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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1920
NO. 249
UP TO MEEKINS
TO MAKE GOOD
Sheriff Bob Griggs Calls on Big
Republican to Buy Him
Overcoat and to Vote Demo
cratic Ticket
It's up to Meekins to vote the
Democratic ticket Tuesday and he
owes me an overcoat besides."
So spoke former Sheriff Bob
Griggs of Currituck to an Advance
reporter on the street Saturday
night following the big speech of
I. M. Meekins at the county court
house.
As soon as Meekins was through
speaking Griggs made his way to
where he stood and said: Colonel you
have made a wonderful speech. You
are the finest Republican orator in
the South. Hut in all your speech you
haven't told us one' thing that the
Republican party is going to do for
the plain people of the country and
more than that it's up to you to vote
the Democratic ticket next Tuesday.
You said you would vote it if you
were not giving your figures straight
and vou know what you handed out
just now about this Government's
nelling sugar to France at two cents
a pound and it's not so."
"If this Government didn't sell
22,000,000 pounds of sugar to
France at two cents a pound," said
Meekins, "I'll buy you the finest
overcoat to be had in Elizabeth City."
rwavnnnt said
ill? uwcb iiio-tiiuii - -
Griggs, "for the price that France
paid for that 22 million pounds of
sugar was twelve cents a pound plus
two cents a pound for transportation.
1 read about it. in the paper the other
day. And I'm going to call on the
Colonel for that overcoat. At the
same time promising me an over
coat doesn't excuse him from his
promise' to vote the Democratic
ticket if he wasn't giving us facts,
and I don't propose to let him wrig
gle out of it that way."
It looks as if Hob Griggs has got
the distinguished Republican by the
tail on a down hill pull. The follow
ing is a clipping from a recent issue
of the Philadelphia Record:
"In the general effort to discredit
everything done by the American
army in helping to win the World
War in the hope that, they may in
fluence some voters against the Dem
ocratic Presidential ticket certain
.Republican papers have been print
ing imaginative articles purporting
to expose shocking extravagance and
waste on the part of 'the War De
partment. Startling figures are
given and the impression is convey
ed that the, government tossed away
millions of dollars as though they
had been pennies. No explanation
of the gigantic transaction involved
is sought from the War Department,
and t hero is a deliberate suppression
of everything that might tend to
show that in 1917-18 'the work
of our Government was largely in
fluenced by the counsel of our -Allies
and that everything had to be
done on an enormous scale because
of the general belief by military ex
perts that the war would last thru
1919 and possibly into 1920.
"A sample of such malicious lying
recently asserted that the War De
partment had sold 22,000,000 pounds
of sugar to the French government
at two eenu a pound, causing a tre
mendous Ins.- to the Government.
This was absurd on Its face, but pro
bably many unthinking persons
were lead to brieve it. Now the
War Depart in. nt comes along and
shows that the usar "was sold to
France and ;:' Hritain at 12
cents a pound, plus a transportation
charge which aimai'iited to about
two cents a pound The partisan
critics of the Government, no do.ubt
with deliberate in'ont, took these
two cents as eon i ui ing the sale
price, whereas, a- the department
shows, this was -imply an addition
to the twelve con'.: paid by Franc
and Great Britain.
"Mnnv nf thi.jc irmtesone tales
about horrible waste uu'ild be dis
posed of In the same way if the whole
truth were told. Only one side,
however, is given and a deliberately
wrong impression is given. This is
politics as played by Republicans. It
seems a contemptible game; hut
what can you expect from a party
that selected Warren G. Harding for
President?"
1ITTI.U (IIIIDRLX WITH SISTER
Mrs. John W. Williams, of Ports
iii mill, has returned home after at-
ng the funeral of her mother,
U- A. II. Baker. She took with
;,. t the two small children, Edward
an I Mary.
Election Returns
At Moose Hall
The Western I'nion has made ar
rangements to get leased wire elec
tion returns at the .Moose Hall all
night Tuesday and promises the
best and quickest of service,
Struck Twice Before
Could Get Off Street
Walter Johnson, about 25 years of
age, was hit by two automobiles in
succession Sunday evening about
eight o'clock on West Church street.
The first car struck Mr. Johnson
and knocked him off his feet. He
fore he could get up another car
hit him, tossing him aside like a
locomotive. Hy a miracle Johnson
escaped with no more serious ex
ternal injuries than many bruises.
Dr. 7.. Fearing, who was summoned,
says it will be a number of days be
fore one may be certain that he has
not been injured internally.
The first car was driven by a man
named Ferrell and the second by a
man named Hell, it is stated.
