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S R AHAM HURCH DIRECTORY.
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Baptist—N. Main -it.—J as. W.
, Rose, t'aslor.
Preaching service* every firat
and third Sundays at 11.00 a. m.
and 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
• 9.45 a. m.—C. B. Irwin, Superin
tendent. '
Graham Christian C'burcfi—N. ilam
Street—Kev. J. F. Truitt.
f teaching services uvijry . B«c
--i,sd ana i'ourtn Sundays, at U.ou
a. ■ m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.UO a. in.—K. L 7 llendersoa, Super- I
intendent.
New Providence Christian Church
—lSorth itxaiu Streei, near Jjtpot—
Hev. J. U. lruitt, Pastor. Preach
ing-every Second and lOiirLh Sun
day nights at a.uo o'clock. •
Sunday School every, Sunday at
8.-IS a. in.—J. A. Bayliff, Superin
tendent
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing -every ihursday night at 7.-1!). I
o'clock.
Friends—.North ol Graham Pub- 1
lit; School—J .Kobert Parker, Pas- j
tor.
freaching every Sunday at 11 a. !
m. and at V.30 p. in
Sunday Scftoo) every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin
tendent.
Methodist Episcopal, south —e»r. '
Main and Maple St.r 11. 13. Myers
Pastor. |
Preaching every Sunday at .11.01 l
a. m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.45 a. m.-—W. B. Green, Supt.
Methodist Protestant—College
St„ West oi Graham Public School,
Rev. O. B. Williams, Pastor.
Preaching every First, Third anu
Fourth Sundays at 11.00 a. m. and
every First, Third, Fourth and
Fifth Sundays at 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday bt
9.45 a. in.—J. S. Cook, Supt.
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Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street-
Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at -
9.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perintendent.
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—
J. W. Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
8.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent.
■ Oneida—Sunday School every
Sunday at 2.30 i>. m.— J. V. Pome
roy, Superintendent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
E. C. DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C.
National Bank ol Alamance B'l'd'g.
BURLINGTON, N. C,
Room 16. lat National Bank Bulldlnfl.
'Phone 470
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
Dlllce over National Bank ol Alamance
j. s. co o.:e£,
Attornay-at-Law, ~J»"
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IFKTOK IN 'MMON.- BUILOINO
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AuOB A IX)N« J ELMKE LONO
IJONO & LONG,
v>* »rn«ya i*nd i !ouns«lora lit 1 a\*
GRAHAM V C.
JOHN H. VERNON:
Attorney and C'oimsclor-at-l.aw
PONES—Office WSJ Hesldence 331 J
BURLINOTON, N O.
Dr. J. J. Bareloot
OFFICE OVER HADLKV's STOBE
[,eave Messages at Alamance Pliar- j
macv ,p b(iue 97 Residence 'Phone
Office Houra 2-4 p. m. and by
Appi >intnient.
DR. G. EUGENE HOLT
Osteopathic Physician
21. 22 and 2* First National Baakk Bldfl.
BURLINGTON, N C.
Stomach and Nervous diseases a
Specialty. 'Phones, Office 305,—res
idence, 362 J.
NEW HOME
77/
lay wife'
NO OTHKIt LIKE IT.
SCi) NO OTHER AS COOO
Purchase the "NEW HOME** and yon wIH
tiare a life at the you par. The
elimination ol repair e*pen*e by »nperior vork
manthtp and bcK qnalur of material ia*urea
life-U/nf »ervice at minimum cart.
WARRANTED *Of ALL TIME.
Inft'st on k;- the "KEW HOM2". !(• ;
kii »«rn ti«c r-f :l r tewing
tie*. NVI * i ' I'*®#-'
THE lEW H3ME StWlf.3 MACHINE CO.,
CHANGE, MatWACHUSKTTS. 1
.a. mm av —~
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
MOEWE L. - J I
GERMAN_HARBOR
Raider Sunk 15 Sliips and
Seized $200,000.
HAD 303 rIIISORERS ABOARD
t . « ... i
Berlin / nnourfces Arrival of Cruiser
at "Some Home" Port After Layinj
Mines and Capturing Many Strips.
Official announcement was made ir
f Berlin tiiat the German cruiser Moewt
1 arrived in "some" German port.
She hod on board a large numbei
' of British prisoners and $200,000 it
| gold bars.
Th.e announcement says fifteen vos
| scls wefce sunk by the Aloewe, wUicjji
! also laid mines at several points. One'
| of these mines, it is stated, sank the
j British battle ship King EM ward VII
The statement says:
"The naval general staff states thai
the Moewe, Commander Burgrave.
Count Dohna-Schlodien, after a sue j
! ceseful cruise lasting several months
arrived at some home port with foul
BrltisTi officers, twenty-nine Britist
marines and sailors, 266 men of crews
of many steamers, among Ihem 10?
Indians, as prisoners, and 1,000,001
marks in gold bars.
