North Carolina Newspapers

T J, if IF rr .. "".5? 1 .c- ... i,, 3f" I" A Home; New8papettblisHed?iijt the Interest People; ond foi Honesty inaQovernmental Affairs. SMI8BUEtIlJ M Wijnflliltm 7IH, 1915 VOL. XL HO. 16. FOUBTH SEBIES Wm. H. STEWABT, ED. mp j?. H lu. Bstai CiDti Coineicenieit f A tttgitafi Vultid StlisbaTf oa Tharj iti, Isrfi 1st, to Attead lbs Coranienciraent Theoonoly ichool oommeooe mot held in S&iubnr? Uak Thnrs dajiHo d nb find a welcome piabe io tb history of Rowan 0 ty. a At eleyeu o'olook sharp thtf prade began it'i march dowu Bitty of the eighty-fiv oonnty pabliff jiohooiB participated in the . paraaod for this Chief of Police J. RraiikMiller was chief marshail aodf iud qamber of able assist ants. There irere two bads and the pariptio orders were also rep resektsd;'in this prooession. . At doe o'clook the contests were began at fear different p'aoee, the oldutrark house, the rectrder'i o iUii room, the city school audi toriaoi and the reeitttion rooms of thfcity school, while the ex hibitt"wre on display in one Iut es streerroom of th Grubb boildiug. At aitof these places as well as for the athletic, sports in the af terhotin large crowds gathered to witness the same. Probably the greatest i: terast oentared id contest in the old ccmxt liaose where the awarding ol 193 dtpl'mas also took place, his meeting was presided over by Oftpsrintecrdent R G Kizer and Dr. Thcmif Liogle of Davidson Oollsga was tho chief speaker and his address was a masterly effort. He Is a Rowan County man and it was a great pleasure for those who were present to listen to this able Ipsaker. In recitation the first prise of 5, donated by the Fair Associa- was won by Sophia Hall, of Steele Towpshipiifiwliose subject was Who ilIr;Operi tlie poor for "The Man I From HomeM io Be Presented Here Chaataunua Wccli : - jVV I . rv Iw' V; WELLS WATSON GDOT AND THE CHARACTERS HE IMPERSONATES j HT THE43AiITQIIEvV ; . : r v. .fx A Glnn'r a tsLiixMu man suung m a (jnanianqua aocnence is aucnigan last summer, roiiowine WeHT watsaw Xiinn'a rea- dltlon of "The Man From Home," declared that had he not been fatforfaed otherwise hewevMilrarelj have thought that the play was being produced by a 'group of actors inateadrj oiie : . with ita d1at1n(HvA nnuMf-r nf vntm hAmma real ; " 1 '' ' tpT ' '" ' - it la doubtful, however, if the play was any more ieal to this blind man thanjto thos who could aee, for. he missed the expression of face and the gestures and other 'features' of the lmpersonatlbn whichfsilll fisw.distiii-, guisb each one. of the characters which Mr. Glnn portrays. . t - . .... Best of all. Booth Tarkinjpton, one of the authors of the play, has heard Mr. 'Olnn give the mtentatlon of same and expresses his delight in a personal letter to 1dm. ... . ' ; -. - '.- " .', tltl- " V " On more than 100 Chautaoqnaa last season, on a torn tf ginning In Mississippi land extending os vp into Illi nois, Mr. Ginn gave this play, and it was conceded to be a ieadiag. feature of hprognm r On Jane: 8 a communication to the Redpath Bureau war revived from Wlhona, Mise. signed by five people.' It read In part as follows: "Our people were delighted wtth Mr. Wells Watson iGinn. The Man Prom jBome' was one ot the most attractive entertainments of our Chautauqua, and wa wlab it icoald be repealed hereyt Competent judges pronounced n one ox me oesi reaamga uiui uiej uau ever neozu. ; , Mr. Ginn is to appear hem on thel big Bdpath Chautauqua program. r 1 LafefcfafM 6si Stuosr Seak bi eerzics. 6irnu .a. . .i -L"l- 5rl-lW.