North Carolina Newspapers

y M 111 yip t 'i ik' THE ONLY SEMI-WEEKLY THAT COVERS THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT '. , m . ir A PAPER THAT SHOULD BE READ BY EVERY CnTZEJT OF ROWAN COUNTY '. IFv "'4i!' ' ' 4- 5 Vtifcaam 53. $1.50 A' YEAR AND WORTH IT SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1917.' $1.50 A YEAR AND.; WORTH; IT PRICE TWO CENTS IN FRANCE; BREAD RIOTS BRK BRITISH COMMISSIONER A ND SECRETARY, fATE. OUT GROWING THROUGHOUT EUROPE 'ir: wmm m mm w m ' tST . - - . . .. i'.-J- - ; - HGfflMS STILL RAG UNREST '5 -JiS-'iis,' .v.TI'v' IE" " -'J til 5 General Halg is Forcing His Way Foot by Foot Against the GroLtoe Despite the Fact That Thousands and Thous ands o Reserves are Thrown in to Check His Advance- News From Europe Indicates known Condition EidstingTroubles are Expected to be on ' Hands TomorrowHow Serious No One is Able to Tell. V (By Assoqiated Press. ) Tfie battle of the Arras is still rag ing witK the. issue remaining in doubt. .Teiuvof .thousands of reserves have been furled, against tixe' British bat- - tie fro by ' Field Marshal Von Hin denburif in supreme effort to check the British: dvance( but so far with out Almost" literally foot .by foot GeneraX Ha is forcing his stub born , fWlSack. Heret-nomentous the issues are that hang pn. th bloody struggle in Franca ey ar not sufficient to hold the Attentiaa o the German .pecmle who,re ipjag a situation fraught with ' even "faore tremendous possibi lities. On the eve of the genera stneoAJttay Dath press and lead ers arefeveti3nly apprehending what the d$y wilVbrins: forth. The?jjpaJor Socialists are support ing meniment in its effort to induce the workers, to .keep out of a gtroike. Even the radlcal minority is ffightened by. the agitation which it ' has fostered. Some radical newspapers-are said to have launched an eleventh hour, atppeal to the workers to. avert the strike. Austria and. Sweden are two other countries that . are stor mcenters wberftMay Day may bring far reach ing1 results. In the face of these brewing atorms word comes that Hun gary! has declared in favor of import ant democratic demand, and the JEm pero 4tas refused to-a'ci&piC the reaig; - initio o pimier Tisa " ' " ' . 4. iAmxraeTidHttr wieca at newk from the Dual MS Is that whfch aays that in Bohemia, long' a hut ched of dissatisfaction, all German newspapers have been sur pressed. ; The entire situation in Europe seems to have reached that one of those confused stages where con flicting news' makes the relative im portance of the events uncertain and obscure a' situation intensified by the increasing rigors of the censorship in all countries. The military commis aibifc in France i3 under fire and there are reports in the Paris press that the appointment , of General Petain as chief of $iaff heralds many other changes among the high officers. , Outside , of Europe interests centers on the possible course Brazil and Chi n -wU ta!ke. Dispatches from Pe king say the Chinese relpublic jvill probably entexr the war against Ger many within two weeks. The Bra zillian congress meets Wednesday and will then decide on peace or war. In the meantime Brazil has issued a de cree of neutrality as between the Un ited Statea and Germany which may have a bearing on Brazil's future ac tion. HOMICIDE CASE WILL COME UP ON TUESDAY. D. S. McCorkle Will Be Tried at New ton on the Charge of Killing L. B. Nichols Of Badin. Newton, April 29. The trial of D.-. S. McCorkle, of Johnson City, Teinn., for the homicide of L. B. Nich ols, of Badin, N. C, at Lookout dam on the Catawba river April 20, will come before county court here Tuesday.- -The defense will claim self defense. McCorkle is a foreman for Stewart and Jones, contractors who have been filling in the gorge cut around the end of the great dam by the "flood f last July. Nichols was a boss for the Hardaway Contracting Company, which built the dam, and has charge of the repair operations. Hq and a younger brother of McCor- kle had words over some tools, and it is. alleged that Nichols pulled a gun on McCorkle. Later the older Mc- Corkle and Nichols, came together, .land' the atories coming from the dam state that Nichols shot first, some saying three times, others one time, '" 'hitting McCorkle in the thigh and making a painful, but not serious, flesh 'wound. He has since been in Hickory hospital, and it is presumed that his condition has advanced suf ficiently for him to appear here Tues- v,V . .day. McCorkle, it is said, shot twice 'A'. afer Nichols had fired, one ball pass ' ihg entirely through Nichols' head and killing him instantly. It is al leged' Nichols was drinking, which is also denied by his people. The wea- pons used fired steel bullets and they i. went through whatever they hit. JtHsed tD be German efficiency that, was held up to us. Now it is V Britain's mistakes. Albany Journal. a Most Unsettled and Un iD BAKER S DIFFERE IN THE WAR BILLS Age Limit Fissed by Senate of From 21 to 27 More Nearly Meets the De sires of the War Department Reg istration Date Will Be Fixed Later. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 0. 'President WSlson and Secretary Baker today took uip the differences between the Senate and House army bills. The age limit of 21 to 27 fixed in the Senate bill are preferred by the administra tion, since they more nearly approxi mate the desire of the War Depart ment for the age limit of from 19 to 25. . The limit from 21 to 40, fixed in the House ibill, is unsatisfactory to the administration. A date for the registration of those liable to service will not be formally fixed by the President until, the bill is perfected in both houses. Until that time no campaign will be un dertaken to recruit the regular army and national guard up to full war strength. Do Not Cover Price Fixing or Control of Use of Graains for Distillation of Liquor These Will Come Up Later. Washington, April 30. The admin istration's food bills were introduced in the House today by Chairman Lev er of the ' Agricultural Committee. They do not cover price fixing or con trols of the use of grains for the dis tillation of liquors. These subjects will be covered in a ibill to be intro duced later. The bills introduced are designed to stimulate production, prevent hoarding, make for equitable distribu tion and suspend the law prohibiting the mixing of flour. They contain a provision to prevent conflict with the anti-trust and inter-State laws. WEALTH AND ILLITERACY HAVE DIRECT RELATION. Chapel Hill, April 28. That the ac cumulation of wealth has a direct re lation to the illiteracy of a commu nity, was shown by H. V. Koonts, of Rowan County before the North Car olina Club Monday night. "The Middle Western States," he said, "have realized that before wealth can he created and accumu lated you must reduce illiteracy to a minimum. Nebraska has . ' public school .property amounting to $18.90 per thousand dollars of assessed prop erty values, whereas in our own State it is only $5.05 per thousand, mak ing us rank 40 in the States of the Union. Nebraska believes in hand some public school buildings every where. Her people are not afraid of taxation for such,purposes. In 1913- 14 the amount spent upon the support of public schools in the country at large was $5.62 per inhabitant. It ranged from $1.48 per inhabitant in Mississippi to $10.07 in Utah. North Carolina ranked 44 in this particular with $2.16 per inhabitant, which ran the puiblic schools on an average of 121 days a year.. This is partly due to the race handicap common to most of the Southern States, and partly to the lack of zeal on the part of the people of the State to vote liberal taxes for the support of education This, however, does not mean that North ' Carolina has not made great progress in the support of education in the last few eats, The 1S17 Leg islature, in voting $f54,500 foV re formatory and techincaT'v.schools, health education and the University, has written one of the greatest-chapters in the history of the State. "The people must realize that this action points to a good tendency in the Stated development, that this money is spent for their own. children and that what is done for the sons and daughters of North Carolina cannot be in vain. 10 DISCU FOOD iitfi:frt'iftiitfYftft hHHo conference tod in a narcn i Kir r. x mfTtf imrrifi-furtr'Twrf new xitcr tnese msBTfto -adjusted AMERICAN ADMIRAL PLANS TO SINK SUBMARINES 3 ii ifi' ' ,3H?i3 H Rear Admipl W. S. Sims, of the United States Navy, has been very successful on his mission in London, where he went to make arrangements with the British Admiralty for a cam paign to sink every German sub marine. The admiralty now awaits orders from Washington to carry in to, effect the plans made. - aSIlpassed Final Vote Gave the .Administration Select Draft Bill an Overwhelming Majority With All North Carolin ians Voting for the Bill. The administration army bill pass ed the Senate and the House last Sat urday by largi majorities. There were a few amendments' Vrhich will his signature. The final roll calls brought into line behind the bill many Senators and Representatives who had fought for the volunteer system until routed