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News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice VOL. in I AIR TERROR PAST Recent Loss of Three Zep- pelins by the Germans in Air-Raids on England Reason for Belief (By United Press) London, Sept. 25 With three of Germany's latest and biggest type of Zeppelins down on English soil -within as many weeks, Britons be lieve that London is more secure a- gainst these raids than ever, despite the greater number of air craft now in commission. London's air . de fenses are officially declared to have proved effective in the last two .raids. Though a fleet of fifteen Zep pelins took part in these raids oly three of them approached London and they were driven off by the antl air. craft guns. Bodies of their crews were later found charred and mangled. The latest estimate of casualities Jn the raid Satuiday night is 30 killed and 110 injured. Of the kill- aH 98 worn In M ptrnnnHtnn T.nnrlnn while of the wounded 99 were in jured in the British capital. JHHIR HOW COHTROL CRETE Capital City Surrendered to Revolutionists at Ear ly Hour This Morning Without Resistance. . (By Untied Press) Athens, Sept. 25 Thirty thousand insurgents now control the island of Crete, following the occupation of Canea and Nerakleion. Only 11 of King Constontine's Cretan body guard remained loyal to h'm. The rest surrendered to the insurgents without a struggle, or actually join ed the revolutionist. Tha capture of Canea, the capitol of Crete, was accomplished without bloodshed, it is reported. i This is the eleventh revolution to occur in Greece within thrf lust Hundred years.. The same men who led the revolt in 1P07 beaded the present uprisinz ENTERTAINED FRIENDS AT OKISKO Mr. and Mrs, J. W. Perry of Okis ko entertained a number of friends at an elaborate dinner Sunday. A mong those enjoying Mr. and Mrs. Perry's hospitality were: " Mr. " and Mrs. B. O. Colonna and little (laugh er of Norfolk, Mr. and Mrs. J. Claude Perry and children, Dr. and Mrs. Z. Fearing and children of this city. Misses Norwood Perry, Ethel Weeks, Bessie Lassiter, Mae Wil son and Mr. Edgar Perry. 4 IN POLICE COURT William Johnson, colored, was fined one dollar and costs in police, court this morning for driving an automobile without displaying prop er lights ". William Graves, colored, was fined one dollar and costs for the same offense, Irene Johnson, colored, was given two months in jail for "vagrancy. John DSxen, colored, was find five dollars and costs for being 'drunk. : M. P. Jennings of . Providence was here Saturday on business 1 hi ELIZABETH CITY, wmm Young Carolinian Who Had Won Special Hon or on French Front Met Death in the Air on Last Saturday . Winston-Salem, N. C. Sept. 23. Kiffin Yates Rockwell, formerly ot Asheville and Atlanta, who had been serving with the French Aero Corps cn the westers battle front, was killed this 'morning In' a fight with a German's airciafi. Announcement of his death was contained in a cable gram from Paris received here late today by his mother, Mrs. L. A Rockwell of this city. The message announcing the avi atcr's death was very brief and came from an influential friend of T the family in Paris. It said; "Kiffln killed this morning in aer ial battle in Alsace." Younk Rockwell had been serving In the French army since Septem ber 30, 1914. He was very active in the aerial fighting around Verdun and succeeded in bringing down four German aeroplanes unassisted. For this feat he recently received a war cross and military medal from the hand of General Joffre, who re ferred to his as "a bold and coura geous pilot." lie had been frequent ly mentioned for bravery in the offi cial reports. Mrs. Rockwell had received a let- tetr from her son only a few hours berore the nws, ' hl def a 'ecnh: he, had had a leave of absence of eight days and had spent the time in Paris with his brother, Paul Rock well, and that he had had a great time. On the day he ma'lcd the letter he was .leaving for tne trout ami ;aid he bad been transferred from Verdun to a mcr active sector. Kiffin and his brother, Paul Rock well, went to Europe in August vm directly after tb war began. Doth voiuntoerpd for service In the French army Paul was wounded srxertiy uurin:: me ri whle serving in the trenches. lie Rter obtained his discharge and is now war correspondent lor Ameri can .newspapers. . Kiflin Rockwell was born on Sep- l.tem!erj0 1S!!2, at Newport, Tenn.. bis father was a Baptist minister or N'crth Carolina "and his mother was Miss Lula Ayers, a mem her of a prominent S.mth Carolina Inml-y. His father dieil when he was two 3 ears old and later his mother mov ed with her two sons to Asheville where they lived for many years. Young Rockwell was a graduate of Washington and Lee University and also attended the Virgnia Military Institute for a time. When the war begun he was connected with ati ad vertising agency in Atlanta and soon afterwards he and his brother Paul, who was a reporter on the At lanta Constitution .left1 for France. The foregoing is published not on- lv ! because Kifnn Rockwell was a North Carolinian and, perhaps, the first and on'y North Carolinian whose life has gone to satisfy the war-lust of Europe, but also for the reason that Paul Rockwell, his bro ther, spent several weeks fn Eliza beth City two or three years a?o, when the data for the first city di rectory was being gathered, and he may be rembered by some of the residents of the city. Tall, with shoulders and head thrust slk'htly forward, and' with a "chisel chin," he s -ems