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. WILL COWFER Of BERTIE FARMERS-: ALLIANCE MEETS Wants 200 Airships tLLUluJ iHEffllJUFFIS FOBiaBREI) Infaual Address Delivered By CUT! TRAGEDY MARKS GERMANS STILL v PRESS FORWARD AUTOMOBILE RACE Christy, Convicted iolntly With Woman, Also Receives -Death Sentence EXECUTION i DATE SP. 24 Secretary Lansing Goes - Jo ' New, York' For Conference . 7. ' With McAdoo , Jfle Cooper, Racer, and Morris General Von BueloW With 340,- Judge Winston and Fine Pic : , hlc Dinner Served Keeler, Mechanician, Killed; Two Others Hurt PHASE ,'Coniectured That Treasury ; Secretary "Is "founding Out financiers as io vvnemer . , They WifTPutUp For Gov ' ' eminent In Mexico and Lan -.sing Goes. To Inform Them . -Washington, V. C.'. Aug. T. Secre- tary Lansing, of the State Depart' mant, and Secretary McAdoo of the Treasury will tonfar la New York to morrow on tha Max lean situation. Secretary Lansing left her tonight expecting to rsturn Monday.' H aaid ho would meet Mr.' MaAdoo tomorrow - and (hat the eonferenee had to do wit M ex Ice Out aeetinea) to aay wnai ptuteo of tha problem would be talked over. - v - During the Pan-American confer- eaoo here there waa eonaldorabla dl ) cusslon of tha question, of financing ' tiv nwmiMiit rhlnh mtrb.t ha set up In Mexico, either through a peace conference or. the faction leader or by direct action of tha Pan-America concert, ' it to Knows that mis un .. Ject waa put ever for future consid- eratioa when tha conferee reconvene to New York next week. Undoubtedly American flnanclera : will have to he consulted, and It waa suggested her tonight that Secretary McAdoe will be charted with the . doty of Bounding them. - If thla la true he will have to be acquainted with the whole- ouroos of the Weaning .ton government and the South and Central Amarlcaa powers which Join In restoring peace In Mexico. oec -v rotary. Lansing's mission. It waa Inv i ferred. 4 might have to do with thla . paas of tha proMent ' Koconraa-lnc IevHoimcota, a wo nvnwv imiii w iu mumv. - tanc today brought tha Mexican ait - nation lttto position regarded by American official aa mora socoumg- . iiia than for many montha - ' General Carranaa. In n brief ftled 'In hie behalf with Secretary Lansing, uraotlcatly asking recornitkm. raced- . mA vnm hlM.MliiMl tA ftfllm tits I veranrles, In a -peace conference ana virtually propose eoen a meeting t ;eneraf Villa waa at once notified by . - response i expected. - '.' The attitude of the United Staten. 'outlined officially for tha Brst time . waa called, made clear that It . con aider the purpose of the Msxloaa 'revolution were- aecoBipUahd when IS ' SILENT . OM ' Huerta Waa depoaed; that an tn ngnuni BiiK iimm mrn wr v.w mmv : ttonal dlffarencea; that neither Car runs nor. Villi control Mexico to an extent which entltlea either - to recognition, although It la admitted that both must be taken into consid - eratioa. and that the first problem to be aorvad la to find a man Tor previa tonal president who 1 reproaenta the ' cauae of . the original ' revolution ' against Huerta, but who la not nsess aarlly Identtlled with any of tha war- " line faction. ' -- - Carraaea Brief Wot tahmitted. Secretary lametns; said the Carranaa, brief haa. oo been formally auBmit- . tmA to the eonferenee. - It was learn ed, however, -that ooptea were eent to each member and also to President Wilson. v .. - . ...... . An exhaustive renort on th con- . ferenc Including a traneoript of the - dlacuaslon haa been rorwaroea to tno president. : It oontsina a tentative draft ef the addrean to be forwarded to the . Mexican leaders, which also ' baa been sent to Latin-American gov : arnmeata represented la the meeting. General Villa, It la believed, wlU be aented by Carransa'a obange-f attt ' tod to brine about s eonforonca of ' tha CaeMona. In this connection. It " is expected that Major-Oeneral SoorW chief of stair of tne army, en route io the Mexican border, may bo of some , Actte. ... ' iu mMiiM has been resected by ' increased aottvtqr xa tne war ueparo raont. Plana loag