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VOMEN GAN NOW
ACT AS NOIARY
IN THIS STATE
Uns Kll Cnsis Creaf
Ihmm but Finiily
Passes
of
Farniijr Forges s Check is
GaughI and Placed in
m\m miMAHY bill
TELKPHOJiK t'Ol’KT SEHVU E
. S. .foues, a farmer who liv«ii
near iled Banks, was arrested last
aight and put in jail here for for
gery. He secured a blank check of M -.
S. T. Hooker and made it out payabl'i
to him signed by Mr Hooker for Lii'
sum of •$40, He bought a bill of fur
niture from Quinu-Miller Company
and gave the check as payment. This
che(!k was later turned in at the bank
where the forgery was detected.
Papers were iasued and Jones was ar-
u » V .. 1 * 1 ..-.I . rested last night and brought heri-
Mfiutor >iMfa IJitroHuceM Kill to Sun-
He confessed the forgery and $20 of
piify Form of Deeds aud Mori-
the money was recovered
gageH, New BegrlNtniUou Act
L>< PropoHed in Hou.s«
Kaleigh, Jaji. 27—The women were
Tietorious yeatorday in their flght be
fore the House, the act allowing th<!
appointment of women as notariec
I^abHc ha\*Jng passed its final reading
and having •previously passed the Sa-
i|»te, is now a law until declared un-
eonstitutiona), as many claim it will
b(», by the Supreme. Court of Nort'i
Carolina. The vote was close. 54 I'.jr
(he measure and 48 against.
The gallery was crowded with
women who aplauded vigorousi'
every point gained by their nob t
clutmpions. And when one of the
opposition drovo home an argument
there was silence in seven languages
Many prominent club women wt.ic
present, and the advocates of equa'
suffrage were there, all believing that
this was. but the entering wedge cu
what they believed is bound to como
sooner or later, “votes for women.’
BiUit Reported.
Committee reported that bill to rj-
peal public road law of Yancey coun
ty to not pass. FHivorable reporis-
were received on the following bill.j;
Abolish office county treasurer in cer
tain counties; protect game birds iii
Rob«'son; protect game in Wrrcn.
regulating hunting and li. ifj 5n
Scotland; protect fur bearing aniniahs
in Craven; repeal law in regard to
sale of partridges in Franklin; relat
ing to hunting deer in Harnett; amen,I
stock law of Macon; taxing doss iu
Duptin; repeal law a,'owing stock o
run at large in Avery; iimend sto.'k
law of Clay; abolishing office of coun
ty treasurer of Stanly; aboi sbing of
flee of county treasurer of Haructl., i Senator Naaii
Latest Reports Say Two
of British Ships in Recent
Battle Were Damaged
Had to be teweii Inte Port Alter
Engagement Was Over
roDur IS uii’s mma
Heporf Favorably Bill Allowing Slieri:Y
to So Serie Notices.
Kaleigh, .lau. jJ7-No longer netil
the high sheriff or his deputy mount
his trusty horse and notify you OJ’’
sonally to appear before the grand
jury.
Senate .ludiciary CommitU-e .No. 2
yesterday decided to report favora')).«?
a bill allowing him to phone you.
The bill follows:
"That sheriffs, constables and other
ollicers charged with the service of
any court process, other than a sum
mons. may serve the same by teU-
phone and such service shall b<* valid
and binding on the party so serve I.”
Tlie bill was iniroiiiiftid by Henaior
W inborne.
Senator Hobgood.
The pledges of both parlies iu thf
balance, pnuticaliy every Senalo"
and 'tepresentative in some form or
other having indi\idually pledge J
himself wholly i r partially Id ihr.
propo.'tilion,(luestion as to in-,
primary bill merely remains ni
form.
Senalor Nash of Orange ‘ introiiui i’c
a b,ll lo simplfy ihe form of dvids
and mortgages. The bill was i?i-
trodlU’ed l.ist week. When i)lij<,'? •
lion ap|) ared on the floor, the Son)-
loi- .troducing the measure ask' <1
U.at it be placed on the calendar a^•
a matter of special order, for noon
on Tuesday.
t4enator Ward renewed his oppiwi-
repealing act known as .Justice lojii'
and short h;‘Ul act; for relief of bher-
Ifls iuirl tax coU’ctor.;. The bill cre
ating a State purcha; ing agent rece’’.
ed an unfavorable report.
.Si-iiafe I’riKTi'diiia's,
ill a steady grind o( two hon,s
the SLMiiiie mill yesterday rolled out
a mass of lo'al legisiatiuu witi .i
spi-inMiiig of public matters lioff
and there. The introauction of an
other Stall-wide primary liiil
brought the time close at hanil foi
the thrashing out of this matter be
fore the lominittees »f the tleneral
assembly. Tl.f bill introduced y<“;
terday was the result of the coial;
rated efforts of Senator Weaver anj
German Arniy Expected to .Uake liig
Effort to iiiain u Victory on This
Ocru.sion oi' JteJolciU|S' and
Celebrating.
London. .Ian. 26. —The british tle<.l
did not escape unscathed in Sunday’.s
North Sea naval battle with the Ger
mans. The battle cruiser Lion, which
led the British squadron, and the tor
pedo boat destroyer Meteor were dis
abled and were towed into port, wtail*
one office and 13 men were killed an 1
three officers and 26 men wounded on
three of the shlips—the Lion, Tig^r
and Meteor.
This information is contained in a;i
Admiralty statement issued tonigh;
The statement denies German reports
that one Rritish cruiser and two to •-
pedo boats destroyers were sunk, b>
declaring that all the Rritish ships
engaged in the action have returm d
to port in safety.
