North Carolina Newspapers

AT THE CAPITAL OF BANNER. J % Revenue Officers Man and His Still In Pleasant Grove Township. Death of Miss Nettie Smith. Mr. Kdgar Turlington Speaks on the War Sit uation. Some Idea of the Goers and Comers for the Week. } Benson, Sept. 13. ? Mr. G rover Up church, of Greenville, S. C., has been here for a few days recently visiting relatives. Mr. W. D. Boon was a visitor to Smithfield Tuesday on business mat ters. Mr. Alford Parker, son of Dr. G. E. Parker of our city, has been hers for the y>ast few days from the Aviation School in Pensacola, Fla. Mr. Leary Wood, who has been working in Petersburg, Va., for sev eral weeks, returned home this week for a visit. Messrs. Claud Canaday, J. W. Wood, Jr., W. H. Holmes, Ezra Par ker, and others attended the Record er's Court at Smithfield Tuesday. Miss Evelyn Pusey, of Baltimore, Md., arrived the first of the week and will have charge of the Preston Wood all Millinery Department this yei.r. Mr. Ernest Cavenaugh, of Wilming ton, is here for a several days visit to the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Johnson, of Ox ford, N. C., are here spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Johnson. Mr. John Moore Lee, of Rocky Mount, was here the first of the week on a short visit to friends. Messrs. R. T. Surles, R. F. Smith and J. R. McLamb were visitors to Fayetteville Tuesday and Wednesday on business. Mrs. J. G. Cagle, of Latta, S. C., came the first of the week r.nd is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W'illis Creech. Mr. Graydon Johnson left the first of the week for Alabama where he will spend several days visiting. Mr. G. I. Smith, of Coats, was here yesterday on business matters. Mr. Ezra Barbour, of Elevation, was here Monday on business. Miss Flora Canaday left Wednes day morning for Meredith College, Raleigh where she will spend the term in college. Mr. Jas. P. Lee was a visitor to Lillington Monday and Tuesday on business. Mr. Pet Woodall left Monday for Norfolk, Va., where he went on busi ness matters. Miss Jewel Hall left the first of the week for here home in Fayetteville, after spending several days here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Wood, of Lower Johnston, were in the city yesterday for a short while. v Mr. Vcmy Peterson and Misses ? Thelma Peedin and Marguerite Pe terson, of Smithfield, were visitors here Sunday. Prof. R. T. Fitzgerald, of-Whitsett, N. C., is in the city for a short visit to friends. Messrs. George Moore, S. F. Ivey and Ed. Hill captured a brandy still in Pleasant Grove township the first of the week. The still was being operated by Huel Parrisli, who was caught with it. He will be given a prelimin ary hearing at Dunn Saturday morn ing. At the time, of the raid the still was in full blast making tomato brandy, two gallons of which had just been run into a jug. Several other ar-. tides of drinkables were captured by the officers. Mr. Edgar Turlington, son of Prof, and Mrs. Ira T. Turlington, spent a few ((ays here recently with relatives. He spoke at the Baptist church Sunday morning to a large crowd. The speech was on the war situation and was very interesting and enlightening to those who heard jt. Mr. Joscphus Johnson, of Elevation township, was here to-day on a short visit. <* Mr. Walton Johnson, of Wilming ton, N.,C., was here Sunday on a visit i to his sister, Mrs. E. F. Moore. Miss Kate Eldridge, of Newton Grove, was here Sunday on a visit to friends and relatives. Mr. Hunter Ellington, of Smith field, was a business visitor to our city Wednesday. Miss Nettie Smith, a daughter of Mr. M. V. Smith, died last Friday night at the home of her father four miles north of Benson and was buried Saturday afternoon. Her death was due to tuberculosis from which she had been confined to her home for several weeks. lOHNSTOX'S NEW ARMY MEN. First" Contingent Assigtwd to Ma chine Gun Battalion. Eighteen Fine Young Men From This Coun ty Now at Camp Jackson. According to a Camp Jackson leK tor to the News and Observer, the eighteen men sent from Johnston County last week are assigned ti> the 317th\Machine Gun Batt?Mon. John ston sent a fine lot of men as her first contingent. While they we?e in the draft and called under the regu lar manner of the Draft Law, they were voinnteers. They were ready to go and wanted to have the honor to be the first from Johnston in the new National Army. They came from varios sections of the county. Some were