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f STORES CLOSE FRIDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City fcNews Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. 1 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING JULY 27, 1916 NO. 52 HTHUID S SHU ORDERS 3 MYSTERIDUSLY COUNTERFiANDED it Though no One in Will Say Whether This Argues Good or 111 (By United Press) Washington. July 27 The British Embassy here has cabled London tor information relativt to tlie strange. British Cruiser sigirted in Chesapeake bay before dawn Mon day morning. Whether the cable was sent at th-,? request of the United States Depar; ment of State or n'ot is not known. 1 Navy officers advanee the, theory that in passing the Capes the chuts er was trying to communicate with a small wireless station ashore. Five United States warships and several aeroplanes are guarding A merican neutrality off tfTe . Virginia Capes against the French and Bri tish warships awaiting the Deutsch land. The fleet consists of the' cruiser North Carolina, and the destroyers Beals, Flusser. Terret, and Reid. It is stated that the coast is being guarded from Beaufort northward al most to the Deleware breakwater.- The North Carolina is ten miles off the capes watching the foreign patrol Bhips. The cruiser is practic ing maneuvering in connection with hydroplane flights. DEUTSCHLAND NOT TO GO News of either an alarming or very satisfactory character IssaTdto have been received by the Deutsch land today in regard to t ho wherea bouts of the Bremen. Malingers ot the Siihinersilile's Compan refuse to say which. It is estimated that such news may be responsible for the countermanding this niori ing ot the sailing ord'TsTssned the Deut schland list night, and that Mi0 lire men has either nit t with ninhap or news of its Immediate approach has determined the managers of the Deutschland to hold their vessel un til the new submersible arrives. When the Deutschland sails she will be followed by the British tramp steamer, Ardgrife, as a spy. The tramp is in waiting, prepared to follow the submersible. She car ries a Japanese crew. BOY BIT BY RATTLE 1 SNAKE PILOT Belvidere. July 27 Last Wednes day, July lDth. John Layden aged six, the son of J. K. Layden of this place was bitten by a rattle snake pilot. Young I.ayden was our in the field with his father, walking in some weeds, and stepped on the snake. The boy called hiH father, and Mr, Layden looked around time enough to see the boy raise his foot up, and the snake was swing ing clear of the ground hanging on to the boy's left ankle. The boy was immediately rushed to the doctor, where it was treated, the doctor snys the boy is out of dan gar. On. examining the snake his fangs were said to e about a half ,nch long. MOTORING IN VIRGINIA Shawboro, July 25 Mr. and Mrs. Miles W. Ferebee, Misses Jennie Marie and Ola Mae Ferebee, Gld Boswood . and Will Marlow left hls morning for Norfolk, Va. From there they will motor to Richmond, Lynchburg, Roanoke. Stanton, Nat ural Bridge, l.uray Cave, and other points of interest in Virginia, .bo fore returning home they will visit Washington, D. C. and Baltimore, Maryland. They expect to be home about August 15th, ii Position to Know expect mm Reinforcements for Teu tons Will Stiffen Their Resistance on Western Front (By United .Press? London, July 27 Within a few days the advanced lines of the Bri tlsh must withstand Germany's most powerful counter attack since the beginning of the Allied offensive The British since taking Pozieres have strengthened their position by the capture of two strong trenches west of the village. Upon these the attack will be begun, military ex perts believe. The Germans are get ting reinforcements and preparing for the advance. RAINS IMPEDE RUSSIANS From I'etroi-TSd come reports that heavy laios are impeding the llus sian drive in NortTiern Galicta. The Siyr. the St chod and th I i; a rivers are swollen, but despite uuollen wat rs and in the f;'e ef the rating elenn-.ts the Russians a tv advancing. General I Iain's report this morn inn chronicled hand to hand encoiin tors with the Germans and the con tinuotis poundiiu of the enemy's ar tillery throughout the night. Gener al llaig says that the Germans nre using quantities of shells which are exploding a gas that causes his sol dlers t0 weep profusely. No event of first Importance devel oped from the fighting, the report says. It is officially announced from T'etrograd that in occupying Erzin zan Grend Duke Nicholas captured a largo quantity of war material. The pursuit of the retreating Turks is being pressed. AMERICAN FOOT FEELING THE PINCH OF WAR (By United Press Chicago. July 27 Evidence ot how the European 'war is pinching tender American toes and pocket books was shown here todny at the closing ses ion of the Illinois Shoe Retailers association. 