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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1920
NO. 234
Big Decrease In
County Tax Rate
' Rate On Property and Poll Under
Revaluation Hardly More Than
Third of Rate Last Year
The total taxable wealth of Pasquotank County is in
round numbers twenty-two million dollars.
This compares with a total property valuation last year
of only seven millions.
The property tax rate in j :
Pasquotank county for 1920 is
63 cents on the one hundred
dollars, This levy was fixed
by the Pasquotank County
Commissioners this morning
and compares with $1.75 on
the hundred dollars in 1919.
Under the law the commis
sioners could have made the
levy 69 cents; but they found
that a 63 cent levy would meet
their needs.
The tax on each poll In Pasquo
tank county for 1920 la $1.89, as
compared with $5.27 on each poll
last year.
The Board of County Commis
sioners met in special session to fix
this levy Thursday morning at 10
o'clock. They had completed their
work by 11:30.
To Investigate
Intrastate Rates
Washington, Oct. 14. Investiga
tion of the failure of the North Caro
lina Corporation Commission to au
thorize increased passenger and bag
gage rates within the state similar to
the Interstate rates is ordered by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The hearing is set for November
12 at Raleigh.
NO CHARGE TO
ENTER EXHIBITS
Rumor That Ten Cents On
Each Article Is Charged
Absolutely False Says Sec
retary Case
A rumor lias spread throughout
the county that the Albemrle Agri
cultural Association will charge ten
cents on each article entered at the
District Fair. Speaking of the re
port, L. D. Case, Secretary of tho
Post said. "It Is absolutely false.
No charge of any kind is made on
articles entered at the Fair. I can
not understand how the rumor
started,, but there is not a word of
truth in it. We want exhibits of
every name and description, and
charge not one cent for entries."
A mil her Big Feuture
The Overland Jumping Car will be
at the District Fair. The car will
Jump over a fourteen foot space
clearing a five foot hurdle in the
leap. This act which has created
a sensation at many fairs this sea
son will bo staged In front of the
grand stand each day of the District
. Fair. The car lands with a blow of
Z,iUi toot-pillintis vtin.ii ii iciurus
to the earth after its flight through
space. The act is the talk of the
country.
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' - LITTLE BOY HURT
Leon Lambert, eight year old son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Lambert, fell
down the stone steps at the Eliza
beth City Hospital, where the family
have an apartment, and cut a gash
above his eye. Dr. V. W. Sawyer
was summoned, and the boy Is get
ting along all right.
Men Killed By
Their Own Bombs
Dublin. Oct. 14 Seven men were
killed and five wounded as th eresult
, of an explosion in a house near here.
: It is believed that th emen were
experimenting with bombs which
thry Intonded to use In attacks
against the authorities.
LOOKING FORWARD
TO DOLLAR DAY
Public Will Welcome Old
Fashioned Bargain Event
Which Comes on First Day
of District Fair
It pays to advertise and It pays to
read advertisements.
Both these propositions are gen
erally true; but they will be partic
ularly so of the advertisements in
Saturday's and Monday's Issue of
The AdVance.
It will pay the merchant to use
space in these issues because
the advertising is going to be read
with hardly less Interest than the
news matter Itself.
Indeed when Saturday's and Mon
day's Advance reach a home there
are many members of the household
who will turn to the advertisements
first. For the people will be eager
and curious to know just how good
values the merchants are going to
offer them on Dollar Day.
It will pay rather particularly to
read these advertisements because
Elizabeth City merchants may be ex
pected to put on something very
unusual in Dollar Day Bargains. In
the days of high prices old fashion
ed bargains have been rare. But
there are going to be old fashioned
bargains on display in the store
windows all along the business
streets on Tuesday, October 19 when
Elizabeth City merchants will stage
the first Dollar Day in Elizabeth
City since the war.
Undoubtedly the folks who make
up the buying public are keener for
bargains than they have, been in a
long time. They are. from Mis
souri, but they want to be shown.