teachers, some students, some merchants, some farmers some me chanics and some followed other vo cations. Thejr will be associated with the first men from Charlotte, Winston-Salem, and Hoke and Lee Counties The men from Johnston are as follows: From District No. 1 ? Otho H. Ellis, Willis M. Barbour, Andrew L. Bradley, David H. Benson, John K. Tart, George P. Baker, Thomas F. Adams and Ransom E. Evans. District No. 2 ? Jim A. Mitchell, Lindo Batten, Clarence Bailey, Hu bert D. Stancil, Francis M. Aycock, Luther C. Davis, Walter D. Crumpler, J. Willard Oneal, Alonzo H. Sorrell and Charley Jasper Wiggs. WEDNESDAY'S WAR EVENTS. While optimism seems to prevail in the provisional government in Russia that a successful issue of the counter revolution started by General Korni loff soon will be turned in favor of Premier Kerensky, the situation still remains most acute. All the dispatch es from Petrograd at present are em anating from the provisional govern ment or supporters of Kerensky. Reports from Petrograd are to the effect that Korniioff's march on Pe trograd has been checked, and that even his retreat has been cut off by forces faithful to the provisional gov ernment; also, that there have been further defections from the ranks of Korniloff, and that a great majority of the commanders at the front are still adhering to the government. A statement issued by the Vice-Premier said the country undoubtedly was with Kerensky, "who is defending the revolution against General Korniloff, the defender of the Reactionaries." Meanwhile, the spirit of unrest seems to have invaded Moscow, where martial law has been declared rnd government forces are maintaining order. One of the bright spots in the situ ation is the offer to the Central Com mittee of the Constitutional Demo cratic Party to aid in the reconstitu tion of the cabinet so as to avoid civil war. Of great interest on the political side of the war also is the action of the Argentine government in sending passports to the German minister for his connection with dispatches sent to Germany through the Swedish le gation. Argentina has requested a dis avowal by Germany of the minister's action, and, it is said, will withdraw her minister from Berlin if acquies cence is not forthcoming. Meanwhile, the British minister at Stockholm has visited the Swedish foreign office and expressed amaze ment over the American State De partment's charges against the Swed ish government, and the fact that Sweden has not given Great Britain any explanation of why coded Ger man messages were permitted to pass through the legation at Buenos Aires. Late reports from Buenos Aires say that the German legation and German newspaper buildings have been at tacked by mobs, carrying out anti German demonstration. On the battle fronts the military activity generally is far below that of political weeks. On the line in France and Belgium only artillery duels and comparatively small operations by the infantry are being carried out. Some further advances have been made by the French in Champagne near St. Souplet, where General Pe .ain won three lines of trenches. Monte San Gabriele, in the Austro Italian theater, has been the scene of mother vicious attack by the Aus rians in an endeavor to dislodge the Italians from recently recapturing po rtions. Their efforts met with no suc cess. PD&lt OAKS NEWS NOTES. New DruK Company Organized. Bap tist Church Nearing Completion. Local Items of Interest. Mr. C. C. Crecch, of 'Benson, was here Monday. Miss Marguerite Jackson, of Wash ington, I>. C., is the guest of her mother, Mrs. R. M. Vcn Miller. Rev. W. R. Coats is out again, after a short sickness. Miss Mabel Koppcnbcrgtr, of Bal timore, is again at J. W. Sanders & Company's. She has charge of the Millinery Department. Miss Koppen berger is very popular hefe and the people are glad to see her again. Mr. C. L. Porter, A. C. L. Superin tendent, of Rocky Mount, was in town Tuesday on business. Rev. T. E. Davis and son, Paul, have returned from a trip through Virginia, and Maryland on their Dodge. Mr. E. L. Ray, who has been here during 1917, has left for Smithfield where he has accepted a position with Hood Bros.' Prescription Department. Mr. Ray made many friends while here who regret to see him leave. Mr. Willis Benson;* Four Oaks, R. F. D. No. 3, sold the first baH of cot ton yesterday on the local market at 21 cents per pound. Mrs. Paschall and family, of Lu cama, have moved to Four Oaks. We welcome