VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING. JUNE 9. 1917
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I FBI APPEBL
PRICE FIXING AXD REQtlS
. ITIOX OF FOOD WILL NOT BE
HADE USE OF EXCEPT AS LAST
RESORT
(By ROBERT J. BENDER)
((Unied Press Staff Correspondent.)
Washington. June.?. Patriotism
trill be made the basis of food con
trol during the war at the start.
Autocratic measures such as abso
lute price fixing and requisition of
food will not be utrtiied except as a
last resort.
. From the farm to the kitchen the
regulation of prices will be adminis
tered jthrough voluntary agreement,
according to the plait of Herbert C.
Hoover. 'Slackers' and 'skunks" will
be handled according to law.
MAINTAIN
PROF. N. W. WALKER IN
CURRITUCK COUNTY
Moyock. N. C June 8th.---Last
Saturday June 2, PrOf. N. W.
Walker. Inspector of State High
Schools, Chapel Hill. N. C.and his
two children Mildred and Tom, ar
rived in Moyock on tne early train. .
Mr. Walker went to Moyock to look
over the sAool situation in consider-1
ing the establishment of a high school
there. He found the community deep
ly Interested in the establishment of
such school. After getting the facta
necessary he left the impression that
the State would establish a State high
school at Moyock the coming year. ,
Mr. Walker advised the people at
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INTERESTING SESSIONS CdX-
TINCE TOXIGHT.SUXDAY MORN
ING, AFTERNOON AND NIGHT,
MONDAY MORNING AND NIGHT
The Epworth League Conference In
session at City Road Church This
week will come to a close .Monday
evening with a consecration service
conducted by Rev R H Willis.
At Monday morning's meeting' Mrs
Moyock to build a $10,000 brick build B HrtCB ot Wilmington speak
.nrt th. old hnnA for . rtnr. on Bible Study and a model Junior lea
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AMERICA WILL SEND HIGHEST
TVPE OF PHYSICAL MANHOOD
TO THE WESTERN FRONT SAYS
WAR DEPARTMENT
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(By United Press)
Washington, June 9. The War
Department will maintain its present
rigid standard in selecting the new
army.
This means that America will have
on the western front youths of phy
slque equal or superior to any now
engaged in the war, says the depart
ment. It is estimated that one oi every
three or two will fail to meet the'
high tests for physical perfection.
mIUU ARE
HELD III CUSTODY
IF CONVICTED OF CHARGE OF IL
- . LEGALLY GIVING OUT CARDS
" WILL BE METED SEVEREST
PUNISHMENT
llv (ltilcou r'retfai
Philadelphia. June 9. Fifteen reg
istrars here are accused of illegally
giving out registration cards on con
scription day and are now in the clut
ches of Federal authorities.
The heaviest possible punishment
will be meted out to mem If convict
ed. The shortage of registration cards
runs into the thousands. It is under
stood that petty politicians secured
hundreds of registration cards and it
Is believed that the Investigation will
Show that the cards were doled out
to slackers. ,
HOPE THAT FEW
LIVES WERE LOST
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(By United Press)
New York, June 9. The hope, bas
ed on cables received last night at.
midnight, that the earthquake and
volcanic eruption that wrecked San
Salvador snd 1he surrounding townil
did not tike a heavy toll of life, Is
expressed here today by local agents
Of San Salvador firms.
FULL DETAILS OF
I PROPOSAL RECEIVED
(Dy United Press)
Petrograd, June 3. How much
sanction o fthe Austrian General
Bohradln has In his amazing scheme
for separate peace between his Aus
trian troops and the Russian troops
is the subject of conjecture here.
' i Full details of the proposed scheme
have been received at the War office.
;"V Four regiments of the Seventh Rus
sian army refused to obey their offl
tera. One additions! regiment Is re
ported to have arretted its own offl-
'pets.
fctlnlstsr ot War Kerensky ordeed
'i arrest of all responsible parties
d they will be court martialed.
mitory. This should be done and will
likely be done. Moyock tfaa a great
future. It is now growing and is
gathering momentum. Moyock town
ship can Issue schoolhouse bonds with
gue meeting wil be of much Interest.
