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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR 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, APRIL 12, 1916. NO. 36. mu I PORTANT NEWS HE WORLD OYER openings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS JJFJHE SOUTH vvnat Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Mexican News Another engagement is reported in which ten bandits were killed and two captured. News from the border is to the ef f, ct that the Americans have pene trated as far south as Cieneguilla, near Satevo. An encouraging feature of the cam- l dgn is found in reports to both the state and war departments indicat or g actual co-operation between the American and de facto government troops. Recurring reports in Washington that the Carranza government had risked, formally or otherwise, for with tlrawal of the American forces from Mexico were disposed of by a state ment from Secretary Lansing flatly denying that such a request had been made, formally or by intimation or suggestion. Tales of hardships of American sol diers who are pursuing Villa over the desert and through the mountains of Chihuahua, have reached Columbus, N 51., when a truck train arrived which had taken supplies to Colonel Dodd's command. It is stated that Colonel Dodd's command has lost so many horses in the relentless pursuit of the bandit chief that fully half the men are with out mounts. General Pershing has sent a request to Columbus, N. M., for more clothing for the soldiers of the Seventh and Tenth cavalry regiments. Information from the war and state departments regarding the use of the Mexican iailways to ship supplies to General Pershing are conflicting. The war department has no report indicat ing that the Carranza authorities at Juarez had received orders to accept .-hipments to and from General Fun ston. The secretary of state says that the trouble with the Mexican railways is not with the Carranza authorities, but it is due to the disorganized condition of the rolling stock and roadbed of the Mexican Northwestern. In some circles in Washington it is openly stated that the Carranza au thorities are unwilling for the United States to use the Mexican railroads, and are growing so restive that they are inquiring how much longer the expedition intends to remain in Mex ico and how much farther south it intends to go. General Funston has been advised by the war department that his re quest for more automobile trucks has been granted. European War The German loan now totals 10,712,- 000,000 marks. Over five and a quarter million Ger man subjects have subscribed to the war loan, and it is stated in German circles that it is the most popular move the government has yet made. It is a remarkable fact that con tained in the list of those subscrib ing to the German loan are the names of many who are at the front fighting for their country. This is said to be unprecedented in the history of the world. An Amsterdam dispatch says that it is not suggested that there is a possibility that Great Britain will land soldiers on the Dutch coast, but t- e question is "what does Germany think of the new movement?" refer ing to massing of troops on the Ger man border. Faced by the problem of financing for another year a war costing $25, 000,000 daily, the chancellor of Eng lish exchequer was met at the outset by two favorable circumstances the revenue of the year has increased, while the expenditures have decreased by $5,000,000. He assumed that the war would continue during the pres ent fiscal year. Holland's reserves of wheat are practically exhausted and it is said on good authority that the Holland government intends to buy 100,000 ions in America in addition to the normal 60,000 monthly shipment. East of the Meuse around Vaux there has been considerable fighting between the Germans and the French, with the advantage in favor of the French. Holland cotton manufacturers are manifesting uneasiness lest the requi sitioning of cargo space by the gov ernment may interfere with the im portation of the needed supplies of raw cotton from America. A check for slightly more than $70, 703,600, said to be the largest check ever drawn in the history of the world, passed through the New York clear ing house payable to the Canadian government in payment of $75,000,000 par value five per cent bonds recently purchased by a syndicate of bankers. They are for five, ten and fifteen years. With the exception of the big air raid on England of January 31, when the casualties were 67 persons killed ; line have virtually concluded pre and 117 injured, the recent Zeppelin , ., . , ... raids caused greater loss of life than j binary Phases of their work, and will any previous aerial attack this vear i ieport to congress. HollaJid has massed troops on the German border. The movement of the troops is caused by the demands made by Germany upon Holland. On the eastern line in Russia, the Germans have taken up the offensive and are heavily attacking the Rus sian position. The Italians are continuing their op erations against the Austrians along the Austro-Italian frontier. The British in Mesopotamia have captured an important Turk position. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the im perial chancellor of Germany, says Germany is fighting for a new Europe, and that the struggle will continue until Germany's purpose is achieved. He says Germany is at war only to preserve her existence and to hold back her enemies from the German frontier, which she will continue to do at any and all hazards. Domestic At Pensacola, Fla., the big observa tion balloon broke from its moorings at the navy aviation station, and float ed away unoccupied, then descended at Arggye, Fla., 100 miles northeast of Pensacola. A dispatch from Seattle, Wash., says the United States steamer Rio Pasig, which sailed from Puget Sound late in December with cotton and other merchandise for the Russian govern ment, has been given up for lost. At Chicago plans for the national Republican convention, which will open there on June 7 were completed at a meeting of the sub-committee on arrangements, with the selection of Senator Harding of Ohio for tempo rary chairman. The issues of the cam paign were discussed at length by the numerous state chairmen present. It is stated that there is in exist ence in Chicago an anarchistic plot to assassinate the crowned heads of Europe, with the czar of Russia head ing the list and the emperor of Ger many second. At Earle, Ark., after taking the pre caution to cut all teleggraph and tele phone wires out of the town robbers wrecked 'he outer door to the vault of the Parkin Home bank at Parkin, Ark., and got two pennies and a worth less pistol for their trouble and the the dynamite used. They overlooked the compartment in which the bank's funds were kept. Mayor O. B. Eaton of Winston-Salem, N. C, has signed an order clos ing the churches, theaters and schools because of the epidemic of scarlet fe ver that is sweeping the twin cities. Following the killing of a sailor and a marine at Norfolk, Va., by George Carter, a negro, fears of a race riot led officers to round up all men on shore leave irom the battleship New Hampshire, now in Hampton Roads. Six seamen went to the assistance cf a white man whom they thought was being mistreated by a negro, and two were shot and killed. Henry Youtsey, convicted 16 years ago of ccmplicity in the assassination of William Goebel, governor of Ken- J tuckv. and sentenced to life imnrison- : ment, has been refused a parole by the state board of prison commissioners. He is the only one of the six accus- I ed of complicity in the assassination 1 who is serving a prison term. The Democrats scored considerable gains in the Chicago aldermanic elec tion held April 4. George H. Edwards (Rep.) was elected mayor of Kansas City in the municipal election April 4. A San Antonio, Texas, dispatch an nounces that Victor E. Innes and his wife left, there in charge of detec- tives for Atlanta, Ga., to answer to a charge of murder brought in con nection with the disappearance from that city of Mrs. Elois Nelms Dennis and Miss Beatrice Nelms of Atlanta, Georgia. Washington The president and his cabinet held an important conference at which the j troops of about 175 yards of a German submarine attacks being made on mer- J trench southwest of Douaumont vil chantmen was discussed. It was de- j lage, northeast of Verdun, was an cided to take no action until a reply j nounced by the war office. Progress is received from Berlin to the Ameri can note. The governments of the entente al lies, through Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, presented to secretary Lansing a joint reply to the protest made by the United States against the seizure, detention and cen soring of neutral mails. It declared that no legitimate letter mail has been confiscated, but asserted the allies' in tention to continue searching parcel post packages for contraband "con cealed under postal folders." The allied governments assert their right to search general mail in the following languge: "That the inviola bility of postal correspondence, stipu lated by convention No. 11 of The Hague treaty, 1907, carries by no means any prejudice to the right of the allied governments to visit, and, if need be, to stop and seize the goods which are falsely deposited in the covers, envelopes or letters contained in the mail sacks." The department of justice is con sidering the evidence anent the rise in the price of gasoline, and will soon determine whether prosecutions Will follow. The vigorous protest of the United States against the treatment of neu tral mails was based largely on evi dence that while mails had not al ways been searched at sea, neutral ships had their mails removed, de tained and otherwise interfered with. The reply which the allies have sent does not mention this phase of the controversy. Government agencies investigating the spectacular rise in the price of STAPLE SOUTHERN GINGHAMS ADVANCE HIGHER PRICES ARE BEING PAID FOR FAST COLORED COTTON CLOTHS. DUE TO HIGH COST OF DYE Ginghams Reaches New High Recora. Bleached Goods High. Fancy Goods Active at High Prices. New York. Cotton goods market continue strong in price with trading on a smaller scale. There are still many orders being booked for goods to be delivered all through this year, and some instances are reported of buyers trying to make engagements into next year. The jobbers are much less active in purchases than the manufacturing trades. Color cotton goods still continue very firm, and frequent instances are reported of higher