Newspapers / The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, … / Aug. 9, 1916, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
r THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance u$vA THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $L50 One Square, one month - . $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts win be made. I VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 9, 1916. NO. 1. (fptatltatn mtt i i IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations for Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. European War Desperate counter attacks by the Germans in the region or the Stokhod river, east of Kovel, have resulted in the retirement of the Russian forces. The Russians continue to advance south of Brody and toward Lemberg Petrograd reports the capture of 1,300 Austro-Germans in an attack on the line of the Sereth and Graber- ki rivers. The city of Brussels has refused to pay the fine of five million marks im posed by the Germans, because the Belgians say the fine was assessed because of the patriotic sentiment of Brussels and therefore is illegal and inadmissible. Verdun has again become the storm center on the western battle front The French forces have taken the of fensive on the right bank of the Meuse and hold the Thiaumont work and the greater part of the village of Fleury The Thiaumont work, already the scene of many desperate combats, was twice in French hands during twelve house. The Germans drove the French from the work once, but finally lost it. Fleury is again in the hands of the French. Fierce fighting is reported in and around that village, and its pos session is yet to be definitely decided. London reports that the Germans bombarded the section southwest of Pozieres and also the southern por tion of the Mametz wood. A squadron of British naval aero planes has attacked with bombs Ger man military establishments in the vicinity of Ghent, Belgium. Consider ab) i damage is reported. What is probably the last link in the Irish Sinn Fein rebellion culminat ed in the execution in the Pentonville prison, England, of Sir Roger Case ment, the charge being high treason. The opinion had become widespread that Casement would be sent to prison for life, and there was much surprise when the announcement was made of his execution. He had been knighted and had served the English govern ment in many capacities, and was highly thought of until he entered into what the English term a conspir acy with Germany to ferment an up rising in Ireland, which, but for Eng lish naval s-jpremacy, might have reached enormous proportions. A London dispatch says that Gene ral Count von Bothner's army is re ported to be almost enveloped by the Russians in Galicia. Cossack divisions after the occupa tion of Bordy by the Russians are said to have destroyed the railways behind the Austrian army. The Germans are withdrawing from Kovel, taking their heavy artillery, food and munition depots. The city of Vladimir-Volynski, in Volhynia, is said to have been com pletely evacuated by the Germans. With General Kaledine's army in full control of the Stokhod river, the Russian war department at Petrograd announces that the Russians are now well advanced in the campaign against the two important centers of Kovel aad Lemberg. The Russian offensive has been so vigorous and unrelenting that the Austro-Germans apparently have been in a serious predicament, not knowing from which point to spare troops to reinforce the defense of some other part of the front. Kovel is threatened from the west, where the Russians have successfully passed the Stohkod river, and from the south, where the Russians re cently reached an advanced point on the Vladimir-Volynski road, south of Kiselin. According to a very cautious valua tion by the eGrman war office the to tal Anglo-French losses in the Somme offensive will reach three hundred and fifty thousand men. A month has now elapsed since the beginning of the great Anglo-French "great sweep." Washington Possession of the British liner Ap pam, brought into Hampton Roads last February by a German prize crew, was awarded her English owners, the African Steam Navigation company, by Judge Waddill of the federal dis trict court at Norfolk, Va. While discharge of National Guards men with persons dependent upon hem are now proceeding at the rate of only ten a day, it is expected that r another week or so the average will e ens hundred a day. Outsang the Archangels. In nearly every town In the land is told the story of its particular bumptious citizen, whose arrival in heaven caused the Supreme One to advise the one on his right to arise and let the newcomer sit down. But this epitaph may be3 read on a tomb in a cemetery at Madrid: "Hie jacet Juan Pinto, the Spanish Orpheur,. When he arrived in heaven he joined his voice with those of the archangels. Scarce had he heard it than the Al mighty exclaimed, 'Be silent, all, and President Wilson will appoint thrte commissioners to meet a similar dele gation already selected by General Carranza to undertake settlement of the disturbed conditions along the Mexican border. Only the withdrawal of United States troops and border problems will be discussed if Carraa za's plans are agreed to. Purchase