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A; V-N- ft T. .4 -v'; -THE MOM THREE i) OF 12 SHOT ID KILLED BY BOY DF 15 rragedy Occurs WnileVance-j boro Boys Are Hunting .... . li-ii . Nruiern ceieoraies v ltn iwunic- - j,,nl Chrlstma vqrre Throngs. In Stfeetal hew smii MPRistsjHiBELESS ON BRITISH STEAMER DISMANTLED ladustrlatand Other; Developmental a av'takirigs Reported In- Mann : 'acturers' Record.'- i special Star Telegram.) . .' ;ew-i.ern. c, -x)e. Jt-aui Ja- years of age, .was -fShot and Br dilleii u Vanceborp- tpday ;by ;Chancey lit. the lD-year-oitt--spit or j. I, ht. of that place. -j. Thev two vboys ,eie out huniirig artd. oialhjed that. ,l,e killing ; was acci.aeniai. . .. Both boys are otvprominent families. luaieipai nristmas tree. BpfaT'tess orwrci inar.ine wea- 'i :t;i hundreds of pleasure vSeekers iiul he Christmas spirit prevails. Xl principal event of the evening .is the ceremonies around, the munici pal Christmas tree, conducted by the City Beautiful "Club. ' j M ASH I X G T MS -H BADQlrAfiTER S ' ' OH' NEW-FORMED DISTRICT. I ' . ,i Special Star Corresppridence') .Baltimore, Dt'c. 24.Xiriong the many Southern industrial and nth or rU vi -1 outherh.iiidustrial. and. pther devel ppmehtal. enterprises jrepprted in tfeis week's issue of -. the i, Manufacturers Record ate the following;- Hillside Cotton Mills. LaGrange, Ga.,J organized with capital stock of $500,000 j and, will erect and equip plant for pro- ductio'n". of "cotton specialties for ex- i-. rope J ort to Navy Department Not Clear Up Muddle Matter Thought to Have Been Cleared . Up Some Time Ago is Found to be Altogether Another ThlnK. Report by Cable. 0f Metropolitan Life Insurance Other Xews Notes. Co. (Special Star Correspondence.) Washington, N. C, Dec. . 24. Wash ington is to nave anoxner enierpnse, wliioh is grainyuig to me eimre uiiy, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Com pany, of New York, which has been do- in? business in v asningioii lor a num ber of years, has created a new dis trict in Eastern North Carolina, and this city is to be made' the main office of the new district. The points to be worked fr.omhere will be the towns of, lireenville. X.ewbern, Kinston, Belha veii. Elizabeth City,' Eden ton and Plym outh. The superintendent will be Mr. U D. Burton, of Newport News, Va. The two agents here will be-Messrs. A. C. Cade and'F. F. Mayo. Washington for years was undef the supervision' or t!ie GoUlsboro offlce; and last year the head ofiice was moved from Goldsboro to Kaleigh. .. Beaufort county 'has never failed when called upon in times of stress and Washington people have respond ed nobly to the Dollar Christmas Fund, for the Homeless Belgians; and today Hr. .lohn Bragaw forwarded -to Mr. Henry Clews, of New York City, a check for $309.34. : ' - Mr. N. L.1 Williams, while going' to his home on West - Third, street last aipht, was intercepted by two colored men masked, Mr. Williams was asked for his money, and he not doing as he as asked, they proceeded- to, use a 'stick on him, Mr Williams had consid erable money on his person at therjtime md it is thought that the negroes were aware of the fact. They didn't succeed in getting it, however, as they became. fnghteRedL and -concluded to seek oth er quarters. , : port, , will install steam , plant, drive, spindles, lopms, etc. s - Board of Port Commissioners, New Orleans, let contract ' at $1,823,444 to j erect Duiidings ror cotton compress, to gether with sorting sheds, power Jiouse, garage, offie'e andvwarehouses; comKin- eavgruuna. area o an sxructures, iz i, 000 sauarl feet. J ; 5 Alpha Pocahontas CoaJ 'Co., Lynch- J ourg,- va., was incorporated with cap itals stock of $25,000 to develop coal properties in Pocahontas field.. ' Robert" G. Pew ..and J.;H6ward Pew,4 Philadelphia, "Pa., will build oil refln-J ry at'Yale, Okla., to cost