North Carolina Newspapers

i , rrrnrrrTrrs if. OQURI ISSUED WEEKLY. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE VOLUME XXXXIII. Asheboro, North Carolina, Thursday, October 21, litis M MHKR 42 GERMANY'S ANSWER TO AMERICAN NOTE PROTESTS AGAINST PRESIDENT WILSON'S REFERENCE TO THEIR ILLEGAL AND INHUM ANE ACTS. GERMANY PRO POSES THAT THE FACTS BE CLEARED UP BY NEUTRAL COMMISSIONS. HAS CURTAIL ED ACTIVITIES OF SUBMAR INES AND CLAIMS TO HAVE ADOPTED A NEW CONSTITU TION Germany hopes the United States will approve of no demand which would be irreconciliable With the hon or of the German people and with the opening ol the way to a peace ot justice. Germany protests against the ref erences of President W ilson to illegal and inhumane acts. Denial is made that the German navy purposely de stroyed lifeboats with passengers. The government proposes that the facts be cleared up by neutral com missions. Germany has despatched orders to submarine commanders precluding the torpedoing of passenger ships. The German government suggests to President Wilson that an opportu nity be brought about for fixing the details of the evacuation of occupied territorties. Change German Constitution Announcement is made of a funda mental change in the German consti tution providing for representation of the people in tne decisions concerning peace and war, and it is said the pres ent government has been formed in complete accordance therewith. Germany claims the sanction of in ternational law for carrying out de struction of property during retreats, and says her troops are under strict instructions to spare private prop erty and care for the population to the best of their ability. Where trans gressions occur, the note says, the guilty are being punished. No future German government will be able to take or hold office unless it possesses the confidence of a m jority of the reichstag, the note an nounces. Germany has agreed that conditions of an armistice should be left to the military advisers- and that the actual standard of power on both sides in the field should form the basis for arrangements. TEXT OF GERMAN NOTE The text of the German note, as receive by wireless, is as follows: "In accepting the proposal for an evacuation of occupied territories, the German government has started from the assumption that the procedure of this evacuation and of the conditions of an armistice should be left to the judgment of the military advisers and that the actual standard of power on both sides in the field has to form the basis for arrangements safeguard ing and guaranteeing this standard. "The German government sug gests to the President that an oppor tunity should be brought about for fixing the details. It trusts that the President of the United States will approve of no demands which would be irreconciliable with the honor of the German people and with opening a way to a peace of justice. "The German government protests against the reproach of illegal and in humane actions made against the Ger man land and Bea forces and thereby against the German people. For the covering of a retreat destruction will always be necessary, and they are carried out in so far as is permitted by international law. The German troopa are under most strict instruc tion, fn anarr nrivate DroDerty and to exercise care for the population to th beat of their ability. vrnere transgressions occur in spite of these instructions the guilty are beir,Pu- Governateat Make Denial "Th German government denies that the German nary in sinking ships has ever purposely destroyed life boats with their passengers. Th Ger man government proposes with re gard to all those charges that the facts be cleared up by neutral com missions. "In order to avoid anything that might hamper the work of peace, the German government has caused orders to be despatched to all submarine commanders precluding the torpedoing of passenger ships without, however, for technical reasons, being able to guarantee that these orders will reach every single submarine at sea before its return. "As a