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m imiimj .-fir--- -a-- - . - . : .? A Family. Newspaper; For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural aiid Commercial Interests of the People ' . . - ' READ IT FLfjiWxj THIS PAPER VOLUME XXXIII. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1916. NUMBER 55. A ii A . i . i . i CORRESPONDENCE LETTER FROM THE CAPITAL OP STATE ( Spec 5 al Correspondence.).,. iffy. Fer instance, in order to figure oat'a majority "of the electoral college in the; first- list of "reasonably cer tain" States, this calculator includes West Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio. and -Delaware. Those five States cast 94 "votes, and they alone, with the solid South' Kadded, would give "Wil son --enough tr elect, counting Mary land. , Then ..there are Missouri and Kentucky left, with several doubtful western States to swell the Wilson vote to : much - larger proportions than Hughes' men are now claiming. -'- CURRENT- MATTERS OF IMPORT- V-T -ANCE. The total flood subscriptions m North Carolina now exceed $40,000,; .but .the.. reports from the damaged: Raleigh, N. O; . rATigtiSt ' "22.With. only ton weeks . intervening--.between- now and electionday, Chairman. Wat ren, of the Democratic State Commit tee, has adopted a hurry-up slogan, and is endeavoring toimpress upoVrthe lo cal party managers and leaders in all the counties the necessity of getting the campaign formally started every where without further delay. Every intelligent person knows how dangerous delays are, yet in some counties there has been a disposition to put off things ,ihatshQuld be, looked nftpr and carefully looked after, at once. The 'local speakers who have been disposed to balk at ' ' hot weath er" will now find the first fall month peeping .at: "them just around the next corner and they are expected to "get a move on them ' ' without further par lev and proceed to swat the enemy at every- little meeting: r plaee - available- wherever- a- few - may - assemble -theiu,-selves together. It is at these little meetings," where one s' neighbor"" tells him the truths and developments which ordinarily would come to his knowledge that "the" bedrock; ;tB, gr'ou"nd;--"Work, of the .yas.'a"-eampaign" is laid- That is Chairman Warren's opinion, and it certainlv sounds like tne "Teal thing. noT-? "KniiniSfcterr -With T'these little v iu.i j : r - - - . .. meetings' is the -opportunity thus.- pre sented for the precinct committeemen to gp in some good work and Pa8a--t- of the most desirable and-cffectiye ;Ddt ' to say indispensible, results being the proper polling of the voters " of every precinct,.., the" State .Chairman has hppn ureinV already. That ifl the way to start - up-" the' Pmtica machinery and get it in good working and run ning order. v -! A little later on, some )f ih big euns of the campaign (who "can't be everywhere-- at -wtime) viait every county and help the cause along --and tfcere' 3 some- roig'i.w . teriaTbookea for' the "bigger meetings. Then aside -f com the Hominees-for gov ernor, and presidential electors at large, than .whom.it would be hardtq. find three niprceloquent and convnrc ing speakers" in this or any State. ,-.' -r- We want to make every enon io keep our. 'hold , on ,a. majority' in the new Congress," "both House and-Senate, for it looks every day now more and more like four more years for Wood-row;.- fBeaj4a -mind this .injunction while" voii keep your eyes open in the several congressional districts where itl is known the Republicans are maitu pffnrts and usine- money. Jo., cap-1 ture a new congressman.., -BICKETT 'APPOINTMENTS. GENERAL YOUNG IS ' PRESENTED WITH MOUNT Camp -Glenn,- Aug. 20. A magnifi cent horse -was-- yesterday presented to General Young by the officers of the" first , North Carolina brigade. Colonel Rodman of the second infantry, who was introduced by Colonel S. W. Minor of the. third infantry in behalf of the officers of . the brigade, presented the animal. ,The .occasion was General Young's, birthday. General Young in a grateful .and complimentary talk ac cepted the mount. After the speech the band struck up " Dixie, ' ' and the up; t&vbjfig$t0'; headquarters J -precede! FIERCE FIGHTING IS RESUMED ON THREE FRONTS ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN : APPROACHING MARRIAGE ; AT BRILLIANT RECEPTION or ganized in the' third 'infantry in ac gCKdance' with'the new defense act. .. 