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rpn rr Subfcriptoo BooIj Axe Open to A) ADVERTISERS. -xjuxoon-crsr Voi XXX Washingt Thursday October 26, 1916 were taken prisoners. Ber lively, bombardment of Austrian 1 -r t. I w. ft IE1II HI ill northwest of Triest, probably pre-saiiif; another attempt soon to press forward toward Austria's chief seaport on the Adriatic.

Oct. 26th.Pantego at 7:30 P.M. lin records. The Rumanians ha Ve pr ess ed back an. their tenter and-Jeff '-'wcing, Bucharest admits, Petrograd says the Teutonic attack resulted 'in the loss -of the village of Itogajrdja.

Later Setbfan, Wuth Oct. 26th. Everetts School at 7:30 Ten steamers and two sailing vessels-all of them neutrals are Oct. 27th. Magnolia at 7:30 P.M.

reported to have been sunk, but Oct. 27th. Winsteadville at 7:30 Thiepval region. On the eastern front the Teutonic forces have stormed Russian Manasitir, the Serbwan troops con- whether by submarines or London, Oct. 19.

Gradually the French are drawing their front closer to the town of Peroune, om the Eastern bank the Sommer tinue to, advance 'agaanst thestuo- is not stated. Five of the steamers' Oct. 28th. Blounts Creek at 3:30 tositkns on the left bank of the bora 'resistance of the Bulgarian were Norwegian, two Greek, two p. M.

(Cox's Store); Kiver in France. After Wednesday's Narayuvka Viver, southeast of Lem forces. Danisn and one Ihitch. They aggre Oct. 28th.

Dukes Store at 3:30 advance along- a' front between Haying; crossed the: Cerna nver gated 12,478 gross. in! the bend at' Brod, the Serbians ing craft were a Danish schooner; Oct. 28th'. Pungo at 7:30 P. M.

berg, am held the conquered ground against; counter-attacks! Fourteen, officers and 2,050 men and 11 machine guns were taken here by Prince Leopold's troops.1 In Volhynias! the fight in 2 con now are aboutr four miles north and a Swedish bark. The British of place. French it is steamer Cabotia, of 4,309 tons, La re'ported Tinoffieially are aiding the believed to have been sunk. Serbians in theKenali Vegjon, alonj Viscount Grey, the British For- Oct 28th. Hawkins School at 7:30 P.

M. Oct. 30th. Pinetou-n at 7:30 P.M. Oct.

30th. Edward at 7:30 P.M. Biaches and Maihonnette on the west side of jthe rjver, an attack launched Thursday was rewarded with further gains, which virtually them to the bank of the stream. To the north and, east of Sally-Saillesel, where the French have advanced thejr line in the last few days at wThat Berlin war office asserts was a cost in casualties not tinues with varvin? Tesrltn. both the FlOrLna-MonaStdr railroad.

eign Secretary, while declaring in i Oct. 31st. North Creek at 7:30 a speech that the entente allies count of attending a funeral. Masters Albert Sheppard of nolly Glen, and Charlie Cherry of Magnolia attended the picnic at Wood-ard Pond school house Monday of last week. Mr.

L. M. Sheppard of nolly Glen, Mrs. S. F.

Alligood of Washington, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Privette and child of Washington Park and P.

Sheppard of Bunyon motored to Raleigh and attended the fair last week. Mr. L. BL Sheppard ao-rompanied by P. N.

Sheppard motored to Durham and spent one night with his son, W. who is attending school tten The next morning he SLCCorr-rz" them to Raleigh and rettxruoi Durham to resume his dutk. Mrs. Augustus Alligood of Magnolia has returned home after spending a week with friends in Washington. Mr.

Anson Alligood of River Road has returned home from Raleigh where he has been attending to business for several weeks. Miss M. M. Cherry visited friends a Washington a few days last week. Mr.

and Mrs. Thad Connie ton and children of Magnolia spent Saturday- at Slatestone, the guest of his parents. Mr ad Mrs. P. B.

Ward of Washington were guests of his parents at Magnolia Sunday of last weekv Mr. L. M. Sheppard, Misses Bertha Willie and Lola Wool ard and David Willis motored to Washing the'vAustro-Germans. and the Rus continues along the siams claiming repulses of attacks Transylvania-Ruimanian border with P.

