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VOL. xxxix.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, SEPTEMBER 20, 1916.
NO. 7.
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TAKE FOUR MILES
GERMAN TRENCHES
ALLIES CONTINUE THEIR OFFEN
SIVE NORTH AND SOUTH OF
SOMME RIVER IN FRANCE.
FRENCH GET 700 PRISONERS ;
Entante Allies Straighten Lines and
Obliterate Saw-Tooth Salients Which
Marked Entire Front Along Somme.
Grandcourt is Being Bombarded.
German positions exceeding four
miles in length were captured Satur
day night and Sunday by the British
and French armies in the continua
tion of their offensive north and south
of the Somme river in France. In ad
dition quantities of war material and
a large number of prisoners fell into
the hands of the Entente Allies 700
prisoners being taken by the French
alone. Heavy counter-attacks against
the British were repulsed with heavy
losses to the Germans, according to
London.
Near Thiepval the British took a
fortified position over a front of a
mile known as "the Danube trench,"
near Courcelette an advance of about
1.000 yards was made and finally the
strongly defended positions at the
Mouquet farm, over which there had
been numerous hard-fought battles
for several weeks, fell into their
hands.
The advance of the British appa
rently straightens out the salient that
had projected into their lines between
Thiepval and Courcelette and brings
their front here to within a scant mile
of Grandcourt and the Albert-Bapaume
railway. Grandcourt is now being
oombarded by the British. The suc
cess of the French seemingly obliter
ates another of the many saw-tooth
salients which mark the entire front
of the Somme and is another move
of the right flank of the Entente to
ward the pocketing of Jeronne.
VILLA'S TROOPS ROUTED
WITH LOSS OF 600 MEN
Thousand Followers of Bandit Attack
Town of Chihuahua All Prisoners
Put to Death.
Mexico City. General Obregon, min
ister of war, announces that a thous
and followers of Francisco Villa who
attacked the town of Chihuahua were
routed with a loss of six hundred men
killed and many captured. After the
battle General Treveino's troops were
able to take part in the regular Inde
pendence parade at 11 o'clock. Dur
ing the fighting General Trevino was
slightly wounded in the shoulder.
Aided by some of the townspeople
Villa forces attacked and took the
penitentiary and the municipal and
Federal palaces. General Trevino
gathered his troops, placed his artil
lery, recaptured the public buildings
and completely defeated the attack
ers in the early morning fight.
126 MERCHANT SHIPS
PREY OF SUBS. IN MONTH.
Berlin, via Sayville. "During Aug
ust," says an official admiralty state
ment issued, "126 hostile merchant
ships, totalling 170,679 tons gross,
were destroyed by submarines of the
Central Powers or by mines; and 35
neutral merchant ships, totalling 38,
568 tons,, carrying contraband of war
to enemies."
MRS HOWE'S DEATH
DUE TO PERITONITIS.
New London, Conn. Mrs. Anne E
Howe, only sister of President Wilson,
died in a local hotel. Mrs. Howe had
been extremely ill for about a week
with peritonitis and the end had been
expected at any moment for two days.
THREE BRITISH STEAMERS
SUNK BY SUBMARINE.
Marseilles, France. The British
steamers Ilangrose, Butetown and
Swedish Prince have been sunk by
submarines. The crews ot the vessels
were saved and arrived here.
FIVE KILLED IN AUTO
CRASH NEAR NEW YORK.
New York. Five persons were kill
ed, two probably fatally injured and
four others less seriously hurt Sunday
morning, when an automobile in
which the ywere riding crashed
through a guard rail on a bridge
across the Harlem River. The five
who lost their lives were hurled from
the bridge to the roadway 25 feet beb
low, while the others were crushed
under the wreckage of the car.
RUSSIANS, CLOSING IN,
TAKE 3,000 TEUTON8.
Petrograd. Russian troops have re
sumed their closing-in movement on
the Galician town of Halicz, southeast
of Lemberg on the Dnister. The War
Office announced that the Teutons
have been dislodged from positions
south of Brzezany, on the Zlota Iipa,
northeast of Halica, and that the Rus
sians were attacking along the Pod-vysoke-Halicz
Railway line wh
more than 3,000 Germans were taken
prisoner.
BRITISH RAVE MADE
NOTABLE ADVANCE
SCORED LARGE SUCCESSES SINCE
SOMME ATTACK STARTED IN
JULY.
