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GO FOR BUSINESS THE WEATHER- The time to go after it Is now. v.'. Fair Tuc morrow may betoo late. Plan yonr ad- VOL. XCV-iNO. 50 WIMnTGTO N. C- TUESDAY MOBKlG, OyEMBER 2f, 1914 v WHOM KIJMBEB 13i829t sdar and Wednesday. Jl JL'JLJL lt1 llUlMA W jf A Vv V5gZjL f GERMAN LINE IS CHECKED ACCORDING TO DISPATCHES a ftles In Region Between Rive paVOf of Russian Forces F grad Reports Claim De cisive Victory Over I ding Germans The . Latter Admit .Thai ri 4vance is Checked GRAND DUKE NICHOLAS INDICATED AS HAVING ' OUTGENERALED COMMANDER HINDENBERG Activities in the West Are Again Resumed With Terrific Bom bardment of Ypres, Soissons and Rheims by the Ger mans New Assault Expected in an Attempt to Break Their Way Through to the Coast. T.pndnn, ot. 20. The battlea. in tke reslaai .betweea tke Vistula and , TVarta riiw in 1'olaiid appeared to bae turaed la favor of tbe RuaaUuaa. upei-lnl dispatch from Petroayrad to Paris aays-the Raasiaa army already Us won a decisive victory. Wailetbis may fce an exagreration, botk the Ruian nnd the German official reports Buargrest tbat General " Hladeabnrgr's weond thrwst at Warsaw bas beea checked. Grand Dnke Nicholas commander-in-chief of tke Russian forces for two Asm in succession bas recorded partial successes and toaigat tke - German graeral staff says the arrival of Russian , reinforcements has postponed a decision. Both sides have expressed tke srreatest confidence In tkj. out pomf. Grand Duke Aicholas and? General von .Hindenburar heretofore have hern s successful in their strategy that their adherents look upon them as almost unbeatable. - ' t The German papers this morning were talking of a general Russian re tirement despite the fact that tke-Russians have been advancing steadily in Galiuia, bave repulsed tke Austro-German attack before Craeow, hold part 0 the German territory in X2ast Prussia and onpose Gen. von Hindenbnrg's ndvanee on Warsaw. It is tke same in Petrograd, All tke " correspondents (here declare the Russian numbers must tell when the Germans have reached the ground on which Grand Duke Nicholas has ckosen to give them battle. While undertaking Immense tasks In the East, tke Germans, according to all accounts, are preparing to launch another offensive movement in the West. Just where this is: to be Is known by " tke ' general staff alone. It Is believed here they will make? another efcop f o, jret .f,tkrongh--to tko .'Houek; roast and perhaps at the same 'time try to force flieHne of Frenek fortresses In the Argonne region. ' ' " -i ' The Germans have been violently bombarding Ypres in Flanders, Soissons in the Aisne, and Rheims. wkile tkey have been attacking in force in the Ar ponne region. The French claim the Argonne assaults have been repulsed while the German say that tkey have been gaining ground steadily. ; Auy or all of these activities may be intended to divert attention from the quarter in which the supreme attack will be made, but tke Allies are sure to discover soon wkere tkey must expect tke next blow, To ward off the possibility of the Germans again trying to move along the coast the Brit ish fleet has been bombarding their positions from tke sea. . Turkey, as usual, reports victories over tke Russians in tke Caucasus and the British in Egypt, but these lack confirmation. The English tonight iasued an account of successful Britisk operations in the Persian Gulf. Tke Mine statement told of tke defeat of a Britisk force sent against German East Africa. British naval airmen, including Lieut. Sippe, one of tkose who destroyed a Zeppelin shed and an airship at Dusseldorf before the Germans took Antwerp, have made a still more daring. raid from French territory over Kriedricbahafen. According to the aviators' account they dropped bombs whieh damaged the Zeppelin factory aat that place. One aeroplane was brought down by Germans, but the others escaped damage. RESUME OF