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WEATHER Unsettled weather to- night and Wednesday, probably showers. Warm- er tonight. CIRCULATION : Monday 1,632 Copies VOL. XI. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY EVKNINTr, AUGUST 16, 1!)21 FOUR PACES NO. 190. FIRST COUNCIL WELL ATTENDED Interest In Social Service Cen tral Organization Most En couraging Next Meeting " First Tuesday in September The first regular meeting of the Council of Social Service, or Pub lic Welfare, was held in the Cham- ber of Commerce reception room Monday evening with a splendid re- presentation from the churches and other organizations and a good num ber of ex-offlcio numbers. The bylaws were read, corrected and in the main adopted, one or two matters being carried over for fur there consideration. R. T. Venters was chosen vice president of the Council ar.d It was decided that the office of secretary should include, the office of treasurer. The executive committee was named, and consists of G. R. Little, president; R. T. Venters, vice pres- ident; Mrs. F. G. Jacocks, Secretary- Treasurer; Mrs. R. B. Cotter, Mrs. E. E. Etheridge, V. B. Goodwin and Dr. Zenas Fearing, members at large. The next regular meeting will be held on the first Tuesday evening in September. Following are the representatives of the organizations: School Faculty, Mrs. E. E. Ether idge and Miss Hattie Harney. Red Cross, W. A. Worth. Young Women's Club, Miss Ge neva Roane. Daughters of Pocahontas, Mrs. Mamie Davis. Daughters of the Confederacy, Mrs. W. C, Glover. Daughters of Rebekah, Mrs. Ida Steger. Red Men, C. V. Ballard. Elks, Dr. Julian Sellg. Achoree Lodge, I. 0. 0. F., Rev. E. F. Sawyer. Juvenile Court, G. R. Little. Medical Society, Dr. H. D. Walker. First Baptist Church, W. L. Co "hoon. First Methodist Church, Mrs. Clay Foreman. Blackwell Memorial Baptist Church, R. T. Venters. City Road Methodist Church, Mrs. C. C. Clark. Church of the Good Shepherd, Rev. G. S. DeLano. Catholic Church, Mrs. R. B. Cot ter. Christ Church, Mrs. C. W. Melick. Calvary Baptist Church, Mrs. Les lie Waldorf. Other organizations are to name their representatives before the next meeting. Following are ex-offlcio'' members: Mayor W. Ben Goodwin. County Superintendent of Educa tion M. P. Jennings. City Health Officer Dr. 7.. Fearing. Chairman Board of County Com missioners Noah Burfoot. Superintendent of Schools S. L. Sheep. 'Home Demonstrator Miss Marcie Albertson. Farm Demonstrator G. W. Falls. County Health Officer C. B. Wil liams. The Council also includes, of course, Mrs. Anna Lewis, County Welfare Officer, and Mrs. Maggie Blount, W. T. Culpepper, G. F. Seyf fert, County Board of Welfare. The purpose of the Council Is to co-ordinate the welfare work of the community so that it may be done more effectively and efficiently. IRISH SOLDIERS ORDERED HOME Cancellation of Leave of Ab sence Is Simply Precaution ary Measure, Nothing More, Say Officials London, Aug. 16 (By The Associa ted Press) All soldiers on leave from Ireland were today ordered by telegraph to return to their regi me!nts immediately. Belfast, Aug. 16 It is reported here today that the Irish military authorities have cancelled all leaves of absence of both officers and men. It is stated that this action is sim ply a precaution against surprise and has no other significance. LODGE IS DELEGATE DISARMAMENT MEET TEXTILE WORKERS TO Washington, Aug. 16 (By The As- MEET OCTOBER FIFTEEN sociated Press) Senator Lodge has New York, Aug. 16 (By The As been selected by President Harding sociated Press) The Amalgamated to be a member of the American Textile Workers of America have delegation to the disarmament con- called a convention here for October ference. 1 Are Arranging A Game With Edenton Local Baseball Players Plan To Donate (Into Receipt To Com munity HoHpital D. Guy Brockett, manager of the Elk baseball team, is making ar rangements with the management of the Edenton outtlt for a game to be played on the Main street diamond Friday afternoon, th proceeds of which are to be donated to the Ootn- munity Hospital fund, According to tentative plans now under discussion, the Klks will pick players from the Cubs and the for mer Red Men's aggregation, in order that for the first time the crack Edenton team mav find a renresen- tative Elizabeth City nine opposed to It. It is proposed that an ad mission charge of fifty cents be made. The plan reflects greatly to the civic pride and generosity of the managers and players, as well as to the Elizabeth City Baseball Associa tion, in that none will receive any financial reward from the game, and It is confidently believed by those in charge of the arrangements that a large crowd will attend the game, if it can be arranged. The local Red Men will oppose ,, , , , . . L'ressweu nere mis anernoon at three o'clock in the first game of a double header planned for the visi tors. The second game to lie played at five o'clock, will be between Cress- well and the Cubs. Cresvvell is said