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A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political,ocial, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People
VOL. XXX??.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.,-THURSDAY, FEBRUARY Z 1916.
NUMBER 5.
Germany Has New
Sea Raider After
E
ritain's Commerce
Cruiser Moewe Slipped Past English
Blockade at Kiel and Captured 8
Steamers, Including the
Which Arrived Norfolk
with 400 Prisoners May
terned by the U. S.
Appam,
Tuesday
be In-
(Daily Papers, Wednesday)
Old Point Comfort, Va., Feb. 2. !
Confirmation of the story that the
German raider which captured the ;
that is yet to be told in full detail,
but which brings back all of the ro-
' t i t i i .
Appam was disguised as a tramp i mance oi otner days, wnen pirate
, mprnD that the r.rizP shin is i ved the Spanish main.
now pianted with bombs was brought
; ?hore today by Dr. H. W. McCaffery
i ;ie local quarantine officer. He al
ii a told a detailed story of the cap
ture and life on board the ship since
i e German prize crew took posses-
"I certainly was glad to complete
i.ay work on the Appam," said Dr.
McCaffery. "I have no desire to
remain in such close proximity to
bombs as I was on that boat.
"According to stories told me by
issengers many bombs are planted
z. rmt the ship and all o " them can
1 exploded by the touching of a .
t orei button. The bombs were
I i?ed by the Germans immediately
u ' zer they took possession of the
'"at. The English commander,!
In command of the prize ship is a
short, stout German, Lieutenant
Berge. He ha red hair and red
mustach. He is a man of action:
not a man of words. With 21 men
he brought a ship loaded with citizens
of an enemy country across the seas
through lanes of hostile warships.
Before going on the prize he had
Vippn sprrnfi in pnmmnnrl r ..
Moewe. a ship of mystery, i
from "somewhere" and it is'
where" now. And whence it
and whither it has gone time
will tell. Even the class of vesi
! not known; whether it ia a war. .n
or a converted merchantman.
All,iJnwjijtQnij?hjbi3 .that
IRITISti AND
TRANSPORTS CONTRASTED,
GREEK
KITCHiN NOT SURE
GOV. CRAIG RIGHT
:;.-w,
A curtous contrast between the British and Greek transports is presented here. British Tommies look with
interest at the small, two-wheeled carts used by the Greeks, which the fdrriier paSs fn the highway near SiUoniki.
INTERESTING NOVELTIES ON FASHION COUNTERS
ship foutid itself off the coast of
Africa in the middle of January.
rtam Harrison, and the other Eng- j Steaming in the topical African wat
l.-.h officers were notified of this
l ruation and warned that any at
t -nipt to overpower the prize crew
. onM result in the ship being blown
i 't o rtoiiis without futrher notice.
"I had a long talk with Captain
Iriirrison regarding the character
o ? the boat and he feels that he act.
p-1 wisely in not attempting to resist 1
tlje raiders. All on board speak in
the highest terms of the treatment
Germans have accorded them.
DISGUISED AS TRAMP
ers the Moewe sighted the British
ship Faringford to a stop. The
Britishers, officers and men, were
transferred to the Moewe and a shot
sent the merchantman to the bottom
In the few days following six other
British .ships met a similar fate.
The prize crew of 22 men ruled the
4-35 prisoners on board the Appam
with an iron hand. There is talk of
a submarine that trailed along and
induced the Appam's passengers to
be good rather than be sorry, but
"Captain Harrison told me that i nom,ng ,s aeimueiy Known or tnat
tte raider, disguise as a tramp steam-! The Pengers have not had the
i was in sient oi the Annam tori J
" ' t rrL i i
arriving nere. x ney are cioseiy con-
balf a day before she attempted to
ellect a capture a capture. Ke
would play in and out, far and near,
from the Appam and so disreputable
vas her appearance that even the
captain remarked to hi3 crew about
it. The captain told me further j
that he thought she looked especially
fined on board. Leiutenant Berge
alone has come ashore. He told his
story to Collector of Costoms Nor
man R. Hamilton. Several small
boats which put ouj; with newspaper
men in the hope of geting informa-
! tion were warned to keep away.
fr a tramp steamer
"After firing a shot over the bow,
mi l a j i a
poorly constructed and painted even ne rso" un ine P?am
were nstea as ionows: uriginai
members of Appam's crew 155; orig
inal rm!pnnfpr! nn thp Annam
r oppmg the Appam, dropping her , isoners fof B
3 dsc forecastle head and bringing a detention camps 20; survivors of
tattery of guns into play, several j shipg destroyed 138; prize crew 22.
