VOL. 1
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING OCTOBER 16, 1916
J NO. 123
B1CKETT GOMES
TUESDAY UIGHT
!
SPEAKS AT COURTHOUSE ON
OCTOBER 17th AND BIQ CROWD
WILL FILL AUDITORIUM
I
A big crowd is expected to hear
Attorney-General Thomas W. Bick
ett. Democratic nominee for Gov
ernor, speak at the courthouse here
on Tuesday, October 17th.
Mr. Bickett was heard here by
an audience that packed the court
house to the windows on the occa
sion of Elizabeth City's last Memor
ial Day celebration and so com
pletely did the speaker captivate
his audience that all who heard him
then will be doubly anxious to hear
him again at this their next oppbr
tulty to do so.
Reports of Mr. Btckett's campaign
speeches over the state have been
most enthusiastic in praise of the
nominee's rare gifts as an orator and
eeem to Indicate that he Is more
than sustaining the reputation he
has already won and more than
meeting the expectations of those
who urged his candidacy before the
primary.
II HEW CJTO
COIITO IIAH
DELENDA EST PRONOUNCE
MENT NOW DIRECTED A
CAIN8T 8 I ATE OF AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
, (By United Proas)
Rome, (Jctober 16. 'Austria
must be destroyed as a state and
Oermany deprived of every thought
of dominating the world before the
war can end" Signor Bissolatl, soci
alist lead r and soldier, and one of
the most powerful figures of the 1
talian, cabinet, to'd the United Press
here today.
"To consent to peare now would
be an act of treason on the part of
the AllieB." he declared
"I am convinced that Loyd George's
statement to the United Press and
Premier Asquith's words are com
mon expressions of the firm resolve
of all the Allies. Peace to be real
must be lasting. The deadly germ of
war must be destroyed.
ROBINSON SHOWS HERE 800N
The Robinson Shows will be here
on October 21st. Sheriff Reid has
received a telegram from Sheriff
Sears of Wake County commending
the shows In highest terms.
CONSTITUTION FOR
DISTRIBUTION
J. W. Munden has at his office for
distribution copies of the North Car
olina Constitution and the proposed
amendments which will be voted on
in November. j1
4,
GIVEN THREE MONTHS
Pruden Banks, colored, was given
three months on the roads this
-morning for carrying concealed
weapons.
C. O. Holder of Merry Hill was
In the city today.
Levy Hoggard of Windsor is In
the city today.
R. E. Flora o Shawboro was
liere today on business.
E. R. , Johnson of Currituck wm
in the city today i '.
HEW BUILDING
' IS DEDICATED
PROFESSOR WALKER ORATOR
OF THE DAY AT BIG EDUCA
TIONAL EVENT IN CURRITUCK
North Carolina's Next Governor
Currituck, N C. October 9. On
Saturday, October 7th, the school
house at Currituck was dedicated.
The exercises were, opened with
introductory remarks by R. W. Isley
after which "My Faith Looks Up
to Thee" was sung by the audience.
Prayer was offered by the Rev. C.
P. Jerome. Misses Lydla and
ClarlBsa Ansell, sang a beautiful
duet, after which Rev. C. P. Jerome
of Poplar Branch was introduced
and delivered an interesting educa
tional address. Mr. Jerome says
that parents must learn to see and
believe that the education of their
children is one of their most impor
tant duties, and that they should
work first and last to accomplish this
end. He showed next why so many
boys and girls leave the farms and
go to the towns and cities. He says
the rural homes are not made at
tractive enough to keep them.
Something must be done to attract
and keep them in tbe rural district.
After Rev. Jerome's address mon
ey was raised to buy opera chairs
for the auditorium. Around f 75
was raised and subscribed for this
purpose. The names of those giving
will be published later, A chair
will cost $169. The peonie of Craw
ford township are asked to help buy
these chairs or any person may
hrlp. All names will be published.
Dinner was sold and proceeds
went to help furnish the house.
At the ringing of the bell" after
dinner the people assembled in the
Huditorium to hear Prof. N. W.
Walker. State Inspector of High
Schools deliver an educational
nddress. Just before this address
the audience was stilled by a duet
;,y Mis-srs Alraa and Ruth Bnumsey.
