VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 9, 1917
KG.
MAY AUTOMATICALLY -MING
STATE OF WAR
Necessary Precautions for Protec
tion of American Citizens May
Result in War Without Declara
lion of Hostillities
submarine:. luten
- ' --
By CARL D CROAT ' ,
(Un'ted Press Staff Correspondent)
"Washington, Feb. . 9 The , v belief
It growing In officialdom that ,. the
Tutted State may draft j a Estate
of war with Germany without thai
actual declaratf..,"v of : hostilities
oi either-aWe.'.-.''r.;": Yl ': :V
'Evidence, accumulates 'i to show
tthat Germany u , bent on carrying
out her avowed"
lons, .T '
: If the aituatlon et, to the point
-where through' danger to American
property aha accomplishes a - vir
tual blockade vol ( American - ports,
the President has declared that he
will ask Congress for" the 'necessary
means to protect American seamen
-and people J"Ia prosecution of peace
fuj and legitimate errands on the
nigh seas. V He hag not said , that
lie would 'ask for a declaration! of
Var. -But the1 moment he obtains
troar Concrete the ' means of ';"pro-'
tectlon", the country, -is 'automatr
cailly placed , In ; a r Itate t J war.
Should Je necessary v ; to convoy
American; ships or take other pre
cautions, which follow a declaration
of war, he-" places 'the country on
- ' war footing " regardless ,of - any
. declaration t V This, It is believed,
-will be the course that he will take
leaving Germany to take de
i' finitely, the . hostile step.
V ; No case thus far it is said pre
ents clear cut violation of Amer
$ lean rights, though the sacrifice of
.Uvea shows Germany's intentions to
' go the limit . VV
y .'The evidence thus far accumulate
ed shows ; that' - American rights
j have not been .infringed.. The Tur
ino ease Involving the iIobb of the
.American negro's life now develops
into the, losg of the life ot Brit
ish subject. V
, The State Department said to
' day . that it was . doubtul that Ger
ard's delay ! was intentional.
PREFERS TO LEAD
SIMPLE UFE
PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA
, 1 GIVEd SALARY TO CHARITY
' AND REFUSES f 0 UVE ; IN
PRESIDENTIAL MANSION
I!
Norweigan
Ships Slink
l By United Press''. '.
. London, Feb. ,9 Two were killed
when a German submarine shelled
and sank ;the. Norwegian steamer
Ida. The Norwegian steamer Hans
klnck baa also been sunk. '- .
Sweden Not 7 '
With America
(By United Press
. Stockholm, .. Feb.; , 9 Sweden's
disagreement with America's plan
for neutrals to Join against Genua-
SCHOOLS HEED
vlOIMTEliO
SIX DISTRICTS
COUNTY LAG
IN CURRITUCK
BEHIND IN ' ED
UCATION FOR LACK OF FUNDS
7,
By R W ISLEY
Currltnck, Jan SI There are six
white school districts In - Currituck
County that have not special school
tax. . These six ; districts V ire. In
Crawford township, ' 'Since these
districts have not 'local' special tax
for school, of course, their .funds
for; schools' are less than the other
schools of the county 1 that .'' have
such' tax. v Of course the ' schools
. -1 '
. V fBy United Pres,
'.Buenos Aires, Jan, 20 (By Mail)
i Through Minister of the '- Interior
rGomec, President - Irigoyen today
nerved notice 'oo congress ' "' that he
proposes to lead as' unostentatious
a private life as he likes . even If
he is chief magistrate-: Criticism
of some, of his . personal economics
developed In .. connection wjth the
budget discussion in the chamber
of -deputies. Although the"' presi
dent has a?Bi?ned all his salary' to
charity, the critics expressed the
pinion that o jlch a man ; ought,'
as president," to assume, , somewhat
' more, stae, considering the official
rosltion he occupies.' - ' "Preeldent
i Irigoyen." said Gomel, "assumed
this great ; responsibilities at , the
Vall of the peop!e but, as president
fte does not Intend to abandon his
sltnple m&nner off living as a' pri
W '-'.eMien;y": The ,; President
stBl refuses .vKe In Caga Rosada
or Argentine White 'House, which
he has tnrn-l Into suites of gov
rrnment " . ' ' ' ' ' " 1 '
' rime In ' " '
A0AOE0IC1
ALTHOUGH NAMED - , GEORGE
WASHINGTON WA8 ' i CITIZEN
' OF LIVERPOOL 8AYS CONSUL
.(By United Press)
London, Feb.' George Washing
ton, the negro fireman on the
steamship Turinb; killed ,when the
vessel was " sunk in a 'aubmarine
attack without warning, was 'proba
bly not an American citizen.: Tnis
Is the, report of the American con
sul at. Liverpool. ' ; . ,?