"The vessel brought up the follow
ing enemy steamers, the greater par>
of which were sunk and a small par;
of which were sent as prizes to neu
tral ports: I
"The British steamships Corbrldge
3687 tons; Author, 3496 tons; Trader
3608 tons; Ariadne, 3035 tons; Dro
monby, 3627 tons; Farrtngton, 3141
tons; Clan MacTavvish, 6816 tons; Ap
"pam, 7781 tons; Western, 3300 tons;
Herare, 3336 tons; Flamenco, 462S
tons; Saxon Prince, 3471 tons; thl
British sailing vessel Kdinburgh, 1475
tons; the French steamer Maroni, 31 OS
tons, and the Belgian steamship Lux
embourg, 4322 tons.
"At several points on enemy coas'
the Moewe also laid out mines, tc j
which, among others, the battle shit
King Edward VII fell victim."
Not a life of the 777 men aboard wst
lost when the battle ship King Edwari
VII, one of the finest predrsadnough:
raen-of-war of the British fleet, struct
a mine on January 9. Following iti
usual policy, the Erliish admiralty dk
not announce where the disaster hat
occurred, but a tralnload of survivor;
were landed at Chatham, thii:y mile*
southeast of London, a few hours afte:
the battleship was sunk.
The official announcement said: "H
M. S. Kins Edward was struck b;
mine. Owing to the heavy sea she ha
to be abandoned and sank shortly af
terward. The ship's company was
taken off without loss of life. Onlj
two men were injured."
3100 Lost on Provence.
Paris, Match 4.—Nearly 3100 mojj.
lost their live 3 when the French anx
iliary cruiser Hrovcnce, formerly th(
trans-Atlantic line steamship' of the
same name, was sunk in the Meiltcr
ranean, last Saturday, according tc
I an announcement by the ministry ol
I marine. „
The ministry made public that there
were nearly 4000 men on board the
Provence when she went to the hot
torn. The ministry previously had
announce ! that only 900 men had beeu
rescued. .
Dynamite in Mine Strike.
Dynamite aud revolvers were usitd
by rioting Industrial Workers of the
World at the reenwootf'colliery ol
the Delaware and Hudson Coal com
pany, near Scranton, Pa„ when at
attack was made upon miners whe
. refused to join the strike.
Many shots were fired and a dozec
| cars in the colliery yards were blown
j up. State policemen were rushed tc
i the scone am! five arrests were made
The mine Is now under armed •guard
62 Veteran Mine Men Discharged.
Sixty-two veteran employes at
the Avontlale colliery of the Dela
ware, Lackawanna & Western com
pany, at Wilkes-Barrre, have been dls
I charged. Tae discharged men sa}
tbey were dismissed because of the
enforcement of a company rule tc
com pel all employes to undergo a
physical examination. This rule Is
the result of the compensation act
Some of the men had been employed
twenty-five years.
D, L. A W. Trackmen Get Raiae.
An increase of fifteen cents per da>
: was granted to trackmen employe:! i
along the entire system of the Lacka
wanna railroad.
About 5000 are effected. They wil
get |1.75 per day under the new scale
More than 300 foremen employee
by the Lackftwanria received a volun
tary increase of )5 per month.
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EDUCATION.
Band all your anargias to ac
quire an education. - Nobody
ever drifted into an education.
Conscious effort to diraot one'a
reading and thinking into the
. bast channels is an absolute
requisite. Choice must ba made
of boofca, of fr«nde and of
pleasures. : One cannot read
traah and th'nß literature. —
Amos R. Walls
Uavici ano ooiomon.
The contribution* t,f tlie people In
the time of liuvld f/r 1 lie sanctuary
exceeded The immense
treasure David t* nuid lo have collect
ed for the sanctuary amounted to
about $4.1 r,.000.000.
The gold with which Solomon over
laid tile "iKo.-it Itoly place." a room only i
Uiirteen Xcct squate, amounted to JIHO - ,
600,000. . _ (
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PRINCE MIRKO
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Claims Royal Title to' Montene
gro In Declaration to Austria.
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Photo by American PrcKH Association.
This declaration was in reply to
that Issued by King Nicholas of Mon
tenegro ordering tno Montetiogiins to
continue the struggle. The prince wml
his adherents reiterate their asser
tions regarding an armistice for pea e
by which Montenegro was saved lroni
final destruction.
Convicted aa Scalp Bounty Forger.
After being out seven hours the
Jury, at Bellefonte, Pa., returned a
1 verdict of guilty of forgery against
Hayes Schenck, justice of the peace
at Howard. Schenck was charged
with Issuing fraudulent probates for
scalps of noxious animal's. [Centre
county, it Is alleged, had paid out al
most |4OOO in less than two years on
certificates Issued by Schenck.
Coasters Hit Auto; Two Dead.
In a coasting aocident at Natroma,
near Pittsburgh, Pa., Lotfis Cogley,
eight years old, and Walter Barger
| stock, fourteen, were killed, and Con
nor Cogley, sixteen, brother of Louis,
is in a critical condition with a free
tured skull. The sled oil whWfT thi
boys were riding collided with an
automobile.
