VOL. 2
HEV01UTI0KJ1AKES '
piEODKDIMBREill
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SAURTDAY EVENING. MARCH 17, 1917
i
NO.
Stirred flfijqj) ret.
rograa rogswWR? 3 YWWtfT"5
J VUU JUUU l i J x i J v .
ito German Autocracy.
in
nstfirdam. March 17 Unrest
Ge&iany against the militaristic re
9 . ... ki ho.
(slou oi me ieuyio ua
vilefitly accelerated
cesi ol the Russian
mrwW the yoKe ot
Even Germans wh0 have
heen
by the sue
people In re
centuries.
always
favored autocratic rule of the
fatherland have Veen deeply affect
ed seeing now the failure of Ger
man P'an and reaUzin tne cer
tain'ty that Russia, undsr its new
government will be animated by
rfrnnsrer Durpose and by a more
discrimination
to
it
ALLIES GAPIURE
II
..:t .
USEE'S
IFF EKE
t m
fUpOEN AND UNWONTED FEAR
0 AUTO PRECIPITATE, OC
PANT -Of Af Iti6 WA
TJiR. NO 8r0U3 SILT8
s
Mi experience that rivals the
T ...
olie thrillers in excitement and
happily turned ofj.' lSast
damage befell Mr.
Jennings and Mlas,
late Friday afternoon
Ehlngjs
i f to lomini
KEY OF GERMAN DEFENSE ON
WESTERN FRONT NOW BEING
OCCUPIED BY THE ALLIED
FORES
flnltcd
besj against Germany.
nlnCIALS RETUft-N 'fo1 VrtNA
profound
inftff ti
Vsvo'rabe '
Ger
mill
r fromJJ
tioi
imtfc
Tjppa tones
thef revolution created a
imA-ouHion there. -JXhat
""f
ina government
thejimpr""sion as
continuance. ,,of rtke , .PpsBaji ,m
. oiitnrraev Is indicated 1n
and In the departure or TTMwfg
erlin to Vienna
mm
Germany is no leas profoundly
5ftT1 'TheRusslan' revoln
. Newshapers point to the
. - t
.t.Ana nf thn conierence oi
London, March 17 Bapaume, the
key of the German defense on the
Western frqpt has Lpon Captured.
' ciitlcarea'fbTthat fVe occupation
of i this .tronKold. wfll force the
retirement
ofcf'.v
of the Germain
ejAllae.
r"V
IS
Reported Ded
niis
(fev Unlied Fre6B)
na tbdfe othe Austrian Erni
v
oerer, uariy womian
Hdiweg andoherleading feature
In the dual em$re.
ecognizeYut;hrity of
J
111 army officer aj Petrograd,
dlsatches from the, TQissfan capl
talfBtate, met today v& paased re
otttion8 recognizing tn"' authority
of. ie Duma. Speeches yere
made stating realization' ff he
tai ot the army of the t?5el f
thi? weedy reestabllshemnt df JrdefI
anft authority that her work heBtetl
thfttrencheg may proceed.
KiPholas abdicated aT
iii i vy &
mlflnight Thursday. At half past
tvd o'clock Friday afternoon
Grand Duke Michael, who had
been appointed regent, abdicated
ir, hi. turn Thus ended the Ro
mdihoff dynasty in Russia.
i
REFERENDUM TO PEOPLE
. Orand Duke Michael is willing to
d( .vo aMkfft cjfsk ,DqM e.hi
accept the throne of Russia only in
ctae of referendom to the vote of
the peop'e. This fact suggests
that his form of government will
bo approved throughout Russia. In
announcing his decision today he
Indicated that without such referen
dom ho wou'd decline the kingship
offjered him by the Czar Nicholas
In ' his abdication. MIchae' urged
the people to obey the provisional
government at the present time.
CZAR A PRISONER
.u
The 0' ar Is a prisoner of revolu
UotiisH in Tauride Palace. 'The
Cair Kicfcolas wps sent to ;1ieff.
