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VOL. 2
ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY EVENING. JULY 12, 191
N0.172
Hollwcg Resigns
Say Dispatches
FINDS EDEII III
f,1
MIEN COM
Situation In Berlin Between Gov
ernment and Reichtag Majority
. .
Rapidly Grows Worse
r4
FIO I II
TO QUESTIONS INVOLVED
FOOD CONTROL MEASURE
(Uy United Pre is)
IDy United Press j
Washington, July 12. Hollweg
kaa resigned and Holfferlch and Zim-
merman and the five Prussian minis
ters will resign Monday when the
.new parliamentary secretaries will
be '(appointed and action will be taken
on universal suffrage in Prussia, the
.V-' ..flUtO Department reports.
4V . Berne, Switzerland, July 12. Holl
I , weg ha resigned, according to re-
--" , ft . j .1 trtrl pi v hut tha
,. pons reueivcu uoic ,
; j' . Kaiser has not yet aeciaea wueme
, V' te will accept the resignation.
J; Zurich, July 12. The situation in
"Berlin between the government and
the majority of the Reichtag meni
Iters, "has become worse in the last
24 hours,' according to reports from
Berlin. : Senators MartinjyidJilBUuans vje'uti.
The four 'parties oi u.e nh j tQ the WUUe Houfie thjs Bfternoon
are unable to unite upon a peace a- (o mop( (he .e.ulont , conference
greement. on the nitater. The President's op
It is reported that the Kaiser is !K)8itjin U) ,he Goro sun;li,t(, hrs
about to isrue a proclamation to ht (,(1,n,1;i(.at r(1 ,:lattPrs still further,
'people covering the Crown Council's ( ,
decision op the frusslan ciecmiiu
situation, reform of the ministry and
Imperial parliamentary machine.
Basel, July 12. The Kaiser has
notified Hollweg that a bill will lie.
submitted to the Prussian Hit caf- I
rying out the reforms proposed in his
eastern announcement, according to,
word received hero today. This moan's
equal voting riflits In Prussia.
. Amsterdam, Jul 12. Uermr-iiV:.
radicals will I'oice "peac to! re.eiu
tiQti to achieve n form." If I hey fail
in their purpose at I his time tii. v
will repeat their ed'oris "in more
unpleasant manner," says the Berlin
Vol waerts
SUCCESSFUL. CIVIL ENGINEER
WITH NATION WIDE EXPER
IENCE INVESTS SAVINGS IN
RECLAIMED CAMDEN SWAMP
"The South offers the bat oppor
tunity for investment in the United
j States and the lands of Eastern
j North Carolina are unsurpassed."
i 'i is but one of the most con
servative estimates of this section
expressed by Mr M. E. Chapel who
n. uts to Elizabeth City in a few
days to make his home. '
Mr. Chappel s story reads lik,
the Saturday Evening Post or
Grimms Fairy Tales, but it happens
to be real lite right here In Eastern
1ST ACT By '
ElOFfEK
Von HiicnlJffig S -'
Plavs to ttie Gallen
i
XO APPLICATIONS MILL BE RE-,
CEIVED AFTER SI'XllAV: JI'I.V
13TH, FOR ADMISSION TO THE 1
SECOND OFFICERS TRAIXINO 1
camp at fort oglethorpe .Trying to Stem Tide of Dissatisfac-
branch Manager H T nrpniar
of the pacers' Training Camp Assoo-i
elation is anxious to impress upon
those who are thinking of entering!
the second officers training camp at i
ort Oglethorpe the necessity of im
mediate decision in this matter.
"No applications will be received
alter Sunday, Juty 15th,' says Mr.
Orcnleaf. 'and I wish again to call
mention to the fact tha, this is the
last opportunity for the civilian to
ceure a commission in the National
tidn at Home By Activity Alohn
Western Front :
ttUUS DEVELOP
IIIHI1
' II BR ATTACK
(By HENRI WOOD) 7
North Carolina.
