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WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Thursday. Moderate ' to fresh southwest and west winds. ' il l ?r l v.D (J .0 AI.M.c ,; CIRCULATION Tuesday 1,513 Copies 28 VOL. Xi. FINAL EDITION ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OOTOBKR 19, 1921 EIGHT PAGES NO. 245 Choral Society Working Hard On Production of Great Opera Presentation Of "Esther" Will Require Cast Of 150 Characters H. A. Brownley, President Of Society, Appeals For Co-operation Early in November the Elizabeth City Choral Society will open the lo cal 1921-22 musical season with the presentation of the sacred opera "Es ther," by Bradbury, a production of more than usual musical merit in which will be used 150 voices, all chosen from local talent. The opera will be given at the High School audi torium as the result of the failure of negotiations between the choral so ciety and the management of the Al krama Theater. There are fifteen leading charac ters in the opera "Esther," among whom will be Mrs. J. W. Foreman as Esther, the Queen; J. C. B. Ehring haus as the King; H. A. Brownley as Haman, the King's private counselor, and protector of the realm; L. E. Skinner as Mordecal, the Jew; Mrs. W. C. Twiddy as Zeresh, the wife of Haman; and W. C. Sawyer as the Court Scribe. The director of the pretentious production is Frank R. Hufty, and Mrs. I. M. Meeklns-will be the pianist. The entire cast of "Esther" will be completely and gorgeously cos tumed; scenery and stage settings will be ample and beautiful; and those who attend are promised more than two hours of real musical en joyment. A full orchestra, all of Elizabeth City talent, will be used. In referring to the value of the Choral Society to this city and sec tion, H. A. Brownley, president of the organization, says: "With the proper support of the city, it will be, If it Is not already, the leading mu sical oreanization of Northeastern Nnrth Carolina. With a eood. clean .o.n hohln1, H It hids fair to sur- ..W....V. - , anything that has heretofore been tempted. i "The contemplated program is worthy of a city three times the size of Elizabeth City, and the aspirations of the society are higher yet. Finan cially, the organization is sound and stable. To date, it has asked for no donations, and It has no Intention o Pegging. Season tickets have been sold to' some of the people, and those who have bought them will receive many times the worth of the money expended." Speaking of the work now under way", Mr. Brownley eays: "Re- hearsals are now going on with gra tifying results to the entire society, and the first concert is near at hand. We must not end the season with a deficit; we must make money; and ' we will make money If Elizabeth City will co-operate with us. But right here let me say that no one in dividual. will profit by any gain the Choral Society may make. Those who are numbered in the personnel of the organization are patriots every one. You, Mr. Business Man. are in the Chamber of Commerce to help your town and your business. There Is an element of personal gain in it for you. Your connection with the Merchants' Association is much the same, and your hearty support of both Is commendable, ."But think a minute. In the Choral Society there is absolutely no possibility of personal gain. Its members are giving their time and their talents without stint or limit. Their fine productions are a moral etimuluB, a liberal education, a wide advertisement for your city. rpj.- contact ' psychological effect, of the with the best in anything Is uplift ing to the high and lowly alike. The rendition of the more intricate mu with this season's nroductions!told ner audience, "I want to thank sical compositions by those who Life-Time Enamel Ware at one know how, is made the more inter- half price is the big special we are esting because a part of your own offering now. Come in early. Our civic body is concerned in the pro- bargains are so popular that they duction. (Can't last long. M. G. Morrlsette & "The Choral Society is, and by Company. . right should be, the property of Eliza-! ; beth City. It is your musical repre-j sentative before the world, and those craze of the present day, and let faithful ones who are its members them see, if bub momentarily, into are giving to your town alf of their the unsounded depths of the greatest talents, asking nothing in return, What are you doing? Some of you can sing, and yet you do not lend your talent to the support of a part of your civic life that vitally needs you. Others, thoughtlessly, perhaps, have referred to the society within the speaker's hearing as a "Singing Club," a "Woman's Club," and a "Gossip Factory," not considering the interpretation that any bystander might place upon your words. "Your Choral Society is not any ot these. Rather, it Is an institution that seeks to lift Its audiences from the Influence of the syncopated Jatzlina." STATE FAIR IS IN FULL SWING Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt, President, Makes Pleasing Introduction Of Governor At Formal Opening Tuesday Raleigh, Oct. 19. Graciously in troduced by Mrs. George W. Vander bilt, president of the North Carolina Agricultural Society as the man whom "we all know, we all