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The Only Democratic
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PublishedIn Elizabeth
, City ' , '
VOL. 3
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING. APRIL 17, 1917
NO. 94
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German Submarine Attacks United States
Destroyer in Early Morning Hours
But Missle Missed Target
ClllilUJII is
Enemy Fighter Escapes
A GREAT PICTURE
VAST SUM OF MONEY EXPEND
ED IN ITS PRODUCTION AND
THE PRICES CHARGED ARE
QUITE REASONABLE.
A' trillion is ailed to an error in
a-dj' day's ad of Civilization in
Tyrrell Ctfunty
Man Drowned
All Subseqnent Efforts to
Under Sea Raider
Fruitless.
Trace Daring
Are
W hi' il l'r I vrd scat
ii:t-l a' 1'5 and
iru'id have ' c':i L'"i a
" I . ti;t' I1' prb
pa: ed with w hat "
Over a year wa s
ii'i; t he ; rat i i in-
pnirs worn
i en; This
id ,V cents. A
wiien c lu
ll' r t licit ; es
Washington, April 17 The first
shot of the war was titedd by (V
many and it missed its mark.
An enemy submarine, braving the
perils of the Atlantic in the early
morning hours today attacked the
destroyer Smith by tiring a torpedo
across her hows. The shot missed,
the missile clewing the American
vessel In (hi'ty yard-. The sub
tnbarine disapi eared ami all subse
quent iT'.r: to tra e the host il
fighter was futile.
Official conliinntion of the en
counter was ic.eived by the navy
department shortly after noon t da.
The t.fllclal st iie.nv at i .-ne 1 d . I ,r
ed that (be Smith sighed an ene.iiv
submarine running -m' tie rg- d ;.t
rhout S;:in this morning as the
U-boat tii d a torpedo and dUa,;,
peared.
This atim k is the arst cone e'o
evidence of persistent rumors that
un enemy submarine was lurking
off the American oast . The facf
that the Fire Island station convey
ed the original information leads to
the belief that the Germans are not
far distant from New York City.
Boston. April IT A German tor
pedo launched at an American war
vessel from a submarine at twenty
clock this
morning marks the first engagement
of the wm
geiiy WLL
According to wireless nnssa
received at the Chariest own n
yard here, the torpedo missed
mat k and (he si.bm irine uh
disappeared .
(Tlif Putted Sa;es ship at v. !
the torpedo was fired, the d- a r
Smith, was nudum tied I) I vi
able to Mil e l'"e onem
This is the frst np"
enemy suhm -ritic in
ters since th" 1 't; ted
the war.
The iri.-yil-P
M and , f t
of Lone I l-.r.d ,!!..' v
the na '.' t I 1.' ' '
cm . . ' ' e
Vt d,
ALL- v,; - f'.;-
. ' - ; .il iV I
rev v '" a
Riot nr.;' " ' '
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I ' : i i ' i n
es
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its
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III!
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OFFER NEW PEACE
DIPLOMATS IN CLOSE TOUCH j
WITH GERMANY OFFICIAL 3 j
j LOOK FOR ANOTHER STATE- j
I M E NT OF TERMS FROM TF U- '
I TONIC EMPIRES.
By WILLIAM G SHEPPERD
i f'.'.ii'-d Pres Staff C r rrrp'iitdp'it i '
t 'Ii risl ia na. A r 1 17 ( da ot ' n i !
short ly to is-uo I i ne yn I s a s; t
men! of ti.i terms on . hit h .she
will make peace or r 'iis der pe u
negot ia'ile aci oi'ding to r, inoi s i;i 1
diplomatic ( ircles today. j
The report comes from soune-
closely identified with the plans of
Geriimn officials. No details of i
what Germany prop- ses to offer
have been heaid. However, it I- j
not believed that the terms ' set I
out will differ in radical respect
from the German inpsirod outline of
what would be the demands of the
Teutons given out at aWshingotn
in December.
American diplomatic offlcals have
been formally advised that Germany
is behind the psemlo- s a iallst
movement for peace. The ap
pointment of BernstortT as ambass
ador to Sweden is in line with the
Cuba to be
Represented
Washington. April IT Cuba will
send a commission here t.i lonfe--with
tltf Kiiglisb, -French and Ane r
iean cdmmissionoi s in their (lis
cusions of America's part in the
war against Germany .
