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7'1 if. 19 v VOL-7. No-11 v FAYETTEVTLLE, :N.. WEDNESDAY, FEB. 23 1916 TRICE, $ J.0C TEE YDfS VOL. .1. No- FA YETTEYILLE, N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, PEBRl" AUY 23, 1916. HUGE, S-LOO PER TEAS y i ' "- - " ' E2?;2S;SS tt&HS GET , 'jm nm psrac -Gardner Sprinsrs New Attack on Administra lien's Defense PJans Navy Keeds Six New Untile Cruisers With Heavy -Guns Need Zlcre Submarines of Uxrce and Small Types. Washington. Feh. ZL The Administration's preparedness profjTwn was tornDaraed todaj'. . Representative llardner uttacks the land defense plan as prepar ed by the House committee. Ad miral Badffer of the Navy Eoard criticued adversely the Aminis- tration'a naval .program. Gardner introduced a land de- lenae bill calling for a standing army f 281.000 men rhkb was prepared ,by the army war col- leaf-me. In a statement he at- tacked the measure prepared by the House Committee, lie as serted that the piann re in adequate and would not provide the neceAsary fune to n)et an ' errK;rg'nr Admiral F.at:r i'kl tht com n,itt. that the f ve yt-nr pr-.-gram would not Inerta the present rate of naval construc- . tion. He asswrtvd that the ec rotary of the navy had asked the general btard for a program baaed un an expenditure of, f 100,000 a year. The Wrd ri-c-, amended the building f fixtw ship. f which four dread naught aud three but crui-. mm vr i t laid down dur ing the fjrt yew.- Vndre the general lxard pr-gran, he said, all t.f the pMgTt,ra would have Wn f.rr.pl"."d in sevt-n .'&r.,i OmS-t Juui! prt-gram it i" te eight y.ar before the six teen frhipf be .in conrurif on. In ww f thi fart the -projv-eW vr the jwwttt plan of !uMr hip year The navy r.ee4 imtned'wl',y Utt cruiwir. "Tir v-'n fl',ir" teen inrh f r. aw th.- ch.p - be pwided tthout va.rr to in th M!r if lttfwhr fa the feet, )i si The dre4.cl.t t ue tKe efsnetal t wi'1 uun turret. fvr .e 1 raid, h n fT th l',l !rH ton .ulwi.riA.-ii of ?: y ea h it1,,,J' ir-sr t out fwn meh Mr. mm- vrojjr vp a j " army oi mriv "" awe w fi -'-' Sue4 a statement in which hc, Ju w iUiam J- Kelly, of Brook j .. - .mmituir traini'1. ' , - i .' 01 ked out " - niing to the newspaper re- ,.,,-,,- he wi4. Mr. Hr h lated new rn.y pU ti.fctiry to the committee. On that commit re several men who r welt known to be out and out paeificiU. Any bill which will sppeal to them likely to U ssOsfiHory to Bruan more than it is to General Wood. .Mr. -Ilay providea aa incre.M of JR AEFORD JBANK JPJECLAJJg jDIVJDJEIND .33JMMJ School Building For Hake County Town-s. Water Works .Installed. , Special NEWS Pispatch.) Eaefurd, K. C Feb. 2L-At the meeting of the stockholders of the ' Bank of Raafunl a divirbmd of tf : Ser Cent mi declared, ih'w malt-mar a XoU1 ts Jear, three per cent dividend having been declared .Lty -days prior to the ! declaration. The bank shows a gain of S4fi,t00 in deposit the pat year. Three d we! Imp hou-ew are under eono'.Tvetiun We, .EwJi of them vtl cost almai ? X. P. ThaeW, M. W Ik- aii lr. M;K K-jPiam'ind bt the ow-ntm tff the htue4e under cir, trtietiim, " ' J. H. Aust.n lis making &nr,-1 xr.entu t rfjilaoe his pn. whlrh w ' recently destwyeS by fire. The pin sR W wf capacity sufficient to turn m'y " bale in ten hours, and J3 tuit aWut The contract fur a new- achoo! huild tt.g here has nt W. Set yet, ho esr, it i lirir;irstd thrf it will be guru ut tn a few da. Hopes art entenaind that the building will rerty for capanT by the lxr mninj; f Ue -hw 1 yr rtesrt fWpVmW' The birutLrf will ctist abuut ;;",''. rt m mtil. Wiiter woik fr Pvatif'.wd fere now ri jnvcv vf inuilitii'n. An atUnta f;m is 4;'.'tr the wurk and will hr a f.ne .jntem cumplvty iw-i'.fd the frst if the summir. I)K3!(KRAT ClXli WAS OIW5ANIZBD Catnpelltoo Democrat Gvt Busv a.t (f -ttle's Store NIgM. rrriwl.tu" PTiiocrat! pot busy lat tgbt when tSvy mei at role" r.'ore and orjfunised s Pe.mocrat club f .r tht 1 rw-tn.