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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 1914
NO 75
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70 HOLD THIS YEAR'S COTTON
Savings Bank Voted Yesterday to Make Loans
On One Thousand Bales. Ware House Room
Likely to be Ample
Hr. H.G. Kramer of the
jfirfpTfcank and Trust Compa
ny handed this paper the follow
fSnjg statement for publication
jepterday;
"In pumsTiatne with requests
'from a number of ffarmen in
S?tbfc sjecfcion the Savings Bank
jind Trust Company of this city
iat a drectors nteeting this morti
cing instructed its pres'dent and
cashier to make ai-iang,nient.
to ast the farmers in hold'ng
1,000 bales of cotton, tli- loans
tto be secured on properly bond
ed warehouse receipts."
Thi,s relieves the .situation
more than any single ttep tak
en or announcement math; yet,
and ought to make farmers not
unreasonable in their demands
feel that they have wll ground
iinder their feet. Moreov!
this bank has iow blazed the
way and o there will fall in
line. ' , vi
Tli Fiut National Bank has
made application for and will
receive part of the imperial cur
rency issued by Secretary McA
doo to ajHsint in the financing
,-of the cotton crop. Note se-
curqd by ware3iou.se receipt fo
cotton wii 1 1 accepted as col
lateral for this currency, and
the bank wi 1 1 endeavor to aid
'the farmers to the ful lest ex
tent possible in their effort to
.hold a large per cent of the 1.914
eotton crop off the market.
Eastern Carolina farmers
this year are not going to .be
.altoleether without warehouse
facilities for isitoring theiir cotton
either.
' The Ftizabeth City Cotton
!Mil 1, as ha always been
its habit in the pant, wall put
its Kpare warehouse room at tJie
fanners' dmpoisal. In this way
the writer is informed, several
hundred bale can be taken care
of. It k epedal ly worthy of
note ami commendation that far
mers rather than ginners are to
be favored by thk mill..
if cms proves inadequate, as
no doubt it will, Mr!, E. F
Aydlett lias offered warehouse
rooms free of rent tin his brick
'huilidinjSH on Water Street which
have considerable storage capac
ity, and it is believed that with
atiiih $ail.i a.V inIn vlrlnol Inn
mew and ginners thenvelves
haw at their disposal the needs
bf the situation wil 1 be met .
' f armers mould not be sure
nowTver, that each oT them
ari 1 he nhUi in
. momey he wants on cotton ware
vVhmse reeeinta. Th Vim Xa.
JpWnal Bank w the only national
... w W. m 1 a. - m nv
oanK east ot vvasnington . Tne
amonnt or cotton currency
wjhich it can obtain from the
government i limited and wil 1
not exceed 100,000. It fa very
probable that with fair pried
400,000 dollars worth of cot
,ton wonld be put on the market
nere ums year.
y; Farm(er8, therefore; are advis-
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1 On motion in a directors meet
ing of the First National Bank
late yesterday afternoon
it was ordered that the Presi
de-it and Catihier of this b;-k
be authorized to lend to farm0!"'
in f". is section five (5) cents ; er
itound for cotton, ou a miJ-iiin
bii v- when stored in a wareroorli
in i:ii:iUth City N. C. will
waiviiou. ' ;K'eiprs a.s uotiarerai
T'.iat Hit y i hall use their btt
efforts make byicis on all
cotton thin toml m to (20(M))
two thounanj'l bales if the far
mers 'Ht dmire it .
The said loan is not in Ik
,niad for a longer period r um
wour months and not to ! sub'
nect to more than one renewal.
Cotton Mtored as security for
siuh loans must le injured in
oiiu' insurance Comjany
fand the warehoue must be in
charge of a bonded officer.
' Advance are not to be made
on thus. baM on more than ten
'bales of cotton to any one far
mer, j ,
Eli OF INDUSTBY
DOES UOTDGEASE
New Mill Has Begun Op
eration and Other Fac
tories Running Full
Time
Spite of the war the wheels of
Industry in Elizaleth City are
still turning.
' The cotton mill ix running on
full time and tlw click of the
knitting machine in thnie not
ierv miillj has not ceased.
The cotton mill is working
utnder heavy disadvantages.
The lint cotton now on hand
wa purchased on a high market,
wihile the price to be had for
yarn in based on the prices for
flint now iikrevailingi. More
over, the market for yam i
exceedingly inactive and for
jlsome time now the mill has not
tieen able to dbpop(e of it's pro-
(duct even at a losp. Neverthc-
leas the mil 1 is kept running
(in order to hold to-geflher it's
operatives and to reduce it's
get all theijrtrpply of lint. The farmer
tin not alone in feeling the bad
Effects of the European war.
Inasmuch nt the hosiery mil Is
manufacture a ftnifhed pro
duct the difficulty of marketing
it has not madie It-self ho keenly
(felt. The chief embanassment
of tlie hosiery mlills has been the
cutting off of thje supply of
chiemicalH from which dyestuffl
are made. These chemicals
are made by Germany and for
a time it was feared that they
could not be obtained at all.
