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. V --' 1 -A A yS v A 7 a i I lit) fi ll ft , -a !ity Circulation 1800 THE FAMILY NEWSPAPER Delivered by Carriers ,'oL 23, No. 293. HIGH POINT, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 27, 1916. Sobtcriplion Price $5.00 Per Year. ICE OF MOTS 'II VA1L-BEBI1ETT FQHMATIQIISECRET. CASE HG TRIED Giren Oat a to Where onnation of Impending Mex ican Raid Wat Secured. NO POLITICAL MOVE Irman Willcox, of RepubUoua any, mane aawnoii yw ccrnmg Annowieement Reuben Vail Was Convicted This Morning of Doing Injury to Personal Property. THE PsIECHAHICSVILLE SCHOOL OPENS MOM nun fall season next Monday, the additions I to the building have been finished and Principal Hammer expects.an enrollment of at least 250 pupils. The opening of the school has been de layed at -Mechamrsvillc but the teachers want all the pupils to take due notice, tint school begins Monday. The new addition is 40 by 58 feet in size and cost more than 1,000. The addition is M ; , cut up into an auditorium and two class IB y the Associated TresM " ; ,Jne ail-E'nnctt shoot m;- scrape is j rowm. inc purpose oi ue aaamon ishinsrton. Oct. 27. War and state ; U-'js judiciously umuired into today and ! wan to give the children an assembly 'rtmcnt officials refused today to; lute this afternoon tin- witpeses are! room which has been badly needed for testifying and the 1;iwmis :ir.. 2-peak-1 une "m('' teachers now believe j. W. BENNETT ON TRIAL Bennett Charged With Shooting Vail Pleads Self-Defense; Case Not Concluded. . 2511 PUPILS' EXPECTED! The Mechan-iesville school will open its Riisso-Rumanian Armies Are Fighting Hard As They Flee Further Towards the Danube e the source or give the specifics I . , . , , ' ing. " j. . it. l.fA.matiiii rn u h ti-li Si.. I . ...!...- v.. :i. i. . . . i i . in uin Li liiu yu y Maker last nigm isstu im muu i that tho school can do more effective - work. I There are six rooms as the building re osVihe information on which Sec- 1miii -i)'ikit-d of ma liejoii-lv linnvikiuu the ier onal I'rouertv charging that bandit attack uir,)f :in(lth,.r iHth0,... t. j;t.!jiciit ha i originally stood, with eight grades in Vkan troops in Mexico or on Ameri-1 not. be.n pa-s.-d. .1. W Hmu u is on : scho"' a,ld 'xIwtwl enrollment this year to 2;0. Mr. Hammer has oeen working for some time to get a high school at Mechaniesville. 1-yIIe believes! that if there wore one that it would be (By the Associated Press.) The Teutonic forces are pressing the Ruso Rumanian armies hard in Dobrud ja.' Sorts repU this morning the flight towards the further reaches of the Dan ube, asd-iTctro-grad.admiU the armies' retiremeat toward a new line more than 40 mil north of the Constanza-Cerna- voda. Th Rnasiau and Rumanians are fighting hard 6 thry are retiring, retro grad declares. ... , In realsting the Auhtro German thrust into Rnmaaij - from the northwest the Runso-Rumanian forces are having more sutM. TbV Rumanian troops made further progrefg into Transylvania, the , KuKhian war office reports. Before VCT0n the French are driv- HELP H Wm .IS m II ing again at the Austro-German line af ter repulsing numerous counter attack in an effort to regain Fort Douuumont and other positions taken iu the freat drive on Tuesday last, Paris declare. Berlin declares that the 'French at tacked yesterday in the region of Fort Douaumont was repused with havy losoes. Appanntly the German prepara tions are for further attacks aniinot the fort. Paris reports a violent bonioard- nent of the French line at Fort Vaux. On the somnie front th announce mcnt told of the breaking up by the German guns of a French attack outh Farm Demonstration Agent Will Be Asked to Promote Inter est in Dairying Herds. WORK IS . NEEDED HERE Felt That With His Assistance the Number of Cows Needed for Creamery Could Be Secured. iVr towns were being planned to ' trial this aiUrtioou t-hu-yed wiuh saulting au with a daMy wi.tpoo. irt jK al iny sell" Ii-:-hm'. ai-!le attacks. dit the government's Mexican pol- J l . ..it , . ; . , Ilia. It iiiviu unv: iiib i wviuu i Va. said that the chann. l of infor-1 tIe rra la.t Suuday would be a great : through whK-n the report came, - ,,.';' . I benefit to the MechanicsvUla-' section of .K,.V,1 .. h w.,mi .1 W"". ramr i mjiii i i nil mm in ui" .nv iuui mi, wm.... - eany ariernwm mK r.