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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, KD VENDER 6, 1920
VOL. V.
NO. 255
IN THREE YEARS
SAYS HE LIKES IT
Bestcity Defeats
Washington Highs
' Home Team Outclassed Visi-
- tors Throughout the Entire
Lieutenant John Wood Pleased j Game Score 25 to 0
With Work That Gives Him
Opportunity to See World
While Serving Country
At least one Elizabeth City boy
refuses to knock the military service
itio Ram. Lieuienani joiiu
In the football game between
Washington and Elizabeth City
Highs here Friday afternoon the
score was 25 to 0 In favor of Eliza
beth City.
Grice McMullan and A. Jones
starred for the home team. Mc-
ot uncic ooiii. ..w-.v---- siarreo. iur wits uumi icam.
Wood has seen service for over three Mullan ran 70 yards at one time and
years and "ain't got weary yet." He g5 ftt another for touchdowns, both
n aavs he likes it
When trouble with Mexico was
threatened in June, 1916, Lisutenant
Wood was a student at Massachu
setts Institute of Technology, Boa
ton He volunteered at once and
haa been in the service ever since.
For the last ten days he has been at
home with his parents here, Mr. and
Mrs. J. Q- A. Wood, on leave; but
left Thursday night for Camp
Humphreys, where he .Is now to be
stationed.
' When Lieutenant Wood enlisted
he was a pale faced student. After
three years in the army he is a
rursed, ruddy-faced man. "You've
imnroved so much since you have
times after an Intercepted forward
pass.
The Elizabeth City Highs had the
Washington team outclassed through
out the game. Only by forward
passes could the Washington team
gain at all. In this respect they
played brilliantly at times, especially
In the second quarter. Only once,
however did they threaten to score,
in the third quarter, when they at
tempted a forward pa-ss from Eliza
heth City's ten yard line. But Mc
Mullan intercepted this and ran 95
yards through the entire Washing
ton line for a touchdown.
U. S. MISSION
IN SOVIET HANDS
Says Wireless Message to Lon
don From Russia Mission
Was Headed by General
Morel
London, Nov. 6. The American
Mission in South Russia has fallen
into Soviet hands, a Moscow paper,
Pravda, says, according to a wireless
message received here.
The Mission, says the paper, was
headed by General Morel.
WILSON NOT TO
PARDON DEBS
Believes Executive Clemency
Encourages Others Work
Against Government
Washington, Nov. 6. President
Wilson Is understood to have no in
tention of pardoning Eugene V.
Debs, serving ten years in Atlanta
prison for violating the espionage
act
GEN. WRANGEL
NEEDSSUPPORT
Soviet Forces Pressing Hard
French and British Ask If
They Must Go to His Assistance
Constantinople, Nov. 6. French
and British representatives here to
day asked their governments if their
warships in the Black Sea should
support General Wrangel at Pere-
kop and Selkova, where Soviet
forces are pressing on the Crimean
peninsula. In the meanwhile fresh
supplies of rifles and cartridges are
being hurried to Sebastopol.
1 dence of unrest.
I
"Technically we are still at war
war.
I VUnae nvAFaooltllT rt IrrmW Rfl V that
improvea so mucu d i iuo y.v,..oo...B v .......
been in the service that I hardly1 and the poor are under considerable the President believes executive
know you," half Jokingly remarked strain. They are accustomed to dis- clemency would set a bad precedent
a friend in speaking to Lieutenant cipllne, however, and to obeying and encourage others to oppose the
wood at the Shriners' banquet the those in authority without question 1 government in the event of another
' I .r S 1 1 1 O Httln AIT
nther week. But Wood 8 impiuvo- ana l nave nearu oi very uwc ei
" ... i
ment is no Joe.
Asked how long he expected to
nA that
remain in service, ne " wih Germanv and our troops can't
his absence In Germany nau favor. They are
somewhat a stranger to muu.
to see that rules and terms impos
ed by the Allies are enforced. If
our army should be withdrawn Occupied Promontory or San
him
11 1 lit OUIIll' " v
tibns here, and it would take time
to get adjusted and locate himself.
Wood saw active service in
France, going over with the 26th
Division in September, 1917. He
doesn't talk much about the war,
but does talk freely and most enter
tainingly about conditions in Ger-
FANNUNZIO HAS
MADE NEW MOVE
Red Cross Meets
Sunday Afternoon
There will be a meetlnE of the
Elizabeth City Chapter A. It. C. at
the court house in Elizabeth City
Sunday, November 7th, at four
o'clock P. M. for the election of of
ficers for the coming year and for
other important matters. It Is earn
estly desired that all who are inter
ested in the work of the Red Cross
be present.
