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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. EVENING, APRIL, 1917
Congress Meets May -
Extra Sessio:
Hertford Loses
, ToEdenton
Mr
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Marks Climax of Almost Three
Years Effort on f Part of Chief
Executive to Gracefully BPro
tect American Lives And Prop
Hertford, N. C., March 31 Eden
ton Hieh School, representing the
(negative side of the argument, won
from Hertford In the State debating
contest held here Friday night .
The contest wa9 a close one, ' In
which "the Hertford debaters ' made
a hard fight, easily carrying the or
atory land delivery side of , the
question bu the negative side' pre
sented more room for argument,
A large delegation of Hertford
supporters met the late train from
Elizabeth .City to welcome' , home
their own "-negative team; " William
H. Gaither and . Thelma " Elliott,'!
who had won the contest in Betsey
m DIG u
FOR FEMQiS
Flash The President will ad
dress Congress at 8 o'cldck to
night.
rille.
OVER THOUSAND PEOPLE AT
TENDED AND PARADE PRESEN
TED , ENTERTAINING. FEATURES
LIKE
HOUSE
,7)
CHAMP CLARK IS
RE-ELECTED SPEAKER
Washington, April 2.-Champ Clark was today
re-elected speaker by a voteof 217 to 205. Con
gressman Gillett received 2 jotes and Conress
man Lenroot 2. Congressman Schall. Indepeud- '
ent, said in hi speech nominating Clark that
patriotism demanded his re-election v
kb mm
FISH MEN READY FOR ACTUAL
BUINIS3. ATTRACTIVE
SCENE IN SPITE OF
MANY EMPTY STALLS fi
TOO
trfcm
of
the
to
of
r By J. P. YODER
(United 'Pre Stair " arrespoau-snt)
Washington, April 2 Congress
in tM aBDninn here today to
rARAive a soecial message
President Wilson.
Thia action mark, the cllmax
almost three years' effort on
part of the Chief Executive
neacefully. force" the protection
Uvea 'an property df", American clt
liens from 4he effectg of ruthless
German submarine warfare. a, (
The session opened wjth "" prayers
that America should prove 'mighty
Cm A nfan aa nt Ylr rlthtS." .
; Patriots, pacifists Vd ASUffragfBtsJ
tormed the TJaptitol with, uniunea
Th suffragists ' aeeiareo.
.V
1
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flags
' themselves "with the President."
'. " ... Hot anti-war enthusiasts swarmed
-'".V bt Pennsylvania avenue wearing
' " bands with the words, r Keep out of
War." . :ni. . 'Vs'-
PRESIDENT SPEAKS"1 TODAY
President Wilson indicated; that
he would deliver his message; to
Congress as soon as the House or-
raniipA no matter how late "In,
the afternoon that should be. The
message Is an unustUy long ..'one
and is designed to justify this
country's course, placing .the
blame of the present crisis on the
Kaiser. Wilson, is expected to ex-,
pres the hope that peace will soon
be restored to the" entire world y On
the basis of equality of ' nations
and freedom of. the sftas with the
'retrictjon of autocrdes and with
limited armaments. ' V
A vigorously phrased resolution
calling for Immediate dec'aratlon.
ot war against Germany was lnro
' dueed'iin the House foreign ' affairs
committee by Representative Gar
dner. The resolution completed by
the committee Is to be' introduced
Immediately following Wilson's- ad
dress. ' ' - . '.rpW'
TO SEIZE GERMAN SHIP8 ,
Plans have been ' completed ', to
taKe over approximately - ninqty
German merchant 'ships interne at
;.. American ports immediately, upsm
V declaration of a state , of war;
, Commercial, Industrial and man
power mobilization of our ; forces
have -made great. stride's lnce the
President suddenly .Issued hlg call
to the nation's legislative body ten
days ago; and so definite has. been
the conviction that agKWsslve war
li to be -waged 'upqn Germany , they
stand refoly. at this moment rnwMt
' ine onlr omclal word from AW.li
Jnt?'hto go i.hrad.
v: Munition and shipbuilding plants
pra.rreparcd.to prve the equipment
for the sea and land forces and the
present session : of Congress
is expected tp, pass a universal
service measure. 7
f, Today's historic situation resulted
directly from Germany's repudiation
ot her submarine pled es - of a
year ago nd the resumption of
ruthless submarine warfare in an
attempt to starve r En'gland into
submission.
