' nixt
WEATHER REPORT.
Fair and snow, probably mow
in cast portion tonight and
Thursday. Not much change la
temperature.
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VOL. 25J No. 18.
HIGH POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1917.
.Member Associated Press.
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TI1E RUSSIAN
REVOLUTION
IS GROWING
MRS. MAUDE A. KING
Bolsheviki Power in Petrograd is
Now Seriously Menaced As the
Opposition Becomes Much
More Solidified.
Counter Revolutionists Are Hope
ful That An American Army
Can Be Sent to Restore Order
and Strengthen Fighting Front.
Tlic Itulxhi'vi'ki power in Petrograd is
now menaced seriously as the opposi
tion bfcoimti solidified. Tlu-ri' is unrest I
in I'etrograd and Mowiw, the extremist
strongholds, and the Cossacks arc ad- !
valuing from the Den region northward. !
Russian officials in Ixmdon assert the ;
llolsheviki forces are concentrating not
only Cossacks Imt also the lenders of
other polit U-al parties.
The political leaders opposed to the
llolsheviki expect to raise military forces
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STATE ASKS
ACONVICTION
FOR MURDER
it
Solicitor Clement, in Beginning
Argument at Concord Today,
Asks Jury for Conviction of
First Degree Murder.
Judge Cline Grows Positive When ;
He States That He Will Allow j
N oComment Before Jury Con
cerning Any Counsel.
FIRST SHOT FIRED ON THE
' AUSTRIANS BY AMERICA
Italian Army Headquarters in
Northern Italy,"; Tuesday, Dec, ,
ii. (By the Associated Press.)
The first American shot against
Austria was fired by Represents-
tive Tinkham, Of Boston, Mass.,
on the lower Piive when he pull
ed a string firing a shell from a
149 millimeter gun hurtling
across the Piave into Austrian
positions.
able to dispose of ti e llolsheviki -''M p,,,sl,lt an;1 a , ,.,,1 (f ltl.
(oncunl, Dec 12.- Solicitor Hayden i
Clement began the argument for the
state just after 11 o'clock thin morning.
.1 it lieforc the solicitor began Judge 1
Cline, in a very positive manner, stated
that the court would not permit any
eounsel in addressing the jury to dis
credit any witness because of hi place
of residence.
"I will not permit any other comment
. ' Uipon the town, country or state from
tor the .,..:,. i. ...... inrnihi'l- of ti e ( nsel come,"
minder of Mrs. Maude A. Kinn, which j s((i( ,lui(. ( im..
has been in progress at Concord for the j Solicitor Clement today asked the jury
past two necks, is e ted to end dur ) ft v,.rj,.t f mUrder in the first de-
The trial of (iastou It. Mean
Washintonp;, Dee. VI.- Con!ress
man Tinkliam, by lirin the Ital
ian ;uu at Austrian positions, has
taken on the statu" of a non-combatant
and according to tbe rules
of wur has laid himself liable to
execution by the Austrians should
he fall into their hands. I'udcr
the law-, of war a civilian never
takes part in hostilities.
The fact that war has been de
clared docs not nli'T the ciroi'ui
stances. 1
PREMIER KERENSKY AND GENERAL KORNILOFF
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IS SECTION
GEN XOKNllOTK
Heaviest Snowfall in Years ii Ex
perienced at Raleigh and Other
Sections of the State- Traffic
Not Hindered.
In South Carolina Fall of Snow
and Ice is Reported in Weste n,
Eastern and Central Portions
Soldiers Are Comfortable.
SAVINGS CLUB PAID
J The developments in Hussia duriitf: the past few days have caused people to
I. wonder whether it is not about lime that Kercnsky ai.iu appeared on the scene
and assumed tie leadership ot the counter icvolut ionary force, lieueral Korni-
ioii is one oi i ne leaders oi the army mat na- nceii raised anil wnicli is causing.'
the llolsheviki miyli concein. (ieti. Korniloll' is in command of the army whirl: is
said to be eiideavoriny to cut the Trans-Siberian raiK.av.
