North Carolina Newspapers

Net Circulation Monday 1,113 Copies - THE WEATHER Increasing Cloudiness fol- ' lowed by rain. NO. 292 VOL. V. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, iUESDA EVENING, DECE.!3LR 21, 1S20 ERROR WAS MADE BY THE ADVANCE Child Feeding Fund Totals Only" $872.98 Instead of 944.98 All Contributions 5 Should Be Sent Quickly The Advance hurriedly added the column of figures in Monday's paper representing the Child Feeding Fund and got a total ol ?944.98, but Mrs. G. R. Little, who is keeping caretul account of the funds, reported that she had only $872.8S. A second ad dition by The Advance snowel that Mrs. Little's figures are absolutely correct." She hands in the names to The Advance only after she has ac tually deposited the money in the bank. Shortly after the paper came out Monday, a J i t tie boy took Mrs. Little two pennies to make out the re3t of that dollar, and others hastened tc make their-contributions, believing thnt onlv S55 more was needed. The amount needed to reach $1,000, however, is really something over $100, and it is hoped that it will be sent in at once. Mrs. Little would Xf' like to mail the check tomorrow. inose wuo uavs uu. oonv ... contributions -r.ould nee Mrs. LlUle at once. She is giving her time and work generously to these little oik s, and will not be satisfied unless the goal of $1,000 is reached. I F. M. Grlce, Sr. 5.00 Mrs. W. H. Zoeller 100 Mrs. Almira Whitehurst .... 1-00 I Donated 100 j . Donated 1 Mrs. L. W. Perry 1-00 I Mrs. T. B. Wilson LOO ! George Brothers 1-V , Mrs. T. J. Markham 5 00 "Hmes G. Hollowell 5.00 W Dr- R- Ll Kendrlck 5 00 Mfs. R. L. Kendrick 5.00 McCabe Grice 5.00 Mrs. J. T. McCabe 5.00 Warren Jenette 1.00 L. E. Old . 2 50 W. S. White 50 Quinn Furniture Store . 5.00 Doris Seeley 1-00 Mrs. J. C. B.. Ehringhaus .... 10.00 M..G. Morrisett .'. 5.00 M." P. Gallop 10. 0M E. F. Aydlett, Jr 2.50 Sharber & White 10.00 E. C. Graded Schools $111.35 C. H. Robinson $50.00 M. L. Sheep ..... $5.00 Robert Lewis .' $100 Cecil Garrett $1.00 C. C. Bell 50c. ' St. Catherine's Guild 10.00 Mrs. Cathie Dean 1.0 J. G. Fearing 2.00 Miss Neva Owens . 1-00 Mrs. C. W. Hollowell, Sr 5.00 Frank Bell 1.00 Mrs. J. R. Barrett 2.00 Rev. and Mr3. R. H. Willis . . 10.00 J. E. Moran 2.00 Donated 1.00 Mrs. Florence E. Jones 1.00 Mrs. P. W. Melick 3.00 Geo. Eeveridge , 6.00 Rev. John II. Hall $10.00 N. G. Grandy Co t . . . . 25.00 S. M. S. Rollinscn . . v A 2.50 J. P. Kramer 10.00 J. r. Sawyer 4 8.00 Donated 6.00 R. N. Davis 1.00 P. G. Sawyer 2.00 Mrs. C. O. Robinson 10.63 Miss Susan Charles Grice . . . 5.00 Elks 30.00 Miss Nell Tappendick 1.00 Sarah Elsie Williams 1.00 Mrs. John H. Banks 2.00 Mrs. S. L. Sheep 1.00 Mrs. J. Q. Wood 5.00 Mrs. G. F. Derrickson 10.00 C. W. Hollowell 2.00 Cash 1.00 R. B. Sheely 2.00 Mrs. Clay Foreman 10.00 Mrs. W. C. Morrisette 1.00 Mrs. O. F. Gilbert 6.00 Mrs. Ethel Lamb 5.00 J."b. Leigh 5.00 Mrs. Hattie Harney ........ 1.00 Dr. Pendleton 10.00 H. B. Ledberry 1-00 U. A. Garrett 50 Gilbert James 1-00 E. M. Stevens 2.50 Buxton White 5.00 R. B. Martin 5.00 H. S. Overman 2.00 John O. Pinner 100 Newborn Produce Co 5.00 Norman Whitehurst ....... 2.50 W. A. Holmes 6.00 M. B. Simpson 100 Miss Margaret Hollowell .... 5.00 Mrs. T. P. Nash 6.00 Mias Minnie Nash 5.00 v'red Fearing 100 "n. M, S. S. Berean Class No 1 25.00 Mrs. E. O. Hooper 2.00 Mrs. D. M. Pugh 100 Donated 500 . !.. c r , 40.00 Arrest 375 Moonshiners Louisville. Dec. 21. Three hun dred and seventy-five alleged moon shiners were arrested and 74 stills with 3,730 gallons of liquor were de stroyed in the southeastern prohibi tion district during November, in cluding Kentucky, Tennessee, North and South Carolina and Virginia, ac cording to the official report. Fire Wrecks R. R. Shops Knoxvillc,- Dec. 21. The machine shops of the Louisville and Nash ville railroad were totally destroyed hy lire this morning. The damage Is estimated at several thousand dol lars. BODY OF GIRL FOUND Long Branch, N. Y., Dec. 21. The body of a well dressed young wo rn:: n was