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ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY EVENING NOVEMBER 24. 1916
NO J 55
FALKENHAYK. AND MACKEtJSEN
BOTH REPORTED TO HAVE
'CROSSED DANUBE
(Br United Press)
London, Nor. 25-The threatened
German drive on Bucharest is ap
parently getflng under wav
The reported crossing of the Dan
ube by Teutons at Simnitza and
Lttackensen's reported crossing in
me uooruaja together with the re-
Lforming of the Roumanian lines in
he Atl valley, lead military enprt
J) believe that the lines are being
.rawn for one of the greatest gtrug
(;les In the Balkan campaign.
.Heavy rains, says Genera' llalir
b impeding operations on thP
ierlin reports another successful
ssing of the Danube today near
UVIl.
M ne war omce at Petrograd admits
It
.ue crossing of the Danube by the
Qermans near Simitza and the re
ttrement of the Roumanians in the
Atl valley.
I Violent fighting along the entire
' Macedonia? front is reported in the
official Serbian advices from Salon
'ikl with no change in fh"e situation.
'g ' DESTROYER FLOTILLA DRIVEN
An attempt by a German Destroy
er flotilla to approach the Downs
', was frustrated by patrol vessels ,
IIEXT Iffl
BEGINS HEARING SOJI 'HO IS IllSE ARE
BUT WHETHER THE SUPREME
COURT HAND DOWN DECISION
t
BEFORE JANUARY DOUBTED
GOOD FOR CHICKS ATTACKING CIIV
RESULTS OF
HOW GIVES
EXPERIMENTS
RE-
BETTER
8ULTS AT LOWER COST
CHIHUAHUA CITY . ASSAULTED
FROM THREE SIDES REPORT
ED AT EL PASO TODAY
(By United Press)
Washington, Nor. 25 The ques
tion of the constitutionality of the
Adamson law is expected to be
brought before the Supreme court
Monday or Tuesday.
Whether the highest tribunal will
be found willing to speed ud its
proverbially slow roving judicial
machinery In orden' to dispose of
the.ase by 'January remains prob
lematical, although the belief is
strong that the decision will not be
handed down wittti-wvval"'1"
evn weeks after
West Raleigh. Nov. 26. The last
letter was a report on some valu
able work run
Test Farm
Opens Bi
dsiFor
or
Hydroplanes
1 (By United Press)
Washington, Nw. 25 The War
department has opened bids for 148
nilitary hydro aeroplanes
Prices range from $12,000.00 to
$29,600.00 with speeds ranging up
to 90 miles and hour and climbing
power to 6,500 feet in ten minutes.
an
ad
Thursday night, according t0
"nouncement Just made by the
mlralty.
I
Railroads Need
Better Credit
A billion and a h'i'f dollars year
ly are needed by the railroads f)1
the United States within tlie next
ten or twelve years, Alfred P Thorn.
counsel for the Railroads, said yes"
terday at the resumption of the
hearings of the New-lands Congres
sional committee Of this amount
u billion and a quarter Is needed to
Increase the facilities of the rail
roads to an extent commensurate
with the commercial expansion -In
the nation.
Mr. Thorn states that what is
-'needed is less supicion. of railroad
mangement on the part of the pub
lie and better credit conditions. He
says this will enable them to
spread and develop to an extent
that will enable them to Increase
their business and serve the pul?lic
better.
Returned Home
From Hospital
Gregory, N. C, Nov. 25 Mr. John
" H. Boswood, a prominent merchant
of Gregory, ty who was taken to
the ElteabetJty Hospital. Friday
' night Octob(,re ,) 27th. with a sev
ere case of Vtndicitls Is now able
to be at home with his family.
He and his family feel deeply in-
dbted to Dr. Saliha and his nurses
f or their kind and excellent service
daring his illness.
To Prevent
Car Shortage
(Bv United Press)
Washington. Nov. 25 To stave
oti a disastrous car shortage all
railroads f the country are ordered
by special car shortage committee
of the American Railway Associa
tion to return to owner liness all
foreign fruits and refrigerator cars
n their line.
(By United Press)
El - Plin KT n r
at the Edgecombe sssault upon Chihuahua Citv r
i i -. I . . . ' '""u
-uuw.ng mat peanut mree sides began short!., ,...
meal is a veluable and cheap feed light this morning bv Vlllist-
as a part of the ground mixture for diu
- - . id I cat iiiiijc
government agents here.