2RAL OF KR. HARPER AT XTNSTON; WIFE'S AT CONETOE Victims" of' Dpuble Tragedy at Weaver- v " ville Brought Home. N. C, Aug: 18. The funeral HciyVthe sthirjl inf anjtry .band which ur- connties indicate that it will fall short jAshed the music tor the occasion nt mJt.5nr tfiie situation, and if ftb&d suddIv company - has been- amount were $400,000 every dollar of : it could be used in relieving actual" dis tress. So,-e-not weary in well-doing. ThatCthe State Bank officials: of North, Carolina are firm inv. their atti tude concerning their flgfit;4o collect: charges- .for cashing checks'." on Other banks was" accentuated at a sheeting of ILa foTAlino honlrora Jifflfl itl Ha-It; . . -' . , : U.- Kinston, leign, aooui iuu rcmg preseut .... R p Harperj the- loeal den, conference. Action was-taken to se- - . . miA nt wvPrville. near CHie. the ..Rermanent TOon of. fHeviUe-Ttterfay -afternoon-after kill- .irStZX,-. 7 injj his wife, Mrs. Dora, JJawson iiar- the collection of items at par tnrough was;teW-here tnis afternoon. The postoffioes and. teenng. - eominittee, n ycry largely attend, was provided for to promote the. car-. of ;Mrg; Harper was fleld tying-out or pians atjope! a c "? Wcnetoe. wiiere-her Tataer : and-lua resolutions. "- family live. Dr. Harper, according to :ln a feweek? J! ; ienvber'of -the family, had tort te us again the Gr-eat te Fair, - with and reinarkcd before, .leav its concomitant annual xeunion of.Tar- - v.-- -tii , for West- hel,folksone of Ae Wf?.. cardina that he. would not die: of features x,f -the State airWeek. Se- : A We(licaVman in alvig, cretary Poguc and Assistant Secretary - the us, .of aieohol Denson are already Dooming many. r wn. t wotli,i'- make- biml aitracnons iur wic amuBCiu0..t a '.,, 0mnt;nn it, was said ... . i susce inure w vuiiuu.uL, , and there was ncr-i. . J rivz - T). ? Harper left S . . v i,.. 0, na eataU,.woTtn,.mentiomn5 Via o aaii rfH fnr t.hfl .third week tn n"A-hi, stntFair is a thinir iCHICAGO BELL BOY of nerennial erowth, both in size and I - nir rPTirt n? the" rounds of the Chicaeo, Aug. lO&fw5: x. n. - 4. !, w;ir.oTn 1 1 n Krr a t--tK 'XTonsTTess hotel, found newspapers to cucn vui ..iiu,... !7.--r Jennings Bryan is" to quit; Nebraska IhTea of the rainbow today and the and locate on his farm hi Western pot of gold was there with about Wrn6Hna7"wItB"Wtlitention ef $2,000 in it. Whileshuffling baggage running for United States Senator," this morning Hill receiveu a wu m pounds hTOrffranpfiAflg - than tMrwike. his Rt, Mrs. Ben Snow, of Rochester, As a'TarJreel "Westerner" Mn:' Bry- N. Y., had died very, suddenly, leaving an :Voirld not be' eligible" to contest an estatwPjf.jwme. :$lfigeOr-ich ., x.v.: s loift qt.iT lQn Ttur.w'fls to -receive 'one-fifth. -Tfe. is' a Ionvay ahead for a man of nill immediately- "gave notice MV -TJrvan's aee-and political prospects, left tomgnt ior Simmons-and Overman are not reported to be losing anysleep on account of GETS INHERITANCE it. WARNING INFANTILE PARALYSIS EPIDEMIC NEXT SUMMER. 'llewxam. D0 NOT DRINK BEER TN ? 17 . 'BUJffiMBR;..DOCT0R SAYS State Board oHeaith -Quotes an Ei pert as Saying Tnat - : r? "7 ISeer Is Not Cooling, ' Jlaleigb, August 21. Before the As- rumored anraX "Bickett." Demo- socialed iTess Dunexmeu w.e ratic candidate for iGoveriforf? ,WJ i i- f Sntiir1av.'Aut- speaK ai asucuuiu -.