found half buried on the beach here today with a bullet hole in the forehead. The police are Investigating. Asking For Higher Pay Hamburg, Doc. 2 Ten thousand civil service employes here have unanimously adopted a petition to the Herlin government for wage in creases amounting to 70 per cent dating from October .1, for a mini mum salary of 7.000 marks a year 100 percent increase in family al lowances. All other German government employes have been urged to unite and force the granting of the de mands by a strike if necessary. The petition says that the need is urgent not only for an increase of salaries hut for a general revis ion by the government of the cost of living which is endangering' the nation's economic existence. "We find ourselves in the predi cament where we must either have government aid or try to endure the impossible living conditions," the petition states. The Civil Service Employes League has several millions of members. Wants Support . Association Marion, Dec. 21. Harding con ferred today with Senator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, an ir reconcilable in the Treaty fight, and with Governor Morrow, of Kentucky, a bitter opponent of unreserved ratification of the Versailles past. Ha hopes to obtain their support for his plan of an Association of Na tions. Mrs. P. G. Sawyer .......... 10.00 Mrs. T. G. Skinner 10.00 Margaret Wells 1.00 George Little, Jr 1.00 Helen Little .. 1.10 Mrs. John Kramer '. . . ".00 Edward Griffin, Jr l.' Francis Jacocks l.l' 1 Sarah Dillon Walker 1.00 Mrs. Walter L. Small 5.00 Walter L. Small 5.00 Joe Winslow 1.00 Tfilmadee 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 6.00 W. C. Overman 5.00 Mrs. Geo. M. Scott 10.00 Ed F. Spencer 2.50 Miss Mattie Parker 1.00 Rosalie Wood . 100 nr.' S. W. Cregory 5.00 W. Ben Goodwin 2.00 N. H. Smith 10.00 Mrs. C. H. Robinson 10.00 G. R. Llttlo 5.00 Mrs. W. J. Lumsden . . 10.00 Mrs. W. P. Skinner 6.00 W. P. Skinner 6.00 John Sawyer . . . 100 Dr. W. W. Siwyer 50.00 S. B. Parker 10.00 Donated 100 Mrs. S. P. Gurley 1.00 F. K. Kramer 50.00 Mrs. G. W. Ward 5.00 Ladles Cnlld, Christ Church. . 10.00 J. W. Modlin's Class, Black well Memorial S. S 10.00 Total $S72.9S Buy a Tag Friday While Friday, Christmas Eve, has been officially set aside as Y. M. C. A. Tag Day, this does not necessarily mean that one cannot contribute to the "Y" on any day in the year. Should there be any people , in the community desiring to help In a financial way, their contribution may be mailed to the Y. M. C. A. and same will be acknowledged. Inasmuch as this town contributed so cheerfully and liber ally for the Literary Digest fund for the starving children of Europe, it is quite evident that our local organization, being run on more or less of a charitable basis, will get even more liberal' support. , The "Y" is in need of financial aid and needs it right now. , Do your bij. by buying one or more tags on Xmas eve, and if you feel that you want to help a worthy cause, Just mail your check for any amount to the "Y." Must Develop U. S. Trade Washington, Dec. 20. The Unit ed States has been made the heart of the world's busines3 by the west ward trend of commercial affairs and has reached the stage in its In dustrial development where the maintenance of foreign outlets (is necessary to continued domestic prosperity, Director R. S. MacEl wee, of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce of the Depart ment of Commerce announced to day in his annual report. Declaring that the present stag nation in the business world was only a passing phase insofar as this country was concerned, Director MacElwee urged that the develop ment of foreign markets be taken uH with renewed vigor. "Our foreign trade in the fiscal year 1920, with a total value of $13,349,661,401, was larger than in ::r.y previous year," he said. "It exceeded by $3,000,000,000 the for mer high recordNn 1919, and was more than three times the value of the combined imports and exports in ,Ti;, the last year before the war. ".Many people are mote