Dollar Day will give Elizabeth City
merchants a chance to show them
and it hardly to be believed that the
wide awake hustling merchants of
Elizabeth City are going to. fail to
take advantage of the opportunity.
The day, it is believed, has been
most happily chosen for the conven
ience of the buying public. It will
be the bpening day of the District
Fair and people of the country will
want to come to town anyway. In
the town most people who go to the
fair prefer to wait until the latter
part of the week; but there is no rea
son why one may not go to the Fair
and take advantage of Dollar Day
also. For the shopping may be
done in the morning long before
time to leave for the fair grounds.
Women May Sign
Name Either Way
To settle the discussion brought
about by a Klnston news story in the
Virginia Pilot, W. M. Hinton, of this
city, wired State Chairman T. D.
Warren to know If those who have
registered using their husband's
name or initltls will have to register
again.
This Is Mr. Warren's reply Just re
ceived by wire:
"Where the wife registers under
her husband's initials, this does not
Invalidate the registration, but the
better way Is to register In her own
name for Instance, Mary Brown
Smith."
Elizabeth City women who have
registered "Mrs. John Smith" or
"Mrs. X. Y. Z. Jones" will be glad to
learn that they will not have to reg
ister again.
HOrn FOR KING'S RECOVERY j
Athens, Greece, Oct. 14 King
Alexander continues critically 111 but
physicians report the outlook for his
recovery better.
EYE BALL CUT
BY FLYING GLASS
Mrs. Lester Knight Has Seri
ous Accident When Pepsi
Cola Bottle Goes Off
Mrs. Lester Knight had a serious
accident Tuesday morning at 11:30
o'clock at her home on the corner of
Walnut and Second streets when the
flying glass from an exploded Pepsi-
Cola bottle hit the ball of her left
eye. ,
Mrs. Knight was opening the Ice
box to put some ice in and though
she did not move the bottle, the ex
plosion occurred, i Dr. W. W. Saw
yer, eye specialist, was Immediately
called in. The eye ball itself was
cut across the sight. Mrs. Knight
is confined to a darkened room.
Robbed Returning
From Social Function
Chicago, Oct. 14. Six women
wives of prominent manufacturers
and business men, were held up and
robbed of thousands of dollars worth
of Jewelry and cash by two bandits
early today while returning home
from a social function.
The women saved $30,000 worth
of Jewelry by dropping it on the
floor of the automobile while the
first woman was handing over 'her
Jewels.
PROMISE I CITY
GOODJERVICE
Heads of Electric Light and
Power Company Here From
Philadelphia Make State
ment to the Public
Mr. John T. Hill of Baltimore,
who with Mr. Crook also of that city
controls the Electric Light and
Water plants, was in town today in
connection with the affairs of the
Companies and Intrply ta s question
from this newspaper as to the im
provements contemplated by the
companies to avoid the temporary
shut down of the electric plant which
has happened more or less frequently
lately, stated that a new boiler of
approximately 350 II. P. had been
purchased for the power plant, and
would be shipped and Installed im
mediately and such additional Im
provements made as would insure
adequate service without interrup
tion. Mr. Hill also stated that these Im
provements had been delayed here
tofore by reason of the fact that it
had been necessary to find a new
boiler with sufficient capacity ready
constructed rather than have one
built which would have still further
delayed the work.
"If," said Mr. Hill, the people
of Elizabeth City will exercise a lit
tle patience and take Into considera
tion the difficulties that all business
has had to encounter recently we
will do our part to the extent of our
ability. "
Asked regarding the resignation
of Mr. Lewis, Mr Hill replied that the
matter would be considered by the
board of directors at their next meet
ing. Mr .Lewis's health Is the reason
assigned for his resignation.
MEET TOXKJHT
Royal Arch Masons meet tonight
for work in the Royal Arch degree.
