llbrluu
GREENTILLE M THM
HEART OF EAMTBMN
^ORTH OAROUNA, IT HAS
A POPULATION OF WOVE
TBOVBAND^ ONE HUNDRED
iND ONE, AND IS SUR
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OP ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HA VE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB and
PLANT.
NEWSPAPER
AartMttoM to tiM lUst OmM. lb* Km« BMdtktal. Hm M««t X«kl« toplcyiBMl d
WM MAVM A aaeVEA-
TtOM OF TWELVE HUN
DRED AMONG THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH CARO
LINA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET
TER ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
9AVE TO BRING TO THEIR
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVERTISING
HATES ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
fOLUMB XXXIT.
«UBRTILUE, H. C, FBIDAT MARCH 19, 1915.
5(1
10 SIAHI
FOR
IN
E
EBAIL
litb Ajpnach of Summer the Need
of M Bail feam Crows
101 WILL SUPPOm lEHM
■•lief Non Entertainpd That The
BaHeball Fans Maj Oet Together
And liuTe Good Team For
SumMer Months.
Ab the approach of Spring comes
•a, all baseball enthusiasts, and those
•thers who are In the least inclined to
ke admirers of the great national
came, look forward with smiles and
kapplness to the pleasant hours in
flte grand stand and oo the bleache's.
Statistics show that no other sport
kas ever held such a griping hold up-
40 the people generally as the base
ball game of today. An examination
•f the records as to the number of
■pcctators and tlie amount of the pro
ceeds, which are annually compiled,
will astonish oven the most ardent of
fans. But, when one bi'gins to think
of the thrills and exfiU'nii'j't which
the oU! biisel>an game oft'ers, little <'an
be wonder of ilio po^iiiion tlif game
has won in the lunirls of Amo: ic uns.
This i)y way of iutrodiution, Uow-
evor, is in no nu>ans the siubjoct of
this article. Th>' (lucstioii is "Whore
ts the City of Greenville going to be
located on the baseball map this coin
ing season" The answer is not forth-
•oming from the writer, because it is
keyond his reasoning. There was a
time when tlie business men of Oreen-
Tllle who were fond of baseball lent
a helping hand by backing the amateur
t«am here. The past few years on
tba other hand, has been totally mi-
■us the cooperation of the business
■ten. and the fact Is, the general pro
moters have been young men who
kaTB managed the whole business as
well as donned uniforms and partici
pated In the games themselves. This
taking charge by last years promot-
ters was not done either, without first
putting the question before the peo
ple. Something was said in the paper
about a mass-meeting and there was
■ome discussion as to whether Green-!
Tille should enter the Eastern Caro-1
lina I.eague. of which there was some ^
talk of reviving just at that time. This ,
project soon fell by the wayside, how
ever, and the baseball situation here
was left to tight its own fight.
•Vow, there is no reason in tfie wcrl 1 I
why a town with a population of 7 OOfl |
j,-ople shouM not have an organized
baseball team. As the hat sultry days
come on, people quite naturrilly are
rrady to pause fro their work for a
-iH-rt while in the a t'rnnons. if
•• nil' <if tiH' rii'Ti hl'ro would
(inly ret top-other an'l iro all'll!) tlir ^
(■(iu.'t!",i;'lii'li (>l‘ n go'1.1 d'riirion»l, w;th |
a coi;.fi!"ta!iU‘ a’l;’. conven'.e'it seatin;; j
grani!-.<‘:ii'.l am! bk-aeherK. it i-'. srH >
ti' say that their efforts. linanacUUly, j
would in 'hnrt tini'' be rcpa-d. A
good basi ball team and a good park .
i< a fine ailv.'rti.^i'ment for anv town
Haseball has come to stay and these,
who are at all unfavorable to the spnrt j
need not fear much damage to be ef- j
fe^’ti'd on acount of their porifion. The .