-.rs -- . ust 26th, and State Chairman Warren announce, -the following-additional: ap-: pointments for Mr. "Bickett: At Nash ville Monday. August 28th; at Shelby Seitembfr 4ra1Allin8tOT "Steran,,aT 5; Alberraarle,- Stanly bounty, oep ber 9.; 4 l,.r' .. :. - Througn some accountable error the date of the 'Asheboro meeting' became confused," and a number of papers an? nounced it -for August 19th, instead of A v. trust, 26th.. Next Saturday (26th) is the dateffiially"-Stated ;fromrpemb eratic headouaxteia. bere and,th?pros-. pects are that.it "Will be a great meet-J ing, with-a number oi prum.nC. ocrats participating. . Vi tnr , Cam. v. ja.tmun. --ff-"" arrival of the Deutschland in Bremen jiiis-' afternoon, the state board of health quoted a member of its crew against-be traditional. that -beer cools. the individual who swigs it and tne ae voteesTiave "no way to " make 'the crew It4s--wu-tely andcunquah fiedly : f alse. -' :'TheT)ulletm;of; -Ebe-istate board gives asPington, Aflg. 19. With a warn ing ;ttat ; unless measures are round fK it suppression, the infantile paraT lysis epidemic .may advance- next sum. I mer to statesnot- now- aj.pwcia:i av- fected,the national conference ot health oflicers adjourned aiter auopi. ing rexjommendations for control of th. plagiie and naming a standing commu- tee-'6;stdy -its causes. X)r. W."S. "Rankiny of .Raleigh, statfl halth-omcer : of North, .Carolina, put tnXey-wrench.-into the machinery b of" "the" health ' authorities - eaiie to Washington for the purpose of consid ering infantile paralysis and its treat;-; ment when he declared Friday at tne meettn2haVhe.'United States Public Health ' Service knew absolutely noth- London, Aug. 21. The great offen sive opened by the allies Sunday on. the Saloniki, front is developing, but no decisive; action has been fought. The British and French advancing on the right have crossed the St. Ruina. pushing northeastward towards . the Bulgarian frontier. At the same time the- -Serbians--whe-4ave- epone4 -a -4"rive for Moriastir'i-eport the apturi of Bul garian first-line ;s trenoheaUtaQn the o.x reme leu, however, immediately south -Monastir they have suffer;! a re verse "and have' 'evacuated the Greek town of Baflica. ' In . the center 'at the mouth, of tne great valley of the Vardar,. the main highway through Serbia,; violent artil lery action, is in progress. : " ' "It vyas down this valley that the Teu ton-Bulgarian's force made theiv vigor- bur . ad.van.ee, ' arid .according to .military experts . its possession is" vital , to w ivo ever holds Serbia. ' :v: " Reporia'from Saloniki sav that Ital ian troops have landed thcr-wind will join in the general offensive. "This, if corroborated, mans that Italy" has fi "nally decided formally to declare war oh Germany " as the Germans are ad nnttedly directing the Bulgarian cam paign. ; At certain points on the front Berlin reports the Bulgarians on the offensive, but London and Paris inter- pret this as a move for political pur pose and not as serious-attack against Saloniki. A .desire to r effect- publie opinion, of Rumania ancl to . influence the, approaching Creek' election is the motive" behind ..Bulgaria's aggressive action, in. the".opinion of .the. allied capitals..';- i. . Fierce" figltting; continuediB ; the re gion. -of.-i.he. . Stokhpd. ,pn the Eastern front where the Russian advance men- afrcs cfiv.el. and the German salient at pinsk: Theattlepn the crest of the Carpathians also' ragesjbofh'; sides claiming minor succes es. '. On the Western fro it there has been nq .material change i.i the situation JU4B& - allies stai trj. 1 their reat at tack" Friday. German counter-attacks at several points along the British lines, according to London, met with no success. The Germans also have made a powerful effort to recapture Flcury, in the "Verdun sector, but Paris reports a complete repulse. The repeated unofficial reports that Portugal was about to take an active share on the European battlefield ap parently are confirmed by an announce ment from Paris that a British-French military commission has been sent to Lisbon. Dispatches from Portugal have '.i,...;ii-.i militarv preparations or a iji: iv i i m v. ...... i -j. large character, but there has been nothing 'to indicate the number of men under' arms. PRESIDENT. VETOES THE GREAT ARMY MEASURE On Thursday afternoon August' the seventeenth, at half -past -five o'clock Mrs.! James ' Baker Hall entertained her friends at a brilliant reception in honor of Mrs. R. W.