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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, DEC EMBER 16, 1920
NO. 288
VOL. V.
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CONTRIBUTIONS
WANTEDAT ONCE
Check For Starving Little
Furooeans Will e Mailed to
Literary Digest Monday by
'Mrs. G. R. Little
Mrs G R. Little requests that all
who wish to contribute to the Child
Feeding Fund send in their contribu
tions immediately. The check will
be mailed to the Literary Digest
early Monday morning and Saturday
will be the last day to receive con
tributions. ' The need of these starving little
Europeans is well known. As -the
little girl said, ''God has told some
body to help tnem, ami
Thosfwho have not forgot are
asked to help at once.
Following are the names of con
tributors who have turned over their
contributions to Mrs. Little.
A few have sent contributions di
rect But those who have not con
tributed in either of these ways are
a8ked to do so now. The days are
passing and little lives are being t
as the birthday oi m vu'i- -
approaches, the little child who tame
down from Heaven to tell mankind
that "Inasmuch as ye have done it.
unto the least of these little ones, ye
have done it unto me."
Rev. John H. Hall :
N. G. Grandy Co 25.00
-a.-.M.-S.-Rolllnsontiii-iii.-
j. p. Kfamer
J. C. Sawyer . . . .
Donated
R. N. Davis
P. G. Sawyer
Mrs. C. 0. Robinson
Miss Susan Charles Grice
Elks
Mioo veil Panoendick . .
"10.00
8.00
6.00
1.00
2.00
10.61
5.00
80.00
1.00
.Sarah Elsie Williams, J-00
Irs. John H. Banks -
Mrs. S. L. Sheep f""
Mrs. J. Q. Wood 6.00
Mrs. G. F. Derrickson 10 00
C. W. flollowell- 2.00
Cash j'JJ
R. B. Sheely J-J J
Mrs. Clay Foreman ........
Mrs. W, C. Morrisette . . J. . . 1-00
Mrs. O. F. Gilbert 6.00
Mrs. Ethel Lamb 5.00
J. B. Leigh 5.00
Mrs. Hattie Harney
rr Pendleton 10 00
H. B. Ledberry4 100
n k f.arrptt .50
Gilbert James , ' 10
E. M. Stevens
Buxton White
R. B. Martin
H. S. Overman
2.50
5.00
5.00
2.00
John G. Pinner 1
Newbern Produce Co 5.00
Norman Whltehurst 2.50
W. A. Holmes ' 5.00
M. B. Simpson 1
Miss Margaret Hollowell 5.uu
Mrs. T. P. Nash 5.00
Miss Minnie Nash 6.00
Fred Fearing 100
B. M. S. S. Berean Class No. 1 25.00
Mrs. E. O. Hooper 2.00
Mrs. D. M. Pugh 1-00
Donated 500
Dr. L. S.J31ades 0.00
Mrs. P. T Sawyer 10.00
.Mrs. TO. Skinner 10.D0
Margaret Wells 1-00
George Little, Jr 1-00
'Helen Little 100
Mrs. John Kramer 5.00
Edward Griffin, Jr 1.00
Francis Jacocks 1.00
Sarah Dillon Wajker . . '. 1.00
Mrs. Walter L. Small 5.00
Walter L. Small 5.00
Joe Winslow : 100
Talmadge Miller 1.00
Hubert Toxey 1.00
Elwood Weatherly, 2.00
D. R. Morgan Co . . . 10.00
Dr. Julian Sellg 2.50
Mrs. H. C. Bright 5.00
W. P. Wood 5.00
W. C. Overman 6.00
Mrs. Geo. M. Scott 10.00
Ed F. Spencer 2.50
MIbs Mattle Parker .1.00
Rosalie Wood 1 00
Dr. S. W. Gregory 6.00
W. Ben Goodwin 2.00
N. H.' Smith 10-00
Mrs. C. H. Robinson 10.00
,.43. R. Little 5-00
Mn v. J. Lumsden ....... 10.00
iro w P Sltlnner 6.0(7
W. P. Skinner 6.00
John Sawyer 100
Dr. W. W. Sawyer- 60.00
S. B. Parker ' 10 UU
Donated
Mrs. S. P. Gurley 1?
F. K. Kramer 50.00
Mrs. O. W. Ward 6.00
Ladies Guild, Christ Church. . 10.00
J, W. Modlin's Class, Black-
well Memorial S. S
Mrs. Maude Ives, of Hickory. Va
1, visiting her father, C. U Lister,
on Euclid Heights.