i-rmans boarded the Appam. They j A 1flrtr(1 r.f tutt w
.ud the passengers, many of whom
j on board the Appam were women
-.a become frightened and were ad- J , -u,-!,-. and it
justing lifebelts that there was no i high coJonial of ficials
fHnger. No one would be harmed, T.urning t0 England
was said several
who were re-
tne Germans explained, as long as m, , , . , , ,
thty did not attempt resistance. There are a,so on board the caPtured
"They were regular tolfs' said one steamer four wounded sailors, who
o." the English officers. This was were taken from one of the sunken
j : wy of cesignating the Germans ships resisted capture and was shell
1 1 gentlemen. All of the raiders i
-'-e from German merchantman
;'d were of the high test type of sea- ! -
1 en- J Tavenner's Letter
Norfolk, Feb. 1. Looming up
t .trough the fog which curtained
t' e Virginia cape in the early dawn
i -., d?;y came the steamer Appam.
J rorn her mast flew the German na-
ensigo. She was a German prize
c-,:).i. ed somewhere on the high seas
ly a mjs'erious raider, which had
,i jy an( several British ships to
'it; ijittlom.
T.e Appam was a British liner.
? ii!eJ between the British isle
: A West coast. Two week ago she
v.-js reported missing. After a week
was considered certain that she
1 ui met with disaster at sea. To-
i aht. thausands miles from heN
larted course, she is moored to a
r' ck in Norfolk with- 22 German
lic.rs and standing guard, as they
! .:ve done for two weeks over a ship
load of British officers, seamen and
passengers.
When the ship p teamed into the
(Extracts from Speech of C. H. Ta
venner of Ilhnoir, in the House of
Representatives, Wednesday, De
cember 15, 1915.)
I believe in giving credit to whom
credit is due. For instance, the
gentlemen back of the Navy League
in my opinion, deserve full credit
for the sentiment that has been
aroused in the large manufacturing
centers and other parts of the United
States for the proposed $500,000,000
bond issue for battleships that the
Navy League has been advocating.
I am in favor of giving the Navy
League full credit and also full
responsibility.
On Nevember 19 I made the state
ment, pubficly, that I intended to
introduce in Congress a resolution
to investigate the Navy League and
to require J. P. Morgan, one of the
jdirectorp of the league, to take the
. New
in war-trafficking firms.
if
In a letter sent to Members of
Congress, dated January 13, 1914,
A. H. Dadmun, secretary of the Na
vy League, said;
"Certain Congressman have insin
uated that the League is supported
by people who are interested in the
sale of war materials to the Navy.
They are entirely mistaken."
Mr. Dadmun, in a letter published
in the January, 1916, issue of Pear
son, s Magazine, reiterates that the
men back of the Navy League "are
men who will not profit by the re
sults of the league's propaganda,"
What is this Navy League? Who
its directors?
'ound Navy
1. In the
statement
ie official organ of the
..y League of the United States."
I turn now to p'age 32 of the issue
of February' 1904, where I find a
Itet-of 19 men -who-are 'named as thef
"founders" of the Navy League.
Now, then, let us see who they are.
I note in the list of founders the
name of the Midvale Steel Co. The
United States Government since 1903
has bought from the Midvale Steel
Co', 48.392 tons of armor, and we
have paid for it an average of $120
a ton, in all $20,375,858 for the sin
gle item of armor plate alone, not to
say anything about other millions of
dollars' worth of contracts that have
been given to the Midvale Steel Co.,
for other things used by the Army
and the Navy; and if the Navy Lea
gue's proposed $500,000,000 bond is
sue goes through, Midvale will stand
to draw some more millions.
Let us see if there are any more
war-traff ickers here. Is CaarlesM.
Schwab, whom I see listed as one of
the founders a war trafficker? Well
ne is president of the Bethlehem
Steel Corporation, and we have
bought from Bethlehem, 35,007 tons
of armor at an average rate of $445
a ton, and have paid Bethlehem for
armor plate alone $42,344,937. That
is the second member of the armor
ring.
Now there is another member of
the armor ring and that is the Car
negie Steel Co. Let us see if we find
them also among the founders of the
Navy League. Yes; 1 see the name
of J. P. Morgan. The late J. P.
