The Ground hog Says: There Are Other Weather Hogs but Me.
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BURLINGTOX. A1..4MANCK C0UXTV, XOBTH CAEOUNlV FUIDAY. MARCH 5, 1915.
SnntlNG SCENES MM THE
Lawmakers Finally Free After S^ion Almost Continuous for^^ 'iy Twc
Yeais and Wikli Made Many ChanKes in Xatioa’s Law»~^t .iident in
OSite ai Ck|>UuI—Sssc Important Mrasnr^ Fail«d tb Pass, Among
lliese Being the PpstoiEte and .Indian Appropmtion Bills—Airc^iii^
Scenes iir Cifisingi Witil Some Tears.
PRESENT BAHllS MAY HAVE MMEB
BEARINO 8N THE WAR
Strunrsle in tiie £ast and Bombardmenot of the Dardanell« Looknu Upon
Hopefully by the Allies—XuFtriana Continue Attacks—Cold and Snow
Add Hardships—Relays of Battksbips Keep Up An Almost Cnniinu-
«us BmaUardmenl Againsi the Uaritanell^ Forts—The Price of Wheat
Contes Down,
COMPROMISE ALLOWS
ONE QUART OF UPOR
TWICE EfERV MONTH
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House and Senate Conferees (let To-
. gcther on Grier Bill—Five Gallons
of Beer—Conterence Coromitiee
Adopts the Compromise Wilh-Only
One Dissenting Vote—No “Dolivery
by Hand”—Supeijntendent Davis
Says the Bill Will Bs a Gr«ai. Help.
“That No BUirf Tiger Ever Cnt Ricii
That Way"—Won’t Move Peniten
tiary.
GOV. JARVIS, ANTI-SUF-
FRAOETIE
of the Oardahelles are const4ered tc
-have a marked bearinj; on the firturc
of the war. Having pressed tHe Ger-'
. rAans back from Przasnysz to’-vardr!
MIrwa, the Russians are now eierting
' Oieir efforts, ar.d, according to their
own ^cpante, succe^ully, to drive
them back in the di^rict farther to
the iiorth, from ■reest lo Kovno to wesi.
of Grodno, «nd at the ?anie time fror.i
i'l front of LomKa. Tl^iise movemo-lts,
’ ir s'jccesfful, mij^ht forct th: Ger-
r.iar.s to withdraw from jr. front of
Ossowetx, which, fortress thpy c.6h-
viiiue to bombard with their heavy
^ns.
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AUSTRIANS FORCED BACK.
! The Austrian* continue their fierce
attacks under -most disadvantageoui
' conditions, owing to the snow a:id the
rold, against the Russian entrench
ments in the Carpathians.'Vbile an^
other of their armies, confronted ■with
strong Russian reinforcements, ii fall-
infi back iii Eastern Galicia.
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BATTLESHIPS AKE KELAVED.
' Relays of battleships keep ijp an
Russians Continue to Push the Ger- continuous! bombardment -•■n
man and Austrian Armies Back- Oardanelles fort. Th«:y have
ward—Fleet Makes Progress in the eleared the outer strait.^, and are at-
Dardanelles — German Submarine forts which line the narrows
li-8 Is Destroyed in EngUsU Chan- which are considered the most
n»l. Sister Boat of the Famous U-9: irifflcdlt to deal iWth.
French Fleet Fires Across Peninsu- The destruction of what the British
la and Makes it Warm for th ? Turks. :,dmiralty calls fort number nine was
“Progress of Fleet Slow ^Micat ^ necessaiy operation before the war-
Still Falls in England at Prospect if ghjps ^ove farther into the
Rassian Supply; British l.Aboiers gtvjiitsj as this fort v/as designed -.o
FORINES OF WAR ARE
ilNCHANGEIi ON
EITHER FRONT
DESPERATE
' SOUTH
OBJECTS TO AW MAY OF iWPRY.
jitt Statement Judge Carter Declsres Reputations Of Women at
) Stafce-r-Ready tft Answer ImnioraIitj Charge.s.
