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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRiDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 8, 1916
NO 89
Congress Adjourned
Today At Ten O'clock
Longest Session of Law
makers, During Which
Hay e Occurred Many Dra
matic Moments, At End
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept. 8 Congress ad,
jourued Uils morning at 10 o'clock.
The session just closed has last
ed longer and enjoyed more dra
matic moments than any in recent
years, appropriated more money
than any preceding session an
came to a dose amid scenes which
contained little of the bizarre or
spectacular. -
President Wilson remained In his
private room at the Cauitol to sign
the bills passed during the closing
hours, including the revenue bill,
the workingmen's conpensation bill
and the widow's pension bill.
Serious charges were brought up
against Canad'an officials Including
Sir Joseph Polk, of lobbying to pre
vent the passage ot the amendment
to the revenue bill which would
have prevented the admission into
the United States of frozen halibut
and salmon from the North Pacific
except when sent in bound from
American ports. '. . ' '
A resolution was offeredby Sen
ator Curtis ordering an investiga
- tion of the matter by the lobbying
committee.
Secretary Chamberlain declared
that "It is time fur the country to
know just how far foreign coun
tries are going through their diplo
matic commercial agencies to in
fluence .congressional legislation.''
Declaring that Japan and Russia
are combining to force Americans
out of the far East, Senator Lewis
scored the State Department this
morning for what he termed their
"Peculiar Silence," statins vchein
ently that "apparently little effort
is being made to insist upon Amer
lean ritht in the Orient."
President Wilson left as soon as
possible for Atlantic City to ad
dress the Suffrasro Convention.
Ginners Report
Nearly A Million
(By United Press)
Washington, Sept. 8 The United
States Department of Commerce re
ports 830,000 bales of cotton ginned
of the 191 G crop prior to September
1st as compared, with 4G4.000 last
year; 27.000 round bales as com
pared with 8,000 las year. Sea Is
land cotton, 4.6fl0 bales ginned last
year as compared with 2,000 last
jear and 440 in 1913.
The domestic consumption of cot
ton for the year ending last July
was reported to be 6,400,000 bales;
PATTERNS AND MAGAZINES
We are agents for the Pictorial
Review patterns and magazines in
Elizabeth City..' Ask about them
when ycu call. Let us help you
select your patterns. Get one of
our attractive fashion sheets.
S. R. SIFF CO. Inc.
J. H. Meggs of Poplar Branch
mis in the city Thursday.
Rev, c. p. Jerome of Poplar
Rrnneh was here on business Thurs
day.
A. Gilbert James left today Tor
Atlantic City to attend the jewelers
Convention.
ATHLETIC MEET
US TODAY
Prominent Athletes from
Every Section of The
Country to Participate
in Annual Champion
ship Contest
(By United Press)
Newark, Sept. 8 The most prom
inent athletes of the United States
from' every section of the country,
are here today to take part in the
annual championship contests of the
Amateur Athletic union. Today's
conetsts are In the junior class, but
tomorrow the senior champions will
hold their meet. v
Interest in the contest centers
falnly in the possib lities of victor
ies for the western champions. The
midd'e west and the Pacific cor
are sending men who stand head
and thoulders abO'Y previous Im
portations from those sections, al
though si nie of them are men who
already have token part in the big
ger gtmes.
The Unversity of -. Missonr, in
Simpson and Floyd, has two wonder
Cut men and the two are entered
for the senior championships, hav
ing been licked at the meet recent
ly held In St. Louis. Simpson, be
sides leing a broad jumper of un
canny power, ho'ds, an unofficial
world's record for ti e U'O yard high
hurdles and Floyd hns a record in
the pole vault . S mpson has been
timed f-'Oin1: over the barriers in
14-35 seconds, n record that is ab
solutely astounding.
From the far west will come Kel
ley, Thompson and Murray, ail
hurdlers, eery one of whom has
cleared the h'gh hurdles in loss
than 15 seconds.
Arlie Mucks, the prodigious
welrht heaver from the University
of Wsccnsin. wl'l be a contender
and the big athlete is expected to,
knock the props from under some
records. " '
The western const athletes al
ready have sent apologies ahead for
any failures in the root. They must
make a long trip to compete and
if they are stale it will be blamed
to that. Travelling, it is admitted,
has a bad effect on runners and
jumpers.
Jole Ray, wearing the colors of
the' I. A. C, also is entered for
the distance runs.