fundamental condition for poacn the President prescribes the de struction of every urbitrary power that ran separately, secretly and of its own single choice disturb the eace of the world. To this (he German gov ernment replies: "Hitherto the it r s. ntation of the people in the Geimnn empiie has not been endowed with an influence cm the formation of tin- government. "The constitution did not provide for a concurrence of representation of the people in the derisions of peace and war. These condition have just now undergone a fundamental change. A new government has wen inrmrn romnletn accordance with the In wishes (nrincinle?) of the reDrespn tatlon of (he people, bawd on equal, universal, direct franchise Conldeaee f Reichstag The leaders of th great parties of the reichstag art (ambers of this government. Ia th future no gov ernment cm Uk or continue in office NORTH CAROLINIANS IN THE CASUALTY LIST Killed in action George Stewart, Mocksville. Died of disease G. W. Simmons. Zebulon. Wounded severely J. M. Nichols, Salisbury; I). H. Benson, Smithfield: T. C. Matthews, Turkey; 0. A. Wil liams, Eagle Springs. Wounded (degree undetermined) Larry Clay, Black Creek. Marine corps casualties: Killed in action Charles Wood. Durham. Died of wounds F. X. Cox, Grassy 1 Creek. Reported October 18. Killed in action C. F. Lane, Winston-Salem; E. A. Mayo, Selma. Died ot disease J. W. Shephard, Leatherman; A. L. Puett, Warne. Wounded severely Walter Swan ner, Washington; W. T. McGhinnis, Gastonia. Wounded (degree undetermined) Nick Bradley, Cherokee; Sidney Car roll, Goldsboro; Robert Bivins, Marvin. Reported Oct. l'J. Died of wounds I. C. Phillips, I Bear Creek. i Wounded severely W. H. Springs. Marshall; Dillard Stanley, Crutch-' field; C. D. Fentress, Mariabel. Wounded (degree undetermined) R. L. Mallory, Mocksville; Frank Joy ner, Fremont. Missing in 'action Evander Hick man, Lumberton. Marine corps casualties: Missing in action William E. Bat ting, Wilson. Reported Oct. 20. Killed in action W. A. Drv Rich field; E. H. Rierson, King; H. A. Wil liams, Roxboro. Died of wounds C. L. Drewett, Sea board; E. L. Walton, Beulahville. Died of disease F. M. Vestal, Wax haw; V. H. Saintsing, Warren Plains; G. W. Stevenson, Weeksville. Wounded severely D. R. Roark, Ashland; J. N. Neal, Louisburg. Missing in action -William Reece, Hickory. Reported October 21. Killed in action J. T. Cox, Winter ville. Died of wounds W. B. Melton, Caroleen. Wounded severely J. S. Faircloth, Fayetteville; W. R. Minish, Lenoir; P. J. Patrish, Durham; E. G. Yates," Raleigh. . . Missir.g in action B. M. High, Sims. Reported October 22. Killed in action Thomas Vaughn, Madison. Died of disease G. W. Rcctrr, Mt. Airy; W. F. Brothers, Elizabeth City; John Brown, Speeds; L. D. Roland, Franklin. Wounded slightly K. C. Ilookoi. Mount Airy; S. Q. Fine, H ire. Wounded (degree raiotermhi di C. N. Watson, Winton. Missing in action J. R. Mo illu Louisburg. MARSHAL DORTCH DEAD Chief Deputy Wooley Approve! ;.- His Successor Ad Interim S. M. iiri.v son Succeeds Dortch ;:s (..mdidaU for Congress Col. W. T. Dortch, who died la-', weiek from acute Hrijrht's di.-ea.-e, i. to be succeeded by Cine: Depety W. T. Wooley as ad iterim marshal l' r 1 eastern district of North Cai 'ma. The Democratic executive conii.nuio of the third congressional district - a named as a candidate for Congres Mr. S. M. Brinson, of Pender couiuy. to succeed Mr. Dortch. Mr. B. A. Brown's Store Burglarized On last Friday night the store be longing to Mr. B. A. Brown on North street, was burgiarized. Shirts, bat twelve umbrellas, hosiery, cuff but tons, two suits of clothing and a num ber of tobojfgins were missing. The money drawer had been opened and four cents stolen. Some of the goods was found between the ' gravel road and th copper mine, north of Aahoboro. High Point Family Wiped Out by In fluent The entir family of Mr. Ed Bryant, a well known citiien of High Point was wiped out by influenza last week. His daughter, 26 yeans of age, was laid to rest on Wednesday; Mrs. Bryant was buried the