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News Without Bias Views Without;;,; V'j Prejudice r The Only Democratic Newspaper Published in Elizabeth City 2) VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 30. 1916 NO. 110 Swamp Road Movement Successfully Launched Bad Weather and Worse Roads Did Not Deter Pas quotank Delegation From Keeping Appointment 10 111 lEflinUSMD DOLLARS But With Two Counties And Eliza beth City Interested Amount Can Be Raised A de'rgaiicn from the Kl zabetu .'ity Cbamber of Commerce- loft at 9:43 Kridey morning in automo biles for Acorn Hill in Gates Coun ty where a picnic was to ,liO held to definit dy launch plans for tho building of a highway across the Dismal swamp from Tadmore sec tion d'reetly inito Gates County. If Manager Pugh of the Chamber of Commerce had in mind to. show Elizabeth City folks who furnished automobiles for the trip the need of Mich a hi-rhway he certainly suc ceeded most, ndmiralby well, for in order to get to Acorn Hill from Tadmore it was necessary to make a detour of over twenty miles while the two ne'gljborhoods ere just ac ross tine swamp from one another. Rainfall in Hie early morning made the going unusually bad and the progress consequently slow, but did not deter the Elizabeth City ag grcatiou tram keeping t their ap pointment with their flat" a County neighbors. At Tom Jone store in Tadmore a number of Kewland farmers were taken on Hi' automobiles and the jo nt deloc'Iitiotv rrrivod at the pic nic g.ouds just as the picnic d'n.nev was b ins served. I The visiting crowd had prepared It'or an early Mart and after about flour -hours on rough roads wero ;thorou.;hly ready to do the Gates j'ounty him. fried hiekn and Lther '.Tood things arnple justice. I Following the dinner, the crowd ypaired to Improvised seats in a I w" f -anie building that was going on the grounds for the spe-iking !,J-;4,d in -j.i'e of threatening weather the vi:o'e cowd rcnviiied. u:til I'js ij;rn-M weie over. v r : 1 1! rr I; Of iiauis.'rv was m..v .) i..f t ivmoM. s. Ioj siu.e.i i p ,.' ' 1 of t' V lUe.'I.UT. Vfih "tiled hi i , M-'lt : i.i T'l 1 " ('('! -.rr- . j,,:.:, I!. r-:--I. ". ,': - 1 . :.! 'ill V.!': .Tow- th ui i "r, . u th- cue tin of ::) . I ii J"." e s h Kupor-, i' -.- , . J 1 ' ;' . f-. riot. "". the ; -' T'.l -"!f. I ' ' t- i ,. 1 i'i. jii 1 t U' i 'i " la ne's it P'isI le by public suppoit. If. ib re ore, ti e p opla of any 1-o.v inanity la.ek good read0, it, is Vet their public oHVials who nr" to t ame, tut they uiemsclves. The P"ojde of North CaroFna have learn cd to co-operate and have built bet- ter schools ami pood churclies. Why an they net do this in the matter et good roads? - .. - "A man never flatters his friends and. therefore, be cause if. is my un eean'ng e.Tuit to be ' your servant end your friend, I must tell you plainly that the roads of many of the counties of this section of the Slate are a shame and a.dlsgrace to our intell'gent citizcnahipThere is a g.r"at need for leaders who" "a re j unselfihh, intelligent and conscien j tious to bring this truth to the peo ple of this section in suc)i a way that the roads of the section may be brought to the slate where th-y wi'l reflect credit and not discredit upon us. ' Finally, in regard to the pro- posed ro il whien you are plann ng Mo undertake to, lav, I wi-h (o sav i iliat ilio construction of tliis high-. I way is no I'-sh to your Interest than jit is to that of Kliahe h City. You I neeif a cmtn it iv"o inari t and a i nearer market for yoiir products J und the s;e,:iir,g of ruin a market would ni-an a great deal to the d" I voiepuieiit of your s"etion ." Others spei.kers of.the afternoon j were, ,!.