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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA; THURSDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 2, 1916
NO 138
Bandits Butcher Soldiers
In Cold Blood at Laguna
j Rob Passengers and Beat
German Subject Senseless
150 Miles South of Border
INTERESTING SIDf LIGHTS ON THE COMMUNITY FAIR
- i (By United Press)
: "El Paso, Nov, 2 Twenty eight
I ' Cerranzlsta soldiers escorting a
I' , train were murdered in cold blood.
'' tour hundred passengers were l'ned
up and robbed and "a German sub
ject was beaten senseless by two
hundred Villa bandits at Laguna
. Monday, according to a report Just
A received here.
' Laguna Is 150 miles south ot the
border.
yEtSEL WHICH SUNK THE MAR
. INA FOLLOWED 8HIU8 BOATS
t BUT RECUED NOBODY
I (By United Press)
London, Nov. 2 The submarine
that sunk the British steamer Mar
tna with a probable loss of six A
tnericans, followed the ships boats
lor half an hour after the Marina
.sunk, but made no offer of assist
ance according to reports of the
sinking by American survivors.
A. Delvin of Norfolk and P. S.
Hamlin of Baltimore are among the
aurvivors landed at Dublin and they
both tell the same story.
The submarine was submerged
when she fired the first torepdo but
when .she saw that the Marina re
mained afloat the U-boat came to
. the surface and fired a second tor
pedo into the big vessel's port side.
Queenstown dispatches report
that the missing are now abandon-
d as lost.
3oibui Frost will cable summar-
, o the affidavits of surviving offl-
today.
HERTFORD HUSHES
III THESE DAYS
PROSPERITY TIDE IN THIS SEC
TION MAKING FOR PROGRESS
IN PERQUIMANS CAPITAL
MAY REOPEN IS8UE
. Washington, Nov 2 The reopen
ing of the entire armed merchant
men controversy between the Unit
ed States and Germany Is certain
if it is proved that the British steam
er was armed at the time the ves-
,sel was sunk by the supposed Ger-
man submarine.
This seems to be indicated in the
statements of Secretary Lansing to
day. Whether merchantmen have
the right to arm defensively Is still
tin open question with this Govern
inent. Secretary Lansing admitted
today. He stated that this Is the
principal question at 'ssue in any
-negotiations with Germany over
the death of the six Americans wtto
-AreJtypposed to have gone down
will Jhe Marina.
CLnany is expected to maintain
;tha armed merchantmen are not
. Included in her submarine pledges
to- the United States.
' The question has been unsettled
elnce It was shown that the Lusi
tania was unarmed. Secretary Lan-
sing stated that tne r,Knt of mer
chantman to arm Is still a mooted
question .
DUCKING ON CURRITUCK SOUND
, O. P. G'lbert and Dr. J. D. Hatha-
way left Wednesday for a ducking
expedition on Currituck Sound. Tho
) neither could be termed "old," both
'gentlemen are known a ' "veteran
eportsmen" who never fail to bring
J n, the ginia. .......
By HERBERT PEELE
It Is not only Elizabeth City that
la prospering in these piping times
of peace, prosperty and Democratic
asjendency. The whole section
round about 18 enjoying the fruits
of high prices for cotton and for all
farm products such is are now pre
vailing. Prosperity on the farm means for
the South prosperity In every ave
nue of trade and business. This has
striking Illustration now in our
neighbor town of Hertford.
Not since the days of 1911 when
Hertford's first brick business block
went up has the town seen such ac
tivity in the way of building enter
prise as Is naw in evdence.
Wth "Ye Old Eagle Tavern' torn
down a fine new bank bulding has
already teen erected and occupied
on pirt of the block where the an
cient hoRtelry once stoo-1, and now
the wa'U of another br'ck building
rae rls'na; frora its ruins.
Ths new building will have near
ly 5000 feet of floor space and will
be occupied by Divers & Raper, two
young Elizabeth City business men
who went to Hertford a few years
ago with small capital and are to
day with their own resources put
ting up this new buildng to make
room for their growing automoble
business. The entire front of the
bulding is to be of glass, affbrdlng
excellent display of the automobiles
and accessories that are to be the
stock in trade.