ACTIVITIES French Give Out Accounts of Recent Movements Along Extended Front Paris. Nov, 2s. a semi-official state ment describing fighting in Belgium and Franc from November 15th to -1st issued htre eonight says: These, last few days, except at cer tain points, have been characterized by a Perceptible slackening of the Ger man actions., Our artillery and infan- hi ll3Ve ained on the enemy notice able advantages in the regular way tile 'figuration of the country and l positions of the two fronts. from the sea to the Lys our artillery preceded many times in silencing the '-ei-man artillery. On Nov. 17 in the region of Ypres ' destroyed several German guns and on ihr: iHh and 20th obtained the ame rrsu't at" Xieuport. On the 19th p also silenced German batteries gelling; thf Ypres station and the road irom Boheriiitfhe to Ypres. Several tunes it seemed as though trtillery lacked ammuni German shells failed to Mirh 11 found they were missies a ; :,rB 'J d on the practice ground. 1,1 I,1f' list five davs our infantrv in this tion tlni has lost none of its posi- ' Partly l attacks of the Germans al- been renulsed. while our '"lensivr cr "ovements almost always -ted in strengthening the ' occupy. 'rmaii Losses Heavy. m , (''rmau trenches occupied by n,. ?",v"s vver filled with bodies, . " v., s.-outh on the 17th the Brit i"'.i fl in another trench 1,200 dead. 1 III U I flflKW .-. a. 1 "Sti titer southr on the line from f to the Oise, November 15, 19. 20 and 21 were quiet in Our artillerv Honrod manv ii oral. vPtorir!S, 111 the 17H, it ,1 nrtA thrru e a ( 0mPany of German bomb-tlirtiu-155 V ho were attempting to To - into our benches. ' e i'Htitt't'- uraont our infantry on H (V ' ' ; i 1 1 I r.r f i . . ; , 1 1 ai ..1 . - "'"am an iue icsuiio f'i(i- but our artillery played i t.ie Merman trenches and wire -'''fii-ntS itlinilt VQ a-rdrrtr'e -r-".r'V'.VT88 as made us the mas- -mu.. nom which we domi '"iiunn defenses. l til I 0l A : tlieivi ins wesL ui Liie have been several severe 'ur giitiB have inflicted "S:f,v,..,ltp Wr'"l's lrpes iip an ammunition store "P. i an near Vieil, Arcy (old oldl 'tr Vistula and . Warta Turn i m Arcy) our .heavy artillery demolished three German guns, and exploded a caisson. The same day "north of Cra onne our guns silenced the fire" from several of the enemy's batteries. "The next day near Armfontame, a German camp located by our batteries, was compelled to move. Earthworks Demolished.' On the 19th we put in bad condition a section of the 105th regiment of the enemy and demolished extensive earth works. November 20th near Vailly we pre vented the continuation by the Germans of. trenching operations. , "All theses uccesses conflrrrj the con fidence of our artillery men in the effi cacy of their fire. "On the 17th the' affair at Tracy?.Le Val was a brilliant success for our in fantry. It. was near 11 o'clock when the Germans attacked. Their attack carried the Germans to the public square and then to the church and' en abled them to take from us a mitrail leuse. But this success was quickly broken down. The Zouaves charged recaptured the mitrailleuse and the re inforced, puhed forward past the church and the square, driving the Germans back to their point of entrance Into' the town. . - -' , "In this new repulse the Germans left behind several hundred dead or wound ed. Our losses were less than '200. "On the front of the Oise, and the Argonne our aviators have done good work. f . "Prom the Argonne to the .Tosges numerous actions have taken place in which our troops have given evidence of their endurance. Each day and each night around Verdun and on the. heights of the Meuse they have had to repulse particularly violent attacks.. General is Removed. . ,? "On ihe 15th in the Vosges, the Ger mans having sustained losses which reached 2,500 men, removed ; : General Ebergardt, who commanded, a division. Lieut. Mandel, son of the ex-secretary of state of Asace-Lorraine, was