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SGHKIL ABVOCATti
OffimI and U aatSml Statements
To Stow Totpedft Slink
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Four . Days After Stnkiusr of
Arabia American Govern
ment Witfaout Detailed
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SEEN. BY DUJfSLEY CREW'
SITUATION A WAITING ONE
Members of Wbich Give Cininr
■tanttsl «f Obaemar
Movement of Uademea Boat;
Showed^Ho Numter of Diitiu-
gn is hi tag Afll4aviis
^Ued
^retsry Lansftie. Deciare.s all
Infomatiw Sj> in HanJs
of State Department Is frag
mentary; Ambassador Page
To Cable Summary
of Ascertain^
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GSRMANY TO GIVB SATISPAC- BJMLlANT OITlliOdK FOB ELON’S
TION FOE SINkrNO OF ARABIC. OPEN^G,
- -TIm f«lIovnnjr is an npr^sioh of There inll be an educstkHud. rally
tiie tipys and kMs of Alamance coftt'nty and flag rai«ii« at, Cr^ Kaajf.
and shopld be given considieratum Sdioolhouse, September 4th,
and careful thoug-ht by the cifwns Hl5, The Gr»h«m CouncH Ko.
of oor county. This paper wasiMad jr. O. U. A. M„ has c^rtre of ar>
at the Anni^ Picnie of the Tonuito ,yingements-for the occasion. In ad-
aixj por|i Clubs of our county, by 'one’dition to th« Rag raisin|r» a Bible will
«f Uie boys of ocr county, b« presented to the School.
“To the . CoBunisfioDers of Ala- Hie jpiri^gniw will insist of an
^nc« Couniy, ^ress by Mr.-L. D; Mendenhall of
Gvntlenuin:— Itandleinan, who will repreaent t^e
the boys and girls of Alatoance iJunior Order and be the principal
Count? are very d^irous of having speaker aa the occasion. Among the
eatahlishad in our county a Farm Ufe otiier speakers who are expected ti>
'Seiwol, .in which Industrial Education be present ere: Prof. J, B. Robert-
When questiMwdtiSs evening as t*'shall *>• «*»Ph«si*ed, either separately son of Graham, Dr. J. D. Gregg cf
Kaiaer*« Chancellor Tells Associated the prospects for the opening, Presi- connectfon with one of our High Ubcrty, and Prof. Junius A. Horn-
PreM Comminder'ii ErrM- Will be dent Harper of the College was all jSchoulu. aday of near Liberty. A United
Made Good—Statemeat to FoUow smiles. He did not seem to think that; W» dfsire to see such^ school es- States flag, or “Old Glory,” will be
Report of Submarine. the reputed hard times would have tablished for the following reasons: presented to the school and hoisted on
any effect, unless an enlargeing”one, j First; We are a rural people aiid a pole on the school grounds.
When CireamsUncn Are Learned, on the opening of Elon College which feel that, as boys and girls, wo shouU Bible will also bs presented to the
Says Von Bcthraanik IMlwec, lai- is to take pltce for the 26th annual be thoroughly drilled on all the funda- school for its use. The speaking will
pcricl Gorerftinent Will Not H«i- time on the first day of September. ■ mental subjects that underlie success- begin at 11 o'clock. The flag will be
tate to Contocnt With Keeping of remarked that the Frechmen Class 'fal farming and home making. These raised at 2:S0 o’clock, and a ball game
Friendly Relations With Vmted would in all probalitiy be from 20 par' subjects are not at present included will be played at 3:30.
Stain. cant to 30 per cent larger than that •=' *«>■ «hof.!s. Everybody is invited to come and
—:— entering last year, which was some-' Second: We believe that we shall bring their dicier and enjoy the day.
