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"THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY NEEDS IT "THE UNION COUNTY PAPER EVERYBODY READS IT THEMON PUBLISHED TWICE EACH WEEK - TUESDAY AND FRIDAY MONROE, N. G, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 191S. $1.50 PER YEAR CASH. VOL 24. No. 6. lOVWb ROE MUCKY. THE HOWIE M1XE PROMOTER. IS -NOW IX JAIL Com it-ted Feb. 18 on Charge of False Pretense in Connection. With Sale of Union County Mining S'nrk.. Stephen II. Bracey, weal." gold mine promoter, has been convicted of false pretenses in connection w ith the sale or Howie Mining Co. stock, and is now in the Wheeling, W. Va., Jail. His sentence has not been learned. The Wheeling Telegraph of Feb. 16, give the following account of the proceedings: "The case was based upon one of four indictments found against Bra- rev hv the srrand jury, based upon the evidence of David H. McGary, and growing out of the sale of stocks by Bracey to McGary in the Howie Mlnina Co.. located in Union county. North Carolina. McGary alleges to h.iv Inst a total ot $23,000. but the particular indictment upon which Bracey was arraigned, alleged the ob taining by false pretense oi dui o, 980. . "The case was given to the crimi- ''n.il court 1urv late yesterday aJter noon and the jury deliberated until midnight. At that hour they were locked ud for the night and resumed their deliberations at 9:30 this morn- ing. The verdict of guilty was re tnmprt at 11:10 this morning. "Attorneys Frank A. O'Brien and TV R Evans, appearing with Attor- npv p red A. IJOIDII Ol uailllliui r, . behalf of Bracy, at once moved to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial. This motion was set for argu ment nn next Thursday morning. "The ease is one that has attracted unusual attention. Bracey had an office here in 1914. and a staff pro motine the development of his gold mlnine properties. Following the filing of charges by McGary, there were criminal and civil proceedings In several courts, and these climax in the indictment of Bracey on four counts with McGary as the com plaining witness. Just preceding the nnenlne of the trial here this week Bracey pressed a suit at Baltimore against McGary. alleging libel, and for which damages were asked, but McGary won the case. EVERY FAMILY SHOULD BEGIN LAYING IX WOOD SUPPLY That I the Advice of Mr. Blakeney Who Also Rcocommcnds KwtbliJi ment of Municipal Wood Yard. To the Editor of The Journal: As fuel administrator for Union coun tv, perhaps I should talk to the pub lic a little at this juncture. It is not my custom to advise people' about their domestic economies ana private affairs unless specially requested, but we have fallen on times which require covernment supervision in matters touching our mode of life heretofore regarded as strictly private. I am not now, however, issuing any gov ernment order, but merely sounding a word of warning and Issuing what mlEht well be called government aa vice. On account of the exigencies arising out of this war the United States government found it necessary to create two departments to regulate the conservation and supply of fuel and food in order to avoid as mucn as nosslble suffering caused by in equitable distribution. In the light of experience in other countries, this was a wise step and taken none too soon. In order to make the organization of these two departments more ern cient. State fuel and food admlnls tratOrs were appointed who In turn nnnlnted county fuel and food ad ministrators and all of them givethelr time and labor without stint and witn out pay. Speaking now in regard to fuel. I will say that Mr. A. w. mcai Ister. the State fuel administrator, has put forth enormous energy to ameliorate conditions in mis siaie. He did not succeed In getting into the stnte domestic coal In sufficient quan tity to meet the normal demand, but he made every errori to oo so has distributed tons of literature near lne on the fuel problem. When the situation was most acute municipal wood yards were Instituted and fuel supplied to them distributed nt cnst. In some cities wood chop ping brigades were organized and sent to the country to cut wood free of charee to "prevent any one from freezlngto death and to provide aealnst future deficiency in the sup ply. We considered the advisability of adontinar these and similar meas ures here In Union county but there is nlentv of wood to prevent actual suffering in this locality even In the entire absence of domestic coal, and he thine that gave us most concern was the Impassable condition of the TnnA leadiner to the towns of the enuntv. Honing all the time for. bet er weather and hence better roads w did not even adopt the expedient nrevalllne elsewhere of fixing the mrlces of wood per cord, preferring to let competition and the law of sup ply and demand regulate the price. We could hare fixed, the price of wood here under the law, but your committee was fearful that more harm than good might result under conditions here prevailing. We might fix the price, but there Is no law to compel a man to sell at that price and such a law