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EINDR OTHERS anford’s tore B iggesl est ■ I To Men and Young Men Who Have Never Put Stein Bren, to Tent. This is the store of | greater values to-day, to-morrow—365 days ^ in every yeap, We ■ have made this state- I ment repeatedly, and I every day some one a puts it to test. Weigh I us and our merchan- I dise in the balance of I honest compurison,and ■ thereafter, injustice to p yourself, confine your a ' clothes buying to Stein ■ Brothers, Suits from ■ $7 50 to $25 00- I A new lot of Panama p Hats just received, n Prices from $2;50 to I $6.00. Come and see I ^ is all we ask. I 9 Friday and Saturday Special I I A $2.50 straw hat with each suit of clothes bought 9 from $10*00 and up. Come and save $2.50. 9 STEIN BROTHERS. | A Banks usefulness To a comthunity depends upon its willingness and ability to serve the legitimate business requirements for loans and to provide a safe depository for commercial and savings deposits, THE BANK OF SANFORD is an institution with ample capital and surplus, furnishes good security to depositors and has the willingness to serve you in ev ery branch of legitimate banking. Believing in this section, our policy is and will be progressive and constructive, assisting in every legit imate way in the advancement of the agricultural, manufacturing and commercial development of Sanford, Lee county and this section.' We pay interest at the rate of four per cent per an num on savings deposits. Upon these bases we solicit your business. THE BANK OF SANFORD SANFORD, N. C. □ □ □ □ □ □ □□□□ □ Notice! Cotton Seed Meal Per Ton $30.00 I “ “ ‘ “ “ Bag 1.60 | “ “ Hulls per 100 35c. We are paying 35 cents per bushel for cotton seed. If you have any left after planting bring it to us for cash or exchange. Lee County^ Cotton Oil Company THE JUNO BRIDE’S STORE. All past satisfactory experience In gift buying combines to make this store noted. All presonts are appreciated by the bride, but none so much as those that bear the stamp of coming from Chears’. Look now, make your selections—have them put aside if you like, but look anyway. We pay postage on all presents, and express where purchase amounts to 13.00 or more. W. F.C HEARS, Jelewer. Phone 109 Sanford, N. C. We put facts in satlsfction. Day'Phone 176 ~ Night'Phone 42 The Auto Transit Company A. G. PERRY, Manager Automobiles for Hire, Day or Night Prices Reasonable. Anywhere In the city 25c. ■ »- Aute'by day—10 hours—>$10,00 to $15.00. By hour; $2.00 to $4.00. Standing time, 50c. per, hour. NOTE IS DISAPPOINTING. Germany Is Evasive and Defers Direct Answer — Full Text of Germany’sJSeply to Note Con cerning the Sinking of the Lusitania lias Been Received— Summary Published — Presi dent WUsoh Will Reply. The German note, replying to the American note anent the sink ing of the Lusitania, was received in Washington Sunday night at midnight. Following is a sum mary: The note expresses Germany's regret for injuries sustained by Americans as a result of sub marine and aeroplane attacks, and offers compensation in cases in which Germany is found to be in the wrong. Direct answer to the questions raised by President Wilson, pending a further ex change of views, is deferred, Germany desires to establish whether the Lusitania was a de fenseless merchant ship or was being used for the transportation of war munitions and soldiers, on which unsuspecting passengers were permitted to take passage to safeguard the war materials. Representations regarding the torpedoing of the British steamer Palaba, in which an American citizen lost his life, are answered with the statement that it was intended to offer ample time for the passengers and crew to leave the ship. The action of the cap tain in attempting to escape, however, necessitated more sum mary action. Even then the com mander of the submarine granted 10 minutes for those on board to leave the vessel, and subsequently extended the time to 23 minutes before sinking the ship. UNINTENTIONAL ATTACKS. Germany expresses regrets for ' ‘the unintentional attacks” on the American steamer Cushing and the Gulflight. The Cushing was attacked by German airmen in the North sea, and the Gulflight was torpedoed off Scilly Islands. Germany disavows any intention to attack harmless neutral craft. She offers to pay compensation wherever she is found to be in the wrong, and to refer doubtful cases to The Hague for a decision. The passages in the American note concerning a possible dis avowal by Germany of intent to sink the Lusitania and the dis continuance other present prac tices f submarine warfare arc not ntf&tioned specifically in the reply?