ago made for mili tary aceupatWm of Mextoe have been raadjnrm .Attentlea lately has beea gtvea to the aocumutettoa of oupeUes aa4 tentative arrangement Cor land and water transportation ef traopa, Oenerai Sostr trip to the border haa a relation to the army plans, although rts main purpose la understood to bo bi oontereaoe with Villa. . . - tb"a ' r' - n asa, Tonaa, Aug. T, Oenerai 1tlA received with a ohuckl 'Wssa- ingtsei dlapatshea today stating that Oenerai Carranaa had algnlaed hla nilllliigiissa to meet hla adversaria la poao oenf erenee, "I arm make no comment," he said, nl I hava mar light" - - - Oenerai Vttla has oummonad milU f err anVlslo from alt part of tha territory no eomroa ior a ineeung w ;' morrow at Juaraa,- ": v -i ... Tno oewe that Carransa had en. - mmmtm tm Mnfov with ether faction w leoarrad with gratlneattoa .by , Jeoal adherent TU1. . - Copta of the efflolal manifoate ef August I, rooetvad today, od exeeu gteai a the punishment for a ion haute who (ailed to detlar aunMronnaaiss " la thotr XMeeat HI raasporta. ' ' t ... s i - A3 .J Vstau. Am Vj T. JUAa J. Ortega, Mimetar to Meclce front Qua' temaia. waa girea ht passport today and inrornutd that ho must teenrs the pnntrr wuhia twentyfoue hewra. The raaaen fn thla step Ws net pnaounsed pot It I naopesed that he p persona aoa avetn with fiarraaaa, AKMT TRAJr nWT OXViem, Washinctaa, Aua, T- Searetary flerriaon haa aaprovsd a pita ta astab )h an army traaert eorviee betceen .. York and th aa, The t rmfiar"rt Sdweae, f"kt pveriieataa ia w Hark, vi.i m tha fret tiP, r .HihtMMind the tH..iri will sail at t . (e im i.r d'irt- i H . . t f U .A. 1 Captain Mark L. Bristol CapUln Mark U BrWot. chief of the Ualted States- Kavy'd aeronautical bureaa. Is the man who aome time ago presented to the: House Naval Affairs Committee the need tor - In creasing (he navy's aortal fleet to 10 aircraft. Now his .recommendation has been adopted by' the Navy Oen erai Board and Secretary Daniels and It will be presented to the next Con greae with aa excellent chance of go ing through. The United Btatoa Navy now haa a float of only fourteen aircraft while the European nations have hundreds. Aa appropriation of tl,loo.e0 la neoenau-y to bring tha aeronautical branch of the navy up to Its proper standard. Is the state ment of Captain Bristol. and this la tha amount to, be naked for wham Con, teas eonvunee. . LAVJYERS ARGUE Affairs Grandin Lumber -.Co, and Watauga Railroad Be '' forejudge Boyd. ii- - (smW m Tke KM m4 ounnsi. r Aahevllle, Aug. T. Judge James BL Boyd, of Oreeneboro, preeidlng at tha present term "of the United States District Court here yesterday, - heard the arguments of attorney interest ed la the motion for an order direct ing that the receiver of the Omitdln Lumber Company and the Watauga and Yadkin River Railway Cotnpaay sell the property of those concerns. The motion Is being strongly opposed by the attorney for the receiver, W. J, Orandin, the latter claiming that financial conditions are auch at the present time that the property could not be sold for its full value, tha placing ef tha holdings en the market at the present time t.eoeeeitaUng tha dispositioB ef the holdings at a groat aacrlflo. The Central Trust Com pany, ef Illinois, and others, contend that the receiver Is unable to pay the indebted ores duo by the two com panion unless the property I sold, and they maintain that now la a good time to turn the holdings Into cash. Judge Boyd haa taken tha matter Under advisement. H probably will render a decision at the present term Of the United States District court. I - The Watauga and Tadkin River Railroad Company . starts at North Wllkaoboro and runs west to the town of Oraadla up the Tad kin valley and also to Darby. , The Grandia) Lumber Company owne many, thousand acres of tim bered land and million of feet ef timber near the head of tha rail road.' .' m , -' Many of the bond of "the railroad, together ' with accrued Interest, fall due In the winter of 1114 and ware unpaid. .' A race hfere hip soda follow ed and the railroad, ha been operat ed hy a