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Vol. 8. No. H6._EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1917. Subscription- m no . v„..
Patriotic Day
At Gatesville
fliitods of People Pay
Trikote to Men Call
ed To Colors
Rev. W. A. Hall
Delivers Address
Gatesville. N. C., Sept 1.—
Hundred* of people from all over
the eastern section of North Car
olina gathered Friday at Gates
vtUe, N. C., where Patriotic Day
was celebrated with elaborate ex
ercises, In honor of the men who
are drafted into the army.
The court house, the gathering
place, was beautifully decorated
with bunting, tlye national colors
anti the fUgs 'oi the Allies. Kcv.
T. B. Crutchfield, chairman of the
National Council of Defense,
presided at the exercises, and the
orator of the day. Rev. W. A.
Hall of the Sufi oik Presbyterian
church, was presented by Rev.
M. T. Plyler.
Mr. usli congratulated the
people of (Gates County on the
patriotism shown by this meet
lag. and declared that piety and
patriotism go hand in-hand.
tie declared that America is
Aghting la a just cause, and point
ed out that while the war seems
far away, it is England and the
Allies who are keeping it from
ear shores. He paid a tribute to
the President of the United Slates
end said that the first step to
moral greatness is sacrifice and
self-renunciation, and said that
the Master of men said. “He who
would save his life must lose it.**
He declared that the soldiers who
have volunteered have done hon
orably, but that those who have
been drafted are equally honored,
for nothing could be done with
out a great army behind'the gen
erals.
Referring to the gift of Testa
ments to the soldiers, Mr. Hall
read the chapter in Bphcsians
which describes the “whole arm
or of God." He advised the men
to learn the “use of the sword of
the Spirit, which is the word of
f|ni4 N
WOO.
The address was dosed with
the quotation of the stanaa which
has been added to “America:"
“God save onr splendid menl
Bring them safe borne againl
God save our menl
Make them victorious,
Pattest and chivalrous—
They are so dear to usl
God save our men."
Altar the ringing of ' ‘The Star
Bpangled Banner," Attorney God
win of Gatesvilie spoke to the
soldiers, who were assembled on
the platform all during the exer
cises, assuring them of the love
and devotion of the people they
were shout to leave behind, evi
denced fa a small way by the
comfort bags presented by the
women of the coonty. He also
spoke to them of tbe business aid
committee which was organised
to look after the interests of the
drafted men while they are off
Aghtlog for their country, and
amused them of every assistance
pnaBfilr la their affairs.
Mrs. T. W. Gotten, chairman
mi tha Woman's Committes Na
tional Council of Defense, gave
tha Tsar amenta to a a umber of
I
young girl*, representing the
“Lend-a-Hand" club of Gates
ville, who in turn presented them
to the prospective soldiers.
Mrs. Coitcn spoke very briefly
of the love and prayers which will
follow these men wherever they
go.
The music was rendered most
affectively under the direction of
Mias Lucile Waiton.
Dinner was served on the Bap
tist church lawn, by the women
of Gatcsville, under the auspices
of the Woman’s Committee of
of the National Council of De
fense, and an elaborate and abun
dant menu.
The chairman of the woman's
committee, assisted by Messrs.
Godwin and Costen, has just com
plctcd a campaign of the county
for member* of the American Ked
Cross, and application ia soon to
be made to have a chapter organ
iaed in Gates county. The meet
ing today, one ol the most in
spiring ever held in the county,
closed with the tinging of the
doxology, and prayer by Rev.
Mr. RoyalL
Below is given a list of the men
who are called into the service of
the country from Gates aqd
whose hamet have not been here
tofore published. These men were
the honored guests at the cele
brat ion Friday.
4 Willie O. Spivey
13 John T. Williams
17 Beecher Modlin
38 William L. Rountree
96 Arthur Parker
31 Willie 1L Langston
84 Quinton M. Wiggins
48 Clenny Winslow
61 Moody G. Perry
71 Waverly K. Parker
70 Nathaniel Wilkins
76 W. Bryant Askew
81 Willie B. Turner
* 83 Sidney W. Small
84 Isaac S. Harrell
86 Kennifer T. Stallings
90 Oscar Horton
98 Lycurgus L. Brown
104 Marshall B. Hobbs
106 George M. Brown
190 Walter R. Barnes
198 Talmage T. Freeman
138 Cape Charles Casper
149 William N. Mathias
146 John T. Eure
141 Frank L. Nixon
167 Charlie W. Hofler
160 Oscar Lee Austin
174 Claude L. Umphlett
188 John H Raby
184 John X. Nor cum
189 Elijah Bunch
198 Peytoa L Harrell
191 Joe R. Duck
908 Solomon Q. Eure
904 Tiiman J. Harrell
206 Timothy L. Rice
208 Archie Riddick
218 Edward Hendrix
998 Robert Ooilins
996 Junius A. Hobbs
980 Charlie B Wilkins
•88 John H. Seawall
984 George R. Sea well
936 joy H. Baker
948 Bills N. Hoilowel] '
962 Oornie A Wolfley
969 George T. Riddick
968 Martin Lassiter
964 Frank Simona
970 James W. Spivey
971 Robert R. Jones
976 Wilbur L. Bure
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Demonstration Work
The rush of the canning season
is now over. The girls and wo
men of the clubs in Chowan Co.,
have put up about 88,000 tin
cans of beans, tomatoes, soup
mixture and such, besides the
large number or glass jars. That
means an average of nearly
cans to each person in the county.
