North Carolina Newspapers

,.'v ,' VOL. XIV. J. v SHERRILU Editor and Pub-aba CONCORD. N. C- WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 26. 1914 40 Cents Month Centa a Copy. NO 309 i FATEOFfLO iiati::i u LETTZl r&OM. lOL OOO D MAX. Oeanty Demonstrator Writes Treat ftaletgh. Where Ea Attended U Detsonttrattoa Matting. - . . '' 4ioa meeting closed Monday sight ' the Farmer' Convention will be- HAK0I50 OK THE 1B8OT.T OF ,hii zoning. ATJJTTTV T.nfTJl - The deraoostrttioo meeting was st- . tended by about 60 agents, 25 of thit '- . number being from the Piedmont and - Hard PiwiM by tha Entire Ocati mountain icrtion of our State. Aray.-AU Xlfht Loot Ota Eaay J Frof. Bbarwia 8oO Moisture, . - .-.t. it. r-t. iw. -.J Soil moisture is the Urgent subject Broatbt Vt Freeh Troops. - Tit fc He ugt Germans Sea-mad tha Attack at get the water into the soil, keep it " Daybree.-0fflc Confident tha there, and then put the soU in aneh a . - - condition that the planta will be able Line Will Hold. French Withdraw lo it .. rrom Mulhiuten to Maforot tha' Sandy toils a. they "are.atually i .... j fanned teem to atand drouth better ; wrrtina Border. - - ; ' " 7 than clay because the roots go down - Paris,- Aug. 20. The fate of the 'deep while the planta are young, and nation it admittedly hanging on the' are able to get moisture. . ' 1-emilt nf the work of the allied lineal- Clay Soils if ploughed deep, and - along the northern and eastern fron- has plenty of humus will stand dontb tier. They are hard pressed by the better than Sana because a wen pre-r- " entire active German - army. ' All pared clay toil holdt more water than night Ions; the enemy brought up fresh sund, besides the rspillsry water will troops. (Jen. Joffre devoted his time rise higher in clay, making shallow : ; . to strengthening tlie .weatker points cultivation necessary to retain the ; of defense. The Geiwans resumed moisture in the time of drouth. . ' the attack at daybreak. . The war Corn roots seem to form their habit office professed to be confident that before tasseling and after this time ; the line will hold.. Tha fighting front they don't follow the water table covers the boundaries of the depart- down in dry weather, so it is very ments afford, Ardennes, Montmedy necessary to get Water into the soil and Meuse. At West Luneville , the and keep H there. : - heaviest fighting is in progress. The I ; In an experiment to show the wt Freneb withdrew from ' Mulhnnseii. ter holding capacity of clay and San- ' Altkirch and other points to re-en-, dy soils equal parts by measure of -'. force the Ursine border . south . of clay and sand were put in glasses and '.'Luneville.'' Thev aent Gen. Pan to ft!l known amounts of water were poured the gaps to prevent a break' of the.over each and after the soil bad tak- French lines in , North and South , en all the water it would the surplus :" Fninal. . ' " "' V ..' ir '' v!v.ss Doured off, giving the result of , , ' - i elav soil .holding 872 c. e. of water, The t rench eaRRmander-in-cmer ba , j,iie an qUal volume of sandy soil wunarawn nis iorces irom me win- nej a3Va water. r tory Tecently occupied and is massing- Prot Metcalf gave an interesting , . them along with their British allies, lecture on insects of cover crops in in a strong line between Manbenge, which he divided the inseets accordr on tba north, and Donon, on the ig j0 their mouth parU: 1. Those f - south, a distance of abont 200 miles, having jaws, or chewing insects, aan The allies, having -abandoned the fa Doisoned by stomach poisons such . . offensive,, according to official an- arsenate of lead or Paris green an nouncement will assume a purely de- nliei to foliage, of plants. Ifensive attitude, in Ve ndpa oX check- j Those having beaks or piercing ing tne advance oi tne vast masses mouth parts have -to be killed by of .Germsn troops endeavoring t Spray8 that come" in contact- with :. - break through the line. V ' '.'them.' Example: lime sulphuur,; and A combined French and Entisa vony the insecta that spray hits are ; force is Jioliling the front near Givet, tilled v - ' , . fl!ll!ri&t ; commano ine roans ou oi tne great '. . forest of Ardennes, v , . Upon the ability of tha