interest ed now than they were a year ago in foreign commerce. There were a few new firms who had the fore sight to take out life insurance while, tut were in gaud health. Oth eis now wish thoy had done so. The only, real insurance that will spread the risks of depression between the crests of the waves of domestic de mand is the allotlng of a substan tial quota of the firms product for foreign commerce and the building up in the world's markets of a sell ing organization and clientele that will not necessarily fluctuate with the waves of demand at home. A depression regularly follows a great warr, and its time of occur ence may be estimated, form his torical analogies, as about two or three years after the close of hos tilities. We are not going to have f panic in the United States, hut certainly feel the kind of reac tion that the surgeons call shock after an operation." To meet the increased demands of business and carry on the work of the Bureau of Foreign and do mestic commerce $1,493,270 was u:ked of Congress for the next fis cal year. That is an increase of ;ioro than a half million dollars over the present year's appropria tions. Of the total for next year $1,100,000 would be spent for for eign attaches abroad and for the promotion of commerce. It Is proposed to 'double the num ber of commercial attaches, making i24, and to increase the number of tradecommlsslons abcoad, making a total of 56, while commercial ag ents would be tripled with a total of 33. - Estimates include $:.on.000 'or commercial . attaches, 500,000 for promoting commerce in general, $150,000 for promoting commerce In Central and South America and $150,000 for promoting commerce in the Far East. The Increased ap propriations would permit greatly Intensified development of markets for American goods in Latin Amer ica and the Far East, which are considered the most promising fields for American effort at this time, the report stated. Going back three thousand years, Director MacElwee traced the cen ter of commercial supremacy from Phoenicia westward to London where It had been since between 1651 find 1700, and sa d the last war had moved the center of com merce westward again, the predom Inant Interests at the present time being on (he Pacific rather thnn th E 1. 11 UP FOR FIGHT On Fordney Emergency Tariff Bill Wednesday Represen tatives of ' Manufacturing Districts Oppose Bill Washington, Dec. 21. Propo nents of the Fordney Emergency Tariff Bill and the opposition en gaged today In lining up their forces for a fight "on the floor of the House tomorrow. Representatives of manufacturing districts say tey will oppose the bill because it' fails to include manu factured commodities. Long stable cotton is included on the list on Which high import duties would be imposed. It was omitted from the list announced last night because the committee was unable to ptVpare revenue estimates derived from the basis of the seven cents a pound duty Imposed. Posse Gets Two Bandits New lininswick, N. J., Dec. 21. Four bandits today attempted to rob the First National Bank at Milltown !i!id a posse of HO citizens 'armed with guns and pitchforks attacked i he robbers, capturing two. The robbers entered the bank by digging through the wall. A CORRECTION' The name, C. W. Chory, In the police court news for Saturday pub lished in Monday's paper, should have been C. W. Cleary. There is no C. W. Chory in the city. The Ad vance regrets the typographical error, which occurred in the hurry of getting to press. LITTLE CHILD DEAD The sjx months oid daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morgan died at the home on East Fearing street Tuesday morning at about eleven forty-five after a two weeks' illness. The body will bo carried to South Mills Tuesday afternoon. Inter ment will be made in the family burying ground there. COLBY AT IUO Uio Janeiro, Dec. 21. Secretary of State Colby and his party arrived here today aboard the battleship Florida to return the visit of Presi dent Pussoa to the United States. Atlantic. Analyses show, he