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TWO MEETINGS IN GORDON ; ST; G1IUKG1!
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Rtlssiair Chief of Staff Declare It Vouljd Not Be Vise to
Viiderestimate Teutons' Strength However 'War
' Must Ru' Its Inevitable
Large .Forces to Southeast an(J Admits Army, There
-Ejpjn.fjpred'by Russians May Have to Retire Farther,
Bui Drive Into Hungary
Miles, Beyond Frontier
Countrj; Fifty Miles, in Black Sea Operations
.. .. , (B the United
London,1 Sept.-9. -Turkish troops have come
to. the rescue, of the hard-pressed Germans; - in
t1" Eastern ' Galicia and checked the Russian . ad-
, ,vanc? oi
Austrians Were Faring Badly;
' Berlin, Sept.' 9.r-(By ,Wjraisg.!io;SayvaierSept 9.-
Adraission that the AustrorGerrn,ain' center east of Halit
is being pressed back by the Russians Jin' 'storming at
tacks is officially made atj'ienna? '1 ThV Russians " have
gamed advantages m the Carpathians, it is also admitted
Germans on Defensive at iVej&uiC" -i I "
With the French Armies
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, Germans are now enureiy on tne peiensive ac v eraun .
The gr'eat battle begun "two hundred Says ago; hs now
entered its third and laststage.'v The !ffrench'are gradu-
any. recovering meir josi positions, ine oauie wu graa-
ually, expire like an extinct
itely that the, Germans were forced to remove huge quan
tities of artillery and men from Verdun to the Somrae
front "throe weeks :ago to meet"; the" Allies' . otTeiisivi
Fighting nn'the west bank of the Meuse has practically
ceased. Hill 304 and Dead Man's HilL:aYe now-mimhered
among the glories of the past. East; of the river the (kg
mans are cpneentrating for a, final desperate effort to" re
gain .Forts VanVand DmianVnnnt' ' , lS - , " '
. (By William Philip-Simms) ,
f Imperial Headquarters of the Russian Army, Sept. 9.
Germany must send four hundred thousand men to aijl
, the'demoralized Austrians if "she hopes "to stiffen'theire
.si'stance,' General Michael Alexieff, chief of staff of km,
perar;Kidi.blas':Armie United Press. Fur-
thennore, Germany must furnish the driving 'power;;, if
Von Hindenburg I attempts the great eastern offensive
contemplated at Berlin. She i cannot rely on the Turks "for
substantial aid; Alexieff says.' The' Turks cannot snd
more than 40,000 men to support their allies. s
, CeneraC Alexieff, received majn a'smaJl, plainly fur-,
rished.ofiice adjoining th quarters, of the Enipcror. A
v flat top desk and a few chairs and maps are the only fur
nishings. The General sat behind .isek like an A'ni
erican. business mart' resembled Picjures'of Jludyar,
Kipling. "His hair is beginning to'grayV his long, ijruis.;
taches are upturned, he nas a fighting jaw and his fyei
ere piercing and deepse I asked, if-he credjted .reports
that a' combined .Teuton, and Turkish offensive ' would, be
commenced against Russia.' He replied that that wasjnot
. impossible, and that the biggest mistake the'Alliesncould
, makemake would be to underestimate the enemy. " .
"Peace is some distance off. x Neiher side, has attained
its object. The war must follow its inevitable, historic
course,'' he declared , . ' ' . ' 1 '
Situation in Roumania. t x r v
.Bucharest, Sept 9. The Roumanian general staf has
' shifted large forges of. troops to the southeaIj? frontier
to check, the BulgarGermaiuc, invasion itjAniiTQjjicjal
lyv announced, "''important forces are'nQv, CQrOperating
me Russians on me uooruaj a iromier. . a luruier
retirement there, may, be, iiece?sary, butj the military au-
cross the" Danube .in tha advance jpn Bucharest
. j The'Koumanians.af Tutfakah," outnumbered.! four to
one,' surrendered th6 town only,ater a hproic resistance,
say dispatches from the scenev The Dobrlidja, front now
extends for a hundred miles. 'The Roumanians are no.w
thirty miles within Transylvania in the northern drive,
Berlin Claims Great Progress.1 V' -
Rprlin ' Spnt )1 Tha (rPrmniia flnrl Rnla-arians have
advanced more than fifty miles beyond the Roumanian
French Gain Reported. , . . -
Paris, --Sept S. The French captured a small vood
east of Belloy last night Seven thousand and seven hun
dred prisoners have been taken since September 3 on
tbe Somme front, it is said officially. The German losses
in dead have been frightful. .
