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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A, London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly, in Advance 4V THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXVII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. NOVEMBER 18, 1914. NO. 15. rfr 1 A if'' h " & nrnnMlftin nnrninr uiniirn tim I lfiinni nwrn aaa nniminTn The W SUMMARY OF THE EUROPEAN WAR FOR ONE WEEK READ At A GLANCE 3S November 16. The Germans have had one or two minor sometimes only temporary successes, such as the crossing of the canal and the capture of Dixmude, but now, according to offi cial and other reports, while they hold a part of Dixmude, they are back on the east side of the canal and again have slackened their attacks. The Germans after all seem to have decided to make a stand behind the Warta River in Russian Poland for the Russians announce that there have been engagements with the Ger man advance guards between that river and the Vistula. It may be, however, that the mass of the Ger man army having Tetired to the bor ders of Silesia, these engagements were intended only to delay the Rus sian advance. Further south the Russians con tinue to push on to the Austrian fort ress of Cracow, which is defended by Austrian troops under German of ficers. Fighting continues in the Caucasus between the Russians and the Turks, but with what results are not known, as both governments announce vic tories. Turkey has issued a statement through Rome placing the blame for the war between the Britis hand Otto man Empires on England who, she says, complaints of Turkey's acquisi tion of the German cruisers Goeben and Breslau and does not mention anything of her seizure of two Turkish battleships which were building In England at the outbreak of the war. Turkey also charges that England did all she could to wreck Turkey and that the British guarantee of integrity could not be regarded seriously be cause of her opinion of Egypt. November 15. "The Germans," the French correspondent says, "had not long in. which to congratulate them selves on their seizure of the mass of ruins. The appearance of French ma rines in a bayonet charge rapidly con vinced them that the death rate would be too high if they remained. Hence Dixmude is ours again." While the battle in West Flanders continues to hold public attention be cause of the desperate character of the fighting, the numbers of men en gaged and the territory at stake, mili tary men now look on East Prussia as the center of gravity of the war. In the latter field a tremendous bat tle is developing. The Russians are pushing vigorously a great envelop ing movement. They are engaged with the Germans along a wide curve of 150 miles from Stalluponen, in'the northeast, through Goldap and Krug lanken which is well within the tangle of lakes down to Soldau in the south west. ' Maj. Zimmerman and five other Ger man officers escaped from Tsing Tau before th. surrender !of that city and have arrived in Peking according to the Frankfurter Zeitung. Vienna admits the Austrians have evacuated Eastern Galicia, but,, as an offset to this, says the Servian re sistance has been broken and the Austrians have crossed the Danube, driving the Servians back into their own country. November 14. The Russian army under General Rennenkampff is fight ing his way into East Prussia and has taken Jahannisburg, which is on the railway from Lyck to Soldau, both of which towns already are in Russian hands. This gives to Russia the con trol of an important railway line which skirts the frontier in German territory and several branch railways running into the interior. The central army, which drove the Germans back from the Vistula, has had only unimportant engagements but it is known to be pushing forward to the borders of Posen and Silesia, which the Germans are crossing. The Russian left wing has followed the Kielce 'railway to the Austrian frontier and is within a few miles of Cracow, whose siege Is imminent.' The manner in which Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian commander in chief is yielding these armies and the nobility they are showing are the sub ject of admiration by military men here. There is a steady flow o recruits for Kitchener's army and it is expected that with the territorials who number 600,000, England before long will have an army of 2,000,000 men. New arm ies also are being organized in India. November 13. The British tor pedo gunboat Niger has been tor pedoed by a submarine in the Downs according to an official announce ment tonight. The Niger foundered but all the officers and crew were saved. The Germans have resumed their attack on the allied line