GOVERNOR BIGKETT
TO SPEAK III 1ST
LEAGUE TO ENFORCE PEACE
WANTS GOVERNOR TO MAKE
THREE ADDRESSES.
DISPATCHES FROM fiALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
Governor Bickett has been invited
by the League to Enforce Peace tc
make three addresses to State con
ventions in Colorado, New Mexico
and Arizona during the latter part of
this month. The invitation came to
his office from Henry A. Atkinson of
New York, but an answer was delay
ed until the Governor, who is cam
paigning in western North Carolina,
could be reached.
Mr. Atkinson wired that he was ex
ceedingly anxious for Governor Bick
ett to . accept the invitation to make
the addresses in the West. The tele
gram stated that the convention at
Denver on September 20 would be at
tended by more than 15, Out) people.
The other points where he has been
asked to speak are at Albuquerque,
New Mexico, on September 23, and at
Tucson, Arizona, on September 25.
Rigid Control of Retail Prices.
The Food Administration is headed
toward a more rigid and far-reaching
control of retail prices of food com
modities according to an announce
ment made by State Food Administra
tor Henry A. Page.
Neither Administrator Page nor Ex
ecutive Secretary Lucas have had the
time to give to the direction of this
new feature of the work in the State
that its importance has demanded,
and, effective this week, a price in
terpreting division has been created
with Miss M. Emeth Tuttle as chief.
To Purchase Pure Bred Cattle.
Mr. J. W. Sloss, beef cattle field
agent for the Agricultural Extension
Service, left for a visit to Shorthorn
herds in the States of Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and
'Oklahoma, where he will endeavor to
purchase pure bred Scotch and milk
ing type of Shorthorns for sales to
be held in the near future in the west
ern part of the State. At the present
time these sales have been scheduled
.t Spruce Pine, In Mitchell county, n
at Spruce Pine, In Mitchell county, on
Ashe county, on October 15th, Clyde,
in Haywood county, during the first
week in November. Another sale will
probably be scheduled later for Sylva,
After leaving Oklahoma, Mr. Sloss
will go by the drought stricken areas
of Northwestern Texas, where he will
study the situation as regards the
procuring of some of these high-grade
animals for the breeding herds of
farmers in this State.
Sent Back as Instructors.
Dispatches from Washington say:
"Lieut. Donald McRae, of Thomasville,
who has been with the expeditionary
forces in France for three months,
was in Washington en route home for
a brief furlough, after which he will
become an army instructor at a camp
In this country." Lieutenant McRa,
who was formerly city recorder at
Thomasville, Is the. son of Postmaster
R. S. McRae, of Chapel Hill, and a
brother of Lawrence McRae, of the
United States shipping board. He
had the honor of selecting the name
"Old Hickory" for the Thirtieth divi
sion, composed of North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee troops,
this appellation receiving the official
sanction of the war department. Lieut.
McRae was accompanied on his re
turn to the United States by Lieut.
Powell, of Durham; Capt. . H. New
by, of Thomasville; Lieut. Ben Gray,
of 'Winston-Salem ; Lieutenant Stegall
of Oxford; Lieutenant Dunn, of Wil
son. All of these North Carolina of
ficers will become instructors at the
various army camps, reporting first to
Camp Dix, N. J., for assignment.
Advice by the President.
J. M. Matthews, Mecklenburg coun
tv suDerintendent of education, receiv
ed a communication from President
Wilson requesting the maintenance of
schools throughout the country at full
efficiency during the present term
The President stated that the effici
ency of the schools during last year
was better than vould naturally be
expected under existing circum
stances but as the war continues there
will be increasing danger that the peo
ple in general will lose interest in the
school systems.
Greatest In N. C. History.
In the official notice to prospective
exhibitors and the public that' there
will be no 1913 State Fair on account
of turning over the State Fair grounds
to the government for tank training
camp purposes in connection with the
big 15,000 acre camp being establish
ed here by the war department, Secre
tary Joseph E. Pogue stresses the pur
pose of the fair management to hold
the greatest fair in the history of the
association in 1919, encampment, or
bo encampment.
Mrs. Vaughn Heads Bureau,
The state board of health announce
the appointment of Mrs. Kate Brew
Vaughn as director of the bureau of
child hygiene, to be established with
fn the next few weeks. The new bu
reau will deal primarily with the prob
lem presented in the enormous infant
mortality in North Carolina.
