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COME TO ELIZABETH CITY DOLLAR DAY ni f-Dollai is worth 1 1UIVV mAiiv X ri ii i.x -3nif.. (4 -T WO on 7 Dollars as you can DOLLAR DAY ; -juuuak , o KroaineAcis DAY' in : VOL. I ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 4, 1916 NO. 85 rnrpar" .tii sr.- " vi;- Commissioners Vote For i Canning Club Girls Make Appropriation For Full Time And Put Pasquotank On Record For Progress t The County Commissioners ol Pasquotank county today made the appropriation complete for a -; lull time Home Demonstrator for the county. All of the commissioners except W. A. Pinner of this city, were pre sent. Mrs. Cam .W. Melick appear ed before the commissioners and asked that they reconsider all pre vlous action in regard to this work and put Pasquotank in the class of leading counties of the State in. larm life activities. Commissioners who had oposed the movement in its initial beginn ing, and had continued to oppose it through many meetings at which the mater had been presnted again and agaln.today spoke of it in high terms, saying 'Sentiment has chang ed all over the county. The people want it now. They have seen what It means, and we are glad to" re verse our vote." Voting for the - appropriation to day were: J. C. James, Jr, of Salem township, H. W. Bright of New-land Elihu Ownley of Mt. Hermon. Only two commissioners, J. M. Jennings of Providence and Mr. V F. Jennings of Nixonton, ycted a gainst the measure. Mr. Pinner, who was absent, is in favor of the apuropriation, as is also, Mr. Fearin,', who is chair man of the Hoard jand, therefore, did not vote. ' Will Adjourn On Wednesday (By United Press) Washington, Sept., 4' The ad. Journment of Congress at six o'clock Wednesday was the decision reach ed today. Air Of Warfare Still Lingers (By United PreBs) Washington. Sept. 4 A lingering air of warfare still clung about the railroad brotherhood headquar ters here today. Though reasonably confident that the eight hohr bill is now a law, which means a year of peace on the railway Tvps, the Brothi'i V, men frankly said that there V..,0l be a strike if the transportation chiefs ever atempt to restore the ten hour day. They expressed the opinion that the railroads may tet the constitu tionality of the measure, but de clared that if the courts should deem it unconstitutional and the lines should try to revert to the ten hour system, they would call a strike at once. The more optimistic say that the wage commission created by the bill will find the men's cause Just and in this 'event the railroads will scarcely overturn the law whether Jt is unconstitutional or ont. Y . Frank Venters is at ( home froA a visit to relatives at Pactolus Look for The City Drug Store's Ad. in this paper. Of interest to thl. F. D. readers! adv Demonstrator Whistles Play 'Kentucky Home' (By United Press) , Lousville Kentucky, Sept. 4 (After a day and night of ovations and demonstrations from crowds i led by bands at every hamlet through which President Wilson's special train passed en route t: thededlcatory servtcesat the Lin coln Farm. .Louisville presented the climax of greetings when the presidential train steamed oyer the Widge and entered the station here. The cheering at the station de veloped into a wild, deafening roar and the shrieking caliopes of the steamers on the river wailed 1 on3 and loud their welcome in the strains of the old southern melody "My Old Kentucky Home" IfU FindDutllovBig IRgiyAm By Watching The Advertising Columns In This Newspaper. Soon Will Be Announced A Feast Of Bargains. For imam nn Opened " Only ast "Year and Now Weil-Known People from Other Statt s Seek its Doois The fame ox the Elizabeth City Hospita,: has cxtemhid far beyond the iim:ts of the city cr the lining diiits t'ectiui. - , In the past .few months there have been patients there from Vir ginia, South Carolina and Georg as well as from the many sections Of North Carolina. ' Mrs. Martin Hoke of York Coun ty Pennsylvania, the wife of a prom inentj Pennsylvania physician, has just undergone a very successful cp eration at the Hospital and is get ting along well. Dr. John Sallba who is at the head of the Hospital here has f reputation as a surgeon which ex tends beyond the limits of the United States, and to his personal labors and wise direction are at tributed the, marked success and growing reputation of the city's modern hospital. The handsome building and the