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ELIZABETH CITY NORTH CAROLINA WEDNESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 27, 1916
NO 170
BELIEVE 111
JOE PBESIDENT
THOSE ; CLOSEST TO WILSON
V SAY "DOOR IS NOT CLOSED"
' IN SPITE OF GERMANY'S "' RE-
(By United Press)
w asningion, jjecemoer pe
epite the general hopelessness
' among government beads . pver
s prospects for peace, resulting from
' Germany's latest communication,
the men closest to the President
tellere that he wilt strive to he
-utmost to prevent the situation
from getting beyond his control.
, . 1 President Wilson is actuated by
two reasons in his actions, it is
aald; First, his desire to end the
' ' war; second his desire, if possible,
to avoid breaking relations with
- Germany should she overstep her
. submarine pledges. v
Officials expect the Allies t0 re
j Ject Germany's latest proposals be-
, ' ause it does not include a wor.u
peace , guaranty, but those closest
to Wilson say "The Door is not
closed". Even though the Allies
throw down the German idea of
an immediate conference In some
neutral city, the President can
j. : Dill! luaftv wnvi'i' . ' ...,,,......,
"'vwith the backing of the neutrals.
While the idea prevails that
peace is uppermost ' in the mind of
the administration, there is fa the
" r Inner circle the Idea that a break
wth Germany may become inevlta-
' ' fcle If the President's peace propos
, sis fall utterly.
One of the highest officials stat-
I Ail - a AnrADAntotlvO ft thp TTtll.
ted Presg today that the present
plan called for no note writing to
Germany and added, "If the Marina
and the Arabia and other cases de
velop to be clear cut violations of
the German pledges in Sussex or if
Germany, starts a new submarine
campaign In case peace fails, then
creak is tite, only answer."
. THINK GERMANY INSINCERE'
London, Dec. 27 The Allies
. certainly will not accept Germa-
fosV .proposal for Immediate peace
Conference.; That la entirely clear
. Hraa iiuibv. miL slur .1 li iuuiii 1 j-
Lsly to ..Wilson's not was hailed
p liere aa affording splendid oppor
. ' tunlty for England and the Allies
'to set forth before the world a
v- statement which would completely
- epitomize the Ideals and aims, of
v the Entente Powerg in the war. By
' In, the conclusiveness of her reply,
. England holds that Grmany is self
V convicted of a lack of sincerely in
' her peace proffers,;
Buridy-Reid
The marrlag of Miss Mattie
Re id. and Mr. Edgar E. Bundy was
solemnized-1 this, morning at 5:15 at
the home of the bride on Church
street.
The ceremony was performed by
the, bride's pastor, Dr. B. C. Hen
Ing, In th presence of the Imme
diate family. ' The wedding was a
rery Quiet one; without " attendants
or decorations. The bride. wore a
handsome blue suit with gray
gloves and shoes.
The bride Is the very attractive
daughter of Sheriff and Mrs.
Charles Reid of this city.
The groom Is the son of Rev. J.
D. Bundy, now of Fayettevllle,
but formerly pastor of ' the First
Methodist church, of this city.
Mr. and Mrs, Bundy left on the
early train for Fayettevllle whtjre
they will spend some time with the
groom's parents before making
their home in Willlamston, where
Mr. Bundy' Is principal of the W1I
llararton High School.
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10 THE F
. Washington, Dec ;1 J7 Two de
, relopments today thrust the Mexl-
can sltuatlc? In v the foreground.
A First, f the ' unsolicited statement
r trom the State Department that
unrest in Northern Mexico is grow
lngvjnLas result s attention Is
lOny&re focused on the border.
. , SedltVl, th announcement of Sec
. , re.nytansing that he i would call 'a
' , conference of the American menv
hers of the Mexican-American Com
v . mission at an early date." ,;
, Early , in the afternoon no word
had been received as to w'hetheV
furrana bad sijned,the troop with
Vfrawal Drotocoh ', .': Tha ' Aanvrtmant
declares that It has Information of
' Jarse group of bandits on raflipge
I and the situation is such to give
the department fresh concern. The'
Department suspect Villa Of get
ting b11 tlio arms ho needs across
the l - -r. T!-f'- ! i tr,m-h vrf'h
McLemore
Weds Today
(By United Press)
Galveston, Texas, Dec. 27 Mlus
May Clark of Galveston was mar
ried here today to Congressman
Jeff McLemore of HouSton. The
wedding took place at the horn of
the brides' widowed mother and
only members of the immediate
family were present.
