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VOL. XI.
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1921
NO. 22.
A WOMAN WILL
ADDRESS SOLONS
Precedent Smashed la Invita
tion Extended Mrs. Frank
Vanderbilt to Speak Before
General Assembly
Raleigh, Jan. 26 (Special) The
General Assembly of North Carolina
by a Joint resolution introduced and
passed this morning; again smashed
precedent when it invited Mrs.
GeOrge W. Vanderbilt, president of
the State Agricultural Society, to ap
pear In' person and address the
eolons on Wednesday, February 2nd.
Representative Will Everett of
fered the resolution and its reading
caused broad smiles to flicker across
the faces of many members of the
"Immortal Sixty-three."
It is eaid at the capitol that Mrs.
Vanderbilt will be asked to discuss,
among other things, a greater pro
gram for the annual State Fair.
Her selection to the office of
president by the society last year
has met with universal approval
throughout the State and her debut
into the political life of North Caro
lina is ominous from the standpoint
of the new citizenship.
The House this morning also pass
ed the Taylor bill to lessen th
crime of lynching by providing for
the removal to another county of a
case for trial without the presence of
the prisoner in the court room.
Two thousand copies of Governor
Morrison's inaugural address were
ordered printed for distribution.
'Mke Is Busy
Representative Cooke, of Pasquo
tanw, has introduced the following
local bills affecting rural Pasquo
tank: A Bill to be entitled an Act to pro
vide for the submission of the
question of compulsory dipping of
cattle to the vote of the qualified
voters of Pasquotank County.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Lotion 1 The Board of County
C missioners of Pasquotank County
is hereby authorized, empowered
and directed to provide a special
election to be held at all voting pre
cincts in said County on Tuesday,
the fifth day of Atfrll, one thousand
nine hundred and twenty-one, and
at that time to submit to the quali
fied voters of Pasquotank County the
question of a compulsory dipping of
cattle in Pasquotank County. At
the said election those voters who
shall be In favor of the compulsory
dipping of cattle In accordance with
and under the rules and regulations
of the( State Department of Agricul
ture regarding the eradication of the
fever tick "shall vote a ballot on
which shall be written or printed the
words "For Cattle Dipping," and
those opposed shall vote a ballot
on which shall be written or printed
the words "Against Cattle Dipping."
The said election shall be conducted
under the laws providing for the
election of members of the General
Assembly, as near as may be, and
the votes cast in said election shall
be returned and canvassed In like
manner as Is provided for members
of the General Assembly, and the
result shall be made out and cer
tified to the Register of Deeds of
Pasquotank County.
Sec. 2 If upon the canvass of the
returns of said election It shall be
found that the majority of the votes
cast In said election are "For Cattle
Dipping" then the said County of
Pasquotank shall be subject tc ihe
proper rules and regulations of the
Department of Agriculture on the
subject of cattle tick eradication Just
as it is so subject at present. If,
however, the majority of votes cast
jft said election Bhall be "Against
Cattle Dipping," then It shall be un
lawful tor any person, whether he
be the agent of the County of Pas
quotank or the State of North Caro
lina, to compel the dipping; of any
cattle In Pasquotank County for the
purpose of the eradication of the
fever Tick if the said .dipping is
against the wishes and desires of the
owner of the said cattle, and It shall
be thereupon unlawful to expend
any of the funds of Pasquotank
County or of the State of North
Carolina in order to secure the com
pulsory dipping of any cattle In
Tried Assassinate
Armenian Delegate
. f
Pari., Jan. 26. An un-
successful attempt was
made today to assassinate
Avetis Ahrounian, head of
the Armenian delegation
in Paris.
The alleged assailant
was arrested. He fired a
bullet at his intended vie-
tim, but the bullet missed
the mark.
SIX KILLED IN COLLISION
San Salvador, Jan. 26. Six per
sons were killed and five injured in ,
a collision between coal and work
trains on the Western allway near
here yesterday.
Pasquotank County.
Sec. 3 The Board of County
Commissioners of Pasquotank
County is hereby authorized snd di
rected to use for this election the
registration ordered by act of the
General Assembly of one thousand
nine hundred and tweniy-one foi 'he
purpose of a stock law election and
to use the same machinery a;. Is used
in said stock law election as far as
may be practicable.
Sec. 4 That t.u act f hall be In
force from and after its ratification.
A Kill to be entitled an Art to sub
mit to the qualified voters of Pas
quotank County the question of
.Stock Law.
