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fli; l Without lews Without r; Prejudice f V ii r, n pr rvn f. r vrT; , .-... i .. .. .... .. i , . , . Tha Only Democrat':: Newspaper. Published in Elizabeth s - City -;. f 3 voir ELIZABETH ClTY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING. MAY, 21. ; 1917. NO. 123 FEDERAL BOARD OF TRADE DE CLARES PRICES ARE OFTEN A HUNDRED TIMES OOST,0F. PRODUCTION (By United Press) Washington, May 21. Declaring been pushed ln every section of North that coal mine operators are charging Carolina there Is a distinct fear yet a . . i . M exorDitant prices, oiwm a nunarea t nat tne emergency has not been met UP TO THE TOWNS ' IS THE SOLUTION FARMERS HAMPERED. BT SCAR- CITY OF - LABOR DOING . ALL THEY CAN. TO INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION AND NEED HELP OF CITY FOLK The honor roll for the fourth Raleleh. N. C. Wav !l N0twkh.' month tWieeond A term, ending standing the fact that the campaign ! Majr llth- ,or the Elisabeth City ..-- , . j scnoois is as lonows : duction of food and feedstntfs has BETTER FAEMINO COMING WITH WAE AGRICULTURAL EXPERT' BEES METHODIST PASTOE TO ; ' TAKE PROFESSORSHIP (rr-rrrrtj vvt-.,'? '.I" . - Rey J. L. CunnlaSffim, , pastor of HIGH SCHOOL ' STATE (By 8. a RUBIXOW), The production of food and. feed crops In typical cotton and tobacco counties is one of the signs, of agri- times the cost of production, the Fed J -nd tnat man Deor)la ln tnl. Sute ; Ashby, Graham Erans. Francis Sey eral Trade oara toaay urgea congress are goln- t0 flnd themselTes ln a to establish control by goYernmental TerT uncomfortable position during Janie Mercer. - Elisabeth Kramer, egltural progress. Moyed not only by Elisabeth Nash, Marie Lowry, Helen a sense of patriotism, in assisting ln wyiiams, Maude " Leigh, Clarence the growing of staple food stuffs, but agencies which may fix prices. The regulation of coal distribution from the mines to the ultimate con sumer was also urged. MBIT 111 DC IHPDrAPCn L)L IIIUIILHOLU ACTION OF THE SENATE IN LIMIT ING THE POWERS OF THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL DE FENSE THROWS BURDEN ON "CABINET (By CARL GROAT) United Press Staff Correspondent.) Washington, May 21. The cabinet is soon to be increased by three new portfolios, a secretary of food admin istration, a secretary of munitions and supplies, and a secretary of trans other portation, according to omciai De-, lief. I The action of the Senate in limit ing the powers of the Council for National Defense has placed the bur den of the real constructive work back on the cabinet. , j Secretary Baker, as a result TS" left the coming fall and winter. - . "We know that the forces work ing in this campaign hare gotten ex cellent results la practically every section of the State," today declared John Paul Lucas, executive secretary of the North Carolina Food Conser vation Commission, "but we are not fooling ourselves. We know that an Increased acreage has been planted in food and feed crops already and I that the planting season is not yet 'past. But we also know that It is hard for our people to appreciate just how much more we must pro duce than we ordinarily do to make up for what we have been Importing leach year. We know that we have not yet in sight, either already seed ed or under preparation for planting, a sufficient additional acreage to any thing like make up the deficit that will be caused by the withdrawal for military purposes of the huge amount of food and feed supplies we nave been importing from the West and fert. GRAMMAR SCHOOL ; Fovrth Gnd 'Miss Holt, teacher:" Ruth Bright, Sarah Carter, Rebecco Miller, Lena Gendason, Margaret Gordon, Hattle Gregory, Thomas Johnston, Oscar Gasklns, Oscar ; Williams, Howard Berry, Merrell Griggs. Mss Cobb, teacher: Ellazbeth Har ris, Mary H.. Pritchard, Mary Horner, Emily Commander, Annie Mae Win slow, Mary Dosier, Sarah Bray. Wil liam Scott, William Dudley, Joseph Ferebee, Lionel Armstrong, James Hill. Oliver Evans, Selma MartinAda Belangla. , MIbs weatherly, teacher; Margaret Hollowell, Mary Lee Jackson, Mar garet Nash, Nannie Mae 8tokes, Rachel Williams, Wllmer Ballard, 1 ton's farm in Edgecombe County, one Willie Doxier. Tommle Gray, Willis of Agent Moore'l best demonstrations