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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 29, 1920
NO. 297
VOL V.
D'ANNUNZIolo"
SIGN TERMS TODAY
Fighting at Fiume Suspended
After Conference of Mayor
I ' of Fiume and Commander
Italian Regulars
Fiume, Dec. 29. A ' confer
ence for arranging the final
cessation of hostilities between
Italian forces and D'Annun
zio's troops was set for this
morning. D'Annunzio has re
linquished his authority to the
Communal Council of Fiume.
Reports that he was wounded
in battle Monday have been
verified, but details are lack
ing. Paris, Dec. 29. Fighting at
Fiume was suspended today, a Rome
dispatch states.
Delegates appointed by the mayor
of Fiume met Hie "Commander of the
Italian regulars yesterday and
agreed to terms for the surrender of
the city.
D'Annunzio was expected to sign
them today. '
TUESDAY WAS
OH, SO DARK!
Neither Gas Nor Electricity,
And Even the Sun Refused
To Shine
Tuesday, December 28th, will per
haps long be remembered in Eliza
beth City as the "Day When the
Gas and Lights Went Out.'" Dismal
were the prospects for a not break
Jfrst that morning In homes where
the cooking is done by 'gas. Both
earlv and la's risers, softly swear
ing, warmed up their left-overs -of
ie night beiore on tne parlor neater,
gobbled up something, and beat it
tu work with a bad taste in their
mouths, arid a muttered consignment
of the gas plant to that region where
artificial heat is never a necessity.
"Anyhow," the victim of the gas
breakdown muttered to himself,
"I'll get a hot dinner, sizzling and
steaming, that will cheer my innards
even as the potent draft of moon
shine corn brightens up the in
terior of the rum-soak. I have
something to look forward to." And
he thought of his approaching noon
tide repast with joyful expectations
an through tne xorenoon.
Noon came, . and a dank, dark,'
dreary, dismal noon it was! As a
fitting adjunct of the weather, the
gas, alas, was still off. The elec
tric lights, too, had flickered their
last despairing flicker early in the!
morning and had feebly given up the!
ghost. No lights no power no'
gas nothing left to live for a I
whole city dlnnerless and in dark
ness! A whole population sore, dis
gruntled, swearing, ready to burn
down a couple of public utility
plants for revenge, and for the
warmth and light which the conflag
ration would provide; while the of
ficials of the two plants worked des
perately to restore order and calm
the wrath of the citizens.
Toward night both the gas and the
lights were turned on again, and the
bereft Bestcityites were glad once
more, sava for thn tap that Tho
Advance was unable to get Itself
printed and delivered, jind 'most
everybody had a sort of lonesome
feeling like they'd lost a friend, or
something.
PICTURES TONIGHT
CITY ROAD CHURCH
Tonight at City Road Methodist
hurch, Instead of the regular prayer
meeting service, pictures on the Life
of Christ will "be shown accompanied
by a lecture by Secretary Case, of the
Chamber of Commerce. The pic
tures and address will together make
beautiful Christmas program and
the public is very cordially invited.
INVENTORY SALE
AT H. C. BRIGHT'S
The l. C. Bright Company an
nounces big reductions on their
high class stock of diamonds,
watches. Jewelry, silverware, cut
glass, umbrellas, lamps, china and
novelties. Reductions are from ten
to 33' 1-3 per cent on these goods and
no goods are charged or exchanged.
Watch tomorrow's paper. Mean
while go to Brlght's. Adr.
W. F. Mjirden, of Marlon. S. C.
Is t ' '!? his sinter, Mrs. Ida Stepcr,
DEWEY-I5AHHAM
A marriage of more than usual
interest to the people of this city
was solemnized at Edenton Monday,
when Harry W. Dewey was wedded
to Miss Oneta Campbell Bahrain, of
Norfolk. Va. The ceremony was
conducted at the First Baptist
church of Edenton. at 3:30 p. m. by
the pastor, Rev. E. L. Wells. The
bride wore a 'blue suit with acces
sories to match, and carried a bou
quet of bride's roses and lilies of the
valley. Mr. Dewey has been associ
ated with the Norfolk and Carolina
Telephone and Telegraph Company,
with headquarters at Elizabeth City
for the last fifteen years, and now
holds the position of assistant sup
erintendent. He is the son of Mrs
D. M. 1'fwey, of this city. The
bride is the attractive and beautiful
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. T
Bahrain, of Norfolk, Va. Mr. and
Mrs. Dewey will be at home at 6
Harney street, Elizabeth City, after
December 30th.
