A ROCKINGHAM COUNTY PAPER.
Ufrrary
VOLUME XXIX NO. 51.
REIDSVILLE, N. C TUESDAY, SEPT. 5TH, 1916
ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS
CVff) V r . )( )f
PRESIDENT WILSON
ACCEPTS NOMINATION
In the presence of Vice-President
Marshall and members of the Cabi
net, President Wilson at Long Branca,
N. J., on Saturday was officially noti
fied of his nomination as the Demo
cratic standard bearer. Senator
James, chairman of the notification
committee, was wildly cheered by
the thousands who witnessed the vn--emony
when he tendered the lettar ot
notification to the President.
Thousands looked on and applau led
aa the President accepted the nomina
tion in a striking speech. Among the
Cabinet officers attending were Sec
rearles "Lansing, McAdoo and Hous
ton and Postmaster General Burleson.
In his speech President Wilson was
unsparing in' his criticism of tins Re
publican party as a party of "mas
terly inactivity and qunning resource
fulness in standing pat to resist
change," and said that old leaders
still select its candidate' but he did
not mention Charles E. Hughes, the
Republican candidate, by name.
The President spoke from the vo
.randa of his summer home tc a
crowd which filled 8.000 chairs and
OTer flowed to the lawn.
FORMER GOVERNOR GLENN
PLEASES AUDIENCE IN KANSAS
Getting Ready For School
"There is something in the Septem
ber air," says the State Board of
Healtlh. "that Duts one in mind of
school and school books, of getting
together booksacks and lunch bask
eta and starting out on another six,
eteht or ten months' school. But
books and the lunch basket are not
all of the preparations needed today
toward getting ready for school. Tle
school Is no longer considered a mere
brain working factory working inde
pendently of" other conditions and
relations, but is rather a plant that
works both the mind and the body
Children bring with them to school
both brains and bodies, and one li
not normally developed Independent
ef the other.
"The real and most important pre
proration for school," says the Boar J,
"la on the part of parents in. behalf
of their children's health. Every pa
rent wants his child to have the best
possible- taining of its intellect,, but
rarely does, he appreciate the fact mat
the development of his child's mind
Is often handicapped by some lt
sease, defect or minor ailment. Some
times it is a child's teeth, weak eyes
or slightly deaf ears, or probably an
unhealed sore that saps the foun
dation of its health and education. In
other words, it is often the 'little
foxes that spoil the vines.' These
'little foxes' or trivial ailments are
not to be overlooked In getting a child
ready for school"
Safe to Open Schools.
In answer to an inquiry as to
whether or not it will be safe for the
schools to open in September on ac
count of the prevalence of infantile
paralysis throughout the country, the
state Board of Health says that
there will likely be no danger of an
outbreak of this disease at the ope
ning of the schools, and certainly not
if the schools open under the super
vision of a medical inspector. The
Board emphasizes the Importance of
providing this means of safety and
prevention not only against Infantile
paralysis but against all contagious
diseases, particularly measles, whoop
ing cough, scarlet fever and diphther
la. In this connection the Board says
that there's far more danger of on
outbreak or epidemic of measles,
scarlet fever or diphtheria than of
Infantile paralysis and that the fatal
ity as well as the serious after-effects
of these diseases are very near as
great as those resulting from in
fantile paralysis.
Another point stressed by the Board
In connection with schools and (epi
demics Is that to keep school open in
case of an epidemic and to employ
a medical inspector is the best
means controlling an outbreak of
any communicable disease. The school
acts as a clearing house wherein the
spread of the disease Is checked.
How the Body Is Nourished.
The bodily process known as assim
ilation Is well explained In these
words : "As the blood. In its circula
tion, approaches any organ, the por
tions that are appropriate for this or
- gan feel Its attractive force, dTSey It.
and leaving the others, mingie with
the substance of ita tissue and are
changed into its own true and prop
er nature."
How important It is that the blood
should be pure and rich, not loaded
with worn-out and uselelss matters!