be tween the coast and the Lye river, and wh!le the French claim generally to have held their positions the Ger mans have captured Dixmude, center of some of the fiercest and most san guinary fighting of the war. The Germans, according to Petro grad dispatches, have suffered a more serious defeat on the East Prussian border than official statements have disclosed. Advices from the Russian capJtal today say that in the recent fighting there the Russians have cap Brief tured more than 200,000 prisoners and quantities of guns and munitions. The Russian advance in Poland which has been at the rate of four teen miles daily, has astonished mili tary experts. This advance has con tinued for eighteen days. In Galicia the Russians continue to push the Austrians back, but the Aus trians are .having their revenge along the Servian border which they threaten to cross in an endeavor to crush Servia before Russia can come to her assistance. Of fighting between Turkey and the allies, reports are so contradic tory there is no reconciliating them. ' November 12. Widely different claims of contending armies In the eastern and western theatres of war, especially concerning the West Fland ers situation, . left but one big undis puted fact on land or sea. That was the destruction of the German raider, Emden, and the trapping of the Ger man cruiser, Koenigsberg, the latter in a palm-lined East African river un der circumstances which read as though they were taken from Steven son. According to the latest casulty list published in Vienna 867 hussars be longing to noble families were killed in the fighting around Lille, France. A Central News dispatch from Vien na says that prepa-aiions are being rushed for the second siege of Prze mysl. It is reported that the Russians are equipped with new eight-inch French guns. An Exchange Telegram dispatch from Constantinople says Russian cruisers have bombarded the forts in the Bosphorus and the coal magazines at Heraclea, (Eregli), Asia Minor. The Turkish fleet sailed out against the Russians, but socn withdrew. Aside from the military aspects of the war, what stood out boldest was Germany's reported threat to cut off food the United States is sending to Belgium, if the Belgians did not re turn to their cities and make an ef fort to resume their normal occupa tions. November 11. The Germans have renewed their offensive in the vicin ity of Ypres and Dixmude where they tried to break through the allies' lines to the coast of France and were re pulsed after the most severe fighting of the war. Despite reverses the Austro-German armies have suffered in the East where the Russians have set their feet on German territory, the Germans are said to be still sending reinforce ments to the West in an endeavor to break down the resistance of the French, British and Belgians. There has been no decisive action along the whole front, but each side is making gains which may count when the crisis is at hand. With the tremendous forces opposing each oth er, any progress necessarily must be slow, but both the allies and the Ger mans express satisfaction with the way in which the battle has gone thus far. In the East the Russian advance guards are fighting on both the East Prussian and Posen border and it is believed that the Germans have given up their first plan of resisting the Russian advance on the positions which they had prepared along the Warthe river. According to a German report, the Russains have suffered a reverse on the East Prussian frontier where they lost 4,000 men and some machine guns, but of the fighting elsewhere in this region Berlin says nothing. There have been no developments in the near East, the engagements be ing fought between Russian and Turk ish frontier guards in the Caucasus or the bombardment of ports. November 10. The German and Austrian armies are now on the de fensive both on the East and West. They have given up, at least for the present, their efforts to break through the allied lines around Ypres, in Belgium, where the British and French have taken the offensive. The Belgians, holding the line reaching to the coast, also have made progress. The fighting was carried on in a fog, which interefered with the work of the airmen and likewise with the artillery. The Austrians apparently have sent stronger forces against Servia and have driven the Serbs out of Slavonia. Of what is going on in Boshnia, which the Servians and Montengrins invad ed almost to the capital, Sarajevo, nothing has been disclosed for weeks, but operations against their northern border might have had .an effect on the Servian plans there. Nothing of moment has occurred in the near East, but Turkey is being attacked in isolated spots by the Rus