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VOL IV
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESAY, AUGUST 18, 1914
NO 67
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BATTLE NOW RAGES
AT HEIGHT OF FURY
Lines Stretch From Southern Neth
erlands to Northern Switzer
land and Involve Mil-
lions of Men.
The "biggest battle in the histo
-ry of the world is now be'ing
fought in Europe.
The battle line of the contend
ing forces is 2C(! miles long,
stretching from the southern
"boundary of the Netherlands, or
Holland, through Belgium, and I
along tne (ierman tronner to me
northern boundary of Switzer
land .
With so long a battle line 'it
will be seen at a glance that suc
cess at one jnoint may be over
balanced by loss at
another point and that
a decisive result from the
various engagements may not be
expected immediately. Dis
patches from Paris and London
datrjd August irth stated that 'it
would be eight days before it
would appear whether OSerniany
and Austria or their allied oppo
nents will hold the advantage of
the first fight.
One of the most startling de
velopment- since the last issue of
venopmentr since rne last issue 01
this newspaper went to pws
... . r I
tms newspaper went to prens
y. ... . . V.
was Japan's ultimatum to uer
many Informing the latter coun :
try mat she must get out of CM
a i v
na during the present wek or ac-
cent the alternative of war with
cept tne alternative or war m
' Japan . This ultimatum is of
Intense intern to the United
states because this nation would 1
view with alarm any movement
on the part of Japan toward de
8troy!ing the integrity of China
and damaging American imter-
ests in that country. The Japa
, ,uv..n.fcfVn4. llAHTAITAM It t
nese government, however, has
assured1 the United states that
in raise Japan becomes involved
In thiis war she will not enter up on
it in a spirit of conquest and
promises that she will eventually
restore to China any Chinese ter
ritory'acquired during hostilities.
The 'United States has also de
clared its intention not to be
drawn in any way into the con
troversy, regarding the questions
at issue as involving only Gen
many and 'Japan.
In reading reports of engage
ments between the contending
armfies in BeTguim and on the
western German Frontier it
(should be borne in mind that
these accounts are seat to this
country from London Bruspels.
or Paris, and that their tendency
is to make the most of every
French success and the leaf of
every German advantage. Aa
cording to these reports the Ger
mans' are crahWng their way
through Belgium toward Bra
sels with heavy losses but steadi
ly notwithstanding. On the oth
r hand reports or engageuieuw
W indicate French nuccesses.
ft ther tfide is now giving out
restatement as to the number
tilled or wounded in any en-
twHrpment.
While this great battle line 266
miles long is resoTinding with the
clash and roar and1 thunder of
"battle, events hardly less inter
esting and important are occur
ring on Austria's eastern front!
ier. The little nation of Ser
via i occupying the provinces of
Bosnia and Heraegovina nnd
there are reports of heavy losses
to Austrian: armies in that re-
gion.
The Rttfsian forces are
mobilizing and are' now ready
for the1 invasion of Austria from'
CITY WATER UNFIT
FOR DRINKING
Dr. C. B. Wlillianits City
Health Office, rejtorts that the
analysis of E izabcth City water
shows it unlit for drinking owing
to the presence of colon bacilli.
Dr. Williams adviws the peo
pie of Elizaleth City who use
this water for drinking purposes
to boil :it until a statement is is
sued that the water is pure.
MANNSJttRBOR NEWS
Manns Harbor, X. C Aug., 13
The telephone line will soon be
completed and will join Mannsi
Harbor to Stumpy Point and
Hast Lake.
Manns Harbor was visited this
week by Mr. Keary of Currituck
who was solic'itinfi' subscrintions
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for the new railroad ich is pro
iMtRMi for Curitiirk ifinntv thru
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Dosed for Curituek conntv. thru
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0 1 owe1 1011lt- T
nnstBarb,r
their approval of this new project
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b heart ('(' OP10'1 They be
facilitate
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th? of fish from this
OFFICERS RE-ELECTED
At a meeting of the Confeder
ata vptprann rwf t)a Wm V Map
tin Camp Friday afternoon D.
