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ROCKY MOUNT, N: C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 27, 1917.
PRICE: FIVE CENT?
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- "II I u I I i ti , - d
MORE THAN 50,000
MN STILL NEEDED
No General Response to
f President's Call For
70,000 Volunteers
.ONLY NINE STATES
FURNISH FULL QUOTA
North Carolina, South Car
i olina and Mississippi Are
V Next to Bottom With Only
22 Per Cent of Quota En
f listed. Men Needed Now.
Washington, June- "7. With recruit
ing week half gone war dispart iiinit ufti
rials estimated that the regular army
still is more than 50,1X10 men short of the
war strength the gunl it hail been hoped
to Obtain by Friday night, On the face
of the returns ho far it is apparent that
there has been no j'l-ncral respoiiHc
among nirii of military age to President
.Wilson's call for 70(ono volunteers dur
ing the week to till up I he ranks of rcg
tilars establishment ami thus complete
' (he first big military preparation in the
wr-r against (ier-many.
Only nine states are on the honor roll
of those which have completed their
inta of war volunteers. Only eight
others ltae their quota 7.ri per cent coin
j b fed. ' Twenty are below the fiO per
i eat line and six are below 125 per cent.
n the list of all state arranged accord
i'i;t.to.4erecntage 1heir ijuotu North
t's.olina, Sun t li Carolina ami -Mississippi
stand next to the last place with 't-je--
Cent each. Vermont is last with
only 1 per rent.
BOND MONEY HAS
BEEN RECEIVED
i - -..-
The bonds for the ."o,Oort bond ''issue
fir Rocky Mount, which'- was issued for
tho purpose of paving Falls Itoad, one
rf the principal .'thoroughfares of the
city, and also to defray outstanding
debts of the city, was received, yester
day. The bonds were signed by Mayor
Thome and the city 'treasurer and the
bond money will be. forthcoming at
onee. TheV Were one hundred bonds,
'which', we're .recently sol ) to a northern
firm, and were of denominations of $."iOn.
The work (if paving the' Calls Uond is
rrngi'essiiig rapidly and pi uxrici-ts are
li m t it will be completed before, the to
bacco season, or vvill lie partially finish
ed at nay rate. The -general paving work
i:i going on at a rapid rate jn Rocky
Mount and nil the 'principal' sheets .ire
in good condition, while many sidewalks
ills) have been paved. "
RIVERS AND HARBORS
PASSED BY HOUSE
Washington, June '47. The ifL'ti.nilo,
rum p;, ii., i ,,,,,
" ...- "ii-' "i" -
t ill passed the House today. A motion
to.aincnd it to reipiire the President to
en torse . all npprnpriat ion a being of.
military or -commercial, necessity Was
li.-sf. .' : -''"'' '':
DENTISTS OF STATE
MEET AT DURHAM
TMirhnm. N. I1., .lime L'7. Iental sur
g-'ins from all fia'its of the state were
.n'hered here today fur the opening ses
ciio-i of the bird annual convention of
t he' North Carolina Mental Society.
The program for the fjrst session to be
b?l(l tonight ''-includes the address of
v.Hconio and responses, the president 'a
nn Dial address by Dr. li. O. Apple of
Wiaaton-Halctn, and the annual essay
by )r. I. N. ("air, of Durham.
The convention which, will continue
th-oueh Friday evening will be devoted
ex lusively to addresses, and' papers oh
t- hnienl subjects.
COTTON MARKET
New York, June "7.-Cotton futures
evened firm. July I'fi.SO; October 2l5.R0;
Pe-embcr 26.73; -.Taniiarr,2.l; March
27 00. ,' 'i
New York, June "7. Still higher lev
rls were reached in the cotton market
.1.. .!.., 'u nc-l.. lin. Hi. .r TIlO l 1
en ng wa firm at an ielvanee of 1." to
25 points and sold thirty to forty four
points net higher during the early morn
i.ng with nil itelivejjies making new high
lei ords. .Tulv contra''ts sobl at ;
October at L'R.SS aad December at L'7
rent level before the eiol of the first
hour. '
STOCK MARKET
Xew York, June -7. Prtdiabilit i.'S of
ra lier nuiney conditions as the result of
the decision of the Treasury Department
!o distribute a large amount of the I.ib
er'y Ioan fuiols among local banks ini
"parted general .strength to the stock
Mnrket at today's openiii';. War shares
asserted their recent pi oininence, many
rf the more prominent equipments lis
i'rj 1 point or more with I'nited States
Ht"el. M.otors and oils also-rallied from
th"ir (icHfsion of the previous session
"and shippings and coppers were more
steady. Later railway shares became in
r.rrrsingly active to higher levers.
