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VOL V
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY JANUARY 18, 1916
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-Sole Survivor Tells Story
of Horrible Outrage in
Barbarous Mexico.
EXICAfl BAIIDIIS
The number of foreigners murder
ed west of the Santa Ysabel by Mexl
can bandits were placed at 19. It
was authoritative stated that Gen-
-eral Pablo Lopez, a .Yaqul chieftain,
closely allied with General Francis
co Villa, ordered the massacre. A-
" bout 20 bandJts attacked the train,
it Is said .wh'ile 200 were grouped
as a reserve at one side of the right
of way.
Arrivals at El Paso from Chllhua
' Ma City said that a troop train of
20 cars conveying between BOO and
1,000 Carranza troops, had proceed
.yed che mining company special by
vyTout 15 minutes.' The engine and
two ear of this train were said to
have been 'derailed by the bandits
in (Jrder to stop the passenger train
of Americans. What become of the
. 'Carranza soldiers if they were in
the military train could not be learn
d here.
Thomas B." Holmes, the sole for-
iR4. JwYlvpr filiha jnaasacre jeach
d the border about noon in a
state of collapse.
Following is. the statement of Mr.
Holmes, as given to the State De
partment and press at El Paso that
, night:
"Our train left Chihauhua City
Monday morning January 10 about
11 o'clock. The train was stopped
at or about the ranch Baeza, a point
about five miles west of Santa Ysa-.
bel. between 1:30 and 2 o'clock that
' afternoon. While the train was
standing at the station of Santa Ysa
bel 12 armed Mexicans rode by and
scrutinized the train. The Mexican
passengers at Santa Ysabel told me
afterward that the riders had inquir
ed If there were any soldiers on the
train. At the point of the massacre
our train was stopped in a cut " so
tha the last car was just Inside of
the cut. " ,
We were stopped by another train
-the front truck of one of the coal
cars of which was seen to be off the
track. This was the first we knew
of a train preceding us. There was
nobody to be seen around the train
in front. .
. '. "When our train was stopped New
-.man and I were sitting together and
P'Evans came ut and looked out of
our window. Evans, Newman, Mach
at ton and I then got off the train.
Watson was either getting off or a
bout to do so, behind us when look
ed back and saw him.
"Just after alighting I heard a vol
ley of rifle shots from a point on the
other side of the cut and Just above
the train. Looking around I could
see a bunch of about 12 or 15 men
standing in a solid line, shoulder to
shoulder, shooting directly at us.
They were 50 to 75 feet away. The
coach cut oft my view so I could not
see how many bandits there were.
The depth of the cut on the side
near Santa Ysabel River at that
point was about two feet. On the
" " other Bido trwasinoeli greaiefTTo"
the rear of the train was an em
Tmnkment declining toward the riv
er. "
"Watson after getting off, ran to
-ward the river. Machatton and I
followed. Machatton fell. I do not
know whether he was killed then or
tripped. Watson kept running and
they were still shooting at him when
I turned and ran down grade wliere
I fell in Borne brush, probably 100
feet from the rear of the train . I
lay there perfectly quiet and looked
around and could see the Mexicans
shooting in the direction In which
Watson was running. 1 saw that
they were not shooting at me and
thinking, they believed me already
A dead, I took a chance and crawled
"S-r through the bushes until I reached
the bank of the stream. I then made
my way to a point probably 100 yard
from the train, iThere I lay under
THE ODD FELLOWS
' INSTALL OFFFICERS
Achoree Lodge, Number 14. I. O.
O. F., Installed the following offi
cers Friday night: S.- B. Carter,
Noble Grand; E. N. Belangia, Vice
Grand; J. W. Johnson, recording
secretary ; Charles Rault Treasurer ;
David RaneY, Sitting Past Grand.
Elizabeth Lodge, Number 217, In.
stalled the following officers Thurs
day night: W. W. Gregory, Noble
Grand; G. A. Cox,' Vice Grand;
W H Zoel'er, Recording Secretary;
J. II. Wilkius, Financial Secretary;
W. H. Weatherly, Treasurer; M.
R. Pritchard, Sitting Past Grand.
Talula Encampment, Number 8.
installed the following officers last
week: S S Leary, Chief Patriarch;
C. W. Whaley, High Priest;:
L. W. Bateman, Senior Warden;
W. H. Weatherly, Junior Warden;
H T.. Greenleaf, Scribe; Wesley
Williams. Financial Secretary; W.