Sunday evening Rev John A Gere
Shipley will deliver an address on
"The Missionary Message of the Bi-
courses nc
MUCH INTEREST
IF YOU WANT TO FIGHT
- JOIN THE MARINES
REPRESENTATIVE. OF PALMER
Washington. June . Special nati
onal marine corps recruiting week
begins tomorrow, continuing to 'June
too mast be between IS and 35
i years, snd can enlist for the war ner
tf-vwan a w -nu w wyt-w rnnr wv I.
ur acn ivn. .i- ioa only. "Men who want to flrht
STRUCT TEACHERS IN PALMER where the action is hottest on Und.l
i .uMiir MtritUD sea or In the air," says Major Genial
I George Barnett. commander of the
West Raleigh, N. c, June . The Martne Corps, "will find the marine
courses In Education planned for the corps offers them a grat bpportun-
Qnmmasi Qskw1 r9 eh Ca iAllAsa ' i4 . i i . ' . . ..
Summer School of the State College
of Agriculture and Engineering are
attractive state-wide favorable atten
tion and are planned with the needs
of the teachers. In the schools of the
state in view.
Language and Reading In 'the Pri
mary grades will b conducted by
Miss Ethel Terrell of Asheville, Sec
retary of the N. C. rimary Teacher's
Association. Coures in elocution for
ity to uphold the honor ot their coun
try and heir flag."
MONDAY AT
THE ALKRAMA
ble."
the rate of 15c on each 1100 valnff f ' nday fternoon at four o'clock the benefit of teachers will be given
' 4.. n..lAn K. kAU V... f V r l -.
nu nituirriBttr witiw win in uciu. u mig i j iuauu, luruieriy ui SI.
This is the tenth annual session of Mary's School of Raleigh. Discussions
lion of property and 45c on each poll.
and buy $10,000 in bonds, build the
house and use It while the bonds are
being paid off. This will pay off the
bonds within 10 or 12 years. Such
will be no burden, It will be a pleas
ure to the people.
Prof. Walker left Moyock and went
to Poplar Branch and spent Satur
day evening and Sunday morning with
his people. Saturday night Prof. Wal
ker delivered an Inspiring and in
structive address to the people ot Pop
lar Branch. He first discussed the
seriousness of the war, and said that
few people actually realized the mag
nitude of the world war. He said the
war is one for the liberation of man
kind It's a war foi- a principle upon
the Conference.
Rev C B Culbreth will; preach the
of the rural school and community
and class-room management will be
annual sermon, Sunday -morning conducted by Mr. Giles, member of
which will be followed by an installa
tion service. .v,
' The meeting this evening .will be
featured by a model Missionary meet
ing. ' Rev A D Wilcox or Goldsboro ad
dressed the conference Friday even
ing on "The Social Message of the
Bible."
! This morning's service was open
ed by Rev J M Ormond and the sub
ject of Bible Study was taken up by
Mrs H B Branch. An institute for the
1 Missionary Department was held and
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which our liberty rests. He said it " n""
may last 6 months or 5 years. In the ot the Conference have ex
last half of his address he discussed Dre88ed themselre as delighted with
school development. He told in a the hospitality of the church and the
pleasing manner how the Poplar eity and Elizabeth City people on the
Branch school should grow and a- other hand have reatly ,nJoyed the
velop and rank with the best high
schools in the State. He said he want
ed to see It rank as such a school.
BIQ REGISTRATION IN
CURRITUCK COUNTY
session of the conference.
DESERVES SUPPORT
Currituck, N. C. June 8th.
Six hundred and sixty four regis
tered in Currituck County, four hun
dred and sixteen were white, four
aliens and two hundred and forty
four colored. Everything went along
nicely. As far as known every per
son In the county under the age limit
registered. There were no slackers
The number registered was far great
er than expected.
OF THE PEOPLE
the S'.rte Board of Examiners and
Institute Conductors, while Mr. High
smith rlso of the same Board will
hold regular classes in psychology
and the principles of teaching. Mrs.
R E Ranson, President of the N. C.
Story Tellers' League will give a
course in Story-telling bringing out
the correlation between this and teach
ing Play and Play-ground work as a
part of education will be directed by
Mr. C. H. MasDonald, Supervisor of
Play Grounds at Raleigh.
