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VOL. V.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1920
NO. 2Q2
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LGAVESCRIMEA
According to Unofficial
Information Last
White Hope Aboard
Warship Enroute to
Constantinople
Paris, Nv- 15- Sevastopol has
fallen and the Russian Bolshevik!
have occupied the city.
According to French unofficial in
formation the Bolshevik! are masters
of the whole Crimean peninsula and
General Wrangel and his staff are
aboard a French warship bound for
Constantino;)!
Operates Lifeboat
Of an Unusual Type
Life Saving Station bn Dutch
Coast Has Vessel With Motor
Equipment That's Unique
Hook of Holland, Oct. 28. (Corres
pondence of The Associated Press)
An umi-ii il type of lifeboat which op-1
erates by sucking water up from the
ocean and blowing it back again, and
so obtaining a speed of nine miles
an hour, has been aaopiea uy uio
life-saving crew which works In stor
my waters aiong--uie uuivuy"
here. '
The boat has a hole in the bottom,
through which the water is drawn by j
an intake pipe which leads to a pow-1
erful centrifugal pump operated by j
a 140 horse-power steam engine. The
'.,,-,,. i. than forced backward into
the sea through two outlet pipes op
ening at the bottom of the craft.
TVm hnnt is controlled by shutting
itv,or uMmiiv nr In nart, one or
the other of these outlet pipes. If
one is shut off it goes to starboard;
if the other, it goes to port. If both
are shut off, and the water divided
harmlessly over the sides while the
suction goes on at the intake, it is
claimed that the boat rests almost
still in the stormiest of seas, the
suction holdiug it firmly on the wa
ter. The Dutch life-savers have found
Miat this craft keeps steadier than
any boat propelled with oars or by
screws. It is 58 feet long and has
a capacity for from 40 to 100 pas
sengers, depending upon the state
of the sea. It has been in use for
some time and has saved many lives.
1JI1. CHUV.1 ....w..., -
MISS ROBERTSON CAREFUL
OF MONEY AND PROMISES
Washington. Nov. 15. Miss Alice
Robertson's campaign for election
from the second Oklahoma district
cost $2.1)40, her campaign manager
mm i r tp.l Miss Robertson's
state-
n;e:it declared that no pledge
promises were made.
or
Murder Actresses
Remains a Mystery
Chicago, Nov. 15. The murder
of the two pretty actresses whose
bodies were found in Grant Park
remains a mystery.
They were Identified as Marie
Alma Harney, whose real name was
Mary Rhodes, born at Altoona, Pa.,
wife of .1 i in McCauley, actor; and
Lillian Thompson, wtie or josepu
Macaree, electrician, of Wheeling.
W. Va.
ATHENS Ol'lET TODAV
Athens, Cr-ere. Nov. 15. The
city Is quiet except for a few minor
clashes as the result of the election
in which Premier Venlzelos claimed
the victory.
Small disorder-; were quieted by
the fire hose. Meetings were for
bidden today.
TO ItECKt IT PROFESSORS
New York, Nov. 15. The ques
tion of recruiting rollege professors
to offset the shortage was before the
sonventlon of the Association of
American t'niversities today.
COILTER-WILLINGHAM
Homer Coulter of West port. Con
necticut, and Mrs. Ivy Irma Willlng-
hain of San Antonla. Texas, were
married at the courthouse Saturday
by Justlre of the Peace, N. A. Jones.
TO HAVE GREATEST XAVY
Norfolk. NOv. 15. Secretary
Daniels, addressing tho Rotarlans
here today, declared that America's
program Is to make her navy the
.-eatest that has ever been floated
y any nation In history.
MAN LIFE GODFREY DEAR
Manliff Godfrey died at the home
.of his sister, Mrs. Jim Sanderlin,
near Sandy Hook in Camden county,
at about six o'clock Sunday evening,
after a two weeks' illness.
Mr. Godfrey was near sixty-four
years old ami had been in declining
health for some time. He had been
living with his sister since the death
of his wife, who died in this city last
March.
