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Examination to b given at Court
House, Elizabeth City, June 18 and
to Interposo tiler i-UI.as u.-.i
their allegations In behalf of b
'WT DORTCH,'
City !-': '
ELIZABETH! CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY EVENING; JUNE 16. 1917
NO.U5
QCTOGEIIARIAH IS
SUED FOR Ml
II
rrr-. t; -
TRETTY GIRL JILTED INSISTS
THAT IT WILL , TAKE THAT
SUM TO SOOTHE HER WOUND
ED SENSIBILITIES
(By United Press)
tNew York, Juna 16. Before night
Octogenaxlam. John B Manning will
now whether his admitted jilting of
pretty :28 years old Honora May
O'Brien will cost him the million dol
"lars which the plaintiff insists it will
' take to mend her shattered tensnbl
litlei. The eighty four year old defendant
Appeared In court almost Jauntily aft-
r, his spirited fencing through the
night session of yesterday. He admit
ted that much of the palsy with
? which his hands had shaken during
the trial and much of the halting step
which had characterized his gait had
tut been assumed because he had
"been told that the Jury might be im--pressed
with the contrast between the
fresfi, vigorous and rosy cheeked Hon
ora and his own decrepit age.
Attorneys for the defense forced
Manning to admit that he did not
consider himself a feeble old man
and that he had chased a photograph-
" GARRETT DAVIS
The' marriage of Mr Noah Garrett,
Jr, to Miss Eula Davis was solemnized
Saturday morning at a quarter to
eleven o'clock at the borne of the
bride, on Pearl street The ceremony
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FT: OGIET
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was, performed by Rev C B Culbreth. v . ' ;," fPday an
The immediate mefeera of the family FORMER MJSMBJSii OP ADVANCE nibrrow.
BELGIUli;S MISSION. :
ARRIVES IN AMERICA
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A
(By United Press)
Washington. June 16 Belgium's
mission arrived at an American port
today and will reach .Washington to
were present,
The bride is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs A T Davis and the groom is
the son of Mr Noah Garrett, Sr.
Mr and Mrs Garrett left shortly af
ter the marriage for a bridal tour to
Wilmington and other cities, after
which they will make their home at
Wilson. ' -' c ; ' 1 ''''
FAMILY TELLS OP'DAY'8 ROU
TINE WHILE GETTING , READY
TO FIGHT FOR UNCLE SAM
-a
OLD HOMESTEAD
pue in
SACRED CONCERT BY THE OLD
HOMESTEAD QUARTET AND AD
DRESS BY THE SUPERINTEN
DENT SUNDAY NIGHT
tf
on
, (By WILFRED JPEELE) .
Port Oglethorpe, June, J.O. On tbeJ
day lifter I wrote my last letter to
The Advance I was told to get my
belongings together tnd prepare to
leave Fort Sam Houston for Fort Og
lethorpe. ( ' 'At
It has rained ever since we got
here and it Is "some sloppy." At
Fort Sam Houston we inever had rain
at all and here It is making up , for
lost time. We have been drilled hard
er since we got here and most of the
fellows are kicking about the weath
er fnr wa hava in drill ln or ahino.
Our daily schedule rns something fl" on Jn Confres
like this; First call sounds at 5.130,
everybody out of their bunks. Assem
bly in ten minutes.everybody in ranks
to answer roll call. Then to the pfeket
line wher the-horses are tied. There
nm ahnut thrpn horsns for each ame
nf . n to rlrtfi Rt,l two to lead.Th Amerilcan Congress.
V HUf w-w - i. M At 1.111
lue itiie oi i lie uiu
Hncic SamMust Hie i
Dniverifffllicitoce
Nearly Two Thirds of This Coun-
try's Men, of Fighting Age Arc
Absolutely Worthless For Milita
ry Duty Says Frank Dixon.
