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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA MONDAY EVENING AUGUST 20 1917
Coal Dictator
NO. 7t0
To Be Named
Officials Say That President Wil
son Will Make Known Ap
pointment In Next Twenty Four
Hours.
URGES FARMERS TO MAKE MORE
MEAT A8 PATRIOTIC DUTX AS
WELL AS FOR GOOD BUSINESS
REASONS . . , ' . , , '
H
t.
(By United Press) f
tator will be named Mr the United
States by President Wilson within 24
tours, officials say.
The President favors a dictator
with the sole responsibility to the
committee to execute the Pomerene
Coal Amendment to the food control
law
The President's choice for this tre
mendous power is not known. Robert
8- Lovett. head of me War Industries
A j .
-j.'VvVd and Chairman of the
It
and Chairman of the Union
Jlflc Railroad directorate is favor-
the coal operators.
Commissioner W. B. Colver of the
Federal Trade Commission is favored
by the miners.
Under the law the dictator will fix
prices from mine to consumer's bin
and regulate all Intermediate steps in
distribution.
BUY IT NOME
IS THE SLOGAN
LIVE WIRE BUSINESS MEN OF,
CITY CO-OPERATING WITH !
THIS NEWSPAPER IN EDUCA
TIONAL CAMPAIGN
DISON VISITS
WHITE MS
E
NEWK OF THE WIZARD'S COMING
SETS WASHINGTON AGOG WITH
QUESTION "HAS EDISON GOT
SOMETHING?"
Wasfilnghf, Aug. t0. Thomas A.
EdlBon will see President Wilson at
four p. m. today. Tnis news was
given out from the White House at
noon today and launched again the
query "Has Edison got something?"
For weeks the famous Inventor has
been closeted with his secrets at his
new Jersey plant.
The object of his visit to the White
House today has not been made
known
Of
wm
BfSTMJEB
The Advance Is launching a big
Buy-at-Home Campaign with the hope
of bringing to Elizabeth City a reali
zation of community obligation.
This Is the first attempt here to
promote the question of Buylng-at-
Home in a comprehensive and well
planned campaign and the city's most
progressive business men are lending
their co-operation to the movement.
Building a city is a task In wnich
every citizen must put his shoulder
to the wheel. It calls for the consid
eration and co-operation of all loyal
men, women and children, who make
up the community.
A real and definite sentiment for
Buylng-at-Home firmly fixed In the
hearts of the people is a long step
toward the building of a bigger and
better Home Town.
The habit of spending one's money
at home is but a concrete expression
of genuine loyalty to the Home Town
fit goes much farther than mere talk
Indeed, ft carries a message not 6nlv
to the Home Merchant but to the
outside world. Eventually it shows
Just what sort of city Is being built.
Just what sort of Home Town Is grow-1
Ing into perfection.
The Picture City of the Pasquo-;
tank is made up of energetic, Ilvt.
and loyal citizens. It Is only neces-1
sary that there be awakened within'
them a feeling of Community obllga
tion. Then they will naturally see the
fallacy of Rending their money away
iron Elizabeth City.
Elizabeth City is singularly
with entcrpriMtir merchants
pride I he'iist Ives ;ind we
m:n- mi the completeness (
r i '
in ;i I-. e
i't in
i "' ".' ratio nd 1 1 j 1 1 '.i ntat ives ' of
2,r linns to study nie;i:is of ri'in than
doubling deslioyer contrail.
If the plan succeeds the I'nited
States ttyl I have more destroyers than
ally nation, including Great liritiaii.
CUIUS 10 BE
lOliSG 01 IS
Washington. Aug. 20 The secret
service Is trailing a youth represent
ing himself as Secretary Daniel's eld
est son, who ob'talned $250 frhm Di.
Hutchinson and $;i0 rrom Siiporinten
dent of the Edison plant there. The
imposter is described as live feet and
seven Inches tall, weighing: about KIT
urinals, with bine eyes and wavy hair.
WILL CONFER BEFORE
ANSWERING POPE
!:"!!"!!. :. 20. The Allies will
..;i'or bei'oio replying to tlio Vatican
: i.' it. I " (1 Cecil, Minister of
Blockade, announced In tho Houso of
today.
Sl!i II S ARRIVED
Madame I'ctrova In "The Waiting
Pi ul," hus avrlved and will positively
' be shown at the Aikrima tonight No
. extra charges in the price of admis-
don. '.'7'. ;(i:;'-v---v :,dT
' 'i ; . . ! ;
SI (M k s
to stvle
nil their
lesser)
They
l liev
their
: i a t ,iiieivti"ii
'in ia i
in
has !
wit. I pel.
