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NEWS WITHOUT BIAS VIEWS WITHOUT PREJUDICE THE ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN ELIZABETH CITY VOL. 3 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 3, 1918. No. 34 U Fuel Order Lifted In North State .No Workless Monday for Bess Cit j Next Week But Under the Bah, Washington, February 8. Fuel Administrator GarfieUl today lifted the Monday closing order in North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana. Moderation of weather conditions made this step possi ble, it is stated. However, the order of preference in coal shipments es tablished January 17th will remain effective as will also the penalty attached for violation thereof. NEW MSI FOB THE FIRST NATIONAL Talk of Baby Skyscraper For Growing Institution And New Building of Some Sort a Certainty. A new banking hone for the First National Bank will be erected on the ite of th building now occupied by that institution In the immediate fu tur. The type of the building hai not jH been decided upon but within a few days Washington architects will arrlTe In the city to draw up plana which will be submitted to the board ef director. Some members of the board, it is stated, faror a alz-etory building. The business of the bank has so Increased since the present fouilding: was erected that larger quarters have become an imperative aeed. Thf original lot purchased by the bank had a frontage of only twenty five feet and a depth of only sixty four feet. This week, however, the directors acquired from I). B. Brad ford an additional frontage of twen-ly-flve feet and the additional depth of 31 feet. This gives the bank a lot 50 x 95 feet upon which to erect the new structure. An entirely new building is plan ned and not merely' an addition to the present building. This indicates the plan of Hip directors to erect a banking house that will be a credit to the town and that will contribute more to the improvement of the bus iness section of Main Street than any forward step that has been made since the erection of the Hinton building. GEI1 SILLS SEEK 01 Comparative Quiet in Trench Land And Sammies Dry ing Their Clothes (By United Prer.s) , With American Army in France, Feb. 8. German shells are trying to seek out the perfectly camouflaged positions of the American big guns. This afternoon the enemy's heav lest artillery monotonously, and per sistently hurled big projectiles where thev believed the American guns to be hidden. I Trench land is more quiet than usual. Occasionally there have been outbursts of machine gunning and a few German "pineapple bombs" land ed In the wire entanglements, with out doing any damage. The Sammies are taking advantage af the clear windy day to hang out their rain-soaked clothing to dry wherever concealment is afforded. DR. McMULLAN ILL t Dr. Oscar McMullan la very 111 with pneumonia at his home on Pen asylvanta Avenue. S Norfolk is Still! MAY HAVE TO ISSUE NEW FORM OF MONEY McAdoo Warns That Unless Finance Corporation is Creat ed Some Such Step May Be Necessary. (By Halted Pre, Washington, Feb. 8. Warning that if the war lasts long enough the Govarnment may be driven to the expedient of issuing a form of paper money with no gold reserve back of it was given to the State Finance Committee by Secretary Mc Adoo this morning. McAdoo said, however, that the creation of the proposed live hun dred million dollar Government Fin ance Corporation would prevent such a necessity from arising. PUTS HI C I Oil Institution Hay Now Press Its Work Unhampered i By Fear of Financial ' Rocks i.i'.uK'in ny s l. i i . a. is now on an assured financial basts and can press its work without IV;; i' of run ning on the rocks oT financial (lisas-' tel. The directors of the Y. ?I. '. A. ad a look at their books several month,, ago and found that the.asso- iation was 'running with an annual deficit of $1,200.00. This left the association dependent for that amount each year on the uncertain income to be derived from bazaars, special collections, hregulai donations, and so on. How to meet the deficit was a pro blem. The local Y. M. V. A. was set going two years ago after the build ing had stood closed for about six years only after a most arduous cam paign for public support. It haa Deeu kept going with no little difficulty. And to ask for $1200.00 additional under these circumstances and in the midst of the many appeals of war would have discouraged any but the most devoted and courageous hearts.. , There were found men, however, who were willing to undertake the task. From that time they have been diligently at work, qu'etly and un obtrusively and patiently, but with a zeal am! ceierniinanon mar wouiu tal'e pn denial. Today they see their effort erowneo. with success and the permanency of the Y. M. C. A. an mi agency for the uplift of boys and voting men of Elizabeth City assur ed.' G. W. WARD CONTINUES ILL Mr. O. W. Ward, who haa been ill for several months at his home on West Main street, has been In a semi conscious condition for the past three weeks, and is entirely conHned to his room. Reports from his bedside Friday morning state that his condition Is unchanged. ' !u:kal of oscau gregoki The funeral services of Oscar David Gregory, were conducted Fri day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Dr. B. c. Hening at the home of his par ents. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Gregory, 318 West Main Street. Many attended the funeral, both young and, old, showing that he had ki.vtiuo. illO lUCUf ucrs oi the clubs, or which he was a member attended in a body. The Boy Scouts and the members of Mr. Steven's Sunday School Class of the First Bap tist Church, of which he was a mem ber, acted as escorts. Many floral of ferings were made. The pallbearers were some of his close friends anu ; members of the Boy Scouts, as fol lows: Melick Blades, George Modlin, James Hathaway, Selden Lamb, War ren Jennette, Morrisette Pendleton, Trim Aydlett and William Ballard. Oscar died Wednesday evening at 6:50 o'clock at the home of his par ents on West Main Street af the age oTl5 years. He was taken ill with diabeles last July and had never regained his full strength, although at times he was able to walk around. He was taken to a specialist at Baltimore to be treated but to no avail. In the last few weeks he had been constantly losing his strength, and he knew that the end was near. It is exceedingly gratifying to his many friends that he passed awy very calmly and without any struggle whatever. Oscar was liked by all to whom he was known and he had a host of friends. He was a loyal member of the First Baptist Church and Sunday School and an ardent member of the Boy Scout Troop. He will be missed not only in the ecout troop but In the many clubs of which he was a mem ber. He had finished the eighth grade in the lllzabeth City High School and left school with a good record. PKARL HTREKT METHODIST Tha pastor, Rev. C. M. Wardea.will occupy his pulpit at Pearl Street Methodist Church at both the morn ing and the evening services Sun day. He extends a cordial invitation to all to attend. AT MEMORIAL BAPTIST Dr. G. W. Clarke will occupy his pulpit at both the morning and the evening services at the Memorial i Baptist Churcu Sunday. Hi3 subject for the morning se-r vie" will be "Lessons from Joseph." For the evening service his subject will be "From Dust to Glory." The public Is cordially invited to attend. WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Satur day except rain Saturday in west por tion, warmer light variable winds 'becoming south. TO THK PATRONS OF Dear Subscriber; , Under our new rates, vour tele- phone will cost you actually no more han it has In the past provided you! iny your bill on or before the nth of ah month. , All residence telephone, main line, wo party as well as business tele ihoiHS, will be charged 23 cents more :er month, on and after March 1st. But that 25 cents is discounted if the till is paid at our office No. 509 E. Fearing Street on or, before the 5th of each month. By saving us in this way the ex- nonse of collecting our bills, the sub scriber is helping us In our effort to hold down the rate to a net amoun. no greater than It has been, In spite of the rising cost of malntailng th service, the raise of salarjes and the great advance In the cost of all sup plies and materials. Very truly yours, Norfolk & Carolina TeL and TeL Co. C. W. Grice, General Manager. TO REHABILITATE BOARD OF lit Organization to be Put On Three Year Basis And Em ploy Full Time Paid Secre tary. Elizabeth City is to have a full time paid secretary, with special training for his work, for its Chamber of Commerce and the organization is to te put on a permanent three year has':. A membership of 300 is to be se cured and commodious offices will he rented in the down town section in which will be established the or ganization's headquarters. All of this work is to be undertaken by the American City bureau of New York which will conduct the cam paign for memberships, provide the Manager-Secretary, and act in an ad visory capacity to the Chamber thru out the three year period. ThiB step was decided upon by the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Commerce at a special meeting on Wednesday. A representative of the American City Bureau went before the meeting with his proposition and its accep ts nee wan unanimously voted. "The old fashioned Chamber of Commerce, with its standing commit tees tht simply stand and do nothing else," said Mr. Foster, the Bureau man, "is a thing of the past. There arc tor many Commercial clubs or ganised on a better basis for it to accomplish anything To run a modern Chamber of Commerce, like every other enter prise that is worth while, takes men and 1 takes money Both of these we propose to get for yon." MBS. J. PAUL BPVSC DEAD Mrs. Susie Hudglns Spence, wife of Professor J. Paul Spence, super visor of instruction in the Norfolk public schools, died Thursday morn ing at 9:15 o'clock, at the Norfolk Protestant Hospital, after ten days In her twenty-ninth year. Mrs. Spence had been suffering from a cold, and then strained herself in lifting a heavy object, a condition following which resulted in her undergoing a surgical operation last Friday night. She had a great many friends in the community, to whom the news of her death will carry a sense of deep re gret, for she was a lady of many en dearing qualities, and was loved by all who V.iicw her. She was a devoted mother, and besides ner husband Bhe ivivp four children, the eldest six . . . I vil 'i bait' ( in and tne youngesi evon months oid. She was a member of the First Hap! 