Prof. Walker ia a native of Cur
rituck county and used to live near
the new school house here. In his
address he first reviewedils early
school days in Currituck 'unty. A
few of UN old Currituck ? school
mates were in his audience and
were carried br.ck to their child
hood days by the vivid pictures he
presented He contrasted the chan
ces of today for hoys and girVls to
attend chool with the meager chan
ces he hart.
Mr. Walker's address was divided
into three parts: 1. Use the values
at hand; 2. educate physically, that
Is, we must wage a campaign for
better health; 3. Consolidate email
schoo's into larger and better ones.
He shwH?d how domesticated flow
ers and fruits used to be wild in
the forests. They were only culti
vated nd developed into fragrant
flowers and into luscious fruits for
man's comfort and happiness. Culti
vation did it all. The value at band
was used. The child Is the value
at hand for the schools to cultivate
and develop. The parents and com
munity must use the jehild value
and develope it into greater man
hood and womanhood.
Prof. Walker next discussed the
proposition of public health. He
showed how many people each year
in North Carolina die with prevent
table disease. The school teachers
are asked to help in the great pub
lic health campaign, and thus help
prevent so many unnecessary deaths
If we preserve the health of the
child, we have a chance to educate
him.
Consolidation of small schools In
to larger and better ones was brief
ly discussed by the speaker. Inspec
tor Walker dwelt for a while on the
Importance on large schools that
can deliver the "goods." He said
he had rather his children would
to a school u or 8 miles away-that
could deliver the "goods' than to
one across the road from, his homo'
than could not deliver the "goods'
s . " 5
V
Hon.T.W. BICKETT,
who will address the voters of Pasquotank
County at the Court House, Tuesday night,
October 17, 8. p. m.
S1D01WIS
VERY OPIOMISTIC
LOVETT'S AND UNDERWOOD'S
ENDORSEMENT OF WILSON IS
GOOD NEW8
- By--. 4; BENDER t -
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Long Branch, Opt. lft The state
ments of Robert S. Lovett, chairman
of the board of directors of the
Union ( Pacific and of F. D. Under
wood, President of the Erie rail
road, endorsing Wilson and dlsput
ing the claims that the President,
acted from a motive of poetical ex
pediency in forcing 'the passage ot
the Adamson eight hour law, Is re
garded as the liest news that has
ftruek Shadow Lawn in some days.
Similar action by other railroad
magnates is expected. The atmos
phere at Shadow Lawn is most opti
mistic these days.
MovesfTo -
Hinton Bldg
P .lasers oX the corner of Main and.
Martin streets today have been In
terested in the announcement prom
inently displayed on that corner of
the Hinton Building that this store
will be occupied by, H. C. Bright
after November 1st.
Mr. Bright is one of the city's
leading jewelers and his friends
take much interest in this sign ot
Increasing business and enlarged
stock.
Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand of South
Carolina are here on a visit to
tehir son, Irving Bertrand on South
ern Avenue.
M'ss Ethel Godfrey returned home
Wednesday night, after attending
the Barney-Trafton weding at Belc
cross.
Wednesday.
A one-teacher school is only bet'
tcr than no school."
GERMAflS ARE
I MESS
IVE
REPORTS FROM VARIOUS CAP
TALE INDICATE TEUTONS
PRESSING FIGHTING
Miss Maude Brave 01 Hertford
passed through 'the city Thursday
on her way'to Hertford after a
-.M. . In TlnT.
Visit to Miss jnhu ihw . i - , .
cross whose wedding occurred on portion of both the Volnynlan and
'r'A (By United Press) -,
Loudon, Oct., lb, The Teutons
have, broken through the northwest
ern ;bouadarirs of Roumania and
'.?. ,. . .....
ire ' advancing lowara me interior
oif the country, according to dis-
Va'tchta .from Berlin. Severe fight-
A) i .
Uijk 14,, in progress on Roumanian
euiL id" tha nlghborhod ot the town
ofPalanak.
Germans are .trying to drive
sutb,i along the Terguocna railway
tfr-.ejit the maii railway supply of
the northern Roumanian armies.
,3ffi4 Roumanians are vigorously
'QtjMNHtacklng along the whole
of the south Transylvanian frontier.
Southeast of Kronjtfadt they suc
ceeded in wrestling the lnitauve
f torn the Germans
iFlght'ng in the region ot the Vul
(jan pass Is becoming more viblent.
