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THE ROBESONIAN ESTABLISHED 1870. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. COUNTRY, GOD AND TRUTH YEAR. DUE IN ADVANCE- VOL. XLVIU LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY. JANUARY 7, 1918. NUMBER 95 - . . - . SCHOOL OPENS JANUARY 15 Opening of Elementary Grades Postponed to Tuesday of Next Week High School May Not Be -open This Spring Only One Teacher Left in High School Faculty. PASSENGER SER VICE CUT DOWN Opening of the graded school, ele mentary grades, has been postponed until Tuesday of next week, January 15; unless something unexpected hap pens, it will not be possible to open the high school at that time and it is very probable that the high school will not be reopened at all this spring. It was first intended, as has been stated in The Robesonian, to begin the spring term today after the Christmas recess, but owing to the unsettled con dition of the weather, to some cleaning up that has to be done, etc., it has been decided that it is best to post pone opening until Tuesday of next -week. It has been reported that there was a boiler explosion at the graded school house, but that is a mistake There has been no trouble resulting from the recent cold except a few split pipes which a dollar or so will renair. The outlook for opening the high school at all this spring is gloomy. Prof. R. H. Taylor of Castalia, wIjo has been principal of the high school for the oast year and a half, has re signed, and it is understood that he wfll enlist in the army soon. Mr. Carl Nye of Orrum, teacher of English, al so has resiened to enlist. Another vacancy is expected in the high schoo faculty this week, so that only one teacher will be left in the high school. Sunt. R. E. Sentelle has been making every possible effort to secure teach era to fill these vacancies, but he has not been able to get in touch with anybody yet. Wires to teachers' bu reaus have brought no response Teachers are scarce. Many male teach ers have gone to the army and female teachers are accepting more lucrative monitions in the business world. h mm i 1 m a Supt. Sentelle says tne worn in tne high school during the fall was more unsatisfactory than it has ever been before. Pupils seem excited by the unusual conditions and little inclined to do school work. He tFnks that many of the high school pupils might just as well be employed in the busi ness world; and, anyway, it is very probable htat it will not be possible to reopen the high1 school this spring on account of not being able to secure competent teachers. . """- - r ---gy Fire at Pastime Quickly Extin guished. Fire which started from an oil stove in the office of Mr. H. H. Anderson, in the rear of the Pastime theatre building, Elm street, at 2 o'clock Sat urday afternoon was extinguished be fore serious damage was done. It is supposed the oil stove exploded. The office, a small room, was practically air tight and when Mr. Anderson op ened the door to the office the flames spread rapidly. He managed to get the stove out of the building and had 20 Per Cent of Through Trains on Eastern Roads Discontinued Releases Engines and Crews for Hauling Freight Public Asked to Cut Out Unnecessary Travel. To free locomotives and crews for the more important freight transpor tation, 20 per cent of the tnrougn passenger trains on the eastern rail- SUMMARY OF WAR NEWS roads were ordered to be discontinu ed Sunday by approval of Director- holm, instead of at Brest-Litovsk Peace Negotiations Temporarily Suspended by Germans Con siderable Activity in Arras Sec tor. The peace negotiations between the Central powers and the Bolsheviki government in Russia have been "tem porarily suspended" by the Germans. ' From the meagre advices received it appears that the rock upon which a continuation of the pourparlers split was the demand of the Russians that the conference be resumed at Stock- ENGLAND S WAR AIMS MAILING OF QUESTION NAIRES COMPLETED General McAdoo. The running sched ule of others were ordered reduced to ower speed to facilitate the move ment of freight trains. This policy ,announcedSaturday night by the director-general.will be gradual- y extended to affect tram service throughout the country. Fast trains between New York and Chicago ana St. Louis, and between Chicago and Southern and Western points probably will be the next to be affected. Indi vidual railroads will take the initia tive in suggesting curtailments, but these will be approved by the direc tor-general in most cases. In approving new passenger scnea ules Mr. McAdoo ordered a number of modifications, resulting m reten tion of more parlor cars than the rail roads had planned. Mr. McAdoo appealed to the public in a statement -Saturday night to re frain from travel as much as possi ble, but promised that no commuter trains or others necessary for proper maintenance of business life in cities will be eliminated. Congress this week will take