-('. 11; rrell of Sun'mry H. '. H-ur.pwm of Tretvii'y. Co.. J. -pence and J. K. Wilson of Kl'rt bcth City. The chairman then In (reduced Mr. rush who proceeded 'o t dawn In sl.orl order to the b: nsa lacks of the situation by lay ing before the audience th" plans of the proposed highway. The cost Is e-timnted at. $10, turn. It is proposed to raise this by pri vate subscription together w'th ap-l-roprlati-ms frjm tUa commissioner., cf It" Tv. ' eo'm'ics and p-rbaps af- so frOLU -f,.c C" sit:;' i ! rnd p.or.rd' of Al '..rr .icy,;,,, r ("'en-, .(. ten (f Klirahefh U: I M'd ;:i ;t He die 1' i.nd ("::!i vrl. t ; th i '. - -.-..1 oi bis lul, inn c::ne rrc'i-i;t d '':- ft e ;i t irty Injur jd In Accident! . T'y Fi-i-et Pr si ' Tii.'ev.ir". Oh'e, Rf'T.J. .'le Q'mv nor Fn-nv B. Wi'lK the f!ov"ntor'i: it'' and hn ('au'.hffr, wie ir.'er r(i here to'iay in rn retomobile n f iden. No fnlnl injur'es were sus tained but all three are in the hot n'tal. HBT PIEUI 10 PLEASESlfiNERS Clergyman Resigns Rather Than Run His Church Like a Grocery Store to Please Customers . (tiy Unit O PiesBi Baltimore, Sept. 30 The Revt. Mercer Gieen Joliuston who resign ed tiio ' pastorate of Holy Trinity Chunii, ew;tik, N. J, rather than preach to piease Hie sinners is to arrive -here Monday "to organize a fellowship cf clergy who shall fisbt for freedom and preach the gospel .if social righteousness." ".My vestrymen wanted me to run my church like a1 grocery Btore to please the customers," said the Kev. Jlr. Johnston, "and I couldn't in.te do it. I tutrned loose tome ;ea! religion. The church wanted il e conventional and it objected. , I imagine this element n the vestry it presents the real' desire of the eongr nation-1 far 'i ril'iaut piffle;' as 1 lave heart t described. A ia ii ) raph and a few well chosen . esords could de'iar toe kind of ro il , ion they want. Then, too, one c,.,n control a j .heliograph with a 'eech o" ti.e hand." Th'- id' a of pr -aching "straight fivin the slivul.lef religiin' came fa 'I he liev. Mr. .bMitis'on prior to 1914 when he with Richard Wallace ! toKue, The- Kev. A. W. Arundel of St. George. N'-'v oYrk and a dozen others ; dti)) r itely planned to preach' twentieth century re'liloa fiom the i:piscoeiil iulpit and take what eon:eiuene b were eoin'ti.?. .ir. llogue left li s church an(i Hr. Arundel resigned from Trinity Pitts burgh in 1 f 1 !. The !tev. John -.aon will le asso ciated wi h Hogue in his work- In Paliiinore. It Is possible that he my take atnther pari-h but only (ui a w rni invbi.,t.Lon from all mem bers and w th Hie irnnk understand m; th 't 'in' w ill sjseak his thoughts witli 'limitation from the church mf-Tiit crs. Trespasser Escapes Dogs A I ivsjins-'cr in the hack porch of he bom.' of l'r, C. 1!. Williams on Norih I ail street, between tight and tii'.e o'clock la.;t night, while lir. aid .Vrs. Williams were in Nor folk, a ;id He little folks wer" w th r"lativis in tie city, attracted the attention of l'r. Williams' mother, Mrs. It. J Wiiilatns, who lives next ,'eor. As he he-can making an effort to inter tlii'. hous-o, llr, Wiliiama culled 'to i'.i an. i i -s I-! Isim what he wanted. He answered that he I' iis hi-1 ; nd ran; i r. W. ..'