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The Only Lc;:j
Newspaper
Published ia Elizabeth
1 City
VOL.-2
ELIZABETH CITY, '-NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY EVENING AUGUST 8, 1917
N0.1S3
Roar Of Guns
Reaches London
Windows Vibrated With Concus
sion Of Bombardment And Many
Believe Allied Drive Is Being Re-siimed.
(Bv United Pressi
lndon, Aug. 8. The roar of big
jvni ai they hurled their tons of
. metal against the German lines was
'Istfactly heard last night within 30
i miles of London.
Windows on the south end of the
. t ihii rtintanra vibrated
A WUUM -
lrlta the concutslon of the bombard
ment
! There Is much speculation here as
hto the icss;bi)lty of the Allied drive
being -ined
-, -. . sv 5-
7fIVlTY AI8NE FRONT
U S FiNDS OUT
TREASURER'S REPORT v
ELIZABETH CITY GRADED SCHOOL
1915-1916 '
RECEIPTS. v.
Balance. June SO. 115. , -J. 201.11
Tuitions.- L. . ' ; 7M.08 -
City appropriation. ' I U.OOt.OO
From County fund '. 7.600.00
Borrowed money. .
Other sources, .
7,410.00
11.60
Apache'I
Massacre
ndians
131,088.77
EXPENDITURES.
I. TEACHING AXD SUPERVISION
Salary of superintendent (13 mos.) $ 1,060.00
Salaries of white teachers 16.170.13
Salaries of colored teachers 2,677.50
Total for teachers and Superintendent . 120,807.43 $20,807.43
II. BUILDINGS AND SUPPLIES:
Furniture and apparatus $ 227.96
Water, fuel and Janitors, 1,260.42
Supplies and repairs 429.99
Insurance and rent 82.00
Interest 2,186.90
II I
(By United Press)
Total for buildings and supplies $ 4,196.27
in. ADMINISTRATION:
Secretary and Treasurer (14 mos.) $ 360.00
Census, 87.72
Other expenses 46.49
$ 4,196.27
Nine Men at Last Reports Besieged'
in Dug Out and With Only Few
Rounds of Ammunition Left Fac
ed Almost Certain Death. '
AMERICA (U II
OF
AIRCRAFT
WasningTOn, AMg. 0. Amer- Total for administration, $ 483.21 $ 483.21
jica must set herself for atre-',v- borrowed money repaid, etc.:
, " r 'T. ' mentions Rtmo-o-U if flrrnnV : Borrowed money repaid, 6 6.000.00
Par Aug. 8. ureav Aniuery .- - -oo ,
tlTity on he Aisne front last night is going to be Overcome. !Tota, $ g 00Q 0Q
la reported by the war office today, j A hnudred thousand troops ' " :
; must be Sent tO France Total expenditures for all purposes ,
illlinnif Til AT I R-10 engineers and sup- Ca8h ,n Banks
IN SPY FLU I f:s mMt be hurried to'Rus
' ' Sla fash In Ranks Tun 30 1 8 1 fi t KOIRfi
....Fuel mUSt be Supplied tO Accounts unpaid
Italy. Borrowed money
Otherwise the hope of crush-
ing the great Teuton military . Deficit- 3-561-2 6
lesson to be learned from
the germans mistakes in
construction op flying ma
chines for use in war
GE
$31,486.91
601.86
IS
DI C HBO
letter miscarried reaches machine will dwindle month by
wiRi'in OFFICE IN BUENOS ....ii. tu. :n j .a
" " ..... tKa,nv muutu wa wm UHMJU- BONDED INDEBTEDNESS
$36,061.89
REVEALS INSIDE
WORKINGS OF ESPIONAGE OR
CONIZATION
' ' i (By United Press)
' Buenos Aires, Aug. 8. An exten
sive German spy plot as a result of
. which ship sailing and other infor
J Ration have been revealed was dis
covered in the Foreign Office here to-
m
niteiy prolonged. 1 80 6 per cent Bonds of $600 each, dated October 1,
j This is the message brought 1907' four bonds due and payable October 1, 1917,
the government here by mem-8nd four bond8 due and Payble everyy year there-
k- v a, after until the whole amount has become due $40,000.00
bers of the American mission MORTgage indebtedness:
wftussuueHUJuugiiuiamuiu; Balance due on notes secured by Deed of Trust,
Rnssia they repbrt safe.
