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rAliEi Eilbni PLEDGES RUSSIA TO STICK. I New Dfmorracy'i Envoy Makes Ad dress to Senate. Enthusiastic Re ception Given CommisMoner by That Rodv. Lansing Tender* Recep tion for Mission. Washington, June 26. ? In another stirring address today at the rapitol, Boris A. Bakhmetieff, head of Rus sia's diplomatic mission, gave a sol emn pledge that the Russian people and army, convinced that a separate peace would mean the triumph of German autocracy, are prepared to fight on beside America until the world has been made safe for democ racy. The ambassador spoke before the Senate and was given a reception al most as enthusiastic as that accorded I him Saturday in the House. On no previous occasion since the war be gan has senatorial reserve been cast so completely aside. At the conclu sion of the address, a resolution was adopted by unanimous consent ex pressing the Senate's gratification over the stand of the newest democ racy. "Russia rejects with indignation | any idea of a separate peace," said the envoy. "Striving for a lasting peace, based on democratic princi ples, established by democratic will, the Russian people and army are ral lying their forces around the banners of freedom. Russia wants the world to ( be safe for democracy. To make it j safe means to have democracy rule the world." Many of the rumors of internal ( dissension in Russia, M. Bakhmetieff said, grew out of misunderstanding of the great changes taking place in the whole fabric of the government to transform it to democratic stand ards. He pleaded for patience and confidence that these changes, al- ' though they might take time, would be worked out successfully in the end. TUESDAY'S WAR MOWS. News and Observer. The slow but surf encirclement of Lens, the important coal center held by the Germans in the department of Pas de Calais, is in process of con summation by the Canadians. Having already during the present week cap tured important vantage points west and southwest of the town a fresh smash at the German lines has been rewarded by the occupation of the village of La Coulotte, situated a mile to the south. With the British forces virtually enveloping the town, except on the east, the Germans already have ceas ed the mining of coal, in the immedi ate vicinity of Lens, thereby seeming ly indicating that they realize that their tenure of the position is short lived. Although the British war office, aside from the operations around Lens, reports no activity by Field Marshal Haig's men, rising in import ance above minor patrol sorties, the Berlin war office asserts that heavy artillery duels nre in progress at va rious points in which enormous quan tities of ammunition are being used. Reading between the lines of the Ger man report it is apparent that the British nre the aggressors and it is possible that Gen. Haig is paving the way for a series of new thrusts against the German lines. The infantry activity in the region between Soissoms and Rheims has given way entirely to artillery du els in the sector of Moulin de Laffaux and a continuance by the Germans of the slow demolition of Rheims with gunfire. Monday night saw an en gagement of considerable proportions northwest of the Hurtebise farm, where the French captured German first line trenches and took more than 300 prisoners. Berlin, in admitting the gain by the French, tempers the Ger man Crown Prince's loss somewhat l>y the assertion that in counter-at tacks his army recaptured the greater portion of the lost territory. The Austrians have taken the in itiative from the Italians in the Asia pro Plateau sector of the Austro-Ital ian theatre. Their objective is Monte Ortigara, but the Italians are valiant ly holding them back and according to the latest Rome communication have inflicted heavy casualties on them. The battle was still in progress when the communication was for warded. Although no big engagement has yet developed lively fighting contin ues between the Russians and Austro Germans south of Lutsk in Volhynia, and between the Stripa and Dniester rivers in Galicia. Nothing has come through from either Petrograd or Berlin or Vienna to show the extent of these operations. It seems probable that, all other efforts having failed, Eliptherios Ve* nizelos, former Premier and a staunch supporter of the entente, will form a new Greek cabinet. Unofficial advices are that at the approaching session of the Greek Parliament a resolution will be introduced favoring the entry of Greece into the war on the side of the entente. MEETING AT THOM ASV1LLE. Annual