North Carolina Newspapers

. 1 1 i mere xor MvraraaT&T7virTiiwwrK j 'i"v;v"ri .y i ir It MDJULYW. PRESS DSSTON FREE PRCS CO.,' INC P. tilt Braxton, Editor and Manager I M rfx MMto H KiaaM. Noflh Carolina, m aaWUn nM wJ act at IM J. ion. C3ITE0 - PRESS - REPORTS Tatafbofla All Department 75 Subscription Rates: . PwbbiaAWc) Waak, 10c. 3 Month. Montk 35e. 12 Month, WeiaUjr Eveninf , Sept 2, 1914 , . It U rather hard to lealize that the convenience of the electric car ha ionly been enjoyed thirty year", when their absolute necesiiity in the larger city life is considered. The world "do" move? - 0 -., . . Atlanta alway putt in her elalra The latest is the possibility that the unfortunate man, whoi body was found in a stream in the western part ir the State, was from Atlanta. We wonder what part Atlanta will play ia the European war. The small boy is getting his knife In shape to take a plug out of that new desk, when the teacher is not looking, for the school bell will ring oa him in a few days, and the sud da restriction of his liberty will, as usual, be somewhat irksome for him. o The report that German troops have captured seventy thousand Russians is Just a bit incredulous . and tlte world will probably have its serious doubts about the correctness of the statement until considerably more vidence is furnished. , 4 . 0 Kinston's tobacco market opened Tuesday, and there was a most en couraging spirit in evidence. 'The farmers were not disappointed, and very few complaints were heard, and v those came largely from people, who had no interest except as lookers on and to pass judgment. -Riefcmcrul - sjatl Montgomery have for a long time disputed the honor of having had the first electric street car in this country. Now comes along Kansas City and celebrates the thir tieth anniversary of the running of the first (?nr. It behooves the form er contenders to get busy ml fix their date The News ml Observer comments on the amount of space that is taken by the New York Evening Post, in proving that "war is never humane," saying that it, is sorry for the person so weak-minded as to suppose that it evtr ii. But re there not people who ; use mai position! Don T we reail i about nh. . "dvilued warffra," etc.; etc.? - 1 he friends of good government Will noteith pleasure that Wash mgton's number of grog shops will be reduced from 500 to 300, effective No. vember 1st. The "wide open town" which has prevailed in Washington for so many years has been a blot to the nation's capital city, and much pressure has been brought to have the houses of vice and saloons r trie ted. Wealthy Belgians are being called n to "divvy" up and pay Germany for having come over into their home and destroyed many of their cherish ed landmarks. If they dont pay up promptly they are confronted with the probability of further destruction Such ia war. It ia still barbarous, and the word "civilije4? has no place mi mv same article. 1 Wake county a Stirred up"oerJts recent primary'Vilecnone7Jrihe purpose of nominating a county Dem ocratic tkkou Ihe race forRegis- 0' P81 d!Pi mos.v .n-ei'i mOSng cntsti &k Aieh 4. -Wood ' and. William H. lawyer. The board of can vassers met .ami declared Saw yer the nominee and declined to hear videnca of alleged fraud in" the han dling of the. ballots f:-om the Cara Wgh predict. a --which hinged the result. Froia th accounts it would eeni that a fair bearing wa set ac corded Mr. Wood. It is alays a bal boaia of .'ahvassers would not have any opportunity to show partiality, if such was their desire. The Free Press is glad to see ad ministration officials take the stand that this government has the right to buy ships from individual owners, who are citizens of warring coun tries. President Wilson !as taen very advanced step in the matter of this country's neutrality, particular ly on the question of American bank ers making loans to the belligerents and the protest of England and France at the purchase of German liners is an empty hollow and should not be regarded seriously Diplomats of warring nations, who have through long residence in Wash ington formed strong friendships for the representatives of other nations, which .are now .arrayed against their homelands, are forced to pass their personal friends by on the streets without so much as a cold bow. Hus bands, who left Germany and settled in r ranee, nave nau to desert tneir wives and children and take up arms against their adopted homes and the French, who have gone to Germany have had the same trying experience. This is war! - o Miss Caroline