I
Sculptor to Make Bust of Mr. Wilson.
Franz Vlttor, a sculptor, left
Richmond, for Washington, where
he announced he would arrange wita
President Wilson for sittings of a bust
of the president which Is to be un
veiled at the Democratic convention
in St. Louis.
Puddlera Get Increase.
Following the announcement of the
Reading Iron company of an increase
in wages for puddlers, the Brooke
Iron company in Blrdshoro, Pa., has
Increased the wages of Its puddlers
twenty-flve cents per ton.
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P
Eobr.led Killi Child.
Helen Rivers, fivo >. n. -i rtld,
of Franklin, ! J n., was 1 111" •, lel ig
run over by a heiry bcl rlo ', into the
path cf wM-'h sh" soiled w die coast
ing down a steep femur.
Baby Smothers in Bedclothes.
Entangled, in the br i 'ot'ies, hlv
weeks-old T?d!tli Gu'r lii'n'i was found
smothered to death heitlde her sleep f
ing mother at Palo Alto, near i'otts j
vlile. Pa. _
Red Hot Steel Crushes Workman.
Crushed under six thon»,a-:d pmnd'j
of red hot steel at. the Ivy Hock phnt r
Igovco Naius, of Consl.ohotken, died,
in a hospital.
GENERAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA. FLOCK quiet;
winter clear, ij.2)5V5.; ; city milla.|
RYE FLOUR—Steady; jer burr 1,
15.2555.7 ii.
WHEAT firm; No, 2 rod, sl.l9tn
1.21. —r ,\
CORN steady: iNo. 2 yellow, W'll
81c.
OATS weak: No. 2 white, 52®' 'J.'!
POL'LTHV: Live steady; hens ' i
® 18'/ic.; old roosters, I'li 1 .'!c. Dress
I ed steady; choice fowls, 19Vii.; o»d
roosters, 15c.
Butter firm: Fancy creame y ,
39% c. per lb.
Eggs steady: Selected 29® 31c.;
nearby, 27c.; western, 27c.
Llvs Stock Quotations.
CHICAGO.—HOOS Shade higher.
Mixed and butchers, $8.86&9.20; go d
heavy, $8.90 0 9.15; rough heavy. 18.75
@8.80; light, 58.750910; pigs, «7 41
©8.35: bulk, $8.9509.15.
$6.5009.90; cows SDd heifers, f-t.75 H
8.40; stockefs and feeders, $5.6.10
7.75; Texana, $6.9008.50; calve», S9O
11.
SHEEP —Steady. Native and west
era, $4.4009; lambs, $8011.45.
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of yours is twice as long as It should
be. Great Author—But I can't waste
all that material. Great Publisher—» ,
Certainly not. Our Idea Is to cut It In |
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To Cure a Cold In One l)a>. ■
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Tablets, All druggists refund the
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 9 1916
A GENERAL... ..J OF'
I THE WA.I
TUESDAY.
Further German successes, In fie
capture of the fortlHed villages of
ManheuMea and Cham;.in, southeast
| of Verdun, are announce! In oJTl'la'.
| ttatemeflts from Berlin. It U an
• noun cod I!'at 17,W) unwottndod pis
! oners, seventy eight cannon an«l
| eighty six machine nuns, have been
i taken in the (treat drive for Verdun.
I "Paris says French counter attacks
have rogalned ground as far hick as
Manheulles, that the artillery bom
bardment to the north of Verdun has
Increased in intensity and that ha id
to-hand fighting continues for the vll
lage of Douaumont, north of Fort
Douaumont, which, at last accounts
the Germans still held.
Russian forces in the nlack soft re
gion of Asia Minor, continue to rtnl-e
progress. The evacuation of Treb!-
zond by the Turks, Is reported by
PetrogTad.
WEDNESDAY.
The sinking by gubma'.lres of two
British ships, on one of wMrli the
entire crow was either ktllcl or
drowned, Is reported from London as
the beginning of the new Genua 1 sb
marine policy of sinking armed mer
chant vessels without warning.
Despatches received In Berlin say
the French have been forced out of
Freanes, an important highway and
railroad center, tn the Wnevro ro?'lnn,
southeast of Verdun. This victory Was
on Monday, it was stated.
Madrid reports that Germany has
sent an ultimatum to Petrograd, de
mandlng the release wltlln f irtv
hours of German ships requi
sitioned In Portuguese harbors during
ttio last few days.
A Vienna despatch says Prince
"Tlrko, second son of King Nicholas
of Montenegro 1 , Is dealing with Aus
trlan authotltles, and claims he has
royal authority to do so.
-———'
THURSDAY.
The German offensive against Ver
dun has Been renewed, the attack
centering near Fresnes, east of Ver
dun, which Berlin Monday asserted
had been captured. French reJ>orU
say the attacks have been repulsed.
Paris estimates the German casual
ties during the ten days of fighting
at'from 120,000 to 150,000 men. Ber
lin official reports say French attacks I
on Fort Douaumont have been defeat
| ed, and that Fort Vaux, five miles
I northeast of Verdun, has been de- 1
I stroyed by cannon fire.
