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J J , ' I! M VOL. IX. NO. 35. LINCOLNTON. N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON. MAY 3. 1915. ONE DOLLAR FEB YEAI EXERCISES ENDED , FRIDAY NIGHT Commencement of Last Week Ended A Successful Year for the Lincoln ton Graded School Contests Thurs day Operetta and Play Friday Night, Packed Auditorium. 4 A successful school year of the Lin colnton Graded School came to a close with the Exercises of last Friday night, when the auditorium of the school building was packed with the ' patrons and friends, there being many present from other section? of the county.. v The play "A Daughter of the De sert," pleased the audionce as was at tested by the dcafoning appjnuse that greeted the many scenes and parts played by the different characters. Ev ery one of the young actors carried . their parts with ability. The cast A charaters: . Ruth Arlington, A daughter of the Desert Willie Costner. Lucy Hopkins, Her College Chum May Acea Warren. Mrs. Mary Ogden, An Arizona Wid owRoberta Love. White Bird An Apache Indian Girl Lena Dellinger. Mrs. Poplin, A Widow With a Pen : sion and "Symptons" Morie Rudisill Josiah Tizzard, An Umbrella Men der Irvin Good8on. Cowboy Grady Rhodes. Harold Morton, A railroad Surveyor Fitzhugh Hoyle. Clarence Oguen, An Arizona Ran cher Sterne Camp. Samuel Hopkins, A Land Specula tor Coy Stanley. Pedro Silvera, A Mexican Renegade Frank Cushion. Jim Parker A Gambler who is on the Square Jennings Edwards. Bill Jones, A Sure-Fire Sheriff Walter Costncr. The beautiful little operetta "Crown ing a May Queen," also pleased the large audience. The participants ac quitted themselves in a very creditable manner. - 1 Characters. Chrysanthemum, Willie Costner; Sunflower, Ruby Padgett; Lily, Flos sie Rudisill; Wistaria, Roberta Love; Carnation, Grace Sherrill; Rose, Le na Dellinger; Poppy, Georgia Heav ier; Angella Drueilla, Mattie Lore; Princess of Good Will, Marie Rudi sill; Goddess of Love, Flora Camp; Wander Indian Girl, Minnie Mitch um; Charity Child Stolen by the Gyp sies, Edna Hoyle; Fairy Prince, Doiv ald McLean; Tribe of Gypsies; Fairies. Perhaps the most enjoyable exer cises cf the commencement were on Thursday morning and night. Thurs day morning the Declaimers' Contest was held and Thursday night when the High School Contest in Expression was given. The medal in the Contest in Ex pression was won by Miss Corinne Crowell. While Doclaimcrs' Contest Medal was awarded Ay the judges to Mr. Harvey Huhn. The program for the Declaimers contest follows: . " , ' Solo, Reve dun Angcs-F. d'orso Virginia Miller. Duet, Dances -des Honiton Naomi Ensor and Flora Camp. Declamation, Victor of Marengo Fitzhugh Hoyle. - Declamation, Ayeock's Attitude To ward Modern Issues Edgar Heavner. Solo, Tans in Grunen-Lichner Hel en Goode. - Declamation, An Eulogy on Henry W. Grady Harvey Kuhn. Declamation, Americanism Martin Rhodes. " 'Solo, Isabella-Delibeck Celesto Jo nas. - Declamation,' Education and Inde pendence Jennings Edwards. Declamation, Huppiness and Liber ty Frank Cushion. Vocal Solo Miss Farmer. , The program for the Contest in Ex pression follows: Piano Duet Valse de Concert Mich enz Misses Georgia Heavner and Willie Costner. Piano Solo Monz Zephyr Ravina Miss Naomi Ensor. 1. Reading The Minister's Black Nance Miss Roberta Love. Piano Duet Polka Rondo Ronbier Misses Celeste Jonas and Ruth Ensor. 2. Rending The Famine Miss Le na Dellinger. Vocal Solo Love is Waiting Rath burn Miss Willie McAllister. 8. Reading All For Love Miss Mattie Lore. Piano Solo One Taxine Walshe Miss Edna Hoyle. t 4. Rending Rosalind's Surrender- Miss Willie Costner. Piano Duet Fan Fare Bohm Misses Edith and Mamie Costner. 5. Reading The Rivals tyiss Cor inne Crowell. Piano Duet Misses Adams and Lore. ., 6. Reading A Few Bars In The Key of G Miss Marie Rudisill. FARMER HELD AS COUNTERFEITER. Charlotte, April 28. J. E. Norket. a white tenant on the plantation of Register of Deeds W. M. Moore's place, three miles from Chnrlotto, who was bound over to the October term of Federal Court April 10, charred with blockading and was out on $ :!()0 bond, was arrested this afternoon for counterfeiting, having a quantity of spurious nickels and the apparatus for making them in his possesion. lie will te given a preliminary hearing before United States Comini.-sioiier Cobb on the counterfeiting cluu;;e to morrow ni-fi'iiium. r.ev. r. inter, i a few ) -umbiu, . treatment. "ir, a Beofist mm-,.