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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 11, 1920
NO. 259
MANY ATTEND
MASS MEETING
Educational Experts Heard
With Much Interest Saund
ers Attacks Board of Trus
tees Mr. Williams Explains
' "Holy City," to be rendered here by
A large number of interested men th(J Elizabeth Cltv Choral Soclety at
and women attended the meeting at th(J hfgh school audltorium on Fri
the court house Wednesday night, day evenlngi November 19.
held under the auspices of the( Assoclate membership cards are
Chamber of Commerce to stimulate on ga,e fit geg.g and are alg0 belng
interest fn better schools. There was Bold by actlye raembers 0f the so
considerable interest and some stlra- c,ety Tnoge who becorae associate
illation that the public had not e-members pav $i.0o for each concert
pected at a meeting of this kind. ,vfll by the Choral Society and in
Dr. A. h. Pendleton presided ana
Introduced first Dr. William T. Baw
den, assistant to Commissioner Clax
ton. Dr. Bawden assured the people
that the members of the staff mak
ing the school survey are here as
friends and co-workers, and as prac
tical school people, not theorists. He
said that they would not discuss
1 Elizabeth City schools because their
work here is Just begun. After
their survey, Dr. Claxton will go
over their reports and censor them
before he sends back his final re
port to Elizabeth City. He said that
they would, however, discuss the
general conditions of any school and
he took up the subject under the fol
lowing heads:
First, the plant. Are the build
ings adequate, how about window
space, sanitation, stairways, halls,
blackboards? These are matters
that will come under the work of the
school survey committee. ,
Second, the children themselves.
Is the school census complete?
Third, the quality of instruction
received.
7 Fourth, the board of education.
W Is it too large or too small? Are its
members interested in school mat
ters and do they give their time to
school matters?
Fifth, finances. Is there provision njficent organization and splendid
of enough money? Are you per-' purpose 0f useful achievement should
mitted to tax enough to provide for )ose any measure of its efficiency be
the school properly? cause the special interest and en-
Dr. Bawden then appealed to the! (risasm of war-time has ceased,
men and women for their persona Your organization has been built to
interest in the schools and asked j gerve humanity, and humanity needs
"How frequently do you go to the j(s service jn peace! just as it did in
school to see how everything is go-1 war jry wishes for all success go,
ing on? To what extent do you feel out t0 vou"
it your responsibility when some- n appeai from Vice-President-thing
goes wrong or when yo'u see eiect Calvin Coolldge was also made
that your child Is not receiving what I pu blic as follows:
he should in the way t! schooling." "There are no large results with
Trof. Walter S. Deffenbaugh was out organized effort. In no other way
next introduced and began by saying can the mercy o'f mankind be ex
that if the schools were closed for a ; pressed. To that end, the Red Cross,
short while, no one could nolo the j tjle greatest expression of the corn
difference, but it they remained cios- passion of mankind, should have its
ed the whole industrial world would , organization maintained and sup
be affected, for soon there would be ported."
no one to direct the trains, the shops, ' .
the factories, or any of the big ne
cessary Industrial enterprises.
He urged that as civilization
grows more complex the farmer has
to pay more for his farm machinery,
but in return his farm payg bigger
dividends. Just so, he said, the
people must pay more taxes, but the
children are worth it.
' Dr. Alexander, of Peabody Col-
lege for Teachers, was next heard.
He said that he has seen 2,416 teach
ers teach the elementary grades and
that was why he was so thin. He
declared that the teachers are more
poorly trained than they were six
years ago. In the "Republican state
Of Tennessee," he said most any
body can teach. They can teach in
high school without ever having
finished high school themselves.
More than half of them are over
paid, he declared. "But it is not the
teachers' fault. It's your fault. If
you had Hue machinery, you would
not hire a poor mechanic, would
you? Do you know anybody that
Is too good to teach your child? The
other fellow has the same right to a
good teacher that yon have. You
can't pay a good teacher too much
and you can't pay a poor teacher too
little. There are too many women
in the profession and a lot of the
men are sissies, because a real man
wants to do something he can make
a living at. There are lots of good
Insurance men and other business
men who say they had rather have
kept on teaching school, but they
couldn't make a living. We haven't
got the brains of our land teaching
school and that's where they ought
to be. You'll have to pay. You'll
have to spend and spend and spend
some more. There's no reason Eliza
beth City children shouldn't have as
good chance as Detroit children.
Hut they are not getting it.
Dr. Alexander taught In the Ger
man schools once for the experience.
