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t I- VOTE FOR WILSON AND BICKETT AT THE POLLS TO-DAY News Without Bias Views Without Prejudice The OnlyDemocratic Newspaper Published in Elizabeth ' City VOL. 5 ELIZABETH CITY, JfORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING NOVEMBER 7, 1916 NO V3 j (c--j m ir- S V its sr- n m n r- . J I V il . I V '7 . ... - J & J J & & w m p w m American Steamer Sunk By Submarine is Report Lloyd's Dispatch Says Thir ty Survivors Have Been Landed In Wales . (By United Press) ' ' steamer Lanao was "sunk on Octob er 28th by a submarine according to a Lloyd dispatch. Thirty members of the vessel I chew have been landede at Barry, Wales, by the Norwe'gian steamer Tromp. The Lanao was a vessal of 700 tons, registered at Manilla, and was built in 1912.' SERMON ON WORLDLIfS ESS "No sin or act of sin lives in a life without begetting quite a large family," said Kev. I. N. Loftin in his Sunday night sermon. Sin mul tiplies rapidly, and the family of -.sin yoon grows to be very large in the life of him or her who lets the first one have an abiding in their heart. Worldlinoes Is the name.-of the average family of sin that lives in the life of people who are not -consistent' christians. These people are as good as the world and often , they are some better han the aver age man or woman in the world. But they have abiding in their "hearts of worldllness,. They are still of the world. The master said they were to live in the world but not to be o fthe world. Indifference to the church, its services, to the word of God, andt to prayer; are three migh ty fathers in these families of world liness." When these fathers of world liness abide In a heart, the dance, e card table, a little social gamb-' V,J,'18 will soon crowd out the Spirit, of Christ, communion with God, study of God's word, prayer and fel- i fowship with those who love for privilege of prayer. When this fam-. Uy is full grown sp'ritual dath is ' complete in that life. The families are generally very brilliant charac ters in the world, but they are fatf more subtle than they are brilliant for he that winneth souls to Christ is wise, and these never win any souls to Christ but many away from h'im." REVIVAL SERVICES CONTINUE Revival services will "continue at the First 'Baptist church through this we?k, Mr. R. D. Garland of Richmond preaching each afternoon at 3:30 and each evening at 7:30, Mr. Garland spokf last evening with remarkable force and Intense earnestness from the subject "No Compromise," and was heard' by a congregation which overflowed the church Into the Sunday schqol room While speaking with great serious ness, Mr. Garland floes not Indulge 1n any of the , wholesale denuncia tion or the sensationalist. In' direct and entirely unaffected manner he makes his appeal to the "border Christian" t0 cease from being a .fumbling block to the Jolks outside kjf the church and to the unconvert ed to come into the kingdom whole heartedly and without compromise In acceptance oi; profession of reli gion. He makes no endeavor to pro selyte those incl'nrd to other chur ches or denominations, but Invites the co-operntlon of all Christian workers in the city to aid In the work of evangelizing the world. Eight members were added to the church on Sunday, and other addi tions had been made list week All SIGHS GIVE I tfVENVYORK HERALD AND REX ALL STllAW VOTE BOTH CON CEDE HUGHES' DEFEAT If the old Baying. "Stra'ws show which way the wind blows," has any significance Woodrow Wilson will be named as the next President of the United States. The New York Herald with Its years of experience and with its ytem of learning the trend of pop ular centlment in every state In the union has gone to mere than usual pains and trouble to obtain a cor rect forecast of there suit of the national election. The Herald's straw vote gives Wilson 307 votes in the electoral college as against 224 votes for Hughes. The United Drug Company of Boston through the 8,000 Rexal druggists In different parts of the United States have been obtaining from almost every town in the coun try results of local voting and have been compiling these results and Is suing daily bulletins showing the vote for each candidate by states, In th 8 straw vote Wilson has been in the lead every day with but one exception, and the very latest bulle tin gives him 296 as against 238 for Hughes. Both these straw votes Were tak en In the North and one would ex pect either of them, if inclining in either drection, t0 favor Hughes ruther than Wilson. eYt their .un biased announcement Is that the odds are all in favor of Woodrow Wilson. If Hughes wins, says the Herald, it will be by a very narrow margin. On the other hand this in dependent New York paper avers that there is a possibility of a. land slide for, Wilson. The s.'ze of Wilson's majority will .depend upon the outcome n such "doubtful" states as New York, In diana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Wis consin andMinnesota. . The Rexall straw vote gives standing of the two candidates states as follows: the by ELECTORAL VOTE Northern and Other States Hughes Wilson I'JIlSllli VICTORY Arizona 3 j California " " 13'" Colorado g Connecticut .T 7 Deleware j? 3 Idaho 1 ' "' 4 Illinois ' 29 Indiana ' i ' j 15 Iowa j ' 13 Kansas '' i 10 Maine 'It 6 Massachusetts 18 Michigan 15 Minnesota ,"" 12 Montana J ,' ',' ' 4 Nebraska ' J g Nevada 1 3 New Hampshire 4 New Jersey ' ; 14 New Mexico .'" 