0. L. Triebil. Jr., of Springfield, secretary, declared prices for' shoes have Jumped 20 to 40 per cent dur ing the last year and it Is up to the consumer to pay the price. Demand for leather for shoes for the European armies caused the ad vance. Triebel said tan cnlfshin for, shoes retailing at $S.OO sold at 30 cents a foot a year ago nn1 now brings 47 cents; men's dullcalf leather," tor mrrlv HO cents, now spIIh for 44 edits ;white calf for' women's shoe formerly sold for 2S cents, now te'ls at .ri5. adn so on down th line. Linings, lacings, eyelets n n ' but'ons als0 have advanced in pr ces. Kenil worth Co;tue, Ocean View, Va. water front, bnthtng. boating and fishing a specialty, cool rooms, rates reasonab'e. Kenllworth Cot tage, Octan View, Va. July 22.24,23. : GUI O S NEW INDUSTRY Ml I As Soon as Machinery is Manufacture of Ladies Suits, Coats and Skirts Will Begin Kiizaleth City is to have a wo man's suit, coat and skirt factory. This new cnterpiise will he ready to bo jin operation by Au-'ust the fifteenth and is located on the sec ond floor of Mitchell's Bee Hive. Mr. (). F. Gilbert is the man be hinj the new industry and he has air. ndy bought three of the. moat modern factory sewing machines which are equipped with Delhi mot ors. As soon as the machines can be installed and the workroom made ready the wheels will begin to turn and Elizabeth City will Boast ot a manufacturing enterprise which according to reliable information, is not found in any other Eastern North Carolina town and certainly has not been undertaken here be fore. f T' "Charlotte and other progressive cities have established this industry already" says Mr. Gilbert " and 1 am undertaking to put this manu facturing enterprise on a successful footing in Elizabeth City. T shall manufacture women's clothing pri marily for Mitchcirs Department Store, but If t'p enterprise meets my expectations I iiiily also go in for the wholesale trade. In thflt event the industry would lead. I think, to the formation of a sIock company and the equipping of a hfg ph"t in it" own building. i "In the i-eginnig the three ma-f-h j s v. ill be kept running mid 1 hall employ oik. or two teilors ami Pve or siv women for full tune. Vr. Gii' d r'ion. wlm 'S bcev at the head cf my tailoring department now for three years, will have (barge of the factory. "I believe that tills will be the be ginnit'i of an industry in Elizabetn City that will have a large part lTT building up and developing the city: "Of course, however I am tnterpsr ed in it also because of the adden prestige that it will give to Mir chell's Department Store, Why si" when those machines are InstalirVf your wife can cofne into this store, select the material which she de sires her suit made from, order it tailored to her measure and in an hour it will be ready for her to wear." Mr. Gilbert is looking for tlvs machines lo arrive within a shoTT time and as soon as they come t.lie work of installing fhem will tie t.n dertaken. SON MEXICAN BANDIT IN MILITIA (By United Press) Camp Willis, Columbus. 0. July 27 The son of a Mexican bandit chief is in the ranke of the Ohio national guardsmen here today. He is Oscar Jones, private. Co. 1 Sec ond regiment of Kenton. Oscar's father was chief of one ot the lawless bands that ravage nor thern Mexico and the border, "His escapadct, brought ruin to us and broke my mother's heart that's why I'm in the ranks, hating my father's people," said Jones. "Jones Is a willing worker. He'll make a good soldier." said rapt. Edward Collins. FARM WANTED I vvnnt to rent or lease about .'