-T-- . xWiataimer ; London, Apri) 4. Oity:of firemfii'of Dublio ha" been cil of Salisbury, oof ering a disTyerlyWxo4leaf vt.! tancenf S3 feat in thrAfl rihniinn ie awarding of the certificates of attendance was by Mayor Wood son and was done in a most happy manner. In the deolamation contests in the recorder's oours room, under direction of Superintendent Barnes of the Spencer Schools, the first priz4 of $5, was awarded to Bay Monroe, of Franklin. Town ship, his theme beiDg "Apppma tox " and the seoond prize of 12.50 went to Levi Trexler, of Morgan Township, who told of of "The Duty of the South." The debate at the city school under the direction of Prof. J A. Leitch was a most intereitiug fea ture of the commencement and the question debated was : "Resolved, That the United States should adept the polioy of ubsid ztng its merchant marine ei gaged in foreign trade." The negative side was taken by the schools of Mt. Ulla and ChiDa urove ana xne amrmative was up held by represantatives of Granite Q urry a n'd Morgan Township achools. ' . The medal for the best essay by boys was won by Wesley Morgan of Morgan Township and the same was donated by Holshouspr and Howan, while Mies Heljn Bailey, of Wood t eaf , won . the girls prize of $5, for the best essay on Farm Life Schools; OIBLS ATHLETIC CONTESTS . Five schools participated in the gins atnieio oontest, 24 sir is en tering the ; fonr oon tests, as fol lows: - . China Grovs, Sadie Oorrell, Mabdl Goodnight, Grace Ketchie, Elinira Meetze. Beat Speacer, Willie Robinson, Mae Christenbury, Qaeen Graeber, Velmer Bowles. Ellis School, Annie Eagle Beu lab Meetze, Pinkney Meetze, Nola Bidenb nr. Woodleaf, Blanohe Currant, Bath Currant, Eva May Wet more, Sadie Click, Faon ie Bell Benson, Trov HeHard. 8A'ibury, " Margaret C uncil, Bttitah Lmkr, N ua Bruce, adie Moyie 'Graoe Aaron. Hop, Skip and Jump Contest, fit plaoe woo by Margaret Ooun- me second witWfvlKSeTobie. Ball Throwing for Distanoe, China Grove won 1st place, Sadie Correll sending ball 186 fpet: Woodleal came second, Blanohe Currant, throwing 180 feet. Egg and Spoon Race, Salisbury won first place, Margaret Counoil reaching the line first; China Gr ve seoond with Carrie Ketchie. Relay Race, Salisbury won 1st place; Woodleaf second. In both hop, skip and jump and in spoon race tinina- urove tied with Salisbury, Margaret Counoil for Salisbury and Carrie Ketchie for Chin i Grove. In working off the tie Salisbury won in both in stances . Special features were the basket ball games between Eatt Spencer aod China Grove and the first and second teams of Salisbury High School. China Grove and the first high school team were the winners. Referees in the athletic contests were: Horton, Goodson, Carter and Barnes and the girls' ocntests were in charge of Miss Jennie Sul iivan. - The following report from the contest held at the city graded scholar First Grade Reading, first prize, Indian story book, Catherine Biown, China Grove. Second prize, Ribbon, Ada Over cash, Cress school . Seoond Grade Reading, first prize, Child Stories and Rhymes, won by Thomas Griffith. Granite Quarry. Second prize, ribbon, Oornie Menius, Cress school. Third Grade Reading, first prize Sfc ry Book, won by Margie Wet more, Woodleaf. Seoond priza, ribbon, Luther Gillon, China Grove. Fourth Grade Reading, first prize, Robinson Crusoe by Buer- baum, won by Gladys Pouncej China Grove. Fefth Grave Reading, first prize ?hird Gradjball by Arey Hard- wareOo.rgrsiprizq erljV Woodleaf i Seoond prize, ribbon, Luoile Thomason, Franklin. Fourth Gride, first prize, tie presented by V. Wallace ox Sons, won by Lee Kluttz Granite Qaar- Seoond prize, ribbon. Key