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iSECREMlf DANIELS
CALLS FOR SIEK
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING.
' Mrs. J. D. Mldgett Dead
MARCH 22. 1917
Published in Elii-lvli f
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BURNED
Wants Four Thousand And Five
1 HundredAt Once And Urges Re
cruiting to be Done Quickly.
CARL D. GROAT
-United Pre, Staff Correspondent
Washington. March 22-The naTy
needa four thousand and five hun
dred nysn and needs them now.
Secretary Daniels today sounded
an official call tor that number, ap
pealing to the President to annu
late recruiting.
One of the first requests to Con
gress will be that a hundred
thousand men be authorized as an
increase to the Navy. Recruits
will be rushed through their train
tag at the stations post haste for
immediate duty with the fleet. The
requirement of five moflth8 tracing
will be suspended and the order
issued to man fleets at all possible
speed. Thoush recruiting is in
creasing.' there must he more of It
and quickly, the department an
1 nounced today.
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REGTOB
FOREMAN BLADE? LUMBER COM
PANY LOSES PROPERTY JUST
WHEN RUSHED WITH ORDERS
FIVE HUNDRED MEN THROWN
OUT OF WORK '
Mrs. J. D. Mldgett died at her
home at Manna Harbor We'neaday
morning. Her death was quite
suddenT the telegram reaching xela
Urea in this city , announcing her
nines, being followed "Immediately
by another announcing her death.
Mr. Mldgett was well ' known
here, baring visited her son. A. M.
Mldgett; and her daughter. Mrs
E. Mv Cox, Mra. A. O. Mann, nd
Mra T. S. Mann, here many times.
Mlsa Mary Mldgett. another daugh
ter. wa vlsltlnz her sister's here
of the Foreman when their mother's death occurred
Company. Fire) All of the children who live here
Sacked Supply Eoiis& ci
A mass of bent and twisted ma
chinery and smoking ruin is all
that la left of what wa8 yesterday
the saw mill
Bladea Lumber
ARRIVES
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originating early this morning about
midway the mill on the ground
floor quickly gained headway and
by the time the Fire Department
reached the scene was entirely be
yond control, so far a the saw
mill was concerned. The flames
did not reach the Lumber kl'ns. I methodlst church and the
Has Support of
All Parties
(Br XInlutd ?res)
Washington, March 22-Presldent
wn.n todav began tentative work
n rnneress. Sen
ators ' and representatives of all
na wired their pledges of sup-
jcai
port. ,
WILL PREACH FIRST SERMON
AT CHRIST CHURCH ON SUN
DAY. HARRISONBURG REGRET
FULLY GIVES HIM UP
Rev. Herbert S. Osburn arrived
in the city today and will preach
his first sermon on Sunday at his
new charge, Christ church.
Mr. Osburn comes to Elizabeth
City from the Emmanuel Church at
Harrisonburg. Va. where his resig
nation was recent'y accepted with
much regret by congregation aim
vestry. A cordial welcome awaits
him in Elizabeth' City, however.
from his own church and .from othqr
denominations with whom the
church has, in the past cooperated
In undertakings' of public interest
and for public welfare.
During the interim of Kev, C. A.
Ashby leaving to take charge of
the Church of -the Good ffhephed
at Raleiu'h, and the new rectors
eoming, lay services have been
conducted regularly by 41r. J. C.
B. Khringhaus.
Live Little Locals
Many Minor Matters
Merely Mentioned
Special Matinee for the Children
t the Alkkrama naiuruay.
df Let the Childre-i see June w
V . t iho Mountains at
pnece in juuc i v.,c
The Alkkrama. Saturday Matinee.
Old Musty Suffer at the
Matinee Saturday.
The Social Secretary.
Norma Talmase, at the
Saturday night. Also
Company.
Alkrama
featuring
Alkrama
Keystone
Gettnan Vessels
In U S Harbors
iBy United Preaa)
Washington, March 22 Scores of
Oerjian vessels are in American
haioon- free to depart if the United
SUite3 goes to war, in fact, couirt
leave now If they show a clean bill
as to intent. They have a leeway
of nino month in which to leave.
The only way the government can
sen them Is to pay for them.
Mothers Club
Meets Friday
Just Received Big Assortment La
.jiu.' rout -all the New Shades
at MITCHELL'S
SherifT R B Flora of
was In the city Monday
J.
was
M
In
McHorney of
the city Monday.
Shawboro
ShawDoro
Mrs.
was in
George Grandy of
the city Monday.
