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VOLUME XXXIII.
"BIRTK OP A
NATION" HERE
IN NOVEMBER
Mr. R. J. Madry, proprietor of the
new opera house, announced this morn
ing that he had booked D. W. Griffith's
great photo-play, "Birth of a Nation"
for three performances, commencing
Monday night, November 6th. On
November 6th. On November 7th
there will be a matinee. The booking
agency through which Mr. Madry has
engaged this splendid picture guaran
tees that the picture will be complete
in every detail, even to the twelve-piece
orchestra and extra picture machine,
with lots of special scenery, etc. It is
not announced as yet what admis
sion price will be charged.
In talking with a reporter this morn
ing. Mr. Madry said: "You may tell
the people through your paper that my
new place will be ready for business
not later than September 20th." "While
there has been nothing definite estab
lished yet as to the name and nature
of the first attraction, Mr. Madry said
that he was considering several good
comedies and dramas. "You might say
that I am strongly considering Billie
Clifford in the celebrated farce comedy,
'Linger Longer Lucy,' " continued Mr.
Madry. "This troupe, which consists
of a lady orchestra and band with a
strong supporting company appeals to
me."
Among other attractions which Mr.
Madry is considering booking this fall
are: "Mutt & Jeff's Wedding," "Bring
ing up Father in Politics," DeRue
Bros., Ideal Minstrels," the musical
farce comedy, "Some Baby," and Co
burn 's Greater Minstrels.
It is impossible just yet to fix a date
for any of these attractions. But is is
practically certain that the "Birth of
a Nation" will appear here as above
stated.
Regarding the seating arrangements
Mr. Madry stated that he had bought
the very best obtainable. In fact, to
quote him, "I sent all the way to Chi
co to get a man to come here and
measure or these . scats. ' ' . On . the
main lower floor there will be 439 chairs
of the latest type, exclusive of boxes.
There will be two aisles, one on the
right and one on the left. All told
there will be a little in excess of 700
seats in the house.
Mr. Sauerwald is completing the
scenery this week, and same will be
hung immediately. All of his work is
excellent.
As soon as practicable the Common
wealth will announce the exact dates
of the many attractions which Mr.
Madry will play at his theatre this fall
and winter at' intervals of ten days or
two weeks.
TWICE-A-WEEK
PORD SERVICE
STATION POR
SCOTLAND NECK
SCOTLAND NECK, H. O, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1916.
READ IT Vv - IN THIS PAPER
NUMBER 56.
The Commonwealth has
just learned that a Ford Ser
vice Station will be opened up here on
Sept. 1st under the firm name of Scot
land Neck Motor Co. This new enter
prise will be a branch of and under the
supervision of the Barnes-Gregory Mo
tor Co., of Weldon, and Mr. J. C. Tilgh
man of Weldon will be the local man
ager. It is also announced that the Ford
Motor Company is now making a new
model can In fact, the model is so
much changed that the new car will
hardly be recognized. The 1917 model
will have stream line hood, black ra
diator and nickel radiator cap, the ra
diator being much larger than the old
brass type which has caused so much
criticism. No brass will appear on the
new car, the hub caps even being nickel
plated.
In connection with the Ford line, this
new concern will handle the New Oak
land Light Six, and will carry in stock
a large supply of genuine Ford parts
and accessories.
NO COMMUTATION FOR
MILLER AND WIGGINS
MBS. DORSETT FROM
NORTH CAROLINA IS
PERFECT AS MODEL
Daughter of Mountain Farmer Is Much
Sought After By Artists.
Washington, Aug. 24. Mrs. Samuel
T. Dorsett, whose husband came here
from Asheville several years ago, is de
scribed in the Washington Times of to
day as a model for artists. The local
paper prints a striking looking picture
of Mrs. Dorsett.
"American womanhood for American
allegorical figures in art appears to be
the slogan of the artists of the country,
said the Times.
"This statement is made in view of
the fact that has just come to the light
revealing the identity of the model for
the Junoesque figures in Paul Bartlett'f
pediment for the House of Represen-,
tatives wing of the Capitol building as!
a North Carolina farmer's daughter
who is not a professional model.