IX I'OLICK COl'RT
Archie Mullen and Arthur Over
ton were fined $10 and costs in police
court Monday for participating in
an affray.
Emmett Gibbs, charged with being
drunk and disorderly, was arraigned,
but after the State had put on its
evidence the case was continued on
account of the absence of an im
portant witness for the defense,
Gibbs was arrested on Sunday-after7
noon, October 16th, and it took three
policemen and a fire truck to get him
to jail.
SPOKE SUNDAY NIGHT
AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. T. C. Hritton, missionary cO
China,' spoke at the First Baptist
church Sunday night and also talked
to the Acme Bible Class Sunday
morning. He was heard with much
pleasure on both occasions.
! Mr. Britton has been in China for
';!2 years. He and Mrs. Hritton have
been in North Carolina on their fur
l. lough this year and have spent the
! su'mmer at Ridecrest with their son,
1 Koswold Britton.
i While in Elizabeth City, Mr. llrit
I was the guest of his sister, Mrs.
' c. A. Cooke, on Selden street. Leav j
ling here Monday, he went to l'ole
:(;i i, Northampton county, his old
home, to visit another sister. From1
'there he will go to Richmond, where!
! In- will be stationed until his fur- j
' lnuf:h ends, when he and Mrs. Hrit-i
ton will return to China. '
LKRAMA TONIGHT
A six reel niury of mystery and
rumaiic", made without the use of a:
single studio setting, will be present
ed at the Alkrania Tuesday under
the title of "A Midnight Romance,"
starring Anita Stewart in the second
of her super productions made under
the management of Louis H. Mayer, '
the Boston film magnate,
' Miss Lois Weber, who directed the
production of the story which was
suggested by Marlon Orth, gave the
picture realism in settings far be-:
youd the possibilities of the most ca
pable geniuses among the studio
painters and carpenters. j
AYDLETT AT HIS BEST
AT NEWLAND SATURDAY
The men and women of Newland
turned out Saturday night to hear
E. F. Aydlett in the new school
building.
Mr. Aydlett made a strong speech
on political issues and many who
heard him pronounced It the best
speech they had heard during the
inipaign. lie aroused i tip uomo-
ClutS or I nu conimuniiy iu men it-
ponsibility ' and they declared that
they will do their full duty on elec
tion da .
ELECTION WEATHER
Washington, Nov. 1, Rains on
election day in the Atlantic, States
and the I'pper Ohio Valley, and the
region of the Great Lakes, with the
probability of snow In Northern
.Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota,
Is the forecast by the weather bu
reau, ATTENTION, MOOSE!
All members are urged to bo
present at tonight's meeting at the
club rooms at 7:45., After the meet
ing a Dutch supper will be served.
MEEKINS SPEAKS
TO LARGE CROWD
i I, j)wj
But Does Not Convince Demo-'
cratic Hearers of Soundness
or Sincerity of Republican
Arguments
The big gun of the campaign in
Pasqutank was Hied Saturday night
in the County Courthouse by 1. M.
Meekins of Elizabeth City. The speak
er was heard with vast delight by
the Republicans in his audience and
the Democrats, though not convinced
by his eloquence nor impressed by
the logic of his argument, were en
tertained notwithstanding. The
"Colonel" got a bigger crowd than
the Republican gubernatorial nomi
nee, though not so large a crowd
as would have attended a speech 'by
a Doinocrat of equal prominence;
and in the matter of arousing enthu
siasm among hearers of like politi-1
cal faith, Meekins had the Republi
ca;i candidal e for governor complete
ly outclassed.
An unusual feature of the occa
sion was the introduction of the spea
ker, which was made by former Dem
ocratic Senator W. L. Cohoon, who
presented Mr. Meekins as "the city's
most distinguished citizen."
Mr. Meekins spoke for an hour
and twenty minutes, giving his en
tire time to national issues. He did
not mention revaluation or any other
matter of particular local or State
interest, He did not even chide the
Democrats, as in a recent statement
given to the Greensboro News, for
injecting the negro issue in the State
campaign. He talked of the prosper
ity of (lie country under Republican;
rule and argued that whenever the'
Democrats got in power they all but.