- Meredith. " Mrs. Meredith is the wife of Rev. Reuben W. Meredith, rector of Trinity Episcopal church here, having recently come to Scotland Neck from Sti Peter's Episcopal church, -Norfolk, where he had been located many years. Both Rev. and Mrs'.' Meredith have already won " many - friends and admirers here, and the friends of Mrs; Hall were glad of this opportunity of paying their respects to "the ' charming Mrs. Mere dith. -. -" The hospitable home had been artis tically decorated for the occasion with ferns, : evergreens and masses of flow ers, tne color scneme or yellow ana white being beautifully carried out. Mrs. G.: H. Johnson and Mrs. C. II. Herring welcomed the -guests at the front door- and ' showed them to the punch bowl in the main hall. Serving punch were Miss - Mattie Josey and Miss Laura "Clark. -- Mrs. E. W. Hall and Mrs. Richard Johnson, of Greensboro, N. C, then in vited the guests into the front parlor where they were introduced to the re ceiving line by Miss Cornelia Josey. Those receiving were,- Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. R. W. Meredith, Mrs. Sam .Hauff, of Wadesboro, N." C, Mrs. R. A. Mc Larland, Mrs. S. T. Singleton, Mrs. II. I, Black,- Miss Lena' Smith and Mrs. W. L. Bctterworth. . : Mrs-. S. J'. Hinsdale, of Raleigh, N. "C., and Mrs. T. D. Kitchin then invited the guests into the back parlor where they were served tea and' sandwiches bv Miss Louise Josey, Miss Leggett and Mrs. Ray Boyette. Presiding at the tea table were Mrs G. S. White and' Mrs.: Stuart .'Smith. I Greeting theT guests at the doors be tween the back parlor and main He Would Not Accept Provisions la Revision of tne Articles of , War."-- - - Washington, Aug. 18. The arniy ap propriation bill was unexpectedly ve toed today by President Wilson : be cause he would not accept certain pro visions in the revision of the articles of war, forced into the bill by the house conferees and commonly said in army circles to be in the interest of certain retired officers "at" outs "'with the army. Chairman Hay, of the house mili tary committee, at ..once re-introduced the measure with the entire section re- WjLSON PLEADS WITH R.R. HEADS TO ACCEPT PLAN Washington, August 21. As one American eitizen to another, President Wilson today appealed to ;ich of tne executives of the country 's principal railroads on grounds of patriotism to aceept his plan for averting the threat ened disaster of a nation-wide strika. He : emphasised the necessity -for keep ing the railroads in service as a part ;of the-National defense, and to -make possible . preparation for meeting ton- vising the articles of war stricken out j ditions that will exist after the Euro- and the declaration that no revision at all would go through with the bill in this Congress. " Chairman Chamberlain, of the sen ate military affairs committee, an nounced that the senate would rein sert the revision approved by the Pres ident and the war department, but stricken out in the house and that the situation had resolved itself into a con test between the senate and . house on one hand and Mr. Hay on the other. The tangle threatens to delay the ad journment of Congress and, inciden tally, completion of the preparedness program, as well as to hold up appro--;iinTia .for the armv increases . and all the extra expenses involved in the Mexican service. . The. bill, as re-introduced now is in tha Hnnsn militarv committee and there is an agreement to take it up and expedite passage Tuesday. The fight, if one develops, will come when thA senate puts in a revision of the articles of war and sends it back to Hattielthe bouse. " The President 's veto, one or tne few he has exercised, marks another stage in the long fight between the armv and Chairman Hay. The army hall charges . Hay . with defeat of the con. and CHILD LABOR BILL IS ACCEPTED' BY HOUSE gainst its T cooling" ing abont ,the disease or its genesis, yet ?r5 i& Stent&is paid to the sa- it was" trying to deceive the public into v.iiv hiV it was possessed qr au LI! 1 IV. - 1 1 ' nature. cred. dogma ttiatleoiol cools: the fel low who is hot and heats the fellow wbor:oofpPfoduces sleeP for tne aleeprless and vivacity for the sleepy beadedf giVes -40" effects. which a beer less aee man never have. '"It i3 rumored that this attack on Vp.r.is but the entree to another fiercer r.iuu.