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.rT""""' VOL. 2 ELIZABETH CITY, I.'OIVrH C .OLI'.'A, THU".!).VY EVE'C'G. JUr.'E 1!, K17 niiEBIBIit-l'JlllTE - V VOWS ARE SPOKEN, IX REAUTI , FUL CHURCH WEDDING AT .' Z ' TEN-THIRTT THURSDAX ' ' MORNING ' ' (5. . Id ft' beautiful church wedding at lialf past tea o'clock Thursday the 'marriage tows of Mr Sidney E Ether- . ldge end Miss Once Leo White were ;. spoken. . : A". ..V, "3l' ' . Mrs I N Loftln rendered the wed I ding music. Mr Larry Ennls Skinner " played a vfoltn aolo and Miss Rath Windsor sang. 'Elysium" by Oley Speaks,'-" . , I Blackwell Memorial church was -" decorated' with maaaet of ferna and ' talma and the colums at the altar -were entwined with try a were also ', the arches' through which the bridal . party passed. Baskets of daisies and festoons of white wefe used in' the ' decorations, completing, .the. appro - prlate setting for the wedding scene.: Miss Llllle Mae 8trena and Mist '," Nellie Etheridge sister of the groom, were the bridesmaids and entered the church together passing under the . central arch. Then turning one to the '. right and the other to the left they passed under the arches on either ide and again passing each other at - the altar took their places on the out . aide of the semicircle formed by the ; trldal party. They wore beautiful day, dresses of white crepe de chine with V white tulle hats trimmed with laven ' ' der sweet peas, and carried boquets ) J. of lavender sweet peas. ''- ; . ' The groomsmen.Messrs Miles Clark ' and St Clair Cbesson entered next and took" their places In the same 'J manner. Miss Nettle White, sister of the . bride and maid of honor, entered alone and passed through the central ,", arch up " to the altar, , taking her place near the center of the semicir cle. She was beautifully gowned in a V day dress of white crepe de . chine, wore a large white ha)t of transparent Jbrald with trimmings tf pink and car V irled Klllarney roses. "r . . . ( tattle Misses Marjorie Skinner and Ida Lasslter, cousin of the bride, en tered next with baskets of pink roses. -They wereresse4-;',''ilte lingerie , dresses with pink ribbons.' " The bride' entered on . the arm of vler father, Mr Darius Whlte.She wore J,;- handsome going away, gown of blue and carried a shower boquet of VJwtde'S : roses. Passing through tb& central larch the.briae and her father C were met by the groom and his best, ; -mant Mr Tommle Hughes, who enter' ed from the rear and passed through Uhe arch . on the right, yi The eremony was performed by Rev C R Angell who bad entered be f ? :'f3r the bridesmaids from the rear ;an8 liad taken his olace in the cen- ttr Dt the emicirce. The ring cere inter 'Was'used. Immediately after r;: w'atds fhe bridal . party left the church for "the XX't9 train, Mr and Mrs Etheridge leaving for Asheville, r. npon their return they , will be at , :, home with the- parentw' of the bride "'. Hr and Mrs Darius White ea Burgess :i -street rnm-m CLOSIIJG SEGi.iJ; DENT AND ELECTED kills ehidh or (By United Press) AtlanU, June 14. Private Joe T Klrk 01 the- 17th D S Infantry today shot and killed his bride of only s 'few weeks and was himself woundei PROnDEXCE, RHODE ISLAND IS when the bullet passed through 1: NEXT MEETING PLACE PRESI wif,', body and entered his arm. : was arrested Bhortly afterwards.' ITALY F0E7ARDSVi i SECRETARY , RE n-ortdence, Rhode Island wUl be the meeting place of the surfmen next year. The meeting will be held In June. The exact date has not yet been decided upon. t In the closing session of the asso ciation today" Cafitain Arthur Domlny was re-elected President and Captain J B Jones' was re-elected Secretary. Supt Chad wick was elected PlrsVice President and W A Charles, Second Vice President ' . ' Mr Jacob Kemple t Norfolk, for merly of the United States Naty ad dressed the surfmen t this morning's session. . .' '. - The total expenditures of the asso elatipn for the past year was 41, ' - ' " - - :-: :, Captain Maxum and , Superinten dent Bowley, Icnowles Sands, and Chad wick went to Shawboro yester day tjo Trslt former President P . H Morgan. Capt Morg-n was found well) enough to be np. though not altogeth- IA J I tBy pnited Press) Rome, June 14. Italy today for warded 4 note to Russia Interpreting her war alms In almost precisely the same terms as England. ' WILSON SPEAKS AT . FLAG DAY EXERCISES T i - .: - l. 14. 