MEMBERS TODAY
against Casloti It. Means, at the
i on the trial. As : well known, Mr..
1 Kiiii; met her death under mysterious
sunie time outlining the slate's conten
tion for one of three verdicts, the other
two beilii.' seuind dej-ree murder and
manslaughter, only tie liist haviii't a
penalty fo death.
The solicitor, in outlining the grounds
About $20,000 Distributed to the
900 Members 'of the Bank of
Commerce Club.
i a . l I - V.:.- '..,...
ami ..j spr.nf; unenu u .o.e . ,K , a (isiw.t1 ,,. ,,. ((.l(.MIant . to
ready for efforts next year. 1 he whole ; fro( , .,. ,t,.it,s wn)t,n ,)v
force of 40.mm troopH. it was sai.l in aw jn llt .mam,. u,;.
lyouaoil, W.in iienerai I'vaienuines, hoi
back the counter revolutionise s. H is
..i j t imi.. t... i i ix.A.
,.....,. lo M....I.V ... ....... ,.ir4.1Knf4taIM.(. , Mi,.cnheimer spring.
torces, eliminate t ie UoisiieviKi irom . . .... , . , ,
near t oncord. She was killed hv a liul
Russia and establish a new I.K1 1 ing front , u .(1 )(, )wi.k h(i.
to keep (.ermany out ol Hussian gram. , .... , , , ,. . , . 1 the same purpose kst DecemlaT.
. . . .. ..... . I neai tne e.u. wiiii in r .11 no iinu : ai.i.iniirmled Inrue sums nelongiiiL' to i 11 i
coa unit mineral Iickls. Ailiea siiipori . ..... i , ... i..., .
11 was her secrelai v. l.asloti U. Means. ,.u k m mil L i n rr to es
iu .....ml ...1 i . ii. .it l,j t Im liil..r .if the ''
I I mu fi.i- Hnnie tone unrkeil v'ith the .... n.. ........I .1.... .1,.. fi.-
I T 1 JO t Ull II l . Ill s, iilill Ml' 111.-.
Mr
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1 on
whi
the siaie will base its claims
counter revolutionists ami it is hoped j
that nn American army may be sent to
Hussia to aid in restoring order and to
solidify the righting front.
Detachments of the flolsheviki troops
and some of (ieueral Korniloff's forces
l ave met in an engagement near llielo
gorod in the province, of Kursk, ;1(M miles
south of Mohcow, and Cossacks are re
ported to be in Khnrvow and Mohiilaev,
north of the Cossack region. According
to Bolsheviki reports, the reported en
gagemont waa not sertoufl and the As
sacks were defeated.
Threats against the .Smolny institute,
Bolsheviki headquarter in Petrograd,
are made by opponents of the Bolsheviki,
with the
limns Detective agency, but of late held
a posit'on as nctiuigcr of Mrs. King's
large estate.
The verdict broiil
inquest attribute 1 be
dental causes. An examination of the
body later by the coroner's physician
gave rise to the opinion that the woman
was slain, ,,
The exhumation ol the b ody was
made at midnight on order of a judge of
the Criminla Circuit , court, Chicago,
tvliere the Wlv bad been taken for trial.
was her secretary. Casloti
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i .Means lor some nine uitv
Veil i Iastou Means had managed
King's affairs $1K.'.IHHI of her estate had
j been spent, whereas .l."0.IM)(l was spent
iu at the first j during, the nine years preceding, when
death to acci si, W!ls iv;n,r i,i Puris. I'lkroiie ami
America.