-;ton ouritv, OM ii n ho: r Mai at I ol i he wjis under - v. f ln- t .. terred nt ( pastor f ti.e rev, S. C. lit 1 r v r r ' lie was .'i y i i.i J Jy hi a and four ..,.. ... to. LINCOLNTON PEOPLE HEAR D2. CHAPMAN One Hundred and Thirty-Eight Go From Here Many From Iron, Alex- is and Stanley Some from Shelby, Crouse, Cherryville Great Meeting. Last Thursday Lincolnton was well represented at the Chapman-Alexander meeting in Charlotte, 138 board ing the Seaboard special here, and others joined the party at Iron, Stan-; ley and Alexis, the tram was known as the Shelby train, but Lincoln coun ty folks were in the majority. At the tabernacle in Charlotte seats had been reserved for the visitors for both the afternoon and nieht service, and all en joyed both. Many marvelled at the large crowds and at the systematic manner of handling the immense throng. - ' Following , is the account of the Thursday afternoon meeting from the Charlotte Observer: "How we may know we are Chris tians," was Doctor Chapman's subject at the tabernacle yesterday afternoon. He had a large afternoon audience in which were great delegations from Spartanburg, Lincolnton, Shelby and elsewhere. Doctor Chapman's text was 1 John 2:3, "And hereby we da know that we know." The discourse was an earnest dis cussion of assurance. The difficulties of skepticism and doubt und their re sult.', were described, the indications of a failure to have assurance were discussed one after anotHer, and the way to reach assuruni'e was outlined. Skeptical as to Skepticism. Doctor Chipman std that while he had sometimes known of an honest skepticism, that nine times out of ten sin is to be found at the root of skep ticism. Doubt, the questioning of our acceptance with Gad, loses us, snid the preacher, first, peace, second, pow er and third, tha life of victory. "Temptation is not sin," said Doctor Chapman. "Temptation Is the devil looking through the key hole! Sin is our rising and opening the door and letting him in." - , The Mark. Doctor Chapman then described three marks of those who have gone astray on assurance. Some pray "Save us at last." Others are uncertain as to whether sing are forgiven until they stand before the great throne. And still others, who are astray on assur ance have an intermittent Christian experience. "They are hot today and cold tomorrow. They are on the mountain top today and in the shadows tomorrow. They are shout ing today and back sliding tomorrow." Doctor Chapman described the steps or ways by which assurance could be reached. Confidence in God's word, obedience to Christ, resulting in con fession of Him, the following of Him and the bringing of others to Him. Song Service. "We are going to take a new song this time," said Mr. Alexander, "one these Charlotte people have never tried. Df.n't you people from Spar tanburg think that's a fair proposi tion'.'" Mr. Alexander offered short sarnest prayer and while th Spar tan! urg people were getting seated, Charlotte showed them "how to sing "Shine, Shine, Just Where You Are. The new song sung for the first time was the chorus "Joy Bells Ringing in Your Soul." Mr.-Alexander sang it, and warned the South Carolina people that one of them would have to sing it soon. "Now you old, whinerg," said Mr. Alexander, "if you will get that you will get to be shiners," and Mr. Alexander told of the singing of this chorus for the first time in Melbourne, Australia, and haw two men were con verted by the singing of this Bong that day. Three little girls stood up and sang it. And a lady from Marshville stood up and sang it. The big choir sang it, and the Sunbeams sang it Mr. Alexander told the Spartanburg people that it they didn't sing their seats would cost them 1.60 apiece. Thus encouraged those in, the centrrl portion of the building tried the chorus. "That was sweet, but not very heavy," said Mr. Alexander. "I want you people from out of town to get two ehoruBes. We will get t to "How Firm a Foundation" after a while. Don't you worry." More Singing. So "Shine, Shine, Just Where You Are" was the next one. Mr. Br iwn sang it. The preac'.irrs sane; it. "If the preachers can sins' 't a.iypody can sing it,' said Mr. Alexpnder The au dience sang it, an i the Sf.uth Carolina people sang and stood up and sang it again. And they were commanded And everybody stood up and sang it. Then they sang "How Firm a Foun dation" ana any of the ministers with the out of town delegations "who are in good1 moral standing in their de nominations" were invited to come up to the platform by Mr. Alexander and 12 ministers came up and Doctor Chapman presented pocket Testa ments to them. Scripture Lesson. ' : Doctor Chapman then read the Scripture lesson a few verses from the fifth chapter of the first epistle of John, the audience standing. Doctor Chapman ottered prayer. Doctor Orr announced that the great delegation from Spartanburg would meet in thej grounds of the First Presbyterian C hurch at 7:15 o'clock and march to the tabernacle. Mr. Brown sang the song of the' Prodifsl, the sorr; beeinnin? "Out in the W ilderness W il l and Drear." And j everybody stood -up and sang "Lean on His Arms." i Doctor Chapman welcomed the