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CIRCULATION
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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MARCH 29, 1922
EIGHT PAGES
NO. 73
Prizes Offered Visitors
Here Dress Up Week
Cash Awards Saturday Afternoon For Vehicles
Bringing Largest Crowd, Coming Greatest
Distance, And In Most Dilapidated Condi
tion Specials Also For Ford Owners
Numerous local merchants are this!
week receiving special shipments of I
choice spring goods for Dress Up.
AVeek, assuring the widest and most'
elaborate showings of seasonable
merchandise ever displayed here,,
dining Elizabeth City's big festival!
and general spring opening which
will be held next week beginning
Tuesday evening at seven o'clock, and
continuing through Saturday. Dress:
T'p Week will ibe held by the city's
merchants, assisted by the Merchants '
Association and city Chamber of;
Commerce.
Prizes to 'be awarded Saturday,
April 8, the last day of Dress Up
"Week, to visitors to this city will be
one of the features of the celebration.
A cash award of ten dollars will be
made to the person whose vehicle
automobile, auto truck, wagon, cart,
buggy or what not brings the larg
est crowd to the city on that day.
Another ten-dollar caeh prize will be
given for the vehicle that comes the j
greatest distance, and a third prize
of the same amount for the most dil-;
apidated vehicle that comes to Eliza- j
beth City on that date.
Then there will be the Ford con
test, put on by the. Auto & Gas En-
gine Works, of this city, local Ford :
dealers. A $15 Superior lock steer-;
dng wheel will be presented to the
owner of the newest Ford bought j
from the company here. A$10auto-
mobile tire will be awarded to the j
possessor of the oldest Ford. A $5'
spotlight or electric horn, either at j
the option of the winner, will be giv
en for the Ford that comes the great
est distance on that date. !
The conditions of the vehicle and
Ford contests reauire that all con-i
veyances entered, whether motor-j
driven or not, be parked in the lot 1
back of the First & Citizens' National j
Bank. Entries must ibe made there;
between the hours of two and three 1
o'clock Saturday afternoon, and the
prize awards will be made at the lat-1
ter hour by a committee made up of
J. T. Stalling., Noah Burfoot, Jr., M.
L. Clark, R. C. Job and T. N. Nel
son. The winning machines will pa-;
"rade the leading streets of the city'
Immediately after the contest. I
Another feature of the week, aside
from the artistically decorated stores
and store windows, will be the auto
mobile show, held In a roped off area
on Main street between Martin and '
"Water. All makes of cars sold by
Elizabeth City dealers will be on dis
play, and besides there will ibe a very 1
complete showing of the laiest types
of farm machinery and Implements, ,
which should be of special interest to
visitors here during Dress Up Week.
Dress Up Week will officially begin
at seven o'clock Tuesday night, with!
a parade by the local band, Elizabeth
City Fire Company No. 1, with all the j
company's modern flreflghtlng appa
ratus, and numerous automobiles.
The parade will close In the down-
town business' district at 7:30, and
then, promptly on the minute, the
curtains that will have covered the
show windows of the stores will be
raised simultaneously, revealing the
beautiful and original displays of
merchandise shown. The stores will
open at the same hour, and will re
main open until nine o'clock. Local
merchants are planning to make
Dress Up Week a social event, during
which the public of Northeastern
North Carolina will be Invited to visit
their places of business, make them
selves generally at home, and feel
under no obligation to buy unless
they want to.
Predict Unanimous
Ratification Today
Washington, Mar. 29 (By The As
sociated Press) Administration !
leaders predict the ratification of the
naval limitation treaty by unanimous
vote in view of the complete ab
sence of opposition yesterday. Agree
ment lias been reached for final vote
iit three o'clock today. !
