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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1920
NO. 257
VOL. V.
7
PEOPLE ALWAYS
TO CONTROL RYS.
.Private Control and Regulation
of Public Carriers Unaccom
panied by Federal Legisla
tion Never Again Says Clark
Avoid Hospital
Play In the Band
Says Band Leader With Fifty
Years' Experience With
Bands and Boys
Washington, Nov. 9 America
will never again see private opera
tion and control of the railroads un-' Py on a band instrument.
Editor The Advance:
I would like to call your attention
to this fact, that many a boy has
been saved from becoming a con
sumptive wreck through learning to
MRS. VARNER FILES PLAN TO RETURN
COUNTER CLAIMS DEPORTED REDS
GRIFFIN GREGORY i
Denies Sensational
Filed by Husband and De
clares She Was Maliciously
Turned Out Doors
Charges; Underground Railway In Hol
land Reported Discovered
For Getting Agitators Back
to America
Greensboro, Nov. 7 Mrs Florence'
. Varner alleges in a suit filed in '
accompanied by state mid Federal
regulations, Chairman Clark, of In
terstate Commerce Commission, told
the convention of the National As
sociation of Railways and Public
Utilities.
Chairman White said that the
final figures show that the American
people paid a handsome sum for
Federal operation of the railroads
during the war but as Federal opera
tion was a war measure, the sum
paid out should be considered a ne
cessary war expense.
HAGGARD GERMANS
War Prisoners Express Hatred
of Both Russia and Their
Fatherland After Months In
Loathsome Prison Camps
In fifty years experience with
bands and band boys I have known
of one case only and that was
through fast living and not through
playing.
It was a prevailing Idea at one
time that blowing a wind instrument
was hard on the lungs. It is the con
trary. In fact, Jules Levy, the
greatest cornetist that ever lived,
hud the largest chest measure of any
man his size in the world.
The celebrated Dr. Marks, taking
students through the hospital, St.
Bartholomew's, Smithiield, London,
came to the bed of a patient whose
card read "musician, consumption,"
and said, "Yes, gentlemen, he has
blown his lungs away. Listen, my
man, how long have you been play
ing your Instrument?" "Twenty
years, sir." "Where did you play?"
"Royal Haymarket Theatre." "Yes,
1 Federal court here that her husband,
H. B. Varner, of Lexington, "will
fully abandoned and deserted her
and not only did maliciously turn her
out of doors, but also "offered such
studied and premeditated Indignities
to her as to render her condition in
tolerable and life burdensome."
Because of these and other allega
tions, set forth at length in the com
plaint, she asks the court to award1
her a "reasonable subsistence" of not '
less than $5,000 annually and lays
claim to a building in Lexington,
known as the Varner building,
which is claimed to be worth
$50,000 :
The plaintiff in the action sets
forth at some length events alleged
to have led up to her desertion when
II. B. Varner started divorce proceed-!
Ings last August and at the same
time instituted suit against Baxter
McRary, a negro, charging aliena
tion of affections. She alleges that i
she was sent to the state of Utahl
by her husband or his friends and '
Rotterdam, Nov. 9. Reports
were received here today of an un
til Holland for
Bolshevik! agi-
derground railway
returning deported
tutors to America.
Despite the cordon guard on the
German frontier, Russians continue
to cross the boundary.
Impressive Autumn Wedding
Solemnized At First Baptist
Church Tuesday Morning
A lovely and very impressive late
autumn wedding was solemnized on
Tuesday morning at nine o'clock
when Miss Elsie Dean Gregory of this
city became the bride of Mr. Charles
Edward Griffin of Norfolk in the
First Baptist Church here.
The impressive ring ceremony was
witnessed by u large number of rel
atives and friends and was perform
ed by Rev. II. K. Williams assisted
by Rev. G. F. Hill.
The setting was beautifully ar
ranged and in its simplicity lent dig-
j nit y to the occasion. White daisy
R T Li' vsi"ll'"'""""s' ll'a" I)lllp'
Banquet Onighti magnolia, trailing ivy and white ca-
HARDING APPEARS
IN FINE FORM
Spent Morning Fishing and Af
ternoon Playing Golf at
Point Isabel, Tex. Planning
Trip Up Rio Grande
Merchants Hold
I yes, and what instrument did you
play?" "The bass drum, sir."