. . -iwyi-r noM'i-'l li e yty. -j. : . i i :. V i! r. Sir T- k .- ii.J ii s i ' i;... ,' ! ,,-v Th. i'o CW.-j '. j'" at- Ifi iniii'.leH to , i... ... ;..('; ' ,.d i-lH-s' d t ii-' ij.: nid- ,.,-r,,; t ; . )!) ''e . i.-d r- Irr.m i . . ' . ' , ,.r." i .1 i 1 i.i . wi e ,.u. ,' 10 i, : , !. ' 'i' H vie v I- :,: , ) ') f, 1)'-rt - p-v r tO ! ii' -'. f'f.M ',' !!... to Water, - 1 --p 'r'l 5-as 1 e t . VTi'n H'p ("ops w-re cn tbo trail 1 ei '("i Penns' Ivpni Avcnii" and M.-.'tirws ftret Officer Grlfln on Water s'rect bridge saw a man In T'j HUB WORK 01 THEJOSDER No Eight Hour Day For Soldiers Hut a Steady Program of Cbaning-up and Drilling By WEBB MILLEM (United Hess Stuff Corr. ..-i ndent) i.i Paso, Tex., Sep.. Z'3 ii is not acaUea t.is j j. of b-ji:.g-a na . o.i..l fti.ardam.'.n uUin on u-.e bor de.'. No m.itter what iiieir occupa Uoii iu civil life ,the c vilian sol diers aie now working harder than they ever woiked before. And they are dola it cheerfully. Here is a guardsinaujs day, if he be ons to (he c.uvhy'or arti.lery. The In.aa'ry vanes 1 Uie c ;cept .Ii-re is no horse to care fur. At 5:S0 the "guardle" iJ!s out of his CO- If he has cue lo tie t:hr King of the bugle. After dress 'iig i nil -.Ni.sliiii;;, he has thirty niln-, ides to feed, wut-r and ci.rry his horse and "po i.-e ' Hn co:r.5;any Ktieeis. Forcing is only a s.vc.'ter name of .rtl.e vork dene at h: nie by the 'whitewiugs." t 6 o'cioi k the hnlur 1 low i tho mott papular noise on the boider tho mess call for bneiMa.-d. Then more po ici; g and t 'dying up cf the tents. About 7 oc'ock al'eutiou is turned to the stables "ml " further, po'ic ng ensues for an hour. Uy this time the sun is bkudr.g' an(l 'he temper.-.ture is c'rmbin;.:. , The re-.l work of the eay heglno, Froni S unt'l noon the practical wftrk of making citizens int,o sol diers gofis on out on the naked sun baked plains back of the huge en campment. The drilling covers every i o s hie activity of a s: Idler It i.i man's vo-k every minute of it. Some'inies the morning drills are if p aced by a sl nii!e hii e out into the desert. Agiin th hor.-e s hr.ve to be brushed, watered and fed be fere dinner. The noon' mess-call tounds at 12 o'clock. l iom 1 to I!, oVl.ii k Is f.' Mgue or the rest period. It is utilized for 'itlieTs and non ommb-sloned o!'i cor. fchoM and to 'iisfni t the men in 'time of the hn- pol 'ts In the "ire tif tuna ar.U c-a'pii'ieit. At Z i'c'oek there Is ae'tn r d:'!!! pcr'o.l. 1' is the hott et art of Hie day. I'lesli from, fac'ory end oTc. this is V-iost palling ' work on (he men. - The nfler)oon d ill period Is res po"silib for the f-cin-r entitled "oh. we'll re-rnllst-like hell we will,' a favorite of the civilian-soldiers In iiieir tents at nl;ht. About 4:30 ''stables'' founds and (he horses must be cared for again. Th- evening nie 1 comes t:t . 5:30. Af'r tint (here Is another short ' r'l: at 'r -tre it" nn,j an inspection, and puardio haR tiothlng to do until ("luerrew except bo in his tent by 11 o'clock taps K"und. H0TL DESTROYED ?() lea- die. NJ. 