Morgan was the organizer and a
director of the United States Steel
Corporation, which controls, accord
ing to Moody's Manual, the Carnegie
Steel Co. We have bought from the
Cargenie Steel Co., 89,933 tons of
armor plate paying rn average $442
a ton, or a total of $39,783,497 for
the single item of armor plate; and
if the Navy League's proposed $500,
000,000 bond issue for battleships
goes through they will receive still
larger contracts. So that you see
the three firms which have a mono
ply of the manufacture of armor in
this country are all founders of the
Navy League; they are all represent
ed as the founders of the Navy Lea
gue, and we have bought from them
233,339 tons of armor plate, for it
an average of $439 a ton, or a total
of $102,504,292.
Remember that figure, $439!
There have been 10 official estimates
by Government officials as to the
cost of armor plate in a Government
factory, and the average of those
estimates is $251 a ton; and had we
manufactured this armor in a Gov
ernment factory, which the Navy
League has cold shouldered, I think
I am well within the bounds of con
servatism when I say we could have
(Weekly Fashion Letter by McCall & Company)
York, February 2. --The
dress-np" notion seems to have
tf ken a strong hold on us, one and
ail. Our shop windows present won
derful changes each day, ani our
Avenue has become ft veritable kaleid
otcope of attractively gowned and
hotted women, season with its sug
gestion of coming spring although
tlte frost and snap oi old winter still
lingers, which causes us to look with
more appreciative eyes than usual
on the r.ew offerings In froeks, suits,
Difference of Opinion as to How
People of State as a Major
ity Feel.
Washington. Jan. 31. Covernor
Craig threw the fat in the fire when
he said that 90 pe?- cent of the North
Carolina people are with the Presi
dent in his preparedness prcgrafij.
Sevev'ai members of the Tar Heel
Congressional delegation disngreo
with the Governor. Majority Lead
er Kitchin gave out a statement on
subject. He said:
"The Governor mny be right lhat
90 per cent of the North Carolinians
are against me, but I notice the Gov
ernor failed to state what percent,
whether 10. 50, or 90 per cent favor
the President's program of taxation
to finance the billion-dollar five-year
incroasp in th artnvnnrl navv Ydii
Among the attractive millinery no-; linderStand it is an ea.y matter for
tions uemg 'uspiayeu in tne snops,
worn in the southern ffJsort5, are
sets consisting of hat, handbag and
collarette, and fashioned of faille, or
the new oft 1 aster satins. One of
the most attractive of these is devel
oped in the new Calltit Color, a soft
LAYMEN TO MEET
IN GREENSBORO
Christians to Consider the Gicat
Cause of Missions, Home
and Foreign.
he
in
in-?(
shade of pinkish lavender. The hat
ia very simple, medium sailor turned
up sharply on tile left side, having
no contrasting trimming; the bag is
of the same soft luster satin as the
hat and the collarette, also of silk, i
corded about an inch apart, and fin
ished with long ribbon ends for tying.
rfii i
inese sets are oeing maae up m j a hysterical aii.l
many colors ana are unusually eltect
tive.as a finishing touch on an after
noon frock of silk, or of the sheer
cotton?.
FASHIONS IN llANDUAGiS
Now that so much attention is be
ing given to details, and in consequ
ence we are all presenting a better
groomed appearance than ever be
fore, the handbag is being shown
considerable attention. Once upon
aTTmeit was"c'6nsTrrered for its" use
ful qualities alone. Now it lends an
added touch of color or richness to
any one to fn.vor or even vote for
appropriations, whether a hundred
million" or a billion dollars for any
proposition, ft tRks neither wis
dom patriotism nor statesmanship
for this. The proposition that en
lists study thought and patriotism is
how to finance such a plan.
"What method of taxation
should be employed; what article
taxed mid what not taxed; how much
such af tides should be taxed; how
levied on incomes, etc.
"I am in favor of preparedness.
But there is a difference between
a reasonable pre
paredness. I favor the same kind
of preparedness thai. President Wil
son, Secretary Daniels, Admiral
Fletcher, commander of the Atlantic
fleet, the man who will have to do
the fighting, and the Democrats in
the House and Senate favored le?s
than year ago and winch they then
declared met the full needs and re
quirements of this country.
"This program wuh the largest in
DROP SHOULDER JSROCK BAND-TRIM-MED
SKIRT
ard hats. But, 'leaving aside these
fluttering elements, there is really
more of beauty and smartness in
tl is season's styles than we have had
f ( r many a year.
