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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 25, 1917
OFFENSIVE
V
PEACE DEFERRED Willi '
AFTER SPRING
This Is Belief at Washington Based
. . " OnRepqrts Frqin The Front
That Plans for Big Drive
; ' are Under Way
rj (By United Frees)
' Washington,, Jan. 25 The official
Sentiment - la Washington - la that
'the great spring offensive will be
the turning point In International
"peace maneuvers.. .
; TresldenV.WllBon is understood
to believe that one more great effort
Sty one or both sides will be made
-fafore the actual 'peace step Is ta
en.,'i,' v';'
-Dlplmata feel that peace Is out of
fcight .until the gigantic offensive
declared for the coming spring has
leen undertaken, y News from the
front, they say, fhows .that plans
tor the big drive are In full sway.
NO DISCUSSION TODAY
.:' Senator Cummins announced, this
morning that he would make no
effort today to force his resolution
providing for open debate on the
.President's address 'since railroad
legislation is the absorbing topic at
present.
Raider Is
: Identified
BuenosCAlrei, Jai'.: 25 Montevi
deo dispatches declare that they
i have . reliable information there
' that the German, raider has been
Identified ig the former Hamburg
South American liner, Cap Ortegal,
and that she has 'transformed two
of he prizes into auxiliary raiders.
Code Known
Caused
(By United Pms
Washington, Jan. 25 Confidential
messages of the State Department
leaked because the Department'
codes are known abroad, Secretary
Lansing hag reason to believe. Be
cause of such a belief the codes
have been' altered several times
and once quite recently.
Charges that the Government's
codes are known abroad have been
frequently made vbut the Depart
ment has never before admitted
Its belief of such reports. The ad
mission at this time is taken to
mean that the Government hopes
to trace the resident's Peace Note
leak abroad.
Hit
With Shovel
Negro
. -
A aegro by the ' name, , of John
Brownwas seriously 'injured Wed
"nesday evening in the office of the
Foreman Dericksoa Veneer Com
pany's plant when he was bit over
the head with a shovel handle by
Mr. Roy Chesson, book keeper for
the concern.
,The negro, it la-said, had been
fllscTarged by Chesson earlier In
the . day and coming to the office
was ordered but by Chessoa for insolence..'-
The negro went out,
but returned later and off ere vio
lence, -whereupon ' Chesson picked
up -a shove) handle which happen
ed to be In the office and struck
Brown over the head with, it ef
fectually silencing his assailent. He -I
then called up the police depart
ment and 'informed an officer of
-what he had done. The case
came up for hearing before Judge
.Sawyer this morning, but Brown,
the negro, was unable to appear,
rand he case was continued.-
ANNOUNCEMENT
Found Dead
. In Hotel Bed
. ' ' T - - -i -,
T 2 Wtnlti Press) ' ;
j Los Angeles, an. 25 Miss Nell
Harvev of Exeter, California.' was
found dead in a blood covered bed
in the Leonide hotel here this morn
ing. Harlam J. Winter, movie
actor, claiming to be the son ,of
former District Attorney Winter of
New York is detained as a suspect.
Winter says the girl's death was
due to hemorrhages.
Winter 'and Miss Harvey register
ed at the hotel as man and .wife
Tuesday and never left their room
An autopsy will be performed to de
termine the manner of Miss Har
vey's 'death. A lodger heard
noises and called the police The
woman was found dying. The noise
appeared broken and tber was other
evldece of violence.
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Suceessf ul In
East and West
4
Communitv Service
DR. J. JOYNER,
Stite Superintendent Public Instruction
ALKRAMA THEATRE
AT 11 A. M.
Saturday Jan. 27, 1917
SUBJECT:
".EDUCATION"
or "Preventable Ignorance"
Dr. Joyner is an eloquent speaker, a splendid leader,
a dauntless champion of rii progress, a profound edu
cational statesman.
Cornel Listen, to his great message, eniich your in
tellectual life, and catch a. new, a larger and a more
splendid vision.
The 'Inimitable" W. C. Crosby and other attractions.
CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Community Service.
In the event Dr. Joyner cannot come, Prof. N. VV.
