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V 4 4.. If you want;to;mihe. people of tb Hednont 'sec-- tion put your ada in Tin; GRIT. i.'.-. : ?.iO;JJ.'JUI - V." K -rl .J- : V.-. ? . l , - . . V .-rr n paperta the wnnty. Excel-5 ' ' t""" -'. X ' SILER CITY, N. C-'OOTOBEK 21 1911 ' ,. ' m y t' . WITHf SUfr CESS IN BATTLE OF DUNKIRK AND CALAIS. GERMANS ARE .REINFORCED WiU Attempt to Riume0fftnlvt T ward Call., or Some pther?Fron tier Point . London. Two important sccfta9e n the battIof Dunkirk and CaUai for the poasetsion of which thevGermwia are striving, accredited to the Alilet in the official ommualcation Israel in Paris. The French are said to hare re-occupied Armentleres, an import ant railway Junction en the Belgian frontier northwest of Lille, and to ha?e repulsed an attempt of the German, to cross the Rlw Yser,,. which flowa through that little, corner of Weat Flanders which is all of Belgium that remains in Belgian hands. That would mean a check to the German at tempt to reach Dunkirk by th eoast route. The French also are said to have pushedack still farther the Ger man armywiich is advancing along the Belgian frontier to the coast. The battle which culminated in Armentleres again coming under French influence lasted for a week. The fighting was hard and continuous. The town was seized by the Germans last week owing to its importance as a railway center. Besides it is on the road to Lille, which the Germans still hold. The battle opened with a cav alry which gradually developed, indi cating that the French are advancing in force toward Line. The Allies also hare advanced north of La Bassee Canal, between that Hne and Arras and at certain points between Arras and the Ose. Thla latter is a rather long front but the claims in the French official communication are ta ken here to mean that the German movement westward has been check ed. The Germans are bringing up reinforcements, seemingly determined to resume the offensive either toward Calais or at some other point of the long front. Berlin says it is known where these new troops are going and it is thought here that It probably will be several days before the Germans make their presence felt. In. the center and the Vosges the situation is stationary. 'This is not accepted here to mean that no fight ing is taking place and it is consider ed likely that the battle on the Alsace frontier, which has been proceeding several days, has yet to reach its end. The Germans have established civil administration in the greater part of Belgium and are said to have demand ed war levies. Again the Russians and the Aus trians flatly contradict one another as to progress of event in the East. The Austrians claim the operations are progressing favorably for them, while an official Petrograd report re ceived says attempts by the Austrians to cross the River. San failed and that in fighting south of Przemysl, which took the form of bayonet charges, they captured 15 Austrian officers and 1,000 men. It would appear from reports of correspondents at Petrograd that the Germans made, repeated attempts to cross the Vistula at' Jfosefow, but were driven back with heavy casualties. The correspondents say the fighting was part of the general attack on- the Russian position upon the Vistula and that theproved a failure. British and French fleets and the Montenegrin army are attacking Cat taro, the fortified seaport of Austria in Dalmatia, the first sortie from which the Montenegrins claim to have re pulsed, j Throughout their sphere of opera tion's, Servian reports say, the Sercians are sweeping everything before them. It la not believed here, however, that very serious fighting has been; taking place there recently as weather, and road conditions must hav.ejvbeen against it. ,' Vf Ready to Fight England ' London. The Amsterdam - corre spondent of Reuter's Telegram Com pany says that it is reported from Sluls that Admiral von Tirpitz, Ger man minister of the navy, is at Ant werp. ' Austrian Were Halted. Petrograd. The Russian general staff issues the following: "In East Prussia there is nothing new to report. Austrian attempts to cross the San River have failed. South of Przemysl the fighting; continues. Belgians Enter Holland. Berlin. By wireless to Sayville, L. I. The following, Matter has been given to the press' from official f sources "The number of Belgian sol diers who entered Holland, it is now stated, was 30,000." Captured Konlngen. Paris. The French torpedo-boat de stroyer Cassblanca has captured the Holland freighter Konlngen Emma from Batavia. Dutch East Indies with cargo for Hamburg. The Konlngen Emma was taken off Marseilles. Picked Up Survivors. London. The steamship Modesta, which picked up 48 survivors of the Gritish cruiser Hawke, sunk in the North Sea b ya German submarine ar rived in Christiana says a dispatch. The Modesta picked up the survivors from a small boat live, hours