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No: 10
VOL. 7
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 11, 1918.
Wai
Again In
Peace Negotiations-
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r o.
I
lVU-o;i;ul, .January li In tin' fever of j rill uii s for
war Trotzky -declared today thai Russia lias no intention of
sning for the mercy of imperialists who refuse to listen to tha
voice of the people. .
' If the democrats of the Central Powers do not rise in
their might and make their voice heard in the councils of their
gevernments, Russia will fight to the bitter end, he insists.
Trotzsky also demands that if peace negotiations are to
fct continued they Bhould be transferred to Stockholm.
Nicholai Lenine re-echoed Trotxsky's sentiments and
veiecd his belief in the Russian determination to fight for imme
diate peace in an interview given out immediately before his
departure from this city, probably for Stockholm.
"I fear we must halt our peace efforts and prepare for
war," he declared. If Germany continues to refuse us honor
able terms We shall formally declare war. We av ill never agre
to a shameful peace."
Plans for the defense of Petrograd are being drawn and
guns for the defense are being shifted from the northern front.
NEGOTIATIONS AGAIN BROKEN OFF
Amsterdam, January 1.1 Russo-German peace negotia
tions at Brest-I.itovsk have been again suspended according to
dispatches received here. The rupture came about as a result of
the ftat refusal of the German delegates to accept the Russian
demands for a transfer of the conferences to neutral soil. For
eign Secretary K'uehlmann declared Thursday that it was the
fixed determination of the German Government not to negotiate
peace elsewhere.
Russian foreign minister Trotzsky replied and on "his
motion the sittings, were suspended. Whether this supension is
indefinite or final hus not bten made known.
FARMERS HAVE
MODERN EUSINESS
n:cr;ri:e Which Insursz Kill
er Cotton Prices And Et
ter Market Facili
ties Generally
MURDEN STOKELY
SHOT BY FATHER
Old Man Tr.kos Gen From
Hands of Grandchild And j
Snaps it Piayfully j
C
I
onsxess Muddies
M
cAdoo
lans
i
r am! TiMua. !
Company of Ell, ib-nli ( liy
fbout months a0,
!'!, not ar k la tin er s how
ir,:.t;.;. c
to co-op-
-.1
Vu-dc:i Fto'ul;
''!tf "tally shot
' Thursday nteht a
! 1 i-.i- .
the lu:'rf s'l'd V'
i "; : ;-. , .' : .
0. McXhiUan ii"
.:"lSii,""i; T ".
folk Hospital l'rida
of Chapanoke was ,
by .' father cu !
1:!5 home. !
:a-st . ali'iv.
ft! t V,
11 ll'K
pill .
ill
?: .!
ii StviUe ucks to
and
w a--; t!1 ke:i to a .';'-
:l li'i.li;;:. 1 h
iiiu!. .h.aih -:i i. . luit pi-v ve
fatal, it is believed.
Murden Stokeley is the youns man
who was tried hero for killing J.
I jnton Towe and was released by a
Pasquotank jury.
Thusday night's accident occurred
between seven and eU:ht o'clock. Uu
fus Stokeley, Murden Stokeley's fath
pr, took the pistol from the hands of
his little grandchild and snapped it
himself, thinking that it was not
loaded, as it had not been loaded the
night before.
. 1 fi r lit
'1 It s i":'.r is uisuacUJ' :
X fntorprise. The tc-ckuoiilvi- ur-.
V. . itt.-.(.td;i'k. J. R. Britlit. H.
M. White, D. J. l'riti hard. V. I'. I'n
ry. J. M. Jennings, V. G. liarris. D
W. Morgan, J. S. Morgan. K. R. Wia-
slow, J. T. IVrry, M. W. Saunders,
M:ka Lright. M. S. White, C. D. liar
.ell, A. S. Neal, E. V. Bright, E. 1'.
artwright. Wade H. Reld, Taul F.
White, L. B. Pritchard, M. L. Davis,
H. F. Sample and J. D. Winslow.
The general manager is Mr. D. C.
Perrv of this city, who originated the
plan some months ago; organised the
company and has been Dusuy ai wor TTT? APPR! TO
rtnrine the oast six months to make! STIRS HJ5AltJ!.Ka iU
the Farmem Ginning and Produc
V.mnany a success. Mr. C C. Pap
pendilk is President; D. J. Pritchard
'.ecretary-troasun'-r. The otfieerr. with'
15. V. Vv'hite, J. M. Jennings and ('.
U. ktarris muko up tho director's
i.oard.
l ocated at tho end of West Main
street, with the m ist modern achtn
. ry, all ran by t lictricity, tiny
i)..;u'.l,t iiestrly two uiMlion iiouiul". of
-,1 , ,,;;im i;isl l:tl'. ami are i ' par.-
- ,, . ( .. ,,r f' "V :-.'llll:
io m f.-rtil'.i r I in poLili
KEENEST INTEREST
V. was an intensely interested au
dlence who heard Gilbert Stephenson
speak at his conference with mem
litrs of the exevuti.-e. committee of
the War Savings Stamp campaign, at
the Y. M. V. A. at eleven o'clock this
morninir.
