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The Monroe journal
PUBLISHED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
VOL.22. NO. 64.
MONROE, N. G, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1916.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
POUND, POUND, IS THE
DAILY WORK OF ENGLISH
KYK-Vl ITF.NESS SAYS TH IT THEY
will ih.ivk gekmav . OUT.
At They Move Day by Iay 1 tan cor
Grow le. a German s Weaken
t'tui Fire Five Slit-lls to German
One.
The special correspondent of th
New York World with the Ilritish !n
France gives a closer insight Into
the present lighting than anything wi
have seen. He says:
The most impressive thin? about
the big new Ilritish army on the
Soiunie la the universal belitf that
nothing can stop it from driving th
Germans completely out of Fiance.
It N impossible, even in this open
country, to see more than a fraction
of the regained ground from any one
spot. Each new division coming up
to the trenches must pass over I tiles
of captured (German trenches before
reaching the battle line. Long before
they are under shell-tire they are al
ready on ground held by the Ger
mans two months ago.
Strive to Push On.
The inspiring effect of this is such
that the fresh troops can hardly be
held back In resservo, but want to
push on in emulation o' the troops
already gone before.
I have asked many soldiers of an
ranks If they want to qui.
"What, quit when we have them
out of the deep ledoubts and on the
move? Never! We will not quit
while there is a German soldier on
French soil. Now they are steadily
losing something every day. One ol
these days we shall have them on the
run."
If there is anything In numbers,
equipment and determination the
British will succeed. For the new
British troops r.ie as serious as
French poilus. When I asked about
peace, they said what every one says
In France:
"Time enough to talk about peace
when the Germans ate baik in Ger
many." liriiMt Have More l.!ovv'.
If th" tensor will permit n.o to s:,y
to. I believe Great Britain 1 as enough
troops in Fiance to r.dvutice on I ho
v hole 100-hiile t'."iit as much .is on
the Sommc. Von Wiegand said in 11
cable to The World that he had wen,
the German reserves in France and
was greatly Impressed. 1 have seen
the British reserves in France, and
whatever the Germans may be the
.British are vastly superior.
Von Witgnnd also said the Ger
mans Jealously guarded theirs. The
British do not. They Have so many
they do not core who sees them.
They could hardly hide them i: they
wanted to. I saw a small villag:
grown luto one of the biggest cities
in France, oil under ttnts. .Another
was nearly as big.
To get even a glimpse of the Brit
Ish military organization In France
took four hard days or motoring.
Everywhere were British soldiers and
British bases. Touching the tiring
line tit several points between Loos
nnd the Stunine, a distance of ninety
miles, I found the British better oil
everywhere in ammunition and nir-
crart. The British are tiring live
shells to the Germans' one, except on
the Somine.
The Germans were shelling u point
near Yprcs and the British wire
counting the shell. When iifly tl!
the officer with me said:
"That will be all for that battery
this week. It has used up its allow
ance." Germans are Ilatidicsippetl.
Here on the Soinuio the Germans
are unlimited, and they are using
enormous contact shells, but they
cannot gauge their fire because the
aircraft date not go up to watch. A
German observation balloon has just
tried to go up, but was frightened
down by a fleet of Britls h aeroplanes.
Meanwhile. I can count -ight British
observation balloons that hive be-n
up all afternoon. The Germans are
obviously handicapped seriously in
the air.
Nothing proves the steadiness of
the British gain more than the weari
ness of the men by whom I am sur
rounded here, just back of the firing
' line. They are sappers, who reor
ganize and connect the captured Ger--man
tranches with their own. Every
night they have hundreds of yards
of trenches made by the Germans to
make ready for British ocruprncy.
They pushed through Delvllle Wood
trench by trench.
"The Germans don't stay in the
trenches any more." said. one. ' They
fight from shell holes In front and
behind them. The trenches a-e so
badly blown up we have to dig them
crew."
Gain Inexpensive In Live.
Though the new methods of trench
fighting are more deadly than form
erly, the small gains from day to day
made by the British on the Soainie
are astonishingly inexpensive in lives.
Even under steady drunfl-e British
troops are advancing on new German
trenches every day without serious
loss. It is frequently less expensive
to go on.
The Germans cannot prevent them
from making sorties evety where, hnd
from this side of the line It took? as
If the Germans, In spite of their un
deniable courage, wero weakening be
fore the steady British assaults. The
French at Verdun, under tdinllar at
tack, never gave up trenches as the
Germans do.
