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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 30, 1916
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Railroad Executives
Disregard Warning
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Appears Now That Super
human Efforts To Pre
vent Break Have Been
Entirely Futile
No Power Under Heaven
Can Now Prevent Strike
(By Tjnited
, Washington, .Aug, 30. "No Power under
heaven can now prevent a strike Monday short
of a satisfactory accession to our demands on
the part of the railroads. Postponement of the
strike is not even under consideration " . ( ,
These are the words of trainmen leader
W. B. Lee, spoken after the railroad executives
had refused to accede to. the ( President's , final
proposal. . . v. ij
, "God forgive you; I can not," were the
President's words of dismissal as theexecutives
were leaving the last conference, '' ' ;' ;
Washington, Aug. 30 President
Wilson is endeavor ng to persuade
the brotherhoods to withdraw their
strike order setting .Monday, Sep
tember 4th, as ' the day for the
strike, to go into effect.
Administration ofhclals point out
that if , the brotherhoods . strike
while Congress is, debating meas
ures designed to be favorable to
the workers, there might be a tre
mendous reaction in the country
against labor unions that might
fchange the trend of events.
Up to this time the brotherhoods
have given no indication that they
have any Idea of rescinding the
order.
Congress has taken up the task
of beginning on the legislative pro
gram asked for by the President.
The senate has announced hearings
at which any interested is invited
to an expression as to his view of
. oo.sp.ible remedies.
' ."he-first attempts to rush the
c .Resident's strike legislation thru
Congress were checked when bitter
senators are trying to make politl
cal capital out of the situation'.
The Southern Railway has is
sued warning to shippers of the
possibility of an embargo within
twenty-four hours on all classes of
freight.
Unless the Btrike situation clears
and if the railorad becomes con
Vinced that the strike is inevitable
the vyovk of clearing the tracks
wUlaoJbtlB8 begin Beveral days
In advance.
The first freight to come under
the embargo will be perishable food
tUff8.
Cyher Southern' carriers are ex
pected to follow the lead of the
Southern in issuing warnings of van
embargo, on many of the northern
ra'lroadg an embargo on perish
able freight is already in effect.
BLEASE IN LEAD
(Py Untied Tress)
Columbia, a. c.. A tig. 30-Ex-Gov
rnor Mlcase Is the leading candl
date In the rr.ce for the guberna
torial nom'natlon. Returns are still
incomplete, but n second primary
between Meise and Manning Is ex
ported .
Press)
SHILOH RAISES $25
The First National Bank of this
c t has received from the Shiloh
Baptist Sunday School of Camden
County the sum of twenty five del
lars to be forwarded to headquart
ers for the relief cf the State's
iiood sufferers.
This amount was raised one Sun
day recently by the school after
previous announcement had been
made that this special object would
receive the attention of the Sun
day school on that day, all of the
members of the school taking part
'n the contribution.
CELEBRATES EIGHTH
BIRTHDAY
James Carrol Abbott celebrated
his 'eighth birthday at, his home on
Riverside Drive Tuesday afternoon
After various games were played
an ice and fruit course was served.
Those present were Evelyn (loop
er, Ullian Hooper, Hernioe- Twid'dy
Mary Louise James, Miilicent Hay
man. Annie .Midget t, Dorothy Guard
Doris Abbott. Selnia Madrin, Mary
Horner, Evelyn Spencer, Joseph
Ferebee, Edward Dunstan. Walter
Wiiliamri Cohoon. Lawrence Ayfllett
Andrew ' BaMey, Richardson, Sedge
wlck, Frank Horner, James Ball,
Dan Fearing. Iredell Hayman. Ed
ward Midgett, Woodward Hughes,
Jesse Hughes, Davis Spence, Law
rence Madrin, Thomas Guard, Hal
lett Spencer and Frank Spencer.