FOOT EXPERT HERE
in- . V. I, ivton. n present inc. the
S inill M'ltiulai 'uri.'.g (' impany in
l !.e ;l ' for 4 1 lie !i r-t t roe day i of
the ufrk with Ov.'C-s Shoe Company
Mr l.axton is lie r to give expert
advieh on the ca e or the feet and
a to. how to relieve all manner of
foot ills. He knows how not only
to relieve but to cure corna. bunions,
callous spots on the sole and other
foot ailments that make life torture
to those who auff'T from them. He
will not be here after Wednesday
ami those who wish to see him
should act promptly. adv.
attempt to come to t"
I ate peace with Russia .
of sepei
to Mr Dean, "You ee the star Is
to be your ward " "(). yes." re
plied Mr. Dean "she Is my Fannie
Ward" The rest of the company
promptly lrscended upon him but
the punster managed to escape with
his life. Others in the cast are
Fugene Pallette. Horace II Carp'nt
er. Vola Vale, Paul Weigei. Walter
Long and others.
e ' t Itl Ml,', k -n
i spe ta 1
"Civili.at iiV," whii h is to b
screened at the New Theatre this
week, and ;is the advei tisement
tell us, oer a tnilli. n doll u s
expended In its making. Kven dis
counting loth iii;' atltjes by thirty
per cent we stfl' have t')c most re
markable thlnp yet done in the
movies. These movies are noth
ing, if not marvelous--in fact a
movie that was not in the estima
tion of "n maker and his hireling"
a marvel would not havo I lie least
chance of getting ovct.
The picture. Civibat i A," made
its bow, so to speak, at the Cri
t Hon Theatre, New. York, with
vei v little predimin ry tr 'inpe
i lowing in the wav of press work
It just went on tn it'ii id w, y a: d
took I Pise ew York by storm, al
tliotit-ii band:: appod by com ielit Ion
of the many other forms of -en--talnment
which lirnadway tihvav'
has on hand for its giWt transe'ent
'cosmopolitan popul :lbin . Yet thi
picture, liandicapt ed as it we e bv
nnalesty, h s held (is place in th
very building where picture compe
tition is ahsolutelv at its keenest
in the winhl the Ciiterion Thea
tre ladng one of the many Imposing
pit hire houses on one block on
Broadway Its phrnominal suc
cess is due to the fact that the
product r. Mr. Thomas II. Ince sue
ceeds in touching the hearts and
minds of everybody who sees his
beautiful seteen sermon on the
love of ones neighbor.
The Christus walks through this
picture and walks through It with
infinite dignity and compasdon.
The mind almost automatically
finds itself conjuring up scenes of
the Holv I. mil nineteen centuries
News reached hore yeste-.day of
the death of Mr. Joe Liverman of
Tyrell county from drowning, Mr.
Liverman and his brother had load
ed a gas boat, with fiah and were
trying t0 get them aboard the Alma
which, was off abreast of Doak
Point. The men headed straight for
the Alma. It war rough that morn
in : and when they were close be
side the im" ; vjve i Li s'" od the
!i'!Ybcat in irrjp of '!:, The how
!' the Alp,. i s'ruek ihe biat. causing
'' I" ' ' ri'e, Vr. I.h i" un::i 1 ei ag
:n.,l:!i' to swim was d" owned.
Sticking In
First Sweets
Cold weather has delayed the
putt in .r out of sweet potatoes In
Currituck: this Spring but this week
the farmers will generally begin to
gel ttieir plants out. Mr. Lloyd
Hampton of Coinjock was settJng
out his plants Monday, say visitors
to the city from Currituck wdio
came Into Kli.alieth City on that
dav.
IE
WA COUNCIL
TO IWEET IDE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NINE
YEARS ELIZABETH CITY WILL
BE HOST OF THE EPISCOPAL
DIOCE-E OF EASTERN CARO
LINA
mi arc
!ieri
.1 ,i I OS
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e O I 1"
Tonight's Show
t Alkrama
HINTS TD REDUCE MOTION PICTURE
Ma'erial reduction of the lire haz i I!.
aid in the motion pictiire industry j do all y
cm win try -
KITE STREET
BEFORE EXPENDING PROCEED ;
OF SALE OF NEW BOND ISSlftp
BOARD OF ALDERMEN IrK".