WALKER, of the State University will fill his appoint-
r - . " ' " "
ment. . , .
Merchant and business men who
have .accounts , due ' and extend cre
dit, should be interested in having
'. Elisabeth City join the more , pro
, gressive towns " In 5 celebrating;
-"National Pay Up Week," Febru-
Ary 19th-24th.
.Th 'Chamber . of Commerce pro
. pdseg this venture -If you want. it.
You are Invited to be present at
a' dutch lunch at 6coH & ;Twiddy'e
knxt Monday, 29th, at t wo : o'clock
tor the purpose of - discussing -the
proposition. ' '. -';':. ;: , ' ir
, -i fCaflv the' Manager" by phone and
notuy nim u you are interested v
1 1
fcMkmRp. ' Copies of ,The 'semi-
"weekly Advance of the following
lites: April, IS, July 23, Aug, 24,
i:ir. January 2, 1917.
(By United Press)
Berlin, Jan . 25 Successful oper
ations of German recolnoltering
and thrusting detachments on the
westenr front are reported ,,today.
A temporary increase in artillerying
and fighting along the Somme and
the Aisne is indicated. w
Cincial dispatches from the eas
tern fields of operations report that
in the Riga sector, on a six mile
front, 14 officers, 17,000 men and
13 machine guns are reported cap
tured from the enemy. All coun
ter attacks from the Russians have
failed. .
Perograd, Jan. . 26 German at
tack! near Tyrrul Swamp were re
pulsed and the enemy forced back
A German counter attack pressed
back the Russians. one third of a
mile southwest of. the river Asa.
Baby Went With
Mother To JaU
' New York, Jan,"' 25 Mrs.. Mary
Shutter, ' who carried, her 14-month
old baby to jail .with her1 when she
was sentenced to serve one month
behind the bars ' for whipping an
annoying neighbor's boy and break
ing ,three of his lbs,? Was freed, tih.
day.v She ' has served the . sen
tence . She "walSed . out", carrylngi
her baby , in her arms."1;, Neither
looked the worse
rust. .
for'
the month's
WILL CO-OPERATE
At a meeting of the Business
Men's Credit Association Tuesday
evening .Mr. O. P. Gilbert, prop
prletor of Mitchell's Department
Store was chosen Chairman of the
new organization, with Mr. Harold
Overman of the City Drug Store,
vice Chairman, and Secretary C. R
Pugh of the Chamber of Commerce,
secretary and treasurer.
The Executive Board Is made up
of the following representative
business men of the city: Mr. R.
E. Qulnn, proprietor of the - big
Poindexter street furniture store;
Dr. A. L. Pendleton, postmaster
and proprietor of the Standard
Pharmacy and - Standard Drug Com
pany; Mr. Cleveland Jackson of
the D. M. Jones Company; Mr.
D. R. Morgan of the D. R. Mor
gan Company; xMr. M. Leigh
Sheep, proprietor ofhe Womans
Wear Store, and Mr. Leslie Belanga
of Belanga and-Reld..
The next meeting of the execu
tive board will be held Tuesday ev
ening in the offVe of Secretary C,
R. Pugh at which meeting further
details of the work of the associa
tion will be worked out.
The A ssoclation alms ' at better
co-operation of the business, men of
the city and will work with" the
Chamber of Commerce to this end.
Professional men business men,
wholesale or retail, are invited to
become members and share in the
benefits and protection .accorded
members of the organization.
Brought Down
27th Aeroplane
tii'.'t it
(By United Press)
"-I i , i .
Paris,' Jan. 25 Lieutenant Ouy-t
nemer-" felled his twenty-seventh;
German aeroplane to-day the ''J'- se
co'nd within the '- last o forty . eight!
hours.- An enemy .. surprise ill
tack this morning south of Berry
back was repulsed. ,r 1 " - ?
Will Discuss
Patriotism
(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 25 Famous
men "and women Americans gather
ed here from all parts of the
United States to discuss: 'What' Is
Patriotism? Included In the list
are such personages as Elihu Root,
Former War Secretary Stimson,
Rear Admiral FIske, Theodore
Roosevelt, Medill McCormick, May
or Mltcneu, Alton v. parser, Ho
ward E. Coffin, Samuel Oompers,
William Roscoe Thayer, Herman
Hagedorn, Senator Borah, Prof.
