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THE CHATHAM RECORD allium 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 will be made. H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, AUUST 1, 1917. NO. 52. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land W II Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Domestic. Race rioting has again broken out in Chester, Pa., despite a force of nearly two hundred armed guards of local and state police and volunteer deputies. The -white mohs were driv en back with guns and rifles, after one negro had been beaten into insensibil ity. v all of the National Guard has be a mustered into the federal ose remaining are the Cali s, who will be taken into the S( vice not later than August 5. The X nal Guard augments the fed eral by something like three hun dred Thousand men. Reports throughout the country are to ti that fighting men of all ases are Hocking into war service, i o nscriptive numbers were drav here has been an unprece dented wave of enlistments. Dispatches from Canada show that conscription bill passed the house of commons by a majority of 54. It now roes to the senate, where its pe- ment into law is assured. A: the changing of the officers' reserve training camps from Fort Mc pherson. Ga., and Fort Logan H. Roots, Ark.. General Wood, commanding the southeastern department, sent a let ter of protest against removal to the war department. He argues that the South is the only place to train the officers. European . The British house of commons, by a vote of 14 S to 19, defeated a peace resolution introduced by a Socialist Labor member of that body. A whole evening was spent in discussing the more, but th? English mind is clear ly shown in the vote. Charging fearlessly over a shell-torn field when their men comrades had de serted. Russian women fighters in their first tattle took 102 prisoners two officers. This action oc curred on the Dvinsk front. Two hundred and fifty guns were massed over the two mile front on which the German crown prince tried for the seventh successive night to wrest ground from the French lines on the Chemin des Dames the most con centrated, violent assault of all the sevn days' fighting. The assault was a failure. The allied powers are urging the United States to hasten the manufac ture of aircraft, as the Teutonic air forces are multiplying with each suc ceeding day. Russian women rushed to the colors in an effort to stay the Russian stam pede, but the men failed to be shamed and continued to retreat. At one point only have the Russians risen to the occasion and shown any of their old fighting spirit from the Baltic to the Black sea. Here, shoul der to shoulder with their Roumanian allies. They have attacked and captur ed several villages from the Germans. The strong repressive measures ad vocated by Russian Premier Kerensky have not ye: been made effective, but there is no doubt that he is in earn est, and will proceed to show the malcontents and traitors that Russia is in the war to gain her eternal free dom. The German emperor witnessed a battle in which his fighting men pro ceeded to "show up" the Russians on the Sereth front in the east. He was immensely pleased and congratu lated his men. Sweeping steps have been taken by President Wilson to put an end to delay in building the United States' Breat merchant marine by accepting the resignations of General Goethals, builder of the Panama canal, and Cap tain White. Then he asked Chairman Denman to resign. nation in both East Galicia m the north of the Pripet marshes is disconcerting to the Russian gov y and M. Kerensky has started for the front in an attempt to stop the panic among the Russian troops, rider F. Kerensky, the man of in Russia, the man who ear- in July started the brilliant of "' against the Germans and the -v ' Hungarians in Galicia, which : the Russians such notable gains, been given carte blanche by an it unanimous vote of the council fjf workmen's and soldiers' delegates and the peasants' congress, who at last realize that a man of ability of Shest order can only save Rus m the abyss into which she B ;; out to sink. Besides the addition sums needed r war purpose, Secretary McAdoo the senate committee that the billion dollars authorized for to the allies would last only October of this year, and that Uan two billion dollars more would be needed. attack between Smorgon intn V V !h Russians drove a wedge mo the German line to a depth of more tiT at various Pces, and took ever i a thousand prisoners. How of ml S ared that because of lack morale, the Russians are in Jeop- The Russian girla who so bravely charged the Teutons on the Dvinsk front 'went over the top" yelling like madmen, firing witn deadly aim as they looked death squarely in the face Up to the German line they rushed, losing but two killed and a dozen wounded. They so shamed the de serting troops that they fell in be hind them and stayed the onrushing foe. When the fighting girls of the Rus sian army got to Pottava a hundred thousand citizens and soldiers assem bled with bands and flags and prob ably the world has never witnessed such a frenzied greeting as was ac corded these modern Joan d'Arcs. Undoubtedly the "legion of death" is having a salutary effect on the "dry bones" of Russia, Between