Practice Schoof will give teachers
an opportunity to put into immediate
practice the ideas gained at the Sum
mer School, and Teachers' Institutes
will be held June 12-25 and July 12
25 for the benefit of those unable to
attend th entitle session of the Sum
mer School.
Mr Jack London of the A N Pal
mer Company of New York "will be
with the Summer School of the State
College of Agriculture & Engineering
and will give courses in the Palmer
metnWBTPenlnafoftTrfijtnuiai lug all
Monday at The Alkrama, matinee
and night "Womanhood The Glory of
the Nation" will be the great offer
ing. People of this city are proud that
they are going to have such a big pic
ture offered them at the small price
of 25 and 15 cents. This picture has
shown every where, Including Nor
folk at 50 cents.
GERMAN COUNTERS
PROVE FRUITLESS
grades. Stress will be laid on black
board work, critic classes, and in the
mechanics and pedogogy of the Pal
mer method has produced gratifying
ACTION' OF CURRITUCK COMMI8- witn chHdren wherever it ha8
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8IONERS IN VOTING APPROPRI
ATION FOR FARM DEMON8TRA
TOR WAS PROGRESSIVE STEP
Currituck, N. C, June 8. On
Monday, June 4, Mr K A Robertson,
State Corn Club Agent, Raleigh and
G W Falls, Farm Demonstration
Agent of PaBquotank county, appear-
SCARCE NEXT YEAR ed Defore tne Board of Currituck coun
ty I ommissioneirs to assist me biu
TEACHERS WILL BE
-Currituck, June 9 Superintendent
of Education R W Isley, of Currituck
today issued the following statement:
To Currituck County School Com
mitteemen.
Committeemen are appointed for a
term of three years. One man is ap
pointed or re-appoiiiied each year. In
each district In the county the two
me" whose time does not expire June
301 1 should be looking after the em-
p'',y,'ei', "f teachers. Or the three
e o' liittfi - if ii 'iijv be doing this
or! lnu:j l ( '. i school law
ullov, -i co' lniittr mu'ii to engage each
ers and v . t!' m i-c i if lit I" tn
ploy teachers v. i'.i th n p ovi it 'l..
approval of the county sn jx-ri n ; n
dent. They should be select. '1
and formally elected in the superin
tend pnt-eommittee-meeting later.
Good teachers will be scarce this
year. Many lady teachers will have to
take the places of many of the male
teachers who have cn:Isted. Early in
the spring the "Grasshopper Teacher'
was discussed in The Advance which
tried to Insist upon committeemen se
curing teachers early and holding
them year after year If they make
good, This Is the second appeal to
committeemen to act. Do not wait un
til the last of Augimt when the best
teachers usually are employed.
At the State 1'nlverslty Summer
School a Teachers' Bureau is conduct
ed to aid committeemen and teach
ers. This Bureau will help yeu secure
teachers if you write Prof. N W Wal
ker. Director Summer School, Chapel
Hill, N. C, and state terms.
commissioners In employing a Farm
Demonstration Agent for Currituck
County. These agents stated that the
Federal and State Departments of
Agriculture would pay two-thirds if
the county would pay one-third of the
salary for Currituck's agent. After
much deliberatio nand hesitation the
Commissioners decided to employ a
man for the work. The agents present
pointed out that a good farm agent in
the c6unty treating hogs and doing
nothing else would be a good thing.
The agent will increase the number
of boys in the corn club work. He will
eld the county Superintendent of this
!, i's who has been4rylng to do club
W'h :i ( nrrittif 1
should rcuierobr:
's new agent comes
DC-' neople here
that t'.ie 'ounty
pays a small y.irt of lit! unhir-
CONFERENCE AT
' METHODIST CHURCH
The Rev O T Adams. Presiding El
der of the Elisabeth City District win
bold the third Quarterly Conference
at the Epworth Methodist Chruch on
next Sunday afternoon at four o'clock
The people ot the community are cor
dially Invited to attend these services. ' sou th winds.
vet a'l
his time goes U.- fie bu'lilir" up ff
the county. This act n on of the best
and greatest the County Conrnl 'slnn'
rs ever passed. No person in, th--county
should have a word against
such an act and likely no person will.
