Corespondent of Nfews
er Shows Them up in a
t?Protests to be Malde
ier Bradham Talks.
ud during a ?nda?:?aeil* dnrinr tb?
mm* ar noathe. Tb* report ; le
qo**tloa I* frtml mtmtU of a re
port mada bir Capt. C. 8. WUUatia.
commander of tb* Rhode Island,
bat o?lr la ?*?? -W ? |M and the
tall report ah owe tbat'North Cu>
llna men mad* the BB8T EEC0H1)
ef UI of the eight dirts lo us on
hoard.
Cast. C. D. Kradbam. commuder
_*f the North Carolina Naral MUlt'a,
gar* oat an Interview laat night
whloh throws a different light on
the subject. la the Drat pMae Capt
Bradbam dedaras (bat there were
?ntlrelj too auaj men on board of
tb* Rhode Island, then b*lns_ll
handrad when there should hare
(Mb oaly eight hundred and that it
wad Impossible at lime* U> tadmsn.
reported svffet Wt Uii
Uott t* tk* i
?\kV 1. . ?*_' - Ik.
bat until the tin* tke report *>
IMiW III Um New* ud Obeervtor
tterhtd not Intend M to make flu
public. The nMk claim that thty
were not In any wir MM with
coMH?t?lloi, ftil they were look
ed upon br the member; of the otk
er dlvlalone ?< ? lot .if iieenh^s
end thai they pat <p with all mit
ner of hardehlpe ud elnr from tie
.the hlgheet terms of Capt. Wtlllame
end praised hie ability and they
are layln* tte blame of Oe adyere
report 'and tte unfair meanlnt at
the door of Mr. Yetvertoa and Ik
their preteet to Secretary Danlete
they will aek that he mike <wltii
Hon. .-.i^rVs-T : !jr ' 5vr
According to elatemeat made Mr
c Ulcere of Ike dlrWoq they Intern
to "eee ihl? matter to the bottom'
and te el ft out tke eauee of the It
rttfB then to be forMd to teeWy
;uV?t
I'-' ' KAI1JIOAD NOTKH.
k The Michigan Central erlll ,e?>
pier (lrl waiter. In 4tn|n| eart
making ekert ran*. ?; f
t -Since tke completion of tke Oreed
Trnok Pad* Rallw.y eonrtderahl
1?im. xlnllHm. at the Home,
oonHe aad Judicial dlrtrlrt., feder
>1 relation., election 1m, health,
the Journal.
- Ctt CORWlUOQa
Mr. Bmilaaa oj WaVe, Is chalr
aua of th. committee on corpora
tion; Brl Cape hart, mat of health.
**. ftrler. of Irelell. election la*.:
to, Wlnborne, federal relellf ? ;
Mr. Veraon, court. and judicial ?a
ttictai Mr. Bra am, expeadlturee of
Capt- Laachl^tcbouse atatee tMe
habit of earrylnf ptatsle amaas the
ceyroea of the eaatera eonntlee la
a nuleaaee aad ha haa raealrad
mora Oaa a thou land reqaeet* to
ka*e a bill like the oa'e he lntro
daoed r?ater4ar enacted Into law.
H. B. u, WUNama. of Tadkla. t?
?rar?ot llreatock riaalar at lar(?
?>a the paklle hlclnrara of Tadkln
110* SALK? WHJT^ ORPINGTON.
Pur? bred, S Coekrala *t It.fcO
?aeb. 15 Pulleta at $110 etc*.
Chaa. A. Fljnn.
1-1 1- Wo.
LAIHH ?AY.
Tbe Monarch Sow line Company,
on Market .street, annonncea that
tomorrow afternoon (Wedneaday).
drill bo observed aa l*dtea day. AU
ladlaa ara especially incited to com"
and Uka part in tbta aport
Remember, that If UQQor tr&fflo la
not abolished. your huaband m boy
nmy be the meat victim.
thi ton tA th* Da ?Mini,
th* uiM ti**a m rmr
dU*b<tuL H? 0M*Ut
?t<* gQT rill Lewi*. a imtt?
[??>? ??# lappa* at tlx Par*
.Food Cat*. *?T*<1 b T 9oT*rot*n W.
M Mi anal fin* KrW.
waa M of th* ?roDta al til* (ra
ft*
*ft>o7*d Ota planar*
of kartnj HHMI m*mb*rs of oth
???. <n tk? on thla oooa- I
1%l? na| wac ortulMl la Jul? |
It 14. and haataan crowlap ataadl
1/ ar
Kim
r Kins"
njMHi
Tlx? fourth installment of |h?
