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VOL. 1
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING OCTOBER 28, 1916
NO 134
Bliiiiclotiiustl
C6-pp eration'Says Wilson
In Speech At Shadow Lawn
Today-Wilson Day-Pres
ident Defines The Great
- Aims Of AGreat Party h
i
WM
IS BUI BEGlin
No Delay Or Hinderence ust Be
gAUowed When The World
Waits Upon America's Ex
ample and Leadership
i!
(By )nt"& PreFB)
V Long Branch, N. J., Oct., 28 To
' -day Is Wilson Day and Empire
State Day at Shadow Lawnr
Thouaanda New Yorkers are
f gathered t the summer white house
I making the gathering the greatest
! t,the tresidenfs porch campaign.
. ' John -R. Voorhis and several
thousand Tammanyltes are here
edging the support of Taminany
to the President.
, k .The President's address follows:
'.My Fellow-citizens:
"This is cilled "Wilson Day"
only because for six years, first as
- Governor of New Jersey and then
''j as President o fthe .United States.
' ,1 hate been permitted to lead first
- a jreat state and then a Rreat
v Wtional party along the ways of
' progress and of enlarged and re
" - -generated life whichoor people had
- . so long sought and so long been
S' "held back from by the . oranized
r- power of selfish interest, and be-
cause thi great honor has fallen to
Be 6belng chosen once more
I spokman and representative of
. "the men who me" n to hold the coun
.-'try to these ways of peace, human-'
j Ity and progress. It Is of these
' tforcfs that I shall speak and not of
4 f myself, who am merely their ser-
- vant. ,i. , ..
"What are theclorces? Whence
, do they spring? What have they
. accomplished, and what is their pro
i, gramme and purpose for the future!
u is plain what they are. They
' . ar the" forces of humane, righte-
. ous, and patriotic purpoa, which
, , Jave sprung up In our day in' the
minds of (hose who perceive the
, ahortcomlnRs of. the law as )t has
.hardened in America and 'who look
.'. forward-wi'h purpose and conrlc-
tlon tjp new age in Which govern
i 'mentAiAll be Indeed the servant
of liberty and not ,of privilege.
i These are men who perceive that
..American law has not kept pace
with American' sentiments that our
: ,-,law has' been holding us rigid and
, Immovable,, until class has begun, in
; free America, to be arrayed against
, Vlass;' until what was legal has be
un to play a more important part
1n our thoughts and determinations
, that what 's human and right: and
4. until America hg begun to lag In
.stead of lead in reconciling what
" 1 with what ought td be:
i' "A new age had dawned uppn tis
whi'e those whd' were attempting to
Vd s wpfe fctnmbllng alonft iWith
tVirJieads over; their shoul(lers,(; Jn
tent-4'pon preserving the condition
of a day thst is gone. Aniorfca had
dustry had' grown to such "a bulir
that the domestic markets of which
our former leaders were always so
solicitous were glutted and we
were bound, unless we were to burst
our jacket, to find a free outlet lnl
to the markets of the world. The
time had come when our commerce
needed . freedom and would be'
throttled by further restraints. ,We
had acquired foreign' possessions,
had been drawn into the politics of
the Xorld, had begun to play a part
which could not ,be played by prov
Inclals but must be played by clti
sens of the greet world of nations.
And yet we had not altered our
policy or our point of v!ew. The
great European war has served at
least to show uh this one thing,
that the world itself had changed;
that It had became at onca too big
a world and too litt'e a world to
submit its destinies' to the hostile
r'valrlfs and ambitions now of this
and cgain of tha member of tho
greit family of men; too compact,
too Intimate In Ms contacts, too uni
versal In Its ways of Intercourse,
to-make it any loneer possible to
limit the effeots of any nation's ac
t'on to a sinele. separate sphere
where the jest would he untouched
An 'nevitab'e partnership of inter
ess have been thrust upon the na
tions. -They are neighbors and must
accommodate thflr interests to one
another,' or else disturb the lives
and embarass the fortunes of men
everywhere. No wonder that in such
an age men in America should be
crird awjafee and fee! once more? as
they felt them In the days ' when
the'r great republic. , was set jup.the
compulsions of humanity and of. .Jus
Heel . . ..'.- ,
"These are the freshening; winds
blowing out the.JIfe of mankind
everywhere, tha have. brought 'on a,
new day in American pontics We
have 'looked once . more ' f efy , crltt
oally at our own laws and our own
practices and have seV- about to
square tnem witn tne; aual condi
tions of our life and the life of
the world. ('"
"Four years ago there were two
parties in' the fleM whose , program
was conceived under the influence
o.' these great force's'"1 of progress
and adjustment, the . Democratic
party and the Progressive Z part f.
