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Published in Elizabeth !
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VdL7l;- ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLIIA; FltlDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 3. 1916 V
ND 13)
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BUT ITALIANS ARE rP8ESSINQ vUOANEO BY UNCLE . 8AM -TO
fi S0101ERS ;
FEATURE SHOW
PAYS DIVIDENDS
ffT3 Wwr tovnr of iht Union
Pacific ' ano unocrwooo or
DESPERATE OFFENSIVE A.
GAINST TRIESTE "
7; V Ey Un!ted ProBil
f lionllon. Not., 3. B erlitf claim
labt outhwe8t of :Predeal the "fU-
, ton $re -BtHl advancing In pursuit
SHOW BUFFALO
1' " - 'H 'Uj
ENCES ARMY LIFE
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BILL
' AUDI-
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JUg Vv jiiuuoi ; iu-a uiui uiua ,
t Roumanian attacks by fire and
tayonet on the Traniylvanian front
' re reported rrpulsed. On the whole
the day has passed without slgni
, iicant developments in the Balkans.
Dispatches trpm Rame state that
consecutive waves of. Italian infan
try are ' crashing against the Aus
trian lines south ot uorlxia. Tnis
is one of the most powerful bios
The life of the soldier,' to camp
and Vgx ythe field of battle, is, It it
announced, graphically portrayed' in
the new mliiitar spectacle,'' '"Pre-
of the fleeing Roumanians, captur- tparedaess.l wnlch ' Is Offered as th
big feature' of the Buffalo BiiVWl
Ranch Bhows this reason. Tbecom
bincd shows are scheduled to ex
hib't in Elizabeth City, Friday, Not
10th, and tjie event will have 'a stir
ring interest (or the. public, not only
because rt the realistic tnilltary
play, but afco because it will again
introduce Col. Wm. PvCody;XBjlfal6
Bill) as the real leader of America's
scouts and roughriders.. The 'mere
General Cardona has struqk since announcement that Buffalo BUI, the
Italy entered the war'' jfjcVder"hefo-of two geharaiibna,1 la
. Following up their successes ' again in the saddle,, will sead . a
-aouthea'sfof Gbrizia'the Italians I r ppie of delight across the"contih-
have occupied a section of t,he Gor- ont,
Izla-Vogertko ra lway and are batt
. lint ' on the. heightg near Kemper
llace. Farther south they have ad
vanced a mile cist of Oppacchlsalla
.Austrian defenses have been pul
verised by their Intense 'bombard-
aent of the Italians. Attacking the
fintry they roiiQded up great num
beri 'if d lied soldiers In battle,
' thus '5ePelltln their southward
Journey to the Adriatic. The Itai-
lans are '': now. attacking ,. northwest
of 6no; ad importanr TailWay cen-
tar, considered by some as the key
to j Trieste, and It it believed .that
General1 Cadorna is preparing to
irlle k death-blow on this place.
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-BOARDED
i SAILED FOR
.ENCOURAGED
VOTERS
MAYFLOWER AND
SHADOW LAWN
BY SPIRIT OF
-JBy ROBERT. J. BENDER
" Jtew York, Nov. 3 Inspired by
"New Yorkj'a wild , welcome, Presi
dent Wilson sailed from here on
the Presidential yacht, Mayflower,
this morning en route to Shadow.
Xawn.
.' The city fought, screamed, bellow
ed, elbowed, roared", ani hip-hooray
ed Its greeting. '
. Two of the me.t enormous crowds
ever seen In the history of. New
'York fought and cursed their' way
Into Madison' Square Garden arid
'Cooper Union to hear. the President
on h1 first campaign, iislt to "the
city.. .7 ,V - ,
' The rear and bui of. the massive
'throng In the tmaigarden , drown
ed o't the president's words while
blatant band on the outside add-'
d t, the din. ,
' Thji police estimate the number
of welcomers to the President alt'o
tether at no less than 71,000 . t '
Trendies
'Teddy Storms
Preparedness," the new military
spectacle, ' la not merely a preach
ment for adequate greparatlon , on
the part of the people of the Unit
ed States to toresta'.l . any possible
aggression on the part of foreign
nations, but it is also an exhibition
of army life and .action, and color
such as would scarcely bj possible
without the cooperation of the' 'U.
