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EVERYBODY READS THE JOURNAL, BUT SOME DOXT PAY FOR IT. DDXT BORROW SUBSCRIBE. The mLlm JW -k.-Zl A NT I OF PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 8 k VOL 20. No. 54. MONROE, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4,1914. ONE DOLLAkS YEAR. will m ii.n a m i.L rt:. Kiitlitisiastlr meet inn of Union Coun ty IVople Decide to r.uil.l a Tem porary Warehouse to Store Cotton. Cot-dial Co-oK-ration Mr. Iceman Make Oder In Commit (w. Union county people wil lat once build a temporary warehouse for tUe storage of cotton In tbe hope of keeping as much of the crop as poi sible off the market until conditions can pet straight and die depression caused by the European war has to some extent abated. This Is in line ' with similar action by local bodies everywhere. It is the outcome of meeting called by Mr. J. Z. Green and which met in the Monroe Opera House 1 uesday afternoon. The meet ing was largely attended. It remind ed one of the meeting that was held in 190a when the bottom dropped out of the market as a result of the bumper crop of 1904. The opera house was filled with farmers, merchants and other. when the meeting was called together .Mr. ureen. ana its obje t as ex plained. Everybody knows what was for and so there Is no use of re hearsing that. In a few nerds. was to avoid the disaster, so far as possible, of selling cotton for Mx or seven cents. Mr. Green wis called to the chair and Mr. T, J. W. Broom was asked to act as sccreiarv. Various gentlemen mad; remarks, Including Capt. V. C. Ilea ill and Mr, W. S. Iilakeney. It was Mated lh;i the difference in price which th crop was HKeiy to bring jniess some thine was done and the normal pri meant about nine hundred thou-an dollars to I'nion county. And in the face of such a crisis everybody seem ed willing and anxious to co operat witn au otners to save the day a mucn as possioie. me outcome o the meeting was an enthusiastic en dorsenient of the proposition o buil a temporary warehouse meeting the requirements of a bonded warehouse as denned by Secretary McAdoo, and the subscription of enough money to put up such a structure at once temporary warehouse of thi3 type consists of a cloth covering of chem Ically treated material, walled In with tightly placed barbed wire, with keeper bonded to the amount of the value of the cotton stored, and with adequate Insurance. Secretary Mc Adoo has ruled that when cotton Is stored in such a structure a receipt from the keeper will be received r. one of the signatures necessary for collateral for securing a loan under the banking and currency act. The name of the owner Is supposed to be sufficient as the other signature. It was estiniated that a warehouse of this kind could be put up for five hundred dollars and that it would be sufficient to store all the cotton of fered In the county. Subscriptions to the amount need ed were quickly raised and the sub scribers were appointed a committee to proceed with the work. Mr. J. Z Green is chairman of this committee and will call It together Just as soon as the papers of incorporation can be secured. Mr. W. S. Blakeney prom ised to secure the incorporation cer tiflcate and to do the necessary work in securing it free of charge. Local bankers were present from Monroe and Marshville and chairi.ian Green asked these to retire and con sult as to what the county's banks would likely be able to do to help the situation. Mr. Blakeney afterwards reported the results of this conversa tion. He said that the local banks were unable to say how money mat ters would be with them, but they pledged themselves to do all in their ' power to relieve the situation, as they had done In the past. However he said that money was going to be difficult to get as the new system had not yet been organized, and when it was it would lend money only through national banks and these were likely to have all they could do. He said that the talk of government help would not amount to much un less better arrangements were made to distribute the money In local cot ton sections than were had last year. Last year local banks were unable to get any of the crop moving money because the banks in central cltites