"The Old Homestead," by Denman
Thompson, the great American play
and the concert by Old Homestead
Quartet are the attractions for to-extra ones are for the new mea corn
night's Chautauqua. I ing in. We water the horses andle'ed
Friday night the concert given by tnem- Tnen there i3 a rusn for tye
W foi half a block and beaten him uanauu-r.nnuuii-ju.u-u mess line. . i,
with a cane. was tnorouKh'y enjoyed. Miss Ruth , R,ght here j want t0 8ay that UU
Manning confessed that he had kiss; Garland pianist and reader amused a m,8take t0 gupPose that Uncle Sam's
d the fair defendant, "but not many I the audience with stories. Miss Myra men are not well fed x have been ln
times, as it is a sin to kiss girls as It "uu'" .uUli, BUV..UU three different army p0sts ana rouna
the food good at every one of them.
FATE OF BILL HANGS IN BAI
ANCE DEPENDING UPON AC
TION OF SENATE WILL AL
MOST CERTAINLY BE PASSED
IN HOUSE
By ROBERT J BENDER
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, Jnne 16 A big food
ht is on in Congress.
While the people of this country
and the Allies watched, the adminis
tration food control measure mak
ing Herbert Hoover virtually food
administrator of the world launched the speaker, 'a struggle against au
into one of the greatest battles in tocratic rule a fight to make 'demo- ure ln killing three million babies an
Icracy safe in the world.' We are the nually in the United States, A God
is in doubt, least war-like people on the globe like that would be, deviL" 1
The opposition win be intensive, a peace loving people so much so THE DOCTOR AND HIS PATIENT
Just how extensive remains to be that we have been willing through- "Under our nresent avatem M Dr.
ot our history to go on unprepared Dlxtm went oa t0 .ay( th local phy.
for any crisis that might occur.Every 8lcan lg handicapped by the fact that
war we nave ever naa cost us tenIUBUaiiv When a doctor la eonanlteA
"Every war we have ever had cost three million men are sick at this
us ten times as much as it would if moment 79 per cent of which is ab
we had been reasonably prepared and solutely unnecessary and that 630,
the same thing will be true in this 000 are dying prematurely yon takt
war," Dr Frank Dixon told the Elii- It in all coolness and are willing to
abeth City Chautauqua audience last take your chances. We like to hold
night, in possibly the moBt vital lec- God Almighty responsible ' for 6ur
ture ever delivered under a Chautau-, sickness. If a person dies of typhoid
qua tent. fever 'it is the providence of. God.'
"We are now undertaking," began "What sort of God do we worship,"
cried the speaker. 'God takes no pleas
seen. The President has chosen the
Senate as the field on wblch to fight
the battle to decision and will not
always gets them to thinking too
much' aTout you."
pointing to Miss O'Brien as a mer
cenary woman "eager to sully the
holy bonds of matrimony by uniting
htr youthful body with a withered
Eekhoff, soprano
much applause in the variety of num
bers she gave. Miss Marlon Jordan
thrilled the audience in her skill with
the flute. She is spoken of as the
"Greatest woman flutist ln America."
Ou Friday afternoon after the
much enjoyed concert Superlnten-
After breakfast comes drill call.We
go out with pistols, sabres and rifles
and go through a short physical cul
ture drill, then lrill with rifles, then
with sabres and last with pistols.
Then we have to groom our horses
rAA man" Martin W Littleton. Coun
sel for the defense, demanded that Qenl Mlller maae ms second aaareB8 a dl8agreeable Job in this m
h. irv rfenv hnr anv remuneration r the 8er,es ending me aociai . flfteen mlnuteB ,n which to wash
Whatever. "There was no love on her! Fabric." His subject was 'The Over- up fQr d,nner
part "he said "She admitted as much I head Charges of Civilization." Pov- Then gck cau comeB and those who
to her brother and even before the erty 18 a Bocial sln and socIety ln one are not, feeling up to the mark are
.ot for the marrtaee consulted aW r anomer must pay lor u.ur.m-
lawyer about the terms of settlement inals- the in8an- fept)Ie minded mu8t
otany suit that she might bring Into
court.
