North Carolina Newspapers

PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. M VOL. XXXVIII NO. 80. GASTONIA, X. O. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 17, 1917. $2-00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE MORE MEN ACCEPTED Of the 200 men summoned to ap pear before the board for examina tion Monday and Tuesday of tbla week the following were accepted: Henry H. Roberts, Lowell. Ernest Robert Warren, Gastonla. William Hurley Horsley, Belmont. Ellja Black Bridges, Kings Mm. T tnnntK TJ a t n f rvrA Rut. mont. . Ralph Carlile Jenkins, Lowell. Hlllardv McDanlel, Gastonia. Draper Holmes, Ward, Gastonia. - Marshall Bell, Dallas. William Press Hamilton, Mt. Holly Gregory Eichenlaub, Belmont. Audie Lee Kiser, Gastonia. Lum Wilson, Bowling ureen, S. C. Claude Thomas Abernethy,' Alexis. Alfred Locke Harvell Belmont. John Mack Daniel, colored, Gasto nia. Rober S. Spratt, Gastonia. Fletcher Bowman Tate, B. City. Robert Carl Brafford, Belmont. James Jamison Queen, Gastonia. Aleel Lee Williams, Gastonia. ' Edward C. Adams, Gastonia. Samuel Meek .Lockrldge? Uallas. John Joe Cobb, Lowell. Columbus Xeil, Lowell., Raford Gunning, Gastonia.. Thomas Wilson McCree, Chariotte. Frank. Wallace, Lowell. John Felix McKnight, Belnio.U. jonn u.agar mou, cnerryvnie. George Lay Carpenter, Lincoln ton. Roland Burton Price, Gastonia. Howard Garrison Oates, B. City. Guy Alexander Sigmon, Mt. Hoiiy. Oscar R. Jenkins, Gaston:a. Loy Franklin Plonk, Dallas. George Douglas Phifer, B. City. Watson Clegg Whitaker, M. Holly. James Corbett White, Gastonia. John Guy, colored, Gastonia. Eubert Zerno Ratchford, Lowell, i James Franklin Wallace, Gastonia. Aaron Alfred Willis, Dallas. William Luther Bowman, M. Holly. Leonard Lee Oliver, Belmont. Hugh A. Query, Belmont.' Jno. Hillary Workman, Cherryrille - James Philatus Rankin, McAden Tille. William Orlaw Bennett, K. Mtn. Manson Crawford Jones, Gastonia. Luther Hutto, Belmont. William Jordan, Gastonia. Doras Clay Pasour, Kings Mtn. William Sloan Carson, Gastonia. Will Misenhelmer, colored. No address. George Guilford Ross, Gastonia. Meek L. Shannon, Gastonia. William Garfield Harvey, K. Mtn. Robert McLean Brandon, Gastonia. Robert Ray Rhyne. Dallas. Maurice MoN'eely, Gastonia. Ernest Watson Black, Gastonia. John Grady Stone, Mayworth. Avilliam Junius Springs, M. Holly. King David Taylor, Gastonia. Hayse Nelson, (Col.), Gastonia. larer.ce Weber, (Col.), B. City. Robert O. Craig, Gastonia. William Ervin Barnes, Belmow. Frank Hedrick. Gastonia. John Thomas Finger, colored, Gas tonia. , James McDowell Stowe, Belmont. John Branche, Gastonia. Edward Lytonla Fraley, Lowell. Willie Fred Rhyne, Mount Holly. Joseph Lee Pack, Belmont. Merril Clinton Lingerfelt, Gastonia John Maxwell, (Col.), Dallas. Jacob Earl Jenkins Costner, Cher ryrille. Fred Smith Rhyne, Gastonia. Patrick Henry Black, B. City. George Washington Dixon, color ed, Kings Mountain. Tom Williams, Lowell, Ben Frank Martin, colored, Gasto nia. George B. Ratchford, Lowell. Clyde Vance Kale, Gastonia. Lester Furnian Crenshaw, Belmont Charlie Williams Hedgepath, Dal las. Theodore Hoffman, Gastonia. James Riskel Helms, McAdenville. VBelvie Jackson, (Col.), Gastonia. Wade Sherrill, (Col.), Mt, Holly. rnftnn Hprleenath. Lin- v atvvi .fcw 1 - colnton. - . John Robert Sadler, Alexis. Claude McLean Glenn, Gastonia. Ulyes Napoleon Jackson, colored, Gastonia. John Franklin Lowe, Mt. Holly. E. Norman Thompson, Gastonia. Joseph R. Nixon, Cherryrille.' Alfred Lucky, (Col.). Stanley. Robt. Charlie Harrell, Gastonia. Lawrence Hendell, Stanley. Benjamin Hunter, (Col.). Belmont The following men were accepted Wednesday and Thursday: , Baxter Woodruff, (Col.) Gastonia. Charlie Columbus Coble, Gastonia. Meek Currence, McAdenville. Sanders Hudson. Dallas. Charlie Rheinhardt, (cot!) Dallas. J. Hoyle Wallace, Gastonia. Adam Miller Cloninger, B. City. Amos Roberta, High Shoals. . Samuel Williams, (Col.), Gastonia. Lonnie Adams, (Col.), Gastonia. Henry Harrison. Mount Holr. Grorer" C. Henderson, Gastonia. Win. Henderson Herms, M. Holly. Amos Morris, Gastonia. . Arthur Hansel, Lowell. ' Walter Arthur Sigmon, M. Holly, . -James Austin Gannt, Kings Mtn. Roby Thomas Sides, Lowell. George W. Michaels, Mayworth Marshall Ernest 