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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 3. 19l7
NO. 110
BRI
TISH DRIVE
IS EN
AFTER TW DAYS OF INACTION
FIELD MARSHALL HAIG'S RE
PORTS INDICATE HEAVY FIGHT
IXG ALL ALONG FRONT
AUTO COLLISION ON I
WEDNESDAY EVEA1NG
Two automobiles collided Wednes
day evening between six and seven
o'clock at the corner of Shephard
street and Southern avenue. One was
driven by Biddy Crank and the other
by Wentworth Blount.
Blount wag coing down Southern
avenue headed toward Shepard. Spec
tators say he was on the right side
of the street. Crank was on Shephard
(Bv United Press) street neaaeu towara luversiae
London, May 3. After two days ! Drtve.Blount intendd to turn to the
of inaction the British drive was re- left at Cartwright's bakery but saw
newed in powerful force again today ' Crank's car coming and shot straight
and in a new direction. ! across the street. Crank's car hit the
Field Marshall Halg reported back Aer of Blount's machlne.dam
"heavy fighting all along the front as'ng U slightly. Crank lost control
from the Hindenburg line south of : of his car. and smashed into the curb
the Senze River to the Achvllle and : at Brother's stor, breaking his front
Vimy road. He said "We are progress- K ripping open his two front tires,
ing and have already captured a num- and breaking his windshield,
ber of strong positions." In Crank's car were hiB wife, his
Haig's rport indicates that the brother, his brother's wife and R. E.
offensive is extending over a front of Quinn. None of the occupants of the
at least twelve miles, also that the
most continuous fighting ib around
Vimy and the direction of the British
thrust Is toward Douat. The report
today indicated a sudden switch to
tho northern push out of Villervai.
Oppy and Arlux.
ON THE FRENCH FRONT
' Paris, May 3. The resumption of
spirited fighting along the
SUCCESSFUL
YEAR CLOSES
E.VTIRE FACULTY HAVE GIVEN
GREA-J SATISFACTION TO PA
TRONS AND DARE COUNTY IS
PROUD OF ITS HIGH SCHOOL
car was hurt, however.
GARRETT A UOMP.ANV
, J8 STILL BUYING GRAPES
GroweriJof,,Scuip'nionK Grapes
wil be. Interested at the new that
Garrett and,CorAn.any of Norfolk, Va.
will be ln tl)o markttt for choice
wdely grapes in large quantities.
scattered points of the entire French While the Garrett plant will be
front Is reported today. The French moved in tiv early Fall from Norfolk
i.. u ...i I . I .. ,i; .,, , Vau Vrlr Citv t h pv will continue
ni e in union ui ttiu ii wmeiy iriniiiii v.. j -
V points as south of St. Quentin, around to receive grapes for pressing nt Wll-
T. 'thelras, at Verdun and St Michael. ;mington, I'tymouin, lonay, iueuoc.
Is
SPECIAL RULING
h.
4
FGRHERTFORD w
and other points
Their advice to Scuppernong Grape
j growers is to fertilize the vineyards
liberally and keep the vines ""in the
!acme of perfection for a big yield and
' a good profit.
Scuppernong grapes In the past
' have yielded bi- returns to Southern
growers and the present outlook is
that their ttso will be very largely
PETER JF. MOl'CB NOW IN CINC1N- extended,
Kiifv 1 , esYablisii trodb'j -
CHARA( TI F BY LONG DIS
TANCE WITNESSES IN PERQUI
MANS AND 'HO WAN COUNTIES
(Special to The Advance)
Cincinnati, ()., May 3 Peter J
Boyce of Hertford. N. ('.formerly con
nected with the baggage department I
of the Cincinnati Central Union Sta-'
tion, againBt whom an indictment
charging the theft of some suitcases
was returned hy the United States'
grand jury last October, today tiled
a petition in the United States Dis
trict court of this district for permls
s"n to take the depositions of certain
prominent citizens wanted as witness-
A! THEATRE
DARE LUMBER COMPANY, RE
CENTLY REORGANIZED, WILL
MAKE MANY IMPROVEMENTS
l-'Ok BENT FIT OF LARGE FORCE
OF WORKERS
Manteo, N. C, May
1, umber Company
The Pare
lias re-
es and residing in Chowan and Per- , organized, which recently filed for
quimans counties, North Carolina. j registration an agreement to furnish
Boyce Bays that he is unable to I'u'P w"od in very large quantities to
bear the expense of bringing these the Wood Pulp Corporation of New
witnesses from North "arolina to ' York, and which recently purchased
Cincinnati to testify in his bhalf as 1 7,655 acres of timber land from
hs means are limited. He declares the East Lake Lumber Company, lias
that ther testimony is very material ten possession of the property pur
to his defense in the indict mnt chased by it. Large Improvement is
agalnsf him here and aBks that the contemplated. Steps wll be taken at
court anoofnt the dPrks of siinerior once to erect 100 additional houses
court for Chowan and Perquimans
counties to take these depositions.
