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Mglitccn Yf af Old Boy
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HOYOCK oil
Victim In Falal Tragedy
flUET mi hog
Frank Raulfs Instantly 101-
led Wlieh Contact With
Every Day Soda Foun
tain Apparatus Send s
2 2 0,0 Volt s
I LEADING SPIRITS THEM. HAVE
BHOWN ADVANTAGE' ;F WaR
KETT1NG ALIVE.
110 UTEffil
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BRITISH STORM OF METAL:ANO
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MEN CONTINUES AT ANCRE
BROOK
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Electricity
Through
Body
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Ft
; Vtot
Frwik Raulfa, 18 years old, wan
electrocuted this . morning between
ight and "tne o'clock wWle operat
Inc aa !ectrl Uk ihaker at the
SUndard Pharmacy in thia city.
Rovert Waltehurst, another em
ployee in the same store was shock
vd intp uBcoosciousness a few seo
onda later "When he rushed to tne
tna!n awitch and turned off the cur
rent rom the entlnB buUding.
The news neAnep orer tne city
ht that hotn oys were aeaa.
imnt attention by a physician re-
tored young Whitehurst Quickly to
consciousness and he Sustains no
. " ertoiitf InJunr.: " -
V PrldSgeOqort-wa Tmtde : to
: - susdat Frank Raulfa WtJ without
' . sueceaa and irtti Uttle hop' of It.
ror2fseoonds ,or more 2200 Tolts
' of felectrictty hs1 hurtled through
bis body. j
' i Crosse wires and a damp morn
ing combined to produce the circum
: stances that cut short the lit of a
, boy of brightest promise, wnue ne
was engaged in the routine of his
UlUU uyucst xi ,. sinu vavu eu vi-
der for a milkshake and bad turned
r - on the current to mix the drink
' Tent the customer who had ordered
the drink' heard a snap, a atartled
' exclamation and then saw Frank
' Raulfs crash to the floor where he
lay entangled in the wiring of the
"ift.in his hnj anil plnthlns- and thn
,. inLiront eiArw nt" hnrn!n Tial UlIlMtt
the room.
Thera was an Instant of horrified
Inaction. Then Robert Whitehurst
'nd W. M. Perry rushed to the
rear of the store to cut the current
off from' the building at the main
witch. "Whitehurst was vouneel
.
and reached it first. Without hesi
tation and with his bare hand he
pulled the lever of the switchboard
down nd himself went to the floor
nmconsfclous. It was severa! sec-
ri When Wbitehurbt had been sent
home and when It was seen that
Raulfs, Dr.; iPearing impaneled a
. coroner's.- Jury to view the - body
nd hear' thfej evident es to
ause of the' boy's deatb i
' . The , evidence -disclosed the
lowt' circumstances:
the
for-
"ttl afteT "eliit o'clock
this
the
1'
foolniniTthe libti -.Vent off at
the door W, O Satfhders saw that
there was. a broken wire to front at
- the Cltlssens Bank and sent a mes
senger td' the electric light office
to apprise "them t ftne 'tftuatioift'Tt
vas too dark ih the office to work
Mying ' that It was a good time for
aim to get his breakfast. He went
oitmaara 'rnarmacy ana or
dered a drink, warning TUulfs that
the ires wtre crossed a b!ock 'a
vay and that it might be'better to
e cautious in using -the electric
apparatus.. i ' , .
; Raulfs hody showed no marks" of
,th9 Bheck wept a. horizontal burn
across the back of his head an a
slight one at the right knee4 where
hia trousers had seorched through.
Th accident was caused by' the
facing of the primary wire of the
circuit with which the Standard
Pharmacy has -connection across a
secondary wire. The contact occurr
ed in front of the Citizens Bank
bluldlng and had the effect of send;
tbg into thte Standard Pharmawr
and Into every other building In the
same circuit 1200 volts of electricity
instead of the ordinary 110 volts.
The entire charge of 110 volts would
not cause death under most condu-
elve circumstances, the lightest
fatal voltage , ever, recorded being a.
bout 480 TdU
The first to notice that the wires
were "frying in front of the Clttsens
Bank was Dr. a W. Sawyer who
observed It about six o'clock this
morning. He thought that the wires
effected were those of the telephone
company, and called attention to it
at the telegraph office, and one of
the men reported it to Mr. Lambert
Mr. Lambert siw that It was th
iigm company s wir but was nqj.
able to get In touch at . that time
with anybody connected f with the
.electric light office.
