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Judith Edwards Says Her
Brother Abused Defend
ant Before Killing'
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Was Fiancee at Time Dra-
maticV Evidence Epstein
; Cries and Emotional Fem
v inine Spectators Shed
Tears With Him
HAUREPAS IS TAKEN CLASH OF REVENUE
Advanced In Three Lines,
Overwhelming the Tefl
" ton Defense i
(Specal U The Free Prens.)
Goldaboro, t Aug. 25. Counsel'
speeches are bejng heard in the
Epstein ease thjs afternoon .Ele
ven are to be. made. The Jury
will not get the case before Sat
era afternoon, probably.
Gaklsboro, Aug., 25. Miss Judith
Edw.rl on the stand in the rial of
Human Brate-in, charged with the
murder of Miss Edwards' brother,
Leonard Edwairds, .Thursday after
noon, surune the bis sensation of
the case when she bore out t'te state
ment of the, defendant that .the vie
tins had accosted and cursed him. Miss
Edwards was Epstein's fiancee when
the killing occurred a few ' months
agorae had been ordered by Edwards
not to, come to the house. ,
Attractive Judith Edwards "stated
that, she had telephoned, Epstein to
com, to, the Edwards home, and that
ahe was in the yard when her. brcth
satd on the stand that Edwards, the
larger man of the two, had manhan
dled' him. Miss Edwards did not
witness the shooting. f i,
Alias Mary Wooten told of passing
the- Edwards home and hearing
curse and a pistol shot There were
two men standing in semi-darkness;
One had on a light suit. Sho saw
the man in the light suit, his hands
ever Iris heart, standing in the street
after the shot. The other man stood
i the, edge of the cidcw.ilk.
., Ilynjttfi Epstein tried as H. B.
pWketoId of hearing the shot, how
Edward l was carried into ills home
and laid out, and of a conversation
with the young slayer. . Many women
were in the court room and mos tall
of these added their team to Ep
stein's. .
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ALLIES ARE ADVANCING
i ..i . iv ii:. 1 ,
Upon Two Important'Hoints
In West-Slavs t Driving
Turks Before Them ? In
Caucasus Offensive Bit-
lis Being Evacuated
(Cy the United Press)
Lynchburg, Va, Aug. 23. Rev
enue officers from Mount Airy.
N. C and Martinsville, Vi., are
hastening tm the scene of a shoot
ing between revenue men and al
leged moanshiaera, near Stuart.
Va., in which Revenue Officer B.
H. Maya was probably fatally
wounded.
Mays, with a posse trailing a
wagon of liquor across the. State
line, called at the home of Wil
liam Smith, demanding Smith's
surrender. The Smith clan open
ed tire on the posse. William
Smith was arrested hat the oth
ers escaped.
CANSLER NOMINATED
FOMlAiuR ATLANTA
4H
Atlanta. Oa.. Aue. 24 Asa
Candler, millionaire soft drink man
ufacturer, was nominated by mayor
of Atlanta in the Democratic prim
ary today over Jesse Armist, mem
ber of the city council. .
MANY HURT WHEN BOLT
STRUCK SHOE FACTORY
Brockton, Mass., Aug 24.Nine p'.r
eona Were injured, four seriously and
nearly a score suffered minor hurts
when a bolt of Jighta'iti struck a
shoe factory here today, causing a
vat. of denatured alcohol to explode
and set fire to the building.
(By the United Press)
London, Aug. 24. The Russians
have resumed their advance is the
entire Caucasus theater following the
recaoture'of Mush, says a wireless
message from Petrograd. The Turks
are evacuating Bitlis.
Capture of Maurepas.
Paris, Aug. 25. The French have
advanced to within a mile and a half
of Combles, an important railway
center, in furious fighting following
the rapture of Maurepas. The town
been under a terrific bombard
ment for three days. French infan
try is advancing just south of Com-
blcs-to pocket up the Germans, in
the same manner that the British are
closing in on Thiepval. Infantry at
tacks follow cannonading. Artillery
has 'bathed the Somme ' front with
hundreds of thousands of shells.