Tl AM .. 1 X- 1 S
B. Bradford was reflected Com
hnander, J. C. Spence first lieu
tenant, . (.. Burgess of Hbuoli
second lieutenant, Jas A. Mat
thews third lieutenant, J. 11.
Burgess, adjutant.
Resolutions in regard to the
death of three members of fhe
(amp whicdi had occu,iTed dnr
,ini? the iast vear were drawn un.
i r rt i
lAlso a petition requesting the
fMate li'gislasture to ajnemji tho
pension law for widows of Con
federate veterans so that the
time limit of marrriages beextend
fed to 1880 instead of 18C8.
MIRIAM SAMPLE DUD
Miriam Sample, the daughter
of Mrs. Mae Sample, died Sun
day morning at her home! on
First street from a six week ill
'ness of typhoid fever. The lit
-tie girl was thirteen years of
age.
The funeral wa- conducted yes
terday afternoon from the home
and interment followed in Holly
wood Cemetery.
SPLENDID MEETINGS JUST
CLOSED
Meetings have just closed at
at RamothliGilead and Berea
which had been conducted by Rev
W. B. Flannigan of Norfolk.
In both metings the churches
were inadequate for the large
crowds that attended and not'ev
en standing, room was available
at some of the services. Twen
ty new members were ajdded to
the church of Berea and fourteen
to Bamoth G&lead.
east. It is beldeved that she is
massing her forces to that end
in Poland, which jutB in between
Germany and Austria like a
BETIER SCHOOLS
FOO CURRITUCK
Direct and Earnest Ap
peal Made to the Coun
ty By Public Spirit
ed Citizen
Moyock, N. C..
August 8th, VJU.
Editor The Advance:
With your permission I as a
citizen of Currituck county will
apreciate the insertion into your
paper of an article relative to
our schools. The purpose of
this article is to impress upon
the (eople of our county the iu.
adequacy of the present system
of training their children and to
emphasis the necessity of an edu
cational rally to make the people
enthusiastic for developing a sys
tem of rural sihixils through the
entire county. It is also the pur"
pose of this article to secure the
loyal support of every citizen in
Currituck county, whether he be
a school official or uotl. to take
an active interest in doing effec
tive work towards securing bet
ter schools! and to further em
phasizc upon every man in Cur
rituck county the necessity of pla
cing men in charge of the school
affairs who will work in harmony
When we put men in charge of
our schools who are not instilled
with prejudice and hatred for
one another, and who do not Use
the county office as tools to av
enge tersoiial wrongs, but who are
hroadminded, farsight ed and con
i4ructive in their work, then we
shall see progress being in every
school of our county.
Throughout North Carolina
generally shaking, education is
making rapid strides. However,
several counties iu this state are
far behind in the development of
rural schools. Curritnck county,
as a whole, can be included in the
class that is doing very little ef
fective school work. This state"
ment is being made with no int
ention of attempting to discredit
the mieeessfnl work of any man
or net of men who hare the
school at heart and are doing) their
best for the developmnt of our
schools in Currituck, But any
intelligent, fairminded min who
compares the poory ineffective
work done towards building up
the school system here with the
excellent work done in the rural
schools of counties in the central
and western North Carolina re
alizes thet Currituck county is do
ing its children an injustice.
They are not given the advanta
ges thet are due them. . Consequ
ently Curritnck countv is,riAi.
oping a type of manhood and wo
manhood which is inferior to
what it would be if we had a
more effective system of traininff
our boys and girls, to b0 better
and more useful men and women.
The necessity of an education
run iot be too gently emphasiz
ed, even at this time of enlight
enment and civilization. Our
people have not entirely awaken
ed to the importance of training
their children in a moderflfachool
house under efficient teaehers. If
this had been realized conditions
would be better. Qf ' Courgei
quite a number of f amities are
sending and have beetf sending
their children away tor high
schools, colleges and uniylrsitiea
upon realizing that tBejrffl be
put in the back ground unless
they have an education.. But
what are the boys andiirls to
do who haven't good schools at
home and who are not ivttL poBi
tion to attend school ejg0where?