Smoll ll
.o.. rmung partiesvdurine the
nigut moved upon advanced tren
vuco ,i ,ue gupposea object of
drawing the deefnders' Are and ex
hausting General Trevlno's limited
supply of ammunition.
cnicK raising. This letter will deal
with the results with feeding Soja
Jiean meal at the Pender Test
Farm run under farm conditions.
or
NAVAL LAUNCH IS CUT IN TWO
(Ry United Press)
Washington. Nov. 25 - A naval
launch carrying fifty sailors was
cut in two today ty tne steei paa.
dies of the river steamer Apacne
In San Francisco Bay. One is known
drowned, two injured and six others
are missing but are believed to be
ashore.
PREPARE FOR SAILING
OF CHRISTMAS SHIP
(By Un.'ted Press) '
New York. Nov. 25 Boxes, bales
and bundles of supplies to form the
cargo of the American Red Cross
Christmas Relief ship for the bene
fit of Syrians were arriving at Red
Cross Bush Terminal in Brooklyn
today the last day of their aval'a
bility. The Relief ship is to sat)
for Beirut. Syria about December 1
The shipment will be chiefly cloth'
ing.
Persons who intended to make
gifts but delayed too long still have
opportunity. On account of the fight
ing on the Somme immense stores
of hospital supplies are needed.
Money donations made the Red
Cross for these supplies will be ap
piled promptly
it
"fuming to me tao.e of analv
sis as given in Poultry Culture San-
atation and Hygiene the soja bean
contains 29.6 per cent protein
muscle Imlldlng material.
miring me past year Soja Bean
(Soybean) meal has 1 een selling
for a higher prlco than peanut meal
The meal to run these tests costs
$2.00 per hundred pounds.
i lie first lot was hatched on the
19th of March 1916. The hens were
set in the combination sit tine and
brooding coops (See circular No. 6
of this office) and brooded their
young in the" same compartments.
The chicks were allowed to run at
large and were red four timeB a
day. The hen was dusted with louse
powder before befng tict and afte-
being taken off to insure that no
lice were present to interfere with
the progress of the work
This lost was feed Soybean meal.
Shorts and corn meal equal parts.
This was mixed with sweet milk
using only enough (if the milk to
make the ground fc-ed slightly wet.
(t'siug the hand in mixing and not
stick) The chicks were fed four
times a day and given just wnat
thpv u-mild eai in twenty minutes.
At the age of eight weeks these
chicks averagfd 1 42 pounds each.
Kach pound costs $0.05. lt roquired
1.38 po.inds of dry feed to produce
each pound of gall;.
The second lot was hatched April
6th. 1916 and were handled exactly
as the first lot. This lot was fed
corn meal, rolled oats and wheat
shorts, equal parts mixed with
sweet milk and fed four times a
day. This lot was. in a way, a con
trol for the first lot the rolled oats
being substituted for the soybean
meal'.
At the end of eight weeks these
. . . . i ..U n a
chicks weighed i n pouims ui,
ITsi-h niullld COSt
a hock avemsc. K
i i wniiirpit nounds to
Emperor's Will
Made Pufilic
(Bv Unl ed Press)
London. Nov. 25 Franz Josefs
farewell to his nation Is contained
in his will, the content of whih
has just been learned here:
'1 bid farewell t0 my beloved peo
p'e and give them heartiest thanks
for their loyalty and love toward
me and my house in happy days as
well as in time of stress.
"May they continue to observe n
patriotic attitude toward my suc
cessor.
I remember my army
with feelings of deepest
for their bravery, loyalty
tion and feel confident that m
censor may rely on tnein no
than I have 'done."
and navy
gratitude
and devo
sue
less
WILL ATTEND MEMORIAL
Washington. Nov. 25- I'residen'
and Mrs Wilson, the members of
the Supreme court, leaders in Con
gre?s and all ambassadors and tnln
isters of the nations allied with the
Central powers or neutral nations
will attend an elabor te memorial
service in honor of Emperor Franz
Josef Wednesday.