The state announced soon after the
convening of ourt this morning that it
would , wot offer un v more evidence
The Hank of Comlfterce today mailed
checks to the !HN) meSblaTs of its Christ
mas Savings club. J"hc total amount
ihsii distributed WflnjllKiut W0.IHKI, much
more than the amount mailed out for
YOUNG MAN FACES
FUND RAISED FDR
1 Creenville. S. ('.. Dec. li.-The cold
wave which has held the :10th-diviioti at
Camp Sevier in its grasp for the pnst
four days was ae onipaneid lat night by
a heavy snowfall. The official weather
registration bureau this morning report
ed the fall to 1k 5.7 inches. The camp
has plenty of wood on hand and a large
shipment of coal in sight. The soldier
are comfortable anil warm ;n their tent.1
A SiOU AliCF
CAMP SEV ER m
Shirley Templeton, of Winston- j Greenville Paper Starts Fund to
Salem, Charged With Soliciting Be Used ui Providing Men With
Funds Wrongfully.
against lnston H. Means, charged with
the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King.
StateV eomtsel derided on this action
tiring the night. It had been stated
Dr. William Bormeistcr. pathologist of 'that the state would introduce several
Northwestern university and coroner's ! more w itnesses this morning,
physician, performed the mitop.-y. anil on ! Solicitor Clement spoke for tabout an
l is Hiding was based the opinion 'that ' hour and was followed by .ludge Frank
The 1!HS club will open December IS
and it is confidently expected by Cash
icr Millis and otliCT officials of the
institution that the Jmiount as well as
number of members 1 will double those
of the present club. lr. Millis is much
pleased, he stated today, with the show
ing of the club for the prtwnt year
and he will leave no effort unmade to
increase the memlterahip for HUH.
Christmas Cheer.
i
II. Templeton, a young whitt
ho claims ins,)n Nalcui ;1s hi
police I'll
IDENTIFICATION TAGS
ARE DISTRIBUTED TO
MEN AT CAMP SEVIER
Greenville. S. C Dec I i
i lent ilicat io:i tags arc luing
and distributed In er
camp. The tags arc small disks of aliwn
who demand that their leaders be shorn Mrs. King was murdered
of power.
In Moscow the Bolsheviki are having
trouble feeding the populace and ttol
diers are threatening revolt.
The Bolsheviki are attempting to con
vene a constitutional assembly and w ill
arrest any opponents who seek to gain
control of the assembly.
There baa been no break iu the in
fantry inactivity on the western and
Italian fronts. The artillery has been
active along the greater portion of the
two front and on the western front al
lied and Herman airmen have engaged
in many combats.
German reinforcements continue to
lie bent to the western front, although
I II. I c i- . ro.u .1 " . t.i j
the expected blow will fall. Heavy
bombardments Vy the big guns generally
signify approaching lighting; and the im
pression prevails in all allied capitate
that the Germans are preparing to make
the snrpeme effort of the war.
j Osborne, of Charlotte, who opened the
j argument for the defense. He referred
to the relations existing ladwecn Mrs.
j King and Gaston B. Means and appealed
! to the jurors to observe the golden rule
in rendering the verdict. He went over
a part of the transactions between Mrs.
King and Means.
NO PRAYER MEETING
AT. FIRST 4BAPTIST
CHURCH THIS EVENING
Owing to the cold weather therewil
be no prayer services at the Kirsl li.i;.
tist church this evening, the pastor, liev
Shirley
man w
home, is detained I, the local
tliorities pending an investigation of hi-'
connection with the W'iiisioii-Salcni
M. C. A. and a fund that inst itut ion is
a legeel to be rai-ing for the purpose o!
dining sailors on Christmas day. The
young man was laken into custodv
about noon today following telephonic!
communication with certain persons;
who Winston-Salem whom, Winston
Nalef claimed--, were members of the
committee for which be was working.
The young man approached Mayor
j Hagiin fo' permission to canvass lligln
j I'oint for funds and the mayor asked
for credentials. Those the young man
not all-convincing
Inch Layer at Columbia.
Columbia, S. ('., Dec. 12. A one-inch
layer of snow and ice covered Columbia
this morning and all towns in the north
ern, western and central sections of tl:
state reported a precipitation of three or
four inches during the night. The '-fall .
was not heavy enough to interfere with
traffic.
money
follows
j possessed wel'i
l the maxor inl'oriiicil liim to mi
lames A. Clarke, stated this mornin:. , wil ,U .., whi1
It is very unusual for this congregation
to call off an v servi'-e. but conditions ar'
such that the pastor deems
postpone the meeting.
