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STORES CLOSE TO-DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK The Only Democratic Newspaperj Published In Elizabeth City News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. V ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING AUGUST 4, 1916 NO, 67 DEUTSCHLAHD IS PASIMIPS Homeward Bound Big Submersible is Booring Her Way Through At lantic For German Port ( (By United Press) Norfolk, AugUst 3,. Somewhere In the direction of Germany and safely past the British warships, the Deut schland is boring her way across the Atlantic toward her home port, Bremen. , Reports indicate that the submer sible has not sliown her periscope Bince she submerged a mile ouslde the Virginia Capes about two hours after nightfall last night. At that time the nearest allied warship was five miles away. The commander of the tug Tlra mins says that the last act of the aubmersible's crew was to give a cheer for America. Captain Koenlg was the last of the crew to go below as his boat was on the point of dipping below the surface. Shortly before nightfall, accompan led only by her tug and the Assocla ted Press and New York Times dis patch boat, she began an lS-mile dash from Chesapeake Bay to the Capes, which ended about two hours later when her light blinked out in the gloom . None of the allied cruisers nor the United States neutrality squad, which have been patroling the 3 mile limit" so vigorously recently, was in siuht at the time of the suD mersiide's arrival at, the Capes. .Within half an hour after the last light of the Deutschland disappeared the Timmlns, apparently satisfied with her .work" steamed hack, to or folk. It was from Iiefo Tuesday TBat the Deutschland.wiUi the Timmins as a convoy, cleared with a cargo of rubber and nickel and possibly gold Just twenty three days after her sen satlonal arrlvel In this country from Bremen. Captain Hinseh, commander of the Interned liner Nrckar. said that the Deutschland, on her return voyage, planned to submerse in the daytfihe when necessary to avoid British war ships. The boat will proceed on the surface most of the time. SPEND AFTERNOON NEAR TAN GIER'S ISLAND For several hours prior to the be ginning of the Deutschlnnd's final dash for the Cipes she was hidden near Tangier Tsland fifty miles a bove Cape Henry, It, was shortly before (!. o'clock that the first sight of her was obta n ed. Apparency she was about five miles away and was low in the water, only her conninx tower show Insr. The Timmins Wag a short dis tance behind her and they were run ting nhout seven miles an hour. The Deutsehlana was displaying red and green lights set flush on the two sides of her conning tower. As she passed the newspaper boat she put out these lights. By this t'me the un was setting, casting a mellow glow over the water in which the Deutschland, re splendent In her new trimmings or green and gray paint, stood out clearly. Within a few minutes after the sun had set c'ouds Began to roll up from the horizon and at a mile away it was difficult to see either the crew, In fficlr dark clotlvng. or the vessel, painted as she was to match the color of the water. As thP Cape Henry lightship and the- Virginia and Maryland pilot boats conip into the view of the Deutschland and her convoy they he san to exchange blinker stgnnls ran Idly., the submersible' white light in the top of hT por'seope showing for the first time. Decreeing her spend the Dentsch lan(i niig'ed the shore line as .close ly as possible,, while the Timmlns passed out of the capes ft short dis continued on Last Page) SUCCESSFUL MEETING AT COLUMBIA The pastor. Rev. H. P. Lamb has just closed a great meeting in the Columbia Baptist church. The older members say that the meeCng was the greatest by way of Interest, at tendance and ingatherings experien ced here for more than a score of years past. The Canadian evengtlist. Rev. C. Edwarj Burrel, did both the preach ing and singing. He sings and prea ches with acceptance and power the old-time pospel, God richly blessed his