allies to hold the Germans, the French war of fice admits, depends the fate of France. A British ofllcial statement an nounces that the position of the Brit TKS UTCHXB flCTIO. Mara Tkaa 1,000 Fsopla yiaaant. Bpaackaa by Ool Bayda. Aai 0a. Can. A Bif Diaaar.. The Veterans Picnic at Ritchie's Grove was given yesterdsy, aad it is estimated that-from 1,000 to 1,200 people were present It took place in the grove at the residence of 'Mr. W. S. Ritchie, in No, 4 township, about foar mile from Coo cord. Mr. To bias Blackwetder, a much esteemed eititen of No. 4, who baa been an invalid for several years, waa the guest dt honor of tha occasion. - Mr. J. D. Bundy made a happy In troductory speech and acted as master of exercises. The veterans' choir sang a selec tion, after which prayer wss offered by Rev. C. P. MacLaughlin. Co). A. H. Boyden, of Salisbury, spoke for thirty minutes on the histo ry of the North Carolina troops. He was followed by Gen. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, who spoke on the work of the North Carolina soldiers in the Civil War, laying special stress on the fact that they had not been fairly Health with in the written history of that momentous struggle. A big dinner waa served and it was a big dinner sure enough. There were two long tables, and each was loaded to the limit with good things to eat of every description. There were shout fifty Confederate veterans present, and Mr. Ritchie treated all of them to watermelons. It was a great occasion, and every body enjoyed it immensely. SPECIAL O OX roofs cr 'mm TO PBEVEXT RENEWAL OF ATTACK Or KPPELIN3. ish troops is in everywav satisfactory. Announcement is made, however, that British casualties in the recent fiirhtinsr numbered 2,000. Field Mar shal Sir John French, commander of the British forces on the continent, 'reports (hat the withdrawal of his trooos to their new position was suc cessfully effected -' Reports from The Hague say that the Germans who have been massed in large numbers - along the- Dutch frontier' lisve disanpeared and thai the mobilisation' of .th Dutch, army : las reased, ' Meulliausen again ' has been evacuated by the French. : , Rotation' ;of crops being the most economical method of controlling any insect or disease in that it dis turbs their breeding places. Mr. Hudson enumerated the fol lowing benefits derived from cover crocs: ''. j j ": '."' ' . ' 1. Addition of plant lood. 2. Addition of organic matter. 3. Reduces washing. - 4. Reduces leeching. : 6. Promotes bacterial work. . 6. Increases water holding capacity. , ' 7, Takes nitrogen from air. - 8.. Takes carbon dioxide from air which makes the woody portion of plant. !.: 9. Promotes f reeling. ; ? , 10. Admits, air into soil. ' ' 11; FurniBhes winter and spnns grating. 12. Makes forage for animals, 1.3. Makes soil looser and easier to cultivate. If we get plenty of organic matter in our soils and cultivate shallow al ter each rain, to conserve the mom- Mr. Cannon Bet urns. Mr. J. W. Cannon returned yester day from Washington, where he at tended the Conference of the'busioees men "of ti country with "Secretary MeAdoo and other Government offi cials in regard to tha business situa tion.' The conference wss attended by cotton manufacturers from New England, the cotton and tobaeeo plant ers or the South, the bankers- who finance tha cotton interests and Gov ernment officials, headed by Secretary of tha Treasury MeAdoo, who pre sidedy and members of the Federal Reserve Board. ' Mr. Cannon was highly pleased with the work of the conference, and espe cially with'' Secretary MeAdoo and (he other officials of the administra tion, who addressed the meeting..,: A fcelinjr afopiimiim. perbaded the con TerenceVhnd aft present were imprestf- ed with the fact that the Wilson ad ministration has the confidence of the business people of the country. Many Koa-Combataata - Killed at Antwerp by tha teppaUn War ahipa. Guns tn Boft Will be a Manaad by tha Molt Expert Gun ners. Royal Family Leave Palace at Antwerp. Government Tryini to" Trace Accomplice. Protest Filed With Secretarjr Bryan. Antwerp, Aug. 26.t-The govern ment is mounting- special guns or. spires and ' roofs of ,tll buildiu'.'s. Tliey will