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4. " " - ail EDITION VOLUME I. Greenville, N. C, Monday Afternoon, August 27, 1917. , "i "T-""" """TTT"-" NUMBER 63: .Ki' CHARGING THE "ENEMY" AT FORT M'PHERSON t v-:rT5&f&4- ., - -. Full ' Tele graphic R e p qrts of t he Un it e d - Press ; --.Ji'i, . . - ............. . i,, ... i . -. : . ,. 111 ATlOi FOR BY WILLIAM SHEPPARD, (United Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. Expressing American conf dence in the trial of Democracy, President Wilson has sent the Moscow All Russian Conference a pledge of "both moral and material assistance to Russia. - The message addressed to the)resident of the National Conference Assembly; at-Moscow reads: "I take liberty m addressing to the members of Hie ereat council now meeting, coMialgreetihgs from their friends, the now to express their confidence in the ultimate triumph of the idealstof Democracy and self-government against all enemies within and without, and to give renewed assurance of every material and moral assistance they can extend to the gov ernment of Russia in the promotion of the com mon cause for which the two nations are unsel fishly united." Strange Aircraft Sighted Flying Over Bar Harbor By United Press) SKA I. HARBOR. Me. Flying t an i itu.lc of about mie mile, and moving virli LTr.-it sjkmmI. two strange --ir-!i:ii( i:isi(i over this place at twi iclr l:i-t lii'ht. it lecame kntwrn to- iiotii )l;mos pas.sed over Bar ll.ri'i'i'. T!ir lioilics of both inaehiue weie oii.io shaptMl. and unlike any known .vj.c in this country. The machines ':irricl no lights and disipieMred, flj-i-'i: i:i rr Iiwa rl. T!n' l'-iHlin.i; machine was a giant, !;!! .Uic otli(r was much smaller. -w.y ami navy ofticials JcHned to ' : 1 1 1 ; i -r i . Would Strengthen Defenses at Fort Brunswick, Ga. (By United Press) VA V A.WAH. Ga. A joint resolution f ;! (i'oru'ia Legislature calling on i- W';r 1 i'iia rtinent for hte immediate !!! tiniing of the defenses of Fort r:niAi,k. where a number of ships (By United Press) Hi I nite.l States emergency fleet WASHINGTON The prices for the ' itim, are building, and which ; liU" wheat crop will be fixed prob i -nted as keing dangerously : ably Wednesday, it is announced offi- - to an emiiey attack, has been . cially this afternoon. f : ;i r!"l by a Georgia delegaton to i " iiiirii.ti. Mayor's. Court "i Dunn disposed of the follow- i 'mm- in his eourt this morning: I'ii.i- King, carrying concealed wea-"- Defendant pleaded guilty.. 'I "vi r t,) county court. "'illir K!eiuing. Hubert Anderson. Hiiv.y ( tutrerbridge and Charlie Page, ; i j I I i 1 1 r. All save Outterbridge i1' i Ic! -uilty. Defendants bound t tu county court. I i.ink I'.ernard and Hughes, dis ";!'!! ennduct. Defendants lined '--.-'O i : 1 1 i i and costs. ( LK AN STREETS FOR SUNDAY '': M-.ciit ordinance enacted by the ! of Aldermen making it a mis or to leave vehicles of any i i'l whatever, standing upon certain n;iin -tieets of the city between cer hiHioiirs Saturday night is a com ti vi,.,.Ss. The town authorities are 'itic-l at the apparent interest h Mi citizens are taking in observ- 1 oplinance. for it not only pre- ' ingestion of the streets during ' ' :!! shopping hours on Satur nights, hut enables the street clean 'b rtinent to sprinkle and sweep -tn-eis without leaving here and Mi' ic iniswept parts caused by a ' ii'.iing automobile or buggy. Conse 1 '''! i ii,,, streets have a much neat 1 1 Mi!",;i ranee on Sundays. Miss Adelaide Taft has returned ''"'"i a visit to relatives and friends at Hi I : 1 1 ! II I . PROGRAM White's Theatre TONIGHT "Patria" featuring Mrs. Vernon Castle And a five-reel Master Picture people United States, More Negro Troops Will Be Sent to Houston, Texas (By United Press) HOUSTON. More negro troops will be sent to Houston Respite the rioting there last week. General Bell, in charge of the situation, made the declaration. The Eighth Illinois Infantry, all negroes, are being sent, Bell stated. "I can control them ariS will not re commend that they be sent elsewhere. There will be no further