The fature of this period of the
Somme Cghting Is ih steady dally
gains 'nexpt-nslvely nttamed. Con
Blderlng i;at the BrltUh are stead-lv
on the ,.TD8lve, their losses are not
commensurate with :.e German b-ts-rs
at Verdun. An actual assault on
the German trenches t.n the Somme
is much less expensive than similar
German assaults at A'erdun The
Germans on the Solum are evidently
not fighting as despc-rrteW as the
French at Verdun, and In the battle
at Its height individur.1 morale Is all
important. So the allied success is
increasing daily on the Somme.
The battlefield of the Somme looks
as if it were painted by a cubist.
Across the long irregular lint a oi
raptured German trenches tens of
thousands of Ilritish soldiers are con
stantly trailing, accompanied by am
munition wagon and cannon all
splashed with gobs of red and gieen
paint, so they will be inconspicuous
to the rare German aviators who
brave 4he British lines at i great
height. The big motor Ionics which
go to the front lines tire also splashtd
with paint in this strange manner.
and go twisting their away anion's
camps the tents of which are mor
bizarre in coloring than the tepi i s
of American Indians.
liaitlciicltl slimy willi Mud.
The whole battlefield Is slimy with
mud and marked with twisted sticks
where forests have been and a few
heaps of bricks to mark the towns.
To complete the effect, white, yellow,
green and black shells are bursting
all about, and as they burst send up
streaks of mud.
The peaceful Valley of the Somme
is now as unnatural as a modernist
picture. Everything Is unexpecUd.
Just now it was bright and sunny,
and I was struck by the seriousness
of the faces. Then a cold rain came
and every one began to smile.
We are going toward the Germans
to avoid the shells. We are passing a
long string of mine craters, which cut
the German front lines and made
them a part of the British lines. The
graves of French soldiers are marked
merely with their names. The Ger
man invaders killed are nil labelled
"Heroes."
North of Thiepval the British are
cleaning out n raptured German
trerih. As they advance from day to
day they kill the occupants with hand
grenades, meanwhile cut tins off re
treat and assistance with arrows shut
from rille barrels, which explode far
down th.' trench. The Germans snip
ing from shelters rush up one stair
way to surrender when burning kero
sene Is poured down the oth r. The
German communicating trenches are
filled with reserves waiting for a
counter attack, but each is blown up
by a mine, scattering u lump of rem
nants. Always Pushing; On.
The Australians, who looked In
vincible to ino In Egypt, ore merged
here Into a mass of London clerks
and Cornish miners. They all go for
ward, interminably nnd monotonous
ly, and are but smudges on the enor
mous canvas.
It is too big to appreciate the Indi
vidual. It leaves a bewildered though
vivid impression. The British seem
to be always pushing on. bringing up
more troops, more painted cannon,
more cubist lents; all to bursts of
slieiliire as umven us a modern sum
phony. du d here i ai: from home.
Youii'i Daughter of Mr. Williams
Who is in this County from Arkan
sas Died Almost Wit limit Warning
Wednesday.
Metta Isabelle, the twelve-year-old
daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. J. L. Wil
liams of Dtlssrk, Ark., died Wednes
day at the home of Mr. J. 0. Williams
in Come Creek township. The family
came bote in an automobile two
weeks ago to stay with relatives till
November. The young lady was ap
parently in perfect health until a few
days ago. on Monday she appeared
to be slightly sick, and on Wednes
day morning was up till about twelve
o'clock, when she became very ill and
soon tiled with a congestive chill.
She was but twelve years old but was
well grown, vigorous and healthy for
her a;:e. She went with her sister to
be weighed Wedcnsday morning.
The remains were burled yesterday
afternoon at Crooked Creek church
where relatives of the family are bur
led and where Mr. and Mrs. William"
buried a little child before they went
West tighteen years ago. This is the
lirst visit Mr. Williams has made
back home in fourteen years. Ho
brought his family and expected to
have two months of happy days with
relatives. He has not yet decided
what effect the sad loss will have up
on his plans.
Mouse Was Defeated.
