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VOL 1
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY EVENING DECEMBER 18, 1916
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NO 166
SATUKDAY JAn. 1 3TH BEGINS
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WJI1 II MICE '
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; Plans Being Made For Elaborate
; Observance Thro The
- County and Addresses By Ex-
perts Ma:y Be Expected
The -Community Service .. commit-
tee for Pasquotank county held an
- Interesting meeting In the office ot
" the County superintendent of
v.. Schools Saturday. The pur
pose of the meeting wag t- take
necessary steps for the elaborate
'' " observance of an entire - month de
voted to community service work.
A conimltte composed of J. P.
, Thompson, Prof. W. M. Hinton
tt'"l G. W. Palls and Miss Marcia Al
bertson was appointed with ful pow
r to arrange detai's ot the. work ot
' prescribing a necessary pro
'" "' ram, secure speakers and do what
l'ver may be found necessary to in
, , sm the best success of the enter
-. prisei It was decided to hold the
- first general meeting of the series
In Elizabeth City on Saturday. Jan-
' Hary 13. with on0 meetlnp; on each
Saturday following;, including Feb
ruary 3, which will close the series.
. . .
r it The program will provide for at
Mrs. Bradford
Died This Morn
.A
leist one address on a topic of in-
, A tram in rnmmnnitv service VOlll 1 i-iia-B
Hugs, with short talks by others on
the topic of the meetln?. The
meetings will be held in some audi
' ' torlum with seating capacity ade
quate to all possible needs end
those chosen for the ' address of
the day at each meeting will be ex
V perts In the various lines discuss
ed. r
During the week preceedln the
Tlrat meeting and thereafter during
. ach week preceedinj: each of the
' Saturday meetings, local speak-
era will attend community meet-
' ' Inga at some of the school houses
of the county where In short talks
the subject to be taken up on the
t following Saturday will be discuss-
1 The object will be t j stir
Weal Interest In the larger'- meet-
Jug, to stimulate thought ' on the
' V topic to be taken up and thus, to se,
ura attendance from the rural-dls-?.
' trlct,' f The plans for these rural
community service days are still
"to ,be completed by the committee.
' The cornmittee is also consider
lng the matter of interesting
other counties in reach of Eliza
' beth City in these meetings, in
, furtherence of the Plan of the S$ate
bureau of Community Service. .-The
j ." Observance of Community Service
..,Jlonth In Elizabeth City is con
sidered of first Importance by the
state bureau and the officials
from -Raleigh are lending every as
Hl$tanee In makinj it a big sue
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- Central Powers
Lookvto Rome
t. Rome. Dec. 18. The Central
Powers have urged the Pope and
the United States, to back up their
peace proposals, according to re-
. ports here.
MRS. D. B. BRADFORD, WHO
HAS BEEN IN - DECLINING
HEALTH FOR SOME TIME DIED
AT HER HOME ON MAIN STREET
AT TWO O'CLOK THIS MORN
ING. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER
HU&BAND AND ONE BROTHER,
MR. ERSKINE EHRIGHAUS, OF
THIS CITY. THE FUNERAL WIL
TAKE HLAE , AT CHRIST
CHURCH TOMORROW, REV. C. A.
ASHBY OFFICIATING. MRS
BRADFORD WAS NEARLY EIGH
TY YEARS OLD.
MARKET
II
SE
IS ABOUT flEADY
FINAL WORK NOW BEING DONE
WHICH WILL COMPLETE BET
SEY'S BONE OF CONTENTION
Singing Models
Are the Latest
Singing' mod
els, the first In the history of farili
lon, it is said, made their appear
ance at the convention of the De
signers' Association of Women's
Clothes here today. Speciul tunes
are sungg with different styles.
A brown or black suit take. h
sombre tune, a green or pink suit u
dashing strain, grey requires some
thing in revarle. It's to Illustrate
the psychology and t0 impress wo
men with the fact that their person-.
I It y is shaped to a large extent
liy the taste with which they dress
SEED MM
YORK
WAR ODITY
- ' London. Dee. 18. Women nples
warned in a! camp near here have
. loW a violent protest against the
tcWatlon oMhi Summer Time Act,
."&der the o'ld order of " things, the
" women went to bed t 8:30. Under
the act, the clock" was set ahead an
hour but they must still go to bed
at the same time. Thefy claim they
will refuse to retire before dork-
COUNT TARNOSKI, RECENTLY
APPOINTED AUSTRIAN AM
BASSADOR, NOW ON WAY '
Washington. Dec. 18. Count
Tarnowskf, nct'ntl.v Appointed Aus
trian r.mbasfatnr to the United
Snikes to succeed Theodor Duin
l.ar recalled ot the reouest of the
United States for undiplomatic ac
tivity, sailed for New York Satur
day from Rotterdam on the Dutch
steamer N'louwo Amsterdam.