APEX HIGH COSTS
HAS BEEN REACHED
Herbert Hoover Says Labor
Wages Need Not Go Down
If Labor Will Only Increase
Production
Topeka Kansas, Oct. 14 The
apex of the high coBt of living has
been reached la America and from
now on prices will undergo a down
ward readjustment, Herbert Hoover
declared today in a speech here.
He said that labor wages need not
come down with living costs If labor
Increases production.
WILL MEET TONIGHT
The Elizabeth Lodge 217 I. O. O.
II. will meet tonight at sewn thirty.
There will be a class in the first
degree.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Friday; little
change In temperature; gentle to
moderate variable winds.
THEY WILL VOTE
AS THEY SHOT
Declares Secretary of .Navy In
Address Wednesday Fight
ing Men, Women and Farm
ers Democratic
Dunn, October 13. Speaking here
to-day, Josephus Daniels, Secretary
of the Navy, predicted Democratic
victory in November when soldiers
returned from war will vote as they
shot and redeem their country from
the dishonor brought upon it by the
shameful ful record of a Republican
Congress.
"The Republican victory of 1918,"
said the speaker, "was won by false
pretense, was secured while four mil
lion men were under arms across the
sea or in training in America, and a
million . workers in overalls were
building ships or making munitions
of war. Most of these five million
men were away from their homes
and their, voting places. Duty to
country denied them the right to
vote. If the men who fought in uni
form and fashioned munitions in ov
eralls could have voted in that elec
tion, a Republican Congress could
not have dallied and delayed and dis
honored America by refusal to co
operate with her alllles in securing
world peace and world stability. The
House was won by the home vote
and the Senate won by purchase.
"Rainbow chasing prophets have
forgotten that these fighting men
and toilers, who could not vote in
1918. can vote in 1920. The sold
iers and sailors will vote as they shot
and not many of them can be persua
ded to vote for any man who favor
ed bringing lasting dishonor on Am
erica by a separate peace with Ger
many. They cannot be fooled. They
know they want to end war. They
will not play scuttle. Theyknow the
way to end war is to Join the League
of Nations. They know that under
the League no soldier or sailor can
be sent to war except by an affirma
tive vote of Congress. They know
that the" League cannot even' advise
force unless the American represen
tative on the League favors such
counsel. They know that without
the League we were In honor bound
to enter the World War. They know
that with or without International
agreements America would again en
ter a like war. They know that the
embers are still smouldering in Eu
rope and that without a concert of
nations to secure and preserve peace
those embers will blaze into the
flames of war. They are highly re
solved that their comrades who gave
their lives shall not have died In vain
and that the world shall not fall
back into the old alliances and com
petitive armaments. The attitude
of the fighters in America is for a
covenant of peace. The attitude of
the straddlors who never went to
war or appreciated its holy passion
is for scuttle and compromise. The
attitude of the real fighters was ex
pressed by Colonel Charles W.
Whittlesy, commander of the "Lost
Batallioh." who told the Germans to
go to Hell when they demanded the
surrender of his troops.
'"I am not frightened by Article
X,' said Col. Whittlesy. Our ohliga
tions to the world are already flxsd
and we can not avoid them. We may
resist a world movement for a time,
but It only postpones our complete
engulfment. It is better to go on
with the tide'
It is because Republican spell-binders
know that the sentiment voiced
by Colonel Whittlesy Is held by most
fighting men that they have been
chary In their recognition of the
matchless service of the men who
fought under the American flag In
1S97-9S. It is their vote they well
may dread on election day, for these
men ure resolved that the war ug
aliist war shall not bo defeated by
the rejection of the League. They
are for Cox and Rooseveu.,because
these men bravely promise to go In
I nd garner the fruits of Americas
and allied valor. They are against
Harding because he would surren
der the peace and stability won by
their valor, and go back to the mili
tarism which brought on the World
War.