Now In all up-to-date hospitals
they have rubber tubes that con
sumptive patients in the first stages, she brings suit in the Federal court
of the disease blow throueh everv as a citizen of that state, this being
contingent of German war prisoners . - rwhere-ter-itiother-resideg.
arriving here from Russia contains, Rlowlnir a wind instrument
-SteLtinjGermanyNov. 9. Every
The regular monthly meeting of
Elizabeth City Merchants' Associa
tion will be held tonight at 7:4,r in
vembrr 9th, at 7:45 p. m., in the
the Moose rooms.
Members of the Association and all
others interested in the inerchaiitile
interests of the community are cor
dially Invited. ,
Immediately after the business
session the following menu will be
served at Sue. per plate:
Celery Pickles
Roast Turkey
with
English Dressing
Slashed Potatoes French Peas
Hot Rolls Butter
Black Coffee
a number of ragged, unshaven, hag-1 srengtheng
gard men who have seen maae in
sane by suffering during many
- ..months in Russian prison camps.
J In three weeks the German gov
ernment sit 200 of tue men to
insane asylums and sanitarium? for '
tieatment. A few who have spells
of violence, and during these periods
must be kept under guard, but the (
majority present a listless, woe-be-'
gone aspect. They look about with
dull, unseeing eyes, or sit quietly
weeping, unconscious oi tne iaci
they are home again.
The families and friends of the in
sane soldiers are allowed to grott
then! and to give them food nel
clothes before they are sent awayj
for treatment. ' 1
Nearly all the prisoners exhibit !
the most Intense bitterness not only
toward Russia but toward the Ger
man government as well. One of
them, who had lost a leg and an arm
and wno, it was learned, had been
U'ken prisoner early in the war and
has been confined in many Russian
prison camps, shook bis '.Ik, at a
German flag when he arrived and
cursed his country, his people, and
all other countries and peoples.
"To with Germany!" he
shouted. "That is not my flag and
through the
same effect.
'Tis better to keep out of the hos
pital and play in the band.
MR. GODFREY, Band Director.
MINOR LEAGUES
WILL OPPOSE PLAN
Indications Are That They
Will Vote Against Re-organization
of Baseball Under
Civilian Tribunal
Kansas City, Nov. 9. Represen
tatives of 21 minor baseball leagues
of the country are meeting hpre to
vote on the proposed re-organization
of baseball under the control of a
civilian tribunal.
Indications are that the minors
will oppose the plan which threatens
the disruption of the major leagues.
Reception On
Wednesday Night
Cermany is not my fatherland."
He then turned to the other pris
oners and pointing to his wounds
said:
"This is what Germany has done
to me. This is what a kindly fath
erland has permitted. Why didn't
they exchange me? Because I have
only one L-g and one arm? I lost
them fighting for Germany and all
tke, thanks I've had for it were the
rotten years In a Russian prison.
The prisoners generally agreed
they had been unable to procure
proper medical treatment In the
Russian ramps, and that their food
had been very bad. 1
At the close of the war there were
250,000 wnr and civil pr.lsontws in
Russia, and 255,000 Russians in
Germany. The German government
estimates that not more than 5,000
Germans will remain in Russian
camps this winter. ;
Before the Uusso-Folish hostili
ties began the Russians were being
returned rapidly but It Is now esti
mated at least 2u.000 Russians are
still in German camps fiO.ono 3f
whom are the troops interned when
they' crossed ' the East Pussian
frontier during the Polish offen
sive. ,
The German government, has ex
pended 30,000,000 'marks for trans
portation of Russians home, and 90,
000,000 marks to bring German
prironers out of Russia.
Charges in the divorce suit were '
the lungs. Blowing denied, Mrs. Varner In her com
hospital tube has the plaint stating that on the night of
August 7th she had returned from'
the moving picture show, owned by
her husband, with the receipts f rom '
the box office, this being her usual
custom when he was away, and that1
she was admitted to her home by her
negro servant, Anna Miller. Shortly'
afterwards someone knocked at her
door, the complaint alleges, and'
when she answered she found Fred ,
O. Sink at the door, who explained j
that she was "in all kinds of,
trouble." She thought her husband
had met with some serious accident,!
it is averred, and was greatly dis-
tressed to learn that McRary was
suspected of being in the house. The
complaint denies that McRary had
been or could get in the house be-can-e
of it being locked.