killed during this day's fighting. "On the 17th two 'German battalions which had engaged us at St. Marie I were sent to the rear because. they had lost more than nair their forces.' "It is well worth while giving special mention to the affair at Chauvoncourt, which did not succeed and to the, one of Senones, which did succeed. , "Our men, by a daring attack, ; had established a footing in the .two' bar racks west of Chauvoncourt, a suburb of St. Mihiel. Twice they were repuls ed and twice they re-captured the po sition. - They 'still occupied the larger (Continued, on Page Eighth . -'i : '.. ' . . m-:' ' (Continued . on Page 33ight ... AHX1ETY IS FELI FOR FOREIGNERS In Mexico City, But Lansing Says No Danger Now. TROOPS EN ROUTE HOME French and British Ambassadors Call at State Department in Washing- , -ton to Inquire as to. Safety of Subjects Id Mexico. v . . ' v- : ' . I r Washington, Nov. . 23. Anxiety 'for the safety of British and French sub- jeots and their interest' in Mexico City brought Sir Cecil Spring-IUce, the British - ambassador, and Jules Jiisse rand, .the French ambassador, to the State Department today to learn what the American government knew of the situation, in the Mexican capital." Re ports to the State' Department showed conditions as having Improved. Mr. : Jusserand ' also inquired what disposition had . been made- of the : $1, 000,000 customs duties collected by the American forces which eyacuated Vera Crus today. . , He wa,s informed, the mon ey was taken away by General Pun ston's forces and that no decision had been reached as to Its disposition,' French bpndholders have a lien on virtually ali the customs duties at Vera Cruz. One loan gave them 62 per cent of "the customsreceip'ts and Huerta ne gotiated a loan giving them the. re maining 38 per ent. The Carranza government has declared the latter transaction Invalid and French bond holders feared that if the customs fund were given to General Candtclo Aguilar, who! took possession today, the obliga tions would be ignored. Will Hold Customs. ' It .is virtually certain -that until a government is recoghizedIn Mexico the customs fund will be kept by the Unit ed States. Acting Secretary of State Lansing gave the " two ambassadors the sub stance of State Department dispatches saying that while residents of the cap ital ,were in a panic last Friday and Saturday,, hearing the city would be sacked by Zapata jarid Villa"after the Carranza troops withdrew, conditions since then, had improved. . The ambassadors had . received word from their ministers in Mexico City, djvted about the-ame ..time the-..dis!. paicnes to me csiaie uepuruneui wcic filed, giving a . pessimistic view of the situation. The British legation wired that a circular, was. being distributed announcing that on evacuation by the Carranza-forces, -Villa - and Zapata troops would begin a period of looting at certain hours. Neither the British nor French am bassadors" requested action-as a result of thefr . advices, as they understood that all American consiilar agents have instructions to exercise their good offi ces in behalf of all foreigners in the southern Republic VERA CRtJZ EVACUATED. Mexican Flag- Again Flies Over Mexi co's Largest Port. Vera Cruz, Nov. 23. The Mexican flag again is flying over Vera Cruz. Brig, Gen. Funston and his command of 6,000 infantry men and marines which was landed here April 30th last, got under way latei today and General Candidp Aguilar's men took charge of the city. - The United States transport Cristobal, bearing the first contingent (Continued on Page Eight.) NO REDUCTION YET IN THE REDISCOUNT RATE Reserve Board Waits for Ac curate Data on Reserves. North and East Rates Will Stand Long - er Than Those In South and West Because of Dllference in Amount of Reserves. Washington, Nov. 23. Until the-Federal Reserve Board has accurate infor mation on the . surplus reserves held by member banks it does not expect to change re-discount rates on com mercial paper. .1 '.Present information . has led .the 4 board to believe there is about $200,-. 