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EDITORIAL s 1 iihl Lt. GRAUDY & C0: cotton .chain tkoducl tLlZAUkTU CITY, N. U. r February 16, 1916 BUYING TO-DAY COTTON S-ri.-t Middling --- II 3 Ic Middling 11 1 2c PEAS Black ir lu. . 51.20 Soja Beans per bu $1.15 to Jl-20 EGGS Hen Egis per dozen ISc. BELLING TODAY FLOUR Patapsco, lest jatept $5.90 GRAIN Oats per bushel , 58c. Corn, White, per sack $1.63 MIDDLINGS ) winter, per Da .ou PREPAREDNES5 Joseph Peele, Associate Editor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: On Year 1-00 One Month 10 Published Tuesday Evening - And Friday Mornings "Entered as second clasn matter, JIy 19. 1911, at the Post office at Elizabeth City, North Carolina, un ' Jer the act of March 3, 1879." The Advance welcomes into the Journalistic field of this section The Currituck Educator, a publication devoted to the educational interests ogf Currituck County, of which . W." isley, Kussell K. Snowden and Dr. W. T. Grisss are editors. 1 he first issue. , of. this . . attractive ...piii'lini-. tion is just oft' tho press and lirc scnts topics al'ogctln r worthy of the attention of those who have the fjest welfare of County at heart. We wish for the Currituck Kducntor a Ion,; l fe of much usefulness. . The Advance lias said so much for a Fair in Elizabeth City that we feel some diffidence-In making ex tended editorial comment on the step toward a Fair I taken at the courthouse Monday niRht. To those who are worklnSfor it it Is enough for us to say 'Tire's our hand, and our heart's in it." movement noes forward alonn t line of the proposed program, this paper will not be niggardly with its space or chary In its praise or half hearted in its support of ear nest effort tifs MEAL AND HULLS ileal, per ton Hulls per ton SALT Ground Alum, per bag SOu $15.00 65c. the Ul S. POST OFFICE ' Elizabeth -City, N. C. Office of Custodian, February llth, 1916 Sealed prosposals wl.l be recived at this building until 2 o'clock p. m., February 26," 1916, and then opened, for furnishing electric current, gas, water ice, and miscellaneous supplies, and washing towels during the fiscal -year ending June 30th, 1917. Sealed proposa s will also be received until two o'clock p. m., April 10, 1916, and then opened, for 50 tons anthracite coal. The right to reject any and all bids is reserved by the Treasury Department. A. L. PENDLTRTON, tf Custodian, feb 15 :8 I HELD UP FOR SEVETEEN CENTS J. Clayton Fenell. who lives on Mr, Charlie Overman's farm about a quarter of a mile from town, was heM up by three negroes Saturday evening at about seven o'clock on X.- Body Road while on his way here from his home. Mr. Ferrell was stopped by one darkey who asked him for a match, Saying that he had no matches, he was about to proceed on his way to town when two other negroes step ped out with their pistols and told Wm to throw up his hands. The . first negro then thorougly searched Mr, Ferrell's 'pcokets, dispossessed Jilm of seventeen cents, "and ad vised him to return home. WEDS AT SEVENTY-FOUR Miller Sawyer of Camden County, 74 years old, and Mrs. Maggie He witt, were married Sunday after noon by Justice of the Peace J W, Munden nt the home of the bride on Elliott street'. II. T. Creenleaf and Rev. - E. F. Sawyer have returned from Gatesville where they attended a Gates County District Meeting yoT Odd Fellows. STRONG DEMAND FOR LOW PRICED HIGH GRADE CAR Ey J. K. Hendsrs:n Yes, "1 rciar lines '. th.;t is the woid. To ignore that is to i-'aore the chief thought ia the American mind todiy. But "is there not a cause ?' " What his called forth all this cry for internal and coast defeiKesrand increased armies and naies? Are we in imminent dan ger of attack, or are we being stampeded? Let me quote a para graph from the pen of Charles E. Jefferson D. D. "It is hard to live in a house with an insane person without ultimate ly losing one's own mental balance. Europe is insane, and we are .obliged to live in the same room with her. She is burning up her wealth at the rate of over fifty nillim dollars every day. She is putting Into the furnace not only the wealth of the present generation but she Jb con suming also the wealth of genera- That the low priced, high-grade car meets a long-felt demand from the public Is fully demonstrated by the unprecedented