3 New. York I ; 45 .North Dokota ' ' ' 5 Ohio ' . 24 9 Vote For The Th: people of North Carolina will vot ? on four amendments to the State Constitution at the election on November 7h. These amend ments are: 1. To restrict local, private and special legislation. 2. To prevent delays In trials by (prov ding emergency Judges. 3, To prevent special charters to corporations by tho General Assem bly. i. To prevent special charters to towns, cities and incorporated vil lages. The Advance had thought in view of the fact that two years ago the people of Pasquotank expressed themselves In favor of similar a mendments by an overwhelming majority, that it. was hardly neces sary t0 say anything about their im pcrtance at this election. As we have, however, hesrd somewhat of open opposition to the amendments in Elizabeth City within ( the last few days we take the precaution "of warning readers of this newspaper IRJIIIIEII KILLED III WRECK BIGGEST SMASH-UP ON RECORD ON PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD (By United Press) Altoona, Pa., Nov. 6 Six trai men are dead, lour ere injured, 47 loaded freight care are wrecked and five locomtlves demolished as a re suit of a wreck occuring on the Pennsylvania railroad when the en glneer lost control Of a train of sixty cars at the top of the Alle ghany mountains. The engines were on the s'dlng at Holidaysburg when they were struck and smash ed. The escape of a number of train men from injury seems miraculous. Officials of the railroad declare the smash-up the worst on record. The financial lost is. estimated at more than $100,000. GARRETT WATSON Vernon Garrett of this city and Miss Venlo Watson of Belvidere were married by Justice of " the peace J. W. Munden Sunday. The groom Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Garrett of this city and the bride Is the daughter of Mrs. Nellie Watson of Belvidere. Oregon 5 Pennsylvania 38 Rhode Island 5 South Dakota . Utah '" , ' . Vermont 4 WeHt V'rglnla Washington ,u 7 Wisconsin 13 Wjoming 3 ELECTORAL VOTE , Southern States . Hughes Wilson Alabama 12 9 6 14 13 10 8 10 18 12 10 12 20 12 Arkansas Florida . Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklohama South Carolina 9 Tennessee Texas Virginia Combined Electoral Vote 'Hrghcs Wilson, Total . , - . . 531 Note: 206 Electoral Votes are re ,iu red to elect f SIX 2.16 295 Amendments Editorial that this fs a matter on whicn every cit zen of the stite should express his opinicn. As we see it every one of these amendments deserves sup port. Elizabeth City ought to have had enough of the experience of carry ing local squabbles to Ralelght for adjustment. Currituck ought to have had enough of paying Court coots tor d:)s when the failure of the Judge to arrive on time, prevent ed the transaction of any court bus mess for sometimes one. two and even three days. The whol3 State, in our opln'on ought to be tired of seeing its legislators in session .squandering valuable time on little fills of only local significance and sometimes not even of lool import ance. Every community 'In the state too, it seems to us, should, want tfce privilege of Battling local prob lems at home and without having to wa t to do so until the legisla ture Is In session. If you look at this question from th s standpoint, vote for the amend ments. AMEIfiqAN CITIZEN TLE CONFLICTING CLAIMS OF POLITICAL LEADERS , (By United Press) New York, Nov. 6 Tomorrow the American voter will say who shall be the next President of the Un'tcd States. ; He will, dictate who shall compose the Senate, and choose the members of the House of Represen tatives. Viewing the situation today, with claims of cocksure victory from both parties, it aDoears that the people of New York, Illinois, Ohio and Indiana hold the balances In Ltmlr power. Both Democrats and Republicans claim this 'big four" of states. Their total in the electoral college is 113, nearly 43 per cent of the 266 votes necessary for decision of choice. The strongest Republicans are willing to concede a "solid south for Wilson. The southern states to tal 136 votes, not ' including Mis souri and Kentucky, which are con sidered by Republicans as debat- ale. In the presldentia race, there fore, Wilson has a handicap of 136 votes to start in wifh. However, Hughes Is conceded the 70 votes of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania and Iowa. Although there are five national tickets in the field, and one lone vice-presidential aspirant, it is cer tain that only two of these tickets will figure very largely in the vote counting. The 29th president, therefore will be either Woodrow Wilson or Charles Evans Hughes the first a Democrat and the second a Repub lican. The unsuccessful ones will be: Soc'allst: or president: Allen L. Benson, of New York, and, for vice president: George R. Kltpatrlck, of New Jersey. Prohibitionist: J. Frank Hendy, of Indiana and Ira Lambrlth of Massachusetts. Social Labor: Arthur E. Relmer, of Massachusetts, and Caleb Harri son, of Ill'nolB. Progressive; John M. Parker, of Louisiana, vice-presidential candi date. While the presidential and vice- presidential candidates are struggl ing for supremacy, 68 men are seek ing elrctlon to the United Stitcs Seuate In a vote getting race of scarcely 1of importance. There are DECISION HOW UP 10 VOTERS WILL 8ET- McFanOoiids Cuba Wants plaint As To Carolina's Repudiation jof Fraudu lent R. R. Bonds Forty Years Of Faithful Service Edenton, Nov. 4. On the morning of November 1st an imDresslvl