t He names twenty two persons as
the witnesses ho seeks to have exam
ined. The action is most unique in the
Unjted States courts and is taken be
cause of the fact that Boyce is practi
cally a stranger here. He desires to
for the large force of laborers that
will he needed in addition to the
huge Tone it already used for cutting
timber. There wil be a much better
class of houses than those now Owned
by the company. In order to further
attract and keep the large force of
laborers needed for its operations, it
is proposed to establish at its head
The (Ire department was called out
at about 12:30 today and hurried to
i'ie Primary school grounds, and
found tjmt a barn belonging to Mr.
' Charlie Bell was on lire. The barn
was situated on the e'' of the school
groulid and at noon today a hoy went
into the barn to smoke n cigarette,
and It Is thought rbat he probably
ti.rew the lighted cigarette or a light
ed match on the hay that was stored
in the barn, but Just how (he fire
started is unknown.
Several bales of hay were burned
Riid a large number of tools were
ruined
establish his good character and the quarters In this county, an up to uaie
courts have expressly provided that moving picture theater where latest
this can be dono by summoning citi- reels wil be shown daily. Also bowl-T'-vi
from his own stale to testify or Ing alleys, pool and billiard tables
give depositions as to his character j will be provided for the same pur-
Boyoe denies any guilt in the mat- pose.
tT whatever. 1
! SEND CASTOR
FIRE AT NOON I iu wavwuwn
The Board of Directors of the First
Baptist Church voted Sunday morning
to send Dr. II '. Honing to the South
ern Mantis! Convention on Tuesday,
May 15th.
Dr. Hening will Uave on the 13th
and take a special train to the con
vention from Raleigh.
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ARE YOU PREPARED
Are You Prepared? .If not you
ought to he. These are facts and can't
be boat. Bryant Washburn and Mar
guerite Clayton today. Clara Kimball
Young, tomorrow, Nuf Sed. Ruth Ro
land and Charlie Chaplin Saaturday.
Charlie says he is prepared to meet
all, and he will be seen in front of
the NEW THEATRE and promenad
ing the streets. . adv
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AMBULANCES AND
V DOCTORS TO FRANCE
fliv' United Press)
W8hlnfWn, May' 8. Thf thou
sand , ambulance and nearly ' eight
thousand docra and drlTera are to
i t to Frnrre very goon. '
Manteo, May 1. Today Manteo
High School Commencement closed
the most successful year'a operations
In Its history. Commencing Friday
April 27, with drills, plays and reci
tations by the prmary grades, the
exercises have been given daily until
the graduating exercises of the Se
nior High School grade from 10:30
a. m. to 1 p. m. today. Saturday night
the 28, was occupied by graduating
exercises of the Ith, grade ,aiid reci
tations by High School grades the
latter bing a contest for a prize. Sun
day the annual commencement ser
mon was preached by Hev. C, T.
Adams, presiding elder of the Eliz
abeth City District of the M.K.Church
South, the theme being tho parable
of the talents. The niasetrful treat
ment of this subject, so highly ap
propriate to the occasion. By the emi
nent divine impressed profoundly the
large congrgatlon in attendance.
Monday night a large audience as
sembled at the high school auditor
ium and were delightfully, entertain
ed by Senior Class exercises, consist
ing of son f3 and instrumental music,
the address of welcome, class history,
statistics, class presentation, class
will, class prophecy, and valedictory.
The' welcome was extended by Miss
Carie Wescott, the history was given
by the same young lady, class statis
tics by Miss Thelma Brothers, presentation-toy
Miss Eula Grltiin, class will
by Miss Lor. sua Miller, class prophecy
by the graduating class and the vale
dictory tus al&r byvVUe entire c)uftA
The formal graduating exercises
today, at which time also the annual
address was delivered by Col. Fred A.