'America is er recorered. ' Following is the address in part, of Captain 0 M Maxum of Washington, made at, the opening session of the Surfmen Tuesday: , , (By United Pr,e) WashingtonJune at war in defense of our right as a free people and our honor as a sover eign government," President. Wilson stated today In his address at the Flag Day exercises here. . , , v v His speech throughout was solemn ly vibrant Vlth warning of the suffer ing that America must endure ?but deep wtlh' conviction that. the nation is fighting i fight for right; ; , I l 4 uve aays , . . ' t i v Of course I fe 1 that I should touch upon some, matters of official busi ness, as is affects the men of the Ser vice. I wish I might look Into; your mlnda'and find out exactly what yon Eighteen years ago a little mn would like to know. . : : - 7 of men assembled tn this citv at h.l " '' " ' ' . ' " -'' first meeting of your aVsocU tton 111 ' Th or",ttt,,n ot th : Uld the to'niJon toon. T T " tlon which yon have -onsistentS fol Pll"h "d iU re th" tW0 tered and maintain ftS!1? these reara it. k,i. I i u,tlcw have been crowded with; good, nltl&m the duM of prganlsatioi de- .two Services of, which It is composed has been accomplished with the very has fully Jived. Vp 6 the purposes of its establishment." The goodv it : has been the means Of tfrttni u i.i. ". wwn accompiisnea witn w ableMany sorrowfBlo wS ' tt! would ot t,.v- ir- JI.A :B harmony, t believe I can say that the look forh7 have measre4 theVtu. needed in time of distress, have, beea'The processes v i wuuibAuua wcjiai udk ui l ii n hi . miiu if CHINESE PAELIAMENT- t. U s HAS EEZN DIS1HS5EJJ By .United Press), ,$ ' T n 1 1 1iflnAciA'Tkftrlia- J .,t,4JUUUVl ; ment lias. been unceremoniously dls f i .missed according to dispatches re- worldly things can go at such a' time, by the vislUtiott of the benefits ac. eruing from membership In this or ganisation. Your membership has steadily increased; ie management of your affairs has been healthy, anl you have never failed promptly to respond to the call of the sorrowing. It is, perhaps,1 not my province to nrge a large membership, in this As sociation, but I can Bespeak for your association abundant success In the I J r.::v. lov aiu v. sxilllr rcEVIEW OF-WORLD COurliGi III ILLUSTRATED LEG First of "Seven Joyous Days" Is roof That C .'. tauqua This Year Is "The Best YerVioIIa Concert and Entertainment By Pan! - . . ; ; Fleming Conprny Tonight 'From the shadow of the Pyramid the midnight of dlspair at V to. the prison camps of Berlin, from th fields of the Marne to the typhus hospitals of Servia; from the red bat tle of the Dardanelles to the wreckage! Superintendent of The Chautauqa of Lou vain r from the heights of Kra-j Hera This Tear. kow4to the'herols batUements of f .!.. P. mm . 1. VI l -. , . . . .m vB uwvu7 iuuwi vi ican uas iwo eoaninee bis cwa t Bulgaria to the towns of Shakes-'France. " . i Forge Ull Tarktown's cloud: j France poured out her blood water , and threw away her i like dust that you and I mlglt t the sweets of liberty and esual L Hence Franklin said 'every true A SIB 11. MS EII.OT Kll OP -ALL AERIAL PIRACY LAND HAS SEEN NO SUCH DES TRUCTION! OP LIFE Of SUCH ' INTENSE SUFFERING J .y . '.'t. CBjr United Press) ,r1.) London, June 4. For pure' fiend-' lshnessof purpose; and In ghastly toll of 'Innocent women, children ana old men,. Germany's air raid 6n London yesterday ranks as tie most murder ous In nil aerial plr.cy. England has seen no such destruction and pain making missies dropped before. . , ; Most of those injured suffered ter- fpeare's' country; from the cralgs of I the 8wlss Alps to the sands of Amer. lea's Coney Island,'-, Pettr McQueen J took his Chautauqua audience Wed- jnesaay eyeninf in nis illustrated lec ture. .The Great European War" j I, Mr, MacQueenVs leoture was a won- rw" 'derful review of "the conflict ' which the machinery of civilisation,"; and the horrors of war and the heroism in the struggle were vlviciy pictured He was. with 4he French armies in thetr victory over the Gemans In the great Marne. battle. In one day, he covered fifty miles, of. the French front 'Ger many had been' preparing for. that battle for fort four years and