The General Assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
Section 1 The Hoard of County
Commissioners of Pasquotank County
are hen oy authorized empowered
and directed, and it s!.;.;i bo '.heir
duty to provida i special election to
be held at all vj'ng premet- in said
County on TufiJay, :he llftii day of
April, one thousand nine hundred
and tventy-orw ".ud ai whirl time
there shall be submitted to the quali
fied voters of Pasquotank County
the question of ' Stock L." or "No
Stock Law," and at said election
those in favor of a general stock law
for Pasquotank County shall vote a
ballot on which shall be the words
"Stock Law," and those opposed to
a general stock law for said County
shall vote a ballot on which shall be
the words "Against Stock Law" and ary the first these tickets will not be e distribution was made regard
whlch said election shall be con-1 on sale and tickets to the concert of jeS9 0f nationality or creed and hun
ducted under the laws provided forjFebruary fourth will cost $1.00. Idreds of letters the Shanghai Red
the election of members of the Gen
eral Assembly, as near is miy be,
and the votes cast In said election
shell be returned and canvassed in
like manner as is provided for mem
bers of the General Assm')!y an1
tbe result shall be male o k and
certified to the Register of Deeds of
Pasquotank County.
Sec. 2 If upon the canvass of the
returns of said election it shall be
found that a majority of the votes
cast in said election be for stock
law, the stock law shall be and re
main in full force and effect in Pas
quotank County on and after the
first day of July, one thousand nine
hundred and twenty-one, and it
shall be unlawful for any stock as
defined under section one thousand
eight hundred and forty-one of the
Consolidated Statutes, to run at
large in Pasquotank County, under
the pains and penalties applicable to
stock-law territory in North Caro
lina, as set forth in chapter thirty
six of the Consolidated States. If.
however,, upon the canvass of the
returns of sal delection, it shall be
found that a majority of the votes
cast In said election shall not be
"For Stock Law," then the Btock
law territory In Pasquotank County
shall remain Just as it may be prior
to said election, and .no change of
any kind shall be made In the stock
law territory of Pasquotank County
by reason of said election.
Sec. 3 The Board . of County
Commissioners of Pasquotank
County Is hereby authorized and di
rected to provide for a new regis
tration for this said election and to
furnish registration books and poll j
books and all papers necessary for
such registration and election, and
to pay all necessary expenses for
said election out of
the general
EXPERTS PRESENT
REPORTTOCOUNCIL
Providing For Full Compliance
With AH Disarmament
Clauses Work To Be Finish
ed By July First
Paris, Jan. 26. Military experts
tody handed the-Supreme Council
their report on the plan for dlsband
ment of German military units.
Thie reports give satisfaction to
the French viewpoint, providing for
full compliance with all disarmament
clauses of the Versailles Treaty.
Two-thirds of the disarmament
must be completed by March first
and the work finished by July first.
Paul Doumer, French minister of
finance, opened the discussion of
German reparations at the morning
session.
TAKE PRISONER
OFF THF TR AHVl8ary publiC utllities was reeommend
" IHiillVed for rejection by the Senate Judi-
I clary committee today. The House
Alleged Murderer Was Being
Brought Back to Arkansas'
From El Paso, Where He
Had Escaped
Memphis, Jan. 26. Henry Lowry,
negro, charged with the murder of a
farmer and his daughter near Wil
son, Arkansas, on Christmas Day,
was taken from the officers at Sar-
dis, Mississippi, by a mob who disap
peared with him in an automobile.
Lowry was taken from the train
aboard which he was being returned
to Arkansas from El Paso, Texas,
where he was captured last week.
Eight or ten automobiles accom
panied the one in which the negro
was placed.
Associate Member
Tickets On Sale
r . r ah j wi
But Cannot Be Obtained After
Tuesday, February the
First, It Is Announced
The Elizabeth City Choral Society
announces that associate member-, In aIlj 400 shipments went for
ship tickets are now on sale at all ward t0 variou8 partg 0f China. Of
the drug stores aud by members of tne 350 hospitals and institutions
the Choral Society. ; that received them 232 were non-
However, after Tuesday, Febru- American and 118 were American.
The price of the associate mem- cross has received, attest the urg
bership ticket Is $1.00, but this ent neei 0f the things given, par
ticket entitles the holder to two con- ( ticularly at this time when owing to
cert tickets. . fluctuations of exchange and other
causes, working budgets of hospl-
FIRE IN MINING TOWN 'tals have been seriously Impaired.
