VOL.2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST. 16, 1917
NO. 20 6
7
lISOill'IL
BIO WATSHSPOtTT '
SEEK AT NAGS HEAD
What Is described as the biggest
and most specUeaUr waterspout ever
seen In this section vis obserred by
visitors sf Nags Head Tuesday.
The phenomenon was seen about
tnoon. It'eame in'fronT the sea and
moved off across the sand dunes car-
nine up a'vast amount of sand that
soon gave the surrounding heaven.
an orange-colored cast
The waterspout was seen by practi
cally all the summer colon at Naga
PRESIDENTS , STATEMENT . TO
SHOW THE WORLD THAT THE
UNITED STATES IS FIGHTING
AUTOCRACT AND NOT THE GER
MAN PEOPLE
V' R 1ARI, D. GROAT)
TeJtod Presa Staff Correspondent)
Washington,' Aug. Wilson to Head Md WM occasion of a great
'expected to answer the Pontiff's peace deal of lntereBt. It ald no mage 0f
plea with statement snowing weMy consequenc; butrwhat might
"world way tne Aiues must ngm on as
long as German autocracy exists.
Unless present signs fall, he will re
state more emphatically than erer
that the United 8tates Is at war
against Germany's autocratic system.
Its Intrigues and horrors rather than
with any aim of crushing the German
people.
It Is expected to be another bid to
German Liberals to cast off the yoke
. . . of Kaiserlsm.
It Is now regarded as certain that
' ' tic go'ernment win reject me pro-
i
hare happened If there has been any
buildings in Its path was Indicated
when it struck and completely de
molished the shed of an outbuilding.
DO YOU LIKE FOOD
WITH YOUR MEALS?
Ilulll
ill.
MERE LISTED
The following Is the list of name
George Ade has a great fable in
slang in Sptember Cosmopolitan. If
you like food with your meals, you
will smile your way through this lat
est whimsy of Indiana's philosopher
humorist.
This is the bill of fare of the Stut
ters, according to George Ade; Four-
ten to sixteen Spare-ribs smothered
with Kraut, four or five Helpings of
Fresh Vegetables, a few light Bis
cuits inlaid with Gold Butter, and
possibly a quarter of a mile of Nood
les, spiced Peaches, frosty Doughnuts,
a little quart bowl of preserved Cher
ries, to say nothing of Coffee curdled
with Cream, etc.
V.
i it vf in nnvsan n 11 u mifi 1 1 m saiiri vmii
Who passed physical examination un- or Jf haye
. . v . r. 1 - . I .... Dn.lAa lot rf Uav 1
fler me oeiecu" oc.. ;, .nnm and rannnt (Tnrrt to RAtlft-
fy It, read this fable which Is as good
as a square meal.
Look for "The Fable of the Walst-
18th
den:
LTD UVIVVIi v
1917, for the County of Cam-
7
Jessie Lee Harper.
Jessie L., McPherson.
v Henry W; Nosay.
' Joe Willie Walston.
Paul Williams. V ' . : ,
: ;'sm3rkkhouRe;:t-;.
Jessie McI?QirJrotmatt;- r
f Jqo-Ft 01 u '' " '. . ' " V
James" L. Tdrneri
John Hill.
Moose. Jones.
Joshua Burke.
Granbury S. Walston.
Jim Percer.
Vandecar Baxter. ,
Charlie H. Walston.
Daniel Bacchus.
Claud J. Needham.
Jessie G: Bell.
James Roach. ' v
Joe Gallop.
Joseph Howell.
Charlie B. Cox.
a .lay Jacolto.
' Willie H. kason.
Clarence T. Trotman.
Edward J. Davis.
Charlie Ferebee.
Marshall W. Klght.
Maurice C. Jones.
John Spence.
Bennie F. Pearce.
Korney Harris.
Louis Latham Berry.
Willie Bright.
I Luke G. Wright.
Larry Carlson.
Mack Bright.
, "Sam Jregory.
William E. Godwin.
