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IC OF AJiEBICAM HOMES AND AllEIUCAN JNSUSmUDBS.
BURI^GTON. ALAMANCE COt/ifiTY.
CAROLINA, TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1915.
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Conditions Have Come To Such A State In Southern Re*
public That The United States Must See To It
A Chance—May Fiace LmoargG
Arms»’Note &nt Today To Gov
ernors-^Watchful Waiting Over
On
U.S.
I* ■
Note Will Be *'anded T(> Ambassador Gerraid loday In Berlin—• Will
Embody Proposan hat Definite Consideratiott Of Ger
many’s Submarine Policy Be Deferred Until It Can
Be Known If Lusitania Was Cruiser
WRITSETTITEMS.
BASE BALL
HOPE DALE DEFEATED.
imm BRITISH BAT-:™ SCENE HAIO- PRESIDENT OF POITII
TLESHIP SUNK.
The Majestic Was Torpedoed in Region
of The Dardanelles.
EST FIGHTING.
GAL RESIGNS.
I Germans Continue to Batter Withj Libson, via Paris, May 28.—"Thfi
Fierceness The Ricssian Lines— prasident of Portugal, Manuel de Ar-
Prosress Against Turka. riaga, has resig-ned.
^PBINCSSS IRENE IS BLOWN UP.
.Steamer Was in Governwent Servlcc
ami Explosion Was Accidental;
Nearly Ail Crew Loel; Crew ef
Majestic Reported Nearly All Saved
—Sinth lost ia Dardanelles,
General Ciatminc and Denial of Vie-
tories; PneHysI Poaalbly Surround
ed by Germans 6ut Rasaiar^ Stub
bornly Remet, Be-capture; French
Aviators Drop Projectiles on Fac-
Sory,
MEBANE NEWS ITE8|[§.
Niimb'rs of Old Students of Institute
Viaif the Town,
ett, IBay 29,—Maf^ie
Grtfesor., who graduated last week nt
11>e , PanviU“ Traininjc School for i
Nurses, is spending some time hero I
with her parents, j
Miss Kate McLean is at home for j
the vacntion from Flora McDonald;
college, at Red Springs. |
Quile a crowd will go from here to
the University commencement next
weelc. Among them are; Dr. and
Mrs. W. T, Whitsett, Mr. and Mrs.
K. K. Ifevonport, Mr. and Mrs. T, L.
Fitzgi-rald, Mr and Mrs. J. W, Sun:-
nier.s and Mv. and Mrs. G. W. Daven
port. Most of them will go down in
aaton)ol)iles. .
G. W. Sexton, of NiisK county, who I PRZE.MYSL fS THREATEXEtJ.
has been here vvilh Prof, and Mrs. J. i —o—
H, Joyner for a few days, has return-’Germans Have Driven Wedge Thru
Centra! Galicia and by Doubit;
Flanking Movement Hope tc ?ar-
rouDd Fort.
Great Meeting fhursdajr^
Baseball Teaiq y Huge
BETERHNEDTOREIEDIf
DEFECTS.
Secretary iPaniels Wit! ‘ntoroughly
iisveaUgste C«!uk Breakdo^rns of
Submarines—Six Partly Ineffsetive.
The Secretary Says U. S. Submsrinra
in AtlTe use Compared With Those
Abroad are as Obsolete as The Au
tomobile of Three Yearn Ago.
THE HAJESTiC SUNK IN
THE DARDANELLES.
Was Torpedoed by Turks off The
Gallipoli Pemnsula.—Nearly .\n
Sared.
f'pniii 111)11 prri/ nm
lltKlRARd dCCfi ULtil*
Making an EEort to Wreck Kussian
Liites With Concentrated Forces.
They Have Success.
Ib li>e West Berlin and Paris Dilfer
as, to The Results of "nie Fight-
ing.
NEBRASKAN MAY HAVE
HIT A MINE.
Opinion ta Tital Expbwio* Was Not
Chaimeter of Torpedo—Action. Will
be Deferred.
Definite Proof Will First b Obtained;
Fact That' Flag of Vessel Have No
Eeating on Steps AsBcrissR Gsvem-
ment Takes.
ITALIANS WIN INAERO-
PUNEJGHT.
Austrian Machine Brought Dawn by
Anti-Aircraft Gun—Little Heavy
Fighting.
Stirring Scc.nea Opening Aua-
trn-Italian Austrians
How up Bridges Bat do not Checic
Italian Advsncvi De-
•cribes Scene;
Mehftn«, May 28—The uniou e.v%n-
g^liat^c meeting, under the leaderstu})
of Rev, Victor Lightbo^rne and Thof.