Six or seven years ago a young rrny except by the slow and uncer-
j civil engineer, a graduate of th H,n irocess d' promotion from the'
uDMinvvT - .virnrv.n Stute Collece . of Iowa, came herrn't!, I
m i. iiMrbnii.i'irj -, .... , , i
THIS AFTERNOON IN REGARD 1 muuiiiuu oi me v.auiaeu nujfi u w cmpi upon 10
lX Drainage Association to make thjl'urn,81 ' men for the Officers (United Pres. Staff Cotrmpoiaient.) 1
Ibaivey for the contractors that dullralnln camP n August. Thus far With The French Armies In The
uio cauais m me uraiuago msiricu appiieu. or mese r ieia, juty iz. uermany has or-.wood. In the Lombartd .t(nn
lie surveyed the entire district an rwo tntrds are about 25 years of age. ganized a new branch of fluhtlna- for. thr w.. .o ..i,. .v ... . ,
Washington. July 12 The Presi- 11 hai'peued that the native folk afJ: Itn, y h 31 earS- "Stosstruppe." litterally 'storm Uelling the newlyoccupied position.
(By WILLIAM PHILIP SUIMS)
(United Pkm Staff Oorreepondeot.X
With Th British Armiea Afield.
July IJ. Von Hlndenburf l Tldent
ly trying to stent the tide or dissatis
faction at home by hto ihowing oa
th western front today. '
The Prussians opposite ther whol
British line are more active than at
any time during the year.
South of Scarpa the en my retook
a portion of the trench west of Vert-
around Lombartayde.
f. i i I... h.. Awtii.xntrn tv ..,ntT' "It Is psnerlnltv HAali.ci t .......... t,-.,,t-... '
. . t, 11 . I , ,, . i . ' i . . tj v 1 1 l ui uiuoga iaA . ' i s . i v , out. ui n 1 . . w j. . i .
the food control tangle in the Senate U!,xioU!4 10 ,id of their laa7i?ftrI "m 7 "T" f elly Ut thelr n0w I A" font German airmen
it was stated todav at a meeting of TLc' M lht'ni for 8ale at wh&l T. "T" ' leadhl war Wea ' Hiemln des inarmed in the sky desperately trr-
fh DemoerHtl.- Peering- rommittee y"u"s engineer considered ma' """" '.i8,ness experience, and fumes, it gained them ground, tem-
yiou.sly low price and he invested". men wll nave Dt'en successful in potarlly.
aTI of Ills savings m these lands un , hc,r respective undrtakings. Ilpnee 'I lie Germans used ten or twelve
sky desperately try
ing to cross the British lines In In
numerable aerial battle. . ' .
STEEL IIKEtS
'Diphnsis has been laid upon the call fresh battalions (from 1U,OUO to 12,.
for thr.oor.bovc. :! years. Those above 00 1. m hi In tin. new tactics These
!Bis at;o who possess (iialites for "Stosstruppen" are especially picked
oriiniHiKl ar. ac epi.ihie but the old- troops. They often attack in the!;
cr men will be given preference onlv shirt sleeves and are armed princlual-
ly with grenades. Tlio moment the;.
'or. I here are even spme men below capture a position the 'Stosstruppen"
25 years of Re, who have demonstrat- are relieved by regular, but less com
bis position in Hyde county on the L'a tDer ability as loaders, -who will battve, troops who bring with them
MnHamiiskeet drainage job and will e ralled ot the second camp at Kort trench mortars, munitions, machine-
. ' . i .
now make his honie in Klizabetu " M" guns, barbed-wire and
(.'it v.
tii h liiid acijuiied hundreds o!
acies.
When his work ;n Camden County
li.ul iieci; Ldlsind lie Went to Wllaon
..!hi Sv,:tn cjiiaiiei an. I n.vaged m
. ii i i i :i : woik iLn In., (ontihueu wn'" their (iuallfications are -super
mm ATTACKS
to in vc it i: i
I ounl'v laud
sa:iifs in Caniden
Heceiitly he resigned
everything
ABE REPULSED
PI. EDGE THEMSELVES TO HE
GUIDED IIV' PRESIDENT'S
:uinud in the Middle
West,
the
euuie c( untiy, Mr Chuppeil declares
dial he is convinced, tlm I iho South
IDEAS (H PATKIOI ISM V U'EIJ ; tiio TTPTi
TMN OI' STEEL INDUSTRY
lid that liuhl
. IK
here
. hiii
111 I lie lilt;
i.i Iveh
a'f.n
Wa-diiii'.M'
lili'l.ers of C
WILL MEET AT
RAMOUTH GILEAD
The Sunday School session of ( am
den and Currituck I'liiou'win meet at
Ramouih-Gilead Church .!i:lv 7
1917.
