North Carolina Newspapers

E thirty thousand peopie J aiioininff counties read The iZinel It is read by more Published every Tuesday and Friday morning. Subscription price, one dollar the year. The onl) , twice-a-week pub lication in the Piedmont Section at one dollar. jjUtr- SIXTY-FIRST YEAR WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 9 1915 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, ONE DOLLAR A YtAR !ARN1NG SENT TO illiZA WILL FORCE ATTENTION Li- wikon Says Serious Qlts Will Follow Unless Conditions Change. hjATION SERIOUS IS ADMITTED HI , Aldi Now Threatens to March on Mexico City With Army of 40,000 Men. Mllngton, March 8. New and ur representation amounting prac- pij to a warning has been sent by United States 10 uenerai arru- n Mexico. ' . ' talomsts familiar with the con Li of the . note) which American kil Siltiman has been Instructed breient today is interpreted as an re change of policy on tne pan m American government toward the ton lituatwn. : Many Conferences, r be communication to Carranza tied after conferences between fcident Wilson, Secretary Bryan, Consular Lansing was guarded secrecy pending word from. Car- u u to his attitude. It was said the note contained the strongest retentation ever made to Mexico Indicates the American .govern- It li rapidly losing patience with indifference to the objectionable of General CMtfesott. at Mexico " " i pose who knew of the contents ;he note Bam it did not threaten e and was not In the nature ot kltlmatum but pointed out in plain luage the serious consequences might follow if the welfare ot jigners continues to be disregard- diplomatic quarters there was fat concern over the Mexican sit- ion. The foreign dlolbmats con- N among themselves and rum. tested to one another the latest ilopments. ime of the diplomats declared were satisfied that the American munent would produce results, of the ministers who had receiv ord that the diplomatic corps Id leave Mexico City cabled his lion there that after learning t serious steps the American gov ent had taken he advised the to remain in the capital and it developments. ladalajara, Mexico, March 8. In ' of startling stories of hunger loot and murder emanating from ' City, General Villa announced m might change . hie military J Md. instead of marching to i Tampico, he would hurl 40,000 7 Mexico uity and wrest It the Carranza general. Alfrin Hon who has been the direct P oi the intolerable condition ung in the capital-' "a believes that imm.ji.4. . ,?'s w necessary to reas- rorelgn nnwerc . . , an?"hen wfl reached Ms E"? l?at the diplomatic corps ,r" 10 leve Mexico City in a m promptly sent a message thru '! Agent Duval w 7i: 2 ?. lmake their headquarters 1 'iitury. 'l0113 in Mlo City are worse than now. -iiiij rent l "a yci mi Lieu w tby the censor or that rivan 'heiiihi. , frBncnmen wno litL.3oU 'one Mco CHv ? 18 a merchant lwT to thiy; the "v ot a for- .o ju imminent flan- few1"1 Like Dobs." ' ' V ESB. like all Cr,w ' r. ""l emnhatin .. '. " onsiness nion k. .i- Obreirnn 'T """r stores for neaTy demands he Sf fnd Prions- K Sia.n Italian priests en darA , aunseonsy-bilo hr''.0b-toproreVt vuo are rrpntorf hva my store Cirra - -" ia. May Yield. riiiH . j I WtaS!?! Oregon to permit iW bom MEXICAN SITUATION TO BE Lob Angeles, CaU ... Marcbj , 6.A Mexico City special to thetTimes from George Addison Hughes says: "Financial panic, wholesale bank' ruptcies, bread riots, so. water, acute shortage of foodstuffs, plague and bat tles at the city gates for a week have followed, the Carrattzista occupation. Mexico City Is facing municipal death. . .- " ;- ' 'v ' ' . "Starvation has goaded the masses of the capital to desperation. - ."Only Carraniiata bayonet hosts have held them In leash. Demonstra tion after demonstration : has been started, but each has been stifled - at its Inception. . ; 0- ' ' "Nulliflcatton of " all Chihuahua money by Carranza has proved the most terrible of the series ot unbear able burdens forced upon natives and foreigners alike in the capital. . , ''Commercial and industrial houses thruout " the city have permanently! closed their doors. . v "Titty millions of worthless 'Chi huahua peos are checking, the busi ness life of the capital and the heart HUNDREDS SAID DYING DAY IN BO of the people. "Starvation and the unsanitary ao companimen(ta, topping : the ; acute shortage and attendant' high prices of foodstuffs of every description, are killing hundreds of persons each day. "Every backyard in th old Quarter of the city is a. graueyard. Corpses are buried in the nearest earth that will furnish a hole. There are no coffins. Few get a rough box. "The poor are absolutely penniless. 