In less than ten minutes after thej
trouble had been reported at the
electric light office the company had
a man at the scene of the trouble
guarding the wire.When the coro
ners Jury came to view the condi
tion of the wires at this corner a
few minutes before ten o'clock the
broken wire had been cut snd re)
tnoved.
Other buildings on the same cir
cuit observed unusual phenomena
but n0 othej serious accidents were
reported. One of the operatives at
the telephone exchange experienced
a slight shock but sustained no
burns, as was reportetd this morn
ing. At the First National Bank an
electrician was called to see what
ww the matter with tte lights, as
they leemed to b "boiling."
Nothing unusual was ovserr
ed at The Advance office beyond the
fact that the power was cut off! dur
ing the forenoon tot "about an hour.
JURY'S VERDICT U
The coroner's Jury returned a ver
dict to tbe effect: . .
That Raulfs death occurred by
electrocution and -that, all fa elec
trical fixtures at tbe Standard Phar-
macy were properly installed.
That the inter section of 'Polndex-
ter and Fearing streets two wires
were In contact. ' 1 ' ' i.'
'' That the' current was not cut ntr
immediately after the notification to
tne Electrio Company that the wires J
wbio vrossea. . ' i
That had the wires been nrn.
- W- ww. .
Insulated when they came In con
tact, the ntlretdltage vwotiid nnf.
have entered thfti building and ;
death would not have resulted. - ;
"-The Jurors were: A.-O.' James, T.
T, Turner, . 8., H. Johnson,' A: X.,
Cohoon, F. M. Cook and J.,C. Saw
(By DR. F. D. OWN)
A' few years ago, the "Mohock sec
tion of Currituck' county1 had," Just
the same as the balance of ' that
county, and the other counties ' of
this section have, the ordinary num
ber of swine upon the v farms. e
nough to feed the farm, and perhaps
a few hogs to kill and to market at
the seasonable time of the - yeah
That is, they did when cholera had
not taken all the surplus away from
them.
But last year a few of the leading
spirits of -that section began to un
derstand that this Is the most favor
ed part of the state for Swine rais
ing, and that in order to secure the
best there la in the Industry, the an
imals must be marketed alive.
As a consequence, last year, from
October 15th. to June 16th. this1
year, Moyock and vicinity marketed
twelve cars of hogt ALIVE and re
ceived in return for them over $13,
000. This means that about 1200
hogs.wfnt out of that station alive,
and that the shippers received the
money without the trouble of til-
Hn? and dressing them.
s Most of these carloads were sold
upon the Norfolk market, and in
.nwetgnereT
number of different shlDDere! -
Moyock has a freight rate of a
bout 114.00 per car. with a mlnimun
of 20,000 pounds to the car. That is,
it does not cost any more to ship
zu.uw pounds of live meat than It
wou'd to ship 2,000 or 3,000.
In addition to the above, this sec
tion also shipped about 3,000 worth
of animals alive, but In smaller
lots, some going by express and
some being hauled through the
country to Norfolk.
(By LnKed Press ,
London. Nov. 15 With no abate
ment of the fury attending it's Ini
1 Ual smash, the. British storm of
metal and men against Germany's
vaunted sub-surface fortifications
on both sides of the brook Ahc're
continues today. '
, German counters have been ineff
ectlve In their effort to drive the
British from their newly won posi-
tlona.
The violence of the artillery ac
tion on the British front indicate
Mill.. . ' ... . , .
w luunary ejyeru io ueneral
Haig is Inaugurating an enveloping
movement of first importance.
The French report progress dur
ing, the night north of the Somme
maintaining their positions In apite
of desperate German counters.
Petrograd admits that the Ger
mans, heavily reinforced, are push
ing back the Roumanians south of
he Vulcan Pass. Bucharest' claims
ere again on th offensive west of
Cornovada.
Bess City Cclatcs
WoodrowWiisoii
's Victory
Many
I
Particip
ate SniA ti;
Weather and
atherHaStyPreparationc
Threatening
It's all over, now; . the shouting,
has ceased,, and Elisabeth City has
settled herself down to the happy
thought of four years more of pros
perity and peace. Four years more
of Wt'son, for whose election tbe
people here tak'e an equal propor
tionate ahare of the responsibility,
feeling groud to have contributed a
fluota to the country'a future wel-
fare.