about $100,- vuv; uauy capacity 15,000 barrels. . Templet Ice ' & Refrigerating Co., Temple, .Tex., was incorporated with h capital "stock of $120,000 to establish ice plant, etc. ' ' v Southern Pacific Terminal Co., Gal veston, Tex., will build concrete 'fire proof grain elevator of about 1,000,000 bushels capacity. '-. Gardner Mining Co;, 'Greensboro, N. C.,. was incorporated with capital stock f 1 AA AAA - ' , Ot. flUV,VVU. Jefferson .Mosaic Flooring -& Roof ing Tile Co., Birmingham, Ala.,"will or ganize with" capital stock of $5tf,000. and build plant for manufacturing orna mental floor and roofing tile; etc- Sabine Smokeless Coal Co., Maben, W., Va.; .organized to develop 700 acres of coal lands; , will install , electrical equipment and contemplates daily out put of 1.000 tons. 4. Darling1- Mining Co., incorporated with $100,000 capital stock and -organized with T. A. Kindred, president,' Gal veston, Tex., - to develop gold' deposits in Arkansas; company incorporated with capital stock of $10,000 to develop lead deposits about 8 miles from Bur net, Texas. Bradley Lead & Zinc Co., S. M.. Brad ley, president, Morehead, Ky., will build 200-ton concentrating plant at Chit wood, Mo.; will install- two, 110 H. P. gas engines and 125 H:P. steam toiler. Soldier Clay Asphalt Co., Soldier, Ky., was . incorporated with capital , stock of $55,000 to establish asphalt refining plant. Zeigler Stove . Co.," Wichita Falls, Tex., organized with $36,000 capital stock to build plant to manufacture gas-heating stoves. f Miami Amalgamated Mining Co., Mia mi, Okla., was incorporated with capi tal stock" of '$50,000.' " : H-iT. Sinclair and P. J. White,Tulsa, Okla., -are reported to build oil rfefliiepy at Baton Rouge, La., with daily capac ity of 30,000 barrels. W. L. Fordyce, formerly of Webster Woolen Mills Co., Webster, -W. Va., is .reported as organizing -company to build woolen mill to cost $25,000. El'iiror Mining Co., Kansas City, Mo., 60V.-ELECT MANNING IS A; VERY BUSY MAN South Carolina's Next Chief- Executive Out of State During Christmas. Sumter, Dec. 23. Gov.-elect Richard I Manning was caltad-away this morn ing and will 'be compelled to be out of the State the rest of the week. - Of late ' Jfr. Manning has been a very busy man; le has been giving much timeto vari ous State matters and studying details of various plans in which he is inter ested, and, moreover, he has had sub mitted to him numerous bills and courses of proposed legislation by those interested in different matters. Busi ness, too, has claimed a great deal of -Mr. Manning's time,. 'and. he has been .very busy shaping affairs so that he could withdraw from the management jpr directorship of the numerous enter prises in which lie has been interested. "His resignation as president of the Bank of Sumter goes into effect Janu ary l. but in the rn.eanwhile.the, bank is hanging from a State to a national in stitution, and this; calls for. an amount of detail and red tape and takes up a Sot of time. All in all, . Mr. Manning has been a very -busy mani ever since the campaign began last June. Washington, Dec, 24 That the wire less apparatus of the British .steamer Protesifaus, in Balboaharbor, was dis mantled by Panama Canal Zone -police December 10th, after it was found the .vessel had been sending code messages, was reported to the Navy Department today by cable by Lieut. Crenshaw, na- Lval radio officer at the canal zone. A .British statement recently to the . Navy-Department .said Govej-nor Goe- rthals had said in a written communi cation 'that he had -been misinformed when -he charged that a British collier was using its radio outfit contrary, to neutrality." Officials- herev hbwassume that the Governor had reference to another British ship which also figured in the official dispatches as having vio lated the canal .rules by leaving Balboa