S. War Department. That this co
operation baa ben-iorth-colng 1 evidenced-
by the; fact that the soldiers
Wnistd'ltf'Tirplayar "actuany
United States regulars, and ' have
been "loaned" by the Government in
order to' bring home to the public
the necessity for providing an army'
adequate1 for "its defense.' '
The military maneuvers, it Is an
nounced, are presented oa a most
elaborate and realistic scale. There
are reviews and marches, In which
all the i various arm of the service
are represented; theer are cavalry
drills and charges; there Is mounted
inhntry; there is field artillery in
action, and filially there Is a battle
with Indians in which. It is declar
ed, there are more tbr'lls to the mln
ute than ever before"" crowded Into
an exhibition of this kind. Inciden
tal features of the military display
are evolutions by Russlon Cossacks.
Arabs and Japanese cavalry, Illus
trating the training as Veil as .the"
wbllrw'nd riding of these Intrepid
military troopers of the far East.
X show, heided by Buffalo Blllfc
wculd not be characteristic if it
failed to picture something of the
adventurous life of the ranch and
prairie; and the Buffalo Bill-101
Ranch shows are said to have some
thing especially interest'ng along'
this line tb offer. A great company
of fiowfjoys, cowgirls, old scouts
and Indians, withthe famous old
fchief Fly'ng Hawk, isyhtlllzed to
visualize the strenuous life, of the
frontier. There Is the itage-coach
hold-up; ' buffalo nnnt, '"i&'jtXkw
interesting horned cattle,- fuli of the
Vim and ginger And narlig of the
people of the untramelled Border
land . ..... t,
;The two performances to Be . glv
en la this' city at 2:16 anJT 8:Jf will
be preceded, at 10:30 In the morn-
ing by "mammoth tollltary. " and
frontier day parade In which ' all
the processional ' resources of '.' the
big shoV will be In line. The re
cru'tlng f. tent, where enlistments
are dally received ior jervtce on. the
Mexican, border, will Nbe opent on
the grounds show day. - adv.
y United. Press)
v Buffalo, New ;Tork, - Nov. 8-M3oI-onel
Roosevelt promises an entirely
new speech Iwth a kick In It when
he appears at Copper's Union to
night.1. He. was particularly denun
ciatory of Wilson, Brvan and Baker
last njpht essaillncOhe President as
t,m,d t0 o' Wm except , in
Cn eveslve .third person. ."Why
doesn't he name me?" , demanded
the Colonel.. - r v .,
WARNING
'f On and efter this date, November
3rd, 1911 the traffic Oordlnance will
ce rlyldly enforced, especially fn to..
gardyto vehicles, turning properly at
corners 'and In regard to too fre
quent blowing of horns,
.. J. b. Thomas, '
, ;.' N Chef of Police. '
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FLORA MacDONALD FOUND TH2
ROAD FROM BUCKFIELD TO
BROADWAY A LONG HARD ON 3
Getting Ready Examines Mail 1
: For The Game Of Dpnt5ctaxia
West Raleigh, Nov. 1 The con
tract has been let and work Is now
under way to complete five sections
(By United Press)
Waeh'ngton, Nov 3 Ambassador
Bernstorff ' spent , todty" ploughing
of concrete bleachers- on Rldd'Ct through eight hundred f pounds of
Athletic FieU at the North Carolina mall which was brought to the tr.
College of Agriculture had Mchan--bf the' submarine1 beiatechiand.
fc Arta before. (Thanksgiving;
The class of 1018 tarted
work list spring by ereefng.
this
one
section of concrete bleachers as. a
class memorial. When it was learn
rd that the annual Thanksgiving
football game with Washington-Lee
was to be played In Raleigh this
year, the four classes now in Col
lege each decided to have a, section
of bleachers ready by that time.
B ch set is to bear the numerals of
(he class giving it. The Wake Coun
ty A. and M. Alumni Association,
upon hearing of they classes' under
takings, voted to add still another
section. With the section erected!
last spring, this makes six sections
ofvconcrete bleachers which will ba
In use for the Thanksgiving game.
The contract was awarded to W.
T. flay of Raleigh at a total cost
of 3,000 for the five sections, each
30 feet long. This will give 180 feet
of concrete stands, with a seating
capacity of 2,00. The ultimate plan
'a. to have a concrete stadium on
R'ddlck Athletic Field by making
additions eich year.
