V
VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 30.1917
NO. 7)
REAL WAR IS
Df THE HORIZON
Jlolweg's Speech Dissipated the last
0 Doubt m Washington and it is Be
glieved That America Will Play
QHer Full Part in the Struggle.
Will Give
Free Seed
f
By ROBERT J.BENDER
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, March 30 Von Beth
man Holweg's speech in the Reich
stag yesterday dissipated the last
doubt. Real war is on the horteon
The general concensus of opinion is
that the conflict is now not to be
aroided . t
President Wilson and his cabinet
are expected at the cabinet meeting
thls afternoon to shape the last de
tail of the policy that will mean
the entry of the United Stateg into
the greatest conflict in history.
Holweg's speech swept aside all
remaining doubts from 'the mlndg of
International experts that President
Wilson will, make demand upon
Congress that America shall play
her full part In the struggle. He
Is turning now strongly toward
favor of universal military training
in Tiew of men who have followed
closely the trend of events.
Indications are that the pacificist
element in Congress will be swamp
ed beneath the tide of patriotism
now steadily rising. The Presi
dent's speech will make German
guilt and German perfidy evident.
Holweg's speech yesterdty rHk
en as indicating f Jtigue. His mes
sage was foolish'y insincere United
States officials think and they be
lieve that It will be a power to
turn the balance In Germany and
Austria against autocracy.
Congress will undoubtedly author
ise the President to caU at least
6000,000 men to the colors.
Thee Consuls
Are on way
By TJn'tefl l'wi
, Washington, March 30 A general
revision of rates on fruit and vege
tables from southern producing
points to northern markekts is an
nounced by the Interstate Com
merce Commission. Reductions as
,well as increases are involved.
From NW Orleans to seventeen
principal markets east and west of
the Mlsslssl 1 477 rates are In
creased, 332 reduced. nd 37 re
main unchanged.'
Note of Doubt
In Reichtag
The Chamber of Commerce has
free seed for distribution to those
who will plant garden8 this year.
As long as the supply lasts they
will be given out to those who
make application for them. Eliza
beth City folks interested in reduc
ing the high cost of living should
see Secretary Pugh at once, set
these seed and plant a garden.
(Bv United Press)
Amsterdam. March 30 For the
first time since the beginning of
the war a note of doubt regarding
Germany's future crept into the
dispatches from Berlin today ,;iv
comments on Holweg's Reichstag
speech last night.
One, newspaper Is quoted as hop
ing (hat "Germany is prepared to
fight the new and powerful foe."
Socialit organs denounce the Zim
merman Mexican Japanese scheme
and declare that the Prussian gov
ernment must he abolished. Social
ist! plans are gaining new adher
ents and German leaders forsee a
menace to their powers In such un
rest. ; ' vf
Mustered
Into Service
TBy'TJnitod Press "m
Washington, March 30 Battery E
and F. Connetlcut field artillery
were today ordered mustered into
Federal service.
Cormth School
Closes Tonight
Tne Closing Exercises of Corinth
school will hegin promptly at
enght o clock tonight. Tuey have
oeen carefully prepared. Without
doubt they will be highly enjoyable.
hey consist of a Play "I'icKled Pol
!iwo,j," Songs, Drills, and recita
tlons followed by delightful refresh
ments. 1 ub Ic cordially invited.
Following are some of the things
out of the ordinary done by the
school . j
Thanksgiving Exercises, largely
attended ,y parents and friends of
the school. The pupils Issued in- J
vitations on drawings in the shape '
of pumpkins. "A Postal Salt" j
from which It realized $17. "A Box
Supper" from which it secured
$15.65. Bought pictures, teacher's
chair, shade,, for all the windows,
other necessary fixtures, basket
ball, volley ball, improved ;rounds
and have money vith which to pur
chase additiona Horary books.
Miss Mary LeRoy and Miss Ella
Thornton are the teachers.
5IE PMI1HR
TtllLADY PAF1TS
THAT WHEEZE ABOUT THE
WOMAN WEARING THE PANTS
IS NOW A FACT, NOT A
JOKE
Display Flags
on April 2nd
By I'nited Press)
New York, March 30 The may
ors of 215 cities have asked these
cities to start the movement through
out the country for a nation wide
display of flagg on April 2nd, the
.day that Congress convenes.