This , year there Is but. one the
Deraoc'ratlo ' pfl rty . In the., presiden
tial elect 'on of four years ago; som
fifteen million' rotes were fiast Of
tnse,' nearly ten -and a half Jntlllon
were cist for the '-candidates' of the
two progressive
:-' a 1 If
.tt-:v:
.... ..
THE REAL HUGHES PLATFORM UHCLE SAM'S OPINION OF IT
. 1 1 JJL fM OUT OF WAO. A '
(If """SS W$ mlli ml' 1
I ,VhntS5. He I fiMwIffl'
W 1 ' Luws I !Mmmn III If
! wwiiffi " ombS mw "j4 j)' ,r !tfli8l(ifil!l
1 WJ $ t V pouc.es oh mmiH& tCr. , iiraiir
Wf ix - wmcf . Hi -
f- II, ... JJU CDMPLeTB ACCORD Hffjft : y ffl ,
Contributions
To Campaign
(By United Press
New York, Oct . 28 Republican
contributions to date for the cam
paign here as 11,667,000. Democra
tic contributions are announced as
$1,006,000. . i r
sri '
parties,
T!r.!i(t)S fnf
only ' three
party which lingered in the old
ways and f pit none of the new im
pulse of a nsw day. More than two
thirdx of the voters of the' United
StatPH favored then, and favor now
programme whose object is to
serve the rhanginr needs of human
ity and progress.. "
'The Democratic party -was en
trusted with the task. Thtese power
ful fori' h of the hew aRe were put
under :ts direction. And under that
direction what have they accom
plished? They have put both the
business and the lire or tqe coun
try upon a new footing. They have
releaced the financial credit, upon
which commerce ann production a
like depend, from the control of
small grOups of financiers and bank
ers at the speculative centers.
They hav released the commerce
and IndtiHtry of the country from
'he domination of these who were
bu''dlng up their power by selfish
nd unfair methods of competition.
They have supplied those who wish
hi to conduct their business in con
formity with the spirit of the -with
friendlv guidance and "deliver
ed them from a nervous fear of the
courts. Thev toave released our
foreign trade from the ghsckles of
tariff contrivoH in the, interest of
special grounn of fivored nroduoers,
nrld have crested n Tariff Comls
'n Intended to substitute public
fpr private influences, facts for
beories erd pretensions, in all fu
tnre, legla'atton with regard to du
ftes and restrictions on imports
Thev hsre mad,, provision for the
Immediate and systematic develop
ment of our' carrying trade on the
se's.' They have at - list - supplied
h means by which tbe nation miy
be, bound togetrreh material tarul.
FpiriiuHiiy.
by a network
1 wt ' ' both
of good
cotrmoi'l-
Wheat Highest
In 28 Years
(By United Preso)
Chicago, Qct. 28 Wheat Jumped
today to $1.88, the highest In twen
- eight years.
V from commun'ty to community.
They have put thn farmer upon a
ooting of perfect equality with bus
iness men and men of all other cal
inijs in respect of his access to
"lommerrb'. credit; have placed a
?reat tureau of the. Government at
'(lis service in seeking and finding
h's ' best markets; have protected
him by the establishment of defi
nite standard in the sale of his pro
ducts, snd have put the scientific,
knowledge of the world at .his dis
"osa.1 by pratical demonstration at
'he experrse of the Government up
on the farms themselves. They
iave emancipated the laborers of
the country from the unjustified re
stra'nts which the courts had put
upon them by mistaken appli
cations of the "Id law to new clr
cumsttfices and conditions. They
have released the children of the
cotfntry in !arge part from hurtful
labor; have soueht to safeguard the
'Ives and the health of our lablrers
'n dangerous occupations; and have
nut agencies' of the Government it
self St the serv'ce of those who
"eek ' pmployyment. And most off
'hee 'things have been done with
n the brief limits of a single sd
minfstration. And still the great work Is hot
flnlshed. It can never be rounded
,ift and concluded so long as c'r-
cumstantes change and the fortunes
nd reHt'pns of men shift an al
ter. The; question you have to de
cide ' one wee from next, Tuesday
1st whether it shall bo prematurely
Interrupted, perhaps for genera
tion to come, and all the generous
forces of'the sge, and or the, world
thrown' pack ntfon" themselves., in
discouragement and confusion, V j H
VTbe programme remaining "t as
Vest- as the programme accom
pUfhed.'The procedure of our court
Forget War Onj
RiissianSunday
By WILLIAW PHILIP SIMMS
United Press Staff Correspondent)
imper'al Headquarters Russian
Army, Oct., 5 (By Mall) Sunday at
the Stavka, or Grand General Head
quarters, would make - the most
keenly Imaginative man in "the world
forget there was" ever such a thing
is wnr even if he had not done so
Iready In this quietest and most
peaceful of towns.