Olds of .Raleigh. IDs subject was,
"Half Done," and its treatment in the
forceful diction of this eminent speak
er and citizen was thoroughly en
joyed by all present. At the conclu
sion of the address, regular prizes
were dlivered, as follows: Senior
Scholarship prize to Miss Thelma
Brothers, Junior Class English prize
to Miss Fiinlly Shannon. Seventh
Grade F.ngllsh prize to Augusta Peele
Sixth Grade Mathematics to Janlo
Shannon, Fourth Grade Methematlcs
prize to Margaret Griffin. Special pri
zes had been offered by the teachers
for free hand map of North Carol itti
in Seventh Grade and for head mar
in First and Second Grades. In the
First Grade Ralph Davis and Webb
Ktheridge were tied for this prize. In
the Second Grade it was awarded to
Matilda Etheridge. Miss Ida Midgett
received the special prize award d
for a fiee hand map of North Caro
lin in the Seventh Grade.
During the year Dr. W V. John
ston gave a special course of lectures
on Sanitation and a like course on
Civics was given by It. O. Crisp. Spe
cial prizes for best papers on these
courses by those to whom the lectures
was given, were offered. Also, a spe
cial prize was onered for best recita
tion prize by a pupil in th- high
school grades Tho Sanitation prze
was awarded to Miss Iva Jennett. the
Civics prize to Miss Edna Crisp and
the prize for best recitation to Miss
Jennie Midgett.
Prof." K. VV. Joyner, principal. Miss
Lane, assitaul in the high school and
Misses Hobbs, Vtiughn and Smith,
gTamar school teachers hnve given
us t lie most successful term of any
in the history of our high school. En
rollment is relatively the largest and
tho attendance highest pcrcntage of
enrollment. Marked Improvement in
the school rooms Is noted end the
community spirit has been much im
proved during the year. This is the
only state high school In Dare Coun
ty, and Is patronized from various
sections of the county. Our people
take great pride In It and In the work
here being done for education.
S
0GIAL1ST
MAN WHO RECENTLY ATTEMPT
ED TO ACHIEVE SEPARATE
PEACE WITH RUSSIA GIVEN IM
PORT ANT RANK IN REICHSTAG
Hr T'n'r..,l pr.r.
Amsterdam, May 3. The German
government has taken a revolutionary
step in appointing a socialist as pres
ident of the constitution committee
In the Rechstag today, according to
Berlin dispatches.
Philip 'Seheideman. who recently
attempted to achieve separate peace
with Russia, was selected for this
important post.
It is considered profoundly signifi
cant that a socialist, and Scheideman
of all socialists, should be named as
chairman of a committee soon to han
dle the franchise reforms prontisd by
th.. Kaiser.
fiien mm
PIMM
1
Fuflntortffitldn concerning th
Coerament War toan can be ob
tained at.Tha First National Bant
which will hnndle lrrMvldir.l eub
scrlptlons m i ' r-'v
CHAUTAUQUA MEETING
There will be Guarantor's meeting
of the Chautauqua subscribers Thurs
day evening, May 3rd, at the Court
House, at eight o'clock, for the, pur
pose "of orjanlaationj at , Which time
Dr. Downey, of tha Association, win
be present" to assist Jn the plans
Every guarantor Is expected to be
present. .
HOW ONE OF THEM ROSE FROM j
LOWEST TO HIGHEST RANK IN
LESS THAN YEAR J
i
(By HENRY WOOD)
(I'nited Press Staff Correspondent)!
With The French Armies, April 15,t
(Hy Mail ) t'eptain Matton of the!
French AHMion jjervtce, who has i
just been prorimtfld an "ace" for huv-'
Ing brought down his fifth German j
machine, has lso to his credit aero
plane ecrobars with sausage balloons,
with railway trains and with automo
bile convoys.
The list of his exploits demonstrates
to some degree the extended field of
operations in which the aeroplane has
come to be used by the French
the present war. MaUon's rise from,
the grade of Second lieutenant to that i
of captain and his entrance into the'
ranks of the "aces" Is one of the I
shortest that the war has producd.
Just eight months ago Matton was
'merely a-second lieutenant without
an enemy machine to his credit. His
first victory came on July 28, 1916 in
the thick of tho lighting at Verdun.
In company with two oilier French ,
aviators he attacked a German hom-j
barding squadron of fourteen ma-1
chines. I
The one which he picked out for his
victim was quickly forced to land
within the French lines near Souilly
before it could accomplish its mis
sion. It was an albatros of the latest
type armed with two machine guns.