The North Carolina soldier who
faces biordes of Huns in France has a
better chance of going through the or
deal of continued battle and escaping
with his life than has the baby born
in the State of reaching its fifth birth
day. There are 72,000 babies born in
North Carolina each year, approxi
mately, and there are 10.000 babies
who each year die in infancy. Gen
erally the little white coffins arc filled
because of some preventable disease,
incurred through the ignorance or
prejudice of parents.
To attempt in some measure to
remedy this condition, to make North
Carolina a safe place in which a baby
may be born, to advise and co-operate
with ' mothers, and more especially
with young mothers, will be the work
of the new bureau.
Insurance Certificates Not Essential.
Persons named as beneficiaries un
der war-risk insurance are protected
by the insurance whether their cer
tificates have reached their hands or
not. The certificate is merely evi
dence that the policy exists; the pol
icy contract is effective without the
certificate. The treasury department
authorizes the statement that up to
the close of business on August 30th,
more than $30,000,000,000 of Govern
ment Insurance has been written to j
protect America's fighting forces and '
their families. The applications for ,
August will total about $5,000,000,000.
Great Gasoline Saving. j
In response to queries as to what j
amount in saving of gasoline might
be expected as a result of the United '
States fuel administration's request !
that the use- of automobiles be re-
stricted on Sunday, M. L. Requa, fed- ;
eral director of the oil division, says:
"The request for this conservation j
applies only to the territory east of i
the Mississippi river. In this territory I
there ate 4,000,000 motor-driven ve I
hides, of which approximately 200,000 j
are trucks. It is fair to assume that I
the remaining 3,800.000 motor vehicles
if run on Sundays would each use two j
gallons of gasoline; so that the saving :
to be effected, if every motor used pa-'
triotically complies with the fuel ad-;
ministration's request,, would be about
7,600,000 gallons. j
North Carolina Casualties.
Recent casualties among North Car
olina troops overseas, as shown by
late reports from the front.
Killed in action: Private Jonathan
Taylor, Windsor. I
Died of wounds: Private L. L '
Owensby, Fletcher; D. F. Sutton, Lum- j
berton. i
Died of disease: Privates Doby Fer- '
guson, Moravian Falls; Earl Martin,,
Lawndale. I
Severely wounded: Lieut. H. C. j
Perry, Wilmington; R. B. Kephart, .
Charlotte; Sergts. J. C. Brown, Cres-:
mont; J. M. Montague, Elm City; Clar- j
ence Burleson, Bakersville; Corps. J. i
M. Carlton, Woodruff; John Wilson, !
Charlotte; S. B. Williams, Benaja; j
Privates J.L. Cushing, Rosemary; W. !
L. Jones, Franklinville; Geo. Ruark,
Baldwin; C. L. Waters, Winston-Sa-!
lem; C. F. Ritchie, New London; H.
Robertson, Knightsdale; C. M. Wil
liams, North Charlotte; F. M. Webb,
Marble; T. M. Holt, Mebane; James
P. Hicks, Canton; H. Champion,
Mooresboro; Geo. Holder, Winston
Salem; J. M. Palmer, Stem; J. F. Shoe
maker, New Hope; Carlos Garland,
Ewart; C. A. Roberts, Creedmore; J.
K. Benton, Evergreen; W. W. Shan
kle, Rockingham ; I. F. Kiser and R.
A. Harrison, Wilmington; Thomas
Leete, Wise; V. L. Andrews, Piney
Creek; Corps. James B. Anderson,
Wilson; W. F. Jonee, Dunn; Privates
W. C. Thompson, Norwood; Jas. I.
Jenret, Ash; F. P. Vinson, Gneiss; R.
J. Batson; John Midgett, Lowland;
Lieut. II. B. Gaston, Lowell.
Prisoners or missing: Privates
Fred Roberts, Gaffney; W. I. Kern,
Ether; M. O. Huffman, Reddies River;
J. E. Swangune, Ashevllle; A. C. Gal
loway, Cresmont; Robert Collins,
Henderson ville; J. D. Rash, Asheville;
F. E. Sorrells, Wilhite; Corp. C. W.
Smith, Etowale.
Make Thrift Habit Permanent.
