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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance 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. XXXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 16, 1916. ftO. 28. vl v U WW V w. Ww V v w IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Ssven Days Are Given. TriE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South, land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Foreign Xels de Rode, the son of a Belgian army officer, who betrayed Miss Edith Cavell, the English nurse who assist ed English prisoners to escape in Bel gium, was assassinated in a street at chaarbeek, a suburb of Brussels. He was at once identified. The German, government contends that merchant ships armed for defen- sive purposes, are really armed for resistance, and that merchant ships have no right to resist. Canada is still excited over rumors of dynamite plots. A rumor in Mon- t real that the city hall would be blown up at midday caused the building to be put in a state of siege. Police and soldiers were thrown around the building and all valuable papers re-1 moved, but the execution of the plot failed to materialize, to the "relief of the city. Three sharp earth shocks occurred at Panama.- The whole city and the canal zone were shaken. No damage o the canal locks or dams is , report- ed. The recording instruments snow- ed that the earthquake liad its center in the vicinity of Los Santos prov- ince. ' Several towns in western Ontario, Canada, have been thrown into a pan- ic by a hurried call to arms of the home guards. Buglers rushed through the streets of many towns, sounding the alarm and unfounded rumors that one of the bridges at Niagara Falls had been blown up, added to the excitement. European War . ' ".-'J " "' The French and the Germans have been engaged in furious combat be tween Lens and Arras, where recent- ly there has been great activity. Ber- a water tank is ; a barrel. Such is lin reports having captured French the decision reached by carpenters positions over eight hundred yards in and coopers in a conference at Kan length, sas City, Mo., and therefore coopers' Paris reports that a French grenade and not carpenters will hereafter attack drove the Germans from a erect watter tanks and not carpenters.' small post between Soissons and This is a problem that has long been Hheims, and that the French batteries a bone of contention in . Organized iave badly damaged German organi- Labor circles. ; - aations in the forest of Apremont, to Memphis, Tenn., lawyers held n the southeast of St. Mihiel. meeting in which resolutions wer On the Russian front Berlin records adopted asking the governor to con the repulse of Russian infantry at- vene a special session of the legisla tacks at several points in the Riga ture for the impeachment of Jesse region. Eddington, judge of the first criminal Petrograd reports great artillery court of Shelby county. Judge Ed iiiPia in the Riea region, with . the dington was asked to recluse himself advantage yet to be determined. Two women and one child were in jured when two German seaplanes raided the Kentish coast (England), dropping bombs. No property damage of moment is reported. The Giornale d'ltalia states v that Monsignor Tacci Porceli, the papal nuncio to Belgium, presented to Bel gium Germany proposals ,A for a sepa rate peace. Germany offered Belgium a big indemnity, but. wanted to keep Antwerp. Belgium refused to give ear to the proposals. - The Austro-Hungarian -troops engag ed against the Italians are practical ly idle, and the situation remains un- The German authorities are making nrpnarations for an English air raid on Kiel, having notified the populace that a steam siren will give warning of the approach of the dread over- head destroyer. ' ' . It is stated now that Germany has the adoption of a resolution of appre nearly a million and a half prisoners ciation and confidence, in President of war. Tnls numuer uues uuj. m-1 rhiriP nrisoners held in Austria-Hun- earv - Prince Oscar of Prussia, fifth son of Emperor William, has been wound- ed. This is the second time he has Annapolis who failed in their mid-sea-been wounded. .' '."..' 