evengelistic work here In the town. The ladies' prayer meeting con ducted and the personal work done by Mrs. Burre'l had much to do with the successof hte meeting. : Mr. Lamj, baptized twenty-nine as a result of the meeting. There have hem thirteen other confessions. POPLAR BRANCH BRIEFS Poplar Branch, N. C. July 2G M'r. and Mrs. Y. G. Griggs, Mrs. l.ydia Owens, Lancelot Poyner and S. D. Griggs syent Wednesday in Eliza beth City. Capt. and Mrs. J. E. Woodhouse and sons, Wilson and Franklin of Virginia Beach, Va. visited relatives here last week, ' Miss Ruth Wyatt of Richmond, Va Is the guest of Miss Beatrice Par ker. Mrs. Genie Poyner and son, Willard are visiting relatives at Duhants Neck, N.C. Miss Eloise Doxey of Charlotte. N C. is visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson Forbes and children cf Virg'nia are visiting relatives here. Miss Lillian Byrd of Ashville, N. ' C. isthe guest of Mrs. W. A. Doxey. Sanderlin'g Heating movies which have been here for the past week left Monday for KnoTls Island, N, C. Mrs. Minnie Curls of Waterlilly spent the week end with friends h:-:-". Mrs, R W Walker and .Mrs. (hv.i Park"r visited fronds at Corolla this week. MPs Elsie Doxev who has been vlslt ru rePtlvcK at Vn. Beach and Sigma. Vn.. returned home Monday. BROUGHT TO HOSPITAL FROM NAGS HEAD Mr. L. F. fiegler -was brought here Wednesday night on Mr. F. M. Grie's yatht, Nellie, with a badly 1 Token aim and Is now In the Eliz abeth City Hospital on Riverside Drive. Mr. Zelgltr, who lives in Edenton was spending some : time at Nags Head and was looking over the ad di-ion which he was" having made to his Nags PP"id callage when he fell through the floor and broke his arm. Th accident occurred at- three o'clock yesterday. Capt. David Outlaw, Mr.. Colona of Nrri'k Ciu.-I. X-ir.ler, and Miss Nellie Zciglcr of Edenton came on the ".Hip wih the injured man. A short' while ago in an accident, at Edenton Mr. Zeigler had the same arm broken In two places. BASKET BALL AT BELVIDERE Belvldere, July 31 On August fl a game of basket ball will be played between Hohbsville and Bel vldere on the latter's court begin ning at 5 o'clock. Owing to the warm weather the game will be p'ayed In quarters. The players from Hohbsville re present the following schools: Mars Hill, Trinity Park and Pfobbs ville nriifled School. Those play in..; on, the Belvldere team repre sent 'Wake Forest. Chapel Hill, Mars HP1 and Belv'dorp Academy, Both t:ims play weP and the game Is bound to tn interesting. Refreshments will ho s- rved and the proceeds will go f ir the benefit of the Belvldere ream, 'After the game the 'people are invited to play tennis and such other games as they wish. The public Is Invited. No ad mission wl'l be charged. S ii Not TheJWhite Star Ves sel, Largest Ship Afloat, As Was At First Feared, However. (By Fill ed Fnss) Parts. Aug. 3 Sergeant Chainant. a French flier, bagged two G. rman aerot ianes tcday, making a total of eight enemy machlnm he has btcoght down since i becoming si member of the aviation torps. Material progress south of Fleury ard the capture of eu prisoners Is reported ''n today's dispatches from the front. This Iritus the total pris oners isT.cn sL;ee Tuesday in the news offensive along the right bank of the Meuse up to llOif General Haig reports that, on the British front tuat time has been giv en to strengthening the positions on the ground recently take from the enemy. GERMAN GAS WARNS RUSSIANS Petrograd. Aug. 3-t German gas warned Russian's on the Riga front this morning of an impending attack and enabled thrin to beat the enemy off with ease. The Teutons lost heav ily and a number of machine guns and rifles were captured. THREE KILLTD IN AIR RAID London, Aug. 3 Three officials were !Ticd and nine horses were in lured in the German air raid on eas tern count It a . i.nglund last night. UNARM" LINER SUNK The unarmed liner. Britannic, of he Cocker I. hi", was reported sunk th's morning, supposedly by a mine or submarine. There are thrp.i oeonn-goini: ves t-elx of thw name and when the news ( t the sinkirnr lirst l"'St llt'd her., this morning ii was feared that the ill rated vessel "was tli" While Star liner. Hrtannio, the largest ship a t'oftt. The displacement of the ves s' i wiii'h sunk Was 3500 tons. ATTACKS FAIL SAYS BERLIN Berlin Aug 3 All nttfvks on the British and French front during the last twenty four hours Is the official announcement of the war office here SHILOH BRIEFS Shlloh. Aug 1.