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The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City VOL. I Terrific Explosions hake New York City World Seemed Split Asunder When Vast Quantities Munitions Went Up In Smoke Several Arrests in Jersey City (By United Press) Jersey City, July 31. AlbertM. Dickman, an agent of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and Alexander Davidson, Superintendent of the National Storage Company, were arraigned here this morning on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the explosions on Black Tomllsland yesterday. The cases were post poned until Friday and the defendants are held under $50,000 bail. Theodore Johnson, President ot the John son Lighterage Company, is wanted but has no'tappeared. C lJnSi V, , - ... (By United Press) New York, July 31 MjBterj) clouds still the cause of the series .of terrilic explosions on Black Tom Island which early Sunday morning shook New York to its center and the detonations of which were felt along tho Atlantic seaboard us far south as North Carolina. Whether the fire originated on. a barge loaded with nitro-cellulose or by the ignition of four cars loaded with high explosives is not known and perhaps never will be known. Even now it is impossible to ex amine the scene. Flames are flar ing hfsh from freight cars and warehouses on the "island" which is in fact a peuninsula. Burled deep in the ruins are shrapnel and three inch shells that occasionally ignite and explode, thus keeping spectators and firemen at a distance. . The definite Iobs of life is unas certained and unascertalnable. Two are known dead. Twenty five are missing, and 110 are known Injured The damage is estimated at from twenty-five to fiity million, with the probability that the latter figure is more nearly accurate. Damage through smashed glass alone is ea limatid at a million and a quarter. Nothing but u vast hole in the . ground marks the site of the ex plosion which produced the first great crash. Fire starting imme diately after the first explosion has added destruction to destruction un til the damage and property Iobs - a ..nmiirlionBlnn n " - An eye witness, describing the explosion said: , "I was Jarred from my , bed by the first explosion and thought that what I had experienced was. a sev ere earhquake shock. "I went to the scene to find build ings shivering and in windows the broken glass rattling like crockery. "Thousands in night clothes rush d to the scene and stayed for hours. "Clocks and watrhps stopped, dors crashed, roofs were rlppedoff, chimneys toppled and ambulances dashed to and fro. "Suddenly the world seemed spirt by a mighty roar that was the sec on explosion. A piller of flame shot upward and 1 n the air shrapnel whistled in countless explosions." Time Is expected to Increase the list of dead. Three mutilated bod ies have already been found float ing in the harbor. STORES CLOSE FRIDAY AT ONE O'CLOCK ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, HEARD EXPLOSIONS THOUGHT NAVAL BATTLE IN PROGRESS People In Elizabeth City who had read of the possibility of a naval battle off the coast when the Deut schland should attempt to get by British patrol, thought that Monday morning's papers would bring Hews that the submersible had escaped or bad ben raptured. Early Sunday morning explosions vere hearj or felt by residents here similar to those which are heanj when there Is naval target practice off the roast, and It was thought that the British fleet wag In actisn. "t is now believed that the explo sions on Black Tom Island were heard here. WIDENING AND DEEPENING CHANc,EL AT MANTEO Manteo, July 27 Of more than local Interest is the work now being done by the United States govern ment to widen and deepen the chan nel In Shallow Bag Bay, the en trance of the harbor at Manteo. For the past few weeks, Junior Engineer. W. 0. Finch of Beacfort, N. f. and Inspector Oneral .7. L. Edwards. Newport, have rapidly pushed forward the survey work be ing by the survey ganj on the ynrhf Franees, which Is in eharee of Cnpt 'hnrns Salter and Engineer Frank Ooruto. Following up the work of the sur vey gang Is the work now being done by the dredge Croat, -in, of the United States Engineer Department An average daily capacity for the dredge working under favorable cos d'tlons, is three thousand cubic yards of earth removed a distance of about on hundred andfifty yards outside the channel. Thlg material Is forced through large pipes. The channel is being dredged 120 feet wide and from 7, to 8 feet deep, at low tide. The appropriation for pres ent use In Shallow Bag Bay is $5000 snd the work wlhch 1 now being rapidly pushed forward will prrob hlv be completed by the fifteenth of August. MRS. HARRY WILLIAMS DEAD ' ., News reached hprp yesterday ev ening of the death on Sunday n&er floon of Mr. Harrv Wfl'lsms at her home at Dlsco. Mrs. Williams was twenty six year, of sge and is purvl ved by a hnshand and tv0 children. th youngest about two months oh'j Before hrr rmrrlngi she was Miss Elizabeth Newbold. E Most - Destructive Bush Fires In History Of On tario Were Quenched During Night By Heavy Rains (By United Press) Montreal, Canada, July 31 The forest fires raging in Northern On tario were quenched during the night by heavy rains. Up to this time no less than 124 bodies have been recovered from the d'strict swept by the flames. Retrieve German Gains (By United Press) Paris, July 31 Violent German at tacks along the Somme around Mon acue and the Hem Wood were check ed during the night with terrible