9mWENVILLE 18 THE
BE^RT OF EASTERN
SORTU CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED
kND ONE. AND IS SUR
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING VOUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HA VE EVERYTHlNd TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
WB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
imtM.
Agriculture |g tb« MoNt CJl^efui, the MokI Hfalthfui. thr Most Notile Etuitlo)meiit :>l Dfna.—Groricf
WE HAVE A CIRCULA
TION OF TWELVE UUN-
i DRED AMONG THE REST
I PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
i PART OF NOHTU CARO-
\ LINA AND INVITE THOSE
I WIJO WISH TO GET BET-
■ TER ACQUAINTED WI'III
I IHESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAEE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
UA VE TO BRING TO TIIKIR
A TT ENT I ON.
OUR A DV E R T1 S I N G
'iATES ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAP UPON APPLICA
TION.
VOLUME xxxiy.
<il!KK>VIM.i;, >. < „ FHIDAV AFTKHNOOV, 0( tOHKH J:|, l!MI.
M Mlil I! TM.
Belgian Army Supported
By Allies Resisting The
Strong German Advance
First Electric light Made
Tliirfy-Five years JI90 loday
Every Available Man Press
ed Into Service—Railw^ays
Overworked Carrying .
Troops and Wounded
for Germans
W|M‘rat{«iis ill I'iif h'Hst ('uiiliiiiic-
l’r/4“niys| is IN‘|»oi'<('d <o h<* I’nicli-
cull; ill tli4‘, iliiiiils ol' tlut Hus-
siaiis Mucli FiKhtluK
1j«(Iu1i)ii, Oil. ;jl l'’iKlitluK of ilu
inoHt (IcHiii riili' rharacU'r Is la pro-
Ki'*>Ks ill West I’laiuliTs anil Xortli-
wi'HttTii Kraiifi‘. Tilt' Iti'lKians army,
siipiiorti'd liy the alliis, is lioliiiiih
tsUil)bornly to the lino of the river
Yser, aiiil ihiis far has lialtcd deter
iniaed efforts of the (iennatis to ad
vaiu’e ah)HK tlie coast.
'I'liis in aiiiioiineed in Ihf Kreiicii
ollii'ial coiiinnniii'atioii Issued yester
day afltTiiooii and is admitted in the
report of (ierman Keiu’ral lieadiiuart-
.■rs wliii ii nays lighting lias been K<>in(;
oil since Sunday in the vicinity of Xleu
port, which stands at the crossiiiK of
the river near the sea.
Further to the South, the allies arc
attenipliiiK to advailco toward Klllle
for the relief of that city, which has
been in Oerinaii liands for sometime.
Tiiey also are pusiiing on to the North
and South of Arras. Their efforts
.sesterday to advance on Lille, wher('
tlu' (lerinans hold Btrong positions
wt're repulsed, according to tlie <5er-
iiuin report.
Tfi tile Soutii, at the iieiid of the
line the (iermans continue furious but
futile attempts to lireaii the French
line. Along tiie Meuse in the ICasI
Hccording to tho French account
(Jerinans have failed to repulse the
French who deixtuclu'd aloiiB the ter
ritory in wtiich is sittiated the ('amp
l)i‘S lioiiinaines, now in the hands of
the (iermans. in an attempt to cut out
tiiat portion of the (lerman aruiy
wivicli is thrust towards St. Mihiel.
(leiierally speakiUK the French
claim to have made progress at vari
ous points along the front. Taris
reports that tlie allies liave destroyed
ISfteeli (lernuiti siege guns, near I..a-
l)nHsee and a battery of (icrman iieavv
artillery in the environs of St. .Mihiel.
Suprfni(> StruKtfle in West
llotii sides are iiringiiig reinforcn-
ment to the West front, where a su
preme struggle is on. The (ierman.i
are not bringing new troops from III
Kast but are throwing every avaiiable
man in lUdgium into tlie tiring line
They seem to have thtJ railroads work
ing well, although they must hav
liei‘11 seriously damaged during the
liattles of August and September
Troops are being transported ovr
emieavors are iiiuile to carry position;*
by assault.
(ierniaii and itussiaii feporls agrei
tliu thu situation in tli<‘ Kast has not
changed, altiiougli the arniieB are in
close toiii'h along lli<! Kasl I’russiaii
frontier and across i’olund and Ga
licia. In ('inllcia, however, the Aus-
trians claim to have repulsed Uussiaii
attaciiH and to lie muiting progress in
their campaign to drive out the in-
vailers.