At The Alkrama
To Investigate
Deportation
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15 Attorney
General Gregory is making progress
fa investigating the movement of
thousands of negroes into the North
ern states before the election. He is
determined to discover whether the
reported cases of the registration of
these negroes were Isolated or part
of a general scheme.
Belgian Relief
r Is Hinderei
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov. 15It is feared
that America's relief for destitute
In Belgium has been seriously mte$
fered with by the wholesale deorta
tdon of Belgians . to Germany to
Tabor in tbe industrial plants.
: ' It is understood that thn German
policy is to declare destitute nnf
fftnUly receiving relief-supplies. As
result the allies may request the
United States to ceas relief meas
ures which play obviously into the
bands of the German government.
"Where Are My Children?" which
Is to be shown at the Alkrama
Thursday was produced by Miss
Lois Weber, who also directed
The Dumb Girl of Porticl." The
chief roles were played by Tyrone
Power, as a District Attorney; Miss
Helen Rieume, as Mrs. Walton, wife
of the District Attorney, and Miss
Renee Rogers, In the part of a girl
who Is the victim of a surgical o
peratlon. The opening reel represents the
portals of eternity and the, souls of
little children waiting to be 'born.
They go forth to earth in great num
bers, and those unwanted are be
ing constantly sent back. The fol
lowing scenes on earth reveal the
unhapplness of such men as
Richard Walton whose wife choos
es to remain childless. Other wives
of the same Opinion are among the1
characters and Mrs. Walton takes
Mrs. Brandt, one of her friends, to
Jwr physlcan. Dr. MaKit. An unfor
tunate single girl Is also introduced
to Dr. Malfit, and she dies as the
rqeult of the operation which has
been successful 'ftr so many" other
cases. Her death is the climax of
ie photoplay.
Dr. Malfit receives a heavy sen
tence, then bis practices become
own. and in revenge he sends to
the District Attorney his 'account
uook wun pages marked to show
the, calls of the attorney's wife.
.... ftdT
That pride In her own psrt and
especially in the ultimate, result of
tbe election was. demonstrated on
the streets' of thia city Tuesday
bight. Men, women, and children,
domestle animals and automobiles,
took part In the celebration and
very one Individ ualy and Jointly,
de'Uhted In celebrating the cous!
trys greatest political, victory. The
overwhelming Democratlo spirit of
tewing good drove mr one Jn
'in and, . several hundred, people
"pert in the teT-smd exulta
tion. Not one single incident or ac
cident cam in to war the goodness
of tbe occasion. Despite the con?
gested condition of the atreet due
o the large crowd of pedestrians
tJid automobiles, extreme careful
ness was observed by aJl, and the
van of moving people swayed for-,
"ard then backward without
break.
Bryan Works
For Prohibition
UE OF COTTON IS INCREASED
SWBBsaBJBBSlSSBJB
(By United Press)
Washington, Nov, 15 Figures for
the first nine months Indicate an In
crease of 130 per cent during 1918
nvar the 1915 consumption of cotton
in the manufacture pf explosives.
n:"t;" "" . -' "', ' ."
JI.i R. Barco of Jarvlshnrr ho.
purchased 'a farm shout two miles
from the city and " will raovd his
' (By United-Press)
New YoVk, Nor. 14-Willlam Jen
nings Bryan has deternilned' to' de
vote the ' next four tears to inair
iiuwracy ry. "ia pairy caiHMt
afford,", nays the"'former: Secretary
of State, "to take the -Immoral side
of a moral auestion .; We7 must hot
allow ithe Democratic party "to "be
buried in a drunkard's drave.
Mr. C. O. Duvall. maner of Dam
Forest Stort, Buffalo City, spent
Tuesday and Wednesday in the city
on Dullness.
f I family to this county soon.
J. W, Fisher of Jarvisburs? WAS
m the city Tuesday. , ,
It was a large night and evry
one enjoyed it. Even the Radicals
were there to offer thanks for the
sympathy extended them, and they
must have felt good at this assur
ance of good fellowship. The speak
ers were there to stir the dormant
and strengthen the strong. They
told good things to be done, spoke
of the good that had been done, co
dened no one, but stuck t0 the tent
of Democracy, and showed cause for
Its victorious flht. It was just what
EMMbeth City and urroundlfig
counties wanted. They knew they
had done right, but loved to hear
tbe other fellow say so
Notwithstanding the fact that
only short notice had bten given of
the celebration, the citizens turn
ed ovt in considerable strength and
sometime before the hour for . the
line to form the street and side
walks in front .of (he Hinton build
Ing, extending jbearly a block either
way, were-crowded with people, a nx
lous to take part. The din. of. noise
drowned the .average conversation.
