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VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CriT, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 1, 1917
NO. ICS
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FBEllCH PROPOSAL
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THE WHITE HOMSE AND CON
GRESS BOTH THINKING 6yER
PROPOSITION OF SENDING
. .NATIONAL GUARDS TO FRANCE
. SOON
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: . fBy Un'ted Pr")
Washington, May 1. The . French
argumet, that troops, possibly the
.national guard, be sent within six
weeks to Europe, ia having Its ef-
feet In the White House, it is gen
erally believed. Officials are still
canny when the subject is mention
ed, but some of them are known to
favor the ,p!an strongly Vhlle oth
ers, once actively hostile, are now
only passively opposed to" the meas
ure. Tne idea is spreaatng to con
gresg also.
The question of the sending of
troops to Europe quickly remains
one of the biggest yet to be settled.
In announcement of the policy de
termined upon is expected within a
few days. Before any such announce
ment can be made, hdwever, the
stumbling block of the unsettled con
scription issue must be removed.
; The conscription oill was re-introduced
for final passage in the sen
ate .today.
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Cjty Will
"Have Band
Stray Shot Hit's
Negro Womai
Bedlam broke loose Tuesday mom
ing at about ten o'clock in the back
yard of Noah Overton, colored;when
his wife was struck In the top of
the head by a number 6 shot, from
a gun in the hands of Rev.' J, A.
'Shaw who lives on Church street
Mr. Shaw is falsing chickens and
gardening In his back yard this year
to keep down the high cost of liv
ing. He had lost a number of young
chicks lately and jw hen he saw the
cat that was eating them on the
back yard fence Just getting ready
for another meal, he picked up a
neighbors gun, which Jie had borrow
ed for the occasion, and let fly at
the, marauder. He got pussy all right
and put her where, she will trouble
no more young chickens. But a stray
shot glanced .from the fence and
struck Annie Overton on the top of
her head as she was bending over
her wash-pot kindling a fire . She
saw the blood and began to scream
and kept on screening until Dr.
Hofler, a colored physician arri
and administered an opiate.
The home of Noah Overton is not
directly back of Rev. Mr. Shaw's
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FOOO COMMISSION URGES CJ
TIVATION OF EVERY IDLE LOT,
IN 'AND. NEAR TOWNS ' AND
BRITISH ADVAIJCE IBIS. GET OKI I'fflfD ' '
IS NOW CHECKED HEAL FREEDOO ; ; TO BUILD SHIES
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CITIES
The camarHti. engineered by tWe
"Chamber of Comerce, for a munici
pal band in B'.iiaheth City; cami-t
a successful close Momrajr night
When tin zvA organisation was ef
fected at '"P. ". Zeigler's on South
Road street. The officers are as fol
lows: Business Manager, C. R. Puh
Leader F. H. Zeigler; Director, Larry
Ennis Skinner. The band Is to be
known ,as the J. H. Zeigler Band,
named in honor 'of the late J. H.
Zeigler, who was first to undertake
the protjtlon of a band In -Elizabeth
City.
About twenty members were pre
sent Mondsy nlaht when the organ
isation was effected.
SCARPE IS II
DEATH VALLEY
SCENE OF RECENT BRITISH OF
' FENSIVE VIVIDLY DESCRIBED
BY WAR CORRESPONDENT
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(By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With The British Arifnes Afield
May 1. The Bcarpe is taut becom
ing & valley o death for the Prus
sians. The slaugmered eneny lies thick
rmong the dandelions oa the valley's-yellowing
slopes.
In term, of loises the Scane is a
year's defeat fr the Germans.
tv no Umt part of the Zlegfrled
line known ,t. the "Wo'an front "al
ready molting r.way at its northern
did and ihe Iv. court to Quea.nt sys
tem of (iermnn defer-ses threatened
Hindengurg is throwing 'division af
ter diviflon Into the stnite. with
jrders to hold at all costs.
As the Brltsh day by day bite for
ward a lit here and a lift there
the Germans counter attack repeat
edly. Always they come in close
masses, where British guns reap a
horrible harvest in the open coun
try. Sunday, I watched theeavy fight
ing abut Oppy and south to Gav
relle. There the Germans attempted
to retake trenches which the British
won early Sunday morning.
