VOL.2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING,
JUNE
12, 1917
Bankers AreTorkiug
For Liberty Loan
CHAUTAUQUA TICKETS
At the meetng of the Guarantors
last night- we were, only 1300.00
short of the 1600.00 guarantee. This
Is the best record we bare ever
made, -,?-jk'i .. :'i Ji','
Tickets mar be tad to&ay at Se-
jllg's Jewelry , store and at the Apo
thecary shop and from the louowina
individuals
J. e. Sawyer J B Leigh, J ,W
C B Williams,
rtiarlp D&Tin.
-Nnf kVill KahinH In I l-ifnntir c r Pueh. "
v, f , x r I People are callling tor their ilck
0.ir2iL Ti'tA C D.Ar.kMf'' eta this year and if you wish a sea-
OC1 YJLUC H UUUllCIS r JTXCOCUll 1U.UIICA 8on ticket It is suggsted that you
see one of the .above " named per.
sons immediately or you will .have
to pay the single admission.,
In Of d er That Elizabeth City May Wilcox, J T Stalling,
' ' V 's wVY . e w 1 ; rrs , 1 A '1 George A,Twiddy,;; C
Personally To People.
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By Friday noon, comes the , news
over the wires from Washington to-'
day; seven dollars must be subscrib
ed for every man, woman and child la
the united states u tne laoerxy uon
ls to be sucpssfuL Money must flow
Into the national Treasury from now
' until subscriptions close at the rate of
$10,000,000 an hour, or $166,667
every minute. '
- v The' three Jank cashiers of Eliza
' beth City put in the morning doing
personal work among the customers
of their banks la the Interest of the
TICKETS flDE
only tu
THOSE WHO WISH TO HAVE A
i,: Gto mss
ttOlilSIIIICIIT
REGISTRATION LOWER
', THAN WAS ESTIMATED
prominent Physician op bis.
TINUISHED FAMILY SUC
CUMBS TO ,HE.RT , FAILURE
; AFTER TWO MONTHS 1 OP . ILL
HEALTH .
c - .
News reached relatives In , this
city Monday night f the death, of
Dr. ,Geo,.Costen Brooks; of Sunbury
on that evening. . 'He was flfty-flve
years tif age and 'had been unwell
for about two months.;,
f Dr. Brooks made uis home - at
Suasbury when a young ' man and
has been practicing medicine, there
tor about twenty-seven years. ; He
leaves many f rinds who sympathise
with his family in, thlr loss. w i: )
The funeral services will be con
HAROLD CTUAUT WOOD
. SOIIE POTATO GHOWEH
Washington, June 11. War regis
tratlon is approximately 9,150,000,
according to the revised figures of the ducted at hI hom, 4 w body wffl
Provost General j- r , v. be b ougnt here oa &
- This is more than 1.000,000 below wn.- i--nr .-1 --
0. It was found i.,M.. ,m v. tth j
the original -estimates.
that (00,000 ellgtbles who had
en-
Harold Stuart Wooa takes the prize
for potatoes grown! ra an Elizabeth
City back yard. ' Four big smooth
ones which he exhibited to friends to
day weighed a pound and a half, while
ui lamer s ana nis neighDors' crops
are lagging a long way behind.
' .This young gardener is eleven years
old and the son of Mi J Q A Wood of
this city. Stuart prepared the ground,
planted the potatoes, watered ' them
and tended them. Isa father's pota
toes were planted at the same time,
but they lacked the contagious energy
and enterprise of Stuart's.' "Daddy's
didn't come up till mine were nearly
grown, said the young man in an'
Interview this' afternoon," and his
haven't got much roots to them yet"
EX-OFFICE-EOY : :
r - IS FOOD DICTATOR
IlllltD iLLi!:
UiilliS Sjlil...
ALOXG EVERY PAKT CP .
ERX FRONT STE.IDY A!
IS BEIXG JLiDE AXD IT ' "
' ARE rREPARLNO FOU XI.
FEXSIVE .s-:-.
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London, June 12.- On every v
ern front the Allied pressure la e .
ing the Teutons with a grip of L
ing strength, .