FOR REGULAR ARMY
TOTAL RED CBOSS
n
This Amount is Total Con
tributed in Rocky Mount
and Vicinity
WAS GREAT SUCCESS
Canvassers and People of
Rocky Mount and Here
abouts Answered Call For
Red Cross Nobly. Success
Exceeded Expectations of
Campaigners.
Total contributions to the Red Cross
relief fund from liocky Mount when
the canvassing closed last night was
.(.111,0.15, according to figures, compiled
by W. ((. Kol bins, seer lary and treas
urer of the canvassing t'eaius. The total
amount' raised irom Saturday to the
time of the campaign closed was
j;il.,")0 togf thcr with 21.50 contribu
ted by the colored people of the city.
The result of the great Heil Cross
campaign in Kocky Mount was spleh-
1 id ami the amognt given hy tl" pa
triotic people in this city exceeded the
estimates ol the canvassers. Kocky
MouiitTespiui'U'd noblv to lcall and
the people hivve done a grcal good for
t he nat ion.
The men who canvassed for the con
tributions are. to be- congrntulatj d tor
the spli'iidid work they performed rind
if it had not lieeii for their volunteer
ing for l.his work the campaign could
have, m-vrr been carried out. These men
gave up tlnir tune to tlieir ousiuess tu-
inost wholly tor the Ked t russ ami tin;
great work they did will be : appre-
lati-d. Th people .and these men lmv
done a great service for their country
mil Kinky -Mount is right thejo when
(lie call conies for help, ....
- The canvassers wish to state that if
Anyone who wishes to contiibute to the
fund was not called on by them, that
they can siid in their contrihutioii to
Mr. W. ti. IJobbins, at tin- Planters
National Bank. The canvassers did not
have l.imoto see everyone whom they
desiieil as the time was so short, so if
anyone was overlooked unintent louany
they are asked to send their atnount to
the above address.
The I4 l Cross campaign was a great
success lor tne- cny ana was aiso a
great, success ...throughout the coun r .
Thu -total of $100,0011,0(10 was avcrsub-
scribed to the-extent of about if lo,ooo,-
000 -am,! far exceeded 1 he exjieCt atioils
of the lied Cross War Kclicf council,
which conducted the campaign. The
whole country responded to the call
nobly aiul the $1011,1100,000 for the It'll
Cross was forthcoming in a short time.
The Ked Cross is as -important as
anything else needed in the time of
war ami it was overse'ribed as was tine
grcn Liberty Loan. The people did not
intend to let anyone suiter who. need
ed aid and this moim-v will go to the
taking care of the wounded of Amer
uic when the young .'me," go to the front
as vell as the needy of oth( r countries.
It is a great thing and is wor jhy of the
response.' it received from the whole
country.
Tin' lis; of contributors including
Saturday and tip to the time the cam-,
jiaigu ciosed last night, together with
Jut captains of the difl'erciit, ".canvass
ing teams, is as follwos:
Those who contributed Saturday and
thereafter until the campaign closed
last night arc as follows:
W. Cray Williams, Captain. C. A.,
Kea, ."i; S. W. Matthews, ."; 1'ozier,
Thorne, and Company, $-0; Mrs. Kd,
(iorhain, Miss, Pannie (iorham, $5;
Miss Kn n hie Mahalc v, $1; L. B. Wil
helin, tl; Mrs. W. II. Whitehead, $L'0;
Mrs. A. It. Coriiith, $."i; Y. C. Brown,
$cj ; "J.- W. Kenshaw, $."; S. Brcsui $1;
lirillin and Company, JL'0; AV. B. Hec
tor, $10; S. T. Anderson, $K; J. VV.
Keel, $5; Farmers a ml Met chants Bank,
LM; A. W. .'(till, $10; E. (r. Johnson,
.";'(. W. llawley, $.".; S. IV11 on, .";' I.
