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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM CO VNTY, N. C; MARCH 6, 1918 VOL. XL. NO. 31. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN HE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Domestic. Government contracts for millions of pounds of meats, labor troubles and employers' methods to oppose them ; the difficulties of retail meat dealers in Chicago and obstacles placed in the wav of butter makers in rural Indiana were some of the subjects touched on in the federal trade commission inves tigation of the packing industry at Chicago. It is stated that congress has been asked by the federal trade commis sion to enact speedy legislation to le galize the opening the private and confidential files of the packers, which the government investigators say they believe contain documents tending to .hoTv plans to take control of the meat industry. Immediate steps to reduce the num ber of collisions by student aviators by spreading out the training areas at the various camps are about to be taken, it has been announced by the war department at Washington. The terrors of "No Man's Land" and of imaginary trench warfare at Camp Warden McLean have been greatly in tensified by the innovation of new practical "sazzards" by Capt. H. L. Rilling Rritish nrmv nffirer tvhn has charge of the instruction of students ! in bayonet fighting at Chickamauga ; Park, Ga. ' Resolutions indorsing economic re-1 forms in the baling and marketing of j cotton, adopted by the Southern Com- i mercial Congress, have been transmit-! ted to Secretary Houston of the de partment of agriculture, and Director General McAdoo of the railroad ad ministration, it is announced. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, made a strong appeal in behalf of an eight hour day for employees in the meat packing industry at the stock yards wage arbitration, which has been con ducted for a week in Chicago. Seventeen white "men of Barnwell county, South Carolina, have been placed under heavy bonds by Judge W. H. Townsend at Columbia for al leged participation in the lynching of V.'p.lter Best, a negro. H. J. Cook of Atlanta, Ga., was found guilty of blackmail against' May or Asa G. Candler before Judge Ben I'ill in the criminal division of the Fulton superior court. He was sen tenced to 12 months and to pay a fine cf $1,000. A new trial has been re qiieted. The postoffice at the little town of 'eigs, Ga.. about three hundred pop ulation, has sold more than five thou sand dollars worth of war saving stamps. Government contracts for millions of pound of meats, labor troubles and employers' methods of opposing them; the difficulties of retail meat dealers in Chicago and obstacles placed in the way of butter makers in rural Indiana are some of the subjects touched on in the federal trade commission in vestigation in Chicago of the packing industry. A San Francisco message says that Thomas J. Mooney must hang as a re ult of conviction on a murder charge srowing out of a bomb explosion that killed ten persons here in 1916, un less executive clemency intervenes, the California state supreme court has decided. The court denied the mo tion for a new trial. American labor has sent to the Rus sian people a message of cheer and 'Pledge of high resolve and a fixed Purpose" to defeat autocracy, it has heen announced in New York City. Washinsrton. An El Paso, Texas, dispatch says that Mexican snipers fired across the Kjo Grande at Lieut. H. E. Waldon, Lleut. j. j. Neyland and Texas Ran Joe Mullins as they werewalking near the international bridge. The fire was returned by the soldiers and the ranger. More than one hundred shots were exchanged. No one was wounded. A Toronto, Canada, dispatch says that William Jennings Bryan was re fused a hearing when he appeared at a hall to deliver a prohibition address. : What about the Lusitania?" the aud ience continued to demand in chorus, and Mr. Bryan had to quit. A Havana, Cuba, dispatch says that Postoffice department officials and se cret service agents, are examining all ail from Mexico. An unconfirmed ru mor had it that certain documents irom the interior of Mexico had been found. A Marfa, Texas,, dispatch says that eve Mexicans were killed and sev ai wounded when a band of thirty air fired on an American icav- ry detachment in command of Capt, Kramer Thomas. It is announced from France that -nencan airplanes having located the deatvTeS WtSe Shells had caused six ns and poisoning of eighty oth- linl , ' eavy 511113 in the American rL,lrye(i the enemy: position in JT'S shellg. Material was exnn Sh in the air an several r?oi ,1S Were caused by the accu racy of the American fire. German airplanes cannot withates! the hard usage to which aircraft ot American manufacture can be subject ed. Aviation experts are unanimous in this opinion after having examined several German planes shot down by. the allied airmen and sent . to the United States for inspection. - Published reports that, the United States had sent an ultimatum to Pres ident Carranza demanding protection for the oil fields in the . Tampico dis trict, where there have been very fre quent disorders, are denied at the state department. The latest American contribution to warfare the Brown automatic ri fle was officially introduced to congress ?.t a demonstration staged in a remote valley in the hills that surround this city. For more than two hours the air was filled with the snarl and crash of the firing, senators and representatives operating the new weapons under the direction of a squad of soldiers. ine so-caned alien slacker bill, to bar from citizenshin and anthnril th deportation of aliens of draft age who treaty o V Presented by the Ger claim exemption, from military serv- mans according to an official state ice, fnd authorizing the drafting of ment from Berlin, which says that any aliens for agricultural or manu--military movements in Great Russia facturing work, was passed by the have ceased- house by an overwhelming majority. 