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The Only Democratic Newspaper Published In Elizabeth City VOL. I 'Allied Balkan or Politica It Is Not' Believed That Recovery Of Serbia Will Be Attempted Un iess'Roumania Will Participate BRITAIN WARNED OF AIR RAID New Fleet of Zeppelins Said to be Ready For Attack on English Coast (By United Press) London, Aug. 24. The ancient Greek city of Seres, 43 ( miles east ot Salonikl, is the center of a strong Bulgarian attack! according to dispatches from both Greek and Bulgarian sources. The Greek gar rison of the town is co-operating with the French forces in defend- ing the city. The garrison has been reinforced by t,he addition of small detachmtnts of Greek troops which retired upon the city after spirited engagements with numerically sup erior forces of Bulgarian. On practically every otherv sec tor of the Balkan front the Bulgar lan offensive has been brought to a standstill. FOR POLITICAL EFFECT , It is gpnerally believed that the recent allied activity in the Bal kans, which precipitated the Bul garian offensive, was undertaken for political effect on Roumania, which has been heslatting about entering the conflict. It is not be- I Jury than the mult!form End con lieved thn without the help of j fiit.ting rroight regulation " said Roumania a general offensive will n waiter itine-i nf the. Hunt Fp be undertaken from the Greek base; at this time as, without Rouman ians aid, any attempt toward the recovery of Serbia wou'd involve a greater expenditure of men and munitions than could be spared from other fronts. GERMANS GAIN TEMPORARY SUCCESS The Germans made strenous at tempts during the night, according to General H'lg's statement, to re Sain the lost ground near Guill mont, succeeding at some points in gaining the parapets of'j'Ment is to make up his mind vvlth- the British trenches,' from which, however, they wrre later driven with heavy losses. ' -RUSSIANS CLAIM GREAT VIC TORY ' , Reports from Petrograd claim a great victory for thn Russians over the Turks near NIosul, where a Tur kish army of 80.000 was defeated fwith the loss of two entire regi ments captured and 6 proportion ately large number of killed and wounded. Berlin claims fresh successes for the Bulbars along the line of the Struma river, where Anglo.French forces are said to have been rout ed. WARMNG OF ZEPPELIN RAID .ZennpHns raided the eafft coast last night but no casuallties are re ported this morning. Baron Mffntague hs warned this country of a gigantic air raid to be made by new German dirigibles now said to be under construction. They are 780 fet long and travel SO miles an hour, according to re ports and are constructed so ns to be able to travel 80 miles an hour, to ascend three miles In order to nvold gunfire, and to rnrry five tons of explcsives per ship. The raid Is, expected in Septem ber or October, when the weather becomes most favoralde, and It' is believed tbnt yesterday's nttnek v us a ! 'iiiH:t' Ty f i-oniHiii ! made ELIZABETH CITY, "V Iotiviti.es ii III Fill STAGE Before Nightfall 2UCCeSS Or Failure May Be Writ ten On President Wil son's Effort To Avert Stiike (by United Press) Washington, Aug. 24, "Since miduight the strike situation has taken a change for the worse. "The situation is very serioiH" was the statement made by "one of the n"J road execif iycs as tne conference with the President be gan today. "The President's" course in strik ing down the principle of Impar tial hearing threatens a greater in railroad. 'The President,' he added, de cided, without a hearing of our side of the cohtroveisy, th t it is Just to make the railroads pay fifty mil lions of dollars a year to the train nun "This, is- r.iy opinion. Is the most striking fenture of 'he case. The President's course estubl'sh es the precedent thit libor may combine to stop interstate com ini roe un'ess its demands be grant ed and that in Mich cases the Pros out a hearing as to the concessions he will force the employers to make ;n order to be d eff libor from its H'egal course.' In today's conference, negotia tions 'toward pettling the threaten ed railorad i-trike went to their final stage. The success or 'fnllurp of the President's" efforts may be written before night. The BUbommil.tee of fyilroad executives who have been wrestling with the eiJht hour problem for days, met with the executives this morning in thP hope of reaching a final conclusion before adjourning. 