receiver since that date. The chief bondholders are 'Poole and Company, of Chicago, who ahw advanoed nearly tm.so to tha Oraa dla Imbar Company la tha spring of last year to pay accrued Int er eat en It bends and Jo pay en the Judg ment erodHers The Orandin lumber Company gave It note to Fool and. Company for the c mount, of this loan, and put up a collateral for the loan, a mort gage to M by the ralh-oad. v - Various interested creditors - war represented at the trial before Judge Boyd by the Arm ef Fata st Hord, and Winston, Payne. . Strewn, and Shaw, of Chicago, and by Winston s Biggs, of Raleigh, Tha railroad and the Lumber company are represented by W, P. Bynum, of Oroonsbero, and W. B, Council, ef Hickory. Mr. James Horner Winston and Mr, Harry Boyd Hurd, of . Chicago, are representing their respective arm at tha trial of thla Important matter, cad ail of the North -Carolina lawyers appeertu- la the case were In Ashsvllle Friday. ' court UPHOT.rm rrraTrn - ' OF h AKH VILU'n MAYOR. Nashville, Ten. Aug, f The Ten nessee Supreme court today passing upon petition for oertiorari and oo cereedea In rhre eases Involving the Nashville eity hall eeandal, upheld the uspenaioa of Mayor Hilary B, Howss aad Commissi liner Robert Elliot on? de ouster proceedings, pending the final hearing ef the ouster pressed inn a the separate oneter preoeedlnea ought agaiast Cemmisntane J, IX Alexander it was held that the flat enieining him frem noting wae mid. Ia tha ease Involving a receiver ship fey the city the order granted by . the Ueurt of Appeala superseding the arpeiatmant of a receiver waa allowed to stand. Chancellor Alliaen teday vacated his mmm order appealing a receiver tar the e. r. Stonestreet, Found Guilty of Being an Accessory After The Fact, Was Sentenced To Three Years in State's Prison; Given Notice of' Appeal Winston-Salem. Aug. T At 11:11 oclock tonight Judge lk B. Ola, of Uho-Saporlor Court. Wvtog received the verdict of the Jury, murder la tha nrst degree, condemned Mrs. Ida Ball Warren and Samuel Preston Christy to death In the elect rie chair Friday. September 14. for the murder of a. J. Warren, husband of Mrs. Warren. Clifton Steneatroot. being found guilty of being aa accessory after the (act. raa aenteneod to three yearn In State's Aa appeal waa taken, filed for the defendant a pan pars. . Mr Warren stood erect until the words Axing tha data wore ottered. then, WKh a quick, nervous Jerk, aaak Into her chair, drooping for a mtnuta ad then resuming apparent Ia th svent Mrs. -Warren la elec trocuted she will be th flrat wonaaai to go to the chair In thla Stat and. It hi said, th second woman over to pay th death penalty la North Carolina. Hhttory of th Caw. Warren was missed from hi home here after August 11 of last year aad hi body was found In Muddy Creek. Forsyth county, last April. Christy during; the Interim bad gone back to Texas, where h had lived for years with Mrs. Warren and whence the woman, then posing as th wife ef Christy, alia. Keerna, eloped with Warren. , ' Mrs. Warren, arrested after th fli co very of th body, according to th police, mad a aonfesalon implicating Christy, who was extradited, Christy Is -then said to hay mad a corrf In which ho tol4 if a plot by him aad Mrs. Warren to kill her husband. SWEDEN'S ARMY IN NORTH IS MOBILIZED Artlrltieo Cause To Alllraw Mlnaaanr a aaa WlU Remain NrsjtraL tar a an mi I i London. Aug. 7. Th London Morning Peat declare th attitude of Sweden toward Russia and th latter allies for some time past haa revealed elements of a disquieting character. "emboldened by recent Oermaa suo eeesee." the paper any, "the. latent hostility of Sweden which haa never forgiven the loss of Finland, em strongly developed. Considera ble preparation 'for warlike eontln geaoiee hare been mad ia NorthBwe- den and the Swedish army la fully mobilised. If Owed en persists In her unfriendly attitude toward Rasata ah may rapidly drift Into a war which would Inevitably be a groat obstacle to her future progress." ."Bweden'e decision td remaJn hen tral V aa firm a ever, aaid th Swe dish Minister In London. Count Wrsjv gel. la reply to the rumora Hs said there waa no foundation for thmx DISCUSS EUGENICS n (ferine; Opinions Totond at Oakland - .