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75. -yf-r 1 ... . . &M'f , . VOL. IX.- NO M LINCOLNTON. N. C. THURSDAY AFfERNOON, OCTOBER 28 1915. ONE DOLLAR PER TEA1 f-AW j III RESOLVED THAT WOMEN SHOULD VOTE "Resolved that Women Should vote" was the query for debate in the eighth grade of Lincolnton Graded Schools. Woman suffrage is a subject that is being agitated all over the United Stutes, and the following papers by the young eighth grade pupils will interest oor readers: Negative by Ruby Pagett, 8th grade In the first place a woman becomes degraded to a great extent when she mingles with all classes at the polls. Its not very pleasant to imagine see ing our mothers or sisters thrown witn tne many reckless characters they would necessarily meet at the pons. A number ot good women vote todi.y, but they are not devoting all their time to it ns some others will do if woman suffrage ic allowed all over the land. PoHtlcs Is one subject that tho gentle sex should not have to consider. Although women are very intelligent, tney ao i.os posses Intel lect of th.-.t quality. In the second place let common sense be the judge. Does not man look upon woman as purity itself? Well, then if she rises to stand man to man with him jn the world s r.ffi-.irs. will not this opinion be changed? God made man to rule and why try to undo his win : The majority of women who have any interest in political affairs vote without going to the polls. They use their influence over their fathers or brothers or husbands and in this way they help to bring about the passing 01 ncsirea measures. Every woman is concerned alout the laws of the country that deter mine the welfare of her sons and daughters but generally does not hor hunband think the same, and can he not avoid her this trouble easily enough? Most of them will gladly do so. Do we find many men today who are willing for their wives to go to the , pons; inoi tney are few and far be tween. More over the woman's place is in the home, she has n tendency to love ii. una not want to lie so conspicuous among the worlds affairs, this one thing womans suffrage, Jias robbed many a home of its bliss. That is i known fact, many of the northern wo men have, become so fascinated with politics that their homes have become positive wrecks. These homes have been made unhappy and unconcerned. Are not cnildrens ambitions developed in childhood? Well then, should they not have the tenderest rare nf their mothers who undoubtedly lias more innuence over them than any one in the wide world. In all the biographies of great men. is not particular stress laid on the tenner care of the mother? If it if not brought out in one wav it is in another. In the childhood of these men women were not so interested in worldly things. They had more time to uevote to tne home and so mude lusting impressions for good. And again, the negro women would be allowed the privilege of voting. Of course this would be very disngrebnble to some 01 our nign-toned, blue-blood-el ladies. It is natural to supnose that they would always for desirable mea sures? If war were to break out all over the world, women would have to go to th front of the battle just as the men do. Of course this would not suit a woman for this is not her iiphero, she does not think of all these things until the time comes and then she will be very sorrv that she has been given the rio-ht tn unla . I' Vl U i H.A acm ann . I- ,. . . .. 1 1 null. iu Kl""l COU1U possibly come from woman's entering into a life for which she is not fitted. . Affirmative by Elizabeth Hoke 8th , grade. First: it is a woman's right to be allowed to vote. Woman has been equal to all other duties which she has un dertaken. She works side by side with the man in the factory and does the same work but receives a much small eywage. Take for instance a school; a woman can do principal and fill the position as well as a man, and yet she receives smaller pay. Again, me panot is denied to only one class ,. of people in the Uinted States and that class is the women. The very lowest class of white men and negroes are allowed to vote. Surely, if such peo pie as these are allowed the privi lege of voting, the woman, who is -more capaoie, snouid be allowed the same privilege. There are more edu cated women in our country today , than there are educated men. and if they are capable of taking an educa , tion they must be capable of casting a ballot. Suffrage is in keeping with the prevailing ideas of American dem ocracy of today. Suffrage would broaden the woman both mentally and socially because they would have to study civil and political questions. Then, too, a large number of the men who vote own almost no property of flnv Value nnA aiaitliiipjinM about what kind of laws are mude; but a large number of women have prop erty and do not have any voice in fix ing the laws by which their property is protected. Fitness is not a test for suffrage, A democracy is not based upon the idea that individaula are wise and virtious, but upon the idea that two heads are beter than one, and that the whole is greater than any of of its parts. . , Second: It is a woman's duty to vote if the right is granted to her. Some women do not care whether thev vote or not, because they have everything they want and do not need the ballot. But they should use their influence in helping the less fortunate. The sayin" is that if women had the right to vote, not half would exercise tbt right In the city of Chicago over two hundred thousand women regis tered and nearly one hundred and sixty thousand voted in the first elec tion. Our opponents may ay that the wo man s place is the home. Well of what does the home consist? One hundred years ago every one had slaves and didn't tho woman always look after those under lier authority? The slaves helped to mnke moat of the things the people had and today don t the people who work in the fac tories and other places provide what we need ? The woman then should bo concerned about