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TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1917 THE REVfEvt: -AEtDSvii I, K. C PAOE FIVE MAY G. FITZGERALD M - - . HAPPENINGS IN THE OLD NORTH STATE The North Carolina Pharmaceuti cal Association will be in session In Asheville June 19-21. " In the Federal cdurt in Gretensboro last week the Jury returned a verdict in favor of the Old Nick William! Company, defendant in a suit in which the government was trying to collect $15,000. rHE NEWS IN BRIEF SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE O. G. McSwaln, a Confederate vet eran of Boeing. Springs, Cleveland county; had his will drawn with the proviso that if any of his heirs use whiskey or tobacco they will not share in the estate. P LAYING GERMAINE IN THE "CHIMES OF NORMANDY," COMIC OPERA BY ROBERT PLANQUETTE, AT CHAUTAUQUA. The new automobile tags for 1917 1918 are being received by the Secre tary of State. The tags are white with numbers and monogram N. C. in bright blue letters and may teasly be seen at a distance. Dr, J. W. Summers of Charlott? under eentnce of three years in the State prison for malpractice, has been granted a second reprieve of 30 days so that he can make application to Governor Bickett for pardon. ' Probably theiia is no family in the United States that furnishes as many soldiers in war as General Daniel Seagle of Lincoln county whose fath er, Daniel Seagle, was in the battle of King's Mountain says the Hickory Record. General Seagle sent nine sons to the War Betwen the States and one of them, Martin Van Seagle, was killed at Chancellorsville. The others passed through the storm with out serious wound and five of thtem are living today. General Seagle liked the presidents of the United SYMPHONIC ORCHESTRAL CLUB " i - -' fv i .v.. ' ' '' A. if 1, - f it. f "I Jgftov.-.- Convinced that creation of a food administration will bring prices in the United States down fully 30 per cent., organized Jabor will get squarely be hind the food control bills pending in Congress and urge their immediate enactment. Because of the airplane safety de vices, there were only three fatalities in the army air service betwleen 1914 and Amil 28. 1917. although the num ber of flyers exposed to risk was much larger than in the six previous years, when 12 lost their lives. Hereafter, during the war, women applicants will be given preference in filling clerical (positions In tbJe war, wavy, ana commerce Depart ments of the government. The pol icy may be extended later to cover aU branches of the government. Major Genteral Leonard Wood of the United States army, in command of the department of the Southeast will visit Charlotte this week. Char lotte has been workng bard to secure the location of one of the army camps and wte hope Gen. Wood's visit will result in a camp being located there Germany has notified the United States that she regards the 74 Amer lean merchant sailors brought in by the raider Meowe as prisoners of war and that they will be treated as such In the prison camp our government has arranged to supply the men with additional food and othJer necessities through Switzerland. Thl3 railroad war board, to which which Pittsburg coal producers asso ciation reported that the high price of bituminous coal was due primari y, to a shortage of transportation facilities issued a statement saying that during April the 85 principal rairoad moved 29 per cent more bl tuminous from the mines than in the samls month of 1916. In a running fight with a German submarine an American vessel sunk tank steamer Loreni ha been sunk Drobably in the Mediterranean. For two hous the submarine chased the Moreni which was abandoned by h)9r criew only after the vessel was set ablaze and the sea was filled with burning oil. Four men lost their lives as a result of the fight. ' Both afternoon and evening concerts will be given at the local Chautauqua by this talented musical or ganization, with Mme. Justine Shannon, prima donna contralto, as soloist. Ralph Henkel, violinist with this company, comes from the Boston Opera Company, as does Mario Mazazoni, cellist. Miss Laura Newell, harpist, is from the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra and during the past season was with Innes Band, Boston. Y Edwin A. Franklin, flutist, from the original Boston Opera Company, was soloist for seven years with Innes' Band, for three years with the Denver Municipal Band and was under the direction of Frederick Neil Innes at