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THE SENATE MEANS SOMETHING FOR YOU. THE BEST ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN ELIZA BETH CITY. A NEW PAPER WITH AN INCREASING CIR CULATION l ioLH ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11912 NO. 41 VOTE -YOUR CONVICTIONS. CLARK WW i L. L. SMITH CLARK Thinks That the Bitter Fight Between Simmons and Kitchin Tends to Disrupt Tne Party and Urges All Good Democrats to Rally to Clark. : Catesvillo. N.C. Oct., 29 1912 -To the Editor: As the election , approaches, T mil every tiny in ore and more convinced that the e lection of either Senator Sim ' mons or Governor Kitcliin. in the ". senatorial primary,' would tend, sooner or later. to disrupt the Democratic party in North Caro lina. The feeling between tlicin and tlieir friends, each against the oilier, lias. become so, bitter ; ' and unrelonthig. tlvat llie .only way to avoid the fearful results, that would follow from 1ho groat dissatisfaction of either of them, at the success of the other, is to put the Democratic partji abore personal choice and unite upon another man that would (pre !en eral satisfaction hrouihout the ""' state and nation. For that rea- boji I am supporting Clark, and for the further reasou Ihat. at this particular juncture, he would Tally measure up to high duties . and responsibilities of a United , States Senator. For hint at this t hue. we have a . .'pevial meed. His ability find qualifications and fitness, in ev i ery resjiect, '' unquestioned, and he would be hi hearty accord with the coining administration of Wilson and Marshall. He has always been in the vanguard of --' progressive democracy and for ' - iKfrs has been advocating the ' ) "ftclples for which he Btands, and for which, if elected.r he " would" successfully contend Sat the Senate of the United States. Let us. therefore, unite upon Clark, not only on his merits, but also '"' jvs a matter of party exivedicncy. Your for the success of the Democratic party . L. L. SMITH i REV. T. T. MARTIN AT BLACKWELL MEMORIAL An interesting series of meet ings has leen in progress for the past, two weeks at Bkickvvell Me morial church. Rev. T. T. Mar tin. an evangelist of wide fame, has been assisting Pastor Loftin in these meetings, and great in terest has been manifest and large crowds have loen in at tendance throughout the servi ces. . " . . Itfs'the general verdict or those, attending these meetings that no evangelist of greater power than Mr. Martin has vis ited Elizabeth City. ni ser mons have been heard by the members of the church with high appreciation and marked appro val. ' The church will doubtless le "ixat!v blessed through these ser rices. " ; -MADE SHORT FLIGHT FRI DAY ''Negro Day' at the Albemarle Fair was an entire success. There was a gooiUcrowd. some good q.M'chos. and a thoroughly good time. An Aeroplane flight was booked for tin's day even, and ac tually ormrred. though the ma chine did not get a mile from the fair ground lefore the avia tor was comjK'Hcd to decend. smashing his machine in so do ing. ".Mr. McCaller stated to an Ad vance reporter on Saturday that if he returned to Elizalietii City ext year.' as he hoped to do. he would bring two flying machines and an extra motor, so as to a void .Ihe possibility disnppoint wonti in regard to if! nights. SAYS SHOULD BE ELECTED HOW TURKEY FIRST CLINCH UK HER CLAWS IN GREECE AND THE BALKAN STATES In l-'y'A, Suliman, son ororch an. Sultan of Turkey in Asia look advantage of an earthquake in Tluate, lo besiege and garrison Oallipidis, a city in that province This was the lirst perniaiieiit possession that the Turks ac quired in Europe. Amuranth. Suliinan's succes s-or. added eily after .city o' the Greek Empire to his dominions and in 1SGI 'made himself master of Adriauople which remained the European capital of Turkey for nearly 100 years. The con quest of Adrianople brought the Turks in contact with the Slavon ic states of Bulgaria and Servia. which lav north of the Byzantine Empire. John. V, the Byzantine Emper or made an agreement with Pope Urban, Y, to forswear the doe trinse of the Greek Church, and embrace Roman Catholicism, if the Pope would induce the Western-nations to join in a crusade against the Turks, and drive them out Of- Europe. But the crusading spirit had died oat and John could not coerce ins subjects into becoming Ronuui Catholics. ;So the cowardly Em peror" of the Greek Empire allow ed the Sultan 10 