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n- ., . - Mr v x i a ii x i r t. a w r m . L i I NEWS WITHOUT ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 1915 NO 9 m - m s m . - . 1 m -. -mm- m m m m w m mmbmmbmmbm- h 7 7Jzr' -7 W Ax ' r- ' ;- . .-- - til ii i ,,i r til I ii i f l i i i t i i . f ur a i. ha tn.iiw ;fcmu Vif-UZsr-JM A) X M ? - 7 , J I MHrM f 4 CURRfTVCK I 'PT,DICE I ' M - .. ") V.MW- 7 coiwit ; l.'f: ' ,' ' , ' aHBaJ TBEIID OF EVENTS II WORLDS WAR A Review of The Most Important Happenings , Of The New Year ':. " , , Of war ami rumors of war (ho Jvvorld has grown weary. Whou . i 4he news that all Europe was in . irm first roaihod the I'uitotl '-r '-States the western world wan ' , Blectrified. DaWy im)ors put up Z"1. great bulletin boards which flash- ed the latest news from the front . (before the eyes of hundreds of 'eager watchers. Today jiorhaps Ixalf of the readers of this news paper know that the (Jennans last week won a victory around JSoi&oms that, has broken the .four months deadlock along the Rivers Aisne.. When the war began this pa per endeavored to give its road ,:ers a review of the latest war news in every issue. As general . interest dedliued and as winter i began to hamper the movements r-of the contending armies the sto ry .of the war was told m these Kulumna once a week orvless oft- ' there W been no report of war mews In the Advance at all The last ar 8t017 api11' ih' UtM of lecember rd and td' ef the tlesitnt of German vjrsJ v ron upon the English coast v , 'Which subjected these nhoresr for the first time in centuries to bos ' file fire. In order to grtwp the trend of 1 " events a biicf review here will perhaps be to the readir ad vantagq. There have now been sil months of this fighting. l)ur ing the first month fortune was with the Germans. As it closed v September 4th Von K luck's lo gins were thundering down up .on Paris within sight of that pity's tallest towers. The second Wonth, however, saw (he ler tr mans deprive I of much of (lie al Vj vantage of their dashing attack, .t."- By October 4 tli their army had .V ."been forced back ujkhi the defen " ,' ifiive until Its most advanced out V post were not nearer (ban seven VS -ty miles to (he French capitall k, rMoreover,.in the east the Russian u fjrmies had mobilized and were ' sweeping west in a rush so pow erfu that Germany was obliged .to divide her armies in order to m - protect her eastern frontier. Ho 'itU rrtif ka aniA ll'jt (Ilr:nHT1V ' -tify nA Austria were by this time 'V, J rei)l to . a stage of siege. Oc 'rWeiv in ovemDer ana iwuw .1 j' m,r . T . IV I kUqim decided .advantage gained " either side. The most dramatic event of the first week of the new year was the destruction of the Brit ish battleship formidable' which went to her doom somewhere off the Dover) coast in the English .channel with a loss of : over 500 9 men. ,' During the second week of Jam L suary Russian successes against " the .Turks overshadowed other news from the front, it being the claim from Petrograd that the f 'Turkish invasion-of the Russian ' r Caucasus jiad been- repulsed and J 1 - the Turkish army practically an--1 ' mihilated or capturedt'pARira'i BREAD DEMONSTRATION TO-DAY Tarker Brothers have an an nouncement in this issue which will be of gerat interest to the housewives of Elizabeth City and of the adjacent territory. Today at their store in the ILinton Build ing wUl be given a demonstra tion of "Holsonf broad and "Pnr itee Kakes" which this progres sive firm has jus( taken the agency for and which will be delivered to customers in sanitary scaled packages. The houVvives" leagues of other cities have demanded of their bakers that their bread be put up in such a way as to secure abso lute cleanliness and sanitation, and their demands have been met). Parker Brothersf have been mak ing every effort to secure broad in such packages from nearby hak erios over since they have boon doing business hero and they are pleased to announce that at last they have secured this service from a Richmond concern. This Bakery