bankrupted the Government and Im
poverished the people. He criticised
the Democratic administration for ex-'
tiavagance in the conduct of the war
and attacked the League of Nations.1
He did not, however, as does Sena
tor Harding, utterly repudiate the
League and argue for a new associa
tion of powers, but stood for the
League with reservations which, he
said, would be needed to protect Am
erican sovereignty and to prevent Am
erirau boys from being sent to light
in an European quarrel in which
America has no interest. He made,1
pre-uuiubly. the same speech that he
been making in his campaigning
ail over the con airy, but when asked
for a copy for publication, courteous
ly am-wcred that he would be glad to
g.ve it lo The Advance but that ho
had no manuscript. " j
Meekins is a rapid speaker and it
would take a stenographer of moi'"
than ordinary ability to report a
sped !i of hi- vrhafim. N,o such re
port i hen a! li-inpled a lid quotations
are' ,i im men iy for tile sake of clear-,
u ess. In t,u!j,,tume the ma in features
of his argument follow: i
"It has le-ver been my policy or
practice to abuse anybody or any
thing. 1 invite you 10 approach the
issues of the campaign as a seeker
after truth and when you have foundv
out what the I rut it is to vote ac
cording to your 'findings, I am here
to present the Republican claims in
this campaign, Hie issues that yon
are called upon to decide, from the
standpoint of a Republican. 1
"Government is a simple matter.
Though' the administraion of gov
ernment may be ditiicult the process
of government is ven simple ;
"Tiike a bank the al'i'iirs o-' wi.irh
nude;1 iuismanagenien' u'e In a bud
way Deposits are fii.'in-; et'l. pro
fl.s nt' dwindling and si u-Aii.il tiers
are in, -satisfied; 'here i. a luck '.if
ecu 'itb m e in the ins'.'t n1 ion on the
pun o: the publi?. (",io:c S,iris
rir the hoard of --ii'tr-n-" "put the,r
bet,;-) together and rtYe-t a reorgar
izat on. New ollicis " tleclcj.
m modern and etllcieiit methods
of banking are put i.no fi'ce and
the Institution regain, pubi.r roi,
lideecv and prospers. Tin,. U gov
iTMi,nt. That is it sucfjssUil ad
min.! nation of the nif!irs of a bank.
"TrAis a church i.i whk'h preach
er :..;.. toiigrogalicj are rut of lua
mti.y Leaders are working bt
n-.u purposes, at'i'iiduue s is taping
off, it, ere is a dwiiieMi; in roniri! u
tloti.s to missions , md other Objects
and finally the offerings fall n Sw
the current expenses. A few choi'-u
souls come tuguther. They get a
new preacher. Differences are har
monized Interest Is rekindled end
tin church becomes again the fo'ce
for righteousness in the commutPly
that it should be. That Is success
f ul administration of the affairs of a
church,
"Take a farm. The buildings are
in bad repair. The land Is run
down. The crops are poor. The
E. F. AYDLETT
AT
Mill
Will Explain Amendments, Al
so Method of Voting, and
County Chairman Will
Answer Questions
Tonight at the court house
E.' F. Aydlett will explain the
amendments, the process of voting,
and other election matters. P. G.
Sawyer, chairman of the board of
elections,, will be present and
answer any questions which new
voters may desire to ask.
The meeting, of course, is Demo
cratic, for both gentlemen are lead
ing Democrats in local, state and
national affairs. However, the meet
ing is held primarily to acquaint
new voters with the details of vot
ing and to help all who really wish
to vote intelligently to do so.
The public is cordially invited to
attend this meeting, as Tuesday is
Election Day, and this meeting gives
the last opportunity to learn how to
vote intelligently.
A very special invitation is ox
tended the ladies.
The hour is eight o'clock.
farm Is Ifoing operated at a loss. But
a new owner takes charge. He builds
up the fences, repairs the buildings,
buys modern machinery, adopts ef
ficient ethods of cultivation, builds
up the fertility of the soil and at the
end .of the year sells the products
at a profit and at the same time has
added to the value of his property.
That is a successful administration
of a farm. That is government.
"Vou find an illustration of suc
cessful administration in the New
Testament in the parable of the tal
ents. "In 1856 Buchannan, a Demo
crat, was elected to the Pres
idency. In 1SB1 when he surren
dered the reins of government to
Abraham Lincoln, the first .Republi
can President, what condition con
fronted the party? The nation was
in the throes of civil war. A num
ber of states were in open rebellion.
The I'nion was threatened. For
thirty-two years the' Republicans
remained in power. Grover Clev
eland served his lirst term during
this period, it is true, but Congress
remained Republican and that is
why Cl-.'veland was so popular at the
end of bis first term. Within that
period peace had hi en restored. The
I'liion had been restored and slav
ery had been abolished.- Peace had
been est aid:.-bed at home and (he
country had gained iuuneasui'H bly In
re-'pect a!r -.el. A bankrupt I reus
ury and nu. impaired credit had been
turned inio an overflowing tn-u-ury
and a muml credit.
