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THE EUROPEAN WAR A YEAR AGO THIS WEEK A I October ?, 1*11 Hlndenburg mad* progr*** to ward Dvlntk Teuton* attacked Bilyi ad*. Central Ivanolf advanced In Qalkia, driving the Austrian*. Italian aeroplane aquadron* bombarded teveral Auatrlan po sition*. October 10, 1915. Teutonic alll** under Macken aen captured Belgrade. Entente alliet ruahed troop* to aid of 8erblan*. \ 8*rblana retreating along the Danube. October 11, 1918. Carman right wing forced back acre** the Orhta with heavy lee*. Main invading fore* of Teu ton* puthed on in Serbia. Bulgarian* c rotted Serbian frontier. Semendrla captured by Tau ten*. Ivanoff brok* Auttro-Oerman line on the Strypa. October 12, 1915. Teutone completed croeslng of Danube In force. Greek government declined to help Serbia. Itallane won victory In Carols. Edith Cavell, Englieh nuree, executed by Germane la Brus sels. October 13, 1915. Bulgarian* attacked Serbia at three point*. Ruaalan* rcipulead Teuton* near Dvln*k and in Gallcfa. Furiou* German bombardment forced French back near Sou chaa. Brltlah *ubmarlne* aank Ger man (teamer* in the Baltic. Zeppeline made night raid on London, killing 55. French Foreign Mlnieter Del cane resigned. October 14, 1915. Ruaalan* strengthened posi tion* In Ovlnak region and Gall da. Serbiaoe repulsed Bulgarian* on River Nlachava. British captured trenches near Loos and most of Hohenzollern redoubt. Bulgaria formally declared war on 8erbla. Pozarevatz stormed by Teu tons. I,. ' . October 15, 1915. Great Britain declared war on Bulgaria. Russian* drove back Teutons * weet of Ternopol. Russians hold offensive south and southwest of Dvinsk. Brltlah submarines sank Ger man destroyer and torpedo boat near entrance to the Baltic. TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES Unijer the auspices ot the British meteorological office a professorship ot meteorology has been established for the purpose of giving instruction and conducting researches In that science In the Interests of the royal flying corps of the British army. The Incumbent of this post Is Q. I. Taylor late Shuster reader In meteorologj at the University of Cambridge, whe receives the temporary* rank of majoi by virtue of his new duties. Though a battleship Is a "she," an airship Is a "he." After some discus slon the English war office settled the the sex of the Zeppelin. Hereaftei the war office will refer to the Oermar dirigible as "he" or "him" In official statements. New York state has 3.000,000 aliens What Is believed to be the only mul berry forest In the world Is In India covering about 10,000 acres and belnj used only for fuel and timber. Gladys Palmer of Oak Park, 111., wh< recently set an official record for worn en by throwing a baseball 217 feet I Inches, tuts unofficially heaved th< spheroid 240 feet. It Is said. To one end of a new pocket knlfi Is fastened an opener for bottle caps Cuba has the largest orange grovi In the world, covering 2,000 acres. What is claimed to be a satlsfactor; method for plating aluminum upoi Iron has been Invented In France. Uayors' salaries In the United Statei vary between the $100 a year paid t< the mayor of Hint, Mich., to the $18, 000 received by the mayor of Chicago who Is the highest paid municipal offi dal In the world. An adjustably mounted lens hai been Invented to be attached to cam eras to enlarfe the Images seen In th Anders. A powerful machine has been bull In Germany for compressing sera] metal Into more easily handled bales Nigeria has been