. „ . . , , ,’ i Raleigh, Feb. 28.—^Judge Fiank Carter^ve out a statement
' * pr[natioiis .ea n sm Agam afternoon protestinff against what he d^lares to be a studiet'
^ ar„e . orfUons pf^he Russians^ - on the part of Soiicitoi' C. L. Abeniethy and Certain,of. his
vemiit leve zemj^^ friends to d^Uiy the investigation by the Ijegislative Committee
t™, -!'' ^ * Ruiisjaiis S augjiti;!' appointed, just as long as possible, and to stave off the fijsal
findings in.the tnatter for a whole two. year’s, legislative interiin.
if pos.sible to do so. Judge Carter says it has come to one of his
„ , .. . attorneys that there is a boast, “Now that Carter is on the griddle,
to Push ton Hihdenburg Bc.cKwatd
in tjie North and Rescus AVarsaw . , , . „ , . * . .
from Dauger-Soil of Poland Blood- insjstinjr
SoalMd Thrdnghoat - The Allied Speediest possible inve.stigation arid report of findings, and
Heet Still Hammering Away in ihe Abetnethy forces had in hand any tangible etidence
Against Their Breastworks; Armies
of Grand Duke Nicholas CQntinuv.i
Return to W-:jrk in .^nswer to
triotic Pless of Leaders.
Pa-
protect or.° of the mine depots of the
Diirdanalles. It was built at th; wat-
er’s edge on the European .•=ide op ■
posite Cape Kephes.
GERMAN SUBMARINE SASK.
Paris, March 4. iO:39 P. —^Thc
I German submarine U-8 has been suiik
j by destroyers belonging ta tha Doirev
Would Not Vote for Woiasn Suffrage [ flotilla, according to 5innouncem*^nt by
in Thousand Years, Says He ^Wanl 11],^, jjurdstvy of marine tonight. The jn hombardi.''.jf from the sea the Sarcs-
Bulair line of forts which stretchei
FIRE ACROSS PENINSULA.
More important still is the work bc-
’.njj carried out by the French ships
No Mquor Election Legislature | ^5,.^ taken prisoners.
iHhauld Have Courage to Kill Anti-j ^
Jiig Bill or to Pass it.- Says Ve»er:|
able Gwcroor: Doesn^ Wasst -SlaK i
:"n ft'ish Another LinDor j
C’sffijs.’.'SJi. j - -
n.
The submarinfe U-S wa,s built in
She had a speed of 13 kncvts on
NO SUPPLIES TO HOHT-
INGjillPS 'r
Congress Gives President The Power
to St&p Alleged Practice—^Big Pen
alty Provided—A False Clearance
Would Bring Fine or Prison, Sus
pected Cargoes Under Dobue Bond
and Thoae That Slip By Heavily
Zjable; Foreign Vessels May Be In
terned.
O
COTTON IS STILL OOING
FORWARS .AT STEADY
OAIT
Her
/ Net Gain of Fr®m Thirteen to Fifteer
Prnnts la Rcanit of a Day of Heavy
' Btiying By Liverpool, But After
^ English Masket Closes The Advance
1M0N ALLES PLAY
ING LOSING GAME SMS
EU
German Warships On Way to Darda
nelles—Political Comment in En^-
iand Relates Prii^pally to Great
BritaUt’a Prsposal to Shut Off All
Sea Traffic With Geimny—Monte
negrin Port Bombarded, by Auiitrran
Gunboats—Gennans'' "Say Riuiaa
. Has Won. No Sneeess.
in.ixin'.iim radius of operations
was 1,200 'ir*o vo:j:i£i
thrco torpedo tubes. Her compU.nieiit
was 12 men.
The U-S was a sister of the ia^sssas
U-9. which early in tie war sarJc tiie
British cruisers Hogue, Aboukir and
Crecsy and in October itlie Britiaii
cruiser Hawk. Wreckage picked up
late in February olf Christiania -eras
said to belong to the U-9 and it was
rumored ir>, Norway that the submarine
had been lost.
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SITUATION IS UNCHANGED.
London, March 4.-10:33 P. M.~
There has been little change in tiie
military an d naval sitaaAion 'i«ring
thci last 24 hours. Hussian^t con-
i tinned their croeress a^iiist tho Ger
mans in North Poland, and according
to their official report, are pursuing
and capturing many of tlis retr«atii'-e
AustriauB in £ast«m Galicia and are
repulsing with heavy losses per-cistent
day and night attacks of the Gertnaa'C
allies in the Carpathians. They by na
means have disposed, however, of any
of the forces opposing tnenu
It is the same with the allied fleet
in the Dardanelles. In their hombard-
msnt the war^^igs have toM?
pe^te'ii. ■“ 1 , ,«d;i;
across the peninsula of Gallipoli at
a point where it is only three mi'ej
wide. So Jong as the guns of the war-
shi’^s this of larrd com-
ii£*utiiCAUu:i bettVsTfi?^ thii iuX'ts: Dr. i.?ic
ir^T-np^an .Bide of the :rtraits; anM Con-
ffcantinople are cut off.