"Mrs. Dorsett is the model. She is
the wife of a prosperous Washington
real estate broker and makes her home
in this city. Because of her majestic
figure and perfect proportions she has
attracted the attention of many artists
and has posed for them to be preserved
in marble or on canvass, as the case,
may be, several times.
"Mrs. Dorsett is the daughter of
Captain John Milton Thrash, of North
Carolina, and she was reared on a farm
on the sides of Mt. Mitchell the high
est mountain on the American continent
east of the Rockies.
"The section of the country from
which Mrs. Dorsett hails is called the
'Sapphire Country,' because many gems
of that kind are found there and the
deep blue flash of the sapphire is re
flected in the clear blue eyes of the
young woman whom artists have called
a living Brumhilde a ' Daughter of the
Gods. '
'Mrs. Dorsett is just an inch short
of six feet tall. Artists have said she is
perfectly proportioned. Her full figure
i adorns the diplomas of award bestowed
SIX CAR-LOADS
MATERIAL AT
R. R. STATION
.Six solid car loads of material, con
sisting of cast-iron pipe, galvanized
pipe, pig lead, jute, pumps, and many
other accessories for the Scotland Neck
waterworks and sewer system, arrived
yesterday and will be unloaded as soon
as practical.
As stated in these columns some days
ago, the superintendent of construction,
Mr. W. A. Coates, was here and will
personally superintend the work of get
ting the material in shape, so as to pro
ved with the work as soon as the tific
cessary tools arrive. It is said that the
giant ditching machine will be here in
a few days at the very latest, and that
the work of excavating will be started.
Other material will arrive from time
to time and the work will be pushed
rapidly to completion. A large force
of workmen will also arrive from other
towns where the J. B. McCrary Co.,
nave been installing similar systems.
It is not known definitely as yet just
where excavation will begin.
WARBENTON DISTRICT SUN
DAY SCHOOL CONFERENCE
METHODIST E. CHURCH SOUTH
Weldon, N. C. September 11-12, 1916.
Monday Night
8 o'clock Devotional Service
Address "The Wesley Bible Move
ment" Eev. W. C. Owen
Address "The Teacher's Ideals"
Mr. J. M. Way.
Appointment of Committees
Tuesday Morning
9 o'clock Devotional Service
Sunday School Work in the Warren
ton District By Eev. J. D. Bundy
Elementary Work Miss Minnie E.
Kennedy
RAILROAD MEN
STILL TRYING
MANY PLANS
Washington, August 24. Objections
which developed tonight at a meeting
of railroad presidents and managers,
to points in the tentative plan devel
oped by the committee of eight presi
dents considering ways to avoid the
threatened strike, resulted in a further
postponement of final action.
The conference adjourned to meet
ALLIES MAKING
SLIGHT GAINS ON
SOMME PRONT
again tomorrow, and, as one president
Open Conference Led By Miss Ken- Phrased it, the situation is such "that
Graham County Murderers to Pay
Death Penalty Sept. 1.
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Asheville, N. C, Aug. 23. Governor
Craig today denied the plea of com
mutation of sentence for Merritt Mil
ler and Hardy Wiggins, under sentence
of death for the murder of Phillip
Phillips, of Graham county. The men
had been granted reprieve until Sep
tember 1, and will be executed on that
date, unless the Governor grants an
other respite. The prisoners were said
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iu nave ueiuutcu iu a Kanir ui wmen y.,r i, T. T .
S- by the panama-Paeific Exposition as
' 1 ' the majestic allegorical fie-nre nf Van.
ama. This was made from a photograph
and engraved by the head engraver of
the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
WAR RISK INSURANCE BUREAU
BRINGS PROFIT TO TREASURY
More Than 1,500 Policies Issued Since
Its Establishment.
Washington, Aug. 13. Since its es
tablishment nearly two years ago the
bureau of war risk insurance has
brought a net profit to the Treasury
Department of $2,237,859. Secretary
McAdoo so announced today in mak
ing public reductions in rates on sev
eral classes of insurance for American
steam vessels and non-contraband car
goes. More than 1,500 policies have been
issued by the bureau, covering a total
of .$141,415,302 insurance. Known loss
es have amounted to $771,329, and of
this $58,811 has been recovered in sal
vage. At present the bureau has out
standing total risks of about $11,000,-000.
was the leader. Williams is serving
a life term for the murder of three
other members of the Phillips family.
