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YEMNG TEILEGRAM Today's Weather Forecast ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1917. PRICE: FIVE CENTS VOL. X. NO. 83. T7 T7TT GEN. CADORNAS FORCES ADVANCE JHILE GERMANS IN WEST PLAN A RETREAT GERMAN FORCES E Over Two Hundred Square Miles May Be Flooded by Germans (;en. cadorna iis triest within grasp The Adv ice From Russia In dicates Continuation of the Retreat Beyond La vomanain River Towards Pctrograd. . Italy's vr-! i s nf j,r.'j:.-i r.i I iiiii ;. .in 'Mr rii '.'nfoi'iru 's '.strati gv' a ij.l. nl.ilitvf as i-orniiiand'r chlni'ir to bt at ' fruit: in I hr grea t .ilVii-ti 1 he: . I :ji I i ; i i i ii i in u s ; llll- now waging: fin- Trrist.: Although ollVial ;i 1 1 1 1 (p:i ii s i-u is lai'kiiig, their ' seems lit ! I': reason In ipi.'-t-i'im dispatuh i- from nuii v soui vi that Monte San ..'afr'M,'l,-t'Uiv'; U-t". t Hi'- Austrian ' t ningiiol'ls-' iu t he i i i:'i:i districts has been taken (' ? i . '-lf.al.au troops, ;'g; irig -i'liem. p.s 's-ie.j. -of lhi '.rut i ro. rlia-in of hills ij' liii i.at '!-: t iir ' "i ia in" ai i a ',.-. ' ; .Tli i-.- i-ik ;.a'i. i;a.. t has heeri.vir t iially at' f i o. :; Vol'.!. lev! ujlihwa-xii.tV the fall , f Ct it. .'!:; s ' ft'- "'f.'lilxMitiu ---st-roiigiioh.. .' ' i,.1.' In'ips has r , ' takrii it',' I h' r y.'ii'.v v:rlo(!i;ir for i Ulit'-t ; n i . ( 'a-1"' :i.i t " -.;i L i. :: ' h is if om in at inn of I In - : ! I ; 1 i . i l ; ;,i,.t j'liil da into . : i hc.l j-M'.:'-.in' ':. Ilih , -,t ' i v ,'i.ig: a u edge ,' ; hct ivri'ii tin; '; A ii'M.i ia n 1 1 t liri n.:. aii'l out Ii.-' u a i m:. s "a !.; 1 -i n...i ' f i ..i.t - and st''..-i ing t le-i i' Lif'S "t' ei'iiiniin.ii a ' . t inn 'with uecli other,. ' .' I hi the 'iani ii l'!i it'.-h 'I'lnnt the I'.rt i-h bail !' -shells- In 'i-iig dropped m tin' . ( lei mail lines ii-i ' Flaii'lr! s-r a; r i-iiii stn tilt' t -"i ma ns In -ciM eniplnt,- abandon ing a vviiir rxpaiiM' ' if tr't ritm tln-ir, iniii '. ' liein'jj. swrj't by l irin'ral V Ini; yniis inn! I liiis" . Hi' tin- Kicim-Ii .Mrat .'with Simij. in tli" !! 1 .an. -i an;ain. 1 TIm- l,-'iiii.:)niii; nl' llir ' i.,-t rnt.'.il.r piisii lir iv is. ai'iniX'-n' I v i in in in nit a in I as a inrasui'r ut' prrrant ion tin' tirntians - arr rrj.Miitrti tnlir iuu in thr r:iv iiau pninlat inn tiom a ilistriit rxti'ii.lint; I'J in i Ins or niiirr fn thr east of thr present fi'mit in West riiiiulrrs n l'ai as thr ii'tmt I 'oint . line rnibiariii an area : of ninr'L'nli .sijnair niilr. : . One throrv :ii-'vimht. lor th,- ifpoite.l t'xariiation i; thfit thr (irrinan I'nm lliainlrr, illra.liiio; thr rffi r. nf th it ill 1 w 1 pi i')i:i 1 mo 1 hv lh ri l ing thr s -rb I thp hiTT t'lom tin ( hrhlt, tliu-s liio.-kin- alio-. I, toon illlie.l', A not lief .sii..)o.si) ion is that t Iir 1 i, 1 inaiiH, bo-king snitirirnt lllrll to hoiil tin loirs as I hi-v slioiihl Iir, ni r pi r.;i i iiw ior an ot lu r st ratry ir rrt rrat . M e.'inu 'hi Iti t he a i r 1 01 -i t on but h siilrs a: iWu-t i Cj not only imninliatrlv bark it" tin-opposing linn's but in wblely rxtrnd Ci firbl. ('iinany pushing, hrr air campaign ..,. ,l,,t I',, rllinil to 1,11 evtioit that is REMOVE S FROM WD jl , lr.