the welfare of these people. How would voting unfit her for the home? Two hundred years ago it was thought that business or profes sional life would unfit the woman for home duties, but today woman has entered into almost every sphere of life and she has not been unfitted yet. Fifty years ago only sewing and teach ing were practical for a woman to do. Now there are hundreds of occupations open to her. It is not that home has lost its charm, or that it will cease to be the place which the woman most loves and where she rcigna supreme PALL OF SORROW OVER ALL GERMANY. German People Have Surrendered Ev erything To The Will Of The Kaiser Great Losses. - Dr. R. H. Crawford of Rock Hill, S. C, who has just returned from Germany where he saw active ser vice as a member of the American Red Cross squad on the Rusisan and Austrian fronts, has many interesting experiences to relate about his trip abroad, his impressions of the ' Ger man people and their attitude with reference to the war and of course about hospital duties encountered on and near the various battlefields. Dr. Crawford was in Charlotte this week and the Charlotte Observer gives a most interesting account of a talk he made there. Among other thines he said that. "the German people have surrendered everything to tho Kaiser,, and that even the children are taking the great war as much to heart as their parents and the soldiers on tho field of battle is Doctor Crawford's interesting ob servation. He declares that every thing is subordinated to the country's cause ,even to the uttermost and that the Government regulates every - de tail of life, even to household and do mestic duties. Many of the children wear small badges on their arms with inscriptions reading something like this: 'God help us to hate Eng land.' etc. The price of evcrthing is regulated; the people are prohibited from eating meat save at specified times and the bread must contain just s, mixed amount of wheat and other ingredients. Doctor Crowford is of the belief that with the Nation so aroused, it will be next to impossible for the country to be defeated. He says that the German people are firmly of the omnion mat tne Kaiser will win out in the end, but they realize that the war will be an exceedingly hlnnriv and long-drawn out affair. Even the children are being trained to take ;he place of their elders in the army urn mere is no gainsaying put that the country has made every prepara :ion for a protracted war. Pall of Sorrow Over Nation. In spite of everything that has been said or done, Doctor Crawford de- .lares that there 'is much suffering md distress, not so much for want )f the necessities of life but other wise. He adds that there is- a pall )t sorrow over the Nation for each and every family has sustained losses )f loved ones. One mother had 11 50ns and had lost six of them in bat- .16. lhe Kaiser wrote her n letter md enclosed a check for about $100 n our money, ihus it 1b the Empire ver. In talking about the Kl Her Tloetni- Crawford refers to his wonderful per sonality, ne says mat ne is show- ng the strain, as mi?ht be nniici. oated, that his hair is very grey but urn, nis mustacne is black, due to he use of coloring mntter. rwtnr Crawford attended church service in Benin when the Kaiser and his en- ,ire sum were present and it was a spectacle to be .remembered. , Wh.n night's wrecking of a St, Louis tute and at the , same time with Treat dispatch. When he is on nnv f the battle fronts, where are some- Jiing like 1,000 high-powered Mer :edes cars awaiting use by the ouriors attached to the ronnral ati.tr these big cars start out from hend luurters at a rate of 60 miles nn 'lour and the clamor is something to ne ivaiser travels, ne goes in great levice in use. such as telenhnnp nH jverything else. Doctor Crawford dec ares that Rr. nany hates England with a fervent iuir.t ana mat America shares in his sentiment somewhat. Doctor Crawford on hia return unr i British boat sunk by torpedo and ilso witnessed a number of tnrruuln loat destroyers chasing a German wbmarine. FATHER-IN-LAW KILLED SON- IN-LAW. At Carthage Saturday nie-ht V. Larkin shot aad instantly killed us son-in-law, ur. v. Kred Watson, i dentist, after the latter had forced in entrance into the Larkin home. The tragedy was the culmination of lomestic trouble. Dr. Watson was t dangerous man when imdnr tho in. fluence of drink and his wife .ifraid of him. It is said she had had ieveral narrow escanei and he had nore than once threatened to kill W Saturday night Watson went home irunk and his wife fled to the home or her rather, Mr. Larkin. Watson fol- owed her to the Larkin home and iskcd entrance but was refused hw Mr. Larkin, who told him to go back icrie. This he refused to nn and forced the door open and was Bhot by uui kiii jusi, uner ne entered ms home. -h lw.ll t 41 -..'-.-I A..l.l- .A- . - ' .no ucii ui wiv pmiui tuning enect in he right breaat. severing an arterv. from which he bled to death in less than five minutes. A coroner s iurv returned n verdict of justifiable homicide. Watson was a native of Clinton and his remains were taken there for bu rial. He was said to be a splendid man when sober, and a good citizen, but the homicidal mania wan in evi dence whenever he was drinking. His wue ana a tu-year old daughter sur vive. . i but choice and necessity have driven her into varied pursuits. Third: Woman Suffrage is nltniwth- er practicable. My opponent may say that women would have to associate with all classes of people if she went to the polls. There is no difference in associating with all classes of peo ple at the polls than at stores or oth er places. Civic leagues and church sociotiea are managed by woman. . If women are capable of doing that kind of work why are they not capable of voting? now about the time It would take woman to vote. It might take her a long time to decide which was the best person to vote for, but Bhe could do that at home, and as for the time it would take to cast her vote, it