Edward A. Steiner and others.
This meeting is called the Con
gress of Constructive Patriotism,
is under the auspices of the Nation,
al Security League and is alined
at better military, naval and in
dustrial preparedness in the United
States.
There are seventy three dele
gates from New York City alone.
The subject is to be discussed In
a non partisan, non political spirit
Women are to take an important
part in the discussions. There are
expected to be about one thousand
delegates present. The object is
to establish a lecture system by
experts who will take up the mat
ter of preparedness at points thru
out the country in a non partisan,
non political way. Prof. Albert
Bnshnell Hart of Harvard has this
branch of the work in charge. The
well known men and women clti
sens present today are expected to
give their personal definitions of
what patriotism really is.
Education In
Currituck
By R. W. ISLEY
Apportionment ;
For Good Roads
i
(By United Pras) j
, Washington, - Jan. , 25 The De-!
partment of Agriculture 4 today an
nounced the' following' apportion
ments of the Good ' Roads Fund i
Virginia,; $199,!2l; ."fcorta Carolina
$288,793; , South Carolina, .143,C15;
West Virginia, 10G,54ft, ' : ,
no. 2:
. sThe Metropolitan Life Insurance
Company of 'New York Issues In
teresting phamphlets of valuable
Information as, -The . jChild, . First
Aid In the Home,; - Fake Consump
tion Cures, Milk, The Health ' of
the Worker, A War on Consump
tion, Teeth, Tonsils Adenoids etc 4
Writ for same. " '. ' :n
. Teachers may write the United
States Department "of . Agriculture,
Washington, D. C; and ask forf
I. Classifled" lists of Department
publications for teachers;
. II Leaflets showing how farmers
BuHetines may be, used in nature
study and agricultural instruction;.
III. list of lantern glides avail
able, for school use; ; s
IV. Suggestions as . to Depart
ment publications most helpful -in
schools; . '. . . ;
V. Publications on general pro
blems of teaching agriculture . ""as
corn, cotton, tomatoes poultry etc.
VI. Assistance to individual
teacherB through correspondence.
Hon. John H. Small,' Washington
D. C. will send you a large map of
the United States for your school
if you ask him for same.
The State Board of Health, Ral
eigh, N. C. is always ready to fur
tiish literature for the school and
home. Write for same.
HONOR TO MOYOCK AND THE
COUNTY
We are glad to know that Mr.
C. R. Bagley who waa
prepared for college at Moyock,
Currituck County, N. C, won- the
Rhodes Scholarship of Oxford Col
lege. This is an honor of which
Mr. R.-O. Barley; his father who
tivei-nntfoyoclcrthe tbw of " Moy
ock and the county are proud. Prof
C; B. Garrett, who taught Mr.
Bagley at Moyock, stated when he
learned of the success of his- stu
dent, that "the greatest factor in
a student's success is his . own ef
fort." Mr. C. R. Bagley's peo
ple live at Moyock.
The students of the county today
should put forth more 'effort' and
take new courage and do some,
thing worth while. We need a
county wide educational awaken
ing. We need a strong non-partisan
school spirit that will carry
the boys and ygirls of the coun
ty through high school and college.
We must send more boys and girls
of Currituck Countyto the different
colleges of the state. If more do
not go each year it will be because
they and those who have them In
charge are not putting forth y their
best effort. , .
THE TRIANGULAR DEBATES
As announced before the Curri
tuck school will send a team of
two debaters to Moyock. Moyock
such team to Knottg Island and
Knotts Island to Currituck, which
will form one triangle. Poplar
Branch will send a team of two
debaters to Jarvisburg, Jarvlsburg
such team to Harbinger and Har
binger to Poplar Branch . The first
triangle may enter any grades but
the, second triangle is limited to
the sixth and seventh grades only.
Each home team will uphold the
affirmative and each visiting team
the negative side of the question.
The. question thi, year for debate
is Resolved that the Federal Gov.
ernment should own and operate
the railroads.