(port has become a profession anil an •
lonorable one. I ook at the fome o'"
Ty" Cobb and the turning of eyes
verywhere toward Oeoreia when the ^
upstion Is poppped, ‘‘Where Is h<r
om?” Again, look at th<* otherwise ^
slRniflcant little place of Coffeyville,
Negro Kills Voung White Man
afld Narrowly (scapes
Being linched
Mount Olive, March IS—A Ij-nching
was narrowly averted here this morn
ing when it was learned that a negro,
Isadora Best, had killed a young white
man, H. F. Beatty, by shooting him
with the contents of both barrels of
a shot gun. The tragedy occurred
at about 6 o'clock at the plant of the
Enterprise Lumber Company, one
milo south of town.
As soon as the police were informed
a posse was organized which suc
ceeded in capturing the negro one
hour later while hiding under another
negroe’s house. He was rushed to the
lock up and Sheriff R. H. Edwards of
Goldsboro notified to comc and get
him.
While the sheriff was on his way
a crowd of perhaps 1000 men collect
ed around the lock up and as feeling
was running high a lynching was fear
ed. Sheriif Edwards succeeded in
getting the negro out of the lock-up
and in his auto in which the negro
was taken to Goldsboro. T he sheriff
made a talk to the crowd before they
would allow the removal of the negro.
The killing was the result of a
slight quarrel between the men on
yesterday in regard to the work at the
plant. It had almost been forgotten
when the negro appeared and shot Mr.
Beatty thi.s morning.
Young Boatty leaves a wife and ono
fniall child. The remains were talion
to Wanaish, N'. (’ , for burial.
Cl K.MAN » IM !SI !! KMlI.SItnii:
HKi’oiM i:i» TO in: witiH ki:i>
Coppuiihagen, via l.oiidon, March
—Another version oii the reported des
truction of the German cruiser Karls
ruhe is published today by the Na
tional Tidende. This account pur-
poits to emanate from a Ger
man merchant captain, who had
served as a petty officer of the land-
sturm in Wilhelmshaven. The cap
tain is reported to have declared that
the crew of the Karlsruhe arrived in
Germany on the German liner Rio
Negro early in December, but that
this fact and the fact that the disas
ter had aecurred, were kept secret
that the British cruiser would con
tinue tlieir search for the German.
Early in December it was reported
that the Karlsruhe had evaded the
British fleet and arrived in a German
port.
Recently there has been no reports
of the actual movements of the Karls
ruhe. which. early in the war.
gained fame as a sea raider, although
tl'.ere have been several tinj’onfirmed
statements that the cruiser had met
with disaster. One story enirinated
from a sea captain who said he had
seen the hulk of the Korl '"Uli ■ on
the beach of one of the Grenadine
Islands of the Windward group in the
(’ariiibean Sen. The vo-^sel, h“ de-
eSai’ed, eitl'.or h:’'l sopo prhnn- in a
sto'ni or been I’e troyrd by nn ex-
ii'orion.
Big Battle Pending on
Bank of Yser River Canal
Which BelginArmy Holds
fail Urges Changes in law
Relating to Aliens anb
Civil Service
Germans Kailinji For Reinforce-
oents Before Starting a
General Eflgagement
Mimi iic¥ m pnussiii
nr'•> I
: !»;r ^virrrn'’ ’'s” K'jsfuj
Hi'rl’n fvii 1 onilon), March IS—,
•Viitliorsliin r.f a. pi '.’;’i '’^n•ain^’'g sar
castle re'cr-'iie.. to ''iiipfror William
has resulted in T'ir‘t l.ieiitenant A1
fred TIuii'.Uert, o'' the 3lst refrimen'
of French rifles, a war prisoner a' |
F,tras«buri», being sentenced to nix;
months* fmprl.sonment. j
r--~rr=:=jr- , -|
Kansas, hut for Its being the birth-1
place of the great Welter .Tohnson |
Strain T ask. after this glancp around
n". “Whore Is ftrennvlMi' going to be
•n the Baseball Map this emoing sea-
•on?"
London, March 18—The next Im
portant battle in the west, it is be
lieved, will take place along the river
Yser, held on one side by the recently
re-organized Belgian army, and on the
other by the Germans.
As the tlooda have subsided, the
Belgians, supported by the allies'
warships, have pushed their line
slightly forward, and this is almost
certain to lead to counter attacks by
the Germans and a general engage
ment, as when similar movements
were initated elsewhere along the
front. An artillery duel already has
commenced.