Giic of the most welcome effects of
the bombai-dmerit so far as Englssnd
is concerned is the reduction in the
price of wheat, v.-hich sold today in the
Bristol market at from 55 to 58 shill
ings a quarter, as compared with sixty
shiilinff and more, le*;? than a fortnight
ago.
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DANCE AT THE HOME OF MRS.
DR. CKOUSE.
At the country home of Mrs. Dr.
Crouse on No. 4, Wednesday night
about 75 young people gathered there
and enjoyed an old time counti-y danca.
The dancing room was decorated with
ferns and potted plants, making every
thing a lovely vision and wiiai tiia hos-
pitaiKty of Mrs. Crouse extended to
all present the evening was one nevai-
to be forgotten by the dancers. Quitf-
a tiumber of people were there from
Grcensbo-.-o and Burlington.
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We have tried to get information ir.
regai'u to the uOUiga a,L cuuxt tl**^
week but have heard of nothing of
special interest to our readers. The
case against Mr. H&rry Goodmnn ter-
tinated by allowing him to
Dardanrlles.
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THREE FORTS SILiENCED.
London. Mar. 3.—^11:50 P. M.—A
Eeuter, Dispatch from Athens, says;
“The allied fleet today bombarded
and reduced to silence the forts cl
Dardanus, Hamidich, and TchemeriiK.
Abetnethy forces had in hand any tangible
to break up their charges against Jud^ Carter of immoraiitj-,
then this should be produced without delay. On the other hand,
if there was nothing but rumors then, in justice to Judge Carter
this should likewise be knovfn at once.
JUDGE CABTER’S STATEMENT.
*ie statement by Judge Carter follows:
“I’d the H6noi*able House Committee appointed pafsuant u»
on the Asiatic side of the inside ar- the Clark resolutions; to the Hou.se of liepresentatives itself,
daneiies. The telegraph station ai and to the people of North Carolinfc:
Bezikia also was demolished. “Sustained by the hope «f a speedy vindication, I have kept
“The bombai-djnert was carried out silence under the severest provocation. I have seen malice dc its
by nine ships, which advanced two worst in spreading broadcast through the press and through
miles up the straits." private channels the most reckless falsehoods calculated and de-
.0 signed to blast the reputations of innocent defenseless women as
IIICDirilL'' niDIUrCC m anspeakabl*; anguish have bided the tiK^-
AlntnluAn i AlilllLUU when I could face my accusers and on oath denounce every due
nDCOQCQ rCDIHMV their monstrous imputations. But in the face of the cleaily
I KLuULu disclosed purpose of my enemies to employ dilatory tactics to
_o— prevent these charges from being brought to the judgment of tbe
Contents of America Notes of Feb. Present House of Representatives, and thereby leave me for two
2* and Germany’s Reply Tiiereto years Under the cloud of a legislative investigation of my rnoral
Made Public-Agrws to Drifting character, I can hold ray peace no longer.
Mine Prop«e»!s But Not to Proposal methods employed by the promoters of this attack to com-
to Limit U»e ot Anchored Mines to demand an investigation tre illustrated by the charge of
1 gross immorality with women at Panacea Spmngs, amongst other
- [places. A.5 a matter of fact I was never at or near Panacea
Spring.s but one time, when I went there with John H. Kerr, so
licitor of that district, who was constantly with me during the
two or three days of my stay there. The falsity of the other
Rnther Mr. Burton Objccts to Certain' charges will. Upon examination, be found almost equally self-evi-
-tcts of th? Serenaders and Will dent. But the consciousness of their falsity w'as not enough; once
'made, the record could oniy be cleared by investigation.
Partly SirfesisEv** lists.
O
KESF-NTS A SERENADE.
Them.’’'— Other ReidsvHle
‘Xaw
News.
Eeidsvilic, Mar. 2.7—John Burtois, a
came a benedict about two months i the committee and With n:
PLAYING FOR TIME.