Mr. Godfrey was a prominent resi
dent here for about twenty-live years
and had been an agent for the
Fleishman Yeast Company for quite
a while. He was a faithful member
pf Blackwell Memorial church and
was well thought of throughout this
city and section.
The funeral services will be con
ducted from the home in Camden
Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock!
by his pastor, Ur. G. V. Clarke. In-'
torment will be made here in Holly-'
wood cemetery. J
He is survived by two children,
Miss Eva Godfrey, of Raleigh, and
Vernon Godfrey, of Spray; one step
daughter, Mrs. J. V. Dawson, of this
city; one sister, Mrs. Jim Sanderlin,
of Camden county; and four broth
ers, John Godfrey, Talmon Godfrey,
Robert Godfrey and Sam Godfrey, all
of Camden county.
SAYS FORCE MUST
BEALTERNATIVE
Marquis Okuma Declares If
Japan's Appeal to America's
Moral Sense Fails Only War
Can Be Expected
Tokio, Nov. 15 (By The Associ
ated Press) Marquis Okuma, tor-
nier premier, discussing the Jap
anese immigration question today,
declared: "If Japan's appeal to
America's sense of international
morality fails, only force remains."
LITTLE SOX DKAI)
The one-year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Whltehurst, at South
Mills, died suddenly Sunday night
from congestion of the lungs.
CONGESTION INCREASING
Washington.' Nov. 15. Conges
tion at the Havana docks is rapidly
increasing because importers are
unable to pay duties, the Department
of Commerce was informed today.
SEEK TO
DODGE
H. C. L. AND TAXES
Party Tired ot Burdens or
of Burdens of
Civilization Decide Pass Rest
Of Lives on Tropic Isle
London. Oct. 29. A party of 40
enthusiastic adventurers headed by
V. V. Rhodes lusher, fellew of the
Roval Geographical Society, have de
rided to spend the rest of their lives
on a tropical isle away from exces
sive ' taxation. They will leave for
th,' South Seas next month in a
criinoner yacht, the Medora.
-More than 1,000 peple have asked
to come with us." said Mr. Disher.
Our first party includes doctors, so
leitors, planters, ex-officers, survey
ors engineers, a wireless operator
ami a clergyman. Several of the
party are taking their wives and fam
ilies' with them.
Tntil we have secured an island
or a portion of one and fitted it up
temporarily we shall live in our ves
sel." One strict rule is that the colo
ny shall have no politics." Mr. Disher
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ONE MINER WOl LRVT OUT
Cardiff. Wales. Oct. 29. A mil
lion of the coal miners of Great Hrlt
;,in participated in tho strike, but
there is at least one who did not
obey the union call to quit work.
He presented himself for work at
a South Wales pit win-re 20 men
were employed keeping the colliery
in order. He went down for bis sev
en In n r -Y't. cut coal, put It In a
tub and took If to the pit mouth single-handed.
IN SITERIOR COI RT
Superior Court convened Monday
for the trial of civil Issue cases,
Judge Calvert presiding.
The first rase taken up. that of
W. D. Tayl.tr vs. Noah McMurran.
bad not gone to the Jury ut the close
of the morning session.
HONOR ROLL
The following route boys are 0:1
Tho Advance Honof Roll thi week:
Harvey Goodwin. Randolph Dozler,
Allen Doll and Ralph Wilcox.
U. S. DEATH RATE
That of Last Year Lowest Re
corded Any One Year,
United States Census Bu
reau Announces
Washington, Nov. 15. The 1919
death rate of Continental I'nited
States was the lowest recorded for
any one year, the Census Bureau an
nounced today.
The total deaths for the year were
1,096,436, or 12.9 per thousand. ;
Standard Oil Gives
Lower "Gas" Price
In announcing a reduction in tank,
wagon prices of one cent a gallon '
for gasoline, effective Monday. Nov-!
ember 15. the Standard Oil Compa-j
ii y (N. J.) makes the following stale-j
nient: I
While there has been no material '
relief from any of the conditions
which brought about t he rise in tho
price of petroleum products, the
Standard Oil Company believes that
the process of readjustment now un
der way in the business world must j
eventually contribute to lower costs
of producing and refining oil. To-1
date there has been no lowering of j
labor costs nor crude oil prices, nor:
recession in demand for gasoline. Re
el uctions-WhiclLhave already taken I
place in many of the principal items
entertaining into the costs of living j
have for the most part not reached j
the ultimate consumer, but it is In-;
evitable that before long lower prices
will be brought about by new quota-
tions now prevailing in primary mar-
kets. The Standard Oil Company
believes that this movement towards
a restoration of what are poularly
considered normal prices should be
aided by the oil industry.