await the action of the House where times as much in money and men
it is practically certain to pass next as It would have cost had we been
week. I reasonably prepared and the same
Responding to the mandate of Pres. 'thing will be true in this war. Some
ident Wilson, the Senate Agricultural of our Congressmen have told us
committee today reported out the that we should not have a large army ture each morning is almost certain
Lever Food oCntrol Bil, thus putting and navy for our defense, that it j to give the Individual a strong and
the matter directly up to the Senate, would provoke war. Upon the souls of healthy body, yet men allow them
The bill was reported without recom-, these men and those who sympa-8Cives to be lured by patent medicines
the case has gone too far. People ar
not willing to pay the doctor for his
best services his advice, They don't
want his advice but want pills, pills,
pills! Fifteen minutes of physical eul-
ud There mendatlon Bnd wl" come up for de-jthlsed with them la the blood of ten which often prove harmful besides
bate early next week.
tiimWM FACE
K
I be housed and fed and society must
Inav this the speaker declared! He
I went on further to say that the work
i that these persons should be putting
'in society is needed Illiteracy was an-
other aociai crime enumerated. Out
j of u thousand births among illiterate
jparents Mr Miller said there were 245
(deaths while amnng a thousand births
I of poople would could read'and write
'there were only 66 deaths. We let
theso matters go on as if these were
u necessary part of life but we are
Bent over to the hospital for examina
tion. Tim afternoon is spent on the
mounted drill. The marching move
ments are much the same as in the
dismounted drill. Then comes
"monkey" drill with hands overhead,
on the side, etc. A great many fall
WEATHER
Fair tonight and Sunday: warmer
In extreme west portion; Sunday0 8un8et at the caU of the Pr?8ldent
fresh north winds.
nilllon American soldiers." A dlstin- the eneormons waste of moneT."
guished American said the speaker COMPULSORY MEDICAL SERVICE
has been known to ay that should a 1)r DUon went on uf wg
crisis arise one million of America's noed a publJc heaUh
sons wouia rise in arms irom sunrise
off the horses In this drill. I haven't
yet but expect to when we come to
'standing in the saddle." At the or-
Again we have to groom those mud
the.dv horses and aealn it is 'mess time.
After we have eaten we bathe and
dress and at six o'clock we stand at
"present arms" while the band plays (n . .i,.
the country Just as completely Of
more so as does the nubile school
-"It might be ln the arms of theIgyBtem Each doctor( he WJU, .
enemy," said Dr. Dixon. 'It takes a! vlrtuaUv be an offlclal of the govern
months to make a good soldier out of m(,nt Howeveri doctorB( jugt u U9
tne average citizen ano iour years to
train an officer to proper efficiency.1
To send untrained men to the front is
a crime. That is exactly what we aroi
the national airs and the colors are
furled and cased.
After that time we are free
-all that we can do under
the circumstances.
until' "No man knows how long this war.
the teachers would be allowed to pfao. ;
tlce their profession separately ' If
they desired. When a person was sick
the service of the physician is bis, and
the question of fees would not com
to the patient's or the physician's
mind. If it be necessary that they be
told by those who know that they are
a menace and can be eliminated. The
amount of waste in this country an
nually would give every wage earner
t"i wi:
rvk'. .
(by United Press)
New York, June. 16. Emma
Goldman and Alexander Berk
man, anarchists, are held on
$25,000 bail to await the Fed-; $5.50 a week,
era! Grand Jury. The motion to' Tlie concert and suPt. Miner's ad
dismiss the case on the ground ;,rfwa9 interrupted by the storm
" " . , , , but the number present was so large
that it was unconstitutional Ule averaKe afternoon Cnautauqua
was denied, crowd on a fair day last year. "This
New York, June 16. To-face the l3 Cl.rtainly a wonderful Chautauqua
prohibitive ball of $26,000 to $50, -town," remarked Superintendent M i I -000
on the charge of conspiracy ier aftcr tne program yesterday af
againBt the government Emma Gold- tr, ,nn.
man and Alexander Berkman, anar-j ; .,.1V ninht at eight o'clock Kev
chlst leaders, were taken from the Mill- v will pn-nrh and the Old Home-
Tombs today and arraigned before the ' : .. , Qur.
United States Commissioner. ,P. s
Both face deportation unless they.,,.,. ,, ,
cad furnish naturalization papers. I (s invite. 1 i
I service.
