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NO. 37
G. A. Rouse Editor and Publisher
VOL. YH 3 . 1
Passenger
Sunk Without Waraing-U, S. Citizen
on Board, But Saved with others
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PASSENGERS AND CREW v
NUMBER TWO HUNDRED
NEARLY ALL BRITISH .
The President undoubtedly will
wait for complete reports on the
disaster before determining
whether the time has come for'
him to go to Congress to ask
authority to "use any qieans that
ro Bottom.
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Washington, Feb. 7. ? The
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British pass&ger Kner Calif ormal
has been torpedoed without warn
ing, and that an American citizen
was among the survivors.
Wheather this will prove to be
the overt act to drive the United
States into war no one would
attempt to say tonight. President
Wilson who must make the de
cision, had retired when the news
came and officials did not wake;
fcim. Late in the aftcgpoonhe
had been informed of a message
frfrm California, but giving no
details as io warning or the pre
sence of Americans. ; : J;k
';?X : ?_ ?
With the Destruction of the Cal
fornia Brings the total Number
of Fatalities of the German
Submarine Warfare Since Fir&
up to Near 50.? Fortunately
for Both Germany and United
States-that No American Lives
Have Yet Been Lo&. x |
past 24 hours, and fifty or more
since the German proclamation
of ruthless warfawon the seas
went into effect last Thursday..
It is realized that if no citizen
of the United. States was among
the victims, it merely was a for*
tunate accident and that it can
be only a matter of hours before
Americans are caught in such
wholesale destruction.
?
A New Outbur# of Savagery.
\ .
burned fiercer
between C&nnany and
Britain.
News dispatches indicate. that
the war is to settle down to a
combat between these two pow
ers onthe aeas wiM attempt to
starve the Teutons into submis
sion and the central powers will
strive to disrupt British shipping
through a wide use of the sub
marine.
lliat the struggle is to be in
the form of a strangulation match
is now plain. Great Britain is
preparing to place two guns on
the bow of all her merchantmen
and the Teutonic power is plan
ing to torpedo aft ships so armed.
Beth of these nations can pos
sibly win the war by a complete
doubt whether either will, al
| though of |he jtw? ,%e think
Great Britain has a f
Carved herself.
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A dead man makes no protect.
It is only those who areaHve and
Some people hi
'the
The citizens of this community,
whenever possible, as it invari
ably is, should buy the things
that they need from -the local
merchants, Thisi**he spirit of
co-operation which' will hefc th$
town to grow and in time make
it bigger and a better market
place.
We don't want you to pay:
more here for what you. can gel
cheaper somewhere else, btp|||
your common sense. You know
miles atro cin send you wha
you order by mall, pay the ex
penses of bis catalogues, and fee
a profit without charging yo
more than your home mercheni
Besides, you will have to wa!
many ilays before you will ge
the merchandise ordered, yoi
will have to send your money ii
advance and you will run th
risk of being stock.1
That is ju& plain every da;
common sens$; it's not adyicc
Local merchants usualy 'take
pride in handling the best c
everything while ..mail orde
houses only hunt the cheapo
things they can sell JVTiethj
they last or not is ls?a||i(erial^
There are some people,
rope who would like to
twice before Parting anotf
and if this country gets
there will be some more ji
them oyer here. > i r
BY MAGISTRATES 4.
ROUNTREE 6 TYSON.
.
ice of Brother of the Dead
is that He Heard Defeo
Satterfield Tell the Twc
roea"te Ki8ed Him.aw
Paj fpr fc"'f Under This
S( the conclusion of we evi
* ant! the speeches of the at
eysin lhe Luther Norloh ease
& was beared in Greenville,
Inesday by Magistrates Ty
and Rountree, D. Tripp,
r Ellison and Oscar Johnson
3 released from custody,
. . .
they could pay for him." l! was
under this evidence that the
court bound the defendants over,
?
; f A lot of people are like dogs?
known by their growls.
The Editor Advises Himself.
Inasmuch as editors generally
take upon themselves the task of
instructing everybody else and
advising them we think it would
be a good idea for us to advise
ourselves a little. This advice is
especially appropriate at this time
of the year when the to& of
everything 'from ink to eraser
has gone up in prices except the
averagejiewspapetft
While it may not be interesting
to you there are papers in New
York which will pay $680,000
more for white paper ih is year
than they did Ia& year, and while
our bill is not quite as much it is
proportionately larger than theirs,
when based upon circulation.
We don't care to loose a single,
subscriber bat in this talk to our
g to advise us
to
prom
| ise* we want you to read the
paper regularaly, bat you mu&
not let your paper stay behind.
Pay up for a year, help us to get
along with the increased expert
ditures and we will give you a
better paper. -
For Educational Reform.
? ?
The General Education Board,
founded by John D. Rockefeller,
and having an endowment of
$35,000,000, has announced an
experimentative school, which
| will thoroughly te& the new
ideas of modern teaching, which
in essence disregard the old fun
damentals, and prepare the pupil
for a sound place in the life of its
people. " ;
This may l^ad to wide isversal
of opinion as to just what a
school should teach. There are
many nOw who believe ihat an
cient languages serve no purpose
and that ability to make a living
is much better than full know
ledge of history. We are not
sure that we agree with this idear
? because it contains nothing that
might develop character and this
we think should ibe the aim of
Those interested ia the im
provement of actual conditions
in Pitt County will be interested
in learning of the success of the
Boys' Corn Club work in this
county laSt year. There were
fifty-four boys enrolled, but Only
twelve of these made the final
reports. These twelve boys rais
ed a total of 782.8 bushels of corn,
at a total cost of $277.06. This
is an average of 65.2 bushels per
acre, which is 10.4 bushels above
the average for the State. This
corn was produced at the ave
rage coSt of 35.3 bushel, which is
3.9 below the average for the
State. "
Two" boys of these twelve
made remarkably good showing,
and received certificates of merit
signed by the Governor of the
State, the State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, the Com
missioner of Agriculture, the
State Agent for the Club Work,
theCounty Administration Agent
and the County Superintendent
of Schools. These were Roy
WiejiDt^f WintervilieKwho pro
action of the Carolina Club, "of
Greenville, the Chamber of Com
merce of Ayden; and citizens of
Farmville in offering prizes total
ing fifty dollars.
It is interesting to note that the
total enrollment for the State was
3,257 boys, only 891 of whom
made the final reports. This
number of boys produced 48,829
bushels of com estimated at a
total co& of $19,152.71. The
totaf value of the corn estimated
at one dollar per bushel was $48,
829.40, showing a r.et profit of
$29,676,69.
.
Bankers seem tofearthataloss
of export trade will bring a with*
drawal of our enormous golJ sup
ply which is the basis of our
abnormal credit. Our subscri
bers new worry about the gold
supply? th^y j us t look for . the
paper
The laSteSt propaganda is the
cause of the people againSt -the
rats. The rodent army is said to |
equal f&at Of the common people
and an interesting war is being
waged. This may mean a let-up
on enemy fly and other jpeSts of
the household suchas cockro
aches, etc.