Mayor Itagan de
communicate will
nled
Mr.
Imt
.1. I
it be-' to
lie would
lev Hold-..
chairman of the committee, and a ci
KEPT THEIR WHISKEY
1'iTsoiial ; Kini' and Means. W hen Means took
-;ruck off , charge she had siuandered all she had
soldier at I v..u.. un iiili.rst in the Woodruff Trust
comminv. he stated.
ilium, bearing on one si le th unci j ,),. o-borne was interrupted by ad
of the wearer, together with his VTnde j j(,m ., f,- lunch,
or rank, and his organization. Each! . .
soldier is uiven two. which are worn
J about the neck on a cord. In case ofj
death, one tag is buried with the body.
and the other turned in so as to check j
j up the records . !
IN HOT WATER BAGS
j resulted in tlic mayor ascertaining that
i she whs absent from Winston Salem.
i
I I lien
Greenville. S. ('.. Dec. 12. -A Christ
mas fund for the soldiers ol Camp Sevier
is being raised bv the Grcenvilli
News, tie morning, paper of the city
i and the first clav's subscriptions amount
' . cd to $li."i. The way iu which th
w ill be spent is described as
in n recent issue of The News:
"In brief, it is that a large hall, the
largest obtainable, shall be seemed, dec
orated in ti e national color and adorn
ed with Christmas trees. There the sol
diers will be in invited to make them
selves at hotiie on the gladdest day of
the year and there the people of Greenville-all
ol. 1l:eiJ, every blessed man
and woman and child- will meet them
anil do all tliey can to make it a pleas-
. . . i i . . . i -i , 'i-i . i .
I am ami nappy in isumis. i iiere ine
! soldiers will be presented with cake,
i fruit, candy, tobacco, sandwiches. coU'ee
! mid things of that sort.
1 The entertainment i- to last from enr
ly morning until late al night Hands
j will lie on hand to furnish music. Notl:
; ing formal, no speeches, nothing like that
just a home Christ mas niagnilied thou
j sands of times.
Raleigh Blanketed.
I.aleigh, Dec. 12.- This city is blank
eted in seven inches of wiow. The fall
began at S o'clock last night and con
tinued until !) o'clock this morning. It
is the heaviest snowfall in a number of
veins.
Im '
ilicad
later
Six Inches Here.
Late yesterday (ie first snow of the
season began to fall in High Point mid
continued through a majority of the
night. This morning the earth was
blanketed from six to seven inches deep.
The snow was of a tine H'ariety.H hem
being no large flakes observed,' a tiiMt
is sticking well. The sim peeped out
from behind the cloud two or three
times today hut each time the p"ep
was mil sufficient to cause any disap
pearance ot the siio.v.
Children, as iisiui ". had a glorious
time in the white blanket, whi'c .'iff-
hauls and other older ami diuuilicd
i illeiN were lill-ilv engageil III eieaiiiig
the sidewalks so that pedestrians nilg'it
at'ely i -jugate Kails. ' Ii 1'iw and
i a !' hetw.cn as a result of t'le (iwcau- !
i t ions
EXPLOSION IN BIG
AN AUSTRIAN SHIP
PROCLAMATION ISSUED
BY GENERAL KALEDINES !
SHELL PLANT TODAY
Battleship Wien Torpedoed And
Sunk, So Vienna Dispatch Offi
cially Admits.
