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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY EVENING AtfGUST 18, 1917
NO.20?
PROMINENT CITIZEN AND MAN
, OP STERLING WORTH QUIETLY
PASSED AWAY AT :25 THIS
.AFTERNOON
ttv
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coal or coal and ice business in Elis
abeth City died Saturday afternoon
at twenty five minutes past two
o'clock.
This news, which; flashed over
the city in the early aternoon, came
with the shock of surprise to the
people of the town at large, who
liardly knew that Mr. Davis was seri
ously sick. Even his intimate friends,
some of whom had seen him sitting
up yesterday, were totally unprepar
ed for the news that the end had
come.
Fred DaTls was sixty-one years' old
and until the first or July 1917, ac
tive in business. Fur about three
years, however, his health had 'been
falling ,and for the past month and
a half he had kept to the house. It
-was not until Saturday morning that
be took to his bed, nd death came a
few hours later.
Mr. Davis is survived by wife
and two children, Weymouth' and
Margaret, aged 13 and 9 years, res
pectively. . There are also two ls
ters, Miss Lou pa vis and - Mrs. ; I.
; Fearing ; and , one brotner, William
r "Davis, : A nephew ia Fred Bell of the
o -United States Navy. ' . .
. ' Mr. Davis was a member of jbe
', City 'Road , Methodist Church and' of
, t SsXhe Royal Arcanum. , v - ' '.
v , r The funeral will be conducted Mon
-.,'.Jpay mprnlng by Rev. C.R Culbreth.
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WAE DEPAETMENT 1 : ' llf
NAMES COMMANDERS I
(By United Press)
Washington, Aug. 18. The War
Department has named new departt
ment commanders as follows: East
ern Brigadier General, S. D. Hoyle;
Western Major General, Arthur Mur
ray; Southeastern Major General, W.
P. Duval; Southern Major General,
J. H. Ruchman; Northeastern Briga
dier General, John A. Johnston; Cen
tral Major General, Wm. H. Carter.
Brigadier General J. P. Wlaser was
given command In Hawaii; Major
General P. P. Townley in Panama.
,W KILLED
CANADIAN 1TUNITION WORKS
WRECKED WITH SEVERAL HUN
DRED MEN IN PLANT AT TIME
OF EXPLOSION
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Mntreal, Aug. IS. A series of
terrific explosions today wrecked the
Curtis and Ha,rvey Munition Works
at Dragon, Quebee.
Reports reaching here state that
many Were- killed. Several hundred
men were in. the plant at the time of
the' explosion but communications
from the town have been, so inter
rupted that o'nly fragmentary reports
could be had up' to eleven o'ohek
this morning. More than forty houosa
id the town were destroyed. A sec
tion of the Canadian Pacific Rail
road , was destroyed and all , trains
over that division were cancelled., A
heavy pall of smoke is hanging bver
TWENTY THOUSAND MINERS IN
' TWO HUNDRED MINES STILL
AT VARIENCE WITH COAL OP
ERATORS ASSOCIATION
' Uv ntn Vrfsa)
KnoxviUe Aug. 18 After a week's
duration, the strikeof 0,000 miners
in nearly 200 mines in southeastern
Kentucky and eastern Tennessee ear
ly tday appeared far from settlement.
Federal mediators are working in-',efatig6bly.
Tbe Poutern Appalachian coa! op
tors association as yet lias re
1 .srfl stolidly to recognize the Miners
Union.
Ttio nilnprs. subjected to vavi iub
points of petty cruelties and to ejec
tion from their lmnn's, are believed to
bo prowinn belliteren1. Only 12 or 15
.sinull independent mines in the en
tire suction are in operation:
IPCS FOLLI
IBM 6F MO
trrizENM or nash county
AROUSED BY THURSDAY NIGHT
MURDERS AND LYNCHING IS
FEARED
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(By United Press)
Ilocky Mount, Aug 18. Blood
hounds followed by a farmer's posse i
are today In full cry on the trail of
ttie negro, Cicero Seasons, o killed
officer Cary Week s and seriously
wounded Bruce Taylor, JBen, Sharp
and other white men wko on, Thurs
day night surrounded his small house
near here to effect his arrest on a
minor charge.
The negro is said to be heavily
armed and determined to resist cap
ture. Nash County citieens are
greatly aroused and lynching is fear
URGED TO Si
bVEET POTATOLS
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(By United Press)
Washington, Aug. 18. An emer
gency campaign for the preservation
of perishable fruits and vegetables
was launched today by the Depart
ment of Agriculture with the slogan
"Save your Sweet Potatoes."
This is the first message addressed
tc the South from the Department.
HSTITUTE 18: m
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NINETY PER CENT OP TEACHERS
ENROLLED ARE ATTENDING
EVERY SESSION OF TTU-OOUN.