1 son examinations-and who were au'toj Interesting additions to the. von Pa- matiCally dismissed from the havai Den correspondence are contained, in anademv. have been allowed to resign a parliamentary paper Issued in Lon- don. The only important ieauire oi the revelation is mat tne ueriuau mum- ister to Mexico favored international intervention in the spring of 1914 oi xi; Except on the front in Belgium little fighting is reported from any of the war zones. ; The German positions near Het Sas and Steenstrate, in Belgium,. the de struction of a German block house between the Oise and the Aisne and effective work by the French batteries in the Artis and cnampagne regions, are reported by the French author!- a i . ai t .m n w n: V r vta noon ues, wnne me The British and French in Belgium The Br tish and encn m eig , ... r. t u the French heavy guns have silenced a German battery to the east of Boe sLighe. The British are pressing the Ger mans hard in the Kamerun region of German West Equatorial Africa. A Spanish official communication says that ooo Germans and 14.00S of their ... cn. ish Guinea, where they were disarm- .. eu anu mierueu- -Lrt neither the British nor the "Turks Eaininc a decisive victory Rus' ia "to the Caucasus re- gion continue to push the Turks back- ward with heavy losses for the Otto- mans. Domestic The steamer Cretic has kxrived in Boston from Mediterranean ports painted a battleship gray and with a four-inch gun mounted on her taff rail. The gun was placed on the Cre tic at Gibraltar. Colonel Roosevelt and Mrs. Roose velt have left their New York home for a cruise in the West Indies. They will return on March 15. The lower house of the Kentucky general assembly defeated a proposi tion to submit to the vters f Ken- tutional amendment. Nathan Straus, the New Ycrk Jew ish philanthropist, has contributed $350,000 for the relief of che suffering Jews in Poland. John C. Sheehan, one time leader of Tamray Hall, succeeding Richard Cro- ker, with whom he later quarreled, the outcome of which he was deposed, is dead at his New York City home: An ex-priest of the Coptic church who has been lecturing in Georgia and Alabama, states that he has the pledges of one thousand Georgia, ne- groes and one thousand Alabama ne- groes to return to their native heaths in Abyssinia. : - Dr. Carlos Manuel de Cespedes, Cu- ban minister to the United States, who is representing President 7 Mb'ne- cal of Cuba in Tampa, Fla: assures the people of this- country of Cuba's support in preserving . the peace witb;' honor of the western . hemisphere The object of J. citizens': military training camps was explained in Chat tanooca. Tenn.. by Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood, commander of . the department 0f theeast, United States Army, who spoke before a mass meeting of 2,000, neid underHhe auspices of the Chick arQauga Park summer military train; hng camp committee. - it is stated in El Paso, Texas, that Francisco Villa has threatened to force intervention by' the United states within six weeks, going so far as to state, it -is alleged, that; if Kit comes to the last resort he will hold up an ei Paso and Southwestern rail way train. The . suit of the Federal League against Organized Baseball, which has hung over the .baseball, world. ? Jar more thans a year,' has been : dismiss ed in Chicago, This was one of the stipulations when the Federal League was merged into the' National and American Leagues pending a hearing. Washington Diplomatic negotiations of. various characters soon will confront the Unit-, ed States as the result of the express? ed intention of the Germari andAus trian governments to treat armed mer chant' ships of the entente' allies as war vessels after February 29. United States officials seem inclined to the view that the contentions of -the German and Austrian governments that submarines have the right to stop enemy merchantmen are well founded. This is what the German government has been aiming to achieve all along, it is asserted in diplomatic circles. A new note of harmony and co-oper ation on national defense was struck in the house military committee as a result of the resignation of Secretary Garrison, which found expression in w nsun anu m me scuo.bc wiuuuni,v. The strong point of this resolution; is that it was offered by a Republican member 6t' the 'committee. ah of the eighty-two midshipmen at by order, of Secretary Daniels,, who r believes ; jn dismissal only for. miscon duc.-.. 