Governor Craig issued a lengthy
statement giving his reasons for refus
ing" to commwfce"" the sentences of the!
two men, his principal reason being
that Phillips, after being shot, had
tied the mule he was" Tiding, and when
his daughter found him, told her that
it was no use to go for a doctor, that
he was dying and that Merritt Miller
and Hardy Wiggins had attacked him,
Miller shooting him. He described
where they had stood, and repeated
his assertion on several occasions be
fore his death. This, coupled to the
fact that he was shot from behind a
log where the assassins were concealed
and that blood hounds trailed the two
men to some extent, followed by their
conviction and the refusal of the Su
preme Court to set aside the verdict,
the Governor says, leads him to refuse
to commute the sentences of the two
men to life imprisonment.
MURDERER IS CAUGHT
AFTER FORTY-FOUR YEARS
ODD FELLOWS TO MEET
IN DURHAM NEXT YEAR
Grand Encampment Elects Officers and
Adjourns.
CLAIMS ALLIES' NAVAL
LOSSES ARE GREATER
Berlin, August 22, via London, Aug.
23. The German admiralty issued to
day a statement asserting that the loss
es of the British and the French navies
in line of battleships anu cruisers to
August 1 comprised seventy-two ves
sels, with a total displacement of 496,
050 tons.
The German losses in the same class
es during the same period were twenty
five warships with a total of 62,667
tons.
It was stated that the list of the
British and French warships includ
ed only those losses which definitely
had been established.
WOMAN IS EXECUTED AS SPY
IN MARSEVILLE, FRANCE
Paris, Aug. 23. The execution of a
woman as a spy is reported today in a
Havas dispatch from Marseille.
According to this information, Felice
Pfaat was'put to death yesterday at
the Lighthouse Shooting Range, having
been convicted of espionage by the
council of war of the fifteenth region.
Ealeigh, N. C, Aug. 23. Durham
gets the 1917 session of the North Car
olina Grand Encampment, I. O. O. F.,
that city having been selected in the
closing hours of the convention here to
day. New officers elected and install
ed were: '
Grand Patriarch, T. A. Greenleaf,
Elizabeth City; grand high priest, Col.
J. C. Besant, Winston-Salem, grand
wardens, J. D. Berry, Ealeigh, and John
L. Wade, Fayetteville; grand scribe, L.
W. Jearneret, Asheville; grand treas
urer, John E. Wood, Wilmington; grand
marshal, O. W, Jones, Winston-Salem:
grand sentinels, Winston Davis, Ealeigh
and T. W. Phillips, Washington; grand
representative, W. B. Bagwell, Durham.
The grand encampment turned over
to trustees of the Odd Fellows ' Orphan
age, Goldsboro, funds raised for erec
tion of a modern dairy barn.
With Grand Patriarch W. B. Bag
well, of Durham, presiding, the sixty-
ninth annual grand encampment of the
North Carolina Odd Fellows convened
in Odd Fellows hall here last night and
completed the preliminary work ready
for the business of the session to be
taken up this morning. Ihe encamp
ment will be in progress through Fri
day of this week. There was the con
ferring of the degrees on a number of
candidates last night and also the ap
pointment of the working committees
for the convention. The Jkncampment
is meeting here instead of Asheville,
on account of the flood damage to rail
way transportation.
here.
J 'Mrs. Dorsett lived in the Sapphire
Country r most of her life and hhe 53
still well in her twenties. She grew up
on the farm. She knows how to ride
and shoot and has spent most of her
life in the open. A few years ago she
went to Florida for a winter visit and
at one of the big hotels was introduced
to a foreign nobleman, an artist, who
was painting pictures in this country.
He was struck by her beauty and her
unusual figure, and requested her to
pose for him. She complied more as a
laifchan anything else. The picture
was a great success.
"After her marriage, Mrs. Dorsett
met the late Max Weyl, the landscape
painter, and Mr. Weyl, asked her to
pose for him. He was painting a pic
ture of her to prove his ability at fi
gure painting and portraiture. He was
engaged on this picture when he died.
