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ELIZABETH CITY,; NORTH. CAROLINA, j MONDAY EVENING , 4UGU3T,13, 1917 . ;
NO.202
Ifive Americans
Lost Their Lives
ii'.i. .
Four Missionaries On Way From
New York to Capetown Lost In
Sight Of Their Destination.
MMSJME
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BANK WILL OPEN , .
! i NOVEMBER FIRST
MID HOME OF MB. AND MRS. 0.
V. DERRICKSON .IN HEART OP
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF SOUTH
MILLS WILL BE THE NAME OF
CAMDEN OOUNTrS 'j FIRST i
BANKING INSTITUTION , . (
Progresslve Citjien o! Camden
TOWN AND CARRV AWAY IM- cPuntT read wjtn some resent
MENSE LOADS iment recent statements from the Unl-
vid.ij VI iWHU VIIUUUI VUU.U tenu
is i ,- 4. : ' r
For a
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((Br Unite Press)
Washington, Aug. 13. Five Amer
leans lost their lives when the Amer
lean vessel, City of Athens, was sunk
off Capetown, Africa. i
; Four of the crew and ten additional j
passengers were lost. The vessel car-J
Tlod missionaries from Brooklyn and'
Ajisr York headquarters to Cape-!
tThelr destination .was almost in
ight when they struck the mine.
The dead are: Mr. Summer, four
Missionaries, Mr. and Mrs. Naygard
Miss Robinson, Miss Caroline Thomp
son. In addition, the State Depart-
101'JfB PRICES
NOW EXPECTED
And Work Of Eradicating : This
.. lcfZSS JSX' Pest Means That Feed Which Used,'
To Go To Feed Ticks Will Now
Feed Soldiers.
p.red h.t EllrabMH Cltr buriLr. ' '"ohw ,nd counUu
are a hundred per cent efficient, know-
of the State whereas it is in direct
I.
ing well where to go. how to get what 'ouchw markets and business cen-
icia uuin uy ran ana ay water ana is '
they want and how to make their es
cape, but the 'gentleman of the trade'
and his allies who gave the home of
always on the alert in the matters
of good farms,- and is striving for
HERBERT C. HOOVER
Mr. and Mrs. G. F. Derrkkson a veri- ""u "lucl s' ";
lauie Cleanup uuriug lueir iwu weum
absence from the city has quite eclip
sed his predecessors or his former
achievements as the case may be.
I. Mr
iMnnriav mnrnlnir from NftCB Head.
!Mrs. Derrlckson unlocked the front w"' be called the Fir8t Nat,onal Bank
WARNS door and entered wthout observing'
Quietly, slowly and without a great
Wh ilo f ho TTnkvAralt v
Camdnn Pnunfv. t.rir Y . hanvtn. de of noise, but steadily and surely reluctant ""t once In the narrow pa.
institution, the county was already "Withstanding th cattle tick is be- ding to the rat, a rail, allpped . :
ad Mrs. Derrlckson returned maklng plans t0 Pen 8Ucn an ,n8-
tution Dy November first. The bank
will be called the First National Bank
of South Mills, will be located at
WHEAT BARONS TO RESTRICT anything unusual, but almost imme.'Soutn Mllls n(1 na a ViM
ing eradicated from the eastern coun- through the fence behind the animal.
ties of North Carolina. It will not be 18 bought to bear wtty one maff
long before the quarantine bow tn Pwer at each end and the result to
force against twenty-two counties in flntlr satisfactory and remarkably ex
the state wilt be lifted.
