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VOL. Xi.
FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1921
FOUR PAGES
NO. 244
CAILSCIKTO
A lONrMENlE
, sociaiea rressj wunam Simmons,
1 U fj J it M Imperial wizard of the Ku Klux Klan,
L.abOr DOard Has IN eV. arranged to leave for Atlanta today
Proposal To Present :if the House decided to order an in
I. U A vestigation of the organization. It
All 11UJC Vl A V COlClll.
inflf Railroad Strike !
Chicago, Oct. 18 (By The
Associated Press) Telegrams
summoning the chiefs of the
four bigjbrotherhoods and the
switchmen's union to a confer
ence in ihe effort to forestall
the strike were sent out by the
Labor Board today.
The dispatches said that new
proposals would be presented
to the labor men. Executives
and general chairmen of a
dozen unions representing a
million and a half railroad em
ployes began arriving soon for
the conference beginning to
morrow to determine whether
to follow the five big organiza
tions in calling a strike. A spir
ited controversy is indicated by
the leaders' statements. The
train dispatchers declared that
they would not strike.
Cleveland, oct. 18 (By The
'Associated Press) The chiefs
of the five big railroad organiz
ations cancelled their schedul
ed meeting when requsted to
meet with the Railroad Labor
Board at Chicago Thursday,
Warren Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, announced today.
W. G. Lee, president of the
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men, in a statement said that
the organization "very reluct
antly takes the position" that
it cannot longer agree to give
service unless assured there
would be no further wage re
duction nor attempt to elimin-
. ate working rules.
Cleveland, Oct. 18 (By The
Associated Press) Chiefs of
the big five railroad organiza
tions convened for their first
conference since authorizing
a nation-wide strike today and
announced that general plans
would be discussed. W. G.
Lee, president of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, in
a statement said that the or
ganization "very reluctantly
akes the position", that it can
not 'onger agree to give ser
vice unless assured there would
be no further wage reduction
nor attempt to eliminate work
ing rules.
New York, Oct. 18 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The Association of
Railway Executives today pursued
their plans to apply to the Railway
Labor Board for an additional ten
per cent wage reduction which is in
tended to be reflected In reduced
Tateg.
Washington, Oct. 18 (By The As
sociated Press) President Harding
is prepared to lay before the Cabinet
an, analysis of the railroad strike
situation, and an outline of the gov
ernment's position in the contro
versy, with suggestions to protect the
federal government's functions in the
matter.
The action of the Labor Board
summoning union chiefs to confer
ence is described In high circles as a
step to determine whether the Board
Is an efficient government agency.
The strike Is regarded as aimed at
the existing order of the Board.
COMMISSION TO ARRANGE
. FUNDING OF FOREIGN DEBT
Washington, Oct. 18 (By The As
soctated Press) A favorable report
autnorlzing the creation ,of a com
mission to arrange for funding and
refunding the foreign debt was or
dered by the House ways and means
.committee today.
IN COURT TUESDAY
Tom Munden, charged with being
intoxicated, was fined five dollars and
costs in recorder's court here Tues
day morning.
JJflEW BANK WILL
mtTi. m n. J.
seemed understood, however, that the
rules committee would not recom-
mend an inquiry.
GENERAL METTS
IS DEAD TODAY
Aged Confederate
Veteran.
And Father Of World War
Veteran Dies Following A
Street Car Accident
Wilmington, N. C, Oct. 18 (By
The Associated Press) - General f
James I. Metts, aged 80, commander
of the North Carolina Division of the
United Confederate Veterans, who
was injured by a street car Saturday
night, died here today. He was the
father of Adjutant General J. Van B.
Metts,
YOUNG EXPLORER
SOONTORETURN
Captain Harold Noice Who
Ci .-J m l Am. a re ml
jiarieu norm ti ge ui 19
Shortly To Come Home After
Six Years Adventure
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 18 (By The
Associated Press) Captain Harold
Noice, known as one of the youngest
of the sub-polar explorers, is shortly
to return to his home after six years
of exploration and adventure along
the Arctic Coasts of Alaska and Can
ada, according to a cablegram receiv
ed from him from Teller, Alaska, re
cently. The cablegram told of his arrival
at Teller on the Hudson ay Com
pany's steamer Lady Kindersley,
which had picked him up at Three
Rivers, 1,500 miles east of Her
gchell Island, whence he had trav
eled after charting a large section of
the coast of Victoria Land.