Herbert P. Pearce.
Oeorge W. Bray,
i GranBy Barnard.
OreenVHle Bartlett.
Samuel T. Boyklns.
- MEETS TONIGHT
Elisabeth Rebekah Lodge No. 2
meets tonight at 8 o'clock In the Odd
fellows Hall, Corner of Road and
fearing Streets. All members are
urged to be present as Important -lness
Is o be transacted
I. Cahoon of Fairfield ws In the
city on business Wednesday.
Band That Was Taut Up to the Mo
ment It Gave Way." In September
Cosmopolitan: - -
BETSEY SDRHVES
LEAVE NEXT Sill
TO THE PEOPLE OF
, ELIZABETH CITY
The Board of Aldermen bare sug
raatadf that tha Gaa Comnanr ? an
'proach Its Individual consumers la the
T"3fnjTy matter of a small Increase in 'rat,
T.1L1 , feet . If we are allowed this Increase
L J Vu " consequence by the Board of Al-
Sl ;-SJE2I8? fldemen. there lsteason to believe we
TRAIN SEPTEMBER StU AND na eontlQQ, to ot, pl,nt. U
i not continue In business.
Betsey's Braves will begin to leave ! Therefore, we are faced with the
Elisabeth City for their training proposition of dismantling the plant
cams on September (th. and abandoning' our basiness at Ells-
The local exemption board have sbeth City or selling our product at
been notified to have thirty per "cent's higher price. We are not concern.
of Pasquotank's quota ready to en- d about profits at present. W will
train by that date. ' " I be satisfied with the cost of operation
Another thirty per cent are expect. 'of the plant. However,. we cannot
ed to entrain about September ISth, and will not operate the plant longer
and the final contingent about Sep- at a loss of several thousand dollars a
tember JOth. - rear. Aa a business nroDOsitlon.' it
Following is the report of Wednes. would be better for us to abandon
day's work of the Pasquotank County the plant than to continue operating
Exemption Board: at a loss
Claiming no exemption and posted On account of the small volume of
for service: hnalnMi fnr this Comnanv at Eliza.
1264 George BelL
Discharged for physical
ty:
1039 Ira B. Parker i conditions produced by the war.which
Exempted on the ground of having ' have added immensely to the price
BrMsli Press
1?
Sunders
4
"No
99
Official Text Of Pope's Peace Pro
sals Regarded As Even More Pjro
Germari!Than Unofficial Outline
Indicated. v- tw
MM
(By EDWARD L. KEEN)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Aug. With new m
phasls following the publlcatioa of
nun iiriiinf
If AIK II l itn omcll text of the Pope's Peace
llfllU iLIIIULiPropou Brltlsn preM "ld vy
(By United Ftm)
to his plan for ending the war.'
The conditions outlined ' by' Hla
Holiness are regarded as Indicating a
beth City our bu.lne.s h.. B,w been . Rome( Anr H;Kottr were knM , of Iniplrttoa
dlsabilN ( profiuble, but instead ' large yearly
, losses and under present abnormal
and 17 wounded when Austrian, air- than the unofficial outline.
dependents:
1117 Ellis Augustus Perry.
John E. Proctor.
Edward Holley.
Edd Cole.
Winton Davenport
Jeffrey Williams.
V. C. Alexander.
Chas. E. Richardson.
Claiming exemption but claims de
led by local board:
314 James Whidbee.
.G L. Riddlck.
William r.dward Sawyer.
Wllford Spellman.
for everything we have to buy, our injured
' expense accounts nave reacned to tne
608
1369
373
218
452
223
726
114
93
933
14 wJ
niinniii .-. n i n t n . i
inr nnnTniinn
(By United Pr'8S
Petrograd, Aug. 16 Counter revo
lutionary plots having as their object
the restoration of the Czar to the
throne have been discovered and
scotched. They were disoovered in
connection with the deportation of
the Czar, Czarina and family to Siberia.
Hi e Forbes f Cad was In the
city Thartaay.