added to the landi tn wblch saleable deposits ot coa have been discovered in recent years Arrangements are being made for i direct steamship service between port la South Africa and Booth America. A Burlington (N. J.) Baptist churcl has celebrated Ita one hundred and fll teentb anniversary. European bacterlologlsta think the] have discovered the bacillus of whoop Ing cough. Producers of aniline dyes In Japai have formed a trust to control thi market. Mora thaa 70 per cent of the expert; of Jamaica corns to the United States Uruguay has SB area of 7S,17g squan miles aad l.?3f miles of railroad. -- - ?? I? I? UK '?) ?*?' ? in ii;. i ?' ??? <i i ... . . CATERPILLAR TRACTOR USED BY U. S. ARMY I Photograph shows caterpillar farm tractor as employed by the United States army to haul big guus over country Impossible to horse or ordinary motor car. This tractor has been Inclosed by heavy armor and In the hands of Eng lish crews has run roughshod over trenches, through barbed wire and buildings and well Into the Uermans lines. German machine-gun Ore has been thoroughly Ineffective against Its solid aides. WHERE BRITISH AND FRENCH LINES MEET Scene in France where the British and French lines come together. English soldiers, on right, are going to the trenches and French troops, on left, are coming back from the fighting line. < FORTUNATE "WAR BABY" I John Gerald Lonsdale Is the new 3 name given tlife "war baby" adopted a few days ago by Mrs. Qlchard Elkins, } daughter-in-law of the late Senator e Stephen B. Elkins of West Virginia. So fur the youngster has had a re s markable career. The son of French u parents, whose names have been wlth 0 held, he weighed one and a half pounds at birth. The father was y killed In the fighting In Flanders. The 1 mother died shortly after the child's birth. In a desperate effort to save 9 the youngster's life he was placed in > an lncubato# at Coney Island, and . later transferred to Atlantic City. Mrs. i, Elkins saw the child at Atlantic City and adopted It. Lonsdale Is the family name of Mrs Elkins. :?l ? I The Last Resort. e "You and I are good pals, but your wife nnd my wife don't seem to be t friendly* r i "1 have an Idea." L "Welir ? "8'pose you nnd I pretend to be ene 1 mlesT That ought to bring 'em to i. gether." s Mighty Near ft. a "Do you, Mr. Stacks, thluk that a rich man can go through the eye of a needle?" "I don't know. | will, how f ever, admit that my laa'jrers hare dragged me through some very email lAAnknloa P?irk I ??? ) Unci* then. "A man I* Judged by d* company he ? keep*," **ld CncI* Eben. "lint you'i l got to keep d* company. Too Bin' l tJnater be Judged by da company yon JW butta Into." DAUGHTERS OF A GREAT GENERAL ? While their father is leading the British troops at the front these two children, Alexandra and Victoria Halg, daughters of Sir Douglas Halg, British commander In chief, have been enjoying the angling at Deal, England. CONDENSATIONS Patrolmen Purtell and Mahoney and Building Inspector Corcoran of An sonla, Conn., claim to have seen a par rot which manicured Its nails with a penknife. While these men watched, this bird picked up the knife from the bottom of Its cage and, holding It In Its mouth, carefully scraped Its toes on the blade. When this was done to the parrot's satisfaction It dropped the knife. Two Infant humming birds, the mother of whlfeh was accidentally killed, are being brought up by hand at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Benn, founders of Aberdeen, Wash. The birds now are about grown. The