Fea- perman, Cress school. Fifth Grade, first prize, foun tain pen presented by Smith. Drug Co., won by Bsatrioe Holder, Trading Ford. . Seoond prize, ribbonr Preston Eagle, Ellis school. Sixth Grade, first priz?, bat, presented by Bel k-Harry, won by Ada Burtou, Ellis sohool. Seoond prize, ribbon, Beulah Overman, Frankliu. I jinkby af German submarineoff olf Bock in the EnglishCban iviaboutad miles aoutn of JLands So9i Cornwall. Four members bf the orew were drowned. Twelve 6rvyprs have reao'ied Penasnbe. j London, April 4 The sinking of tnisi ITok'isb armored cruiser Medehii reported in a Ren tsr's Petrograd dispatch. A- semi. cl&eiaTQommiiQlealiioii from Se bjastopol to Fetrpgrad says that the Medjiedieh atruck a mine near the Rassian oast last night and Went down. v ' t London. ADtil 4 Stubborn ittlee are etill being fought for toe paiiet in the Oar pathiani.. hnt eisewHsreficmpatatiye'cal pieara io jrrevaiO The Austrians today Admitted the f bad;, been forced tcf retreat in the Beekid llotmtaiclai wrhile tbniiorht thv oiaimed io ha.Ve repulsed cuany naiiiaiyamdka ido to nava taken more thau 2 000 prisoners. Nevertheless, U .ia the opinion of the military experts that the ' Ans-tro-Oerman forces will t have to retire o tho mbuotains south of the1 Carpathian range and make another effort there to prevent the Rustian armies, and; particularly the doisaoks.rom swarming over the plains of Hungar . The Ger mansbave uoade e slight advance on the Vaer'f ron, where they have takeuT a village from the Belgians, but ?t is not believed any big at teinpUwill be .made in this re gion, as floods, whioh -cantjbe brougat aboirtr at xlj time - oy-l to get rid of it jritn the least -poa Owning the" sluices, c offer ail im- Itrzs if l&ttrest to e:r Biiiers Cimi -VThl oonrisora : W 4ay cialnidrier TiclimTtT'llar Vicinity of r the Delsware cxptarJ They were tbe crew's 6ftne elnaoliu idation Loal Company', bargee w---i:- fe'fiJSiLSijif Ifoa. iix and nine from Baltf jkbra fbr Boston who were drowned when their craf ti fotindera niar Gape Henlopen. TAf tog sliood'' by fbr hours but the furrof-thi) it a made it impossible to 9&b&tfcr sistanse. J 'V - n Onlii Flifor li Uilk, In a few days more the dairy men of the State will be seriously inoonvenienoed"by the presenoe of an onion flavor m the milk,v Ei pecially is this true says Mr. Eat- mon of the foot hill region, be oause wild onions grow very abun dantly there and it is practioallyl Hmpossible for the cows not to eat them. The flavor from the ohioni gradually disappears after the cows are fed about two ponnds of molasses with the regular feed, the flavor is also reduced tut not entirely controlled. With a view to eliminating the flavor entirely, Mr. Daton is conducting a series of experiments at the Pender uounty lest Farm. These expert-1 today and tonight reoorta o ments consist of v arious methods I wreeka and nrnhaKi lnia. of handling the milk snd of feed are reaohinsiscity fWiwui 1 ing the cows. Anyone interested jzeeption of the wn ptAtfiHri in the results of these tests should when the tug Edward uokeach write to the Office of Dairy Ex- went to pices off False Cape ye, perimentation . for the results, terday, the .most,... aUrmJj bawl, "or the larger creameries, a bulla- was received of thi probablf loas ' : . 