Itiisslaiis lleslroj h'oi'ts.
'I'lie llufisians, on tht> other iiaiid
say they are taidng large numbers
of prisoners. Heavy fighting is goin;;
on around I’rzemysl and the capolas
of the forts surrounding tho town
says an Italian corrc^spondent iiavc
been destroyed by tlie big ItusRian
seige guns while the forta liuve bee.i
mined and disniantU>d and the inaga
i;iiies blown up. The town itself, how
ever, has not been damaged.
ritOSl'Kn OF I'KVt'K
IN MKXKO DiU
Washington, Oct. I’O ilecent devel-
opnients, it l>ecame liiiown timiKlit
liave shaken the belief of otllciais lj«“ie
tiiat the contest iietweeii Carranza unit
Villa for control of the political witua
lion in Mexiccj was about to be ad
justed.
Iti'ports that Villa had moved a large
force into the vicinity of Ai;uas Caii-
eiites and had atteiupted to coerci
peace conferetice delegates, were doubi
ed liut a more oerious view was taken
of (lisimtclieH announcing that Carrai;-
za had repudiated tlie claim of tli.'
conventiou to soverigii power in Mex
ico.
There was no ollicial conlirniation
of this or of reports that the first chief
had (li'clared he would deliver tlu
executive power only to a man elected
l,y the people; but otllciais admitte 1
J \|{ III I I, I.An VI HS
< IIOOSi: OFFK FUN.
\\ ashlnglon, I). Od. The
•Niirlh Carolina delegation of lawyers
will) are alleijding lln' niei'liiig of tlin
.Aiin rii aii Bar Assoi iaiion, today re-
I'leiteil their r<‘presental ives in tie'
iialional body. W. I’. Ityiiiini was re
elected as a member of the general
I'Oiiiicil and Col Harry .Skinner wa:!
ri'-eleili‘d as vice-president for the
Sliite. The memhers of the local
council were also electi'd.
\'isitors today included lien K. has
sili r, Oxioi'd; 1C. 10. Uaper, i>ei;ing-
tiiii; 'riioiiias S. UolllnH, Asiieville:
(ieneral Julian S. Carr, Durham; M,
F. II. (iouverner, Wilinlngton, and
Colonel .lohn I<''. lirutoii, Wilson. 'I'ho
la.-it two are directors of the Federal
reserve liaiik for the sixth dlstrii t and
were iiero at a nu»«aiiig of reserve
bank ofllciulg.
'I'lie following North Carolina posi-
inasters were iioniin.-iti'il today:
•inlius llridger, Windsor; 'I'honiav^
C. Frisliee, Hot Springs, and Millard
!•'. Hales, Wendell.
riM SIDK.XT DKM VFIIS
AUnitFSS T<> I.VWYFKS
Washington, I). C., Oci. 2n Im-
priiveineiit of tlu! law from within I.)
stem the present tide of popular
<riticisiii, was the keynote of the
tirst day's session of tlie Anu-rica'i
liar Association here.
I’resident Wilson, in his address ol
weleoiue, pleaded for the huroanizinf!
of the law by incorporation of more
justice and Ipsm citations in legal
cases. Former I’resident Tall, speak
ing to the Judges of the country, gath
ered for till' first time in the history
of the country in formal meeting,
emphasized the necessity of remov
ing delays in litigation. Associate
.Tustice Mclleynolds. of the Supreme
Court, urged the Judges to giv
alltMition to public opinion.
At toaiglit's session of the Mar As
sociation, Senators ICliliu llool
speaking of the ••l.ayinen's criticism
of the lawyer." suggested lawyers
should apply the rules of evidenci
with more regard to common sense,
and might well avail Iheniselves ot
experts assistance.
The day’s program was concluilid
tonight with a reception in the i’an
American iiuilding at which ( hiel
.lusticc While and Associate .lustice^
of the Supreme Court were hosts,
lleports of committees and a pilgri-
Ninety-Seven Hew Memtiers
Join the I W. C. i. Ht
Itie Training Scliool
Tlie folluwiiig anil le li;is Iji i ii Iihi.mI
id us for piil)lie;ition liy .Mr. I..
Holeii who if: in chargi' <il rln‘ elei lri-
eal deparliiiiMit of 1C. II. I.'vaii;-, geiii'-
ral coiit nn'ior.
