VOL. XLII
GRAHAM CHURCH DIRECTORY.
Baptist—N. Main it.—Jas. W.
Rose, Pastor.
Preaching services every first
and Third Sundays at ILOO a. m.
and 7.30 p. m.
• Sunday School every Sunday at
$.41 a. n».—C. B. Irwin, Superin
tendent.
Graham Christian Church—N. Main
Street-Rev. J. P. Trultt.
Preaching services every Sec
ond and Fourth Sundays, at 11.06
a. m.
. Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—E. L. Henderson, Super
intendent. " v..
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New Providence Christian Church
—North Main Street, near Depot-
Rev. J. G. Truitt, Pastor. Preach
ing every Second and Fourth Sun
day nights at 8.00 o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday at
8.46 a. m.—J. A. Bayliff, Superin
tendent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer Meet
ing eVery Thursday night at 7.45.
o'clock. ia.
Friends—North of Graham Pub
lic School—J .Robert Parker, Pas
tor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11 a.
m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
10.00 a. m.—James Crisco, Superin
tendent
Methodist Episcopal, south—cor.
Main and Maple St., H. E. Myers
Pafstor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11.00
a. m. and at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—W. B. Green, Supt.
Methodist Protestant—College
St., West of Graham Public School,
Rev. O. B. Williams, Pastor.
Preaching every First, Third and
Fourth Sundays aVII.OO a. m. and
every First, Third, Fourth and
Fifth Sundays at 7.00 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
9.46 a. m.—J. S. Cook, Supt.
Presbyterian—Wst Elm Street-
Rev. T. M. McConnell, pastor.
Sunday School every Sunday at
8.46 a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su
perintendent
Presbyterian (Travora Chapel)—
J. W.' Clegg, pastor.
Preaching every Second and
Fourth Sundays at 7.30 p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at
2.30 p. m.—J. Harvey White, Su
perintendent
Oneida—Sunday School every
Sunday at 2.30 p. m.—J. V. Pome
roy, Superintendent.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
E. C. DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C.
National Bank ol Alamance Bl'd'f.
BURLINGTON, N. C„
Room 16.15t National Bank Building.
•Phone 470
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorney-at-Lapr ».
GRAHAM, N. C.
Office over National Bank ol Alamance
j", s_ cook:,
Attorney-at-Law,
GRAHAM, N. C.
Office Patterson Building
Heoond Floor. .....
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GRAHAM, N. 0. .
JOH N H. VERNON
Attorney and Counselor-at-law
PONES—Office 68J Residence 337
BURLINGTON, N. C.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
OFFICE OVER HADLEI's STORE
Leave Messages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 07 Residence 'Phone
382 Office Hours 2-4 p. m. and by
Appointment.
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Osteopathic Physician
SI. SS and t* First National Bankk Bldg.
BURLINGTON, N C.
Stomach and Nervous diseases a
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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
U.S.TROOPS FIGHT
VILLISTA FORCE
Fleeing Bandits Are Overtaken
by Cavalrymen.
SCOUTS HAVE A SKIRMISH
Mountains Are Combed for Outlaw
Leader Himself, But In Vain, Par
ahlng Says.
American cavalrymen encountered
a fleeing force of Francisco Villa's
men and sounds of firing have been
heard from that direction, but no r»
port has been made to Pershing**
headquarters as to the results.
The mountains of Guerrero are be
lng combed thoroughly for Villa by
the American forces, but nothing hai
been learned as to his whereabouts,
other than that captured bandits said
he was being carried further Into the
mountains In his Jolting coach.
General Pershing announced that
troops of the Infantry are to be used I
for mountain climbing, co-operating I
with the cavalrymen, who have borne I
the brunt of the five-day pursuit of!
Villa. The Infantrymen have been
going through hardening preparation!!
In hill-cllmblng marches for about two'
weeks, and their officers say they are i
In excellent physical trim.
The troops were closely behind Vil-1
la on Sunday, entering the village ol
' shortly after, he had fled from |
1L It was suspected he might be hid-;
den in one of Its huts, and every pre
caution was' taken to effect the cap
ture. Two squadrons of cavalry en
tered the village from opposite sides
simultaneously.
There have been a number of mi
nor skirmishes near the village, two
scouts reporting they encountered two !
Villa Qien on Itg outskirts on Sunday.
They fought for five minutes without
casualties.
