North Carolina Newspapers

LOCAL WEATHER FORECAST THUNDER SHOWERS TODAY ; FAIR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. fetary Ever THE POST RECEIYES IN ITS OFFICE DAILY LEASED WIRE REPORTS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. NEWS SOURCES ARE NOT EXCELLED BY ANY NEWS PAPER IN NORTH CAROLINA. SPEAK OUT! LET POST WANT ADS ACT AS YOUR SPOKES MAN WHEN YOU WANT HELP, WANT TO SELL, OR WANT TO BUY. THEY GO HOME. VOL. 12. NO. 126. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 191fi. PRICE TWO CENTS g Posit BRITISH CLAIMING ALMOST EVEN BREAK FIRST LEGALIZED CHICAGO MOLDING IN GREAT NORTH SEA NAVAL BATTLE Latest Reports by Way of London Add More German Snips to Those Already Reported Destroyed- German Zeppelins Aided Materially in the Great Sea Fight Germans Continue Great Struggle at Verdun. PRIMARY IN N .C. PREPARED PARAD E Members of National House of Representatives, State and County Officers Voted For. CHIEF INTEREST CENTERS IN GUBERNATORIAL RACE So Oreat is the Enthusiasm That Two Parades are Neces sary. ONE PARADE IN MORNINO AND ANOTHER AT NIOHT MRS. FOWLER, YOUNG WIFE, IS DYING AS RESULT OF A DOUBLE TRAGEDY. Young Woman of Lumberton Called to the Door by a Former Lov er, Don Anderson, Who Shoots Mrs. Fowler and Then Tutsi Pistol on Himself Sending a Bullet Through His Heart Dy ' ing Instantly Woman Will Die. (By Ap.S'xiu'ed Press.) , London. June '). The (iprnan .:lK'H(lnau".ht, Westfalen, of IH.Ot'O tons hus been added to the steadily jfiowin list of vessels sunk in the jreat naval engasrtment in the North Sea, according to wireless dispatcher j ' I'roin Berlin which says the (ierman j a))v i rally admit.; the loss Of this .varship. Addition earlier in the lay were the German cruiser Elbing ,uid the British destroyer Sh:tjk. Nearly all of the men who manned ihe destroyed vessels were lost. The latest British statement re ' yarding the outcome of the engage ment shows that the admiralty views u as not at all unfavorable to the British. It is declared that the Ger mans sought out the British ships and engaged their entire fleet of superior Six German Ships Sunk. j London, June 3. A report frn j The Hague, forwarded from Amster dam, to the Central ' News Bureau, -say. that six German ships were sunk i by the British and a large cruiser ! damaged and towed into harbor. It j, gaged in the fight. Entire Crew Was I.ost. London, June 3. The aumiralty today received a report to the effect that the entire crew of the battleship cruiser Queen Mary was lost. Many Big Boats Were Lost During the Fight. London, June 2. The British ad miralty announces that in a naval tattle May 31 off the Jutland coast at least one enemy battle cruiser was destroyed, one severely idam- PRIMARJES ARE NOW ON. Light Republican Presidential Preference Vote Expected, While Democratic Vote Heavy. Democrat and Republicans Through out the State Selecting County and State Candidates Daughtridge 6Claiming a Landslide. forces and that they were compelled aged and the enemy destroyers loss tin put back to port and give up any j "must have ibeen large." jilan of action they may have con templated. The losses on the English side are estimated at 6,000 men and this may be nearly matched by those of the G-rmans if the latest reports on the number of German -warships lost are confirmed. In the British casualty list are ln- ; eluded the entire .Tews of the Queen Mary and Indefatigable, of 900 and 9 iO men, respectively. Germans Gained Advantage. London, June 3. Fuller details of the great naval battle in the Nort'i iea emphasized, the advantage gain ' ed by the Germans in inflicting heavy losses on the British fleet while es- .-auinsr with considerable smaller damage to themselves. The German estimate of (the tonnagie destroyed places it at 193,000 tons on the British and 23,000 tons on the Ger man side. The German figures, how ever, are probably based on the as sumption that the Biritish warship, Warapite was sunk. The British ad miralty, however, has officially denied that this 27,500 ton vessel was lost. Zeppelin airships played an im portant part in the engagement, ac cording to various accounts, their, su periority as scouts apparently giving Germans a marked advantage in disposing if her forces to reach the British movement. Dispatches today report that two Zeppelins supposed among those en gaged were destroyed. Among the additions to the list of vessels lost was the German cruiser KLbing and the British destroyer Shirk according tr, accounts of the ihattle. ; The Elbing was a speedy new cruiser of between 4,000 and 5,000 tons, carrying a crew of 450 men. In the notable battle still raging 'at Verdun the Germans are con tinuing their effort to force the .French line northeast of the fortress. Their latest effort was made last night on Vaux where they succeed ed in penetrating a deep ditch to the uorth of tfre main French position. ' In Southern Tyrol the Austrians are desperately attacking the Italian position South of Assa valley, the struggle proceeding with intensity as far as Asiago. London, June 3. Captain William'' ; Hall, chief of the