The French left their.itreiiches at
sundown last evening and scrambled
over ruined, German trenches in three
waves that overwhelmed the Ger
mans, capjturuig Maurepas in exactly
thirty minutes. General Haig's Eng
lish drove forward for three hundred
yawls 'south of Thiepval, taking a
German trench on a four-hundred
yard front, , . .
French Repel German Attacks.
Paris, Aug. " 25. The French lasl
ight consolidated the positions, won
yesterday's advance north ' of
Maurepas, and (repulsed a violent at-
ck on hill 121 south of the village,
it is officially said. Three hundred
i
(jiisoners hive been taken since ye
erday morning on the northeast front
Verdun. The Germans ': attached
the village of Fleury, in force but
vcre stopped in the region of ApTe-
mont.
Italians Near Trieste.
With the Italian Army npar Gor-
Hz, Aug. 25. General Cadorna has
pushed his lines to within fourteen
miles of Trieste, gradually progress
ing in difficult mountain country.
where the .Austrians are resisting
with' utmost tenacity. Monfalconc,
like the other villages of the Carso,
has been leveled by artillery. The
Carso plateau is strewn with corpse'!
of horses and men, torn by ehell fire,
in
RUN-OFF PRIMARIES IN
TEXAS FIGHT BETWEEN
THE WETS AND PROHIBS.
Dallas,. Texas, Aug. 25. Individu
ality will be largely lost sight of to
morrow in the run-off primaries for
the Democratic nomination for U
3 4 Senator. Tomorrow's balloting
will be a battle between wet and dry
forces, with odds favoring the lat
ter, politicians say.
Senator Charles Culberson and O.
B. Colquitt, former goveanor, .iaw
the principals in today's votng. In
the regular Democratic primaries on
July 26 Culberson got 80,000 votes to
Colquitt's 107,000, and the present
Job-holder only beat Dr. S. P. Broo?iS.
former president of Baylor Universi
ty, by about ,000. But the nomina
tion fight even then had resolved it
self into a prohibition and anti-prohibition
issue wits Coluitt favoring
the antijwand Culberson and Brook
the proa. The -prohibition vote split
on its two candidates.
Submission of prohibition at a gen
oral election to follow the next ses
sion of the Legislature, carried in
the primaries, The drys are expect
ed to unite behind Culberson, and
despite his defeat by Colquitt in the
first primaries ihe is admitted by pol
iticians to have the best of it "on
paper." '
EXECUTIVES ON OTHER
PRESIDENT AND BROTHERHOODS ON ONE
SIDE AND RAILWAY
IN DEADLOCK OVER THE STRIKE QUESTION
Neither Will Give An Inch Employes Becoming Impa
ticnt Union Heads Charge Nation-Wide Lobby; Show
Telegrams Excitement When President Calls Broth-
erhood Men Into Conference Talked for Ninety Min
utes but Accomplished Little or Nothing Wilson Wil
Stand Firm in Cause of Men, Leaders Say No Com
promise by Enginemen, Trainmen and Others North
ern Pacific Pays for Telegrams Favorable to Magnate's
Side, Alleged
LEO ROWE SECRETARY
at
, MEXICAN COMMISSION
Washington, Aug. 24. Leo S.
Rowe, professor of political economy
at the University of Pennsylvania,
who was secretary of the recent Pa
nama financial congress, will be sec
retary of the American group of the
joint commission which will seek a
solution of Mexican difficulties. '
JUDGE DEVIN NAMES . '
TILLEY COURT CLERK
IN DURHAM COUNTY
THREE KILLED IN AN
OCCIDENT ON L& ME.
. Easton, Md., Aug. 24. Three train
men Were killed in a wreck on the
Lehigh and New England Railroad
near here The tender of a locomo
tive jumped the track on a steep
grade and five coal cars piled on top
of the engine. , ; V
A theris Government Tcllo
Kaiser Grecho Vitl Hot.