Iri?h Convention
Has Deferred Action
Dublin. Mnr. 29 (By The Assocl-,
ated Tress) The convention of re
voltiiiK members of the Ir'nh Repub-;
lic:in nnny today debated the ques-'
tiiin of declaring a 'military dictator-!
ship but deferred action, says the
correspondent to the Iondon Star
here. They proposed the overthrow
of all governments opposed to the
republic.
hopes will clear n
UXFORTIXATE SITUATION'
Raleigh, Mar. 28, 1922.
vlr. Herbert Peele,
Editor, The Advance,
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Dear Sir:
Please accept my thanks for
the copy of your paper of
March 24th containing your
very able article on the tick
eradication situation in Pas
quotank County. I am sure
that this will greatly assist in
clearing up an unfortunate sit
uation. With kindest regards, I am,
Yours very truly,
WM. MOORE,
State Veterinarian.
Vczien Report Year
Of Great Achievement
Charlotte, Mar. 29 (Special) The
Baptist Women's Missionary Union
Convention, which met in its thirty
second annual session in the First
Baptist church here Tuesday night,
at its session this morning reported
a year of great achievements, $298,
698.00 having been reported collect
ed for the year, or only Ave per cent
less than the sum reported last year.
Substantial progress has ibeen
made along all lines. There are
more than six hundred delegates and
visitors present. The South Fork
Association received the banner pre
sented by Mrs. W. N. Jones for the
best all round work done during the
past year, Mrs. J. Y. Killian, of New
ton, the superintendent, receiving It
for the association.
The outstanding feature of the
morning session today was the ad
dress of the president, Mrs. W. N.
Jones, of Raleigh, who spoke on
"Lightened to Lighten," that being
the motto that has been the founda
tion principle on which all woman's
work for woman is based. Mrs.
Wade Bostick, a returned missionary,
told a thrilling story of the- Chinese
women as she knows them. "
Everything Sr.ccth
For Lloyd George
London, Mar. 29 (By The Assocl-,
ated Press) The threatened breach
of the cabinet over Premier Lloyd '
George's program at the Genoa con
ference has been averted in the opln- j
Ion oC (political correspondents to to- ;
day's newspapers. Everything has,
been smoothed for the premier's a.p-;
peal to the House of Commons Frl-',
day.
Folding Bike
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Fitzalan Says Goodbye
"ii
A First picture of Lord Fitzalan' last appearance at Dublin Castla
He had turned over the reins of government to Michael Collins just a fev
mlnutei before the above policeman rendered hie last ealiU to him,
LandruYLast Step r
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Ae!.iini in. trrnh Klushoarri
merous murders on th scaffold. This photo, the first evertaken of a
(ulUotlnlnf , shows the prisoner being led to his death In the Prison
Bojiarjd.fYexsaUlea "
Will Meet To Struggle
Over Miners' Demands
New York, Mar. 29 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The members of the
anthracite sub-committee on wage
contract negotiations assembles here
today for a long struggle over the
miners' nineteen demands, casting
aside the remote possibility of set
tling the differences in time to avert
the general strike three days hence.
Services Continue
At The Big Tent
Minister Of The Community Filling
Pulpit And Large Crowds
Attending
I Rev. H. K. Williams preached a
splendid sermon to a packed tent on
! Tuesday night and tonight at th"
! usual hour Rev. K. L. Stack will
, preach.
i On Thursday night Rev. . V. Hill
! will speak, on Friday night Rev. R.
;F. Hall, and 011 Saturday night Rev.
j H. E. Myer.s. Further annonnce
inients In regard to the services will
j be made on Saturday.
I It Is felt that wi!h the co-oioi i
tlon of the pastors of the community
thiB week, the meeting is reaching u
-fitting and fruitful climax, and Chrto
jtian people of ail denominasioM are
earnestly invited to co-operate in all
j the ways they can.
I The public is invited to :it:"iwl all
' services.
! Mountain Etna Is
I In Violent Eruption
! London, Mar. 29 (By Tin- .U-oci-
uted Press) The mountain F.tna Is
I !u violent eruption says a Central
News dispatch from Rome, quoting
; Palermo advices. Streams of lava
I are flowing down all sides of the
! crater. The Inhabitant of the vil
lages on the mountainside have fled.