Phelps, who has had charge of the "Social Service Center" in Raleigh since its opening by the Tabernacle Baptist church of that city a little more than a year ago, has ac cepted the position of lady principal of Bessie Tiff College of Forsythe, Ga. The object of the Social Center is to afford a congenial and whole some home at a reasonable cost to business girls, and it fills very much the same place in the life of Raleigh as does the Young Women s Chris tian Association in other places. Miss Phelps has been very successful with the home, and her going away will be a distinct toss ed, Deausewife-i!i end any samblanc of fsaud and it would required tor; such cases so that ,1 charlotte. The Wilmington -Starr elaborates the lnci dent as one of the sort which "cause many to deplore the apparent lack of confidence in the righteousness of the legal process in this State's ju dicial proceedings.' As the fitr views it, 'it does not require even, mediocre intelligence, to cay nothing oX a Jteen sense of justice, to discern that in the proceedings just ,deribed .there was a flagrant lack of-the, exercise of the elementary principles of jstic a wronged woman being, denied a hearing in codrt because by ,th wjong she suffered she is rendered. unable ;to pay the expenses ef the.pronejttftlon." The Star severely: arraina the sys tern which makes such an. injustice possible and hopes , public : sentiment will in time force the application of a remedy.' " WHAT OTHERS SAY COMPLIMENT TO A WORTHY SON Winston-Salem Journal: "It is an nounced that ex-Governor Glenn will make the closing speech of the cam paign in the courthouse here the night before the election. We'll guar antee that this will be one time when he best will be reserved far the last MISIORTl'NES AS ADVERTISEMENTS Greensboro News: "Pickpocket London proved that a Raleigh nsnvs- paper man had hail $"00, and now itfhtning ha shown that one from Wilmington was seized and rK Kstissed of a hause. How happy the nu.n sV'ha can contemplate such disnsteti fith out a 'qualm! Who steahi our purs,e steals trash, indeed! and like Ajax we defy the lightning." "Warehouses in will solve the AN "EASY" TASK Wilmington Star: every cotton state South's war prdtlem; North Caro lina's chief cotton counties, the njost productive in the South, have gone at it right. While Europeans are en gaged in a gigantic war, it is easy enough for the South to build enough warehouses to hide 3.000,000 bales of cotton for after-war prices." LIT NO REDUCTION YET Concord Times: "Thanks to the ituick action of the Wilson adminis tration, the movement started in some uarters to increase the price of foodstuffs has been checked. No doubt the timeliness cf the inquiry arrested a general upward movement of prices which was unwai ranted by renditions and which was due to the greed cf retail and . wholesale deal ers." r" ' 0 ALWAYS BKAGUNG . Wilmingtoi Dispatch: "The last day of sjmrr.e!, and the linal day whfen, according o the epicureans, the oyster must ie .fcarjed. : Today the months mini5 the "R pass out ami therefore, cn tomorrow and ;fo months thereafter the succulent bi valve may be partaken oftas beinsr of good taste- at well .a1 of delicious taste. Wilraugtoo people ore iaie4 ionunaie in oemg able to obtain fine oysters. There is ncn better for the steaming, Well--sasonei stew than the oyster from New river, while the Sound product is jut proper for: the palatable roast," ; WE SAY SO, IOAJL . , , Charlotte Observer.' A yocne iaai from Charlotte: wv arrowed in Wil. sur- DEFENSES OF PARIS 'X Ledger Dispatch: - that the cap ture of Paris by the Germans will e no easy matter is indicated -hy h des cription of the forts that defend ithe French capitaL 1 The fortifications consist of three distinct circles sweeping around the city first,-the solid wall of masonry, eighteen feet high extending for twenty-two miles around the old sec tions of Paris; second, the system of seventeen detached forts arranged -at Intervals, two miles beyond the wall, and making a tircuit of the c.ty thir ty-four miles long, and third, an out er girdle of 'forts seventy -five, mi fes long. . "Each of these circles vt nnsonj-y and steel is a complete defence-in it self. The wall around Paris and the seventeen detached lorts. two miles beyond the wall, were built by Louis Phillipe. They sustained the German siege of 1870-71, and the. outer aforts since have, been greatly strengthened The third line of forts jsi of. modern construction, with the latest, types of batteries and heavy guns. . "The. inner wall