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Delivered by ..Carriers City Circulation 1800 HIGH POINT, N. C WEDNESDAY . ICINOON. OCTOBER 18, 1916. Sdbcriptba Price S5.C0 Per Ytar. THE Fi.IILY I .7SPAPER VoL 23, Jio. 235. TV" 1 -v a r.T-r vvvrr miiyiiiunp ill limv w U U'-iiM JJi jsa.iJLO-.inuiiiii'iiHiio unrjii SOBTHESH COASTjKSIlMfflCT - ' - Official Entente Announce That the middle gult coast and moving rapid-jVraiciai tnteuic . ..- - Rumania's King a Hohenzollcrn Prince issues mis Territory Between Hew Orleans nd AppaJehl Flav liWimta. ly. Warnings vere sent from ew yr- Ur.t to Apalachicola, Ha. HIGH GALES REPORTED At Fort Morgan, Al., .Wind 90 : M2e an Hour TTui Morning. Rumanians Have "Taken Effective Stand. TEUTONS bac; On Somme Front GemuLivAttacks Are Directed Afaaut the ; ; , j French Lines., ... , tk .ffl.-ial entente announcement, to-; (By the Associated PreiOV ' Washington, Oct 18.-Thc West In dia horricane, which has IhhJV driving through the Carribean sea and the.Cul! of Mexico thie Wa4S' mf! 5 American coast and U expected to move iland-from between Sew ,Or- lnu, La, an Apalachicola, Fla. Hurricana warnings were wsued by the the weather-bureau at . and have '.been' .ordered displayed' between these points." . - ."' Indication are that the storm is m ..; In intensity as H" reaches near the coast and all marines and hipping have been given warning along the gulf. Later report 'to the weather bureau narrowed the .hurricanes path, ' fronj ApalaohioolaFla., to a point- west j .Mobile, Ala.. s ' - V'"-';j - Blowinr 83 Miles aa Hear. New Orleans, Oct 18.An eat to CRUSHING southeast gale was blowing at 98 miles an hour at Fort Morgan Ala, at the entrance to Mobile Bay at 6:40 a. m. according to a radio message, received by the Marconi Wireless company today. . - . . . I The message stated.that a ga!e ot so . miles n hour was Wowing, with gusts I occasionally j , .'-'. v.. k The .torn. tnick Fort Morgan about j day reported an effective .stand, by the 4 m . ( Rumanians against the Teutonic armie (along th Trancylvanian border and the i repulst by the French of German a- f now French powmons . on vne 'Somme 1rout. .; . : j The approach of winter has boonr ac comjnled by no dimimjtion in activity. In some battle areas apparnvy enori UNITED STATES HAS' NO eraTCMrisrr Tf MAKE ON SUBMARINE QUL5 1 iuw i Washington,' : Oct . . &rrTa V Lmted gtatemeni on th4 raldof th subma rine U-SSir.o11. Peneral il eiiLM- autWlUlh-tflt .'.today fa wnseMenwtat"1' i Vul' ment by VJwunrfy- va-,j,v,.-ment would not make official .represen tation to this country until such an an nouncement was, roadtt here have been redoubled. - :f ' This seems to be notably true alon- airtastcrn."ifronts from Volhynia to Ru mania where continued fighting is , re-f ported with a virtual deadlochy, Further souh the attempt, of the central power to drive a wedge betwc! nussians u.ncement was.maatt ner?. , Rumanian4 i the Carpathian las Wn Thia . government said tat U dd not , i; . el itU C.M ;Pon to mata - , - : teent to' the alhc. concernmg the . ioo Mile Ah Bow Gate. Montgomery, Ost 18.-The lat wiri on the telegraph circuit to tobil fjpj Montgomery went down af-'lLM 1p - morning. "' At that time telrgrapWc 4 . vireB.from'-MoUle aUteJ that the rtY ut! ai i - " " . , , , The gale a. unofflcLany.u.a from 90 to 100 ai!lekft borfr: .Alttabgh : iimiu ,- -v . 1 . itj u hiii the nroDerty daage VIMS " O" . . , ' , ' reported Ught in companion with, the July hurricane. ' " ' ' v , ' 52 Miles aft Sour at Mobile. Mobile, Oct 18.