She will survire her present
...$ 9,000.00
day. :aimcuities ana is aoing today
' pi. miirnrriarA nf a littr Intend-... t l. a '
,muic w win buo wtti maji jiier Total Indebtedness $61,000.00
v, l.An1 sf thin aan nnflffR Of- . T v
$12,900.00, to L. L. Winder, Trustee, Interest on
samw'fnnn April 1(1, 1l1iimi,..i.i : :
nn.iii Pivintx, - ,...1'
Balance due on Hlnton Lot Note 1,000.00 coonuoie reason.
MoreoTer, the new German planes
(By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS)
(United PreM staff Correspondent)
With The British Armies in The
$ 6,000.00 Field. July 10 (By Mall) There's a
' lesson to the United States not to
make haste too precipitately, In re
cent air battles here. The structural
I defects of German aircraft have been
$31,988.77 1 strongly illustrated of late. They
I were of machines hurriedly built as
1,663.12 a result of Germany's "speeding up"
2, 410. 00, of aeroplane construction. Now that
America is going to hustle up and
. build great fleets of such craft she
, wUl do well to note some of the re-
$36,051.89 8ults of t0 much speed and not
enough precaution.
In one week recently seven Ger
man planes were seen literally to
break up in the air, the pilots and
observers being hurled to the earth
below. These accidents were unmis
takably the result of faulty construc
tion. Two other Prussian biplanes
suddenly burst Into flames In the
J rerTJf British Jlghters-foBo
(By United Press
Globe, Ariz., Aug. 8. The
massacre of nine white men by
an hundred Apache Indians
and Mexicans who had them
besieged in a dugout in the
sierra Anchhex mountains is
feared.
Citizens of OloOe have hasti
ly mobilised and rushed to the
aid of the besieged menuAt last
reports the nine had only a few
rounds of ammunition left
The white men were driven
into the dugout following a
strike in the asbestor mines.
The Indians are on the war
path and have fired the forests
on the mountain slopes.
ii
won
ii
KS
i ica is.
ed for the head of the espionage or
ganization led to the discovery of the
plot. j Washington, Aug. 8. President
The letter fell into the hands of the Wilson will soon know exactly what
foreign office. j Is to be expeted of Russia in the great
," Investigation is understood to have war.
revealed an extended organization. with the return to Washington of
Numerous suspects are under the j the Russian Commission headed by
surveillance of the police.
W. H. JENNINGS,
Treasurer.
TREASURER'S REPORT
ELIZABETH CITY GRADED SCHOOL
1916-1917..
RECEIPTS.
Balance, (Cash In Banks) June 30, 1916 $ 601.86
Tuitions, 913.47
'10. O. F. CONCERT
AT ALKRAMA TONIGHT
Thefchildren from the I. O. O. F.
orphanage arrifed this afternoon at
y'tw thirty and were met by a com
jS mittee and escorted to the homes of
-the Elizabeth City people who are
entertaining them during their stay
' here.
Tonight at eight o'clock the oper
etta, "Princess Chrysanthemums,"
" will be given- and a very delightful
'evening is promised all who attend.
. Music will be furnished by the J.
H. Zeigler Band and after the child-
ren't Dart of the entertainment is j
finished moving pictures will be
shown.
KMlhn Rftnf tha nrnhbrnn Invnl vi n tr '
,. . . ..... . . City appropriation, 18,663.13
the baby republic" wil be threshed ....
From county fund, 7,683.75
(111 '
1 Borrowed money, 1,690.00
, (other sources, 15.00
FUNERAL AT
Total fund, $29,167.21
CHURCH
EXPENDITURES.