Kornegay, -I; L. II. Mollingswortli, .f:t;
Mrs. C. A. (in-gory, $-"i; A. lleiigeveld,
L'; Ct. H. Home, $10; T. L. Conyers,
$."; II. 'M. Williams, 10. Total oL'ilO.i;.').
L. 'U (iravely, Captain. W. II.
Home," .T-'tO; C. V. Carroll; $20; John
A. Jd.nall Jr, .."; J. Clavton Karuier, $,";
Kavmoud, 1; S. I. Ward, $-; W. U.
Cherry, $1; W. H. Malbsou, $L'; (i. B.
Price, $ 1 ; (leorgp Kobbins, $li; D. (..'.
Klsher, L' ; H. C. Roundtree, .t2; Miss
1 j. V. Heames, .fL"; Alex Ifobbins, $1;
A. C. Davis, $1; (5. T. Coley, $L'; J.
I'.Crifliu, $-; II. L. Trevathau,
J. p. Owen. $1; D. D. Dauglitridge, $L';
J. C. .Dauglitridjfc, $10. Total $lL'l.
II. M. Finch, Captain. II. U Brown,
$1; (lastoii (1. I.evv, ,"i; S. L Arring
ton, 4-ir,; J. T. Alford, .-fL' 1 ; B. K.
Thompson, $J : A. F. Sydcnst ricker, $.7;
D. .1. Person, $.7. Totat $17.
Central Commi.tee, through W. S.
Wilkinson, Chairman.. 14. C. Tyree, $1;
W. H. Newell, $P; C. (i. Dunn, L'0;
John S. Doier and -Company, $"; II.
C. Nichols, $7; 1- -Leon Carter, $7-,
K. I.. Dauglitridge, $70; Mrs. W. K.
Jeffries, $sO; II. W. Cutchin, $7; Tar
Biver . Lumber Company, $-70; S. S.
Toler, $711; li. (!. Hart.s'.".; I,. K. Tillcry
$1.27: J. C. Wynne, $7; C. J. Mills,
$10; J. T. Blll'lie'tte, $100; W. T. Fuller,
$27. Total $0:10.27.
Dr. H. C. Willis, Captain Miss
Maude Philips, $7; J. W. Bnrtholonvw,
$10; Miss Fannie Waddell, ,$2; Mrs.
J. D. Odrtm, $10; V). B. harden, $17;
Mrs. T. .11. Lancaster, $7. Total $7.
Red, Oak, through Ked Oak- Ked
Cross auxiliary. 1L D. (iriflin, $10;
Mrs. K. P. Elien, $10; J. C. Blanford,
$2; J. V. Bowling, $4. Total $20.
JND S1G.0;j5
PROTESTS AGAINST
T
Corporation Commission
Hears Petitions to Discon
tinue TiainonCiast Line,
But Makes no Decisions
Yesterday.
lialeigh, N.C., June 27.--The Cor
portal inn cduiniissinii w restled yesterday
afternoon vvth the -.Atlantic' Coast. Dine
proposals to iliscont inue trains in the
Norfolk, Wilmington and Columbia dis
tricts of its North Carolina lines in
preparation for ineetng eipiipment de
mauds of the govci nineiit for war pur
poses. There were delegations here lnak
ing virogous prbtsls hgainst cutting out.
niiuibers of these trains. : ;
Ii. H. Wright and HepreHcntafivc, D.
M. Clark, of Pitt, headed delegations
opposing .discontinuance. -of- trains 72
and 7.1, Weldon to Kinstnn, and 7li and
5.7, ''.Plymouth to Tarboio. There were
numbers of sp"eakers insisting that in
jury to business by loss of these trains
would far overbalance any .'conserva
tion of equipment and fuel.
, . (ieorge .V- Jtoyall, K.M. Dand and a
dclegalion from' (iolilsboro opposed ill
tei'feralice with trains !0 and 01 Nor
folk to Wilmington. They indicated
that they would not persist in opposition
to cutting these trains between (iobls
boro and -Wilmington. They 'resisted
strenuously, the 'proposition of the rail
road company to operate only between
plea was that loss OtVthis service would
Kocky Mount and Norfolk. -: (iolilsboro h
cut their outlet to the:uorth so that lots
iness men could not get farther- than
Wilson and return to tJuhlsboro the same
dav. ' .'""'.