- Revival meeting is going on at Shlloh Baptist church this week Dr. flening of EPzabeth City Is here during the week t0 aid the pastor. MPs Mary Forbes of P.elhaven Is visiting her brother Mr. Sam Forbes at Shlloh. Shiloh P.aiitPt Philathea class met at the home of Mrs. J. C, Wright Saturday afternoon after the trans action of business refreshments wire served and a Jolly good time was n ported . Mr. Basoom Sawyer and family of Elizabeth City spent the week end with his brother Mr. C, .. S. Sawyer at Shlloh. Paul Wright spent the week end with h1s"rotsln Herman w Wright, near here. Mrs. Clara Spent'e and daughter of South Mills are visiting friends and relatives at Shiloh. Mrs. Henry Whltehurst and son Wllhert went to Nags Head Sunday Mrs.'Grover H'll Is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs, X. p. Daven port, nt Shlloh. Mr M: B. Tarksey went to Eliza beth City yesterday on business. EXCURSION ISTS RETURN WITHOUT MISHAP The excursionists of the lilaok wel' Memorial Sunday school pnrtv returned from Virginia Peach Wed-' nesdny even'ng without mishap or accident- to mnr-'thelr very enjoy able day's outing. Sixteen coaches seTrong, with each coach packed they reported the occasion as "the biggest and best excursion that ever left Elizabeth City," BRITANNIC is no WArt'S EFFECTS IN ENGLAND Hy K l. L. Keen U'aited Pr ss Staft Correspondent Loudon. July lt (Ily Mailt Th classes are payii: for this war; the masses aie profiting oy it. This statement applies, of course, only whan the subject is considered from the purely TTnaneial angle. It would I e a hopelets task to measure the to 1 (,f blood and tears that both pa d. British aristoc racy and Bri tish proletariat have both contribut ed generously cf their young man tiood. ami doubtless on this second uttnlvetsary of the war there are proper, iomitely as many brtken linmi s among the wane-earners as among; the n-hil ty. The war so far has niade iir Grejt Priiah; :','. eJ:' .'.blows ard deprived S.'!.:ts;i (hildren of their f ithers. The Jutland luiva' biittle alone add. d Liitio widows to the rcll. In the materiil things of life nev or in Ei'glan I's hlsti ry have the rich been p orer, or the poorer rich r than today. Under the new slid ing; scale of income duPes, devised to help pay the nation's war bill of twenty-five million riol'ars a day, the capitalist whose yearly income is $100,000 turns nearly forty pT cent of It Into the Treasury, where as the thousand dol'arg wage-earner is let off with six per cent . Be fore the war the $100,000 man was making perhaps twice as much; while the present thousand dollar laborer was earning only $500 or $600. With the exception of those direct ly interested in the munitions Indus try, the revenues of England's weal tlVe't families 'generally have been materially Impaired, even before MoKcnna's tax co'lector comes a- round. The war reduced their ren tals and biisinem; also verv patrio tically thiy have' transferred large well-p:;yi'.g- mvost mentH into smaller paying governriient securities. .. n the o'her hand, the manual la borer and Irs familv are tirosem-ln. is' tli y nevi r could have hoi ed to n peace lime, t veil I lioir.;h he has gone to the yar: lor in that event the chances are that the wife and his daughters and his under-age sons are working in munitions fac tories or elsewhere ;it wages he him self would have heen glad to -et in other days. The war lias temporarily remedied two of England's greatest social evils, unemployment and pauperism. The other evening the writer stroll ing down Fleet street am the Strand and returning to the Fnitcd Press office by way of the Embank ment, encountered only two hetfuars - both o'd men an,j blind. Two years ago he would have been accosted by fifty or more most of thorn able lodied men eager t() work. eond deal has been said about the increased c s of. living' here as a result of tin. war. Recent figures from the "Hoard of Trade Gazette." p'aee the averare advance In the prP-p of fnedi'tuffs 'n the last ,wo years at .'