SMASH THE GERMAN LINE
Three Towns, Two Woods, High
Ground Between Combles and Po
zieres. Bapaume Road Have Been
Taken. Over 2,300 Prisoners.
London. Smashing the German
line on a front of six miles north of
the Somme in France, the BTitish
forces have made probably the most
notable advance since the Anglo
French offensive began July 1.
Three towns, two woods and the
possession of nearly all the high
j ground between Combles and the Poz-
ieres-Bapaume Road fell to the Brit
; Ish. Not only did the Germans lose
these points but the British drive im
perils the Combles and Thiepval po
sitions on either end of the British
front. The gaining of the high ground
north of Commbles gives the British
command of the approaches to Bap
aume. The advance on the northern end of
the front was for a distance of two
miles. Coureellette. east of Thieval,
and north of the Poziere-Bapaume
fload, and Martinpuioh, south of the
-oad. fell into the hands of General
FTaig's men. Further south they took
Flers. and the Hieh wood, making
secure their possession of Ginchy. The
Bouleaux woods, north of Combles.
also was lost to the Germans.
The Germans under Crown Prince
Rupnrecht of Bavp.ria. fought stub
bornly to hold their ground, and the
fiehting was severe all along the line.
More than 2.300 prisoners were taken
by the British.
Aiding the Briitsh in the encircle
ment of Combles the French have ta
ken additional trenches north of Le
Prez farm. South of the river three
German trenches near Berny-on-San-terre
were taken by the French who
also captured 200 prisoners. Berlin
claims the repulse of British attacks
southeast of Theipval and of French
efforts between Rancourt and the
Somme. The official statement "ad
mits the loss of Le Priez farm west of
Rancourt.
WASHINGTON UNCERTAIN HOW
U. S. EXPORTS WILL SUFFER.
Steps Have Already Been Taken to
Secure Information on Matter.
Washington. In the absence of in
formation detailing what commodities
are affected by the new British re
strictions on American trade with
Holland and the Scandinavian coun
tries officials here are uncertain just
how heavily American exporters will
suffer. Steps to secure this informa
tion already had been taken and it
was Indicated that should any sweep
ing extension of restrictive measures
be revealed it would be regarded as
a serious development in the contro
versy over the legality of allied block
ade methods. No report on the new
order has come through official chan
nels but a news dispatch regarding it
were called immediately to the atten
tion of the British embassy by State
Department officials with informal in
quiries as to thfe purpose and scope
of the proposal, it was said a similar
investigation would be made through
the American embassy at London.
PRINCE WILLIAM OF HESSE
HAS BEEN SLAIN IN BATTLE.
Berlin, via London Prince Fred
erick William of Hesse has been kill
ed at Cara Ortoan, it was officially
announced by the War Office in its
report on operations on the Balkan
front. It is added that 28,000 prison
ers were taken in the conquest of the
Rumanian fortress of Turtukai. Con
cerning the fighting on the Macedon
lon front the statement tells of the
repulse of the Entente attacks on the
Moglenica sector and east of the Var
dar. U. S. GUN EXPORTS ASK
LARGER TEST GROUND,
Washington. Enlargement of the
government reservation at Indian
Head, Md., where the navy's big guns
are tested, is being urged by ordin
ance officials who say the largest
types now benig made cannot be tried
out on the present proving grounds
without risking destruction of life and
property nearby. An official of high
rank cited a recent experience during
the firing tests o a sixteen-inch rifle.
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE
TO BE OBSERVED TODAY.
Mexican City. The hundred and
sixteenth anniversary of the procla
mation of Mexican independence by
Hidalgo at Dolores in 1810 wiP be ob
served with elaborate cer-emomea
throughout the republic In the capi
tal, where nearly every building is
aflutter with flags and decorated with
the national colors, military and civil
organizations will parade through
flower strewn streets. Bands will play
throughout the day.
MARSHALL ACCEPTS
HIS RENOMINATE
VICE PRESIDENT IN HIS SPEECH
VIGOROUSLY FLAYS THE RE
PUBLICANS. SPEKERS UPHOLD WILSON
Ex-Gov. Glenn of New York Formally
Notifies Vice-President He is Choice
of Democrats. Cremeony at India
napolis. Large Crowd Present.