- vrmMm vane. - - Oakland, Cal., Aug. T. Eugenioa waa debated at the closing session her today ef the National Conference oa Rare Betterment. "Romeo loved hla Jurist, oogenic or no eugenic and Its the same with Fat aad Biddy today, t hop we'll paver see th day when two persons wh lev each, other cannot marry.' aali Dr. C, F. Ballard, of Havetoek. Neb. He waa-- answered by Piufaaau Irving Fisher, of Tale University, who theughe that persons physically or mentally aereear snouia not be al lowed to marry even if in love. , B added! . "Society thoroughly imbued, with eurenlo ideal wowldL ' register more real lor marriages than it would without them." -- The eonfareno accepted Pro feasor nsner new, - --- Oeorgo Wharton Jama, of dona. CaL. aaid th white man aould learn much from th ladlaa regard ing health rules. - The Indiana war "flat chert sing" hundred of year before Fletcher announced the booefloial result f thorough mastication." b QUITS HOME BECAUSE OF THREAT TO DYNAMITE - fsr s Houston, Texas Aug. T. Becauae ef threat to destroy his home with dynamlto, WUlien Woatherford, treasurer of a local Arm ef cotton ex porter, today moved his family from his residence to a hotel. The threat giae menaced a ship supposed to sail today with a load of horses for the alllsd armlea. - : ; . ' FalNTKRA STRIKX ENDEtX : Chlnago, Asg, T A three year agreement providing for the return to work Monday of ten thousand anion painters who have been en srike fonr month waa signed today. The paint ers wea their demand for a elossd shop aad will get aa tnereaae In wages ef 1 1-t ai aa kev during the third year of the ported covered by the agreement, - The employer pained the. Insertion f an arbitral (oa cieuae providing that fnrure dlserreementa shall be settled ,meut stnasa, . tBeeaal fa hess mount Ooold. Abb. t. Th fourth anaual plcuie of th Bertl County AIBaao waa JmM hora Friday oa th beaks' of tha Chowan river. Thro thousand pwopl from Brtl aad th neighboring eountle wer present. , W. 1. Baiter. Eaa., oatied the meet ing to order In a wnrm address of wet- a. Rev. W. H. HonowalL of Rocky Hoekj led in prayer. J. M. Perry, of Cejtoraiaer tntroaueed Hon. Francia IX Winston, th orator of th oefsa stoek Mr. FernT referred toJud0 Winston a ki who go where he Is oalledi talk seaa when he gets there and claims no credit for hi good deeds of charity aad kindness wbiob are many." - Judg Winston delivered a very unhiuo address, fllled with phllcoophy and humor, catchy illustrations aad laughtsr producing stories. . At these annual pionlc but two speaker are Invited, th orator of th day and It. M. Cat. State Alliance lecturer. Thla year Mr. Cats waa de tained by business and could not at tend. The people misssd the usual clash of wit between Judg Winston and Mr. Cat. Dinner waa aery id and every on present partook. In the afternoon Joseph R. Kther Mr. Bsq.. of this county, delivered an excellent - address on "Moonlight school. Mr. Ethertdge la an excel' lent speaker; keep well posted aad us spare n waa greeny enjoyed. Tha people her Intend to build a bur pavilion out over the water. It will bo large enough to seat four thou sand people, aad will be suitable for holding there alt aorta of meetings and conventions. The Rocky. Hock brass band, com posed entirely ef farmer, gay fln music. TWO DEAD, ONE WOUNDED . IN ELECTION RIOT Rightly Lena Than Normal Tot Coat la Jk en todays ecweral Primary tar tas aanshnsl rssel. Lexington, nty. Aug. T Reports from Breathitt eounty today any thai Orovar Blantonva leading Democratic politician of tha county, wag mortally wouaded. while Mania Clemens aad Ellhu Alton, Republicans, are dead as a result of an loctlon day riot. , fX 'Nasahaaea hnPrtnurv. lemtsvilla.i Kr. Amav - 2. Pongiessiiisa A. O- Stanley, Democrat, is. r. Morrow, ana rtmt J. Drexier, iTugi s it, war nominated lor mxrr ernor in the State-wide nrtmarv bald In Kentucky today RtaL ley's major ity 1 