Benns have fed them on honey, and they have become so tame that after being freed for the day they return to the Benn home at night for shelter. For the first time In the history of great lakes navigation. Iron ore Is be ing loaded at the Ashland (Wis.) docks. Into the steatner Ctroa by the aid of giant magnets thus doing away wholly with the use of long ohoremen's labor. GATHERED FACTS New Zealand has an annual death rate of leas than one per cent. Kern county, California, cantulns 35,842 acres of proved oil lands. An enamel to glace pottery without the use of heat la % Oernjan Invention. Pennsylvania will plant black cherry trees In the stats reserves to provide food for birds. The average Inhabitant of this earth i probably uses mors than two pounds of provision a day. A minimum weekly wage of $8.00 for experienced women and girls em ployed In retail stores Is provided by the Massachusetts law that went Into effect January 1. The number affect ed by the new law Is estimated to be 10.000. A new automatic telephone exchange has been opened at Portsmouth, Eng land. It Is the largest of Its kind In the country, having 7,000 lines con nected, or 500 more than any auto matic exchange previously In exist ence. For smaller cities and towns a re cently devised fire alarm employs nn enlarged and more than usually pow erful automobile horn, electrically op erated, to sound signals. Tuba City, CaL, has had nobody In Its Jail for six months, not a marriage for a year, ail the undertakers have moved, and the city marshal's only duty In a year was to kill a dog. A stand to hold Ice-cream cones erect, made of stiff paper. Is the In vention of a New York man. At the Collum place, Sacco, Me., on the Old Orchard rood. Is a southern rosebush 100 years old. Old Style. Little Jennie, ? primary pupil, was asked! "If your mother had Ave yards of doth and used three In making your dress, how mnch would the havs left?" After a moment's thought sh? replied, "I think she'd hare enough to make a petticoat" \ _ , .i: Feminine Superlerity. A man with a fresh share and a haircut looks almost new, bat a wom an can accomplish the same resuli | with a pair of coriing irons and a das,1 I of face powder. CHOWAN MOTOR COMPANY. Pamngtr?Mall?Express. Dally Except Sundays. No Stsamar on Sundays. Ly. Murfreaboro ... 7:50 am?1:10 pm Ly. Como-Mapleton. . 1:10 am?1: SO Pm Lr.BArs Wharf .. 3:40 am?1:00 pm Ly. Win ton ?: 50 am?S: 00 pm Ar. Tunis 10:10am?!:S0pm Ly. Tunis 10:40 am?l:0Spm Ly. Wlntnn 11:00 am?0:26 pm Ly. Sears Wharf .. .12:05 pm?7:20 pm LY. MapHeton-Como. 12:35 pm?7:50 pm Ar. Murfressboro .. 1:00 pm?3:15 pm URIAH VAUOHAN. Mgr. WELLINGTON AND POWELLE VILLE RAILROAD. SOUTH. No. 1-Lmti Washington (R. T. a P. R. R.) 4:20 a. m.; leare Richmond (A. C. L.) 8:15 a. m.; leas* Waldon (A. C. L.) 11:25 a. m.; leare Wilming ton (A. C. L.) 7:40 a. m.; leare South This Nor ember 23rd, 1214. Rocky Mount (A. C. L.) 12:65 p. m.; arrlre Ahoakle (A. C. L.) 2:43 ?. m.; leare Norfolk (A. C. L.) 2:40 p. m.; learo Suffolk (A. C. L.) 5:05 p. m. Arrlre Aheakle 4:18 p. m. Wellington A Powellevllle R. R. No. 1?Leare Ahoekie 6:25 p. m.; leare Powellarille 6:32 p. m.; leare Cremo (Branding) 6:53 p. m.; leare Holly Orore 6:58 p. m.. leare Askewe rllle 7:00 p. m.; arrlre Wldeor 7:30 0. m. ' 8teamer. Paaaenger?Leare Windsor 2:30 p. m.; leare Howard 3:30 p. m.; leare Steels 3:45 p. m.; leare Blanchards 4:45 p. m.; leare 8ans Soucle 3:15' p. m.; arrlre Plymouth 6:30 p. m. NORTH. Steamer. Passenger?Leare Plymouth 7:00 A m.; leare Sans Soucle 8:30 A