'Nd belter irihvSrghf Those Btf had a few pesos' yesterday are beggared today. Their Villa bills are worthless. If the American troops were to have paraded down San ' Francisco street last night, when the money panic was at Its height, they would have been received with acclaim as liberators by the native population of the city." NEWS NOTES REPORTED FROM WALNUT COVE. Walnut Cove, March 8. Mr. Henry Dull, of Clemmons, Forsyth county, spent Monday and Monday night In town, leaving Tuesday morning :. for Marshalltown, Iowa, where . ho goes to locate. His family, with three oth er families from that section of For syth and Davie counties, were also on the train he took here.:- Mr. W. P. Wheler is nursing a brok en wrist, which be received Sunday at ternoon of last week.; He was. crank ing an automobile, when it back-fired, the crank. hHtlng him on the right wrist, breaking one bono.' We hope for him a speedy recovery. , WILL CURRY BE SENT UP AS A . CANDIDATE AGAINST STEDMAN? - Greensboro, March 8. Republicans residing in this section of the state are beginning to wake up and show some little amount of interest In things political. One professed Re publican stated Saturday afternoon that he had" It on good authority that the executive committee had been call ed to meet here at an early date but that he was not at liberty to state when the meeting would be held. This gentleman also stated that the pur pose for. which the committee had been called to meet was to prevent any factionalism arising and spoiling what the members of that party con sider a great opportunity to recover much political ground lost during th3 past few years. -Several Republicans were heard dls. FRANK GARNER KILLED BY HIS : BROTHER-IN-LAW IN RANDOLPH ' Greensboro, N. C March 8. Frank escaped in the snow etorm that was Garner, ot Randolph county, is dead raging at the time... There was some and Erncet Klme, of the came section, difficulty in getting into communi ca ts a fugitive from the officers of the tlon with the sheriff at Ashboro, and " lo'a me that a iaw a me result oi a ounaay bilbi- cp belonged to MexinIS 3f8vln noon row Garner's home, three or not like to ." '," . tour miles southeast of Climax, in Kan- nacft' rsii. fiu 10 neu. and ay. . . and dolph county.' De- The men were brothers-in-law. araag4dvi r d. tails of the affair are lacking, but from latiA. za might hpurt n-. ul oesi uiiormauon omainaoie io Klme went to and raised a row. h Za, reach ico City tt wId ttt be had been drlnkios. k 4errtt: hte aterday by the At bla jMsence waa objec- lUUniia. a w VCIUIIL I ( Mill u SltUa-Uon . sn ' ha wo nrAaToA ortiv Thtt rtiftDUte n th cile- the Intimation was tllt followed progressed into fight M to the di"11 Wa "Sinning to during which Kimo drew a knife and n VenIf?aUc preS8ro being cut a gaah in earner's throat from 1 ml!M for a nielior- which he died almost immediately. r,win L I n Mwcir Citv, The affair oocnrrpd about 3 or 4 i nas rpn thrf.',.r i ' r,', ...... ..,.. .,..,-. .. nr,i k'tb BATTLE DEVELOPS SLOWLY NEAR CITY ITAL Only Activity Along the Front Is in the Region Around ' Warsaw. FOOD SITUATION IN SPAIN VERY SERIOUS London, March 8v The center of Interest in the eastern front lias again shifted with the announcement from Fetrograd that a great battle Is developing on the left bank of the Vistula n the southwest of War It is not clear which side has taken the offensive, but both Berlin and Pet. rograd have been saying lately that vital operations might bo expected in this region. Messages from the llus- sian capital have declared that the old field Of action near Poser, and Silesia alone could serve as tUo decisive bat tle ground, while Berlin has been ore dieting another brilliant action near Warsaw by Field Marshal Von Hind enberg. ; :. ..V -.