!! per cent. Including the increased duties on tea sugar as compared with an estimated similar Increase n Germany of 120 per cent This steadily diminishing purchas ing; power of the pound sterling has' been more then compensated bv the high er wages and increased oppor tunities for steady employment for men an,) women. A visit to one of London's great department stores any afternoon would convince even a casual Inves tigator that the standard of living among the worktpg (lasses has im proved. The smaller customers that pay cash have. Increased In number especially In the last year; former b'g credit accounts have dwindled. Particularly In munition making ills trlet have tradesmen heen profiting. Wage earnlnj; families who nrevloits ly had scarcely erioiieh lo 1 eep the wolf nt, b'ly now buy expensive wear ing rpearel jewelry, etc., in such oiinntltles that 1h- National. War Sav'ngs Committee Is frantically flooding the countrv with winters and. phnmrlets, and Independent or Kanlzatios are sending- out", lecturers beseeching the people to 'work hard spend little and save much' for post war days. , . There are scalawags in England POLICE RECEIVE INQUIRY ABOUT MR HAM The chief of police here have re ceived a telegram from the polite at Roanoke Rapids inouiring about the work and the impression made here by Evangelist John W. Ham in revival services held here last fall. The inoniry was made in connec tion with a sensational (Psagree mtnt berween the police and com missioners of Roarnke Rapids and Mr. Ham. who Is assisting Rev. C. H Truebleod. formeily cf this city, in a meeting there. Mr. Ham, accord ing to informaTam r ceived here, at tatked the polit " and eonim'ssion- t rs with fery t language ami the clref of polite reclptoeatcd hy nt- tas li'iig Mr Ituni wiiii - physical blows and bites. Chief Tin anas In reply, to the in eiiiry slated that during the three weeks' mectirg He'd hy Mr.' Ham In Flizulth fty he innlucttd himself s a ! eiitleman and formed many fr e-ds h' re. The evengelist draws large crowds wherever he goes and It is said in spite of tfTs occureiioe at Roanoke Rapids the meeting Is going on with success, i today just as there are In Germany; grasping employers, extortionate midd'enun. unscrupulous retailers, taking personal advantage of this abnormal situation. Somewhere be tween the farmer and the housewife the prite of milk jumps from six cents to twelve cents a, quaf!. In the matter of bacon, In the first five month of l!ll England Imported nearly a million and a half hun dred-weight more than in the cor responding period of 101."; yet - the government returns show an In crease In price to the consumer of per cent, a total increase since the war began of more than f0 per eent. The government Is innklng a real effort to lot ate the particular oiilprts. Nearly two million English women -r.. Illling the places in industrial vacated by their husbands, sons fathers and brothers. From driving street cars lo making shells, switch Ing riii'road trains to idoiiuhing lields, there is scarcely an avenue of labor in Grout Pr'taiu not subject to the feminine Invasion. Most of them are making men's kages and some of them are wearing men's clothes. The London underground railways and omnibus systems are employing 1.K.32 women and girls. Theer an- 1.200 women alreet-car conductors in Glasgow. The Great Central Railway has filled the place cf 1.75(1 of Its "i.OL'S men with women Fifty thousand women have register ed with the Board of Agriculture to get out lb!s yenr's crops, Suffragettes who used to smash windows are waybill them, Instead of sTivIriu- brlek-bils a( cabinet min isters or defacing golf links, they are nursing sr Pliers or painting ships. Cultured