CELEBRATES EIGHTH
BIRTHDAY
Little Miss Edna Silverthorn en
tertained a 'number cf friends at
her home on Cypress street Mon
day In honor of her eighth birth
day, i
The guests were: Misses Mary
end Ruth Dozier, Edna Mae Cox,
Huth Overman. Cora McKlmmey.
Winifred Silverthorn, Margaret
Davis, Margaret Sawyer. Lillian
Alexandr'a. Leona Munden. Tlnzol
1 one, Fstelle Silverthorn, Frances
Elizabeth Grant and Hallle Sllvrr
t horn .
After the p'avlng of game ee
Tnni' and eke -were served the
UMlp fnlUB ly the FBter of the ho
tes.
VON HEM
CHIEFJE SIAFF
Supreme Command of Ger
man Armies On Eastern
Front With Mackensen
Rsm., Aug. 30 The Roumanians
and Russians have captured .the
principal Carpathian parage, ac
cording to advice from Bucharest
tre Rcurranlan artjlleryt aje
bombarding the town cf Orsovo,
Hungary, Bucharest was bortardof
by a Zeppelin during the night.
..Berlin Calms that a ssvere. de
feat Mas administered to the Rou
manian advance at a point three
miles south of the red tower pass
on the railway 'o , Hermannstadt.
London, Aug. 30 The Rouman
lan cavalry have crossed the Red
Tower Pass, three miles inside the
Transylvania border, and are with
in a few miles from the city of
Hermanstadt, according to a , Zu
rich dispatch published by the Cen
tral News Agency.
That the resignaticn of the Greek
cabinet headed by Mr. Zalmis Is
foreshadowed on account of Ron
mania's entrance into the war 1b
the latest news from the Greek
capital.
Radical changes in German mill
tary and diplomatic personnel also
are following Roumanians declara
tion. Dispatches from Berlin, con
firm the dismissal of General Fal
kenhayn, Chief of the German Gen
eral Staff, and the appointment of
Von HIndenburg, to flfl the vacan
cy. Von Mackensen will probably
succeed Hindenbtirg In supreme
command on the Eastern front.
It Is reported that the Kaiser
has ordered ' the dismissal of all
d'plomats responsible for the fail
ure to prevent Roumania from en
tering the war. .
CARD OF THANKS
The fam'Iy of Mrs. Mase Ellis
whose funeral. ,was conducted ait
Black well Memorial church Tu'es
ay, wish to take this method of ex
pressing their thanks and apprecia
tloii to Rev. I. N. Loftin who con
ducted the service and to all other
Elizub-th C ty ' 'people who showed
sympathy and in any way assisted
them in their bereavement.
Walked Out Under Eyes
of Federal Guard at At
lanta in Broad Daylight
. (By United Press)
Atlanta, August 30 The Federal
authorities have started an inves
tigation of the amazing escape of
Robert Fay, reputed former Ger
man army officer under a sentence
of eight years for complicity in a
conspiracy to violate American
neutrality.
No report promises success In
the effort to effect his recapture.
With finother prisoner by the
jiame of William Knoblck Fay
walked out of the front entrance
of tli" prison this morning saving
that they were going to repnlr the
arc lfliits ju-t otits'de. which .had
suffered damage In a storm during
the nl'ht. Both men carried tool
klto.
Warden Zerbst chnrgps the es
cape to the c tr-'iejjRnesK"?" of J.
W. Bouncy, guard at the gate at
the t!mc rf the rsenpe.
GESUI OFFICER
; ESCAPESfflSMI
20 LIST (IE!
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Seventy Seven Injured,
Ten Seriously When
Ship wasS wept on Rocks
(By United Press i
Washinetcn. August 31 All but
twenty out of the 990 aboard the
United States Amored Cruiser,
Meph's, were saved when the v?s
Fel was swept on th3 rocks by a
heavy sea and sunk in Santo Do
mingo Harbor.
This is the official announcement
of the disaster received by Depart
ment of the Navy this - morning.'
