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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 71 6
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ENGLAND AGOG
NEED A MINISTRY
X.-
SCENE IN RUMANIAN CAPITAL WW IN HANDS OF THE TEUTONS.
.1
Wi
TON IJ)
; FINAL EfllTlOH j
OVER WHO WILL BE
IN NEW CABINET
WHOLLY
DEVOTED
M
n
Further News- From Berlin
Bucharest Uninjured.
Seems to Indicate This UflU L IT ML V
lUni IIUIU II LA I
RUMANIANS FLEEING
ON ALL THE FRONTS.
YEAR WILL MEET
IN CITY 0U1AM
London Thinks That No "Last
Stand" Was Made, But Cap-
ital Quietly Evacuated No
o i it c Convention Decides to Assem-Franco-Belgian
hront. , Q , nUm ,
, 111 UtVUllU VI1U1U1
Therein 1917.
DISCUSSED TODAY.
The brief dispatches yesterday in?
rlrich the fall of Bucharest was an-j
nouneed K ft in doubt the fate of the MISSIONS WERE
RuuiaiiKi.ii armies resisting tne aa-.,
. i m j - - j . , . i
vaut'fi ' ' finuyic urmies, out 10-;
which iv port
retreating on all fronts, indicates'
that most of them escaped before the
Bc:"n says,!
s that the Rumanians are Secretary of Foreign Board
Lead The Discussion Con
vention Pledges to Raise
Amount Wanted.
were .
capture of Bucharest
rouvwr. that 9,000 Rumanian
taken in yesterday's fighting. I
i has been assumed in most en-!
Process of Formation by New
Premier Also Being
Watched.
TEST WILL COME
ON THE NEW CREDIT.
Labor Party Will Be Repre
sented in Tha New Gov
ernment Attitude of
The Liberals.
TO ME ALMIGHTY
So Declared Bishop Kilgo?
Today to Methodist
Conference.
SECOND DAY 1
IS A BUSY ONE.
(JENSEN lAJCiaTKAXHp
bi.:':::-"::':':'v
Elizabeth City, N. C, Dec. 7 The
;,nte quarters that there was "no last, oeuouu rsapusi cnurcn, oi uurnam, oi
itand" by the Rumanians before 1 v hich J. T. Riddick is pastor, will be
rapture of their capital and such news host of the Baptist State Convention
as has trickled through from German!111 its session of 1917. This was the
sources indicate that Bucharest wasirePrt of the committee on place andj
virtually deserted when the Teutonic ! preacher this morning, who named
forces entered it. Bruce Benton, of Rockingham, to
The city is said to have been found! preach the sermon with R. A. MacFar
uninjured. Military commentators in ' of Rocky Mount, as alternate,
entente capitals point to the proba- j Th general topic of missions
hility that action just prior to the cap-! claimed the attention of the conven
;ure of Bucharest was fought merely ! tion and the discussion was led by
with a view to delaying the advance Dr. J. F. Love, secretary of the for
of Field Marshal von Mackensen's ' board, at Richmond, who mads a
forces and to aid the main body of!strong Pea fr a larger foreign mis
Rumanians. The German official sion program. While not deprecat-
opinion expresses the idea that the I ing what has been done, Dr. Love j
Rumanians have decided to abandon I said that all this work was but prep- J
all of Wallachia, the main portion of, aration for the task before the South
the Rumanian kiggdoni, gd reea Baptises Jnft. Xoroields. With
to Moladavia, their northeastern prov- j 20-cent cotton, any automobile-buying
inee, where their front would be ma- farmer can give a bale of cotton to
wiallv shortened and where they j foreign missions, which would sup
would be in dose touch with the Rus-! port a missionary in the foreign field
1
N
1
HANGED BY ORDER
OF BANDIT VILLA
Mining Man at Parral Was
Killed When Mexican Ban
dits Entered Town.
i . .
CL1TE5T
Unanimous Vote in Favor of
Unification of Branches.
Other Important Matters
of The Session.
NONE OTHER WAS
HURT BY VILLA.
pians.
The total capture of Rumanians byj
rite ctiura! powers is reported to have j
been 100,000 raen
With Bucharest lost the
for twelve months.
News of Tragedy Brought to
JEH Paso Today American
Property Was Not
Damaged.