Indianapolis. Thomas R. Marshall
formally accepted the Democratic re
nomination for the Vice Presidency
here, not for additional honor, he
said, "but in the hope that I may as
sist in the re-election of Woodrow
Wilson, who has not walked where
the path has led, but who has walked
where there was no path and who has
left a trail."
In a speech of acceptance phrased
in characteristic vein, the Vice Presi
dent sketched briefly the legislative
achievements of the administration,
in which he said he had been "an
onlooker," and eulogized the Presi
dent as "the man who brooded over
the Republic in stormtessed times and
by mere words spoke peace on the
troubled seas of international poli
tics." A changed administration, he
declared, would not dare repeal a
single one of the important measures
put on the statute books since March
4, 1913. Wanting an issue, he con
tinued, the Repubbicans had turned
to foreign affairs, coining such phrases
as "Firm Americanism," which they
could not define.
The ceremonies were the third of
the kind to be held in Indianapolis
within the last few weeks. The other
two notifications were for J. Frank
Hanly, the Prohibiten Presidential
candidate, and Cha.Ies W. Fairbanks,
Republican Vice Presidential nominee.
A large number of prominent Dem
ocrats from all over the United
States, including 'National Chairman
Vance McCormick, were present at
the notification. Informal political
conferences were held by the leaders
and plans for the campaign were dis
cussed thoroughly. Reports of what
had been done in Indiana were made
to National Chairman McCormick.
Martin H. Glynn, former Governor
of New York, delivered the speech of
notification, after having been intro
duced by J. A. M. Adair, candidate
for Governor of Indiana, chairman of
the ceremonies. All the speakers
praised the present Democratic Ad
ministration, replied to the Republic
an attacks which had been made on
it and expressed confidence of a Dem
ocratic victory.
423 PASSENGERS AND CREW
SAVED AS LINER BURNS.
Rescued Vessels Reach Pacific Coast
Steamer in Time to Take Off All
Persons Aboard.
Marshfield, Ore. Fire completely
destroyed the Pacific Coast. Company's
liner Congress two miles off Coos Bay
bar. Several vessels, which rushed to
her assistance in response to distress
calls helped her remove her 263 pas
sengers and crew of 170.
When the dredge Michie and the
gas schooner Tillamook reached the
Congress they found the liner almost
completely shrouded in smoke and
the passengers fighting frantically to
enter the lifeboats. Captain Cousins
and his crew managed to maintain
control and the work of transferring
the people aboard to the rescue ves
sels was carried out in an orderly
manner.
Before the last boat load in which
Captain Cousins left the Congress the
smoke and heat were almost unbear
able. FIRST TEST CASrl NUDE
OF ANTI LIQl'JOR AD LAW.
Atlanta. Matthew Mindy, a news
boy, was held under $500 bond here
charged with selling Nw York, Jack
sonville and Cincinnati papers con
taining liquor advertisements.
It is the first case of its kind to be
brought here under Georgia's new pro
hibition law.
PAIR INDICTED; SECRET
MAIL PLOT REVEALED.
New York. Federal investigation
of an alleged plot to operate a secret
mail system between this country and
Germany was followed by indictments
here against Hans Edward Thompson
and Frederick Uffelman on a charge
of smuggling jeweh-y worth $25,000 in
the United States on July 11. The
men were arrested August 20. Uffel
man, it was said, had been employed
on a steamship plying betwen here
and Scandinavian iorts.
TORPEDO DESTROYERS TO
BE HflLD IN RESERVE.
San Diego, Calif --For the first time
in many years th Pacific Coast soon
will be without a i ingle torpedo boat
destroyer in active service, as a result
of orders received here from the Navy
Department at Washington to place in
reserve all destroyers of the first de
vision of the Pacific fleet. It was re
ported that the Navy Department con
templated aendina a flotilla of oil
burning destroyers to the Pacific
Coast for active aervice.
L
POLICE FOR RORDER
COMMISSION MAY CREATE PO
LICE TO GUARD THE MEXI
CAN BORDER.
STUDY SITUATION FULLY
Mexican Commissioners Explain in
Detail the Purposes of Decrees For
Promoting the Mining Industry in
Mexico.
