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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1921
NO. 85.
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.v.::?aii rapidly dravingto close
Willi GOAL Ej SIGHT -BIG AWARDS
vcry Member of Club Had Big Week Last
" VccI: And Without A Doubt This Week
Will Far Exceed Any Previous Week Mem
bers Must Fisht Hard To Maintain Present
Pcsiticn In Vote Standing Time Getting
Very Short, Make Every Minute Count This
Week - Your Reward For Your Efforts As
Member of Club Will Largely Depend On
Ycur Work During Last Few Days of Drive
Well club members, boosters and friends of the club mem
bers the day of days is almost here. Next Saturday night
April 16th at Eleven o'clock The Advance "5,000 Club" will
come to a successful close and the various members will be
winners or losers of the two Automobiles and other valuable
prizes offered by the club.
Some of the members will
receive bigger rewards than
others but one feature of The
Advance "5,000 Club" that is
not always the case in other
contests similar to this cam
paign, is that each and every
member of the club will be re
warded for his or her efforts,
no member who has been ac-
ub y Washington, April ll.-The sixty
the campaign Will go unpaid. 8eventh congress assembled at noon
,The clubhas a list of prizes today at the call of President Hard
,a of oKftiif o. 7Kn in ing for its first session Is expected to
valued at about $3,750 to be cotlnue untll fall. Meetings of sen
distributed among the mem- ate and House were somewhat per
"bers and to those who do not functory except for reorganization of
6ne of the'stipulated prizes and the U8ual flood of
will be paid ten per cent com- Xne congress,- which is the first
mission on the amount they controlled by Republicans to meet
i. 4. j j,; fV OTy, under a Republican administration
have turned m durmg the cam- Jq & decadepffiarked time tlll recelpt
paign. ' tomorrow of the President's message.
-jFwte More Days Left The House re-elected Frederick. H.
It is hard to realize that the eight Gillett, of Massachusetts, over Claude
weeks period is so near its end. The Kltchln, of North Carolina, Demo
time has passed swiftly and it cratlc candidate for speaker; Frank
teems only a matter of a few days w. Mondell, of Wyoming, was re
ysince the announcement of The Ad- elected Republican leader and Rep
rance Drive for circulation was resentatlve Kltchln, Democratic lead
made'. But to-day club-members er by virtue of nomination for speak
flnd themselves just five days dls- ershlp, succeeding late Champ Clark.
tant from their goal.. By nothing
short of bard world, during these
few days can some of the members
retain their present chances of be
' lng declared winner of one of the
automobiles or other larger prizes.
Over-confidence is often the cause
of defeat, and members of The Ad
vance "5,007 Club" are urged not
to let thle over-confidence prove
their undoing. No member of the
club has such a lead that it would
le a safe risk not to do everything
possible to get as many subscrip
tions this week as possible. Re
member this "Too many votes win
, too few lose. It is far better to
win by a big margin than to lose by
a. small one.
Se All Xour Friends
This is your last chance to legislation, promising, to prolong
gather in all your promises, to get j tne session confronts the new con
extensions and to see everybody you rress..
possibly can. After this week 'it
-will be too late and this is a case
where "better late than never"
don't count, for much, s Get every
'subscription you can, there's no
danger of any member's getting too
-many.
To Friends and Boosters
It ygu have promised your sub
scription to any member this week
this Is your last chance to help that
member win one of the automobiles
or other "prizes. If you wish to
4 give your ' support to one of the
merahrrs send your subscription to
.The Advance, office with instruc
' tlons bs to whom you desire to have
the credit and we will see that
proper credit is given. If youxan't
send in your subscription call up
your favorite and tell them to see
you at once or phone The Advance
office and we -will gladly have one
of the members see you. . If you
have riven a member a short term
subscriptlon during the earlier part
of the campaign it would help,
greatly for you n extend that sub
scription for a h.uger period. Boost
your favorite by giving as long a
subscription as you feel in position
-to, put your favorite over the top
for the Paige.