'Sept. 30 Hotel i'' !n:ri:i!: 1 v Hi" Set wis entirely r,?.w.i nt"M rfrn rrf!?nr.f"fl if - cf. J".0f0. The con taker was the oi.fy r.ccnpatit. no.' n' fvTTi til" ilireiii-m iJ I pf.i '.' .' r t ref t ! i i ' . As ei oa i ;..: (. ; o.' (hit s i v t e " 1 I ; '!:!; '". of 111 ? !r:in ; f i i it v i f i i-. ?-,;. ;r ' M :, ' " y .. ' r i j ' ' f- -. r. , ' M-.Uh'.vR. . j ' ;"' -::"' -'---I ."s v! on Hi'-' !:"( . i -re f-.h' r;'"Tr)- thn h;'d I n- ! .- !'.;-! :- t'i'- t ''! U-.-r. ! - I f f. ' i . t n 1 (. ( j -r I I t - i ,rv. i! v.- .it I Jinvc b , 'ii f I--- f th" c'ty nnt of do'ir. Cn the r'ker bii'id, ? ih" rhuse j .n('f Fin -! s;re-t some one e '!',l to ork of tb '"V rt Hint t'ifir vv n Vrm r. h' If hour idif",( of tin r.i, anl it '- p' ssp P that nil r.thr who w-re at home when th"1 chne lenn would have rema'nel discreetly lndoor3. 1 And See Phillies Jump to First Place in ationaj League (By United Press) Brooklyn. Sept. 30-Tfie I'hlHies Jumped into first place this morning in a gripping race for the National League pennant when they beat the Brooklyn Dodgers this morning by a score of 7 to 2. Philadelphia, 10 hits 3 errors; Brooklyn 5 hits. 1 error. About 3,000 shivering fans snug gled deep in overcoats hunted the sunny spots on the bleachers this morning while the Phillies and the Dodfrers 1 in the second game of the National League leadership series, taking up the argument where they left ofT when the cloud hurst interrupted it yesterday. TTmauelphla jnmptrd to tho iead In the first Inning witth two hits scoring 1 run. Philadelphia added another in tho second. Brooklyn scored in the third. Enthusiastic Meeting Held Plans for tho proposed highway conncct'ng Norfolk, Ulizabelh City and Kdentoo were ""direnssod ' this morning in Hie ofllces of the Cham ber of Commerce. While no definite action was taken much Interest war manifest and the Highway Associa tion hopes that by'the time weather opens in the spring and conditions for road construction la this section become favorable the actual work on the boulevard can be begun. This s the substance of a statement giv en following the meeting to a rep resentative of this newspaper, h, Mr. W. T. Old of Norfolk, President of tho Association. It is the hope of tho association that both State nn, Federal n'il may be secured for the construction of thhj hiehway and Mr. M. W. Fere bee, RopreseutaUve-eloot. to the Legislature from CanuPrt county was among there present and he as sured the nueting of his willingness to co-operate with ttheni In every way poiisii;lo In their undertHkinjt, Pelegatlons from Currituck. Prrqul niaris and Camden were prctrnt aiul ere enthusiastic for the boulevard. Hughes Sets Record Pace (By Unlte( Press) Hornell, N. Y. Sept. 30 Hughes finished his twenty thousandth tulle as presidential campaigner here In hl Homo Stn'e, N w York, feday. Thh I; r i ' to establish a !e"or( fo re -ndMa'e-i, It is estimated that Hughes ad f!rsscd a mU'lon a tad a half voters ins. he st-.rl- d bis t'-ifs' Aie-int Un- bl'iii. It, in no wonder that tin' ( a ididiff shows fit'-!"' in every ! "'':' in his fee, bin ' . r'n: "d with , k i ircl and ' . i . ! 'is'cr the etrnn. ;-e ' ,' U -1 it ;-! T O-'Ires! hi-! O O e ': 1 ' " i: ' 'il . ., .ipny v.'th a blf" !"'' : In .i'i'e'o totrpbf . ! r '- s .:- : (,, (.