them. Mr. Robey Adams left Tuesday for Aurelirn Springs where he will begin his work as Principal of the High School. Mrs. Tcm Canaday visited in Park ton last week. Mr. B. B. Adams has returned from a tour of the Cotton Belt. Misses Onie Lewis and Maggie Tart left today for Wilson, where they will enter A. C. College. Misses Gladys Adams, Jessie Snead and Inez Sanders left today to enter Louisburg College. Miss Carrie Wilson, of Dunn, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. G. K. Mas sengill. Mr. Hczzie Barbour, of Elevation, has accepted a position with Mass en gill Hardware Co. Mr. G. K. Massengill is erecting a nice store on National Highway and Main Street and will open soon with a complete stock of general mer chandise. Messrs. Bert Barefoot, R. C. Can aday and Dr. J. H. Stanley have pur chased the stock of D. H. Sanders Drug Co., and will continue the busi ness in same building. Messrs. Bare foot & Ciinaday will have the manage ment of the business. We wish them much success. Mr. D. H. Sanders will retire and look after his invest ments. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Massengill an nounce the ^jirth of a son. Mrs. J. H. Austin and children have gone to Clayton to visit M?s. Aus tin's mother, Mrs.*E. Gattis. Rev. R. M. Von Miller is in Kenly this week at which place he is hold ing a revival. The new Baptist church is practi cally completed, and the next Sunday services will be held in same. Mr. W C. Oliver has accepted a position with Mr. E. Adams. Four Oaks, Sept. 13fh. SIX MILLION IN GERMAN ARMY. Four Million Killed, Permanently Disabled and Made Prisoners, Says Associated Press. Grand Headquarters t)f the French Army, Sept. 10. ? The Associated Press is able to give approximately the figures of man power represent ing Germany in the war at the pres ent time together with the chief cas ualties as follows: Fi"xed formations on th? various fronts, employed on lines of com munications and stationed in the in terior, 5,500,000. Divisions undergoing formation and men in depots, 600,000. Losses in killed, permanently dis abled and prisoners, 4,000,000. Wounded under treatment in hos pitals, 500,000. Total 10,000,000. These figures account for all the men called to the present for ser vice. __ Stealing a Little Thing. A boy in Union County hr.s been sent to the Jackson Training School for an indefinite period for stealing a collar button. Sometimes the courts grind exceeding small. SKI MA NEWS OF THE WEEK. Spccial Election to Ik- Held Next I uetiday. Red Cross Meeting. School Opened Monday With I'rof. Mutter 'n Charge. Personal and Social Items. Selma, Sept. 13.? Mr. C. A. Corbett went to Raleigh Monday on business. Mrs. (. . Culpepper, of Wilson, is here this week, visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. K, Proctor. Mr. end Mrs. R. E. Wall, of Sa wmnah, Ga., were here Wednesday visiting relatives and friends. Mr. C. A. Wilson, of Marion, N. C., toas accepted a position with the Woodard Drug Company. Mr. Wilson wag formerly connected with this 1 1 1 in, ana has many friends here who will be glad to welcome him back. 1 'resident F. S. I.ove, of Louisburg College, filled the pulpit at the Meth todist church last Sunday night in the absence of the pastor and preached a very forceful and inspiring sermon. Rev. C. K. Proctor returned today from Zebulon where he has been en gaged in a meeting for tKe past ten days. Kev. C. K. Proctor went to the San ders Chapel section yesterday to con duct the funeral of little Miss Eunice Hill. She was operated on at Wilson for appendicitis which resulted fatal ly. The interment was in the family liurial ground Wednesday afternoon. The guarantors for the Chautauqua which will come to Selma during the fall and winter will meet tonifcht at the Methodist parsonage for the pur pose of formulating plans for its coming and to attend to any other matters. Watch for the announce ments later. A special election in Selma Graded School District will be held next Tues day to vote bonds to complete the new school building and to pay off floating indebtedness. Selma's school record for the past few years and under the management of the present Board of Trustees, is one to be proud of, and we predict for this election an over whelming majority in favor of the bonds. At a reception given last Wednes day by Misses Margaret and Stella Etheredgc, the engagement of Miss Lizzie Winston to Mr. W. R. Broad foot was announced. Miss Winston