8mith, Gastonta. Itt Alexander Fisher, Mt. Holly. ' Albert Rubertla Rudlsill, Dallas. Luther . Wince Avery, Dallas. Henry McDowell, CoL), Stanley. Daid Dow Black. Cherryrille. Buford Rainey, Gastonia. " ; : - Walter Lloyd Pasour, Dallas. -1 Clarence Creed Morrow. Gastonia. Giles Froneberger. (Col.) Stanley. Walter Lee Abernathy,- Lowell. James Leroy Patterson, M. Holly. Geo. Thomas Hutchison, Gastonia. Bidney Woodruff, Gastonia. Brady Lee Hoffman, (Col.),' Gas tonia. Ransom Grider Kiser, B. City. Will Elmas, (Col.), Belmont. Texas Sidney Wellman, Gastonia. Charles Talmage Settlemyer, Gas tonia. John Thomas Flowers, Lowell. Frank Tlsdale Hovis, Stanley. Arthur E. Clemmer, Lowell. Edwin Roy Petty, Bowling Green, S. C. - , Pade HolliflehL High Shoals. John Allen Hunter, Jr., Gastonia. Benjamin Ellis Brady, Cherry ville. Cordus Hallman, Cherryvllle. David White, Bessemer CJty. Melvin Webb Brown, Cherryville. Ernest Ramsey, Bessemer City. William Jesse Holland, Bessemer City. Worth Armstrong, Lowell. Spurgeon Lee Stroup, Cherryville. Reid Sherrill, Gastonia. Robert Falls, Gastonja. Arnle Click Beam, Cherryville. William Scott Wood, Dallas. Arthur Brafford, Lowell Ira Preston Long, Cherryville. Claud Lester Garrison, No. ad dress, v Elzathan Lomack, colored, Besse mer City. Oscar William Lawing, Belmont. Anderson Davis, Gastonia. Albert Lawrence Llneberger, Stan ley. Monroe Cone Mauney, Cherryville. John Humphrey, Dallas. Griffin Gold Rollins, Kings Moun tain. William Caleb Ferguson, 'Jr., Gas tonia. William C. Pasour, Gastonia. Ben Miller, colored, Gastonia. William Gray Rumfelt, Belmont. Deamus Edgar -Ganls, Cherryville. John Mike Elmore, Qastonia. - Walter Ervln Lowe, Lowell. Edward Hunter McKnight, Bel mont. Craig, Johnston, Gastonia. Andrew Eddleman Beaty, Belmont. Joha Grler Love, Gastonra. Isaac Annual Reid, Belmont. Ben Sturgeon, colored, Lowell. Floyd Valie Brtmer, Gastonia. Clayton Huey Odell Carpenter, Cherryrille. Clarence Broadus Thompson, Bes semer City. Rufus Isaac Averx Dallas. John Alexander Wooten, Belmont. Marvin Smith, Belmont. John Rumfelt, Belmont. William Albert Pruett, Gastonia. , Marvin Ray Beaty, Belmont. Christos Peter Leventakis, Gas tonia. Charles Henry House, colored, Gas tonia. Dorus C. H. Love, Belmont. Sidney A. Williams, High Shoals. Ralph Hoyt Smith, Gastonia. Amos Russell, Gastonia. Charles Ervin Noles, Belmont. Gunt Glenn, colored, Belmont. David Monroe Hicks, Gastfcnia. Walter Lee Hinson, Belmont. Wylie Parks Glover, Gastonia. David Ervin Watts; Bessemer City. Arthur Tillman DIshro, trouse, Augustus Webb, McAdenville. Granville DeWayne White, Gas tonia. Price Elmore Ford. Lowell. Jesse Reid McGinnis, Lowell. Newman Howard Capps, Bessemer City. ... James Alexander Campbell, uas- tonla. - Francis Cleveland Abernethy, Gas tonia. Walter Albert Hovis, High Shoals. Shiver Quinn McGraw, Cnerryville. John Warren Riley, Mt. Holly. Ralph Costner, Dallas. Alex Worthy, colored, Gastonia. Austin Monroe Johnson, Mount Holly. Robert Wade Stowe, Gastonia. Oscar Sheppard, colored, Dallas. Wm. Herman Maton, Gastonia. Gamaliel James. Gastonia. Forest BITOT Clemmer, Dallas. Webb Honeycutt, Mount Holly. OPPOSITION TO REVENUE BILL (By International, News Service.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The $2,000,000,000 revenue bill encoun tered strong opposition today from the Senators, who oppose the finance committee's tax upon excess profits. LaFollette Is securing more recruits among' the senators, who advocate that the wealth pay the bigger share of this year's war expense, which Is now estimated at $17,000,000,000. The senate Is considering the auto mobile tax. "SAMMIES' IN A FINE SPIRITS (By International News Serrice.) AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP, FRANCE, vAug. 16. When the "Sammies" - hit theTiay last night they, were considered real fighting men by most competent obserrers. They marched and drilled like finish ed veterans and Gen. Sibert declared that he was proud 'to be commander of such a body of men. The soldier boys were In fine spirits and as they marched they sang "We'll hang , the old Kaiser on the sour apple tree The French showered attentions en thusiastically upon. the marchers.