It Pays To Advertise Through The Column* of , Tfa* FarmviUe Enterpri* 4 IT REACHES - THE PEOPLE Subscription $1 a Y ear In Advance. .'il 1 1. i| > i . ?< ,? ? u ? -=?? ' ? FAIIM VILLUS, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAUOLI^A, JULY 23, 1915 uuu-jA ti 1 1, i, i,1 m - ?, ' ? ??' '? ' 1 1? * - ' ' 11 vol. vi -m., . ? . .. ? Merchants I Get Wise Let U? Write You an Ad. and we'll open your eyes WITH INCREASED BUSINESS G. A. ROUSE, Editor. NO. ? SOCIETIES NAME NEW NAVAL BOARD 1 - Secretary Daniels Ask Varied Organizations to Elect Two Jfcn. MR. EDISON FAVORS PUN In Thl? Mannar tli* 8?cr*t? ry Hopes to Proodra Ablest 8ol*tiflc Talent of the Country. i'-y'M !.*??* $ Washington. ? Slrfteen American scientists, to ram, with Thomas A. Edison, as thajnnan, tho 'advisory board Mr the proposed bureau of In vention in the NaT y Department, will be aelected by leading sclentlflo so cieties of the country. Secretary Daniels announced he had written to the presidents of eight societies ask* Ing that two members be selected by each organisation to become membora of the board. Following are the societies addresa ?i: American Chamlcal society. Preal dopt Charles H. Harty, Chapel Ulll, N. C.; American Institute of Electrl cat Engineering, President Paul M. Lincoln, Pittsburg: American Institute off Mining Ejigltfpprs. President lien jrfmln B. Thayer, New York City; American Mathematical Society, Pres ident e. \v. Brown. Yale University: American Society of 'Civil Engineers, President Hunter McDonald. Nash ville, Tenn.; American Society of Mechanical . /Engineers, President James Hartneas, . SprlngBeld. Vt.; American Aeronautical BocletyAAct Ing President Frederick W. Barker, New York City; Inventors' flulld. President Edward Weston, Newark. N. i. I "<;? 'V-1 "Much depands on tho personnel of the commute*," Wr Dan tela said, la announcing his pllui, "and I hare bean desirous, first of aU,: that It ahonld bo made up of the ablest men in the country who have demonstrat ed their leadership In their profea felon. "Altar consultation with eminent men In tho nary and civilian llto I hare decided to ask eight societies having large memberships, each1 to aelect two members who wljl make op the advisory committee. *.'? "In this wa> I feel snre we will . haro the hearty co-operation of the thouuhda ot trained experts who make np their membership. The member* of these societies will nat - u rally see to It that their moat emi nent representatives are chosen. We will, therefore, contain for the Navy : the direct advice of those selected to serve on the committee and also the Interest of all too members of the societies who make the selection." ? RKMtNQTON WORKMEN 8TRIK E. All Shope Will Be at Standstill With in Week. Bridgeport, Conn.? Negotiations to t, Mag about %. settlement of the 'dllg. cnltles between toe machinists of Bridgeport and tbe Remington Anqs ft Ammultlon Company, engaged on ; a gigantic scale In the manufacture of war mtmltlons for the 'allied armies, first at toe machinists, wonld throw down their tools and walk ont and that within a -week all work to the Remlngtod; shops and In toe shop* of subcontractors would ha at a stand .1MK V 'Juat how tar the strike might spread to other manufacturing com moaltlea or Naw England, th? tabor leaders were suable to estimate. ' f .;] The announcement was made by John A. Johnnton, vice 0rosWo.it of tbb structural Ironworks*, after a meeting la tho machlalsU' hall, whloh Was attended by members oftbe ma chinists' union and by more than a. ot international |a%>r ? Protest Aoslnst Qerman Effort. Washington. -At Cha Instance of tbe nrltlsh govaramant tie state depart neat h^s called upon the depart?at of Justlcn ^o tovesug^tho^actwuies OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE Brief Note* Covering Happenings III Thla State That Are of Interaat la All ?ho People. Mooresboro