. ill. Iced, j
of Elizabeth City
! who we'll out i
in''-:
ni in ii
"en th"
people
I nun
t.:vr-
a i f. ;
x i . i r
fi '"
to do
ll " ;
ience
ijueil' I.
Ilieir shopping that they found pi ice;,
higher, service less satisfactory ainl
bv speiidim; it nut of town.
I
ated with their efforts to save money
by spending it ouot of town. j
Vet some people, do not learn, and
many others do not practice wha-j
they really know. Thousands of dol
lars. good Eastern North Carolina
dollars, earned in this section by the
sweat of the brow have been going
out of Elizabeth City for merchandise
which could have been purchased
here with greater satisfaction to the
buyer.
The business men have, therefore,
joined with The Advance, in launch
ing this campaign for the purpose of
setting forth facts that will he of in
t . . n.ir.At to Elizabeth City citi
zens. Tli's is not a sentimental plen
i.' i;'.e;-. :t ,s Hie patposo of this cam
paign to show wherein it is more ad
vantageous to spend money made at
home with local concerns.
IiUbinrns men who have not a I read v
joined in the movement need not de
lay longer than it lakes to reach the
telephone after rending this a: t f le.
The Advance man may not have been
able to see every ono of these, bui
calling Number 3f,7 any 'particulars
t't" the Huy-at-Ilome Campaign
may be learned and the business
man's name added to the list of co
operative community fcutlders In Jiet
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(By GEORGE MARTIN)
(United Press SUtf Correspondent.)
Washington. Aug. 20. Herbert C.
Hoover warns America that the world
faces a meat famine.
A high range of prices for meat
and animal products for many years
to come confront! the country, de
clare3 Hoover, citing figures to prove
that the nation's cattte, sheep and
hogs are dwindling rapidly under the
demands, of war and in Allied Eu
rope conditions threaten to wipe out
altogether the aupply of meats Sind
animal products. The fabulously
high prices of Europe and America
will extend to lard, butter, cheese,
leather, fats, oils and wools. '' ,
Mr. Hoover advocates government
fnntrnl nf tha'rnilntrv'fl maat ttrnnvli
and calls on America's livestock
i breeder at once to lay plans for enor
I mously Increased herds and flocks. He
pleads for all the rfch, well to do,
middle class, and other non-manual
laborers of the United States to great
1 ly reduce their meat consumption,
leaving more for the fighting men,
and male and femats worxers of Al
lied lands.
The Food Administration today is
sued the following statement:
A total decrease of 115,005,000
tn the world's meat producing ani
mals is shown In a comparison of pre
sent with pre-war conditions. While
, the Increase of cattle in the United
.States was 7,090,000 during this
(period, the total world decrease was
28,080,000.' Sheep decreased 3,000,
000 in the United States, and 54,500,
000 in the world. Hogs Increased 6,
1275,000 In the United States, but de
creased 32,425,000 In the world sup
ply.
The demands made by war on the
merlcan meat' supply is . further
shwn In the growtBrrmni gnat
exports for the year ending June 34,
1916, which were 1.339,193,000
pounds as compared with 493,848,000
pounds for a 8-year pre-war average.
These exports have ohlefly gone to
our Allies, whose capital stock of ani
mals has decreased by 33,000.000
heads.
Although the European countries
have drastically reduced meat con
sumption among non-war workers,
this saving has been overcome by
the greatly Increased demands to sup
ply men in the armies and shops, and
"Hi" women who havh taken up phv
sicnl labor This demand hits been
so great that Europe has beet- eatinr
iiro its herds at an alarming rale.
ii"tl thi'i condition will continue In
grow worse each day as the war pro
cresses This is a problem that Ani'T
I. -a m ust meet, not only during the
war, but after it has ended.
Owing to (he ascending standard
of living, the world was already
s'rameil to supply enough animal
products to meel the demand before
the war began. The war has Inject
ed info an already difficult situation
a number of vicious conditions which
aro jeopardizing the ultimate animal
products supply of the world. The
production of fodder in Europe ha
been diminished bv the diversion of
productivo labor to war, and Its Im
port has been curtailed by shortage
in shipping and by the Isolation of
markets by belligerent, lines. From
these causes not only are the actual
numbers of animals decreasing in Eu
rope, hut the average weight and the
annual output of dairy products per
animal are decreasing.
RESIGNS POSITION '
u 'C , TO GO TO FRONT
Mr. A. M, Pope who hat been with
the Standard Pharmacy r ' for tome
tlmes has resigned his position to go
to the front. , He will spend the re
mainder of hit time at his hdme in
Halifax County, '
. Mrt Pope was one of the Standard's
most popular clerks and his read!
nest to-do hit best at whatever came
hit way waa likewise expressed in the
fact that he wat one of the few who
made no claims for exemption when
drafted Into Uncle Sam's big army
Although a native of Halifax County
he registered In Elizabeth City and
will go from here as one of Betsy's
Braves.