OSTRICH TRIMMING ON FROCKS
Fur is still the smart trimming for
all garments, and it promises to re
main in favor well into the spring,
There is already a hint here and
there, however, that designers and
rcaiuf acturers are tentatively reach
ing out for an attractive successor.
In one of the smart shops the other
morning, a most attractive afternoon
dress was displayed; it was made in
Russian effect, was very simple, and
sparingly ornamented, the only trim-
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ILLUSTRATING THE CAPE COLLAR
tailnrpil suit and afternoon frock.
ming.intact.bemgDandsotostncn, its ap9ropriatenesa for both
m tne same snaue oi Diue as ine
dress, edging the high, standing
cc'.lar, the cuffs and the lower edge
the history of our government! i
think it wisest and best, as t he Pres
ident, the Secretary of the Navy and
Congress have naid, to proceed with
our reguUr program which was niak-
. i
ing the navy stronger, ana more
efficent every year and which if a
dapted now would not demand a dol
lar t?xtra appropriation over the reg
ular expenditure. The program
gave us 2 dreadnaughts; 1S2 battle
cruisers; 15 to 25 submarines, aero
planes, torpedo boat destroyers and
other coast defense.
"In answer to the President's state
ment that our navy ranks fourth,"
said Kitchin, "he only substantiates
j my statement given to North Caro-
lina pres-K on November 29 to the
effect that the President had been
j badly misinformed by his naval ad-
visers and that, the Navy Year Book
of 1914, upon which he may have re
lied for the most of his statistics, is
unreliable and misleading."
Those of North Carolina contin
gent in Congress who do not ?un
port the President for national 'de
fense think that they represent the
sentiment of their districts. But
the Governor came here fresh from
, the State, and is sure that he has
' not mit-interpreted the people,
"The people of North Carolina
'; are Democrats," said Mr. Craig -to
The Aevvs and Observer correspond
ent, when asked if he was with the
administration, "and they are sup- J
norting the President. That is mv
Again the Christain men of
nation are being called to meet
Convention by the Laymen's :
fionary Movement. Six years i
75.000 men met in 75 leading eii.'es
of i he country. Since then, ami as
a result, in part, of these inspiring
gathering the men of the church of
God have had a more intelligent c n
tvptlon of God's plan for them i.nd
unprecedented advances have bt.i!i
made in the missionary enterpri:,tv
However, it is estimated that only
about one-half of the members of
our churches are vitally interested
iu the cau. e of .Missions, Home tnd
Foreign. The problem of arousing
the slumbering half concerns those
awake. Keeontly great chan.x
have taken p!a.e in the world, creat
ing new conditions and imposing up
on us additional responsibilities.
"The earnest expectation of lh
creation waiteth for the revealing of
the sons of God."
A needy, hungry, weary world a
calling us. Has not America eorae
to the Kingdom for such a time as
this? President Wilson asks. "Have
we lost t he vision of America? Ilavu
we forgotten that America was in
tended for the service of mankind?"
The hours are pregnant with possi
bilities. "We must not meet these
golden hours with leaden feet."
And so we meet
To consider new world conditions
anil America's enlarged" responsibili
ty. To study the missionary progress
of recent years.
To project plans looking toward
the accomplishment of our whole
missionary duty.
To emphasize the adequacy of the
Gospelto meet modern social condi
tions. . " v
Toiiu'iease the. spiritual power :;.r;d
elficency of the local church.
To secure the general use of the
best methods of missionary educa
tion and finance.
To inspire laymen to take their
part in the extension of the Kingdom
ot Christ.
The North Carolina Convention is
to be held in
GKEENSBOLO
Wednesday night Feb. i, lO'.o'
Feb. 10. U'lo"
Feb. 11, lv,l;
Feb. P. Hi
registered dele-
00
must be consideied. The volumin- i belief and ohservation
ous bag of soft morocco and like soft j The situation in the Stale is bo
leathers in dark colorings the black j coming interesting if the letters that
nfltpnt. leather ha c. lined withbritrhti r.rnr inln Wnwkimrtnn cvprv riav are
1 : i r i : ' o - . ...v -.,
w ug-m u ,,.-! red or cream-colored moire silk, and i to he taken a Indicative of the I
the envelop purses, also lined with ; thought.
bright silks, are good form with .
of the blouse peplum. The effect
w?s pleasing and perfectly a
ate for the warmer weather
TRIMMINGS FOR SPRING HATS
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
and we want :,!
gates to attend.