-v :; No great activity has been reported elsewhere on the eastern front ; -ex cept at Rawa, southwest of Warsaw, where German army -U Uiadquarters claims the capture of 3,400 Russians. It is possible this action nuty be a part of the great battle which Petrograd says is underway. .;; .... Attacks and counter attacks form the theme ot Berlin official communi cations covering events in the west. but there is no Indication of a decisive gain by either side. . ; ' V '' The attempt of the allied fleet to torce tne uarueneues nas caused a crisis in Greece. No now cabinet has yet been; announced and the king may have great troubles in forming a cab inet with his former premier leading the opposition. There Is no late news of the situation in the Dardanelles. 1 .The release of the American ship Pacific after several days' detention at Deal indicates that Premier Asquith's ittDtlaaeW'tiiOt'Trn liesw taUflebyj council. ... One of the unexpected results of the submarine war has been the reduction of rates In trans-Atlantic passenger rates. This' may precipitate a rate war unless passengers will pay high prices for safety of the American flag. DEATH OF LITTLE DAUGHTER OF, DR. AND MRS. CARLTON. Kernersville, March C -The four- yearold daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R, L. Carlton died of gastritis at 4 o'clock this, morning at the home of the par ents. - The deceased was one of the deservedly popular children in Ker nersville. She was one of the prize winners in the Better Baby contest at the State Fair in Raleigh.- The grief stricken parents have the sympathy of the entire community in their be reavement. The funeral service will will be conducted from the' Baptist church at three o'clock Sunday after noon. 5- It will bo conducted by the pastor, Rev. Jam ea Guy. cussing politics yesterday and during a rather long discussion the name of C. W. Curry was mentioned as a can didate for congress from the fifth district, mentioned several times and discussed favorably by the small "con vention." It was stated by one of the gathering, who Is a close personal friend to the man suggested as a can didate that Mr. Curry has received numerous letters from friends thru out the district urging him to make (he race at the next election. ' It was suggested to the gathering by an outsider that it was some con siderable time until election and the Republicans stated In reply that they were aware of this fact but they In tended to organize early, to have no factions, and to make a winning cam paign when the proper time comes. m a 110 uui iwiuw wM vuu " His tome is about half a mile from that ot tne aeaa man. it m that Kim it mm that Kim hnr tha rpnnta. turn of being a rough character among his neighbors, rather -noted . for his nguiiuis p.uiim. tic umm sister of Mrs. Garner, and two chil- Uren. Garner, on tine ouier trana. waa con. sidered a peaceful, hard-working cUi- m UlA COtintT. He 1a 8ai"Ttved bY hiS widow and Several children, among them being two boys about growiCK could not be ascertained whether they took any part in the disturbance, or even If they were anywhere in the r v-1. OF POLISH CAP II FORYSTH BOYS COP CLUB County Farm 1 emonstrator Andet son has completed the awarding ot the special prises tor the members of the Forsyth County Boys' Corn club. The winner are as follows: . Stats District Prizes. " Raymond But n r. Bethanla, second prise of $12.60 I the district: record 107.13 bushels, a4. cost of 16 cents a busheL -(' . Earl Grubbs. V thania, fifth district prize ot 12.50; r aord 97.6 bushels at a cost ot 17 cent'per bushel. . 8pclal Township Prizes. . ' J. Marvin Hal .,' Rural - Hall. 84.24 bushels, costing 0 cents. Award a pure bred Berks tire pig. Frank Strupe' iTobaccoville, 73.5 bushels, costing 21 cents. Award, a spraying outfit - Edward Conrad, Winston-Salem, 68.53 bushels, at 80 cents. Award, a pure bred Berkshire pig. Job Wagoner, Clemmons, 66.30 buBh els, at 19 cents. 