the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. The club's programs represent classical and standard selections, interspersed with popular numbers, and are designed to appeal to the taste of the most fastidious. Mme. Justine Shannon, contralto soloist, has a wonderful range of voice and Trill introduce opera arias in conjunction with the flute and hurp. IV ff Ml i i . u I faieste&d Lienmanl homD sons Great Plav CKaoita.uqua. Time toetyour ceacon tidcetr same old price, O 2 States and the initials of his sous either bore thhir names or the names of other patriots. There were fifteen children in the family, nine sons and : six daughtres.1 ' In addition to the motor truck com- ' pany authorized as a National Guard unit and being organized in Raleigh 'nnw It Ib onnnnn'pH at tlia Arllntfint General's office that authorization had i been received from thef organization :Of four morte unts. They are one rei ' ment field artillery, machine g ui troop, cavalry, radio company and t- gineer train. Headquarters have been I assigned all the new organizations ' except the enginteers and the. radio company. These, on account of the specialized men who will be resulted for them, are not yet specifically located. Since June 7 the British have sue ceeded in occupying the German first lne trenchtes from the River Lysto the River Warnave, and have adanced their line on a seven-mile front fm 500 to 1,000 yards. Berlin officially admits a withdrawal of the Gisrman front line between Ypres and Amen tieres east of Messnes, as announced by Field Marshall Haig Thurday. The British government has taken another stp toward the lessening of the tension in Ireland. AU the pris oners taken in the Irish rebellion earlyj in 1916 it is announced, will be released without reservation. rrte government hopes, according to its spokesman, Andrew Bonar Law, that the release of the prisoners will aid in thie approaching Irish convention Publication of the new Mexican oil taxaton decree has disclosed that by thie expedient of placing an enormous over-valuation on the crude product the Mexican goaHnment proposes practically prohibtive taxation upon exports from the great east coast oil fields, upon which the allied fleets have depended for fuel. German agents are charged with responsibility for the scheme. E. E. Carter, Mayor of Bluefleld, W. Va., is dead. Mayor Carter was shot in the stomach and Bessie Young is held by the police charged with the shooting. Her mother, Mrs. Mil dred Young, also is hbld by the au thorities charged with the complicity Miss Young confessed to the- shooting. according to Prosecuting Attorney Lee, but defended her action by say ing Carter was beating her mother, upon whom he was calling. Mayor ('art or is survived by his wife and sovoal children. The North Carolina Motion Picture 'Exhibitors League, in session at ; Wrightsville Beach, adopted a resola j tion to set aside the gross receipts of I one day each month, during the en tire duration of the war, to be donated to the National Red Cross Society for its war relief work. This will mean ;a donation of receipts from approxi- , maieiy one nunarea ana nity mea jtres in th3 State one day in ach ; month and was introduced "as a mea isure of appreciation for the action of j the Senate finance committee in ex empting from war taxation the popu ! lar priced theatres." AVhlle indivi- dual theatres have made eucb dona i tions before the North Carolina ilsague is the first State organization i to make such a contribution to the Red Cross cause. I The Review an J Bryr' Commoner $2.00 ir jenr FifrW Marshall Haig. has again at tacked the Hindenburg line, and cap tured a tiictor of the famous German position northwest of Bullecourt. The Brtish advance in mis region is the first determined one made since the end of the sanguinary fighting which resulNsd in the capturi of the town of Bullecourt by the British and is the direction of Hendecourt-Lez-Cagni-court. The Germans resisted the British stubbornly, but finally yielded after suffering hteavy casualties, ac cording to the London wtr office. Damage- to the extent of over 150, 000 was done to Bristol, Va., and im miadiate vicinity when Indian crsek, following a cloudburst about seven miles North of there overflowed its banks. Inundating the principal busi ness districts. Many people living "long the banks; of Indian creek, or dinarily a smal stream, had to flee for saflety, leaving their household effects. v.hich ae a toul loss. The water ran down State street like a "river flooding department stores, business houses and causing traffic to cease. Probably the largest individual loser va the Columbia Paper Mills, which Is said to have, been damaged between $30,000 and $35,000). Other heavy losers Included the Kenny Coffee Com pany, Straus Department store, Bris tol Botling works, and thie Bristol Seed and Feed company. Guests at a local hotel were marooned for hours, while the Virginia postoffi.ee was flood ed to a depth of several fetet. Ten citizens of Raleigh and vicin ity charged with conspiracy, smug gling and concealment, as the result of a special federal grand pury Inves tigation therte last week Into illegal liquor traffic were arrested by United States deputy marshal. Among those served with warrants was Sherwood Upchurch, former city alderman and widely known in political circles in the State. The mien were allowed bail in the sum of $1,000 each. The cases will be tried at a special term of federal court thtere ths week. Grant, Jass Jamst and Julius Castar Also Among Rscruita. Adding one more name to the list of versatile fighting men, St. refer be came a member of the United States marine corps the other day. St. Peter, whose modern prefix happens to be Le roy William, dropped into Washington from Chicago to enlist and is said to be physically perfect with the excep tion of a alight. Varicocele iu his left leg, caused by a fall. Other new recruits who promise to be excellent warriors if jjames count for anything are George Washington, Grant. Sheridan,' Sherman,-Tommy At kins, Jesse James and Julius Caesar. Caesar, who huils from Brooklyn, Is so young that it was necessary to get his mother's consent before he could enlist In the marine corps. Despite his extreme youth Julius may yet prove to be "the noblest Roman of them all." Billy Sunday's Pray, r for Victory Billy Sunday Thursday prayed, for victory in the war. "We have drawn the sword Again." he prayed, "We don't want anybody's land. We don't want' anybody's gold. All we want !s that men I la free from thraldom and brutality. "Hasten the day, Lord, when the forces that have plunged millions into war may be defeated, the nation that has g-ound up human bones to mak? fertilizer. Oh! God, don't let , tYs seeds sprout fertilizer that way. "I don't pray for them. The r? v er we damn th3m the better. Co 'j. we've got to use bullets, now, Lo.JL Bring us victory." NOTICE TO CUSTOMETS Horssa Available For War. There are now in the Uuited States only about 1.250,000 horses fit and available for artillery and cavalry serv ice, according to au estimate by E. Ray Hoskins, dean of the New York State Veterinary college. lie estimates the total supply of horses In this coun try at 2o,000.000. More than 20,000,000 of these, be says, are in active service, and 50 per cent of the remainder are too heavy for military service, while 25 per cent are too old or physically unsound. j Frequently we are asked co morning our storaga rules. Since we do not cultivated to storing plan "t srain aid ,do so only as a matter of accr.mmo.'.a tion to customers having no place to take care of their grain, and making no charge for same we feel it' to our Interest to 'protect ourstelves In the following manner: I 1. We will not store grain for spec ulation under any circumstances. If you have grain for sale we will pay market prices day of delivery. I 2. It is understood that when yon 'store grain in our elevators that we me iu griuu oaiuo, 3. Flour due of wheat left In our mill will be delivered at mill only. " 4. We are not responsible la case of fire or othJer unavoidable accident. 5. We reserve the right to refuse any grain which we deen unfit for milling or that will cause us any ex pense while in our hands. ' 6. Unless you agree to abovle rules we will thank you not to ask us to store your wheat. W. B. & J. F. WRAY Whooping Cough In this disease it is important that tho cough be kept loose and expector ation easy, which can be done by giv ing. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. P. H. Martin, Peru, Ind., writes "My two daughters had whooping cough . I gave them Chamberlain's Cough Remfedy and it worked like charm." Your Telephone Operator ! The BELL Telephone operator - j has a mission in life, and her mission is to serve you. Quickness, accuracy and courtesy are her essential qualifi cations. Frequently, she is called upon to act quickly in emergencies when cour age and presence of mind are required. 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