'hurch, ni tne religion nhe professed was reflected in a I'-vi'iMfnl daily life. She was li. daughter of Captain and Mrs. Charlej F. Hudgins of Norfolk, who survive her; also a brother, C. W. Hudgins of West Englewood, New Jersey, and two sisters. Mrs. T. J. Johnson and Miss Frances Hudgins, I both of Norfolk. The funeral took place Friday at 3 o'clock at the residence, 1214 West Gent boulevard, and was largely at tended. It was conducted by Rev. Sparks, W. Melton, D. D., of Free mason Street Baptist church. There were many beautiful floral offerings. The burial was in Forest Lawn, inn pallbearers being Curtis Hudgins, Roland Denhy, George Spence, Clar ence Sykes, D. C. Carr, and W. R. (Grant AT FIRST MKTHOWKT The pastor, Rev. J. M. Ormond, will occupy his pulpit, at the r lw Methodist Church, at both the morn ing and the evening services on Sun day. For the morning service at 11 A. 1 his subject will be "Is Our Chris tianity Worth Emulating.' His sou- led for the evening service at 7:30 I'clock will be "Living Clean.' Everybody is cordially Invited to ittend. .rUNIOn LEAGUE MEETS SUNDAY The Junior Bpworth League fti City Road Methodist Church will -rr flum's" afternoon t (he church at 9:30 o'clock. Rachel Williams will lave charge t tha nervice. . Spies Told of Convoys Coming -1 Distinguished American Expresses Belief Spies Responsible for Tus- cania's Sinking. London, February 8. Germany had information of th coming of the Tuscania and other vessels with important per .onuses on Doara. A distinguished personage from another ship who wit nessed tlie attack declared that three torpedoes were fired at his own vessel later Tuesday night. He declared his belief that the U-boat commander was acting on information obtained through the (Jernuin spy system. Washington, February 8. Two thousand and thirty-ire survivors trom the luscania have landed at points on the Irish and Scotch coast, a cablegram to the Navy Depjutmenl an nounced this morning. This report included oflicers, men and crew but psr- cntly the report is incomplete. AT FIRST BAPTIST The pastor, Dr. B. C. Hening, will occupy his pulpit at the First Baptist Church at both the morning and the evening services Sunday. His subject for be morning ser vice at 11 A. M. will be "A Supposed Failure." For the evening service at 7:30 P. M. his subject WHi be "A Word to the Wlery." The general nubile Is cordially li- vited to be present. emit cms LIE IB BOYS Sixteen Year Old Youths Of Class of 1920 Being Mus tered Into Service (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 8. Germany has mustered in a portion of the class of 1920, more lads of sixteen years, offi cial war office reports rect.ved here today stated. These boys who would not ordi narily be mobilized for two or possi bly three years have not yet been called into active service; but their inn ,iering In has been in progress for l.jiiio time. Kven military critics who have con tended that Germany is about at the end of her man power could haro credit the report that sixteen year old youngsters are being prepared for the trenches. The reports are regarded here as of the greatest significance. T BY THE 1ES Their Entire Army Killed Or Captured on Shore of Dead Sea (By United Press) Washington, Feb. 8. Arab forces under command of the Shlek of Mec ca have compfyrtelyi defeated the Turkish army southeast of tho Df.ad Soa, official dispatches of today state, in a sanguinary engagement which began January 30th. Trio Arab tribesmen virtually an nihilated tho entire Turkish forces capturing three hundred prisoners, liicluding the Commander in Chief of the Turks, the report states. JUNIOR I. V. P. V. WILL MEET SUXDAi The Junior B. T. P. U. of the Me morial BaptiHt Church will meet 8un dav evening at 8:30 o'clock. Compeny 0 will lend and a very interesting program It expected. . All boys and glrle between 12 and 11 yean, of age are cordially invited to lie present. DEFEATED ALLIED HUBS OUSTED J KI Unconfirmed Dispatch Says Various Embassies Are Enroute Sweden (By Waited Pi-cm) Washington, .Feb. 8 An ubW firmed dispatch to ibe State Pr arv went from Stockholm, dated yester day and received today, declares that the allied embassies and diplomatic representatives have been expelM from Russia and are enroute Swedes. The State Department admits the It haa Vast via arntil A hilui....JMi Francis since Friday, February 2mi (By United Trc) Washington, Feb. ,X.: More than four thousand cars of wood and steel shipbuilding material were lost in the freight tralflc during Janu ary and the whole shipbuilding pro gram on the Atlantic coast is threat ened with a complete tie-up. Actual work on shipbuilding has reached a point, Chairman Hurley of the Shipping Hoard declared tday. where materials on band will last only a few days or a week ut the longest. This The News to Amsterdam In Dispatches from Vienna. Today (Hy United Prnes) -Amsterdam, Feb. 8. The resigna tion of the Austrian Cabinet has been tendered Kmperor "arl acenrtrfng to Vienna dispatches reaching here to day and dated February 7th. It In stated that the Austrian Pre mier, von seymer, nmi nanaeu tne resiknations to the head of the dual monarchy. KUKRI FV It KID HAS ItKTl ltMlD FROM RALKIGS Sheriff Charles Reld of this elty. has returned from Raleigh, where he went to carry Keeaey Craak t the State Prison. , ' IN HVFFOLK HOSPITAL Mr. II. P. Winslow of this city to bow In Lake Tlew Hospital In Suffolk; Va., tufferlnf with a breken leg, , 'M IT FBI i of inn MM HIT IIS NOWRESIGNED
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