set! mated at !., Morrow vir tually had no opposition and Drexler waa unoppoeed. , . Mr. Stanley waa nominated lieutenant Oovarner Edward J. Mo Dsrmott had H. V. MoChesnay. His victory I regarded aa a virtual de feat of Stale wide prohibition. Mr. MoCheenoy waa running oa a platform demanding; passage by th legislature of a bill placing before the voters a oooaututioaai amendment to ax tuts State-wide pronrbltlon for the eounty unit law. or local notion, if n Dennett also favored th county unit aw. ' - SAUSBCRT VOTES BOXDS. t Issw of tixaaa Carried. Half ef Amnejnt for Water WinUsa, lOjisa Tfc Xmn lM Oil si. Salisbury, Aug. T. - SaBsbury- today voted a two hundred thousand dollar bond Issue, the bondewtnning by a substantial majority. '. Each of th fonr ward was carried. Of the amount voted, tut, Is for a new water system, f tl. for schools, and I1MM for streets and Mm; , VALUE 1914 C0H0N CROP $749,384,978 Kortli OaroBna htlDa Zam ta Tha Coa- ta Thai South. (Br a ti i ski i rwstf. ,s Kew Orleans. Lu Ang. T. In a final report oa the eettoa crop of 1M4-U, H. Q. Hester, sscreUry of th Wew onenn Cotton Exchangs, how that whlls lT.4.m bales were grows th commercial crop was only ll.14s.lll bale -and that the value of the crop. Including seed, was T4t.M.TS aa against M4 tor tne preeooing eron. The crop la spoken of a running remarkably sven la trad, averaging middling, without a euperabuadanc or either the higher or the m grade. Th August price per pound for middling during the year was T.l mot against 11.41 th preeedin vaar feature of tha report concerned the as of Hatters, which enter into the manufacture ef oxploatvea From a monthly average of , hale of nntera during the nrst naif of th season, the eoosumptloa Jumped t e, naiea aunng ta second half. Thar waa aa Inersaa of ll.t over hut yearns whole sumntion. t-t During th period of low pries both -Northern and.' Southern spin ners bought froeiy. their aa-xreCe taking being .l4,v balsa, a nsw high rscord. - . - The eonaumpttoa In th Southern group of mills exceeding the prevlou reosra man mat year oy lee.eo bales. The South consumed t.ltt.- bales, the North l.tll.ttt aad the entire world la.l4.. Dividing th commercial crop Into States. Texas easily leeda wtth 4.(11. - bale aad Oeoegta, come second With t,44.0. IXvidlsg oeoouinptlou In rhe South, Kdrth CaroHna lead with 111.11 balaa, tooth Carolina being second with gll.tll. v ne maatmnm consumption (a the Booth oxjtuiiod ta Jnn why th off take waa les.tt bales. . eesBBSBssBBBssssss.naaaTsannnBSMBnnBBnnxsjssna - QCIET AT FORT AV FRrKCsV ; or as ! I'"" rjies. Port A Prtuea. Aug. T- Quiet pre vailed here today following the ftoou pattea by the Amerlaan nsva fares resteroey or tne emoe mi ins tnn an the netlonai palaoe for the purpose ef maintaining order aad safeguarding life er property. The Amnriaans did set b e passeaslon ef tha customs beusa vuleh ths Haltlena s-m hold. DE PALM A WINS RACE Ralph Mulford, Second, and Eddie O'Donnell' Is Third in Jnitlal 300-Mile Auto Derby On" New Speedway at Des Moines; Race Full of Thrills c . (hr fM snismt Pras). Dee, Moines. Iowa, Aug. 7. Two killed aad two. Injured, -on prob ably fatally, marked the Initial mile automobile derby oa th new speedway here thla afternoon. Ralph Da' Palma waa winner, Batph Mulford second and Kddle O'Donnell third. The time was t:tl.tl. Jo Cooper was killed on th thirty eighth lap of th race when hi car literally sailed over th outer edge of th. bowl a h waa n earing th grand stand and fall outsld with Cooper and hi mechanlclaa. Lout Plal, Pinned underneath th wreckage. The second accident came in the tilth lap. when Billy Chandler' car crashed against th Inside rail almost oppoatt th point where Cooper had met hi death. Morris & Keeler, Chand lera mechanician, died at th hospital shortly before o'clock tonight. Chandler ha less than an even ehano for recovery according to the physi cian. Plal was reported also to be la a eritloal condition. Cooper's skull was crushed and hi oeatn was practically instantaneous. Keeler' Injuries wore a broken right shoulder and hip. fractured collar bone and concussion of th brain. Chandler suffered a broken left hip aad Internal injuries. Ia both accident tire blow-outs war ascribed aa th onus, although In the oase of Cooper, a broken steer ing knuckle waa aaid to have been the Immediate reason for hi loss of control. Official aaid Cooper was going a hundred miles aa hour. Th race Itself waa full of thrill. aaid from tts tragic feature For most of th 100 miles it waa a nip and tuck affair between Da Faliaa. Mul ford and 0Donall. th farmer kep hi th toad the greater part of th time.