BUSINESS DISTRICT Among the supplies shipped were
j five complete sets of surgical Instru-
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 26. The ments, the majority of which may
business district of the mining town not be obtained in China markets,
Avoca, pear here, was destroyed by and other things sent Included vari
fire t idaj. The loss was $150,000. ous kinds of cotton and bandages,
'surgical dressings, blanketing, gar-
NO SNOW TONIGHT ! ments, sterilizers, microscopes and
WILL TURN WARMER Af'9- AU expenses and charges
i for forwarding the supplies were
"Don't worry about this little cold borne by the China Central Commit
snap, It'll soon be warm and the tee of the Red Cross,
town folks will want to see the Twi- .
light Baseball Boys on the diamond
again," say members of the asso
ciation. "You remember the rival
ry we had last year well this was
Just the beginning."' This year we
propose to give better ball, and be
sides we propose to begin earfly in the
season. The meeting that is called
fM. Tl .r nlili, of V V f P
I..-.., v..
A. is for the purpose of profecting
the organization and for the laying
of plans, etc, for the approaching
season."
"The boys who do the playing
don't get pay, so you should show
your appreciation by coming to the
meeting and offer suggestions as to
what will be the best steps to take
towards helping to entertain during
the long summer evenings when the
clerks are all off at five o'clock."
County funds.
Sec. 4 All laws and clauses of
laws In conflict with the provisions ',
of this act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5 This act shall be in force
and effect from and after Its ratlfi-jW.
1 cation.
REV. J. A. IRWIN
IS INTERNED
Irish Sympathizer When Ar
rested Was Found With
Plenty of Ammunition and
Seditious Literature
Dublin, Jan. 26. A report issued
today at Dublin Castle says that
while searching the home of Rev. J.
A. Irwin, Presbyterian minister, the
police found a revolver, ammuni
tion, a shotgun and a quantity of
seditious literature.
Irwin, who had delivered ad
dresses in the United States when
Eamonn De Valera was in that
country, was sent to an interment
camp after his arrest.
Committee Rejects
Sunday Blue Law
Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 26. The
bill prohibiting Sunday amusements
but Detmittine oneration of neces-
committee postponed action.
Red CrOSS Gives
Aid To Chinese
Shanghai, Dec. 20 (Correspond-,
ence of The Associated Press) The
Shanghai branch of the American
Red Cross completed in December
distribution of something over f 500..
000 worth of medical and hospital i
supplies to mission dispensaries and
hospitals in all parts of China. The
materials given away in China were
those left behind in Siberia when the
American Red Cross was withdrawn,
consisting of 3,305 cases of goods,
about a shipload, that were trans
shipped from Vladivostok to Shang
hai In the summer months.
In order that a basis might bo ar
rived at for a systematic analysis of
the requirements of hospitals in
China, and so that the distribution
might he equitable, questionnaires
fi
were sent out by the Shanghai Red
Cr08g al)(, baaed on returns kom
these a chart was prepared which
gives a history and description of
tlle distribution
BANDITS ARE BUSY
WHILE HARDING'S AWAY
Marlon, Ohio, Jan. 26. Two ban
dits today entered the office of the
county treasurer In the court house
here, knocked Treasurer Forry un
conscious with the butt end of a re-
vover) egcaplng ,n an automob,ie
wUh near)y )n
MANY MORE NEGROES
PENNSYLVANIA CITIES
Washington, Jan. 26. The negro
population of Pittsburgh, Pa., Is
37,688, an Increase of 47 per cent,
The negro population of Phlladel-
phla Is 134,098, an Increase of 58
per cent.
DOG LOST POINTER DOG, ME
d'um size, dark brown and white,
Left home about two weeks ago.
'$25.00 reward for his return or in-
formation leading to his recovery
J. B. Johnson, care Norfolk
(Southern Freight Depot. lt-np
Chas. M. Schwab
Received No Pay
Washington, Jan. 26.
Charges that Charles M.
Schwab received payment
from the Government for
expenses while director of
the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration were not proved
and are not true, the
Walsh Investigating Com
mittee declared today in
an authorized statement.
ci 1 I 1 J
" wo. uun.. uii
the witness stand yester-
day, overcome by hi emo
tions, as he defied receiv
ing the money, as charged.
It i'. (
USE MUCH SMOKE
NAME WARS
Toxic Candles to Form Smoke
Screen Will Play Great
Part, Is the Opinion of
Expert
Philadelphia, Jan. 25 (By the
Associated Press) Toxic smoke
candles, recently developed, will
have an extensive use in future wars,
in tho opinion of L. I. Shaw, of the
Internal Bureau of Mines, who re
cently spoke on "Smoke and Incen
diary Material," before the Franklin
Institute. '
"Smoke candles, socalled," he
said, are small cylindrical boxes
which are ignited by some sort of
friction device and which contain
smoke producing mixtures. Their
use Is in setting up a smoke screen
clo;-,e at hand, for after Ignition they
are simply set on the ground not be
ing thrown or projected in any way.
The need is very apparent to make
the movements of small groups of
men close at hand possible.