Military exports in London and
Paris specu ate whether the Verdun
movement 's the real German spring
offensive. Home pro'ess to bel'eve
another, and possibly stronger, move |
ment may be launched at the adlled
llneß at a point nearer Paris.
FRIDAY.
A renewal of the German offensive
at Verdun has been begun against the
French Hoes north of the fortress, j
Artillery and infantry are being used
In the attack, which. Is being pressed
with redoubled energy. Paris reports I
say repeateo attempts by the Germans'
to take Vauv, live m'lca north we t "of I
Verdun, failed, alter' the attacking
| forces had met with "cricl tn»«os."
1 Berlin announce! that tt-fc Germans!
took the yiltasre of D : im'.'m n nt. north I
of Vef !uVf, In a hlooly Art L'o-y
attnrhs were niaK» ogylest .Man
I court and north
j eioit of Vei 'un. In the nn- n'lme tiie
' British have fie-un on oiY'jole In
Flanders, nnd J'erlln nilrn!t:i the 13 i;
llsh forces hr>U et' r uga n >rrn :ii p>■
Billons sf i'li) of V: res. *
| A declaration In an Itatlnr. news' fi.'
per whlcii is regarded as having be -ti
I Inspired by the Snlaadra mln'strv,
j says Italy will not ''o'ia-e j
Germany at thin time.
SATOJITY.
Paris reports vl. Ir.nl German art!! !
iery rtta'ke- north of Vw>d :n, but so
In lant r y actions have rr-n»cd, T «
fl-'iitlnir fir the vllli/e of t Xiiiaonr nt
regarded as the key to the docce'
north of Verliin. Ic'i t' rllo cl -l-u- I
to.hnvo 'if 1 l-i .!'•» r ',ed as m e'
1 despeißte Th? Fc c -ay >' f;lr gin i '
jon r rr.tin ling heights dominate thU
I po- llion.
I . Berlin v Irejons dffpa'/hes aisert
that two Kt'ce 1 nu- rkry crullers nn
a Rr : !l"h ; t- M"? 1 hn e been tin '
liyGc in t • In i-it! .m Fre c. ne
I papers deny the ! • or t'e nl er
I Official nnnounr cne"! hv' t'i
Freni h n.ii'a ry "f 'i:-rl e s'o"e t'isl
I the lo'ig on the au - ,l la y Tu'aer Pro
vence. wM'-h sank In the Mcdlter
.raneat wn alj.iit 3100 men chlelWy
troops.
Rimfclan forces, pro-sing south from
Krzerujn, have taken Hltlls, In Arme>
nla.
SUNDAY.
The great batt'e of Verdun for the
present is a stride of heavy art!
lery, with the French guns ha! In;
all German a(taks. Paris reports the
repulee of the only a'lak launched
by the Teutons. Berlin despatches te'l
of the effective French gun fire in
that region and report the evacuation j
of trenches In the forest of Th'av lie i
Th 6 Oe-msn comm'Tce raider
Mof#e, a'ter a cruise of several
months, during whlcii fifteen allied
vessels were sonk. eluded the British
( fleet In the Norti sea and reached
WUheimshaven. ')ne hundred and
jHpetyrone prisoners were aboard. to
gether with (250,000 In gold taken
from the roller's victims.
neuter's \then* correspondent re
ports the Turks sweeping the mines
I from the Dardanelles preparatory to
opening the stralta.
En/li«h Spavin Linlmiiet re
moves Hard, Soft and Callonfted
Lump* and Blemmhe* from ho men;
also Blood Spavin*, Curl**, Splint*,
Sweeney, Ritijr Bone, Stifb-s,
Sprain*, Swollen Throat*,
etc. Save SSO by u«e of one bot.
tie. A wonderful Bletninii Cure.
Sold by Oraliam Drmr Company,
rtdv • -• v k
PI"ESCRIBE FOR TflK (JLEANER '
SI.OO A YEAR I
$8,000,000 RAISE'
WON STMiNERS
Sul)-Conini!"sj f.grpas oj Seal:
Ft; iur ,
IT (,FFCG:S 2CS.CCO El
Increase for Co't Coal Worl crs Is
5.39 Cents a Ton In Pennrylvanla,
3'/ 2 In Indiana and 3 in Illinois and
Ohio.
\Val7fc fncrcpHPs that mar annually
approximate o.ouo or more hi thel
soft o al lip'. .3 of wottlcr* I'eo H/I-'I
vuni;t, Ohio, InJiaua an-l IHlucU wc r
agreed. uv>u .J*y the Hiibi -mui'tt' a
of the biLiiihi ois o; tral r» anil
minors from t'« so stages, who are iij
No'.v York no", li 'ti.i : a new c n
to no Into e'.'ret > iil 1.
The action «*i* t' e u i't ■mmltt.'*o v.l'l
1/0 fnr raH-rtt-n-* 1 . n to tl»« ». [
joint ceiiTerenco of operators and m.n |
ers .
