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r n VcL 23, No. ICS. high rc::,T, n. c, 131G. Ilea Fries Ttr Ye, ANGLO-FRENCH BEGIN SEC ALONG ART1LLEBY SWEEPS Great Guns Again Take Op the ' Work of Blasting a Road : for the Infantry. ; RUSSIANS STILL , t. , GAINING Their OSFeniive Seems to Be Pt"oj ceding Without Intennisslori. ' ; Other Battle Fronts." . r (By the Associated Press.) i j 5nDON. July 7.-The second ) 1 j phase of the great tattle on j the western front has now begun. ; .;- Artillery has Wa brought up j ,to l' new poaitic$a,ancl is again! y tr ' : ring the ; German ,.defenses.J 11. z bomWrdmcat extends" as far ! ncrlh as La Basselle and, accord i ' n: to the latett unofficial advices, ! is particularly: intense. -y -y --v j , The British long-range guris are j shelling; the German positions andj roads in the reari and until the in-j fantry leaves the trenches it is not i known where the, next attack will! 'be launched.' ) " - . J n ' a.Mit uv to : inf-icting- nil the . i!einiai irt. men "and territory, th An f.-'c-.l'itweh yft' ni!Vc " TeptHeil to haw- rt mj lUd them, to withdraw some force from 'ihV Verdun Jrnt. ' CinnHiUHit'.y It i expected in Li! di.n that the winy, which ior nearly live . months 'bSv withstood the German in that rv-,on will have some relief from ("oiifiiniiil ti; liUnj1'.. ,. .fr-i-yvt. t'f krs'nrs hv. nf r-viurtnitirin thn tbfir adver . nu'I tlivl-t,ni to pasa from one ; 'M,e to' another : without inti-rmission. ' rTuxsian army i advancing in t iurt t (ivvni eoirid-tdy tlic; Aus trian forcts on that front. Anoilii r force is continuing to d-liv'r s agmnst the Auatnans and . ... . 'ermans twhft are wdavorinr to t foom Kovel. iM,,u WUB orougui u iuumin yehu-r- :'h thM onefation in full swimri' ,nornin in At believed by the. Russians; to the north have 1na ""pirated 'aa offensive from Riga to Bar- anor-' -M. Along the northern end of the . . line Jiiom Riga to the Dvinsk a great Mentally Wednesday night, while ent has begun, while from .cleaning a pistol, it was said. .. hoinhardment ooint Vast 'of Tlna to Baranowichi the artillery preparations were f ollowed b y infantry attacks, the Russians reporting! this means of replying to the German ! .o.v i ' vj si ifi aiiiiiavBi t ' .vJStaples said the vounjrNvhiti man com J Aear OUMIKVU m ivumii. uu ricrmans are engaged In a severe strug Rumania, it is said here, ia awaitintr some move by the entente forces at Kalonikl; 'The- near east is interested in t'hr,,(r1r.,,t ft, and i the Mesopotamia. 4 y r The Russian army which advanced to ward Bagdad has fallen back 80 miles under pressure of the Turks, which was i rtu Iurne Poncr verai brought against it. From the Black sea j the ghenff said. , -to the Persian frontier the Rusgians, ec-' . ' , corfling to their own statement are more) than holding their own. ; ( ' j No news has been received recently j from the PiiHiah arm? in AfpRoootamia. 