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SIAMESE TVIIIIS
EXTREMELY ILL
ri))lrinH Consider! nj Whether To
Operate And Separate Tliem In
Order To Save One
Chicago, Mar. 29 (By The Associ
ated Press) Death still lurked In
the shadows of the hospital today
where lie Joseph and Rosa Blazek,
Sjlamese twins, stricken with yellow
jaundice. Both are unconscious.
Doctors have long considered an op
eration to separate them, contingent
on the death of one, which physicians
have said would mean the other's
death. Each has an Individual heart,
lungs and stomach. Joseph was
stricken first and is most desperately
ill.
TEX RICKARD
IS ACQUITTED
New York, Mar. 29 (By The As
sociated Press) Tex Rickard was
irunlttert of charge of assault and
abduction in Supreme Court here
early today and will probably not he
tried on the three similar Indictments
according to Assistant District At
torney Pecora.
Have Posted Notices
Of Week's Lockout
London, Mar. 29 (By The Associ
ated Pre.-'H) The Engineers Em
ployers Federation today posted no
tices locking out 00(1.000 members
of fiirty-seven unions, effective one
eel;.
; HM D WEDNESDAY MOKMVK
Howard White, colored, submitted
'In recorder's, court Wednesday morn
ling on a charge of riding a bicycle
in the city arter nightfall without a
: light, as prescribed by a local ordl
Iniuice. and was fined a dollar and
j costs.
Kitchin's Daughter
Dies In Washington
Washington, Mar. 29 (Iy
The Associated Press) Miss
lone Kltchin, twenty-one-year-old
daughter of Representative
Claude Kltchin. died at the
family home today after an ill
ness t nine months. Prior to
her illness she was a student at
George Washington University,
where lie was to have gradu
ated in June. Funeral ar
rangements are not completed.
The body will be sent to Scot
land Neck, N. C, for interment.
jWake Forest Alumni
Get Together Tonight
! Alumni Secretary T. B. Collins
Wants To See Every Fellow
Present
The Wake Forest Alumni of thls(
community will hold a get together:
meeting at the Southern Hotel to
night at 7:30. j
j Alumni Secretary T. B. Collins isj
ihere to meet the Wake Forest men. j
I Notices have been sent to more
(than 25 alumni, and Mr. Collins says ;
! "In case any fellow has been over-!
I looked it la hoped that this announce-1
Iment through The Advance will get;
him.
, , "Let's get around the festive'
board and renew our youth with song
and story."
Wins Women's National
'Championship In Golf
Plnehurst, Mar. 29 (I!y The As
. social ed PTess) Miss Glenna CoMett
of Providence, R. I., won the North
and South women's golf champion
ship today by defeating Mrs. M. J.
Scamniell, of Uniontown, Pa., four
and two.
TO INVESTIGATE
PRICE OF COTTON
Washington, Mar. 29 (By The As
sociated Press) An investigation 'by
I the Federal Trade Commission into
the cause of the present depressed
1 price of cotton and Into operation of
j the cotton exchanges was ordered to
! day under a resolution by Senator
I Dial of South Carolina adopted In the
Senate.
! HOl'SK PA8HKH ARMY BILL
1 Washington. Mar. 29 (By The As
jSoolated' Press) The House passed
I the army appropriation bill today
carrying approximately $288,00,000.
STKIKK CLOSKS MILL
Providence, Mar. 29 (By The As
sociated Press) The Andrews mill
:it North Smithlleld has been closed
as a result of a walkout due to a ten
per cent wage cut.
LOCAL SHIPBUILDER
WILL OPERATE FERRY
Captain T. It. Ilaynmn Will Kstab
Ibth Needed Transportation Service.
Amis Sound At Kdeiilon
i Captain T. B. Dayman of this city,
shipbuilder and owner of a marine
irailway here, will establish a ferry
across ALbemarle Sound between
! Edenton and Mackey's Ferry about
I the middle of April. The people of
Chowan and of the half dozen coun
ties Immediately across the Sound,
have long been particularly anxiom
i for some type of regular ferriage
; between the two sections, and Mr.
ilayman, in starting his ferry. Is ex
pecting a large vehicle tratlic over It,
.especially in automobiles. No ve
hicular ferry lias ever been main
! tained there.