4; . , , . . . . In substancfe the tentative commuh ication from Germany, designed to set to the United States. Secretary Lan sing insists that it shall' he stated specifically that it is in answer, to the United States note regardingVthe Lusitania. Ambasasdpr yon Bern storff decided not to change even tie punctuation of the document without hig! vernmenrs approval; he thought .appendage in the form of a memo- . jt i um would : suffice The national legislative committee Farmers' Union appointed a committee to frame a bill for rural credits legislation. The Farmers un ion is pledged to . some scheme of di rect, aid. j state. deDartment dispatches an nounce that the entire, consignment of fifteen thousand bags of sugar beet seed recently released by Germany for I j i i V TTriitarl Sltotoa sfinn smpmeut w would be delivered at rsew.iorit Negotiations are in progress for the release of 4,uuu more nags. weeks of investigation by the de .arlment of Ltice'agentsave re suited in the voting oi md ictoent b a San Francisco federal grand jury against Franz Bopp. German consU general; Baron A H. von Jce consul oi uemau,, " k the Turkish consul eeneraL 4 FIERCE ATTACKS GAIN FOOTHOLD IN SOME FRENCH TRENCHES IN THE ARTOIS SECTION. ARTILLERY IS KEPT BUSY Germans do Considerable Damage in Argonne Forest. Russian Heavy Guns Are Active. London.--The German are fiercely attacking the French positions in the Artois section as well as in Cham pagne. In the latter district Berlin reports the capture of a front of about 700 ' yards,'; while the French admit that the Germans have gained a foot hold in some of their advanced trenches near the Tahure-Somme-P,y road. 1 : In Artois; near Hill 140 which lies to the southwest of Vimy, the German attacks followed one another in; quick succession,. - there being four during the course pf the afternoon: -Pushing forward -.in the face of a hail of shells and bullets,- the Germans, on their fourth attempts-succeeded in-entering one . of the 'French first line trencnes which, however, they failed to hold, being almost" immediately driven out .with- considerable losses in dead and i mounded, according to Paris. Northeast Of Soissons, a uerman at tack, preceded by a bombardment, re sulted in the capture of . a French trench near the Crony road, but here also they were throwvnt out, leaving their dead on the field ' dn the British end of the line there have been sanning operations . and bombardments by both sides. All around Soissdna-the German ar tillery was busy, preparatory to infan i try attacks: but the attacks aid not Eventuate owing to the French use: of their guns in curtain of fire volleys. Considerable damage has been done to German positions-in the Argonne forest bv the French. Artillery duels are in progress in Lorraine and in the Vosages. The heavy guns are being actively employed on both sides in the;fcorth ern section of the Russian front, but no important changes in position have occurred. . In the Isonze regions the. Austrians have taken entrenchments from the Italians in the Rombon zone, while the Italian- artillery has bombarded Austrian positions at various points, especially in the Gorizia sector. LANSING STUDIES NOTE. Berlin Note- on Armed Merchantmen Reaches department. Washington. Secretary Lansing studied at his home the text of the memorandum from Berlin announcing the intention of the German Govern ment to regard armed ; merchant ships of the Entente Allies as war vessej after February 29. He will discuss the subiect with President Wilson once. . .v. , . .. . -.. The text of the. memorandum from Austria,, similar to that issued by Ger many "was mpmentarUy expected. 1 It is eonsifleredj. doubtful that an announcement of the position the Uni ted States will take in the matter will be" defined until both documents have carefully, been,, digested and consid ered. Between, now; and that time the attitude of ithe government Is made known, the state department may no tify the representatives of the En tente Allies here of the receipts of the documents, from the Central Pow ers; so that their government may be completely informed on the subject. ; Ford to i FJght Preparedness. Detroit,: . Mih. It has been an nounced that Hanry Ford is preparing to launch a countrywide campaign or newspaper and magazine advertising against the program for huge naval and military expenditures now before congress. . It was said' Mr. Ford in tends soon to carry out his announced intention to devote millions of dollars to an educational campaign against warr and preparedness- whicti he de clared to be the first step toward actual war. ' Wilson Close to Congress. f,,Washington.