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1 i The Only Democratic Newspaper fPublished In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING JULY 19, 1916 NO. 47 DEATH TOLL STILL DIMS .As Telegraphic Commu nication Is Restored New Messages Of Death And Disaster Are Brought In No Lives'Lost But Property Damaged Charlotte, July 19. The res toration of communication with Mount Airy has revealed the fact that five cotton fac tories have been completely wiped off the face off the earth by the floods, No loss of life is reported tfcere. The number missing in the Chimney Rock section now totals ten. (By United Press) Ashevll'.e, July 19 With condi tions gradually returning to normal in the flood district the telegraph lines bring in more distressing tales of death and disaster. The latest dispatches received here report John Heath and mother Mrs. Caldwell and child were killed in a landslide at Brevard, and Mrs. "Edgar and two children were killed at Hickory Nut Gap. EigTit are reported drowned in the Eat Cave section. Misses Susie and Polly Collins were kil'ei at Volga. This brings the death list in this section up to thirty five. A'! manuf.icturlng plants not tot ally destioye are preparing to re sume work. Damage to these plants is now estima'ed at fifteen million dollars. AS TOLD AT CHARLOTTE The Charlotte Observir, which was compelled to set it dynamos running by steam produced in its own plant, his not missed an Issue and the following paragraphs are clipped at random from that news paper: . i. ' "The great rain' thit wrought the havoc seems to have centered its fury near the tarkbone of the Blue .Ridge Mountains, where its divided force swept down ti e eastern slopes in one direction, the waters finding vent through tl.e Catawba and the Yadkin, while the other division tumbled into the Swannanoa and French Broad on the western slopes One who should have statistical in- formation of the mills and factories, the dams and the bridges, the farm lands and houses along the winding length of these streams, would bt, in a measure, able to give an ap proximate idea of the destruction to property that has been wrought Small saw mill plante have disap peared by the hundreds. The valley of the Yadkin will be found strewn with the debris of furniture fac tories and with thousanda of dollars in rough and manufactured woods; with hundreds of hogsheads of to bacco washed away with the going Kj'f tobacco factories; corn from the ionce"smIling fields" will be jammed In great masses of matteressed drifts, and the dead "cows, hogs, sheep, horses and mules of one far mer wi:i cumber the land of his Neighbor. Where the river catches the drift there will ba piled the wreckage of homes, barns and of granaries. The same scenes will be of record along the banks of the Ca tawba and to these will be added the wreckage of (lie more valuable industry representing the cotton mill. 'Assembling all of this miscel laneous havoc toRnier and making note of i there may come the con clusion, that immense as is the loss in b'idges, i'seif an item that will Deutschland Still Delays (By United Press) Baltimore. July 19 On account of delay in adjusting machinery the Deutschland was. still at her pier here at noon. It la now thought that fHe silbmer sible is net likely to get away be fore Sunday or Monday. iThe boit s wirless is stated to ue sea'ed Tinder Neutrality provisions after ten day's stay here. One report is going around that the Deutschland awaits the arrival cf the Bremen In order to ascertain the position of warships off the coast. The Bremen is expected to do.k Suudiy. .. . The Deutschland is slated for a trial sulmcrging today. Hold Meetings in Private Car (By United Press) Livingston, Montana, July 19 The newspaper editors of Montana met in extraordinary convention a- board a bunch of Pullman cars here today. Their usiness sessionsb and their special train started at the same time and will keep up a fast clip around the state from now on for the next seven days. The trip and the convention stretchcea from here to Hunter's Hot Springs and thence into Wyom ing, where the Wyoming and Won tana editors will meet in joint con vention July 25th. There will be a daily program of social events a board the special after each editor has edited bis paper for the day by wire and the so emn business of the convention has been .done and shut up forihe diy. A big crowd of Livingstonlans gathered at the trains to see the editors get away. shake the courage of cor; oration, as well as county, the damage wrought to the rural and industrial interests will overshadow all other considera tions. "The tragedy in the full of 'he Southern Railway bridge over the Catawba" Tiear Belmont was in the sweeping down stream of the men working to save the structure and theH?ood fate that gave some of them refuge in the tops of trees in submerged wood lands. The rescued men may tell of their experiences, but neither they nor any writer can give aKfJnate description of the ag onies these men endured. Suddenly precipitated into an ocean of seeth ing waters they grasped at drift wood -fTud found floatage into the tlmWfifvd section of the river banks, there finding lodgment in tVe friend ly branches. Even as they were se curing the belter safety of both hand and foot hold, darkness shut theffi from the view of friends on shore and they entered upon what must have been in very tact, a night of terror. Their eyeg could distin guish nothing, save, perhaps, the nearer floating of a tree or other eb ject of wreckage, but all the while their ears were at satled'by the ever increasing f Gmult of the waters as they gained foot by foot toward the tree tops, And added to the fear ..In spired by the roaring of the ' flood was the