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Another prchant vessel has
in
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Tteen torpedoed in the Irish Sea
"jjJ a Genaan submarine. The
Jjtated ship thi time was the Brit
Mish coastg steamer, Camback, of
, ' 449 tons register which went
-v down early Saturday morning.
: The Cambank, it is said, had
- slowed down to take on her Liv
erpool pilot and was torpedoed
without warning. Previously
ithe Gtermans hare given sufficient
wanning or the vessels which they
have ttorjaiodoed to take off their
crews.
' On the same day on which the
'Cambank was sunk, and about the
same time, the British and French
Mediterranean fleets wene deliv
. Bering an attack on the forte of the
JJ)MdajUe assisted by aero
A rirt elaini, thdngh thJwks
aeny tfiar theilorta wfere all si
'.lenced'ny theuns of the attack
ing fleet which eonsistad of no divided he wa left out altogether
lies. than eight tattle ahips andjb'" continued to vote at the near
cruisers. This is another iblaw to
'TTufkey whose .invasion of 'Egypt
'by iry of the Sues Canal was re
pulsed at least temporarily and
probably decisively about the mid
die of the month
There has been little fighting in
Trance or Flanders during the
last two weeks. It is evident that
winter is hampering operations
in this field. Along her eastern
battle line, however, (iermauy lias
Jbeen exceedingly active. The Cer
'laans realize the necessity of a
"Jfeoisiw blow to Russia, before
VAitcheners reinrorremenis are
' landed in in France in the spring
tand for two, weeks they have been
- if possible, redoubling their ef
forts to reach Warsaw. It can
not be said, however, that in this
direction they have made a great
deal of progress though the fight
ing is believed to have been the
most sanguinary of the war in
this field of operations. The Ger
tnans have to their credit, how
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which started,
Russian, advance
. about two.eeks ago with Kouigs
erg and Insterberg as its goal.
,4 mnimmmt- wns intended as
fcriseandriid at flit catch the,
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unnans unawareB aim
liftea back of the frontier, but tlie
aplendid railroad facilities
bled the defenders to concentrate
witia almost miraculous rapidity
In the threatened region and the
Russian raiders won found them
selves outnumberedand compell
ed to fall back on the defensive
Within their own boilers. In,
tte Carpathians also events
gone ainst the Russians and,
widespread retreat in that region,
linn been admitted by Petrograd.
Indeed, the sweep of theBussian j
' hordes from the southward slopes
o.'the Carpathians across Aus
i Hungary which seemed so
diluent . when in the .be"ginning
tlie war the part" of that coiin
REFEfiEE COSE
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Final Arguments Hear4
Before Referee Leigh In
Court House Here Yes
terday.
The las witness in the Curri
iuck eiecnun content case were
examined iu the court house here
yesterday morning before .Judge
Leigh, referee, and counsel on
both sides had concluded their
argument yesterday afternoon
The decision in the case is, of
course, not yet made public and
will not be until the referee
makes his report to the presiding
judge at the next term of super
ior court in Currituck county.
The most significant feature of
the trial yesterday afternoon was
Judge Ijeigh's ruling that he
would lie disposed to consider l)r
J"C Baum's vote as legal. Tho'
this is only one vote the referee's
ruling iu this case shows that he
will not give objections that are
flaltfjto
in making his decision. Dr Baum
was in the old Poplar Branch
precinct. Vhen this precinct was
e t voting place as he had always
done. The contest called the fact
to the general attention for the
first time that there is now a part
of Currituck county which the
Ward of electors in setting the
bounds for tlx; various precincts
i have left out altogether.
I It is, of course, toy early to
i forecast the idecision, in this case
but (here appeared yesterday more
confidence 1 1 the side of the re
lator. 1' N Bray. Counsel for the
res s)ii dent made a stubborn and
determined liirht to the last point,
however.
WANTS lEHS FROM
SOVIE FAMILY
Tlie Census records for 1790
show the names of seven or more
ernons as male heads of fami
lies with wives and children as
above. These must have been
bom as early as 1760-65. and
, t ..
were etiueunj uom me unaicni
Wtates as their Christian names
Tsra I'nmui.kii in flip Hniile tn m
a1... , .
iliot, in Krm nff 9nH Hll'll
h JoHhua Joaathanj Na.
thaniel. Benjamin, Rylvanus,
anil Timnthv TheSP mflV hflve
'joh fte t guaker move
)ment Soutjt befoire the Eevolu
tion or they may have been Loy
alists who left the North after
the Revolution. Who knows?
Tmnnrtant interests PBOUirft the
y
in cmmcm or
rPfinectfullv re-
quested to communicate with the
writer immediately.
