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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1921
NO. 83
BRITAIN FACES
SERIOUS CRISIS
Triple Alliance Labor
On Strike. Even
?. Lloyd George Can't
Manage Things
London, April 8. Britain is
today face to face with an in
dustrial crisis of unprecedented
proportions.
The Railwayraen's Union
and Federation of Transport
.Workers decided to strike in
support of the coal miners,
bringing the entire power of
the triple alliance of labor in
to the greatest controversy in
England for many years.
A general strike may be call
edmnless the miners and mine
owners reach a settlement.
The miners' representatives
have refused to accept Premier
Lloyd George's invitation to!'
meet the owners on the Condi- places provided by the Chamber of
tions proposed, which were,
.u A i
uuu pumpmen uu
neers return to work pending
necrdtiations
T , -io uri
London, April 8. All efforts
x0f Lloyd George having failed,
minprs pypc nti'vP are holdinff
. ... ,, m . , 1
&, conierence wun me inpie
Alliance to decide on a sympa-
thetic Strike. The Triple Alii-'
, ,
ance numoers eignt nunarea
million workers. i
Lloyd George has announced
j A 1 1
tne intention 01 ine govern-'
ment to issue an appeal for vol-
,r.a nf V,Q nmmo,.
ullo ... F.vorv.v
tive sympathetic Strike. He:
said a royal proclamation 80il expert of the Department and
, , ,, j . will take for the subject of his ad-
would call up army and navyjdre ..Agrlcnltural vBlue of Black
reserves. i Soils of Reclaimed Swamp Lands."
To Investigate
School Sanitation
A committee from the City Coun
cil visited the schools today to In
vestigate reports of in the Insanitary these lands are now very productive
conditions prevailing in the toilets of without fertilizer. It Is conceivable
these buildings. j that in the course of time their rich-
It was alleged at a meeting of the ness will become somewhat depleted
Council Thursday night that condi-1 unless some soil amendment is added
tions existed, in the toilets of both! from time to time,
buildings that ought not to be toler-j So, following Mr. Pate's address,
ated and that conditions ln the case a general discussion of peat as a fer
f the primary building were nnbear- tilizer will be taken up. There is an
able. Among other things it was abundance of peat in Eastern North
charged: Carolina, the average nitrogen con-
1 That at the primary building j teat of which is about 2, although
the floor Is a cess pool through which some deposits contain more than this
one has to wade to reach the stools, quantity. Its content of soluble nl-
2 That the stools themselves are trogen Is Immediately available for
in filthy and Insanitary condition be-' plant food, and it is potentially rich
yond description. (in nitrogen that Is gradually releas-
3 That the odor from the toilets ed for plant growth. It also con
reaches such a pitch that one may tains small quantities of potash and
not sit in a room near the toilets phosphorus; it supplies humus, a
without his very clothing becoming vital requirement for plant life un
saturated with lt.v jder natural conditions of growth. On
The committee directed to make account of its black color it absorbs
the investigation is made up of heat; soils to which it is applied are
Councilmen Sawyer and Worth andmade friable and easily worked; and
Manager Parker, of the Electric its water holding capacity protects
Light Company. . crops against long dry periods.
The committee will make Its re- Peat has been used commercially
port to the school board Friday for soil fertilization in the United
night. , States since 1908 and is coming to he
We found conditions fully as bad used extensively in the manufacture
a reports had Indicated, said a mem- of commercial fertilizer. But the
ber of the committee Friday after-
GERMANY MAY
IV
Fresh Proposition on Repara
tions Rumored and Talk of
(TV-. U- Ck; nJ
Held at Washington
PariB. April 8. It Is seml-offlclally
stated that a fresh proposition on
reparations was expected from Ger
many today. Unconfirmed reports
are ln circulation that the Germans
tre making another effort to Interest
the United States In the question.
Nothing Is known In official circles of
the report of an Invitation to the Al-j
lies and to Germany to meet In i
Washington to discuss reparations,!
an l it H (l flnrpd that there Is little
lHu ' v i ( t Pllr?i procedure being
f lift"
St. Louis Mourns
World War Heroes
St. Louis, April S. St. Louis to
day mourned the death of Ave hun
dred of its sons who were killed in
the World War. The bodies of six
sold'ers returned from France'lay in
state in the city hall. Flags over the
city flew at half mast, and the bodies
will be buried tomorrow with mili
tary honors.