-With the wbdlToT ing 52 miles an hour Mobile thia morn ' ing anxiously awaited weather reports, which would locate the center of the , tropical storm disturbance that ie- headed this way. . At 8 o'clock the wind ahifted to the southeast and was increafliug aomewhat iq velocity. It was Wowing 72 miles at that time. No damage to shipping has been reported. River front property owners , have been waroed to take pre ' cautions. , feel (atjinjnt Gennan btlligercnts. operation on., me amrn'"Mast than' to report-to Ger many the recent visits of French cruiser to" Pensacola, Fla, . . I Information, however, would probaWy be supplied if requested., , tv atate denartment is studying the fwhpla lubmarinc question but it ia not contemplating issuance gww, latioas as has been adopted iu small Europvaa countries. y; -- - ; Complete information,, is now' in the Vvida Kf the department as to ihe sink- . ti . ol.ina nft tV'i KrVv T. "- m awwunui'incnt is epected uuta department has had Lime to atuuy tnc i . r . . . . . . . . . - . . i. ... . detaUs carefully. Only one pnaae oi vuc fciitation is lacking and that is as to what information ' the submarine com mander may have secured -when in ew port harbor. tigated. heights but Petrograd clalmi the repuU of all attacks. J ..' .'" ; V V. -' The tide' of battle has' ttajsged alanr the Transylvania border apparently. , FVrlin reports' success 1 tatrength ening of the Rumanian rtanee ah! Bucharest 'advices' today ' (Sclure''1' at Rumanian troops are making success ful stand. and at one point' 'ar pTishn the Teutonic armies biett Fxcm the Rumanian viewpoint all military news is, reaasuiring. Ruesiaii tr-Mps are helrj; ing Rumania .to defend tbft fivn fm 'ylvi';i'i'to ir ' -, O , t" ' f Frenvb lines both Berth and south of the Sohitne. - . " " ' , , Three assaults north of the river by the (I'ermans are declared by Paris to have bwn repuled with hxovy losses ty This is still being . . tt " Un tne uriusn iront m wi cwuumo ,CT- ljlp i. I . mi. i iii.iihijiji mw "V; ' ' ' . ' if . , ... i J . - . .-. rs v: I -v1 i I l e "l - -'1 1 '! : ,tA ,-r " I DISCUSSED LAWS REGARD GARftG III ES City Coirw:0 Last Night Refused . to Alter Any of Present Ordinances. GARAGE MEN APPEARED Sis ton and Barker Thought Regu lations Stringent Oil As- phait for Washington. The city couneil l.t-t nig;t btkl one of its' hhortf xt esu,na in week, at which business of no great importance or intcrevt was transacted. It was the rogulaf meeting and all the councihnen iave R. B. Terry, who is in New York, were present. '. The diHcuRsiun of the ordinance re garding garage' was th principal lopio under consideration. The appearance of Horace SisKon with tw6 requests start ed the diecuHiion. - Mr. Siseon wanted to operate a garage in a Vacant building on Noth fMainh?eet!and'to pnt:a a . gasoline tank with 640-gallon capacity. . Without repealing or amending certain ordinances he eould do neither. H is against the city law to prfat' a caragt witnm tou leet ot a conrca . ami Mr. SIbAcii's proposed location takes him right up to the Episcopal church. Mr. Skfeoh promised, however, tnat he would keep Sunday hours vfith no noise. . The appeat did nt "set well' with the councilman ani the ordinance was not changed. Neither would' the city fath-' ers allow Mr. Sisson to put in a 640-gallon tank when 275 was the-limit. It U wad tliat" thera are Rome gaeollne tasks ia tch city " o or this limit and thi noint'wlll be investigated, t ' , . Barker's automobile sales room ia lo- it y Ragan three-story building . ec btrect.1 r Under the law's hi is a garage and po'.ga- .-1 in !ll'".Ki! rr"re 1xv& BRYAN SAYS THE SOUTH MAT BE ASSURED OF, 1 WILSON'S RE-ELECTION gion progress is reported dospite rainy weather.' . Storm Center Sihifta . Orleans, Oct. lg.