Ex. -Governor Cole Blease, trying
to come back to the chief mngistry of
the Palmetto State, was defeated by
the present Incumbent, Governor
Manning, In the second primary Tues
day, but he wasn't defeated very
"crushlngly," as some of the papers
claim. Mr. Manning received some
thing over 70.000 votes and Mr.
Blease nearly 66,000. A difference of
four or five thousand In ar, big a vote
as that is no great matter. Blease
lead the ticket In the first primary
but the strength of the other candi
dates went to Manning in the second.
Congressman Wyatt Aiken of the
Third district, who has long been in
congress, was defeated for the nomi
nation by Mr. Dominick of Newberry.
I. I). Chancey, veteran sheriff of
Hartford. Ala., who was awaiting
trial at the fall term of the Geneva
county court, on an Indictment charg
ing him with having killed a man
named Driver at Hartford last Janu
ary, was shot and killed Sunday in
Houston county, Ala. It Is charged
that Bartow Driver, brother of the
man killed by the sheriff, did the
shooting.
GOOIl MEETING AT THF. THAI I.
Close! Sunday Mttltl With Gleat
Sm-ioss iK'alh of a Good Woman
Many Iam-uI ami Personal Items.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Indian Trail. Sept. 1J Misses
Mary Boyd and Kat" Tmibct liu of
this place visited friends and rela
tives in Matthews the latter part of
the week.
Mr. Vein Haikey ol Florida, and
his brother, Mr. Join Harkcy of
Oakboro, spent Sunday with their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Har
kcy. Mr. Ctrl Crowe!!, whe has been
working for the Southern Express
Company at Aberdeen, is lnio on a
week's vacation among friends and
relatives.
Mr. Frank Tomberlin returned
home Sunday after a week's stay ;.t
Badin. We think he is so favorably
impressed with the place that he w ill
never go there to work any more.
Miss Alice Simpson spent last
wek with friends in and around tne
village.
Miss Allie Mae Kendall spent some
time the lirst part of the week with
relatives in Monroe.
Mr. L'd Kobinson, who has spent
a fortnight around the village with
friends and relatives, left Saturday
for Charlotte, where he will spend
a few days before returning to his
home in Oklahoma.
Mr. Henry Broom, who is working
in Charlotte, spent Saturday night
with his sister. Mrs. T. A. Shaw.
Mrs. Jessie Plyler of Siler com
munity spent the latter part of last
week with Mrs. S. H. Crowell.
Rev. B. B. Shankell began a pro
tracted meeting at Siler church,
about five miles south of here, Sun
day. Miss Fanthea Harkey of Charlotte,
visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel Harkcy Sunday.
The following friends and rela
tives of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Morris
took dinner with them Sunday: Mr.
and Mrs. Emsley Morris of Siler
neighborhood, Messrs. Frank Vestal.
Guy Crowell, Henry Miller and
Carl Crowell of Matthews, and Mrs.
Mary Carter, also of .Matthews. They
all attended the preaching service
here Sunday.
Miss Odessa Lomniond spent
Thursday of last week with Miss
Tommy Mil.eod of Stallinsville
neighborhood.
Mr. Lester Crowell of Chariot to.
spent one day last week with Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Morris.
Miss Tommy McLeod was the
guest of Miss Kuth Morris here Wed
nesday of last week.
I nut requested to announce that
there will be a children's day ser
vice at the Presbyterian church here
on October 1. Everybody Is invited.
Mrs. A'onie Wilson, wife of Mr.
Richard Wilson, tlied at 6 o'clock
Saturday morning. She Is survived
by her 'mother. Mrs. Susie Porter,
also by three brothers, Messrs. Billy,
Andy and J. l:. Porter, with two sis
ters, Miss Clementine Porter and
Mrs. Haley Bow den. She leaves a
husband and eight children to
mourn her loss. She was forty-one
years of age, and had for many
years been a member of the Pleas
ant Plains Baptist church. She
was laid to rest Sunday evening at
3 o'clock in the cemetery of her
heme church.
The protracted meeting, which
had been In progress for fifteen days
came to a close Sunday night. Thl '
meeting resulted In one of the great
est revivals in the history of Indian
Trail. Kev. J. O. Irvin of pilwortb.
Chariot to, assisted Kev. H. M. Vest
al!, the pastor, the lirst week. Main
souls were converted under his
preaching. Thirty-seven members
were added to the church during the
meeting.