Kormor Prince KolitWln eported
toftave suicided InrWyin -
ATTITUDE OF LONDON
Rnnort, from Lrmjlor state that
Dritlsk fic'vernmnt Is 'deaiiiing-
th the . provrwojlal comailtt
cfellor
WvUl 4
omg
repo-t reaching here today states
that the Grand Duke Alexis XIII Is
doad. There are no detailes. He
was reported yesterday as suffering
from scarlet fever.
ri
t Alkrama
Saturday night's show at the Al
kkrama needs no further advertis
ing than to mention that Theda
Bara In "Gold and theWoman", al
so Charlie Chaplin in "The Rink
will be there.
t
ijf serious
n Mrs. Ed
fede Parker
Leaving to visit Mr
:ople in
horse thkf fisj isij to tomlai
lt town and to passing automouiles
4itSout hesitation, thev met Mr.
aiid Mrs .John ('. Perry and Mrs.
C. A. Overman in Mr. Perry's
BiacJiine just beyond the passenger
station at Jones Mill Jlridge. The
horse paid no attrntion to the car
until it was almost even with him,
then before Mr. Perry or Mr. Jen
ningt) cou d eealize the situation,
he was rearing and plunging and
backing. Mr. Perry rait tfie
by ( him quickly, think&iif 5
arotfd end the excitaiitar, "
tho horse continued to back and
3
before anybody could do more, the
H ...
y, its occupants ana the. .nojse,
in the Wafer.
moment later and Mr. l'urry,.
alsn in and was .uetting Mr.
Mrs. Jennings and Mis8 Par
out l5S"'q'nrc!!ly "as jiosriUe
ai he turned his attention, ttj, the
CITY ROAD METHODIST
CHURCH
Rer 0-T"Aflam,yre8illnf Elder
of the EHxabetii'City District. wl'J
preach at eleven o'clock Sunday.
The- pastor - Bev , C. B. Culbreth,
will preach at j 7 : 70 on the subject,
"The Parting Words of a Friend."
Sunday School at 9:30; , C. R.
Pugh, superintendents. , Epwrth
Lfeagtfet"at f:S0.? The public Is cor
ll4 Jntited. ) i
i-SQt.iTii. i:ujbleQiill aup
ply for Rev. Rufus Bradley at 11
o'clock at Mt. Hermon church at
11 o'clock And ,Hall'8 Creese at 3
I
PEARL STREET METHODIST
CHURCH
The pastor,
Ren
-
JSf. H. 'Warren
4il prSaITal 'eleteii oclo(rf on
jeai-thia.
le, and witli the
who came by, he soon had the
le out and the buggy pul.ed out
tpei su
At 7:30 the subject, "I will
My Vows." Sunday School!
A. AT., 'E B Griffin, Supt
Kpworth League nt 7 o'clock.
Pay
,at 10
Intendent.
Hope That Before TMt31me-Ar
rangenpyents ;pari f be Made to
vent Walk" Out Altogether.
.4 J
ETSEV 10
BLACKWELL MEMOR1 Al
CHURCH
Rev. S N Huurst of South Mills
will supply at B'ackwell Memorial
Church on Sunday morning.
Rev. P. P. Harris of this city
tvlll supply the 'pulpit Sunday nl-jht
I Sunday - School at nine-thirty;
music by the Sunday School band
beginning at nine.
...Junior and, Senior ,B. J.P. U.
Jr3f). ' -
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
t
PI" W," f
pulpit at each
WPfftlTK "Will t)l't'llly"the
prolonged bath. The buggy ap
peared to be Iho'olrtatfaWnwTltf
the exception of one shaftin spite
of the precipitous tumble
Mr. Perry took Mr. and Jnrs.