Pender, began in the Piedmont ware
house Thursday, in spite of unfav-
orabie wsnther the initiai meetings
hsve beeu well attended. The out
look for a great mating is bright,
except ter the possible continned rain.
Mr. Lightbourne has apparently got
ten the ear of the people already,
and Mr. Pender has gotten his chorus
choir, of some 50 voices, under good
control. TUb four chuches of the vil
lage are co-operating.
Mebane'a latest venture in baseball
has proven a success, so far. Three
games have been pfayed on the home
grounds, two of which were worf. Th«
scores in each gams have been small.
The gate receipts have been entirely
satisfactory. The park has b«sn en
closed 'within a high boftrd f^nce; a
grandstand has beei\ and the
grounds have be^ put in,., creditable
condition. If iip
—and it ha« been incrcasing=i^e'ven-
ture. TfflU npt b^ a failwre finacially.
ANOTffiR SHIP
DESTROYED.
The Princess Irene Was Blown up in
a Mysterious Manner. .:
ONLY FOUR ESCAPED;
Siiip Wa» Simply filttwa to Atoms by
Fcv«e tt He S!xpto»ion.
AU OF TBE GREW
TIE IRENE LOST
REVIVAL AT M. P. CHURCH.
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London, May 27.—All the crew of
250 men of the British steamer
pjinces-s Irene, exTept one man and in
addition 78 dockers who were at work
on board the steamer lost their lives
today when the vessel was blown up
b;» an explosion.on i>oard in Sheerness
harbor. The steamer was in the gov
ernment service.
—
This is snake season; bat if you
have looked iong in the cup when it
is red all seasons aK summer when
it comes to reptiles.
Special series of revival services
began at the Methodist Protestant
church last Sunday morning; Rev.
jj. H, Etowe of Acheboro, -,vlio is here
on ft v4sit to his daughter, Mrs, G-
L. Curry, preached tvro excellent
sermons to a large congregation Sun
day morning and night,
Sfcv. A. G Dixon of High Point,
who has been secured to do the preach
ing during the meeting, arrived yester.*
day afternoon. Rev. Dixon is a man
with ability in evangelistic work and
I has a reputation as s succesfal evan
gelist.
The public and church-goin^ p^ple
of the city are coi-dially invited to at
tend the services. The evening? ser
vices are fceM at eight o’cl^ knd the
!nornit\g services at half past nine
Gib'sonville Defeated Visitors in an
Exciting Contest.
t'.iKonnviilo. May 29.^—The local sec
ond team defeated Hope Dale today
by a score of 3 to 1. The conte.si
was an intensely exciting one and was
witnessed bj n large crowd. The all
around plaj'ing of tlie lociil.s was the
feature.
Batteries: .\lhed and Pettigrew,
Poole and Long.
ed homo.
pr, and Mrs. C. F. Phillips and Mr.
Mrs. A. W. Fuller, of Randolph
.mivty, have bean pleasant visitor*
this week.
V Mrs. C. T. Clapp has gone to Whit
akers fpr a visit to her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Buck, o( Char
lotte have returned homQ after a pleas
ant visit' here and amid the scenec of
the school life. Both are graduates
of the school here.
AL.« M ANCE COL-.\TV RURAL.
CARRIERS MEET.
The Rural Letter Carriers of .A.la-
manee county held a metting in the
Junior Hall Monday and elected the
following orticers for the erisuing
year: President, J. M. Hayes; Vicc-
President, J. E. Foust; Secretary &
Treasurer, J. A. Lov;e.
After other routine busings was
IstciAuvlcu .liic
wtne elected to the state convention
which meets at Charlotte, July 4th:
Cheek of Burlington, Brannock of
Altamahaw, May of Elon College anti
Foust of Mebane.
Pl.ms were discusscd for a picnic
to'be held by the carriers of the cou>i-
ty on the first Mohday in September
which is l#l»or Day, the following
committee were appointed to make
arrangements: Messrs. J. M. Hayes,
W. J. Brooks, J. A. Lowe and E. M,
Chev'k.
London, May 2^!.—Pry.emysl, garri
soned this time by Rus.'iai!s, once
more is threatened with investment.
Juat aii the Russians, after sur
rounding Pnemysl and starving out
its Austrian defenders, forced the sur--
render of the fortress late in Marcn.
[so Austro-German troops who have
MAIL FA^UMMBS WtUi SK
TENDED.
Rural Routes to Have Parcel Post jla-
surance From the Carriers.