Paul Bartlett, the sculptor, met her
through another artist, and asked her
to pose for the figures to be used on
the House of Representatives pediment.
She appears as the great figure in the
center of the pediment and as the wo
man sitting at the spinning wheel in
the center of the left of the pediment.
"While these figures were being made
S. Y. Turner, the mural painter, met
Mrs. Dorsett and at his request she
posed for a number of figures in his
famous mural decorations for the State
capital at Madison, Wisconsin."
Mrs. Dorsett is "well known here and
in North Carolina.
Andy Wise, Charged With Killing Man
in Buncombe 44 Years Ago,
Arrested.
Asheville, Aug. 24. After eluding the
officers for 44 years, Andy Wise, a white
man, charged with the murder of John
Eogers, father of Steve Sogers, of this
county, has been arrested at William
son, W. Va., according to a telegram
received by Sheriff E. M. Mitchell this
morning.
Immediately after the alleged mur
der, Sheriff Mitchell states, Wise was
arrested by Sheriff Plemmons, who was
sheriff of Buncombe county at that
time, and was brought to Asheville to
be placed in ther county jail. Sheriff
Plemmons drove up to the old countv
courthouse with his prisoner, and as
he was preparing to hitch his horse to
the hitching post, the alleged murderer
made a break for "liberty, and had not
been wea nor berd of since bv" a W f
the succeeding sheriffs in the interven
ing 44. years, until Steve Rogers, the sou
of the murdered man, rushed into
Sheriff Mitchell's office on April 1st,
stating that Andy Wise, the man who
had killed his father, had been seen in
the French Broad neighborhood. Sheriff
Mitchell procured an automobile and
hastened immediately to French Broad
township, only to find that Wise had
caught the train out of Alexander the
morning before. After getting a good
inscription of Wise, from the persons
who saw him on his brief stay, Sheriff
Mitchell had a large number of circu
lars printed and sent them into the
surrounding States, resulting in the ar
rest of Wise at Williamson, W. Va.,
by Sheriff W. G. Hatfield. One of the
deputies, it is stated, will leave imme
diately for West Virginia to bring back
the prison or to trial.
nedy
Organized Bible Class Work Mr.
Owen
Open Conference Led by Mr. Owen
and Mr. Terrell
Teacher Training Past and Present
Mr. Way
Open Conference on Teacher Train
ing Led by Mr. Way
Tuesday Afternoon
2 o'clock Devotional Service
One Minute Eeports from Schools
and Classes
Elementary Work in the Country
Miss Kennedy
The Pastor and the Sunday School
Mr. Way
A Definite Plan for Our Work Mr.
Brabham
Organization of District Sundav
School Mr. Owen
Tuesday Night
8 o'clock Devotional Service
Address ' ' The Teen Age Girl ' ' Miss
Kennedy
Address "Our Twentieth Century
School Movement" Mr. Way
Adjournment
it may be settled in twenty minutes
or the matter may go over till next
week. ' '
A statement issued by the railroad
executives tonight summed it up this
way:
"At the invitation of President Wil
son, Messrs. Hale, Holden, Judge E. S.
Lovett and Daniel Willard went to the
White House at noon and held a short
conference with the President.
"A conference of the railroad exe
cutives was held at 3 o'clock and a
new phrase of the situation of some
importance was laid before the con
ference by the special committee.
"After considerable discussion with
put definite action, an adjournment
was taken until 11 o'clock tomorrow
morning. In the meantime the special
ommittee of the presidents will con-
inue its labors."
London, Aug. 24. Striking simulta
neously, the British and French have
made substantial gains in the Somme
region, according to Paris and Lon
don. Maurepas has fallen to the
French who have pushed forward more
than 200 yards beyond the town on a
front of a mile and a quarter. The
British report a 300 van! o,n-n..
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Thiepval and the capture of many
prisoners.
No change is reported in the East,
though the Russians offensive in Ar
menia is apparently assuming power
ful proportions.