The first; American "hip to go
down at be hands of a German
submarine commander following the
German deeree. establishing a sub
marine blockade xone around Eug
land February 1st,, was the Hous-
anna Thin shin was Isunkk With
out warnlngon February ,3rd
This was-fol'owed by the sinking of
the Lyman M Law on February 13,
hn Alirnnnutn on March 1 2 and the
Vigilancla, City pf V Memphis an
the Illinois -on March 18. ,4,
American . ships
'The new market house.ls open,
according to schedule and a ; num
ber of vlsltora were dowa Monday
who had jiot had opportunity,; to
see the Interior of - the handsome
and well equiped' building before.
Thomas Crant 8ons, who have
two stalls for fish, were the first
men to be ready tor business, and
their wares were most attractively
disnlayed add advertised. . The va
riety of fish from big shsd ,and
drum to Flounders, perch and' blue
fish were terntlnj Indeed - and
the cleanliness of the surrou
eliminated the usual r fishy " :. odor
which drive away offtimes the house
keeper who likes to eat , fish but
not to cook and serve them.
Maurice Pappendlck bad hit sign,
already upat the East corner and
was preparing his meat stall - for
customers Electricians were put
ting in electric bulbs- where this
had Dot been done, an dthe place by
ten o'clock began to look ' like (
real market, in s.plte ot. Its too
large space and too limited number
of dealers. . y
C C Pappendlck has taken, 'the
the western corner stall for meats.
She Takes Oath
Jesse White Dead
Jesse White, aged forty years,
died at his home on West Church
street Friday evening at a few
minutes before seven o'clock.
The funeral was conducted at
the home Sunday afternoon at two
thirty by Rev D.;P. Harris and
Revr-J. .L. Cunnlngglm. .
Mr, White la - Survived by, his
wtf and two little girls, Mary Lou
ise and Elizabeth White, also by
his father, Alonzo White of Win
fall; tw0 brothers, R, T. White of
Hertford and Alphonso White, Jr.
ot WlnfaU; a, later.; Mrs, , E; , B.
Daughtrey of Wlnfall; six halt
brothers, J. H. Opal, harlea Eli
jah and' Thomas' White of Wlnfall;
and four half sisters, , Mrs. 'J. H.
Baker, Mtssea Ruth, , Dana and
Helen White ot Wlnfall. His wife
is the 'sister of Mrs. T. .TV, Turner
of this city.- , . ' - ! V -
, Mr . Whltewaa a native of Per
qulmans .County and moved vto Ella.
abeth City last November with his
family and his wife's mother. Mrs
J. W, Turner, from Wlnfall, and
since that time has been with the
I Foreman., Blades Lumber Comapny
Hertford, N. C, March ZUt
The first County, Commencement
of the Perquimans County Schools,
held in Hertford Thursday was , a
success from every standpoint
The program opened ' wlty big
pa Ada through the principal streets
of Hertford in the morning. ' Ap-
pBpxlmately one thousand . school
children parllcllpated In the parade,
which waa led , by the Woodmen
drum corps. '- The Primary De
partment ot the Hertford schools
followed'" wllth a story reader, pag
eant, In which Red , Riding' Hood
followed by a 'sure .enough shaggy
wolf, Ooldy Locks and the " Three
Bears, ' and the Pilgrim family was
the outstanding feature. Then
luiiuweu liib urftiuiuur ocnuui iKirin s
who added a brilliant touch of col-. W eaflquarters at wiiuamston
Where he waa in charge 01 logging
and al' of thetn -with the exception
of the City -of 'Memphis were sunk
"without warning. . The Captain,
four 'Americans and four flt other
natlonaltios ere missing from the
pity "of Memphis' and 15, Includlns
several Americans are missing from
the. VIgllancia. ;s
A COALITION CONGRESS ,
The big Question , that stares the
country In the face i:f What .wlll
Dot' Probably never be
fore in the. history of the United
States has ther been, so neat iy. a
coalition congress. T Democrats an
republicans, Wth all members pres
ent, will have 214 eacfc In in the
House.. The Jbalance , 01 power
will be in x the hands , ot ;, fl ve inde
pendents. Schall Progressive and
Fuller, Independent are expected to
vote with'the Republicans ind Lon
don, socialist and Randall, prohibi
tionist with the Democrats', Re-
sentatlve Martin- of Louisiana, elect
d from 'a democratic district on a
high tariff progrgsslye ticket, really
holds" the felp hand.ittthe ' House
organteation. His . vote ' may be
the deciding one. . .' And nobody
knows how, he will -cast it..