- k?155 against the most advertised ments for. the jrameaww " " ' f"L " " - f essentials, ,n,ecessary to combat the ma; lady. THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH IS WAITING FOR JOHN BOWEN At Raeford August Aait 26r at Lumberton at'0FiyWtevi:Aoti30;:at""Saint l'auls August 31.- ' r ' - . " ; . Appomtments - for . Elector Sinclair will be-:announecd soon- ike his yok mate in this campaign, Mr., Sinclair is Af 'the 'ncst campaigners in the . i'La-wnio win be deliebted.6 otate at tu "i"" ".; - . v- y hear these 'tbig guns THE5 BOOT" ON i THE OTHER LEG. the "'aneient -assertion .that figures don't 4ie, herc are' some that at last aid the-trnth in a glaring ffian-ces8 . . M,-YWlidate- Hnghee 'campaign lici. - , . has . iust . announced nis JL . V'V - r" discuss the is- mans " forecast K x)l:the:-sea3on. an attempt;tt4 figure out in August how floats under big head- Augusi '29 ;; line's of all the papers. The state board eiies upon an expert and says: "Beer is. not eooling," said a noted physician recently while discussing the V,.t. summer drink. lnnnuiiig , aid- " While eold beer tastes cool to a hot nian,' it does not cool him off.' on . , other hand, it neais. Beecontains 4 percent of alcohol a pint contains 8-10th or an ounce, is nearly' a .tablespoonf ul and equal to nearly two vfcabjcspoohf uls oi wmj, - The effect 'of aleohor s to spn nf blood s-t-tM iSliin, u . i ; hot. weather he in- man drums u. --, . . , ct creases bis chance . sunstroke at least iOotpVr 5enfc:::T;be8t drink for a " ' . . - .-i. ,-4.iKir it is physical or . . r s ' i tt. rfnrti water.''. the' the election will go- . " : r.t.hr previous, and to .that extent November ';isymntaVlabb tgfsn, -Wor. Jiam. Auc. '19. One thousand dollars in cash and property valued at $500 is waiting ior Joim w. row.., whose-nucAe . died. in .an , Arkansas town a few months, ago leaving np near rela tives. ' . The money is -waiting lot Boweivbut he cannot be found. The thousand dollars in cash is fron an insurance policy which' -tho -deceased- carried' with . , -j; j-i. Wnnlmmi of the World a A.dg VL i" . ... . and the officers of the lodge some time ago" wrote Jho.: M. Ballard; Newton, asking if he knew where Bowen could be found. f,iWiiiW that the TattcT should have been addressed to New Bern, Mr. New. child labor, ton wrote, to the clerk of the sucprior coVrt' of Wrtven-county anl asked Him to make .inquires, for the man., . &q iar as is known there is no m-h person m this cityv-,'-'v:'- x - - - Passed WTSlioTit Deljate KecbrdVote Becones Law in Year After President Resigns. Washington, Aug. 18. Without de bate or record votehe child labor bill A -11..; iMiao trilii-v' with was aceepieir luu:iiuuo v the senate amendments. It will be come a law-one "year after President Wilson Signs it. . The measure represents the result of years' of struggle in" Congress between forces; urging the conservation of child life and those opposing it on many ... i. .1-1.. 