Itev. H. M. Vestal and wife, also
his daughter, Miss Mary Vestal, with
Mrs. Hood, Messrs. John Stevens,
and Charley McLaughlin and daugh
ter, took dinner with Mr. and Mrs.
Will Kendall Sunday. Sir John.
Mt. l'rostoet .News.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Monroe It. 4. Sept. 14. Mrs. A.
Osborne of Smyrna is spending a few
days with her sou. Kev. M. A. Os
borne. Misses Mae and Leola B"Ik left lot
Salisbury Normal Institue Wednes
day.
Mrs. Mollle Presto r of Macedonia is
visiting her sis-dors, Mrs. Judge
Starnes and Mrs. Jason Moser, this
week.
Miss Annie Charles of Lexington is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. T. D. Green.
Mrs. II. L. Yarborough is spending
some time with relatives a. Charlotte
and Gastonia.
Aline, the little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. M. D. Starnes. has Just te
covered from a severe attack of diph
theria. Miss Sarah Belk spent last week
with Miss Mtggie Coan in fie Wax
raw community.
Mr. nnd Mrs. W. C. Broome de
lightfully entertained the young peo
ple of the community Tuesday night.
Myrtle, the lo-year-old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Brown Laney, who has
been suffering for some time with tu
berculosis of the bone, has been tak
en to Charlotte for treatment. It is
feared that her foot will have to be
taken off.
Miss Una Plyler Is visiting relatives
at Mineral Springs and Monroe this
week.
Miss Nancy Lathan has gone back
to Monroe to work In the millinery
department of Belk Bros, store dur
ing the fall season.
Mrs. Deese of Concord Is visiting
her daughter, Mrs. C. O. Manus.
Sprlggs.
I'l.ICK WAS FIFTEEN
KNTS, .NOT TWF.LYI'.
Someone MipKtl It Over on the
Farmers in Sending Out False lie
Hiit ami All I'ier4 Are Asked
to Correct National In km Said
Fifteen Cent.
The Journal published the press
dispatch saying that the presidents
of the State Farmers Union, in their
session at Nw Orleans, fixed the
minimum price of cotton at twelve
cents. This stunt d so strange that
comment was made cn it by this pa
per. Now it seems that there was a
nigger in the woodpile and that he
was a good big nigger, tbout the
size cf fifteen dollars on evt ry bsie
of the s. viral millions that will be
offered for sale this year. The Pro
gressive Parmer has this artiiio of
explanation:
We now call upon all farmers and
all papers liieitdly to farmers to help
correct one of the most damrable
falsehoods yi-t p rpetrated to cheat
growers out cf a fair price for this
years' cotton crop.
Willi startling surprise and aston
ishment cotton farmers read in tie
daily papers last week that a meet
ing of Slate Farmers' Union Presi
dents, held in New Orleans, had
recommended twelve cents as a mini
mum price for cotton.
And this was reported on a day
when even new-crop middling cotton
was bringing 15 cents all over the
South! It was reported also the day
after Superintendent Hester publish
ed the cotton statistics printed else
where on this page and in the very
city where he published them!
From Virginia to Texas this state
ment of leaders representing the
growers of the crop was hailed with
hallelujahs by the bears and with
amazement by farmers. The price or
cotton slumped quickly afterward,
and this report was no doubt partly
to blame.
Now what are the facts? The facts
are that this report was not only a
lie but a lie promoted by high-handed
forgery and fraud. The facts uie
that instead of naming twelve cents
a pound as a reasonable minimum
for this years' crop, the Farmers'
Union President,! named fifteen cents
and say it should bring twenty cents.
"We nnd thr.t conditions warrant a
price of twenty cents, nnd we urge
larimrs not to sell any cotton at all
at less than fifteen cents," is the of
ficial statement signed by those
Uniun presidents wno remained In
New Orleans niter the discovery of
this amazing fraud.
The tragedy of It is that the As
sociated Press which s-ent the falso
report to all dailies seems to liav.'
sent out no correction whatever. Wi
therefore urge all papers friendly to
farmers to copy this article, and for
fear many editors will not see It v
urge every cotton growing reader to
send it to his newspaper.
The fight for fair prices cannot b
defeated by such knavery. Condi
tions now are such that farriers
should pet back the millions they
lost two years icn and every farmer
should help In this crusade.
I I K I : FATING LEGAL TEX DEIS.