The report adds that ten were se
riously injured and 67 s lightly
hurt, in the accident.
The Memphis, formerly the
LTennessee, had been dolnj duty in
an uomingan waters in connection
with the revolution there. Her dis
placement Is 14,500 tons.
Rear Admiral Pond's report stat
es that a heavy sea came on sweep
ing the vessel on the rocks before
she could get up power to with
stand it. , ; .
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Stole Clothes
From Line
Mr. J. W. Shores and his dogs
were aroused at one o'clock Mon
day tight go after the culprit
who sto'e the entire 'wash off the
line of HJittle Spence, a colored
.washerwoman who .lives In Prit
fchardtown. Ua,Uie had left her
customer's clothes on the line and
hud found at midnight that the
line had been stripped. She was
in tears because her white folks
clothes were gone.
The dogs took the 'trail from the
yard and soon found the clothea,
wh'ch had to be washed all over
again, but Hattle said that she
didn't mind that.
They did not find the thief how
ever and they kept on into Saw
yertown w'ndlng np. in the middle
of the street where the trail was
entirely lost. It Is believed that
the thief took an . automombile at
that point.
Mr. Shores and the dogs had
just returned froo Centre Hill
where they had been called to as
si'-t in the capture cf a nero who
had escaped from the Chowan. Coun
ty eha-n .-'Hng. The dogs did good
work until they struck the public
roads where there was too. much
water for them to follow the trail.
MRS- MARGARET COLLINS DEAD
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret
Collins of Shawhoro was conducted
Monday afternoon . from tho home
by Kev. K. J. Ilarrell of Shiloh.
Iii)r'rmerfl followed in the family
burying ground.
Mrs. Collins was eighty two
years old and Is survived by three
sons, all of Shawboro. Her. death
occurred Sunday afternoon at two
o'clock. She was a member of the
Methodist church of Shawboro but
in the absence cf her pastor, M.r
Harrell who is pastor of the Shaw
boro Baptist church, conducted the
funeral service. -
IN POLICE COURT
J. R. Parker was fined one dol
lar and costs this mornln In po
l'ce court for running his auto
without lights.
Lee Hollomnn, colored, wns fined
$2. HO and costs fur fighting.
TAKE A LOOK
You should see the advance
showing, of new ties on display
nt Wn-k's ami Siwver's. The ul
timate consumer will find ' lho
f'es all tht could b" d"siretl both
from stindpeint of appearance and
price, tifitw thstandin the near
city of dyes and in spite or the
htsh cot cf living, ndv
Roanoke island Coiild Be
Made Paradise ot Peaches
Officials of Norfolk Southern and
Of Southern Express Company
Express Belief That The Pos
sibility Will Be Realized
STRUCK THIS YEAR'S MET RIGHT
Mr. Shimer, Pioneer In New Indus
try For Historic Isle, Got Oyer
; Nine Hundred Dollars For One
Shipment This Year
That Konoke Island, the birth
place of Virgin'a Dare, will one
day be as far-famed for Its peach
es as It already is fcr Its spots of
historic interest is the belief of
those who haAfe gone there ttys
year and who have seen what has
already been the result of one
man's experiment.
Mr. W. T. Kyzer, Agricultural
Agent of "the Norfolk Southern Rail
road, and Mr. W. R. Poyner, solicit
ing a'ent for the Southern Express
Company, arrived In the city this
morning after a stay of several days
on the Island and they were thor
oughly 'Qcnvinced that the wholie
north end of the Island and many
ether parts of it w'll one day soon
be covered -with peach trees that
will bring to the landowners every
year thousands of dollars.
"These people," said Mr. Poyner
have in their grasp a magnificent
opportunity. They have the" soil for
peache3. They have the climate.