de-; legations present from Spnrtanbsrg, Lincolnton and Shelby, and asked Mr. Alexander to gay a few words to them after the meeting in regard to the Pocket Testament League. i Doctor Chapman announced that on Wednesday afternoon of next week his subject will be "The Christian's rela tion to amusements and the world." AnJ that same night next week he would preach by request on the Sec-1 ond coming of Christ, i j Doctor Chapman Preaches. Concerning doubt Doctor Chapman sad) : "Now if the Conol of John was written' to prove the deity of Jesus, Cuntiuud on lust page. TflE LESSONS THAT THE VISION OF SIR LAUNFAL TEACHES Essay by Miss Fbi-sie Rudisill of the graduating class of Lincolnton Graded Schoo: In the Vision of Sir Launfal, Lowell has told us a beautiful story and has left us to" draw our own lesson from it. When the story opens the young knight, Sir LaunfaL has a vision on ac count of which he feels impelled to go in search of the Holy Grail. The Holy Grail was the cup out of which the Lord drank at the last sup per with his disciples.lt had been kept for a time but because there was so much sin in the world, it had suddenly disappeared and ever since it has been a subject of quest among the noblest and best knights. Sir Launfal was one of these and he was also young and happy when he started on his journey. On this beautiful spring morning as he passed out ot the castle gate he saw a leper who sat moaning and beg ging. A loathing came over the young knight his flesh began to shrink and creep, so he scornfully tossed the poor wretch a piece of gold. The leper did not raise it from the dust for it was given from a sense cf duty and there fore worthless-. Sir Launfal paid little attention to this but went on in search of the holy cup. After being unsuccessful for many years he returned, an old bent man, suffering and podr. As he came up to the castle gate he saw the same leper and this time Sir Launfal was kind to him, and gave him part of his crust of bread and wa ter to drink. As he did so a light shone around the place. The leper stood up tall and glorified in the image of Christ. He spoke to Sir Launfal in a calm voice telling him thnt the cup was there and he should not have gone in search of it, but should have stayed at home and kept the Holy supper by benefiting others. Sir Laur.ful awoke as from a swoon and hung his idle ar mor up, and ever afterwards hie gate stood upon to the poor and needy, and he lived only for the good he could do others. In the prelude of the poem Lowell says, "For a cap and bells our lives we pay, bubbles we buy with a whole souls lashing; Tis heaven alone that is given away, Tis only God may be had for the asking." He means by this that we pay our lives for a mere trifle and spend all of our life and energy trying to gain worldly possessions- and power. We forget that the greatest things in life, even God and heaven are ire: and we may get them simply by asking. The beautiful summer with all its flow ers is given to us, but we do not know how to appreciate it as we should. All of us can be happy as long as we have blue skies and green grass and all the other bautiful things of nature. When Sir Launful .tossed the gold to the leper, tho leper t':il him thai the only way to give wa? from the heart and In the name of Christ; that gold given from a sense of duty was worthless. Unless we learn the lesson of cheerful giving, the gift is not worth any thing, but if ve give with love, it amounts to a great deal and does much good to the one who' re ceives it no matter how small a gift is, if it is given, in the name of Christ it becomes magnified. . Another lesson is that care, sorrow and privation make us sympathize with other iieople. This it. shown oy his giving the fast crust to the leper. When Sir, Launful was young, he had never seen sickness and trou ble and therefore could not sympathize with the afflction of others. - When he returned from the search of tha holy cup, his nature had softened and his sym pathies had been broadened by trials and poverty. Hphd lenrpcd that the greatest things in life are not earthly possessions. Some people love money and riches better than any thing else but they are only the people who have never thought. about the beggar and the more serious side of life. The right kind of nature is stimulated by trouble to provide for and comfort the poor and suffering, instruct the ignorant and trv to lift nn those that are fallen and depressed. When one does this he is serving Christ wnen the leper approached Sir Launfal, the second time his repul-i siveness was over-looked for now the knight was conscious only of the fact that here was one of God's creatures who needed help. The most common place duties may be glorified if we remember that we are doing them for Christ. Instead of thinking how loath some the