M. Oct. 31st. Blounts Creek at 7:30 were favorable to efforts by neutral countries to bring about a on. various sectors.

To the north successes for both the Romanians P. M. of Kiselin a stubborn battle is be-' aiI1'd the Teutonic forces. The Ru combination, to prevent future wars. Nov.

1st. South Creek at 7:30 ing waged with, no decision hav commensurate the gain, the. jportant positions along the prepared to discuss peace terms. ing yet been reached. aaaution to more tnan BOO pr-s we know if 'mankind has iLny i birthright," said Viscount Grey, oners.

In the Buzeus Valley, south of Kronstadt, however, Bucharest Germans ha Ve made a violent coun ter-attack, which was repulsed. Berlin says' that in their attacks on the Sars-Mor val front the Brit ish captured German positions "it is that of peace and 1 Field Marshal Von Mackensen againThas resumed Iris drive toward the Constanza-Bucharest railroad im Dbbrudja. While Berlin reports the fightxmg there as ve- admits, the Rumaincans "have been and it ss for that we are 'fighting, which later, were retaken by the Bucharest admits that the compelled to withdraw. When we are asked how long the Count Karl Steurgkh, premier of struggle is to conMnuev'we can Atistriaj has been shot and killed, only. reply that it must continue says a semiofficial report from mntil these things are secured." Berlin.

The shooting is reported newspaper editor named Adlerl yiHAHDSOIIE EXHIBIT Nov. 1st. Woodards at 7:30 P. M. Nov.

1st. Moore School at 7:30 P. M.Nov. 2nd. Aurora at 7:30 P.

Nov. 2nd. Gilead at 7:30 P. M. Nov.

3rd. Belhaven at 8 P. M. Nov. 3rd.

Old Ford at 7:30 P.M. Nov. 4th. Hunters Bridge at 3:30 P. M.

Congressman John H. Small will speak with the county candidates at Small speak at Dukes Store and South Creek. Jos. F. Tayloe will speak ai Everetts School, nawkins School, Moore School and Gilead.

Rumanian lef wing along the Black Sea coastf has been thrown back. Petrograd reports that the Teutonic- attacks were xepelled'Vith hoavy Losses'' and that the battle A German cruiser of the Kolberg. rcantinues AT HATTAHUSKEET. Tiie Rumamiah armies axe -fight- class was torpedoed by a British! itnr "KnTNfl ArXva eZ rik-tia submarinie in. the North Sea last Teutons.

Heavy, rains da; on the, -British froint cept for a sUghgaM-by the; British at Butte de Warlencourt and the repulse of a German-counter-atttack there, comparative quiet prevailed, As yet decisive result has been achieved by either Germans or the Russians in -the violent fighting that has been going on for several days in Volhynaa and Galiciia, The Petrograd war of ice says that near Kiseltu and Sviniusky, in Volhy- vv W. VvV V4. UV J- Thursday. The cruiser remadliedl New Holland, Oct. 21.

An exhibi- the Central Powers back through the rantier passes into afloat, although apparently dam-, tion Qf very fine agricultural pro-aged severely. a ducts crown in the Mattamuskeet ton and attended services Sunday night. Witch Haael. Jos. F.

Tayloe and Lindsay London, Oct. 23. Iodrudja district was held at the Warren will speak at Pinetown, Bucharest reports -beginining of an of tensive in the. Oituz Val- "aion of Rumania apparently is be- ley of Kronstadt, and in? overrun by forces of the New lioiiana inn Monaay, uver and Old Ford with the county three hundred farmers from the candidates. district and- neighborhood were jntbe Stephen Braaw nnd Gaylord Items.

Teutonic allies. i inia. violent attacks by tne Teu- taking of Mr, Surul east of the RothenthurmT' a of Her- manstadt. Attacks in the Bran De-. Constanza, Rumania's chief sea- i present when the prises, consist-1 Lindsay C.

Warren will appear port and fortress on the Black injr oi medals, watches, soljd gold With the" candidates at Magnolia. Sea. ralready; fallen into tina, awarded to the i non. A. J.