TY TRAINING COURSE
0:t3 DRAFTED ; .'
FOS IJILITAIiY SERVICE
jj pyg
ii il TRAINING
(By United l'ress)
V.'asliiijgton. Aug. 1 8. Some Amor
ienn foices will proceed to Eastern
('nt)it for trainin,; at an early date, it
was nliieinlly announced toduy.
The first week of the trl-county
teachers' institute now being conduct
ed here closed today. The total enroll
ment la eighty four.' ; V ; y i:,
"The institute this year," said Sup
erintendent Giles of the Wake Coun
ty schools, who is in charge of ths
work, is different from any heretofore
conducted by reason ot the fact of the
191? legislature which made it obl
gatory on all teachers, both of clt
and -rural schools, to attend. ' . - f '
The conductors now are not per
mitted to issue certificates except to
those who attend for the entire tea
days of the session. . , . 's'Y "
"The attendance on the Institute
here during the past week has been
above the average that obtains 'for
the state as a whole. This high rate
of attendance is being carried over
Into the second week's work and I
think I may safely say that ninety
per cent of the teachers enrolled in
this institute will receive certificates!
The -work being done in the insti
tute is a study of a combination ot
the best methods of teaching and a
review of the subject matter of the
more important subjects in the course
of study. : '
Mrs. T. Edgar Johnson ot Salisbury
is teaching all primary subjects from
the standpoint of both subject matter
and method." I
Mr. Giles has charge of the .gram
mar grades and of the high school.
7bos3' aUegTrfga1 "EiS,,,rrr:t
City are: v? - -V'--c:
Misses Callle Perry,' Hattie E. True
blood, Gertrude Perry, Marie LeRoy,
Nettie M. White, Hattie M. Harney',
Elbora Strupe, Mary A. Fprbes, Pan
line Taylor, Martha F. Bfliott.-'Mary
P. Bell, Ethel Mann, Minnie Harreh,
Marlon Barcllft, Helen Bell, Eva 1.
Berry, Florence Bell, Dora BlaUchard,
Irene Brite, Lillian Brlte, Alice Brock
well, Lue Lee Burnbam, Little Burn
hara, Emma Cobb, Agnes Et berth go.
Mattie S. Hewitt, Katherlne HinkonJ
Mattie S. Qrlffln, Carrie Pappendlck,
Inez Reld, Bessie Richardson, Maude
(Stanton, Ella W. Thornton, Annabe)T
Trueblood, Pattie Walker, Ammf M,'
Brlte, Mrs. Irene Burgess, Mrs.Tf.fAVi
I Commander, Mrs. Tiara Bell.'- Mrii!
jMaggits Blount. Mr. R T Bell. MH'
0. Pool, Mrs. M. G. Brooks, Mrs.
Cooke, Ma. E. K Etieriige. Mrs'-JG
I Fearing, Mr. K. W. r.rann. Lira. Laaf
Skinner. v
fi: Misses Knln Wood. Minnie W
Helen Wood, Caroline White, Frof -Jti
)'. D. ti: Mrs (!. T. U'llli.Hiis. Vt ba
Weeksvillc. Miss Lillian Ph1UT-ft,
Ml A Ml.. Pnlmor I
.ye
' i J,' F. Adams' returned from 'Nor
folk Friday,, where he went to appear
id court against Dean H. Cramer and
J.' T. Guinn, who were charged , with
robbery, having knocked him dowfl
and robbed him when la Norfolk
several weeks ago.
' The robbers were found guilty Of
the charge and were placed la the
hands of government authorities and
sent to Washington, D. C, where
they will be drafted Into military ser-
,.V't,'.
Belief Grows That President's An-
' swer 5 May . Suggest Consffuctivc
Policy For Hastening End Ol
War.
'), ;iBy Ualted Preal
: Lonwyn"Aug.; 18. An engagement
between the Britlsn and German
scouting ships in which one German
destroyer and sever: mine sweepers
were damaged la reported by the ad
miralty. German submarines also engaged
m the fight which occurred Thursday
morning. '
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i-imi iiri.-i u . lT
miOTDIA UliDLL
llll.l I IIIU Hlllll r sals.
iiuunirn Huui.1.
N0BF0LK : CHECKER ,
. : CHAMPION HERE
. Mr. 8. A. Meads, of Norfolk. Vs..
champion checker piayer of that city
will be at the Young Men's Christian
Association Monday morning August
10, at 10 O'clock to play any and all
aspirants for honors at this Intensely
interesting game. Mr. Meads -.will
play single contestants or thhree at
one time. All players and persons in
terested tn the game will be cordlal-
jueaaa wm naeiy i be here all , the
morning and part of the evenaig
(By United Pi sssv
Rome, Aug. lS.-irmany has as
sured Pope Benedict of her moral ad
hesion to the peace prooposals ad
vanced by the Pontiff, according to
dispatches deceived sere. , . .