is the accomplished daughter of Mr. M. C. Winston of Selma, while the groom is a progressive young business man, of Fayette ville. Quite an interesting meeting of the Local Chapter of the Red Cross was held in the Methodist church last Sunday afternoon. The meeting was addressed by Mrs. Ashley Home and Mrs. C. W. Carter, of the Clayton Red Cross. The Selma Graded School opened Monday morning for the 1917'18 term with Prcf. E. If. Moser, Superintend ent in charge, and a corps of efficient teachers. Those in close touch with the school wcrk in Selma predict an even better school this year than in the past. Selma's school last year was ad judged by men high up in the State educational work, to he one of the best schools in its class in the State. _ Elizabeth Kelly, formerly As sistant Supt. of Schools for Johnston County, passed through Selma Mon day er.route to her new work with the State Department of Education at Ral Mr. and Mrs. Jno. R. Woodard and Miss Bertha Woodard wore here last w^'ek enrcute to their home at Prince ton. They were accompanied by Miss Ailene Austin, of Durham. Lieut. J. W. Stanley, of Spartan burg, S .C., was here to spend the week-end with his family. Mrs. H. A. Pearce is spending this week with relatives and friends in Greensboro. * Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Wiggs and Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Woodard mbtored to Buie's Creek Sunday, retrning Mon day. Mrs. Woodard will spend the week -there with her mother. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hinnant and Miss Thelma Oneal, of Wendell, were here Sunday the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W .H. Pool, Jr. Mr. W. A. Barnes, of Clayton, was here for a few hours Tuesday on business. Mrs. W. E. Jones returned Wednes day from a visit to relatives at Bailey, N. C. Mr. T. H. Atkinson, of Washington, D. C., was here this week enroute to his farm in Oneals township. Mr. Roberts Hamilton, of Oxford, is here this week visiting relatives here and in Smithfield. Mrs. Pachia Hamilton, of Smith field, was here Wednesday the guest of Mr. and Mrs. I). W. Hamilton. Missea Annie Lou and Leone Foster returned home Wednesday from Mt. Olive, where thoy had been visiting their sister, Mrs. J. B. Smith. Mrs. Maye Ford returned to her home in Dunn to-day, after spending several days here with Mrs. Eliza Stancil. Mr. J. A .Jones spent Sunday in Raleigh with relatives and friends. Mr. F. M. Weeks, who has been Chief of Police here for several months, resigned Tuesday. His suc cessor has not yet been appointed. ~ Miss Viola Morgan has accepted a position with Roberts Corbett & Woodard, and began her duties to day. Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Stancil and chil dren, of Smithfield, were here Sunday visiting relatives. Mrs. C. D. Wood and children, Hazel Lee and George Robert Wood, of Wilson, spent the week end with Mrs. Wood's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ceo. H. Morgan. Mrs. G. H. Morgan spent part of this week with relatives and friends in Smithfield. NEGLECT MAY CAUSE TROUBLE. % List of Persons Called by Local Hoard Who Failed to Report and Sub mit to Examination. And unless these report to this Lo cal Board at once for examination, | they will be arrested as deserters and delivered as prisoners. The call was given for August 6th, ] 7th, 8th, 13th and 28th. * I? 275? J. M. Williams, Kenly, N. C. 55 ? 1(582 ? Chas. J. Steele, Selma, N. C. 94 ? 927 ? James Moss, Petersburg, Va. 128 ? 280 ? James Bemes, Kenly, N. C. 146 ? 1673 ? Walter McLudin, Selma, N. C. 150? 2132? Eddison C. Hall, Clayton, N. C. 173 ? 800 ? Peter Home, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 192 ? 770 ? James Godwin, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 231 ? 1032 ? Junius Bryant, Raleigh, N. C. 278 ? 805 ? Frank Williams, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 321 ? 773 ? David Keelins, Kenly, N. C. 323 ? 406 ? John Clay, Kenly, N. C. 327 ? 392 ? John B. Richardson, Kenly, N. C. 341 ? 2023 ? Colonel Lee, Clayton, N. C. 380 ? 814 ? Norris Brown, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 450 ? 19 ? Harvey Raynor, Micro, N. C. 456 ? 1660 ? Wallace Hill, Selnra, N. C. 475 ? 1634 ? Moses Munns, Selma, N. C. 477 ? 323 ? Henry Davis, Kenly, N. C. 481 ? 857 ? Butler Bunny, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 1. 502 ? 565 ? Walter Marant, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 531 ? 