"Din a'Hon taken by-the bllimwtioiis
subcommittee »111 havo «n inv i" an
et'lect, It Is-Hiiid, on the wise K 'o:i
tracts lo Ire ne.'jollati-d lu cenlrall
Pennsylvania, We-.t Virginia,' Mlclil
gan, lowa and Kentuclty b. ihe t'li.t
ed Mine Workers of America. Nearly
200,000 men will benefit by the in
creases In Western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and UllnoiH.
Aside from t!ie general Increases
three cents a ton (jr ntod ly the io.il
companies, tho miners in wesie n
Pennsylvania won the mine-run sy.t
Mm of paying wijjs, something ihe
offlcers of the unt n say they have
been striving to obtain for, thirty
years. The mine-run system adds
2.39 cents a ton to the miners' waes
and gives them about $ 1,250,000 a
year, not counting three cents a ton
general Increase also won by Ihem
The mine run was bitterly foughl
by Pittsburgh operators, but was
agreed to through the persistence of
the officers of the western Pennsyl
vania district, strongly supported by I
the international otili lals of the mln I
ers' union,
i The wage Increases allowed on the |
mine-run basis In western Pennsylva
nia are 5,39 cents a ton on maihlne
| mining, making the rate 50 cents a
I ton, and three cents on pick mining,
advancing this rate to 67.04 cents a
ton.
In Ohio machine mining Is Increas
ed three cents a fon on machine coal,
|to 50 cents. Three cents a ton Is
added on pl>'k mining In the Jackson,
Pomeroy, Crooksvlllo and Tuscarawas
districts, bringing the rate up to about
70.6 cents, and four one-hiiudredths ol
one cent is put on pick mining tn the
eastern Olils? Cambridge,
| Valley and Amsterdam-llergholtz dls
trlets, making the rate 67.04, which Is
the same level as that In the Pitts
| burgh fields.
! Indiana operators to Increase I
I the machine mining rale '■ to f,2 |
! cents iv ton, and three cents Is a 'ded I
i to pick coal, making tho rate 04 cenlt
ft ton.
! In 'lllinois the machine rate l.s In
| creased thrue cents to 54 cents, and
pick mining three cents, to 61 cents.
Thus the differential betws-n Illinois
and Indiana l« reduced a 'Jiaif cent.
Tho Indiana miners were not satisfied
with Die Sty cents Increase In fielr
state, they having demanded sty cents
up to Oanvllh), llllnoVi, level of 01
cents.
KEEPS WOMAN FROM JAIL (
] Thinks the Idea of Prison for
Her Rex is Horrible.
! United Htntca id trict Judge!
1 Dayton, of West Virginia, sitting j
in New York, refus lo »nd
Mrs. WlUlaTii I lab', of ID-ton, to laii
for smuKK-lng, i.n e ground t. a'. U
shared the southern opfnlon t-. il -end
Ing a wm: :m to Jail «ai "i orr. > c."
-Mrs.'Hale Is head of'n It"'ten mil
llnery firm and a'so In j.rnm'r.e t 11
suffrage circles In tiiat cliy. She plead ,
cd guUty to de'rauilug the govern ;
merit out oi abuul tz >i in customs iu j
tics on hats, dills and fcatiicrtj
brought with her from I'arln as per |
sonal biiKCii,;e.
wltli Jail I* abhorrent to me," said !
Judge Dayton In sentencing Mrs. Ilah j
i to pay a line hi s■',&.
Portugal Is Preparinai
In anticipation of war with (iermany
the Portuguese government has adopt
ed strong defensive measures. Mght In
the harbors and In the vicinity of dan
gerous reefs arc forbidden al night to
prevent the entrance of enemy vessels.
All the Portuguese warships are 1 »e "
ljr guarded against submarine attacks
Accused of Fraud In Animal Bounties
Btste game commission official"
at llarrlsbtirg, Pa., stated that
; Indictments were pending against
twenty justices of the peace, who ha*«
been accused of frauds In connection
withh bounties for killing wild sni
mats. Most of these will be trle'lj
this spring.
Boy Killed by Chewing Gum.
John, the slx yearold son of Mr
and Mrs. Daniel Mulholland, of
Tarrytown, N. V., died from chewing
gum. The boy swallowed sone o!
tbe gum, and It lodged In his Intes
tines, for six days he A was uncon
Scious.
Convicts on Illinois Highway, i
Fifty convk-ts frnm tbe wMitbern Ilil- '
nols |ieiiUentlary are building a high ; ,
way from A vs. Jackson county, to the
Mississippi river. No guards were sent I
wltb the Conv|c(*. nnd the officer In
charge In unarmed. Kach prlstiner Is,
allow»4i one dsy oft Ills Sent cure for
every two days worked on rhe'roadi. !,
Citizens of Ava and vMtriiy con|rib-
Otel toivanl the at j
. tho convict camp.
GENERAL VON GALLWITZ.
