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ft . News Without Bias . ; Views Without 'Prejudice r r '1' 'ThsCiIy i; : ' .. : -Newspaper Published in Elizabeth "' City VOL. 2 ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY EVENING JULY 31 1917 N0.192 ExemptionClaims Running Heavy Exemption Boards Are Urged to be Doubly Cautious In Re- gard To All Claims. ALLIES ASCENDANT Oil LAND AND SEA (By United Press) Washington. July 31. Claims of exemption from service in America's National Army are running heavy. Initial examinations here and at er points show a heavier percent age of claims than had been antici pated. Only 29 out of 929 here failed to claim exemption yesterday. Another caution has been sent out to Exemption Boards to be doubly caut.lous in regard to all claims. Meantime, the great hunt for draft evaders has started. -The names of hundreds of youths who thougrt themselves securely concealed from Jf the War Boards have been forwarded j with The Biitish Armies EMR A1E1T TO TAKE CHARGE BAPTISTS OP NORTH CAROLINA RECOGNIZE IX HIM QUALITIES NECESSARY FOR CONDUCTING BIG EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN The Baptists of North Carolina have decided to rais one million dol lars to endow the denomination's colleges In the state. The BaptUt State Convention asked the Board of Education to select ne men to take charge of this work and at a recent meeting of the Board their unani mous choice was named, E. F. Ayd- lett of Elizabeth City. This work is on& of especial im portance and the task of selecting the right man to do it was no light one. A christian business man was the BRITISH BULLDOG HAS CLOSED ( Boara a aim, a man who had already IN AND GOT HIS GRIP ANDProved that he could manage nnan- QUESTION OF VICTORY IS ONE:clal anairs successfully and a man wno is sincerely interested In the work of his denomination. (Bv WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS) following are a few extracts from (United Press Staff Correspondent.) j letters received by .:r. Aydlett from in The leaaers in the denomination urging ENGLA1ID AT LAST 15 fill VI BASIS PERIODS OP PROCRASTINATION AND PREPARATION HAVE GIV EN PLACE TO PROGRESS AND x VICTORY Big Battle Starts OF TIME (By ED. L. KEEN) (United lref Staff Correspondc-iit. ) London, July 31. Brltian's part in the past three years of war may be told in three words: Procrastination; Preparation; Pro gress. In the first year, besides doing very many things she should not have done, she left undone most of the things she should have Gone. It was not until the second year was well under way that the peopl Of Britian woke up. Having finally sensed that it was a man's-stxed war, they began to prepare almost too late, but with a thoroughness that went far to overcome the effects of their former dilatoriness. With her Industries at last organiz On Flanders Fro Described as the Superlatively .Con centrated Fire Of The ,: Whole War. RUSSIA RECOVERS FROM SPf VIRUS ionuon, juiy 31. Kus8ia seems to be recovering from the virus Inject ed into her armies by the German spy system. Dispatches today show that x en ed on a world-war basis. Britian start !manJ seftr8 of reat northeast .. k ...0 i,h mM,lern front Kerenskya troops have as- nuthorlt PS 1V the Depart-I iPloWl Inlv 31 Tnrlav Rrlan son u iu aitcpi me laSK lor Wllirh thev' mm f M,o rlTht anrt of eiim ""u l"c am "(ui' vvui - i . j I uuaiuit i v a u p ' w " w -) i met of Justice. Many mothers whose boys have registered informed the department of neighborhood "slack ers." SECOND CLASS SOON CALLED The second (lass of 755.700 men registered under the draft will be called for examination early In Au- have selected him. gust to replace tlu.se exempted of the tle, first class now being examined Agricultural workers and munition factory hands will be greatly restrict ed in their exemption claims It is in timated. The city "war gardener, will not be exempted it is stated. top. At the close of the third year of the wr. the British bulldog is novng "Tno matter of major importance er on the bottom. The "contemptible is the raising of a million dollars for little army," which the Kaiser sneer- "ur educational campargn. The Hoard ed at in 1914 has taken its medicine ''l'fed you to conduct this campaign, and, despite the hammering it has 'cognizing your ability and feeling Uioroughly willing to leave to you I lie entire plans. "You do not need the glory of such a campaign successfully pulled off to make you remembered and loved for many generations bur all your breth 'rn thought you were the man to received, now lias Crown Prince Rup precht's men rather more than mat- i V i 0 HEAT WAVE OVER Ell IE SOUTH The first year of the fight the small new army recruited by Lord Kitchen er to take the place of the first Hun dred Thousand of the Regular Army, simply caught Ha. Columbia. But though their heads were bloodied, they held their own. The second year saw more troops, more guns, more and shells, the lack of which had al- ready caused near-disaster on the i Western front. It took her nearly two years to learn riiat the voluntary system of recruiting was a failure, ft ti fl then she adopted conscription. With characteristic lack of imagina tion she took no thougiit of the econ omic tomorrow Unappreciating ously""pressing the battle. Iu Russia the speech of the Ger man Chancellor Mlchaellg which was designated to alienate Russia from th Allies apparently did not create a ripple of unrest. 