-t- Mr, K H. I5ui-kirjrhum, " s.; u-e wrh o order itued by the vv-u1ne rtr.Hii'-'-ee twr few rred '-he nietrvr okrt i'V 'fUt '.rty LVinwi-raV "" P' " ; .J a Jli.fM rfh-..--.-'lf c'j"' F'fAftiSsed. , The tI-V u rijf tx IJt vh.t v., J ...it tv 'be 4T.T"h,t.t: I f. -ji ..".i ilif!- HEAttJii)N TH1 Wasn't o. 2--TI Petw' Rb C.jwmi'te iuvettigatir-jt the fit of tiiandem, the appointee to tbe gjpr.-me couit. "day 4 nym1r of ittve.e bave bees order l to aror Thursday. Among them lyn, and Murk Sullivan, the editor of Collier' weekly. AFHF.BS WINS IN A BOLT OVEB Slr New Vork. Feb, 22.-A crowd that packed the arena wa$ present tonight when John Aebern of Brooklyn and GeorM ShiP of New CtU met ' scheduled ten round bout before the Broadwsy club. The bout ended in ., . .u n.mit Aehern won on a IDS " foti). BELGIAN REFUGEES SUFFER IS HOLLO Intense Suffering Is Noted la the Various Camps In Holland. ; liot-Jerdam, Feb. .22. -Condi tioaa among the half million Belgians who fled before the German invader year and half ago re deplorable While the interned aoldiers are well cared for, the measure to bouae, -feed and doth their wives and .children are inadequate, although the Patch government has done a ret deal. ' It is estimated that Belgians have been aeut to England, where they are employed, to such an extent that the Belgians in SoDand now nmnber about J 00,000. The Salvation Arjny is engaged in relief work. One of the leaders ia Urs. Jurritsma, wife of a Utrecht merchant, who was I onnerh Captain Alice Parker of the New l'ork Salvation Ariny forcea. Eer heart was touched when in the early days of the war she saw thousands .of poor terrified .Belgians streaming through the .street. Wo men and children were shelterless np- tin n.a(is. Mrs. Jurriuma recent- I. toU the atorv of uhat she did as r "jr to thf- Tor"J4''tve of the i N .'R ..'ilirf Gv VeTimt.rjt 1 pou-eii ! rr.y hert and tld him (kl I r. -c-U f tiirje mvn, wuroejB and chil- dicr t!id rave j.li the cloth T thjt i-mt ir, a i'Teat sh:p, tht U i. c. ".' f0 ease. 51f ,f these we C' V Xeljf.iin refuttss women tind .u3d u We .hired a bifhuae r-if1 ni;.D.ed ten ret jrj men nd v,i-n-.-'"t. fr lT!rih e suve of the mairmtade of -fur worl;. 1 wale to the B-.ti,i T msul, sn' my letter wa forwan.etl ts Sir .EtliWiJ Crey nd t.he firt thi.-r J knew they had put my ri".vr jut as it as m the Turks' and the Pai.y Mail, ar.d that' i. -u'.tud in gettire a creat fund of t-'aMvrri. tf pound-. vrlii, mui..y a i- 3mr,t r. Li.ndi.jt eijKnded. biiy rz crt of ciimf rts find senJ ,rft hur l'cU of ca-s of jrii-Hu-a well. "Mi-re thur. 2",'A)0 s of u'-.rie'i pwnnfl'i were dist-ib-Ateri. an 1 tens of thousand -of wther gaimoi.t. ahirt. 45.utV.rrP, women and chil dren's ffothef, shoes. ' "The Socty of Friend in jL-ir-ion hft? d-ne and are doing a ?rret wrl rnuve ti e interned refwree civaf at' r..nrtia. Tbty have srtatli.-V n il ,2 r t-ies. The m 'd .i'.'l'e aw eM.'frt'd in the work of nis.ru :.' j: t-b'-pem r$ gtrrr.eni. Tht vi.e cwi lui"e hamrr-i-r re p-jt 1o wrk buiidiair f't- s.,ti.,. t.i hi-b f.im:'-i 'e ! vi!.'" ''.e ivr:r.e 'f 1,f-' . ..1 i,,..v,.. .,- thi aid 1 t ijbe f riende -'--e great bulk, num !ni x wr up"" t,r of ir.i-u-J. e s-til! raided in s-'-a':? west J -r "A jersin cannot paf thriAigb thes civilian camp without lng overwhelmed at the coeditk which these peapl- Tb Oni camp is situated is 'large bathouse locatcl in the d bet wees lw ao- al.. It is nsanitry- There is no pn- vacy. Hundreds of men, women aw tbiWren rf Mil wpf .. sleep on platforms with 0 prwg, on hard fl.Mj-s wt;b few coverings. Piece, of crmr4 separate famil ies The childrea are unwashed and go about with sores jn their eyes and on their bodies and contagion has been the result. The social conditions in tht eyes of msny, will do more barm to the future race than tha de vastation of their home, by anot ana iOR CLEARED If ill! En Western North Carolina Attor ney Jleceive JLetter that