I . R. C. MEETS TTESDAY'
The D. II. Hill Chapter,' U. D. C,
meets Tuesday afternoon at :!:i!0
with Mrs. .W. J. Lumsden on South
Knad si reel. All members are asked
to be there. Following Is the pro
gram: North Carolina's War Governor,
7.. H. Vance, by Mrs. Louis Selig.
The Chevalier of the Lost Cause,
".Ifh" Stuart.
The Aristocracy of the Old South,
by Mrs. Edson Carr.
.iu -ic and round table discussions.
Find " Wastebasket"
Of Ancient LsrvDt
Documents
Brought to Light
From Ancient Necropolis
Will Take Years to Decipher
Paris. Oct. 2S. (Correspondence of morning.
The Associated Pressi Thou-ands j Programme
of ununified bodies of the sacred ibis; Tuesday afternoon 3 o'clock. Mr.
have been found by the French sav-; W. It. Pritchard will speak on "The
ant, M. Lacau. in the underground , Proper Care and Fitting of Fool
necropolis under the famous ruined : wear "
temple at Deir Medineh, Egypt. I i!:"0 o'clock. Mr. Buxton White
Each bird was in an elaborately 'on "Plants. Shrubs, Flowers How
decorated vase of earthenware em-! to Treat ThPin."
bedded in a sort of cardboard formed j After the meeting Mr. W. S.
by a conglomeration of'papyrl which j While will give a demonstration of
totalled hundreds of thousands of ; the electrical devices and appliances
written documents. lie handles. This demonstration will
M. Lacau said the find was one of, he given in the store on Poindextcr
the most Important of the late dis-1 street.
covenos
In Egyptology. The work
of deciphering
tin- documents will
take years.
"II is the wastepaper basket of an
cient Egypt," said one of those
charged with the work.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT
SOCIAL THURSDAY' NIGH'I
Tin- Intermediate Department of
lilackwell Memorial Sunday School
will have a social Thursday eveniiu;
In the annex. A very pleasant pro
gram Is planned and all members of
the Intermediate Department, ail
superintendents of departments, and
all teachers of the Sunday School are
invited.
WANT HEARING .lANl'ARY 3rd
Washington, Nov. 15. The gov
ernment has requested the supreme
court to set January third for hear
ing the arguments In the appeal of
Senator Newberry and 16 others
rrom conviction on charges of con
spiracy to violate election laws.
FROM SOITH AMERICA
Selby Cartwright has Just re
turned from a trip to South America
and Is the guest of his parents, Mr.
v. S. Cartwright, on West
Church street.
miis. F.i.i. f.n sawyer dead
Mrs. Klleu Sawyer died Saturday
niglit at lier home in I anuleii county I
after an illness of three weeks. She
was 83 years old and had been in
feeble health for some time. She
was the oldest member of Sawyer's
Creek Baptist church, and had been
a member of that church since early
childhood. She . was also, it is
thought, the oldest alumna of Cho
wan College. She Is survived by one
son, E. I. Sawyer, of Camden county;
one grandson, Irving Sawyer, of
Camden county; one sister, Mrs.
Mary Sawyer, of Norfolk; one broth
er, Thomas Pritchard, of Princess
Anne county, Virginia.
Tho funeral was conducted by her
pastor, Rev. G. P. llarrill.
N Y. CHILDREN
CAN'T GO MOVIES
Theaters Not Allowed Sell;
Tickets to Children Unless
Accompanied by Guardian I
New York, Nov. 15. The police
are enforcing rigidly the ordinance!
forbidding motion picture theaters!
to sell tickets to children unless ac-
companied by a guardian.
The ordinance is the result of t he j
deatli of six children in a false lire
alarm panic.