following day, and Mr. Bryant pawned away on Saturday. without possessing the confidence of a majority of the reichstag. "The responsibility of the chancel lor of the empire to the representation of the people is being legally develop ed and safeguarded. The first act of tho new government has been to lay before the reichstag a bill to altei the constitution of the empire ho that the connont of the representation of the people n required for dec -boons on win and peace. Tin- permanence of the new system i-, hottivcr, gu.'u antei d not only by censt ihit.naal safeguard-:, but ah o by the unshakable deti-nr inat ion of the German peoples whine v.'i-t majority !. lands behind thee irfoinm and de mand their :n i getic rent i:iuan . "The qiieMion of the President with v horn be nnd the jnvrinmrnli associated against Germany are dealing- i therefore nnsv-rred in a clear, unequivocal manner by the statement that the offer of peace and an armis tice has come from a government which is free from any arbitrary and irrepsonslble power, is p up ported by tht approval of an overwhelming ma jority of the German peopl. BELGIAN COAST CLEARED OF HUNS FIFTEEN THOUSAND GERMAN SOLDIERS INTT.RNEI) IN IM'L-LAND-ALL1KD ARMIES SWEEP ING TOWARD THE RHINE Following the capture of Ostend, Bruges, and other Belgian cities, which had been held by the Hun.- since 11)14,) the Belgian coa.-t was cleared of 11 '.ins i and occupied by ti.e armies, ol tne Allies late last' w -i k. hate in the week, King Albeit ai.d luee- Eliza beth entered Ostend with Hie victor ious armies. Saturday, Allied troops were revert ed to lie pressing clo.-ci..' aft- r the re tiring Germans on a front oi more than 120 miles from ti.e North Sea to the Oise river. On the north, the British, French, and Belgians were approaching Ghent; in the center, the British were marching on Toruai; and the British, French and Americans north of i,.o Oise were lb i oatening the railway lines south of Valencien nes. West of the Mease, the Ameri cans have improved their positions. On Sunday, came the report that fifteen thousand German soldiers driv en to the Dutch border by the advanc ing annics of the Allies, nad crosseo over into Holland and been interned. It has been reported that the Ger mans have even begun the evacuation ol Biussels. The news came on Tuesday that the British were entering the important town of Valenciennes, and its fall is a matter of only a short time. The Kaiser's forces in Syria have disappeared by death or capture, and the British army is about to cut into the Berlin-Bagdad railway at Aleppo. Since the middle of July, the Ger man armies in France and Belgium have been outgeneraled and outfought at every point, the Hindenburg line has beer, battered to1 pieces in many places; and along the diiferent fighting fronts, the Germans have lost 5,000 heavy guns, 30,000 machine guns, dOU,- 000 men captured, and twice as many dead on the field of battle. The German war machine i;: fast collapsing, and there is great reason to hone the end of the wa- is in sight. The Kaiser is suing for a peace talk and vainlv honing to save himself from the fearful wreck into which he Jjas brought his country. T , ..,, ... Teachers Must Be Paid UNITED WAR WORK IN . RANDOLPH COUNTY I Stato Superintendent of Education Joyner and Attorney General Manning As is generally known the week have settled the question (as to its le-r,-..m NWemhev ilth to November i Kahty, at least) of whetaer the teach- km, a- .,ew L itw the caninnip-n ol ivoi i.v-.. the' United War Work. The purpose of this campaign is to raise funds to support the Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.. ,Jei-h Relief, Knights of Columbus, Salvation Army, Army Library Fund and all other organizations except, the Red Cross, thai are interested and instrumental in bettering the condi tion of our boys while in camp and in the trenches. Both army and gov ernment officials aie of one accord in saying that the above organization are among the most, important in tin p.'o; i-r and successful prosecution ol ti.e v. ar. Every dollar that is spent by the.