DR. BLADES GIVES
PICNIC TO EMPLOYEES
Dr. L. S. Blades Rave a picnic to his
farm employees Thursday at Davis
Bay. In spite of the rain in the early
the pimicing place and enjoyed a de
the icnlc'ng place and enjoyed a de
lightful day.
CARMICHAEL-KAY ,
Mr. Josephus F. Carmichael of Hen
derson and Miss Elsie L. Kay of Ports
mouth, Va., were married by Justice
of the Peace, J. W. Munden at bia of
fice Thursday morning.
R. W. ISLEY GOES
TO BEIDSVILLS.
r. w. Isley, under Whose 'superrls-
ion Poplar Branch High School, and
the schools of Currituck generally,
made such rapid strides to. educa
tional work during the paat ,lw
years, goes to the Reldsville High
School next session. Reldsville it la
the Piedmont section and Its high
school is one of tha best in the state.
TO TinimCH BLANKS
ITRES OF CnARQE
The United SUtes government hat
ing announced that It will no longer
furnish fonna tor Indtriaoal e In
mtnar elatms tor exempuon irom
military aerrtta, Tha Aivaaoel Will
suiiplr tha amlsstoh.
BEI16 !0
(By United Press)
planes raided Venice Tuesday. The message made public last night
A hosplUl wa. .truck by the bombs at the foreign office, suggests the fol-
,and two patients were killed and 11 lowing principal points as condition
upon which an understanding can be
i Several Of tha raldara r rannrtaA rs&ehlMl rntnnUarlr nMkU mu '
point where the burden is more than to hav. hMn Hwn-H i th iJ Th- ...h.H,.H , .-1-
by Italian planes. armies:
The substitution of moral forces of
right for material forces' of arms; -The
reciprocal diminution of irma. '
OP SIX MILES ments, leaving only enough arma
ment for the maintenance of publlo-
i we can sustain, in view of any possi-.
I ble relief not to be seen or expected!
j within the next few years.
I The simple proposition before our ATTACK ON FRONT
.111 . T-. 1 I
consumers, lue cuizeus ui auzuueia
City, is this:
Does the City value the Qas plant
enough to be willing to permit us the
bare expenses of doing business?
Do the people of Elizabeth City, as
individuals, value the convenience of
(By United Press)
With The BrltlBh Armies Afield,
Aug. 16. The British troops swung
another terrible blOW SKalnSt the
having a gas plant enough, to be will- '0ermaM todari attacking on a front
Ing to pay this slight increase in the of miles
cost or the product?
With this small increase Elizabeth
City can continue to have gas. We
believe the consumers will meet us on
common ground in handling this mat
ter; -thai thayyarei. wflllng to pay us
Tue"cWul ofli1 tiiiiinialiii mn ontq
condittons return to normal or until
the volume of business lbdrea.es to
Washington, Aug. 16 The War Bucn Bn extent that we will be able to
MO I
"rGO
HOUSAHD
w. i imiii v a.
Department has assigned numbers to
the divisions of the new National
Army.
The Eighty First Division is made
up of North Carolina, Tennessee and
South Carolina men.
The Twenty Ninth Division is made
up of Virginia, New Jersey, Maryland,
Deleware and District of Columbia
men.
INTEREST IN CHECKERS
AT Y. M. C. A.
make a little' nroflt out of the busi
ness, w
We ask that people of Elizabeth
City to approach this matter in a
nnirU nf falrnpRN. keeuine the Inter
ests of Elizabeth nt in view, and we have been assigned to go to France.
hva fPr of the result that they They will receive further intensive
.in hnnnrhfv nRi with a concern training there and will ultimately fill
that Is serving the public and striving up gaps caused by promotions
QHvon- onH naaitii in hnildlne uu casualties.
the city.
(By United Pres.)
Washington, Aug. 16. More than
two thousand of the graduates of the
! first series of officers training camps
and
There is a growing Interest in
checMH; as the davs pass, at the Y.