After three years of warfare be
tween forces hidden from each other
behind' trenches, the bight of com;
batants maneuvering in the open is
most spectacular. On Suday 1 could
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house, and not only a blah board
fence but a . number of outbuildings
interpose almost a solid wall between
the two back lots. The shot must
have glanced upward and sideways
and struck the woman on Its down
ward sweep. The Incident created
considerable excitement among the
colored s people living" on the Dun
Rtan's lane.
Mr. Shaw says he will continue
bis gardening and chicken raising,
but that he will do no more (tunning
Raleigh, April 30. Tha titles and
towns of the State are being called
upon to "do their bit" in the cam-
paign for increased food and feed
production being energetically push
ed by the State Food Conservation
Commission. Governor Bickett's pro
clamation in the interest of more
home gardens was effective to a
marked degree, but tbe Food Com
mission is now going a step further
and calling upon the cities and
towns of the Stite to undertake the
cultivation in- food and feed cropa
of all vacant land in and adjoining
them.
FOR TWO DAYS GERMAN RESIST
1 ANCE WAS BEN IMMOVABLE
. AND UNSHAKEN ON WESTERN
- FRONT ,v ' . '
Kin I
iiuii
ii i m rcccnT
111 LIILUI
APPLIES TO TELEGRAPHSTELE
PHONE, AND CABLES BUT EF
FECTS TELEGRAPH AND TELE
PHONE LINES ONLY ALONG
MEXICAN BORDER
(By United Press)
Wabhiugton, May 1. The Govern
nieutoday put into effect a censor
ship f cables, telegraphs and tele
phones, applying the. cable prohibi
tions to all lines but operating
pcainat telegraph and telephone lines
on'y along the Mexican border.
The Prtesidont ordered the censor
ship liy proclamation.
Hie War and Nivy Departments
are also at work compiling regula
t'.oiH fcr the censorship of newspa
pers -and press associations. These
chiefly ii.tulve messages of incom
ing and outgoing of merlcan business
concerns, uiio individuals. It's object
Is to prevent military
from reaching the enemy and the 1
sjireailiiiK of information prejudicial I
1o the interests of the United States
or favorable to the inteiesis of Ger
many.the clrcualtion of false report3
or reports prejudicial cither to mili
tary operations or t() relations with
foreign powers.
So Koes into eftect America s first
ironclad censorship.
"The farmers are rallying to the
call," declared Executive Secretary
John Paul Lucas of the Cpmmisslon
tbur many of them are handicapped
because of the shortage of work
stock and labor. It is evident to me
already that, while practically all of
our farmers are going to be wise
enough to raise sufficient food and
feedstuffs for their own estTbllsh
ments, and many of them a surplus
that will be available to feed our
cities and towns and mill communi
ties, we are stiT going to be short.,
It is going t0 require a tremeifdVus
ly increased acreage to ' produce
sufficient stuff to take' the place of
the $80,000,000 of fosjd and feedctulTa
our State ,has been importing. To
prevent want and hungar nuryuiea
ni;n.it(0"jEBi lejttsir
; "There Is" vacant and Idle land In
and neat to every town and cfty' in
North Carolina. There is In every
city and town some workstock and
Jabor that con be temporarily divert
ed from othepless vital activities to
the more important work of tiling
these lands. We are ea!linj upon
the mayors, the commercial organi
zations and'the progressive citiiens
of our towns and cities t0 act prom
ptly in getting all of thef? Idle lands
into food and feed crops, such as
corn, soy beans, peas and potatoes.
In Raleigh the Rotary Club, which'
recently purchased garden seed for
100 poor families, has volunteered
to assist in this Important work.