American air scouts are now flying
over the entire Villa territory and are
carrying despatches from the front
to the field base and field headquar
ters. Motor trucks also have been
able to penetrate the mountain waste
almost as far as the territory occu
pied by the cavalry under Colonel
Qsorge A Dodd.
Altogether, General Pershing Is sup
posed to have 12,000 men In Mexico.
About 2500 of these are said to be In
the advance columns,-under direction
of Colonel Dodd. The disposal of the
others Is a cause of considerable mys
tery and speculation. One theory ad
vanced is that Pershing may be using
them In perfecting some carefully
planned trap to hem In the fugitive.
VILLA LEADER SLAIN
Clash Between Bandit's Followers and
Csrranza Troops.
A fight between one of the smallei
groups of Villa and Carranza forces,
the latter under Colonel Cano, March
29 (Thursday), was reported to the
war department by Major General
Frederick Funston, at San Antonio,
Tex.
Emanuel Boco, the Villa leader, was
killed.
Although previous reports had plac
ed doubt upon the loyalty of Colonel
Cano, General Funston's report Indi
cated that he was aiding the Ameri
can troops against Villa.
BOY FATALLY SHOOTS A GIRL
Had Bsen Drinking Heavily, and Can
Give No Reason.
Rachael Styers, nineteen, daughter
of James Styers, was shot and dan
gerously wounded in BJaston, Pa., by
Raymond Denecker, seventeen.
The girl la in the Easton hospital,
and cannot recover.
Miss Styers, her sister Helen, aged
seven, and Bertha Steckel, eighteen,
were walking toward the tatter's home
when Donecker seized Miss Styers by
the arm, pointed a pistol at her and
■houted, "Now I've got you!"
Miss Styers, aided by Mlsa Steckel,
struggled with the youth, but be forc
ed the former to her knees, then shot
her in the abdomen. Next he shot at
Miss Steckel, the bullet grsring her
left cheek.
Donecker fled, bnt was captured at
the home of bis aunt, Mrs. Clarence
Kunsman, at Redlngton. Relatives of
Donecker declare he is of unsound
mind. He claims to have drank nine
glasses of beer, three whiskies, a gin
fizz, a glass of wine and two milk
punches before he shot the girl.
"She never did anything to me, and
I don't know why I shot ber," be
•aid.
Christy, Artist, Asks Divorce.
Howard Chandler Christy, the art
ist, who has his summer home in
Zanesvllle, Ohio, filed suit for di
vorce sgalnst bis wife, Mabelle
Thompson Christy. Gross neglect Is
the charge, but the papers have been
withdrawn. Seven years ago they
fought a battle over the custody of
their daughter, Natalie, in which the
father won.
Lynch Negro at Court Houae.
At the conclusion of the testimony
st the preliminary hearing of Oscar
Martin, a negro, accused of attack
ing a white girl, a mob of 600 storm
ed the court room In Idabel, Okla.,
seised the prisoner, and hanged him
from a back balcony of the court
fcoose.
Fire of unknown origin Monday
night destroyed the plant of the
Crouch Cabinet Company at Ilick
ory. The losa is estimated at
about $5,000, half covered by
insurance.
Dr. J. C. Braswell, whole - time
health officer of Nash county, has
adopted motion pictures as a
means of tes/hing his people
lessons in health.
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FRANCISCO VILLA.
The Notorious Msxloan Bandit
Wo Want Rlthar "Dead «r Alive."
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j ATTACK MORMON CAMPAIGN
j 1000 Mleeionarlea Plan to Convert
War Wldowa.
| One thousand selected mission
; arles, mostly young men and young
i women, are awaiting the call of |
the Mormon church to go to Europe
as soon as possible for the purpose of
converting war widows to the faith
and bringing them to the United"
Statea for polygamous purposes, ac
cording to information which ex-Son
ator Frank J. Cannon got in Salt Lake
City, the center of the propaganda.
Information gleaned from press des
patches and other sources Indicate
that this report was true, said Mr.
Cannon prior to addressing a meeting
In Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, called
In the name of practically every evan
gelical minister in the. city to ask the
government to pass an amendment to
the constitution forbidding polygamy
and also protesting against and polyg
amous propaganda which emanates
fro mthe United States.
These young men and women, said
the dx-senator, are well educated and
of fine appearances. Among the Mor
mons, he declared, It was considered
not good form for any young man to ■
tall of performing some such mission
for the church. He said It was a social
usage as binding as other social ua
ages are in communities.