might keep some wood off the market and thereby cause ieM distribution than might other wise be the case. A WARNING This leads u to emphasize th point with which we are now more especially concerned and that Is not to be caught napping again in this formed by the authorities that there no certainty of a sufficient supply of domestic coal nest winter and the outlook Is for another huge deficiency ith a repetition of railroad conges- ion facilities, due like all our troub les (as they claim these days) to the ar and weather conditions. As the ar continues this country will be called upon more and more to supply the exhaustion of the allies in hu rope as well as our own ever increas- ng necessities and therefore it be- ooves us to look ahead and try to provide against future contingency. we certainly can keep warm nere in Union county next winter if we ill begin now to provide fuel against that time and that Is the main object of this article. As fuel administrator therefore suggest and urge that ev- ery family begin now to lay in a supply of wood for next winter soon by contract or otherwise. Much wood can be cut yet before they get very busy on the .farms with their crops and If every family does not get a sufficient supply now on hand or In sight, the matter should most cer tainly not be delayed until the crops are ready for harvest in the fail. Remembering too that there is al ways some shiftless and some tran sient people, the city should provide a municipal wood yard in good time so as to supply any possible defi ciencies next winter and prevent ae- unl suffering. So we call upon our city authorities to give this matter immediate attention and with this word of warning and suggestion I am, Verv respectfully, W. S. BLAKENEY, County Fuel Administrator. COOK GETS CHAIN C3AX SENTENCE FOR BLACKMAIL Man Indicted for Attempted Black mail of Aged Atlanta Mayor Also Fined $1,000. Atlanta. Feb. 27. One year at hard labor on the chain gang and a fine of $1.000 the maximum pen alty lor a misdemeanor was tne sentence Imposed in Fulton county superior court today upon J. . Cook, a real estate agent, indiettd jointly with Mrs. Margaret Hirsca, wife of H. H. Hirsch. an insurance man, for an attempt to blackmail A3a G. Can dler, Atlanta's 65-year-oI1 multimil lionaire mayor, for 1 500.000. Mrs Hirsch will be placed on trial Friday. The jury deliberated less than nrii an hour and the entire Jttai consum er! not nulte eieht hours. . A jury was secured and the state naa presemea the bulk of its evidence before tne noon recess, in the testimony of M Candler, the first witness, and Fore-it Adair, who acted as his agent in aeai- inir with rook and Mrs. Hirscn. iae defense depended on a brief state ment hv Took himself. After sentence had been Imposed hv Judee Hill, counsel for Cook made a motion for a new trial. The court setting March 16 as the date for hear ing arguments on the plea and fixed the amount of Cook's bond at $3,000. The court room was crowded including many women and children Mrs. Hirsch entered court wearing a heavy veil, but after taking her seat with counsel for Cook, she removed it and smiled and nodded to those about her in an unconcerned manner Cook told the jury that he at no time sought to procure any money from Mayor Candler, and that tne two conferences that he naa witn Forest Adair were at the latter's so licitation. He told of seeing Mrs, Hlrsh go to the mayor's office on two occasions and of watcning tnrougn the letter slot In the door. He said he once saw them in a compromising position, and that while he was at the door. Mrs. Hirsch rusnea over ana op ened it. He saw a garment on the flnnr. which he nicked up. He dis played to the jury what he claimed was the same garment. Mavor Candler told of meeting Mrs. Hirsch in connection with chari tv work and of her visiting his office to discuss such work. He saia ne never had made any Improper ad vances to her and that on her last visit after she had removed her coat and hat while he was Investigating her statement that a man was looking In the window, he left the office to bo to that of his son in the same building, and met Cook outside th door. Adair told of a conference with Mrs, Hirsch February 12. at which Asa O. Chandler, Jr.. was present, Mrs. Hirsch. he asserted, asked for $500,000 for herself and $5,000 to pav her husband s debts, cook, ne said, had been the first one to sug gest a money payment, that having been at a previous conference. Adair said his object in carrying on the ne gotiations was to secure evidence and report the matter to the authorities. The state Introduced witnesses In an effort to show a close relationship between Cook and Mrs. Hirsch. Thomas C. Martin, vlce-nresider of the Third National bank, testified that two days before the grand jurv returned the Indictments, Mrs. Hirsch called at the bank, told him that she expected soon to come Into possession of a large sum of money and wanted his advice about investing it. Wadesboro Colored Man Doing Oood Work For W. 8. 