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We Library x- VOL. VIII. NO. W. LINCOLNTON. N. C, TUESDAY, SEPTtyiBER 15. 1914. ONE DOLLAR FEI TEAI S I FRANCE REPORTS THE GERMAN ARMY : IN RETREAT Allies Report Germany Rapidly Re treating All Along Front, Leaving Wounded and Munitions of War in Hands of Allies Million Austrians and Germans Driven Back by Vic torious Russians Seventeen Days Battle Won by Russians Bordeaux, Sept 13. The Minister of War Alexander Millerand, today communicated to the Cabinet the fol lowing telegram which he had receiv ed from General -Joffre, commander-in-chief of the French forces: "Our victory is confirmed as more and more complete. Everywhere the enemy is in retreat. Everywhere the Germans.are abandoning prisoners, wounded and munitions of war. "After heroic efforts on the part of our troops during their formidable struggle, which lasted from the fifth to the twelfth of September, all our arms are flushed by success and ex ecuting a pursuit unexampled for its extent. "On our left we have crossed1 the Aisne below Soissons, gaining 66 miles in six day fighting. "Our armies of the center are north of the Marne while those of Lorraine nnd Vosges are arriving on the fron tier. The pursuit will be continued with-all our energy." Paris, Sept 13 A Havas Agency dispatch from Bordeaux gives the fol - lowing communication signed by Gen eral von Stein and officially issued at Berlin: "The news is received from headquarters that the army situated east of Paris, which has advanced across the Marne was attacked by a superior force of the enemy proceed ing from Paris between Meaux and Montmirail. ' "The battle lasted two days, re sulting in heavy losses on both sides. The trench troops advanced and our troops retreated, followed by columns of strong, fresh French troops. Petrograd, via London Sept 13. The following statement issued by the Russian headquarters staff describes the Russian operations culminating in victories of krasnik and Tomaszoq, Russian Poland: "The total Austrian and German forces- exceeded 1,000,000 men, with 2,600 guns that is, more than 40 di visions of infantry and 11 divisions of cavalry, reinforced by the several Ger man divisions. "The main body of the enemy, num bering 600,000 men, moved towards Zavicn Lart and Tomnszow, advanc ing on Lublin and Cheblin (Russian Pollnnd). Its right wing waa covered by the Lemberg (Capital of Galicia) army numbering 200 battalions. Its left winst was covered by several Aus- tro-German 'divisions around Radom (Russian Poland). "On August 30 the Austrain armies began a determined advance to coun- . teract the blow threatening Eastern Prussia. The Austrians continued vig orously to attack our left wing to win success in the direction of Lemberg. However, about September 12 we also resumed the offensive on this side and now the battle of Galicia which has lasted 17 days, is drawing to and end. 1 he pursuit or the enemy continues. Sunday War Newa In Summary. The United States sotial days a;. pent an informal inquiry to Emperor Vt illiam asking 1 he desires to dis cuss peace terms. No answer has been received. That the Germans have retreated af ter their failure to break the French centre is the news from both London and Paris.. . They began the attack a week ago and have retired to at least 60 miles from Paris. The French have captured a great quantity of war provisions left by the German Army Corps that was fight ing east of Vitry-le-Francois. In the Argonne district the Germans are also falling back. Victories in Lorraise are reported by the French. Russian successes continue to be re , ported. The Servians, too, are said to be winning, and the Austrian losses are placed at 130,000, the remarkable figure which has already been publish ed being confirmed from various sources. The Paris official statement says: "The German retreat is very rapid. The pursuit is vigorous. The Ger mans have abondoned many mortars." Paris, Seat 12. "The general re treat continues all along the line, in cluding the crown prince's army. This was the official statement from General Gallieni, military governor of Paris at 11:30 tonight. It emphasizes what has been evident all day, that the " Germans have been decisively defeat ed and are being forced to withdraw everywhere to refit and fill their brok en ranks. The rout of the German right wing is complete. The abandon ment of the positions near Vitry le . Francois indicated that the German center had been weakened. But the army of the crown prince was there, the picked forces of all Germany and there has been a disposition to believe that it might yet be able to cause seri ous trouble. Therefore the assurance of the veteran Gallieni was doubly wel come. ' - The chief difficulty the French offi cers are now experiencing is the curb ing of the impetuosity of their men. The French soldiers want to use the bayonet They chafe when held back so that the way may be cleared with artillery. When the orders come to charge they sweep down on the Ger man lines with utter disregard of death. Today the French cavalry admit