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-- ' J ' . . -- I J THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly in Advance Cltitlltiitn THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - $2.50 Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. fa.. FEBRUARY 14, 1917 NO. 28. ; w IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS JOHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Domestic i Senator John H. Bankhead, who was in Atlanta, Ga., recently attending the great land show, says that so import ant is the work of read building that, instead of one appropriation of $85, nOO.000 to be disbursed over a period of five years; before the expiration of the five-year period the federal gov ernment will be making regular an nual appropriations of from $50,000, 000 to $75,000,000 for road construc :ion. That every able-bodied man in the country will be called upon for service in the event of hostilities between the United States and Germany is the opinion of Maj. Gen. William P. Dw vall, U. S. A., retired, as expressed by him at his h. me in Augusta, Ga. Herbert C. Hoover, chairman of the commission for relief in Belgium, told members of the Philadelphia City Club in an address that there is no starva tion in Belgium now and that there would hot be any as long as the com mission is given the funds to continue its work. , The United States destroyer Mona ctian, Lamson and Sterett made a three weeks' recruiting cruise up the Mississippi river, and have returned to New Orleans, where they will re main till after Mardi Gras, which be gins February 20. The North Carolina house of repre sentatives killed the bill designed to allow women to vote in municipal elec tions It is the opinion among the so loios in Raleigh that this action set tles the suffrage question in North Carolina for many years. The governor of Indiana has signed the "bone dry" law. Supporters of the measure say it is one of the most rad ical passed by any state in the Union. Pure grain alcohol for chemical and medicinal purposes will be allowed to be sold, as will also sacramental wines. John J. Halpin, former police captain and chief of detectives of Chicago, con victed in 1915 of bribery and conspir ery, must serve from one to'five years in the penitentiary, as the Illinois su preme court refuses to take up his cast. Ex-President Taft, speaking in Phil adelphia, said that the policy of Wash ington arid Jefferson regarding entan gling alliances was obsolete, and that the country must prepare to disregard ?hat policy, as when this nation was given that warning it had only four million souls, but now has over one hundred million people. . Leading representatives of all in dustrial classes, capitalists, labor lead ers, agriculturalists and professional men will compose a committee of fifty appointed in New York City to co operate with the federal government, if the necessity arises, for national de fense. The plan announced in Philadelphia for the organization of an intercolle giate intelligence bureau to put at the dispcsal of the United States govern ment the trained resources of the col lege world, has received the endorse ment of Secretaries Daniels and Baker. There is no immediate prospect of cheaper paper for the printing world, according to reports made to the Na ional Paper Trade Association and the-American Pulp and Paper Associa tion at their annual convention in New York City. Dr. Emil Ohrt, the German consul general at Seattle, Wash., has been notified by the German embassy at Washington that Great Britain re fuses to grant safe conduct to two attaches, of the consulate. Dr. Eric Zoepffel, acting consul gen eral for Germany at an Francisco, who until recently was stationed at Seat tle, Washington, says that the em ployees at Seattle refused safe con duct were not entitled to such con deratipn, because the rule is that ynly those .employed in Germany and sent to a consulate shall receive safe conduct nome in case of a diplomatic break. ' "; Washingrton A telegram from Copenhagen says 'nat Americans in Germany are be ing treated Courteously and are being Permitted to freely correspond with relatives and friends at home. , The course to be taken by the Unit d States if Germany compels" the use ot force to safeguard American lives and rights has been determined, but details of the plans are not given out. I is known, however, that convoying find arming of merchant ships are be .ing considered. ( Another convention has neen smash ed to smithereens. When the presi dent made his speech to congress the other day, the Supreme court as a uody occupied