Sunday our Sunday is Monday
here, and market day. Our Batur
lay Is their Sunday. All Snturday
011 have beard the rapid peaht of
"e'ls chiming in several keys from
-a'cl mined towers flecked with rest
tnv crows, and have attended the
most beautiful religious services in
'he world where bov-cholrs on op
noVnu sides of the high altar chant
ed th gorgeous ceremonies.
So today business Is colng full
blast and the Wonderful open air
msrket near the water tower is
packed with its people as curlounlv
mixed s the wares one finds offer
id for snip. The tone In nurelv Ori
ental, with the strange bazarrs and
turbnned. barefoot women, and not
even the electr'c s'ren of Ameri
can, automobl'es whose ferrlfyln
screeches penetrate here. nan
"nch from one's mind all of this
effect.
Here fn this market are peoDle
who scarcely realize a vr is be
ing fob eh t or that Russia is playing
a leading part. The crowd 's made
up of pasints. mostly, an- the poor
of the town whose mart this essen
tially i. The pe'ssnta hsve driven
Into town with thlnes tn sell or
exchanee. The poor of the town
have to come. to Iny
those things of which
need, "Oendartre in conlderabl'V
number Veen order ad these.' I
'heir kbkl nifnrms. 'ftnd wht Kt.
t'e of tbe occfttent there msv be to
he scene. - l )
eEuissimi
HE
VESSELS
IN PROTEST
WAY'S DECREE
s AGAINST
NOR
FORBIPplNa
SUBMARINES IN HER WATERS
(By United Press) 1
London, Oct,- 28 Nina Norwjelf
an vesels were sunk by Gertnaa
submarines during the- last twenty ;
four hours, according to cvCbrlatf'
ana dispatch, in the campaign - - J
gainBt Norwegian shipping as 'a pro '
test to Norway's decjefe refusinf,
the entrance of submarines ' to" hafV
waters. ' " ,..""
JAWS ENCLOSING ROUMANIAN i i
Both( Jaw of the great -Teutonto I
rice are closing in upon Roumanla. .
Striking southward with, two .cop
umns Field Marshall Von Palken
hayn's AustrcOerman army , threat
ens the . capture of the railway" , '
towns Blnala and Csmpolung. Mack
ensen is rapidly clearing the de
feated Russians and ' Rhumanlan .
from the province of Dobrudja,.) .., r.
BRILLIAN J( ATTACK ON VEROUfT
FROrtT, .... ; ,; , '
The 'Trench stormed and captufr
ed Quarrey, In a brilliant attack on
th 'norrheaslterdnn front v -tali'
night. Intermittent cannonading
continues on the Somme front, ' i '
Novel Features
Wild West Show
in me hiwii
In a sunn o
h they sf-l In
KV,"TT'nvA'T'j MAGATrvrc f,
Uie' nwy Nrth Crollni. Woman's
Get your first
Leave
r yfTr'g (iiibTrfptton (f1) tfb
maetrine., Just out
cotit nt Melck's., ?0 cent
Many novel features are promised .
from the Buffalo B11I101 Ranch
Wild West Show, which Elisabeth
City is to see fof two performances ,
Friday, November 10th..
Push-ball, with contestants afoot
and on horseback, is strongly feat'
ured this year, a fact which is said
to be Justified by the rough-and-
tumble character of. this exciting
contest. The Indians, who are led
by the noted Chief Flying Hawk,
are. it is announced, more pictures
fluely and effectively employed 'than
n other years. All the Indian brave
are utilized In the attack on the
. . . 1
p'oneers camp; they give a genuine
buffalo hunt, and ' they illustrate
their native ghost, white-dog. green
corn and other aboriginal dances.
In the stage coach hold-up, as we!l
as In the reproduction of the t
tack on Columbus, N M , there are
Mexican vaquros and soldiera, both
ViUatstas and Carranzalstaa and
they give an faterestlng color to
the lively picture. A troop of Cos
sacjts, iwth their small ponies and
high saddles, interestingly contrast
the method of riding In vogue in
the Russian Caucasus and the West
ern pla'ns. The announcement 1
made that Col. Win F. Cody. (Buf
falo Bi'l) "will be In the saddle""
both performances and will actlvel
participate In the great military
spectacle, -"Preparedness," which Is
this season's bigest feature, as welt
a In the preliminary free street
parade which" takes place at 10:30
on the morning of show dayt adf
Register Now! I
iFYOlJLIVEIN Ai
1st Ward at H. G. God- ;
frey's Store, Cypress St.
Store, Parsonage St.
f3rd Ward, N.' A: Jones'
Store,; Fearing St. '
4th! Ward; R. C. Ab-
bott'sVrt-rFf.""