New London, Conn. Suggestions as
to what methods shall be employed to
establish peace on the Mexican bor
der were submitted to Major General
Tasker H. Bliss, U. S. A., by the
American members of the American
Mexican joint commission. The of
ficer was sought on subjects ranging
from the withdrawal of American
troops from Mexico to the possibility
of creating an International police to
guard the border.
The joint commission dealt wholly
with questions raised by taxation de-
crees issued by General Carranza
I which affect American-controlled win
I ing properties in Mexico. An exhaus
tive study of the situation was begun.
J The Mexican commissioners explain
j ed in detail the purposes of the de
crees, insisting that they were desig
nated to promote the mining industry,
not to drive out American capital and
confiscate its holdings.
In their conference with General
Bliss the American commissioners
took under consideration the advisa
bility of proposing such a system of
border patrol that a part of the Mexi
can troops now engaged in this duty
would be released for the pursuit of
bandits at a distance from the line.
They considered also the attitude of
Americans living along the boder, as
reported by General Bliss, and ob-
tained from that officer estimates as
to the number of soldiers necessary
to put into effect any of the plans
i that have been suggested.
MANY SOUTHERN CITIES SEEK
U. S. ARMOR PLATE PLANT.
Offers of Siterj From More Than 100
Cities Many Delegations.
Washington. Offers of sites for the
projected $11,000,000 government armor-plate
plant were made to the
Navy Department at hearings here by
more than 100 cities and rural locali
ties in the Middle West and East.
Southern cities in the field for the
armor plant include the following:
Alabama Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Bir
mingham, Gadsden.
Georgia Savannah.
Kentucky Fort Thomas, Mount
Vernon, Wickliffe, Dover, Louisville,
Middlesboro.
Maryland Baltimore, Annapolis,
Barcelay.
North Carolina Fayetteville, Ral
eigh, Gastonia.
Tennessee Elizabethtown, Bristol,
Virginia Richmond, Newport News,
Tye River, Portsmouth, Buena Vista,
Bristol, Basic, West Point, Norfolk,
Petersburg, Hopewell, Alexandria.
Collector of Customs Norman R.
Halton of Norfolk, was with a dele
gation from Norfolk and Newport
News urging the claims of that sec
tion. No proposal for the sale of private
plants to the Government was pre
sented, although representatives of
the principal armor-plate manufac
turers were present. Naval officers
said they regarded it as unlikely that
any plant would be offered for sale
and expressed the opinion that the
government would begin construction
of its own establishment when a satis
factory site had been selected. Keen
competition was evinced by spokes
men for the various cities. Large del
egations, in many instances headed by
state officials, congressmen and pres
idents of boards of trade, and other
organizations appeared to press the
claims of New York, Chicago, Phila
delphia, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Bir
minghamr Savannah, Louisvville, St.
Louis, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Raleigh, To
ledo, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Norfolk
and many other cities.
DOUBLE VICTORY WON BY
DORSEY IN GEORGIA.
Atlanta, Ga. In addition to carry
ing an overwhelming convention vote
which will nominate him for governor
on the .first ballot, Hugh M. Dorsey
of Atlanta, former solicitor of the At
lanta circuit, got a majority of the
popular vote over his three oppon
ents in the Georgia Democratic pro
raary, according to nearly complete
msturns compiled here. The conven
tion which will declare the primary
nominee will be held Sept. 26.
NEW YORK STILL HELD IN
GRIP OF TRANSIT STRIKE.
New York. The failure of Mayor
Mitchell and the Public Service Com
mission to induce street railway offi
cials o arbitrate differences with
their employes left this city still in
the grip of the transit strike. Sus
pension of traffic on all surface car
lines in Manhattan and the Bronx at
night and infrequent cars during the
day has packed the subway and ele
vated lines and caused preat incon
venience to the public.
INTERNATIONA
IS
SENT TO RORDER
SUCCEEDED AS CAMP SURGEON
BY DR. W. C. HORTON, OF
RALEIGH.
ABOUT THE SOLDIER BOYS
Many Interesting Happenings Con
cerning the National Guard in Camp
at Morehead City Daily Drills for
the Boys in Khaki.
Camp Glenn.
Major Baxter Hunter left for El
Paso under orders from Washington to
report there to the commanding offi
cer of the Ninth Division as Major
Surgeon. The Ninth division com
prises three brigades from North and
South Carolina, Tennessee and Florida.
Major Glenn Brown, who preceded
Major Hunter a few days ago, will be
ordnance officer of the division. Col.