up the railroad bills introduced Friday, foi lowing President Wilson's message on government operation, and discussion Saturday among members of both houses indicated that a marked dif ference of opinion whether the govern ment control should extend only for a definite period after the end of the war, or indefinitely until Congress or ders otherwise. Coal continued to go forward ahead of other freight. Stated in Broaded and Most Spe cific) Manner by Premier What BritishNation an dEmpire Would Regard as Basis of Just andDur able Peace. Press Summary, Jan. 6. Great Britain's war aims were set forth- Saturday by Premier Lloyd George in the broadest and at the same time most specific manner in which they have yet been stated. In one ol the most striking and compre hensive utterances of the war the Dissatisfied with the proposals for peace made by the Teutonic allies be fore their recess the Brest-Litovsk conference, Leon Trotzky, the Bol sheviki foreign minister had been in sistent on the deliberations being held on neutral soil instead of at the Ger man eastern headquarters. The Ger mans, however, had been equally as firm in their determination not to treat with the Russians at any other place than Brest-Litovsk. German advices Saturday were to the effect that the Bolsheviki dele gates on finding that the representa tives of the Teutonic allies were at Brest-Litovsk awaiting them, had started for this town, but nothing has come through to show that these a J any foundation in fact. The deci&ior. of the Germans to discontinue the sit tings was arrived at during a crown council held in Berlin Saturday which was attended by Field Marshal Von Hinderburg and General Von Luden dorff, first quartermaster general A belated dispatch from Berlin gives as the reason for the refusal of the Germans to consider Stockholm a place where peace might be advant ageously discussed was the fear that British, French and American a:plo- i mats in the Swedish capital would by intrigue render all endeavors futile. Dispatches from Berlin indicate that although the Reichstag parties in the main are supporting the government, considerable political unrest is preva All Mailed Out by Today by Local Board Registrants Executing QuestionnairesPromptly Class ing Registrants Only Those in Class One Likely to be Called Out This Year Those Who Have Become 21 Since Last June May Have to Register. The work of mailing out question naires to the 2,068 registrants in Rob- premier made it clear what the Brit- a. ,TH Hwi Lo oumrrFa7Q cson district No. 1 has been complet SEL2? illV Ud. The assistance of a number of miub uc atiucvcu Uy Lilt: IV- establishment of the sanctity of trea ties, territorial adjustments on the ba sis of self-government and the limita tion of armaments guaranteed by an international organization. Oreat Britain was not fighting, said local people made it possible for the board to get the questionnaires mail ed out by today, the time when all were supposed to be mailed. Registrants Prompt. Registrants have been prompt to fil out their questionnaires and file them BRIEF ITEMS LOCAL NEWS j.y , 4 j; . iuui w;eir questionnaire: trn v Aiittriii Hmmm errnany ue- , with the Wd amj it expected that EX faHu.nga?y or,take Jur- all have been filed out an re t aLIL TLLoT iT i a turned by Saturday night cf tnis week. wa. 5 rl rC' t inslSled' Local attorneys and other citizens of J f ny- tei 1 the town h ve been on duty, a certain rSSSSTffiJwS domatl" to H number each day, at the court house Sp Srtw hC TrW SGt" for the Purpose of aiding registrants tie the territorial questions of the war, ; -f;ii; Z u; i SUlJrJaSSa fiST t0 thei grants have thronged the court TIk r Z f ai , . . J house each day seeking assistance. No thP n5 P5 fK ard lectlon of j charge has been made for this service. rriSS ulZl ! ,Central power.s Classing Registrants. .uIVcu uj-vneu spuntMnan recent-1 Menlma of thp hnarH hnv hh JZwJJ??T e Premier;s! nightly sessions since December 15 3?!. pan, an ai-,for the purpose of classing the regis iiwimuvc utterance, in great aeiaiii franfu 1 enn 1.7.. J1.6. to the many problems call- been classed. The board will continue "Tiur solutlon e Peace ne nau m to work each niht until the tesk of n: classing all registrants has been com- .auo, lie UlUlCairCU, JJClglUIIl IllUSt completely restored and reparation License has been iuued for marriage of Olden Hayes and Viola Mr. J. A. Raine was ahl t h out Saturday after being confined to nis room for two weeks. People coming to town from thm country report the roads in bad shape a result oi me snow and freeze. -The board of countv commiuinn. ers, the county road board and ths board of education are holding regu lar first-Monday meetings here today. Mrs. W. S. Britt is sick at Ker shaw, S. GL where she went to viait relatives. She was taken ill after ar riving at Kershaw and Mr. Britt has been with his wife for several days. Rev. Herbert A. Grantham, pastor of Trinity