-iiliug I.onilon to wonilrr as one nrws- . , paper expresses it, if "...G.rj:iimiiy has got Iht great air ofl'eiisivr" ready before that of the British. (Quickly follinving the raid 1111 ('hiitliani in which more than iltl naxal men kit ckilled and many in- ' jurrd, a seoie of (ii-rinaii airmen last niglit attarkeil the Uritsh roast and flew ' over London. Bnnil'S were dropped ' --' which iiiuseil the loss of 1 1 lives ami the injury of li2 persons.- The material i daiiiage is said to li:u bu''n snmll. One ' (lerniuii maeliitie was said to have been i ' j , bnmglit down. The British have carried on further liDiiimiiii; '111 iils in Belgium, hitting the Itrugestlocks wlirre thr Cerinans have 11 nubmariiic base, a heavy blow. "Air driiines also were bombed with good i f ' feet, ITALIANS TAKE ' MONT SAN OABRIELE London, Sojit. . A ilisj.at'i h re ceived UL Loudon, riiiihnirs the cap 1 ture" bv the Italians ot .Mont .an uan- rirV- together with !'"U juisom-rs, in clii'l iiisr :i- officers. The Italians now jmsosse the ontiro chain of Hioun tains which dominate (Joriia. - ' RUSSIANS CONTINUE V1 t RETREAT TODAT fh fpfrogrsd Sept. 5. The Russians con tiTuing1heir retreat along trip roast of , Vrulf of Riga toward the-no.rthwest, : r4"-si roused the Lavonianain river, the BOYS LEAVE FOR THE CANTONMENT THURSDAY Thirty-five men from Nash ana lidgeconibe counties arc assem bling today m Nashville aiul Tar boro. .respectively, to begin tho hrst lap of their journey whici will probably ' carry -tlicm to Irance. These men form tlia vam guard of the eon Ouitare to event ually go from these two counties in the next few Weens, to take their places: under the Stars and Stripes, and if necessary lay down their lives for Uncle Sam. The' Trams froiir Nashvillc and Tarboro will make connection with train number 8'.). which leaves here at "12.10 -p; m. Thurs day. Let there be a big crowd at the ftation to give the first eons of Nash and Edgecombe, who aro taking their places in the ranks of the nation s first army, a hearty .send oil . the like of "which., has never been seen here for many years. Remember, those arc only the first of many mare who . will, probably leave here on the nine .tecnth. and then more still will go to the cantonrnont about October according to present plans of the War Department. Remember, the boys from Nash and Edgecombe tomorrow, and be at the station when they leave for. Camp Jackson, at Columbia. South Carolina, for'. iheir three months' , training. Le' all be there E OUR ALLIES (ireat Britain and France Cet Hundred Million Dol lars Each Today from U. S (lovernment. Washington, Sr,t. l.oaiiH of $l!IH, 01111,111111 ,-arh to Jiirat . IJiitain .ami l-a a io r u ei r tnailr I' V thr. 0,1 vv r l n inr n t toiliiy, hrinin thr total a"ilvfinreil to thr ail -- to -'.LJiiii, lnr,( . - VIRtWNIA COLLEGES TO PLAY FOOTBALL V a , S.-'it if Vjrjmi ..Il.-ii.- .l'i o re suit e Alili'-ti. I. ,n!li.'(!i VV ill tlir trains ' I'ljiv.-;! o!" al'ions S'-ar..ij as lllterrol,'.;' i.i.;ht. uir-l, ila r. i 1 : n, ..-,,iti, tli h i'in- tiir i-oinin ot t iir '1 11 ian . As-iii- iat ion last 1, tliat. tins. r"'A ill 'In stur.i ;n-t .that .11. . r.J .a, vrt 'h-'iiilrs have TOD V'S SESSION OF MUNICIPAL COURT Th.; fi .,!' al thi Ion nig tool ninj a-9-s were ilisposril "s session of iiitinii-i pal .'oiti t : Paul Thouias, a lirrrk, was1 charged with an assault, with a deadly weapon and was lined "SJ'h '. 