VOL 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING JANUARY 8, 1917
2;o
4 EiiLLEflJnlillllTEE: TI1M
lighway Commission - Fight To Be
Staged In Senate At Four
O'clock This Afternoon
JC LOCAL DELEG1TIDII Oil HMO
Jt ',. - . J 1
i. V , v , i - t . . r '
Pasquotank ; Well Represented and
Local Kght Will be in Spotlight
Opponents of Scott's Bill Hope
to Kill it by Fabian Tactics.
Seats Selling For
September Morn
- ;.-y
.Beats
VDLEIT m
III HE III
PASQUOTANK JURY'S VERDICT
DECLARES HE. HAD PROBABLE
CAUSE FOR LIBEL SUIT A
CAINT SAUNDERS : .
selling
comedy
for the
of the
Theatre.
By I. P.'bAvis , '
(Advance Staff , Correspondent)
Raleleh. NC.V Jan. 8-Tbe bill
to change the city charter of Eliia-
l eth City was killed In the com
mittee room of the senate at 11
o't lock this morning.
It's death was due to the failure
on the part of . the opponents to
rive the constitutional required 80
"''is notlc of its introduction. Re
lative Scott, said the bill
Lp to this time mJ bill hai been
introduced- relative to the return of
the county officers of Pasquotank
to a fee system., ';
Scott has such a. hill In hand but
. will ,' not ' commit 'himself as to
whether or not he will introduce
"it. : - , ;
Scott's biir to 'abolish the high
way ' Commission ' of Pasquotank
' Couny will' com1, before the Senate
Cmmittee at four this afternoon.
It is prbable that some time will
' 1:e consumed in ( discussions by the
members of the pro and con dele
gations which arrived here this
.morning. .-v . rf ,
The object of these oposing the
,'fcUI will be to delay it from coming
f iefore the senate to-night. Should
' this he done, it-cannot pass tbe re
quired number, of. readings to make
vHiiti us passage.
With a delegation of more than
twenty-five, divided about fifty-fifty
for and against Scott's Highway
Commisston bill, Elizabeth City 'and
Pasquotank County are well Vepre
sented '.at: the: Capital City today.
Scott's supporters and those who
will appear t before the Committee
of the Senat 1 thfs afternoon are
led by Sheriff Reid, Mavr Sawyer,
fioscoe. Turner, T J , Markham and
others. '
The anti-Scott crowd are led by
ile h Republican, I. M. Meekins
" ho . is accompanied by W O Saun-
- ( 'itt is on the job. He says
the Mil must pas and that the sen
ators from his f district are both'
ploflppd to go before the committee
to favor its favorable report to the
Senate. Whether or not the hill
gets a favorable " report in com
mittee j't wllL, un!eas too long delay
ed, go to the floor' ' of ' the Senate
"whom hontnid ' itntMit ,' i
i ....v WDVOVQ ID fJIUUilBBU
T. J, Markham and City Man-
ager Commander am hr nrimn
' jy, to oppose the passage, of the bill
puHiise uie city cnarter.
Din rt rnif
PROTECT LIBERTY
IIEUI! UIS
LESSOISS LEARNED FROM GER
MAN SUBMARINING AND BRIT
I8H COMMERCIAL.-' iHTERFER
MCE' BASfS'O.F.'NEW CODE.' show Vw)th Jwfc-
Washington,' Jan."1 8. A new in
national code to protect "the liberty
of neutra!B" has been worked out
by leading North and South Amer
JcaA experts on the bfts -of lessons
drawn from the present war. Pres
ident Wilson and Secretary Lansing
are said to be its original propon
ets. Ways and means of formulat
ing in terms the new principles will
be discussed at a. meeting of inter
national lawyers at Havana, Cuba
on January 22nd it was learned to
day. German submarine warfare
and British Commercial Interfe
rence are . said to be the main rea
son behind the move
o :onger ,wiu your neghbor have
i .son to pester you with the
l,nltU. 1110;: LII11C1
The
que-
bis
Mrs Wilson
Social Head
are now
first "big musical
season, at 'the Alkrams
Tuesday night, January 9th
which will be the most , talked of
'September Morn', with it. wealth
of, song, mirth,., melody, happiness
and, joy. The -book and Ivrlcs are
by Arthur Gillespie and the music
by .Aubrey Stauffer, two' younr
men who fa irlya outdid thtmselves
in this successful musical play for
there are no less than six emnha-
tic song hits. The title chosen
from the famous painting by Chau
bas serves its purpose in the storv
only and this novel entertainment
will prove a tre .t t0 the theatre
goers.
ine story nas to do with one
Rudolph Plastrlc masquerading ,' as
an artist and seta claim to t ,he
originator of the famous painting.