has organised a build Ins and loan aaoclatioa which will be put In operation ? soon as the charter :an be aecored. The Bret attempt at the organization of the plasty* ot Naah county lor the purpose of breeding beef, cattle and hoga baa just been launched by Farm Demonstrator E. P. Joaey. The ateamer Thelma. drawing t 1-J feet of water, wai the first vessel to pass through the lock and dam. No. 1,' at King's Bluff on the Cape Fear river, between Wilmington and Fay ettevllle. < Dr. J. Wilbur Chapman aterted a series ot revival services at the Pres byterian Auditorium at Montreat re cently. Me la helped In thla work toy Mr. Charlea M. Alexander and his band of able assistants. Joseph Crayton Byers, ex sheriff of Cleveland oouoty, died at the home ot hla daughter, Mrs. Marshall A. Bo wen, tour miles below Shelby aad was buried at White Bnlphnr Methodist church. That it will bq poaajble to complete the AshevnifrMarpby sccnlc hlghrray within the next year was the consen sus ot oplajoa of dolcgatea of the va rlous counties through which links of the road will pas* as < xpreased at the conference conducted at Ashevllle. About 70 orphans from the Kennedy Memorial Homo, the Baptist orphanage near Klnston, were taken by Capt. W. L. Kennedy, who 'gave the lite tor ths home. OS as peclal car to Moretiead City. The little folks spent the day at the seashore at Captain Kennedy 'a ax pense. The Aislea Woodworking Company, nest* .".shevllle, ono of Western North Carotia'aa biggest Industrial concerns will bslld on tho alto of the bnlldlng which recently was destroyed by Are with a loss Ot more than MQ.OOO. a plant 60 par cent larger than that turned, according to President W. O. Rlddlck. Meeting as tnsir onicora me Mine officers who have spired during the put year, Iho members of the North Carolina Good Roads Association brought to a close at Ashovllle the most successful meeting In the history of tha organisation. The-offlcers are: President Henry D. Varner, of Lexlng ton : Secretary Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt! of Chapel Hill; Treasurer Joseph O. Brown, of Raleigh; Director D. Tuck | ?r Brown, Rsleigh. * Belton C. Bhuford, manager of the) Brook ford Cotton. Mill store at Hick ory waa seriously 'injured, and hla tiro children, Carl aged Ave and Rath aged three, were killed outright whaa pas senger train So. it struck their auto mobile at a crossing In I-ongrlew Just ?west cf Hickory. Mrs. Shoford. Mlaa Bottle Hollyard, Miss Lola Mtinday. other occupants of the car were slight ly ? ~ ? 1 \ THOUSANDS HAVE DROWNED. Widespread Famine la Cantok, China, Involves Millions. Honk Kong. ? Tens of thousands of satires. It la estimated, hare been drowned by the floods In the Chinese provinces 'of Kwantung. Kwangsl and Klongsl, and the desolation In the 'devastated districts ta terrible, so cording to the latest reports reaching here. , A A to-swept area of one mile and raging floods are handicapping rescue work in Canton. / . ' i" The city waa In darkness, the water baring Inundated the electric Hgiit plant The state department at. Washing- 1 ton summ*ri*>d Its dispatch oa the| flood situation as follows: "Canton Is isolated except to fill steamers. Oh Sbameen (an Island In Canton harbor) the foreign sMUe ment U under 10 feet ot water. Tlio* sands have bean drowned. Tens of thousands are taking refuge upon the house tope and other high place* and ar? atarvii*"' 'Thousands of homes In Cant haVe . tamed- American mission property In lhA region between Can to*. KongiDoan Bid Wo Chow la eith er dent rayed or badly damaged. tar as la known no Anerlean | uZ, ? tlr 4 ? t f , ? Mt? m to*" ? T? ? ! ^-4*eUh- ------- -J WEATHER FORECAST. SUMMER FICTION mens IMD CUTS IBM 1 THROAT WAI SLASHED BV WIL LIAM CREEN WHO V.'AS SERV ING LIFE SENTCNSE. RECOVERY IS VERY DOUBTFUL fclow of Blood From Wound It Finally Stopped ? Croon 