II. Zoeller, Treasurer;. J. , W.
Johnson, Past Chief Patriarch.
State Grand Master, Hon Thomas
Lv-Green of Waynesvllle, and Hon.
John D, Brown of Raleigh, Assis
tant Grand Secretary, will make an
official visit to the Elizabeth City
Odd Fellows Friday night. ' ,
The meeting will be held in A-
choree Lodge on Road street at
f oven-thirty. After the meeting
an oyster supper wiT be served.
All members are urged to be'. pres
ent on this occasion and ''visiting
Odd -Fellows reewdlal'y nvfted s
TO CELEBRATE LEE'S BIRTHDAY
Exerc'ses in celebration of Lee's
B'rthday will be held tomorrow af
ternoon at, two o'clock, in the High
School Auditorium. The address of
the occasion will be delivered by Dr.
P. O. Henning o" the First Baptist
church.. . " ' . ,
The Daughters of the Confederacy
and the Confederate Veterans will
attend the exercise in a body. It is
hoped that the people of the city
will show their interest in the cele
bration of the day by their presence
on this occasion.
D. Hi HILL CHAPTER
MEETS THIS AFTERNOON
The -t). II . Hill Chapter, U. D.
C. met this afternoon . at half
past three o'clock with Miss Sallie
Perry at her home on Fearing
street. X .
the bank for half an hour and heard
shots by ones, twos anil threes. I
did not hear any groans or cries
from our Americans. I continued
farther under the bank, wading the
stream part of the time until I reach
ed a point probably 200 yards from
the train. There I remained half
or three-quarters of an hour. Later
after going to several ranch houses
and picking my way cautiously for
several miles, I met up with an un
known Mexican, who directed me to
Chilhuahua City. I reached Chilhua
hua City Tuesday morning at about
7:30. - The foregoing facts are of
my personal knowledge."
Previous stories of the foreigners
being lined up naked and" shot was
not confirmed by the version given
by Holmes. Mexican passengers ar
riving today from Chilhuahua City
yrejeppn8lb;oi,Jor4he,,g.gtatemept.
that Lopez was the leader of the
bandits. All the property of the A
merlcans except one hand bag was
taken, they Bay, and the car riddled
with bullets. '
A mass meeting called for this af
ternooon to ' demand protection for
Americans In Mexico was postponed
when it was learned that the funeral
train bringing the bodies of the vic
tims to the border would not arrive
before midn'ght. The meeting will
be 1'tld tomorrow, It was said.
The name of, Thomas Johnson next
day was added to the list of vic
tims making a total death list of 19.
The name of Joseph' Enders of Hay
den, Arizona, was substituted for
that of J. J, Adams.
Reports of those arriving from
Chihuahua were to the effect
that the body of each rictlm bears
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JUDGE EXPRESSES
m
EC1AIJQH
No Stronger Legal Talent
Anywhere in Stte than
can be Found Here.
. With nearly nluety cases disposed
f about ' three times as many
as have ever been settled at any
previous term here a two week's
term of Superior Court came t0 a
close at a late hour Saturday night,
Judge Bond having little" time to
Bpare In catchfng the night express
which took him to. his home in Eden
ton. ' In closing remarks after
the last case on the docket had gone
to the Jury, Jude Bond expressed
his appreciation of the fine courtesy
shown him here by the lawyers of
his home district and by the officers
of the Court and the public at large.
He spoke of his fondness for the peo
pie here and stated that he was
glad that he woud be in Elizabeth
City again for a week's term of
court next montB . The Judge
also spoke highly of the : faithful
work of the jurors and of the good
order -An court, and said that he had
found in no district in the State
4ft-wyrwftf-fra mm h aWiiyits-Hrese-
in hii own section.
