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VOL. 2 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. MAY 10. 1917
NO. 116
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By Congressional Delay
No Progress on Emergency War
Measures Until Congress Stops
Juggling And Jostling Concsrip-tionBill.
CONFEREES AGREE ON SERVICE BILL
Washington. Mav 10. Eliminating the Roosevelt division
amendment from the selective service bill, the House and
Senate conferees today reached an agreement.' '
They also eliminated the Fall amendment for raising vol-1
unteer cavalry force for border duty. The prohibition amend
ment was left in the bill.
. The age limit was fixed at 21 to 30, inclusive.
(lly KOKKKT J. BKXDKK)
'Washington. May 1 0 Congressi
onay (b lay on all war cim -rgeni '
measures in tying the liamls (if the
Government in its plans for co-opcr-ation
with tin.1 allies in tin- prosecu
tion of tin- war.
The Selective Conscription bill is
Mill jostled about in conference Willi
mi indicat inns that an agroi un iit is
likely to he n ;u died ;,t any lime soon,
and that two or three weeks of de
bute, at 1 1 ; i -1 . will pusn before Hie
nieasnr i- . 'i;o t I'd in' n law
ti e re une bill, anil I he
1! an si'! in mbtiu ties
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TELLS STDRY
OF LOST LE6I0H
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LUrLHAM BOY
, CARRIES FLAG
Pari-;. Mr U -- Five hu-.dred
"('1,1 Clary's" art- fluttering oti the
French front toda on that many ani
bulanees. Anions the Americans the first to
carry the flag to the front was Lans
ing Payne uf Durham, N C.
MRS. McKIMMON ON
FOOD COMMISSION
Raleigh, N.C.. May 10 Governor
T. W Bickctt has appointed Vr
Jane S. M( Kiminon. who is a-ont i'i
charge of the Home Denton-' ra : n
Work in the state, a me in I er et 'he
North Carolina Food Coni ;', j
,-Com,inis Ji;!i ' app lint ;ne ., i.-. "
warded b ofht r members ot
Commission as decidedly lb i
Mrs. VcKiminon h is te direct i" i o''
the Home Demonstration geu!i
throughout the state and is heud of
i
te Girl's fanning Cub ni'ivi nu ::'
Under er direction this work b.,s
become a factor of cc it i n , nut a i .
in the economic life of the State '
anil is a particularly impor'nnt
factor in the cauialg.:u t! .at i
now being waged for a tr at'v
inert asi (I oi mini I ion mid ion eiv.i.
tioii of fond resouicer-.
SHOWS Kll
Tor.o:i:.ow at
NEW TEEAT
TLITONS AKK MICH IMSTl llW.lt
liV GKOWTI1 OK lKO-ALLV SKX
TIM I .NT IN SWKOKX AND .MAY
Sliv. BKKNSTOHKF TO PKK
Vi:T 1JKKAK
(By AKTHIR MAW)
Copenhagen, May 10. Germany is
concerned "about the recent tre
li'i n 'ous increase in pro-ally senti
ment in Sweden and Norway, due to
American entrance Into the war. that
very probably Germany's ablest pro
pagandist' will be sent to Christiana
as ambassador. This is no other than
Hernstorff. ambassador to the 1'nited
Slates until America and Germany
vered their peaceful relations.
This is the latest report from Mer
lin and It follows previous advices to
the effect that liornstorfT was slated
to succeed Zimmerman. That Get--,
many has abandoned the idea of the
replacement of Ximmcnmuu in order
to send Bernstorff to Sweden is tak-;
en as Indicating the importance whh h J
she .ulailies to Ho1 pro-ulh sentl-'
mend now ehrystalizing there.
CUTTER UPSET
IN DRYDOCK
Philadelphia. May 10. One killed
and eisj-ht injured, this was tie re
sult w lien the I' S Cutler. Guthrie.