Eir.ICKEX WITH PARALYSIS
"rs. J. R. Matthews, who lives
r- C ' :.o, was stricken with
j- while at dinner Sunday and
U b"7 in.
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' : " t t'a's week a special
I ' " -t Rre vnr'h ru-
i ; ) !it r Facial
RECONSTRUCTION
IS THE TIIEME
Of Sixty-seventh Congress As
sembling In Extraordinary
Session Today at the Call of
President Harding
The Senate previously organized at
the special session begun March
fourth. '
While congress was assembling
today in special session President
Harding denied himself to callers
and worked on the message he will
deliver tomorrow In person to a
Joint session of congress. The mes
sage will not be complete until to
night or tomorrow morning as Presi
dent Harding prepares messages in
long hand.
Washington, April 11 Recon
struction of American affairs at
home and abroad Is the theme of
the Sixty-Seventh Congress, assem
bling at noon today in extraordi
nary session at the call of Presi
dent Harding. A vast expanse of
Programs of the Senate and
House for today's opening were con
fined to organization. The work
of the new Congress, informally ar
ranged by pre-session conferences
of leaders, awaited formal delinea
tion tomorrow or Wednesday, in
President Harding's mesage. This
was expected to. deal principally
with domestic Affairs, tariff inter
nal revenue and Mother home legis
lation. Peace and other interna
tional problems were scheduled for
attention later in the session.
The special session beginning to
day which will be the first of three
-marks the return of the republican
party to complete national control.
Not since President's Taft's time
have the White House, the Senate
and House and the government de-
partments all been under republl;
can rule. The Senate convenes
with 69 republicans and 37 demo
crats and the House with 300 re-
publicans and 132 democrats,
one socialist.
and
Pre-eminent in the extra session
program is fiscal legislation. This
includes the Fordney emergency
tariff bill, .- in line for imme
diate action, anti-dumping legis
lation, substitution of American for
foreign valuations of imports, per
manent tariff revision, a new inter
nal revenue tax law, the budget
system bill, and the soldiers' bonus
bill. Other measures are those for
reorganization of government de
partments and re-classiflcatlon of
federal salary and wage scales.
I The opening flood of bills and
renolntlons which failed during the
Inst congress which- adjourned
adj urnl March 4 last, always be-
Funeral J. H. Burgess
The funeral of John Henry Bur
gess was conducted Sunday after
noon from the First Methodist church
by Rev. J. M. Ormond.
The honorary pallbearers were: J.
Q. A. Wood, M. B. Culpepper, Frank
Spence, Maurice Wescott.
The pallbearers were: J. W.
Whltehurst, J. O. Jacocks, Constant
Fearing, John Snowden, C. W.
Mellck, J. T. McCabe, S. B. Parker,
C. W. Hollowell.
Veterans Pipkin and Davis, of this
city and Veteran Wright, of Camden,
attended the funeral' of their com
rade. Mrs. Mae Ouirkln Willey Bang
softly "Face to Pace" and the choir
sang "Lead Kindly Light" and
"Abide With Me."
Among the many beautiful floral
Offerings was one from the Daughters
of the Confederacy, one from Mr.
Burgess' Sunday School class, and
one from a friend of red and white
and blue flowers in the design of the
Confederate flag.
John Henry Burgess, aged 78, ad
jutant of the . William F. Martin
Camp of Confederate Veterans, died
at his home on West Main street Sat
urday morning after several weeks'
Illness. i
Mr. Burgess was one of Elizabeth
City's oldest residents. His health,
which for a man of his age had been
unusually good, began to fail about
three months ago and for the last
two weeks he had been confined to
his bed, his death momentarily ex
pected. The death of John Henry Burgess
takes from Elizabeth City one of the
four or five remaining Confederate
veterans of the William F. Martin
camp, and removes from the life of
the town a man who had been iden
tified with it as long as any one now
living here, Perhaps M. B. Culpep
per is the only other man in the
town who lived in the Elizabeth City
of sixty years ago.
John Henry Burgess was born in
Elizabeth City on February 21, 1843.