'Award, a pure bred Zamworth pig. f I Russell Clinard, . Winston-Salem, 64.89 luBhels, at 3 cents. Award, 5 In farm implements. Robert Cook, Wlnston&alem, 63.80 bushels, 74 cents.! Award 85 in mer chandise from Frank A. Stlth Co. ' Cletus Hunter James,1 Winston-Sa lem, 65.71 bushels,' 19 cents. Award, a beekeepers ouflt John W. Llnville, Belew's Creek, 64 bushels, 29 cents. Award, a pure bred zamworth pig. " ( JesBe F. James, Winston-Salem, 69 55 bushels, at 26 cents. . Award, six months subscription to Dally Sentinel 'Willie James, Winston-8alem, 57.1 bushels, at 36 cents. Award, six months subscription to Dally Sen tinel. ' "1 i--'; "'v?: - j . Robah L. Smith; KerneraviUe, 63.71 bushels, at El cents. Award, 810 in gold by Bank ot Kernersville. . Canton C. Llnville, of Belews Creek, 46.20 bushels, at ,39 cents. Award f5 In cash by Roberson & Strader. . i Jennings Wagoner, Clemmons, 47.94 bushels, at 28 cents. Award, 'cultiva tor by J. R, Whitman, LewlsVille. ' Jasper N. Clino, Winston-Salem, 48 bushels, at 48 ents. Award, bee keeper's outfit, . v Tom White. Winston-Salem, 45 bush- ls, at 66 cents.. Award S5 In farm implements. ; - s Ralph T, KImel. Winston-Salem, 39.73 bushels, at 49 cents. Award $2.60 in seed .by Farmers'. Cash Feed and Seed Store. .'' ' , vm Fleat N. Kimel, Winston-Salem, 38.- 64 bushels, at 51 cents. Award, six months subscription to Daily Sentinel. , W. B, Echols, Kernersville, 36 bush els, at 66 cents. Award, .pure bred Berkshire pig. John D.1-Harrison, 'Belews Creek 36.50 bushels, at 43 2-5 cents. ' Award, six months subscription to Dally Sen tinel -': ' ' - ,- Reuben Clayton, Rural Hall, . 85.50 bushels, at 43 cents. Award, one pair shoes by Boyles Bros.- Co. Bedford S. Brown, Belews Creek, 83 bushels, at, 49 cents. Award, $2.60 cash by Roberson & Strader. - Victor Harrison,- Belews Creek, 23.75 toushels, at 58 cents. Award, $2.60 In seeds by Farmers' Cash Feed and Seed Store. - John L. Reich, Winston-Salem, 33.50 bushels, at $1. Award, a pen ot pure bred chickens'. . - Elbert Disher, Walkertown, 22 bush els, at 37 cents. Award, a beekeep er's outfit ' : ' ! -General Fund Contributors. In addition to the firms mentioned above the following contributed to the general cash fund for purchasing the special' prizes awarded:; -Hon. J. C. Buxton, Hon. H. . Starbuck, J. L. Wimblsh, Black Mule Harness Com pany, Brown-Simpson and Glenn, Mr. R. 8. Galloway, Forsyth Roller Mills. Wachovia Mills, Huntley-Hill-Stockton Company, Mr. D. H. Blair,, Taylor Gro cery Company, Frank C. Brown Hons Company, Wachovia Bank and Trust Company, Orinoco Supply company, Taylor Brothers, Mr. H. E. Fries, Mr.i E. W. O'Hanlon, Mr. J. W. 8hipley, Brown-Rogers Company, W. M. Nor fleet tt Co., Mr. J. F. Griffith, Fletcher Brothers, Meyers-Westbrook Company, Union Guano Company and -Mr. W. T. Brown. - 1915 Club to Organize. . I . Tha tnti win he organized soon for the season ot 1915. It is planned fori a meeting ot the boys of the county who are to join the club this year to be held in this city on April 1. The meeting win be held early in the morning, and the organization perfect ed so that the club may be able to participate in the county commence ment parade in a body, The official pennants of the club will be carried by the boys. c It is expected that all the members of the club last season will Join the organization tor the 1915 season, and the. winners named above who re ceive pigs as awards will be expected to be affiliated with the Forsyth coun ty pig club. Tha boys of the county are great ly interested in the Corn Club, the Pir Club and also tne nee V,1UD, ana all three organizations will have large mem memoersniDS iuib jo', records are expected at the close of the season. Mr. Watson lll Friends of Hw. - rng a wi9on reet to lean t h m t the Twin-City hospl- t Nfl An Rimria- hA Vll nmi3r6i tnm hU home to the hpspt- Ui tor treatment At the home this afternoon it was stated that his con- aitkm is not considered serious. This wm De Iismed with pleasure by his r - '--.-- thrunnt t' '.at. . ) HEAVY FIRING EN THE UNITED STATES TO NORTH: SEA IS PROTEST AGAINST HEARD BRITISH EMBARGO Amsterdam, March 8, 3:30 p. m. For the first time since Admir al Beatty engaged the German squadron In the North Sea )n Jan- ; uary, heavy gun tiring was heard north of tht Hook of Holland to- , day. It Is impoasibls to foretell ths meaning but observers srs In eMned to bellev It Indlcatts a great naval battle. EP. T Murderer of Sheriff Stanland, of Brunswick, Captured :. - at Wilmington. Wilmington, March 8. Jesse P. Walker, aged 35, who was outlawed soon after his escape from jail at South port, where he was awaiting trial for murder ot Sheriff