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1J0LLAR DAY
NOW f
KisiansGainAdvaniagc
On The Eastern Front
And German now Entirely
on Defensive in Verdun
Section of Great Battle
Line
ELIZABETH CH YNORTH CAROLINA. SATURDAY EVENISiuBER ClM
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SAYS PfJCE IS IB IHKSIIEITE
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General Alexieff Declares Governor Henderson Of
uariviust follow its in- Alabama Orders Grand
Austtians Admit Losses
On Eastern Fronts
By United Press)
Berlin, Sept. 9,-By Wirele ;s
to aayeville. Admission that
of Halitz has been Dressed back
I i L r .
ut ine nusi in smrmincr at.
lacics is made in to-days advic
es from Vienna. That the
Rifssiana hivo crainrl aHvo
tazes in the Carpathians is also
admitted.
London. Sent. 9 TnrVich
troops have come to the rescue
of the hard Dressed f?rmnn
in eastern Galicia and have
succeeded in checking the
Russian advance on Halitz.
HAVE
HOT DEH1SED
Women and Girls of Eng
land Paying the Price of
the War in Mangled
Hands and Fingers
London, Sept. 9 Dispatches from
the French armies on the Verdun
I rent upon tint the Germans are
now on t he ib fcns'vo in that see
tor. The meat kittle whirl) began
two hubdr-d nays ami is now enter
ing upon its thir,i ami last sta-ui
ami tli- K.'.mli ai' gradually iv-
-.:uvu ;iifc- a-.f ; t posn tmr The
battle is exp.eted aii ua i.y expire
like an t x inet volcano.
it has been (iei;niteiv learned
that the Guninns w. re c impelled
Hire:- weeks ago to r move lar.se
quantities el' ariiUeiy and many
men Irotn the Verdun sector to re
pel the adbeil offensive along th.
Soiiilne, .
FiJhtiiiK en the we,t hank of the
Metise has practically ceased, dill
304 hi Hi Dead Man's Mill are now
muulered among the plories of th"
past, (in thetast of the Meiiso the
German iiv com entrating their
forces in a desperate and final ef
toil to Main Hie fortresses of-Dim
tnont and Yaux.
I General Haig reports this morn
h Ihe Hrliish of
'oreau.x weod in a
lug the capture
a tr'ncti in the
?ii-:ht i.ttjck.
The French capured also during
the nkht to the east of Beley, and
claim to have taken ".Ton prison
ers s nce September ,!rd.
German 'osses timing this period
on the Somme trout are said to
have been frighU'il.
Advices from Petrograd received
this morning state that Russian
naval forces brought into artion
for the first time against the Bul
garians today when torpedo boats
. bombarded Balehik, recently cap
tured from the Roumanians by the
Bulgars, And send 22 barges of
ad.
Dispatches from Bucharest, state
mat the General Staff has Khifted
its large forces to the southeastern
frontier fo 0,1Pck thp rju'gar-Ger.
manic Invasion.
Important force-; are now co-operating
with the Russians on the
Dobrudja frontier. I, is possible
that further retirement m8v be
necessary b, militarv ,,.,
are confident that the' enemy wIM
be nnalde to cross the Danube and
advance upon Bucharest.
The Roumanians were outrinm,
bered at Tutrakan four to one bu
surrendered mly after heroic re-
By J. W. PEGLER
(I'nited I'ress Staff Correspondent)
London. (By ail Seared by mol
ten metal, blinded by steel shav
ings and with fingers sniimea off l.v
the true! machinery of the muni
tions factories. English woman and
girls are paying the price of patri
otism as well as their men the.
front.
Industrial accidents have not de
creased desp te claims of labor ex
puts that women are more careful
than men. Their inexperience is be
lieved to le ie.-ponsihle for many
cf tiie acidtienis. m the experts may
tie ri.u,it i.iier all. in tin orv I'.i.f
tie or, v.on't r sioic si-la or. knead
he kit. :- ..-i ef j,:!it,i niaiuli'd
hands.