said, the reason for the rise of nations that successfully dominated the world's commerce to be that they were situated at the crossroads of "ansportatlon, that they developed their merchant marine and a navy ,o protect it; Chat they possessed he raw material needed to supply the wants of man, and developed the arysans to shape these raw mater ials into the form in wnicn man could use them. "We are spread out across the paths of the westerly movement In the destiny of commerce," Direc tor MacElwee said. "As to natu ral resources and the skill of our artisans, these need no comment. Despite high wages, Yankee Inge nuity and American ability to or ganize mass production with Im proved labor-saving Machinery have :nail It possible for us, for many pars, to dominate the world's com aerce In such articles as harvesting nachlnery, sewing machines, rash eslsters, typewriters office supplies, automobiles and many other kinds of goods. HOU Irish Home Rule Passes London, Dec 21. --- The Irish Home Rule Bill wa3 adopted today by the House of Commons and now only needs the royal signature to lecome a law. Plans Trip Into Egypt Philadelphia, Dec. 21 Despite the terrors through which he passed while journeying through the wilds of South America, Dr. Alexander j De- anQ duswuius "u .ua, vC Hamllton Rice, explorer, plans soonlni,1& mnn' of tlicm wfl1 be OP8" ev; to leave for Egypt in-an endeavor to!"1'1" until Christmas for the benefit locate a certain species of goat which f chr,8tmaa ehoppcrs. and from this is invaluable in medical research tlme " 1,10 t0W" 1)0 liVt'ly " work, the liveliest by day and by night. . Ho rxnresKerl t),u tmnntinn i n I Among the stores that will open address on South America before the Geographical Society here. Dr. Uice said h.s trip My. .ugh South 'America took 1:1m up the Rio N.Mi'o. the lurfcvU t.ibu.ary ui the Amazon, through a natural canal more than 200 miles connecting it with the Orinco, into hitherto un explored portions of Brazil. It was here that lie came in actual contact with Guaharibos, a virtually un known tribe of Cannibal Indians, who for seventeen days pursued his party in an effort to cut off their re turn. , , The attack occured in a wild spot along the banks of the Orinoco, where Dr. Uice had made camp the night before. Two of his Indian guides had gone up the river in a ennoe to test the depth of the water, when they saw something moving along the batiks. Looking closer they perceived t lie forms of Indians clos ing In on the camp, and hastily turn ing about hurried buck to warn the remainder of the party. "A few moments after the guides' return." Dr. Uice said, "the entire bank was literally lined w,th wildly shrieking and gesticulating figures w'.io brandished bows about seven feet hiii, wiih arrows six feet long. Just opposite me 1 k:;w one huge creature, evidently the chief or lead er, who was shouting and foaming at the mouth and making motions that apparently meant to express antici-j pat Ion of a hearty meal that night. He was neither negro nor Indian, and he had black hairs on his upper lip a thing I have never seen on an Indian. "We tried talking to them In every language and dialect at our command. We laid hatchet, knives and fishes on the rocks In an attempt to pacify them, but they apparently had no Idea what they were for. and there was no doubting the fact that j they intended to fight. I "Finally when one of their ar-j rows landed just at my feet I de-i cided it was time to do something, and we fired the Winchester rifle end Parker shotgun, our only weapons, over their heads. That frightened them for the moment, and gave us time to get our things packed to gether, and a start down the riv Shorily afterward darkness descci ' ed and all night long we could hear their blood-curdling screams as they kept at our heels. "When morning broke," he went on, i"a thick mist covered the entire river and It was this. that gave v.s our chance eo escape. When we finelly reached deep w:te we knew that we were safe, for thf; Guahari bos do not use boats or canoes, and 't vns too denp for them to wade. Negro Shot By Pursuers nnnnnba nor-. 