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VOL. XII. FINAL EDITION
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA,
THURSDAY EVEN INC, MAY 11, VYl'l
I'orii PACES
NO. 112
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Jails Arc Crowded
With Labor Leaders
Murder Of Two Policemen In
Chicago Wednesday Started
Labor War
Chicago. May 11 (By The Associ-
ated Tress) The city Jails are
crowded with four hundred labor cjty are in favor of a resumption of
leaders and others held in connection the plan, whereby everybody would
with murders of two policemen and begin work an hour earlier in thi
bombing of buildings which the po- iay and, of course, quit' an hour
lice attributed to labor disorders, sooner than at present.
Rewards totalling twenty thousand A meeting of the membership of
dollars are offered for the arrest of the Chamber of Commerce and oth
the slayers. ers interested will he held at the
Law enforcement organizations are Chamber headquarters in the Corn
united in what the police terms a munlty Building Monday evening at
right to the finish with organized seven o'clock, in order to give every -labor.
body an opportunity to be heard on
Over a hundred labor leaders in-! the question of daylight saving,
eluding Big Tim Murphy, Cornelius Proponents of the revival of day
Shea and Fred Mader, president of 'light saving here say that, with it in
the Building Trades Council are effect, the more industrious-minded
among those arrested. of Elizabeth City's working popula-
Police Chief Fitzmorris said thatalon will have
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isaaore nra vermuii ami .tiax uiass,
partly identified as slayers, are only
the hirelings of higher ups in or-
ganized labor circles, putting Into
action the conspiracy to overthrow
the Landis wage award.
Tells Of Beginning
Of Memorial Day
Rev. X. H. 1). Wilson Spouks To
School Children And Others At
Confederate Monument
The D. H. Hill Chapter, United
Daughters of the Confederacy, had
charge of the Memorial Day exer-
cises In Elizabeth City Wednesday
and a good crowd was in attendance
at 2:30 p. m. when the school chil
dren marched from school to the
Confederate monument bearing their
floral offerings and sang patriotic
songs on the court house green.
The address of the day was made
by Rev. N. H. D. Wilson, pastor of
the First Methodist church of this
city, who told of the beginning of
Memorial Day and bow its celebra
tion had gradually changed as the
"thin Gray Line" had become thin
ner each year, until now only the
Daughters of the Confederacy and
the school children take part In the
program msieau oi iiiaicmii8 m.es ul
soldiers headed by brass bands.
Mr. Wilson was introduced by
Secretary R. C. Job of
Chamber of Commerce.
The graves of the dead
the local !
soldiers
were decorated with flowers and flags
by the Daughters.
At noon the Confederate veterans
were entertained at dinner at Dinty
Moore's Cafe. Only five could be
present. These were: N. G. Davis,
W. N. Parker, N. C. Burgess, J. A.
Matthews and P. C. Creekmore.
At a meeting of the Veterans Sat
urday B. F. Bray and P. C. Creek-
more, both of Hertford, were elected
delegates from the William A. Mar -
uii i usi, mien i omeueiaie veier-
ans. with N. C. Burgess of Camden.
ana is. U. IJavls ot Klizanetn City.
alternates. The post now has only
fourteen surviving members.
Russians Reply To
Allied Memorandum
Iondon, May 11 (By The Assocl-
atad Prpssl Thp Rpllfprs flamm
correspondent telegraphs that the upon Panient ot tne fosw conai
Russians handed in their reply to the tlonal UIK,n ,hp rPmoval the rub'
Allied memorandum at 11:45 this h,Rh ,he l"ndant within twenty-
morning.
flpnna I;iv 11 IRv Thp Assort
ated Press) Foreign Minister Tchit-
cherin of Soviet Russia today handed
r.,00li,i ronlv tho AUiorl
memorandum to Foreign Minister
Schanzer of Italy.
He repeated the assurance of his
good will and desire to co-operate
with the other delegations.
The note suggested a new special
commission to rontiinue the negotia
tions after the Genoa meeting.
Germany To Build
U. S. Giant Zeppelin
i
Versailles, May 11 (Hy The As
sociated Press) Germany under
award of the Ambassadors Council
will manufacture a Zepplln of 70,000
meters capacity to replace the one
allotted the United States by the
Versailles treaty but destroyed In
Germany. A German crew accom
panied by several American officers
will fly the ship across the Atlantic!
Mrs. Bettle Tlllett and daughter.
MIrh Arkle Tlllett, of Shlloh, were In
' the city Wednesday shopping.