000,000 of 'surplus reserves in member banks' in the North and East. They fear St lower re-discount rate might lead to an exportation of' gold. Until this reserve, has been lessened the rates probably will be unchanged in these sections. - In te South , and .West, where much of. the pressure for changed rates orig inates, the board's information saows less surplus reserves and it is possi ble change, will be made there soon. The board has decided to aid the 12 Reserve .'banks' in accumulating data bearing on the question of re-discount rates by requiring a weekly report from all member banks to the Reserve bank, in tliat district. These . reports will show the condition of the banks. The first; report will - give the board a more definite idea of the surplus re serves, of the member, banks and haye an influence o nthe re-discount rates.: The board "announced tonight that each Federal Reserve "agent shall be bonded'in the sum of $250,000 and each ideputjr aatlvu. . j ' '; .: :'V " ' '..'-':- V i ;deputx SntTat;lv',9UrJ. SCHOONER ASHORE 80 LIVES AT STAKE 4 .. . Vessel Aground on Reef Off California Coast ARE POWERLESS TO AID With Thirty Men la Crew and Lura;l . List of Passengers, Schooner is v Poundinar to Pieces on" Rock. Fog Prevents Aid. - FIVE LIFE SAVERS LOSE LIVES IN, RESCUE ATTEMPT. San Francisco, Cal, Nov, 23 Five . members of a crew of life savers. trying to reach the steam schoon-1 , er Hanalei, wrecked on Duxbury reef, . nine miles north of San Francisco, were drowned tonight. Two of the Hanalei's crew were drowned late today while trying to make theit way through the surf .with lines. . Two passengers,'. swam to safety. lJksJslhajJsj Jaj Jai o . San Francisco, Nov. 23.: Advices were received early tonight from steamers', standing by the passenger schooner Hamalei, ashore , on Duxbury reef,, that two bodies have come ashore; the back bf?the vessel has been broken and there is little hope of saving the remaining 28 passengers and 30 mem bers of the crew, still aboard:, Two of the Hamalei's boats, upside down, and a life raft, also were washed on the beach- The steam schooner lay a few hundred yards off shore, blanket ed in the fog which led her on the reef and -which shut off sight and sound alike.. , , 7 'Just at dusk a rift in the fog reveal ed a glimpse tf the doomed vessel pounded by the surf. The wind brought in distinguishable cries from the pas sengers and crew. The fog was . so thick that persons live feet apart could not see each oth ers and a little fleet ".of "schooners arid tug's which had been trying to get in touch with the Hamalei without them selves piling, on? the reef, drew off as night came on. One or two returned to : San Francis(Sdr. - A few remained neifcr the sceiie vtkcluding; the .-life say ing- rews " from . Fort " Point and, ,Fpyl Bonita in their launches. " Unless the fog should life, permit ting rescuers' to get a line aboard, it was said there was slight . chance for any one aboard. The Mamalei left Eu roka, Cal., .yesterday. Dense Fog Disastrous. At 5:20 P. M. the revenue cutter Mc Culloch sent word by wireless that she was nosing about in thevfog, but could not locate the Hanalei. The, Richmond, another tanker; the United States dis tilling ship Rainbow, and the tugs Her cules and , Defiance also were at the scene. It was reported that the first mate of the Richmond, with a crew of volunteers, had put off .in a small boat to try and reach the schooner. It is believed that besides, the two whose bodies were washed ashort, oth- ers drowned when the Hanalei tried to get her life boats away. , The Hanalei is one of many coasting ships which carry lumber, package freight and passengers. The schooners always hug the shore, but stand out a little in thick weather. Apparently the Hanalei thought she was jelear of the reef, but was carried in by a current. V PREACHER OPENS UPON COLORADO MINE OWNERS Declares Miners' Only Re course is in the Union. Investigator Sent Out by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ s Makes His Report to ' Commission. . " ' ' New York, Nov.