Three Districts
Still In Doubt
French and British troops would
take their place. My particular
unit during this last term of duty
was intended for service in Poland
Marco In Protest Against
Alleged Firing on Italian
Steamer By Serbs
Triest, Nov. 6 (By The Associated
see that the terms of the treaty be
tween Germany and Poland were
observed and not in the war between '
Poland and Russia.
i
"The American Army of Occupa
tion numbers about 14,000 jut a
sufficient force to be a good field
unit in case it should be called into
active service. It is made up of the
best trained men in the army and is
kept in fighting trim at all times.
Every man in it is fit and ready for
active duty. Inspectors pronounce
it the finest body of troops they
have ever seei.
"I was telling a friend the other
clay about starting out on three
weeks maneuvers, and that on the
second day we were out it rained
and kept it up for most of the three
weeks and we had to bivouac in the
rain. 'Wasn't it a shame for them
to treat you that way,' said the
friend. But what else could you ex
pect. The American army of occu
pation could not be turned 'back by
a little rain.
"The Army of occupation gets out
its own daily paper, the Am-ar-oc,
and as every man in the army, prac
tically, reads it, the Am-ar-oc en
joys quite a large circulation.
"Germany is a vineyard country
by Serbian coast guards on the Ital
ian steamer.
D'Annunzio's troops are now fac
ing the Jugo-Slav frontier.
SIX INJURED;
TRAIN DERAILED
This Is the Plan of Bankers
Mpetins- at New Orleans
Today
annul COnQ HU'is " . , . u I
aDoui cuu thege s were changed whon .
many as he nas seen - h
hand. . , ... ! i. , nf Nations. Had we been Press) Gabrielle D'Annunzio has
The thing that seems to nav po however we Bhould occupled the promontory of San Mar-
pressed him most about the German ag & protegt againgt a,eged firlng
people is the way tney worn.
people of no other nation today, in
my opinion," he says, "are working
as hard as the German people. They
do-'t ntrike. And though their gov
ernment in the zone of occupation is
a headless afair, they seem to be co-!
operating along all lines. They have
of course, their class jealousies and
prejudices, just as other people; .
hut there seems to be a sort of un
derstanding among them that they
will put these things by until the
nation Is once more on its feet.;
From the way they are working and
the progress they are making that
time would not seem to be many
years off fifteen or Buch a matter."
Questioned about his statement
that government in the zone of oc
cupation is a headless affair, Lieu-
tenant Wood explains that the Ger
man authorities take their orders
from the Allies and see that they are
executed. i
"Government in Germany," he
continues, "has always been a cen
tralized affair. Every city, official
from the burgomaster down to the
street sweeper Is what we would
call a 'Federal employe.'
-We are not supposed to have
gone into the part of Germany that
is not occupied, by the Allies;
though we are given leave to travel
in other European countries and the
)n nther European cuuumes aim mo ...jj 11
an wbo does not spend his pay by j and the climate is free of the sudden bQard
man wuo uu j v,no that we have n this coun-
Raleigh, Nov. 6. Five passengers
and an express messenger were in
jured in the derailment of the Sea
hnnrM tmln at ADex today. Five
express cars left the rails.
i .i
Dean a Good Sport;
He Paid His Bet
Wilfred Dean is a good sport. He
pays his bets.
Dean was strong for Cox and he
had up an election bet with H. A.
Brownly.
Dean lost, , and Saturday at noon
he started out to pay his bet. It
took him an hour and three quarters
and attracted a crowd.
I Dean's payment was to roll a pea
nut with a crowbar from the South
ern Hntal to tne water aim uvei-
President-Elect
Starts On Vacation
On Doard Harding's Special Train,
Nov, 6. President-elect Jlardlng Jo
day began his vacation trip to South
ern Texas and Panama.
His mind is already at work on
his plan for a new association of
nations. Cabinet appointments will
not be given consideration during
his outing.
And New York Republicans Not
Accepting Harding's Statement
About League Without Reser-
vations And Interpretations
-
New York, Nov. 6. The results of the election in three
of the nation's 345 Congressional Districts remained
termined as the fifth day of tabulating the tremendous Re
publican sweep began today.
The districts still in doubt are,: The Twenty-eighth New
York; the Eighth Minnesota, and the Fifth Missouri.
Republican circles here
don't believe that Harding's
declaration cabled from Ma
rion that the League of Na
tions is dead means literally
what it says ; but is interpreted
as meaning that the covenant
drawn at Versailles is dead
and that something different
must take its place.
The French - Government- is
ready to co-operate with
Washington to that effect, it is
declared.
To Market South'
, Products In Europe
New Orleans, Nov. 6. Bankers
are here today from all over the
South to plan the organization of a
$12,000,000 foreign trading corpora
tion to establish banking facilities
to market products of the South In
Europe.
