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BUBLINGTON.: ALAMANCE^ COUNTY, XORTH C-\ROLINA. TUE5DA.Y, NOVEMBER £0. 1915.
KITCHIN’S STATEMENT.
A *ttjjmiary of Mr. Kitchio’s state-;
ra>ii\t of position on the questibs of,
preparedness, over which there has'
been a« abundance of newspaper dis-1 .
cu^aisn the past few days, is that .ho' Stephen littles of Fairmont Dies of
NORTH CAROLINIAN IS KILLEU,
ANOTHER DYING, SHOT BY
MEXICANS IN FIGHTING ON
BORDER; CAIIRANZA TAKES,
nOgales
Villa Bullet Wound ia Head; U. &.
Force Attached—Herbert L. Cates
of Swepsenvilie, is Shot Twice ini
Abdomen
beiioves the country is already in a ■
si££^ient state of preparedness to
meet contingencies of the present and
iininediate future and that the possi
bilities of trouble'^th foreign Nations —^^
is not of a characUr to justify the Another Amerifan, Five Mesicam,
ejcpenditures called far in the Admin-* Five Mexicans Hit; Shooting Aeross
istration’s plan. He holds that the
talk of the prepairedness advocates is
tbmmyrot and not based on a single
fact, and he emphasizes and analyzes
from his standpoint the enormity of
the defense program adwjcoted by
President Wilson and advisers.
lUo Grande Follows Capture of
Mexicaa IWa by Caria&za Soldi
ers; Quarrel Between Villa Tit>oper
and Woman, Starts Firing.
LARGE MEETING OF FJIATjEKN-
ALORDERi.
Purity Cciiotil. No. 22, Sons and
Baughtcrs of Liberty, Was Hoiiorcd
With Visit Froni National Coun
cilor aifd Slate Offirars—Magnifi
cent Addresses Delivered.
Between 150 and 200 members of
the various councils of the order of
Sons and Daughters of iibert/ in
Alamaiice county gathered in the hail
of the local council last Saturday
night to witness the occasion of the
official visit of Natipnai Councilor,
William H. Jeffrey; of East Burke,
Vit., State Co«fi!cilor, J. C. Kesler,
of Salisbury, and other State offi
cers.
After the regular routine business
Was disposed of, magniflceTt$ addres
ses were delivered on the principles
and objects of the order by the dis
tinguished officials present, among
them were; Wm. H. Je^rey, National
Councilor: J. C. Kesler, State Coun
cilor; J. T. May, ex-State Councilor;
A, W. Cole, State Secretary, and Co!.
D. H. Melton.
These distinguished exponents of
the order brought some very inspiring
messages to the members of the order
in this county, which will doubtless be
an impetus to the extension of the
order into other communities and ad
joining counties where there is no
council, and the advancement of the
order in general.
MISS ALBRi,GHT ENTEBTAINK
HER PUPILS.
Nogales, Ari*., Nov, 26,—Stephen
jjg. Littles of Fairinoht, N. C., one of the
further justifies his opposition on the soldiers wounded in today's bat-
ground that the condition of the ^th Viila troopers in Nogales,
Treasury is not such as to maice pos-, ^*ed here tonight. He was
sible the meeting of so vast a demand through the head,
upon it. The paramount objection, Herbert L, Cates, shot through the
l.owever, is found in ti>e burden the “bdomen, and was shot through the
tax-paycrs would be called upon to
shoulder. Mr. Kitchin gives assurance
cf the cordial relations yet existing Ntgales, Ariu,, Nov. 26. Nogales,
between himself and the President, Sonora, the Mexiian town across the
saying that it was with mutual regret captured to-
that each agreed bD disagree on the Obregon's Carranza
matter. He makes definition of the ^y Gen. Villa
attitude he has assumed in being ^changed shots across the boundary
hands off as a party leader and of American troops. Three Amer-
feeling at liberty as an individual wounded, two prob-
to make war on the President’s pro- fatally.
