A
News Without,
Bias '
Views Without .
Prejudice
The Onljr Democratic
Newspaper
Published in Elizabeth
Citr
VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 24. 1917
NO. 48
To Attempt Daring Feat
With Six Fast liners
Tonight's Show
At Alkrama
Smashing of the GermaniSubmarine
Blockade is Planned in New
York Shipping Circles
now
New
plan-shie-
(By United Press)
New York. Feb. L'4 An attempt
to smash the German sul marine
blockade by the use of six of the
clggest and last -1 liners
afloat as freighters between
York and Liverpool has 'fen
nud m . milin.' to !' I! I IS ill
ping I'irc les today
These fa t vessel, are c." mcd
on as being ab in ! in I ti '
marines, and will also le armed
for combat should submarines he
encountered .
The ships mentioned for this dar
ing feat are fie Olympic, the
Franc, The Aiquitania. the Alau
retania, the liel:en!and and the
Statendem .
E
LLOYD GEORGE
VHCLB HEARTED RESPONSE
TO PREMIERS PLAN FOR Rl
C'O RESTRICTIVE MEASURES
UNSTON
F
LIES BY SON
I fly li.ited Pr.K3
I .on bit: Fed. :M Kngland stands
a. .i si. id unit lu'liind Lloyd George
Wholehearted approval of hit
s ! r 1 1 1 restrict e measures outlin
ed yesteiduv in the House of Com
nions is e-pressed everywhere.
Kdiinria'.s in some of the news-
I papers i pre-seil the thought that
he was a trille more pessimistic
than the situation justifies .
AMID BOOMING OF GUNS AND
IMPRESSIVE MILI1..RY CERMO
NY BODY IS LAID TO REST TO
DAY
(By Unli.d yn'ss)
Han Francisco. Fid, 24- With im
pressive military ceremonies the
tody of fighting Fred Funston was
laid to rest in the National Ceme
tery in the Presidio today beside
that of his little son, Arthur.
The solemn booming of the min
Ute guns, the clear hug e notes of
taps and finally three crashing vol
lies c of rifle fire over the grave,
stirred the great assemblage of
five thousand people
San'Franciscau
Was On Board
(Br United Press)
Washington, Feb. t Solomon
Troizhe of San Francisco was on
board the Norwegan steamer. Pden
heim. when the ship was subma
rined. Consul Frost at Queenslgwn
reported today. All were raved.
SIXTEEN KILLED
III BIG
uTTlEBICE
NO CHAMPIONSHIP TIMBER IN
TEAM THIS YEAR AND LAST
YEAR'S PUNCH IS LACKING
1
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By H. C. HAMILTON
(United Press Sta . Correspondent..)
New York, Feb. LM The Brooklyn
club of the National league, (ham
pion of the circuit presided over by
John K. Taner. approaches the dif
flcultle3 of a new season in a very
wabbly and uncertain condition
Un!ess Charles li. Khbets or some
Of his ball players weaken the Dod
gers will present n strange front
when they take the field; on th,e
opening day.
Also, there 1h u well founded be
lief that Dave Fu'tz and his players
etrlke will take a well aimed waj
lop at Ebbets and his champions)
unless everything is called off.
The Dodeers are far from cham
pionship timber this year, compared
with the array of talent that will be
thrown into the field by other clubs
They would hae a hard time keep
in.; the pace again"! the (Hants.
Phillies and Itraves even wilh
their fu'l strength out in th" open.
The punch that carrb'd them into
the z;m last yen- is lacking l.h.is
print, for it doesn I carry sulli
clent power. On first ease the
linilgen will have .!a!-e tVuboit
unli'ss li i- li'd'or si a s ntiw-H up
In snrb b ' b" i t li t i .1 b can't
piny ha I. His contrail, forced
frm llili-'s d-trlin' tin- triub'nus
days cf the Federal league, has
another year to run nt a substan
tial figure and he has little to
f worry about for the . future. His
' health, has been decidedly bad of
' lat'ipever. ': '
MANY INJURED AND MORE FA
T LITIES FEARED WHEN CUT
OFF DISTRICTS ARE HEARD
FROM
(Bv United Press)
Mobile, Fttb. "4.T Sixteen were
killed and more than a hundred In
jured in the Torndao that swept
the (Julf States yesterday, accor
ding to reports reaching here in
the forenoon.
It is feared that fat lilies will
mount much higher when the dis
ticts cut olT from conimunjication
are heard from.
Frederick vii Pi
To Leave Today
By United Press
llalitax, Feb. L'4 - It is expected
that the Frederick VIII bearing Am
lissador Hernstorff will be allowed
to proceed today.
Program For
New Theatre
A big movie crowd is expected
at the New Theatre tonight to see
Violet Aler.-ereau in "Autumn."