occupy Thess;; lonica, and later agreed to be come his vassal, and pay luai tribute. The Slavonic Stales ' to " the. north, struggled long and dosser ately against the Turks, and by a great league formed in 13S7 clu ck ed the advance of the Ottomans. Rut in the Rattle of Knssva i' 138!), the. Sultan Amuranth won a complete victory over the alies Servia, Bulgaria, and Bosnia, ind the King of Servia was kit' et and Amuranth himself wa slain after the balllexby a Serv -an noble. This murder, however, did not hejp the Slavonic cause Bajazet, I, succeeded his father Amuranth. and compelled the newJsti,te Commerce Commission which Servian king to give him big sis ter in marriage and to promise both military and financial trib ute. Bulgaria was then annex ed to the Ottoman Empire, also Wallachia and the Turk's domin ions now extended north of the Danube. ,, -. Bajazet then pushed his bound aries to the south and was on the eve of laving siege to Con- stantinople.-when ho ,was called home to protect his Asiatic do minions from tllP LM-P.1t Tnmnr. erlane. who with his Tartar hord es had overrun the greater part of Asia. At the Battle of Ango la. Turk and Tartar met. The for nier was overpowered and Baja zet was taken captive, and. died the following year, 140..- This battle saved Constantinople for fifty years longer from the infi del Turk, v The Emperor Manuel, son of John. V. now paid tribute "to Tamerlane instead of Bajazet But in 1413. Mohammed. I. son f Bajazet succeeded in regaining his father's Eurofenn lands, and though the Slavonic States again made a fierce strmrirlp for froo doin. thev wei'p nnsiiccwisfiil When Mohammed. IL asuonded his fatheer's throne in 14.12. he Iiegan at once to make prepara tions for the siege of Constanti nople. The Emperor of the Bv- zantine Empire following the ex- j ample of "his grandfather. John. V made friends with the 'oM, and the union of Roman Calholic and Greek Churches was celebrat ed wi'lh great pomp and cere infyiy in the. Cathedral of Si . So). liia. But this f of policy did him no good; Latin Christen dom put little faith in (his-tardy assumption .of its creed,' and (lie Emperor's subjects were alieu.it ed. In fact, the Western Slates were ill prepared to tome In th;" Emperor's aid. F. uc and Eug land wore almost red u -it I to h rondilion l'o the Ki lUeimy p,t;a!s ; Germany was disna tcd ljh'( numerous wars, :;Scrna' ;:iwi'l Icrnal. and the only aid the Byzantine Empire could look fur was.ii-oin Vcnetin. Genoa and ('aialpna and their aid was but feeble. . In (lie spring of"! L:!. the great siege cf ( 'oiislaulinople began. . I .... I 11 I . . 1 I on .May n n . i ik lasi .a.ssaini was made the greal walls fell, and Mohaninied II. entered the city in triumph and rode his black horse through the streets of the city and up the stops of the great' Cathedral of St . So phia. The European Powers were a ghast when they heard the news of the fall of Constantinople, but they were powerless to expel Continued on l'ae tire) WALTER CLARK OF NORTH My Friends and Fellow Citizens : "Your choice of your I'niled States Senator will deeply effect your welfare. It ought not to lie procured by agencies employed to control your votes. The increase, in the production of wealth has been marvelous, indeed nearly double than of ten years ago. National legislation, controlled by the Special Interests, has transferred the wealth created by you to a few so that there are now over one thousand men in this country who possess from ten millions up to one thous and million each and I? per cent of our population own more than t he other !7 per cent. Not onlv this but the same legislation has transferred the ... .' . .i ...i i. i i j. :.. w.. .i. i.... wealth created in tne rouiu w uicn nieiit bv the discrimination, to the discrimination in freight rates against North Carolina amounts to LMHXUIOO annually The tobacco tax takes from Ihe -f.-i riders S cents on every pound' they raise and deprives this State of !j;7.llM,MllC"a year, while twenty live Slates pay no tobacco tax whatever. The war contribution of $."i.(t00.000 yearly for Federal pensions, almost none of which comes buck to us. ought to cease now that it is nearly half a century since the war. The contrihu tion by each state for pensions should Ih returned to that stale to lie distributed by it among its own citizens and tlieir widows. Neither of my competitors during the twelve years each of them served in Congress has done anything for the relief of the people of this state from the above annual burdens of $22,000,000. Each of you pays your part of this tribute. 