tedly the greatest mo 'in ted force in the world, is covering itself with glory. It is pursuing the retreating Germans everywhere. Charging their rear ?uards and breaking through their de ensivo lines, the French cavalry is in flicting desperate losses on the retir ing columns. Emphasizing the fact that the Ger man retirement is a forced retreat and not a strategic movement is the state ment by General Gallieni, military governor of Paris, that the German are being pressed so hard by the French that they are unable to bury their dead. This is especially the case at Vitry le Francois, where the Ger man center, after desperately trying for four aays to break through the French lines was finally driven from its entrenched positions with enorm ous losses. It is stated whole fields and the roadsides are filled with German dead At certain points the seen resembles log piles, the men lying one on the other where they were hurriedly thrown to clear the way for the living. At other points great charred masses show where the dead have been hasti ly thrown, high proof inflammables poured on ana the whole fired. This was absolutely necessary to prevent pestilence. "All Beat Up After Four Days Soldi erine Write Irish Lad. London, Sept 5. (By Mail to New York) A typical soldier's letter is that of Private P. McGlade, writing to his mother in Ireland from "some where in France." "We were all beat up after four days of the hardest soldiering you ever dreamed of," wrote McGlade. "I am glad to say we accounted for our share of the German thrash, who are a poor lot when it comes to a good square ruction in the open. "We tried hard to get at tljem many a time, but they would never wait for us when they saw the bright bits of steel at the business end of our rifles. Some of them squeal like pigs on kill ing day when they see the steel ready. Some of our finest lads are now Bleep ing their last sleep in Belgium, but mother dear, you can take your son's word for it that for every-son of Ire land who will never come back there are at least three Germans who will never be heard of again." McGlade continued to tell his moth er that before leaving Belgium the sol diers arranged with a priest to say mass for the souls of their dead. "When we got here we sang 'Pad dies Evermore till we were hoarse, the private concluded, "and then we were off to chapel to pray for the souls of the lads that are gone." THE CAMPAIGN IN WINTER. Baltimore News. Suppose the war is undecided, as seems almost sure, when winter closes down upon northern Europe. The Russian's advance into Germany will be mdde thruastk. , eountrv whose climate in winter is not unlike that of our middle Nrw England. Snow lies on the ground in much of the region form November till late April. The burning of Moscow will be re peated a hundred times on smaller scale if it shall be found necessary to deprive the invading Russians of shelter. Whatever the Germans must abandon they will, if possible, des troy that it may render no service to their enemies. Retiring, if they must, as wir.ter descends upon the campaign the Germans will strip the country of whatever might afford food, forage or housing for the invaders, Russia not only will confront the staggei ing need to house an army of millions on the windswept and bitter cold Prussian plains, but wil have to bring up the supplies they will require over wretch ed roads and bridgeless streams. To the wust and south, in France, army will have less difficulty carry ing on its campaing hrouch tne worst of the cold weather. It will be arduous and heartbreaking work but it will not be comparable to the fearful task of the invaders on Ger many's enst Ten millions of men may spend a winter under arms in various parts of Europe. If they could force the issue before November, even at a staggering cost in life and suffering it might lie easier for those millions than to undergo the horrors of winter campaigning. NO JUSTIFICATION. The very first thing that we ought to remember, about the present low prices of cotton, and everlastingly em phasize, is that there is absolutely no justification for these low prices. It was not to be expected that cotton would remain at the price it was when the war broke out, but a two-cent drop in prices was the uttermost that should have happened.and the wild talk about half the world's consumption being cut off is lagely to blame for its going low er. For those irresponsible people who started such falsehoods through thoughtlessness or ignorance, there may be some excuse, but we fear that many people have repeated such statements simply in the nope of buy ing cotton cheap. In any case, farm ers everywhere should be on the look out for such people and nail these statements every time they get a start. As the writer pointed out in resolu tions adopted in one cotton meeting last week: "While fully recognizing the serious ness of the Dresent cotton situation. we warn our farmers against becoming panic-stricken by extreme statements regarding the Quantities of cotton to be carried over; and remind them, first that the bngush operatives are very few liable to military draft and ship ping facilities are fast improving: and second, that only 10 per cent of the world's spindles are in Germany and Austria and only 16 per cent in these countries and France, and even if all these spindles should stop, the loss would be materially made good by the increased consumption of American mills. Therefore we Warn our people that there is absolutely no justification for the colossal depreciation in market values these last thirty days." It may be well for us to give just here the number of spindles in the leading cotton manufacturing coun tries as follows: Great Britain, 67, 000,000; United States, 80,600,000; Germany 10,926,000; Russia, 8.950.