would take only a very few minutes. Even if ifldid take her a long time the time could not be spent in a better wav than in thinking about the welfare of our nation. Therefore time is no con sideration. fourth: That the results from wo man suffrage would be sood. Of course, evortyihng has defects at first, but they will decrease as time goes on. Militant suffragists may go to far, but how else could they obtain recognition? They have to do rash things in order to be noticed and to gain their ends. Suffrage would raise the standard in politics. The voting of the women would nurify. to some extent, nolitira in general. The majority of women wouia vote against whiskey and other injurious measures. They would vote ror laws tnat would be beneficial to their homes, children, town and nation. SHORT NEWS ITEMS It is stated that the drainage act, declared unconstitutional by the Su preme Court lust week, was a speciul act applying to certain territory in eastern Carolina, and that neither the State drainage act nor local acts in this part of the State are affected. An 'official list of the men missing from the two German auxiliary cruis ers interned at Norfolk, issued by the Navy Department, shows that of a total or 780 ofheors and men, one CHInmissioncd officer, two doctors and six warrant olllcers nave broken pa - role. Not a single common sailor vio- lated his promise. Race hatred stirred up by the Eu ropean war and resulting in murder leu to the arrest in Denver, Col., of Ceorge rlaragrady, an Austrian, on charge of killing George Gray, an Englishman. Both men were employ ed in a railroad machine shop. The Recorder says the bank at Jef ferson, Ashe county, took in $78,000 on deposit in one day recently. Folks in Ashe must have the cash. Miss Ruth Abernethy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Abernethy of Hickory, and Mr. Dan Chatham of Winston-Salem, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Chatham of Elkin, were married Saturday at the home of the bride in Hickory. , The Highlander of Shelby, which has suffered financial reverses, an nounces that it. will hereafter be pub lished as a Republican paper. The Highlander has been run au an inde pendent. The editor charges his finan cial difficulties to the Democratic tar iff law. Mat. Ziglar, Jr.; of Winston-Salem. was killed Friday night while 'possum hunting in the vicinity of that city. ziglar, uootit M years old, was accom pained by two companions. A 'pos sum was treed and the tree cut. When it fell it lodged. Ziglar walked under it and at that instant the tree fell and crushed him too death. At the fair in Raleigh last week a sporty negro offered an old colored cjtizen a $100 bill for $,r0. The un suspecting old man h:d $50 in good money and he handed it over only to find, after the sharper hnd disappear ed, that he had received in exchange iuu in ionieaeratc money. The Wilkesboro Patriot says the bliell Chair Co., of (hat town has sign ed a contract to supply a New York concern with $125,000 worth of chairs the delivery to begin December 1st and continue through all of next year. Catawba fair at Hickory November o, ana o. The 18-months old Imby of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Bishop of Hyde county ate the heads off matches and died. Jo. Largent. the Burke county ne gro who o-ot his feet cut off when he lumpen irom a train at (ilen Alpine died from the effects of his injuries. Ralph Brown and Ben Hensley, charged with killing Dave Wilson in Rutherford county a few weeks ago, were acquitted in Rutherford Supe rior Court. ' Between 12 and 2 o'clock Sunday morning the home of Mr. Walter Sherrill on the farm of Mr. C. H. Les ter, in Sherrill's Ford community, Catawba county, was burned with practically all its contents. The British board of trade has ar ranged to make final settlements for all seized American cotton whieh is not covered by sales contracts. The price to be paid will be the market value at the port of shipment nn the date of shipment and contracts of the same dates will be used as a guide in arriving at tne price to be paid. It falls out that Mrs. Norman Gait, who is to become Mrs. Woodrow Wil son, has a fortune of about $250,000 and an annual income of about $20. 000. The deceased Mr. Gult left his wife all his property, unconditionally, when he died eight years ugo. All the men who would sidestep a pretty widow with an income of $20,000 and no encumbrances, can now criticise Mr. Wilson. More than a year ago a boy ap parently about four yours old, was found crying in the streets of New York. Taken in charge by tho police he was sent to an asylum for found lings.A few days ago the boy was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Finley J. Shepard, who have no children, and takes their name as their son. Mrs. Shepard was Miss Helen Gould, daughter of the late Jay Gould, and her adoption of the boy makes him heir to millions. The administration has determined to press a shipping bill us a part of the legislative programme of the coming session of Congress. Addi tional vessels flying the American flag, the administration holds, are urgently needed to carry American commerce and as naval auxiliaries. Whether the shipping bill will be the same as that advocated by tho admin istration during the last session but defeated, has not been disclosed.