8. (From the Wadesboro An3onlan.) List week the Ansonlan mentioned the excellent work being done by Westley Bennett, colored, of Liles- ville township, among the . coiorea people In behalf of the war savings stamps campaign. Wesley continues his rood work and will apeak at Par sons Grove next Sunday at 11 o'clock To avenge our wrongs cost more than to protect our rights. XEGRO WOMAN KILLED XEAR MARVIN SEVERAL DAYS AGO Will Ross, Colored, in Jail Awaiting Preliminary Hearing on Charge of Shooting Hlioria Campbell, Feb. 22. Will Ross, colored, aged about 30 years, is in jail charged with the killing of Khoda Campbell, ako col ored, on Friday, Feb. 22, near Mar- in ilia nrolim nsrv hem-hie nas hearing been set for Saturday befo.e Judge.the rain on agricultural workers j W. O. Lenimond. Boss claims the shooting was purely accidental. The killing was not generally proposal to meet the farm labor situa known In Monroe until Wednesday tion with Imported workers, He did afternoon. At first it was thought' not like to see an American soldier's the uhiintinir was of a luiuor nature, 1 as the woman lived a couple of days: after receiving the pistol wound in . her abdomen. Details of the affair are hard to learn. Ross postively refuses to ut-, ter a single word In connection wunn the charge, but his attorneys, Messrs. ) Stack & Parker, stated that their client claimed the shooting was acci dental. It is said that the Campbell wo man, together with two friends, was walking down a road In the Marvin neighborhood when Rosa came up with a pistol in his hand. Though the warrant charges that he shot wun intent to kill, Ross claims, according to his attorneys, that he poked tne pistol at the woman in lun, and that it in some manner was discharged, j When she fell wounded, it is said. Ross carried her to her home, and se cured medical aid. The woman ling ered until Sunday, when the end came. Ross was Indicted on the charee of assault and battery wun deadly weapon with intent to kill. After the woman died xne warram was changed to murder. It Is said that the uampneu wo . . . .. . i 1 i h.i man statea inai sue ui nciocn, uu. It is declared that she made this statement so as not to cause ner father, who is very ill, any unneces sary alarm. The arrest was made by Mr. w. . Shields, who was deputized by Esq. O. W. Sutton. A number of witnesses have been summoned tor tne feiaie THOUGHT SOX HAD SAILED WHEN HIS TRUNK ARRI ED A Letter was Soon Received, Howev er, Assuring Mr. Wlngate That HI Son was Stil on American Soil., (From the Waxhaw' Enterprise.) The Food Administration did not eo far enough when it put the ban on trading in pullets and hens. It should have included calves In the list, too. Every year there are nun dreds of young calves slaughtered Which if left alive for only a few months more would afford more than twice os much food. It occurred to us at first that the food adminlstra tion should not prohibit the farmer trading in chickens locally as the de n.irtment of agriculture has tried so long to educate the farmer to the ddea of raising spring chickens for the majket in order to help buy his supplies for making the crop. hen the final interpretation was put on the ruling it allowed the usual trad ing locally In hens and puiiets ana there was no further objection save by a few profiteers. The 1917 crop or cotton was very late heine eathered on account of weather conditions in December and there ds a good deal of cotton yet to be marketed. Nearly all or tne cot ton picked ince Christmas is of low grades and the seed cotton buyers have had a good business buying this up a3 it was picked and ginning and selling it by the bale. We under stand that some of these buyers have been a little bit careless about buy ing seed cotton on which some of the Waxhaw supply merchants had a lien or mortgage. They should take no tice that in such cases they are a-pt to have the cotton to pay for twice, as the merchant who has a lien on it may recover from the man who bought the cotton. Legitimate bus iness in buying seed cotton Is all right but there has been entirely too much of It this year. Messrs. Ferd Plyler. Frank Nlven, Bunyan Winchester, Turner McQuirt and Earl Byrum went from Waxhaw to Camp Jackson Saturday. All of these men were In class 1 and they asked the local board at Monroe to send them in the first contingent from Union county. Their request was granted and they went Saturday. Several other young men from town and the nearby country will go this week or next. An experienced and successful farmer was talking the other day about spring, plowing. He said that farmers were so anxious to get start ed to plowing this spring that there was great danger of plowing the ground too wet and he warned against this, for if ground Is plowed too wet the first time In the spring it is hard to cultivate all of that year and sometimes takes several years to get it ack to normal. , Mr. W. P. Wlngate was consider bly surprised Sunday morning to re ceive by express from Columbia the trunk belonging to his son, Mr. Clar ence A. Wlngate, who was at Camp Jackson. Mr. Wlngate had heard nothing from Clarence for some days and when the trunk came In unan nounced he feared