leper was, he thought of how much this one of his fellow men had suffered and how his treatment by the world was like that of Christ oy me jew. Sir Launful learned that true happi sess and true greatness could be found only in love and kindness toward those witn wnom we came in dally contact. He also learned that the words, "For whosoever shall give you a cup of wat er to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you he shall not lose his reward." He learned that these words were full of meaning for him. Christ did not die for silver, gold, diamonds or even the earth, or other worlds, but he did die for us and we should try to please him by serving his creatures. Because Sir Launful gave the crust and water with a blessing in his heart, it made him happy and most of all it was pleasing to God. To please him one has only to be just and kind and true to treat his neighbor as he wants God to treat him. The only true charity is that which it prompted by love, for charity is love. Thus we are tnught the !esson of true giving. Selfishness is always defeated in the end and if we are not conscious of it now we shall be in the future. The greatest lesson we get from the poem is from the leper's ord.s; he tells Sir Launfal that although he has spent his life in Renrch of the holy cup; it is really ai. bis own door. One does not alwavs have to tro a great distance to do good, neither are our greatest deeds alwaya known, to COMMITTEE REPORTS IN CARTER CASE Raleigh, Apnl 30. The legislative committee in the JudgeVrank Carter Solicitor Abernethy case absolves Judge Carter from all charges reflect ing on the moral character, but finds that at various times, including the Newbern contempt incident, the judge acted harshly and arbitrarily, unwise ly exercised his judicial discretion, lost his temper and used intemperate lan guage,, but at no time acted corruptly. Furthermore, the committee rules in favor of Solicitor Abernethy in hold ing that he is entitled to have the contempt records entered against him on the minutes of the Craven County Court expunged insofar as the records reflect on his official conduct or pri vate character, "if this can be done by any exercise of constitutional au thority." The committee recites that it n in evidence "and the committee so finds" that Judge Carter had a serious nervous collapse and breakdown just before he went to the bench and that since assuming tho duties of judgeship he has had an occasional return of nervous disorder which in the opinion of the committee soriouesly affects his temperament, prowkes irritation and a derangement of his accustomed mental equipoise; that since he as sumed office he has held court in 66 counties of the Sute and while hold ing courts in at least six of these counties he 'has exhibited some evi dence of a return f his nervous trou bles. - - -- t The document cimsists of 37 type written pages, a large part of it, however, being a recitation of the legislative proceeding that terminated in the appointment of the committee to investigate, and a complete re production of the contempt record filed against Soliciter Abernethy on the minutes of the Craven County court by Judge Carter that brought about the investigation and on which it hinged. , Members of the committee have made it plain that the report as filed really represents the complete views of no member of the committee but is a compromise of views from seven angles, representing the seven mem bers of the committee, individual members having manifested at the outset of the conference widely diver gent views as to nearly every phase of tho case. However, the report is signed by all the members of the committtee. The committee does not Indicate what . course - Solicitor ; Abernethy should take to clear the contempt records at Newbern of any reflection on h;a official conduct and private character, which the committee holds that he is entitled to have. It is un derstood that the idea entertained is that a bill of equity can be brought by which the court can make an order for the correction of the entries to this end. Concerning the charges against Judge Carter of immoral conduct with women the report says: "The committee heard and con sidered all evidence which it was able to discover or elict and finds that tho rumors concerning these allega tions are without foundation and that the churgeB are in no wise sustained and the committee promntlv notified Judge Carter of its conclusion at the close of the evidence relating tn this charge. The committee finds that there were widespread rumors of the nature outlined in the resolutions in- troducetd and that the resistance im paired the usefulness of Jude-e Carter and called for an investigation; the committee trusts, nowever, that these rumors are now set at rest." WILL RECOGNIZE - NO GOVERNMENT. Washincton. D. C. Anril