1 t ft i hAi;vPd th inaetmtV was : . li'eil bv the sfrrmviiiH lie.t ' , ; t Am audience over and around tlia Dead VICTIM OF AUTOMOBILE ' illustrating his. lecture with a large ' ' ACCIDENT MAY LIVE.) number of. beautiful colored slides. The ' : - : scenery on this "interesting lake, more 'GwnKuoro, July ; 7-Mrs. Charles than 1,000 feet UIow ssa level, ia Wood, whoWas run over and" seriously j among the most picturesque in the j. j - vi Wednesday afternoon at a point i world. t.u , ring ': Garden street by an Wuto-." Mr. Baldwin has delivered illustrated niohile driven by Mrs, F. IL Coleman, of j lectures at. Wesley Memorial church sev Baltbiore, was reported today as hav-jeral .times before to the great delight ing t an excellent chance to recover, ,al- j of the audiences. Having spent more though it would be several days yet be-jthan 20 years in Palestine, he is well fore attending physiciarvs could , make j qualified for his Work. The lecture will any definite statement concerning her I be s;i ven in the main auidtorium and oxaet conaiuon. ii win oe rememoerea that Mrs. Wood . was struck as she boarding a street car and that both legs and a wrist were broken. Mrs. Coleman immediately sought the proper authoritfes and ' told of the accident. The county officials, after ascertaining Umt, to the' best of their belief. no;urJay probahlr showers: eentle llame could be atached to ..Mrs. CoTc-jto moderate winds becoming east M;in, permitted her to go on her way.ijid southeait. WESTERN BA7 TLE -FRC CARRANZA'S PROPOSAL IS FORMALLY ACCEPTE; .,";" " ;'.. v (By lh Associated Pir! 'i-j -" ." ; T .-Xrasb'injton, July 7. A stfa . ivrr.-j sccej'tiT.g". Cesera'. Cinin:. prc'poial that the differena between" 4t. Vaitd SU(ts tjad the ds fac gtjvcrnment f Mexico he stttlcd.by direct' uegotutions was harmed tcaj to ,tte Mexican &qthsador to be trinsroitted to the Mexican orei mi: 'eT-"r. ' " r'' 4 -" ' . . - . '" '-' 4.-;;.VS "inxreUry, Ltsiug took a draft of the cote to the abiaet meetir. todsy and had it dtlivered after the - The text of the rote fcllewa: "I have the honor to ackoo-vlcdgo the receipt of your court eoua 1: . trsnsmitted to me by Seaox Arredoado ca tho 4th instaat, ta which : refer to my notes otf June to and June 05, tad to aaaure yon o( the vx . , gratification 6t y fOTenunent of the frank statement of the difikii: which bare nnfortunjttly arisen in our relstiona aloaj the interaatk bouadary and tie uaitserred exprestion of the desire of you.. 'fcOTernni. to reach aa adjustment ef the difficulties oa a broad and amicable bas The same spirit of friendship and of solicitude for the continuance of t cordial relations between our two c6nntrW inspires my gov equa'ly desires an immediate r iution of the matters of. c V'.havt long vexed both 0Yrfimc2 ! ' ''" ' '' " ; : :, .:; "It is especially pleasirg to r.y government that the de f:to r , a neat of Mexico is disposed to gfve liukk'a? weB a practical c - InV Bpixit'of concord to the rtmeuies which may be applied t: ' conditiens Ktciprccaxing the same desire, the goycnur.ert t f C- States is y.tpartd iramcflfately'to exchingeviews; as to puctu. ' to remove nallyand prevent a recurrence of the difEicultics V . -betn the source of the controversy. ' ' ' , ' ; - ' . , (Signed) OEEKX LA! OXFORD .MANUFACTURER DIED THIS MORNING , , IN DURHAM HOSriTAL : tl - (hv tl:f jUsoiiat'd JVmsi.i : Iirrlri'.iii. ' w U knoivn .ford, di-d V.r.4 'jiorni et t Tuylor,. - h!i;y manufatun'r of Ox- t ti:f tt -tar ftiw fnm injuria n-eehed whi a MSto! which li" ui cu'E.nriv: mvidei.'ft'Jly. bhrctins? him in the ildo MMl. - , " . i.: ..v.. t i ACCUSED WITE JUfrTAKtlv- - - . BACS TO SC2N3 OF CRHiE.' ,', Durban; July. Chane-s for D:irhan('iUy.'i. rcattr part o the nt county to have a J30.000 exjn sition 'iianlBinert who; wer- prepared, to p.niuni as reciutyi :anr.