Chevreaux and Hurtebise the French have regained all positions lost during the first few days of the fighting. The French hold all the plateaus of Craonne and Californie and the Casemates. At some points they have even extended their lines beyond their original positions before the German crown prince. Kerensky, premier of Russia, was slightly but painfully wounded in the arm near Brzezany, when the Russian artillery, incensed at the retreating infantry, opened fire on them. The premier restored a measure of order. The conference of the allied powers, concluding a recent conference in Par is, announce to the world that the al lies are-in the war to the end, what ever that end may be. No amend ments were made to the already well known intentions of the allied powers. Militarism must go. President Wilson has named Edward N. Hurley of Chicago, Admiral Capps, a Virginian, and Bain Colby of New York on the shipping board in place of those whose resignations he had accepted and requested. The president has asked for five million dollars more for war purv poses. The first year's cost of the war will exceed fourteen billion dol lars, it is stated. As to the tax sources for raising more money for war purposes, the senate committee is up in the air. The first disposition, however, it is stated, is to turn to new taxes on war excess profits and incomes. Food control legislation has encoun tered another ' delay. This time Re publican Leader Mann blocked the measure, preventing it from going to conference. He wants a joint com mittee of congress to control expen ditures written into the bill. During a debate in the senate over Senator Penrose's resolution to inves tigate the committee of public infor mation, Senator Penrose declared the administration of both the war and navy departments are marked by inde cision and inefficiency. Senator James grew very sarcastic in the senate when the navy and war departments were criticised by Senator Penrose for inefficiency. The senator said there was too much "copperhead ism and sniping" in the senate. Washington. Harry Chapman Gilbert, son of a white house police guard, is the first man in the country to be accepted for service in the new national army under selective conscription. The United States' bill for the first year of the war will total seventeen billion dollars, according to Senator Smoot, who has been investigating the subject. A $150,000,000 dollar deficit is re ported in the executive departments for this fiscal year. This is due to the war. The selective conscription boards are moving ahead without apparent friction. Men are being summoned in many parts of the country for ex amination. Many details are to be worked out in the conscriptive service before any men can be actually sent to the train-, ing camps, but it is believed a consid erable number will be in camp early in August. No attempt is being made in official Washington to minimize the serious ness of the -situation in the war the aters of Europe. All official Washington has taken on a serious aspect, because any hope of a short struggle in the world-wide war has gone glimmering with the Russian fall-down. But the tone is op timistic "the United States is in the war, and will go through with it." Washington army officers have been expecting the present Russian climax for some time, and were frank to say that the recent Russian advance was only the "dying kick" of the old ma chine. After all the scare heads in the big dailies in the newspapers throughout the country about the Franco-British advance in the west, it is frankly stated in Washington that the German line has at no point been seriously impaired, and that there is little, if any, improvement over a year ago. Some go so far as to say that the Ger man key positions have actually im proved. An addition credit of sixty million dollars has been extended to France. The Russian collapse will doubtless have an immediate effect on the Unit ed States. Troops will probably be hastened to the western front, and na val action may be precipitated much earlier than expected. If the allies in the west could beat back the German right flank, where it reaches the sea on the Belgian coast, it is contended that the U-boat menace could be stamped out, because the bases for these instruments of war couid then be destroyed. How ever the big question as to this is, "Could it be done?" ,S. LANDED IN FRANCE ANOTHER AMERICAN CONTIN GENT OF FIGHTING MEN ARRIVE SAFELY. IKE IMMEDIATELY EKIRIINED j Quickly Depart from Port for New Qurters Al Other Iformatlon is Withheld from the Public for the Present A European Port Another Ameri can contingent has safely arrived and dsembarked. tion or comment on the foregoing dis- j patch. The American troops arrived by the same steamer in whicn Kermit Roose velt, his wife, and child traveled. When ! tenders went alongside the vessel Fri day the men were in nigh spirits and frequently shouted: "Are we down- j hearted?" was answered with a roar ing "No," given with great enthusiasm. Representatives of the general staff watched the disembarkation. There was no civic demonstration. Only a j few spectators knew of the landing. 