- Representative 'Jeanette . Rankin
i)t Montana, the first woman In con
gress, is present and ' will vote on
the 'war questions. , . '
The session beginning today - is
the .most ' momentous 1 since the
Civil war, 'by reason of the critl
(.!' situation which caused Its he-i-.-:
urid th! v it'll Incidfiif a, mniv
1 ' 1 !. v. hi'- h mar! o-I (
or to the line. , - There . wereflfty
girls in the detachment all wearing
white middy . blouses, red ties and
blue skirts. 'A military , touch
was given to the line by the gram
mar Grade Boys, who came text
In regulation formation. The boys
were clad In Scout uniforms and
carried rifles and marched with the
precision ot regulars.. This compa
ny Was followed 1y a quad of girls
clad In Red-Cross uniforms.
The Second Division was com
posed of the County Schools, all
but two ot the school being re
presented. ' Each ' school wore
some, distinctive costume or uniform
and carried school pennants end
banners.
The? psrade was tol'owed by the
usual declamation, signing ami
reading contests held in the Hlsh
School building where an exhibition.
of art and craft work by the differ
ent schools was a1 bo made,
t At 'noon a picnic lunch 'wa, serv
ed, on the school grounds, about
fifteen hundred people being pres
ent. Following lunch the crowd'
again returned to the audjtorium,
wherev medals and " prizes Were
awarded the winners of the various
contests, and Dr. T. 8. McMuilan
delivered the address of the day.
So great ya the crowd, that only
a portion of them could be accom
modated In the school building, so
the Hertford girls played . an Inter
class basket ball game, to entertain
those who' could not gain admission
to the speaking. '
The day concluded with a Me;
field meet on the school yard, In
which" there were many Interesting
ajjd c'osely contested races, Jumps
and contestg for the smaller child-
operations' with sv large .force of
men under him with whom .be was
very popular and;, to whom" his
death brought real grief. . .
He was a man of sterling lntegrl
ty and was . much liked by all who
knew him. He was a member ot
the First' Methodist church h f
PHOIiUIS
AT THE MIT
IN
NATIONWIDE GARDENING
MOVF'TriT CC'JNTY"i
AND . GIRLS ARE LEADING
WITH HARD WORK AND ,EX
TENSIVE PLANS '
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EX-PRESIDENT TAFT SAYS
TION HAS NO TAINT OF A.
WAR 1 SPIRIT AND IS Ff
FROM JINGOISM AS WELL
' (By United Fresii
"The South and ' Southwest t
ready for conflict with Geres-.: 7.
This great section which was d
ed tojjlexico by Zimmerman 1
not an ounce of anti-war spirit I
neither baa it any f rampant j;n
Ism.. ' ' .
TWs is thev opinion of Esprc
dent Taft upon his return frora &
week's tour; of ' nine states as e..
nounced today through the Lt: ,
to enforce peace. Taft started i
Richmond 'and wound up io K
as City. .
"The people of the South r I
Southwest feel that war is inevi
table." said Taft. - "They are
Ing to go into it for the defer , ; :
their rights. . They feel as I tl s
that Germany has' forced war v: . :
ua. -,. -,
"The 8outh is (n favor ot c.
pulsory military training."
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BYPfiCI
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SENATOR LODGE DARES TO
'ifiAY THAT A, PACIFIST IN
SUCH A CRISIS' IS MERELY A
s COWARD
(bv United Prese
Waahington April 2 The , '. rere-1 ren
New Yerk City, April ' 2nd p The Whlteston School, .won . the
cheered this morning as Mlss Jean Pennant for the greatest fiumbeiot
... - . ' I . . 1.. .1.. j. ' ' 1L . H.1.1
Rankin, the first woman mem
nette
ber of the House took her ath.
field
United Press
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At Richmond
prizes taken, Including the
meet' and scholastic contests.
A
Tonight's Show
M Alkrama
(By TlnlUiij PrenO
Rlchmohd, April 2 The United
Press bpened a ' bureau here today
Press Hard A
Oii-St. Queritin
' By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With British' Armies Afield,' April
2-The British forces'- today advan
ced, to within two . and a half miles
of Sr. Quentln.' The' lines are
thrust forward from the ' west '. o
this near approach to the. City which
in believed to be one ot' the main
points of the Hlndenburg line.
Meantime to the northwest of - the
city the British have . occupied - a
number of villages of strategic im
portance '. ' ' ' V ' "
. .
A big show at the Alkrama 1 Mon
day 'matinee and night. Francis X
Bushman, in "The Diplomatic Ser
vice will be the feature attraction
at the Alkrama- Monday ' - This is
one of Mr., Bushmans " flewest r re
leases, knd will wio doubt show to
large and appreciative house at
both Matinee and . Night
Chapter eight of "The Great Se
cret" Is the serial attraction for
both matinee and night Monday.