He said that the teachers were well
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BASS SOLOIST
IN "HOLY CITY"
K. C. Hullsick, Well Known
Norfolk Soloist, to Sing In
Local Concert
K. C. Hullsick, well known bass
soloist of Norfolk, and an oratorio
clnppr nf nnte. will sine in Gaul's
, excnanee (or their membership cards
receive two tickets to the jpncert.
HARDING ISSUES
RED CROSSAPPEAL
On Eve of Fourth Annual Roll
Call President - Elect and
Vice President-Elect Have
Word to Say I
Washington, Nov. 10 On the eve
of the opening of the fourth annual
roll call of the American Red Cross,
an appeal from President-elect Hard
ing was issued today from the Na
tional headquarters here: It read:
"Noting that your membership
I have wanted to express my
very earnest sympathy for your cause
and my hopes that it might be for
warded by the coming campaign.
"If in all the world there is an or
ganization more entitled to be re
garded as doing good universally and
doing nothing else at any time or any
rtlnio I iIa nrvf lrnnw U'hnt It mjV he.
"It would be peculiarly a misfor -
tune, if the Red Cross, with its mag-
Football Friday
At Four O'clock
Elizabeth City and Rocky Mount
High School will play foot ball at
the end of Main strret Friday after
noon at 3:30 o'clock.
The Rocky Mount Highs made a
good record in foot ball last year
and the local team and fans are look
ing forward to the game with keen
anticipation and with strong hopes
of winning from the Rockp Mount
team.
Admission-will be 25 and 35 cents.
This is the first game of the
championship series and with the
fine showing Elizabeth City made
in the game with Washington last
week, local fans bellev Elizabeth
City will be in the lead when the
football season ends.
The lineup is as follows:
Cregson, left end; Sherlock, left
tackle; Twiford, left guard; Hall,
center; Hathaway, right guard; Wil
liams, right tackle; Dalley, right
end; Duke, quarterback; Jones, full
back; Lowry, right halfback; Mc
Mullen, left halfback. Substitutes,
Sykes, Jennette, Modlln and Mid
gett. Storm Metal Works
Establish Soviet
London, Nov. 11. Three thou
sand unemployed men in Berlin
stormed the Lyon Metal Works and
established a political Soviet, dis
patches say. ,
CHORAL SOCIETY MEMBERS
who have not paid their November
membership dues of $1.00 are asked
to bring that amount to Chora;
practice meeting Friday evening at
7:30. Those selling associate mem
bership cards afe asked to bring i
list of the name to whom the ticket?
were sold.
NOTICE TO LIGHT AND WATER
CUSTOMERS
On Sunday, November 14th, the Electric Light
and Water Plant will be entirely closed down, and
there will be neither light nor water service on that
day. All water customers will please take notice, and
draw sufficient water for Sunday use, Saturday.
This close down is made necessary in order to con
nect the new boiler to the steam lines.
Trusting that our customers will bear with us in
this inconvenience, and assuring them of better service
in the near future, we beg to remain
The Electric Light and Water Cos.
of Elizabeth City
GIRLS THRASHED
BY ANGRY MOB
Sylvia Pankhurst's Employees
Danced and Sang and Bang
ed Tin Cans During Prayer
For Fallen Dead
London, Nov. 11 The girl em
ployees of Sylvia Pankhurst's com-
, munlstlc paper were thrashed by an
"B mou iuuy.
The mob claimed that during the
two minutes solemn silence in honor
of the fallen dead, the women sang
and danced and banged tin cans in
the newspaper office.
PORTEIMIINDLEY
A quiet but pretty marriage was
solemnized at First Baptist church
Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock
when Miss Emily Sue Hundley, of
Norfolk, became the bride of Mr.
Norman Leonard Porter, also of Nor
folk. The impressive ring ceremony;
was used, Rev. H. K. Williams of
ficiating, and was performed in the
presence of a number of friends.
Mrs. Wilson Fentress, of Norfolk,
slsier of the bride, accompanied the
couple here and acted as her attend
ant. Mr. and Mrs. Porter left Wednes
day night for Raleigh, where they
will make their home for the present,
While in this city they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Abbott
at their home on North Dyer street.
WILL SKM) PASTOR TO
BAPTIST CONVENTION'
At the mid-week prayer meeting,
on Wednesday evening, the First
Baptist church voted to send their
pastor, Rev. H. K. Williams, to the
Baptist State Convention, which
convenes at Asheville on Tuesday,
the sixteenth of this month.