trembling and wavering of the trees upon whose firmness of root depended their salvation. The sights revealed, with the coming of daylight must have proved a fchock to their hopes the river gorge fill ed to the brim and tumultuous wat ers spreading through woods and over fields, ml!e upon mile, with wreckage of- houses, uprooted trees, household goods and dead animals swirling and tumbling by they must have experience, the aeonios nf despair. Their final rescue by boats furnishes another chapter of what the imagination might weave into one of the most thrilling of hu man experiences. RUSSIANS CROSS CARPATHIANS But Allies Suffer Reverses Along the Somme when Germans in Counter At tack Obtain Footing At Lougueval (By Unjted Press) London, July 19 The Russians have crossed the Carpathians for the first time time their defeat a year ao by the Germ us and have entered Hungary. This report is given, by a Petro- grad correspondent t0 the Evening Star. A swift Russian advance also threatens the rear of the Austrian line northeast of the mountains. Along the Somme G.--ral Haigre ports "the fighting still continues and is still violent." The Germans have obtained a foot ing on the outskirts of Longueval village and in part of the Dellville wocd in a heivy counter attack a gainst the English army's right wing. The attack was made in force at dusk. Progress Made Last Night (By United Press) Paris, July 19 The French pro gressed still further against the Oer mans northeast of Verdun In gren ade fighting kst nhht and are ad- van ing in the dirt c ion of the in tersection of the Floury and Vaux roads. Success In Counter Attack (By United Press) Berlin, July 19 The war oilico has announced the recapture of Lou gueval and the Delville Wood from the Hrit'sh after violent fighting. This vLtoiy marks the most im portant su'cessful counter attack of the Germans since the Grest Allied Offensive btgan. ' By h ilding Longueval the Ger mans believe that fbey will be able to check further British or French advance along the Somme. Baker Sustains Major Wood Washington, Ju'y 19 Secretary Baker has sustained Major Woods' order, rejecting Cd. Conley and Lieut. Col. Phclan of the 69th Regl ment of the New York National Gusrd on account of physical disa bility; Braved Flame to Save Children A house belonging to M. G. Morrl- sette and occupied by negroes was destroyed by fire this morning. The alarm was turned In between ten and eleven o'clock. It seems that a number of chil dren were left In the house and It It thought that they must have got to some matches. When the fire was discovered the mother, wife of Charlie White, colored, rushed int- the' building to save them and was overcome by the smoke and flames. She was over atvhotir regaining con ScIOIWleSS. The loss is estimated at $500.00 which was patlilly covered by insurance. HAVE LOST HOPE II UIII61 Vigorous Efforts to Modify British Blockade Contin ued Without Result. Allies Want no Delay in Reaching Goal. (By United Press) " Washington, July 19 Although President Wilson will continue his vigorous efforts to modify the Bri tish bloclrSie it may le said that government officials nary pia"tica'ly lost hope of accomplishing tiiis pur puse toon. ' With the Britains' refusal to per mit Red Cross supplies to reach Po land and with their announcement that certain American firms had been placed upon their black list it is stated authoritatively that little hope is now held for the successful diplomatic interchange. High officials have expressed themselves in regard tff the situa tion in the e word: "The Allies are in dead earnest. They have their teeth set, and their eyes fixed steadfastly upon a given goal.-They are paying little, if any attention to anything else and , will accede to no demands which they believe may mean delay to the end for which they are striving. 1 "They have to'd us in so many words" that if we do-'t like the smell of the frying over there We had bet ter ke?p out f the kitchen." Women Are Organizing (By Unbed Press) St. Paul,. Juty 1!) The women prohiiii'ionists of the Culled Slates will organz their own national po liibal (onvention h re tod y in con nection wltli the National Prohibi tion conveniion now In session. The women are well represented In the dry ranks out Hiey want to express their own sentiments on the sub ject of liquor in a platform all their own. The Woman's Prohibition conven tion, as It Ts called, is being held under the direction of the National Prohibition Feneration, The women will include a strong plank in their platform endorsing the Susan B. Anhony suffrage amendment to the feredal constitution. Official repre sentatives of the National Woman's Party are here to tike pirt In the proceedings. Among the well known women leaders of the convention are Mrs. John Bidwell of 'Califor nia, Mrs. Eugene Chafin of Arizona Mrs. Francis 12. Beauchamp of Ken tucky, the Misses Marie Brehm and Helen Hcod of Chicago and Mrs. Emerson Wold of Minnesota. This convention does not expect to name a candidate. GET A RUUD ft you want genuine comfort in your home Get a Kutid then enjoy unlimited hot water all over the house, : Btffns gas only while drawing hot water no waste of fuel water al ways hot no trouble to operate Just Turn Any Faucet, Ruua oes The" Ttest, Can Jou picture anything more complete than the home equipped with such an apparatus the novel ty of It s operation alone is a most fmwfnatlng feature. Kuud users can be found In ev ery "corner" f the earth. The uni versally recognized Standard for Perfect 1W Water Service what stronger eff.o senvnt enn the most critical demand. THE GS COMPANY, " For National Prohibition (By Unl.ed Press) St. Paul.. July 19 "The call of the hour is the challenge of a su preme opportunity, to