1 1 v . hut It ..i(.ihs tremendously for 'he, die Increased support given the army possibilities of German rightfulness she failed to conserve and upbuild her food and shipping resources--un til acaiti it was almi.rr too late. Most of Brltian's sins of omission make it go. Your good name as, one of our best and most successful busi-'nmi commission this war are trace ness men. they tho,ignt, would aidlnt)Io t() u, fart that she first tried greatly in inslring the brotherhood t0 run it with th governmental ma- ammunltlon, but even as lats as -Loos an1 sisterhood to take hold and co-j(,hinery o( pea(.e. The lawyer-politl-the Prussian was too strong for the operate liberally. clans composing her cabinet, who for new British army, still lacking as it sincerely hope that you will ac- gome years had been very successfully was In all the machinery of war. ,cent tnis Kreat work. You are the one ; conducting a peace-time government But, at the beginning of the third man tnat can direct It to success, 1 ,rnved unequal to the very different reel sure." U8k of war. Believing their troubles by the folks at home, aside from the Improved qualities or generalship at the fiont. Thaks to the preponderating and ever increasi.i,-; flow of munitions, Iiaig is now able to rmpose his will on Hindenburg vhenever and where- ever he likes, despite the fact that so far as man power is concerned the CermanB still considerably outnumber the Allies in the West. Even the rein forcements Hlndenbar: has been able to bring from the Russian front have not availed. Thanks also to the speed - - .--j i.i ..- s-nr ieei j en i , ijiip,i..u . u. ....L m ! , - - the first time since Armageddon be- Now you are a very busy man',' we lay 'jn tTtfcflfWftr manufacture. gah the British army faced tho enemy 811 Know, and you would be sacrlfic- thev next tried the coalition scheme on fairly equal footing. There were a Kreat deal in every way to un- a hheterogeneous cabinet of twenty plenty of machinery and with these dertake this work, and yet we ven- tnrpe members, also mostly lawyer in hand Sir Douglas Haig, in July ture to hope that you will make the nntiticlnns. That was even worse, as suffering (Bv United Press) Richmond. July 31. Shimmering heat and a general Inertia have en compassed Richmond. Early morning !U(, hef,an h)j naUel of the Somme. sacrifice. 'Sou have demonstrated your j wag iatGr effectively demonstrated in reports from more tnan u ouineiu g ()e Frugglang ha,i ability to organize and conduct large 'n1H revelations of the Dardanelles been preparing the Somme positions enterprizes. j Commission. Most of the blunders and and, at the time Srr Douglas began "Before selecting any manager, we shortcomings of the coalition cabinet the great adventure, "Meld Marshal decided that we must have a business were ,i,le to Its combersomeness, Its Hindenburg consiered the line im- man whose own personal success ! inability to reach decisions promptly pregnable. History Had never seen would at the outset guarantee thejaMrt execute them without delay, and anything approaching it. Behind first wisest and most economical methods jtg consequent failure J.0 tke speedy line trenches, deep and reinforced ana me nnest results, l tie man that ; advantage of chang-ng CQndlUons. points indicated universal and numerous pristrations SCORES PROSTRATED BY INTENSE HEAT , (By United Press) New York, July 31. Scores of peo- Ie have, been prostrated today by the lines just as deep and just as strong severe heat. Several deaths have oc curred, t All ove the country from the East to the Rockies the heat wave grows worse. 101 OBLIGED 10 f 0 MCE (By United Press) Vvashington. July 31 The United States is not obliged to follow France In her ambition to regain Alsace-Lorraine, it is o!"''ially stated here. Nor is America's relation towards the Al lies such that this government must necessarily demand the freedom of certain parts of Austria. with concrete and steel, were reserve we need is so rare that after going over the whole field you are the only man we could think of whose leader ship would promts ;r;umphant suc cess." If Mr. Aydlett accepts the work it will take much of IiIh time, as it will require him to go over the entire fttake and may requrre from two to three years to successfully complete tho campaign. The work of Mr. Aydlett in organ izing the fields In Chowan Associa tion was recognized by Baptists of the Btate as work r unusual value in the denomination. A prominent liaptist at that time said, "We need more Baptists like Ed Aydlett, tlm sort that puts his business sense Into his religion." Indeed, we need a man Tho French and British struck