Leader of Turks-Bulgar Faroes
Against Aiiiee at Baleniki.
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Photo rr««SH Association.
BAKER WAR SECRETARY
Mr. Wilson Picki Former Mayor of
Cleveland to Succeed Mr. Garrison.
Newton D. Hakcr, former rnayoi
of Cleveland, has been selecle I
--by President V\ 111, on for secretary
of war, to sueceel l.lndlty M.
Oarrison, of New Jersey who ro
signed several weeks aw after a dlf
fcrence wdth tho president on plan*
for the creation ol a "contlnentcd ur
my" as part of the nation's military
forces.
Mr. Baker has accepted the posl
tion, and is now arranging his affairs
in Cleveland preparatory to taking
up the duties of the war office. ...
When the president was making up
bis cabinet In 1913, he offered the
place of secretary cf Intel lor to Mr
Baker twb*e, but Mr. Baker dec'lned
j because he was then mayor of Cleve
I land.
Tbe president nnd Mr. linker have
been close friends lor some time, and
have correspoiide I frequently. Mr
Baker is said to lie In 'lose sympa
thy with tbe president's polities, and
Is known to have been supported foi
the war otllce by si me members ol
the cabinet.
When President Wilson recently
was touring the middle west on his
preparedness program, he saw Mr.
Baker and had a long talk with him.
ZEPPELINS KILL TWELVE
Eight English Counties Raided From
Ksnt to Yorkshire. .
Twelve persons were killed and thlr
ty-three Injured In u Zeppelin ra'.d
over the east coast of ICnglaud Hun
day night. Three Zeppelin* took part
In the attack.
An r>tfi la' '. is'«*tln Kays:
"After cr« nt 1 :  ■ ait tho air
ships tool: • 'r, , !>•>•! from
the devlo m nature o; fw .r lllfslit, np
parently V.L I- lid'er.ri'n us. to tin It
bearings. 'J be ■ ii" I includol
Yorkshire, 11. , 1 " . 1' i land
HuntlMdon, ♦ null •• -Ir-, Norfolk,
Ksse* an ! 1., ■ .
"Aa far :.•« It I  a 1 ut t rly
bombs w ■ d' *■•• ■ t . «r. Tnc
casualties, s" far ni cr'alnel,
amount to i ; :■ . i r-c m»i, four
women, live ( 'r- a InJ n I. I'drty
three. Tbe ma'-. !ai d .mage was-
Two tcrr i" ! ! aii« » yr c:ica'ly du
i stroyed, one ol!.i «■, 'in.' [ub'.lc house,
a cafe and «•■,.■ al slini.n | art y do
stroyed And a bl'ick of a.ins:.oaße«
bad 1.. ejk"
SHIP CKJ'r'o: 415 LOST
143 Saved Pr:m S; arlih Vet cl
St«uck J.cc/. Off I f s J.
T • ;i.-.:il-i. t-.' • n; • r i:.i.c! r c, i\
Astn; i. . a |,y ,u,l. i,* a r ,• X
olf nr. .;;
Bio .... i.' •'- 1, .»• .ni !» five lain
Utim. I.; i'y :l iaia.:«r af lie- cri-w
and f'.ft) ' "u passcngent have i>con
brougnt to Hantos t,y the l-'rcneh
steamer VI a.
i The mln Ing comprise .'i.'is passen
; gers and I'Jl members of the crew. A
1 Hpanl .ii siiiji Is stun ting b. t > reicue
i possible survlviirn. Tl.c tiatner wan
wrecked off Hcba-tiao Point, tin- west
c rn extremity of the Island of t a'
name, ■ near, the eiitraic e to Hantoi
bsy.
Airmen Fall in Centrsl Park.
While flying from Garden City to
Governor's Island, Alexander P. Thaw
and John A Kane were Injured
when their biplane fell Into Central
-Park, New York. The gasoline had
become exhausted, and Die aeroplane
was volplaning to earth when II was
caught by a crosscurrent of wind.
Neither man was tiadly hurt.
Thrte Die In Traaedy.
The bodies i f two little daughters
of Michael Hader were found In their
bomc at clay Creek, near Clarksburg,
\ W. Va. An uncle, John N'eal, was miss
Ing and a po*se with bloodhounds set
out to search for biiii. ilia body wa.*
fonnd Iff the woods. He had shot
himself.
Power to License Roll Chairs.
Atlantic City has authority to license
and regulate rolling chairs there ac
cording to a decision of the court ol
errors and appeals.
President Wilson htw ben in
vit«l lo invnde William Jenn'nzs
Bryan 1 * bomo town and appeal lo
ttie people on lite subject of pre
|Wtrdnem. Hut the "chances are
Mr. Bryan will not be at home.
Premier .Borden says the war is
only half over, which recalls Lord
Kitchener's fiedioilon at the start
that it would last three years at
|leapt.
FRENCH CHECK «
GERMAN RUSH
Crown Prince Unable to Break
Line a! Douaumont.