JAPAN REFUSES I
AMERICA'S REQUEST MITCHELL'S SUBSCSlliZ 1
! TO LIBERTY LOaN
(By United Press) j
Washington, June 16. Japan hs "I tel. phoned Mr. (laitlier this
turned down America's request that morning," said O K Gilbert, proprie
she join the I'nited States in her re- tor of Mitchell's Department .Store,!
cent advice to China to compose herl-that Mitchell's would take $1,500 in j
international difficulties. This develop Liberty Loan Bonds. The amount of
,ed officially following the receipt of business this week over the samel
devices showing that ijreat llritain.too week last year will be fully that,
had spurned the American suggestion , amount by the close of business to
for Joint action in the Chinese sltua-1 nlcht. I hope that It will be more. In
tlon. I spite of rain and a comparatively dull
1 'time of the year, tlie Liberty Loan
RECEIVING DEGREES SaI" has been a tremendous success.
AT PRINCETON TODAY and 1 wlsjl t0 thank a" wno nave
helped Mitchell's to buy Liberty
Bonds."
der 'charg' the horses seem to go
mad and if you hold to tne sannie , el(,Ten 0'(.iot)fc wi,ell taps sound for may last," continued the speaker, 'It sent to the hospital, during his stay
they will certainly throw you. mere )cHirne. After nine Is it quiet, how- may last a nerat,lon. But we do: there he would receive one
is an exhilaration in the charge which OV(,r an() no noise ,8 anowod art(,r know that we are fighting W most
cannot be described. It is a feeling that tlme 'efficient military power on the globe.
The daily routine Is harder here' It took us a long limn to realize what
than In the dismounted branches of the nations of Europe were fighting
similar to that which one must ex
perience in actual battle, I believe,
and it is shared alike by horses and
man.
After this we ride to the picket
line to take our remounts out for
halt his
wages toupport his family. The.rev-i
enue would be raised by taxation
which would amount to about 25 cent
per week for the average citizen. This
the Army, but the men would not for. President Wilson used to write Is Just half the average now' being
We are all glad that wo are letters to both sides in the struggle 'spent, for medical attention. Every
in au effort to learn what their aims body would be required to be examln-
chang
here.
I am likely to be transferred again were In the struggle they didn't ed annually. Thus, it was pointed OUt,
exercise. These are horses which are BOmo time soon. One never knows know themselveslGermany represents j the new system would provide efflcl
belng broken by a squad of picked, what wm happen to one in the army autocracy. The Allies stand for Demo- ent equal treatment to all against
man who teach them the cavalry slg-!or wnen But wherever I go I want cracy.If Germany were to win the war 'the haphazard "too late" present Sys- !
nals. You are not allowed to talk to j),,. Advance changed to my address, the world would be an army camp for,tem. ' -
a cavalry hore at all and you might; i know tnat this is some trouble, and generations. If the Allies win, the TiK HVKTFM HAS BEEN TRIED
yell get up to one all day and he yet It may serve to remind you of me .world will be given the privilege to pr DiZOn said that a comnulsorr
,
I system of medical service is democrat
would not move.
and of I'ncle Sam's training camps. show that the people can rule. Amer
T.der a sacred
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.1 .nil Mi- toiblle I
i ::e f'lmif-v.'-"
Chautauqua Program
Edward F., Miller, Superintendent
Washington, June 16. Secretary
Lansing and the Italian, French and '
tlnlnlnn mfnlatnro a ra at Prlnf'ntnn f '
day receiving honorary degrees from
tha institution.
SHIP BADLY DAMAGED
BUT NOT SUNK
(Washington, June 16. The Amer
ican schooner, Rltter, which was at
tacked toy a German submarine was
damaged by shell ire and though
badly shattered wasiot sunk, -the
State Department has been informed.
AT BLACKWRMj MKMOIHAL
Rev C R Angell will occupy the pul
pit of Blackwell Memorial Church at
the eleven o'clock survlce Sunday.The
subject will be "The Christ of Today"
There will be no services at 8 o'clock
as the congregation will worship at
the Chautauqua.
