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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING. MAY 23, 1917
NO. 125
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EXPECTED TO REVEAL ATTI
TUDE TOWARD RU8SIAN SLO
GAN "NO AXXEXATIOXS AXD
N OEVDEMNTTXES'
FIEST WORD COMES
FEOM A WAYFARER
HEALTH EXPERTS
JUS
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(By United Frees!
Washington, May 23. The United
tSates government pUni before long
to make a statement of Ita attitude
toward the Russian aoldier,'s and
-workmen's slogan "no annexations
and no indemnities."
This statement will doubtless take
; (By WILFRED PEELE)
Troop C.'Tnlrd 0. S. Cavalry
Fort Sam Hoston, Texas, May 10.
Now that I am at last "set tied." I
will begin to redeem my promise to
The Advance.
In spit of Manly's advice, . after
staying In the Militia eleven days, I
decided that I still wanted to get In
to the remlar Armv. so I matured to
... . . I The Giesel-Dlxon lectures. of the
C SB UWVUSti VUV W VS MUBAVl I I
now I am really satisfied. I like the 1917 Chautauqua are a part of the
fellows Immensely. They are all re-' Chatauqua's new movement, the
FUNERAL LIES. SPENCER
The funeral, service of Mrs. E F
Sawyer was conducted at the home
Wednesday afternoon at four o'clock.
The services was conducted by Rev
D P Harris,
The pallbearers were: George J
CHAUTAUQCA INAUGURATES A Spence, E M Stevens, Frank Kramer,
NEW DEPARTMENT KNOWN A8 Eddie Hughes, Phil Sawyer, Walter
THE1 LIVE-A-LTTTLE LONGER L Small, C R Wilkinson and Cater
CAMPAIGN
cruits who entered the service since
war was declared and they are a fine
set
Lire a Little Lcnger" campaign.
Frank Dixon is already known to
Chautauquana and those who have
r vii ahinnad to Port Slocum. New I heard him before know how well he ember 1915. Her health had not
York, first when I got Into the regu-i U1 present the subject of health been good for 'some time,' but her
Harris
Mrs.' Edwin Fere bee Spencer died
at half past ten o'clock Monday
night at her horn on West Main
street. She was only twenty-three
years old and her marriage to Mr.
Spencer was solemnised less ' than
two years ago on the tenth of Not-
1
a form similar to that of the French la Army, stayed there tor three days
Premier Ribot's statement In Paris, and then was assigned to my troop,
for 'the State Department has let it On the way down here we passed
le known officially that it sympathl through Chicago and St. Louis, so I ' drives home the needs of the comm
and ;comntunlty betterment .t
He takes up health-from the stand
point of public responsibility and he
zes with Rlbot' remarks.
got a glimpse of the three largeet
cities in America.
I am in the cavalry and will be
stationed here for some time.
unity for the observation of health
laws with Dlxonic emphasis.
Dr. Carroll E. Giesel of Battle
Creek supplements what Mr. Dixon
MOHAMMEDANS WANT
PF.pnnT.in in rtjssia
, We expect to get our horses in -a has to say, urging organization for
(By United Press) couple of months. Until that tlmeiKooa- health and stressing the im-
Moscow. May 23 The Congress of we haTe t0 dr,U w,th rIfle' 8aber and ' portance of health and conservation
i o t Is an1 Ion rn f ta Vsa ra ra rt . ... ... . . '
TMiiaafilmpn In session here w th dele- "" i oi me in mese war times.
gates from all Russia today adopt-. n"e' 1 ma? not flnd much "me t0
ed a resolution favoring the instltu- or much to write about but am
I giao. 10 say a wuru iu ui minute,
and glad to read the news from Ellz
tion of a federal republic In Russia.
THREE CAMPS FOR
MEDICAL OFFICERS
Both lecturers are termed "health
e.xperts", though go cut and dried a
anu g.au lu ru w.c ..rw. uul dlx I duality and personal
abeth City and the country around a of the chautmuqAa.,
about In its columns.
' (By United Press)
Washington, May 23. The estab
lishment of three training camps forj
officers of the medical corps was an-i
nounced by the War Department to
lay. These wil open June 15th with
6,000 men in training. Fort Ogle
thorpe is the site for the southeast
ern division's camp.
NEW THEATRE
THURSDAY
term by no means expresses their
charm
seven
joyous days.
death was unexpected by her family
and a shock to her many friends In
the city and section.