I. TEACHING AXD SUPERVISION:
Salary of Superintendent, $ 1,800.00
Salaries of white teachers, 1,4590.02
Salaries of colored teachers, 2,632.50
DAVIS CLAIMS
GIG iJUlY
CONDUCTED BY REV. CALVIN S.
IJLACKWELL OF NORFOLK.
THURSDAY MORNING. INTER
MENT TO BE MADE AT HERT-FORD
The funeral of Rev. N. P. Stallings
will be conducted Thursday morning
at half past nine o'clock at Moyock
Baptist Church by Dr. Calvin S.
Blackwell of Norfolk.
: Total for teachers and superintendent, 619,022.52
II. BUILDINGS AND 8UITLIES:
Tfepalrs (white) $ 282.17
Repairs (colored) 15.41
Furniture and apparatus, 382.84
Water, fuel and Janitors, 1,588.73
Supplies 620.48
Insurance, 186.55
Interest on bonds, 2,000.00
$19,022.52
The remains will be taken to Hert-lfensus
Total for buildings and supplies, $ 5,076.22 $ 5.076.22
III. ADMINISTRATION:
Secretary and Treasurer, $
' ELL Y SON REFUSED TO CONCEDE
NOMINATION TO HIS OPPON-
, ENT UNTIL COMPLETE RE
TURNS HAVE COME IN
-' (By United Press)
Richmond, Aug. 8. 'The Richmond
Ev Vi Journal, Pollard supporter,
Connies the nomination of Davis b)
iO, JO plurality.
Richmond, Aug. 8. Westmore
. a&d DaviB, Loudon County lawyer
' and farmer, in the middle of the fore
noon today, claimed the Democratic
- nomination for governor by 10,000
plurality.
' At the same time, the headquarters
ty ot J. Taylor Ellyson, state organlza-
j ftion candidate, refused to concede
"the nomination, pending complete
Other experfses,
Total for administration, $
IV. BORROWED MONEY REPAID, ETC.:
Borrowed money repaid $
Interest on borrowed money,
return from Ellyson fastnesses in, had many friends throughout.' the
. southwest Virginia. , I Chowan Association who will miss
ford for Interment.
Mr. Stallings was about sixty on
years of age. His death occurred on
Tuesday afternoon at his home ,at
Moyock after an Illness which lasted
for more than a year during which
time he underwent treatment at a
number of hospital and at home from Total $
physicians, rallying several times and 1
beginning work again but each time Total expenditures for all purposes,
suffering a relapse until the last few Balance, June 30, 1917. ......
months when he grew constantly i
weaker and weaker until the end!
came.
Mr. Stallings Is survived by his
wife and a young son, also by a num
ber of married daughters who are
the children of his first wife.
His field of work covered upper
Currituck County and he had one
church In Virginia. He waa greatly
loved by his people and throughout
his long illness expressions of their
devotion and "appreciation of his
work were frequent and sincere, He
300.00
87.24
404.53
791.77 $ 791.77
4,000.00
219.20
4,219.20$ 4,219.20
$29,109.71
67.60
John Oar
, general, is
ijjr Pollard, -'attorney - his earnest work and. his personal
nlng a poor third ; friendship. . '
$29,167.21
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS: . , m
80 6 per cent Bonds of $500 each, dated October 1.
1907, four bonds due and payable October 1, 1917, ,v
and four bonds due and payable everyy year there- f-
after until the whole amount has become dueJL'.iliiJll.V $40,000.00
MORTGAGE INDEBTEDNESS: 5 '
Balance due on notes secured by Deed ofTru&tjr
$12,000,00, to L. L. Winder, Trustee, Intfresj On
same from April 10, 1916 $ 9,000.00
BILLS PAYABLE: Vlf-Jfr -II
$ 2,000.00
Balance due on Hinton Lot Note,..