- Ia th last fifteen -tnUeaj how- aver, he develoned a run of bad ruck With hi tire - which thteAreoed- to foes him flrat place, but ne rorgaa ahead It the last three : miles, aad crossed ahead of Mulford. . Bo dose worn th two leaders that tha Judges for several minute war divided aa to. Who won. Belorigcd to To Generation. Chicago,' Aug. . T. Jo Cooper waa one of th younger generation of au tomobile drivers, having taken . hi Drat msnnt about four yeara ago. He bear no relationship to Earl Cooper. Bo drove a ear la tha Sweepstake at Indianapolis this . seaeon ana ai thouch ho a ua titled well above th limit for the Hooalar trophy, there waa aome question rained about his being permitted to start because or mexpartoao. Cooper appealed to tha soon test board of tha American Automobile A dotation and waa granted pe 's atoa to start. Hsw wsll thos fear war founded waa ubowa by th fact that b was forced out of tke raoe, hla oar crashing Into th wall. Cooper also drovs a car In th Chi na go Speedway dedicatory race Juaa It last flnlshlag tenth, at an average speed or ia sl-lt mile aa hour. .'UPLAtlSTO RETURHTO CAPITAL N htoanxsassaaso Desires To Get In Personal Touch With International, Matters IBr I Cornish, N. IL, Aug. t Presldsnt Wilson, It became known tonight la planning to return to Washington to get In personal touch with recent de velopment in th Mexican situation, diplomatic exchangna wtth Oreet Britain and Germany and other Ing official business. - Undsr ordinary condition th President ha feund It poaslbl to direct the actlritlee f th different axeeutlv department from the "rummer whit bouss" her hut within the last few day eo many problem demanding Quick action bar developed that h feels h should go to Washington. Th President received letter from several member of hla cabinet today and was informed of the filing of a brief by Oenerai Carranaa wtth the Stat Department proposing a con ference with hla adversaries ' and virtually asking for recognition by th United State. . - ..... WOULD RECALL MAYOR ' W00DARD OF ATLANTA "Atlanta. Oa- .Aug. t. Resolutions were adopted at a mas meeting here tonight asking tha recall of Mayor Woodward and six other member of the board of police - commission srs who recently voted to remove Jama I Beaver as chief. - ,. The circulation of petition to ob (aia th aoeeesary signature waa b gun immediately after th masting. Th object of th movemmt - waa deOned by speaksr as "Th redemp tion of a rightoou man orudfled." Beaver waa charged with ineffi ciency and tnsuberd I nation by the board and demoted from bead of th department to a captafney. Supporter of Beaver have declar ed that part of the opposition to him was from Interest opposed to n strict nforosmsnt of the law aad that hla removal vm aajusfliled. J May -Pacify". Mexican? 1 t I 1 I (':'':':. . ! M; i ut brncrsl Hugh U Scott. Oenerai Hugh' U Scott, chief of rtaff of tha United State army, may be ssnt Into Mexico to try to pacify the waning factions there. His nam waa brought before th conference of Secretary Lansing and th miwatar and ambassador from South and Central America, and the subject waa considered. Oenerai Scott haa some fame as a diplomat, and the adminis tration believes he might accomplish much by persuasion that would fall If troop wer sent into Mexico. , EXTEHSjON WORK Reports To Yearly Meetings Show Friends Are Steadily 'i'r:y Gaining in State . shuilal t Tat ttmm esd Gultford College.. Aug; X Th re port of th committee on evangelism and church extension work a