- American cotton valued aCapprox imately $50,000,000, consigned to Germany, is in possession of the Italian government, according to J. W. Batchelor of the Liverpool Sal vage Association. Captain Batchelor said that he but recently came from Italy, where he was engaged m look ing after this cotton. For several months, he said, previous to Italy joining the allies, all cotton consign ed to Germany through Italy was de tained. One of the last pretexts used was that there was a shortage of cars and to overcome this Germany sent to Italy a large consignment of roll ing stock. Italy is in possession of both cars and cotton. Dan W. Garmond of No. 10 town ship, Cabarrus county, committed sui cide Saturday morning by shooting himself. He went to his barn to feed his stock and when he did not return members of his family made search and found him dead with a pistol in his hand. He had covered himself, with a laprobe to deaden the sound of the weapon. Ill health is acsigned as the cause. Mr. Garmond was 45 years old and is survived by a family. A report from Berlin says the food situation in Germany, based on the nearly complete 1915 crops returns shows the crop to be more than large enough for coming needs. The pota to crop it is said, is the largest in the history of Germany. It is officially announced that the total number of British merchant ves sels, exclusive of fishermen, sunk by submarines to October 14, was 183. The number of fishing vessels sunk to that time waa 175. NATION-WIDE i EXAMINATION DAY. Chief Feature of Annual Tuberculos is Week. One of the chief features of the an nual Tuberculosis Wek which will be observed this year, December 6 to 12, will be a nation-wide M,cdical Ex amination Day. This announcement has just been made by the National Association for the Prevention of Tu berculosis, which association believes hnt thn nnvt o.rint etan in th nri- ventinn of rfiseiiseii is the inmn-- : tion of a universal periodical Medi- Cal Examination. memcai examination uay is set 'for Wednesday, December 8, and will be the first effort on a national scale to urge an annuul physical examina - tion for everyone. Plans for tho day include an appeal to iaducc everyone, sick and wall, to see a doctor and see ' the French and Serbians are en whether or not they are in good phy-1 trenching and awaiting reinforce- i:,: tu .-..I I i.:..u .1 1 ? -n - 11 Bitai tunuiuun. 111c Bciiuine uiciuued also the inauguration on the part of lactones, stores, and oltices or an an nual physical examination for all em- nioyees. lhousands of anti- tuber culosis associations, other societies and dispensaries all over the country, are expected to co-operate in furnish ing free examinations for those not able to pay a physician. Tuberculosis Week will end with the sixth annual celebration of Tuberculo sis Sunday. Last year gave attention to tho DUbjoct of tuberculosis either by sermons, talks, money contribu tions or exercises. This year the gov ernor of all the States will ag tin be asked to issue proclamations calling attention to this important means of increasing the knowledge of the public on the cause of, and means of avoid ing, tuberculosis. Clubs, lodges and societies will also be asked to consider this subiect at their meetings either on Tuberculosis Sunday or at' some other time during Tuberculosis Week. 147 TRESPASSERS KILLED ON R. R. TRACKS. Washington, D. C, October 23. Making a plea for the conservation of human life, President Fairfax Har rison of Southern iiailway company, states that during the fiscal year, ended June SO, 147 trespassers were killed on the tracks of Southern Rail way. Mr. Harrison urges the devel opment of a public sentiment that will put an end to the hazardous practice of trespassing on railway property. "We have prepared a man show ing the point at which each trespasser was killed on the Southern Railway during the last year and it looks like a man ot the monuments on the Chic knmauga battle field," said Mr. Harri son, "Fully one third of those killed were school boys, 'hopping trains' anil a large percentage were valuable wage-earners, walking on the tracks to or from their work. Very few were tramps in tne commonly accepted meaning of the term. "These figures refer solely to per sons walking on tracks, swinging on trains and otherwise intruding on railway property where they have no right or business and do not include persons killed at crossings or those who for any reason have a right or duty to go Upon railway property. "Southern Railway is doing all in its power to prevent accidents and injuries and is having splendid co operation from its employes but no precaution on our part can save the man who deliberately puts himself in the way to be struck by a train. Can not a public sentiment be developed which will discourage this practice? This is a work in which school teach ers and factory superintedents espec ially, in an otners with public innu ence can render a real service to their communities and their fellow men." D II MBA WAS WELL TREATED. Berlin. Oct.. 25. Dr. C. T. Dumbu. former Austro-Hungarian ambassador at Washington, who arrived here yes terday gave out the following inter view: "As to the causes which necessitat ed my return to Vienna I need not "o into detail. The case has been treated so fully in the press that it is unneces sary to review it. But if vou ask me if the tales are true which were spread about my trip which reached a climax in the report that people on board- the steamer avoided me, I can truly reply that the opposite is true. My wife and I felt ourselves under the necessity of eon ducting ourselves with reserve to ward our fellow travelers. It was thev who approached us. , 1 can only say that not only the American but also the British marine officers nn board were most friendly to us in every respect. During our landr ing and stay at'falmouth we were treated with every courtesy by British officers." i --v-- ENGLAND SEIZES ALL GOLD. London, Oct. 24. A rule is boini' enforced prohibiting the taking of gold out of the country by travelers. the passengers on tne American line steamship New York, which sailjd today for New York, were compelled to exchange their gold before the ves sel sailed. TALKING TO PARIS BY W1RE- LESS. V - New York Times. Words uttered in Arlingtoh, Va., have been heard in Paris, France, on three different occasions within the last ten days. The human voice was projected across the Atlantic for the first time in history, and "Helios" and Goodbyes' said in Arlington .were heard and understood in the French canital, 8,800 miles from the point of transmission. Owing to the fact that France is at