by the United States of certain islands in the Danish West In dies is provided for in a treaty signed for the United States and Denmark. It will be submitted at once to the United States senate, whose ratifica tion is necessary. It is apprehended that there will be no serious opposi tion. S. S. McClure, the American pub lisher, who was ordered to return to the United States when he arrived at Liverpool on the American line steam ship Philadelphia, is spending the in terval in London. It is stated that his difficulties arose over his passport be ing made out for Switzerland as well as for France and England, and it was suggested that he might go to Germany also. When this was point ed out to him by the English author ities he volunteered to come home. The senate has confirmed the nom ination of the new farm loan, there being no opposition to any of those named by President Wilson. Charges that the price of news print paper has been forced up exorbitantly by a combination of manufacturers have been made by publishers, but have been denied by representatives of the manufacturers at a hearing which concluded an exhaustive inqui ry into the subject by the federal trade commission. A Cobalt, Ontario, dispatch an nounces that 306 lives were lost in the recent forest fires. Heavy damage to the growing cot ton crop between June 25 and July 25 has caused a reduction of one mil lion three hundred and fifty thousand bales in the prospective production. Mexican News Residents of Finlay, Texas, who left their homes and fled to the hills on reports that a force of 150 Mexican bandits had crossed the Rio Grande and was encamped in Lasca pass south of Finlay, have all returned. Investigation discloses the fact that the report of the presence of bandits near Finlay, Texas, probably arose from the fact that three cattle men leading several horses passed near a Massachusetts outpost. Believing a large party of bandits was in the ri cinity, the National Guardsmen fired a number of shots, which alarmed the residents of Finlay. Carranza troops and United States soldiers fought side by side in the engagement with Mexican bandits to the south of Fort Hancock, Texas. In the battle with the Mexican ban dits near Fort Hancock, after the ban dits had been surrounded in a ranch house on the American side of the Rio Grande river and an American customs guard had been killed, an other customs guard named Bean, ran down to the river bank and called to a detachment of Carranza soldiers on the Mexican side to come over and assist the American troops. In the latest battle with the Mex ican bandits, four bandits and two United States soldiers were killed. The American force in the battle with the bandits near Fort Hancock consisted of eight men under com mand of Sergeant Thompson, two hos pital corps men and two customs guards. Customs Guard Woods was the first to fall in the battle near Fort Han cock. He vwas laid low by a bandit who slipped outside and shot him down, but a moment later his death was avenged by a hospital corps man, who shot down the bandit, just as he tried to make it back to the house. The Carranza soldiers went in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits engaged in the scrap near Fort Hancock, Tex as, and General Funston said no Amer icans will join in the pursuit. The number of escaping bandits is not yet known. Domestic Five unmasked automobile bandits at Detroit held up an automobile in which 50,000 payroll money was con tained, seized about thirty-four thou sand dollars and escaped in plain view of hundreds of employes of sev eral automobile factories. Over one thousand children have already been killed in New York City by infantile paralysis, and there is yet no let-up. Since June 26 there have been in New York City 4,680 cases of infantile paralysis. The health department of New York City reports that infantile paralysis continues to gain headway. Charles E. Hughes has been formal ly notified of his nomination by the Republican party for the presidency. In his speech of acceptance he out lined the issues which he proposes to emphasize. He assailed the Demo cratic administration for its policy of "directing diplomatic intercourse" with other nations,. allow the illustrious tenor, Juan Pinto, to sing alone.'" Gave Her Away. Little daughter was visiting her grandmother and Aunt Marie. Marie is quite popular and has a number of admirers. It so ha ppened (feat a dark haired young man called one evening and a light-haired young man called the' following evening. Little daugh ter greeted caller No. 2 with ''Why, you were here last evening, but you had black hair." RUSSIANS TEUTONIC LINES CAPTURE SIX VILLAGES AND MORE THAN 3,000 PRISONERS SOUTH OF BRODY. VERDUN FIGHTING BITTER British Capture 2,500 Prisoners When Turks Invade Suez Canal Region. Australians Plunge Through Ger man Ranks. Petrograd, via London. Russian at tacks along the Sereth and Graberka Rivers, south of Brody, in northern Ga licia, broke the Teutonic resistance and resulted in the capture by the Rus sians of six villages. More than 3,000 prisoners were taken. South of Brody the enemy offered determined resistance and made sev eral counter-attacks. In the streets of the villages fierce fighting took place and it was