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.l"s V? llilllllll THE WEATHER; -THE HOUDAYS. Fair Friday and Probably; Saturday; rising temperature . Saturday. . ; '' the olumns " of t thUr pmper ; room' : find all line of merchandise represent-, ed fronv the 'advertlmeBts it -will W easy to prepare yon? shopping list to the . Holiday .'t,'. ri--- v tfgSf . CflMELt OES W w if Declines Responsibility for a Further Continuation of War, Says Chancellor. AMPLY ABLE, HOWEVER food Supplies Sufficient and Stores of Copper Adequate for Many Years Yet Must be Assured That -War Will Not ReUim Ain. . Berlin, Dec. 9 ' (by wireless to jSayville ) . Germany ';..'is always rea dy to discuss peace proposals compatible with her dignity r an safety, but the war can be termin ated only by a peace which will give the certitude that war ' will not again return declared the im perial chancellor, Dr. Von- Beth-mann-Hollweg, t addressing the Reichstag today. The . chancellor made it clear that, in his opinion; it would be folly for. Germany to rropose peace; "as lon. as in "the cor:ntries of our-enemies the prailt mcl ignorance of statesmen are en-J targled with confusion of public opinion." . '- " ' . . ' ..' Declines Fnrtker ResponsibUitx. ' Conscious of her military successes CHANCELLOR VON BETH MANN.HQU.WEfV the chancellor said. Germany e.r.u- respoiisrenrBndrTalurtherj"eoVttnti- tiou of. the war.- Germany, he declared. could not be charged with' the purpose of fighting on to make further con gests. He -asserted Germany's - food supplies were sufficient 'and that her immense stores .of - copper were ade quate for many years.- - , -. Atter Chancellor Von ?Bethmann Hol.'wear had made his statement, aU parties except the socialists joined in a declaration approving:. the chancAitnr'. utterances and endorsing the .view that m the conditions of-peace made after the war there must be guarantees for Germany's safetly, even if this implies aiiiiciatjon or territory. The address of Dr. Von Bethmann- nvuweg, which has been awaited with extraordinary interest, was made in .re sponse to the socialist interpellation: Is the imperial chancellor ready to give information - as to the conditions ., 1..V.1 numu ue wming 10 en ter into peace negotiations ? In his reply he said: ' , "As long as in the countries" of our enemies the guilt and ignorance of statesmen are entangled with c&nfti sion of public opinion, it would be folly for Germany to make peace proposals Wuich would not shorten, but would lengthen the duration of the war. First the masks must be torn , from r their faces. . v . . '. "At present they speak of a war of annihilation against us: We have to fake this fact into account. The ret ical arguments for peace or proposals Peace will not advance, us, will not D"nsr the end nearer. ' - " Will DIscbjm Eaeades' Terms. If our enemies make peace . propo sals compatible with Germany's dig nity and safety, then we shall always tie ready to diacnxn them -c,,7i. scious of our unshaken military euc- --o, ve aecime responsibility for COntlnuatinn n-e V. 1-1 -. " wo uiioci jr wiuvo now I mis Europe and the whole world. No4 say tnat we continue the war because we still rioiiro n i.. - . -w .WUMWVA MlfO r that COlintnr am n--.. - in these words the chancellor, with nf onea volce. stated theiposition 11 the German cnvAmman aw - - v question of peace. His remarks were "'uoiaBucaxiy cheered toll t Dr Vn ' "Mn-HollweK wnted by Dr. Schneidemann, socialist , lUO .WBOW f 1 aoyn oroKen Dy-mam ih - a.iivjuvau,v saeverat- limes ne deputies and galleries -interrupted Dr. tv . uoiumann-nwiweg- said man i wu"o at war who werT of ?k ;Vere had oeen, much 'discussion ttL if fc0CIalist interpellation, and that ne knowledge that peace; was to be s0m.' ?3edJn the Reichstag had been a triM satisfaction to. these coun- vip . h,s was incomprehensibre, fin "civ or tho j j., ro nasainst Serbia which penedJthe thrl. Germany's Turkish allies and reined the most vulnerable points tuat10n would explain a-desires for miev v ine part or Germany's ene- uwuc Vi VUU.-tUU "vC, mres. instead. ? they were Sfn j '' 1 yti? Zmt& iWk " " iM 1 1 1 . 1 ! ,..,,,.jJW:.v.t,. .. W.;.::- .