() or 25 acres of good land for the year I , nr lnn-'er. 1 can clve gondTnchnsetts militiamen and Mexrrans reference, write me what you have for rent rather have truck lnnd. rtt to P n. nox Ut. Sb'!oh. N.C. ( SI STRANGE iiP !U Lieutenant Pap pen dick Talks Interestingly of Naval Militia Cruise and Standing of E. City Boys Lieutenant Pap;Midkk of the Elizabeth l it y Naval militia, who left here with his company on the rect nt eleven day cruise of the na vai ini.itia ot the whole country con ins return necn asKed inanv quesii;n alioiq the strange 'British Cruiser" reported inside the Virgin ia Capes last Monday .morning. Asked today if tnere could have been any mistake fit identifying the strange vessel as a British farship Lieutenant Pappcmlick replied em phatically in the negative. "I was on duty when the vessel whs sighted," he said, 'and when flr.-t seen she was dlsplaiyng no lights. After our call she. flashed on the lUhts of a warship and made for the open sea. "Her answer to our query was un mistakable as were also her lights. How long she had been Inside the capes when sighted by us 1 do not know, but I am confident she passed out shortly afterward. Lieutenant lappsndhk and the Elizabeth City Naval Militia return ed Tuesday from Norfolk where ended, the recent eleven day cruise of the naval militia of the I'nited States. The boy8 got back on the one 0'ilock southbound train, which brought home a Is,, the Washington and New Bern contingents of the militia. Thfl Eli.ivb"lh Ci:y Naval ..?wna left' here uruler Lieutenant I'appen Cli(k on thft'4l.".tli diy of July. Reach ing' .Not folk ,th"y were, order, ,! a board the battleship Louiseim. and the cruise began Suudav inoriiiii The LouhIhdh and u rice, oi nine other battleships and cruisers pro ceeded to Fort I'ord Bay. New .lor sey, wliere ' the naval maneuvers were gone through with On the nine ships were naval militiamen from all parts of "TVmerican seaboard and it is said that this was the larg est number of naval militiamen ev er assembled at any one time. When the maneuvers at Fort Pond Bay had been concluded the fleet proceeded, to Newport, where they were glvn two days liberty and had opportunity to spend a most pleasant, time. Thirty thousand na val miliiamen made iiit a consid erible ll'tle crowd, even at Now- port. S caking of the cruise today. Lieu enant Pappendlck said that it was the mo.-1 enjoyable he had ever been on as well as the most Instrue. tive. "tS? Wlr.i Asked how the North Carolina boys stood as compared with the naval militia from other stutes. Lieu tenant Pappendlck said iith great deal of enthusiasm, the Tar Heels ranked with the very best trained men in the militia, "And the Eliza beth City representation came In for special praise, even among the Tar Heels," he went on to say with evident pride in his company. Lieu tenant Wilson was not able to TaTte the trip with the militia this year on account, of professional engage ments. Shooting Was ' Unimportant (Uy'tJnlted Press) ;i Mei ic, ( Ity, July 2 I he recen. exchange of shots between the Mum across the border Tias been declared unimportant by offlcfals, chiefly, be cause there was "no casualties . BRITISH HIIISFR AMERICA'S PROTEST TO BLACKLIST v IS III HMDS IF ENGLISH Contains Two Sections And Will be Published in Full on Monday of Next Week (By United Tress) . Washington, July 27 Acting See note will be published Monday morn Ing that the American note protest lug against the British blacklist was forwarded to London last night. The note will be published Moiida morn ing. It is divided into two parts, the first part asking for an explana tion of the effect of the measure on blacklisted firms and the second discussing the general principle ot blacklisting. Secretary Polk said that the Pres ident was devoting the day to a study and consideration of state" Department , matters. The President excluded all visPorg after an hour's conference with House naval lead ers. It is said that the President rS outlining a plan to have the Housp pass the naval bill as amended by the senate and carrying over three hundred million dollars appropria tion. HAS SIGNED HARBOR BILL The President has signed the Ktv ers and Harbor bill appropriating approximately $12.hiMi,m(t.ii0 for rnn tfniiance of old projects and starl ing a few new ones. The llonduran Minister and the Acting Secretary of St ay. have sign ed the liravn Peace 'Ihejily' prrrTu lng for ji year's discission of diiti culties before s'nrtiug hostilities. i Is the thirty-lirs