MARGINS OF PROFIT
(By United Press)
Washington, Aug. 13. Herbert
ment said today that an Englishman Hoover today began hte drive against
named,, Duckworth with his American ngn prices.
wueCKJBix cnuaren is iosi. Tne flr8t objective aimed at is the
.u. .u. stock of $25,000. subscribed bythe a" '
aiaieiy upon eur.u tu uuui .u, - counties tO the north Of
saw evidenes of disorder which ; , u " "l 1,c"
iana townsnip in rasquotana county,
who are r.nnvAninntlv Innatod tn no.
tronize such a bank. ' WMhlnto- been in this sec
lion now for about three months
pedltious.
caused her to begin investigating. A
big ham was gone from the kitchen,
the pantry was well emptied, the sil
ver was missing, the only money
which had been left in the house was
Mr. Alton Jordan of Shiloh has
been at South Mills recently working
on the details of the plans for the
In charge of this work in the three ' lue c"le reen by thi newspaper
Albemarle man alunfay had been dipped rem
sound in Dr. J. W. Buchanan of the ,&S'T every ,wo wr-eka for the pan
Federal Department of Agriculture at tnreo monai and lhy were good to
took at. Sleek and thiny and In good
cond -;lon in every way, tbey contrast-
Thii. .tMm. MutH m f inv,r. .u.cu t . luo clothes, household furnishings, luo uol" ul w "'" lor lu"
Thinly steamer listed in Lloyd s lowering and stabilizing the price of ,'AoaA oootnoH a-mnt .,iBr tn bank wltn assistance of Mr. R. C
by he name of the City of Athens, is
a British steamer of 5594 tons, regis
tered at Glascow. Officials of the
American Navigation Company of
New York reported to be the owners
of the vessel said today that they did
not own a vessel by that name.
BLACK SAMMIES'
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AMERICA'S NEGRO TROOPS WILL
BE AN INNOVATION AT THE
FRONT BUT MAY BE DEPEND-
i ED ON NOT TO BE QUITTERS UN
lN DEB FIRE
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Washington, Aug.- 13. Plans for
handling the American Army of black
Sammies are being perfected by draft
officials and the War Department.
There should be enough of the
369,886 registerd negro boys for the
selecton of a special fighting division
of these dusky warr?or8. A training
camp for negro officers Is already es
tablished in Iowa. The War Depart
ment is considering the advisability
of special cantonments for the draft
ed blacks.
"They'll be a dlBtinct Innovation
at the front," said one of the high
draft offlcals today. "I never saw
L'k troops yet though that were
ters under fire."
ARMY MEN CAN'T
ENLIST IN NAVY
Washington, Aug. 13. Men sum
moned for examination In the Amer
ican Draft Army can't enliHt in the
Navvy General Crowder ruled today.
the American loaf.
The next will be to stabilize the
price of canned goods, meats and oth
er food products.
The new food administrator began
today by serving notice on the wheat
barons that the food control law will
be vigorously enforced and by declar
ing that the Government is prepared,
If necessary, to buy tTie whole 1917
wheat harvest of approximately 650,-
000,000 bushels.
Thse steps will be taken, if neces
sary, the Government announces, for
the protecton of both the producer
and the consumer.
All elevators, millers, distributors
and bankers are warned therefore to
restrict tcir margins of profits. i
sav what remained behind than what
had been taken,
grows how even
Asked today how long he would re
main he replied. "Until the cattle tick
is gone."
"We have been working quietly
and without any friction," says Dr.
Dozler, one of South Mills leading at
C., .V.l l I ,1 . "'UIUUI IUJ llllliuu, BBV8 DT.
and the wondpr yiuiug id buiub weu lur 0 -
and the wonder Buchanan, 'and all of the work done
an up-to-date our- r
gar with auto delivery truck, flying
, was in the city Monday on business,
up to this time may be considered in
the nature of demonstration work.
ea strikingly with the avtiage cow
poi. along the county roads morlnf
sluggishly out of the way of the paaa
ing automobile. Ticks do the same
things for cows that leeches would,
oujy more slowly, and the tick lnfeit
ed animal la fevered, blood Impover
ished and as far from normal In every
machines and submarines could get ' but the farmerg are daly becoming way as is the human hookworm Tic.
off with so much without detection. ; '
lamaen and Currituck would both
Tho riisA whs snrh a ntranee one
that the police at first asked that for,have ha(l banks lon before thl8 hd
the present it should not be made not bon these countles been 80 8itu-
tori trcxrirra rt ina Ilw ihot Fllvahath
In order that every effort o-o.--"v w.v ....w. v .v
s oi easier access to the people of the
two counties'than any point within
THE DOUBLE CROSS
Molly King in "The Mystery of the
Double Cross," has arrived, and will
positively be shown at the Alkrama
tonight. Also the regular program.
