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Unsettle J Tcms'.t; TrcL- ally Rain Sunday. 1,11. CeJ.Ies VOL. XI. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1921 NO. 1. r ' .. v "x .... ' (7? half ... Hie:; Q?v Chi SCIIOOiiS Zc:.r& of City School Trust r ..I " j Upon Maximum t3 He Cr:nt Upon City Scl. 1 The Board of Trustees ot the City Graded Schools at a meeting List . night authorized the issuance of bonds for the enlargement and. Im provement'' of the. schools inthe sum of $500,000, instead of $300,000 as had originally been suggested. The action of the trustees is in no way final, since the bond Issue must go h-fore the General Assembly in Jan uary, and, if it Is passed BY that body, it must then be voted upon by the people of this city. If the issue is approved all around, bonds will then be sold in an amo int not ex ceeding $500,000 to provide the ne cessary additions to the present school plant. .- '! The School Board, in determining the maximum expenditure to be au thorized, is of course uncertain as to the amount of money that will be needed for the schools, sinfc$ the re port ot the Federal survey conducted by United States Commissioner, P. P. Claxton has not yet been, received. The recommendations i ot i Commis sioner Claxton must! naturally be carefully considered -both as to their cost and the present advisability of their adoption before anything ref inl'o can be decided upon. MERRYMAKERS ARE INJURED San Francisco, Jan." 1. About .fifty New Year 'merrymakers were Injured, several seriously, wb,en a temporary sidewalk over an excava tion for a new building at Market and Taylor streets collapsed after midnight. . About 100 persons fell a distance of 25 feet. CARDINAL GIBBONS HAS RALLIED AGAIN Baltimore, Jtn. 1. TCardinal rallied after a good niglj.Vest and Is much better this mornlnVJ accord ing to a report received her? at ten X'clock 'this morning from Union Mills, Md., where he is ill at the home of a friend, Baltimore, Jan. 1. Cardinal Gib bons, who suffered a severe relapse yesterdaywas still Jiving early, to day. : i,The last sacrament was adminis tered yesterday. . , HARDING TAKES ONUY FEW lOURS HOLIDAY Vr.rtarinn. n . Jan. 1. Hard n took r,Jy part of the day for holiday, sliding much of the time at work on miscellaneous business which ' umulated In the last few ' u inned to have. New" "taar's' has acc cays. H.1 nlanned to have, NeW dinner ai -Vma with MfrViff and a . few ponCT ds. . i , t'AJUKO COMFORTABLE ' ' New, York, Jan. I. The condition of Enrico Caruso, ; confined 'with pleurisy and epyema, is-reported comfortable today. ' " I r r OP BRIDE-ELECT Vvs. v.'infield Worth entertatnea at ' i i Trklse on Triday after ip i three util six, corapUmen- t Almeda Hurt I Carr,' n ir.? to Mr. Robert Uyers I tr.T-o place on the fifth. . ; ,- i ..portions were eftfictive v i. i.n. Cupid score cards. Mrs.j A i nit v i tii won the prize Tor the' h.h' t t, Miss Carr was pre sent i ,1 lov 9 negligee. ter. the y ; i. . ,.j iiiss Virginia Vorthl en- i li e room with a large silver ba ! "m1 with mlnature bags tied v tulle and filled with -rice i i wis showered . upon ithe bn ' i a t "liD delicious courses ot refresh ni' ' wve served. ': i -:s Included, besides the he . i st. the following: Misses Neil ridge, Kate Albertson, Ver na i nee and Nan Burgess, Mrs. I i C.'ir. Mrs. Frank Scott. Mrs. V n lioilowcll, Mrs. F. Q. Ja ( ' . Albert Worth, Mrs. Ada I rs Will Perry, Mrs. Cecil ( :. Trs. Kidney Etherldge, Mrs. 1 :.'rs. Will Newbern, Mrs 1 Mrs. G. F. Hill. Mrs. A. L. - Mrs. J. Kenyon WII- lurfoot Jr., and X. 'Cg. tf.d fiovr.nxon .' ;.' 1. Nathan L. Mils'.-' ii se, N. Y., was Innnj-u-'inor of Now York today. James Pavis Is , r5it Here and Cor . iorrow .. Hear Him Will Spl int! PulL. v Davjs, son. of" Pasquotank Cr'"-,r, who ' t achieved ( , success .' , :t wa i,, ier ah d" a lawyer In the North, and who is now visiting relatives he, will speak at Berea baptist church' Sunday morning at eleven o'clock, and at Corinth Bap tist church that afternoon at 3:30. Mr. Davis lives at Holly, N. J., and has his law offlcetf ht Camden, N. J., one ot the leading commeMal and Industrial centers of that tte. He was born and raised in the Berea section of Pasquotank Couuiy, and is well ' remembered by. the older residents of that conimunjty,- He is a brother of