UIMW SHEIF
GETS HIS Ll
win.
Notorious Criminal Who
Has Terrorized Camden
County in Hands of
Law
In the city Tuesday pa h$
way home Sheriff John MSitchell
of Camden County had an inter- f
eating story to tell of bow he
ran to earth and rid Camueri
county of a notorious criminal
whom he had just delivered ta-
to the ihandrf of the sheriff of
Jones County.
Tlie criminal in question was
J. N. Houston who has berjn
living in Camden Comity for
about five yea i under the name
of John MoitLh.
Houston has quite a record as
a criminal. For some time
he was with the notorious liogfii's
gang of moonshiners who were
operating between Raleigh and
"CartVret County a few years ago
This) business got him into trou
ble with the United States gov
ernment and he was sent to the
Federal prison in Atlanta in
1906 where lie serv(l a two year
ssenDOnee. . ,
After luis release from thi
rie1-al prison Houston waw
tred in bin own coulitty of Jones
for a number of offenc
for homicide, for shooting at
a ireveiiuo officer, for blind tiger
ing and for carrying cofncealed
wvaKiiM and for the various
Kcounts on whj h he was found
guilty WaU sentianced to fourteen
yefcrft on the roads.
Hotjslon has been g-ving thle
Camdien authorities trouble for
wwne time. He came into Cam
den Countv ais ft LAimberman
working with a camp at Great
f'reek. When the Camp was
nioved Houston stad behind.
He lived by fishing ar trapping
and oKX'asionally K"rhaps did
a day's work. He had been
sms-pected of blind tigering and
on one occasion was arrested
and brought before the Superior
court for threatening another
man with a p)itol. Mien the
iuciwer was nut on tlie witness
stand howevr liis nflrve failel
him and he would not war
tbat it was a pistol that nou.ton,
threatened him with but said
only that he thought it was a
pistol at the time.
In making the arrest jut re
fered to Sheriff Mitchell got a
pistol ball from Houston's gun
through his hat and could have
liajd his man prosecuted for re
sifting arrest, but h)e was con
fident that Houston, or Morrip
as he called hinwelf, wag wanted
on a more serious flharge and
waited for evidence against him.
In taking Houston to Raleigh
last Wednesday Sheriff Mitchell
Iflnew that he wag wanted in
Jon county fo)r the, offense a-
bove referred to but he also
!thoijht that perhaps he was
the 'J. W Morris convicted of
a siecond degree niurder in Hal'
tifax county in 1900.. This
News haJs reached thfe country,
however, that a shipment has
beepn made through Holland
'and it is though that other rfiip-
mentM may be expected. ThV
(Continued on Page Five)
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BRANCH
SCHOOL OPENS
With Biggest Enrolment
in History Work of
School Began Mon
day Poplar Branch. N'.C.Sept. 14
Following the dedication ot
tle new auditorium buiildiag
here Saturday, September 12th.
the Poplar Branch High Sihool
opened Jlomtay,
1 The hc1ksI as.embled in the
ntw auditorium lor morning ex-
ereiiw for the first time. At
thofrie 'xercises many patrons,
lotjli nv Mi and women, and sonu'
from otliiT district were pr wit
Aften- devotional exercisi-s ly
Mr. K. V. Walkrr, Prof. X.
W. Walker, of tJie St;ite Univcr-
Mty, talkVd to the students puil-.'
informal ly ;uid p.'ivonal ly, ai
Iiealing to them to make tli
mcit of their cducaiotial advan
agt. to remain in school a1
long as they could, and never
to mjsi a day when they could
avoid doing mi, and a p leaking
likewise to the patrons of tlie
school to make every effort
to educate theiir children. His
wonli liowed a dep intenvt in
the welfare and progress of the
sch(Ml and in. conclus'on he
to!d the liol that he would
send Millie lihrarv books from
lrit ler ional library to supple-
fmefeit the :i hool libraivy. loth
pupils and patrons expressed
great appreciation of PVoff. Wal
lier's nicent visit. Prof. Wal
ter is one of the tis of the
M-oinniuniity and one of whom
the MHple of tlie community are
justly piioud and always glad
rto welcome hohte-
Tlie (u-OspectJs for tlo Coming
year jure excellent, with th hew
bnilling, two new teachersi, and
fa splenjdul spirit of enthusliasni
awakcniil by the inspiration of
'wop-k and the encouragnneut
given by tl jmikers of last Sat
rnrdav and to-day.
Mon student n-gistereil for
high school work to-day than
were enrolled all last fesnion
The enrolment in the gradea has
al.so iucretuuid, and every indi
cation is for a splenjilid school
year.
POPLAU BRANCH BRIKFS.
Poplar Rranch, N.C.Sept 14
.M.r. W. A. I)oxey was in Eliz
abeth City Tuesday on busiuecn
Mvw Elsie Doxey left Monday
for Northwest, Va. where sheH
will teach thks jpar.,
()n Satunlay evening, Septem
ber 19th, at eight o'clock a so
cial will be given in the high
school building in honor of tre
new student. Ganww wiill be
played, riddles, solved, and geo
graphical questions anked and
answered. Everybody fa cor
dially invited to come out and
enjoy a pleasant evening together
however, did not prove to be
true.