'Ihey will lay that conclusion be fore the President this afternoon. to test England's new air defens es The Baron declares that two of these new zeppelins have been com pleted and that four others will be ,'uv;lnble by autumn. FRENCH AVIATORS BRING DOWN FOUR Two German attacks near Soye c.o-jrt on the fortt, of the Somme. which wr.r preee'ded by an inten sl-.e homlnrdment, were conipMp. "y r pulsed last night, dispatches from Pur's sute', On the right bank of the M'-use, n rtbast of Verdun, the Germens bombarded Floury and Thiamon! List nb:ht, and French nvPtnr I !": down f :r Onrnn -bines.. effort ai n L GUI IS NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING AUGUST 24. 1916 0 OP LK Only High School In The County Expects Good v Work And. Much Inter est During Coming Ses sion - v Ptp'ur I r no'.;, X. C. Aug. 21 Po.j.V lira h School opens Sep. 11. Tiu ,c.iiiOi:a t.uj .atroai of this soiiool are looking forward to v great opening, and the greatest year yet in rtie history of the school. The people of the county are asktd to send their children," who are prepared to do hih school work, to this school. This is the only school in the, county that does approved high sthool work. The work is approved by the State De partment of Education as high school work. Students finishing the eleven grades here can enter the Slat Univenity. A. & M.. State Normal College and the other col leges of the Stijte. Three boys who were in this school the yast year will enter the State University this fail, two girls will enter the State Normal, and three girls will enter some other college of the State, and one, girl after attending the University Summer school will teech school this year. The othej boys and girls wlH remain in the county and work. These boys and girls have made good and will make good in college and in - the world. These boys an,j girls are. from Crlwfgrd, Fruitville and Pop lar Pranch townships.. Expenses at Poplar Branch w'll be much less for county students than expenses at similar schoolsout of the coun ty and work .and credit as good. Now Is the time to send tlKt boy or girt to high school before it is ton lat j. Work will begin in .be eld quar ters until the new house s com pit' ted. Th0 progress of the house will be encouraging to new stu dents. The o'ass work will be good this year. The house will have 8 rooms with nice auditorium. The house will be heated with a steam heating sytem rmd have other mod ern arranwnirnis for health. Th's house will be one of the, best of its kind in the State. Trof. L. L. Lohr of I incolnton, N. ) wni bR Prln cipal attain this year. Let every body "boo'it" the school for a good year. I Prosperity In Hyde Mr. G. V. Swindell of Fairfield Hyde County, was in the city this week and stated to friends here that crops in Hyde county this year are the best be has ever seen above the ground.' Mr. Swindell lives in u town ship nf about (if. ecu miles rtudius and does undertaking on the side, there being too few deaths in his territory to al'ow him to call him self a professional uiylcrtak'y. ao cording to his own statempnt. "Hyde h"irveted the blg?pst oat crop In Hie history of the county." declared Mr. Swindell. 'The yield was from 25 to 80 bushels, with an uveraee of M bushels. I was rals ed In the county and have seen good crops before but nothing that eeme up to this yerr's production." Again Reported Due (By United Tres. Copenly gen, Amr. 24 It is offi cially announced that the. Bremen, sister ship to the Deu'schland, re ported lost some time sen, and c'nlmeil In certain French quarter to havp teen ciptured. wi'l rrrive in Amenta within a L'.w.dajs". t n GDIS HBSI Dollar Day Will Offer Un usual Values W hen Prices Are Soaring And New Goods Are To Hand From ,lil flies tome indications that prlcrsj are continuing to sour, indeed, a noticeable iucioise in the prices Of nearly all merchandise will char jctcrize tne coming seas on, at cording to reports from man ufacturers and whoksal dealers. For th 8 reaV)ii, tho ettrly ad vent lu tliizabcth City, of Dollar Lay Is a pleasing surprise to home keepers and to shopperH generally. Elizabeth City's merchants never sleep. They are always on the alert to prepare, for the coining senson. not only in the wise selection of goods but aJso in the offering