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How Much Are You Interested in Free Bridges and GoodRoadsZ WEATHER FORECAST lIK TONIGHT .Oil) Tl IHi V V OI.DKR. SPEAK OIT! Let s TOST want ad. art as your spokesman when you want help, want to aril, or want to buy. THEY GO HOME. THE POST receives in lU office dally leased wire report of The Aaaorlalrd Prma. Iti newt sourc paper In North Carolina. YOU 12. NO. .17. SALISBURY. NORTH CAROLINA MONO Y. FFII. 21. I9!u. PlCi TWO CI NTS gP RUSSIAN ADVANCE IS COMPLICATING TASK OF TURKS: I.TFORTS TO Kr SSFMI1I.K THEIR SCATTKRFD FORCES IS INTFRRl TTF.O. DID TURKS TURN BACK? Reports That Two Army Cor ph. Learning of Fall of Krerum, Flee Instead of Reinforcing Others Ahuuith Aak lor Another Great Vole of Credit England Calls Yming Bachelors to the Colors. ( By Associated I'ress. I The rapid u ivaiup of tiie Russian I force- in Armenia, following the fall j (if Erzerum is eompl'catbg the task j of the Turks in their effort to reform I their scattered forces. From Russian headquarters in the j Caucasus come the report that two) Turkish army lorps which were on thiir wuy to reinforce the jarrison at Erzerum turned back when they learned that the fortress had fallen. A.'sumii g the accuracy )( lh ; report the Tjt'ka in eastern rmenia have lost the prospector important help in extricating themselves from what ap pears to be a perilous position. Unofficial accounts cf the Russian movements record advances both to the south and north, In the former di rection toward Diarbekr and the Bag dad railroad, fifty miles beyond and in the latter in an effort to cut off the retreating Turkish forces which have bene operating along the Black sea coast. Petrograd dispatches ind cute defi nite results early except fro .1 the movement from the north where an other Russian force is working along the Black sea coast, in the direction of Trebizond toward which the Russian forces from Erzerum also ire push ing. Far reaching results would fol low the success of the Russian thrust toward the south, it appearing that the rutting off of the Bagdad railroad would severe communication with Syria and point to a possible close of co-operation with the British down the Tigris river from Bagdad in the I operation for the taking of that city. Premier Asquith today presents to t'ne British parliament motions for two new votes of credit aggregating 4t20 million pounds, calculated o fin ance the war to the end of the cur rent year, March 31, for which pur pose 120 million pounds is needed and with the remainder to'begin the new fi. cal year with ample funds. Great Britain has -called to the col ors class one of recruits under the military service acl., comprising the yoymijest of bachelors. The calling up 'of the single men is now complet ed. The Russian Duma, which was prorogued on September 16th, last, has been summoned to meet again tpmorrdw. ' Berlin reports a raid by . German paval aeroplanes which dropped a number of 'homlis on the British avia tion camp at Furnes, near the North sea. ' London Hit By German Bombs. London, Feb., 20. Four German areoplanes today made a raid over the east and southeast coats of En gland, according to an official an nouncement made this .evening. The total casualties are given as two men and one bov Filled and one ma- rine wounded. Considerable material j damage was done. The official communication says: "Two of the bombs that fell de raid over the east . and sotuheni coasts at noon today. . "The first raiders, two biphris, ap peared over Lowestoft at 10:!i5 a. m., and circled over the south sice cf the town for five minutes and drop ped bombs. In about five minutes they roe to a gieat height and seem ingly vanished. At 11:10 a. m. the two seaplanes were again over the town and then vanished oastwarj again. "Altogether seventeen mll high explosive bombs were dropped. There were no casualities. Considerablj damage was caused l? the outbuild ings of a rc'taurant and to ;rn dwe. ing houses. Two naval soaptonti j went up at 11:05 a. m., and pursu the raiders, bet without result. I "Meanwhile two other German sea-1 GIVES STEEL PREFERRED j FOR BRIDGE PRIZES i k'mm ., : MRS.E. Mrs E. H. Gary, wife of the chair- man of the board of directors of the j United States Steel Corporation, be- i came tired of the customary prizes given at bridge whist parties. Her friends had won so many of the same kind that their homes were littered with duplicates. So she thought oi the steel stock in the corporation of which her husband is the guiding spir- rliiies were r.iakiri1.' (r I'.e Kentish coast. The first passed over the Kentish Knock Liht vessel, dropping