Repulsed by
British Forces
May Organize
Civil Employees
Washington, March 30 A board
has been appointed by the War
Department to consider the advisa
bility of organizing civil employees
fo rdefense on the Panama Canal.
Contracts for
Submarine net's
Washington, March 80 The con
tract foV a hundred steel cable anti-submarine
nets was awarded by
the Navy Department todny, cost
ing H 188,100. These nets are to
be 5f00 feet long and 34 feet wide
and are like those used by tiie
British in the Thames.
The Atlantic seaboardd is being
constantly scanned for submarines.
All maratime advices order cooper
ation with the navy in a close
vigil.
ACHOREE LODGE MEET8
.Achoree Lodge I, O. O. F meets
tonight In the halt on ItOad street.
All members are urged to. be pros
nt,"-
(Kv Unite, r'rfiss! v
Berlin, (Sayville Wireless,) March
30 The Germans south of Peronnf
an dnorth of Relsel nave way in a
line from Royal Coat to Serel In
the face of Superior British forces
Elsewhere French and British at
tackks have been bloodily repulsed.
Richmond Wants
Armor Plant
Will Close For
A few Days
w -tf-rfSii, ......
The New Theatre will close fol
lowing Saturday night's show for
a number of days in order that the
lobby and interior may be remodel
led. A larger and superior screen
is also to be placed in the theatre
and the playhouse will open next
week aain with facilities increased
for pleasing its patrons.
The New Theatre under the di
rection of Mr. Louis opened its
doors nor very many weeks ago
with afternoon and night shows,
uivlnu KHzaleth City the first reg
u'ar matinee service in many sea
sons and has enjoyed marked pop
nlarity. It features the well knon
Hluebird pictures and other high
class films and make an effort to
give the public "the best pictures
to he had" says Mr. Louis.
Work on the building will
forward as rapidly as possible in
order that the doors may again be
opened at an early date. The re
opening will be marked by a spe
ehl picture of unusual interest and
merit. -the title! of which will be
aanouncea in mis paper wun ui
few days.
Mr. Cohoon has
Moderen Pig Pen
Washington, March 30 A delega
tion of Richmond business men call
ed on Secretary of Navy Daniels
this morning in the attempt to ob
tain the proposed armor plate plant
Goethals is
N J Engineer
(By United Press)
Trenton, March .10 General Go
ethals has been formally appointed
New Jersey's State Engineer with
a sa'ary of $25,000.
Mr. F. F. Cohoon Is just com
pleting a modern sanitary pig pen
on hiR farm Just outside the city.
1 ,egan this plan fifteen years ago
shvh Mr. Cohoon." and then got
interested In newspaper work for a
lon.u time and did not get the Idea
carried out. Now it Is about ready
for the habitation of the most arls
lerritie hops in tl.e county. It has
floors, so that the pi is can't
Incithc In dust and get the
thumps." It haq feeding troughs
or my ov. n p anning that slide the
food down without Immerslm: the
hoes. It has srperate water and
feeding troughs, a living room, a
f in In room and bed rooms, and.
j,i short, is up to date In every re
spect. " ' - . '
WANTED: YOU TO , LET US
TAKE YOUR ORDER FOR EAS
TER FLOWERS WE ARE AGENTS
FOR, A R NEWTON, THE POPU
LAR NORFOLK FLORIST,- THE
APOTHECARY HOP
mar 2f 2? aft ,i -: .
CONFER DEGREES TONIGHT
Eureka Lodse No. 317 A F and
A M will confer the second de
gree tonight in the hall. All mem
bers are requested to be present at
7:30. Grand Lecturer J. N. Pat
ton will officiate. Refreshments'
wi'I be served! . : '.
By MARGARET MASON
(Written For the United Preaa)
The busy housewife pants these
days
As she does up the chores.
You see she's cast her skirts aside
For trouserettes indoors.
In a class with the hoary and de
crepit mother in law joke the one
about the advanced female donninj
the trousers has done equally long
and faithful service. But lo and
behold the latter wheeze has done
ceased t0 e a Joke and in these
days of 1917 become a stern reality.
Dr. Mary Walker blazed the trail
for the wearing of masculine
nether garments. I believe, but it
took a heap of red tape to keep
fhrm on .rn. Curie more recent
ly gained the permission of her
government to wear'em after a great
deal of trouble and time, hut now
everybody's doing it with the great
est ease and nonchalance.