Complications 5 arise wherein Plas-
trie gets bjmself jnto a!l tpf&t of
trouble - through the appearance of
an actress, "wh0 claims to be the
origin,; tor and actually was the la
dy . who bathed in the. epeu . , Ther
are a .-dozen. nrincfDala. and ' fha
,By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 2. Mrs. Wil
eon today is the 'ultimate authority'
on all invitations to Whiie House
social functions. For the first time
in years, management of these e-
vents has been transformed from
the Executive offices to the man
sion proper. Asll result, the num
ber of Invited guests to the state e
vents has fallen off between fifty
and sixty per cent.
Incidentally the new regime has
hrougli joy and peace to the minds
of assistant secretaries in the busi
ness' wing of the White House. In
the past, ihe functions srlven by the
President have been attended
about equally by those I on the reg
ular White House "lists and by
those who request special invita
tions. Each reception Is proceed
ed by, letters and phone calls from
Senators,- Congressmen and others,
appealing jln behalf of themselves
or others for precious cards of ad
mission.
the tIhc ot the curtain. ThfttWd
in comedy role Is in the bands of
nimble, William Moore, who bas
played in many broadway successs
es supported by an excellent cast
and a sprightly singing and dan
cing chorus who trip through the
seemingly difficult dancing and en
semble numbers fetchina-lv.
Among the many song hits that
are now being whistled through
out the country are: 'O! .Vnn
September Morn, 'When a Littie
Boy Loves a Little Girl, 'A Spare-
rib from the Butcher Shop of" Life'
-'Beautiful Dreams I'm Dreaming
'In Paree' "Where is th Pl.
ure In Wine and Song If the Wom
an is not there? ptr
'Septmeber Morn' scored a long
run at the LaSalle Ooera
(Chicago) and is making its east
ern tour In all its merry making.
Seats now at Self's Jewelry
Store. adv
Urges Development
Of California
Cuba's Suit ,
Is Dismissed
fj.ock Just in front of the new ( store
, 'of II. C. Bright Company, lUumlna
frit at tiight by gas, can be seen
from almost any part of the 'bta.'
ncss section on .' Main street. 1 ' it
Is just In place today and is ready
to be aeen by down town , visltori
to ' ' I
(By United PressI ' '
i ' " , t -Washington,
Jan. a 8 Supreme
Court ,today granted the motion; by
Cuba to dismiss suit against North
Carolina growing -r out repudiation
' baggers, ' "'s ' " ,A
the
of
as
(By United Press)
Sacrenmento, Jan. 8 With
development and colonization
California's agricultural lands
the chief business at hand the state
legislature co'nvened here today.
Governor Hiram W. Johnson, Uni
ted States Senator elect emphasiz
ed the importance of thlB work in
his message to the lawmakers. , The
Water problems conference, appoint
ed by the governor, called attention
to the vast possibilities of the
"tate'g water resources , which, It
was pointed out, can be made a
source of great wealth to the state.
The greater portion of the great
Sacremento value for instance. Is
not being cultivated because there
Is no method of water storage for
irrigation.
EPISCOPAL
CEMETERY
SOCIETY
MEETS
The Episcopal Cemetery Society
meets with Mrs C B Kramer Thurs
day afternoon, January fjth at 3:80.
Al! members are- urged to be present.
FOR, SALE Young black horsa.
Good sadler Will work in all har
ness. Will sell cheap', . CLIFF''
MAPRIN, Elizabeth City.
Ian j dp '. Wfriirrrv
Tbe case of Saunders vs. Ay-,
dl3tt came to a .dramatic close Sat
urday afternoon when the jury be
tween four and Ave o'clock brought
in a verdict In favor9 of the defend
ant In the Ion; series of suits
in which these two hsve been liti
gants, no jury' hsrs come to such
prompt decision. They took r the
case at the c!ose of the forenoon
cession? ' ' ' ' ' . r "
' The 5 clanging of the court House
bell, shortly after four o'clock
brought a crowd that filled about
half the building during the mo
ments of delay before the presiding
judge took his seat on the bench.
The Jury tnen filad into the box
rnd handed their verdict to the
cferk of the . court who passed It to
the Judse. Judge Daniels g'anced
at the paper and handed it back to
the clerk directing him to read it.