Hunt considers the departure of these
two officers as the forerunner of an
early movement of the North Caro
lina brigade. Capt. W. C. Horton of
Raleigh was named to succeed him as
camp surgeon here. Col. Hunt tele
graphed tc the Division of Military Af
fairs at Washington, recommending
the acceptance of Company B of Engi
neers, Charlotte. It was his opinion
that on receipt of his telegram that the
company would forthwith be ordered
to Camp Glenn.
The First Regiment was paid off
Friday. The resignation of Lieuten
ant Raymond Pollock, of the Second
Regiment infirmary, was accepted by
the President. Lieutenant Pollock is
from New Bern, where he is radio
grapher of St. Luke's Hospital and
one of that city's leading physicians.
Lieutenant John S. Mease, of the
ambulance company, is reported ser
iously ill in a Goldsboro hospital.
Lieutenant Mease left here a few days
ago on a short leave of absence to
meet his daughter in Greensboro and
place her in college there. Return
ing, he fell ill on the train and was
carried to a hospital on arrival at
Goldsboro.
The first general courtmartial of
this encampment met for the pur
pose of trying two alleged deserters
and one soldier charged with insur
bordination and other offenses, all
from the First Regiment. Lieutenant
Colonel Gilmer, of the First infantry,
is president of the court and Captain
John H. Manning, of the Second in
fantry, was judge advocate. Their
findings were not made public.
The brigade hike has been changed
from a day hike to a night hike. The
brigade will leave camp a little be
fore dark and march up the central
highway toward New Bern for a dis
tance of five miles and back. Night
marching will be something new to
the men and officers and they are
looking forward to it with much in
terest. The new schedule of drills and exer
cise is rather a strenuous one. It
calls for full eight hours of drilling
every day in the week except Sunday.
On Saturday competitive drills are
substituted for the regular schedule.
Col. Hunt, U. S. A. chief mustering
officer, received from Governors Is
land, Department of the East, a tele
gram recognizing Company B, Engi
neers, Charlotte, and ordering the or
ganization to Camp Glenn for muster.
Col. Hunt learned first of his con
firmation by Senate to his higher
rank, and is receiving congratulations.
Report to date, give all outfits here:
192 officers, 3,105 men; First regi
ment, 1,000 men; Second, 53 officers,
752 men; Third, 55 officers, 813 men.
General Young received a telegram
from Major Glenn Brown at El Paso
saying the North Carolina brigade
showed up fine by the side of other
troops there. Also that the North
Carolina camp was located adjoining
South Carolina.
Col. Donaldson, U. S. A., inspector,
gave his personal opinion that the
brigade would have orders within the
next ten days to depart.
It has been arranged to hold a se
ries of competitive drills. The two
best companies from each regiment
will be selected to take part in the
competition, one to compete in close
and open order and the other in bayo
net exercises and military calisthenics.
A board composed of Maj. J. J. Bern
ard of rJie Third, Maj. R. L. Flanagan
of the First and Maj. W. S. Privotte of
the second has been named to have
charge of these competitive drills. It
is thought that these drills will do
much toward fostering company and
regimental spirit.
Mrs. Norris and three children of
Major Norris, chief surgeon of the
First regiment have returned home
to Rutherfordton.
Special orders were received dis
charging from the service, on account
of dependent relatives, Private Thom
as Hale, Company A, First Infantry;
Private Charles Heathcock, Company
M, First Infantry; Cook Grover C.
Boswell, Private Connie Flora, of Com
pany K, Second Infantry; Privates
A. L. Cameron and Alex. Hall and
Artificer R. D. Edge, Company M,
Second Infantry. This runs the to
tal of discharged because of depend
ent relatives to 320, or enough men
to make five companies at minimum
war strength,
MAJOR
HUNTER
In General Orders No. 42, received
here, the War Department outlines
plans for the distribution of the two
million dollars set aside by congress
for gaurdsmen who have dependent
families. Blank application forms are
to be provided without delay, so that
every man's case may have prompt
attention. Only those men who were
called into service by the President's
proclamation on June 18 are entitled
to share in the fund and the word
"family" shall include only wife, chil
dren and dependent mothers. No man
will be alowed more than fifty dollars
per month. In no case may the
amount allotted amount to more than
the individual soldier has been con
tributing to the support of his depend
ent family and the allotment will be
paid monthly as long as the soldier
remains in the service. It is not
known how many soldiers of this
brigade will take advantage of the
fund, but it is expected that a very
large proportion of them will.