Southern. Motorist
Boosts Picture City
December Edition of T. A. A.
Organ Describes Advantages
of City and Section
The December number of the
Southern Motorist, official publica
tion of the Tidewater Automobile
Association, is out in a special Eliza
beth City aumber. The front cover
of the handsome 60-page monthly
magazine bears an outline map of
the nine counties of Northeastern
North Carolina, with a heart sketch
ed in, locating Elizabeth City, the
"heart" of the section shown in the
map. The magazine contains many
attractive half-tone cuts of the
leading business houses, factories,
mills, public buildings and homes of
this city, and is in every way a
booster of the splendid commercial,
agricultural, manufacturing and
home-making advantages of Eliza
beth City and Northeastern North
Carolina.
The leading feature article of the
Southern Motorist for December is
a nine-page description of Eliza
beth City and its wonderful back
country by Secretary Lorenzo D.
Case, of the local Chamber of Com
merce. It is written in Mr. Case's
pleasing style, and is followed by a
series of brief descriptions of vari
ous leading firms of the city. The
first 40 pages of the magazine are
devoted to this region in North
Carolina.
Merchants' Ass'n.
Elects Directors
At a recent meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Elizabeth City
Merchants' Association It was voted
to end this fiscal year of, the Asso
ciation with the calendar year and
that new directors be elected during
the last week In December, 1920.
The primary ballot -was mailed
out last week to elect the fifteen di
rectors for the ensuing year and the
following thirty merchants received
the highest number of votes, which
entitles them to be nominees in the
final election of the fifteen directors
for 1921-1922.
T. T. Turner, E. S. Chesson, Sr.,
J. C. Sawyer, M. L. Sheep, M. P. Gal
lop, C. W. Melick, E. F. Spencer,
Buxton White, J. T. McCabe, M. O.
Morrisette, H. C. Bright, T. S.
Hughes, D. Walter Harris. H. S.
Overman, F. G. Jacocks, J. H Mc
Mullan, W. P. Duff, O. F. Gilbert, L.
R. Chappell, Raymond Sheeley, E.
M. Stevens, C. A. Coqke, E. F. Ayd
lett, Jr., Dr. Julian Selig. J. T. Stal
ling. C. D. Gallop, A. R. Nicholson,
Geo. F. Wright, Shelton Scott, S. G.
Etheridge. .
EPWORTH LEAGUERS
MEET AT ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Dec. 29. The Epworth
League leaders from throughout the
Jurisdiction of the Southern Metho
dise church met here today to con
sider plans for extending the scope
of the organization.
The appointment of two field sec
retaries In each state was urged by
the speakers.
NOTICE
Saturday, January 1st, New
Year's Day, being a legal holiday,
the banks of Elizabeth City will be
closed.
Beginning Saturday, January 8th,
1921, the Banks will remain open
Saturday nights only (torn - 7 to 8
o'clock, Instead of 6 to 8 o'clock.
FIRST & CITIZENS NAT. BANK,
SAVINGS BANK & TRUST CO.
Rev. E. L. Stack has returned
from Greensboro, where he visited
HAVE ARRESTED
OFFICER TWIDDY
Will Be Given Hearing In Con
nection With Killing of
Henry Spencer In Raid Fri-
. day Night
A warrant was sworn out this
morning by Chief of Police Leon
Holmes for the arrest of Policeman
George Twiddy in connection with
the killing of Henry Spencer, color
ed, in a prohibition raid on Spencer's
home on north Harney street last
Friday night. Twiddy will be 'given
a hearing before Judge Spence prob
ably either Thursday or Friday. No
bond .was required of him.
PREMIERS TO MEET
AT PARIS OR LONDON
Paris, Dec. 29. On account of , bottom has been reached and the fu
the labor situation which makes it lu,.e j3 by no means as dark as it : was
necessary for Premier Lloyd George0 monlu ago. Letters teoeSvod Iron:
to be in London, the next conference i Lauli r.niciais in various pir:s of the
of Allied Premiers will be in London
or Paris instead of Nice, according
to newspapers here.
Youthful Bandit
Killed. In Battle;
I danger In reducing the cost of labor
Kankakee, Dec. 29. One of the , i3 aiways the prospect of a strike,
two youthful bandits who held up!uut jn many cases the employers
the New Orleans-Chicago flyer of the wf.uld be glad to be rid of an over
Illinois Central Railway near here head C03t on iaDOr altogether for a
last night was killed in battle with few weeks, so the wise laboring man
the police and railroad detectives consulting with the housewife and
near here this morning. The other noticing a decline in the prices of
surrendered. , food and clothing will, it is believed
The youths were Jose and Jacob
Scott,, twins, 24 years old and resi
dents of Greenville, Illinois.