"Trey O* will be ?bo*n at
the New Theater hi oonnectlon witb
one other rMt of equal Interesting
photo 4wn toalght. Bo he sure
and attend thW home tonLrht u<
we this serial play thai will tater
aet you for flit? p we
The Chancer of Commeron wlU
hold their regular monthly m ratine
tonight it their qnartera In the
Baugham B sliding el 8:30 o'clock.
Ail members are especially requeet
ed to be present at the meeting to
night * " *
BOMB HALL GAMK.
There vai a good bell game yes
terday afternoon at Brown Field,
between the beyrf "Uptown" and the
* "dewnt^wn." Lloyd Lanter
pitched tha Prat two lpnlnra and tha
aoor* *tfxx) 4 to I la furor of th*
"downtowner*." Pill BalleT Pttct
?4 Ua roat of th* iam? a*4 wh*? I
tha cava wa* orar tSd.acor* atood
I ta 4 la faror of tha "uptownm.'
Tha lla?-*p wai *? follow*
Rlohard Cbarrr, eataMT. Bill Bai
lor. pttot>*r| Jff. Hort, Jrat baa*;
Jaak War ran, aacoou baaa; Mack
Robfcta*. third Waa; Boot* BarrU.
laft (laid; rraak BahirT, aantar
?*M: iitH* Hatha var, r1|ht tatd
A3TTOD
OOMVBVnOH.
ftntautor Hub Pail 1*M raatar
d*7 to attend a raaatlna today of
tha State bMitln Ooanmlttee of
th* lUpabUaaa part y.
A JANUARY AALB.
0? tb* Kmrth pal* Of thla lie*
roo will aot* th. pas* ad ot Bow
ere-t/*?ia Oo, annoaaetac tt? teat
I that their Annual Jaaaary Fifteen
|Daj* Coat ftal* win barla oa Tb.r.
dap woralag. Jeaearr J 4th, aad win
win ao4a trrm ad. prlra. bar* Mn
tmtlr nlmt a* tbla Ml.,' tad
b*r**t.? mm t* m*l
<ieri ?
M. k. ?om
?pr
will
y Uj
ROUMANi- ITLAY
MAY SOON BE DRAWN
INTO THE CONFUCT
London. Ju. 11. ? Only * eking?
i la Um weather or entrmnc* Into Che
war cut RnmiiU or Italy, or both,
la llfcalr to bring about My marked
IllBfT 1r ? *?*? ? r ~" ? *' ?
Europe for some time.
11m belief to growing in oountrles
Allied against Germany, Austria and
Turkey, that Rumania with her well
trained army ofnot lees then 400,
??0 men toon will throw herself In
to the conflict. This, In effect,
would link Rumania with th# ex
treme Roeelan left now forcing it*
way into Hungary through Boko
win*.
Taking Into consideration the Ser
vian* and Montenegrins this would
form a line menacing Austria -Hun
gary along the entire southeastern
frontier from Russia to the Adrlat- 1
U. / ?
Jaat aa rumors persisted for days
prior to Turkey's entrance liUo the
war eo rumors now oenter aboaVRu
manla and Italy. There is a strobg
feeling among the general public^h ,
France and England that definite ac
tion will not long be delayed.
Meanwhile the armies already in
the field In the east and west remain
virtually deadlocked. In Alsace
the French continue, by eapplnt
and sporadic charges, attempts to
foroe their way nearer the Rhine.,
but neither side claims any new
progress. The German* threw^
heary reinforcements into Alsace
sfter the recent French advance and
Apparently they have held their
ground. In Tlwr 0$ tts failure of
iliB FiWCfl to ooasoinaie positions
they took after maeh hard lighting.
With a compere tire loll to this
quarter end artillery duels predomi
nating near the Belgian coast, fight
ing of a desperate character haa
broken oat In the center, notably
to the northeast of Solssons, ' whleh
through bombardments seems like
ly to suffer the tats of Rhedms, and
farther east. In the vicinity of Per
thes and Beausejonr, from which
points the allies hers been trying
to reach the Important railway to
; the north, the eelaure of which
would cut one of the German main
arteries of communication.
Official communications do n<
agree as to the ontcsme of the re
cent fighting In these areas. The
alllei claim to have forged ahsad
from Sotesons; the Germans say
these attacks hare not been fruitful
and that fighting Is proceeding.
The allies contend that they hare
advanced north of Perthes and still
.hold the ground at Beaussjonr to
the north and east The Germans
make do mention of fighting north
of Terthes, but maintain that they
^ave advanced east of the Tillage.