Alva Richards, Cornell's strong
man who hails frof Provo, Utah, is
favored to take the a'l round hon
or, in them eel teptembcr 10th. lie
Is the present champion. He abi
was victor In the 1 ast Olymp'c
tames at the hiih jump. ,
Recrrds are certain to fall when
hPe classy athletes rjet together
n competition. It probably is tie
Hcatost collection of eprformers
ever brought-together In one fled
In the United States.
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Columbia Unversity, which w; s
-t cf football f t ten yearj until
Tcmcrrcw, September the f.th,
wi!l b? a notable day 'n the busi
ness nr.r.als (f Eliza' th Cjty.
Tie HOLLAR w'ilj 1 e the stand
ard cf e.ve'ian re.
Thp proof cf the pudding is ia
the eating and choppers every
where are invited to share in this
feast of Dollar Bargains.
Elizabeth City's merchants have
co-operated to make Dollar ' Day a
pleasant and a profitable day for
shoppers from both the city and the
country-,--- They have vied with each
other in offering attractive values
and on tomorrow each place of bus
iness will give a royal welcome to
every visitor to Elizabeth City
stores.
There will he a general bargain
atmosphere throughout the business
sectlcn of the city tomorrow. Many
articles of merchandise which are
cf too great value to be reduced to
Here Are The Dollar Day
Firms
Below we give a list of the firms running Dollar
Day Advertising to-day:
Apothecary Shop '
Owens Shoe Company
Cooper Cleaning Works
McCabe & Grice
Weeks & Sawyer
Louis Selig
r W. Melick Company . "
The Gas Company
Firms running Dollar Day advertisements in pre
vious issues follow:
Mitchell's Department Store
M. Leigh Sheep Company!
Savings Bank & Trust Co.
S. R.';Siff Company
Fowler & Company
City Drugstore
The Dollar Day advertisements are valuable not
only for reference but because the early shopper may
get a dollar's worth of merchandise lor some of them.
Back paper containing these ads are at The Advance
office and may be purchased at the regular price of 2
cents each.
last year, will get back into the
game this year with what Is' ex
pected to be a strong team. First
pract ce will te held Sept. 20.
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Indianapdls of the American as
soeiiiticn already has contributed 4
players to the Cubs. Joe' Kelly out
fielder, was first to go and Pitcher
N'ick Carter soon followed. Thin
pair' already has reported. Pitchers
Victor Aldridge and Rex Dawson
were Fold later for delivery at the
besnning of next season . Aldridge
Is declared to be one of the great
est prospec's of the minor leagues.
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Rcger Hornsby, the Cardinal phe
the Debar Clas-s will be offered at
a ilisiount an(j each store will "give
cviderce in m uiy 1 ttle ways of i?S
participation in the si irit of Dolbir
Lay, in addition to the regu'ar. D'jI
lar Bargain.,. -
Dollar Day Stores are showing at
tractive window cards announcing
this bus'ness gala day and their lo
cation will be eislly found. No pru
dent buyer will care to overlook
the opportunity offered by the mer
chants of the city at this early Au
tumn shopping event, and the shop
per who stays away from fhe shop
ping district of the city tomorrow
on an excuse of having more im
portant work to do will be sorely
repentant when the day is past and
the other shopper has gotten the
day's bargains.
There are enough bargains to go
around, however, and the invitation
includes everybody.
nom, seems on the way to realize
his ambition to lead the National
leanue swatsmiths during his first
season as a major leaguer.
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Negotiations for a football game
between Yale and a Pacific coast
un'versity team are. doomed to afil
tire, according to New Haven re
ports. oOo
Ralph Glaze. pic!;ed as an all star
American end when be was at Dart
mouth, will help coach Drake Uni
versity's football squad at Des
Mornes this year. Glaze has been
at the University 0f Southern Car
ifornla for two years.
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DR. MED SPEAKS
'AT IIM SHORE
To Begin Intensive Hog
Cholera Control Work
In Poplar Branch Town
ship, Currituck County
Dr. K. I). Owen, Inspector in
Charge .of the new work that the
Unhed States Department of Agri
culture has undertaken in the north
cas-tern counties of this state, aim
ing to control and if possible to
eradicate ho.i cholera, wi 1 hold a
mass meeting at the Narrow Shore
rchoal, l'cp'ar Branch Township In
Currituck county, and to inaugurate
the wirk in that section.
. Dr. Owen states that the work
has already been well' organized in
one township of Currituck county,
Crawford, and that good results are
being seen from it. The work, has
also been well begun in Pasuuotank
and Chowan counties.
In this new work great efforts
will be made to have all the far
mers unite In an organization to
not only prevent the disease gett
ing into ttlelr own herds, but to
actually eliminate the disease en
tirely. That Is an end that will re
quire the closest Ipf work between
the Un ted States Department of Ag
iiclture, cooperating with the State
Department, and they together with
the fanner, who is the one to re
ceive all the benefits, so it is hoped
that every farmer in Poplar Branch
township will turn out on next Fri
day afternoon.