NOW ATTACKING THE FLANKS
Lull in Infantry Fighting la Reported
at Verdun, But Artillery Keepa Up
Terrific Storm of Sheila.
The slashing attacks of the Ger
i man infantry of the crown prince's
armies In the Verdun region evi
dently have been suspended for
the time being, as neither of the
otllclal statements mentions any ac
tivity by the iuluntry arm, and the
llerlln statement notes a B&tkeuiug
In the struggle. , V
I The deadlock In the Douaumont re-
I glon, northeast "of the fortreajJwhere
desperate battling for vll
lane had boon going on for several
days, thus Is continuing, but the big
guns still are busy In preparation' for
further operations. The shell fire
has been notably violent toward the
French ileft Hank beyond the westerly
bank of the Meuse.
" While the heavy bombardment by
the Germans continues not only here
but on Uie French right flank In the
Woevre region, Indicating the possi
bility tlmt infantry movemenU of an
Important nature may be expected In
attempted enveloping operations, at
tention also Is being directed further
to the west—to the Argonne region
immediately adjoining the Verluri sec
tor. The French official bulletin men
tions the bombardment by the French
ot German positions in the Cheppy
woods, on the Maiancourt-Avocourt
road and at other point* in the Ar
gonne. Apparently some considerable
German activity haa been noted in
this region and the French guns are
directing their Are against it In, an
effort to forestall whatever develop
ments may be Intending.
Military writers have pointed out
the Importance to the Germans of a
drive southward in the sector as the
strategic St. Menehold-Verdun rail
road, the main line of communication
with Verdun from the west and con
necting it with Paris, lies Just south
ot the forest of Hesse, itself Just south
of the Cheppy woods and Avocourt.
Despite the comparative Inactivity,
the German army headquarter*! staff
reports the capture during the fighting
Saturday and Sunday of nearly 10Q0
French prisoners.
Intense artillery activity In the
Woevre region was reported In the
Parts bulletins, the lire centering up
on the -regions of Haudomont and
about ten miles southeast of
Verdun. Military commentators re
cently have laid stress upon the oper
ations In this Beotor, holding that the
next Important drive by the Germans
might be exerted there, with the ob
ject of rolling up the French right
llauk.
Other Indications, however, have
pointed to the possibility that the eyes
of the German headquarters staff were
upon the extreme French left, across
the Meusc, where the towering height
of-J,e Mmi iliwiune (the Deal Man)
commands TTie lesser eminences near
by and ti c surrounding plains. -
The heavy artillery of the Teutons
Ib tt'fo pounding the defenses. In this
sector. The French are rendy for an
Infantry attack there, but It is doubt
ed In PiirU l( -the Germans will at
tempt the storming of the command
ing posltl n to rea h which their
troops would have to deploy over a
mile wide plain under a destructive
i r si-lire.
Having fallM to make any Impres
sion on tin- Imoa'imorit p siti ri and
on Vaux to Itn rl;;ht, the Germans do
ti-nnlne! trains >h the French left on
the Vachi rauvlile wood-Cote du P,l
vre position. Without regard to cost
the best troops were hurled forwa"d
but with no more stirres* than else
v. ,ere Pomeranian* ami what was
left of I; c Itr:i.id tihurgers da .ho I
themselves vainly against the French
who stood ►> Immovable as a rock
wall.
As at Van*. the Germans finally fell
bark, leaving heaps of dead on the
ground. The French Infantry, sup
ported by their formidable artillery,
showed themselves able to resist
every onslaught.
20 BURNED TO DEATH
*
Lighted Match Thrown Into Disinfec
tant Causes Holocaust.
Twenty persons were burned tc
death and many others, all prls
oners In-the city Jail at El Paso, Tex,
probably were ratally burned at
a result of a flash of flame from a so
lutlon being used in a disinfection
bath being administered to a larg«
number of prisoners.
The blaze was caused by a lighted
match being thrown into the fluid.
Cries and moana of the vlctlmi
were heard throughout the throni
which gathered .around the building
A short time after the flash th
Are department extinguished th«
flames.
Senate Confirms Francis and Shea.
The senate confirmed the nomina
tlons of Joseph H. Shea, of Indiana
as a minister to Chill, and David R
Francis, of Missouri, a* ambaesadoi
to Russia.
Proper Treatment for Biliousness.
For a long time Miss Lula Skel
ton, Churchville, N. Y., was bilious
and sick and had headache and diz
zy spells. Chamberlain's Tablets
were the only thing that gave her
permantent relief! Obtainable
everywhere. - 4dv~,
Isn't there any sort of induce
ment that can be held out to a
jK*«ky secret dgent to blow up the
Cucrtrachaßllde?
NO. 4
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♦ FARMERS AND HIGHWAYS. 4
♦ Farming is a business, and, ♦ '■s
♦ like any other business man, the 0;M
♦ farmer most consider the tmpor- * E
♦ tant problem of transportation.
♦ Unfortunately farmers are fore
♦ Ed to move tbelr crops when the 4 M
♦ roads will permit.