respect and we all support," Governor Cam eron Morrison In a twelve-minute speech in which he called attention to the glories of North Carolina, for mally opened the sixtieth annual session of the Great State Fair at 11:30 o'clock Tuesday. Raleigh people who heard Mrs. Vanderbilt when she appeared before the Legislature last year, and those who have heard her talk since com ing to Raleigh with her party this week, were again pleased with the graciousness of the charming mis tress of Biltmore when she Intro duced the Governor to the unusually large crowd which attended the open ing ceremonies. It would have been difficult for a master rhetorician to have framed a speech more appropriate to the oc casion, and impossible to have se cured someone to Introduce the main speaker who would have secured closer attention to the few remarks .Bhe made "First of all, Mrs. Vanderbilt at-;'uu uc"a11 "l IU1 l" b1 clous and amazing welcome the Ra leigh people have shown us since we came to Raleigh. We never can thank you enough or tell you how much and how deeply grateful we are. I also want to thank all the of ficials and employes of the North Carolina State Fair Association for the loyal support and . co-operation which has tended to make this one of the greatest Fairs ever held in North Carolina. With this hearty support the Fair will soon rank as one of the best in the United States. This is my ambition for it, and my hope is that my successor can carry out my ambition for the State Fair. "It is my opportunity today to in troduce to you one of North Caro lina's most distinguished sons. - We all know him, we all respect him, and we all support him." With this Mrs. Vanderbilt bowed to Governor Morrison who took tho 1rnr fcavmO" Hi a t l,o "u "inrip 1 :t t nil ibnl verv henutirul presentation which your president has made of nie. All North Carolina appreciates the great service she has rendered the State as president of the Fair Association. We have had many great statesmen in North Carolina, many men in high places who have served the State well, but I doubt if any man ever won so much of the love of the State as the president of the Fair this year. NORFOLK Al'TO LINK Keeney Crank's auto leaves for Norfolk every morning at 11 o'clock, arrives there at two, returning leaves Norfolk at four, arrives here at seven. rhone 192. . lt-pd A WONDERFUL BARGAIN' creations of the master minds of 'music." I Mr. Brownley closed his remarks with the following appeal: "You people who can sing are needed. The scheduled repertoire for the 1921-22 season Is big. very big, and need.1 voices, especially male voices. Eliza beth City is blest with many who have real musical talent, and here is the place and the time for you to use your talent for your city and yourself. Let us worth together in such a manner as to make our city the musical center of North C a ro JIUNDREDS JOIN TI1E TIUUFT ARMY Eagerly Taking Advantage Of Thrift Coupons To Open Savings Account And Get Liberty Bell Bank "iook here, I want four of those papers," said an Advance subscriber on the morning after the first Ad vance Thrift Coupon was printed. "There are four children at my house, and with only one paper there'll be a scrap as to which of the children is going to havo the cou pon." But The Advance never does things by halves. Here is coupon number three in today's issue and if Mr. Subscriber will keep his eye peel ed perhaps he may ilnd the fourth later on. Hundreds of Bestcitlans are ex pecting to take advantage of The Advance Thrift Coupon. Any person clipping out The Ad vance Thrift Coupon and presenting it at the Carolina Banking & Trust Company Thursday morning with 50 cents can 'open a savings account of $1, The bank will supply the addi tional 50 cents and a Liberty Bell savingB bank to help the depositor save. Car And Truck Smash On Guinea Mill Road Heavy For And Smoke Kept Drivers From Seeing Eucli Other Until 20 Fret Apart A head-on collision Tuesday morn ing between a Ford automobile, driv en by Wiley Upton, an employe of the Spence-Hollowell Company, of this city, and 8. ; J. Higgins, driving a heavy road truck, occurred on the Guinea Mill road near Moyock. The accident happened in a low, swampy section, where a dense fog, combined with the smoke from a nearby woods fire, had gathered in the road. Neither driver saw the other until they were within twenty feet of each other, and a collision was in evitable. After the smash, the truck continued to crawl up on the Ford, and Mr. Upton, though he had re ceived a severe body blow from the steering wheel, managed to summon sufficient strength to roll out of the car and into the bushes by the side of the road. He was not seriously hurt. The Ford roadster, which was towed to this city Wednesday morn- ing, is apparently a complete wreck, but the road truck was practically undamaged, only the crank being broken off. Higgins, the driver, was unhurt. Both drivers state -that neither was to blame, and t hat the accident was unavoidable. CAFETERIA IN YOSEMITE PARK Solves Problems Of Tourist j And Errployes And )Platij,l(ninced by President Harding at the Will Re Followed In Other ! ceremony commemorating- the sur n 1 P U Ul j render of British expeditionary forces . ,... . .v,mw., . Yosemlte. Cal.. Oct. 