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THE amVERS COLUCTIQ RIPS CALL AND NEED C AND BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND ' THE ONLY SEMI-WEEKLY THAT COVERS THE EIGHTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT A PAPER THAT SHOULD BE i READ BY EVERY CITIZEN' OP ROWAN COUNTY ' i il VOL. 3. NO. 61. $1.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE $1.50 . A YEAR AND WORTH IT PRICE TWO CENTS -BE'PMIIOTI MM 1 ,1917. v'f. I. 5 ,7 ( 1 . r4 1 I ' v V" Ik'.' t;- 7. ! If 'i 1 9" v iff -: . S - i '2 ' r V-6 & "a . f 1 , in k4 OTHER TORNADOES WITH LOSS- OF Ten Lives Lost in Tornado Which Sweeps Across Southern Illinois Section, Doing Damage and Causing Death Several Freaks, Train Outran Storm and Saved the Passengers From Hurt One Trainman Killed as He Stood by Another Road Man at Demolished Station. (By Associated Press.) St. Louis, May 31. Tornadoes in Misouri and Southern Illinois caused the death of at least ten persons and the injury of fifty more according to advices received today from various counties over which the storm pass ed. An automatic clock signal at the Iron Mountain railroad near Mineral Point, Mo., iput inta operation the wind signal which warned a Memphis and St. Louis train which carried near four hundred passengers and they watched the storm destroy the village and then rendered aid to the injure!' - A'numiber of freaks were reported. One was the exlperience of the station agent at Mineral Point wno 1 was standing with his arms aGtnt the shoulders of Tom L. Masters, a con ducotr, when the station was destroy ed. The agent escaped uninpured and , Masters was killed instantly. A thrilling race with the tornado was won by the engineer on a passen ger train near Mineral Point, and this possijblyaved the lives of one hun dred passengers aboard the train. Witnessing the formation of the fun nel shaped tornado cloud the conduc tor ordered the engineer to put on full steam and outran the storm. The .t storm cloud followed "the train for more. than a mile then changed it's course. $80,000,000 EXCISE TAX. Washington, May 31. Further re ducing .the war tax bill the Senate finance committee today to raise $80,- 000,000 hi excise or confection tax Pace, United States, Army, who has of 2 cents a pound on coffee, 5 cents j just returned here after a tour of in a pound on tea 1-2 cent a pound on spection and instruction at various sugar and 3 cents a pound on cocoa. in the state where units Another important change agreed iocated. "H"" " - of 12 1-2 per cent on war munitions, now raising $25,000,000 DURHAM'S SECOND AMBULANCE Durham, May 31. The second hos pital ambulance for service in France has been contributed by Mrs. L. L. Morehead and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Wi ley, it iias been announced. This makes the fifteenth machine to be provided for by North Carolina, each at a cost of approximately $1,000. SEABOARD'S NEW MANAGER. Norfolk, Va., May 31. L. C. Fritch, preneral manager of the Canadian Northern Railway, has been appoint ed general manager of the Seaboard Air Line, succeeding C. S. Lake, re signed. TO USE GERMAN SHIPS. Washington, May 31. In addition to the German commerce raiders Prinz Eitel Frederich and Kron Prinz Wilhelm the seized German ship Lie benfels and gunboats Geier and Lock sun will be used by the navy.. For colliers and cargo carriers eight other German ships will be used. MOURN DEAD NAVAL OFFICER Washington, May 31 j American naval officers everywhere today are mourning the death of Rear Admiral Upshur; who until his death here last night of heart failure, was the oldest living graduate of the naval academy and dean of officers, e was 94 years old and his naval career hasd included service with Commodore Perry in the historic Japan service, in the civil war with Porter and many important com mands in the navy. GUARDSMAN KILLED. Nashville, Tenn., May 31. Colonei Berry, commander of the 1st Tennes see infantry, announced the death to day of private George W. Moore, at Knbxville where he fed from an L. & N. bridge which he was guarding. His sister resides at Scotland Neck, N. C DEFENSE COUNCIL MEETS. Raleigh, May 31. The executive committee of the Stafe Council of the Council for National Defense , met here today to organize. Governor Bickett and Acting Adjutant General Royster are ex -officio members of h executive committee. ARE REPORTED LIFE AND INJURIES EMENTOF Two Debating Contests With Sixteen Speakers Tonight iSenior Debate Takes Place Saturday Night Shopmen Have Not Been Granted Six Cents An Hour. (By A. W. Hicks.) iSpencer, May 31. Tonight two de bating contests of the East Spencer school will ibe held with- sixteen speakers. The .first contest has for a query, "Resolved that the. stage has not a moral tendency." Three speak ers have been assigned tothe affirma tive and an equal number of the nega tive. The subject of the second con test is "Resolved that capital punish ( Continued on Page 6.) COAST ARTFtLERY Captain W. H. Peace, U. S. A., Says With One Exception All Companies Full Strength. OFFICERS WELL VERSED IN TECHNICAL SUBJECTS Equipment for Worth Carolina Coast ArtilleryrJp :$!rp$r Sent to Encwptnent (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, May 31. Too much can not be said in praise of the Coast Artillery Companies of , the National Guard, according- to Captain W. H. uaiDtam i'ace said that with otia exception all of the companies were practically at full war strength, and the one company behind probably had its full quota hy this time. The personnel of the various units was excellent, Captain Pace declared, and all officers were up with their .studies on technical sub je jets in connection with the artillery corps. Heavy equipment to be used by the artillery companies when called to the colors have already been forward ed to the concentration camps and will be awaiting the men when they arrive, Captain Pace said. P. O. CLERK'S FATHER DEAD. Mr. C. D. Bell Receives Word of the Death of W. T. R. Bell in a Rieh mond Hospital. Mr. C. D. Bell, a clerk in the Salis bury postoffice today received a mes sape announcing the death of his father, W. T. R. Bell, of Rutherford ton, which occurred in a Richmond hospital this morning at 3 o'clock. The funeral and burial will take place at Rutherfordton Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and the son has gone to that place to attend the same. The decased was a veteran of the civil war and was for eight or ten years editor of the-- Rutherfordton Sun. Richmond, Va., May 31. Capt. W. T. R. Bell, aged 73 years, a Confed erate veteran and widely known edu cator, who formerly conducted a mil itary academy at King's Mountain, N. C, died here this morning at the home of his daughter. His body will be taken to Rutherfordton, N. C., for burial. A court item in Tuesday's Post re ferred to the binding over to Super ior court of a young: man, Earle Swicegood, charged with larceny re ferred to the defendant as colored. He i3 a white man. General Haig, who once was barred from the British army on account of color blindness, can prove by Field Marshal Hindenburg that he can see red all right enough.- Macon Tele graph. - hi jii. ... tin m a A ibald man may have a great head for, any kind of business except that of a barber. EASISPI SPENCER SCHOOL fgS1"" now going on uiimm&Sr " 1 OFFICER LAUDS f GETTING RID OF THE FAMILY PET Ji I GIGANTIC NATION WIDE PROPAGANDA TO HINDER REGISTRATION IS UNCOVERED Headquarters Located in Columbus, Ohio, and Plan Appeared to Be well FinancedSta tionery and Blanks Seized in a Printing Office Injunction Sought at Kansas City to Prevent Registration Being Put in Force-Plot Discovered in Florida Among Young Men to Flee to Cuba to Escape Registration and Draft. (By Associated Press.) Columbus, Ohio, May 31. A gigan tic propaganda plot with national headquarters in this city, organized to induce men of military age all over the United , States to refrain from registering for conscription next Tuesday, June 5th, has been uncover ed by State and government secret service agents, according to an nouncement this afternoon by Gover nor Cox. Details of the plot wfrich is sai to have extended into many states became known when United States Marshals raided a print shop offid? where practically all of the proga ganda literature was printed and dis tributed. It js stated that the plot appeared to be well financed and well organ ized. BRITISH CASAULTIES IRE VERY HEAVY Figures for May Show a Large In crease Over the Inactive Winder Months More Than a Hundred Thousand Men Lost Lives in Arras Fighting. (By Associated Press.) London, May 31 The British cas ualties as published for the month of May shows a total of 5902 officers and 106,331 men. The British offensive on the Arras front, envolving some or the most se vere fighting of the war and natural ly resulted in large casualties, large increase over the inactive winter months. The February casualties shqwed total of 124 officers and 17,197 men. The assertion of the British that their losses are fifty per cent less in the .battle of the Arras than the battle of the Somme, notwithstanding larg er forces were engaged, is no borne out by the figures for May given out. It is rather difficult to believe, but the Senate has actually passed anoth er bill. There is much speculation as to whether Congress cr the war will finish first. 