F. A. Vanderlip believes that the
War Savings campaign should be
made a permanent branch of the coun
try's financial system whether the war
closes this year, the next or several
years hence. He says that already so
much good has come out of the great
Thrift movement that it would be a
grave mistake not to continue several
years longer even if the war stops.
The War Savings doctrine, he says, is
not only essential to the winning of
the war, but is to be to a great extent
the salvation of the nation.
Delegates to Prison Congress.
Nine delegates were appointed by
Governor Bickett to represent the
State of North Carolina at the annual
congress of the American Prison As
sociation, to be held in New York
City, October 14-18, 1918.
The delegates are: Rev. N. C.
Hughes, Halifax; Dr. H. B. Varner,
Lexington; Hon. J. R. Collie, Raleigh'
S. J. Busbee, Raleigh ; A. S. Macfar
lane, Winston-Salem; Hon. R. F. Bea
lay, Raleigh; W. H. Love, Gastonia;
T. L. Caudle, Wadesboro; Miss Agq
jMcNaughton, Jackson Springs.
1 First photograph received showing American troops in Vladivostok; they are following a bard of British
marines. 2 The bridge near St. Quentin, a hotly contested point. 3 Members of a tank crew examining a cap
tured anti-tank rifle, one of the latest devices of the Hun.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAR
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AmeriC3n FirSt.Army Makes At-
tack on Both Sides of St.
Mihiel Salient.
HUN ARMY HAY CE TRA??El
Many Towns and Prisoners Taken
Foch May Be Aiming at Metz
Germans in Picardy Trying to
Halt Retreat Approximately
on Hindenburg Line. '
j By EDWARD W. PICKARD.
I The American First army, General
Pershing commanding, started the first
j great wholly American oftiensive
' Thursday, attacking on both sides of
' the St. Mihiel salient southeast of
; Verdun. The French assisted by at
tacking on the point of thtsalient, hut
i the operation was planned by the
! American staff and executed by Amer
i lean officers and troops.
After a terrific artillery preparation
! which for four hours smothered the
' entire region within the German lines
i with shells, the Yanks went over the
top exactly at five o'clock, following
! a rolling barrage timed for nn ad
' Vance of 100 meters every 40 minutes.
: Great numbers of tanks supported
i them and cleared the way by crushing
I numerous concrete machine gun shel
; ters and breaking down the elaborate
j wire defenses. American aviators In
: flocks quickly drove away the few Hun
1 airmen in sight and thereafter del
! uged the enemy supply centers, ran
I nition dumps and hangars with
1 bombs, while the observation planes
I directed the work of the artillery.
; Everything moved like clockwork and
j the troops speedily gained their ob
j jectlves and went on to the next ones,
j Village after village was taken, and
i by Friday the cavalry had advanced
j far Into the center 'of the salient and
j occupied strong positions. At the
time of writing the drive was progress
i Ing steadily and the Germans were in
danger of finding their retreat from
the big wedge entirely cut off. Hun
dreds of prisoners were taken. The
St. Mihiel salient had been held by
the Huns ever since 1914 and was
very strongly fortified.' Its base is to
ward the German atronghoM of Metz
and It may be that the drive is direct-
ed against that city. However, Mar
shal Foch's strategy had not been re
vealed when this was written.
Having given up all the ground they
won In . their great spring drive, and
finding themselves back on the old
Hindenburg line, and In some places
well behind It, the Germans decided to
stop their retreat for a while. Marshal
Foch did not fully assent to this deci
sion, but powerful concentrations of
Hun artillery and reserves in strong
positions, coupled with torrential
rains throughout Pleardy, brought the
allied offensive almost to a temporary
standstill. Not that the fighting by
any means ceased, for the French and
British kept pressing forward, though
more slowly, and the Germans deliv
ered desperate counter-attacks, which
In almost every instance resulted only
in severe losses for them.
It Is the opinion of expert observers
that the halt of the Huns approximate
ly on the Hindenburg line will be only
temporary. Indeed, It Is believed they
cannot stay there long if they
would. For many weeks they have
been hastily building new lines of de
fense farther east, and Marcel Hutin
In the Echo de Paris says they are now
constructing a supreme line from Ant
werp to Metz and are putting the Ant
werp forts In defensive condition.