Don't fall to see the first chapter,
of Patrla Tuesday at the . Alkrama
matinee and night. , ' i
Mrs. v.Vernon Castle , in ' Patrla at
the 'Alkrama 'Tuesday matinee and
nights -w ;
This- week will be banner week
at . the Alkkrama. Never before in
the' history of this popular theatre,
ha rfuch aywonderfuf program been
arranged, lMr. , Kramer says yhat
the patrons of the , Alkrama shall
have the best that money can 4uy.
'interim between the close , ot ' the
Hixtvfnnrth Congress March 4 and
.......
the opftitiiK of the new CongroHH
j.i
EASTER FLOWER9I . GOOD .AS-
ORM ENT LEAVE YOUR OR
DERS. AT THE APOTHECARY
CHOP.
"Gardening" is' the topic, of
study in every Home Demonstra
tion Club of Pasquotank County
now.
Each club member is preparing
to have a better garden' than she
has ever had before and a greater
variety of vegetables. : No , lonr
ger will the average country gar
den of this" section , consist of a
"row of greens," as has slanderous
ly been said ot It sometimes, but
there will, be every . vegetable ' to
which the soli and climate are fav
orable. The summer) table wilt
be well supplied and what they
cant eat they u can.
The weather has hindered actual
work but plans have been made and
conditions studied while the work
which could be done was done. To
mato Dlants are ud and a better
crop expected than last year's.
The Pasquotank Canning Club
girls will again can , tomatoes,
string beanfl and soup mixture for
the market and" will In addition can
a very large variety of vegetables
and fruits for home use.
The clubs have been well attend
ed recently In spite of bad, roads.
Fly traps', tireless" cookers, floqr
mops and other househo'd conven
iences, have been made, Fashions
have been discussed and patterns
exchanged and an added impetus
has been given the home economics
department of the club ' work ' by
the possibility of war and the ex
isting high cost 'of living.
New canning clubs1, have been
formed at Oklsko and Moynt Her
mon, at Pry Ridge at Newland and
at Brothers school and a new
Woman's club at Salem.'
Forks club, which has co-operated
with the domestic science depart
ment of the school has been spe
calizlng in bread making . with
muflh success. '
. But, after all. the chief ; Interest
now is In gardening and the county
In leading in' the very front ' ranks
of the nation-wide gardening 'move
ment.
Elizabeth City- Indeed lg getting
envious and is beseeching the Home
Demonstrator to desert her large
and busy field of the county : to di
rect the city gardens ' planned , for
the year.' but Miss Albertson has
h?r hands already to full to give the
iv'y T'rdon the lar.10 sharo of -at-
. (By Unltod Press)
WVhv'tnn, A;"!l -
l.i J.'ij v a kuocl.i. i do ,t .1 .
fully injured today In a ciu
two pacifists, Alexander, Banv ai t (,
Boston and Mrs; Anna Mae I
body of Cambridge,' who were at
once arrested on-the charge of e 1-
aault. They- argued In ,def:i:
that Lodge had said "Any body
who could be a- pacifist at tlV j
time is a coward," whereupon Ean-
wart struck Lodge tg. the floor and
a telegraph .. operator, Herman,
threw himself upon Bannwart. .
More Guardsmen
Are Callecf On:
!
(By Unlud Press) :
Washington April . 2 Additional
guardsmen ordered out today wir
the Second Virginia infantry ti!
the Fourth Virginia Infan(ry, Bat
tery E, Virginia Field artillery.
Russian Cabinet
1 -- tf ..v.' . . L - ir-!;!
At Front Today
(By United Press .
Petrograd, April 2 The., entire
cabinet ot new Russia is at tMo
front today in conference with -tc-
Chief of the Staff, Geheraf Alcxi j.
The mlnlBter of war Cutchoff baa
been at the front for several days
but his colleagues did . not arrlva
until today,
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
Holy Weekk services will be hell
."-f " .. s
at Christ Church next ween a9 ioi
Monday,, Tuesday "hnd Wednesday
at five p. m,
Thursday at .eight p. in. Holy
Communion. , V , '
Friday at eleven a. m.
Rev. II. S. Oshiirn, the new,-tec-tor
will, have charge ot Jtlie sfv-
vlces - . , 1 " '
, , . v ' - ' f;'
Weather or 'wo '!
, Showers - and thunderstorms J.
day afternoon nd night. Tun
fair and cooler. '..
teution- "which they would u
and no onelse has yet ben f
to take her place Hi tbe !sr
of the cily work. ...
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