bombs in that vicinity at 11:20 a. m. The last raider made straight for Walmer, leaching that town at 11:27 a.m. Flying less than 2,500 feet, it dropped six bombs and turned sharply to the east. "Two of the bomsb that fell de stroyed roofs and broke windows in tie neighborhood. One of them fell close to a church, blowing in the win dows as th congregation was singing 'Te Ileum.' A third bomb, fell on a j roaaway running along the beacn, : killing one civillian and injuring one j marine. . "The total casualities were two men and one boy killed and one marine injured. "Two of onr aeroplanes, which went up from Dover, pursued the raiders but apparently could not overtake him." PEN FIELD PRESENTS AMERICAN NOTE. Ambassador to Austria Asks for Ex planation and Investigation of At tack on the Petrolite. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 21. Ambassador Penfield at Vienna today cabled the State Department that he had pre sented the American note asking for an investigation and explanation of the attack on the American tanker, Petrolite, near Alexandria several weeks ago and that he had been prom ised a prompt reply. It is said at the State Department that the reply would probably give a basis for fu ture negotiations. REPORTS MORE ENCOURAGING. Workers in the. Flooded District are Getting to the Sjifferera Now. New Orleans, Feb. 21. With four steamers actively engaged in rescue work and a nurrfber of flat feoatsat work, with more under construction reports'convng in from the flood dis tricts are more encouraging. Reports from Newlton state that a number of searching parties are car rying foo4 supplies to the back eoun- try and that the search or people in the back district goes on. Ths people are-baing reached mora rapidly by the use of the boats. H.GARY. it. Then she went out and bought seven shares of the preferred, each i of which cost her $117. Her frienda who were lucky enough to win carried home these certificates. Now Mew York society has a new idea, some members of it are going to dig down in their trunks for a lot of green and gold mining stock they bought ver al years ago. GERMANY OBJECTS TO MARSHAL. Does Not Reliwh lnrettence of Official on the Captured Liner Appam and Makes Protest. (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feib. 21. Protestation against the presence of a U'nted States Deputy Marshal on the cap tured British liner, now a German prize in Hampton Roads, was made today by the German um'oassy to the State Department. The counselor of the embassy discussed the whole sulb- Ject witn Lounselor Folk. It was said that while the embassy realized that the matter was out of the hands, of the State Department and in court it was anxious to know when some de cis'on might be expected. The pres ence of the marshal was objected to because it is feared some friction might develop. REGARDING HOLDUP OF CHINA American lObnsuIar Representatives in China Instructed to InvestigaU Taking of Germans From Amrei can Ship by Great Britain! (By Associated Press.) Washington, Few. 21. American consular representatives in China particularly at Shanghai, were today Instructed to gather full information of the removal of 38 Germans from the American steamship China on the high seas last week. It is said at the State Department that when full- in formation is at hand a note will -probably be addressed to Great Britain such as was sent to France when the cruiser Des Cartes removed Germans and Austrians from an American ship near Porto Rico recently. France re leased the. men and instructed naval commanders not to make any more such seizures. LANSING SEEKS PROMPTcREPL Secretary of State Asks London, for Answer to American Note on : In. Inference with Mails. : (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 21. Secretary Lansing. today asked the London for eign office for prompt replies, to the American protests against the seiz ure of nulls and the applies tic of the trading with ' the enemy ' act against American firms and interest. E ! The Fart That Assurance is ol Giv- en of a Repitition of the I iiMlmiiu DisaHter ( iiuxs ('oiicern iiioiik i Amei ii an Ollicials. j ( Hy Associateil Pr-s-.l Washington, Fel). 21.