Tim! Is What Ft! as Seem Like nt
Pi-OM'iit Price- A Few lloinurk
About Tiovu Building anil n HooM
for M.u-vliv ill.
tl!y O. P. Timi; t.)
Wingatc. Sept. II. -Mi' i Johnson,
a iiiiiiicr t.mli' r in the s ol hero,
is s;i. lining the weik ..noiig her
fiiends and former studmts in town.
.Miss Annie Duncan of Indian Trail
is visiting friends it ml relatives in
Wingatc this wet k.
Mr. D. S. Flowe of Chailotte spent
Sunday with frimds here.
Mrs. Boyec Helms of Monroe spent
the tirst part of the week with the
family of her pan nts. Mr. and Mi s
IS. !.. Womblo. Mis'. Helms nNo vis
i'ed the home of her grand-parents,
Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Perry.
Mr. J. Harley Thomas has gone to
Badin to work for the Alumiiriin Co.
Mr. Brutus Austin, son of Jur, and
Mrs. B. D. Austin, has returned from
Padin, where he has been engaged
with the Alliimfnum Co. for some
time, to assist in gathering the crops.
Mr. Justus Austin, who has been
engaged In railroad work for some
time, is now at work at Badin. Short
er hours and better wages tell the
story.
The price of eggs Is so high that
they don't taste good (?) like they
tlid when they brought 10 to 12 cents
per doz. It's too much like eating
legal tender.
Looks like our housewives are get
ting In the "middle of a big bad fix."
Garden sass all give out, field peas
nnd roasting ears too dry and mature,
so that they hardly know where to
look for something suitable for din
ner. Have to resort to the paper bag
and tin can method, I reckon, as the
only alternate.
I am requested to announce that
Mr. Will D. Upshaw of Atlanta, one of
the most noted orators in the South,
will lecture In the church at Meadow
Branch next Sunday at 11 o'clock a.
m.. and at Marshville the following
afternoon. The public generally Is
cordially Invited. A rare treat is In
store for those who attend. Free to
everybody. Remember the date, and
come along.
After spending several days with
the family of her son. Mr. Frank
Nash, Mrs. Calvin Nash returned to
her home Thursday.
There was a reunion of the Connell
family tost Tuesday at the home of
Mr. Nathaniel Connell In Goose Creek
township. A large crowd was In at
tendance, a fine and most enjoyable
day, a splendid dinner, and fine speech
from Rev. C. J. Black made the day
one long to be remembered by all
present.
Mis. Charles Beddingficld of Wake
county is visiting the family of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Perry
of Wingate.
His friends and schoolmates will
rejoice to hear that Mr. Wilson Boss,
who has been suffering for some iim
with typhoid fever, is improving rap
idly and hopes soon to be able to
take his place in school here.
Verily, our sister town. Marshville,
deserves highest praise and heart;,
congratulations tor ihe j 1 -n I . i
progress she is making in the i.u
provement. uplift and attractiveness
along till lines. Your scribe thinks
that this splendid showing is lti- t
the flee use of the A P's jlttcK
push, perseverance and printer's inh
There sue other towns that might
prolit by Mn h ille's example. uu
can't build up a town by .-imply cram
ming a few goods in a hole on the
sidewalk and then sitting yourself
down at the entrance to watch mid
wait for a customer to happen rhur.
and ti sk what you have for sale, your
price, etc.. and what would you buy
in the way of country produce - fain
products and what you would pa;,
for thus and : ). No. the day for such
methods has gone and the town ih-'t
depends for its success, grow th an !
development will soon find itsc!
ready for the undertaker. Towns !
not grow up spontaneously ; these
must be some effort, some energy,
some public spirit and local pride,
plenty of faith, and last hut not least
the judicious use of means back of
every town if it is to grow and de
velop into anything worthy the name.
Selfishness, greed and inertia lazi
ness are deadly poisons to any pub
lic institution or enterprise.
LIVE NOTES I ISOM M AISSII VII I.E
Some Spiy Old Persons Who Are
Visiting Around Seaboard Agent
Looking the Town Over Going ft
Have a Chamber of Comiiieicc
High School Enrollment.
Correspondence of The Journal.