Congressman McLemore i3 the
man who drafted the now historic
congressional resolution to pro
hibit Americans from traveling in
armed vessels on the high seas
during the war. The fight was
bitter and close, involving endorse
ment or repudiation of President
Wilson's policy on the point, but
the resolution was defeated.
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ORGANIZATION WILL ASSURE
COMMONER ITS COMPLETE
SUPPORT FOR NATIONAL PRO
HIBITION .
(By United Press)
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 27 Special
trains from St. Louis and Chicago
and special cars from all parts of
the country will start for this
place tonight with several thousand
members of the Students National
Intercollegiate Prohibition associa
tion's natiqnal convention here to
morrow. W. J. Bryan is to be the big fea
ture of the meeting; and it is plan
ned to give the Com'moner the or
ganization's assurance that It has
Its complet support in his national
prohibition fight. Mr. Bryan is
expected to outline some of his
plans for national prohibition. The
envention will end December 31.
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF
,', CAMDEN COUNTY
I will be at Camden Court House
on Monday, January 1st 1917. and
I wish to Invite every citizen of
Camden ' County to meet me there
t'o discuss the subject of a better
road system and such other legis
lation as the public desire.
M.' W.s FEREBEB
Representative Of Camden County,
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the . Department's maneuvers he
lieve that today's emphasis of Mex
ican affairs' Is Intended a8 prepar
ation of the public for possible se-
Live Little Locals
Many Minor, Matters
Merely Mentioned r
Dr. C. B. WlUIama has returned
from Jackson where he spent
Christmas- with Mrs. Williams
mother,; Mrs. VE. p. Buxton. He
was accompanied by Mrs Williams
and Master Robert and Mis, Ran
nie . Williams, who are remaining
for a longer visit.
Mr Frank Hollowel! after spend
ing a tew days with his - mother,
Mrs. P. W. Hollowell at Bayefae
left today for his home in Ports
mouth. He was accompanied by
Miss Margaret. Masters Charles
and Frank, childr n of Mr and Mrs
Wilson Hollowell who will spend
some time with thir uncle, -Mr.
P. G. Catling in Norfolk.
Messrs Chesleigh Ballance. Earl
Caton and John 1 Caton of Currituck
spent the , week end . here, the
guest of friends.
Miss HJttle Trueblood who is
teaching school at Grandy this yenr
Is ,-it home for the holldavs.
Messrs Willis Howdy and Ken
ne: h Simpson of Grandy were in
the city Saturday. '
Mr. Wilfred Peele left Saturday
nitfht for Raleigh and Clarksvllle,
Va., to spend the Christmas hoi
idays. Miss Catherine Drane of Edenton
was here Monday night to attend
the Christmas dance.
Miss Kuth Cooko is at home from
the East Carolina Teachers Train,
ing School at Greenville for the
holidays.
Mrs. M. G. Harris is at Eden
ton the guest of her sister, Mrs.
J. H. Ba!lard.
Prof. E. C. Harris who is teach
ing at Loulsburg ig at home for
the holidays
Miss Annie Cooke who has been
teaching In Providence township
is at home for the holidays.
Dr. Lev. McCabe Is at home
from the Medical College at Rich
mond t0 spend the holidays.
Miss Evan Walker of Norfolk
was here Monday night to attend
the Christmas dance.
Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jones of
Richmond are here for the holidays
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. S.'S.
Lesry. Mr. Jones iB manager of
the Lexington Hotel at Richmond.
Mr. Henry Grlce who has been
critically ill with pneumonia at his
home on Fearng street is reported
t0 be improving.
William Meek'ns is at home from
school for the holidays.
M. W. Ferebee of Camden was
in the city Tuesday on business.
Mr. George Fisch spent Christ
mas in Petersburg, returning to the
city yesterday.
C. C .Walker of Rulls was In
the city Tuesday.
4.
Miss Adelaide Swain of Rich
mond Is visiting her sster, Miss
Lillian Swain of this city.
Mr. Hugh Chapelle of Dendron,
Virginia, spent Christmas with his
brother on Burgess Street. f
Mr. D. J. Pri'tchard - of Deep
Creek Virginia spent Jjie - holidays
her. . . s.
Mr. 8. R. Siff hn8 'returned
from Petersburg where ' ho . spent
thfl fcoHtlnyi.