Field Marshall Halg, prof.:lr r
his' newly won and Comlnatin? i
tlons at Wytschaet, Messlnes
Reige, has forced the relinquish
by the enemy of an additional ;
of Belgian territory just west of
nelon, according to dispatches, ar
JOYOUS DAYS" MUST
ONCE
ACT
'I
AT
r i r : l To the south French pressure
.Salenv Oregon, June U.--Back in the basej of.the now badly scat:
1885, Bert Hoover was office boy f or . Hindenburg line is steady' and
the Or gon Land company in Salem marked with intense artllley Cre.
a gftod office boy at that Hie uncle I 1 At a timely moment Italy la t r. ;
Dr J W Mlnthorn. was1 the head of the ing another offensive, this time
company. tToung Hoover, thought he Trentino, adding anether theatre
was worth more money. Dr Minthronlthe great war. Italy has lust com '
Days
Chautauqua'! 8even Joyous
Elizabeth City has already aubscrlb begin Wednesday.' -
ed seventy five thousand dollars to The first program, which will be
the Liberty Loan, but as the loan has presented under the big tent on Road
not' yet been fully "subscribed and as and Church StreeU, opens with "a
terment will take place in Hollywood
cemetery. .". " ,j :':; . ', '
PART W CHATJTAUUA'S SEVEN , listed in the reguUrarmy.; aavy orj Be.ide htaWto"''''";
"uu" w uiMiua wiui uu lurTiTed (our children' two boys -wuuerin souin-ea one nigniy successiui oiicnsiv'j
not been accounted tor; Alsd, the tnd two rirls. 7 They v arei yMisssslint0 cllfornl8-: v r i ; , ' "i V ' the Carso plateau and Austria r
v"""w' ' uuv.muws. Marie and Etta. Hrnnk nrt Mr Hon
ed as much as .was estimated, as im- M- nFM.. Rrv; .,4
1t ought to be QTer subscribed and as
bankers are taking the lead all over
the whole country m doing their bit
t to see that it is fally subscribed or
over subscribed bv Thursday.nlght Of
this week", bankers .here have fallen
' In line and begun an arduous and
j spirited personal campaign to secure
subscriptions.' '
' This was decided upon Monday af
ternoon when the presidents of two of
the city's banks, tne cashiers of an oi
thent and the newspaper men met F
T Sabine, of the National City Com
pany of . New York hut now working
under the direction of the. Central
Liberty Bond Committee of this dis
trict at Richmond, in the Chamber of
s -Commerce Rooms In the - Hlnton
building. Mr Babine told of plans and
methods of obtaining suoscnpuoni
, that have been successfully used else-
- -where and it was declaea tnat tne
rflrst step to be taken should be the
personal effort of the bankers to iri
; terest their customers among the
'bn&lnesB men in a more active inter-
' Y.4- T Ihnrts Tiatl Alt' ttlTAA Of
y thf cashiers stated after their morn-
infi' wk that the response to tneir
ttilprt had been mos encouraging. .
VWe have received a hearty jpecep
)V and are more than pleased at
presponse to our efforts this
J1rnIn,, said Mr. Babine to a re-
-i)r - . . .
rter tor tbls papr at noon toaay.
Pcye nave oeen espviBujr cuwuibbo
the spirit of co-operation wun
llch the business men nave met us
; in taur. worn. ;
Lt the meeting Monday afternoon
Hf M R Griffin, cashier of the Citizens
, Bank,' suggested, as did this news
' paper some days agoi that the mer
chants and other business men of the
city could exert their erfort to no bet
ter end than that of interesting their
employes in subscribing to the Liber -
' tr Loan.' Tne mercnani," saw mr.
Orlffln, "could purchase the loan for
his clerk and then let the clerk pay
for it by a deduction of a dollar a
week from his or her weekly pay.. A
. m & - ik. . I u n . i. I HinMtna
ffoon pari ui me uu iuis iuuiuiu
' business men in this scheme.
1 However if one's employer's aoes
: not' fall In line with this suggestion.
there -is still no reason why the man
working on a salary and the wage ear
ner.tnay not purchase a Liberty Bond.
'accommodation to their customers di-
mm! mw wrttrt ian a.a rinl.