' The first reporta to the . effect
that the negro was i an American
were apparently rroneous.v The
consul's report sayg that WaBhing-ton-wrorit'-'reoldent
of- Liverpool
And had never' registered as an
alien there. It Is understood that
be wa born In Alberta. - '
ny - was . expressed in a nolr for-' such district cannot be as long
warded to Waohlngton today. "The .and as good.1 Such . being the case,
proposal the note, declares t" "lnd'; tn children are, to this extent be
caes alms and principles y which , lng neglected in their county school
have guided Sweden's policy ; T bul ). training'. ' The average child In
suggests methods of shortening the
war with' which Sweden la la' ab
solute disagreement.'' t . a
Brazil Demands
A. (Guarantee
(By United Presa)
Buenos Aires,Feb. Braxll In
tends to sever her relations with
Germany unfess Berlin '' guarantees
that no danger will be inflicted . on
Brazillian vesseSs,; according to the
Rio Dispatch Herald. V V ' ''" ,r..v
GERARD LEAVES
- ':' . f ;
Aiiincirificet
In New York
PASPORT8 GIVEN, AFTER RE
CEIPT OF INFORMATION THAT
BERNSTORFF HAD BEEN GIV
EN SAFE CONDUCT
By CARL 8. ACKERMAN
(United P"ess Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, Feb. 9 Gerard la prepar
ing to leave Berlin Saturday.
The first news that the German
government had decided to grant
passports waa givn to the Ambass
ador by the United Press. Gerard
Immediately instructed i Secretary
Grew to make pi operations for (he
departure of the Embassy staff Sat
urday. '
( The foreign office . stated today
that Gerard would be provided
with military escort and a sepclal
train to Switzerland and that all
possible courtesies would be ex
tended (he diplomat. '
The announcement of ' passports
given Gerard , came immediately
after the receipt' -of Information
that Bernstorff had been furnished
safe conduct. '' .',"','
From Norfolk
-To Philadelphia
(By United Presg -. .
Norf.1lr mFoIx fr-fThq Appam,
prize crew was toay taken to Phil
adelphia for internment r J .,: i
. '(By United PressV
New York, Fob. 8 Blrdmen from
every civilized country on , the'
globe gathered here today ' for the
first Pan-American Aeronautics . ex
position, ' which -. opened at Grand
Central Palace' under the auspices
of the Aero Club of America. It
will' end February 15. -1. ; . r5
, Planes , wrecked in air fights and
air, man wounded above the clouds
are part of the show. The realty
serious part of the program is the
plan ,tha,t will- be , advanced by
the American Society of Automo
bile Engineer, to make the ' aero
plane and other air craft standard
In all parts, like the automobile.
It was this action with regard to
autos, President' Howard E." Coffin
of the Engineers declared today,
that gave the United States .supre
macy in the automobile world,
Among the speakers will be Prof.
L. W. Pawlowski of Michigah,
Jonh Barrett of the Pan; 'American
Union, Ambassador de Gama of
Brazil, 1 Elherto Santos Dumont,
Emerson McMillan, ' Henry" White
and others. . '','
Tennis Players
At Honolulu
;'
Chile Sends
Bluritote
(By United Press)
Honolulu, ' N. H., Feb." 8 The
mid-Pacific Carnlvll ; tenhisl' tourna
ment, under the - sanction of the
United States National Liawn Ten
nis 1 association, , started here today
on the courts of the, Beretania "Ten
nis Club.' George M. Church ot
Tenafly, N.- J ; William M,' John
ston, v v Ban ''V.':; Francisco, : ; John
Strachan,. California, and Harold A
Throckmorton, . Elizabeth, . ' Kl J.
will compete. . . ' t,'-; -' i;;;.; ,5
. S J.:'-"
,'Sahtingoi ' Feb. 9 "The Chilean
government declares1 that It is' free
to elalm; respect of (Ms rights In
case of any hostllltiey td any Chil
ean ships." :
This ig the blunt phaseoloy of
the note handed the Certnnn mln
1 tr. The note r"pud!atHl Gr
r r' ' t to r ' " 'i p- ',.
Discuss Today .