Marshville, Stpt. 15. Following
closely upon th'! heels of Monroe, th
merchants and business men general
ly of Marshville are soon to organ
ize a Chamber of Commerce. Tl -idoa
has been in the mind of some
our lending citizens for somrt;i.i
and it Las now reached the Mag"
where an organization seems piaeti
table. Therefore, on Tuesday even
ing, September. 26, a meeting will be
held here having as Its object the or
ganization of the Marshville Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr. T. S. Evans,
Agricultuial Agent of the Seaboard
Air Line Railway company, will be
present to aid in what ever way pos
sible In breathing life into (lie un
dertaking. Marshville is made up i.i
a progressive people, and they are
not slow to see the good that will In
evitably come from an organization
or this kind.
Mr. W. D. Upshaw, noted lecturei
and writer, will lecture at the Bap
tist church In re next Sunday art, r
noon at 3 o'clock. It Is hoped th...
a large attendance may be had.
Mr. J. L. Tice of Anson county w;is
a visitor here yesterday. .Mr. Tin
talks interestingly of the forth-coming
fair, and says that lie has e.i
of the finest beef calves er seen
in his section of the county. He re
ports to enter th" c : If at the lair,
and feels confident thai ho will pie
a prize w inner.
Mrs. W. B. Love of Monroe
been the gmst of her sister. Mi
L. Ihiggir.s. llie past few dais.
h::--.
1..
.ir. .i. t . rimer. 1 1 1 r 1 1 1 riy a
dint cf tins place, has returned
hi.i lamily and liny will resid
in the future. Mr. liiifir !.a
1 e. i
w i:i-
lie! V
cepted a position with the
Cash Co, a. cot ion buyer.
C:iil.;
employ
lie.u 1...
Mr. O. t!. Gibson, form
ed by the Sejihoal'd here,
cati, d at Lemon springs,
tor in town jesterdiiy.
erly
b.H
was
a vs' i-
The high school now enjoys
rolliiietit of 2".!, which is- con
;in
O'l-
ido
very good indeed. Prof. Mudgo mid
his able corps of teachers have now
"got their bearings" and the woil: Is
proceeding in a most satisfactory
manner. We are told that a most
friendly spirit exists between both
teacher and pupils, and that pros
pects were never brighter for a suc
cessful session.
Mr. T. S. Evans, of the Seaboard
Development Department, was a visi
tor here Wednesday, he having been
sent here by officials of the ror.d
merely to "look the town over." For
sometime the Seaboard has had an
eye on Marshville, and Mr. Evans is
persuaded that the greatest of pos
sibilities lie Just ahead of us- -th"
only thing necessary Is simply to go
after them this, we are going to do.
Rev. R. II. James, for several
years a resident of Marshville, is
soon to move to Oakboro, where he
and Mrs. James will reside at the
home of their son. We regret to
have these good people leave us, but
trust that they ntry find peace and
contentment in their new home.
Chief of Police Barrett Is wearing
the smile that won't come off he
has assumed the responsibility of
caring for a fine little girl, the little
Miss having arrived last Tuesday
morning.
Mr. J. M. Braswell, age R8; Mr.
W. D. Morgan, age 86; and Miss Lou
Morgan, age 90. are Marshvllle's
young-old people. Mr. Braswell has
been visiting relatives near Peach
land, and Mr. Morgan, though af
flicted with rheumatism, spent Sun
day with his son, Mr. W. T. Morgan,
In Lanes Creek township. Miss Mor
gan, older than either of the old
gentlemen, does not look to be more
than seventy.
THE LATEST NEWS TOLD
IN THE BRIEFEST FORM
MIt llON Wil l. BEGIN
Itillt H CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK
Front li and English Continue Vt -e.ltil
hut Russian and ISiimiin
i.uis St-ein Not to Make llaow.i
The News lists It.-en Broken l
Mr. Marshall (l.lui Notes.
C libs, a town loll by the Git-
tiians in Fiance ami on- m sirs t fie
importance around whi-h the : . p f ; 1 1 i i;
lists been ti' mo for a ! ng time, is
about to fall into th Lands "f the
Allies, wht re l!n :r s..- t .-i s again-l
the Germans continue. However, the
Russians sum m.l to !., i.jstksnc any
headway, s.ni :!io Gisn.atH a:: J Bul
gsirisius are cent issuing th. ir success
against the Kui. s'iiisins.
Mrs. Anna llowi, . btr of Presi
dent Wilson, is erilirsiU., 11 s-.t New
i.i in'.on. t'"iin., sind Air. ilon has
been with In r. Her dtstih is expect
ed at any tii.se.