gram. In passing, Mr. Kitchin pays Stephen Littles, 22,
an expected compliment to The New died, home. Fair-
Vork Herald, and does not hesitate N. C., enlisted February 1814.
to reassure the p«ijp5c- of his state Herbert L. Cates, 25, shot twice in
that, having the approval of his doubtful,
judgment and this conscience, he will Home. Swepsonville, N. C., second en-' Albnght very del>ght-
, listment. lUl-V entertained her pupils at the
abide whatever of consequence that I ,
Arthur L. Saupe, 19, shot in right, ^r. T. R. mitsell near High-
foot, home, Vernon, Ind. Five Mexi-, School last Friday night, Novero-
cans, including a woman also were' from 8:30 to 10:S0.
RESOLUTIONS OF KESPK7i'. wounded. The home was very tastefully deco-
i. - ' rated with chryssi^thumes and tinsel.
Whereas the Supreme Ruler of the ARREST STKUiING MAIL CLERKS guests first ei:g.ijed in a guess-
Univcrse has seen fit in His Visdom FOB CONSPIRACY, ''•E contest, and the prize which was
to call from this, oa^jncil to t-hs Coun- a box of candy, was won by Miss
oil above our late deceased brother. Fairmont. W. Va.. Nov. 24.—War- ^^ianchfi Whifct. Miss Beal and Mr.
E. L. Montgomery, rants |rere issued here today by Unit- I^ewey Bumbley. Various games were
.\nd whereas, in his death this ed States Commissioner John W. Na- taffy candy was ^ served
Council hiss lost one of its faithful than, jr., at the instance of Harry '*'f''ch was very delicious. The pti*c
meltabcrs and while we feel very keen- Byers, Assistant United States Dis- ‘Other contest was won by
Jy bur loss yet we bow in humble trict AttorncJy for the Northern Dis- ^"^isses Wi|]ie Boon. Eva Rumbley
submission to the will of Him who is trie of West Virginia, for the arfest Messrs. Waiter Beal. Sherman
too wise to err arid too good to be an- of former Postmaster A. Howard Clouse and John Roberson, the prize
kind, Fleming and twenty-five employes of a bos' of fancy candy.
Therefore be it resolved ,that we the Fairmont Post Office, who rwent- guests returned to their homes
extend-to his family our sympathy in ly left their p3sitions and temporarily declaring MiSs Albright a most charm-
this trying hour and recomend them tied up the mail service, as a protest hostess and entertainer. Those
to Him who is able to keep that which against the dismissal of W. H. Brand, were: Misses Edith Crouse,
we have committed unto Him against *or sevencteen years assistant post- Rumbley, tlva and Sadie Beal,
that day. The men ara charged m-ith Blanche and Pearl Whitt,
Therrfore be it resolved that a copy eonpiracy to delay the mails. Messrs. Floyd Crouse, Dewey
of these resolutions be r«:orded on our Warrant.s also were issued for R*imbley, Sherman Crouse, Walter
minutes, tt copy be sent to the bereav- Brand, the dismissed asei*tant post- John Roberson and Clarence
e' family and a copy to each of the master, and Perry A. Burton, a clerk,
.FKOJa VICE-PRESIDENT OF THK;
SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO.
CHAPEL HILL LE'ITKR.
Chaj;®! Hl'l, N. C'., Nov.' 2y.—When'
’ x'i4 f;;rmers'came ever frcm Durh^ini :
i.i n.utjmc.biles last-Thursday to bi |
I CESMANS CAPTURE lM,Oi#
!-',EaBS, SAYS BEBI.LN; CAM
PAIGN CLOSED.