Am. tiler e;,:.iijt'on is ilUi
'' v i -t-v. m.ehinists
in' ne inn! i I-, iiiacliinists
:heir work win n their thoughts
t ) 'he lie ii (:.:,. ting in I'rance.
ladle tips or the l i u t-iijis oit-
roller, there's a scream, and
er c.isua'ty go-s'ilown on tin
Ing list. e
A bitr sli '11 I iciorv tn l nil,.....-1. 1..,
'.111111-11111
has claimed its share of victims. A
so. lifers wife is the latest
to le seriously injured. Her
wandered ter a moment from
deadly machine before In r and tin
knife (aim down lappyin oil (hi
inililiii, wo Pio-ers and inn ,.i
t Vi" f ii ...
- " " m en ttte last zo
round (f D.Iiur Day.
-:turiia' niubt ;B a popular shop
Ping time ami tonkhfs opportuni
ty i-- one not to !e uiuK.-d.
1'erhips the shoppers from out
Hide the city had first place in the
I'' art of the town this niorirn;, and
the ho.ia f. Iks had to take sectml
I fee. I'olUeness to the citv vlsi-
o". Prevented any jealosy, of
re, ,0l)ight the stores will
make th ir first bow tn th
hopiers, endeavorlmr to Ptv ihr,.
(he best values they have yet heard
of anywhere
The shoppers frcm a dint if,
- v 1. 1 1.
Irnm tl..n ...
""' to i me tni nv
j ...hi uig
Purchases ard wlti, ninnoo,!
They were delighted with the bar-
?ains of Dollar Day, many of them
remarking openly that they found
bargains far greater than they had
"enevea possible and tht ....
uu v I IlCt
vculd s,,eak far and wide of the
-cner.ms spirit and the 'ii,-t,.date
rffu'ings of Elizabeth City's mer
chant Of ccun-e. the temlency tdvuys
is not to apprecate the thimis ii,'.lt
lie r.eirist and are ours fcr least
tiort.
ui. surely, m this case, then
tiiiu t t
.....r-i oe (un excetxion made bv
Elizabeth City shoppers.
long.t, the Home Town is invit
mg you to accept Its hospitality
and 'o JOin i's procession of satis
fled shoppers.
a e . ,
iew minutes down town, a stop
at each Dollar Day store, and the
wise shopper will home gladder
and even wiser than before.
The stores will close at ten o'clock
but until that hour -Dollar Dav Is
the password and the Invitation is
for everybody.
evitable Historic Course, i
Neither Side Yet Attain
ed Object.
Jury Investigation To
Prove Or Disprove
Stories
Here Are The Dollar Day
i?:
ruins
lem
and and
bit
I li the
anot h
grow
worker
mihd
the
a
!cl't hand. But slo-'ll
a war
same kind of
wounds are heabd.
now shells have MJt
third from h
be back at tin
lob when the
The workers I
t) be made.
Many women have become skilled
mechanics, who a few months npo
were tmacustrmicd to manual labor.
n-u i
inej an nrave tl:e dangers tf fn-
dustiy (h (rfully to do tlieir bit jn
the war.
Below we give a list of the firms offering
Day Bargains to-day:
Apothecary Shop
Owens Shoe Company
Cooper Cleaning Works
McCabe & Grice
Weeks & Sawyer
Louis Seiig
P. W. Melick Company
The Gas Company
Mitchell's Department Store
M. Leigh Sheep Company
Savings Bank & Trust Co.
S. R. Siff Company
Fowler & Company
City Drugstore
Dollar
By WiKiam l'h lli siims
d'uileii Biess Staff Correspondent)
Imperial Headquarters Russian
Arfy, Sept. Germany must sen.i
4iii)iMMl men' at once to aid the de
maridz'd Austrians if she hones
stiifen tl.e resistance of the Aus
trian arm..." General Michael vie
ieff, ihief ohlcer of the staff in Em
pcrcr X cUola army told the I'nit
od Press lenresentiitK-a i,.. ...i ..