- 23. In a report to the commission on the Church and So cial Service of. the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ ' in America, made public here; today, the Rev. Henry A. Atkinson, associate ssecretary, as in vestigator, arraigns Colorado coal com panies for their attitude in : the recent Colorado labor troubles. .; The 'Rev. Mr. Atkinson was sent "to Colorado and also to the copper mining district of Michigan, where there-were recent industrial difficulties, by 'itlie social service commission of the Con gregational "churches and the commis sion -of the churcne.s. v - t - f After reviewing" tne' Colorado trou bles, his repojft says: 3" . ' ; "The coal compan ies dominate. ' the politics in counties ' where the mines are located? They ; have .brqught. about the election . of officers .. and can do about as they please, -so far as, the law is concerned. . ? -, : " ' ''" Further the report stty's :.. '-." ,- - . " fit isimpossible : to 'enforce Lthe law and the courts .virtually are closed ? to those who incur the enmity 'of the coal companies, .'thus- equality. Is. denied' the men through the - manipulation ' of' po litical affairs. - Thirty years Yif such op pression have. , taught the" itniners . tht their? only hope is in the Unions. .An individual 'counts for" nothing-; . . If , he protests, he loses his job; ifhe yniakes t-oa much trouble, he 13 dealt with, by - hired, gunmen. , .VJtiKniu?. . , . - -.v. ;;- . r " . ... !" " .3 . . 1' ' . . ' , ....'. .-:.!- ' " -' .'. . - . :.'-. Allies. Flagrantly Violate Lon don Peclaration. AS TO NEUTRAL SHIPS And Their Cargoes, and Wants to Know What Neutral Powers are Going: V ' - to Do About It- Rr OWn . v Washington, Nov, 23 r"Charges, by Germany that England and France are Violating the declaration of London, previously presented to Ambassador Gerard "" and representatives of other ueut's al ,jsernn, were published, to - ray : from the embassy here. The paper says Germany thus far has ob- served th t j. has.( not changed " its attitude despite ''flagrant violations committed by its adversaries" and adds: "However, the imperial German gov eirnmeuit now must study the question whether it " can continue to maintain the .above attitude, if the enemy pow ers abide by the procedure observed by them and if the neutral powers al low such violations t, go on. ? "The German government considers it, therefore, of intefeet to learn which position the neutral powers intend to take toward the attitude adopted by j Great Britain and France contrary to international law and nartirailarlv international law and .: particularly wbether.it is their infention to take measures 5 against the acts of violence committed., on , board their ; merchant vessels , against German subjects and German property. ' -v : Changed By Knslaud IChe German note declares additions and- modificatrons Great Britain has made to the declaration of London are of much a nature, that they obliterate the said declaration in several vital points and at the same time encroach on the accepted rules of international law.". ' ' .,.'