Hood's Sarsaparilla purifies ard en
riches the blood, and does all it Is
possible for medicine to do In tho
way of perfecting assimilation anl
building up the whole system. When
you have made up your mind to take
Hood's Sarsaparilla, insist on having
It don't accept a substitute, ior no
substitute acts like It.
The following report of the lec
ture of former Governor ' It. B. Glenn
in Leavenworth, Kansas, is taken
from the Leavenworth Times
The last attraction on the after
noon program was Governor Robert
B. Glenn's lecture, "The Remedy
for the Evil." One was of the opin
ion after his lecture had been rom
pleted that the Chautauqua was ful
ly justified in engaging him time
after time. Above other things Gov
ernor Glenn is versatile. While talk
i ing with a reporter before the lec
ture started yesterday afternooL the
Governor, who is now a member of
the International Boundary Commis
sion, looked over the crowd and said.
"Well I see the audience is composed
mostly of women this afternoon.
shall have to give them a different
talk than the one I usually give.
speak mostly, in the evening, when
there are more men present, but to
day en account of the "Melting Pot,''
I have to go on in the afternoon."
His lecture dealt with the proper
training of children, upon whom the
future general welfare of the nation
depends. According to the speaker
there are three fundamental things
character, industry, and patriot
ism, that should be developed In a
child and with that the child is able
to take care of itself. His lecture
was a wonderful mixture of pathos
and humor. Leavenworth would tike
to hear him again.
HAPPENINGS IN THE
OLD NORTH STATE
Another hosiery mill is to be built
in Albemarle.
it . ; . ,
W. S. Lineberry, superintendent of
the Soldliers' Home at Raleigh, Ws
resigned.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
The beginning of a revolution in
Macedonia is reported in a Reutcr
dispatch filed at Salonikl.
HIGH POINT 0, REIDSVILLE 9;
HIGH POINT 2, REIDSVILLE
Frank. A. Linney, Republican can
didate for Governor, formally opened
his campaign at Asheboro Saturday.
A storm at Randleman blew off
the top of the graded school build
ing. Damage estimated at about $V
000.
Owned One Just the Same.
The Ashland-Eastland correspond
ent' writes the Milton News as fol
lows: Mclver Rural Route can boast
of having two as oldl citizens, we
dare say, any other route in Caswell
county Messrs. Alfred and William
Stanley, Srs. 97 and 95 years of age.
They are brothers and never owned a
foot of land, in their lives, and say
they1 never cared to own any. They
have both been prosperous farmers,
The elder brother lives on the
lands of Charlels J. Yarbrough and
the other on the farm of Mr. D...K.
Burton, of Houston. This farm I
known as the Jethro Brown farm and
Joins that of Mr. J. . T. Ware. 1 he
older gentleman is very feeble and
almost blind now, but Mr. Willilam
Stanley is able to look after his own
farm, tho boasts of not having done
a day's work in 50 years, and whei
asked the reason, he says he has not
been able to and had never done
enough to know how. He was rear
ed an overseer during slavery, ine.
Stanley brothers say they have a sis
ter who lives in Rockingham county
who Is 105 years old. She is Mrs.
Pettigrew. Mr. William Stanley nas
four sons and four daughters. All
the sons married when they were
young, but none of the daughters
ever marriea. rne lour gins mm
two sons live on the same plantation.
There is a host of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren and several great
great-grandchildren.
Wilmington will in the near future
be the deep water terminal for the
railroad that is being built from Kin
gton through Duplin county.
Ex-Mayor John Underwood of
Fayetteville, who has been traveling
in the North, has come home and put
out the word that WVjodrow Wilson
will carry Pennsylvania.
President Wilson has signed the
child labor bill. The law becomes
effective September 1, 1917.
' It is officially announced that Brit
ish casualties in killed, wounded and
missing in August totaled 4,711 oftl
cers and 123,234 men.
The American-Mexican Joint com
mission to seek a solution of border
difficulties will meet at Portsmouth
N. H., probably Wednesday or ih.ira
day of this week.