-Becretary Garrison's resignation last t week has ! had three far-reaching 'resnlls upon Congress., In. the opinion of administration leaders. When th'e excitement following the. un expected development had subsided it was apparent that it had clarified , the legislative atmosphere with regard to jtwo important issues. National de fense and Philippine' independence, and had served almost magically to bring congress and the president closer - together than they had been for many months. Help Is Needed. Little Rock, Ark. Bitter feeling against United States army, engineers because of published statements, at tributed to them that reports of dis tress in the flood districts of Arkansas had been exaggerated, was manifested at a mass meeting in Lake Village, which was attended by Major West of the Mississippi River commission, and Lieutenant Finch of the United States army. Lieutenant Finch offered em ployment to the male refugees at 50 . a wivoa and children ?ents a uay, - to be housed on government boats. GERMANS M l SECY GARRISON QUITS CABINET FAILURE OF CONGRESS TO ADOPT THE CONTINENTAL SCHEME IS CAUSE. 3RECKENRID6E ALSO QUITS President Wilson Accepted Resigna tion and Will Probably Take Per sonal Charge of Affairs. Washington. Secretary Garrison resigned because President Wilson would not "Irrevocably" support the continental army plan, and because he opposes the administration's program of setting a definite time for Philip pine independence. President Wilson accepted the res ignation but has not selected a suc cessor. The president himself prob ably will take personal charge of the administration's national defense plans in Congress. Assistant Secretary Breckenridge also resigned as a mark of loyalty to his chief, whose views he shares. The president accepted his resignation. Both take effect immediately. Ma jor General Scott, chief of Staff of the army, automatically becomes sec retary of war ad interim It is known that one of Secretary Garrison's principal reasons for his conviction that only a Federal conti nental army instead of a reorganized National Guard should be the mam military dependence of the nation was his belief that some day the United States may be called upon to defend the Monroe doctrine and in that event he foresaw that the National Guard might not be available for use outside of the United States before a declara tion of war Upon that contention, on the one hand, that the continental army or ultimately universal service was the nation's only reliance, and the posi tion on the other, that no one plan could be upon Congress, President WI1 son and his secretary of war parted official company. Mr. Garrison's resignation was complete surprise to official Washing ton generally. He made no persona. explanation. , The acute differences of opinion which led to the break began early in the year when opposition to the con tinental army plan began developing in congress. There had been indefi nlte rumors of the possibility of the secretary of war leaving the cabinet, but they never were countenanced In official quarters. - The secretary every where was regarded as one of the strong men of the administration upon whom the president leaned in the dim cult situations, both domestic and in temational, whlCh have marked his administration. The circumstances which led up to ' the resignation are detailed in the secretary's correspondence with the president which was made public by the White House. The president, the letters disclose, believed that the training, organization and control of a military reserve 'should be under Im mediate Federal direction, but is not "Irrevocably, Or, dogmatically commlt ed to any one : pla." He wrote Mr. Garrison that he could not force any specific plan on Congress and added: i muse Honuiuo c " change of views and a patient and thorough comparison of all the meth ods proposed for obtaining the object we all have in view." LlNULbr IVL UMtthlSUN VI r. Garrison, who resigned as oecre ' I N tary of War in President Wilson's Cabinet on account of disagreement on army plans. Keep Teapot Dry. When putting away a teapot which will not be used tor some .time wasn ' and dry it as thoroughly ds possible. arrived here from Paris. He conferr and then drop into it a lump of sugar ed Walter Hines Page, the Amer- This will absorb any dampness, that ican .Ambassador .and had a confer may be left and' so prevent the musty ence witn sir Edward Grey, the Brit taste which is often noticed hi tea , h Forelen Secretary. It