(maENTlLLE IS TBM HEART OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. IT HAS ‘A POPULATION OF FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED iND ONE. AND IS SUR ROUNDED BY THE BEST FARMING COUNTRY. INDUSTRIES OF ALL KINDS ARE INVITED TO LOCATE HERE FOR WE HAVE EVERYTHING TO OFFER IN THE WAY OF LABOR, CAPITAL AN D TRIBUTARY FACILITIES. WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE JOB AND NEWSPAPER PLANT. Agrlcnltnre It the XoHt Ogc(iiI< the Most HealthfaL the Mosl Noble Emplojineiit of Man.—George Wuhliigton. WE HAVE A CIRCULA TION OF TWELVE HUN DRED AMONG THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CARO LINA AND INVITE THOSE WHO ^YIS^ TO GET BET TER ACQUAINTED WITH THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN 4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE 4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND JELL THEM WIIAT YOU ^AVE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. OUR ADVERTISING ^ATES ARE LOW AND CAN BE HAD UPON APPLICA TION. VOLITIE XXXIT. IJHKKNVILLE, >. FRIDATT AFTKItVOON, Al Cil ST 21, 19H. Thousand American Refugees Arrive In N. Y. F rom Germany FOH PUT General Engagement in Progress Along Belgian Frontier, War Guns Are Heard All Son of Commander-in-Chief Of Belgian Army Cap tured and Made Prisoner. Kaiser’s Son Urged Ger mans to Act Brutal. Con gress Will Continue Its Session Indefinitely GENERAL ENGAGEMENT IN PROGRESS. BRUSSELS, Aug. —A general eugagemeiit is in progress all along the JJclgian fj*outier. Fighting com menced Jast night. It is believed that the German move ment is directed here with the combined army of 3^reU(*( an dthe tirst army »>f ]\h>seel<*. War guns are distinctly heard. 150 GERMANS ARRESTED. THE IIAGUE, Aug. l‘J.—Lieut. Uomonranville, son of the conmiander-in-chief of the Belgian army was cap tured on the Dutch side of the frontier ,was disarmed, and made a prisoner at Alkmaar. The Dutch patrol arrested one hundred and fifty Gernnis, who crossed into Iloilnd and all were disarmed and held at Alkmaar. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SHOT DOWN. PARIS, Aug. 19.—An officii comunication has been received by the war otIi(*e fro™ the front detailing alleged German brutalities. The report declares that one of the Kaiser’s sons lu'ged the Oeruiim troops to act brutal. An offier declared that eighty-four houses were burned and women and childien were shot down at Badonville. Jt is reported also that the (Jerman wounded are left on the Held with tlu>ir boots removed before they are abandoned. ULTIMATUM REACHES BERLIN. WASIllN(iTON, Ang. —.^t is officially stated that the Jaanese ultimatum lias reached Berlin. WILL PURCHASE VESSELS. WASHINGTON, Aug. 11).—In a conference between 1’j‘esident Wilson and the Congressional leaders it was agreed that the best "™eans of meeting the present emer gency is to purchase vessis iii'C(>sarv to carry the goods which is waiting for market on account r*f the European war. It is also decided to inti'oduce the WDar Insurance Bill asking Congress for live-iinndred millions to buy ships Congres will continue its sessions indefinit(*ly especially on account of the danger of an «»utbreak in .Mexico. AUSTRIAN STEAMSHIP CAPTURED. i MARSAELLl-IS, Francc, Aug. 19.—The Anstiian steamship Emilia with a caruo of sugar and coft'tn* was captured by a French gunboat off the Moroccan <'ost. Mr. E. B. Moore Once Prominent Business Man of Greenville m II ifiii If It! DEIEMHIIIED10 KEEP Oni OF IS U. S. For Nearly Ihree Hours President Anii His Cabinet Wrestled With Situation McREYNOLDS FOR SUPREME COURT BENCH AVASII1X(JTOX. Aug. lf>.—Pr<‘sident Wilson today noniinat(‘d .McKeynolds foi' the Su])reme Court bencli and Tho“as ^V . ^iregoiy as Attoiiiey General tt> succeed ]Sf<‘- Revnolds. TWO HUNDRED VESSELS CAPTURED. LONDON, Aug- 19.—Jt is estimated that two hun dred German -vessels with a million tumiage, valued at three hundred milJion dollars have been captured at sea by the Britisii, French and liussian warslii])s. There are still at sea five hundred (uM-nian vessels vauled at seven hundred million dollars. Information was received here to day o£ the death of Mr. Klias B Moore which occured at 2 ;30 o’clock this morning at bis home in Wash ington. He suffered a stroke of pa ralysis about seveu years ago, since which his health continued poor, and during the past year his condition gradually grew worse until death re lieved his sufferings. Mr Moore was born in Pitt countv December 13th, 1857, making his age nearly sixty-seven years. In ISSl .*3 married Miss Martha S. Warren, ol Greenville, a daughter of the late Sheriff Allen Warren. For some years he engaged in the mercantile busi ness here, and later was proprietor of the Hotel Macon. He. moved tc Washington in 1SH3 and engaged in the fish busfness, becoming one of th'‘ largest wholesale and retail tish and oyster dealers in Eastern North Caro lina. The funeral will be held Thurs day morning in the Baptist church in \Va.?hington. Mr Moore is survived by his wifr and >ix children, the latter bi inp Mrs }'. A. Tillery, of Raleigh. Mrs. S. I!, Kthcridge, Misses Katie and I.jOuisc ■Moo'*'’, and Messrs Harold and Shcl Ion Moore, of Washington. He als; leaves two brothers, Mr. Thomas Moorv', of Pitt county and Mr. Joseph Moore, of New York; and three sis ters, Mrs. W. Ij Johnston, of Robe."- sonville: Mrs. (\ O. IJttle and Mrs Alia Hyman, of Stokes I|(' was a man ht'ld in high esteem bv all who knew him COMPELLED TO ABANDON ATTACK. ROME, Aug. 1{).—The 'rrissle covresjtondent t(*l(>- grps that the Austrians were compelled to abandon the attack on Vladimir. The ptem- ber is not too eaj-ly^ Tho congested conditions of last year will be relieved to some extent. ()ne section of each of grades one tc four will be tranferred to the Model School. There will still be thirteen teachers in the main building, how ever. Tii‘> gj'Onnds at the Model School are row being graded. All of the space between the front of the build ing and the street is to be shaped properly and walks are to bt> made be fore the opening of school. Neces- sarychanges and repairs are ,ilso be ing made at the main building. A(hflelii‘ ( h!inipiiiiishi|) I’oslponed Chi.rlotti'towii, I’. !■:. i.. .\ug_ I'* - The chanipionshiiis of ilii' t'anadinn Atheletie I'tiion, whieli were to ba\i been h> Id her<> today in coimection with the Confederation jul)ilee (■•‘ie- bra*ion, have been indetinilely post poned hecaii.sc of conditioNs arising f|-oni the war. AMEfllCilll imiREST IS SUFE Va.^hington. 1). C., Aug_ —Thi de t'Tmination of the I'nited States Gov- inetit to ket'p tlii.s i ;)untry irom. be- .oiiiins involved in Uie European war ,!id its controversies was manifest- i| in si V( ral ways today. si(» l'niti‘>f Vgain*.t l’re»- Wiiite Hou.-ie oUicials dt-uied lh<; mesag*' contained any protest con cerning the attitudi of tin .\inericaii |ires.5 toward Germany. Ollu ials said there was nothingti to indicate whethe the Kmperor would at any future time ac