HI.
pirao tniE
no: cisi
ROYALISTS AND REVOLUTION'S
jJSTS AT AHE9 jjfV
FlTATe CrVIL WARWiRlfecr
FIRST (NATIONAL BANK ,
7 OPEN SATURDAY N'GHTB
I '
" Owing to the large Increase of
businest in our Savings. Depart
ment, the First National Bank will
be open to the public Saturday
I nights from ix to eight o'clock.
. .
. This Bank, Which has served Its
section for more than twenty-five
years, allows .four per cent. Interest
on savings account, snd their sav
ings, department .has shown a won
derful increase during the past few
nronths.
The resources of this Institution
are now .considerably In excess of
eleven hundred thousand dollars.
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Miss Maud Lister is back at her
home after an operation for appen
dicitis, at the Elizabeth City Hos
p'tal and Is' doing nicely.
Mr. Vaughan Griffin has returned
from a trip to New Bern.
Says Charg es Have Been Refuted?
By George Creel
No Amer can Institution has es
caped the lclous attlck of Charles
E vasion Hushes, the 100 per cent
candidate who' puts his office hun
ger above patriotism. In no case,
however, have his slander failed to
be refuted by - some authoritative
His ' assault upon the Navy ' was
answered by Admiral Dewey, who
stated flatly that the last three years
had beeh "years tt -wonderful grow
th for the Navy" that Josephus Dan-
' v (By United Pras' .
London, NOV., S-A pitched battle
between the Greek Royalists ' and
Revolutionists Is imminent nhless
the Allied troops, at Salonika inter
eyene imediately. Four thousand
Roya'lsts wpre' within thirty miles
of Katerina when Venizelos'-. sol
diers drove f 'tne' Royalists garrison
from the town. -
Athens dispatches report that
King Constantino has ordered these
troops to attack Immediately the
Venizelos ,forc that took katerina.,
Ther are being reinforced from Sal-,
oniki arid weU supplied with, artft
:rf and it is believed that should a
battle be fought at 'KaterlnV the re'
auit would be to plunge Greece Into
civil war. ' ' 'm
Eli D S TO-niGHT
The ugly falsehood 4hat American
citizens were ' deaerted In an hour
of dangef "at" Tamplco and; that A
merlcan citizens were compelled to
-seek refuge under a foreign flag,
was met. by a circumstantial refuta
tion frmo Admiral Mayo and Ad
miral VletcherT' " ' j
The "charge that Ambassador Her
rick; irai recalled from France ' in
the midst of the European war fa a
lie on the records. Mr. Sharp was
nominated to be' Ambassador to
iels was an honest and efficient seer France' on June 12, 1914, waa coonf
retary, and that the Navy Bill" wss
"the nest ever' passed by any Con
gress." ' . . -l
finned June 19, and the war did not
begin 'ontU August 2.
was asked to remain
MrHerrlck
and lldTre-'
'iThe charge that the' Child 4Labor'. a!n for many weeks.
r
Kill had a "Joher7in it was denoun-
ced by Senator Cummins of Iowa,
and Owen Lose Joy, secretary of the
National Child Labor1 Committee.
The Hugh?s statement, that : he
would have prevented the Lusitanla
disaster, by a threat 'to break off 'dip
lomat V relations la dishonest, be
cause the vague notice, did not ap
pear until the morning of the ship's
The accusation " that' "President
Wilson yielded to blackmail oa the
Eight Hour proposition,' and that he !ltg, and nude no mention', what-
pkyed politics." was a lie that Wf t the Lusitanla. y ;7
brought denial from President Un-, At tte time of the nomination of
dorwood 'o fthe Er' and President , Justice Hughes, everyone exclaimed
tovejoy, bf the 'Ufaion Pacific, who , "It will be a clean, 'decent campaign J
nrfttsed the PresidsntV courage and As h matter of fact, he his dragged
I trn;ss fa unso'Mted ; statements, ; It to the dog . catcher level. ; . "
NEW YORK CITY SEES THE ENfJ
OF, MOST NERVE RACKING
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ORAL MARATHON IN HISTORY,
1 By PERRY ARNOLD
Hudson. New York, Nov J When
Charles E. - Hughes , reaches New,
York ionlght, his ' tour 'for votes
completed, , he will ' have traveled
30,000" tniles "and,1 It . is estimated,
has been seen by one third of the
voters in be country In the most
nerve wracking, comprehensive ' oral
miathon for votes that any presi
dential candidate ever undertook.