' No opposition -appeared to iliscont inn
ing til and t7, between New Hern am)
Wilmington: 7!i ami 00, Wilmington and
Savettcville; .77 and 7s; Wilmington
and Chadboiirn, iniir lii and 117, Fayette-
ville aniljiiniiettsville, S.. C.
The. citivSS-ssioii jiriunised a . speedy
ii it it 1 1 i i - - ii 1 1 -1 1 1 ot enters riot Ii as to inese
Coast Line trains and as to the South
ern trains in which hearings were had
during the forenoon.
Tentative schedules of new and lead
justed trains, in aecordane'e with agree
nient reached at the hearing yestentay,
were filed last night by the Southern
KaiKvav. Thev make . train los leave
Winston Salem at ti..i0 a. ill. for (iolds
boro; PIU arrive in Winston Salem from
(iolilsboro at S:.'i7 p. in. The eoinmis-
sinn Will niake an order confirming; all
the schedules-filed bv the Southern. . .:
There have ben'n nunierous protests
against ihe iliscont iiiuance, of trains' at
(ireenville, Avdeu aiid cither Fasti-ln
North Carolina towns on.il branch line
of the Atlantic Coast Diiii- that wends
its way through' that section, and they
have everr-put their cases before oi'por
ation Comiiiission. Sstorv from': lialeigh
yest.erday said . t hat act ion . on t he re-ipu-sts
for the .'discontinuance of these
trains was not. taken by the corjiora-
tion. but lihat thev would make, .their
decisions later.At to what disposition
will be made of Jhe retpiests'to iliscon
tiiiue the trains that hit (ireenville,
Aydeu and other eastern Norjli Caro
lina towns is not know, and will not
be known until the commission" passes
upon it. Then- have been many protests
as was said before and the local post,
T. P. Jl. .joins with these' places in the
protest. The coutenyion is that it will
affect the general business of these
towns and as was said in Greenville
it, "would t in ti the clock backward
ten years.!' But both .sides of the'ques
tion" will have to be consul red and
a decision fitting to the mefit(S of
the vase must be rendered. If the ti
tional emergency is such that it is ne
cessary that the railways discontinue
those trains the. commission most like
ly will rule it as such, where as if
i!, is found that slich is nut necessary
thf' request", to discontinue these trains
may be refused. Anyhow, it b; a ques
tion for the Corporation Commission to
decide and they will do so at an early
date. The telegram of proV.st : ,-is sent
Ho the coinmision by the local post, T.
P. A. is as folowi:
liocky Mount, N. ('...June 20, P.H7.
The Corporation ('ominissioii,'
' Raleigh, N. C.
Post II Two hundred and ten mem
bers joins Scotland N.-ck, (ireenville-,
Aydcn, (iriftou and Kinston ' in pro
testing against the removal of passen
ger service given that section by trains
Number . Seventy two and Seventy
iiree. ' ' .
.H. W. Cutchin, President,
K. I, Fleinniing Secretary.
Travelers' Protective 'Association, V.
H. A.' "
A. D. WILLIAMS
KILLED BY TRAIN
A, D. Williams, who formerly resided
in this city, and who went from here to
Portsmouth as a flagman on a railroa'1
at that place, was killed Monday by be
ing crushed between two 'cars, accord
ing to word received here. Mr. Williams
was 'well known here and pursued the
vocation of a painter in this city for a
number of years. '
Tin- remains were brought here today
and burial was in Jackson's grave yard,
near the city. The funeral services were
conducted by Hev. I.. Nasser, pastor of
the Arlington street Baptist, church. A
number of Woodue-n were present, as
Mr. Williams was a Woodman of good
standing.
Mr. Williams was 27 years old and
was born near Knfield. He is survived
by his wife and children. He had iiiany
friondsd Kocky Mount and those who
survive him have the sincere sythpathy
of those who knew Mr. Williams, in this
hour of their bereavement.
RAIN STOPPAGE BY BRITISH
CAPTU RE OF LENSiLAST GALL FOR
T
General Haig Closing in On
Lens and Fall of City is
Looked For
ARMIES MAN EU VERINC.