Berlin, via London. Aug. 26.—If what over 100. 1^®'^ short of our duty to our county All members of the Junior Order arc
the comnmnder of a German tuba- He further stated that the prospect and t!> gur state and to the possibiR- especially invited to attend,
rine exceeded his instructions in sink- for the return of the upper classmen ^*** selves, if we do not Remember the time and pl&ce. Sat
ing th«. ■ steam^sr Arabic the German was e9>ially as bright as in any former ^have Wch preparation for life. urday, September 4th, at Cross Roads
government will give full satisfaction year. Conaequently he does hat aEti-j Third: Oar county depeni}^ on our Schoolhouse.
to ihc •-United States, Chancellor Von cipate any decrease, but rather a sub-^ farmers for food and clothing. We —
Bctlimann Hollw^ informed the As- stantial increase in the. opening dayjC*"^®* contribute as large a share ijsnMONS ON SANCTIFICATION,
scciated Pr«»» correspondent in an re«fcd;«nd he i»/ully.*»s«)fsi4 thjit tiw ”^ as we desire unless ^ - •■ => - .
interview thie f!vemng. ' limited number of'400 as Glared to to 4b -thjs in *arly life Sabbath, Rev.'D.H." Tuttle
The Imperial ciuincellv made the be the policy of the instUutton by thu *>»ve a bsgiiming mad.j then »» p„ached the first and second sermons
fQllowintr stafteiuenrt of German'^ Board of Trustees in their May ses- wHl enable us to continue to improve Sanctification lo larfee
position on the sinking of the sion will be fully reached this year. ^ in pur farm methods all oar lives. congregations, even ja'.Iing for the use.
Arabic: Members of the Faculty are begi.n- _ Fourth: We feel that farm boys Sunday School room at the
“As long «s the circaastances sur- ning to return to the hill from their P*'** are entiUed to the best train- morning hour when many were pres-
round the sinking of the Arabic have various places of summerings, all the^**** tbe world, for the lands of the the .«ountry.
not been fully clrarii^ up, it ii im* administrative force are already in ^•" ******* keapinK and-un- Qj, Sunday, 11 a. m.. the tbSrJ
possible for me to make u (Jefinite their jrfaces, and the College plant !•»» they manage thcsp lands so as to aeinioh of the scries will be built aoout
statement. Thus far we have receiv- throughout ts taking on its usual air
preserve and improve their fertility, Words.'^ perfcct, perfecting,
ed no report about it. Now we do not of busy activity preparatory to thfi ^ country will grow poorer instead perfection. The evening sermon will
even know whetlier the sinking of the influx of ftudents, which will continue. richor. about the "Key Words,” pure, puri-
ship was caused by a mine or bj a to iSow along interiaittentty from now {;. thjsrefore earnestly ana urgently fying^.'purity. Come, keep and ex-
torpicdo, fired from a German sub- until August SOth. and which will be- ^ tnt^t .you who represent. the best
marine, nor Ao we know whether hi come a torrent so to speak on the 31st of our county to establUn
this latter case the Arabic herself of September. The ^eat majority of industnal school where all
may not by hei* actioi^'perhaps, have the students will arrive Au^st Sfith desire may be traiiMd fed become
msm F8R
TAKING MURES OF II. !L F^^
tice, charge with violating the Fed
eral law for protection of the national
defense by making pictures of military
reservations. He was held in $S,000
bail and will be sent to Norfolk for
trial in the .United States District
Court there.
According to the officers, Kopsch
had in his possession photographs of
the fortification and guns at Fortress
Monroe and of the reservation at Cape
Henry, Va., where the gomrnment is
planning extensive works to defend
the entrance to Cheaspeake Bay,
ALLIES BELIEVE VICTORY
NEAR IN DARDANELLES.
IS
justified proceedtngK of the command- and Slat. The railroads h»ve ammg-^^®'*?*’' the farm, helpfiil and able
6-YEAR.OLD FACES CHARGE OK
ROBBERY,
nr of. the snbmarine. ^ special accommodations on their j?" h^me and citixens whose thrift,
“Only after ali these cirumstances rtgular scheduled trains on the Sl»t j intelligepce and kiuxessf will make
have been cleared np will it be pos- 4 facilitate the mowemeiit of *“PPy contented and successful government can or will pro^uto a
sible to say whether the commander Eton contingency. {'» their country homes.” six-year-old boy and if he is found
al one of our subraarincs went be- The College Power Station started' "J*® Dispatch heartily endorses the * serious crime what will
yond his instructions, in which case up today bringing into active opera-'^bove and commend it to our officials b® ione ^th him, is a question that
the imperial government waili not tion for the first time the additional j*®*" consideration. We believe this a attracting considerable attention at
hesitate to give such complete sp.tis- boiler and otiier additional equipment *‘«P »" the right direction.^Editor. , City just at this time. A few
New Bern. .%ug. .24.—Whether the
faction to the United States as wouU which- has been in»talle! daring the
conform to the friendly relaions exist
weeks ago, it is claimed, six-year-old
ing hetwieen both governments.”