Austria lias gone further and de
clared her readiness to Initiate nego
tiations. The dispatches are from
Berne, published by the Idea Naiion
ales. . ' 1 ' i , - ' ,
COIIIIIIUE for :
(By United Press)
WILL SPEAK FOR HERSELF
Washington, Aug. IS.' Americ
will probably speak tor herself when
she answers' the) Pope's pence propo
It was stated officially this after
noon that the Pontiffs communica
tion la snch as to teqiura an lndlvt
dual reply. This will be sent, how
ever, only after thla svernment has
exhaustively exchanged views with
the other Allied governments. The
matter Is now under careful consid
oration, la the statement of the State
Department this afternoon. , ..
Washington, Aug. It. President
Wilson'i reply to the Pope's peace of
fer may afford an actual working
basis for hastening the end of the
war. , , . ;
Germany and Austria have already
moved in this dlreccon, dispatch t
from Roma say.
The belief grows that the I';
ent'wlll not merely flo ; ,
I'i'y Eee's suggestion but !" i
1 r itrurtlve policy l?i v ' '
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" London. Aug. 18. For the third
be cspre ied.
Drop In today and.arrange Vlth the day the Germans have continued hurl i
General Secretary fur to game.
lng masses of men. against -newly
won British positions near Lens. All '
counters have Deea completely , re
From South Mill- VIss
Koi ( hand. .MiuiU'Ct Wilham -
('. noler. Rev. S . Hurst,
W IS SENT
IB
Wilraa Rartlctt, .Mhs Noni I.
Miss Susie DiKgs, Miss Pari
Miss M:iry Forehand, Mi "a
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nULLI
Una,
)ntn,h,
lid la
Spence, Miss Mary Ceil Villfanny
From Shiloh: Mr. V. J. nftjfgesn,
Miss Geneva B. Ptipn. fj, -
From Old Trap: Miss Bettfc''3"it-
eliell.
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WEATHER
Gf ;t';;ally fair tonight arid Bundey;
(By United Press)
Asheville, Aug. 18. The body or
Senator Kern who died In a Sana
torium here last night left here for
the Kern summer home at Hollins,
Va., for Interment accompanied by
Mrs. Kern and her daughter, Mrs.
George R. Lawson of Roanoke, Va.
TRADE COMMISSION
CHARGES CONSPIRACY
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. By Unitea Pressi
Washington, Aug. 18. Charging a
conspiracy to suppress competition
the Federal Trade Commission to
dsy filled complaint against the
whole sale saddlery association and
National Harness Makes Association.
The twa.astoftiatlons have a member
ship Li'Ui'&Tbtj'
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Poplar Branch: M Cora
V. Wescott, MU'.s F.IsIr roxei t
From Aydlett: Mi;. Ruthrflell.
From Snowden: T.Iiss Elizabeth
Ferrell.
From Shawboro: Miss Jennie Ferft
boe, Miss Adelaide Fora.
From Coinjock: Miss Pauline
Tate.
From
Baum.
From
lett.
Kf-n1
SENTENCED TO
IN FEDERAL PRISON JW,
Haig.
REVIVAL COMMITTEE
ELECTS OFFICERS
(By United Preast
Big Stone Gap, Va., Aug. 18.
fOld Man" William V. McCoy and
John Walter Phlpps, convicted of j ;'''. : f
'conspiring to seize y force proper-, The Joint Committee of the Union
Xj ot the United States," were sen-; Revival metta tfce'Y. M. C. A. build
tenced yesterday t- terms of five log at g:(fV Thursday night,
years each In the Federal Prison at! August TtajfjTelfted the follow
AfUnta. The Presiding Judge direct lng on1coraeiiJL' i. Cunnlnggim,
ed a verdict of "not guilty," as to the President." )Revw U Culbreth. Src
charge of "lpvylng ar against the retary, an'Mr. J. T MeCabe, Treas
Uttited States," on tho ground that urer
QTfTn
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lii DISTRESS
the Incipient revolution which M
.Cojr and Phippa orpan!7cd could ban
ly,bA7diKiiifl
War.'
the term "levvi:
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Following the e-rtlon of officrrs
( chairmen for the different coin
niltteos on the Revival wore elect d
1 Iifv are hk follows:
'.mini ittfo on Arraii;r'ni''t''':
M". J. P. KrPiiw. 'hairr.ia:i.
Conimltten on Kntevlainrnent '
lf- ' W. Ore;to'T. 'halnnan.
CcriirJ'i''o on De"orn ".''jua :
yrii. L. E Sklnuer, Chairman.
Comniitteo on Ifshers:
Mr. Geo. Spunee, Chairman,
Committee on Miwtcj ,. '.,.
t" Mr. J. W. Foreman, Chairman.