The complaint sets forth that Mc-:
Rai-y had been in the habit of visit-j
ing the house to see the servant.'
Anna Miller, that he had been on
friendly terms with the defendant
and that this friendship for her hus
band bed been obnoxious to the
plaintiff.
i It is flatly denied that the plain
tiff over held private conversation
with McRary or that she had "for
one moment in her life treated him
as a friend or her social equal."
The complaint sets forth further
that the defendant before his return
home had been in communication
with "certain slanderers and con
spirators" and that these gathered
about him when Ill went ,0 ho"
tel in Lexington and refused to see
the plaintiff after she had made
urgent request to see him.
The complaint is signed by B. B.
Vinson, Tillett & Guthrie and King,
Sapp & King as attorneys.
Denies He Fallfrt Provide For Wife
Lexington, Nov. 7. Concerning
the allegations made by his wKe,
Florence C. Varner, in suit for ali
mony filed in Greensboro Federal
Court yesterday, II. B. Varner today
said: "On August 7th I left home
for New York on a business trip, ,
having never suspected her of in-1
fidelity. While In that city on Aug
ust 10th I was notified to come home
at once. I was met by friends at
High Point and informed that Bax-j
ter McRary had been seen to sneak j
In my house by the back entrance,
at 10 o'clock at night and had boen
found under the house three hours
later.
"I came directly to the hotel hero
and conducted a searching investi
gation, and not only was I con
clnced of the purpose of McRary's
visit to my' home on the night of,
PliiTps ninv'lin reservpr hv rnlUnirJ
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Johnson, 695.
OLDEST MAN IN
WORLD IS SICK
thedial candles wore used against a
background of white.
Before the ceremony organ selec
tions from "Apple Blossoms" by
Kreisler-Jacobi and "Invitation to
the Dance" by Weber were rendered
by Mrs., I. M. Meekins. Mr. J. C. B.
Ehringhaus sang "O Perfect Love"
by Barnby. As strains of the wed
ding march from Lohengrin sound
ed, the bride entered by the center
aisle on the arm of her father, Dr.
S. W. Gregory, and was met at the
altar by the groom who entered from
the vestry room in the rear with his
brother, Mr. William Griilin, of
New Bern as best man. ' I
The bride was becomingly gowned
In a traveling suit of reindeer peach-)
bloom cloth with beaver trimmings
with accessories to harmonize. I
She carried a shower boquet of
Point Isabel, Tex., Nov. 9.Sen-
ator Harding, appearing robust and
vigorous, spent the morning fishing
and the afternoon playing golf.
He Is using a brunch supplied by
Governor Hobby for cruises and
plans an automobile trip up the Rio
Grande valley.
The President-elect may hui'ry his
departure from Panama iu order to
be back in time for his speech at
Bedford, Va.
U. S. TO CLOTHE
POLISH CHILDREN
Result of Polish-Soviet War
American Relief Adminis
tration Will Care For Child
ren Through Winter
But Says When He Gets His
False Teeth Fixed He Ex
pects to Reach the Two
Hundred Mark
ha inal
Duchess Marlboro I
Granted Divorce
London, Nov.. 9. The Duchess of
vorreon charges of the Duke's mis
conduct and desertion.
A reception will bo tendered the
'representatives of the Bureau 'of Ed
ucation, Washington, D. C, Wednes
day night, October 10, at 8:Ts It
will be held In the County Court
House, and under the auspices of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce. Every citizen is invited to
be present, and meet and hear the
educational experts who are in the
city for the Survey of schools of
Elizabeth City.
i Dr. William T. Bawden, Assistant
to Dr. P. P. Claxton, United States
Commissioner of Education, and
Specialist In Industrial Education, is
In charge of tme Survey, and he will
explain to the community the value
of such a survey of the schools.
Dr. Walter S. Deffenbaugh, Spe
cialist in Education in Villages and
Towns, United States Bureau of Ed
ucation, Washington, D. C. will de
liver a short address.
Dr. Thomas Alexander, Professor
of Elementary Education, Teabody
College for Teachers, Nashville,
Tenn., will also speak.
Mrs. H. W. Colvin, Specialist in
Home Economics, who has been in
the city for the past week, will give
a brief talk.
