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M 9 M IN The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1916 NO. '44 TO 0, TMT it! I i 11 1 1 F) fifr r VFX frS r) F)' fa r A i : ill it. x i . v -u i t- I i n i WON EUM1IIATES BY EXECUTIVE Congressman Hay, Chairman of The House Committee On Mil itary Affairs, Expected To Re sign To Accept Office Ten dered Him (By United Press) 'Washington, July 15. President "Wilson roused congressional army circles from the lethregy which the stfSng ueat cf th3 p. m week had Arought about, when he nominated James Hay, Chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs to be associate Justice of Court Claims. 2vTo appointment since that of Brandeis lias caused such surprise. The officers of the army are open y jubilant at tfie nomination. Mr. Hay and the general Staff hare always been at loggerheads over the qfe"stlon of the size, forma tion and administration of the land forces. ' Hay has been a conslstant cham pion of the mflltTa and his much crftlslzed Federalized MlHtla Bill ' furnished the framework for the present army re organization plan . Acceptance of the nomination is expec-etf Immediately. Many of his policies have conflict ed with "fire president's. When tne army bill was in the making TTayV rjarrTSur and the Pres ldent wfWTngased fn a thre Tor nered flcht over tBe provisions of .the bill, Hay being a small army tnan. UTrlon nnd the resident want ed "Citizen Soldiery.' and Hay in sls'pd upon developing th mililia. When Hay showed strength and the Prerident couldn't force a change CnrrLon resigned. Hay's appJTntfnent makes Hubert Dent, Jr., of Alabama, the ranking Democratic Member of the Military Committee". 7 Debt's ehampbnship of the Militia has teen decidedly Jess emphatic than "Hays. Only Woman In The Army (By Untied Presr) Columbus, O., "July 15 The only woman soldier in the United Spates army lives In this ,city. She is Mrs. Xllllan S;haeufele assistant to Quar ternnstcr Olin, In charge of the transportation facilities at govern ment barra.ks h-r;. She sail today that she has been on the job 18 jea:s and tilnks that the man who wrote "I didn't raise my boy to be a soldier'' N a dojllj-dyed piker. Mrs Sihieufele gets $100 a month and has only, missed four days, , in the last 16 years. Besides serving in Uncle Sam's army, Mrs. Schaeu tele Is married and keeps house. Her husband Is a factory superlnten den'.. ' " "It's odd that I should keep on working this way when I don't "have to," sa'd B'le today 'but 1 love my job and I Just can't quit. SALESMEN. WEARY OF SLOW MAILS AND WIRES, SENDS ORDERS BY CARRIER PIGEONS (By United Press) Cleveland, July 15. Weary of hnv ing his orde-s delayed ly wlre nnd slowed by mail service, George E. Sneddon, salesman, for a Cleveland Arm, bought some carrier pigeons whleh have done so well tl at. his firm his Juit instituted a statewide system of carrier pigeon cimmuni nt'on among all its salesmen. OPPOSITION! Double Size Of Frisco (By United Press) San Francisco. July 15-. A plan to mere than double the area of San Francisco is to ba considered by a municipal committee here to chay and repcr.ed on not later than August 1. It is cn annexation pro ject similar to the borough system In New York City. From San FranciBco southward a long what is known as the peninsula extends an almost uninterrupted line of small municipalities includ ing Redwood City, Sin Mateo, Bur llngame, Daly City, Menlo Park. San Bruno and South San Francisco counties. " ' Representative commitees have been appointed to draft a bill for presentation to the legislature, au thorizing the Incorporation. This committee includes offlcla's of the rltleg and towns involved. Better water and transportation are anions? the Inducements offered Possibly May Leave To-night (PrT United Press) na.tlmore.l July 15. It has bee . x fhTZ by son; one connected with the loading of the Deutschland that it is possible TtVfat she may leave to Bight. .All IndicationB point to the "Bub mersihle's" Being