--., a-, (h"t v,'S '. ! ' i - ii fin! t ..- v i !..- ti n '''! (;-. 'i r :' j :i: ' i ( i' nr To Siil For Europe ei' w Y-.-i:. :;' .(. - .r. .1. ,n s ' 'loked ti iiil for London today o !i at the new i i ; 1 1 . r I -11 Hon dol- ;-r ' :r:t ' h loan, according to re :(.'" in financial circles. Henry 11 ';;-!. on. Morran's partner, h.as been n a-ed several week3 presumably n . "'on gin g tti,r details of th? loan v.'h'ch Is to be secured mainly by Ae.erican securities. FIIIS HUII sunny spots FfflG CORPS JOIN IHE ALLIES . i Greek Fleet Goes Over To Allied Navy And Quiet Reigns Along The Somme - J (By United Press) Ixmdon, Sept, 30 Dispachps from Athens state that the entire Flying Corps of the Greek navy has joined the allied fleet. The British during the nteht Im proved their positions north Of Thiepval and beat off all German counters. The French advanced north of Kancourt but, rainstorms continue to hinder operations and a day of (juiet reigns along the Somme. News from Rome is to the effect that the Italian press enthusiasti cally approves I.loyd George's pro nouncement to the United Press that England Is prepared to carry the war to n knockout. The Interview 'a regarded in Pome as a warning to the Vatican as well as ,to the Cnl'lted States not to make pee ice overtures at. this crsis. Wilson Speaks To Young Men (By -United Press) Ashury Fark, N. J. Sept. 3D Pres ident Wilson today will sound a call to The young men of the coun try to join tho Democratic party. In his" speech at Shadow Lawn de livered before the Young Men's Lea gue of Democratic Clubs, President Wilson will define what he lllevfi are the real Issues of the campaign. Brewers Go Back To Work (By United Press) New York, Kept. While labor' leaders have be n casting about fop some means to restore confidence In the striking ciirnen the general sympathetic Mriko has gradually dwlndlut In sremth. Six thousand brewers constituted half of the work era .who loll work In sympathy, and they roiirm'd today to work.1 Relatives Attend Funeral Attending the Kramer funeral Frl day from out of the city were Mr. and Sirs. J. F. .Russell of Bedford, Pa., F. S. Kipp of Lawton. Mich., and Mr. and Mrs." Simon Kramer of Fdenlon. Tho body of Mr. John A. Kramer wns int.erren wun .iasonc rites Iti Hollywoed cemetery Friday afternoon immediately following the funeral eery ice in the home which was conducted by Iv. C. I). ("nihrefh, pnwtnr of City Kond Meth edi t church, at half past three o'cioek. The no ire odl brnr.-rs at , the fin., tal wei-e: A. P.. Hoefz. P. S. b'p-, ,T. T. Mi'fp''". C W. Mcllck, W. W. Wood-ev, Ij. C. Larnltor. I". W. Vv'l-edle.o and Kdson Carr. '' " honor-. rv ji-i'I n .;) th -; ' ' : of tl)- I i' -t '. ' i.Vil linnk : n 1 of the r::.-e' "i ("';.- 11 "'''-ry Cc.iT;- nv. The-.o or": '. H. Pot ln--nn, f H. P.I.-.des n- P. n-o'ford, K Ay'dl'U, L. C. !; n Dan- I' lis. K. H. Johitfo'i. C. O. Ilo' iiiam i'lid i . F. CiT e,t. Mr. Kntiuf la'j-nrvived ly n wife and thii'o Fiit'-: Harry !. Kramer of th" Sav'ti?" Dank and Trust Company, J. Howard Kramer and Frank K. Kramer. Alse Iio leaves hrp-, hrother: A. K. Kramer, Jos eph P. Kramer and C. R. Kramer, all of whom are Identified promin ently wdth the business and finan cial interests of tho city.
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