He was but little past his seven
teenth birthday when on May 21,
1861, he enlisted in the Confederate
army and served until he was cap
tured on February 8th, 1862. Later
he was exchanged and in April, 186,3,
he re-enlisted In the signal corps ser
vice, army of Northern Virginia, with
which he served until Lee's surrender
at Appomatox on April 9, 1865.
On November 15th, 1866, Mr.
Burgess married Rebecca Newbold,
and of this union nine children -were
born. His widow and seven of these
children, five sons and two daughters,
survive him.
The daughters are: Miss Nancy
N. Burgess, of this city, and Mrs. C.
R. Bell, fit Baltimore.
The sons are: J. H. Burgess, Jr.,
and J. W. Burgess, of Baltimore; W.
F. M. Burgess and C. N. Burgess, of
Norfolk, and A. E. Burgess, of Peters
burg. Up until eighteen years ago Mr.
Burgess was engaged In the mercan
tile 'business; but for the last eigh
teen years has retired from business
and has' lived a quiet life with bis
family. For the last several years
now he has lived at number 3 West
Main street.
Mr. Burgess was one of the oldest
members of the First Methodist
church of this city. When the build
ing now used as a house of worship
on East. Church street was dedicated
Mr; Burgess was a member.
CIVILIANS ATTACK
HOTEL IN DUBLIN
Dublin, April 11. One killed, two
seriously wounded were the casual
ties in a battle that raged twenty
minutes around Northwestern Hotel
in the North-Wall section here when
civilians armed with bombs and fire
arms attacked the hotel, which was
quartering government auxiliaries.
The casualties occurred among the
assaulting party.
gins in the House. Introduction of
Senate bills and resolutions comes
tomorrow. S
Most TTf the Senate and House
members, new and old, were pres
ent for today's opening.' Although
perfunctory, the opening session is
the magnet for spectators. The
Senate having organized during its
special session after March 4, inter
est today centered in, the House
proceedings.
The House program today fol
lows: 1$ M. William Tyler Page,
clerk, calls House to order.
Prayer by the chaplain and read
ing, by the clerk of" President Hard
ing's proclamation calling Congress
Into extraordinary session.
Clerk Pane calls the roil of the
Continued from Tags 1
FARMERS INVITED
TUESDAY MORNING
Address on Farm Loans by A.I
F. Lever, of Federal Farm
cZjraH Dr,i""iFolks Interested Urged to be There,
The opening meeting of the Drain
age Convention here tomorrow, Tues
day, morning will be of especial In
terest to farmers and they are ex
tended an especial invitation to
come. A. F. Lever, of the Federal
Farm Loan Board, will make an ad-
dress on farm loans, and there will
be other helpful features.
Any persons in the city who have
rooms they can offer to visitors to
the convention are asked to notify
Secretary Job Ot the Chamber of
Commerce.
SyCol. J. H. Pratt and W. A. McOirt
are among those who are already In
the city to attend the convention.
Following is the program:
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Morning Session 10:30 A.' M.
Invocation Rev. J. M. Ormond.
Addresses of Welcome W. O.
Caither. MaVOr: Noah BurfOOt.
Chairman County Commission-
ers; W. L. Cohoon, representa-
tlve of Chamber of Commerce,
ppunnntiBHnn. John tt. small,
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President Drainage Association,
and others.
Business Session:
Report of President,
Hon. John
H. Small.
Report of Secretary and Treas
urer, Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt.
Appointment of Committees:
Resolutions.
Membership.
Nominations.
Address "Farm joans." Hon. A. F.
Lever, of . the Federal Farm
Loan Board. (Discussion.) ;
Afternoon Session 1:80
Special Conference Drainage Engi
neers. t
2:80 P. M.
Address Dr. T. H. D. Oriffltts, U. 8.
Public Health Service. " i
Economic Value of Reclaimed Swamp
Lands Land Clearing Work
That Has Been Done in Wis
consin S. H. McCrory, Drainage
Engineer, U. S. Department of
Agriculture.
Address MaJ. W. A. Graham, Com
missioner of Agriculture.