took It and used it for their own pur poses. His advice was that every farmer who could do so hold his own cotton at home where he could do It without cost and to plant largely of otner crops next year. He also sa d that most landlords were able to bor row money on their own security and carry cotton of their tenants. In case cotton was mortgaged, the man who held the mortgage could take the cotton, and for that reason men who were In debt had better see their creditors and make arrangements with them as far as possible, and even let them store the cotton and use It for a basis of credit for them selves, with instruction to sell only at a certain price. MR. ICEMAN'S OFFER. Mr. Charles Iceman of the Icemor lee Mill Company, tells TJie Journal that he will furnish a place for stor ing cotton within reach of his fire hy drants and will carry the Insurance himself free of charge. He says that If the committee takes up his offer they will be only required to furnish a covering for the cotton and a bond ed keeper to take charge of It. This would make the cost of storing very little per bale. It Is estimated that the ordinary cost in a bonded ware house Is twenty-five cents per month, t'nder Mr. Iceman's plan it would be very much less than this, as he would carrv the insurance himself. n was siaieti ai me meeting mat 'Crow Bros, are preparing to bond ly of ;,5i) bales, and that the cot o carrying cotton In It would be about their warehouse, which has a capac twenty-five cents per bale per month for all expenses. The following gentlemen are th : vhferibers to the stock: C. Haigler. J. A. Bennett. O. C Cutlee. H. C. Hinson. V. C. Heath J. J. Crow, T. F. James. S. A. Latha It. W. Elliott, V. J. TruM, J. W. Pre: lar. J. Z. Creen, T. J. V. Brocin, T C. I.ee, J. H. Lee, J. C. Robinson, J h. liroom, Ney McNeeley, W. Blakeney. A. J. Fowler. T. C. Collins, W. L. Earnhart, G. S. Lee. J. F.Moore, J. It. Shute. .Vows Note and Comment From tli Wlngate CorivsixHiilent. Uncle John Q. Griffin was In tow- Monday morning looking as well and seeming as lively and jolly as of ea Her days. Messrs. John A. Bivens and Clyde Jones left Monday morning for Wake lorest College to resume their stud ies during the next term. Messrs Ed and Jabez Williams, sons of M T. J. Williams, also left hist week for the same Institution and on a like mission. Mr. W. F. (Fate) Phifer of Scot land county, whose market is Max ton, Robeson county, spent from th 28th to the Slst among r.da'hes an friends in and near Winga'e. M I'liifer says that crops in his section are as f.ne, it seems, as could be de- fired. He stated that he had sol eleven car loads of wa'ermelon an average of $103 per car and tha his crops cf cotton and corn were ex cellent. Provisions high, cotton 1 cc nts. Dr. J. B. Little of Newton motore over anil spent part of Wednesda wiih relative in our village. The Wiugate School was delighted Wednesday morning with a brief ad dress from Dr. Weaver of Monroe, His talk was plain, practical, inspir ing and well received. A hearty wel come always awaits such men as Dr, Weaver anywhere. Prof. E. D. Johnson, brother of Prof. D. M. Johnson, en route to Asheville, where he has a position as teacher of science in the school there, spent Wednesday with his brother In W ingate. Dr. Weaver having been called to other duties and Pastor Williams of the Methodist church here being ramer reeoie, the protracted meet ing was closed Wednesday. There were splendid sermons and good at tendance during the meeting. J he relatives and friends of Mrs Leona Meigs, widow of the late Wm Meigs, and daughter of Esq. and Mrs, J. F. Moore, w ho has been an inmate of the hospital for the insane at Alor ganton for more than ten years, will ne exceedingly glad at tho news cf her complete recovery and she wi;l, at an early date, be restored to her place among relatives and friends. Tha wm be a happy meeting indeed. The reunion ot parents, brothers and s s ters and old friends after the long separation will be delightful, but the supreme joy and bliss will be the meeting of the "little mother and her only child, little Ollie. who was too young at the time of the parting even to remember her mother or anything whatever of thj liuHeiit Now she Is an