Judge Johfi Warren Davis, of the United Stales Circuit Court of Appeals, who visited this city last summer; and Itev. Q, C. Davis, who has likewise jwrtev,a high place for himself in lv world. . James Davis is a ' .graduate of Brown University, - and' of the, law school of the University of Penis-ytJ vania. He i.lso spent two ye;IWt Crozer Seminary .in , preparation ministerial work which he later gave up for the practice of law, He is also the publisher of a weekly news paper in his home town, Holly, N. J. The general public is cordially in vited to hear his addresses at Berea and Corinth churches Sunday. Mr. Davis plans to return to his. home early next week. CLARK-SPIVEY Miss . Bessie Spivey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Spivey, and Mr. Clark, of Wilson, were married Saturday morning by Itev. C. P, Je rome at the home of the bride, near New Hope. This is the second marriage In the Spivey family within a week. On last Saturday Mr. Seth Spivey and Miss Irene Wi 'd were married by Rev. C. P. .'erome at Woodland Methodic rhu.vk Huge Seaplane Found Wrecked Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 1. A huge seaplane was found wrecked five miles at sea off Melbourne yes terday. It is likely to be one of the two abandoned by the naval aft flot illa of nine seaplanes en route from Washington to Key West this week. Much Skepticism About Pe Valera London, Jan. 1. There is much skepticism here concerning the re port that De Valera has landed in Ireland The newspapers ,have failed to ascertain his whereabouts and no otler- new has been received here hoyond that which was cabled from New York. - l"fZ Mf3"I dered Early New Year's Day t . J ;. mi ... . " New York,'.': Jh. 1. The New Year was Hihl a- few minutes old when murder v 'reported i-m'r Henry Schnepp, Ibutcher, was kill ei by . an unidentified man who es caped. . "' ENTERTAIX PARSONAGE SOCTETY . Mrs. C. R. Pugh and Mrs. D. D. Dudley will ,p"tpT-tain the Ladled Parsonage Soe'yty f ; City Road church on Monday afternoon at three o'clock at the home of Mrs. Pugh on West Main street. All members are requested to nieet at City Road church at two forty-five to be taken in automo biles. WINFALL GIVES TO CHILD FEEDING FUND ' The sum ot $151 was collected for the Child Feeding Fund at Winfall Thursday night at a Christmas en tertainment given there. GIVES SUCCESSFUL CHRISTMAS PLAY 3 At Calvary Baptist ( iiapcl Tues day night the children ot the Sundav school presented a pleasing Christ. mas play, "A Christmas Gift," un der the direction of Mrs. J. W. Mod !!n and Miss ' Mary Davis. The ( ;.fl v us (1,-cnratod in fitting man i,er and t b j 1;iy was & delightful ucc" in rvcry iy. There was a larr ' u" 1 inrfi T! i ' iy Bchool continues to prow r.J '!.;' and stovllly wifli 3. S. 1VU 61 oupnri;, -,-.:,-f.t MANY SUSPECTS ARE IN DUBLIN British Government Has Roun ded Them Into City Which - Explains Frequent Raids Say Officials Dublin, Dec. 31. A good deal of the military and police activity 4n Dublin in raiding all sorts of houses is explained by the " fact that the government' has rounded Into the city many of the suspected men. r There were men in most districts of Ireland who were sought by the police. Vhey "were, In the Irish phrase, 'on their keeping" and It is a tradltuJn' in Ireland that any man ','on the" run" from the government is entitled to sanctuary.' Many per spns, evin among those who disap prove oj outrages, share tjjis feeling f nd would be willing to harbor such men without, Inquiry. ). Tiiefcpressure of the police and mllitai , throughout '- the provinces has lieufl so close that no country district LU sale for tun fugitives. Some 6f them have1 sought refuge ju dugouts in the hills,, and the risk of receiving them in house and the terror of a visit from the Black and Jans is so great that many of the men suspected have been gradually hunted into Dublin. Here tinware diligently searched ' for day and night and few of them, it Is believed, ever spend two nights running in the same bed. The hotels are regarded as safer than the homes of sympathizers and hence the frequent invasion by the crown forces of even the best .hotels in which the ordinary, yisitor Is startled out of his sleep and with a revolver pointed at him .required to lie still till his identity is satis factorily established. Raids on private houses are re peated again and again after fail ure to find the wanted man, in the hope that he must turn up there some time, thinking the search has been abandoned. It Is , said tat: .