GOING TO BE
FINE MEETING
North Carolinians From AH
Sections Preparing to Come
to Drainage Convention Here
Next Week
Chapel Hill, April S. The sessions
of the Drainage Convention, which is
to be held at Elizabeth City on the
12th and 13th of this month, will be
held in the assembly room of the
Elizabeth City Chamber of Commerce
on Main street, three blocks below
the Southern Hotel. Those attending
the convention who desire rooms will
register at the Southern Hotel and
Commerce. Registration for rooms,
uevei, win ue mane wun mo cierK
of the Southern Hotel.
inose desiring pullman reserva-
tions for Elizabeth City should ar-
range for same as soon as possible
80 that addltlonal pullmans can be
provided if necessary,
The secretary of the Association
who has Just returned from Eliza-
t,eth City, where he has been mak
ing local arrangements in regard to
h vention stated today that all
.indications point to a very Interest-
in and instructive meeting and he
believes it will be the best attended
ZZToT ln h'Stry f 'the A8
The name of W. F. Pate, of the
North Carolina Department of Agri-
culture, nas been added to the pro
gram of the conventloili the Becretary
announced today. Mr. Pate is the
These reclaimed lands araj recog-
OB ilUlUUg II1V IlCUI'Sl 1U U1B
state. They will grow almost any
kind of crops, Including corn, cotton,
grain, hay, potatoes and truck crops,
without fertilizer, and the yield per
acre is without parallel. While
nitrogen and other plant foods may
be extracted not only through chem
ical processes as ammonium sul
phates, but also and here Is the
Important point for farmers these
elements may be made available for
plant food without first being ex
tracted from the peat. Thus, by
ushig it ln the raw state, peat be
comes one of the most extensive do
mestic sources of nitrogen that can
be converted into plant food at prices
economical to the farmers
Mr. Pate's address and
this dis
cusslon should be of Interest and
value to delegates attending the con-j
ventidn.
NEGRO PATS TEXALTT'
nirhmnnd. Anril 8. Giles Sldnor.
rnnvlrted of attackint- a school.
teacner jn Halifax County, paid the
death peBftlty la tne electric chair
tori.T
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Misses Milicent Pool, Hilda Moran
and Sophie Davis have returned to
Salem College after spending the
Easter holidays here.
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DR. AUBREY WILLIAMS
of Richmond, Virginia, who begins revival meeting at the First Baptist
Church here on Sunday, April 17
COLONEL MEEKINS
HAS ACCEPTED
Office Carries Salary of $15,000
and In Absence of Custodian
Mr. Meekins Will Be In
Charge
Uy Edward E. KHITTOX.
(Thursday's News and Observer)
Washington April 6 Colonel
Isaac Meekins of Elizabeth City has
landed. As was forecast in this
correspondence he has accepted the
position of First Assistant to the
Alien Property Custodian, the title
of which is general counsel for the
office. The appointment was made
by Thomas W. Miller, the Alien Prop
erty Custodian, who announced It
today. Colonel Meekins was in the
city to take over the position, hav
ing signified that he was willing to
accept it. And while there is no off!
cial announcement, reports have- it
that the position carrier with it a
salary of $15,000 a year, quite
nifty amount. In the absence of the
custodian Colonel Meekins will be
ln general charge of the offices in
Washington and act as general as
sistant to the Custodian.
Colonel Meekins was formerly
United States district Attorney, for
the Eastern District of North Caro
lina with the Taft administration. He
is a prominent lawyer in North Car
olina and was so recognfzed by the
last Republican administration. In
the recent campaign he spoke thru-
ou eighteen states and came ,n con
tact with Mr. Miller, now the alien
property custodian, .'who was the
Eastern Director of the Republican
National committee speakers bureau
at New York. In announcing the
appointment Mr. Miller stated that
he was very glad to be able to bring
the ability and experience of Colonel
Meekins to the administration of the
business of the office.
And Colonel Meekins had the en
dorsement of the Republican State
organization before considering the
acceptance of the appointment. At
the. request of Mr. Miller he commu
nicated with Republican National
Committeeman John M. Morehead,
and Republican State Chairman,
Frank A. LInney and received their
unqualified endorsement for the po
sition, the two men looked upon as
leaders of the Republican party In
North Carolina. And I speak by
the book when I say that no one else
was consulted with respect to the ap
pointment. Tar Heel Politic ians Busy
There's another North Carolina
Republican who has his eye on a fat
Job. He Is Robert H. McNeill, now
residing in Washington, and he has
hopes that he Is to land as general
counsel of the Shipping Board. He
has strong backing for the position.
And there Is still another J. J. Brt;t
of Asheville, once ln Congress, and
one t,me Third Assistant Postmaster
General, is seeking his old Job ln the
rPostofflce Department and has filed
an application for it. His backers
are unknown, and Postmaster Gen-
eral Hays has taken no action on tho
matter, having the higher up appoint-
ments still to consider, and being en-
gaged ln the diversion of finding
S. S. Convention
M?ets In Raleigh
At Baptist Tabernacle on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thurs
day of Next Week v
Thousands of programs for th
State Sunday School Convention
which meets in the Baptist Taberna
cle Church of Raleigh, April 12, 13,
14, are being mailed over the State.
