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. .." - ; : .ri t-'tOt''" COMM6NWEAI Jtirl AFamily Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People VOLUME XXXIII. iWlti.-A.WEEK. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 READ IT FIRST IN THIS PAPER NUMBER 58. CONGRESS WILL STOP STRIKE, IS THE BELIEF "Washington, Aug. 31. Representa tives of the railroads, of the trainmens' biotherhoods anil of shippers' organiza tions argued for nine hours today be fore the senate interstate commerce committee on legislation proposed to avert the threatened strike, recompense the roads for any added financial bur den and perfect machinery to make im possible in the future another crisis like the present. Tonight the commit tee worked until late on the bill to be; presented to the Senate tomorrow. ' the President of the United States to submit the issue to Congress, should b carefully and deliberately considered. But here you are denied the right fci time and deliberation on the merits of the proposals. You are told that you must surrender before next Mob day, or this nation will be plunged into a calamity of starvation and ruin in order that the views of a few may prevail. ' '-- Mr. Thorn asked what would happen if the positions of the trainmen and the executives were reversed and the officials threatened to tie up the coun try. K ' ' Would Congress then wait for one moment to put the mailed hard hand of the government on them?" he ask ed. "Is there any reason that what its bill to be presented tomorrow, The Adamson BilL The text of the Adamson Bill, which brotherhood leaders said tonight could avert the nation-wide strike if enact ed by Saturday night, is as follows: Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Amrica, in Congress assembled. Section 1. That beginning December 1, 1916, eight hours shall in contracts for labor and service be deemed a day's work and the measure or stan dard of a day 's work for the purpose of reckoning the compensation for ser vices of all employes who are now or may hereafter be employed by aiiy railroad which is subject to the pro vision of the act of February 1, 1887, ' ' an aet to regulate - commerce ' ' af R. R. EXECUTIVES PREPARING FOR EVENTUALITIES TURKEY DECLARES WAR AGAINST THE RUMANIANS would be justified in their case is not amended and who are now or may bere- Out of the nine "hours argument two fact? stood clearly. In the estimation of all affected parties Congress alone ean prevent a strike, and the public eventually will foot the bill for an 8 hour day with 10 hours' pay which the trainmen demand. The railroad executives and the shippers insisted that the strike order at least should be postponed and the four brotherhood chiefs declared with equal vehemence it eould not be done. a AH sides apparently were more or less satisfied with the hearing which had given them an opportunity to lay their cases before the public. A dramatic scene, in which A. B. Garretson, spokesman for the trainmen and president of the Order of Railway Conductors, was the general figure, brought the hearing to a climax to night shortly before the taking of testimony closed. Throughout the day members of the committee at different times had ask ed the four brotherhood heads if they were powerless to stop the strike save by reporting a satisfactory f-ettlement to their men. The question was in variably evaded, the replies being that Mr. Garretson would explain the situ ation before the hearing closed. For almost an hour Mr. Garretson kept the crowd laughing with quaint expressions and humorous stories. When he had only three minutes left in which to speak, his brother presidents urged him to answer the question of power came serious, stood erect, gazed 'at uie ceiling for a moment and then began to. speak. ' ' We have been asked, ' ' he said slow ly, "if we have the power to defer this strike. It has been called for next Monday. I have the power to defer that date in my organization, but in the other organizations the situation is different. The heads of the other brotherhoods cannot call back the or der to strike. Garretson' s Gethsemane. "But here is where I stand. Fcr yoars my men have trusted me. When I stood before the President the other night and he asked me if this could be done I found my Gethsemane. To the men who have made me the recipi ent of all these things, I owe my first obligation. I can put it off, but if I did. without gaining a satisfactory sat tlenient there would linger in the minds of those who have