losses to the attackers, according to the official bulletins this morning Tue French today are busy strong thening their positions won yester day along a four mile front on the Somme. . In the check administered to the Germans at Monecu the French brll liantly retrieved temporary German gains at that point. , General Ilaig reports further pro gress alon gtbe British front. From 1'etrograd come reports of fierce lighting at Brody with the Russians steadily but slowly gain 'ii ground. Berlin's olllcial announcement this morning claims repulse of a saguiuary attack by Anglo French troops at l.ongueville on the Somme front . INJURED IN AUTO ACCIDEe.T Bill Johnson, colored and about 50 years of age, was painfully bruised and cut about the head when on Sat urday evening he was run over by an automobile on South Poindexter street in front of the grocery of Prltchard and Jacksen. Jchnson and two other negroes were crossing the street and John son failed to reach the curb in time to avoid being struck by the ma rhine. As the car struck him. the negro caught the machine and was (Ir.'iggi d along for some distance, tho a"fo passing over him when he let 2o. The strept was crowded at the time and many people who saw Johnson carried to the office of Dr (1 W. Card well thought that he was dead and It "s generally reported about the ' streets Saturday night that his neck was broken. Not a bone was found broken, however, and aside from cuts and bruises the victim appears to have sustained no Injury. The automobile belonged to T. B. Lamb, a Road street grocer, and was "occupied when the accident oc curred by Tom Lamb, Jr. and Miss Margie Hearn. Young Lamb is re ported as saying that the lady was driving. FUNERAL SATURDAY AFTER NOON The funetal of W. O Sawyer wal conducted Saturday afternoon from the home on Cherry street by Rev. .1. L. Cunnlrnrgim. Mr, Sawypr was a Confederate veteran aid died- at the age of sev en'jMwo. Two srn hire. A. B Sw yer and J. A. Siwyer, and a son a Danville, Va , M. B. Sawyer, sur vhe him. . w -71 t : M HIES U DM REGOvEBED MONDAY EVENING JULY 31. 1916 I D BANK IS j 10 FARMERS Law Establishing This In stitution One Of Most Important In History Of Banking In This Country Kale'gh, N. C, July 31 The far mers of the United States have at last reached a long-sought goal. Their ilt-edte security is ho long er to so begging or perhaps be sac rlfked to the local money-lender. The Government of the United States is to say his note and mort gage are gilt-rdge In a way that all shall know It. The savings of or phans and widows, from Maine to California, may safely be invested 'n the farmer's mortgage, though he may be thousands ot miles away and no thought need be given as to the character of the owner or the method of operating his piece of land. The Government is to main tain a system to take all of this burden off from lenders and give them the kind of security they wish for permanent Investment. The far mer's note Is to be truly as good as his bond. The savings denosited in the hanks of the Un'ted States are said to amount t0 $7,000,000,000, and those of xNew York, Massachusetts and Cnneotlout alono to" $2,5000o7 OflO. These funds may now more and more rench farmers through their own ermnlzntl'n under Government regulation. Many laws have been passed which hnvp dl'ectly helped In the development of Industry and trade, hut thern never has been legislation nmre Importnnt to the development of arleu!ture tint) tho Federal Farm Loan Act. Morn than In nnv nnrt In the United States the South h awa't'ng devplopment nr.nn ob taln'ng new capital. A few may lose by the operation of this act. but only temporarily. All fcre bound to share, sooner or later. In the npw prospprity whleh plenty of reasonable priced capital will bring to farmers. Lands will be drained, farms will he cleared, and farmers, new and old. will prosper through an nter ft rate reduced to at least six per cent . How a Farmer May Borrow Under the rew Law. The great question farmers will now ask will be: How are we to make use of the privilege granted by the new Hural Credit Law Just passed by Congress, and what are to be our first steps? Are the prlv 11"pen granted by (he new law open to a'l a'lke? No. only to the farmers who row rnlflvate or will cultivate the land which they offer as securi ty for their loans. Easy Payments. When a farmer borrows a thous and dollars, w'll he have to pay It hack at the end of one, two. or three years, as now? No, he Is al lowed to pay it In such small a mounts that he will not feel It. Fore closure as a fearful possibility will not hound him nUht and daer. . If the borrower of a thousand dollars pays $80.24 each yeir, he would have bis Interest and principal all paid In twenty years. He would thpr. be paying s'x per rent interest and two per cent toward the prlnei pal; and the amount paid on his debt and tnP Interest togethpr would pot be more than ho frequent ly now pays In Interest alone, and the debt has remained as bier as evL This is one of the best fea tures of the new law.. Organization for Cheap Credi1. Will a. loan he made to an Indivi dual farmer by ore person or aeon ry, as now? No. the law provides that the borrower make application for n loan to a National Farm Loan Association, of which be must be- 0 URGES rn.no CO 10 M Manager of Chamber of Commerce Points ' Out Value of Short Courses. Now Offered at the A &M. Manager C. R. Pugh of the Cham her of Commerce gave this newspa per this morning the following inter view in which he urges attendance upon the special