REGISTRATION BOOKS OPEN THURSDA Y, SEPTEMBER 30 VOL. V. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920 NO. 218 City In Line For Barge Service And Operation of Government Own ed Barges From Baltimore to New Bern to Start in Fortnight (Thursday's News & Observer) Washington, Sept. 22 With the aid of Senator Sinniion3 and Secre tary Daniels, Mr. li E. Barlow, sec retary of the New Hern Chamber of Commerce, backed by the city of New Hern and other towns, put through a deal here today with the War Department that means new millions in commerce to all Eastern North Carolina. The War De partment has agreed through the Inland Coastwise Waterways Service to operate nine barges on the inland water route between Baltimore and New Bern. In commercial Impor tance the achievement, ranks with the expected ultimate victory of the State over the Virginia cities in the freight rate discrimination case now pending. Through Colonel Ashburn of the Inland coastwise Waterway Service the contract was signed and the barge service by tha government Joining New Bern, Beaufort, More head City. Elizabeth City, Plymouth and other towns along the inland water route directly with Baltimore and Norfolk will commence within a fortnight. Iletain 1'iefeientiiil Kates The New Bern Chamber of Com merce was compelled by the Cum-uiins-Esch railroad law to ask the, government to put into operation this, barge service to preserve the prefer ential freight rates New Bern ami other places along the water route must have to live and prosper. Our preferential freight rates are now made secure," said Secretary Bar low, " and it means that New Bern as a market will be able to compete with Norfolk and Richmond. 1: gives New Bern the great advantage .she requires as a lirst class tobacco and cotton market." It is understood that the govern ment will operate the nine barges on the route until a private corpora: ion has lieej, organized to take oer and opel a ' e i hi' -i i vice. Mich a '''''' ' - aMoIi i ll" 1 1) organ;' u a ;:n ' o i; lie' gov l'i: barges just a 1... , bo ii delin:' Three ot tie .elll Will sell I!!' -non as l hi' sen ii ly established, nine barges will ! sill- prepe'Ied. "1 Two ot t hesH li.m nil being the ! u I already been coin pleted in the gn, rnment ship yard ;,,! he other will He completed .shortly. 'Np- tonnage of these barges Wjl hi. each "ls- K;" h these three barges will tow two stei . barges of 4m tons each. The trip from Baltimore to New Bern will consume 4S to 60 hours. The dis tance is ::s.r, miles. The service will be conducted just as the government is now oi- I't'ti'ifi ,,ill'K( service on the lower Mississippi and on the in land coast w:.- waterways of New York and New Kngland. Mr. Bar low said he expected the barges ul timately to be displaced by light draft ships. Sniiill's Dream Comes True The service, Mr Harlow said, will soon Increase the commerce at New Bern and. other ;etu in the terri tory so that the government will be compelled to deepen the route for in,, ,iP,,a,i, iii een and twenty feel, of water. Th- terminals at Baltimore. Norfolk and New Bern have been completed ami through Mr C Morris, the agcn' of the Inland Coastwise Waterway Service, the tariff schedules are being worked out Mr. Barlow says the benefits of barge freight service will be felt as far west as Raleigh and that Wil son, Goldsboro, and Kinston will be greatly benefitted. Norfolk can no longer grow and prosper at the ex pense of Northeastern North Caroll i .i one of the naturally richest agrl ml'iiral regions of the United States, p: i lentally Congressman John H. Sniill of the First North Carolina Ii;. Tiri seeg his great dream coming in . fruition right at his door when In re-ires from Congress. Wi ll government dredges digging and ihurnlng the waters of the Neuse and the Sound, Young Barlow ees New Bern outstrip Wilmington TASHJIAN GUILTY SIMPLE ASSAULT Culpable Only In Pointing Weapon at Paulos and Shooting Was Accidental Was Jury's Verdict That the shooting of Harry (J. Paulos by John Tashjian on the night of July 30 was accidental was the verdict of the jury which, after having been out on the case since Thursday afternoon about four o'clock, on Friday morning re turned a verdict of simple assault on the ground that Tashjian was culpable only in pointing the wea pon at I'aulos. The Jurors were permitted to spend the night at their respective homes. The sentence of the court was that Tashjian pay a line of $1111 and pay the prosecuting witness the sum of $175 to reimburse him for doc tor's fees ami for the expense of ex tracting the bullet which is still lodged in I'aulos' leg. There was no eye witness of the shooting, and the jury had to decide be; ween the versions of the affair given by I'aulos and Tashjian. The oi.lv other person in the restaurant at the time of the shooting was llillv Hinton. and he testified that the shooting occurred behind him and before he looked round from his sea ' I'aulos claimed that he called down Tashjian for profanity in his re aurant when there were ladies at the tables, that Taslijian was a:T. Ted. went out and got his gun ai,d returned and shot him. The lint bullet siruck I'aulos in the Ii,:. K of "m hip a lid he s;iu : ha' be whirled on Tashjian and catch'iig hi- hand toned it downward, or lie 1 1 1 1 , he would have be, n kiib .1 'I i i, j . i a -ay- that he w . : ' n t the res; a u ra u t to give I'a ulo lie pi-i i .1 and some other valuable to 1., . p for him w hile be was away on h ,,, a. a' ion. t hat on going in he railed Hairy lo give linn the gun and was told to keep (iiiet, that he went oiii with Claude .eigler to his room and returning a few minutes la'er round no one in the restaurant but J'aulos and Hinton, As I'aulos passed him going toward the kit rhi n wi'h his arms full of d.shes Tashjian says the gun unaccount ably want off. He claims 'hat I'aulos continued on to the back of the restaurant, put the dishes up ami returned before he discovered he. was shot ITALIAN WORKERS SEEM DIVIDED Extremists Heading Soviet Agitation Apparently With out Support of the Popula tion Who Destroy Posters Home. Sep'. M Italian workers appear to be divided about agree ment of employers and workmen in the metal trade. Turin is the scene of disorder and dispatches place the casualties at seven dead with the situation under control. Extremists headed the agitation, which was apparently without the support of the population, with "Viva Lenlne" and "Death to the Kind" on placards on the street ears. The population dragged the carmen from the cars and de stroyed the posters. and become ultimately a rival of Norfolk Itself. All that Is needed Is cutting away of the mud In the bottom of these rivers and bays aud the barge service will bring the dredges to do this cutting. RED CROSS CUTS BUDGET Program FdV Relief Work This Year 21 Million Less Than For Last Year Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 24. The Am erican Red Cross lias appropriated $48,200,000 for its program of relief and service for the fiscal year end ing July 1, 1921, according to olliclal announcement from national head quarters. This is $21,000,000 less than the similar appropriation of the Bed Cross for the fiscal year recently ended. Of last year's appropriation $838,386.40 was spent in the south ern division, the states of Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina, although the total receipts to the lied Cross from the division were but $566,117. The proportionately large amount spent in the south is due to the num ber of camps, military posts, and United Slates public health hospi tals located in this section, us well as the great expansion of lts nursing and social service program which Hie Red Cross undertook in the south. In the light of nearly a million spent in the south last year, all of which was exclusive of expenditures by the individual chapters. It is be lieved a proportionately large amount of the l'J20-21 appropriation of the Red Cross will also be spent in the Bout