, lair a vimk need feel AO Hesitation in
V going to his bank and making appli
, cation for a Liberty Loan Bond, .
hnrtionmnt of the Liberty Loan but
"Smnt. subscribed in Elisabeth
I nave to be doubled before as
laf be said here y S '; .?
lecture by the superintendent, Mr. Ed
ward F Miller, and closes with a con
cert by the McKipnle Operatic Com
pany which la remembered here with
and Dp.
praf ,t0IK bury;, two sisters. Mrs. Harry West
or Norfolk and Mrs M C Cobb of this
city, and one brother Attorney J. CI
Brooks of this city. , V'v'..'' ,W
r Dr. Brooks was tne . son of the
ped during the war.
AMERICANS JOIN - '
' J . BRITISH FLYERS
late Judge Brooks and Mrs. Maggie
Brooks. ' - . ,
President Wilson Has ; announced keen her forces massed ther con:
that this same Bert Hoover ex-offlce ly to meet the menace of Ce;
boyis to be "Food Dictator", of
nation of a hundred million. , .
t:
FIFTEEN CARLOADS
Cadornas ever (tightening grip
Trieste, now almost within sigM (
the Italian. They must also rus!i r
serves into Trentino. This is one c
' . v (By United Press)
pleasure aihce.former .ppearance. in Am.rlc.ni unable ttf Jola tfc, Unlted' " ' ' fc
Chautauqua. H Vi , States Aviation Corp. because of the PROVIDENCE FARMER
n weaaesu-y . u,ru,h. of .ppUc.UollIr ar ; golng t0 j
up vumpM, w ... Canada- to enUst in the Canadian Hy-
m conpert ana an inusuatea lecwre .f Xoronto; offlclal.
on me au ooruiui -uujevt yay, - ... ... ,
a
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J
ICT STATEMENT V
LL PLEASE ENTENTE
'(By United Press) ' ;! ' v
Kholm, June ll.The predio-
at the German peace state
be isued by German Majority
t will 'favorably impress the
i' by reason of Its liberality
rre on t' h authority.'
"Edropdan War'' .will be delivered by
the veteran, war ' correspondent Peter
McQueen ; iW '&''
When the guarantors met Monday
night t9 report on tickets told it was
found that, the sale of tickets had
gone tar beyond that of prevloue years Corpgi
at tne guarantors nnat rw:uniuj.
Hitherto, the greater part of the tick
eta have, been sold at the last min
ute. This year only about one f hun
dred tickets remained unsold Monday
night and this number Is (dwindling
rapidly today. It is most likely that
many will try to get tickets on' the
last day and will be unable to do so.
Those who want tickets should let
their wants be .known' Immediately
without further' delay in order to
avoid disappointment. . .
PRIZES FOB PARADERS
The Chautauqna parade will form
in front of the 'Court house at cine
thirty Wednesday. The manager of
the parade especially urges the child
ren to get ready to enter the parade
in' orllgn alor comic costumes.
Following are the prizes ' offered
irf original pr comic costumes.
FOR BEST DECORATED AUTOMO-
i BILE OR TRUCK:
1st. Twenty-fle gallons GasoIine,giv
en by The Texas Company.
2nd. ' Five gallons Cowaxco Auto oil,
given by Crown Oil ft Wax Co.
3rd. pnrt Tire Cover, given by Auto
Gas Engine Works.
4th. Three years Si.jscriptton to the
Dally Advance.
6th. Ono year subscription to Even
ing News and 6 .0 0 0 Votes.
6th. One pair Headlight buids, giv
en by Southern Auto V Marino
Works. ., " "
7th. One Tire Gauge, given ny auw
Supply Vulcanizing Co.
CHILDREN PRIZES FOB MOST
ORIGINAL COSTCMESJ j
Fve dollars' in Gold, given by
Savings Bank ft Trust Co. 1
(Girls', Scent Ball or Dorlng,
given by H C Brlgnt Co !
(Boys' Scarf Pin or Cuff Links,
given by H C Brlgnt Co
One Hawlian Hula Huia Tie,
SMILES THIS YEAR
Mr J T Darli. m. nrntnlnant farmar
. The Canadian aviation schools are M Providence "township, was in, the
equipped to receive, the Americans clty' Tuesday. Asked if he had raised
who pass satisfactory physical exam- potatoes this year. Mr Davis" . face
mations. Americans now at the Tor brokft nt0 Bmiies. He hadn't' gone in
onto schooriaVeTJeen assured earTct.-th5m tf or,er onty thtTtt
assignments to thb Royal Flying w,ia hf i,a . k. .m
local market for"$255.00 net. v" ,'
This is not a record it all this year
but merely an average price., It is easy
any dajf you are on the street in
Elizabeth Cltv to' nick nn t firmer
;1with much the same story to tell.