Several hundred dollars in cash! getting anything at all during the
and a few thousand in jewelry were J w;ter months. But an abrupt
recovered. change in labor prices is not ex-
'reeled."
HALSTEAD-1WLMBR The financial world, which makes
A very pretty wedding was quietly I p08Sibie the continuance of manu
solcmnized at the home -of Mr. and facturUi? and business in general,
Mrs. J. K. Palmer at Weeksvllle on i,a3 passed through its crisis, and,
Thursday, December 23, 1920, when wh ile buying will be conservative,
their daughter, Reva Lee, became' mo return to normal has at last be
the bride of Julian Paul Halstead, gun There Is no longer need for
son of Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Halstead. ! the consumer to refrain from the
The rooms were attractively dec-! conservative buying of necessities,
orated with hollr and potted plants. alul tlie sooner the buying public be
The bride's pastor, Rev. E. L-1 conies convincod of tUis ftict, the let
Cole, performed the ceremony, using (ter ls will bo for producer, retailer
the ring. The bride wore a travel-; and consumer.
ing suit of blue tflcotine with shoe3
and gloves to harmonize. Her maid
of honor, Miss Bertha Clifton, was
dressed in black fat'n combined with
georgette. The groom's best raaiij
was his brother, Leland Halstead. i
Immediately after the ceremony
the bridal party was ushered Into ;
the dining room, where they were
attractively served tot sumptuous
dinner by Miss Bernice Dozier
None but the immediate family at-j
tended with the exception of Misses
Bertha Clifton and Bernice Dozier, I
of Elizabeth City.
IX POLICE COURT
James Blackwell, colored, was:
given thirty days on the roads in po-,
lice court Wednesday for beating his
way on the train. Blackwell admit-!
n hpinr . nrnfesslonal hoho and
said he had Just got out of Norfolk -
Jail where he pent sixty day?.
MEET TONIGHT
. The preslueht of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the First Bap
tist church urg9s every member to
be present at a special and import
ant call meeting tonight immediately
after prayer meeting.
PERSONALS
B. J. Forbes, of Newland, was in
the city Wednesday.
W. C. Morse, Sr., of Weeksvllle,
was in the city on business Tues
day. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Martin have
returned after a holiday visit to,
relatives in Chowan County.
D. B. Walston, of the Salem sec
tion, was here on business Tuesday
afternoon.
Maurice Bnckbouse, of Riverside,
has returned from a visit to relatives
and friends in Currituck County.
Rev. C. H. Trueblood, of Norfolk,
and Rev. Elwyn J. Trueblood, of
Anderson, S. C, are visiting their
mother, Mrs. Mary E. Trueblood, on
Greenlcaf street.
Rev. Frank Tool, of Greenville.
S. C, and his wife, who was for
merly Miss Rose Goodwin, of this
city, are spending the holidays with
rplntivM hrra.
HAS NOW PASSED
General Trend of Business Is
Back to Normal, and Nation
wide Readjustment Is Under
Way
While the process of readjust
ment is not over, the general busi
ness outlook is now decidedly more
favorable than at any time during
the past few months, and all danger
of a collapse in the credit situation
is passed, according to David Law
rence, Washington correspondent of
the Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch in a re
cent article in the Norfolk daily.
Lawrence says: "The process of re
adjustment is not yet over. Per
haps some of the most painful
changes will come when the price of
labor is gradually brought down,
but in the 'business world itself the
jjuiitry indicate that the turn came
iu thu last six or seven days and
that the improvement is substantial
and sound."
Speaking of thg probably wage
A T a.
Lawrence declares: "Of course the
here, be ready to accept a lower
weekly wage rather than Insist on a
higher one and run the risk of not
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
THURSDAY EVENING
A delightful Christmas program
of recitationg and caroig will be
glven ,n the annex of th(J p,m 1(ap.
Mst church Thursday evening at 7:30
by th- mUe foks of the Sumlav
Schoo, uuder the dircctlon of Mjs;
MahaU Meekln8 Tho bllc ,a cor.
JIall !uvt(,d
' '
"KING WINTER"
THURSDAY NIGHT
"' " lIUB' 18 1118 l)ue 01 ine
charming little Christmas play to be
lven at Blackwell Memorial annex
Thursday evening at 7:aO under the
direction of Mrs. L. E. Skinner. The
limn ioiks oi me sunuay acnooi win
take the various parts, and a de
lightful evening ls promised all who
attend.