necessary to drive the ene my out from house to house. On the right bank of the Meuse, in the Verdun region, the fighting be tween the French and Germans con tinues to be bitter. Paris says the forces of the German crown prince made unsuccessful efforts to drive the French from the Thiaumont work, re cently captured. The Germans also bombarded heavily the sector of Thiau mont and Fleury. Brelin mentions bitter fighting at Thiaumont work and reports the cap ture of 468 prisoners during German counter attacks in the Fleury sector. On the Russian front the most in tense fighting is reported as taking place south of Brody in Galicia. The Russians crossed the Sereth river, captured positions in the region of Pe-niak-Tchistopady and repulsed Austrian-German counter attacks against them. London. Strong Turkish forces which attacked the British at Romanl, 22 miles east of the Suez Canal on Au gust 4, was defeated and put to flight by a counter-attack, says an official statement. The Turks, adds the statement, are being vigorously pursued by the British, . who have taken more than 2,500 prisoners including some Ger mans. With the British armies in France, via London. Under the merciless con centration of shellfire, the Australians are holding on to their gains after their advance on a front of two miles. The Germans already have delivered three powerful counter attacks to retake the lost ground and all have failed. DEMOCRATS PLAN LOWER SCALE INCOME TAXATION. Senate Finance Committee Recom mends Tax For Single Persons of $2,000, Married One of $3,000. Washington. Reduction of the in come tax exemption from $3,000 to $2,000 for single persons and from $4,000 to $3,000 for persons with fam ilies was ordered recommended to the Senate by Democratic members of the finance committee who are revis ing the house revenue bill. The change is proposed in an amendment which would put the ad ditional $1,000 tax in a separate clas sification and impose on it a normal tax of one per cent instead of two per cent, assessed against incomes over $3,000, for single persons, and $4,000 for married persons. The exemption amendment, after an all-day discussion, prevailed by a majority of only one vote. Some of the Democratic Senators said that the decision was a tentative one and might be overturned with the amend ment was submitted to the full mem bership of the committee. FIRE CRIPPLES PRESSES OF THE NEW YORK SUN. New York. Five large presses on which The New York Sun is printed were so badly damaged by a fire which started in the cub-cellar of The Sun building that several editoions will be run off on the presses of The Evening Mail. There were no em ployes in the press ioom when the blaze started. CLOUDBURST STOPS ALL STREET CARS IN ASHEVILLE Asheville. Asheville was without power or street car service for about two hours Sunday as the result of a cloudburst in the Beaverdam section which turned the Beaverdam Creek, a small stream, into a raging torrent, flooded a large area in the vicinity of the creek and destroyed a number of poles of the Weaver Power Com pany, which supplies the city with power at present. FINANCE COMMITTEE WAIT TO HEAR FROM COUNTRY Washington. Democrats of ' the Senate Finance Committee who voted to lower the income tax exemptions in the revenue bill are anxious waiting to hear from the country on the recom mendation. Protests against it already have been heard within the party. Its proponents will use as one argument a suggestion from President Wilson in his annual message to the sixty fourth congress for a r.iuction in the exemption. AUTO BANDITS GET A $34,000 PAYROLL FIVE UNMASKED MEN SNATCH MONEY BAGS FROM GUARDS. A BOLD DAYLIGHT HOLDUP Hundreds Look On As Theft Takes Place on Crowded Street in Motor Factory District of Detroit. Money For Burroughs Adding Machine Co. Detroit. Five unmasked automobile bandits held up an automobile in which $50,000 pay roll money was be ing taken' to the plant of the Bur roughs Adding Machine Company and before astonished guards could offer resistance snatched five of six bags in the car, said to have contained $33,000 or $34,000 and escaped. The hold-up took place on Bur roughs, between Woodward and Cass avenues in view of hundreds of em ployes of nearby automobile facto ries and the usual afternoon throngs on Woodward avenue. Rudolph, a Burroughs guard, was shot through the thigh and struck on the head with the butt end of a pistol, when he tried to intercept the robbers. Witnesses declared the five bandits apparently ranged in age from 18 to 60 years. No one, however, seemed able to give a good description. They were armed with rifles and au tomatic pistols. Witnesses of the daring robbery declared the apparent failure of the pay car gaurds to realize what was taking place aided the bandits' suc cesses. One guard said he thought a motion picture scenario was being staged. Although policemen on motorcy cles and in automobiles were quickly sent in pursuit of the bandits, they had not been rounded up. Eleven machines filled with officers were scouring the country In every direc tion after a fruitless chase of 36 miles. The bandits were thought to have been cornered about 30 miles northwest of the city, but when offi cers closed in the bandits' car was not to be