In the tense silence of the court
roon the clerk's voice intoned the
issue8 and the answer thereto. The
first two, "Did th . defendant pros
ecute the plaintiff as alledged In
the complaint T" and "Has Said p?os
ecuticm teen terminated as: alls
ed?' were answered In the afflrma
'lMT ' Jntys'aBfiwer loathe "third ls
cue' said prosecutlqn ' Institut
ed without nrobable causefv was
No."
The victory for the, defendant
was a complete one. The ques
tions at, issue before the Jury were
whether Aydlett in the Chowan
county libel suit of 1915 brought
action against Saunders without
probable cause, whether in bring
ing this prosecution Aydlett was
actuated by malice and what dam
age, If any Saunders was en
titled to recover.
In answering the first .contested
Issue In favor of Mr. Aydlett, the
ury at one stroke, decided
case in his favor and made
i
swer to the other two Issues
necessary.
The verdict terminated one
the most long drawn out and hard
est fought legal battles in the h'ls-
tory of the county. When the case
first came on for trial the plain
tiff took a non suit because he did
not believe that one of the jurors
was unprejudiced against him.
When the ease came up for trial a
1 second time Saunders, sot his con
tentions before a jury only to
have the action result in a mistrial.
Last week the plaintiff gathered
his forces liy sea and land for a
third attempt to secure a verdict in
his favor. When the Issue went
square.'y against him, his attorneys
notea an appeal to the supreme
court.
The suit, in which the plaintiff
was asking damage in the sum of
$25,000, as Is genprally known here,
grew out of a series of prosecu
tions instituted against W.' O.
Saunders by E. F. Aydlett for
libel. The libel suit in Chownn
was made the. basis of Saun-
ders damage suit because
this was the only case In which a
court of competent Jurisdiction did
not find Saunders guilty. In both
Pasquotanlc and Beufort Saunders
was adjudged guilty by the recor-
der, though in superior court his at
torneys succeeded in securing a
verdict of acoultal from a 1I1PV.
Portugese
In Fight
.WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
' With the British Army. Jan ;
OiBcej-a of the Portugese expedition
ary force have arrived' here prepar
atory to fighting on the Western
front , ara ; tackllnj enthusiastically
meir new, problem.
Authorization of . this cable was
given for th first time today. The
presence of these ' Portugese offi
cers in Franca marks the beginning
or Portugal's actual participation
in fighting, activities. . ,
JUDGEIS STILL
. II MIL!
TALKS INTERESTINGLY OF Ti
RAPID DEVELOPCMENT C
" WEST AND IS PLfeASPn WITH
GROWTH OF HOME TOWM
ACTIVE WORK FOR
SERVICE WITH
SUPT. HINTON , AND' HIS HELP
ERS TOUR TriE COUNTY TO
AROUSE INTEREST Ifv COM
MUNITY SERVICE MONTH
. v r
the
of
WANTED, Colored laborers to
work in our lime and crushed shell
ml.'l. ,' None but good men need
PP'yV' Steady work guaranteed.
Wages 20o. per hour. 1 Apply ' at
mill.- Kftrr.fvn.iffA Hfirn - rrr -t
" - . j VV. . Jill)
iL-Foot .Southampton Avenue. Nor-
aL j1 - A. :a! yint1.' ctp? ' Pccte4 ot tbefn,
JjRUarV 8th to Pfihrno,., UJ
w -w-'uhiw j us uun
een de3ignatad Community '8e
vice Month in Pasquotank County
The active work of Community
bervtce. Month, begins today, as
County Superintendent r of ; Educa-
tlon W. M, HJnton with a corns
of helpers, begins a rapid tour of
the schools of the county to ac
quaint the people with the nlan and
"re, of th.eJwork..and . toluteiW
uu;iu in auenaing tne " meeting to
be held here on January 13th.
when Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of
the Progressive Former will be the
principal speaker.
Next week W. C. Crosby of Ral
elgh, Secretary of the State Bureau
of Community Service; will be here
and he will endeavor to make a
complete tour of the county, vis
iting the schools and other commu
nity centers, bringing the lessor
of Community Service to every
neighborhood and awakening such
enthusiasm as will insure great ga
tberings here for the other three
meetings on January 20th, - Jan
uary 27th and February 3rd.
Meantime committees have been
appointed on the various phases of
Community Service. ' The chair
man of each committee is chosen
from Elizabeth City and one from
each township make up the other
members. There sub-commlttoos
wl'I co-operate with the Central
i oramittee in carrying out the
plans of Community Service month
The general subject for the first
week and the general theme of
Dr. Poe's address will be Preven-
tahle .Ignorance. The committee
of thfs phase of Community Ser
vice work is as follows: G. F. Sey
fort, Chairman, B. T. James .A. S.