Their present line depends on Doual,
Cambrai, St. Quentin and Laon, and
farther to the southeast, on the Cheinin
de Dames. Douai already was be
ing evacuated last week and the air
drome moles east of it were being dis
mantled. The British, fighting fierce
ly and reprising heavy counter-attacks,
were advancing steadily through Hav
riucourf, I'ezleres and Gouzeaueourt
and forced a crossing of the Canal du
N'ord, thus taking the main defense of
Cambrai on the southwest. St. Quen
tin was the goal of a race between the
British and the French, the former
winning Vermand, Attilly and Vendel
les and closing In ou the important
city from the northwest, while the
French southwest of the objective
crossed the Crozat canal and took a
number of villages. A little farther
south the French forces captured
Travecy on the Olse, just north of La
Fere, and from its heights were able
to dominate the latter town, which was
reported to have been burned by the
Germans. This operation, together
with the French advance eastward
from Couey-le-Chateau, threatened to
flank on both sides the forest and mas
sif of St. Gobain, the chief defense of
Laon. Withdrawal of the enemy fro:n
that forest, which is full of guns in
strong defensive positions, might thus
be compelled without direct attack,
which would be expensive and diffi
cult. At the western end of the Chemin
des Dames the Germans were fighting
furiously In the region of Laffaux,
where they were trying to regain pos
session of the dominating ridge which
the French and Americans had taken
from them. Many fresh troops were
used in these attacks, but their efforts
were all in vain.
Kk
Although the stupendous German re
treat of the past eight weeks has been
conducted skillfully and the enemy line
has not be,-n broken through, his ar
mies maintaining contact with one an
other, it has been in every way a most
expensive operation for the Huns. In
addition to the loss of great numbers
of guns and immense quantities of ma
terial, captured or destroyed, they
have lost more than 300,000 men, the
majority of whom, fortunately, were
killed. The morale of the army is
being gradually broken by relentless,
continuous and .successful blows de
livered by the allies, the supply of
fighting effectives is getting low, and
the people at home are becoming daily
more dissatisfied and restless. Cap
tured orders reveal that the wounded
men are put back in the ranks before
they ore cured, and prisoners released
by Russia are not given time to re
cover their strength and health. Aus
tria has reluctantly responded to the
call for aid and in the quieter sectors
Austrian divisions are placed between
German divisions, or Austrian soldiers
are used to fill out depleted German
regiments. This is taken to mean that
there will be no renewal of the Teu
tonic offensive in Italy this year, if
ever.
A considerable advance made last
week ' by the Belgians in the sector
north of Ypres was significant, inas
much as some military critics expect
that Marshal Foch will strike there
in force before long.
The war department announced that
Americans have beeu landed at Arch
angel to take part with the other al
lied forces there in lighting the bolshe
viki and re-establishing order In north
ern Russia. These troops are from
some of our northern states and many
of them speak Russian. Hitherto the
only Americans there were marines
and sailors.
In l'etrogrr 1, Moscow and other
cities of Russia proper .the bolshevik
government is struggling desperately
against the ever-Increasing counter
revolutionaries, slaughtering the latter
mercilessly whenever they fall into
their hands. Petrogrnd is reported to
be given over to massacres and flames
and to have been captured by revolt
ing peasants; Yaroslav and Vologda
have been burned by the soviet troops,
and Moscow is threatened with the
same fate by Trotsky. Two attempts
were made on the life of Doctor Helf
ferich, the new German ambassador to
Moscow, but he fled back to Berlin.
The soviet rulers, persistent shout
ers for peace without annexations and
indemnities, have Just paid to Ger
many L'50,000,000 rubles, the first in
stallment of the indemnity exacted
from the unhappy country by the
Huns.
In Siberia the allies, with the
Czecho-SIovaks, Cossacks and loyal
Russians, have been making satisfac
tory progress, but the Austro-German
ex-irisoi;ers and tlu bolshevik! are
putting up so obstinate a resistance
that Japan Is contemplating sending
a much stronger force in order to in
sure the safe of the expedition and
its allies before the winter sets In.
The Japanese government Is convinced
that the. American government will
abandon its opposition to such a
course.
