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FAIIM VILLUS, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAUOLI^A, JULY 23, 1915
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G. A. ROUSE, Editor.
NO. ?
SOCIETIES
NAME NEW
NAVAL BOARD
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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.
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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
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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 |
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WEATHER FORECAST.
SUMMER FICTION
mens
IMD CUTS IBM
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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.
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CHAPTER 2.? CONCERN 1 N G STREETS.
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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.
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? ; 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.
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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<v
ly sanctions expenditures out of fnn.ii
on hand.
Leo Frank Has Paint Cnance.
Mllledgoville, Oft. ? The condlt' i
ot Leo M. Frank, suffering from a
serious knife wooed la the throat in
dieted by Wnitom Creen, a fellow HI
term convict at the Georgia prison
(arm bete, remained critical.
Britain Buys Much Cotton.
London.? The British government
itnce 11th day ot March has paid 700.
M0 pounds sterling ($>.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
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