prices being paid for fast col ored cloths. Staple Southern ginghams were ad vanced another quarter of a cent dur ing the past week to a basis of seven cents a yard, one cent a yard higher than similar eoods ever sold. This high price is due largely to the high j cost of fast dyes. Bleached goods continue firm with an advancing ten- I dency. Wide sheetings are sold in j many instances to the end of the I year and many brands ar sold ahead into September. Cotton duck rules very firm. Print cloths and convertibles are firm, with I advances reported in sateens, twills and some heavy drolls. Fancy goods I are active at higher prices, late con- j tracts being placed. Fine yarn goods are exceedingly high and firm. Quote prices are as follows: Print cloths, 28-inch 64x64s, 4 cents; 64x 60s, 3 7-8 cents; 3S 1-2 inch 64x64s, 5 1-2 cents; brown sheetings. South ern standards, S cents; denims, 2.20s, Indigo. 18 1-2 cents; tickings, 8 ounce, 15 cents; standard staple ginghams, 8 cents; standard staple prints, 6 1-2 cents; dress ginghams 10 1-2 cents. MEXICANS OFFER WIRES. Telephone and Telegraph at Service of American Expedition. San Antonio. Texas. The Mexican military authorities have offered the American punitive expedition the use of Mexican telegraph and telephone lines, according to General Pershing's report to General Funston. The offer was made to the aviators who landed in Chihuahua last weeK. The drivers of the aeroplanes said they had been treated courteously by General Gutierrez, commanding offi cer, after it was demonstrated that they had come as friends. Before that a few stones had been thrown at them and a shot or two fired. No one was injured. General Pershing said some sup plies had been purchased in Chihua hua but the limited amount made it almost impossible to get provisions. The excellent work done by the j aeroplanes has been so marked that headquarters officials are anxiously awaiting reinforcement of that arm of the service. General Pershing's reports indicate that the five still in service are doing good work in scout ing and carrying dispatches. French Capture Trenches. Paris. The capture by French in communicating trenches south of i the village also was reported. The Germans made two hand grenade attacks on French positions in the Caillette wood, in the Douau mont region, but both were repulsed. West of the Meuse there was only feeble artillery activity. Nine Killed by Submarine. Malta, via London. One engineer and eight lascars of the crew of the steamer Chantala, were killed when the vessel was sunk by a submarine. Lansing Replies to Protest. Paris, via London. Professor James Mark Baldwin, American sur vivor of the Sussex disaster, who cabled a protest to President Wilson regarding the destruction of the cross channel steamer, received at his resi dence in Wimereux the following re ply from Secretary of State Lansing: "The President has communicated to me your cable of April 1. The Department is giving to the Sussex case the most serious attention and the greatest care. (Signed) "LANSING." Child Labor Bill Won't Pass Soon. Washington. Senator - Overman thinks it will be a long time before the child labor bill can come up in the senate. Now pressing that body for consideration are the naval, rural credits and ship purchase bills, in ad dition to all the appropriation bills and others, including the President's policy. These will render almost im possible any early consideration of child labor, and there are chances that it will go over into the next ses sion. Advocates of the measure are trying to have it given consideration. NATION WEAK FOR LACK OF NITRATES SENATOR SMITH OF S. C. DE CLARES UNITED STATES IS TOTALLY UNPREPARED. NOTABLE DAY IN CONGRESS Senator Underwood Said for Lack of Nitrates a Second Class Power Could Make Us Surrender. Washington. Debate in Congress jn various proposals for the erection of a government plant for the fixation nf atmnsnheAc nitrogen occupied a whole day. The pending amendment was that of Senator Smith of South Carolina to appropriate $15,000 for a plant, site and process to be deter mined by the war department. The surplus capacity over the govern ment's needs in peace times, under the proposal, would go into the manu facture of fertilizer to.be sold by the government through tne secretary of agriculture. Senator Hardwick of Georgia at tacked this phase of the amendment as socialistic. He declared himself unalterably opposed to embarking the government on any such venture. Senator Smith said he had framed the amendment with the purpose of reducing the cost of fertilizer to the farmer because by a happy circum stance, the government's military needs and those of the farmer could be met at the same time, i The European war was not an un mixed evil, said the South Carolina ! senator, as it had convinced the peo- pie that the United States was totally 1 unprepared on sea or land to face what i may be before It. He declared tha' ! the basis of all modern warfare was nitric acid and yet no step had been taken to insure an adequate supply. Germany's successful resistance, he as serted, was due to the fact that she had foreseen the need of using atmos pheric nitrogen and developed a way j to procure It. "This vast expense we are contem- j ; plating for the army and navy," Sena- j tor Smith