trusted me thoughts of treachery. If I put it off, across a fair record of thirty years would be written the word 'traitor.' " For a moment the witness paused and seemed to peer far out over the heads of the crowds. Then tears came into his eves and rolled down his cheeks. He started to speak but ehok ed. Annarentlv summoning all his 1 i - i justified in this!" Shippers for Arbitration. Elliot H. Goodwin, genera Iseeretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, was the first speaker for the shippers. He said a vote tak en among more than 700 commercial organizations showed them almost un animously in favor of submitting the present controversy to the Interstate Commerce Commission. Henry C. Barlow, traffic manager for the Chicago Association of Commerce, urged postponement of the strike that Congress might have time to investi gate fully. Luther M. Walter, attorney for the National Industrial Traffic League, who said he represented 200,000 shippers and trade organizations, objected to any proposal that looked to an increase in freight rates without a hearing on the merits of the proposal and how it may affect the country. R. S. French of the National Asso ciation of Commission Merchants, said he was positive his organization would favor fuller investigation before legis lation affecting it is passed. Bird M. Robinson, who said he repre sented short line railroads particularly in the South, protested against any legislation which would affect those lines .He said he represented nearly 700 companies, largely financed by lo cal capital that never paid dividends, and whose train employes are not qual ified to hold positions on trunk lines railroads. . ,rcsid"ita, CaTetson. . Carter" and Stone, of the brotherhoods, occupied' the employes ' last hour in rebuttal. All of them reiterated that arbitration had proved a failure for the men and insisted that responsibility for a strike, should one come would be on the rail roads for their failure to offer a deal with the employes. Mr. Carter presented figures designed to prove that certain roads were being operated cheaper under the eight-hour lay than others under 10, and thn turned his attention to assailing arbi tration as having worked out unfair- Arbitrators From "Master Class." "Arbitrators," he said, 'always are selected from the master class, and that is unfair to us. We might as well select Mr. Gompers here to act as a neutral arbitrator. He could give us the eight hour day as fairly as an arbitrator from the other class could deny it to us.. Class questions are not arbitrable. The divinity of Christ has long been a mooted question. Sup nose you sought to arbitrate that and named a Jew, or a Mohammedan as ar bitrator. That would be analogous with the kind of arbitration we have been experiencing." As an example of his contention, Mr Carter declared that Charles N. Nagel after be actually engaged in any capa city in the .operation of trains used for the transportation of persons or prop erty on railroads from any state or territory of the United States or tin District of Columbia to any other state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia or from one place in a territory to another place in the same territory, or from any place in the United States to an adjacent for eign country, or from any place in the United States through a foreign coun try to any other place in the United States. Section 2. That the President shall appoint a commission of three, which shall observe the operation and effects of the institution of the eight-hour standard work day as abov.? defined and the facts and conditions affecting the relations between such common carriers and employes during a period of not less than six months nor more than nine months, in the discretion of the commission shall report its find ings to the President and Congress. That each member of the commission created under the provisions, of this act shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the President. Th.' sum of $25,000 or so much thereof a? may bo necessary, be, and hereby is, appropriated out of any money in the United States this year not otherwise appropriated to be immediately avail able until the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, for the necessary and proper expenses -incurred in con nection with the work of such eom- mission, including salaries, jer mem. traveling expenses of members and employes and rent, furniture, office fix tures and supplies, books, salaries and ether necessary