France had' been preparing for It the same length of time. They met on a fair field with the Germans who had 1, (00,000 men against 1,000,000 of the I French and the French whipped them ribly from , the acid fluids contained back for (ev6niy nll-; ,t t0ok g00 iu iuuj ui vim uuwub. i iut cuuarni 1 and -women are wrttning in hospital beds today with great burns caused pytthe murderous missiles. f ff Germany' will i report successful" this raid. Here is the report of that men seventeeen days" to bury ,, the French 'dead. Several times I slipped and fell up to my knees in blood. "But t have seen d,lvinely beautiful thing as well as divinely terrible Mr. McQueen praised President . son as a scholar and as a ma a r well as his poUcy m . the pre crisis- and his wise ( leadership ! the tresecutlon of the war, "A ea.in the noble words of our Fr idenf he said, Ms Bghtlng net f herself but for otheis to giv t -dictated freedom to small cat!: s and make democracy safe la t' -world and another wartlike t' impossible forever.' " Mr. MacQueen was a student r Princeton University under Wood. Wilson.. He was a war correspond during the Boer war, was in H . when the war clouds were hover: in' the Balkans when , they I n From there he went to England e 1 then back to the continent with t' armies In Belgium and France ; correspondent of .'the Edlntu ; 'Scottsman and Leslie's Weekly. ' On a walk o the train with a r -porter for this newspaper Mr I.' Queen expressed, th belief that t' war would' last at teast - two ye? r longer, f Germany has the advent. , he said, of air her men befn; success" official vWenTt her. to ithlng pn the while the Allies have to 1 success officially given out here ,to.J m,. i,,-! ..... . day? ft? killed, of whom 16 arechll den, 16 are women;, and 6S are men, Including scores of feeble and aged lion young men met death like heroes in three years. From the surf-beaten beach and the white terror of am. bushed 'torpedoes; from the battle fttfrfrVWv ...iK Thelonled . are.4; children J Z T, , miw.. flaWa a. Headquarters did not expect ' they would, at once fulfill technically the letter of every requirement. It ldoked hurled under the wreckage of school houses. . ; . The buildings damaged aire of utter ly non-military character and many tiny' bodies are believed to be still for the pint, the Intent and the en deavor on th2rj part, and it has not in the main been disappointed. I per sonally congratulate them upon' the showing and confidently look to them for continued Improvement, and I be- ZEPPELIN DESTROYED The German seppelln L-81 was destroyed over the North Sea today Lby British airmen, j . v" lleve they will, without urging, bend 'KAISER SYMPATHIZES every effort to the end that their ser vice in whatever direction it may be future, a'nd trust as the years go by, J renderedf wW nic credit upon the nsmemDersnip wiu rescuer farther coast Guard and faither into the ranks of the Setvlc. .; ' WITH CONSTANTLNE (By United Press) The Hague, June 14. The abdlca- ' DOUbtleSS there are members Of lnn nt r.nnatnttn nf armnrn tirn. the Servico who have suffered disap- duend a "nalnfut tmnresslon" at Ger- It needs only half an eye to see the pointmjtat beiause of their failure to man headquarters, according to dls good that comes through these as-j recetve promotion to the grade if of ' patches' via Cologne, nual gatherings.. I enjoy standing by, j warrant officer en arcount of being! The Kaiser was greatly chagrlnned as I have done for many years, and over sge prescribed by the regula-'and Immediately dispatched a mes hearlng your experiences as they are tlons. This is a matter that was given Wge of sympathy to the fallen mon ey the, arch and to his wife, Queen Sophia, who is the Kaiser's sister. ' u celved here. The Way To keep icottfig men of 19 and.JO out of the trenches is to throw all the might of America Into the fight at once. This requires money,' of cours, MONET. , 9 :: ; l It would be a proud boast for any city or town to be able to say that every man and woman la it had subscribed to si bond. And why no rt is an lnvest-4f ment. It is putting money Into the bank. It is storing up capital. for the future- use of the bond buyer. The bond can be ued Tor a loan at an ybank, or In case of need, it can b sold quickly. These are reg ular