is under- made in a pot which has been left un used for some time. Mashed Potatoes. Mashed potatoes will be fluffy if one half teaspoonful if baking powder 18 dded to the milk put into them. PREPAREDNESS RILLS TAKE SHAPE MAIN FEATURES OF THE BILLS ARE NOW READY FOR APPROVAL. OTHER BILLS ARE PASSED Leader Discuss Plans With Presi dent. Expect Unanimous Support of the Committees. Washington. With President Wil- son personally urging both Democratic and Republican members of the House Military Committee to hasten prepar- atisvna et Vttlla In CUfrT Pill t the Arm.Y'8 part in the national preparedness scheme, indications were that the measures might be ready for the house within two weeks or less. Hearings have been virtually ended and it is understood the main tea- tures of the bills already have been whipped into shape in which it is ex- pected they will receive virtually the unanimous approval of the committee, The senate committee already has concluded its hearings on Army bills and are taking up the work of . draft- ine its proposals for the senate. ' There also the general outline of the plan to be recommended has crystalized in the minds of the mem- bers. The bills of the two houses it is expected will differ radically and the final legislation will be worked out as a compromise in conference. Progress also was made on navy legislation, the measures paving the way for construction of battleships 4$ j and 44 at navy yards and providing for 300 additional midshipmen in the July class at Annapolis, being passed by the senate. They have passed the house and lack only the President's sienature to become law. Speaker Clark, in line with his recent speech in the house advocating tnat tne per sonnel at both Annapolis and West Point be doubled, introduced a bill to make such an increase in the number of cadets at the military academy Chairman Hay of the House Mill ow fnmmittee, and several of his Democratic colleagues discussed Army plans with President Wilson, during T. . - x . t. i J t rtoHn TJie aay ai ine.rramtui. THORNE OBJECTS TO BRANDEIS. Iowa Man Thinks Boston Lawyer Too with Corooratlons. Washington. Charging that Louis D. Brandeis as counsel for interstate rntriTnkqlnn in the five per cent advance rate case, conceded to ing attended by by more than 500 dele- gumentf why tne Pledmont & North the cause of the railroads to the fatal gates from every state in the Union. ern should bulld Itg llne by waT of injury of the public interest, Clifford Thorne, railroad commissioner of Iowa and an associate counsel in the (a MM nnnealed to the judiciary Biih-cnmmittee of the senate not to 1 -- - ... firmation of Mr. Bran- flpia- nomination to the supreme court of the United States. Kltr. To,.na .rrilAd that It WOUld be very costly to the American people u 0nr,r.TTift court bench a LU UUb ,r, with nror.nncP.lved notions as to . . i returns on railroad mvestmeniB m view of the fact that questions involv- ed in the national, appraisement of ,n;nff . nn ultimately would have t0 be determined by . that i tribunal. . Question of .Armed Merchantmen. - Washington Baron ZwiedineK, Aus trian charge d'affaires, called on Sec cretary Lansing and discussed the miesHrm of armed merchantmen, tie .0onttrl no formal memorandum tr--rr, v,i government but it is unaer- " ... .. , . . Btood Austria-Hungary objects to the United States permitting vessels en- terinc and clearing from its ports car- rying mounted guns. German Forces Sent to France London.T-Reiterating the report that iaree numbers of German troops have been transferred recently to isorin- ern France, the Amsterdam correspon dent of the Central News telegrapns that lt is reported from tne ueigian frontier that : 600,000 men have been sent to that front. . Attack on English Coast. London Two women and one child, were Injured when two German seaplanes -raided the Kentish coast, dropping bombs.- Three missiles fell on the outskirts of Ramsgate and four 'near a . school ; at Broadstalrs. The material damage is said by the War Office to have been confined to the shattering of glass. The attack was made in Abroad ( daylight. At 3r30 o'clock in the afternoon two sea planes were reported approaching the Kent coast and a few minutes later they flew over Ramsgate. : Col. House "In London. London. Col. E' M. House, Presl- V I . . 