war and that wireless is playing a most important part in the working out ,of the French military communi cation system, it was with difficulty that officials were persuaded to per mit the use of the Eiffel Tower sta tion in Paris for the receipt of the messages from Arlington. Only a few seconds at a time, in periods far apart were allowed the American engineers during which they were permitted to listen for the greeting from far away Arlington. MRS. GALT NOT AN "ANTI. Neither Is She a Suffragist, Her r riends Say. Washington Dispatch. Mrs. Norman Gait, the President's fiancee, has not made any announce ment in regard to her stand on suf frage. Her attitude now is exactly as described In The Sun a week or more ago. She is not a suffragist, but never has taken any sUnd against the move ment. "Mrs. Gait," said one of her friends, "is not a suffragist, not because she ornxBes it, but because she has never interested herself actively in the is sue.' The national meeting of the United Daughters of the Confederacy has closwl at r-Ktl Francisco and the next meeting will be held at Luias, Texj FROM THE WAR ZONE London, Oct. 20. Serbian troops who have been so gallantly holding the northeastern corner of their coun try, where the Austro-German and Ilulgarian armies are about to join, are being foived slowly back. The Marquis of I.ansdowne, Minister with out portfolio in the British Cabinet, regretfully announced to the House of Lords this evening that he feared they could not much longer withstand the attacks. in fact, all along Serbia's northern and eastern frontier, the invaders are making steady progress, although ' at great tout, as the Serbians, now tnnt tney nave reached the hills are making them pay heavily for ever mile covered. ' It. is only in the South where the ! French have joined the Serbians, that the Bulgarians are being held. Here , incni w :i ii-ii uiuy nope win enable them to drive the Bulgarians out of mui'euoiiia. Great Britain and France, accord ing to the statement of the Marquis oi uinsoowne, are desnatchin ;hing t and an strong force to the near east only awaiting the report of Gen. Sir Charles .Carmichuel Monro, the Brit ish commander on the Gallipoli Peninsular and other military and naval advisers to decide at which point they will be used. Great Britain and France, the Marquis of- Lnmlsowne said had taken up the challenge of the Cen tral Powers in the Near East as else where, inn! vcre preparing to strike blow for blow and hoped eventually to receive the support of Greece and Rumania, although they were not de pending upon them. ; Sir Edward Grey, the British For eign Minister, today told the House of Commons that Great Britain's of fer to cede Cyprus to Greece had lapsed as Greece had not fullfilled her treaty obligations to Serbia. The British Minister at Athens is reported to bo making representations to Greece with respect to the use of Sa'oniki as a base for the Allies mid also with regard to Greece's future action. On the eastern and western battle fronts as in Serbia, heavy fighting continues. In the Riga and Dvinsk regions of Russia he German Field Marshal von Hindenburg, undaunted by repeated failures durini? the nast 40 days to capture the Russian fortresses on the Dvina River, is nmking another furious effort to achieve his aim. Reports today were that he had made further progress particularly near Illoukst. . German "Army Joins Hands With Bulgarians. Louden, Oct. il. The German army which crossed fhe Danube at Orsova has joined the Bulgarians who invaded Survia near Prahova and the central powers now have an open road through northeastern Servia nad Bulgaria U the Aegean sea and Con stantinople. The Germans thns are In a position to send guns and munitions by river and railway to their Bulgarian and Turkish allies. The invasion of the northern por tions of Servia by the Austro-Germans continue, while Bulgaria is pu.ting forth a strong effort to tpt onfml of the Belgrade-Suloniki railway. ho far as the north is concernejl, Servia, her allies fear, is doomed, but in the south, reinforced bv the Rritwh and French, Servia is using all her strength to throw tho Bulgarians back. After the French victory at Krivolak the Servians, according to Athens, reoccupied Veles. an import ant junction point south of Uskup, wncie u uig uattie is still in I'css. prog- BELGIAN KING TELLS POPE HE'LL KEEP UP FIGHT Rome. Oct. 21. Pnne hits iust recoived from K of Belgium a reply to an autograph letter from the Pope arguing the King to initiate steps looking to the conclu sion of peace. King Albert replied in tne negative. lhe King thanked Pnne RpnnHiet for his promise to use his influence with Germany to bring about the evacuation of Belgian territory in the event of peace. Mug Albert declared he would never lay down his sword while his country "was in slavery." Pope Benedict is represented ns heintr greatly disappointed at th of his efforts. CCOUNTOF " ARMENIAN ATROCITIES London, Oct. 25. A loni anennnt by an eve-witness of Armenian atroci ties is telegraphed by the Reuter cor. esDonneni witn tne Uardanelles fleet. The statement is from an official source, the correspondent explaining that it was given to the British staff by an Armenian serving in the Turk ish army who was taken prisoner. jnis account begins at Krzerum, the pnncipul city of Turkish Armenlo last March. It covers travels about various parts of Armenia and ivoa details of various atrocities along fa miliar lines how the bishop of Sivas was shod with shoes of red hot iron bv a village blacksmith at. the hni-Her of the Turks, how , men of Tokat were tied together in groups of four and taken out one hundred at a time to the marshy districts of massacre and how the declaration of martial law at Zile included the of all Armenian property. ine account describes how women were tied to the tails of ox carta and exposed to hunger and rough weather until tney fcccepted conversion to Is lam or death, how mothers were hav- onetted before the