The batt'e is raging around the
bend. of the Cz'rna river.
Macedonia the conflict be
tween the Bulgars and Serbs is still
doubtful.'
French pene irate defenses
. The French during the niKht pen
etrhted the' German defenses at
SaUly Sallliiel northeast of Combles
(kicupyin houses on the edge of
the Bapaume-Peronne highway.
This is the morning's official an
nouncement from Paris.
GERMAN ATTACKS REPULSED
Aided by liquid flre, General Haig
reports, the Germans during the
night launched an unusually heavy
attack against the Schwaben re
doubt to the north,' of, Thiepula.
They were repulsed with heavy loss
es. South of Ancre the Germans
shelled the German positions thru
out the night. North ot Courcelette
t bomb attack was repulsed.
Petrograd reports that' the .Teu
tons launched repeated counters in
a great battle now raging north of
Korytnios but that all were repul
ed with heavy. losei,;'Heavjr fight
ing Is in progresi along a wide
Gallclan fronts, while obstinate bat
tles continue north of Zborbw.
Mrs. E. PlBuxton of Jackson la I North of StanlsUu ? enemy at.
visiting her daughter, Mrs. I." Her- tacked nercety em were u.
bert White on West, Main street. . ;
Robert R. Taylor of - OatesvlUe
H was in the city Thursday on busi
ness. ; . '
-r ' I niU'U VMWDW , WVV..V.UB w
The dav Wat nUaKRnt and nnnnlA a-u.Trattnn -maAAina Waitnuitnw nf
wbn war nrnRAnt otiIaa It Und 1 inAiM..... fir,m (Via nir warni Ttm , T
the occasion very much.'Ai people 1 Fearing, Miss 8. ferry, Mrs. E.
evpressed it. It was a day in which p. ' Pearinir Mis Gilbert and, 'Mr.
crumbs were casupon the water.'. Ronald Rolllnson,", "-' "
' " i ; , - , "! i i' 1 ' ,!" f ; . J h ''l'
mi :fmm dopes
IS RECOGrilZED
ESTABLISHED ON ISLAND OF
CRETE BY VEMZELOS FAV
ORS WAR QN 8I0E OF ALLIES
(By United Press)
. London.October 16. The new Na
tionalist government established ' by
Ex-Premier Ven'ielos on the Island
of Crete has been recognised by the
Fiench Consul, according to a dis
patch from Athens. A Venizeloa
party, favoring intervention and
war. organized following giant de
monstrations last night, plans to en
list 30,000 Greeks for the allied ar
mies In the Balkans.
Boy Scouts
'Enjoy Hike
A hike to Arneuse Creek was
greatly enjoyed by the Boy Scouts
of Troop No. 1 Saturday.
Sixteen boys formed the. party
and the entire sixteen unanimous
ly declared upon their return that
they had had "the time of their
lives." The distance to Arneuse Is
about seven and a half miles and
the Scouts made It In about two
hours and a half.. One mile was
made In ten and &a,t minute at
Scouts'! ptoav x .f:
After a'Buer'Hfluut gaiiiei wore
played, tenderfoot, cooking aud. Pre
building tset were passed, and some
of the- boys went swimming . ana
rowing. Games were played on the
way back and the boys did not ar
rive at their homes unroll almost
Heven o'clock.
"The boys who don't go on these
hikes" said an enthusiastic Boy
Scout tlrs morning, "don't know
what they are missing.
All who wish to Join may do so
by attending the next business meet
ing at the Y. M. C. A. Friday night.
Scoutmaster Ford will he glad to
explain anything about the Boy
Scouts to those who are not famllar
with the organization."
R'jWay Ownership
Subject For Debate
Chapel lllll.N O. Oct. 16 The
query which will be discussed this
year by the schools having member
ship In the High School Debating
Union of North Carolina is: Resolv
ed, That the Federal Government
shoud own end operate the rail
ways." A bulletin of sixty or seven
ty pages containing outlines and ar
guments on both sldeB and refer
ences to souneB of oth!r material
Will be sent free by the University
to schools which are members of
the Union, in time to reach them
not later than November 30. The
University is inviting every second
ary and high school in the state
to become a member this year.