Our towns and cities can and
must be a factor In Increasing onr
screase and production of food and
feedstuffs. They will be the great
est sufferers if the stuff Is not pro
duced nd they are tn a position to
render service to the Nation and to
themselves in the same meagre as
the farmer who has the workstock,
the labor and the land nenessary to
increase hiH usual acreage. This"
Sprk can be undertaken 1 y Indivi
lajn, syndicates, by the municipal
authorities or otherwine as local con-
. ditlons may determine, but our nao-
inf jrmatlon j, lt0 get tne reHll'.tg demanded by
necessity, should act, promptly."
In order to relieve tbe labor situa
tion with the farmer t0 some extent
If possible the Food Conservation
Commission is calling upon the may
or of every cfty and town In North
Carolina to rigidly enforce the vng
rancy statute and force tbe loafers
to the farm or factories.
Halt Workers
Join iVi Strike
WEATHER, OR NO
'air nd cooler
f ' i
tonight. Vtadnes-
e v c t : n3 nTth-
' London, May 1- Half of all the
munition workers in the province of
the Rhine, Germany, joined In the
general strike today .according to a
special agency dispatch received
here from The Hasue.
Tight German censorship has cov
ered most of the developments of
May Day, ;he date Fet for a gen
eral strike In protest to food condi
tions In Germany.
...
Full information concerning the
rm-yrntiiT.t .War Loan tau be . ob
tained at The Flrat National Bank
wTilch will JiandlV individual , bub-
whU'h vs'1'1 T .t ! hf'SvI IhpI cub-
Bill to Include
Other Nations
'Rv Vniteri Press)
Washington, May 1. That war
with other natlons than GTmanx.
may threaten the United States was
indicated when 8enator Chamberlain
Hoday offered an amendment to the
Conscription bill, asking th it the
word "emergency" te substituted for
the word "war. He said that he
had been informed by the Ju fge Ad
vocate that the-general bill may be
construed to apply onty to tbe war
with Germany.
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4, Full in'ormatlonv concerning. , the
Covorament War Loea can Jje 'eb
tained at Tli8 Flsst National Bank
wh(ch: will handle individual sub
T''' 's'-t I'liont thrg.'-'
f From WlUiam Phillip SImms, Uni
te4 Press Correspondent at the Bri
tish' Front. May 1. British and Gar
man force, alike took breathing
rpace .today.
Worn out and cut .c pieces by
their retrenti and reck'ess counter
r.jn-k8 of the !ast few days, the Ger
man infantry quieted down. The
British for their part settled down
to utillery firing. Their guns all
day roared a never ending chorus.
The German cannon replying in
thunderous echoes
Guemappe wag shelled all day
Monday. Arleu was likewise a tar
set for (Jciraan projecMles.
The Gtri'irus were jalpably ner
vous, feariny an attach south of
Ony and fov this reiswn kept (the
line from Oppy to Csveiie sprayed
with ibne'ls.
London, May 1. A feudlock is ap
parent aIon the Br'tisl. front today.
Field Marshall Halg'g enly report of
flhting is of a successful raid during
the night non.h of Yores. This is the
second day oi apparent immovability
to the British advance from Arleux
south of Monrhy. J'A "
NOW HAS ONE. OF MOSY DEMO
CRATIC ARMIES ON THE GLOBE
t SAYS CORRESPONDENT ,
(By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD)
CONGRESSMAN.5., SMALL SENDS
SIGNED STATEMENT APPEAL
tNG , YO WORKERS TO" RES
PONO TO , THE GOVERNMENT'S
NfEO,
I-
Neutral City
Is Bombarded
tBy vrjlintetriPrt!e)
Tbe Hague, May 1. An aeroplane
of unknown nationality bombirded
the Dutch city of Zienkee. near the
Belgian frontier, Sunday night, kill
ing three persons and damaging sev
eral bouses.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, May 1. From the Csar's
winter palace, until recently' the teat
of the most autocratic of all mod
ern governments, a huge sign today
procalimed the rising 'tide of world
democracy.