- State l)c j partment oiric als today said t ..y con I sidered the sumari'i' i-ue with i Gernmiiy still in a grave stj", be- i cause the I.usitania agreement in the i light of the new annoinceiiicm of thi submar He policy of Germanic mw ! ers contains no asHuran es for t "i t j future. The situation creali-d by t lie janriouncei intention of sinki.g irm i eil merchant m "ii without v,i! niiiy af ' 1 1 r February 2!th. officials sad, wai , ; still in the abstract and was beinir; ' msideri-d as s.:ch but that the Lusi j tania agreement itself as it now i stands already treats of the past and' ' although (jives all .n that respect for I which the United States nas cor- ' ' tended officials do not feel that it dearly guarantees against such an- : other disaster, because while it refers ! i at the outset to the assurances that j German sulmar ries would not sink I lir.ers it does not reiterate them. ! ARMY REORGANIZATION BILI One in Tentatively Agrel Upon by the Houtte Military CommtMee. (By Associated Pres.) Washington, Fib. 21. A new army reorganization bill providing for the federalizat'on of the national guard, ths ir.crea.se of the regular army to 134,000, doubling of the seasoned ar tillery, the increase of the engineer ing corps iby about 15 companies, the creation of four new squadrons of aircraft, and of an ent're new corps of cadets from the colleges having military trainin was agreed upon tentatively by the House military committee today. ROBBERY AT LANDIS. Hardware Store Again Entered and a Number of Article! Carried OCT, Including Guns. Some time between Sunday night and 10 o'clocik and this morn ing at 1 o'clock robbers entered the store of the Landis Hardware Com pany at Landis by talking a gla-s from the front door. A number of articles were carried off, including several guns, some pistols and raz ors. The sheriff was notifi j at once and left Salisbury at 2 o'clock for the scene. He worked unt 1 noon today in an effort to o'jtain a clue but was unsuccessful. This store has been entered several times recently. ANOTHER P. O. S. OF A. Camp Organized at Bontian's School House With Twenty-Five Charter Members. Another new camp of the Patriotic Order Sons of America has been or ganized in Rowan county, this last one tieing formed at Bost'an's school house in China Grove township. It has ;twenty-five' charter menViers, and Mr. P. G. Cook, of Concord, one of the State organizers has arranged for the initiation of te chart;: mem bers Wednesday night. Buy Your Tickets Esr'v. A spc-'al request comes from the management of the Fathers and Sons and Mothers and Daughters Suppers that the guests thereof buy their tick ets early. This is of great, service lo those in charge of the affairs. Thire is oily a limited rum'ier that ian be Sold as tht room will not seat a very great number. Get your tick ets now at Ma n Pharmacy or at Sal eeby's. Splendid programs are being prepared full of fun as well as earn estness. FOREST FIRES IN N. C. (Special to the Post.) Hkkory, N. C Feb. 21. A special to the Record from Le noir state that forest fires are raging near Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather mountain and in the Brushy section. Consid erable dasaage Is feared, al though anew fell heavily in those sections Friday night. GET READY FOR If you are interested in the rond lo lladln, in the free bridge urross the Wdkin river, ullend the meeting nt the Chamber of Com merce rooms tomorrow niuht. These two project will help Salisbury erv much. We all a(tree on thut. . The thinn is to get them. I he Itadi.i road is practically UMsured through Rowan. Not much tioiihh- will be experienced in county, but we must en.our u:e and lul the Harris township people get their ro:id to the AIIh' niarlc lownship line. No matter how nimh inlereHt you have your intiM si will not umount to a (hinx unlrsH you rnrrgle it. Start helping; lo work out a few good thinxH for Salixhury thia year by at teiuling the ineelinn TueMday evening at the ( hamrnT of Commerce ri.iinis. Our people are to a unite agreed that there khoulJ he a free In idge where there In now a toll , bridge acres the Yadkin river. Ac, iin. let us rcmcn.-.er that a wilenl wihhing for u free bridge will not get it. With a bit or earnest patient work we can get it. All will be benefited and no one hurt by Much an accomplishment. All SaliMnury and Spencer ought lo attend thin free bridge-good read meeting which might to start Homething delinite. It is tomor row oeniitg at the Chamber of Commerce roomn. L IS A GREAT WORKERlTO BECOME CANDIDATES He (Jets Up Early nad Goes to Work Great Energy and Vigor IV to Severe Strain. Paris, Feb. 19. General Gallium's great vigor and energy are being put to a severe strain in the War Office. He begins woHk at 5 o'clock in the morn ng anil keeps at it all day not withstaniing his t57 years, with all his application, he find the Jay's work is never finished when night comes. To say nothing of the responsibi lity of conducting the French mili tary operations, he has to receive fre quent visits from a considerable num