M Tin. official dispatches that General Car ranza expects early recognition by the umi.ua otaies attracted widespread at tention in official and diDlomntic cir cles here today. Carranza representatives have been very active recently. - The United States is not considering the question of recognizing any gov ernment in Mexico, Secretary Bryan aecmreu toaay, wnen his attention was drawn to a report that the Car ranza .adherents expect early recog nition. The Secretary would not dis cuss the matter further. The United States, it is snid has been advised in detail of tho Carran za plans. Keports of an imnendimr hnttla h. tween Villa and Obregon attached con siderable attention here. Villa agents sav he had trnthnred nn Karmy of at least 35;000 men. Secretary of the Navv Daniels an nounces that he will not be a candi date for Governor. S far as could be discerned, sugestionj of his cadida cy had not been takei seriously. i - It is estimated that forest fires in Burke county caused at least SSO 00ft damage. In some initinces f. jnilies had to move from their homes and mmp in tne neius. the world. There is; more opportuity for doinir noble deeds, than nponlp think and we may be made very hap py uy our nine aeeus oi Kindness when we remember that we are serv ing Christ in serving our fellow man. We may think our lives useless unless we accomplish sometking that is great in the. eye of the wodd. Wcshouki be comforted to think that all of us have the opportunity of becoming great in the sight of God tlen though our names are necer k-notfn to the world. On the whole we fiay say that the poem teaches ai ove everything else that the greatest and noblest life "is tne one which is spert in serving oth ers. We should not eg'ect any duty no matter how small it is for the sake of accomplishing something in the fu ture, for life consisa not in seeing visions and dreaming dreams, but in active charity and willing service. Chas. Kinprsley has expressed this thou.'ht in the following lines: ' "He good, sweet mRid, and let who will be clever; Do rohle tilings, not dream them, all o v long; And so make 1 doaUt and thnt vast forever one bwwt soug. COTTON MILLING IN LINCOLN COUNTY Essay of Miss Marie Lineberger, of the Graduating Class of Lincolnton Graded School, Read Last Wednesday night: Lincoln county is noted for its va rious occupations and diversified in dustries .The extraordinary condition may be readily explained through a brief consideration of its topography. In the first place its position insures a most delightful climate, being sit uated within two hundred and twenty five miles of the ocean and ninety sev en miles of the highest mountains east of the Mississippi River. The long growing Season, the mild winter and summers together with the wide vari ety of soils make it possible for the products of every garden vegetable and of almost every grain. No county in the state has a wider range of pro duction; and no county more nearly produces in such abundance as not to require importation. With its 34,000 acres of fields and forest it clothes and feeds its people in comfortable homes the material of which is practically all manufactured Jrom the products, of its forests. in lyiu it produced 40D,UU0 bushels corn; 306.000 bushels oats; 62,000 bushels wheat; 4,000 bushels peas; 1, 100 bushels peanuts; 10,000 bushels Irish, potatoes; 47,000 bushels sweet potatoes: 6,000 bales of cotton; 25, 000 bushels apples; 21,000 bushels peaches; 47,000 pounds of grapes and 6,000 quarts of strawberries. Not only is Lincoln county noted for its agricultural products but it is especially fitted for manufacturing. All the necessary elements which con tribute to the utility of manufacturing are found here in abundance; it is ad vantageously located, has easy ac cessibility to a great variety of timber, has the inexhaustible coal fields of Tennessee and Virginia, has abundant banking capital, an unlimited supply of electrical energy, thousands of horse power running away in its numerous streams only waiting to be harnessed and put to work. The maunfacturing industry which demands the greatest capital and fur nishes employment to the greatest number of people in Lincoln county is Cotton Milling. Hence we wish to con sider this special industry most care fully. The first cotton mill built In this county, was also the first one south of the Potomac river, was located near McDanial Springs, on a small stream one and a half miles east of Lincolnton. It was started in 1813 and in 1815 be gun operation. Some parts of the ma chinery were made by hand. Other parts were bought in Providence, R. I., and came by water to Charleston and from there wa hauled by wagons to Lincolnton. Also the cotton used was hauled from Charleston. The capacity of the mill was very smr.U having only 72 spindles