Dr. Jj. B. Warren, head of
the
church building department of the
tjhtyi-j ; home mission board, set forth the
II UiUU
El Paso, Texas, Dec. 7. Howard
Gray, an American mining man at
Parral, Chihuahua State, was killed by
Villa bandits when they entered the
town November 5, according to a tel
Additional Effort This Period
May Mean Success "Bet
ter to Have Tried and Lost
Than Not to Have Tried at
All" Contestants Should
Not be Discouraged . If an
Opponent Casts a Larger
Vote. "
1 n nn..nA TlnK.'.t V... I .... . ..
"s are retiring all along tne line- c6i am xcuciveu iuua uy iue Aivarauu
in the province of Wallachia, fight-' building fund. Southern Baptist Mining and Milling Company,
in? re;" guard actions as they re-! churches are spending 112,000,000 for a messenger who arrived from Par-
iir. The main point of interest inluxuries while 4,000 homeless I ral shortly after the telegram was
the Wallachia region in this cam-i -"Ui-" a" I,c lu-jmaae pudiic saia Gray was hanged by
paign is the fate of the Rumanian, Answering the appeal of Walter N.
armies and apparently there has been I j0hnSon, corresponding secretary of
no wholesale bagging of prisoners as ; the gtate Mission Board, the pastors
yet: at least by Field Marshal von 1 and otner delegates pledged them
llackensen's troops. j selves to use utmost endeavor to
The Petrograd statement announc- raise the $i10000 for missions, State
ing the evacuation of Bucharest and home and foreign, before next May,
the retirement of the Rumanians with tne object of getting missions
who were holding off the Danube out of tne way in the fall
army, south of the capital, probably, This morning's sesion closed with
indicates an attempt was made to Dr Mullins' address on "A Worthy
move Virtually the entire Rumanian ; BaptiSt Program.
lurces in tne Bucharest region, norm
west to .Moldavia before entrance of
the Teutonic troops into the capital. ;
Whatever measure of success was
attained in thisoperation has not yet
been determined. ',
The ninth German army is press-1
!Eg eastward and north . of Buchar- j
est at apparently rapid rate, its main !
line of advance probably being to-j
dms Buzeu from Ploechiti.
the order of Villa.
The telegram said all other Ameri
cans were safe and that American
property was not harmed.
t 4:-
THE PRIZES.
?GS5
BRUNSWICK'S NEW
B
ORGAN ZE5
London, Dec. 7. Political circles
today are interested in the personnel
of the new cabinet and the process
the new premier, David Lloyd-George,
will use to forge together a combina
tion that will have the support of a
majority in the House of Commons.
Few, if any, Liberal members of
Mr. Asquith's cabinet are likely to
accept office under Mr. Lloyd-George
and some of the Unionist members
are likely to stand aside.
However, it is assumed that at the
conference at Buckingham Palace
they assured the new premier of
their benevolent neutrality, thus '
making his task much simpler. Pro
vincial Liberal newspapers, as the
'Manchester Guardian and the Liver
pool Post, make a plea to the Lib
erals- to give the government a fairi
chance, as it is generally assumed it
is the embodiment of British deter
mination to win the war.
It is believed that construction of
the cabinet will be a matter of only
a day or so and by Monday the new
government will see the House of
Commons, to learn what manner of
reception will be accorded it.
A test of strength can be made on
the vote of credit, which must be
moved.
According to the Central News
Agency the labor 'party has decided
'to accept the invitation to be repre
sented in the new government.
(By Susan Iden.)
Durham, N. C, Dec. 7. "You are
never going to be wise enough to ad
vise God how to run His church or
influential enough to get Him to
change," Bishop Kilgo told the preach
ers of the North Carolina Methodist .
Conference in the opening service of
the second day of conference In Mem
orial church.
"Nothing stands with God," said
Bishop Kilgo, "but Holiness and con
secration. All we need in these times
is a ministry so wholly devoted to God
that they don't take their own lives in
to account.
"God did not inaugurate a playlngf
entertaining church, seized with greed
of world power, but a church on its
knees, in fasting and prayer," the
Bishop said. ,
L. S. Massey read the report of the
Raleigh Christian Advocate. Owing,
to increased cost of production M. T.
Plyler, of the Board of Directors of
schools and churches extension, will
be instructed to appropriate $400 each "
for next year to tidethe Adovcata
:
Commissioners Re-elect Knox
Chairman and Taylor Attor
ney Fish Now Running.
Overland Automobile.