* The note states that pending the reply of the American gov ernment to the Germans’ assump tion of fact regarding the real character of the Lusitania and her cargo, no attempt will be made to answer the demands con tained in the American communi cation. ' ASSUMPTIONS OF FACT, These assumptions of fact are as follows: The Lusitania was built as ar auxiliary oruiser, subsidized anti carried on the navy lists as such. She carried, according to Germar information, two guns mounted and concealed below deck. British steamers sailing from New York, according to informa tion received from passengers and other sources, repeatedly carried soldiers, artillery, wai supplies and contraband to Eng land. The Lusitania on this trip carried specifically 5,400 cases oi ammunition in addition to othei war supplies and Canadian troops en route to the front. Keference is Here made to the fact that carrying explosives on passenger steamers is contrary to American law. It is intimated that the German government would be glad to receive informa tion as to how it happened that ammun tion was permitted to be shipped on the Lusitania, a ves sel crowded with passengers. Strong phrases aro used regard ing what is considered as appar ently the deliberate policy of British snipping companies to protect war shipments by em barking American passengers on the same ships. . The American mediatory pro posals designed to end submarine warfare and the throttling of food supplies and other conditional contraband for Germany are re called. The government ex presses the desire to know what steps, if any, have heen taken to Induce Great Britain to embark on negotiations to this end, after Germany indicated her willing ness to discuss a settlement on this general basis. President Wilson is preparing a response to the German note which will be disatchod to Ger many at once. It is said that the note will Insist on an adherence by Germany to the accepted principles of international laW as they affect neutrals. County Demonstrator Henley expeots tu ha«e a "baby” oolt show at the Lee County Fair this fall. Some ten colts under one year old have already been listed. Any one In the county who has a colt should list it and help to make this a feature of the Fair parade Of fer two or three good premiums on colts and there will be a rivalry among the farmers to see who can exhibit the I finest animals. This will stimulate stook raising in the county. JONESBORO NEWS BETTER Berry Season Begins—To Ob serve Clean-Up Week-Deatli of J. W. Brewer — Cooking Demonstration.______ Miss Annie Belle Harrington of the Normal College, Greens boro, has returned to Jonesboro for the summer. Mrs. S. N. Liles and daughter, Miss Netta, left Tuesday for Wallace to visit Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Brooks. On June 4th Mr. and Mrs. Brooks celebrate their twen tieth anniyersary, which is their china wedding, There have been a few crates of dewberries shipped to New York by express this week. Oh account of the cool weather and excessive rains the berries are ripening slowly. The Jonesboro Civic League has called for a "clean-up” week beginning Monday , May 31st, and ending Friday, June 4th. On account of the rainy weather throughout the week?it hag been impossible to carry out their plans. Another date will be set, at which time we hope every citi zen will do his part in co-operat ing with the Civic League and put the town in a sanitary con dition. Mr. j. w. Brewer, wno nas been ill for sometime with heart trouble, died at Central Hospital, Sanford, last Monday. The burial took place Tuesday at Center Grove, Chatham county, the fun eral service being conducted by Rev. C. W. Robinson. "Mr, Brewer leaves his mother, Mrs. D. L. Steadman, and several brother^ and sisters to mourn their loss. Since the death of her husband a few months ago, Mrs. Stead man has moved to the home of her daughter, Mrs, Alton Kelly, who lives a mile or two from town. Mrs. J. R. Rives, who has been suffering from a slight- stroke of paralysis, is improving. Quite a number of ladies at tended the cooking demonstra tion given at the home of Mrs. W. A. Godfrey Monday afternbon from 3 to 0. Mr. Vaughan, of eastern Carolina, gave this dem onstration of the “Wear Ever” Aluminum cooking utensils. The tests made were very interesting to the ladies present. After the demonstration Mrs. Godfrey, as sisted by her dunghtor Mis- T all served delicious cream ana case; Miss Kate Hamilton is at home from Meredith College, Raleigh. Meeting of Rural Mail Carriers. The rural letter carries of Moore. Lee and Montgomery counties held ac enthusiastic and interesting meeting Id the city hall here last Monday. The meeting was called to order by th< president -of the association, Alon/a Bluej of Carthage, and M. A. Clark, of Jackson Springs, acted as secretary. Mayor Howard, in a brief and appn priate address, welcomed the mail m<.