6a ya Ho Planned Attack Alono. . MJlledgeville. Qa. ? Leo M. Frank, whose death sentence for the' murder of Mary Phagan recently was com moted to lire linprlsonm&it was at tacked by another prisoner at the ?late prison farm here and aerlouily Injured by being cot In tho throat. Te attack on Frank was made by William Creen. who also L serving a life tf?rm for muoder. Prank's re covery la said to be doubtful. The attack on Frank, which was made abort ly after eleven o'clrok, was made from behind,) a file knife being the weapon used. Frank's left jugular vein Was rat. bat neither the spinal cord oor wind pipe were Injured. ' The attack on Prank waa made In the dormitory wfilch the prisoners oc cupy in common at nigh}. Ail lights were oat at the time. Creen is alleg ed to have had the knife secreted In bia prison clothes. Two convict physicians garo first aid and treated the wound until Doctor Compton. the prisoc. phy-slclan. ? waa summoned from hla home half a mile away. The three men took U stitches in PiW-a Neck. Qr. H. J. Roteo berg, the Prank family physician, ar rived from Atlanta with nurse*. He salt that whOe Prank's condition is precarious he haa a chance tor 'Ufe. Mra. Prank waa in MilledKovlUe at the home of J. M. Burns. She waa Aot told of the attack until after t the pbyaiciana had. finished their work. 8he Decamp hysterical, but later was calmed and was taken to the prison hospital. ' J The icut. extends from the front ot the neck around the left aide to almost .the middle of tho back ot the neck.' Neither the windpipe nor tha spinal cord la hart, bat the Jocular rein Is party severed. Tlie physician's (treat est fear was that some of the Bitches might slip, causing more loss ot blood. Creen said, when taken from, soli tary confinement Ions enough to b? questioned, that he planned and exe cnted the attack alone. He was not communicative and1 tare as his only excuse that he "thought It should be done." Ho said, however, that he re gretted his act BATTLE IN RtlBSIAN-POLAND. Tuetona are Fighting For Control of Lublln-Cholm Railway.' London.? The Russians and Austro Ocrmans aro encaged on several fronts in Russian Poland In - desperate bat tles, the result of which Is likely to play an Important part on the future of the campaign. The most important struggle la on between the Vistula and the Dug Rivers.' The Austro-Oermana aro flghtlngifor control ot the Lublln Cholm Railway which would be of great value' In their efforts to advance on Warsaw. The Teutonio Allies are using vast numbers ot men, but the RuuMlat^ are rerlsting stubbornly and Inflicting heavy lo?*? on their adversa ry ' :'v To the north In the neighborhood of Prasnyai, , Jrtfld Marshal Ton Hln denburg la conducting Just aa deter mined all offensive, with Wars** as his objective. Berlin la calebratlng the successes gained by von Hlndenburg, which are declared by German army head Qua r. tors to bo of treat Importance. Mean Vrhlle PetrOgrad. so far as official ut terance ro, shows no discouragement, ment. , Distress in China. ' Washington.? flood waters In China aro receding .but distress among the population of the Inundated dlatrlct Is increasing according to advices to the navy department from Captain Hough, of tho gunboat Wilmington at 8ha tneen. i' TOWN ORDINANCE THAT WILL EE ENFORCED SAYS THE MAYOR. ? ? i i i CHAPTER 2.? CONCERN 1 N G STREETS. ? f ? \ *.S **r . Sec. 1.? Every owner of a lot and every occupant of a lot shall keep the sidewalks cluaij ^id^ai of weeds, grass and other rank vegetation as far as (pt shall extend. Every owner and Occupant of a lot shall keep all gutters open and free from obsftrudion us far as such lot extends. If any dirt, rubbish, ashes or. other things be placed or left withput lawful authority upon such sidewalk or foot way or in any of the gutters or &?cet adjacent thereto, the occu pant of such lot shall rein'ovc'tht fcame. If after written notice by the Chief of Police or Street Commissioners, requiring him to move the same prohibited by this ordinance, he shall fail for .twenty-four hours to remove the same, he shall be fined One. Dollar for edch day thereafter it may so retaain. ? ? : - ? ; CHARTER OF TOWN OF FARMVJj^ *. C. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enac'i: Sec. 5.? i hut Uiu IJuu'd ol Commission erty owner* to contract and keep irV repair o their ptopcri^^^^j^^cr ns t! ,w THAW RELEASED Ott BOND JUDGE HENDRICK UPHOLDS DECI SION OF JURY THAT HE IB .. SANE. Allowed to Qo Where He Pleaeea Un der Bond Pending An Appeal. Free From Mattewaan. New York.? Harry K. Thaw waa ad mitted tj U5.000 ball after Justice Mcndrlck bad upheld the decision of thf^Jury which declared him aane. La te*Th?w shook off the grip of the law (Dtftored down Broadway to the ap plause of admirers, crossed the ferry at Jersey City, bade the sheriff good bye and whirled away toward Phila delphia, with bla car throwing dust on a procession of automobiles filled with newapaper men undor orders to stay with him. - He reached Newark. 10 miles away, about 2 o'clock and stopped' for lun cheon. A crowd quickly assembled In the street oujslde the restaurant. They cheered on his exit and Thaw, smtl Ins his appreciation resumed his trip. Hlf announced Intention was to motor to Philadelphia, about 100 miles by roadway and there take a train for Pittsburg. Outside > eWark, Thaw loat some of the cars which followed him. Apparently he headed bark for New York as a ruse to elade the newspaper men. This created some speculation a* he had previously said he wanted to attend a theatrical performance on Broadway and bad abandoned tbo Idea rather reluctantly when he aaw tbo site of the crowd awaiting his depart ure from tbe court house. For the flrat time itnee he killed Stanford White at the Madison Square Roof Garden more than nine years ago, Thaw waa free to go and come as he pleased. When Supreme Court Justice Beodrlck who gelded the jury proceedings which ended a few days ago with a cerdtct that Thaw waa sane, announced from the bench short ly before noon that he bad adopted the jury's rerdlct the writ committing Thaw to Mattowan 'seven years ago automatically becasie inoperative. The state's lawyers appealed from Jnatlce Bendrlck's decision and* Thaw was released in $35,000 ball pending the result of the appeal. Under the terms of the bond he Is to hold himself amenable to the court'a orders until the appesl is finally decided. WILL PAY FOR NEBKASKAN ADMIT* VESSEL WAS TORPED OED BY A SUBMARINE AND LIABILITY. German Not* Say* the Nebraekan J Showed No Flag Nor Marking* of i Any Kind Till Attar Shot. Washington. ? Germany's admission ol liability and expression of regret for the German submarine attack on tbe American steamer Nebraskan, pleased olSclAls bere, but It waa tbe general opinion tbat legal points rais ed would require the dispatch of a note further to conserve American rights la the war tone. A memoran dum atitlpf ; Germany's position reached the at^le department through Amhasaador Oerard at Berlin. Legal officers of tbe American gcr eminent who Examined the German memorandum pointed out thkt In many respects the case resembled that of the William P. Ft*#. tho Am erlean ship annk hy the Print Eltcl Frlodrlch. In loth caSea Germany has expreaaed regret sod has offered to ootnpenaata American dtlseus, but tbe action o t the German command er* has bean declared Justified. To admit this, om rials- hero say. would establish a dangerous precedent. In t he Frye esse Germany, contend ed that' tt .was a (air Inference from j tbe language of the Prussian-Ameri can treaty of 1818 that an American ship carrying contraband could be destroyed If there were no other' way to stop transportation of contraband. The' Calted Statu objects to this