"North Carolina bmsts that sh
has never l;i . ' M 'i' 'li.' o1'
nnv natriotic cause." lie said.
Washington, January 11. (lovernmont owiicrship ad
vocates in tho S into are determined to reduce tho incomo
arantees provided for the railroads in tho Federal control leg-
: slat ion mapped out by Director-General McAdoo.
Tho proposal to pay tho linos compensation based on the
net incomo for tho past three years would mean about nine trt
dred and fifty million dollars annually.
Senator Cummins, tho ranking Republican of the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee believes that this is too mueb
by two hundred millions.
Senator Cummins proposes that instead the Government
guarantee 'the railroads interest on their bonded debt ami divid
ed uccording to the three year average.
Ho is also unwilling that the rate-tixing power should be
placed in tho hands of tho Director-General or any other one
man and would insert in tho bill a provision providing that the
rate-fixing power remain in the hands of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
w. a v a i
"Fi-sl at
,'lh
1-enh -I
1 . .i'!'-
, ; u H -.. ii e for seed (!' t 'ill
.if ivted att . i.i Ion in th'- Kin ii i"
.. a.- -i. a;'.! t hi"- :i -. "VP 'l tnu: W 1"!.
,!,!, in nil.', rood pr ct to J'arfrll'rt
n ,.,i.,,. durii'.K mis. They
l
,t Get-
!i tysburg, and last at. Af.mto'.n.itox w
l,;tM' cited a"- e'lil: l'.M.i'U' t'o re:
,o.is of the O'd N ..it'.i Se..- to "ery
( .ill u p'in lwr pati-i'it'-in.
"If we would live up to our hisloi
North Carolina must do its part in
'lm War Sav'nst Stnmp eampai';n.
ll'lllll r.:
o
I ...V.3J'....
i-r'
w.
-iJ . "
t
War fiasR
t
G
-roTw .Kl.iitiu' a ntttiio bowiaa-., "XhaLjaiiaaAti'.t twenty
their plant of ginnery, warehouse? worth of stamps must be pit i-lui ',.
.,,,.1 mees and are planning 'or a f,r. 0Very man, worn; n : "'(! child in
,;rii mill anxl a wood yaru.
A visit to thin new ginnery in th
full was of unusual interest, it was
the state, or one hundred dollar.; no
every family.
'We must not forget that this
.. . . l ' , ., .. ,w,.r,.., f hi ,1
a pleasure to watch tlio ' wneeis k means a dollar mo ev.n n. v
' -ii slid! up to date maelrnerv. ..,9 wcn as for every wh'te child
nr.: - who had .vason to p -ak .vi'h j,)lu, it nieatn on- lemdi-d dollars
authority declared that mere mod - j ,nr rv,,ry nn-ro r-. mily as well as for
1,'i.ni !tr : (Hi'.'. - i everv wum iiiinii
Creates Imnreraon Evyt'-i- r:;sy
"WHen Cou'ntry 'FxcUk.
Cris.s Says Wadsvorth
i,vit to b" found anywhere m
stale. More than !f
Winston Churchill G lis
ican aid on r;:.;
Scale,
4. J
er-
l e
the
pell
Wasliington,
ii. r '.nit' i ; 1 1 ! i is a
"This i'
nil job.
inve-ted in huildinus since
,i "n 'A as h '" 00 and th
th '"' j Tail to meet the i
. pheno- i "Tl,(, war Sav
no Moal! I'l-l: it i a !'i;n
rtut we cannot alToril to
'visibility.
SMnn-p ' 's a t'ov
London, January 11. We have arrived at a great crisis
in the war which can be only satisfactorily met by vehement and
effective action on the part of the United States, declared Min
ister Winston Churchill today at a meeting of the American
Luncheon Club.