$ere are districts on the North. bMp ot the city in which the people co'i-IW city in which the people con fidently expect these raids and 'tte names ot the wanted man are a sub ject of well Informed gossjp in the whole neighborhood. ALKRAM A MONDAY There is a scene in Eugene O'Brien's latest Selznick Picture, "The Wonderful Chance," which is announced to be shown at the Al krama 'Theater Moriday,'''.Tanuary 3, that will warm the coiifes of the hearts of all members of the Antl Tipping Society, cause a contented smile to'spreadvO'er.the faces of the S. P. U. G. (Society for Prevention of Useless Giving)!' and create a weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth among bug1 spectators, in the audience who arfc waiters,-bell hops and hat-boys. It is Just a Iittl unconscious comedy touch injeeted into a dramatic situation by Director George- Archainbaud, but it is one of those things that separate genius from mediocrity in V e art of dra matloroductlon. ; Eugene O'Brien 1i this H. H Van Loan story appears as "Swag ger" Barlow, a clev, crook.- Un Known to hlmaejf , mow is ; a double for Lord BlViOgham. w'ho has engaged a suite at the Ritz. Barlow in dodging a detective, who Is following him, enters the lobby of the motel, and IgfTrr.medlatelv taken for the Englishman. A belji-boy "rooms him in the most approved style, viz., puMs up the shades, opens the windows a trifle, turns on the light in the bath room, and after glancing around, finishes with the customary: "Is there anything else, sir?' and ex pectantly waits for the tip. Bar low, who is naturally puzzled over the entire situation, absent-mind edly answers, "No, thank vou," and does not tip the boy. The expres sion on the boy's face defies descrip tion, but It will be enry to pick out of the audience, by the satisfied grins on their respective faces, those long-suffering travelling men and women who have so often heard the familiar sentence. "Is there anything' else?" IUXK EMPLOYES MAY STRIKE ' Madrid, Jan. 1. Bank employes throughout Spain are threatening a general strika, according to late dis patches. TO BFCOMl IMPORTANT MOVII VllODl ( IXQ CEN'TKR . Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 1. Camp Johnston, near here, will be con verted Into a motion picture produc ing cpntor. , Announcement of the purchn'p of 700 acres for that pur pose there was made today. White House Quiet Recep ticn For Diplomatic. Corps By Secretary Davis Daniels and Baker Keep Open House Washington, Jan. 1. Government machinery at Washington paused today to greet the incoming year. On account of the President's, ill ness,1 the usual New Year reception at "the White House was dispensed with and the reception was tendered at the home of Acting Secretary 6f State Norman Davis to the diplo matic corps. Secretary Baker and Secretary Daniels held open house to receive New Year calls from the public and officers of the navy, army and ma-, rlne c6rps. Both houses of Congress adjourn ed. fa- How Beartown Was Sf Named City Manager 'J3j'C. Com ' mandH Tells ajBit of Local History ' Nearly everybody in Elizabeth City kjiows of , the name Beartown which is applied in general to that part of the Second Ward west of Harney street andnorth of Parson age, but few of the younger resi dents, at least, know ' how the sec tion came to 'be so called. Here is the way it came about, according to City Manager J. C. Commander: A certain former well-known citizen, in the days when the open saloon was a fact, instead of a tradition, got vsry much in his cups one Saturday night, a.nd on his way home in theL early hours of the morning encoun tered a bie Newfoundland dog. He mistook the unoffending canine fof ar brown bear, recently arrived from the Great Swamp cpirlitry, orvjust eapea irom a traveling snow men town- " With his' coat Tails flying, the jkitfulous gentleman -in- question struck a bee- line for IVome, auii since there were no speed laws then, hjsUate of progress through the city was not, handicapped by fe:- of a flne'jn police court next day. In other words, he literally burnt up the distance, and arrived home good