1 J 1 1 TT:i.J . i -rr m ' .' t --'' V. iq reoemiy usuea uy sue vjuimu ioi ma noiliaa Bieamsr. , irnns fhe Norfolk, Va., April 4. From an parts or the Atlantio yceaa Hate Department of Agriculture vill be of value. The February Bulletin of Toe Department oT Agriculture, "Report on the Pied mont Soils," by .0. B Williams, chief, Division of Agronomy, is one of the most valoable bulletins issued by the Department recently and every farmer of the State who is interested in the work of im proving his soil should write for a copy, several taoies ana mus traions throughout the bulletin call attention to results of ferti liser exyeriments carried out io the Piedmont sections. Maurits. The venel w beard from was in latitudVr8J.l6 iorth ; longitude 74 east . She k tent out wirelesa ca.lUQr, asaisV " ance and reported lat aha .aa ui a dangerous oondition. That 'wai . arly yesterday mdrnfTrp British warships,, the steameoitty of Montgomery, . the coast .guardl cutter Onondaga and severardtlier1 vessels rushud to the assistance of ' i. t t; - '-- rl rSi J;iwe atoi, Os & ine rnns, laaurijB xne uri pil showng tbeJrioa,of iiin tukAi ry"n pair of shoes Empire store, won by Oromie Bodie, Granite Quarry. Seoond prise, ribbon, Emerson Sides, East Speicer. spelling. . .Second Graue box of candy, Sa- leeby, won by Stacie Hutchinson, East Spencer. Seoond prize, ribbon, Thomas ARITHMETIC . Third Grade, first prise, hair ribbon, presented by Bradley and Lambing, won by Amy Benson, Woodleaf. Second prise, ribbon, Shuford Peeler, East Spencer. t Fourth Grade, first prise, pre sented by D . Oeitreicher, won by John Davis, China Grove. Seoond prizt. ribbon. James Leonard, Ellis school. Fifth Grade, first prize, all wool sweater by J. Feldman fe Sons, won by Leon Tarlton, East Spen cer. Seoond prize, Myra Myers, Vance mill. Sixth Grade, first prize, pair of tennis shoeB won by Martha Shu ford, China Grove. Second prize, ribbon, Troy Hil- lard, Woodleaf. Kneultsof these contests were 1st prise China Grove, points, $10, donated by V. Wallace dc Sob Seoond Woodleaf ,40 points, $5 The oommittee for judging the county exhibits , was oomposed o Miss Nell Johnson and Mill Min nie Littman of Salisbury schools and Miss Heller of the Spenoer Sohool, and they rendered the fol lowing decision: The prize of $5,00 for the best general exhibit won by China Grove. .. . The prize of S2.60 for the best exhibit drawingwas won by China Grove.' " ". ; r The prize of fJUOO for the school showiDg the best writing done in all lines of work was won by r Bast SneaQer, . . The prize of 260 for the best map of North Carolina . wai won by Dorcas Hillard, of Woodleaf high ichool. Ail .the work deierv ing of the highest commendation. The ptiseof $400 wai awarded Granite Qaarry for the best march ing and general appearance in ine, A pleasing effect was . made by each ohild carrying m red and whito banner with "Granite Quar is The judges for this prize were Mesdames J E. Hennestee, M. O. Linton and J. D. Using. The Salisbury PubHc school pre sented a beautiful . appearance aa a body and, each child showed the Results of training - Distinction for the best march- ing in the High School was award ed to Mr, Leitoh's olais, the 10th grade. Tne best marching in the Gram mar scnool was done by Miss Klutts's class, the 6 ih grade. Mies Margaret Johnsou's 2ad grade won this honor in the primary depart ment. Judges of the Publio ichool marching were : M isses Janet Quinn, Mary Wood McKeozie and Mrs. D M. Miller. The exhibits in the Inniss atreet room of the Grubb building were the most extensive and best ever shown here. Some of the work war remarkably fine and showed up well for those who had execut ed. Practically - every pupil of the primary department Cof the city schools was represented in this display. The drawings, both in piotures and maps, were splen die and the other work was far so. perior to