-urie Mavh ami the commu-aity. 4 ! . " The faculty of the Mechanicsville sihool consists of B. E. Hammer, princi pal; Misse Jennie White, Estclk Fen- ' out that tnifrht interfere with it. th SecreUries Lansing and Baker I K'v, raJ uther u rid" " V laid strew, on the statement that i ",uo"r- ,w) ' mson aim I .. .. . . .. 11 x ' when thpv vnt lmi L thiv f.unM Unit bnsMleration ot donestie poncj lea - - - t ; Kate Xance. Berta Cook and Ade issuance of the announcement. ne.i naa i,r.K, n kh.m .,. Georgia "!taidcWu, retarv Baker declared it "absurd" rht anJ ,,,at "'lt,r "f - , ppole that the statesmen intended , rburue wa at U.e loin.- ot the May- lply any political interest in the ; Kwumn- j X aa'ik nnvtiin(i othiT ail Natl .1 1)J HI Til 1 1 1( i;mi' peace on the border. iAt AT JKv takii-.s an antomoLi'- ... .1 . 1 ' ft. ii-il. ll,.n..ll If.. .t'.A ...1.... I... sen a thing couiu noi oe iruc, cam iur -inn-n. n- um nai hit tary Baker. The information that fall, d "brcakinjf i: hou- k. -. jji n-r II b hia statement reached him vester-! v''" through the 1 mine, t-in-l Ifternoon, Mr. Baker said. He was d by Secretary Baker to imt de- n making public the substance of formation. retary Ijinsin' iwid that tho in- tion although indefinite as to iiuli- la was plain as showing a daring JQ along the publication nt beTlereK w ' rootement and it is b.lh-ved will rimliction, however, he m& reminded by towards preventing an attack on j Attorney t. J. ...IU. jorder towns or General Perfthing's Pearle aj CLAY MODRE SENT TO SUPERIOR COURT FOR LI IRCEtlY OF CLOTHING BULLISH ADVANTAGES IN COTTON; WHEAT IS CONTINUING TO CLIMB Cotton Nervous. New York, Oct. 27. The cotton mar led", biii-.'aii.. i-hairti, tal)'.1', stoves.; in j k t showed contimnd nervouKiiess in the fact, every I. in;,' in tin li..u-e v..n Him. 1 : arly trading today, topsy tur. , Not a tiling wa left! Cotton future opened barely nt.eady. standing urrt.'4?'.i -or unbrok-:i '':i wit ' IVeemlier, 100S; January. 1010; March, Clay Moori was bound over to the Superior court by Recorder Dalton this morning undf a $g50 . bond, probable cause having been found in" tho case j charging him with the larceny of about $2.i0 worth of clothing from Silver's store. ' . The hearing;;thig morning was sliort and Moore, through his counsel, T. J. Cold, put up Vo fight. Milton silver :!. :Ani v. mIi-.;. .i,:ni, ,....i luviihiiliu .U VSV.HIUIJC, WUIWU lUUIIUj In u . (T.;rt jto bvln about ihe estab lishnxnt vf th' pijKi-M-d ereuuiery as early an possible, tlte county demonstra- of the river. In Volhynia and elsewhere ; tion H- Anderson, will be ask- along the Ruwia fron the Qerman war joJ u t0iK thi.-jpart of Guilford coun ofticc reports the repulse of Ku-ian j and ;luaV, a jjffiJf to urou.,e the in .tert st it rne termers iri havinc dairviiur herds. This parf of the demonstration work, it U stated, has bten slightly neglecW in the township and when the farm bur. ail", .of the Greensboro chamber 'o,f cojumcrce meet Saturday morning' at 11 .o'clock, High Point will probably be represented by members of the industrial department of the. Com- Imercial club who will ask that more as sistance Uy Jlr. Anderson be given them so that tbL; farmers wilt becomi; inter- ested in keeping dairy herds. ATTEMPT BY GERMAN DESTROYERS TO RAID CHANNEL WAS FAILURE th!s 11:111-11:114 said t!i -.t ft '-(uk"..' i HI.