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VOL. I
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 7, 1916
NO. 88
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Bucharest Admits German
Occupation of Tutrakan
Teutons Have Penetrated
To A Distance Of With
in Thirty-three Miles Of
Roumanian Capital
1S1IS STRIKING AI LEMRFRG
Are Now Bombarding Halitz Sixty
Miles to the Southeast of Lemberg,
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and Former City Reported in
Flames
(By tinlted Press)
"London, Sept. 7 The Roumani
ans have evacuated Tutrakan ott
the Danube 33 miles southeast or
Bucharest according to an official
dispatch from the Roumanian capi
tal. The position was taken by the
combined attacks of. the Teutons
and Bulgars after a three day's bat
tie.
The Russians in turn are pound
ing away at Halitz, CO miles to the
southeast cf Lemberg, the Galieian
capital. Halitz is regarded as the
key to the Lemberg defenses. The
city is offlclally reported in flames
as a result of the bombardment.
General Half's 'report states that
in sava'.e hand to hand fishting the
Germans were repulsed last night
in viobnt atticks on the newly oc
cupii d Briti.-h positions in tho
ILeuse wood. Fighting still continu
es on the outskirts of Ginchy.
On the Verdun front the French
took 1500 yards of flrt line trenches
from Vaux Chapitre ' to Chenois
wood, northwest of Verdun, accord
Ing to the latest oHicial advices.
ALLIES MAKE BRILLIANT :
ATTACK
Comlilesj
iiid Chaulues, two main
gupons in
lie present German lines
are threat!
ed by the advance of
lid the French thrust
liid the French I
Vy on Santerre int
if Chaulnes yeste
the allies
through P
outskirts
to the
onlay .
The French thrust was mt by the
most desperate resistance and the,
Germans made many counter at
tacks In a vain effort to prevent the
forward thrust of the French wedge
Another sharp advance and the
Chaulites-Peronne railway will be
cut.
In the attack upon Combles the
British eniaged thn Germans at
tacking from the south and when
the main mass of Germans had
been drawn in that direction the
French suddenly struck from the
west, cutting eff a body of Germans
and driving the rest from their po
sitions within thirty minutes.
To Muster Out
, National Guard
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept 7 The Nation
al Guard organizations recently or
dered to their respective state mo
bilize !on camps will be .mustered
Aut u( Federal service as soon as
pTfictlcal and returned to their nor
ma) status pf National uiiard troop
Secretary of War Baker announced
today.
D. H. Tlllltt of Camden passed
through the city Wednesday en
route to Norfolk. '
HOT HUNK
10 STRIKE ORDER
Normal Service Maintain"
ed by New York Street
Car Lines as Employees
Refuse to Obey Strike
Order
(ly I'nlted Fress)
New York, Sspt. 7 Despits the
strike order intended to affect 18000
employes of the New York street
car r&fways, normal service is be
ing maintained, ai the men ae not
responding to the ortfer of calling a
strike.
New York, Sept. 7 The biggest
street transportation strike in the
history (f New York is on.
Surface lne employes are co-operating
with those on the elevated
and the subway, few cars being in
operation on any system .
Jitneys appeared in droves, this
morning and ure doing a thriving
business. '
Disorder Iris broken out at sev
oral points and brick throwing has
been indulged in at a number of
points, but as yet no injuries are
reported as resulting from such
violence. " " IHJSJ
Thousands of strikers poured In
to the Grand Central railroad sub
way station demanding that ticket
choppers and other employes Join
in the trik.: . " H ITPIXiq
Five thousand police are guarding
the subway motormen who are op
erat'ng their cars In screened nett
ing to protect them from missiles.
The Interborough Company has
refused to arbitrate. The men
struck because the company refus
ed to abrogate Individual contracts
bind'ng the men to work for two
years on. present terms, made fol
lowing the recent strike threat.
James T. Waddill. boss strike
breaker of the world, is due to ar
rive In New York today from Chi
cago to direct the effort of the ele
vated and subway llnea to brim;
(he employes to terms, lie left
Chicago at midnight on boarfl e
special, a lone passenger on si;
I ullmnns, a three thousand dollar
trip.
The fri;i Js expected to smash
a!l speed records, as the street oar
mapnntes want Waddill here in
time for their r.nnfetnce today.
Waddill said, before leaving Ch'
caco, that he had R.coo strike brea!:
ts nndy to legln wcrk.
II. Aiir I ! l ! r r
-OUT OF
Dollar Day, September the 9th, Is
attracting the attention of every
body. As the appointed t'me draws near
prospective customers are preparing
to take full advantage of the un
usual values which Elizabeth City
merchants will offer on Dollar
Day.
There is an especial reason for
this interest just at present which
is not far to Bee. There are prob
ably few people who have not felt
keenly within recent years the gra
dual rise In the general level of
prices. This rise had Its beginning
tfome jfears ago and Blthou?h there
have been certain halts in its pro
press, the movement as a whole
shows no tendency to disappear. On
the contrary, prices are still rising
mid seem likely to r'se for some
time to come.
But remuar shoppers at Kllzabeth
City stores have learned that the
Home Town merchants buy their
("oods with the nerds of the people
Here Are The Dollar Day
Firms
Below we give a list of the firms running Dollar
Day Advertising to-day:
Mitchell's Department Store
M. Leigh Sheep Company
Apothecary Shop
Owens Shoe Company
Savings Bank & Trust Co.