con struction of ths troaty and In the case of the Mebma^an probably will place cm record .Its tIow thst the attack, even though payment la aaaumed and regreta expressed, was an Illegal act. Villa Forces Defeated. Douglaa. Aria.? After a elk-hour hat' tie la Aaavaeashl Pass, west of Asur Prist. General Oallea, Carranaa com mander in Bonora, waa reported to have decialrely defeated Villa troopa under General Jose Maria Acoata. The Calls* force waa said to cumber ,8,0m while Acosta-a waa reporu? >? halt that aumher. In a message received hero byri Gatdunn, consul for Oar rauaa from Gen. Call** at Lan [miles west ofASgua FHeta. CABINET STUDIES MEXICAN STATUS CAPATA F0RCE8 HAVE RE-OCCU PIED MEXICO CITY ACCORD INQ TO LATE NEW8. ~ . * > UNITED STATES MAY MOVE PrMldent Wilton May, In Nyar Fu ture, I mist on Some Effort Be ing Made far Paaee. Washington.? Dieputch"** to thn state department from Mexico City snnouhced that Zapata force! reoccu jled the capital two days oko follow ing the evacuation by the Carranza army undrfr General Gonzales. Zapata ?fflc(als were Bald to have resumed fall control of the city from which thoy were driven 10 days ago by Gonzales, who now ha* gone northward with hie troops to moot an advancing Villa fore*. This unexpected development acmo as a surprise to officials of the Wash ington government and to both the Mexican agencies. It had been sup posed that the Zapata army, defeat ed and harassed on retreat, waa op erating along the railroad to Vera Cruz, waiting an opportunity to form a junction with the Villa column ap proaching from the north. No word has been received of the whereabouts of General Gonzales since be quit the capital. ' News of a battle near Pa chna, already reached by Villa men Is hourly expected. The battle mey have occurred, messages received here requiring about 24 hours In transmission. Other repqrts to the state depart ment during the dsy said that rail road conteunlcatlon between Vers. Cm and Mexico City was suspended "on account of the present military operations"* tfetallB of which were not dlscl<*e4. Suspension of railroad communication la viewed here with alram for Ihe suffering people In Mexico City, as this action complet ly cuts off the sending of muchnced ed food supplies. A private message from a responsible source pictured the situation as desperate. * a maie department announcement ?aid advices from Mexico City atated that the Zapatistas occupied -the city on the afternoon ot the eighteenth and on he nineteenth appointed some authorities. It to atated that their actions Indicate a desire to maintain order. ? ? ' ?"'* At the cabinet meeting the uncer tain Mexican altsiitlon was briefly dlscuaaed. Some move on the part ot the United States In pursuance of President Wilson's message to the Mexican (actions two months ago urg ing peace to expected In the near fu ture. American Consul General ShanUIn. now at Vera Crux, en route to Washington horn Mexico City la expected to give the administration considerable light on the status ot attain In the nepubllc. London.? A new vote or credit ot 150,000.009 pounds sterling (I7SO.COO, MO) was Introduced In the house of commons. This second supplements^ vote will bring the sum actually ,i~ proprlated by parliament for war ?-? penditures to the total of 450.00C.0P ) Pounds sterling 13.180.000,000). Th-> amount thus provided will tide nv tho period of the forthcoming parll mentary recess. The votwof cre.i't does ont Involve ? new loan, but mer.500,000) on cot toc cargoes, 25 shipments of which have been pnrehaoed In pursuance ot lha arrangemen*. with American cot ton shippers. In giving this informa tion la the house of Commons Lord Robert CkH stated' that the total num ber ot vessels with oargoes made up ?oMg or partly ot cotton which bad boon diverted to British ports ainco March 11. waa 4?, aad to dther British ?erto 11