unusally bright and In telligent little girl of ten and a half years. May the mother and little daughter be permitted to live and enjoy each other's love for many years. Dr. J. R. Jerome and Mr. Braxton Gaddy of the Faulks neighborhood have recently made a deal In some real estate, Mr. Gaddy exchanging his home place for a portion of the doctor's G. M. Stewart place on the new public road between the homes of .Messrs. H. P. Meigs and R. L Womble, a mile southeast of Win gate. Mr. Gaddy will occupy his new premises at an early date. It Is to be noped that both parties are benefited oy tne transaction. Miss Wilma Helms snent several days last week with relatives in Charlotte. Mrs. Lou Llngle and daughter vis ited the family of M's. Flonnie Helms last week. Mr. R. L. Womble and daughter. nosa, returned Tuesday from Gasto nla where Mr. Womble had been on some business connected with the es tate of his deceased mother. The w riter had an occasion to sten nto Bob Belk's shon a few davs aeo where he was surprised at some spec imens of cabinet work, productions ot Air. uelk'B skill. Ingenuity and gooa taste, in material, workman ship and finish they were superior to tne average factory product. If an embargo placed on American food stuffs to Europe would result in ending he awful state of things across the waters, for heaven and for umanityg sake let It be done, even at the risk of some suffering and hardships on our part. The grain and meat men can afford t suffer as well as the cotton farmer. But this is too big a problem for a clodhead to be commenting upon. ur. weaver, in one of his sermons here during the meeting, said that this European war was the greatest crime against civilization and the hristian religion that had ever been committed. Certainly the declara tion must be true. It seems to the riter that our boasted christian civ ilization, our evangelization of the orld and our promising peace move ment have all suddenly gone to pieces. How shall wo interpret Riirh conditions? O. T. TIMIST. Stag Paint will save 25 per cent of our paint bill. Let us tell you why Tharp Hardware Co. HOW THEY Imi IX WAKE fa"' Mionimj the Corruption That May I!" Iiiclicd Inlets Yph lamk After Party Orgniiix.itl.in. Raleigh Ne.vs and Observer. The Democracy of Wake county 1 put face to face with a condition which is above and bevnnil tl.e mere matter cf whether William II. Sawjer or Arch J. Wood Is the party nominee tor icegi.-ter or ueeds. From out Of tbe Iini:istii1.il ami nn istitiable decision of those niei.ibers the Hoard of Canvassers of Wake county Democratic nri ju of the it. Tr. mary who voted not to hear the evidence in the Wood-Sawver con test on yesterday conies a situation which is absolutely indefensible. Those members, the majority of the Board, cannot with success defend heir action. They cannot explain lliey must rest under the shame of it. The facts in the matter are simple, nd there is no disputing them. hey are as follows: The nrimarv returns from the Caraleicli precint, Raleigh township, were reported on Saturday night after the ballots had been counted as being 61 for Sawver. '2H for V.'nml With the returns i:i llanil from Ih.i oti'.r townships this vote gave Wood , majority of twenty votes over lawyer in the county. On Monday the official returns rom Caraleicli precint, these not IWivered till twentv ininnt lour of th j meeting of the Loard on londay, showed ill for Sawyer and 4 fcr Wood. This cue Sawver n majority of four in the ennniv These official returns from Cuml. eil-il Precint were in s-.ich a rendition as to warrant the declaration thai hey were ear-marked with evidences )f fraud, men who ovimiimil tiimu describing them as follows: i. ine otnciai envelope was mutilated. It was torn nnpnr not sealed; but held together with a pin. Z ine returns themselves slinuofl clearly that the original fienroa li.nl oeen erased.; ana mat new figures naa oeen inserted. There were four entries and four erasures!! wnen the Board of Canvassers met at noon to canvass the returns and announce the result. Mr. Wood asked for leave to Submit evidence as to the returns from fnrnlpiirh This absolute right he gained only after the most strenuous efforts of nts lawyers. But even then they