The Tin Can
1 ,(By United Press)1 x r
'; Seattle ;. Waih., ! ; , Pejb'.',.. Tbe
rreat Ameririn tin can, "1 out .of
which two thirds of the United
States eats Its meals,, was opened
up tor Investigation by the can
i n t V J Northwest here to!y.
such district' enters school ; wih as
rich a talent as the ' average child
In the local tax district,' but ' the
devedopment of the talent, ; In the
ahort. term school . is, of course, neg
lected, and the average child here
will likely not make' the V man V' or
woman the average child In the(
long term, school will make. It is
a matter of cultivation 'and more
cultivation i. 'f7.ruMtff' ::cS
Indiantown; Gregory,.' Corner 'Gum
Tufls and Barco and Bells, Island
districts by all means should vote
local tax for their 'children. Thesejl
districts are not gaining ONE CENT
by- not paying the extra local . tax
schools, they are losing. When a
man desires to locate In a com-mia;ty-be
-usually-fcs first
the school and church. . If the
school and church are good and
other things favorable, he is jjfkely
to locate; .but If the school '' and
church are poor, he will likely past
on to the next ,' community that
has what he -wants. '-'A1 communi
ty often loses good men because It
has not good schools. It goes
without saying that the best and
most progressive communities have
the , best and most progressive
schools. The above named din-,
tricts cannot afford not to Tote spe
cial tax for their children, . The
line is drawn not between tbe tax
payer and the Dollar, but between
the tax payer,' tbe father and his
CHILD. The child is worth vast
ly more than the dollar., . The fax
Tate In Currituck: County and' In
North Carolina. Is' relatively low. If
we expect to grow corn, we must
plant corn and properly cultivate it
If we expect to have public improve
ments or better schools, we must
provide for the same. If we pay
more tax and - improve the value of
all the property around us, we. en
hance the value of our own proper
ty, mot even counting the good we
are doing for the school children In
the district paying the the tax. This
in united effrt. Each man pays a
little -more and the entire commun
ity baa a -better school. . i: ,
Indiantown. Gregory, Corner Gum
could have a school term of 8 or 9
months if they were to vote , the
tax, The railroad, telephone express
company etc, alone woud - pay e
nough tax to run the schools around
four months, i The public property
would he glad to pay the extra tax
Such wou'd Improve ' the entire eom
munity which would give more bus
iness 10 me puoiic. .
Ted Must
'Make Good
Ted ' SulUvaa of ShUoh has been
QUotea as saying that he will pro-
viae jaixabeth aty with a baseball
team the business men will fur
nish, park for the games. ''
' The business men. bt,the city say
that they are on the Job and Vill
see that the ball par Is In readi
ness for Mr. . Sullivan'a team when
he says the" word. . ' - Ci '
So now Elisabeth City ? waits for
ur. Buuivan to deliveer the goods
V.- ;
Tonight At
i First Methodist
. MUa Christine. L. Tingling, for
merly of London, England, now. of
Norfolk, . Va. Lecturer for the Scien
tific Temperance ' InstituUon Dept
of the National T. C. U, will
be in' Elisabeth City Friday Feb.' 9th
and Will lecture In the First Metho
dlst Church at T:30.t!Y--vji !' 'U
MIs, Tingling is a teacher of Na
tional reputation and I also a plat
form speaker of noted ability. ' She
comes . most ' highly, recommended
having" lectured Jnt 3 SUtes1. "
Sunday evening the service at the
First Baptist Church wi" 'be given
over to., this noted and ; gifted wo
men." A hearty Invitation is extend
ed tothe public to hear Miss Ting
ling.; - ' ' ' ' ':
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL
CHUilCH
The pastor, Rev. I, N., Loftih,
will preach on Sunday . morning
from the subject '"Church Disci
pline,; Its Methods and Its Spirit.";
';At the evening' service at '7:30
Mr. Lofttn will preach J from ; the
subject ' ''Christianity, . Man or God
Centered."-'-: - . A-'-.fvv ':. '
At 1-
NOTICE
'..:' ' ' 'j '. ".- , ,'v,i, 'ti-vf
:- - v-' (",4
I The farm of E.1 P. Dailey deceas
Rd two and a half miles' from" 8hl
loh is to he sold for division at
the Court House Door la Camden
County for cash at public auction
March 10th,' 1917, at 11 o'clock.'
-.The farm contains 77 tcrcn, mor
iBif ;
BELIEVED THAT IMMEr:.
UPON ARRIVAL IN f
HE WILL RESUME EF.
; FOR FRIENDLY RELATi:
With Portsmouth
There will be a T. M. -C. , A.
Basket Ball Game tonight at 7:45
between : Ellxabeth 1 City high
School and Portsmouth High School
In the Y..M. C. A. Gymnasium.
Admission will be 15c. 1
This will be good game.
At 7'P. Mt - tonight y the Boy
Scout will ' hold a meeting for
purpose of drilling and everybody
who is -going on the trip to Wash
ington should be present. a
WILL MEET FRIDAY
The Mothers . Study ' Circle is
being most enthusiastically attend
ed A; -, - " : : ' f Vv- -
Alp the ladles of the . town who
are Interested In , the ' welfare, of
their children, are cordially Invited
to attend regardless of what church
they ' are connected with. ' The
meetings are ab!y conducted V by
Mrs. J. L. iCunninggim every Fri
day afternoon at' 8:45 In the); an
nex of the First Methodist church.