Stand For tie Invasioh
Judge Devm, oondoeting
Court here, Thursday night mailed to
Durham the appointment of E. I
filiey to the Clerk of Superior-Court
in 'Durham county, which county is
in Judge Delia's district. Clerk
Tilley auceer m the late Clerk Caleb"
Green, who died recently after many
years in office. 4
The Durham bar endorsed Mr. Til-
ley. He is an attorney, and has been
deputy clerk of the Court for some
time. In that office he had made good
and earned the regard of his fellow
lawyers and the publk genertHy.i.
(By the Unite Press)
Washington, Aug:. 25. With President Wilson and the
railroad presidents apparently at loggerheads for the
t;me being, the President todav stirred up excitement by
snaaenly calling the heads of the brotherhoods to the
White House for a Conference. The conference lasted an
hour and a half.
According to the workers' representatives, the talk
left the situation unchanged. They were not asked to ac
cept i t mpromise, they said, and gave the impression as
they left the White House that the President may.be ex
pected to stand firmly by the proposal which they ac
cepted but the railway heads reject.
The brotherhood chiefs while at the White House pJac
d before the President a charge that a nation-wide lobby
is being conducted to influence sentiment to favor, the
roads. Thav presented telegrams showing that the
Northern Pacific is paying for favorable messages for
warded to Washington. -
Pressure from their members for prompt disposal of
the issue is becoming stronger, the brotherhood head
told the President. .The brotherhoods, they said, refuse
absolutely to compromise further than in compliance with
the President's plan. . , , '
Bialfetlns
(By the United Press)
TWO DIE I?f DUEL ON ROAD.
Fraiianin, Ala., Aug. 25. G.
V. Smith and Robert nail, prom
' ine'nt men of Wilcox county, are
dead as the result of a pistol fight
on a public highway.
DEATH W MRS. CARRIE
M. FORDHAM AT NOON
Mrs. Carria M. Fortlham, a well
known woman, died in Memorial hos
pital at noon today, following a long
period of ill health. Recently she
joffcred a broken hip in a fall, and
that nwy thave hastened her death, it
is thought. Mrs. Fordham ' was
about 80 years of age. She was the
wklow'of the late Dr. A. J. Fordham,
who died about eight years ago. She
U survived by one brother, J. H.
Piigh of Clinton, and one sister, Mrs.
Mary Wooten, who resides at tha
east end of King street, this city. It
Was wit the latter that Mrs. Ford
ham made her home, and from the
Wooten residence the funeral will be
conducted Saturday at 5 p. m. Kev.
Superior J E. N Harrison of Caswell Street
Methodist church will officiate.
Mrs. Fordham was a woman of an
excellent type, a devout Christian and
of lovable disposition. : She wa3
member of the Jethodist church.
BRYANT SANDERSON
GOES FREE IN CASE
- . (y tM United rmsl "
v London, Aug. 25.-Germany has ordered Bulgaria to
discontinue the Balkan advance and evacuate Greek ter
ritory, fearing Greece will enter the war on -the side of
tj"? Allies, an unconfirmed wireless report from Rome
tss. ; Several Greek generals have refused to obey orders
to evacuate Macedonia, the dispatch said.
Instead of preparing to defend tne eastern forts, the
.t t i u: i
SECOND RAID UPON
ENGLAND IN A DAY
FOILED BY AIRMEN
(By the United PreM t
London Aug. 26-A ceoond air
raid within 24 hours, when six aeppe
Im bombarded tha east coast, wai
firpplf cmvprnrnwit U snir1 in. have laid this information r anti-air ; craft guwu A
fnr.a nJAr ,of nnWiV initrTjnfinn io c "viator who dashed in at cW range
tne report said. - . . . ; r
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ,
TBY ALL RIGHT," BUT
TAKING NO CHANCES
William Atkinson, colored, farm
tenant, stood charged with larceny;
larceny of a watch in Superior
Court hero Thursday. : There was
tome doubt as to his guilt; so much
that the Solicitor agreed to a sub
mission to a charge cf simple tres
pass. William was not ewa'-e of
what was in progress, probably.
.William Atkinson sat there in the
courtroom and heard a couple of de
fendants soaked for 12 months each.
