VOL; 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING. JANUARY 12, 1917
no. n
jctett Claims Oo .'; :7
ehius For Destruction
But Wishes to Work For Comm9n
Good of All Whether Their
Interests Lie In Manufac- ;
H ;;toitog or Farming ,
Raleigh,! Jan ,12. Accompanied
ty a special commttteee from the
Genenu Assembly 'headed by Chair
man J. E. Pegtan, Thomas Walter
Elckett arrived from hi, home at
Louisburg at eleven o'clock Tburs
i ay "morning to b& sworn in as Gov
T rnor'ot North Carolina..
On the train which delivered him
and Mrs. Blckett Into the arms of
a criwd that fllled' the Union Depot
and overflowed Nash Square arriv
ed also committee of the . town of
Louisburg, some seven hundred u:
Banimously happy fellow cltleens.
There was a hurryln? of committ
ee down the long shed. There was
a surg of the incoming and outgoin
crowds. ! There was the music of
"Hail to .the Chief, and the big lit
tle. man -who la to occupy the Gov
ernor's : Mansion for the next four
jenrs stepped out to meet hi, Day!
In the" confusion of the reception,
In the thrill of the excitement, there
ran a tlri'of gladness thpt could be
folt. . Thg people knew the man and
Raleigh ' felt tht It ojrned him Intimately.:-'
."Cheers started "e-nly to
trail off into greetings.. There was
nothing strane, about this" Governor
who has spent so much of the list
eight yearajn the Capital City. The"
motif was cheerful good will an ear
gerness to yrasp the hand and ex
tend personaL greeting to the Gov
ernor who, possibly of all others in
a generation, , hat come to take his
bfflce with less tan? of bitterness
or fliBsapoIntment In his wake.
t Outside the 8ttion the formil
procession ' ranged- itself in orderly
style. ; The A. ft M. cadets, formed
long lines of the loved academy
grey An army officer or so In gold
braidc'jW their hoses and marshal
ed rvrU ranks of the escort, which
4 wnftr without delay into the van
W I the automobiles In which were
packed the member of the .commit
lee, close Jrlends of the Governor
tlect, end wives, of members of the
"pnerald Assembly.
Within 'less ' than ten minutes
from thef time the special train ar
rived, the procession was we" on
f wayta the; Governor's Mansion
f r brief greetings between Incom
!' and outgoing, executives, for re
frmingwltw" Site's officers and
ripmberj of, tbe Generald Assemby
" r the return 'Journey to the Citv
Atiflttorium In. which the Inarsural
f - renionles w?re to be held.
At a moment - after twelve the
f Hefner's ,paftywaked Inforrcillv
r i the great building that contain
t I some; four thousand peApK ,
A.sjiree of appliuse ran through
the audience atb Governor-elect
stepped ', forward and was reetad
bv the Chief Justice, which Increas
ed In volume as the the state' ad
ministration ' finally changed with
those words ti GovernorCralg:
"1 have the honor to present the
Governor of North Carolina."
Thus very i simply In the eye of
an Inspiring audience,' Thoma Wal
ter Blckett, being Governor stepped
forth -to asume his office and de
clare the faith that was In him.
' '' Governor's Ad"reaa
, In p'rt he said r . . .
"1 have no genius for destruction
If there jh a man la North' Carolina
who desires . to drain a swamp, ter
hUMde; If there be a farmer
whoi4 struggling to escape from
theybrop kty deadly Clutch; If
llA be a Wnant who hungers for
the vine and , fit tree he may call
l) own, I 'want all such to know,
t the governor of the State wfil
nt It an honor and Joy to rise at
'nlfiht and lend a helping, band.
"If there be mfen or combinations
" men who want to build factories
t will nuIUpiy ' lvalue of our
Lif e Hangs
By a Thread
Jan. IS. Thaw's
thread There . Is
physlcans declare,
Philadelphia,
life hangs by a
doubt, hopttal
whether be has a fchan.ee to recover
even If he did not swallow the poi
son tablets missing from the bottle
found In his pocket. ' -
I -
THOMAS WALTER BICKETT
Inaugurated Governor of North Carolina, Thursday;
January 11th . '' -. ' 1
Knows You By
. .... . .