4Savannah News. r-YouU. HAVE TO D J.itt I XD- 1 HAVN'T THE H&h An Injunction is Sought. Kansas City, Mo., May 31. Argu ment on petition to enjoin Governor Gardner, Mayor Edwards .and other State, county and city officials from enforcing the draft registration Tues day was opened in circuit court here today. The State is represented by the attorney general of Missouri. The argument to be presented by attorneys for the petitioners was that the registration and draft was illeg al as violation of the amendment to the Federal constitution. The attorneys for Mayor Edwards were prepared to assert that the Su preme Court of the United States had held draft to be legal. They had quo tations frem the Supreme iCourt's de cisions which said, "a man may be compelled by force against his will, without regard to his personal inter ests or religious or political belief to take his iplace in the ranks, armed." The injunction proceedings were fil ed in the names of two persons repre senting an organization kncfn as the Federation for Democracy Control. Young Men Fleeing to Cuba. Jacksonville, Fla., May 31. Sher iffs along the Florida seacoast are maintaining a close watch for slack ers who may attempt to leave the State for foreign shores in order to escape registration nex; Tuesday. Under instructions from Governor Catts, who says he ?ias information that not a few draft subjects have already left for Cuba sheriffs from now until Tuesday will detain any person in the age limits suspected of trying to escape. Washington Officials on Watch. Washington, May Sl.It is an nounced today that steps will -be tak en to prevent men subject to military registration from leaving the coun try before June 5th. Department of Justice officials said every effort was being made to .prevent evasion of the law by leaving the ountry. Attacks Conscription Act. New York, May 31. The conscrip tion act was characterized as tooth im moral and unconstitutional at the first American Conference for De mocracy and Terms of Peace AWhich was algain in session. The speaker was Daniel Kilfer of Cincjnanti, who was introduced after Dr. Judah L. Magnes. " .. ' STATE SUPREME COURT. Expected Adjournment of Present Term Held Up on Request of At torney General Manning. (By Associated Press.) Raleigh, May 30- The expected ad-jojurnment-of the present term of the State Supreme court has been held up on request of Attorney General Manning for an opinion upon the le al status of the Clark road law and the duties obligatory on the State treasurer and county authorities in relation thereto. The law was enaced at the recent session of the General Assembly. The court after hearing Mr. .Manning's petition recessed until June 9th in or der to consider the case in detail. CENSORSHIP CLAUSE IN ESPIONAGE BILL UP AGAIN Fate of the Proposal in Doubt Food Legislation Still Under Considera tion and Senate Resumes Debate on the House Bill. (By Associated Press.) Washington, May 31. The contest over the newspaper censorship was renewed in the House today with the fate of the proposal in doubt. The question arose when the House took up for adoption the conference report on the espionage bill contain ing the newspaper censorship pro vision. Should the provision be re jected, as is predicted, a separate bill will likely be presented iby the admin istration. Food legislation ia still under con sideration in both sides of the capi tol today. In the senate the debate on the bill, already passed by the House provid ing for a survey and certain restric tions, was resumed while the House agricultural committee (began work of perfecting a bill for the establisfP taent of food administration 1 and price fixing. Both bills are adminis tration measures. -. The Senate is expected to pass its bill in the next fer days. .. , GRADED SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT Program of the Ever Interesting Graduating Class Issues Invitations and the Commencement Sermon is Set for Sunday Address by Dr. Williams of Chapel Hill is An Event of Monday. EXERCISES OF THE Exhibition of Year's Work Will be Made Friday Afternoon for All De partments Y. W. Cl A. Pageant Saturday Afternoon Public In vited. On Friday afternoon, June 1, at 5 o'clock at Maxlvell Chambers Build ing the Salisbury Normal and Indus trial Institute will give an exhibition of the year'svwork in its industrial de partments. All the work has been done by the students themselves. Among the sewing department . exhibits is an in teresting one of dresses, hone of which has been permitted to cost more than two dollars. The manual arts shoiws student's (Continued oh Page 6.) PUSH TRENCH BACK Germans Endeavoring to Get Control of Vantage Ground Won by the French. INCREASING ARTILLERY Political Situation in Spain is Being- Closely W&tched and Guar antee May be Suspended. (By Associated Press.) Desperate attempts by the Germans to push back the French from the vantage ground won in the recent at tack in the Champagne region has been renewed. As a whole the French line remained intact under successive severe lblors dealt early in a sustain ed effort of extremely violent char acter. The front was Rented tat only one point but this was slight, the German troops gaining on some ad vanced trenches northeast of Mont Haut. Along the British line in France comparative quiet continues, broken into only by trench raids. Increasing artillery activity from the Arras battlefield, however, is re ported, the big