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mmm m 0M NEWS WITHOVT OFFICIAL PAPEH BIAS OF CURRITUCK COUNTY WS WITHOUT PREJUDICE OL JF ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 914 NO 64 ONE O'CL -- I I I f WUkl , f i ill i r f IVTE Titanic Struggle How ngiaira lnrows Battle to Germany and the Great ly jest Conflagration in History!? vWill Sweep a Whole Continental ii i J J y unleashed in fact. The cow ict is no longer imminent bat as already begun. Germany dekgivfin in the following statement clared war on England Tuesday The British lion returned the com qpEment Tuesday night at eight o'clock. There has been a State f war between these two coun tries since eleven o'clock Tuesday night. The question of the neutrality of Belgium was the one on which ' diplomatic relations between the two countries broke and were shat tered. Great Britain in an ul--timatum to German demanded that the neutrality of Belgium be Tespeetefi. Germany replied by a flalrefusal to the demand and ""' the British ambassador jn his passports. lerman emperor , opened iment on Tuesday with (X wing address : ivorld has been a witness indefatigable manner in a. stood in the front rank Jndeavor to save Europe war between the great The greatest uerils due Mevents in the Balkan appeared . 4 to have -been overcome but then ft$he assassination of my friend). 1L 4 - U Tl. T ! jtxu J-'une rruncis rerui- : ' jpand. opened up a groat abyss. 'M ally, Emperor Francis Jo trteph. was compeltal to take up arms to protect his empire a, gaiust the dangerous agitation iu a neighboring State. "In pursuing its Interests the Kussianj jSmpire stepped in the . wav of Austria-Hamf'iry "Not only our duty as an ally called us to the side of Austria ' Hungary, but the great task wa ' cast upon us to protect our posi " tion against nnfrierdly forces. 'It waswith a heavy heart I was compelled to mobilize my ar my. Tne Russian government, givingway to an insatiable nation ali8n. has stepped to the sid of a State which, through a crimi nal act. had brought about the calamity of thin war. That V Trance also placed herself on the ide of our opponent was not sur--prising to us. "The present situation arose not from temporary conflicts) of - interest or diplomatic Ambina tions, but ithe esult of ill will existing for years ' against the rtrength! and prosperity of the German Empiw. " .1, -'. . "We are .not pushed on hy the (desira: of conquest. V?e are m Dyine unDenamg uraire secure Jbr ourselves and those inff. .after na the nlace in ich ;Oo: ha but us ,. ; i .. rin emoirea. seii aeienHe, wiui ' !' lea conscience snif clean hands e jrrasp- we yora To ;the$eople 'and races of the Qerman Empire, iny appeal goes forth to stand together fraternal ly with our allies Jn defense of that i'Whlch wa have created in peaceful work. t "Following the exaimple of our forefather flrta and faithful, "earnest and; ;chivalrou; humble tefore God and ready; . to fight rhen in race or me enemy let us confide ourselves :to the everlast ' ing Almighty, who will' strength en our defense and coadoct it to a. 'good end Sages In Europe Down Gage 01 flWICE STATES HER USE Tfae position of France in made Tuesday by the French Pre jnier to the French War Chamber of Deputies: "France has been unjustly pro voked; she did not seek war; she has done all' in her power to avoid it. Since war was forced upon her, she will defend herself against Germany and any other power who takes part by the side of Germany in the conflict. "Against an attack which vio lates all the laws of equity and all rights of nations we have tak en all necessary dispositions." "Belgium has 50000 men in arms prepare! to defend the neu trality and independence of their native land. The English fleet is mobilized to the smallest ves sel and the English army is mob ilizing.' The French Chief Executive, President Poincare, says that Germany tried1 treacherously to surprise France but found his nation ready for the methodical (mobilization of her troops. JAPAN'S IffllE A proclamation also issued Tuesday by the Government of Japan set forth the attitude of ithat country toward war. The Japanese emperor hopes he says for a speedy restoration of peace. He declares that the Japanese nation's desire i nthe conflict is to remain neutral. lie 1s not certain that such neutrality cau kbe maintained". Should the An;- glo Japanese alliance be threaten ed Japan will be compelled to take measures for fulfillment ot its obligation to England. This announcement came before England's declaration of war and may be construed as implying that the Japanese navy will be ready for action at Englands call. Tn the far East the German fleet is nciive and extraordinary ev- citement is said to prevail in To kio. Mil STILL n It is reported that Germany has made an appeal to - Italy to Msud with her in the struggle. (The Cerman Gove.'