of sprflal bargains which will save their customers rel money and give them an opportunity to pre pare for an era of hteh prices by buying before the rise takes place. This Is Just the case now. And Dollar Day will be the money-saving event of the year. " There have been Dollar Days in Elizabeth City before. :.. Last Spring a very attractive Dol lar Day wru advertised and con ducted here and good bargains were offered by all the city's mer chants. But the weather man de luged the section with rahi and wind for the day proceeding and the day Itself, and the town poo pie got the greatest advantage of the Day, perh'ipi, because so manv country people were kejit away by Hi" (lisagieeable weather, If this sort of day had com( in the fall it might h;ive induced shoppers to hurry into winter clothes but, com ns in the spring ft rath"r kept shoppers from wanting to make an effort to get ready for summer time. This summ..r, tcu, a Dollar Day was held heie, but this d."y,WHs not advertised in The Advance and the country readers of this paper got ho benefit from it, save as a few rlianoed to be fn the city by inci dent. But this September Saturday Isn't io ng lo be. any ordinary Dol lar Day. Jv.-frything is going to, be done for tho country shopjlers I on that day. Every bargain is going to be offered that can-b" offered and in useful art ides which must be bought o:m anyway rml may be bought on Dollar Day at remark able saving, whereas a' little later an Increase in prices Is absolutely inevitable. 1 It is just th,. time of the year when everything must lie replenish ed. Thtre jle many things mvded In the bouse for the fall', the chil dren must be fitted up for school, there's the fall sewing, the fall canning, the fall cooking, and the fall harvesting to be thought of, an,i right here u th ,ood old Home Town la the place to prepare for the new season, where your personal needs have beciii studied by men who have bought goods es peclally for shoppers of this section and who hiA-e planned to help tbelr customers save money by supplying thejr real needs on Dol lar Day. More detailed Information about tliesif bargains w'll be given In next week's papers an, every coun try read"r of fht Advance should le on the looM' for further an nouncements (oncerning Dollar Day NEW ARRIVAL of Ladles K(.!l Suits purchased by our New York rep'esentttlv" junt t hand and now ready for your inspect Ion. W'e have aPo just received a large nhtpmpnt of Indies W';itsts and New Hats M'tehnll's D''pnrt'ienf S'i'i". ndv TO WORK FOR BETTER SCHOOLS Currituck Superintendent Of Education Urges Peo ple of County To Sup port Cause of Education Sup?. K. U'. Isley. gives this pa per the following statement as to the cducat ouul outlook in Curri tuck: "The Woman b Betterment Asso ciations, Junior Orders, Farmers' Unions, t xi rj ufl other organizations pijtroiiB and Individuals of Curri tuck county are urwl to work for better schools this coming year. ou are needed to help enforce the Compulsory Attendance Law. This law was made to help people edu cie the r cl.I flren and now Is the time to do It. A child should be k&pt in school every day white Echcol Is running. Cultivating the trains is far more Important than cultivate the soil. Saving your child from coming clutches of a dult Illiteracy is, tar more Import fnt than saving your cotton or po tato crop. Cultivate your child and save him by sending him to school 80 he can In turn see more clearly how to cultlavte the soli and make tetter crops and harvest them e ier; The child Is the most import, ant human being on earth. His training and education today will determine hfs success of tomorrow He has started across the stage and will rule it . tomorrow. His training today will determine the decoration of tomorrow's stage. So let's be up and. doin and keep every child of school age in school ve ry day during the year. "The Moonlight 'Schools will be conducted this yepr aialn. These .U'honla will be conducted at night by the teachers for the adults who cannot read and. write. Thp past vcr a few people in the county who could nn ri'a'' an,l write loam ed to do so in these schools. Every person, in reach of one of these schools will be- urged to attend. Only those persons' who wish to learn to read and write wll! be al lowed to attend. The aid of com mitteemen is rnked In working up these schools, ''In