North Carolina Newspapers

L mas Iuu 'Llzz7 '..) 771 ivJ I fyri op 'ii WsiFmouT J V( .:'- rwJGXr I . prejudice nri-v -1 ily ZJ 1 4rL3 copwTy " - - - - - - - I. vol r TOLL OF DEATH MOB OB Nations Of Europe Sacri fice Resources and Men Without Result " ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY FEBRUARY 5 1915 NO 11 HIGH SCHOOLS DERATE S Hertford Will Be Repre sented In Triangular Contest This Year The last war story in this news paper brought (the record of vents down to the last week in 'January, The most important event of that week was the naval battle in North Sea between the German crusiers Seydlitz.Moltke and Plucher on the one hand and tha English ships Lion, Tiger, Princess ifcoyal. New Zealand and tlndomnitable on the other. The Engish had the advantage of their opponents in ships and ton nage and appear to have to rath er the best of the fight. The lUm her was sunk. It is thought that the (lernian squadron was' steaming toward the British coast with the pur pose of making auother at ck similar to their recent and su essful raid upon Scarborough. told of in this paper in the is on? of December 2i2ih' Seeing themselves outnumbered the Ger man fleet was adopting sound . strategy when it took flight and Steamed for safety, of the. mine iielda behind Ueiigoiand. ." In the ' flight, however," the Blucber, of slower speed than her companion vessels, wasi left behind and bat tered to pieces by the British jMiiis. In their running iigi't the crmaus were able, liowever. to inflict such damage upon tin Kuglisb. cruisers Lion and Mete or that it was necessary to low them into port The English claim that two more were badly -damaged, but this Berliu denies There is little more to report except the raid of the German submarine U 21 on last Saturday in the Irish Sea Five English shipping vessels are reported Mink in this raid. The number of successful raids in which this - little submarine tighter has tak- ' n part has given it the name of the "Under Water Linden, There are no material gains on either battle front to report t- ihi ti:ne. French successes in Alsace which were marked some weeks ago appear to have been checked. liEFHEHUM ENTS FOLLOW BUSINESS MEETING. AUTO RERCHES S fi Elizabeth City Party Make First Successful Run To That Point T I BANKS ABE ffl MID I Mercantile Merged With Savings Bank on Last Monday. The Baraca l'liilathea classes t thft First Baptist Church will a meet next Tuesday evening, the ' v lai f PVhniarv. in the Chureh i " ... i ,Wlors at 7:30 n. m At me cou -1 . elusion of the regular business session, refreshments will follow jl social hour. These classes have nite a reputation for enjoyable socials and an evening of pleas- rare is assured. Visitors are al "Ways welcome!. Hertford, N. U Feb.. 4th The 1 1 i oh Schools throughout North Carolina are now preparing for the aumial debatjug contest con ducted by the High School Debat ing Union Organized by tin- Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies of tht University of North Carolina dur ing the school year of IDEM:!, to encourage debating in a detinite systematic fashion among North Carolina High School students, the debating Union has been a pronounced success. Ninety schools took part during the first year. The Pleasant Garden High School of Guilford County win in;)., the final contest at Chapel Hill', and being awarded the Ay cock Memorial Cup During the past year, to insure its permanence, the Union receiv ed the support of the Bureau of Extension of the University, and is now recognized as a definite bie uart of the University's effort . .... to -bring itself into a neiprui re- iatfon" Vith. every : community in NTntrh flarolin- One hundred and fiftv schook enrolled, the fi nal concst and cup being won hv the Winst'.h-Salem High School. This vear promises to be the best in the history of the Union as the enrollment will probably cross the two hundred nviik The question selected for this year is: ITesolved, that the United states should subsidise its merchant ma rine Each school entering is grou ed with two others the stratus, taudintr an,d locution iK'ing con sidered in forming the triangles Each school furnishes two teams ullinnative and negative, and the ?chuol in each triangle winning l.rth of its debates is entitled to send its lea m to Chapel Hill for the final contests lor the State Championship an.', the Ayeock Memorial Cup. Any school win ning the final contest two years ;,. wiwwi.ssion wi'l have the cup ill for its own proper! The triangular debates will be held in March this year, the (i in. I contest coming early in Apri The croups for Eastern Nort! Carolina are: Eden ton, Belhaveii a Hertford: Elizabeth 'it.V Poplar Branch aud Mauteo ti' HIES y NIGHT Popular Attraction Con tinues To Hold Interest Of Theatre Goers JOSEPH nUGHES DEAD Joseph Hughes, one of the old est citizens of Camden -ouniy, died Monday night at his home in that county after an illness or several weeks. The funeral services were conducted Tuesday CHIUST CHURCH Bishop Darst. the recently or will aainfu umu .