WEATHER
Generally fair tonight and Wednes
day; gentle variable Vrlnds
Ghantauq(iia Program
Edward F, Miller, Superintendent
Wednesday, June 43 AFTERNOON Admission 35c.
2 :30 Series Lecture by the Superintendent , .
, Concert McKinnie Operatic Co.
EVENING Admission 50o
7:30 Concert McKinnie Operatic Co.-
Illustrated Lecture Peter MacQueen, F. E. O.
S' The Great European War." '
Thursday, June 14 AFTERNOON - Admission 35c
2:30 , Concert Alexander Von Skibingky,. Violinist
Lecture-rDr. Carolyn R Qeisel, "Just You,"
To be followed by a conference-hour.,
1st
2nd.
3rd.
given by Weeks ft Sawyer.
FOR FUNNY COSTUMES:
1st A One Bank Book and $2.80 de
' posit, given by First National
Bank.- - , -:r-y- '
2nd. One Fountain Pen, given by P
W Mellck Co. "
3rd One Camera, given by Louis
; Sellg. ,. ' VV'i
CHICAGO COMES OUT
' OF SLACKER CLASS
' Chicago, June 12. Chicago's mil
lion dollar an hour , Liberty Loan
campaign Is gradually lifting the city
out Of the slacker class. More than
$25,000,000 has. been subscribed in
the p"t 24 fco-T3.
Admission 50c.
and
EVENING
7:30 Concert Skibinskv.
Entertainment Paul Fleming, Macian
ms company. - v .
Friday, June 15 AFTERNOON . Admission 35c
2:30, Series Lecture by the Superintendent ' '
Concert Garland-Eekhoff -Jordan Co. '
EVENING 'Admission 50c.
7:30 Concert Garland-Eekhoff -Jordan Co.
lecture Frank Dixon, Uncle Sam M. D. "
Saturdavvung 13 AFTERNOON Admission 35c.
2:30 Seri Lecture by the Superintendent
Concert The Old Homestead Quartet.
; EVENING ,
7;30 Drama-Thc Old. HomenteiKVbr-Denman
; Thompson, tho jrreat American pliy.
Sunday, June 17- . - ) Collection.
, Sacred Concept and Address at hour to be ian
, nounced. ', " v . . '
Monday, June 18 'AFTERNOON ; Admission 35c.
2 :30 Series Lecture by the Superintendent, i v
' Concert The Symphonic Orchestral Club and
Madame Justine Shannon, contralto.
EVENING ! Arlmln-tnti KOft.
7 :30 Concert The Symphonic Orchestral Club and
Madame Shannon. - . r-
. Lecture Hon. Perty Alden, M. P. "The Future J
Tuesday. June 19 ' AFTERNOON y Admission 35c"
2:30 A Junior Chautauqua Play "Good Fairy Thrift? i
: ,v : V The Village of Dinp: Donj? Bell", present-,,
. , - , edly.the members of the.4 'Chimes of Nor- .
; :, ' j '.(; o "f v . ,:manay' Co.--A eat afternoon for the chil-
' dren Brin? them with you. .t.t . v
4 :VrK: : ' : ; :; EVEimiG 'V'dmisslon 75c-r
7:30- ppcra 'Tlie Chin-. 9 of Normandy" presented,!
oy a mil enst, ( : - rni and orclitra. -
r
) C"
LEFT HERE MONDAY,"!..'" ttZZZ '
In spite ofthe fact tnat recent rains . . u ,tlu hopod RuB8la r
y Z f:?- i nto acUve partklpstion in t'
uo uiiuiui jtit iuza,ueiu iny Mon
day, selling on the local market for
from ft to i.25v- i , ' , -,v
. The demand is good and the mar
ket steady and the quality and con
dition of potatoes marketed are gen
erally good.'.h'-f' ,; v."
GERMAN GUNNERS I
.1 v FLEE FROM PATROLS
;v.?;uw..- c:m:s
Wf;?"" press i. ;
With British Armies Afield, June
12. In the face of heavy artillery but
with comparatively little infantry pp.
position, the British' are passing by
patrpls well to the east of the posi-f
tlons. recently won in the ba,ttle of
Messines Ridge. Since then the Ger
mans have attempted only one heavy
counter.