-'fae report from Pensacola together - with reports from Mobile of 4S mile an houraat wind at. h a. m. considered aadV citing thaf the center of the tropical - torm is sweeping from the gulf to some where north of 'Pensacola. ' , Efforts to -roach Pemeacola from New Orleans' by , telegraph and telephone fail M after 8 o'clock today. Wire com panies reported stonn apparently was increasing in its vri;c. ; . Gub'port .Mias., at 7 a . reported a 29. mile gale with high tide. , . Burrwood, La had a 20-mile gale " woth wind from the northwest. , Rainfalf of 11.88 lwa has been re- t (By the 'A8!ocialed Press.) Memphw, Tcnn., Oct. 17. William Jennings Bryan, former secretary , of state, reached Memphis this morning for inn in Tennessee. lie m Amj b v... - was met by Covernor Rye and" other prominent Democrats. - ... While waitm? for his special train VERY HIGHEST FUTURE CONTRACT PRICE EVER RECORDED AT MARKET i n- Rca- UI.LLuouoiiU bULLLUL 1 1 "t HDQWMEN1 FLANS UiiiU UULLII LllLU U SPIRIT AT OLD HOME IF NOT IH THE FLESH ') tle Associate! Prcs-' ; NeM Orlvnnf, Oct. 18. The m-'l atioTtal advai.ee of a Bcnsat onr.l cii in cotton occurred a!, lha opn'ng i .'.the itiiirkct here today ss 4 rvMilt of II i rumor tht the tropical harrwnre to be' made up at the fetation he ad-'had gone into the bottom belt around drficd a large crowd. , Wobuc. mces weir w o "T iov Wn nn the fir nu line miter, a rise ot oi.au a mi tuj..g u the middle west, where the campaign Jon the strongest monum. is the bottcsC said Mr. Bryan. "I have July options tld to IW.U a poura. vne liighest re eei recoroeu vu iuc furure i.'i-.tract board. spoken In 12 states so far and the Dem ocrats of Tennessee and the south may be" assured that there is a mighty cur rent of .public sentiment growing that will sweep President Wilson to a vic torious re-election." JONES CPUNTY POSSE IS - ' ' SEARCHING FOR HUXDEKttK (By the Associated Press.) New Bern, Oct. 18. A posse of Jones county citizens accompanied by blood hounds are - today searching' in the' re- for N. H. Collins, a ceived at Burrwooa tor tne .av , -- - - - - - - - - - TRAVELERS NEVER BEFORE s CARRIED SO MANY SUIT CASES In New Orleans the wind was blowing less than 10. mile gale from the north west, at 8 o'clock.. ... Blowing Hard st Pensacola, . New Orleans Oct. 18. The wind was , blowing at 72 miles an hour from Pen ac.ola, Fla, at1 8:15 a. m. according to a report reaching here. The barometer showed 29 40 and a tide two foct higher than normal, was ruining. Fifteen minutes earlier reports stated that the wind was blowing 60 miles an hour from the east and the barometer showed 29-48. ' ' i. ' ' " v Report Says go KHea. New Orleans, Oct 18. A nwasage re ceived here shortly before 9 a. m, to day by the Postal .from Mobile said ' that the wind was "blowing at the rate of 90 miles an hour. All telegraph and . telephone connections ' between' MoMle and New Orleans were lost after 9 a. m. "t IflttTricane Warcing'lsenei ' Washington, Oct 18-A. hurricane warning was ifsucd today and sUtcd that the tropicdl storm was spproaching white farmer, charged with the. killing of Abraham Collins, another farmer, ac cording to reports reaching herev Mrs. M. A. Phifer Dead. ( Morganton, Oct 18. Mrs. Martha Avery Phifer widow of the late Geo. L. Fhifer, who for many years was stew ard at the North Carolina School for, the Doaf here, died Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at her home in Morganton. 4She was 74 years of age and bad been in feeble health for several months. A member of the Avery family, being a daughter of the late Col. Moultom Avery, of Confederate army fame, she has many prominent kinspeople throughout the state.. ' Arrest Lawyer in Cotttt. New York, Oct 18. Henry a Hen derson, a lawyer, of White Plains, N. Y, was arrested m Ilarlcm police court by .order of Magistrate Krotel on ' a charge of disorderly conduct During the court's" examInation'"oi"7his"" client Mr. Henderson is alleged to haveaid, "You can't bulldoze me." Ho was pa roled for appearance Friday morning. Rocky Monnt, N. C, Oct. 18. With 154 suit cases piled into the passenger cars on a local passenger train .for the south at' one Virginia station on a ein oU inn and all filled with liatior. a n -r ' special agent of the