Admit Four Nations
Geneva, Dec. 16. (By,
The Associated Press)
Four new nations were to
dav admitted to the
League 0f Nations by the
League Assembly. They
were: Bulgaria, Costa
Rica, Finland and Luxem-
bourg.
The Assembly voted
against the admission of
Armenia at present, but
passed a resolution hoping
that President Wilson's
effort would save Armenia
and establish a stable
government permitting
her to enter the League.
FARMERS MEET
ATJ5T. LOUIS
Seek Relief From Falling
Prices of Farm Products
Delegates Declare Present
Prices Mean Bankruptcy
St Louis, Dec. 16. Farmers rep
resenting -16 farmers -organizations
throughout the United States, are
here today in a conference for the
purpose of seeking relief from the
falling prices 'of farm products,
rioipirates declared today that
present prices mean bankruptcy and
are not due to the law of supply and
demand. Their plans Include a na
tional market and the establishment
of the banks' thorough co-operation
with the farm organizations.
frtmnniinist Leaders v
Have Been Jailed
Paris, Dec. 16. Attempts by
rnmmunists in Czechoslovakia to
overthrow the government failed en
tirely Recording to dispatches to the
French foreign office which said the
government is emerging in a strong
position and the Communist leaders
have been jailed.
Harding Confers
With Coolidge
Marion. Dec. 16. Harding, ac
cording to his campaign promise of
a more active part for the vice
president in the next administration,
today conferred with - Coolidge on
administration policies, domestic
problems, and the Association of
Nations.
SUICIDE RATE WAS
LOWEST IN 1919
New York. Dec. 15. The suicide
rate in the United States reached the
lowest ebb In 1919, with a percent
age of 14.2, according to figures
compiled by Frederick L. Hoffman,
o.ntistic.an. embracing the period
from 1900 to 1920. During
there were 3,818 cases of suicide re
ported against 4,569 in lu. which
howed the hignest rate ui u UJ
ooif destruction.
Mr Hoffman stated m nis repon
that it was hard to assign a causa,
tivc factor of the suicide phenomon
i,. that in periods of economic de
prcsslon, a higher rate is noieu.
Wring the eras of prosperity, there
Is a 'notable diminution, he said.
The most sinister aspect revealed by
W u i - .
nnaivpis of suicide is the Increas
tB number of murderers who take
,hnir own lives following the com
,.n nf hnmlrlde. Mr. Hoffman
Illinois" " . w. a
Horlared. s-
The ratio of suicides, by geogra
phical divisions as compiled by Mr.
Hoffman shows the Pacific coast
gtates the highest, and the Southern
states tho lowest In the record com
piled for 1919.' -
SEVERE QUAKE
IS RECORDED
Washington. Dec. 16. A severe
earthquake, said to be the worst In
two years, was recorded by the
Georgetown University seismograph
today. It is' estimated to be 2,800
miles from Washington.
TY COBB TO NEW YORK
AuKusta. Dec. 16. Ty Cobb left
here today for New York for a con
ference with the owner of the Detroit
Americans regarding Cobb. It Is re
ported that Cobb has offered to man
age the Tigers.
GREAT INCREASE
IN IMMIGRATION
From Canada AH Records
Were Broken, Many From
Mexico -More Deported to
Europe Than Came Over
1 1
Washington, Dec. 16. Immigra
tion from Canada during the last
fiscal year broke all records, and
there was a tremendous increase in
Immigration from Mexico as well as
from the European countries, An
thony Caminettl, Commissioner Gen
eral of Immigration, says in his an
nnnl rpnnrt. made nublic today.
Ail frnm Tanarla admitted to
the country, the jeport says, uum-jThe presentation took place at the
bered 90,025 while aliens departing , squadron aerodrome near Lenvberg
numbered 7.666, leaving an excess! which city was defended by the
of 82,357. In addition 19,336 aliens! Americans during the Bolshevik
In Canada who applied for admission J drive in. August. .
,Dro riphnrrprl whilp were re- Those decorated were Captain
.,m!nMinn .hp rnnnrt avs '
W.nca nf Inability nr tin wIlHnenCBS
,k ,v rMI1irm.nt 1
AHmiaoinn nf aiipna frnm Mexico "
totalled-52,361 while the number of!
aliens coin to Mexico from the
T'nitpH statps niimherpd fi.606. leav-
Ing an excess of 45,755. During the
previous fiscal year the admissions of
immigrant aliens from Mexico num
bered 29,818.
Europe sent a total of 246,295
Immigrant aliens to the United States
in the past fiscal year while 256,433
emigrant aliens left the United
States for Europe, causing a de
crease in alien population of 10,138.