ARM BROKEN IN
AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT
The Ford car belonging to H. M
Ballance skidded and turned over,
while driven by his daughter, Miss
Lula Ballance, near Black Head Sign
Post late Sunday afternoon.
The car turned over and the occu
pants were caught beneath it. Miss
Sallance broke an arm and her head
was bruised slightly. -The windshield
was Droaen out ana tne top was
smashed up. The working condition
of the car was not injured and it was
driven to the city on :ts own powei
by Lloyd Perry.
Mr. Roy Chesson was also In the
car but was not injured.
WES SEH
(By United Press)
London, Aug. 20. Further ad
vance In the Ypres sector southeast
of St. Jansholk. Vigorous fighting Is
tn progresg reports Halg.
ACCEPTS POSITION
AT STANDARD PHARMACY
t Mr. -Garland Atwater, formerly Th fnnnral nf Mr. Fred Davis w;
I .... .... I - - ' - - 1 ." 7
yittt thec Aiiemarte MarmacarTJre'faactea Taaljr wfCMMM at but
oorner of Road and Main. Streets?
has accepted a position with the
Standard Pharmacy on the corner of
Main and Polildexter.
Waly'Wa
Big Offensive
Simultaneously Launches Blow A
gainst Three Fronts, Making
One Gigantic Thrust At Austrian
Line:
IS.
i
(By United Press)
Borne, August 20. Italy Is waging a determined offen .
sive against the Austrian lines from the Adriatic to the Alps.
Fighting of great magnitude is in progress.
The blow Is probably the hardest the Italians have yet
struck. Early reports tell of the initial successes of General
Cadornas troops. Assaults were simultaneously launched
against Carso, Isonzo and Julien fronts, welding the three into
one gigantic offensive. - .
FIRE DESTROYS
ll'JI STEAMS
(By United Press)
New ork, Aug. 20. Two steamers
and two smaller vessels were seri
ously damaged by Are while docked
at the foot of Congress street, Brook
lyn today.
The Are 18 believed to have been of
incendiary origin.
The dumngc Is estimated at up-
wads of 11,000,009. Yhe Are followed
iwo explosions.
MANY 1EII
DAVIS
f
in
RUSSELL STRATTON
Mr. Rimer H. Russell of Newport
News, Va., and Miss Llllle P. Strut
ton of Lovingston, Va.. wero married
Sunday morning by Justice of the
lVcae, J. W. Miindcn, at his residence
on Seidell Street .
P!.8; MP
ions of wm
past four o'clock from City Roa'i
eMthodlst church by the pastor Rev.
. B. Culbreth. Interment folowed In
Hollywood cemetery.
The nail bearers were: C. R. Pugh,
J. W. Modlln, P, H. Hill, O. P. Ander
son, James Ferebee, 0. F. Seyfert.
Miles Jennings, and V. S. White.
Mr. Davis' death occurred Saturday
afternoon after a brief illness, lift
was sixty one years or age and is sur
vived by his wil'o and two children.
Weymouth and Margaret, by two sis
tern, Mrs. I. Fearing and Miss Lot,
).iis. Ii ntie lirot lier, William Davis
member H' Cit y Koail Met Ii-
stage she
iii suites
DEMAND RELEASE OF WAR'
PRISOXER8 WHICH INCLUDES
LARGE NVMBER OF INTERNED
GERMANS AND SLACKERS
(By ontted Prtss)
Spokare. Wash., Aug. 20. The In
dustriai Worker's of the World of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
tana have staged a general strike at
a result of the governors of these four
rtites fusing to release the men
made military prisoners Sunday aft
ernoon by Ii'.aho guardsmen.
Early ieiu:U state that the strike
will probably run over 2J 000 meft'
out Tho I. W W.'s demanl an eight '
hour day. heiter sanitary conditions
ad the :e1rite of the war prisoners,
which lnclu'jfsi? large number of In
terned German, and slackers.
BiGimr
HEAR HERO!
'A'a:-
mum and "ii"
elleiit riti.en
li and
l' the u
Hie v':
ll A i
il ex-!
( Hi- I iilted l' t'Sti'
London, Aug. 20.---Many Ions ol
bombs were dropped on the Client
railway .station and Uruges docks liy
British seaplanes today aeionling lo
admiralty, reports.
The'nien in thn nrmles, the men
engaged In the shops, and the mil
lions of women forced to physical
labot. have required a greatly in
creased supply of an:mal products.