which were driven by wa ter After running successfully for four years in 1819, on account of the lack of power, Mr. Micheal Schenck, the owner, decided to move the plant, its capacity having been enlarged to 3000 spindles, on the South frork, a tributary of the Catawba, where Lab oratory is now situated. Here it was run with frreat success and persons came over a hundred miles in wneons to it to trade for spun cot ton. This mill was burned in 1863 during the civil War. ' '; Cotton milling industry was dor mant for the next 25 years because during the first of this period war was waging and after that money was worthless, the fields were devastated, the men had been killed, property had been destroyed and to the people the future was uncertain, and the outlook was dark. But i:i 1888 after close of the war, when the country was in better condition, a second mill was built at Laboratory on the site of, the previous one. Two years later, in 1890, a third mill at Elm Grove was erected. These mills ran about half of the year bo cause as they were run by water pow er, when the stream was rather nigh or low it was necessary to stop. Again they stopped when the neighborhood demand was satisfied. Commercial organization was lacking. Instead of selling the whole product to a distri buting agent, each mill was its own distributer and depended chiefly upon local demand. Often the employes of the mills were children of farmers and business men. Sometimes it was difficult to secure the nceessury lebor. This trouble arose not po much from the feeling of humiliation as on account of the undesirable conditions. Then the operatives lived at home which was a long distance to walk morning and evening. Often the mills were dirty, the air impure, the light poor and work hours were very long. From 1890 until now ten moro mills have been built. Most of the mills are well constructed of brick or stone. Light is admitted from three or four sides and often from the roof as well; the circulation of the air is free. The air in the mill which spin the finer yarns is kept moist by humidifiers, which throw out water in a fine sprny. In winter the contrast between this humid ttmosphcre and the cold am mosphcre outside is severe. On cloudy days and at nfght the mills ara as bright with electric lights as if the sun was sbining brightly outs;de. The construction of the buildings and the installation of the automatic sprink lers reduced the risk from fire to a minimum. Now every operative is provided with a comfortable home, a place for garden, schools, and churches. The products of the mills are coarse yarn and cloth. The coarse yarns re quires less skill, but there is constant demand for finer yarns. The Rhyne's Lotion Mill has spun yarn up to num ber 100. Every mill has its distributing agont so that they may export their goods if local demand is not sufficient. The i employees now make millir.e their occupation. A great many settle at a mill and live there for a number of years, while a few move from mill to mill. These people are eager to im prove themselves in every way. From six of the mills I have received the following statistics. Out of 406 em Contumed. oa last page WAR ZONE NEWS London. May 2. A German subma rine on Saturday sank the old British destroyer Recruit off the Galloper Lightship, in the North bea, but the score was more than equalized by other British destroyers, which after a stern chase overtook and sank the two German torpedoboats that had ac companied the submarine on her cruise. Some of the crew of the Recruit were rescued by the trawler Daisy but as the submarine fired on the fishermen they were compelled to leave the others to their fate. The British destroyers rescued most of the crews of the German torpedoboats and two officers were picked up by a passing steamer and taken to Holland. Beside these incidents in the North Sea the German submarines continued their operations off the Scilly Islands and in addition to torpedoing the American tank steamer Gulfight, whose captain died of shock and on which two men were drowned, sank the French steamer Europe and the British steamer Fulgent, the captain of the latter vessel being shot. German Submarine Off Irish Coast. London, May 1. The big German submarine U-23 is operating off the Irish coast and the admiralty tonight sent a wireless warning to certain ves sels that are now en route to Liver pool and Belfast to extinguish their light sand to change their course. The U-23 today sunk the Russian steamer Svorono off the Kerry coast after giv ing the crew of 24 ten minutes to take to their boats. The crew have been landed at Cahirciveen. The Svorono was coal laden en route to Archangel. London, May 1. German subma rines, which for two weeks had been confining themselves to the North sea where they sank Beveral trowlers. again have appeared on the trade routes off the west coasts of Ireland and England and caught two victims. They were the British steamer Edale, sunk off the Scilly islands, and the Kus sian steamer Svorono, attacked off the Blasket Islands. Both crews were saved. . That, taken in connection with the warning issued to American travelers on trans-Atlantic liners, doubtless means another attempt with a great number of submarines to combat the blockade by England. It is announced by the English papers that the Admir alty has found a means of dealing with submarines and the people. In view of the latest attacks upon steam ers, are awaiting the result with interest.