11 was reported on February 23 by An American oil ttanir Rtamiiin the bolsheviki commissioners that amvins at "An Atlantic Port" re ports that the Manhattan sank after being attacked by a U-boat. A dispatch from "An Atlantic Port" rays the British steamship Manhattan cf 8,004 tons gross, was torpedoed. but remained afloat, while in convoy a f?w weeks ago. The Manhattan put 1 k to a , British port, discharged her cargo and is being repaired. On two sectors of the western front' ii Europe American soldiers have successfully countered the tactics of t'-ie enemy. Northwest of Toul, Amer ican gunners have wiped out the Ger man batteries which had bombarded the American positions earlier in the week with gas shells. Along the Che rain des Dames American machine guns and artillery fire repulsed a strong enemy attack with losses. The money cost of the war to the United States still is running near a billion dollars a month. Despite of ficial forecasts of steadily increasing expenditures from month to month, the government's outlay in February was less than in either January or December and would .have been ap proximately the same if the month had been as long as other months. European. ! Revolutionary Russia's resistance to the German armies is beginning to . stimulate new unrest against the Ger man militarists in Germany and in Austria-Hungary. ; Imperial Chancellor von Hertling has failed to drive a wedge between the entente allies by his reply to Wood- row Wilson. i Philip" Scheidemann, German Social ist Leader, voiced the protest of his party to the peace that is being forc ed on Russia. He delivered a speech in the Greman reichstag which strong ly opposed the German policy toward 1 Russia. j Eighteen British merchantmen were sunk by mine or submarine in - the past week. Of these 14 were vessels of 1,600 tons or over and four were under that tonnage. ; The London newspapers continue to print reports of seizures of land and other acts of lawlessness by Sein Fein- ers in Ireland. The police are said to be unable to prevent these acts. The British hospital ship Glenart Castle had 182 persons on board when she went down in the Bristol chan nel. Survivors say that the ship was torpedoed by a submarine. No sub marine was seen by them, but a dim light was seen on the surface of the TheTeport from British headquar ters in France and Belgium says that English troops successfully raided the enemy trenches in the neighborhood of Gonneelieu (southwest of Cambrai), and that considerable casualties were inflicted on the garrison, a machine gun blown up and a few prisoners , brought back. i A London dispatch says that 75 en emy aircraft were brought down by the Royal Flying corps on the west ern front from February 1 to. Febru ary 22. x The German imperial chancellor has again told the reichstag that a general peace is possible of discussion on the basis of the four essential principles laid down some time ago by President , Wilson in an address to the American congress. Almost in the same breath, however, the usual quali fications were entwined amid his ut- i terances, leaving the suspicion that: the central powers, if they are desir-! ous of peace, still have their old ideals of a victorious peace to the fore.- j Von Hertling, imperial German chancellor, says that Germany's pres- j the food administration as a readjust ed operations in Russia are being car- ment of its food conservation pro- ried out solely to secure the fruits of the peace Russia had signed with. Ukraine. - The Japanese, according to reliable authority, intend to take action in Si beria at an early date, ami there are evidences that the Japanese hare long been preparing to carry out this move. Speaking before Ahe reichstag, the German imperial chancellor, Count von Hertling, made this ..declaration: ij can fundamentally agree wun tne iour Drincioles. which in President Wil son's view must.be applied in a mu tual exchange of views, and thus de clare with President Wilson that a general peace can be discussed on such a basis.. Only one reserve need be made in this connection: these prin ciples must not only be proposed by the president of the United States, but must also actually be recognized by all states and peoples. But this goal has not yet been reached " RUSSIA HAS SIGHED GERMANY'S TREATY COUNTRY HAS LOST CONSIDER ABLY BY THE DELAY IN ' SIGNING. WOULD NOT SIGN AT FIRST Turkey Is Beneficiary of Change Made in Terms Germany Claims 65,000 Russians