The first speeches shall, not be
longer than ten 'minutes and the se
cond five minutes. The teachers
in charge are to select 3 or five
Judges who are to cast written bal
lot without consultation, The
debates will be conducted very
much as they were' last year.
All the debates will be held on
Friday night,' February 23rd. '
All teachers in charge -are urged
to have . pupl't work hard on i thlt
debate. Here teachers should be-
lleve. in, preparedness. It is only
a few weeks to February 23rd.
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COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES i
No man lives and dies alone. Man
is by nature a social being, iso
lation Is. unnatural, Social life
is natural. A good healthy social
Continued "on Back Page.
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GOLD 13 SCARCE V AND PA,
MONEY BELOW PAR VAL '
YET ANY ' CHANGE V. C
NECESSITATE ;JNC0NV,!
IENCE v -
By CHARLES P. STEWART
(United Press Staff Correspand:
Buenos' Aires, Jan. 25 (By i:
The plan suggested hy Dr. T 1
Plasa, Just retired as ; president
Argentina, for putting the ' repu'
on a "one money basis has not t
with a very-enthusiastic public ;
ceptlon. ' 1 : ; ' ''i
. Some time ago " thp Ajgoi. ,
grew 7 tired of transacting " bus!.
In a depreciating and Gucttu
pajper currency. ; They accord:
took an accounting and found t
they, had enough gold on hau l
redeem outstanding' paper issui
the rate of 44 cents on the dol'
A law was accordingly passed f
ing 44 centavos sA the -legal v '
of a paper peso, A gold peso v
worth 100 centavos, or the mc-i.
trine less (than $1 Ui Stat
money. Gold pesos were and t
are so scarce, however, as to 1
practical cusiosities. The gold t
redeem the 44-centavd paper pe
was religiously kept at the Caja cT
Conversion, however, and whenev
Any more pe per money was it a.
a corresponding amount, of gold r
dpeosited in the s caja.', ;
The result of this was to stop tl
the, Ouctatlon of Argentine mo- .
hut it left the country withj tv
kinds of pesos, at least nomina. ,
gold and paper. . It" complies!? ;
bookkeeping and'cause4 ""many m
Incldntl Inconveniences. ; ; , V
Just before his .term as presla.
expired, Dr.. De Plaia sent e
message to congress saying he cc -eidered
this a poor arangement. I '
proposed that, as the' 83 "centavc?
paper pesos wore but and were pre
sented for redemption in a volun i s
sufflcently smaller to allow : the r
serve gold to coyer It. ' r
There were other Incidental f
tures to his plan, concerning c
age and various minor details t
essentially, the scheme was to
the system of having two varlet'
of the same kind of money.
. The public view ' la that t
would be a good thing :in ib:
but that it would cause more t
porary Inconvenience and con! u '
than the country likes to submit t
Furthermore it is asserted that t
change would unsettle prices for i
long time and that the consu;
would get the worst of It, .
Congress has the matter still i
der consideration but the plan 1
so many opponents that its fid . -tion
seems doubtful. '
Cotton Belt
Escapes Pc
(By United Press) ..
Washington, Jsn. , 25 Th appap
ent escape of the Cotton belt from
the threatened invasion via Mexico,
T
of the pink- boll worm cotton
scourge of the orient. was report.-!
today by the Department of Agricul
ture. . i- "'-f
The scourge was discovered in
October 200 miles , from the south
ern Texas border and the time'.
embargo of cotton, from Mexico tit
believed to have stopped its pro
gress. ' .Wvi-V'; '
' The cotton exports of 1916 totall
ed 7,007.736. bales. ' '
CHRIST CHURCH
Bishop T. C. 'Darst; will 'be he';
nex " Sunday, and conduct - servk
Mr". Asby wishes to1 hear'-from a
one desiring to join then. The v'
it of the Bishop is on short not!
but Mr.' Asby 'thinks that ttr
may, be some who will care to t
advantaae of hU "nresence to c
rh'ftct themselves with Christ c!
The ptedges foi the , PenIon 1
have already "exceeded " tho f
assesment' against' this' ParL h.
canvass began here Tuenliy i