"This report of Mormon sctlvity in
Europe," said Mr. Cannon, "Is In ac
cord with the advertised Inclination
and discussion of some of the govern
ments of Europe to replenish the ma!e
population broken by the war. It Is
In accord with what I know of the ac
tivity and propaganda of the Mormon
church.
"When the war began there was a
rush of Mormon missionaries from
continental Europe. Some of them
remained In England and some of
them came back to the United States.
This was fallowed hy activity of Mor
mon missionaries here In the east, due
presumably to the return of those who
had been to Europe.
ZEPPELINS KJLL FIFTY-NINE
Two Airship Raids Over England in
Forty-eight Hours.
The Zeppelins are continuing thsir
raids over England with persistency,
and In a second trip on Saturday night
sixteen persons were killed ami about
100 injured by bombs dropped from
the sky.
The northeast coast was again the
scene of operattaps for the ral lers.
Only two airships took part In the
raid and the fatalities they Inflicted
were not as numerous as in the raid
on Friday night, when five Zeppelins
took part In the death-dealing cruise.
Later details of this latter raid show
'that forty-three persons were kille 1
and sixty-six injured, making a total
of fifty-nine killed and 186 injured in
ths two raids.
The official version of Saturday
night's raid says:
"Two airships approached the north
east coast Saturday night. Only one
crossed the coast. The other turned
tack.
"FOP the present we know that six
teen persons were killed and about
one hundred injured.
"Eight dwelling bouses were demo,
lotted and a serious fire was caused
in a French polishing shop."
Owing to the prostration of wires
In the blizzard that swept England
last week particulars of the damage
done in Friday's raid have been slow
coming In.
Suicide Takes Her Dog, too.
Philadelphia, April 3.—After remov
ing ber baby to another room and put
ting It to sleep, Mrs. Helen Jackson,
twenty-one years old. of 425 Hermi
tage street, locked herself and her pet
dog in her bedroom and committed
suicide by Inhaling Illuminating gaa.
She was discoverer] by her husband. ,
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Giving Rifles to Rsnchers.
Rifles are being distribute I by the j
militia to ranchers living on the Mexi
can border for self-protection. The
rifles are the property of the state of
Nsw Mexico.
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A New Dieeaee.
An excuse to a Chicago schoolteacher ■
read: L
"She was sick she had a head egg j
and a tooth egg and a ear egg. Hhe _
could not*o to school, she wa» laying (
all the time In bed."~Chlcago Tribune, j -
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Te Care a Cold la nae Day. j t
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine *
Tablets. All druggists refund the j
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GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6 1916
GERMANS BEGIN
NEW VERDUN DRIVE
Hurl Vast Forces at French
Positions.
BATTLE RAGES ALL NIGHT
V
Defender* Recover Part of Wcod on
Douaumont-Vaux Front Teuton!
Move Big Guna to Front.
Heavy masses of troops are being
burled by the Germans against the
defenses of Verdun, which are being
tested to the limit at vital poln's.
The French are offering tenacious
resistance and, according to Paris,
have succeeded in pressing back the
crown prince's forces between Vaux
and Douaumont, where sledge ham
mer blows had badi'y dented the
French lines within the past few days.
A*. new phase of the battle of Ver
dun, now In Its forty-third day, lias be
gun, and the belie! prevails in I'arla
that the violence of the latest attacks
foreshadows another attempt by tie
Germans to rush the fortress with vast
forces. New batteries of large calibre
have been moved up clcser to the
French front and the German Infantry
has been rested and reorganized
Forty-two centimetre guns, the
most powerful In the world, are now
being used by the Germans In th.'lr
bombardment of the Fronch positions.
French aviators are trying to learn
 the location of guns, which ac-
I counts for the extraordinary aerial ac
tivity over the Verdun front for the
past forty-eight hours.
By the capture of a foothill In Call
letts wood, which Is south of Fort Dou
aumont, the Germans are now iless
than Ave miles from Verdun, on the
northeastern side of the fortress. On
the west side the Germans have evi
dently begun their drive against the
French positions _at Mill 304, which
lies east of Haucourt and west of
Mort Homme TDiad Man's Hill), Hill
304 commands the avenue of communi
cation for the French troops holding
the Bethlncourt salient.
Fighting continued all night east of
the Meuse, between Douaumont and
Vaux. The issue turned generally,
the French war office announced. In
favor of the French, who gained
ground in the northern part of Galliot
te wood. West of the river a bom
bardment was carried on near Hull-
Biont without efTect.