beautiful location of the Elizabeth City Hpspital on the bend of the Pasquotank are pointed out to ev ery visitor who comes to the city, and the story of the building and the growth of the Institution are told at home and afar. Not only is It no longer neces sary for the people of th's city and section to go to other cities for hos pital treatment and operation, but many-people are coming to Eliza beth City for surgical and medical aid, all of which has happened In the short time Intervening between the opening of the hospital In Jan nary, tf15. nnd the present day scarcely more than a year nnd a, half. LITTLE GIRLS IN FLAGS LEAD COLUMBUS LABORERS (By United Pres Columbus, O Sept. 4 Sixty small girls dressed in red, white and blue today led 1,200 members of 44 labor organizations through Columbus' downtown streets, In the annual Columbus Federation 'of Labor's worktngman's day parade. Here Are The Dollar Day Firms The following stores below will co-operate with The Advance in making Saturday, September 9th, a red letter day for the Elizabeth City Shop per, Every one of them promises something special for Dollar Day. Be sure to read their ad vertisements. If they no not appear in this issue they will appear before Saturday, September 9th; Don't miss them. Mitchell's Department Store McCabe&Grice - S.R.Siff Company, M. Leigh Sheep Company Fowler & Company Weeks & Sawyer P. W. Melick Company C. A, Cooke City Drug Store Apothecary Shop This list will appear every day from now until Dollar Day. Watch it grow, and watch lor the ads of the firms whose names appear in it. FINNS ATTEND lITU T a I Increased Interest And xuarKea progress in -Agricultural Activities Through-out State (Spe.idl Correspondence.) , Raleigh, N. C. Sept. 5. There has 'never ben a more enthusiastic and suc?sful meeting of farmers in this State than that which' has jut been held at the A. & M. Col lege, here the 14th annual conven tion, with nearly a thousand dele gates attending. Never were the farm women bo much in evidence as on this occasion, and the Bpeak ers, bcth mn and women, compris ed a galaxy of cetebrlties more brilliant than ever before. The farn) women's convention was particular ly successful and inspirin gand every woman who attended the meeting is better equipped than she was a week previously, and the fact will prove valuable to every farm which these women adorn with their fine practical sense and management of the departments of endeavor which come within their jurisdiction. These conventions following on the heels of the big showing made by the corn club and pig club (etc) boys, proclaim unprecedented activ lty for more knowledge and addi tional equipment among that great body of Tarheels who constitute 80 per cent of the population of North Carolina. Farming Is progressing, everything the farmer grows is in greater demand at bdghw prices than in a generation, and there are istlll "better times" for the skilled farmer in the future than ever lie fore. r EXHIBITS AT STATE FAIR One of the good results likely to follow along this line of activity among the farmers is an appreci able Increase In the number of coun ties making "county exhibits" at the State Fair one of the best methods of attracting desirable new comers to such counties to aid in building tip the communities. , Secretary J. E. Pogue appeared before the farm demonstrators at the A. & M. College moetln?, by re quest, and explained the prepara tions, which the State Fair manage ment is making for the various (Continued on Next Pate) If Saturday September 9th Is Dollar Day At Betsey At Many of Stores Early Customers Will Receive Dollar Day Bargains Free Come to Elizabeth City on Dol lar Day, Saturday, September Sth. This is the invitation which The Advance has brought, at the head of the front page of its every edl- t'on for out of town subscribers for the last three weeks. For a time Saturday, September the 9th, seemed a long way off but now It is exceedingly near at hand and every reader of the paper should begin to plan for the invest ment of the dolars each has been saving for Dollar Day. Saturday, September 9th, will be this paper's second Dollar Day and The Advance is anxious to make it the biggest and best bargain day that Elizabeth City has ever seen. The paper realizes, however), that this cannot he done unless the mer chants are willin' for this occasion to sacrifice profits In order to bring new visitors to the