-e organizations is spent for t .e comfort and pleasure of our sol- it r Doys. ll.ere is noining appio piiatod by the government for tlv-,-upi ort of any ol these organizations. V.'e are sorry that we have not the space necessary to go into details anil tell you a number of the admirable tl ings that they are doing both in cami) and overseas. 1 hey are lurnish- ing lh boys all ot their uillereni forms of recreation and amusement. Everv letter that they write home is writtcn oa paper furnished without charge by the Y. M. C. A. Randolph county's quota, that is to be raised in the coming campaign, is $6,025. This amount will be propor tioned among the townships according to the number of individuals and tax payers ia each township. Thore is a chairman already appointed in every township. They will, within a short time, perfect their different organi zations, and call upon you to assist tnem in raising the quota that ia allot ted to your township. We want to urge, therefore, that everyone in the county carnostly endeavor to raise the above amount and as much more as we ran. You can never spend your money in any way, that will add more to the comfort of those who arc offer ing their lives to their country, and to an early, successful and glorious termination cf the war. Major Wsde Phillips Promoted Judge Advocate Io News of the promotion of Majoi Wade ll. Phillips, of tl ry, .'KM I division, has Ixtro. Major Philli e the batUiliol but b;n to Ju.'ge advocate am Tours in l ia'.ee. lb some line of m.lll.ny town in bich be i it l'JOth infant reached Ashe no longer v ith bei n pi omitted I i . located al i - ii ' r.ir tor .n afTa inr Th. an ).-, : i -.'in! I torir old place and Mt'ia' ' d. I' 11111" Bean A .pii'-t home wed'lmtr w .I e' nm 7 ed on the evening of October Kith i t the home of th" bible's J.n.ent'i. when Miss Allie Bean became the I ride of Mr. Benton Ellis. Rev. J. A. I-edbet-ter officiated and ovly a few relatives and friends were present. Ti bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Bean, of Randleman, and ia an attrac tive young lady. Mr. Ellis ia a pro peroua young farmer of Mill boro. They will make their borne at Miilboro. MEETING OF BOARD OF HEALTH OCTOBER :J At a meeting of the Boa id (!' Health of Randolph count or. Octobei the 2oiv. KM,-, it ordered Cat it.- o -der of Octohi r lath be contir.a. d in force until the 2oth day of NV.embei, 1918, unle.-s further notified, except barber shop- are allowed to open from S a. m. io 7 p. in. but no more than can be waited on are allowed in the shop at one time. No iongiVgU ing to be allov e:l ea the ( -.it .;.. . This the 2:'.rd da- of l 1 t h. PMs. THE HOARD OF HEALTH OF RAN DOLPH COUNTY. W. L. WARD, CLaiimari. RALEIGH LEI TER (By Maxwell Gorman.) Raleigh, Oct. 21. Democrats hei all appio-.e ei tile calllni,- tofether of ,-) the 'I bird di.-ti al co.nmil'.ee at Golds boro today wv.cie they will na.no a candidate (inc.-I rrobabiv S. M. Rein- son, of Craven) i or Congress to Suc ceed W. T. Dortch, deceased. .So:l'ank. of Randlenian, $2i.o!)00; Uii party man that 1 have seen favoi cd I Bank of Ramseur .fl 1 1 ,!)()(). Chair leaving the road clear to Mr. Aber-man Craven estimates that Randolph nethy, largely because cf his cour.-e' citizens hae subscrilied through since Mr. Dortch deleated him in thejl'homabville, High Point and Greens primary, boro banks to the amount of $(10,000, 1 here was expression on the pail of several of the most prominent Demo- crats here to the effect that Congress-1 man Hood should be named, provided. he had fully recovered his health. But it is stated here by some who are presumed to know, that Mr. Hood has not sufficiently recovered to warrant the committee in naming him as the candidate to succeed himself. His state of health is the only thing that stands in his way, and his friends deeply sympathize with him. As to the U. S. Marshalship left vacant by the death of Col. Dortch, that is a Presidential appointment, and the right man will be appointed in due course. There are two or three "aspirants" in the field who are not generally considered very big timber, and the concensus of opinion here to day is that the probable appointee's name is not figuring in the publicity game at this writing. In the meantime the Marshal's of fice will be in charge of the chief dep uty, W. T. Wooley, who was today au thorized by the Attorney General at Washington to do so. Mr. Wooley rtyftas that all deputies will be notified at once to continue their duties. , . 