'i H i us oi individuals to Whom fresh
meat twice a week was a luxury, are
,. . .v nee s-,ilv of rneir extreme
physical labor, eallng it twice daily.
The supply of wool and lent lieu has
decreased in a period when there are
additional deiin;u'.. for the extn.
amount, of normal clothing required
for tho soldiers mr.l iie met. All
Liiropean count rjes nave it i ast it-ally
reduced the consumption of meat
and cloth Ins amoup tho non-war
workers to a point that would snom
im- iBsible to the' American peojile,
but despite this, the actual meat, fat,
wool, and leather consumption In the
DR. SELIG RETURNS
FROM COLUMBIA UNIV.
Dr
from
been
the i
.Dili, in W. SeliL- lias reliiim n
.Yv York I'ity where he U;v
altendilig special lectures on
i e at, Columhia 1 ' i : i t 1 1
(Allied countries has increased as a
result of the war. Dnder the pres
sure of these forces, Huropn lias been
entinK into its herds and floocks, and
thus Is hurtling the candle at both
ends.
These vicious forces accumulate
impetus as the war goes on, for with
a diminished herd and thus a dimin
ished production and a continuous
demand, the inroads on the herds
grow in volume.
Tho problem facing tho American
people Is not only ono of supplying
the immediate demand of the Allies,
but one which Is more far-reaching In
Its future signllicaii'-e. As the war
goes on there will be a constant les
sening of the capita: slock of food
anlnial.H of the world. Among our
Western Allies, the demand outruns
lint tier every dny :lie rtecreasing pro
duct ion, nrfd ae rlrppiiig becomes fnr
! r tiiortened bv continued subrtn .
line destruction, less tonnage can b"
devoted to fodder, and further reduc
tion of the herds must ensue. These
destructive forces have given rise to
reactions In marty directions. Th
world's supply of m-at and daJry pro
'Continued' on Page Threes
RETURNS FROM
NORTHERN MARKETS
T. T. Turner has reiurned from a
business trip to northern c;tle. where
ho has been purchasing goods for T
T. Turner and Company.
MR. SHEEP AWAY
BUYING FALL GOODS
(Dy Uulted Prss;
Paris. Aug. 20. A new and terrific
battle has been reaching Its climax
today around the bloody ground near
Verdun The olliclvt statement said
"Fighting developed In our advant
i.;'o on a front of 12 miles from Ava
court Wod to Bazonvuux
r.iilln, via London, Aug. 20. The
ei.u;; tMii ol Tiitou Kld.u'e by Frencll
i'iui without fighting is made In
ile , :;,;al statement today. A violent
i.i Ii assault i.s prollessing oil ft
, : I i i 11 miles.
POLICEMEN FIREMEN
NOT EXEMPTED
t I iv United Press
Washington, Aug. 20. Secretary
Laker ruled today that the draft laW
cannot, bo construed to permit the
general exemption of policemen and
firemen.
POPE BENEDICE
IS EARLY RISER
Mr. M. Leigh Sheep, proprietor of
the Woman's Wear Store Is In New i
Yo,rk this week buying his big fall!
stock of goods for the M. Leigh Sheep
Company. !
Mr. Sheep's store is known Ihrii
oul this section as the style leader'
and is new fall ijoods which will
be on display now within a few wteks.
,v It be of especial interest to shop-1
pers.
! ,i I In n.e-iiiLme. ' li" store !s l ap 1
:d' i le.-u ing oil' stitl. titer goods at
ii.ii :iui to Ic"s to make room for the
li"ini irul I. ill (li nl.iy v hlch is to
come. ;olv.
Pv t'ni!' il I'ress:
Kome. Aug. 20 Pope Benedict 1
so Inti'ested in tho word's attitude tO" , 7
ward Irs peace proposals that he hat
completely overturned the Vatican''
routine and arises an hour earlier
each morning to read t no press com .
ment from all tho capitals. .:,
KAISER EXPRESSES
THANKS TO NAVY
i ily Lnited Presr, :
Amsterdam, Aug. 20. The Kaiser i
eii(ssed his formal thanks to thsj
Cerman navy today for "pceventlnif
the enemy from breaking through th8
Flanders front," during his recent .
iu. pec'ion of the (jerraan base at Hell
ogoland, according ro dispatches re
celved hero.
ii(iixi;m()vi:iuf ovkk2o ykaus; WEATHER
i xpei Ience at your servloe riirlit
here in Bllaabeth City. For prompt probably showers tonight and Tues
nnd Katlsfactory work call on C. W. riav. Moderate east to southeaot
au 20-6t .ninHa .., t ! .i.
-Vafcii!4 305 York. St.