Immediately after Tarnowski's ap
polntment Greit Britain and France
refused t grant him a safe conduct
to the United States. It was gener
ally believed tthls was a protes
cf Great Britain at what she consld
reed the laxity of the United States
in- suppressing activity of England's
enemies on the United States soil.
The State Department immediate
ly sent notes to Oreat Britain and
France asking a reconsideration of
the refusal and pointing out that it
wag the Inallonsble rUht of sove
reign nations to exchange . ambassa
dors. Great care whs taken to make
phin that the United States was
making Its representation solely as
a matter of international right and
was not speklnS favor. The safe
conduct 'wts , granted.
Cout Tnrnowski was one of the
active Centra! power diplomats at
Sofia imniediatelly proceeding the
entrance of Bulgaria Into , the war.
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Mr. and. Jfrs.'.L. C. t West, of
Hertford werV in the'eity shopping
The new -market house tor Eliza
beth City Is Just about ready for oc
cupancy the last touches are being
completed to the refrigerating sys
tem, the stalls are being cleaned
and put In shape for the occupants,
and it looks now like fresh meat,
vegetables, oysters and fish will In
d few days be, distributed from the
same point to the marketers sf the
city and surrounding country. City
Manager Commander says no delay
will be permitted in the final ready
making of the market and that ev
erything will be complete by the
first of next year.
The market is one which the citi
zens of, the city and country can
feel just!y proud Situated at the
intersection of Polndexter. Church
and Kront streets, with the doors
opening on each side, it is accessi
ble from nearly every point of the
compass. The location is prohally
the most convenle.-t to at the same
time, to suit the marketman. that
toulil have been had in the city. It
'Is ne:ir the water where tho fish
nr.ii osters come from, near tho
country on that side where the ve
etables and much of the meat
comes from. It is built of solid
stout . two stories in height, with
basement for heating and refrlgorat
in plunt. The arrangement and
tmWdrn VtTTa 'trT67lefnfc:vef77?
spect and is without qnestloo the
mo t uji-to -datemarket ouse own
ed by any city In the south of this
city's size.
Inside the market phce s divld
od into st til Ih on the .main floor,
beinf; twenty-four in-all. VwelvP of
these ;ne meat stalls; sbt for veget
a'le, .-i:id six for tivk1 and oysters.
Kach hi : 1 ! is fitted with'jB storage
box with rtiom for -:fcrrge- quonlty
of meats etc. The refrigerator or
storage box has in it ibollBfonhect
inj; with the main pipe pf th re
frigerating machine, .also Va tank
for the storage of the 'coli which
keeps the temperature., below;' frees'
(ng at all times. BJrtbts inens the
oompressiug machlse hajs"onty to be
i un about two hours in the morning
and two in the afternoon la. order
FromVuch stall steps lead-op to,,th0
second f'oor wher tb pfncf s are ar
ranged, each markettnan having a
srperate ooffice. f;f ,.
Thf. refrigerating machine was
built b., Frick Company, of Waynes
boro, Ph., and Installed by!',r (Dtten
heinier Bros., of BaltittiSte bt Bal
Mr. . II. Afflect, M.B, superin
tendent of the mechnical engineer
ing and refrigerating departnwnt. is
here iind personally supervised .the
instlhtion. In speaking with a rep
resent ;tlve ofiThe Advance Mr.
Afflect said there was no better
machine made than the one we Vre
Instiling.
Mr. Afflect -said also that he
thonght City Manager Commander
should feci that he had accomplish
ed a great thing for Elizabeth City
In having gotten so modern a mark
et hotse, and the people should
frel proud of so great en Improve
ment. , .
EARL FRANK JOIN8 NAVV ?
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Earl Franlt, whd for some "tlmo
has I een confined In the local Jail
t; await a time when he cW.d'bY
returned to the - state .reformatory'
from . which he escaped '. sometinia
ago,, , was Friday given over Dy Jhf
city authorities to his' father, ,' Mf,
Nathan Frank. Before the . r.el3sV
his father had agreed , 'to take hint
to Norfolk and enter hlra ' Int6 ;th
navy. This was done Friday, ant
now E rl Frank is an- apprentice
seaman for Uncle Sam.
Vessels Also
. it...