1.1 . . I . II l. I ,1 . .1 I- .1.. ,-10 111 ,U,JJ" "l IU111 IH' . lrinff the enforced closing of -'oyis. They say they should and must be paid, ami every school board);, f,,w eases nearby, in North Carolina is expected to seej Franklinville has had several cases, that they are all paid, and without ' i)llt m)m aro ,.Xp,., tcd to prove fatal. reduction of anv sort---lor tne avei-.g; .1 ' pay of the school C acher.-. the. e days is "too little at be: t. Closing the schools did m t stop the teachers' cost of living and they m":t meet their bills as usual. Killed the dunCcr A white man nar.-.od 11. L. Smith, nf this count-, shot a negro motor- driver n. lie threi here Saturdav even- l.el'ets into Hie ne-l the hitter fell dead! nig. ro s ooilv an fter running into tin here he w as eieniov t wholesale :-t u e I. Smith claims to run his ma - that the negro trii d chine over him and cursed him (South) when he spok" to him about it. Smith is in jail and will have to stand trial for murder. People I ere who have witnessed the "cussedness" of i some oi me iiuck i iiet.- nave u expecting somebody to kill a few of them for some time. TREATMENT FOR PERSONS DE VELOPING HOW TO PREVFAT SPREADING THE DISEASE Go to bed. Take a purgative medicine. Oall a physician as early in the morning as possible. They cannot work night and day and hold out long. Do not delay your own treatment until tho physician's arrival, as he will be very busy. After taking pur gative medicine, follow it with proper doses of quinine and asperin, which may be repeated every two or three hours until several doses have been taken. heep the sick room warm, hut not loo warm Prevent all drafts hut al low lots of fresh air. Attendants upon those having this disease should wear a strip of cloth across the nose and mouth which is moist with a germicide. As far as po'-.-ible. isolate in the heme all rases of the disease. I lie Patient should remain in bed a diiv or (o after all feer has left, Returning too soon to work is ron - iliune In the Hcwlopnienl of pneu monia. f!e I' "i ' ' ; . a'. ' V 1 ' "I' I' '' . . ' ml, IM.,,1 h i.e till'' ..' I avoid , ,-. d-d of b. l" When )mi sne.ve or nutjdi, linlil h iniltirrrhief om t I he mmith.. Pro miscuous spitting should he molded. IHed in Cntnp Mrs. I,e Iimltert, of Asheboro Route 3, received a message from Camp Sevier, yesterday afternoon, saying; that her son, Charles Lambert, bad died of inlhienia, The young man bad been tn camp about two month. NATION GOES OYER THE TOP IN LOAN COUNTRY SI Bm'RIBKS ENTHU SIASTICALLY io THE 1 ol IMH :.:n:.::, lc, n c mp h.n RANDOLPH COUNTS l BS( KIB ES MOKE Til N ! OUR HI M RED I III) I .-.A ND DOLLARS It Ve tabulate Lib. rty know a t l ivmro m.i.i all t he ll gu 1 1 - Loan canii a at the e.H'.nti i oa'. .- vet to the 1 e- Tin but it i-..- 11101 e tiia'.i ; ' ail ocei Ii t"e greal- pite of the i'lenzn, t e till' creates! I.: 'lie ever tile count i e.-t liitiiu- epille'Uk' th- f P. -in, ::in!-n. camyaiyn m sivu- va s.-.-ce.