1. ;i- Tirio Q miOfst.lOU grounds cnieiij' iuhi-u " -i for- tlto -states and not the federal gov ernment. , rpi, l!iw would not have been enact ed at' this session of ' Congress had not President. Wilson, after the democratic caucus decided to .eliminate it from administration, .program, visited were Miss Eleanor. Smith and" Mrs. G. Lamb. ' '' : After all the guests" had assembled and had been served tea and sand wiches they were invited into the din ing room by Miss Rebe Shields and Miss Susie Hill. As the doors were opened' little Katherine Hall, youngest daughter of "the hostess, presented - to Miss Cornelia Josey a large bouquet of Bride's roses ' a gift from the absent one most interested in the surprise of the afternoon, which here greeted tn3 guests'.' - - . I' Little Miss Mary Wood Hall then recited the following: ". There is a secret to unfold There is a secret to be told If -each 'will choose a Wish-bone or a bell, ". It will the secret tell." - Eagerly the guests each chose a bell or a wish-bone from a handsomely dee- orated table. Attached to these tney found - artistic announcement cards reading, Miss Cornelia Josey Mr. Henry Clark : Oct. 25, 1916. . Showers of good wishes were then given the bride-elect, after which tne guests were served cake and cream. , Everywhere in the dining room were masses of yellow flowers, and the cream was served m d and white on rare old yellow and white china. The bride-elect is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Josey. By her charming . i 1 personality and gracious, Kinancssj she has endeared herselt to tne enure community. She is a young woman of .unusual ability and usefulness. For the past few years she has been one of the most . successful teachers of the Scotland Neck Graded School, and the ... rr t- 1 .... a in 1 n 1 Tl T her school suuers a gn-di. B services. r 11. T. Clark is a young mvi- miich prominence -and usefulness in Scotland Neck.. For many years he ... .1 r. . l .1 has been connected witn tne ocoiiiiiji Neck Cotton Mills, and is in many ways closely identified with the busi ness interests of the community, iie is a son of Mr. H. I. Clark. Both Miss Josey and Mr. Clark are ial circles and helpful in their friends unite tinental . army and universal training plans,; and the substitution of national izntion which it op- guard reorganization posed. Congressman , Hay recently was ap pointed iudee of the court of claims by-President Wilson and. now is serv-. ing his last term in Congress. . Tie ..articles of - war.bave not been revised in a hundred years 'and' are said to, be . sadly deficient for dealing with conditions which growth of the army and development of the nation require. The war department is es pecially anxious for changes to enable army, officers to deal adequately with problems arising during the present Afp-rican service. Included in the re vision marked out . by Congress over the objection of the President and the exempted retired . officers from courts martial and army discipline, if not act ually from army, control and placed them under the jurisdiction of the civil -i x courts. It is common un(iersiauumB war. department was a provision which among army officers that the section MvoroA the case of a certain retired officer, formerly regarded as a power in; shaping military legislation, "wno was preparing to write a book and hesitated to do it while liable to disci pline. . - The President in his veto, however, ' i e made no reference to tnis paB the situation. . . RUMANIA MAY YET JOIN THE ALLIES worthless- But -cms " 7v of the Republicans,, based on what .they term -reasdnably certain- vote; is as rediculousas wthlesdjvill lyJserySnvident rposeof fooling -i- . it niirwa. better. even 300 votes for Hughes or - thannecessaVy,f he terms ''reasonably eertam an - then proceeds to OOonore tdeal votes which probable ' Republican States wilt yield hisi Candidate. - - -- -Just how worthless such calculations nff Oarrboro man, wno ri,- " -. - ;.-;-, .. a pha rire ox irWiwS 7tpttrV LICENSE r,T.rmV SECURED BJ T.,W'--Aiiirust. 