Gol. T. Q. Donaldson, United States
Army, Inspector General's Depart
ment, left for New York, after a brief
stay in camp.
Joseph E. Sawyer, chief clerk in
the office of the Secretary of State,
Mrs. Sawyer and little son, are gusts
at brigade headquarters.
Announcement is expected soon of
the methods to be used in distribut
ing the two million dollars appropriat
ed by CSngress for the dependent
families of guarHsmen. Because of
the making of this appropriation, no
applications for discharges are being
forwarded. It is announced that red
tape will be dispensed with, to the
end that the money may be made im
mediately available for those needing
it.
The adjutant general's office receiv
ed notification that under the appro
priation bill of August 29, 1916, all
property loss of national guard equip
ment charged up against the state
prior to December 31, 1916, has been
charged off. This means that a debt
of $16,143.89, dating back largely to
the Spanish War, has been wiped off
the books.
Officers and men of this command
are expecting orders to move this
week. No official information has
been received in regard to going, but
the ordering of Major Brown of the
ordnance department and Major Hun
ter of the medical corps to El Paso
for duty on the divisional staff is tak
en to mean that North Carolina troops
will see border service.
The first brigade hike of the en
campment was a very successful one.
Many men dropped out, claiming ex
haustion from heat and the ambu
lances, one to each regiment, were full
a large part of the time, but for the
most part the men stuck gamely to
ranks, despite the heat, which was in
tense. Several companies made good
records. Company B, Third regiment,
of Raleigh, made the hike without los
ing a single man. The brigade left
camp at 7:30 in the morning and
marched a distance of about seven
miles toward New Bern, making it in
three hours. The pace set returning
was considerably faster, the brigade
reaching camp in two hours of march
ing. Col. T. Q. Donaldson, U. S. A, ar
rived for the second inspection of the
brigade.
Lieutenant Colonel Metts of the Sec
ond infantry has been appointed acting
provost marshal during the absence
of Lieutenant Colonel McGhee, who is
away on business.
Appointments were made In the of
fice of the adjutant general promoting
Second Lieutenant Albert T. Barr, Co.
A, Second infantry, to first lieutenant
in that company and First Sergeant
James A. Clifton, second lieutenant,
Company L, Second infantry, to sec
ond lieutenant in that company.
Capt. Bernard Sharpe, United States
Army, retired, who is on duty here, is
conducting a series of lectures at regi
mental headquarters at night. He is
lecturing the officers of the Third regi
ment, working out a war game with
aid of maps. He is an interesting lec
turer and the officers are taking a
great deal of interest In the work.
After more than two months of camp
life, the three thousand or more men
at Camp Glenn are ready to move.
Taking into consideration that over
50 per cent ef the men to begin with
were raw recruits, and the additional
fact that part of the old men thus left
were discharged because of dependent
relatives, the progress made by them
has been remarkable. Plenty of work,
fresh air and able leadership has
transformed the wavering, awkward
companies into snappy organizations
that will stand up with the other Na
tional Guard companies of the country.
New Enterprises Chartered.
High Point Morris Plan Co., of High
Point. Capital stock, $50,000. Sub
scribed stock, $7,000. Incorporators,
O. E. Mendenhall, W. R. Morrow, and
A. S. Sherrod, all of High Point.
Hinkle & Wheaton Company of
Cha-lotte. Capital stock, $50,000.
Subscribed stock, $10,000. Incorpora
tors, G. F. Hinkle, R. M. Wheaton and
S. G. Sloan, all of Charlotte.
Twitty & Robinson, Inc., of Ruther
fordton. Capital stoek, 410,000. Sub
scribed stock, $5,000. Incorporators,
J. C. Twitty, Ada Twitty, and J. L.
Lowell, all of Rutherfordton.
Brothers and Sisters Aid Union of
Edenton, fraternal order. Incorpora
tors S. L. Newby, John T. Rogers, and
Joseph Bonthoe, all of Edenton.
Standard Cement Construction Com
pany, of Wilmington. Capital stock,
$15,000. Subscribed stock, $15,000.