after the disaster and later transferred them to an English trawler on the Scottish coast The crew tf the Modesta de clared that a German submarine- ap peart4 for, -moment off the aUnv ft bow while the Eagli.b . iiilori were Jbeint lakw boixa. ALLIES CREDITED SOUTHERN SENATORS LOSE THE FIGHT FOR AMENDMENT TO AID COTTON. ' VOTE CAST WAS 34 TO 22 THMocWt. of South with the Republi. cane. Fought Bttterry to the End for Postponement of Bill. Washington The administration i?.?e?3? biU PPnximate. ir 1100.000,000 additional, faxes " to W In Europe, was passed 'tor-'the eenate 34 to 2J after Southern .Demo crate in coalition with Republicans of tn.e aenate fought to indefinitely post pone consideration of the measure because cotton relief legislation had been decisively defeated. Democratic leaders," by,, a' supreme effort In the climav of the cotton fight, gathered their forces and. spurring them 'on with eloquent appeals for party solidarity, defeated 32 to 25 the coalition in Its move to indefinitely postpone action. Senators Clarke of Arkansas, Smith of Georgia, Smith of South Carolina, Vardaman and White were the Democratic senators who fought to the end, voting with the Re publicans to postpone action. This would have killed the bill for the pres ent, session pf Congress. Despite urgent pleas of Senators Williams, Stone .Shively and James, who demanded united Democratic support for a Democratic measure, fostered by the administration, these five Southern senators under a storm of oratorical denunciation, 1 persisted o the last, in their determination that the bill should contain some eotton relief provision. The enlivening contest that mark ed the passage of the bill foreshad owed the end of the long drawn out session of congress, which has kept flags flying over the capitol almost continuously for the past two years. The bill went? to the hous eat once. The vote on the revenue bill fallow ed party lines with one exception, Senator Lane of Oregon, Democrat, voting against it Immediately after its passage the senate, on motion of Senator Simmons, insisted upon its amendments and asked a conference with the house. Conferees named were: Senators Simmons, Williams, Stone, McCumber and Clarke of Wy oming. EX-SENATOR KNOX CRITICISES. Denounces International Attitude of the Wilson Administration. Philadelphia. Philander C. Knox, formerly United States senator and secretary of state, in a political ad dress here sharply criticised the pres ent administration's policies, especi ally with reference to Mexico. Mr. Knox criticised the Democratic party for holding the Republican party responsible for certain situa tions in connection with American foreign aairs. "No party" he said, "has the right to imperil the equi librum of our international relations by submitting them to the rough and perilous course of domestic policies." "The Democrats ' prattle' about peace," said Mr. Knox, "yet they have the distinction of beginning a war upon a famished and distraught neighboring people." He stated that all the bloodshed with which Mexico hta been cursed the past 18 months was due to the failure to recognize the Huerta gov ernment and the removal of the Taft embargo on the sale of war materials ta Mexican bandits. Wilson Praises Congress. Washington. President Wilson made public a letter to Majority Lead er ITnderwood of tbe hcruse in which he reviewed Jhe achievements of his administration, outlined the program for the next session of congress and declared "the Democratic party is now in' fact the "only instrument ready to the country's hand by which anything can be accomplished." Will Meet at "Bull Run." Manassas, Va. Delegations from theNorth and South wiljpmeet on the Bull Run battlefield October 23 to wit ness the unveiling of a table to the memory of Colonel Fletcher Webster, son 'of Daniel Webster. Col. Webster commanded ! the Twelfth Massachu setts Regiment in the second battle of Bull Run and fell on the third day of that struggle in 1862, The dedica tory address will be delivered by an other descendant of Daniel Webster, Lieutenant Samuel Appleton of St Panl, Minn. Wounded Mexicans Cross Border. Naco, Ariz. Two hundred and fifty Mexicans wounded during the attack, on Naco, Sonora, were brought, here through special permission from the Washington - government' The Carrari. s a. government has promised that the refugees will be attended without ex pense to Arizona or the federal gov ernment. The action came as a re sult of appeal made through Governor Hunt, in which it was asserted that rif the Mexican town was taken, by Governor Maytprena's instructions the wounded would be killed. Cash Assets Decreased. "Washington.. The 7,538 national banks doing business in the United States September 12 had cash assets amounting to 1903,707,348, a decrease since June 30 of $65,387,714, according to. a report made public bV the qpmp trolleref the currency: . The banks reported , loans and discounts of ?6 400.767.26.8 and individual deposits of I8.1S9.2T. Jheir capital itocfc wae put at f LO00,881,O7S with a surplus of nVBXK -r'Thiir'fcaatti nd M&biU tfta atoousi to flM3,62M95, tSinnar Subni3Jlnt: Torpedoed a iritisb Cr9t.teTl6rtli Sea Estimated . . : 180 Mbb lost7 - f aiSjllfi 1HJ0UTH AFRICA Against Great Britain Believed To Be Under Control England Fears- German invasion There were no important develop ments in the European war during the "past week. While there was a great deal of activity in the two theaters of war no desisive victories were won ?lTni B? :.deflnite advatttagegafned. sinking j another British cruiser with 400 men on boawi. For a time the up rising in British South Africa against Great Britain took on a serious aspect, but General Botha, the British leader, now believes b?e has the situation well in. hand. The progress of the allies against the Germans in the north of France along; the Belgian border has vbeen necessarily .slow, but recent dispatches from London and Paris state that ad vances have been made. In some places along the great battle line, which extends more than one hundred and fifty miles, the allies have push ed the Germans across the Belgian border. In the campaign between the Germans and the Russians in the' east there has been much fighting, but the! reports coming from Berlin, Vienna and from Petrograd have been so con flicting that definite knowledge of the results is impossible. At the present time England her self is proving the center of attraction. Following the fall of Antwerp, the Ger man forces pushed on towards Ostend on the Belgian coast. As Ostend is only 65 miles frem Dover and 115 miles from London, England is alarm ed over the possibility of German in vasion, flowever, it appears that the problem of extending his lines before the allies to the coast in order that there -would be no flank for the al lied troops to run is worrying the kai ser a great deal more at the present time than a possible invasion of Eng land. The Belgians who have suffered un told hardships since the great armies tf German began pushing .their way through the little country, are now fleeing from their native land to Hol land and England. For weeks the women and children and men who were not able to fight have been driv en from place to place. Their homes have been destroyed and thousands of them faced starvation. From Liege they fled to Brussels and from Brus sels to Antwerp. Here it was thought they have surely found" a safe haven of refuge, but the powerful siege guns of the Germans battered 4down the walls of the forts and once more the populace fled, this time to- Ostend. Hardly had they arrived at the coast city than they were terrorized with the news that the Germans were com ing. There was nothing for them to do but flee to England and Holland. King Albert and his Belgian army has been lost sight of following the fall of Antwerp and their present whereabouts is a mystery. It has been announced that the government of the Belgians has been moved to Havre, France, where the entire royal court of Belgium is now comfortably quar tered. Recent reports state that the Belgian queen is sharing the hardships of her husband at the head of the army, but the dispatch fails to say where the army is at the present time. In China there appears to have been a lull in the fighting between the Ger mans and the Japs at Kiao-Chow. There has been little news received from this theater of war. Italy remains neutral and a recent announcement from Rome states that Italy will make no hostile move unless they are com pelled to do so to protect their country from an enemy. Turkey is still brist ling, but has failed to declare war. Persistent reports that Portugal ha3 declared war against Germany have been received through Rome', but no official announcement to this effect has been given put. -5 German Fort Found In London London. The police have found at SVillesden, a suburb to the northwest of London, a building occupied by Ger mans with foundations and roof of heavy concrete. They arrested twenty two Germans on" the premises. The premises were being used by C. G. Roeber, a German miisjc publisher, as a factory. The site of this factory at Wlllisden commands several important railroad junctions. The Paris prem ises of this same firm were blown up recently on orders of the, French gov ernment. ' Khedive Of Egypt In Turkey Wjondon. That the khedive of Egypt, whq is in Constantinople, has been for bidden by the British government to return to his dominions for the pres ent is a belief current among the Eng lishmen who keep in touch with Egyp tian affairs. The khedive was in Com stantinople visiting the sultan when the war began and was fired on and slightly wounded by an Egyptian po litical agitation. The loyalty of the khedive to British rule ta strongly questioned by Anglo-Egyptians. Peasant