Declare That Cossacks Have Taken Ov-! One Man Killed This Morning By
er Power in Southern Russia. j BJ Explosion at New Castle,
Stockholm, Monday. Dce.lti. A pmc j
Initiation of Iienerai knlcdhics. the Delaware,
cossack lender, declaring that the cos
sack government hastaken over pow i i niiugion, Del., Dec. VI A terrilic
cr in the Done!, region of sout hoi ;i i hombardmeut shortly before R o'e'ock
us.-ia, is published in The Vnhn nhis morning with shells flying in eVry
Albemarle. Dec 1. A case ot un
usual interest coining up in the county
coivrt this week was that of state v
K. L. Sneed. proprietor of the Helleview
hotel at Badin. The defendant was
charged will: havnig more than the le
gal quantity of whisky allowed by hivv
in hi possession
The evidence showed that when the'
officers made a raid on the Helleview ho- I
. . ... e I 1. ....Il.w ill !
rei u:ey loiiim h ' ip'"
whisky and the niui-ual thing anoiit it
was that the whi-ky was in hot water
hags, - .ludge Hrown adjudged the lie
feiidant guilty an! ordered that he pay
tine of l."(l and I'at the whisky be de
st roved, and the ie.ie water bags turned
over to the local l!cd Crn.n chapter.
the secretary of the commit tc-
ws called amid this person disclaimer
any acquaintance with or rcspuiisibili .
t or the acts of Teiiudeloii. follow
ill" this he was placed under arret.
Templeton came to llcdi I'om1 Iromj
J licxington w here In mod a nt e sum
'for the cause he reprcscnled. v. Iiethcr
personal or for the sailors of the Ame
jrican navy. He had seeuied bet wee i
and $7 in' High 1'oiui bi-loic bciin :
jarresled. .Mayor Kagan staled this aft -
il.ut unless il :c. 'alcl foil ll I
that the yojng man reall.v rcpreseiitcl
the Winston-Salem V. M C A. as In
claimed, he would be arraigned in mu
nieipal court toluol row morning mob r
a charge of solicit ing MimU under lal-
pretenses. Ill ol hci he i 1 1 "hi to b.-
a siinon pure fnkii.
FURLOUGHS 10
BE GIVEN TROOPS
CONDUCT OF BATTLE
IS NOW QUESTIONED
Secretary of War Baker Today , London Jim Demands Inqu;ry
Makes Statement and Assigns ! Conduct of the Cambrai
His Reasons. November 30.
Tnnnrnnrn ominfiu Krai-& wmwr f Kharkov, ( .-..pv ,
I llnr rllllrll Mmllu' " ' iv,;il ,ias n,i,,H''1 hoiin. ha. :
lUIII LUULU UUIlUni i,r e-eai,ed the bolsheviki ecu-o:ln;i '
Itieneral Kaleiidines declares that I he
Co-sacks have the means of maintain j
ing order and intend to use their whole!
nower to oppose the bolsheviki. !
The newspaper publishes sharply
vvordod protests against the bolsheviki
from seven dillei-ent arniv corps.
London. D-e.l2.-TlieAustrv.i, battle- Tiirk(siun to ,, -iin,.
ship Wien was torpedoed and sunk Sun- fl)i Mw(1(,n , ap,s hi ,,
day night, according to the Vienna ofh- i u T.,lk(,ll ,.,,.
cial report received in Amsterdam nd j ilaJ of t)mt govt.nlnu.,lt. (o i;;hi the
"Debating handbook" is
issued by the university
forwarded by the Central News agency. I
Most of the crew was saved.
The battleship Wien diaplaced .Vil
lous and waa laid down in 1893. She had
a complaeement of 441 men. Her largest
gnus were four -of M inched and six of
fi.O inches and he had four torpedo tubes
above the water line. !
lio-sheviki, who now control that city.
WAVE 0FPATRi0TSISM
OF. N. C. NEGRO MASONS
direct ion aroused New Castle and vici
nity, l'irc had broken out in one of the
most dangerous sections of the shell
loading plan of the llcthlchem steel
. oinpanv. at Now Castle, n mile from
this city.
The b!a.e slatted in a shcM loadilg
house where were stored 4,ti(l(l shells,
loaded with TJ . T.. one of the most
violent, of 'all explosives , and .10.1MI0
empty sehells. The fire had scarcely
started when the loaded shells began
to expiode.