Mas upset in drydock there todai
BIGKETT IMI1E
e ftCTfVITY
T!' . ri v :: 1 ,.f "lie!! Morgan's Girl'
a ! t!ie .v-w Thiaire Fridav matinee
and i: t t will mark an unusual event
in loi .-1 photoplay annals. Without
In ing tnialded as the 'greatest ever"
or ruai untied to embody all the re
forms and dogmas ot civilization, the
play will afford stirring scenes and a
grippiiu' inn rest that has seldom
bo-n reflected upon the screen Its
so :u are laid, in San Francisco at
a period just preceding the greath
earthquake and consequent !lre. This
catastrophe is used ns the climaxing
incident of a series of sensational
events that lead to the Presidio, where
refugees congregated in thousands
after the night of terror and destruc
tion Dorothy Phillips, one of the
imst famous e otionul stars the
screen has t ver introduced, will play
the chiding role- the daughter of
"Hell" Morgan, ke, per of one of the
most notorious spun in San Francis,
co'h Harbary l'u,it lbr leading man
will be William Stowvll. and Lou
Chanel, a ccer actor of villainous
parti, will provide the counterbalance
to Stowell's manliness in the princi
pal role.
San Franeino h. fnre the earth
quake and tire The interior of "Sail
ors Rest " The proprietor, "Hell"
Morgan, and his daughter. A conniv
ing politician who coveted the queen
of "Sailor's Best ' 1'hu the stage is
.. t when ltoger t'uruell. a portrait
"It STRIKES
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New York, May 10. Women who
help Urn nation in wartime, taking
Jioattions vacated by men, must be
paid the same wages as the men re
ceived, declared Dr. Anna Howard
Shaw, chairman of the Women's com
mittee of the Council of Defense, today.
TEACHERS DESERVE
HONORABLE MENTION
Currituck. May 9.- "The teachers
is the Poplar Branch st h'ool " says
County Superintendent, of Kducation
Ialey, "deserve special mention for
tfceir faithful work for the past two
years working under unfavorable
nditions. As the public knows they
kT had no school rooms in which
t work. They have been for the past
two years working in a chapel. Odd
Fellow Hall and an uncomfortable
Mracture covered with tar paper. All
4kee places have been very uncom
fwtable. Regardless of thr unfavor
U conditions efffciency in work has
ta forward in the school. The work
tm ie high school has been the most
pctive since the establishment of
til ach,ool. Students show more effl
dcacy than heretofore in the tame
President Zacli.iiv Tailor and of
Confederate rcneral James K. B Ste
wart, told it with enthusiusm today.
PaniU is convalescing from a shrap
nel wound in his left arm. Here is his
story, told with occasional reference
to ii map of Vini'y ridge that was
smeared with rain and mud, the
same map he carried over with
him :
"Our battalion, the listh, contain
ed about 10 per cent Americans The
Legion has gone to reinforce other
battalions so that there is no all
American force remaining. We were
in the reserv trnchs, slightly back
from the llrst line, when the time
came. I didn't notice the time slip
ping by. 1 was busy issuing rum to
the men and everyone was taking a
last look at his tools
"There was just one danger about
waiting for the zero hour of r:;',0.
Fritz had been throwing over quite
a heavy load of stuff every morning
and we waited in the shallow reserve
trenches without dugouts. We kept as
low as we could, while the whizz
bangs came over - whizz-bum! whizz
-bum! some plunked Into the mud
harmless. Others gave us a few casu
alties while we crouched.
"Down to my left was Lieutenant
Frank E. Hinds of M uneapolls, a
former telegran r . He was hit nno
died of his wounds He used to be in
the 19th company. Volunteer signal
"The bulldinn committee at thin ' corps In the Philippines. Ahead of ua
Mfcool la doing all possible to have were some of the 78th battalion in
Wkp new school holm completed by the rst line. They wero to take the
the time the school will open In the, first German line In our sector; we
bM. During the past fall and winter
VMterlal was hard to secure. Now
fter the material has been secured
wpenters am hard to get. The build
lag committee or the builder would
fc(?; glad to hear from carpenters who
ract work at once."