-a cy james li. fouthsate, ai:d other offfeiri of t!i? I?!rliem Countv A'Titultural .soitv,i dwindl-d when eouutv eeinniis-ionerr ;! , reuclu'd a decision not to appropriate ,.uiitiu U( in n jt wnru tci i n nrniiTwiu ' ..ft .IMS , 1 . .1 t -r hrnest J. Taylor, a merchant of Oxr i i . . . i i . . Physicians ding condition, as! jthe rc8uIt of a P5fito1 .shot -.lodged .in j hU abdomen. Mr. .Taylor shot himself 1 tj-..i j va Khriff J' W. Staples, of Stnart, Pat rick county, Virginia, yesterday retum. to h,s hom with Richard Rakes, the mnS "un arrested here Wednesday charged with criminal assault. ' Sheriff , ....... .. I mit ted one of the most brutal assaults in the history of Virginia, upon Mrs, Mary Lackey, wife of Rev. W;H. Lack- ' wen Known mimsier ot fetuart. m or der to avoid an angry mob, said to K'ainerea in rouocK county, anenu Staples said he would make the trip form Greensboro to Stuart by way of automobile. Armed men nave - been l.i it . . . avKmAa MLliwin TO k LECTURE 'HERE SUNDAY At Wesley Memorial church next Sunday 8, Norman A. Baldwin,! is iree lor all. but the nastor hoties everybody will coma prepared to con tribute something toward the expenses of the lecturer. Weather. Partly cloudv tonight and Sat- "UD iJi V cabinet adjourned. - . v . 111! I l!0 HHP! rc 'till I tl V atribc tei SlLLM 0 IKILH it ' RrTlMTll r - ; BETWEEH , . (By tLeAi- San AiHOino,' J i frtonVaJvicwt' fr t dicated'no chin4 In ti e a message had mclud I eapeiaraneesfeuth ' of ' 1 . placed a' reported Wuiiit t soO to 2.000. ' ' ' TLtV ..Train' beariti'-"' spena to the cau nave aireauy ntiiva the border. '. s '"-.;'' '-. .' - . - lVnWFni AN QTrAMFT! ; DRIVEN ASHORE IN , GULF OF MEXICO (By the. Asswiated I'resa New Orleans, July (7. The N'orwegiai steamer Freda sailing rom New Uilu.i June 27 for I'rogreso, Mexico, was drii aehore on Alaeran reef in' the Gulf . Mexico" during heavy weather on night of June 2, according t a ' gram received by the local agers' ' Freda from Progreso today. H sage stated that Captain Wikk . ' " crew"of 21 if ere taken off by tie. er Tehuantepee which was , se Prnirrpwi in uxirolt for f k Vrol,i GERMAN HIGH SEAS FORCES Cl ENGLISH CO (By the Associated Press.) Berlin, July 7-Official anonunwment was made today that' the British steam ship Listris was held up by German warships near the English coast and seized as a prize. . The statement says that the Listris was held up "by a portion of the German high sea forces" '.STORM CLAIMED SEVERAL VICTIMS IN MOBILE CITY , (By the Associated Press.) Selma, Ala., July 7. A message ww were. ioaay irom Mobile over thetn . . ' .. . .. ' , v wic Greensboro, state commander, was in railroad wire says that at least three or . . ' I - .. J . . charge, lhe following officers were m- four pertions there were killed during . nli . nie uurncane oi vvcitneeday and that touch damage was done to shipping and watefrront property. .No 'word , had reached Mobile from Pensacola or other gulf coast points. ; y TROOP TRAINS PASSED ; THROUGH THE CITY Three special troop trains passed through High Point this morning carry, ing Virginia national guardsmen to Brownsville, Tex. The first Train came at 3:45, the second at and the third about 6 o'clock. ThU last train consist ed of 12 coaches carrying the militiamen, and several cars loaded with supplies and ammunition. CQr.'MlTTEEMEn ilJAMi MM v I- arJ t f daeation La au- The McLelkn ten-evnt list of fc-lioorctmimitteemenljuT, leased the Jarrell -"iD are tee memwn 01 fri.r.i tl.r Kiliivlii in thLs , j r ! ' S." Wilson j ; i 'livett. . v i-W 0 Kao-9-1 .ong, Ti. W.Ioore. ;c .