Report Shown Past Year liewt in History of Itaptist Institution For the Orphanage. Thomasville, Juno 26. ? General Manager M. L. Kelser, in his report to the board of trustees in annual meeting today, states that the past year has been the beat year in the history of the orphanage. The report shows 505 children pres ent, 57 of them being in the Kennedy Home near Kinston. The cost of main tenance per capita rises with each year, that for the past year being $10.50. The income from Kennedy Home farm was $14,155.29; income from Thomasville farm, $8,671.13. The milk product from the fine herd of cows yielded a return of $7, ?NJt. The manager's report speaks en couragingly of the growth of the school and recommends an addition to the central school building. Treasurer Hamrick's report shows that the income to the orphanage for the closing year amounted to $113, 324.75 and that the current fund of voluntary contributions from the churches and Sunday schools of the State reached $(>4,800.36 or more than $10,000 above that of the previous year. The treasurer's report shows that the value of the farm products from the large farm of the Kennedy home was far in excess of the farm at Thomasville. Editor Johnson in his report on Charity and Children states that $10, 41J0.88 has been received in subscrip tions. Dr. Hobgood, the attending physi cian, gave an excellent report aj to physical conditions stating that there have been no deaths at the orphanage for the past year and very little se rious illness. Dr. Kcsler is planning many im provements to the plant here but no great enlargement, believing that the enlargement should take place at the Kennedy home, which he desires to make a strong arm. He is convinced that the children are as safe as to health there as they are here at rhomasville. The plan of the trustees is to build mother arm in Haywood County on a ine tract of land which has been giv ?n to the orphanage, but this under aking will not be started just yet. The endowment fund of $110,000 s safely invested in real estate mort jages. Commencement exercises proper be ran on Monday evening with class lay performances, participated in by he entire graduating class. Tonight at 8 o'clock Rev. J. T. Riddick, of Durham, preached an jplifting sermon on the power and possibilities of a little child. Wednesday's program begins with ,i concert at 10 o'clock by the chil dren, following which the annual ad dress by lion. O. Max Gardner will be delivered at 11 o'clock. In the afternoon comes a recitation contest by the boys, followed by Mr. W. A. Cooper's capers with the chil dren out on the ground. The last thing on is a ball game between the orphanage and Jewell cot ton mill. Trustees present at the business session today were: F. I\ Hobgood, president of the board, Oxford; Rev. Thos. Carrick, secretary, High Point; J. A. Durham, Charlotte; C. W. Mitchell, Aulander; J. H. Canady, Kinston; C. L. Haywood, Durham; E. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City; S. J. Montague, Durham; J. W. Noell, Roxboro; B. W. Spilman, Kinston; R. A. McFarland, Scotland Neck; Stephen Mclntyre, attorney for the board, Lumberton. It was decided by the trustees to day to build an addition to the con tral school building here costing $4, 000. It was also decided to begin at once the erection of a chapel for worship at the Kennedy Home at a cost of a little less than $10,000. A l our Legged Chicken. The chicken is about three months old, of the common scrub kind, a rooster, weighs one and a half pounds, has two natural legs and feet and two legs that come out at the end of the spine bone. Those legs are as near together as two fingers on a man's hand. They are almost as large as the legs he walks on, but those two legs don't touch the ground. Chicken is healthy and O. K. The chicken be longs to Mr. Oscar Thompson, Four Oaks, Route No. 2. I have seen the chicken and know just what I am speaking of. LUC1EN M. HOCK ADA Y. A Revival Meeting. There will be a revival meeting started at the Free Will Baptist church at Pine Level, N. C., on July 4th, and run 10 days, held by Rev. S. H. Styron and others. Como and bring some one with you. DAN U. OLIVER. Church Clerk. GOVERNMENT SEIZES WEALTH Seven Hundred Million Dollars' Worth of Romanoff Property Taken From Former Czar. Petrograd, June 26. ? Property valued at $700,000,000, from which Nicholas Romanoff, formerly Empe ror of Russia, enjoyed the revenues for life only, have been taken from him by the Provisional government. A special commission of the govern ment has been diecussing whether land, palaces