'Ifaiii Thoiiias was also charged with carrying a conceal-.l weapon .and he was found not guilty' on this charge.'' William .Matthews-, and dark Odom. negroes, were charged with an affray. Odom had judgment against him sus pend' d, while Matthews was fiiieit-?". l.iieinda Whitaker and I.ula Lucas, negroes, were charged with an affray. Lucinda was fined live flollnrs. .while Lula. was 'laved to'the extent of -.o'i. Will Mooie, a negro, was i-harged with leaving a horse unattended on the'' streets and -was tin" d l. John flreeii, a negro, was charged with disorderly co'nifiu t and was found not guilty. r-i STOCK MARKET New York, Sept. 0. Supporting or dels ofTsi"t further liquidation at the o iiing of today's stock market, al though' rails and other standard shares were again under prrssure. I'rited States st el opened with li.'Miit shares at lutl to l11" '' I against yes terdays final price of B .VI. Bethle hem and Lackawanna stwl, i-eafral leather, American, sugar, marines, and Tcas Co., i-ompirsed the other strong issues at advances of 1 to H points Must of these gains v re reduced be fore, tin end of the aciivc first half hourf rails becoming nre irrgular. .Mr.-C. L. Boriey, ef this city, left todav -for Norfolk, where he-will join Mrs. Bonney,. who has been vWItin friends and Relatives at Norfplk-for MR MONEY 10 some time. PUBLIMOOLS OPEN-MONDAY Everything: in Readiness for School Opening Monday, September 10 NAMES OF TEACHERS Supt R M Wilson Sas Buildings Are in V irst Class Shape and That All is Ready For Opening at 9 O'clotk Monda. The' piHilic srliools of - Rurky Mount will' open" urxt Moirlay, Srptr.inbrr in, at nine o 'clock' fri t he 1JU " 1 !'.l.s s.-a -ou. vith..ev'ri-vt.hiiig..in ie!id iness . for a sac rrs.st'iil . srhoti kobrlt M. W I ' yea r. - Sii;el iiitriidi'iit ilson has had tlir srhoul 111 first class shape, for the ! .u : 1.1 111 put. . onmtg session ronifiirtalilr for ami everything: made .-J he ciiildirii. The t.-ai iiiiii; stafl' has. -been i alter d .sonirwhat, irltliriigh a niiml -ri-. uf t he tutors have taught i.u the lloi. kv : Mouitt schools l.rf Mr. H. H, Johnson is prim ipal of. the Ivlgr-n-i'iiiit -. Selinolj- 'iind . .M r,' . Irving" Iv. 1 'arlyle, of Willie I'orest, v.ill succeed Mr.1 Lacy I., Sliainliurger, who is now in the j'nilisl Stafrs tiriny, l-uning .joined thi' Naliona) tliiar.l lnfore.thrse state organizations werr diaftrd into fcdrral srrv irr.' , M r, ( , -illy Ir w as t li,.: bnuner jt-ud'i lit at .Wiik.- Forest, i epuled to have avriag.-'l -in tin- vicinity of '.is in all studies for. thr ipitidirTiiiiiiiii. Mr. lr lyl,. svas iV'tt ohjy "n baniirr .scholar uirii tally, but alto ph v siial ly, ha v i.ng -ptayt ril . 1111 thr Wake l-'orest basket ball.lind baseball t, an.- lie comes here well f er i.un mended for t he posit ion, and Sir prt .11te111j.11t .Wilson w as fortunate in nt; rul ing this young man to fill the varan-' rv caused by the drparturr of .Mr. Miambuigrr to the ranks of I'ncle 8am, There are also Heveriit other .teachers, who all come to the city wrll rrrom mrnd.-ij. '-,. ' ' -Thr rnrolliuiTit in' flu- white schools f thr ily last yrar u;is l.