NEW BOOKLET sS
FORPUBLICITY
Bestcity Will Send Out Attrac
tive Literature to Inquirers
Chamber of Commerce
Did It
ARRIVE MONDAY
SCHOOLJURVEY
Government Specialists In Edu
cational Work Will Be Here
to Help Bestcity Help Her
self to Better Schools
Elizabeth City - will soon - have a
beautifully illustrated booklet for
publicity purposes. It will contain
naees of matter descriptive of the
advantages and opportunities offer
ed by the city and its wonderful sur
rounding country, and carry cuts of
public buildings, etc. The front page
will be done in three colors.
The contents of the booklet will
appear in a special Elizabeth City
National Edition of the Southern
Motorist, the official organ of the
Tidewater Automobile Association.
The magazine has a nation-wide cir
culation, and goes to clubs and
homes throughout the country.
' Elizabeth City has long needed -in
up-to-date publicity booklet. The
local Chamber of Commerce has been
seriously handicapped in its work
because it has had no literature to
send inquirers. The cost of a satis
factory booklet has been prohibitive.
But with the co-operation of the
Southern Motorist and public-spirited
local business men, an Illustrated
and descriptive folder will be ready
for distribution by the first of Janu
ary. Besides the booklet and special
edition of the - Southern Mo'orist
FORMULATE PLAN
OF REPATRIATION
American Minister at Monte
video Negotiating With Uru
guyan Foreign Office For
Humanitarian Service
Montevideo, Nov. 6. Robert E.
Jeffery, the American Minister here,
Is negotiating with the Uruguayan (
foreign office for a reciprocal conven
tion for humanitarian services to be
given to persons leaving jail in both
countries after completing their
terms of imprisonment, in accord
ance with a project formulated by
the National Prisons Committee of
New York.
Under this convention, the Uru
guayan authorities would communi-
the Chamber of Commerce Is pre-'cate to the United States Immigra-
the time he gets his hands on it has
really splendid opportunities to see
the world. I bave Deen across the
Alps to Italy, and have visited sev
eral cities In Switzerland, Holland,
Southern France, Belgium, England
and Scotland.
"There is one thing to Veep us
out ol Switzerland. In almost any
other European country American
money is worth above par, twenty
ior one in Germany and three for
one in France. Hut Swiss money has
practically the same relative value
to American money as before the
war.
hnt t can gather about
conditions in Germany outside the
occupied area," he said when press
ed on this point, "they are much
the same as in the occupied lone it
self. There do not seem to be the
disputes between capital and labor
that exist in England and other Eu
ropean countries. The people seem
somehow or other to have got to
gether and to have agreed to build
up their country before wasting their
energies in such disputes. You
don't see beggars on the streets.
The Germans have always been a
hardy people and they appear vlgor
mm and well nourished. There Is
a scarcity of men of military age to
be observed; but in me octm-.
tone you see no mourning. It is not
lln wort.
"There is some hardship. It is irue
changes that we have in this coun
try. Neither do they ever have tne
inni Vipn that wg have 1
nriNi-ti i. 1
this nart of the country in summe
Last winter, with the exception of j
November, when there was a good (
deal of snow, was very pleasant. It
was good overcoat weather, but
nothing worse. The seasons, too.
seem to change more gradually than
they do in this country.
T., December. 1919, the Rhine
roc over twenty feet, the highest
Invel it had reached in forty years. London, Nov. 6. Representatives
Fields and towns were inundated and 0f the Japanese military mission in
near the river the water was up iu giheria nave given awsurauuco iu
the second story of the houses and leaders of the Far Eastern Republic
.u lt,i0 hnrt to eet about in boats. in Siberia that Japan has no aggres-
Thpv suffered heavy property loss In glvo intentions at the present time
E NOT AGGRESSIVE
TOWARD RUSSIA
Repreeentatives of Japanese
Military Mission to Siberia
Give Assurance That This Is
True
Secretary L. D. Case, of the Cham
ber of Commerce, today received a
letter from Washington, D. C, that
the following members of the School
Survey Commission will arrive in
Elizabeth City at 11:35 Monday.
Walter S. Deffcnbaugh, specialist
in education in villages and town?,
of the U. S. Bureau of Education at
Washington.
Dr. Thomas Alexander, professor
of elementary education at Peabody
College for Teachers, Nashville.
Dr. William T. Bawden, specialist
In Industrial education and assistant
to the commission Bureau of Educa
tion, Washington, D. C, who is in
charge of the survey.
On Wednesday morning Miss Julia
Wade Abbott, specialist in kinder
garten education, of the Bureau of
Education, Washington, D. C, will
arrive.
On Saturday morning Dr. Charles
paring the matter for an envelop')
publicity folder. It will contain
condensed statements concerning
the community, and will be of a f.izo
to easily slip into ordinary business
envelopes. Such folders are used ex
tensively throughout the country.
They will be furnished to-every
resident or Elizabeth City who
wishes to help advertise this community.