Mrs. Spencer Is survived by her
husband, Mr. E. F. Spencer of the
firm of McCabe and Oice; by her
mother, Mrs. Margaret Sawyer; by
five sisters, Misses Mary Lou and
j Kffie. Sawyer of tLis city, Mrs Jas.
Mercer Davis of Mount Holly, New
Jersey, Mrs. O. J. Kirchheimer of
I Norfolk, and Mr,s. D. Ray Kramer
of this city; and alro by two broth
ers, W. C. Sawyer and Blackwell
Sawyer.
AMERICAN SWEETS
TENER VOICES
BASEBALL NEED
Registration
Board
Names Rcstrai
-.. ' ; . '
Appoints Men in Each Precinct to
Enroll Names of Men Liable for
' Military Duty Under Draft Act
HONOB ROLL. FOR
THE EflTIRE YEAR
NAMES OF PUPILS WHO THRU-
OUT THE TERM HAVE EXCELL
ED THEIR CLASS MATES AND
LED IN SCHOLARSHIP AND DEPORTMENT.
(By H. C. HAMILTON)
BOON FOR ENGLAND (United Press Staff Correspondent.)
London. May 22 American pop
corn haw come Into voue here to
help England's sweet tooth over the
Manager Louis of the New Theatre
has booked the Klelne-Edison five
nin ntintnnlnv "Th Last Sentence".
. . , i i sugar shortage. Marshmallows and
as nis premier aurucuuu iuuhuoj.
nil.,.. X'..... WT na,l A iltl I nn iln
This is said to be one of the most
successful dramatic pictures yet of
fered by the Kleine-F.dison-Sellg-Es-sanay-Servlee
The story commences
in idyllic old Brittany when George
Crosby, a New York lawyer, meets
Reneee Kerouac, a simple and charm
ing, but uneducated and uncultured
peasant girl. It ends many years lat
er in New York, but before the final supply is falling so lotf that choco
sceneB, the Girl and the Man have lutes and similar confectionery will
experienced all the vicissitudes of soon be a thing of the past, and the
CAPTCRED GERMANS -THROW-??- life, and. tbeir..chi!tlren have suffered flappers are taking the Amer4tn.
TERESTING LIGHT ON THE for the wrong the father diet. Marc Bulistitutes with avidity.
j New York, May 23. "The National
league must win some world's cuam-
The Honor Roll for the year 1916-
1917 in the Elizabeth City schools is
as follows:
HIGH SCHOOL
Janle Mercer, Francis 8eyfert.
GRAMMAR HCHOOL
Fourth Grades:
MIhh Holt, tfacher- Sarah Carter
pionshlps or baseball as well as h '0scar Williams.
FRFfJCH LEARTI
inn
PLAHS
other New World delicacies requir
ing little sweetening are supplant
ing the standard English candles In
in the shops. Despite Kennedy
Jones (lecaratlon that the Candy
trade of the United Kingdom, on
which' more than 100,0(10 people de
pend for a livelihood, would not lie
interfered with, the country's snar
STRENGTH OK GERMAN COUN
TER ATTACKS
featured in the leading roles.
WAR TRUSTS
PROBABLY TOLERATED
(By HENRY W(M)D)
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
' With The French Afield, May 23.
aunday ana tnunaeroumy muunuuiK .
Has forstalled the gigantic counter' Washington May 23-War trusts
offensive move of the Germans. Prls- organized despite the Sherman law
oners from the German lines reveal- will probably be tolerated by the
d the enemy's plans today and their government during the war on the
..n,nnt.nna, threw much light on grounds of national emergency. The
the tremendous power behind recent , tlon of the supreme court In
fierman counter a
JUST BULLETS DON'T
National league is going to suffer
said John K. Tenor, president of the
National league, today.
"The ease with which the Red Sox
defeated Brooklyn last year and the
tact that they had little trouble in
winning from Philadelphia the year
before makes it rather hard for the
National league.