an unpareflel ed sacrifice. These are thvords of triumph, Peace, Prosperity, and Prohibition. Elect Prohibition. I Write Woman into the constitution. Turn out the exploiters of the peo ple. Take private profit from war. Stop the slaughter of eace. Save America and serve the world." In these wcrds Temporary Chair man Daniel A. Poling concluded his ke note adtiress at the outset of the Probilition National Convention whbh convened at 5t. Paul, Minne sota, this morning. Mr. Poling, declaring that the Proiibltlon Party was now the sole representative of progressivistu in national po'itics, extended an offi cial and htarty Invitation to the 4,000.000 voters wtio supported the Progressive Party ticket in 1912. an, suggested that whatever the technical name Of his own party should be Upon (he official ballot this .year, it w auld be known hence forth as tne Liberal Party of the United States. Expressing the evidently over whelming sen'iment of the conven tion, Chairman Poling assailed the campaign, of Militaristic Prepared ness, arralgnel the Republican and Democratic parties alike for what he alleged o be an extravagant waste of national funds, eulogized Jane Addame, attacked at length the activities of the Navy League, and aftet advocating unequivocal loyalty to the Monroe Doctrine, the establishment of a world court of arbitration, international reciprocity of trade, radicil reform in ti e treat ment of immlKrants, the develop ment of a nntb nal program for the constructive use of the United States Army In time of peace, and the immediate enactment TJy federal statute and amendment of woman's Kuyrage nnd various slelal reforms, he concluded his plea with the dic tum that "Proliiblllon spells Prepar edness" and that ,the hour had come to change the popular slogan among temperance forces of "National Pro hibition in 1920" to the campaign battle cary "A National Prohibition President in 1916." Mr. Poling closed with an appeal to the forcen of organized labor, the members of a'l temperance and re ligious movements opposed to the saloon, embracing the "great denom Inations, young people's societies, ani the White Ribbon and allied bodies. Submarined In Black Sea (By United Press) Berlin, July 19 Three large tran sports te'onging to the enemy hive been submarined in the Black Sea and a fourth was forced to run a- shore to escape a similar fate. This report comes directly from the Turkish admiralty. IMPORTANT DEACON'S MEETING ' Immediately after the prayer ser vice tonight at Bluckwell Memorial church the jastor, Rev, 1. N. Lof tln, wlsheg to me t all the deacons jf the church to discuss with them matters of great Importance to the church. . Mr. Loftln wfl speak at the pray .'r sorfTcc from the subject "A Dead Daughter but a Living Sa viour." MYSTERIES OF MYRE TONIGHT The fifth episode In the Mysteries of Myra wl'l be shown nt the Alkra ma tonight. In addition an exciting railroad film, The Ilasnrls Of Helen wl'l be shown with n Vim comedy. REBEL 5EIIH E III EE Led by Ellison Duract Smith Say they will Fili buster All Summer If Necessary To Thwart Measure (By United Press) Washington, July 19 Led by Sea ator Smith cf South Carolina the Southern s nators have served no nce inui iney i i Kcepr Uie senaia in session for the remainder of the summer lisenlng to fl'ibustering on - the Child La tor Bill if an attempt is made to pass the measure over their heads. These "Rebels" declared that the , Child Labor Bill is the measure ot "Northern politics." Leaders close to the White House like Kearn, Owen, and James retort ed that they would hold Congress until election day if necessary to press the bill to a final vote. Indications po at to anc'her bitter caucus in ord r to get ths measure before the Senate. Philadelphia Builds Ships (By United Press) Philadelphia, July 19 An lnvestl gallon by tre United Press today dlscioTed that with present facili ties and those being added under millions of dollars worth of new contracts Just closed, this city in less than twelve months will be the greatest and biggest shipbuilding center in the world. There are now under construction or contracte I for. 76 ships with a total gross tonnage of 420,253. Mil lions of dollars are being poured la to the shipbuilding industry . along the Deleware river. Thousands of men are working long hours getting new shipyards together. This tremendous boost Is due pri marily of course to the fact that the seas have been practically stripped of foreign shipping by the European war and there Is an enormous de mand for bottoms which will carry foreign and domestic sea trade. All the big yards here are Jammed w.TrT all the work they can do for the next three years. They are re fusing orders every day on this ac count. Among the larjest of these yards is The' Crimy Company, New York ship building company, Phlla delTibia Navy 'yard, Pusey & Jones, Harlan and llolrtngswotth, Chester Shipbuilding company and Quigley & Dorp . The Pennsvlvania Shipbuilding coTTTPany is completing a big Hew 16,000,000 yard. . The Sun Shipbuilding company, or ganlzed by New York, Philadelphia, and Pittsburg men, is completing a new yard, costing several million. A report shows that Cramp is building 13 ships with a total gross tonnage of 81,300; the Chester company 10 ships with 48,600 tonnage, the New Yerk company 24 ships with 126,305 tonnage, Harlan & Holllngsworth 14 ships with 85,000 tonnng?, Pusey & Jones 9 ships wl h 37,048 tonnagfl and the Pennsylvania company 6 ships with 42,000 tonnage Report Bill To Senate (By United Press) .Washington, July 1') With amend men's designed to assure solid party support the A'lniitiislrition Shipping Bill was favorably reported to the Senite today. '
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