Time and effort are the only thing
needful to transform Roanoke Is
land Into a veritable paradise of
peaches. , '
"It has been proved by actual ex
periment that the peach grown on
H;ht sandy so'l has better shipping
qualities than the fruit from the
rather heavier land Of Oorgla. So
the Alberta grown on the Xorth
Carolina KandhillH reaeh-s northern
markets . in butter coiirt'tion than
the peach fioin the land that made
the Albfi'ta famous.
"Koanoke Inland ban t he loose
sandy soil of the sand hill region.
1 "It is a well known fact that
where the fruit- grower's land lies
along the water his crop is more
certa'n owning to Hie greater free
dom from killing frost In the late
sprln?.' i
'Entirely surrounded by the sb-el
tered) temperate wrjers of Albe
marle sound with snow ot rarest
occurence and with killing frosts
occurring seldom even In the heart
of winter Roanoke Island has a
climate that from tne standpoint
of the fruit grower could not be
surpassed.
"With these two advantages to
begin on, Rcanoke Island has be
sides others of hardly less import
ance. For instance In Its accesslbil
lty to Northern markets It has the
advantage of any southern fruit
section that I know of. Fruit ship
ped by boat from Manteo onp
morning Is put on the New York
market (hp following afternoon.
"Again, on Koanoke Island the
Alberta peach matures jusj at the
r'ght season to reach (hp n;rthnrn
markets whn shipment from (!eor
tin and the sandhills have practl
ealty reaped. That, at any rale,
wm the case this year."
'We went over to Manteo," said
Mr. Kyzer, last week and .Immedla
tely got In touch with S A Orimn
president of the cbmlier of cem
merce, K. B. , Etherldge, cashier Of
the Bank of Manteo, S. H. Dosher,
mayor of the town, E. W. Joyner,
Superintendent of Education, and
W. J, Griffin, a leading real estat
man. We got an automobile and
went all over the Island, making
an effort to interest the, landowners
in the growing of fruit and truck.
We did not have a hard Job, either
because the chamber of commerce
had been preparing the way for us
and had already aroused a great
deal of interest along these lines.
'We thought Koanoke Island ought
to grow good tobacco and we ln
duced seven farmers over there
to plant an acre each this year.
'These' seven farmers wl'l get them
an experienced tobacco grower who
will instruct them in the cultiva
tion cf their crop. When It is ma.
tured the Norfolk Southern will be
ready to assist the grower in ev
ery way possible lnthe marketing
of it.
"As to the opportunity which
Roanoke Island offers the Deach
growers, tljo people of the island
are already convinced. They were
from Missouri, but they have been
shown. Mr. Shinier, first to under
take peach growing on the island,
now has seven thousand trees and
Is getting his land ready to put
out three thousand more. From one
shipment last year he received
$!i4u.(',ij wnd f ir his ntire crop
")( from $2.7f to $3.50 ,,.r crate.
"My the way, he has now 500
Siiklo pear trees which boro for
the lirst time this yeur and which
promise well for another year." .
Mr. Kyzer and Mr. Poyner- will
continue in this territory for sev
eral weeks yet and during their
tour will try to go; in touch with
farmers all along the llne of the
railroads territory. They intend to
spend the next week in Pasquo
tank county, and wish t0 arouse in
this county more Interest in such
truck croops as strawberries,' Eng
Ush Peas, generally caljed, Mayji
Peas by planters here. Lima Beans
cabbage and potatoes.
Mr. Kyzer assures prospecire
growers of these crops that the
Norfolk Southern Railroad stands
ready to assist them In finding a
market for their products. 'We can
assure them of good markets, too"
he, said, provided they will co-oper
ate In Insuring a good pack of
truck crops and In dividing ttH?
shipments so as not to glut any
one market.
"We are also In touch with sour
ces from whl h the farmer may
secure lime nnd rertlllBT, and
stand ready U ulve farmers who
osk t full Information as to these
matter."
Miss Annabel!? Abbott Is visit
ing her aunt, Mrs. Win. F. Dowdy,
In New Peru.