Vote for George J. Spence for
Trial Justice. He will appreciate,
your support nd vote. adv
DAYLIGHT SAVING FOR
ELIZABETH CITY URGED
Daylight saving, adopted as a war
t I,
measure (luring me couise m mo
late unnleasantness with Germany,
and abandoned shortly after the close,
or hostilities, may come back into ef-
., tn ' i i i nil t 1, f it aiintinop
lecl at Mizaneui i"j i Dl"
At any rate, a number of the leading
merchants and manufacturers of the
an additional after
noon hour for work in their gar-
'dens. Others, they declare, win
have Just that much more time for
tennis, bathing, motoring and other'
summer-time diversions. Everyone
interested in daylight saving -whether I
for or against the plan, Is urged to been headed by Officer George Twid
attend the Chamber of Commerce ;ly, of the city police force, on Sun
meeting Monday evening. day morning, April 2, is now appar
ZIONISTS PRESS
FOR SETTLEMENT
Geneva, May 11 (Hy The Associ
ated Press) The unexpected intro-
duction of the Palestine mandate G. Sawyer stated Thursday afternoon
question into the Agenda meeting of and it is probable that the men will
the League of Nations Council to- be tried sometime next week. prob
day makes the session the most im- ably on charges of felonious shoot
portant held. Zionists are bringing ing, carrying concealed weapons, and
pressure for settlement. assault with a deadly weapon with
1" intent to kill.
Solo Was Hard To
Tell From Whoops
Traffic Cop With I'niniisical Far Ar
rested Youngster For Melo
dious Outburst
Lack of a musical ear, -whereby he
mlght di8tin?uiBh tne difference be-
tween ginKUf? and whooping, led
Trafflc 0fflcer Smlth to arrest John
RplI vminar wile hov. Wednesday
night on a charge of creating a dis-iroad property contiguous to that
turbance Just Inside the city limits street.
on the Weeksville brick highway! Considerable division of sentiment
near Harrington bridge. Young Rell
contended that he was sineln a solo1
and that he dld not bef?n hlg vocal
outbur8t untii after he had passed
ua ,, pu...:. nhf nnH wa thprp.
fore outside
the city. He was ac-
quitted.
C. C. Bell, brother of the preced
ing defendant, was fined a dollar
and costs on a charge of riding a bi-
cyce without a Ught lnBde the city'andl make a report to the Council as
.mg after nlgntfau. i,oth cases S()on as practical.
were heard in recorder's court here
Tnurftday morning.
Willis Leigh naid the costs of a
i,,i i QrHQ-'. .,,rt Worinou.
lira, me, in iw.m, i.
day morning on a charge of driving ern wln De invited to attend, and at ler Leggett, president of the Seniors,
his automobile across a bridge at a t his meeting it is hoped some sola- followed by an hour of "Progressive
greater speed than ten miles an hour. t0I1 of the problem confronting the conversation" and a variety of re
John Warren, colored,, charged council may be worked out. freshments served in true Junior
with defiling the city watershed with Tne hearing in the Chamber of st'le afforded an enjoyable evening
bones and other refuse from the City Commerce rooms Wednesday night to all present. Those present were:
Market, was sentenced In recorder's waa attended by an overflow crowd Seniors Lanier Lggett, Charles
court Wednesday to thirty days on and reat interest In the controversy Williford and M isses Catherine Heed,
the roads. Judgment was suspended
lour hours after tne trial.
Hulda Brozier, colored, daughter
of "Buard" Eason. was sentenced
t0 thirty dayg ln Jail uoon ('(,nvktif)n
in illBUlliri i.v kmiwu. i
iPA Spence suspended the sen
fence upon payment of the court
costs, provided the defendant main
tains an unbroken record of good be
havior. EARTH SHOCK FELT
Port De France, Martinique, May
11 (By The Associated Press) A
strong earth shock was felt here to--day.
There was no damage.
Carpentier Meets
Ted Lewis Tonight
London. May 11 (By The Associ
ated Press! Georges Carpentier
will enter the ring at 9:30 tonight,
a heavy favorite to win over Jack
Ted Lewis In a twenty round fight
for the world's light heavyweight
championship.
(JASOMXE GOES I T
New York. May 11 (By The Asso
ciated Press) The Standard Oil
Company of New York today ad
vanced the price of gasoline one
cent a gallon.