Along with the high cost of liv
ing and other evils, of course, this
feminine penchant for trousers
must be blamed on the poor o'd
war. Only this time It Is no
evil but a blessing in disguise of
punts.
With the womtin forced to ta!:e
over the tasks of males in a'l
fighting countries, naturally It was
meet that they should take over
the cut of their clothes as well.
One can't very adequate' y oil en
tjines, JToT drive motor and run
elevators aft done up tn skirts and
petticoats.
Hitting on the sidelines, Maiden
America, and Matron America as
well, have ca inly appropriated, as
they do all Imported fads and fash
ions, those bifurcated garments for
their own und pant no loifger mere
lywlth emotion or exertion but
with gingham, denim, chumbray,
silk and satin.
By a quaint whimsey of fate it
Isn't the advanced feina'e of the
joke who Is now wearing the troutt
er effects, however, hut the deir,
domestic little wives and mothers,
the "Queens of the homo" and
the "housewives of the hearth".
As a first aid to baking, brewing,
sweeping and chores of the home
in general, nothing could be neater,
sweeter or fleeter than one of the
new pantalette house dresses.
They are made with a b'ouse
waist, with sai'or collar and loose,
three quarter si eves. They have
a neat little belt, button down the
front and there are two dandy,
handy bip patch pockets, one on
each hli Thus far they are no
different than the little old last
year's model house dress. But
below the pockets comes the great
divide Into cunning lltt'e trouser
ettes that clasp the ankles with an
elastic headed frill or e'se hang
Straight with a stitehed hand of the
material bound ing them, like an
honest to goodness regular male
trouscr cuff.
On some of the prettier models
this band around the bottom of the
panta'ettes life the belt, collar, and
'deeve cuffs, is of a contrasting
shade of material. These sensible
and snticy suits come in chamhray
trirghani. denim. and khkkl in
rink or blue or white or tan.
Then there aro the regulation
overalls, the female of the species
resembling much the snale. These
:tr" of course for the more strenlous
val'.s of workaday feminine life.
Skating overalls are cutting some
Ire these days too, let me tell vou
Fair skaters find they can cut a
much letter figure ei?ht or eny old
figure at a'l in the smart new
tal'ored tronserR of novo'ty suiting
and fwcen cut generously wido'wlth
bis; flap pockkets on each blp and
cunning suspenders of the samfl
material holding them socret'y in
place.
Mylady ludy of elegant leisure la
panting to be lit a trousered class
with her sisters, the sporting girl
and the busy housewife ' So she
Dollar Declines
16 per Cent
!ti United pres.i
Yashington, March 30 America
haa suffered a net loss of sixteen
per cent In the purchasing value of
the dollar In the ten years ending
with the year 191t, the department
of labor announced today. Salar
ies have Increased 19 per cent. Food
has increased 39 per cent.
No Signs of
Dissension
(By tTniud Press)
Washington, March 30 The Dem
ocrats in the House caucus with
33 per cent today renominated by
acclamation all old officers. There
were no signs of dissension on In
the appolntmnet of committeemen
to fill the vacancies In the Ways
and Meva9 Committee.
snonw of
FOOD MID IT.
Debaters
Are On Hand
Hertford'g debaters, William II.
Oaither, and Thelma Elliott, are in
the city ready to meet Elizabeth
City's representatives tonight at the
High School auditorium. The Judges
will he Messrs W. L. Cohoon, E L
Sawyer and W M Hinton. A large
and enthusiastic crowd Is expected
trf cheer Elizabeth City's speakers
and a delegation ls also here from
Hertford .
James Brown and Julian Ba;nn of
Poplar Branch were here today on
their way to debate Manteo tonight
They were accompanied by Prof.
L. L. Lohr of Poplar Branch.
Miss es Carrie Wescott and Eu!a
Griffin of Manteo passed through
the, city on their way to debate
South MiHs tonight.
Elizabeth City has sent Clarence
Ashhv and Geneva Roane to Kdcn
ton to debate.
Tonight's Show
At Alkrama
Owing to the unprecedented pop
ularity of the Friday night feature
shows, The Alkrama has decided to
give another big oue for tonkht.
Lillian Clsh is the Star and
well worthy of the name Star. All
the theatre goers will be delighted
to learn that this greatest success
Diana of the Follies" will be the
attraction. In addition to this five
part feature, there will be shown
The Shielding Shadow" and "The
Lass of the Lumberlands. "
Saturday at the Alkrama matinee
and night.