Dr. J. W. Summers, a Charlotte
physician of some prominence, waa
adjudged guilty of nanslaughter on
the charge of performing an illegal
operation on Miss Annie Jones of
Greensboro, causing her death.
5 Francisco Madero, father of the
late President Madero of Mexico, and
one of the largest land owners In that
country, was found dead in bed at his
home in New York on Sunday from
heart disease. Ho was 67 years old.
- Four shots fired into the camp of a
Minnesota regiment at Mercedes.
Texas, from the Mexican sde of the
Rio Grande resulted In a general ex
change. About 150 shots were fired.
None of the Americans was injured.
Five additional names have been
added to the list of known dead in
the disaster to the armored cruiser
Memphis, at Santo Domingo, bringing
the dead to 41. Navy officials have
little hopes that any of the missing
men will be found alive.
A Jury in Buncombe Superior court
gave Mrs. Louise Orr a verdict of
$10,000 against John Rumbough and
others for the death of her husband,
Bart Orr. Orr was killed In Hum-
bough's garrage in Asheville about
two years ago when a gas tank ex
ploded.
C. Edgar Graham of Greenville, S,
C, has sold his home at Montreat to
the North Carolina Presbyterian Sy
nod. .It is announced that $12,000
will be expendel -in - enlarging arid
Improving the property, which will
be used for a home for ministers,
evangelists and other Christian work
ers during the summer assemblies at
Montreat.
The Southern Railway Co. plans to
spend about $200,000 in Greensboro
In the next few months in the im
provement of shipping facilities. The
plans have been made for the recon
struction of the shifting yards Went
of the city and for the building of an
up-to-date coal chute to replace the
antiquated affair which is still in
use at that point.
f General business conditions thru
out the United States continued Rood
thru August, according to the Feder
al Reserve report by the Federal Re
serve Board. Generally discourag
ing reports were received from no district.:
An even break was the best thnt
either High Point or Reidsville coulri
do in contests at Red J Park Friday
and Saturday. '
Friday's game dragged along for
the full nine innings without any
brilliant features, though Reld jvllle
played errorless ball, which enour-
aged Southpaw Harry Miller to pitch
the game of his life. He was cr -dit-ed
with sixteen strike-outs, which
established a record down Red J
way. On the other hand, Ellis was
hit hard arid he was accorded rotten
support by his team-mates. James,
for the locals, led. in the swatfast, se
curing a single and two doubles.
Score by Innings: R.H. E.
High Point ....000 000 0000 5 3
Reidsville , . . ,122 130 OOx 9 0 0
Batteries: Ellis and Pearce; Miller
and Mobley.
The greatest surprise of the season
came Saturday. How the visitors
attached that game is a mystery that
thus far remains unsolved. Reidsville
outhit them, while Ingle had every
thing on Jones in the twirling line.
He allowed only five hits and "fanned"
ten, while Jones struck only four and
was touched for seven hits. Reids
ville's base-running was far from up
to standard, and his team-mates fail
ed to give him good support.
Besides pitching a fairly good
game, Jones used the willow advan
tageously and lined out two doubles
and a single. McBane led In the hit
ting "stunts" for Reidsville, he touch
ing Jones for three.
Saturday's score; R. H. E.
Robert Fay, said to have been h i H1h Point'
former German army officer, who
was recently convicted of conspiracy
against the United States in connec
tion with alleged munitions' plots in
New York, escaped from the Fedora!
prison in Atlanta, in company with
William Knoblpch, another prisoner.
i A bandit, who gave his name as
"Jack" Evans of Chicago', held ip a
branch of the Anglo-California ank
the bandit died in a commandeeied
automobile, - pursued, by the - dank
lejleivand the ", chauffeur drove the
bandit into the . park police station,
five miles away, where he was cap
tured with the money.
Made a Killing Raising Cucumbers.
Mr. J. W. Slade, one of Caswell s
able and efficient county commission
ers, was at Yanceyvllle on Tuesday
and told The News man that his 8 bio
co-worker, County Commissioner J.
