A PROGRESSlVia RL ^BLICAN NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OP AMERICAN HOMES AND AMERICAN INDUSTRIES,
BURUNGTON, ALAMANCE COUIOT, NORTH CAROUNA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 4,1^
GERMANY INVADES FRANCE
R’bssia Descends on Germany; England Is Waiting with
Slight Possibilit y of Being Able to Keep
Out f Gigantic Conflict.
^ i itntioii of the department, however,
I' I . to so restrict the service that money
~ ^ ^ - ■ eanrict be transferred to Europe for
, . speculative purposes.”
The French Republic Donscnts to Fight Only After t>er-1
Principal i pkesident makes appeal.
1 President Wilson appealed to the
i people of the country not to become
: alarmed over European developments
ias this country was well prepared to
Uvithstsnd any financial crisis.
The President vras successful in bis
FRANCE
rench Republi
many Had Invaded Her Territory.
Hotels Ciose for Lack of Servants,
JUI SHIPS V^ACTIYE NOW
War Party in England Probably WiU
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Force EngJand to Aid France, Her
Ifominai Ally, and She Stands in
Headiness to Do So, if Word is Giv
€ft— Churdtii! and Beres;^rd De
mand That War Be Joined—Francc
Declares ThaJ EnKlanii Must -*.id
Her, Since G»*rmany Has Broken
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' Treaty, Declaring Luxemberg .Neu
tral.
London, August 2.—Four great pow
era of Europe, Austria-Hungary, Rus-
*i, France and Germany are engaged
in actual warfare. Two erf them,
Germany and FiRiice, have not ojieik-
'if d;clBred war against each other as
fas are is ifjiown here, bat have not
ever, severed dipiomatic relations.
This iJi despite the fact that Ger-
inany’.'i uitimatum to France, either
has bten ignored or rejected.
The explanation of this would ap-
IK&r t> bs that Gcrraanj and France
are each .seeking to throw upon thc-
olhcr the onus of beginning the war,
for J-'rance.
STKANDED AMERICANS TO GET
QUICK RELIEF. ! appeal to western railroad managers,
Washington, D. C,, Aug. 3.—Presi-1 enginemen, and firemen to avoid a tie-
dent Wilson and Congress moved Uip in railroad traffic- in view of war
pVDmptly today to afford relief to | disturbances. They agreed to svevt
Americans stranded in European -.var | a strika and settle their differences by
zones and to preserve the financig.1 mediation.
tquilibrium of this coiintry in view
of the disorganization of credit sys
tems libroad.
Secretaries McAdoo and Bryan con-
ferre.! tonight with New ^'orli bank
ers to arrange for financial accomr.io-
In a speciuf message early in the ’ dation of Americans abroad,
day, the President asked for $250,000 ' The Senate voted to aathoi'ize ifce
care for the Americans in Europe. 1 Secretary of the Navy to establish
?^oth Houses promptly passed the .-(p- j naval lines to carry passengers, mail
propriation and vrill vote more is ne-
cesaarj’. The House and Senate pass
ed a bill moving technically to the is
suance of ?500,000,000 currency.
CAN CASH LETTERS OF CREDIT
Ajntricans whc have Setters of cred
it or other forms of money credit, will
be assisted by American embassies in
having them cashed. Instructions
weri.' issited to American diplom:itic
iifTicei't to issue "amliassadora’ ord
er:-,” ill exchar.pe for letters of i;i .'d-
IL, bunk checks, or money ordoi-s.
1‘ritnds and relatives Ou Americans
abrcart can repay any .sum wish the
that may plunge Europe into blood-!State Department here and an am-
shed. in fact while the nations of
and freight to South America and to
Euiope. The bill is before the House.
Europe arc flying at each other’s
throats, they arc vicing with each
other in protesting their desir-i to
peace.
nsaintaiii
t'RANCE IS JUSTIFIED.
' In this curious situation France, ac-
o!'di!ijj to British opinioii. has the
strongest justification. She was the
last to mobilizs and seems to have
taken the greatest precautions
a«>id frontier collisions.