GOOD PROGRAMS
ARE PLANNED
November 16-20 has been set aside
as Housekeepers' Week in Pasquo
tank county. Miss Marcio Albert
son, the Home Demonstration Agent
for tho county, has made nrrange-
'menu with the merchants to make
this a week of real value to house-
keepers. Lectures and demonstra
tions will lie given every afternoon
in the rest, rooms of the Hinton
miUding at 2: SO o'clock. Every one
interested in the welfare of the
home is cordially invited to attend.
The merchants lnvo agreed to, dis
ptiiy in their windows articles and
materials of particular interest to
the housewives and have also ex
pressed their willingness to demon
strate any of the appliances or de
vices they carry In stock.
The front office of tho IWerchants'
Association rooms will lie fitted up
with labor savers within the reach
of homes with moderate Incomes.
These with other household conveni
ences have been supplied by the lo
cal merchants. Merchants having
anything in this line that will en
able the housekeeper to do her work
more efficiently should send it to
the office either Monday afternoon or
Tuesday morning. Miss Johnson,
secretary to the Merchants' A-sncia-
, tlon, will care for all articles and
see that ;i!l are properly handled.
I Article: ran be called for Saturday
SINGLE TAXERS REPORTS
Washington, Nov. 15. The
Sincle Tax party expended $2.54 R in
jthe p'residi-ntial campaign, according
to their formal report. Donations
came trom persons living aoroau.
WORK THREE DAYS WEEK
liiddeford. Me., Nov., 15 I'ep
perell and York Cotton Mills, em
ploying fi.noo persons, today Inau
gurated n three day week working
schedule.
IMSCI SS IMMIGRATION'
Washington. Nov. IT.. Plans for
ler'-latlon restricting Imm'gratioti
and naturalization of aliens wen
discussed at the executive session of
the House Immigration commit t""
today. j
WILL MEET TONIGHT i
The Cherokee Chapter Royal Arch
Masons will meet tonight at h'-v-ii-thlrty.
There will be work in the
Mark Master and Past Master de
grees. A full attendance Is desin -I
WILSON TAKES LEAD
Washington. Nov. 15. President
Wilson has taken the personal ilir- c
tlon of major American policies
coming before the International
Communications Conference in s s
sloii here.
First Assembly
League Convenes
And Disarmament and Method En
forcement Economic Bloekade
First Topics Discussion
Geneva, Nov. 15 Delegates from 41 countries are at
tending the first sessio n of the League of Nations.
PROCEDURE RULES
LEAGUE ALL READY
j Will Govern Sessions of First
I Assembly at Geneva Which
Begins Today May Be
Changed by Majority Vote
Paris, Nov. 3. (Correspondence
The Associated Press) Rules of pro
cedure to govern Hie first Assembly
of the League of Nations at Geneva,!
beginning November 15, have been'
drafted and submitted to members. I
They are, of course, subject to form
al "adoption by- the Assembly - and
maye be changed by a majority vote.
The League wll be one of the few
parliamentary bodies most of whose
, deiVions will be taken only by unan
imous vote.
The proposed rules comprise 25 ar
ticles. They deal rather with the gen
eral principles of procedure than with
details of accepted practice.
j A president, four vice-presidents
elected annually, and a secretary-gen
eral constitute a General Committee,
charged with executive and supervi
sory duties.
i French and English will bo the of
ficial languages and interpreters will
give summaries in other languages
: for speakers.
j Meetings will be public except
when the Assembly decides otherwise-.
I'lianimity is required for decis
ions except when the Covenant or
treaties specify otherwise and except
for matters of procedure for which
a majority suffices. Voting will be by
ballot , white for "aye" and blue for
"no."
Work by committee is specifically
outlined. Every subject to be con
sidered by the Assembly must be con
sidered and reported' upon by a sec
ondary body before the Assembly
may act finally.
Tin- frequency with which the
League shall meet has been left blank
for ai l ion a' Geneva. Special As
semblies shall be called al the re
quest of ten members.