This meeting is held a month
earlier this year than usual.
ARMISTICE SIGNED BY
ARMENIANS AND TURKS
London, Nov. 11 An armistice
was signed today between the Arme
nians and Turkish Nationalists, an
Armenian communique announces, i
ARMED MEX SEIZE STEAMER
London, Nov. 11. A steamer
proceeding between Cork and
Queenstown was stopped by shot
llred from men In boats and armed
men boarded ihe steamer and seized
the goods.
WILL
CO-OPERATE
WITH METHODISTS
The Blackwell Memorial Baptist
church voted heartily Wednesday
night to unite with the Methodist
churches of the city in extending a
cordial invitation to the Methodist
Conference to meot next year In
Elizabeth City and to assure them
of cheerful co-operation In entertain
ing this great religious body.
TO MEET IX ATLANTA
Washington. Nov. 11 The Ra
tional Association of Railway and
ytllltltci Commissioners selected
Atlanta for the next convention.
Merchants Will
Help Housekeepers
Co-operate With Miss Albert
son" In" Housekeepers "Week
Program Beginning Nov. 16
The merchants, through the Eliza
beth City Merchants' Association,
are co-operating with Miss Marcle
Albertson, home demonstration
agent for Pasquotank, in an effort
to make November 16, 17, 18, 19
Housekeepers Week in Elizabeth
City.
The merchants have agreed to
decorate their windows with articles
particularly suited to the housekeep
ers' needs.
Miss Albertson has succeeded in
securing several out of town home
demonstration agents to give lec-j
lures and demonstrations in the
Rest Rooms in the HInton building
every afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. I
Several of the Elizabeth City mer
chants have agreed to give interest-,
Ing talks on the lines in which they!
specialize
Such talks enable the'
housewife to buy more wisely.
Mr. Huxton White will give a talk;
on "Plants, Shrubs, Flowers How.
to Treat Them." This talk will be,
informal and will start promptly at
half past three. j
On Wednesday afternoon Miss Mc-
Queen, of Plymouth, will give a
Tireless cooker demonstration and
Miss Albertson will demonstrate the j
steam pressure cooker.
On Thursday, Miss Lula White,,
corsetier, will give a talk on "Fitting j
Corsets." at 2:30 and Miss Helen
Gaither will give demonstrations !
and lectures on "Methods of Cook-
1 1
I in
Friday afternoon, Mrs. McCnry.
district agent from Washington.
N. C, will lecture on "Household
Management and Interior Decora
tion," and Miss Swindell, home dem
onstration agent from Hertford,
will demonstrate millinery.
The merchants desire to assist the
house wives in any way possible.
"Make yourself at home In their
stores. Feel free to ask them any
questions," says Miss Albertson.
HOYS' LITERARY SOCIETY
ELECTS OFFICERS FOR YEAR
The Boys' Literary Society of the
Elizabeth City High School met
Tuesday afrrrnoon and elected the
following officers-: Robert Kramer,
president; Claud Ward, vice presi
dent; Haywood Duke, secretary. The
next meeting will be held on next
Friday eek.
RECOVER SAFE FROM
BAND TRAIN ROBBERS
Columbia,, S. C, Nov. 11 The
express messengers safe on the
Southern train No. 36, containing
$16,000 was thrown off by robbers at
Sharpe, but was recovered by the
freight crew before -the robbers re
turned. THREE BODIES FOUND
New York. Nor. 11 Three bodies
were discovered In the burned see
were discovered In the burned sec
Hon of the steamship El Mundo oi.
which nine men were seriously in
Jured yesterday when the oil tanl
eiploded.
Cities Celebrate
Armistice Day;
London and Paris Hold Impessive
Ceremonies No National Amer
ican Celebration But Medals Are
Awarded
(By The Associated Press)
Impressive ceremonies were held in London and Paris
today celebrating the second anniversary of the closing of the
World War and to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers.
The body, of an unidentified
RIVER MYSTERY
IS SOLVED NOW
Riddle That Has Kept Tongues
Wagging For a Fortnight
and Baffled Police Now
Plainly Answered
Murder will out and time solves
all mysteries..
Pasquotank's latest mystery which
for a time many insisted was a mur
der mystery Is out after having two
weeks kept Elizabeth City sleuths
and Elizabeth City's gossips equally
busy.