without clearance papers, and that the vessel ' had been confounded with the Protesilaus. The unnamed colier had no wireless apparatus. . The cruiser Tacoma is . at Cristobal ton enforce neutrality and the Navy Department is considering the possi bility of dispatching" another vessel to the Canal Zone. ' was incorporated with capital stock of $25,000 fa develop lead - and ""' shc.:. de posits CUMBERLAND'S FIRST YEAR WITH TOBACCO A SUCCESS. Pennsylvania Convict Surrenders Sev eral Deaths Are Reported. (Special Star Correspondence.) Fayette ville. N- C., Dec. ; 22. Fayette ville's first season as a .tobacco market has.' closed." -The.; sales-, during the sea son aggregated , about half , a million pounds of bright leaf tobacco. The prices averaged $17 a hundred pounds. All the tobacco brought here this year was taken by the Planters' Warehouse, which will re-open again for the next season," aecordiftg"to assurances from A. S. Spencer, of the firm of Spencer & Webster, the proprietors. Mr. Spencer, who managed the warehpuse-here, left Mpnday for Dilwynn, Va., to- buy to bacco on that market. The experience of the farmers this year with tobacco is expected to play an important part in helping ,them to break away from cotton." With la crop which can bring prices as good as those which the tobacco market - has paid here this year under "fhe mbst'unfa vorable conditions to fall back on as a money crop, ithe more. far-sighted of the farmers "are seeing a future state of things which presents, a' bright con trast to the present cotton situation, and many of . the, most substantial of them haye announced their,, intention to decrease their acreage of cotton and plant part ' of the residue in tobacco. 4 A number of them did this last spring. Reliance Textil & De or. C- ington, Ky., will expend $20,00,0 to $25,- 000 to enlarge dyeing and finishing plant. " , - , KNOWN FOR SOME TIME. ''ouncil Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 24. Fed ;al Circuit Judge Walter I; Smith to 'iay granted the International. Harvest er Company permission tp perfect an abstract of evidence, filed at St. Paul I'ecember 12th, so that an appeal from t'ie dissolution decision of the Federal I'istrict Court given at St. Paul on August 12th might be made'to the Unit p'i States Supreme' '. Court.. Agents of the French Line in New York Knew Plans a Week Ago. Y New Jork, Dec, 24 Existence of an alleged .conspiracy in New Orleans to blow up a French or English passen ger ship on the sea by placing an in fernal machine in her cargo before she should sail from New York was known 12 days ago to Paul Faguet, general agent of the Frengh line, according to an announcement here today. I Detectives were employed to prevent fruition ' of the scheme, every bit of baggage and cargo going into the French Line ships was closely examin ed and proper authorities, Mr. Faguet said, were nptified. It was believed here that this notification resulted in the arrest of four, men in New Orleans. - "We have taken and shall ; continue to take every precaution against , out rages of this sort," Mr.. Faguet said. The Cunard Line and the Internaa tional Mercantile Marine lines which control most of the British trans-At lantic lines, also havfe taken extra pre cautions to prevent any bombs being placed on their ships. " West Point, N. Y., Dec. 23. More than 300 cadets of the three upper classes of the Military Academy, hava been granted " Christmas leaves rang ing from four to eight days from to day. The entire "plebe" class must re main here over the holidays.1 Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 24. -Luther Livingstone, . a widely known ' biblio grapher, died here today. '.' pnstrator .' J: -D.:. Fletcher estimates that there will :be -ten-times as - much "tobacco- planted next year as there was the past season.