Nov. 2.5;—(-Via Lon^M,)-^
Washin^en, D. G., Nov. 27.—Seek
ing the enlist in tlic service of its
mainte.iance of Way Depftrtment jlhe guC'sts of theX-niversity ai.dirnier ! TVilh the-cecapation of Budnik, the
young men of teehnical training who j ;a Sv.-ain a departure was .made J capture of 2,700 prisoners and the
were born and bred in . the Saath, ;-iVom the'asuai order of things. ' j fiiiiiit of the “.scanty remr.iTis" of the
Southern Eailway Company ha.s main-j i reMi^rat C. S. Barrett, of . the na-
'tained during the past two years and ! ;‘icr:il farmers’ union, deelared that
has aaw successfuUy established a ; it v.=s the iirat tim?.within his know-
imiy follow, even to political martyr
dom.
school of.' student apprentices enlisted
from graiiuates of the leading South
ern Universities; This is in effect a
post graduate course iti overalls with
an assunjince of a practical life op
portunity to those wh3 suceed.
The men are carefully selected, af
ter conference with university au
thorities, their standing with tlieiv
fellow students and general qualities
of leadership displayed in their col
lage life being considered as wel! as
their scholastic attainments und speci
al consideration being given to men
who wholly, or in part, paid their way
hi'ough college. The pay offered at
the start is comparatively small and
the work invol-.'es hardship and self
denial to an uxte.it that proves the
stamina of those who continue the
ciurss.
The course has been arranged to
take the student appi'entica through
the dai’y duties of track work as fol
lows; 1st, as section laborer; 2nd,
-IS laborer in yards ,ind terminals;
3rd, as laborer in extra gang; 4tb, as
assistant foreman on extra gapgs or
in yards; oth, as relief or designated
sectioe foreman; Ssh, as assistant
supsrvisor. From assistant supervi
sor t^atudent apprentice ma'y be pro
moted supervisor, to assistant raati-
master, to roadmaster, and on up as
his qualifications may justify and op
portunity may offer as vacancies oc
cur.
Southern Railway njw has in its
employ thirteen student apprentices of
whom seven have lieen promoted ti.i
assistant supcr^fisors and it is a
source of pride to the management
that, by stickinfr to the course under
the conditions imposed and by winniii}f
the esteem of their fellow employes
ar.d their supervisor officers, these
student apprentices ha.'e ju.stified
their employment as we'.l as having
assured the succe.ss of I'hL'ir individ-vuil
careers.
Sii-;4a>i cnay into the Albanian moun-
(iiiirs Germany’s operations against
Ker‘.ia have been. bfDught to a close
.'vi/s the biScial statement issued to-
;!:>y at the headquarters of the general
The object of these operations
—^the operating of communicaSioiis
with Bulgaria and the Turlcish Em-
pire-^has been accomplished it is as
sarted.
Tribute is paid rjDt only. to the
bravery, and endurance of the Aui^bro-
Xaerman troops, but to the Serbians-'**
we!!. The claim is made that tiiore
than 10,000 prisoners, nearly fifty per
cant of the Serbians effectiyeis, have
been captured, German losse.; are
said to have been “extreroely moder
ate ” and there were no epidemics »f
disease. The text of the communica
tion follows:
“Balkan theater: Southwest of
>iilrovitza was occupied. We took
mjre material.
‘‘With the flight of the scanty re
mains of ihe Serbian arti!le)-y ir,to the
■Albanian mountains, our great opera
tions against the same arc brought to
a close, our object of effeejting commu
nication with Bulgaria and the Tur-
j kish empire having been accomplish-
that ;i iarge body cf farmers,
in .conver.tioii..assembled, - had ever
been invited to meet and is dine at
a large university. President H, Q,
Alexander, of the state farmers’ uni
on,, asserted that such a meeting a
third of a century ago would cer-
lainly have been improbable, if not
impossible. He spoke with much ha
mor .-ind grace in responding to. jhe
address -Df ^welcome from President
Griiham. Dr. J. M. Templeton and
Mr. Barrett also made short and ap
propriate responses. The dinner bell
raii^f in the midst of Dr. .^ilexander’s
speech, he declared that he could not
continue with a g.5od dinner on one
■side -1 him a;?i a hu-.ig-ry audience on
the other.