railroad company points to the mad rush .that is being made to get liquor before the prohibi tion - law . goes into . effect . ia . Virginia. With special agents and officers on most every train the baggage of the traveling public is getting so bulky that even extra passenger cars are not able to care, for the many suit eases trans porting 'hundreds of gallons, into this state every day. THE LINDSAY FUNERAL HELD THIS AFTERNOON s The funeral service over the remains of the late A. H. Lindsay, who died Monday night at his home in this city, was held from the residence on Jordan street at 2 o'clock this afternoon with Dr: Gilbert T. Rows, of the Wesley Mem orial church in charge. The. pallbearers were: P. H. Johnson, H. ' W. Fraser,-. J. W, HarriHS, W. P. Pickett, M. A. Allred, J. A. Clinard, W. M. Dickson, and J. W. 6echrest Interment followed in'Oakwood Rev. Dr. G. T. Rowe and J. W, Har ris, members of the board .of' trustees from High Point, attended the regular meeting of trustees of the Greensboro College for 'Women yesterday and par tiuipated in the general discusionr that was had of the proposed $150,000 endow - uicnt'fund. - ; It was. the unanimous opinion of all (he trustees that this fund for endow ment should be raised as soon as possi ble!, But it will likely take some time to work out the details for raising it. Hkjto arc new - buildings badly needed at tho colleg' ('specially another dor- ifttory. The financial report of the president was recived and favorably commented unon. It showed that the college' bad paid all expenses hurt year and come uut a littlo ahead. J. A. Long, of1 Rox boro, was elected a members of the board succeeding J. L. Borden, resigned, of ColdBboro. Rev. M. T. Plyler, of Wil mington and Rev. O. F. Smith, af Rox boro wre re-elected members, their terms having expired. The residents of High Point were greatly interested Monody, afternoon .af-j' ter reading the ttory under a New York; date Ihie carried in The Enterprise rela tive to the numinous imsued for Bird 8. Colcr, persident of the C. and Y. R. railway, and one of the best known cap italiht in the Konth, for giving an al leged illegal address when registering so as to be eligible -to vote in the Novem ber cfoction. The following, from the New York Sun, ia the second episode of the affair: whpra rn.Kflir!e! "rf ktf-" lltt Barker ap peared before tHe council and said that he deemed the low a stringent one but the councilmen did not '' , The council asked City Manager Lyon to communicate with Insurance Com mLwoner JR... Young hi regard to the necessity and usefulness of, such lawa According to Mr. Young's reply the or dinances regarding garages and the storage of gasoline will be enforced. F. N. Tate appeared in behalf ot ms sister, Mrs. J. N. Rumble, and asked for a tax rebate amounting to a few cents less than $13 on account of the high asae'ditment on her property. The mat- . ter was left in the city manager's handB for adjustment - , -' Washington street property owners netition aBking that tneir i - LOCAL MEN ATTEND - CONFERENCE JUST TO 5 TALK OVER SITUATION iami with a i ..t..i !fh ail oftnhalt instead "1 Irving at.1.0 New ork avenue! . - . -; Votcd ftt the last meeting. -Tho pc titioiicra, did not think tlie difference- in price of the two as- phalts was warranted by thek quality. Alrtitander' presented a re- , quest 'from 'Miss Veiietia mith asking in the Hpirit, if .not hi the flc-htw is the way -Bird K. Color, former borough pres ident of Brooklyn, city comptroller and Democratic .candidate for governor, sum inari. es the explanation, of his alleged illegal act. ra .registering from tin address . f th(J Uhe o the BChooI nudiariuro and w here there Jo now no ttaotwtionmere- lv tlie iTiumd work of an anartmenti VVMther. 