. . "The most vital -modifications are contained." it says, "in the rule con cerning conditional contraband". Under the -declaration", of London, it adds, "there can be no questiomof con ditional contraband except, where cargo is destined for, -use; oiLf.the adminis- tratiyey4ejjr.t4l54nt force' of ..tho" hostile power'V nor ' .ca the 'question arise whether; goods are conditional i contrabartd or -not" -when the -vessel is sailing for a neutral port. "Further it. charges Great Britain made the rule of continuous voyage, ap plicabe only in the case , of absolute contraband, applicable also with re gard to conditional contraband, in con travention, of the' Declaration of Lon don". Thus it declares, "conditional contraband is virtually on the same footing as absolute contraband". , . "In consequence," it continues, "the supply by ; neutrals of objects of con ditional contraband, especially .of food stuffs, destined only for the consump tion of . the inhabitants of a belliger ent, whfch is universally considered j legitimate in international law, is prac- j tically rendered illusory, whereby the j interests of the belligerents as well as of - the neutrals are violated in a man- i ner contrary' to the law of nations. Others Endangered ... "As events at the . theatres of naval warfare prove, England proceeds in this respect in the most high-handed man ner,' even' enforcing a control over sup plies destined for the countries adjac (Continued on Page Eight.). FOREST FIRES SWEEP STATE OF Railroads and Other Property Owners Fight Flames. Much Damage Already Done to Stand ing Timber and Country Residen cesAll Railroads "Patroll ing Rights-of-WKi-v Little Rock, Ark, Nov. 23. Fanned by a brisk wind, forest, fires are rag ing in every section of Arkansas to nigh. Several large tracts of timber have already, been - destroyed and In numerable "telephone - and telegraph poles burned With vegetation dry as tinder, the situation is regarded as ser ious. " .... ' Oh all railroads men are - patrolling j the tracks, and beating back the fires. Between Little .nockand Hot 'Springs ' a' distance of 60 miles, 15 fires are- re ported. -: " ':-' i ' ' .;- ,' "f"1'-' -'' ' Of more than a score of widely sepa rated towns ; from which dispatches were received tonight, Fayetteville, in Northwest Arkansas, alone reported an absence of fires. , Hot Springs reports fires from the south creeping toward the- city and huTried measures for nafety,; are sbeing: taken. " 'In Southwestern. Arkansas farmers' are fighting desperately ; to check. the flames .menacing their homes. 4 Near -Camden, the country home of Arch .Halnilton, State Senator-elect, one of. the: most, costly residences in Central Arkansas lias beeri''destroyed..v. Meha "In " Southwestern, Arkansas, near .the. Oklahoma ;: line, ; reports that dense clouds of smoke are rolling, over from: Oklahoma, where the fires seem to have assumed 'serious proportions.;: . HA travelers: 'arrivipgf .tonihtv yfrpm Dumas .in Southeastern Arkansas, says flre8.extenfi along the railroad .right t)f way practically the entire "distance from that -town vto Little Rock more , than 100miles. ARKANSAS METHODIST PREACHERS NOW KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOIN& Affidavits Claim Wealthy Broker Influenced 'Him Albert T. Pntrfefe Receivod - Freedom from Life Sentence for Murder. Walker Said to Have Asked Dix for Release. New York, Nov. 23. District Attor ney Whitman today began an investi gation of all the circumstances atten dant upon the granting of a pardon on November 27th, 1912, by John A. Dix, governor of New York, to Albert T.. Patrick, serving a life sentence at ng -wng ior tne muroer or w ua am Marsh- Rice. The .investigation was begun after two affidavits had been filed with the district attorney concerning published statementsto the effect that Joseph Walker, Jr., a Wall Street banker, ha'd offered to obtain Patrick's pardon" If John .T. Milliken, of St. Louis, Pat- rick's brother-in-law, would .join him in a mining deal. The affidavits filed were made by George ,C. Goodrjlch'and wife, Mrs. Anna S. Goodrich, and relat ed" their version of what transpired at a meeting here between them and Mrv Milliken, on March 23rd, 1912. Former Governor Dix, wo is in this ( city skJd today that he had pardoned , r...--i. . . - . rainuK soteiy ior xne saae ot -irai rick's s children. He repeated hia pre vious denial of the report that. he had pardoned Patrick at the request of Mr. Walker. ' . 3Iiliken Dies Report. ': . St. 