three blocks "ahead" of the "bear,"-'Whtf did all he could to ke"ep up with hfsnew-found acquaintance. This citizen told his frlt-rida about his narrow, escape next day1;(and because his meeting .. with the. animal oc curred on Cedar street, ftiat part of the city Was thereafter called Bear town. Literally speaking, therefore, Beartown properly Includes the part of the Second Ward some three blocks deep' back of Main street, though some of the more" high-falutlng- ' residents of that section would pfhaps Indignantly disclaim the title. V FORTY-TWO THOUSAND TO SEE FOOTBALL GAME f Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 1. Forty tko thouBand persons expect to see OhloState University-California foot ball game' here today. The game starts at 2:30 Pacific time. American Players Made Clean Sweep Auckland, New Zealand, Jan. 1. William Tilden, of Philadelphia, and William Johnston,' of San Francisco, made a clean sweep in the Davis cup tennis championship tournament here today by defeating Gerald Pat terson and Norman Brookes' in the single events of the tournament. ii ' FOUR KILLED IN COLLISION Charlotte, Jan. 1. P. A. Deal and wife, fc. M. Deal, Jr., and his sister, Lena, were killed instantly and Leona Deal, a young er sister, was critically in- jured early today when a train struck their automo bile near this city. The party Was enroute home to Newton after attending tli funeral of P. A. Dial's daughter in law hie yesterday. mrmr nil TD riT7o ft rft fc fc ifr 2fa Sft Sfi City Itoud M.'lhodiwt The pastor. Rev. H. R. Myers, who had been called to Hoffman by the illness of his father, will return in time to conduct the morning service at eleven o'clock Sunday. Sunday evening the First Metho dist congregation will worship at City Road and the beautiful Christ mas program which was interrupted last Sunday evening, will be given following is the program; ' 'PART I (The first part of the Christmas Cantata, "The Saviour's Birth." by Chipman.) ; Organ Prelude. Solos and Choruses. "Lo. 'Tig the Hour." '. Solos and Cbornsns, "The King of ; Glory." " PART II ... , . (Selections from the Christmas Can tata, "The Star ot Bethlehem." by , -Hall.) Chorus, "The Heavens Declare. Tenor Solo, "What Means Ypn Star?" , (Quartet Accompaniment) Chorus, "The King Is Born." Male Quartet, "The Desert Way Is ' Weary." (SoDrano Obllgato) S horus, "Follow, the Str." ezzo Soprano Solo, "The Birth- ! . olace of the King." ' (Choir Accompaniment) Chorus. "Sing Hallelujah.'; Christ Church , Rev. George F. Hill, rector. Second Sunday after Christmas. ; Sunday school, 9:45 a. ru..- 1 11 a. in. Holy Communion and some very Important announce ments regarding the parlfh. for 1921, interesting to every member.. , 7:30 p. m., evening prayer and AVn',i mvltod m0Bt cordia41jr Tv Christ church. Vestry will meet at the rectory January 4th. . , .' Woman's Auxiliary will meet at the home of Mrs. J. B. Florl Mon day, January 3, 4 p. m. Ladles' Guild will meet at the home of Dr. J. B. Griggs Tuesday, 3; 30 p. m. St. Catherine's Guild' will meet at the rectory Tuesday, 4 p. m. B. S. A. will meet at the rectory January 10'h. The members all wilt please be nfeseut at these meetings promptly. lie rifgr will meet wtth 'each or ganization with a special message. Congregational meeting Sundav night, 7:30, January 9th. ' ' Kirst Uuptlst Sunday school at 30 a. m., S. G. Scott,, superintendent. - Rev. H. K. Williams, pastor. Preaching at 11 a. m. and ,7:30 p, m. by the pastor. The mornlsg theme, "The Going of One Genera tion and the Coming of Another." The night theme, "The Sensuous Man." The Crusaders meet Sunday even ing at six-thirty. The B. Y. P. U. holds its meeting at six forty-five Sunday evening. The mid-week nrayer meeting Is on Wednesday evening at six-thirty. The public is most cordially invit ed to attend mil these services. Cann Memorial I'resbytfrluu Rev. William McC. Miller, the new pastor, will preach Sunday morning at eleven o'clock from the subject, "God's Happy Man," using as his At the evening service at 7:30 his text the First Psalm. subject will be "The Explanation of a Life Fully Surrendered to Christ." The text will be taken from the first chapter of Phlllpptans, 21st verse: Sunday school'ls at 9:45 Sunday morning. A very cordial invitation is ex tended the public to attend these