sians and British. The Turks also are apparently coming very close to war with Greece, the situation having been aggravatet by the sinking of a Greek steamer by the Turks and the threat ening of Greeks in Asia Minor. Neith er Bulgaria, nor Rumania has yet made any move. The Union defense forces continue to round up the rebels in South Africa. In Orange Free State, several small commanders have been looting tew" and damaging railways. H btniilAiiG rntrAnt WUIYItfi WILL Mm UVMUUU Vllili FOR GOLD MONTHS EXCESSIVE RAINS; LITTLE FIGHT- NG OF COSEQUENCE OCCURS IN FLANDERS. TURKS AND RUSSIANS GRIP Nothing Official Comes From Dixmude, Both Germans and Allies Claim ing Success. London. After four weeks of most desperate fighting, there is a lull in the battle in Flanders. Little relief, inowever, has come for the men in the trenches, as the artil lery and rifle fire has been replaced by a severe November storm. In some parts of England the storm has beccme a blizzard. On the sea a heavy gale rages, and the battle fields are getting their full share of wind and rain. For the most part the opposing arm ies have been content to shell each other at long ranges, but the Ger mans have made several attacks around ypres, which according to the French general staff, have been re pulsed with heavy losses. It is not believed that the Germans have any intention of giving up their attempt to reach the French coast, and the Allies are making elaborate preparations to block any further ad vance in force. Extensive defense works have been erected along the Yser Canal, and the French armies are holding that line from the Belgian border south to the river Oise, and passing for ward approach works which place them in a better position for either defnse or offense. , The Germans report that they have taken a few hundred British and French prisoners, but that the un favorable weather has impeded their progress. Concerning Dixmude the public must rely on unofficial reports. It is said the Germans are finding the destroyed village a death trap. They have been unable to debouch from it in the day time, as all the approaches are commanded by the Allies' guns, and night attacks have met with disaster. The fact is apparent that neither side has made any significant ad vance, both being so well trenched that neither artillery nor infantry can move them. The Germans are turning Belgium into a fortress, which means that if they do not succeed in advancing they Intend to be prepared to winter there. The whole coast from Ostend to the Dutch border has been placed in a state of defense and civilians are rigorously excluded from that area. A battle of some propotrions is go ing on between the Russians and Turks at Koprukeui, in the Caucasus, the result of which may have a marked bearing on the war in that part of the world. Elsewhere in the Near East, there has been no engage ment of importance. LORD ROBERTS IS DEAD. Englands Most Popular Soldier Suc cumbs to Pneumonia. London. The dath of Field Marsh al Lord Roberts has been officially an nounced. Lord Roberts died in France, where he had been visiting the Indian troops. His death was due to pneumonia. The news of the death of Field Marshal Roberts was received by tele graph from Field Marshal Sir John French. A telegram from Sir John French appraised Earl Kitchener, Secretary of state for war, of the death of Eng land's great soldier, in the following words : "I deeply regret to tell you that Lord Roberts died this (Saturday) evening. Field Mahshal Roberts, who was colonel in chief of the Indian troops, had gone to France to greet them. Soon after his arrival he became seriously ill. He suffered from a sever chill and pneumonia rapidly de veloped. His great age, 82 years, mit igated against his recovery, the crisis In the disease coming quickly. Situation in the East. England, it is announced, has no intention of undertaking any military or war operations in Arabia, except for protection of Aragian interests against Turkey or other aggression, or in support of attempts by the Arabs to free themselves from Turkish rule; The Servians and Montenegrins" who started out to invade Bosnia and Herzegovnia and were at one time approaching the Bosnian capital "tl Sarajevo, are now back in-their own territory, and they are offering a stubborn resistance to the Austrians. The Scandinavian countries and Holland are much exercised over the sowing of mines where they endanger neutral vessels. That the mines are in great number" is shown by the fact that dozens are being driven to the Dutch coast. Sir Gilbert Parker will question Premier Asquith in the House of Commons on this and other matters of importance to neutral countries and it is understood