- OFFICERS GO TO FRANCE FOR TRAINING UNDER BEN. PERSHING Considerable Number of Officers Trained at Camps This Summer to be Sent to France Boon for In tensive Training Under General Pershing Will be Attached to Regiments Now in France. Washington, Aug. 16. From the 27,000 officers taken from the train ing camps just closed a considerable number are being selected to begin immediately intensive training In France under direction of Major) General Pershing. The plan provides for establishing an officers' sqhool in the American army where they can be given inten Bive Instruction similar to that be ing given the regular army contln gent already there. V In addition some of the young of fleers may be sent to French and British officers' schools as both gov4 ernments have expressed their wIM lingness to undertake post-graduate work of that nature. Some of the young officers also will be attached to the regular regi ments now in France. When they have received sufficient training they may replace officers now ;n charge of the American units and whose expe rience would be of value in training the new armies at home. It Is possi ble also that many of the new offi cers will be sent home as instructors as soon as they have completed train ing courses in France. A review of the work of the first series of . training camps which clos ed officially yesterday was Issued to day by Adjutan'General McCain, showing all the hew officers already have been assigned to duty and are to report for active service not later than August 29. There are Included in the list two colonels appointed in 1916 to the of ficers' reserve corps and who were confirmed in that rank after attend ance at the training camps; one lieu tenant colonel; 235 majors; 3,722 captains; 4,452 first lieutenants and 18,929 second lieutenants. Most of the officers go to the infantry serv ice, 13,109 being commissioned in that arm. Of the remainder. 1,482 to the cavalry, 4,055 to the field ar tillery, 838 to the coast artillery, l, 966 to the engineers, 3,067 to the quartermasters' corps and 152 to the new statistical division of the adju tant general's office. In addition to these provisional second lieutenants were assigned (to the regular army as follows: 305 to the ordnance bureau, 804p the ma chine gun service, 1,375 to the in fantry, 178 to the cavalry, 510 to the field and 224 to the coast artillery. PORK IS ADVANCING (By International News Service.) CHICAGO, Aug. 16 . The hog market touched $18.45 today, which is another high records Pork chops are retailing at 40 cents per pound. September wheat is $1.99 3-4. PEACE PROPOSALS NOT DELIVERED (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Secre tary Lansing told newspaper men that he had received no intimation when the Pope's peace proposal will be delivered or how and from what source It will be delivered. AMERICAN NAVY , WANTS ACTION (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The American navy wants ; more of a prominent part In the war. .At a conference of President Wilson, Sec retary Daniels and Admiral Mayo, commander of the Atlantic fleet, tne President was told that the fleet would like to get into action. The sentiment in the nary is growing more actire for a campaign against the submarines, and the nary officials think the time is ripe to carry the war directly to the German nary. The spirit, that is preralent in the nary is expressed as follows: "Damn the torpedoes.' A SURPRISE MARRIAGE. A surofise "wedding took place Sat urday when Miss Hester Anthony, daughter of Mr. John R. Anthony, of route one, Gastonia, became the bride of Sergeant Walter C. Cheney, of the Quartermaster's -Corps,' United States Army. The groom is spending a few days on furlough at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.. W. Cheney, near Gastonia. He will return this week.to'his post of duty at Fort Cas well. : Both young people hare nu merous friends to whom this an nouncement will be of Interest. . "Mr. and Mrs.' lohn E. Beal and children hare returiijrom a mo tor trip in Western Arth Carolina. While away they visited Mrs. Seal's mother, Mrs. M. E. Detwiler, In Hen dersonville, and Mrs. Real's sister, Mrs. J.' C. Sales, at Fletcher. ' 1 BOILD LASTING ROADS ASPHALT BEING USED BY THE COUNTY Thirty-Odd Miles Already Ordered