'Tuithermore, Gerfanv must fur.
nish the driving power If Von Kin
denburg attempts the great Eastern
onensive cantemplated at Berlin
Germany cannot rely upon the
Turks to render any substantial hI,i
said General Alexieff, "for the Turks
cannot send more than 40 .mm mn
to th support of their Allies."
Aeyierr received me this mornina
in a small plainly furnished offi
adjoining the quarters of the Em
peror. A. Hat too desk with fu-
chairs and maps constituted the on
iy furniture in the room.
The General sat behind his desk
like an American business men.
and rtswnbled stronclv the nie.
i' "
tores of Rudyard Kipling. His hair
is beginning to turn .fray and his
long mustache turns up, disclosing
a nsihtiiii Jaw. IPs eyes are pier
cing and deep set.
I a -lied I hn General if H credit
e() the r ports of the combined Ten
ten-Turkish olioiisive against Rim-
Hltl.
To my -fn-stltn rrplipd -nj
rot iin: osil le. n w u,.,, . ,1,,.
i st 1 ind i f m;sT:'k s to under-
"Mt.'male tlie enemy
I 'eat' is some ilb.taiice o,. for
neither .-Ide Pas yet attained uA.
objeit. Tlie war must follow- iiu o.
evitable histieb. i-om-ui. "
( By i' fnitej Tress)
M!ib Ala., Sept. Stor,e are
current here that it has been found
mat convicts In the state
I'amp at I.ucile w. re worked in the
minis Lntil 4hey dr.ppen dead.
As a ns;:lt or u repcrt that a con
vict had le.n foiced to lbnp tt-th
- " "
a broken arm Governor Henderson
ordered an investigation from which
sensational developments are ex
pected. Another story already widnlv h
dilated Is to the effect that the
convicts generally understand that
paroles may be contained fcr $200
each.
S. Americans
Are Afraid
io-nient is the ht
W1 wise snopper merry.
Two Killed
At Piltmore
(By I ni'ed I'ri8s)
Asheville. Sept. !( H-.p ,..,.,
fiei"ht cars break'nR awav from
Ibeir train this moiii'n.. collide,!
with a work train at Biltmore, kill
i'U Ben Ensioi., engineer, of ml.
fc'(,n. N. C. and Irving' Bills, a flag
man of Bill more
GOOD WEATHER PROMISED
Cooler and far more seasonable
weather is the forecast of the de
partment at Washington-"'" for next
Reek.
I'. P. Latham of Belhaven
in the city Krlday.
was
sistance, B'corditu to disnnteh, u
Irom thp battln rcene.
The Dobrud'a front nenv extends
for a hundred miles and the Ho-,.
manians are thirty m los wlth;n
Transylvania in their northern
drive.
Reports fiom Berlin state tint,
the Germans and Bulgarians have
idvanced more thnn fifty mllpB l.o
yond the Roumaninn frontier fn
their oieratlors along the Blatk
Pea.
Interest In
Movie Serial
A larwe crowd greeted the Intro
ductory chapter of "The Grip of
Evil" at the Alkrama last nlht
and watched the first development.
of the story with keen interest.
This production has been endors
ed by. many nun of prominence thru
out the country and has been placed
in the class of 'Better Pictured hv
organizations that have recently In
augurated a movement for a higher
standard In mot on nicture
The opening chapter suggests a
strong story. ,- not a mere
'thriller" but a vlzuallznlloi. ,,r
. " ' I tl
phiiospbical (imstion which Is of
Interest to all thoughtful pr0pli."
The first instalment cf this Kforv
will appear in Tuesday aflernoon's
'sstie of The Advance and the story
will run regularly In these columns
School Opens
September 1 8th
The public schools of the city will
iu ior tne i;iii,n session on Mon
""i. oepiemner 18th.
StiDerlnti 'Tlfl (it-it O i .
