North Carolina Newspapers

; - TV K r. V I ..y v "A Attfff Wednesday Mghf at Eight 0iJ : . .... i. i.i - - - . - ( .. . "... i -- . Fu 1 1 T e legr aphic Reports of the United, Press VOLUME L 4 O'clock HtSTlAiL EDITION Greenville, N. C Tuesday Af terndon, February 19, 191& NUMBER 211 i .-; -.7.. BATTUESMBP MOOTAA; submmme wmfme fabjre tOB-rinTr urn i im-rr am nnnnnnn EIGHT INJURED W - . BRITISH TROOPS AVJflSTSHOCK nrn iitti riini nn nrvis iiMff-Wn Ilk Iff II I I I fa III l"l 111111 1 111! 11. Mil Ul UHMLLUHLI in III HIVU UlWklHIU, ARE NOT LONGING FOR CARNAGE (By The United Press) WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES AFIELD. RUSSIANS EXPECTED TO Fl THE BOLSHEVEIKI IF GERCINS lilAKE Ml ADVANCE ON COUNTRY (By The United Press) PETROGRAD Russians will fight the Bolshe- With all utter absence of a panic or dread, British viki, the Foreign office told the United Press to- troops are now awaiting the shock of battle. day, if the Germans advance against Russia and Ts ' Unlike Von Hindenburg's braggarts the Brit- tn.ey e declared as counter Revolutionists and lnTCe rXplOS1011$ Hutcheson Membei: ofVageCoQumssion By Uniua Pim) WASHINGTON. William Hutche son leader of the striking wood-workers in the eastern shipyards, will be sappointed to the Shipping Board Wage Adjustment Commission. This is the latest development today in the government's move to prevent further walkouts in the different shipyards. H 1 f VJ "1! At 1 TT 1 ish do not pretend that they are longing for car- W1" De I0Ug?Ji UKe ?lZxln an,? filename. tv, tinUic v j ..u . . The recruiting of the Sonalists army is now to be enormous. No trade relations with Germanv ;6S0io J,Lfm "?afraid- B"tls5 will be possible, the Foreign office declared. The trPfAJ Wteaml Germans will get food when they revolt and join Anv ffSf ej.M sT5n at the Russian Petariate. of any army m the world. Individually tie im-' 1 i portance of thehe approaching battle was never AfininnPAA uni i unnm im mn so better understood. First: Because it's intelli- bUilUlLOO WILL WINU Ul ulU gence was never su nigii; secona: i;ne leaaers ana men were never so thoroughly in each other's con at Powder Plant (By United Praaa) PATTEN SON, N. J. Three explos ions occurred at the Waine Powder Works near here today. It is stated that three men were injured. The Waine plant was destroyed. nnnrrnn nn i input Tiiiinonnif INIKUL DILL MM IHUKdUHV, HOUSE CONSIDERING BILL TODAY (By United Press) " ' ('' WASHINGTON Under the speeding up, in sisted on by the war leaders congress has put on -full steam to get the Railroad Control bill passe. The Senate will vote on this measure Thursday In spite of Senator Poindexter's objection v which blocked an agreement setting five p. m;, as the time for the final voting, the Senator withdrew . his objections when he was assured time would be given to debate the amendments. The House of Representatives takes up the bill today. , NO CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED FROM AIR RAID OF LAST NIGHT (By The United Press) - LONDON. No casualties or damage was done in last night's air raid over London, Lord French, director of Home Defense, announced today. This was the third German air attack on Eng land on three successive nights. As a result of the other two raids the total casualty list was 27 killed and 41 injured. GOV. BICKETT APPOINTS FRIDAY AS "WAR SAVINGS STAMPS" DAY WAR JOBS DORING THIS WEEK (By The United Press) WASHINGTON This will be a whirlwind week for congress in the winding up of the big war jobs. The Railroad control bill is expected to clear the Senate and House for action. A definite date for the nateMtew for todax. Close oh the heels of this measure will come the Finance corporation bill. The House's action on the Day light saving bill is expected early this week. The Senate has already passed the bill which would be the American people to turn their watches ahead one hour this summer. Bruce School Made Excellent Showing In the list of names of purchasers of j Thrift Stamps in the county schools last week, a fine list from the Bruce school was inadvertently omitted. This Next Friday, February 22, George to boaft of the Autocratic nations "dMim-tons oirtnaay, nas Deen very j shall we by niggardly hoarding appropriately decreed War Saving Stamp day. by Governor Bickett. The significance of the date should appeal to every one and bring out the best efforts for the sale af War Savings Stamps. George Washington the greatest man in American history gave this country liberty, how can we better commemor ate his birthday, than by devoting our selves on that day to the causes of