FEDEUH IS
FOR EfJMO
BUT 0FOSED TO ANL LEQISLA
TION CURTAILIfQ RIGHT OF
MEN TO STRIKE '
(By United Press)
Baltimore. Nov. 25-The American
Feu'eratlon of Labor yesterday went
on record as unanimously n favor
of an embargo against the exporta
tion of wheat and other foodstuffs
'until prices are restored to normal'
The Federation has reiterated its
vigorous opposition to all compul
sory arbitration. Wage earners In
dividually and collectively are 'free
to stop work at any time In a free
democracy and this natural and in
alienable right should never be sur
rendered ."
The Federation, however, refused
io go on record against efforts to
obtain an eight hour law through
legislation, it was the sentiment of
the body that such action, taken
immediately after his securing the
eight hour day for railroad employ
eees, might embarass President Wll
son.
FIRE; Oil SIB
110 '
OFF THE COAST
BUT FLAMES UNDER CONTROL
ACCORDING TO LATEST Wlftf.
LE8S REPORTS ' '
If
1
Venizelos Party
Declares War
(By United Press)
Athens, Nov. 25 The Greek Pro
visional Government headed by Ex
Premier Venizelos has declared war
on Bulgaria.
Watch Uncle
Sam Grow
(By United Press)
New York, Nor. 25-The steamer
Powhatan, en route from nn.t
irfolk. took fire off Block Island
Is the wireless report Hashed. her
this morning. At qunrter oast "nine.
however, the fire was said to be un
der contrdT. . '
The vessel carries boTn passen
gers and freight and Is owned h
he Merchants Transportation Com
pany. Coast Guard cutters are
the way io offer assistance.
on .
M. Neratoff Is
Horeign Minister
Petrograd. Nov. 25 M. Neratoff
succeeds Premier Stumer as minis
lor of foreign affairs.
Another Stream
Of British Gold
CELEBRATES 110th BIRTH ANNI
VERSARY
VISITOR
AT
HIGH
8CHOOL FRIDAY
Dr. Stephen B. Weeks of Wash
"Jjagton, D.C. made an adress before
;he student body of the High School
' Friday morning. Dr. Weeks Is a
native of Pasquotank county and .1
distinguished man of letters and
fiterary critic, widely known as the
author of "Sonthen Quakers Tn
Flnvery." ' - ' f
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Dr. R. c. Henlng will occupy th.
Pulpit at the First Baptist church
at both morning and evening ser
vices.
In the morning at eleven o'clock
Dr. Henlng's subject will he- "Ar
rested Development."
In the" evening at half past neve i
he will speak on "A Safe Landing.''
LOST One hleycTe lantern between
Road' fnd rnre. streets,' Re war I
' t rcti'rn to Advance Offic?.
$0.07
feed to produce one pound Of gam.
In a review of these tests. It appears
that the soybean meal has perieia
ly taken the p'ace of the rolled
oats as a growth producer.
Another lot was hatched the 15th
of April 1K and was handled In
the same manner, m
equal parts of Soybean meal, corn
meal and wheat shorts. This mix
ture was wet with sweet milk and
fed four times a day as In the pre
ceding tests. At eigni wee u.
thse chicks averaged 126 pounds.
Another lot was hatched April
22nd, 1916. This was handled in
the same mUnner as the others and
received a dry mixture of equal
parts of soybean meal, corn meal
and wheat shorts. This was mixed
with sweet milk and fed four times
a dav. At the end of eight weeks
these birds averaged 1.56 pounds.
Each pound cost $0.0fi. It had re
. . . a rirv fppil to nro-
quirea is inv""" - -
duce ea , poi""1 ' Kaln'
Other lot was hatched on the
5th., of April lHIO Hu werr ....
ed in the same manner as the pre
ceedlng lots, rnis ii w
mixture of soybean mea!. corn meal
. .
find wheat shorts, mixed witn .
milk and fed four times a nay. At
the end of eight weeks the average
welkht per bird waa 1.51 pounds .
acIT pound con. ?-c8- Tt reH
2.2 ponnfls fo pro-Jt'CP fnrhjrr',"nrt
(By United Press)
Waxahachle. Tex., Nov. 25 Mrs.
Narsis Burns, born when Thomas
Jefferson was president of the U.
S., will celebrate his 110th birth
anniversary tomorrow. Her three
daughters, the eldest of Whom li 8!l.
and many of her 110 grand and
great-grand children will be at the
celebration. Mr Burns died thirty
years ago.
