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< ji . liXjWli I w m * f# I * f To .'V ? ? .1 i i i mZZl * "'****r >" ..# >" * ,< .,. ; > v, ?> >1* ' / * r~ v** ' ^ Great Battl< * * ' Kaiser Pi One I ?? . _< (?T 1*10?U?4 hw ) Or mil. Ait It?Ad atmoit >vatla?aa4 eoaaoaaOlac tram Ut 41rooUoa o( the front vouM lB4l<*t? % * ttit o (moral Oirmu imitoi the BoUtoa Um bofan thlt manias at intinl The Gorman* ham mtabUaho4 their headquarteri at Viae. Dtlti then la a mllKarr brldse with trucks for ttii trains built across fib* river. . Akao ti located at that point a hospital with accommodations lor more Uaa ton thousand. The commissary there wUh supplies to b?j distributed to (ho front when needed. The Liege forte are still holding out. however, those on the left bank Of the rlTsr hare been badly battered. The Belgian cavalry has assumed the offensive In the region of Tier-, lenbout and HatsoK. The Belgian *.? aviators are taklnr pout risk because op In the present the German* have failed to got the proper range ? of the air etwflt Hundreds ef additional wounded have arrived and the captured Oer w KM I or xno great Biaagnier. They deolere that the Uplans lost 1? CWT ftgkt At Haelen orer five hoawaii made* the attack and lean than a thousand aaeapai unhart. The Qermnn officers attribute the dlsditef to the machine guns mounted oa auto track* and ao heavy to handle oa Uaa (round that they wero practical! r usetesa. Belflaa spies hrinp -word that the German General Barwla has committed ovicide and that General Von Xwmlfh. commander of the Oermam amy. la aow. operating in Bel fm. Iha Otniu lstoatry with a hn>; (ore* U ww Uiwlif with on ef j tort to aBTotop tho extreme loft wlas - of tho 0IU04 araeiea to Sooth Ant - ~ K to admitted that o general atteok la pnohobtr la progreae. The m oalfllaij era of tho alltaa to aarr e|feette* mmm STILL VICTORS i DEFEAT CONCENTRATED OF THE AUSTRIA*^ THURSDAY N1LGHT ?RIPV1AFD WITH HEAVY .* LOSSES RRPORTlin ' ' (By the United Preea.) London, Aug. IS.?A news agency dispatch from Ninh says that a conL cent rated attack by forty thousand Auatrlans Thursday night on the Servian frontier was repulsed with heavy leases. rnrnm 1MASIBRS >. - THE ARTILLERY STILL CONTINUES TO RE SUPERIOR IB EVIDENT?HOLDING THK MAIN PASSES. { ?- ' (By the Halted Press.) ;; '% * Paris, Ang. 15.?'The French advenes tn the Voscge mountains oontinnse. The war offlce announces that In the face of constant opposition by the Oermans that the French aro passing through the high Alstatian alleys. The main passes are now being held by the French invading army. ' The superiority of the French artillery continues to be evident. ISMIf mm INITIAL FIGHTING ON THE AUSTRIAN FRONTIER MAS COMMHVCBD AND DHFENHB UNN UNDER WAY. / (Nr dhe United Preea.) ^ BL Petersburg, Aug. 1??-The wai $, #{4 ' -1 13m 1 t 1 .= - i.?? -1* i . ' t j - v . v : i In Progresi repared To! lundred Th< office here state* that initial fighting on 'the Austrian frontier has commenced and that the first line of defense Is now under way. The Russian army has penetrated the 'Austrian defenses and is now well on Its way to Lemburg. BIGMTTLE^ 'III PROGRESS >* KAISER PREPARED TO SACRIFCK 100,000 MSN TO SMASH ALLIED FORCES?PTVK WOUNDED ? , i BY BOMB. CR^ the United Press.) I ' Brussels, Aug. IS.?