women who never turned their hands to labor are milk ing cows, mowing hay or operating wlreb'ss k"vx. , When the war4s over and the gen oral re-ad lust rnent comes, will these women who for a time have tasted the sweetg tif Independence, he satis fled to return to the plainer fare of domesticity? The question is almost ns big as the biggest social problem England Is to face after the war-- what to do with her soldiers. President Galls Meeting fliy T'nfted Press) WaH'unnion, Aug. 3 The Presi dent fares a tremendous responsibll ity In the threatened strike of 300, ooo railroaders. The mater was placed before "him In flie form of n request for a eon feTeticn on Rio problem from Chair man Hnrry-Whep'er -of the CommlP tee on Rallroads'of the Fnlted State ChamBer of Commerce, and the Pres ident has responded by caning"fhe connffrTce to discuss the situation. CASEMENT DIES Went To Scaffold With Smile And Protesting With Last Breath De votion To His Country London, Aug. 3 Sir Roger Case ment today paid the penalty demand ed by the British government for al leged .te.ison'und was hanged it l'eiitonvllle prison" th's morning" at seven minutes artcr nine. Ten minutes later his body was cut down and life was pronounced extinct. The Irish leader's last words as he awaited the springing of the dealli trap were that he was glad to die for his country. The execution was prrvate being witnessed only by pr'son officials. A large crowd had "assembled Out side the prison walls, however, and as the bell tolled the Irishman's dirge there were a few cheers from the crowd and some groans. A demonstration led by Irishwo men and leaders of file Irish Parlia ment was started but was promptly decked by the police. Sir Roger retfref? Past night at half past ten and went, calmly to his execution faiTs morntng, led by Cath ollc pr'ests. .He appeared slUhtly nervous at first but smiled when the guard satd "good morning' and re sponded to the ITtany pronounced by the priest In a clear voice. The Irish leader, degraded from knlghtshlp by the government which had conTerred the rank upon him for distinguished services, had been In prison s'nen April 2L'nd, when ho was landed on the Irish coast from a German snbniaTT'ie. FRIENDS REFUSED BODY Solicitor Ga'vin TiinTy, Casement's counsel, Is In.lh'nant m the refusal if the authorilies to release Case ment's body for burh l. Application for the holy was made Immediately after the Inquest -and mef with re fusal. The iiefin of the authorities Is characterized by Sir Roger's coun sel us "a monstrous act of Indecen cy.' POWERS REESE Moyock. x. July 31 Wednes day morning Miss Helen Ellzaboth Reese became the bride 'of Harry Robert Powers, both of thin town. The wedding was at the home of the hrlde' sister, Mrs. J, W. Poy ner. The parlor was decorated in ferns aed (lowers, carrying out a color scheme of green mid white. The bridal parly entered the parlor, to the stnr'tis of the Lohengrin' wed d in? march, played by Miss Mary Brad'ey, Pirn! came the little flow er girls Alice and Margaret, Poyner, neices of the bride, carrying bas kets of white flowers. Then came th" bride in ii blue travelling suit with hat and gloves to match. She carried -n -bouquer-nf -whltffcarna-' Hons and ferns. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Rufus Bradley of Elizabeth City, N. C. Melody of Love" was softly played during the ceremony. The bridal party left for Norfolk: Va., 'accompanied by Misses Mary Bradley of Elizabeth City nnd Eliz abeth Barns of Roxabel, N. C. and Dudley Bagley of: Moyock. There they took a boat for Northern cities to spend their honeymoon. . The out-of-town guest present were: Mrs Willie Venle Reese and Mrs, E. R, Reese of Lewlston, N. C, Mrs, J. T), Reese of Richmond, Va.; Rev. f,nd Mrs. Rufus Bradley and Miss Mary Brad'ey of Elizabeth 'lfy. N. ('., and Miss Elizabeth Barns of Roxabel. N. r Mrs. Ella Pearson has returned frnm a. ;v,st to. friends" ami relativet' at Norfolk. ... Aubrey McCabe Is week at Nags Head. spending thd
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