Your Sneeze
(By United Press)
Cleveland, Jan. . 12 Introducing
Nurse Jennette Leveau, Sneeae
Dectectlve. Sneese for Jennette
and Bhe'U tell you what nationally
you are,. England might hire her
to sneeze out' a tew spies If Ger
many doesn't get her prat. J
Baby aneeias" and cries are a hou"
by with Miss Leveau. She a
nurse In the day nursery here.
Every little sneeze, she says, has a
meaning all its own.
DECORATED
I1
BUDGE
OF
K Give Bonuses
DEBONAIR FRENCH CAPTAIV
NOBLY LEADS MEN TO VIC
TORY WITH A MERE TWIRL,
OF HIS LENDER CANE
t
Loss Was
$12,000,000
Jersey City, Jan. 12. Intermit
tent explosions could still be heard
this morning at the wrecage of the
plant of the Canadian Car Foundry,
destroyed during the night with a
loss of twelve millions. Stored in
two concrete buildings yet undam
aged are ' tons of trinitrotoluol, a
most powerful explosive. Danger of
its letting go is now believed passed.
The town of Kingsland and the
surrounding country bear every
mark of having withstood a terrific
bombardment tha,ugh only two lives
were reported lost.
PREPARING
IIS STALL
HEATING
L
PLANT
Cann Memorial Presbyterian
church 4s preparing to install a
new heating plant In the very near
future. It has not yet been decid
ed whether the church wfll be heat
ed by steam or hot air, but the
new system will be in operation be
fore many weeks.
LOST 23 Jewel, open faced, Elgin
watch. Last night between Norfolk
Southern freight station and JOS N.
Road street. Finder return to 103
N. Road street rnd receive reward.
raw products; to harness our.
streams and redeem the , sad waste
of waters; to construct or equip
railroads that will insure adequate
transportation for our prowlnj com
merce; to form or maintain Insur
ance companies that will keep at
home the Niagara of gold th?t hai
been flowing out of the" state," , t
want these men to feel that the
State recognizes their wisdom and
worth, and places no discount on
their patrlotiam.
"For, four 'years. I, want labor and
capital, ' learning , and art, and - the
life, and, letter, of the law to-be de
voted to making every acre and ev
ery stream, every human and every
mechanical .unit in the common
wwUS! o do its level test 1
3gxi Pence oveGu
; ...Be paileliy
Sernin::
London Thinks Door to Peace Still
' Open But Expects No Early
' Developments : 1
MORE FRIENDLY
TO PRESIDENT
Resentment Giving Place to Desire
: : to Enlighten Obtuse But Well
Intentioned Friend
By HENRY WOOD
(Unite))1 Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies, Jan. 12
Captain Lassouquere, commanding
the Eleventh Company , of one of
the regiments that recaptured Dou
amount last August, today was .de
corated with the CrolxN de Guerro
In recpgnltion of his coolness and
bravery in leadtaff-,Ji8 men tt the
assault, while calmly twirling a
cane! Since the besrlnnina: of the
present war, French officers have
ceased carrying a sword ex
cept on dress parade,
owipg to its utter uselessness as
a weapon. In leading an attack
they carry as a rule merely their
revolver Between dress parade
and infantry assaults they frequent
ly carry only a cane. In planning
the assault on Fort Douamount
the French Staff worked out In
advance every detail, even down to
the pace the men were to follow in
order not to advance faster . than
the barrage of artillery Are under
coyer of which the men were to go
forward .
The pace pre-established for Cap
tain Lassouquere's company was a
rather leisurely one. A moment
before the time set for the men to
scramble out of the trenches Cap
tain Lassouquere mounted the par
apot. and adjusting his mono
cle so that he could survey
the field of operations, walked
calmly up and .down twirling his
cane in his fingers When the pre- L
cise moment for the assault came,
he turned quietly to hig men in
the trenches and remarked In an
even tone of voice "AH rteht, Mes
Enfants, we're off." Then as the
men came out the Captain nonchal
antly proceeded them, twirling his
cane with all the nonchalance of
a Parisian dandy on the boulevard
Reassured to the fullest extent by
the coolness of their leader the
men followed until, at the precise
moment, arranged in advance by
the Staff officers, the company, al
ways screened by the. French artil
lery fire, arrived " within striking
distance of the objective assigned
them. With the same precision
the French artillery barrage at that
moment leaped forward, leaving, the
German position exposed to the at
tack of the advancing Infantry
company. Throwing aside his
cane, and drawing his revolver,' the
captain gave the cry of: "En Avant
Meg Enfants."and a moment later
ths entire company was safely in
stalled" in the German position with
all the lUtor's defenders either
dead or Imprltoned. .'