,r-. i- r4. j Mr. Li R; Skinner,' Director., "
With The British Armies Afield, Committee on Persona W6rf:
Aug. j!. A total of 114 German air- Mr. J. B. Leigh, Chairman. .'.
planei have been downed In the past Committee on Extra- Service: :
week 4a the fierce sky fighting' in con-; Dr. B. C. Hennlng, Chaitraajl.
noetic Vith the Allied offensive. Six-' Committee on Finance: ' .", '
ty-two"machlnes were destroyed out-; Dr. L. S. Blades, Chairman.
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CREW SAID TO HAVE TAKEN TO
LIFE BOATS AND HEADED FOR
NEAREST PORT. THICK FOG
OVERHANGING SEA . V
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An Atlantic Port, Aug. 18. An!
American steamer believed to be the
Rapine Is In distress six miles ojl the
coast, according to the report of naval
n n! hnpit loct nara .
A thick foa Is hanging over the
sea and nothing can bo seen of the1;
vessel. It Is reported that the. crew
nave ir.Kcn, 10 me lire uuais anu ara
headed for a port near here.'. .
JOINT LIFE 1NSURAHCS
Kitty Hawk: Miss Nora L
Belcross: Miss Arc. II. Til-
Pnranfs Nock:
.' iipht northwest winds. kv
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W. G. Cox of Weeksville r
',' ity Pat au My.,
FRENCH Tr.n0PS -.
ABVANCr. IN FLANDERS
Miss'Wozelle
White, Miss Jennie P. Newbjf.
Prom Washington: Mjss EdltB
liardiwon.
From Belhaven: Miss Maude Hoot-en.
From Corolla: Miss :My Sander-
l!n.
From Marion: Miss Margaret
Sheep.
From Portsmouth: MIbs Rebe G.
Pruden.
right aud fif ty-lwo driven out ot con- (
trol. . . I
L. Cunnlnggim, 'Chairman,,.
B Culbreth, Secretary 'ft -
ug. 18. An air- raid In
' Paris, d
which.. Ill French airplanes partici
pated, dropping 1,300 kilograms
(35,000 pounds) or projectiles on
German military establishments,' Is
reported.
Seven German machines were
downed, eight others and a balloon
were badly damaged. I
Twp French machines failed to re-
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(By United Press)
One aMhe logical development J of
life: insurance Is the popularity of
( insurance on. two Hves.',1';, ;;; -
This form of insurance appeals to.
tti rntnttifin no fjf nnrtnor lit '
businWe,n-W husband and' wife. !
vl Tn Aaaa 'aV Mats va ns. aW rwa Hvoa.
the. policy' Is payable to the survivor
'in case of 'the first death' of, either
of the InsuVed, unless otherwise stat
ed in the application. "
These policies are written by. the
Pan-American Life Insurance Co., on
the- whole life and twenty payment
and twenty year endowment plant.
. The benefits and privileges are fur
nlBhed f or , lowest , cost . consistent
with safety. ;- '.; -pVi'.?... V
All the figures are guaranteed. A
clean cut policy which any Intelligent
man can read and Inoroughly under
stand. . ',
The Pan-Ateerlean Issues all forms
O., Di
Trench :
lvatice in
troops
Flnnd-
Sherlock o Nlxonton was Jn
,the city Saturday. V; j ( ;
Ih i'olice Court, Saturday morning
the ct6 against A. B. Houtz, for the. Minister at Labor this morning,
erectink a garage nearer tho street . '.
than the line of the main body of his
dwelling,' Was continued and will he
tried tn Polfce Court, Monday morn-
London, Aug. 18. The strike of of up toate policies at,loW non-par-
40,060 railway engineers and firemen cipatlnates. .Tata wall laown In-
on English railroads Is declared to be ouranUe Company. with.assets of over,
certain this afternoon following " a , 5,$00,000 and ;bysV)ess in, force of
.. , t , . ... ?? !over $42,IOO,0OT i represented . by
meeting of union leaders with the , ' . i ' .
r u . . i o i . a . , Wood & Cartwrlght, No. SIR Hinton
PpoatflAnl nf tla tlnarrl nr TranA an1 1 . . 0
Building.
"LEAVE IT TO WILSON"
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r-'Ttfilliam'Drcwr-n colored boy, was
tried f6i .'stealing atiout ?G6 worth of
brass from The, Elizabeth ,C!ty Iron
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SAY THE ALLIES
" v (By United prees) . v'l
'..'LortAon, Aug.' 1: The Allies will
n)t reply to the Pope s -peace propo-
( f?nir ,.r..,tl!I..Hnf ti) V-).'t-
DATES ENTRAINMEirr ..
OF ARMY CHANGED
, f y United Press) , I;
. WaHhttigtow Aug. I8.fr-1 The dates
of entfalnment of the New Nnttotint
Army fur its various (.-.nl