seats In the assembly, which has never been done before ex cpt at presidential inaugurations. Operations of all transportation of he Belgian relief commission has keen suspended, and ships in Amer ican, Argentine, Indian and European ports have ordered to remain in port until further notice. The crew of the interned German gunboat Geier at Honolulu set fire to the vessel. After many weeks' consideration the senate interstate commerce committee has approved and reported to the sen ate a bill to supplement the Adamson railroad law, providing for investiga tion of controversies on common car riers, and giving the president author ity to take over railroad, telegraph and telephone lines in times of military ne cessity. Possibly the most serious fact con fronting the American government in the German situation is the alleged de tention of Ambassador Gerard by the German government. If it is shown that the American ambassador was forcibly detained or subjected to in dignities cf any kind, it will be verv difficult for this government to over look it, as such action upon the part of Germany would be contrary to all international law and precedent. Civic and military organizations con templating taking part in the inaugu ral ceremonies attendant upon March 4 are advised to make their intentions known to Robert N. Harper, chairman of the inaugural exercises, or they may be disappointed in getting quar- ters in Washington and a position in the line. The many plants and immense re sources of the American Sugar Refin ing company have been pledged to the government in the event of war. Major General Pershing has been placed in supreme command of the El Paso district on the international bor der, and announces that he will make no changes at present. There are reported to be 3,749 refur gees from Mexico at Columbus, N. M.. consisting of 3,030 Mexicans, 833 of whom are men, 574 men and 623 'chil dren under 12 years of age; 197 Amer ican, 80 men, 49 women and 68 chil dren; Chinese 522. An emergency appropriation of $500, 000 for relief, protection and transpor tation of American citizens in Europe has been asked ,by Secretary of State Lansing. , President Wilson's severance of dip lomatic relations with Germany was formally approved by the senate by a vote of 78 to 5. It is stated authoritatively that there ' is a perfect, understanding be tween the United States and Japan on the working of the new immigra tion law and that on neither side is there any apprehension of friction or difficulty. Besides breaking off diplomatic rela tions wjth Germany the president has made a bold stroke to align all neu tral nations with his policy. Congress overrode the' veto of Pres ident Wilson on the immigration bill. Cleveland and Taft vetoed a similar measure, but it now becomes a law, regardless of the president's signature. Japan made an eleventh-hour protest, but congressfjAitterly ignored it. The grave question of peace or war with .Germany is practically the sole topical. dlsciissien in Washington. European War Fighting by moonlight and across frozen snow with the temperature much -below' zero the British troops have made material gains on th Somme front. The Germans lost 34 airplanes in January, according to official report of the German war department. The entente allies lost 55 air ves sels during the month of January. France announces that in order to relieve the coal shortage, theaters, concert halls and other places of amusement will be closed for four days each eek street cars, omnibus and subway-service will eease! at 10 o'clock instead of a quarter after eleven at night; national galleries and museums will be closed entirely. Sweden and other Scandinavian na tions have decided to unite in a joint protest to Germ'any over the latter'a submarine blockade. JBweden is exposed to" great possibil ities of harm from the Germans and will not, therefore; at this time, join the United States in breaking diplo malic relations with Germany. A Parrs dispatch says that Germany is deporting ail Roumanian males be tween the agf s of 16 and 67 into Ger many, although the French, Russians, Italians and Portuguese, protected by the Spanish legation, are left in Rou manian, "Noatter what happens, the Unit ed Staij3 will not be called upon for such sjteri flees.; as. the allies are mak- I ing," yites : lrd Sydenbam in the Londoni Evening Standard. He says there be no "Somme" for the United States :soldiersl ' j Gernikny's submarine warfare ap-' parently is growing in intensity. Seven . neutrals; and eight belligerents consti- tute thfe additional boats reported to have stmk up to February 