Th" last case tried was thnt of
Mrs Missouri White vs. the Norfolk
Southern Railroad, which beginning
Saturday afternoon was brought to
a close when the jury brought In , a
verdict for the plaintiff of fiftty' dol
lars. Mrij. White purchased a
ticket1 at Mackeys for Chapanoke
and says that bhe was told by tho
ticket agent, that sho could go to
Chapanoke -on it without change of
ars. She boarded train two, the
conductor took up her ticket, punch
ed it and told her that his train did
not stop at Chapauokeand that she
would have to set. off at Edenton
and take the local. She compiled
with his instuctlons but brought
suit on the ground that his manner
toward her was gruff and insulting,
and that the change occasioned de
lay, annoyance and inconvenience.
All of Saturday morning was tak
en up In the trial of the case of Par
ker vs. Garrett, In which the plain
tiff failed to make any recovery
whatever. Parker was suing Gar-
ett for commission on the sale of
certain property which Garrett had
isted with him for Bale, and which
Garrett himself had later sold to
the same buyer that Packer had in
terested in the property. Garrett
claimed that the property had been
taken out of Tarker's hand when the
sale wttmade.
Most of Friday was taken up in
the trial -of the cases of Mrs. Mat
tie Weston vs. the Elizabeth City
Hosiery mill. Mrs. Weston, while
in the employ of the mill fell
through a hole In the floor where
some repairing was being done, and
claimed that the fall caused per
manent injury in her hip and back.
She claimed dairikge in the Bum of
one thousand dollars and was award
ed two hundred by the Jury; but
the court set the verdict aside on
the "ground' that'Mfar'Westonwas
barred from furtker recovery than
twenty-five dollars on account of a
verbal agreement by which she had
agreed to accept that Bum.
Other cases disposed of during
Inst week were as follows: Arnold
vs. Lamb, judgement for plaintiff,;
Little vs. Spence, Judgement for
plaintiff; Susan Williams admx vs
Clyde Long, Judgement for defend
ant; D. J. Smlthson vs. O. B.
Lane, compromise Judgement; Nel
lie Leary vs. A. O, Leary, non
suit; T. B. Cooke vs. J. R. Brlte,
compromise Judgement; Herbert
Chorey vs. Ella Chorey, decree of
absolute divorce; Richard Morgan
vs Chas. Rejd, non-suit; Barcove
Tailoring Co, Vs D. Walter Harris,
three cases all compromise Judge
ment; Elizabeth City Buggy Com
pany , vs Gloss ClbljfK, compromise
Judgement; -
GOOD ROADS INSTITUTE
AT STATE UNIVERSITY
(Jhapel Hill, N. C, January 8
The Third Road Institute dr
Nofth Carolina will be held at the
University of North Carolina, Chap
el lill, N. C, under the auspices
of he State" University, the State
Highway Commission and the Norths
Caijolina Geological and Economic
Surey 1 February 712, 1916, in.
c'.uaive. The two previous in
stitutes have proved of great value
to the engineers and superinten
dents attend.ng them and it Is the
puriose of the Director to make this
onejof even more practical value.
a- Buogeci wnicn wu oe given
sptiial emphasis this year is that
of Road Maintenance, and in this
connection there will be given illus
trated lectures instructing in the
patrbl system and actual demon
strations of the use of the road
draa and other Implements which
hav been found useful in the main
tenance of public roads. An ef
fort lis being made to have all road
supervisors, overseers and superin
tendents who have thargo of the
upkeep of any section of road in
North Carolina attend this Institute
and receive the benefits of the in
struction which will be given by
experts.' The road drag seems
to be a very simple Instrument
but in reality, to obtain the best
results, considerable sk 11 and ex
perience is needed in the handling
f Jt U-4ituwLL-tl i-J us
t ute. that enough road overseers and
supervisors -will bo instructed in the
uso of the drag and other imple
ments for maintenance :o as to
reach every county of the State;
and that the result will In that the
money and free lalior which is now
! eing used for the upkeep of the
dirt roads will be used to much
1 etter advantage than ever before
and the road work of 1916 will be
oii, hfeher plane,
It is expected that there will be
exhibits of road machinery, road
materials and road models which
will be of value and interest to all
of those attending the Institute.