said, "will he absolutely ' useless if we are cut off from our sup- ' ply of nitrates." Senator Lodge also attacked the project hut addressed himself par tially to the amendment offered by j Senator Underwood of Alabama, j which would provide for a war depart- j ment investigation of the question of water-power sites and the process to be used. Senator Underwood asserted that his amendment favored no specific pro ject but only sought a full investiga ' tion of the subject. "There is not a senator here." said Senator Underwood, "who does not i realize the deplorable conditions this ! country would be in because of short j tage of nitrates for explosives if war should be declared against us. A sec ' ond rate power could make us sur i render in six months if we had no surplus of nitrogen and it had plenty." LOST 200,000 AT VERDUN. French War Office Says Slaughter of Germans Has Been Gigantic. Paris. The German losses before Verdun up to the present have reached a total of 200,000 men, one of the greatest battle losses in the whole range of warfare according to semi official estimates made public here "the result of careful inquiry made in the highest quarters in which the figures have been rigorously checked and verified." "Documentary and verbal testimony j gathered and authenticated permit the giving of precise details concern ing the losses suffered by the Ger mans and by us on the Verdun front." says the semi-official communication given to the Associated Press. Dur ing the period from February 21. when the battle began, to April 1, it is known that two army corps, namely the Third and the Eighteenth, have been with drawn from the front, having lost in the first attacks at least one-third of their force. They have re-appeared since and have again suffered like losses. "The German reinforcements are practically used up as fast as they are put in line. The total effectives of the Eighteenth Corps have in this way lost 17.000 men and the Third Corps has lost 22.000 men." World's Largest Tobacco Order. New York. An order for 20,000.000 pounds of American tobacco for deliv ery to European governments, princi pally to France and Italy, was execu ted here by the firm of Gaston, Wil liams and Wigmore. It is said to be the largest order of Its kind placed in this country. Can't Use "Mexican Railways. Querefcaro, Mexico. The Mexican government has not given the Ameri can government permission to use Mexican railways for any purpose whatever, said Gen. Candido Aguilar. Mexican minister of foreign relations after a meeting of the Carranza cabi net. At the cabinet meeting General Carranza and his advisers discussed modifications suggested by the United States in the recent proposals for an agreement for crossing the frontier between the United States and Mexico by their armed forces. GERMAN TORPEDO S SUSSEX GRAVEST SITUATION CONFRONTS UNITED STATES SINCE OUT BREAK OF WAR. AWAIT WORD FROM BERLIN Germany is Expected to Disavow Act and No Step Will Be Taken Until Case Has Been Presented. Washington. Reports of American naval attaches saying metal frag ments found on the channel steamer Sussex bore distinctive markings showing them to be parts of a Ger man torpedo, and dispatches telling of scores of submarine attacks on neutral and other unarmed merchant ships within the last two weeks were studied at conferences between Presi dent Wilson, Colonel House and mem bers of the Cabinet. The reports are as conclusive proof that the Sussex, while carrying 25 American citizens, was attacked in violation of solemn, reiterated assur ances of Germany. With this fact ap parently established, it is generally conceded that the United States is confronted by a situation more grave than any which has arisen since the outbreak of the war. It was said authoritatively again, however, that no definite step will be taken until Germany has replied to in quiries in the cases of the Sussex, Englishman, Manchester Engineer, and Eagle Point. Word from Berlin is awaited, not so much because in formation is wanted, as to give Ger many an opportunity to say what will he done about it. In view of the evidence collected it is confidently believed in many quar- ters that Germany will admit the at- dtM " r r,, V , dispatches from Berlin have indicated that such an admission undoubtedly will be accompanied by disavowal and offer of reparation. DARING ROBBERY OF BANK Two Men Find Houston Cashier Alone and Get Away With $15,000. Canonsburg, Pa. Detectives scour ed the hills in "he vicinity of Houston, one mile west of here, in a vain effort to find the two men who robbed First National Bank of Houston of $15,000 and escaped in an automobile. The cashier was alone in the bank at the time. Shortly after noon two men entered the bank and one laid a piece of paper about the size of a check on the coun ter in front of the cashier. On the pa per was written, "Make a move and you will be shot." When McNutt look ed up two revovlers were leveled at him. While one of the men guarded the cashier the other took about $15, 000 in bills from tne vault, leaving $3,000 in gold and sliver untouched. Both then hurried out of the building and jumped into an automobile which they had left standing in front of the bank. Will Not Withdraw U. S. Troops. Washington Categorical denial by Secretary Lansing was