FOR REST POSITIONS
Although British Appear to
Have Lens Bottled Up, It is
Also Question of Whether
French Will Co-operate by
Similar Offensive Move.
While (ieneral llaig is closing in so
lofiely upon : Deirt I hat the captnie by
the British of I hat mining city an I if s
adjacent fields seem imminent-, it is a
quest !ui whether Ihe British operation
w ill be accomplished ..'by- nn offensive
wove bv the French on a like scab-.
Although there has been tiiore or less
mi st ri lit maneuvering for positions by
the two rommanders ill ug the Aisne,
and Champagne, .fronts particularly the
former, the (ierinan activities seems
more like efforts In choke oil' any pos
ble exie-i ted movement bv -t he French
than any I li ing else. ( n the ol her ha nil
(ieiicial I'elailt's :. occasional strokes
ies Ihe Inpie-Jiiou that all he is I ry
ing t-i do is lo preserve vain age points
the basis for resuming tin- f rencn
advances at some future tunc when thai
ffdrt seems a-lvisable...
Cumulative ev deuce that all Hussia
f influential character is now definitely
set against any idea of a separate peace
piltinues lo come from Pefrograd. Ihe
pow erl ill -pan tviissiau ougress oi sot
liers and workmen s councils is ..-em
phatic- nn this point in ii resolution
just adopted b- an ovei v. helmiiig ilia
jor.ty.
The program of the entente in (n-eece
ontiiines to dew-hip. It is now evident
that it is their purpose to use the eonvo
ition ot the parliament of .May .if,
11117. which was controlled bv the cui-
zelos factors, having a '.majority favor
ible to the entente cause. It wn the
dissolution of this parliament that has
been denounced as unconstitutional hy
the allies, the act being one of the chief
-mints. of theindictment of Constantine
as a betrayer of his people into a ileser
lion of their natural allies.
Ten Units of American
Woodmen Arrive in Uni
ted Kingdom Today
TO AID LUMBERING
Woodsmen Were Sent Over
by New England States
and Organizations to turn
Forests of Great Britain
into Lumber for War Uses
London, June 27.--Ten' units of the
American woodHinen sent over. by New
Fnglaud States and o'rgauiatioiis ' to
tuj ii variou.1 forests of the I nited King
dom into lumber. has arrived on Knglish
soil. -
REFUSES TO GIVE
GUARDSMEN'S NAMES
Asheville, N. ('., June 27. -Lieutenant
Treseott, eonimamling Companv B. l.'n
gineers, of Charlotte, 1-t of whom are
under' military arrest for.- storming, the
Black Mountain 'jail '.Saturday morning,
vi-sterdav 'refused to giwv up the men to
Mayor J. II, Kekles. of Black Mountain,
aiel also refused to furnish their names.
The three men who created the orig
inal disturbance are still held at Ashe
ville by th- civil authorities, and Mayor
Fckb's wanted to secure the names of
Ihe It men held at the camp in-order
that they might be arrested and tried
for their part in the riot of Saturday
moi-nin-;. When he made his requesj of
Lieutenant. Treseott, commanding the
National (inardsmen. he was met with
a polite but firm relnsal to furnish eith
er the ni--ii or their names to the civil
a lit h'H'it ies.
SAYS COMMISSION
DIDN'T USE POWER
Msliint(in, .lime 27. ' 'luiruinu tluit
the f-Vlt'i :jl Ti m-I' ('niiuni.sinn ti.'hi f.iil
cii to us it jiftwiM In atn cxt'irtioii
from puM hfrs hy n'cw hjh iut :M'r
irianutMi'tuiM'is, Srnjitor Uffi, of Mis
r.ouii, t-M In - iulio'lurc J fi r(stfilntinn ili
nttinjj: Ilic i-fUMinissioii to inform tli'
Scii:ttr why it h;H not is.siit'il oricr to
.i -liilit 1 In " utifiiir 11 to! illcy.'il r''
tit os. " iVoconlings in Fo'lirl conrtu
nro snpp;p?to.l n nn nltirnnt':vc.
ROOPS
APPEARS IMMINENT
WOODSMEN HAVE
REACHED BRITAIN
FIELD ARTILLERY
Unless Enlistments Come in
Quickly Artillery Com
pany Will be Like Icthyo
saurus; There is No Such
Animal.