intelligent bureau, of the British admiralty, authorized the Associated Press today to say ' "The German report of the loss ctf 1 the Marlborough aAd the Warspite ,is absolutely untrue. Both these ships 'are safe in harbor. "The German report that the en tire British fleet was engaged is equally untrue. A portion of the fleet composed vessels far inferior to the German ships only were engaged in this conflict with the German ships all of which were driven back to their harbor. The British still control the North Sea." i ! Members of German Crew Rescued. ' Hooker, Holland, June 3. A tug shnat haB arrived ham with 8 men. members of the German crew from the cruiser Fraenlob, which was sunk in the engagement off Jutland. They say the ship sunk in ten minutes af ter she was torpedoed. Nothing is ! The battle cruisers Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Invincible and the cruisers Defense. Warrior and Black Prince were lost. Five de stroyers also were lost and six oth ers are not accounted for. No Brit ish battleships or light cruisers were sunk. Stood Test Well. London, June 2. Rear Admiral Hebjbinghause, director of the Ger man admiralty, in making the . an nouncement of the sea battle to the Reichstag gave no detail' of th. fight other than what had been offi cially announced by the admiralty, according to a telegram from Berlin forwarded by Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent. "No complete statement of our damages or losses yet has been, re- i ceiived," he said, in conclusion. "Of course, some of our ships were se verely damaged. The main portion of our fleet returned to harbor with the men in splendid spirits. Our men, ships and guns stood the test of bat tle well." Censor at at Work. London, June 2. The official press bureau at 11 o'clock tonight issued the following statement: "Owing to lac kof information we are unable to pass various accounts otf the sea battle that are being sub mitted. "(By tomorrow the admiralty, no doubt, will possess fuller details ana then, if the articles are submitted, they can be properly dealt with." British Losses Greater Than at First Reported. Berlin, June 2. Via London. Ad miral Hebbinghiause, director of the admiralty, told the Reichstag this af ternoon that the British 'torpedo boat lasses were greater than had first been reported. At least three of the destroyer flotilla flagship, said Ad miral Hehbinghause, and nine or 10 destroyers, had been sunk. Of these the battleship Westfalen alone sank six. The German battleship Pommern was sunk by a torpedo, the admiral continued, and the Wiesbaden by ar tillery. The Frauenlob was last seen by a Germanidearojwr in a night en counter with a heavy list and the ad miral said it was assumed she hal been' sunk. The Democratic and Republican primaries for 'the selectiin of State and county candidates to oe voted for in the general election in November are being, held throughout the State today. In Salisbury there has been a com paratively light vote up to press time with the Post, an o there is no way of telling the "prosba'ble outcome. No material news has been received from points over the State other than several telegrams ciming to Daugh trodge leaders here, these being from headquarters in Raleigh and claiming a landslide over the State for the "farmer-banker-business man" candidate. ' Lenoir Officers Seize a Big Still. Lenoir, June 2. A blockade still, all rigged . up, ready for a full run, was seized by Sheriff J. A. Triplett and his deputies, some three miles southwest of Lenoir, early Wednesday evening. The Rtill was of 40-gallon capacity and a first-class outfit in every particular for the manufacture bf "fie water." " The operators had just started the fire under the furnace preparatory for a run when the sheriff and his deputies approached,' Only two men appeared to be in charge, and one George Carlton, formerly of Wilkes bounty, was arrested and brought to Lenoir and placed in jail, while the other made good his escape, leaving his coat behind. Some 400 gallons of singlings were emptied out on , the ground by the officers. " So far as material and construction are concerned the still is decidedly the best that has been brought in by the officers in a long while. , (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, June 3. .Members of the National House of Rperesentativies, state and county officers in more than GO counties, are today being nominat ed in the first legalized primary pv?r held in North Carolina. It was a Democratic primary since the Republicans had agreed on a state ticket with Frank R. Linney as the candidate for governor. In the nomination for State officers the Republicans had only the oppor tunity of expressing preference for President and Vice-President and vot ing for candidates in several coun ties. A heavy vote is forecasted. Interest centers in the race .between Lieutenant Governor Daughtridge and Attorney General Bickett for the gubernotarial nomination and con test in the Second Congressional dis trict where Representative Claude Kitchin is opposed for renomination by Chairman W. Mlitchell. Repre sentative H. L. Godwin of the Sixth district was the only other Congres- ' sional candidate opposed for renomi- j nation. 