be manned by the most expert gunners to prevent another Zepplin visit because 'of 'the danger of the renewal of the attack. The offices of the general staff hare been removed to a locality not revealed. Members of the royal , family will Wave, the palace and .refugee else where. The authoritietteel confident that the dirigible, so high could not get range of the palace if not signall ed from the city. . The government is endeavoring to trace Hhese accom plices and if caught they will he shot., '.'i-:;?. ine uenerai oi tne stan ordered i dozen picked aviators and the best aeroplanes stationed at the outlying forts in order to watch 'further for the Zeppelins. All vowed to attack any dirigible even if necessary to ram it at the cost of their lives. It Is feared that the Belgians will take re prisals if any -Germans are raptured. Secretary Bryan Appealed to. Washington. Anav 26, Belsian Minister Havenitli has filed a protest to the State Department against the depredations of the Zeppelins over Antwerp, causing the death of ninny non-combatants. Mr. Brvan acknowl edged its receipt but refused to Jake further steps now. Governor Craig Invitaa Conference of ,-:":' Governora! ' Raleigh, Aug, 2.". After a confer ence, with representative farmers, CONCORD PUBLIC SCHOOLS Win Opaa for Fall Session September 14. CoauaanicatiOB From Mr. Wabb. The Concord public schools will opea September 14, 1914. In acrord snce with the recommendation of the CouBty Board of Health and for the protection of the children, the school board baa ordered that each chill that enters the city schools must ex hibit a sear ' indicating successful vaccination or present a certificate from a physirian to that effect. The State lew requires all children between the ages of 8 and 12 to at tend school continuously for four months. The compulsory period will begin with the opening of the school in the white schools, and January 4Vh at the colored school. A child must be six years old he fore he csn enter the public schools. Most school authorities are agreed that it is much better for a child not to enter school before he is seven. Beginners in the first grade will not be admitted after Oetober ."th. Children who have not a promotion card will please meet their principals at their resiective huildinirs Friday. September 11th, at 2 o'clock, for ex amination and classification. Begin ners in the first grade need not come until Monday, September 14th. The superintendent will be in his office at Central School from 0 to 10 and from 3 to 4 on September 0, 10, 11 and 12th. Children who have con ditions to remove should report at that time. Book lists can be secured from the book store and from Central school after September 7th, and children should secure their books and come In school Monday. September 14th. ready .for a full dn's work. Asking the hearty co-operation of every patron. I am. vonrs eordiallv, A. S. WEBB, Sunt. GOVERNMENT PLANT EXPERT HERE TODAY Civic Leafne, Throne h Senator Over Baa, Secures Vint From Patholo gist Rewntly the Civic League, uotinir he numerous dvinu trees in theeitv. ked Senator Overman to secure 'a athologist from the government t Uit the city to asrertaiu the cause and to sii"Kest a reiuedv. This mor i- lg, in auawer to that request, : eorgc Uedgeroek, acting imtlioUcris; of the Korean of I'lauU. arived in he city, remaining several hours. He said that the decay and death of a umber of trees were due to ijas, stat- ng that the four trees in front ol he V. A. Smith residence had di.l a direct result of this cause. Dr. Hedgeeock made an examina tion of the trees on Xortli I'nion treet, stating that the death of ot!i- rs was due to fungus growth. His written report, which is exneeted in few days, will lie awaited with in terest. THE RUSSIAN ARMY. Co-Dperating to Drive tha Ger mans to tha Lake Regions of East ern Prussian. St. Petersburg. Aug. The Rus sian armies with bases at Gumbien- nen in the north and at Bials in the south are co-operating in the effort drive the Germans to the lake re gions ot eastern Prussia. The at- acking forces have a sixtv mile front. The country is filled with forests. marshes ami lakes. Cabarrus Girl Raises Big Sunflower in California. A