6. A Bejlin dispatch by way of Lon don ss that Germany has acceded to the ;jmerican oemanas ior me im mediatViretease of- I2 Americans taken frpmVthe .ships sunk by the raid er in the Atlantic and brought to a German iport aboard tbe steamer Yar' rowdale.. ! ht , The gfeneral feeling in Germany is reported; to be one. of regret that the America president gave to the Ger man note- the interpretation which cut the diplomatic tie. . It is officially stated in Berlin that the American 'ambassador, James W.' Gerard, will not be allowed to leave Berlin until th- German government is satisfied as to the treatemnt of Count von Bernstorff. Peaceful continuance of German-American- relations after the. departure of the respective embassies at Wash ington and Berlin in the sense indicat ed by President Wilson in his address to congress, appears to be very slight, judging by all the information, soni of the highest authenticity gatnerea in Berlin. HAS LITTLE HOPE OF AVOIDING WAR BERLIN HAS NO EXPECTATION THAT HOSTILITIES WITH U. S. CAN BE PREVENTED. RATHER DEFER THAN AVOID Ultimate Hostilities Inevitable if President Adheres to Position That Loss of American Life is Hostile Act. Copenhagen, via London. Little hope or expectation prevails in Berlin that war with the United States is avoidable, or that a modus Vivendi re conciling the policies of the two Gov ernments can be found. There now is a desire on the part of the authorities and a vast bulk of the people to avoid actual hostilities In any way consistent with the general lines of the present submarine policy, but only in such a way. Acordingly, Instructions were given, so the Asso ciated Press has been reliably inform ed, to submarine commanders before they started on their February mis sion, to take the safe side when neu tral vessels, particularly American, wer ein question, whenever possible. Enemy merchantment, when recogni-! ed as such, were ordered to be sunk at sight, but neutral merchantmen were to be warned when such action, in their judgment, was consistent with the object of the campaign and the safety of their own ships. ; ' It is realized, however, that after the prompt and resolute stand taken by President Wilson, these orders could only be palliative and only de fer, not avoid, an ultimate break. Al so, that if President Wilson stood by his announcement that the destruc tion of American lives or ships would be regarded as an act of hostility, a casus belli must come sooner or la ter probably sooner on account of he number of Americans on enemy ships. Moreover, there was the dis cretionary nature of the instructions to submarine commanders, who were informed that while the careful course toward neutrals was recommended and desired, they would no longer be sub jected to punishment for departing from their former procedure of warn ring, if they found this advisable. It is considered that the only pos sibility of the avoidance of; hostiliyes j would lesult from a modificationTof its standpoint by one or the offier side, and before the Associated Press correspondent's departure from Ber- lin, there seemed no probability that Germany would give way . this time or abandon the ruthless campaign now started. FOUR MILLION DOLLAR FIRE LOSS IN PITTSBURG SUBURB. Machine Shop of Union Switch and Signal Company Destroyed. r Pittsburgh. The machine shop building of the Union Switch and Sig nal Company, the largest plant for tho manufacture of switch signals in the United States, and until recently en gaged in filling munition orders for the European Governments, located at -i Swissdale, a suburb, was destroyed by fire with a loss estimated at $4,000,000. The cause of the fire has not been de termined, although officials of the.' "company believe it resulted from sponr taneous combustion. 'The .blaze started in the packing department of the building and, fan ned by a high wind, gained such head way that it was necessary to call out the fire departments from the adjoin' ing boroughs of Braddock, Wilkins burg, North Braddock and vRankih; and a part of the Pittsburgh depart ment. - ... DEMOCRATIC SENATORS HOLD CAUCUS AND APPROVE MEASURES Washington. The diplomatic breast with Germany having been indorsa by the Senate, Congress is devoting itself to important general busine's, together with emergency tjieasurfia necessitated by the strained .nterifiA tional situation. . Emergency measures awaiting a"c tion in the Senate include e$pionaj and conspiracy bills recommended t the Attorney General, and amend ments to the shipping laws. The &ti expects to pass . the Porto Ricau citizenship bill during the early pa, .'of -the present week, after Which fr fign'it again will be instituted for legtsP lation in the pending postoffice appro priation increasing the rate on news papers and periodicals and providing for one-cent drop letter postage. Rein enue legislation also will be pressed to the Senate within a few days.