trouble." said General Bell. ? German Counters are of No Avail (By United Press) i PARIS. German counter - atacks of themost violent nature failel irlv ' today to make the Freiwh relinquish 1 any ground they gained in yesterday's j new offensive around Verdun. The War Office reported all such at tacks around Beaumont broken up. to Fix Wheat Prices Wednesday Japan Urges a Modification of Steel Embargo (By United Press) TOKIO. The Japanese ambassador to Washington has been instructed by his, government to negotiate with the United States" for a modification of the steel embargo so far as Japan is con cerned, it was learned today. Marriage Licenses The Register of Deeds has issued marriage licenses to the following couples since last report : WHITE T. E. Langley and Allie Pilgreen, Pactolus; J. Q. Sewell of Robersonville and Alma Dorsett of Sil ver City: A. P. Bullock of Bethel and Mary Keel of Edgecomb couty ; Clar ence Litchford and Lucy Wooten. COLORED Chas. Humber and Pearl Williams of "Falkland : Claude Moore and Snodie Best of Pactolus; Grant Hardy and Bessie Hardy of Chicod ; Floyd Judd -and Clyde Douglas of Bethel ; Wm. Artis and Hagar McCotter of Ayden: Clinton Waldrop and Lizzie Hardv of Greenville township. Large Congregations Hear Dr. Henderson At The Presbyterian Church Dr. W. R. Henderson of Commerce Ga., filled the pulpit of the Greenville Presbyterian Church Sunday morning at 11 o'clock and again in the evening at 8 o'clock. Two well delivered and interesting sermons were expounded, to which the congregation listened attentively. Special music was- rendered by the choir at both servies. Since the resignation of Rev. A. G: Harris, "who is now pastor of the old Second Presbyterian Church of Birm ingham, Ala., the local church has been without a pastor. There is therefore, a possibility of a call ieing extended for the services of a minister for. this ..-J?.:'9r.JmW r - Ph6to by American Press Association. J , At the training camp at Fort McPherson, Ga., the bayonet drill consists of bags of straw to take the place of the enemy. PREMIER eENSKY ATTENDS RUSSIAN CONFERENCE MOSCOW (By United Press) MOSCOW, Russia. Russia will maintain her Democracy at all cost. She intends to use the weapons of the old re gime against those who would have autocracy overthrow freedom. Of outstanding significance is the deliberation of the All Russian Conference in session here, was this emphatic declaration by Prernier Kerensky. Investigation of Elfrida Explosion Has Been Ordered (By- United -Press V- - " WASHINGTON'. An explosion in the boiler room of the Scout patrol ves sel. Elfrida. in the Elizabeth River, Norfolk. Va.. Saturday afternoon, ser iously injured Chief Machinists Mate N. Mortensen and Fireman B. F. Kote, both naval reserves. The navy department advised that an investigation had been ordered. High Wages for the Russian Workman BY WILLIAM G. SHEPPARD, (United Press Staff Correspondent) PETROGRAD Russian working men are receiving the highest wage in i history today and cannot buy suffi cient food, clothing or shoes. Prices for these necessities are out of all bounds. The winter will soon come with its terrflic hardships. Ppemier Kerensky has ascute reali zation of the problem. He is grappling magnificently with its difficulties con sidering it is a war problem, pure and simple. His main task is in stopping specu lation by peasants all over Russia. They are holding back their crops for higher prices. Another feature is the congestion and poor equipment of the railroads and new short hours of labor forced from employers. In this economic situation the con ference of political parties at Moscow beginning Sunday promises to be a battle royal between liberalism and reactions rism. A successful coalition between the cadet party and the wbrk mens and soldiers members is believed impossible today unless the cadets yield still further. Madame Off on Another Tour (By United Press) ATLANTIC CITY. Madame Sarah Bernhardt, the world's greatest emo tional actress, began her new Ameri can tour probably her last today. She enters New