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, ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUEDAY EVENING. JUNE 19. 1917
N0.149
Bream ol World Peace
May Now Be Realized
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Entrance of America into the War
Has Transfigured Hard Cold Facts
Of Europe And Now All Things
Seem Possible,
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"Honorable Percy Alden, Member of either America or Europe realised
the British Parliament, was the speak how large must be hie reaction of the
-er of the evening on lite Chautauqua 'conflict on the traditional policy of
"THE CHIMES OF NORMAM)"
WITH FULL CAST CHORUS AXD
ORCHESTRA IS CLOSING NUM
BER OF "SEVEN JOYOUS DAYS"
DEEPER GUIS
0 Ell
The most elaborate production of
the program of Chautauqua this year,
"The Chimes of Normandy," will be
presented tonight with full cast, chor-l nels of crime were apparently opened
us and orchestra. Artnur Wooley who I today as the police, private detectives,
plays the part of the Bailll played bis! and the district attorney delved In
POLICE AND PRIVATE DETEC
TIVES ARE DELVING INTO
WHIRLPOOLS OK LUST AND
BLOOD THAT SWEPT PRETTY
SCHOOL GIRL TO DEATH
(By United Press)
New York, June 19. Deeper chan-
flrst lead as Marquis fn the Chimes of
Normandy when it was first present
ed in this country, almost forty years
ago. May G Fitzgerald who plays
the sordid pool of lust and bldod
which closed about the pretty form
of the eighteen year old school-girl,
Ruth Cruger, and sucked her down to
platform last night.
This Is Mr. Alden's eighteenth visit
to America and that, together with
the fact that he is a descendant of
the Alden family of New England,
specially qualified him to deliver a
message from warring Europe to mili
tant America.
In part Mr. Alden said:
It may be doubted whether any na
tion his ever occupied a position of
inch determinant importance as that
of America entering this world con
llict at the most critical time in its
Malory.
A great democracy with enormous
mail power and unlimited material
the United States. You nad long been
congratulating yourselves on some
thing more than official independence
of Europe. The sacrifice of this aloof
ness Is not without its compensations.
The resources of America are not be
ing exploited for tho advantage of
England but for tin, salvation of the
world. The destinies of England and
America are Inseparably interlocked.
We cannot live apart, but we have
uot yet learned to live together. That
is the lesson that we are to learn
when English and American soldiers
light side by side.
QUESTION Ol' DEMOCRACY
Before proceeding to deal with a
"Germalne" has just come from the death
Aborn Opera Company where she
sang the same role.
Monday evening and afternoon The
A motorcycle uniform, found bu
ried beside the ropeound body of
the girl, was tried on the unusually
Symphonic Orchestral Club proved the tall form of Vlctoi Blady, Chaffeuer,
resources, with high Ideals, no lust reconstructed Europe and a league of
for power and no aggressive desires, nations which we hope will give the
lias responded to the appeal made by world permanent peace may I say a
lier president and thrown all she few words on the question of demo-l
finest musical treat of this year's
Chautauqua. Mme. custine Shannon
contralto soloist with the club pleas
ed the entire audience and Ralph Hen
kel, violinist, and Mario Mazozonl,
cellist, received continuous applause.
The entire company rendered a vari
ety of pleasing numbers and in the
held in connection with the crime. and
was found to fit perctly, despite the
fact that Blady stands six feet five
inches in height.
Close questionoing compelled Blady
to admit he lied in saying that be was
not in ('ocelli's shop on the night ot
February l.'ith. This is the night that
afternoon and night gave a group of; the police believe that the tlalian
Southern melodies, which were greet
ed with unusual applause.
Monday afternoon Supt Miller
shop-keeper let down the roped body
into the cellar through the trap door
cut In the floor and started to digging
made his last address on the series of her grave.
lectures "Mending the Social Fabric,"
his subject being "The Ethics of Bus
iness." The speaker called the attention of
! the audience to the words of the
possesses into the alembic of war.
cratic government, wnlcb I conceive
Charles Fox on hearing of the fall to be the indispensable condition of
of Bastille remarked "how much the friendship and true alliance between
greatest event it is tnat ever happen- nation and nation In the future. Your
ed in the world ahd how much the President has said that "America has
best." Such words might well have
been used of America's fateful decis
ion. It is a great dae in the history
ot humanity.