WANTS NEW RAILROAD
BUILT; STANDARD GAUGE
TWO ATLANTA, GA., GIRLS
ARE DETAINED IN DANVILLE
All preachers, teachers, superintend
ents and organized Bible class workers
are invited and urged to attend. Nomes
should be sent immediately to Rev. F.
M. Shamburger, Weldon, N. C. so that
entertainment may be provided.
SAYS
ENEMY MUST
ASK FOR
PEACE
CHARLIE, AGED FOUR,
IS A GREAT SMOKER
SECRETARY BAKER
SPEAKS IN MAINE
No proposals Have Been Made to Great
Britain, War Trade Minister-Declares.
London, August 23. No peace over
tures have been made to Great Britain,
declared Lord Robert Cecil, minister of
war trade and pariamentary under-se-cretary
for foreign affairs, in the
House of Commons today.
Lord Robert's statement was made
in response to a question.
"No overtures have been made for
peace" said Lord Robert. "Therc(
is only one way in which overtures for
peace could be made, and that is from
an enemy. If any such overtures were
made the first thing we should do
would be to consult with our allies, but
no communication of the kind had been
made. ' '
WINTERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
BURNED WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Waynesboro, Va., Aug. 23. Mrs.
r.mitt Uorpimr anil TJaIIv Gardner, a
RETURNED FROM THE WEST
Mr. N. E. Winslow and family have
returned from Kansas City, Mo., where
rhev soent two month's with relatives.
Mr. Winslow says crop conditions out
there are fine, but that the people it
jju wait ore nirneriencine one
ine uuuuic
Spirit of Declaration of Independence
And Golden Rule in Foreign Relations
Waterville, Maine, Aug. 24. Presi- j
dent Wilson 's European and Mexican
policies have ' ' infused the spirit of the j
Declaration of Independence and of the
Golden Eule" into the United States'
foreign relations, Secretary of War Ba
ker declared in an address here tonight
in connection with the Democratic cam
paign in Maine.
"The administration has kept the
peace. It has done unto Mexico as we
would be done by and has infused the
spirit of the Declaration of Indepen
dence and the Golden Rule into its
foreign relations. It has maintained
friendly relations with the European
belligerents and placed this country in
a position from which when the end of
the great European struggle comes the
moral forces of the United States can
be exercised in the interest of justice
and humanity.
"Large problems lie before us in the
next four years. The reconstruction
must take place. No unfamaliar hand
should be put in to guide the course of
our nation during that period. No un
certain voice should be permitteed to
speak our spirit at the council table
that, rficofrnizes the Universe. This is
HUWV D
New Bern, August 22. Charlie, aged
4, and the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S.
Edwards, of Greenville, came to town
yesterday to see a physician about be
ing treated for the after effects of an
attack of infantile paralysis, which he
suffered some time ago.
Now, ordinarily there is nothing un
usual about a 4-year-old youngster com
ing to New Bern, but with Charlie it
is different and he is proving to be the
talk of the town.
Charlie, despite his tender years,
claims the distinction of being the sec
ond Walter Ealeigh when it comes down
to a question of being an expert smoker.
Last night " Charlie propped himself
up on a prominent corner down in the
business section of the city, located
Havana in one of his pockets, asked
a neighboring lounger for a match and
proceeded to fire up. When pedes
trian passing that way saw a little tot
with smoke belching from his mouth
they started to yell "fire" and call the
police but Charlie put a stop to this by
calmly observing that it was a fairly
good weed that he was smoking and
proceeded to iuhalo it to the end.
According to Charlie's parents, who
came over from Greenville with him,
he has been smoking since he was two
years of age. Three and four strong
eigars a day is about his limit during
the summer time but during the cooler
weather he thinks nothing of burning
up a half dozen a day.
Charlie will probably remain here for
several days in order to see what Che
local medicos can do toward putting his
constitution in trim once again. ,
Uoldsboro, Aug. 23. With the hope
of inducing the Virginia Box and Lum
ber Company to take favorable action
in the plan for the standardizations of
its road being built from this city to
points in Duplin and Lenoir counties,
M. R. Bcaman, commercial secretary
of the Goldsboro Chamber of Com
merce is today in conference with Pres.
ident Neufcr at Pittsburgh. Mr. Bea
man has been corresponding with Pres
ident Ncufer relative to the project
since the plan was proposed last week,
lie thinks his trip to Pittsburg will as
sure prompt action.