19 (Bv Theh'ldge to participate in broader at- Associated Press A cafeteria in!' .!, Vno-.nltn Vul'nnnl Tflvtf In 1 1 from the big cities where triy car- Hers generally are found, this year apparently solved a problem of fur - nishing food at medium prices for tourists far from a railroad. During the last five months, approximately 250,000 meals were served at an av arage cost of about 48 cents each. The cafeteria was the first ever established in any national park and it has been so successful that other Darks have written for details of it operations. It is probable that the idea will be copied. Secretary Fall of the Department of the Interior, while here this sum mer, became . a tray carrier at the cafeteria and declared he thought the establishment was a step In the right direction to provide good ac commodations at the lowest possib' prices. Food served in the cafeteria is th' same Quality as that served In Yose- mlte's American plan resorts chare ing as high as $7.50 and $10.00 pet day. The prices differ little fron: those In cafeterias In San Fnuielsrr and Los Angeles. The food is sold at cost, as employes of the National Park Company make up about half the cafeteria's patrons. Scores of campers came to Yose mlte this year, pitched their tents along the Merced river and took their meals at the cafeteria. Advance Thrift Coupon WORTH 50 CENTS The Advance has arranged with the Carolina Bunking & Trust Company to help every IPV.--.-: . Advance account. reader start a bunk 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: FACES A CRISIS IN EDUCATION Declares President Harding In Address Today At William And Mary Receives Hon orary Degree Williamsburg, Va., Oct. 19. (By The Associated Press) Declaring that the nation faces an "educational crigjS" through lack of teachers and scho()1. facilities, President Harding appealed here to-day for support of p,i,ir-iit.innal system comensurate with the nation's resources. He said that the teaching profes sion must lie "compensated as it de serves." The President was speaking at William and Mary college at the cere en'ony inducting Dr. J. A. C. Chan dler into ollice as" president of the col lege. President Harding received an hon or try degree from the college. Yorktown. Oct. 19 (By The Asso ciated Press) The doctrine of en- " K in in nrn i s ;i os ii ii fl Great. Brita n was nro- ho Washington's army ill 1781. Tho President also reviewed the nation's nf the worl1 nnd declared that I t lli tlllie llUS COlIle for 'essential co- j operation ! betterment, ! aniong the nations for TIIR1CK ORNKRKD RATTLE FOR TIIK STANLEY,.. CUI Vancouver, B. C, Oct. 19 (By TV Associated Press) A three-cornere I battle for the Stanley Cup, embb matlc of the professional hockey championship of the world, has been virtually assured, according to ail vices received here. Heretofore only the National Hockey League of Eastern Canadian teams and the Pacific Coast Hockey League have fought for th" cup. Al a recent meeting of representatives of the two leagues, Frank Patrick, president of the Pacific coast organization.-was imthorized to negotiate with the Alberta Hockey League for Inclusion In th.i series. The first game of the series, it was decided, will bo played next March 15th. LASTS A I JFK TIME That's Its name, Life-Time Enamel Ware. You can beat and hammer 1! but you can't, crack the enamel. It's made for service, and we're selling It at half price. M, G. Morrlsette Co. Bergdoll Papers Have Been Stolen Washington, Oct, II) (By Tho Associated Press)- The box con taining the llergdoll InvestlKit lion patters was stolen from (he iilllce of Representative Johnson of Kentucky Monday night and found txly on I he fifth floor of the House ollli ii building broken. Important document are miss ing and no papers relating to the IterRrfolI case ate left, said John Mn, The olllee of Representative Nicholas LongwoKli of Ohio, House olllce building, was enter ed by robbers lust night and I wo III lug cabinet k were broken. Nothing of value was taken. ARMAMENTS NOT CAUSE OF WAR Enlightened Thought Of Man And Illumined Heart Of Wo man Will Determine Peace Says Dr. Mesen Honolulu, Oct. 19. (By The Associ ated Press) The limitation of arm aments is not a deflinitlve step to ward peace, according to Dr. Robert Breiics Mesen, of Syracuse Universi ty and former Costa Rican minister to Washington, who addressed the Press Congress of t he World here to day. "It Is a step toward the economic welfare of the nations, upon whose capacities of production and thriving direct and indirect taxes of every de scription weigh enormously, aggrava ted by the need of maintaining per manent armies and the incessant re novation of armaments," Dr. Mesen added. 'Hut war is not the outcome of any accumulation of weapons," he said. but of misunderstanding of the ter ritorial interests boundary or colo nialindustrial, racial or institution al interests. Paucity of armanents does not determine peace. It Is a state of consciousness of the nations which engenders wars, which insin uates the convenience of taking up arms, wnicn mnates tne nuugeis oi the states. Wars, as all other events produced by man, take birth in the depths of his thought and his con sciousness 'The enlightened thought of man and the Illumined heart of woman will determine the permanent peace, as their ooscurcness nas generaieo numberless wars which have instilled doubt concerning the moral health of nations. 