On the eve of May Day, minister
of War Gutchkoff issued an order
striking the last bonds from the
army of the new Russia. It Is with,
this new spirit of freedom that Rua-' tors, shipwright!,
sia win ceie urate tomorrow, ine
keynote of the day is struck by tb$
eipn stretching across the front of
the palace, fa?Rloned by the hand of
workmen now knowing the meaning
of liberty. It reads:
"The Proletariate of All Counties
Unite." ;
The orders issued by minister
Gutchkoff today were put forth at
the sugpestion of the private boU
dlers themselves. They provide:
Hereafter all soldiers, are to be
considered citizens of Russia. (Un
der autocracy's ru!e they Vre not
even sunpored to be units of the
nation they were suposed to die
for.)
Complete religion! freedom.
Free speech guaranteed.
Congressman John H. Small sent
this, paper the following signed state
ment for publication ' . )
The Government, through the U.
9- Shipping Board, ,1s "preparing to
construct; about one thousand wood
en ships and the Department ef La
bor has undertaken to aid, the Board
in securing . workers la , thia line.
They need experienced ship ; carpeV
v bridge , builden,
dock ; workers, Joiners, caulker and ,
also men who can use anadza, and
all other men who feel that they can
quickly learn the work of a ship
yard. If there are any who wish em
ployment In this line I advise them
to write at once Hondrable W.' B. '
WUson, Secretary, DepfKment of
Labor, Washington, D. t., etatinr
their exp'erience in any particular
line of shipbuilding work and', the
Secretary will at once give them d
atlled information. , ' ; . .
I may further state ' that ' (he Dee
j partmeht of Labor has undertaken
j to assist the Department of Agricul
ture in the work of securing '. farm,
laborers. Under this cooperative plan
the Department pf Agriculture if to
ascertain where such workers, are'
Attendance at church serv'cea not most needed and the Department 0?
compulsory. . tabor rnt "Trndertake t0 find the
Mall from trenches shall not be ' WOrkera. In thia Om ot,natlonal
censored. I crisis whsa It Is so necessary , to.
All mail, including pftmpilets.shaii , nroducs the maximum" of farm nro.
.a. i ' ' i .
be delivered to soldiers at tbe front, j dnctB( rtwH jt;Btrood-. BupplleB,
it ib mose essential to bring togeth
CHILE IS TIED
BY SECRET TREATY
AUTHORITY ON SOUTH AMERI
CAN RELATIONS OFFERS THIS
AS EXPLANATION FOR 80UTH
' ERN REPUBLIC'S ATTITUDE
(By CHARLES P STEWART)
Buenos Aires, May 1 'Germany
and Chile negotiated a secret treaty,
gnaranteelng Chile a foothold in
South America when Prince Henry
of Prussia visited this country.
Tli's I the statement made in an
artie'e Jose Molins, authority on
iTouth American relations, published
in" the Kev?ta today. Chl'e is thus
held powerless, it is stated, to ex
press sympathy with either Brazil
or the United States.
Big Plot Is
Unearthed
Mtv
New York,
plot to Mow
Street office,
to be followed by
and the spreadln.
United Presfl
May 1. Details of a
up an- important Wall
presumably Morgan's
tapping of wires
false reports of
Wilson's assassination and of sub
marine rildn wrs revealed' today by
the po!t! rollowinv th questioning
nf Wolf Hirch. formerly netty ofTl-
rr in ho normaii- submarine wrA
vice" ' '
The servile "sir" abolished in re
plies by private so'diers to officers. I
Hereafter privates sha'l say "ye"
or "no" without the "sir" In an-1
swering officers. A 'so so'diers here
after need not salute their office- I
"unless the soldier wishes." Pri
vates, however must come to. "at
tention" when comanded to do so.
Corporal punishment in the army i
completely agollshed.
It is in this spirit of complete
freedom that Free Russia celebrated
May Day.
Tinder czardom. a few I rave spir
its ued ' to meet In remote forests
on May 1 and In cosfnt drad of
secret po'lee. would e-o through the
forms o a parade under the red f
of liberalism.
oday the government itse'f Joins.
The Russian calendar Is more than
two week, behind thst In use every
where on the globe But In order
that new Russia' idea, of a w
brotherhood a "prolstariat of all
rniin'rfp"" ' was decided to ad
vance May Day In Russia to coin
clde with the rest of the world.
A parade such s. Rusla never
saw before will be the principle fea
ture of (hp celebration hero In the
capital.