♦ Sood roads not only enable the 4-V
> A. Her to take advantage of fa- # S
S rorable condition* in disposing •' *
d> of bin crops, bnt rt.'dti'-c the cost \c''
♦ of hauling at least two-thirds,
♦-according to competent aOthorl .♦ |jj
•> Tliey ahio luive n direct bear- «>
♦ iug upon the cost of living, 4> '
♦ which Un most important eon- '*
sldenitlon for the consumer. We •»
♦ frequently bear of the low cost 1>
♦ of Hiring In Europe In normal >
♦ eondlllonand when wo eonsld- ♦>3j
♦ er that our ii verage cost of haul- *
♦ lug per ton mile Is 25 cents, ♦'
♦ compared with 8 cents to 12 +/M
+ cents In narope. we realize thnt ♦
♦ we are pnjiii'T a heavy tribute •
♦ to bad roads. A reduction In ♦
♦ the cost of transportation menus 9 -
♦ lowering the market price.
♦ Also the supply of farm prod- • %
♦ ucts. which generally determines >•
♦ their market prlre, depend* upon ■»
♦ the condition of the country 4
♦ roads. A shortage sends the ♦ , a
♦ prices'soaring, and the consumer ♦ -M
♦ must dig decti into his pocket to 4
♦ muke the purchase.—B. M. Wil- 1
+- Hams.
£ I
$100,000,000 FOR ROADS.
Interstate Highways Would Aid In Mo
bllixing Troops, Advocates Say.
A bill providing federal aid for main -
line Interstate highways, which will 1
have the support ot national good
roads organizations, has been prepared
for congress to pass upon. A strong
argument to be used In favor of the
measure will be in connection -with
preparedness. It will be Mid that
over the proposed interstate highways,
by means of automobile* and motor
tracks, troops could be mobilised rap
idly. Construction of three transcon
tinental highways east and west and
two north and south will be provided
for if the bill becomes a law.
Several new features have bow In
corporated in this bin to avoid some
of the objections and problem* of the
past One of these Is designed to re
duce to s min Imam logrolling aa to the
location of the through highways. This
provision is that the fund approprlst
ed shall be expended upon whatever
main roads and post roads the secre- *
tary of agriculture and the highway '
department of the state in question
shall determine. Thus the main course
of the transcontinental lines would be
In the hands of the secretary of agri
culture. The department of agricul
ture has been making experiments in
road building, especially as regards
materials in diiferent sections of the . •
country, for several years.
Another feature In the bill of co
operation between the federal govern- ' j
iinent and the states Is that a ststi '
■hall appropriate a sum equal 11
amount to that allotted to it by tb >
national government. Furthermore,
the money appropriated by- cftOrref i
shall be distributed among the se'.er 1 ~M
states on the basis of population, rout. 1
anil tulleuze.
The amount to be osked of congtMM
for this purpose will be $50#00,00t». ,'d
according to information received in
New The plan Is for the '
Mates to equal this amount so that n
fund of $100,000,000 would be provid
ed for transcontinental road construe- '-5
tion. Twenty per cent of the fund pro
vided Is to be reserved for mainte
nance.
With tho government assisting In
the main line routes It is said that tho |
states will have more money to bttßd
lateral or feeder lines, so thnt the pro- •$?«
posed highways would be the backbone J ,'j
of a system of roads that would great
ly reduce cost of transportation from _ y'i
the farm to the nearby market ami '
tluu tie the introduction of a new na
tional economy.
Man and Flight.
Ma them;, tic hi us have calculated that
I man Is too heavy ever to be sustained
In air by the power of his own nius- >
ties, no matter how large the wings |
are which he fastens to his body. The
weight limit Is probably approached
by the largest birds, such as the A us- . 1
trallan crane, which still flies, although
It weighs about twenty pounds. The j
ostrich long ago gave up all hope ot
its way through the air. An
aeroplane can be built, say the experts,
which will siistaln a man nml use but
three horsepower, but as the best ath- 4
letcs can exert only a maximum ot
about two horsepower for llfteeil sec
onds at u lime lie will always tie de
ix-udeut on n uiiii-hiui*.
EUREKA
Spring Water ••
FROM
- EUREKA SPRING, It
Graham, N. C.
A valuable mineral spring ; [.
; has been discovered by W. H. ;
i> Aoaley on his place in Uraham. 1
!! It waa noticed that ft 'brought |'
; health to the users of the water, 
; and upon being analysed it waa  >
found to be s wstar strong in
mineral properties and good ;;
 • for stomach and blood troubles.  •
!! Physicians who hsv« seen the !
;; analysis and what it does, ;;
 > recommend its uss.
! Analysis and testimonials !
;; will be furnished upon request. ;;
; j Why buy expenaive mineral  > %
1' waters from a distance, when ,
! I there ia a good recom- ;;
j; mended by physicians right St ; ' j
♦ > home ? For further Informa- 11 |
11 tion and or the water, if yon ; |
;; desire if apply to the under- j; v?
 > signed.
k \ W. H. AUSLEY.
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