21. Edmund Thompson, the negro who fired into a group of whito boys, killing one, .. -...I Irwin ir nnni Trn II . V 1 1 1 B W U S riiui'-tl iwuuj in w .v.w. Tin i-na mirrniinded n the woods and was not Captured until shot ijovvn. ine negro escnpeu mm mob a few days ago after be In .3 tak en from the officers. Wages Reduced Philadelphia, Dec. 21. Wages of over 200,000 textile workers will be reduced from tern to thirty per cent soon, officers of J number of manu f:irtnrcrs' associations announced to lay. Robert nrook Albertson. of Seattle, Wash., who Is attending the Episco pal School In Alexandria, Va., Is spending the Christmas holidays with his aunts, the Misses Albcrtsons, on West Church street. CHRISTMAS HERE WITH GOOD CHEER t Bestcity's Streets Are Thronged With Merry Crowds and Be ginning Wednesday Many Stores Open Evenings Tuesday the Christmas spirit burst forth in Destcity with throngs of Christmas shoppors down town the whole day long, with numbers of boys ahd. girls back home from col lege for the holidays, and with noisy crowds of kiddies tooting their horns merrily about the streets. Besteily's stores are as busy as can I "'enings are: Melick's Fowler and Company, Selig's, M. G. Morrisette Furniture Company, T. T. Turner & Company, McCabe & Grice, Mitchell's II. ('. Bright Company, V.'reks and Sawyer, Rucker k Sheely, M. Leigh Sheep Company, The Spencer Com pany. M. P. Gallop Company, D. Walter Harris, Morrisette & Raper, Owens Shoe Company, Duff Piano Company, S R. Slff Company, D. Ray Kramer, Gallop and Toxey Shoe Company, The Quinn Company, Cul pepper Hardware Company, the Five and Ten Cent Store. Sharber and White will open evenings beginning Thursday night, and others will doubtless add themselves to this list, or perhaps have already decided to do so. Of course, the drug stores are open evenings, and on Christmas Eve all the stores will be open until at least nine o'clock. However. Christmas Eve is not the best time to do Christ mas shopping and shoppers are urged to shop as early as possible In order to avoid disappointment, errors, and the last mad, weary rush. Vessel Lost Off Hatteras Norfolk, Dec. 21. Mystery sur rounds the identity of the fonr masted schooner which capsized southeast of Cape llat'evas today. All on hoard are believed to have been lost. IX POLK E COURT I). O. Patrick paid the costs of the court Monday morning for d sorderly conduct. II. Adams was taxed $5 Bnrl costs for being drunk. John Uuiicli. colored, was taxed $5 and costs for drunkenness. There were no cases In court Tuesday. MITCHELL'S HTORE WILL BE OPEN' EVENINGS Until after Xin;S. Starting Wd nesday night, Mitif ell's will bo open evenings. Special prices will mark si, i. ,e sell ng event on Thursday and Friday of thia wek. See adv. on back page Wednesday afternoon. MARCUS SMITH SELECTED Washington, Dec. 21. Senator Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, is un derstood to have been appointed by the Presidotit as a member of the International Joint Commission dealing with questions between the Un'tod. '..a v and Canada. I X S I'KA XCE COM PA X I ES SUSPENDING BUSINESS New York, Dec. 21. One hun dred and thirty-live fire insurance companies are suspending business In Mississippi where policies amount ed to over a billion dollars. Suit was filed against them by the state revenue agent charging that by col lect'ng the same rates t'10 com panies combined for the restraint of trade. BICKENItACIIEIl MARRIES St. Augustine, Flu.. Dec. 21. Ed die RIckenbacher, famous American ace, today married Miss Francos G. Hannon, of New York, at a hotel here. RETURN'S FROM ABROAD Gaston Ilaum, who has recently returned to New York City from a trip to Egypt, India and oilier coun tries abroad, was In this city Sunday and Monday, on his way to spend Christmas at his home at Kitty Hawk. Miss Minna Picard, of the high school faculty, Is spending the holi days at her home at Chapel Hill. f r-i , O i