sales of the Dodge Brothers Car during its first year on the American market. Commenting on this and the ever increasing demand for these cars, Russell Huff, Chief Engineer of Dodge Brothers. -says: "The dis criminating buyer of today fully appreciates smoothness, appearance, quality, durability and performance in a motor car but until recently such a car at a low price was con sidered an impossibl.ity. It re mained for the Dodge Brothers to make possible such a car for the public, Their - unlimited resources, years of eng necring experience and ex.ept onal manufacturing facilities have enabled them to produce a car of the highest fwrder at a very low price. ' 'The public have been quick to realize that first quality means low maintenance costs and that . light weight construction means low op erating cost. The artisan, the agriculturist, the professional man and the bunker, alike, respect the propheic warnings predicting still higher prices for gasoline, oils, tires and supplies of all kinds and join in demanding a car of the Dodge type." Mr. Huff further points out that it should Tie of special interest to the buyer to note that all Dodge vital parts are made of special daVanium alloy steel, scientifically heat treated to enab'e them to stand unusual abuse and service; that magneto ignition Is provided to insure the ranchman, the miner or the traveler in the remotest spot in the country the ability to start and run his car regardless of condition of his electric lighting storage battery; that Belf-lubrica-ting alloy springs giving the maxi mum of comfort of easy riding qualities are provided; that genuine hand buffed first grade leather is used throughout in upholstering or Dodge cars and then, an all steel body, callable of receiving the most beautiful and lasting enamel finish known to the art, is r, stan dard equipment feature. adv RESOLUTIONS The following resolutions were unanimously adopted by the Farm Demonstration Agents of the Eas tern District of North Carolina in session at Elizabeth City February Mh to llth 1916 Resolved, first, that we extend to the city Of Elizabeth City our hearty appreciation for the cordial welcome Into her midst Resolved, second, that we ex tend 'our thanks to the Elks Club for the use of the Club room during our stay in the city. Resolved, third, that we also ex tend our thanks to the business men for the splendid .reception given at the E k's Club. Resolved further, that we appre ciate the support given us by the newspapers of this city, and that a copy of this be sent to each of the papers, - O. O.. DUKES, B. TROY FERGUSON', A. K. RORERTSON, Committee. DRIVING PILES FOR A NEW STORE BUILDING ( TP Piles are beign- driven for a new store building next to the new mar ket house to be occupied as soon as inuileted by D. R. Morgan Com- any. an u::thii.k;:.g i- --ople, ;.nJ jay our ' pU.tkUns to think fcr us. And when we do happ-.-n to p n i,sr eyes and see a thin.; as it really is we are un-villins to s;eak our mind, lest we should have the ini- , predion that we think our politi- ! cians are liable to make mistakes. Then the plutocrats and crafts men are playing the card for th-? ( hink that will come to them, if the 1 rparedness program is, carried cnt And they teem to have the win ning card, the Daily Press. We're leing stampeded by the daily press Into the pen for 'Preparedness:' But we may thank God. Unthink ing Men, If we are not stampeded to the slaughter pen. As I see P, the argument for en larged preparedness Is based en tirely on phantoms and ghost stories. and vagaries .and guesses, which blaze in big head lines, giv- tions yet unborn. She has split the veins of her body from top to toe, and is s'bwly bleeding herself to exhaustion. This is indeed the act of a lunatic. The effect of such a spectacle upon our own country is lamentable. We are becoming ex cited, irritable, unreasonable, and hysterical The effect 13 manifest in the d.iily press. Editorial writers write with a recklessness unknown a year ago, and many of the letters published aiV fim persons (more or le8 mentally unbalanced. The war has gotten on men's nerves. Many of them are scarcely aceoun table any more for what they think or say. Like men in a delirium they see spooks and goblins. They shiver at phantoms and go into paroxysms