Immigrant aliens "admitted" fromJmer-
Aaio nnmhprpri 17 Kns Bnrl emtenant I Lieutenant
nam umivivu , w - -o
aliens departing for Asia numbered
9,441, leaving an excess of 8,844
Resumption of immigration on a
iarpnpniP and pfforts to denort alien;
anarchists made the last fiscal year
the busiest of any since the inaugu
ration of, the immigration service,
the report says, "with indications
that pre-war immigration figures
would be outdistanced unless affect-'
ed by laws of this or other coun
tries." "Chinese immigration," the report
continues, "shows an Increase over
the preceding year, the number of
admissions having risen from 3,340
coming for permanent residence in
u 4,vii0 iu 1920, these figures
not including aliens of the Chinese
" 6i r" T " I
.j . i iv :..nn nfist'um.
r "'".r." I "... : n i,V;
mere were aumiu ... ..,
whom 897 were of native birth, S4.j
were born abroad of native born par
ents and 141 were foreign horn
wives of American citizens of the
Chinese race.
Immigration from Japan to the
continent of the United btates
shows an increase of li per cent
over the preceding fiscal year, while
that to Hawaii shows a decrease of
6 per cuhl. the admissions in figures
being 12,868 to the mainland, and
3.30G to Hawaii as against 11,404
and 3,50, respectively, In 1919.
SPANISH NEWSPAPER
PLEADS FOR FREE TRADE
Madrid, Dec. 16. A Chinese will
is being built around Spain by Pre
mier Dato's cabinet and its support
ers in pursuing the policy of rais
ing the customs tariffs in order to
prevent Imports of foreign merchan
dise, says an editorial In La Llber
t.ad. The newspaper makes a strong
plea for free trade, arguing that only
by such means can the nation de
velop. It argues that Bismarck's idea of
shutting out imports and subsidiz
ing exports brought about the en
richment of a few nabobs and the
general impoverishment of the pop
ulation of Germany.
Premier Dato, by following a like
policy, It concludes, Is playing into
the hands of the wealthy' and simul
taneously creating discontent among
, the poor.
Immense Crowd
Applies For Job
Philadelphia, Dec. 16. Such a
large crowd answered a .contractd's
advertisement for 25 men today that
the police were called on to maintain
order.
Applicants begin assembling ai
four o'clock In the morning.
ALKRAMA TODAY
An unusual and quaint form ol
plotting Is on of the more intensely
Interesting features of Marshal'
Nellan's first Independent produ
tlon, "The River's End." from the
story by James Oliver Curwood am'
distribute by First National, whlcl
will have Its Initial showing here a'
the Alkrama Theater on Thursday
December 16.
WERE DECORATED
AND ALSO KISSED
American Members of Koscio
sko Air Squadron, Including
North Carolinian, Honored
By Poland Recently
Lemberg, Dec. 16. Nine members
of the Kosciuszko air squadron, made
up chiefly of Americans, were deco
rated recently with the highest mili
tary honors of Poland and, simul
taneously with the presentation of
the medals, each aviator was kissed
on the cheek as is the Polish custom
bv General Stanislas Haller, com-
mander of the Sixth Polish army.
C - oorge M. Crawford, Brooklyn, N.
- Lieutenant tlllOU U. Uiu,a, r,.
Paso. Texas; Lieutenant Harmon C.
Ror:son, " Wilmington. iN. C,
tenant Kennth V. biirewsnuiy,
Charleston. AV. Va.; Lieutenant Carl
Clark, Tulsa, Okla.;
Lieutenant
George Weber, Peking, Chin; Lieu
tenant Wladyslaw Konopka Alex
ander and Senkowskl, the last two
named being liaison olllcers
The list of those decorated also
included the name of Captain Merian
G. Cooper, of Jacksonville, Fla., who
at last accounts was a prisoner In the
hands of the Bolshevik!, having been
shot down In his airplane last sum
Colonel Cedric E
Fauntleroy. of Chicago, and Mc-
Gehee, Ark., commander of the air
fnrcps of the southern front, and
Lieutenant Edwin Noble, of Boston
wouuueu Kuiiy in uic yi ncc
decorated previously.