With the exception of five days
the nominee has been continually
stumping since August fifth, 'He has
spoken In 31 states, going as; far
north as Bangor, Maine, is, , far
south as Nashville, Tennesse, while
to the" West he has reached the
Pacific! coast. : ' '
'Mr. Hughes traveled, in the first
campaign De Luxe Special" evef
Introduced in Amerfcin politics and
completes his tour in perfect physi
cal (rim. .. . . ' ''
-Mrs., C. C. Meads of Weeksviho
was In the city Thursday.
Born !"down East" in Buckfleld.
Me., Miss Flora MacDonald, of The
.Fall of a Nation" company,- early
exhibited a tendency to act all over
her father's farm. Almost before she
was out of short skirts she was play -ing
leading parts in amateur pro
ductlons in vOdd- Fellows' HalLThea
she began to reach put. She yearn
ed for a larger , sphere' for her hi
trlonic endeavors '- but the road
from Buckfleld to . Broadway Is a.
ong'one and only recently did
pioneer railroad push . Its way thru
the community' of Miss MasDonald'
nativity. : , ; . ' :. "
7 At ' this point she did what many
another ambitious girl in similar clr
cumstances does. s Every Monday
morning she drove several . miles ;
across couhtry to the seat of a large '
normal school, where she remained
until Friday. night7Thls' was a iarg
er'sphe're hut not large' enough, end'
veri! fatthef -from Brbad'wa ' than V
Bucxfieid.'' A year latec she came s
to' Hew';Tork.-6he didn't Wake v,"th- i
St w)th thejitrical managort that 7",
. e" was destined to ' maja'iater. d "
: entered 'Nbrmiil College,1 there '
by following the easiest' pain . "that '
kuggesU4 ft,-f With her' dlplomil '
she started out (to5 teach,, and . for i
three years , a m New Jersey tows t
,dfentij Nw. Tork-fU taught '
the young idea how to, ehoot. ' V
During the daytime she struggled
with small boyg and glrla. had : ftt- ,
night she read Shakespeare ariJ the ;
Pworks .of modern playwrights. Often '
she visited the homes of her pupils '
many of whom were Italia na. '.Thla -r
she felt was a duty she , owed , to
them, but it seemed so useless "tort ',
one who des'red to be a Julia Mar7"
lowe. ' - 7:V.
Now, here's where the worm -
turns; only , a little way '-tie treev't
Miss MacDonald obtained an oppor ;
tunlty to '- spend her . summer Vaca "
tion on tour. With a company ot out
door players. That engagement reo v
ommended her to the attention ' of
'Thomas Dixon when he waa assem- '
hllng h's compafly for "the Fall of
a Nation." He 'assigned her to the
role of Angela, wife of a Mulgerrf A
Bend Italian, who fought with all '
the fervor of his Latin temperament ,
when the United States was' Invad ''
ed by the Imperial Confederation.
Before Miss MacDonald went to '
California with the " compahy she
visited some of the homes where .
she had been welcomed when she '
was teaching little Ialian children ' '
the r American, alphabet, ' From a
collection of , costumes sufficient to .
stock a store( she
clothes for her role.
Then came the rehearsals. At the!
former, teacher got in deeper ' and
deeper she began to see 'where
thone three "years in the school
room had prepared her tor her first f
big part. She was able to get the
tsJUnj angle and givh a faithful
portrayal of thr role-'Eapecially' was
th's true when she was called upon -to
displsy the grief felt hy a Lalla
mother at the death of a child. la
New t Jersey she had ' frequenUt
tern a) messenger of sympathy to
an afflicted home. s ' - r -
And this 1 Why Miss MacDonald
says: "Everything always happena
for the bestrWi ;7i::'" t
good;" crowds". , 1 7;7
1 ' . attend 8peaking ;
. 8enator' J.' S, McNider of - Hert- v
ford, and Attorney J. Kenyon Wil
son of thla city were heard by a -large
and appreciative ; audience at;
Oklsko Thursday night. Both speak
ers made an - excellent Impression .
pn "their hearers, and much enthu
siasm for tba Democratic cause wf
expressed. . ; ' - -
Judge E. L. Sawyer who alno
heard by a large crowd at Davis
store In Providence. '
selected ' the
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