These are in the majority.' The
welfare of our country - depends
UDoni how the maioritr of iha iwvi
plq is cared for, not espmaUythg
TO
With Afternoon And
Evening Schedule Will
Doubtless Prove
Very Popular
The Norfolk Southern has
scheduled a new and very attrac
tive variety of excursion for Aug
list 26th.
The Excursion train will leave
Elizabeth City at two fifty five "in
the afternoon, arriving at Virgin
ia Beach, its culmination, at live
o'clock. Returning it will leave
Virginia Beach at eleven p. in.
The fare for the round trip will
be one dollar.
Parlor car iservico will be
available, and everything will l'
done t ake the trip one of com
fort and pleasure to everybody
on board. (lood order will be
maintained, and it is believed
that this afternoon and evening
trip will prove a pleasant change
from the usual all la affair and
give an opportunity for a coinfor
table outing to many.
Social supper will be served
at the Casino on the Beach for
tiftv cents.
few. We are living in a demo
cratic country where eipual rights
and privileges are given every
lnau. not an oligarchical country
eountrv where u few enjoy the
luxuries of life with its refine
nn nl and culture at the expense
of many. Not a count ly in
which a man can throw a whole
nation into war because hi cous
in was killed and sacrifice the liv
es of thousands who must die be
cause they are made to do so.
it was the purpose of our gov
eminent when originally con
structed that each person should
have un opportunity to secure an
education if he so desired and to
make the best of himelf iu life.
The intention of our government
is not being carried out in Curri
tuck on account of the lack of
educational facilities. The boys
and girls of today will lecome
the men and women of tomorrow.
We. want the children here to be
(cine thrifty, law abiding and
honest citizens. The school
house is generally recognized, in
ad.liHon to the liomij. to be the
place where the bct type of cit
izetship is capable of being pro
duced. Then rt naturally' fol
lows that the grade of citizenship
will be determined by the kind
of schools we maintain. The
schools being the determining fac
tor in reproducing the type of
men we need for promoting the
welfare of our county, why not
have the right kind of schools so
they can do their most effective
work in our social structure.
Our county is not getting its
pro rata share of financial sup
port from the State and other
sources of revenue, which is large
ly due to the lack of experience
and initiative on the part of the
people here who are in position
to render valuable service for the
moral and material up-building
of the county if they would only
take time and devote the proper
energy.
The State government through
the county organization collects
taxes from our people for the
support of the State and Nation
al governments. In return for
this money paid out the constitu
tion of North Carolina not only
guarantees protection but it ai
so provides that the State Legis
lature may pass laws relative to
the education of each child in ev
ery State. Do we get our ehare
of the appropriations made
by
our State Legislature? The Inev
x tofTi 03 Paw Ewe) ,
immw
TRENTON BUYS
TNE DID LINE
And Sails Forth With
Good Will of Former
Company and All
Patrons
The Eastern Carolina Transpor
tation Company has been bought
out. by th new Johnson Une and
the steamer Trenton is carrying
the passengers, mail, and freight
of the former line from Elizabeth
City to Manteo.
Martin Johnson and D. R.
Scott are the owners and ojHM-a-tors
of the Johnson Line. The
old and new lines are now merg
od and will operatic under the
name f the Eastern Trausporta
tion Company. The new compa
ny will increase its number of
stockholders and put its incrais
ed capital into further promoting
and improving the service given.
The Trenton has already won
many friends an1 its equipment
and crew have leeii spoken of fav
orably by patrons throughout
the summer. Captain Johnson
lias long been popular on the
Manteo run and carries into Ljs
new enterprise the good will of
nianv Mends.
FUNERAL SERVICES FRIDAY
The funeral of Watts Walker,
the fifteen year old sou of Mr.
and Mrs. Caleb Walker, who
was drowned last Wednesday af
ternoou iu the Pasquotank River
while in swimming with a num
ber of playmates was conducted
Friday morning at eleven o'clock
by Rev. L. T. Reed and Rev.
J. B. Ferebee at the home on
Dyer street.
Beautiful floral offerings ex
pressed the empathy of many
friends, and interment in llolly
wood Cemetery followed the ser
vices at the home. The pall bear
eijs were: Marian Love, Grayson
Morris, William Baker and (jra
ham Evans.