Girls Help Russians London. A Reuter's dispatch from Petrograd says: "To the peasantry, among them many girls, Is attributed in part the failure of German attempts t6 cross the Vistula. The girls aided the Russian soldiers in digging ,the trenches. A movement Is on foot to raise a detachment of recruits liere lor ihe British army. Many Lancashire men employed in. cotton mills have Volunteered. Tie force will be kDowa t fiie Pals letachment" Another British Warship Sunk London. Another thrust, from the German submarine service has rob bed the ' British navy - of the cruiser Hawke, and has raised, the tally of British warships sunk by thse Germans to seven. To this must be; added the virtual destruction of the. cruiser Pe gasus by a German warship , at Zan zibar. The Hawke, a cruiser of 7,350 tons, under command of Capt. Hugh Wil liams, was sunk in the North sea, the graveyard of six other victims of Ger man torpedoes. Bad aim on the part of the Ger man gunner saved the Hawke's sister ship, the Theseus, for that vessel, too was attacked, but she escaped ' The exact complement aboard the Hawke has not been announced, but in ordinary times the men numbered 550. As she was built several, years-'ago, it is probable hpr crew was not up to the full complement. According to one report, she had only 400 aboard. Whatever "the number only 52 men were saved, and there was not a sin gle commissioned officer among them. The cruiser Amphion, Pathfinder, Aboukir, Cressy, Hogue, Pegasus and Hawke . and ' the torpedo gunboat Speedy, make up the British list of losses in warships in the first ten weeks of the war. Against this the British admiralty claims four Ger man cruisers, two torpedo boat de stroyers one torpedo boat, three sub marines and eight armed commercial destroyers. Omitting the armed merchantmen, the aggregate warship tonnage loss to England is much greater than that to Germany. Horsemen Swim Swift River From the Battle Front. Infantry and cavalry have been doing more fight ing during the last few days than for several weeks. Two thousand French cuirassiers have distinguished themselves by a daring feat in swimming the river Lys, where it flows deep and swift. They completely outwitted the Germans, who were awaiting them on the other side with machine guns and heavy ar tillery. The French horsemen made a long detour during the night. One man swam the river with a rope, then dragged over a cable, which he attach ed to a tree. The nthers, holding the rope, crossed singly with their horses through the swirling waters. Arrived on the opposite bank, the French drew up in line and charged the German flank at Merville, driving the enemy back and opening the' way for the passage over the river of a division of allied infantty, which la ter occupied Estaires. Servian Princes Are Wounded London. The Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin reports that Crown Prince Al exander of Servia has taeeri slightly wounded and that his brother, Prince George of Servia, has been mortally hurt in the fighting against Austrians. -f- " Russian Prince' Killed Petrograd. Prince Oleg, son of Grand Duke Constantin.e,. died of the wounds received- in action. An official dispatch from Petrograd said Prince Oleg had been wounded during a cav alry engagement at the front Argentine Consul Killed London. The Central News corre spondent at Amsterdam reports that the Argentine consul at Antwerp, M. Lemaire, was killed during the bom bardment. Shrapnel shell struck the roof of the consulate. Neutrality of River Scheldt Berlin. The government of ' The Netherlands has again been officially notified by the German government that the status of the rfver Scheldt, the waterway which leads to Antwerp, will be regarded by German as neutral. Kaiser Wilhelm Canal Closed London. The Kaiser Kilhelm canal has been closed to ordinary traffic be tween the Baltic and the North sea for the duration of .the war, Reuter's correspondent at Amsterdam tele graphs. Prussian Losses Heavy London,- The forty'.four Hats of losses la the Prussian arnfy,' which have been published, contain, a total of 211,000 killed, wounded and mlas 4ng, according to a Renter's dispatch irem Amsterdam, Seeking Homes For War Orphans Washington. Miss Natalia Pearson, a beautiful young English girl now vis iting in New York, has set on foot a movement to find homes in America for the children made orphans by the terrible war which is devastating Eu rope. While she is organizing an associa tion in Europe to care for the little ones until they can be transferred to their new homes in America, an Amer ican organization is btsing fonired by Mrs. H. F. Tuck of New York, with the aid of Miss Pearson's vast wealth, to extend its branches into various states and municipalities, to do the home-placing work. The Immigration laws of the United States may have to be mouinea some what to authorize the society