Wo-fhe
CIRCLES MKKT MOXD.41
The circle meetings of the
Missionary Society of
First Baptist church will meet Mon
day evening as follows:
The J. F. Love circle with Mrs. A.
J. Scott; the Kathleen Mallory
circle with Mrs. W. T. Jackson; the
Kine circle with Mrs. Claude Bailey,
the Fannie E. S. Heck circle
t inn nenartment the egress rroin
Uruguayan prisons of all American
citizens and the Prisons Committee
of New York would procure their
repatriation and obtain work for
them so they can be reformed.
When an Uruguyan citizen left a
United States prison, a similar notice
would be addressed to the "Patron
ato de Delicuentes del Uruguay," so
that that Institution might take
measures for his repatriation and
procure him an. honest way of mak
ing his living.
TWO-STATE DIRECTORY
INCLUDES BESTCITY
Clarence U. Trower, of Norfolk,
arrived here Saturday, representing
with the Two-State Business Directory ot
Mrs. W. T. Love, Jr.; the Anne Has
eltlne circle with Mrs. J. Walter
G. Maphis, professor of education, Brothers; the Lake circle with Mrs
Unlversltv of Virginia, will arrive
At an early date Arthur W. Dunn,
specialist in civic education. Bureau
of Education, Washington, D. C,
will also arrive.
George Whitehurst.
this flood, of course
The land Is Intensively culti
vated as is all Europe, me luune
tnnH is verv favorable to vineyards
and the farmers build massive stone
walls on the hillside to horn dbck
the soil and give them a level spot
to plant the vines'. The vines
clamber up the. wall and the wnoie
country side is dotted with these
vine clad walls. The farmers live in
villages, as they do in all Europe.
"All Switzerland is like one fcreat
park. I was there In April when fol
tae is at Its best. Two hours later
toward Russia, but desires to live In
close neighborly relations with that
country, says an official BolBhevIk
wireless message from Moscow. The
announcement of Japan's pacific at
titude was made at a gala banquet ai
t,a Vprkhne-Udlnsk in honor of the
anniversary of the organization of
the People's Revolutionary Army by
the aid of which the far eastern
npnuhlln was established.
The Moscow wireless states also
that Chinese representatives at the
banquet expressed friendsnip toward
Russia.
nf.. tt n v.Oiprtiltre. of Ashevllle
I was crossing the Alps above the hai returned to Camden after spend
ing several days In this city.
Indemnity Decision
BREAD IN AUSTRIA
CAUSING PELLAGRA
-Be Easily Reached Extraordinary Increase In In-
testinal Attections ana jkih
Fruntions T here In Past
Weeks Doctors Distressed
Paris, Nov. 6. The Paris news
paper, Matin, says that it Is believed
that the decision as to the amount
of the Oermdn Indemnity will b
easily reached and that Great Bri
tain and France differ only on minor
details.
Vireinia and North Carolina.
He will begin work here Monday.
The directory will be ready for .de
livery the first of the year and will
be of Interest and value, giving in
formation in regard to the leading
towns of the two states.
MUH,
BOOTH TAKES OATH
AS JUSTICE OP I'KACI
Vienna, Nov. 6. The poor quality
of the bread which the people have
at present to eat is stated to bo the
cause of extraordinary increase of
intestinal affections In the laBl
weeks, and over which the medical
faculty here Is very much concerned.
A peculiar feature of the epidemic
i that it is accompanied by sk'm
IN POLICE COURT
In police court Wednesday Fleet
wood Whitley, colored, was before
the recorder on the charge of aban
donment. Fleetwood and his wife,
Mabel, were married ut the ages of
16 and 14, respectively. The de
fendant was taxed with the costs
provided that he return to his wife
and make proper provision tor ner
support.
Claim Japanese Consul
Had Part In Campaign
Lionaon, rov. o. Mrs. r t-. n iim.ui.i ......... . .. . . , ,, i-im..tuU r
.. ... f. i .i.. it ia onnnmnnnioil iv skin Los AngcU'S, Nov. 6. OHUiuis or.
Itrailiweil isuohi, wins oi wn-n'. i moi n - .. . . . , ., Antl.VI-
Bramwell Booth, of the Salvation eruptions similar to tnose cause., m , ine n,.. - - --
Army has taken oath as a Justice of pellagra. . anc M. n.u.u.. .
the ;1 for London. Pellagra Is generally believed to ; that amdavlt.
be caused bv eating a poor grade of .prcsenation to the Slate Depart
" koticE ' corn tt,,d tne bread as b0ke1 41 ment ul)I'orllng lhB Charge. y"
I am back In the iltney"buslness. present In Vienna contain. 40 per ,ama. Japanese Consul at Los An-
Be It rv,ce guaranteed. Call lent corn flour and 20 per cent po- geles "ln't0
Keeney Crank. Phone 192. 6 pd . tato ?our. defeat the Allen Land Bill.