'Do you wish it stopjied On May 13, 1910. Mr. Simmons voted against a bill to prohib it freight discrimination and to send the matter back to the Inter- for our relief, and which has done lime the tax on tobacco was raised from 6 to 8 cents a pound an annual addition of $2.000,00freajiy upon our tobacco raisers.. The tobacco tax maintains theevistence of the Tobacco Trust, by preventing farmers and others from manufacturing tobacco just as the Protective Tariff creates the other Trusts. In the Senate I shall stand firmly for the removal of Ihe a hove .and other burdens niton our jieople. The sharp contention be tween the friends of my two opponents render it unadvisable for ft lie partv to nominate either of The great contest lietween the People and the Special Inter ests must le fought out in the U. S. Senate and there I can do fif ty times as much for your good hold by vour good will. 25 October, 1912 . The Advance commends (lib Chief Justice to the people of We 'hope that it will receive oi y voter. More and more the eves of the bitter strife betweeu the other tlieir faith ujhii vludgo Clark. If vote for him, he will be elected bv If Simmons is a progressive, as he claims, why is he receiving Mipporf of all reactionaries? If , Kitchin' has done, anything for which the jieople of North Carolina should send him to the. Senate., why doesn't Ire talk a bout it; instead of devoting his u h le time to theyecord of Sen a tor Simmons? If the voters of North Carolina are not satisfied lieyond a rea sonable doubt about the fitness of' Simmons or Kitchin for the office to which they lsth aspire, why not vote for Judge Clark? ' Judge Clark endorsed Wilson l.efore it Wamc a matter of ex pediency for ihm to do so. His jrogresivcncss does not have trf le defended; his integrity cannot 1. assailed; his ability has nev er beeu questioned. ' Weigh Judge Clark ls-side the other two candidates. Vote your convictions. The right man - Tn Ut von . VICE PRESIDENT DEAD A'iee President Sherman died at about ten o'clock Wednesday night, hi.s deaih being due to kid ney trouble. . It is only recently that the se riousness of his condition has lieen generally known. NEW I'ASTOi: AKKI.i:s Rev. L. T. K'i'id. the new pas lor of the First l!antisl church of this crty is expected o-dav on the ,2 :14 train with his family, lie ' i'iiter ' upon the. duties of his '.push rair at once occupy ing his pulpit en Knndav next. MAIL CLOSES AT SEVEN Coininf'iiciug next veinMr 4 Ih. mail md 0 will close at Monday. Ni for trains seven oYloc! P." M. to fore. instead if eiijil as here W'.L. COIIOON TO SI'IIAK W. L. Cohoon will deliver an address in the Courth House Mon day night on the Senatorial ques tion. He will speak for Govern or Kitcliin . TO THE PEOPLE CAROLINA. t na ocen ii-iaiueu m m-u-i..,.- enrichuu nt of other set lions. Th- had theretofore dopie nothing nothing since, and about the same them. a in the position which , I now Your friend. WALTER CLARK. message from North Carolina's this section . the earnest consideration of ev- the people are turning away from two candidates and fixing all who honestly prefer him an overwhelming maioritv. m the Senate nu-aiw someHiin - . - CRUSHED BY I W. H. Snowden, Noriolk Southern Agent at Snow den Falls in Front of Train and Meets Horrible Death. Mr. W. IT. Snowden. Norfolk p. on I hern Agent at Miowden was killed by the North bound train this iiioiiiiug at about half past eight. As the train was approaching Mr. Snowden won I mil to the (rack with his mail sat in order to be ready lo hand the sacT; To (he mail clerk wheti Ihe train stepped, going ahead of the train and coining to a stand about lit" point where lie expected the mail car lo stop. lust lM'fore the locomotive of the train reached him he was seen to drop his sack and' lurch forward falling across the track The engine had run over him be fore the train could be brought to a stop. It is supposed that iii attack of vertigo caused him to fall. He wa.s about sixty year old and is survived by three children, one of whom is Mr. John Snowden of this city. Later advice slates that Mr. Snowden tripped on some wire, which caused him to fall across the track. MIES OF IHI'TIIEIHA 'Mr. E. P.. Midget te of Manns Harlsir, one of the liest known citfeens of Currituck county, died hero last Sunday afternoon