ready to leave by TuesfTTy, at least. The reloading for the ffeturn trip continues without let up. Acting Secretary Polk will make no formal announcement in regard to the Deutschland, but In view of all the ficts, the State Department considers the sul mersfble a peace ful bTTp. (Fly United Tress) The British Foreign Office has been notified as to t'-e decision of the Sta'e Department relative, to the Deulschland's status. No repre setatlong to the American govern ment will be made, however, until the English Embassador at Washing ton gets a reply from London. It is thought that the ' British vfrw that the Dputsch'and is poten tially a war ship may be altered since the American decision has been announced. Germans Are Forced Back (By United Press) London, July 15. The Germans have been forced back at one point to the third line of defense Under smashing British blows and are now four miles behind their orl ginal front. Captures In this victory nmounted to two thousand Germans In twenty four hours, hnnping the total num ber since the beginning of the offen sive up to ten thousand. This rero-t reiehej h-re directly frftS'tleneral Halg through the War office. ' . Think Turkey May Desert (By United Press) Rome, July 15 The Germans are worrying over the posslt ility that Turkey may desert the Central Pow erfrVhile they are under attack from all sides and sue for peace. ThTs reJJrt was Drought here by a NewJYork salesman who has Just arrived from Berlin. Leaves On Naval Cruise (By United Press) Norfolk, July 15. Manned by a skel.on crew and six hundred rook ies, the battleship Louisiana, sailed this morning with the Texas, Flori da and North Carolina, on a naval militia cruise. Lid is Off Horse Races (By United Press) Cb'cago, July 15. The torce rac ing i.d, which hag been damped on htre for the last ten years, was kicked off with a bang today when a two weeks' meet opened at the old Hawthorne race track, the scene of some of America's most thrilling heats. Three big attrac ions are carded for the meet: the American Derby, for which a $10,0.00 pure has been hung up; and the Merchants' and Gold Cup handicaps. Tbe American D r y'was schedul ed for today. The distance is a mile and a quaiter. The purse will, ha1 divided $7000 to the winner $1,750 for pta:e. and $750 for how and $500 for f. urth. The revival of the Derby Is hail ed with joyous acclaim by ti e world of shorts. The meet is being held under the auspbs of the Illinois y Cltil', composed of a score (of ClUcazo's merchants who are staging the meet as a feeler of pub lie sentiment toward horse races. The club has declared aeair.st gam bllng and has detectives here to prevent It. Among the w.;ll known sportsmen who are backing ths meet are: C. K. G. Billings. J. Ogden Aromur, Gordon C. Thorne. Samuel Insult, James A. I ugh, Trecy Drake, Fred erlek Upham, William A. Pinkerton Joseph Belfield, W. C. Keeley, Ar inur W. Warilnton and Oscar F. Mayer. Siouxtlndians On The Wagon (By United Press) St. Paul, Minn, July 15 Mata (Iguana, full Wooded Sioux Indian, is on his way here today to tell the Prohildtion National contention del egates that the Sioux are on the water wagon for good and all. Mata will le-'ount in a spe?ch how "Mln Tile Qichan," which is Sioux for "Mysterious Water," has cursed the tribe for years, b it is now and for some time has been cursed by the buckB. Ciquana, tailed by his tribesmen, "Little B ear" because he is six feet tall, almost as broad and weighs 220 p;unds, is an autotor, author, farmer, titenograp'.'er, printer, trav eler, end a baseball and football fan. I!ii business nine Is . do Witt Hare and he owns 200 acres of $80 land near Wi gner, S. T). He is a Presbyterian, a temperance advo cate and a pridunte of Huron, a. D College. FERTILE HUB TO BE DEVELOPED Historic Perquimas Coun ty Plantation Purchased ByElizabeth City Cap ital Will Be Divided And Sold 4 A real estate deal of mora than usual li.tercst h.s been eou.