EASTERN TAR MEETS
r-';', By;UnitedV Press ; .; t
i BangohV Me.. Jan -12 Despite
the declaration f of manufacturers
that they have"" had. to boost paper
prlce8' several hundred per A cent
to make a fair margin of profit . onS
thtld product, the Eastern (Paper)
. . imh....,aJiiW.
manuiaciuriog vuiuyau iuuo yio
lentad their? employes, , receiving
less than $3,000 a year,' :. bonus
equal to ten pep; cent of their sal
aries', o i;'!;.,'; (
The explanatlen Clven Is that "on
account of the ' high cost of living
md the ; present - - profitable ' condi
tion of the paper business, a bon
us" wa declared. The bonus ap.
plio91;to')'1fcflbirrT000 workers, ', 200
of them women.
Stocks Take
Sudden Jump
Vew York, Jan. 12. The Enten
te reply to the Wilson peace note
vas the basis today for a general
id vance in munitions and stocks on
he stock exchange.,
By ROBERT J. BENDER
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jab. 12. Wilson'?
next peace xriove in the Internation
al peace! game depends upon , what
confidential Information he may
have as to the terms on which Ger
many will consided peace.
,Y.
The regular meeting of the White
Rose Chapter of the Eastern 8Ur
will be held in the Masonic , Hall
this evening at 7:30. Members are
requeited ta be present. . . , ,
DIRECTORS ELECTED
The regular annual meeting of the
Stockholders of the' Culpeper, Grif
fin, Old & Grice Co. was held today
and the following directors elected:
W. T. Old. President 8eaboard
National Bank, Norfolk, Va. Dr.
L. S. Blades, Preslden4 Norfolk &
Tarolina Tel. & Tel. Co. P. H. Wil
liams, Secretary and Treasurer, of
the Elizabeth City Hosiery Co.
H. G. Kramer, Cashier, Savings
Bank and Trust Co. O. F. Gilbert,
Proprieter, Mitchells Department
Store. D. B. Bradford, President,
Elizabeth City Hoisery Co. W. G.
Gaither, Jr., Cashier, First Nation
al Bsyik. W. N. Old and L. E. Old.
Mr. C. W. Grice having sold his
stock in the Company stating that
he desired to devote his entire,
time to the Management of the
Norfolk and Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Co. W. T. Old former
Vice President of the Company was
elected President . to succeed him,
and P. H. Williams was elected
Vice President and L. E. Old Secretary-Treasurer.
,
Tour business will be given the
same careful attention as hereto
fore and the officers and directors
will eppreciate a continuance of
your liberal patronage.
Yours very truly,
L. E. Old,
i Seity-Treas
iTenuary 10th, 1917.
Jan 12 13
In the absence of postlve know
ledge as to this, officials believe
that the entente reply, published
this morning,, leaves practically' no
loophole for further advances by
4he President at this time.
Germany must mate the next
move, ' If the President should poss
ess Information indica ting' that the
terms of the entente square to an
encouraging decree with what Ger
many fs willing to concede, another
effort by the United States Govern
ment may be expected.
Dispatches thia morning from
London Indicate that in the British
view the door to peace Is still open,
but no tangible developments ere
to be looked for In the near future.
On the streets of London and In the
London papers this is the Idea as
to the effect of the reply of the al
lies to the . President's Peace note.
,No delusions are cherished jas to
the strength of Germany's military
position, but Britain is still confi
dent that eventually Germany will
be forced by military and econom
ic necessity to submit to the terms
of the allies.