that his son had already left camp for the port of de parture for France. However, he heard next day from Clarence and he is still in Columbia but has been mov ed up town from camp and did not need the things In his trunk. Every officeholder has his trials and tome have their convitions. MAJOR GRAHAM WANTS AllMY I TO FURNISH SOUTH HANDS Pleads For an Extension of the Draft So Fanners Can lie DisWtched to Help Make the Crops. Raleigh. Feb. 27. Maj W. A. Graham, commissioner of agriculture, on whose depaitmeut falls the job of j fording the state, is encouraged to hope that the late visit o! commit sionprs tn Washinetnn will relievi relieve jiajor uranaui a lew uk championed the extension of the se - lective draft He did not like the farm loh nreemnteii hv somebody in i another world. The commissioners t in Memphis came near to adopting, Major Graham's suggestions and sent hiui to Washington to lay his plani before the department. 1 Major Graham gathered good ex- perience in the service of the Con- federacy. Men pressed ir.to the ar mies were allowed when the greatest pressure was relieved to return and work the farms. Something of that character Is proposed to congress Bow. In an interview today Major Graham said: WANTS IT APPLIED TO I.NDIVl- I DUALS ; "The visit of the commissioners of the southern states to Washington to urge the detailing of enlisted men for agricultural purposes was oppor tune. The northwest farmers and farm organizations had been in Wash ington for several months calling at- tf ntion to the fact of how taking the agricultural men for military service was not leaving enough men in ag riculture to maintain and increase the amount of food necessary to support the army. "Under the present selective draft there are no exemptions and it seems that none will be grantd; but on Feb ruary 6 the senate enacted a bill al lowing the secretary of war to fur lough men to engage in civil occupa tions and pursuits, but this must be done In 'units. This does not suit the southern farmer and we wish to have the bill amended so as to ap ply to individuals in place of units. "The commissioners had 'ntervlews with the leading members rf congress and senators and they favored this change in the law, and It would be proposed last nlcht when the hous" Knmmlttea nn vnilltarv nff nil's would Mnsider the bill. It is almost cer tain that a bill of this nature will be enacted, and the secretary of war can furlough not only those who are call ed in the future, but even those taken by the selective draft. TEXAS CASE PRESENTED "The matter was promptly brought to the attention of the authorities at Washington by the following case: A man in Texas had three sons, who went promptly to the front. Then they called for the third to report. The father told them that he was past 70 years and could not attend to hl3 farm, and there was no power to give any relief and this was the cause or the introduction of tnis bill, wnen it is enacted one of the cons can be furloughed or detailed for agricul tural purposes and mannge tne rarm. "Now. on the large farrus or tne northwest you may form 'units' to operate in certain counties or town ships to be furloughed to piepare the land and sow a wheat crop, and re turn to gather the ram.': but you can not do so with the cotton and tobacco farmers. The time ot chop ping cotton to a stand, setting out tobacco and cutting the crop, and picking the cotton, can he arranged. Therefore we desire to have agricul tural men furloughed or detailed as individuals. The man with the gun is very important, but he can not do efficient work if he is not properly fed. And he can not keep his gun and accoutrements In firt class con dition unless men are furloughed for this nature of work aa was done In the Confederate army when every man who was thought capable of do ing work on arms or ammunition was detailed for ordnance work at Rich mond, and only went to the front when all hands were callerl to service to oppose a raid. Then when the raid was defeated the men detailed returned to their duties In Richmond. This of course was a unit; each man s name was borne on the roil of the company in which he enlists and his identity preserved, but at the same time he was detailed for work In the ordnance department an1 was paid as such." LONDON AND PARIS REJECT GERMAN PROFFERS OF PEACE Balfour Says Chancellor in No Way Agrees With Principles Laid Down By President Wilson. Imperial Chancellor von Hertling has failed to drive a wedge between the entente allies by his reply to President Wilson. The declaration that German aggression in the east is not intended for conquest has come at a time when German acts belie the words of the Chancellor and Parts and London have officially rejected any proffers of the olive branrh that the more hopeful of the people saw in the acceptance in principle of the four points enunciated by President Wilson as the basis for peace nego tiations. Arthur J. Balfour, the British secretary for foreign affairs, sound ed the kevnote of the entente allies . ... .1 !. M when, epe'aklng at London, he said that until German