.imenl claims that France has commit ted such, hostile acts against Ger many as to constitute grounds for Italy's joining Germany under the terms of the triple alliance. The present tendency of the Italian government is to remain neutral. Turkey has definitely announc ed that it will remain absolutely neutral also. . President Wilson issued Tues day a proclamation of neutrality declaring the United . States on terms of friendship and amity, with each of the contending nar tions in the European war. All American citizens are forbidden under heavy penalty to take any ipart or lend any aid to any of the countries involved. The president has tendered the good offices of this .country should the nations of Europe be come' willing to submit their dif ferences to arbitration,. E I II CHECK E II Forces of the Kaiser Re ported to Have Suffered Heavy Losses On Wednesday. ijvveral thous,:(1.i dead nr.d Wounded is th toll paid by the Gciman army "i the Meus.: f.r ita attack on L-ige Anguist Vt!:. The' Belgians made a heroic de fense, repulsing the Germans af ter heavy and continuous flghti ing The fortified jMsit ion of Leige had to withstand on Wednesday the general shock of the German attack. The Belgian forts resist ed the advance fiercely and did not suffer. One Belgian squad ron attacked and drove back six German squadrons. Eight hundred wouiUjled Ger mans are being transferred to the city of U'ige where they will be cared for. Prior to the attack on Leige, General Yon Knimich. command ing the German army of the Meuse issued a proclamation cal ling for an open road through Belgium for the advance of his forces and suggesting that pru dence would show it to be the du ty of -the Belgian people to ac cede to this to avoid the horrors of war. The Germans committed re pressions against the civil popu lation of the town of Vise, eight miles northeast of Leige, burning the city and shooting many res idents. French troops have joined the Belgians in resisting the progress of Germany through that coun try and it is reported that possi bly Great Britain will lend rein forcements . President Wilsou has offered his services as media tor of the warring nations of Eu rope. Russia frontier patrols have penetrated ten miles into the German Empire. EVANS Elf UVE Tom Evans, the young white man reported to be mortally wounded by a bullet from the pis tol of a negro wench, is still alive. Evans has surprised the doc tors anil everybody else by stay ing the approach of death until this time and now it is said that he stand a chance of recovery. Evans has been in the Marine hospital at Norfolk since Monday and relatives were summoned to his bedside Monday afternoon for ,what was thought would proba bly be their last chance of seeing him alive. But he held on to life for two days and is now said to be improving. The trial, of the negroes, Grant Eason.and Fannie Rogers, has been continued ' un til fcaturoay. It is thought Hint by that time the fhysiciaa wmj say vitli a fair k free o" certain t h Wi or not the WiOa uy will live. - INTEREST IN REDUCED PRICES : . ; ; Much interest is being taken in rthe announcement appearing Jn fthe last issue of this newspaper ftha the Ford .'Automobile Compa nv has reduced the' prices on its (machines oa.account of increased sales andiU share, profits with its cutomers. ' ' ; BliVCKWELIi MEMORIAL CHURCH Mr.. Herbert Peele will speak at Blackwcu Mejnorial Church on Sunday at both -the morning and eveninar feTTlce.'?-' ' . . . : . ... - L- EH MM It PRESIDENT'S WIFE PASSES AViAV Died At Washington Yesterday Afternoon At About Five O'clock. Yesterda) at six o'clock Over the wires T.m h news ot Mrs. Woodm Wil - w HIV son's death. Not only Wahinirtoii hut the whole con u try was shocked ves - terday when (he news was read u the morn ins; dailies that Mrs Wood row Wilson, mistress of the White House, was lvinir at thp point of death. For a number of davs her nhv- sicians ami family had almost lost hope lui t had battled on des lerately to save her life, and at President Wilson's reouesr the news of her critical illness was not given to the paers until hope seemed absolutely gone. During last March .Mrs. Wil son had a serious fall from which she has never entirely recovered. Her life at the White House has been full of many social obliga tions ami much charilv work- nil of which she fulfilled with clfarm ng grace and untirinar zeal. In addition to her personal obliga tions slie lias been in cjosc, .ouch with the president's duties and responsibilities. The heavv strain together with the accident in March shattered Mrs. Wilson's nerves and brought on serious physical maladies. For several months her health declined and she was urged to leave Washing ton for some health resort durine the summer but refused to leave President Wilson. HODED III1EREST II1ILAST CONTEST Withinish of other Races ranama - Pacific Event Has Right of Way The TanamaJ Pacific Contest in which 'ten merchants of this city are giving two trips to the I'an aniarPaciflc Exposition next year or two prizes of 400 in gold now has the whole floor, other con tests in progress during the past few months having culminated and closed. This contest began in the early summer and will last the remain der of the year, a much longer jteriod than the average contest. Likewise, the prizes offered are of far greater value than are usu ally offered in a contest. The call was at one time "Go west, joung man." but times have changed. The day of the suffja get te. is at hand, and it is "Go west,. young woman" instead. No young lady in the city or section can afford to let this opportunity sup. The contest is but yet in it beginning. There is abund -ant opportunty to enter and win now. The newspapers are full of in teresting items in regard to the Panama-Pacific Exposition- Er en European war stories cannot dull its brilliancy. Moving pic tores, illustrated magazine sto ries, and newspaper cuts end v or to show the splendor of the great national Exposition. Ad vertisetnents appear each week in this newspaper giving the names of the Arm offering these excel lent prizes, and also the standing ot the ontetent&Vwho have al ready; entered tfie race; No one Can afford to miss ' reading these ads . xney; offer unusual oppo: tunity to everybody to help either PROMOTION FOR II CAMDEN BOY Young Ferebee at Atlantic City is Regarded Fine Construction Engineer by Experts The following from the Atlan tic !ity Daily Union