1 These chereed and the troops cheered back. The men e n trained q uickly and left for their new quarters. A sig- nal company remained at the port for ; some hours and these were the only ! representatives of the contingent the public saw. FUNCTIONS OF MILITIA BUREAU WILL END '. With Drafting of Entire National Guard Into the Federal Service Aug gust 5th. Washington. With the drafting of j the entire national guard into the army of the United States August 5, j the functions of the militia bureau of : the war department are expetced to I come to an end. There will remain ! vo force of national guard for the bu ; reau to supervise and the officers of ' the regular army attached to the divi ; sion will probably be assigned to other ity. Under the plan of the national de fense act, which calls upon the states ot maintain recruit battalions for each j guard regiment in active service, the I bureau would continue as it is. It is ! regarded as probable, however, that a general reserve system will be substi I tuted for the regimental depot plan to j fill gaps in the ranks. In that event, new men, whether volunteers, those called under the se lective draft or wounded men who have recovered sufficiently to return to the front, would be gathered in gen eral recruit depots in America which would supply a general depot in France. Preliminary training of the recruits would be given in the home depots, to be supplemented by inten sive training in trench warfare at the depot in France. The convalescent soldiers returning to the front would form a valuable training force to break in the new men at the depots. AMERICAN BARK IS SUNK BY SUBMARINE London. After being attacked by gunfire by a German submarine, the American bark Carmela of 1.397 tons was sunk by bombs in the entrance of the English channel on July 28, says an official statement issued by the British admiralty. The crew was picked up and landed at Plymouth. There was no casualties. CHICAGO FINANCIER FOR SHIPPING BOARD Chicago. Charles G. Dawes, of Chi- i cago, was mentioned here as a pos ! Kihle successor to Theodore Brent on i the shipping board. Mr. Brent, a strong supporter of Chairman Denman of the board, resigned when rM. Den man was forced out by President Wil son. YOUNG MILITARY OFFICERS HEAR SECRETARY LANSING Madison Barracks, . N. Y. In a speech here before 1,700 members of the officers' reserve corps, Secretary of State Robert Lansing emphasizing the peril of German imperialism to the United States .and the world, declared his belief that the German people would not cast off the yoke of autoc racy" until the physical might of the united democracies of the world has destroyed forever the evil ambitions of the military rulrs of Germany." TWO KILLED IN RACE RIOT AT CHESTER, PA. Chester, Pa. David Schwartz, a deputy sheriff and an unidentified negro were shot and killed here in a fight in the heart of the negro section. The shooting occurred after a day of quiet following the disorders of the last two nights and was the result of the sending of a number of policemen and guards into the neighborhood after a crowd of negroes had opened fired on two guards. The two guards re created after emptying their pistols. MORE II SOLDERS ALL CLAIMS 1ST GO TOTHE LOCAL BOARD STATEMENT IS ISSUED FROM PROVOST MARSHAL GEN ERAL'S OFFICE. A DELUGE OF INQUIRIES People Are Interested Concerning Next Steps in Draft Process and Pleas for Exemption Draws State ment. Washington. A deluge of personal inquiries concerning future steps in the army draft and of pleas from in dustrial concerns for exemption of their expert workers, drew from the provost marshal's office a statement that questions must be addressed to lo cal boards and that claims for indus trial exemption must go later to the district boards. No general class of workmen will be exempted, Provost Marshal General Crowder told the coal production com mittee, which sought information whether miner3 would be left at their work Appeals to the provost mar snal's office from employers on be half of their workers can accomplish nothing, it was explained, as regula tions promulgatd by President Wilson govern all exemptions. "The question of whether a man is more useful to his country in a peace ful pursuit than in military service is a matter to be taken up with the dis trict board," said an announcement, "and for that board to determine in the light of the circumstances sur rounding each individual case. "Procedure in case of claim for discharge on ground of industry or agriculture is explicitly outlined in the regulations. Only the upper or district board has jurisdiction over an industrial or agricultural claim for discharge. Before a man has a stand ing before the district board he must first be certified to it by the local or lower board as physically qualified for service, and must have had my dis charge claim made before the lower board decided adversely to him. "He has five days after he is cer tied to the upper board in which to file claims for discharge and five days more in which to file proof. All claims for exemption or discharge' ex cept claims for discharge on indus trial or agricultural grounds, are de cided originally by the local or lower board." RUSSIAN FORCES ARE STIFFENING RESISTANCE Around Tarnopol Russians Put Up a Hard Fight. The Russian retirement in eastern Galicia continus. There has been a noticeable slackening in the Austro German