Portersville, Cal., paper has the following : "for raising mammoth sunflowers the cake goes to Miss Ollie Walker ol F street and Miss Walker is not from Kansas, the sunflower state, but "from North Carolina. -'One of the big plants whose heod conl&ins enough chicken feed for one chicken -'steen days has been cut off i i. - a : . , ranil tftkeri'to Rolwrt Horiiaeh's office French May Use Deadly Oaa Bomb, . London,'- Aug.? 25. A remarkable tale from Paris, illustrating the gtos- ture . Mn.mai5e , good crop regard- sip inai now prevails iu u.b " frss of the season.' , ;- . , capital, sets forth that a French 0ur goils need organic matter so scientist has invented a bomb Hilled jf yon cftn't -rfover sown before with a gas that on exploding willl kill u ig t00 ,aU( M it makeg every human being witton 300 yards ,arjt(f gfa inn nnder after it is of the point of explosion. ' .'too late to sow elover. . It it seriously t stated that tne Organic matter absorbs eight times French ; authorities are prepared to , much ,-.tCr as sand, and three make use. of this discovery as a re- timei mucn eiay ud noidg :t l firisal for the alleged use of dum-dum .:. , inna M Mn i nlearlv hm - bullett and tooth-edged bayonets by 'tha importanee of organic matter in .- the Germans. -'-' -'-.-'' ; - ffarainir.'(:'.v'';.;'"'-!.'';-S-.y;T'1i';,,..J The ench authorities see into oa, rA . j,ave to wo crops Play at Patterson Mill School. The pupils of the Patterson Mill Sunday school will give a play, en titled "The Hoodoo," Friday night, August the 28th. The characters are as follows; , Brighton Eearly Frank McLaugh lin. ' Billie Jackson Roy Keller. Malachi Meek Robert Walthall. Solomon Spigget Will Townsend. Hemachus Spigget Ray Morris. Mr. Drue Jay Price. Aunt Paradise Jack Pharr. Annie Lee Isabel Morris. . Doris Ruffles Virginia Morrison. ' Mrs. Perrington Shine Bess Mc Laughlin. Miss Longnecker Idelle Townsend, Dodo De Graft Margaret Wal thall. ' - y Mrs. Clinger Martha Cochrane. Gwindoline P. Shine Mattie Lou Morris. ... .- Angelina Clinger Martha Pharr, Mrs. Spigget-rNita Morris. , Lulu Spigget Roberta Keller. Time: Fiight o'clock. Place: Patterson Mill Church. Price: 10 and 15 cents. Everybody is cordially invited. today, Governor Craig wired the gov ernors of Georgia, Florida.' Alabama, South Carolina, Louisana, Mississippi. Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Tenn essee, requesting them to meet with him and appoint 0 delegates from each state, at a conference to be held in Atlanta September 3 to devise plans for saving from sacrifice and prevent, if possible, the threatened disaster to the cotton crop -of the south. The North Carolina executive is expecting favorable replies from each of the governors addressed and there is little doubt hut that the meet ing will be held. . v.hicli it really is, is twelve feet 'lii'iii and the flower is thirteen inches across. "Miss Walker raised a long row of the big plants." Miss Walker is a daughter of Mrs. J. W. Walker, of No. 6 township, but has been living in California for sev eral years with her -brothcr-in-!;iw Mr. O. T. Ritchie. Hearing in Kannapolis Case Tomor row Afternoon. Coroner J. O. Moose, who on Sat urdav sent the stomach of victor Fink, who died suddenly under un usual circumstances at Kannapolis Saturday afternoon, to the State chemist at Raleigh, this morning rp convinced that the Germans are mak-j per, year, if he expects to improve ing constant use of these Hague-for and nake , yvinj at the Mma bidden instrument. The life-destroy-1 timfl 0mj of theH cropg ean be taken ing gas Domo was aiso rmeu nga.ii ffi for anfl the other turned nn at tlie peaceconvennon wnen tne ruies der to feed the of war were laid down. The new- bomb, was experimented with on a flock of sheep, all of which died 'When the gases affected them, Mr. Williams states that more lime should be used all over the State and before buying the farmer should find out tbe cheapest form in which to buy though the bomb i actually burst or hii lin)& - Fifty-six pounds of burnt than two hundred feet away from the Germain Rent- Attack Vo Oatehd " London, Aug. 26. Ostend j reports that the German attack on the city " hat been renewed." Scouts