summer session for farmers at the State Agricultural and Mechanical College. "I wish particularly to call the attention of the farmers of Pasquo tank County - and vicinity to- the short course for. farmers and their wives at the A. & M. College, Ra Iel;h, N. C. August 29th, 30 and 31 The railroad rates will be three cents per mile plus twenty-five cents for round trip, tickets on sale Au gust, 20th 29th. good returning until midnight September, 2nd. Rooms furnished free in the College dormi torles; meals at the College dining hall at twenty-five cents each. A complete program will be furnished upon request to T. E Browne, West Raleigh, N. C. "This will afford an opportunity for the study of modern, practical farming 'showing- the use"'" of econ omy In all lines of plantlg and har vrstlng, most up-to-date and econo mical , farm machinery. Including every department of farm and rural Pfe. from the garden through the fnrm back to the orchards and thru the barns. An opportunity to'seo and understand the cars of live stock, where to secure farm demon stration literature nt the lowest cost and In all .practical demonstrations along- nB Uncs of rural life. "For the women, domestic, sci ence will be carefully, practically thoroughly demonstrated with espec lal emphasis to the kitchen, all un der the super-vis'on of competene women who have made a study and a suocpbb of home making. "Indeed, It will furnish a combin ed outing and recreation, for the mind, soul and body, In a most prac tlcal manner and h 'a hoped that many of our farmers will take ad vantare of this opportunity and keen abreast of the times. Bv way of Il lustration. In 1909 when the writer was a law student In the University of Wisconsin at Madison, the last two weeks In Angus) the Unh-ersltf community was filled to over flow ing with f'inners from all over the state of WNennsIn and It. goes with out saying tint such attendance es tablishes a reason whv th state of W'seonsin take the lead of the stntes In the Union In farm demon stration and experimental)! life. "Aealn. let us urire pood atten dance upon this session at our state Agricultural C'dl.-ei', "If the Chamber of Commerce of Elizabeth City can be of any assist ance to you It shall be our pleasure to render same. For our oranlza tln was founded not alone to help build up the corporation of Eliza beth City, but to bring about a clo er union of county and town. In or der that we might assist each other In knowing the better how ,to get the most out of life, by contributing more of It. come a member along with all oth ers In his neighborhood who wJslj to borrow In this way. This assocla t'on of borrow-, who know each other from living In the same neigh borhood, will In the Srst Instance approve of the land and Improve ments which the applicant offers as security for a loan. Then the appir ratloiTwIll bo pa.ssed on to the Fed eral Lnnd Bank of that district for (Continued on Next 'rage)' I nil I k News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice NO. 55 1! ' . . , v Two Americans Wera Killed In Clash With Bandits Near, That Poin t This Morning and Ona Was Wounded (By United Press) El Paso, July 31 Three troops of cavalry were rushed from 1 Paso to Fort' Hancock by special train today following news of aa engagement there between United States troops and Mexican bandit. Two Americans, Private John 6. Twoniey of troop F., and Custom la spector Robert Wood, both of the, Eighth Cavalry, were . killed and Sergeant Lewis Thompson of tho same troop was wounded in the en i?agment. The engagement is described At -a running fight in which the ban dits were surprised by the cavalry uii una Biue iue uoruer ana fled at sight of the American troop ers. Fve Mexicans were killed. The bandits are supposed to hire been Vlllistas on their way to raid a ranch in the neighborhood. Several hundred Bhots were ex changed In the engagement. v It is believed that the Militiamen on the .border now will be given, at . least three months training before they are permitted to return t(J their homes. EFFORT TO PROTECT AMERICAN TRADq (By United Press) Washington, July 31 The blow tj gainst the blacklist, contained la thp American note published thia morning, is regarded as the first ag gresslve step toward protecting K m rlcan trade after the war. ENOUGH MILK FOR BABIES AT BERLIN (By United Press) Washington, July 31 The claim of Germany that there is not enough milk for babies in that coun try Is characterized as unfounded iij the report of Dr. Taylor, of the Af merlcan Embassy at Berlin. The r port admits that there Is not enough milk for adults. MANTEO COUPLE WTD HERE (ieori W. ('reef and Mrs. Adt) Bllvln. both of Manteo, were mar ried Monday afternoon here by Vr. It. r. Ilenltm, pastor of the First Baptist church. The bride Is the Sister of Misses Bertha and Mae Chapppll of thl city" and 'a well known here. The groom Is a prominent citizen of Manteo. t ONCE WEALTHY FOUfsD DEAD FROM STARVATION (By United Press) Pascagoula, Miss., July .31 With her eighteen month old baby crawlj ing over her body, Mrs. Emma Coax ley, once wealthy, was found dead of starvation today. HOOPER STEVENS Mr. L. L Hooper of this city and Mlsg Hazel K. Stevens of 8hlloh, Camden county, were quietly mar ried Saturday at the home of L. Vf. Cox on Fast Burgess street by Rev C. B. Culbreth pastor of City Road Methodist church. LEAVES FROM NEW DEPOT Blackwell Memorial 8. S. excur sion leaves from the new depot at 8 o'clock Wednesday morning. 5 RUSHED FOB! 1
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