Ford Automobile.
Building Lot.
$100 in Gold.
$75 Victrola.
$50 O. K. Mystic Range.
$40 Sellers Kitchen Cabinet.
$25 Wrist Watch.
Two $60 Diamond Rings.
VIIHUVIHNln ill
NORTH CAROLINA!
Southport, N. C, Dec. 7. The Coun
ty Bord of Commissioners has been
4f in session for three days this week.
The bonds of the various county of
4t ficers have been received and approv-
ed. The board organized by re-elect-
ing J. J. Knox, chairman. C. Ed. Tay-1
lor was elected attorney. W. H. Walk- j
. er becomes 'register of deeds instead ;
If Cuba Wins Its Suit It Would
Almost Ruin State, Says
Bickett.
ot tx. i . liray All of the officials
j of Brunswick are Republicans except 1
DYiiT
GERMANY DEWS
SBIP TRANSPORT
ER IS
FOUND GUILTY
(By George H. Manning.)
Washington, D. C, Dec. 7. Attor-
the sheriff and the constables from ! ney General Bickett, Attorney General-
How often have you been annoyed two townships, North West and Smith- elect ManninS and Cameron Morrison,
and vexed by just a little oversight, ville. The Citizens Bank, of Shallotte, 1 who has been ensaed as special coun
Contestants in The Dispatch Grand has been made the depository for the wiU remain here the remainder of
Prize Contest should leave no stone county funds, the office of county tue weeK preparing tne aeiense oi
unturned to make victory certain. You treasurer having been abolished
j North Carolina to Cuba's carpet bag
'over in this exigency.
On motion this was made a special
hour for Friday, 10 a. m. 4
The Cpnference voted unanimously
in favor of unification of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church and Methodist 1
Episcopal Church, South, the resolu
tion presented by L. S. Massey.
R. L. Flowers was elected a mem
ber of the Board of Education in the
'-placte of the- late- James Southgaterv v
Characters of all the preachers pass
ed except R. R. Jones, of Town Creek
circuit, Wilmington district, admitted
on trial at the last Conference. Mr.
Jones left his work in the middle of
June. He was discontinued.
T. W. Lee, Junius Midgette, B. B.
Slaughter, H. C. Smith, N. M. -Wright,
G. W. Perry, F. D. Todd, W.
V. McRae, N. B. Strickland, M. W.
Dargan, John E. Blalock, were elected
to the order of Elders. H. M. Myers,
W. M..Maness, W. C. Benson, I. T.
Poole, Milton F. Hodges, W. B. Hum
ble remain on trial, and advanced to .
class second year. .
L. S. Massey was re-elected editor
of The Raleigh Christian Advocate.
Wednesday's Session in Detail. .
"It is good to be in this good town
where our church college is, a college
that is attractive to all Methodists
and to all persons of piety; it was
desire to win, and are asking how; a,11.Viri-f io firiQ fw t,0 :bond suit said the Governor-elect to-, good to awaken this morning to the
x-i x . i &outnpqri is a nne piace ior me , . , , .
Charles Cotton has a fine
i many votes it will take to insure sue- fox nunter
; cess. Dio person knows, xour oest
punvjr 6cm, D morning goes out and catches a fox.
pussiuie, a,uu men umu iiuyussiuie
day.
"This a the Viirrfont thlntr that has
bunch of hounds and almost every ; - . . ,T ,. .
ones. Grab every one that is loose
Striking Street Car Motor- j at both ends and not nailed down in
mon Faroe P j the middle
Sentence.
Do not overlook an opportunity. Do
j not fail to see each friend who has B0iivia
i shown a willingness to help you. Tell
Makes Answer to
States About Sinking of
The Arabia.
Bulgars Repulsed British.
Berlin, Dec. 7 (By Wireless to Say-
vilie). The Bulgarians repulsed an
attack by the British yesterday in the
Struma sector of the Macedonian
front. it is announced officially. Onj
Ihe frTm r-Ur oU5na tolron ' Washington,
--.ii i i lilt; yuoi .
bv tho h&;o many m a note made public by the
Atlanta rTa Ttar. 1 T X I " . . lie JUS II laCLUritja
:";r.r - .;-your friends that a new yearly suD- havp bpp runnine on
a sirming mowrman, was convictea , scription counts 8,100 votes. If you t at several weeks
hv itirv in Rimpr nr rnnrt horo nr?av ' . . . , x tne Pasc Several WeeKS
J -' j , cannot sex. a ions: term suu3cnyuuJi , i . , i
United 'of dy-namitinS a street car November ; take a short one. " .ol . u m,b wu
There is no. need, of you failing to: WnmpnV rttM ARSnri.