L. Wf"Ten, of HIghtowers, torn mm
that a friend told him that Mr. Gates,
who lives a few miles across the
Caswell line over in Alamance coun
ty, raised $10,000 worth of cucumbers
last year and $6,000 worth in 1914,
and has sold every one of them. The
aforesaid friend told Mr. Warren
and Mr. Warren told Mr. siaae, ana
Mr. Slade told The News and now
The News tells its many readers that
Mr. Cates houses his tremendous crop
of cucumbers In two big silos, salting
them down until he gets ready to
shin them away, and also says it re
quires nearly or quite a whole carload
of salt to furnish the brine. It is
further added that while Mr. Cates
mriimber croD Is allmost a failure
the present year, still the Ir.come
tmm ihi source will amount to a
very snug sum. Mlltlon News.
Frantic screams from an upper
berth In a Pullman car In the Raleigh
station early Friday morning caused
passengers on the car to investigate.
They found E. S. Thomas of Charlotte
attempting a criminal assault on i
young ladv who said her name was
Miss Eula Nunn, of Nashville, Tenn ,
and who had been on a visit to her
friends in New Bern. The man was
dead drunk. He is being held under
$2,500 bond.
The Senate has passed a bill chang
ing from the second to the first Mon
day in October the date for opening
of the annual term of the Supremo
Court and. revising procedure to limit
cases which may be submitted. This
will enable the court to dispone
promptly of many cases in which
appeals have been taken merely to
cause delay.
Reidsville
Batteries :
and Mobley.
. ..000 100 0102
.,..100 000 0001
Jones and Peace;
5 4
7 .5
Injl9
THE STRIKE ORDER
WAS RESCINDED
President Wilson has signed tin 8
hour railroad bill, and the strike men
ace which had hung over the nation
the past three weeks is settled for
the present at least. Saturday night
the Senate passed the eight-hour la
and the order calling the rail opera
tives out was rescinded in telegrams
flashed to all parts of the country by
the brotherhood chiefs. The inioTi
leaders are satisfied with the victory
obtained.
The railroad' executives are dis
gruntled and charge that they have
not had fair play.
The bill as it came from the Hons
was not changed in any particular.
The vote was 43 to 28. The Under
wood amendment, empowering tire
Interstate commerce commission to
fix wages and hours of labor, was
killed by a vote of 57 to 14.
The bill as passed provides first on
eight-hour day for all employes on
gaged in operating trains on inter
state railroads with same pay as Is
now given for ten hours work, and
pro rata overtime pay.
Second, a commission to be ap
pointed by President Wilson to In
vestigate and report on the effects of
the eight-hour day as applied to rail
roads. The remainder of the legisla
tive program has ben abandoned by
this session of Congress.
The vote was a strictly party one
on the. Adamson bill. Only one Re
publican, La Follette, vote with the
Democrats for the bill, while two
Democrats, Clarke of Arkansas and
Hard wick of Georgia, lined up with
the Republicans against the measure.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM
SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE
Infantile paralysis In New York
now shows a decrease. Since the be;
ginning of the epidemic there nave
been 8,199 cases and j.,987 deaths.
The National Democratic Commit
tee has made" public a statement by
Thomas A. Edison In which the in
ventor said that although a life-Ions
Republican he would support Mr.
Wilaon for re-election.
In 20 military camps along the
Mexican border 38 big Army Y. M. C.
A. buildings rear themselves above
the cities of white tents. The build
ings are centers which the men ap
preciate so greatly that their facili
ties are used to the utmost during
leisure from camp work and drill and
throughout evening hours until the
bugles sound taps.
Gov. Craig has granted a reprieve
of eight weeks to Hardy Wiggins and
Merritt Miller,' who were to have
been executed Friday. The men were
convicted of the murder of Phil Phil
lips, in Graham county. Just forty
minutes before the electrocution was
scheduled notice of the respito
reached Warden . Busbee. It was
Hardy Wiggins who had the novel
experience early in the week of be
ing taken to the - Pullen Memorial
Baptist church to receive baptism.
An Old Woman's Dream.