-K")," and in the colored schools about s.j'l. . The pros pects this year that, thr riirolliiiriit. will be as hu ge as las) yrar, or maybe moYi-. piosperoiis yi ,'ir for -the Vity 's schools is ill prospect. . So, that -day which lias brrn diradrd i'v the small bry, who 'prefers to fre iient swimmint: holes and other pas tiiru.s of leisure, rather than delve into thr intricacies of reading, wiiting and irit Inn. :tic, ,w i II come round on Monday next af nine u'lock when the infantry f liorky Mount will assemble for nine months training in I he. public schools with - Commander in ( hint Kohert M- Wilson iind his general staff of teachers idv to instruct the ignortuice of the many scholars w ho w ill, take I be tram mg ..in' Vnlri to Irani that which they lon't know, ami tluit which they might o know. The discipline will not be en lirelv. militaristic, but all misdemeanors w ill illost likelv. be pllllishrd by the ' Ffu kory slick-' court martial, as uf the lays of yore. All fht. littlr sweethearts who weie sadly separated when school broke up will now be reunited, unless-! some of them didu 't. pass, and will be a grade apart in which ease th" 1-aw of propiiupiity will soon tind-Uuan .another. Rivalry for the best marks will be stir red up again and the nerve racking and xciting spelling matches are not far off. The school days gone by are the good old davs to think about, but as a rule to thus.- just starting up the ladder of e.lif at ion it is a hard, hard life until they .. . , . J . can see me inesiimanir nenenr nicy ur rive therefrom. The grand old school days w ijl be here Monday, and long may they live. - . ' The teachers for the coming year are: West School First tirade Miss Bessie McDcarman, Rocky Mount; Miss Tatty Arlington. Hm-kv Mount; Miss Martha Darden, Ro ky Mount. . Second Grade Miss Mary Belle Ma con, Louisburg; Vacant. 9 Third tirade Miss Lucile Pope, Mount Olive; Miss Mavis (irifliu, Rocky Mount. F-uurth tirade Vacant.. Filth Grade Miss Minnie G. Gray, Chapel Hill; Miss Kmhra Morton, Rocky Mount, t Sixth Grade Vacant. Seventh Grade Miss Bettie White headx Rocky Mount. East School First Grade Mrs. Pat tie Nelson, Rocky Mount; Miss Mary D. Summerell, China Grove. - - Second Grade Miss Claude" Bassett, Rocky Mount; Miss Susie Rankin, Mod FIRST MEN OF DRAFT ARRIVE First of the 'National Army does Into Unitorm Today trumm; men starts The First Five Percent Coes Into ('amp in the Fourteen of the Sixteen Canton ments. Forty Percent More on September 19. Washington, Sejil:: . Th,. first of'.llu" national army went into uniform 'today iii. fi.in.rt.ve.it (if the. sixteen cantonments poured .'groups' of recruits, the first." per cent ipm.ta -of t he. draft a.i.m.v. Selected uirii l'i bin . .Viol h Carolina and South Cur ilinu ami I'ioii.la and Tort. Rico, start d tow a r. Is I 'amp J ark sou. near Col imp bia, S. I '., w here t hry ali; to ircevir. t heir training. Th(iy v ill be known lis the s 1st division. Training "ill start to morrow. I he. .second (iiiota ot Pi per (ut. goes to cauii September 1!). SOLDIERS THINK OF MOTHER FIRST , Lbiuloii, Aug. . ."), -(By .Mail; Its not haul to tell of whom the Ameri can'' soldiers on this side are thinking. ' Aii'oiiliiig to A in.- rican women now working in the canteens and rest bil lets provided for the voinfort of thi-' Anteriian .s.rhli.ers who visit London Mm if- fixed form. Ursaliltation is; "Motlir.