We ail' niaring Um' lliiriy-lifUi
hirlluliiy of lie- electric i mcainli si'ent I
light inVbiilid and piTfectiil by a.i
Aiaeriran tiorii elect rii'ian. who
known ilie world ovit as lie' atirailiv ijiitiire when ili" >i|il
scientilic I'lid rician yet proilui i‘U. i nn'nile rs. dri'sseii in wliil'-, iiiau le il in
ThoniaH .\. Kdison. 'I'lii.s first light Ilornied an aij^le, ihroUKli '’.hicn
was prodiii i'il by l-Mi.'^oii im the L'lsi | inemhi-rs passed to (h< iro'.it
day of Oi'toher ISTli. On that day seats.
made and burned iiis (ir.st electriej ’111'' cliiii liaiure ot tho >ir\iC'-
liglit which consisted of a glass ball!"a^< a talk liy .Mr. Wilson, who re-
containing a carbonized cotton thread pr'sented the l ai iilty .Ad\isor\ Hoard.
(Ill .<iiiiday i vi-iiiiig a h.aiiliiiil "iii-
iluiiiv" .^i-rs ii i.‘" wa.-j li' l'l .It lie
'I raIniiii' S' lioul wii'-n !hi- iii -.v ne ni-
of ili'-\'. W. C. , ui'Te hrouglu
iuii) Jill) nil iiibi rsliip v.iiu i!n' as^ocia-
linn. Till- iii'W ini'iulii i'shi|) .iinounteil
In niiiily-si'Vi'ii. wliii-li is lie- larg'--:
liUiiilM'r liii' a.-:soi ialion lia> liil%'‘ii in ai
Dili' tiini' (luring its history. Ii form
III all atlraeliv Ijiitiire when 111
Mis siiliji-it was ■■iieginintigs" in
di veloping the importance of begin
ning life aright he commenileil tho.-(e
v.lio iuive begun tin ir school life in
le w iiivironnn'iit by joining an organi-
ziiiion. He said they had taken upon
themsi'lves an obligation and a res-
piiii.sibli'; till- success of the assoiia
lion (U peiiils upon i vfry itnlividual
member, tliereiorc eai h oni' has a ilu-
ty to perform for every otln r one,
lint he also said that it was a privilege
as well as a responsibility to be able
lo touch the better side ol lit<‘ and to
help ill the foundation of moral char
acter. lie closed by congratulating
the sliiileiits on tlii'ir choiri' and ex-
pressi'd till’ wish that tln'V make this
yi-ar the lest yi-ar of the V. W. C. A.
The spi'cial music, wbii h was givi n
by a picked choir, was exi i'llent.
On Friday evening, at the reguhi:'
pra.^■er nieetiiig hour, there was a pn -
leminary servici' when the pri'siibi'l
formally recognizi d tlif lu'w members.
KiK t.S.SOI HIION
they did not regard it us unlikely that t»nKe to Afount Vermon will feature
interruption of the work of tho Aguas
('alientes convention was due to such
a (^auae. Some interpreted the ad
Journment, ostensliiiy to await the ar
rival of Zapata representatives, as
really to allow sotiio of the delcgate.s
to confer with ('arraiizn and determin ■
what the course of a<-lioii siimild lie.
IIKI'OT IS Itl'llNFU
AT
Fire yesterday morning destroyed the
Atlantic Coast l.ine depot at Williams-
ton. It is learneil tiiat the baggage
room was well filled with valuablea,
them ami Hutch sources report tha* | aniong them being sample trunks of a
train after train of wounded is iieiiu hardware sale.sman valued at a very
taken back to (iermany.
ill tlie fighting in this optn country,
iiigh price. .\o particular.s have been
It'arned of the tire, as to how it start
where the men liave not the protec J ed, nor the exact ai'iount of the damge
tiiui of 4'laborate entrenchments the though it is understood that the build-
losses must be heavy, espci ialiy where ing with its contents is a total loss.
tomorrow's program.
I,iiri(i‘ 'I'dUaceo Hreak.
A largo amount of tobac<o is herf
today, several of the warehouses hav
ing all they can handle. Sales will be
blocked as if will require a great
part of the day to dispose of the to
bacco that was not sold Monday. In
dications are that the .sales for tlll^!
week will lie up to the usual number
of pounds.
a vacinini, a very crude affair Wi-
must admit, but the basi.s on which in*
worked to perl'ect his plans iiii i
make it a <i)mmercial success, in bi.i
further experiments he used lirst
platinuni wire as ;i lilment. wliicli in
creased the eandlepower but was too
expensive, later he used a strip of
lambs pith wlilch had been submerged
ill carbon with splendid results. It
h:is taken months and years of hard
work to bring the eli etric light to it <
presi'iit perfection whiili is shown iti
bis ningsteii niazda and nitrogen tilled
lamps. Think of it, thirty-live years
ago it was candle and oil lamps, if we
could get them. If we in our beauti
ful city of (ire«‘nville wi re (o be cm
off from our electricity one night, our
cliiii'i'hes, theatres, i luhs, homes ai.d
our well lighted stre.-ts would be In
darkness, and w(‘ could then appre
j'iale the competi'iicy of Hit* electrical
engineer who maintains our lighting
service.