Recently Captured. Russia has bowed to the Teutonic allies. The bolsheviki commissioners sent to Brest-Litovsk have signed the they were about to sign the treaty. This report was telegraphed to Lenine j and Trtozky after the delegates sent i to Brest-Litovsk had met the Ger man emissaries. There is little in formation available as to the details the meeting between the peace del- egations, but the bolsheviki say they realized that any further delay would mean more onerous conditions and they would sign the treaty without further discussions. Russia lost by the delay that en sued when Trotzky announced that the war so far" as Russia was con- cerned, had ended, but refused to sign the formal treaty. In the inter- j val between the breaking up of the first Brest-Litovsk meeting and the one held lately, the central powers added materially to the demands which were outlined when the now famous "Hoffman line" was drawn by the commander of - the German orces on" the eastern front. Turkey Benefits. Turkey was the beneficiary of these changes in the peace terms. The new demands included that Russia relin quish the regions of Batoum, Kars the i and Karaband (Karabagh) to Turks. These regions are in Trans caucasia and mark a considerable ad dition to the sultan's dominions in that section of the world. The doc trine of the right of peoples to self determination was the pretext "upon which the new terms were added to the treaty. It is probable that the bolsheviki delegation acceded to the new demands. SECURE GERMAN PLAN OF ATTACK OTHER INFORMATION. Each Machine Placement and Dugout Indicated on Map. With American Army in France. A plan of attack, including a map of the American positions, Indicating every dugout, which was removed from the body of a Prussian captain which led to the recent assault upon the sec tor northwest of Toul, shows how com pletely the Germans prepare their raids if, in fact, this was but a sim ple raid not having as its ultimate ob ect the ratention of a portion of the salient. v The map goes into such detail as to show every machine placement; every trench and every depression in the ground within the American lines. At '.he bottom there is simply a line drawn, labelled "our front line." Along this line are five shaded portions, each marked "nest." Four rehearsals were held for the attack and the" troops who made it were specially picked from new ar rivals of fresh troops in the sector. They were told that the Americans were in front of them. Out From Their Nests. After the artillery had nearly level ed the American position, the Ger- j mans started out from their nests, : each of which contained 40 infantry- j men, one lieutenant and three pio-: neers to precede the. Infantry and five to follow it. " The two groups upon ' the American extreme right went around this flank, and the group upon the extreme left carried out a similar movement there. . . THE MEATLESS MEAL IS NOW SU8PENDED ; Wasington. Temporary suspension ot the meatless meal and of the spe- cial restrictions against the use pork on Saturday was announced by gram. Increased meat production and the necessity for still greater saving In wheat, it was declared, make the change advisable. The suspension is for an indefinite period, and .probably will last three months or longer. FRESH MASSARES ARCE - REPORTED IN. ARMENIA London. The Copenhagen corre- j Spon(jent of the Exchangee-Telegraph company says inrormauon nas Deen received that Turkish soldiers have committed new massacres In the" dis trict of Armenia which has been de serted by the Russians. Hjalmar Branting, editor of the Social Dem okraten, has telegraphed two German socialist parties to make energetic representations to the German gov ernment, the dispatch adds. THIRD LIBERTY II APRIL 6 ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES ENTRY INTO THE. WAR. FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS How Large The Loan Will, Be Depends Upon Fate of War Finance Bill ... in CoRfresst v Washingotn. On April 6, the first anniversary of the United 'States' en try into the war, the third liberty loan will open. There will be a. cam paign of three or four weeks. In announcing the date, Secretary McAdoo said the amount of the loan the interest rate and other features such as convertability of bonds of pre vious issues, maturity and terms of payment, are yet to be determined, and that new legislation will be nec essary before plans can be completed. The fact that the amount of the loan is dependent on further legisla tion indicates that it will be far more than $3,600,000,000, the remainder of authorized but unissued bonds, and the fact that certificates of indebted ness now being sold in anticipation of loan bear 4 1-2 per cent interest, af fords some indication of the interest rate. How large the loan shall be depends largely, however, on the fate of the pending war finance bill carrying an appropriation of a half-billion dollars and action on the railroad bill, with its appropriation of a similar amount. Although Mr. McAdoo made no spe cific announcement, it is now taken for. granted in official circles that there will be but one more loan be fore June 30, the end of the fiscal year. The statement concerning the date of the campaign was