Danville, Va., Aug. 23. Alice Wick-
man, aged 22, an Atlanta school teach
er, was yesterday morning removed
from train No. 38 upon receipt of a
series of telegrams from tho Atlanta
authorities, charged with kidnapping
Mary Warnock, aged 18, also from At
lanta and reported to be the member
of a well known family. Both girls,
handsomely dressed and of independ
ent means, strongly resented being
taken from the train and asserted that
they were on their way to New York to
visit relatives. ' Subsequent inveetiga
tion showed that Mary Warnock has
no relative living in the metropolis,
The local police being asked to arrest
any man found in company with the
two girls asked Miss Wickman if she
had any friends on the train. She
said that William Oldknow, of Atlanta,
connected with a moving picture com
pany, was the - only person she knew
on the train. He was awakened and
interrogated but claimed ignorance of
the identity of the girls. He was al
lowed to proceed.
Son after being questioned another
message came from Atlanta asking the
police here to put the girls under sur
veillance and not to place them in jail
as they would be sent for immediately.
Neither girl would speak for publication.
CANDIDATE HUGHES
REBUKED BY TILLMAN
HALIFAX SUPERIOR COURT.
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v;i;i i,:n;i Vvo the same bolt or nf the hottest summcm
lightning during an electric storm here;ther, Mr. J. E. Winslow, of Greenville, j
late today. also was out for a visit to nis par..
PICNIC AT LAWRENCE'S.
There was a grand picnic held yester
day by the Episcopal congregation of
a tim when, havinir passed forward i Tarboro at Lawrence's, Edgecombe
nobly on a high and difficult course, the j county, formerly called Kill Quick,
finish should be left to those who have ; Many people from this section went
demonstrated their ability by their over to attend and report a most en-
work already done." rjoyawe uay.
Lightning Struck Administration Build
ing, Which was Destroyed in
Less Than an Hour.
Winterville, N. C, August 24. Dur
ing the severe electrical storm that
swept over this section for several
hours hours last night a bolt of light
ning struck the administration building
of Winterville High School at Winter
ville, about one o'clock and within an
hour 's time the entire structure was
mass of ruins.
The citizens of the town and the
student body of the school responded
promptly to the alarm of fire, but ow
ing to the location of the fire and the
fire company 's inadequate equipment
nothing could be done except to set
to work to save what furniture and
fixtures that "was possible. The flames
originating on the top of the building
sufficient time was given to save the
contents of the first floor. On the se
cond floor there were three pianos and
a very costly fifteen hundred vol
ume library, which was destroyed with
the building.
The seventeenth session of the insti
tution had just opened on Tuesday of
this week, with promise of the most
successful year in the school 's history.
And though the work will be consider
ably handicapped for some time, Prof.
F. C. Nye, president of the school stat
ed this morning that not one day would
be lost in the progress of the school
work, as the other buildings would be
used until further arrangements could
be made.
The building was valued at $5,000
and fixtures at $1,500 with insurance
of only $1,000.
The trustees of the institution are
in session today when it will be de
cided as to what steps to take for the
rebuilding. It is very likely that the
Baptists of the State will realize the
existing conditions and a modern
structure will replace the one destroyed.
State Docket Cleared Thursday Civil
Docket Taken Up Friday.
The following arc the cases disposed
of on the State docket:
Andrew Long, liquor. Defendant
waived bill and pleads guilty. $10 fine
and costs.
Will Taylor, c. c. w. Defendant
pleads guilty. 6 months on county
roads.
B. Neddcr and William George, sell
ing wine. Defendants plead guilty, and
pay a fine of $5 each and costs,
Cry of Sectionalism is Denounced.
"Pitchfork Ben" Says Waving
Of Bloody Shirt Will Avail
Nothing.
Washington, Aug. 19. Senator B. R.
Tillman, in a speech in the senate to
day, severely rebuked Charles Evan
Hughes, candidate for the presidency
on the Republican ticket, for waving
"tho bloody shirt" of sectionalism
throughout the country in his efforts to
get himself into the White House.