MISS DOROTHY ZOELLER
! ENTERTAINS AT DANCE
' Miss Dorothy Zoeller entertained
.Tuesday evening at a delightful
I dance given at the club rooms on
Road street by her aunt, Mrs. D. A
, Morgan. The rooms were attrac-
lively decorated In Christmas colors.
I Those enjoying the evening ware:
Miss Margaret Bondurant with Mr.
I Ersklne Duff, Miss Eloise Chesson
with Mr. Francis Seyfert, Miss Ruth
White with Mr. Charles Seyfert,
Miss Llna Stevens with Mr. Gilbert
Hall, Miss Morgia Bell Carr with Mr.
James Hathaway, Miss Eunice Good
win with Mr, Frank Dawson, Miss
Emily Jennings with Mr. Avery
Jones, Miss Katherine Skinner with
, Mr. Henry Crawley. Miss Mary L.
Skinner with Mr. Edwin Tumley,
Miss Helen Perry with Mr. Wallace
Miller. Miss Mildred Hughes with
iMr. Guirkln Cook, Miss Mllicent
Orlce with Mr. John McMullan, Miss
Mary Nixon with Mr. Joe Lamb, Miss
Fva McMullan with Mr. William
Cotter. Miss Elizabeth Etheridge
wiili Mr. Ray Qulnn, Miss Mae For
rest, of Norfolk, with Mr. Oscar
Whitehurstj Mlas. Dorothy Zoeller
with Mr. Lev Oulrkin.
QUAKE IS CALIFORNIA
Willows. Cal.. Dec. 29. An earth
quake of iucb severity lhat it
aroused thi Inhabitants occurred
hnre this trornl'ij at 2:15. No dam
age has'becs reported thus far.
LK NX-ARMSTRONG
Eilwurd Clarence Lena, of New
port News, Va., and Miss Catherine
Lucill Armstrong, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. B. S. Armstrong, of this
city, were quietly married by Dr. G.
W. Clarke, at tho Blackwell Mem
orial parsonage Tuesday morning at
nine o'clock. They were attended
by the bride's brother, Clyde S.
Armstrong. W. E. Rountree, of
Newport News, and Miss Mae
Forbes, of this city. Following the
ceremony they left for a wedding
trip to points of Interest in the
north. Upon their return Mr. and
Mrs. Lenz will make their home at
Newport News, Va.
AT ALKRAMA WEDNESDAY
William S. Hart is the man who,
more than any other, has brought
the fading West back to tho hie.ii
orles of those who are now old and
given it a realistic presentation on
the screen for tho newer generation
which knows it only through books
or by word .of mouth in the from of
reminiscence. The West lives again
in the pictures in which Mr. H;irt is
starred by Artcraft. Ile has been
badinan, woodsman, plain.iiiian,
puncher, gambler everything in a
procession of characterizations, each
perfect in itself, pictures as faithful
to the types as, for example, are the
drawings of Frederick Remington.
Now he will come to the Alkrama
Theater today In a new type of pic
ture new, yet old. For he is still
a Westerner, and for a time, a ban
dit. But the story ls modern. It
deals with German spy plots on the
Mexican border and Mr. Hart saves
the day by a splendid piece of brav
ery and daring. Patriotically speak
ing, the film is one to make every
true American thrill, there ls a
wholesome love story and a mystery
of concealed wireless to add plpu
ancy. This is one of the best Hart
films in the entire range of his of
ferings.' Wanda Hawley, a genuine
beauty, is his leading woman.
MAKES PROTEST
The Advance:
I read today In the Virginian
Pilot where the town of New Bern
is to have what is known as a Fair
Price Committee. It seems to me
that Elizabeth City needs one espe
cially in regards to the prices charg
ed In the City Market.
For illustration: If a cattle rais
er or a hog raiser carries his meat
to the occupants of the market In
this town he Is offered 13 or 14
cents a pound, and is told that the
market man isn't especially anxious
to buy at any price. But when you
or I walk in to buy a cut of steak or
Mobably a roast for Sunday we are
Kreeted with a, smile, and told when
v-'e ask the price that it is only 35
cents a pound.
I haven't stopped to figure what
percentage they realize on their
meats, but it reminds me about a
juke or probably It was the truth. A
merchant was asked what percent
age he figured on his goods, and said
lie had never figured on any percent
age, but he knew D well
when' ho bought anything for fcl.00
and sold It for $2.00 he wasn't los-
Ing anything. i
Well it Is useless to say any more
a primary scholar can tell you
how much a butcher Is losing.