'Therefore the institutions which educate the consciousness of individ uals, those that inform the .thought of the people and those that rule their destinies, are directly and indirect ly responsible for the state of mind of nations which fling themselves in to war or propose peace. Is there any institution which ed ucates the thoni'lit of man more ex tensively or liiore powerfully than the ,iie rep'-esetPed by this Press Con gress ol the world .' If we truthfully aspire to eliminate: war among men, let. us recognize . with candor that the Press Congros of tho World i.s able to attain this high purpose "A memorable performance of this press Congress of the World should he the sketching of the cardinal lines ef the great human Interests upon which an agreement Is possible with out reviving the extant wide diver gencies of nationality, race or relig ion. "Anil not less memorable should be the work of organizing sub-congresses which have In charge the setting forth, from an International view point, of all those problems affect ing the different groups of nations. The agreements arrived at In these sub-congresses should serve as a ba sis to the sub-quent debates of the Press Congress of the World The Spanish-American section of this soli-congress should take In charge this mo-t Important function: to emphasize the spiritual unity of all peoples speaking one and the S'.une Peninsular language, creating In a solid ainl substantial way the senti ment ami the conviction that In the real th or art and science and all the spiritual forms of civilization all those n it ions ure, separately, mere provinces of a vast ensemble which we must take in sight when the artis tic work is created, or the scientific research is brought ahaut, or the phil osophic doctrinfl Is expounded. "Such a section of the sub-congresg should take in charge the foundation! and direction of a great newspaper destined to form and educate that Continental conscious mind, to un veil this spiritual unity of the peoples CALLS CHIEFS TO A CONFERENCE Labor Board Has New Proposal To Present In Hope Of Forestall ing Railroad Strike Chicago, Oct 19 (By The Associated Press) In the event of the strike the railroads will prepare "to do our utmost to move the necessities, utiliz ing to the fullest possible ex tent all man power available," Charles Markham, president of the Illinois Central, declared today addressing the American Mining Congress. Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 19 (By The Associated Press) Na tional headquarters of the Railroad Yardmasters' Associ ation of America with a mem bership of over 8,000 today sent notice to its members to remain at work in the event of a railroad strike. Washington, Oct. 19 (By The Associated Press) That the Railroad Labor Board will be given the full support of Federal authority in the en deavor to avert a strike is to be expected, it is said today in official circles. Chicago, Oct. 19 (By The As sociated Press) The first of a series of conferences at which representatives of all factions in the railroad strike may de cide upon the attitude to be taken began here today. Exe cutives of shopmen, mainten ance of way workers, tele graphers, and others started the conference. Brotherhood leaders are to hear the govern ment's attitude through the i Labor Board tomorrow. Rail- road executives meet Friday in divisional groups in their own territories to consider the situ ation. Cleveland, Oct. 19 (By The Associated Press The heads of the Big Five transportation organizations before going to Chicago met here today to dis cuss the Labor Board confer ence and strike plans. COST OF LIVING FALLING SLOWLY Washington, Oct. 1!) (By The As sociated -Press) Bureau of Labor statistics from thirty-two cities show that the cost of living decreased 1.7 per cent from May to .September l'J2l and 1N.1 per cent from June 1!)20 to last, September. XKW ( I.OTinVti STOill Moses A. Glasser of Norfolk, mer chant for 20 years In Norfolk and Berkley and owner of a chain of men's clothing and furnishing stores, has leased the quarters formerly oc cupied by Little & Sawyer, next door to A. F. Toxey & Company, and will open a store here in the near future, opening probably about the 29th of October. "Elizabeth City looks good to tne," said Mr. (Hasser to an Advance re porter Wednesday afternoon, "and I have been trying for two or three years to find an opening here." of the continent, to represent In an Integral and comprehensive-manner the grandeur and transcendence of the whole ensemble. Such a newspaper ought to bo founded and edited in New York, where It Is not possible to live for any length of time, with an open mind,, without losing the provincial prejudices, though living always the high Interests and Ideals of the moth er country. "New York -will have In relation with the spiritual union of Spanish American nations the same destiny that Alexandria had In relation with the Intellectual unity of declining Greece or the destiny of Florence In relation with the awakening of arts and letters at the dawn of the Ren aissance "