-It i? reported hero that the Kaleer Is prepared to sacrifice one hundred thousand men In order to smash the defense of the I allies. A big battle, it !? reported, has already started. The war office I decided today not to make any fUr[ther announcement of the movement* ui uuvyo, i hid itvuia laaicaie cnat the battle lines have been drl^wn in | secret which makes this course imperative. The attempts of the Oermans to I storm the fortress FOntisse at Liege | was reepulsod with heavy losses. The Oermans made their charge under the cover of darkness. They carried hand Grenades and heavy klro clippers. The supporting forces car- ) ried sand bags and entrenching tools so as that they might entrench themselves if they succeeded in carrying the first defense. The Belgian machine guns swept the approach of tlye Germans, causing them to withdraw. Three bombs were dropped at Namur during the night and five poisons were wounded. The war office announces that the German Iosbs around Haolen was three thousan. IV ATIM IIA HUH 1 REPULSED AUSTRIAN ARMY OF FOUR HUX( D RED THOUSAND WERE REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSSES. (By the United Press.) Neh, Aug. 15?Four hundred thousand Austrlans, states the war office, attacked the Servian forces last night. Thoro was a fierce battle all along the line. The Austrlans were repulsed wltlv heavy losses. They were also driven from Belgrade where yjey attempted to cross the Danube. -1? . DLOUNT8 CREEK CROPS ARE fiOOD | . , - v Crops In this section have seldor. hoei\ better than they are this year. The dry weather in the spring affected tobacco somewhat, in thai some fields were late in getting a stand. Late corn and potatoes hava suffered from recent dry weather, but light rains for the past several days seem to be bringing them around in most instances. Generally the seasons hare been favorable, and the crop* are showing it. The corn crop is uniformly gbod^ and some fields are unusually promising. The cotton crop is good, but the acreage small Tobacco, by far | the largest crop over planted in this section, is of good averagb growth1 and quality. Ndtwlthatfedlng the great scarcity of labor and the feart of some that some of the crop might go to waste in the fields,-the bulk of it has been safely housed., There Is much good tobacco yet tn the fields. | but a fow more days of favorable weather and the entire crop will be taken care of-In good shape. Only fair prices for the weed are needed to guarantee a continuance of prosperity in this section. BACK FROM KOltiPOLK. . Mr. Guy Gabriel has retnrned from a several days* visit to Norfolk. Ocean ' View and Virginia Beach. * i' i' f If WASHINGTON N. C s; Sacrifice )usand Men lEUIiS KEjm BETWEEN ITALY AND AUSTRIA? AS FORMER REFUSED DEMAND FOR TROOPS TO OROS8 COUNTRY. ' (Br the United Preu.) Rome, All*. IS The relatione between Austria and Italy are n earing the breaking point as a result of the Italian government to permit four army corpe to cross the Italian territory for the purpoee of reinforcing the Germans at Alsace* Austria demanded this right of Italy, according to the ekifttin* treaties. A X/ _ J' UUU V UU1B , Was Great PROVED TO Bfc THB CROWNINO ' ATTRACTION OF THE SKASON?LA ROB NUMBER PRESENT. The stupendous photo-drams, Quo Vadls, by George Kliene, In three sets and eight parts, was the crowning attraction eo far as movies are concerned to be produced In Wash- ] Ington this season. Notwithstanding the Inclemency of the weather the theatre was well filled with a highly appreciative and attentive audience. Interest did not lag a single. mam apt all during' Its presentation, although It required two hours \to complete it. It created a tremendous Impression. Exciting as It .was It did not fall to hold those present spellbound. The settings were gorgeous and all the participants were simply superb in their role. The people of Washington are to be congratulated hi teeing such a production. s Appendicitis In Norfolk DR. D. T. TAYLOE LRAVB8 FOR NO FOLK TO SEE MRS. GEO. HACKNEY, J1L, VIA N. 8. TRAIN. i->r i>avia t, rayioe. in response to a telegram last evening, left on the midnight Norfolk Southern train for