any ever placed on exhi bition at a sohool commencement in this "oountyi The ohildren of the city and Spenoer sohopls had nothing on their 'Country' cous ins" in the exhibit department for the pupils from tha ruiaf dis tricts had some remarkably fine work on display. Those in charge of exhibits arr grateful to Mr. GhasH ?ropit managr Grtfbb building Tofthe free use of Warships, one . of ' which was" Ttha Coronia reached the posftioVgiven by the steamer, at 8 o'clock'. yes terday afternoon. Wireress mes- sages pioked up alopg the , ooast Nothing M Qood for a Cough or Cold, I tonight indicated "thaf none of , iWhihuliaYe voold yon want ;the:yewala'Wpw4 the best medicine obtainable so as kf - the steamer and the ppinioa u b iiwaavwpjressea . .suas sue naa Bible; delay; There are many who Idewn with all oiTtoo consiaer -voamDenaiu S: uougu - ' Rahi Afa v X jinfinmaRiiAd . Ufsv'f'. Lh North, C. s. Jfiver touwoB wiilkhor.' tfSaiSd Eonat . slBguinary battle. Nothing new bas baen reoeived from the Darda nelles or the Turkish' f routs, aT ithough a Russian semi-official jreport sftys the Turkish protected oruiser, Medjidieh struck a mine tandrsaiik. : i Rome. April 4 Deepite the 4ifficn.it pass to which negotia jtions between Italy aud Austria ihave come Prince von Buelow, the German Ambassador, continues this efforts to bring about an ad justment. His latest proposal, it lis understood, is that the territory which Austria might be ceded to Italy be ocoupied by Switserland daring- the remainder of the war, and- turned over to Italy when peace is concluded. This sugges tion was advanced, it is stated, to insure Italy's continued neutrali ty. It is said that Italy also re jected a proposal that Germany hold the territory to be ceded to Italy It is generally felt that the Ambassador' iateit plan is impracticable. . Washington, April 4. London April 5. A Renter dispatch from Stockholm says the German steamer Grete Hemsoth struck a mine in the Baltic and sank, and that members of her crew were drowned. The Grete Hemsoth was a vessel of 1,654 tons . She was., engaged::, in traffic between Sweden and Germany . The Rosiians are on the Hun gariah side of both the Dukla and Lupkow Posies, and aided by re inforoementi, arr gaining the heights which' dominater Dziok Pass. Even the Austrian official report admits that fighting is tak 3rd and' to oe.iHon and cough by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy two years ago, I have felt kindly dia nosed toward the manufactures of that preparation. I know of I the Attorney-Generalof nothing so quiok to relieve a ted States, ; and . 'Hpn , DeLaocev Thomas .r, $2&Jt cough or Cure a cold. Niooll, of NewYork, The & dress of welcomewill be declared thousand, prisoners, while the! by Governor; Locke Craig i'tthe.rv Austrians . also assert that they spouse br Mr. F. 6, Hardinf of repulsed a Russian force which Greenville, i The . president's ad attempted to cross the Dniester dress will;be.deUv?redby.Hii, . River. Crawford Biggs; of JJalsigh.. Genoa, April 5. Via Paris, A slight Barthuake j shook , was April 6 News was received here felt at Rome on MajndayQSSaing, today that a German Submarine The people were igreatyaUrmed had sunk the Italian steamer Lui?; but no one was hurt r, . gi Parodi, which left here on Jan-: We are informed by a diipateh uary 22 with a cargo of coal. froffi , Conatantiiiaa" tha? tka The report has oaused a profound Turks on Sonday&tt two impression here and there are, ahil a -ntt; many exprrssions of resentment. -Weh ar,riftH thrWaiui Earl Cotton., who escaped from the State farm of tho