ber of the COO deputies and 1100 sen ators; he has to attend meetings of the Cabinet, participating in the Uc liberations of the French War Coun cil and of the Allies' Combined War Councils; he is summoned before the War Committee of the Chamber and War Committee of the Senate two or three times a week to give informa tion regarding the progress of the war, and he has to attend sessions of the Chamber and Senate on every oc casion when military questions are discussed, and frequently to reply to one or two interpellations by mem bers. All that would be insufficient to ex haust Gallieni's energy, but he has in addition to reply either from the Speaker's stand in the Chamber or through the Journal Official to all sorts of questions posed in writing ,by I members of Parliament. These ques- : tionb occupy from a dozen pages up wards every day, covering the widest imaginable range of subjects. The Minister of War, of course, does not personally conduct that corespond ence, but since the reply engages his responsibility as Minister, he must in each case know that the information is exact. "You force me to follow a profes sion that is not mine," General Gal lieni said in a recent delbate from the speaker's, stand of the Chamber in a moment of pathetic despair. The pro fession to which he referred was that of debater and of igeneral intelligence agent for the benefit of the deputies. On a single day the Minister of War was interrogated 119 times. The fol lowing specimens give an idea of the range of questions: "How many buildings were requisi tioned for use as hospitals before Oc tober 1st, 1915; how many have ibeen requisit'oned since October 1, 1915; how many hotels were there among them?" "Why are daily reports of officers in charge of hospitals sometimes signed by head nurses?" "If such and such a paragraph of such and such a section of such and such a chapter of such and such a law was applied iz such a case; if so; why? If not, why not?" "If it is true that in certain hos pitals the patients of the same ward are allowed to take the air only twice a week and in squads of only six st a time, and why?" "Why in some sections of the army do men sleep with their clothes on-" Such cases have done more than anything else to call the attention of the public to the impositions that cer tain members of parliament make op- on the minister's time. It has devel-1 On the other hand, the Socialists and oped a decided current of opinion in j Republican Socialists have proposed fsvor of measures to put a stop to the nomination, of a permanent corn it r k tk. ' mi xv nn of 44: memrbers with Bower lb. VIW UniuUBHiwq vini vj vnv adjournment of the -session of the . President under the power, conferred upon him hy the Constitution of 1875. THE MEETING. Republican Close County Convention in a Veritable Love Feaat Anoth er Convention to Ratify Action of Primaries. The RoAtin county Republican con tention, help here Saturday and which was largely atten !od, 'closed in a veritable love feast. There was some little discussion and argument o.'er a resluotion prented by Mr. J. M. Proctor, in which the demo cratic administration was scored and in which the word deceitful was used. This word was objected to iby Prof. Brown, of Enochville, but the resolu tion as presented had a number of defenders who spoke in favor of its adoption and it was finally adopted. Mr. J. M. Proctor, in representing this resolution, made a strong and en thusiastic speech and was heartily applauded. Attorney G. W. Gar land also made speech and others had a few words to say. Eighteen delegates were chosen to the congressional convention which meets in Tayiorsville and eighteen delegates will go to the State con vention at Raleigh. The primaries will be hell through out the county on June 3rd, a::d It was the sense of the convention Sat urday that there be a.iot'.wr conven tion in Salisbury immediately folbw ing the holding of the primaries to ratify the action of the same. During the meeting Saturday calls were made for those who contemplat ed announcing their candidacy for office and Mr. Price, who waa presid ing said he looked tor many an nouncements to appear in the news papers before the time for holding the primaries, but asked those who were inclined to run to speak out an J many did, among them being the fol lowing: J. M. Waggoner, for prosecuting attorney; H. C. Bueck ami J. W. Proctor, for register of deeds; Prof. F. B. Brown, for State Senator; Al bert Miller and A. A. Myers, for the lower house; S. A. Earnhardt, for treasurer; W. E. Russell, J. b. Yost and J. M. A. Menius, or sheriff; M. A. Stirewalt, C. P. Foster, O. L. Heil