Much as we hate and detest war in
this case "It is the decision of the eon--science
of mankind," because it has
been deliberately sanctioned by a
hundred millions of free people not
on political but on moral grounds.
"Nations respond, said Lord Bryce.
to the appeal made to them at a time
statesman, Moses, in ills warning to
the Isrealities "Beware lest ye forget
God." This message, he said, was not
to the church but to tne nation. We
Meantime ghoulis'i curio hunters
slipped Into where the body lay and
stole the golf-pin and shell comb
found with the bod.
All possible influence is being
brought to bear to obtain the extradi
tin of Cocchi from Italy, where he
has fled for refuge. It is the general
policy of the Italian government not
accepted the gage of battle with the
national foe' to liberty, Prussian Auto
cracy; and the truth is that the whole
world Is in arms to beat down Its last
reinforcements.
What is the problem which con
fronts all men who have ideals, who
believe in righteousness, liberty and
equality? " is the problm of the
regeneration of Europe, where for
the time being, the old ordinances are
forgotton, the old humanities for-
iare in the habit of hearing this ap-jto extradite its citizens charged with
peal in the church. The time must crime, but the State Department is
come when our statesmen must warn expected to urge that the policy be
the people lest we lose God out of revoked in this Instance,
our Nation. Our public officers must In the closet of the room, where the
bo men who are correcting the wrongs1 actual killing Is supposed to have oc
of the day. The question now arises, 1 curred, pieces ef tin had beetr'tacked
the speaker continued, Is this a Rell-jover splotches on the floor supposed j
muscracnt Promoter wil
Will Day
Feature
Good
Boatracing And Hofseracing ; At
The Park Are Among Other
Plans For Tlje Day.
SHU TIME Iff
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unuro
cm
gum i uuu
The Chamber of Commerce baa arv,
ranged with John T MoCaslla am us,
inent promoter of Baltimore to fur
nish Elisabeth City on Good. Will Day
with a Balloon, High Dire and Doa
ble Aerial Act and other amusement.
Boat racing and Horse racing at the
parkwill be other features. Secretary
Pugh states also that an effort is be-
AND FARMERS WHO HAVE MAR- , u,"uo lur la" reproaucupu oi ine
KETKI) KARIV CROPS HHOI'l.n ! lyen D raefl SObOOl at
IMMEDIATELY PLANT (X)RX OR 1 rnMnnt to be given on a large
piauorm on tne court bouse lawn. , ,.
Secretary Pugh made an effort to
have an aeroplane flight here but Wag '.
advised that all these machines Were
utilized by the Naval Reserve Corps. ,
A request was also made to the Nary
Department on March .10 for a sub
marine but Secretary Daniels answer.
ied that naval vessels are not being
FORAGE
(By GltOYER W. FALLS)
(County Farm Agent)
The season for planning a large va
riety of crops has passed and there
only remains a few that we may utll
ize to a great advantage. These are as
follows' Corn Sunn Rennet Rnv Room
kt . n . . . assigned to ports to participate In eel"
Navy Beans,, Cow Peas, and a late or t . v .tvw iu v ,
second crop of Irish Potatoes, and ..... ' yu
yvp imvo leiegrapnea'- iaia aecre- ?
Rwppt Pntatnaa
Perhaps we can t fully realize the"" ' . " J W'
value that may derive from the In
dividual efforts put forth in boosting
the production of food during the pre
sent crisis, by planting every possible
acre in the above crops.
The hundreds of acres being re
leased from crops at the present time, 1
can be continuously preseed into ser
vice by the use of only a small
i. ii r. t t i i- ji
nuiuuui ui lMuur, hub muu ib urui- . . t . . . t . t .
nljr !n--1.1gb-ete of cultivation, "TT l
and the second crop may be produced
Speaker Clark, Secretary of War.