advances north of the Dnies ter where the Russians now are of fering more spirited resistance, but south of the river to the Carpathians the Teutonic forces are moving for ward almost unimpeded. Around Tarnopol, the Austro-Ger-mans have met with stubborn resist ance from the Russians, but Prince Leopold's soldiers were able to en large recent gains on the eastern bank of the Sereth. Btween Trembowla, and Skoromocze, south of Tarnopol, the Russians were eforced to yield the crosisngs of the Sereth and Gniza rivers on a front of about eight miles according to Berlin. Southeast of Tarnopol, Petrograd reports, the Aus-tro-German attacks were repulsed. The Russians have retired to new positions southeast of Trembowla, but whether they also surrendered the crossings of the Sereth there, Petro grad does not say. Between Czortkov and the Dniester, Russian cavalry has repelled Teutonic assaults and driven the attackers northeastward toward Monasterzkska. South of the Dniester into the foot are retiring eastward. Kolomea, about fty miles northwest of Czernowitz, cap ital of Bukoina, has been occupied by Bavarian and Ahstro-Hungarian troops. The town is an important rail way junction and lies north of the Pruth. An unofficial report from Austrian sources says the Russians are evasuating Czernowits. TEN BILLIONS PROBABLE COST OF YEAR OF WAR Washington. Estimating the sost of the war for the coming year at $10,735,807,000, exclusive of loans to the allies, the administration inform ed Congress that new revenues total ling $7,000,000,000 must be raised from taxation or issuance of securities. If advancement of credit to the allies is continued at the present rate, the year's total of war expenditures will pass $15,000,000,000 and the amount of revenue required will increase. "CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTO.R" IS BRITISH DESERTER Chicago. Daniel H. Wallace, ar rested at Davenport, Iowa, according to his own statement and that of fel low members of the "League of Hu manity" is a deserter from the British army. According to an official of the league, the British government has set a price upon Wallace's head. Wallace claims to have been through many of the most important battles on the western front in Europe, deserting af ter the battle of Neuve Chappelle. W m MM BE TEN BILLION NEW ESTIMATE BY WAR DE PARTMENT EXCEEDS FIVE " BILLION DOLLARS. ARE AWAITING FULL REPORTS As Soon as the Departmental Reports Are in the Committee Will Begin Work on Budget Provide for Big Loans. Washington. The new war budget to carry the government through to next July and to cover additional credits to the allies promises now to far exceed the eight billion dollars, and may amount to fen trillion. War department estimates sent to Congress calls for new appropria tions of $5,278,636,000 for that branch of the military establishment alone. Estimates totalling another $1,000, 000,000 or more are expected when the other departments report their needs, and in addition, Secretary Mc Ado has indicated that before the year is out Congress will be asked for a $2,000,000 appropriation to in crease the funds available for loans abroad. As soon as the departmental re ports are in, the appropriation com mittees of Congress will go to work on an immediate budget which prob ably will total in the neighborhood of $7,000,000,000. Congressional leaders do not ex pect to have to provide immediately for the additional credits to the al lies, as treasury officials have indi cated that no appropriation for that purpose will be requested until the next session. The gross estimates submitted by the war department totalled $5,917. 878,37 but that covered all existing and expected deficiencies in the de partment funds, including upward of $640,000,000 already appropriated for the aviation proam This latter item will not be irioludedvin the bud get, but Congress will have to pro vide revenues to meet it since it was not on the ledger when the war tax bill was framed. Congress sentiment seemed in favor of increasing the $1, 670,670,000 war tax bill only to about $2,000,000,000, with authorization both for a new bond issue, possibly at a higher interest rate and in serial form and for issuance for treasury certifi cates of indebtedness. Secretary Mc Adoo is said to favor a much larger levy of taxes increasing the bill's to tal by $1,000,000,000 or at least to $2,225,000,000. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE SHOT BY COMRADES Part of New Policy of "Blod and Iron" to Stop Sedition. The Russian government's policy of "blood and iron" is to be caried out along lines which bodes ill for the se ditious troops along the eastern front and those persons within the country who are trying to nullify the good work that has followed in the wake of the revolution. Capital punishment, abolished with advent of the new government, again has been put into force on the demand of the military commanders at the front, who now will be able to assem ble field court martials and put to death summarily traitors in the army. General Kornilcff, commander of the forces in Galicia, whose disaffection and desertions have wrought havoc in the Russians morale, was the most in sistent of the military chiefs in calling for a free hand to check the refrac torv troops. Prior