"We haven't been wlnrring world's
championships olten enough. The rep
utations of the old Cubs and the old
Giants doesn't do us much good. The
fact that the'Brayes' established a
Tpordtfjr MNrrtrlrrg' a -world's chtf-
njoiiHhip in four straight games, de
feating what Is called the greatest
In pursuance of instruction from
the Federal Department tha sods?
slfned members, constituting tha
Board of Registration for Pasquotank
County;, met on the first day of Mar,
It IT, and appointed th' following
Registrars for th varloua registering
(same as voting) precincts of said
County as follows: 1 M
ELIZA BETH CITY '
First Ward
H O Godfrey, P 8 Shtpp, P O 8aweT
Second Ward f '. ; '
A C Bell, 0 J Bpence, W T Culpepper,
Third Ward ; - ,
W M Hlnton, C E.Thompson, W N Old
Fourth Ward ' ,
Kenypn Bailey, M B Simpson, J B
Flora, " t "
Providence Township, Pasquotank
County ' ' '
M P Jennings, W F Pritchard.R Nlxpa
Morgan.
Newland Township
W J Williams, W J F Spence, W, A.
Foster. t . ,.
Pools School House 1
Miss Cobb, teacher: Ada Belangla
Elizabeth Harris, Mary Dozier, Mary R S Prltchard, R O Mercer, J Q Hoi-
H. Prltchard, James Hill,
Scott, Joseph Ferebee.
William
lowell.
Salem Township
Miss Weatherly, teacher: Margaret J J Morris, Geo E Halstead, T C Flat
jHollowell, Margaret Nash, Mary Lee. cher.
Jackson, Nannie Mae Stokes, Wilmer Cartwrlght School House
I Ballard, Tommle Gray, Marion Sey- E S Scott, James R. Brlte.
baseball machine ever pieced togeth-
SEEM TO GET HIM er. doesn't get us any prestige at all.
I We've got to win championships and
(United Press Staff Correspondent.) keep on winning them.
London, May 9. (By Mail) A dl-l "I realize just as much as any one
rect hit by a heavy shell or Zeppelin ' that our league doesnt seem to shape
bomb may some day finish Brigadier- up with the American, although I
General Adrian Carton de Wlart but know in my own heart that by com
smaller missiles seem unequal tp the parison -honest comparison on the
j0D- record of years that we do not suf-
Wounded nine times during his mil- fer."
Itary career, General de Wlart has be- Tener undoubtedly has grasped the
ttacka a. well as derlng reargument "by anti-trust "nie a ..u.u.. e.uu... n, ......
ttacKS as wen as, i,i.h Kn th niiirioi otm ktnH of baseball is eoins to live or
the matter of the great forces which cases, more .rma, ogn.nce
the French have been compelled to ,t(.ntion of ,eareuin thel The General's latest wound was a win some championships before it can
eject in their victorious advanceThe no ;nnt7Dce(;omargU,n,? shrapnel blow wnlch t00k a chunk out rank with the brand produced by Ran
prisoners declard that Hindenburg a80ng for permittin g the or- of one ear. Medical treatment in the Johnson's subjects,
had visited the Cornillet front super-1 ,nfaraata hv field hospital staunched the flow of! New York has acquired consider-
tnr the nfrenRlVA ioiuanuii " " " ,ul'" "j I
1 " ' 1 - ... U I
or-
I the great monoprAies during the war
vising arrangements
planned. I . Hr.ati .,nnn ...in.i w , remaind in the field
Paris May 23 N vet es ht flerlou8ly affect bu8lne99; The habit of getting wounded selz-
resumed offensive today won for th . nomhlinB ,t ed General de Wlart In the South
Frenc the complete domination oi - -
. . n thrP be ieved they can deliver more cheap-1
Allette valley and the capture or tnree I
L , ,h0a M.t of Chev 'y and efficiency and quickly all sup-,
VjmUiHII llllS Ul Ll ' ...... v . ,i
jiiies neeueu uy
while at war
blood, his head was bandaged and he able of a National league baseball
reaux and other advances on the sec
tor front the plateaus of Vauglero.
The statement of French officials de
tailed the offensive as being thus suc
cessful prosecuted in three violent
atacks at different points on this
front.