eyes of their chil dren, how Armenian girls were distrib uted as Chattels among civil and mil itary official;.. The prisoner says taat a3 a soldier he himself was compelled to assist In many massacres, being on one occa sion memler of a party of forty sol diers which superintended the death of eight hundred Armenians. FEDERAL TROOPS WILL PRE VENT RAip THROUGH TEXAS. Washington. Oct. 27. Should Villa troops croRs the border and attack the Mexican town of Agua Prieta from the Texas side, as press reports from the scene have indicated they ni.pl.t An tl.a.. 1.1 l.A -... J outlaws, disarmed and in the event of resistance shot down by United States treops. Officials of the state and war departments made this clear tonight aitneugn no ollicial advices had been received that such developments were ' in prospect. Maj. den. Funston, commanding the American border forces, has full au thority to take any necessary step to prevent violation or American ter ritory by Mexican armed parties, short ui ocvuuiiy mvauing mexico. Profits are legitimate only when they come from service. Woodnrw Wilson. COTTON COMBINE IS SAID TO EXIST IN NORTH CAROLINA, Washington, Oct. 23. The Federal Trade Comisison today ordered an investigation to determine whether there is a combination on the part of cotton buyers of North and South Carolina and Geoigia to hold down the price of cotton. This action was taken at the instances of Commisioner Harris who comes from Georgia and .o whom comolai'its that such a com jination docs exist have conif . Raleigh, Charlotte, Wilmingtov, ind othw important cotton producir. ind selling centers are involved in .his controversy .From time to time "or years farmers have compluined hat cotton buyers in North. Carolina .owns has an understanding not to buy over a certain price. The Federal Trade Commission has bower to investigate and report on inch matters. If it is found that per sons are guilty of combining to fix prices, persecutions will follow. The information upon which the in vestigation is to be made is to the effect that for years buyers in the three stutes mentioned, and particu larly in the two Carolines, have been charging different prices for cotton, these charges varying one-half of one cent a pound in two points not more than twenty miles distant from each other. The difference in price, it is al leged in the complaints, which have reached the comntisison, seems to be the sole result of the working of this combination. For instance, it is sug gested many cities and towns have practically no large markets, due to the fact that divisions of territory for ouying purposes are made, one terri tory belonging to one buyer and other territory to another buyer. These al leged practices are said to be confined to certain places named in the com- nlumtn rv .. nHn..,nH . I .:LL. than to other points within the states w a Kimici ciienu uuHSluiy i secified. NOTE TO GREAT BRITAIN BY SPECIAL MESSENGER. , Washington, Oct. 27. America's long considered protest against Brit ish interference with commerce be tween the United States and Europe has been dispatched to London by special messenger and will be present ed by Ambassador Page at the British foreign office next week. It became known today that the note, whit his about 10,000 words long and covers exhausitively the ar guments of the American government on all phrases of the interference with neutral trade, was auroved by the president last Saturday and starred on its way to London Sunday. TROOPS AND POLICE BUSY AT FRONTIER. Brownsville, Texas, Oct. 27. The actions of an unruly Carranza soldier at the international bridge, the wound ing of an American in Matamoros and three street fights between Ameri cans and Mexicans in Brownsville, made up a series of incidents which kept the army and police forces of the two cities busy today. BAPTIST CHURCH SENDS UP GOOD REPORT TO THE SOUTH FORK BAPTIST ASSN. Delegates from the First Baptist church of thia city are attending the meeting of the South Fork Baptist church in West Hickory thij week. I This church is sending up a good re- port this year. Last Sunday was the I beginning of a new church year. At I the close of the Sunday morning ser vice Treasurer Allen read the church letter to the congregation and it was approved by tho congregation. The re port shows a gain in membership the past year, the total membership being 2,'i3; the value of tho church property $10,000. For the year just closed the congre gation paid $1100 on pastors salary, $215 building and repairs1 $216 for in cidentals, $105.38 for Sunday school expenses; $28 to the poor, $2.50 to the minu'e fund, $5.00 to Judson Centen nial; $G0.80 far state missions, $54.25! to home missions, $205.75 to the or phanage, $33.33 to - colleges and schools; other objects $34.25. Total to all objects $2,126.32. The Sunday school has 130 pupils enrolled. GOOD ROADS MEETING TO CELE BRATE THE OPENING OF HICK ORY NUT GAP ROAD (CHARLOTTE-ASHE VILLE HIGHWAY) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 6 1915. On Saturday, November 6, 1915, there will be held at Bear Wallow, a Good Roads Meeting to celebrate the opening of the Hickory Nut dap Road which forms a most important link in tho Charlotte-Asheville Highway. Gov ernor Locke Craig will make the prin cipal address of the occasion. Picnic dinner will be served and it in ex pected that this will be one of the most interesting Road Meetings ever held in the State. The construction of this road has been under the superintcpdencc of the State Geological and Ecnomic Survev and tho work has been done by state convicts. All citizons who are interested in good roads, and. particularly ip the celebration of an event which will have historical significance in that It opens a great through highway in the State and makes accessible to tourists one of the most beautiful sections of North Carolina, are invited to attend and take part in this celebration. Joseph tiyae rratt, state ueologist. MOUNT HOLLY ITEMS. Mt.. Holly, Oct. 26. Mr. John Car pen Us r of Gustonia wai. a business vis itor here last Thursday.: .; Mrs. D. L. Thompson visited rela tives at Lincolnton Saturday and Sun day. Mr. Hall Morris of Gustonia spent a short while Saturday afternoon on his way to Lincolnton to spend Sun day with home folks. Miss Idn Kale is spending quite a while at High Shoals with her brother Mr. Frank Kale, whose wife is very ill. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Thompson spent the week-end at Lincolnton. We are glad to report Miss Ida Rankin to be so mu"h improved as to be able to resume her duties as teach er of the second grade at School this week. GERMANS TRIED FOR ALLEGED PLOT TO BLOW UP SHIPS. New York, Oct. 26. Robert Fay, a lieutenant in the German army, Her bert Kienzle and Paul Daeche were ar- raingend in Hawkins. N. J., todav on charges of an alleged plot to blow up steamsnips bound from New Yor with munitions for the allies. They were released, but later arrested by reoerai agents on the charge of con spiracy. Washington, Oct. 26. Officials of the department of justice expressed doubt todav whether the federal gov ernment can make out a ease against the men implicated in the plot to blow ap munitions ships bound lor Em-ope. Free - 500 In Gold - Free To The Most Popular Children In Lincoln and Adjoining Counties FIVE SOLID GOLD RINGS GIVEN TO THE FIRST FIVE NAMES SENT IN TO THE LINCOLN COUNTY NEWS FROM EACH DISTRICT IF YOU HAVEN'T A CHILD OF YOUR OWN SEND IN THE NAME OF A FRIEND'S BE ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN AND GET A SOLID GOLD RING FREE. Today the Lincoln County News an nounces the beginning of a Children's Gold Contest for the children of Lin coln and adjoining counties. From now on and for some time to come the children will occupy the centre of the stage. The contest is to bo conducted on the voting plan and to each and every child nominated between now and De cember 1, 1915, inclusive we will give a thousand votes. In this issue of the Lincoln County News appears a nomi nation coupon that is good for s tl ou sand votes. Just one of these :n?..v be voted for each child. There is uUo a coupon ballot for 150 votes a.v.' you may vote as many of these at .vou can gather. , To r.:?ke things a little more into esting we wi! give five handsome go'd ! ri"gs in District No. 1, to the first j five children iwder twelve years of age whose names are the first to reach the contest office. In District No. 2, we will give five handsome gold rings to the first five children under twelve years of age whose names are the first to reach the contest office. ' Throughout the life of this contest all territory within one mile each way from the court house will be known as District No. 1. All rural routes and towns in Lincoln and adjoining coun ties will be known as District No. 2. Clip out the nomination coupon in your paper today and send in the name of your child and be one of the ones to secure a handsome solid gold ring. If you haven't a child of your own ! CHARGED WITH PLOT TO BLOW UP SHIPS AND FACTORIES New York, Oct. 21. Federal secret service agents today continued their investigation of the stories told by Lieutenant Robert Fay of the German army, and others alleged to be con cerned in the plot to blow up war mu nitions vessels or supply plants in America. Meanwhile they awaited the arrival here of Max Breitung, named in the complaint filed bv Chief Flvnn as one of the alleged conspirators. Brietung left Chicago yesterday. It was reported today that after Breitung had been taken into custody, further disclosures would be made in dicating that the conspiracy was the most serious plot uncovered in this country since the war began. None of the federal officials would admit that any persons higher up were sought. Paul Sieb. who has been living in New York under the name of Karl F. Opegaarde sipce last February and who acted as a broker in the sale of some of the explosive ingredients sold to Fay is quoted today as saying that two months ago Max Brietung asked him to buy 360 pounds of potasium chlorate. Sieb said hr sold the chem ical to Brietung for $110. Two weeks fo, he said, Dr. Herbert Kienzle ask him to buy 100 pounds of tri nitro toluol to Fay and that Dr. Kienzle introduced him to ray. He said that he obtained 25 pounds of the chemical and sold it to Fay.- ray admitted he wanted to blow up Bomethmg with the T. N. T. but he did not mention destroying ships at sea. He said he wanted to blow up the, main chemical plant in this country which was supplying certain acid tcr the manufacturers of high ex plosive shells. He said they would go to this plant at night when no one would be there and so no lives would be lost. I konw now that it was a fake story for my benefit." lhe plot became known when the man from whom Sieb bought this chemicals reported the purchases to the French naval attache here and he notified the police. Krietung surrendered today to the authorities. He appeared before United States Commissioner Hough ton, accompanied by counsel, and af ter the government's complaint had been read to him he was held in $25, 000 bail for further hearing next week. Brietung, who is a relative of Ed ward N. Brietung, the banker of this city, and Marquette, Mich, furnished the necessary bond and was released. He came here directly from Chicago, he said, as soou as he heard of the proceedings in order to give himself GERMANS. EXECUTED ENGLISH WOMAN DESPITE PROTESTS. The full report of the circumstances of the condemnation and execution of Miss Edith Cavell. an English woman and head of a training school in Brussels, for helping English, French and Belgian soliders to escape from Belgium made by Brand Whitlock the American minister at Brussels, to Walter H. Page, the American am bassador at London, has been issued by the British government. How the secretary of the American legation, Hugh S. Gibson, sought the German governor, von Der Lane-ken, late at nigv' before the execution and with