He graphically pictured the peril resulting from the un
ceasing piling up of German reinforcements on the west front
and nhouted, America come aid us with all your might. Speed
the time for action on tho largest scale ever planned.
menal pron-a made in the first six
lll0.,tlis of '.,. exist nee a
..liniK.nan oi- r.ioo'i rvowth in the
,,!,.. I'-ir, 'or v.!ii h ll" '
o, en do.
have
STtX-KHOLDKRK MKET
VISITORS HERE
FROM GREAT LAKES
NIXON SAWYER
Johnnie E. Nixon, formerly of Cho-
, , , ,v . ,,.. , wan County, but now of Norfolk, Va.
Vis tors from the Great Lakes in '
. . .. . . .... and Mibs Mary A. Sawyer of bouth
the city attracted attention here this '
' Ml: 'iotb murileil Ihuisdav OV JUS-
M... . .1 . n .... ...I n. ,.t. ....... . v. . -
weeK. i ney are v uum uumu mni
who have been- transferred by the
government temporarily from the
Lake tsations, which are closed dur
ing the winter months, to tho eoat.
They will be stationed from Cape
Henry to Hattoras.' where there
alwpys rvpvij (lair-er to vecseU during
severe weather and tho 1!) alivn-lv
hero are to bo joined by others fn.m
the Great Lake stations soon.
tioe of the Peace, J. W. Mundon at
his office.
The bride Is the daughter of II. D.
O IV e, of peu'il, .'.'Mi 11 " i th" i-'tn "a
tin son of Charles Ni:ou of Cho
wan Connty.
TiM v Mere aceompanied her a by
r. Jen'iio A. Cleminir r.nd Miss
ernment secnriiy
l!ond is.
:u"t a-' t'
I.i'n I tv
. dvaol ''.;'' over th"
If T am pressed for
fit.liev di-pose of Ibe
as
"It. l a ' th!-'
l.ibertv I'.oi'd.
inoiiev 1 must
bond at less than par or put It 11;.
collateral for a loan.'
"But I can tako fly War Savinpa
Stamp to the post-office, and Ret my
money for it practically on demand.
The law provides that the postmaster
may Insist on my giving him ten
days notice, but it will not be neces
sity for the postmaster to avail mm
l.muaiy 11.--The War Department's pow
nate to sniMilv the needs of the American
e Wni.
rn.iy ai.u pcrl'.'il'S pr.iviMe am ior un- .iiin-.-s, m-v i iaij
V. :,or. t'-'
(loclilll'S 111
j,,. Ki'iiat- Cuiniiiiiti'o on Military Allairs today, lie
;v.' d tails of the c iintry's powder reduction at an
i session (.1 t lie etll'.te. .
ATTACKED BY SENATOR WADSWORTH
S. :;,!.. Wad -worth bitlerl;. attacked the Secretary of
rrv,t annual meeting o ftbe stock
holders of the Culpepper. Griffin, Old
and Grice Company was held weunes
day. . . .
The following were electea erec
tors L. S. Blades, P. H. Williams,
L ,r t v fillhert. W. T.
U rvrttllir:!, v. . ) Bury U1 l"a l""'"""'
Old W. N. Old, L. E. Old, D. B. Brad-, ,f of that rlj;ht In ono rase out of
ford and W. G. uaunrr. - ft hnndrefl.
ing officers were alBO elected: W. i.
Old President; P. H. Williams, Vlce
rvesident; L. E. Old, Secretary-Treas
, rer; W. N. Old, Asst. 8:rctary.
ONE OF NEEDS
WILL BE FILLED
Ma' t ie
er.
si' t -v of I lie brii1
IB07.SCJ0UTS
We can insure North Carolina's
taking its allotment of theso stamps
by thorough organization and hard
work. We muet paint North Carolina
Fed, White and Blue with W. S. S.
We must organize thrift societies in
our schools and in our mills and li
our factories and in our churches.
The banks are Riving splendid
........ rr-i... .,..... oV0l its read-i. nlv throuch mo-
lieil lilt rtiiau v . t co-ojiei 'ii iv.i ,
ers to suj-'pesl -'Klizabetb City's ;tIv,.fi of patriotism but through mo
Nends" at the becinninp- of tho yeai . vw of business interest. As bud
one of the nirt-estions, uhich, '-'y ; Vxadod businers men the banker?
ti. wily, was made by Mr. A. h. ..;iK,v t.iat if the ch'Mron of 1o':
1 tout z or tin.' Co-o-icraHv,-- ?' ,n 'are tavRht throii."!) nnh'M of 1.1 rill
jit ',., was "n:'zab"th City Needs ;, ),0,-o'W. niv-rs I hey will beor.ie
Conimi'nilv Nurse." li-ive.-nrs tomorrow, i lie war n.i
"Vim
I'm
liroac
IK
; 1 1 I
;ir ,.fe;'.t.' an iMii.re--ii.il t liro'.io-lioiit tlie conn
"that et rvlhii!!r is rosv and that conditions are
liuit tin-re is no need of haste, when in fact wo are ap-
! the oravest crisis in our history.