bonds of the U. S. Govern ment The best In the world; Must a man be hit with a club to-be in duced to savef . Keep the young boys out of the trenches. End the War. Buy a Bond QUICK. The banks will he yon. ' ' JAPAN SENDS , MISSION TO TJ. S. (By United Press) Washington, June 14. Japan Is sending a diplomatic mission to the United States. This mission will leave reirea 10 one anotner en inese oc-,yerT careful consideration By the caslons.' I do not believe .there Is one board on regulations and the conclu emopg you who wiU deny that he Is lon was' reached after mature dellb- r better r.ud bioader man when he ;erfctlon that the best Interests of the cays goodbye to his .comrades and de BerTioe demanded , that a person parts for Ms port of duty. jrtould not be advanced to the grade I am pleased, again to be the bear- c-f warrant officer after he had pass er of a message to you r om Captain ed the age of forty-two. The keeper Bertholf. I know be would like to ba of a Coast Guard station has coneid here, but .Washington Is busy place crftble reeponsibrity, h;s duties re in these strenuous days, and he feels quiring him. to act upon his own inft- that only the most urgent demands lative, and, experionce has demonntrst Japan ehont July 1st. should take him away from his desk. led that as a general rule those pcv- Relation between tne United 1 am delegated to speak his word of sons who successfully discharge these! states and Japan which, had been encouragement to you and to express responsible duties re the men wh9 upset over a misunderstanding as to bis earnest wish that your-tneeting .have begun, to exercise Independent America's purposes la China have here may prove beneficial . and profl-' authority early In life. The point in- been straightened out satisfactorily 'to Elizabeth City but Vfoo&tov Wll- the aon told him to take It back to the Rhine." The speaker reminded his audience that American surgeons and nurses are already tending 760,000 wound ed French and British soldi rs. "A quered souls went to God and these as they did go went not unheralded nor unattended but girt around with principalities and powers,' they took their infinite Ideals along with them even as the birds when flying north ward in the Spring carry with them their companions and their songs, This is a wa'r that Ik drenched with heroism as well as with blood.". Mr MacQueen had one hundred and .sixty slides, all arranged in the most effective order. He showed views of all the fronts, war pictures of Russia. Germany. Poland, ' the Dardanelles, Servia, Austria, Bulgaria France, Belgium, Egypt, Canada, Switserland, England. The speaker referred to the fight ing of the British and French in glowing terms and expressed : much faith in the American forces who are landing' and win later begin , to fight in the trenches. In referring to Germany's war pol icies Mr MacQueen stated that he could not but admire the courage of the German submarine commanders but the sinking of the Lusltanla, the killing of mothers and their babies, he declared, was cruel murder. "I don't know, he said, "whether the Kaiser is a man or a genius he will be Judged by history," but I do be lieve that HIndenburg is a brute--you can tell that by his looks." Hum orously, he added that "HIndenburg j ill! 1IUD 1UU iiviu. seperate equipment for the Fn British;: ' Canadian ( and Amer troops. He expressed much fa: the American navy and , nerc, table, "J wish he might be here himself volvd is not entirely that of physical through explanat'ors sent to to speak tQ you in his own behalf about the things in which we are In terested. I am indulging the hope that his official affairs may be so shaped that he may come before you at no fay distant meeting. . , - And there (s your former Chief, Mr.' Kimball, who never forgets to raiikhltttr but also the canacitv ' for Amorlcnn Rmhaaav at1 Tokio. Initiative and of ability satisfactorily At the same time an investigation to meet the conditions requiring In- has .been started to ascertain the dependent Judgement, responribillty ( source of the bogus note purporting ,and authority. I have a case in mind to have been cabled from New' York of a person somewhat beyond ' the age limit now prescribed, who was 'promoted to keeper before this regu- charge me end I obey to be