- -Revenue Bill Approvedft Democratic Senators,; at their third revenue caucus, finally approved, with amendments and,pledged their support to the bill passed by the House to provide approximately $50,000,000 aa ditional reenue to meet the anticipate treasury deficit. The House provis: iohs to raise $248,000,000 through addi- i tional taxes on inheritances and "ex cess profits," and for a bond Issue of $100,000,000 to pay for the Dani3h West Indies, Alaska Railroad and 3 other expenses were slightly. modified only WILSON DECIDES E TO PURSUE DETERMINES MOVE IN EVENT GERMANY MAKES USE FORCE NECESSARY. OF PROTECT- AMERICAN RIGHTS ... " Will Ni n On rtolfo A -, r. O,, -i wwim well. ww yj r Waahintrtnn Thn m,,CD n en by the United States if Germany compels the use of force to safeguard American rights, has been determined. It was learned authoritatively after Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry the Cabinet meeting that in the event dock Co., the Fore River Shipbuilding President Wilson goes before Con- ; Company and the Electric Boat Com gress again, it will not be to ask for pany will be speeded up to .the limit a declaration of war, but to follow ! of these plants. Work on the two su literally the words of the address in ! perdreadnaughts building at the New which he announced the break of dip- port News yard is proceeding under lomatic relations, and request author- ! doubled crews at the suggestion of ity to use means deemed necessary to j Secretary Daniels, and the Secretary protect American seamen and people, j accepted the proposal of the other two The President, it was said, is as plants to similarly hasten work on anxious as ever to avoid war with 1 the war vessels thry are building. Germany, but also is as determined j At the Newport News plant it is as ever that American citizens and i estimated that the battleship Missis ships shall be free to travel the high ! sippi. recently launched, can be corn seas unmolested. His next step, if pleted bv midsummer instead of Jan- taken, will be to enforce that right, ! and even then the issue of war or j peace will be with Germany. Any hostile action will have to come in the form of an interference with an American right. Details of the Government's plans are not discussed. It is known, how ever, that convoying and arming of merchant ships are being considered. No new development came to indi- j they would set aside private work, cate that the overt act by Germany j They were told to go ahead at full regarded as inevitable was nearer at j speed. The plan is to get the vessels hand. Fewer reports of ships sunk launched as soon as possible, freeing came in, and none told officially of the ' stocks for then new set of destroyers loss of American life. Further infor- and submarines to be authorized in mation received about George Wash- f the pending navy bill, ington the negro fireman lost on the i Mr. Wilson called again on both Turino .indicated that he probably Secretary Baker and Secretary Dan was a British subject. . j iels, in their offices. Neither Secre : Practically every member took to tary would say what had been dis- , , , ..- il A. 1 A l I the Cabinet information about the ac- tivities of his department in connec- a position to assme uie muuiuwu tion with the general precautions be- der-in-Chief that all possible prelimi ing taken. Questions discussed in- y stePs hH been taken to carry eluded proposed emergency legisla- ; out whatever orders he may give if tion, steps for protecting property, .the United States is drawn into the mail problems precipitated by the I war failure of ships to sail from American "We are just waiting for the word nnrts fnr P.nrone. ftponnmir issues and ! to go," was the way one official e X - r K ' 1 .the Army and Navy preparation. After the meeting, .it was authori- jitatively stated that nothing had yet happened to change the course pur sued by the Government since the b-reak in relations with Germany. 