The President will net b;in ;is
"porch campaign" at Shadow Lawn
until next week, lie has definitely
decided to make no speeche s.way
rrom L r.g r.iisnrh except before non
partisan oiganizations. He will ac
cept the challenge of Charles E.
Hughes, the Republican nominee, on
the issue created by the settlement or
the recently threatened railroad
strike.
Mr. Wilson also has decided to
avoid personalities as much as possi
ble and devote himself strhtly to
tell of the achievt ments of his
Administration and to attacks on the
Republican party. The President will
dwell particularly on the prosperity
of the couutiv and on his nlnns for
jthe "industrial preparedness" of the
I country to meet the prohlci.i which
Ihe expects will devt lop after the
VI nil 1 , U I 1' 'l II II .1V1.1I.
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Fire last nitht i ih;.iiI-i, K- l. lriv.
ed the Paeilie Coast Company's liner
Congress two miles off Coos lisiy har
bor. Several vessels, which lushed
to her assistance in response to dis
tress calls helpi In r it-move iu-r 23t!
passengers and crew of 17o.
At Indianapolis last night Thomas
R. Marshall formally accept td the
renomination fur vice president, not
for additional honor, he said, "but
in the hope that I may assist in tl.e
re-election of Wood row Wilst n, vv
has not walked where the path has
led, but who has walked where there
Is no path and who has lett a trail."
Now York City is l:l the throes of
a strike en sili Ihe city's transporta
tion lines. Business and proft s-donal
men are trying to scllle the strike.
Warrants have been issued for Un
arrest of live young men of Raleigh,
charged with having "hazed" G. W.
Tieneken of Wilmington, a treshiiisin
at the Ninth Carolina A. & M. Col
lego. Condemn. -d sis hsiving forfeited her
right to lite llil ler the laws of Ten
nessee "Miilderoiis Msi'y." the big
female eh pliant heading the quintette
with Spin k shows, was ye.-ieiilay put
to death at Erwin. Tinnt .see, ' t In
State ti nt hot itii s ri iiiiring it. 1 1st v
ing none of the i,iii 1; poisons jit hand,
the show miti chose to hang the
beast. A li i'tiek car of tiio Carolina.
Ciinchlit hi A: Ohio Kailwssy w ;is used.
Heavy distills w , i e looped about the
elephant's in k and the sli-uu oper
ated crane l.ihd tl.e m:"ie totm
into the air. The an't.isil struggh i
for quite awhile hcfoic death lillSlll.V
rtsulted from straiuishition. Th"
showmen sue said to hate admitted
that hsid slain her eighth
man. her l;t- t victim In in;: Walter
Eldridge. a 'ii giti l.'n. ,ho was gored
to death sit Kingspoit Tuesday last.
Showmen valued the s.iiimal at $.
(HI0. Cotton opined tiipidly and the?
work of picking and sinning progress
ed under gem tally fatoratdo weathet
conditions hist wet!;, stccovding to (lie
weather bureau crop bulletin. The
boll wevil is active in parts of Mis
sissippi, Texas and Tennessee accord
ing to thl sreport. which says:
"There was some Improvement in
the crop in Oklahoma, whore it is put
ting on new growth and again bloom
ing freely in some localities.
"In North Carolina the prospects is
varlable with the plants fruiting bet
ter In some sections, but no improve-
ment or slight dt terioration In oth
ers. On the coastal plain In South
Carolina the young crop is blooming
and fruiting well. The plants are
shedding In Georgia and the top crop
Is reported to be poor. Cotton dete
riorated slightly in some section of
northern Alabama on account of in
sufficient moisture.
"In Mississippi (Melioration from
weevil continues and the crop is short
except in a few northwest counties.
In parts of Texas the weevil Is de
stroying new sections as fast as
formed and the outlook for the top
crop is poor. The condition of the
crop is fair to good In most parts of
Arkansas and Is generally good In
Tennessee, although the top crop Is
making but little growth In that
State. Weevil are reported this week
In Henderson county, Tennessee.
"Early cotton Is mostly harvested
In some fields in Florida and the
late Is opening rapidly, and the work
of picking and ginning Is progress
ing rapidly In all the southern part
of the area and Is being extended to
the most northern portions."