to have a particularly fust baseball team this season, and two snappy games appear assured. DENNIS S. TWIFORD BURIED AT EAST LAKE The body of Sergeant Dennis S. Twiford, which arrived here Satur day, was taken to East Lake Sunday and buried at Lebanon church. Dennis Twiford was a member of Company E, 116th infantry. He left America about June 15, 1918, and as soon as he landed in Fiance was sent to the Alsace front, where he exhibited the fine qualities of a sol dier. Later his division was trans ferred to the Verdun front. On Oc tober 18, 1918, he was wounded, three machine gun bullets going through his chest. He died twelve days later. Just after leaving the Alsace front he had been made ser geant. He is survived by his father, Manlif Twiford, of East Lake; by three sisters, Mrs. Ida Hassell, Mrs. Sarah Colioon, Mrs. Mattie Davidson, all of East Lake; by four brothers, M. L. Twiford, of Norfolk; D. C. Twiford, of Washington, D. C; F. M. Twiford and J. W. Twiford, of East Lake. Wineke Apartments Ready Bv January Three Story Apartment Building On West ( lunch Street Will Cost KCIO.OOO To Huiln With applications from enough prospective tenants to fill the build ing already in hand, work on the erection of the new Wineke apart ment house on West Church street is now well under way, and this latest structure to help in the solu tion of Elizabeth City's vexing bous ing problem will be reHdy for occu pancy by January first, it is hopdd by F. A. Wineke and L. B, Perry, the owners. This city's first regular apart ment house will be constructed of specially hardened brick. It will be three stories high, with two apart ments on each floor, or six apart ments In all, The apartments will be of seven rooms each, steam heat ed, and with front and back porches. A real kitchen and a large bath room will be features of each. The Wineke apartment buildim; will cost $30,000. to construct. The building itself will have a frontage of 60 feet, and a depth of 120 feet, while the frontage of the property on which it is located is ,100 feet, assuring a spacious lawn on both sides. The delightful southern ex posure on West Church street will further add to the comfort of the new apartments, both in summer and winter. i Six roomy garages at the back of the building, erected for the con venience of 'those occupying the apartments, are already nearlng: completion. Mr. Wineke declares that he will move into one of the garages as soon as they are finished,! and live there until the apartments : are ready for occupancy, when he plans to move In one. fifteenth. URGES DIVORCE l tariff-politics: I Senator 3roussard, of Louisi ana Speaking At Tariff Con gress In Greensboro Wm. 1 Burgess Among Speakers Greensboro, Aug. 16. At the Southern Tariff Congress here to-1 day Senator Broussard of Louisiana and William Uurgess, member of the I United States Tariff Commission, A resolution was introduced and offered providing for a tariff on .Southern products to equalize the C08t of production, with foreign countries. Senator Broussard urged the di vorcement of tariff from politics. . Special Officer Attacked By Mob Charlotte, Aug. 16 (By The Asso ciated Press) At the opening of the Hartsell Cotton Mills today a wo man and three men disarmed a spe cial officer. ' All four were arrested x, , ,.. .--j ,c.0 No other disorders occurred before the militia came on duty. REFUSE CALL McADOO Washington, Aug. 16 (By The As sociated Press) The Senate Inter state Commerce Commission Com mittee today refused to call former Railroad Director General McAdoo for expert testimony on the railroad bill. W.C.T.U. ENLARGES SCOPE OF WORK Besides Law Enforcement This Organization Will Deal With Many Social Service And Educational Problems San Francisco, Aug. 16 New di rection is given the women citizen ship of Ihq National W. C. T, U., half a nrllion strong, in the program of the 4Sth annual convention op ening here Thursday. Sessions close a week from today. While prohibition and its enforce ment come in for first attention, the education of women voters, women in industry, Americanization, child welfare, and social morality will claim a far larger place than ever before. The National Woman's Temperance Union has followed these lines for 35 years or so but it is now greatly extending them. Outstanding speakers include Major Roy A. Haynes, federal pro hibition commissioner, and Miss Anna A. Gordon of Evanston, 111., president of the Notional W. C. T. U. Miss Gordon who has recently vis ited both South America and Eu rope, will touch on wosjd prohibi tion prospects. ThrouglNirganiza tion of the W. C. T. U. in some 40 different countries, the American membership is keenly interested in! temperance progress ahroad. Major Haynes' Invitation illus trates the great concern the W. C. T. U. has In prohibition enforcement, officials say. Other speakers prominent in the ovnanization Include Mrs. Ella A. Poole of Brooklyn, N. Y., president: of the New York and vice president of the National W. C. T. 