Cooper Cleaning Works
The following had Dollar Day Advertisements
yesterday:
McCabe&Grice
S. R.Siff Company
.... Fowler& Company
Weeks & Sawyer
City Drugstore
Louis Selig
P. W. Melick Company
Every advertisement in the above list was carried
in the big eight page Dollar Day Country edition,
which will be in the most
trade territory to-morrow
Elizabeth City's biggest and
urday, September 9th
Dollar Day advertisements are expected to-moi
row lrom:
The Gas Company
C. A. Cooke
Watch for them! Perhaps there will be others
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YOUR?"
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of this section in view, that they
are wise in their judgment and
prepare, when possible, for a future
increase in prices so as to give
their customers the benefit of their
years of buying experience.
Buyers for Elizabeth City stores
have just gotten back from the
northern markets and all of them
are enthusiastic. "We've got the
goods this time" 1b invariably their
first greeting upon their return to
the city, and Dollar Day values are
expected to reveal delightful , sur
prises to those who had viewed fall
shopping with alarm on account of
the exorbitant rise In prices every
where. 'They do me wrong who say I
come no more" says Dollar Day,
"tut I'm not likely to get here a
cain this season, and you'll certain
ly iret (louble-trflilequadruple your'
money's wrrth If you make my ac
quaintance on Saturday, September
the !th." ' 1 "J
remote homes in the city's
evening. Let's all look for
best Dollar Day on Sat
Congress Expected To
Adjourn In Late Evening
A Congress That In More
Ways Than One Has
Broken Records Will Pro-
bably End Session To
night .
record
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Preparedness Comes High and If
People Demand it Must Expect to
Pay for It ,
(By United Press) j
Washington, sept. 7 congress is
expected to quit work late this even
Ing after a nine months session
that In many ways broke legisla
tive records.
The greatest records smashing
was In appropriations which totaled
the immen8jsuj .of 947,259,043.C4,
Inheriting its most pressing prob
lems from the European War and
Mexican bandits, and having had
placed before it one of the most
elaborate legislative programs ever
known, the Sixty-fourth Congress,
now in its last hours, probably will
go down in history as one of the
nation's most eventful sess'ons.
Called on twice to back the Fres
iilent In steps which It thought sure
ly meant war with Germany, and
actually appropriating millions for
the Mexican punitive expedition, it
nevertheless found t'me for half a
dozen domestic measures of major
Importance and to approve the
heaviest appropriations in American
history.
The mcst important acts of the
Blxty fourth congress may be set
down as follows:
Reorganized and tremendously In
creased the navy.
Stopped shipment In Interstate
commerce of c.hlld labor products.
las d rural credits net.
Passed f42,0OO,0en UHer and Ibir
bors Hill.
l'luced the C"8t of preparedness
on munition .makers and big capi
talists. Created the Machinery for a Gov
eminent Owned merchant marine, r
Took su.'ar from free list.
Confirmed the Danish Treaty for
the 1'urchase of the Danish West
Indies.
Refused to Confirm the Colum
bian Treaty which, proposed to pay
that Country a lare Indemnity for
Panama. '"V',H JSW
Passed the Fight Hour Law for
employes of railroads operating In
Interstate commerce.
Wilson Signs
Shipping Bill
(Py United Press)
Washington: Sept. 7 President
Wilson today si.'iied the shipping
bill providing for the purchase of
vessels for the development of A
merican trade. The bill creates a
board of five members to undertake
mid conduct the necessary negotla
Hons. '
Misses Eva Perry and llattio True
blood leave today to teach in the
Currituck schools.
IPROPB
ATI S
FEAR ATTACK BY
Notorious Bandit With
Strong Band Followers
Reported near American
Outposts Preparing At-
'tack
(Ily UniUd Press) '
EI Paso, Sept. 7 General Persh
ing, acting upon the suggestion of
General Puntten, is reported to be
hurrying to his field headquarter
from Columbus, following Informa
tion received by military authori
ties here that Pane-he Villa with
1500 men fully equipped was les
then 100 miles from the American
out pests.
Fears are openly expressed that
Villa, In a desperate efioflrt to dls
credit 'Curranza with the I'nlted
B atcs Government, may nttack Per
shln.j's U'liimn.
Is Mankind In '
Grip Of Evil?
Wood row Wilson in a recent-
Willi
VILLA
speech said: "Age by ago mankftttrV
is struggling step after step to the '
day when he shall live In the full
light that shines upon the uplands'
By this utterance was. inspired
the new serial motion pictures
which has attracted comment from
public leaders of church and state
'The Grip of Evil."
The play has been described as
"a master plot In fourteen chapters
showing the real side of humanity.'
There Is a strong element of sus
pense throughout the play and the
many expressions of op rrion which
have been received from prominent
nun by the producers of the pic
ture aro an Indication of the diff-
erences of opinion existing on the
grnt question presented ,by this
Pat he pre '(luetic n , "Is humanity In
the gr'p of evil?"
The story deals wilh John Burton
born a poi r man, who later Inher
its millions. With his money conies
unhnpplnosH and he sets out to
solve .the question: "Is humanity
In the rip of evil?"
Mrs. C. G. Gregory of Shlloh
was In tho city today