by decisive defeats of volunteer amend ments earlier in the day in both houses. The Senate, which has voted down the volunteer plan 69 to 18, .passed the bill by a vote of 81 to 8. In the House, the vote against the volunteer plan was 313 to 109, and that by which the bill itself was passed was 397 to 24. As passed by the Senate, the meas ure provides for the draft of men be tween the ages of 21 and 27 years, while in the House measure the age limi are fixed at 21 and 40. This and leaser discrepancies will be threshed out in conference early next week so that the bill may be in the hands of the President as quick ly as possible. The War Department already has completed plans for car rying it into effect. North Carolinians Voted on Army Bill. Washington, D. C, April 28. on the new vote in the House upon the Kiahn amendments tonight striking out the -volunteer provisions of the Dent bill and inserting the Adminis tration's selective draft plan, the North Carolina members voted six for and four against, as follows: Fori Godwin, Small, Stedman, 1 Roibinson, Weaver and Webb. Against 'Doughton, Hood, Kitchm and Poe. On the passage of bill, all North Oarolina members voted "aye." J. B. Cobb of New York Plants 500 Acres at His Hunting Lodge in Guilford in Wheat, Corn, Potatoes and Other. Food Products. Greensboro, April 30. J. B. Cobb, retired millionaire, tobacconist of New York, is cultivating 500 acres of land at his hunting lodge, situated four miles from this city in an effort to in crease the country's production of wheat, corn, potatoes and other food stuff. A tractor and 20 men are en gaged in the work which is 'being su perintended by Mr. Cobb personally. Brazil is Neutral.1 Rio de JaneriQ, April 30. The Bra zilian government has issued a ipro' clamation of neutrality with respect to the war (between the United States and Germany. Learn to do with diligence what you would do with ease. SATURDAY BY CONGRESS the bill sent to the Preaident for MILLIONAIRE JOINS FOOD MAIN MOVEMENT Strike of Bakers Results in Ti ble in the West Side Ghet"; 1 District of WindyCity.p BREAD IS DESTibYED'Bf POURINGte. OVER IT , - '-"'; City Finds Itself Short of Million and a Half of Loaves and Many 1.-5-j. ' Have to Eeat Stale Crust. . 4 (By AssociatedPress.) Chicago, . Aprii Su.i-Kioting in the. West Side in the-Ghetto district and a bread famine ur many sections, of the city marked the bakers stride itif Chicago today. ? In the Ghetto districtrhundreds of strike sympathizers, many of them women, spoiled hundreds of loaves of bread by throwing kerosene on the shops and bread wagons'. Mounted police were called rut to scatter the rioters. The tremendous significance of the strike, called Saturday, and which' has cut off one million fi?e hundred thou sand ' loaves of bread daily, dawned upon the city today when families de pendent pn large bakeries; found they must get along "on staW .crusts or no bread at all. Many ; -mprning. meals had to be abridged, and inany restau rants were without rolls and some without bread of any kind. THE FRENCH AND BRITISH . COMaMISSION DOWN TO WORK Began Second Week of Conferences ..With Preliminaries Cleared Away French Commissioned iamt Am tbassador Call on President Wilson and Hold a QmfereriJ - (iBy Associated PrraaLy ' Washington, April 30,-The British and French commission, settled down to the second weeks' conferences with preliminaries cleared' awal? the ground .-work biddfor mer1foea,ih4Mi: the grand alliance .for the overthrow of Prussian autocracy. M. vivianni, head of the French commission, accompanied by the French ambassador,- had an hour's conference with President Wilson. No announcement will be. made about the meeting but it is understood the needs of France and the co-ooeration of the United States were fully dis cussed. NATIONAL GUARDSMEN FOR OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 30. National Guardsmen designated for appoint ment in the officers reserve corps will be discharged from the guard under a ruling today by Judge Advocate General of the army. It applies to guardsmen whether their organiza tion has been called into the Federal service or not. Lester Lee Miller, After Lingering a Week or More, Succumbs to In juries Inflicted. by Discharge of Gun in hands of a Young Companion. Lester Lee Miller, aged 15 years and 8 months ded at the sanatorium in this city Sunday afternocn of in juries received by being accidentally shot sowe days ago by a companion at Rockwell. The body wa& taken to Rockwell Monday and' the fun eral was held from the First Baptist dhurcih at that place