We call the men of the Old North
State to meet with us.
Men from the ocean's shore to the
mountain tops.
Men from farm and factory, offnte.
store, shop, from the railroads, mills
and mines, from the cities, tow -is
and open country. Pastors and ii-j-nicn
from all the denominations.
Together let us wait upon the Loid
and renew our strength.
EX KCUTI VE COM MITTKE.
A. M. Scales, Chairman,
Dr. C. W. Moseley, Vice-Chairman.
T. F Moifett, Secretary,
F. H. Nicholson, Treasurer,
J. Norman Wills,
C. A. Hines,
U. B. Coit,
Kellenberger,
Ireland,
Bridgman, Executive Secre-
C
A.
II.
A. c
tary.
Whether ostrich as trimming for ; tailored suits. There are some at-;
hats will be favored to any great J tractive novelty striped leathers also ,
degree, is still a question; that it i being used with dark tailored suits j
will be used considerably, as in the
past season or two, for fancies, odd
little stick-ups, balls, rosettes, and
simular effects, on the chic small
hats which are being introduced as
first models for spring, has already
been confirmed. Many handmade
h:ts are being shown this season.
The new braids are mostly shiny;
glice effects will predominate,
although one sees some effective dull-
finished hemps and tagals. A new
glace braid from Paris resembles
nothing so much as the scales of a fish
and it is appropriately named "fish
scale." straw. Some flowers will be
used on the new hats, and quantities
of ribbon. The new colors in millin
ery are generaly speaking, black,
which is quite as strong as ever, gera-
very effectively. Antique brocades
N&w Kisntiif Inyredieiils
Flour composed of a mixture
wheat and dour and. corn flour
which
lomnosu nmKir.i.iiriMa an.-l iKpi! : siuiiftci, to m federal tax. which m
laces are fashioned into effective and the minds of many people is an un
artistic bags for the af tor noon grow:;' I fair discrimintion agairst corn and
fiavarol nf tl.onauiooi fac'mVm fon- ' th r.orn irrower. The present la'
UVtlUl OL 111V ill vv)b xU'JUiuit ..u ..-. w--- ci - - - I
tores are illustrated in t ho afternoon ws erartod with a view of protect-! in mixture
m mi , A l i A i. : - .-w iii.eiiin- i !!tot iict'is an
cape-collar is one, the. drop-should i tion of mixed wheat and corn flour
and attractive sleeve is another, j for whole wheat Hour. If there
The band-trimmed skirt is new and i ever was a tune when such a tax
effective, and the lusi-pointed tunic j was jusunea mat Lime is pt-...
is smart and becoming. j The present pure food laws of the
1 various states and nation otfer am-
iy
nium-pink, absinthe, pohshed-golo,
saved to the American lxpayery at mint-green, and baby chick; the. last
Messrs. J. Baron and M. Maggid,
local merchants, left Tuesday for
West Point, Va., to inspect the pro
perty of West Point Development
Co., with a view of purchasing some
buildings and residential sites. Tney
will return adout Saturdry.
pie protection on this score by re
quiring the proper labeling of all
such products, The tax method is
no longer needed. There is no ques
tion but what wheat and corn flour
mixed in proper proportions is a
wholesome and nutritious food. If
sncb a mixture is sold for exactly
wVit it is
md rot as fl nr
poit she brought with her u story j responsibility of testifying under the very least $35,Ot!0'COO.
' u charming suggestive title.
Read the clubbing offer, page 4. only from wheal, there ia no
rr;nd
justi
tied objection from consumers or
I anyone else. Possibility ot decep-
tion is the only element which needs
(attention. As long as this can be
! taken care of by the pure food laws
of! under which the matter rightly
is J comes, it is diliicult to tind any ra
tional argument in favor ot continu
ing the present tax. It should be
repealed, and the sooner the b'.ttc-r.
Corn tlour merits the right, alone or
as d ies wheat (lour, c-nd
! consumers should not
be called upon lo stand any tax
thereon. Eliminate the tax and it
wiil be sold on its merits as a corn
product and not a wheat product.
Consumers can buy it or leave it
alone, as they may elect, and every
one will be getting a square deal,
which is not the case under present
conditions. Here is where members
of the next Congress can undo what
is proving an injustice to the corn
growers of the country and at the
same time establish a fair basis for
flour production which no one can
justly crit:cTPe -The Chicago Fiu-
icrs' He view.
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