Remembering the fact that the
weather conditions have not been
the best w.e (eel that we are not
boasting too much when we say
we are proud ofoungkls snd wo
men.
Miss Coble now has an office
in the building just opposite the
Bay View hotel. She will be
there on Saturday and Monday
and occasionally through the
week. She haa the labels (or
beans, tomatoes snd soup mix
tures at 86c per hundred. Come
and gel them and be ready when
you want to selL
Again we would urge all the
girls and women of the dubs to
get your exhibits resdy foe the
(sir. You have done so well all'
summer thst we feel you will be
resdy for the lair.
Ail together now, let's make
this the best (air yet.
MISS CIRCS COBLE.
Co. Home Demonstration Agt.,
Bdcnton, North Carolina.
WMcallccl h
CMcsvae, N. c
A meeting of the Womet^jJ
Committee of the National
cil of Defence met in Gatesville,1
N. C on Aug. 8lst This meet
ing was for the purpose of com
pleting the organisation in the
County, but owing to a very
small attendance very little busi
ness was attended to.
Some of the beads of commit
tees for the following depart
ment* were elected:
Food Production
Registration for Service
Food Conservation and Home
Economics
Women in Industry
Pnhlic Health
Child Welfare
Maintenance of Existing Social
Agencies
Educational Propaganda
Liberty Loan
Home and Foreign Belief
Safeguarding of Moral and
Spiritual Forces
Publicity
Finance.
Notice to Fishermen!
At the last mealing of the Fiah
eriee Commission Board bald at
Moeehead City, N. G, on the 0th,
day of Jsly 1917, a motion was
offered ss follows:
"That the closed season fat
shad and' barriag shall be from
April 20th to January 1st, during
which time it shall be unlawful
to oatsh with nay net, naans ot
other appliance, nay shad or her.
ring la the wstars of North Caro
line. N
The eoaaideratioQ of Ihie mo
tion wan dafarred anti) a wining
of the Board to be held at Edcn
toa, N. G, oa the lad day of
Ootnber 1917.
All parties Intarestad^are re
q nested to meet the Board at said
meeting aad if they so desfaa, they
will be heard on thie sabpet.
Rsnpsetfally.
H. L. GIBBS,
Pfahariaa Com'r.
r
Selected For Service
ntmi LIST OF Mil SIUSTKI
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Important Notice
To Registrants
This list, from the date of Its
posting at the office of th* Loral
Board, constitutes node* to those
whose names are listed hereon,
tuut they have been selected for
milf*juy service, and charges them
with aa obligation to watch the
bulletin board of the Local Board
and to hold t be (natives la read!*
ness to report for military duty
at the office of the Local Board
at a date to be specified la a later
notice to be posted at that office.
Date of posting this notice at
office of this Local Board Sep
tember 5, 1917.
Date of posting verified aad
certified correct.
C S. VANN. Chairman.
L. K. SUliMBBELL, Secty.
Office of District Board
For Bastsrn District of N. C.
September 1,191T.
The following list of ad, call
ed for military service by the
Local Board for Obowas County
have been duly f-Tiurt upon by
the proper Local and District
No in Ink dress
Local Name No. gtvna
Board | Local Bd.
1 Henry Banks, 969 Edaaton
7 M L. Bunch, 676 Tyaer
11 William Boyce, 696 Tyner
16 O. E- Spivey, 784 Bylaad
16 Lewis Bdoey, 766 Tyaer
17 H. S. Roberta, 107 Bdeatoa
19 £ D. Worrell, 978 Bdeatoa
96 Dempsey Little 909 Bdeatoa
The District Board for Eastern
District of North Carolina,
JOHN D.
IS. is. rAUK, secretary.
The Following Man flap*
Hot Appeared tor
Exaadaatioi:
Notice bee been seat to them
twice to the address given oa
their registration cards, end post
ad at the court hoeee. I(they
do not come ia at once their
names will be sent to the Provost
Marshall, Gen. Crowder, Wmh
ington, D. C. and dealt with by
him
48 Jamas Blount
409 J. EUward Wltaoo
909 Aaron Halsey
991 Fred Biggs .
197 H. la Roberts
889 Joseph Holley
997 Simuel Johnson
999 F. *. jonee
494 JL K Harris
•40 Josh J. Short
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Partly Worn Clothing WmM
Tbs Darya* War Belief malms
as orgeat appeal foe partly warn
eiothtag far the eefteren ia towaa
wishing lo make ap this bet,
wbwk will ba east la September
tribe does to Klee May Wartae,
Q—m Street, Sdeaioa. V. C.
urnnuun mnt ■. kmt if
BElVIVEtl, I. C., AMOMTNttf
tlLECTII TO M TV FBAMCL
Among the Coast Artillery
Reserve officers recently graduat
ed at th* Fort Monroe training
school who have born assigned to
duty in France Is Lieutenant
Henry H. Perry, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bragg Perry of Belvi
dere, N. C. Lieutenant Perry
left the University of North Caro
lina and entered the Reserve Of
Traiaiag Camp at Ft. Ogl*.
thorpe, Ga., May 14, 1917. A
month later he was transferred to
the Const Artillery Training
School at Ft. Monroe, Va., and
was commissioned Second Lien
tenant In the Coast Aniiisry
Corps, U.S.B. August 14,1917.