to carry out its plans. There is now a prohibi tion against the passage of an alien being paid by any other person or as sociation. The object was to prevent the importation of contract labor; The work of Miss Pearson will be absolutely neutral. Each person in America who is willing to take an orphan child into his home will be asked to state whether he prefers an English French, German, Belgian or Russian boy or girl. His ability to care for such orphan and provide it a prop er home will be carefully investigated by the local branches of the home placing society. . Boers Rallying To Botha Capt Town, South Africa. As a re sult of Colonel Maritz' rebellion in the northwest of the Cape provinces, Gen. Louis Botha, premier of the Union of South Africa, --and commander of the troops of the Union, is taking the field eariier than he originally intended to. General Botha is placing himself at the head of several strong Dutch com panies, ' organized on the old burgher line, which are affiliated with regi ments trained by the Union defense force. Commandants, field cornets and burghers who served under General Botha in the South African war are rallying to his call, irrespective of their political feelfng, to fight along side the English in defense of the empire against which they were ,in artas twelve years ago. This fact has had a marked effect on waverers, who are now flocking to General Botha's standard. Germans Repulsed at Warsaw Paris. A Havas 'agency dispatch from Petrograd says that word is re ceived there from Warsaw that the population of the city is returning and the banks are resuming business. A battle is being fought about thirty miles from Warsaw. The Germans endeavored to take the heights about seven miles frorr the town, but were repulsed. Germans Claim Foe Routed Berlin. The general staff of the German army announces that in the beginnihg a strong garrison defended Antwerp with great energy, but that after the attack by German infantrty and marine divisions, the defenders fled in full rout. Among the Antwerp garrison was one British marine bri gade. The complete collapse of the Anglo-Belgian defense of Antwerp was shown by the fact that no military authority could be found with which to treat concerning the surrender of the city. London Fears German Bombs London. Probably stirred Sy the bomb-throwing exploits of German air craft over Paris, London seems to be prepared for euch visitors, and offi cial nqtice has been served on persons living near the mouth of the Thames that they should be ready to seek their cellars at the first sound of firing, ar there will be no time to spread the news in any more formal way. Re cruiting through "Great Britain, par ticularly in London, has been boom ing, it is said, since the fall of Ant werp. Cholera Spreading In Austria Venice. Cholera is spreading to thi remotest districts of Austria. Austrian troops in Galicia are being vaccinated against the disease: Cold weather has caught Austrian soldiers In . Galicia unprepared and,, the authorities are making urgent appeals to the public to contribute warm clothing. Owing to-the Increased cost of flour, the Vi enna bakers' association has announc ed lta members will make only bit loaves of the so-called war bread and that the? wUl sell only tot cash. International New Service. London. A correspondent writing fpom Bergen-op-Zoom, Holland, gives a vivid description of the entry of the German army into Antwerp. The bulk of the kaiser's force did not enter the city until Saturday after noon, when 60,000 men passed in re view befoft General von Sennits, mill- Ktery governor of Antwerp, and Admi ral von Schroeder, who, surrounded by a glittering staff,, sat their horses in front pf-the royal palace in the Place de Meir. "Forc five hours the mighty host poured through the streets of the de serted city, while the houses shook to the . thunder of their tread, M he writes; "Company after company, reg- ifre7reei brigade fter brigade, swept past until- the r grew weary of Watching the ranks of gray under slanting lines of steel. "As they marched they sang, the canyon formed by the high builflinge along the Place de Meir echoing to their voices roaring out 'Die Wacht am Rhein' and 'A Mighty Fortress Is O-ar God.' Like an Election Parade. ' "Each regiment 'was headed by its field music and colors, and when dark ness fell and street lamps were light ed the shrill music of fifes, the rattle of drums and the tramp -of marching feet reminded me of a torchlight elec tion parade. v "Hard, on the heels of the infantry rambled artillery, battery after bat tery. ' "Behind the field batteries rumbled the quick flrers the same pompoms whose acquaintance I had made at Weerde and elsewhere. And then, heralded by a blare of trumpets and a crash of kettledrums, came the cav alry, cuirassiers in helmets and breastplates of burnished steel, hus sars in befrogged jackets and