Shawboro
E. M. Walker of Maple was here
on business Monday.
The Mothers Club will meet Fri
day afternoon at 3:45 In the annex
of the First Methodist church. Thin
series of meetings ig drawing to a
close and it is hoped thaf; all moth
ers will attend the closing meetings
lor which carefully chose, pro
gram have been arranged.
Among the subjects for discussion
at this week's meeting are: "Train
ing the Child In Courtesy", "Train
ing the Child in Kindness to Ani
mals.", and "The Moral Value of
Playing with Dolls."
William Simpson of Weeksvllle
was in the city Saturday.
Mr. Fentress of the Peoples Line
la In the city on business. I
Mra George Major of Hertford
wasn the city Tuesday
.ssIor SALE One 7 H pVotoreycle
' iAsy terms." R T Venters.
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EfVORTH METHODIST CHURCH
Old People and
Children Killed
WILLIAM PHILIP 8TMM8
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With British Armies Afield.
March 22 With' horror It became
known todayithat the Teutons in
their retreat at Roye Petit collected
about two hundred old people and
children in addition to the popula
tion of the place, then deliberately
shelled the village.
Next ,. Sunday afternoon at three
o'clock the paator, Rev. C.', B, Cul
rath will nreach at,' Epworth
' church. v ' . A
. t lie would Uke to ee 'all mem
tors 'of the church present and to
ton:! a roi-lial Invltntlon , to wor-
will give ( silver, tea
The Ladlesrof teh Preabyterian
Aid Society , will, give a. Silver-,Tea
on Tueeday' afternoon fromv8:80 to
1:30 at the residence of Mra. .0.
W." Ward on West Main street.',
A very cordial Invitation Is ex
top'lf'l to trends of all denotnlna-
however; and the engine and boiler ; -iu
room, built of brick, was litt'e dam Cox
aged .
It was about three o'clock this
morning when the flameg wito
discovered by the nlfcht watchman
and hte force at work In the boiler
room. The watchman immediately
called Mr. L. R. Foreman on tho
telephone and It was from his homo
on Pennsylvania avenue that the
flames were discovered. The mill
is beyond the corporate llmit8 of
the town.
The (Ire depaitmetit responded as
promptly as possible but the tire
engine! hookked on behind the auto
fire truck, stuck In the miry mud
on the way to the mi'l and could
not be extracted. The hose wagon
was riiKhed on ahead, however, ami
with the aid of the force pump at
tire mill the firemen soon had two
steady streams of water playins; on
the blaze. The further spread of
the blaze wag , checKetf,' rbul TlfeT'Sti
tire saw mill was . enveloped in
flames when the fire department ar
rived on the scene.
"It would hve leen Impossible
to save the mill If the engine had
not stuck." said Chief Flora this
morning. "We might have been
able to put It out sooner If we had
been able to get another stream or
two on the fire, but that Is the
only benefit the engine would have
been to us. The company's pump
gave us all the pressure we wanted."
There goes the best mi l in the
country" was the exclamation of
Mr. L. R. Foreman when he saw
the situation; and indeed it iB a
fact that the saw mill of the Fore
man Blades Lumber Company, (n
this section of big saw mills, was
the biggest and In many respects
the most modern of them all. Mr
L. R. Foreman hlrself was the in
ventor of and had patented part of
the mill's machinery, and visitors
here from northern and other dis
tant cities had Inspected the plant
with much interest. Through im
provement in Its machinery the ca
pacity of tjhe mill has recently
been practlca'ly doubled, its re
cent output with only a day shift
at work being as great aR It former
ly was when the mill was kept run
nlng day and night.
Any estimate of the damage must
be only a tentative one. The man
agement wou!d make no statement
this morning a, to their loss,
though it Is known that this was
partially covered by Insurance.
Aside from the direct loss mu?t be
considered the loss of time Just
when the mill was rushed with or
ders. ,
One of the most serious aspects
of the Are Is the large number of
workmen to whom it must mean, for
some time, at least, a loss of em
ployment. Including lumbermen at
work in the wocds ' the Foreman
Blades Lumber Company emrloys
Bomethlng like five hrndred men.
If arrangements can be made to
get other and amaller aaw mills to
aw their timber for them, the log
ging and planing operations, though
curtailed to some' extent, will not
be altogether discontinued. The
management thla afternoon had not
had time to formulate their plana
and oi$d make', no dunite en
nouncment , ' ' ' - : -
,, When a reporter 'for ; thla nowi
pnter, went out ' to , the . plant at
about noon today mill operntives
d n to on li ' ftb still twins th fire cor-; '-
have gone to Manns Harbor to at
tend the funeral, leaving Wednea
day on the E. R. Daniels.