1 Four candidates arc seeking the nomination in the Seventh district to succeed Representative Robert N. Page, who recently pnnouncei that because of his disagreement with some of the policies of the adminis tration he would not seek re-election. 1 Lieutenant, Governor, Auditor and Superintendent of Public Instruction were the only State Officers not con tested for. 1 A Jight Republican presidential preference vote and a heavy Demo-' cratic vote for President Wilson with Men and Women Will Take Part in the Demonstration in Favor of Preparedness. THE NORMAL CLOSING BEGINS THIS AFTERNOON. Chicago, June 3. So great was the enthusiasm with which Chicago rose to the spirit of th preparedness de monstration that two parades were necessary, one in the day ami one at night. More than 150,000 men and women took part in the parade today, hav ing pledged themselves to do so, rain shine. The women said that if 't rained they would wear their old I iuuI would not let their enthusiasms be querached by fenr of a drenching. The day parade formed this morn ing in Michigan avenue, South of Van Buren street and marched north on Michigan avenue, the entire route be ing as follows: North on Michigan avenue to Ran dolph street, west of Randolph to Franklin, South on Franklin to Wash ington, East on Washington to State, South on State to Madison, West on Madison to Franklin, south on Frank hn to Monroe, East on Monroe to State, -South on State to Jackson Boulevard, West on Jackson to a point West of Chicago River where disbank'ment will take place late this afternoon. The men and women that took part came from nearly all trades and pro fessions. The middle-aged and the gray-headed walked briskly along with strappling youngsters, all in spired by the general enthusiasm, the crashing sound of drum and horn and the waving of thousands of flags. The formation of the marchers con sisted of the following distribution: iPlatoon of police; mounted trum peters; a group representing the fa mous picture, "The Spirit oif '78;" Normal and Industrial School Holding Its Closing Exercise Ihe Bacca laureate Sermon Being Preached Tt morrow by Mr. Atkinson. The closing exercises of the Salis bury Normal and Industrial Institute begin this afternoon at 5:30 o'clock with ex libit of 'he industrial work in the Maxwell Chambers building, fojlowed by the physical training demonstration on teh playground otit side. Sunday evening at R o'clock in the Presbyterian thimh the baccalaur eate sermon will be preached by Rev. Geo. H. Atkinson. Monday evening at 8 o'clock the students concert will be given in the community building, and Tuesday evening the commencement address will be given by Rev. Geo. H. Atkin son. The public is most cordially invited to all these exercises. (By Associated Press.) Durham, June 3. Mrs. May Fow ler, age 20 years, of Lumberton, N. C, wife of W. B. Fowler, is dying and Don Anderson, age 22 year of Winston-Salem, is dead as a result of the most horrible double tragedy ever oc curring In this county. The terrible crime took place at 8:15 o'clock this morning when An derson went to the boarding house woere Mr, and Mrs. FaAvler are stopping and calling them to the front door he drew a 32 calibre re volver and shot Mrs. Fowler. He then turned the weapon on h'ms!f and shot a bullet through his heart, dying instantly. Physicians say that Mrs. Fowler cannot live. The police say the tragedy is the outgrowth of an old love affair. V MAN AND WIFE SENT UP. the returns will ibe late coming in. HONOR DAVIS MEMORY. Eulogies Delivered in the House of Representatives by Representatives Aswell and Kincheloe. (By Associated Press.) Washington, June 3. Jefferson Davis' memory was honored in the House today by tributes delivered by Representatives Aswell of Louis iana and Kincheloe of Kentucky. The 108th birthday anniversary of fThe president of the Confederacy was the occasion for the speeches. "The North and the South," said Mr. Aswell, "join hands in honoring the memory of two men loved and honored and idolized.' Lincoln, great in victory, Davis is mo less great in defeat.' Return Engagement of High School The High School Club will repeat the play "Allison's Lad" next Wed-1 nesdav night. The entertainment was given a month ago and score i a hit. It is repeated in order that those who did not see it before may come this time. And those who came be fore may come again for it is worth hearing over. A new feature this Grand Marshal E. C. Yountr and staff: a division .between Vice-President Chicago court judges; Mayor WU Marshal and Governor Major of liam H. Thompson, members of the Missouri was predicted. I city council and various city depart- iBecause of the length and arrange- ments. Grand Army of the Republic ment of the ballot it is expected that veterans; Spanish War Veterans and cadets from military training camps. This formed the advance of the par ade and then came the main divisions, as follows: First Division: Commercial and Industrial