found. The amount obtained by the ban dits at first placed as high as $45, 000, later was declared by P. G. Chapman, secretary-treasurer of the Burroughs Company to have been be tween $33,000 and $34,000. A car fol lowing the one held up, carrying $75, 000 was not molested. GENERAL CARRANZA'S NOTE AT WASHINGTON Wilson Will Proceed at Once to Name Commissioners. Washington. Indications were that President Wilson would appoint three commissioners within the next few days to meet a similar delegation al ready selected by General Carranza to undertake settlement of the interna tional differences arising from disturb ed conditions along the Mexican bor der. In a note delivered to the state de partment General Carranza named his commissioners, but did not answer specifically the suggestion of the Washington government for enlarge ment of the powers of the commis sion. It is believed, however, that the reply is generally satisfactory to the administration and that negotiations will proceed without delay. General Carranza says in his note that the Mexican commissioners "preferably" will discuss the three points outlined in the Mexican com munication of July 11, which are withdrawal of American troops from Mexico, the framing of a protocol to cover future border operations, and an investigation of what interests have promoted border raids. State Depart ment officials are understood to re gard this as at least leaving the way open for broader considerations such as they desire. Carranza has appointed to represent his government Licentiate Luis Cab rera, Engineer Ignacio Bonillas and Engineer Alberto J. Pani. VERDUN AGAIN CENTER OF FIGHTING ON WEST London. Verdun, almost quiescent during the Anglo-French offensive in the Somme region, has again become the storm center on the Western bat tle front. The French forces have tak en the offensive on the right bank of the Meuse and now hold the Thiau mont work and the greater part of the village of Fleury, according to Paris. The Thiaumont work, already the scene of many combats, was twice in French hands during twelve hours. BRITISH FORESEE SUCCESS AND TRIUMPHANT PEACE. London. "We look forward with confidence to success and triumphat peace," was the conclusion of an in spiring telegram from General Sir Douglas Haig, commander of the British armies in France read at a packed meeting in Queen Hall to eel ebrate the second anniversary of the war. The Earl of Derby, Under-Secretary for War, presided and the audience was most enthusiastic and representative of all classes of society ARMIES REST FOR FURTHER ATTACKS FIGHTING HAS LET UP CONSIDER. ABLY FOR SHORT BREATHING SPELL. IN FRANCE, RUSSIA, GALICIA Prepairing to Renew Attacks Rus sians Advance Against Turks Ger mans Make Another Air Raid on East Coast of England. London. The armies in the great centers of the present activity the Somme region of France, Russia and Galicia evidently have let up consid erably in fighting and are indulging in a breathing spell preparatory to further afcacks and counter-attacks. The official communications dealing with the operations in these sectors tell of no stingle important engagement or of any notable changes in the posi tions of any of the belligerents. Attacking in Echelon on a three mile line, from the Meuse river to Fleury, north of Verdun, the French have captured several German trenches and organized points of sup port. In the engagement 600 Germans were made prisoners and ten machine guns were captured. On the Russian front Petrograd re ports merely artillery duels and in fantry attacks by small detachments, while Berlin tells of Russian attacks on the Sbckhod and Taria river fronts and of local Russian offensive on the Stripa river in Galicia, all of which were repulsed. Attacks by the Austrians against the Italians at various points, includ ing Monte Cimone, Monte Seluggio and Castellatto, have been repulsed with heavy casualties, according to Rome. The Russians are keeping up their advance against the Turks in the Caucasus region. The Germans have carried out an other air raid on the eastern coun ties of England the third during the present week. U. 3. OFFICIALS WATCH RAIL STRIKE DANGER President and Others High in Govern ment Prepare to Offer Aid. Washington. Officials of the Fed eral government including President Wilson are closely watching develop ments in the controversy between 225 railway t ya terns and their 400,000 em ployes and are preparing to offer every possible aid in effecting an agreement and avoiding a strike. The President forwarded the labor department an ap peal received from the Chamber of Commerce of the United States through Harry A. Wheeler, chairman of the chamber's committee on rail roads, declaring a strike inevitable "unless some strong measures of in tervention are speedily introduced," and urging an inquiry. Acting Sec retary of Labor Post had not decided whether action by the department would be necessary. The Federal Board of Mediation and Conciliation, authorized by law to attempt to avert strikes on rail roads, also is keeping watch of devel opments and its officials expect to be called on as soon as the strike vote now being counted, has been complete ly canvassed. Copies of the chamber's appeal to President Wilson were forwarded to