-.. of any. Kaiiuiupii (.entity h: total i i' SPi2.lt!;!. "(ir j Rank of Randolph mi! amount of SiliU.noi); 0. al Rank, of Asheb iro subscribed a , amount, the bonds to the i'ii-t Nation Nsh.OOh; the Rank of Libert v. $21. WK) Peopl making the total above. A-heboro s quota was $150,000, but the twe banks here have sold bonds to the amount ot ilho,U00; the. Peoples Bank ot Randleman sold more than its quota; and the Bank of Ramseur sold two and one half times its quota, which was $40,500. Coleridge and Franklinville are also more than "over the top. Of the total subscriptions in Ran dolph, the woman's committee secur ed the amount of $142,000. County chairman I. F. Craven, of Ramseur, wishes to express his ap preciation to the loyal citizens of the county for their co-operation in the campaign. INFLUENZA SITUATION IMPROVING IN COUNTY The latest reports are that the in fluenza situation throughout the coun try is improving somewhat, though it is serious in many places yet. In Randolph county, the situation is decidedly better. There -have been in all about eight hundred cases. The number of deaths the past week has considerably decreased, in fact very few have been reported the past three or four days. Conditions in Asheboro are much better. There are still a number of cases, but few considered serious. In Tabernacle township, where there was so much of the disease a few days liai(,iago, there is a great deal of improve-ti)C'mont. ToC-ro is no influenza in Liberty, but There are no cases at Pisgah. There is influenza in alniut four families at Ramseur, but there have been no new eases for the last three or four days. There i.- l-ttle improv'mei.t in the situation at Randleman. There are number - of cases there. Drs. Wilker son ami Fox :.''e confine'! to their j bomi V the ib -ease. Mrs. J. I Miller Dies In Columbia the death of Mrs. J. V. received in Aiheboro the week. Mrs. Miller was I News of I Miller was ' first of the visiting her mother in Columbia, h. C, j when she w as stricken w ith influenza which later develnjM'd into pneu- monia ami resulted in death. nr. Miller and other relatives were pres ent when the end came. Mrs. Miller made numbers of friends in Asheboro during the few years she and Dr. Miller resided here, and all mourn the passing of a lovely woman. Mr. Noah Smitherman Dead Mr. Noah Smitherman died at his home in Troy last Sunday afternoon from influenza and pneumonia. The funeral was held Monday, services conducted by Rev. Mr. Gross, of the M. K. church. The deceased is survived by his wife and three small children, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Smither man, three brothers, and two sisters. Died Mrs. Florence Warden, wife of Mr. Ralph A. Warden, of Rocky Ford, Colorado, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Smith, of Denton, died at Boylass hospital, San Antonio, Texas, October 1-. Mrs. Warden had been called to the bedside of her husband who was critically ill of measles and pneumonia at Camp Travis, and while there contracted Spanish influenza and , pneumonia. Tie body was brought j hark to Denton and burial in the rem- .t' Io! iv of . I i 'i nl on Rapl . t eh'ii i Oc I "rni. i R.'tlilolpll Man ,rci-nhtr ..It. V ' ! Ii Ah.. .1 l.iy. Im I ;,. I n fur ten . in In . II. 'live.. ,1 b t-rnall children; also and Mij. .lo:eph C. ' I'M v i fe and tin Ibis parents, .Vr. Allreil, of Randolph county, two brothers, W. S. Allred, of Burlington, and Elisha Allred, of High Point; and four sisters, Miss Maud Allred, of boro: Mra. C. A. Crotta, of Siler City; Randleman; Mra. J. E. Allen, Green and Mra. D. C. Nelson, of Millboro, - .'-. ,y -, , '. .;. (. y ' '-' c ' : HOW TO PREPARE CHRISTM S PACKAGE H)l! SOLDIERS AND SAILORS ABROAD Parcel lor Arm? Men Musi Be Placed in tardboaid liu.c: Onh (in,- Allowed to Each .soldier One .ar C iv-.-Eae o!le I ' will I, pal eel Will he act eptt J l,y tile epartiiieiil t.ii-.'i.gn the Red lor eaC.i .-oLiur o.ei.-oa.-. ! .-ohtu r Will he prov.ucd v-ittt n.-t 'lias parrel label. This label how aided by him to the Der- Cil Hi t Unit siates from wnora I.C w i.-. p- to ieeeive package. Pack:.;.',-., ti this laiiel will not be Red Cro.-.- Io! di ,,e CWtstmaa at io not bear ccepied by the v to tiie post t hu e at! i. Hr:t i Labi t.. that are lost v. ill not he duplicated. Ch ris'.ma.. pai e..- must be placed in cardboard boxt -, '; by -1 by 1) inches in size. T.:e:o ! o.es will be provided to holders o; label.-, by tiie American Red Cre.-s. Tl.ey may be villained at Red Cut.-.