The program committee in co-ppera-tion
with Dr. W. A. Withers, Chair
man of the Generul Committee on
Arrangements Is also sending from
the office of the North Carolina Sun
day School Association other printed
matter to many people who are in
quiring about the Convention.
The final meeting of the General
CoSnmittee on Arrangements was
held on March 6. A communcatlon
from this committee Indicates that
reports from the various sub com
mittees show everything to be in
readiness for the hundreds of dele
gate who are expected ln Raleigh on
April 12, attending the Convention
from all parts of the State.
. Accomodations for delegates at the
rate of $1.00 per night, have been
provided ln the private homes of the
church people of Raleigh, and the
people over the State are assured by
the committee of ample accomoda
tions. The Committee on Registration
and Home Assignment, under the di
rection of chairman. Prof. L. L.
Vaughan of the faculty of the State
A. & E. College, has arranged begin
ning at noon Tuesday, April 12. to
meet all trains arriving in Raleigh
during the Convention. The delegates
will register and be assigned homes
from the Station, The committee
has also arranged for two registration
hoot lis at the Tabernacle Baptist
Church, so all who come in automo
biles can be assigned homes from
there.
According to the communication
from the General Committee no re
gistration fee will be chaged, but all
who attend tho convention are re
quested to register as a matter of re
cord. Thmughthe program committee
of which Mr. D. W. Sims, Superin
tendent of the North Carolina Sunday
School Association is Chairmnn, It
has been arranged to present each
person registering -at the Convention
with a package containing badge, pro
gram, note book and pencil.
Conspiracy Case
Argument Closes
Macon, April 8. Four of the
forty-five men on trial In Federal
Court here last week charged with
conspiracy to rob the American
Railway Express Company of more
than a million dollars in merchandise
will probably know their fate before
night.
Argument Is expected to be closed
by noon and Judge Evans will then
charge the jury who will take the
case.
ways and means to get rid of Demo-
cratlc postmasters now In office wlth-
out breaking all the rulei ot the civil
service commission.
I Vife Shooting
Popular Sport
! Wife shooting sneins to ha reach
linc thfi stneo of :in t-mleniic umone
the negroes in Klizabeth City since
the double inunK'r und suiciilo at the
Southern Hotel some weeks ago.
A warrant was Issued Kridav
! morning for Hubert Norwood, who
shot and wounded Ids wife as she
was leaving the negro "Holiness"
church on Bell street at about half
past ten o'clock Thursday night. The
bullet is now lodged in her left
thigh. It is alleged that Norwood
shot tive times, but that all the rest
of the shots wenwild.
The two Hollys who were wounded
in a fracas at the woman's homo, on
South Road street last Saturday
night are still unable to appear in
court, but it is believed that both
will recover.
VOTING AT NOON
LOOKED SKIMPY
Polls Clore at 6:30 Tonight
Better Hurry and Vote For
Better Schools Before the
Opportunity Passes
At noon today voting in the school
bond election showed up mighty
skimpy. It was something like this:
For Against
First Ward 44 7
Second Ward 40 10
Third Ward 61 3
Fourth Ward 35 5
-This looked bad, because those
who registered and do not vote
count against school bonds.
For instance, in the Fourth ward
about 187 registered and not more
than 35 had voted for bonds at
noon.
Coming back from tho polls, how
ever, The Advance man encountered
George A. Twlddy, who is always an
optimist, weather or no, and George
said:
"That's all right, the Peeles have
voted now, just wait till about two
o'clock and nil the Twlddys and afl
the Crunks will have voted by then
and you'll see a big difference ln
those figures."
So here's hoping that there are
more big families in the other wards
who'll vote for schools before the
polls close at 6:30 tonight.
Following are the polling places:
First Ward Godfrey's store.
Second Ward Store on Harney
back of Williams' store on Parsonage
street.
Third Ward Whitehurst's store
on Fearing street.
Fourth Ward City Market.
Following are the poll holders:
first Ward L. R. Foreman, Mrs.
A. B. Houtz.
Second Ward E. M. Stevens, Mrs.
M. E. Trueblood.
Third Ward John Wells, Miss
Marcle Albertson.
Fourth Ward J. C. Spence, Mrs.
Bessie Stewart.