Hyphenated
-:. ; (By United Press)
: Washington, Dec. . 18. Forty two
vessels, of Latin-American registry
passed through tho Panama .Canal
flnrinf the fiscal year 191415, , ac
cording to flgure of , tho -, , Panama
Canal available oday; - :
Of those 4 were Peruvian,. 8 Hun
durian, 1 Nlcargnan, 33 Chilean, and
1 Panamanian. These figures do not
mew that each vessel enumerated
was a different one.
BOX SUPPER AT BEREA
OF M SHOPPERS IIL
TWIG CITY'S FESTIUE STREETS
Already The Jingle of Bells On
The; Fros Token
Spirit Is
Coming Everywhere ;v
There will be a box supperat Be-
rea School house Wednesday night,
December, 20th. for the benefit of
the gchoo!. The public 1c cordially
invited to attend.
LLOYD GEORGE
TO STATE TERMS
AND OUTLINE WHAT ALLIES
ARE FIGHTING FOR BUT WILL
NOT REJECT PROPOSAL
; FOUND Toeket book containing
bills and chSnge,: Owner can gel
same byapplylng ; to J- PEOPLE
BARGAIN STORE, describing sam
and paying for this adv. It pd. ' -
Wasliiiu'ton. Dec. .18. I'nited
States oflicials are convinced that
there can lie no formal discussion
of peace until Germany and Aus
tria avow their willingness to re
store Belgium, and Serlila and tin-
,4M a4i-a tli naHomr"trTtrrfisjTng'
ready t0 disarm on a large sca!e.
In his' forthcoming speech Lloyd
George Is expected to insist on
terniR ns fundamental ground work
for any formal parleys.
Moreover officials believe that he
will outline carefully what the .V-llc-;
:ire fighting for. but that he will
under no circumstances voice a
sco'ii! ful or flat rejection of 0!er
may's offer.
The I'nited Press Is In a position
to give this governments Convic
tions from several angles ., in regard
to the peace developeriients.
It Is believed that Germany offer
ed peace because her people are
growing restive. They are demand
ing greater representation anjare
also becoming skeptical about the
military purpose of Germany and
were beginning to .believe that its
aim was conquest and not defense
as has been 'jclaimed.
-It is believed that all the couiv
tries want peace. America Included,
so lonj as no sicriflce of prlnclp'es
tor which any nation is fighting he
made. No reason is seen whyLlovd
George should fail to outline the
general peace terms of the Allies.
An une(iilvl(.il rejection would
but react to England's disadvantage
and emt ltter the German peop'e to
unite more solidly behind their' gov
ernment. If the German people
were convinced that theirs was a
war fpr existence they would urge
ruthless and unrestricted - pursuit.
Germany would not fl.sbt to the end
to resist the demand for the resto
ration of Belgium end Serbia but
would 'light o the' last to oppose
the demand for the life of the .nation.
Note has Now
Reached London
.Y Vt-
London, ; Dec. 18. America . Am
bassador Tae today- deTlvorerf. the
Germcn Ip&c. note to the British
PoVeign ombe.': " .
; AffihasBailo'i; ; Psge , fulfll'ed his
'mission wltbjutVany comment.
;IJoyd jCeorge, resumes hi duties
&)day -after aweek't Illness, flndiiijt
'IhQSlojtsiyyjbacti of .Win.T
(it fseems ' certain; tat" ha': will Ic
abJe ttf .dJresslho -Honse - of ' Com
niMAtomorrtr outflnlnf the policy,
of flie' Pew gopbrninent and .'stat
!t .n'rhaln's" vWof' thb" ; German
-- -rp')als.-
Anniversary of .
Wilson Wedding
Wshinjton. Dec. 8.J-Preaideht
and Mrs. WUson calebrated their
first weeding anniversity today with
an early round at golf. There will
be a family dinner tonight after
which the executive couple will en
tertain at the theatre.
Did Not Explain
I h l.uklphia. Dec. 18-What Gen
eral fanaqsa did to the border pro
tool was 'stii: an unknown quanlty
here this afternoon.
Alberto J. J'anl, the commission
er who presented the document to
First Chief, occupied tho miMmi
presenting a verbal report of an in
tervlew with Cnrran.a. I'anl offered
no written document to the commissioners.