h. Important among t lie items of the budget for the coming year, announ ces national headciuurters, i3 $31,- 500,000 for relief to foreign lands, which includes which Includes $11, 000,000 in purchased supplies on hand, but not yet distributed. This will enable the Red Cross to continue it, humanitarian program of aiding stricken peopW-s to re establish themeselves. lighting the di sease epidemics that threaten many countries, effacing largely the re maining traces of blight left by the world war. Central Europe faces another winter of famine, pestilence, typhus, plagues and other honors. The Red Cross will continue to light them not only for Europe's sake, but to keep such maladies from American .shores. Appropriations for domestic activ ities of the Red Cross in Hi 20-21 total $ 1 li. 700. (Hiii. of which the larg est item i $7. sou.'1"" for civilian re lief w I.I - in h as assis'anco lor latn l.lieis. sailors ami marines total lor civilian relief. ilies ol Of the $5.0011.1 tual d s hi . hi Id iii reserve tor ac- r. hef in r,i f such ii e-t I'd. nt. Ca , Ii i e and tornadoes, lie s , nageoieii! " ..nj :: ; c.-i.' - i'.r ., . i i : 1 1 r will cos' ! flood a last j Tin fer 1; ir. lie, I i i. GEORGE LEGUES FRENCHPREMIER Was Minister of Marine In Clemenceau's Cabinet Will Also Act as Foreign Min ister .iiris. 'Sept. 24 (Hv Associated Press) George l.egues. minister of marine in Clemencean's cabinet, has accepted the call to Ihe premiership under President Millerand's admin- 1st ra' ion minister The new in-law of He will act as loieign premier is the father Paul Rockwell. North who solved wi'h 'he Carolinian Foreign 1-egi"" 'l"ri' lh" W!U HAYS WON'T TALK Now York. Sept. 1 ,1,. clined today to liiirt'es bv Governor ;4. Will Hays coinment on Cox that the Republicans were sending scouts ahead "f l","""'r;" "0""n,'(' and attempting to inlluetice ihe press against him. 1 UIKVItSHIP WKSI.KY CLASS Kl.VATH OKHCWW. M ANS WOltK Friendship Wesley Hible The Class of Ihe Metlioilisi r,pisi'' Church South, held a called meeting Tuesday evening at the home of the teacher, Mrs M. U'igh Sheep, on Main Street. Olneers were elected for the coming year and plang for winter work were discussed. The regular monthly meeting will be held at the home of the pVesldent, Miss Katberlne Hinton, on Tuesday evening. October Dtb. All members are urged to attend. Mrs. J. 8. Rodger, who was hurt some time ago br a bicycle, is improving. TURN OFF GAS AFTERSUPPER Consumers Asked to Carefully Observe Request Company Hopes to Complete Repairs During Night The Gas Company makes the fol lowing important announcement to all persons using gas: "Due to our generating machines being burned out, we are compelled to close down for repairs. "We have been trying for several days to make repairs without clos ing down but find that this is im possible. "We hope that our present supply of gas will last through the supper hour. "We will make every effort to have gas on by eight o'clock Satur day morning. "All consumers are asked to turn off all burners to appliances imme diately after supper." OFFER ARMISTICE TO THE POLES Soviet Peace Delegation Of fers Terms, But Joffe Says Must Be Accepted In Ten Days Riga, Sept. 24 (My The Associ ated Press) Adolph Joffe, head of I he Soviet peace delegation, pro pined an armistice with the Poles, today, which he said must be ac cepted within ten (lays or the Rus sian winter campaign would be in augurated. Harbinger Plays Cubs Here Saturday The Harbinger baseball team and the Elizabeth City Cubs will mix up here Saturday at 3:15 on the Main street diamond It is Harbinger that has the widely boosted 1 (i year old pitcher, Summery, who has yet to meet his l;l'."l defeat. The Cubs are hard lighter.- and are del ertn iivd lo hr.'ak .si.'iimery "s winning st pm1'. Thp will probably be the last baseball game of the season and llie 1 i. - aie iii v ;t ed I o be t here Tide Immigration Continues to Swell W. hlM-'t.ill. Sept, 2 1 TV , , . i , ...n through C I I , . - w'. 