militarism was a thing of the cast and there came In to existence a court aimed with ex .,tiv nn.n makinir 'he weak na - tions as safe as the strong, the war must go on. He characterizes von Hertling's attitude toward Belgium as unsauaiacioiy auu msisicu uim German practice does not coincide with President Wilson's propositions. Philipp Scheideuiann, the German socialist leader, has toiced the pro test ot his party to the peace that is beinc formed on Russia. In a de bate in the reichstag he said thai must negotiate a peace by uenuauj understand!!!!: and that the iudepen- deuce ol Belgium nius; be secure ..i. iTP v"."'" "v - euces. While the German imperial govern ment is trying to convince the world of Its disinterestedness in the future of Russia, the advance of the Teu- ton armies toward Petrograd still goes on. It now appears there will be no armistice on the Russian front until peace is nnaiiy consummated. In spite ot the claim by tne ooisnevnu government that the uussians were lighting nara ior tne cn oi itnu the Germans have pushed far to the eastward of that town. It is rumored that the Teutons have reached the city of Luga, midway be tween Pskov and Petronrad. Borisoff, 60 miles northeast of Minrk, has been captured by the Germans. The Ger man official report says that the Teu ton troops in Ukrainia have reached Corostisheff, east of Zhitomir, which brines the invaders within 50 miles of Kiev. The Russian troops have refused to fight and those who have not abjectly surrendered are fleeing in a disorderly mob towara tne capi tal. If there is any resistance to the German Invasion it must come from the peasants. American troops have been subject ed to a heavy bombardment of gas shells from German batteries. Three Americains are reported to have died from the effects of gas and nine oth ers are said to have suffered severely. There are not lacking indications that the lons-expected German drives along the French and British fronts is impending. Aerial activity or great Intensity is reported by the Germans, who claim to have brought down fif teen entente airplanes. At the same time the infantry is not idle and raids have been attempted at widely sep arated parts in the past 24 hours.One of these was an attack in considerable force hv the Germans against French positions near the Butte au jiesnn, which the American artuiery assisted in capturing recently. The other was north of the Chemm des uames where American troops are under stood to be in training. Both assaults were broken up by the prompt action of the allied artillery. British forces have repulsed a hos tile attack near St. Quentin. flermnn "friehtfulness" has again been exemplified by the sinking of the British hospital ship Glenart Castle. According to the latest ad vices there are 164 persons missing from the ship, which was fully light ed and carried the distinctive mark ings of the hospital service when fir ed upon. American torpedo boats as sisted in picking up the survivors. Unrest in Ireland, which was be lieved to be very serious, Is now said to be of little consequence. The cen ters of the threatened uprising are reported in the west and south, but arrangements have been made to cone with the situation. Sinn Felners who have been "hunger-striking" have been released In a number of in- StcinC63 Negotiations looking to a union of Lithuania and Saxony with Prince Frederick Christian, son of the kin? of Saxony, as king of the new state, are said to be under way. The Polih ambition to bring about a resumption of the ancient union between their country and Lithuania seems to be doomed in the light of recent develop ments. During the past week 18 British merchantment were sunk by mines or Submarines. MANY LIVES WERE LOST WHEN NAVAL TUG FOUNDERS It Is Thought 21) Perished When Cherokee Was Victimized by Gale Off the Coast. Philadelphia, Feb. 27. Twenty nine men are believed to have lost their lives yesterday morning when the seagoing naval tug Cherokee foundered in a severe gale 15 miles off the Maryland coast. Ten survi vors and the bodies of eight mem bers of the crew of 39 were brought here today on two British rescue ships. No trace of the remaining, members of the crew was touna. AmoDK those missing is Junior Lieut Edward D. Newell, the commander of the tug. According to the captain of one ot the rescue ships, the primary cause of the disaster was the breaking of the steering gear. A 60-mile north west gale was blowing and the little vessel was at the mercy of moun- tainous seas. The tug was thrown. scattering of white men from the broadside to the waves and wallow-(three states, have reported at Camp ed in the turbulent sea until herj Jackson In the last two or three days, hatches were battered In. In the They are of the first draft. Of the meantime, two rafts were launched' first draft Florida now owes only 90 and the crew abandoned the ship as; white men. However, she is due 4, she was about to founder. 