-.y : .j v- . ' - ' - i.i.'n J -Vil' ft "JJ ' SAYS WAR INEVITABLE Berlin, Dee. 9. (by Wireless to Savl ville, N.. Y.) "If our' enemies make peace proposals compatible with Ger many's dignity ana sarety, then we shall always be' ready to discuss them," said .the Imperial Chancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, in. addressing the Reichstag today; - " ; Declares if Comtlaental Army Plan u ujute state rwill Face Some TotZn f Compnlaory JlllUtary Service. Washington, Dec. 9.-?Secretary Gar rison declares , in his annual, report to the President,,,, made: public tonight, that - if the administration plau for a Continerital' army fails,n the United States will face some form of couiduI- sory military service. .fVv . . ;.' ' - In what many men in ofHcial life characterize , as the most remarkable report ever -made by. . a' Secretary of War,' Mr. Garrison passes quickly over the widespread routine" activities of the War Department ahd devotes prac tically all his words to the subject of military preparedness, the need for which he sums up by saying: "So long as VightXand wrbng exist in the world, there: will be an inevita ble conflict between them. "The right doers must be prepa;red? to protect and defend the right as against the wrong." - Unsparing in1 his arguments in an swer to those who would have no in crease .in "the '"country's, military .pre paredness, Secretary . Garrison de clares that the American people must view their responsibilities and meas ure up to them, and "the, goes on to take, up the various arguments. of the opposition . separately. ' "There- are some who -do not foel free to base their, conduct upon a con sideration of . facts or conclusions ot reason, because of their'lntrnritinn of Divine Injunction.": he 'says. - "They ao not believe in resistance to'pJhysi cal f orce;. and those i whose are so convinced surrender life and all nai tney cnerish and Jove at the be-r hest of the aggressor. This "nttitil concerns' the individual anH him inn It cannot be made -the general fruje of conduct under our form f government wimoui departing ,irom. the. basis upon Which our. erovernnwrit- l;fnnwo,i ' , ... ... i.v....., j in is impelled Jtpo.tter itaSfhpwjper - .: -v- w wa'&VL ; UiO tinction betweem thft i rie-bt sity or desirabilityi of using mental, torce to repel error, moral forr repel evil, and physical force to repel wrong. It. would seem, If reason' werp applied, that in each .instance the sit - uaiion js, -identical; - and that if we should properly nreDare cur mlnHa be strong so. that we can reject error, and our . moral characters' to be strong so that we can reject evil, we should likewise make - our nhvsipai . fnr. (Continued on Page Two.) , . FTariies Starting in Restaurant Quickly Spread Over Busi nw and Residential Section-Losi Estimated at From $1,000,000 to $3,000,060r-Pupont VYorks Escape--Martial Law is Declared Hopewell, Va., Dec. 9. - This mushroom town of 25,000 people, grovn up since last summer with the great iiewigun cotton plant of the DuTont Powder Company, was completely destroyed today by a hre which started in a restaurant and did property damage estimated at from one to three million dollars. The-Du -Pont works, outside ot the settlement, was undamaged, but was once seriously threatened, tillages A and B, ner Hopewell, built to house the families of mar ried employees of the factory; also escaped. V rT.. Scenes of wild disorder accompanied the lire; and Citizens lynched'a negro for looting. There was noloss of life otherwise, and only a few minor injunes were reported. Martial law was proclaimed tonight; with the arrival of six militia companies, rushed front Richmond, by order of Governor Stuart. The thousands-of homeless men, women rw Mm iu jreiersourg ana Kichmond,:but many men remained to guard what little property they- had teen able to save. - , .. ; - : State Convention Adjourns, Following an Eleventh " Hour Sensation. ELIZABETH CITY NEXT WARD RIVALRY KEEN FOR THE TRAINING CAMP toad nl ' 'ginnr to the intention wMrH thflv annnntiK ..vi:.i -.l brutality. " .,u"1vir wxio naive ar. ae Deginninsr oi . xne The r-Vio 1 .i. r ' . uttPr-r, r men reviewed recent Pear, COnceming conditions ; of riL "!ade !r countries opposed to Alsaoo ' t 1 a? "ending over of 'an n; 1,41.,. -uurraine to 'rance, the theivr.Vi or "issian militarism." Wilmington Delegation ; Mak- v ing Determined Effort. ' ' ' : SEVEN TOWNS WANT IT HOLLWEG'S SPEECH FEATURE OF NEWS TO BUILD TWO NEW BATTLESHIPS Contracts Let to New York and Mare Island Plants. Private Bids Kxceeded Cost. Idmit Set by Congress Keels to be Laid ia -'i Augnit or September of . Next Year. - - ' Completely Dashes Any Hope for an Efar Peace. LONDON NOT SURPRISED Generally Understood That, Southed Blo-Prenclt . in SoutKeastern Serbia Camp WiU Come to North Caro lina, -but What Place is ' Open Question Yet. ul w,on of the Turks, cession of t:r tiosnia. treat 'r, - K DI ne Knine and the it .. v..