will have a number of la (Ties nd other representative hero today, for today only, to 'onion strate the manner in which Hij bread and cake is made and it goes without saying that tin dem onstration will be one of interest to every housewife in the iioinmu nThe; mbUejgratrjr is cor dially invited:to attends thT3emi onst ration. - - wan advance upon Turkic terri tory was immediately begun and is indeed supposed to be now un der way but at the same time the Turks appear to have gained some advantage in Persia and to have occupied the important city of Tabriz near the Russian bor der. The Turkish base in their advance against Persia has been the ancient and ,once SDlendid city of Bagdad, even now (ho kpc ond city of importance in the Ot toman empire. During the third week in .lanu ai'y those who are still fallowing closely the events of the war were thrilled by the sudden and u u looked for siiccess of tli Ger man olloiisive in France iefcrred to in the beginning of (his arli cle. After the capture of Brus sols and Ostond the Germans be gan a tremendous offensive along the coast of Flanders toward Dunkirk, without, however, gain ing permanent advantage. Kince the' failure of that offensive the Germans Lad bwi. spending most of their energy in the direction of Von Himdeuburg'n drive to ward Warsaw. Meanwhile the Al lies' in France had assumed the offensive but without being able to make any important gains. FoUowiug the French attack in the region around Hoissoms in the early part of 'lat week. Von Kluck lunged in a counter plunge that drove the French from that position and forced them to aban don their trenches along the Aisne all the way from Roissoms to Vailly. This victory is the flret of importance since the cap ture of Lodz in the campaign a painst Warsaw and has brought (he Germans again within sixty miles of Paris and put them in a position where. they can attack Rheims; from the West. But six ty miles in fighting such as has marked the campaign in France is & long way, , - A Vf J",",. ' HERTFORD HIS A CHAUTAUQUA Three Days Entertainment Festival To Be There In February Hertford. X. (1, Jan., I'Mli Local boosters are working hard to make the coining ( "lia u I :i uiin in Hertford a success, and the big advance snle of season (irk ets lias Is'en very encouraging. Contracts have been signed with the Kaddille Attraction Co., of Washington, D. C, booking the Mid-Winter Festival for three days, February Sth. Dili and 10th, and an attempt will be made to conduct a fanners institute ami a big educational ra'ly (lining the week. The entertainments, which will include lectures, vocal and instru mental music, impersonations, readings, etc., will be given in the graded school auditorium every afternoon and evening during (he festtival. The following committee is in charge of (he arrangements: George E. Major, Rev F M Shamburger, W R White, J R. KcMtrttan?TVT BrowiirJ LTnck er, Dr Robt W Bmith, Wm. B Hudson, H L Knowles, W F C Edwards, Dr Thomas S MLcMul ran, B F Bray, W E White, D M FieVl. Wm. Madre, U R, Craw Ford, Wm. G. Gaither and Geo E Newby. hw4J HLKRAH BOOKS HHDTHEII COEPMIT The Alkrama Theatre has on Its program for next week a play for each night by the Bijou Stock Company with vaudeville between the acts. This company has just finished a two weeks' en gagement al Wilmington and another al Durham and from Elizabeth City will go to Suffolk for two weeks. The entertain ment, afforded by the company playing at the Alkrama a few weeks ago and the crowds attract ed by their popular piked shows wouldj seem an indication that next week's offerings may be ex lec(ed to (111 (he theatre each night with a large number of pleasure seekers. The Bijou Stock 'Company comes with euthu siastic praise and high recommen dations for clean shows from for mer cities visited. DEHTH HEBTFORD Hertford, N. C, Jan., 28th Mr Will Umphlett, daugher of Mr. Thomas Walters of Hert ford, died suddenly on Tuesday morning at her home near Hert ford after a short illness, from pneumonia. Funeral services Were conducted by the