Museum Presented
With Rare Old Book
ChiDDendale's "Gentlemen's
and Cabinet Makers' Direc
tor" Added to Pa. Collection
Philadelphia. Dec. 16. A recent
addition to the Pennsylvania Mu
Memorial Hall, Falrmoun
Park, of interest to cabinet makers is
that of a huge quarto volume
.,, H r.ul.lnpt Mak
lllK JVII wu.i.a ii mmv .
ers' Director," by Thomas Chippen
dale, master cabinet maker of th
eighteenth century
Tha book.hlch is very rare, wi
published in London in 1754 and pu
under the protection of Hugh, Ear
of Northumberland. Attached to th
venerable tome is a list of the sub
scrlbers, among which figuro the
names of noblemen, cabinet makers
and pvpn that of a bricklayer. There
are 160 copper plate ongravings an
the work Is "a large collection of th
most elegant and usefUl designs o
household furniture in the Gothic
Chinese and modern taste.'
In a communication aauresfiea 10
the public of his time, Chippendale
resented the harsh criticism that his
drawings were specious and impos
sible to be worked out by any me
chanics whatsoever, and said that on
the whole he has given to design In
"The Gentleman and Cabinet Mak
ers Director" what may be executed
with advantage by the hands of a
skilled workman. He further claim
ed that the designs were ably calcu
lated to assist gentlemen in the
choice of their furniture and cabinet
makers In the execution of their de
signs.
This book of Chippendale, which
the first time, was made thirty years
is about to be put on exhibition for
before the embassy from George III
to the Emperor Klen Lung of China
brought, back more accurate Inform
ation concerning the costumes and
manners of the1 Chinese, but they
mark the height of the fashion for
"Chinolserle" so far as England was
concerned.
Of the delicate copper plate draw
ings In the Chippendale book are to
be found proofs that only a few were
actually constructed. But as a
guide to the style of period and a
model of the working drawings from
the master's workshop tlrey are In
valuable. Of late the book has been
difficult to obtain In Europe and so
far us is known there Is but one copy
In Philadelphia.
Millions In England
Out of Employment
London, Dec. '16. It Is equated
that 3,000.000 people are suffering
from unemployment in Great Britain.
Tho government has been asked to
aid them.
Farmers Ginning Co.
Has Narrow Escape;
Fire Co on Job Extinguished
Flames With Comparatively
Small Damage
The Farmers Ginning Company
t the end of West Main street
had a narrow estape from a really
big fire on Wednesday night, but the
fire company extinguished the
flames with chemicals, leaving an
estimated damage of about $300.
The fire caught from some un
known cause in the warenouse,
where flour and seeds were stored.
If it hart been in the cotton ware
house instead, everything wouiu
probably have gone up in smoke.
The family living across the street
saw the flames at about ten minutes
after seven and gave the alarm. The
fire company Was on hand immedi
ately and did its work quickly and
well.
In the process of putting out the
fire, Chief Flora had a fall, which
skinned him up badly, disfigured h!s
silver cigarette case for life, and
gave him quite a shake-up. Ho was
up and out bright and early Thurs
day mbrning, however, apparently us
fit and fine as ever.
URGES ECONOMY
IN GOVERNMENT
Republican Leader Mondell
Declares In House Would
Reduce - Expenses a Billion
and Four Hundred Millions
Washington, Dec, 16. Republican
leader Mondell, in the House today,
declared for rigid economy in ap
propriations for all government ex
penses.
He said this Is necessary In order
to lighten the tax burden and that
the total estimate of the Secretary of
the Treasury should be reduced to
one billion and four hundred million
dollars chiefly by scaling down esll
mates of the army, navy and sundry
civil expenses.
MADE
COMMANDER
OF ASIATIC FLEET
Washington, Dec. 16. Rear Ad
miral Joseph Strauss will be ap
pointed commander in chief of the
Asiatic fleet with the rank of admiral
In recognition of his mine barrage
work In the North Sea.
NEGRO POPULATION
CHICAGO INCREASES
Washington, Dec. 16. The negro
population of Chicago increased
65 J 91 in the last decade, and now Is
109,594.
RAILWAY THROWN
IN RECEIVER'S HANDS
Chattanooga, Tenn., Dec. 16.
The Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia
Railway was thrown into the hands
of the receiver today. It was claim
ed that the road was a losing propo
sition since its organization. Ic Is
owned by the Russell Sage estate.
Constantine Sailed
From Venice Today
Venice, Dec. 16, (By Tha Associ
ated Press) Constantine and his
rval ra"ty m'led today from Venice
on the Cri'e-:; cru's r for rnaierrnTi.