M. C7A. Last night several games
were going on at the same time. Any
body either men or boys Interested In
the game, whether members of the
Association or not will be cordially
welcome to the social rooms at the
building, corner of Main and Martin
Streets.
Five games weie going on simul
taneously last night and the interest
will increase as the fall days ap
proach. If there are any checker
champions in town come aronnd and
meet the secretary and he may be able
to suggest some one who will be able
in the future to share the honors with
you.
The names. of those playing last
night with the scores follow:
TABLE 1.
The Management of the
Southern Gas Improvement Co.
GRANDY NEWS
The assignments are from all the
camps. Others are to be ma'de later.
BIG CROWDS AT
MITCHELL'S TODAY
w.ldArf has returned
trL a Vtott WfaUttre TorJtJ , Bttiixtnc that kajm Iwosslble
trom ? r-T? - AfZtkT to prepare ihemrdTOs tha
.ihStf Poldt Harbor aifl eomplleaUa torn -eeded
tn tb ty Thursoay. itnis paper, wm yvm
exemption oiann ana wf
. .aM n - n nAltekntn In
: . IKIH V4 wl w mm rw i
7EATUEB ,. I pasanotanh County. : ; -1 J
Thefa blanks. Will be ready t .
short tjma, can W Obtameo sx Tne
Advance oHce ott Trater Btrgat :
-t ::,7,'towrer. ttfora f-rd-y.
' FtHv;
light
Clyde Morris. . ,
Paul Morris. .
TABUS' '
Slftlttm Bright
Harry Lent '
TABLE aV
John Hooker. ' '
Percy Davenport
TABLE 4.
Claude Bunch
Alvertie Divers
TABUS 5.'
Roger Haymaa
iHtaaPajsons
Lost
2
bare. Penn; Who I'.ln the Afmf. v,
vV';-:'.'.'vVr-' :?.?: y-i- $
.' Pmf. a. BlanAerwood. Snoarlnten
dem't Of the Pitt County School Is In
the aty, Cm (neat ot ft, H. Commaad-
er on West Mala Street
' Zzilvt Fsrsoni of Portsmouth, Tl.,
r: ti Cr city Tivrljy.
Grandy, N. C, Aug. 15. A few of Mitchell's Big Clean Sweep Sale
the young peopole enjoyed very mucn openea up luuay uu mo
a pronuet narty given by Misses Sudie , were on hand to greet It.
and Fannie Simpson last Saturday
afternoon.
Miss Rosa Simpson entertained a
number of her friends last Wednes
day evening, in honor of her cousin
Miss Annie Smith of Aydlett, N. C.
A number f the younger set en
joyed a very social evening at mis.
Gladys Evans last Saturday evening
when Mailer Charles Forbest of
Newark, N. JM and Miss Lessie Ayd
lett of Poplar-Branch ?ery delight
fully entertained tne erowd by their
violin and piano music. Many choice
Also Mitchell's was ready for tne
crowds, Bargains were displayed that
would tempt any chopper in these
days of high prices and the question
soon came to be not whether thera
rwere bargains to be had but how
much cash one had in hand with
which to buy and save money at the
Clean Sweep Sale.
The sale is wm In progress. It will
continue for ten days and reductions
are featured on every article of mer
chandise mentlonable. The bargains
are not merely for the ladles nd chil-
selectlons were played and ana. Aft- dren, but men may find amesing re
ductions in standard wearables wbicn
wlU help them to save a great deal.
Everybody is falling In line and the
procession Is headed for Mitcneus
Clean Sweep Sale. Better catch step
and see what Is going on. It's wall
worthwhile. dt
Verier Lsmh has' returned honte
hare after vtsltln' his sister lit Chea-
tar, Penn., aad hi Krothet to 0ttys-J returned hom after Totting relatives
er which many games wwra stayed. ,
Those present were: Misses Ida and
Annie Smith, Pattle Bono, Fannie
llmnson, Lessie Aydlett, HatUe Oar-
Hngton, Rosa ttmpson and A. 8mlth.