In March, 1915, Noice, then only
19 years old, Joined Captain Louis
Lane in his famous Arctic trading
expedition on the power schooner,
Polar Bear. He expected to be back
in Seattle within a few months. In
stead he remained six years In the
North.
During the summer of 1915 the
Polar Bear cruised eastward along
the Arctic coast, trading furs and
searching for Vilhjalmur Stefanssen,
the explorer, who had been missing
in the Arctic for more than two
years. Finally Lane found Stefans
sen and Noice Joined the latter's ex
pedition as record-keeper and map
maker. He remained with Stefans
sen three years.
When the expedition began the re
turn to civilization in 1918, Noice
purchased an old trading schooner
and began in earnest the career of an
explorer. During the last three
years
according to the meager news
that has found its way South, he has
charted hitherto untouched shores of
the Northwest Passage as well as the
Victoria Land coast line. Last Bum
mer," according to a letter to his
parents, he was engaged In the pene
tration of the Victoria Land interior.
At the same time his parents learned
he was completing the work on a dic
tionary of the Eskimo languages,
said to be the first of its kind ever
compiled.
TAKING TESTIMONY BEGINS
IN STEPHENSON TRIAL TODAY
Birmingham, Oct. 18 (By The As
sociated Press) The taking of tes
timony began today in the trial of
Rev. Edwin W. Stephenson, charged
r-with second degree murder in con
nection with the killing of Father
James E. Coyle, Catholic priest.
The State closed Its case after pre
senting five wdtnesses. The sister of
the priest and another said that they
heard nothing unusual before the
shooting.
NEW FUR CHOKERS
A large and varied assortment of
Chokers Just received. Beautifu
soft pelts of sable, stone marten,
!baum mttrten'
squirrel, mink, etc.
Prices 13.98 to 175.00. Now is the
time to buy a wonderful assort
ment to choose from. M. Leigh
Sheep Co.
Mrs. Thomas Gilliam of Windsor is
visiting her mother, IMrs. E. R. Out
law on Riverside Avenue.
INCREASE FORCE
Additional Clerks Will Be
Needed Thursday Morning
When Hundreds Present
Advance Thrift Coupons
Additional clerks will be assigned
Thursday by Cashier Gurney P. Hood
of the 'Carolina Banking & Trust
Company to take care of Bestcitians
who present The Advance Thrift
Coupons to open bank accounts.
Any person clipping out the ac
companying Advance Thrift Coupon
and presenting It at the Carolina
Banking & Trust Company, with 50
cents, can open a savings account of
J1.00. The bank will supply the ad
ditional 50 cents and a Liberty Bell
savings bank to help the depositor
save. ,
Only three rules govern the offer.
They are:
One dollar of each account must
remain on deposit for one year.
If the second deposit is not made
within Bix months, the 50-cent cou
pon will be deducted when the ac
count is closed, at which time the
Liberty Bell bank must be returned.
Only one account may be opened
by an Individual, but accounts may
be opened by every member of a fam
ily if desired.
The Carolina Banking & Trust
Company Is-a member of the Federal
Reserve system and is under the
! strict supervision of the United
States government and also the State
01 iNorin uaronna. it navs 4 ner
cent interest.
Men and women, boys and girls
all are eligible and urged to make
uh6 of this opportunity to save.
The Liberty Bell savings bank,
which is given to each depositor, can 1
be unlocked only at the bank, so that I
each penny dropped into it is a penny
toward the savings account of the
depositor.
The bank opens for business
Thursday morning at nine o'clock
and arrangements have been made
to open a savings account for each
person who presents an Advance
Thrift Coupon and the additional 50
cents on that date.