The campaign for enlistments for the
field artillery company for Kocky MimnM
is entering lip-Hi the last lap, aiel 1111-li-fis.
the young .men unmarried and. 'be-fwt-en
the ages of Is a lid Id enroll tlieni
selves right away, there w ill be a .field
art i I lory company -. t hat d ied. in its in
fancy in b'ocky Mount. A few enlist
llients have Jn'-i-n ' received, ' luit these
will ii ot fill up the gap. needed to make
(he hundred and ninety men, not by sev
eral yards, or even blocks.
As was stated in yesterday's issue
the number of men that enlist in any
oi(iaiii?!ition jn this city, preferably, the
lield artillery company, this number will
lie deducted from the number to be
iiaft'ed from, the . regiiPred im-ii nf
Kocky' Mount. This means that those
who do not enlist in the fiel I artillery
cninjia ny w'.ll go with the selective draft
iriiiy and unless the enlistments couie
in prior to the first of July, the last
chance to get with a home orgnnialioii
will have passed. . .
It is a 'distinct advantage to gn with
someone vou are acoiiainieu nun ami
everyone knows that they do not like
to.xmbark on an expetlition of a doubt
ful destination and at the sanie time
0 with strangers. The men who would
otlicer tins company are ail local men
and are well known in the city and in
this section. Captain J. H. Lewis, was
foriucr.lv".' captain of the old liocky
Mount 'company, H. II. Murray, who
has been" selected as one of the llrst lieu
tenants, is well known in Wilson and
here and was forniely 'connected with
Company K. at Wilson; II. L. Hiuightry,
of. Kocky .Mount, who is the cither first
lieutenant ' was one of the best second
lieutenants in the North ('arolina Na
liona! guard at the time he served and
is well fitted for the place, besides bs-
ing well known: B. II. Bunii, who is se
lected as one of the second lieutenants
is'well known ui liocky Mount, and has
many friends here; and John K. Uray,
of Tyroii, who has been selected Bs the
otjier second lieutenant and who lias
been trying so hard to get enlistments
here, has tnade maiiv friends and is a
young man well lifted for the position
selected for him.
So therefore with these "inducements,
whv can't Kockv Mount raise the field
artillery- company . This urgnn'mit ion
would- represent -Rocky .Mount ""'l
Slate of North Carolina and would be
a unit if the North ('arolina National
guard, whereas the selective draft nrmv
vvoiHil lie rejiresentaui' oi toe nmim
I'liited States. The men who would
conipi se. thin would be fellows that you
have known from the days of your in
fancy and you Would have consolation
nf being nniong friends and not sfrnng-
s. , .
Beside the field artillery unit is rec
. i f ... i i. .r
ogm.i'd as tne niosi nesiraoie iinuirn ui
the national service; The men : are
nioiuited and tlieir duty is behind lines.
There is no trench duly and, it tlm tier
mans broke through the lines, the men
of the field "artillery would have couple
miles start on them: T-lo-re IS a tiet-
ter chance of promotion to commb'sinn-
I oflicers ami is a higher class orgam
ati-di than the infantry. TIiIh is an in-'
dliccinent for all 'young. .men who do not
relish the idea of being drafted and is
also -.their last chance to keep from get
ting draft "d.
Therefore, let all thoRe who are eli
gible lo enlistment in this field artil
lerv company come across right now
iml enroll' with Lieutenant Cray at the
ollice id L.. K. Tilb-ry and Hon..
The field artillery company should
mntorhilm at, once and. if the eiilist
inents do not come in rpiick, there is
not going to be such nn animal as a
field artillery -company." iir Kocky Mount.
Let the young men form this organs
tion here , and do so before it, is too
late. ' .
OF f 000 BILL
Copper, Lead and Their
Products Together With
Lumber and Timber Add
ed to List of Things Gov
ernment Will Control.
Washington, June "7. With drastic
prohibition amendment to prohibit the
manufacture of beer as well as distilled
l ipiors and giving the I'resident discre
tion to permit the manufacture of wine
only; the administration food bill was
agreed on to-lay by the Senate Agri
cultural Committee and favorably re
potted as a substitute for the bill now
under' consideration.