the government
FEAR DELEGATES
MAY LOSE LIVES
fBv TTnllr Presd
Stockholm, May 23. Delegates
are already here in advance of the
German called socialist peace confer
ence. Those here are figuring today
on the possibility that representative
socialists from belligerent counties
might lose their freedom if not their
lives when they return home as the
GERMANY PLOTS
AC1 FOR PUCE
RENEWS EFFORTS TO SPREAD
PEACE- PROPAGANDA FOR PUR
POSE OF ENDING WAR ON OWN
TERMS
Mr Untied Pressi
club. It Is expected everywhere that It
will win the National league cham
pionship. If It does t will provide
African War. He wan hit twice durlna: some nretty strong opposition for
that Campaign. anything the American league can
I It was in Samoliland that he re- trot out. In a short series it would be
j celved his next wound. This time he a hardttask to defeal that aggregation
j lost an eye but continued to serve as of high-strung, hard, playing athletes
; Captain In the Army. j The regularty with which the Ath-
Commanding a force in Flanders In tetics formerly crushed aNtional lea
the early days of the Great War, the gue opposition, the sucress of the
general had his left arm shot off.That Red Sox in 1912 and their two later
laid him up for a while but he came l victories in 1915 and 1916 look rath
back and was wounded next as com-!er bad for the National leagle and
mander of a Gloucestershire corps all this in spite of the wonderful Cubs
at La Boisclle. J the Pirates and the amazing feats of
Then there followed three more the Braves,
woundings occuring at various points "
on tUe Western front. MILLION WOMEN
General de Wlart is a Belgian. f WIN VOTE TODAY
brother of the Belgian foreign minis-1
i
ter. But he was educated at an Eng
lish college, and has been In the Bri
tish Army for many years. His friends
fert. '
Fifth Grades:
Miss Fai8on, teacher: Elsie Pugh.
Mt. Hermon Township
O L Bundy, J W Perry, B G Wlnslow.
Nlxonton Township
Mrs. Pearson, teacher: Margaret G W Cartwrlght, J P Perry, Jas. W.
Commander, Lillian Harris, Albert j Price.
Bright, Stuart Wood. . . ; . j.JW,ppye namri Jteglstrftra will
Miss LeRoy, teacher : WTlborne Har-,iit at "tfae'l rftpectftetfirff: '
,-ell. clncts. on the 6th day of June, 1917,
Sixth Grades: j between the hours of 7 A. M. and 9 '
Miss Lasslter, teacher: Annabelle P. M. for the purpose of registering
Abbott, Mlllcent Hayman.
Mrs. Roberts, teacher: Larry E.
Sflnner.
Mrs. Pool, teacher: Leona Lewis.
Seventh Grades: ,
Miss Elliott, teacher: Margaret
Chesson, Lottie Drinkwater, Elizar
bth Etherldge, Alma HaymalargjU
ret Mann, Goldie 8tok0 tyivrf
Evans, Claude Ward. v; .
Miss Harney, teacher: Sophia Davis
Frank Dawson. -
all male citizens (white and colored) .
between' tbo iges of 21 and 30 yean
inclusiyqTtiia' means those persons ,
who gna)l pst iil yoara old on or be
fore Jane 6th,' and who have not
reachti' their $lst, birthday prior to
Junpthlll7;.; . i5
AliaW between tho above agei ,
're" subject to registration. If you fail
to present yourself for registration,
or presenting yourself, you give false,
misleading, or Incorrect answers, you
are a misdemeanant and subject to'
punishment by ONE TEAR IN PRIS-
on. ' . . . , .;, ..
CHAS. REtD, Sheriff.
G. R. LITTLE, Clerk 'Sup. Court
ZEN AS FEARING, County Health
Officer ',
say he Is a calm, quiet man, of cheer-
London. May 23. Germany is ac-iful disposition but not aDt to laugh
price of attending the meeting. So f" tively peace-plotting again after a over a near-joke. For his conduct in
only doleates from Scandinavian ns-jiu ln propaganda efforts consequent ' the Samoliland campaign he was
tlons, Bulgaria and Austria are here. upon tne 1ntia re,,ulse of the at-jniade a member of the Dictingulshed
Every effort has been made to coax tempt t0 eIltl(,e RURBa into an agree- Service Order. He received the Vic
the attendance of Knglhih and French mpnt for BPparate j,eace. tori(l rross in the present war.
delegates. j The Teutonic efforts to bring about j Here is what the official account
,; th end of war on Germany's own said when he was awarded the V. C.
SERVICES AT EPWORTH terms are revealed in dispatches re-1 'It was owing In a great measure to
METHODIST CHURCH ' e,VR(1 tdav from half a dozen Euro- his dauntless courage and inspiring
i pt-Hii cities. Coming at a time when example that a serious reverse was
I Premier Ribot's firm and unyielding averted. After three other battalion
Tue pastor Kev. C. B. Culbreth,
will preach at Epworth Church next
"Sunday sfternoon at 4;00 o'clock.