- chapuis or blanches after November 1. With each box will be given com plete instruction regarding the articles which may be sent, And a list of article- winch aie barred by the postal authorities. Study these instructions and avoid mistakes. No message or written material of any kind will be allowed to go in the boxes. When t' boxes are packed, but unwrapped, they must not weigh more than two pounds 15 ounces. If the parcel is overweight, some article must be re moved. Do not put perishable food, soft candy, liquids, or anything in glass containers in the package if you wish it to reach its destination with the other contents unspoiled. Do not mail the box yourself. When packed, the box should be taken to the nearest collection station desig nated by the Re '. Cross, unsealed, and unwrapped, ready for inspection. Red Cross representatives are authorized to remove objectionable articles from parcels. Snippers will then affix suf licient postage on their parcels to car ry them to Hoboken, N. J. Parcel post zone rates will be charged. The parcels are to remain in custody of the Red Cross until delivered to the postal authorities. No Christmas parcel will be accept ed by the Eed Cross iOr shipment after November 20. Keep this fact in mind when planning a Merry Christ mas for the boys "over there." COMMUNITY FAIRS IN DEFINITELY POSTPONED County agent, D. S. Coltrane, who is the director of the Community Fairs for this county has decided it wise to announce the indefinite post ponement of the four Community Fails which are to be held in the county. While they are indefinitely postponed it is hoped that the situa-i tion caused by influenza will improve' - so that these fairs can be held about tne last of November. Mr. Coltrane considers that if the situation is im proved that tiiis will reallv be a better time to hold the fairs than the pres ent month. At the last of November the farmers are through with then work so that more can have a chance to attend. Farmers are asked to pre pare for the fair for it is anticipated that these fairs will ail be held een though if might be in December. The official premium list of these fails will be oil' the press the last of this week, and be mailed out to the people in leach of these fairs. Any one desiring one of these should write the county agent if they have not re ceived one by tha last of next week. Tractor Demonstration Arranged for These Fairs Mr. Coltrane has just completed arrangements for the demonstration of ths Cleveland caterpillar tractor at all of these fairs. Ths Fordson will also be demonstrated. The Clevland will also be demonstrated in Aaheboro ia the count of a few week. Ar ' raagements ar being mad for a dem onstration of th New Hart Parr trac tor, which is th kind uaed ia scrap ing the roads of th county. Farm ers who anticipate buying a tractor for use next spring should now be in vestigating for they should place their orders a good whil before they want the tractor. Otis Osborne Dies in Camo Private Otis A. Osborne died of Spanish influenza at Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga., last Friday. The body was brought back to his home in Back Creek township and the funeral and burial were at Bethany church yester day. Private Osborne was a son of Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Osborne, who lived at Worthville a number of years but tvr the past few years have tyicil livirE near the county home. He VttM br-'1.., ther of Miss Daisy O: -borne, who W I. at one liine a teacher in the Asheboro' hh. e,l M-llnnls '." n . 1 has often Yfrif A ' in I' he- in i lit tie - parent- and si.-ter. I he tie, e... .-, i- . -,, ... ,, ,v 1 1, follow ing I ' hi "I '.' ' : Me- i . I '.-ed ( I .borne, of " ' I I" -'.- : Gird .-.n ( i borne-, of Iowa; i e ( ,, 'i 1 1 , i ,,t G-Mvia ; anil Ci ow - . I' I " ' '..I- . ' ; ;,rl,r;,. " , l'i --rate (1 bn, ite vent In rnmp in Aui'ii t with n:i ,n lenient of Ila'ilolph Holland-Nixon Mr. J. . Holland', of High Point, nrjd Miss Pearl Nixon, of near Randle man, were married at the residence of Rev. W. A. Way, the officiating minu ter, Sunday afternoon. There are said to 200,000 cam of Spanish Influent in Duenoa Aire, Argentina, .. h . - t I41M