-. -- - - hat o; ue' tne chancellor continue, cu r.t r w 7rere 8Qfn persons in the toov :s at. .war with; ctermany who 'a the mi Psion, but tlier 'were . .. . . j (Special Star -Telegram.) : W ashlngton, D. C, Dec 9. Wilming ton is going -to make a determined ef fort to -have ; the proposed .. citizens' training' camp, .which the War Depart ment has announced, will be establish- 4 in the 'South, located-either at Wil mington or Soutbport. A delegation of the most' influential citizens of the; sea coast city ' came "here today prepared toTmeet any. demand the Secretary of War; mlghi- make, in order that the cam's may ; be 'established near ! Wil mington.-. - . , ; day Includes Cot Walker Taylor,' Col-1 lector j of Customs; H. C. ; .-McQueen. president j ox ine .uureiuson, xvationai bank M. . J, Corbett, W,' Craig and J. O. Carr. ; They, conferred .with r Sen ators" Simmons and Overman and 4 Rep resentative Godwin and also with Sec retary of War Garrison. The Secre tary, promised to. give 1 Wilmington's claim - consideration before &' final : de cision is reached. ., r. J , -. Both Senators Simmons . and - Over man, will,- do their .- best,- to' have the 'tamp ? established v In -: North J . Carolina They - will refuse, however, to winter cede for any - city or town.' Represen tative Godwin, of course, wants . the til. . J iltitJ.MAM '..AMWlUf .A 'n . wim vine tuuiuei-vu uwui'bi-co - .uvi minority, and theif voices, like 1 also with the delegation - from Fay-v-watinued on Paeo'lght) 'Continued on Page Two.) " ,; Retiring Before tne Onslaughts of the Bnlgnrs Battles In . , ; ' Mesopotamia. '1 London, Dec.; 9.--TJie speech in the iwwum5 ;wi me imperial, Chancellor Ir. von -. Bethmann -Hollweg. re vie w. ing the military, political and' economic progress of events, and his reply to a socialists interpellation, declining to in itiate peace negotiations, werethe fea tures 1 of" the 5 day's news throughout Europe. - Following closely ' Premier Asqulth's somewhat similar reply to :a question in the - house of commons by Philip Snow- den,! socialist,5 . the ', chancellor's .speech has completely . dashed' any hopes k the peace advocates mv, havt hsM ? . - : - ' ..wau eariy, termination y - of - the war. - It caused . no surprise. .. however, to the great bulk of the people. here, who, like the erovernmentstl-.' fiPllAvn - tr, . , - - " .UVUiU mate victory of the Entente Allies, and express -he determinatioh . to ' continue to fights until s victory - Is, attained. : '4 As-, far as the Entente -Allied coun tries are concerned,-" seemingly ? the only change desired is one which would lnsurJ a.? more v vic-oroim ' nmiumVtu. of the war; -but this,-like peace, will have to- .await events, j for; the j who?e campai gn'v Is enterin g a new "phse. - . r Angio-irrenen Are . Ketiring. jHavinor a.rrived - ton . Intn. tr, nraAT.r' - - r." ' V T 4U1l th (nvainnn- nf JQpha" tho Prlti.w i.a' 441U French forces in. the nonthenRtAVn' of. Serbia. are i now retiring before the Washington, IJec 9. Secretary Dan i.els announced today that contracts for the construction of battleships" No. 43 and 44, authorized by the last Con gress, had been awarded to - the New York , and Mare Island navy yards, re- spectivley, their bids being, New York 7.690.925;-Mare Island, 57,314,156. The decision to build the ships in. the gov ernment yards Was reached at a con ference -between President Wilson and secretary .uanieis. All bids submitted by -private- firms exceeded - - - ww -. . fixed by :-Congress for construction of tne vessels. - ,, The Secretary announced ' r,at would ask Congress to authorize- the equipment or me navy yard at Phila delphia . for battleship - construction at a cost of approximately si.noo nnn i orner lo-DB Detter nreDaren for th. creased, buildinsr tro?ramma -n piaiea ; in - tne administration defense Keels of . battleships Noa. 4 3 anri xi Mr. Daniels said, could .be laid in Au gust or September of next year. The battleshiD. California, now huiMinc- o the New Ynrk vn.rr1 ... will v tr x. ta " F iVV VU ;.;fcUfl ways Dy tnav time; .