The statement says that In the
fighting the Germafis lengthened their
front of attack to about two miles.
Sunday's ffghtlng, on the whole, wax
not unfavorable to the French, It la
authoritatively stated. The object ol
the Germans was to clear the ap
proaches to Fort Douaumont and 16,-
000 men were tfirown forward on the
mile and a half line between Douau
mont fort and the village of Vaux. The
attacking force succeeded In crossing
a little ravine which hitherto had
stopped them, and in entering the
Calllette wood. --- ,
Further east they dislodged the
French from the last ruined houses of
the village of Vaux, but the French
positions were so placed as to maktf
It practically impouslMe for the Ger
mans to debouch Iroin the village. Vlg
orous -French counter attacks drov«t
them back to the upper fringe of Call
lette.
The total result of the very formid
able effort they had put forth wus a
gain for the Germans of about 500
yards, thore than o&eet, It Is affirmed,
by the heavy losses they suffered. On
the west of the river the Germans at
tacked the Avocourt blockhouse In
a no less determined manner, but
again met with complete failure,' the
observers declare.
CAUCASUS DRIVE CHECKED
Constantinople S-.ys Turka Have
Blocked Russian Progress.
Constantinople do {.at;
out by the Berlin Overseas News
agency, gay that the Ottoman
troops on the ra-tcatlan front havi
received ccnKlderab'e relr. orceri.euts
and that the Russian oiler.»|ve ha;
been Checked, ,
Recently the only fighting hai bi'ea
among small deta' hrncn.s.
CANAL TO OPEN APRIL 15
Goethsls Believes Waterway Will Not
be Closed Agiln.
General OoetiiaJs. cwvernor or the
canal stcno, 0!:: ie k jcrncnal exam
Inatlon of the 'sl d»\ ar-a in tb>;
Galilar I tut to satisfy ivjmseif regard
ing conditions.
He said aiterward that t s o nltuafl'.a
looked even more favorable 10 him
than he ha! expected, and, that Apill
16 would "remain unihan«e! a the
date for reopening the waterway.
General Goetha's expressed the be
lief thai the 'ami would not agu'.n
be closej to traffic an account of slides
In the cut.
18 Peraons Hurt by Explosion*.
Eighteen men were Injure-I, at lent
three of tbem perhaps fatally, when a
large acetylene gas tank expiolei la
the foundry of the Otis Elevator com
pany In Buffalo, N. Y.
Loet 20,000 Men In March.
The published lists of casualties for
March sbow that the British forces
lost 1107 officers and 19,'17 «uen.
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30 KILLED IN
i TRIPLEWRECK
i They Are Ground to Deal!) as
Trains Collide.
[ FORTY OTHERS ARE INJURED
Ohio and 20th Century Limited
Plowa Into the Debris.
With a toll of thirty dead and tort)
s or more Injured, federal and state ol
e flclals and officials of the ra.lroad
g company began an Investigation intc
the cause that led to one of the mos:
8 disastrous wrecks that has occutre
'■ la this state In a dozen years an.l OIK
8 of the worst In the history of the New
* York Central system.
Three trains, Including the Twentl
0 etth Century*llmlted, westbound, th
'• New York CentraJ's palatial flyer; an
'* two soctiutia of No. 8f), knjwn as the
'• Chicago-Pittsburgh limited, oastbjund
" came together In collision hoar Am
11 herst, 0., thirty-seven miles wost ol
0 Cleveland.
t Reports generally credited werf
a that the first and second ncctl ns ol
9 No. 8G wore procee ling at a rap d
V some points were only r
mileW soWart. When tho recon
a
v the Twentieth Contury ilinlte 1 plowed
r into the wreckage of the flr.-it ttwr
. trains, which bulged over the paralle
1 tracks; and the three were thrown
i- into an Ihdescrlbable mass.
» The groat coa-ho i and locomo'-lvoa
a of No. 86 wore tapplod over and
wreckage was pl'ed thirty' feet In he
- air. The cars were smashed to Junk
> Fourteen coaches upset.
t Tho Twentieth*Contury limited, not
3 withstanding Its Impact with the
j debris from Ihe other trains, emerged
. almost unscathed, and proceeded on
9 its westward Journey, Us passengeri
i uninjured except for a severe shaking
i "»•
1 A pall of Tog from l.ake E:;lo had
. settled down over northern Ohio. This
{ with the alleged lallure of a towe.man
to do his duty under the rule*, was
f ascribed by souio of tho railroad of
I flclals as the cause of the wreck.