17., Dr. Val-1 erla II. Parker, of Hartford, Conn. rece'it'y appo'nted executive ecre nry or the U. S. Interdepartmental! Tho letter 'in question requested nodal Hygiene Board, Dr. Marv Har-j,nft UeorKla governor to demand an vis Armor, of Crawfordsvllle, G;t., M;-;s. Elizabeth Perkins, of Anne Arbor, Mich., Mrs. Culla J. Vuy 1 IjI eer.' of Indianapolis, Mrs. Laura Park M'ller, of Washington, Mrs. Deborah Knox Livingston, of Provl iu"ico, 11. I,, and. Miss Julia Freeman Dean, editor of The Union Signal, president of the Nat'ona! W. O. T. U. who accompanied Miss Gordon on her foreign trips. Dr. David Starr Jordan, former president of Leland Stanford, Jr. University, will also speak. Governor William D. Stephens, of r Uiforn'a, and Mayor James Rolph, Jr., Sun 'Francisrn, rv" to welcome the delegates Thursday. A response will he made by Mrs. Nellie G. Bitr pro 'drtit. of the W. C. T. U. of .MisKOtnl. BASEBALL TODAY There Is a double header today. The first game was at three o'clock between the Red Men and Creswell and the second game Is at 5 o'clock between the Cubs and Cresswell. Creswell has a very strong team and the games should be close and Vendetta Victim Dies In Silence New York, Aug. 16 (By The Associated Press) Joseph Sileo is dying with sealed lips, a victim of the bootleggers' war in the Italian quarter. Fear of vendetta silences wit nesses. Miss Olivia Stone Pleads Not Guilty New York, Aug, 16 (By The Asso-1 elated Press) ..Miss Olivia SI one, I Cincinnati nurse charged with killing Ellis Klnkhead, former Cincinnati corporation attorney, today pleaded not guilty of the indictment for first degree murder, Being without funds, the state appointed counsel to defend her. . ! Will Likely Seize ! "Message Of Peace", Coast Guard Saved Schooner Will Now Probably Seize And Arrest Men " Twice, It Norfolk, Aug. 16. Coast Guards men from Station No. 188, who twice saved the schooner Message of Teace and her crew from disaster on the shoals near Ocracoke Inlet, N, C, will likely seize the ship and arrest the men upon her for attempted rum- "running, according to word which cuive up the seacoast telegraph line yesterday. The vessel, which is of 4,r net tons, was said by the life savers to be under Brit'sh registry though she is carried as American on some ves- i sel lists. She was bound from Nas sau to Jacksonville when she went, ashore at Ocracoke, some miles be- low Cape Hatteras on Saturday . ni;.'h'. J The life savers from Station No. I 1SS put out to her in surf boats and succeeded in getting her afloat. She 'then took shelter in Ocracoke Inlet, 'but in the blow of Sunday afternoon ' went aground again. In advising Coast Guard headquar-; ,ters here yesterday that the vessel! j bad been floated again, the keeper: 'of Station No. 1S8 said that there1 was evidence that she was attempt-' ing to smuggle in liquor. I OVER FIVE MILLIONS ARE UNEMPLOYED Washington, Aug. 16 A reduc tion of seven hundred and ninety million, three hundred and thirty thousand dollars in the annual lax bill will result from changes in the nineteen eighteen revenue act em bodied in the new administration tax bill, Chairman Fordney of the way's ' and means committee declar ed in his majority report today. WANTS APOLOGY FOR INVASION (Jeorgla .lmlf( Asks Governor Hard wick To Take Action On 'Invasion' Of Georgia By Mob Seeking Al leged Murderers Atlanta, Aug. 16 Governor Hard w'ck announced today that he would forward the letter of Judge Hummand of Augusta to Governor Cooper of South Carolina for "such J expression 'as he may care to make. apology for the "invasion" of Geor gia by a mob seeking to seize C. O. Fox and Jesse (laskins, charged with murder, and to demand that at least one member of the mob be surren dered to Georgia for trial. Governor Hardwlck stated that If the name of a member or mem bers of the mob should be furnish ed he would start extradition pro ceedings. WINS KING'S PRIZE i IN MARKSMANSHIP i liisley, Eng.! Aug. lfi (By The As sociated Press) Armourer Sergeant John Cunningham, of Northumber land, has just won the King's prize of 250 In the great annual marks manship competition under the rules of the National -Hllle Association. The prize Is won in three s'ag"s at Increasing distances up to 000 yards and carries with it the Association's gold medal, Cunningham beat the next man by on" point w'th a total of 226, al though he could hardly crawl to the 'range owing to rheumatism. The rifle with which he won be had hired at a shilling a day, He la 62 years old. Modern Dairy Will Open October First In County With Guernsey and Jersey Cows, Tested For Tuberculosis, Up-to-date Equipment And Expert Management, Milk Will Be Deliv ered To Consumers At Ten Qents a Quart The Advance has it on the best of authority today that a step lonp advocated by this newspaper has been taken and that on October the first a modern dairy will begin operation in this County, supplying the best milk at ten cents a quart, delivered. IRELAND'S CLAIM IS REITERATED In