Washington, June 2. Copper and
lead and their products, lumber and tim
her r additional ntticles to which the
government control will be extended
luring the war under amendments to
the food control bill,., were adopted to
day by a Senate agriculture eommittee.
EXTEND CONTROL
TO ESTABLISH
DISPENSARIES BE
This will He First Step of
American Red Cross Re
lief Work
PERMISSION
ASKED
The Red Cross Fund Reach
ed Total of About $111,
000,000. First Step to Ad
minister Relief will Be Es-
; tablishment of ; Dispcn
saries in Allied Ports
Washington, June 27. Kst widish men t
of dispensaries in ail the iitiporuint sell,
pints of the alliel countries probably
will be one of the first undertakings ol
the A 111011111 ii lie-1 Cross in a.liu ulster
ing fhe big war loud estimated today
at $1 1 l.H'io lion .without minor reports
1 1 -on a few cities. . ,
-llev p. 1 lo v i hi ui , chuiininn of the
lied Cross war coiiiici, said each of the
afied goveiniueiit had been asked for
permission to establish the .dispensaries,
"a incaMure of relief urgently .needed. "
NORFOLK SOUTH ERN
WINS DAMACE'SUIT
Wilson, N. C, June L'7. The Norfolk
Soiirtiein won out in the suit for fM.OOO
brought by C. T. Harris, formerly of
I'eleisbiirg, Vn , but several years past
employed ns sawyer nt a sawmill near
Middlesex. -'-On the night of December
"!, I!' I I, so Harris, alleged in 'complaint,
Captain Singleton refused hint passage
from Middleses to Wilson, and when he
iCooiptoil to boa yd' the train Captain
Singleton struck him in the face and
then kicked him. Harris' testimony on
the stand was corroborated b) some of
Ihe .'witnesses.- Captain Kiiigleton tes
titied thai he used no more, .form than
whs iiocifs-iiy; that Harris was drunk
and boisterous and what, he did was for
the protection of his passengers there
being ladies on the train at the time.
SECOND AMERICAN
CONTINGENT ARRIVES
A Trench Seaport, June 27. The
second contingent! of American
troops disembarked this morning. .
VESSEUS SUNK
Sailing.Ship Galena Sunk by
Bomb off French Coast.
Crew Including Eight
Americans, Saved.
Loiid in, June Ii7.-The American sail
ing ship (ialena was' sunk by a bomb on
June "ii. : 'I here were no casualties.
The Catena was sunk off the I'shant
Island, off the const of H'niuce, 2(5 miles
southwest of Hrest. Fifteen survivors
were taken to Hi -St.
FORMERLY BAKKANTINE
FOOIINO 8UEY.
Ne-.v Vorit, June L!7; The (ialena was
formeilv the liarkantviie Koohng Kuey.
She left here March L'J with a cargo to
Koiien, I'raiice. She carried a crew of
Is men commanded by Captain I'. V.
Marshal, among whom according to
lie" I'nited Slates commission-r of
shipping were eight Americans. T'nder
the name of Fooling Hiu-y the vessel was
buiR in Iskk at (il.-isgoy.-, Scotlamf, and
when launched ' Quen Victoria is said
to have pressed the button that released
her from the stocks. In 101.1 she was
badly wrecked tiff the Virginia capes
after which she was sold for a barge.
'Ihe European-war and the demand for
ocean tonnage resulted in her again be
iii'j conveited into a sailing ship.
Report On Naval Gun Acci
dent on Mongolia Recom
mends Changes in Ammu
nition Which Would Pre
vent Further Mishaps.
Wn-hiiigfon, June 27. A report on
the investigation of the naval gun ac
cident on the American armed mer
f.i:iiiltiiii Moii-rolin .-if isolvitur the min
crew from responsibility and rceoin-inetidiii-r
Ihe :ivv Ileiinrtmcnt for mak
ing ammunition changes which it :s be
lieved will prevent further accidents,
was unanimously adopted today bythe
Senate Naval Affairs Committee.
AMERICAN SAILING
GUN GREW WAS
NOT RESPONSIBLE
TEN A. C. L. THUS
DISCONTINUED
IN EASHAROLIIJA
Corporation Commission
Refuses to Permit Dis
continuance of 6 Others '
WILL NOT AFFECT
SERVICE IN THIS CITY
Those To Be Discontinued
Are Numbers 61 and 63,
90 and 91, 59 and 60; 57
and 58 and 66 and 67.
