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A Home Newspaper Published in the Interest of the People and for Honesty in Governmental a&aii
VOL. XL NO. 36 FOURTH SERIES
SALISBURY, N, G, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25TH, 1915.
Win. H STEWART, ED. AN& fiBOR
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Late War Ms
Whit U Doing Across the Sella tlu Way
el Destroying Men and Properly
Aug. 20. Fourteeu Kramers,
with a total gross tonage of 47,
693 hate teen sunk iu the last 48
hours by Germ an submarines.
This toll, wbioh establishes a re
cord for so ahort a period wai
more than twioe as heavy as that
levied by ouderwater craft iu the
preceding week. Three ether ves
Mil repotted torpedoed may add
another 26 965 tons to the aggre-
gate destroyed iu the past two
days So far as known there has
beeu no loss of life, except in the
inking of the White Star Liner
Arabic
The reoradnesoeue of submarine
aotivity began ou August 12 and
in the week ending August 18, the
British Admiralty reports offici
ally 18 vessels of a total tonnage
of 22,970 were sunk, 11 of them
by underwater craft atd two by
mines. This makes a tctal known
loss of 70,663 tons cf shipping in
nine days.
Ten ot tbese vessels sunk in the
past two days were British, three
Norwegian and one Spanish. The
total tonnage known to have been
lost Friday was 26 674 and Tours
day it was 21,024, The largest vs
el whose loss has been con firm
ad was the Arabic of 15,801 tons.
Report! that the Lapland of 17,640
t us, and the Nicosian 6,329 tons,
have beeu sunk , have not been
verified. The fate of the Duns
ley, reported torpedoed just be'
fore the Arabio, was sunk has not
been definitely determined. The
British Press Aisociatione has
denied the reported loss of the
Bovio of 6,500 tons.
Uaderwater oral t torpedoed on
Friday the. British steamer Re
stormel, Baron Eslkiue, City of
New York, -Sawara, Gladiator,
Bittern and the Ben Brachie, with
a total of 22,7$ 9 tons. The Nor.
wsgiau steamer Sverresborg and
Bras and the Spanish steamer
Peria Castillo also were sunk,
making a grand total of 26,674
tons.
The vessels sunk Thursday were
the Arabio, 15,801 tons; the Grod
no, 1,955 tons; the Serbino, 2,205
tons and the Magda, 1,063 tons, a
total of 21,024 All these were of
British registry except the Magda,
Norwegian.
Auotber incident of the day up
on whijh was written a tragic
chapter of sea hisioy was the loss
of a British submarine in the
Souud with 15 members of her
orew Lnd.)u claims the boat
ran aground while Berlin asserts
it was "destroyed."
Except for another serious re
verse for Russian arms there were
no strikiug developmedt in the
days military operations. Berlin
reported the fall of the fortress of
Novogeorgievsk where the Masco
vi es made their last stand iu Po
land, with the loss of 85,000 prig
oners including six generals. The
bag of artillery at this point
broubt up to 700 the total of guns
os( tared by the Teutonic Allies in
recent operations.
The foeces of Grand Dake Nich
olas, Berlin claims, have been
pushed back t o Koterkakulva,
southwest of Brest-Litovsk, while
they are being pursued, east cf
Kjvoo and have lost grouud bo rub
of the Bug on the Brest-Litoxsk
line.
The Allies on the Galhpoli Pen
insula are continuing their as
saults upon Turkish positions and
the British left wing has made
some progresf, an official report
asserte
An open rupture between Italy
and Turkey apparently is rapidly
approaching, according to dis
patches from Rome, while reports
from the same Capital, Bay the
Entente Powers have succeeded in
inducing Sarbia to agree to the
immediate oession to Bulgaria of
par of Macedonia iu exchange
ftthe& Bulgar's participation in
i the war.
Aug 22 The naval battle in
the gulf of Riga has resulted in
the withdrawal of the German
Ami fitter the loss of the battle
cruiser Motlke, three other cruis
ers and seven torpedoboats, ac
cording to a statement credited to
the president of the Russian Duma
No mention of Russian losses is
made in the announcement. A
German report Saturday, deolared
the Russians had lost three small
warships
Emperor William, with several
of bis generals, has entered the
captured fortress of Ncvogeorievsk
the last Russian stronghold in
Poland tj stand out against the
German advanoe.