VESTIGATE MERITS OF CON. 7
CRETE. '
Kl.zabcth fit v will trv 2.000
siii.aio yards of cuiciete paving be',
tote deciding bow the $6tl,000 Juat
man' aiidliliie fiom the sale of
i sii. i f miiiiii i, ul bonds fof'
-tii'i paving shall le spent. Tni : '
experiment will he made on PenjU
sylvaiiia avenue.
This was decided by the board Of
aldermen in a speciar meeting MOB
day afternoon. The work will b
done by the city under the super 1
vision of an expert from the Porti
land Cement association. This ex '
pert supervision will not cost th
cit a penny.
Viie action was taken by the
loard after they had listened to
Mr. William 1'. Kn-ud of the Port '
land Cement Association set forth
bis claims as to the merits of con-
A
ore'e and alter he had sh0wn them. '!
, '.
litters t' i inn eitv engineers all over '
i.
the stale expn ssing a decided pre-J':
f ... I'",' ,,t., .... -4
wilh b:eK or s md foundation the '
m ferial which Klizabeth City i has '
t:sei on all bs p ivil streets up t
Xhii time. Mr KukbI convlnCAfl
"' -i m,,i men (I'at thev shiitlld not .
in. I- ' i bis new
a ' 1 ' t giving
hi-, vh w. more
i 1, : trial.
cj euditiire without
a cheaper, and In-'
salisfactoiy mater
th'
. I
I 1 1 '. ;"' i u ' nut:
'i f ill':: ud .'if'
i ', i i "i a1;.
ever v
"ll'l'l'l"
Prill i
ninv n,
i an h"
li'l'.b't i i die no
:-. I '
i; ppe,te( to result from the publi
'iiteui of ImllnTns and"! t"ie direr
lii'.n of the Commiftee en Fire Pr"
v dn'i"n ltegulations and liisiiram e of
i','e 'aionil As-n -iation id' the M )-
i n I id are 1 ud iisi i v.
,t.',,.,::, l . wliicb has ju- t b- '". i - ai -d. ir. t
. , m thai instir:.".r" rate en , ,;
! ir'du -.vliei-e tih-l . u'o ip
, i . , ei I -d b V i llO 1
1 , ' ' ;" . ' t'e'
1
pi ,"--.i"i'al elrelrician
1 . i : a Cie il;: nee wi' it
d " . u ' " , no in a 1 it llo ,v
i ... " -, Have Hi..
' a ' :i 1 n uk ' n gh i '). i
i i, .par!., but that
' ' a nf '',!, Una- j
., i id : i! i;,'l(" P..' '
The annua council rf the diocese
of Kast Carolina vIll meet at Kliza
beth City May Lath, 16, and 17th.
Christ church parish will be host
to the council and it Is expected
that there will he about 200 dele
gates to be taken care of. These
will consist of clergymen, women
and girls representing the various
branches of church activities.
This Is the first time that this
count II has met at Kli.abeth City
since Itmx, when Ihe town did her
self proud In honor of the event and
gave her guests a royal welcome
Il K believed that once again the
rates of the city will be o en wide
whi n these vb ltois c nine here to '
cell iiP'l' " The K lllg s tusi tli'SK "
an i. whi1, Tl coll 1 ''in da I I'di op '.i
Pall!" si ere a and i:n bill . id' 1 1
d..' 11'.., I ,' lid !'!' I d-e i
' i a h s , - a : i , 1 1 i u , 1 1 1 1
I ' . . !, c' ''II
' h .: ' i r : '1 ,.
U"
' a '
ul
Mr I mule s s that (onciete Is
gaining in popularity as a paving
material at a prodigious rate.
H" cit(.H convincing figures to
prove his point. In 1 !)()! the amount
of concrete paving done In the Unit"
ed States amounted to only 730,000
square miles. 1
In elx years, or by 1915, the total
construction of concrete paving done
In a year had Increased to 16,500,000
Hiiuare mllps In lOlfl. 24. ,000,000
square mibs of concrete streets and
road were constructed And the rate
of Incease Is climbing all the time.
The I'ortlind Ceemnt Association
does not sell or manufacture cjment.
It s maintained by c"tnent m artifact
ureis and p'ovid s exi ert supervis
ion r eoiiereie work wi(hout charge
d'h" pori'i'sc of th" m itiufa 'f. rors
users of i ement from
ir i areb" s nr ("iiorant
d In ill-Hire tllem thfl
; esiip i wii i cement
n
I Plntee
fi pub ur
i'liu iir;
' po.-iM
Pi
le'l
1
7 I 1 ' t h I'd' W 1 1
i s own
I , !,
Din
r fbe 1 II" '
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I I" d
I ".,
I '" 1 I ' i
,e Ui" ei
i ri : s -i 1
,i a d 1 n
"I for
:
e a'. .