1 1 . the Hunan i ' , pu : ! sh 1 1 w i ii g a i v . . e nding Septem her I in in . for ' of al To 1 S Penitentiary Because Liked Jail San Francisco, Sept. 21. --William Smilli, '.HI years old, was today sentenced to a year in the peniten liaiy after h.s confession to passing bad money in order lo gel to Jail where lie said he was well treated. COX IN COLORADO Trinidad. Col . Sept. 24. Cox's Colorado campaign began today with s he. at Pueblo at noon and Denver tonight. II. .11 be the Stale Fair gue -' ai I'm bio besides speaking in the auditorium. MAYOR McSWINEY IN EXHAUSTED CONDITION I. of. ion. Sept. 24 -Mayor M Swiney is described in a bulletin is sued today by the Irish Self-Deter in i ii .i i ii League as in a very ex hausle.l condition. SAYS JAPS HAVE CHANGED PLAN Will Not Ask United States to Appoint Commission to Settle American - Japanese Problems Honolulu, Sept. 24. Toklo ad vices to a Japanese newspaper here nay that the plan to usk the United Slates to nppohnt memberg of a commission to effect a settlement of the Japanese American problems has been abandoned and that Japan will Instruct the ambassador to pro test vigorously If California passes Japanese land laws. British Miners Will Not Strike Post Notices That Strike Is Postponed After Meeting With Lloyd George London, Sept. 24. Coal miners of Great Britain will not strike Monday us threatened. Notices that the coal strike is postponed for a week were posted after the meeting between Lloyd George and union representatives. WILL BUILD SHRINE CLUB Local Shriners Subscribed Twenty-seven Hundred Dol lars as Starter at Thursday Night's Meeting The Elizabeth City Shrine Club held its first fall meeting Thursday night in I he Masonic Hall. One of the most important ejiies l ion. that came before the meeting was the idea of building a Shrine club lor : hi- city, a question which met with ihe approval of all Shrin ers present a' the meeting. The amount of $2,7011 was raised among those present and it is now almost an assured thing that there will be a Shriners' Club here within the next twelve months. The annual Shrine banquet and dance will be held on the evening of Friday, October 2!tth. Music will be furnished by an orchestra from Washington, I). C, and an effort will be made to secure a vaudeville act from Keith's Theatre in Norfolk. PITCHER BENTON NAMES GAMBLERS Publishes Statement About Fixing of 1919 World Series Says White Sox Got Good Pay Chicago, Sept 24. Pitcher Hen ton, of the New York Nationals, in a statement published today named Cicotie. William1-. Gandil and FeNh of the Chicago Americans as Ihe men i el'. rred I o by an alleged mem ber of the gambling ring in a dis ell ion n, the alleged lixjn- of the mill world sioies. lie -aid the gambler told him t li.it " 1 en mi o was pa al to White So players to ; h row ihe : .1 ,e . EUROPE WANTS U. S. COTTON Europe's Cotton Manufactur ing Industry Approaching Pre-war Output Strong Bidders For 1920 Crop .Maplewood. N. II.. Sepl 2 1 Os car K, Davis, necretary of the Na tional Foreign Trade Council, today told the National Association of Col'i.,1 Manufacturer-; Ilia! the cot lon manufacturing industry in Eu rope is rapidly approaching the pre war output and America will soon be faced by liercc-t competition in the colton buying markets. WEST VIRGINIA CONFABS WITH HARDING TODAY Marion. Sepl 2 1 This is West Virginia Dav on Harding's front porch and delegations from Wheel ing, Huntington and Parkers-burg aie bringing their pledges lo sup poll the Republican nominee. FARMER LABOR PARTY TO NAME CANDIDATES Ki.'hinond. Va., Sept. 21 The Fanner-Labor party will name n candidate tomorrow to oppose Itcp-re-ciita' ive Montague, George 1, Wilcox, slate secretary of the party announced today. Sl'i: I.A I. MKKTINO S( OI TH There will tie a special meeting of Troop No. Three, lloy Scouts, ut Y. M. C. A. headquarters tonight ut 7:30 o'clock. Mutters concerning the future of thl8 troop will be brought up. Registration an Troop No. Three. Troop