Baker, Senator Borah and Senator4
Johnson to be here on Good Will Day
none of them will leave Washington .
at this time. An effort was also made
to secure Governor Blckett for the
I occasion but he has an engagement
for that date. .
Efforts are still in progress to se
cure a speaker and some of those who
glous Nation? There is no question to be blood stains and which are now 'at minimum cost. .
that God has been in the Nations life, beine analyzed. Removal of a snnarel The production of corn in the Un
Though the efforts of Mr Pugh to
obtain a Bo'eaker have mt with fall.
Removal of a square The production of corn in the Unl-I , v
The leaders of this na :on have been of galvanized Iron from the floor re-(ted States is not likely to reach the con(.ernwl tne e) je 0f E. vwi
and arc devout Christians. A godless vealed a newlv cut trap-door which amount needed to feed the thousands!
. , . 'ty will be glad to Know that WH
of great national crisis If they have snken. where solr-rfin treaties are
been trained to love truth and honor i(,kMi and ignored as scraps of
to crehish justice and liberty," Wash
ington and Lincoln did not live in
Tain. It is only by folowing out the
principles laid down by these two
great leaders that the future of the
human race can be moulded upon
tight lines. You may remember the
Storf of John Bright, who having
been attacked for his extremely dem
ocratlc views in the House of Com
mons said "There are some members
man would not rtsre oiler nimseir it was necessary that the murderer
with uny hope of being elected for cut before he could get the body into
Hi
of people and stock that are depend-!
ing on our production during the en-
paper and where all international law
has gone by the board. How can
we insure the removement of these
obstacles which hai-e, blocked the
path to a better understanding and
which have darkened and blighted
the whole world.
TIik more we study the problem
I he more we see that it is insoluble
n part from democracy. Autocracies
and Oligarchies are largely responsi-
am Jennings Bryan has promised tO ' '
V n flute lnr thin fUv oa annn a m nn.nJ
Presidency of this nation. There the cellar without taking it out doors suing year. Corn will be depended on ,, . . ,.. , , , , v
to a great extent more this year as,M puf, which was the fourth re-K
said of this nation being no longer The trap had been rejoined, the saw, the staff of lire than at any time lur-Lu,,st Mr Hrvan ha8 received to vtslt '4
.able tl call itself christian. There are marks puttied and the whole floor ing the history of this great nation.! . ' " e ..... ? .
! . iinis ciiy tnis year no replied Appre- '
.fifteen million children in the United freshly whitewashed, after the metal We have thousands of people to bread cu(j llVtat(on Dut have enga men
Stal.s with no religious instruction plate had been affixed over the closed that haven't and will not have an j fc Don't b di co'ra d -.Vv-'
I , .A All a . ... . k. ....nr.((t
wlialcvrr. rune n-s iiiiifni irap. opporiumiy io inuuu mo i"""1"', date
per cent in fifty years. The rate of The body of Ruth Cruger was bu- that will he needed to ensure lire.
Soy Beans a well known legume
which has been our friend through-1
for your city as soon as clr i
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who daily thank God that they are f01. thp faithlessness and cruelty
not as other men are or even as this all(1 , general imaecillty of war
Republican" pointing to himself. f we are t0 nave a victory which
' , WE NO LONGER SNEER 1 wm not 8ow the seeds of a future
We no longer sneer at republics. wnr we must djgC0ver how to satisfy
.The United States has set a great ex- natjnai aspirations, and I do not
ample to the world find President Wil- )eeve that any method can be lis-
son has expressed for us all the lofty ,.0 .p(l 80 ong as autocrats who
Ideals and aspirations which even the nu . , n,iangered the peace and the
passions of war cannot pervert or dis- e. a , f (M,r civilization are allow
gute. The voice of the American , ,, ,.. , , civilisation in per-
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democracy is heard in Europe, not
for the first time it is true, for her
sympathy has been displayed in a hun
dred ways in Belgium. Poland and Ar
menia, and other oppressed nationali
ties, but for the first time it comes
with-great power as well as with
warm sympathy. Her position has
been one of secure and prosperous iso
lation which she hac sacrificed not at
'the wish of an autocrat but In obed
ience to the will of a people, and as
I believe under Providence to perform
the noblest piece of constructive ser
vice to mankind that has ever been
rendered. The manifest destiny wliirh
lies in front of the United States of
America will determine its actions
and Its policy during the next twelve
months. The change In America will
be even more rapid than the change
in Eugjand.