- 000; France, 7,400,000; British India, 6,465,000, etc. The world' total is 143,730,000. Clarence Poe, in Pro gressiva fanner. MASS MEETING HELD SATURDAY To Discuss Cotton Situation Holding and Buy a Bale Movement Waa Indorsed Merchants, Manufacturer, Banker, Farmers, Professional Men Present Matter Discussed. The mass meeting called by Mr. W. J. Wingate for last Saturday at one o'clock was held at 2 o'clock in the court house. The crowd was not very large but the farmers, the merchants, the manu facturer, and the banker was there. All entered heartily into the meeting and discussed the various propositions. W. C. Warlick was called to the chair and upon motion of Chas. Rob inson he was made chairman. J. T. Perkins was asked to act as secretary. W. J. Wingate, stated the object of the meeting. The price of cotton, he f;ave as the eause for the meeting, the ow price. He said what affected one effected all of us and he asked for the citizens assembled to give expression to their views. He asked cooperation of all in devising plans for helping t' e farmer who needs it The meeting being open for business Charles Robinson made a statement giving his opinion that one of the best plans he knew or had heard of was the Buy a Bale of Cotton movement He said while this county is not a cot ton county strictly speaking, still he thought there was considerable cotton in the county and the buy a bale plan would help. He thought everybody in the county able to do so should buy at least one bale and pay 10c per lb. for it B. C. Wood said it looked to him like the buy a bale movement was the best thing he had seen also. He advised that those who intended holding their cotton keep it out of the gin for at least 6 weeks. If farmers needed money the thing to do was to borrow on the cotton in the warehouse. He told the chairman that the capacity of the local warehouse was perhaps 1,000 bales. Capt B. F. Gngg SDoke from the bankers viewpoint Said he liked the buy a bale plan. Said he noticed Pres ident Wilson has -bought a bale, but the better plan was for every owner of cotton to hold it He thought 30 or 40 days was all it would have to be held, that trade with Europe will open 'are issuing a proclamation to the in up: other things are being delivered ' habitants of every hostile town they in Europe to the warring nations and 1 occupy as follows : he said no reason for cotton not being I "Citizens: A body of German army delivered. He thought somebody had 'under my command has occupied started a needless scare, and he saw. your city. Inasmuch as the war - is no need for a fright carried on onlv between the armies I D. P. Rhodes, manufacturer, spoke ' guarantee in due form the life and from his viewpoint. He said the farmer I private property of all the inhabi would have to work out his own aal- tanta under th following conditions: vatim. H Mid ttu mauufnu.iuvr td I "1 The Inhabitants must strictly that thing to do. That when cotton avoid every hostile act agair.st the went down the manufactured eoods dropped also, and that when cotton went up the manufacturer had to force up the price of yarn to make ends meet. Mr. Wingate called for an expres sion as to jute bagging. He wanted to Know it the local manufacturers could , not furnish the farmer with a cheaper covering since this material is from Germany and has advanced in price. Mr. Wingate advocated the holding plan where possible, and if there were those who had to sell the buy a bale man was his next best friend, and then the warehouse plan was the next Mr. Lineberger said he thought if the farmers would let the world know they meant business in holding their cotton that the buyers would begin to bid. A farmer present, Mr. Self, said that he was going to sell a few bales to pay some urgent bills and that he was ho Iding the balance. Mr. Bangle was not optimistic. He exclaimed how are we to hold ? If farm .' era hold .cotton they have got to be "7 The mayor, the clenryruen helped. We owe, merchant, fertilizer , and f jur well reputed citizens are to man, said he. Suppose he don't wait appear before me at unce to uct as, He said he could hold by selling his hostage during the stay of the cow and he thought he would do so. .roop. Under these conditions I W. C. Warlick wanted to know who repeat it the lives and private fixed the price of cotton at the present property of the inhabitants