HR. AM KAYES X»£A».
vacation. |WU TING KANG EXPECTS TO ** postoffice
. Trustee R. B. Johnson. Sanlenaa, N.! LfVE TO AGE OF 150.
C.. and party vrho have Ven wurine -«ter the theft was discovered a
search for the money was instituted
Mr. J^ Hayes died at the Cbantjr
Home Tuesday cvaning of fever. He
h4d :-been.>ill ifor sQn^ time, itiid W»s
taken to the iwme ^fc^atnieiit with
the hop^ that^Tie would recover,
died ihiiiiediateiv'.jsfter iirrivii\g there,
ft* . {tn
in Burlington nearly all
of his life, having been at one time
e^lojred as telegraph operator at
this ptace. For the past few years
ho was in' the employ of Wafl^^r’s
livery stable.
The funeral and burial took place
Wednesday, interment being in the
city cemetery.
RUSSIANS DROP BOMBS ON TLTIK
CAPITAL, 40 DEAD.
London, August- 25.-i-B6.Mbsrdmen*
of the oatslurtB of Qon^iOihoplo by
a l^ssian araop]^e> sqsiRfrcn^ re^
suiting in the d?»tH or ii>jwry .Tf fort.y-
one persons, is announced in a des
patch from Athens to the Central
News.
thp mountains of Virginia, W. Vir
ginia, North-Carolina-and Tennessee
for the past few weeks, arrived at
Presideiit Harper’s home this after
noon
Perkins, August 25.—^Dr. Wu Ting
Fang, well known in America as the
former Chi.iese Minister to Washing- been spent for can
ton, has just celebrated his seventy-
where they will spend the night, fourth birthday and boasts that vege- °ver to Postaifice inspector
■ ^tarian diet keeps him in such splen- Yarborough ^ for investigation.
TJHE SNAKE STORY. Mid condition that he expects to livet^e lad will be placed undei-
^to be one hundred and fifty or two ^
Dr. Wu lives in probable penalty to be placed upon
him in case he is found guilty and
!t is: 9irange but. true^ that with
the law coming in the snak« hundred years old.
'stos^ ’wSnt" obt Who has seen a Shanghi, where his son, Wu Chao-,
regular old-fashioned snake story -ijChu, who is an adviser to President passed upon. him.
tjie pape»s. this summer. We have Yuan Shi-Kai, visited him according ■~~~—
not. It seems that with the pass- to old Chinese custom on the occa
London Predict* Few W««lw Will See
CU»e of Prolonged Struggle in. Near
Etet—Serbian Reply Expertciii Af
ter Cwtfercnce Today.
.\saistanee of Balkan States Now
Wanted in Campaign Against Aus
tria.
.\fter I.png- lIliKM; Fan«rsl tlib
Afternofn.
SITUATION GRAVE IN CONSTAN
TINOPLE.
London, Augu.'it 24.—The population
of Constantinople considers the situ
ation grave, according to a Reuter
dispat.ch. Violent fighting has been in
progress on Gallipoli peninsula for
the past week and it is declared thou
sands of wounded are arriving every
day at Constantinople and thousands
of fresh troops departing for the
front.
The scarcity of bread and coal is
said to have added to the general de-|
pression.
Greensboro, Aug. 24.—Joseph Mar
tin Reece, editor of the Greensboro
Daily Record, died this morning at
10:20 o’clock, after an illness of two
months, during which time his fam
ily and friends knew that it was o^y
a question of time until the end would
como. While the announcement was
net a surprise, news of his death -was
received everywhere as a shock. Ar-
terio sclerosis was the cause of death.
During the past two raponths Mr-
Recce was Unconscious nearly all th«
time. Saturday he b«gan sinking and
thi.? morning {he end came.
The funeral will be held ton>6rrow
afternoon at 4 o’clock from the First
Presbyterian church of which he h»J
jang' bow
Clarke, the paitor, will c,onduct thp
sci>ice. Deacons of the church will
be pail-hear«rs. During his illness he
had requested that friends be asked
not to send flowers and had given di
rections for a shnple funeral.
SitnFiTcd by yfife.