A Stokes county correspondent
writes that in the community near
King resides an old lady who has
been prophesying and dreaming of
the downfall of Germany in the great
war, and ten days ago she related to
sorrc of her people that there would
be a great light in the North repre
senting a sword and whilel sitting on
or piazzo resting after a day's work
and all the rest of her family had
retired she noticed a great light in
the North, so she arensed her family
from their sleep to see her grest
wonder, telling them that her vision
had come true, but her son thought
for a moment and told her this was
the great Northern light which is
called the Aurora Borealis, which is
commonly seen at this time of the
year. .
.'.'.
Take C-re of the Eyes.
"Take care of your eyes, they are
your breadwinners," is the advice of
the National Committee for the Pre
vention of Blindness in Its latest bul
letin. The bulletin says poor eye
sight means poor wages, discomfort.
diseases, and is often due to lack of
care or to improper care of the eyes.
Good eyesight, on the other hand,
means a fair chance to earn a jiving,
to enjoy life healthfully and demands
good care of the eyes.
It is stated that fifty per cent of all
blindness is preventable and that hilf
of this, or twenty-five per cent, is pre
ventable through babies' sore eyes
known as opthalmia neonatorum. Tbe
other half is due to accidents, di
seases, defects, and negligence. Neg
lect in getting glasses when nedl
or having glasses properly fitted Is
an important cause of eye trouble.
The most important symptoms of
warnings, of eye trouble are head
aches, eyeaches, blurred vision, wa
tery eyes, sore eyes or puffiness of
the lids. Any one of these symptoms
should demand the services of ac
oculist. '
Orders for the return to their
State mobilization camps of ,15.000
National Guardsmen now on the
Mexican border have been issued by
the War Department. General Fun
ston was directed to return three
regiments from New York, two from
New Jersey, two from Illinois, two
from Missouri and one each from
California, Oregon, Washington and
Louisiana.
Mayor Cox of Darlington, S. C,
was amazed when he opened a spe
cial delivery letter and found $350 in
gold certificates. An accompanyiuy
note, which bore neither date nor sig
nature, and was penciled in a ner
vous hand, read: "Have discovered
that, owing to a mistake made long
$350 belongs to the town. Just ute
with ordinary taxes." The letter was
mailed at the local postofflce.
The Senate has voted to exempt
from taxation under the administra
tion revenue bill all trust funds of i
insurance companies held In reserve !
under State laws or by contract pol
icyholders. The action followed an
unsuccessful effort made by Senator
McCumber of North Dakota, to have
all Insurance investments exempted
Thirteen Zeppelin airships took part
in the raid over the Eastern counties
of England Saturday night and Lou
don official statements say It was
the most formidable attack by aircraft
ever made on England. Only three
of the Zeppelins were able to ap
proach the outskirts of London. .Jbe
total casualties were two persons kill
ed and 13 injured.
A cotton crop of 11,800,000, equiv
alent 500-pound bales, was forecast
the past week by the Department of
Agriculture, basing Its estimate on
the condition of the crop August 2b.
That compares with 12,916,000 bales
rorecast from July 25 condition re
ports and 14,266,000 bales forecast
from conditions existing June 25. Latt
year's production was 11,191.820
bales; two years ago 16,134,930; threi
years ago 14,156,486, ana four years
ago 13,703,421. During July hevy
storms caused damage to the crop,
causing a loss In production calcula
ted at 1,350,000 bales.
Wedding on Sept. 6th.
The "Tom Thumb Wedding" will be
presented at the Graded School on
Tuesday evening, Sept. 5, at 8 o'clock.
Helen Jones and Nathan Link are .
playing the parts, of bslde and groom.