1 Lie CllCL Ul LUC IV lug up Ul PUlliB in American harbors because of fear that they will be sunk if they pass through the war zone, is one of the questions being given careful consid eration. The enforced idleness of the j-merchant fleet is a subject of grow ing exasperation. RED CROSS PREPARED TO "' CARE FOR ARMY OF MILION. According to Reports to Washington Headquarters Chapters Are Ready For Field Service. Washington. An expert hospital iorce sufficient to care for an army of a million men, could be mobilized by the Red Cross within a few days after an ' outbreak- of hostilities, in the belief of officials at -headquarters of the society here. Since this call was issued February 3 instructing Red Cross chapters throughout the country to place them- selves', on a footirg for field work many encouraging reports have been against the acts cf his own country returned to headquarters, ' together ' men. The British government has ex- Htbi a great flood of personal offers of service. Eliot Wadsworth, acting chairman, estimated that the force which could be mobilized immediately fu case of war would include- Twenty-six completely equipped aViny and navy base hospital units, with a total personnel of 1,250 nursis aids. : A hospital base reserve of 415 nurses and 525 nurses' aids. A corps of expert instructors in sur gical dressings, totalling about 120. Thirty-two partially complete, navy detachments of 20 nurses each. One hundred and fifteen local emergency detachments. . "With the customary .assignment of 10, patients to each nursei" he added. "w;e . could thus take care of 50,000 sick and wounded at once. In the earlier stages of war, the proportion of sipk and wounded is about' five per cent. In other words, we are prepared today "to give expert nursing service to an army of 1,000,000 men. ."No National emergency has ever found the Red Cross better prepared than it is today." INCREASED RATE ON SECOND CLASS MAtL. Washington. An immediate ia-, crease from one to one and a half cents a pound in the postage rate on newspapers and periodicals for this year, is provided in the postoffice ap propriation bill ordered ' reported to the Senate by : thf- postoffice commit tee. ; The Senate committee also recommended an amendment rescind- an amenumeiH rscmu- ing after July 1, WIT. the rate on drop letters to bne cW an ounce in cities and on rural rou js. SPEEDING DP WORK ON RIG WAR SHIPS ALL WORKING FORCES DOUBLED AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BE RUSHED TO LIMIT. . SEC. DANIELS SUGGESTS SPEED ! AH Possible Steps to Prepare For a x-x t - Anv Orripive in Fuent That fiountrtf i i t i o in r ai MBb ri aiiinjf r w . WOrd tO GO. Washington. Construction work on warships building at the plants of the Uary 1. 1918, as called for in the con- tract. The keel of one of the four new battleships recently contracted for will be laid on the slip vacated by the Mississippi instead of a merchant ves sel, as had been intended. Representatives of the Fore River and Electric Boat Company called on Mr. Daniels, offering to rush work on destroyers and submarines, for which cussea, Dut u is Known mai ouiu weie pressed it. SAFE CONDUCT FOR COUNT BERNSTORFF. WM Be Given by Great Britain, the Foreign Office Informs Ambassa dor. London. Count von Bernstorff, for mer German Ambassador to the Unit ed State, will be given safe conduct so far as it is within the power of the British Government to" bestow. This announcement was made by the For eign Office. It followed a conference between A. J. Balfour, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, arid Ambassador Page. The two were closeted for nearly ah hour. Both were non-committal on their deliberations, but at the con clusion 01 the conference, the For eign Office authorized announcement of Great Britain's decision to accede to Washington's request, made two days ago. At the same time, the For eign Office cabled its decision to the Sccte Department at Washington. It is sai dthat Great Britain is ready to grant Count von Bernstorff safe con duct, but, that it ould not guarantee the former Ambassador's safety pressed itself as anxious to meet the State Department';' wishes. GERMANY PROPOSES TO RE-AFFIRM TREATIES. Berlin, via London. The German Foreign Office asked James W. Ger ard, the American Ambassador, to sign a proposal reaffirming the treat ies of 1799 and 1828. The Ambassa dor referred the Government officials to Spanish and Swiss intermediatries. GERARD'S COURSE IS GIVEN APPROVAL. Washington. Ambassador Gerard's refusal to enter into any sort of nego tiations with the German Foreign Of fice is approved by the State Depart ment as the only -possible course for him to pursue in view of his status of a private citizen. Any communi cation from the German Government regarding a treatj or any other sub ject would have to be carried out through the Spanish or Swiss diplo matic representatives in Berlin. FIRST AMERICAN VICTIM OF SUBMARINE WAS NEGRO. London. The British steamer Tur ino has been sunk by a submarine, resulting in the death of an American negro fireman named George' Wash ington, according to a report to the American Embassy from Queenstown. Calvin Bay, another -American from survivors. . a lagl A. 11V V i A.