Scenes of terrible confusion follow
ed tho catastrophe. Many of the in
Jured, pinioned In the wieckago, call
ed piteously for help as uninjured pas
sengers, half-dad, quickly emerge!
from the sleepers and Joined wltt
trainmen and others In tho rescut
work.
A bonfire from some of the wreck
age brought the first rays of light on
the scene of desolation and death
Firemen from Amhorst wcro anions'
the first arrivals and soon succeeded
in quonchlng.the flames.
The lire was In the ono wooden
coach of train No. 81, now known at
the "fleath coach," because of the fact
that most of the fatalities occurred ID
It.
Many of the dead probably will gc
to their graves unidentified. Most ol
those killed were asleep In the real
day-coach of the first train 86 at th 4
time of the crash, and they had re
moved wraps and coats and other ar
tides of Identifying clothing.
The bodies of many of these sc«n
tily clad victims are so mangled thai
Identification, without the guidance oi
L the clothing they wore will be Impos
- elble. Some were decapitated. Arms,
legs and portions of bodies were scat
tered thickly through the wreckage
Relief parties collected the bodlei
of three persons—those of a woman
and two men—piled IhenPtlfdlscrlml
nateiy. In one basket. They probably
will be burled to getber.
Kills Herself and Son.
After writing a farewell note to
her mother saying she was weary
of life, Mrs. Charles IJghtfoot, ol
Lancaster, I'a., turned on the gai
In tho room of her eleven-year-old
I son, Harold, and lay down beside ths
boy.
The following letter written by th«
woman to her mother was found:
"Mother: I'orglvo me lor doing this
awful set, but 1 have no ftlends any
where. So Harold and 1 are going to
our gravos. Tell heba to conduct th*
funoral, and no one "else. Itcba and
, no one else.
(Signed) "Bess."
The Keba mentioned In the lettei
Is a sister of the dead woman.
Can of Beans Explodes.
I Conoway, clerk in a Georgetown
Del., store, waa seriously burned when
a can of pot baked be-ins exploded iu>
threw the mass In his eyes and face
The pain nearly drove the boy fran
tie snd It Is feared that ho will lose
bis sight.
i The proprietor of the store had put
a can of beans In the stove to heat tot
i a lunch before going home for the
night. Conoway opened the stove
I door to see how tho beans were get
j ting along when they exploded, tear
II lng the stove to pieces and drlvlnil
one piece close to the bead of the]
owner. „
Dr. Cary T. Grayson to Wed. I
Dr. Cary T. Orayson, President
Wilson's physician and naval all,
: snd Miss AilcegaGertrude Gordon,!
of Washington, Mrs. Wilson's most
{ Intimate friend, will b» married with
i in the next two months? •
I Announcement of the etigsgem r al
■ was made by Mrs. Henry Wood Flour-
I Soy, of New York. Miss Gordon's aunt
The wedding will take place elthsi
Object, Matrimony.
"So you don't believe in advertising
eb?" scornfully remarked the up to date
I business man. .
I
"No, I don't." Insisted his sad eyed
neighbor. "1 got my wife that way."—
Judge.
Not After the Best.
"She soys she wouldn't marry the
best man on earth. Plenty of girls say
that Idle talk, ebr
"Ob, 1 don't know. Some girls actu
ally mean It. Rome of tbein are look
ins for wealtb."-Kan*as City Journal.
MRS. FRANCIS B. SAYRE
Mother of President Wilson's
Third Grandchild.
jUr
Photo bv A,n*'tcnn l'r«*s Association.
A daughter, to be named Eleanor
Axson Bayre, after Presl'|f!U WUson's
first wife, has Just been born to Mr.
snd Mrs. Francis Bowes Sayro.
In New York or Washington, and may
be solemnized in the White liouse.
The President and Mrs. Wilson will
. attend. .. .
Use Snow to Tight Fire.
By using snow lnstoad of water, the
La Porte (Pa.) hotel was saved from
destruction by lire.
The borough owns a reol of hose,
but when flames -were seen Issuing
from the windows of the hotel office
nobody seemed to know where to lo
cate the hose, and men with shovels
and buckets carried great quantities
of snow Into the building. The hose
finally was lound, but In the mountlme
the fire had been ovorcomo.
Some of the guests were removed
from ihe upper stories with ladders.
There Is four feet of snow In Sulli
van county.
Bonfire Kills Small Boy.