Remember Sepemler fifteenth Fri
day, at three o'clock, at the Nar
row jfihore school.
Thought Greece
Had Entered War
(Ry United Press)
Athens, Sept. 8. A German sub
marine fired upon the Greek steam
er, Elenl, today, the comander apol
ogizing later and saying that he
thougt Greece was nt war with Ger
many. " "
Many Vessels
Reported Sunk
(By United Press j
London, Sept. 8 The KUerman
jner Tagus, the British steamer,
Strathy and the British ateamer
Hazelwcod, were mind tff Yarmouth
today .
Only the crew of the Strathy was
faved.
The Tagus had a eapae'ty of six
thousand tons and' the Hnzehvood
three thousand.
Master Edward C'ohoon of Colum
bia Is here on a visit to his sister,
Mrs. C. W. Tillet on Church street
B. G. Crisp of Manteo was In
the city today.
J. II. Boswood of Gregory was
here on business today.
Miss Lillian Swain has returner! i
from a visit to her sister. Miss Ade
laide Swain at Richmond.
Mrs. Wi'llam T. M'nor has re
turned to her home at Durham af
ter a visit to her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. K. F. Aydlett on Main st.
Mr. John H. Snowden" left today
for N.igs Head.
T. P. Sullivan of Shlloh was In
the city fh's morning on business.
FRESH FIGS FOR SALE Call
phone no. C81. Fearing street 6t
I. gklles on Morgan Rtreeu
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But Have Not Been Able
To Divert Roumanians
From Transylvanian
Offensive .
(By UniUfl Press
London, Sept. g Artillery action
on the south of GInchy constituted
the only activity along the Somnie
front last night.
From Sofia It is reported that tha
Bulgarians and Germans have oc
cupied he Roumanian towns, Dob
Bia, Balchik, Cavarna, Kaliekpa,
though it is admitted that the Rou
nianjans have taken (sova, the
Iron Gate to Hungary.
Reports from Berlin state that
the Russians and Roumanians have
been driven back fro mthe North
Roumanian town, Dobiic after a
strong attack.
The Germans also admit the loss
of trench sections south of tht
Somme and west of Berny, also
northeast of Souville on the Ver- v
dun front.
Hali Bey, Turkish foreign minii
ter has arrived at Berlin to con
fer with Chancellor Von Bethman
Holwe and the foreign secretary .
Von Jagow. The object 6f theei
ference has not been disclosed. ,
UbramI Elkus, the new United
States Ambassador to Constantino-
pie, has arrived at Vienne after
several days at Berlin where he
made a fine impression and will
reach his post Monday.
No Withdrawal
Of Gen Pershing
(By United Press)
W'ush ng'on, Sept. 8 Neither the
militia on the border nor General
Pershing's column In Mexico wHl
l;o withdrawn until the Mcxican-A-nierlcan
Peace Commission reports
Is the statenifnt of hLh officials in
the cnp'tal city.
Meantime, the pluns to send other
guardsmen to the border have not
been altered. ,
CALLED TO COLORS
FOUND TO BE WOMAN
(By United Press)
London, Aug. t (By Mail) Call
ed to the colorB us a man, a wo
man who had nia-'fpicraded In male
aitlie und pretended to bu married
to another woniuu so her husband
could n'ot find her, was forced .to
acknowledge her sex before . the
army medical board today.
Unhappily married 6 year's, ago
and hir two babies deud, this wo
man left her husband and, so she
could get work, masu.ueroded as a
man and "married" her boarding
bouse keeper's daughter.
The circumstances of the "mar
riage" were astonishing.
Having a real man sweetheart
who had betrayed and deserted her,
the landlady's daughter faced real
trouble. She told the man-woman,
who had confessed', the dlskuise to
her nnd her mother. So they were
"married" and took a cottage in Lon
don. When the baby was born none
of the neighbors suspected but that
;be "husband1 was Us father.
The family lived this way
four years and had !t not been
for
for
nie conscription act, the
ruse
might neyertjhave been discovered
tier plea fpr rxeminion from
ser
vice on' the ground or "Indispensa-
blUty having failed and, faclne
medical examination by the officials
she confessed.
LOST Thursday night platinum
diamond and pearl liar pin. Liberal
reward fer return to P. G. Sawyer.
Fri and Sat.
ttutn wnsnimuon to the Nor
folk naval hospital to-lay.
lift PROGRESS