"We are becoming," says a writer
pelual jeopard.
IS .a HCCONKTIU ( TED KI'ROPK
POSSIBLE
Granted the tn .--iii'b of !)o.-io( :: '
is a reconstructed 1'ur .pi ix ('!;'
It must be admitted that E-:r :
presents the most perplexing diili i -ties
and problems, and I am not
sure that the Balkans may not
which it has established.
HONORA MAY O'BRIEN
WINS DAMAGE SUIT
(By United Press)
New York, June 19. Miss Honora
May O'Brien was granted $225,0fW
damages in her breach of promise BUit
nKalnst millionaire John R. Manning,
i ii j rv brought in a verdict to this
i : i'i I ycst'Tday.
" a liu'id'-cl thousand of the
amount awarded to tb- "Irish Rose"
vv.is v.-.;- '-r Mil' "i r.g .11 '-i:-T jilted
after liavini; 'ie- t ail':" il.-ivl1 il thi'U
again prove to be the most difficult the public prints during the old :-
n iid InliHctuhln of these. But the. (Ionian's courtship. Tin jui'v ir.'po:
omens, are favorable. The immense (he other $25,000 because M;ii ''i
waste of life and material has pro-1 was so "smart" on the stand,
voked a revulsion of feeling. Thej The octogenarian who feigned
awakening is cnsnilc tn character palsy to win the Jury's sympathy
and people are beginning to think j sprinted to catch a taxi afier (he trial.
(hat nothing Is impossible even
the abolition of war. We are tak
ing our Utopias down from the
bookshelves and dusting them once
at;ain. not perhaps ivilh an air of
certainty but at leas! with a greater
decree of confidence. It may bo
crime in New York is worse than in ried "somewhere in the country to
I.oudon. I'aris or Berlin. There are day." Morbid curiosity got no chance
plenty of men who are honest but so for a glimpse of the funeral;
many of them honest because honesty quietly and alone the father, mother
has certain financial value. (and sister of the murdered child fol-
Something must be done to remedy , lowed her body to the grave.
these evils the speaker said, if this '
country is to maintain the good name EVERY WOMAN'S TO HAVE
RED ( ROSS NUMBER
curastances will permit."
but out these many years in helping to
rebuild our run down farm land, Is
continually proving its value and to
day demands the consideration of ev
ery food producer. It is not only being
grown for the mammoth amount of
forage and feed for live stock, but
I has been found to yield a very highly
For the months of June, July and J nutritious protein food for human
August Mrs. Nina IKilland Covington, consumption.
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THE Oil
r HOPE
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editor of Everywoman's Magazine
will give one half of every yearly
subscription to the Red Cross work.
The June number will be a Red
Cross number and will be featured by
articles by I)r Archibald Henderson,
Katherine Hopkins Chapman, of Ala
bama; ("apt L R Crawford, Fort Ogle
thorpe, Ga., and Mrs Lindsay Patter
son. There will be a picture of a mem-
Tliis bean which was at one time
considered practically worthless, is to
day befng prepared for human food
fn sixteen different ways.
If it is not possible for us to plant
for the production of seed at this
lime, we should utilize some of the
land that we have for tho production
of hnv. Pasquotank County Is excep
tionally adapted to the production of
WE MAY SOON LOOK BACK UPON!
PRESENT DAY PRICES AND;
CALL THEM MODERATE IS COM
PARISON WITH THOSE WB
SHALL KA E
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(By United Press) ' H
Washington, June 19. w'lth the
warning that food control alone can 1
prevent a further tremendous in-JJV"
crease In prices, Herbert C Hoover.
mJ addressed the Senate today.
mi
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lit lie maid's jmiestry will be giv-
U. D. C. MELT THURSDAY
SOMETHING ROTTEN
IN SWITZERLAND?