Albert, four-year-old son of Oscar
Sharp, of Wilmington, Del., was playing
about a bonfire near bis homo when hit
clothing was Ignited. He ran scream
ing to his mother, who found him en
veloped In flames. Tho burning dress
was torn from htm, but not before he
had been all-over- the body, _
The little fellow was taken to tho
Delaware hospital, where he died.
,v "Good Roads Day" May 25.
Governor Brumbaugh issued a pro
clamation fixing Thursday, May 25, as
"state-wide good roads day."
The governor calls on all citizens to
so plan their personal duties as to
dovoto that day to the Improvement
of the highways and calls on all those
who cannot he present to contribute
either money or material to the prop
er local authorities.
Aged Convict Released.
After spending forty-eight years of
bis life behind prison bars, James P.
Hughes, seventy-eight years old, and
now a victim of tuberculosis, was dis
charged from the Jail at Pottsvllle,
Pa., where he was serving a three
year term for picking pockets. Ho
left for Philadelphia, where he said
he would spend his remaining days
With relatives.
Five Children Die In Fire.
Five children were burned to death
In a fire which destroyed the home of
Patrick Marlon, In Norlh Keyser ave
nue, Scranton, I'a. They are: Lorelte,
thirteen qionths; Margaret, four years;
Mary, seven years; Anna, eight yearn,
and Joseph, ton years old.
GENERAL MARKETS
PHILADELPHIA FLOUR quiet;
winter clear, f&H 5.25; city mills, t*>.!s
A 6.65.
RYB FI/OCR-Steady; per barrel
%'o'a 5.50.
WHKAT firm: No. 2 rsd, |l.2l{*>
1.24.
CORN firm: No. 2 yellow,
tie.
OATS quiet No. 2 white, 51V44?52c.
POULTRY: Live steady; hens, 18%
&19y&c-; old roosters, 12fj-13c, pressed
steady; choice towls, 21c.; old roos
ters. 15c.
BUTTER firm: Fancy creomery,
40c. per lb.
EGGS steady: Selected 278>29.;
nearby, 25c.; western, 25c.
Live Stock Quotations.
CHICAQO. HOOH - 25e. higher.
Mixed and butchers, | g od
heavy, $!i.90®8.»0: rough heavy, |:).35
ti'J. ss; light, Ji».3sjj#.Bo; pigs, $7 9'iy
It; bulk, 19.604(9.75.
CATTLE 25c. - higher. Ii evs,
17.35{| 10; cows and heifers, I
i 8.90; Blockers and feeder*, $•; 35?/ 8.C0;
Texans. |7.40?/9; lalves. 17.50t18.75.
SHEEP —15ft25c. lower. Native nl
Western, |C.15«8.15, laiqbs, |9'all.3>.
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New Scheme' For Advertising Cities.
German c|tl* have hit upon a new ,
scheme for advertising themselves. •It |
Is In the form of a brief description of ,
(lie city on the hack of a regular mall- ]
ing envelope, flnrrx O. Seltzer. Ameri
can consul at Breslan, Germany, re
cently sent a sample to the bureau of
foreign and domestic commerce st
Washington. This new method has
attracted considerable attention.
A GENERAL SURVEY OF!
THE
TUEBDAY.
Two Americans aboard the British
steamship Manchester Engineer, sunk
on her way from this city to Man
chester, declare that the vessel was
torpedoed without warning.
Bitter fighting Is again taking place
along the Austro-Itallaa front. The
Austrlans launched an attack on Val
Piccolo, taking a trench, but the Ital
ian forces reconquered the position
and took Austrian, trenches elsewhere.
Lively fighting has developed on th«
Franco-Belgian front, Berlin announc
es. The British for several days have
been attacking the German line, which
has been pierced at several points,
according to London official state
ments.
In the Verdun sector the Oermans
have increased the big gun Are weat
of the Meuse, south of Mallncoort.
WEDNESDAY.
Vienna reports an air raid on Ven
ice, but Indicates the damage done
was unimportant. Hard fighting has
won back for the Italians the position
recently lost near Gorz. Tbe Italians
made 302 prisoners.
Germans announce gains along a
mile front at Malancourt, nine miles
northwest of Verdun. French official
reports say French troops carried by
attack part of the forest of Avocourt,
which was captured by the Germana.
Athens advices report Greece as
much stirred over Monday's German
air raid on Salonika, which led to bit
ter comment In press and chamber.
Twenty persons were killed in the
raid.