-n to the town, and 'N. F. Blue, of Car thage responded on behalf of his as.-o elates. The program was then taken up ami interesting and Instructive talks wm made by a number of postmasters anil rural letter carriers. Those who spoke were: I. B. Turnley, N. T Blue, A Ion za Blue, W. T. Monroe, J. G. Seaweli, E. B. Cole, F. M. Sinclair, and M. A Clark. A resolution was passed urging the road commissioners of Lee, Moor' and Montgomery counties to give more attention to roads over which rural routes have been established The association elected as new members L. C. Davis, S. M. Watson, M. B. Wat Kins, u, j. Mc.ueod and W. T. Monroe. The election of officers was next tak en up and E. B. Cole was chosen presi dent, F. M. Sinclair vice-president and M. As Clark secretary of the associa tion. Blscoe was selected as the plan for holding; the next meeting of the soacion and the time of meeting chan*: ed from May 30th to February 22ud. Before adjourning the association ex tended a vote of thanks to the local members for the kind and hospitable manner in which they entertained their guests. Buy Hay and Neglect Clover. Prof. A. K. Robertson, State Field Agent of the Boys’ Corn Clubs, who was here Saturday to address the corn clubs boys of the county, in strolling around town gathered soma fine bunch us of red top clover and timothy near the passenger station. Mr. Roberlsou made the point that if clover and tim othy will grow and reach maturity on their own voiltlou on the soil of this section, what would they do if they were.properly cultivated by the farm ers. It is hardJor him to understand i why some farmers will persist in buy-, ing the Western hay when they can raise fine clover and timothy on their land almost without an effort. Then' are some spots of vetch now in bloom In a patch of oats on a lot of Mr. W. 8. Weatherspoon on Hawkins Avenue. The soil in and around Sanford is well adapted to the oulture of all kinds of legumes. Tax payers should bear In mind tho fact that the law requires the listing of taxes. There must be no failure along this line. The officers are determined this year to get all of the property in the county and every pell, on the books. The mau who tries to dodge Is laying up trouble for himself. In Durham county recently Indictments were re turned against 500 men for falling to list taxes. If you failed to have your property assessed by the assessors dur ing May be doublestaxed, LONG It A N (; l; rt(>M IIAUDINO Terrible l orr-,. (lf hIh-Hh Flre<l •t a DMuih c (,f 2K Miles. A'thr. i2 story of the havoc Wronjfht in Dunkirk by the huge German guns that shelled that townirom a point 28 miles away is told by .Joim H. Hrady, a Chi oagO newspaper man who return ed thifl week from the war zone. Brady was in Dunkirk during the second bombardment with John Borden, the Chicago millionaire and member of the New York yacht dub. *There were two bombard ments, said Mr. Hrady. “The first took place on April 22 and 23, and the second on April 29 and 80. V\ e were in Dunkirk when the second bombardment commenced at 10:20 o’clock on the 29lii. Ii lasted that day until 2:30 p. m., during which time 20 shells of a diameter of 19£ inches wer6 hurled into the town. The first shell struck in the plaza in front of our hotel, about 250 yards from us, and very close to the arsenal at which the Germans were aiming. It killed 20 soldiers and one woman. Whenever a shell struck it| made a tremendous hole, and all fell within an area of a square1 mile. The vacuum caused by the; explosion of the shell was so strong that it literally sucked up tho&e in the vicinity and threw them to the ground. ”Two shells struck a house next to the military hospital, com pletely demolishing it. The con cussion caused by the explosions was so great that 40 seriously wounded soldiers in the hospital were killed. “Another shell hit the railroad station and killed three men. One struck the Casino, killing several. I afterward went into this build ing. The effect of the explosion had been so tremendous that the bones of one victim had been driven into the woodwork. ‘‘One shell chugged into the bay and a second later the waters of the harbor seemed to heave upward in a solid body. All the tdrpedo craft lying there immedi ately put to sea at full speed. “The second day only eight shells were fired. Throughout the bombardment a German Taube aeroplane circled above the city signaling to the distant gunners, ^he French gunners trained their r^nti-aircraft guns and rifl.es a1 TTie aviator7‘"htrt faffed to drive him off. 