On ihe other hand Gerpmany, in ad
dition to invading French territory
without making a formal declaration
of war, has violated the neutrality of
’ Luxemberg and declines to gigve any
j.romise to respect Belgian neutral
ity.
:>ass\ check for the amount will be
issued in Europe.
To make permanent arrangcnunis
for iho financial accommodations of
American citizen.s in Europe, Secre-
tarjis Bryan and Mc.Adoo have ar-
1 anged with New York banking houses
10 co-cperate ‘-vith Amerieari cmiK'.ss-
ics aiiroaU. The plan was discu.«.'sed
at conferences today between Secre
tary iiryKR, Secrctarj' McAdoo, '■mi
to I l epresetitatives of New York ijank-
ing bouses.
ENGLAND ALMOST COMPELLED.
Tite efforts of the British Ambss.!ii"
dor st Berlin to secure such a pledge
have been wasted. It is difficult to
see how Great Britain can avoid bs-
ing: drawn into the confiicfc to protect
Belgian and Dutch territory. On this
point Premier Asquith’s official an-
'nsiuvicement in Parliament Monday is
tiwaited with intense anxiety. The
TKAXSPORTS NOT ADEQUATE,
No definite arrangements have been
made about ships. Army and navy
oftieera say their transports are in
adequate and many are not available.
Secietrj- Bryan tomorrov/ will dis
cuss the subject \Vith a representative
of ths International Merchants Ma
rine.
FUANCE REQUISITIONS SKIP.
New York, Aug. 3.—The Rot;ham-
beau, one of the largest of the French
lint's f^eet of steamships, due in this
poi-1 today IVcm Havre, was today
retjuisitioned by the French Govern-
uif.’it. The French consuT here voti-
fied the agents of t.he line that she was
U; 1/C turned over to liim i'nniediateiy
upon arrival. The Eocha>nbeau ha.s
accominodutions for l,(iOO persons in
the stceruKe arid 450 in the calim.
TUc Uochami'i^MU, it was said; prob
ably would he used to transport re
■MASS CONVENTION.
'J'HE FARMERS’ INSTlTCTi;:.
TRYING TO SAVE THE COTTON
CROP.
Mass Convention of Republicans, Pro- i'he Prizes to be Given to the Siicccss-
grtssives and independents at . ful Contestants at Maywood
Grahoni, Aug. 15. ' Farmers’ institute.
There .win be a mass meeting of The Farmers’ Institute ar.d Wo-
Uepublieans, Progressives, Independ- ^^^n’s Institute to be held at Mayw -
rnts, and-all others who want good August 18. are offering the foIioNvi;,.-
honoit county g-overnment, at the -jrizes:
County House i", Graham, N. C., Aug-
loth, at *.30 j.'. M-, for the purpose Motherhood,” for the best 1 .:u of result of the F.uropean crisis. Sen-
of .^electing delegates and aiternatos bread made and exhibited: by a v.’cnian ‘ Hoke Smith today issued a call
to the various Republican conventions over 20 years old, living on a ■‘arm. ^ for the meeting,
to he held this year. We invite all “Ihe Woman’s Magazine*’ to the: committee will ci>ll upon Pres-
regsrdless of how them voted hereto- gij.j from the farm under 20 years 'dcii! Wilson and the secretaries of
fore, who are opposed to the nianaKX’- making and exhibiting the bes‘ , treasury, agriculture and com-
meni. of the present county govern- jmerc;* to find out conditions arid the
Southern Coiigressmen Trying ta De
vise Some Plati to Prevent Loss
to Cotton Producers.