1 AnAlnlirA i dent Wilson s presonai represeuiau tc, - sl.ood nere that Colonel House's prin- clT)ai DUSiness during hi trip was on the Continent. He saw most oi tne leadine ' British statesmen when he was here i before and it is not iiKeiy he will hold many more conferences before sailing for New York.. DEMOCRATS KNOW GREENSBORO HOST OF NO OPPOSITION TO 016 CONVENTION McCOMBS SAYS NO OPPOSITION TO PRESIDENT WILSON HAS I " DEVELOPED. ARE MAKING PREPARATIONS Sub-Committee Making Ready for Convention. Senator Rted Sug gested for Chairman. st. Louis. Mo. That President Wil gon wouid De renominated without opposition was the concensus of opin- lon ot members of the subcommittee tV. Ttam -vno tin Motlntlfll Pnmmlt- I I tee, who met to arrange details for tnQ Democratic National Convention. rpne committeemen agreed in ad- vance of the meeting not to select a temporary chairman at present, and that task probably will not be taken UD until May Senator James A. Reed of Missouri, however, is being diSCUSsed as a; possible choice, the committeemen thinking it would be fitting that the state in which the convention is held should furnish the temporary presiding officers. Robert Ewing. publisher of The New Orleans States, was appointed chairman of the press committee for tre conVention and . James Preston, sergeant-at-arms of the press gallery of United States senate, was ap- pointe? vice chairman. Chairman McCombs said to news- paper men that President Wilson wouid De re-nominated and that no opposition to him had developed In any quarter. MORE WORK THAN MEN. Says Eight-Hour Day is Serious Check Upon Development. employeg for hlgher wage8 and the anar.. .nHnpv toward the eieht- hour work day were deprceated as checks upon the development of indus try by Howard Elliott, chairman of the board of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, In a" speech be fr.ro tho Mm.m'hftr nf commerce of the Buv.u.. j - --w United states' He said such demands rp.centlv made by the four .... . great organIZaUons oi rauroaa men were but steps m a process wmcn is continued would raise tne cost oi liv ing to new heignts ana nnany result In conditions much more to the disad vantage of labor than of capital. Mr Eliott's speech came at the close or the first day of the national chamber s fourth annual convention which is be- John a. uaney or uosion, iue yreBi- dent, addressed the opening session, appealing to business men to do some constructive thinking and to become . .. . . li ill. A less partisan in ueanng wun Kie. 0v.v,- nomic questions A report from the merchant marine committee condemning certain tea tUrOS Ot tne Snip purcnase um, peiiu ing in congress started a lenghty dis- cussion. William H. Douglas, chair- 1 . . . . i man, asserted the commute s Deiiei 1 . ix ..1 A V. iinirlia tn ntapn twrt mai n wumu wr. cabinet officers, as contemplated on the proposed shipping board and char- acterized the proposal to have the gov- ernment spend $50,000,000 as inade- i nuate. Heavy Fighting in Galicia. Tendon. Heavy fighting has broken out again in East Galicia". All along the front the artillery has been very active. .The Russians succeeded nortn of Tarnopol after repeated attacks in - " ftpr reTeated attacks in I J- 'r ' . . .nT,r tho Anstro-Hunearlan aa- vanced infantry posts, but were eject- ed from them later on, according to ,,,OT,a t thA Austro-Italian theater the contending forcers are still involved in artillery duels. Cargo on Fire. London. With her cargo on fire th Swedish steamship Texas is making for the port of Kirkwall, scotiana. The vessel left New Orleans January 22 and Newport News January n bound for Gothenburg and Christiana. German Communication ccepxauic . . A l.UU Washington. President Wilson and has cabinet have gone over the la test proposal of Germany for a set tlement of the American government's demands concerning the sinking of the Lusitania. , While some altera tions in the form of the agreement. which will require its ref arence to Berlin again, must be made, they are regarded as minor ones, and optim ism still prevails that the controversy will soon be settled. "Everything Is substantially all right, but it is not finished," was von Bernstoff's remark. Moon Charges Great Lobby. Washington. The charge that the "greatest lobby ever known to the American people," in seeking to pre vent the substitution of the space for the weight payment system in the railway postal service was made In the house by Chairman Moon of the Postoffice .Committee - in presenting the annual postoffice appropriation bill. He declared the real object o! the