to the acquiescence of the government, General Korniloff is re ported to have taken the drastic step I having a division of fleeing cow ards of the elevent nanny shot to pieces by their faithful former brother-in-arms. Meanwhile, pending the tightening of the reins of repression, the Russian troops everywhere in Galicia from the region around Tarnopol southward to the southwestern Bukowina border are continuing to give way, with rela tively little fighting before the Ger mans and Austro-Hungarians. Eager For First Reports. Washington. Reports of the first selection boards to fill their quota for the selective draft army are eagerly awaited by Washington offi cials, because they will give the first definite information as to probable percentage of rejections to be expect ed omong the ten million registrants. AH available statistics indicate a probable rejection of one in every four for physical disability. In some localities this will vary, but the aver age for the whole country is expect ed to be between -25 to 30 per cent. Tillman Pushing Fertilizer Bill. Washington: Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, asked President Wil son not to exert his influence to have eliminated from the food control bill now in conference the senator's amendment appropriating $10,000,000 for the purchase of fertilizer for thin farms along the Atlantic seaboard. The President expressed willingness as far as he is concerned to have the amendment remain in the bill. He pointed out that there might be some difficulty in getting the ships to bring nitrate from Chile. WASHINGTON SEES p JO COLLAPSE OF RUSSIAN WAR MA CHINE MEANS PROLONGATION OF THE WAR. IMMEDIATE BEARING HERE German Victories In East Will Release Soldiers for Western Front. Many Russians Women Enter Ranks But Retreat Keeps Up. Washington. No attempt is made here to minimize the seriousness of the situation in the war theaters in Europe. The United States is in the j war and will go through with it; but any hope of a short struggle has gone glimmering with the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian war machine. j The development was not unexpect ed by many army officers. When the j offensive of July 1 was started by the : Russian forces the most frequent com ment heard here was that it was the probably dying kick of the old Russian machine. For the United States, the Russian j collapse may have an immediate and ' direct bearing. It will, if the German general presses its advantage, release j additional German forces to bolster j up the western front where American j troops are to be engaged. The German I line in the west has not been serious ly impaired at any point, officers be lieve. They do not claim to know the situation along the battlefronts, but they are able to see that the Brit ish and French have wrested from the Germans any key position of such im portance that it can be used naxt year to hurl the enemy back. Russian Women Fight. Even the actual entry of women soldiers into battle on the eastern front has been insufficient to imbue the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with patriotism. They are still desert ing in large numbers in Galicia, leav ing of virtually free road ' open for fresh advances by the Germans and Austro-Hungarians. From the Baltic to the Black Sea only at one point, along the line in the southern Carpathians, have the Russians risen to the occasion and shown some of their old fighting spirit. Here fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Rumanian allies, they have attacked and captured several villages from the Germans and broken the heavily fortified Teuton line on a wide front. In Galicia, the precipitate retreat of the Russians continues almost everywhere from the Carpathian foot hills to the region around Tarnopol, the government apparently not. yet having had time to put in force its strong repressive measures which M. Kerensky ,the head of the government, has promised to apply in order to stay th eretreat. Many Towns Taken. Nadvorna, in the fringe of the foot hills, Stanislau and Tarnopol and nu merous smaller towns have been tak en by the Teutons who are now ap proaching the important railroad junc tion of Buczacz, which lies some 30 miles east of Halicz. The German emperor was an observer of the bat tle on the Sereth front and saw his men put down the only effort of mo. ment that was made to hold them back an attack by the Russians be tween Tarnopol and Trembowla. NATIONAL GUARD UNIT8 CALLED TO SERVICE Washington, The entire national guard of the country with the ex ception of the troops from California and southwest state are in the federal service under President Wilson's call. The remainisg units will be brought in August 5, on which day the whole force of probably 300.000 men will be draft ed into the army of the United States and will lose its status as militia. From that day on the state troops can be used for nay duty the president may direct and will be subject to no lim itations that do not apply to the regu lar army. , The first increment of the guard was called out ten days ago. Those calyled into the second increment em brace New England, middle Western and northwestern states and several Southern states. Probably more than 150,000 men went on federal payroll. There