fur bus bies, and finally the uhlans, riding amid forests of lances under a cloud of fluttering pennons. ' "But this was not all, nor nearly all, for after the uhlans came the blue Jackets of the naval division, broad shouldered, bewhiskered fellows, with caps worn rakishly and a roll of the sea in their gait. "Then the Bavarian infantry in dark blue, the Saxon infantry in light blue, and Auetrians in uniforms of beautiful silver gray, and last of all a squadron of gendarmes in silver and bottle gTeen. "As that fighting machine swung past I could not hut marvel at haw the gallant, chivalrous and coura geous but ill-prepared little army of Belgium had held it- back as long as It had. Few See Entry. ' "The most remarkable feature of this wonderful spectacle was that there were comparatively few persons to see it. So far as onlookers were concerned the Germans might as well have marched through the streets of Pompeii. Another American and I, standing on the balcony of the Ameri can consulate, were the only specta tors, so far as I know, in the whole length of the Place de Meir, which is the State street of Antwerp. It re minded me . of a circus that had come to town a day before it was expected." A feature of the procession was a victoria drawn by a fat white horse and with two soldiers on the box, which accompanied a regiment of Ba varians. Both horse and carriage were decorated with flowers. It was evidently a species of triumphal char iot, for it was filled with hampers of champagne. Pay for What They Take. The correspondent says the German soldiers treat the townspeople with consideration, paying in German sil ver for what they take from the shops. Describing the fear of the Antwerp citizens when the kaiser's soldiers en tered, the correspondent says: "When the main body. of troops be gan entering the city on Saturday morning the townspeople those who had not escaped from the city rushed out with beer, cheese, bread and flow ers, evidently with the Idea of placat ing them by means of their pitiful little offerings. It was not a pleas tint sight, but these people have been so terrified by tales of German bar barities that one can hardly blame them." The correspondent estimates that less than one hundred civilians were killed during the bombardment. Havoc Wrought by Shells. Telling of the rain of shells which swept the city, he says: "A 42-centimeter shell tore com pletely through a handsome stone house next door to United States Con sul General Dlederich's residence, crossed the street and exploded in the upper Btory of a school. There is not a block in the Boulevard Leopold that does not contain several shattered houses. No buildings were damaged in Place de Meir, though three shells struck the pavement,; tearing holes as large as a grand piano. '!A shell entered the roof of the Ho tel; St. Antoine, passed through . two bathrooms and exploded in the room occupied 48 hours before by the Rus siaa minister, destroying everything to it. Cathedral Struck. "The cathedral was struck only by one shell, which entered through the wall over the western entrance and ex ploded over the "-side chapeL The American Express company's offices on the Qua! van Dyck were slightly PATRIOTIC PLAY FANS LONDON WAR FLAMES London. That the stage still plays an important part in sustaining public spirit and forwarding movements for the aid of the Red Cross has been fully demonstrated by Sir Herbert Tree's revival of "Drake." v From the first performance the pa- S lotto ecenea have aroused the au inoas to tremendous outbursts' of enthusiasm. The affect of these dem castrations is being witnessed fc? damaged. A shell struck the house occupied by an American named Hunt and the Dutch consul and blew the entire second floor into smithereens. "A Zeppelin hovered over the city during Thursday morning's bombard ment, dropping occasional bombs. "Though the German 'shrapnel cre ated enough havoc, it was child's play compared to the damage done by the siege guns. When a 42-centimeter shell struck a house it not merely blew a hole in it, it simply demol ished it, the whole house collapsing into ruin as if shaken to' pieces by an earthquake;" Almost as much damage was caused by fires resulting from the bombard ment as from the shells themselves. The entire west jide of the Mareheux Sou.liers from, the head of the' Place de Meir to the Place Verter including the Hotel 4e Europe, the Cafe Royale and a line of fashionable shops oppo site the. Hotel St. Antoine, was de stroyed. A quarter of a mile of build ings in the Rue van Bree, including the' handsomest apartments in the city, are nothing but charred walls. The handsome block in the Rue de la Justiqp is completely burned. ' In ad dition several hundred dwellings scat tered through the city have been burned to the ground. Dynamite Saves Cathedral. As the city is without water, ex cept such as can be pumped from the