Washington, Aug. 3.—Southern
Senators and Representatives ^on-
rizes: ferred today to devise some plan. to
I 1'ear’s Subscription to “Ari!.>ri"an loss to prrdueers of cotton as
ment to attend this convention and to ;
take part in its deliberations, ®We will
v/elcome advice from all good
A ffixe to the girl under K; ye.!> s! prospect for relief. Senator Smith
age making and exhibiting the
pone of corn-bread.
liest'■ name the committee tomorrow,
there Ic be one senator or representa-
zens and tax payers whether in per-; Jlifi; Edna Reinhardt will give suit-j ^rom each of the following States
son or by letter as to the best method ’ p.bie prizes to the old iady makiuR and
of ftctting together for a solid front exhibiting the best corn pone; and to
to the end that our county govern- ^he gir! under 20 years old living ot.
mai-.i may be administered in the in-''a and making and exhibii^rg che
terest of the tax payers and those i,est canned goods, two or more va-
who have the lar#rest burdens to lujiir rieties.
in couiity and school matters. Tlii^
convention is not for the purposo of
r.ominating ^ tickpt at this time, but
its (organization and conduct mi*y ■ ri' e
important bearingr upon this future re-
suit. AJi good raer) who atte»:d this
meeting will be consulted in n^fiitcrr>
affetting this re-organization of
Bepubliean party. Come and I rin;?
3'oui neighbor with you» wo
you H most cordial welcome.
GKORGE W. VESTAL, C-Ui.h.,
Alp.Tnunce. Co., Republican Ex. Com.
l^epubHcan State £xecutlv^ Commit*
tec Calls State Convention.
Lciiksville, July 20.—The Rcpubli-
can State Executive CojTimittee calls
V Convention to meet in the City of
Ualeitfh. on Thursday, Aupu.s* twen- for the .second boKt,
tr(3th, iit o’clock, aucm.
C. E. Tapscott will give a
^hire pig of the best breeding, to the
farmer’® uife or daughter
and cxh^.Icing the best cake, -aa, va-
liety JiiQ year’s subscription t.i The
i3w?i?g'ton for the second be A;
One year’s subscription to The T'/nce-
'i-Week .Dispatch, for the third.
I'r. J. ^oft'ner will gj^ oi'2
year's subscription to “Youth‘s
panion” to the man exhib»tinj^ 1h •
besi- Roanoke colt under one y-ewr o)d
:ind ci'.c yearns subscription Lo “'Ihc
Progressive Farmer’' for the Soucuil
Be.st. There ntiu^t not be les.-i tha;:
three colts exhibited.
C. McCulloch will give a ^*.00
,'>ri^ie to the man e.Yhii»itjn;> tb ? be.st
colt under IS months old; u ^l.oO prnv
Thi' lu.iys !
Alabama, Georgia* Florida, Arkansas,
North Carolina, South Carolina, Lou*
isia.:>a, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mis-
.souri and Texas.
So);?.tor Ransdell, of Louisiana,
rear the following telegram received
loday from E. J. Glenny, president of
the Kew Orleans Cotton Exchange,
which epitomized the situation dis
cussed iater at the conference.
LMI'OSSIBLE
COT-
Fervists to Trance. The ag«uts wereje^ nonunatioiis. for sclectingr a State
net however, what the ^ Excruti'.e Ctmimittee ynd Ch:iiri>aan,
French government pi'ope^ed to do j f^r the transacting .such other
u'itl. the ves.seK | as its wisdom may eioct.
— I The cou»iiei:\ }>y their primario:* arid
!J«rtin&ton i; Graham 2. jilirough their committees are request
ed to arrange at once for their full
j;di bi-ecd?? and j,oI than ilvo
This convention h called for the } ur- jto I t exhibited.
po>e of nomiiiating for such State of- j Mi-s, Eottic Uos.s wii! *>:ive n set of
fices as :ire lo be voted for in the MedjjlJioi^.c i.o th? indy
coming electiou, for ratifying and oth- land t-xhiliiting the best piece of hand
nv.uio cninroidcrv.
Last Sftturd;iy afternoon at Pied-
Park Burliijgton def*ated Gio-
ham in a fast game of ball to the
score of 4 to 2.
The game was well piayed and very
fe’v errors were made. The 10i*al
team made one serious error however
that a]lov/ed GraJfam to score her wily
runs. Two of the runs made by the
loenl team were made on errors of
tji{* Graham team.
The features of the game wore the
fine stop made by Gary in the sh^;rt-
si. ip and the umpiring by Fleming.