have been many things to in dicate that guard regiments which are now fairly well equipped and which have the benefit of the border mobili zation will not beheld long at the di visional training camps. It transpor tation is available, the best of the state troops may be hurried to France at once. , INCREASE IN NUMBER OF VESSELS DESTROYED London. Twenty-one British ves sels of more than 1,600 tons each and three of less than 1,600 tons each were sunk last week by mines o subma rines according to a weekly admiralty report on shipping losses. The state ment follows: "Arrivals, 2,791; sail ings, 2,791. British merchantmen sunk by mine or submarine over 1,600 tons, including two previously, 21; under 1,600 tons, three; British vessels unsuccessfully attacked, 15." rrnin SITUATION Jul III FALSE TO ECONOMY HOARD FOOD HOUSEKEEPERS SHOULD NOT 1 PURCHASE MORE THAN IS NEEDED AT A TIME. SOME TIMELY INFORMATION B. W. Kilgore, Director of North Caro lina Extension Service Hands Out Good Advice. Raleigh It is false economy to at tempt to hoard and store flour espe cially during the summer months, says Mr. B. W. Kilgore, director of the North Carolina Extension Service. Mr. Kilgore has recently received a com munication from the Department of Agriculture at, Washington in which attention is called to this matter, and the information contained is timely both to the housekepers in the coun try and in the cities. Sound flour from good wheat will not decompose when stored in the proper manner, but when stored in an improper manner there is consider able loss sustained. For this reason no housekeeper should purchase in larger quantities than she will need within a reasonable length of time. In storing such flour as is purchased there are three principles which should not be overlooked. Flour should not be stored in the cellar even though it is nice and cool, for the cellar is rarely free from dampness and odors which quickly contaminates the flour even when spe cial bins have been built. The attic is also an unwise place o store it as the temperature is too high, there is no air circulation and the flour will soon become musty. The only place it may be kept in perfect safety is in a small storage room built preferably to the north side of the house where a cool and even temperature may be obtained and thorough ventilation available. In case such a room as this cannot be had, a closet may be used where it fits the above requirements. All bins and containers should be kept clean and especially should they be cleaned out when a new stock of flour is bought. If the flour is then watched and guarded from vermin it will be util ized practically to the exclusion of any waste through spoilage. This is true more especially if it is purchased in accordance with the present needs only. Tobacco Sales Break Records. Lumberton. Tobacco sales on the local market are breaking all pre vious record, both as quantity and price. The farmers who bring the the Hot Springs camp, besides mem bers of their families, who are quar weed to the Lumerton market appear well pleased with their returns and the effect of this influx of cash is alrfmdy being felt by the merchant, on Ellis Island. Information received from New York is to the effect that Sales for the past several days have averaged well beyond twenty cents a pound. Someone probably interested in other markets in this section is be lieved to have been responsible for the no wbeing made by the federal author ities to send there the remaining 600 seamen, stewards and firemen of the seized German steamers who are still circulation of a report to the effect not get hogsheads in which to ship the tobacco. The warehousemen say they have all they can use. that the local warehouse men could More German Prisoners Come. Asheville. So satisfactory has been the camp for interned Germans at Hot Springs that arrangements are fifty carpenters and assistants will leave for Hot Springs this week to erect houses for the six hundred who will come as soon as the preparations for them are completed. There are already 554 Germans at tered in the town itself. The officers and seamen are a high type of man hood and they appear to enjoy their enforced vacation. Boy Preacher Ordained. Newton. Master Vance Heavner, the "boy preacher" has been ordain ed to the full work of the gospel min istry. The ordination took place at Corinth Baptist church. He is now fourteen years of age and is the youngest minister ordained in the state. Rev. J. A. Snow, Rev. L. P. Smith, Rev. J. A Hoyle, Rev. J. M. Ballard and Rev. C. E. Beam compos ed the Presbytery. At the First Bap tist church Elliott Stewart was or dained. Mr. Stewart was a student at Wake Forest College. One Killed, Two Hurt In Runaway. Albemarle. The small sjn of Elijah Cooper is dead, Mr. Cooper himself is seriously injured and another son is badly shaken up as a result of a runaway on the streets of Albemarle. The horse Mr. Cooper was driving took fright at a motor truck, and Mr. Cooper, losing control of the animal, the buggy in which the three w.-re riding was turned over and all th ee of the occupants thrown against the Southern Railway station building. The boy, who was about 12 years old, never recovered from the shock.
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