One man. Theodore Jacobson of Har
rison, X. was killed. His bead was
blown olT by n shell So far lis could
be Varned, no other person were hurt.
. Air Activity. ;
London, Pec. 12. There was great
aetviity in the air Monday in the Cam
brai region, no today' official announce
ment states. .
Armistice is Signed.
4nlTy, Rumania, Dec. 10. (Monday )
It waa officially announced today that
"Tin"TrmTiTTcer
l ad lieen signed, in accordance with
which hostilities wen suspended afc 10.30
yesterday morning until further notiee.
Salisbury, Dec. 11. There are over
COO negro Masons in attendance of
the grand lodge of their jurisdiction
ofNort.lt Carolina and a striking fea-
ture is the pronounced painousm.i
There are i in attendance Col. .lames
II. Young, of Raleigh; Bishop J. V.
Hood, of Faye-tteville, who is the fa
ther or ti organization among ne
groes in this Btatet Dr. C. ' S. Brown
and a" largo ntimlier of representative
negroes. , ., ' -
The organisation wa . welcomed to
the city bv mavor W. H. Woodson Dr.
:KrrMrt:rrr, .L M'. ll. M, of lx-
ington, ,'who' la presiding, created a
wave o f patriot n-.ti in the meeting in
delivering' his annual address. 1
PROF GRIER OF CHINA
GROVE LEAVES FOR WAR
CLapel Hill. He. 12. - "Public Discus
sion and Debate" i- the subject of a new
number of the I Hiw r-ity of North Caro
lina Record, of To .ii!ch. This number
is designed to -no aid, references and
helps in dcbiiii . literary society pro
grams, holidav cverciscs, etc. A miinber
of timely questions are litel for de
bates, with sprn.il helps on a great
many.
Its arrangement, content, mid sug
gested methods "i work, with slight
modifications, an- -uitcd to the needs of
farmers' union li;ils, womneV clubs and
other similar oi'nniations.
THE HALIFAX DEATH
Washington. Deo. . Members of
the National army will be granted no
Christmas furloughs miles- they live in
liolh-y dis;iii t their eiintonuient s.
Secretary of War Itakcr. in an an
nouncement today, assigned the harm
ful dice! a general leave would I avi
on i it mi discipline ami the heavy bur
den on the railroad as the reason.
LIST IS NOW 110
DURHAM HOSIERY MILLS
INCREASES CAPITAL
I London. Dec. 12 The Times this mo ; n
! ing promiscuously prints an editorial de
j manding an inquiry into the conduct of
! ti e battel on the smith end of the Cam
i bra i salient on November .'ill and the
I following dav. owing to disquieting lirst
! hand minors appealing in censored ac
! counts. '1 hese arc said to include i Im
' charges of blundering and that the I'.i u -
t
ish were caught iinmidv.
SENATE ADOPTS "ANTI
SNOBBERY" RESOLUTION
Reunited Relatives and Returning
Refugees Serve to Greatly
Lower the List.
REPLACE THE MESS
SHACKS DESTROYED
BY FIRE SATURDAY
Halifav- V
timnle "I cj
the death b-t
Th cknouii 1
China tirove, Dee, ll.-l'rof. B. M.
(Jricr. whose home '1 near Charlotte,
and who ha staugh in the China Grove
High school for the past two ears, re
signed his school work and has left
to join the aviation corps'. He will go
first to cKntuckv and hen to Texas for
the necessary training.
Professor (irier came to China' tirove
two years ago. , Upon the resignation
of, 'the principal last year he was pro-
Waslington. Doc. 12. The senate
yestenlay adopted Senator Overman's
resolution asking facts concerning the
relation of army "Hicers jto privates. The i mn wkf W(irk f ti(.iaU) believe.
Dec VI. A revised cs-i-ioti
ea .unities reduces
to approximately 1.SIMI.
id total StHl and il is
lielieved 1. 1,11,1 liodies, perhaps '.Mill, still
lie. under the debris.. The list of vie
times is steadily becoming smaller as
relatives arc reunited and refugees re-town.