to- ,jke hm f) a ovfir th Rt t gether, the French below the Somme RanillnK th(, denomination for more ef'ect ive work ." j Ard so. remembering this work and other deeds of a like high order, the Baptists have decided that they Machine guns, in betoned emplace ments fairly bristled along the tire trenches and many more were in hid den further back, while every wood and thicket had been turned into im I passable entanglenK-n:s made of spe cial barbed wire as thick as a child's finger with wicked barbs every inch, i Concealed turrets of armor-plate 'steel had been sunk in the ground at strategic points leaving only their re volving tops and gun-muzzles abov the level of the earlh and in between v.ero redoubts and strong points, labyrinths, tunnels, quadrilaterals and every other dcv:ce cunning Hin denburg could put Into play. At The Alkrama "The Money Mill," featuring Doro thy Kelley is Wednesday's treat for Alkrama patrons. The picture is an erceedlngly timely one. :n this day and time of the almighty dollar. You will be glad you have seen it. so avail yourself of this opportunity. Remem ber, there will be no addition in the pricej of admission. A Triangle comedy of special note Will be screened, "A Male Governess' 18 the title, and you will enjoy the mix up. m KAISER AT FRONT River, the British north or it. towards i Bapaume, Combles and Pennine. Bri tish artillery for the first time in t li f war showed superiority over the Ger man and its continua- roll rumbled day an'', night. Prussian airmen tried to give Prussian gunners the range as they had always done In the past, but now British airmevi swooped down upon them like enraged hawks and drove them down, or iiack beyond tho lines completely dominating the air. German observation balloons were sent blazing to the earth by Brltisli plau.s, out in sufficient number at last. So the enemy's guns wore blind. But the fight was anything but a wlak-over for the British and the French. The Germans, accustomed to winning. :t'. .; wiin every advan tage on their sld, could not realize that the tida had turned In this, the third year of the war, and from their miraculously strong pnd well-chosen positions, fought like tigers. i All through August the British Copenhagen, July 51. Kaiser Wil- Tommies kept doggedly at the enemy, helm was on the Rica front yesterday bombing him, bayoneting him, drlv stimulating his troops to action with ing him back Inch by Inch up the speeches of praise, according .to dis- slopes towards thiepral,, from Farm patches received here. '.'.to Pcsleres. Devil's Wood, as the S. must have him. It now remaiiiR for Mr. Aydlett to say whether or not he will accept tho honor and the task f.r which his fellow churchmen have called him. Africans called Delvillo Wood, was taken I i t oral If a fort ?. a time and lif'io des'iiie inferi.il s'.ieil-flre. The British would not let go. Iu September thv got their rrs wnid They nvi gained to the crest of iho deadly rldgn and then, with one rwoop almost rriey captured vil lage after village Guillemont, Gln chy, Flors. Martinpulch, Courcelette, Ciuadecourt, Lesboeufs, Morval and Thlspval. On the lVh of this month the tanks went Into action for the first time. On that day the famous'ofacial message of an airman read) 1 "A tank Is walking up the High Street of Fiers with the British Armjr Cheering behind It. v And It was a fact. A complete sur- T . (Continued on Next Pa re ) ' Having proven the unaaapurtf lo war of (he one-party Vovernment and the ail-party government, there was only one thing left for Britian to ny - the one-man government. So far il has worked well Nomin ally, of course.. Iii:;;an is still gov erned bv a Ministry, of about the same size as Its forerunner, with an Inner Council, or War Cabinet, of live members, on which the Liberal, Conservative, and Labor parties are represented- but Lloyd George is rellv the government. If Parliament has become a mere debating society, as some of its memners grumbingly charge, that is simply because Par liament as a whole ,ns well as the British people, have confidence In Lloyd George's ability as general war manager of the Empire. Thus clothed with more authority than even the President of tfie Uni ted tates posses, ami with a genius for accomplishing things that was so badly lacking in his predecessor as Prime Minister, Lloyd George has succeeded in getting Britian into the war with the sort or energy and en thusiasm and industry that that she should have displayed from the start. Moreover, by reason of his sympathe tic understanding and personal mag netism, he has composed in recent months Jhe labor Ursputes that for a time were a most menacing factor In the conduct of the war. Finally, thru tho exercise of plain common-sense which nobody apparently ever thouyht of applying to the question before, he is solving the Irish situa tion by the slmplo expedient of letting the Irishmen settle their own trou ble.. Militarily the one outstanding fea ture or the year 1916-17 Is that Bri tian has gained the ?nrt:atlve Foi the first time sine tne war