-' London, April 80. After serious fighting in which the Turks offered a stubborn resistance, British troops, according to an official statement is sued tonight have established them selves on the Gallipoli Peninsular and advanced or. considerable distance to ward the Narrows of the Dardanelles, while the French have cleared Cape Kum Kaleh, on the Asiatic 'side of the Straits, of Turks. ' frt.,iB i. n4n.. 1 , Rn:J XL-l 11.. J.UUO, il iiiuj. iw oniu mat, 1.11c Mi; ond and most serious attempt to force the Dardanelles has been fairly launched.' The Turks under German officers placed every obstacle in the way of the Invaders but against the fire of the Allied fleet and the gal lanty of the army they were forced to fall back. The British forces lost heavily in the operation. German Crew Laughed. London, April 30. B. T. Peak, sec ond engineer of the British steamer f alana, who was rescued by a trawl er when his ship was sunk off the Irish coast March 28 by a German submarine, with a heavy loss of life, has been made a statement to the Admiralty crew laughed, at the struggling survivors of the Falaba and were indifferent to their appeals for help. After telling how he was washed off a life-boat by the ex plosion or a torpedo, but managed to keep himself afloat with an - oar, Peik says; "I was now quite close to the sub marine. In fact I was hoping they would pick me up but instead they were laughing and seemed to treat it as a huee joke. There were, about a dozen standing on the deck. The crew of the submarine had every op portunity for saving lives had they (teen so minded but it was quite evi dent thnt the Germans were prepared to see the people drown." Paris, April 30. German waTships have been seen off the Belgian coast, according to an official statement giv en out in Paris today. Sixteen large shells'"have fallen on Dunkirk. "In the Champagne district the en emy shelled o ic of our ambulances, wounding a doctor. "German warships have been report ed at large off the coast of Belgium. "Dunkirk yesterday received 19 shells of large calibre. Twenty persons were killed and 45 wounded. Some houses were destroyed. The report was brought 'n by CuP tain Scott of a Swedish steamer, who declared he had seen in the North sea a German fleet of 68 vessels of all classes. The officer did not say where or when tbo ships had been sighted out tne interterence was that it was within a week. Dunkirk is on the northern coast of France within a few miles of the Belgian fronteir. It is at the northern entrance of the English channel, east of Dover and west of Ostend. rhere have been four eneairements of importance in the North sea since the beginning of tho war. The first was the battle of Helgoland late in Au gust, in which a British fleet sent four German warships to the bottom. In October four German destroyers were sunx in an engagement off the Dutch coast. On DecemlKr 16 a German crui ser squadron raided the east coast of England, bombarding Scarborough and the Hartclpools. On January 24 a Brit ish squadron intercepted a German squadron whilp it was crossing the North sea to make another raid and sahk the German cruiser Bluecher. Strange Prank of German Big Gun. i . i. i . xjiio ui me Huge uerman z-cen-timeter sheila opened a grave, in the lit tle cemetery in the village of Fiche EDUCATIONAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS IN THE SOUTH. Chattanooga. Tenn., April 27. The Southern Conference for Education and Industdy began a four day's ses sion here today with delegates from throughout the South in attendance. Among subjects under discussion are school work, women's part in the social and economic development of the rural districts, educational prog ress in the South and conditions in rural communities. J. Y. Joyner of North Carolina president of the conference, deliv ered his annual address tonight. Mr. Joyner presented statistics gathered by the conference under the direction of President A. B. Bou land, executive secretary and the State supervisors of rural education. These figures showed that only one out of four farmers has more than a very meager profit as the result of this year's work. The average