expei-ses, the same to strength, he threw out his arms, lower- formeT secretarv of commerce and lab or, was named an arbitrator in a rail Chicago, August 31. Presidents and operating officials of the rail roads were in conference today to formulate plans to operate trains in the event of a strike. . Practically none of the railroad heads shared, in the optimism ex pressed in some quarters at Wash ington that passage of the eight-hour bill by Congress would avert a strike, and according to Bv P. Ripley, presi e t of the Atchison, "Topeka and Santa :( spokesman for the railroad presi dents who returned; from Washington yesterday, the railroads will proceed o.i the assumption th&t the strike will come on Labor Daji Embargoes -in Effect. Embargoes begin? today on every trunk line in the iuountry. The em bargoes, according te present plans, will become effective in the following or der: ;f Effective at, the .close of business tomorrow an embargo on all shipments of explosives andf inflammables of every kind. Effective at thelose of business tomorrow an embargo on all ship ments of perishable freight, including livestock, dressed t beef , live poultry, fresh fruits and vegetables. Effective at the' close of business Saturday an embargo on all freight of all kinds from all points to all desti Most of the roads also gave warning to passengers that : they should end their journeys before 7 a. m., on Mon day or be subject, to indefinite delay. Railroad officials plan4' to run at least one passenger train a day on every roail and in oac.h case it is announced preference will be given to milk trains. Will Pool Resources. The railroads will not carry on the fight single-handed, but, according to tentative plans, will pool their re sources. Strike-breakers, t is understood, will not be hired by individual roads, but by a central committee of all the road arid .4eorrWL.vTrhere . they are most vitally needed. If' one road suc ceeds in moving trains while the trains of another are stalled, tke successful road will lend a helping hand to the BEGIN WITHDRAWAL OF THE MILITIA FROM THEH BORDER Bulgaria's Delay in Following Suit is Causing Much Uneasiness in Berlin. London, Aug. 30. Turkey today de clared war against Rumania, according to a dispatch from Constantinople. The action of Turkey followed quickly up on that of Germany. Bulgaria no v is expected to follow suit although the delay of the Sofia government in act ing is reported to have . caused much uneasiness in Berlin, where it is feared the Russian party is gaining rsc.endency in the Bulgarian counsels. In view of reports, however, that Rustchuk, on the Danube, and "Varna, the great Bulgarian Black Sea port, have both been bombarded by Ruman ians it is not expected here "that the Bulgar government can much longer procrastinate. News of Turkey's declaration of war was received almost simultaneously with official statements from Bucharest and Vienna which indicate that the Rumanians are making wide inroads upon Trail sylvanian soil. Battling in the mountains, the Ru manians' fourth army is reported to be within three miles of the large in dustrial city of Kronstage. Vienna admits a withdrawal along the whole Rumanian front. RUMORED GREECE WILL JOIN ALLIES WITHIN 42 HOURS 15,000 Guardsmen Ordered to Quit the Mexican Border by Government Army Officials. Washington, Aug. 31. Orders had been issued today for the first with drawal of national guard troops from the Mexican border. General Funston was under authorization of Secretary Baker to return 15,000 guardsmen, in cluding three , regiments from New York, two each from New Jersey, Illi nois, and Missouri, one each from Cali fornia, Oregon, Washington and Louis ana, and six thousand regular artillery men who have been serving as infantry. Similar withdrawal will be eontin-'. London, Aug. 31. While official re lied within a few days, the War De- Ports from the fighting front, includ- London, Aug. 31. The speedy en trance of Greece into the war, possibly within the next 48 hours is predicted in dispatches from Athens tonight. Long before the Greek elections, which are scheduled for October 18th, the army will have ben mobilizd and fighting under the flag of the entente allies, it is declared. WILL MAKE ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE CRUISER MEMPHIS partment plans. It was explained the recent dispatch of additional troops which had not done border service was largely responsible for the return move ment. The Vermont national guardsmen who left Burlington