•lust after the Columbian World'.-^
i;.\p.isition at Chicago at tlie National
JCIectrical convention 1 lieani Mr. Kdi-
son speak, lie had been congratulated
on being such a smart man in con
sideration of his electrical llevelop-
nieiits and he made this remark, "It
does not re(|tiir»* a smart man to be an
inventor as invention is'liut discovery"
lull it re(|\iires study and time to jkt-
fect. I’rof. Steinmetz, the Cencral
ICIei trie Company's most relied uiuiii
consulting electrical engineer say.s
‘•111 Mr. iCdisoii we have a man who 1.-
iioi all theory but practical." lA)ok
wliiit our Mr. ICdison has done tor us m,.,,.,] of i..aw Kxaminers.
• nil side of the elctric light, he has
pirficled the dynamo which makes
fleitricily for light and power, he
has Iierf.'cted the diipb X telegraph
system so that four tinssages can be
seiil over the same set of wires at
(lie same lime witboiii iiiterlerring
be luiK perfected the modern moving
piitiiri’ machine, also ibe jihonograph
anil storage battery.
You see there is iiolliing impossible
as long ;is we do nol try lo go beyond
the laws of nature.
l ilt' Soeiely of I'lei l rical Uevelop
nient is making an appeal to all cities
of our nation to make a tlemonstralioii
of their appreciation lo oiir grand ohi
man, Thomas A. ICdison. Ijct our city
of tlreeiiville respoiul. if you have a
factory or plant let your whistle
siiiind eonlinuoiisly from noon to
12ring: your bells and blow your
auto horn and let everybody boost
Kdison day.
msion iiis
Was Prominent and Well Known
Citizen oi Pitt County, Br.lfier
of Secretary Crimes
SUDVIVfD BV YOyie WIff
At<‘liisoii I’rodiipe .Show
Ati’hlson. Kan.sa.s, Oct. 21 Tho big
produce show of the Commercial (Tuu
of Atchison opened this morning, and
a liig gathering of producers arriveded
early. Tho exceptional crop yield of
this section was a common cause of
re joii ing. and prosperity was reflect
ed not only in the profusion of excel
lent oxhlbita, but In the enthusiasm
of thi‘ visitora at the fair.
( Ai’T. itoiii:iM' i:. i.i:e ii.t.
Hicliniond. Va . Oel lf» -Capt. Uo-
bert !■'. I.ee, son of (!en. Robert F.
lice. ihe ConfediTale commander, is
seriousl.v ill at his home "Uoman-
coke," King William county, accord
Ing to word reeeiveil here by relative.i
today. Capt. I*ee entered the Con-
fi'derate army as a private in the
artillery and foiiglit in
battles.
Meel** at ^^asliington to Kiscu'-'i lin-
portunt Question.
Washington, 1*. Oct. "ii —Ihe
annual meeting of the .American liar
Association which opens lure today
was preceded by sessions of subsidiary
organization attracted lo \\ashington
by Ihe convening of the parent body.
Robt. M. Hughes of Virginia, ad
dressed the sei tioii of legal edm ation
on "The Historical Evolution of the
1. Mau
rice Wormser of .\ew York, read a
paper on "liar ICxaiiiinatioiis" thnt
said too many definitional and infor
inational nuestions were aski d I'resi-
dent Charles A. Hoston. of Nt w York,
coniinenting on this paper told iif 'i
test of th<‘ value of inforniational
ilUi‘stions applied to a gathering ol
Ib.' most siieeesstiil niemb'rs of the
association Only one or two were
certain how I.owfll spelled "lligelow
ill writing the "lligelow papers' !ie
said, and not one could tell thr ii.une
of the Ui publicaii candidate for Vie«
I’resident in
Solii'ilor .losi'ph W. Fidk, of the
Interstate t'oninierec Comnii.ssion ad-
di .-“ed the association of attorni'ys
gi iii He emphasized the weakiu'ss
of the States in enforcing laws and
their turning to the Federal govern
ment for relii’f. as shown in the white
salve and in the pure food law.