C04L IF SCARCE.
ofnTfrtnitl vri v afe VfurlP an ntt;-rMt,
because our firo is on their trenches
while theirs Is directed at ours. We
could see Homo of our stuff as it
whizzed by oil a flat trajectory just
a gold blur and hear the friction in
the air
"We took the second line without
much of a fight The Bodies came
running up out of the dugouts in
swarms, holding his hands shoulder
high shaking with nerves pnd calling
'Mercy' Kamerad! Marcy. Kamerad!'
"They emptied their pockets trying
to give us presents, pipes, knvgs, but
tons, watches. One Amercan corporal
came running to m n a traverse and
asked 'Seen any Fritzes yet?' He
held his bavonet read v. hilt hadn't
i
found anv of the enemv where his ing to the extent of their ability to
bunch went in. the demand for iiiicreased food and
"Our prisoners were mostly mem- feed production, but they are han
hers of the 11th Bavarian regiment. ' tiicapped by a shortage of labor and
Their officers had ducked back along, work stock, and they are not going
the communication trench. j t i. a,,. t supply the deficit of
"With HO or 40 men 1 went ahead rood and feedstuff we shall face. It
to establish that strong point, anxl-i js imperative therefore that steps he
ous to get it done go In case our tak(,n , ln(.reaHe u reage and prod.
third wave should have trouble in ,1(.t),,n ))V ()th(!r means. The great
taking the third line. Just as we got; jftt 0)lorUlni,v WP nave ,, doing
started digging a runner came upjth)a ,8 tnrollf,h tne U8e of ()Ur r();ld
with word that Major Harison's thigh foIceg Qf men n(l workBlo,.k ln ,nw
had been smashed by a chunk of high! ,.liulvati((n of 1(iI( land aml ,,.
explosive, shell. They had put him in
a shell hole where he was compara-
a i d (In nei
e e(t ll er to
i "r'.'n ; . . s i u 1 1 ri
sMiate urging
l ! : , T I here I e no del i v in t hi acl ivl
i Tec (P.vi'I'iidi s le'ler teds it s
ovi n story ll is as follows
'III tin; emeigeev we now face
not uily piitriuiic duly but the nee
it y of protecting the people of
our own slate from demand.s that
we increase our a erage and pro.
duction of staple food and feed
crops by every means at our com.
mand As the constituted author
ity in your county, upon you rests
the resppoiis!)iUty of doing every
thing possible to protect your peo
ple from threatened hunger and
deprivat ion.
The farmers of our State are rally
"Oil il
hai"
of I he pi , , nla
.hi'iit ' d at I ii.
Willi te .Mil ''
in? ' he (juctli of
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mail ' ma ' i- i. i '
lion : ' i 1 1 ; wi,l he
,. ii 'llo. Ii, l'i:.l.
Douitijy I'hillh)-; p!a
"Siiilor's Pent," for be love of whom
Roger Curwel, artist and mini of re
finement, sunk to a lower si rata, only
to rise to the level of the girl he
loved and bring her on with him to
the fullness of life's best ideals 'Hell'
Morgan's Girl" pictures in gripping
scenes the transition of two souls,
passing, as it were, in their flight, to
eventually join in the happiness of
perfect redemption through love, alv
FJRST NATIONAL BANK
KKCKIVKH CKKTIMCATKS
lively safe. When the Job was finished
I went back to report, being now in
command. On'the way I got hit with
a piece of shrapnel.
"That was about 6 a m. Monday.
At 3 Tuesday afternoon. 1 was re
lieved to go to the hospital.
less farms, many of which exist in
practically every county in the state
The production of 'foodstuffs is more
Important than ttje building of good
roads, and I am again writing to
urge you to take this matter up ln
your county without delay.