The farmers have had their first
taste of Htirdlng "normalcy" In
the sudden reduction of wheat and
corn and cotton and tobacco. They
know that the prices of tholr prod
ucts are fixed by foreign demand.
They know that If the Senate had
promptly ratified the Covenant thest
would not have slumped.
The new woman vote makes the
Republican leaders tremble. While It
Is undoubtedly true that ordinarily
most women will vote as do their fa
thers and husbands, women hate war
No Jail Sentences
In Federal Court
Jesse Partridge, captain of the
gas-boat Smasher, who came into
port here with corn liquor aboard
his vessel some weeks ago and was
apprehended by United States pro
hibition officers, got off with a $10
fine in Federal court this week.
Partridge's gas-boat was confiscated
at the time of his arrest, however,
so the penalty was not as light as
would appear at first thought. E. C
Johnson, who was aboard the Smash
er with Caatain Partridge when the
arrest was made, was released un
der suspended. Judgment.
W, R. Harmon, of Windsor, col
ored, convicted of fraudulent use of
the mails was fined $100 and costs.
The total costs will amount to around
$500. Harmon' was working In the
field in the day time and doing a
thriving mail order business In auto
mobile supplies evenings with no
n n 1 , I 3 lxl.
i-mmui unu wiui no stocK except a
typewriter and some 'printed sta
tionery. Hla proposition called for a
dollar down and the United States
officer who arrested him testified
that Harmon cashed 68 money or
ders for a dollar each on one occa
sion. ,
Willis Banks, of Currituck county,
before the court for the violation of i
the federal prohibition laws, came
within an ace of going to Federal
prison, as It was his second offense.
Banks put up such a good plea for
himself, however, that Judge Connor
let him off with a fine of $250 and
costs, and the requirement that he
give bond to appear at the next term
of court and show good behavior.
The case against E. H. Cannon,
Norfolk Southern agent at Hertford,
charged with embezzlement, was
continued and the defendant placed
under two thousand dollar bond for
appearance on Saturday week before
the Federal court at Washington, N.
C, to abide the court's final Judg
ment. '
It is understood that the case is
continued to allow the young man to
see If he can make restitution of the
funds he has misappropriated.
There were a number of other
cases hut they were of little local In
terest. There were two negroes among the
Jurors drawn for this term of court,
one from Gates and the other from
Tyrrel county.
One of the colored Jurors sat In
the jury box.
With iho exoeptlon of this term
and one other no negroes have been
on a federal Jury here for the last
ten years.
Court adjourned Thursday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
CURRITUCK BANK
F0RMALLYOPENED
Secretary L. D. Case Makes
Address of Occasion Thurs
day at 11 O'clock Big Day
For Entire County
Thusday, Oct. 14, Year of Demo
cracy, 1920, was a big day for Curri
tuck County.
The first bank, the Bank of Curri
tuck, was formerly opened with
exercises fittln gthe important occo
sion, in, the enterprising town of
Mooork.
Secretary L. D. Case of the Eliza
beth City Chamber of Commerce,
made the address at 11.30 Thursday
tnorrting.
The officers of the bank are: W.
W. W. Jarvis. president; R. O. Bag-
ley, first vice president; D. W. Bag-.
ley, second vice presiueni; . w. w.
Smith, cashier; I). W. Bagley, assis
tant cashier.
Tho directors are: I. A. Cox, K.
It. Johnson, Dr. 8. M. Mann, P. II.
Flora, E. W. Addison, W. D. Cox, J.
W. Poyner, II. W. Poyuer.
WILLL INVESTIGATE
THREATS AGAINST GINS
Columbia, S. C, Oct. 14. Gover
nor Coopes has requested the state
Insurance commissioner to Investi
gate threats against cotton" gins re
ported from several counties in this
state.