Jackson Stanland ot Brunswick, six years ago, and for whose capture dead or alive there was a Teward ot $250, was taken in custody here yesterday afternoon by six police and county officers work ing under direction ot Justice George Harris to whom the presence in the city of the desperado was first report ed. . Walker was overpowered before he could offer any resistance. , With Walker when he was captured was his brother-in-law, Frank Leon ard, at whoBe home the murder pf Sheriff Stanland occurred, on the night of November 29, 1908, when a posse went to arrest Walker tor store breaking. Young Leonard Is mate on a government launch that tends It dredge and Walker stayed aboard the boat with him last night. Walker was induced to leave the boat by a clever ruse engineered by Magistrate Harriss. Word was got to Leonard that it they di4 - not leave tne launcn, tne guns or coist guara cutter Seminole, lying nearby, would be trained on her., v '; - . -, -; ' - Prepared for Bsttls. : V With his hands In his hip pockets, the right on a 45 Colts revolver and the left on a 32 automatic blue steel Colts, apparently ready to mow down anybody who should make a move to take him in custody, Walker stepped haughtily from the launch accompa nied by his brother-in-law. Evidently looking only for blue coats, Walker paid no attention to Officers Kelly, Jones, Coleman George, Godwin and Davis in plain clothes and stationed a short distance from each along the route it was known Walker would have to come in leaving the boat The officers closed in on htm with utmost precision, two catching his arms while others threw pistols in his face and told him any. resistance meant death. Besides two revolvers, Walker had a large quantity of cartridges, a razor, several knives and two store door keys ot his own make. He said that love tor his wife and children brought him back. - . On January 29, 1909, Walker broke jail at Southport. He struck the Jailer on the head several times wun a heavy instrument stunning him. He then rifled the Jailer's pockets, secur ing a pistol and handcuffs and wttn two other prisoners escaped. For four or five days he was hunted in the swamps of Brunswick by a posse of 150, but finally made his escape. . , It is reported that Walker escaped orison in the West where he was serving a term for murder, and later killed a detective in Florida, GREENSBORO HAD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING FIRE - . . r.reannhom. N. C March 8. During the progress of a fire on West Market street shortly after 1 o'clock Sunday mnrntns. which cave the firemen an hour's hard work, a large window fell catching one of the Angers ot ujty n,n glneer Marvin Boyles' left hand and badly crushing it at the first knuckle. It is believed, Dowever, tnai tne nnger can be 4 saved. The building was ssved. .- ' The fire was discovered In the building occupied on the first floor fronting West Market by B. MacKen zle, manager, American Heating Com pany of the General Fire Extinguisher Company. The jrtf tn rear and basement pdiWon'and while Uie flames were confined to tha Interior of the building, a three-story brick structure, three streams of water were played on, the tire from the front and rear. There was one report that a man occupied the upper portion and that be bad been heard to fall to the floor. The only occupant of the building, howewr, was soon locarea uunuii. Cutting Affray Alonzo Smith and Leander Lewis, both colored, engaged m a cutting affray near the corner ot Sixth and Chestnut streets on Sunday afternoon. The men had quarreled and Smith slashed LewW. across the neck, inflicting an ugly but not seri ous wound. The wounded man was taken to police beanquarters. where City Physician V. M. Long took sever, al stitches In closing up tha wound. Both men will be tried tor their part In the affrsyj in the municipal court this irernlr.g. ' , " Optimism Increased in Washing- ton Since Receiving Official -: Not From Berlin. ; . NEXT STEP SEEMS TO BE UP TO GREAT BRITAIN Washington, March 6.