Questions of, intrest to Road
Engineers wll be discussed such as
location; construction, including
grading and surfacing, by force ac
counting and by contract; reports
from road engineers as to machin
ery used and its efficiency; bridge
construction; relation of superin
tendents and "engineers to commis
sions; county road work and its re
lation to State work, etc. Road
engineers are Invited and urged to
bring up fr discussion any prob
lems with which they have met dur
ing the past year and it is believ
ed a full discussion of such prob
lems will go far toward effecting
a solution. ,
The University will do a'l it can
to help care for those attending tho
Institute and will furnish meals at
Swain Hall at 15 cents each. The
University will be aide to provide
rooms for a certain number &nd
others will be accommodated at the
hotel and boarding houses.
Invitations to the Institute are
extended to all road officials, in
cluding county commissioners, road
commissioners, road englneers.Toad
superintendents, supervisors, over
seers and patrolmen; in fact, to any
eitizerr"int)ere8ted. directly or indi
rectly in the road .work of the State.
COTTON REPORT
To The Advance:
There were 2,575 bales of cotton
ginned In Camden County from the
crop of 1915 prior to January 1st,
191-6. as compared with 4166 bales
ginned prior to January 1st, 1915.
There were 3639 bales of cotton
ginned in Pasquotank County, from
the crop of 1915 prior to January
1st 1916, as compared with 6410
bales ginned prior to Janurry 1st,
1951.
N. A. JON'ES, Special, Agent.
Sheriff R. E. L. Griggs of Point
Harbor was in the city Thursday on
business.
W, F. Keaton of Avon was here
Thursdayf';;--:.:-"-.".-
AT SHAWBORO THIS WEEK.
DISTRICT CONVENTION I.O.OT
The District Convention for the
First District of" North Carolina I.
0. O. F. will be held on Wednes
day, January 19th -and Thursday,
January 20th with Sligo Lodge Nov
240 and Indiantown Lodge No. 165
at Shnwloro, N. C.
The delegates will arrive in Shaw-l:oro-
Wednesday afternoon when
they will meet for organization and
distribution to the different homes.
There will be no meeting on Wed-
Tieday n'pht .
All day Thursday there will be a
miriness meeting nt the hall and
that night there will be a public
fieetinaf in the Baptist church at
vliich t'me the Grand Master of
he State, Hon. Thomas L. Green,
will make the address.
iiro. John D Berry, Assistant
Grand Secretary while in this sec
tion of the State 'will attend Ancho
ree Lodge No. 14 in Elizabeth City,'
FrHiiy n'ght. January 21st., Shiloh
Lodge on Saturday night, January
22nd, Camden Lodge on Monday
night January 24th, and Edenton
Lodge on Tuesday niht, January
2.r.th. It is hoped that a full at
tendance "will meet with them on
these dates.
S. L. Seymour of Camden, N.
C. is nresideiit of lha Dish-frf Pun.
vention. II. (1. (lodfiy of Kli.a
' eth City is . Vice-president, W. C.
:entch. of r-avage, N. V. is Seety-
"r.;ttr-ai!flTf:"Tr crroT.'n'6i"'jr".
O strict. Supervisor.
Ts
.ENUifviE REDUCTIONS
6RING LARGE CROWDS
The must lucessful sale in the
'lUtni-, nt tho St I .l,rh Chnnn f'nm
!any has just been inaugurated.
Saturday's crowds came they
they 'were Impressed by the
"erv, unusual bargains, and they
bought. " '
No'witlistanding the very unusual
Hid bitter co'd day this store was
busy from opening of the doors In
the morning until closing at night.
Mr. Sheep reports the most gra
tifying results of any sale ever held
iy the store and he says that he
can only- account for It in one way
and that is, that the M. Leigh
Sheep Company., lives up to its ad
vertising and always gives its cus
tomers a square deal,
This sale will continue until
Tuesday, January 25th. Pay them
visit. advlt
BANK CLOSED WEDNESDAY
This Hunk will be closed Wed
nesday' January. 19, on account of
Lee's Birthday.
T11K FIRST NATIONAL HA NIC
ltjanlS
THEATRE TRAIN THURSDAY
The Norfolk Southern Railway
will rim a special theatre train from
Edenton to Norfolk Thursday for
the benefit of those who wish to Bee
'rhe Birth of a Nation" at the Colo
nial Theatre Thursday evening.