- ' . James McKinley. an intelligent look ing young, maa is -being: taken back by Deputy 'Marshi,iT; Jaihe1 W- Tomlin son, of this city,;to the Pennsylvania peni tentiarj' at Philadelphia, whence he, escaped some weeks ? ago. ' McKinley walked -.into the .central . police station here -and told the desk, sergeant :that he was an "escaped convict, that he was tired of tramping through the South in a vain search for-wojk,. and wanted to give himself up. He said that he had been originally, sentericed, by "a Federal court, so Mayor McNeill got in communication with the United" States marshal in Philadelphia, who wired Marshal Dortch at Raleigh "to have the man returned. ' . News of the death of . Constant John son, editor of "The Opera Glass,1'-published in Galveston,' Texas,; and a. na tive; of .Eayetteville, was received -here yesterday by his cousin, Mrs. A. J. Pate. Mr. Johnson was an accountant here for several years before he emi grated "to the West . and had r many friends in this section who will learn of his death with regret. He was the son of the late Robert t Johnson, of Faye.tteville. Two months after his wife's death, Joseph Atkins, of-his city, died Mon day morning. He was a Confederate veteran and one of . the "'oldest citizens of Fayetteville,. being nearly SO years pf age. In his prime he was a man of great , physical x strength. He served throughout the War Between the:States under Col. J. B.. Starr as a-member of Starr's Battery. During the latter part of his life heconducted a general store in '. the sectibri of"- Fayetteville known as Campbelton'. ,He leaves four, sons, ,HOW DUBLIN IRISHMEN DEFY KINQ OF ENGLAND. S " ife mm msi - f'' rip 1 ' if54 . ;-v- Hz- s vr T -1 IV iii T- i iTi i ilTl' tfcWMiaWlimn i Y- - t ... '' . ' r i .. W, J-, J. H., Robert and Joseph Atkins, Jr., ay d a daughter," -'Mrs. Clyde Wel lons. - V ''.-' -' ' '' - ; His. many friends and relatives in FayetteVille were grieved to learn of the. death 'of David Anderson, In Wash ington, Saturday. Mr, Anderson was .in his 78th year. He was born and reared in Fayetteville, being-the eldest son of the late Mr and Mrs. W. J. An derson. He married Miss Sallie Wiley, a belle of ante-bellum days. She and several children survive' him, Mrs. An derson being in very infirm , ' health. During the Civil War he operated an important iro nfpundry. here. Dan Skipper is dead. Dan, who was an eccentric character more than par tially demented,'' was probably known to every man, woman and child- living in the towns along the Atlantic Coast Line from Fayetteville to 'Benson. He spent a great part of his .time travel ing up and down' the road, generally riding for nothing. He died at Wade Sunday: - The w Poivogt Co The Store That's Always Busy" COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE WITHOUT GIFT FEATURE. .rt Giving to Those Needy on A ecoTint of Conditions is Emphasized. (Special Star Correspondence.) ; Wilson, 1L C, Dec. 21. Workmen-are ! busy placing in position the immense i g hplly tree to be decorated and lighted i Christmas night. This .tree, will stand on the southeast corner" of: the fcourt house square facing Nash street and : directly opposite the Branch Bank ! building. This is to be the first mu- I nicipal Christmas' tree in the history j of the town. . t - . ' J Miss Daphne Carraway is training a chorus of several hundred school child ren, who will sing Christmas carols Thursday night at the. initial exercises. The programme calls for' the, appear ance of the Wise Men in costume and the flashing forth of the electric-lighted star gracing the top of the tree. No gifts will be distributed but-' the occasion will directly accentuate the Christmas spirit. This season the gift. giving idea with special reference to those who are out of employment and the poor will be emphasized in Wilson. The Baptist Sunday schooj will send .truck loads of Christmas baskets to families in the town and this instead of, the usual Christmas tree and gift giving at the ! church. '. The present financial stringency hav ing caused the partial shut' down of a number of industrial enterprises here, a large number of men are either out of work or working part time. This condition demands larger assistance in the winter weather from the churchea and the Associated. Charities. Information regarding our 1915 Christmas Savings Club cheerfully given by an officer of this bank. American ment. National Bank. Advertise-tf Whenever Yon Need a General Tonic Take Grove'a. The only Standard Grove's . Taste less chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. Drives out Ma laria, enriches Blood. Builds up the Whole System. :; 50c. (Advertisement.) We extend to our many friends and. customers in the-City and through out the State A Merry, Merry Christmas To One And All. Respectfully THE C. W. POLVOGT CO. I "Here is ihe Answcivin 1 i Websters N E7 1 nTERflATIOMAL J I : ' Tre MeihuMi Webster ; V s Every day in your talk and reading:, at 1 g home, on the street car, in the office, shop f p and school yon likely question the mean- a f in of some new word. A friend asks: H g ' What makes mortar harden?" You seek 1 g tlif location of XeAa(rtAor the pronun- 3 g ciation of Jujutsu. What is tckltm coed e This New Creation answers alfc kinds of M g questions In Language. History, Biography, 3 S Kirtinn Vrtrtkiirrt Wrtrfia TmAmi A vfra A 400,000 Words. 1 6000 llluatratlons. E CoatS400,000. g 270ljaaTa. S The only dictionarr with g the neio divided page, char- acterized as "A Stroke of s Genius." . ;hidiaPapw Edition: s On thin, opaque, strong, India paper. What a satis- S faction to own the M erriam g Webster in a form so light ana so convenient to use: H One half the thickness and s weight of Regular Edition, g Regular Edition : ' . e On strong book paper. Wt. g 144 lbs. Sixel-"8xe?i i 0 inches. WritaferrpedTBU umstrauoaa, m, Uentloa tliU pnbllcfttiom and racetv FBES ft Mt of jioekat mxps. G.&C. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, COUN- ty of New Hanover: , By- virtue and, in pursuance of the power of. sale in a certain mortgage made by Charles R.. Mason and. wife, M. F. Mason, to the . Atlantic Trust : &i Banking Company; dated the 26th day j of August, 1912, and duly recorded in i Bok 69, at page 268, Public Record.8 of this County. Default having been made in the payment of the obligation; secur ed by said mortgage,; the undersigned will sell at Public Auction at noon, on the 10th day of January, 1915, at the Court House, door of this county, the following described piece or parcel of land lying and being in .the State of North Carolina, County of. New Ham over, and Harnett Township,, to-wit: Beginning. at a . stake at low water mark on Middle Sound, a little north of the mouth of the "first Branch: South of Page's creek, the corner of a tract of land now or ..formerly, 'owned by Charles Waters, and running, thence with saici Waters' line., north forty :(40) degrees west one hundred and wenty-one (121) poles and two C2") links-; to the line (corner) of a tract of land formerly owned by W..F. Alexander, being the corner of the lands formerly, owied by j said. Waters and B. B. Humphrey, and the said lands herein conveyed ; thence w'ith said. Humphrey's line North thirty-five (35)' degrees: east ninety-two (92) poles, to a stake" at .the mpiuth of Red Mill Branch; thence from this stake along Page's Greek at lc. wwater mark to Middle Sound, and thence along low water mark of said Sound. to a point of beginning, containing sizty-seven (67) acres, more or less. I ' .-Dated and posted- this "10th V day; of December, : 1914. , . , ATLANTIC : TRUST & - BANKING CO., , - -r. Mortgagee. dell-30d . " .' . .".."".' . mm mm-r. I Spi V ield, Ma;;'-. , 1000 rolls Dundee Bagging. 