the official ans wer to persistent reports that the American troops might be withdrawn from Mexico shortly regardless of de velopments in the hunt for Villa. Both Mr. Lansing and Secretary Baker of the war department indicated that there was no present intention of changing the original orders given General Funston. News from the border that a train load of supplies, shipped by private firms, had Heft Juarez for Casas Grandes and Pearson, where they will be available to General Pershing, caus ed satisfaction here. Mexicans Kill Three Americans. Tuscon, Ariz. Three United States citizens and one Spaniard were killed by Mexican bandits nine miles south of Rosario, Sinaloa, Mexico, according to advices received here from Mazat lan at the offices of the Southern Pa cific Railroad Company. Villa General Captured. El Paso. Mrs. Angie Williams and A. J. Abrams, Americans, were ar rested after the discovery in an attic of the house they occupied of Pablo Sianez, a former Villa general. All three were held for investigation. Sianez was said to have a record of at least 18 murders, among them those of several Americans. The police de termined to take no chances in cap turing him and at theii request a de tachment of infantry surrounded the house while detectives nroke in and seized the prisoner. "Fine Lynchers $50 Apiece." Augusta, Ga. Judge Emory Speer In charging the federal grand jury at the opening of the regular term of court here made an appeal for nation al preparedness and denounced lynch ing. He laid much of the blame for lynchings upon state judges and pointed out that there is no record of lynchings of prisoners of federal courts. He declared that if the lynchers only knew to a certainty that they would suffer even a fine of $50 apiece there would be no lynchings." VOLONTEER ARMY BILL SENATOR SIMMONS SAYS TWO MILITIA SYSTEMS WON'T WORK. IMPROVEMENTS ARE MADE National Guard Needs More Help From Federal Government But Not a Competitor. Washington. Senator Simmons, who is opposed to the volunteer army section of the Chamberlain bill, said that the proposed new force would be practically a duplicate of the Nation al Guard. "Experience will show, if they are both adopted," he said, 'that it will not be long before either one will swallow up the other or they will both helplessly disorganize each other." "The volunteer army provided in the 55th section of the bill, by what ever name it may be called, whether a volunteer army or a continental army, is in essence and in substance nothing more than a national militia. "The National Guard as it exists under the present law, by whatever name it may be called, is in essence and in substance nothing except the old state militia a little more closely connected with the Federal treasury. "So Mr. President, we have an amendment here which will in effect establish two national militia sys tems, one absolutely controlled by the Federal government in all its details, in all its functions, and in all its oper ations, and the other under certain conditions and circumstances equally subject to the control of the Federal government. "If this federalizing process is con stitutional," he said, "there will be substantially little difference between j nati(mal caled the 1 name of a volunteer army and this j si.NationaI militia called by the Maae 0j e National Guard. ..T - . holWo tw fho nrnnna(A i Federal volunteer army, compared with the federalized National Guard as a . result of discipline and training and control directly in the one case and indirectly in the other case, will, in all probability, result in giving us any better training and system pro vided for the same purpose in the provisions of the bill with regard to the National Guard." GERMANS CAN'T TAKE VERDUN. Positive Assertion of Italian General That It Will Never Happen. Paris. "Verdun will never be taken That is the sincere and positive opin ion of General Cadorna," said a mem ber of the Italian generalissimo's suite to the Udine correspondent of The Pe tit Journal. "General Cadorna," he continued, "returns from his visit to France full of enthusiasm for France, for what she has done and for what she is now doing. "What we saw on the French front is simply magnificent. France and Great Britain have heaped up all along the line in innumerable depota, so many men and such a quantity of guns and munitions nothing that the Germans could do now, it seemed to us, could possibly catch the Franco British higher command unprepared." American Manufacturers Elect Officers Atlanta, Ga. John A. Law, of Spar tanburg, S. C, former vice president of the association, was elected presi dent of the American Cotton Manufac turers' Association at the close of the twentieth annual convention of the or ganization here. He succeeds Scott Maxwell of Cordova, Ala. Ceasar Cone, of Greensboro, N. C, was elected vice president; C. B. Bryant, Charlotte, N. C, re-elected secretary and treasurer, and Fuller T. Calloway, of LaGrange, Ga., chairman of board of governors. Italian Minister of War Resigns. London. A Stefani dispatch from Rome says King Victor Emmanuel has accepted the resignation of War Min ister Zupelli and appointed General Morrone to succeed him. It is stated General Zupelli desires active service. 