Jennjngg and Miss Panter totheir
dBtirition, three andA half miles
rin th.6 country, in Jll8 Vy, and
they seemed to be npre Jie worse
for their excitlngadvEnlhre.
Y W B
MEET8
To Night At
New Theatre
A specia)'.1(i?Uliani-A Brady fea
ture fj1rigr';itbej- irte wlll'i; p
pear at, th Kew-v-Tlkfiafl t': WonW
matinee and" night, Many of the
scenes were taken on i board the
United Statea destroyer; Wads
worth, after obtaining . permission
from Seoreary of the Navy Daniels j
This is the ' first time in the hii
tory of our government that a tor
pedo boat has been' loaned to a
mation picture company, and this
only after the World Fllni Corpora
tion had been carefully Investi
gated as to it9 standing and Integ
rity in the film world. Arrange
ments were also made for the pur
chase of two regulation torpedoes,
which were exploded, one aaalnst J
Clargeg Hock in the Potomac River j
and the other against IJie old
"Bronx" ferry boat near the New
Jersey coast to give the proper nl
mosphere to this picture,, "Paying
the 'Price", which i8 from the nav
al story by Burton E. Stevenson,
starring Gail Kane.
Tonight's program at the New
Theatre is full to the brim with
three big attractions, "No 16 Mar
tin Street, "The Warning," and
The Y. AV. F. C ass of Blackwell
Memorial silrda school met at the
home of Mr.y Dennis Vanhorn on
West Burgles Street Thursday ev
ening. ,-Ajter an interesting bu
sinees meeting dellcloug refresh
ments were served. Those present
were: Mr and Mrs C J Ward, Mr
and Mi's R T Vnters, Mr E F Ay
dlett, Mrs. S. C. Newbold, Mrs.
M. Godfrey, Mrs. J. W. Dawson,
Mrs George Bright, Mrs J H Wil
kins, Mrs J O Meggs, Mrs C A Tas
ker, Mrs T S Davenport, Mrs
Miles Pritchard, Mrs D E Simpson,
Mrs M E Davis
two
service At 11:00
s the subject
"being one of
companion sermons on "The
HAVE ;
MUNICIPAL BAUD
THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT OF
INTEREST TO MUSIC LOVERS
IN THE CITY
The following announcement is
made by the Chamber of Commerce
through Secretary C. R. Pugh to
day:
" "The Chamber of Commerce ot
.Elizabeth City Is. making plans for
jo organization ot a munieipaj
and which every one agrees Is
eeded In our progressive city.
e have at least twenty-live men
hoisr willing-aiKl atrttoits to give
ieh tferVlce and their talent -to
icb art organisation arrd the ('hftni
or of Commerce pro pesos' to i liny.
lie ' instruments and assist in the
rgafclXUtion.
h(tt every member i be, preset l -t
Is service. , .-.., a.;'.'
Xr4W f. M(4ilfB'4en)Jct Wl
"Will there be Equality In Hea-
en?"; in the sermon series on 'the
octrine of last thing,,
You. are weh?onir.;v
CHRI8T CHURCH
Sunday School 0:30
A. M.
L . iiMiiiiinminiiiiniini - "I""
!. Wll Evenings Service at 7:30
i Lay BfaAdefV-Mri1. -J C. B. Eh
jriighaua; mtlf-'C
Sfens btt'',tW4$' M
'ibkro . Mr J 'WOftn'. ! ttehir .
THEATRE TRAIN TO NORFOLK
The Norfolk Southern announces
a special Theatre train to Norfolk
on Wednesday, March 28th, for
the convenience of theatre goers
wishing to see "Experience" at
the Colonial. The train leaves
Klizabeth City at 5:15 and return
:ng leaves Norfolk at 5:59 stopping
at Intermediate stations.
