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t Boost Eliza. City On Good Will Day July 4th News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 3, 1916 NO. 31 Administration is Assured Belief at Washington That Secret Com munication Has Been Received By Ad ministration of His Friendly Intent NO HALT IN PREPARATIONS FOR Wl HOWEVER 7 Troops Being Rushed To Border Regardless Of Out come In Order To Be Ready For Emergency " (By United Pre,as) 'Washington, D. C. July 3. Mexi- can matters appear to the State De ipartment to be taking satisfactory nape. The tmporant matter It Carran sa's reply to the American note re questing an ertftcli Katettfent of th Mexican Government's attitude to the American forces In Mexico remains, unsettled, however, and while optimism is the -keynote of rail statements from the Department of State the War Department Is eon tlnulng hastily preparation for any eventuality. The administration is not dispos ed to press Carranza . for his long deferred answed for 'the present ac cording to announcement issued by the State Department today. ' This decision was reached, it is aald, In view of the relief of the ten sion in the general feeling of the country following Carranza's re, lease of the American prisoners at Chihuahua., ... Secretary Lan nig insists that there will be no immediate change n the policy of the administration relative to the disposition of the A merican forces now in Mexico.. This general announcemeut is in terpreted as meaning that the A merican Government has secret as Frances that Carranza will adjust the situation if given time. Present indications, are, therefore, that the United States will wait upon Carran za unless sinister developments oc cur below the border. That there are 21,000,000 able bod led men between the ages of eigh teen and forty-five is indicated in a special census report as to the na ttion's resources in men and as it3 military fitness for defense. The report is based on the 1910 census with an estimated ten per cent Increase covering the period since that time, Carranza Tries Escape r (By United Press) Philadelphia, July 3. Carranza will force war in order to escape from Mexleo City, where he is vir tually a prisoner, said W. F. Flynn a Tuxpam refugee, this morning. "Carranza is scared to death and ttias already made three attempts to -escape to Vera Cruz, in which he was frustrated by his generals." "In the event of war, he will es cape under the pretense of taking the field.' HETTY GREEN DIES AT AGE ortlGHTYTHREE (By United Press) New York, July 3. Hetty Green, the world's riches women died here t today at the age of eighty three. arranza Trying Bench Warrants Issued For Members Greene Mob i) (By United Press) Raleigh, N. C, July 3. A sensation was created here today when the news was receiv ed that bench warrants had been issued for members of the Greene county mob thai lynched Joe Black at Kinston a month or two ago. Rebels Kill American (By United Press) Washington, D. C. July 3. Pri vate Mills was ki led, while First Sergeant Barrister and Trumpeteer Goldsmith and Lieutenant Robinson were wounded as a result of two en gagements of the Americans with rebels in Santo Domingo Saturday. Wood May Be in Command (By United Press) Washington, D. C. July 3. The War Department has announced that the forces along the border have been divided into three sec tions under the respective commands of Major General Funston, Major General Belli and Brigadier Pershing It is believed in some quarters that this re-adjustment is a preliminary step to the appointing of Major General Wood, now commanding the department of tho East, to su preme command on the border. To Adjourn August 20 (By United Press) Washington, D. C, July 3. Fol lowing a conference with the Presi dent! this morning, Senator Kern stated that the President expect! Congress to adjourn about August 20dt ( ;'(VSf"E3 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AUTHORIZE APPROPRIATION The county commissioners in ses slon for this month authorized an appropriation of Bix hundred dollars for the services of a farm demon strator agent for the coming year. A special school tax election was ordered to be held in Salem town ship August 8 th. ' Eugene Itaper of Hopewell is in the city the gueBt of relatives. v i eet Demands James and Sawyer Win In the second primary Saturday In which the contest was between E. F. Lamb ami E. L. Sawyer for trial justice and J. C. James and T." E Palmer for county commission er for Salem township, Sawyer won out over Lamb by a majority of a little over a hundred votes and James defeated Palmer by a major ity a little short of that number. The returns from the various poll ing places are as follows: James Palmer Lamb Sawyer Salem 40 36 30 48 Providence 62 4 21 45 Mt. Hermon 24 0 5 21 Cartwright 20 2 6 17 Pools 23 37 13 60 Newland 48 16 40 31 Nlxonton 8 6 8 6 4th Ward 55 54 45 82 3rd Ward 73 43 46 86 2nd Ward 86 132 139 103 Ifct Ward 68 83 106 83 Total 507 413 459 572 A CORRECTION To The Advance: In Tho Advance of June 27th, Salem No. 2 says "Mr James was elected over Mr." Palmer for " four years." I did not intend to Bay that Mr. Palmer was running against Mr. James ithose years, but that Mr. James has been elected four voir since Mr, Palmer was Coun ty, Commissioner. I do not wish to be unlair to any one and.hope that you will make this correction for ire at once. Salem 2. Note. This communication was intended for Friday's issue of The Advance but reached us a day too late for that paper. ZOELLER A DELEGATE W. H. Zoeller has been elected a delegate from North Carolina to the Eighth Annml Congress of Pho tographers during the Convention of P. A. of A. at Cleveland, Ohio, July 21-24 Mr .Zoeller is first vice presISent of the Photographers As sociation of North Carolina and VIr glniu. 4 Senator Talks Preparedness (By United Press) Washnigtca. D. C. July 3. Had trouble threatened with a powerful, aggreslve nation Instead of . with Mexico, the last few days yould have showa ;he "inherent weakntgf es" of the National Guard system even more strikingly than has been the case, Chairman - Chamberlain of the Senate military committee said today in an Interview with the United Press. ' He had before him in his commit tee room reports of guardsmen lear ing for the front short of horses, mules, " supplies, even rifles; of state forges where 60 per cent of of the men sent to the front never had fired an army rifle; of large proportions of National Guard com panies being disqualified for active service under U. S. physical exam inatlons. 1 h ! JJ ff "Let me make clear first," he said, "that this is not an attack on the guard. The Guardsmen, faulty as the system has shown itself, are better prepared than any of the rest of us. Indeed, thejr are the only men who have imposed any sacri fice on themselves for the sake of making their country less miner able to attack. . ' ' ' "What the failures of the past ten days ought to do is to show the American people their duty the duty of each one to begin to get ready for what situation may come Up. . ' - f "r .' "4 ' ' "It is, the American people who are responsible for few machine guns, no aero service to Speak of, a lack of horses, an organization so Inefficient that In ten days we have succeeded in starting only a Mw states to the border, and those In various degrees of criminal unpre paredne?s. "It was wrong to expect a small percentage of citizens largely un paid, largely the butt of gold-lace jokes, and always with military in terests strictly secondary to bear our preparedness burden. The 'sys tem has Rhown its weaknesses as we shou'd have enttcilated. "Nri'her can the railroads be blamed for the delays caused in the transportation of troops. 'The American people never have suggested even that railroads ought to be prepared, mobilized as part of the nation's military machinery. 'Industries suddenly called on to give up part of their employees of the guard, and at the same time hurry up supplies for them are al together wrongly blamed. Lately in dustrlal preparedness' has become a phrase. Up to recently it had not even been that. "We find, most serious of all, wide physical unpreparedness. Men called from stores, warehouses, off) ces r r other indoor and partly sed entary pursuits, are supposed to be ready to fight. As a matter of fact, some of them have fainted when cal'ed on to mareh and drill a few hours in a climate which compared to Mex'co's Is like a summer re sort. ,. 'We find that, w hen cavalry troops had to change mounts, the utmost, confusion resulted. In one drill half a dozen was Injured, one fatally. "The answer it that the whole nation has been a 'slacker.' We've not only refused to do our duty but even to see it, ( "Let us thank God it was only Mexico that waked us up. "We must come- to the truth. We must have a big enougtT regular army, trained and hardenel, drilled disciplined and equipped to hold the enemy In check. The reserve must be, not a few guardsmen, but the whole nation. "Compulsory military training for all, Is the answer." MEETS WEDNESDAY AFTER NOOM The W, C. T. IT. will meet at. the home of Mrs, It. W, Turner nn Church street on Wednesday after noon at 4 o'clock, Dig Allied Offensive i And is Now Being Pressed Both North and South of the Somme With Monitors Assisting in Ar tilery Action (By United Press) Paris, July 3. In a brilliant night attack the Germans were thrown back on