SELIG LEHMAN
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Suffolk, August 12. This after
noon at 5 o'clock Miss Blanch Belle
Lehman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N.
Lehman of this city, became the bride
of Frank W. Selig of Kllzabeth City,
N. C, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Selig
The ceremony was performed by
Dr. L. D. Mendoza of Norfolk in the
parlors of the Montlcello hotel. The
members of the families of tho bride
and groom were pi-esent.
The bride was attired in blue satin
and Oeorgette crepe, and carried lilies
of t'.ie valley. Immediately after the
ceremony, an elaborate dinner was
aerved at the Montlcello, in honor of
bridal party. Covers were laid for
enty, and the decorations were In
lite and green.
Among those who were present
fi, . l iugolk were Mr. and Mrs. N.
L(amr.:i. MIps Berntce Lehman, E. L.
Lciim i. Fniile Bottigheimer, Miss
Hannah .aighelmer; relatives and
friends of both persons frcrm Norfolk,
Richmond and Elizabeth City were
alsA present.
Mr. and Mrs. Selig left for an ex
tended northern tour, and will make
they home In Elizabeth Cltyt .
TIDTEEK
III FLANDERS
(Dy United Press)
public. In order that every
might be made to find a clue. But
the matter could not be kept quiet.
Soon nearly every one in town was
talking about it and it is now believ
ed that publicity may be the best
means of finding out who carried
away the immense amount of loot. It
is supposed that effort will be made
to sell or ship some of the stolen
goods and It Is hoped that any one
hearing of or observing such efforts
'will report to the police or to Mr. and
Mrs. Derrlckson.
Many other families are away for
the summer or a part of the summer,
and how many more residences have
suffered the same fate as the Derrick
son home remains to be seen as
housekeepers return from summer
either- of them.
London, Aug. 13. The battle of tr,p8-
Flanders entered upon its third week
today with Field Marshal 1 Haig's
statement announcing "nothing of es
pecial interest to report. Sharp, brief
engagements, however, marked the
past 48 hours as the Germans endeav
ored to regain some of the ground
ROAD STREET GROCERY
ROBBED SATURDAY
more interested and soon there will
be community dipping vats within
reach of every farm in these three
counties."
Already twenty-two hundred cat
ale are beiug dipped every month In
the four counties of Perquimans, Pas
iquotank, Camden and Currituck.
Fourteen hundred of these are Per
quimans county cattle. Five 'dipping
vats are already in service in Perqui
mans, and four more are to be con
structed in the near ruture. These are
all community vats; that is, the far
mers in any community come togeth
er a'nd pay their pro rata share of the
expense of constructing the vat, and
(By United Press) tnen eacn farmer so contributing has
London, Aug. 13. The Allied na- ine P"vuege or Bringing nis cattle in
tim. The dipping vat gives the tick a
NO PASSPORTS
FOR SOCIALISTS
tions are agreed that no passports,
shall be issued- Socialists to attend
the International Conference schedul
ed for Stockholm next month at
which peace Is to be discussed.
Andrew Bohar Law, Chancellor of
the Exchhequer, speaking for the Bri
tish government in the House ot
Commons today announced that the
United States, France, Italy agreed
with England in this matter. 1
Passports permitting the atten
dance of the conference will be with
held.
and putting them through the vat
on the regular dipping days, which
come every two weeks.
'That the general use thhroughout
any section of the dipping vat will
free that section of the cattle tick is
not now a question of theory," says
Dr. Buchanan, "but a matter of fact.'
"Right here in North Carolina 78
counties have already been freed of
the pest."