and other property own ed by Nicholas and estimated to be worth $48,000,000 shall be sequoctrat ed by th-j State. This commission also considered whether the property of the grand dukec and duchesses worth about $210,000,000 should be seized for the benefit of the public. The value of all the property owned by the former emperor or members of the formerly royal house of Russia is es timated by Professor Okunieff at $968,000,000. In addition, the professor asserts, Nicholas still has on deposit in the Hank of England $85,000,000, placed there years ago in provision for the rainy day which now has come. The late (Jrand Duke Alexis, uncle to the former Emperor Nicholas, left $10, 000,000 on deposit in the Hank of F ranee. There are also two Romanoff fam ily trust funds. One was founded by Alexander III, when on his death-bed in Livadia which now amounts to $7,800,000, is invested in Russia and is within reach of the revolutionary government. Another, amounting to $24,000,000 was derived by Alexander II, when he liberated 4,000,000 serfs for $6 each in 1861. Chief among the properties taken from the former emperor are the so called "Cabinet Lands." These consti tuted one of the largest private es tates in the world and included vast forests, gold, silver, platinum and copper mines, 100 factories for mak ing paper, textiles, glass or porce lain and 1,500 flour mills. Nicholas derived $32,000,000 a year in profits from the rental of these properties to peasants or others. The former Emperor Nicholas' an nual income when hi- was deposed is estimated l>y Professor Okunieff at $65,000,000. The Duma allowed him $8,500,000 a year to pay the expen ses of the Imperial court but, be cause of extravagance, mismanage ment and pilfering, the annual cost amounted to $20,000,000, according to the statement of Zubatchelf, Coun cillor of the Empire. Expropriation of all the "appanage lands" from which the grand dukes and duchesses enjoyed a life income was demanded by the Council of Workmen's and Soldiers' Deputies., These lands are estimated to be worth $140,000,000. The members of the former royal house offered to surren der them to the government if the na tion demanded it. Besides the lands, the grand dukes and duchesses owned, as private indi viduals, more than 200 palaces or villas estimated to be worth $70,000, 000. Some of those include the richest lands in the Crimea and the Caucasus. These estates were taken by the Ro manoffs after the conquest of the Cri mea and the Caucasus and in mest cases no compensation was paid to the former owners. Trade Report. Richmond, Va., June 28. ? Brad street's to-morrow will say for Rich mond and vicinity: Wholesale trade ? Good. Retail trade ? Fair. Manufacturing ? Active. Crops ? Improving. Collections ? Fair. Special Note ? Labor scarce. Wholesale distributors in moat lines continue to have a fair volume of trade, though the usual between season r.nd vacation quietude is no ticeable. Retail trade in seasonable commodities continues to lag, though some improvement is noted this week. Manufacturing in all line: con tinues almost feverishly active and the output is limited only by the amount of labor available and trans portation facilities. The work in ship yards, cr.ntonments and other milita ry preparations is progressing rapid ly, employing much labor and con suming large amounts of supplies. Collections continue fair. Bank state ments made in response to the last governmental calls continue to reflect the excellent financial condition of the district. Many statements show a record for deposits and resources. Crops have improved during the last part of the month, the weather having been more favorable. Wheat is being harvested and the crop yield will be above the average. The acre age of corn is large and the plant in fair condition. Cotton is late, but with favorable weather, will improve, as a good top root is making. Irish pota toes are being harvested and the crop will exceed that of last ytar. Tobac co is in fair condition. Vegetables are plentiful rnd will become more so. Indications are for a fair fruit crop. LOWER JOHNSTON ITEMS. W? are having some very warm weather now and cotton is beginning to wake up. Mrs. Perry Morgan and son, James Perry, Jr., from Dunn, spent several days last week at Mrs. J. W. Mor gan's. Master Wade Johnson, from Ben son, spent last week with his uncle, Mr. Zero Lee. Miss Esther Thornton, from Dunn, returned home Sunday afternoon, af ter spending some time with her sis ter, Mrs. T. J. Lee. Miss Prilla Gilbert and little niece, Virginia Dare Gilbert, from