o the writer one not eas ily forgotten. MEETS TUESDAY NIGHT The Board of Directors of the First Baptist cWfh will meet Tues day night at 7:30 in the church par- I'T. A fell nft,vf.l!nr fa e-ir"(l. NOPvTH CAROLINA, MONDAY EVENING SEPTEMBER 25, 1916 BEGINS CIVH i perquiiiis Dr. Owen Will Speak at Winfall Wednesday ; Night on the Importance of Hog Cholera Serum I Treatment i"ht United Stales Department of Aiiuiiime, co-operating- with the Department of Agriculture of the otjae of North Carolina, has under taken the task of eliminating ho,; cholera trom the six extreme north eastern counties of North Carolina, and has placed ttho work in the hands of Dr. F. p. Owen to super she and direct. This work will consist, at first, of endeavoring to form the hog grow ers of each of these counties into associations to conduct the work, and a meeting for this purpose will he held at the public school in Win fall, Perquimans county, on next Wednesday night, the 27h, at 7: ISO o'clock. This meeting, while being for the purpose of explaining the methods and character of the work to be un dertaken, will be illustrated, Dr. Owen hav'ng a steroptlcon lantern and brichans of which he will show how the anti-hog cholera serum Is made, how it is to be used, how to clean up and disinfect farms to pre vent a recurrence of the disease, once It has visited a man, and num erous other pictures relating to the hog raising industry. The Honorable John II, Small, Congressional representative from the district, will be with Dr. Owen and will talk upon (he subject of Government help to the farmers. It is hoped that every farmer jn that section of Perquimans county vi:i be there that night, and will ex tend all the co-operation to the two Departments that Is in their power, lor hog cholera In racing (n all sec tions of these counties at the pre sent time, and each one of. these coi nties are losing from $25,000 to $50,000 worth nf twine each yenr. The day following the address at the school. Dr. Owen will.treat with serum any herds of swine that he Ins implication trr. Many Present Rally Day The observance of Rally Dav at Blackwell Memorial Sunday school on yesterday. State Wide Go-to-Sun-day' School Day, was marked by an interesting and varied program and by a large'attpndanee. The total number reported pres ent xas eight hundred and . fifteen, which quite passed the mark of a twenty five per cent increase, the goal set by the. Rally Day movement for each Sunday sscool. Forty seven of the sixty five mem bers of the cradle roll were present', and the Home Department was well represented. The regular classes of the school added to their number materially, a number of new mem bers coming in for regular work. ' The morning's exercises were car ried out most uceessfull!y and it Is believed that the day marked the beginning of greatly renwed Inter est in Sunday school work among both obi and hew members. The Sunday school is working to perfect the details of Its organiza tion and become a diss A Graded Sunday school. During this month a Sunday School Normal Class hr;s b gun work under the direction of Miss Beu!ah R'W1on, Which i.4 ano ther step In this direction. E Coppersmith of Weeksville was In tlio r If y P'.tnitfir on bv-.fmw ROOD 0PEI1G is mm. Athletic Association Form ed And Indications Are That Athletics Will A rouse Much Interest This Year Indauutod by crowded cuulitions r.nd the distressing pror.Lm of ar- ruisn.g a rec union schedule with one instructor lact.ing in this year's teaching .foi.ee, the faculty and stu dents or the Elizabeth City Hfdi School l.uv? brought their first week's work to a close with the moot success fu: beginning in the lib lory cf the school. x i ne wneeis are not on.y running smoothly.. b"t with an animation mat foretells a stead'ly Increasing supply of "school spirit" throughout the coming Fession. - ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION ORGANIZED The -Elizabeth City High School Athletic Association was organized. at a mass meeting of the high school students, Friday afternoon and the following oflicers were e'ected: Graham Evans, President; Black- Well Sawyer, Vice President; Nan nie Mae Long, Secretary-Treasurer; Evans Blades, Assistant Secretary Treasurer. The president and vice president are chosen from the sen ior class and the other two officers from the juniors. This organization takes the place of the many minor organizations of previous yrars pnd combines the various phases of athletics into one substantial organization which In cludes the high school pract'cally as a whole. TWO VALUABLE FACTORS Secretary - Ford, of the Elizabeth City Y. M. C. A. has agreed to coacn the footba'l team this xoar and this afternoon 'addressed- t he student body In the high school au ditorium on thte value of athlettlc In the school. Mr. Phillips, who is newly in cimrgo of the Mathematics d" part- men',. Is nI;o greatly interested in school athletics, and Iwth the very substantial aid o fthese two men uthletics wil be given a new posi tion in the interest o fthe 'entire iihool, m.iMng, It Is believed, for a more tea tiiftil and more efficient f-tiubnt body, and likewise for a .roller loyalty and more positive ntere. t in every department of the fchool life. LITERARY SOCIETIES The literary societies of the high whool will organize for the year's work this week, or as soon as aca demic work is 3'olng entirely accord ing to schedule, and In a short time every school activity will ) e In nm t'ou, and every nmmbT nf tb' school in line for work. The Freshmen