Sunday School will be held at nine
thirty A M. There will be no meeting
of the.Junlor and Senior B Y P U, on
Sunday evening on account of Chau
tauqua. The public Is cordially invit
ed to attend the morning ervlci
AFTERNOON Admission 35c.
: ' '" SupcriiilciHlcnI.
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jjjV il: ING ,
r;uii;i "Tlie M; J Iomcstcad
Tliornpsiin, Hie yruiit Ann r
Siicri'd ('onci't t In- Iho Old Ho::,
Address by K Mr. Miller.
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cuinan
( iiarlet.
Monday, June 18 . AFTERNOON Admission 35c.
.':()() Sorios Lortnro by tbo Suiiorintoiidont.
(1oiicrrt The Symphonic Orchestral Club and
.Madame Justine Shannon, contralto.
EVENING Admission ,50c.
7:4.r ( 'oncert The Symphonic Orchestral Club and
Madame Shannon.
Lecture Hon. Percy Ahlen', U. P. "The Future
of Europe."
Tuesday, June 19 AFTERNOON Admission 35o.
:!:(() Junior Chautauqua Play "Good Fairy Thrift'
"The Village of Dins: Don? Bell" present
ed by the members of the "Chimes of Nor
mandy" Co.--A great afternoon for the chil
dren. Bring them with you.
EVENING. Admission 75c-
7:45 Opera "The Chimes of Normandy "presented
by. a fall cast, chorus and orchestra.
.. . . Children admitted to any session 25 cents -
ica must oe swui in aomg ner snare tlc because "a democracy Is a govern
j which very probably will have a great ment that 8erve8 tne people best.'Qer
(deal to do with the outcome. ThJmnny ha9 a compulsory medical Ser-'.
more men we send to fight and thevke and instead of two out of thre
sooner we send them the better, Iorbe,B unflt for m,litary gervlce onlf
, eventually It would mean a smaller :ona ln a thouBanii falied ia the physi-
, number killed. Lai nvamlnadnn Tho avilom lullillll
v. ii i.Aitiiiiiiuiiuiii a it .J Djoibiu a bibw m
effect in England. It cost her thirty '
million dollars the first year. Ws
spent 75 million for patent medicines '
last year, practically all unnecessary .
and harmful and sometimes danger
ous. ;.
worthless so soft and weak that they "Now is tbo time," said Dr Dixon,
can't learn to march, carry a gun and l"'t a National Democratic Com
steep in tents. In tli Mexican crisis ' pulsory Medical Service ln operation
when President Wilson called tor vol-j lr Dixon expressed the belief that',
unteers for the National Guard thlr- after such a system has beerln ef
ty six thousand volunteered in tho'fe"1 enough men will live to be
slate of New York. Only six thousand ' strong at 150 years and he beautiful
stood the physical test! Experts estl-''y pictured the value to the common-
Till; IMIIO'j OF INEFFICIENCY
'I don't know," said the speaker,
"how many of tho ton million who
i
registered on June nth are fit to be
trained for soldiers. I would guess;
tli a t two out of three are absolutely!
mate tlint taking the country as a
; whole 64 per cent of her men of flght
'ing age are unfit to be trained for
soldiers."
I
Neglect of the proper amount of
cxtrcise.and sleep and carelessness'
about eating and drinking wore point;
ed out by the speaker as crimes hurd
to overestimate in their disastrous
results. 'Fifteen million people will
die this year In the United States
from tuberculosis an absolutely un
necessary disease that ought to be
wiped off the continent. If I were a
prophet and could tell you that three
years from tonight America's total
lose of men would number two mil
Hon . men : your hearts would throb
with horror but when! tell you that
wealth (Hat men who did live to this
ripe old age would be. '
"It's always a great pleasure to me
to be In Elizabeth City," said J)r.
Dixon at the train last night. f ,
SPANISH DRAMA : '
BEHIND CENSORSHIP
(By United Press) V;
London; June 16 Behind the hoft-v
vy veil of Spanish censorship anoth
er national drama Is probably occur
Ing. Reports of the assumption of
power over the whole nation by the
army' have been received here. No dl
rect word has come from Spain 'la
four days. , . ; 4