TJie crisp cold atmosphere, fob
lowing the . recent sudden , chajigt
In the weather, seems to have put
spice in the spirit of Christmas
chopping. Coming from , sections
for miles around people have v
crowded the streets of the city on -the
Pasquotank for the past, two :l
days, going and coming In tnd
out the various stores, and ' lndlca,' '.
tions point to a very busy .week- ,
for the merchants and emplpyeei (
next week. Up until a late hour
Saturday -night the shoppers .were'.1
on the go, and It was probably onV
of the largest Saturdays ever bad 0
here from a purchasing standpoint,''
Early Saturday morning .wagons, 'i'
1uggioB, and automobiles began'
coming in from the country and:;;
this inrush cofltinued until late la the
afternoon. , -
Business men attribute the un-;
usual largo amount of shopping ,
dono this Christmas to the very '
prosperous fall the farmers have '
UBU .
morning session, of the CommlsitohJiriLi "SZJMS
Vt"'J-.rmum m0My Deen in circulation
coupons
SAYS
SYSTEIIKS
BELIEVES IN REWARDS THAT
BUY SHOES FOR KIDDIES AND
PAY THE DOCTOR
Deroit, MiCh., Dec. J 8 James
Coupons, Detroit's $50,000,000 police
thief, who Is distributing his own
money at the rate of $10,000 a year
in bonuses for "the. Koo,) of the ser
vice" is credited with working won
ders with the force tn his cleanup
that started with his Installation
and Is still underway.
Some say Ford taught Coupons
the Ford standard of efficiency.
Others say that- It was Coupons who
taught it to Ford. In al! vents it
is applied to the force. Coupons be
lieves in discipline, the enforcement
of every law on the hooks and In
rewards lor merit, liis $5,000 sala
ry ana 5,ouu aaaitionai oni or nis
own personal fortune will go Into
those rewards yearly.
That Coupons system has work
ed in his own life Is apparent when
it is recalled that he sU Sted his
commercial career at $12 a week in
a Detroit In a coal office. Now $50,
000.000 Is only approximate. Cou
pons doesn't know within a million
or so. Just what his wealth is.
Coupons was appointed Just prlot
to the recent mayoralty campaign
when the cry for cleanup was
strong. His first ukase was at the
saloons which hid heen violating
he closing -hour law. "Obey the
law" was his dictum and It weit.
The closing is -now faithfully obey
ed. , Coupons is now delving into, the
social vtoe situation, lie' la expect
ed to either eliminate sill of ' the
district, sweeping the city clean
of Its Immoral 'or to est-bllsh a sin
gle Comely policed district. . 't
, Couponi'. philosophy of the bonus
system is brief. ' "Honorable - mem-
tions are .all right btt ,a (eward that
will buy . shoes for the children ' or
pay the family doctor bill . goes a
bit fnrther,' he says. ' ' f
in this sectlori. The farmers came
to town to buy apd not to loaf, and'
they have the cash to pay for
their purchases when they buy 'v
This is the opening week at the '
three banks of the city for the
beginning of Christmas savings de-'
posits for 1917. Etch of the banks,'
is anticipating the biggest open
in, yet had Checks were paid '
out during fhe past weeks to de
positors of the Christmas savings '
club by the local hanks to approx-'
imately $35,000. The total nmn
iber of depositors was nearly 2,000,"
and from taiKs with the cashiers It
appears that the. savings accounts 1
next year will amount to around '
$50,000. This form of saving has
grown wonderfully in this city, '
each bank reporting nearly double '
the amount of savings over last '
year.
As a result of the prosperous ' 1
year the farmers have had inJhU '
section the merchants of Bets '
City feel good, nd there Is a gen (
eraT feeling of prosperity on every
MUST PREPADE
FOR PEACE
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CONGRESSMEN DECLARE
PREPAREDNESS PLAN8
THAT'
ARB'
ALL THE MORE IMPORTANT -
Washlngjton, Dec. IgJAmfera-"'
must puBh her prepareilness lest V't;
peace come and find her with still-' ; '''."im
pending International dlfncultles and 1
with militarism and navallsm un- 1
crUsned abroad, manv romrrestmen
declared today. ,
4 Major Generald Scott before the (
8nate Military Committee pointed ,
out, America's - unpreparedness.t ipal i,
ling attention to the lift that where f '
able at the outset" of any hostilitleaf '
was considered suflicent, the lesson'', 1
learned by the Kuropenn War had V ; C
led the staff and officers to decide ;T,
' :- $ ' ' i
IeR than a million and a half of -'j ;y -4.' .'
trained troops. He explained that,' 7; ';"
our nothem neighbor has builtnp V -an
army to the strength approxf- ' , ! "
tnhtely of European power,"emijna ; V ;
sized England's f control of the- seas, - - .
merchant marine sufneent ,; to. trans ":'."'
port without delay a million men 5 ;
rrttising. England's spirit ot militar
ism -hut -condemning her fy?" "