were allowed no tint a vhaiavor m examm witnesses or secure evidence the uosrd was In session until Mon day night. Nevertheless Mr. Wood's nttnrneva appeared before the Board on yester dey morning and asked that sub poenas be Issued for twentv vnlere oi (.araieign precinct. The subpoe nas were issued. By noon Judge Biggs, of COUnc II for Mr. Wood. sk ed that these witnesses be put upon tne stand, declaring that he was ready to show that Wood had re ceived 20 votes by the sworn evi dence oftwenty men who voted for nun. inen came that outrage nnon Democracy, upon Juctice and fair ness: The Canvassers declined tn haa these twenty men! And these canvassers were sworn Officers Of the law. of the lnw n-hirh provides for a hearing in just such cases. There can be no defense for this sort or thing; no excuse; no apology no exnianation. It would not have taken Inn? tn have examined these witnesses; but ir it should have taken twenty day it should have been done. It Will not do to sav that those men wno were onered ns s- inoaa could not be believed. The only way tngnsn-speaking peoples have of ar riving at a verdict is by the oaths of witnesses. It connot be said that it wnnM injure the Democratic party to hea these witnesses. The I) party can never be injured by being JQSl. Whether Wood was nominated or Sawyer was nominated, la nnt iho question: i The question is: Shall the men whs ennvnaa tha votes cast In Wake count v hur iho evidence onerea in a contest? Shall they determine causes without giv ing eacn side a hearing: wnat had these canvassers to funr from these twenty men except the num.- iuey anew mat, once having heard them thev could not vnt they had made up their minds to vote; mey could not execute what men thought to be orders from high er up. Mr. Sawyer. If he be rnimeiioit hv those who would see the 1nt thin? done, cannot afford to take the nomination as the matter stands. He is a promising voun man lie stands well. But there are Dem ocrats in Wake who declare that if he accepts under such rnnditinna ho will regret It so long as he shall live, that the circumstances are such as to rob him of the power of his office, and to stand as a barrier in the way of his advancement In the future. The people of Wake rnnniv nn know the importance of controlling the election machinery of the coun trythe pollholders and the tol-Ih- trars. They will be on guard from now on. We have a complete cinrt nr nil sizes of electric globes of the latest type. Heath Hardware Company. All kinds of rakea r.riffln s. Bivens. DRAWING CLOSE TO PARIS RIGHT WIVti OF GERMANS THIRTY Mil ls. IX an! seeking to envelo? the Russian ' American na.il v '.t - orpk-. forces in Poland. jdu'y In Turki-h '.at--r. "... . - t' Their plans, however, piet with a sea to meet the Ni'Mh Cirolii. or. intense Sum-j Still M.iint.nim-d a to Oi-ra.i..n, f Arnile- In the Three t.rtat l i.KN of 0xvniim Event Aiv Takim? Place f Wlii. h We ;! the Mi-rcf Intimation How Ix.n Can the Allie IK Tend Palis? The gre.u European armies contin ue to fight on three general fields of operation in France, where the Germans continue to push back the French and English toward Paris, in Austria, where the Russians are de feating the Austrians. and in east Germany, where the Russian army is lowly making an invasion of Genua ny, and where the fighting ?eeins to favor Germany about as much as Russia. There have been no more naval battles, the Germans seeming l?termined not to risk their fiVets in onilict with overpowering odds. As lines around Paris tighten nnd lie uerman forces ( rn-.v r!;ifr ta the French capital, the official Mate ments re'nlmg the prog ret-s of the I'fir crow lrkfir and are more and more lackiu? in detail. So far as the public Ia concerned itt:e acu;t!,v is known as to how lie armies in the field are farincr. Most of the Information made pub ic trom official (ii-.arters is of n negative character as for instHnce, he announcement of the Frerrh war office that there has been no contact with German forces In the region of Compiegne and Senelis ince Wednesday and that the situa tion in the Northeast has not changed. The two towns are respectively 45 miles and 32 miles northeast of the trench capital and they appear to mark the points