the Premier will make a statement regarding the sowing of mines, the searching of neutral ves sels for enemy reservists and the treatment of shipments of oil. FOR NATIONAL VOTE 8UFFRAGE CONVENTION RE SOLVES TO ASK CONGRESS FOR SPECIAL LAW. MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE Speakers , From Various Parts of Country Address Mass Meeting. Secretary Not Member of Board. Nashville, Tenn. Further broaden ing of the scope of legislative work of the National American Woman Suf frage Association for the coming year was decided upon when the convention of the organization here adopted a resolution in directing its congres sional committee to work for a feder al statute giving women in all states the right to vote for members of con gress, United States senators and presidental electors. The delegates claimed that congress has the power to pass a law permit ting women to vote for the officials mentioned undeh that clause of the fourteenth amendment to the Federal constitution, which says: "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privi leges or immunities of citizens of the United States. The conventions tabled an amend ment in the constitution to limit the tenure of office of the president to two consecutive years and defeated an amendment which would have de nied a place on the national board to any salaried official of the associ tion. It was declared to be the sense of the convention that the exec utive secretary shall not be a mem ber of the board. , At the mass meeting addresses on 6tate and national campaigns were delivered by leaders in the suffrage movement from various parts of the country. Among the speakers were Miss Alice Stone Blackwell of Massa chusetts; Mrs. Antionette Funk, of Chicago; Mrs. Raymond Brown, of New York; Miss Hannah Patterson, of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Maud Wood Park of Boston. USE LESS AND EXPORT LESS. Great Reduction of Shipping of Cot ton and Mills Also Take Place. Washington. The American cot ton spinners used less cotton during the first three months of the cotton year than they did In the same pe riod last year; exports during Octo ber were less than one-third of what they were a year ago and almost a million bales more were in the hands of manufacturers and in warehouses at the end of October than there were last year at that time. Thi6 sum marized briefly the effect of the Euro pean war on the American cotton in dustry as disclosed by the census bu reau's October cotton consumption and distribution report. The United Kingdom during Octo ber increased its takings of American cotton 232,065 bales having been ex ported to it. Germany received no American cotton, while France took 22,302 bales, the first it had received since the beginning .of the war. Cotton consumed during October was 451,841 bales, exclusive of linters, compared with 511,923 in October last year. Consumption for the three months ending October 31 was 1,259,715 bales against 1,386,70.8 last year. Cotton on hand October 21 in manu facturing establishments was 713,407 bales compared with 1,032,015 a year ago, and in independent warehouses 3,780,036 compared with 2,509,658 a year ago. Exports were 497,180 bales against 1,517,838 last year, and for the three months 641,168 against 2,705,322 a year ago. Imports were 12,512 bales against 5,569 last year and for the three months 54,554 against 20,803 a year ago. Cotton spindles active numbered 30,651,946 against 30,855,360 a year ago. Vera Cruz Orders Unchanged. Washington. While awaiting offi: cial confirmation of a report from Mexico that a truce had been arranged by leaders of the Carranza and Aguas Calientes factions, claimants to con trol of the government, the Washing ton government allowed its orders to Gen. Funston to stand and Vera Cruz will be returned to Mexican control November 23. The American expedi tionary force at Vera Cruz will em bark on that date for Galveston and the Mexican factions be left to work out their own destiny. Women Celebrate Victories. Atlanta, Ga. Celebration of prohi bition and suffrage victories in the various states marked the national convention of the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Delegates from the commonwealths . in which success was gained addressed the session. A petition in favor of national prohibi tion, said ot bear the signatures of 5, 000,000 people was displayed. The paper on which the names were writ ten weighed more than 35 pounds. It is planned to present the petition to the next session of congress. FOR RALROAD WORK SQUAD RELEASED FROM WHIT NEY DEVELOPMENT DIVIDED AMONG ROADS. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Raleigh, The big squad of state convicts averaging from 200 to 220 that have been hired out by the state prison's management at $1.50 to $1.75 a day on the Whitney development work are to be returned to the prison at once and will be distributed among several of the railroad and turnpike construction enterprises that are re ceiving aid through this prison labor in exchange for stock in the roads. To this end the council of state in special session recently directed Supt. J. S. Mann of the prison to distribute these convicts between the Bat Cav Turnpike, the Watauga &. Yadkin Valley and the Elkin & Alleghany Railroads as he may find most ex pedient. This action followed a formal no tice from the contractors that the use of the convicts would be discontinued at once as conditions had developed that made it impracticable to use the convict labor further in this work. While it is conceded that the Euro pean war conditions have had the ef fect of necessitating curtailment of the work, the development being largely through French capital, it Is also explained that the work at Whit ney has reached the state of de velopment that convict labor would now come in competition with free la bor and the prison management does not care to stand for such competi tion. Masons and stone workers are understood to be largely necessary now in the work. The distribution of these convicts that have been working at Whitney among the railroad enterprises of the Watauga & Yadkin Valley, the Elkin Sc. Alleghany and the Pat Cave Turn pike will mean very much more rapid progress for construction work of each, although it will mean that in the place of the cash revenue received for their labor at Whitney there must now be taken only stock in the sev eral railroad enterprises for the labor expended on each. , North Carolina Wins Boundary Suit. Washington. The dispute between the states of Tennessee and North Carolina over their boundary was de- j elded by the Supreme Court In favor of North Carolina. The dispute arose over the exact location of the state boundary as pro jected by a commission in 1821. Both states laid claim to some forty thous- j and acres of mountain timber land , near Slick Rock Creek and for years each state has imposed taxes on the lands. Justice McKenna, in announcing the court's decision, said that after careful consideration of all the argu ments and the evidence, including the usual amount of conflicting expert testimony the court found the line to Te as claimed by North Carolina. The SupremeN Court of the United States is the only court that has juris diction in a controversy between two state, and this suit was brought to the Supreme Court of the United States by Attorney General Bickett about five years ago. The court ordered testimony to be taken, and this was done at many points, both in North Carolina and Tennessee. The evidence covered about 2,000 pages of printed matter with some 50 odd maps. The property in controversy is es timated to be worth something over $2,000,000, and the people of North Carolina will be gratified that the con tention of the state with respect to this property, has been sustained at every point. Observe Tuberculosis Week. The State Department of Health Is pressing with increasing vigor its campaign against" tuberculosis through the observance of the last week in November as Tuberculosis Week and through special sermons and other ex ercises on the last Sunday in Novem ber in all the churches in the state. The department has written all the pastors, urging that they have ser mons on tuberculosis and giving appropriate data on which they can build these dicourses and impress their people on this subject. Leaf Tobacco Sales for October. The report of leaf tobacco sales of the North Carolina markets issued by the state department of agriculutre shows 62,901,881 pounds sold during October with 58,752,605 during Octo ber, 1913. The sales first-hand for the farmers during the month just closed aggregated 57,064,300 pounds. Forty eight markets reported and Kinston led with 7,466,027 pounds sold first hand; Greenville second, with 6,3334, 983; Wilson third, with 5,425,164; Winston-Salem fourth, with 4573,138. Blame New Rates for. Receivership. Supt. J. S. Mann of the State's Pris on was unable to say what effect the receivership for the Watauga & Yad kin Railroad as a part of the proper ties being developed by the Grandin Lumber Company will have on the work of state convicts hx the con struction of this rtad. The work by the convicts is in compliance with legislative mandate, the state provid ing for the convicts and taking stock in the railroad as compensation, the railroad company merely providing the camp, quarters and tools used. Thirty-eight additional convicts