1556 ? Leo. Warren Davis, Selma, N. C. V 547 ? 506 ? Joe Cooper, Kenly, N. C. 526? 1997? Frank Byrd, Wilson's Mills, N. C. 670 ? 832 ? Clarence Hudson, Selma, N. C., R. F. D. 2. 682 ? 2075 ? Stanley McKinnon, Clayton, N. C. LOCAL BOARD NUMBER TWO, For the County of Johnston, State of North Carolina, Selma, N. C. DECREASE IN VESSELS LOST. Submarines Get Twelve Large Ships the I'ast Week and Six Smaller Ones. A dispatch from London reports that the number of ships of 1,600 tons and over sunk by mines or sub marines the past week, is only 12, against 20 the week before. Six smaller vessels were sunk by the Ger man raiders. This is the smallest num ber of ships sunk since Germany an nounced her ruthless submarine war fare last February. Board of Commissioners to Meet. The County Commissioners will meet here next Monday in special session. FOLK AMERICANS MEET DEATH. In Addition to Lieut. Fitzsimmons Three Privates Were Victims of German Raid. Pershing Sends Report. Washington, Sept. 10. ? First Lieu tenant Fitzsimmons of Kp.nsas City, killed when German airmen bombed an American hospital in Franco last Thursday, was recommended for pro motion to a captaincy on the day he died. ? Representative Borland, of Missou ri, today introduced a bill empower ing the President to enter Fitzsim mons' name on\ the military records with the promotion he would have re ceived. Major General Pershing's report on the bombing of the hospital reached the War Department today. An early dispatch from the American military attache at London announced the death of Lieutenant Fitzsimmons, but made no mention of three privates mortally wounded at the srme time. General Pershing's message fol lows: "Report following deaths Septem ber 5th at base hospital No. 5, France, from wounds caused by bombs during &ir raid 11 p. m., September 4: "First Lieutenant Wm. T. Fitzsim mons, medical reserve corps, and Pri vates (first class) Leslie G. Woods and Rudolph Rubine, Jr., medical de partment, and Oscar C. Tugo, medi cal enlisted reserve corps." NEGROES WANTED FOR NAVY. Will Be Enlisted as Mess Attendants. To Wait Upon Officers and Pre pare Their Messes. A notice received here by Postmas ter A. M. Sanders stated that a lim ited number of negroes may be ac cepted at the local station for enlist ment in the navy as mess attendants. The notice further states that only desirable applicants who have had previous experience in hotels, clubs, restaurants or private families will be accepted and then only upon pre senting recommendations from previ ous employers. The pay of mess attendants will be $37 a month in addition to board, lodging and clothing. The dutie3 of mess attendants will be to prepare the officers' messes, and take care of offi cers' rooms and clothes. Situation In Russia. The following appeared in Wednes day's Philadelphia Public Ledger: Petrograd, September 11. ? General Korniloff has issued a manifesto de claring himself dictator and is moving his troops on Petrograd. Premier Kerensky has reappointed General Alexieff commander-in-chief of the Russian armies. Blame for the conflict between Gen eral KVirniloff and Premier Kcrencky is ascribed largely to the clumsiness of M. Lvoft" in delivering the General's message to Kerensky. Lvoff is the last person by intellect and temperament to be intrusted with delicate negotia tions of any kind. -. After the resignation of all the Ministers a directory was fcrmed con sisting of Premier Kerensky, Vice Premier Nekrasoff, Foreign Minister Terescheriko and Wr.r Minister Savin koff. It is reported the Korniloff has ar rested the commander of Moscow and several commissaries who happened to be at headquarters. The Govern ment is assured of support from Mos cow and considers it has force enough at its disposal to quell any possible disorder fn the capital. This step on Korniloff's part was wholly unexpect ed and does not conform with what was hitherto known of his character. General Korniloff's proposed list of Ministers contains, besides represent atives of the Right, the name of Ala din, a labor member of the first Du ma, who r.pent some years in Eng land. In his proposals to the Premier, General Korniloff offered him the post of Minister of Justice. No Rhodes Scholarships This Yearv On account of the war conditions there will bo no Rhodes scholars sent from thi3 State to Oxford University this year. Nearly two million dollars worth of nails were sent to Japan from the United States in 1916.