city and in order to gain new customers for their stores. The merchants of Elizabeth City, always abreast of their time and wide awake to the spirit of modern business enterprise, appreciate the itua'tlon and have expressed them selves as determined to offer values that will not only sntisfy but real ly startle the economical buyer. Everybody knows that this year the trend of all prices Is uwpard nd the "high cost of living" is on every Hp. To be able to get bar- I gains at the very opening of the season when the first cool days are T just beginning to arrive and the first autumn tints are beginning to tench the foliage at such a time, to be able to buy seasonable goods ' at bargain prices Is opportunity in- ' deed. i The Advance has the word of Elizabeth City merchants that this is just what they are going to oiler and The Advance nelieves that Eliz abeth City merchants will make good their every claim. Doth the merchants and The Advance' invite readers of the paper to a close study of its advertising columns from now until Dollar Day, believ ing that such an investigation will how that what Elizabeth City mer bants claim, that do. ' FURTHER DETAILE LATER Full details of the offerings of Elizabeth City's Dollar Day firms will be made public in the next semi-weekly edition of The Advance Country subscribers' are invited to look for this paper a day earlier than usual, as It will be sent out in time to give every subscriber to the paper opportunity to 'see it and etudy Its advertisements closely be fore coming to town to spend dol lars on Dollar Day. It always pays to read advertise ments because you are sure sooner or later to find something of per sonal and Immediate Interest in the advertising columns of your home newspaper. But It will especially nay you, not only to read but to study closely, the advertisements which appear In the next semi-week ly edition of The Advance, as piany of the merchants will effer to early customers a Dollar Bargain free. By keeping close watch on all I'ol Inr Day nws In the paper you will learn the conditions under which these bargains will be given awsy. Bruce Carter spent Sunday at Nags Mead. City's Leading mJB-BTIB- IJEWJPOSITIOriS Sunday's Gains for The Most Part are Being Held and New Positions are Being Fortified (By United Pregs) Paris, Sept. 4.-r-Greece has ac ceded to all of the Allies' demand This is the official report received here this morning. "The wnole Transylvahlad ' country of Harnmezek and the Inhabited region about Sellke has been oc cupied by the Roumanians. Heavy attacks from the Germans and Bui gars continue along the whole Do bruja frontier with the bombar ALONG THE SOMME The weather has halted the French along the Somme and the French are engaged meanwhile in strengthening their positions. Fourteen guris were among the booty taken yesterday by the Al lies. There wus much activity along the northeastern Verdun front with grenade fighting on the east and northwest of Fleury, but the French have maintained their positions taken Sunday. Four hundred prl oners were taken in this sector, The eCrmana made several attacks In the Vaux Chapltre sector, east of these positions, but were every where repulsed. The German positions along a front of one and three fifths miles and of a halt ml'e depth, were captured yesteray in the fighting north of the Somme. The British at one time occupied all of the village of Ginchy, but were forced to retire. Despite counter attacks the Bri tish reta'n a part of the strongly fortified village, Gulllemout, won yesterday. The sweeping Allied adavnee Sun day gave the French a grip on the optsklrts of Comples and seriously threatened that strongly fortified German position. The villages of Forrest and Clery were captured in a six and a half mile drive by the French and Brl tlsh. ' Combles is not attacked by Allied forces on three sides, ments of Roumanian towns. ON EASTERN! FRONT On the astern tr&t the Russians have spent theait fornight in smashing the h-1 Teuton lines In Eastern Galicia nnd the Carpathians the Germans sending available men to the Roumanian frontier to Join the Bulgarian lines against the Greeks. Dispatches , from Berlin report the belief that Greece has polned the Allies and the Germans arf. preparing .to mee their new enemy, Misses Eldera and Elizabeth on have returned from visit ing Mrs. R. W. Berry of Norfolk. , St.
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