York next Saturday. MoonshiningBusi in Virginia Waning (By United Press) ROANOKE, VA., There won't be many mmoonshiners in Virginia very soon, under present conditions. Those who arn't routed out of their well known "mountain fastenesses" by reve nue men, will be emerging to better things. Money is the greatest civili zer -and . at present dry-state .. prices for moonshiners, civilization should gpeed apace in the Virginia highlands, officia&Jiere opined today. ?. X i, Organizing to Oppose Gompers as Labor Head (By. United Fce.ni PHILADELPHIA.. An organization of a Workmen's Council to "oppose the present leadership of the American Federation of Labor" is under way here to oppose Sampel Gompers. Germany Has Not Offered to Give Alsace-Lorraine (United Press) WASHINGTON . The State Depart ment said today that it had received no indications that Germany is ready to surrender Alsace-Lorraine. Trent or Trieste. Germany Planned to Attack the U. S. After Present War (By United Press) WASHINGTON. Evidence which made American government officials be lieve that Germany had planned a war upon the United States after cleaning up Frence and England, is in the hands of the Administration, the State De partment admitted today. Lafayette Squadron "In the Thickest" (By United Press) WITH THE LAFAYETTE ESCAD RILLE IN FRANCE As the land h fighting today on the western front is the gresatest of all battles on the earth, so are massed aerial fighting forces on both sites fighting the greatest of all battles in the air. In the thisk of it is the LaFayette squadron of American flyers. They are around Verdun. Here at their headquarters today it was declared the squadron had never before experi enced such fierce fighting or flying. German aviators around Verdun are thick. They are vigorously aggressive. Germany has consencrated an unpre cedented number of anti-aircraft guns Her gunners are infinitely more accu rate than ever before. Nevertheless the LaFayettes are daily gaining new honors and making new scores. The flyers make several patrol trips daily over the entire Verdun front and likewise participate in bomb ing raids far behind the German lines. Ttie Americans planes have been re-l equipped with bomb-droppers for big missile and they carry, In addition, a quantify of small bombs for hand throwing. - Flyers- today expressed utmost in dignation .oyer the, German -airmen's atrocity-rthat of osingr exclusive" a mimic charge 'over the top," with Superior Court Convened Today The August term of Pitt Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases convened this morning with Judge Cal vert, presiding and Solicitor C. L. Aber nethy prosecuting. It is understood that the docket is not unusually heavy this term and it is probable that the entire week will not be consumed. There are several out of town attor neys present for the term, including W. F. Evans of Raleigh, a former res ident of this city. . Americans Being Schooled into Gas by the French By J. W, PEGLER (United Press Staff Correspondent.) -nv fT'HTHrjarrcAy kxpedi- TIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE The "little green door" behind which lies gas chamber to accustom troops to Ger man vapors, had an extraordinary fas cination for American troops today, clad boys passed through the door to clad boys passed through the dor to day, all with masks firmly adjusted and emerged without having a whiff of the lachrymose stuff, plainly tickled at the unique experience. The entire first contingent is being schooled in the gas chamber. One youngster from New York City, whose comrades had teased him about the deadly effects of the gas, fainted twice before he underwent the ordeal. Then, in true soldier fashion, he went through without a quiver. "The little green door" admits of entrance to a sort of cave dug in the hillside, its roofs supported by tim bers. The whole is covered with sod and sand-bags. An American officer who witnessed the great Frenceh blow at Verdun, re turned to headquarters today, en thusiastic over his trip. A captured German officer who saw the Americans