UOiSDS FOR SALE
inothjfBobb.
i7 .
the Dr ia in Jtussia as aldef
RussK. xlsirfoiment .
fromt, N jognid today repor'i
larethat jfrder haa been
tely f esUffred at the enpifci ,
ough tb cooperation of rnllwc.v
:p!oyes the hunger of the family j
Grain a being requlatlonod v vr, wat really, before th mold
provisional governemtn, fair prtc iM.r'.e4. j . J. ji,!
urefully organized.
The government Is taking over
I estateaoff more than 125 acres.
Aa estimated today that tht killed
l;1 wouded by' the police on' Sat
Elizabeth City, N. C.
Paving, curbing, stables and f.ro
(Miiipmenti
$84,000 flVe per eent b nds.
Scaled bid wl:i He received
th;: above Issnepjdatsd May
1!U7 until April 1VM 1917
p. b.
Pivo per cent ot ainoiikt
yiyurxHd
16 CUyNWer.
sson
attendance? Is, requestedf
iEPWORtKf LEACSU MEETS
The Epwoftb League of City
Road Methodist Chuti will meet
at; 6:30 Sunday ' ,,afterpoon ;j, with
Mjss Esther Woodley, leadef. An
Interesting program hftg beori arran
ged and the public is cordially in
vited to attend.
hoods, 8tv8nd.ter Aa. B3Ji?k
the represeijtalfve.p'e .rjllj-gads
would
luf menfHere
At Chautauqua
The following committee appoint
ed by the Chamber ol, . Commeree
me..t m the o e of R.; .Pisgbj
yesterday afternoon and made plans
for the entertainment of ;the Surf
men for their Association meeting
o be held here In June:
Louis 6elig, M. P. Gallop; F.
. Jacocks, C. R. ' Wilkinson, - Geo
widdyr O. F. Gilbert, N W Daily
The fact that the Surfmen will
eet' nere at the time : of ' the 4
hautauQua makes th.e entertain
ientatur, m.ucb eaBjjer fertte
business men arfl expected to get
qu the decorations used when the
iurfmen latt,fnnt her .and to cp
operate 'with' tne committed In en
tertaining th members- and their
friends .
CHEROKEE CHAPTER MEETS
Cherokee ChapUr RAM meets
Monday evonlng at 7:30 In the hall
of the Robinson bnllding for the
purpose of electing officers.
TO LECTURE TO MASONS
Grand Lecturer Patton of
Masonic Order will be bee
two weeks, le ."Inning Monday
lecture to Eureka todj,'e No fll
the
for
to
TO THIRD WARD VOTER8
l hereby announce myself a can
didate for a'derman from the third
ward subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary, whlth will be
held April 12th. Your support and
vote will be appreciated. '
P. C. COHOON.
New York March ,44tr".Tn? W"3
ffti poatponed. for rejghtu bouts
SeCTtiry Lane" announced latetils
iftoon. jr I'S'jit
. fii" our request .and .'out 3 of ,ap
preclation- of the national situation
the, Brotherhood and railroad '" 'man
agers have resumed negotiationi' la
the hope that some adjustment
may be made which wlll; ' mae . it
possible to avoid the .strik.-alto
gether.
"If at the end ot forty. eight,
hours no agreement haa beW reach
ed the men will leave service : un
der their former orders. 1:.- .
The announcement, was, signed
"Lane, Willard, Wilson".-'. ;
New York March 17 Federal. We
dlators and Brotherhood 4 chief
went into conference Jodjy jit :30
In the final effort o , ayejhe
strike scheduled, 'to eTtart jb;mlht...