President Graham gave the farmers
a most hearty welccrne to the Uni
versity. He declared that the au-
thoi-itie.'j were mere'y guardians here
of the property possessed by the state
in common, just as it possessed the
state capitol.
“The farming class is not merely
the largest but the most productive."
asserted President Graham. “The j ed.
farmers’ union mo^e than any other j “The movements of the army of
justifies the hope and belief that [Field Marshal Von Macke.nzen: The
Democracy can be organised into an j ope:ations of the Austpj Hungarian
army under General Koevess, which
was reinforced by German troops,
again^ the Drina and the Save; the
operations of the army under Gen.
efficient working body. The farmers
union han seized the es,Sf)it!al idea in
Democracy, co-operation of a sympa
thetic and understanding kind. It
has not only stood for matting more
cfFicient larnicrs but hus taught that
ho must co-tipcraU' with othei* group.s
in th(! stiitv. Ill' hus found that therti
is a very definite relationship i>etween
the farm aiid the church, the farm
ar,d the .'choo!, anil the farm aiid the
pi-ufcssional world."
THE
WOMEN WILL
5'RESIOENT.
BOYCOTT
city papers for publication.
J. G. ROaESS,
A. T. LEATH,
RALPH yVuNGBR,
Committee.
North State CouDcil No. S4
Jr. 0. U. A; M.
jWho also was dismissed recex^y.
j The striking clerks and earners, "TWO OFFICEftS SHOT BY MOON-
1 each sent his resignation. ta the De-. SHINERS
partment in Washiugtoii the ttigjit be- '
fore thely left thair key», boi the re- **en Ambwdud in JbciiMs
signationa were not accepted. ! County After Captwiag Still.
BSTABLISHES A NEW RECORD
Vietor Carbton F2ie* 604 Miles iE
Four Hundred Minutes; is a Oirtia
Aviator; Said to Mre Bee* a Moat
Remarkable Exploit.
New York,, Nov. 26.—A biplane
Sight of 600 miles from Toronto to
New Yoric in just 400 minutes of fly
ing is the new aeronatitical record es
tablished today by Victor Carlston,
a young Curtis aviator. In tli« lonf
course he touched only once. He
made the flight in a R-11 milit^
tractor Cartis biplane—the type being
ui«d by the allies in Surope.
HUGHES. CUBfMINS AND SOQt' Asheville, Nw, A. Gallo-
FAVOMTES OF ItI!PUBI,ICANS)’’*3r, depiily eoUwtpe of internal
j revenue, proiiably was shot fatally,
New York, Nov. 27.~Justice; Luther Owen was wounded
Hughes, Senator Cummins and Elijah' •^'ortly after midnight last night
Root are the leading possibilities for! .they were a?nbushed in Jdck-
New York, Nov. 26.—^“Put tl>e fac
tory girl above the president.”
This is the new slogan of four mil
lion women voters of the United
States. Translated it means “unless
the federal amendment is pas.sed at
this session of congress four million
votes will be cast gainst the Demo-
cratie.psrty."
Announcement of this revolationary
plan Whs thSiSi toiflay before .the eon-
gressional union. Miss Frances J'oliS'e,
of California and Mrs. Sara Bardfield,
of Orngon, brought the messai^ which
was becked up by a huge petitibiv sign
ed by half a million women voters.
This petition 'will be pi«sented to
President Wilson December 6.
Von Gallwitz aga3n.st the Danube near
Semendria and Rambasias were com-
mmcud on Octolicr Ctb, and the ad
vance of the army under Gen. lloyad-
IjulEarian ajrainst the Negotin-
Pierot line began October 14. The
same day a second BuJgarian army
under Gen. Theodorow also commenc-
dir°cfion of
I’rcsuleiiL Graham then ii-ied to t-d opiiratlons in the
r.’;ikc clear to the t'.-irmers how thn ■' Sboplje and V’eles.