Before the j^ame started a cigarette
drummer held up a box of Chester
field cigarettes! and niade the an-
fht secretary believes there are j nouncement that ihe winning team
enough American and other ^'^'^tral j fjqo
ships ii; service to take away thous- ^jg-ai-ettes.
andi who desire to leave. The De-
partment made this announcement;
“The Seci^tary of State has received
a telegram from the American am
bassador at Paris ip. which he states
‘ British public is no longer under any ^ that he thinks there is no cause for
allusions as to the gravity of a crisis
which transcends anything in theii* ex-
l>erieiice.
Sliort of actual formal mobilization
the British government is taking all
necessary steps to meet a situation
unprecedented in the nation’s history.
There was a scene 5f great enthusi
asm outside Buckingham Palace, to*
day. Five or six thousand person.*?
gathered before the Palace, sang the
National Anthem and caUed for Kin^
Ooorge, ■who, with Queen Mj^y, ap
peared on the balcony and bowed in
response to cheers given for him and
alarm on the part of those v;ho re
mam in that city foi* the pi'esent, and
that he believes Americans will be
able to leave at some later dale if
they desii^to dc so.*’
BUHLESON TAKES A RAND.
Orders restricting the amount of
money order£> issued to European
points will be issiied probably tomor
row l>y the Postoffice Department.
**2t is not my purpose,” Mr. Burle
son said, “to restrict the money oi:der
sorvi*ve so as to prove injurious to any
Americans in Europe, it is the in'
Southern Hosiery Mills Soils Old Ma
chinery.
'The Southern Hosiery Mills, which
ia located on Spring Street, has sold
its inachinei'y for making cotton ho£*e,
to & new hosiery company in Denton,
yiW
i\\
new machinery for making- silk-plat-
cd hose. This company has been do
ing good business since it was estab-
HsheJ about a year ago, and ibis
chanjce in machinery will add greatly
lo their ability to turn out work.
quota tif iclejT2teis, /MJ Repui>!ica)]s,
pie'^ent :uid past, rcpardlo.ss of liny
former dilTerences, who are ?till sym
pathetic to tried *ind true Riipul^licnn
principles and policies, lo protec'tion
and it?, over-attendant p>osperity, arc
Invited by the committees to iittend
this convention witn the assurance
thai their presencii will be n^ost heart
ily v/ek'omed and their aid and advice
most earnestly sought. To all those
who hiive followed the Part3’ of L'-n-
eoln and Gi'ant, of Garfield and Mc-
Kinlty, of Roosevelt and Taft, as well
as tc those who are willing to follow
in the footsteps of these patriotic
statesmen, this home-coming invita
tion is most cordially extended.
liealisiiJg the evil days to whii‘h
Demotratic misrule has brought u.^
let a’.i who hold anti-Democratic views
reader assistance in returning our
J. M. Hayes will give i:> Ih'j
n^in exhibiting ihe bt-sl three or more
olali;? of corn; HOf for the scc.h:>I • est
Theie mu.st not be Jess than ‘J vii.V it.^;.
Tiie Oireetoi's of the Instilut-; to j
be the judges. \
Mr. Moat'r to >’tw York.
Mr. Thomas S. Moser, who has been
woj-kijig in our .shop for the la.st ?:ev-
eral j.cars, has gone to Kew York City
to study the mechanical part of the
Linotype.
Mr. IVloser is a deaf mute
o)ie of the hardest workers wc*^ h.nve
ever seen in any line of work, am3 we
itve i^ure lie will “make good" on the I
Linotype, judgi.ng by his successes
TO EXPORT
TON.