Built and Eventually AU Roads in County Will Be Given Permanent Construction - Contractor Al ready at Work on New Hope Penetration and Surfacing Methods Joth Ueing Used, Gaston county has etll si entered i tyWyL entere upon the constructionist (permanent roads and, barring the possibility 'of a serious Bet back to business and in dustries generally by the present war, the next year or two will see many miles of permanent asphalt roads con structed in the county. Already the work of building about 35 miles of this character of roads has been com menced. A contract has been let to Sam B. Finley, of Atlanta,, who now has a force at work on the New Hope road southeast of the city. This first stretch of road is being built from Babragton heights, a couple of miles out from the city, back to wards Gastonia and will connect with the city's asphalt paving on Franklin avenue at Church street. On newly constructed macadam here there is a solid bed in good re- lair, tha'surfaciug method will be sed. For Instance, this method Is to be applied to the new road connect i&? Stanley and Mount Holly, a dis tance of six and a half miles. On the New Hope road the penetration meflhod is being used, this including two operations Instead of one as does the surfacing method. So far the following stretches of road have been decided upon for permanent work of this character: The New Hope road from Gastonia to Belmont, 11 or 12 mile. I From Hoyle's Bridgfc yrrpuh "Dal las up the Cherryville U&dua point west of the county home, six miles. Belmont through Mount Holly to a point near Lucia, six miles. From the Lincoln county line through Cherryville towards Besse mer City, six miles. Stanley to Mount Holly, six and a alf miles. it is stated that this character of has been thoroughly tested and found to be the most dnr best alround road for the country. Fulton county Georgia, in which is located Atlanta, has this type of road exclusively. The cost of, the penetration method is about $2,000 per mile and that of the sur facing less than half that amount. It Is an accepted theory in every section of the country now that it is not only impractical but expensive to construct either the sand-clay or old style macadam roads. Vehicular traffic, especially as regards autos, has grown to such proportions that only permanent roads are now worth considering. This is a long step forward for Gaston county and the action of the board of county commissioners In taking this step will undoubtedly meet with general approval. MR. DAVENPORT HONORED Vi Mr. R. K. Davenport, chairman of the board of county commissioners of Gaston, has returned from Wilson where he attended the annual meet ing of the State Association of Coun ty Commissroners.XAs noted else where in today's Gazette Mr. Daven port secured this convention for Gas tonia for next year. . It will meet here in August and will bring to Gastonia over a hundred of the lead ing men of the State. Mr. Davenport Was elected secreta ry of the association for the coming year, an honor deservedly placed. Mr. Davenport is a business man of splendid ability andis one of Gas- vion's leading citizesn. -i S Mr. Llneberger is Appointed. Mr. Lester T. Llneberger, of Gas tonia, who took his examination for admittance to the second training camp at Fort Oglethorpe, "received a notice of his appointment today. He will report for duty August 27th. A Business Change. K Mr. F. E. Saunders has sold his in terest in the Saunders Tailoring Com pany to Messrs. W. H. Taylor and J. C. Quinn and will relinquish the management next Monday. He will be succeeded as manager by Mr. Ar thur Watts Mr. Saunders has pur chased the interest of Mr. J. R. Del linger In the Gastonia Garage and will succeed Mr. Delllnger as mana ger of that business. Mr. Delllnger will continue with the garage until the 10th of next month. He has not yet decided just what branch of busi ness he will enter. ' , ; Miss Louise Beal 13 risiting her aunt, Mrs. J. C. Sales, at Fletcher. Mrand Mrs. 4. White Ware and little daughter, Margaret, left' today for a ten days stay at Wrightsrllle "Beach. ' ., v - ' ' Mr. S. J. Horton and son, Mr. Ralph Horton, of Salisbury, arrived yesterday to spend a few days with the former's nephew, Drf C. - J.. Mc