Maxwell of Raleigh hands '-ol the troops of right exhibitors -of the specimens, jcierk- of the North Carolina Coc-wing of Field Marshal Von Mack-; rxQ three Indies r-)Yatlbii Commision will sDeak at tonic alKies wee jrepulsed, while Berlin the i capture of Russian trenches on the wesfc bank of the Stoekhod and repulse with: heavy casualties "Russian at file and the Trotus, Uzul and Alt Valley's were repulsed by the Ro-mahians. 7(ix A' left Wing J. 1 llann, I 'nr'd Kino While Paris say Serbiains tacks near Bubnow. Hon. Uriciea, Scrtlary 1 eraf 'enteTprisi'S aurtlr of Br6d-tn the regtonj voda, where the Danube is span ried out successfully by the Aus- of New Holbind.

Prizes were awarded to the following U. B. Fisher, J. G. Weston, J.

L. Simmons, J. C. Bunas, M. M.

Lilly, G. S. Bridgman, T. ned by the bridge of the railroad running from Constanza to Bucharest. Near the center of their front, which extends across Dob-rudia from the sea to the Danube, marked by the bend in the Cerna river an southern Serbia, Berlin declares the offensive there has come td a halt before the stand of the forces, of the Central Powers.

Violent -fighting continues on Jones, J. W. Blake, A. N. Froom, of State will, speak at Edward and Blounts Creek.

Ho a. n. S. Ward will speak at an oyster roast at North Creek. Mr Ward will also speak at Huz-ters Bridge.

Congressman Robert N. Page of the 7th N. C. District will speak at Belhaven. EVERY ONE IS INVITED TO ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.

the invaders have cut the railroad studdarcL. H. C. Brinn, D. Monte Pasubio in the Trentino near Murfatlar and pushed their (TOO LATE OR LA ST WEEKJ Reverend J.

A. Sounders filled his appointment at St. Clair Sunday. I We-are -rlad to see Mrs ilisa-Ethel Ell is was the Missea Lela Brlim and Lilli -1 Saturday night and Sundaj. Miss Gertrude Paul has from Sidney fwhere she has been visiting Miss Rosa Edwards.

Mr. Roland Baxr and Miss Luis Roper were oat car riding Sunday afternoon. llr. and Mrs. tGeo HerringtOD were the guests (of llr.

and "Mrs. J. G. SmitMSundaj afternoon, Mr. J.

R.pa'al and family aV-tended church at Clair's fftfa-day. Miss Magg-ie Bklttletharp 5'aa the guest of liss Ruth Harris Saturday. Miss Rota Edwards t)f Std visiting Miss Gertrude i place. Miss Helen Paul 'wis the t---ef of Miss Lyda lawyer Saturday region with Rome and Vienna both claimcmg slight successes. Germain submarines operating in troops "far beyond" the railway line, accordutog to Berlin.

Before the Tapid advance of the Germans, Bulgarians and Turks rapid, despite heavy rains and soggy the Russians and DEMOCRATIC COUNTY. BXIJ- CUTIVB COMMITTEE trians while at, other points Russian, attacks were put down. Having held theTeutonic allies in the mountain on the Transylvania-Rumanian border for several days, the Rumanians have taken the offensive at lf various points and how are declared be pushing back their adversaries, who are leaving prisoners and auns in the hands of the Rumanians. Berlin, however, controverts this statement by assertion that the Austro-Germans 'are en zaged in successful flighting in the mountain passes. Generally peaking, there as no change in the situation in Macedonia, although both the Entente and Teutonic allies make claim to minor successes on various sectors The Bulgarians in the vicinity the Mediterranean have sunk two British ships bound for Saloniki with supplies.

The sinking of three other vessels, two of them of neutral nationality, by German U-boats LINDSAY C. WARREN, Chairman. Rumanians are in retreat along the. Carter, W. W.

Watson, B. A. Williams, G. J. Studdard, Mrs.

T. E. Saunderson, J. H. Young, George I.

and W. W.Watson. Special mention is made of M. C. McKinncy Mrs.

W. H. Benson, C. F. Benson, Master J.

D. Simmons, A. B. Swindell, Jr T. J.

Mann; George I and W. W. Watson, A. L. Outhrell.

Mr. J. M. Ferriss was in charge and made the day one long to be remembered. Refreshments were served to all visitors during the afternoon.