No vital change is recorded in
the fighting in Poland and the
Baltic provinces. A desperate
battle is being fought along the
Kovco Vila Railway and the Nie
mm. Berlin reports that von
E chbom has made further pro
grtss east and south of Koyno,
while von Gallwitz has orcised
B:alystokBrestLitovsk Railway.
Petrograd, however, says this
whole railway line remains in
Russian hands, In the west fight
iug has consisted mainly of ar
tillery duels with no important
changes.
On the Austro-Italian front the
Italians oiaim several advance?,
notably in ths upper Boite region.
The Rossiau Black sea flset has
Buuk over 100 Turkish boats, prob
ably all of them oargo vessels,
Petrograd says.
Nothing has come through with
r- gard tc the fighting on Galhpoli
Peninsula.
M. Venixelos has accepted the
p jstof Prime Minister of Greece
and it is expected in Europe that
the uncertain Balkan situation
scon will olarify itself.
London, Aug. 23 The German
naval raverses in the Gulf of Riga
and the Baltic sea, the German
capture of Ossowetz and a British
naval bombardment of the Ger
man naval base at Zjebrugee, to
day furnished a series of new fea
tures whichrmporanly diverted
attention from the gravity of the
issues growing out of the sinking
of the Arabia.
The German version of the Riga
battle has not yet been given out
but the dtfiuitsness of the offijial
Russian report on the sinking or
crippling of the German battle
cruiser Moltke, two other cruisers
and eight torpedoboats has sent
a wave of enthusiasm throughout
the country and dispelled the de
pression over the Russian retreat
on laud. Aside from the loss of
the Germau ships, the naval en
gagement is regarded chiefly im
portant for the strategic effeot on
the land operations in the German
sweep eastward toward Petrograd,
whnh military observeis now con
sider as having beeu checked and
possibly irreparably defeated.
The Germau center has pressed
forward steadily until Prince Leo
pold is near the Russsiau new line
of defense, but the military ob
servers say the entire campaign
hinged on the vast enveloping
movement of von Hidtmburg's
forces in the north. They had
succeeded in pushing far beyond
Riga, to Jacobstadt ou the Oviua,
but the Russians hold on tha
Golf of Riga aud of the great na
val base ot Riga was a continual
menace in their rear.
To is, the military observers say,
led to tha shifting of a number of
Gdrmsn ships, including the
Moltke, from the North sea to the
Baltic, with the purpose of con
trolling Riga and thus protecting
a Germau laud advanoe on Petro
grad. The result of the naval
battle appears definitely to have
defeated the German objeot.ve,
according to the observers, who
say that tBide from the loss of the
ships the gulf and the naval base
ot Rga still are in Russian hands
and meuao-i von Uindenburgs
further advanoe toward Petrograd.
Recommends Chamberlain's colic
cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
never hesitate to recommend
Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy' writes Sol
Williams, merchant, Jesse, Tenn.
"I sell more of it than any other
preparaeions of like character. 1
have used it myself and found it
gave me more relief than any
thing else I have ever tried for the
a a m.e., purpose," Obtainable
every whare
mwm, MaiMTyiiiil
Use Biklog Soda or Amoiila and bs Vacc:
mted Mia Anti-Typhoid Serum.
Moeqaito bites are unpleasant
things. Sometimes tbiy are worse
than unpleasant. They may re
suit in quite a sore or serious in
fection, especially on children, or
they may even be the first inti
mation of a rapidly approaching
case of malaria, A mogquito bite
should never be sjratohed, as a
sore is likely to be formed. Es
pecially should the finger nails be
keot swav from it. We know
that this is hard to do, because
finger nails are collectors of all
sorts of germs, many of wbioh we
would not want to get a start in a
sore moiqnito bite The best
thing to do for a mosquito bite is
to thoroughly bathe it with a
solution of baking soda or a weak
solution of ammonia, or any other
alkali. This relieves the itohing
and the consequent tendenoy to
scratch it and the place soon gets
well. Sometimes a bandage soak
ed with a solution of aoda or
ammonia, will bring quick relief .