-.. 1 R. 1 Hayworth,! Dred reacock, secretary of the 31cLl ,U . . E. Foacue, R. F. company, who, with B. L. Horner. .v . 'k . of New York 'city, the vice president, -..l-E. J. Clinard; John . put the A through. ; . (wiay -Brtfrgs. hooJS. ' H ', MendenhalLilonsf ierm of years were signed t r t t. ard, Joshua jiHedgecock. , . ?. Kimrey, ' . ichooW." H. Wright, B. J. . Uedsecock. . ; . i ' w !,-. Kuwi-tt . i:r, ,.ep4emoer i w move out, aiiaoua 11 is r. s. rjddick.- -Alter a confer, ry c ilifl. me reaury Health Com- und i Uiera, It was at the United States ice would coopTate i . ik auhoritk'S in, their c-i t th rpidetnio of in ' i li already has cost li I "0 children. "The 1,- would bp at ; the. origin t of ! ;imiut largely ir5 il - inoculation,, v arfe 'reJrect afa.rnieKf nd; cydutor a Thr karn? tl) fcf- W , " J -u,th;;connniUeef citins was m ( ; . . ! thk'ttJTUo1" "'With; TPptefetitanve ; ofj fci J4't,;y ... , j .,. , , ...lerial from , MHnrme Cm,,4U,y 0tim,Bt,a ""f To. off.cera iSaTterotf Avell Today and ien-v laralysU. to (hs j citizens deputized by the sheriff st.ll P-, ht(d several men earlvJ They expect . for-examination and!4'1 th Greets as a precautionary ! to " m-ruit ' quite a number hi High ' . 'lire. Point during their stav where, which Is . reported ;,thiee 10j Tho traction company announced to- :nfMnit hut Mlm hkdy ljibt. ' ' w'oming were v 8V ! Of J dT t,,nt 5t W0,,,J atteraPt to Perato over until the-first or middle of next m t-ookym.- Comml-jctrtll,hfldty 'e toiay. The miburb- W(Mi T,iPV wi, mit Cl,nfine ihei, ef. .,i a atatr-meji, nM'n sorviw iB now P" ttlthout ,n'.fmt, to this city, hut the furrounJing' T V.: iiiiiii: IV,. It : 'th fti( I . i l.i "Up are ! ', t.l,' '"spread f I in IK.t jan, he o nm its ; nd"lav( 1kc"t doitn;! thing wc can to prevent 1 infantile paralysis, anl i eked I dc not know w hat ie and fear it will have iiise. I am not confidenr ' at . the ej ' h mic is being controlled. Iom our "experience with bther epi d. nii(t) t Uhj for it to run through the u miner moi lis." ".''' TGRO r XECUTED AT I 'ATE'3 TRISON FOR DURGLARY (By th 1 Tiff s. llaleigh, Jjfe 7 -1 rmce Swinson, a Wilmincion.. in ' ro, eieciroeuie T today for first ; degree bur.uy Tv, 71r r Vi - euted In North Carolina for this crime, Swinson was Convicted at the May term of Superior court at Wilmiu.ton, after r confessing to five burglaries that he had perpetrated In the city during the 12-) months previous to his arrest. . -v.- --- - I T OFFICERS LAST NIGHT fha local lodge of the Maccabees, Guil-1 ford Tent No. 2o, installed their afficers r-H0 ti f . Fred Tesh, past commander; W. E. Herndon,, sir knight commander; 8.