There Is much evidence that the
Germans are yet unorganised after
that staggering blow. German gun
ners fled at the approach of the pa
trols today, abandoning seven guns.
POLES REJOIlINg
(By United Press J
Washlngtbnfl June II. The tact
that it is Brltlan and not Russia now
declaring for a united and independ
ent Poland is hailed with rejoicing by
millions of Poles in America. '
MANTEO NOTES
Manteo, June 11. Miss Lillian
Grey left Saturday for Norfolk, Ta,
to visit relatives. '.
Miss Jennie Mldgett left Saturday
for Norfolk, Va., to visit her brother,
who Is now In tne navy, '
Miss Bright Montague is spending
some time with Miss Loss Mldgett.
Messes Rennle Griffin, Mabel Evans
In a Jennette and attending the Ep(
worth League at Elizabeth City.
Mrs E H Peele ab children left
Saturday for 'ft visit to Mrs Peele's
vister at New t Bern.
Mrs, Emma Rollinson has returned
to her nine at Frlltco after spending
some time here. v "
AlUed squeeze but the effort will c
tinue without her, profiting by 1.
assistance if she can give it but r
dependent upon her. , ;i ,f
OPElFsTf
,1 .
mis :k
SURFMEN BEGAN ARRIVING 1
CITY B1TRAIX AND BOAT T:
: MORNING-AND MOST OF TI"
WERE HERE FOn FIRST til.
SIGN .
I:-
The opening session' of the Surf
men's A"oclatlon was held this after
noon in the Junior Order Hall. llr.
M B Simpson delivered the addrc
of .welcome in behalf of the' city an 1
C R'Pngh in behalf of tne Chamber
bf Commerce. The mala speech of t
evening was made by Mr. Maxum c!
Washington, D C, who was introduc
ed by President Dominy and who
spoke on the work of the association.
On Wednesday the surf men will
hold sessions from ten to twelve and
from 2 to 4 to hear the report of com
mittees. .Wednesday aignt at the AN
krama pictures of some very interest
ing shipwrecks will be shown for th J
surfmen. The closing session will be
held Thursday from t8u to twelve at
which' time the officers for the coming
year', will be elected. $ls ty. v.t. '',
Surfmen began arriving tn the city
by boat and train this' morning and
most of them had arrived in time for
the opening session,:' V; .t
The Surf men's Association Is re
ceiving an unusually warm welcome
from the business men and Elizabeth
City in general since the entrance of
America into the war has stimulated
more interest in the organisation.
Wednesday afternoon the Surfmen
will be taken In an automobile tour
of the city by the Chamber of Com
merce. . '. - ; ' - 1
AMERICANS AT THE FRONT
(By United Press)
London, June U. Tom Phillips,
of Wichita, Kansas, quit his job as ft
street-car conductor to go to war, He
bummed his way ' to JEngland with
Tom La Roche, of Oakland, Califor
nia. They landed in August. 1115, and
Joined the Welsh Guards. - . ,
"Tom whs killed at Tpres in July,
191. said Phillips. "I've been pretty
lucky wounded twice nut nothing
serious. First .1 got slammed on the
head wlht ft pal's rifle butt during
bayonet fighting with Frits. It was so
close we couldn't always be srire who
was getting hit. But the real bllghty
wounds came 'last treptember 'on the
Somme.; A. machine-gun bullet went
through my left 'wrist and - another
through my leg, and then they oper
ated on my head and they're still at
It.
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COTTON SOARS AS
. EXCHANGE OPENS
New York, June IS. The continu
ation of wild soaring m cotton which
brought the prediction that trading
in cotton futures will be barred dur
ing the war was shown as the ex
change opened today; !
London, June 12. American ' cot
65 to 70 points - above yesterday's
quotation. ':.-.''!; -v :'-'-- -: :
'August sold J4.88 a 'gain of, 60
points.' December at 24.31 a gain of
3 1 points. Within the last ' fortnight
prices' climbed 100 points. .
YOU -ARE NEXT, SAY
ALLIES TO RUCCIA
London, June 12. It Is now up t)
Russia, England, France and the Un i
ted; States have frankly stated the'?
war aims.-'-.,-T V ,
.These co-lncide with ' exprc - ' i
from democratic Russia.