"Then in JMi- the Democrat;) came
into power , They remained in
power for only lour years and be
fore hi-, : croud term Grover Cleve
land w-iti compelled to issue bonds in
time of peace and two million Amer
icans prayed not for .salvation but for
sou p.
'From Cleveland's second term to
Woodrow, Wilson's first term, from
IS'.m; to 1912, the Republicans were
again in "power and the prosperity
of the country was restored.
"In 1912 the Democrats made
their campaign on a platform to re
duce the high cost of living. Today
Hie cost of living has gone up GUI)
per cent as compared with 1912.
"Moreover, there i not. a Demo
crat in this house who has voted for
the same thing for two elections in
succession.
"In 1896 Bryan made his cam
paign on I he free coinage of silver
with a 1C to 1 slogan. In 190(1 you
couldn't get him in speaking dis
'taiicif of 'free silver.
"What 1 say is not intended as
derogatory to Bryan. 1 regard him.
today as the world's greatest states
man. la 1900 Bryan made monopolies,
trusts and combines and Imperialism
the issues of his campaign. We op
ened up the United States history
and showed him that the Phillipinos.
were not our first insular possessions
and he dropped Imperialism like a
hot brick. Wo opened up the bible
and showed him that the Republican
party and the high tariff were not
responsible for trusts and combine:---that
these had been with us ev r
since the days when a Jew and a
Pharaoh engineered a corner in corn
,nd when they got through Pharal,
had acquired all the money, pi r-onal
property and chattels of the people
and' had enslaved them besides.
In l'JOl the Democrats nominated
Alton B. Parker who stood for ev
erything that Bryan. didn't stand for,
and Parker whs defeated ovcrwhel
CoLtlnued on Page 3
Billy of Japan
Is On Tonight
All is now in readiness for the big
musical comedy, "Billy In Japan,"
to be presented tonight at the high
school auditorium. The curtain will
rise at Still). "Billy In Japan" is a
merry frolic from beginning to end
with pretty dances, dainty songs
and a humorous plot, and with at
tractive costumes. It is well worth
seeing for its own sake, but, added
to that, It means the beginning of a
fund for a public library for Eliza
beth City.
The Woman Vote
Will Delay Returns
Chicago, Nov. 1. Mystery as to
the tide, of the tremendous woman
vote is reflected in many eleventh
hour discussions of the general elec
tions sit un1 ion.
It is staled on all sides that the
woman vote will delay the returns.
The Socialist party claims the
largest proportionate woman's vote
iu protest to the imprisonment of
Debs. They predicted a vote of three
million in 19 16 and got 600.000.
EXPORTS SHOW RECOVERY
Washington, Nov. 1. Exports to
Europe und South America showed
recovery In September over the
August slump but further reduc
tions of shipments to Asia are re
ported by the Department of Com
merce. The United States exported
approximately $212,000,000 worth
of Roods to Jiu rapeover. J.he imports
in September.
Party Leaders
Are Confident
New York. Nov. 1. On the eve of
election, both Republican -and Demo
cratic headquarters are confident
that their candidates will win.
Hays claims that Harding will
have not less than 3CS electoral
votes. .
White says: "Cox and Roosevelt
will win."
Night Riders On
Rampage Saturday
Montgomery, Nov. 1. Night rid
ers iu the Alabama belt Saturday
killed two negroes, burned four
negro cabins. I wo gins, two mills,
several barns, a quantity of cotton,
col ton seed and com, two white
farmers' bouses.
.Mounted whites and blacks rode
through tin; countrywide applying the
torch until olliceis arrived.
J P .VMP.ASS DOIJ Rl
ssi itiin
.Washington, Nov.
1. The Jap-
ano e amlinss'id.ir win' r-,i red '"
! ty l: the Sv.e II. -p;: ''l ir.or I Ilia! no
ant i-Japanese legislation in Cali
fornia will bi acceptable to the
i-eiiiiliv that "does not accord with
exiting and applicable provisions of
law and tlie national instinct of jus
lice." T.M.I.KST MAX DIMS
Texarkana, Tex., Nov. l.-.I. V.
Patterson, seven feet live inc!l-s
lull, and said to-be the tallest, niau
iu the I'niled Stales, is dead.
i:oosi; i:i T in last spi:i:( h
Hudson, X, Y., Nov. L- -Franklin
I). Roosevelt in his lust campaign
M eh said that the Issue is tightly
drawn between "Cox and our place
in the league at Us head or Harding
and flat rejection."