If there is the slightest suspicion
that one has been bitten by a
malarial fever moiquito or even it
one has to sleep over night in au
unscreened bed in an unscreened
house in a malarial section where
others are known to have malaria
it is only the part of good wisdom
to tike five grains quinine a day
for the next ten days as a preven
tive against malaria and if one
has to live in a malarial sectibn
permanently the safest preotiution
even with screens, is to take five
grains of quinine daily from May
first until frost. Such small
amounis of quinine will do no one
harm and in 99 cases out of 100
it will prevent malaria.
The figures for the anti typhoid
campaign recently conducted in
'five count res of ths fUteibffwthat
26,687 people tot k three oomplete
treatments at a total cost of
$8761 81 to the oountiee, or 14.2
cents per person immunised.
Northampton lead in point of low
per ospita cost. They immunised
8489 pejple at a cost of 9. 0 cents
a piece, Cumberland was next with
8844 at 12,9 cents apiece, Wake
immunized 2955 at 18 8 cents and
HeudersDn 2093 at 21.9 cents.
It has been estimated that had
these 26 537 people paid the usual
price of 50 cants per dose or $1 60
per complete treatment, it would
have cost- them $89 800, wh reas
by the method adopted the coun
ties saved over $86,000, The total
Iobs from typhoid fever saved to
these five counties on account oi
the auti-typhoid treatment dur
ing the next five years is assum
ing a saving of 118 deaths and
1130 cases and, estimating a life
saved to be worth $1,700 and the
cost of a case of typhoid at $200,
shows a saving of $418 000. Ihus
the State Board of Health figures
in dollars and cents the value of
human lives and the work it ia
doing.
It may be all' right but we do
not fancy the lives of humau
beings being figured on the same
basis as sheep or cattle, yet it
gives one some idea of values and
conditions. Watchman .
Deafness Candot be Cured
by looal applications, as they can
not reach the diseased portion of
the ear. There is only one way to
oure deafness, and that is by con
stitutional remedies, Deafness ia
caused by an inflamed condition
of the mucous lining, of the Eusta
chian June. Wden tnis tube
inflamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfeoV hearing, and;
when it is entirily; closed, Deaf
ness is the result, and unless the
inflamation cau b taken out and
this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing frill be destroy
ed f orev or ; nine cases out of ten
are caused by Catarrh, which is
nothing but an ii Jlamed condition
of. the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dol
lara for any case of Deafness
(oaused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, f fee.
F.J. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, O.
, Sold birDrairgistBv 75o.
Take Haira Family PilU for
constipation.
! FaiiioHc M Hold Bin Ball)
SpOiklag. But SiU. flic's. Music and i
Basket Pteale. LtrgiCiowd Present.
Saturday being t.e date set for
the tig fi-'d 4y M the patriotic
orders cf the country consisting of
the varibut couuciK of the Junior
Order United American' Mechan.
ict , the Daughters of Liberty and
the Patriotic Sons of America,
and therr invited friends, quite a.
orowd gjatliered at the fair grounds
at noon and enjoyed, the program
which was as f oiler wis
Concert by the Sjtiebftrv baud.
Addreises by Hop. Theo. F.
Kluttz and Rev. C. P. Fisher.
Fat nian's race of 25 yards.
Those enteriog being -W,M. Ruth,
J. B Yost, O. M 0. Barger, M.
F. Hatoher and Rev. O.P. Fisher.
Hatcher winning first and Rev.
Fisher seoond.
100-yard dash, open to all, was
participated in by she following;
R. L. Lyerly, W. Al Arts, H. C.
Jones, J. M. Feipetman, D. H.
Barger, J. T. Webb, G. R. Kluttz
J. W. Raney, Max Unck and Mor
gan Kesler. Winners, Barger
first, Webb seoond.
Egg race for girls, 25 yards.
Participant : M i t a e Helen
Haines, Edith Smith, Rachel Mon
roe, Catherine Cutting, Mie Hart-
man, fearie Crawford, Gestis
Oress, Dortha Duttera. Winners.
Helen Hainea first, Catherine
Catting second.
