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r, u News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice V A The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth' City ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 1916 VOL. V NO. 55 - t i 1 .taican Situation Still Presents Difficulties President Wilson Points Out Dif ferences That Must Be Settled Before All Danger of Trouble Can Be Regarded As Obviated Washington, D. C, July 6 Per shing's punitive expedition will not toe withdrawn cn the mere strength of Cananza's friendly note. This is today's decision from of vfi al headquarters. The indications A e however, that the note has paved the way for a discussion which may pave the way to the ul tlmate withdrawal ot the American (Zeroes. Secretary Lansing conferred this anornlng with President Wilson as to the situation and following the -conference described it as leaving the door open for future negotiation and for amicable settlement, al--thought the real issue remains thru Carrania's failure to disavow Tre jino's orders to Are On Americans. Counsellor Polk wUl handle any Negotiations during Lansing's vaca tion which starts tomorrow. 8TANDS BY ORDERS Though convinced that the dan iger of Immediate war with Mexico . is past the War Dpartment still 'stands by its orders sending all militiamen originally called to the torder. Aside from the advantages ; of mobilization and the hardening process incident to a patrol of the border, the Department deems It advisable to thoroughly protect the border whi'e diplomatic negotiations are progressing. - VILLA STILL ALIVE Color is given reports to the ef fect that Villa is still alive by ru mors reaching the State Depart ment through special agents to the ffect that he has forces below Par ral and movln northward. It is ' aid that though wounded in his re ,reat from the border he has now Recovered. Secretary Lansing said to-day after his conference with the Presl dent that p reply to Csrrnnza's rote vou'd ro forward soon. The first drift, wi'l probsbly be red before "the cabinet tomorrow. The -ee:oMs- 'wtwwi tMfl Cn'-irnm"it tt firri"-i rprrlrfi on throneh Although onp crisis has Just been Buccp'sfu'ly passed pud Cnmmn's nttltufie Tins become that of en-on-ratlvP friendliness, dagger plomr the border is pi 111 to be rokoned There' nre three problems which the T'rtltpd Stnte roust face. First, the withdrawal of Perhlne's punl - - tly nedlHon r wend,- th- esth ' Ushnient "of Pnnriprfltlvp . border pa trol; and bird, the cleaning up of Kor'bPrn Me-eo, Government officials believe that, the end of September wl'l spp A-rnprlf-BT? troop entirely wl'hdrawn from Mexico and the greater pnrt of the mlUtla back home, wt'h the Iwrdr ndtrnVpd hv the TTrited "Statr Petnilsrs. . Bxe Davennort Jr., of Columbia , "has rrnrned t0 bis home In Colnm W'i nft-vr smen'n-r severn1 davs fF'fy G. R. Litchfield on Martin Afreet. D. y. nnrt f frilly win lesr Voi('!i- to sn-d snmo tfmp nt nr'i- -r'"rs. f t'-P mom tnlrs ot Vlrrtnl. Mr. .V E. Turner of nrttorrt, M'h his o'dpst son, George are jpiesfs of T. T. Turner. ' Heavy Losses By Austrians (By United Press) Petrograd, July 6. At least half a million Austrians have been killed captured or wounded since the be ginning of the Russian offensive. In southeasie.n Gallcia General Let chltzky'B advance has been so rapid that after capturing Kolomea, the Russian army of Invasion now threatens all eastern Galacla and pe AustorGerman right wing is under terrific pressure. The Austrians are staggering back along the muddy lowlands of the Pruth and Dneister abandoning enormous supplies. At least one point, a railroad! station eight miles from Stanislus, the supply line of the Austrian forces has been cut. On the Riga front also the Rus sian offensive is driving' the Ger mans back. """" Clash Again San Domingo (By United Press) Washington, D. C. July 6'. Rout lug 250 revolutionists, ki'liiu 27 and capturing five, the American murines, advancing upon Santiago, San Domingo, suffered a loss of one killed, one seriously and seven slightly wounded. The name of the soldier killed In the engagement is George Frazee. SUNDAY SCHOOL GOES ON ANNUAL OUTING WEDNESDAY The members of the First Baptist Sunday school and church will go on their annual outing to Virginia Beach next Wednesday. Plans