Athletic gamecs of all kinds were entire front, but according to Pet rograd are offering stubborn re- is reports from London. London, Oct. 2L Between the distance. Ancre river and the Pozieres-Bap Aside from the operations in John Robinson's Tenr Showa are billed to pitch their big. tents inv Washington, N.

on Tuesday October 31st, on. the above date and give performances afternoon and night. The show by Iti own special trains, and carries enormous amount of paraphernalia, hundreds of people, beautiful horses and rare wild animals of every kind. A splendid held by the young men, which were Monastir are bringing up re-jnforCe- Dobrudja, another British smash at the German line in the Somme region of France, which netted them more than a thousand yards of trenches east of Gueudecourt and Lea Boeufs and carried their front a step nearer the Bapaume-Peronme road, is the most notable incident of the fighting on any front. A gain, described by Paris as appreciable," also is recorded for the French northeast of Mor-val.

which lies just to. the south and a large number of trench mortars. -'-x aume road on the Somme front in Northern France. British troops, after successfully 'checking an offensive movement by the forces of Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, attacked successfully and iushed forward from 300, to 500 yards on a' front of 5,000 yards. The advance was imade between Le Sars and the Schwaben Tedoubt, which was.

the scene of the earlier attack by Germans. General Haig's men captured the Stuff and Regina trenches, advanced posts north and northeast of the Schwaben redoubt and several hun greatly en loyed by all those present. About one hundred remained for the dance after supper. The Mattamuskeet drainage district, consisting of one hundred thousand acres, located in Hyde county between Pamlico and Al- Except on Mount Pasubio in the street parade will be given, with nUht. Mr.

Willio CordaaUnd MissBoaa Edwards attended church At SL Sc. Clairs Saturday fedht. Mr. Louis Clark 'of Gaylord, MTbs Gladys Higson of Cdney, and ter, Mrs. Addie iBurbage, attended church Sunday idgbt.

Messrs. Deimo Borbage, Jlmj Brinn, George Burbage, M. 'f Willie Cordon of Gabriel, Mr. Geo. Hoilowell.

Miss Ethel Ellis, Miss Nannie Herringtoca of Hanosmville were guest of 'Misses Lela Brian, Lillie Paul andCBesale Harris four bands, many golden chariots, open dens, elephants, camels, knights in glittering armour, etc, etc. The performances In the big Treaitino TegLon, where the Aus-trians in violent attacks recaptured positions taken Tuesday by the Italians, only to be driven out again, artillery duels are taking nlace in the Austro-Italian theatre. bemarle sounds, inculdes fifty of the region where the British thousand' acres recently drained, ana Germans were in contact. i and but a few months ago beau- tents comprises the world's best Berlin, im touching upon the fight aful Lake male and female riders, great herd The Cutiard line steamer Alaunia, dred prisoners. ing agaimst the British and French The Germans also attacked Sundayl between Le Sars and Rar-atrongly the French positions at court, says the attacks of the enr-Sailly-Sadiliscii, oto the Bapaume, tente allies were sangudmarily re- of performing elephants, troupes of acrobats, aerialists, trapese artists, atheletes and tumblers, while twenty funny clowns will Mr.

Delmo Burbage of Gabrfll Peronne road, as well as. positions It is admitted in the Geiv keep the auierce in roars of laugh th Hiss Ethel tcilla of Cash. Co between Blanches and LaMaison- man official communication that ter. on her way from New York to London, has been sunk by a mine between. Falmouth and London.

A few members of her crew are missing. The passengers of the Alaunia had been landed previously at Falmouth. London, Oct. 20. In France, in Galacia, omd ifl the Dobrudja re-, 2 ion.

of Rumania, the armies of the Powers have successfully mette, near Peronne. The attackers were repulsed generally, but Paris admits they gained a footing north of Blaise wood. The French succeeded in an attack further south todav, a vast domain, of wonderful-1 lv fertile land, a great expanse of waving grass, which will soon be in fields of corn, oats, cotton, alfalfa and various" other products. The pumping-plant, fiu charge of Chief Engineer B. Robinson, is one of the largest and most up-to-date pumping jplants in the United States.

It is equipped with four batteries of pumps driven by powerful Lenta engines, and the operation of the great pumps was a sight enioyed by all as they were shown through the plant by th.3 genial chief engineer. One of 'the most interesting feat the Germans withdrew Sunday night from the north of Chaulnes, south Of the Somme, to a prepared position lying east of the northern part of the Chaulnes wood. On the fTransylvania front, stub- ner attended church at St. Clair Saturday and Sunday 'night. Mr.