is a ten acre field of oats, planttd at the last cultivation of cotton. In spite of the bad season this year, which , SIGNS OF PROGRESS IN tN Methodist church advised CREASED ACREAGE TO FOOD W' ' congregation at ' the Sunday AND FEED. CROPS' IN THE . morning service tija he' would give up pastoral work at the close of the , present ooaference year, to accept a professorship ; In. (ho South ern Methodist Unive-slty at Dallas, Texas. He h-t been .considering such a step now. for about a year. Mr. Cunntara has been oue ot the most popular pastors of the city during the time that he has served the First Mothodlst Church and it had been the hope of the congrega tion of hla church and of the people generally that he could be retained here for a full 4 year" period.Hls ser mons have been strong.practtcal and on timely topics and his work' ln every phase ot the church's life, has been most effective, as has been also by the feeling that it represents a more profitable type of agriculture, former one crop farmers are begin ning to give attention to dlverfication n all of its significance. -, As a prominent factor in bringing bout this agricultural change, the county demonstration agent of the Agricultural Extension Service looms DD as ana nf th moat vnlnahla a- .. .n, nnw m. D manifest In groans , congregations. combs County employ, the .erVlce8! increa3lng church membership, and a wue iwtio oun.oy ocuuui. Mre. Cunnin?glm will be ' missed hardly less than her husband. She has been active, not only in the work of her church nut as a leader of the Moter's Study Club has been an Important factor in the lives of many mothers of the city. Of Agent Zeno Moore. For a numbtr of years prior to the present econo mic crisis, Mr. Moore has been urg ing the growing of grains, perman ent and temporary pastures, the pro. duction-of hays, the ftedlng of live stock and the management of poul try. Seeing is bellvlng. On B. F. Shel- "I believe that onr farmers, as a genral thing, are going to do their Kramer, Edward Old, Marlon Seyfert, Fifth Grad s Mlsg Faison, teacher: Helen Daw son, Mittie Fearing, Leora Griffin, Elizabeth Mann, Mary Owens, Elsie Pugh. Vernon Davis, Paul Miller, Bradford Sanders, Elliott Ward, Mar- resulted ln the killing out of a good deal of grain, this field of oats is in excellent shape. It was sown broad cast, just as the cotton rows wtre BRITISH n is DRIVE Oil K5 Ci. .,..r -t ,7s.,-. ; ' HIXDENBURG SHUNTING EXHAU3 TED AND SHATTERED LEGIOX3 FROM WESTERN TO" EASTERN FRONT:' ' -.7 .(By United Press) j ' ' Wlth.tlwj. British Army Afield,. Maf fLr-rField Marshall oVa Hlndenbur la shunting his shattered and exhaus ted divlsiona'Qa the western front to , the: .'nprthsrn.'iiid; eastern Jinei, where they are being' reformed pre paratory to a' new drifw ob PetrogTad. Meantime fresh division from the Russian front ' are ' being , seat to France, to sm the tide of the allied offensive! " " It Is estmlated at British ueadquar tors that 400,000 Germans hav been put out of the fighting 'since the be ' ginning of (he Spring offenslv?. , A week by week . tally shows .the 3 net . gains of the British. ' The situation appears extremely favorable to con tinned 'success; ' 1 r.( ITALIANS PRESS FORWARD v Rome, May 21. Climbing seeming ly Inaccessible heights, weathering clouds of enemy shells and1 singing1 patriotic songs all the while, the Ital ians are still pressing forward north of Gortzla. The fighting now Seems to have reached a climax of Intensify, with numerous fresh Austrian divi sions, transferred from he Russian . front, thrown Into action. , v , vln Williams. j given their last cultivation, and when Mrs. Pearson, teacher: Margaret the soli was In exctllent seed-bed con- utmbst to meet the situation. We ( ommauder. hllen Melick. Lillian dltlon. No extra preparation of the have many opportunities of observ-! Marris Maxine Fearing, Catherine soil was necessary; the amount of White 1 POPULAR BELIEF NOW IN ENG. LAND THAT AMERICA IS ACT. ING WISELY AND PROFIT LNOi BY BRITIAN'S MISTAKES ing this. They are rallying nobly. Albert Bright, Harvey Daw- labor was reduced to a minimum ;tht field has a cover crop all during the winter; the oats could have been used for grazing purposes or for graln;the From almost every county we