The cash register of The Road
Street Grocery was robbed of about
r. i I . . 1 11. on
i, ,., .i, n-m, a .v- i i o.uu saiuruay niKiu ai auum i i . ov
Tho nmnriainr Mr q l 1 erv wrr t Otis orlglnajly Issued Russians but
ast week the enemv was nerslstent v The proprietor, Mr. S. H. L,eary, was
endeavoring to retake West Hook ln the act of clo8inK the Btore when
Ridge. British artillery, however, ha someone rushed to the door and told
been extremely well served and Brl- '1'1'" hls 8tableB were on flre and 1,8
Huh ntta. kH hve hein unaffected hv 'ad better get his horse out.
heavy losses."
PREPARE
lIAli ATTACK
Mr. Leary went out and found his
'stables were on flre and after helping
J put out the flre he returned to his
Istore and found the cash reglster had
l been robbed of about $75.00. He was
! away from his store for only about
ten minutes.
I The police were called and began
j to search for the robber but no trace
ot him had been found when this
' paper went to press today.
( F!v cnlted Press) i
Rome, Aug. 13. Austrlans are'
hurrying reinforcements to the Carso
front in anticipation of a strong Ital-1
lan attack. Reports here state that:
Italian airplanes are extremely active
on the Carso and ot'.ier fronts.
FIRST STEP TO
SETTLE STRIKE
60T NEW TYPE
4
,1 A N PLANE
Neither Is It a question of theory,
Kereneky has opposed invlta- even ln this section where the first
dipping vat was constructed only a
few months ago, as to whether free
ing the cattle of the cattle tick Is of
any benefit to the cattle. The farm
ers have seen with their own eyes and
for themselves, and they now realize
NEWS TO FRANCE thoroughly that the more ticks that
intrench themselves in the hides of
the cattle the fewer pounds of meat,
ouarts of milk and pats of butter will
the herd produce.
whether passports will be Issued in
Russia Is not yot clear.
WILL SEND BASEBALL
(By United Press)
London, Aug. 13. Two of the Ger-
man airplanes which raided the coast
(By United Press) (resort of Southead and other towns
Washington, Aug. 13. The first' Sunday were downed by British fly-
step toward the settlement of the ers, the admiralty announced today,
Kentucky Coal mine strike in which !cne of them got a new type German
18,000 miners walked out last Satur-i plane. .
day was announced by the Labor De-
partment today. The miners and labor
ers have agreed to hold an Informa
tion conference tomorrow.
HIGHER PSICES
FOR HOGS PREDICTED
(By United Press)
Chicago, Aug. 13. Eighteen dol
lar hogs before September are pre
dieted by commission men.' Top
prices today are $17.40 per hundred
pounds. r . ' , ; V
CANNOT HIDE UNDER
RELIGIOUS CLOAK
Clark Griffith, manager of the
Washington American League clubb,
who has charge of the Bat and Ball
fund from which the revenue Is de
rived to send baseball paraphernalia
to the American boys ln the trenches,
has also now made arrangements
whereby the soldiers in France will
have all the baseball news that they
wish, he having Just placed an order
,for BO copies of The Sporting News,
the official baseball paper, to be sent
to General John J. Pershing, United
States Army, Somewhere in France.
When it was originally decided to
forward baseball paraphernalia to the
soldiers ln France, it was not planned
to send baseball news, but on account
of the persistent demand among some
of the soldiers who do not wish to
play, but who want copies of The
Sporting News, they will receive them
In the future. In addition to these
papers which Mr. Griffith has order
ed, J. G. Taylor Spink, publisher of
The Sporting News, has been sending
five hundred coles of the paper each
week to Harry Kingman, of the Army
and Navy Y. M. C. A. stationed
Paris, France.
3y United Press
Washington, Aug. 13. Drafted
persons whose religious convictions
prohibit their making war will be for
warded to the mobilization camps and
will make up a part of the quotas
from their districts. They will be as
signed duty as non-combatants, Pro
vost Marshall General Crowder an
nounced today. .