were sent there from the 220 turned back on the state by the company developing the power plant at Whit ney on the Yadkin River, for which the prison management was receiving $1.50 a day. This makes a squad of 50 working convicts that the state has at work on the Watauga & Yadkin. There was much comment In state offices on the fact that the manage ment of the Watauga & Yadkin River Railroad charges up to .the effect, of the Justice interstate freght rate act the disaster that has come upon the road, alleging that the long and short haul clause cut them out of half the business theretofore enjoyed and put the credit of short-line-roads generally in this state "on the blink." The re cievership was created In Asheville by Judge. Boyd of the United States Court. .Officers of practically all the short line roads in the state, It will be recalled, have a special legislative committee at work in preparation for a vigorous demand to be made on the next legislature for relief from various effects of the Justice act. $100,000 in War Revenue Stamps. Collector of Internal Revenue J. W. Bailey has ordered $100,000 in war revenue stamps as a starter for be ginning the collection of these spe cial taxes December 1. And it is stat ed in the revenue headquarters here that there Is every indication that this war revenue will run considerably in excess of all other annual revenues heretofore collected in this state. A special feature of the situation, too, is that in all cases where those liable for these war taxes fail to make their returns by December 1 there Is a provision that they must pay a penalty of 50 per cent in addition to the regu lar tax. The war revenue taxes cover a wide scope of subjects that are nu merous In this state. There is the tax on capital and surplus of all banks, tax on all dealers In manufac tured and smoking tobacco, taxes on numerous lines of drug stocks, taxes on all billiard and pool tables, taxes on all notes for borrowed money and on deeds conveying lands. Supreme Court Decides 13 Appeals. The full list of opinions follows: Hedrick vs. Western Union Telegraph Company, , Forsyth, no error; Salis bury vs. State Hospital, Wake, af firmed; Boushall vs. Myatt, Wake, new trial; Ferebee vs. Norfolk South ern, Wake, no error; Gilbert vs. Shingle Company, Brunswick, appeal dimissed; Horner School vs. Rogers, Granville, new trial; Hayes vs. Wrenn, Granville, no error; Pruitt vs. South ern Railway, Rockingham, no error; Dunnevent vs. Southern Railway, Caswell, affirmed; Oitmann v Wil liams, Orange, affirmed; Manly vs. Abernathy, Rockingham, new trial; Hall vs. Railroad & Electric Co., Ala mance, reversed; State vs. W. L. Da vis, Davidson, no error. Sword of Gen. J. J. Pettigrew. Miss Carolina Pettigrew of Tryon, who is visiting in the city, presented to Secretary of State J. Bryan Grimes of the State Historical Commission the sword and spurs of her father, Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew, which were presented to him while he was commanding the first regiment raised by South Carolina' for the Confederate Army. Stork at Governor's Mansion. The stork visited the Governor's mansion a few days ago, and left a junior Governor, a bouncing boy, Locke Craig, Jr., upon whose arrival Governor Craig is being showered with congratulations. Mrs. Craig and little son are doing well. Health Board is Fighting Colds. With the approach of winter the State Board of Health has taken am ple precautions to do everything pos sible to prevent as much of' the dis agreeable part of winter and as much of the dangers of cold and winter af fections as possible. Brockwell Praises Small Towns. Deputy Insurance Commissioner Sherwood Brockwell, the expert fire fighter, just back from a visitation to a number of western North Carolin towns, declares with great enthusiasm that numbers of these towns that he visited on this trip have towns of much , larger proportions in other sec- ! tions of the state "skinned a mile" oil street and other internal improve ments. He was especially pleased with the extensive street paving and other improvements and special light ing in Hickory, Newton, Statesville. Experts Will Instruct Beef Raisers. K. C. Ikeler, a graduate of the Penn State College and A. & M. Cillege of Iowa, and J. L. Brown of Kentucky, have arrived at West Raleigh and will at once become associated with the beef industry division of the North Carolina Experiment Station. It is the purpose of these men ' to go throughout the state, instructing the beef raisers and advising as to what the best breed is for the different lo calities. They will also visit farms and help buy suitable cattle and also help in the marketing of beef. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. COMING EVENTS. Anson Co. Fair, Wadesboro Nov. 18-20. State Teachers' Assembly, Charlotte November 25-27. Trinity Declamation Contest, Trinity Col lege November 27. State Library and Historical Association, Raleigh Dec. 1-2. N. C. Folk Lore Society, Raleigh De cember 1-2. North Carolina Community Service Week, December l-B. Annual Live Stock Meeting-, Statesville January 19-21, 1915. TrI-State Medical Association, Charles ton, S. C Feb. 17-18, 1915. Furniture Men Eleet Officers. The Southern Furniture Manufac turers In wesskm ,In Greensboro, elect ed the following officers for the ensu ing year: J. R. Finley, of North Wilkes boro, president; C. F. Tomlin son, of High Point, and F. S. Lambeth, of Thomasville, vice-presidents; J. T. Ryan, of High Point, secretary-treasurer. An executive committee of irorcu wtu u.LPLiiriULt7U U.I1U a. iramn committee of three is to be named. Despite the war scare the furniture manufacturers were optimistic as to the future. About fifty concerns were represented ut the gathering. Amendments Defeated. All amendments to the state consti tution have been lost. This was made certain when Mr. W. S. Wilson, secre tary of the Constitutional Amend ments Campaign Committee reported the total vote for and against the ten amendments in sixty-six counties of the state. The remaining thirty-three counties in the extreme east and west of the state will not materially affect the result apparent now. Against the tax amendment which was No. 7 in the list there was a vote of 32,884 for and 45,036 against. , Planning For Meeting. The Anti-Saloon League is now' planning for Its next biennial conven tion, which . will convene in Raleigh Wednesday, three p. m., January 13th, and will adjourn Thursday night, the 14th. The executive committee has appointed the superintendent and the central committee to provide the pro gram, i NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Governor Crag delivered the prin cipal address at the unveiling of the Confederate monument at Greenville. Guilford county has completed 16 concrete bridges. Hendersonville will soon take a re ligious census of the town. The Lutheran conference will meet at Mooresville. The sixth district Odd Fellows have just closed their convention at Wil mington. They will meet next year at Wfeiteville. Ttfc-i v. i i c ri well of Shelby for city manager. Farmers in Eastern North Carolina declare they will decrease their cot ton acreage over 50 per cent. Game Warden Thomas R. Parker was notified that H. Forney has been named as a deputy to enforce the game laws in the Black Mountain sec tion of Buncombe county. The observance of Community Ser vice Week In Buncombe county next month will come to a close with a rally to be held , at Asheville,, at which farmers and their families of all sec tions of Buncombe county . will be present. Women of the state struck a telling blow for suffrage in their first conven tion at Charlotte. The plant of the Pure Gold Tobac co Company of Greenville, Tenn., hav ing recently been destroyed by fire, the company has contracted with the McElwee Tobacco Company of States ville to produce its smoking tobacco the "Pure Gold" brand. Nearly eight tons of parcel post packages were handled by the Greens boro postoffice during first 15 days of October. One of the most important and In teresting conventions of the year to be held by the North Carolina Drain age Association at Wilson, November 18-19, to discuss the question of the reclamation of lands of North Caro lina, j Claude Wade of Greensboro, age 13, and Willis Sawyer, of High Point, age 12, students of the State Deaf and Dumb School, were run over and instantly killed a rew days ago Dy train 36 near Hildebran, 15 miles east of Morganton. . - - The Republicans will keep thefr headquarters open at Greensboro. Corn "shuckings" are very popular in Caldwell county. During the past 10 days the quality and quantity of the oysters being 'caught in the Newbern waters have improved greatly and many bushels of them being disposed of each day by the local dealers. . In quarterly meeting recently the merchants of Greensboro voted them selves in favor of a cotton exhibition to be held in the city at an early date. December 10 will probably be the day. On December 12, Bakersville will vote on $25,000 road bonds. Great catches of shad are being made by fishermen off the coast near Beaufort. The Negro State Baptist Convention hold its 47th annual convention at Hamlet. Brunswick county, has made ar rangements for 'a farm demonstrator. Some genuine old time corn "shuck ings" are being pulled off around Mooresville. North Carolina was in first rank at the U. D. C. conventio nat Savannah, Ga.