our continued liberty in buying War Sav ings Stamps in support of our Govern ment? Every stamp bought is a blow at the Germans, a shot fired so to speak, therefore do not stop without buying stamps yourself, but get others to buy, so that instead of firing one shot, fire we by niggardly boarding our money imperil this priceless heritage that George Washington has handed down to our keeping? Think for your self people what this great war means and what the consequences of a defeat would be. Can we afford to take any chances? Rather cannot we afford to give everything to assure victory. But in buying War Savings stamps you are not giving anything. You simply in vest your money at four and one-half per cent .interest in the greatest cause that is or ever has been. If self pre servation, the first law of even the beast of the jungle. Some of our people have already giv en their lives inlthis cause, others have Shipyard Workers May Draft Striking WASHINGTON. D. C Whether or not the striking ship yard workers sub ject to draft will be deprived of their conditional exemptions rest chiefly with the emergency fleet corporation. It was stated at the office of Provost Marshal-General Crowder that if the fleet corporation reports thV strikers as having served their connection with ship building work immediate action will be taken by the draft board. Such me n as come under this head would be given their original class ification. Under the selective service regulation they could not regain emer gency fleet classification within thirty days. Property Transfers II. T. Jefferson to R. L. Jefferson, Falkland, consideration $5,750. H. T. Jefferson to G. W. Jefferson, Falkland, consideration $5,750. Lina Baker to James M. Hines, Greenville, consideration $16,000. J. F. Pollard et al, to I). I). Over ton. Bethel, consideration $300. John C. Nobles to J. J. James, Ay den, consideration $500. F. S. Harris to J. J. James, Ayden, consideration $3,550. J. W. Elks and wife to T. B. Holli day, Greenville, consideration $325. Puss Barber to C. H. Forbes, et al, Greenville, consideration $10. j is one of the best lists that has come in. features of the campaign in this school is that the children have donated their stamps to the. school. The Thrift Stamp win ie- tochabfl Jffjjx Say ings Stamps' and Iield as the, property of the school, which is a very good cheine. Miss Estelle Summer is princi pal of the school, and the other teach ers are Miss Ethel Moore and Miss Snodie Moore. The children buying stamps are as follows : Lena Steppe, Johnnie Pierce, Walter Corbitt, Ashley Corbitt, Arthur Corbitt, Blanche Corbitt, Lillian Corbitt, Etta Corbitt, Ashley Garrris, Nellie Garris, Howell Garris, Mollie"" Garris, Luther Garris Jack Garris, Henlen Morgan, Charlie Morgan, Esther Willianms, Gienn Moore, Forrest Moore, Amos Little. Preston Langley, Ernest Lang ley, Sadie Langley, Arthur Satterfield, Delphia Satterfield, Edwin Corbitt, Rob bert Warren, Maggie Brown, George Brown, Bertha Garris. CITIZENS OF COUNTY RESOLVE STEPS BE TAKEN TO INCREASE REVENUES OF THE CO. SCHOOLS Episcopal Church. On account of the mass meeting to be held in the Methodist church Wednes day night there will be no service in ! St. Paul's Church on this night. Every member is urged to attend this meeting Is Out Again. The friends of Mr, V. Washingtou are pleased to see him out again after several day's indisposition. STAMP PURCHASERS. Purchases Residence. Mr. "James M. Hines has. purchased the handsome home of Mrs. Lina Baker a vol lev. The money that yon lend to '-.given their fortunes ana stui ocners and hear the message of the speaker0 Fifth street and expects to move the Government on these stamps goes ;are giving their entire time in service for a cleaner country. there within the near future i 1 nAn w.11aH " . direct V nto tho onnfnmoiit otir! main- away irom UUUie , voiuu juu w vaucu tenar.ee of the soldiers at the front, "PO" to do less than stay at nome ana nDlIU ID ITIfll D fl I I U flTTIirAfl T therefore If the people do not lend their lend to the cause just a part of the re-, I!! lff ml I II J If Ul I V 1 I I Hp IV! P Government rhf h rfvM them free- suits of the prosperity mat nas oeen - - - w . . iw a B III. III. k.. an.l prosprity cl of these years, 'given to you by the same Government that is now asking you to help in this "bit" of a way? The management of the War Savings Campaign is endeavoring to have speak ers in every school house in the County on War Savings Day the 22nd. of this The Anti-Saloon League of America with the cooperation of : the State League, is now conducting a vigorous dom their