(By United Press)
Petrograd. Juno 3. America's
In the New Republic." (he open ally that war will after long travail be nussian v ....u,B.or.B ...
Of Brltlan and France because we de- completely deleted from the category
elded that they were fighting in the of human crime,
main for the sort or world in which We must not forget, however,
we wished to live." Indeed it was no that before now there has been an
longer possible for America to be a intense longing for peace nmong the
mere spectator of Armageddon. JiiBt European nations. It was so after
as the individuals of any nation must the Napoleonic wiirs, and in 1818
take their share of responsibility for they proclaimed In a formal protocal
the Government of'that nation, bo that the era of permanent peace had
all the various nations of the present begun. But although that era of
struggle. This It Is that bas brought permanent peace broke down, the ru
England and America to fight side by. dlments of ;- International coofilty
side ln'the"aanle 'catascT "r Jhrwre established and -ystetav-efi la'
i It was evident during the early , ternatlonal law. expanded and re
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art oi me war mat lew people in (Continueu on rage Four)
to eel at the bottom of the Swiss
Peace Activities In the new democracy
of Russiafl These activities are Iden
tical with those of Doctor Rltter. for
mer Swiss Minister at Washington,
whose activities in the United States
led to his removal.
WEATHER
SUBSCRIPTION STILL v
1 COMING FOR RED CROSS
hpr of Mnnlv's hntterv In coat lime nf , fnraire. There Should also be a SU
the CO's, a sketch of the battery and clent quantity of tn corn acreage "u 18 mv belief," said the expert,
lant.-d or sown In Beans and Peas to wr ,u"" f
furnish sufficient quantity of pastur- sha11 look bak UI)0" moment '
age for hogs and cattle. This will re- t,,,e of vrv pricf." W
lease a large amount of food that can
bo utilized by the people that haven't
an opportunity to ratso their own
Runnlies or to asBlst In feeding the
great nations. '
The production or fool should he j ()V(!r v hundred dollars was
on tho mind of every person at the Pl'l to the Red Cross last night
time for we can fullv feel "1 U1K ' "u-iua lent anu omer sun
' i u -!, i, ,... r. ,i... i
of an Increased yelld. u,n'-"'1'""" w"' 11
. . ... unmliiff in till ilut, Tl....... A -I ..
order to secure the bountiful yield.'""'"" "
thnt Is needed it Is Imperative that 1 contribute to this important, work
... .". j miiv hmid (heir nluilirAa tn Tr n f!
wo should not snare any time anu, - - -
-Partly' orefcaat "tonight and Wed
nesday; probably local showers; gen
tle to moderate variable winds. '
The 1). II. I'll1 chapter. V I) C
will mo t Thursday afternoon at
four o'clock with Mrs George Wil
liams on Road street
The change of date was made onipresen
account of the Chautauqua. Mr Bur the need
gess will be present, and give a re
port of the Confederate Reunion
held in Washington. D. C, June 5th
As this will be the nnal meeting for
the summer all members- are re
quested to be present
SERVICES AT MOYOCK
Mr N II Shepperd will preach at
Shady Grove Church Sunday June 24
at 8 o'clock P. M. and will preach In
the Baptist church at Moyock-'on the
first Sunday night In July at 8:00
o'clock. The public Is cordially Invok
ed to attend these services. '
labor In glvnlg our crops the best cul
tivation possible.
AUSTRIAN AFFAIRS
REACH ACUTE CRISIS
.( By United Press)
London, Juno it). AffalrB In Aus
tria have reached an a$ute crisis thru
the formal break by the Polas with
the Austrian government. The fall of
the ministry and possible ever more
far reaching resultsmay ensue; It Is
reported. . -
Henniitg, (' R Pugh, cam Melick or
W O Oaither. Those who have made
pledges may pay them to Mr Galther
at the First National Bank.
Following is the amount taken at
tho Chautauqua tent last night:
Cash 120!05;
Publicly given 14S.00
Signed pledges 301.60
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Total $566.65
Mrs Cassia Morrlsette left Monday
for Nags Head where sae will spend1
the summer.. ;
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