Geo. J. Spence lays no claim to In
fallibility out will try to give exact
Justice to all. adv
p,r$t SllO7IIlg Of
Prize Silver Chests
Selig's window attracted much at
tention and favorable comment
Thursday in Hip first complete show
ing of the four handsome chests of
silver to be awarded as district prizes
in The Advance subscription con
test. This silver is of
unusually
handsome design and with proper at ,np -yA and sold in Elizabeth
care will last a life time, according to fity" exposition at the Carolina
Mr. Selig himself. Hanking & Trust Company, now in
The district prizes offered by The im,Krt.s8i The two big fish were fur
Advance this year have attracted niKi,tcl by the Globe Fish Company,;
unusual attention as both In deslra-!of this city, and were frozen into the:
bility and In the number of prizes to (,.lke uy tne Crystal Ice & Coal
be awarded they are more liberal Company. i
than a newspaper of the size of The
Advance usually offers.
Davis Overton Is
Now Hear Recovery
Warrants Will Be1 Issued This Week
For Arrest Of Members Of
Tarty On Raid
Davis Overton, Jr., the colored
vouth who was shot and dangerously
wounded by
,n i, ..,
ently out of danger, according to Dr.
Johu Saliba, his attending surgeon.
able to leave
The negro will soon be
the Community Hospital, states Dr.
Saliba, unless unexpected complica
tions set in.
Warrants for the arrest of the
members of the party will be issued
this week, Prosecuting Attorney P.
'
MUCH INTEREST
BUT HO ACTION
,
No action "was taken by the City
Council in special session Wednes-
day night on the petition of Penn-
sylvania Avenue residents for relief
i from the encroachment of ware-
1 Kn.a. nn th Vorfniw-Kmithprn mil.'
was manifest among members of the
Cu.nrii anH aftr m.,0 rtinni.,n
! of a tentative ordinance offered by to housewives who have had difficulty
' P. W. McMullan, this ordinance was-1" keeping them fresh in warm
I referred to the ordinance committee I weatner
;With Instructions that this commit-
'tee, accompanied by the city attor- l'XKH KXTKHTAIX SKXIORS
ney. the city manager and the other Hertford, N. C, May 6 The usual
members of the
City Council, go
wor h crounH ThnraHav mnrninc
u u understood that when the
It is understood that when the
eommittee Is ready to report another
ii-m l,o Imlil u-hli'li
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representatives oi ine .MirioiK-outii-
Wiis evident.
OXK DEATH FROM HEAT
St. Paul, Minn
May 11 (Hy The
; Associated Press) One death from
heat Is reported here today. The
victim Is an unidentified woman who,
died on a street car. ;
PROMPT EFFORT NEEDED TO WIN
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND VOTES
A Few Minutes Now Will Net You Well Over A
Hundred Thousand Votes Offer Will Be
Withdrawn Very Shortly, So Secure Two Sub
scriptions Now And Take Advantage Of Big
Offer
j It Is easy to see that the contest-'
i ants taking advantage of the offer of
50.000 votes on each of the first two
! subscriptions will secure a much bet
'ter start than those who wait. The
! first subscriptions you send in will
earn 50,000 votes, and the second
will also earn a like number of votes,
which, together with the votes regu
larly earned of a subscription gives
you well over one hundred thousand
voles to start with. Just a few
l ml mutes effort Is all that Is needed to
secure your first two subscriptions.
Many contestants have alw-ady se
cured the first 50,000 ballot. Yon
(are entitled to another, hut only
Fish Frozen Solid In
Large Cake Of Ice
Many People Viewing Novelty Ex
hibit At Carolina Hanking V
Trust Company
A three hundred pound cake of Ice,
with a large trout and rocktish froz
en in its middle, was the feature new
pXim,t Thursday afternoon and night .
Due to the fact that the fish were
not frozen before they were placed in
the water which went into the mak-'
ing of the cake of ice, the latter was
somewhat discolored. The unusual
exhibit, however, attracted much at-1
tendon at the bank Thursday after
noon, and will be on display from I
.seven to ten o'clock Thursday nightJ
Its exhibitors give assurance that a
better display of the same kind will
be made on Saturday. 1
Among the other new exhibit
brought in Thursday morning is a
fl"r' "f "" from a Jersey cow,
owned and fed on a balanced ration
by C. E. Overman, of this city. The
cow's daily milk output is five gal
lons, and Mr. Overman is exhibiting
the milk to prove his contention that,
itiv thp llr a.mo,,,lt ,,f lnilk
given ny me aniinnt, ine quality and
richness are not affected. Cream
four inches thick at the top of the
quart bottle attests to his claim.
A quantity of preserved vegetables
and fruits, along with other enticing
ly canned eatables, has been put on
display 'by the Home Demonstration
Agent. These were put up by the
girls and housewives of the County,
and are proof positive of the real at
tainments of the club workers of Pas
quotank. The Farm Demonstration
Agent is exhibiting specimens of
growing alfalfa, clovers, wheat, mea
dow and field grasses, attractively
displayed in large flower pots.