have m,n- onBiani rearing, waiter rear reports of farmers who realize that,"0"- Zarlt Owens, Stuart Wood. In this fieht to the death the farmer Miss LeKoy, teacher: Joseph Por- not only with the raising of an army . gtrateic nositlon and are 1 ter. JoBGPh Spence. Earl Sutton, Carl-! total cost of seeding the grain was Bt tlne acsordingly. One farmer in ton " oodley, Julian Ward, Wllborne represtnted by the cost of one bushel but also with the task of obtaining supplies and munitions. Secretary Danels Is left 'n , slmila' position. Moore county had 100 acrrs of land Harrell, Randall Holloman tironarad fnr rottnn Nini'lv HiTPH of Sixth CiradPH I that land was planted in corn in TRAFFIC MAN MAY stead. An Edgecombe county farmer "RF. SECURED HERE seized 12 acres of land oiip of his .- tenants had nrenared for cotton and Gregson. (By United Press) London, May 21. England Is glad to know that America Is making haste slowly. The popular understanding manifest everywhere is that the United States la Hnlno avantlv aa I.lnvH Clatraa aiior. hn compared to the ordinary meth- ... mUiQlrM vhJ7n!m ... to the ao 10. Mis Lasfllter. teacheit: Anrmhella Wh . , ' ,'.- . . v. . " v wiMuini ui.iu- , j, Abbott. Sarah Hill. AfiHoent Hivmnn 'nil nf gnin nia t Mairl M.Hlfllin I.lh.,r Hovln .,. .. .. 1 P.. I .. 4 1... -..II . - . 1 1 " U DX .r,p uuLui, u.,iot,vijuo niuiii.tiuK uio out i , a prevauam method n many sections, the out- Immedlately following the reading planted it for hts tenant in corn. We, Mrs Roberts, teacher; Pattie Bar- standing advantages of Mr. Moore's of the report or the Business Manager have urged a reasonaUJe rduction in cllft, Larry Skinner, John Twlddy, j plan are only to readily noticed. Mr. last Friday night, and preceding the the tobacco and cotton acreage and , Joseph Win-low. j Slielton's oats are a foot higher and election of the board of directors, the have secured some reducton, but we! Mrs. Pool, teacher:: Ernestine Bal- a mrmth nearer maturity than his Chamber of Commerce heard the fol- must look mostly to the extra acres ' lance, Leona Lewis, Susie Rhodes, j neighbor's grain. Mr. Moore's rota- lowing recommendations, submitted that will be cultivated and to the in hv the board whose term of office was creased production per acre as a re- '1iib Binlrine- suit of good tillage methods and' Miss Elliott, teacher: Margaret That we employ a competent rate heavier fertilization for the greatest Chesson, Lottie Drlnkwater, Elizabeth ; by clover. Then the clover will be , Sybil Bembury, Dennis Gasklns. S venth Grades tlon plan for this field of oats is, to follow the grain with soybeans or peas, which in turn will be followed Etherldge, Alma Hayman, Emily plowtd under and the field out into Jennings, Nellie Hastings, Margaret, corn. Rye will follow the corn as a Mann, Goldie Stokes, Dorothl Zoeller, winter cover crop and will be suc- cteded by cotton. Oats will begin the Love, George Owens, Claude Ward. new rotation, which Included two Miss Harney, teacher: Sophia grains crop, two legume crops and Davis Elizabeth Hathaway, 'Odell two, clean-cultivated, cash crops. ' mistakes. The ' British had that Americans had possi bly failed to appreciate the magni tude of the task ahead of them, but that view is changed since Wilson's conscription proclamation, the an nouncement of the Pershing expedl tlon, the arrival of the American des troyer flottllla and the arrival of the American medical unit GERMANY MADE THIS REPORT TO IMPRESS OTHER NATIONS , WITH' NECESSITY OF' SUBMA- (By United Press)' Washington May 21. An exagger ated Impression of the shortage. To-night At New Theatre or tarffic man at a salary not to ex- results. ceed $75.00 per month and that allj "The people of, our cities (and members of the Association whd"re-, towns will be the greatest sufferers celwand ship freight shall turn over If we fall to produce the amount of Sidney Evans, Billy Houtz, Grafton to this traffic man periodically all food and feedatttffs we hequlre. But over-charges for his collections and up to this time we have not secured aVioii nrn npr to the Treasurer of the results from the cities and towns the Chamber of Commerce twenty-1 that we should. In many instances we J Long. Harris Parks, Annie White, five per cent (25) of all