Another brick building going up
at Hertford, just opposite the Hert
ford Banking Compmy, will be oc
cupied by J. BrouRhton and Broth
ers, grocers, another firm composed
of progressive young business men
who frn a small beginning "have
built up one of the most successful
business establishments in Hertford
The building is to cost ten -.thousand
dollars and will have ,noj feet of
floor space. ' !
In addition to this activity In the
business section quite a number of
new buildings have gone up within
comparatively recent months in the
resldental section of the town. Now
in progress of construction on
Church street is the home of Mr.
Thomas Nixon, a prosperous Perqul
mans county farmer moving Into the
town, and tn'8 edifice, when com
plete, wltf be one In which any
town in the state night take pride.
HAS SOLD INTEREST IN BUSI
KE$S Mr. Simon Rufenberg, for many
years one of Hertford's prominent
rqen, has Fold h's interest in the
firm of Rutenberg, Stokes & Darden
and will probably enter business
elsewhere at an early -date.
BAPTIST PASTOR ILL
In the' IllnesB of the pastor, Rev.
W. H . Carter, the pulpit of the
First Baptist church was - most ac
cptibly filled on .Sunday by Rey'i D'
P, Harris of Elisabeth City, who
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SIIOI'J THE Fillll
I'JAS BIG SUCCESS
I, VIEWS ON THIS PAGE QlVt
80ME IDEA OF THE EXHIBITS
I AND OF WHO MADE THEM
PROMINENT FIGURES
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WioneV in One ot the
Foot Races
On tills page are shown a num .
ber of cutg that tell their own story
of the success of the1 Community
Pair at Riverside School house.
In the first picture at the top se
the members of the Executive com
mlttee and other prom'nent figure!
on the fair grounds. Reading from'
the top the names, are as follows:
W. Q. Jennings, W. LvJVIlroy, R,
S Prltchard. M. W. Sanders, W. V?
Garrett. O. W Falls. W J 'Jnhn.
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son of Raleigh, W. L, Logan Of Ra
leigh, W. H. Simpaon, J. H. Iferry,
A. 8. Morgan, W. R. Smith, N. P.
Jennings, Charles Smith, A. W. Ho
ller, B. P. Bray, C. K Benton T. L.
Overman.
Two members ot the committal
failed Or were too modest to "get
In the picture. They are W R Jen
nings and S, M. Brothers,,
The, two Raleigh men shown .la
the . cut were Judges, Mr. Johnson
of llvestotck, and Mr Login of farm
products.
A. 8. Morgan is president of the '
Executive Committee, R. S. . Prlt
chard, vice president, W. W. Gar
rri, treasurer, in. r. Jennings, sec
retary. The story of the canning club
girls has often been told in these
colamns, and The Advance has
made repeated efforts to get a good '
cut of all the Canning Club Glr!s,
but always the picture were . too
small to reproduce in a newspaper.
This cut showing the girls of the
Riverside and Bayslde clubs who
had exhibits at ufche Fair, gives a
capital Idea of the health and ener
gy and good spirits which prevail
among, these model young house
keepers of the county.
Likewise, the cuts showing two
race winners on Fair Dav suggest
the vigor and strength of the com-'
Ing manhood of Pasquotank.
CANNING CLUB GIRLS
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From left to right: Geneva Benton. Marzaret
Rogersoo, Piney Jennings, Sarah Fletcher, Sarah
Harris, Laurine Bray, Ruby Jennings,
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JEW YORK GREETS
TIE PRESIDETIT
WOODROW WILSO GIVEN BIG
.OVATION AND FRIENDS SAY
WILL CARRY THE 8TATE
JOB BELL,
Winner in One of the
Foot Races
(By United Press i
New York, Nov. 2 President Wll
son, arriving In New York today,
was greeted with a roar of enthusi
asm, which promised to make 'his
Madison square appearance tonight
rival the recept on' given him at the
polit'cal meeting there four years
ago this morning when he was cheer
ed for an hour.
The President arrived from Buf
falo th s morning where ho was,
given a great ovation. His lieuten
ants report that the state will go
Democratic,
i Managers predict that the great
eat , polltlal andlence of the cam
paign will faoe the President to-
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SOME OF COMMUNITY FAIR EXHIBITS
The fine potatoes shown above attracted special
attention from the experts who judged the exhibits
Note also the tall corn stalks and sugar cane in thO
background