Those To Be Continued
Are 90 and 91, 72 and 73
and 56 and 57
Ralegih, N. C, June 27.The State
Corporation Commission In an order
issued today granted the petition ot the
Atlautul0ajit Line to dncontinue ten
trains operated in Kastern Carolina, but
refused to permit the road to discon
tinue six others which it bad asked to
be allowed to cnneeal. Train to be
discontinued- follow:
Numbers tit and 65, between New
Hern and Wilmington. ;
Numbers 90 and 91, between Wilming
ton and floldsboro.
Numbers 50 and HO, between Wilming
ton sud Fnyettoville.
Numbers 57 and 5, between Wilmitig
Inn and (,'hadbourn.
Numbers tj(i and 87, between Fayette-,
villn and the South Carolina state line;
Thn last two trains are operated be
tween Fayettnvillo and. Bennettville,
Huuth (.'arolina, and it will be necessary
for the South Carolina authorities to
order the discontiirunnce of the train
so far as it operates in that state.
Trains which the commission refused
to permit the ('oast Line to discontinue
are: ; ; '. ; ' -'
Numbers 90 and 91 between Rocky
Mount and (loldsboro.
Numbers 73 and 73, between Wei do a
and Kinston.
. Numltets and 57 belweea Plymouth
and Tarboro.i, : t .
Discontinuance of-trains was asked
in order that the railroads might eon
serve and release men and equipment
for handling other business growing
out of the abnormal transportation de
mands of war conditions. . 1
WHO SAID NORTH
CAROLINA WAS SLOW?
They say North Carolina is alow in
enlist ing.
Yes,-. Nrth Carolina is slow: and yet,
somehow, she usually manages to reach
Ihe front in time for the crucial moment.
. In February, 1776, the people of Wil
mington, N, ., were only seven jreara
ahead of the rest of the colonies; per
haps they should have seen'their duty
sooner. And incidentally, it is the fault
of none but ourselves that the whole
world does not give due credit' to this
wonderful, open, armed resistance to
the infamous Htamp Att, seven yean in
advance of the Boston Tea Party.
On the 20th of May, 1775, the people
of Mecklenburg county in North Caro
lina, were only s year ahead of the rest
of the country. Perhaps they should
have set the example sooner. ;
Yes, North Carolina wag slow in the
War Hetwecn the Htates; she weighed
Ihe pros and cons deeply. But aome
hoy, after she did aecede. North Carolinians-
were always so near the front
that the first to fall in pitched battle
was a North Carolinian, Henry L. Wy
att, at Bothel; ao near the front that,;
ifler (iettysbuig, 80 per cent of North
('arolina 's men were left on the field
of honor, many of them lying further
within the enemy's line than the men
of any other Southern state. . "
So alow is North Carolina that she
rould not even be made to aurrender
until most of the other states bad dona
so. One fourth of the muskets laid down
at Appomattox were in the hands of
North Carolina soldiers.
Only two weeks ago the llrst ahot
against (iermany was fired, and, accord
ing to oflicial report, it sent a submarine
down. That shot was fired by James A.
(ioodwin, from Eastern North Carolina.
He took time to. prepare slowly and care
fully, for just thafemergency, and ao,
at the psychological moment, be was
ready. . :
Yes, North Carolina may have been
slow to enlist in the present war; but
she has made up her mind now, and
when Tuesday came it was found that
hr sous had done her duty; and if God
wills that the worst come to us North
Carolina men will be found dead or
alive where the lighting is fiercest and
the risks deadliest; and North Carolina
women will be found at home or else
where if duty calls-loving their men,
praying for them, and trying to do
I heir men 's work as well as their own.
Wilmington .Star.
HORSE RACES HERE
FRIDAY AT 1 O'CLOCK
The mi miner races of the Rocky
Mount Fair Association will be pulled
off ot this city Friday at 1 o'clock at
the fir grounds. Many fast horses
have been in training and seventeen en
tries already are on deck for the start.
The races promise to be interesting an 1
a big crowd is expected to eome out to
see them. . .