river, the firemen were powerless to check the flames. .That every building. on the Place Verte and very probably the cathedral itself, was not burned Is due to an American resident, Charles Whithoff, who, realizing the, extreme gravity of the situation, suggested to the German military authorities that they dynamite the surrounding build ings. At ten o'clock at nrght-word was sent to Brussels and at four o'clock in the morning gix automobiles with dy namite arrived and the walls were blown up, the German soldiers stand ing on the roofs of neighboring build ings and throwing dynamite bombs. "It was a lively night for every one concerned," says the writer. "I was just sjtting down to my first meal in 30 hours when the police burst in with the news the city was burn ing," he goes on. "I found an entire block opposite the hotel in flames, and as there was no water the firemen were powerless to check them. When I discovered the Block immediately behind the hotel was also ablaze, it struck me it was time to change my quarters.. "After wandering through pitch black atreets for three hours, slipping on broken glass and stumbling over fallen masonry, and occasionally chal lenged by German sentries, I saw a light in a building in the Boulevard Leopold. I rang the bell and was taken in by a poor little consumptive bookkeeper. Takes Over Consulate. "Upon calling at the -consulate in the morning I found that Consul Gen eral Diederich and Vice-Consul Sher man had left two days before for parts unknown. As there was a large num ber of frightened people clamoring for reassurance and protection, and as there was no one else to look after them, I opened the consulate and as sumed charge. "The proceeding was wholly irregu lar and unauthorized, of course, and will probably scandalize department of state officials in Washington, but it was no time for red tpe. "I immediately wrote a letter to 'the German commander, informing him that in the absence of the constfi gen eral I had assumed charge of the American and British interests in Antwerp and expected the fullest pro tection. I received a courteous reply immediately, saying that every pro tection would be afforded foreigners." USE WALKING WOOD IN ATTACKUP0N GERMANS London. A correspondent describes a walking Wood at Crecy. The French and British cut down trees and armed thamselves with the branches. Line after line of infantry, each man bear ing a branch, then moved forward un observed toward the enemy. Behind them, amid the lopped tree trunks, the artillerymen fixed them selves and placed '13-poundera to cover the moving wood. The attack, which followed, won the success it merited. It almost went wrong, however, for the French cav alry, which was following, made a de tour to pass the wood and dashed into view near the ammunition reserves of the allies. German shells began falling there abouts, but British soldiers went up the hills and pulled the boxes of am munition out of the way of the Ger man shells. Ammunition and men came through unscathed. By evening the enemy had been cleared from the Marne district. Cathedral Lost to Art. Paris. The artistic beauty of the cathedral at Reims, which suffered in the German bombardment of that town, never can be restored, . in the opinion of Whitney Warren, the New York architect, who has just returned from Reims, where he made a thor ough inspection of the famous struc ture. Mr. Warren, who is a corre sponding member of the Institute e France, was given the privilege of visiting the cathedral. heavy increases in the donations to relief funds and by many recruits from among the young man theater goers. Sir Herbert produced the play and gave his services without fee. . Hie leading lady, Miss Pryllis Neilson Terry, also donated her services and l the author' waived all royalties. The New and the Valuable. What li valuable is not new, and what is new i not Taluablt. Daaial Webstar. COMMISSIONER SHIPMAN MAKES REPORT ON THE STATE COT TON SITUATION. NOT OUT FOR THEIR HEALTH Bankers,' if They Put up Monty For Warehousing Crop, Will Do 8a " on Profitable Terms. ' Raleig'h. An interesting, summarr of North Carolina farming condition is contained in a chapter of the forth-v v.2' V K coming, annual report of Commissioner ' tr 1 j of Labor and Printing M. L. Shimnan v J t U just nrenarert . for tha i)oiiii : ' - V 1 cue report being as follows; ; i , "The crop year vt 1914 llas been i it . . . - w.u wv mo JvtUB Will (r if 1912. and snmaurViaf In 1019 ?l A- . V v -f iu iiiu, ui uiu x ' .. .fi5.'-,'v,r;jr j i was experienced a period or . fi a v small rainfall during the earl grow- , ing season, which curtailed especially1 the early products, and no doubt.. diminishe dthe growth and produc ""-'i tlvity of the later ones. But, taken " it? ail in all, fhe effect was "much lesat X3 than was feared. This may be attrib- l,,' J uted In some measure to the continu- y "vieou jl ane practice 01 nat cm- - - s tivation. . . I i i nere has been a ready sale , of , most of the farmer's nrroducts. at" profitable prices. This, however, does ; -4 , not antllv tn mttnn 7 mov .l.n-t. fl- well to except tobacco, which, while " " "Vf selling readily and at fair prices, has ' V $ not brought, aceordin to the infm-tfca- . . tion at hand at this writing, quite as i - . - - - . ri.