Large hams, expertly cured by
the Pasquotank Packing Company, of
Elizabeth City, were placed on exhi
bition Thursday morning. These
exhibits from the pioneer packing
Iant of this option are particularly
""creating.
Among the novelty exhibits is a
Jar of lemons, preserved -In plain wa-
lPr n' J- &' "ocigers, who lives on
Cypress street. Mr. Rodgers says
,hat Iemo8 may be kept Indefinitely
bv Sorely placing them In a closed
J" of water, a new wrinkle of value
annual reception to tne Senior class
of Hertford Hieh School whk tlvpn
Friday night from 8 to 10 o'clock
by the Juniors at the home of Miss
Louise ( harlk. a member of the Jun-
Louise Charlk,
ior class. The program including a
toast bv Joe Towe. nresiilen I (if tin.
i. i i .. - i... r '
' ami a erinum. uy ian-
Marian Newby, Agnes Hathaway,
Sue Frank White. Nannie Mardre,
Mabel Bass, Dorothy Stephens, Mary
Ruth Broughton, Evelyn Parker, Jul
ia Felton, Anna Whaley Smith;
Faculty F. II. Hunter and Miss Al-
ma Winslow; other ruests
H. Hunter, Sidney Elliott
Mrj. F.
William
and Sumner Reed, Corbin Dozier,
Richard Chalk, and Mr. Early.
when you send In a subscription. Do
this today, before this offer Is with
drawn. Many Voles Ct
It seems that nearly everyone In
the ten counties covered by the con
test Is voting In the campaign. Mall
and messenger brings thousands of
votes in each day. Join In this
merry battle of ballots. Clip the
coupons from the paper, and send
them In to be counted. It Is easy to
win the Ford sedan or tny prize of
ferad. Don't forget to secure your
two large ballots without delay.
Phone 357 for any explanation yon
desire about thp contest.
Daily Market Reports
During Potato Season
Arrangements have been
completed by the Chamber of
Commerce, co-operating with
The Advance, whereby daily
market reports will be received
by wire here during the early
Irish potato season. These re
ports will begin coming in ten
days or two weeks hence. They
will be. posted at Chamber of
Commerce headquarters, and
published In each day's Issue of
The Advance.
The value to potato growers
and others Interested In this
section's premier truck crop is
readily apparent. Heretofore,
the Chamber or Commerce has
maintained a daily mail service
on potato movements and quo
tations, but by the wire ser
vice just arranged for, the re
ports will come in a day
earlier in other words, the
quotations will be received the
same day that the potato sales
to which they refer are made.
LATE BULLETINS
(iOYERXOR S. ('. CHOSEN
Washington, May It (lly The As
sociated Press)- The selection of
Governor Robert A. Cooper of South
Carolina to fill the vacancy on the
Federal Farm Loan Hoard is under
stood to have been made by Presi
dent Harding.
S.MAI.L TIUAIj HFGIXS
Waukegan, ,111., May 11 (Hy The
Associated Picks ) The trial of Gov
ernor Small, charged with conspir
acy to embezzle state funds began to
day with Slate's Attorney Mortimer's
opening statement for the prosecu
tion. The Governor was present,
with his sou and daughter-in-law. ;
TRIE BILLS RETURNED
Columbia, S. C, May 11 ( Hy The
Associated Press) The Ulchland
grand Jury today returned true bills
against J. W. Jeffors, Ira Harrison
and Glenn Treece, charging murder
of J. C. Arnette, Jeffors' business
partner. The trial is expected to
start this week.
TRKASl RV COMM1TTKK RKI'OHTS
Washington. May 11 (Hy The As
sociated Press) The report of the
treasury committee which made an
Inventory of supplies and equipment;
of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing following the reorganization
of the personnel is understood to be (
a substantial vindication of the de
claration of treasury officials that no
material output of Illegal bond note
or stamp Issues had taken place with
in recent years.
Kitchen Caught Fire
While Family Asleep
Damage Hy Wednesday Night Itla.e,
However, Whs Only About
Fifteen Dollars '
While the members of the family
were in bed asleep, fire broke out In
the kitchen at the home of Dora
Griffin, colored, on Bell street Wed
nesday night at 10:15 o'clock, and
but for the extremely prompt re
sponse of the Fire Department, would
have destroyed the residence in a
short time, according to a neighbor
who saw the smoke from the kitchen
and turned In the alarm. The dam
age was confined to the kitchen and
amounted to approximately fifteen
dollars.