. " 3i"aguis nas re
turned from Mli.,1...., .i,
" ""-'"-ii vine, Aid. at
h'ch place he spent -hi vn,..i.
and may now le found in his office
Ht lne ft'fh whool building every
morning and nft-rnom hv
. . ' " "- jia
r pupus v im muv uui, .
comer wfih hfm. v
To Make Room
For Crowds
Manager Kramer cf thp Aikran,,
Theatre is making arrangements to
increase the seating capacity of
his theatre so that the thrntrp nan
comfortably take care of the r.row.u
attending its shows. The crowds at
4 .It . ...
irii'iing tne Alkrama's xhows have
Increased to such n exttnt that on
man.,' nights In the week n movt
fan getting to the theatre a few
minutes late for the first show finds
every seat occupied and standing
room at a premium.
The increase in seatim: cai.aeity
will be cbialned Iy oniaridn . ih',.
ga'ler.v.
Theniliii-.. c n. ..i.!..
' .weeKmu ninl ......
I'ercy Afeekins of Manteo u , ..'
. u "
"i'1 city i riiiav en rnuto k-...;..,
HOARDERS WAXTEl) rn
, , " ! I III -
msn room and table boar, In prl-
unriy nt reisonabfe rates
A vl Am.... '
i'iy io j. a. Tillett No. 404 see
ona ttr-e'. lt
Mr, Tboias Bradley of Seabimr.i
has returned home after a vl t .
blH rnn Rev. Rufus Bradbv on
Ehifnghaus street.
By CHARLES P. STEWART
(fnitcd Press Staff Correspondent)
Buenos Aires, Sept. 9 South A-
uioucans are deeply interested In
the suggestion, referred to in dis
patches from Washington and New
York, thut tiK, Sherman law ought
no to be enforced against North A
nierican business houses seeking
trade en the suiihetn continent.
South America s exceedingly fear
iiil ol trusts and especially of North
American trusts The neoni.. i.
,r i'l'' on JriiiislatloiiH..they
i..io read from ne w .-papers in the
MMtd Slalis. They bebeve, liter
i'liv. the very strongest things they
have read coiieomi,,,. tu. irui,t
yvi:. li. is d :, jf ,ir tjn lm
ivaded (,,rIllT of ',. I.,,',,,,, (M1d r(,
M.'nl a (ierman Incur-lon with any
.more pieasurenble antlclptitlcns
titan South Am, rlcaiis feel at the
hint (hat the North American trusts
niny gel n grip on (hem.
This apprehension of trusts In
f'l't. I a considerable obstacle in'
the way of Am-naii trade's pro
gress here.
CoiiM.(,u.nily lliis latest sugges
t"li has not bieit well received.
South A merle,, business men who
think' closer par, American trade re
lalions wuid be a e,;d thing ex
press the opinion u,t the field. Is
" Wi'le ii en. whil,. ih,. w,,r n,sU
Hint Iri'St InetluMla in..
' ..... Hllllt'l-t.sSHry
HI present. Their view is that the
North American firms would do bet
t to ga n a foothold by Individual
euort. before the European
gie is over, resorting to
nons fater.if they an. compelled to.
Htrtig-
comlilna'
Wilson Pleases
Suffragists
(liy f nlted Press)
Atlantic City, Sept. 9- President.
Wilson today left " Atlantic rit f
Shadow Lawn, pleased with
ceptlon accorded him by the Natl.
onal Woman's uiirtro., , ..
i,.- uKHocianon.
for their part the sutTraL'isia
' I'eniy del ghted nt the things
President to:,l then,
the
Seamen Sent
To Hospital
Mr. Julian Parker return..,! lvi
lay to Currituck after a wi.it . n,
.1 . Sli ileS On 1 .
... v.guu
from
Washington, Sept. !l
eight Injured renmen
wreck of the cruiser Memphis were
xent rrom Washington to the
folk naval hospital today.
Eighty.
the
Nor