000 negroes. North Carolina is due "I saw wreckage about six miles, 1,500 whites and 6.000 negroes. from the scene of the disaster," said the captain. "Later I found an up turned boat and then we sighted the raft on which there were 12 men We took them all aboard and two died of exposure. "I saw six bodies, and summoned another vessel to pick them up, as I ! 'wanted to give assistance to the 11 v- ing men It is unwise to Judge a man by the I ' criticism of his enemies. Only his friends can properly denounce him. THE JAIN MAY INVADE RUSSIA FROM THE EAsT The Gtim.ui Advance, However, is l.inx Some of Its Moment iiin Jap Facer to Start, It Is Saiil. Germany's invasion of Russia has slowed down. During the last 24 nuurs i.uie aae oeen no reports 'show ing that ti:e Teutons wt-rc -piUij aiitaii witn tne power uuu . ie e.m u.i..s m ua- u- are Indications that the movement has lost some of its momentum. One explanation of this fact ma; be found in an unofficial, but authen ticated diepatch from Petrograd which states that the Gt-nuan troop have received orders from Berlin to advance no farther. This woul l seem to indicate that the formal peace terms have been accepted and a trea ty has been signed by the Teutonic and bolsheviki delegates, as the Ger mans refused to grant an armistice until peace had been negotiated. In spite of the German report that "operations on the eastern front are taking their normal course," and that another Esthonian regiment had placed itself under the command of the German staff, it is asserted in Pttrograd that the Russian troops have recovered their fighting spirit and that cossacks. as well as mixed detachments of soldiers, are on their way to the front. PEACE TERMS OFFERED RUSSIA Advices from, Bucharest are to the effect that the central powers have communicated their peace terms of King Ferdinand of Rumania, who has been granted a short period for con sideration. Recent unofficial dis patches stated that Rumania would be asked to cede parts of Dobrudja to Bulgaria and to give Germany and Austria preferential treatment in commercial and economic relations. It is officially denied by the Ruman ian press bureau in Paris that King Ferdinand will relinquish his throne at the behest of the anti-war party in his country. Another Spanish cabinet has fallen. In some quarters it is reported to have resulted because of the insist ence of the government In adhering to its policy of strict neutrality to ward the belligerents In the war. Pub lic opinion in Spain has become in flamed by the sinking recently of five Spanish vessels by German or Aus trian submarines. Russia is facing a new attack, this tlme in the far east. Japan is known to have sounded the entente allies, especially the United States, as to the advisability of taking steps to prevent tremendous stores of munitions held at Vladivostok and other points along the Siberian railway from fall ing Into the hands of the bolsheviki, or the Germans. Viscount Motono. the Japanese foreign minister, spoke recently on the subject and advices from Paris say that it is believed there that Motono's words were Ja pan's answer to General Foch's ap peal to Japan and the United States to take steps In Siberia. WASHINGTON RETICENT It is admitted at Washington that the matter has been discussed in offi cial circles, but there is much re ticence on the part of men closely identified with the administration. No word as to the probable policy of the United States has as yet been given out. French and British troops have carried out raiding operations against the enemy. The French operations were centered at Verdun and the English on each side of the Scarpe river. In both cases prisoners were brought back by the raiders. On the Australian front there have been en counters b ysmall detachments, and at points the artillery engagements have been quite lively. The air forces of the contending firmles have been busy, and several small Italian towns have been bombed by the Teutonic , aviators. Only thirty-eight perrons out of 182 on board the British hospital ship Glenart Castle, which was sunk by a submarine in Bristol channel, have been landed. Among the 144 miss ing are seven female nurses. TAR HEEL BLACKS MAY GO TO CAMP JACKSOV persistently Rumored Negroes of This State and Florida Will Be Sent There For Training. Camp Jackson, S. C, Feb. 27. There is a persistent rumor about the recruiting office at Camp Jackson to 1 the effect that the negroes of North Carolina and Florida are to be sent to Camp Jackson. With the excep tion of about 20 negroes from Flori da and a very few from North Caro- Una, the negroes from these states have not been mobilized. The rumor. however, has no confirmation. About 1,500 drafted men, mostly negroes from South Carolina, with a . South Carolina Is due 350 whites and 3,000 negroes. There Is also a constant rumor at the camp to the effect that thousands of soldiers are to be transfered to. this camp within the next few days. 1 This, too, is unconfirmed. Jackson Woman Buys ft, 000 Worth; War Savings Stamps. (From the Waxhaw Enterprise.) Mr. Henry Nisbet, carrier on Wax- haw No. S. yesterday sold $1,000 War Savings, Stamps to Ulis lizg: Rosa. matter of a fuel auppiy. we are in
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