'Rain tonight ""and probably number of fursituro'' manufactur ers from North- Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia met in Greensboro yfester-, day mornrag for an informal confer nee and discussion of the present situa tion that has leen uppermost m tneir mir.ds for the lust 15 months. In that time fhc costs of production of furniture ha rip ea 60 per cent, it Is believed, and the manufacturers wanted" to get togt t) er and talk about heir troubles. Some thinmi going into the manufac ture . of furniture have risen 160 per ent iu price since January, 1915, and eu-ty thing has r.one up to some degree. Those - attending the conference rom High Point included: Fred N. Tate, of the Continental; J. W. narries, of the Welch i A. E. Tate, of the Tate Furni ture company; 0. E. Kearns, of the Kearns Furniture companwj ',' W.' B. Thomas, of .the Union; J. M. S. Rals buTT and Superintendent Royal, of the Ideal Table company; C..F, Tomllnson, hct'He. The explanation wus advonced yester day on Mr. Color's return to the it,y from a nhort sojourn in North Carolina. He will make formal explanation to Magistrate Gelt-mar in tho Gates.. avenue i police court Wednesday. . 1 ... . ......1! I am lemporainy kiibiihh and my family ot my country resi dence at Carmel," was Mr. Coler's expla-j nation, ul that is 'because our resi dence hero is giving way to an apurt- nient house. 1 shall go into court on Wrdne.nlay, tell Magistrate Geisniar jul what the situation h, and throw mywelf. of the mercy of the court Some of my furniture is in storage only a block away from 170 New York avenue, and I am, living at thut address n the spirit In the flevh. I want to vote the' school buildings for meetings of the Civic league. The council thought that the use of thres building fhould be left entirely under the control of Superin tendent Marr. ' City Manager Lyon' announced that work wa progressing1 nicely on , the stntts to be im1)rrved. although nothing but the preliminary work has been at tempted thu- far'. The curbing is being -1 .,'..! Miiln street 5 - Tbia ia done ho that all of tho curbing will be 0f 4i smoe firmnesi and thickness as w ll an lK-ing on a line before putting .... l . TTlfvW down tho hUcets that win heryo n.B. Pointers for a generation or two. REVIVAL MEETING AT MAJ.N STE2ET METHODIST if .not Tli meeting &t Main Street Methd- ,.nir,i enrtin-ie with great interest this year and I have registered from , . ,.r,wds are attending' the aervicca At 1 ... it A T U.V'.i.t.A la m t trtnn w I i5' the place that I believe, is my home." T. J. GOLD ADDRESSED DEMOCRATIC RALLY TUESDAY Thomas J. Gold found rnl Demc crtic rally at Iron Works, Kockingham county, yesterday, which hundreds at tended In the body and were happy in the spirit Mr. Gold mado them a speech telling of the glory of Wood .' MTt1..II . 4V-f AkiAirntnimt fit till uit. a numler arVd for prayer on last -ijjit. Mr. Kobbir.s is doing some most i xcellix t pre:vching. His subject tonisjht will be, "Paten standing at Ks right baud to r-flst Hins Tlio rublie Is cor .VmMv i-.T:te.l to attend the-e services. Pr.-aVhir.g will begin each night at 7:30 (! A. . 0 -n i . . I : Mai-fatnrin!r .-company, and J. 1 hursday warmer tonisnr, except - on coast: fresh to strong north-j- Hyan, secretary of the 8outhera Fur east winds. ' nituT Maufactners,. association. nA Ihe'ehlevements of hil J V7 TT V V inuii - - - .- administration. He says that the rowd crave close attention to his speech and and 8."Hr.Tomlinsonrof the .TcHnlinsoa.iueverywoyreatcOirr rt mi vnoA tn he there." declared Mr Gold who is Democracy's nomineec for eoe this afternoon, where elector from the .fifth district. , Uke ' place'. r Death el Infart The infant child of Mr. and Afrs. J. H fanipbell died last Bi'ilit at 11 o'clock at. the home of its parent at HI Willis fctret t. Death was din to pnew. mOniaTT.l'h Sody-wsa hIiwiimvI to 1I interment w'
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