beautiful " service, commemorating . the festival of All Saints and tho Fortieth Anniversary of the rector ship of the Rev. Robert Brent Drane D. D., was held in St. Paul's church, Edenton, N. C. Dr. Drane was assisted in the ser vice by the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. Darst, D. D and the Rev. Mr. Ash- by, of Elizabeth .City. Mr. Ashby's sermon was taken from Numbers V, part of the tenth verse, "And every man's billowed things shall be his.' This sermon ws ftfirof Tioly sxeat and inspiration. The plritual gifts of the heart, mind and spirit were the "hallowed things" of every one's life, which needed constant culture to establish fixed character. This formed the keynote of the discourse while the last words dwelt upon the long and faithful mlnsitry of St. Paul's rector, and the "hallowed things:" faithfulness, love and sym pathy, which he has made his own. B'shop Darst was celehrant dur ing the service of the Holy Commun Ion , and read the dedicatory prayer thereby dedicating two beautiful Eucharistlc lights hh a memorial to Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wood In the evening a large reception. Including friends of all denomina tions in Edenton as well as Eliza beth City and Hertford was clven by the congregation of St. Paul's to their faithful and revered rector. RETURNS FROM POLITICAL TOUR Solicitor J. C. B. Ehrlnghaus has returned from a tour of Bertie, Mar tin and Pitt counties where he bus been making campaign speeches in behalf of the Democralct party. 35 vacancies to be filled In tho up per house of the national legisla ture. Regardles of which side is successful In the presidential race, thy must elect senators to hold ma-' Jorlty in the upper house, if they expect to put through their legisla tion. The Democrats are now in the majority. The G. O. P. has set out to elect ten Republicans sena tors out of the 35 to be chosen, an Republican chieftains tomorrow will scan with considerable anxiety the popular vote for senator In the 33 states where the people are ex pressing their will 'on these candi dates. Next to the senatorial race in im portance, comes the voting for con gressional nominees.. There are 436 mtmibers of the lower house to be elected, not count Ing terrltor'al delegates. The pres ent House of Representatives shows a working majority for the Demo crats of 23 votes counting 197 Re publicans, 6 progressives, one inde pendent and one socialist as thn minority, against 229 Democrats. Republicans hope to sweep this majority Into the discard. Briefly summarized, the two great parties, will stand tomorrow for these great issues and In this list are given only the outstanding iBsues. Again In LimdigM to File Com Washington, Nov. 6 Cuba has Bft titlcn d.the Supreme Court for per mssion to file complaint- against the State or 'North Carolina involv ing the alleged repudiation of s railroad bond issue put out by th State. Cuba owns some of these bond and the amountjnvolved in Ihe de cision is said to be about tw mU lion dollars. 0O0 These bonds were Issued during the carpet bag regime in North Cat. ' ollna for the professed purpose of aiding in the construction of ran roads in the state. Not a cent of the money derive from the bond issue was so spent, : not a mile or railroad was bull with it, and the money represented as absolute loss to thn . . . Later therefore, th State renin!. lated the bond issue and there It ' now Incorporated in the State Con stitution a provision forbidding the 1 redemption of the bonds. The purchasers of these bond were, therefore, not able to reallae on them as it was held that no prl- vate individual or corporatoin can sue 8 sovereign statp This therefore would have bee the end of this fraudulent bond i ' sue but fo rthe activities of one Marlon Butler and others of his ilk. , Butler was practicing law In ' Vn V-l. ,. 1. . j o . , iw.n wnuii im mm nenHior rei tlgrew of South Dakota hatched up the scheme of donating some of the bonds to the state of South Dokato., and bringing action Tigalnst North Carolina in the name of that sover" ' elgn state. The scheme worked and North Carolina had to redeem these bonds Since that time 'Butler has been Jdvertls'ng and seeking to Induce 1 some state or country to take these ' fraudulent oonds which he had ft ' quired hut no state in the union wa willing to be made a party of such a scheme. Tho1 nans thof r.il.. !,. theee bonds and that action similar to wh'ch South Dokato was made a party may be brought, will be re- celved with indignation in North' Carolina. LARGE CROWD AT DEMOCRATIC SPEAKING Enthus'astlc reports are being heard here of the Democratic speak ing at, Weeksvllle Saturday even ing at 3:30. Solicitor "J. C. B. Eh rlnghaug was the speaker of "the evening and he made a strong speech and was heard by an unusu ally large crowd who expressed their appreciation of the Democra tic record by frequent applause.' FIRST .NATIONAL BANK OPEN SATURDAY NIGHTS Owing to the large Increase of business in our Savings Depart ment, the First National Bank will be open to the public Saturday nights from six, to eight o'clock. This Banky which has served its section for more than twenty-five years, allows four per cent, interest on savings account, end their sav Ings department has shown a won derful Increase during the past few months. The resources of this Institution are now considerably In excjss of efiven hundred thousand do'larB.
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