20i Percy Swan- 7 the capital .and insisted upon its in clusion. As it originally passed the house, the n,onnre proposcd'to bar from inter- - -j.. . -- 4- .nmmo.rce products on wnicn uziA loir "hctiiallv'had been employ- , .,:,n,,n,k,V.k tho senate, and popular in soc - . , 1 oit-mnYitM church- wOrb. anl now pertectcd, 1 Ti t.bem an ideal couple. between the states ot a.l prouuex . - . .. - nt at pstafclishmejit which employs "f""-' & I , , estaD ;i, -rT.tion. all of whom pronounced ' the occasion a most delightful one, and LITTLE BOY. SUFFERS . , . ' Mrs. Hull a most charming hostess. A BRUOKEN JAW-BUH. W. FIVE X"" v. II CU i w -any Celebrate 86tb ;Bittnday r of " the A1 Aus- A ' serious accident happened nesday ."afternoon at the plant of the j Askew Lumber Company, when John- n1l son of Mr. J- Reports to This Effect Have Been Re newed by the Opening of tbe Saloniki Offensive. The opening of the allied offence at Saloniki has been the signaler renewed reports that Rumania is at last about to throw in her lot with the Entente Allies. These reports are more circumstantial than before and Ger man press comments indicate that they, are far from being devoid of founda tion. One Berlin newspaper declares that Rumania already has joined the Allies and that plans are being laid fnr the march or. 1 through Rumanian territory Moraht, the German military critic,alsp believes that Rumania is negotiating with Russia and hints at an ultimatum at Bucharest from Germany attd Aus tria. .- .:, The entry of Rumania, into ' the war on the side of the Entente' would nifcan-' "ei the forerine ot anotner linn.. chain of foes surrouniling'.tb r Centra Powers. The material aid "'f pean war. Sentiment Against Proposal. On leaving the White House, the railroad presidents, augmented dur ing the day by arrivals from the West, held a conference at which sentiment was said to be against agreeing to the President's proposal in its present form.- Hope was expressed however, that some satisfactory counter propo sition might be advanced and it was decided to turn over to a committee tho task of drafting a final reply to the President. With more than 60 men most of them with their own ideas about what ought to be don-i, the exe cutives found it difficult to get "down to brass tacks, " as one of them ex pressed it. Tomorrow morning, an other meccting will be held, and every effort will bo made to reach a deci sion promptly. - The railroad heads still insist that President Wilson is asking thesi to sacrifice the. principle of arbitration. Mr. Lee Issues Statement. - Elisha Lee, chairman of the National Conference Committee of the railways, issued a statement tonight in which he said: ' ' That the railroads should grant, un der threat of a national strike, a $50,- 000,000 wage preferment to a small minority of their employes without a hearing before a public tribunal is in conceivable in a democracy like ours. "All questions at issue wages, costs operating conditions are submerged by . the greater issue: " Shall arbitra tion be abandoned in the settlcmnt of industrial disputes?" Would Meet People's Desire. The statement, suggests,, however, that the railroads stand ready, to take whatever action the people of the coun try desire. It concludes: "The weight of public opinion must determine this issue. We cannot be lieve that it is the calm judgment of the country that we should sacrifice the principle of arbitration in industrial disputes, under a threat to tie up the commerce of the country.!', . ... While the officials were listening to President Wilson and later conferring at their hotel, the general committee of private representatives ..of the em ployes who already have acceptod the President's plan, held a. perfunctory meeting and marked time awaiting the decision of the employers, iney saiu thev would wait until President Wil son dismissed them, but stood ready to eall a striKe suumu ..vb tions fail. . .. . Although a few of theailroad exe cutives invited . had not ' arrived this afternoon, it was decided that those al ready in Washington were represen tatives and therefore, the President called them to the wnito - earnestly urged that his plan of set tlement be. ratified. ... - Not Responsible for Failure. "I will not allow passion to come into my thoughts in thissojemn mat ter " he said. "We are both acting as trustees of the !Mtyttprew:!T - willing to allaw.