Willi
n 0.7.I
tingi:
how i
C'lP'titbi in '.' be 1
H.-.y moment.
( "a !"b.v i and I . ' ' n, t linurli 1 .s
clos' iv cue oped, at'" no lesii po
tentd, nr triced by the allied ad
vance. General II 'ig's repo't this morn
Inng told of a new thrust south of
Caltibral. Statements from Paris
inore than confirmed the most san
"gufne hopes of the success of
the Joint offensive . General NJv-,-elle
reported a , desperate German
jittettpt to stem the tide of the
. i
O'Ael'.
L Hit
'..rib
,l. i o,. ntrr a'
I le "f tw,
!H I'drnrli w d
st in to th" "ir
the S.oissoms lo
; j. 1' II !
is t'P'iiSt
s 'die.
elms front.
setrilrd by t.r Kiench as ihe ob
jective of their offensive, the field
is Ideal for offensive fighting. The
rolling country is sufficiently clejr
to afford space for the hest mane
uvers. The Germans are reported
as, suffering heavy losses along the
entire front. .l . ,',,",.
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In , 'i . '! ,.i
I ,,' !'; ' ' , ' ' 1 . ' ' ib" A
'"is u,v
, our i o'idilio:;" ; I ! i la
hue', i",; (el In f:iii'"ts
ii ai d a quarter h've and
ive lirn ft
bowl!
b n s 1vt
1 1 Is i x' octed
i i d with
a rei-dlntf
-' " ".. w'.lli
' on ,,f I ii' city
' " i b. 1 id Mr.
' r ubir
brie has
' ' ' '" i ' - ivrtK
r e -,r
best
1 ' 'v e i r
ebed. (dl
whi' h ei erybody it
mat
t in
Pnv, a
ip) Keep sand pails han
dy, '-'and will stop a small film fjre
quickly and will not damage tiie
stock.
2. Keep film In containers whn
not actually in use. The time loss in
replacing It is nothing. Naked fllu
la the one condition that guarantees
that a little fire will get beyond con
trol In a few seconds.
3. Throw film scraps Into self
closing metal cans, never into opon
waste baskets. .
4. Keep the cotting rooms, etc,
well swept , The tiny plecea of film
! e ahnut mt- the dust as dan
gerous as to murk gunptfwder. .... P. ML S'liott.
- . . a. -.- Hut d e,'t
r w ill ligiit exi opt
when it i ' ,'i ' "ii'" i to
id l.f""i oi '. ( -ougli cement, ga.i
olltio end I'd' -'roa on band for 'In
day's woi', TP"' are all lib'hly in
flammable, and should if stored waere
thev ( an tin no harm.
10. Appoint one man or woman as
fire monitor, and let. him know It la
all his Job Is worth to fail to call down
the boss, the cutter, or the office boy
for any carelessness.
The bulletin Is being distributed to
nil tha affected interests in the busi
ness. The conSmittee is composed of
Jesse L. Lasky, Charles M. Biscay and
- 1 i
. i ! : 1 'I ' 1 1 i i
' ' a I , lb' 1 a ii . lb i
!. vn td me d to in . ..
poundi n t ) '(r k 1 h" paid ry al I
""t.a y a a sir pri . i i 'u
b, , . ,. r ron is r ! P. a v I i ! d
i i e ve nfn ihiii. f- r 1 1,'- :,n i s-e
may s nd their o:tt i ut ion -, to tli"
reef ry on Friday ; P onoon fn.in
Ihrei to five o'i lock wdte e n r m
nvttee 0r ladies will lie there to
reci Ive such contributions.
Home Guards
Meet Thursday
LODGE CONFERS DEGREE
Eurea Lodgfe. No. 317, A. F. &
A. M., will confer the second degree
at their hall in the Robinson build
ing tonight. All members are urged
to attend. " ' ' ' '
Th. no'irh"' of t lib:: i Loth.
City if rite Guard are culled to j
m"t at f ho rraorv Tlmrsdsv night " 1
at. eight oe.-ek by otder of W. A. ',
Worth, major.
.
WEATHER OR NO
Fal tonight.-, Wednesday fair
and warmer. ' ' 1 . V '