about Paris rounds the best known, and. most dm portant sections of the citviDutside of the wall, a circle.' of eutmrbst oxi tends for many miles, among .which are dotted the forts of the .eeoond and third line of defenses, protecting, them and the approaches to the capital. The wall contains ninety-thxee bas tions and sixty-seven, gates. "The outer circle of forts of the most modern type have from twenty fur to sixty heavy guns, and Ii6 t 1,200 men ach. inc. aiL...tba three; lines of defenses require 170,000jjmeji to operate them, not counting troops assembled within the city. Accord ing to military experts, it would re quire a force of 500,000 men to in vest these defenses." - - , CIVIL WAR HEROES . IIUUE.iN CETHOiT. (By the United PrissT) Detroit. .Mich., Sept;- 2. Close to 15,000 veterans of the Civil War to day .marched through the streets of Detroit in annual parade. A few hundred others disabled, .-or too fee ble te stand the ?, strain of the long walk followed their eemradeB- in au tomobiles. In aU.'nearly twenty thou- sand of the men who tought for their country in the sixties, were in line. Each,. old soldier, as he passed the fjag-decked 'reviewing stand in Cam pius Martiua. hire ctood Command- Nin-Chief XVaehingtoif - Gardner and !p staff, gsjve salute; to thaeview- H? otneers.. v. l' Th4 jparade, al .Ijsual, was the feature1 of, the Granl.'AVAy National encampment. Commende!, John Saut ter of Pennsylvania of the Sons of. Veterans, marched at the head of more than 1,000 members of the aux iliary organization, bringing up the rear of the big parade. As the. veterans toiled threugh the Hip IOOU.18 OOO'C UU1 OJOUl dren dressed in white, and each bear- ng a flag, sang patriotic airs. Every effort was made by the city authorities to provide prompt atten tion for any of the marchers who might be overcome by the unusual exertion. For flrst aid, two .large hoitaVtewrJ fftf!$ fclong the line of march, and every established hospital in the city was" prepared for ny emergency. The - route of the march was lined with 'twenty ambu lances and an equal 'number- of" pub lic telephones for emergency use. The care of the patients was given to the atinat Red Cross Society, and sixty harses Jrfd fcoten orderlies were in atundancef in addition ta physicians?'- AilJf-.V c ... .v. Sessions ct. the . national encamp- meet will continue throuih tomorrow and Friday, but roost .of the tie 'wia be given ovea; to business eesiens. CASTOR I A 1 1 Fct Xsfants aad ChiUrea ' : In Uso Fcr Over 30 Years Always bean '- tte " Signature of i -The i city T-shirt jachoolsj will oped Monday, September 14, Wine o clot a. m. White children will assemble1 "Saturday, September 12, in the rooms They last attended, for promotion, rand to" receive book lists: colored I children Monday, ' September 14. ' The white teachers will meet Fri fiay. September 11, 10 o'clock a. m., at "the graded school; colored teach ers Friday, September 11, 3 p. m, at their building. Children who become six years old before' October 14, admitted Septem ber 14. All children must have been successfully vaccinated. The State law requires the attendance of all children between eight and ' twelve years cf age. By order of the Board. BARRON CALDWELL, Supt. (advt.) 8-26-10tdly. Dijy your googs in K I UH I I 1 M FRESH CANDIES AND FRUITS -AT-- Courie's Candy Kitchen & Millar would rhayeli?;7(S quality of the stockris the -rapidly: inJ creasing business. afisfi& tell the story.. , -viV h':-.:r Ask the makers inarrie before you buy; furniture-Makersof Furniture of Character mark every piece. KNSTOAtAC ? I OFFICE AND HOSPITAL ' - Telephone 533 1 Dr. J.r F. Foley, Veterinarian "; In rear of Stroud Bros.' Store Diseases of all Domestic Animals Treated. LABOR DAY EXCURSION TO RALEIGH AND NEW BERN SEPTEMBER 7, 1914 VIA NORFOLK SOUTHERN. Ask ticket agent for fares and schedule, or address: H. S. Leard, G. P. A., Norfolk, cl J. F. Mitchell, T. P. A., Raleigh, N. C. E. C. Potter, T. P. A., Norfolk, Va. 8-31 to 9-7 I it tie ton College -i A well riblitlwJ. wcll-aquipped, tni mrj prosperous school (or tirls. and young women. i-sJi term begins Septempa 1 6, 1914. For csulogue, addles J. M. hHODES, , Ut leton, N. C DH. R. A. WHITAKEB ..; Physician and Surgeon New Building corner Blotmt street and Locnet Alley, opposite Booker, Churchill A Co. Office: 303 'Phones: Repjrtence: 152 SUBSCRIBE TO THE FREE PRESS "Patronize Home Industry' JOB PRINTING We are Equipped to Handle Your Orders (or High Grade Job . Printing. 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