for the day have been com pleted by the committee in charge and a mo.t enjoyable occasion is looked forward to. As is tho custom, pn'y the mem bers of the church and Sunday school, and those visiting In their homes, ere Included In the outing. This arrangement Is made to avoid crowded cars and to make the day an entirely pleasnnt and comforta ble one for the children of the Sun day. school. Dr. L. S. BladeB and family, Mr and Mrs. G. F. Drrrieksoi, and daughter. Miss Elizabeth, left Wed nesdiy by nut0 for a trip to the oi l Blades home In Maryland end the old Derrlrkson home In Deleware Doth of Dr B'artes cars were used In the trip. Messrs Wljllnm. Meronef and 1 Chas. Brandt of Noronk are in the j city the guests of Mr. and Mrs. T T. T. Turner. C. C. Leary of Gregory was In the city Wednesday. I OST OR STOLEN fronf Keehey Cranlt's car on July Fourth one 'nrpcy travplllns I as. Return -to or notify Advance office or 817 River sie Avnnne. . It bold W, D. Cox of Moyock was in the city We3nesday. 'AM , ,'v " lr)r '7fAl Jt ff-wl Kii.A .it.-. jJIsjl. iv I k ,fiOs- - - Jj ,rv.to iiiiiniiM.il .. ... .y,....,.... M n, mi , n n , -j j- ; ,a.t . )im mm it NOTICE TO TEACHERS APPLY 'NO FOR STATE CERTIFI CATES. Examination to be given at School, Jul 13 and 14.) High Schedule of Examination. For High School Certificates. ' ThunHtay, July 13, nine O'el pk . Theory and Practice of ' Teaching School Law of North C.rollna, En?- lish, American History, English His tory. Friday, July 14, nine o'clock Arithmetic; Algebra, Plane Geom etry, Either Latin. French or Ger man; either Gerenl Science. Phy sics, Thysical GeoRnphy. Acrlcul ture, Botany or Chemistry. Five-Year Certificate. (S ale Thursday, July 13, N'ne o'rlcck Theory and Pracice of Teaching. School law of North Carollan, Spfll ing, Drawing. Realing, Aritiimetlc, Langunge and Composition. Friday, Ju'y 14, nine o clock English Grammer Geor,iphy. Phy sioloKy and Hygiene, History of North , Carolina, History of the United States, Civil Government, Ag rlctilture. The subjects w'lll be given exact ly as scheduled, and cannot be tak en at any other time. All examlna tlong for Renewal of State Certifi cates will be at 10 o'clock Thurs day July 13. and cannot be taken at any other time. No teacher wl'l be allowed to take any part of ihe State examina tions, wlio has not. made application to the State Bo:ird of Examiners, and who his rot received from said Bonn! of Kxamlners explicit direc tions us to the subjects required. Each applicant for n SMB-CortM-cnle, therefore, will be expected to 1 rinp the notice received from the Board of Examiners. In case pirt of the examination' required comes on Thursday., and part on Frid . the applicant wiP have to arrange t0 be on hand at the ttme the subjects are scheduled. In order to prevent the posslMlity of the questions hav Ing been made public before any ap pllcant hss opportunity to take the examination on said questions. These relations "re '""ued by Ihe State Board of Examiners, and cannot In any cas- be altered or set aside. PlenRp r"o not esk me to make sneclal concessions, for I hnVp no authorl'y to do so. Applicants for County certificates will be examlnrd at same time and T'lic" Colored applicants will not be examined until the close of the Nccto Summer School. W. M. TTINTOV, Snnerlntcndent of Prsnnotank Conn Julv fi 11 . ty. Miss Thelma Miller of WInfalJ Is the zuest of her uncle T. T. Turner dETTING LESSONS IN CARE AND USE'OF RIFLES The Germans Admit Losses (By United Press) Berlin, Ju'y 6. The war office ad mils the loss of Belloyens and An te re, south of the Somme, and the evacuation by the Germans of the village of Hem. It is also admitted that the British made minor, advan ces obtaining a firm footho'.d south of Thiepval. Two Cities Are Cut Off (By PnuV'd Press) New Orleans, July ti. AH efforts to reach Mobile and Pensacola were vain up to ten o clock this morning. From Louisville and Nash vi le reports are to the effect that all the country in the region of Mobile and Pensacola are flooded. These two cities were cut off by a storm which- swept Inland from the Gulf Wednesday. NORFOLK VISITORS COME THROUGH DISMAL SWAMP Mr. V. C. Gatewooj of Norfolk came to Elizabeth City Monday via the Dismal Su'amp Canal in I'.Ij launch wf'h the following party Mrs. M. A. Gatewcod, and