The proposition was too good to let
pass. Let everybody help him when he
nm 9 and try to produce a great deal
moro food and feeds than heretofore.
He will come fn tlm- to heJp the far
mers in planting fall crops.
It will be the aim of the District
Agent, Mr R W Freeman, Wilson, N.
C. to have Currituck's new agent
take charge of the work July 1. The
agent will help fanners get fall crops
that will help reed hogs during the
winter snd stock In the spring It. the
farmers will do as he says. Nofann
er knows all about farming. The
agent can help the beet fanner. Usu
ally the best farmer Is the one ask
ing for such aid.
been tried. Hourswlll be arranged so
that Mr. London will be able to hold
conferences with teachers regarding
this work and personal attention will
be given to any desiring It.
Mrs. Pearl Cross Green, Supervisor
of Penmanship in tlie Raleigh schools
will also give courses In writing car
rying on an exposition of the Berry
Method of Penmanshp.
(By United Press)
Paris, June 9. The German coun
ter attack against the French proved
fruitless after severe fighting all last
night.
London, June 9. A powerful Ger
man attack over a rront of six miles
covering all the ground Just won by
the great British drive on the Bel
gium front has been completely brok
en down by British fire from Haig's
forces.
TURKEY WILL NOT
INTERN AMERICANS
(By United Press 1 .
Stockholm, June 9. Turkey will
not Intern Americans but Is willing
10 gram tnose or military age per
mission to leave her Borders, accord
ing tb official information to the
United States through Sweden.
ROD
PEA CI
FOR THIS SEAS!
OVER TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS BKOUC&IT TO Till
COUNTY ix PEA, MONEY TE3
YEAR- -
ELIZABETH LODGE
WILL MEET MONDAY
Elizabeth Lodge No. 217 I O O F
will meet Monday eveniBg to have
work in the first degree. All members
are requested to be present.
CAMDEN FARMER MAKES
MONEY ON POTATOES
N H Knight of Old Trap thinks he
has established a record for potato
growing In this section.
Mr. Knight planted four barrels of
seed potatoes, which cost him $134.16
He sold his crop for 980, at a niet
profit of 1845.84.
The net profit per barrel on his In
vestment for seed was $211.84.
"Can you beat It," asks Mr Klght.
TWENTY KILLED
IN MINE EXPLOSION
Butte, June 9. Twenty are known
to havo been killed and It Is possible
that the number may mount to a nun-
lilred when all fatalities are known In
a mine explosion today north of Butte
At least a hundred were trapped in
the mine by the explosion.
Rescue crews are bt tng rushed to
the scene by order ot the National
Bureau of Mines.
ODD FELLOWS ARE
DELIGHTFUL HOSTS
Achoree Lodge entertained the Odd
Fellows of both lodges and their
friends in a most delightful manner.
Informal speeches were made by
Solicitor J C B Ebrlnghaus, Rev E F
Sawyer, both prominent Odd Fel
lows, and by Herbert Peels from out
side the fold. The spirit of good fel
lowship prevailed and the newly dec
orated and handsomely furnished
hall was much admirer by the visi
tors. Delicious refreshments were
served during the evening.
WEATHER
Probably showers and thunder
storms tonight snd Sunday; fftsi
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Tonight's Show
At Alkrama
MOYOCK ITEMS
Saturday at The Alkrama. matinee
and night Elizabeth City's favorite
productions wHl be staged. Cute lit
tle. June Caprice will star in "The
Mischief Maker", in tne rollcking ptc
tnrlsatton of a madcaps devltry. The
picture was produced by William
Fox, snd thst Is all the recommenda
tion needed. ,
i Now Musty 8uffer will furnish the
fun for the chlldren.They will not see
Musty, many more times, so tbey had
better make good use of him.
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GRIGO'S COMMANDERY
' , MEETS MONDAY
Commsndery, Knights Templars,
Mo. 14 will meet Monday evening at
eight o'clock. All Sir Knights are re
quested to be present as business of
Importance to to he transacted. 1 4
Moyock, June 8. Mrs J H Bell
and children, Haywood and William,
are visiting Mrs Mollle Poyner.
Mrs Alice Charlton of Portsmuoth,
Va., Is visiting Mrs Mollle Charlton.