The, Sunday Scthftol will meet st 3;00
..ft'fock, Jha public is cordially In-
TlteiVtof,.Wid these services.
statement of France's war aim is commanders had become casualties,
prominently displayed here, as well ho controlled their commands and en-
as additional statements In regard sured that tho groutrl won was rnatn-
to America's position, there seems talned at all costs. He passod un'lin-
scant likelihood of any headway
this latest German move.
in incbingiy through barrage fire of the
most Intense nat ire."
I Colcmgus, O.. Kayy 22 One mll-
' lion Ohio women today were grant
ed the rteht to vote- for presidents!
! electors in the fall of 1920.
t Although the act signed by Gov
ernor Cox Feb. 21, was subject to a
90-day referendum, antl suffrages
failed t0 secure the needed numl.er
rf signatures to prevent Its becom
ing a law.- V TrJW
'i he I1H was Introduced last win
ter by Representative .Tames A
Itcynoldn Cleveland. It pissed
the lower h"u:'o. 72 to!ii. -mil the
Ke'i'ito ani't'ovcl of it, l!t (o 17.
Ohio Is the fourth stato In the
I'liit.n to r:rmit women pTti-il suf
frape, following te lead of Illinois,
North Dakota and Indiana.
Eleven other states have full stiff
frage.
PRIMARY SCHOOL
First Grades:
Miss 8tevens, teacher: Virgilia
Banks. Evelyn Puckett, William Puck
ett, Selby Stokes, Milton Self, Julian
Riiwr Charlie Sneaf.
Mia Zoeller. teacher: Nathan BOARD OF REGISTRATION,
White.
Mrs. Fearing, teacher: Louis Har
ris, Frances McClenny, Cornelia Jen
kins, Rufus Bradley.
Mrs. Brooks, teacher: Sudie Baker,
Violet Baker, Mary Dudley.
Second Grades:
Miss Willis', teacher: Mary Gladden
Gregory, Helen Leigh. r ,
Miss Bell, teacher: Allen Bell.
Mrs. Etherldge, teacher: Margate!
Connery, Howard Johnson. '
Third Grades: f
Miss Marshall, teacher: Ruth Gas-'
kins.
Miss Ferebee, teacher: Annie Mid
gett, Sarah Helen Leigh, Laurence
Aydlett, Charlie Price. '
Mrs. . Skinner, teacher! Bonnie
Parks, Annie Seeley, Marjorle Skin
ner, Luclle Jennette, Lillian W1U
kins, Carroll Abbott, William Perry.
PaequoUnk County, 1
POPULAR AgC!3TANT
; BECOMES MANAGER t
For sit yeiff Cfeorg' F Wright has ,
made friends' around t th SUndarl
Pharmacy ahd ,te btief ' day he waa v
promoted frW Assistant Manager to ,
tue'Maaieg'rfaJHJ, ' .''
'. -ImterT tov&'iL tfborttif tor this ,
newkpa declared (
tha f'he hd jee idandng stead
, ,;.. sirC-M -stf-"
, In addition te rlnir.lhto well- r
deserved promqopi :MF;1lv"right has '
recently been thrust t)efpr,e the pub-,
lie'" In spite of ls natural modesty "
and entire lack of eelf-eijploitaiton.
As salesman of Diamond Tires he has
become well known, not only here at :
home but throughout this section. In- i
deed, he Is being constantly embar-'
rassed by old friends who send, him ;..
word that they are rejoiced to tee
his face again even though this must ;'
be on the billboard and the news-
papers in the extensive advertising A
campaign of the Diamond Tires peo-., 1
pie. , '
Mr. Perry, formerly manager of the
Standard Pharmacy has been trans
forred to. the wholesale business of
tho firm on Fearing street. t
GROCERS BANQUET TONIGHT
(By United Press)
Toledo,' O., May 22 Following a
aeries of addresses on vcx prablenn
as they affect grocer?, nearly five
thousand members or the retail .;ro-cei-R
association will nttend a ban
quet in tho Terniml Auditorium
tonight that will m; l;e heivy Inroad
on the grocer supplies of the city
which In enter'.iilnlnf; them l.t an
nual convention. The !ay' program
included addresnes by W. B. M.
Mc.Intyre, Davenport. Ia.,; w. f. . WEATHER j ,
Flske. New York; C. F. Kurtz of Fttr ,.ior tonight possibly lights
Iowa State University and L.M.H. j fr0Ht in mountain dlstrcts Thursday"
Attenbach of Denver. fair moderate west winds. . '.
f