of agony over specters whk'h are the creation of a heated imagina tion. They see in their mind's eye the whole world swarming with I'emies to pounce down on our helpless republic. It dcfeucelessness tills their souls with horror. Or- t,iu iiewsjuipers -day- it t'-r (lay pu(K Ish the same alarming warnings and prophecies, and thus the fever increases and the mental derange ment grows. The whole atmos phe:e h-is beeoine siifit'i Invited . The pressure of the world tragedy has become too heavy for the nerves of n.or'als to endure. Future gen erat'ons will lead with amazement many of the thin-s which are now being slid and published, and wi'l use them as an evidence that once upon a time a certain section of he American people went Insane. ' 'At such a crisis it behooves every Christian man and woman to make a special effort to keep i.ool. When so many others are excited, it is our duty to strive with al". our might ta keep a tran quil pulse. If we cannot read or think of the war without get ting overheated, then the mind should be switched to another track In ordtr that Its equili brium may be re-established." There Is undoubtedly much truth in what Mr. Jefferson says. It has come to be a kind of game with us, that when the leader gives the alarm we must get frightened and run with the crowd. And while we are run ning we can think of nothing but the 'spooks and goblins' that are going to get us. And the chances are that we will not stop until we run our se'ves sick and have to pay the doctor's bill. Once upon a time a cro school boys and girls on th from school came to 'a g oomy place in the path. One mis chievous boy suggested, 'What if a bear Bhould come out the bushes?' They all started off. and some beg:in to call out, t 'The bear Is coming, the' bear is coming.' Soon they were all running and ye ling and screaming until the boy that gave the alarm got so scared that he went into spasms and had to have the doctor. Some of the little fellows were frighten ed out of their wits until a few of the raner heads succeeded in per suading them that there was no bear there. There had probably not been one there in fifty years, and not likely to be in fifty years or more; but the mere suggestion was sufficient to create a stampede That Is. one of the games that is beinj; played on the people today. We are just school boys and girls and are goln Into hysterics over Imaginary evils, and being stam peded into evl s that are not Im aginary, What if Germany should pounce down upon us? What If Japan should land In California? And off we go, full tilt, hair standing on end, and some hairless plutocrats s'anding on their heads for millions of money for a moment of preparedness. But fear is not the. only phase of the fro'ic: we are by profession :owd of ier way meditative ins to "airy nothings a local hab itation and a nau.e:" and the ar gument of the oi position is beint; suppressed and belitt ed and boy cotted. And. if the opinion of the people with whom I am ac quainted in any index to the attitude of the genera, public, the press is claiming entirely too . large a per cent in favor of preparedness. But the sin. the shame, the tra gedy of the trick, it . seems to me, is when men carve scriirt.ure out of its context, and Ignore the teach ings of Christ, add sometimes mis quote him to try to show that this movement on the part of the na tion to prepare to maintain her rights by physical force is in keep ing with the teachings of Christ; and right on top cf that, will argue that the nation Is not Christain, and can not be governed by Christ ian principles. In other words, ' The nation is not ; Christain, and therefore the program of the program of the nation can not be rnrlstitntr but Christ favors the pro grain of the nation. And if you car ry your logic out, ergo Christ favors a non Christian program. Now let us get in a mood and think for a moment: we 1 .. ... i i v. er? Hpenil.ll' two nunureu aim liity dollars annual y for 'Prepar edness' whi e En:lund and Germa ny and France and Austria and Ja pan and Italy and Turkey were also enlarging the;r military equipment, end nobody was afraid we would be gobbled up. Now we are still ad ding to our defenses by two hundred and fifty million dollars a year, and these other nations are burning up the'rs at the rate