-, v j vm. reported as sailing from Norfolk Jan uary 19 to Liver; ool. CONGRESS ADDS BIG NAVAL I ALITIA INCREASES TO BILL APPROPRIATIONS .FOR DEFENSE ON PENDING MEASURES ARE INCREASED. PARTY LINES ARE FORGOTTEN Plans Made to Put Through Additional . JKeasures to Put the Country in Com plete Readiness For Any Emer gency. Washington. Big increases were added to national defense appropria tion measures in Congress and plans made to put through quickly other far reaching provisions to prepare the country for whatever may follow the break with Germany. The House, hurrying the annual na val bill toward completion, wrote into it additional appropriations totaling $15,000,000. of which more than $5, 000 is for ammunition for merchant auxiliaries or the fleet and nearly $2, 000,000 for anti-aircraft guns to defend naval stations. Three separate admin istration bills designed t oexpedite naval construction were put into form and introduced during the day for con sideration before the end of the week. In the Senate, an executive session to consider nominations occupied much time but a bill was put through in creasing the penalties for making threats against the president of the United States and the Republicans agreed at an informal conference to support a plan for authorization of 100 submarines, in addition to those provided for in the regular building program. Army Appropriation. While the House was debating the naval bill, the military committee brought in the annual army appropri ation measure carrying a total of $247,000,000 and including a provision requested by Secretary Baker under which the full membership of the army general staff may be brought to Wash ington in emergencies to work on war problems. Among the largest items for new equipment are authorizations of $8,000,000 for aviation, $11,000,000 for equipment and stores of the re serve corps, and $5,500,000 for auto matic machine' guns for the army and National Guard. The annual fortifications bill, tne most advanced of the trio of big an nual defense supply measures, neared completion when the Senate, approved the conference report embodying provi sion against purchase of any supplies at a price 25 per cent in excess of the "cost of manufacture by the govern ment. The House is expected to ap prove the report in a few days. LITTLE PRECAUTIONARY WORK TO BE DONE NOW Not Much More. Remains to be Done Unless War Comes. Washington. All precautionary and preparatory steps the military arms of the government have been authorized to take are under way, and little re mains to be done now unless actual war should follow the break with Ger many. On the surface, the war and navy departments fell back to almost the quiet routine of normal times. Navy officials are studying the an nual naval appropriation bill on which the House labored during the day. The measure is being made the vehicle of extending to the president almost un limited powers. There will be no de lay in the exercise of some of thesfe as soon as the measure has been pass ed and approved, as the navy always must bear the first shock of ! foreign war. Additional censorship precautions at radio plants have, been ordered, and Secretary Daniels said he would renew his plan to Congress for establish ment of a government monopoly over The two appropriation bills cover The two appropriation bills cover ing the land forces, the army and for tifications bills, are already well on their way threugh Congress, and carry sufficient funds for present emergen els. NEWSPAPER MEN ARE ADVISED TO LEAVE BERLIN Copenhagen, via London. A dis patch received from Berlin by The Ber linske Tidende says James W. Gerard, the retiring American ambassador to German", has advised the American newspaper correspondents to leave Germany as soon as possible and to proceed the safest way to the United States, by way of Switzerland or Spain. The ambassador, adds the dis patch, will stay for some days in Ber lin, settling up urgent business. BIG RUSH OF FOREIGNERS TO BECOME U. S. CJTIZEN8 New York. More than 900 persons of Teutonic birth renounced allegiance to the emperors of Germany and Aus tria in this city and took out first pa pers entitling them to beco'me citizens of the United States." The rush at the various naturalization bureaus was. so great that' extra clerks had to be as signed 'to duty to accommodate