There may be a slight delay while
the Germans are awaiting reinforce
ments, for they have been using most
of their reserves to counter attack the
I’ritish troops at St. Eiol and .Neuve
Chapcllo, and the French north of Ar
ras. but that a big clash will soon
come nobody doubts.
The contest for the tip ir of Notre
name de l.on tte is still in progress,
and acorditig to Berlin, further at
tempts of the French to advance in
Champagne, where they captured an
important ridge north of Le Mensil,
have been repulsed. Fighting in the
•\rgonne forest and the Vosges ha'=
slackened somewhat, owing doubtless
to the return of cold weather.
There is little news from the east
ern front and beyond the fact that
the Russians have again crossed the
East Prussian frontier In the tar
northeast, near Tilsit, and that they
continue their offensive against the
Austrians in Bukowina. there la no
change.
Turks Repair Batteries
There is a temporary lull in the
bombardment of the Dardanelles and
Smyrna, according to an .\thens dis
patch due. it is thought to unfavor
able weather conditions. The Turks
are taking advantage of this to re
pair damage done to the forts and
batteries, and they express confidence
v.'hieh i.s shared hy the German field
niarhlial Baron Von Der (5olt^, that
ihe straits are impenetrable.
The belief is held here, however,
that as soon as the ships reeeive fresh
ammunition they will renew the at-
tacic with even greater force.
The conference between the gov
ernment and labor Icaderes to arrange
for the .'leeelarafion of the output of
war nur 'tions was eontinne! in Lon
don t'ldav and adjourned u'lf l tonior
row' to eotiinlete the au’reenier't. The
l:>li">rites (iesire assurances that the
arrii’.v.;enieiits entered into now will
T'rt prf>'xniicaU y affect the wtirk-
ers after the war is concluded.
Russians Seize Villages
l’“trograd, March IS—Via Ijondon.
March in—1;.59 a. m.--The following
oflicinl communication from general
lieai'.cuarters was issued tonii;ht:
"In Russian Poland on the front
betwpen the rivers Skawa and Orzye,
TartaV. Wack and Zoimek, and also
in the retjion north of Przasnysz fight
ing continues. We have seized sev
eral villages and taken five guns, 42
machine guns, many caissons and sev.
eral hundreds of prisoners.
TLAXiS FOR TKIMTY
COLLEGE COMMENCEMEXT
Trinity Colege, Durham, March
18—Commencement exercises this
year will be held from Sunday, June
6, to Wednesday, June 9, and from
the program which is announced to
day, 'the exercisea promise to be of
especial interest. The sermon will
bo preached by Rev, James Wldeman
Lee, D,D., of St. Louis, the address
will be delivered by Owen Wister
LL.D., of Philadelphia, and the
alumni address will be given by Mr.
Bunyan S. Womble of Winston-Sal
em. The baccalaureate address will
be delivered by President William
Preston Few. Rev. Harry M. North
of the class of 1899, will read a poeoi
at the alumni dinner.
Ur. [lias lurnage Prominent
Cilizeo of Hyden Died
Suddenly loday
DEVISOR’S NAME WAS
OMITTED FROM WILL.
Annie Stanclll, a colored womnn
appeared at the Courthouse Tuesday
afternoon with a will for probating
which named her as executrix. It was
discovered that the document, writ
ten on a typewriter and witnessed by
two negro preachers, did not boar the
devisor's signature. The will h"-
quoaihed ?5 UO and the r othe
niaiiidor of her property, real and
per>onal. The clerk s-tated that ei-
iV.rts wore being iiiaile to disiover H
is not an orli;iiial to the will,
v.hieh he suspects to be a copy, it
sui'h is not the case, the Stanci'.i wo
man will probaijly have to qualify as
administratrix in accordance with the
law. and in the event the division of
the proprety between the two sisters
V :i in all likelihood be more equit
able.—Kinston, Press.
GREENVILLE 16; FAR«ILLE i
IS BASKET BALL GAME
Thursday afternoon about sixty en-
thusalstic Greenvillo Graded School
pupils accompanied their girls Bas
ket Ball Team to Farmville. The
young folks left with the determina
tion to bring back victory and the re
sult was altogether flattering. Al
though the Farmville girls played
hard and fast the game was decidedly
Greenville's. At no moment during the
contest did Farmville have a chance
to win. The score 1*> to 4 tells the
story of the first victory that a Green,
iville Team has won this year.