That had a very depressing effect up
oa William, who was tinder bond and
Atkinson's counsel, having effected
liberty to go where he pleased,
the change .whereby he could adroit
trespass and pay for H and go n
Wilryuta's nerve had failed him and
he was gone. . He had not come oat
of the woods tbic morning. His coos
The jury in the Sanderson case
about 3:15 this afternoon brought
in verdict of "not guilty." Man
slaughter, was the most that the
State had asked for.
The jury took the case against
Bryant Sanderson, charged with the
killing of Amos Becton,,t about a
quarter to 1 o'clock this afternoon.
The case was commenced Thursday
afternoon, and ell the evidence was
in before adjournment. Argument
was heard today.
In thi3 case Sanderson, a young
farm tenant, is the defendant. Bec
ton was one of the wealthiest plant
ers in. Jones county. 11a was killed
!n an affray with Sanderson on his
plantation on this side of the Lenoir
county line several months ago. Tes
timony had Thursday afternoon was
to the effect that Bee Ion had made as
if to attack the other and his throat
was cut in the fracas. Boston was
an elderly man. He was a bachelor
and had a reputation for indulging in
immoral pleasure. It was at the
home of a negro tenant that the fa
tal fight occurred. .
The prospect this afternoon is that
tho August . term of Superior Court
will bo brought to an end tonight.
Cases disposed of Thursday were:
Thad. Tyndall, Sunday , aolling and
nuisance, not guilty. lobe Mayo, re
tailing, not guilty. George Caven
augh, having whiskey for sale, guilty;
judgment not pronounced. .
CARR WOULD DREaI)
TO SEE HUGHES IN
WHITE HOUSE, SAYS
Declares Republican Candi
date Is Trying to Stir Up
Sectionalism That Would
Damage South Wilson
Called Great
Durham, Aug. 25, Wilson is the
greatest President since Washington,
tho wisest since Jefferson, in . the
opinion of General Julian S. Catr,
multimillionaire owner of the largest
hosiery mill in the world.
"Our dear Southland would have
littla to hope for in tha event of
it of sectionalism, inimical to the
He said Hughes was kindling a spir
nughes' election," he declared today.
South, which he thought had been
bariad with the Spanish war.
CHAS. CARTER KILLED;
TRAIN STRUCK MACHINE
Eocky Mount, Aug. 24. Suffering
a fractured skull, shattered hip and
internal injuries when his euto was
struck by eatbound Atlantic Coast
Line passenger train No. 68 about
aoea today, Charles A. Carter, a plan,
ter. lumberman and merchant of Wes
try's, Nash county, was given injur
ies from which he died three hours
later. - m ; '. ,- .
ALLEGED SLAYER IS
TAKEN AFTER FORTY
FOUR YEARS, REPORT
A&heville, Aug. 24. After eluding
the officersifor 41 years, Andy Wise
white man, charged with tho mur
der ef John Rogers of this county,
has been arrested at Williamson, W.
Va., according to A telegram rcceiv
Bd hy Sheriff E. M. Mitchell this
morning.
immediately after the alleged mur-
jeryWie was arrcated by Sheriff
Plemmons, who was shoriff of Bun
eombe county at that thns, and was
Drought to Asheville to be placed in
tho county jail. Sheriff Plemmons
drove up to the old county courthouse
with his (prisoner, and as he was pre
paring to hik-h hia horse to tho post,
tha alleged murd.cror- nrrado a hreak
for lilerly, and had not heen seen
nor heard of eince by any of the suc
ceeding sheriffs in tho intervening
14 years, until Stove Rogers, the aon
of the murdered man, ,run.hed into
Sheriff Mitchell's office on' April lot,
Jtating that Andy Wise, the man who
had killixi his father, had been seen
the French Broad neighborhood.
Sheriff Mitchell procured an automo
bile and hastened immediately , to
French Broad township, ' only to find
that Wise had caught the train out
Alexamier the morning before,
After getting a good description. f
Wise, from the persons who saw him
on his brief stay, Sheriff Mitchell
had a large number of circulars print
ed and sent them into the surround
ing States, resulting in the arrest ef
Wise at Williamson.