N. C. LEADS IN
SMOKING WEED
State Produced More Than A
Quarter Of The 228,566,655
Pounds Manufactured In The
Year 1919
Washington, Oct. 18 (By The As
sociated Press) A billion more ci
gars, almost two billions fewer cig
arettes and 14,000,000 pounds less:
of manufactured tobacco were pro-j
duced during 1920 than during
1919, Census Bureau statistics!
compiled from Internal Revenue re
ports show. I
Pennsylvania leads in the manu-j
facture of large and small cigars,!
producing more than one-quarter of:
the total which was 8,057,792 large!
clears and 642.fi40.900 small clears
1 jn 192o,
North Carolina leads In the pro
duction of small cigarettes, produc-l
ing more than half of the country's!
total output, which was 51,192,-'
762,708. i
New York leads in production of
large cigarettes, producing almost
27 per cent of the country's total of
41,051,217. 1
North Carolina leads In production
of smoking tobacco, producing more
than one-quarter of the 228,566,655
pounds manufactured in 1919. 1
Missouri leads In the production of
plug tobacco, producing 41 per cent
of the 141,037,895 pounds manufac
tured in 1919, and also leads In pro
duction of twist of which 11,290,488
pounds were manufactured in 1919.'
Illinois leads in the production of
fine cut tobacco, producing more
than 35 per cent of the country's
total of 8,165,865 pounds.
Tennessee leads In production of
snuff, producing more than 44 per
cent of the country's total produc
tion of 35,007,882 pounds.
Three Sleepers
And Diner Derailed
Dallas, Texas, Oct. 18 (By The
Associated Press) A number were
Injured but none were killed In the
wreck lat night near Vanhorn,
Texas, of the eastbound Sunshine
Special of the Texas and Pacific
Railway. The engine, three sleepers
and the diner were derailed.
Rev. H. K. Williams returned
home Tuesday morning after having
been out of town a few days.
Advance Thrift
Coupon
WORTH 50 CENTS
The Advance has arranged
with the Carolina Banking &
Trust Company to help every
rtt
Advance
account.
reader start a bank
This coupon Is worth ,50
cents to you. Cut out the cou
pon. Take It with 50 cents to
the Carolina Banking & Trust
Company Thursday morning
and you can open a $1.00 sav
ings account.
Besides being credited with
a $1.00 account, each depositor
will be given a Liberty Bell
bank. A picture of the bank is
Inset In this coupon.
Sign your name an! address
here:
Chamber Of Commerce
Organized At Edenton
Big And Enthusiastic Meeting Held
At Court House There Mon
day Night
The Edenton Chamber of Com
merce joined with similar organiza
tions in Elizabeth City and Hertford
at an enthusiastic meeting held at the
Chowan County Court House Monday
night, for the development of North
eastern North Carolina along agri
cultural, industrial and manufactur
ing lines through the close co-operation
of the people of the section, crys
tallized Into definite result-getting
action through the three Chambers
of Commerce. '
Twenty-one members of the Hert
ford Chamber of Commerce were
present at the meeting, along with a
smaller delegation from Elizabeth
City headed by Secretary Job, of the
local Chamber of Commerce, and R.
B. Shackell. The visitors were serv
ed a delicious supper of beaten bis
cuits, chicken salad, pimento and to
mato sandwiches, and coffee, topped
off with a sauce-covered plum pud
ding, all home cooked and prepared,
and given by the ladies of Edenton
at the historic Cupola House.
More than a hundred people were
present at the mass meeting held
later at the Court House, where the
organization of the Edenton Cham
ber of Commerce was perfected. Th?
ten speakers of the occasion stressed
the value of effectively-functioning
Chambers of Commerce in the three
leading cities of the section namely,
Elizabeth City, Hertford and Eden
ton and the value of a linking to
gether of the people for the better
ment of transportation, and the de
velopment of the section involved,
was pointed out in speech after
speech.
The Edenton Chamber of Com
merce starts Its active existence with
76 members, and it Is understood
that the annual dues will be fixed at
S10 each. The rooms and equipment
of the Chowanoke Club, opposite the
Bayview Hotel, will be made avail
able to members as a social meeting
place. Quarterly meetings of the as
sociated Chambers, of Commerce of
the three cities will be held succes
sively at Elizabeth City, Hertford and
Edenton, for discussion and. action
upon the problems and needs of
Northeastern North Carolina.