FRIDAY
11:00 A. M. Introductory Sermon
D. P. Harris.
2:30 P. M. General Topic, "Thor
oughness. (A) In the Preparation of the
Teacher to Teach. E. F. Ayd
lett and E. J. Harrell.
3:16 P. M. (B) In the Preparation
of the Pupil to Recite. N. T
Halstead and W. J. Byrum
SATURDAY.
9:30 A. M. Devotional Exercires.
10:00 A. M General Topic "A
Strict Conformity to the Pur
poses of the Sunday School."
10:40 A. M. (B) As an Agency Seek
ing the Conversion of the Un
saved. George J. Spenee and
N. H. Shepherd.
11:20 A. M. (C) As a Factor for In
creasing Knowledge of the
Truth for Continuous Develop
ment. M. P. Jennings and S.
N. Hurst.
P. M. General Topic
Methods of Reaching
Ends."
! the
I hi 1 1
.tea l'rc ) Xor. Ii ( 'arolina i
,lh- The steel liln'1 'bat when i!
., t inTi I 1 I ' ' ' ! I ri oil Nei! ' ! e w II
President's warning ' !,s u"'
blood i:,iiiii-,'in hi-.' ':,ct . is the sort
p i o Ii t
At ;
( .net ;. reprcse'
in t cvi -;ts i il'ie.
si I. lb-- r.oveni
( epl a tu ii e to be lixcil later
price will be in keeping wit
I esiib n t 's idea of a pa I riot i
f'in.
(Hy United Press) , ...
"The present aluw response from necessary to hold and organize theX lj0imnx' July The Germans
e Slate, wth North ,Ca'-lna's past captured positions. Just as soon asi Rt!rapted a RBneral ratd at night
i.i vmh extensive knowledge of tne war rei,r1- fa only be due to a nils- these troops arrivt. tho "Stosystrun- , ., , lj0muart-" r-
coiueption r the needs or u tiilnin- pen." return to the rear. There they! K V xoaay, Dttl were
1e: standing of the require, require- mt rewarded bv .-i,g vacations d;iuc""'y. driven
A-Sr,'. rh, hew. M 041 ..-ui..-r vai - vfcju... Paf,s' JM?J2. Qrman attacks
in tne region or juvlncourt and ou
I both l)-n,'c? of the Meuse we?1;' re
V'Jj SESIGrVIiD PPOM ! 1 "I"-' today. In the Champane e-
EXEMPTION BOARD
Mr. C. II Hohfusofi. chairman of
the Hoard of Exempt ions of fasipio-
ml Or John
luted in his
lo'itnl I'aiiu
will a-l. mi. ,u
i". e 'ii wont to regard
woi Ihless Mich Ian !. in
ii. whii Ii Mr. Chap-
on Iheir pi-eihnts '(" 11 bin i i. v -I (! Iibeialh and lie
111. ellim Willi the ci'iri limcnl thoi ll -lily believes that lie wa. noi
representativi s of all the steel mistaken in Ins filiation ,,f ;,,. Ml
( iissloa or l he
busii., .s !. t.,'
wild avn inipi
civil IM'.. that
desire nut to disrupt
iiii; into i In- army no n
'ant in the affairs of
many men hi've --.
ed to pl;o e t heir phi ill s
1 1 1 1 1 ' - - disposal at" I Hi'-
The
the
mar
' 1 : I in. '111. .He now t .jh lis to mi about
the work of i 1, n.i ins.' Ins hi ml and i ul
till" I '..! i .ilii.ls to i o in p Ii I e tii,
drainage, and then, he will show the
.... i . ' ii..-. ; eel ion what can be
! u I i I the en o. icous id.-n .
the (,'veniineiii desires of ill
this crisis. It would he a w.it
valuable mat i rial to c;ot into ..
tanks as a private a man with the
hiil.lv I . n I I ra in: : of an Enc i
neer or a man with c 'I'nsivi' exper
ic'i.. e in ti v ii.. I'lanufa"! nr".
This doc, not. apply c ibc call ror
Iliii l's.
nil i a i
what
m in
"I I.i n l I 'it . has resigned
H. Crii's has been aj
rii n and on t!''- Aisue front "id thft '
- ii'iihii sei-tor tiiere is active artillery
ti'-htine. -v':
pho ( .
uiitortunalc condllions in
sent preparation
lie ai ceplod in cm
RErUBUCMS
n i n m a i i it I r. s
IK- fill 2131111 SI III 1 I Bl II
iv iiioiiiiiniiiii sii mm a
" i a.ji . m B n m m mm
unnuurju rcnnib
"' ! -!