Many landowners of 'he State are
offering tenantlesg land free of all
Been is
l -il ire.
ilred-ip"
rive:s and I'.ucno
praeti-a'lv hern
ires. May 10 Coal Is
in Argentina that the
f 'he connlri's navigable
A'!'"- ba-h'ir ha .
ijp-a-ied Tl.is Is
a pyrt!ci!'avl sc ' u fatt'-r leie.
hh was neccetmry i "i 1'"' to '' 'T
en thn local liarbnr to re-mil the
entrance of Sate vessels nm n con
''ataH. ot "dredging is
- reryl to-"lrevent from relSlHnir.
were ta take the second and the com
pany behind us the third.
"The artillery strife was the most
dazzling thing I ever witnesses. 1
looked back and saw rows of guns
go off, each iu turn, yet so fast that
the flashes seemed like a toothy-edged
ribbon of flame
"Tno Higni'.i to advance was the ex
plosion of n mine down on our left.
1 It was not so terribly loud; the
ground trembled and a big flame shot
no bill I was surprised by .the mlld
ee j of t he uoWc.
i "I Mtooil ui and waved mv haud
nr.d cai'l 'dni" on fellows.' Over we
'went. We just wal1"!1 ('load. It was
! no use hurrying. The guns played on
tlio (Jernuin first line for about three
"A great many ot our dead irMw charge A statement in yoar local
scattered everyway as I came back. In ppn requesting the owners of va-
oue shell hole 1 saw four or five who ami to communicate with you
had crawled there wounded, and died. I wlli no doubt lesult ln the offering
Their heads had aagged under the n, al) lhe ,an(J you wm be able to
water and other wounded fellows take cafe of rent free or a( a nomin
kept away from there. One dead man e, rentHl
was split wide open, apparently hav-
ing been hit squarely by a shell."
SERVICES AT EPWORTH
minutes, giving oor first ware a
chanca to got np there and drop, In
.T to'lceeii th dnvdres the minute the shelling lifted, to pre-
nf Puenos Alms, at least, vent t!1e Crrnmns front bringing op
I
Pannill went to the hospital before
the casualty lists came out but oth-
its of the legion have hen id that Ser-' The pastor, Hev. C. H. Culbreth,
g.-aiit Ah. Waltirs, for aally of the will preach at Kpworth Church, next
':':!n l !' S. Infantry was killed and 1 Sunday afternoon at four o'clock. The
fo liate P 1) Oossnrd of Council Sunday school will meet at .1 : 00. with
j l!lu"' i lowu. seriously wounded. I J F. Hi-others tts superintendent. The
i Piiitiill was formerly mnnager of lust mid third .;und ivs the Stinday
Ithe ! ni'i ill Acoustic company, in school wdl nuet ;.t in o'clock In the
Pit.t .inir-h He euli-ied in Toronto, m-irniti : "lit on pr-a-hing days
n-iv::ig in London be received a Which tire the second and fourtn S'jn
tlaj-B in each month the Hunday
school, will meet.at 3:00 o'clock with
th preachlna; aervice to follow.
In an interview this morning. Mr.
(laither. Cashier or The First Nati
onal Bank, stated that his bank had
received the 1'nited States Govern
ment Treasury Certificates for which
they recently subscribed, as stated in
this newspaper, and that these certi
ficates are Issued for $5,000.00 each
payable June 30th, 1917. and carry
interest at three percent. It is not
thought that many individuals here
will care to subscribe as much as
.ri,000.0() to this loan.
Mr. Guither further stated that his
bank was now taking subscriptions to
the I'nlted States Government Bonds
which will he issued on July 1st, car
rying interest at three and one-half
percent. These bonds are going to be
in denominations as small as $50 00
each, and any one desiring to show
his patriotism by buying some of
these war bonds at this time can do
so by calling at the First National
Bank where applications will be
handled without charge either to the
subscriber or the Government.
KNOTTS ISLAND
SCHOOL CLOSES
meesase from hla mother, Mrs. Au
gusta. Pannill, of Chafham, Virginia,
who ha4 been notlflart" by the -. war
ollW ot hi .-wound, lie told her he
wasn't fMitlnt Tnnni went to
,1'he public Is Invited to .attend
both the Punday school and preach-
Knotts Island, May 9-Kn-itts Is
land school cleses Thursday, May
10 Thursday morning at 11 A. M
the program begins.