chairman of the congressional com merce committees and to represnta tives of the railroads and the em ployes. The chamber is considering calling a conference here to impress Congress with the advisability of im mediate action. SAN FRANCISCO BOMB PLOTTERS INDICTED San Francisco. The county grand jury returned five indictments charg ing Warren K. Billings, Thomas Moon ey, Mrs. Rena Mooney, Edward Nolan and Israel Weinberg with the murder of eight persons who lost their lives in a bomb explosion here during a pre paredness parade July 28. SUPREME COURT MUST DECIDE APPAM'S CA8E. Norfolk, "Va. The insistent appeal of counsel for the British owners ol the prize ship Appam that ' the ques tion of releasing the vessel under bond be disposed of at once was de nied by Judge Waddill in the United States District Court on statement by counsel for the German Government that it would be impossible for special counsel retained in the case to get to Norfolk before the latter part ol the week. DANES LIKELY TO TAKE U. S. OFFER FOR ISLAND8. Copenhagen, via London. It is re garded as robable that the Rigdag will accept the offer of the United States to purchase the Danish Wesl Indies, in spite of opposition from several quarters. The offer for th Islands is $25,000,000, and the ces sion of all American rights in Green land to Denmark. A condition of the offer is that all existing Danish busi ness interest In the Danish West In imi will to conserved. SUBMARINE STARTS PERILOUS RETURN CAPTAIN KOENIG CONFIDENT HE WILL TAKE DEUTSCHLAND HOME. HEAVY ODDS FACING SHIP Captain Koenlg Knows That Eight Warships of the Entente Allies Are Waiting for Him at the Edge of the Three Mile Limit Baltimore. On the second anniver sary of Germany's declaration of war against Russia, the German submarine merchantman Deutschland set out from Baltimore on a return voyage to Germany with a declaration of confi dence from her commander, Captain Paul Koenig, that he would take her home in spite of the heavy odds she would face when the three-mile limit in the Atlantic is reached. The submersible was towed out of the slip where she was berthed 23 days ago. After getting Into midstream the towiine of the tug Thomas F. Tim mine was cast off and the Deutschland proceeded down the Patapsco River under her own power. The Timmins went to one side, the coast guard cut ter Wissahlckon to the other, and the harbor police boat Lannan brought up the rear to prevent undue crowding by the small flet of launches. Captain Koenig and his .crew of 27 men put to sea with the knowledge tftat a man hurried to a telephone with a message to agents for the En tent Allies that the Deutschland had started. They knew how long he had watched at a nearby pier, day and night, but the little captain went out of Baltimore harbor smiling and wav ing his cap. His last words in the harbor were of praise for America and for his treatment here by Baltimore customs authorities. To Guy Steele, surveyor of customs, he said: "We came here dubious about our reception. We go back certain that the friendliest of feeling exists m America for Germany. You have been more than courteous and the Father land will not forget It." Captain Koenig knows that eight warships of the Entente Allies are waiting for him at the edge of the three-mile limit, spread out in a radius of five miles. "We shall have to pass unseen wtthin that radius in order to escape," he said. "We shall have to make that passage under conditions not entirely advantageous to us. With the water at that point 150 feet fieep it would be easier. We could submerge deeply enough to pass underneath the war ships. But the water there is not 150 feet eep. We shall, therefore have to pass between the warships. There were not more than a hundred persons in the vicinity of the pier when the submarine came out from behind the screen of barges and be sides two newspaper dispatch boats there only were four launches in the stream. $540,000 FLOOD FUND FOR SOUTH VOTtlD IN CONGRESS Resolution Provides Relief for Six Southern States. Washington. By unanimous vote the Senate passed a joint resolution appropriating $540,000 for relief in flooded districts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala bama and Mississippi which was re ported by Senator Overman. Sentors Simmons and Overman advocated this relief in speeches which lay bare the conditions in North Carolina and cited precedent for Federal assistance. "It is the eame sort of appeal that we are hearing tortay from the other sied of the water," said Senator Sim mons, who referred to conditions in Belgium and Poland. "The territory affected is nearly a third of North Carolina. The number of persons af fected is great. The damage is tre mendous. The people are mostly far mers and small farmers. Local au thorities are doing all they can to give people work ana meet the needs but they cannot do as much as is nec essary. "The precedent already has been set," said Senator Overman. "Mil lions were appropriated for sufferers of Mount Pelee, of San Francisco and of Italy in time of earthquakes; Gal veston, after the tidal wave, and for Salem, Mass., Boston and Chicago be cause of fires. The people affected are" absolutely helpless. My state has generously subscribed very large