Three-legged race, fifty yards,
open to all. Partioipauts : Lin
gle and Holshousir, Ritchie aud
Jjnei, Fink and Feaperman, Ly
erly and Morris, Ritohie and
Rnsher. Winners: Ritohie and
Jonea first, Lingle and Holshouser
second.
Sack race, 50 yards, open to all.
Participants : Walter Rainey, J.
T. Webb, H. D. Brown, Ray
Bown, J. M. Fesperman aud
Clifford Hess WUneMt J. T.
Webb first and J. M. Fesperman
seoond.
The prizes in eaoh of these con-
tests were, $1 00 for first and 50
aentafor seoond. A. L. Elutta,
G. H Page and 3. O. Kluttz su
pervised the contests in the ab
soeuoe of the regular committee.
Quite an interesting game of
ball then followed, it being be
tween China Grove and Faith.
Both teams did some good play
ing and the score was 7 to 8 in
favor of Faith.
After the bail game a splendid
dinner was served on the lawn for
all.
Committees were appointed by
about all the lodges in the county,
which later eleoted a committee
of arrangements to see after th
details of the day. This oommit
tee was as folloas: W, B Duttera,
Hon. Theo. F. Kluttz, Prof R
D. Jenkins, Onas. Croweli, G. O.
Kluttz, Mrs. F. L Meade, P. A
Peeler, A. L. Kluttz, Mr. C. H,
Frtx'er and G. H. Page.
Tnis was tha first attempt' ou
the part of these orders to hold a
joiut oouuty meeting and it has
been pronounced a suooesi, which
probably means it will not be the
last, rather the begiuning of an
annual event that will assume
considerable proportions in the
e.rly future.
A Medicine Chest for 35 c.
In this chest you have an excel
lent remedy for toothache, bruises,
sprains, stiff ueok, baokaohe, nue
ralgia, rheumatism and for most
emergencies. One 25o bottle of
Sloan's Liniment dees it all this
becauae tvese ailments are symp
toms, not diseases, and are oaused
by congestion and inflamation.
If you doubt, ask those who use
Sloau Liniment, or better still,
buy a 256 bottle and proveit. All
Druggists'.
Japan Will Aid Russia.
Tckio, Aug. 28 . The Associat
ed Press learns that Japan has
deoided to employ ail available,
governmental and private re
sources for increasing the output
of munitions for the Allies, par
ticularly RaMia. Tfre Japjneae
Government believes the time has
arrived for more concerted aotion
against the ecemea oi Japan and
her Alliei.
Mb aid RereDue
Demands and Taxis Constantly Increase.
tfaiytbing has been tiled Except Economy
Washington Post.
Dissuasion of the question of
public revenues and the matter of
their increase by the New York
State constitutional convention
has directed attention anew not
only to the budget system, but tc
the ever increasing demands of
States, cities and other political
divisions for revenues The in
crease in this demand for money
for publio expenditures attest a
concurrent demand on the part of
the people for more Bervioe of a
publio nature. Better service in
cludes about everything within
the range of State aud municipal
activities, from the neoesaititf,
such as pavements, sewers aud
water supply, to what may be
termed the luxuries, such as parks
boulevirds and a tetter class oi
publio buildings, while the service
demanded from the State is of &
similar nature. The part of the
problem which is most perplexing
is that there is apparantly no
prospect of a dimunition of anj
of these demands About every
device except efficiency, eonomy
and the prevention of waste for
an increase in service aud for the.
money to pay for suoh increase
has been tried. Not only have
the assessments against all forms
of taxable property been inoreased
until; they rest approximately at
the market value, but new forms
of taxation are -constantly being
devised.
An effeot of this demand for
larger revenues which is attracting
attention and which invites study
is the influence on the value of
real estate and of general securi
ties of corporations. A first re
sult seems to be the influeone not
ao much on the desirability of
holding it for investment pur
poses. The returns from suoh in
vestments seem to be less stable
than they W9re a few years ago,
and in the larger cities there is
oonstant oomplaint from the real
estate brokers that many indus
tries are satisfied with practioally
no returns in the form of rent
from their real estate holdings,
but look to the inoreaae in the
value of their property for the re
turns on their investment.