-" ., - " '' ": ' No imittcr if she looks more ' like a kid sistri. thaii a niiitrou the woman who'-volunteers for .tl-'f work . lias, to reconcil herself to the term. Most of : thein say they haven't found it ha r.l to do. NORTHAMPTON MAN SHOT BY NEGRO ,l.ieksin, N; C, Sept. a. About 5 a. Sumla:, IvKvanl Harris an esteemed white mail (if this (.'immunity was shot and Killed by Ricluird Jordan a yoling 'in. . -Jordan 's fatlor was killed bv Harris .-if-t ei t Iir Iat t m' had' brrn shot by t he - von nge'i- iirgro. 'The 'dim hie tragedy ccurred at. tlir home of the Jordans, Mr. I arris lia in g gone there to renivei hickrns liidieved to have been sboleii by the Joi'biii.s. LI E STOCK BREEDERS MEET : Washington,. Sept.' .-I. Sis-rotary . of. Agriculture Houston today opened tin conference of the t'uitcd States Live Stock industries ami ruinmittees rallrd discuss the advisibility of removing breediig stock tinm the West, to the ast mi i south where more rough food s procurable. The commit tee, eoinpris ng li.'H cattlemrit and stock experts is filing over its plans f iday with offic ials of the food adininistriitoii and de partment of agriculture.. treat: Miss Mary Lee Shiije, Rocky Mount. Thinl --tirade Miss Addie 'Paris, Rocky Mount; Miss Anne' Graham. Charlotte-. Fourth Gni'b Miss Bessie Lee Al ston. Henderson; Miss Nan Copclaiid, Dalton, Ga. Fifth tirade Miss Fannie tiorliuin, Rocky Mount. , . Sixth tirade Miss Agnes Warren, Dunn; Miss Martha L. Clements, New port News, Va. . Edgemont School. Fiist tirade Miss Martha Taylor, Goldshoro. Seeond tirade Miss Grace Gill, Laur inburg. Third Grade Mist Lula Fountain, 11. F. IX, Tarboro. Fourth tirade Miss Susie Parker Weldon. . .Fifth tirade Miss Maude Anderson, Enfield- Sixth Grade Miss Marv L. Walston, Pinetops. Seventh tirade Miss Florence Fit it High School Mr. B. H. Johnson, St. gerald, Raleigh. Pauls; Mr. Irving K. Carlyle, Wake For est; Miss Li'ila May Gill, LHUrinburg Miss Margaret Wright, ChaH-l Hill; Miss Belle Douh", Rocky Mount; Miss Effie Newton, Hope Mills; Miss Mar garet Sparger, Mt. Airy. Musie Miss Marr Weldell, Tarboro; Miss Blanche Williams, Tarboro. VISHODY SPEAKS SENATE The Head of the Japanese Mission to United States Given Great Ovation in the Senate. Washi llgtoli, Sept, . .1.. Viseini lit I shii delivered Japan s message of friendship and cooperation tw the. I'nited States before the house today in i-ompany with other 'members of the Japanrs liiission. Mi1 r;( i:l solrnin ;iining that enrmirs of. both, cuiiiitiir.s urre working to es trange thein atid iXpiessed his couli- l.'iu-c. that, thr f lieu. Isliips iif th(. na tioi.iH y. in,! 1 prevail'- over th,e intri'u I ut in. h k.'I by Spi-ii ker ( la'i k iii ;i ,fi;w w .... -N ist-ouiit I sh i i was received wt h r great ilcinonst ! at ion from the floor. , SHORTER OPINIONS IS RECOMMENDED Saratoga Springs, .Sept. The. pre sentation of a iiiernorial . to courts re- ipiii'st ing a : '.I roll.Sl'..iou.s', effort at the horteiiing oi opiuifiiis was riVoni- luend.-d today to t he Ain.-i ican Bar As sociation .to the en tli tn i 1 1 re (in 'reports :ihd digests. Other reports included t he . present;! 