Civil War," said Governor-elect Bick
ett this morning. "While this suit
nnlv invnlvoa $9 Oftn ftrtO thprn nr a
Large shipments of holly are being, Qf $40(00000'0 worth of bonds be.
ing held in scattered places upon
which payment can be immediately
He invites his friends from up the
State to come and go with him. j
sent from Brunswick this year, The1
greater part is being shipped from '.
uwuiuyui i. -j Bnnli p!1Tp ofnrif. 11 n turn Art tn
full time for t4. .,r. u i
Thousands . .
IUU1 lUtS OLitLC. ,
D. C, Dec. 7. Ger-
v'Pro recaptured
Tho Teutons vesterdav entered the
Russian province of West Lutsk, inj
olhynia, today's statement f rom j
'"e Russo-Galician front says. Five
Russian attacks to regain the cap
tured Sirmirwl woro vonnlooft
Quiet in France and Belgium.
London, Bee 7. The war office an-
nouncprl tr.i i.4. xi ii,.-
1 iuuaj Ulctt IUBIC IS UUlililiS
10 report
fronts.
state department today contends that
the British steamer, Arabia, sunk in
the Mediterranean on Iovember b,
was in reality "a transport ship for
7 last, in which Misses Rosa and Eva
Belsham and several other passengers I win the prize that you desire, if you
will exert a little additional effort.
Your personal appeal often has a
from the Franco-Belgian
MONKEY IN THE
ROLE OF A MASCOT.
Berlin, Dec. 6. The newest addi-
un to the Berlin zoological earden
u nionkev Whinh ttqo tho maaont
Of lllfl II o- .
u-oo ror a considerable time.
rnonkfiV nriin'nnnv was thp
maspra c . : .
oi an fjTIE'hsh mornhnnttnan
. tie madft trin afta-r trin with
H irn.
v-.r.i and was "in at the death" of
raercnantmen
troops in the service of the British
received painrui injuries. The jury
recommended mercy. Sentence will
be passed lated, the penalty being
from five to ten years imprisonment. '
Twenty-seven cars have been dyna-
Imited since the motormen and conduc
tors' strike began last spring, accord
ing' to figures submitted during the
trial. Most of the charges of explos-
magic effect. Your dash of enthusi-
tion, which""just recently raised $140
for school purposes, will have its reg
ular meeting Friday afternoon. It
v'ote-s against thep"e, l ! .M'J a.so e guests.
Secretary and. Mrs. Daniels have in
vited all the North Carolina congres
sional delegation and their wives to
a dinner tonight, in honor of Govern
or elect a.nd Mrs. Bickett. , Judge
Manning and Cameron Morrison will
simism of the less active. The race
of the State University, will be pres-
.nv.n.mpnt whir is o he considered i lves' however, nave ueen ngnt ana, for securing a big reserve vote will
as an auxiliary warship, according to resulted in only minor injuries A
International law, and can therefore number of other persons are to be
The German government's attitude
however, is like that in the Marina
case. It expresses its readiness to
make amends if it can be shown that
the submarine commander violated
Germany's pledges to the United
It may be said that the United
States does not agree 'with the circum
stances which the German note recites
as showing justification for the sinking ;
TRYING TO STOP
EXODUS OF MINORS.
ARE
TB
M
Athens, Dec. 6. Owing to the
great increase in the emigration of
minors to the United States, who
, have not reached the age to perform
j their military service, the Greek gov-
th.
His transfer
jt xi. AVhjh woim4riy o a
relieving the submarine commander i eminent has increased the amount of
.--x.,-- 4-.. e denosit to be made with the govern-
rrom estaDiiauuig me Bi.ai.uo mc, - . - JS . .... . . .
