F»T' ■ ‘ .y "?*n*[r?v=;$^f-7 ■T.^.rgwr: vj V*^-:'. ■' ’ ' '•'V..- ■'.r In Mexico A Failure A MOGBBSStVi! BEPUraiCAN NSWiSPAPBS f^OTSDTO THB VPJ IC OF AJiEBICAM HOMES AND AllEIUCAN JNSUSmUDBS. BURI^GTON. ALAMANCE COt/ifiTY. CAROLINA, TUESDAY. JUNE 1. 1915. hT I- 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. •f 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. PRINT

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