Petrograd reports say furious can
nonading Is taking place on tbe Dvlnsk
front and German counter attacks
were repulsed. Tbe Russians capture
ed another town In their lrlv»«galnst
the Turks In tbe Caucaslus.
THURSDAY.
The sinking of three more British
steamships Is announced by London.
Another attempt by Gorman avl
etors to ettack Salonika has been
thwarted. Greece has protested to
the central powers.
Five small Italian towns were raid
ed by Austrian aeroplanes. Little dam
age was done.
Efforts by the crown prince's troops
to retake positions lost to the French
In Avocourt wood, northwest of Ver
dun, were repulsed, with heavy losses,
Paris says. French aviators' have
again bombarded railroad stations In
the region of Metz, the base for the
German offensive at Verdun. Paris
reports renwwarf GTPt" activity
south of tbe river somme.
Bains and melting snow are Inter
fering with the Husslan offensive. Th#
Germans are believed to be planning
a land and sea attack on Riga.
FRIDAY.
In a furious all-night attack the Ger
mans captured the village of Malan
court, nine miles northwest of Verdun.
The assault was delivered on three
sides. The French hold the outakirti
of the now ruined village. '
German and Russian artillery duel*
continue along the Dvlnsk-Rlga battle
line, which has been extended to cover
a distance of thirty-five miles. Qer
man Zeppelins and aeroplanes are ac
tlve on this front.
The chairmen of the senate and
house foreign committees conferred
with flocri-tiiry of State Lansing on
the submarine situation) The admlnls
tratlon Is still awaiting a report from
tho amerlcan ambassador at Berlin.
Germany Is aald unofficially to uphold
tho attacks on the Kngllshman„ and
the Ma*chester Engineer on the
ground that these vessels failed to
obey signals to stop.
BATURDAY.
Two more Norwegian steamships
have been sunk In tho "war lone,"
according to London. A Brills'!
schooner was torpedoed off tho coast
of Grccre.
A s'inadron of five Zeppelins raided
the flrlttxh east roast. One was dis
abled at tho month o fthe Thames
and sunk. Her rrew was captured
Ninety bombs were th own by th
raiders.
The Ocnqpns shifted their drive In
Ihe Verdun region to the east of the
Meuse, and, by attacks with strong
forces, got a footing In the western
part of the village of-Vaux, lie*
about five and one-half mllea north
east of the fortress city.
On the cast front the Germans de
clare they are inflicting heavy losses
on the Russians along the Dvlnsk
Riga line. Petragrari, however, re
cords continued victories In tbe new
offensive.
SUNDAY.
Teuton troops have cleared 1000
yards of French trenches northeast of
llauconrt, according to the German of
ficial statement, In addition to tbe po
altlons taken March 30. It abto an
nounces that the Germans took 731
prisoners In tbe battle of Vaux March
31.
fhe only mention of fighting around
Verdun April 1 tells of the repulse of
a French counter attack after a ter
rific artillery bombardment near Vaux,
The Russian offensive In Poland hag
been halted by weather conditions and
muddy roads.
Zeppelins again bombarded the Eng
tlah coast on Saturday night, killing
nineteen persons and Injuring over
100.
Reports from London say three
more steamers were sunk by subma
rines, one an Australian liner.
Frank Parker of Raleigh has
been appointed Held agent of the
Bureau of Crop Estimates for
North Carolina. Mr. Parker is a
graduate of the A. and M. College
and has taught agriculture ip this
State, in Georgia and Porto ftico.
>»«»it»tt»i.iisrsiiia. » i.« > >.
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| UP-TO-DATE JOB PRININO |
| DONE AT THIS OFFICE. |
| X GIVE US A TRIAL. |
NO. 8
| WINDOW BOXES
Kind of Plants That Gai Be J
Used For the Purpose,
PREPARATION OF CUTTINGS.
The Boxes Bhould Be Made Compara
tively Deep and Contain Plenty of 1
Soil —Planta Should Be Bmall end
Compact In Habit of Growth or Those
Which Can Be Trained on Strings.
IPreparsd by United mates department 61
agriculturo.) ...
Window boxes most be made com
paratively deep and mast contain a
larger quantity of soil than is common
ly necessary for the growth of plants
in greenhouses in order tbat tbe ad
verse conditions of the rooms in which
they are kept may in part be counter
acted. Boxes intended for window
gardens should thorefore be made at
leaat alx to eight iucbes in depth, . '«
abonld be ratber broad and of a length
to conform to the window opening.
