legislation is pawed Japan will arrange for a law suit.sgalnst tbe California legislature on tbe ' round that the bill Is unconstitu tional and tlolstes treaty tights. , leading newspapers hers announce.
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