On Monday the popu'ar p'av
I "liouglit and I ; i i I For will be
I '.io n lea' uri i- Mice Brady.
i Thine who have ali 'ii.lv seen the
I
j lay wil1 I e an - in a to see the
picture a'.'ain in! tVn who r, lied
to i i- 'he .''.v i' siio'v ;i bore
w ill want In ! e ire i f not miss
inir (his oppot t unit v .
LOST Friday nkht between Krn
mer's Mill and end of Creek Road.,
envelope marked W. A'. Jennlgns
containing 15.' . Return to Kra
mer' Mill or to Box 54, R F D3.
The Lilliputian wedding given
this afternoon by the ladies of
t! s afternoon at the Alkrama by
t Udies of City Road church at
tracted a large crowd. The reg
ular picture show In addition made
the performance an unusually at
tractive one
Tonight's show features Wilfred
Lucas with Bessie Love in "Hell
to Pay."
This is a deiiihtful story of the
lumber camps, showing the hero
&s a fighter and as a lover. and
the little heroine as a real Briar
Rose, by which name she is affec
tionately called by the camp.
S
E
TRIAL JUSTICE
EXCEEDED POWER
UPREMECOURT IN STATE VS.
BURNETT HANDS DOWN DE
CISION FOR DEFENDANT
IE
HERE I
BETSEY POPULAR HOSTESS
WITH MEN WHO KNOW
WORTH OF CITIES BANKS
AND BANKER"
Faza'adli City gels the bankers
in Group One next year.
The bankers have not forgotten
their welcome to this city on Lab
or Dav of l!Ha. and the Home
Town had no trouble in getting lis
invitation accept d .again .
Morover. they ch.o-ie rn Klizabeth
City banker vice-president of the
association. Mr. II. C Kramer,
who ;i. cashier of the Savings
Hank K- Trust Company has work
ed ami w ati bed as his hank has
grown by leaps and bounds from
"The Uttle Hank Around the Cor
ner" o "The BIO Bank Around
thttCaraei'-dndeed to one of the
Ittt-iest banks In the district.
Mr. W. Gaither. cashier of the
First National Hank of this city,
has just retired as President of the
association .
The frequent choice of Klizabeth
City as a meeting place and the re
peated choice of Klizabeth City
bankers as officers of the associa
tion give a suggestion of the town's
rank and the rank of lt3 banks in
the First Consresslonal District.
There are forty eight banks in this
district, and thirty six are mem
bers of Groupe One. North Caroli
na Bankers Association.
Credit Guide
Is Abopted
Mr L. T. Henderson went to
Norfolk Saturday to confer with
the Business Men's Credit Associa
tion of that city.
During the past ten days Mr.
Henderson has enio'Ied the major
ity of Klizabeth City's wholesale
firms in the association and prac
tically all of the retail firms. Tha
professional men of the city have
also responded favorably to the
movement. The Credit Kxperlence
Guide Is adopted as the official rat
ing hook of members of the As
sociation, which numbers more
than fifty five members.
DEBATERS ARE
WILL MEET HERTFORD AND
EDENTON IN APRIL AND
EXPECT TO CARRY OFF HON
ORS THIS YEAR
'a tii Man u'ar debale this
yar C!irein e A hbv and (ieneva
li'Mtl wi'l spe.ik on the negative
. ' ; of lh urn r and ItlacU w ell
v i ; and K .1 1 " n 1 i 11 .Inni"'. on the
'. ., in., 1 t.i 1 1; K.i.ub th Ut y
', h- ..1
f"i : "abet b I 'ii . ; 1 e ! i v (lehat -r
r,; go to l-ale"' 1;' tc. F,:7.a-
1 h CP n 's all.ra: Ine meters de
aae Hertford In the F'Izalieth
City High Schod auditorium.
The debates wil1 le held early
la April, and Elizabeth City ex1
pects to carry on the honon iJJh
flying colors.
By W T JOYNER
(Member of the Raleigh Bar)
Raleigh. N. C, February 23 The
Supreme Court handed down Wed
nesday afternoon, a decision that is
of ,;reat interest to the towns and
cities of the Stale. In the case
of Swindell vs. the Town of Hel
iiaven. Beaufort Count), the decis
ion of the lower court was alarm
ed ami the Supreme Court held
thai a citv or town may Issue
hor.ds for the construction of w.iiir
.:,, 1 li :'t rie lifh's a id m ., e'age
f 1 111 ., v. i! h"Ut ha v 1 11 : S'lbn; ii i ed
; 1:1 11 ii In 1 (v'ar a . . '1'hi
i ! 1 1 ' ma has an imp n nt 1
: a 1. .:i.litiv,' iri of I ' l ! 1.,
pi lib"! siici It1'1 a I v t h it inn ; n i
:,a les III ;glit Is ;ae h.c.ds ! r pale
'ie iiiiiil es. I in that th" bund j ,--lie
must be s bniilted t' a 'le of
the people. The lleei -cull tlls
upon u general legislative Act of
1 ; 1 " that authorizes cities and
towns to is.-ue bonds for lie. e-isary
purposes, without a popular vote.