.. j meni oy me parents or guiuuians ui nuw uue it id; uib ia jum uuc.
inT! ' . twtoHMiv thof'any ininor male child wrfo leave, Make the "flood" of ballots be your
U-reece. a yuum uuru ill ovo muai
is so close that it can be truthfully! ,T T,.iT, -j
called anybody's race. Do not lose a I ohtfnn , Ransn' prs;d en Tl T P I N II T P 01111110
moment between now and the close of f the No CarohTna St7 en' L HULL URL
the first period. At 9 o'clock p. m.,iLeaSue- Wl11 to Laurinburg Satur- ULULnllLU llUnUU
December 22, the great opportunity nere ,s,ne W1" en ne j
me crown lviouse ueiore tue ocuna.nu
be a matter of history. wnuul' SDUTU"-
As the contest does not close until! State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner
the 29th of January there is still plen-,8 in Southport Monday to consult
ty of time for contestants to enter! with the County Board of Education
and win But time is flying and every j in regard to the matter of a four
one who is in the race or is thinking months school term, the County Com
of entering must make hay while the missioners having failed to levy suf
sun shines. Work bard now getting ficien tax to run required four months
subscriptions and not think when the , terms. It was arranged that a sum
contest is over that if you had work- i of money be borrowed and the
ed a little harder that vou would have schools will continue the required
won one of the Grand Prizes.
"There is a tide in the affairs of
men which, taken at the flood, leads
on to fortune." That is just a little
quotation from one of the old writers
E
time.
zoo was ordprpH ntiltr when it
so cold that he was likely to
' a exposed.
ni-k innmeiHtntA Yt.ion will be taken, as
another step is regarded as too serious deposit, or his parents must deposit
to be taken without complete facts. It. for him, $120; one born in 1899, $100;
hinires entirely on whether the pledges' in 1900, $90; 1902, $70; and 1908, $60.
fgivenby Germany in the Sussex case Without this deposit being made it is
I have been broken. The note is not re-! impossible tor any maie ureeK or me
Washington, Dec 7. The railroads
were charged by Senator Chamberlain,
speaking today before the rivers and
harbors conference, with initiating a
large part of the opposition to appro
priations for. the improvement of riv-
! ers and harbors.
He declared that adequate water
shipping facilities would furnish a
panacea for high rates. He concluded
m can Tr!by urging the delegates not to "allow
'fortune." Act now and you will
(Continued on Page Seven.)
DEMOCRATS MAKE
THEIR FINAL REPORT.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 7. The final
report of the Democratic National Com
mittee was filed with the House today,
giving $1,808,348 as the total expenses.
Senator Chamberlain Attacks
Them For Creating Unwar
ranted Opposition.
ians last year broke a period of unin- addition -there are ascertained liabili-
earded in official auarters as making ; age Indicated to secure a ticket on a . terrupted peace enjoyed by the Tyrol ties, $9,005; claims subject to audit,
nn t a strnne- rasp, for Germany. toreign Douna vessel. ma m xoi. . j.tiw mu jwuo u uo icjkuu, t w,vv.
tria in 1814.
the press of this country to frighten
you because you are charged with be
ing members of a band of thieves."
sound of its bell," said Bishop John C
Kilgo, concluding the first day's ses
sion of the North Carolina Methodist
Conference, which convened in Mem . "I
orial Church Wednesday evening at '
9:30 o'clock. "It is good to' be in this ,
great church with its splendid audi V
torium, the finest in the conference
and with its beautiful windows. I .
may tell you the significance of them , '
some day. It is good to be here with
these good people. We have started .
off well. He is with us and will stay .
with us all through the sessions if we
let Him."
The characters of all nine presiding
elders were passed and their reports -were
given at the first session of the
conference. The bishop said that it
had been a remarkable year in the ,
conference, he heard it in the note In
the voice of the elders. "I thank
God," he said at the conclusion of the
reports, "that we have still got a min
istry that calls mourners to the ,
bench and yields up saints to glory."
His questions were searching as to
the spiritual life of the preachers, .
tfieir joy in preaching the gospel and
the piety in the homes of the people
in their districts.
"Now, how r?any church members
did you get out of a moving picture -
show, how many out of a circus T
Bishop Kilgo asked one of the elders.
"I would not give the outcome of th
work and influence of a half day
work of one Methodist preacher for
all the moving picture shows, circuse
and other things I might mention
he added. "They talk about the work
ofpreachers, but it teems to me that
they are doing about all there is being
done."
"Have y6u got any preachers who
don't believe in revivals? Do you no-.
jtice any improvement in home piety? ,
Are . our pastors careful about nomi
nating men of careful piety to the
office of steward? were some of the
questions which the bishop asked.
(Continued on Page Three.) ,
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