are per low price. He said farmers in the past fectly secure. The strict discipline to had turned it loose at any old price, -which our soldiers are accustomed and there were those who were figur- renders it possible that no . inhubi ing on him repeating. He said he was tant will be compelled to neglect his of the opinion that the farmers were business affairs or to desert his learning to figure on the cost of pro- home and hearth. On the other ductin. He said it would be mighty fine hand, I shall adopt the most strin idea for the farmer to hold cotton (tent measures as soon as the above themselves to teach the buyers that conditions are not observed. In this they could do so, and also to - teach respect I shall hold the hostage in themselves that if they raised another the first instance responsible. Be big crop next yea it would be worse side this every citizen will be shot who than it is this year. He thought the is found with a weapon in his hands cotton on the farm in the barn or in or committing any ret whatever hos tile warehouse would be a mighty good tile to our troops. Finally, the en thing to keep them from raising an- tire city is responsible for the decree other big crop; that the buy a bale of of every individual citizen and the cotton crowd were not going to manu- citizens will do well to keep mutual facture hosiery. The cotton bought to oversight over each other in order help relieve the situation will later be that they may avoid the unpleasant on the market. He thought the farmer consequences that must follow up made a mistake in selling cotton on a on any co-operation with the enemy." low market or when the price was de- As a consequence of non - obser clining. He advocated buy a bale and ance of such proclamations a num warehousing. iber of villages on the French fron- Eli Mosteller said he thought enough tier have been burned and the inhab had been said. He advocated holding itants severely punished, cotton to the end. I Mr. Luther Abernethy said some had to sell. Can't hold it forever. He ' It should be remembered that one said their creditors will get them. i reason the cotton market in New York G. B. Goodson advocated holdinir or is looking up is that buv-a-bale clubs warehousing. He told of the Raleigh meeting. A resolution was finally passed by the meeting as follows: ''Resolved, inai ii is tne sense oi tnis cotton mass - meeting that every citizen of Lincoln i . ' County who has the interest of his fel- township be appointed to ascertain of low man at heart and has the money farmers who will have to sell and put to so do, is hereby requested to buy a them in touch with those who will buy bale of cotton and hold it storing it a bale. The committees were appoint in his office, store, or house. Said bale ed as follows: Local committee C. E. of cotton to be purchased from some Robinson, H. E. Reid, W .C. Warlick, farmer who is in distress and has to J. T. Perkins, Rohart C. Goode. sell, and that the price of 10c a pound Township committeemen: . be paid for such cotton, said cotton to ' Catawba Springs John Reinhardt, be held off the market until the price J. H. Nixon, 0. F. Howard, reaches 10c per pound. Also, that each Ironton G. B. Goodson, Ellis farmer who can do so be urged to hold Rhyne, E. D. Ballard. hts cotton at home or if he needs mo-1 ney, put It in a warehouse and bor row on same until the Drice advances to 10c per pound." The above resolution was passed and amended requiring the chairman to appoint a committee of five citizens of Lincolnton to ascertain the number ' oi Dates oi cotton that will be taken by the citizens of Lincolnton at 10c ser I pound. Also committee of 8 in each ' V'. l M I I I I'iNiM ! V'" .. i i j Photo by American Frees Association. French Sailors at Pifle Practice The sailors on the French, men - of marksmen In the worlit Whll nthpr i numerical strength of their oavira greatest efficiency In morksinsoslilp rifles la case of land service. RULES FOR CAPTURED TOWNS. Germans Lay Down Strict Regula tions For The Towns They Occupy Non-Observance Means Death. A dispatch from Berlin says the commanders of the German troops German troops. "2 Food and forage for our men and horses are to be furnished by the inhabitant'. Kvery such deliv ery will be paid for at once in coin, or a receopt will be issued to be redeemed after the termination of the war, 3 The inhabitants are to put our soldiers and horses in the lest manner and to keep their houses lighted at night - "4 The inhabitants are to put the roads in a passuble condition, to remove all obstacles erected by the enemy, and to give the best support to our troops in order that they may be able to fulfill their task, doubly difficult in a hostile land. "5 It is forbidden to collect in the streets, to ring the bells, or to communicate with the enemy in any wiy whutcver. "6-A!l weapons in possession of the inhabitants are to be handed over at the town hall within two hours. nr) warehouse organizations have bee.i formed in the South. It will be up to the South to save its cotton crop, News and Observer. Lincolnton