of fifty million dollars a day. Where then do you find any cause to give credit to the to the assertion that, ' 'Europe after this war will be a horde of raving wolves and unless our defenses are. strong our defenses are strong we shal be devoured?" Is it not more reasonable to as Fume that, Europe after this war will be a bleeding and helpless neigh bor, needing the care of the Good Samaritan? And the United States could be In a postion to perform that function nobly, if she would labor to that end; working with her hands the thing that is good that she might have to give to the needy. If she would transfer the two hundred and fifty million dollars now being spent on preparedness, to annual budget and lay bf in Btore as a free will offering, to be applied at the close of the war to help nurse the bleeding nations back to life, I verily believe it would do more to secure our national honor and insure us against foreign invasion than half our wealth spent in armies and navies and coast defenses could do.. ' 'Cod giv us men a time like this demands; Stroiu minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; - Men whom the lust of-office does not kill, Men whom the spoils of office can not buy; Men who possess opinions and a will. Men who have honor, men who will not lie: Tall men, sun crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and In private think ing. For while the rabble, with their thumb worn creeds, Minge in selfish strife, lo freedom weeps, Wrong rules the land .and waiting justice sleeps." Belcross, N. C February 8, 1016. Dodge Broth MOTOR. CAR It is interesting to step and recall how many good things you have heard of the car and how very few of the othersort It .'s'not overstating the ease to say here that the very hrge first year's prcductitn dd net develon a sing'.e feriouc fau t. This notable achieve ment surely justifies public confi dence in Dcdge Brothers as close and careful manufacturers. rJ - The gasolin consumption is un-. usually !ow - "I.he price or the Touring Car or Roads er complete is $785 (f. o. b. Detroit) 1 AtfrZt: If: :"n"1'' ! Elizabeth City Buggy Co. Matthews St. -:- ' Elizabeth City, N. STOLE SUNDAY EATS Two neg-ocs. Walter Sawyer and John CoiHl,ind, , are In Jail here charged' with breaking Into the house of another negro in Nixonton Saturday night and stealing his provisions. They will be tried in polks court "Wednesday. For tbe Young Cook ! FOR the beginner in cook ing, Crisco is especially attractive. It will enable her to get bet ter food at the same cost as her neighbors who use lard, "lard compounds" or butter ine. Her cakes will be a pride be cause of their richness, their lightness, their easy digesti bility and their economy. Her reputation as a cook will grow and her pleasure in her workwill grow with it. And in part at least, she will owe it to her use of Crisco from the start. JSc per can f DEMAND THE ORIGINAL GOWANS The Mbil"i-Ht ftf I . i ll-i M mm FOR COLDS, CROUP AND PNEUMONIA IT GIVES QUICK RELIEF FOR: Hourf nrd Clist CoMv Couch. Croup, Whooplnu Cough, Pneumonia. Anlim, Catarrh, Broncltitii, mid All laflummation - and Congestion Lxternal Treatment, therefor absolutely safe. IO 0 (11 Ql T'lteompofiiion ot COWANS 111 I I'lIM nT1" i nicciacv pen.iiaiv n. I'lil'lill th. itat ol t CMS, It rnrtrils IwMty. f tht tiiool. thiootb ?rf tinnt oltb ikln like t ftfl-rlpd bnll.t, btukini op coiimi ton, rtliMlnt lnflimmition ind K-iuctpi lem it trnpid rt. Foi Cold Tmabln ill mtrttli an-in-p,ifd. I'rita paid wl;l b it lurried II tr.tlu utliliciiuu ii Dot flrcn. Cool, foi ilk mortf Atoii Imlutioni. See ttit roo tot COW A HI, the remedy that k too teifc'lm. r'AIlTTfYKI Don't iccept "the ume thlni" or 'lomethliijiajtM food"- Thereto IjAU IlUn. onlr one oriiieil. Hemeeibet the bibii GO WAN I. Sold aa--oa nut fuuriutte br Dtumi.u. rilcel J 5c, Stic and 11.00 bottlei. Free naiple ii roe wiite ibe COVVAN MEDICAL COMPANY. Concord. N. C. Baltimore Steam Packet Cof OLD EAY LiNE "Steamers leave Norfolk 6:30 P. M. daily, and on Sundays, , February 27th and March 12th and 26th, and alternate Sundays thereafter untilfurthcr notice. "TlAltlmore Strom Parkct Company'e tlckrta will bt honored O Sunday! they have no steamer by the Chesapeake Line". , f . I t
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