-Tbe official text ot Germany's renly to tha suz- gesliont ot the United States govern ment with reference to the abandon ment ot submarine warfare on mer chant ships and the shipment of food stuffs to the civilian population ot billigerents, haa been made public by the state department The German communication was an acquiescence in practically all of the points proposed by the United Statss. Administration officials were greatly pleased both with its tone and Its promise ot a cessation of submarine warfare on unarmed merchant ships It shipment ot food to German civil tans are not stopped. ' outcome Hinges on Britain. v All eyes are now turned on London. where the reply ot the allies to tha same communication from the United States will be formulated. An acqui escence by Great Britain would com pletely alter the situation, as it would involve also a withdrawal or the latest declaration of an embargo on all commerce by sea between Ger many and neutral countries. It was admitted at the state depart ment that a protest and other forms ot reply to the British declaration were under consideration, but the Impression prevailed generally that no step would be taken until the re ply of the allies to the proposal now approved by Germany was in hanu, -Official Hopes Rise. Although the answer from Germany transmitted by. Ambassador Gerard left one or two points still to be ne gotiated, the fact that it promised that no attacks by submarines would be made on any merchant vessel if they were unarmed, provided ther was no fictitious use of flags, raised tha hopes ot ofnclalsUAAt-aomethlna tangible would result from the nego tiations. There wsi a feeling of con fidence especially that some restrict ions would be adopted concerning the use of mines. '! Some high officials grew optimistic concerning Great Britain's reply. Expect Britain to Recede. ' They pointed out that the retalia tory measures Just announced by Eng land whereby Germany's commerce with the outside world was to be stop ped were in reality drafted immed iately after the German admiralty proclaimed the war zone around Great Britain and Ireland, and were nib' mitted by England to her allies be fore the American suggestions for a solution were Interposed, when Great Britain had no other course for the present, some officials thought than to announce her retaliatory measures. The fsct that la announcing then, the British government stated that the steps did not constitute a reply to the American government's pro posals is regarded as confirmatory ot the idea that the new declaration may yet be revoked It a modus Vivendi li reaohed with Germany thru the Unit ed States government concerning submarine warfare- WITH NAIL IN HIS SKULL MAN WALKS MILE, LIVES Tscema, March eV-Wlth a. 2 1-2-Inch nail drlvsn Its entire length thru his skull, Spencer' Thompson, 65 years eld, walk ed more than one mile for aid. He wss building a fsnce when he tripped and fell and a heavy ; board toppled toward him. He put up hie arm to ward off the board. In hie hand was a nail, which the Impact of the board drove up to the head Into hie skull. The nail was removed at a hospital, and It Is said Thomp son will recover. -- ' ' PROPOSITION TO DIVIDE TOWNSHIP IN STOKES. It Is learned ihere that a bill has re cently been Introduced In the legisla ture for the purpose ot dividing Qua ker Gap township, in Stokes county, and making two townships from it. The bill provides that the line divid ing the township shall run east and west and' shall be near the center of the township, and that the northern half eball be known as Big Creek town ship and the southern half as Quaker Gap township. - " - DIED IN ST. LEO'S HOSPITAL; DISLOCATED HER HIP King, March 8.-Mr. Jackson Over by, aged about forty years, died at St Leo's Hospital In Greensboro Fri day night The remains were brought back here for burtaL -. - ' - Mr. T. F. Baker has rented the T. P. Newsum store building at the cor ner of Depot and Main streets and is opening up a first-class grocery store., it is preoicieo an nr, w. do a good business here. . Mrs. Jane Turner, aged eighty-three years, who resides with her son. Just south of town, fell out ot bed Thurs day night dislocating her hip.. - Mr. W. E. Newsum. who owns a bsr ber ehop here, is opening np a shop at Pinnacle. Mr. H. C Newsum will manure the Pinnacle shop. ALLIED ARMIES ARE WAITING FOR - nuoiVE Coming of Spring Weather Af ter Hard Winter Expected to Bring Big Battles. AUSTRO-G ERM ANS ARE BEING HARD PRESSED London, March 6.