will be of interest here:. "Consulting Engineer James L. Ferebee will be chief engineer in direct charge of all construction work on the drainage and water main enterprises of the city af- rer September 1st. Mr. Ferebee a been asstant construction engineer under T. Chalkley Hat ton in the operations, and while the latter drew the plansj. Mr. rerebep did the work. Mr. Hotton is in Milwaukee, where he has been retained as hief engineer of the sewerage con truction work there. It is said today that Milwaukee vas after Ferelee'K services as Ha ton's assistant and harl offer ed him a good inducement. How even, Atlantic Tit.v is desirous of retaining him here, as he is ree agnized as one of the best con struct ion engineers in the coun try, and has done valuable ser vice in the sewer and water pipe construction in this citv." Mr. Ferebee is a. Camden bov. son of Mn. W. G. Ferebee, erand son of the late B. F. Whitehurst of Pasquotank County, and a graouate of A . & fll . College,, at uaieigli . NO CAUSE FOR ALARM The Citv Heajlth Officer Dr. C.B. Williams, has haiide! this paper the following statement for publication. This statement is of general interest from the fact that at the last meeting of the Board of Aldermen there was considerable discussion of the question and one of the aldermen claimed to be reliably informed that there were at least as many as fifty cases in the town. Eighteen cases of typhoid fev er in Elizabeth City during the fiy season is not an unusually large number. To The Citizens of Elizabeth City. I have majile a thorough inves tigation of the typhoid fever in the city and find only eighteen casep. nine of which were con tracted cisfhere. These case are not confined to any particu lar parr f tlje city and this mini ler is not at all unusual for a town of ten thousand inhabitants There is e'"tanlv no occasion for any alarm r lor any fear of an epidemic. C. B. Williams, Health Officer. Elizabeth Citv. N. C. Aug., 6th 1914. BARACA PHILATHEA8 MEET The Baraca Philathea Union of the First Bptist 'Church meets Tuesday evenjng the 11th at 8 o'clock. The union wonld like to see a large number of the metri bers present. RECEIVED PAINFUL HURT Fort Landing, N. C, Aug. 1st Mr. Moran Payne received a painful hurt a few days ago while hoisting sunken timber on board a vessel. A block fell from aloft striking; him on the head. He al so had one finger so badly mash ed that it is thought it will have to be amputated , themselves or . their friends by shopping at the stores who are giving these splendid prizes and giving t full , value for every pur chase, made with them. Advt. 11 FREE TRIP TO GREAT FAILS Miss Vertie Brothers and Miss Allie Williams to Visit Niagara Without Expense The Niagara Falls contest rlotf ed August the first. Everyone was interested in the result of the contest and thu re suit was not surprisina for the young ladies who came out ahead had been leaders for some time.. Miss Vertie Brothers with 4- U&U95 was the first winner and Miss Allie Williams with 3l- 847'L'O votes was the second win ner. These two youne ladies are ready now for an ideal vacation rip ami not a few are envvintr them their valuable prizes. A close rival with the two win ners for some time and not far ehind them at the close of the ontewt was Miss Ida Owens with 1.1281, 311 votes. The young ladies who have w on this splendid trip are being ngratulated on everv hand for their tine luck, and "congratula tions are being showered at tme same time and with equal enthu siasm upon the progressive busi ness firms who have so fairlv and successfully conducted this con test and have so generously made :osibIe the trips to Niagara for the fortunate winners. Adv. CIMEEDS Dill A red hot session of the Board of Aldermen was held in the city hall last Monpay night. The meeting lasted until nearly mid night. The facts that so agitata ed the city fathers are these: Frank Alexander a street carter, was found to have dumped four or five loads of city dirt on the ot which he occupies. He claim ed that street commissioner J. W. Betts, gave him authority to do this. The street commission er flatly denied that. he had ghr- en such permission. Whereupon Alderman W. L. Cohoont made the motion that Alexander be dis charged from the city's services but later the motion was with drawn and the question tabled. Alexander does not own the K lot on which be resides but rents y;, if from Mr. Clfff Hawyer,C .-Mr4'Vv Sawyer says that he had timet :fV; askfild for the dirt and did riot r know of its having been haul ed there. It was claim el that the practice ot haul ing city dirt on private premises -had been permitted for years and some members ' of the V board thought that Alexandes ought not to be. made the goat for the ofi- fences committed by many oth ers. , - . ' In the course of the discussion t developed that loads of trash and rubbish' were frequently dumped on private premises Mr 0 randy admitted having got some '- leaves for his stable, Mr; 0 ' hoon got some trash on some of his property also but. said that it was not carried there by his instruction or wish. . , , "It was the sense, of the board s" -that the hauling of city dirt to".; private premises should 'cease. Getting his fingers caught in the (door while standing on; the platform of the ercureion :",'train from Virginia Beach Wednesday night, Tom Glover, who lives on Locust stree.t , of this cityk faint ed and fell , from the train in an unconscious condition. . ' The train u-pnt back' af onca and he was picked up arid brought home, badly bruised, but not seriously injured. - ..' ... ,. iv" t.'
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