..■f . .1 ,
;;e«. i,s planm'ng to bring justice to
the ring-lerdcrs of a gang of young
men who a few nights ago ser^'naded
him wiU> cow Ijelis smd other musical
iii^iruments in the smai! hours o£
thfc morniiig. Biiiton it seems did
not mind the unearthly sound:; which
aivakened him f>rom his slumbers, but
dees object ti> the gang having broken
into th« house and demolished a stove
and removing one of the chimncys of
his new house.
iiave the most i p;-. f (jjuf, 01 .’i tl'-jusand -'?’irs and tno
of the straits to go through. costs, tliis case attracted morj than
Along the western front the french
continue their attacks in Champagne
and the Argonne, bijf beyond those the
only movement of consequence has
been made Borth of Arrss, where the
Germans captured a newly constnicted
French trench.
MAY RtitiRVE bSSOWEFZ.
Battles in east for |k>s'sesslon
\
ordinary interest. Mr. Goodman had
many friends who were intense'y in
terested in the outcome of his oass
and we presume they are satisfied
wiUi the way it was disposed of, while,
otlicrs have different opinions, right
or wrong there is no disputing tlte
fact that Harry is a clever fellow and
wc trust he will not have further trou
ble along this or any other line.
to put their damning accusations io
ir? wort—v
information comes to one of my attorneys that it has been boast
fully remarked, “Now that Cartel* is on the griddle, the fire must
bum slow.” That such is the ;k)licy sufficiently appears from Mr.
Abernethy’s declared purpose to have all the 300 or 400 persons
in the courtroom at Newbern subpoenaed as witnesses. The law
allows only two witnesses to one fact, and the Scripture says that
out of the mouths of two witnesses the truth shall be establish
ed; and yet, Mr^ Abemethy, instead af bringing four ot fiv*; cred
ible witnesses who had the best opportunities for observing the
incidents of which he complains, is willing himself to incur, or
I impose upon the State the expense of bringing the entire throng
Warrants are to be issued fur the j that Crowded the court-room. What possible explanation is there
men whose Jiame.s it is said are knowr ‘for such a course except a deliberate purpose to overwhelm the
to Burton. i committee with such a mass of evidence that in the crowded
Burton, who carries an insurance |last week of the legislative session it will be impossible for them
policy against burglars, cyclones ami to complete the investigation, in other words to “bum the firo
fire, has notified the company and ex-. slow.”
pects to be reimbursed for the dam- ■ “It would seem that all needful evidence upon Mr. Abemethy's
age done to him. ’cuijiplaiiit could be prciscr.ted in lesB than one day’s time; and i*
*'A magnificent address,” was the is inconceivable that any evidence relied upon to support Mr.
representative audience cf the busi- Clark’s charges of immorality is not ready for prompt presenbi-
iiess mien who beard Col. Z. P. Smith tion. Surely Mr. Clark would not base charges so ruinous to the
at the Rocsingham Club rooms. The character of self-supporting women of prior good reputs, to say
'speaker was happily introduced by nothing of the character of a .iudge, ur’>n gossip and street ru-
’ Attorney J. R. Joyce. mor, which he would w'ant the commi': ^e to take time and rur.
Ileidsvi’le’s nev.' business orgmiza-^down.
iiui: will be kno'vji ns “The ReidsviUe
Cf-mmercial and Agi-icultiiral .Asso
ciation,” This name was choscn at a
meeting of the orgaiiization Friday
- T^.-.pr r.f.incci povation for a
ei i/ee.'. 2^nt to
and upon their return a ,
be called for an election of ofRceri?
and for the transaction of other mat-
tovs ni imiportance.
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Anothoj* case of sex discfimiviation;
It is reported that while men were
paid three dollars each for their votes
in a certain Kentucky election, the
women in no instance received over
twc.
WHAT WELAY WO. Ll> MEAN.
“It ne made such charges without having in hand evidence
reasonr.bly calculated to sustain them he has done an utterly ih-
defensible thing. If he has such evidence, W'hy hold it back? To
-. , pum up the argument, if he has the evidence, he shouM product,
meeting wi!^ ;it forthwith; if he has not the evidence^ the making of charges is
a monstrous wrong, which the committee should hasten to right,
as far as such a wrong can be righted.
“What, upon the other hand, would be the effect of holding
these matters over for another legislature. Think what it would
metn to the administration of justice to have the presiding judge
always an object of curiosity to the by-standers as a man under
charges of gross immorality with various women. It would not
avail him that throughout a more or less cb^picuous up to the
moment of incurring, the ill .y^il of .Rpsperfu! criminaV interests his
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