Township R. A. Mo Neeley, G. W. Bangle, P. C. Chapman. Howard's Creek: Eli Mosteller. Evra Self, M. H. Hoyle. North Brook Frank Leatherman, Esq. Billie Hull, Chus. Beam; 1 he chairman was authorized to call a meeting at any time in his discretion it waa needed. Buv a Bala or Holdinir It Do it itei V hi fothMwM i w si 1 - war are regarded ns among the best nf tha nnvmi hav hopti adillnfF t thi the French have heeu developing tin not only with their cuuuou, but wlib NOT ENOUGH COTTON MONEY, North Carolina Committee's View Government Urged to Make Ad ditional Provision. . The special committe recently ap pointed by Gov. Craig, Dr. Clarence Poe chairman; to consider ways and means for financing the holding of the North Carolina cotton crop met in Raleigh this week and issued the following: , "It is the conviction of this com mittee that every pond of cotton produced under average conditions and sold at less than 10 cents a pond, is sold at a sacrifice, sold without profit to producer and at bare wages -tot the labor and capital involved. We hold, therefore that a minimum requirement of the pres ent situation is that enough curren cy should be advanced to enable far mers to hold sufficient cotton off the market to bring it to this bare cost of production level. "In view of the fact that the cap ital and surplus of North Carolina national banks amount to only $10, 000,000 and that only $7,000,000 emergency currency could probably be issued to them and only $5,000, 000 to that portion now in our North Carolina Currency Association, with no certainty as to what proportion will be available for loans on cotton, therefore it is resolved by the com mittee on cotton crop finance, ap pointed by the Governor of North Carolnia: "First, it is our conviction that the provisions for emergency currency so far adopted, are inadequate to meet tne present needs of our peo ple. We do not believe that under present conditions sufficient emergen cy currency can be issued to finance the North Carolina crop, while we feel that the organization of reserve banks is being unduly delayed, and no provisions have yet been made to insure the use of this emergency currency for crop financing purposes. "Second, we urge either that Con gress provide for emergency - curren cy based on warehouse certificates to be issued in adition to the 125 per cent already available on capital - and surplus; or if this be impossible of accomplishment, then provision be made for allowing State and private banks to issue emergency currency to tide over the present crisis. More over, we further declare our convic tion that present conditions impera tively demand that our Southern Senators and Representatives should arouse themselves to its seriousness and that Governor Craig should name a committee to go to Washington to urge it upon them, and that these Congressmen should meet in special conference every day until adequate measures for the relief of our section are adopted." The committee also adopted a res olution urging that the farmers in each of th cotton growing counties meet at their county seats on Sep tember 15 to further develop local plans for warehousing, financing and holding cotton. The committee on warehousing also appointed by the Governor, with J. Bryan Grimes chairman, author ized the chairman to issue a state ment in leaflet form to the grow ers and others interested this to set out a system of warehousing and form of certificates recommended, to gether with a form of note to be used with cotton as collateral. The plan provides for either taking the cotton in storage and making ad vances on it or housing and certify ing it on a co-operative plan. x STANLEY ITEMS. Stanley, Sept 12. The Stanley high school began Monday, September 7th, with a large attendance. M. G. Latham is principal assisted by Miss Bessie Morris It has been raining here for n few days and the weather is cool. Rev. O. L. Stringfield, president of the Anti-Saloon League, lectured in the Baptist church Sunday September 6th at 11 a. m. and a large crowd at tended the service. L. D. Clemmer ginning company is. getting ready to gin. I UNLAWFUL LOVE LEADS TO DEATH Married Man Of Monroe Charlotte ; And Toung Drowns Selves Girl At Charlotte, Sept 10. Locked in each others, embrace the bodies of Charles B. Howell and Miss Lizzie Griffin of Monroe, were found at 6 :25 this morn ing floating on the surface of the lake at Lakewood, the park suburban re sort west of the city. The bodies were near the dance navilion and were bounded together with a leather belt, j worn by Howell around his waist or dinarily. The bodies were floating to gether, the woman s face upward, the man's over her rieht shoulder. The woman's left arm was under the man's left arm, and encircling his body. their bodies bound breast to breast together, The woman had on all her clothing except her coat and hat which was found yesterday in the lake. On her left arm were two bracelets. apparently of value; on her finger a signet ring; a necklace of gold and a gold crescent pin at her waist. The waist was of white lace, her skirt