300 rolls Globe Bagging. 2000 Cotton Ties. 1 carload Western Cart- ridge Co. Shells. , 4000 kegs Nails. 2000, barrels Flour. 300 bbls. Molasses. 20000 sacks Salt. Also all . other goods in our line. Get our prices. i. L Gore Co. Wholesale Grocers and Importers, 'Wilmington, N. C. WHY GO TO THE EXPENSE AND WORRY OF COOKING CHRISTMAS DINNER WHEN :: THE ORTON :: IS SERVING A SPECIAL DINNER FOR THAT DAY? C. E- HOOPER, Manager. -For information regarding otlj 1915 Christmas Savings .Clutf, - Phone 110. American National Bank. Advertise ment. . . - tf Removal Notice We have moved our stock of BUILDING MATERIAL to Warehouse foot of Walnut street, where we will he in a position to carry larger stocks and give the best service. 'Phone 1037-J. Our office will remain at tlie foot of Princess street, where we have been for the past Fifteen Years. 'Phone No. 154. Roger Moore's Sons & Co. :: XMAs" GIFTS :: That Are Beautiful and Servipeable, Too, Are Always Most Acceptable " i lie British authorities have taken no -"!. They are so busy trying ' 1 Double in Ireland. Larkin ' .shy.v sympathy for the German official cognizance -of the threat implied .in the sentiment' so boldly JiF,LMTNER ARCHITECT Ttl riSlte-ta-B!r?o7 the w that, they have not undertaken, to stir I . . . . , "VJM 1 1UW I in is now in" the United latek . He hailed several meetings of Irish and Ger- IJ,. Garre Building.""! Jermans m the war in Europe, it is reported. y '' ' ' . . f. ;.; fUnlversal" Coffee Percolators, Anlnti nnm and Nickeled Copper, 2.25 to 95 Aluminum Ware. . Aluminum HOtt W;tter . Bottles. Some thing new i the best yet, $3.50. . Brass Hanging Baskets for Flowers, fl.OO to f 1.SO. ; Brass Cnspldbrs, 75c to f 1.50. Brass Fern Dishes, $1.0o ito SJ1.50. Brass Jardinieres, 91.50 to $3.50. Brass Ramekins. Brass Smokers' Sets. . Brass Umbrella Stands 92.0O. . Boker Pocket . Knives, with or without individual cases. . " "Boy Scout!. Axes. Brass Bird Cages, $1.00 to $1.50. Blank' Cartridges. : :, Brass Fire Dogs. ' . . Cake Chests and. Cake Boxes, extra fine . quality, $2.00 and $3.00. Stag Carving Sets. , - Ivory Carving Sets, in beautiful satin lined eases, $2.50 to $6.00 set. Crumb Trays, T5e. i Dog Collars. : : v Enamelware. . ' v Fishing Reels. s Food. Choppers. . , Hunting Coat. , Gnns- Light 4-lb. Double Barrel Gun, -for Boys. -: Gnns Our Special' Hammerless, for $15. Gun Single : Barrel Breech Loaders, -.12, .16, .20 and.. 28 guage at $4.00 to $8.00. . ' Oil Stoves. Oil 'Heaters. - Pedometers. Pop Guns, 25e. Razors, 1 pair in Morocco Leather case. Razor Hones. Razor Strops. Rfrigerators. Refrigerators. . Rifles Hamilton, $1.50, $2.00; Air, Shoot Shot, 25c, 75c, $1.25. and $2.00;: "Little . Scout," '.22 calibre, $1.75; Repeating, 15-shot, $6.50 to $12.00. "Savory" Roasters, All Steel, Nickel , Plated or Blue and White. Safety Razors Gillette, Durham Du plex. Shaving Sets. Scissors Sets Some Beauties, at $1.50 to '$3.50. T Steak Planks, with nickel rims. Manicure Sets Great values for men and women,; at $2JS0 to $7.50, while they last. Our Scissors and Manicure Sets are fae. tory samples! we are offering at prices we ordinarily would have .to pay for them ourselves. , - Loaded Shells. . Leggings. Silver Plated Ware Sugar Shells, But ter Knives, .Teaspoons and - Table spoons, Knives and Forks; Silver Plated Children's Sets; knives and - forks. ' ' Thermometers. Thermos Bottles, $1.00 to $5.00. Thermos Carafes, $4.00 to $10.00. Watches, $1 .00 Roller Skates. VSrVn '6 xcpa sa ; The Above are Only a Few. Suggestions of What We Have In Stock. Pleasure for Us to Show Our Goods to You. Call and See Us. . N. JAGOBI HriDWARE 10 and 12 South Front'St. co. ' , . , .It '. f ;'U.. ' 5 V - .;.. : :' .'t;- ,V.'i.. 1;;l,'v'0 ';.-:;;'-', -..:'"'-; v '"'v: -:'.', ;
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