Mrs. Mldgett was a woman of
terlina Christian character who
will be greatly mls?ed in her com
munity.' She was a memter of the
funeral
M. B.
be conducted by Rev
Manteo Briefs
Manten. March 14 Afier u short
visit to relatives at Durant Is'.and
Miss Lillian Basnett returned home
Monday.
Miss Louise Midaett of No-folk
in visltiuE friends and relatives
here.
Miss Rennle GriHin returned from
a business trip to Baltimore, M. D.
Saturday.
Mioses Affle Mldgett and Almlra
Quidley, returned home Tuesday af
ter spencHng Sunday and Monday
at Stumpy Point. North Carolina.
Mrs. L. 11 . Hooper and children
of Rodanthe aro visiting friends
here.
Am. Uclict Commiscic
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German Troops (Spared Neithc
Food nor Houses but Devastation
Failed to Stem the Tide bf Frehcl:
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Advance. 1 : .
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BOTH MMIIIS
III OPERATION
PICTURES AT NEW THEATRE
CAN NOW BE SEEN WITHOUT
ANY .BREAK If STORY. IN
TERESTING -ERIAL BEGINS
To Night At
New Theatre
The New Theatre presents Vloln
Dada and Edward Earl in the bli;
Edison feature "The Innocence of
Ruth" at tonight's show. The crovid
that saw this attraction at this af
ternoon's matinee found It most in
teresting and were delighted with
the grace and beauty of the Inlmita
ble artist. Viola Dana.
KYIrinv'a nftflrnoon's OlctUre has
well been called a "Masterpiece
so admirably ' has this remarkable
Aama hAon nnrtrnvfld bv the
great actress, Clara 'Kimball Young.
Rripflv "The Badge of Shame"
tells of a country where the Gov
ernment tells of mo ay5a " td si
ammant fumUhes Drotectlon to
fullon wnmnn " This protection Is
a yellow card.
One of these women who fought
ntralnHt the intrigue of an unloyal
official whose white soul, corched
by the white flames of an insane
desire, shriveled and shrunk . in
the heat gave to the world a story
so thrilling, so intense, ho iui-
tti that It became an international
question .
"The Badge of Shame" Is a pic
turlzatlon of thU remarkable worn
an's story and that It has been so
ndmlrahlv done that the critics
called it a "Masterpiece!"
Owing to the big attraction
which will be shown at The New
Theatre to-morrow matinee and
nlrfht, March 23rd, there will be a
big surprise that the public has
been looking for for some time.
Mr. (Lewis says: "I received- a
letter a few days ago asking me
if possible to try to have both of
my machines In operation. In an
swer to this letter 1 wish to state
that I have just received psrts to
complete this otlier machine and
this will be in operation for to
night's picture. Those who have
been waiting between rea will'
hatliil9aatu:a,Jns.ibaneftr.fU',
ture of Beeingx the picture without
any stops. No doubt the. public
will be surprised to see what a
wonderful improvement this will
make. In addition to Clara Kim
ball Young, our first Berlal picture
-,ni ha niocoH unon the screen.
n 111 Wv K ' " ' . .. I .
This serial ha to do with the Mex
lean situation and will no doubt
meet with the approval of Dotn
young and old."
HENRY WOOD T
(United 'Presa Staff Correapoiident)
Wfth the French armlet on the
Field. March 22 The Tetreatlnf Ger
man troopg sacked even the iup
ply houses of the American Relic!
Commission leaving French civilian
inhabitants without food. ;
Tlfey took all the metal jn the
villages and destroyed practically
every house, yet this devastation (
failed to stem the t tide of ; , tha
French advance. ' In many casts
the French advanced so rapidly that
they arrived at the Jowns ; before
the Germang had planned to eva
cuate. k's i
At the same time, the French ad
vauce was methodical. Behind
the cavalry and Infantry came "en
gineers to bridge the waters, the
artillery crossing the minute . ' the
bridges cpuld be reconstructed..