Drums u were beating,, automobiles!
eoundlng . thelr varied, criea.. .harri
blowers rant the, air with their ex-
p'oslons f sound,, and, those anxi
ous to help out, laborer on tha bot
tom or side of an. old Un pan or
yelled a,t the top of their voices fof
"Wilson and ;fopr, year more s of
good government," , Anyway every-,
' helpe4 as-much, as he was able
and there was n0 chance for klckj
beacuee of lack of noiae. . J
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yroniptly at eight o'clock the fao
todies and mills In th t city j tent
fpjth their approval of a Democta
li victory br Kowing their whistled
The crowd fell 1nt line at tn si,:
naj of the drum and;the march to'
th old achooi ground' began. Many
knew not whert to go. merely fol-'
lowed the scrowd as It surged along
up Mam street to 1 the Southern
Hotel thence to the left up Road
street to the scene of the bon Are.
j The line,' somewhat hostry formed
was. well marshalled by several on
I hnniahab .. . -
well mII Pmd ,howe1
weil.-Many wore costumes, varied
d signldcant;' iutomobH . w
.Jecor.t.d in. national , color. anJ.
and the Boy 8couta were In
Uu. each carrying . D
Conspicious lo the jm. 0f march
was th, camden' County Wilson.
Bickett car. ramd tw.L
' mere ana
r nomer nsvlng dressed
expressed his -1 '
. . . " . , "r , r , wna was
being done by Joining the crowd and
helping the good, work along. Hun
dreds of torck llghtt borne y. high
bove the heads of the crowd n,
tasted the entire 'Une.Th. fremen '
ind the Are engine LwerethWjind
tbe bell on the court Lu' ..i.4
tts tiding, of Joy for quite awhjle.
Thsuaano HeaF Seeakiiw -
Then earn, the bon-nra. ' Already
larea nil at Kn.. .. t.
7 'Z . Z -IT , MU D9,r
rait had been placed 'frYhe center' ,"
of the r vacant. lot ' ka . l
u mi m- Sfgnat theaa wn .
Are., The crowd drew as dosely
around aa the intense teat would
Permit and .waited t hear what the
betterlnformed had to aav. ... ;
the speakers were there and the oc
casion for applause were numerous. -
Eacn speaker ogt right to the noint ;
saying what should be said and to 'i
more, i
Hon. Roacoe Turner led off. Thev
ui uib painque was no great '
ed than the force of his words. He '
touohed his audience Just in the .
right spot, and the horns bellowed,,
drums beat; autos tooted and mr
shouted In approval of his remarks. '
Mr. Turner expressed sympathy for
Mr. Ptjgh and Mr. Meeklns,1 irerens V:
Ing to the I latter as the 'silverton '
gued orator of Main street."' '
Camden was there not only with "''
an automobile and a few apeotatorrr "
but Camden was there with a moutlf
piece. Hon. Howard Tfllett mount- ?'
ed' the box as second speaker and
told the crowd much. He referred'
te the Joining hands of the ' solid '
South and the solid West In the "
recent election as Indicative of the ,
power and cooperation of the A-'
aerican farmers and their' reaHia-
tion of the great benefits derived
from a Democratlo1 administration. '
He was heartily applauded at nunv
rous intervals during his remarks ; '
and at the close.
Thep came Hon. Hallet Ward. d. r '
slgaa'ted In njs introduction ts "Hot ;
tuftV, arA;'i''tltt.. M justly earn
ed In his prosecutions when, solici
tor of this district. Mr. Ward aald
ing reJolcingC ag to the cause ,' of ' ,
the recent , pbenominal victory . of
the Democrat all over America. 'An I ,
fnstance," he said, "of the people's',.
approval expressed Jhrpugh, the. bat
lot, He referred to the conditions1'
bf tbe-laboring man and the farm-
er now as compared ' with condl
tions under Republican rule. Inter-
spersed with ippfoprtate Jokes,' Mr. V
ru snon isii waa Weil pleasing
tlkA -1 II.. I I . a. .t"
Hon. J.f C. B. Ebrlnehaus. last ,
but not. least In any wise, mounted
the stand smid loud annlmmA m
was there Tuesday night as he is
ulwayf on every , occasion. "Ever
ready Ehrlnehaus, to be sure. He
tag the bedside of a sick wife he
, (Continued on Next Tage)