After expressing the sentiment' that
he had believed, with the War between
the States gone these 50 years, there
had come a broad peace between tho
people, it had remained for Mr. Hughes
again to stir the fires of the 60 's. Sen
ator Tillman said: "I read in one of
our newspapers yesterday of a ' one
man parade ' up Pennsylvania avenue
a lone union veteran, unheralded and
alone, marching in celebration of his
own enlistment in the Civil war. While
I accord full credit to him for the
patriotism that prompted him to re
spond to the colors then, and can un
derstand any excuse the vanity even of
it today, I could not but be reminded
of that other lone figure that has gone
parading and shouting about the coun
try, a veteran of neither side in any
way, waving the banner of 'sectional
ism' before the people who are trying
to forget; if, indeed, they have already
forgotten.
"But in contrast with this 'one man
parade' I foresaw another parade that
is to take place on Pennsylvania ave
nue next spring, when at the invitation
of the Grand Army of the Republic they
and the Confederacy that was shall
march shoulder to shoulder, no longer
foes but friends and fellow citizens of
a reunited country. I ask you, sena
tors and fellow countrymen, if we may
not in spirit at least march with them
to the greater glory of Gol and ouf
loved country?"
"It must have shocked and sur
prised you senators," said the South
c 1 A- j. rr t .
Eulus Smith, liauor. Defendant i Carolina senator, --io imu wmi o
pleads guilty. 6 months on county ' after Appomattox a candidate for the
roads.
Geo. Givens, larceny,
jury trial
verdict not guilty.
Jesse Bonny, resisting officer. Pleads
guilty. 6 months on county roads.
Jim Bullock, c. c. w. Jury trial, Ver
guilty. $15 fine and costs.
Frela Smith, c. c. w. Jury trial, Ver
dict not guilty.
David Deans, liquor. Pleads guilty.
6 months on the county roads.
Weldon White, a. and b. Jury ver
dict, guilty. 6 months on the county
roads.
Joe Lizzie Smith, liquor. Defe.ilint
pleads guilty. Fine $10 and costs.
Matilda Fenner, liquor. Jury trial,
verdict, not guilty.
Horace Fields, larceny. Defendant
pleads guilty. 4 months on county
roads.
Philip Davis, c. c. w. Defendant
pleads guilty. $15 fine and costs.
W. W. Loyd, a. and b. Guilty. 4
months on county roads. Weldon
News.
GERMANY'S CROP JtUlr- l
FILL EXPECTATIONS
Berlin, Aug. 23, by wireless to Say
ville. The Tageblatt says that the fa
vorable crop forecasts are being borne
out fullv and that excellent yields of
high oincc of president ot tueso re
united States should have thought it
it necessary to drag forth that old
biood and mud bespattered banner of
sectionalism and wave it over the
heads of the present generation if
Americans. ' '
He declared that if the majority of
the leaders in congress were from the
South they had attained to their pres
ent rank through long servico just as
he had done.
"I did not earn the nickname of
'Pitchfork' on account of my partisan
ship," continued Senator Tillman. "It
was due to the bluntness and frankness
with which I spoke. My mother taught
me to despise hypocrisy and lying above
all else and I owe this personal char
acteristic to her. If I ever did hate
the Northern people and I confessed
to that the last time I spoke here
that hatred and partisanship have died
out of my heart, and the pitchfork, if
it was considered the emblem of it, has
long since been buried. From its
grave an olive tree has grown and I am
tendering the olive branch, claiming to
represent the South in doing so, to all
Northern people.
"Let me, before taking leave, to
meet you again by the mercy of God,
in December, bold it out to you and
through all of you to the constituen
cies which vou represent in the earnest
all cereals are beinsr obtained through
. . . . . -1 A 4t:a n ..b4 i A
Misses SalUe Krel and Novella Hor-' out Germany. Fodder also 13 plentiful hope that it may . ..j..,.
ton and Mr. J..Lloyd Horton, of Farm"- The potato crop, however, has suffered able and imsceining cry of sectionalism,
ville, were here last evening as guests from the excessive rains
Sugar pro- even as it once hcrald.id the receding
of Dr. Keel.
duction has increased.
i waters of the deluge.