Address Rev. G. T. Rldloi Sr.
159 Clark street Portland .Me.
S L Dosher and N E Gould of
Manteo were in,the city Saturday
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Solicitor Abernethy Takes
His Grievances To The
Legislature And Gets
Hearing.
The investigation of the Carter
Abernethy altercation was taken
up iu the house of representatives
Thursday.
A request from Solicitor Aber
nethy asking that a committee be
appointed to investigate the mat
ter was heard together with two
resolutions from members of the
Newbern bar and officers of Cra
ven court in behalf of Judge
Carter and two resolutions in be
half of the Holicitor, one by Davis
of Carteret ami one by Clark of
Bladen. The one by Clark went
through. Charges against Judge
Carter were recited, referring to
his official conduct as harsh, op
pressive, and dictatorial. The
matter was referred to a Com
mittecj the resolution passed in
public
sworn investigation and rejiort of
Hi dings to the house if in session
or to ihe Governor if the legisla
ture shall have adjourned.
The resolutiouB of the Newbern
Bar and office, of the court
were as follows;:
"The undersigned members of
the New Bern Bar and officers of
the court, desiring to express our
high sense of appreciation to His
Honor. Frank Carter, Judge pre
siding, at this the February Term
of our Superior Court for the
able, upright and conscientious
manner in which he has in all
respects conducted himself and tbe
proceedings of the court do say:
"That but for his personal sac
ritice in accepting the assignment
of the Court and in surrendering
the three weeks of his leisure to
the duties of holding this court,
through the unfortunate illness
of Judge George Connor the rid
ing judge, we would have been
without either a Court for the
trial of Criminal or Civil Causes.
In view of the fact that our Jan
uary term could not be held ow
ing to the unfortunate illness of
Judge Connor, this act of Judge
Carter is especially gratifying.
Especially are we grateful to
Judge Carter for his extreme cour
tesy in assenting to holding a
Special Term for the week fol
lowing the regular term, without
compensation and with the pur
pose only of relieving he congest
ed condition of our docket both
Criminal and Civil.
"We desire to commend Judge
Carter for the extremely fair and
impartial manner in which the
causes on the docket have been
tried and disposed of; for his
prompt and most efficient manner
in the disposition of all causes
and in the manner of holding our
courts.
"Tn this he has spared himself
no more than Jurors, witnesses
and litigants: Promptness and
dispatch of his Public Duties has
been the guide of bis own condtoct
and he has held all others only
to that same strict' .observance,
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CIS
I1LHULH
CASE AGAINST '
BISII
Charges Against Ex-Guard
On Chain Gang Dis
missed For Lack Of
Evidence.
The case aiiainst Fd Brinsoii
ex. guard on the chain gang, was
dismissed in police court yester
day morning for lack of evidence.
Brinson was charged with aid
ing and abetting a chain gang
prisoner to escape. When the
management of the chain gang
changed the tirst of February
eight prisoners, as readers of this
newspaper will remember, escap
ed. Part of them escaped during
the night of January IHst but two
got off in the early morning just
as the new superintendent and
guards were taking charge. These
last two. it developed, had eseap
ed by unlocking the chain at the
tent post.
One of the prisoners who escap
ed claimed that Brinson had giv
& him the keyl'with whichj he
unlocked the padlock that fasten
ed his chain and it was this pris
oner's story that led to the c harge
against Brinson, which was de
ferred until yesterday on account
of the fact that his counsel, Judge
Ward aixl Mr Aydlett, were busy
on other cases.
It developed at the trial yes
ter day that there was no evi
dence that Brinson had tlie key
for the lock in question. It was
shown that this lock was an old
one. mid Sui"riiih'iideiil I'rovo
said thai it uas in iinposisldc
that it niihl have lieeu unfasten
el without 1 1 1 ( key by ;i vigor
oils pull and shake. There win
evidence further of a plot between
the prisoner who escaped and an
other negro 1o ge Brinson in Iron
ble, and it was the contention of
the defense' that this was the case
especially as one of the prisoners
who escaped came back of his own
accord, surrendered the key, and
claimed that Brinson had given
it to him.
W. C. TEMPLE DUD
A telegram was received here
Friday morning which informed
relatives that W O Temple of Den
ver, Colorado, had died at his
home in that city after an illness
of a short time. The news of his
death was a great shock to the
peope of this community as no
one knew of his illness. Ee was
about 55 years old and is survived
by a widow and four children,
two sons and two daughters as
follows: Oscar and Griffin Tem
ple of Denver, Mrs; Ogar of Bal
timore and Miss Elizabeth Tern
pie of Denver.