The program ot the association on
■'.Military l.aw" was cut short by Ihe
decision of several nrnty ofTicers not
(o read pajiiTs in view of I’ri'siilen;
Wilson's recent orders against com
inent on tlie Kuropean war.
I lie (Hdc't Son of I he l.ate t.ciieral
Hr)an (irinie‘> and ^a' Kimaged
iu Kariiiiiig at (Jriiiif'-laiid
Kuiieral in a'hiiigtnii
Ciiloiii l Alston Crimes, one of tiiis
county's most iiidui'iitial ami proniin-
111 eitizi iis, diiii yi-sti rday in Hie hos
pital al '.Vasliington. He was ihe iddest
son Iif till' late (ielieral Hryan Crimes
and is a brother of .1. liryan (Irinn s,
Sii r.'tary of Stiiii'. In his ifi-ath thi
eouin.\ lias lost one ot it^ Miosl vaUn-'f
sons and bis many irieiids will leai i
«iih .'orrow of his ilealli. Hi‘ Viis a
niiist sii. eessful business mall, ,iros-
pi rous iarnn r. a kind neighbor .uul .i
Worthy son of liis aged niotber. lb
was ilit-iiiii liy a man of liis wunl. iiis
promise uas as good as his bond auo
in all oi bis dealing- with bis fellmv
nii-n le l oiuinandeil ilieir ri'spi i t and
I I iilidi-iiee. He liv. il at tin- old lioiiK-
sti'ail ot his father witii his motlu r,
.Mrs rbarlotte l!r,\an Crine s. who still
survives him. He was married o;i
.liine ;;iiih of this >tar to .Miss Anna
H. l.awn nei'. of -A\di n, who afti r only
four months ol marrii'd liti- is i«'
ri'av.'d of a faithful and ib vot<d liu>-
baiul. '
Mr. lirinies was a im niiier of om* ef
the oiliest and inst known families of
this part of tin- Stuli-. They have held
positions of tru>l and risponsibility
and have alwa>s bei'ii ready to aid «iii>
worthy cause for the iipbiiiiding of tie*
count y.
Of his brotln rs and ;-isli rs who siii
vive him art .Mrs. .\ltred Williams, ot
Ualeigh: Mrs I'raiik Hai kett. of .Voi'.i
Wilki'^boro; Mrs. W C Rodman, o;
Washington: Mrs. S i''. .Mi'rdiiai. id
lUirhain, and Miss Susi.' Criims. ^t
(Irinii'siand. and .Mi ssrs .1 ii .Uiiuus.
and W ill Diiusie. uf \\ asliliieteii. and
.1 l!r,\an Cirinie-i. of i:ali"!;h.
To till' lii'riavi d faliiil,' and rilatlMs
we I'Mi'Ild our d'i I'l st .Apressioiis el
syiiipaib> in ihi- llii'ir hour 'd' sorr.-w
I'h.' fuinr.il «,is h.’ld troni .<i.
I'l'li r'^ ICpisropal I liurrli al Wasiiin;:
Ion al M I'I'bii l> ibi"; morning, eoii-
dint' d b> till' ri i tor. lo'V. Nathalie I
Harding, and tlie intirinrn' wa- at
(; rinll■^land.
Mr. tirimi'S was prominently idfi:-
titii il with the si'crct and frati riial
orders of this c(mnty and ti'ol, a b ail
ing part in their exereiMS. lie «;i< ■»
nieinber id' the iienvilb ('l.apnc
Koval .AreU ila-ions.
I.ost Trunk In Fire.
A. n. Windham of tho Allaiific Coa -I
Kealty I'ompaiiy had the misfortune
to lose a trunk in the lire (hat destroy-
Montreal 'id' 1 iiciiiplo>cd.
.Montreal, Oct. J1—Arrangi uu nfq
have been ronipleted to put. to wiirlt
next week CO.OiMi nion who arc out oC
work in this city. The city govern*
mi nt has offi'red to hire these men foe
six weeks, and use them on Ihe pubr.f^
works. 'I'iic board of control is bus.V
mapiiing out tho work, and nil see-
tions of the »ity will be touched up
during the campaign. In addition to
the boon of employment wliidi tin''
workers .soughf, it was docided fd
raise the pay £nm\ $2.23 per da> t.'i
$2.r.O pt r day, despite many protests
numerous'(ij tji,> Williamston Railway station! on aecount of Ihe stringency of waj(
hast Monday night. [times.