collections have received splendid and effective Frank Dawson, Charles Seyfert. made We believe that this office will cooperation. The chambers of com-1 Fifth Grad s not only be self-sustaining but be of merce at Raleigh, Ashevllle, Char- Miss Griffin, teacher: Joseph Bak- crimson and bur clover, lespedeza and fn-aotical benefit to our merchants lotte, New Bern, Mooresvllle and a er, Adrlen Davis, Essie Miller, Juan- grass pastures. Right now tht clovers News every Monday, giving the latest members. few other places have put their best ita Nooney, Thelma Scott, Bertha are veritable food carpets of green, 'news of the country. This feature is We further recommend that a Sec-'efforts into this campaign and have (Continued on page 3) retary-Manager or general Secretary , done wonderfully effective work, but, Ethel Clayton and Holbrook Bllnn will star at the New Theatre tonight Mr. Moore's campaign for pastures ' ln the great Broadway success, 'Hue and legumt crops have resulted In a good sprinkling of fields of alfalfa. band and Wife." By special arrangement the New Theatre will run the Hearst Pathe REGISTRARS NAMEL) crimson and yellow. Bur clover seed 1 one of unusual tnterst to everybody, In ltstlf will yield a very handsome: and Is a part of today's and tonight's cause as they i profit to the acre; and the lesptdeza show. or Janan rlovfir. sown hzrnadcaHf on I . FOR PASQUOTANK Rran iai,d two years ago. on one of) Mr. Mooro's demonstration fields, is ir I Vfiyllf"' IhoW Sheriff Charles Reld, O. R. Little i now carnetinr the irround with Us A vv the towns must not et it into their hads and Dr- Zenas Fearing have been tiny leaves and provdlng one of the be allowed 500. 00 per year for his the business men generally, even In services ' some of the cities mentioned, have We recommend that we celebrate not rallied to the " another "Good Will-Day" similar to should. or surpassing that of last year. xhe people of our cities and our TIT a Ht1 as TAvrTViTYi an tl f Via T TV O 1UI irvwuiiiiouu mWTlH TTlllHr I11IL KH . IL I11LU IIIHII ll"OUD I ' Chamber of Commerce co-operate in tnat thlB Jg a matter solely for the named by Governor Blckett as Pas- m0Bt rcelltnt pastures. every possible way with the J. H.lfanDer Our farmers are needing Juotank ( ounty s Registration Board Grain, corn, hay, pastures, live Zeigler Band recently organized. j more jabor. The only place they can for Juru flfth- Precinct registrars wlll 'atock and poutry, plus cotton and to No action was taken on the report ; get tnlg )abor ls from the cities, but named bT th,s registration board bacco, IsMr. Moore's plan of work for but it is believed that the newly elect ; deRpte the fact that there are thou- and 'eRlstration will go forward be-1 the farmers of Edgecombe County, d board will look upon the recom sanlg of idle men and boys ln our .tween the hours of 7 a m. and 9 p. m. arranped in such a way as to fill out mendatlorfs with favor, especially in cItleg and t0wns, they are painfully on that day- the farmers' time for 365 days of the matter of the employment of a g)ow about volunteering for farm , ( work with the assurance of maximum competent traffic man to save the wori. we have appealed to the auth- j knows of farmers In his county who, Profits for the year. The signs of pro business men, especially, the whole- orittes of every city and town in the . could cultivate more acres or land Rre"s are polntnlg to a new and a aleri, against incorrect f reJght gtate t0 rigidly enforce the vagarcy and produce more food and feedstuf fs betttr type of agriculture for North tit Alkrama charges. BOME GUARDS OF FOURTH WARD MEET The Home Gna.ds of the fourth ward will meet Tuesday nirful in stead of Monday night in front of the Armory Hal'. All reiubers ure requested to be present, .DANIELS CONFERS law. Some are taking some steps In J if he had more labor. The people of Carolina this direction, but most of them have i the towns and cities must furnish this ' been Indifferent. labor. Where financial assistance Is j "We have complaints of restricted needed th people of the cities and j credits to farmers by banks and sup-1 towns must provide that. Last year ply merchants. These have been de- was a miserable crop year in almost I creating in volu'me, however, be-1 