--v. Th Mir - Tnlanrl - nnHmafa : ni.. j.j - - . . ini.v several hundred' thoiiRn.-nrt .riniiao j- enarging'.atocka to ?take a 32.000 ton snin. material ror cms wort nriii purchased , immediately and j contracts for the structural steel nf hntt, Di,n. probably jwill : be awarded tomorrow.- j.n su Dim tttng ats -estimates the New: York yard oroDosed to hnfiri Aitwo- " turbine dHve ship or one equipped with the combined -steam and electrical ma chinery firstr authorized fi. . warship when-this system was decided upon for jthe,. California, Tha. Mare Is land -. yard .-estimated , on , only ; one, ; a turbine .drive .-vessel.-.; . - i,-. .' Secretary- uDaniels. .- nniA a ' i.t would be - reached - later - as tn mh.h.. he electric dnye aystemrshould in. "'"'" . - wuj .-hi . me new ships... Estimates for:, electric v drive were -lotrfer. ( than- those . of the straight trltte..-,type5"c -iiSecretaLl Daniels- said Jilts ; riArArmin atioR-to order the -construction- of- tbe ships in. navy yards had been . talked over with the: chairman of thn -stnat. rand : BJouser naval committees and the fcttiwitB lor-ma . aecision i explained f xo " ' Blare Started From Oil Stove. The, fire was said to . have been caus ed by the Overturning Of an nil cfiva though there were rumors that it had oeen incendiary. TheSA rumnr. ao were given-credence in many quarters because of the .arrest last nic-ht - ' - 0v . buh ration lactory or a man who,, fac tory officials said, had attempted to put a charge of nitro-glycerine in one of the beater houses and had been un der surveillance, for several days. The Are -raged from 1:45 P. M. until nearly 9 P. M. Available fire fighting apparatus j.was utterly Inadequate to cope with the situation, the flames eating,tneir way .through the flimsy frames. OUicklv thrown nn HnHn t,. early days of the town ! last summer, o mucn under, , . , Several times snarks. sai- tiraftn mni.-; sheds f the explosive factory, but the flames -which (Jolowed were quickly r vT The Factory Closed. , ' When it was Been thatHhe town was doomed and the great gun cotton plant endangered, orders were" Issued sus pending all operations and the factory Closed.- The employes - were set to work . protecting -the buildings from flying sparks. The gravest danger was from woods nearby which caught fire and were stilt burning late tonight. About 4 o'clock in the afternoon one half of the town's water-supply was cut off, when poles which swept a por tion of the high tension for the Du ponts fell, snapping -the wires which feed the current to the Appomattox river electric pumping station. It was reared thaf the remainder-of. the wires would go, but promnt efforts hv wrt'rlrll men prevented. Hopewell policemen, assisted bv a special, force : of thA held thajsutuation Well in hand until the troops arrived. There was the greatest confusion.' andwiMormen but few attempts at looting. Many ! Rendered Homeless. Many of those who "had longings and household goods remov ed them to places ;of safety. Surround ing the community, which lay in ash es, : early tonight could be. seeft. men, women and children seated upon such belongings as they; had been able to save. It was not; unusual to see men standing nearby, with freely displayed revolvers to protect themselves against robbery.: : . While the fire, rafeed the police were busy on all sides, keeping ' back a great throng ' of people eager to get Tt Art 4-1... -a . . aa me uaming; structures. Wante Laws to Cut Out Liq uor Advertising and Sale of Wine and Cider. By T. . W, CIIAMBLiISS. ) Charlotte, N. C. Dec. 9.Th0 Rn.f State Convention - unexpectedly ad journed at midnight tonight, instead of holding over till Friday, , as usual, to meet next year with Blackwell Me morial church In Elizabeth :CIty. Rev. C- R Waller, , of Asheville, was named". J-wn.ine annual sermon and Rev. John Jeter Hurt,' of Durham, as alter nate. -, Adjournment was taken because when the regular hour for adjournment for the night came, the Convention had finished ail its work