made at this time. Secretary McAdoo explained to give every community time to prepare for the big bond sale, and he strongly advocated popular demonstrations of patriotism on the day of the opening ' ne loan and second year of war. Alter starting tne date or the cam paign opening, the secretary con tinued : "April 6 will forever be a consecra ted day in American history, and -it seems peculiarly appropriate that the opening of the second year of our par ticipation in this war for the honor and rights of America and the free dom of the world should be celebrated with a nation-wide drive for another liberty loan. "The camaign should begin with great demonstrations of patriotism in every city, town and hamlet in the country that will truly express the spirit of aroused America." MAY LEAVE TASK TO THE JAPANESE ALONE To Take Steps to Combat German Aggression in Siberia. Washington. Indications now point to an agreement between the entente powers and America to confide to Japan alone the task of taking such measures as may be necessary to com bat German aggression and influence In Siberia and to protect the military stores at Vladivostok. No final con clusion has been reached, however, and it was said in high official quar ters that condition were channging so rapidly and so many new factors were entering into the problem that it would be unsafe to predict overnight what the issue might be. Exchanges are proceeding rapidly between the entente governments and Washington and the matter was con sidered at a cabinet meeting. It is understood that the state department ts being slowly Twt steadily influenced to accept the view which seems to obtain in Great Britain and France and possibly in Italy. That is that a single power with an efficient army and navy within easy reach of Siberia and not otherwise employed, and act ing in conformity with a general agreement might be better able to deal with the situation than any inter national force, such' as was at first contemplated.' GENERAL BIDDLE MAY BE SENT ABROAD Washington. Numerous changes in the personnel of the general staff of ' the army are expected to follow the arrival here of Major General Peyton C. March, who landed at an Atlanti port, returning from France, to as sume his duties as acting chief of staff. Officers here have no knowl edge of plans General March may have laid in this regard, but it has been assumed that he will draw to his aid men in whom he has confidence. PEACE NEGOTIATIONS PROBABLY BROKEN OFF London. A message received by the bolshevik government in Petro- grad from Brest-Litovsk ordering a train under military guard to meet the Russian delegates at Horoshaets, was considered by the government as prob ably signifying that the peace negotia tions have been broken off,--according to a wireless communication received here from Petrograd. L OA GERMAN FORGES ATTACK AMERICANS BUT ARE REPULSED WITH SOME LOSSES TO THE AT TACKERS. MACHINE GUNS EFFECTIVE The Americans Suffered No Casual ties, But Five French Soldiers Were Wounded. With the American Army in France A strong German attack" following a heavy barrage firse against the American trenches to the Chemin-Des-Dames sector was repulsed with losses to the attackers. The vrell placed American machine guns sent streams of bullats into the advancing enemy and as the German barrage fire lifted the American artillery quickly laid down a curtain of fire, the Germans retiring without a single prisoner! There were no American casualties. Five French soldiers were wounded during the fighting. The Americans stayed in their dug outs until the proper time, when they jumped to the guns and fought like veterans. One officer and one man were killed and two w.ere wounded by enemy shell fire. One American soldier was "gassed." The Germans made a gas attack also in this sector, firing 50 projectiles of high per cent gas and 20 high explosive shells. One American soldier is dead and eight are suffering from the effects of poisonous gas, so far as reported, but it is probable that more casualties will develop, as in the Toul sector. There was another attack, but the number of casualties to the American troops in this sector since they be came engaged cannot be determined All the killed and wounded in these operations are from the Nw England States. BRYAN "HOWLED" DOWN BY CANADIAN TROOPS "What About the Lusitania?" Shouted in Chorus. Toronto. William Jennings Bryan was refused a hearing when he ap peared at Massey hall here to address a prohibition meeting under the aus pices of the dominion alliance. Returned soldies caused the dis turbance by shouting various epithets. "What about the Lusitania?" they also demanded in chorus. The first disturbance came before Mr. Bryan's entry, when the chairman told the audience they were to be honored by listening to. the fraternal delegate Of the Anti-Saloon league of America, "one of the foremost citizens of our ally." When Mr. Bryan came in, pandemonium broke loose. Most of the audience stood, waved hand kerchiefs and cheered him, but t the aaswering hoots from the gallery out lasted the cheers. For five minutes Mr. Bryan tried vainly to make himself heard. The interruption kept right on and the in terrupters sang "Rule Britannia" .and "God Save the