report that , German reinforcements : are coming; up, - Steamers arriving at Folkstone rnport thep- is sence of English war. Bhiit near tie Ostend harbor. Kaiser Establish Military Govern' - ment in Belgium. - , '' Amsterdam, Aug. 26. The Kaiser lias established a military govern ment in Belgium. It is reported from "Berlin that State - Field Marshal Von Dergol its iias j been appointed -- military governor. . - - , ; . Bailing of Steamship CanceUed.' Court Cases. The case f Karnhadt vs. tlie Southern Railway Company was giv en to the jury yesterday afternoon at o clock. The jury wrestled with it or three hours, and at 6 o'clock re timed a verdict allowing' the plaintiff he sum of $500. The case of G. C. MeCurdy vs. tlie Southern Railway Company was tak en up yesterday afternoon. , J. L. Crowcll and H. S. Williams represent ed tlie plaintiff, and ,. C. Caldwell .and L. T. Hartsell the defendant. The consideration of the case consumed the entire morning session, and it was given to the jury just before noon, rne court is now trying the cas:1 of M. F. Teeter vs. D. N. Tvson. ATTACKED WHILE BATHING III RIYER TAKEN BT SURPRISE ENGLISH LOST HEAVILY. A Strong German Cavalry Attacked English Hussars While ia "Swim ming. "-Many Were SlMfhtered Before They Could Get Out of tike Water. Belgian Legation Thinks a Majority of the Namur Forts Are Still Holding Out. Paris. -.Vug. L'ti. A strong German column nf cavalry attacked the Eighteenth Knglish Hussars while they wen- hathing in the river. Taken by surprise, tin- Knglish lost heavilv. Many were l;mglitered before they -could gel out of the wster. The war nilicr announced that ad vices have hcen received from the front decline that a big battle is now in progn-j.. and is progressing favor ably to t:i(. Allied cause. Namur Forts May Still Be Intact. Loml ng. :(). The Belgian le gation announced that "No official in 'formation lias hcen received whether any of the Xaimir forts have been ((.pturcd, feeling certain that a ma jority are still intact and held by the Belgians ihoiigl, the tierman troops undoubtedly hove the town." A PITIFUL CASE IN COURT. Bull. Mr. T. L. Bost, a prominent citizen it No. 1 township, was seriously hint ivst Tuesday by a Jersey bull belong ing to a neighbor. Mr. ( hnnning Smith. Mr. Host was in Mr. Smith pasture, where the hull was, when. without warning, the animal furious ly attacked him. It struck him in the breast, knocking him down. Fortun ately he was near a barbed wire fence. and the bull gradually worked him tli rough the fence and could no long er get to him. Mr. Bost's cries final ly brought assistance and lie was tak en home. His injuries are serious. White Man Convicted of Stealing Chickens And Also His Young Son Is Found Guilty. Salisbury Post, L'-'ith. There were a number of cases iu the IJowim county court this morning and one tlf these was a intiful one. A while man, about 45 vears old, of the Ijiinilis section, was convicted of stealing chickens and his son. a bov of between l'i and 14 years of age, was also convicted. The wife. was in . court to defend her buband and child and with her were three other chil dren, the youngest an infant. The man was sentenced to three months on the roads and the boy to thirty days in jail. 4Iowever, when the con " Tinas eM'WiMW-fay the court, the man and the boy being . t the only support the mother and chil dren had and they being in almost destitute circumstances judgment wa9 suspended in both cases. Mill: I Sout hers, for being out after midnight, thus breaking the curfew aw, wa sent up for thirty days. Blease Probably Defeated By Smith. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 25. Returns I"te from , the Democratic primary held through South Carolina today In- ceived a letter from that official say dicated tne renominadons of United ing that his department no lunge States Senator E. D. Smith over Gov. made such examinations, and that it Cole L. Blease, W. P. Pollock and would be necessary to have it done U U. Jennings. With about half the elsewhere. vote heard from, Smith had a lead Another hearing will be had in th of 8,200. The vote at midnight stood: lease tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock omiin, 30,iz: mease, za,oi; Jen-1 at Kannano is. No doubt the cvi- nings, 922; Pollock, 833. dence then brought out will determ- . For governor, a seeond race is a ino whether or not an examination of certainty, with Richard I. Manning, the Btomach for traces of poison will the leader in the returns up to ndd- be made. There have been suggestions night, and jtobert A. Cooper, Jolm G.lof foul play, but so far no evidence Richards as bis Opponents. The vote has been brought out to substantiate at midnight stood: . I this. Manning, 1131; Cooper, 10,799 ; Richards," 10,300 ; Clinkscales, 8,444. Alexander Citizen Takes Own Life by Strangulation. Baeford Won Yesterday. " -'-..r- Am 25. An unusual t harlotte Observer. 1 . s I mthnd nf snieide waa chosen bv Mr. A base on balls, a sacrifice, and an Nathan Bentlev. an aged citizen of ONE STEAMER RAMS AND SINKS ANOTHER Missionary Conference at Norwood. The District Missionary Conference of the Woman's Missionary Society of the W. N. C. Conference of the Methodist Church will he held at Norwood on Thursday and Friday of this week. I The delegates of the Junior Class of Central Methodist Church are Miss Thelma Albright, Ruth Crowell and Virginia Snioot, Mrs. J. F. Dayvault, representative of the Woman's Soci ety. Tlie delegates of the Forest Hill Methodist Church who will attend the conference are Mrs. J. C. Fink, Misses Eudora Eudy and Bessie Bunn. Princess Victoria Sinks Admiral Sampson Off "No Point." Seattle, Aug. 20. The steamer Princess Victoria rammed and sank the liner Admiral Sampson o. "No Point." The Sampson sank in four minutes after she was struck. It is not known if any of the fifty-four passengers perished. Gov. Demonstration in Silo Building, Mr. Combs, of the Dairy Division ot the North Carolina Experiment Station, will give a demonstration in error aent cheek across in yesterday Alexander eountv. Bentley, who was silo building, and 'also some ;. dairy afternoon 'a Raeford-Morganton aeries about 75 years old, disappeared from talks Saturday, the:29th inst.; at the after play had stood at , t,wo for Bj nome on Barret Mountain. Search Luberger Place," No.. 4 township,! eight and one-half innings, with the wfl(l m.da and bin body was found on the National Highway, where Mr. winning run of the game, the Eastern-1 some distance from bis home with Umberger ia having a modern silo eras , defeating Morganton , by tne one ena 0f a hickory withe tied around erected. Mr. Combt will be assisted score or 4 to i, and thereby evening up hjg neck ana the other around a hick by County , Demonstrator Goodman the -championship se:ies, Morganton orv tree. It was evident that after . . . a i.j 1 1 : . .l. a a ... ..-- 1 . t .. ..... . , ana requests xnai everyone inveresieu uaviug won iue nrsi. 'I tying himself to tne tree lie placed come early and bring dinner. . - . 1 " ' - - his feet againat the trunk of the tree Craig Receiving Favorable Re plies. Raleigh, Aug. 26. Governor Craig ia receiving favorable replies from governors of cotton States for his plan to hold a conference of govern ors, cotton growers, dealers, manu facturers and bankers m Atlanta Sep tember 3. to protect" the Sout hen cotton stuation. Senator Smith Has Good Lead Over Blease. The Columbia State of today says that Smith's lead over RIease is good. The Stale says: With alwut two-thirds of the x-., pected total vote reported Senator E," . D. Smith has won the renomination for the I nited States Senate over Gov. Cole L. Blense, if the return hold their course. Ot 1 o'clock this ; morning tlie returns in the Democrat ic primary gave the senator 57,509, against AMM for fov. Blease, 1,020 for W. P. I'olhx k and 1,187 for L. D. Jennings. V : Belgian Victory Over Germans. . Washington, Aug. 26. The Belgian legation 1 as received news of a Bel gian victory over the Germans , at Vilvorde. Three German divisions, were repulsed. ' lime is equal to 74 pounds of water- slacked lime, or equal to 100 pounds of ground lime stone.-- The latter is generally easiest handled and cheap est- '.'.