RKCKIVKU GOODS
KXOWX TO HE 8TOIiE
Raleigh, N. C, Dec. 15. Thomas
E. Holding. Jr., druggist, of Wake
Forest, a member of one of the most
prominent families In the State, was
late this afternoon found guilty by a
Jury tn tho Federal Court here of
charges of having received stolen
goods, knowing it to have been
slolen. and was placed under $10,000
bond for his appearance in court
next Tuesday afternoon, when Judge
Connor will pronounce Judgment.
I)E VALKKA HIDING IN U. 8.
New York, Dec. 16. (By The As
sociated Tress) De Valera, Presi
dent of the "Irish Republic," Is In
hiding in the United States, but may
ronslder returning to Great Britain
if granted safe conduct by Premier
Lloyd George, his secretory an
nounced today.
NO NEWS FROM BALLOON
New York, Dec. 16. No Informa
tion has been received from the
naval balloon leaving Rockaway
Point Monday with three officers on
an endurance test.
HKRFS (INK .(It
..Ann, nnnnTi
No Bank Wants Office of Treas
urer of Pasquotank County
Savings Bank Takes It As
Matter of Service
There is at least one public office
in Pasquotank that seems to be in
danger of going begging. The office
in question is that of County treas
urer. For the last four years the Sav
ings Bank & Trust Company has act
ed as County treasurer. The law
provides that as -far as possible the
office shull rotate from one bank to
another and the intent of the law
was that the County should transfer
Us funds from one bank to another
every two years at the beginning of .
the term of office of a new board of
County commissioners.
The law was based ou the idea,
however, that any bank would be
anxious to carry th County's funds
for the sake of the prestige of being
the County depository and for the
sake also of the substantial balance .
that the County has to Its credit foT""
part of the year.
Such, however, has not proved to
be the case. The law prescribes that
each County ftind, of which there
are about twenty in all, shall be
kept separately nd provides further
for an annual report showing the re
ceipts and disbursements for each of
these funds in detail. On account of
the clerical work involved and on
account of the further fact that the
bank which is County' treasurer finds
Itself under the necessity of tiding
the County over the lean months of
the year, the banks of the city have
not exactly been tumbling over each
other In their eagerness for the Job
of County treasurer. Two years ago
the Savings Bank & Trust Company
was the only applicant, and that is
why this bank has been County treas
urer for four years Instead of two.
This-year the First & Citizens Na
tional Bank also made application
for the office, and, as a matter of
coinpllaivce with law, this bank was
chosen as treasurer at the Decem
ber meeting of the Board of County
Commissioners, when the controls-'
aioners had been given to under- -stand
that it would accept the office
and would take over the loans that
had been made the County by the
Savings Bank & Tr"ust Company.
Difficulty, however, later arose
over the matter of keeping separate
record of each of the County funds
as prescribed by law. ""We had
acted as treasurer for another county
and for the Corporation of Elizabeth
City," says an official of the First &
Citizens NatioiiaJBank, "and in each
case the clerical work Involved In
keeping the various funds separate
and In making tho annual report as
required by law was done by the
auditor. Wo did not fool that as a
banking institution we would be
Justified in employing an auditor for
this fund."
Decision not to accept the office of
County treasurer was reached by the
directors of the First & Citizens Na
tional Bank Wednesday and as a re
sult Chairman Burfoot, of the board
of commissioners was obliged to
hasten back to the Savings Hank and
ask its officials to retain the treas
ureship. Decision to do so was
reached Thursday and so the County
Is saved from what might have been
an embarrassing predicament.
Officials of each bank aVe agreed
that any advantage that may accrue
to either bank from carrying the
Cosniiy -i f iids Is overbalanced by
t'.iu umount of clerical work Involv-
eu; "but ao cieiueu, says an omciai
of the Savings Hank & Trust Com
pany, "to accept the office a3 a mat
ter of service to the public and to
the County officials."
W. II. Jennings, assistant cashier
of the Savings Bank & Trust Com
pany, was for twelve years clerk of
the Superior Court and the familiar- '
Ity which he during his Incumbency
In office acquired of the various
County funds Is of great advantage
to him in keeping proper record ot
the receipts and disbursements of
the County funds a matter which is
entirely in his hands.
The Savings Bank & Trust Com
pany Is also at this time treasurer
for the Corporation of Elizabeth
City.
Fifty All Wool Trlcotlne Dresses,
regular $35.00 values, on sale at
$16.75. $25.00 Ladles' Coats with
Fur Collars on sale at l5.75. Sift
Brothers.
ANTI STRIKK MIX PASSES
Washington, Dec. 16. The Senate
today paused the antl-Sirike bill
making Interference with Interstate
commerce a teionj.