Interests. (Second Division: Bankers, Insur ance men, Railroaders, Telephone em ployes, civil engineers, broflwrs, mem bers and employes of the Board of Trade. Thir Division: Semi-Military Or ganizations, Clubs, Societies, etc. Fourth Division: Business men A CHICKEN RAISER Husband Cut Up Spouse's Stockings and She Threw a Lamp at Him Another Man Said to be the Trouble. There was a case in the county court this morning that developed a second case before the first was dis posed of. Rubie Nathan, a colored damsel, had her husband, I rati Nath an, arrested for beating her. It de veloped that he had also cut up a pair of new hose belonging to her which he stated "the other man" had bought. The evidence showed that she. threw a lamp at him, thfs being filled with kerosene and it landed m his head, breaking to smithereens and saturating his clothing w'lth oil. When this evidence eame out Giles Hudson, Esq., who was conducting the prosecution, drew a warrant for the woman charging assault Both were convicted and Judge Carlton stnt th man to the cha'n gang for ninety days and his wife to the work&rjre for ninety days, and said in that time they would probslbly cool off and agree to live together In peace. The woman suddenly assumed a sickly attitude, although she is stout and robust, but the Judge told htr the county would have a doctor to look after her physics! needs. PLANS FOR YOUNG MEN'S CLUB DISCUSSED, The many friends of Mr. Lonnie L. Gaskill, son of Mrs. Annie Gaskill of this city, and who has been living at time will be given (by a number of Denning, New Mexico, for Borne years Salisbury's young women who have will read with interest the following been attending the State Normal taken from the Graphic published at North of Madison street, outside of School at Greensboro the past year, that place regarding his poultry in- the loop. "Mrs. Jarley'e Waxwork." This was dustry there: one of the features if a Junior class entertainment at the Normal this winter and was a greot hit. It is a mighty funny comedy and will be brim full of laughs. The girls are helping the boys in the entertainment because they are interested in the ob- jct the equipping if the Innes street The Graphic has spoken many times of the splendid success in i profitable chicken raising achieved by L. L. Gaskill on his beautiful "Miramichi Farm," (pronouncrd My-ra-ime-she,) an Indian name, signi fying happy retreat. j The Gaskills were amateurs when Fifth Division: Business South of Madison street, outside of the loop. (Sixth Division: National Guard troops. The Judges of the Municipal court joined the Circuit and Superior court judges at the head of a lawyers' di vision with tdgar a., lolman as chairman. ELECTION JUDGES FIGHT. Messrs. T H. Vsnderford, Jr., and C. F. Hartley Come to Blows Follow ing Dispute Over An Elector Some little excitement was caused at the North Ward polling place shortly before noon today when th? Democratic and Republican judges, Messrs. T. H. Vandefrord, Jr., and C. F. Hartley, respectively, came to blows following a dispute over some rights of an elector who had present ed himself inside the booth. The scrap was pretty lively for a short time and when the combatants were Isenarated' It was found that Ma, Spencer, June ft. On Tuesday ev ening, May 30th, several young men met at the Y. M. C. A., and informally discussed and made plans for organ izing a Young Men's Club in Spencr. The young men present were enthu siastic and freely expressed them selves concerning the kind of a club that would interest and help young men. ' From the discussion that followed it is the purpose of the young men to organize the ydung men into a club or society that will operate along various lines such as a social, relig ious, literary and physical. A glee dub will also be feature, of this club,, A committee was elected to submit by-laws for adoption at the next " meeting- that Is to be held at' the Y. M. C A Friday evening, Jons Oth, It is hoped that a large number of young men will be present to help organist this dufc . On. Sunday afternoon, . June 4th, there will be a meeting et the Y. M. C. A. to which everbody . , Is cordial ly Invited. At this meeting .Messrs, O. F. Barnes, W. T. Curlee and B. F, Stevenson give their, report of the International Convention attended in Cleveland, Ohio; by the above com mittee, May 12-1. Meeting will be gin at 4 p. m. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE DAY. school gymnasium. This gymnasium they !st!arted in the chicken business,' There was a gathering of firemen ! Hartley had received several bksvs if it can be properly be properly but they had lots of grit and gump equipped will be the first time Salis bury has had anything of this nature. ' Pass the word along about the en tertainment. Come and see your own town boys and girls in good acting and entertaining stunts. If you have any doubt about the staunts being good ask I somebody who was there last timej There: is not a slow mom- about seven hundred, under Fire Miar tion and possessed the hatppy char-shall Thomas O'Connor's direction. acteristic, Common sense. Gaskill j The drug clerks' organization was high grade office min in New swelled the ranks of the marchers York, but health demanded I'fe in .the and members who are here from all open. He therefore came to the parts of the United States attending MXmbres Valley, saw the opportunity , the national convention of their sso and conquered the difficulties. ciation adjourned in t'm to take He figured out that sunshine and their place in line. White Leghorn chickens "harmon-1 "Safety First" played an import ant In .the whole entertainment ized'.'fcnd. adopted the Wlyckoff strain, j ant part in thearrangeroents for the Tragedy, comedy, music and all of it nest in America, and ties now crossed good stuff and the results of home these with the Tom Barron strain, talent The entertainment will not best m England, until he now has f No, Maude, dear; the theory hat known of the remaining members of j time is money isn't what influences the crew of 350 men. ' ' people to buy on tidkv begin until 8:30 to allow those to attend who are at prayer meeting. Several of the churches will call the raid-week meeting early in order to make this possible. Mrs. J. D. Brown, who has been in the sanatorium for some weeks, hav ing, underwent an operation for ap pendicitis, will soon be able to return to her home cflf Fulton " Heights. Her infant child, which has also been crit ically ill has almost entirely recov ered. v.C The woman who permits herself to be married for her money seldom gets her money's worth. ' the finest . laypng strain obtainable anywhere. He has strains that win great! international laying contests. He went sifter the best and got it. That is the reason success has crown ed his efforts. He ij. an inspiration to those who come to thie great natural garden of the southwest, when you get ihe right kind of gsrieners. ' He, raises wheat, milo and alfal fa, to feed his flock, wh'ch number nearly four, thousand perfect speci mens and it Is, quite needless to say that his products get the top of the market and a little bit better the year around. The Ga skills have labored with i their own hands and hare had the courage of their convictions. parade. A large ambulance corps, in charge of Red Cross officials and nurses, was divided into groups and stationed approximately along each 1,000 feet of the line of march. The city health department and the am bulance staffs of many hospitals co operated in supplying the ambulance corps. on the head causing freely. blood to flow CONCORD GOES BEYOND Y. M. C. A. AMOUNT -SOUGHT. New Innovation Inaugurated by Su perintendent P. S. Carlton of First Baptist Sunday School. Judge P. S. Carlton, superintendent of the First Baptist Sunday school, announces that tomorrow will be kown as High School Graduate Day in this Sunday school. There were' seven out of the twenty-ieight grad uates at the recent closing of the Salisbury High School who are mem bers of the First Baptist Sunday .' school and it is 'for the purpose of honoring these that ihe day is set apart It is announced that this w'll be an. annual affair with this Sunday school. ' . I . All members of the 1916 graduat ing class, whether attendants of the Baptist Sunday school or not, are in vited to be present tomorrow morn ing, and any others who feel interest ed will receive a cordial welcome, From Oyster Bay comes the inti mation .that unless the Republican party accepts Roosevelt as its loyal leader tried and true, he will lead the third party bolt again. Gracious, how loyal thst man is! Detroit Jour nal. . It is just as polite to kick a msn in the back ss to yawn in his face. Detroit Journal,. Concord, June 2. Concord's big electric Y. M. C. A. clock 'struck; to night 'Nojj only di the hand move to $35,000, the amount sought, but the subscriptions totalled more than that amount. When the subscriptions were add ed at the noon meeting, the clock showed $32,718. The committees then went to work for the final canvass and at an enthusiastic meeting st Central School this evening more than the amount sought for was secured. Wigg -Bjones isnt very popular is he? Wagg Popular? Hub! Why, that fellow would be blackballed by the membership committee of the Down and Out Slub. Generally Fair Weather. (By Associated Press.) ' Washington,, June 3. Generally fain weather with normal tempera ture. U forecasted by the weather bureau for; the Southeastern States for the week beginning Sunday. Scat tered thunder showers will probsblr prevail in the- South and Gulf States and local showers in the Middle At lantic States the latter part of the week. . ' ' - Austria and Itlsy are getting into the headlines ocsaionslly now that people are tired of the slaughter around Verdun. Floriad Times-Union. Tillman to Lead Fight. (By Associated Press.) :.: r Washington, Jnne " 3. Chairman Tillman of the Senate naval commit tee announced today that he would lead the fight to amend the naval bill as passed by the House so as to pro vide for the building of six battle cruisers. ' "Never had habit of note-writing." His letter to Harriman was not a note, but an ultimatum JS'ew York Everting Post.