Some students of the situation
have already predicted that the
ultimate effeot of this increase in
taxation will be deoreased value
of property holdings, for the
simple reason that real estate will
cease to- be a desirable investment,
aud there must be some limit to
its advanoe in value. They say
that in Englaud, for instanoe,
which is perhaps 50 years ahead
of us in matters, of taxation, the
value of ordinary residental prop
erty is from 80 to 60 per cent low
er thau the value placed upon
similar property in this country.
It has also been pointed out tbat
the value placed on farm lauds in
this couutry is artifioal and in
many cases far iu excess of the
return whioh could ordinarily be
expected from the cultivation of
such land. The farmer who has
made loud complaints against the
water in the stocks of railroads
and industrial cor potations is
charged with having placed on his
own land holdings a value whioh
contains approximately as great a
proportion of water. An inter
esting faotor in the situation is
the oomplaint from savings banks,
whioh, although they have adher
ed to the rule that a mortgage
loan should be made ouiy to the
extent of half the value of the
mortgaged property, have found
that in many cases they oould not
sell the property under foreolos.
ure for the amount advanced
against it.
Little progress has been made
tjward the solution of these ques
tions, but if one result is the de
mand for greater efficiency on the
part of publio officials and for
greater eonomy in the administra
tion of public affairs, something
if ill have been accomplished.
Taxation is the problem to which
more serious consideration- will
bava to be given in tha future.
No Slign'est Doubt.
Liverpool, Aug 28 Captain
Finch of the" sunken White Star
steamer Arabio tonight gave the
Associated Press a statement rel
ative to reports that some Ger
man officials claimed there was no
proof that the Arabio had been
sunk by a Gorman submarine, ai d
that she might have strack a Brit
ish mine.
'There is not the slightest
doubt that the Arabio was sunk
by a torpedo," said Captaiu Finoh.
"Neither is there the slightest
dv ubt that it was fired at the Ara
bio deliberately. It is quite true
tbat we never saw any submarine
or any periscope; but I saw the
white streak made by the passage
of the torpedo through the water,
a white streak tbat commencd
with air bubbles in the water 800
ydtdi from us at a point where it
was discharged at us.
"There was no mistaking of the
ij. use of the white streak, Which
dt-d in a turp do entering the
i:p and causing the explosion
ich ttauk tr v asel I waa nit
ilone iu seeiug it. The chief offi
cer, the leoond officer aud manj
passengeis saw it. No one oan
doubt for a moment that it was
duiiberatel? tired at the Arabic.
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Your cough can be Stopped.
Using care to avoid diaukhts.
exposure, sudden changes, and
taking a treatment of Dr. King's
New D scovery, will positively re
lieve, and iu time will surely rio
yen. of your Couah The first
dose soothes the irritation, ohecke
vour Oouah. whioh stons in short
time. Dr. King's New Disoovery
nas beeu used successfully for 45
years and is guaranteed to oure
you. Money baok i! it fails. Get
a bottle from your Druggist; it
costs only a little and will help
you so much.
If Necessary $33,000.01)0 Will be De
posited to Aid Cotton.
Washington Aug?""23T Seclfe
tary MoAdoo announced tonight
that in view of the aotion of the
Allies in puttiug oottou on the
co itrabaud Hat he would if it be
came neoessary deposit $30 000,000
or more in goid in the Federal
Reserve Banks at Atlanta, Dallas,
and Richmond for the puprose of
enabliug the reserve bauks to re
discount loaus on cotton scoured
by warehouse receipts made by
National banks and State banks
belonging to the Federal Reserve
system.
The gold would be deposited
temporarily, at least, without in
terest charge. It was explained
that it appeared that the object
could be accomplished with great
efficiency thereby, the deposits
would be made direotly with Na
tional baukB agreeing to lend the
muey on cotton at a rate not to
exceed 6 per cent.
The announcement came at the
cloie of a day of speculation in of
ficial circles as to the nature ol
steps whioh the EafSate Powers
have indicated they would take to
uphold the cottpn mirkdts in the
face of the contraband order .