back of the lines, re marked contemptuously that America "only had a few hundred men in France" and couldn't understand other wise. The same American officer talked to a German prisoner who had formerly resided at Bay City, Mich. He kept re peating over and over again: "I wish I hadn't returned to the fatherland." General Pershing personally wit nessed the battle and congratulated the French commander on his success. Catholic Societies to Make Resolution on the Pope's Note (By United Press) KANSAS CITY. Resolutions' com- I monfinnr sirh f Vi Tsvrm'a ionanf naana nnfa ."" V VT vention of the American Federation of Catholic Societies, which meets here. The nature of the resolutions is un known. ly in their machine guns explosive and incendiary bullets. Corporal Stephen Bigelow, of Boston, was recently slightly- wounded by one of these explosive pellets during" a raid far to the rear of the enemy lines. Sergeant Andrew B. Campbell and Sergeant J. P. Doolittle, of New York, have both been awarded the Frenceh war cross for bravery. : Corpora Wm. E.,Dougan,.f South Oranger N. J., has been granted leave of absence for a three weeks- visit to the United States. L. A. Randolph sells the Haynes and Saxon. Automobiles. Read their ad to- MILLION (By United Pr WASHINGTON. An appropriation of at least $350,000,000 for destroyers will be asked of Con- 7? gress this week by Secretary of the Navy Dan iels, it was announced today. ;- Supplementary plants in private ship-yards for -: the manufacture of destroyers will be built, ac- : cording to Daniels. He declined to say how many j; destroyers would be sought, but added "that, an appropriation for more than $350,000,000 might This is the first step toward the assembling of great numbers-of destroyers to the beat the Ger man U-boat. Three Great Drivfes are Proceeding Against TTeutons (United Press) LONDON. Three great Allied drives are assailing the Teutons on three fronts. The British and French have resumed their offensives, while the Italians are continuing their fierce drive interruptedly. In the past week the Italians have taken approximately ninety square miles. REAL ESTATE TRASFERS The following real estate transfers have been recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds since last report : Julius Brown, commissioner, to Z. Y. and J. J. Smith, Swift Creek town ship. Consideration $400. B. S. Sheppard to K. B. Cobb, Farm ville township. Consideration $400. G. H. Jones to W. L. McLawhorn, Swift Creek township. Consideration $140. J. T. Sparkman and wife to W. L. Mc Lawhorn, Ayden township. Considera- Ed Blount and wife to Dennis Blount and wife. Lonnie Griffin and wife to Woodle McLawhorn, Ayden township. Con sideration $1500. C. G. Barrow and wife to W. S. Tuck er and wife, Chicod Township. Con sideration $150. H. E. Ellis to J. B. Jockson, et .lis. Winterville township. Consideration $100. Lillie S. Wyuee estate to Benjamin Hyman, Pitt county. Consideration $1000. Jos. B. McGowan, commissioner, to Jennie Leggett, Greenville township, Consideration $460. C. J. Jackson, et als. to J. B. Jack son, Winterville township. Considera tion $100. J. L. Wilson to Robt. Staton, Bethel township. Consideration $100. HOME GUARDS DRILL TONIGHT The Home Guards will have their regular drill this evening. Captain Clark urges all members to be1 present. Miss Laura Wingfield, count home demonstration agent, will leave this af ternoon for Raleigh to attend the Far mers' and Farm Demonstration Agents' Convention in session Tuesday, Wed nesday and Thursday. She will ap pear before the convention Wednesday morning with Miss Lizzie J. Roddick of Forsythe county, in a demonstration on making of soft cheese. Batchelor Bros., are getting in their new fall goods daily. The new gents' furnishing store, which is located in the Proctor hotel building, is rapidly build ing up a lucrative trade with the good dressers of Greenville, who are loud in their praise of the nice haberdashery the Batchelor Bros, carry. DANCE Friday Night at 9:45 v Carolina Club Music by wt Edmunds Orchestra S 27 ltlpp JOHNSTON & FOXHALL'S MARKET REPORT Sales were light today, getting thru by 11 o'clock, and prices were higher than last week. All who sold with, us were more than satisfied. We made the following sale for" Harris & Forbes today : 52 lbs.