Norfolk, Va., to see Mrs. Qeorge Hackney, Jr., whom the wjs^stated was suffering from lan attack of appendicitis. It Is to be hoped by her numerous friends here that Ehv Tayloo win find her condition much Improved. HAVE RETURNED. Messrs. M. C-^flptler. M. John,' George Gantans, F. p. Mayo. M. 8*1ebee and W. B. Wlndjey returned yesterday afternoon vlg the Norfolk Southern from Richmond'and Norfolk where they have been spending a week. * . MEMBERS OF BAND. Moasrs. Selby Jones and Charles Mitchell returned yesterday from Augusta, Ga., where they were members of the Second Regiment band which furnished such excellent music upon the occasion of the encampment of the North Carolina troops at Camp Wheelor. MONEY PRINTERS WORKING HARD Washington, D. C., Aug. 16.?Rush orders for $100,000?000 in gold and sliver notes are keeping the govern' ment bureau of engraving and print log busy <^ay and night. With thre< shifts on printers and laborers re quired the bureau has callfd upor all labor In Washington eligible fo appointment under civil service rules At the direction of the President, th< Saturday half-holidays granted th men have been discontinued. Score tiicy McAdOo, who has supervlsloi over the bureaq asked for an emei gency fund of M10.0M to purehas paper for notes and to pay other ei peaces incident to the additions work which has been pat onto th bureatK fm ' , , v . * vj , Jta,:?? *: i )Nu -trn*tlM IMlfhl u4 geWtejr. Put : SATURDAY AFTERNOON m in KtUHIM GRRAT MtOmUUMTf PREVAIL* At TiMM't&fiTi CM I Ma, OVMHJAPA*# MtML (? thd United ?M.) Tlea-Tftla, Ofcloe, Att#. II.?/Nnfe is gredi ex cite stent Kefe Ot?r the reeult of an announcement that the Japaneee hare notified all atfents of Txlengtoa to be with drawn. It 4* believed that thie motive preeages a declaration of war by Japan tin tie'fmany. Both Captains Lose License , _______ ?. 4 COMMANDERS OP THE 'MONROE AND NANTl'CKtfr OH ARC ED WITH NBGLIGEKCE, Washington, D. C., Aug. lB.-^-The steamboat inspection aerrloe of the Department of Commerce yesterday officially recalled the navigation licensee of Chptaln G. E. Johnson, of BAitlmdre; tioiriinander of thC Ifonrobj and captain Osmatl tietrf, Of Philadelphia, ComWahder oi the Haotdeket. i, BOth ?dpttlnfl were charged with negUgetbe ds the reatilt Of the collision between the steamers MOnroe j and Nantuckst off Virginia Capes January SOth last. In which forty-one Urea WerO lost. CflRflToPERED EMILY H OPEN TODAY FOB VESSELS KOI DRAWING MORE THAN BO1 FEET OF WATER. Washington, D. CM Aug. 15.? The commercial opening of the Pea*** Canal wa# Aaehed to the War Department this afternoon. Washington, Aug. 15.?The Pan ami Canal will today be opened foi commerce to vessels not drawing more than thirty feet of water. Ap prehensions In some quarters that the canal would be the means of in volrlng this country In difficulties be -cause Of the European w*r are no It is reoogtlited by Secretary Garrl son and every one concerned that th< maintenance of the strict neatralit; of the canal might become a difficult question under some circumstances but the Indication^ in the Opinion: of men mqst competent to judge, an that there will be no difficulty abou it Col. Ooethals will Inaugurate thi , commercial use of the canal by eend lng a government boat through There will be no ceremonies, for tt>< official opening of the canal will no take place until the early part o 1915. The Chrlstobal, a war depart ment steamer, will probably be th< flret vessel to make the complete trip marking the conclusion by America) enterprise of the greatest engineerini task ever undertaken. Some thing remain to be done to perfect the wa terway. The channel through tk Culebra cut must be deepened am widened, and a greater depths