mad to tha Friend yearly meeting- this morning gave an encouraging out look compared with th meagr be ginning a third of a csntury ago. Five hundred professsd conversions and III addition to tn cnuron wer noted. Hev, Louis W. Mr Far land, former pastor of' th High Point friend church will taks th Held as superintendent ef svangelltlo work. It waa announced. Marked gratitude and thank were expressed to High Point for surren dering their beloved pastor to this wtdsr held of service and they wer congratulated on securing an efficient Mis lioana Wright of Wilmington, Ohio, prssented her credentials as a medSber and Christian worker of the church. She was cordially received and la to be . engaged in Christian work .at Rich Square. Northampton county. It ia th practtaa to. read some of the important, paragraphs from "th epistle from other yearly meetings. These were read, showing that In th yearly meetings In the world, there haa been consideration given to. all subjects common to Friends.' Prohibition of ths liquor traxBe show increased Interest, spseuuly In Kng land according to th epistles. The evnngelistlo work appear to be growing In Interest a doe that on mission work. The usually Interesting report of th trusts of Guilford Colleg. shows that Institution up to the standard. It Indicated that Dr. U. U Hobb had three or four year ago told tha true tees that when they could And a suit able person to sueoeed him, they should do so. They think they have lound an rin th person f Thom as Newlln, a).d., LIj. D., aa president an so nave elected him to that poe) tion whlls Dr. I U Hobb la retain ad In the service of the' colleg as rrestaent Kmento. At th cloee of President Hobb re port. ' Mrs. Hobb reviewed from th beginning tt year ago, the history of the Girls' Aid Fund, which through thee year ha so increased that sew Kew Garden Hall at a cost of twenty odd thousand dollar aid 4 girls a year to education. -The beet math matlciaa la th collet is on of these girls. i ; oojrDrnoBf criticai Irvia Smith Waa Tory Scrlonsly Bart ia irsin fimn nmssn Rocky Mount Aug. 7. Aa after math a the accident occurring at a rauroad crossing at Ko hereon villa re eently when a passengsr train crashed Into the automobile -of Mr.. R. U amnn. ot oetnei, waa contained In a wears ts a mend of the Smith fam ily her, and It radicate that Irvia Smith, th son of ths owner of th ear, remain in a very critical condi tion, while the break in the left arm of Mr. Oib Bamhill may compel tha ampuiauon ei tne injured limb, Mr. Irvln Hmltn. nrteen year old. waa th most seriously injured ot th thro passenger who were In. the ear at th time that It was struck by th Atlan tic Coast Lin train, and for eightees hour following th accident he was ta a state of onconeolousnss and It la feared at thla time that his tniurleg may prove ratal. ' Mr. Barn MIL who was thrown from the car with great force, when If was knocked twenty feet from the eroaslng by the oncom ing ngin. M SuRering sever pal both from the broken arm and from trutnee and rashes about the body. while phyatclane hare expressed a be lief that It may be necessary to ampu tate the arm so general and serious Is th brak, , i GOOD HEADWAY 000 Men Carrying Out Sweup : Ing Flank Movement- 1 RUSSIANS QUIT. K0YN0 IS i ". - '' The Besieged Fortress of Novo rgeorglesvsk at Juncture of, Vistula and Na:ew Rivers Is . Still Holding Out Though Germans , Claim' To Have Captured One Fort London, Aug. T. Th German of-. Uriel report tonight claim that th resistance of the Russians ha been broken between lornsa and the mouth of th Bar river. Thug whether th . Russian bar been defeated or have fallen back Vol un tartly to new poal-. UoiC on of the bitterest battlaa that, haa beea fought since the commenoe- meat ot war has ended. For Just three week th Oarmaaa under th auprem onrnmand af Field Marshal Von Hlndsnburg hay bsen ', trymg to fore thai front which us- . aally la refarred to aa that of th Narew. and to out aft tha Raaahu ar mies ta their retreat from Warsaw. That hot until thro days after the evacuation of Warsaw haa thla