8,000 Deaths from Pellagra. Washington. Pellagra caused 8,000 deaths in the United States in 1915, public health service reports show. Its development can be effectually pre vented by a cheap find simple diet, the health service experts recommend. German Submarine Sinks Ship. London. The Spanish steamship Vigo, 1,137 gross Ions, was sunk in the Bay of Biscay by a Oerman submarine according to a Lloyds report. The crew was set adrift in a boat and later were picked up. More Trucks for Border. San Antonio, Tex. General Funston was davised by the war department that his request for more automobile trucks had been granted. While the addition of 108 more trucks to those already carrying supplies along the line of communications to the troops In Mexico will serve to relieve the situ ation, staff officers still regard the use of railroads from F.l Paso as essential ! to the success of the campaign against Villa. There is 6.000 horses and ap proximately that number of men to feed every day. N I NT BILL TO PAY BACK GLAURS REPORTED WOULD PAY FOR SERVICES REN DERED UNITED STATES DUR ING THREE MONTHS 1861. 40NEY DUE MAIL CARRIERS $12,474.11 Due to 106 North Carolin ians or Their Heirs For Services Long Since Rendered. Washington. If a bill reported by Representative Pou from the Com .nittee on Claims, is passed, the sum of $12,474.11 will be disbursed by the United States to 106 North Carolina mail carriers of 1861, or their heirs. This is an amended bill and has the committee recommendation. It pro vides for the relief of over 400 car riers in the southern states. Their claims total $195,568.25. The claims are for services rendered in the first three months of 1861. The United States had paid the carriers to Decem ber 31, 1860, and they were under contract to continue into the next year. It was in April that the Con federate government took over the routes, and the Federal government refused to make payments for Janu ary, February and Mi.rch. A search of the treasury records has revealed that the money is to the credit of the carriers. From time to time in the past few years payments have been authorized, and the present bill is de signed to clean up the remainder. The Confederate government made payments on some of the claims. Most of the mail contractors were operators of stage coach and horse back routes, while noA a few were the railroads of that time. Neither Postmaster General Burle son nor Treasurer McAdoOfhave made objection to the payments. Many of the claims were in the hands of at torneys here who were to receive 33 1-3 per cent of the collections. They have beep made to agree to ac cept 20 per cent and not more. Care ful investigation has been made to complete the list, and the claims com mittee announce that it will be unnec- essary for any parties to write their Congressmen regarding the matter. The total fund as shown in the re port made during the Sixty-third Con gress, was $225,466.23. Several small bills were disposed of in that con gress. I Pass All North Carolina Items. Washington. The house voted for all of the North Carolina items in the committee report of the rivers and harbors bill, and the total sum which is thus made available for the im provement and maintenance of North Carolina waterways and harbors is $1,267,600, largest amount is $1,000,000 for the continued improvement of the inland waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet. Mayors Will Go To Kinston. Kinston. The chamber of com merce will assist in the entertainment of the Carolina Municipal Association here next month, when the city will have as its guests probably 100 mayors and other officials of cities and towns in North and South Carolina. The di rectors are planning to provide a Joint shad stew and barbecue said to have been first known in America in this immediate section. Strawberries Move April 25th. Mount Olive It is now generally be lieved that shipments of strawberries from here and other sections nearby to Northern markets in carload lots wm begin about the 25th of Apil. This will put the bulk of the crop grown in Eaat Carolina on the market a few days ahead of the berries further north as a result of which the truckers are loking forward to a much more profitable season this year than last. Cruising Season Ends. Newbern. The annual cruising sea son of the coast guard cutter Pam lico has come to a close and the boat is now tied up at her dock here. Big Clay Plant for Iredell. Statesville. Application has been made for the charter for the Buffalo Shoals Clay Manufacturing Company of Statesville which company will es tablish a big clay-products plant on the Catawba river, 10 miles west of Statesville. The company, which will have a capital of $25,000 to $30,000 will be incorporated by E. R. Rankin, E. G. Gaither, F. F. Steele and others and it is the understanding that Mr. Rankin will be secretary and treas urer. Mining Prospect in Durham County. Durham. Steel magnates of Penn sylvania, headed by Mr. John Logan, have found a vein of iron ore in Man gum Township, this county, that ac cording to" the property owners is ex pected to turn out to be one of the biggest mining finds of recent years. The company has purchased miner al rights for 400 acres of land and will begin immediately laying a spur railroad track. Representatives of the company will ar-ive here next Saturday to begin work, it announced.