and the inter ment took place at Lower Stone church. ' The death of young Miller was dis tressingly sad. A week or more ago he and a companion by the name of Fesiperman, a son of a partner in bus iness of the father of the deceased, were out hunting and in some manner the Fesperman boy accidentally shot his companion, the Miller . boy, the load entering the right side near they h$p, tearing a hole and it is said pierc ed the intestines m a number of plac es. The injured boy was rushed to Salisbury and placed , in the sanatorr ium but at no time ' was there any great hope held out for his recovery. . Among those here from . Rockwell Monday, at which place both boys lived with their parents, was young Fesperman and he was greatly dis tressed over the death of his compan ion and playmate. Young Miller was a son of Mr? B. : T. Miller, a well kiiown man of Rockwell, and was much liked. Hi death has caused great sorrow in the Jittle town. There is art . in pride ; - those .who were not brought: up : to-it . seldom YOUNG ROCKWELL BOY DIES FROM WOUNDS : : 'W H " " ; 1 yt - i 1 Ji a - J im ii '& m i i '111 " ' ' tB ARTHUR BALFOUR. Arthur J. Balfowr was Welcomed in Washington by Secretary :. of State Lansing. The British commissioner, who- is taking- up all thVimportant A NUMB The Vacuum Is Sent to the Bottom By a Submarine and a Number of Men Missing, Including Three of. Navy Crew Maningthe Gun Ship Left New York for Birkand and Was returning to the United CANNING CLUB FOR Organization Perfected Saturday at Albemarle Demonstrator Lentz is Active in Campaign for More Food. Albemarle. April 28. There was held in the Court House at Albemarle this afternoon a very enthusiastic meeting in the interest' of the organ ization of a canning club for Stanly county. While the crowd was not so large for the reason that the farm ers were busy in their fields, yet those present exhibited a great deal of in terest in the proposal for a canning club throughtout the County. Mrs. Hargraves, the lady who is to take f charge of his work in Stanly county was present and explained the work ings of the canning club. Already there have been organized five or six of these chibs itt the county, some of them with memberships reaching fif ty or sixty. Mrs. Hargiiaves expects to organize a number of other clubs throughout the county and it is ex pected that there will be at least 12 or 15. Mr. Lent, the county demonstrator, had callfed this meeting and was pres ent and made reports on the various clubs, Such as corn clubs, pig clubs and potato clubs in the county and the work they were doing. Among those who made short talks at "the meeting were Messrs. J .M. Boyett, A. C. Hon .eycutt and W. A. Bivins,. and the meeting was "presided over by W. L. Mann, Esq. Jir. Lentz has taken as his slogan for this campaign, "Let Stanly Feed Herself." Prof . J. O. Barnhardt, of Stanly Hall Institute, was in town today and reported ''that the outlook for a large attendance at Stanly Hall next fall were, exceedingly bright. Prof. Barn hardt only "a few, days ago closed one of the most successful years that this institution has ever had. He is do ing much to arouse the educational interest .throughout the County and especSally in the western part of the county. Pet rabbits which poarch on neigh boring vegetable. .gardens will not be good insurance risks this summer. Rochester Democrat. STANLY COUNTY SECRETARY OFSTATE LANSING. questions of the war with President Wilson, ; wu-s in 4he -: 6est of u humor and he seemed gladto. pose for his picture. ? States. (By Associated Press.) - London, April 30. The American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew including the Lieutenant Laval and nine American gunners are re ported as among the missing. The Vacuum was Sunk on Satur day by a German submarine while she was on her rxay to the United States. The chief mate and seventeen men, including three of the naval crew of gunners have been landed. The mas ter of the ship and the remainder of the crew of the naval lieutenant and the nine naval gunners are still missing-. ' Left New York "March 30th. New York, April. 