grand daughter, Ml h Bertha King of Wash Inston, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Wil li m J.Tr.ifton and s n, JVVilil im Trafton, Jr.. Mr. John Tyler Gill Miss Mat io P White, and Master Corhen Whlt all of Norfolk. Tho members of tho party were guests of MIks Sallie Perry on . Fe .riiiK j street for Good Will Day, M-s. Geo, Hertford to T. Turner has visit relative!. gone to REGIMENT ! ; 7 ; j Boyd's Body At El Paso (By United Press) El Paso, Texas, July 6. The bod ies of Captain Boyd, Lieutenant A dai and seven negr'o troopers ot the Tenth Cavalry killed In the Car rizal fight have arrived here. ; INTEREESTING MEETING OF W. C. T. U. A very Interesting meeting of the W. C. . U. was held at the home of Mrs. It. W. Turner Wednesday ifternoon. The subject for the meet ing wa8 tithing, a,.d is Mrs. Turner is Superintendent of tills depart jnent she read a letter from Mrs. Ar thur Lyon, State Suptrlntendent, and also a' tract on the eubject. Business of importance was dis cussed and a rising vote of thanks was extended to those who so ably contributed to the making of the float for the "Good Will Djy" pa rade. After the business was concluded a social hour was enjoyed, and re freshments were served by the hos tess, assisted ly Mrs. Covert, EXAMINAT'ONS IN FOR TEACHERS CURRITUCK rEXT WEEK Currituck, July 3r-On July 13th., and 14th at Currituck courthouse the examinations for the county, five-year ttate, ard ""stife high Fchool certificate, will be given nil day. The papers frr ihe s'i'te certlfl-r;ttf-wn-urr"gr.'idrt i Raleigh by tho state examinating borl. The papers for the county certificates will be graded In the county. All faebers tilln the examination nre urned to bp oT time. An examination will filso be clvetv nrp'lpants for A. and M. College. Raleigh. These t aprrs will I e sent to the college for grading. OF NATIONAL GUARD KAISER FiRsrpiio Arrives With Staff on Somme Front And Is Determined To Check British Advances (By United Press) London, July 6 Emperor William and his staff are reported to have arrived at the Somme front and the Kaiser is said to have assumed di rect and personal command of the operations In this region. Gret bodlos of Germm s are bein massed between the Anore and the Somme in the effort t0 stem the tide of the British advance. The in dicatlons are that within the next twenty four hours the Germans will launch furious counter attacks in an attempt t0 stifle the British of fensive and to prevent further French advance. Dispatches from Berlin indicate the Kaiser's determination to put an early halt to the British opera tions at all costss From Paris come reports that the cathedral at Verdun was heavily bombarded by the Germans last night and that a . strong German counter attack had recaptuder from the Frendh two minor positions north of the Somme. .The French claim to have reta'iated effectively by ad vances at other points In the same region. The French claim to have captur ed 76 cannon and Several hundred n, chine gnus since the' forward movement started. In a'a'I'-'ht advance at Thiepval northeast of Albert end not far from the rallraod center, Peronne. the Brlfi h have t iken a number of prisoners, and on tho south at La basse Canal have made a successful raid of the enemies trenches after gas smoke attacks. MEDICAL SOCIETY HOLDS MEETING The Pasquotank, Camden and Dare Medical Society held its reg ulr monthly stsslon in the parlors of the Elizabeth City Hospital Wed nesday nlght with acting-President Dr. W. W. Sawyer in the chair. A symposium of typhoid fever was presented and discussed freely and with much interest, this being the season during which this disease Is most prevalent. Tho fie for vaccina tion for the prevention of typhoid fever was raised and tho following was decided upon. Compl-te vaccl nation trcntnv-nt for first member lira family ft '-Tee injections) J3.00; for second nu mber In r family $2.25 aiid Jt. fin-tor nil o'lrrs. Dysentery is th sul jeet for dls ruwion it the next meeting. The Focb'ty tneinliers prrsehf were as follows: Dr. MeMu'lan, Dr, W. W. Sawyer, Dr. 1 eter. Dr. 1 Fearing, Dr. 7.. Fearing, Dr. Wjllljms 'and Dr. Sallba. Following th. MiI?ess session 'Ikl.t refreshments were--serve K ON THE MARCH I .;.. . .... . T?.,J ) n I
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