The first undertaking of the Eden
ton Chamber of Commerce will prob
ably be the establishment of a dally
newspaper at that city. Plans for
the purchase of a plant are now un
der way; nearly enough stock to
float the venture has already been
sold; and the prospects are that Ed
enton will have an afternoon dally
within s month or six weeks.
Fail To Find Man
Who Murdered Girl
Chattanooga, Tenn., Oct. 18 (By
The Associated Press) The coron
er's Jury today returned the verdict
thai Verne Peterson, aged twelve,
adopted daughter of Mrs. Mary Pet
erson, was killed in her home on San
Mountain near Trenton, Ga., by Mar
tin Anderson, the woman's brother.
The posse hunting all night, failed to
find him.
THINGS LOOK GOOD
FOR CHOWAN FAIR
Third Largest Carnival In Am
erica There For Four Days
Of The Fair, Oct. 25-28
Roads In Good Condition
Visitors to the Chowan Fair at
Edenton next week from Tuesday to
Friday, October 25-28, will find more
to see there than at any previous fair
ever held at that city. The Zeldman
and Pollie Exposition Shows, the
amusement attractions, are repre
sented to be the. third largest of the
kind in America. They include ten
shows, five rides and fifty conces
sions. The Zeldman and Pollie
Shows will bring twenty carloads of
show equipment to Edenton. They
describe their attractions as clean,
moral and refined, but with enough
ginjw to please all.
At the present time the roads be
tween Elizabeth City and Edenton
are in exceptionally good condition,
save for a few short rough and sandy
stretches. Reduced rates for the
Fair will be effective on the rail
road, and on all ferries crossing
Chowan River. Edenton Is making
preparations to entertain the big
gest crowds ever assembled there.
Wedding Ceremony At
Bedside Of The Groom
3. It. Klttrrll And Mis Catherine
Hinton Are Wed At Rich
mond Hospital
At the bedside of the groom at Stu
art Circle Hospital, Richmond, the
marriage of John Bryan Klttrell, pro
minent young broker of Greenville,
and Miss Catherine Hinton, popular
and attractive member of the younger
social set of this city, was solemnized
Monday afternoon at four o.clock.
Rev. W. H. Phillips, plisjtor of the
Presbyterian church at Greenville,
was the officiating minister.
Thus, after every, arrangement for
a beautiful church wedding at Eliza
beth City had been made, after hun
dreds of invitations had been sent
out, and after many of the brides
maids and guests were on the way to
attend, Fate intervened, and a sud
den critical illness of the groom ne
cessitated a hasty rearrangement of
.all the plans for the wedding.
The bride was attended by her sis
ter, Mrs. William Adams, of Four
Oaks, N. C, and the best man was
the groom's brother, Leon Klttrell,
of Greenville.
Mr. Klttrell was reported Tuesday
to be showing definite signs of im
provement and the attending surg
eons indicated that an operation pre
viously thought necessary might be
avoided. Before his illness, he had
made arrangements for a wedding
trip to Scotland, but these have of
course now been cancelled.
Numerous beautiful wedding pres
ents have been received at the home
of the bride's sister, Mrs. James G.
Fearing on West Main street; and
Mrs. Fearing has also been the re
cipient of many messages of sym
pathy for her sister over the unfor
tunate circumstances that prevented
the carrying-out of the original wed
ding arrangements.
Harding To Receive
Honorary Degree
Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 18 (By
The Associated Press) Preparations
have been completed for the arrival
tomorrow of President Harding to at
tend the installation of Dr. J, A. C.
Chandler as president of the college
of William and Mary. President
Harding is to receive an honorary
gree alo. He Willi speak first at the
Yorktown celebration, 1
DISCUSS UNEMPLOYMENT
London, Oct, 18 (By The Associ
ated Press) Parliament today con
vened to discuss unemployment.
Party harmony: An Ideal state
that eiists only when there sre
enough Jobs to go round.