N'o .ippHcanl will I j j
ess of the number ! '
FXF
antrn m
nr.u h
done.
'U'e
say., all
an., limit p
' in tile .
t Bv Unit! d Press)
hiii'Mon, July 'l - "Exempted north and nianv
a sniiill round nieial badO i,,'i . t 1 1 1 1 tar
c.:ow an tiling in South.'
!:- ! "The: e is :a a: . U
u ha t we i n n do."
mill t ue seasons a i c .
.shot t thai on ha vn to i ii i .,
crop as though it were a baby to
k"i.' it coinr. riven siockrai.-in.u is .
burden because you have to Iced oui
caiile nine mon hs in the yeai horn
....).! bouhi from Iowa. Many farms
I'eve bei a inliielv abandoned in
have been turned
is. liven those are
vecritmiiK, t be onlv men
loiupeteiil nijlitarv b'ad
' 1 "s, who a i e (ict na ' i- i,r
I', vatualde in i v 1 1 a! fairs.
' Mi t he on;. I ;:f aeis f. r an
mil'' w '' hl'otd bis a p ! i' a
! ra in'"', i a nm uierei b" -I'll.'
(' liusiio'ss is of ci il
i c in lias some reined
tndilary affairs
'l ieu 'I'sin. ,lul I J. - Sixty thou-'
iiml ppulii ian t roups now surround
I t kin;,' The imperialistic forces UU
,1 ! (I'inmaiid el (I 'iieral Hsun are
ii:ci ibeil insi:! the capital. Th6
i'nie: I,. ins are aimed with 76 gUnS.
w
r
beaitc: the three words will shield unsatisfactory because feed has to be
Com the public';- cries of '.Slacker" I, u.li: I'oiu th" middle West for the
those freed from the duty of bearing ducks and chickens.
a rms.
IN POLICE COURT
"The Northern, farmer works hard
lor what he ;:cts. The southern farm
" couldn't stand such hard work
and the nenn would die off fii short
cider on the northern farm."
of commissions that may be granted.
While no one will be commissioned
who falls to do satisfactory work, vet
the attempt will be made to accept
nly those men who are rensonnhlv
sure of succeed hir: Each applicants
record In collnce and in business will
he Investigated and his personal oual
icar jtjes carefully Imiuircd into before
he will be culled to aimear before
"'' '"""' '-'.inini' is of Major Creiir for examination. When
1 1 '" ;i 'I'irin:' his course at i,0 K so called between Julv If, and
-.. bit is iii no sense essential August 7th he will receive from nn! I
I-,..:.. i.. 1 l.i , V J
' ' i .. i , i. ainiMiip com Armvv Siirr.'.'on a tdivsiial examina-'
bined with a sound pbysbiue are the (( wli i-h will bo the last until he
remiireni. nts comes up finally for his commission!
A good education is necessa ry t t he close of t he Cnmp
but this does not demand graduation -() n)an ,1Pf,( resign his iresent
or evn attend:, nee at a College. The position until he has been accepted
training or an active business lite by Major C.reig. All men accepted Pel rograd, July 1 2.--The Russians
may greatly outweigh an academic by him will go to the Camp, and all. have occupied Kalusch, the former
such men may feel reasonably sure headquarters of the Austrian army.
v
flPPIIDV miQTOIIHB
uui i nuiHiimu
HPAnnilARTPRQ
1 1 c. 1 1 u y ij o 1 1 1 1 1 1 u
! ;vi.i
I ""iii
degt re.
2:30
tr Police Court. Thursdya morning
Robert Wooilhouse. colored, was glv
'Some "" months on the Countv Roads.
These Wooilhouse was charged with break
ing int a store on Park Street, steal-
(A) Loyalty on the Part of ing a bracelet watch, and stealing a
Church Members In Their box of cigars from the Standard
Families and In The School Drue Company on Fearing St.
N. R. Jones and I. K. Stafford , The case against James Shannon,
3:00 P. M. (B) Effective Co-opera- colored, who was charged with break Vlr0Rra(, (.a,,,,s wlli( h als()
tion of All the Members of mg Into a store on rarK Mreet. v eu-
The 8unday School. R. R. nesda' morning, was continued and
will be tried In Police Court
day.