GUARDSMEN WALKED
FlW-THREE MILES
iNTWd'Dte
Battalion of Third Infaritr
Marched From Camp
Glenn f to Sportsmen's
Camp Not Far From New
Bern-Stood It Well' ; 7
(Special to The Free' Press.)
Camp Glemv N" C Aug. 2i. A
battai ionfour . tompan ie of . the
Third infantry returned to camp lata
yesterday after the longest hike taken
by troop in thie State eWe the War
Between the 6Utes they marched
53 miles rn'twp 'days;'' 27 was done :'
yesterday. The battalion tramped to
Camp Bryan, between Newport and
Kew Dam. Two supply wagons and
an ambulance accompanied the outfit,
which was under command ef Major
S. C. Chambers. The (men were in
good condiiioH when they . arrived
here. The regimental'-hand played
Ihem into-camp from d'stinre he-
yend the reecirvation. FJfty-three
miles in 48 hours xi rather unusual
fer men ia ' nwM'cliing - - equipment.;
Thirty miles would be considered fair.
forty good. . . '
Company A of engineers, newly-or !
gani&ed,, is expected here from Wil-
ulngtdn tomorrow. , Another rengi
cr company is soon to arrive from
Charlotte.
Corp. Leo Komegay of Company -.,
Second Infantry, has been trans
ferred te the headquarter company of
that regimwit. Harry Paul, who has ,
been wrestling in the Middle West as
Young' Gotcih", hae enlieted in the
RowmU; he has been attached to Com
pany B, lafter to go inte h tuppry,
company. , , s
GOING ON IN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CAROLINA
Mrs. Mary Carter of Belhavcn, her
two children and another child whom
she is caring for, were stranded in
753 TOWNS DESTROTED SINCE
BEGINNING OF. THE WAR
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, Paris, Aug. 26. Statistics - from
he Ministry of the Interior availa
ble today: show that 753 towns have
been destroyed since military opera
tions were begun and up to June 30.
New Bern en route home from Fler
Kla. . The Salvation Army stepped in
ami secured them . temporary quar
ters and cet about the huainej of
raising funds for them to got home.
Th Third Infantry hand and about
a hundred soldiers visited Oriental
Thursday, trying to secure recrniU in
Pamlico county. , r.-.-1-
Wlnterville High School was bum-:
ed when a bolt of lightninc ignited
the belfry tearly . Thmday. w.Th
building WJ8 a mass of ruina in aa"
hour's time. Te . furnUuro n . the i
firet floor waa eavad.. The achool
term had opened only day or two .
before. Building wad content . were
valued at $8,500, wit $1,000 inaur-'
anee. There ia ipractically no deubt )
that the school will he replaced. : It,
wai under Baptist control. ,
Friday Sustains Its Record
As Big Sales Day On Local
Tobacco Market-400.000 Lbo.
mm
scl frankly laid the facts before the
court and Judge Devm allowed the
altered charge to stand. i, . '
A white man whose sub-tenant Wil
liam is. Is trying to find the darky
and reaasttfe him. .
Any estimate at this writing of the tobacco break on
the Kinston market today is but guesswork. These
fuesses run from two hundred and fifty thousand to half
rrlillioh pounds. The Free Press puts the figures be
tween three fifty and four hundred thousand. The prices .
oiiutv iHuiuuu ui Atumij;. m uie upuuon 01 some Tyne
grades thrbughout the sales today would not average up ""
to those on some previous days, when the sales were much
smallerand for that reason the average price might not
be the highest of the season. This is merely speculative,
and it is conservative to say that prices wero entirely sat
isfying and in many instances exceeded what the sellers . :
expected. The first sales consumed most of the morning,
?nd tho dinner halt was taken in the midst of the second
iales; it will be well on in the afternoon before the third
and last sale of Uie day is concluded.
Friday i always a-big day on the market and tha
quantity today was more than double any previous day cf
tho present season. Good breaks are expected daily f rein
row on and by the end of the coming week it will net to
surprising if the "criers' " voices. doa't bein to "feci t1 -
effects" ox the, day work, : -'A - '-V.y