sums. We should io something to put them .to work, to help rebuild the roads and establish the rural routes. They are nothing t at trails now and a man cannot go with a horse and buggy or with a wagon anywhere. EXPLOSION KILL 60 AND WOUNDS 40 CARRANZA MEN Nogaies, Ariz. '?he explosion of a carload of dynamite killed '60 and wounded 40 Carra iza soldiers at Em palme, near Guaymas, Sonora, accord ing to reports received here a few days ago. It was stated that the Mex ican authorities are proceeding in their investigation on the theory that the explosion was due to a shot deliberate ly fired into the oar. Buildings 4n Em palm e are said o have been badly injured. ESTIMATE BRIDGE IS ENGINEER FALLIS ALSO THINKS ROAD DAMAGE IS HALF MIL LION MORE. BACK FROM FLOOD DISTRICT State Highway Engineer Gives Esti mated Cost of Rebuilding Roads and Bridges Destroyed. Raleigh. One million dollars worth of bridges have been destroyed and five hundred thousand dollars worth of roads have been damaged by the torrential rains In Western North Carolina, according to the estimates of State Highway Engineer W. S. Fallis, who has just returned from an inspection tour in the coun ties embraced in the flood district. Mr. Fallis has prepared a report for the Governor, giving an estimated cost of rebuilding roads and bridges and pointing out the possibility of salvage. He reports that the damage to the road from the top of Hickory Nut Gap to Asheville amounts to $8,000. The bridge damage on the Charlotte and Asheville highway in Rutherford will amount to about $9,000, while the cost of regrading and repairing the road way will be between $12,000 and $13, 000, making a total of between $21, 000 and $22,000. The damage to the Charlotte and Asheville highway In Henderson county, including bridges and roads, will amount to between $11,000 and $12,000. It is estimated that the total cost of reconstruction of the Charlotte and Asheville high way between Rutherfordton and Ashe ville will be about $35,000. Speaking of the people made desti tute by the flood, Mr. Fallis said that what they wanted was not charity but work. There is a strong sentiment, he believed, in favor of an appropria tion which will be used to pay the people who work in rebuilding the roads. The people are anxious to get the roads in repair and are willing to work on them, if by doing so they can secure a livelihood through the coming winter. Since crops are de stroyed and tourists are leaving the people must have something to do to carry them through until next spring, and such an arrangement would not only help them financially, but would insure a rapid reconstruction of roads and bridges, it is pointed out. Wilmington as Cotton Port. Wilmington. Nearly $3,000,000 worth of cotton has been exported from Wilmington in the cotton year, in excess of the amount that was re ported during the previous year, the comparative figures being $12,622,000 this year as against $9,690,000. In previous years the cotton year closed on August 31, but the Govern ment has recently changed it and makes it close on July 31. Of partic ular interest to North Carolina is the statement of the exports this year as compared with last year. They are as follows: Total receipts this year: 223,000 bales; last year, 279,000. Exports this year: 170,567 bales, valued at $12,622,000; last year 175.T93 bales, valued at $9,690,000. Stock on hand this year 55,000; last year, 35,000. Among the noteworthy things to be mentioned in the cotton shipping is that the number of bales shipped this year, as compared with last year, is 4,416 bales less while the amounts received for them are $2,932,000 greater. Spencer Prepares For Labor Day. Spencer. The Spencer Labor Day Committee has closed deals with a number of attractions for exhibitions in Spencer, September 4th. Among these is the Stirewalts, a professional troupe composed of R. P. Stirewalt and his three daughters, of China Grove. A barbecue to be given by Lentz ft Harrington, of Salisbury is to be a feature attraction and 3,000 pounds of porkers have been ordered for the. day. Statesville In Million Class. Statesville Monthly revenue col lections in this district continue to run beyond the million mark. Col lector Watts' report for the month of July, shows collections to the amount of $1,360,285.76, coming from the fol lowing sources: Tobacco $1,338,230. 11; emergency taxes $16,956.92; in come taxes $3,700.18; narcotic taxes $709.39; liquor licenses $662.52; fines and penalties $7.63, making the grand total of $1,360,285.76. This is an in crease of $519,307.02 over July of last year, or 61 3-4 per cent. Gen. Carr to Aid Sufferers. Raleigh. Governor Craig was ad vised by General J. S. Carr that be will spend the next two weeks in Western Carolina with a view to ren dering whatever aid he can to the flood sufferers. He will be for some days around Statesville and Marion and assured the Governor that he will do whatever he can for the state authorities or others while in the flood section. His bank has arrang ed to give important aid to flood suf ferers in the matter of rehabilitating plantations and manufacturing plants. DAMAGE MILLION
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 9, 1916, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75