The decision. iberei'ore, means
that water work. eeitiie lie.bts
and sewerage systems are munici
pal necess.-iries and. Ilnrefore.
'lie ait of I'H'i as to these improve
ments modlbi s Hie act of I'M 1 .
The court states through Jiuko
Ifrown. "But it is contended that
the words "necessary expenses' in
the act of I')).', reft"- nniy t() n,P
current atyiual cxpi'nse of e. induct
ing the municipal government and
do not embrace such expenditures
aR tho" made for dctrie
Hglits. waterwoiks and sewerage,
these being mere luxuries. Thev
might have I een so regarded many
years ago in I heir incipi ncy ; but
the luxuries of one generation
have become the necessities of
another. What would have suf
ficed for our ancestors would not
begin to meet the needs of the
twentieth century. These things
naturally follow in the wake of an
advancing civilization. t
necessary expenses do not mean
expenses for purposes absolutely
necessary to the existence of a mu
nicipality." bsoer fi ssea ip.i.afft! al. (
In the case of State vs. Kd Bur
nette, appealed from Pasquotank,
the Supreme Court has handed
down another decision of much In
terest to municipalities, as well as
to the trial Justices or every de
gree in the Stale. liurnelte was
convicted of having liquor in his
possession for sale and was sen
tenced to a term on the roads
Sentence was suspended on condi
tion that be appear every three
months to show good behavior. Al
the end of the lisrl three months.
he met the trial justice on (Hip
street and was old that 'it was
all right and he could go." Think
ing that this excused him from any
further appearand!, he failed to ap
"pear at the end of the seyond
three months, and soon thereafter
was arrested, taken to the office
of the trial justice and ordered
to Jail to serve Out the original
s"n!enoj wbii h was now put In
force. He brought a writ of habeas
corpus and the denial thereof was
brought to the tSuprenie Court for
review. That court holds that
the Trial Justice had no power to
declare that the conditio!" of the
suspension had not I n fulfilled
and to put In operation the sen
tenee. without ti rut having called a
tegular session of biK court nndhav
I iiu' given the defendant an oppor
I 1 unit to be heard in his defense
lesiic" Brow e. wrllinr the opinp n
I c,
"II," Court line" 1 t as a
id 1. nt merely th" individual
,1 ee , ill 1 i I V I v lo pi e
, r 'I Th" 1!. i, d il I w;i
I , , ;i pill'' i ' I I 1 ri n " ill tile
: ' 1 ' i he has ci bad . "
I ' 'Jl" 'M':I jl'1 ' I " it ill"
cu.:e is that the eoiwt
al'lrniB the power of a justice to
suspend a sentence. Tim Supreme
Court of the United Statea has re
cency decided that ft federal Judge
ha8 no power to suspend ,a son
it
n an i .1 !'!
h'.. 10 , r 'I
I ' ' I ,1 I,,
,;i I I ; ' I '
One 1 '
point., of tbi
Filibuster Throvs Off
All Disguise Today
Repuplican Old Guard and Progres
sives Say That Wilson Shall Not
Shove Them Off the Doorstep
E
ALBERTSON
iW IMPROVING
1 mil
Ui
will
Is .llli; TO
ope I at Inn
rtseu
1 : K'.idj, 01 Jim,.,. ;
in Ibis i il and .-,(
-:a i I,, h'-ar t-iat lo
1 ' ' .' a ' senilis
In- lan Saiii loiiua; at Rochester. I
..lii.i 1 sot.i. ,,l;d i'.i',t . in return to'
Ids In me in. Seattle. Washington, j
ie't week.
't hoagh under oing a er ( ri I
ti"'l ti 'a ss during the past month,
JiIiim ihertsoiL s physicians assure
1) i 111 that he will tecover entirely
and have no return of the malady.
Tin Seattle I 're s has been most
apple, i.iti-.,. ,,r Se, itiles North Car
aliiiiao recently and during lhls ill
lie parlii i.lar.y. has had 111 11 Ii
lo say l Judge A ! bet I sun's ability
as a judge and i f his substantia t
l,ai act r : i n 1 ii i.-eii
(By United Pres,
Washington, Feb. 24 The Repnb
lican old guard, backed by th
most progressive of Progresslrei,
today cast aside all hint of di
1 guise and started anew on their
, now admitted fill' lister which b
j gun quietly yesterday .
I The minorby are determined that
i tin- "president is not going to ihOTt
! I Ii' ia of:' H
ti'iniitiona;
doors'ert and run
il'faiis himse'f."