Last year the debate was participat
ed in by 325 schools and 1300 stud
ent debaters. TJurlng the four years
In which the Aycock cup has been
awarded, the following state high
schools have won in the finals at
the University in April: Pleasant'
Garden, 1913; Winston-Salem, 1914;
Wilson, 1915; Graham, 1916.
' The celebration of the 123rd an
niversary of the laying of the cor-ner-Btone
of the University was this
year a remarkable one, in that the
bronze plate, which was placed ori
ginally In the corner-stone to the
Old East Building the oldest on
the campus was returned to the
University, after having been lost
since the decade immediately fol
lowing tUp Civil War. The platp
had originally been placed In the
cornerstone, with elaborate cere
monies by William R. Davie, then
Grand Master of Masons in the
10 ED
ANOTHER CHURCH
DR. BLACKWELL WOULD MAKE
CALVARY MISSION tELF-SUP-PORTING
BAPTIST; CHURCH
In
Yesterday afternoon and night Df
C. 8. Blackwell began an evengella
tic mission at the Riverside Baptist
Chapel, to continue for one" waaV.
preaching every night." Fine crowdi
artretea mm at both services. Tha
song service was spirited. t The ser
mons were so vividly Illustrated
fhftt AVAtl V. . AJIJ A .m . ..
v,vu uio iiuiuren iniinvtn tha
themes to the end. . .
When Dr. Blackwell was pastor
this city more than tnt .M
ago he fostered. two missions, one
on North Road street, which has de
veloped Into the Black w.u if. .
iai Church, the other was on 'River
side. He put his heart into both of
them and confidently expected to see
tb Riverside Chapel grow ,tron.
t. But the drift
made the Road street the stronger, '
uuwaror, mat the city baa
Pved Riverside Drlv. anil tnt- '
abeth City Hospital and additional
residences have started "the growth
of the city southward, he is anxloua
, "7 ai' aam of a self-sustain-ing
church made real
Jay. tlmeonhlahandahehaiioma
- vm;a lor a week and to see
;-""0" r interested tn
that section to fnat. .
, . Tisorous
wwk fot tha -ijtteasion' of - cod'rf
wngaom. . ,
Tamttr . A
iwu years an n -ti
well stood in tha wt t.t ,
of where tbe chapel stands.1 ant
"" ne naa Jst finished baptii-r
ing seventy two persons, and point-'
v.. Dwl Wnere now the Cal
rary Chapel stands, saying, ther.
is the place where some of these.
I have Just baptized win i '
church life and work, .for God." v
1 wo strong men stood' th
tha ship yard engine wlrh i-
- WH (It '
lueir evp Rni no .i : ... .
. . . wuu was aitend
ng the engine of Capt. Jewell'a .
shipyard ways, and Cant. waM "
himself. As Dr. Blackwell
out of the water r.ant in
him by the hand and said "If you
start a church here, count on . me
to help." sol Bray, taking the other
..u ooiu, uocior, i am' only
poor man, hut count on me a-'
helper."
In an hour, the eneine ha Avntnt.
-!r-(-
ed un(( both Captain Jewell and Sol
uray were dead.
Dr. Blackwell feels. Hfandin ti
- vii '
the spot of this trapedy, where his"
two friends died after pledging
holp to start a great work for God,
iuo.1 ttuer twenty iwo years, , a
special effort should be maun
Hence, his presence here this week
preaching every night within a few
feet from where hia two friend'
died.
Tonight Dr. Blackwelfs the'ma '
will be "The Funeral of a fimil"
C. L. Needham and J. L. Need-'
ham nf Rhllnh tupa In .k .u 1 ,
" iu tun Mil J '
Thursday on business.
Misses Ruth and Christine Mid-
dleton passed through the clty'
Thursday on their way to , their
home in Goldsboro after attending
the Bonney-Trafton wedding at Bel-
cross.
state, on' October 12, 1793. It was
re-presented to the Unverslty by A. '
B. Andrews, present Grand Master
for the state. Dr. Kemp P. Battle'
received it. The plate was round,
about 10 days ago in a pile of old
junk at a foundry in Clarksvllle,
Tenn. It came to the attention of
the president of the foundry, Mr.
T. B. Foust, who recognized " the
word "Davie," and it is largely thru
his efforts, himself an alumnus of
the University, that the'-' plate V la
now here tor aaie Keeping. - .