-suiiiiuat ecf" m tbe purchase by Mr. W. G. Gaither una Mr. W. K. Lambert ot the old Lei,h farm in Perquimans couuty. This faim is situated on the pun ensu:a w lit re the Perquimans river enttrs the s.TT.iI aTd contains some of the 4tfl0i,T feitl'.e land in all North Carolina. Part of the large tarm is to he of fered for s.-ile in small farms by Mr. Gal. her and Mr. Lambert, and these small farms will make a di rect appeal to. many people who have been locking for such a place and many of whom have been looking at parts of the o!d Leigh farm with wishful eye fora number of years. The division of this land Into small er farms Is In keeping with the mod ern Idea of farming, where with a small number of acres of ood land, the up to date farmer intensifies his efiorts and diversifies his crops un til he makes more than the man with a larger tarm who is not able to use It to' he best advantage. The purchase of this property by these two progressive young busi ness men means that sort of devel opment. Mr. Gaither, c shi- r or the First Natlonil Bank, is widely known for bis public spirit as well as his' bus iness ability, os is Mr. Lambert in the real es'.nto Lu-dne.s. - ' There is no reason why,' s.iys Mr. Lambert, ''tTiat any man who wants to own land and a home in the eounlty should n(it Invest In this land, w'lch is extremely fertile and of such character as to produce a great variety of crops and where the price Is f r lower than that of landg In this immediate vi inity. It is in the finest stock farm sec tion in XoTVti Carolina.. There is enough pasturage to keep cattle fat nine months in the year." The old mansion on ti e Leigh farm was erected by James Leigh In Trie e;irly fifties. It is built of brick with wal's forty eight inches thick. An evidence of the sreat rrops formerly riised on the place is the big barn, which covers three acres of ground. The farm contains a thousand acres of' land and was bought by Mr Gai'her and Mr. Lambert from John G. Wood Jr., and A. Mi Forehand of TTt"n"on, who p -irchased it from C. W. Grandy of Norfolk. H ANBURY CULPEPPER Mr. Robert Frank Hanbury and Miss Ru h Teresa Culpepper both f if Portsmouth, were married last night at a late hour bf-Rev. I. N. Loft In af hfs repldence on Pennsyl vania Avenue. The coui'le came In on the train from Norfolk, which was late. GO AFTER SHARK Mr. O. F. Gilbert and Dr. J. D. Hathaway will leave next week for a' shark hunting trip on the coast. NOTICE , ...Carload, of ChcroleiV shipped from the- factory on July the 11th. are exj ei'tfd by us next week. Hold your orders till you can see these jutomoblla beauties. C. W. STEVENS CO Object to Race Track 1 By-United "Tress) Omaha, Neb., July 15. Although it is believed to he one of the fast est tracks In the world, several of the famous auto drivers entered in the Omaha speedway races here To day object to the fact that it is built of boards. None of the drivers ref -sed to rare on It, however, ex cept Josef Chrlstiaen8 and Frank Gab in, the Sunbeam team, and they were expected to capitulate before the starter's pistol sounded." Estimates early today placed the probable attendance at 50,000 per sons. Eddie Rtckcnbaeher, the win ner las", yeir. will have no easy vie tcry this tme. He r n away from the field last year, aver, glng 91.87 miles an hour. Rickenbacher, Resta and De Palma will battle today in th 50 and 150 miles runs . Experts have estimated that the time will tcp tbe 100 mile mark. Resta will drive a Peugot. Ricken bacher a Maxwell, De Palma a Mer cedos, Henderson a Maxwell Coop e, a Stutif, d'Alerie a Dusenberg, Milton a Diiinterg, Devlin a Rose Royce, Chandler a Crawford, Lewis a Crawford, Johnson a Crawford. Thompson a Olson Special. Mulford a Hudson and V'tll a Hudson. Yachters In Annual Races (By United Press) Sandusky, 0., July 15. Spanking breezes filled the sails of numerous yachts, hundred horse power motors roared In hydroplanes and expert swimmers and divers practised their favorite stunts In the waters of Put In-Bay today. Thp Buy Is ullve with siortsmen here to