J. S, Cox, of Raleigh, now with the driven a wedge through Central Gaii-
cia, now are attempting a double
flanking movement and with an at
tack growing in intensity are seeking
to encircle the forts from the .south
and the cast. ;
This situation in Galicia unquestion
ably is of great litrategic impurtancc-
No?fo^k Southern railway in a respon
sible i^sition and Samuel Davis of
Clarksville, Va,, s loading hardware
merchant, have just left after a stay
of aome days with friends.
'' Mi.ss Eunice Britton, of Seabonrd
and Miss Laura Ellington, of Sandy
Ridge, are here visitinp friends. jand even the British pr«ss concedes
J, M, Samseur, of Palatka, Fhi., that the position of Przemys! is seri-
!eft here this morning for a visit withjous. It is described as t5>e key tj
lelatives at Lincol'itcn, after which ho
will return to Florida.
Mrs. Lizzie Smith and Mrs. J. H.
Joyner spent yesterday in Greensboro
visiting.
NINETY-FOUR PASS EXAMINA
TIONS AND ARE TRAINED
NURSES.
Wilmington, May 27.—^The 94 tvain-
fii rruries wiio tosk essJSinatson be
fore the St»tf Poard p/ Examiners
hero last week made a. record that is
ptpbaWy not ditplicatcd in any profes
sion in State, all passing the examin.i^
■tion, each with credltabl? marks.
In addition to the 94 who pass&l
the State board a number were re
ceived by reciprocity. In the exami-
rsstion Miss Pauline Robinson of Char
lotte JcaBe Nbcst.. percentage, 98.75,
while Miss Ruth Wicker of High Point
won second honor with an average
of 9*5.25.
ROUTE No. 8.
J. C. McCulloch qf Route 8. passed
through yesterday evetiing going to
Chape! Hill to attend the commence
ment,
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gatty of Me
bane, Route 1, spent Saturday and
Sunday visiting Mrs. Gatty’s brother,
Mr. Barns, Mrs. Gatty will remain
several days.
Robert Branu'ock, R. L. C. of Route
2, of Altamahaw and Bud May of Elon
College attended the Carriers’ meet
ing in Burlington Monday evening.
A CARD OP TH.\?tKS.,
I wish to extent to the good peopio
of Alamance, Chatham and Burlington
e.soecially, my sincere thanks for the
j many kindnfesses shown Me during my
, note the name of Miss Cora period of sickness, I feel like
Islfy^bf this city among the 94 sac-’saying “Thaiiks be urJ:o God for His
cessful ones who stood the examina- ^^j,^.y endaretit forewer,” At preisent
tion. Miss Isley is well known in ^ ^he writer is able to be up &ome,
Burlington, and her many friends! Sincerely
here will be glad to learn of her, LENA D. JOHNSON,
achievement.—Editor. i Lakeside Avenue.
^ .^1! rural free delivery carriers
operating out of offices maintainei’ »y
the postoffice department will l>e re-
^quired to have parcel post scales,
maps and gruides, in'-urance and C.
O. O. tags and they will be required
to accept from the patrons qf rural
routes parcels fcr insurance or col
lection oil delivery just as these aw
accepleil from patron.s at the post-
uiSee. FurIht-rmore it is the duty of
the various postmasters to see th.'it
their R. K. I), tarricrs operating oot>
jot their oBires shall always be prop-
jperly equipped in order that they (B«y
I carry out these instructions. Coupon
j receipts will be i.«ued direetljr to
.■senders at the time when the parcels
are accepted.
Instructions as follows have been
given the postmasters in regard to thi»
extension of the postal facilities to
rural routes patrons;
“(1) Each carrier shall be assign
ed the same series of numbers as pro
vided by section 1072 of the postal
laws aJid regulations for regioiejcu
mail and when, it is desired by a
patron to insure a parcel or mail it
C. 0, T). the carrier shall providis a
tag and require the sender to nil out
the tasr in ink or with indelible pen-'
cil. Tl'.c carrier shall assign a »nuro-
ber ‘ the parcel, indorsing the wrap-
aild the tag therewith in thj
pr. per manner. The asnder's receipt «
coupon of the tag sliall be dated, in
dorsed with the carrier’s initial‘s end
the route i'lumb^r dctaclieti .by the
cai'-'ier and tieli^.ed to t^e pitrftn
as a receipt for the pai.’se\i
The hitjad that r«eks the cradle is Call it domestic science and you
.the sam'?iibaTtd that stones-.the cher-|miay coax your daughter to the cook
stove.
NOTICE, WOODMEN,
The local camp of the Woodmen of
the World will meet Thursday iiight,
Jiine Srdi‘„ i AH' Bliembevs are vtged
to be present. ^
■ V . . *1. Jf. CHEEK. Clerk.
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