men and women who suddenly had decided to become citizens of the Unit fid States. IS REORGANIZED .'X . I T GENERAL ORDERS WERE ISSUED ' f BY THE ADJUTANT-GENERAL REGARDING IT. LIEUT. WILSON IN COMMAND Commissioned- Officers Take Drop In Rank Under the New Rules Gov erning Them. Raleigh. Reorganization of the na val militia of the state to conform to Federal regulations has just been completed, and general orders were issued by the Adjutant-General regard ing it. The militia is organized into a battalion, comprising the second division of New Bern, fifth division from Elizabeth City and the sixth division from Washington. In the reorganization scheme all tht. ' officers are reduced one peg in rank, and Lieut. J. Kenyon Wilson, of Eliza beth City, is made commanding offi cer. Oth'er officers are: J. C. B. Ehr inghaus, lieutenant, executive and navigation; E. E. Williams, lieutenant, engineering officer; R. Duval Jones, passed assistant surgeon, with rank of lieutenant, medical officer; Claud B. Williams, assistant surgeon, with rank of lieutenant, junior grade as sistant medical officer; Everard H. Baker, passed assistant paymaster, with rank of lieutenant, . paymaster ; B. F. Huske, chaplain, rank of lieuten ant. The warrant officers are L. W. Nelson, boatswain; J. L. Bell, machin ist, and J. K. Hollowell, pharmacist. Funeral of Soldier at Newton. Newton. The funeral of Patrick Thornburg, of Company A, Hickory,' who was knocked from a car at Knox--ville and killed, wfeen the troop train. I bearing the National Guard companies j passed under a bridge, was held from i the residence of his father, George I Thornburg. Interment was made in . Eastview Cemetery with military hdn j ors, a detail of IS men, his comrades, j being sent from Company A. I Rev. V. L. Fulmer, of the Luthera. church, conducted the services; "taps", 1 was sounded over the flag-draped. wreath-covered grave, and three vol- leys fired. The ydung soldier is sur vived by his wife and an infant which he had not seen; his parents and sev eral brothers and sisters. Fifty-Five Pass Law Examination. Raleigh. Fifty-five applicants for license to practice law in North Caro lina were successful in the examina tion prepared by Justice Walker for the court, according to announcement of the court. Two out of the five negroes who took the examination passed. Mr. J. R. Goiter and Mr. O. F. John: son, were the two Raleigh applicants for license who were successful. They were prepared for the examination by Judge George Pell and were the only ones applying for license with his cer tificate. Twenty-six of those who applied for license failed before the court, or a percentage of 2. Negro Falls Eight dtoric Ashevllle Walter Griffith, a young negro, is in the Mission Hospital, suV fering from a fractured skull and other injuiies leceived in a plunge pf eight stories down an elevator shaft at the Langren Hotel here. In addi tion to volplaning down this number ! of stories to the hard floor of an ele- the aerial journay by a trunk, and despite this combination of circum stances, he has a good chance of re covery. The negro as wheeling the trunk on a truck and did not notice that the gate guarding the freight elevator was open. State Normal Has Big Fire. Greensboro. One of the dormitory buildings of the North CarolinaState Normal College, located here, was de stroyed by fire. Thirty young lady students in the structure escaped un injured. The students lost all their personal effects. The property loss is placed at $10,000. Bonds For Bridges. Shelby. The county commission ers decided on a bond issue of $80,000 to bear four and a half per cent in terest. The question of the issue will not be submitted to a vote of the peo ple because the money is needed to re place a public necessity, namely the washed away bridges ofc the July floods. The commissioners have gone ahead with the bridge work, however, an A erected and contracted for some thing like $60,000 worth of new steel bridges. rnree new uuu6 were contracted for Many Bankers at Gastonia. Gastonia. The bankers pf North Carolina enjoyed a great meeting at Gastonia. There were some 100 bank ers in Gastonia from all parts of the state as well as from South Carolina and Virginia. The address of welcome was made by Mayor C. B. Armstrong, and the response was made by Mr. W. S. Blakeney, of Monroe, president of the Worth Carolina Bankers' Associa tion. Mr. J. H. Separk, president of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce read the address of Mr. W. P. G. Hard ing, who was unable to be present.
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