P.nr while Rus-ln l celebrating
her freedom, her people. Jubilant at
(browing off of their phnc'rbs. are
no( forec'tHnf that Russia's liberty
must be foutrht for.
So'diers whn v.'rlted their homes
from the front lwtmedlatelv after the
revolution are returrlng to fl"ht bv
the thousands. A'l over Russia wo
men of the villages are shaming
them Into returning to their duty,,
demanding they fight and hf Id new
RussH In her proud place In the
world's democracfe.
er the demand and supply for farm
workers. Farmers who reed "ddk
tional help, especially on Uve
farms, Should at once communicate
with the Secretary of Agriculture,
stating their needs, and also with
the Secretary of Labor, addressing
both at Washington, D. 'V '
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'Oil
V
Difficulty in
Drawing Jury'
(Ur United Vres"
Chrlstiansburg, Va., May 1.
There are Indications of difficulty In"
drawing the Jury for the Vawtefl
' case and there is even talk of ft i
change In venue. 1
Moyock Briefs '
Rumors of New
- ,
Peace Offer
iHv United Press)
The Hague, May l. The Imperial
Chancellor, Von Bethmftn . Holweg,
will make a new peace, offer in the
Geqnan Reichstag Thursday, the
Perlinqr Tageblatt' announced today.
For more than a month rumora iof
another peace feeler, have been o!r
r"'ated In furope in .the hope, Hi is
Jrr,!3,' of 'c'onnteracti?:? i-.'" rr'?1
St.ranee storips are told by Rus
sian soldiers back from the front of
bow the enemy received the newi
of Russia's overthrow of autocracy.
One soldier told me today of the
trangest . sight he ever n'w."
"We have discovered now that
the Gormans on our front don't like
to attack us(," he said. "Under a red
Vn last Monday Jernian officers
clfmbed out oi'tbcfr, trenc'hea." The
German soldiers Pfllowed. Wouldn't
fire. 4'itve ljkgwjse hoisted our red
fla.j When he Gerraan-iaw. we
wer deIIberry",witbohof4iri&,, Mr
fire from their ranks," und?f tho same
red flag as. on wn" forces, tne isol
diem themselves stoppeiT stilly .and
turned back-to their Own trenches.
TVct (ll ,", ")-(, r(7,-.r. "o
Moyock, May 1. Miss Leola Lan;
spent Sunday with her friend, Mtt.
N. B. Kv&rb of Tulls, N. C. 4 v;
Mr. Halsey Sears was the guest
of friends in Moyock, Sunday. ; V,
Mr. Frank Bryant, of Norfolk, Wa""
In town Suriday. ''''
Miss Nellie Forbes of Indiantown,
and Miss Sarah Walker, of Norfolk,
spent the week end with teli missel .
Aydlette. . y '-
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Mrs. C. E. Morrlsette and daugh"'
ter, DorotO of Norfolk.', spent tha
week end with Mr. and Mrs. E. W,' '
Sanderlln. " ,
The school commencement wilt
be W4I May 8'h, afternoon and v
night. Instead of May fourth, as W6 )
vlousl'. anii',uirjd. j
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We consider ourselves very forjttt .
nate In securing Mr. J. O. Joyner, ; ' ,
State Superintendent of Public j'lnit
s. ruction, for 'the day. Me -will probr,
ably' deliver hlg address In the fdre
noon. The public Is cordially Invited'
ta' attend' the exercises. , . j 'V
' ' i i hi .
alone, uring thrm to attack, but with 1
out vaall.' Finally-fhey, too, wpnt ;
'.back dlsqtistejdly. Not a shot !ad v
been fired; not a German soldier 4,
harmed-in, that death, territory ."How
ever we mlstiust red flags borneby
Germans and AHSlrirjJs... Kow w
frt' wlthalf bur 'jtfength "on gucb
approaching: enemy forces. ; " I
" We.ha're' proved .our. righT to t
ifd flagnow' let' the' Cennm 'r-1
Aw- -'irq f r v. e rr'- i' ' ' f , ' "