services. , , ' , ' First Methodist Everybody is invited to the ser vlcfig to be held at the First Metho dist church. South, Suaday, Janu ary second. The Sunday school meets at nine-thirty a. m.." and at eleven o'clock the choir will sing a Christmas cantata, which will be followed by the Lord's Supper. The Epworth League will hold a ser vice at six forty-five p. m. There will be no seven-thirty wor ship at the church on account of the union service to bo held at the City Road Methodist church. Illirk wolf Memorial lliiptlwt Th pastor, Dr. G. W. Clarke, will preach Sunday morning from the subject. "The Forward Look." On Sundav evening the Christina music. "Star In the East," will, be repeated, and Rev. Ambrose Ward will deliver a .short New esri niPRsaee. The public is cordially Invited. ,' Flrit Chi'Mlan There will be services at the F0RTIIES0UTIIERN C. T. Bennett, Popular Man ager For Last Eight Years, Will Quit Hotel Business For the Present The Southern Hotel changed hands this morning. After conducting it for over eight years in a manner which has won the commendation of the traveling public, C. T. Bennett, the retiring manager, turned jthe keys over to his successor this morn ing, and walked out with the state ment that he appreciated the kind ness of the people toward him dur ing his management of the business, and that for the present he would not be connected with any hotel. Tho new maaager,- E. II. Spence, la a thoroughly experienced hotel man, having been connected with the Yarborough hotel . In Raleigh, ,the Lerralne and Lynnhaven in Norfolk; and the New Central in Charlotte, from which he comes to the South yn. He is the son of J. L. Spence, who was raiesed at South Mills, in Camden county. ,and is himself a native of Virginia. Telephones and running water In every room, and a thorough' renova tion of tho entire building, will be among the first things done under the new manacement. Mr. Spence an rMuncea that he intends to make the Southern a thoroughly modern hotel In every particular, and that no ex pense will be spared toward this end. The Southerg Hotel will still be op erated upon the American plan. 5 SKATING RINK OPENS JAN. 4th From Four In Afternoon to Eleven O'clock at Night In Armory Hall Roller .skating devotees will be Interested In the announcement that the Betsey Rink will open Tuesday, January 4th, at seven o'clock, in Armory Hall, Water street. Thereafter the hours will be from four o'clock in the afternoon to eleven o'clock ai night. ' , This gives the school children a chance in the afternoon and others a-ctiairte-at night. The afternoons will be especially devoted to the chimren. Tho will be plenty of attendants and instructors. The Elizabeth Amusement Com pany announces that they will tolerate no misbehavior and the rink will be carefully and properly con ducted. A cordial Invitation Is ex tended the public to visit the rink.' Famous Singers Here Monday Night . The Taylor-Johnson Trio will give a concert in Roanoke Institute auditorium Monday night, January 3. ' The trio comes under the manage ment of the famous Williams Jubilee Singers, who have visited this city a number of times and delighted large audiences ot white and colored people with their wonderful gift of song. The singers command high prices In other sections of the country, but because of their love ot the land where so many of their race live they are touring the South at popular prices, affording opportunity' to every one to hear splendid music for a small sum. 4 The prices for Monday nlpht nr.. CO and 75 cents. Seats will be re served for. white people, and a spe cial Invitation is extended them to attend this'1 high class concert. ' i i i CENTRAL COLLEGE I LAYS TEXAS CHRISTIAN VALIII Y Fort Worth, Jan. l.-VThe, Central College football team Is declad l tiest condition for the game today of any game this season. The b n plays Texas 'Christian t'jlvor v. which has not been beaten this a son. Central lost to Harvard and Georgia Tech only. Christian church on Pnrsui street. Sunday morning; sulij "F,ior!flel" C''st." EvenliiR vice. 7:30; subji-ct. "The Rewar the Faithful." The public Is in to attend each service. ?i; school at 2:30. Cnlvnrr llaptM Sundav prhool at three o Sunday afternoon. Rpv. Romulus F. Hall mill p at 7:30 Sunday evening. The He i cordially Invited. .