Combs, and family. ; ' -v . haXbeen ableirird FOR RENT: The P. ,T. Heath store room' formerly occupied by the Ef ird Company will be for rent January l.1918. See J. White Ware, Citi zens National Bank building. S-14e . ' iL ' '-:' . MAY GO DIRECT TO FRANCE (By. International News Service,) WASHINGTON, Aug. IT. An of ficial confirmation of the reports that troops of the New England National Guards will go to France with or pre ceding the Forty-Second (.Rainbow) Dirision was issued by the War De partment today. That the New Eng land or Twenty-Seventh Division will see service abroad soon is Indicated by the announcement that this divis ion will not go Into camp in the South as a whole but that certain units selected for service in France will return North ready to embark. BLOODY BATTLE LAST UIGHT (By International News Service.) LONDON, Aug. 17. (Official.) Battles raged all along the British front last night. While soldiers surg ed over the blood-soaked soil In West Flanders, the Germans north of Lens made desperate efforts to relieve the pressure on the Loos sector. Two heavy assaults were launched against the trenches won hf the Canadians and temporary success was gained but the British later re-tooK all the ground lost. The British lines were re-established Intact and the menace to the German stronghold at Lens wa3 heightened. WAR PLANS STILLlPROGRESSING (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. While the president and other cabinet members were carefully dlgestinig the Pope's peace proposal, the ma chinery of the army and navy were advancing at top speed. Among the real war movements it is only pos sible to make "a few known. The others must remain a secret until they are actually in effect. It may be stated, however, that the approval oi tne president to certain plans, is calculated to make the navy more efficient In the war, especially in curbing the submarine menace. The assignment to duty, by the president and secretary of war the best brafh In the army including all ranking major generals and those just pro moted to active duty with field forces will mean that the national guard can be ready for France long be fore the snow files. The new nation al army can take Its place in the re serve camps of France berore the Spring drive. The sharp curbing of the pro-Germanism, a complete or ganization of the national army and national guard in the cantonments are the most vital movements at present. COAL STRIKE KXI18. LEXINGTON, Ky Aug. 17. The end of the strike ot 18,000 miners in Kentucky and Tennessee is believed to be near today, 24 coal companies having signed an agreement with the miners conceding their dematads. AT THE MOVIES nitOADWAV TODAY: Edison's Conquest Pro gram, seven reels. SATURDAY: K. E. K. Western pictures. COZY TODAY: Gladys Hulette in "Pots and Pans Peggie." A Gold Rooster play in five acts. FRIDAY, Aug. 24: Mary .Pick ford In "Romance of the Redwoods." IDEAL TODAY: Red Cross Day. "THE Man Who Made Good," featuring Jack Deveraux and Winifred Allen. SATURDAY: First Autnentlc Pic tures of American Soldiers in France. BENEFIT AT BROADWAY. The Broadway is giving one day in each month a liberal percentage of its recipts to the Gaston County Chapter of the American Red. Cross. Next Thursday, the 23rd Is Red Cross day at the Broadway and for that day a special Fox feature "Her, Tempta tion,"' has been provided. BENEFIT AT IDEAL. . Manager Cunningham, of thJdeaI Theater, will give 3o per cent of the gross receipts of this theater today to the Red Cross. The following young ladies hare been appointed to act as ushers: Misses Ethelda Armstrong, Sadie Thomson,' Luia Rankin, Mary LaFar, Burnie Boyce and Christine Sloan, - They will wear the Uniform of Red, Cross nurses. The Ideal Theater will present on Monday a special Vitagrapn blue Ht-, bon feature. "The battle cry, of peace,? featuring Charles i Richman and other eminent Vitagraph Stars. This . picture was written and pro duced and based on facts as . stated by HudsonV Maxim's "Defenseless America". Txhe price on the attrac tion will be 5c and 15c. Open at 9:30 a. m. - NOTE HINTED ' AT SUICIDE The latest development in . the case of A. C. Stroup, whose myster ious disappearance a week ago last, night remains unsolved,- was the finding of a note Wednesday After noon which the missing man left In his trunk. The family has not made the note public but It , la stated by those in a position to know Its con tents that the note stated the writer was gone for good and that he "did not believe that all suicides . were lost." This note lends, some color to the theory that Stroup ' committed suicide. Howerer, if he did, destroy himself no trace of his body has been found. . ."'