nearest Paris to wihch the German advance guards have approached. With the removal of the Govern ment to Bordeaux all effort around Paris has been directed to nrennra, tlona for the threatened investment Of the capital hv thn C. addition the French authorities have ordered aeroplane patrols to guard against any further raids by German aviators. A number of Frenrh norn planes are continually flying in the neiguDornoou or Paris and others kept in readiness to attack anv of the German airmen who appear in the sky. The attitude of Turkev Is awaited witn anxiety and at Petrograd (St Petersburg) dispatch savs she Is mn bllizing In the Persian boundary but slow IV. Another list of British rnanpltloa officially reported at London, num bers casualties at 5,228, of whom 47D are killed and wounded, and 4. 758 are missing. The list shows a large percentage of officers. London Dispatch, September 3. I lie battle to decide whether hlsto ry will repeat itself in a second sciee or raris is still in progress, according to latest ofnclal announcement. Future military historians will write volumes of the details of this battle but all the British public knows officially concerning the titan ic struggle the most momentous the untisii soldiers have fought s nee the battle of Waterfoo is contained In one sentence of an official report is sued last night by the press bureau 'Continuous fighting has been fi progress alone almost the whole line or miuie. To this the French official commit mention adds the fact that the allied forces have fallen back toward the southwest to avoid an nctinn nndor inifnvorable conditions. How far and to what line the allies have gone is unknown. In spite of the fart that tho French capital has been removed to Bordeaux and that the German army of the west Is within 30 miles of the outer fortifications of Paris, a strange air of confidence prevails today among the allies. The general feel ing seems to be that the German at. tack Is wearing Itself out In hammer ing away at the allied lines which give but do not break. Military experts agree that Paris will soon be the pivot of the hostile forces operating in the area of the west. Even the downfall of the French capital Is not expected to end these operations. The feeling of confidence was greatly increased by the news of the great Russian victory in Galicia. Re ports from; Petrograd tell of the en try of Russians Into Lemburg. the capital of Galicia. These appear creditable, as news of the defeat of the Austrians In that district has been received from several sources. The battle of Lemburg. according to reports, was one of the greatest in history. The battle line extended over 200 miles and it Is estimated that 1,500,000 men were engaged. According to an official disnntrh received by Emperor Nicholas, from ..rand Duke Nicholas, commander In chief of the Russian forces, the vic tory was won after seven davs fight ing. The climax came when the Austrians were routed in a final -.- fault on the Russian center which as hold by General Runkv. The Austrian army. In Galicia. was act ing in close co-operation with two ser:-s oi aisa-ttTs ending in a com plete rout vilun an a'.te. it.i wjs made Jti) pu roe the Russian centre. In the west the line now heM by the Irft Itank of the aliircl armies i:i the valley of the Oise runs diagonally from a point northeast of P.-ris to Compiegne and thence throuirh Nov- en (14 mib northwest of Com piegnei to La Fere. THE EVENTS OF WEDNESDAY. The fourth day of the second yen- eral battle between the Germans and the allies finds Kninprnr Willi. .n'c forces pressing with unprecedented strengtn their advance on Paris. Their right is reported within 40 miles of the French capital but the British and French continue a stub- bora resistance. In the east the fighting provrresse with unabated furv. Both the Russi an and Austro-Gernian armies have met with successes and reverses. It Is admitted in Petroead tit. Pe tersburg! that two army corp were defeated in east Prussia and that three Russian generals wire loM. The Austrians appear to have been defeated lit Galicis, where ever whelming: successes are claimed by the Russians. A dispatch from Vien na states that the Austrians have d emeu io evacuate