Miss Addle Wilson, vho has been
teaching school at Florence, 8 C. re
turned to her home here Saturday
night
The Wesley Bible Class had its
regular business meeting at the honte
of Miss Jane Cox' Thursday night.
Mrs Fritz Rltter left for Elizabeth
City Wednesday nlglit where she will
attend the Epworth League Confer
ence. A play entitled, "Mr. Bob" was pre
sented here- Monday night by the
High School pupils. It was well ren
dered and thoroughly enjoyed by an
appreciative audience.
Mrs E F Prltchard of Baltimore Is
visiting Mm Mollle Poyner.
Messrs FrMs Rltter and E E Fore
man motored to Ocean View Thurs
day afternoon.
Mr H P Jones accompanied by his
daughter, Elisabeth, went to Elisa
beth City Wednesday.
Rev N P 8talllngs continues to be
very 111 at his homo hers,
Mrs Jennings Is v&Ulkg her
mother la Norfolk. - ' V
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No less than 13.168 baskets of May
Peas have been shipped through Com
mission Merchants hero' this seasoa
and a tew shipments are still being
made.' Peas have hewn, priced from
60c ap to 13.00 per basket, aveng
ing about 11.60 per basket At the
average price of fl.SO per basket Mty
Peas shipped op to Friday will bring
to the farmers of this county. $33,
38.50.
Reports from the commission mer
chants showed this, year crop, a
record breaker. For Instnch, R C Ab
bott's shipment this year wis over
three times that last year .17,007
baskets against 6,600. Though none
of the other commtesion merchants
were able to give definite figures they
all reported this year's crop above
that of last. -
Another item of no small Interest
Is. the pea picking. Dr L 8 Blades hag
paid out thus far this season 1398.64
for 1,178 baskets of peas picked on
his farm. At this rate over four thou
sand dollars has been paid out by the
pea growers tq woman, and children
a class of labor, who generally speak
ing do not find many opportunities
to earn real money. . . -';
The pea crop. Is handled by 'the
Southern Express Company - which
must be doing a record business tn
something besides peas. This com
pany's office here did over $5,000.00
more business during May this year
than during the same month last year
With the pea crop off their hands
at a good price Pasquotank farmers
will now turn their attention' to pota
toes which are already beginning to
mnva fraAtv mil nrhlxh t4nrlm
top notch prices.
EXPECTS TO YISUL:
MITCHELL'S SOME DAY
"I've enjoyed The Advance more
than usually lately," writes a lady
from another State to whom a friend
In this city Is sending the home pa
paper," and changing the subject half
way, if I ever do get to Elizabeth
City, I expect to go, as soon as I hare
saluted you all, to that Mitchell's De
partment Store. ' -
'I've read many attractive adver
tisements but never any that appeal
ed quite so strongly to my own Una- '
glnatlon." adv.
PF.PSTTTNfl PP.flWTVWn
T)1T vmn msv. m -
(By United Press) ! '
'ft.
London, June 9. Oeneral Pershing'
was ormany receivea oy rung ueorge ,
today In private audience. General
Lord Brooke made the presentation. .
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NOTICE TO THE PATRONS
OF :v
Norfolk & Carolina Telephone
& Telegraph Company,' fS
This is to notify the patrons of the
above named Company that under the
existing laws we are compelled ' to
have the various reports which wa
riake to the Federal Government and
to the State in on time or ws will bs
penalised foj falling to 'comply ,irith
th law. , . jj.-Vr.'', -
We therefore request you tq. have
your rent in the Company's. Office, -509
East Fearing street, not Inter
tlun tho 10th of each month, i Upoa
your failare to' comply- we will i be .
compelled to diacontlaue your, srt
vice from thai date. Owing to condi
tions brought about by the present
war we are unable at any price' to
purchase more Instruments, and It we
should be compelled to take oat yonr
phone we will be unable se reinstate
yon until conditions change. Therefore
take notice and govern yourself ac
cordingly. ' ; . , i
AU telephone renU are due . and
payable on the first day of each month
in advance at the Company's office.
Norfolk ft Carolina Telephone
and Telegraph Co. :
C W. GRICB, den. Manager
May II. SI. It, 81. 81, June 1, 8, 4, 1
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