Xxhonorates Him. PB021 ATTORNEY CENERAL 'Department, After Considering Jlammer's Statement, Says There Is No Evidence Against Hint .of .Failure to Perform His Duty After the last .Elec tion. (Special KEWS Pispatch,) Asheboro. K. C Peb. 22. W. C Hammer, United States Attorney for the western district of Korth Caro line has been cleared of all charges. The following letter, received this af ternoon by air. Hammer, wiD be of interest. PEPAKTKEKT OF JUSTICE Washington, P. C, Teh. .18, 1916. W. C. Hammer, iq. United States Attorney, Asheboro, K. C. Sir: The Department has .'considered your reply to the charges and speci fications affecting yonr personal and onicial conduct siiumjtted ny Siessm. r-ut3er Va attorneys fr certuin ' pfirsonji, concerninp elections held on November S, 3914, in connection with the said chT and speificaiore arid has reached the ctmclnsiim that thet is no evidence tendine it shur any personal or official nnsconoaflr ujKn your part or any fafiure by -you ; to perform your public daiy in not ' Vjs-ebentinp the matter to the Tedeml . Grand Jury. There is encioseo a copy trt a let ter uf the Pepartment to Messrs. Butler A Vale for your information. In view uf the fact that the informa tion ha? reached the Pepartment that the matter of these charger being fil ed against you ihas been gvien pub licity, permission is granted you to make such use -of this letter and the miry of the letter to Messrs. Butler 4- Vale as you may see fit. F-espectfuliy. Fr the Attorney General, SAMS, J.CJRAEAM. Assistant Attorney On! The Fore Says it Had a Heluva Time According to the nwcharii-rtl frre c the NEWS, this paper ihas had heluva time for the part r-o dsy atj of which resulted frt-m the favt that the powc plarst blew t.p S-r-day momir.g and has r.tit bre.n vet. The motor was cottp.te y owrr- c-d c-irt, however, an-.c-r v. iisi-talled today Vl" t, ore t r---" 1 shell. "The Sil,i"f ''', '' M.',-ie this ro".-'i i Jf -h fs-rr: 'y t -v-' 1 t Hese bvvg . X f, v ,1, al4e, it -c-ou-'i !ir ft V---ra ril jflie'h'r-JT l.k the t.r s liwy can i! mi - j ........ , rsnve ton n Bt-'gro ai ' t 1 h.-me hoje tke the plate f de pair. "The conditions for civilians are deplorable, while the aoUiers farfe well and em to be healthy ar.i hup- pr . : Wh4 tbe soldierf are being cared for there comes another aspect hich i d in-dwd. The towns and villages surrounding the interis! ii-.- camDS are crob. - . .. , 1- . 1 I . ., with thousand oi women dren for whom little at no provUk-n ----- . '. r .1 .' . t has been ma le, jfcost 01 tise r v. the repctable class and suffer more .t -.Ma' Lni their' wactf. as mr i i i tno- this for I have vis- unknown. I .now uus .ted them in their home, and admin- istered in a maU way to their needs, CARDINAL GIEBOKS Sas ,1'rfthibition Interferes With the .Liberties of the People. b Baltimore, Hd Feb. .22. Cardinal Gibbons tonight in an interview amid that, he was strongly opposed to the State wide prohibition bill because he believed snch a law cannot be enforc ed in a city. A law of this kind interferes with the personal liberty and rights of the people and creates .hypocrisy. The The history of the world demonstrat es that man has always .and always will use intoxicating liquors. How ever, am in lavor f temperance, $10D For Farm School In Harnett County (Special KEWS Dispatch Dunn, Feb. 22. On Monday, Febru ary 7, the Hoard of Commissioners appropriated $130 to "the Farm life School, which 4 located t Jalling ton, Prof. Hare, principal The board was divided on the -question. Chair man P. H. Seuter opposing. The Pemocrat of .Harnett count?