'The result of the bombard ment from a military view was entirely satisfactory- Dunkirk has been rendered untenable as a base. All the soldiers have evacuated the barraeks and the wounded also have been removed. “The gun was stationed 2H miles away, just beyond Dixmude. It was apparently fired from a con crete base, which, according to military men, had not thoroughly set. The charge used to hurl the •projectile over this tremendous distance was some form of highly explosive gas, “In all about 300 were either idlled or wounded as a result of this bombardment. The military authorities enjoined strict silence and refused to allow any details to be printed. When we arrived n London I-offered the story tc the Daily Mail, but was told they could not print it.’ Mr, Borden, who returned with ilrady, said: “The most surprising thing about the battle fields in France is the rapid manner in which all battle scars are removed as soon as an action is over. Soldiers and civilians alike set to work nmediately to clear away the debris and remove all trace.' Cotton New ami Old. A. gentleman of this place tells Tbe 1.x ireas that while on a trip through the Junty recently he noticed a farmer | easily engaged planting cotton. This would have made littlo impression hut iar the fact that the next field on this iarm was white with last year’s cotton rop. This farmer either could not cot his cotton gathered or he thought the price too low to justify him in gath ering it. Perhaps when this farmer : as finished cultivating this year's irop he will gather and put last year'* .rop on the market, or may be he will wait and gather both In the fall. The farmers in this section have said all along that they would reduce their otton acreage this year, but it seems tnat when they went to plant their i rop th’ey changed their minds, as we are informed that the acreage is about great as it was last year. Portaps < ach farmer feeling that other farmers would reduce their acreage he decided to put in a full crop. Seventeen Year Locusts. The seventeen year locust, which has not visited North Carolina since '“8, is due in this State during this month, according to a statement that has been issued by the Department of Agriculture. A number of the western aunties, including Moore, will be the only section visited by the brood. The damage is expected to be slight, especi ally if effective methods of combating the pests are used. The Department states that the chief damage by locusts oooure when the female cute tho hark off the trees for an opening in which to deposit their eggs. Trees should be sprayed thoroughly with bordeaux mixture of lime wash- as a preventa tive, y-h The Odd8 Against Germany. Charlotte Observer. It is perhaps true that no country n history ever waged war against greater odds than are now combined igainst (Germany. And it is nrob iole that the combination will be nade yet stronger, the allies even low figuring on the possibilities of [tumania, Greece and Bulgaria. The intrance of Italy has been a tremen ious factor as bearing on the for tunes of Germany. In a review of the situation as it stands today, The New York Post holds that placing the losses against the gains, the allies are relatively much stronger today thau they were during the first three months of the war. The figures given by The Post show that the population strength of the rival Nations was approximately 70,000, 000 for Germany and 50,000,000 for Austria, making a total of 120,000, 000. The representation on part of the allies was 175,000,000 for Russia, 40.000. 000 for France, 47,000,000 for England, 8,000,000 for Belgium and 3,000,000 for Servia, a total of 273.000. 