Total indebtedness,
M(llUfMMMAMIMMaMMNM4ft)'
,.$51,000.00
W. H. JENNINGS.
' Treasurer.
are exceedingly vulnerable, probably
due to faulty material and. rush work
One British lieutenant the'ojr day
fired 40 rounds at 25' yards- range
and broke the German's wings clear
off. Another British fighter turned
his machine-gun fire at the tail of one
of fifteen Prussian machines, from a
distance of 60 yards. The Boche's tail
slid clear off and the machine crashed
to earth.
On the same day as this last Inci
dent, five British flyers attacked a
beet of Albatross scouts among the
clouds. The fighters got separated
shortly in the fleecy clouds and then
it was every man for himself. One
British captain, after driving on
three Germans, hid in a cloud and
awaited the fourth, whom he saw
approving. At the correct moment
the Britisher dived out, got below his
enemy, and fired 68 shots. He broke
the German plane completely in two.
On the following day a British air
fighter, battling withh nine planes,
broke one into several pices with a
few shots, and then saw two other of
his enemies burst into flames. One
fell, like a comet, the second burned
slowly. On this seond one the pilot,
unable to bear the agony of the fire!
leaped out. The observer, left with a
pllotless machine, crawled out along
the fuselage, but fell off as the plane
reared and plunged.
Once again, six British flyers at
tacked twelve enemy planes. One of
the German utrhines burst into
flames, one way was crumpled by gun-
and another Just simply collapsed af
ter ix rounds of Are.
The moral is that Americans will
need the best machines and their
best men against the Germans. Even
then It would be foolhardy to expect
a walkover.
Right now the German high com
mand is grouping his flyers, aware of
the British aerial supremacy, Just
as a year ago he grouped artillery in
to traveling "circuses." The idea is
that since the Germans are unable to
maintain equality of the air every
where along the front, they can con
centrate a flying "circus" at some
weak spot, or at some place in the line
which is threatened.
WEATHER
Probably shower tonight f and
Thursday except fair on the coast.
fin in
CENTERING EFFORT ON PRO
BLEM OF EFFECTING EQITA "
BLE DISTRIBUTION OF FOODS
AT REASONABLE PRICES
WaabtaftonAug. iTe i ,
ment fe taking tepBo,t. oci u ;
prices for suppUet fa tfc?'AWj I...
also to lay vigorously Iti nandWa '","'
the agencies of the country noir '.fcblfr V .! s
Ing up the prices on foodstuffa to tfcV ' '
people. (;,. ' j'
President Wilson is now centering '
90 per cent of his time on working t ; ,
out the great question of an equitable 'j
distribution of foods and supplies at
reasonable prices. f
Millipna of dollars have been cost , ' J
according to Federal Experts be- . '
cause of delay in fixing prices for ':,
these necessaries. ' ' -
The responsibility for the delay is
laid at the door of the recalcitrant ?
sennte. , .
KIRNT METHODIHT
PRAYER MEETING
On account or tne concert of the
Odd Fellows Ornhan am at tha AI.
kram tonight, no prayer meeting will
be held at the First Methodist church.
'f . .
NOTICE TO THE PATRONS
OF
NORFOLK & CAROLINA
TELEPHONE&TELEGRAPH
COMPANY. )
This is to notify the patrons of the
above named Company that under the
existing laws we are compelled to
have the various reports which wa
have to make to the Federal Govern
ment and to the State in on time or
we will be penalized for falling to
comply with the law.
We therefore request you to have
your rent in the Company's office, 500
East Fearing street.not later than tha
10th of each month. Upon yonr
FAILURE to comply WE WILL BE
COMPELLED TO DISCONTINUE
YOUR SERVICE FROM THAT
DATE.
Owing to conditions brought about
by the present war we are unable at
any price to purchase more instru
ments, and if we should be compelled
to take out your 'phone we will ba
unable to reinstate you until condi
tions chang. Therefore, take notice
and govern yourself accordingly.
1 All telephone rents are DUE and
PAYABLE on the FIRST DAY OF
EACH MONTH In advance at tha
Company's office.
Norfolk ft Carolina Telephone ft Tele
graph Co., - . ". ' ,
C. W.GRICB.
- General Manager.