Tbe soil should be rich garden loam or
a compost consisting of rotted soda
and stable manure thoroughly mixed
together and screened through a screen
with at least a half inch meeb.
Before filling tbe box a layer of
broken pots or coarse gravel or clink
ers from tbe ash heap should je placed X
over tbe bottom of the box to the
depth of one inch. If tbe box la made
air tight, bolea should be provided In
the bottom in order that any excess of
moisture which comes from watering J
the plants may escape from the bot
tom. After placing this drainage ma
terial in the bottom of the box fill It to
within one inch of tbe top with the
soil above described. Window boxes
which are to be used for propagating
planta from cuttings need not be more
than alx Inches deep and should hare ;
the drainage material above mention
ed, with about three inches of clean
sand placed over tbe clinkers.
Tbe cuttings may then be prepared
us suggested and planted in lows
abont three Inchee apart, with the ends ,' *
of the cuttings inserted about one inch
deep in tbe sand. Thoroughly moisten
the sand after placing the cuttings In
position and cover the box for twen
ty-four hours with an old newspaper,
After tbat time replace tbe newspa- _J|
per by panes of glass, which should
themselves be shaded by a aingle sheet
of newspaper when tbe sun is too In
tense. Remove tbe sbade when tbe
sun does not ablne directly on tbe
plants, and if molatnre condsnaea to .1
any considerable extent upon the (tain
lift or partly remove tbe glass so as to
give ventilation, but do not allow tbe
cuttings or tbe sand to become dry.
Plants to be used In window boxes 5|
can be grown from seeds sown In four
inch pots, prepared somewhat as fol
lows:' Place a Inyer of broken pota,
gravel or clinkers in the bottom of the
pot, and on top of this fill the pot to
within about an inch of the aurface
with a compost similar to that sug
gested for filling window boxes. If . g
the seedsto be sowh sre small and «
fine, like the begonia, sprinkle a thin
layer of sand over tbe surface of tbe a
soil in tbe pot and sow the seeds In tbe
sand. Moisten tbe earth by aettlng tbe
pot for a mlnuto in a receptacle which
contains water of sufficient depth to
bring It .to within an Inch of the sur
face of the soli in the pot lift tbe pot
from* tbe water aa soon as the soil Is
moistened; place It In a warm, sunny
situation and cover It with a piece of
glaaa. Aa soon aa the aeeds begin to
germinate remove the glaaa to a slight
extent by placing under one edge a ,
match or by allpplng it partly off the
surface of tbe pot. Judgment must be
used aa to tbe amount of air to b*
given to prevent the plants from be
coming drawn and yet keep them from,
being Injured by becoming too dry.
Large seeds, like seeds of tbe nas
turtium, should be planted about an
Inch deep In tbe aoll of tbe pots, pre
pared as above described, but no layer
of sand need be used with plants of
this character.
The character of planta to be used In
a box will be determined by the prefer
ences of tbe cultivator, but In general
tbey should be small and compact In
habit of growth or those which can be
trained readily on strings. Tbe fol
lowing list will serve aa a guide in
their aelectlon:
Planta Which Can Be Grown From
Seed.—Agora turn, petunia, sweet alys
sum, mignonette, Lobelia erlnns, por
tulaca, Belli* perennls, Primula 0 la
conics, colons, naaturtium (dwarf), U
antbus, stock.
Other Planta. Ge%inlum, fuchsia,
calla, begonia, iantana, abutllon, Ger
man |vy, tradescantla, vlnca. ;{
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EUREKA
:: Spring Water •
FROM
: I » EUREKA SPRING, «|
Graham, N. C.
|; A valuable mineral spring ; |
;; has been {discovered by W. 11. ;;
 > Ausley on his place in Graham. 1 >
!! It was noticed that it brought J [
\| health to the users of the water, J >
> and upon being analyzed it waa  >
found to be a water strong in
mineral properties and good j [
 > for stomach and blood troubles.  >
!! Physicians who have seen the | \
; | analysis and what it does, ; |
• > recommend its use. a  >
!! Analysis and testimonials ! !
] | will be furnished upon request. ; |
' Why buy expensive mineral ■ >
! waters frooTa distance, when 11
|; there is a good water recom- ;
;; mended by physicians right at  ;
!! home ? For further informar ! I
! I tion and or the water, if yoa J |
; > desire if apply to the under- j ;
 • signed.
I! W. H. AUSLEY. ;;
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