"Representatives" is the title giv
en deb-gales to the League. Three
or these may sit for each member-1
nation und the ihreeneed not always
be the same til each session. A del
egation also may choose some person
to speak for it, under certain restric
tios. Harding Trying
To Escape Storm
Point Isobcl, Tex., Nov. 15
Harding is making another attempt
to get into lirow nsville over the
narrow gauge gasoline propelled rail
way to escape the coast storm. In
Brownsville today be is to meet Sen
ator Fall, with whom he expected to
discuss border conditions. He work
ed today on Hie speech In- is to de
liver at New Orleans, In which h is
to (!i-eit s the economic possibilities
of the South.
FREEZING DOWN SOI Til
Washington, Nov. 1 5.- Freezing
temperatures are reported as far
south us Central Texas.
Says Little Decline
In Building Costs
Denver, Nov. 15. Senator Calder, j
chairman of the Senate committee j
on reconstruction and production,
said today that he doubted if any
big price declines In building ifia"
tcrial will come soon and he be-1
lleves that prices will even reach
higher levels.
HERE I OR WEEK END
C. O. Illades, 0f Laurel. Del., wm
in the city for the! week-end, tho
guest of his brother, Dr. L. ii.
Illades, on East Main street.
A definite system of disarm-
anient and a plan for using an
economic blockade against na
tions trangressing the league's
orders are among the subjects
to be discussed.
The United States is not re
presented by a delegation; but
arrangements have been made
for United States representa
tion on financial, economics
and mandates commissions if
desired it is Stated.
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KLCiAKD INQUIRY
IMPRACTICABLE
So Official Circles Regard
Suggestion of Grey, Asquith
And Others
Dublin, Oct. 29. (Correspondence
Tho Associated Press) -In official
circles here the. suggestion of Lord
Robert Cecil, Viscount drey of Fal
loden and Herbert H. Asquith, form
er Mritish Premier, that there must
be a public inquiry Into the reprisals
generally, is regarded as impractica
ble. -
It is said that It would be like try
ing a commander in face of the ene
my. No Inquiry would be complete
which did not include the men In
highest authorityy. They would Hi
ther have to repudiate their subordi
nates or admit responsibility. Inqui
ry, ll is urged, Is Impossible while
the light lasts.
If the government yielded to tho
demand for inquiry in tho form call
ed for. it would mean the resigna
tion of some of the highest officers.
It is expected that n day will be given
for a debate In parliament on the
whole qu-'-itioii and that the govern
ment will face a division In which it
will he supported by all the stal
warts of the I'n ion is t parly, perhaps
with Sir Edward Carson, and even by
most of the Liberal Coalitionists.
TELL STRANGE STORY
ABOUT MISSING WOMAN
Saturday night a colored jitney
driver, Richard Webb, und two col
ored women, from Elizabeth City,
were driving In an auto in the ll-ec-tion
of Soutli Mills when they ran
into a colored woman, Addie Piss,
driving a buggy. The buggy was
capsized and the colored woman's
arm was broken. This happened
about ten o'clock and about three
miles from South Mills. About two
miles from South .Mills und shortly
afterwards the occupants of the auto
mobile were arrested by South Mills
authorities. They were taken on the
South Mills and staid there until
Sunday, when Revenue Officer J. II.
Ferebee, of Elizabeth City, brought
them to Elizabeth City. The South
Mills authorities found :!', gallons
of liquor In the automobile.
Webb and the two colored women
were tried liefore Commissioner T.
Ii. Wilson Sunday and bound over
to Federal court, Webb under a $600
bond and the women under bond of
$200 each. They said that just be
fore reaching South Mills they came
up with another colored woman,
walking with two suitcases, who
asked them for a ride, They picked
her up, but when the accident oc
curred she left hurriedly and also
left the suitcases which contained
liquor. South Mills people said,
however, 'that the three arrested ne
groes were u 11 Intoxicated when ar
rested, and Commissioner Wilson
takes no stock In the "missing wo
man" theory.
RESCI E FREIGHTER'S CREW
Superior, Wis.. Nov. 15. Tho
rrew was rescued trom uio sieei
I freighter. Francis J. Widlaw, which
i was wrecked on the shoals In Lake
Superior.
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