The frankness and courtesy of ths
note reflects a change In the popu
lar attitude toward Wilson. The
one time bitter resentment at what
ws regarded as the President's dis
position to meddle has chnnperl to
a desire to illuminate a somewhat
obtuse but doubtless well intention
ed friend. Everywhere in London
confidence is expressed in the Amer
lean approval of the Allies position.
8TR0NGET DOPE YET
What Is regarded as the strong
est stuff yet passed by the British
censor came In from the United
Press correspondent at London to
day. He says:
"From the standpoint of a neutral
the big outstanding feature of the
whole situation seems to be that
the . peace ball is still rolling, slow
ly, it is' true, but destined to gather
momentum as the discussions pro
ceed. The Allies tnlht have block
ed this movement altogether,' but in
stead they really gave it a conside
rable shove by Inferential invit
ing Germany to bargain on peace.
Wilson belioven that the first
step toward peace, however ' short.
has been made and that another
may follow soon.
Wants Congress .
To Push Probe
' Washington, Jan. 12. The failure
of the House to continue the inves
tigation of the leak on Wilson's" ,
peace note to the. belligerents will
"confirm the public ;bellet".' that
Congress dares not Investigate, fear -
in? to Involve men in the high coun
ells of the Government and some of
the congressmen themselves, Repre
sentative Wood declared today.
Wood refused to apoliglse to Tu '
trinity or 'Boiling.' "1 We no
pologles o make any one;" be told
'A rumor Btlll lives that men : high
in governmental authority are in
olved." 1 ' ' f
Chairman Henry was' nrgingr the
House to table the leak probe f of
lack of evidence, ' . ,
Teutons Take
Another To;wn
mm '"" iv V.'T. ji.
Berlin, Jan. 12. The capture of
Laburtea, Rumania, by the Germans
Is officially announced today, Tau -
ton progress from Braila to Gait
continues, and the Russians are '
again retiring toward the Sereth. ,
COTTOKi REPORT
' .. t 'o ;.
There were 5,691 bales of cotton
ginned in Pasqnotank County from,
the crop of 1918 prior to Jan, 1,
1917 as comitared with a aa hala
ginned to Jan. 1, 1918. : . " "i
There were 3,790 bales ,of cotton
ginned in Camden County from the
crop of 1910 prior to Jail. 1. 1917
as compared with 2, 675 bales gin
ned ,to Jan. 1, 1911 v,
N. A. Jones, , )
Special Agent.
LEAVE TOR &OUTH CAROLINA
, AND THE MIDDLE WEST
MessruClarence Parker and Re
mington Sykes have accepted , a po
sition with Mr K F Martin, repre
sentative of . the Bon Am' Compa
ny of New York, '. and will leave
within a few days for South Caro
lina, Illinois and Wisconsin. ' 1
WANTED Table boarders in pri
vate family .. Apply to HI West
fearlcg rsteet. 4wk Jao HJIy
TEACHERS. ASSOCIATION
MEETS
The Pasquotank County Teachers
Association will. meet, at the Alkra-
ma Theatre Saturday;, morning at
half past ten o'clock. ' .
! MOVED INTO NEW MOMI
Mr. and Mrs. M.' B. Culpepper
have moved Into their new home on
Pennsylvania Avcnuo. ( t , t ,
REMODLINQ HOMES i '
' 'if ' '
Mr. Harold Foreman 1 remodling
his home recently purchased pit
Main street. ' ,
Mr. Eddie Hnghes Is1 remodUnf '
his house on Main street and will
move Into -It soon.' ' "'-y
, U. D. C. MEETS TUESDAY .
The D. H; Hill'chapterv U D C,
will meet Tuesday afternoon at S
O'clock with Mrs, ' P. DeLon on
Church street. All members are ur
ged to be present
BALL-WILSQN
Walter Elijah pal 0f Weoksvllle
and Miss Evelyn Mae Wilson of
Portsmouth .were married by Ret.,
J. L. Cunnlngim at the First Meth
odist church Parsonage Thursday.
HAS NEW BOY
The popular register of deeds, Mr
J. W, Munden, announces the Arri
val of a new boy this morning, and
ts receiving the conjratulatlons , of
friends. '