-' Mr. Ernest Stroup, son of the miss-' ing man, does not believe, howerer, ; that his father has committed sui cide. He attaches considerable Im portance to the various reports to the effect that his father has been -seen at rarious places, notwith standing the fact that has been un able so far to get any tangible clue.' He, spent Sunday . at Camp Greene, ' near Charlotte, and discovered that a man 'answering the description ot -his father spent Saturday night at the-camp and ate supper Saturday night and breakfast Sunday morning i with one of the military companies doing guard duty there. The men who talked with him" were -of the. opinion that he was somewhat off ' mentally. ' The search for the imsslng man Is still going on with but little prospect, however, of bringing about a solu- ption of the mystery. 4 ORDERED TO BE MORE RIGID Provost General Crowder has Issu ed a new bulletin, a copy of which' was received by the-Gaston County Exemption Board this morning, in which he gives the boards wider lat itude in passing on claims for exemp tion on the ground of dependencies. The new order glres the board the right to disregard the affidavits filed by applicants for exemption on this ground and conduct independent in vestigations where they see fit. Gen. Crowder calls attention to the fact that many applications for exemp tion on this ground will undoubtedly be unworthy of consideration and he urges the board to use their best com mon judgment In making their rul ings. He calls attention to the fact that it will be impossible to secure an army if serious consideration Is given to every claim laid before the board. In short he asks the board to use the information they " hare at hand or can secure, outside the acts set forth in affidavits and thus re duce as far as possible the letting off of men who have no genuine claim to exemption. ? AROUND THE ' RECRUITING OFFICE Sergeant Feehan, in charge of the local recruiting office of the army is ' spending the week in Lincolnton can vassing for recruits. During his ab- -sence Corporal Aycock is in charge pf the office and is assisted by Pri-t ' vates Ball and. Dawson. Thomas Dees, of Gastonia, enlist ed yesterday in the field artillery and was sent to Greensboro. The local recruiting office is now in charge of recruiting for the Na- , tional Guard as well as the regular army, an order to this effect having been recently Issued. At present the -North Carolina National Guard lacks 1,989 men of being up .to war strength. If there are any Gaston county men who want to get into the ' National Guards thjey can do so by reporting to the local recruiting sta- The recruiting officers direct at tention to the recent order Issued by V,, (Dana vtmAnt f fh1?dfna Iftr. one not connected with the service to . wear any part of the army uniform. The nenaltv is a fina of 1300 and 1m- A prisonment and it la stated that the order will in the future be rigidly en forced. , Colored men are wanted by the army for the medical department If ' there are any colored men in Gaston . who want to enlist, the recruiting of fice will be glad to see them. Since the local office was opened some months ago not a single colored man has offered himself for enlistment. E. D. Hutto, a private in the regu- ' Iar army, reported, this : morning to the local recruiting office that he was . absent from his post near Syracuse, N. Y., without leave.' He came to see his mother, Mrs. Clara Button, ' who lives at Belmont and has beeiTabsent for six days. A soldier who remains absent for 10- days is classed as a de-t serter. Hntto's presence was report- . ed and he will be returned to his post In New York. .. w - . COTTON MARKET FOR T0DA TT (By International News Serrice.) " NEW YORK. Aug. IT; OpenLig October 24.24, January 24.22. . - . . . - i -7-