began Germany Is entirely on the defensive. The mere matter of reclaiming some 000 square miles on the Western t:or.t doesn'r "Jienn much gobgraphl- along with the adoption of new types in machines, Britian has definitely clinched the mastery of the air whicn she had come perlously near losing. The menace to the Suez Canal and Egypt has been removed, and Allen by's men are now almost at the gates of Jerusalem. With the capture of agdad, Gen. Ma-rtle :;as shattered the German dream of a highway, from Hamburg to the Persian Gulf. ,Vn unusually heavy and prolonged rainy season has hampered operations In'ttasJ Africa, but only a small por tion of Germany's last colony-remains in her hands. However, at no time since the war darted have conditions been less pro- (By United Press) v V London, July SI. A Dig battle hat . started on the Flanders front, ' . Field Marshal Heig's reports open ed "Fighting has started In Fland ers." t For A, week there has been artillery bombardment of almost indescribable ' fury from around Armentieres to th Belgian coast. Despatches fron the front described it as the superlatively concentrated fire or the whole war. The detonations of the firing were plainly heard In London. , England and France are signalling the beginning of the fourth year of war witr a Joint ogenslve on ' the two fronts which haa swept forward wrth full success to tne first objec tive. ','' . Iu Flanders beyond Messlnes-Wr- the Bridge the Brxisti assisted bf the French troops on the left hav brought to a climax their vast ar tillery preparations of the past week by a concerted mass attack. On Chemln Des Dames Paris , re ports a sudden offensive inAhe Chev rcny sector which smashed ahead tO German positions on the AforenTllle , front. ",;'. exact extent of the flrltlsh-French eaxct extent of the Brttlsh-FrencB offensive in Flanciers but its lowef-r most point Is north or the river Lys. Dispatches from the front state that fighbting is now in progress and that the first men went over the top at 3:50 A. M. today. ' . Berlin, July SI. "Artillery lire on tho Flanders frfont nas Increased to drum .fire intensity," is the Official statement here. Mtn the J morning strong enemy attacks commenced on a wide front from the Yser to the Lyo." " in SHOT 0 u - UNPROVED CHARGE COIflPMllSE Oil WAGES AND HOURS (By United Press) Amsterdam, July 31. German au thorities at Liege snot down a mer chant, his wife and two daughters on unproved charges espionage, ac- pltious for the would-be prophet, than1 cor(unK to wireless reports received , today. The plans or eac:i side to hpre Tne daughters were compelled starve the other out seem definitely , t() witness tho 'execution of their, doomed to failure. Despite the Ion- I)arent,j . tinned tightening of the British block ! i4 -. ;' ade. the Central Powers have reacn- 'l 'v ed harvest time without collapsing. Tho U-Boat warfare, although seri- 1 . 1 1 Ell H 1 1 1 VUh N V ous, has not met the expectations of its Instigators. Germany has beon very hungVy-but she is used to It. I England has scarcely begun to tlrht-j en her belt. The Rhine is still a lon! way off. Russia h an uncertain quan-1 tity. America Is in with both feet, but! (By United Press) the full effect of her participation Washington, July 31. Steps - to cannot be felt for a year or more. ward the settlement of the dlfferen- r When Kitchener roretold three ces between 40,000 shop men on 1 years of war, ho had certain definite southeastern railroads were taken In facts on which to base the prediction, a conference of representative Of Better than any man then living he both sides with Secretary of Labor knew the state of Brltian's uriprepar- Wilson today. .. edness, as well as the extent of Ger- A compromise was reached la re many's preparedness. He knew, too, gard t owages and hours, but six Oth Brltlan's potential s-rength therefore er matters remain to be settled. -he discounted the possibility of Ger-i , - , nany's winning the war by a quick, decisive, overwhelming campaign which was hsr expectation. Were Kitchener a:ive today It Is doubtful whether evep he would risk Ills reputation as a seer. The experi- TEMPERATURE HIGH IN ALL SECTIONS .j. i:i ,. (By Unite press) itU Boston, July 31. The temperature en.es of the past tnree years havelho,c t(,,,ay ls 93 at Stroll 4; at strikingly illustrated the fallibility of human calculations, tho llnvltatlons of human forethought. Who, 1 - exam ple, would have been so ras'u s to predict that before Kitchener's three vears had expired 14 countries would be fighting Germany and 9 others not on speaking terras with her? Or that the war now would be costing Britian alone forty million dollars, a dayT Or hat the Russian steam roller was to change chauffeurs 7 Or that "dollar mad" America would finally have found "her soul t -.'. - Pittsburg, 92; at Atlanta "4. VON FALKENHAYN ' ON PALESTINE FRONT By -United Press) Amsterdam, July 31. Germany's new commander on the Palestine front ls General Von Falkenhayn, former commander In chief on tho eastern front. -.-' - , '.. ' t