DAMAGES OF :
THE HOLIDAYS
HYMEN, CUPID; SQUIRE MUN
DEN; AAD THE PREACHERS
..NOT ALLOWED TO REST OUR
. ING HOLIDAYS
-1
Toe-Christmas rush into matri
mony, came on Wednesday 'before
Christmas, but a number of mar
rlsges have taken place In end out
of the city slnce that time.
WILLIFOIDLASSITER
Jesse R. Willlford and Miss An
nie R. Lasstter both of South Nor
folk were married by Justice of the
peace J. W. Munden Saturday
night at just about midnight.
The license was purchased just
before the stroke of twelve end
the ceremony performed just after
ROGERSON BRJGHT
Mr John Rogerton and Mrs.
Kate Bright, both of this city, were
married Sunday Afternoon at tne
home of the groom's mother on
Glade street.
SAWYER NORRIS
Mr. Wm. Sawyer and Miss
Mabel Norris were married Sunday
at South Mills by Rev. N. If.
Shepherd at the home of Hie brides
nartnts. Mr. find Mr Cpnrvn Mnr.
rls in the presence of n lare num
ber of friends. The groom is the
son of Mr. C. T. Sawyer, a well
known merchant of Ll!ly. Tho
bride wbb eighteen years of age
and, the groom younger.
STEVENS &TEVEN8
Mac. D. Stevens and Misg Ethel
Gregory, both 'of Camden, were
married by Justice of th? Peace,
J. V.4 Munden Saturday afternoon
The bride is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Stevens of Camden
county and a sister of Bennle Ste
vens of this city The groom is
the son of the late Walter Stevens
of Camden County.
THOMPSON WHITEHEAD
Mr. Matthew Thompson of Hert
ford and Miss Deanie Whitehead of
Pasquotank were married by Jus
tice of the Peace J. W. Munden
Saturday,
WILLIAMS HOLTON
Mr. W. D. Williams Jr. and
Miss Vesta HoltQn ' were married
Saturday night by Justice of the
Peace J. W. Munden.
W. C. Etherldge returned to
Norfolk Tueaday efter a vlst t0 his
parents in the city.
Miss Dlanehe Lister left Tuesday
for Jackson for a' two weeks visit
to her uncle, Dr. E. W. Lister.
Mr. Louis Siff haH returned from
a visit to Ptersburg.
Mr. Sam Loftin returned to his
home in Petersburg Tuesday after
spending the holidays with Mrs Lof
tln'i Mr. G. W. Brothers. Mrs.
Loftin remained for a longer visit.
William Ballance Is visiting his
grandparents in the country this
week.
Sheriff John Mitchell of Old
Trap was in the city today.
W. F. Small of Weeksvllle was
In the city Tuesday. r
Misses Pearl and Winifred Bal
lance are visiting their grand
parents in the country this week.
d. ond Mrs. H. p. Walker and
children . left today , for Cresswell
to spend a few days with Dr, Wal
ker's parents. They will return
Friday afternoon '
! Mr. W. B, Blades of New Bern
Is the guest "of ' Dr. and Mrs. L.
Sounds Like
Babel Again
; '(Sy United Preisi
Chicago, December 27 The lobby
of the "Dearborn Hotel here 'pound
ed like a reunion of the Amalgama
ted Workers of the. Tower of Babel
all talking at once today. It is
headquarters for the delegates to
the three day meeting of the mod'
era Language Association of Amer
ica opening here today. Teachers
of English, German, French, Span
ish, Danish, Norwegian and
Sweedlsh were present, greeting
newcomers in their . respctive lan
guages.
rlSOK HAVE
HEilMSE
AND WILL OPERATE UP TO
DATE CHAIR FACTORY TURN
ING OUT THOUSANDS OF
CHAIRS
(By United Press)
Granville, Deo. 27 Milwaukee
ronnty prisoners Monday will occu
py new quarters in the luxurious
establishment built here at a rost
of $700,000, and, said by officials to
be one cf the largest, finest, and
most comfortable county work
house in the country. The build
ings, of which there are twelve,
have been under course of construc
tion for ths last tw0 years. vThey
have a capacity f 650 ":pTfsYrtrs.
Each inmate has a seperate cell,
while those who sleep in the dor
motories will have plenty of room
and a number of cubic feet of air
t0 breathe. The Inmates will
have luxuries denied many persons
even in moderate circumstances.
Bach cell will contain a toilet and
wash basin, while shower baths
will be Installed along the cell
corridors. So es not to fatigue
prisoners, the chair factory has
been located in such a manner that
they will not have to walk a
great distance.