None of the speeches will be long,
and an opportunity to ask questions
will be riven. This is a slendid
chance for the people of Elizabeth
City to learn about the modern school
and its methods, and something of
what needs to bo done to give the
children of this community educa
tional advantages and opportunities
equal to those of the most progress
ive cities. Full Information cannot
be had of course, until the survey has
been completed, when an elaborate
booklet will be published.
I Constantinople, Nov
, 148-year-old man, Zora Mehined,
reputed to be the oldtst man in the
world, is ill with Indigestion. This
is the first time Zora has ever been
ill. He complains that It is because
of a set of false teeth.
Zora has always been a
'. that is a carrier of heavy weights,
ranging from 200- to 1,000 pounds.
When he was 45 years of age, that
is during the Napoleonic wars, he
tried to lift, on a bet, 500 pounds
with his teeth and ruined them. He
went along until about 1850 without
any teeth and then he obtained a set
which has worn out. About 20 years
ago he got another .set. He claims
these teeth have given him indiges
tion which has finally landed him
in the hospital.
"When I get a new set of teeth, I
shall be all right again for another
half a century," he said. j
Until his present illness, Zora was,
employed, as a hanial, at the Turkish ,
naval base. He was born at Bitlis, .
in Turkish Armenia in the year 1774,'
Just before the American revolution,
but does not remember that event.
Zora has a son aged 90 and a young
daughter aged 50. His heart and
eyes are still good and he looks like
a man of 70. He offers his passport'
as proof of his age, as well as the
birth records In the mosque at Bitlis.
bride's roses and lillies of the valley
and ferns. Her only ornament was
a lovely old fashioned "gold bracelet,
a gift of the groom's i family, which
has been in the family for genera
tions. Her attendants were: the maid of
honor, her sister, Miss Dorothy
Gregory, and tho bridesmaid, Missi
Lueile Jones, each gowned in a love
ly droiof black lace over charineuse
with picture hat to match carrying
! yellow chrysanthemums and ferns .
I The groomsmen were Mr. Vaughn
9. Turkey's: orillin. brother of the groom, of
New hern; and Mr. Edward Griflin,
and Mr. Aubrey McCabe, of this city.
The bride is the attractive daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. S. W. Gregory, of
this city.
The groom Is a promising young
business man and is associated with
the Elm City Lumber Company.
Both bride and groom have a host
of friends throughout the city and
state. They were the recipients of
many handsome gifts, expressing
something of the high esteem in
which t hey are held.
Immeiliaiely after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Griffin left for New
York City and a tour of other north
( rn points. After November the
twenty-fifth they will be at home at
Virginia Beach.
$30,000,000 Pool For
Livestock Industry
Chicago, Nov. 9. The bankers of
Chicago and other cities are meeting
here to complete arrangements for
the formation of a thirty million dol
lar banking pool to assist !n financ
ing the, livestock Industry.
London, Nov. 9. One of the af
termaths of the Polish-Soylet war Is
that Americans will be called upon
to feed and clothe more than 1,250,
000 Polish children this winter
through the American Relief Admln-
Jslru ilo n, Up to th e tlin eo f J h eja t
est outbreak of hostilities, destitu
tion had been so reduced that the
Relief Administration officials be
lieved that Poland, with the organiz
ation the Americans had perfected,
would be able to carry, on the work
after this autumn. That la consid
ered impossible now and prepara
tions are under way for caring for
as many children as during the dark
days of last winter.
This decision cimo after receipt In
London of reports of a complete sur
vey of. the coun'-y bejvisi immedi
ately after tho Bolshevik! were
driven back. Tr-iined observers le
por! that the Pales t!ini:i.clvej have
not painted the picture black
enough. After two armies had ,
fought over the ground there was
little left for the children, they re
port, and each requested immediate
shipment of food and'clothlng. As
far us possible, distributing agents
of the administration are complying
with these requests.