30. The Ameri can tank steamer Vacuum left New York on March 30th for Burkhead, England. She carried a crew of 34 of whom 15 were Americans, nine of these being native born Americans. STATE AID ASKED IN F Representatives of State Food Beards Gather in Washington for a Con ference With Federal Authorities Women to be Asked to Help in . Movement. (By i Associated Press.) -. . Washington, April ' 30. State aid in 1 the -.Federal . Trade Commission's investigation of high food prices was taken tip here today at a conference of representatives .of State food boards with the commission. Govern ors of States that have no boards also sent delegates. - The commission is 'Just starting the inquiry directed -by President Wilson and. is enlisting' the . assistance of States to hasten its completion. It will make a survey of -the country's food resources with special reference to violation of the anti-trust laws. Secretary Houston, today saw edi tors of fifty -women's. publications -and asked them to help, -the Agricultural Department . household - food conser vation program. Through the maga zines and newspapers the department hopes to teach the women of the land to practice closer, food ' economies in the home. PROBE FOR ODPRICES Living high has laid many a man low. The Mint Cola Company Becomes the Carolina Beverage Com- pan j and Re-brganises. L. D. PEELER, PRESIDENT OP THE NEW CONCERN Mr. F. T. Patterson Continues: as Sales Manager and is Raising Capital for the Company. The Mint Cola Company changes its name to the Carolina Beverage Company and is increasing the. cap ital stack by several thousand dollars, from fifty thousand to one hundred and fifty thousand. The charter of the company, hav ing been revised and the increase authorized by the Secretary of State the company is re-organized with the the following officers: President, L. D. Peeler. Vice-fPresident, S. F. Harris. Seeretary-Traasurer W. C. Mau pin. F. T. Patterson being salesmanager and will sell the increased stock. The Company has been organized in Salisbury for several years and has been making and selling the popular drink, Mint Cola. In addition tlfe company now sells . Cheerwine, which is a fast growing seller, proving pop ular locally and it will be further in troduced as a soft drink. The new company as organized will be one of the largest soft drink concerns in the Southern states and will continue to do business from this city in a pro gressive way. The men managing the company are safe business men of wide experience, and all of them are progressive and wide-A-wake. They propose to extend their business rapidly and to make the two drinks, Mtfrola arid Cheer,wine sell far and .j. . .- ana ;prospereq won iere cy.. ideace at hand that the new organi zation will take up the business and push it with success. " The change in the charter recent ly received permits the change of name and the increase in the capital-, stock. Directors in the company are as follows: L. D. Peelery S. F. Harris, W. C. Maupin, E. E. Barringer, C. J. Norman, C. N. Bolinger, O. W. Spen cer, F. T. Patterson, C. ValeT. FREIGHT YAKDS CROWDED. Unprecedented Heavy Freight Mov ing Over the Southern at this Time. Sidings Used to Park Cars. Sunday morning found the freight yards at Spencer literally jammed with loaded freight cars, and it wa3 necessary Sunday to park other in coming cars on sidings, especially the sidings on the Western road within the city limits being filled with cars, these coming down the Western. Never before Was so much . freight been moved over the Western division of the Southern, much of this going to Pinner's Point for shipment to European countries. ' One morning recently found the freight yards here packed with 400 cars. The capacity of the transfer sheds is something like 300 cars a day and it can thus beseen how busy freight transfer men are at -this time. STRIKES THREATENED. New York Workers Are Threatened to Strike Unless Their Demands are Forth Coming With the My Day Festivities. (By Associated Press.) , New York, April 30.nMay Day demands for increased wages are to oe submitted in this city and leaders declare that unless these demands are granted strikes will follow. The most serious controversy is expieot-; ed with the machinists who jwant' a $4 minimum for inside" work and a minimum of $6 for outside work. Others who threaten to strike in or der to enforce their demands are the balkers, bronze workers, mineral bot tlers, longshoremen, munition pack ers, hotel workers and workers on children shoes. GREECE'S KING TO ABDICATE.' Such is the Report Coming in Dis patches from Rome King and Queen Will Land at Italian Port and Go Overland to Denmark. (By Associated Press.) r . London, April 30.The-Teport that King Constantine of Greece is soon to abdicate is reiterated in a dispatch from Rome to the Star which says its has been, confirmed from neutral diplomatic sources. It is suggested that the King and Queen may land at an Italian port and thence proceed overland to-Deny drove a master. Jersey Collier. , - .1