000. But, as the Boat ob. serves, time has been piling up num bers against the Kaiser. The Post places to hia credit side Turkey, which entered the war during the last days of October. To his debt »iue roust oe enargeu Jiaiy auu England. The latter’s array in the field today is at least eignt times as strong as it was in the battle of Mons. The full National effort has not yet been put forth, but for months there have been at least 2,000,000 men on the army lists, and the number of volunteers today is close to 3,000,000, if ri has not passed that figure. When Berlin admits a postponement of victory, it admits that there will be time for England to put into the battle-line an army approximate to her popula tion. The Post estimates that by the end of the first year of the war the showing for the rivals will be the same for Germany and Austria with 20,000,000 added by Turkey, or 140,000,000 for Germany and Teutonic allies, while England, with Italy, Servia, Canada and Australia, will have 331,000.000. Further more, as The Post points out, to the allied side must be added the Belgian army, still in being and representing a National strength of, say, two millions, making a total of 315.000, 000. So that by August the Teuton resources in men, disregarding the wastage of war, will be 45 per cent, of the allied resources, as agoinst 55 per cent, at the beginning of the war. By August, all the aigus point to an addition of ten millions to th< allied resources through theentranc of Rumania, and Greece, with Bui I garia a probability. By the begin ning of the second year of the war therefore, while the Kaiser will hav< added twenty millions to his hnmar resources, the allies will have adder ninety millions, and probably a full one hundred millions. And in face of the piling up of these tremendous odds, Germany halts not. The desperation of her fighting seems to l>e only increased, and however sympathies may run, it must be admitted that Germany is putting up a fight that challenges the admiration and the astonishment of the world. Hugo Increase In ports ol Foods tu It's. American foodstuffs exports amounted to almost $400,000 OOC more during the teu mouths ending with April this year than that period in the previous year. Analysis ol that class of exports announced by the Department of ('ommerce shows their value to have been $057,14(5, 200. The huge increase has l>een due chietlv to the European war. The figures do not include statistics of manufacturers and manufacturing materials exports which, also, have vastly increased. Raw cotton ex ports during the period decreased $230,000,000. Postal revenues for the first half of the current fiscal year which ends July 1 shows a derieit of practically 500,000. Figures issued by the Postoftice Depart ment show the expense of the postal establishment increased more than $9,000,000 as against the corresi>onding period last year, while receipts decreased almost $000,000. Cotton tlags will tloat over public buildings and from coast guard cutters and other vessel* of the Treasury Department soon, Tests have just been completed by the department with flags made of American cotton instead of imported bunting and these have showed that cotton Hags are serviceable, durable and more economical than wool bunting. The constitotionality of the North Carolina anti-trust laws is attacked in an appeal lodged in the United States Supreme Court by the Standard Fashion Com pany. The North Carolina courts held against the company as to collections for patterns sold un der certain conditions and the company thinks the North Caro lina statute invalid when applied to inter State commerce. Ninety four trained nurses who took examination before the State Board of Examiners at Wilmington recently all passed the examination with creditable marks. The. list was reud out Thursday in Wilmington at one of the sessions of the 13th annual convention of the North Carolina State Nurses Association. Carload Packer’s i Cans For Canning Fruits and Vegetables Will Arrive About June 10th. We are going to sell them for less than Baltimore wholesale' prices, for cash, provided you buy during the present month. Don’t buy until you get our prices. Our Tobacco Flue Shop is now in operation. Send in your order for flues before the rush comes on. Everything in Hardware Lee Hardware Co., SAF FORD, N. C. SAFETY FIRST is a fundamental principle in this office. The safety of 3 our money is the first consider ation in opening a bank account VVe will be pleased to have you call and let us show you the many safeguards we place around your money. four cfr uknt. intkrkst on savings Banking Loan & Trust Co., 4'a|>iljtl $25,000.00. I!. E. (' A tili INUTON, President. .1 \Y. CUNNINGHAM, Sanford N. C. Jonesl>oro, N. (J. Another Lot of Those Porch Rockers Has just arrived. Huy one and en joy life these hot sum mer days Also a hammock helps to pass the time com fortably. A new line of Window Shades. Ask to see them when in our store. We have the largest and cheapest stock of every thing for the house to be found in Sanford. Call and A full stocked Undertaking Supplies always on hand. The Sanford Express Is the best advertising medium in this section of the Stitt
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