except the memo rial service,; and It was decided to hold this tonight ; rather than continue ' tho Convention-in session another day; - When Dr...R. T, Vann stepped from the platform, tonight after his great appeal r for; education, the unexpected happened and again did this session of the convention break a record. This -mc !. WH.H KAV. I IVJ IjI, . i short - rARftintinvi . ..v. wo.tuuiioauoii'oi all teach ers other- than Baptist teachers from Baptist 'schbols. - " i AichibaldJohntson, editor of -Char' tv " anuf Children. was on - his feet m a ' v h-claIming; 'I hope ; every , era-' - s f er:c convention will -vota against - iSfW Gastonfn. wus place was dobmd tn t : V &iar5ea SSa. Dr Lh. r::"' ":"OOU5"u r vau aort resolution whi i i-o uumnne powaer plant. De- I era n rl n Mui. 1 . When .the .' excttement- was ' subsid ing tonight the population ' literally evacuated the: place.; cFamilies, indi viduals and small : parties of friends and strangers set out, carrying with them possessions they-haiT IVeyanccs,; but many. tntdgea along- oil xwi. Duiiw jouna; ,liug6 at UuponJt City, which was at no time threaten ed; others wentito Citv:Pntnt:h mna made their way . to Petersburg. ' . Jeterspmrg Saloons Closed. - , On account ; or tH ' people, into iPetersburig, Mayor Cablness ucu.an.sBons in tnat -city. closed early tonight. .. A colnpany of militia was called . out-on dut. tn tho -r,n lice in controlling tho crowds while the i-y council, -vcnam per; or commerce, the i. m. --a.,, cnurcn.es.. and other organ! zations and .individuals tnnv nniok o tion to provide temporary shelter for wu it a a lost.tneir homes. Fanned by a 20-mile-an-hour north east wind the flames wept over Hope well at a rapid rate,yknd burned them selves out when they reached a lumber yard situated at the intersection or Woodland avenue and the tracks of the wonoiK; & western railway. . When all chanCe of danger: had pass ed, the Dupont, plant resumed its opera tions and the nierht shift mor. their accustomed-places at 11 o'clock. , lijontmuea On Page Eight). MY PLANS . .IGA1bIbiY Chairmen" Chamberlain and Hay Each Draft Bills. AHA NOTE NOT YET MADE PUBLIC FOR COMMITTEES ONJJY how Wide Divergence from. Each Oth er and Also From President's Proposals : an1 War Dc- ' partment's Plan, , , Washington, Dec 9. Congressional military circles ' will - be , confronted wlttr f our radically differing plans for building up national defense as urged Dy, president wnson when they settle down next week to the work of fram ing; army measures to be presented to both houses. - Aside from, the adminis tration plan outlined In the President's message, the Senate and ,' House , com- lttees will have i before them tentative schemes offered by Senator Chamber lain and, Representative Hay, their re spective . chairmen, and also'' the plan prepared at Secretary h Garrison's di rection by the war college division of the. army general staff. " ;f'l Copies Of the Chamberlain and TTa-w bills, which 'are designed for committee- consideration, only, a'nd .will not be Introduced In either house h A'A9.mA available-today. .They show wide di vergence both from each other and from the plan (advocated by President Wilson. Which 'itself Was baaed Unnn - a considerable ; modification,' if is. - under- stooa, oi ine war college plan. All. four plans propose a sweeping reorganization of the' repiiiar . a rm v from-top to bottom and creation of an adequate reserve 'for1 the . reeular lin. and onv officers-reserve corps. - i r 'The ChamberTafn-.Tvlan "ha a 11la .ln View. Taken That Passengers Were Not Given Sarety. AS VIRTUALLY ADMITTED Note Based Primarily on Austrian Offi cial Statement Indicating Ship Was Torpedoed With Pas ., "i sengers Aboard. Washington, Dec. . 