class of the hluh school is beclnnfng the year with exceptionally fine spirit and so far as now appears will make an ex cellent record In scholarship. , SpeaksJHere Tues. Night Honorable Cameron Morrison, Democratic Presidential Elector at Largo for North Carolina, will speak at the court house Tuesday night, Kepfemler 21th, at el-ht o'clock." Mr. Morrison Is on a tour of the State In the interest of Democracy and where he-has been beard .the press has spoken most highly of his ability es an orator. A, big crowd Is expected at the Court House Tues day' night. j PRESIDENT fill at Baltimore Arrives in That City in Afternoon and Speaks Kefore the Graindealers Association (By United Press) Asbury Park, Sept. 25 President and Mrs.vWilson left here at nine o'clock this morning for Baltimore where at two thirty this afternoon the President will deliver what his friends regard as the most import- Jin sieicit in rue present campaign up to ttrs time. , ui.i aui Jennings Bryan believes Wil-cn will be re-elected. After canvass of the entire political situ ation Bryan has written his friends that the President is gaining stren,; th everywhere. 1 Great crowds greeted the Commo ner on his recent ttour of the west and Democratic leaders report Ines timable results in the way of gtreng thenlng Wilson's cause in the West E T Man Who Was Conduct ing Investigation Wife's Murder Accused of The Crime in Missouri (Iiy United Press) St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 2f After conducting an extended invetigatloti into the murder of IiIh wile In his official capacity of county prosecu tor, Occar Mrilanials Is held here churned with the crime. One of the most sensational tragedy stories in the history of Missouri Is promised when the details nf Mrs. McDaiiieln death are unfolded. A Promise of Prosperity The it iiemi nls of the Elizabeth City Banks, published Jn "thin issue, forecast prosperity for all this sec Hon during the coming harvest sea son, . rTOgflgl The First NVomil Hank now has resources . well over a million dollars and its deposits within the last twelve months have Increased by over $200,1)00.00. The Cl'l.-fl;::; Bank has f."i0,0iin.ni) more on .deposit than at the lant quarterly statement and the direc tors and officers of the bank, at the'r last meeting, expressed them selves as very much gratified at the showing made In the last statement. Exports Break Ml Records (By United Press) Washington, Sept. 25 Exports for August net a new world record for the month. For the first time the total has passed the half bil lion dollar mark. will Confer degrees ClM-rokre Chapter R. A. 1,1, num ber 14 will me-t Monday night, in the- Masonic Hall at 7:30 for the purpose of conferrlrg the Master de trei tiprin several candidates. All Po3al Ann Masons are urgent'y re qvesfd fo bo present. MURDER CHARE mm OF ER The Only Democratic Newspaper Published in Elizabeth City NO. 104 UUTORDERS Funston Wires State De partment Offenders Or d e r e d Courtmartialed and Regret Expressed (By United Press) Washington, Sept. :5 General Funston has wired the State Depart ment that he has ordered Corporal Rogers and the seven members of troop B of the Texas patrol court martialed as a result of their cross ing the R o Grande into Mexico Thursday without authority. ' Mexi- I ... .- .. ... .... mu lucu i.u uie pairoi, Killing a horse. Funston says that he has ex pressed resn-t over the Incident to the Mexican commander, Colonel Rlojas. WAR'S WASTE IS HIIHCfRESUlT Battling on Various Fronts Fails to Develop Decis ive Action Though Al lies Claim Advantage (By United Press) London, Sept. 25 The Germans during the night continued their powerful counter attacks against the newly captured English, posi tions north of the Somme while heavy artillery action was In pro gress along the whole Somme front. General llai, announces the repulse of German attacks to tthe east of oureelette and announces heavy damage to the carman trenches north of Neuve Channelle uh,.ra tua British succeeded in exploding mines beneath the enemy trenches. ' Official bulletins from Berlin an-t nounce the bombardment of Bueha- est by a Zeppelin with a continu ance of fighting fn Dobrudju and Transylvania. Bucharest clnlma hat in the kittf-r mnttor the Rou manians have captured fi.ROO pris oners. Paris advices are to the effect inac in Macedonia the. ullies have won successes on every sector of the front, News from Rome Is to the effect that the Italians have cut Triests's water supply. School Opens At Columbia Columbia,' N. (.., Sept. 24 Oolum Ida High school was opened Thurs day with an enrollment of '3.1' In the high school departmtnt and 105 In the elementary grades Children were inarched In the small assem bly room where many were orced to stand during the formal opening of the school. The enrollment this year is the greatest In Jjy. schoo'a history and the school yjtapromls es In many ways to bemost suc cessful. Principal F. Stafford again has charge of thp school and Is as sisted by Miss Lisle' Vount of fTiek ory, Va.. Miss Ruth Forbs of Wan chese, Miss.Zuleen McAllster of Mlddloboro, Miss Kirk CaRuni oC Greensboro. To meet th Increase !n atten dance and general growth of the school a new room has been built and an extra teacheer employeed.' The arrangement of the building will be temporary, however, as the building Is ont suitable to aeeom- : modate the school and the "school board expects to have a new brick bottling ready by Die f-. ,-f , CROSSED BORDER
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