PI CMC GREAT SUCCESS
The picnic at Salem church
was a great success last Wed
nesday. Tremendous crowds
from the city and Kurroundiug
section attended and an excelr
lent program was rendered by
ineinlMMH of the Salem Sunday
School. Altogether there was
the biggest crowd present and
the best entertainment given that
Salem has known fr year.
MEETING AT SIIAWBORO
Khawboro, N. C, Aug., 17th
Dr. L. T. Reed of Elizabeth
City held a meeting last
week at Providence; Baptist
church at Shawboro. Oood
crowds attended throognout the
week and considerable interest
has been manifested and much
good done in the meeting.
REVIVALS AT RIVERSIDE
AND SALEM
Rev. W. T. Hall of Rich
mond will assist the pastor C.R
Angell in revival services at Riv
erside next week and at Salem
the week following. Mr. Hall
is pastor of one of the largest
Richmond churches and a very
successful evangelist as well.
BOY SCOUTS TO GO
ON DAMPING TRIP
Hertford, N. C, Aug., 17th
The Hertford Ttood of Boy
Scouts of America, who have
been having a vacation during
the hot weather, will soon be m
harness again. ' A cam tang trip
down thet river is: being planned
for the neat; futures lA
y
HIE
Mill
1 ill
STRANDED HERE
And Sheriff Gets No Re
sponse From Relatives
Or Officers at Co
lumbia S. C.
A young white man giving bit
age as twenty five years but look
ing younger surrendered to Sher
iff Reid on last Thursday after
noon, claiming to be S. R. Cole
man of Columbia, South Caroli
na and stating that he was want
eel there for check dashing.
The young man was immediate
ly locked up and a telegram was
sent to the Sheriff of Richland
county at Columbia. S. C.
Some hours later Sheriff Reid re
ceived word that the message
could not be delivered because
the addressee was out of the city
being on a summer vacation
somewhere in North Carolina.
Sheriff Reid then asked Cole
man to whom another message
might be seut and was given the
name of another Coleman whom
the young man claimed to be his
brother. This navwage was deliv
ered but brought no response.
Having no charge, upon which
be could hold the stranger iu fur
ther custody, Sheriff Reid releas
led him, yesterday morning and
he was still in town yesterday
afternoou. Interviewed bv an
Advance reporter he said that his
father Ls sheriff of Richland coun
ty. S. C., and that he left home
some time last month coming
straight to Wilmington in this
State. Replying to questions
put to him by the Advance man
lie showed an intimate knowledge
of South Carolina from Columbia
to Wilmington.
Coleniau, if that be his name,
is slim and tall with black hair
and black eye--. I lib brows are
heavy and arched, the right, how
ever, being strighter than the
left. He 'Is nervous and silent
except when questioned. He
claims to have a friend in Non-
folk and a married sister in Rich
inond, Virginia. He says that
he wants to get from here to Nor
folk and is sure that there he can
get ajfl which will enable him to
reach his people in Richmond.
Sheriff Reful is of the opinion
that the man is telling a straight
story about his name and his peo
pie at Columbia but judges Irom
the fact that no answer was giv
en to telegrams sent there that
h'w parents have cast him off.
- Ml. BEN CUUPHER DEAD
Fort landing, N. C. Aug., 14
Mr. Ben Culipher, the oldest
citizen of South Shore, died yes
terday at his home after an ill
ness of many months.
Mr. Culipher had been a faith
ful member of the Methodist
Church for years and had lived a
splendid life, setting an example
that many might well follow. In
his4 death the community loses a
true friend and a spiritual guilde.
Mr. Culipher leaves a wife,
three sons, and one daughter to
mourn their loss, besides a host
of friends.
TEACHERS INSTITUTE CLOSES
Hertford, N. O., Aug., 17th
The final week of the'Perqulmr
ans County Teachens Institute
will start on Monday. About
twenty five teachers were in at
tendance during the first week
The institute is being conducted
by Prof. S. L. Sheep of Eliza
beth City assisted .by Miss Row?
Kee.
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