dark blue serge, the same as the coat found in the boat yesterday. The bo dies were buckled so tightly together that when the belt was cut the wom an's back scarcely touched the ground where she was lying, it having been pressed in so tightly that the back had sunk in. The man s body was full of water, but there was not water In the woman's body. His body had swollen greatly and pressed against her body so that her back was bent in by force of the pressure and belt ing which had not given way. The bodies were found by E. May nard, who works at Wearn's lumber yard, and who lives just beyond the lake at Lakewood. He was waitine at the street car station at the lake for a car when he saw something: floating on the lake near the pavil ion. lie we r.t nearer and saw that it wab two bodies fastened together. He phoned the coroner of the find. The news spread rapidly and in a short time there was an immense crowd surro mding the lake. W. S. On-, manager of Lakewood and other row ed out to where the bodies were and pulled them into sha'low water thence lifted them to the bank. The drag ging of the bodies caused the woman's hair to be dishevelled and caused a bruise on her right cheek, which gave rise to the report that she had been for ;ed into the suicidal back, but this lat ter Mr. Orr and others say is not true as it would have been impossible for anyone to Le forced into the position in which the bodies were found togeth er had he or she been unwilling. Said Mr. Orr: "The man and wom an stood facing each other while he bound and buckled them together. They then jumped into the lake." The act was committed Monday night Be sides the bodies risinsr on the third day, as is the case in drowning, a con ductor on one of the Chadwick-Hos- kins cars which pass Lakewood. re calls that Howell and Miss Griffin. whom he knew, went out on his car Monday nieht about 11 o'clock and got off at Rebman's avenue, this side of the lake. The boats had all been locked up after the Labor day cele bration, but Howell secured a boat and in it he and the girl kept their death pact - Mrs. Howell said that when her husband left Monroe Saturday morn ing ne was in nne spirits. He pur posed goine to Salisbury to sriend the day with his mother, Mrs. Julia Howell. His wife of course did not know that Miss Griffin also came here and was greatly shocked by the news of the occurrence. Mr. Howell in for mer years drank neriodicallv hut for four years had been a total abstainer until ,'uly 4 when at a celebration at Monroe he was induced to break over. He recovered from that and had been sober up to the time he left home Saturday. Hi3 wife was sure, how ever, he must have been drinking wnen ne iook nis lite, Miss Griffin, who waa a talenhnno girl at Monroe, met Mr. Howell at a fair some months ago with a party of other young people who were mak ing merry. Then their names began to be coupled together, but she did not take it seriously. She thought it was merely friendship. "She would call Mr. Howell up from the 'phone office and he would stand and talk to her while I listened. One day he said, 'Oh don't do that.' I asked him what she had said. He re plied that she had threatened to com mit suicide. Miss Griffin's father. Mr. FnHnn Griffin, lives' now in Alabama. His wife died and he has married again. Miss Unffin therefore lived with her sister, Mrs. Alex Bishop. Mr. Bishop is an engineer and he and Mr. Howell were friends so he was often invited to the Bishop home where he saw Miss Griffin. Mr. Howell had some disagreement at the Bishop heme said Mrs. Howell and he was ncnmert o fcalling Mrs. Bishop a liar. He was placed under $100 bond.. The girl told other people, said Mrs. Howell, that sne was going to commit suicide, She seemed unhappy and constantly made Mr. Howell her confidant " "I do not beliAVA then wmm ann thing, improper in her conduct with Mr. Howell. I always considered her a lady. If he loved her, he also loved us his wife and children. It mu3t nave been only a mad infataution. He was always devoted to us and was kind and thoughtful. Miss Griffin told a friend that if she ended her life the friend would find in the bottom of her trunk a letter explaining tlie reason." . Mrs. Howell said she was ao ilia. tressed about the whole afair that she invoked the eood offces of her pastor, Doctor Guerney of the Presby- usrmn cnurcn, wno is Mrs. Bishop k iuir biho ana ne persuaded her to withdraw the case. As had been indicated in tti lot for of Chief of Police Laney of Monroe to the Charlotte officers. Miss Criffln came here Saturday and Sfent Sati'r- day and Sunday at the home of her out While in the garage he con uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Noah ver&d telepbonically with a person Williama on East Third atretrt BM now believed to be Miss Griffin, and left there at 9 o'clock Monday nirn-1 said somethine about "ending every ing, stating that sba would Uke tfcething." - . GERMANS SURE OF SUCCESS Emperor And Advisers At The Front The People Underrate The Task. Berlin Correspondence Associated Press. The departure of Emperor