Agricultural Value of Black Soils of
Reclaimed Swamp Lands W.
P. Pa(e, Soil Expert, N. C. De-j
partment of Agriculture.
Discussions By various representa
tives from drainage districts.
Evening Session
Entertainment Under auspices of
Elizabeth City Chamber of Com
merce. v 1
. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18
Conference Drainage Commission
ers at 9 a. m.
Morning Session 10 O'clock
Business Meeting 20 minutes.
EaBtern North Carolina Its Com
mercial Development, by Hon.
W. A. McGirt, Mgr., North Caro
lina Landowners' Association.
Review ot North Carolina's. Reclam
ation Work C. G. Elliott, I
Drainage Engineer.
North Carolina's Reclaimed Lands.
Their 'Uses, By Hon. Mark W.
rower, miersiaie commerce
Commission.
Address u. ssmun, mmoiK, va. the famous Jurist was due directly to
Tile Drainage Its Need and Value, pneumonla, which developed Thurs
by H. M. Lynde and F. P, Bar-,, day and gerved to aggravate hlg pre.
lei, jjepanmeni oi Agriculture.
J. T. Lewis, T. C. Whltaker, D,
C. McCotter. A. H. Cllne, C. W,
Shook and F. P. Latham.
Address Representative of Virginia
delegates.
Discussion of drainage exhibit to be
made at National Drainage Con
gress to be held at St. Paul,,
Minn., In September. . ... ' j
Afternoon Session
Discussion of Drainage Results in
North Carolina by C. W. Meniel,
John E. Shepardson, P. S. John
son, W. D. Alexander, J. L.
Decton.
Looks Like Another
Peace Conference
Toklo, April 11 (By The Associ
ated Press) Opinion in responsible
unofficial circles is that the note
from American Secretary of State
Hughes to the Allies relative to man
dates in general. Yap Included, virtu
ally implies another peace confer
ence. ,
O'Callaghan Must
w .f
i.eve me Vcuniry filed In supreme court today dls- giving it the same care and atten
Washington, April 11. Donald J. closes that President Wilson revoked tlon that he gave it himself.
O'Callaghan, Lord Mayor of Cork, the permit to operate the Western -
was today ordered by Secretary Union cable from Key West to Co-i DAIXTY r.RASSIERS
Davis t0 leave the country within Jlmar, Cuba, after reports that the Special valuetr-regularly worth
sixty days from date. The fUate Do- company would use it to connect the $2.00 to $2.60. As a special for this
partment held him not entitled to Barbndores, South America, cable to week we will offer these garments
asylum here as a political refugee, i Amcrlran shores. 'price of 88c. M. Leigh Ehcep Co.
Community . Affair
Tonight at 7:30
Especially All
First Meeting
Tonight in the Chamber of
will be a most important Community Meeting.
WINDER HELD FOR
SUPERIOR COURT
Recorder Finds Probable Cause
In Both Cases Against Promi
nent Real Estate Man In
Hinton Building
At fh hoarlnir In rAonrcWa rnnrt
nere Monday morning, L. L. Winder
wag held for superior court, on the
charges of Immorality which caused.
i... .
u so an cot i nu irccno ugu i
The court having found probable
cause in the two more serious indict
ments the State took a nol pros on
the third indictment alleging ordin
ary prostitution. Bond in the sum
of $1500 was required in each case,
making a total of $3,000, the same
bond that was fixed when the .defend
ant was first arraigned; though W. L.
j Small, private counsel to assist thsj
state, earnestly insisted that bond of
$3,000 -should be required in eachi
case. '
Mr. Winder himself was present in
person, his first appearance in court
since the proceedings were instituted.
He appeared calm and collected, and
smiled from time to time in address
ing his. attorneys.
Bithnr hand hv formidahin firm nfj
counsel. At his immediate left sat
Colonel 1. 11. Meekins. Next sat J.
Kenyon Wilson and C. E. Thompson
came next with P. G. Sawyer to Win
der's right. Immediately in front of
Winder sat P. W. McMullan, who
moved to this position to better cross
examine the witnesses, the first of
whom was somewhat deaf.