Tuesday morning two 'weeks ago
two mysterious men were seen by
observers from the old brick house
on the Pasquotank to take a mys
terious bundle about the size and
apparently about the weight of a
man's body from a covered cart, de
posit it in a skiff which they appro
priated without anybody's leave, row
out into the middle of the river and
there dump the wierd looking bundle
overboard. The thing wouldn't sink
and the heartless wretches forced it
under the water with an oar and it
disappeared from sight. The mys
terious pair then rowed ashore, left
the skiff where they found it and de-
parted as mysteriously as they
come.
had
The affair was reported to Sheriff
Reid and the Elizabeth City police,
it got noised about t lie county aim ,
city and set tongue wagging. The
gossips even had the identity of the J
victim all settled, apparently taking j
it as nothing out of ordinary that!
with all the swamps that abound in
. . . i 1 .1 1 '
this section murderers hiiuuiu
made way with the body of their
victim on one of the most open
stretches of the river and within
plain sight of a dwelling, after hav
ing made identification easy by go
ing to the house in question and ask
ine i lie loan of a boat. The sheriff
(lraKK0(i the river twice without
. , 1...
uva . liut me Oilier uujr mc
. ly bundle was washed ashore.
And the body was that of
hog. i
Here is the explanation: Hog I
cholera got into the herd of a Provl- j
dence farmer and his hogs were dy-j
Ing right and left. He didn't believe j
in this new fangled vaccination busl-,
ness and still he hated to see his en
tire herd melt away before the rav-
ages of the disease. A "conjure j
doctor" told him that If he would '
take a hog that bad Just died of the
disease to running water and bury
the hog in the stream the water,
would wash the disease away.)
wi.otiior hr. had complete faith in
the remedy is not disclosed; but he
had faith enough to try It.
And thereby hangs the tale.
S. C. MERCHANTS
AID FARMERS
Greenville, S. C, Nov. 11. An
nouncement Is made hero ' that a
$150,000 pool raised by local mer
chants to lend the farmers on cot
ton will be ready Monday.
(JOT MONEY'S WORTH
Santa Anna, Cal., Nov. 11.
bride weighing 725 pounds
brought ' homo today by John
Hamilton, weighing 155.
A
was
II.
MOOSE MEET FRIDAY
There will be a special Moose
meeting Friday night at 8 o'clock.
All Moose are urged to be present.
CHORAL PRACTICE FRIDAY
The Choral 8ociety meets Friday
night at 7.30 for practice.
soldier was buried in West-
minster Abbey amid elaborate
ceremony with King George aa
chief mourner.
In Paris a soldier's body was
taken from a nameless grave
at Verdun and buried under
the Arc de Triomphe. Presi
dent Millerand and three mar
shals participated in the cere
mony. No national ceremony was
held in the United States,.J)utL
in most cities the day was ob
served by parades and mem
orial services.
In Washington the day was
celebrated in the Navy and
Marine Corps by awarding
2,000 medals and letters of
commendation for valorous
services in t heWorld War.
HimliiiK Makes Kjx-ct'li
llrownsvilo, Texas Nov. 11 Hard
ing made the Armistice Day speech
here today before a large crowd of
Americans and Mexicans. The speech
was proceeded by parades and ad
dresses. Special trains brought
throngs to the celebration.
FEDERAL CONTROL
NOT NECESSARY
In Bituminous Coal Industry
Says Official Remedy Lies
In Improved Transportation
Facilities
Atlantic City, Nov. 11. No emerg
eny exists in the bituminous coal
industry calling for federal control of
the mines, Vice President Morros.
of the National Coal Association, de
clared In bis address here today. He
said that conditions are causing the
" Liwuuid in guuing tuai
nnu spuuuiuuve prices are only a
passing phase of tho war readjust
ment and the remedy lie in im
proved transportation facilities, not
in regulation.
NO CORRUPTION
SHIPPING BOARD
Practices Which Led to Con
gressional Investigation Not
Due to Fraudulent Intent
Claims Benson's Assistant
New York, Nov. 11, The prac
tices of the I'nlted States Shipping
Hoard which led to congressional In
vestigation have not been corrupt.
'Commander A. B. Clement, execu
tive assistant of Admiral Benson,
testified today. He said that the
ground for criticism Is that there
has not been perfect co-ordination
between different departments.
Adriatic Question Is
Believed Closed
Washington, Nov. 11. The Adri
atic question Is believed closed as
far as the I'nlted States Is concerned,
by the official announcement of the
Italian Embassy to the State De
partment that Italy and Jugo-Slavla
have agreed on their boundary line.
The line agreed upon is east of tho
so-called "Wilson line."