- , preach and1 confirm at the Sun dav morning service). The mission being held by tnt Rev John K Matthews closes to night. Mr Matthews is an unusua lv stronir preacher Woman's Bible Class at tne Rectory at 4 o'clock this after noon. Sandy Hook. Mr Hughes is survived by two sons. Messrs. Joseph Hughes, Jr., and Mack Hughes, both residents Making some allowance for Mr Frank Scott's partiality to the Paige the following is a good sto ry of i he lirt successful motor car trip from the main and to Nat1- Head. We left Norfolk. Virginia, at 10:00 o'clock Wednesday, Janua ry -7th, PH."), in a Paige ;itl". Model, the crew consisting of F. V .'Scott, G rover Jackson, Will Twiddy and W. W. Walke. to make the trip down the coast to Nags Head, N. C. We struck the Virginia Beach road at W.'M) and found it almost impassable. In the past this has been a very line boulevard but for the last eight years has been allowed to run down without any repairs. We traveled this road 10 miles with the mud up to the hubs most of the time. Just out side of Norfolk we passed a darkey drivimr :i drav: we asked him if we would find the roads b'tter further on, he said: "Boss you and me are the only people I have seen Wtlurb'al ton. some iin)e and the furthe you go the worse it is." Before we were through we had agreed with the old dar- kev. It took us six hours and a alf to drive the twenty miles to Virginia Beach from Norfolk; some ofi the time we found the mud so deep that we ploughed it ahead of the car with the axles. The time alone which it took to cover the twenty miles will give you a fair idea of the con dition of the road. We arrived at Virginia Beach around six oV'otk in the afternoon. We had intended spending the night at Virginia Beach before going on i own the coast, but we found that it would be low tide at ten o'clock so then decided, after eating supper to take the ebb tide down. At ten o'clock we went on Ihe beach via. 17th street strik ing a little heavy going before we hit the high water mark. About a mile below Virginia Ueach we struck Virginia Beach Inlet, which is about onehundred mid fifty feet wide, with bad bot tom and water over the axles so tefore going across this Jackson found us a fording place by wad inK through the water. IP'" the ngine become stalled at any point in this inlet it would be almost impossible to save the car for the water rushes out to sea like a mill race and it hag a tendency to wash the sand out from under the wheels sinking the car all the time. From there on we struck hard beach with a little quick sand at several points but as the writer had traveled this coast be fore he was able to avoid the worse places. Before reaching No. 9 Station (Povner's nilll Life Saving Sta tion) we passed the following life Having stations: Virginia Beach, Damm Neck, little Island FaW Cape, Wash Woods, Ten ( 'uionicrs approai hing the cah ic'.s w indow of Savings Bank and Trust Company now find them solves cunl'roiited by the smiling face of Mi. W. 11. Jennings who has taken ihe place as assistant cashier in this bank since the merging ol the .Mercantile I. auk w it.li it. l ue merger w nicii nas been talked of since the first of ih" vear and which was decided upon by the directors of each hank at their respective meetings of stockholders in January was fully completed on last .Monday, February 1st. The directors of the Mercantile Bank have been added to the board of directors of the savings Bank and J'rust Com pany and that institution, al ways a prosperous and aggressive one), is now looking forward to a new era of prosperity ami (level Li.iiu. ni Its: li'sources are now i half a million dol'ars giving it rank very near tho top in this part of the State and its di rectorate is one of, the strongest aiLwhere ' ' in ' Ctne ;- State. D WALTER HARRIS IN NEW I1I11EBS Progressive Merchant Tai lor Leases One Of City's Best Stores The oflicers are I IT. TTiTliamfi. president ; 1 F Aydlett, Vice pres ideiit, II G Kramer, Cashier; W II Jennings, Assistant cashier; the directors are: P II Williams, F V Aydlett, C E Kramer, L S BlaMcs, A M Willev, A Sawyer, C O Kobinson, J W Foreman, J. T McCain', J! Q A WK.d, W J Wood lev and J H White. 