British Take a Trench. f . . ;
. London, Sept 9. The British captured a trench in
jnarp hand-to-hand fighting in Foureaux wood last mht,
( neral Haig reports.
Course'- Roumania Moves
lias Progressed to Point 30
Germans-Bulgars Penetrate
IJreas)
at'YerduSept. 1&The
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volcano It is learned defin
'We Shall Not Qu3rreK Oyer
Method, of Obtaining; Suf
f rage, Says Touched
, Their. Uearts, Won Their
Fealty ' "
Atlantic City, N. JV Sept. 8.
Triumph for the woman suffrage
cause "in a little while" was predicted
by President Wilson here tonight, in
a peech .Wore tha annual Conven
tion of the National American Wo
man Suffrage Association. v
"I have corns here to fight with
you," the Flresident declared. . im
mediately the 4,000 women present
stood and cheered: A few minutes
later Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, hop
orary president of the association,
with Mr. Wilson still present declar-
i: "We have waited long enough to
get the vote. We want it now, I
want it to come during your Adminis
tration." Again the great audience
of women stood and cheered waving
handkerchiefs. . - '. i
The President, pledge, or support
to the suffrage question caused Mrs.
Carrie Chapman 'Catf, president of the
organization, to say in a speech ,
soon after he closed: "You touched
ur hearts and won our fealty when
you said, you had como here to fight
WHO u.
The President did not speak on the
method by which ha would bring
ijjout. woman suffrage hut said "we
.-hall, jict ,qua,rrel in tho long run a3
to the jmethod' -' '
Asaoclation . Remains Neutral. - -
Atlantic City, N. J S?pt. 8 The
Natiopal American Woman Suffrage
.SfiociHtion. today reaffirmed 'it- pol
htV ot non-aiJU,as4jia. jia orga,nf-1
jation tcwrvrd, national political par
ties and.dpfeated by m overwhelming
vote en attempt, tp place the asaocia-
cn on record as in favor of support.
ng, national; candidates who pledge
hdir support t.o the proposed equal
ights. amendment t the fwleral
Constitution. Tho resolution, which
;as introduced .by rs. Raymond
RoHng, wife f ; th.e chairman of ,the
ast, national, convention of .he Pro
gressive party, wa.s branded by spme
of s thg delete ta-s as an anti-Wilson
move ( ..despite vehement denials by
Mxi. Robins and pj'hers who igned
the rcolutjgn.( , !lfi . , , ,
BETTER 0 T0fGRAII?G
, The Nw Bern ,Sun-Journnl Fritluy
vening said: ,. i
Cotton Cuyors in Cven, lenoir
and ether counties, in. which it Jias
been decided to .station expert cotton
Traders,-do not like the idea very
much, and declare that "it . is a -re
flection on their honesty and Is,, in
fact, an insult to them. -The buyers
claim that they have been grading
ho cotton fairly and that they, are
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, "SARAHURST,"
' The handsome home of Mr. and Mrs. D. IV Edwards
and wife, on Vernon Heights, in the removal of which to
open up Queen street and develop a new suburban sec
tion, a remarkable piece cf work is to be undertaken. The
our LricK c welling is 10 De u
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t e n:? u! ' T..e
ir.d set down
Monthly ! Forecast' Puts
Wlfeat Far', Short
and
.
Sfyows purtail TrooJucrl
tlon lit Most-Other Crona.