DEFEAT OF GERMANY : WOULD NEED FOUR
BOON TO WORKMEN MILLION WORKMEN
And Men in Shons Must Co
operate With Annies In
Field to That End
(By United Fmi
London. Jan. 11 The interests of
the worklngmen of England ami
of America are bound up in beating
(Hy Uiiiu-d I'm.) .
Washington, Jan. 11- Chairman
Howard Coffin of tbn Aircraft Pre-'
dnetion Board declares that one hun
dred thousand airplanes within a
year Is an impowdble goal. Kour
uiiliion workmen would be iiiMsded.
The. iraiisportation problem, tho
Tb's nend. i! a'.'"U'-H. '", m be (ill-
d row. V.TA. Ill n. Vn Hon". vl'O
rrea
nd the savings denositp. in Km.'-
i., .. - Mi uad of decrna:-iiri? tbem."
.. I.i .',Un.a Of IllL V V
I OIIOW1IIK "l IIIIIM .1 U -"
the German armv and this caunol question of bousing th- planes In
be done, except by the wifling co- J Kurope pr:seni tremendous pro)HM8
operation of tho men in th work-j However, the aircraft progrnm is
shops with the men in the field, de-inow well under way toward realua
i lared Kigbi Honorable J. N. Bar-, iou,
nes, m'ember of Parllnment and of I
the British War Cabinet.
GERMAN CHILDREN
SEVERE STORM COMING
i
(P.y Unlteil Press)
HAD SLIM XHAS
MISS ( 1IAKLOTTK W1IALKV
MEET FRIDAY
The Bov fieouts will meet Friday
I - .
The funeral of Miss Charlotte evening at 7:30 in the . 31. c.
Whalcv waB conducted Thursday at building.
Belcross. It i expected that Captain Hyatt
Miss Whaley died Ttesday after- "that Military man," will be there
' -l k -ni,.b- of fho hnmn nf her unit it u Imriortant that all . seouts
noon hi
tirother. J. H. Whaley at Belcross. should be present,
Misi Whaley l the aunt of John
Whaley of this city, who went to Bel
nss to attend th funeral.
befrc-o her riiarrliii-o va-s had nurs"
lit. the Klbrabelh City hospital, will:(. A Stephenson .vent at. one"
foiiiervise tho work of Mrs. Albert- to (),P 1,1, Kt ,r,ol buiblint; to addrrs.
n , , . .1 r ..nnrn m n a In .1lA
I U1U BOBWUUU III Uirjui;
city Saturday on buslBMl.
SOP, Wild lias nan Home u.iumm ...
nurslns, and the city's poor will re
ceive Instruction in making their
homes more healthful as well ns ac
tual help in serious illness.
This Id but one of the many steps
taken by the Co-operative Relief
Committee for making tjie city a bet
ter place for even the poorest man,
woman and child to live In since its
the Himlent.B there
Hair or snow in east, snow and
colder in west portion tonlpht. Sat
urday colder and generally fair with
a cold wave in west portion and by
nieht In east portion. PtronK east to
recent orRanlzatlon shortly before the south wlnda hitting to northwest
Christmas holidays. . JSaturday and continums strong
Wasbircton, Jan. 1 1 A f"v,,'
fitorm ce ilcr over soiith("'ii
ippl is nioviim northiast. Winds Avii
ultv.lll' HO nlherlv toiiifht
or1 "in--' ' .1 r
,,-t(il(r t west and northwest una ' vi,.os received here tmlav.
1...1 1.., I
continuinn ntroiiK Dceompaui.-..
cold wave.
(Hy l uiti "I Pre-v)
Wa-'u'iiv.l Hi, Jan. 11. - Thy bojv
a il fli i" ii oiiuv rin-1 Au-'tria
had a mighty sliiu Christmas, ac-
corilli:ir in i l'iiial iov.-'i'iimia.t JiJ-
ACIIOREE LODGE MEETS
The Elizabeth Lodge will meet to
night at 7:30 with the Achoree
Lodne, I. O. O. F.
Snpper will be served.and all mem.
bers are urged to be present. ,
This was. tho fourth war Christ
mas ami holiday paekaees have been
more and more scanty since tho first
war Christmas, but holiday seanon
was ever quite no barren as this.
I MUST ORDER SOME CREAM
puffs for Sunday's dessert. Every
body loves them. Koch, the baiter
makes them. Phone. No 182.