o water than thirty feet must be s? oured. Miss. Society County Hom< WILL CONDUCT THE RBGl'LA] 1 SUNDAY SERVICES TOMORROW AFTERNOON AT 1 4:80 O'CLOCK. On aocount of the absence of Re * H. B. Searlght, pastor of the Fin " Presbyterian church, who la away c * his vacation the Women's Foreig r Missionary 8ociety of the First Met - Mist church will conduct the 8u: b day services ft the County Home t morrow afternoon at 4: SO o'cloc - According to the plan of arrang i moots mapped out for the yeai ' work If Mr. Searlght had been in t city he would have conducted f services. All ars cordially Jnvlt d to be present tomorrow as a m< # interesting and profitable meeting I anticipated. ? ? ktu ttarifMrm AUGUST IS ISM His L QUI LEAVE FAST TRAIN SERVICE BAB BEEN ARRANtiKimm THEIR TRANSPORTATION?CALL FOR NURSES. (By ilM United Preen.) Washington, D. C., Aug. IS.?The Slate Department hu advise? that Americans are now being permitted to leave Germany and that a teat train service has been arranged. A call has been Issued to all Bast- . ern cities. Including Chicago, for volunteers as Red Cross nurses for service In Europe. ? Bel haven Vs. Washington WILL PLAY AT FLEMING PARK NEXT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AT 4 O'CLOCK PROMPTLY. Nefct Wodnesday afternoon at Fleming Park, West Third street, et 4 o'clock the Washington baseball team will try coiclustohs with the strong Belharen dub. Everything palate to the mast exciting contest dfl the diamond hefe this season. jThd umpires selected are Wallace and Pad! TOe following Is the oeraoec tire line-up of the two teams: 1 Be! haven-?McAlUstsr. p.; Bbvenport. c.; Bawgell, lb? Brown. P., lb; Wilkinson, s. LepW lb; Ratcllff, r. f.; Bishop, c. f.; Ptanppes, 1. f. Washington ? Wilkinson. p.; F<re>lo, fl.. c.i Tayloa, J. lb. Brown. J.. lb; Walker. C., a. a.} Hassell. Sb; lack son, J., r. Moors, K. c. Webster. H.. 1. f. The price of Adfflitalofl for adults f Will be 15 cents. Ladles admitted free. ; Seven Steps To A Throne ALL STRANGERS HAVE OOIUHAL INVITATION TO ATTEND CHRISTIAN CHURCH SUNDAY. r Rev. Robert V. Hope, pastor of the ; Christian chnrch, announces a very Interesting subject for discussion at t his church tomorrow morning and - evening at the usual hours. All - strangers have a cordial Invitation, t The subject for the morning hour . will be: "Seven Steps to a Thorne " - Evening topic will be: "Things* the i Devil Hatea." Bible school will meet t at 10 o'clock, W. O. WllHs, euperl intendent. Everybody wsloome. I COUNTRY BASEBALL I J- t A baseball team has been organs ized at Shepherd's Run Farm. The - team is made up of the boys and | . young men of the farm and Tlclnlty. j e Practice games are played Saturday t afternoons. They expect to be ready f for a match game with some of the older teams in the near future. Itj s is encouraging to see more baseball i, in the country. Let every neigha borhood have a diamond. % s RECEIVING CROCKERt. Mr. K. John is today engaged in e opening two carloads of crockery in d the building, corner of Union alley t and Main street. He expects to bare i- his opening some time during the coming week. It Is certainly a fine display. GILEAD PERHONAT/t AND PARAGRAPHS 0 Dr. J. G. Blount made a profee* slonal visit here Thursday. Mrs. W. O. Yates has bean the R gueet of relatives in Washington during the past week. Mr. Marion Bonner, standard keeper, was here one day this week testing weights and measures, v. Mr. W. C. Hill's little boy. who hai it been suffering from typhoid farer foi ?n the past aeveral days, is Improving. ;n Mr. Johnson was hsre Thursday on h- a business trip 4n the interest of th< q- Greenville tobacco market, o- Mr. J. L. Latham, of Washington, k. representing the