money, the army cannot be sup Ported and will be hopelessly defeated, and the money that you refused to let your own Government use for pour pro tection will he taken from you by the Germans to pay war indemnities or worse. month. If von cannot attend one of !f our forefathers had not supported j these meetings, do soliciting wherever General George Washington and his you happen to be, and be sure to buy army in the revohitionnrv war. he some stamps yourself on that day. would have been defeated and todav Let us make it a day worthy of ; campaign . in North Carolina. It has been on in this state since January 6, ! and will conclude on February 24. Some of the country's most noted platform speakers have been in North Carolina during this period and on to morrow night at the Hethodist church the citizens of Greenville will have the pleasure of hearing Hon.-Lewis R. Hor ton of Spokane, Washington, who is to speak oh "The Lasj ;')Eieloubt." Mr. Ilbrton is reputed to be eloquent, fas cinating, with both humor and pathos -a hard hitter. During the past 11 years Lewis R. CHURCH WEDNESDAY EVENING, HON. L R. HORTON IS SPEAKER ive been defeated, and today W( would have no liberty and freedom ! George Washington. GERMANY REALIZES SUB WINE WARFARE HAS BEEN A FAILURE (By Tht United Press) NEW YORK The German people now realize that their submarine warfare has failed and they are now staking all of their army in consequence, declarps rv tm TWno rf Pimm. Ohio, who is the V0- , r , , i ii OrtWvlhas gone through 178 different local raisers personal dentist and who left Germany tlon ana prohibition cam- at the Liquor Traffic," has been distri buted in every state in the Union, and two and a half million copies of his striking poster, "The Factory and its Product," have been printed. Both are in a greater demand than ever as the fight progresses toward the goal of na tion wide Prohibition. It is to be hoped that every pew will be occupied tomorrow night at the M. E. Church. All the respective churches j of the city will dispense with their reg j ular Wednesday night services so as; to give their members an opportunity j to attend. The exercises will begin at , 8 o'clock, late enough for all to get j their supper and be on hand. The lo-! cal committee is now hard at work for the success of the meeting. The ' Horton, assistant superintendent of the i program is going to be interesting from 1 Washington State Anti-Saloon League, start to finish. This is a great cause ' one that everyone should be interested in. Letynake tomorrow night a gala one ii&Qrcenville. ! The following persons purchased war savings stamps and thrift stamps at the local postoffice yesterday : Miss Stella Whichard, Miss Nannie J. Rowlett, Walter Dail, Jr., Sam Has kins. Miss Eliza Latighinghouse, Robt. C. Bagby, Mrs. Bessie J. Williams, Richard Williams, Jr. ; Miss Maggie Whichard, Mrs. C. W. Wilson, Mrs. j Kate R. Whichard, Miss Carrie La 1 W rc TToa Tft a TTt-q nrn Willria r7xx-rf Id fy V , II 17 It - UVU ' ' , MVJJV Brown, Du Val Allen, Mrs. Josephine L. Phillips, J. R. Whichard, Mrs Ruth E . M cGowa.n, M iss Agnes " Cabe, , Miss Margaret Cone Tucker Miss .Bruce Tucker, W , ; G.. Craft, TbHjajEUcks, J. D. Bazzell, Carey D. Warren, A. J. Moore, Miss Iva Shelburn, William TunstalU Miss Adele Foley, George H. Timberlake, Miss Rehe.-D. Dresbach, Miss Georgia Elizabeth Clark, William Howard Brown, Miss Lillian Brown, F. A. Edmundson, Jr., Walter Howard Wilson, !iss Elizabeth Minor Skin ner. Miss 'Harriet Cotten Skinner, D. M. Clark, Howard Moye, Miss Rejiecea Sherrod Williams Miss Josephine Skin ner, Mis Willie- Skinner, Miss Lucy B . James. Edward Batchelor, Miss Mary Hazel Stephens, Walton Rice, Miss Corrina Mial, Miss Elsie Zahni ser, Marcellus Fleming, Jr. That was a fine body of men that gathered in the Court House this morn ing to discuss the increased revenue for school' teachers in Pitt county, and by way of parenthesis, that the ladies present, wfereas pwtty. juad 'wfatwflBt; ing as can be found anywhere in the Sunny South. Another thing, the peo ple of Pitt County are determined to do something towards furthering the cause of education and they are going to see to it that those entrusted with the teaching and training of the young are paid and paid well. Beween two hundred and fifty and three hundred of Pitt's best citizenship gatehered in mass meet to discuss this i vital matter and if there was a dissent ing voice as to the proposition ot in creasing salaries of the teachers this paper has failed to learn of it. On the otherhand, everybody present was una mimous that something ought and must be