-'."); May, H2.": .liilv, I!):i.. ;f.e two . y.-!o"fs had me: there, b'.t ' The opning wan at an advane of. four the ri-corder thought a more apt le-j to nine points on all months except July, ie border. Ucription woul dbe that ''lull had broken which was one puint lower, of the fact the gov-! KW & ' 6orgll; . "In atk'h an insuu'.ec!, j was barely steady, bjii the td irill act 4bjii chi'ck to!fl 'municipal court inij.'lit out havt ju-.to W points from yesterday '1 s low level seemd to meet renewed li.iiidations. There were bullish advantages and (By the Associated Presr., London, (Xt. 27. Ten German torpedo boat destroyers attempted to raid the British cross rhannel transport s.rvice lai.t night but the attempt failed says the announcement officially issued by the British admiralty today. Two of tli German destroyers were sunk and others were driven off. One 1': itlsh torpedo boat destroyer, the Flirt, The Nubian was di:-abh-l of rs missing. etary Baker indicated that no im- j broke up the dishes and pictures that ke noVeffient of Pershing's troops J belong, d to him. If he had damaged any ontemplatod. lie refused to say 1 of her furniture she did not know it er orders have been given to make ! and if she had so stated previously she tack. Whether or not Generals; did not remember H. Officers Evans HI and Tershing might be directed and Welch and Mr. Bennett all testified i certain steps of a retaliatory j that right after the storm had hit the should an attack be made was! house that I'enrh: told them that "Rcube rectly said but it is known that j has broken up everything I got," as Wrtment has such orders under j well as saying that he ought not to have s wi-nt mi the stjiml fhialll'P market went up with January, sell iiif 1!H)8. ? VAATuJat WMIAB-1AH MiVnn .. a ! c -.vu uc aB jby A to d0 Ilm, ra) aj,round- Nin, icsiea-at Heading, Pa., as belonging to 1 , ,, f ., .... . , 1. " . h of the crew of the Hirt were savnl hm ftOTe. fhe clothing was worth at least $200. Mr):, Silver thought, and the; stolen articles eonsisfad of suit. shirts,; ties, collars, etc.' j Chief Gray "ircnt ,n the stand and . 1.1 ..t .-...,: (m.. ..!.: I ai . . Wl ill iWI'IU B niinvriDlliu, J UV UIIVl i r. 1 ne lone 1 j- j j in court as the one ne round in the duet 1 of police's Office St Reading, Pa tltev were the suitcases that were tv i1 expected to lirir to - . . I found in the possession of Moore in that: Monday, N'ovrirlri- li, one penny, as SCHOOL CHILDREN .TO DONATE PENNY EACH FOR PROPOSED HOME The work done by Mr. Anderson dur ing the past two years has accomplished much good, especially in the formation of boys' pig clubs and the acceleration of interest of the farmers in raising cattle. For Mime reason or another it appears as. though the part of the dem onstration work that wouid have made the grsatest showing in this part of the country, that of promoting the keeping of dairy herds, both large and small, hat not Ixen ' fittftfihed. High Point and vi cinity took a pronounced interest ia the pig :liib movement, 1 lie Commercial Na tional bunk donating several pigs to Iks used l- uler the terms of the endless chain 4Hetbo.l. t was uiiHotuid scvcHU .lays ago, a . nil) Is established in nigh 'n ani' ry i,i ti.ai k.,,i,r. ....1., 1 im.' olT to H.!W :ind then rallvhi-' to eration Wheat Advanced. Chicago, Oct. 27. Advances in the price of wheat resulted today from the news- that the rains yesterday in Argen tina were slight and that the moisture in northern Argentina was too late to he of value. Opening prices were 1 to 1:1-4 hijrher land December sold at 1.S2 to t H.'l. fol ! done it and that she worked mighty hard i. l" ifor her monev v0 a moderate additional gain and i 0X SATS IT WAS" Recorder Dalton convicted