parti- ilatlon went into effect He was an ex- rhlar to extend to you his heartfelt celient no. l Bunman, man witnput a blemish on his record, of long credi table service; but the crucial time came one day, and he failed to meas ure up to the qualities of leadership. A keeper most have the qualities of leadership, lie must be a warrant of-' fleer in fact as well as in name. The pay now Is good, the benefits accruing to a keeper are considerable, and the Government has the right to exact its full measure of' duty . The same is to Tokio which sroused resentment y0ung Englishman with his nose and1 In Japan. felicitations. In the evening of his life when naturally the long shadows are gathering, ne lives agin the days when you "were his wards. His interest, in yon and In your welfare andcontentment is ss well defined to- day ss it was wnen ne was nguum at your side years ago for you the things he believed to be due you. know you will be glad to learn that althnnvh The la rntlraA tl la Wt the office every day. He cannot forgetltrue of the petflr officer within his the scenes and associations of his a-' : (Continued on Page Three? MAJORITY SOCIALISTS 2 ANNOUNCE PLATFORM - ' (By United Press) V ' ' . Stockholm, June 14. A ft prelim inary ' its' tement to some ) of their peace 'plans German majority Social ists' today declared In-favor of inter national arbitration for ail disputes, the limitation of .th armaments Of all natrons, the revision of maritime laws to prevent sea prises during the war,' and decision against commercial war following (he military straggle. Jaw shattered wrote, "send for the American surgeons- they are the best." , Mr MacQueen stated that he bad felt since the war started, that Amer ica's entrance was inevitable'. The Englishmen has playea his part In the world magnificently well. He has giv es the world its greatest language; its finest literature, its broadest Jus tice." Of France he said:. 'If there is spy. country in God's world that ev ery American to the last syllable, of recorded time should hold in greatest respect and gratitude that country is the Republic of France. 'For from ed in France, aa a German spy. Ai proof that 'he . wa. ' an American dtisen heXlrst took 1 out : paper signed William Jennings Brytfn, 'I don't know Bryan" cried the officer. He then 'showed him the. signature of President Wilson "anl the Presi dent stood the acid test" Mr. i Mac Queen concluded. - V' 'j :5-;- '' "I am tery much impressed With your city" he told the, reporter as he boarded the train, wish I could remain here for two or three days? ' '"'J ' ' , At Wednesday night s program the McKennie Operatic company pleased the audience with the last act of 'II Trovatore" in full costume. ' . . V THE LIBERTY BOND ', After the' concert ; Superintendent Miller asked Solicitor) Ehrlnghaus, County Chairman f the Council of National Defense to make a few re marks about the Liberty Loan. In response Mr Ehrlnghaus stated that $150,000 was the proportionate part ' or mis loan ior rasquotans county and that only $75,000 had been sub scribed thus far. He called attention tn tti fat that in Vaorfntlnna t1naai1 Thursday night and expressed the ' hope that at that time It would be announced from the Chautauqua plat form that this county had done its share. ' Mr. Ehrlnghaus pointed out that the Liberty Loan is not for the rich and well to do only and that any person who Is able to save a dollar a week could and should subscribe for a bond. ' ' 'i'V.'v ;' THE CHAUTAUQUA SPIRIT , Ai the-opening program Monday afternoon Superintendent Miller stat ed that this was nts first , visit to North Carolina and that he was in deed pleased to find sucn a beautiful, progressive, clean ana up to dat( city. "You have snown a. fine Chau tauqua spirit," he said. Supt, Miller announced that all Chautauqua tick ets had been sold and' congratulated the ticket selling committee on their splendid work. In opening remarks he appealed to the audience to "do its bit" in the many different, ways, urging that the county do' its propor tionate share in subscribing to the Liberty Loan, in intensified farming, vacant lot. gardenntg, and a larger efficiency in business. Following Is Rev Miller's first address In the sorlcs on "Mending the Sotrfal Fabric," his (Continued on Back Page)