yesterdav under orders from the War Department to proceed to Eagle Pass, Texas, aban doned their trip because, according to officers, the railroads would not guar antee that the troops could reaeh thp border before the time set for a strike on Monday. The troop train passed through the city of Montpelier today on its re turn to Camp Gates, Vt. ing that of Macedonia, indicates a lull of action from other sources new? cornea of severe encounters. In these, which have occurred principally of the Allies' extended left, held by the Serbians un der their crown prince, the Bulgarians, according to Athens, suffered a relapse. Hospital Ship Solace 'Ordered to Scene to Care for the Injured and Bring to U. S. Washington, Aug. .'50.- Admiral Pond cabled the navy department tonight a li-it of the missing members of the crew of the United States armored cruiser Memphis which was wrecked on the San Domingo coast yesterday by a tidal wave. Thirty-four names wire included in the list all of whom are believed to have been drowned. The navy department has ordered the hospital ship Solace to the scene of the wreck to care for the injured and bring them to the United States. The transport Dixie will 'eave Key West tomorrow for San Domingo to bring home the officers and crew of the Memphjs. The navy department will try 1o sal vage the Memphis. MOB AFTER NEGRO AT LIMA, . OHIO. THREATENS SHERIFF COLE L. BLEASE POLLS GREAT VOTE FOR GOVERNOR OF S. C. be approved by the chairman of said J road in distress. commission and audited by the propel ! The plan for a harmonious alliance accounting officers of the treasurer. j of all the roads will be definitely for- Put Rope Around His Neck and Cut Him and Otherwise Abure Him. Lima, Ohio, Aug. 30. A mob of 3, 000 persons captured Sheriff Kiev late tonight, took him to the publi-j square placed a noose around his neck and threatened to hang him unless he dis closed the whereaboi.tr of Charles Dan iels, a negro held for assaulting a white woman. The negro had beer, spirited away earlier. With his- clothes torn off and blood streaming from a dozen cuts, Sheriff Eley has yielded to the mob which had placed a rope about his nec:i to hang him, and has left town, presumably to take the blood-maddened men to the hiding place of the negro Daniels. A Second Primary Will be Necessary To Decide Between Present Incumbent and Blease. Columbia, S. C, Aug. 31. Former Governor Coleman L. Blease gave the so-called ' ' ring ' ' element a sever shock Tuesday, when he polled 30,000 more votes than the present incum bent, and 40,000 more votes than Can didate Cooper for he nomination for Governor of South Carolina. The other candidates, Descamps and Duncan were eliminated. A second primary will be necessary to decide the contest. The Manning and Blease forces and busy "lining up" for the election on Sept. 12th. Complete returns for the various Congressional candidates indicate that all the present incumbents were re elected by safe majorities. SOLDIERS' DAIRIES TELL MANY DANGEROUS 3ECRETS Section 3. That pending the reporc of the commission herein provided for. and for a period of 30 days thereafter, the compensation of railway employes subject to this act for a standard 8- hour work dav shall not be 'reduced be- ow the present standard day's wage. and for all necessary time in excess of eight hours such employes shall be paid at a rate not less than the iro rata for such standard 8-hour work dav. mulated at a meeting at the Chicago Club today of twenty-three high rail road officials in the city. Announce System of Punishment and Rewards. In an effort to discourage strike sentiment the roads, have announced a system of punishment and rewards. Employes who go on strike will for feit their seniority privileges. New men taken on during the strike will be piven the preferment in promotion. Section 4. That any person violating Guarantees of protection have been any provision of this act shall be fitied not less than -K0 and not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not to exceed one vear, or both. DEMOCRATIC HAND-BOOK FOR STATE IS RECEIVED ed his eves to the crowd and in a low voice asked, "Can I face it?" and dropped into his chair. Not a person in the room moved for several seconds. Mr. Garretson re lieved the situation by rising from his chair and leaving the chamber. A. P. Thorn, general counsel for the Southern Railway and counsel for the railway executives' advisory commit tee, closed for the railroads. He said the railroad companies were