The London Express says it has un
questionable Information that the for
,mor empress of Russia and all her
children have been murdered by bol
shevlkl. If this is true, the entire im
mediate family of Nicholas has now
been exterminated. The dowager era
press and her daughter and son-in-law
were attacked by bolshevlki at Yalta,
but were saved by men from the Black
sen fleet after two weeks of fighting. ,
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The progress of the Czecho-Slovaks
of Austria-Hungary toward the Inde
pendence recognized by Great Britain
and America Is encouraging. The ex
istence of the Czecho-Slovak state wa9
declared by all the Czech deputies in
the Austrian parliament and has now
been indorsed by all of the clergy of
the Bohemian dioceses.
ftl
Baron Burian, Austro-IIungarian for
eign minister, who still Is at outs with
Berlin because he Insists on an Aus
trian solution of the Polish problem,
nevertheless was employed once more
last week to start a Teutonic peace
offensive. This, aimed directly at Presi
dent Wilson, was a suggestion that the
central powers and the entente get to
gether for nn exchange of views and to
consider all the things which are keep
ing the belligerents apart. He Inti
mated this might make further fight
ing unnecessary. . Though President
Wilson is not quoted in reply, Wash
ington dispatches make it clear that he
holds xinwaveringly the position that
the only tolerable peace will be, not
negotiated, but dictated to the central
powers by the allies, and that that is
the kind of peace which the allies will
achieve. In this, It is needless to say,
he is backed up by the entire nation.
No one In, a position to predict pre
sumes to believe that such a peace can
be attained this year, but no one in
tends that any other kind of peace
shall be accepted by America. We
have gone into the war to the finish,
and we propose that the finish shall be
In accordance with our high aims foi
the future safety of civilization and
freedom,' no matter what the cost.
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At a most opportune time came the
registration day for all Americana be
tween the ages of eighteen and twenty-one
and thirty-one and "forty-five
years. Gladly, with patriotic exalta
tion, some 13,000,000 youths and older
men enrolled themselves for military
duty, and from their number 3.000.0C ,
more trained soldiers will soon be
ready to move forward to the battle
lines. Millions of others, not so fit In
one way or another for actual fighting,
will be listed for other work directly
connected with the carrying on of the
war. In a few weeks the relative
standing of the 13,000,000 will have
been determined. According to Pro
vost Marshal General Crowder, the
first to be selected for the cantonment
and camps will be those between nine
teen and twenty-one and between thirty-one
and thirty-six.
The matter of granting deferment
to registrants because of the work in
which they are engaged Is of utmost
Importance, and the aid of all employ
ers In this has been enlisted. The gov
ernment is especially desirous that no
essential Industries shall be disturbed
by the draft, but enough men must be
selected to maintain a steady flow of
registrants to the training camps.
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As had been 'foreseen, here and
abroad, the Germans have begun an
intensified U-boat campaign ' directed
especially against the transports carry
lng American troops and supplies. Up
to date this has resulted in the torpe
doing of the Mount Vernon, formerly
the Kronprlnzessin Cecelle, which was
bringing home wounded and sick sol
diers, and of the Persic, carrying 2,800
American troops to Europe. In the
former case the casualties were con
fined to men in the engine rooms and
the vessel put back to a French port
under her own steam. All the men on
the Persic were safely transferred to
the convoying vessels, after which the
steamship was beached on the English
coast. The submarine which attacked
it was destroyed by depth charges. In
both Instances the utmost bravery and'
coolness were exhibited by the crews
and the soldiers aboard.
The British steamship Missanable
also was torpedoed while on her waj
to America for troops and euppllee.'
6RST0N1A IS MAKING PLilllS
Gaston County Is Determined to
Have an Up-to-the-Mlnute Pair .
in Early October.'
Gastonia. Plans for the big Gaston
county fair are progressing rapidly
and Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen
states that when October 8 comes, it
will find an up-to-the-minute fair. One
of the largest carnival companies on
ihe road has .been engaged to have
charge of the big midway. Rural com
munis fairs will be the same big feat
ure as last year and it is planned to
also have industrial community fairs,
a new proposition which has received
the hearty endorsement of govern
ment officials.
Field Artillery Graduates.
Washington Special, Thirty-eight
North Carolinians have graduated at
the Field Artillery Officers' Training
School at Camp Zachary Taylor, Ky.
They are now eligible for appointment
as second lieutenants as follows: Ray
Armstrong, R. F. t. No. 1, Belmont;
Furman Reid Aumon, R. F. D. No. 1,
Seagrove; William Bailey, Jr., 213 E.