I A motorist now planning to go
j from Chowan into Washington
j County, in which Mackey's Ferry is
located, must follow a long overland
circuit through liertie and Martin
Counties, though the distance by wa
ter is only approximately nine miles.
The Chaihvick, which Captain
1 I layman proposes to use as a ferry
boat, has 11 capacity to iiccoiiiiiiodate
four cars, with additional room or
pedestrians who may take the ferry
roiiie. ( is now overhauling (he
boat, and Is installing a new s'xty
I horse jiiiw er nil Jh urn ing en gine wh iili
will guarantee, lie says, suflicient
power to give the public an excep
tionally fast ferry service.
N. W. Stevens of Camden was In
the city on business Tuesday,
TWO ASSASSINS
ARE ARRESTED
Charged With Killing
j Vladimir Naboukoff
In Attempt Oh Life
Of Statesman
I Berlin, Mar. 29 (By The As
jsociated Press) Two Czarist
i officers were arrested today
charged with killing Vladimir
Naboukoff, former Secretary of
State of the first Russian par
liamentary cabinet,' and at
tempting to assassinate Pro
fessor Paul Milukoff, former
; Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the Russian Provisional govern
1 ment.
Naboukoff was killed during
an attack on Milukoff while the
latter was addressing a Rus
sian meeting last night.
Vladimir Nasimoff Lewen
ton, Russian journalist, and
brother of the actress Nazi
mova, assisted in the capture of
the assassins.
WARRING IRISH
WATCH AND WAIT
While London Centers Its Ef
forts On Making Peace In
Conference Called By The
Government
j London, Mar. 29 (By The Associ
ated Press) London today centered
1 its interest on efforts to pacify Ire
'land with the opening of a confer
ence called by the Imperial Ooverri
Imient to consider the situation re
sulting from recent disorders. The
I warring elements of Belfast called a
! truce pending the result of the con
ference, according to the Evening
News correspondent.
STATE BANKS WIN
IN FIRST CLASH
Charlotte, N. C, Mar. 29 (By The
Associated Press) The State Su
preme Court will be the scene of the
next stage of the battle, It Is Inti
mated, of 275 State banks In the so
called par clearance controversy with
the Richmond Federal Reserve
Bank. Eventually the fight is ex
pected to reach the United States Su
preme Court. The decision yester
day of Judge Webb permanently en
Joined the Richmond batik from re
fusing to accept exchange drafts of
the plaintiff banks on which a fee to
charged.
On Last Day's Tour
Of Muscle Shoals
Florence, Ala., Mar. 29 (By The
Associated Pres) The Congres
sional party spends the last day of Its
tour of Muscle Shoals Inspecting the
proposed development of the Tennes
see River in connection with private
offere for disposal of the govern
ment's war plant here.
I'TNKItAL IIKXKV 11ATKMAX
The funeral of Henry Bateman,
who died at his home, 613 First
street, Tuesday evening at 6:30
o'clock after an illness of several
months, was held at the home Wed
nesday afternoon at 4:::o. o'clock by
H-v. Jan e If. Thayer, n.c uted by
Mrs. Lizzie McAdams, ami interment
was made at Hollywood.
Mr. Ilatetnan is s-irvived by a wi
dow and two ;.ot.n, leff and Wheeler
liateinan, both of this city; and by
two brothers, John Bateman, ot
Elizabeth City, and Milton Bateman,
of Norfolk. The deceased was fifty
yearn old last November.
Juniors Overwhelm I'reslniien
In the latest game of the high
schoid baseball series, the Juniors
defeated the Freshmen. 2 1 to 4.
Julian Ward, the Junior pitcher,
with plenty of speed and fast break
ing curves held the opposit ln'n bat
ters helple-:'-. and contributed ma
terially to his team's victory by hit
ting out a liii'iie run and a three
bagger. Hii'ier connected with the
horse hide for a homer, two two
base hits, and a single.
Jones who opened the game In the
box for the Freshmen, blew up In
the third and was relieved by Miller,
who was effective throughout the
remainder ot the gnme.