m.; lease Blanchards 2:00 a. m.; lease Steels 10:00 a. m.; lease Howard 10.80 a m.; arrlre Windsor 11:00am. Wellington A Powellevllle R. R. No. 2?Leare Windsor 8:50 a sr.; .leave Butler's 3:02 a. m.; leare Ask ewsvllle 3:17 a. m ; leave Holly Orore 3:23 a. m.; leave Cremo (branding) 3:23 a. m.; leave Powellevllle 3:41 a m.; arrive Aheskie 3:56 A m. A. C. L. No. 2?Leave Ahaakia 11:08 a. m.; leave Suffolk 12:21 noon; arrive Nor I folk 1:36 p. m.; leava Ahaakia 10:M ! a. m.; leava South Rocky Mount 12:60 noon; arrive Wilmington 6:60 p.'a.; leave Weldon 6:00 p. a.; leave Rich mond 7:46 p. m.; arrive Washington (R. F. A P. R. R.) 11:60 p. m. Connections?No. 1 with A. C. L. R. R.; No. 2 with steamer line, with A. C. L. R. R. and Norfolk Southern Ry. . Horton Corwln, Jr., President and Treasurer. Edenton, N. C. W. O. Pruden, Secretary, Edenton, N. C. R. C. Holland, Auditor, Edenton, N. 0 R. O. White, T. A., Edenton, N. O. W. M. Corwln. Supt., Ahoskle, N. C. W. M. Sntton, Gen. Frt. and Pass. Aft., Windsor, N. C. Bargains l that will save you many a dol lar will escape you if you fail to read carefully and regularly the advertising of local merchants la 1>*3 Paper DO IT NOW Send us the price of a year's subscription if you are in arrears. We Need the Money lie Advertised Article i? one in which the mer chant himaelf has implicit faith?else he will not ad vertise it. You are safe in patronizing the mer chants whose ads appear in this paper because their goods arc up to date and not shpp worn. : a. : Hat Your Com* *? C L * ?? renew 9 next SabsenpbOD time ywt an Expired? *> town. :'l *_ Advertis ing a Sale! '? you don't Imt? f/ your rig In tho middle of tha rood and go to ? fiance post to road a Mia bUI do jrouT Than don't expect tha other fal low to do tt. Put an 14 In thla paper, than. rna<lwi at tha waathar. tha f allow rau want ta reach reada rout anaounea ; aaanta whlla aaatai at hie If ha lea pauaaatilia hurar raull have hlaa at raur tela. One extra bur er often vara tha entlra expellee of the ad. and lt*a a poor ad that want pull that tourer. Aa ad In fhle taper raaehee tha people r au are altar. Bine aaar ha a aeeeaettr. tout tha ad la tha thin* that doaa tha toualnaaa Dent think of bertnf a apaalal aala without uaina adrarthtad apaaa la Ik la < I One Extra Buyer itniktfta pw tin Get That Bayer TRAVEL VIA ALBEMARLE STEAM NAVI6ATI0M COMPANY PMng en tha Quten of North Carolina Blraama, Mia CHOWAN PIVkR; alao an MBHSRRIN, BLACKWATIR RIVER, BINNITTt and WICOCON CRBBKB, and tha ALBBMARLK IOUNO. I Two Big Steel Steamers Carolina and Virginia BTIAMIft VIRGINIA. Prom Pruklln. Vs., Keidiri sad Fridays. Por Tunis, N. C.. snd intsrmedlst* potato. Prom Tnais, N. C? Thursdays snd Ssturdsrs. Por Prsnkltn, Vs., snd tntorasdlsts points. Prom Tunis, N. C.. to Hsrrslls nns, N. C., snd rsturn two days s week. Prom Tutus, N. C., to Qstss 4- Tills, N. C., sad return one dsy s week. ?TtAMIIt CAROLINA. From Murfrossboro, N. C.. Mondays. WNluNiri And Fri days, for Tunis, N. C.. and Rden too. N. C., and InUrmaalato polnto. From Edenton, N. 6., Tuas days, Thnraday and Saturday*, for Tunis and Mnrfrsssboro, N. C., and Into mod lata polnta. I Far Further Information, Apply to W. M. SCOTT, Qonoral Paooongor Agent, Franklin, Virginia. YOUR AD In This Space Will Increase Your Business Js4 Name /or the Thirsty to Remember" L very body know* it ? by its name Sold only in the original steril ized bottle with the label on it, at Soda Founts and other Re- _ ?I freshment Stands.
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