Rev. F. M. Shamburger at the Hertford Methodist Church on Wednes day afternoon, interment being made in the local cemetary. Mrs,. Umphlet, who was for merly Miss. Florence Walters, was well known throughout this section of the country, where she had a host of relatives and friends, to whom the news ' tf Cer tteatb has been a sad shock. SPEAKS FROM COAST 10 COASI New Vnrb- Mr, II, o Tl phone Connection With San Francisco. l-css than forty years ago, Alex ander Graham I'.e'i stain g in a little attic at No. ." I'.xcter Place, Boston, sent through a i rude telephone, his own iiiven Hon, the first spoken words ever carried over a wire. ami the words wore hoard and underst 1 by his associate. Thomas A. Wat son, who was at the receiver in an adjacent room. On (hat day March HHh INTO, the telepl e was born, and the first message wont over Iho only telephone line in the worf'd a line less than a hundred feet long. The world moves a long way ahead in the span of a man's life. On Mon day afternoon, .January LTith, this same Alexander Orahaiii liell sitting in the oflices of the Amor ican Telephone and Telegraph Company at New York, talked t thus same Thomas Watson in Han Francisco, over a wire stretching 3,400 miles across the continent "and iparf "of 5 a 4 Rystem that includes 9,000,000' telephones connected by 21,000,000 miles of wires. In that same memorable year of 1876, Dom Pedro de Alcanta ra, Emperor of Brazil, visiting the first ' telephone exhibition at our first great national show, (he Philadelphia entennial, picked up the receiver, listened as Prof oh or Bell talked at the other end of the room, and, amazed at the wonder of the thing, cried out: "My Cod it speaks.'' Had Dom Pedro lived to see the Pan Ainori (inn Imposition he could have hoard Professor J'.ell talking to hiin. not merely from '(he oilier oinl of the room, tint from the other envl of a continent. The Pan American Cxpotion itself, planned to celebrate the completion of the Panama Canal and the joining of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, will mark a still closer welding of the Kast and west. When its ga(es are thrown oen on February 20th, Han Francisco will not only be nearer to New York through a shortening of its water ways, but will be in constant and instanta neons touch with it through the medium of speech. It is a curl ons fact, too, that thi second great feat qf engineering, this other canal, this even more inti mate connection between the two seaboards, has been completed in the same year. Quietly, ailmost unnoticed, but steadily and brave ly, while the gigantic steam shov els were cutting their way thru the earth in the South, the cngi neers of sound and electricity were weaving their magic webs through the air and pushing on toward Golden Gate. Their work has been less spectacular, it has excited little attention, but these men have met obstacles as hand to overcome as the Cutebra slide and they have conquered them. The long dreamed of Transconti nental line is no longer a dream, New York: can talk' to Ban Fran MEN ATTEND DINNER nearly every man interested in Christ Church turned out last Friday night to the dinner given by the Brotherhood of St. An ,lrnv-- 1 ',e li,,li(s' P"hls furnish I on a splendid menu. l. r. l'liinev of Savannah, Ca. general secretary of the Soudi for tin' brotherhood, spoke of hi work and of the increasing inter est men are 1 : i k 1 1 1 r in church work all through the South. f. C. i;. Khringhaus. solicitor of this district, a member of the church, spoke of the bright out look for Iho church and urged the men to (ake more interest in it. especially in the Sunday school. W. S. Copeland, editor of the Daily Press and the Times Her a'd of Newport News, Va., capiti vated the audience with his bright and helpful talk on the Bible and Bible classes. Mr. Copeland began by saying (hat when a young man, lie came to the contusion that ho could do more for civic righteousness by getting others in teres ted in the Bible than in any other way. Since then be has boon constant ly engaged in teaching it. He