Messrs Walter 'Poyner, Samuel mc
Hafney, Jamea Brown, Jerry Brown,
Eddie Doudy, Logan Pngh, B. Wood
house, W. Dowdy, Avery Simpson,
Charlie Forbes, Orion Evans, Merrill
Evans, P. Aydlett, W, Garrington and
Cecil Owens,
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Poyner ot
Charlostownfl. 3. C. have been Tlslt
ing their mother Mrs. Mary Poyner.
kr. and Mrs. I, K. Forbest, son
Charlie had. Utile daughter Evelyn.
otlffewaffc M:-J.'Vwtlhi Un.
Oante-sWsri-'-sW'. d
Iflsi Annie Bmlth of Aydlett.
-rlltsttl. Mrani .u Jf. JPojmet
amtancalof ifoyajt, , motored to
Wortpm Taeadaf; '. t:.'-;'--i. ;
Ur. and Mrl. R. t. Ddwdf btU re
tamed td their home al Coffee Inlet
tfter spending $ few dayl In Morfoih
aftdCranly. ' r:,V. '-"
r,-;'" i?3i4 gad Kr. tr'
BASSETT BOWLES
iHr. Frank Uoyd Bassett and Miss
wnda Mlna Bowles, both of Newport
Newt, Va., were married Thursday by
Jastica of the Peace, J. W. Munden in
bin often.
f : COUTH 1HLL3 CullDAY
Berhert Paela wffl gpnU at Eheno
ser Baptist Church at Soath M)lln,
eandayBBornmg ln tha absence . of
tha pastor Ber. Kl B fhephrd who
la conduction a revival meetfag In
Poysar, and Mr. WUUs Dowdy and
Mfsa Ida Srnlta wera - Oat motoring
order;
Each state must accept internatl
onal decision according to establish
ed rules and be subject ta punish- .
ment In refusing to submit to arblt
tratlon or accept the decision;
True liberty and the freedom of tha
seas; . j " '
Restltuton of all occupied territor '
tos; '''" f i ":n ,' k
Evacuation of Belgium, with" guar ,
atee.6f her full political and econo-
tnio Independence. r;-'-l-,
As for Italian Irredenta.lt is hoped
that the disputing countries jwlll bO'
willing to examine .each !qtaetlon' In
a conciliatory spltj; ;' ' . '.
The question of the Balkans, Po-v
land and Armenia' ls-o be examined
in the same spirit of equality -and '
Justice. ' ' "f , t "5
England Is frankly surprised , thai
the Pope should place the armies of '
Germany and the Allies on an abso
lute plane of equality, and at there
being no word of censure and no pro-,
test against Belgian horrors.
"The whole world" said the Pope,
recognizes that the honor of the ar- '
mles of both sides is safe." , .",
The Pope's message was 2,000
words. , -'
Lloyd's George delivers an import-
ant address at the House of Com
mons this afternoon at which it is re
garded as extremely likely that he
will make England's first official an
nouncement on the peace proposals.
REJECfEO SJIVS
II
(By United Prase)
Rome, Aug. It. -The Pope's peace)
proposal will certainly ha rejected
by the Allies. this Is the view of th
Italian press. .-,'
PRESS
111 STRIDES
ten li,''!
By United Prene , , ' , '
London, Aag. 1J. Balv atnole
again today, this time In Belgian
north ol Tproa at 4:4B thin morning. --
The BrltlBh and French attacked on) .
wide, front ' Heavy fighting la re;
potted tn orogrees but progreM Is be
ing made at alt point by Haig'i foroeav
in spite of stubborn resistance. . -.
' Tha. Capadlans;stUl hold Bosltlonw
dominating, l6as dospita desperata
German. ep.nntr . throhoat, th
night .U a,''.-'.i-.r:.
' Parta, Alt. it,Attcktr tn con
cert, British and. French attt'ed all
objectives ra a t?X assault on tii
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