1 4 on of a coin pile hen sive mo.Jel code of .i n sui a nee. laws suggestod for adopt ion by coiigi etis in I he District of" ( oluiiibia. Fiidorsruieiif cf the coil teiition)f the t'lijted Stafi-s in the eon frothy' that Gerlnany has violated in tri u.yf ioiial law by its mrthod of. war fare and coiiileinnaf ioii of socialism. LaMP;RICAN ALLIANCE SESSION STARTED Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. " -.fl.--The Aiurjicati alliaucr .for labor and deino- era ry"OTgTill i zr 1 1 t ii c u fin t c rac t tfie activities-, of .pacificists', and' pro-German pro- ptrgTui .lists and iii bring I he nal ion 'h 1,-ibor forces up: solidly behind the gov- i nnu'iit opened a three-day loyalty cou- ference her today. PHYSICIAN ARRESTED HE TAKES LIFE Savannah, Git., .Sept. ;". Dr. Ilenrv . Aletts, eomiiiitti'd suicide by taking poison -following his arrest last night, at lliiiesvilie on the charge of murder,, it became known here today. He was charged with causing the ..death here last week 'of Mis. William J. Baldwin, of Panama City, Fla., as I he result of an illegal operation.'.; HOUSE REPUBLICANS LOSE FIGHT TODAY Washington, Sept. 5. House. Re publicans today lust Ihcfir fight to lmeud the war bond and certificate bill also as to provide for a Congm-s- iofiitl war exjieil it u re commit tee. -Republican Johnson, of Kentucky, chair man of" the i-om'mitt' e of the whole sustained points of orde-- rnauo 7 by IVmocrat i.e leader 'Kitchin against two different proposals (ifl'i-red by Re' publican GiU'itte of MassachusHt ts and Republican Moore of Pennsyl vania. ' . CHANGE SYSTEM SECRET DRAFT Ciiiciunatti, Sept.. t. - The National iase ball coinmission annoiiiiced last ight that it. will meet at CincTunatti on September lllltli to receive and pass the' selection of players froin minor league clubs by major league clubs. The .svstejn of seection frojn Cass AA 1; ela.-s A without specifying the play 1 .n-sired whi'jh as been followed fol several years and (liscontmueii ami a raft which does not. contain the name f the player and of the club from ,'hieh he ,'is selected - will receive no ousideral ion. ' COTTON MARKET New York, Sept. 5. The cotton mar ket was less active early today and sen fiment seemed to be rather mixed be fore the sharp break of vesterdav after noon. After opning at a decline of 1 to 11 points prices steadied up 011 covering. October rallied to 21.111 and January to .'O.Mt, during the first hour, New York, S. pt. ". Cutton futures opcuejl stea.jy, October, L'O.Oo : Lecem- hejv?"-,,:i:- Januarv, Cn.Ti; March, 20.0:!; Mav.n.bO. ' ' ' I. , : Mrs. Gaston Battle, and family, have moved to a Virginia jmint, near the I)u pent plant, where they will join Mr. Battle who has been employed ut the plant for sometime. The many friends of Mrs. Battle, and her daughter, Eliza betb, will regret their departure from the eitr. - - . IE Physician Has Little Hope of Recovery of Girl However NEGRO PLACED IN JAIL The Authorities Believe Ne- jjro Either Crazy or Under the Influence of a Drutf &t t Time of Shooting the Roth Girl. II cimIci sou, Sept. : .".. Jessie l.'o I h, Iii year old .(laughter cf Gustavo Roth, a, local merchant, shot: h-re' late yes, ter.lay by Aiisl. in Gi ecu ' a. uegio, s.tili was alive early today and . had rallied somewhat blip phv.i.ciaiis (l c hire l.lie chalices for her rri-ovtry were virtu ally hopeless. ; ,. Green is. in jail . at Raleigh, where lie was taken last night to prevent a. the at curd lynching. The child on a principal busiiirKs street and iii (lay light'-was. 011 her Wiiy to tht- post (illb-e when sVie saw til"'' negro peering at her from behind a.'