attend the 22nd unnual regitia of the Inter-Lake Ymhting association, which le?jlns tomorrow and ends July 21. Boats of all classes, from yawls and yachts to ca'b iats and canoes were manned by sportsmen from many mld-west.rn clHs. Power boat races have been nrrmged for each day of the me t. A $1,000 pri.n trophy will be awarded the boat winning the hydroplane event. Two races for eich of -the nine classes of power boats will he run. One handicap rach for each class and ne handicap according to the. Amer lean power boat association rules Is scneduled. A b!ing and go-back race w.11 include cTulsrs. runa'touts. ex press cvruisers, open boats and hy droplanes.. V Three r "'cli Ci ten classes of yachts wl'I be run", the first Monday. Prze8 amounting to $3.K0O will b0 ("warded. i:i the swim minx even's, central Interest Is in the 2 mile Cr-at Lakes ch-implon- ship nice, wf l.'h is open to men and women amateurs TOWN OF 6.0C0, WITH 14 SALOON VOTES ON PROHIBI TION TODAY (By United PressT Lextngton. Mo., July 15. Lexing ton today Is voting on local option. With a popula'lon of less than 6,000 this town has 14 saloons, 11 of them In one block. - Aground Off Cape Henry (By I'ni'ed Press) Norfolk. July 15. The British steamer, Junln, Is aurounl off Cape Henry noi far from the channel through which the Doutschlard must pisg In hnr seaward dash. The steamer is in no danger and tugs have gone to her assistance. III ABOARD HECTOR SAVED Men In Life Boats Picked UpThis MorninglA daylight By Tug, Wil mington, and tender Cy press (By United Press) " Charleston. July 15. With the fia val collier Hecior broken in two in yesterday's storm and abandonee! ft radL-gram brought word- to the navy yard here this morning that all oa board had been saved. The crew and marines were bein taken aboard the tug, Wilmington, and the lighthouse tender, Cypress, at daylight this morning. ThelaniUng of' the shipwrecked crew cf the collier at Charleston this morning revealed the fact that the chief engineer and fireman wert .seriously and the ship carpenter painfully injured before the rescu of the crew was effected. The last wireles messages, from the Hector at three o'clock yester day afternoon were 8 0S calls for help, stating that the boat wa breaking In two. At midnight the collier was ahan doned and the crew of seventy men fcnd twelve officers with sixty ma rines put to sea In life boats, hop ing to be picked up. A message was sent broadcast from the Navy Deparement asking all vessels in the nearby waters to go to" the Hector's tld. ' The des-rover Terry which was al so off the Charleston const yester day afternoon in the gale hi tow of the tu?, Relief, readied the dock safely this morning. Hands Out Many Jobs (By United Press) Washington, JuTy 15. President Wilson is facing the task of dishing out from seventy five to a hundred thousand dollars worth of Jobs with In the next ten days besides a nura ber of oob whi t' are merely honor ary'antf Parry no salaries. The Rural Credits Bill provides for five board members of seventy live hundred dollars each. The Revenue Bill which la expect ed soon to fce. cleared means six tar Iff commlsslomrs with the same al , Thre will bo at least six or seven honorary Jot s resulting from the Army Bill also. IF IT RAINS TODAY IT WILL RAIIV FOR 49 (By United Press) WashinGton, D.'c. July 15. ThlV Is St. Swithin's Day, upon which an old legend Bays, if it rains, it will rain forty consecutive days and nights thereafter. However, every time this prcpasltlon ii put up to Uncle Sam's weather man, he hoots at the idea and produces records to show that it n'iv.r h-s proved true yet CHRIST CHURCH Mr. Ashby will preach at thi ser vl"e at 11 A. M. Subject, "Things Seen, nnd "rings not Seen." At nU'ht-tbe Mist Bipf 1st, First Meth odist end 'Prestiyerliin t'htirches will worship at Christ Church. Dr! B. C. Hefclrig w;ll preach. Miss Senff will sing "t both services. Choir practice tenk'ht at 8 P. M. I -
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