19 F Al III IH Ji'lffi Body of Mr. Gregory Laid To Rest Saturday. Mrs. Gray Sunday Moyock, N. C, Feb, 1th -The remains of Mr. William Gregory were laid to rest in the Poynef were laid to rest, in the Poyner family burying ground Saturday afternoon. Mr. Gregory at the time of his death wan engaged in business at Norfolk For some time he had leeu suffering with a complica tion of diseases, but was apparent ly fairly well until a few hours before hist death. Mr. Gregory is survived by his wife and four children, two of whom make Moyock their home Lankford and Jennie. Mr Greeory nas many friends both in Norfolk and Moyock who regret his untimely death. The community was also sad dened last week by the death of Mrs Mary Gray, which occurred Friday afternoon, interment tak ing place on Sunday. Mrs. Gray was 75 years ok and had spent her entire life in this community. She is survived by her husband, five sous and one One of the nio.st sensationally successful musical farces which lias ever been produced in this (oantry, direct from the Kuro ; can stage is "Alma. Where do mi Live'.'", which will be pre sented at the Alkrama, Tuesday night, Feb !Mh. This farce has the unique experience of hav ing been done for a season in I'aris, then taken to Berlin for a year and finally reached New York through the medium of German management. It was produced by Adolph Philip of the German Theatre anil ran there a full season. hiie theiv.lhe fascinating quality of the music attracted the at tention of all New York. Thou sands flocked to hear the pirtty piece, whether able to under stand German or not. It was then that Joe Weber purchased the American rights and decided to make an English version. The piece had never reached, Londou, in fact, it has not been done , there up . to the prcsenrvriting. f This f art probably added to the American success of the niece. French farces, no matter how attract ive the musical accessory to them do not benefit bv coming via the English capital. The Angliciz ed farce is generally too flat for American audiences. In getting George V. Hobart to do the American version, the request was made that he use the French book of Paul llerve onlv He diil s and the sue iess of -Alma' was a surprise to all, and duplicated the success of the German version and ran another year at a big New York Theatre. The Company to be sen here with Alma. Where Do You Jjive?' consists of Miss Celsa Marvis in the role of 'Alma', supported by a capable cast of New York players. 'Alma' is rich in music, there beiiiig four teen numbers, all full of the brilliance of the composer, Jean Briquet. Several new and original Parisian dances have been introduced, said to lie big hits with the production, Another window of the Hiutoa Buihling adds to the importance and appearance of the block and of the town. On yesterday. February 4th. exactly six years since his first opening a tailoring business here Mr I) Walter Harris received the congratulations of his friends in his new quarters next to the Apothecary shop. From an upper room rented at less than five dollars a month Mr Harris' industry has grown into a city tailoring establishment, challenging similar shops in larg er cities to equal or surpass it. The attention of the passerby ' is attracted first by the general appearance of ihe store and win- f dow. the neatness and care with both are arranged; then his eye iN caught bv a frameiR picture hanging on the sidewall of the showcase which upon inHjiection is found to be not a picture at all but a real edut in the making, ' , showing linings, interlinif gs,,aiid ", paddings. -So neatly is the work"" done auxf so tartfully framed that it has the exact appearanceM clever drawing or accurate print. The dust proof show cases and other woodwork aud fumitnre f . the rooms are of mission finish. There are dust proof cases for finished suits and for uncut ma terial, besides show cases and counters filled with many varie ties of materials ready to be made up. The hack room is as neat as the front with its- rows of clotlies racks and its complete pressing department. In the bal cony the repairing is to be done SCHOONER SET ON FIUE - ( - i daughter. Mrs.. Gray was great ly loved by every one in the com munity and her loss is deeply felt. Messrs. George and Billy Prit chard passed through Moyock en route to Elizabeth City yesterday. Mr R O Bagley went to Norfolk Saturday. Hev. N. P. Stallings was in Elizabeth City yesterday. The schooner Cherubim, belong injr to Captain Elijah Hill suf fered a considerable amount of damage from fire Wednesday night which broke out about ten o'clock while the boat was lying it the wharf. The flames were extintruisneu ov me m- cumyuJ but not before all of Captain Hill's clothing had been lost. No tire had been in the schooner for some time, and for this reason the flames could not lie attributed to carelessness or accident. Captain Hill recently lost his home on Hunter street under similar cir cumwtances. o -I And I would that my tongue could utter the thoughts that a rise in me about those excellent and magnificent woolens that have iusft beeu received by the Quality Tailors for Spring and Summer for 115.00 and up. Mam and Martin streets, Hinton Build lnjg. , , -(adv STOCK COiPANY PLEASES The Bijou Stock 'Company ia fringing good audiences to the Alkrama for each performance TTiis week. "Humanity" ia.the title of the play to be given thi evening, and vamueviue wie. tains the audience between the acts of the play A matinee per formance will be given Saturday at three o'clock. , Miss Sallie Perry leaves today for Uxington Va., to visit Mr. V H Moreland. , ' ; V .and the interment took place at of Camden county, (Concluded on Ffrge Eight) ; s