--The end of the 31st week ot the war and first signs of Improving weather after the hard winter, ftnde' tha allied armies In tha west nearly ready tor the concerted of fensive Which Gen. Joffre and - Field Marshal French have been preparing for mora than tour months. - . From the sea to Arras. France, the British and Belgians appear to have withstood all attempts to break their lino, while from the Arras to the Vos. gest the French continue to go alow) forward. 1 , Progress In the Champagne has been more, pronounced. Here the French' hope soon to seise Rhelms from the' peril of German howitzers. The un qualified optimism with which the ap proaching glgantlo struggle is re garded in England is due to the re markable recuperative powers shown by Emperor Nicholas' troops. " At one volnt fighting has occurred very near the east Russian frontier. The Russians have also tightened thel grip on Galloia. The Russian victories over the allies in the valley of Lomntti and Lukluk za.where they surrounded 30,000 Aus trlans, will have a strong Influence' toward compelling the Auetro-Oerman force again to vacate tha vicinity of, Zornowlt. The country west of War-, saw is being watched tor indications of another battle. , i. . ,, SAVI HOOKWORM KILLED e 15,000 IN THE CIVIL WAR ' Kansas City, March 8. Hook - worm and not overwork or In- ustrlal conditions Is responsi ble for the "pitiable physical eendltlon of the children- In the eotton mills of the South," Dr. Charles W. Stiles, of the United States public health servioe and eclentlflo secretary for tha Rook efeller commission for the ersdl. eatlon of the hookworm dlseass, said In an address before the Knife and Pork Club here. V - Likewise It was the hook worm, he asserted, and not star vatlon or III - treatment that caused the death of 15,000 of the 60,000 Union soldiers held In the Confederate prison at Anderson vllle during the civil war. h EDITOR NELSON OF . s KANSAS CITY VERY ILL Kansas CHy, March 8. The condi It . - . ,,,, T. I.L 111 - . I. . uuu di niiiiam nocniim neiaoa, euii , or of the Kansas City Star, who has ' been, ill tor several months, wu con. stderod very serloue today by his phy sicians. He has ben unooneoious since last Friday. ' MRS. CARRIE M. COOPER ' DIES IN ELKIN; AGED 71. Elkln, March 8. Mrs. Carrie Minis. Cooper died at the home of her son. Mr. W. M. Mtnlsh, In Chatham Park, Wednesday at 8:45 p. m. aged 71 years. She waa converted in early life and Joined the Methodist church at this place and had lived a consist ent Christian life until her death. She is survived by two sisters, one son and one daughter. The funeral services , were held at the home, conducted by her pastor, Rev. J. P Hipps, and the remains were then laid to rest in Hol lywood cemetery. Mrs. Wm. Johnson, who is visiting her brother, Mr, D. J. Cockerham, In west Elkln, had the misfortune to fall on the Ice covered walk and break her arm between the wrist and elbow, one day last week. ' . - Mr. W. E. Boney, of Klnston, spent a few days here lsst week shaking hands with old friends and making the acquaintance with new ones. - He left here sixteen years - ago and he finds that there are a great many people here that are strangers to him and he to them, Tts thus the world apd the people change. - The electric light system is about completed and workmen are' busy in stalling the water system and in a short time the business bouses and most ot the residences will be equip ped with both light and water. Mr. Graver Holcomb, of Lashmae, Wash., who has been visiting hie pa rents and relatives In Yadkin county for the past month, left here last week tor his home in the tar west The western fever Is still at work in this community. ' During the past week Messrs. James Sparks, Virgil Holcomb and Otis Holcomb left for Union, Iowa, and Mr. W. M. Freeman for State Center, El. These parties were all from Yadkin county, and I understand there are others preparing to go a little later, it's a pity that. msn pe0pie M leaving the old North State. . There Is no better coun- try or people in the world than we have here. PANAMA EXPOSITION NOW OPEN - San Prancleoe San Diego. The Chesapeske and Ohio Railway otters very low rates. Many variable routes. For full information wrl'e Jno. n. r. "s, o. p. a., r i. if