Carelessness In looking after a fire
kindled In the smokehouse for the
purpose of curing a quantity of meat
whs the cause of a fire at the resi
dence of Alfred Pailln. colored, on
South Road street Tuesday afternoon
shortly after four o'clock. The
flames destroyed the smokehouse,
$100 worth of hog meat Inside it, set
lire to the I'ullln home, and did $50
damage to that, and damaged the ad
joining resilience of William Sutton,
colored, to the extent of $25. They
also spread to a nearby vacant house
belonging to W. I. Spellman, col
order, and damaged it to the extent
of $15. The fire department turned
out promptly after the alarm was
turned In, and extinguished the fire
with water and chemicals.
Bomb Wounds Women
Three Youths Shot
Belfast, May 11 (By The Associ
ated Tress) A bomb was thrown In
Genview street today wounding two
women. Three Catholic youths were
taken from their beds and shot.
LOST ffK.5.1 IN A ISIiAfK HACK.
Return to Albemarle Laundry and
receive reward. lt-pd
May Pea Shipments
Heaviest This Week
Fanners Generally Are Encouraged
Hy Treasonably (iood Tibet Re
ceived For The Crop
The heaviest week' shipments of
May peas from this city in the his
tory of the crop are assured, accord
ing to K. C. Abbott, prominent com
mission broker of Klizabeth City, by
the large consignments that have al
ready gone through since Monday
morning. With the four refrigerator
cars that he loaded Thursday, Mr.
Abbott had a total of 16 cars of May
peas for the first four days of the
week, bringing his .season's total to
date up to 36 cars.
May peas Thursday morning were
bringing three to four dollars a bas
ket on the Northern markets, accord
ing to Mr. Abbott, who says also that
the stock is of much higher quality
than earlier In the season. Indica
tions are that hulk shipments of peas
will continue through the coming
week, though It is believed that the
.peak of the crop has been reached
1 this week.
Growers of May peas throughout
this section generally are much en
couraged over the favorable prices
received for most shipments, and
with prevailing Indications that the
early potato crop will bring reason-
ably good prices, the farmers of
Northeastern North Carolina are
more optimistic now than they have
been in many months.
, The sweet potato crop in Currituck
County, according to those in close
1 touch with the situation there, will
be late, and shorter than usual; but
the damage by frost and dry weather,
it Is now believed, will be less than
was generally thought two weeks
ago.
DR.
CRANE TO BE
HERE ON SATURDAY
Dr. Harry Crane, psycho-pathologic
Investigator, of the State Hoard
of Public Welfare, will spend Fri
day and Saturday in Elizabeth City,
and on Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock he will report to the Parent
Teachers Association his observation
of conditions among the children of
the schools,
Dr. Crane was here last fall and
recommended the nutrition plan
which has been carried out here in
the schools this winter. On this trip
he will observe the results attained
under this plan.
This Is a meeting of exceptional
Importance and It Is hoped that mem
bers of the Parent-Teachers Associa
tion and all others who are Inter
ested will lie present at the High
School auditorium Saturday after
noon at four o'clock.
ALMOND lURNHAM WINS
MEDAL FOR DE LAMATIOX
Almond Burnhain, youthful de
clalmer, was the winner of the gold
medal awarded by D. E. Williams
for the best declamation at South
Mills High School Wednesday night.
Originally there were sixteen de-'
tialmers, eight boys and eight girls,
but eight of these wore eliminated in
a preliminary contest held last Wed
nesday night.
South Mills High School audi
torium was packed to capacity for
the commencement program Wed
nesday night, the first of three nights
of closing exercises. A feature of
the evening was a play, "The Brow
nies," rendered by the smaller chil
dren. Thursday night's program was
to be devoted to the commencement
address by Dr. James H. Thayer,
pastor or Blackwell Memorial church
at EWzaheth City, and the presenta
tion of seventh grade certificates of
promotion. On Friday night the
commencement play "My Irish Rose,"
will be given by the high school stu
dents. CIKRinCK COt'XTY IW)Y
TRESIDEXT OF SENIORS
Jimmle McDougal. alumnus of
State College, of Rulelgh, was In the
city Thursday, and brought the
news that Julian F. Haum has been
elected president of the Senior class
of the college. Mr. Haum Is the son
of J. C. Haum, Sr., of Poplar Branch,
and Is a brother of Curtis Haum, who
Is in partnership with Buxton White
In the Buxton White Seed Company
at this city.
Besides being vice president of his
class, Mr. Bauni has made his letter,
and ban been starring in college ath
letics this year. Currituck County
and Northeastern North Carolina are
proud of his record.
E-iOYERXOR VERMONT DEAD
Rutland, Vt., May 11 (By The As
sociated Press) Allen' M. Fletcher,
former governor of this state, was
found dead at his hotel here today.
His death was due to cerebral hemorrhage.