Reuhe, how- then something of a reaction. ATTEMPT TO GET VOTES ever, over the prospects of his lawyers, - ' . ' ' IT. J, Gold and W. P. Ragan, both of York, Ort. 27 WlUam R. Will-J wnom arfcriI0i rnnt t)uT0 Wft9 no ev5. hairman of the HepuWiean na-1 tbat ' Keubc .did a thing except) committee, issued a statement to- j to break up his own furniture. The sen-1 1 rcferenee to ftxretary. Baker's j xume was reserved for the thnc being, j fent. v ; ';'' j The court immediately went into thei view of Secretary Bakers state WAKE COUNTY WIFE SHOT AND KILLED BY ttty the Associated Tress.) Durham, Oct. 27. Every school ;in And I and boy in Durham and Durham conn- j Point just as sou a a certain man is as- I t ,. !. ... ,,.,. .,1 1.. I.,;-., 4.. o..l..,.l 4i,.l snriil that, mill, t rum Kin cow will lie j auppli d him. Tin re are probably that city. Clay admitted in Reading that he ! donation (o the SI 0,H fund for Mi- many milch cows near High Point and stole tin arti.lcrt of clothing from Hil-! 1 recti. 11 of the proposed Salvation .Arm; 1 then ugaiii, there may not be. it is felt Ver's store. j home rn tliiH city, according to T. un Hie aut(;nohile rule to liih 1'oinl Winder, ehurininu ol tie eampai:;n com 1 Chief Gray aji; roached ihe subject tojinittie. Mr. Winb-r mude this announce j ictiou and strive to arouse the interest Moore and the oung man mailt! a coin-; mcnt following the receipt of letter ' ! t!i.- far.-io rs. And di:rii;g the next pi. te e.oniesKion. On the Thursday n'nrht from Sunerintendent E. 1). Pusev ami! few tiivs a reinest for the deniciistra- ecity and iledging A i that J his number of cows can tasily be 1 1... 1. .1 ,i ..iji. n 1 ii :r. .Miiicrson wm visa tno IMrs. Ieit.cll's car on and t the articles from Sil-' county was in the store that, their o-oiieration. before l.o tcnk Sunday he ftob xer's store. h nijjit and hid himself in there and was hxk.d in. He packed the clothing in two smtcupes and broke out the back door. In both cases, the automobile stealing I W. Ma-.-ey, of th schools resjii et : ely , Letters to every church and Sunday school in the comity . a-krng that a col lection lx taken for the fund, have been mailed by the campaign committee ease and the larceny of the clothmg, Hay INTEREST IN PROGRAM HER HUSBAND TODAY I Moore has mode confessions of his guilt and in court he has f-.hown no signs f 1 resisting an adverse -verdict. (By the Associated Press.) Raleigh. Oct. 27. Mrs. Edward Man trial of J. V Bennett, for shooting Vail. I gum, of the Falls of the Neuse section After Vail had shown Bennett that "he'f Wake county, was shot and killed had broken up housekeeping" he declar-1 by her husband this mroning, according published fin this morning's pa jid Chairman Willcojf,: ''!. Ba ts guilty of eitheY atnaiiaj stu- ed his intentions of "completing the job" o? a disingenious attempt to gain jand 9 gaid to have threatened the life 1 of Bennett. Bennett testified this morn j ing that he shot Reuhe one time be- or Mr, Wilson by a miflrepresen Jf Wr. Laieing is quoted cor- ho went over Mr. Bakers state- cause he thotight that his own life was nd Yhe scttement therefore ap- io be a joint product of two of jilson's cabinet officials. re can be little doubt of what teineni Is designed to accomplish, reful phrasing of Secretary Ba ws an attempt to make political of what appears to be an im- L' disaster on the border. b is to bo gained by the enemies Wilson's Mexican policies behind ; in danger. HEARING ORDERED TO DETERMINE WHETHER RATES ARE REASONABLE to the mother's step children, the only wtinesscs to the affair. The mother, ac cording to th" children, was struck with a stick and while unconscious Mangum lireda pistol ball through her head. Man gum and the woman came from Durham county. Afangom was brought to Ral jcigh thi-a afternoon and