John Harris says if you) want to know the attraction at Godleysville, It Is pretty xed dress. There is a certain Vy in Gay lord who goes to see a girl ta Among the special features are "White Cloud," the $25,000 Arabian stallion, most highly educated horse in the world. Major Littlefinger and wife, smallest living couple of human beings. A troupe of native Central American Marimba and igained possession of a wood taken the offensive agaiinst their opponents. They are also holding month of Chaulines.

Berlim and Pet- j5rn is still in progress players, Shumatos Royal Japanese, Cidaey, says tVcre Is a loDg fel- the entente allies in check in rogiad report the repulse of at-j between the Teutonic allies and tacks in- Galicia and Volhynia and the Rumaniahs for, the mountain and hundreds of other features, lov over there looks passes and the territory inside Berlin claims 'the capture of Rus- northern Macedonia and continuing the'fightiing on the Tran-s yl vamia-Rnim a niiia frontier. Rumania which has been captured siain positions on the Narayuvka ures of the day was a delega- by the Austro-Germans river to the region of Halicz. The ha v0ng been cleared tion of nearly fifty men from Fairfield, located on the north side of the lake, walking, to the exhibitions a distance of five and one- Striking hard against the Rus-' siam and Rumanian line in Dobrud-a. Field Marshal Von Mackensen has renewed successfully his offensive toward the Constanza-Tchemavada railway. Attacking Crown, Prince Rupprecht, of Bavaria, assuming the initiative' on the Somme front, in France, has according to the Berlin war office, recaptured from the British-the greater part of the positions won.

from the Germans October 18, between Eaucourt L'Abbaye and artists, curios and strange and rare specimens from the far ends of the earth. No one should miss this opportunity of seeing this famous show, for the name of John Robinson has stood for the best in the line of tented exhibitions in Europe and America for nearly a hundred years. Advt. River Road Station. to him, but the farther off i.

the better he Joofcs. Mr. John Harris of thr and Miss Annrje L. Bishop o. lvesville attended church Qlair Sunday night.

Wonder if theftwb brothers who walked to Sidney (church last Sunn, dav got tired Jumping over ln the woods to keep the peopta from seeing them, sorry there waA a wire fence one tune. Cheer up faint heart never fwon fair lad Mr. A. B. CWhitley of your dt was La our Cuudst Monday.

Ur. Peeper G. CRoss, who live at J. R. Paul's has accepted thtf falohig the forty-mile front, the from the Narayuvka river regoon of Galida, the.

Austro-Germans have hurled a violent attack against other forces of Emperor Nicholas north of Brody, near the Volhynia-Galicta border. The at tack was repulsed, according to Petrograd. At the bend of the Cerna river, in, Serbia, Berlin says the Germans and Bulgarians, fighting s3de by side, have halted the offensive of the Serbs, who now are on the defensive. Bad weather as still ham pering full operations on the Macedonia front. half miles, across the center of the old lake bed without getting their feet wet or even muddy.

When they arrived at the nn and viewed the lake bed from the galleries, they realized that as the Mattamuskeet Indian has passed into history leaving only arrow and spearheads on exhibition a the hotel to remind the present day jnan of their existance, so has historical old, Mattamuskeet" Lake paised into history through modern enterprise, skill and brains. forces of the Central Powers ha made progress almost everywhere. Oav the Danube, the allied German, Bulgarian and Turkish troops have forced their way itoto the entente positions south of Rachova. Along, the Black sea, on the other end, of the line; Tusla was captured and several heights further Le Baraue, between the Pozieres-Bapaume road and Gueudecourt aind toward. Beaucourt.

The Germans also have successfully with-stoodL British attacks mear Cource-lette and Le Sars and on thePo-zieres-Bapaume road. Paris I 'x re ports only artillery, activity on the Somme front but London chron- There was quarterly meeting at Asbury church Saturday and Sunday, the services were conducted Saturday by Elder Read and Dosition as chief tengineer 00 tho, Rev. J. J. Lewis and Sunday ser- 51 bo it Albatroia.

icles the repulse, with heavy casr inland were conquered. Several vices conducted by Elder Read. I Best wishes to hll. Rev. Mr, Lewis was absent oa ac- valties of a German- attack la the.

hundred Rumanians and 3,000 Rus- The Italians have agaa begun Totsy. .4.