The entire ciew was takeu prisoner,
the pilot alone being wounded, and
the machine itself captured in such
good condition, that the French avia
tors flew it themselves the following
day.
In November of last, year, Matton
had his first combat with a moving
military train While rewmoitering
in enemy territory north of Montfau
son, he sighted the German train lad
en with troops and material. Descend
ing to within a couple of hundred
yards in order to got accurate aim he
rakedtlie entire train from full length
time and time again with his machine
gun. Tlie uoops aboard put up a vig
orous (lerense wnn ineir lines nut
Mutton exhausted 'lis macn.ne gun
magazine before givlui; "P t ne fight.
In less than a month Matton
brought down his second German ma
chine In a duel in wftlci, 'e killed the
machine gun operator of the enemy
machine and forced thi pilot to des
cend. These and other exploits brought
him up to the rank of a captuin be
fore the end of the fist six months as
an aviator. In February of the pre
sent year, he took his first try at an
enemy sausage. To the uninitiated
balloon looks like "pie" for mi aero
plane to attack, in reality, it. Is the
most dangerous and difilcult of enter
prices. Tho big stationary balloons
are always protected to the fullest
possible extent both by the enemy's
airplanes and his anti-craft guns., The
balloon too Is usually so near the
earth as to bring the attacking avia
tor within the closest possible range
flfjtiiji riefcy,-werB;yet, ateel cable
are used for' anchoring the sausage to
lbr jrroond. They are pfarflcatty In
visible and if the attacking uvlator In-
Contlnue'l on Next Tr-
SENIOR PLAY
FRIDAY NIGHT
The Senior play, to be presented by
the members of the senior clasa of
the Elizabeth City High School as
sisteA by a number of undergraduate
studenti, ia now the event of first Im
portance on the Veek'e calendar. The
young actors are expecting a. full
house and those in charge of the pro
duction promise a merry eveTDng to
the audience.
The play. "A Trial of Hearts." pre
aits Miss Ruth Wlnslow as the
"Honor," Mr. Graham Evans, Saluta
torian as Honor's lover husband, and
Mr. Clarence Ashby, Valedictorian, as
mutual friend of both. A group of
harum scar'um college lada, the "Del
ta Chi's." and a sorority of pretty
lassies, the "Kappa Pai'a" add Just
the needed touch of fun to relieve the
more serious scenes in the play.
The complete cajt is as follows: .
Dudley Van Antwerp, a wealthy col
lege man Graham Evans.
Philip Vivian, Dudley's best friend, ...
Clarence Ashby.
Roger Fairfax, flirtatously Inclined, .
Blackwell Sawyer.
Teddy Van Antwerp, an adherent of
Kappa Psl, Gardner Bennett.
Jack Harding, an adherent of Delta
Chi, Earle Cahoon.
Jery Joijes, Oreihen's pal Lloyd
Sawyer. f
Mrs. Van Antwerp, Dudley's wife ...
Kuth Wlnslow.
Gretithen Van Antwerp, with a know
ledge of "frats" . rguerlte le-
Rcy.
Virginia Randolph, Dudley's former
sweetheart Eula Jennings.
Elinor Dean, a Kappa Psl Senior
Pearl Hughes. i
Dorothy Dillin, A Delta Clii Alutiria .
Elsie Gregory.
Patricia Patterson, leader of Kappa
Park Mabel Bright.
Prlscilla Prescott, leader of Delta
Chis Francea Williams.
Bess, Betsy, Kappa Pal pledges
Aohd'TWotfahd Jltnie Mer
cer.
Barbara Lynn, a very popular fresh
man Ida Ballance.
Members of Kappa Psl Pauline'
Skinner, Wilma Sample.
Members of Delta Chi Fannie Owens
Louise Jennette, Katherine
Jones.
Mrs. Putman. Chaperone at Kappa
Chi's house. .Mattle Brlte.
Maris, a ruaid-. I'na Bradley. ,
DOZIER COTTER
Mr. Tullle L. Dozler and Miss Eva'
Kate Cotter both of Moyock were mar
ried Wednesday by Justice of the'
Peac, J. W Munden at his office. The
grom Is the son of Peter Dozler of
Moyock and the bride is the daughter j
of Q. T. Cotter also of Moyock. j
AT FIRST BAPTIST
Dr. B. C. Hening will preach at
both services Sunday. At 11:00 a. m.
the subject will be "The Seat of Sin."