COMMUNITY MEET
ON MONDAY NIGHT
Everybody Interested Is Invited
and Especially Those Who
Attended First Meeting Held
About Community Work
There will be a meeting of the
Elizabeth City Community Service
Advisory Committee in the Chamber
of Commerce auditorium, Monday
evening, April 11th, at 7:30 P. M.
All persons who are Interested in
Community Service in Elizabeth City
aro cordially Invited to attend.
Jt is particularly desirable that all
persons be present at this meeting,
who attended the initial meeting on
February 11th, at which Dr. Horace
L. Jones presented the subject of
Community Service and which served
as the basis upon which Community
Service, Inc., was Invited to send a
worker to Elizabeth City.
Hoover Continues
Business Meets
Washington, April 8. Secretary
Hoover continued today his series of
conferences with representatives of
the leading Industries looking toward
the formation of an advisory council
to the Department of Commerce com
posed of business men.
Representatives of automobile
and dye Industries today discussed
the personnel of a committee to rep
resent their Industries on the coun
cil and general Ideas for the expan
sion of the country's trade.
TWO DEBATES
HERE TONIGHT
Elizabeth City People Invited
To Hear South Mills and
Manteo Teams Contend For
Laurels
South Mills and Manteo will de
bate here tonight, One debate
being held 1 n' the high school audi
torium at 7:30 and the other at
Blackwell Memorial church at the
same hour.
The public is cordially invited to
attend these debutes.
At the high school the Elizabeth'
City School Club and orchestru will
contribute to the enjoyment of the
program.
At the church there will also be en
joyable musical numbers.
The South Mills teams are: Nega
tive, Frank Mullen and Jack Burn
ham; atlirmative, Wley Burnham
and Lenwood Gregory.
Two teams from each school have
come over to decide on neutral
ground which team will go to
Chapel Hill. The other school In the
triangle pulled out and left it up to
Manteo and South Mills.
Will Not Discard
Harris Confession
Buffalo, April 8. The police of
this city and New York who closely
examined Roy Harris regarding the
details of the murder of Joseph El
well declared today that they could
not discard Harris' alleged confes
sion of participation in the crime.
Wholly false, erroneous and conflict
ing statements cited ln the reported
confession, officers said, might be
attributed to faulty memory.
New York, April 8. Impressed by
the detailed account of the Joseph
Elwell murder given at Buffalo by
Roy Harris, former Governor Whit
man, who is in charge ot the investi
gation, said today that he Is begin
ning to take more seriously Harris'
alleged confession of "complicity ln
the crime.
FEAR FOR SAFETY
OF GREEK FORCE
Extent of Recent Greek Re.
verses Indicated by Nunjber
In Hospitals and Entire Expe
ditionary Force In Danger '
Paris, April 8. Turkish Nation
alists have resumed their advance ln
the Bruea sector of Asia Minor, ac
cording to official dispatches.
Fears are entertained for the
safety of the entire Greek expedi
tionary force. Tlte magnitude of the
reverse suffered by the Greeks Is said
to be Indicated by the number in
hospitals ln Brusa.
HUKPRISK PAUTV IN
HONOR DOUBLE BIRTHDAY
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Wright were
j given a delightful surprise party
Thursday evening at their home on
East Burgess street in honor of their
sixtieth and fifty-eighth birthdays
respectively. While they enjoyed
supper with Mr. and Mrs. O. F.
Wright on Main streot, the party
plans were carried out. The home
was attractively decorated In yellow
and green, tulips, ferns and yellow
candles being used. Two large bas
kets overflowing with gifts were
brought into the room by little Miss
Mary Byrd Saunders. The guests
were given cards and pencils to write
their birthday wishes for Mr. and
Mrs. Wright and these wishes were
read aloud by Dr. G. W. Clarke. The
guests were Dr. and Mrs, G, W.
Clarke, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Thurs
ton, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Armstrong,
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Armstrong. Mr.
and Mrs. George F. Wright. MrB.
James Hill, Mrs. Ella Hollowell,
Mrs. Sallie Hyatt, Miss Sophie Mor
rlsette, Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Hudgins,
Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Leary, Mr. and
Mrs. E. L. Dough, of Shawboro, Mr.
and Mrs. George Grandy, of Shaw
boro, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ferebee, Mr.
and Mrs. J. H. Morrlsette, Misses
Verna Ferebee and Mae Morrlsette.
HAS FINE POTATOES
J. E. Cox. ot Shiloh, was ln the
city Friday on business. Asked
about his potato crop this season, Mr.
Cox said: "Why everybody who has
seen my potatoes says they are the
finest ln Camden County. I'm Just
boplng that the prices will be right
when they are ready for market."
Miss Mary Claire Peterson, of Wil
mington, Is visiting Miss Minnie Naah.
on Matthews streot.