-Ahiatter. to go to the greatmejrican jury and let them assumeePP'ty- The respon sibility ..o;failuxc0:wili.no?vre8, t ..;uk von-ito-considcr .the conee- ;rr the- people or 1 "-'-.' ; .1 a faillirft he-;citie8 And-.co.unjr.ys'V.S v.rf " . r . - - . i. AnnnAt ' llVfl if Radian army4to: ax- --M)e J-f,x""..r Jirv-Cnti.n.ued-ftn wo.; :AND THREE MEN, LYNCHED Tiiep'the five-year R-Askew, was ca 'machinery' Of the plant and Gainesville, Fla., Aug. 19. Five ne- ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS SET OFrSEPTEMBER 1 OR 2 Braergency Revenue," Arnr, And Gen- 1 eral Deficiency urn n9w. la Way.t- :- :. Washin'onV--A-usr.--rAdjeJirnment 'i--"WHf a1v; -a waits the pas- 01 UOngrena -. - ? v:r. .it J2hJ?-tm-t mftren-e.V-Tevennebill, re would oe ui au sage . - u;it Ihe ttay appTDinnri monla POlllll ffive portant character, ' ShV ad 'V tween 500,000 .and, . Troops . L'u mn1mPnts to meet -president W 1 L U '" - . t l rnTi ana two women were fe-AsKew, -was caught in some of . .tne g - Fla., El Xi and hanged by a mob and ped and trained ope tween ouu,uuuana, v,y" 1 .-J,";, V .r- ;;nrActiem; -of the gen bilized for nearly year anther; wj;Wllf .:SSoneaf :rn. Wl r.'-ii ,li.Trnnriationf measure is reputed tc.be.ne of .the best equip- , era , - wferenee ano una' - . , IportS. Ineludiug 'the overnnt sh.p- :v.-s1, S wnnnded. .The boy -ma playing v j - - , - , , x. frnm D08Sible Russian rein-reporM, lneiuuius- Viennav Aug,r?V-n ? - ' ' 1A trvinir to another negro was snot ana - - . -r jpfizrsol- --. T:'vc arrested npon a charge perjury-1 and false-pretense,, after, get eWT61r'3n elopment of R. A. Hughes, former supers ,f h-DurblI ?Holerv mill there uTTt lt. off in the Person county Lxeign. bvlv&SA cowt -wVnV-the payment, of costs. However., he was Jorccd Jo re turn the UeenseS.o. sswanson ililiAartened. ana wxrr j UUb MVUv' of the EnVporer Francis Jos eoh was celebrated Friday throughout i'ri 4Tie building, and ..Lift, n pullev vith his : band, arfhfbv-it-anhnrled into another little leliow s 4. ? svt.4 while 'many 'Ger- tne auai uiu-iai."j , - v.;i' rlr the " j ....... .!;..- -1 ii.A ..QCiriTl -nnnfiV. WhlCU Dr4e n-n cities, also ooserveu - , , -nfl -olher injuries. He his father, and ,t.-' nVI other prominent men ; jaw, r..:.;tt the aeed ruler'on his long iClKiWV" he is was found ther by nfter calling the local physicians was ............ ....... j ... jT iff T'Trr'wi"Vo KinstMTror ah examination nrea rtfvril rt.ll.ii lru 1 i ' ' T-r- " n-wr1X7Ti -- tn.vnTl T IT V? U11 A .tWJ.m-' tria December Z, xic '-".r-. Cd King' of ttungarj .-- ' .y- wies which sitioff'.4.deal'. Jwerfurwow; tW w." ifroV the north in' eon'itfnctiqn J avne ami -i v.': ..f : r." ".iu- :i . Harris by BoiseyltbjAHiW? .jt. -nas0 been, generaiiv. r, , ylf" ..-r,; has been, willing, to con- .M.$Tmni3( Bessarabia, the I . i.i; e wW,nYi . is largely jvu- manianr. in return, , for, Rumanian the result of the killing yesterday of Constable S. G. Wayne and the shoot in ir of Dr. L. G Long, a negro. The lynched negroes were aceused of aiding Long to escape; But is it Over? The Mexican business has "cost-$130- . . i nicely ' 000,000 it seems, but it snoum wn- ,t disnearieneu, -- -- - Austria sixty.-seven ' coivi"in"- w., .)- - n..i...L the. first op- He has mled over Austria, si n-n,iilfl Reflector. ' -o-; i the war. Bessarama Oj " " - f j ....... . . . . .1 1 u t-o nnfl ; ;lAa annfl TP. - 111 CXlCTi t that Villa has got tne' ui-ire- isw-; "AA "" '. 1 were meiuue.tr. 1 - , . - 9 nn 000. fit of the exercise. Greensbwo:s ewT a.-popuw -.--r iyWdrii'rtext' Saturday if the 'nils S -t-. w'.mrnilpAMlPOn to afi- KOuse fouHi-w-r" . .. :ceF tlfamenTeremre without alight; Thls-dOM: Tiot-?em likely, however, " tfd bFriser f -soe discus- -!;-tHkr!mav.TWl trver speneral t- ficiency-'appropfYatioSrsr (6r?m prob ably will not"'' re'i-for the ad- . ment gavel -efcye- Sej-tfrnber 1 :Ti t'-r-r ?- :-'i .-.'O-'f and has jourrTmen' or I years. be shown in - a portunity. X ers meanwhile) can
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