The fighting In the vicinity of Beou
"fcejour, which the allies consider so
Important, they IgnoTS.
SLNGLKTON NOTES.
Oar farmers are getting ready to |
start tholr crops for another year.
? ? ?
Our school began again thia week |
with a very large attendance.
.... -
Mr. -and Mrs. Eugene Jackson of I
Washington, ware here Sunday vie- j
lting relatives a?d friends.
s 0 m
Mrs. Snody Hardlson of Cboco
wlnlty, and Mrs. Robert Channels
of Vaaoeborlo, wielre
the guests of Mrs. 8. ' L. Wlllard
Saturday and Sunday.
0 ? ?
Miss Lnta Hodges and Richard
Ojnary were the guests of MIbb Lulaj
Wlllard Sunday Evening.
? m ?
Misses Minnie Perry and Murtin
Wlllard irere the guests of Mit?s|
Mtanle Wlllard Sunday.
? ? ?
J. H. Slnglerton, who has bepn
on the sick list Is very mucb im- j
proved at this time.
? * *
Roy Perry had the misfortune or|
having hip Jaw broken on last Wed
nesday at tbe mill of J. II. Clark. I
It is reported that his condition U
serious at this time and that lie to
suffering intensely from sam?.
e ? ?
Quite ? number of our people i
went to Old Ford Sunday and heard !
a piost lntereeting 'sermon preached I
by our state iecrstary, Rev. J. Fred
Jones.
e e e
Little Wilson L/eggett, who has
bean ill from an attack of pneumo
ula. is couch batter at the present
Mr. and Mrs. Oanisl Leggett and
llttl* son ware the guests of Mr. snd
Mrs. J. H. Singleton Sunday.
e ? e
Miss Alios Williamson, our pop
ular school teacher, returned last
Thursday from Norfolk," where nfce
spent ths Christmas holiday* with
her parent a
'* e ? ?
Quite a number of oar people
ire disappointed Sunday evening,
oxpactlng to hear Rev. John Waters
at Singletons. We do not know
wky be did not come.
Hog killing has been the order
of the day here for quite* awhile,
bat most everyone la through at thle
? e e a
Wlllard spent Sunday
with relatives and frleade In Weak
bPNR?*?1 st ' ? i '*-? ? t
e ? e
Hits Amend* Hardhw retained
to k*r heaie la Chocowtalty Weiss
era lag. after speeding Mraral
wit* her coaeln, M<es ZeU
mi ifci * .
Z
I - j?** 'AM *****
I** a* K ?*<* (mora. ml.
yiaud WJIIard mad* a flying trip
to/ Martin oounty Sunday. He re
port* a very pleasant time.
Because there la no prospect of an
*arty ending of the war In Bnrope,
I many tourists irho uaaally go
abroad will epend the winter In
Florida. The Southern railroad*,
have, therefore, prepared for a large
lucrea&e In business.
Employe? of the Harrlman rail
roads have been advised to take
three baths every week and to eaf
?" for music, art and
literature. The object I* to culti
vate a greater efficiency.
Vlce-preslent Elliott of the Npw
Haven Railroad says that not only
It tho genera] level of railroad rates
too low In <he United State* under
present conditions of wages, taxes,
jatoe of Interest, elaborate and lux
urious service and Tery necessary
provision for safety and dispatch,
but many Individual ratea are en
tirely too low.
NO TICK.
Notice Is hereby given that the
Arm composed of J. R. Meekina and
H. H. Satterthwalte has been dis
solved and that the business thereof
h?s been sold to Raymond Woo lard
who is entitled to oolleot all ac
counts due the sa'd Arm and has as
sumed all debts payable by them.
The said Raymond Woo lard will
contin ue the business at tL? etors
otf the east side of lfcNatr street
heretofore occupied by said firm.
This Jan. 1st. 1918.
H. H ?ATTERTHWAIT?,
RAYMOND WOOLARD.
I Ml- 4 we.
WOMEN'S M OO TAJf ftHORfl WIIX
?ell far $1.50 ths pair at J. K.
Hoyt's After Inventory isle,
which be|1a? tomorrow, January
.. g
PARENTS
Do rou know tint la mm ?i?t II
p?r rent of the bukvard Mfaool
children be*?n to tmprove vbea it
ted with flHWl
Do xo? know whether r?*r boy
or girl hu Mmt i| m?ht t
VI CAN "t?LL YOU.
W. H. MCWBOM, ;
Rpfdallat U nkf flhmt,
Om J. K. Horfe Store Oat Br
er r Monday end Toeeder.
W?hl?g?m. N. V.
' mil. ,nr
New Theater
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