"W aie WQJ-?a9Ji?l!t5 a!ld.
iln9e,r,e.ly ft,a fcsjMlo "ijie-
problem -ecrrboVjUnflj
.said.', , v;e wiij. Ba tte Brother',
Askprl it nil thran Imrltaa
f MY 1 1
meet to&ether . afterward," he saiiL
"We may, but "tfTt,f "not'j'jjt. ,9
elded. Vwflous pmns "aren i niider
Consideration and we want to . find
out wbat .ltbetwoialde;watl;T,"
themselves i with great vnabiytjldon
Mh. skies for'Aoln,a jfim.ldi ,i
Asked If there Jiad been-j spirit
to get together t shown ,;oa either .
or both nldeB.i Rprntr Iian ' aald
c There ha beenoo; niy nt:iABe .
explained utliat a jat breakfaat was..
the raon Inr a. mJnin -mrhlchCcnu
ed the Brothebood. thlefeK tottf ri
port at the BuUtmore, t-t lhea- Ataii
buck to their ownhoteli irhenihay
found no ..trace of : .the-T-njediators .
with whom they had tth.S9 aP
pointment. i.. '
At two o'clock i Secretary? Luta
'said that he. expected toiihlte an
Tmportant annotmoeraent ,i tov.-iftks
at three, adding that the. situation
was very hopeful. i iM;ji. I-. '
11 " i i j...
TO VOTER8 OF FOURTH-a WARD
I hereby announce myse'jf a,lU-eandl
date for re election to the .office, ot
Alderman of the Fourth Ward, pro
mfufnor in wnrlr 9rr tha fuinnlft AS T
have done In the past. .m? ,
Respectfully. ,.4.
J L PRITCHARD,.;
U D C MEETS TUESDAY
the D. H. Hill Chapter, U. D.
C, meets Tuesday afternoon at
three o'clorkk with Mf3. Edson
Carr on Ohurch street.
AH members are urged to attend.
Zeppelin
Brought Down
(
crew were
for
1st,
2 o'clock
to ac
r
I a C
and i v
1 I I
Fair and colder tonight
flnndayjMceptjnsrjcoflt ,
For Sale
Real Estate
One lot on Wrst skle of Polndex-
jtel- Street next to Polndexti-r
Creek. Foundation for liu, idi.tr
ltlfendy prepared, mjfr'i ; .
Will Bite, on Sheppard Ptrect and
f'aotory Avenue arm4 Charfett Creeii.
'ijwraill on property wl 1 also be
AT FOWLER COMPANY'S
NEXT WEEK
A very eALraUivo, linn of La4f
ErJisrs ar9 CJoafes in- all, tho fnflri
able rnntenl -ndi liivdM. Waich
. loth tho an: our.ccmf nf in
f i 'it
d.
mtreet and. adjoining the Grnqed
omfortabietwo alpry Awelllxlg
1th all ihleyH IIICW,'
J0 fl(lp(rtir An
6b and
FoT bkinner and Gregory.
thing off till tomorrow la that I , VT. A. WORTH, Hlnton Bid?.
nsrr.
this
adv.
BO NT
Pizabeth City, 'N4
UtlWS. torbint
eqihpmiif a'-t
i t.OOd nv per cen
Baled llltig will
(By United Pres.
Paris, March 1 A Zeppelin re
turning? over France from, England
was brought down On the Cpm '
pelgne today . The
burned to death-
The zeppeltn fell 11,000 feet to
Main street; f r The f njemberc Of
the crew who rem'ainea aboard were
so burned a to be unrecognizable.
Three; of" the crew certain Tcjf death
preferred to ftekt lt j atherwise
iruU y ihetfiile. anllllitBPed a
thousand feet to the earth. -y
1 - frfvJc,Trt,r4',,
we now havea le words to ty.
hat you'll think! '
e no- have -B.
N k. , .-, - : kTaJfet-.otn- dvv on Saturday
, eta ,cs", J ald-f1" V'rkkVLfN In the RINK.
To the "iifla Saturday night,
abovi
company
ion
"TBPff
s.
IV uu
T6T
bid. . :
- J. C. COMMANDER,
mar l-pr ! City Mgf.
" M!?al"TTiirrT'aiTr,.',' :!.
today. ..if c' . endid eystem f
prompt r, irf. -HK MERCHANT
MBRCANIII AviSNCl t .