The declamation contest and re
citation contest, with songs and
histnn of the Mb and !M h grades,
raring this school term after iilil-h
lunch u Ml he served A
v. I'I I'i' iii on
i' '; on - an '
Yl a n il Mn -lev
lioiy.and ,
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CAI'Tl UINt; I'OKTION OP CER
MAX KltONT AM) Sl'PPORTiya
LIN KS Jl'ST t)KTH OP LEX3 '
n ("'T'ed P'r'im '"'.
London, May 10. With the BrUJall
offensive temporarily deadlocked
around Fresnoy and Bullecourt, Field-
Marshall Haig struck in a new dlrec
lion today, capturing the portion, of
the German front and supporting
lines south of the Souces river Jut
north of Lens, with a number of
prisoners.
Despite the apparent deadlock tt
Bulecourt, the British commander re
ported gains by his forces la the face
of the tremendous-losses inflicted, OB
the Germans in Ujeir repeated etfort
to counter attack and shake the Brl'
tish grip. ' V -q
Fast of Orecourt Haig reported fur
ther advance.
Tho British attacked German ppal
Hons at Trois and Hauvagei, north of
St. Quentln. today, but the Germans',
hastily reinforced, pushed the ' Brl
tish back from their gain by their
superior weight. '. i
General Nlvelle's French trqopi
repulsed an attack in the region of
ciievreiix and widened the French,
wedge on the German lines across the,
other slope of tho plateau, Vachera.
The resumption of artillery firing
is reported over nearly the entire
Russia n front t odii v. ' ' '
tENIIS AGREE
ABOUT AMERICA
MOST OIVLKSt; l-;i,KMKTS, GOV"
i:ilMI' NT M SOCIALISTS."
GiVK.N L-VJ'KIOSSION m TUBER .
JMSAIMTiOVM. OF THIS COXTS
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Berlin. May 1 n. - "Germany holdl
no reason tor an otleliHlVe againaC
Amei h ii, but cannot, forego her pre
sent use of submarines for the flakfl .
of peace." ' ! i
"The war can only bo ended Oft t, e
basis which will inflict no dishonor -
able terms upon auy nation."
Theso expressions were obtained hf :
the United I'ress from the two most
diverse elements in Germany i the -government
and the socialists.
The government's view was glTeft
In the llrst statement and pointed Out .
that Germany was only torpedoilf
AmerlcHii ships in the barred-SOne '
and does not consider this a hofltlle'
act. since all countries were wanted,
of this action beforehand. '', ' .
Philip Schledeman expressed the',
other view. adding that Wllson't
titude was incomprehensible and hi
indulgence to Kngland as great M '
his harshness toward Germany, ' t
BRITISH VESSELS
PURSUE DESTROYERS
(Bv United Bressl
London, May 10. Destroyer
Hon In which four British T
pursued eleven German destroyer t
within range of their batteries it C
bruge Is announced by the admire!
ty. One enemy ship was hit In lhe
running fight.
AMERICANS
HELD PRISONERS
(By United Pres.
Washington, May 10 One ham
dred and twenty seven American
taken from ships are reported to fee
held as prisoners by Germany. rl
PORTSMOUTH PREACHER
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f 1'ortsmoetb.i 1
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f.hlch rotinljf.t of drills, pui tn:iiine.
redtntloti, tabloauVs- songs, ec.
RrrclaJ stress h"S. ben-pt on pat
riotintn throueh whole , duy's pro-
! i 5 S.
He. r.
'il . u ill V
ll I 'hill'.
and
. Mason.
a. h at iBlnekwell Memory '
i i ; i;ti at both morn
n i ;i i- pen vices. i
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Fair tonight snd
Friday,"
llftbi
change 14 temperature, gnullo
h'od.-rnf rorth l;i !i