From :iisi to ."-OK are totally or partly ( Mart-hull, Paul Allen, and others,
blind ami Jt"1 children have each lost I .
both nareiils. so Canadian and Ameri
t
Unlcigh, Dec. 1 1. The Durham Ho 1
sierv mills, ot Kurtiain, lias Ii cil an
amendment to its chaitci that increas
es the capital to .s:;,ii(iil.(lll by issuing I , ro.-n v ! 'lo. s I . Doe. IJ llepl.o-i--
an addilional S."(MI.immi half of which i-menl of the -: no n.-i.-k- of the li.nli
to be preferred and half common s n:-kk I nfanl iv uhiih ,v i . deslrov cd hv lilt!
.1. S. Can. dr.. is the president of the! t.arl ainnlav inoi niiig ha- la-en coin
corporation. mv.u -i I. I ho rues, lulls of t ouipaiiies
A charter was isMiod for the tovvtij
of Pine Hluir, Moore county.
The Stovall Mercantile eonipany. of
! I he lieailqil.ir-
iijip v ciiaipn IV
A. I".. I . and D. that
Ii r.s and I ha I ol the
,wre totally siiiiied. load he with all.
utensil- iin.l pro. isioiis Mored m I hill'
(if ( oinpany D. where lire originated, null
the hall ol the rcgi ntai inlirnuuy wtl
i.iirtia Iv ih-slioyeil Lcfcetive elcctrt-.
motod to the nosition this year, ihe
whole ai-hool gatherwl at the depot, to
I id I'.im good byo an w'wh him a great
and gucceful future.
resolution reads
"Resolved, that the secretary of war
be and tie hereby is .directed to inform
the United States senate what, if any,
rule or regulations there are of , the
war department which prevents officers
from having intercourse with privates
and mingling with tliem in social inter
source, -'or .which tend to cast distinc-
tion between-enlisted men and commis
sioned of fleer when they are off duty."
No objection wan raised to the reso
lution. ' ''
Cotton.
New York. Dee..l2.TI it ton mar
ket showed bearish and irr-gular activ
ity at the opening today. After own
ing steady at an advance of 7 points to
a decline of 2 points on the active mar
ket, it sold 10 to-!, points net lower
20.20 after the call
Cotton opened ; steady. Decemlier.
30.-J0; Junuary, 20.50; May, 20.13; July,
28.73.
Stovall was chartered with .'i,ihmi cap
ital nulhori.ed and frI.IMMI ubscribcil
hv 1!. II. O'ltrian and others.
There was a'wo u charter for the I
Chestnut l-'arma. Inc., of Chariot le. 1 i wjrjn is ,elievivl to have ta'tfil thu
capital $1:1.000 subscribed ami .-M.io.noo eanse of the lire. The I lUth Infantry
was for rly the Sccoml North Cum'
lina( and is coiiummdwl by Col. -I. Vart
11. Metis.
Safety First.
Pedestrian (to crying boy.: "Why arc
you crying, my little man r"
First grade Pupil t' "Teacher said I
must not cms t the ' atreet until the
street car has passed by. I don't see
any car. The cara will not pass by. I
am so hungry. :flHtoo-KM-hooo."--SclnKI
Hoard Journal. '" s.
LondoiL.
J)ec.
remier
Llnyd-
tieorge this morning atated that (ieueral
Alleiiby, the British commander in Pal
estine, entered Jerusalem on foot Tues
day. '..'.'.". " . . . :
Tech Vs. Penn.
Atlanta, ia., IH-c, 12. (ieorgla Tecb
aiwl tlie University of Penury Iva nia w ill
clash oil the gridiron next season, e
cording to an announcement by the Tech
athletic council.1 The gama in 'lie.lulm
to 1 played in I'liiladeluhia Xovcm.
her l.r . i -M
- , t -. Saltan U IU.
fieneva,' Uec. 12. Dispalcl en fcnn
here hy way, bf Vienna report th; i, t
sultan of Turkey 1 wriou ly HI.