Episcopal church, has bees appointed and sworn in as a member of the advisory committee of the array exemption board in Robeson district Mr. F. L. Nash was elected secretary-treasurer of the Robeson Build ing & Loan Association at a recent meeting oi the directors. Mr. Naah succeeds Mr. C. V. Brown, who resigned. A horse beloncrinc tn MV nm Barnes fell down on Elm street late I-riday afternoon. The horse slipped on the frozen pavement. The onla vantage was tne DreaKing of a wagon snait. RED CROSS CHAPTER made to her as far as possible; France must have the wrong of 1871 the taking from her of Alsace-Lorraine righted; an independent Poland must be established, including all of Polish natioftality who desire to join in it: the, peoples of such regions as Arabia, raiesune, Mesopotamia and Armenia, pleted. When a registrant is classed he is notified as to the -.lass he has been placed in by the board. It is ex pected that the work of classification will be completed by February IB. Only Men in Class 1 Likely to be Call ed Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Thompsonr moved Saturday from Lumberton to Mr. Thompson's farm at Long Branch, church, 5 miles south of town. Mr Thompson looked after Messrs. White & Gough's farms last vear. It is understood that Mr. A. Holmes will arrive at an early date to take charge of the Bell & Jordan jew elry store. Mr. Holmes had charge of the store here for several months, and has been at Dunn since leaving Lumberton. 1 he condition of Mrs. C. M. Britt maae to noia tne socialists in line.i.' ,4, v.- t. j.- i The socialist organ in Berlin charac-1 S&j LfP3101131 f n" terizes the situation as extraordinary Meeting for Organization Will be Held at Court House Friday Evening J.W.BaileyWillSpeak Additional Members. A Red Cross chapter will be organ ized at the court house Friday evening at 8 o'clock. Mr. J. W. Bail ey of Raleigh, one of the best-known and most entertaining speakers in the State, will be the speaker of the oc casion, which gives ample assurance that there will be nothing dull or per functory about the presentation of the claims of the Red Cross for the hearty support of every patriotic citizen. A OOu crowd is expected at this meeting. The court room should be packed. All who have given their names for membership in this chapter anrl flip tyiiKMp crpnprallv arp invit,pd extinguished the flames before the r ViPnr Mr Rnilpv's address. La- fire company arrived on the scene. d;es an(i business men are especially Mr. Anderson's hands were badly ;nvHPH nnt. nnlv nf T-uraberton but of burned and Master Lenox Thompson, the m;r viHaees and the surrounding serious. Considerable Activity on Front. Although the weather continues cold and much snow lies on the ground in northern France, there has been con siderable activity by the infantry in the Arras sector, in Flanders and on the eastern part of the front along the Moselle river. Near Buliecourt the British have recaotured in a counter- --j-attack the sap taken from them Sat urday by the Germans. There were intermittent artillery duels Sunday along the entire battle front. In the Italian theatre the big guns of both sides are hammering away at the lower Piave river. Several at tempts by the Austro-Germans to make headway with small detach ments between the Brenta and the Piave rivers were repulsed. Mr. T. L. Johnson, chairman of the OI 4 Irom Lumberton, who recently exemption board of Robeson district underwent an operation at the Johns INCREASED DE- who works at the theatre, also burn ed his hands. The office and fixtures was damaged around $75. The show had opened when the fire occurred and quite a number of peo ple were in the building. MURRAGE RATES ditions recognized; the wishes and in terests of the natives of the German colonies must be orimarilv regarded by the peace conference; the claims of Italy for re-union for those of her own race and language must be regarded as vital; Rumania, Serbia and Monte negro must be restored. All these and other like adiustmrints. the premier showed, would be carried out in sccordance with the principle of -self -government or the consent of the governed, the enunciation of which may be taken as the keynote of his speech. This form of settlement, he declared, should replace the old system of negotiations at a council ta ble by a few schemers trying to pro mote the interests of one dynasty or another. Regret that Russia was no longer fighting on the side of the Allies was expressed by the premier, who declar ed only Russia's own people could save her now from falling ultimately! under .Prussian domination. 