Ha given way load British erittoa to th . Mtiurfd M.. VA. .' AAm. B ( l.k drawal Waa voluntary. . - Thar la Httl Chang ta th other sectione of th Polish Eallent. In Courland nnd Kovno, Oenerai ? Yon Buelow with tM men t carrying out sweeping dank move ments much-oa the nam Uaea as thoss with which Oenerai Von KJocfc opened the campaign la tha west. though la different circumstances and In a much more different country Oenerai Voa Buelow' left wing, which Join with the separate army operat-, Ing smith of Riga, ha made a fur ther advance toward Dvinek. the Rus-. siana retreating across the J are river,' while hi light I approaching Kovno, , which, aooording to report, tha Rua atans already are evacuating. .... - i Hereafter Oenerai Voa .Buelow progress I likely to b alower. be tween the Jar and the Dvtnak ther are great : swam pa, whlls between Kovri and V'ilna, hla second objae tire. He th Niemsn river-to the south and th 8 renin and many ether " stream to the north and oast, ail of which land themselves to defense. Th bee leered fortress of Novogvor- ' elevate, at th Junction of th Vistula and Narew rivers, the most westerly place retained by the Russian, Mill hold out, although the Germane claim to have captured one fort There haa beea aome lively fight ing la the western theatre, but Both- " Ing of outstanding importance haa been reported. According to an unofficial report masters of the summit of Monte Ban of which city I expected. This would open th road to Trieste, Attack mil Petrograd, Aug. 1 (Via London,-Aug.- T.) Attacke upon th fortresses of Kovno and Ossoweta by the Gov-, man force have begun, according to aa offloial statsment Issued tonight at th Russian war office. Unofficial report thai Kovno waa being eradiated by the Russians reached London today but the Russian offloial statement Indicate that they till tre In possession of th city, 4 which li th capital Of th gorern mnt of Kovno In Lithuania and nearly reaching th Baitio. It la a' fortress of the flrat class. Osaoweta, aleo strongly forttOed. Is about fifty mile northeast of War-., saw on tha Narew river and about . earns diataao southwest of Kovno. ; 3 MEXICAN OUTLAWS KILLED BY POSSE Brownsville, Texas, Aug. T. Fight-' Ing three against twenty, three Mexi can outlaw wr killed by a poasa last night at a farm house about , thirty miles north of her.. On posse man waa slightly wounded. The light lasted not roore than ten minutes. Th . posss beard that th gang ef a dosen bandit which raided Bebaa-. tlaa yesterday aad killed two A mart -tana, had separated most of them go ing to their home on the American side of th border. Th official wer ' after on Mexican who had been rec ognised among yasterday raldera aad -did act know any confederates were wtth him. V - Th posss. led by Stat Adjutant 7 Oenerai Henry Hutching, Sheriff W. T. Vans, of Cameron eounty, and Ran ger Captala Henry Ransom, totalled It mounted men. Slnoe last night -officers have ar rested- l Msxlcan. all residents af th Amarlcaa side of th border, oa -suspldoa that thry wer member of th gaag of bandits which have beea killing, robbing anl burning in ths sectloa for three weeks. . NEW JERSEY. WOMEN GET s TORCH OF VICTORY" r :. - tsr Its t sin it rwu. '" ' Kew Tork, Aug. f. Tbe rSfch of victory " which the Womea's Political -Union of New . York ha carried . throughout th stats was formally ' transferred today to th New Jersey . organlxatloa. Tha transfer ef the symbol waa mad at mid stream from tugboats In the Hudson river. . Mra H. O. Havemeyer headed the New York delegation, which cruised about the river for half an hour wait ing for the tug beariag th Nsw Jer sey women before K Was learned the Inspectors had at nrst refused te al low the New Jereey women to board their tug becaune ItW a hot licensed to carry pamenirer. Mrs. u. van winkle, need or fie New Jersey orranixatinn. accepted the torch from Mra. Hvmeyer. It wm be sent on an automoKlle tour in the uCrag campaign in that fciate.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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