-M. Jones, lieutenant commander; J. E. Kfdd, record keeper; A. E. Tector, chap lain; IL J. Broows, sergeant; T. J. Hicks, master of arms; J. C, Leon, first master of puards; R. H. Norman, second guard; Jv. Poplin,' picket; E. II. Hancock, sen tinel: - Cbirence Burns Operated On. Clarence Burns, the 13-year-old so of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Burns, was oper ated on this morning for appendictis, at the High Point hospital. He is re ported this afternoon as getting on as well as could be expected. " 1 M LELUU STORESLEASE IHNftHHtLL.Mlb tore peopl j i buildinir. No.l- 21 9-221 South Mai street, mow occupied) by the Amoa jtumiture tonipany and vnmer croinera, ana win remoaei inj biuldmg so aa to make it one of the! best ten-cent etorea in the eountrv. This ! announcement was made today by.Dr.S The papers calling for a leae for a 11 , Ins t but; jrow by common consent it belongs tojH . . :ent occupants of the building were no-1 j tifled this morning that the building had , ,r,n ' re beef leased and thev wffl be given .until!,' 'ar 4. .. a. .wv . . . endmjr recru.tm? fSpected they will vacate as soon ae hey can find suitable quarters. j V is the intention of the McLellan !; to cut out the partition and re- 1 1, . i i' r of the building consider- i bI.W TI., ? I.-rliiro it in Jm their tinr. pose to make this one of the :mot at io Cllmp ''nn- Th"e the' recruits wHi;, ; A npU w Mnf .wi0 s81gn to whatever company needs ill ait wi v'ieir nrriivrj. ,uiiuri, who probably has located more ten-cent stores than, any man in the country, is pleaesd with '.this new site and thinks tha McLellan's will have one of their best, if not the' very1 best, stores here in High Toint. It is stated that 'after JULeilan s get possession, oi tne jar- $ nil building they will spend SO days andt"!1111 used for this company while the , ieonsiderable amount of money in remod. eling the building to Mut Uieir W'ed. ! rr- Wjatt is rer-ruiting for hospital ; -t V-- 1 v trferp No. 1 and h? wants as 'marly. mea ; TRYING TO SETTLE ' : I lie " P'. but must' bae three mew"1 'ha WW Jentf...y t'HE CARMEN'S STRIKE K't" t".t,H' pbee of thre Highr pointers y() monkeysl "; , - , mtTTM - who- were turned down-by 1 tho phvsi. for; thoj : .IN .ciaHH. . ';; ;t ''": fs ; ' !'.'.ti)ic;j je,' j V. ' - vV ' -,'' .' j! IV tlyw re-ruitiiij t officers wejo-s,a-eec'- ' . (By thcssoc.strd, Presa.) Rri--n ry ; hand : Uyod their-,3lln',n"V '"-' Kveryboay;' w lad W . ording to!,IWfc to .:UB' f j terruption PANAMA'S PRESIDENTIAL - ELECTION NEXT SUNDAY JESSE J. GRAY ) T Panama, July 7.-Balloting will take; DIED WEDNESDAY; place Sunday, July 9, throughout the j WAS BURIED "TODAY, republic to elect a president to succeed; ... , , , Dr, Belisario Porraa, whoea term of four L Jase.;' J, Gray died Wednesday mora years will expire next month. There are , ing at 11 o'clock at his home two' miles two, candidates , representing ; different ' west of the city, after an illness of four factions o,f the same party t Dr. Ramon months. Death was due to pleurisy. He MyValdes, Liberal, and Dr. Rodolfo,was 31 years of age and is survived. by Chlrtrt, Liberal-R'publican. The election will bring to close one of the most bitter presidential am-i , Yadkin county, North Carolina, was an ; paigns the republic has wittir 1 in its industrious farmer and well liked by 13 years of existence.