1, says he is receiving numerous in quiries from landowners and tenants wanting to learn whether or not it would be safe for registrants to start a crop this year. Mr. Johnson says that all who are not placed in class 1 will not be called into srvice this year. He says that it is not at all probable that any from class 2, 3, 4 or 5 will be called before they can make and narvest a crop. Others May Have to Register. Congress is expected to pass a bill soon which will require all men who have become 21 years old since the Cases of Contagious Diseases in Robeson During Month of De cember. The following cases of contagious diseases in Robeson during the month of December were reported to County Health Officer W. A. McPhaul: Typhoid fever T. A. Parnell, Lon nie Bullard, both Lumberton R. F. D.; smallpox E. M. Britt, Lumberton; diphtheria P. J. Benton, Lumberton; measles E. W. Bass, ,Lumberton, R. F. D., Pete Bridgmanf Orrum, John Lewis, Will Taylor, A. B. Miller, Bil lie Moodie, T. S. Smith, K L. Boyd all of Fairmont; cerebro-spinal men engitis Dannie Chavis, Rennert, R. 1. Robbers Enter Store at St. Paul. Robbers entered the A. R. McEach ern Co.'s store at St. Paul Friday night and relieved the company of around $400 worth of merchandise. Entrance was made by breaking out a window in the rear of the building Among the things missed from the store were several suits of clothes, silk cloth, flour and a supply of to bacco. The robbers were traveling in an automobile and backed the car up to the window, and, it is supposed, loaded the goods on the car. This was the third robbery to take place at St. Paul during the last few weeks. Fell Dead on Street at Clio. country. Ladies and children as well as men are invited and urged to join the Red Cross at this time. But whether you are prepared to join or not, at least attend the meeting Friday evening and hear a ercod speech. Lumberton is the only important town in the county that has not al ready a Red Cross chapter. Mr. A. W. McLean, who is heading the movement for the organization of a chapter in Lumberton, has received a supply of Red Cross service flags. Every member will receive one of these flags. Red Cross buttons also will be distributed to members as soon as they are received. Since Thursday's issue the follow ing addition members have been hand ed in to The Robesonian: Phoned in this morning by Mrs. J. R. Poole Mesdames Alf. H. McLeod. Chas. Boyd. D. W. Biggs, Stinceon Powell; mailed to the pa per by Mr. W. H. Humphrey W. H. Hum phrey, McF. Floyd, Walter Ivey, Mrs. Fannie Warren Minnie Tallev. Roxie Warren. L. V. Edwards, E. B. Ivey, Belle Roberts, Matti Weener. Alice Ivey. Daisy Inman, Nora Britt. Millard W. Floyd, Mrs. J. F. Alexander, Mat- tie Davis. This makes a total of 328, 309 hav insr been previously reported. A Little Girl Willing to Give All Her Savings In sending in his list of names Mr Humphrey wrote as follows: To the Editor ol Tne Kobesoman: I send you a few names for the Red Cross, mostly from East JLumberton I did not collect any dues for I did not know whether the whole $2 is ex pected in advance or whether it could be paid quarterly or in some other in- staiiments. i am airaia n it is ruiea that all must be paid in advance that that will preclude quite a number of our mill people who really want to be members. v One little girl, Roxie Warren, is so anxious to become a member she is To Promote More Prompt Unload ing of Freight Cars Rates Will Go Up 50 to 100 Per Cent. register, and they will be classed Most of these will of course be placed in class 1 and in this way it is ex pected that enough men will be in class 1 to supply the men needed for some time Personals From Red Springs Glimpse of Passing Throng. Correspondence of The Robesonian. Red Springs, Jan. 5. Mr. Leak Lov In beginning, the premier pointed in left Saturday for Durham, where Hopkins hospital, Baltimore, is ported as improving. She was panied to Baltimore by Dr. W. L Grantham. Mr. A. W. McLean of Lumberton is a member of the State committee on war relief. The other members of the committee are Clement Manly of Winston-Salem, chairman; Judge W. P. Bynum of Greensboro, and At torney General J. S. Manning. Mr. J. A. Carlyle and family mov ed last week from Oxford to Mr. Car lyle s farm near Raft Swamp church. itl u?m? years om since tne Mr. Carlyle had been manager of the uaM: reswTOwi we-, "WHTWiBiB at the Oddfellows orphanage at out that he was speaking not merely for the British government. He had been at pains to consult representa tive opinion of all sections of thought before framing his utterances, and thus was speaking the mind of the na tion and the empire. Mr. P.J. Smith, aged about 58 years, fell dead on the streets of his home town, Clio, S. C, Thursday afternoon. Deceased had been complaining of feel ing bad for two or three days and it is thought death was due to heart trouble. Deceased was a brother-in-law of Mesdames R. E. Lewis and W. P. Mc Allister of Lumberton. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis and Mr. McAllister attended the funeral Friday afternoon. willing to give all of her savings, $1, . i ii 1 1 i i j. and savs sne win pay xne naiance sax- er; she is going to school and any way eastern railroads became acute is too small co worK in tne mm, out a smart, sweet little, patriotic girl. She is only an instance. Very truly, W. H. HUMPHREY. Washington Dispatch, Jan. 6. To promote more prompt unloading of freight cars Director General Mc Adoo today established new railroad demurrages rules for domestic traf fic, effective January 21, continuing the present two days free time, but providing for increases ranging from 50 to 100 per cent in charges there after. The director general appealed to shippers and consigneers to co-operate m releasing cars to meet the national emergency and to make special ef forts, even before the higher demur rage charges go into effect, to clear terminals as a contribution to the suc cess of the war. The necessity for action was emphasized by a report to day from A. H. Smith, assistant direc tor general in charge of operations east of the Mississippi river that ac cumulation is increasing at points east of Pittsburgh and Buffalo." Mr.Smith reported that the situation was due largely to cold weather, but that sick ness among trainment and engineers and scarcity of labor has necessitated extensive curtailment of train service. New Rates $3 to $10 Daily. The new demurrage rates, approved by the inter-State Commerce commis sion on request of the director gener al, are $3 per day for the first day af ter the two free days; $4 for the sec ond day and $1 additional for each schedule day until the charge per day reaches $10. This maximum then will be charged for every day or frac tion thereafter. Existing demurrage rates in most sections of the country are $1 for the first day after the first two days free time; S2 for the sec ond day, $3 for the third day; $5 for the fourth day and for each day thereafter. Even these rates are se eral times higher than those which prevailed a year ago, and which were raised last spring when congestion on j : t i i . i s Decame acute, macn bigner rates are charged on the Jra cific coast and in several other districts. IMPORTANT TO FARMERS Meeting of FarmersUnion in Lum berton January 9 Fertilizer Matters to be Discussed. EveryFarmers' union member in the county and other farmers as well are urged to be in Lumberton Wednesday of this weefc. A meeting of the coun ty union will be held in the court house at 11 a. m. A representative of a leading fertilizer company is ex pected to be present and it will be to the interest of farmers generally to be present. Don't forget the date and be on hand. F. GROVER BRITT, Secretary-Treasurer Robeson Farm ers Union. I he is attending school at Trinity Park. Miss Martha McLeod has returned to Hamlet, where she teaches school. Misses Georgia and Sallie Pearsall have returned from Maxon where they visited Misses Sallie and Lillian Austin. Mr. Cary Snoddy of Camp Sevier is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Snoddy. Mr. James Davis of Fort CashwelJ spent Friday and Saturday with friends here. Oxford for the last 15 months. His many friends will be pleased that he has returned to Robeson. Warrants have been issued against Stephen Epps, James Pope, Ernest Tilly and David Shooter, all young boys, charging them with be ing implicated in turning in false fire alarms. The hearing was set for to day, but was postponed until Wednes day of next week on account of the fact that Epps was out of town. Mr. Walter Meares, one of Robe son's selectmen stationed at Camp Jackson, spent last week here visit ing relatives. Mr. Meares says the boys at Camp Jackson are wni to go to France. He said that if the boys, were allowed to volunteer to gn right away three-fourths of those in 1 rain ing at Camp Jackson would fall in line. A Maxwell automobile belonging to Mr. J. A. Raine and driven by Cur tis Stephens, colored, turned turtle Mice r: tji, j i .... . , anu iduucu in a. sia-iuui uitcn auout Fgan?B ,Bh0g haaj'etnrned? three miles from town on th Creek V. S. Aviators Drop Bombs Over En emy Lines. With the American Army in France. Jan. 5, (By the Associated Press) United States aviators have flown cv er the German battle lines and drop ped bombs, in conjunction with Brit ish and French pilots. The flight of the Americans virtually was a repris al for the killing of two American wood cutters during a German bomb ing expedition a week ago. Through the courtesy of the British and French flying authorities, the American aviators also have taken part in observation and photographic work. It is not thought advisable to name the places where the Ameri cans flew on the bombing expedition, but it was well beyond the German air defense lines at the front. to her home in Lynchburg, Va., after spending Christmas with Miss Georgia Fearsall. Miss Clara de Vane has returned A T" 1 TT 11 ""! f 1 y to ivock mn, o. wnere sne is a member of the Wmthrop faculty. L.ieut. W. r. McKay of Camp Sevier is spending a while with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank McKay. Miss Alice Hall left Sunday for Spartanburg, S. C, where she is a sen ior at Converse