The entire team played a good game
l.cota Jenkins starred fur Greenville
making 10 out of the I'l points. Those
comprising the Grei riville team are
I.eota Jenkins, Krla I'ritcher, Nan
nie Clapp, Elizabet'i Galloway ami
Lillie Dell Critcher.
I'HKSIPKXT Si lls
n \ l i: OK COT I ON
Washincton. "irih 17 I’resi-.lent
'.Vilson today se:a a hale of cotton
and sent t!je pr.iceeds to charity it;
Ohluliotna.
During the “I' ly a hale of cotton"
movenii'nt the ;>ri'sident bought sev
eral bales, and one now In Stor-
a.ge at r.oswell, ('',<la. H. H. Conway
of Paris. Tex.i'. offered to buy it at
ten cents a pound and today the
president accepted his offer and di
rected that the proceeds b«' sent tc
a charity in Oklahoma to be selec.
ed by Senators Gore and Owen.
The town is having large tiling laid
from Ninth street to the branch on the
Forbes property.
Chapel Hill, March IS—A mightier
arm for the civil service department
of the government, and thereby neces
j sanly a curtailment of the appointivt
powers of tlio Chief Executive wa
the outstanding recommendation o.
former President William Howarc.
Tait in his lecture tonight, on the
powers of the President. The classi
lication and regulation of the post
masters would be chiefly affected b\
the proposed Innovation of I’refessoi
Talt.
Strengthen Allen Laws.
Characterizing the absence of a pro
vision in our laws whereby the right;
of the allies could bo safeguarded
properly, as a defect in our govern
ment, Professor Talt urged the pass
age of laws to prevent these tlagrant
violations. There have been 60 or 7i
cases of these violations and not i
single indictment. The governmeni
at Washington ought to be able a
least to make a “fuss" rather than
issue a simple recommendation,” hi
declared.
"Why should the President b'
bothered witli the appointment of tlie
postniustor of I'evil Lake, Montana,
asked the former President, Admit
ting thai a.- the pnwi-r of the exeen
tivo to appoint draws to an end the
iiiliuenee oi tln> 1're-iileliey seenH tr '
wane, ln' nrgi..il the elian^e, inasinneli ;
that the central powers at Wa^hi:';:- j
ton would be eurtail<"l and tht- e,
f.eieney nf l’,ie r.i-t.itli;'!' IU'ti'irlih"!!
safeguarded. Will; the .'^election o'
po.-tniasters by tliu civil ser\ ie,.' te,-’
he contended that a ba.-iiiie-s ;;y.-tcn!
'vi/uld be inaueuratod and that as
much of a premium would he placed
upon the continuity of the services
of a competent postmoster as upon a
capable officer in an industrial plant.
He added, "I can't see why when we
go into politics we should lose our
ordinary common sense.”
Tribute to Emplojrer.
The machinery of government, what
Professor Taft termed the entity of
government, was paid a tribute by the
former President. These depart
mental employees different from the
President and Cabinet, are continu-
cusly in the service of the govern
ment. While the President and Cab
inet officers are at the seashore these
faithful servants are runninc: the ma
chinery of the government.
The only ntidtro he fhrii't .t*
President Uoosevolt in his sjieceh to
night was in his discussion of the
construction of the Panama Canal
during his ndniinistration lie said.
“1 advised Roosevelt to continue th"
governnii nt in biiildinc: of the eanal
He tlid nof hesitate to eontiim*- the
gov<‘rnnierit ’
M l. 1:0 4 i:i> Tin ■
rvri ^ V s\\ n>,
All .e'
hi'ard li'e s'.'i" i,-:if. ee.i‘ •;
v!e>t sh,> was si!”k 1’. !i;-!i-'ry,
lit by a inino in the North >a ’.vere*
savid, aicording to t;v.' r'.enibcr.»>
of her crew who reaehi' l li-'•e tndavj
on the .Matanzas frf.ni I'.rcnierhaveii,
It had been vnriou.-ly rep'irtej b''rr
that eight and thirteen men were
lost.