9. The note the United States has sent to Austria-Hungary on the sinking of the Italian lin er Ancona was based, it was learned tonight, primarily upoh the virtual ad mission,, of the Austro-Hungarian ad miralty in vits official statement, . that the ship was torpedoed before all the passengers had been ' removed to "a place of safety. It was also "stated the the j position of the United States, as outlined. In its., communication ask ing reparation for American . lives, lost and assurance that such acts will not be repeated, is that . - - .v. iiici a merchantman stops "upon; the- firing wmsnot oy a; warship or af ter a pursuit, all the passengers must be removed before the vessel Is sunk. The text of the note was' not made public tonight, as it had been indicat ed 4t would be. ; Officials of the State Department refused to discuss the communication ,;in any way, declining even to admit that it bad been sent. It was saidv thaf. the failure to give out the note for publication was due to the fact that I the State- Department had toot been advised of; its arrival at Vi enna, i - - .. . - Baron Erich ' Zweidenek, - 'charge of the Austro-Hungarian embassy, called upon Counsellor Pniir nf -tt,a.Q. r-v partment late today, remaining with uini ior ueany an hour, i At. the', con- quick lo demand that iut fi. ..... draw, bis remars., rr - T,ntfrt -i . ground and said that he deman led : his as.a jsaptin minister cn the floor of tne. convention.-rr. Ra vi tic .., lcfciraker, urged Dr. Lof tin to wi'th- "M4rtV r-,s -resolution. Arch.. .fDh:sn vyitr,dJew.rhis feniarks and . exp'tunad that, .he meant vthe remarks in a, tpiril f itllity. : . ; T ran beat the world taking things back. k said Mr. Johnson. Then Dr. i-ofijp. and Mr. Jotnson, shojk 1-unJs. standing in front of the pulplt.J C Uut still the resolution wou.d not lVvyj.T-delegate afttr delegate made' 'emaiks and. finely, -,Dr. Ijo'..x roso 10 a f. uestion of personal priv..3y.. IUU -.-ty row he had talked the iesolutiou er with a- number of men and he iMitd Rev. C.. 13 ?addry, Ht- T. W. J.U, Rev. W. N. Johnson. .Vi . s Pres. ident ii. F.. Aydlett and Dr t. :,.. and .that pone of them had considered Dr. Baylus Cade ploslveness when he remarked "This ia x entirely a matter of policy" and Dr LoftJn had a right, to express his views without .unfair criticism, anc more than that, "I do not believe that it is" impossible f to flhd 'Baptist teachers " Finally, it was all tiop.was not acted on. . ! President J. A, Oates announced at 10 o'clock that the-busin vention had been; concluded except tho memorial service, and the last hour was spent in tributes to those who passed on, and at thldhisht thA tt, .,i session adjourned." 1 , For (jammer Assembly. " The; Summer' iStSSemblv. ri-i - unrituoi fully held at Wrlghtsville Beach last season," will be a-feature of th6 comififf summer.'. The renort of the rAmmitu. was adopted and' plans made for the coming season.- The name was chang ed to the, Baotist -Seaside Aa j and the. State mission f board asked to i ma lr A . a n a rmrt n 1 t u 1 "j" vj uivu lur expanses. The committee In chafge of the assem hly is J. A. .Oates, C. J. Hunter,- C. J Greaves J- A.f Sullivan, W.' G. Hall, XL B. HarHel, Jr., and' Livingston. John on. .-,'... v ,v . .,. u . The n.Ight session was given over to an educational mass meeting. Kev. Dr. B. T. Vann delivered a telling ad dress, pleading for Christian educa tion. ' ' T, ''a-.: - ', More Stringent Prohibition. This morn ink" the convention .aviAnti - resolutions demanding the passage of a law. prohibiting the manufacture and sale of wines or. hard cider as a bever age ; also a, law.. which , would prohibit the circulation or, sale of any newspa per carrying liquor ; adyerUslngt The Anti-Saloon jeague was endorsed: Blisabeta, City. Wants It. Blackwell Memorial " Baptist church . at TJUzabeth City asks for the Conven tlon of 191?.The ,followrhg telegram strengthens the 'inyltatlon: . ?At a regular meeting of . the . board x of ;, aldermen of Elizabeth City,' held Monday, the following resolution was passed by a unanimous vote: ' . upon - motion : It is ; ordered by the board! of. aldermen of Elizabeth City wi mayor , do - fana is hereby instructed-to extend .to the. T?nr,fft stot. Convention &n' invitation to hold their ; annual ... meeiinr in i iitmhi. Ll91$; at BlUabeth City; With Blackwell .juemonaii cnurpn, which church, th board lis Vadvlsed.-'will at th'rAnn. tion. in. Charlotte this week extend to vuo vwyenuon an invitation to- meet City, tepato the Baptist State Con- 1 i the ". V V Jity ' ,) f . P4 I " . ft .. t Trt" h ' 1 rr,V" x "V' 1 -w - uvibiuii xptamea to i common- with -the - administration nro- (Coatlaued.oa, Pao Two. ; ul .(CoxrtUmed.on.PagoEiifht).. , ; J (Coatinued on. Pais Eight) !-;;v - -' ! K ": ? i-r''rf ? s;;l 'V . .5 i V 'V-v.'- vt A .- - ., -r - 1 - i "'d