University of North Carolina was try-1 ^‘Since then our troops have accom-
ir,f>- to functian in the life of the pUshed quickly and smoothly the
st.itc. Ho declared that we must learn I formidable under,takin)r of crossing
both iiow to (!o OU)- job wel! and live I the Da.nube in the face of the enemy
impeded moreover by the untimely
the Republican presidential nomina
tions according tio a poll of Reipubli-
can stata cbain»«n by th* World.
Oitbers mentioned are Theodore
Burton of Ohio, Senators Sherman of
Illinois, Weeks of Massachusetts,
Borah of Idaho; and Charles Warren
Fairbanks of Indiana.
The World said sentiment general
ly favored a mid(Sewcst candidate in
order to capture the progressive vote.
No man is guilty whose thoughts
are pure.
aon county, near Wolf Mountain,
afier a suoceesfW raid, in which two
illicit distilleries were destroiyed.
The wounded men were brought to
Asheville today and posses with
bloodhounds are .seeking the moun-
tainers who did the shooting . They
are believed to have escaped toward
the South Carolina line.
“I didn’t raise my boy to be a
gobbler" may be the remark of many
a mother today during the progreSR
of the 3%anjcBgiviRg dinner.
MASONIC NOTICE.
There vrill be called a communicii-
tion of Bula L^dge No. 409 A. F. and
A. M, in their hall on Friday evening,
December 3rd, 1916, at 7:30 o’clock.
Work in the Fellow-Craft degree.
Fraternally,
GEO. W. HATCH, W. M,
, CHAS. V. SHARPE, Sec’y.
Everybody at Washington is talk
ing about more taxes. What is need
ed is aomaene who can do a little
talking -for r*tr*nchmenU
a life. The state university, he sai.l,
as JeiTerson conceived it, was to teach
youn«- men to be efficient in any pro
fession and socially appreciative ot
all profession.s.
Every county, declared the Presi
dent, but ten, in the state, is repre
sented by one or more students in the
university. There are more farmers’
sons here than those of daetors, law
yers, manufacturers and merchants
combined. The farmers who have sons
here number 312. These students
come from all classed and strata of
society. “There is not a more seri-
0)M group of yoong Amcrieans any
where than here, studying to be gos#
citizess of North Carolina. The
radiating impalse of a desire to serve
the state has permeated the student
body.” The work in the moonlight
schools was menttaned as a proof of
this.
It has recflntly been determined that
more Carolina university men are con-
dnctinjr soil investigations throughout
the United States than men from any
other university. Sixty men since 1906
have won high honors in this work.
In conclusion President Graliam ex
plained the purpose of the extension
work being done by the university and
showed how the farmers might make
greater use nf it.
After dinner,-automsbiles took the
party bark to Durham.
ICossove assault, ar.d have captiired
all the enemy frontier fortresses at
Belgrade, at the taking of which the
.A,ustro-Hungarian eigth army corps
with (the Bra.>!denburg re.wves es
pecially distinguished themselves. Za-
jecar, Kajaievac and Pierot fell into
tht hands of the Bulgarians. In ad
dition to this )our troops have com
pletely broken the tough resistance
of the enemy, which in addition to be
ing supported by the nature of the
counttiy is insured to war and fought
bravely. Nether impenetrable roads,
impassable moontains, thickly nnow-
clad, ftnd shelter were able to cheek
our advance. More than 100,000 mpi,
almost half the entire Serbian fight
ing fi'rces, have been taken prisoners.
Tbi-'i losses in battl* and by deaer-
ti s cannot be estimated. Guns, in
cluding heavy artillery and an in
calculable quantity of ma,terial of all
kinds have been captured. The Ger
man losses, however deplorable, have
been extremely moderate and our
troops have not suffered froia dis-
BUY GIRLS AT $S EACH
WHITE SLAVE PROBE.
IN
New York, Nov. 27.—Trailing
nn alleged white slave gang police
tonight bought twior girls st 46
and arrestad two vice irsfScers.