of DipJJjoria. Mr. Midget te had lieen sick for aliout two weeks, and seeing that he was sinking all the ti,ino his friends brought him to Eliz aliefh City, intending to take him to the hospital in Norfolk. Ascertaining that Mr . Mann had dipthcria. Dr. T. Fearing held him here, under quarantine. Tie was given it room over the City Drug Store and Dr. McMul Ian did all for the sick man that medical skill could do; but were not able to arrest the disease. Mr. Mann was thirly years old. He was a member of the Junior Order and of the Odd Fellows. IT ih remains were taken to Manns Harbor for inter ment Monday morning. He is survived by n wife and one child. SPECIAL SERVICE AT CITY ROAD A very interesting service will lie held at City Road M. E. Church, next Sunday, "November 2nd at 7:30 P. M.. under the airxpicies of the Senior Epworth League of that Church. : "The Story of the Pink rose", which will lie read at Hi is' service recounts how through the gift of a pink rose the leader of a gang1 of, thieves was brought to accept Jesus, aud how. through her. many others were led into the Christian life. Interesting in itself, this story will be made doubly effective Sun day night by special select iotis rendered bv the ,choir in the course of the reading. It is expected that a large numlier Avill lie present for this wrvice. The public generallv is - invited to, attends Tin's will take rallMdaoe of (he PASSING regular preaching service. WANTED Teacher of five years experience desires jtosition in private family to teach the pub lie school branches and music, Apphi To MfSS MARNIX Cappiihotir. Yn . It-pd. SENATOR SIMMONS HERE TUESDAY Had Good Crowd at Court House to Hear Him Defend Record and Make Counter Charges against Kitchin With his accustomed politi cal astuteness Senator Simmons struck Elizabeth (lily just lie fore the prfniary. Kifchin's cam paign Seech was' far enough in the background not to be too fresh in the people's memory Election day was loo near for the Governor himself (( oiler any thing in way of rejoinder. Senator Simmons reached here Tuesday, getting in on the 12:25 (rain. Somebody had stuck up in the Southern Hotel lobby a big poster with Bryan's picture on it, and beneath the picture the quotation from, the Common er to the effect that Simmons ought not to go to the Senate. Naturally the senior senator was offended. Mr. Simmons spoke in" the Court House Tuesday night. Theiv was a good crowd, filling but not packing the courtroom. The front rows were evidently Simmons supporters. They heard the sjieech with enthusiasm and ciieers. I he rest or The crowd heurd with close i. teuriou but quietly. Once there was a dis- posidion in the back of the audi ence to hiss when Simmons spoke disparagingly of Kitchin; but this was the onlv hostile demon stration of the evening. Senator Simmons was introduced by Mr. E. F. Aydlett. who in speaking of Simmons' services al so took occasion to criticise the county chairman of Pasquotank county for lieing openly a parti san of Governor Kitchin; it be-' ing Mr. Avdlett's contention that Mr. LcRoy ini view of his posi tion at least should not have re ceived money from the Kitchin campaign lund as snowu iy ino News and Observer. Senator Simmons spoke for a- lsuit two hours. The subwtance of his sieech appears in the poli tical advertisement on the last page of this issue. Mr. Sim mons defended himself as to the various charges brought against him by Mr. Kitchin. and did it most skilfully aud plausibly. He made counterthrusts at Bryan, characterized Colliers Weekly as a dirty sheet, and accused Gov ernor Kitchin of having entered the campaign entirely from sel fish motives. He did not, bo far as the Advance"" reporter heard, refer at all to his vofes on Lor inier. When the speech was done, those occupying front seats rush up with a cheer to shake Senator Simmons' hand. Most of the crowd went out in silence. Fa vorable comment was heard on the street, it being the general opinion that Simmons had im proved greatly as a soaker since last heard here. The Coojier's Line steamer. Eva now oiierating tot ween Eliza- is lieth City and Columbia schedule convenient ifor and passengers. on Ifrei- a lit ELECTION RETURNS TUESDAY NIGHT Arrangements have lieen made to get election returns byv private wire at the Court House Tues day night. An admission fee of twenty-five cents will lie charged Mr. I. W. Wood of Durante Neck was in the city yesterday fii his vav to Norfolk.