'Louis, Mo.,, Nov. 23. John T. Mil likn today emphatically denied that a mining deal between himself and a New- York banker-had anything to do with the granting' of a pardon to Al bert T. Patrick by Governor Dix. Legal expense and- other incidentals to the long flgh.for Patrick's pardon i cost Milliken- about" $150,000, the St. Louis 4 millionaire said- , Patrick; Make Statement. Tulsa, Arki Nov . 2.3: In a statement" issued here today, Albert T. Patrick declared that .his pardon was not ser cured as . the; result , of a business deal betweeni his . b7Pjth.errin.-law, John TV ' onler, .-"-uiul'uMert0d 'that 'the pardon ' wa9 granted : by former Governor Dix solely "because he -belieAred. in my inno cence." ' - , . .;' , " - . Patrick is engaged in the oil busi ness h,ere . - ', " Patrick asserts that he does not know George C. Goodrich, who made affida vit in New York as to an alleged meet ing with. Milliken. , , N. - URGED TO BE BETTgfc: Xew .Bern Xgro Preacher Starts Or . ganisntion Anions;. His People (Special Star Correspondence) course of the . next few weeks there will be seen: in the .colored department of every waiting, room . or passenger station in this and other Southern States, neat little7 folders on which is an appeal, to the reader to act in . a genteel manner around that place and to avoid making any sort of distrib ance." These folders 'are being put out to the various - railroad companies by the Royal Sanitary' League of which James T. Gaskill, a colored preacher of this city, is at the head and is in fact the founder of -the laague. i EXHIBIT PEANUTS AS ENCE IN TRIAL I ' - """'' - To Prove That Florida Ever - glade Lands are Fertile. 4 Are Other Products of the Everglades Produced by Chambers . Company in. Trial for Uslns Mails to Defraud in Xnnd. Sales Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23. Samples of a variety of products grown inv the Everglades of Florida, Were introduced as evidence by the defensetoday in the trial t E. C. Chambers, president 'of the Chamber Land Company and four alleged agents of the company charged with using the mails to defraud in con nection with the sale of Florida lands. Each of the jourymen ' was gve.n a nAomit- in: oof That Vie- Tiic-Jt i n ri r-e nf its quality. The exhibits included wheat and other grain, lemons apd po. r , . tatoes. A. W. Callahan, of Miami, who f pro duced the. samples admitted, however, that his farm was used as a show place for visitors; that, it-was on the edge EVID of T alcA Okeechobee and that -the soil nv'. tviwiah. xtc. of. Lake Okeecnonee ana mat, tne so?M laria Neck, L. -T.- Singleton; Warren contained a much larger amount v w.ney; Warrenton clr- mineral matter than some other 'seti- " " " " tions of the Everglades. . ' , Several other farmers testified that k Everglade lands were valuable the do- j Rh fenSe seeking to show that Chamber v' had: not asked, too much for his lan.' pf ft Thi government fought, out, -h I jr w. ET Tranl: A ever, from each ol the w"ne ha t den Circuit. Daniel Lane, Jr.: Bath tlr they had used fertilizer and that"there cuitr j, j. Lewis; Bethel circuit. II. E. had been a killing frost in each of the Tr, Elm Cit j M. Ashby; Farro- last two years. Who turkey will eat "THE ORCHARD" Ask Phone - 5?2.- Advertise- - ;; -- , ' , ' ' ' i . " ." ' - ' ment Conference Memcrializes thot r Legislature for Klore Strin gent Sunday Laws. . APPOIINTTMENTS R E A D Five Districts Get New-Preside ing Elders. - CONFERENCE ADJOURNS Rev. G. T. Adams Presiding Elder Ellaj . abetb City, District Rev. J. H ; Hall, Rockingham; Rev. J. T Gikbav Payette vllle. (Special' Star Telegram.) Washington, N. C., Nov. 23. Follow ing the reading by Bishop R. G. Water house of the appointments of presiding . : elders, pastors and-other ministers, for the ensuing year the event of the whole .Conference , session of. keenest -- interest to the preachers and. the peo; pie through out its boundaries that'-; North .Carolina Methodist Conference,- in session here sincelast Wednesday ' morning, adjourned today to meet next November in, Grace church, Wilmin's- ": ton. The readfng of the appointment followed n busy morning session, dur ing which a resolution was adopted, memorializing . the General Assembly ( for. the enactment of more stringent laws against Sabbath desecration.' The V statistical report and other reports of. the Conference were. read this morning.; v Change of presiding elders is mad zip-five of the -nine-districts, the tlma limit in these having been, reached. Rev. G. T. AiZftms, heretofore pastor of Fifth Street church, Wilmington, be; .. comes presiding. elder of the Elizabeth City district, succeeding Rev. M. T. , Plyler, who in turn is appointed presjd ing elder of the Raleigh district to sue- ceed.ReV. John H. Hall, who succeeds ' Rev. A. McCullen as presiding, elder of j the Rockingham district. . Rev. . J." -T1 . Gibbs is appointed presiding" elder of .ri the . Fayette ville , district, vpeing : su6- v t. eeeded .by RjjyC xReada pr ejlding..W-i vKr'H. Willis,' who for several years has served as secretary of the Conference, becomes preslding elder of the Warrcn ton district. ' " ; Rev. Mr; Adams is succeeded at Fifth Street church, Wilmington, by Rev A. J. Parker, who several years ago serv ed as pastor of Bladen Street church in the 'same city. No other changes are made in the more prominent pastor ates of the southeastern section of the State. Thef ull&st of appointments follows; 'Wlinilnirton District. Presiding El(Jfer, L. E. Thompson.' . Burgaw circuitJ. C. Whedbee; Car vers Cceek circuit, W. J. Watson; Chad bourn circuit, T. I Earnhardt; Clin ton circuit, W. A. Stanbury; Hallsboro circuit, J. II. Miller; Jacksonville and. Richlands, C. T. Rogers; Kenansvllla circuit, T. W. Lee; Magnolia circuit, R. F. Munns; Onslow circuit, E. C. Sell; Scott's Hill circuit, R. N. Fitts: Shal lotte circuit, R. 1. Beasley, '. supply; Southport, C M. Lance; Swansboro cir cuit, J. M. Lowder; Tabor circuit, R. A. Bruton; Town Creek circuit, R. L. Car raway; Wallace and Rose Hill, B. Nw Black; Whiteville, J. P. Pate. - Wilmington: .Bladen. Street, T. G. Vickers; Fifth Street, A. J.: Parker: Grace church, J. D., BUndy, A. M. Wright, junior preacher; Sea .Gate, G. M. Daniels; Trinity, W. V. McRae. ! Transfer, -.W.-'L. Rexford to Western j-North-Carolina .Conference. i Rockingham District. Presiding- Elder J. H. Hk.ll.' Aberdeen and Biscoe, W. A, Brown; Caledonia circuit, J. B. Thompson? j Candor circuit, G. T.- Simmons; Eliza- beth circuit, G. H., Biggs; -ru,-i in. Tuttie, Laurel mn jr - Parker; Laurinburg, R. F: t Lumberton, W. B. Nortlt t circuit, N. L. Seabolt. Maxton, A. L. Ormond; Roberdel, B. F. Watson, Gilead circuit, N. E. Colt ; gomery circuit, v. a. watK, ; circuit, S. T. Moyle; W. ! supernumary; Red Springs.1 j Richmond circuit, J. J. Bart i del circuit, S. J. McConnl ingham, J. B. Hurley; Rowli J. A. Lee; R W. Townsend ary; St. John and Gibson, Ot 1 St. Paul circuit, A. J. Groves cuit, J. T. -Draper; Vass cire Trawick.-- v.: ft Conference evangelist, L Carolina College president, cer. -AVarreaton Districts Presiding Elder R. H. ,Wil Battleboro and Whltakers.l Dargan; Bertie circuit, If.-'D. . Conway circuit, E. e. Rose;:.E'il Halifax. J. McNeer. sunril brg; circuit. '.Marvin Self K&jm ; r l it1 li it j . , Ainrrm : npunRrsn l. n irHL -1 . , CnuroK R .C.Beaman ; Llttleton.A.- Cot-. - ton; Murfreesboro and Winton," Slaugnter; Northampton circuit; E. ' IT. Davis; North and South Henderson, W G. Lowe; Rich Square -,' circuity V. 'C. Merritt; Rldgeway circuit. J.' E. HOl den;' Roanoke circuit, Ruf us Bradley; ville circhlt, -T,E. Wright; .'Fairfield, John Pi, Bross; - Fremont circuit, I. T. Rumley;- Greenville. Jarvis Memorial. J.i M. Danitt; Mattamuskcct circuit, W rvuru-..,, - , ..-:,. '- ' . ' ' ' ' . . 1 - - :- ' 'il! A" . (Continued - on - Page Eight! M m 'Hi m Hi If, 1. .-' m