Born in Madison County, 1nn
3
Nov, 26, 1806 the now Mrs. Barns
whose maiden name was Yarbordugh
moved to Txas, with her father's
familv at the age of ten. 8he has
lived In the Lone Star Stat since
ur narllAHt memories ko back to
the time of her arrival. She marr'ed
John Washington Burns, a veteran
of the "texas-Mexlcan and the Mexl
can war pf 46-48.
(L)y United Press)
Washington. Nov. 25 The popula
tlon of the United States and its
possessions on January 1st will be
113,309,000. according to estimates
of the Department of Census,
i
MOYOCK SCHOOL ITEMS
(By United Press)
New York. Nov. 25 Another
stream of British gold, totaling fifty
million dollars wl'l begin to pour
into the I'nlted States Monday to
offset the new British loan being
sought here.
The gold Imported Into the Unit-
i .... .. . r
ei hunes within tne last tour
months totals the enormous aggre
gate of four hundred and seventy
millions
PLAYS OOIGINAL COMPOSITION
At the regular meeting of the
senior llteary society of the Eliza
beth City High School on Friday
afternoon Miss Emerald Sykes, who
was on the program for a musical
number, received quite an ovation
when she played an original compo
sition, 0
of gain.
, In all, 16 lots have been run this
season and the above lots are fair
arerages of the work. For this, it
Is en that the bird can, and does
utilise the protein of the soybean
meal ind that tt Is a taluable' feed
for chlt k rafnlne:. , -
Moyock. N C. Nov. 24 The Sanl
tary League held Its regular meet
ing Thursday at the close of school.
President Bagley presiding
I Miss Leola Iane was appointea
, chairman of the sick committee,
Miss Eva Powers was made chair
man of the Mterary committee and
given authority to purchase a new
book case for the library.
The treasurer reported about forty
dollars in the treasury. ;
This school league is composed of
tudents, and is doing excellent
work. H virtually dlscliiUnes tfie
sohoof as the students make the
lass, levy fines for misconduct and
see that these fines are paid. (When
it comes to co-operation Moyock
school has lt.
The school teactiers and commun
ity are rejoicing over the promise
Of a fifty dollar donation irom mr
"Ed Schllder, of Schllder Bros
iwh Ohio, e consider
ft-wv-x W.
.viijA. ms-.t '&Anerous, and
(ail to express our v
... .i..iA,nhr ha lmfta
This money win aoum..
for domestic science equipment
Miss Eula Sanderlln has been ab
. . -nl weeks
sent from school ir
on account of sickness.'
-rv,,. fc.-ket ball team
Wednesday of each week.
Bray reports good mterlal
Chll
Mr.
words
appreciation
practices
Coaijh
ORQANISES GLEE CLUBS
Much enthusiasm has been en
gendered and school spirit aroused
by the organization by Mrs. I. M.
Meekins of two glee clubs among
the high school students one of
boys and one of girls. With abund
ant material and efficient leader
ship these organizations are expect
ed to add much of the spice of va
riety to high school activities this
year.
These g'ee dubs a!ong with' the
school athletics and the work of the
literacy societies have added great
ly this year to the zest of thepuplls
in their work and the promise Is
for the best session In the history
of (he high school.
PLAY bCORE8 SUCCESS
The dramatism W the House of
the Seven Gables, presented by the
Junior Literary Society of the Eliz
abeth City High School Friday after
noon, won high praise.
Miss Ioulse Jennette took the part
of Hepzlbah, Achsah Brothers tooK
the role of Phoebe and Earle Co-
hoon that of Clifford. Each of these
assuming the three leading roles
scquited themselves most creditably
while ail who took part came In for
share of commendation.
BOY, PLEASE PAGE ADAM
Garden
larlen.
London. Nov. 25 The
roen Is tho same old Oar
Toronto army surgeon reports thut
his surgical kit was stolen one
night as he slept In the fradia rif
Original Sin. " ' '
Jack London's
Ashes Scattered
I By United Cress)
Santa Hosa. Calif Nov. 25 The
shes cf Jack London, who died at
his ranch here Wednesday night
will le taken to Glen Ellen tomor
row where they wl!l be scattered to
ire four winds of the earth to find
their last resting place la ."the rar t
ley of the moon." , .
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