Answer children everybody: "Not
even the squeal."
A CITIZEN.
SAMPLE-MUNDEN
Miss Catherine Lucille Munden,
of this city, and John Richardson
Sample, of the Corinth section, were
united In marriage in a quiet, but
beautiful ceremony at the home of
Hev. Romulus F. Hall on West
Church street Friday night, Decem
ber 24th, at ten o'clock. They were
accompanied by Misses Mattie
Sprulll, Ida Mae Thornton, Rosa
Lee Stevens, Mary Maude Morrisette
and Messrs. Robert Byrum and Sel
dun Lamb. Mr. Sample- is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. Warren Sample,
of the Corinth section, and his bride
is the attractive daughter of Mr. and 1
Mrs. S. E. Munden, of Elizabeth
City. The young couple will make
their home at 125 Garden street,
Poughkeepsle, N. Y. I
TARKINTON-SYLVKSTER j
Bennlo Darrell Tarklnton and
Miss Sadie Elizabeth Sylvester, of
this city, were married here Mon-i
day evening at six o'clock by Rev.
II. K. Williams at the First Baptist
parsonage. The groom is the son
of Mrs. Mathlas Tarklnton, on Fear
ing street, and the bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James
Sylvester, whose residence Is on
Cedar street. Both are well known
In this city, and tholr many friends
take pleasure In wishing them many
years of happy married lift.
EXCITING SCENES
BEFORE COM'ITTEE
Representatives of Association
For Colored People Charge
That Negroes Were Denied
Vote In South
Washington, Dec. 29.
Charges by representatives of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People in the House today that
negroes were unlawfully pre
vented from voting in (the
South led to ' somewhat excit
ing scenes. Southern members
of the lionise Census Commit
tee took issue with the wit
nesses, and Representative Bee,
of Texas, declared that he was
tired of the States being in
sulted on the strength of hear
say evidence. One of the
spectators insisted on getting
into the discussion and Chair
man Siegel finally told him
that if he did not sit down he
must leave the room.
Declaring that there was nothing
in the laws of the Southern States
discriminating against the negro
voters, representatives from the
South suggested that the spokesmen
of the Association take their com
plaints of alleged discriminations
against negroes to the courts, rather
than td Congress. The House Cen
sus Conimitten ls continuing its
hearings on the Congressional Ap
portionment Hill, and it is believed
that, before the hearings are con
cluded; representatives of the Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored People will urge the reduction
or representation from Southern
States whdVe the alleged discrimin
ations are said to have taken place.
A bill recently Introduced In the
House provides for tho reduction of
the representatives from the South
ern States where it was found that
the negro had been denied en
franchisement. Wireless Progress
In South America
Rio De Janeiro, Dec. 27. In
creased wireless communication with
neighboring South American repub
lics and within the vast territory of
Brazil itself ls the aim of a bill Just
introduced Into the Chamber of
Deputies. It provides for the In
stallation of high-power wlreloos
stations In the federal district and
(by arrangement with Paraguay) in
Asuncion, and at convenient points
in the Brazilian states of Matto
Grosso and Rio Grande do Sul.
The preamble of the measure re
fers to the wireless progress made in
recent years, adding that this means
of communication between Rio Do
Janeiro, Ascunclon, Buenos Aires
and Montevideo would bo more eco
nomical than by the present land
telegraph or cable systems. It sug
gests the possibility of wireless
communication between Brazil anL
the countries on the west coast
through erection of stations in the
interior states of Brazil.
COLBY WELCOMED
BY PARAGUAYANS
Montevideo, Paraguay, Dec. 29.
Crt'at throngs lined the streets of
this city yesterday to welcome Sec
retary of State Colby, now upon an
official visit to South America.
American residents declare that it
was the most enthusiastic welcome
given a foreign visitor In many
yearn
CANNON BREAKS RECORD
Washington. Dec. 29. The House
of Representatives stopped work tor
"Uncle Jon" Cannon, who tabllsh
an hour today to pay tribute to
ed a new record for service In Con
gress yesterday, surpassing Justin
Smith Morrill, of Vormont, who pre
viously held the record of 43 years,
nine months and 24 days In House
nnd Senate.
NORWEGIAN SCHOONER IS
AFIRE NEAR CHARLESTON
Norfolk, Dec. 29. A radio mes
sage received here today announces
that the Norwegian schooner Kors
naos Is on fire eight nillei off Charles
ton, S. C. Twelve members of the
crew were taken off last night by the
Coast Guard cutter Somlnolo, which
u standing by.