CoX Closes His
Campaign at Toledo
Dayton. NoV. 1. Cox closes his
campaign at Toledo toilay and will
return home to vote and will receive
lection returns
office.
at his newspaper
STOI KX I' ROM MI'.KAIlt
L'sbon, Oct. la Authorities of the
National Library have been mystified
by the theft of more than DM) gold
coins of Inestimable value from the
the famous numismatic collection at
i hat Institution. Thu fact that the
keys id live doors were used and re
placed and that till the 1,10 tvaimible
foinw were Mo!"ii leud;i lo the belief
that the theft was coinniiited hy a
member or the library staff.
The thief carefully rearranged the
remaining coins so that those taken
would not be quickly missed.
tt(l fuurU,,.n,
CO! XTV l OMMISKlOXERH MKKT .
The County Commissioners met Iik lSKWklCTT WITH ItAXIi
regular session Monday. Only rou-i D. Guy Rrockett assumed his
line business had been transacted duties at the First & Citizens Na
when tho board adjourned for noon, tlonal Hank Monday.
ALL IS SET FOR
ELECTION NEWS
Advance Protected by West
ern Union and Wireless For
Continuous Report on Elec
tion Returns Tuesday Night
The Advance bus made the most
complete arrangements in its history
for receiving election news.
The paper will be In continual
communication with the Moose Hall,
where election returns will be re
ceived by election fans over the spe
cial leased wire.
Kermlt Kramer and William Ov
erman have arranged an out lit to re
ceive the returns by wireless and
have agreed to telephone The Ad
vance latest developments through
out the night. Mr. Kramer Is a
skilled wireless operator and It is
only by lucky chance that he hap
pens to be at home at this time.
He and young Overman have rigged
up a wireless out lit that they be
lieve will bo in constant communica
tion with other wireless stations
j throughout, the country and they are
confident that they will get the first.
Hash of the result ahead of thu
wires. ,
, The Advance has asked the Asso
ciated Press for a Hush as soon as
the result is certain and for a coni
! plete election story for an extra edi
I Hon Wednesday morning. Subscrib
ers who want this extra edition
j Wednesday morning probably can ar
- range, with,- their- carrier to get it
If not, they are invited to call The
Advance office.
As soon us The Associated Press
flash announcing the result has been
received, The Advance has nrrangod
with Fire Chief Flora to have the
city siren sounded.. One blast of the
siren will Indicate that the result is
announced. If the first blast Is fol
lowed by two more it will Indicate
the nomination of Harding; if by
three more it will Indicate the elec
tion of Cox.
Friends of The Advance and the
public generally are invited to call
The Advance ollice at any time dur
ing the; night for the latest news as
Hie ollice will slay open all night.
However, The Advance building will
not lie open to the general public.
Those wlio desire to receive the re
turns at fir-t hand over the wire
should arrange' for seats at the
Moose Hall.
Out of town readers of tills news
paper are especially invited, lo call
I In' ollice any time during election
night.
Will Take Women
To Polls Tuesday
Llizai.
Citv women are asked
I.) yeh- helvveeli I lie I10UIS (if II i 110
and eleven Tuesday morning and be
tween I li hours of two and four
Tuesday afternoon.
- 'I hose who are too far from the
voting pieciiids to walk, or for any
lea.Miii cjiinul get to the poljs, will
be taken in automobiles.
1 Members of com mil lees to tako
the women to the pulls are g'ven be
low, and these should b called by
phone tonight or very early tomor
ro w :
First, ward Mrs. W. (). Saunders
and Mrs. Carl Blades.
Second ward Mrsi. It. K.
C J ii i 11 ll
and Miss Marie Leroy.
Third ward C. A. Cooke.
Fourth ward- Mrs. Boie.
art. t
Stew-
1 liKDS I. ITT LIO OXIIS
Vienna, Oct. I-- The American
Red Cross unit here Is rendering as
sistance lo the Impoverished und suf
fering middieclass. the professional,
men iinil women, rlerki, civil r
vanS lm, others whose incomes have
materially increased and among
wnom then! really are a large nuiii-
of utterly destitute. ' (lifts of
! clothing to the families of 6,000
I teachers have been ade In one month
alone Others aided were the des
titute political refugees of whom
there are thousands in Austria, re
turned prisoners of war, refugees of
every nationality in passages through
this country trying to reach their
homes. With a very small person
nel the Red Cross Cult Is working
through the large number of estab
lished local relief stations, notably
the Society of Friend-, .in feeding
children under six years of age, not
reached by the great work of elm
Anier'can Child Relief, whose efforts
are devoted to children between six