The State offered only three wit-
nesses, one in the first and two in
the second case. The first wit
ness was G. B. Matthews, an ar
tist of Richmond, who had a studio
In the Hinton Building for a few
months this year, occupying offices
on the same floor with and next to
Winder. He testified that on a cer
tain afternoon between the 10th and
the 16th of March he heard noise of
a scuffle In the next room from Win
Continued on Page 2
Will Pay Tribute
To Judge Pritchard
Ashevllle. N. C, April 11 Fed
eral Judge Jeter Coniey Prltchard, of i
tne Tjnfted States Circuit Court for j
the Fourth district, died here this,
m0tnlng at ( o'clock, following an!
nmess of several months. Death of
vlou. DhVgical .ffintiong. He wao in
his sixty-fourth year. I
All business will suspend ten min
utes at three p.'m. tomorrow, when
the state will pay the last respects to
Judge Pritchard, presiding officer of
the fourth circuit U.
circuit court
of appeals. i
i
I very in action at the time when he
HArri rnaur wa fatally wounded.
Kt , - , ' Arrangements are being made to
Nothing Or Murder, have the funeral and interment on
- - i the courthouse green. The Ameri-
Buffalo, April 11. Former Gor- can Legion is making plans today and
ernor, Whitman announced today at- announcement wil be . made in to
ter conference with Roy Harris, in morrow's paper so that the entire
which the latter confessed his story community may attend the ceremo
regardlng complicity In the murder nies and pay tribute to this brave
of ,Joseph B. Elwell In New York soldier. 8ervice men attending are
last June was Imnglnatlve, that Har
ris showed plainly that he bad not
the slightest knowledge of the facts
in the case except what he read In
newspapers.
WILSON REVOKED PERMIT
WESTERN UNION CABLE
Vrii.Mn ... Arll 11 A Vrlaf
i " "nuii'siuu. jijmh uiv.
Who Attended
Commerce rooms at 7:30 there
Some definite decisions and
and plans are to be made for
community service work at
this meeting and it is es
especially urged that all1 who
attended the first meeting;
when Dr. Horace Jones spoke
here in February attend the
meeting tonight.
xhe Sunday afternoon com
munity sing was fine. Judge
Leigh did the honors and the
talking, and looked the part,
1wnva rlno nil that and
ne always Qoes an mai, ana
has the proper spirit, too. He
urged good fellowship, and.
lending a hand to one's neigh
bor and attending community
affairs. ..
Mr. Hoffmeister led the
singing and everybody had a
good time.
There's going to be a big
community sing Friday night.
There's going to be another
one next Sunday afternoon 'at
four.
There are many other plans
but tonight. some important
matters must be decided and
the people who are sincerely
interested in their communi
ty's welfare and development
are asked to be at this meet
ing. FORMER GERMAN
EiWRESSIS DEAD
Never Knew That Son, Former
Prince Joachim, Committed
Suicide Last . July -Funeral
at Potsdam Wednesday
Doom, Holland, April 11. For
mer Empress Augusta Victoria of
Germany, died at six o'clock this
morning of heart disease, Just one
year after the first serious heart at
tack she suffered.
The fact that her son, former
Prince Joachim, committed suicide
last July was never divulged to her,
although she was told some time ago
that he was dead.
The funeral will be conducted
Potsdam Wednesday.
at
Body Seth E. Perry
Arrives at Hoookn
The body of Seth Edward Perry
has arrived at Hoboken and will be
sent here for burial. It will probably
arrive tomorrow, Tuesday, April It.
Perry was the first to be killed in
action of the men who went over-
Beas Irom Pasquotank county and
he was awarded the D. S. C. for bra
asked to wear their uniforms.
MRS. G. W. TWIDDY PUTS
FIRST MAY PEAS ON MARKET
The first May peas ef the season
were on sale at Twiddy's Grocery
Store Monday. They were raised by
Mrs. O. W. Twiddy In her garden
and were fine, well developod peas.
The late O. W. Twiddy always had a
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