The five men said the ve.sscl sfnrk
a mine at 4 <’clock in the niorn'ne
and remained afloat for seven hour'-
thereafter. The crew look to th(
boats. One boat was rescued by a
German patrol boat and the othei
were picked up by other ships and
landed in Holland.
News was received here this mom
ing of the death of Mr. Elias Turn
age which occurred this morning at
o’clock at his home in Aydea. Mr.
Turnage had been sick for two week#
previous to his death but his condV-
tion had improved considerably and it
was thought he would get well again.
His death this morning was due to
heart failure and was sudden. H<'
was in his C5th year.
Mr, Turnage was prominently con
nected and well-known throughout
the whole county. He was a nier
chant in his active business days but
retired several years ago and has
since been living quitely at his home
in Ayden. He was a member of the
■Methodist church and was actively en
gaged in church work up to the tlmt
01' his sickness. Surviving him are
liis wife and seven children.
Burial services will be held at 2:30
o'clock Saturday at the Ayden Ceme
tery. The burial will be with Masonic
honors as Mr, Turnage was proniir
ently identified with the order.
( I.AIM HORN'S ATTtJfl'T
WAS A-> A( r OF WAf
Hungor, Maine, Mareh 1-S—Th»
claim of Werner Horn that his at
teiupl to blow up the iu'.eniat'.onal
railway briiiue at \';ir.LCb;iro was ai
art i;l ’.'i.r Iii;ii!(iJ ni siruieedi’.'.irs be
iore lileil State;. C' U'.nn^^-ioiU'i
(,'Uarh H Koii In re l.n:;-.;, te.;;
heetii u v.'ilh iudie;:\u':;;s returiied
..vain^t lioni in liiC tedorul eeurt at
i;('.<t<'n (harging iUegal inter.-tatt
l'';iusi)ortat;on of e.Kplo.-ives frou.
.New York to Vanceboro.
Counsel for prisioticr, former Con
gressnian Joseph F, O'l’onnel o!
Boston, argued that as a lieutenant
of the German army. Horn was t.
government agent, and that the
transportation of explosives was pan
of an act of war with which the state
department rather than the courtf-
should deal.
It was expected that if the com
missioner found sufficient cause for
holding Horn he would order him
I’oniniitted to await a warrant for
his removal to Massachusetts Horn>
counsel intimated that on adversi
decision might be followed by fur
ther proci'ediiiirs to p»-event the pris
oner's removal from the state.
( { 15 I M n I!l \SM II TO
PI T liiri ON nil niii: i.isi
W;i>hir.pten, Mar« h IS—A pro-
;'(Val that the Culviii governnii-nt be
aslii .1 to pat rii'i- on the free list in
viiw the fact fhat. this country
will a !niit all snirars free of duty
a‘'(er .'.!;iy i, iind'’r t!ie pres
ent larilT l.tw, will be laM bef.ire the
• • I! laM’iient vitlr'n a dav or
two |,y S' naii'r S'l'n-pi'd '1:' T> vas.
"It will nie;i!! t!' ' r^a'vatl.'n of thd
r-. e ivi'nstrv." ‘::' i S, ’ r S^h'
T'rirt, -It will s .'t'.y.-o on- 1 f
the pr's'.eip il .T’-i,’es of diet, 'i
ri«!.!e ,ri ’n pn>v’dii!e fur our rieo n
inarl.;e!, it would help the i'nh:.n
p'op'e ly pivinif them (he iper f' l.ie.
1 sl’;i11 urge the state govoninient ti?
a'-k Cuba to act.”
Harvard Roy*! In Skirt'*.
('anibridce. Mas« , Mar. 10—Tho
nnr:n''J Pi J'ta C!nh ^hnw. In which
weal'hv yonnir students figure as cho
rus girls, ballet d'>nei'r;^ n"d ooctety
hud.s, will lie given Its fl’‘«.t T''’rf^^m-
pnpo tonleht. "Robin the Robber” I9
<h«' fitlo, and th'-re are many stlrrln*
musical numbers. The Fbow will bfl
Kiren Bix performances.