Havitng indeirtSfled his man at
Raleigh ais tjliie dne wanted in
Jones County Sheriff Mitchell
took him to Cove City, Lenoir
county, where Houston was tak
en in custody by the Sheriff of
Jones County.
GERMANS ARE READY
TO
Line Stretches From City Half'
way Between Paris and Belgian
Frontier to German Fortress
of Metz--a Distance of
200 Miles
Then? has been little in the
way of definite: new - of the war
to .reach thit country since the
nniniiouncement of the general
retreat made in last TiiNdiay'M
ifsue of this newspaper.
The German battle line now
Mi-etches in a nearly straight
line from Nayon on the River
Oise to the German fortitjss of
Met z a few uiiles across the fron
t ier and fli the Motel le River
N'oyou is north and very slight
'y -it of Pari on a straight
line InHweifli that city and Bnis
eisi. Met z is iinmetdiattdy
north of Nancy and it distance
from Noyon in 2IM) miles. Go
ing westward from Novon the
battle line crosses the Afrne nean
jSoiHons, jkissi's a tVw inileji
nortih of Rheinr. crosses the
Mlenne River north and just out
of the gnus of Vedun aTiid from'
there .extends to Metz.
If afr atlar.i from recent din
ptltMlH4 fnim Ixmdon and Paris
the WhoV' German force to otlf
eentratd along this lint' they
have withdrawn their left wiiig
fixim the AFsaceIjortaine tvrri'
tory aud left tkit region open f'J
French iiivesiou except for the
Igarrinoiw holding Hie ftcrtifled
towiu.. t 07,.
Along t;hV git'at battle lind
from Met U N'oyoin tJie Ger
mans have made a stand and
there i,s now going on a conflict
which when reports reach tn
may sh)ow It inw-e Suvere than
the battle of th Mttnie which re
!sulted in the German retreat.
It iw well to remember that
the .so called decisive battU fir
'Whi cfi the world hax Ixien wait
ing has not yet (KK'Uiivd and may
not occur for lonie time to come.
Hn the series of mgagmnts
which drove the French and the
English to the very gates of
Pari tlie lines of the alkies
wei'e never broken through and
their forces, always withdrew in
good onder. Again in the se-
jrieto of engagements spoken of
in Laftt Tuestay'B: paper the con
flict which drove the Germens
back from their advance position
never mcceedjed in breaking
through the German line or de-
'moralixing their retreat. In
wav of summary it may be wel 1
here ftate that in taking up
their prehent position the Ger
many retreated front etight of the
louter fortiffcationfi of ParU
nortliward a distance of over
70 rndlem.
From the seat of war iu the
eat German advices) liave re
cently taken a more hopeful
tona. It is reported that in
the north the Prussian have
driven the Rutssiant out of Po
land back into tibiir own borders
GIVE BATTl
G0IT0II!MEE1III6
m conn
Growers Ate Invited to
Discuss Ways and Means
of Relieving Situa
tion Columbia, N. C. Sept. 15. Ev-
,lery cotton grower or cotton farm
r in Tvrrel Country is urged to
attend a cotton growers mase
'meeting at the 'Court house in
Columbia on next Saturdfly1,
SeptemU-r l!th.
i The meetiiig will be called to
'order at three o'clock in the
aftei&ioou and an attempt wil I
by made to perfect arrangement
rwhereby the Tyrrel cotton ctrop
of tlhw year may 1k in part
stored and held off the market
until it i needed! by the manu
facturies of tlie world. nr ;
It i realkedi that the one and
two horse farmer, iu order t
hold hi cotton must have some
assstlpnce and it is tlie purpose
of thin mtting to determine jujHt
in what hutnner that asuWanoe
may best he rende'res! j Home
iirt of a warehouse plan will
doubtlet be propoKed whereby
tlie farmer can use cotton ware-
h()us receipts a collateral for
'curing loanp. " a, '' '
' The fti)rmerH of this hCtctlott
feel that a grave cris s confronts
them and that the taking of
pome stJeps to save themselves
from being forced to sell cotton
at les than tlie cost of produc
tion in a stern necessity. Pro
gfrewfive farmers feel certain
that by co-operation the farmers
can irotect tnemselves without
great inconvenience against such
a calamity.
A full attendance is urged
and expected and a helpful din1
cuHpkm will no doubt result
from the meeting. Governor
Oradg has been invited to be
present as has alNo Editor
Clarence Poe of the Progmflive
Farmer.
hkfeeBWhile the Austrian army
somewhere between Lembuxg and
the Cairpa.thian8 has not been
f overwhelmed ' and is still hold
ing the Russians in check.
Though the world hopes for
immediate peace there is little
(sign of it's early coming. Many
'think that the Germans have
liardly yet begun to flight and
that the conflict will hardly
close in leps than a year. Borne
yput the cessation of hostilities
even further ahead thatn that, j
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