the coming November we wish to have school, districts fairs, and later township fall's and still later one county fair. To these fairs students will be ur,'cd to car ry trieir. best ears of corn, best pot.'foes, turnips. pigs, chickens, ducks, gpose. calves and colts. Also the best Domestic Science work and Maniie work must be carried lo the fairs. The best cooking and sewing may be carried to the fair. Judges wi'l be selected at e-ch a'r to select the best things 011 exhibit The districts fairs will all be on the same day. Thp exhibits that win at the district fairs will be carried to the township f rs. All the township fairs will be. carried to the county fairs; and the ex hibits that win at the county fair will win prlz"s. Every body In the county is urged to take an active P'frt In these fairs. I'hls work Is llfp and ,nt' school work should be life work. This work at our fa'rs Is closely connected to our school work and we must press forward with it.'.' IN HONOR OF GUESTS A very enjoyable party was given Wednesday evening by Miss Sophie Iv In honor of her house yiiests. Misses Wn'ker :ind Brum s' y . Ann ng those pn sent were: Miss "h Anel" White, Itosalee Wood, A I rnn Iamb, Mary M. Morrlsetfe. Vivian P.elaiiR'a. Mnruaret f'hesson Mary Owens, Ferebep Jnnlns, Mildred Hutches, Alvln'1 Turner. Mc-srs Jack Turner, Leslie Spcncr Edwin James, .'mines Harris. Ells worth T.P.ron, Claud Wnrd. Joe fflmb, Jnlinnfe .Tennlnrs, Hnywood Duke, and Jainci Clifford. News Without Bias . Views Without Prejudice NO. 73 DEUISCUD ENDS VOYAGE Berlin Gets First Wireless When Submersible Safe ly Passes Enemy Patrol in North Sea (By Uulted Press) ' Berlin, Aug. 24. The subniarln DeutsthiUnd, evaded a score ot wurrhips who hid been on. the watch lor her entrance into th English Channel, and came to the surface Tuesday in the southern part cf the North Sea, dispatcher from Bremeu state this morning. Not until the submersible wa ap proaclvng Hellogolanj and wa ea tlreiy, out of danger did she send Jnto port a wireless message an qouncing her homecoming. As the came Into harbor gres "rowds ?ath eved at the docks to welcome bef tack from her successful venture. The Deutschland Jett the Vir ginia Capes on the nlgnt of August 2nd, with her cargo vt uietaj, ran ter and condensed milk. Bitten By Moccasin AVhlle the little three year old daughter of Mr, Beasley of Nage Head was playing on the Sound Side st Nags Head Tuesday a big water moccasin bit the child ' on the foot, inflicting a painful wound. The little girl's leg was tightly bandaged above the"ankl, and be low the knee, and she wra taken to Manteo for medical attention. The water moccasin Is considered a non poisonous snake but the foot was beginning to swill when the child was taken to the bo;.t for Manteo. The moccasin was a long one as tilu- atvmnrl aa a 'TTHin'a forp.'irtll . REPORT OF BOARD OF EDUCATION Currituck,' N. C, Aug. 21 Dur ing the scholastic yesr ending June ,10th, 1916 the Currituck County Board of Education handled the following funds: Receipts: Balance on hand June 30, 1915 2,G3(5(G1 , Total local tax for the x year lfllti 4,663.79 Private djinajions -from districts for llbrar'es. . . 45.00 County general funds 13.717.8S Statj funds 4,921.55 Total Kecpts $25,984.83 Expenditures: Pi Id white teachers' $13,041.33 For houses and general supplies , '3.370.72. Paid colored teachers ... 2,995.22 For houses and general supplies 185i.61 General expenses Con tin- gent fund ... 21563.50 Total expenditures for year, both races ...... $22.16.38 Bal'nnoe on hand June 30 19,16 $ 3,828.45 The -glut ladles ln the several bet lernient associations in the county raised over $1,166, In the past year and bought supplies for their school. Every good lady in the county Is urged to join a better ment ttssoclatlon. If one Is not ln your school district organize it and go to work for better schools. Every association In the county Is urged to press forward for school bo'eniM tit . The societies may fire the in'nds of students who may approach a Walker. Ansdl, Jarvls or a tlrlrgs. Let your slogan be. "Press forward for school better ment." The good Indies will do this because they have done It. Their Influence In s hool work cannot be measured. They enn do what men do' not wnnt to do, and ennnt do. PoU. W. Isley, Stipt.
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