Singer Sewing Ma ;e- chine Co., was here one day thli week. he he FROM PANACEA APRINOA. ed Mr. M. T. Arch be 11, Mrs. Archbel wt and daughters. Miss Archbell aa la Mrs. E. Hoyt Moore, returned horn last evening from Panaoa aSprtags " "* t NEV "WASHINGTON IS READ WI KEEP HIST "WContributor AM Valuable lnlc In "Graatar Waihlngton ] tere?ttng And Valuable. (Br >b? Litfa T. Itoteaa.) After reading the valuable end Interecting article. "Washington, N. C.. from 1171 to pmbliaked in tha ' OtmUt Washington Edition" of thl, paper. It 1* thought that n point or two, may be added thereto. Not In an? eptrlt of erttletnm, but J mat to give a little more history and straighten oat a few things. . The residence now owned by Mr. A. D. KaeLean wae originally built many years ago by am ancestor of Mrs. Marl anna Clark Ctyron, later it waa pgrcbaaed, or same by wlfe'e inheritance, to Mr. W fill am Kennedy, a wealthy and prominent cdtlsenof old Waahlngtoa. Mr. Kennedy bore the reputation of being the prondeet man in town. Hie daughters, Mrs. Ruffln, and Mr*. Pet Kennedy Tyeon, of Wilson, ware born there. Mr. Sylvester Brown, grandfather of Mr. McLean. About 1871, came back to Washington from Wilson where he had lived as a refugee of the war and purehaaed the old Kennedy home ?bat neither Mrs. McLean, nor Judge Brown were born there. I. The old Gallagher office and residence ware located on the site of Dr. J. Q. Blount's drag store sod buildlng-"-all, or part of this property was owned by Mrs. Bylrester Brown, inherited from her father. Col. Dick Bonner, a wealthy citlsen of otd Washington, who owned a block. If taken together, on >Maln street. The honse no# occupied by the Chinese Laundry and Dr. Nicholson la the old Long home, and la still owned by Mr. Ed. Long, our townsman. I S. Mrr Mr. Thomas clerked for Mr. [Ed. Martin, a prominent marchest; j he owned the property where the Sarings ? Trust Co. and Bookman store now stand. Ths second and third floor waa occupied by his family. and he kept store In the basement. After he had acaomnlated s fortune and retired, Mr. Ab. Thomas rented the bseemsut end continued [the bosineen tot scene years. The j original buttdtfer was' quite a laud; mark-?<t had' Men used as a hotel [for many yearn?-kept at one time by [Mrs. Ann Cambreleng. and later by Mr. Seiby. 4. The house recently occupied by Ror. Gey. and owned by Miss L. T. Rodman, was not a Yacant lot. but was a part of the lot owned by Mis} Chloe Coward. The kit oh en smoother uumuuui"? worn ra IUI giio 01 io? new dwellfeg. This lot wae given as a life tenure to Mrs. Arcadia Howard Maatin, cousin of MIm Chloe Coward?and thee willed to the late Hon. William B. Hodman. 8. The lot on which now stands the handsome home of Col. Wiley Croom Hodman was the old Horton home with aboot ten feet additional of the Chloe Coward property. The home of Mr. E. 8. Simmons occaplea iuo entire lot that originally belonged to Mrs. Polly Shaw. P. East Main street extended, from the old O. W. Telfair, more recently the W. B. Morton home, was the property of Augustus Harvey Baptist Fools Will Be Topic RBV. R. L. GAY TO BEGIN A SERIES OP SERMON'S IN HIS CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING. Beginning tomorrow evening, Rev. R. L. Gey, pastor of the Flret Baptist chereh. will begin a serlee of sermons In his cherch on practical topics, aad hl| subject will be: "Baptist Fools." The subject for ths morning will be: "Two 8ldee 01 Opportunity." Sunday school. 