For a time some of them listened
with credulity to the fajse statement
that under the League American
boys could be sent to war by net of"
i he League. Now they havo Informed
themselves and they understand that
no American boy can be sent to war
except by the vote of the American
Congress, and they will voice their
resentment of the false propaganda
and vote for Coxand Peace.
1920 ROLL CALL ;
NOVEMBER 11TH
AH Good Americans Will Be
Asked to Renew Their Red
Cross Membership Before
Christmas
' Atlanta, October 14. The annu
al Red Cross Roll Call, It was an
nounced to-day at Sothern Division,
headquarters, will be held this year
from November 11 to November 25,
when all forward looking Americans
will be asked to renew their mem
berships and to secure as many new
nielnbers as possible.
Already preparations for the Roll
Call are being made in the Southern
division, which includes the states of
Georgia, North Carolina, South Caro
lina and Tennessee, and Florida. One
hundrer and twenty eight chapters
in tho division have begun shaping
their roll call organizations, and long
before Armistice Day it is expected
the entire division will be prepared
to secure a record number of old and
new members.
The yearly Roll Calls of the Red
Cross have become as much of an In
stitution in American life as the Red
Cross Itself, a fact which leads Red
Cross leaders at headquarters to be
lieve that the American people, both
old and young, will.be eager to re
new their allegiance to the Red Cross
and to strengthen with many new
members the organization which Is
doing as much to better health and
social conditions In the United States
In peace as It did to help American
arms in war.
From reports coming Into division
headquarters, It Is evident that many ,
chapters are planning to make this
year's Roll Call a real record break
er. The fact that It begins on Arm
istice Day and ends on Thanksgiving
Day lends a triple interest to the Roll
Call that is expected to give addition
al life and color to the enlistment of
members. The Red Cross comes to
the public for members this year on
a record of genuine accomplishment
In peace as well as in wor. Last year
much of the Roll Call appeal was
based on the plans of the Red Cros3
for its peace time work. The last 12
months have seen many of those
plans put into effect in hundreds of
American communities. Thus It is
on a basis of work done for "Ameri
ca at home" and achievements for
the public good In the United States,
as well as for its plans for tho forth
coming year, that the Red Cross
seeks the support of the American
people.
Among the constructive Jobs per
formed by the Red Cross since the
war might be mentioned Its health
work. The Red Cros3 ha3 inaugura
ted health centers In about 15,000
communities,, through which It is
trying'jjy education to check the
spread 'of disease and prevent the
750.0(M deaths which occur arinunl
ly in America from preventable dis
ease. In the Red Cross nursing ser
vice are :t7,000 nurses, f.OOO of
whom ure working In rural commun
ities where they are constantly in de
mand and where their services are
available to all families in their Ju
risdiction. Tho supreme value of
service was demonstrated during the
last Influenza epidemic, when 15,000
Red Cross nurses were on duty.
Another Red Cross health activity
has been tho teaching of home hy
giene and care of the sick, and home
dietetics to women and girls. More
than 90,000 such were graduated
last year from 7.944 Red Cross clas
ses In these subjects.
The Southern division, because of
disasters last year, knows well the
Red Cross work In disaster relief.
This Is a Red Cross Job that may
come at any moment. In the 39
years of Its cxlstnece the Red Cross
has given relief In 250 floods, fires,
tornudoes and other disasters, and
last year It gave aid to more than
30.000 unfortunates in 130 stricken'
commn ii I ties.
The Red Cross has kept up its
foreign relief work. In the pestil
ence, starvation, nakedness and
death threatening Europe It haB a
strong arm of safety and rescue for
thousands of women and children
by fighting cholera, typhus, tuber
culosis and other horrible diseases
and conditions,
In these major activities of the
Red Cross as well as other under
takings jut their own. tho children of
the Junior Red Cross have taken a
leading part.
To continue its work for health,
disaster relief, soldiers, sailors and
marines, civilians and their, fam
ilies and other crying needs the Red
Cross asks for renewal of member
ships this year.