. telephonic post. Becoming f righlen ed shei began io ruii, when Green drew a pistol firing at her three times, oho bullet striking h r arm and another entering her back. After the child fell the negro continued to fire at random until thm pistol was empty, one bullet striking and slightly injuring'-'Mary Rcilford, a white . woman. The, authorities U iievo Green ('if her crazy or. was undr the inlluence ni tli 11 g. Atr Im would siiy after his ar rest was that he had no r asou for sliool iug the gill. , FIRST NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING A SUCCESS The , next iieigliborhdod meeting of I Im' Woman's Baptist Missionary So ci 'ty will be' held this afternoon at the home of Mrs. W. (. Ricks, on Beal street, in Mrs. Gay and Shcaniis neighborhood, district number five. The, sch dule for- the reniuiuiuft mi rungs is as follows: - Wedneday night, neighbiirhood dis tricl number nine, Mrs. C. 'H. liar r. chairman, at Mr.. Harpers lioni.- on Mailison strcet.- Thursday .ifteinoon, at four o'clock district number eight, Mrs. Justice's neighborhood, at Mrs. Arthur Bar ber's hoiil.", .'.Hit Eastern Avenue. Thursday niight, .l il ri-t number four, Mrs. (.'. N. Harper's neighbor hood at Mrs." Llmore s, -J5 Pearl street,, at. 7: lo o'clock. . -Friday afternoon, at foiir o'clock, dist in t. uiiinbei: ('-it-, Mrs, -Ha-rncs, 1 neighborhood, at Mrs. -I. '. Dowdv s home, .f-'O Marigold- strict.. . '. Friday night, district number three, Mrs. W'. B. Middlcton's neighbo-lmod, at the home of Mrs. Middlcton, at -1 X'li'ih stleef, '' oIldav ai iciiiooii, district number mix, Mrs. ."s. I. .iuierson s jieigiioiir- hooil. at Mrs. Gibson's home on Sun- set avelllh-. Monday night, district jiuinlier one, irs. Might's - neighborhood, at her home in the Alton apartments. Tuesday afternoon, districts nuui- l. r seven, Mrs. B. B. Johnson, neigh borhood, at Mrs. Rudy's homo on Falls Road. . - . " Tuesday nigliJ, district number cloven, Mrs. Davis neighborhood, at the homo of Mrs. E. .T.' Hicks, ."lo South Washington street. . ...J, .... The meeting last night' at Mrs. W. Marshall's 011 Hammond street was most successful and profitable to .all who took ' part. The neighborhood meetings have proven to be a gnat help and have been well attend-d so far. Great interest has lu.n manifest ed and it is expected that the sue eivding meetings .will work for much good. The afternoon meetings are at four o'clock and' the night meetings at 7: l" p. m. CRAVEN NEGROES GO ON TRIAL New Bern, Sept. 4. Thecase of Lee Perkins andJesse Hodwoen, negroes charged with entering the sleeping a partment of the daiigtter of a promi nent citizen of Dover about three weeks ago and who were taken to Raleigh for safe keeping after their arrest, is expected to be taken up in Craven Su perior court todsyV The negroes were brought here nira Raeigh Monday; HENDERSON GIRL LINGERS TODAY RAID MAD ANOTHERAERIAL E ON THE ENGLISH COAST Germans Last Night Repeat Raid of Previous Night on English Towns DEADLY RESULTS WS NOT AS HEAVY AS PAST Nine Persons Are Killed and Forty-Nine Injured in the Night's Raid The Ger mans Lose a Plane in Their Attack. Loudon,' Sept . Nine ' . persons were kille: da nd fol ty 11 nir injured in a night iieiial laid. One raider is n piiiteit .to have been lnonght jTfevji.olT. Shivrtioeiiess,' it is aniiuiiliced idlicial- LATER REPORT ON NUMBER KILLED. London, Sept, o. - l-Jevaoi persons w.