Incorporators John D. Walker, Jr.,
Charles D. O'Neal and J. B. Davis, aii
of Wilmington.
WOULD REVISE
STATE LAND LAW
BAR ASSOCIATION MEETS IN
RALEIGH AND PLANS REVIS
ING STATUTE.
COMMITTEE IS APPOINTED
Meet September 28 m Raleigh to Study
Improvements For the Torrens
Land Law.
Raleigh. A meeting of the Torrens
Land Title Committee of the North
Carolina Bar Association appointed
to revise the land law of North Caro
lina for presentation to the State Leg
islature, was held in Raleigh. Plans
were made for general discussion of
the matter before drafting the revis
ed statute. The committee will meet
with the committee appointed by the
Torrens Union for the same purpose In
the Supreme Court building in Raleigh
on September 23 at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. In the meantime, the com
mittee hopes, all interested in the im
provement and extension of the Tor
rents Land Law will send letters em
bodying their views to the chairman
or the secretary, Mr. Bruch Craven,
at Trinity, N. C.
The committee appointed by Presi
dent A. L. Broows consisted of Chief
Justice Walter Clark, chairman; Mr.
Bruce Craven, Trinity, secretary; Mr.
E. R. Preston, Charlotte; Miss Mar
garet Berry, Charlotte; Mr. T. M. Pitt
man, Henderson. By request of the
committee, Mr. S. W. Wilson, legisla
tive reference librarian attended the
meeting of the committee.
Among the various innovations sug
gested and on whoch as well as any
others the opinion of the public is re
quested, are that a special land court
be established, whose duty it will be
to go from county to county to intro
duce the new system; a requirement
that future conveyances in fee shall
be under the Torrens system; that
the fees even .to attorneys' fees be
established on a moderate basis; or
in . place of the first suggestion that
every proceeding before being signed
by the judge must first be approved
by the attorney general.
It came out at this meeting as one
of the interesting items that a Torrens
title was obtained sometime ago in
one of the leading cities of the state,
and a loan was afterward refused on
it because two lawyers said the title
was not good, notwithstanding the
fact that the old title was forty years
old without a change or flaw in it, and
it was not in any sense disturbed by
molested by the new one.
The Good Roads Convention.
Raleigh. Mr. W. S. Fallis, state
highway engineer, has just returned
from Lexington, Kentucky, where he
attended the Southern Good Roads
Association which was in session
there last week. He said that North
Carolina was well represented among
the large number of highway officials
and experts of the south.
The association considered the fed
eral road bill and the distribution of
the money appropriated to the differ
ent states. Reports of the progress
of road construction in the southern
states showed considerable progress
in good road building.
Nashville, Tenn., was chosen as the
next meeting place of the association.
Mr. Henry R. Roberts, of Bristol, Va.,
was elected to succeed Dr. Joseph
Hyde Pratt as president. The follow
ing North Carolinians were elected to
office: On the executive committee,
Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, of Chapel Hill ;
W. S. Fallis, of Raleigh, and H. B.
Varner, of Lexington; vice-presidents
for North Carolina, Gen. Julian S.
Carr, of Durham.
Bridges For Burke.
Morganton. Chairman Brinkley of
the Board of County Commissioners
received a notification that the bridges
for Burke were being shipped.
So far the people have been great
ly inconvenienced in travel as only
one ford on the Catawba can be cross
ed and it is almost dangerous and
such that heavy loads cannot be
hauled across.
Governor Undergoes Operation.
Asheville. Gov. Locke Craig, who
is spending the summer at his new
home here underwent a slight opera
tion, having his tonsils removed. The
governor has been feeling somewhat
ill for several days and Dr. M. C. Mi
lender, his physician, decided that the
governor's tonsils were the cause of
.the trouble. Governor Craig came
down to the physician's offices and
the tonsils were taken out. The gov
ernor is feeling no 111 effects as a re
sult of the operation, but is refusing
to see visitors.
Hamlet Will Improve Streets.
Hamlet. The commissioners of the
Town of Hamlet have unanimously
decided to issue bonds to the amount
of $50,000 to continue street improve
ment work. Recently Main street was
bpened, for several blocks, and the
buildings in the way were either pur
chased or condemned. Also Hamlet
avenue, one of the principal streets
which was closed at one end, has been
opened to the city limits, and the
county has opened the road from the
city limits to connect with Ue Rock
ingham read.