- From tLe "very bis neighbors and acquftintances. He first there havebeen acrimonious politi-jwas a member of the Junior Order and cal diusGions in the partisan papers; the Hons and Daughters of Liberty, and . 'and charges and counter-charges of cor - papers and the many fly-sheets that .re , , 1 ' ... . a Part o a V" PS Jn Panftmtt- , .i , - ;LEE n0BINS0N GETTING " """ IN T0UCH WITH SITUATION ! , I 1 . . Washington, I). C. July 7.-Mr. Ie IJ. l.Ul'HIOMll, 1'. IIIV IHl.ll. 1 1 V F 1 1 ( ; 1 1 1 I I Ml Coiigrese. in the seventh district,' is her I getting' the lay of ' the" land." : He "said deejiite' the extraordinary efforts of the Kepubhcans to select ex-Mienff of Wilkes, he will , win bv a a safe ma-! jority. ..Representative Page, with whom, Mr, Robinson Conferred, is confident 'the ' Democrats will carry the sevo?ith. ' The fact tah t the Republicans have nominated local tickets in every coiiii " will help to arouse the Democrats and nrsday apHra to iiavVahout .spent it bring them put. ' . Belf. The weather bureaa reports indi-'- :" .' 1 . 'j dat? that the s'.orm center is over north-HUNDRED-GALLON STILL cm Mis-i-sippi with a tendency towards CAPTURED IN P.AND0LPH R noithrast niovrment, lut that it U ' " - diminishing. , Kaudleman, July. 7. A hundred-gallon . . still ar.d 1,500 jrallons of Ixer were cap tured ' in Providence township, Ran- didph county, yetaerilay by, Deputy! Sheriff Steed, Baker and Lassiter. Will Nunnery King were found at the still,1" but King escaped. . Siler has beeu taken to jail at Ashboro. This is the biggest still ever captured in this county. jOFFiCEnS HERE '.(jf fjf 11 d 4 Lieutenant Armilro, Corporal Burton and Dr. H. E. Hla Arrived This Mcrr.b. . MANY-; MEN ARE VA;iT I - " The Cricers WHl En:! Man Able to Qui'lry Can' Sec :c."e. , -r. ... yester-!'r,,ai T c t !..; ;v;: ; in"- 1Y. ; s Xii. 1. "V, U ll'r 't l;:;t 1 y (' ; !!' ;.t, Ml H cf:ii'frs I. ,k home to strengthen the M r.?;n.n.t. Tiure are now about fro HcmWrs of tl.e r ,i ment, only sli-Lty above the r.' :re- ment. The lieutenant and corporal '7" ' J . y no uiuKs piiysicauy in ana taKC nini : il. 1 a. , . v - , . .' - j "We are not here especially to enlist ; recruits for Company M,w said Corporal Curon.."T our company is ia about . the. bst shape o( any. company in the regimeut, but we are taking men for th whole regiment. Company M has less thanf a 100 men, however,' and 50 more r'R'ment can use a thousand men," v ie th.m and inmiired; about the boys ountry will he worked. ': .. " . '. his father, G. W. (iray, and several brothers. , Mr, Gray was a native.; of , j although ill health kept him away from ! and exemplified in hk life ih, prSne;- . . .. , ... . .V. , . h- ' " I fll 'T jilic Jllli'THl ervieip tff!, , il wt ed at r.,.,;.. M ,f(. ' o "cloiki i.ml the 11 Poi. - , ; .v.rt r , . ' , , ! iuO f i - t!V )u. hi r (Vil-.-r an-1 x0. 36V oiw - and Da i !a . LibrrtV.'of which Mr ' fc,,r ttnd the r r ' XQpiCAL'STOR".! V ' ALfUU 1 SrcN T 1 1 SAYS WEATHER L: (By the Associated IVess.) V."aihintoti, V July rj.-'-TTliu tr y tn which struck'the gulf coast V. I .BRITISH CAPTURE ANOTHER S2CTI0N OF GERMAN TRENCH (By tho Associated Press.) London, July. TTapture by the Brit-f-h of a tier man trench on a front of 1,000 yards fat of UBoiselle, in thr Somme region was announce dtoday ' . ... ..- -.. . .. : : t " "
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