Saturday Dr. Buchanan took a re
porter for this paper out to the home
of Mr. Frank Cartwrlght below
Weeksville, and the newspaper man
watched the Interesting and to him
novel process of putting a herd of
cattle through the vat now In use
there. There were ninety-seven cat
tle to be dipped that morning and the
whole bunch were herded Into the lot
and put through the Tat In thirty-five
minutes. The process would have been
even shorter, but after emerging from
the vat the animal that has been
dlped Is kept In a pen with a concrete
floor and a drain pipe until the dip
ping vat solution has had time to drip
from his body. This not only saves the
solution, which is drained back into
the vat, but also prevents the des
truction of vegetation tn the pastU-e
pround the vat by the drip of the pots
onous solution.
HOSIERY COMPANY
INSTALLS MACHINERY
is
The Ideal Hosiery Company
getlng in shape for work. ,
Machinery is being Installed ln the
Pinner Buldlng on Polndezter street,
which has been leased by the com
pany. ' . ':
The dipping vat Is well named. No
,n animal passes through It without get
ting dipped head, ears, nose, horns,
and all. It Is a narrow affair of con
crete with a depth In the center ot
ten feet and too narrow throughhout
its length to allow the animal going
through space tor turning. The cattle
that have become acustomed to the
process go in with a rush leaping into
the center of the vat and with a
cplash that is likely to drench the un
wary onlooker. Those being put thru
Ifor the first or second time are more
ticket from tick-heaven to tick-hades
and relieves the nation's commissary
f an Insidious parasite. When a ar
mers herd is freed from the cattle tick
the fede that once made blood for
the tick will make food tor the sol
diers. "Ticks." sayss Dr. Buchanan, "not
only cause loss of flesh and of milk
by drawing blood from the cattle, but
as the cause of Texas or tick fever,
they have been the source of the great ,
est loss ln cattle and beef that the,
southern farmer has had to sustain.
By putting In dipping vats and rld&
Ing their county of this pest the farm-'
ers are not only protecting themselves
against loss of cattle and Insuring
larger profits for themselves... They
are also, by Increasing the nation's
food supply, helping to keep our na
vies afloat and our armies afield." ',
Besides the vat visited Saturday, ot
the other three vats ln Pasquotank
county already doing business, one is
on the Elisha Coppersmith farm near
this city; another is on T. 8. Own-
ley's farm near Oklsko and Barney
Berry of Salem township will com
plete the vat on his place this week.
In Camden vats are already In use
on the farms of H. C. Ferebee and
W. O. Ferebee.
In Cur:ltuck there is a vat on the
farm of W. R. Sawyer at Shawboro.
In Perquimans the first vat con
structed In this section is ln regulai
use on the farm of Sawyer and Ste
venson near Woodvme. There is an
other on Daniel Eure's farm between
DurantB Neck and New Hope. George
Alexander has one on his farm near
Chapanoke; Philander C. White at
Whiteston has one; and Frank Nixon,
sfx miles from Hertford on the road
to Elizabeth City.
Other vats will be ln operation soon
Within two weeks a vat will be In
operation on C. C. Pappendlck's farm
near here; and at Okisko J. W. Perry
now has one ready for use though no
cattle had been dipped in It u.p to
Saturday of last week. Another vat In
Pasquotank soon Is to be constructed
at Pallin's Corner. O. W. Bryant at
Parksvsille will soon have a vat on
his place as will also Earl Perry ot
New Hope. J. H. Miller of Belyldere,
John Coolson of New Hope, and Mat
thew Berry of Burgess all expect to
have vats ready for use soon; and
David Cox of Hertford will soon have
one on his .farm near Whiteston. In
Currituck a vat will go in on Parker's
farm at Corolla and another. on Dr. 3,
C. Baum's across the sound from Pop
lar Branch. W. W. Jarvis will soon
have a vat at Moyock also.
The extent to which all this will
mean the general use of the dipping
vat can be appreciated only when It
is remembered that each ot the Tats
spoken of either as completed or con
templated Is a community vat used or
to be used co-operatively by the farm
ers ln its neighborhood.
WEATHER
' Partly cloudy tonight aad Tuesday.