Opening First Session Irish Republican Congress De ' Valera Claims Complete In dependence Of England Dublin, Aug. 16 (By The Associ ated Press) At the opening of the first session of the Irish Republican Parliament Eamon De Vaiera. Re publican leader, re-iterated Ireland's claim for separation from Great Bri tain, declaring that the only Irish government recognized by the people was that of the ministry of the Irish republic. MOORS BY ROUTED SPANIARDS Madrid, Aug. 16 (By The Associ ated Press) The Spanisli are re ported to have turned and routed the. Moorish tribesmen before Melilla, many deserting and fleeing in wild disorder. NKW ATHLKTIC UNION New York, Aug. 16 (By The Asso ciated Press) Organization of a new southeastern body of the ama teur athletic union, including South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennes see and Alabama, was announced to day. Retail Merchants Meet At Richmond Richmond, Aug. 16 (By The As sociated Press) The Southern Re tail Merchants' Association opened its annual convention here today with delegates from all parts of the South. The conferences today took up the subjects of prices, profits and deflation. MACHINE GUNS GUARDING JAIL Centervllle, Ala., Aug. IB (By The Associated Press) Machine guns are mounted around the county jail today with two military companies guarding Clyde Thomas, negro, go ing on trial tomorrow charged with criminal assault and murder of a fourtean-year-old while girl. (TIITAIL NAVAL BUILDING Washington, Aug. 16 (By The As sociated Press) Curtailment of naval building due to decreased ap propriations will delay work on bat tleships and battle cruisers, the Navy Department said today.'. The depart ment requested $1 15,01)0,000 and received only $53,000,000. Greatly Decrease Annual Tax Bill Washington, Aug. 16 (By The As sociated Press) - Best, estimates available show .5.735,000 per sons unemployed in the United States. Secretary of Labor Davis re ported to the Senate today. VFTCALF WITH BARGE LINE "A. ('. Meteulf, former claim agent for the Norfolk Southern, has ac cepted a position as agent for the Baltimore, Philadelphia and South ern Transportation Company, Mr, Metcalf says that his line will be prepared to handle bulk freight from Baltimore and Philadelphia at con siderably lower than rail rates. O L. Melggs spent the week-end at Powells Point. On his return home he was "com pan ed by his wife and children, Miriam, Aydlett ... . . . . ... and Margaret, who have been visit- lng relatives. The cows are purebred Guernsey and Jersey stock. The equipment is up-to-date, and an expert dairyman will be in charge. The cows will be properly tested for tuberculo sis. The milk will be handled in the most sanitary manner, milked by machinery, bottles filled by machinery, so that there is absolutely no contam ination. The milk will also be properly cooled before it is de livered. The dairy will be located right on the brick road so that quick delivery to the town people is assured, and it will only remain for Elizabeth City people to realize the value of milk as a food for children and adults and use milk more free ly in their homes, for good milk will then be cheaper than other foods, and there will be no rea son why every child in town shall not have a square deal in the matter of milk. Further announcements in regard to the new dairy from time to time may be looked for in this newspaper until the hew enterprise is in actual opera tion. DEMOCRATS IN CAUCUS i Washington, Aug. 16 (By The As sociated Press) The Democrats will hold a party caucus late today to determine the party's attitude to ward the administration's tax bill. ATTACKED GIRL NEGRO IS HANGED Groesheca. Texas, Aug. 16 By The Associated Press) Alex Winn, negro, was hanged at Datura by an armed mob after an attack on a w hite girl. Youth By Mistake ' Drinks Poison Acid Oliver Berry, twenty years old, is in a critical condition at the homo of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Berry, on East Cypress street, as the result of having swallowed a quan tity of carbolic acid Tuesday morn ing at about five o'clock. The boy took the poison by mistake, thinking that it wan medicine, it is be lieved. Doctors C. B. Williams and It. L. Kendrlck, attending him, hold forth hope o his recovery, which they state mainly depends upon the quantity of the acid that he drank, The boy was reported to have ral lied at 12:30 Tuesday, and his re covery was stated to be practically certain. Oliver Is an extremely quiet, stu dious boy. His outlook on life Is far more serious and mature than that of most boys. For some time he has been employed at tho candy factory of the W. H. Weatherly Com pany, on Water street, and his em ployers state that they have never had a more steady, dependable and willing assistant. HOLD VP TICKET OFFICK New yorki The Asso- clated Pre9g)six automoblle ban. ltg qA he,d on tha i.j .,. . . the elevated railway and escaped wlth fun(jg i '
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