Lemberg, the tvri- tiii oi uaiiria. Th? German embassy in Washing ton nas been informed hy the Berlin foreign office that the Germans have occupied i.cdz, the principal manu facturing town in Russian Poland. The san e dispatch charges cruelties on the part of the Russian and the l rencn troops The attitude of Turkev and tialv are anxiously retarded by all the bel ligerents. A sem-ollical disunion from Petrograd says Turkish troops nave fanned on the shores of Asia Minor at Smyrna. Further pressure is reported to have been brought on Italy by Germany and Austria tn have her support the triple alliance. RUSSIAN CAPITAL CHANGES ITS NAME. ' St. Petersburg Dispatch Sept 2. The name St. Petersburg does not appear in any Russian newspaper to- uay. inus nas been observed the im perial edict issued vesterdav rhpiu. ing the name of the Russian capital io reirograa, on account of the Ger man form of the name under which the citfcr has been known since its foundation. DISASTER TO RUSSIANS. London Dispatch, Sept 2. Advices received here front St Pa. tersburg to the effect that t he f?iittd, an general staff frankly confesses to disaster to two army corps, including me ioss oi mree generals. FRENCH MOVE CAPITAL. Paris Dispatch, Sept. 3. A proclamation has lust hppn tsan ed by the governmnet announcing mni me government departments will oe iransrerred temporarily to Bor deaux. FRENCH AND RUSSIAN ATROCI TIES. Washington Dispatch, Sept. 2. The German embassy receive,! a wireless today from Berlin announc ing that "German and Austrian sol diers have occupied Lodz, the largest manuiacturing center in r.ussian Po land, and that the battle northward from Lemberg is continuing. ine report is ronfirmpd " tha mon. sage adds, "that the French abducted 11 women and 25 rhildren from o German frontier nlaee: al so a Itnunit. al doctor and assistant from Lorch- ingen; tate unknown. The papers are full nt t? horrors in east Prus-ia. Tha nut ans cut off the breast of a mother and impaled her five children on a fence. "Four CofSackg ravished n wnman while they handcuffed her husband and forced him to bo witness." GERMANS ACCUSED OF KILLING 1 HEIR OWN WOUNDED. London Dispatch, 2nd, 2:25 a. m. The Ostend corresnnmlant nf iha Express quotes Leon Hirad, senator of Hainsault, as testifying "that Ger mans Killed the r own severely wniin- ded on the battlefield, only tending mose wno wouiu soon recover. mere are many signs according tn the dispatch that the Grrm ana fiuft'ei'. ed heavily at Mons. Returning rem nants of those who were in tbe fight spoke bitterly of r?ri t iri imi ro era One force of 250 British, it Is stated, must have accounted for thousands of Germans. All along the ir line nf retreat they had prepared a defense made with bags full of potash found n a neignnoring factory. Thrntn-h these wre placed Maxl mn and nn top German helmets. The first time the Germans came up to this seem ingly friendly line the Maxims spoke, and soon no Germans were left. This Was thi Ki'i-taiun 'il a l.in.t rablei-ram rfiv.-i ih. V!nt Houe and tate Impart. . i t i t. from Ambassador ".Ji.rv i u;;.. -'i. ilil. first message ftoi t him u, , i,,; days. The Amba-.-aior n. :. u. mention of ary declaration cf war, but referred to the diplomat".- .-;ni.t-tion as hi:: hly critical. FORCES OF TH li;liTER. represents a mass c." 1", of th Allitw "t : an.-' t :ii-r.--C.,1 " vv l to fa.'t j-, S - i I ! . - (..Id ; il.' I;t. i lli .h. IVoUably Tin Million Men Xt.w in Annies That are Fating Cth Other. Charlotte Observer. Tho European war struggle on land cl a 568.000 trained men against 6, H 75,000 of th and her allies when Tut key with UOj.o'iil men for German: culating the forces from the point of the equipment of th. for which Germany is lorn-' bo b'vi prepared, and from t! that Germany's military compulsory, wiiili all of tht. haven't compulsory service, ti cf lighting nie:i a. mall avji', t ho present Ui,:e aie prolu'.j i he Kaiser. Germany U fii.!iti;itf in a c-t'ter and has th-; ailvair;-: concentration ot i.i.-ii and i. r v !' left transport service. Uui i.; com pel led to cany her arn.i. .-, ;.::it!y from Asia, and partly from (?!'