Morgan, O. L. Bundy, W S Staf
ford, W. N. Brothers.
The theme for the second week
will be Preventable Poverty, the
discussion being directed along the.
line .of better production and better
marketing and the following has
been named as the comlttee on
this phase of the work: , J. H.
Winslow, chairman, Seth W Scott,
RIchsrd S Pritchard, W. C, Rlggs,
Ellsha Bright, J. R. Bright.,
Preventable disease will be tak
en up the third w'eek and those
who wl!l be responsible for the
preparation for the subseauent an.
plication of Dr Watson S. Rankin's
address on the subject are: A.". B.
Houtz, chairman, J.- C. Jones. S.
M, Brothers, J. W. Perry, M. P.
Jennings, w. J. Williams,
Preventable Social defects is
the last topic and the " committee
on this problem ar: Mrs. Cam "W
Meltak, Chairman. Miss Margaret'
Hollowel!, GH' Winslow. Mrs. M
P. Jennings, A, L. Stafford.
The chairman In each case will
map out the work of th- resonctlvn
committees and the members nt th.
various -committees should get in
coma with the chairman thev win
work wltl and foarn what, is
. "I went West in 1883" says Ju ,!-
ga Robert" Brooke 'Albertson win
ia her for a Tlsit to his sisters, ML
ea Albertson oa Church' 'street,
"with' my. college diploma from tin
TTTlfdtolw : n xrnfc. 'n i, ...
.iui.u varuuua a:, i
my law license as my" sole assets.
I had no practical t equipment for
making a living, which by 'the way
la one of our greatest troubles In ed
ucational' work In the South.
"I had to work beside a chlnan-m
In a saw mill for a whilb, vhad to
pick up whatever came my wsy
the way of a Job. I tried newspa
per work and might ' have been la
it yet, b.ut tbe. morning paper ca
which I was reporter and general
m:-nofall-work "b'rokc" and f
Miroke' with it." ' .
Judje ALbertsott is now Sunerlor
Court , Judge with headquarters at
Seauie, Washington and Is begin
ning his fifteenth year on the bench
in his district, havinr been elected
in November for another four year
term. , '! ....".
?We have tried all of the con
structiye and , nsw legislation", sava '
the Judge, "notion ihe dog(i but oa
UrBBIVVB, l M I."
'."The inittntive, refrerendtim r ?
peaalL- woman's suffrage and i,,. ,
ltlon, we' have them all and seem
none the worse for them. Manv r
bur most projresaive 'atops have
been made through the Initiativo.
by petition from anumber of vo.
tera." " ' . t -
Judge Albertson showetB "a vBr
Interesting photograph of i ontf 'of
his juries, composed entirely of wo
uu iria i a, ran
road was sued for the death of a
woman, and the Jury's vordiet . av
the woman's children 115,000. '
"The rapid growth of our -West-
ern cities" continued Judge Albert.
Bon. "is extremely lntereBtlnf,' To
live In a town while it grows from '
three or four thousand to a .nonuli.
tlon of several hundred 'thousands.
for example", is to watch an unceas
ing panorama of developement. and.
such has been my experience. ,
'However th changes in Eli.
beth City since my last ' visit ira '
press me as inost encouraeinir. fin
Main street there has been an en
tire transformation with1 its irediN
table Federal building,' the new Hin
ton Building and' a number 'of '-new
residence!). The paving of so' mW
of the city's 'streets waa(the' ndxt
thing that caught my attention ' as
I came Into my Home TownH '
"I have never gotten away , from
being a North Carolinian.-, ' fiver ''
since I have been away I 'have aub- .
scribed to and read The Charlotte ;
Observer and my home town paper.
When 1 was here last Colonel Crees
cy, was still living, Although then.
In his nineties., he was alert i and
vigorous th mind and declared that
his old age was the happiest period
"I read The Advance regularly, '
I, might say; raligously.even ' the ,
advertisements, for I learn" much a '
bout the progress of (ht home buw
mesa men from this , latter source,.
nd -am Interested In every ad
vancement which my city and sec'
MEETS THURSDAY NIGHT'
The Fldelis Class, No. l,h ofthe' ''
Blackwell Memorial Sunday School ''
ml inureday night with U'
Carrie Burgess on Cypress '1 street
at 7r30. All, members are urgod to
ne present. .
VE8tRY 'MEETING TONIGHT
. There win be a moetlna1 't th.
Vestry of Christ Church .tonight at
. i u a.
, nuH HU!
7;30. All yestfymon "are' urged id
H present '.'.... , - .