-. are already waking up to the fact that they warrt a fight this year to bring Jlurrjett Lack in it right 0! umn. Tut- cuun'y normally is Demo cratic but conditions in the last .elec- tion resulted in a change. The decree now k that she shall come back to i,er riit jace. The P!ard of Cjunty Commission ers of Harnett made no allowance in 1915 for a Farm Pemonstrator. The Dunn Chamber of Commerce and the people f .Puke took the .matter ur and voluntarily ,put Jlr. W. H. Tur-' lington out with the aid of the state., In J&io the County Foard failed to make ary appropriatiun hence ,Hr nttt hafc no Farm Pemonstratir. Thus far no ciwement has been made to ptit Mr. Tui'lihgt.E back in the -work Co'.:.n Weigher, Mi. W. S- laik-j ecir., reported weighed and sold ihis- bea-sun 18,(1 b-Jee kd cotton which is a snw.ll drv.p off frvir. last year J Eight much cUun is yet ?--ored in the! aie.houste and yet hld by the; farmer, a this -y, n The farmers of th.fi section' r-.ua.ed ery u--e lit this eat.w the streets are f sf , ..uied with Commercial fe.r-; nt fegor.? tiLyr. Th year they say they wiuj the j;m!y i'.te a goodi rjt own &i:d l-.tiHie-rafa.ie erti1'.er- .c. k vli isy o o.rrpo."'!-ir. Jie ? -I i 1 1 1- i.n. ?eii Rs Cet.1 !h' 1 .: lA t;.- w f (Ji r r S'j.ajio.- j m j s the rep rt 4 r..'. iJOt-i ,javi - AU of our air-ipe ret jine-I wfety des-oite the heavy fire by arfiweryj frcta the esemy," KI'SSIANS TOOK ONLY 5 CANNON AT EBZEBCM j chir-e - ;- Caoetasti-h-pJ, Feb. 22 Hh Tur kih war office today said that th Bussura claims that Brians cptur - w . . . . 1. ...... 1 nn;...,-.rs aaTiti 1 ( ' : 1 ed eichty thousand prisoner arid ten j A , aimTT 1 fltfUMUil . v . thousand cannon were false The! Turkish statement ayaa that tbeBas-' sians took only fifty cannon at Efuf c-rum and that no general encounter , . , ,v.f.,rt. ccrurreJ in tne se.ira , , .he Turks declare that the forts no alu. lT!r 1 11PM Dfll m LJ LJI iJ lik.J: Pnt Jt All Over the Jlorence Team that Was Jlere Xast Night. 482POEVTS HIGHER HARH -Large Numbers of Out rf Town People Were Jlere to Witness the Came Xast Night -Th Xocal Eowlers Now Challenge the State Por a Came to Jie Played Here. Four hundred and eighty -two point just 485 jpoints, was the number that the' local bowling team put ovr the Florence, S. C team that play ed the boys here last night in ths) bowling alley. Three games were played and thai locals jut it over the visitors -uasf in ach game. The bowling alley was filled to overflowing last snight with the huge crowd of local .people that cume out to witness the game. Quite a number of people from out uf town were here last n.gh: to wit ness the games. So much confidence did the v.r-j'.ig last night give the .-local team, ztMi it is banging out a challenge to jie.: team in the State to come here wid play it. GERMAN M.RGEAM -ANP 12 AULN SACRU M 1JVES. ' Karlsruhe, Feb. 22. An officer of one -of the aden re&a-re rtgimextta writes from the front in the Voe .mountains: 'The trenches tJ our company Jie&r Hartmanntner.er-iKi.ipf jn Alsace ere under a terriMe fire the F reach mine .throw-el's tot -asya urt! .-had -ibe- -come almjit ui.U;nisrO. Uttreat fh impossible -without ihe.., beavjest- off " lusbes, or . p 5Mii!y tne Ai-n.niAicia f ;the mm .flnunjr. "ur b't-li'-iK tn-iuine WspArii-e, at, the ruiT-'orien-n.t x.jv't'-ed b u aiid the new E-h4r.e g..n tt.tt were to be sti.t did n-.it arive. F-nai'y Ses irtai.t Michael B1ar.ecl-.e1 f Wald- '.v... .i Up the French , . m . h B Wrrt Uim&. ed. Trie plan , M-rectnt was s recklessuy danr.fr ttwst " rst re fuMfd tit In' iut I .ct'jBaeBte s v'4tueered t- -1 whin twe i-rs iw.t ait "he iittt It (.; ;yi: lorr.1 - "" currr&i-f i 1 d..r b- ei- el 1 f .aige r-i t elve .. . r i t-ac- p.J.iK-tl fj th'tw . -r.. t-jri-t;i Ti-rty u u ih ,1 i xir ;i-e ifivJ..: B --f3e e hi i rtih-h h Oji r...r.i arj.i t: Ci-oic " Tbey tIt. tJthi kilU-i OS - , fe 14 acimpiiihed capturei, but they their Oar twfswf ' -.; 'n fujiowia day w -;.-. iects 'with more ma-.- ifajo-aer 4 great .. . . !:.:-cfi. safe ' l CM Vi. M fc BEGINS AT 11IK UllKNING - - - i i n i .1 - i- - - paris Feb 22 the Angl-Frencb ia psriiamentry coisfereoce t arrang.' - rAtivns between A r franc ana t r.r.i will open her. f c"-) n tVa arry,
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