agtvi meat or iT kind. SENATE REVERSES ACTION Reversing est'-rda v's action. tiel senate todav Mlb-d the arm v bill n mendnieni pe-mlt tin r inili!iani"ii to Vote III the Novemlier election wlm out going home. The question was brought up on a point of order rafs ed by Senator Williams who was sustained by Vice-President. Mar shall. WARNS AGAIfSST FAKES iThe Department of Agriculture has warned mothers against fake cures" for infantile paralysis. many of which, although altogether worthless, are. being erplolted and sold. BIG MID-SUMMER SALE LAST ONLY FOUR DAYS The big Mid-Summer Sale of f Uticker & Sheely Company begrr? Friday. .Tiily 2S and lasts only foif days. During the four days the worn 'Ilargains' will be evident on every hand throughout, tin; whole store. Some of the prices are given in the full page advertisement on page three of this issue of The Advance, and these speak for themselves con crnlng the low" prices offered during the sale. That the uuality wfl! be all that Is represented. Rhoppers who are fa milar with the stock and the man agement of the Uucker & Sheely Company will not doubt for an in stant. The Manager of the store said to a representative of this npwspaper Wednesday," I wanted to advertise the Sale earlier but new gooflS" were billed to arrive for the Sale and these were late coming In. I knew Just what I bad ordered, hut lest there should be some error In lining the order or some shortage in some line or some substitution, I waited until the goods came and T could nee just what I was offering tho peo pie. I d0 not advertise what I can't deliver as advertised ' Ministers Take Action This afternoon the ministers of. the city responded to a call from the mayor and met him in his office at three o'clock. - The following ministers were pre sent: A. Ashby, Ii. f. Henlng. I. X. Lortin, C. B Culbrcth. J. L. Cua niiKgiin, J. b. iiarki and G T Adams. The mayor presented the appeal for help from th6 flooded district of the state and asked for sugges tions as to the best way of securing a good contribution from ElizaTfeth City. At this conference, relative to the plan first proposed to have an offering from each of me city's chur ches t0 this object, Dr Henlng point ed out that the object wag one which, would appeal to all the people and he suggested that some method he adopted t0 r?ach all the people. Ctfier pastors had been thinking about the matter and had reached the same conclusion ft now- looks as If Kll.abeth City will make a liberal contribution to this object. After sMiie discussion it was de cided that cmumitUes from tho var foes -hu-clrs should lo appointed and then -tl general committee from the town as a whole to press 'the ' matter of snllciiing riinds for this object. The comtiii tecs are as follows: Christ Church, K. S. Chesson. J. T McCabe; First Methodist. Roscoe Foreman, J. I!. Leigh; City Road Methodist. C. U. Tugh, V. S. White, Iilackwell Memorial church, O. F. Gilbert. M. P. Gallop; First Baptist Geo. A. Twlddy, J. W. Wilcox; Ca mi Memorial, C. W, Mellck and Roscoe Crary. The general committee Is as foli lows: Louis SeUg, W. (J. Glover. R. K. Qulnn, JeroTfie Flora, M. R. Grb flin. H . (1. Kramer, V. G. Gaither, Herbert Pecle, and Arthur Huress. "OMAHOGS" EXPECTED TO TOP WESTERN' LEAGUE (Py United Press) Omaha. July 27 If (). M. Jinx doesn't blight, all chances, the Oma ha team in the Western league will be topping the circuit when the sea son closes, the dope sheet Indicates today. 1' With six pitchers working around .Stiff and .HH0 per centage and a lead of over ten games, rooters, for the "Omahogs" can't see how they can be overtaken. The locals have eas ily kept their lead since nosing a head of Lincoln about June 1 Lin coin, Denver and Des Moines are fighting to pull down the leaders. BOAT FOR CONVENTION . The gas boat, Myrtle, will leave Main street dock tomorrow morning at. 8 o'clock tor those who wish to I attend the S. S. Convention at South Mills, returning after service tomorrow afternoon. Round trip fare $1.00. That's the whole story. That's why the Sale will attract shoppers and why shoppers will be satisfied. It's worth investluntlng immedi ately. For four days is a short time Mr a big sale, and the early shopped will be tho wise one. ad. v
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