King." Enthusiastic prohibitionists who wished to hear Mr. Bryan,- hurled across the hall counter-calls of "put them out," and "Where's , your fair play?" The chairman was heard to say something about ejecting the in terrupters. He was greeted with cries of "Who's going to do it?" Mi. Bryan took his seat. John H. Roberts, of Montreal, made ah attempt to speak, but was told to "get the khaki on." Then a man of the army medical corps dressed in uniform was hoisted on the platform. "Boys, they are fighting for free dom at the front; they are also fight ing for. freedom of thought. Why should we interrupt the meeting ?" he appealed to the gallery: The appeal was in vain. "God Save the King" was sung again and the soldiers in the gallery shouted "Take Bryan out, and we'll walk out. We'll let any man speak, but not a pro German." FOSTERS IDEA THAT AMERI- ICA IS NOT IN EARNEST New York. "The German press is carefully and adroitly continuing to foster the idea among the German people that America is not really in earnest about the war," declared Dr. A. N. Davis in discussing the situation in Berlin as he left it just over a ( month asro. Dr. Davis, formerly of! Piqua, Ohio, is the American dentist who lived in the German capital for j 15 years and numbered Emperor Wil liam among his patients. SPANISH CABINET HAS RESIGNED; NO SURPRISE I Madrid. The cabinet has resigned. The retirement of the government j was expected in view of the outcome j of the general elections. Furthermore the ministry was divided on tne ques tion of the policy to be pursued toward Germany in consequence of the recent torpedoing of several Spanish steam ships. Public opinion is expressing itself strongly against the action by the government. TROUBLE BREWING IN DUEL MONARCHY VIOLENT MEASURES BY GER MANY WOULD BRING NO GREAT SURPRISE. WILL NOT FIGHT RUSSIA Further Evidence of Growing Strain in Relations Given in Dispatches. . From France. Washington. Further evidence of the growing strain iff relations be tween Germany and Austria over the refusal of the latter to participate in the renewed attack upon Russia is given in an official dispatch received here from France. It quotes the Aus trian premier as formally reiterating on February 22 that Austria-Hungary will take no part. in military action against Russia or Rumania, and will not send her troops into Ukraine. Text of Dispatch. The dispatch follows: "Charles I paid a visit to William II the 22nd of February. Ludfjndorff was present at the Interview. If we are-to judge from the tone of the in terview it must have been lacking in cordiality. There seems to be little doubt but what a serious conflict has broken out during the week between the courts of Vienna and Berlin and which Germany is .determined to set tle if need be by violent measures. "The situation of the dual monarchy is such that the Vienna government in order to avert a catastrophe has been obliged to distinguish by means of public declarations its own policy from that of Germany. The report that at the conference of February 14 Hertling and Ludenorff had decided to pay no attention to the Russian demobilization and to prepare to be gin the conflict on the east front, caused a great stir throughout Aus tria. It was. not simply the dissenting nationalities, the Czechs, the Slov enes, or the Poles, who do not desire to fight any more, but it is the mass of the population of German origin -who refuse to sacrifice themselves any longer to assure the triumph of Prussian imperialism. "An official note of the 15th had announced that Austria for her part -would continue to consider the war as terminated with Russia and would abstain from taking pjirt in the oper ations planned by the German com mandr A second note of the 19th re peated the same statement. When asked to give further particulars at the sitting of the chamber on the 22d the Austrian premier formally stated : "'The words uttered by different deputies have proved that the explan ation which has been furnished up to present by me have not been suffi ciently explicit. I rei eat, therefore that Austria Hungary will participate in no way in the military action which is now being carried on by Germany against Russia. I repeat that there is no question of having our troops penetrate into Ukraine with whom we are at peace. I repeat that the armis tice eists between Austria-Hungary and Rumania and . that we are only considering entering as early as pos sible into peace conversations with this country. "These declarations are serious. Without a doubt in his 'speech on the 19th of February, Seydler pleaded his fidelity to the - alliance. But more and more Germany runs the risk of seeing Austria, and after her Bulgaria and Turkey, tr - a positive attitude and, practically withdrawing from the struggle, witness as spectators the continuation of hos'ilties. AGENTS RAID OFFICE OF PASTOR RUSSELL New Yorks-Agents of the United States army intelligence service raid ed the headquarterhs in Brooklyn of the Pastor Russell foundation, a re puted religious organization, and seiz ed a number of books and papers. COMES OUT ON TOP IN BLACKMAIL GAME Atlanta, Ga. One year at hard la bor on the chain gang and a fine of $1,000 the maximum penalty for" a misdemeanor was the