guns on both sides starting up again in somewhat of a lively fashion near Bullecourt and further north along the Scarpe east of Arras. The political situation in Spain is being closely watched, particularly in view of today's newspaper announce ment in Madrid-that the constitution al guarantee shortly is to be suspend ed. Former Premier Romanones is quoted as declaring that conditions in the country which is known to be suffering keenly in a general econom ic way from the war as well as di rectly from submarine sinking be comes graver every hour. It is con sidered that the great linking of pro ally sympathizers as of enormous importance and as perhaps likely to exercise "greater influence on for eign than home policies." Further Losses of Norwegian Ships. London, May 31. Further losses of Norwegian ships are reported in Lon don news dispatch from Christiana, which quote the Norwegian foreign minister to the effect that German submarines suto one sailing vessel yesterday and two steamers. Governor Manning of South Caro lina Tuesday purchased 20 liberty bonds of $50 denomination. That number represents ine each for him self. Mrs. Manning, a daughter, sev en sons and 10 grandchildren. It is to be hoped that the Germans, who now are eating crow, will save enough for a big family dinner at Potsdam along early in the fall. Kansas City Star. Thirty years is the age at which women will (be qualihea to vote under the terms of the franchise bill intro duced by the Government in the Brit ishparliaanent. .j. , If the average sentry does as good shooting at the front as on the home icicket line, there'll be no question of the outcome. (Washington Post. SALISBURY NORMAL & NO A I U DESPERATE ATTEMPT BEGINNING THIS EVENING Events With the City Schools The Senior Class Salisbury High School ! requests the honor of your presence at its Commencement Exercises Monday evening, June fourth nineteen hundred seventeen at eight o'clock Ellis Street School Auditorium, Nq Flowers. 5 The city schools are holding ,the an nual commencement exercises begin ning Friday evening at the Vance mill schdol and the keenest of interest will focus on these exercises from day to day The program in full follows: Commencement Exercises Friday, June 1st. 6 p. m.. Vance Mill School House May Day Festival. ' 6:30 p. m. Chestnut Hill School House Open air games. 8 p. m. Ellis Street School Audi torium Seventh, Grade Commence ment. " Saturday, June 2nd. 10 a. m. Ellis Street School Audi torium Presentation of Certificates of Attendance. 8 p. m. Ellis Street School Audi torium High School Debate for Ren dleman Medal. Sunday, June 3rd. ' Ellis Street School Auditorium Commencement sermon, Rev. Jno. A. Lesh, Greensboro. Monday, June 4th. 3:30 p. m. Ellis Street School Au ditoriumClass Day Exercises. p. m. Ellis Street School Audi torium Commencement Exercises. W"ruT ' assays. Addresi by Dr. D. A. Williams, of SALISBURY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Seventh drade Commencement School Auditorium, 8 p. m., June 1, 1917. Prayer Rev. W. W. Way Songs: a. "Liberty." b. "Marcb. on; Brave Lads, March on!" Boys' Contest in Declamations. 1. "Revolutionary Alarm?" Chas. Stewart. 2. "Barbara Freitche" William Shuping. 3. "Present Crisis" Edwin Greg ory. 4. "The Wreck of the Hesperus" Spencer Murphy. 5. "Life's Relay" Arnold Walser. Songs: a. "Battle Hymn of the Republic." b. "Dixie." Girls' Contest in Recitations. 1. "Which Shall it be" Ruth Summersett. 2. "Almost Beyond Endurance" Annie Taylor. 3. "Bud's Fairy Tale" Mary Day ton Leonard. 4. "The Bear Story" Frances Brand is. 5. "Mis- Edith .Helps Things Along" Elizabeth Sossaman. Presentation of Diplomas A. T. Al len. Presentation of Prizes Rev. W. W. Way. Officers : William Smoot, President. Vivian Gregory, Vice-President. Grace Aaron, Secretary. Ned Bradshaw, Treasurer-Physician. Eunice McAdams, Historian. Juanita Koontz, Prophet. - Mary Blair, Poet. Oldham Clark, Statistician. Dewey Atwell, Lawyer. Class Roll: , , Ned Bradshaw, Eunice McAdams, Grace Aaron, Juanita Koontz, SaVlie Moyle, Myrtle Kesler, Flossie Foster, Harry Arey. Beiftah Linker, Mary Blair. Rose Miller, Mabel Foster, Viv ian Gregory, Mary Sue Irvin, Gaither Pearson, Dora Lingle. Hethie Moore field, Hiram Bueck, Vera Kluttz, Au CTista Copley, William Smoot, Agnes ""cAdams, Oldham Clark, Nona Bruce, Gladys Trazzare, Myrtie Trex ipi Frances Sowers, Pearl Misen-, heimer, Dewey Atwell, Lindsay Tay lor. Simmie Handlesman. Motto: "They can, who think they can." Class Colors: White and Green. Class Flower: Queen Ann's Lace. Closing Exercises. The sixth annual commencement exervices of the Sacred Heart School will take plaice ift the parochial school building tonight at eight o'clock. An attractive and varied (program has been arranged and the parents, pa trons and friends of the institution are most cordially invited to be pres ent. A silver offering .will be taken ! ) 1 1 1 I I"- 4K A. tflfflji iftl j -If t