a wide front, the French capturing Harcourt, within five mile of the stategical town of Peronne. Thirty nin German batallians participated in the defense, thirty one of which sustained frightful losses and suffered complete disor ganization. Most of the ' prisoners captured were exceedingly young. Under a blazing July sun the al lied armies are pushing across the rolling farm lands of the region north of the Somme where the greatest battle of history Is devel oping. - With the arrival of heavy Ger man reserves the fighting Is grow ing more intense and threatens to extend itself along the whole 110 mile front from the, Somme to the Sea. , v. : the British heavy artiiiery "haV been pounding the German line In Flanders for forty-eight hours. The sound of the guns of ships off the coast leads to the belief that Brit ish monitons on the coast of Flan ders are assisting in the artillery action. v ' This startling announcement re calls the statement from Berlin made Saturday that the British might be expected to deliver their most powerftl Btroke further north ward in Flanders while the British and French to the Southward contln uod their gigantic offensive toward tho railway centers of Peronne. Cambrai, and Lille. The German losses for the first thirty-six hours of the fighting are estimated at twenty thousand. The offensive toward the South of Som me is now development in!o a huge rolling movement which with the capture of Becqulncourt has car ried the French within five miles of Peronne. . The British public are not Intox icated by the reports of the sweep ing success of the first stage of the allied offensive, but realize that to achieve its full puropse may take months of effort and may involve for the allies temporary setbacks and reverses. Border Force Increasing (By United Press) El Paso, July 3.- Eastern mllitlu, pouring into this city in a continual stream, are being rapidly dispatch ed to points along the international line, the names of which, for strate gle reasos, are not given out, Mexico City is Uncertain (fiy United Press) Mexico City, July 3. The Foreign office Is unable to make a definite announcement as to when Carran za's reply to the last American de mands can be made. It is thought that it may be several days yet, Mr. J. N. Bell of Thomasvllle ar rived in the city Saturday to take a position la The Advance shop. till Gains leaduay .4 Hydroplane Has Arrived The big Curtis Hydroplane arrived in the city promptly on time. t At about three o'clock she warf sighted down the Pasquotank, sklmf mlng the air like a big mosquito hawk. "-...I Rapidly the air-ship grew larger and as word that she was coming got) about,, in various parts of tb4, city whistles shrieked and shrilled! Crowds began to run down to ths water front, but before any except those already near at hand couU reach It, the big bird had skimmed down td the water and turned to' her landing) '"saafl Cfc'13 - OVi KK f ) When first sighted the hydroplane was headed straight for tiia Ad ranee office but before , descending the pilot wheeled to the right, des cribed a semi-circle and the shro strtick th waters of the harbor with fler nose pointed to Riverside drive where she made her landing, on a specially constructed pier. ' Elizabeth City is now la gala color and In gala spirit. Bunting and flage are everywhere in 'evi dence, and the city smiles her wel come to the visitors who are al ready beginning to throng the streets. ' A. & M. COLLEGE GRADUATES " FILL RESPONSIBLE P LAC EST The demand for young North Car olinians whose education and train ing qualify them to take responsible places in the State's advancing de velopment in Agriculture, manufac turing, and other produstive enter prises, grows apace. Of the ninety younjr men who were recently grad tated fnom the .Agricultural and Mechanical College, practically all had positions waiting for them on the day of their graduation. These young men are taking their places not merely as leaders In the State's material growth, but In its solid pro gresslve tenhnicalshlp as well. The nnnouneemnt of this groat technical institution appears In this issuo. BOARD ALDERMEN MAKE TAX LEV The Board of Aldermen. In regu lar monthly session Monday after-' noon made the following tax levy: General Fund $ .75 Fire 07 Street Improvement .04 Street Bonds 1911 14 Water ." io Market House .10 Graded School .40 Total $1 .60 The levy on each taxable poll is as follows: Street Labor .....$1.50 Water .80 Graded Sehnol . 1.20 Market House 30 Total $3.30 OPPERATED'ON FOR , APPENDICITIS Register of Deeds, J. W. Munden was taken to the hospital Sunday evening for an operation for appeu dHt"- - . .CMS'. -At
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