Lieatcnant Perry km the distinc
tion of being the youngest
at Ft. Monroe to receive such n
commission, fifteen days after hw
twenty-first birthday. This pa
triotic young odEccr has our best
wishes lor great success and a sole
saturoto home and friends.
• -> T
EDENTOS HONORS
DEPARTING
SOLDIERS
The three young getlemen,
Memra. E. J, Ward, M L. Bunch
and William Boyce, who consti
tuted the Brat contingent of
Chowan county’s quota left for
camp Wednesday at 1B:S0 P. M.
Before leaving they were given
a luncheon by the local Woman's
Council of National Defense hi
the rest room. It was a delight
ful repast, one of the young men
remarking after he bad finished
that he regretted that his capaci
ty would not permit him to "get
around.” Mr. Charlton Harris,
who will be with the next contin
gent, participated in the honors
with these. After leech, the four
were grouped beside an automo
bile on Mala street and while two
large Bags waved from their sides
held by little Misses Alice Main
ly Cason and Mary Turner Bush,
Mrs Cason took a kodak picture
of them They ware escorted to
the Norfolk-Southern depot by
quite a number of our dtiaeas
and another pisture taken at the
depot. Before boarding the train,
they were given many hand
shakes of farewell and good
wishes. On the train they join
ed many soldier boys who had
boarded the train at other points.
I
Anderson Items.
Mrs, T. W. Nixon spent Tues
day seer Bdentoo with her moth
er, Mrs. Bdward Chappell.
Mrs. Motile Lone celled os
Mrs C. W. Beid Teesdey after
noon.
Mrs. Jack Hunter visited Mm
C P. Be Id Taodajr afternoon.
Mrs. G B. logcraan went to
Hertford Taasdny iftirnooii
Minnie and Nora Rogesaon call
ed on Ida and Ncilia-Lot 8ta^
iags Wednesday afteroooa.
Mra Ida Reid apent Wedoes
day with her mother. Mra Bench.
Mia* Addis Reid and sister
tailed on Minnie and Mora Stall
ing* Sunday afternoon.
Mr. Will Nison spent Thurs
day night with hia brother, Mr.
C F. Nixon.
Mra. Cora Stallings spent Wed
naaday afternoon with Mra G.R.
Rog arson.
WfMWwi nr nc
(NdMfh
(By Buutl T. Maura)
Preparation are aow aipidty
under way fra takiag care of the
largely increased aaaAra of ex
hibit* at the greet Eme Pakthia
year. The (air will ha held Oat.
lBth to BOth. aad It le gratifying
that a rpecial oaoMaktn will lira
every hoeae m Palaigh irwtt
thit
arewd
Executive i I |g.
praveraeata to the | the
fair grooada aad tl tmtk
so that If faipy we
prevail the pleaaora
af the great fair aeadaat ha ii>
auniahed, for ladaed this para,
the fair erOl aot ealp afar great
«r«r before, bet baaeddal laaaan
are to be leatoad-Miyk m4 fW
jura at this ‘‘-i- -rhia fnd con
servation aad load prodaettoifta
of aach Iraportaaca Erray farth
er bop aboald ge ran* ad stray
housekeeper ia the State aad via
fair belongs to the people sad
President Everett will ^ead hie
resource! alaera far asakiog k a
grand meetiag place far North
CaroHalaaa /
Mr. Wallace Jordu was a
er at the home of Mr. A. X. Jor
dan Sunday aftaraooa. ' '
Mr. Grover Jordan accompo- -
nlod Misses Mnttfo BsasUy and
Dora Jordan to ssrvtcas at BatftnT
Sunday aftornoan.
Mr. Tates Jordan, On. G, Ya.
Bsft,haa returned to Norfolk
after spending a abort furlough
with bis parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. A. Jordan.
Misses Bertha and Margarwt
Beasley were gaeats of Mfaa Bildn
Jordan lata Sunday afternoon.
Mr. and Mm J. B. Brhbtde
weretbu guests of Ms brother.
Mr. John Brabble Sunday attar
We are glad in ay that oar
B.T.P.U. Is progressing sleety.'
Misses Mettle, Bertha and
Margaret Beasley left Monday
night for Klou College whore
they will attend school.
Mr. Donate Wood and Mies
Mary Jackson passed tbradgh
our coauaualty Sunday after
noon.
Mrs. W. H. Bate and two
children of Washington. M.C..
art visiting her persnta. Mr. mad
Mrs. A. J. Procter.
The Thrice o-Warfc World of
New York, and The Albemarle
Qboenrer. both one year tLTtl
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