sentence im posed In Fulton county superior court upon J. W. Cook, a real estate agent, indicted Jointly with Mrs. Margaret Hirsch, wife of H. H. ,Hirsch, an In surance man, for an attempt to black mail A.sa G. Candler, Atlanta's 65-year-old multi-millionaire for $500,000. AUSTRIAN ATTEMPTS TO ENLIST AT CAMP SEVIER Qreenville, S. -C Armand DeRiv aaL an Austrian citizen, was taken Into custody by United States Mar shal C. J, Lyon, after he had tried to enlist in the army, and is being held until lnatructions are received as to his disi-osition. DeRivand has been playing in the orchestra at one of the shows at Camp Sever for the past few days. According to DeRivand, he was formerly a second lieutenant In the Austrian army. . I TALKS OF STATE CAMPAIGN IF BITTERNESS IS INJECTED THE DEMOCRATS WILL NOT BE ' . AGGRESSORS. HAMMER IS RE-APPOINTED Friends A. A N. C. and N. C. Rail roads Pass Beneficiaries See McAdoo Other News. "I am in accord with , the express ed view of Governor T. W. Bickei that there should be no bitter partisan campaign," declared Hon. Thomas D. Warren, chairman of the Democratic state executive committee, in an in terview. "The governor has been do ing splendid work through 'the chan nels of his fine patriotic speeches," said Mr, Warren. "If any bitter partisanship is 'in. jected into North Carolina politics in 1918 the Republicans will be the ag gressors," stated the Democratic state chairman. "My idea is that there should be conducted a patriotic cam paign one elevated on a high plane. The principal issues should involve the support of the president, the ad ministration and the measures looking to the successful prosecution of the war. - "This campaign year will afford a splendid opportunity to appeal to the patriotism of the people." President Wilson sent to the sen ate the name of William C. Hammer for reapointment to the office of Uni ted States attorney for western North. Carolina, The batch of nominations dispatched to the senate included many names embracing a wide area of territory. The sweeping order of Secretary William G. McAdoo, director general of railroads, to the effect of curtailing the issuance of ralway passes to of ficers, directors and attorneys of rail roads may include the North Caro lina Railroad and the Atlantic and North Carolina Railroads. Samuel Brinson, president of the North Caro lina and Atlantic Railroad; Col. P. M. Pearsall, attorney for the North- Car olina Railroad, and Thomas D. War ren went" to the office of the director general of ralroads to ascertain the status of these exceptional examples. The Atlantic and : North Carolina Railroad operating from Morehead City to Gbldsboro and the North Car olina Railroad, running between Goldsboro and Charltote, are proper ties of the State of North Carolina to the extent of two-thirds ownership. According to stipulaton of the con- tracts of both roads the lessees agreed as part of the consideration to furnish transportation to the officers 'and twenty-four directors, of the two branch transportation lines. The laws of North Carolina furthermore auth orize the issuance of passes in both instances. Rob Home'and Store. Durham. Breaking through a win dow sash, one or more burglars en tered the home of I. S. Barbee, weal thy merchant of Toga,' ten miles east of the city on the Durham and South ern Railway; doped Mr. Barbee with an unknown drug; used the same drug on his daughter, Miss Minnie Barbee, who occupied a bed in the same room, and then ransacked the residence. Taking a bunch of keys, some money, a watch, and a pistol, the burglars left the residence and went to the store of Mr. Barbee a short distance away. They entered the store and plundered it for a large amount of stock. Total loss in the robbery had not been esti mated by Mr. Barbee. No effort to as sault either Mr. Barbee or his daugh ter, other than administer drugs to make their sleep sound was attempted, news reaching the city said. Erwin Increases Wages. Durham. Employes of the Erwin Cotton Mill Company plants in Dur ham and Oxford will receive benefits from a goodly wage increase. An nouncement of the increase was glveu in an address to employes by W. A. Erwin, secretary-treasurer. New Tobacco Factory. Reidsvllle. The Old North Stat smoking tobacco factory Is now in full operation in their new quarters In the old sash and blind factory. All the new machinery has been Installed and operated to full capacity. The plant Is being run night and day in an effort to catch up with orders, which have accumulated since the Old North State factory was burned Christmas Eve. Good progress has been made on the A. T. Co.'s new cigarette factory and the walls are now up to the fifth or last floor. Drank Carbolic Acid. 'i Charlotte. A' white girl, about 18 years d, giving her name as Miss Lula Arone, of New Bedford, Mass., drank a half ounce lof carbolic acid with the apparent intent of commit ting suicide, after being taken by po lice from a house In Charlotte on Hill streets. The police said it was a negro house. The girl was rushed to police headquarters where first-aid was rendered, after which she was taken to the Tranquil Park sanitarium. The girl is thought to have been betrayed.
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