"The British, early in the war,
developed very satisfactory smoke
candles which were used by all the
Allies. The Americans also develop
ed a candle which was satisfactory,
but which did not get into produc
tion and use in France before the
armistice.' The smoke is normally
white, must have maximum capacity
aud be cool enough to prevent the
setting up of air currents and thius
rise from the grounds. It must b
heavy so as to be displaced by tli
amount of wind of low velocit
These requirements are admirably
met by candles which produce a
smoke consisting of zinc chloride.
"As regards the future of Incen
diary material, my own opinion,
which opinion, however, is substan
tiated by at least some Of the mili
tary critics, is that Incendiary ma
terial, except for small arms and
long range shell and drop bombs
will have at'deast a very limited, and
perhaps no use. The flame projec
tors will probably never be used In
a future war. Smoke material, on
the other hand, will have a very ex
tensive and ever Increasing use.
By the use of the smoke r.creen dur
ing an attack the casualties can be
largely reduced.
There was in progress of develop
ment by the British and Americans
during the latter part of the war,
smoke candles which would give a
toxic smoke. The Toxic material
employed Is diphenylchlorarslne.
Dlphenylchlorarsine is a solid
which vaporizes In the heat of
candle and Is obtained in such a
state of division that It will pene
trate most gas masks. Such toxic
smokes, of which there will probably
be others developed, will find a very
extensive use In the future. It Is
the greatest step made thus far In
the new use of smoke."
ON" HUNTING TRIP
Mrs. C. W. Orlce and Mrs. Reg
inald Lambert left Wednesday to
Join F. M. Grlce. Jr., Reginald Lam
bert and C. W. Grlce, who have been
at N"ags Head for several days on a
hunting trip.
ROOM AND HOARD WANTBD BY
couple without children. Phone 357.
Jan 25-tf
MERCHANTS HAVE
Pay Up and Trade Week Cam
paign Considered Violation
of Lottery Law Offer Made
In Good Faith
As announced in a half-page ad
vertisement in Tuesdays Advance,
the merchants of Elizabeth City
have abandoned their plans for a
Pay-up and Trade Week Campaign.
Their offers of prizes were made
in good fa:th and they believed that
sucn a carv.pagn would be bene-
ideal to the entire community.
' S.milar campaigns had been con
ducted in oilier North Carolina
towns and this fact made the mer
chants sure that they were doing
nothing which was Illegal or in any
way harmful. However, the mer
chants were notified Saturday J,y
Sol'citor Ehringhaus that such a
campaign, however good a thing for
the community, is technically a vio
lation of the Lottery Law.
Of course, Elizabeth City mer
chants are men who believe in up
holding the law, and they did not
hesitate to comply at once with it.
As Solicitor Ehringhaus said In a
speech at the Alkrama recently It
isn't a question of whether the law
is good or bad, it is his business and
the business of every really good
citizen to stand for law enforce
ment. The merchants, though disappoint
ed in carrying out - co-operatively a
special bargain event, will make
things interesting for the com
munity for the next few weeks with
clearance sales, offering many splen
did values at very low prices. A
careful reading of Advance adver
tisements will, therefore, save shop
pers money.
Preserved Spinach
Poisons Nurses
Two Deaths Yesterday and
Two Others Are In Serious
Condition Today
Grand Rapids, Mich., Jan. 2C.
Two of 19 nurses and attaches at
the hospital here are suffering from
poisoning attributed to preserved
spinach are in a serious condition
today. There were two deaths yes
terday. MILLIONS BACK TAXES
IS BEING COLLECTED
Washington, Jan. 26. Approxi
mately $35,000,000 a month in back
taxes is being collected by the gov
ernment. Large sums were founl to
be due as the result of the audit of
returns.
FORTY-EIGHT DROWNED '
Manila, Jan. 26. Forty-eight
Filipinos were drowned and thirty
six women and children lost their
lives when in a coastwise schooner
was slown ashore and twelve more
wero drowned when a launch was
dr.ven on reefs.
PROTEST AGAINST LAWLESSNESS
Jacksonville, Fla., Acting Mayor
Ilowen Issued a call for a mass
meeting today to protest against law
lessness In Jacksonville. The call
was prompted by the tarring and
feathering of F. P. Sullivan here
last night.
Well Known Editor
Of Virginia Is Dead
Farmvllle, Vs., Jan. 26. James
Littleton Hart, postmaster and edi
tor of he Farmvllle Herald, Is dead
at his hom( here. He was secretary
of the Virginia Press Association for
a quarter of a century.
LOST SUNDAY JAN. 23 BETWEEN
Hertford and Elizabeth City tire
rim and section of rack from Cad
illac Automobile. Finder return or
notify me and receive reward. N.
Howard Smith St.