placed in jail Mangum last year was confined to the ward for the criminal insane in the state prison by the Wake county author ities for disturbing public worship. SPECIAL SERVICES AT THE LUTHERAN CHURCH ON SUNDAY IS PROMISED AT THE AUDITORIUM TONIGHT One ol the inos t elaborate and decid edly the most interesting musical pro .ran s of the season will Is given in the auditorium this rvoirng at S p. ni tion :. gent's services along this line are going to be rCtjuested. The work of the Girls' Canning club lias lagged noticeably in this part of tho county also, it is said, and a request is to be made t see if Miss Stephenson, home demonstration agent, cannot divide her t'.me so as to visit the High Point sc. ti. n at more frequent intervals. Th- county appropriates annually for 1! r.i ist ration ntrp.e-e $8C0. Of thU amount $300 goes to the farm demon draW. The chamber of commerce, ! ttirm. :h the farm bureau, an auxiliary rganu.atioii, gives $300 iuid contributes th. r vise in the matter of office rent 1 land certain incident laexpenses, besides jfurni hing a machine for the home dem- : tr.i.tion iuj nt. 'Ihc remainder o,f tho rc'Tary expense is home co-opera- - j under the auspices of the music depart hi October 31st, 3Jti years ago Mar- j mcnt of the Woman's club for the bene tin Luthe? began the greatest reforma-1 (it of the library fund. "lion. Since the time of Christ thorn hua ! Tun will l-mm-n m-ti.-tu tn-m (lie l)o- Ixvu bo other movemeait so wide in its ham School of Music, Miss Helen lrw in 1 IVl K- iMKl f' tkral aKncuI soojw and so benefieeat in its influence, nnd Mr. Kobbiiis. having to ht:i' credit Luther, Melancthon, Calvin and Zwingli years of experience in both this coun lielong to the entire protestant church. 1 try and abrord, will render selections of No denomination can really claim them exceptional merit, ai its own. They gave the world the ! lie ' f.hii wurlf ikt I Iwiun fflM.4 num Tf :.. Wtishint.fHi. Oct. afi.-FrehTht ratea j . , " " " vm3 " ' -o --; rciiiBiiic.u inere several monins oui was on sewer pipes in carload lots trom riu-.i.onnwl o,i.n it . -, 0,w k i.. - - 1 . . " i' , -u 1 v, . k ilia, 1 1 , had regained his reason. It is believed that Mangum killed his wife when he was in a lit of insanity. (Tiattancoga to North Carolina points ! has been declared by the Intnrptate Commerce commission to subject the nrill Kn olfomnfWt lMtwpn now I . . ' Chattanooga sewer pipe companies in the .. t 1 . i city of Chattanooga to undue disadvan r points of Mr. Baker's state- 1 . . ... p duaccptible of the same inter insing says that Mr. Baker as statement comprehending the 'iarges against American citizens mt implying the .infamous fuilt on then Mr. Bakei Oiici again layed remarkable biu of mind romptod him; io niake his unV statement rcgiirding revolution-; lers in Jersey City r. Baker , attf ippted.? t.,,reate ! capital with hit Statement out, 'onal disaster' lis-position is in- ,!cox added. thV If Jthftywar de t had information in regard to cd tUck" it Is the dnty of iarro in -nmnriHrTi with eomnnt.rti vp , --)v- - 1 1 'whipping points between North Carolina towns intrastate rates. in commis sion has ordered a hearing to determine the reasonable interstate rates. TOLBERT HELD UNDER $2,000 BOND CHARGED WITH MANSLAUGHTER nment to find th guilty par to punish them. Salisbury, Oct. 27.-011io Tolbert, Southern railway brakeman, who , last night ran down and killed Special Offi cer W. M. Linker at he fair ( ground boulevard, was ordered hold by the coro ner's jury today in the sunt of a $2,000 bond, charged with manslaughter. The verdict of the jury was that Linker met tration to use CTtxy power ifjlibi. mobile wrecklcssly drives by Tolbert. The bond was given. PLANNING TO ERECT LARGE PACKING PLANT AT HENDERSON SOON Henderson, Oct 27. A committee of three of the leading business men of this tural depart meiif!, Th.it has been tic arrau.?enictit of the M tst and v.