Ilyproclsy, with Virginia I'e'irson.
Musty' Suffqr, with Musty Himself
His Busted Trust, with "S'im"
Summervllle.
" Hyproclsy." deserves more than
passing mention. It l an expose
of the shams of society, with Vlr
ginln Pearson, playing the part of
Virginia Trent, a debutant, whose,
mother lives beyond her means, and
Insists upon her daughter making
a wealthy marriage.
There are tw0 suiters, one favor
ed by the mother and the other
by Virginia. Virginia marries the
one she prefers, who Is practically
a ruined man on his weddln.r day.
AGRICULTURAL AND LABOR C
PARTMENTS WITH CIVIL S'.l
VICE COMMISSION ARE WOF.K
ING ON REMEDY FOR NATION
'j .. . . . ,f ,
(By United Pres, .
Washington, March 30 A serious
labor and food shortage faces tha
nation.
The Agricultural and Lahnr Ho.
partment. and the Civil flanr.
Commission are working on s; reny
euy.
There Is an alarmine shorter f
farm labor in the western agrleul"
tural districts due in large measure
t0 the withdrawal of men for mi
litia duty. This will have a in.
roue effect on higher food" prices. .
The demand for farm labor fa in
creasing because of Spring planting.
i ue record price8 are likely to
continue unless crop production
can be Increased. ' . ', ,
Surveying Road
E.City-Moyock
Mr. Anson Cohoon of MedfOrd. .
Oregon, and Mr. Willis Ferebee
of Camden are this week at .work
surveying the Moyock-Ellsabath
City section of the new Norfolk '
Elizabeth City highway. Mr Co
hoon is on a visit to his father, Mr
F. F. Cohoon, of this city, At'
Medford he is employed by ' the
United States government In ; the
Forest Service, " . '.
To Night At
New Theatre
"The Evil Women Do," a grip
ping story of intrigue and Ten (
geanee, will be geen at the New
Theatre tonight. The tragedy of s,
woman's smiles and wiles ,and
guiles makes a strong appeal.
Saturday's play Is "Haiel Klrke,
a charming story of the Kentucky
hills with a heroine and hero of the v
real outdoora. "For delightful Va
riety the New Theatre is unequaled'
anywhere" say the patrons of tilt'
popular playhouse. The shows are
alwarg Kood and they are always
different . " .
WILL filVF PI AftB At 8
SATURDAY'S MATIN EX
The Alkrama will give a patriotic
emblem to all children who Visit
the ALkrama Theatre Saturday af
ternoon. '
Manager Kramer has purchased
a large quantity of small American
flags with a stick pin Inserted, i td
give to every child who visits tha
Alkrama Saturday afternoon. It
will be necessary to attend tha '
matlnen In order to get one of ,,
these flags. Mr. Kramer la fiv
In these souvenir,, to "Young
America" with the compliments of
the season, and trust that all whO
wear them will be glad that thef
are Americans, and have the prlvt
lege ef wearing "Old Glory"
affects the straight, b'ackk sl'k
trousers of the Chinese woman,
topped with a gaily embroidered
Cblneve coat for her "robe lntlme"
or the full trousers of the Turkish
trophy under a Towing coat of silk
Wearini' trousers has Indeed
become such a fascinating habit
that the 1917 female cannot even
doff them off at night and so she
dons, when the shades of night
have fallen down and the window
shades ate down ns well, cutey lit
tle suits of pajamas with feminine
V cut decollete and short sleeved
upper,, and mascu'lne, straight out,
ankle length lowers.
So you see It keeps lovely woman
panting twenty four hourg a day to
keep ' up with these' strenuous
, v,'-'.', t X-'iiJ 1 1::,',-
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH '
Tn the absence of Dr. B. d
Henlng who 1 conducting revival
services In Norfolk, Rev. R, I
Gay of Raleigh will preach at th
First Baptist chuTh Sunday morn
In,?, and Rev. D. P. Harris of
this city will fill the pulpit Sunday!
night . . :;
. " i. '
BLACKWELL MEMORIAL ,
CHURCH N ' t'
Rev. R. L. Giy of Raleigh- will
preach at the evening serylce at
7:30, supplying for the pastor. Rev
I. N. Loftln, who continues 111 at
his home on Pennsylvania Avenue.
Herbert Peele will speak at- tl."
morning service, " , . ',
WEATHER OR 'NO
' Fair Friday night. Saturday f