pointed out that the great les sons of the Bible are: obedience, faithfulness and love. Mrs. M. cnoir renaereu an antnem. Rev. C. A. Ashby, rector of the church presided. He referred to the fact that the Bishop of North Carolina, on his last visit stated that Christ Church was a men's church. In the last conflr mation class there were three tiaies as many men as women. , The young men of the church have taken charge of night servic esi and keep (hem uji. EXAMINATIONS AT HERTFORD Hertford. N C. Jan.. ".'Nth .Mid Ici'iu examinations are now under way in lh" graded schools. The tola) enrollment in the schools for the tirst ha'f of year shows 2N! and the indica tions are that the yearly enrol ment will, cross the :l)0 mark. Thoroarc .10 (dudeuM in tlie High School, the tdasses in that depart inent being larger than over le fore. This is the ten(h year since the foundation of the present school system, and May will witness the graduation of (he first class that has completed the entire school course from the first grada The present senior class is the largest in the history of the school, there being 17 on the roll, all of whom will probablly complete the course and graduate in May, CISCO. Now that the continent is span nod by this vital cord stretching from ocean to ocean not only may New York speak to San Francisco; but any city that can get New York can get Ban Fran cisco all so After Dr. Bell had spoken on Monday to Watson in San Francisco President Wilson at Washington was called to talk across the continent fo the presi dent of the Panama Pacific Expo Bition. Then from Jekyl Island, far down Ihe Atlantic coast, Theo "SWEET U" COMES AGAIII Big Musical Success That Scored Here at Alkrama Next Month. The musical comedy, "Alma, ;(. whore do you live,'' which attract ' od a record bouse at the Alkrama at its appearance hero two years ago, is (o come again one week ' after next. Tim opportunity of seeing and hearing again thin j popular musical comedy will be welcomed by theater goers and amusement lovers of all this sec tion. One of the features f this pro- dud ion -will be the singing of v Celia Mavis, the Australian Pri ma Donna, formerly with the Jr. Williamson torce. who haa the title role. The "Alma" waltz was pro nounced by preRs and public to ho the greatest musical gem since the Blue Danube. It crowded Joe Weber's Theatre for au eu- (ire year and its music has been played millions of limes by the various piano playing devices. The opera is owned . by Miss an theatrical managen in the ' world. Her able lieutenant in , this patricular enterprise wts Kdouard Ihirand, who played the role of Count Bolivaico in the original production abroad and who put the real French dashy and vive into the piece which was (l onr a French vaudeville. PopJar Branch, N. )., Jan., 25 - Thirty new seats have been placed in the Jnew high school auditorium here, contributed by interested members or the com munity.' These seals wore purchased Kramer Pros. & (Jo. of Elizabeth City. Others are soon to be in stalled. The list of those con tributing fLG."), the price of one seal is as follows: Mrs St. Clair O'Neail, Mrs Arizona Parker, Mrs Kobert Walker, Miss Hattie Do- zier, J, J. Evans, Thos J -vans, John A.vdlett, K D Bowden, 0 H Simpson, O W MeggH Chas Forbes, W Ii Barco, L 0 Baum, W A Docerv, John L Gregory, B P Clark, L O Eaton, T. D, M. " Woodhouse, Dr. J O Baum, D. W. Woodhouse, J T White, W H Hampton, Major Woodhouse, Jas Forbes, John Fisher, Willis Gal lop, Mrs. S J Parker, C H Brock. Others contributing to this funr are: Mrs O V Spry, Wood land, Md., 2.00, Thos. Thomp son, 25 cents. Paul Beails 1.50, B P Clark $16.50, Neddie Mid gett, $1.00, Fletcher Spry, 1.00, L. Morrisette, 75 cent, Leonard Woodhouse 50 cents, Ike Forbes fl.00 Herbert Forbes, 1.00, Ja Forbes, fl.00. N. Vail, president of the Ameri can Telephone and Telegraph Company, spoke to Washington and New York and San Francis, co, his; voice leaping across foul1; thousand miles of space instant7 (, . 4 v
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