The subject of the services at 8:00
p. in. will be "How to be Saved."
All are welcome to attend these
services.
BRITISH STRIKE
BEFORE OAIVj J
BATTLE GOING SATISFACTORILY
FOR BRITISH BUT GERMANS
COUNTER-ATTACKJXO FTRJ
OUSLY
(By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS) ' T ,
With the British ArmlH IfltM '
May 3.i-In the darkness lust preced
ing dawn today the British again
dealt a blow at the Germans over tht
wide front both north and south of
the Scarpa River. , t'-.
At the moment of cabling the lm
preeslon here tfa that the battle ie go
ing . satisfactorily for the British.
Prisoners are beginning to arrive,
more German guns are betnar takeni '
and heavy fighting continued
Since the fighting began, on' th
ninth, more trfan thirteen enemy dl '
visions have been exhausted on thli
front alone and yet Hlndenburr la
dsperatoly throwing in fresh unite
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jjiiuenn oniem 10 noia or ate. ' , ,
From the north or Greenland Hill
towards Fresnoy and Creissy, reportf
Indicate trmt the British are gaining
ground. At Gavrelre and Loos, Prui
slan counter-attacking rages fiercely.
The enemy is In a patlcular freni
over the British possession of these
points because they hold that inch.
possi8slon hampers their destruction .
of Lens and In that HaatmeHnn tW
are proceeding Iav and nlnht :.'
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rifflllV IIKIiJR
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LONG ADDICTION TO DRINK
HAS AFFECTED MIND
NOT TO RETURN
TILL WAR ENDS
Dr. Victor Flnck is at his home In
F.lktop, Minnesota, awnltiiiK a call
from the War Denartnu-nt for duty
in the cavalry or Field Artillery and
consequently Is compelled to give up
lils practice here in Elizabeth City for
the duration of the war when lie ex
pects to return.
He bids ull His friends a farewell
and thanks them for courteous treat
ment during his sojourn here.
MAY APPOINT
MINISTER MUNITIONS
'Uv t'"tte ' l'r
Washington, May 3. Intimations
that the President may appoint a
Mlulster of Munitions were made to
day before the Defense Conferonee of
Governors by 'Director GifTord of the
Council of National Defense.
Chrislianburg, Va., May 3 Fol
lowing Prof. Vawter's damaging adJ,
mission of the authorship of wlerd
letters to Stockton Heth, Jr., the Vaw
ter counsel amended his plea to In
sanity today. Several local physician
were sworn In and testified that Id
their opinion the prisoner was not of,
sound mind, not well balanced, and
i.fteu. showed signs of Insanity.
It1 In -evident that the defense now
bases It hope on proving that by loig
addietlon to drink, Vawter's mind hat
been effected and that at the time of
ihe tregedy he was mentally unbalan-
ced.
Tl;e defense announced that Mrs.
Vuwter is ready to testify. The court
adjourned this morning until two p,
tn The defense asked thut the publio
be excluded while Mrs Vawter testi
fies, but this matter was not decided.
ITALY GETS HER
SHARE OF LOAN
V.- United Pres.,
Washington. May 3. Treasurer
McAdoo today handed tne Treasury,
a warrant for a hundred million dol
lars, for the lulian Ambassadorial!
Italy'e Vbar of ,thVVr"lojan t v' '
, Cloudy tonight and Friday, prob-
rtly nbowera, moderate inl wind.
STATES URGED
II CO OPERATE
ADVISED Til ORGANIZE ALONG
SAME LINE AS NATIONAL COUtf
CIL FOR DEFENSE WITH SIMI
LAR DEPARTMENTS
Washington. May 3. -The organi
zation of the individual states of the
ti ion to sustain their common armies,
their common allies and their com
mon country this was the question
threshed out today by the represen- .
t'ltiv.-s of the state In the war coun-
ell here.
The Representatives of forty eight
!-t:tis were told that the success of
arms defended upon their aid.
Each state was urged to organise
State Councils of Defense for direct -co-operation
with the national coun
cil and for inter-state co-operation,
with state committees on finance, sur
vey, man power, labor, food conser
vatlon, and so on.
VESSEL TORPEDOED "
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(By United Press) .-.(:;.
Wshlngton,' May 3. The torpedo;,'
Ing .iVoVtAftterieait' Bailing'' vessel,
Willard Abrahams; off the Irish coast
and the rescue of the crew of six was
reported to the State Department to
rn y.