Mr Temple was born and rear
ed in this county and lived here
until thirty years ago when he
moved with his family to Denver.
He became one of the leading law
years of Denver and was proaii
nent in .the political affairs of
the State.
r" Messrs; W H Eaaon and W I
ITalstcad of South Mills were, in
f?r T,,r 1 f ? '
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IS BADLY HURT
Leader Of State House Of
Representatives In Au
tomobile Accident
One Death.
The skidding of an automobile
wheel as the car crossed the trol
ley tracks from a sharp curve
in (he Country club road early
last Friday morning caused the
death of W T Aycock, engrossing
clerk of the senate, ind necessi
tated a serious- operation upon
Speaker Wooten. Senator John
son, the other occupant of the ear
was unhurt, and states that the
negro chauffeur did all in his
power to slow down in time to
prevent the acjeident. The rear
wheel skidded, the car turned tur
tle,, crushing Aycock beneath it
where he lav itinncd for more
than an hour, no telephone be
ing near. Medical aid for Mr.
Wooten was delayed on this ac
count also t Ue was. taken to Rex
Hospital " as- spoif ""aV .possible
and on Sunday an operation be
came neccessary on account of
a ruptured kidney. The operation
was apparently successful but the
speaker is yet in a most critical
condition .
Well Known Elizabeth
City Newspaper Man
Took Bertie County
Bride Last Thursday
Mr. Charles Augustus Banks
of this city was married last
Thursday evening to Mrs. Eva
Caskins Morris of Windsor.
The marriage occurred at nine
o'clock at the home of the bride
and was witnessed by a small
number of friends and relatives,
Rev DP Man is of the Windsor
Baptist diurch, (terforraing the
ceremony.
Mrs. Banks is of a well known
Bertie county family with a large
number of friends in her own com
munity and elsewhere. Mr.
Banks is known throughout this
section as the circulation agent
of the Virginian Pilot, and receiv
es the congratulations and best
wishes of many frienjds.
SOMETHING TO LOOK
roiiWlARD
TO
The Elizabeth City Elks will
1k ready to entertain the public
in one of their always popular
Minstrel shows shortly after
Easter.
While the exact date of their
performance ,has not yet been
announced friends and patrons
of the Elks' minstrel will
no doubt be glad to know in ad
vance that thef have this popu
lar 'entertainment to look for-
SPEAKER
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Merchant Veel Loaded
With Cotton Went To
Bottom In North Sea
Yesterday
The latest news from the Euro
pean war territory, appearing in
yesterday's dailies, announced the
sinking of the American steam
ship, Evelyn, off Borkum Island
in the North Hea.
Borkum Island lien directly off
the German coast, but is not in
cluded in the war zone of the
German admiralty's decree. The
vessel's captain and crew of 27
men were saved. The Evelyn was
bound from New York to Bremen
with a cargo of cotton. The na
tionality of the mine which de
stroyed the vessel is not known,
and diplomatically, neutral na-
Hons are helpless to obtain re
dress for the loss of ships by con
fact
nci
SUNK
Ml
fact mines unless, absolute proof
Mbf th'e pationalityof J
can?
such mines.
SOPIEIE COURT SOSTiS
The verdict- of the lower court
in favor of Jusiice of the Peace
J W Munden vs Joseph Owens
was continued by Supreme court
last week.
Josejdi dwens sued the justice
for issuing a marriage license to
his slepdaughlcr without his con
sen I. The young lmdy had the
written .consent ef her mother,
and the court held, with Mr. Mun
den. thai ihi was sullieieiit, since
the law does n(, take stepfathers
into accunt.
GOOD CROWD HEARS LECTURE
The annex of Blackfell Memor
ial Church was well filled last
Friday night with young and old
when motion pictures of the Ger
man army and navy Were shown
and a most entertaining lecture
by Hew. K M Von Miller w&h
heard.
Rev Von MltfeV, once a German
army officer, is now a Baptist
minister in this Htate, pastor of
the Itaptist church at Jackson
ville. The speaker was introduced by
the pastor of Blackwell Memorial
church, Kev I N Loftin. Rev Von
Miller gave a brief Bketch of his
life, stating that he was born in
Germany and served in the Ger
man army for two years. On the
advice of his father he came to
to America, and six months after
his arrival he realized that his
work was in the ministry. Going
back to Germany to tell his pa
rents of bis decision in this mat
ter he was met with opposition
and refused help in securing ed
ucation for the ministry. Ho
came back to America and set
out to work his own way out. In
this connection 'he spoke in high
est temsTofJthe lateExGovera
or Aycock, who paid half of his
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