-r. killed and li' injured iii last night. '; . a . 1 raid, it is iiiiiioiinccil dfiicially. . , MANY TONS BOMBS CROPPED Londoii, Scjtt. ", Ma-uv loin - of bombs. . have, been dropped in fui'lhrr raidn of "German military rilabhsh-; meiits in P.rjgiriiu, (-aiisiug larg'" till-. HOSTILE SUBMARINE , ATTACKS BRITISH PORT. Lo rojii, Srpt. U. Seiii-linriuigti 011 thi- I-.nglisli cast coast was bombardeil lad night, bv a hostile .submarine, it was i.l ficially announced todav. About, half the shells in tho .u) rounds fired from the under sea boat, landed, three persons be ing killed and five inpired, but little ma terial damage was caused. MAY START MORE' CHILI) LABOR SUITS Chariot tvN. ('., Sept. o..-. -Tlfal twelve or founteen Hii'its similar to one tricl icfoie Federal Jiidr Jiiinrs Ii. f'.iiyd, n Greensboro rrcrntly, in the: case of Daggenhiirt v. The Fid'-litv M .11111 far ii'i iiig Company v hrn thr Ivrating i:hild Labor law was declared iiucoiistitutioiial y Judge Boyd-, will be. held in as many I'l'drr;!! districts in various Southern states this fall, was announce! follow ing a called session hi-hl here vest erday f t'.'tuooii of representatives cotton mills in. I atiimieys from practically every Southern slate. 1 he session was called lor the purposrt of considering plans- for bringing mnn- r suits in other federal districls in tlm Sout li-r t-iH t 4r-ied bv-Jttdgt -Bovd, trj" grl -:in tu juuet ion.-: - 'otton mill men' present at the meet-. iug said vestrrdav afternoon that after :i thorough study of tin- Keating Child bor law, and the lesult of the decis ion ot Judge liov.l, they Idt absomtrlv me That th:- lay, is uiicoustitutioiinl and hat it will be nlv 'necessary to bring similar suits as the our in Greensboro, ir tin- federal judges in the districts here the cases may be tried to declare the law uuVonst it ut ioiial. ROCKY MOUNT MAN REPORTED W OUNDED Ottawa, Out., Kept-.' ii. Among "the ouiiil.'il in the list of casualties in the Can.-r.liau forces in France annoiiiicrd here today appears the n,-ni)0 of F. Vv". 11 roll, of Rocky Mount, N. C. inquiry has fai'.c to dS.-Io.'e any tiinu by thr name of F. W. Carroll who has lived iir this city recently. The name is - not in the ciinent city din-dory or in two other earlier editions. The Mist office also was unable to find his narue there. If was said that a man bv tho name ot Garroll, w Ikj was something tm tiie "globe trotting" order or train sient, formerly staved in the city a good while ago, but w hct Iht this .s the rnau is not known. , COL. FERGUSON TO COMMAND TROOPS Kalcigh, Sept. 5. It is understood in military circles here that CoL Har ky B. FcrgusoiYr-JTuitejd States Army originally of Waynesvffle and known as the engineer who raised tho old battk-ship' MTaine la Havana Harbor, has been consigned to rtmniaad the divisional Tegiment of eti'Vecis to I composed. &t North and f it'i 1 jio- Una, and Teese guards 3 ce annoancM. V ...
The Evening Telegram (Rocky Mount, N.C.)
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Sept. 5, 1917, edition 1
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