done. This is evident by the fol lowing resolution, which was intro duced by Mr. R. R. Fleming and secon ded by several. The resolution was passed without a dissenting voice. It reads as follows : Resolved, That in the light of the emergency that confronts the public schools of Pitt County, it is the sense of the citizens of the county, in mass meeting assembled February 18, 1918, that steps should be taken at once to provide additional revenues for the schools next year, and to that end we request the County Board of . Educa tion of Pitt County to increase their bedget for teachers' salaries, and that SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY NEWjs ference to. our children. The .seed corn of the future generation, if 'we neglect our citizenship, is going to be a seri ous failure, stated the speaker. There was a time when we could get teachers because-. & jwasntfqtlssklij- place they could secure, but that time has passed, said Mr. Wright. We art now facing a crisis and what are our people goin to do about it. Said the speaker, over 1000 teachers out of the 10,000 in North Carolina, are going to do something else . next year. The teachers are realizing that theean't make a living teaching. At this-oint Mr. Wright said that SuperinCSlsdent Underwood had sent out'qtieStionaires to the teachers as to th.eir salary etc., Not a single teacher in Pitt county re plied that she was revhig. enough salary to" properly support, her' Some replied that in order for thehv.to teach they must call on parental assistance.' Is it right, said the speaker,- for "your daughter or boy to call on'du for' as-' sistance. I think it a shame. - We most. do something in order to pay 'more to our teachers unless we do we will face the condition of no teachers to instruct our boys and girls next year. The In- crease in teacher's salaries has been practically nothing while the living 'ex- penses has increased from one hundred per cent. The average salary of a Pite county teacher is $45.07. Un less something is done next year from 25 to 50 per cent of our schools wilt be' closed. Now what can he done? the. speaker asked. He advocated special " school tax districts, stating-that every to that end they request the Board of ; acre of ground in Pitt should be under Commissioners of Pitt County to levy the special tax of 15c as provided by law and the constitution, of the state,, to proyide'foT four months. .school term out of the county funds. " The meeting was called to order by Superintendent of Schools, S. B. Un derwood, who after explaining the ob ject oi the meeting, called Dr. W. W. Dawson of Grifton to the chair. Dr. Dawson also spoke of" the school con ditions in , the county and that some thing ought to be dpne to remedy the trouble. Resident R. H: Wright of the East Carolina Teachers Training School, was introduced. Dr. Wright made a very impressive aud interesting a special tax. Lets give our children a better chance and lets pay our teach-J er jitter, salaries." - President , Wright' was followed by Superintendent Underwood who gave thbse present an idea of conditions in the county as they exist. He stated that although this had been a line crop year, prices for products good,- yet there- would be about only $300 increase available for school purposes In the county over that of last year. Mr. Un derwood explained the sources from which the money to run the schools in the county came from. His talk made ; deep impression. " Other speakers were R. R. Flemihg. talk. Said that our people were much I G. L. Moore. J. W. Martin, W. H. ' - r ' ft ! 1 1 1 rwmm VftW was enthusiastic. Pitt conn- tv is going to do something with her teachers. The large number present to-' corn was gone. Such a condition ex- day shows conclusively that the citizens ists right here in Pitt county with re-j are thorougly aroused. - ' ' - i i like the farmer he once knew who car-1 Moore. ,ried his seed corn to mill and when the meeting his neighbor fartriers in that his seed White's theatre TONIGHT . "Twin Kiddies" featuring Baby Marie. Osborne. ' Wednesday "SAVAGE INSTINCT," featur ing Clara Kimball Young. MEATLESS WEEKS INSTEAD OF DAYS IS AHEAD OF THE s v-b :- c i y." v . ,i ' ' ' i .'i -.! i ' ' :i Ji ,; K ltd 'S - t i i & - f . ! V ' J ', f t t, ,- r k i . r j 1 If X St ' r .-AS) , . it (By The United Press) WASHINGTON Wheatless weeks instead of wheatless days is ahead of the nation unlessSbme- - ,J.V 4 tiling io uunc liicxcctoc iiie jjiuu-uciiuiij ty AJfJ ? ; j of Oklahoma, a farmer and a member of iheQlia homa Defense Council, .told the Seftatd AculVis-V'. ture committee today. - i 1 1 I L . .