8. P WflHa. superintendent, will mee 1 promptly at ?:S0 o'clock. Ooo< mnale at all eerrloee. All stranger la the oty hare a cordial w el com to any and all eerrleee. I HAVE RETURNED. Captain Jamea B. Clark and fan My hare returned from Ou 11 ford Co II lege. V. C.. where they here bee * the peat enteral ?its. e .. m S i 1875 TO 1914" 1 TH PLEASURE; ORY STRAIGHT j rrmation To ArtlcU PiiMlihil Edition," Which Wu Doth Is- 'II I ? whose remains rest la the okl burring ground on the hill beck of the present Episcopal rectory?In 1S7S A this was the McNair old field, the undivided property of his grandchll- , 4 drea. Later the greater part, and perhaps all, was purchased by oar townsman, Mr. C. M. Brown, and 1 by him developed as Its stands to- ',!fl d*y ' \'W 7. The present City Hall was built during the Incumbency of Hon. Chas. F. Warren In the mayor's office; he took great pride In this, at that time, err creditable building. The Market House wis built daring the mayoralty of Col. William B. Rodman. It had a second story need as the Armory of the W. L?. I. In the great fire of September, 1900, this building was almost destroyed, and when repaired it was deemed safest not to replice the second story. 8. In the old plan of Washington the south side of Main street was largely occupied by residence#, the owners of which had their warehouses and offices on the back, extending to the water's edge. One Af thMA nlri hnmo. la atlll aUnAlaa and la now occupied by the Cable Telegraph C?. and Morgan Williams. Insurance office. This was originally the home of Mr. and Mrs. Shaw, the parents of the late Capt. Bill Shaw. Mrs. E. O. Reade and Mr. Ed. Shaw. Mrs. Reade, nee Mary 8haw, wai born and raised there. She married first Mr. Ben. Parmlee, a wealthy merchant, owner of the property now occupied by Mr. Ayer's store aad the Nicholson hotel. After the death ttf Mr. Parmlee, his widow married Judge Reade. They were both muds beloved In Washington?weA very benevolent, and devoted Presbyterians. After their remove! to Raleigh. Mr. Chas. Warren bought the Parmlee home on West Main street, where his family now live. 9. It Is well to remember thst the many vacant lots mentioned In the article, "Washington from 1875 to 1914." were only "vacant" because the comfortable homes end some bualnehe houses thst had been on these lots, s few years previous were destroyed by the two fires that ravaged the town during the war. When the Yankees took possession of Washington they found a town of regular streets, compactly built. Though, the lots were larger than now and in every Instance had room for kitchens, smokehouse, and servant's quarters, beeldes flower and vegetable gardens. The lots en Main street below Bonner were not " cant," but the well-kept garden* of the residents of "Pungo town" that extended from Water throngh to "Main street. During one of the disastrous flres of the war, Mr. Matthew Shaw, a prominent lawyer, grandfather of Mr. Lyndon Shaw, witnessed the destruction by fire of thirty good tenement dwellings in two hours, the property loss occasioned by those conflagrations was severe. The artlole, "Washington 1878 to 1914." was very good, and was read with pleasure by every one. Rev. Dr. Gibbs A t M.E. Church i WILL FILL THE PL'LPIT AT BOTH 8ERVICRA?ALL CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND. Rev.J T. Olbbs, Presiding Elder , of the Washington District, will l preach at the First Methodist church tomorrow morning and evening at II i a. m. and 8 p. m.. the occasion being r the third quarterly meeting for thle , jetton. t Dr. Olbbs is one of the moot at1 tractive pulpit speakers In the 8tata. s and he Is always heard here by e large and attentive audiences. The made tomorrow will be a feature. Everyone has a cordial Invitation to be present. Sunday school will meet i- at 9:48 o'clock. X. R. Mlxon. super I- Intendeat. The Barsea class, W. M. s Kear. teacher, meeta at tka same Sour. Beats free. Polite ushers. -a'1' -' ' ' v ;..