This train leaves Elizabeth City
at live 'o'clock Thursday afternoon,
and returning leaves Norfolk at
11:59.
LATIN PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT
On Thursday evening the Virgil
and Cicero classes o the Elizabeth
City High School will slvo a Latin
)lay. The play portrays a Roman
wedding, and In addition to thj pre
sentation of the play, there will be
several musical numbers and an ex
hibition of Interest. The public Is
invited to show their interest in the
high school and Its pupils by attend
ing. (The- admission fee is ten
cents.
FINGERS BADLY HURT
Ellas Williams who la a black
smith on Polndexter street, had
three fingers badly Injured by the
planer, last Friday night about eight
o'clock. He Is now recovering
from the effects of the accident at
his home on West- Main street
doctor immi
STRUCK Bf AUTO
Had Leg Broken and Was
Badly Bruised Besides in
Accident Thursday.
tVervtowed by an Advance re- ' .
porter this af ernoon a member of
Dr. Gregory's fnmiK- ti.. tr,i
'-.' .-VLVVU tUCt
1-. is condition today is much improv
ed, the doctor being iu much less
lain in every way than he was for
the first few days succeding his hurt
on last Thursday.
In addition to the pain naturally
arising from a broken limb Dr.
Gregory's suffering has heen inten
sified by wounds and (bruises on
head and face which resulted from
his falling on the hard pavement
when the automobile struck" him.
Dr. S. W. Gregory had his le
broken Just below the knee and was
considerably bruised about the head
when he was struck last Thursday
night by an automobile driven hv
Johnnie Sherlock, a voumr .,.
hock man of thfs c'tv
Dr. Gregorv had been out to his
farm in Camden county and had Just
S()t ''"' o the city on the night ex-Tress.-
Tie-was walking "up Main
street along Mm Inside of tho curb
ing, as the sidewalk, unpaved along
this part of the street, was muddy,
"e nays thnt. he noticed an automo
1,1,0 "'lead of him coming to
ward him but at considerable ill. "
tance. At this moment 'ho glare of
a light behind him altrcted his at-
ten'ion. and before he looked up the
street again he was struck by the'
automobile coming toward the d.
Hot., M . : .
Sherlock says that ho wan trvlnv
to catch the night train, which hid
not pulled out from the depot when
nis car struck Dr. Greeorv. Th
lights of the car behind Dr. Gregory
were shining in Sherlock's face, bo
blinding him, he' claims, that he did
not see the man betweon him and
the lights at all. '
Dr. Gregory w,as taken to his
home on Church street, and Imme
diate surgical attention was given
his broken limb and other hurts.
INSURANCE COMPANY
ELECTS DIRECTORS
The stockholder of tho Culpep
per. Grillin, Old & Grice Company,
last week elected the following
directors: W. (1. Galther t. s
Tilndes. V. II. Williams, C. W.
Grice, 1). n. Ilradford, W. T. Old.
L. 13. Old. S. W. Gregory, and
Louis Selfg.
HOSIERY COMPANY
ELECTS OFFICERS
On Tuesday tho following direc
tors were elected by the stockhold
ers of the Pasquotank Hosiery Com
pany: S. 11. Johnson, T. 8. Daven-
port, M. Or Morrlsette, G. M.
Scott, W. II. Jennings. N. Bur-
lopti F-VSett; Dr-anHornr-'
Goo. J. Sponce.
Tho following officers were elect
ed fop the ensuing year: N JJurfoot, -president;
F. V. Scott, Vice-Presi
dent; W. H. Jennings, Secretary:
D. VanHoru, treasurer.
GRAY MULE CURRENCY
"For, and in consideration of one
gray mule". , Such is the language
of the beginning of a deed duly
made a part of" the county's record
yesterday, the mule taking tho plac
of the usual money consideration
for which tho owner made over his
rights in certain real estate in this
bounty to another person.. It is
the first instance, says Register of
Deeds, J. W, Munden, which has
come under his observation in which
property change hands with a mule
as the monetary consideration.
J. D. Leigh left Monday for Ply
mouth to attend the session of Superior-Court;--"'-
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