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Drought Cuts Corn
One .million, seven hundred i and
sixty thousand, two hundred , and
twenty-five " pounds of Wbacco was
sold W Kinston this week, or an, av.
erage of mors than 350,000 pounds
day for the fiv sales days, according
to President i. W. Martin oi tne
Tobacco Board of Trade. Mr. Martin
thinks the average price was "right
around zu cenw a pouna. ii , vno
'..ma i .....JM T.t.l. -
averag jreached 20 cents the week's
total brought more than $350,000.1
"On Thursday and Friday prices jim-
proved, considerably," Mr, . Martini
states. Tfcis fairly large week's busi-
ness wwuin nvo mvu iuikwi ijuoiuiy
had not irain during the first half of
the week kept many farmers ayay.
from the market
The season's total today is well
above 4,500,000 pounds, with the sea
son onl 25 days old.'
thoroughly competent to do this
work. Thy claim that an export
cottsn grader will cost five thousand
dollars a year, and that a man com-
pestent to do this work correctly can
command .that price and get it. How
ever, several cf the counties aire go-
: 4 k "u;- .1.. nnJ itm I
... t y 1 r i I
mvi us. ,
Not so much antagonism has been
manifest in Lenoir county, however.
County officials believe local buyers
nre very well satisfied with the de-
iBion to station a grader here) and
one buyer at least has expressed
himself as pleased with tho proposi
tion. " j -
NEWS WIES; FROM QJHER
TOWNS IN THE SECTION
Cecil Taylpr of Beaufort has been
promoted -by the United Fruit Com
pany, in whoso employ he has been
fpr several years, to the position of
.assistant to the( general ' manager.
He will have an offce in Boston. For
a time no was stationed in Cientrai
Amenca. , . ,
; Forty gallons of whisky is gone
from thj L'slhavcn town jail. The
containers mo there all fight, but
whoever took the whisky off replaced
it with water. The whole town is
Granville has already appropriat.
ed' for SlOO.OOO'Vorth of asnhalt nav-
-.Tr-. V ' 'i! v . , r .
ing on the assessment- plan and the
municijjality is thinking of lorrow-
ing more money to provide for out
standing . petitions .". ; .' . j
.Warthingfoh" Sept 1. Presi-
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dent. Wilson todar aimed the
hipping bili, providing for the la
nur'chase of vessels 'and develon- I a
ment of American trade.' r The
bili create a board of nve mem-
bers.
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ken up intact and moved
right angles.
Washington, Sept 8. Jleavy dam.
13 e couoryB cereal cops dur-
I inL' Auviiat miiihI m. Ian of mnr.v mil.
lions , of r. bushels in prospective pro-
TO:CU w W
I wheat to below the amount wjuir-
ed tox home consumption.' The ,te-
partment ; of( Agriculture's monthly
forecast issued todayi' estimates the
wheat crop at 611.000,000 ; bushels.
I fl.000.000 bushels less than in calm
j lated : to be necessary for domestic
I carry-ovear of approximately
1000,009 bushels of . old wheat
fromiast, year record breaking crop(
I however, will make, up the deficiency
land' leave something like lOO.OOOOOO
J bushels available to supply the heavy
demands of foreign nations for Ameri-
Can wheat. -
Th3 heavy loss In prospective pro-
duction of corn was due to drought
in many sections, particularly in
Kansas and Oklahoma mnv fie!H. nt
i corn were cutlor ensuace tcuUler
I The total crop is forecasted at 2,710,
000,000 busheik,,, which" is ' 22,000,000
busihels smaller than iha ar?rage for
the last five years.
An, unusually short output of wl Vo
potatoes for winter supply js forecast.