Mr, R«ec» ii survived by Ms wSfc,
who was bafore marriage Miss Alice
McMurray. No children were
V) ths couple, but they reared as their
own thre« chil^roc of Mrs. Reece’s
sister, whom they loved as if their
own children ^nJ upon whom they
bestowed every parerital affection.
These are Mrs. Frank P. Morton, of
Charlotte, Mrs. J. A. Williams, of
Greensboro, and Mr. Charles H. Rob-
ertion, of Peoria, III.
It would be bad if the Democrats
have to put a tariff on sugar to get
the price down. When the tariff
was taken off they said sugar would
be four cents a pound.
The South is a good country to live
in, even if soma of the people go
wild sometimes and commit crimes
that they are »ftetwards| ashamed
o#
BHEAT-tlTOVSK, ROSSUS, iiREilTESf
FeSMSS FAILS iEFSRE OERIUN SDNS.
The Kaiser Holds the Railway and the
Russians Are Upon the Run.
I'
ing of the snake cure the snake got | sion of his birthday,
out of the country.—Everything.
PREACHER HURT AFTER SER-
! MON ON ACCIDENTS.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.
Issued by the U. S. Weather Burea'i,
Washington, J>. C., for the Week
Beginning Wednesday, .August 2S,
. I»i5.
FOREIGN OFFICE,HAS ISSUED A
STATEMENT ON ARABIC SIT
UATION.
Rocky Mount, Aug, 24.—Within less
than twenty-four hours after ho had
sounded a word of warning from his
—: pulpit to his congregation or, the
British Government Positive of Stand danger of automobiles and the pro-
ia Matter—Vessel Was Torpedoed, miscoaw use of signals, Rev. R. C.
Craven, the pastor of the First Meth-
. ,For South..Atlantic and East GulfjShot Was Fired, It is Declared, With-'ndist church was knocked down'yes-
States: Generally fair weather,'with j i ort Wanting to .the Ves8el-^4)iigsr terday and injured in a collision he-
seasonable tempr,ratureSi is ' indicated { leyV Crew Talka.«-OIBeeni of Other t'.7cen his - bicjfcle and> an automebils
for the week, although occasional local j Vessel Declare lltat Sinlddg Hnlk a block>Mra! hi* church. He suffered
thunder shower: may occur over the! Was Used as u Shield ia Waiting brikiui'rih. and ‘fractured knee. Mr.
i Southern poition of iiie districts, * For Steamer to Appraneh. - F. VonMyWAs the driver of the car.
Concentration Center For Bug Rivt^r
’ Defenses is Captured After Nichol
as’ Me nPall Bask on Bialystok
Which Now Has Been . Evacuated
by Russians Port Retreat.
Berlin, Aug. 26. (via wireless to
Sayville, N. ,Y.)—The Russian
fortress of Brest Litovsk has been
taken by Teutonic forces. Announce
ment of the capture was made today
by German army headquarters.
London, August 2/B,—BsesfJJtovsk,
'th« main Russian ^ertsass^jthduoiwan-
Oration center for the Bug river Use
bf defenses, was occupied by the Aus-
Iro-German today. While the Rus
sians offered stout reaistfuii^.ijurixigw
'the I- vaders’ approach, it is apparent
no : .empt was made to defend Brest-
’I;;jvsk itself. It was evacuated as
■V.as Ossowetz, in comformity »-ith the
I Russian intention to take up new posi
tions farther east. ,
Germans Hold Railway.
, The Germans now arc in possession
|0f the whole line of raiway from
, Ghelm to Bialystok. The Russians
having’ already ev^.cuated the latter
:City, the lesser foi-tresses of Grodpo
*and Olita now are the only stronjj;ly
^^efended positions remaining in the
■hands of the Russians. Both thsae
I are being approached by tha (jknaanB.
|They probably will be given up when
they have fulfilled their purpose of
.^acil^tatiJ^(t t^ie Russian retreat.
Gustav Kopsch Held in lit
Washington Charged With Ph^^
ographing Military Posts at Fort
ress Monroe and Cape Henry.
Washington, August 25.—Gustay JOSEPH jl. ^ECfi CLAIMED BY
Kopsch, a young Gerinan employed as - DEA'flft,
an instrument maker by the Carnegie
Institution here, wai arrested tonight, " l
. ^ » ..V IS . Well Knawn Greensboro Editor Dwa .
by agents-the Department of Jus-
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