RECEPTION AT
BANK WEDNESDAY
Carolina Banking & Trust
Company Welcomes The
Men, Ladies and Children
Afternoon and Evening
The Carolina Banking & Trust
Company will welcome the men, the
ladies and the children to its hand
some new quarters on Wednesday
afternoon from two to five and on
Wednesday evening from eight to
eleven o'clock .
The handsome new bank home will
be in holiday attire; there will bo
refreshments and souvenirs, and a
most cordial welcome. It Is "hoped
that many out of town people will
stop in and get acquainted, as well
as those who live In Elizabeth City.
On Thursday morning at nine
o'clock the bank will open Its doors
for business, with special induce
ments for opening savings accounts,
with a ladies rest room and a ladies
teller's window, with a men's rest
room, with a splendidly equipped
banking room and one of the best and
strongest and safest vaults In the
State.
The Carolina Banking & Trust
Company has a strong board of
directors, 25 in number, and a wide
awake, energetic, capable board of
officers, and there Is every Indication
that the institution will be a splen
did success.
The officers are: Dr. A. L. Pendle
ton, President; R. C. Abbott, vice
president; Gurney P. Hood, vice
president and cashier; George R.
Little, assistant cashier.
The directors are:
R. C. Abbott, vice president of the
bank; commission merchant.
W. T. Culpepper, Culpepper Hard
ware Co.; Manager Eastern Cotton
Oil Co.
I. W. Fisher, planter.
W, Ben Goodwin, Mayor of the
city; secretary-treasurer Albemarle
Building ft Loan Association; Grand
Chief Records, Great Council Red
Men; secretary Albemarle Fair Asso
ciation. Taylor Grandy, Manager N. G.
Grandy & Co.
Dr. S. W. Gregory, dentist.
Dr. W. T. Griggs, Poplar Branch,
N. C, physician and surgeon.
Gurney P. Hood, vice president and
cashier of the bank; State Council
Treasurer, Jr. Order U. A. M.
F. G. Jacocks, proprietor Albe
marle Pharmacy.
W. H. Jennette, planter; partner,
Jennette Brothers Co.
J. P. Kramer, architect; president
Albemarle Building & Loan Associa
tion. W. K. Leary, Old Trap, N. C,
planter; W. K. 'Leary & Son; Leary
Uurgess Co.; president Eastern Caro
lina Transportation Co.
G. G. Markham, real estate; man
ager Gordon Pea & Bean Harvester
Co.
I). R. Morgan, D. R. Morgan & Co.,
wholesale grocers.
C. B. Morrlsette, The Apothecary
Shop, retail drugs.
W. C. Morse, Weeksvllle, N. C,
planter; treasurer Farmers' Mercan
tile & Supply Co,
S. B. Parsons, O. W. Parsons &
Son, brokers and distributors.
Dr. A. L. Pendleton, president of
the bank; The Standard Pharmacy,
retail drugs; Standard Drug Co.,
wholesale drugs.
Brad Sanders, president Elizabeth
City Iron Works & Supply Co,
Dr. W. W. Sawyer, physician;
specialist, eye, ear, nose and throat.
S. G. Scott, Brock & Scott Produce
Co. 1
W. P. Skinner, manager Tldewater-
Bulck Co.; manager Pailln's Marine
Railways.
E. M. Stevens. Stevens Jobbing Co.,
wholesale notions.
M. N. Toxey, Old Trap, N. C,
planter; manager Old Trail Ginning
Co.
W. H. Weatherly, W. H, Weath-
erly & Co., wholesale groceries.
FOCH
TO LAY WREATH
ON GRAVE OF R, E. LEE
Paris, Oct. 18 (By The Associated
Press) Foch will .lay a wreath on
the grave of Robert E. Iee at Lex
ington today.
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FINAL VOTE TODAY
Wasnington, Oct. 18 (By The As
sociated Press) The final vote n
the ratification 0! the treaty with
Germany Is expected In the Senate
'oday.
NEW TUXEDO SWEATERS
We have Just received a largo
shipment of new Tuxedo Sweaters,
colors black and white, navy and
white, brown and butt, Jockey, Jade,
eto. Extra good values at $5.98.
Ask to see them. M. Leigh Sheep Co.