near lienson, visited in this section last week. ? Mr. Fabian C. Lee and sisters, Misses Katy and Lottie, spent Sun day afternoon with Misses Naomi and Kuth Morgan. Mrs. Francis Lee and daughter, Miss Letha, spent Sunday at Mrs. L. D. Johnson's, from Spring Branch, Sampson County. Misses Lola Maie and Emma Lee, from Rosin Hill, were the guests of Misses Merdie and Kitsy Denning Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Thaddeus Jernigan spent Sun day afternoon in Dunn, visiting friends. Miss Viola Barefoot returned home Sunday, near Four Oaks, after spend ing several days with her sister, Mrs. Xure Lee. Mr. Harvey Marshburn, from Pea cock's Cross Roads, was a caller at Mrs. J. W. Morgan's Sunday after noon. Mr. B. B. Lee, from Selma, recently visited his brother, Mr. T. A. Lee. Quite a number of people in this section attended the burial of Mrs. Moses Lee, near Dunn, Monday. Mr. and Mrs. R. A. P. Barefoot spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Houston Denning. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Morgan spent Sunday in Lower Johnston, from Rock Hill section. Mr. P. B. Johnson and family, from Benson, spent Sunday afternoon in these parts. Misses Lessie and Katy Lee enter tained the Calvary Baptist Sunday school senior class last Saturday night, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Lee. Many interesting games were played, after which refreshments were served on the yard where the young people assembled. Every one M-emed to enjoy the evening. On last Tuesday morning, June 19, bout five o'clock, the death angel came and took from the home of Elder and Mrs. Xure Lee, their dar ling baby, Iva Lee. She was two years and six months old. She had been sick about ten days. The cause of her ill ness was from a fall over a broom that was lying on the floor, this hav ing busted a blood vessel in her left shoulder, which caused blood poison. She suffered more than any one can tell. All was done for her that mother, father, friends and two physicians could do, but the Heavenly Father knew best and took the dear little one away from its suffering and this world of trouble, into a place of com fort and rest. Elder L. A. Johnson conducted the funeral service at the Lee Cemetery, where little Iva was laid in her last resting place amid a large number of relatives and friends. She left, besides a host of relatives and friends, father, mother and one sister, Ocy, to mourn their loss. Last Saturday night, June 23, Mrs. Rebecca Wood died at her home near Wood's Mill. She was the wife of Mr. Tom Wood. Mrs. Wood was an aged lady. She had been in feeble health for several years and her death was not unexpected by those who knew her condition. She was buried Sunday afternoon, near her home. REPORTER. MESSENGER TO THE PRESIDENT W. M. Jeffers, With Union Pacific 25 Years, Now Its Chief. Omaha, Neb., June 25. ? William M. Jeffers, who started railroading as a messenger boy at North Platte, Neb., 28 years ago, was chosen today president of the Union Pacific Rail road. Mr. Jeffers hr.s been general man ager ct the Union Pacific for several years. He retains the general manag ership with his new duties. The ap pointment becomes effective July 1. Jeffers is about 41 years old. CANADIAN AN AIR HERO. Elight Lieutenant Leslie Brought Down a Zeppelin. Toronto, Ont., June 26. ? Informa tion was cabled to newspapers here today that the aviator who brought down a German Zeppelin on May 22 off the coast of Holland, is Flight Sub-Lieutenant Robert Leslie of To ronto. He is a native of Glasgow, but had lived in Toronto 10 years and receiv ed his preliminary training at Toron to Island in the Summer of 1915. Who Is Beneficiary ? People the world over are studying the German character these days. They did not know the Germans were so different from themselves. ' Constantly something is happen ing, however, to show that it is only a natural thing for the Germans to be different. For they have been taught different. It is not after all that the Ger mans pre so different but that the German system of doing things is 30 different. The other day is came out that a circular letter had been sent to all German school teachers directing them to remind the children of the many good qualities of the ruling family, the Hohenzollerns, and to in oculate in their minds the necessity of remembering what the Hohenzol lerns had done for Germany. Nothing was said about what the people of Germany had done for the Hohenzollerns. The fact wasn't men tioned that the Germans have come to be looked upon as a strange and barbarous