No. Five hus been disbanded nnd Is now a part of Troop No. Three. All scouts are re quested to be present, as this meet ing Is an important one. CITY MERCHANTS UP ONJMARKET Have Bought Conservatively And Believe They Can Give Customers Better Val ues Than Mail Order Houses "Why don't you give your home town merchant a news item on price reductions as well as a mall order house?" good naturedlv inauireri O- F. Gilbert, proprietor of .Mitchell's, this morning. "Mitchell's leads aa usual," con tinued Mr. Gilbert. "We had our advertisement of price reductions of thirty per cent and more in many lines in type when your story of the mail order houses action in price cutting came in over the wires." "The only trouble,'' he went on, is that you gave the mail order hou.ses a big news story on your front page and said nothing about what we had done at Mitchell's" "Well, well try to remedy that trouble forthwith," laughingly re sponded The Advance man. Ilow'll it do lo say 'Henry Ford, Sears Koe btick and the rest haven't anything oy Mitchell's?' " "That's the idea exactly," said Mr. Gilbert, "only you want to re mind the folks not to glance at the headlines of yesterday's news item from Chicago aud run off with the idea that these mull order houses have reduced prices on their entire stock by thirty per cent. In some lines the reductions have been only ten per cent, hi some other lines there are no reductions at all." M. Leigh Sheep of the Woman's Wear Siore, also had to take a crack at The Advance man for the "free front page advertising given lo a Chicago mail order house that is a competitor of the homu town merchant, hut who never advertises in the home town paper." Mr. Sheep alluded, as did Mr. Gilbert, lo i bu false conclusions the reuder might arrive at from a hasty read ing of Hie news item and then went on to say : "There is another Ihing for the buying public in Elizabeth City to consider, and which is going to cause some people io liml reductions not so marked as they have expect ed. Thai tiling is this: Retail price, in Fliabi'i Ii City have never leached the peak For the past season, lor instance the M Leigh Sheep Company have sold hose al .i cell! . I hat were retailing all i. v. r i he count ry lor a dollar a pair and we have S'dd ho,. at fill nt a pair win ii lh. ; no idling We do.ell , e i bough;, ol i our . before I hoy 'a lit I o ; ha ; li g a i , The y hn ii rnpped now . n ; i, a r bin not I o a li ",ii I v that uii j u .1 1 1 y sel ling, them be o ..v lift y cei. ' - t he price we ha ve i 1 1 . 1 1 1' 1 1 all along." ' If FliZahi tb City merchants," continued .Mr. Sheep, "had advanced I he . i i . i a .1 price , la -1 .season I o e. i oi re-ponding with the whole sale prices, we would now be able to make reductions as large or larger than those advertised by Ihe mail order houses, lint we gave our cus t ( i m i r the benefit of our early buy ing and hope that thry will remem ber Ibis when they come to price good; for this season. Some folks from what they ha seen in the newspapers have jumped lo Hie con clusion that prices this year will be around t he 1 ll I 4 level ; w hich is out of the question until labor, freight and expres., return to their 1 !l 1 1 levels. Few people believe that such a time is ever coming." Elizabeth City merchants are sure that their prices are as low as they can be made consistent with good business principle.) and Ihe present cost of replacement and that they can give Kliabet h City people as good or hitler values I'ftr their money as ire to be hail anywhere. ALLEGED FRAUDS OVER 20 MILLIONS Obrien and Company, Low Brothers And Samuel S. Campbell & Company In cluded In Indictment New York, Sept. 24 OTlrien and Company, Low Urol hers and Sam uel S. CumpnYll and Company aro Included In the supplementary In dictment unsealed in federal court here today ulleglng mall rrauda ex ceeding 120,000,000 ln connection with the sale of stock In the Tlx pam Star Oil Corporation supposed to hare Its wells at Tampico.