college. Mr. and Mrs. Edwards of Goldsboro are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Parker. Miss Grace Singleton left Friday for Roanoke, Va. Miss Genevieve McMillan is spend ing a while in Charlotte. Miss Sallie Coley of Wilson is visit ing her sister Mrs. John Thrower. Miss Glennie Graham has returned to her school at Glennwood. Mr. Willie Snoddy left Saturday for .Bedford Uity, Va., where he is attend ing Randolph Macon academy. Mr. Jas. G. Wellans has returned from Culpepper, Va Mr. Jas. Hall has returned to his school at Glennwood. Miss Almena McLeod left Saturdav for Goldsboro to resume her work in the graded school road Saturday morning. The car turn ed over while crossing a bridge. The driver was the only occupant of thev car and he escaped uninjured. The car was not badly damaged. Rev. Herbert W. Baucon has te signed as pastor of the Baptist church he had served at Morehead Aty foe some years and on the 15th of this month will sail for France to engage in army Y. M. C. A. work. Mrs Bau com and their three children have moved to the home of her parents., Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Tyner. at Lowe.. where they will make their home while Mr. Baucom is in France. Messrs. White & Gough have dis continued the store on the corner of Fourth and Elm streets, which they had conducted since they bought the Townsend Bros, stock several months ago, and moved the goods to their- mam store. Mr. L. C. Townsend, s member of the former firm of Town send Bros., who has had charge of the branch store for Messrs. White 4c Gough, expects to remodel the store and open up business for himself there in a few days. Death of Mr. Mack Broadwell. Rev. Dr. Chas. W. Byrd, one of the most prominent ministers of the West ern North Carolina conference, died at his home at Asheville, where he was pastor of Central Methodist church, Thursday following a stroke of ap- j Correspondence of The Robesonian. St. Paul, R. 1, Jan. 5 Mr. Mack Broadwell, aged 17 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Broadwell, died Wed- The condition of Mr. J. F. Flow- pastor of Central Methodist church, nesday, December 2, after suffering era, who underwent an operation for Thursday following a stroke of ap- for two months with heart trouble, appendicitis at Johns Hopkins hospi- oplexy. He was born near Dunn and Deceased was a member of Regan tall Baltimore. Md.. several davs ago. was 58 years old. His wife and one Methodist church and was a model is reported as favorable. son survive. :V.u young man. , , t The date for the opening of the pub lic schools of Greenville, S. C, follow ing the Christmas holidays has been advanced to February 4, one month later than the original time set, on ac count of the shortage of coal. Jim Newsom of Garvin, Okla., was rushed to the Federal jail at Musko gee, Okla., Thursday to escape a mob that was forming to attack him for a statement in which he is alleged to have said: "It would tickle me to death to see the Kaiser whip the President of the United States". Newsom was given a hearing before a U. S. commission er who fixed his bond at $1,000, and as he was unable to furnish it he was placed in jail. Baptist Million-Dollar Fund. The central committee of the North Carolina Baptist convention has re ceived report that the million-dollar fund that it is proposed to raise through cooperation with the general education board of New York be ap portioned on the basis of $300,000 cash to Wake Forest and Meredith colleges, $150,000 to Chowan college, and $150,- uuu to be divided among the denomina tional high schools. Rev. C. J. Thomp son has been made financial agent for the campaign that is to be carried on among Baptists and their friends to raise the State's part on this fund. 150 Cotton Mills Closed for a Day. Approximately 150 cotton mills in. the Piedmont section of North vod. South Carolina were closed down from noon Friday until this morning on ac count of fuel shortage and low wa ter in the streams of the section from which the hydro-electric power fur nished them by the Southern Power Co. is developed. Announcement that. this step would be taken was made from the offices of the company in Charlotte Thursday. This meant tea loss of only one full day by the mills as they close down from noon Satur days to Monday morning under normal conditions. ! - The trial of Dr. Asa W. Chamber lain, charged with the murder of his brother Judge Albert P. Chamberlain, whose dismembered body was found buried in the yard at the home of the alleged murderer 14 miles west of Goochland, Va., late in October, be gan at Goochland last Wednesday. Richard Billings, a New York mi!- lionaire, Friday made the State a pres ent of $46,000 worth of first mort gage bonds of the Elkm & Alleghaey railroad. He was moved to this actkat by Gov. Bickett, who wrote him a few days ago upon learning that Mr. Bit lings contemplated withdrawing far ther support from the mountain resf . i