“Ticsent condition of foreign eis-
chai'ge markets makes it impossible
to export cotton. Therefore .A,me .*ica
will have to finance cotton until con
ditions became more nearly no/riaU
It is therefore evident that the jjrice
(jf coitoti miisi ^u/fer, vnti^ilinQ Jiest y
l^sacs upon farmers, unless banks re-
ceivG some assistance beyond their
nornifJ resources. Canm>l somethin,^
l.*i: doll'} by the government to assist
ill lii- matter? Beyond the finantial
rofiu:jio;;s h; c)7o lack of neutral hoi-
toms to carry ihu requisite amai'.:.l o;.'
cotloh, to bring any subatantiul ie-
jief iina?fchiily, and as ^e expert.^
oi.' i:-c;ttoii annuaily amount to ne u-ly
10,0(.0,HI0 bales the amount of n?oney
1 iin-oJvt'd will be hivge. This would
not ail be nocessai-y i\X ojire but : ny
’ aLS.si;.Lisnce offered by me govcma\unt
( u'ouJd go a long w«y toward.? rcsior-
I ing ixonfklence. The loss wil' fall al
most entirely upon the farming clur*?.
as cf»tion h:»;s not Jtft the ■farnic-r.-^
l;und;^ and the merchants cannot !»uy
v.'ithf'jl rujjUuiuI as.'isiance."
SEXATOU SIMMONS AIDS.
Senators Chiike, fo Ai'kajisas, Wi?
liam? and Vardanuui, of Mississippi.
Simmons, of North Carolina, and oth-
■ cds talked over the situation at length
; and r'Ome ef them thoughgt that em-
1 ergency financial legislation to hL>-
i iiSSti. by Congress tomorrow mighr.
• Le all that will be r.ecessury to enable
the farmers to store their cotton cro:.
tjje past whenever he derided to take j,
up anything—ho never lets go till he
has mastei'ed the subject,
lie will be in the Mergenthaler Lin-:
i until the war is over rather than be
forced to rush it cut when there :s no
European demand. In this wav th*
pric'. might be held up when the de-
(.type Compaiiys factory, in Brooklyn, ■ returns.
for about four weeks, and h.opes to • •
» * ^ Methods of procuring transpovta-
sce part of the *'town’’ before refnn)- ;r ^ j •
^ tiun M there is a demand, ai.so wer;-
, • ciscussc The conferenco will mee:
ilo will be greatly missed m ihs j
hop here as he is always on hand
ci’.mmon counto’ to its wonted prog-jiU v.nrk time and stays till stopping
and prosperity. | time, and always has a smile for ev-
JXO. M. M0REKE.4D, juiybody. Here's hoping the very best
Chairman.«,»cssii;le for “Tommy.”
GILLL-VM GRLSSOM.
Secretary^
ciscussc
agairi ' vjdncsday to heai* the reports
fron ..!» committee.
i
WoodhuU-I'nderwood.
Much interest was tako». here in
Snake Ssailows a Locket- the man iage in ijoldsbo-o W-'j i \v
Thst .snakes swallow bright objects j day oi Mi.ss .Sat'ie i"ndi?rivoo.J «.?d
has beer, demonstrated by Harry God-1 Mr. _ R. Woodhull. Mr. Woodhui!
frey, whin he killed a large snake, and ji. , progiinent young man of this
on skinnii^g the 1 eptile noticed a oulg-i jg construction on^Uia^T
Clarence, Durham, the 12-year-old ing spot or, its body. He investigated 1 for the Piedmont Rnihvay & Electric
son of E. W. Durham, fell out cf a further and found it to be a sm^iljco. Miss Underwood is welt km^wr
swing at his home Saturday and broke gold locket with a stone setting and hieie and greatly liked. She taught
his ann. Dr, Faucette was called and the letteis “F. A. M. to E. G. R-jlast year in the city schools. Tne
set the bone. He is getting along Des Moines, loxva, June 1, 1003,” en- cwivmunity wishes for them a mo-t
nicely et present. graved cn it.—Denver Post. ; plejtaj t married life.
Shcvsiey-HofTman Minstrels Saturday
Night.
Last Saturday night the Shci.ley-
Hofl'i’ian ISinstrels .showed here near
sl:e ficpot to a capacity hou.se. The
cr.TA'd attested to the popularity of
Mr. Heritage, the owner. The show
\''as aij that anybody could want for
ti-.eir money and vastly better than
• he Ubual minstrels showing in thii
sect!0!>. The dancing was fine and the
music even better, if that is possible.
The comedians were extreihely »ocd.
Tlitfjj had better get a larger tent ii
they want to show here again ot rent
the ball park and have seats built in
the diamond.
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