- satisfactory prices as last year. - , "The cotton situation presents, "on J " account of the effect of the European '-.''8l war a Darticularlv comnkx mndtMnti i v. The outcome is doubtful, and bids 5 , fair to become so manvsided. aa l t' entirely annihilate a standard of com-J ? 'r--A mercial value, to be replaced "by one "v. fr of sentiment, that, as seen' from this1 " r point, ie of anything but a permanent - ' r-J helpful nature. The movement.to pur- , chase cotton at 10 cents a pound, foI-t'.V5; -f vmuajs as are likely to take it up, will - i x f not be of such magnitude as to reUevsiy - the over-supply. Whatever can he 4 cy t stored will be, and whatever must bar. thrown on the market will bring lust '" what it would have brought had none 5j( A. k been taken off, none of the cotton havi ' ' ing been used. J "Buyers are chary of stocking cot-1 r - 1 ton when the visible supply bo far 1 ' I exceeds the demand that wants may-- ' do nuea at any time at a price not to exceed 10 cents a pound? at the outside. It is highly probable that (kn . . , i 4 .... ... mo tuotoii lurueu io saie .wm ia&e i care of the needs of the country any. '"i. way. The exports are not to be look- 1 ed to for relief. Even should the war ' V end at once, the condltfnna rhttli t-f . 3 ' would prevail in all the countries ap'-'tSOj fected would be such as 'to preclude 1 their catching up with the excess caus- i ed by the cessation of consumption J j" for the neriori alrfiadv nn "On the other hand, what cotton - .,' ' is brought up at 10 cents will result, as seen frb mthis angle, In destroy; '"-"V ing the wholesome lesson that seem- ed about to be brought home to the Rmithprn farmer AVtentnta ma,a,;fiff southern farmer. the situation as he might have beenv ulator to take from him his privilege, and arrpntprl In Irs RtnaH n Hanon. r v .-. j v ency of the speculator's c wn creation -, which could not, by any manner of .v' means, be expected to be made with i"w a view to the farmer's welfare .and '' Profit. ( ' n X'"h ' 1 Z nrliaM Vi n Vino 1- An nti. i r ? - P - ' "J T. , IIC IICLO llOU LUC MUbA L in the case brought so plainly be' fore him, and has the opportunity, by ' i a season of self-denial, to take con- . - i trol of the situation, he is about t071v again , forego his opportunity: for the ' C sake of the immendiate difference in -W.?1? price on a limited number of bales, i. e., whatever number of bales can r tanA oi 1A rnnto a nmin 1 4a Sons who are taking it up at 10 cents, , some for advertising purposes, some for truly helpful; purposes, and Borne in the belief that the price will go tojj -10 cents, or more, when it is a fact' that cotton can be raised and sold fort'"- . 10 cents a. pound at a profit. V "If forced to pocket a lss this year, ki the result would be to cause the, pro--j aucers 10 i&ko steps joomng to pro- ? i tecting themselves, instead of looking .,' 4 to state or national authorities lor re- - lief, or to the bankers, who hove shown clearly that they win not put lip the -t x 'crop, except upon such terms as will not guarantee to save them free from any possiote toss, dui pay mem avv profit as well, it is unnecessary to , say that were the farmer able- to do , this to the satisfaction' of the bankker, TiAAfl tn rail fnr flaalaranrrA. A Housefly Exhibit. ' j, Asheville. The small bottles con ' iy laiuiiig specuueau) oi iae aouseuie j in their various stages which have been distributed at every exposition,:, convention and fair at which the Ashe ville Health Bureau had an exhibit will be on display at the Panamas Pacific Exposition at San Frencisco, the local health authorities having te ceived a request from the government for 500 of the small bottles. - It is stated that there little vials will paredness of farmers for harvesting, the crop. - Diversify in Scotland Neck. Scotland Neck. "Diversify eropt ' and let cotton go," is the slogan In v these parts. It is said by those in a position to know that the cotton acre- - " agle in this section will be reduced at least 50 per cent, and possibly.more than that, many farmers declaring that they will plant very little If any-, cotton. More particular attention will; - he given to peanuts, tobacco, corn,' wheat, ate. One thing la thi way pi the cultivation of wheat. Is the unpra-V paednesa of farmers for harvestlni, . .. ' .. "t. ... if, i 4 -.
The Siler City Grit (Siler City, N.C.)
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Oct. 21, 1914, edition 1
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