Wil liam "in the direction of Mayence" (that is as much as the press was permitted to know or report about it) may be said to mark the beginning of this great European war, so far as Germany is concerned. As in 1H70, the more important ot the emperor's advisers went to the front with him. The party included Chancellor von Bethmann - Holl wegg, Secretary of State von Jagow, War Minister von Falkenhayne and other high governmental and army officials. The plan of campaign is that thought out many years ago and nev er since departed from to bend all energies at the very outset to the smashing of Gemany's western neighbor. Russia is to be left to Austria until France shall have been disposed of. No one can come in daily contact with the officers of the general staff without being impressed with their confidence in an eventual and abso lute victory. That the cost will be terrifically high is not for a mo ment doubted, but the men in charge of operations are determined to make any sacrifice, no matter how appall ing. The people are inclined to under rate the size of the task before the German army. They are, however, ready to pay the cost of victory, however, great it may be. " A marked feature of the situation has been the wonderful manner' in which the German mobilization was carried out Everything was prepar ed in advance. Thure was not, dur ing the whole period of mobilization. a single question from any person in charge of any branch . of the work. Not one ins ruction had been misunderstood. The enthusiasm of the tjeonle for the war passes all bounds and contin ues to increase, if that be possible. ' So far the news given out by the general staff has been ex tremely meager, but the people ac cept this condition in the same spir it with which they look upon the war. There is a full realization of the necessity for keeping troop move ments secret and full confidence that the general staff will issue its reports as rapidly as the exigencies of the situation wi'l admit. The newspa pers of every opinion confom read ily to regulations of a severity un exampled in the world's history. The confidence in the reports of the general stalf is complete and general and this despite the fact that it is now apparent that the reports have thus far told only part of the story. The American ambassador at Ber lin has notified Washington that ' the supposition which prevails in neutral foreign countries that German ports are blockaded and traffic by water with Germany cut off, is incorrect. No port is blockaded and there is no thing in the way of communication by ship from neutral States to Ger many." AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. Wall Street Journal. Now that the Americans who were in the war zone are coming home there are many good stories being told of their experience, and one re lated by a returned Wall Street man is being retold as among the best. ine narrator reiused to give names, but said that last spring a man, wealthy and well known, an nounced to his friends that he was going to shake the dust of this country from his feet and spend the balance of his life abroad. He de clared that the United States was ?:oing to the dogs, there was no urther anv protection here for vest ed interests or for capital, every-- thing was given up to politics and agitation, and he would be glad to get rid of it all. Se he transferred a large amount of money to Paris and sailed for the other side. The Wall Street man who has re turned said that after spending a few weeks in London and Paris the disgusted American went to Berlin. He was there just before the war broke out and started back for Paris. The Wall Street man also began a retreat from Germany. He said that several times he ran across the ex patriated one and he was always in trouble, but whenever he was. stopped he would strike a heroic at titude and in a loud voice and with his hand on his breast would an nounce in a touch-me-if-you dare voice, l am an American citizen. The substitution of cotton for jute bagging to provide for the consump tion of 1,000,000 bales of cotton is another plan to save the cotton crop. 10 o'clock train for Mntmie. 1 Ipr failure to arrive there awakened suspicions that she w;.s planning to go to Richmond on the excursion with Mr. Howell M"k! Criflin told tr relatives here whom she visited that she purposed going to Fayetteville to prepare her-, self for a trained nurse and that she a ie here to Vit'tro eoods fur uii- forms. She seemed happy. Under the influence of lia'jnr and despondent. Howell had said some thing about eiiU'tu: i all" M niday while in the office of the Studelml.er parage on Nirth Tryon street con versing with friend. Mr. 1. T. Jamea. Hi pu.lcd open a drawer in one of the desks and drew out his revolver, whidi Mr. James had placed there for him the nieht before. Not withstanding Mr.Jamen remonstrances he Docketed the nistnl and nralknH
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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Sept. 15, 1914, edition 1
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