The bride will be accompanied by her
maid of honor, Julia 'Ware, and four
pink and blue bridesmaids. The
groom's best man Is Nathan Matthew
son, the ring-bearer being Virginia
Anne Penn., Billy: Hobgood Is Father
Midget, and brings the bride la and
gives her away ip. a very clever man
ner. The part of Grandfather Midgut
is played by Robert Sparrow, and
sings "When You and I Were Toung,
Maggie," In the true style of a grand
father. Theodore Matthewsou la
Grandfather Thumb and sings "When
You and I Were Young Maggie," to
which Grandmother Thumb a Alva
Stacey) responds with "I Cannot
Sing the Old Songs." The usual
wedding songs are sung "O Promise
Me," by Louise Dunn; "I Love You
Truly," by Virginia Mims; "When I
Dream of You," by Cecilia Scott. A
clever old maid song to the , tune of
"Yankee Doodle" is an interesting
feature. The closing song, "I'd I.ove
to Live in Loveland,"' s sung by Mar
garet Millner and Buster Link, to
which all o the children join In
singing the chorus. '
The minister fir the occasion is
the "Reverend" Mr. Nathan Matthew
son.' Everybody invited to attend.
Admission: adults 35 cents; chil
dren 25 cents.
Atlantic City now has a chief of po
lice on probation, Chief Robert Miller
having been ordered by County Judge
Shinn to report weekly to the proba
tion officer and pay at each visit for
a period of two years $1, In addition
to paying $15 Immediately. Chief
Miller was adjudged guilty of con
tempt because he released a boy pri
soner whom Judge Shinn had re
manded pending an investigation.
Former officers, directors and cojh
sel of the New York, New Haven k
Hartford Railroad have been mado
defendants In a liability and restltu
Hon suit for more than $160,000,900.
filed in the United States District
Court by five Massachusetts stock
holders. The suit is based on evi
dence taken at the recent trial of
William Rockefeller and other for
mer directors of the road, for crimi
nal conspiracy under the Sherman
anti-trust law.
A combined attack by French and
British forces on the Somme front
Sunday resulted in an important gain
of ground between the villages of
Forest and Clery which lies to the
South of Combles and to the East of
Maurepas, over an extent of nearly
four miles. These two places were
occupied by the French, while the
British captured a part of the village
of Ginrhy and gained total possession
of Guillemont. Thus the advance of
the Entente Allies Is closing In on
Combles, which at present Is a pow
erfully fortified Germrn stronghold.
In the various attacks launched by
the British and French upward c f
3,000 prisoners were taken.
. Clear Bad Skin From Within .
Pimply, muddy complexions are due
to impurities In the blood. Clear up
the skin by taking Dr. King's New
Life Pills. Their mild laxative qual
ities remove the poisons from the sys
tem and brighten the eye. A full,
free, non-griping bowel movement in
the morning Is the reward of a dose
of Dr. King's New Life Pills the night
before. At yeur Druggist, 25c.
Our Bustneu Build era for results
"Bill" Evans Making Good.
As was to be expected, "Bill" Evan?,
the Burlington boy who kept tho A.
and M, College baseball team on top
for the past three years, and who ihls
summer signed up with Pittsburg of
the National League, is making good
with the big leaguers. Last week he
was put in to start a game and won
it. Later in the week, when the team
got in a tight place, with the score
tied In the eighth inning, Evans was
sent to the mound by the manager -and
held his opponents scoreless for
eight more innings and finally win
ning out when Pittsburg scored a run
In the sixteenth. That he was select
ed to finish such a game shows that
the manager knows a good pitcher
when he sees him, and that Bill Is
making good will be the best of news
to his many friends here, a number
of whom sent him telegrams of con
gratulations on : his wins.
You Just can't keep a Burlington
boy down when he goes away from
home. They go out in all walks of
life and are heard from with the very
best reports. Burlington News.
(Young Evans is a nephew of Mm.
R. T. Estes of near Oregon Hill J
. Fire Near Yanceyvllle.
The News regrets to learn of the
heavy loss by fire sustained on last
Wednesday morning by Mrs. Margar
et J. Bradner and sons, Messrs. Br .ce
and Vance Bradner, when their com-"
fortable home near Yanceyvllle was
burned to the ground, together with
a number" of outbuildings and about
250 bushels ot wheat The lolss is
estimated at $4,000. and not a cent's
worth of insurance on anything.
Mtlton News.