per capita wealth of country dwellers in the South was given as 333, or about one-third of that for the coun try at large. "In large areas of the South, one half of the white farmers are ten ants, and the average is 36 per cent for the white farming population," said Mr. Joyner. "This means that in the entire South one-third to one half of the farmers move every year." Between 1890 and 1910 the speaker continued, the percentage of people living in the country de creased from 83 to 73 per cent while the percentage of people living in the towns grew from 17 to 27. Eight out of every ten rural achool houses in the South are one-room affairs, said Mr. Joyner, and only eight teachers in a hundred had remained in the same place for three years. "Any civilization is decadent . and destined to ultimate dissolution that does not provide adequate means for ministering prportionately to the human needs of all the people, economical, intellectual, social and spiritual,' 'continued Mr. Joyner. 'That these conditions in the South cry aloud for speedy improve ment, no real friend of the South and of our common country that is. not blinded by provincial and sec tional vanity, can doubt; nor can he doubt in the light of history that this improvement must be an or ganic growth from organic forceB co operating from within States and counties and communities." Mr. Joyner then analyzed and dis cussed the work of the - conference which is approaching a solution of the problem with the idea of aiding community development. MT HOLLY ITEMS. Mt Holly, April 30. Mrs. Laura Harris of Iron Station visited rela tives here last week. , ', Mr. H. A Norwood spent the great-' er part of last week traveling through Lincoln county with his fine poultry powders. Mrs. Joe Wadsworth of ' Charlotte, returned to her home Saturday after spending some time here with her sister, Mrs. H. A .Rhyne. Mr. and Mrs. Clary Stimpson mo tored down from Lenoir Sunday and spent the day and night with Mrs. Stimpson's parents, Mr. and Mrs Mon Abernethy. Miss Emma Farrar of River Bend spent a few days last week here with her sister Mrs. J. M. Hoover. Rev. W. J. Bogar of Monroe, arrived this morning and will be the guest of friends for several days. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Howard of Ab botsburg are the charming guests of Mr. Howard's parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Howard. The W. O. W; gave, a grand ban quet last night in Rhyne's Hall. Quite a large crowd was present. Miss Ida Rankin spent the week end with friends at South Point. Mr. and Mrs. Perry Carpenter spent the week-end here with relatives. A good crowd of our young folks took in the Chapman-Alexander meet ing at Charlotte last night, chaperoned by Mrs. I. B. Covington and Mrs. J. C Cannon. .. Mrs. E. R. Cannon ,and son, E. R. Jr., were very pleasant visitors here last week. Mr. P. F. Joy went over to Gastonia on business today. The condition of Mr,P.E. Lentz con tinues very critical. LEO FRANK TWO YEARS IN . GEORGIA JAIL. Atlanta, Ga., April 29. It was just two years ago today that Leo M. Frank, charged with the murder of Marv Phagan, was arrested and locked up. During those two years his case has attracted attention far and wide, and has been taken to the highest court in the country. The young man has gained many friends, who are working for a new trial under more favorable circumstances, than that in which he was found guilty. The deci sion of the United States Supreme Court that Frank had had a fair trial and that all of his constitutional rights imu mtoi (li .V l. uciu y U 1 1 1C UIIUSUU1 case up to the governor of the State. Governor Slaton will probably post pone final action on the pardon appeal until his successor comes into office next June, Near Chester, S. C, Sunday after noon, Rev. -John Colvin, a negro preacher ,and Sam Sanders, colored, were shot to death by Rev. Ely Sul- uvan,a negro preacner. 'me shooting was the result of a churchow. Sul livan escaped. - - No, Maude, dear, there should be no similarity between the uplift of mankind and a put-up joke. Bourg, St. Vaaste, recently and explo ding, lifted a coffin and the skeleton therein 60 feet in the air where bones and snlintereH wnnH r.ao-ht ani I,,,.. on the side of the church tower. Wina and rain nave come, but part of the skeleton still depends from the tower, rattling and swaying in the breeze. A correspondent of the Associated Press motoring along the British lines, saw the strange sight, perhaps the oddest freak of shell fire of the war Part nf the skeleton, whose, nobody knows (for the villagers have fled) has drop ped to the church yard below, but enough of the bones remain in mid air to be identified as those of a hu man being.
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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