The organization by which about
$19,000,000 worth of food and
clothing was distributed in l'oland i.i
id m'U"!'.s rt a cost of approximate.!
fSO.OOO. Is virtually intact. It in
cludes between 15,000 and 18.000
I olen who:,o hervi.e.- are paid for by
1 uiand, but who wcil.od under the
iHi-c'tion of a few Aucrtai. adin iiIj
Iratlvo officers. Th : Poles also pay
for transportation from t lie ships,
warehousing and distribution. In
addition they supply all Hour receiv
ed by them,
through a $200,000
them by the Grain
BEAUTIFUL
FOR
CATALOG
DISTRIBUTION
Some Relief Work
To Be Discontinued
Not Deemed Wise to Expose
Relief Workers to Perils of
Asia Minor and Turkey
credit granted
Corporation.
Although the distributing organ
ization was considerably disarranged
during the recent fighting, officials'
here say they can get into working
order again very quickly after rail
n ad repairs have been roinpU.lt.d.
LAST
yt'AKTERLY
COMKUKVCK
TONIGHT
New York, Nov. 9. Conditions In
Asia inor and European Turkey are
so serious that Near East relief will
not further expose relief workers to
peril.
This announcement made today
followed receipt of a cablegram say
ing that J. P. Coombs, relief direc-
j A beautiful catalog of diamonds,
watches, Jewelry and silverware,
printed In rolors and gold, Is ready j
for distribution by tho II. C. Bright
Company. In appearance It vies
with the catalogs sent out by the big
mail order Jewelry firms, and every
body In these parts knows that
trading In the Home Town has got
the big mail order houses boat miles
and miles Mr. Bright Is glad to
send out the catalog wherever it Is
desired.
N.
C. Sergeant
Gets D. S. Medal
August 9, but then first learned that tor and native of Apalachicola, Fla..
warship yon COLBY
Washington,, Nov. 9. Secretary
Daniels today offered Secretary Col
by a warship for his South American
trip.
Improper relations had been existing
for years. After all this Informa
tion I decided that I could no longer
live with her, and sent Fred O. Sink
and Wade II. Phillips to bo inform
her. I did not go to ape her, but
she was not prevented from Beeinj?
me at the hotel or my office before
her departure for Salt Lake City,
Utah.
I "Rbn did not en awav until I had
Wall Street Nov ascertained that she had ample
means. She took everything she de
sired from the home.
"At the time a niimber of years
Is held by the Turkish Nationalist.
U. S. Cruiser Aground
In Cartgonia Harbor
Washington, Nov. 9. Edgar N.
Haly burton, of Taylorsvill N. C,
sergeant of tho ICth Infantry, has
lii-en awarded a distinguished servlc
ni'-dal for services while in Gortnaii
Prison Camp 2.
Extra Guards On
New York, Nov. 9. Extra guards
have been placed In Wall Street as a
result of recent radical threats. I
Washington, Nov. 9. The Aineil-,
can cruiser -Cleveland, on duty In!
Latin-American waters, is aground
In Cartgoniu Harbor, the Navy De
partment advlsod. .1
Continued on rage 3
! U. I). AT ASIIEMI I K
Asheville, Nov. 8. Delegates are
arriving today to the convention of
the United Daughters' of the Confei!
' erucy which opens tomorrow an 1
, lasts three days.
I. Dob-Kates from thirty-six states
The Elizabeth, City Choral Society are expected to attend the conven
wlll meet tonight at 7:30 for prac- tion and Governor Blekett will be
i he fourth quarterly conferc-noe
for the year will be conduct i-d at the
First Methodist church, South, this'
evening at seven-thirty In the annox.
Rev. It. II. Williw, the presiding el
der, will have churgu of the session.
The pastor. Rev. J. M. Orniond, will
make his final report, for the year
and all ,hu officers of the church will
also report 'he work done by the
several orgaiiizat Ions.
Another feature of the session will
be the election of officers for the
coming yi-ar. This Is always an Im
portant duty and It should bring out
to the session every Interested mem
ber of the church, to say nothing of
the Dinners who have served during
tin past year. Everybody is in
vited. It will be decld-d to night wheth
er or not tin annual conference will,
be Invited to meet in tho First
church next November. let It bo
known that this Invitation must bo
extended one year In advance ana
tho conference convenes next Wed
nesday, tho 17th, at Rocky Mount.
MEETS TONIGHT
tlce.
Raw Sugar Drops
To 6 Cents Pound
New York, Nov. 9. Raw sugar
dropped to 6 1-4 centg a pound to
day, a decline of 17 cents from the
among the speakers Tuesday night, j peak.