.. i-i' i mote points, by an imlifiVier.r ti.tiu port service a it I England is f-euied by her voluntary military enlistment, laws in quickly moholiziiig. tv-eiv-Isls. Discounting the Japanese stand ing of a quarter million, the equipped standing armies of the Allies aggre gate 2,130,000 men against Germany and her allies' armies of l,5S:i.oo0. This is not counting the smaller arm ies of the Nations' territorial posses sions. ARMIES OF NATIONS. England has a standing army of 125,000 men and a total of trained military men, including reservists, of 798,000, for land service. France's standing army is 750,000. total train ed 2,150,000. Russia's standing army, In Europe 949,000, In Asiii 124.000: total trained 5. 400 fifll). Servia's standing army 24,000, train ed 350,000. Belgium's standing ar my 58.000. total trained 340.000. Japan, standing army 250,000, total trained 1.500.000. These are tho land forces of the allies. Total stand ing armies 2,380,000, total trained 10,568,000. Germany has 700,000 standirg ar my, 3,850.000 trained. Including re servists. Austria-Hungary's stand ing army is 424,000; total trained 2,220,000. Turkey has 375.00i stindinp; army, total trained men 905,000. Total standing armies 1. 589,000; total trained 6.975,000. When Turkey enters for Germany this renders the fighting on land in a final analysis, 10,528,000 men against b,:i,i),ooo. substracting the 1,500, OOOmen of Janan. who has declared she will not enter the land fightiiu; in Europe, the odds are reduced to round numbers, 8 men for the allies against 6 for the German aggrega tion. Turkey He fine to Let tho North Carolina In. Washington. Sent 2 T lirkev haa declined to grant the request of the United States for nerntisKlnn tn Bond the cruiser North Carolina through the Dardanelles to Constantinople to deliver i50,ono in gold deposited here for the relief of Americans in the Ottoman Empire. The Grand Vizier has Informed the American Government thai tha ti lers of the Dardanelles are mined and that It would be unsafe for a vessel as large as the North Carolina tn go through the straits A Fight in the Air Over Paii. Paris Dispatch, 2nd, 11:20 p. m. A fight in the air over Tarts tnnt place this evening. Th rea f:ei'iui aeroplanes hovered over the capital ami immediately two French ma chines were sent up to engage them. Meanwhile rilles and machine gun.-t mounted on public buildings kept up a constant fire. By this means on of the German machines berm .te sep arated from the others nnd th . French aviators Hew swiftly in iu di -rection. The German opened fm t which the Frenchmen replied vigor ously. The engagement seemed to turn I the disadvantage of the German. uh mounted siieedilv to a h and holding this position, was saved from further attack. He finally dis appeared in a Notthwest direction over rort Romainville after a vain pursuit. The other German aeroplanes also escaped the fire of the guns and alter eircling about for a considerable time disappeared from view. Abmit to Squelch a l-egal Light. Laurinburg Exchange. Down at Wilson they have a mayor that doesn't permit lawyers appear ing in his court to Indulge in anv criticism of the court, at least such criticism as reflects upon his hon or. The other day W. A. Lttca?. a lawyer appearing for a party before the court, said in the course of his remarks something about It being: impossible to secure a legal tria4 in the court. The mayor did not say "10 days in Jail," but instead imme diately adjourned court, stepped from the bench, pulled oiT his coat, and but for the interference of tho. officers and spectators would have mixed with the legal light. Grandson of Monroe on the DiamoiwL Laurinburg Exchange. Mr. Lee Correll. son of Mr mi Mrs. R. E. Correll, who has been play ing steif.i ball with Columbia in the South Atlantic League, returned ti his home at Laurinburg Saturday. Mr. Correll had no trouble in unking; the South Atlantic League. His bat ting average during the sexsnn reach ed 314 and at the close was 301. He- He declared also that It might establish Her. fn iUe IV ".Z.l V- I' . . .. -"'- i.llloil mill !1I - ' - "-' ,,,: i.i.-.-a&e n outer mr- return to tne a. fc m. college, where Connan army corps facing Breslau eign war ships and suggested that the he finishes this year.
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