-ill doulitle: s lu the one to -it: ni" in force. The cil'ortt, of tho i'v ,igen;.n employed, one for the farm open Bible and liberty of conscience. It RETAIL CONCERN SELLS : ' l"" ot""' ,,,r farmer's home, ia fitting that the church commemorate i TOYS TO WHOLESALERS ! !',u'' r rilllt"1 -,';:--,'r forward steps ! r i ura! Guilu-od during the past few proper that Christians should review the ; "v lh(' Asswiated Press.! ; ; "' tt:i ''' n tal:- n 111 many years r 1 t".i .: i i ti. : t world-wide movements of nearl f.,.,r 1 """-'"" -.-iiie scH.e.uy . :.r.v i.uiHiy ; am! thc.v is one to raise cmturk ago, which have proved ich- . c,'"nfry n,a,,e fcurol,e ; "... voice m depraeat'n,, f wiiat has been iMuei.veu iiiiougn me recenv purcnase , : :. . enstrata;- v. i ha come to I by noveltv eoneenis in the larger cities great blessings. Ai the Lutheran church n?xt Sundav 1 morning a special service in commemo ration of this gn at reformation will be he!d. Special miisio will be rendered and the sermon will be appropriate to the occasion. The evening service also will be given to some phase of this great subject. All who desire to attend these of the stocks of toys and novelties held i; city, representing the Henderson board ! -services will be given cordial welcome. of trade, expect to visit Atlanta, Ga, !i,wd upon gen. rally as an institu 11 without which tie 1 umtv would be I by mnallrr business houses. One con-; .lurely crippled; urn! with this as the 'eern here reports the sale to a New York j ;nwnlent feeling th-re is little likeli :firm of 75 eases of toys which it had , heed that there will be any curtailment. I in i-t.H-k. j . ;r j It was understood here that the large I PLANS ARE MADE TO 1 concerns are making such purchases ! throughout the cour.try. ' next week for the purpose of inspecting a alrge meat packing plant, with a view to making recommendations on their return as regards the proposed estab lishment of a $100,000 packing plant here. .,";- Ths .proposal is now before the board of trade and several meetings have been ltcld::recently to eonsider it. The great est hindrance feared by those interested is tho difficulty involved in securing a snpplytrf hogr'and'cattlc7T)elween17S and 200 being required daily" to keep such v plant running to its foil capacity. Plan Political ally. (By the Associated Press.) '' Hickory, Oct, 27. -Democrats of Hick ory' are planning a political rally her on the .njght,bcfore .election, with Sena tor eLe S. Overman as tho - principal speaker. Senator Overman will speak in Newton on Monday, November fl, and he will be invited to speak here that night. Fair tonKtTand- Saturday ; moderate : northeast vrindsv fresh on the coast ' FORM RIFLE CLUB OF CITIZENS AT DURHAM SERVICES AT ST. MARY'S- CHURCH SUNDAY MOVING (By 'the Associated Press.) Durham, Oct. 27. Plans for the orean- Services will be conducted ut St. j ition of a civilian rifle, club here will Mary's Episcopal church Sunday morn-' u lr.cctcd at a meeting to be held to ing nt U o'clock by Rev. W. L. Melli-i fu,,Tw night, according to an annonnce champe. " j ment by the officers of thi temporary - ' organi.4itkn. Application for member- Failed to Concur. i.h; .;; th- ulmal Rifle association (By the Associated Press, i proposed. St. Louis, Oct. 27. The house of dep- is '.-Js'tuld that'th rifle ran" will b uties of the Protestant Episcopal church j th-, ;.t.- f'.t n..rairt.iua-fYrT;. today failed tof concur in the plan for near the city. ". Three rifle pits for range election of ths suffragan racial hUbop as of 200, 300 and 500 yards will be con adopted by hte house; of deputies. ; itrncted. . 4' - i" ' -Ti
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