ig, P. A. Peeler, J. H. Hobson, J. H. Frick, G. M. G. Fisher, J. S. Camp bell and C. M. Fisher, for county commissioners. It was impressed upon all to get a copy of the new primary law and study it thoroughly. . The following is a list of the dele gates to the Congressional and State conventions : A. H. Price, J. D. Dorsett, R. A. Kohloss, W. H. Hobeon, J. M. Proctor, Thomas Rosemond, J. H. Ramsay, G. W. Garland R M. Leonard, C. P. Foster, T. H. Stewart, H. L. Griswold, Prof. F. D. Brown, J. A. Peeler, T. V. Holt, H. S. Bostlan, H. C. Bueck, Dr. J. M. L. Lyerly, Dan Good son, Arthur Bost, J. A. Menius J. E. Oorrell. Round trip tickets to the State Re publican contention at 'Raleigh, March 1st are ?4.20. It is human nature to want some thing for nothing, and yet the free li brary doesn't draw as big a crowd as a prize fight - I to hrsit any part of the front ai eny military establishment or quarter, behind the front TO Tl AT THIS TIE SALISBl RY PEOPLE OVER THE ROAD FIND IT GOTO CONDI- ; TIONED. INTEREST GROWS DAILY. ROAD BAD1N GOOD CONDI ION The Good Roud Spirit is Growing Daily Interna Along the Line of . the HIU bury-Bndln Road Meeting v U1 Be Held on Tuesday Evening to Talk Roads Many Will Be There. SaliUmry ieople who drove over the road from Salisbury to Albemarle ? mu Had n report the road in pretty h fair condition. The dry weather of the part week has had a good effect w on all roads, but the reverse all but puts them out of commission. The -most of the road between this city and the Albemarle capital is natur ally pretty good road. Ths ridge ia followed much of the way, and tho ; road properly laid off, drained and , constantly scrape i would tnean fair I roud all the year rou.-.d. A good many folks are down the river today. This is the date for the big auction sale of properties of , the Power City Investment Company- 1 and this event has attracted visitors from far and naar. Today's paper tells of further activities In real es tate opening up down there. A tracks of land owned by Salisbury people will likely be offered at an early day. Considerable interest Is .'entering around this road to Albemarle ani Badin. The Post bears every day or , two some expression of general inter ; est In .the road, all of which indicate tW til a MAtiU 4klmltMM I.- condition and Interested in better things. "ft ;;. . :Ss- No doubt there will bt a large in terest shown in this matter through an expression tomorrow night at the r chamber of commerce meeting, s Fine : weather argues for fine roads and the ; more the travel the bigger the de- -ma-d for a good road and the better the i oi.l the mors will people be en co'.ired to use it. This" is strong est sort of argument for the Salts -bury-Badin road! TO DISCOURAGE TRESPASS. Southern Railway Issues Statistics to Show How Trespassers on Road Were Killed During the Year Past. Washington, Feb. 21. In the effort to discourage the dangerous custom of trespassing on its property, Sou thern Railway has prepared some in teresting statistics in regarl to the 140 trespassers "killed on its track, and trains during the fiscal year 1915. Of these fatal accidents, 99 occur red in country districts and 47 in cities or towns. . Of the victims: 79 lived near the scene of accident, 45 lived far from it, and the residence of 22 was un known; 82 lived at home with fam ily or parents, 32 did not, and 32 un known; 133 were made and 13 were female; 73 were white and 73 color ed; 133 were married, 62 single, and . 34 unknown; 50 were without oecvpa- : tion. 43 were unskilled laborers, 12 were skilled laborers, 1 was a pro fessional man, 2 were merchants, 1 a clerk, 1 a housewife, and 36 un known; 35 were regularly employed ' at the time of accident, 70 were not, and 41 urtkm wn; 93 were walking on, track, 36 "stealing ride" on trains, 3 killed by other accidents, and 15 tin- . known; 2 were under 5 year, of age; ' 6 between 6 and 10, 12 between 10 and 15, 28 between 15 and 21, 42 be tween 21 and 30, 22 between 30 n4 . 50, 10 between 60 and 60, 10 be tween 60 and 65, S over 65, and 8 un known; 22 were inotxicated at the time of the accident H were opt, and 30 unknown. , .V " v ; ' - -These figures " show conclusively that the great majority of these lives uselessly sacrificed were of aaeful citizens, they were equally divided fce- ; tween the races, men greatly predom inated, ami there was a wide distribu tion as to age . and occupation. ' - During the year -1914 o all the railway, of. the United State., 4J4fi , . ,, , . trespasser, were tiled, 26 lost ene lin. im suffered other injuries.
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