Tbe Clerk Guaranteed It,
"A customer came into my
Btore the other day and said to
one of my clerks, "have you any
thing that will cure diarrhoea?
and my olerk weut and got him a
bottle of Chamberlain's Colio
cholera aad D arrhea Risaedy,
and said to him, 'if this does not
cure you, I will not charge you
cent for it.' So he took it and
came l ack in a day or two au
said he was cured," writes J. H
Berry & .Co., Salt Creek, Va. Ob
tainable everywhere.
Heretofore taxation has been eon
sidered only as a neoessary step
in the raisirg of revenue. Hete
after it will have to be considered
in tbe light of a soientfio appli
cation of principles, in whioh jus
tioe and equity will have some
place.
For a Sprained Ankle.
If you will get a bottle of Cham
berlain's Liniment and observe
the directions given therewith,
faithfully, you will recover in
much less time than is usually
required. Obtainable everywhere.
Storms Do ITk& Damte
Galmfoo. Texas, St. Louis, Mo., 6reeo
ville, S. C. and Other Sections Visited.
Houston, Texas, Aug. 20 Tha
number of known dead aiong the
southeast Texas coast as a result
of Monday's storm tonight re
mained at approximately 100.
Nearly as many more persons have
not been accounted for. Durincr
the day automobiles laden wih
supplies reached a number of the
small hamlets out off from wire
communications and while a few
additional deaths were reported,
the number was balanoed by the
appearance of persons who were
believed to have perished.
St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 20. The
storm that devastated the Texae
gulf coast last Monday and Tues
day, swept northward, struck St.
Louis with diminished fury last
night and today, bringing with
it the heaviest downpour in the
history of the oity and pausing a
fiSod that drove hundreds of oity
and suburban residents from their
homos.
St. Louis, Aug. 22. The Mera
mee River, lined with pleasure re
iorts, clubhouses, and summer
oottages, went several miles out of
it's bank today, swept away ,most
of these buildings and inoreased
to 20, it is reported, the number
of lives lost in St. Louis County.
during the last few days as a result
of the flood. The Meramee's rise
was so sudden that hundreds had
time only to olin.b to tree tops.
Eff rfes were beiLg ninde tonight
to r 3801.8 these with motor boatp.
rhe River t: night passed a stage
ve feet higher than ever before
in its history. Six people were
said to have been drowned at Val-
ey Park and two at Meramee High
anda today. Many others were
missing.
Greenville, S. C.j Aug. 20.
Greenville and vicinity waa visit
ed today by a' teirifio oyolone, ,
when the wind is said to have
reached a velooity of well around
100 miles an hour. Wires are
down in all directions and news oi
outlying districts cannot be se
cured. Property damage here will
run into the thousands of dollars,
whioh cannot be estimated until
full reports are recoived. One
negro was killed when he was buri
ed beneath the ruins of his home,
which was crushed. Eight or ten
other houses in the, immediate
vicinity of the home were wrecked
while trees were uprooted in a
path about 100 yards wide and
half a mile long through the east
ern seotion of the city. The cy
clone was fnnnel shaped and came
into the oity within five minutes
after it was first discovered. The
oldest citizanB state that they have
never seen it so dark, lights being
necessary though it was only five
o'clock. The air became oppres
sive and dense and then the storm
broke.
Despondency Due to Indigestion.
"About three months ago when
I was suffering from indigestion
which caused headache and dizzy
spells and made me feel tired and
despondent, I began taking Cham
berlain's Tablets," writes Mrs.
Geo. Hon, Macedon, N. Y. "Thia
medioine proved to be the very
thing I needed, as one day's treat
ment relieved me greatly, I used
two lobbies of Chamberlain's
Tablets and they rid me of this
trouble." Obtainable everywhere.
Family Be-Uoioi of Lyerlys'
On Wednesday, August 18th the
children and grandchildren of Mr.7
and Mrs. J. R. Lyerly of Gold
Hill Township, met at their heme
and spent a joyous day together.
At noon a bounteous table waa
spread, filled with the most ape
tizing vituals one would wish for
and every one seemed to enjoy it
to the fullest extent.
In the afternoon the children
engaged iu various games while
the older ones exchanged jokes.
About five o'clock the crowd
dispersed, feeling that the day
had been well spent, eaoh hoping
that they would have maoy mora
like oocassions, X