opposition was to throttle the par cels post service in the interest of ex press . companies, whose profits are shared by companies and railroads. NORTH CAROLINA LAYMEN GATH ER TO PROMOTE GREAT MOVEMENT. MANY SPEECHES ARE MADE Hearts Are 8tlrred as Missionaries Tell of World-Wide Interest Over 1,500 Registered. Greensboro. Stirring addresses by eturned missionaries and missionary axperta moved the men of the North Carolina Convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement and at. the de- nnmfnaitnnl itnnfa.Anfia nlana WDTO yZZ i put on foot to carry into the church.' boards and local organizations the enthusiasm aroused by the meting. The temperature of interest, enthus- laand ern?8tnf 88 f ea,tftnCrn, ventlon of the laymen's missionary movement ascended rapidly in the his- tory of the movement. Men by the score and hundred crowded the main floor and gallery of the convention church, and women were compelled to assemble in another nearby church where an overflow meeting was held. The first speaker of the meeting was Rev. George Green, M. D., who spoke upon "Healing the Sick in Africa." Rev. Mr. Green is a missionary of the Southern Baptist Convention in West Africa. His address moved the con vention mightily as he told of his experiences with the black men of that great continent. Among the most prominent of the convention campaign speakers who addressed the men who crowded the convention church were Rev. Robert W. Patton of Atlanta, missionary sec retary for the Southern Province of the Protestant Episcopal church; Rev. Worth M. Tippy of New York, and University. Greenville, C. Bishop a t5,i. winafnn.aaiAm JU1)UU UUUmUMOl Wl. I ui.vru conducted the devotional service with which the session this evening began. When presenting Bishop Rondthaler to the convention, Rev D. Clay Lilly paid high tribute to the honored bish op and the great Moravian church which he represents. , M.U.X3 IOB The registration of delegates num- alm0Bt if60o which was lncreas ed before the convention closed Shelby Wants Interurban. Shelby. A! mass meeting of citiz ens has appointed a committee to ar- rangj some dftte with tne pleaniont & Nortnern OIticials at which time Shelby when the link between Gas- tonia and Spartanburg is connected. The Travelers Protective Association, Post O, has become active In the mat ter and the first of the year petitions were sent out all over the county ask ing for signers asking for the line and pledging their support. Sell Road Bonds. Washington, N. C The county eommisioners have sold, $50,000 Wash- I . . . . . . m lngton townsnip roaa oonas. ine oia wajj j51 000 wItn accrued interest from February lf and an expenses for v,nnHi tr b naid L purcnasers. This is reported to be the highest price ever paid for township bonds, under the present act jn the sate of North Carolina, and both h emintv commissioners and the people generally are highly pleased at tne priCes obtained. Anxious About Road. I .. rrr t C! soutnern fines. vv - oyw. United States road enginer, talks or the contempiatea roaa irum duuiubiu Fines to unariotte oy way ui aiu marie. He is anxious to see tne roau built; he Is also planning a connec tion that will make the road run to Raleigh as well as to Charlotte. Shot Fer Wild Turkey. Newbern. Mistaken for a wild tur key, Hiram McDanlel of Maysville. was shot and seriously injured by a .guest who is stopping at the hotel at that place. Endorse Guard's Plans. Asheville. Directors of the Ashe tille Board of Trade, at their regular meeting, unanimously endorsed the national defense plans submitted to Congress by the national guard asso ciation, following its annual meeting at San Francisco. This plant contem plates making the national guard the real reserve army of the United States, second only to the regular army, and also provides for the expenditure of sufficient funds to bring it up to date In every particular, and make it worth while as the second line of the army. County Agent For Cumberland. Fayetteville. The Cumberland County commissioners have made it possible for the - county to have a whole-time farm demonstration agent and also for the activities by the can ning club girls to be extended, by ap propriating $300 for the farm agent and $100 to the clubs. This county already receives $600 from the gov ernment and will raise $300 by private subscription, thus guaranteeing to pay a first-class demonstration agent. The county had one prior to the first of tat rar.