BEGIN
WORK ON
PLAY
SENIOR
The High School seniors will de
cfrlrTupon tnelr play next week
and begin rehersa's as soon as pos
sible. Th" pluy will hoi givn
this year in April or early in May
Instead of during the last week of
school. thus preventing 1 (inflict
with examinations.
tenee. The slate courts have
differed on this point; hut it is the
Nortih Carolina ru e that our
judges do have Inherent power to
suspend a sentence, It remaining
for the present case to qualify the
power of puttjiig the sentence Into
operation again.
State vs. Coon MiClammery. ap
pealed from Wilkes county presents
the unusual situation of a court
refusing to agree with counsel in
the concession of a case to the op
ponent. The defendant, a negro,
the only one in is section ai
indicted lor fornication and adul
tery with a white woman and wbh
convicted upon cin tnnstanUnl evi
dence. He appealed mid counsel
for the slate, in their brief on the
appeal, expressly admit (hat. In
their opinion, the evidence is not
sutlli ieni in support the conviction
and, therefore, do not ask the Su
preme Cort to sust iin It But
the court refuses to a lee wilh tills
opinion of counsel and ho'ds that
In it,s opinion, the evident o Is suf
ficient to sustain a conv'jet ion .
Thus the action of the court wenjt
beyond what, was desj,ed by coun
sel for either side of Hie case.
Mann vs. Man. appeal from
Hyde County, decides a iieslion of
Interest to all. one about which
there has been nome doubt, namely,
thai a widow who applies for and
receives immediately her "year's h1
lowance" of $:!uu Iron' the estate
of her licensed husband k not pre
venled from later apphing for an
other and an Increased allowance.
If Ihe estate has proven to be sol
vent and lo have a personal es-
In I'M 1 ss of of $".111111 en
Stale vs. "olin W. Cu'lege.
oiivi, I ion of Hi" Pre .ideal of
Sou' horn Sa ini's Bank of
The President k admltedly very
much interested in the flllibuiter.
He is reported as being perfecteljt
willing that Ihe Republicans go 10
far as the like up to a certain
point, hut if the fillbuste rderelopt
the strength to make an extra ten
ion certain, the President will mtk
a personal effort to choke off what
the Democrats claim Is n "fins-rant
j attempt to embarnss the President
' in a delicate International situation
I Senator Smoot of the Republcan
Old (iuard admitted to the United
Press today that ho was marshal
! ing the Republican forces of Con
j gross for an uncompromising fill
buster against the passage of all a
administration legislation In a direct
effort to frustrate the attempts
'to clothe the President with 'ufl
limited power ln handling tb,e ln
tertintloh'al situation.
There are Indications, however,
thai should the President abandon
bis reported Intention of seeking
further authority t deal with Ger
many, the Republicans might cajl
off their filibuster and permit th
passage of tho administration'
program .
QUARTET SIB
HI TOIH
1
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POPULARITY OF OLD FOLK V
SONGS AND APPRECIATION
OF RICH VOICE8 SHOWN Y
LARGE CROWD FRIDAY NIGHT
The Oak City Jubilee Quartett,'
heard with so great pleasure at
Roanoke Collegiate Institute Friday
evening by a large crowd of whit
and colored citizens, have agreed
to sing at the Southern Hotel at
seven o'clock this evening, and at
Scott & Twlddy's luncheonett
from 7 : no to !):o. Encore after
encore gr.ied the singers Friday
evening when their naturally rich
and hai monloii,, yokes ran,? out ln
the much loved old melodies
"Steal Away". "Couldn't Hear NobO
dy Pray", "Kverybody talks about
Heaven Ain't Going There," "Hard
Trials and Great Tribulations", and
other familiar folk songs.
Original compositions, Including
"The Three Flies," were full of
characteristic humor, and solos by
the bass and tenor singers wer
much enjoyed
(OLD FASHIONED SPELLING BEE
tnte
In
he
the
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1' d .
I.'i
her no ill i
vs. V,I
etn lie. I ' nr
lit I It. nek.
iizell v..
It Company,
Godfrey vs.
Norr t1' Foui lea n 1: .
Washing! 01;. tm error
L'habeth Cllv. I'iik-
quotank, affirmed
Gallop ft Fisher vs
N. S.
Co. & North Rivr Line, Pasquo-N lotion among young men today ii
tank, no error. .' i :
An old lasioned country school
and spelling bee
Thursday night Feb
city Road church an
entertainment
will be gie
run ry :"Mh, In
nc .
' 1 ' iri.
II pi. Ml". I
I 'at, I
bi
est ing- pioirram hflS'
hi, h wil' be unuoun-
ATHCH OR NO
Fair l uii'lif and Sunday. Colder
tonight . 5
The? book with the largest circa-
the book of Clgaret Paper.