acting in fiduciary capacity that they must see that there is a fair return on the money invested in railroads and that any wage increases are not dis tributed to only a comparatively small part of their employes. "We do not claim the right to decide this question," said Mr. Thorn, "any more than we think that any interest ed party ought to be allowed to de fide it. We are told that the eight hour day is not arbitrary. The answer that is that these gentlemen would not have an eight-hour day and would not accept it if it was tendered to them." Work 8 Hours, Be Paid for 10. Mr. Thorn said that never was there a legislative act nor in any party plat form had the position been taken that a man should work eight hours and be paid for 10. "We promised to keep an account on the basis of an eight-hour day while a commission sought to ascertain the facts and to pay from the beginning whenever an award should be made, 1 e added. "I call upon your consciences to witness . whether in this attitude there s any purpose to deny human rights or to deal arbitrarily with any rights of the railroad employes. road case and that later when the unions learned that he was trustee of an institution holding $12,000,000 worth of stock in lines included in the nego tiations, the government declined to remove him from the board of arbi tration. Mr. Stone told tne eommmee mai. since wage disputes began, the rail roads had pleaded poverty and had de clared proposed increase would drive them into bankruptcy, but they had always managed to survive. The man engaged in freight traffic is practically a slave," he declared. "He cannot take his family out with out permission from the caller's of fice. He cannot go to the grocery store without notifying the caller." Mr. Garretson closed for the brother hood with a dramatic appeal. "So far we have refused nothing," he declared, with tears streaming from his face. "We have only said that, it others refuse to do anything, we will do nothing." He described all of the contending parties to the hearing as vultures hov ering about the carcass of the public The public he said, would pay the bill in the end in any event. "The public will pay as it always has paid," he said, "but it won't pay for the increased wages. As it has for many generations, it will pay for over-capitalization. "The railroads do not see the hum anitarian side of this fight. They say they will pay if they have to but that is all." It was after 7 o 'clock when the hear- ,ing was finally closed. Then the com Sets Forth Party's Claim to Return to Power in Both the State and Nation. Prominent Democrats here have re ceived copies of the North Carolina Democratic Iland-Book, which has ben: prepared by the State Democratic Ex- given to employes who remain loyal. Chicago detective agencies are ad vertising To - strike-breakers and report more than n thousand ready for instant service. SKIPS TASING COAL FOR , FOSSIBLE EVENTUALITIES NEWS ITEMS FROM . , RURAL ROUTE NO. TWO Wavy Department Orders all Naval Colliers to Take on Cargoes Immediately. Norfolk, Aug. 30. To meet emerg encies in case the railroad strike ma terializes Monday, the navy department. ecutive 'ommittee, under the direction j today ordered all naval collier?, to take of State Chairman Thomas D. ren and Secretary J. C. Colic, book is a publication of 239 pages, and presents the claim of the Democratic party to its right to be returned to iltee that 1 Powcr in ljotn tnc State and the Na tion. The first item is a recital of the State Democratic platform. adopted by the State Convention at Raleigh, April 27, last, and this is followed by the address of Senator F. M. Simmons as temporary chairman of the conven tion. Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Win ston-Salem, contributes an article on the appeal of Democracy to young men at this time, and Clarence Pee, of Ral eigh, writes an artiele to prove that the Democratic party has made good. His conclusion is that it has. There are numerous other articles describing the success of the Demo cratic rarty in North Carolina, and recording its achievement during the sixteen vears it has been in control of the State's government. The book has been declared by party leaders to be one of the clearest statments of tha claim of the Democrats for ' return to War-j on cargoes of coal. Five began loading Theltodav. The Atlantic fleet is due to ar rive Friday to coal. Railroad officials oeclare they havn only enough coal on hand to last one week. PRESIDENT WILSON PUT HIS SIGNATURE TO THREE BILLS The Army BilL the Navy Bill and the Philippine Bill Became Law on Wednesday. Washington, Aug. 29. President Wilson today signed the army bill, the navy bill and the Phillippine bill. The army bill appropriates $267,596,530 for financing the new army of 210.000 peace strength, called for under the Hay Chamberlain army reorganization bill. The navy bill appropriates $313,384, 389. The Phillippine bill provides a more autonomous form of government for the islands. ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION OF COTTON GREATLY REDUCED power issued in recent years :n North j Department cf Agriculture Base3 Its Carolina. j Calculations on Condition . " j of Crop Aug. 25. RUMANIA DECIDES TO GIVE j Washington, Aug. 31. Further de- BTJLGARIA AN ULTIMATUM toriation of the growing cotton crop during August has reduced the esti- News of Great Value to Germans Gets Qut in Spite of Precautions, It is Said. (By a War Correspondent) London, Aug. 29. There is little uoubt that the British army orde; which was issued last mont'i warning soldiers against giving information in their letters to their friends ought to have been put 'ntc effect 1f,ng ag, for the amount of news of v h c to the Germans which in pite of all precau tions leaked out of England was as tonishing. As a regular reader of a number of foreign papers I have repeatedly be mi sumriHcd to see how well informed fho Germans have been in "regard to intended movements which w.-re sup posed to have been kept strictly sec ret. I read in a Scandinavian Taper dat ed June 2 the exact spot a.r.d almost the exact hour when the great British offensive was expected, and the state ment proved to be absolutely I'onest a fact which sufficiently o-vplains, of course, why tho British advance from the beginning was so much slower ban the French, which amo :is a great, surprise to the Germans. That English officers and privates are careless in their letters home can not be denied, but the amount of in- formation conveved to the Germans I through sin-h letters is small in com- ' parison with the harm which the Ger man habit of keeping diaries -as doae to the German amy plans. An officer belonging to the British General Staff tells me that almost from the beginning of the war exceedingly useful German diaries have been found in which the conscientious and method ical Teutons had written down not only the details of units and "forma tions, and the numbers of the losses, but even their own particular misdeeds. After the first year, when the In telligence Staff of the Allies had made full use of the thousands of diaries that fell into their hands, a German army order was at last issued for bidding the writing of diaries, but every day scores of letters found on German prisoners and the dead fall into British hands and some of these have thrown so important a light on the German losses and movements of troops that they hace been included in official communications. A remarkable example of this kind of indiscretion was the other day quoted by the Russian paper "Retch." It was a letter found on a German officer of high rank who wrote: "If the news that has reached us from the Austrian front is only half correct, even then the position is hor- Short Personal and Social Items of In terest from our Regular Correspondent. Scotland Neck, Aug. 30. Mrs.' B. F. Lovegrove, Miss Allie Harris, Messrs. Ara Staton, Freddie Harris and Frank Cross returned this week from a visit of several days to Panacea Springs and Brinkleyville. Messrs. John Harris and Ara Staton motored to Rocky Mount Friday. Miss Lila Sykes of Enfield is visit ing relatives and friends in this com munity. Mr. Percy Etheridge of Battleboro spent the week end around Mullens vis iting relatives and friends. Mr. Luther Cobb and Mr. Ara Staton motored to Enfield Sunday. There will be services at Nahala Sun day afternoon immediately after Sun dav School. Mr. E. S. Ciirrie will con duct services. Mr. E. P. Weeks spent Wednesday in Tarboro on business. Mr. J. W. Whitehead ami family of Dunn, N. C, are spending some time with his father, Mr. A. J. Whitehead. Miss Addie Marks is spending somr time with Miss Maude Harris near Au relian Springs. Mr. J. R. Whitehead left Friday for Burgaw, where he will spend some time with his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Bradford. CRUISER MEMPHIS WRECKED BY STORM AT SAN DUMINGO HON. BENJAMIN STANCEL GAY OF NORTHAMPTON CO., DEAD Prominent Lawyer and Respected Citi zen of Jackson Claimed by Death