The factory will turn out thous
and i of chairs of all kinds each
year. It was built at a cost of
1100,000, wntrWWm-"
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CARD OF THANKS
iniiaiES',
BOTH -WM
STRONG AND -, WELL THOUGH
, SHOWING HEAVY .LINES IN
FACE SINCE .BEGINNING OF
ADMINISTRATION
(By United Press) ' ;
Wsshington. Dec. 27 Tha Prea
Went of th United States 1U bs
sixty years of age to-morrow. .
At this, the beginning; of his .
cond term a8 President! the Exeeo
sv siuuwo Ulftt J oat 9 , UlUvU QiUiV
than he did at the beginning of his"
AilAMhAhA.. kf k IfTVIi. I, . m.
m.vusuvjr VI lug Y una nOUSo U
1912. He la bit . tnn . Wnntwiif
than then and the heavy 1 lines la ,
his face are much more sharply
drawn than they were bef?ra h
came through the ' international
crises that have confronted him,
since the war begun. He. is, how
ever, strong and' well. , f'"
Letters, telegrams and remem
branceg from friends and - relatives
began pouring into the Whlta
House tday by scores. - ,
PflODUC
E
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SPELLERS
We, the husband and children of
the late Josephine C. B. Spence,
take this method of expressing our
most siacere and heartfelt xratl
tude to the many kind friends, who
with willing hands, rendered such
valuable service to her during her
Inst Illness and death. -J. T.'
Spence, J Paul Spence, J( C Spence,
J A Spence, Geo. J. Spence. Emily
J. Raper, Sarah G. Spence.
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING
The annual Stockholders meet
ing of the Comden Telephone Com
pany will be held at Camden Court
House, on Monday January 1st
1917 at 10 o'clock a. m.
The purpose of this meeting is
to elect a board of Directors for
said corporation for the ensuing
year. .
December 2d 1916.
M W FEREBEE,
President.
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SAVINGS BANK AND TRUT CO
Elizabeth City', N C
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Savings Bank and
Trust Company will be held at Its
banking house In Elizabeth City,
N. C. Monday, January 8th, ,1917
between the hours of three .and
tour p. m. for the purpose of elect
ing Directors and , tor the ' trans
action of sooh other business a
may be brought before said meet
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TI. O, KRAMER, , ; '
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OHIO 8CH00L ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER GOOD RESULTS OBTAIN
ED FROM THE MOTION PIC
TURE METHOD rl '
(By United Press) ,
VvU.iiuiuub, umu, inc. . il tus
movies are producing good elemen
tary spellers here today.
Pupils 'at Grand view Heights
who spell correctly every word or "
twenty lessons receive a certificate "
which entitles them to admission to
a special' movie show In tha school
auditorium . And the kiddles are
making good. Two hundred, and
fifty of the 289 eliglbles won ad'
mission to a recent show.
The school faculty .has beccme
so enthusiastic over the benefits ob
tained , via the motion picture route '
they're planning; to extend the -
show tickets to other studies.
But the movie Is hoi the fnnoTi.
.Hon that's been in vogue at the r
Grand view school. Second graders
sften bring their pet dogs and cats
to the school room are permitted '
to play with them during the regu .
lar play hour. These tots also
think Its lots of fun to get their
spelling lessons by telegraph In '
Morse code. The teacher clicks
off the dots with her ruler and the, r
pupils 'pick up' the words.
THE FIRST rxATIONAL BANK
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the First National Bank
of Elizabeth City, N. C, for the
election of directors will be held
at the banking house between the
hours of two and three p. m. ,
Tuesday January 9th 1917.
W. G. GAITHER, JR.,
den 27 30 jan 3 6 I Cashier.
ENTERTAINMENT SOUTH MILLS
A very delightful Christmas en- ,
tortalnment will be given at South .,
Mills Baptist church Thursday.
Ml.!.
Instead of a Christmas tree , a t
t a ' . -1. ' M, V- a
IBIg WUVU8D OWIl Will IH9 UBCU ' U .;
hold the gifts. At the closest the ..
exercises this bell will be lowered
from the celling and the gifts dis'
tributed.
STOLE CHRISTMAS DINNER '
A"1, Christmas dinner thelt ' broke
through the screens of Mr.' Henry
Raper pbrch on Burgess. Street.
Sunday and carried off a . drengod
turkey and a roast ham,-' leaving no
clew behind him wbpf'n' J ''
! ' ' 1 t 1 0"t.