- --:;.;. - Prof. Newman states' that aoil im provement doea not lie in sub-soiling alone but with, the addition of humus along with the deep ploughing to hold the soil open, and that we will never iuw hay and grai'i enough to feed our work stock and cattle the State should grow; until we, turn more cov er crops back to the soil and break it deeper to increase the root feeding area of the plants, j -. i- - There were several short talks from representatives of ' Tomato Clubs, Boys' Corn Club, Pig Club and poul try Club. - V ' An interesting lecture on judging Danger of. "Holy War" la Turkey. a.a DUgned Dack ntii the wuhe tight- washington, - Aug. zu, Secretary I ened about his peek and caused stran himself to Load of Big Watermelons. - Mr. L. L. Lylea, who lives in No. I Bryan admitted that he bad received I gulation, thus tboking 10 township, waa nere today wun a is warning irom a.mn&ssnuur juorg-au-iaeatn, I..J f ls,. tVimt wam InAomA MmA I than at ConstjinHnfuile of the danrerl 111 uiviuu, --. I - 1 ' ' I ... , , M , melons. " He had 23 of them, and tbe cf a "holy war." Secretary Daniels Villa Will Inaiat on Carrania a Ee- lareest weighed 66Va pounds. The announced that the cruuwrs Tennoa-I , ; :movai. average weight of the load was about see and North Carolina are available I , Washington, Aug. 25, While Pres 50 pounds each. He sold them at for service for the protection v of ident Wilson and other administration nrioM rnntrinir from a" to BV cent n unsuans in xursey,. iue oiuciaia, lottlciais are conndent tnat oinerences 1 . . ' . ... I , 1 . , .. , 11. . I . . n r. . ',1 t. - . apiece,, Mr. Lylea also bought to mar-1 nowever, are not sianueu vvt uie sn-1 Between larranza ana vine win oei kt about 200 cantaloupes. I nation. , I settled without recourse to aTms, de- fcrm stock, nsing contrasting animals. New York, Aug. 26. At orders WM E,vell by Prof. McNutt. fimn the TtaUan ofiice the Delaware Literature on any of the above I oivin.ini' hftli I.. '. . a I '" f .! . si;"k1iolt ! !'s M" ??-",a ?' ewlu?S ".mf labor in and shout Tsing-Tau nml linn -'"I , cniiet'lii'il t Oceans, s ! on the 20th. KaWi Cablegram ia a Death War- -:.-' ' ; rant.;;:.;' ' Peking, Ang. 25. A letter received here from an American at Tsing-Tau, seaport . of the ' German territory, of Kio-Chow, says it ia considered there that Emperor William's cablegram to the garrison to resist to the utter most is virtually the death 'warrant of every member of the force. The Germans are detaining a large num ber of coolies, evidently for military .rw-iaitinn aaanmAi hv ViliA. Mist Sndit Smith Land in Hew York. .. ,,: in nffiiBu rm;BMt. A telegram just received here aaysshow that the fighting general plans to insist on tbe elimination of var- tbat Miss Sudie Smith arrived in New York this morning from Stockholm, Sweden, where she had been with her brother for several months. She ill arrive in Concord , toWorow or Friday. , r ' y Paris Hopes Position Will Hold. ParU, Aug. 26. Tbe news tbat the ranta from permanent power in the new Mexican administration 20,000 Hen Bail From Canada. London, Aug. 26. The Canadian contingent of twenty thousand men will tail for the eontinent tomorrow i J to sail for Olios The Concord Cms Co. gives Jou rn hop pi Thursday night, lo,; ! t "o f..)iu; .:. ''.on fir silo for d.oul.1 o hi, he prnt and see the first I position will hold. t iu ti.e r n s''(,(.n oil " "l . , - German offensive movement served eonvoyeo oy swong neei against a seeond defensive in the last ttli.ty-six hours without breaking has filled Paris with the hope, that the W. T. Bost, I "of Raleigh, who land ed from Europe Saturday, war in Salisbury for a few days and was the center of a number ,of groups of in A SOUND CONNECTION The First Step ; to a successful career it the establishing of a sound safe bank connection. This bank will welcome yon as followers ' . -, of the many successful men who began . ; their cafeer by opening an account with it. Now is a most acceptable time for, starting an account b your own name. CITLZENS TRUST BANK 'AND COr.lPTIY i!. L. I ", ri t w..i be reajy f r I'r. I ' s to i t rn s'tve "Gas Ta'.U r.i. today. 1" in t'icir new sd. ,!n county. n. D. 1 c, Aug. ; terested friends. ; Mr. Bost got no fur c. ! i' , A- t . . A 1 . ci 1 ' :1. I nmy have ti (-u unavnilirj.. ther than Pans. - . All e.Tor's to wipe P-clgium off the!