"'!! stand the strain of n military
RUMANIANS JOIN campaign. But previously athletic
RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE I,row('RR ' not sentlal. Even the
i older men, those above 40 years,
: hRve stood the test well at the first
, , , i i of winning their commissions. When Many prisoners were taken. ,
Only a strong and sound body 1 ;
ineso commissions are granted, the London, July lz. un a ironi OI
(By United Prss
Washington, July 12. The re-or-
Canip. Instead of breaking, they have
ganized Rumanian army has joined f"r!,,,i,v improved In their physical
the Russian offensive,
condition.
EYE EXAMINATIONS
Keaton and B. C. Henning.
' SUNDAY
11:00 A. M. Sermon J. K Hender
son. The speakers suggested In this pro
gramme are simply leadera in the
discussions. The nuestlon and topics pp(, mtnR R,pW,R )s my
are then thrown open, when all who
desire to do so, are invited and urged
to take an active part in the discussions.
Fri-
according to
slates' "In nrpflnlzlnp the first ramn Ihcro Cnmn will consist of nrnctlcnl epr-
that the Russian advance continues was only a scanty preliminary 'wi-ert- cises In the duties of a soldier to
ab.ng a front of 350 miles with gen- nK- conducted by the Kxtimlnlng of- gether with frequent, possibly week
era, lighting from iho Carpathians to fleers. No verv searching nhvslcal ex- lv. written and oral oulzzes upon the
amination was made until after the 'subjects taught In that training
applicants had begun their work at course. Final success will depend ut
Cnmps, nor was a very careful tnyes- on the demonstration during the da lb
tlgatlon made, In many cases, of tholr work of the power lo command and
conscript army will be already In more than 120 miles from Tarnpool
traininh. So the work and the salary to the Carpathians the Russians have
of the grade acquired will begin at revived the fight and the armies are
once. Thpre will be no waiting period battling their way forward today. .In
without work and without pay a ten days offensive they haTe pene-
"There will be no grueling examl- trated tho Austrian lines in two .
nations upon the long forgotten stu- places and captured a score of Cities
dies of college days. The tests at the and townH and villages! crossed two
great rivers and taken 43,000 prison
ers.
fin; k.
SCHOOL TRUSTEES "H
EFFECT ORGANIZATION
DECLARES USUAL
: SEMI ANNUAL DIVIDEND
exclusive
most modern
The Insurance firm of Culpepper,
The new board of grided school
mental fitness for the task ahead, tt upon the evidences In the above men- trustees held their first meeting on
was tho expectation to eliminate a tloned quizzes of a mans apprecla- Wednesday night and effected organ-'
largo percentage perhaps 50 per tlon of tho fundamental military ntion 1
work and onlv the
methods are used Grillm, Old and Orice, at the regular j cent, perhaps 75 per cent during principles. p Aydlett was elected Aalr-
Wljen I have your glasses ready director's meeting Thursday morning the course of training. This laid a "The welfare of our country, the p h. WIlllamB, rice-chairman,
for adjustment, they are Kyeglasse declared a soml-annual dividend of great hardship upon many men. Some honor of our Htate, the final safety1 an,i y r Jennings, Secretary-Treaa-
WEATHER
West portion .probably thuoder
showen tonight and Friday. West
r-ortldn tbandef showers this -' afteM 0 drugs used.
Eon or tonight. Friday fair, gentle
r t to northwest Winds
of tho finest quality, exactly made eight percent. An officer of the com- having given up their positions In of tir fatnlllen rioranl that oui
to correct the defect of either
both eyes
or pany told a reporter for this paper cltil life, tailed to win their com- rtrong tnunliooi! reepono dto this rail
i following the meeting that the direc-1 missions and are thur left without a Oar day of trial i at hand.. The
nrer.
lt me supply you with correcct tors were very much pleased with the means of livelihood. .The shortness burden of h duty U heavy. The
glasses.
- DR. I D. HATIIAWAT
Over McCabe & Grlce :.
excellent financial condition and the! of the time that was made possible prlc of freedom In high. The gnge
Urge amount of new business done Jfof the' first organization was respon- of battle for the' sake of humanity
by this established Arm for the JastlslWe for this fatiU. - " 7 ' 1 ha bi eat at oor fert. The pen
six months. : ' .' . : -- I '"It is the l"' -n to svold f V -"'VH 0-- ",M
LOSSES PROBABLY
. ' f ' TWENTY TH0USAITD
London. July 12. rdt! h 1