Lane Street, Raleigh; William Stanle
Baltrieg .Main Street, Mt. Airy; John
Q. Baldwin, Rockinham; Ira Crawford
Divens, Marshville; Francis Fostef
Bradshaw, Hillsboro; Wfnthrop Ingen
soil Collins, 170 "Cumberland Avenue,
Asheville; Henry Quinn Covington,
Laurlnburg; Dallas Thornton Dailey,
11 Dyer Street, Elizabeth City; Vester
Morris Dorrity, Route 5 .Durha,m;
Theodore Lewis Dunna, Wallace; Sam
Gatling, Milwaukee; Vernon Judson
Harward, Durham; Walter Smith Hay,
410 South Washington Street, Shel
by; Fred Bryant Helms, Route 3, Mon
roe; Bjantson Beeson Holder it. F. D.
No. 1, Jaskson Springs; John Man
ning Huske, Fayetteville; Jas. Wash
ington Johnson, Cedar Creek; Law.
i-ence Vernon Kimbrell, R. F. D. No. 3,
Fletcher; Frank Lee Lassiter, Wag
ram; Joe Burton Linker, 516 East
Bank Street, Salisbury; Wra. Avery
Loftin Mount Olive; Lawrence Luther
Lohr,, R. F. D. No. 2, Lincolnton;
Geo. Halbert McLean, Maxton; Mah
tal Pratt McNeely, .Monroe; Charles
Rolle Matthews, Buies Creek; Samuel
Davidson Mauney, Route 3, Newton;
Robert Lee Morrison, 52 West Depot
Street, Concrod; Thomas William
Rankin 453 Russell Street,, Fayette
ville; Duncan Shaw, Haymbnt Street,
Fayetteville; Henry Belk Simpson,
Route 18, Matthews; Paul StuardfLa
mon Street, Fayetteville; Ralph Roth
well Stowe, Route 2 Gast.onia; Ernest
Robert Warren, 319 South Yorke St.,
Gastonia; John Robert Wilson, 81 Fil
ington Street, Asheville; Hard Jack
son Woody, Spring Creek; Fred Wil
son Morrison, Chapel Hill.
Liquor Dealer Arrested.
Kinston. Albert Balder Lenoir
county man, was arrested on the
charge of retailing. The arrest follow
ed the indictment of his son-in-law at
Baker's instance on the charge of hav
ing falsely testified to secure license
to marry Baker's daughter. Baker, the
authorities assert, has been in the
business several years: According to
officials, Baker recently gave a check
in payment for whiskey and after get
ting the liquor stopped payment on
the check, which was for more than
$100. The authorities are trying to
locate the "wholesaler."
Milk Buyers Strike.
Southern Pines. Southern Pines is
excited over the milk question. The
women of Southern Pines who have
been buying milk from the dealers re
fused to pay 20 cents a uart when
the milk men said they had to raise
price on account of high prices and
scarcity of feed, as they figured they
could not sell for less. The women
of the community got together and
found out that they could have milk
sent up from the Gates farm at Hoff
man for 14 cents a quart. The first
day they sent in an order for 20
quarts, the second 36 quarts, and it
seems as if they may increase their
orders. Two women oversee it when
it arrives at one of the grocery stores
and see that every customer gets his
share, as it i3 not delif-ered to the
houses. The women say they will
not submit to the high prices and they
are inviting all the women in town
to join with the movement to keep
milk down.
War Work Campaign.
Raleigh. A state convention of
agencies involved in the United War
Work Campaign to he launched short
ly will be held in Raleigh September
20-21, at which time speakers of na
tional prominence will be here, to
gether with six or seven hundred dele
gates from the entire state. Plans
were mapped out with representatives
Df the various agencies in a con
ference with Mr. Z. D. Dunlap, State
Campaign Director, whose headquart
srs are in Durham. The detailed pro
gram has not been announced yet.
Three Killed by Train.
Lexington. Three persons wera
killed and three others injured at the
Cotton Grove crossing of the Southern
railway when a troop train struck the
automobile in which the six people
were riding. Miss Turner, daughter
of W. H. Turner of Landis, and two
brothers named Shufler of China
Grove, were killed. A son of Mr. Turn
er was badly injured and may die, ,
while another daughter of Mr. Turner
received only slight injuries. Mr.
furner sustained bruises.