The subject for Friday of this week
Is ' one of especial' Interest ; to
mothers concerned about ' the pro
blems of their boys and girls.
AND U8E8 ATHLETICS IN Hf8
CHURCH WORK "AS MEANS OP
i OETTINQ HOLD OF "THE BOYS
, .' By H. C. HAMILTON s ' i
(United Press Mtalf Correspondent)
New Pork; Feb,' long time
ago when, boxers were getting nd
more for their labors than f; they
were entitled to, there was a bud
ding v young':'' r: light weight
hanging around Omaha, Kansas
City and ., St!.'. Joseph, Mo He
grew1 into a welterweight,, but 1 he
persisted In just. hanjing around.' '
This 'youth never set, the worid
afire with ,: hlr ; accomplishments,
but It .wis said that he could take
more punches and come back quick
er ' than any man alive.- It ; was
also said of him that a fairer, clean
er boxer never stepped under the
ropes of a ring.. Ho fought
Cl.'irnnc.a Engllfih, a boxer of ' Just
(!, ( r- trr", n1 Clarrnoo n 1-
, ? By ROBERT J. BEND . ;
(United P ess 8 aff Corre , ,
.Washington v Feb. 9 f -.-Is
loked upon by many as V
tor most likely to prevent w: r.
It is learned upon good au;!
that Immediately upon his e
la Berlin he wJJl resume hla t
to restore tbe friendly ' rcl.
which he , had preesrved by
clever diplomacy-- of ' the i
two years. ; A
MOVEMENT FOR PEACZ
; While the United -SUtes h
almost against hope and pre;
o'r any eventuality, a treem;
sub-surface "movement is on to ,
the country at peace. ,
With what la believed to be t
t?retly the ? informal , sanction ( !
this goyernment the move ia C
Veloping along three lines.
First, J''J the .. efforts of r, - -
trala, Including now1 al:r
all neutrals excent 'th Vr,'.
States, v. who ; ; have (' called c
conertnee at ,-x Madrid with a
Tiew to confining the .war U 1
present limits and if pos- !' '
get assurance from Corn; - ,
though she may not r- ' ! '
barrfHl zone dccrooH, t' '
ttwoii.l, the eliort of t ;
nient to avoid a break wltli A.
by having Austria modify her -dorsement
of Germany's unders. i
cam'panlgn. f , ' f
Third,' , the . expected efforts of
Bernstorff t0 preserve peace after
he reaches Berlin proyided no "ov
ert , act" la committed meantime.
The administration does not ad
mit these moves but the United
Press has learned definitely of, th3
heutraL program and ambitions and
that the State Department has at
leaat been unofficially aldvised V
neutrals of their .Intentions,
WU1 Begin
Canvas Sooi:
FAIR : , . ' : , ..W'.-.'"t.-JJt;,-. .-.
, About the middle of - March th 9
committee appointed v by , , the Fair
Association some time ago will be
gin ' canvassing for ' stock ' for a
Fair.: f'C ''U!' f';:'
The committee, which is . com
posed of Louis SelJIg, . Chairmna;
T. DeLott George ' iTwiddy, A. B.
Houtz,' Joe WinsIow. 'J. W. Wilcox,
ill, tO, Morrisette and ' J, T, Stall
Ings, has been hindered ' in begin
ning this , campaign by : the dte-
c 1 :
-fOR 1 SALE .: Two ' draft r horses
suitable for dray of farm - Can
be seen at our stables. ' 1 ' . -feb
10 12 KRAMER BROS CO.
. . WEATHER OR NO
Fair Saturday and much cooler.
Some men never 'settle, either
up or down. 1 , . , ,
.;.,,'.' it-, V '
the game and one of the trickiest.
. Time went on and the youth gra
dually quit fighting. , He J couldn't
whip ; any one ' who amounted to
anything. Then -onefaay he listen-'
ed to" s street evangollut and a new
fight was oh.- Rev. Kid t Wedge
started from there and he has been
knocking out, "the devil ever since.
Recently there came the news from
Phlneiander Wis.;, that, Kid Wedgo.
had applied for and : been granted
a ; license' to conduct .' boxing ; ..' bouts
In a church J of which he wan
pastor'r"; Rev. .'Wedge himself,
stated that le was going to tear h
the young boys In bis . Sun.l
School how to box. Fperf
snd boxers will be merabors rf t
r'liirch end pu w . P. -Vool.