the Spanish minister, pleaded witn the governor and the German officeis for the English woman's life, is pTapmcally related This document refers to the German authorities op parent lack of good faith in failing to keep their promises to inform the American minister fully of the trial and sentence. RAILROAD TO BE EXTENDED. Announcement is made bv the East lenessee and Western North Caroli na railroad, Johnson City ,Tenn., to Montezuma, N. C. of the award of contracts for extension of its line from the latter point to Focie, N. C, distance of 10 miles through the picturesque Linville section of this 1 Suite, past Grandfather Mountain. I Completion of the extension will be wi.Um eight months. try and think of a friend who has a child that you would like to get one of these rings for. Remember the first names sent in will be the ones to get the gold rings. You are not limited to one name. If you have several friends who have popular chil dren, do not hesitate to send in their, names. Each one can nominate as many children as they wish to. Of course it is advisable to send in just one name from a family as only one name from each family is entitled to Vvlfwould like to have all the chil dren from one day old up to twelve years of age represented in the con- ( test. The names of the children will annooi chirtlv en vnn should Ipse 1I "I t" j , j lima in eenrlinir In vnnra. IP "OJlilf. ftrina immediate1 v.- t.H" UK. ..Mivms you e? v ork fc- a child. .v ' , erson , ha a m . way con- n-'cUvTM" t L,iu;oIn uounty JNews wili he )e' miu,i to enter their chil dren in fhe contest. Immediately after the close of the contest the entire set of books will be thrown open to public inspection. The Contest Manager will have an office throughout the contest in The Lincoln County News office and will be pleased to receive calls from any one who is interested in the contest. Call, phone or write the contest depart ment. Their time and services are at your disposal. To get one of the rings the nomina tion coupons must be correctly filled out and brought or mailed to The Con test Department, Lincoln County News Lincolnton, N. C, Phone 27. The Contest closes Dec. 22, 1915. EIGHT STATES WILL HOLD ELECTIONS ON NOVEMBER Z Eight states, New York, Massachu setts, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, Kentucky, Ohio and Mississippi, will hold elections on Tuesday, Novem ber 2. In four of these states. Massachu setts, Maryland, Kentucky and Missis sippi governors are to be elected; in six states, New York, Massachusetts, Marvland New Jersey, Kentucky ana Mississippi the state legislatures, in whole or in part, are to be elected, and in five states, New York, Massachu setts, Maryland, Pennsylvania and Ohio, important constitutional issues are to be decided. With a few local exceptions, m fact, these constitutional questions will be the dominant issues on election day, including as they do such fundamental matters as woman suffrage, munici pal home rule, prohibition, state in come taxes, referendum plans, and some lesser reforms. The woman suffrage question will come up for decision in New York, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, which states will furnish in point of population, the greatest test the suf frage issue has ever had in the United States. New Jersey, the first state in the east to vote on equal suffrage, de feated the proposition at a special election given over exclusively to the suffrage question, on October 19. While it has been held by some politi cal observers that the result of the test in New Jersey would be reliably indicative of what might be expected in the three bigger neighboring states, the suffrage leaders have not been dis couraged by the big majority with which the issue was idefeated in New Jersey, and look forward to the bigger test with confidence. The importance of this test is indi cated by the fact that, in nint of pop ulation, the states of New York, Penn sylvania and Massachusetts, which will vote on suffrage November 2 in- lude over 20.000.000 people a fifth of the population of the entire United States and these 20,000,000 are prac tically double the population oi the states in which equal suffrage has yet been fully achieved. MR. BRYAN WILL HELP THE PROHIBITION ISTS Columbus. O.. Oct. 24. With Wil- iam J. Bryan as the principal speaker leaders in the fight for state-wide pro hibition in Ohio have prepared for a whirlwind campaign to be led by Mr. Bryan during the next four days and to be kept up by others until the close of the campaign on the night before the election of November 2. Mr. Bryan will tour the state in a special train, the opening speech be ing set for tomorrow at Steuben ville.. n miEC. iiurtiici v iiiun, pi Ulll lUIH in tne ngnt to oust saioons irom the state will uccompany the former secratorv . of state on his speaking trip. While prohibition was defeated in Ohio Inst November by a majority of ,ioz, tne ury teaaars assert that they have an excellent chance to win. Rutherfordton, Oct. 23. The ense of John C. Souther, charged with murdering his wife about three ' months ago, came to a sudden end ing yesterday afternoon when his law yers submitted him to second-degree muruer, wnicn was accepted ' by the state, and Judge William F. llard ing gave him 80 years iiuthe peni tentiary. Newton, Oct. 24. A matt meet in r of Sunday school worker from churchos of all denominations from all parts oi tne county is billed for Sun day afternoon at 8 o'clock at this place. The object of the meeting is to study the Sunday school as a po- wsiii. iuivii in inuuurn ine ana to arouse greater interest in efficient, intelligent Sunday school work. Among the sneakers will be J. Walter Ling, state secretary of Sunday school work, rrol. Charles M. Stalev, of Hi. kr.ry, schools. Rev. W. W. Rows and lu vl W. H. Biles of this place. It is noble to be silent if you ie n gry enuogh to quarrel.
The Lincoln Times (Lincolnton, N.C.)
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