every section of the State and the fact cause our supply merchants and I that a farmer Is neednig financial as- j bankers during the past few weeks slRtance this year does not discredit i have been waking up to their duties: htm RAISED LARGE SUM FOR LIBRARY and opportunities in this crisis' and are acting accordingly. Still we con tinue to get some complaints along WITH SHIPBUILDERS , thl9 llne , , Une OI mo HUH Birnuus uu n this time is for the live men ot our cities and towns to4ook about them. pift their shoulder to the, wheel and AVft'AtogtoK Way ' 21- Secretary i Dands conferrd with, a delegatlott of V '-'"'Vders today in the effort to h ' 5 ,a consif action ef 84 -combi v Iminn sweepers and seagoing do "everything'-pbssfble to aid the farmer, and to get Into cultivation every vacant lot and tract of land available Tractlcally every , county "The people of. the cities and towns of the State' must face the facts. The farmer is going to produce enough to rnn his.own establishment. Whether ho produces a sufficient sur plus above that to take lare of the urbsn-population of the State Is go ing to depend very largely upon the degree of co-operation and sympathy he gets from his brother in town. It Is the amlly of the brother in town that will suffer if that surplus Is not Rlackwell MemorlulSu'iday School raised somelhla? o:er ore bundled dollars for u 11 -r..ry Sunday morn ing. The 8n;)erin.endont, Mr. E." F. Aydlett, offered- the rohol om; hundred dollars ;'oa the library If the bcIiooI' wo:l!d rftsA 'lh.it bmotihK The lllrary nnw h'n a s'nrt of oVor. two hundred dollarn A more plol ge wt'l be taken. next Syidey morn ing. ', - "i 'ls'-'lp'nairtg v-illss Waiii' B- hits ieY 'vacWlon. tt ; Oi-ccnsbbra r the UnoPt of her brother: Mr. ' Cuayles Monday at the Alkrama Metro Pictures Company presents the lovely Beverly Rayne ln "A Mil lion a Minute." "The Oreat Se cret is also on the program and Is frettm very near the end ana so more exciting with every chapter. "Pavlow, at the Alkrama Wednei day Matinee and night ls the most wonderfgul show ever offeredto any one for five and ten cents. This picture is in nlnb reels and so startling, unique and and thrilling are the scenes that the times flies like magic.. Nothing before has ever been attempted, It is the su Dronio achievement, of the xllent drama and dnfleH description." WILL GIVE OUTING. !Tho ft. Yi P. U. of the Fl-st Ha, tiht; Church a vus tm opting Tuesday evonliu, May 22nd. Vagons ' lerve the church ft 7:39 for a ride tt te country 'homo of Jdhn Sahfpl where refreshments lirlil' bo served Mr. W. G. Caliber, Sr., of Hortfor ODD W EXAGEBATED of. food in Germany was clrculaled to lmDress other nations with the nee-;! esslty of Germany's submarine waif ' fare and also to cover the fraudulent , issuance of five million dollars wortlf of bread cards, it was learned here tp-,'; day. "..ij A reliable observer stated that "M. was unable to flnd any serlofts food' shortage except ln the large cities and even there conditions were Im proving. ' " ' in RECITAL TUESDAY AFTER NOON ,;yl.f- The pupils of Miss Annie Blount ': ill give a recital Tuesday afternoon, In the High School auditorium at live 'Clock. . r'f ia n rtavu will be award , ed a medal for the highest average in the class this year, 96. The following-. iudIIs won honorable mention for high averages: Bessie Davis, it', An-'" nabelle Abbott. 93: Margaret Spra- gins, 91; Josie Lee Cartwrlght, 91, Dorothy Gregory, 90. if.' m a art rvxnVTV.T ; : . ON MEXICAN BORDER . ( tty unneu rreuo; ; ; ... . , , . ...... A1 A nln aV. Ka. -4 ' waBningion, may ' tween American border troopt V and ;. ; Mexicans is reported to the State De- .,i v Filibusters crossed to the American ... side near Nogales and were captured ' by the Americans. 1 RED CROSS f i WOMEN KILLED; ff (By United Press)' Washlnrton. May 21. Two Chi cago women in the Red Cross service vnind aboard the American steamer, Mongolia, by a portion of bursting shell while watching tne gun crew practice. The ship retortied to its American port with flag at halt mast. '. T,' RRF.ENVILLE. S. C , ISCAMPSItE 4 Washingtoit,' May't.-Grcorvilt, S C. Uas been selected ai'an arm dlvlnlonat cP JJt. site for' '.he souUi
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