race, because of what they have done for their ruler. Not a word was printed in the letter about the privations that German civilians are undergoing or the countless family circles that have been broken by war's inroads or the inexpressible suffering and sacrifice on the battle fields of Europe. If the Kaiser were to live a thous and years and had all the wealth of the world at his disposal he could never pay back to the people of Ger many the difference between what they have done for him and what he has done for them. ? News and Ob server. An Easy Job. First Hobo ? "I have at last thought of a job I think I would like." Second Hobo ? "And what is it?" First Hobo ? "Lineman in a wireless telegraph company." ? Chicago Her ald. It is more difficult to be patient in the midst of discouragements than to be brave in the presence of danger. Pitied Hia Widow. "That fellow was an impudent fraud. How did he manage to whee dle money out of you?" "Oh, John, he told me such a sad, pitiful tale about his poor wife who was a widow with six little children!" ? Baltimore American. Raleigh, June 27. ? That the food production and conservation idea is taking strong hold not onl yupon farmers but upon the city people is amply demonstrated in Raleigh. Th? Raleigh Rotary Club has taken over a farm near the city and will culti vate it in food and feed crops until the end of the war. The Vanguard Bible Class of the Presbyterian church has likewise a ?"all farm un der its care. The entire acreage is planted in food crops and all of tht work is done by members of the class, of which Mr. E. B. Crow, Cashier of the Commercial National Bank, is teacher and K. G. Hudson, president. There are other similer instances in other cities in North Carolina. Th? North Carolina Food Commission states that the products of these and similar enterprises will be very sat isfactory. ALL SUMMER VACATION GOODS, suitable for you away in the moun tains or on the sea shore, will be offered at the Sale cheaper than the cost of raw material, at the Bon Ton, next week. BINDER TWINE? A LARGE LOT just received. Can supply your needs. Roberts-Atkinson Co., Sel ma, N. C. THE BON TON WILL PUT THEIR entire stock on sale next week. See next Tuesday's paper for big an nouncement. FOR SALE AT REDUCED PRICE One barrel moss green creosote, shingle stain and 10 gallons creo sote oil. F. W. Cromer, Smithfield, N. C. WAIT FOR THE DAY AND DATE of the Big Slaughtering Sale of the Bon Ton, next week. For YOUR COMFORT Try Dr. Muns' Pile and Eczema Ointment. For Piles, this is the Ideal Remedy. It relieves you quickly, and once you try it the result is so gratifying you will not use anything else. ' For Eczema it is unequalcd and will relieve Eczema readily. For burns, it is astonishing to know how quickly it relieves pain caused by the burn and heals the wound, at the same time. It is one of the best Massage Creams, and will take out Black Heads and relieve Sun Burn. For any Eruption on the face or skin disease on any parts of the body, it is a great Remedy. It is one of the best Remedies for re moving Freckles. For Mosquito bites, etc., it is a valuable Remedy. It heals all old sores quickly. Do not fail to try this valuable Remedy for that bad case of Piles. The price of this Remedy is Fifty Cents, and is sold by the following Druggists: In Smithfield, N. C., by Creech Drug Co., and Hood Bros. In Four Oaks, N. C., by D. H. Sanders Drug Co. In Benson, N. C., by Benson Drug Co., and Peacock Drug Co. In Dunn, N. C., by Wilson & Lee. Clayton, N. C., R. F. D., by Mr. B. A. Barbour. Smithfield, N. C., R. F. D., by J. W. Smith. Selma, N. C., by Selma Drug Co., and Richardson Drug Co. Wilson's Mills, N. C., by Uzzle Davis Co. S. L. Coates, Four Oaks, Route No. 4. D. Oneal, Pine Level, N. C., Route No. 1. E. B. Sanders, Benson, N. C., Route No. 4. J. L. Myatt, Clayton, N. C., R. F. D. Pope & Stallings, Clayton, N. C. Princeton Pharmacy Co., Princeton, N. C. Godwin Drug Store, Pine Level, N. C. R. T. Fulghum, Kenly, N. C. J. B. Gardner, Pine Level, N. C., R. F. D. Pierce Drug Co., Micro, N. C. We will send you a package by Parcel Post prepaid on receipt of Fifty Cents. Address all letters to THE D. HEBER CREECH CHEMICAL CO. Smithfield, N. C., the Manufacturers. A BIG SUPPLY of Flour, Corn, Oats, Shipstuff, Molasses Feed, Beef Pulp, Meat and a general line of choice and Fancy Gro ceries, always in stock. When you come to town again, buy a gallon of my good Molasses, and you will be pleased. Smithfield, N. C. Bring me your Hams, Chickens and Eggs.
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