North Oaro- Great exoitement prevails and! the authorities have taken strong measures to proteot the German colony and German shops from! lina prison .last summer, ? after the possible sxaotion of reprisals, serving 6 years of a.OJyarjwn Berlin, April 5. By wireless, teoca haaeaa:taUi an Overseas Agency dispatch from burg,, Kentucky,. and willbe, taken Anthens says the British battle baok .to Raleigh, .fie declares ship Lord Nelson, stranded inside that he was betrayed0y ioom' the Dardanelles straits, has been panion who gave bim awayj fora destroyed by Turkish shore guns reward of f .OCL ' Cotton; was A war oouncil held by the Brit- charged with complicity in the ish and French Admirals, the An- mar4ier of Dr. J! . Wl Smith " thens dispatch continues, desired to portpone the attempts to foroe the Dardanellea on account of the insufficient strength of the land ing expedition. Benjamin Harvey Garrison, who was i02years old bnfthe24tn of last January, 'died at infduight Fridiy at his ' home- in lliilard Creek township, Ixk Mecklenburg oountyl the same tow'clfiip m by looal applications, as they can- whioh he was bbrn acldflre all not reaoh the diseased portion of 0f ing m e r fa spent, the oar. There is only one way u 'rtiti.AijaiTs-iii.- to cure deafness, and that is by SStlS: constitutional remediei. Deaf4 ticated anthere WnU Vm 61 ness is caused by an inflamed the figure being correct.-nHe ia Deafaess Cannot be Cond. thiaroom, Stoaa Mrs. G.i Cleveland, Arnold, Pa,r writes, Pot some -time I suffered from atdmaoa - troubla . Iwould .. have soui , stomach and feel bloated after eating. Noth ing benefited me until Igot Cham berlains Tablets. After, taking two bottlsi of thaia I wai cared.n inir niaaa in the Laboreza Valle v. 'cphdition of the mucous lining t f survived Ty? f oir i feniiareri;' 'or r r I tha Hinaiinhi.n 'I'nhn Whan K-.j if. i..!A-.i--.L.....i,, . " BwwM.wM M.tmw iTuou mo i joQs9 tuBu uvfyears ue nvas an eiu tube is inflamed you have a rumbl A, MilarA.htihiFiin south of Lupkow Pass; while the 'Russians tonight announce the capture, of Oisna, an important station on the high mountains between Lupkow and Uzsok Pass- es, rwhere : they captured ;muoh ! amunitiona and provisions . The Russians also are advancing from Daicla Pass ' on - Bartfield. at - the head of the' hue of railway run ning south into Hungary and t: - i i. i i r Hi....... t r a ... ....r hive naamniv . . iz:: :r r::::rr:5 church anfo yea wtmtii m Deafness is the result, and unless health compelled htt tefttament, the iuflamation can be taken out he-was olerk ofhe' session. MUU IUII VUUV ISBIUJCU ,U 1(, UUIUi -i j:i.;' i ; -n t stroyed forever ; nine cases out of .. i h -.- ten are caused by Catarrh, whioh . Well7"8Ty o?e iP--rlhg is nothing but an inflamed oondi- fecit of 'Pine Foreau 6kOoughj . tion of the mucous surfaces. Dr. Bell's Pine-far-Hofiey it 'a We will give Oae Hundred Dol- remedy wbi6hi bridge1 UUS relief lars for any - case of Deafness I for whooping -ooajrhiTlooins the fighting not far from Mesolaborez, (0&aged by catarrh) that cannot I mucous, soothsr th lining of the UUIIieL,iluH" , 1 US UUiOU UJl Ul e Vimiu -m.p. . .miu. imi-. liijjjMj .1111 Miaaei U Send for circulars free. ooogbingTpellsi Jsss - severe. .A F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledv !m'hMm Ohio. should not 'ba witbot it. Kawn Sold by Druggists 75o. it handy 'foi&att WuialKand colds. lOnSaturday-Jtud ' Sunday they Wptttreihthe Oarpathi "up arartB)pj0ners fimntlcd in' Bukowi- ca-cad the capture of another "constipation. Take Hallos Family Pills for 2'arydurD(rtofitty