- 64 $.33.28 82 lbs. 54 44.28 290 lbs. 41 118.90 104 lbs. 40. 41.0 192 lbs. 37 71.04 134 lbs. 34 45.56 56 H).s. 33 18.48 48,Jbs. 30 14.40 958 lbs (Average $40.45) $387.54 Bring us your next load and we will make you the highest sale you have ever made. , . ' Your friends, 8 27 ltlpc" t Johnston ToxhalL ' FOR DESTROYERS er Named Assistant 1 to Buyer Bariich (By United Press) f WASHINGTON. Alexander ligge, general manager of the" International Harvester Company of AmericaJjtjas been appointed assistant . to. Bernard Baruch in the work qf pnfcluu$i4j,raw materials for the United States nd her Allies. J j - J. Leonard Replogle will have charge of the purchasing of stee.l supplies. TOO MUCH "BRASS" DON'T GO AT HOBGOOD, N. C. The Daily News learns-' from a re cent visitor to Hobgood of a very bold stunt which too negroes tried to get away with in that progressive Hali fax village. Just at dusk one evening two well dressed negroes drove up to the village hotel, alighted, and had a seat on the veranda. Presently the proprietor came out and upon discover ing the color and general appearance of the couple ordered them to depart. They dissented in firm language, and insisted that they wguld lik; their jsup: per sayea at once. The enraged pro prietor reached for a stick or some other substance, and the negroes with drew to the auto, where one pulled a pistol from ' under the seat. By this time several citizens had begun to gather and probably there would have been a double funeral in that section had not the negroes beat ittte- tall tim ber. Searching parties failed to locate them. i The car, which bears a, 1918 'North Carolina license, is in the hands of the Hobgood authorities. Swagger Sticks WalfEretf BY GEO. MARTIN, , U(nited Press Staff Correspondent) WASHINGTON. America's army has a bad case of swaggerstickitis. The germ of swaggerstickitifJB swagger stick. The disease yiriolelit and has affected practicaHyi (evWrJ6ffi cer and enlisted man the r coi&tr jlitiib. The stagger stick itself is nsj'ming inexperienced cane. It'S: afc9ut jand a half feet long and looks !veryljoiu'ch like a robust lead pencil. The swagger stick is used, said Captain William B. Hudson of the field hospital unit at Camp! Ordway, "to keep the soldier's hands out of his trousers pockets." Maybe if every "dip" in the country was supplied one it would keep his hands out of other people's trousers pockets. The Captain didn't say. But the idea is worth trying. Anyhow, Uncle Sam thinks the swag ger stick is all right. He's very par ticular about the soldierly appearance of his soldiers. Very! "And. when walking", said one of his cheyroned representatives, "a soldier who ..has nothing in his hands generally stoops and destroys his military front. But when he carries a swagger stick to bal ance in his hands he, walks erect." But there's a point the officer over looked. The swagger stick is a spendid weapon. If as many Germans had come as near being blinded, garroted, run through and otherwise permanently disabled with the blasted things as we have, we are sure the war department would seriously consider putting them on the firing line and away from Penn sylvania avenue. -When one wears a swagger; stick. L naturally one swaggers. And when one swaggers when , one wears jk swjagger sticky one is apt to -cause ."oneVr fellow citizens to seek life, liberty and the par suit of happiness In other and Jtess Harvester Manas Makes Soldiers swaggerstcky fields of ? endeavdrvigfcifr- - - ' wow we nave no prcjuuMx the swagger stick, jnaclip!&? one daily, in one's p'regtinatc0l' here , and there about town is in momentary. "w danger of being swaggersticked , "to death on all sides one is apt to. damn j . : the swagger stick, -heartily' military t appearance br'no military appearance.". - r 4"
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