Towards 'Chauny and Tergnier tba
entire horizon wae clouded, with
smoke from the burning farms. Tho
jxathway of the German, retreat n
tracable .for fifteen' rmllee ' y
moke., v Along the road ponrcl r
HBondlngjitrenra of jefi!."''? '
all 'yie womeu -were dcH;
pushed ' baby carriages and v
harrows with tiny .tota thor
Young children clunr to their ski
or toddled along with bundlea. V.x
der the bombardment, tW, refugee
pushed along facing Owe "driving Talit
Despite all this, they were supreffifl
ly, radlently heppjvAVjfyfjr Jtbejr
were retumlne to France.', t
Tonight's Show
t Alkratria
CRADLE ROLL AND l sf ( ;
HOME DEPARTMENT MNDAY
II
SUPERVISE
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UIIITIOII
IKIIIG
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 'DE
FENE HOPEFUL THAT MAN
UFACTURERS WILL AGREE TO
PLAN VOLUNTARILY
Washington, . March 22 Govem-
,r,t aiinorvlalnn nf resoun es of
IHCIIl U w , - -
war for use In the. production of
munitions lg contemplated by the
vott,nol rnrll fnr Defense. The
organization Is hopeful that th
big producers will agree to tho
nlan Tolnntarlly. t not, the coun-
rii win ask Congress tor govern
ment sunervlslon.-- Abnormal finan
tot mmflt nn ' munitions and thor
V W
nnlins will be made
I imvnowi f tftr-- ,
Imposalble. The council will .de
termine upon a reakonable .profit,
"The Golden Fetter is the fea
ture at the Alkrama tonight.
"The Golden Fetter" 18 a para
mount picture of the Standard that
the name Paramount Implies. Wal
lace Reld and Anita King, are seen
at their best In this unusual
touching love tory. This picture
will appeal to all of u who have
ever been to schoo', as it deals to
some extent with the olden times
at the schools house and the Jokes
on the school mam. Come see this
picture any enjoy an evening of real
relaxation. Also t' e eleventh ep
isode of "The Shielding Shadow
will be filmed.
Shielding Shadow will
be shown tonight also.
The famous players present the
inlmltabe Marguerite Clark in
"Silks and Satins" on the Para
mount program at tho Alkrama Friday.
The plot of this romantic, drama
involves two periods of historic
and romantic interest, namely of the
Naoleonlc era and the present
The old worn out method of filming
a "costume play" has been entirely
repudiated, and the director.. J.
fiearle Dawley. has brought forth a
new version of plcturlzin this dlf
ficult type of subject, by Intermlng
gllng it with a modern rrtmance.
Sunday Is Cjadle boll and , Hoc)
Department Day at , Black well , II 3'
mortal Sunday - 8chool and, all mem
bers of these .two department are
especially urged to attend.. t -
A most successful Cradle ' Roll
and Heme. Department Y Day wa
held last September and It U hop
ed that nest Sunday may ,be aa
even greater success, If possible.
To this end the program . committee
are preparing a varied . program oil
enjoyable features . "
HANDY BASEBALL DOPK.
BOOK OUT V4'
stwidy Btn-atsis of water on tba atlll
f ' ' - r" ,. "
SOCIAL A SUCCESS
The topic social given at the
home 'of Mrs Mary H Brite Wednes
rtv afternoon was quite an enjoy
able affclr and many attended In
spite bf the. threatening weather.
Progressive conversation . stimulated
by interesting topic carda, war part
of tha h entertainment, following
which the pleasure of "Meeting the
Suffragette" wa, greatly 'enjoyed'.
"Mlrafldf on Votes for Wlmmen"
.. .(i,nv nttrartlve feature. T)e
The baseball season for 191f. haJ
surely arrived, the first achedula
book having made ite appearance.
It Is the Dope- Book published by
C. C. SJink & Son, St. Louia,,M0.,
publiehers of the Sporting Newe. Be
side, containing schedule there
to be found In this Httle book much
information of real value, to ,
fan, Including "Casey at the; Bat,
records of 1916, aa well a record
6f all prominent feat pn the ;dla
mond, and complete biographic ot
starg' of the game, telling where
they were born, with what. ; club
they have played, how " they, 'bat
and throw, etc etc. There 1 tlao
instructions on "How to , Score
"Giant, Great Winning Streak" and
Alexander's . pitching feat of .1917."
If yorf want a breeiy little booklet,
vest pocket in size, that yon can
carry with you, and make , any faa
who thinks he knows it all, look
thonxh yojt had forgotten a ' mu:'.
as he knows, send five cent . t
Spink & Son. St. Louia for a cr
of this booklet. '
WEATHER OR PO .
Fair , Thursday night and. warm?
Vrlday warmer.,
Jttst Received Big Assortrrtrf T
dies Coats all the Nc.r "
at T::lT:'"',