Production of, 318,000,000 bushels is
indicated, . tho smallest crop since
1011, and 46,000,00 bushels less than
forecast a month, ago. . ; -
Otlerf losses ' from the production
csuraaies maae a month ago, ar w
Oats, 43,000,000 bushels; barley, 11,-
000,000 bushels; i-jckwhcat, l,300,0p0
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buahelf: ' rice. 1 400.000 h..hol. nt.
ton, 1,100,000 bates apples, 8.600,000
barrels, and peaches 3.400,000 bush
els. ,. ft fl-.i ( i ' - N " '
GOT AWAY WITH CHECK-1
BELONGING TO ANOTHER
During the rush at 'the sales in tha
Contra) tobacco warehouse Friday ar-
;crnoon Hie finst check-grabbing
evont to be reported this season was
'puIlorl oiX, Astrnngor, said to have
jocn a white man, called for an or
der for $2Jj8,04..duQ Isaac Watson, a
colored tenant on the tarm of O. R.
Pfe between this c'ty and Snow HU1,
soeurcd it and had it cashed at fne
Fast National Bank, making a clean ;
f.' . ... ' tJ . ' A...' I. u .1 W .
m"i .,nr,v I hi, t,r. n noi nr., mr ;
Identified and there Is "no clue' upon
which 'tho police, hoping : to locate
him, can. work. k
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RUNAWAY EARS HIT
VifflljV TRAIN' IN THF
JlrWA i UVUM 7 Vt Hi
MOUNTAINS; im
Ashovillf, N.C, Sept. 9. Five
loaded 'freight cars breaking from
tiain in. the mountains collided with
work train at Biltmore antf killed
Ben Enloe, engineer of" Judson, N. C
and Irving Pitts, flagman of Biltmore,
FOR CITY SCHOOLS
All the non-resident teaclwrs of the
city schools are expected to be in
the city Monday. A few have al
ready arrived, but the majority are
not expected before Monday . .morn
ing. . . ' .
The examination of conditioned"
pupils will be commenced Monday at
9 a. m. Beginners will report at
the same hour, whites to Miss Wat
son, principal of .the primary school,
at the primary building, and colored
to the principal of the Tower Hill
school. .'-,."
Supt- K. R. Curtis announced to
day that no beginner who docs not
become six years old until after Oc
tober 1 will bo accepted fcr enroll
ment. All who arrive at that age
during the present month will be ac
cepted. .
EXAMIf ; CftlLIEN
V .W f SJ -ft-
BEGINNJI -MONDAY
Karl Lehman, noted field worker of
the Young' People's Society of Chris
tian Endeavor will be in Kinston
Monday and, conduct s two meetings
with the young people ox the various
churches of the city." , The name of
Karl Lehmann is known the ' world
around? He has spoken in very
Stats and the island possessions of
the United States, in the interest of
the young people's work and his fame
has been spread wherever the banner
of Jesus Christ has been unfurled,
instonuno are fortunate in having
an opportunity to hear and meet him.
He' is the personification of enthusi
asm and, his message will be a stim
ulus to all who hear him. The meet
ings will ho held in the Gordon Strict
Christian chutth.
The following will 'be tho program
for the mectjng?:
, Monday Afternoon, 4 O'clock. !
Junior IConierence and Rally.
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! MAE MURRAY. THE
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Social rcrtud. . t
All hoys and girls , of Junior ags
and toachcrs and leaders arc invited
and urged to be present for this con
ference. 1 "
, ' Monday Night, 80'clock.
Devotional,. Ssrvice, conducted by
Roy. Marshall Craig, new pastor of
First Baptist church. '
Sclo Mrs. J. A. 'MrDaniel, Jr.,
(nee Miss Verna Blow). . '
. Introduction sf Mr. iLehmann bf
Mfi.. II.. Gait Braxton
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Mr. Lehmann's Address. ,
Duet Misses Hargett and Davis.
Short Conference, With Leadsrs.
Social Period . 1 ; - "
Mr. Lehmann's woik is purely in
tewlenominational " and representa
tives of "all the churches ef the oity
arc iivited to hea him. HU address
in the evening; will be of inUrest.to
all who are interested in betCE, or
ganization and church work. , .
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"NELL BRINKLEY GlRL,;
Lsskjr - Paramount Pfcturtie, " ?
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