Wednesday. Jackson, Aug. 30. Hon. Benjamin Stancel Gay, one of the best known men in the northeasttrn section of the State and especially well known and fcdmired in Jackson and Northampton county, died in his law office of heart trouble at 10:30 o'clock this morning His funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Mis sionary Baptist Church, of which he was an honored men;ber. Mr. Gay was born December 13, 1856, end he married Miss Annie Odum ia 1887. His wife and ten children sur vive him. He was representative of Northampton county in the House of Representatives for the sessions of 1903 and 1911. He also represented the Third Senatorial District in the Legislature of 1909. He was a Mason and was president of the Sunday School Convention of the Roanoke-Chowan Baptist Associa tion. Since 1909 he was associated in the practice of law with Hon. Gar land E. Midgett. While he had been in poor health for Fome time his death Casualty List Not Yet Determined as Many of the Crew Fell Into the Heavy Sea. Washington, Aug. 30. One enlisted man was killed, two officers and five men seriously injured and 67 other men slightly hurt aboard the armored cruiser Memphis in additon to those lost by drowning when the ship was wrecked in a storm yesterday at San Domingo City. Rear Admiral Pond's despatch to day said a steam main burst causing the additional casualties. Admiral Pond said all hands had been removed from the ship which he previously reported would be a total loss. Today 's message did not sum marize the total casualties, merely adding-" several men missing, believed drowned," to the itemized casualties of the engine room accident which oc curred while the cruiser was endeavor ing to make her way out to sea in the face of a sudden storm. A report last night said 20 men returning to the ship in a motor boat had been lost. Admiral Pond 's message follows: "All hands off the Memphis Captaii Beach was the last to leave the ship. When storm struck steam was up and main engines working, but main steam line burst. Cause unknown. Those near too seriously injured to be ques tioned. Two officers injured but will recover. One enlisti d man dead, fivs very seriously injurei: and 67 slightly injured, mostly in engine foice. Sev eral men missing, probably drowned.' Complete muster of the Memphis' crew and a full report on the loss of the cruiser are expected at the navy de partment today. The navy tug Potomac, which left San Domingo City for Port Palenqus at 1:30 p. m., yesterday, just before the storm broke, is thought to be safe although there is no word from her. The gunboat Castine, which was in the harbor at San Domingo City, put to sea when the storm broke and still is cut of the harbor. S':e lost all but on) of her boats and had her steering gear disabled but the ship is under control. according to dispatches. The sea was perfectly smooth in fie harbor until after 3 p. m., when the storm suddenly broke and the hcavv seas drove the Memphis ashoi-. al 4:30 p. m. This crisis, important enough for.mittees worked far into the night on - London, Aug. 30. An Exchange Tei- j mated final production by 1,116,000 egraph despatch filed at Athens on j bales to a total of 11,800,000 bales. -,r i . t- Cnlmllr: Tliof frcfrct nf rvrnrliictinri v.-ast mails LVl U II ' I Cl JtVl" a 1 l I 'VJ 1 l. J I"'" rJi iv.." ; - - J i 7 t - . , . : , . . . - , . x x t 1 1 k ;, ! , c..v t thp onmnuinitv and The conntv commissioners and the that Rumania has ueciueu to present ; toaay oy we eparmieiii, i AgiKu:- nuie. ir- i-nuw il u-'. mouijaiiiz.m ""c . i an ult'matum to "Bulgaria" demanding ! ture basing its calculations ;n the con-! all our plans for the summer, but will has caused profound sorrow here when i school board will l the evacuation of Serbian territory. ditiou of the crop of August 25. , threaten us with a great danger." he was universally popular. j A CHARLOTTE MERCHANT SHOOTS HIS WIFE TO DEATH Charlotte, N. C, Aug. 28 Robert A. Beatty, 67 years old, a merchant of some prominence here, shot and killed his wife at their home at an early hour today. After comriitting th crime he sent his daughter to call in the neighbors and notify the police. Some years ago Beatty mrde an at tempt to kill a former wife, who later divorced him. He is being held by the coroner on the charge of murder. FIRST MONDAY AT HALIFAX. Next Monday, the 4th of September ill be "first Monday" at Halifax. in sessiou and there will be several land sales. n.
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