The announcement was made ov
the Secretary of the Admiralty, whoi- '
statement said:
\o BritiNta Nhips Sunk.
".\11 the Ilritish ships and torpeito
boat destroyers engaged in Sunday’s-'
action have returned in safely to port.
"The Lion which had some of her
forward compartments flooded !>y
shells bi. 'ow the water lint*, was take i
in tow by the cruiser IndomiUib; ,•
The destroyer Meteor, which also w:in
disnblou, was taken in town by the drs
troyi-r Liberty, lioth vessels were
guarded by strong escorts of destrcy-
(srs. iU'pairs to both vi'ssels can 0!
speedily made.
“The totnl m niher of l usualt'e
anmi' ■ tin- olticei.. and men repi t' i
to the .\'Jmira!(y i..; On tlie Lion 17
meu winindei; .m the Tiger one o'!!
cur and nine men killed and three olli
cers and eiglit men wounded, on th’
Meteor fcur men killed aiul one nuin
wounded .
“U is not bt'lieved that any other
casualties occurred, but if so they will
be immediately published.
‘‘As soon as Admiral lleatty’s re
port is received a full acount w'ill he
given.’’
Kaiser's Itiiihday 'I'odaj.
Hoth Hritish and FYench official re
ports assert that all these attacks fail
ed and that the Germans .suffered
heavy losses.
The Germans admit their attack oii
the British north of the canal was
unsucceful, but say that on the south
side of the waterway their effjrts
brought complete success and that the
British attempt to recapture these
trenches was repulsed with h<a( y
loss.
These attacks followed a heavy
British bombardment of German po
sitions beyond 1.^ Bassee, in which
according to Boulogne reports one
big German gun was destroyed while
the Germans were prevented from
getting a second heavy gun into po
sition. This was on Saturday. O'l
Monday the Germans made their at
tacks, and some of the hardest fight
ing of the campaign took place. T'ac
Germans shelled the hospital at Beth-
une and wounded were removed to
Boulogne.
There has been heavy lighting to
the east and west of Craonne in Ihe
Argonne and in Alsace.
Advance in Ka><t PrmSHiu.
The Russians are making anotht;
effort to advance in East Prussia,
w'hile in Poland there has been
slackening in the fighting on both
aides for the moment. The Russians
appear to be concentrating them
selves on their offensive north of th ■
lower Vistula, while the Austro-Ger-
mans are preparing to meet the Rus
sian advance through the passes of
the Carpathians and in S<mthern Bii-
kowina.
(lornian ('riiiHor ToriMMloed.
Russian submarines in the western
portion of the Baltic Sea have tor
(ledoeii the German cruiser Gazellf
whii li however, reached port
ligbls, Waler Syslem
And Seweragi
(The following is taken from Th;
Ayden Dispatch. 2tith.)
Klsewhere in today’.s Dispatiii is
a notice by Mayor Kittrell that u
bill will be introduced in the present
session of the .Nortn Carolina Le'?-
islature, authoriz'’ , me town co}.i-
missioners of .^yden to hold un el'.i ■
t.ou to determine whether or not a
majority of the citizens of .\yden dvj
ready to issue bonds in tlie sum )f
150,000 for a system of water wor!-:.--,
electric light and sewerage.
Tho optimistic have not the slighest
doubt but that the privilege will be
graned our commistfloners to call
this election. The people who hnv-3
the welfare of the town at heart nr -
not going to leave a single stone ua-
turned in the effort to carry the lec
tion for bonds should the legislatiire
grant them power to call this election.
Of course there is going to he op
position to the 'issuance of bon'!^:
It wouldn't be human in people ii
a little persuasion and enlightmenl
on tho subject is all that is necessary
to convince part of the oppositioi;
that these commodities are absolute
ly essential to this growing town.
Let us all get our ducks in a row
right now and start the ball ,i roM-
ing. Don’t wait to see whether th-
legislature is going to give us the
proper authority, l..ets lake it
for granted that all is lovely up n)
Raleigh and -\,y '• 'i is the place wlii'i"
the work neec!' * j he done.
The Comm':a: ii,'",:-' recently accep.-
ed the plans for .a« water and light
system which were drawn by th'>
McCreary Company of Atlanta.
M AKE FOREST PILES
IP LAKtiE SHUtES
Wake Forest, .Ian. 2fi. Wake Forest
defeated Atlantic Christian College to
witrhj night on the home floor by a nia t.'n
tho assistance of a Swedish steamer. | of TO points allowing the visitors oni'’
Their activity has stopped the trade
carried on by German steamers b’.-
tween Germany and Sweden.
I'WO SHIPS LOST
COLLISIOX AT SE%
.New York. Jan. 2ti In a collis’on
near the Fenwick Shoals lightaht')
early today the American Hawaifaii
Line fro’ght steamship Wasliingtonisi’i
was sunk and the .American F*hoontr
IClizabeth Palmer, which rammed her
was abandoned, with decks awash.
On - life wa' lo t that of a wat r
tend..’. The <thi'r persons compris
ing the officers a>id crews of the two
took the floor Un its defense. He
stated that the bill which he was in
troducing aiming at tho simpliiica-
tion of d(^eds and mortgages was not
a new tiling. In essence, it is th-
same as now in use in t went,-four | l.ondon, .Jan. 2H.—Tile (Jermans who ' vessels were lan K-d in York '!i-
states of the union. It has hi'e'i the are reported from Holland to bo luaix 'nisrhl by the Hid Ooniinion Liue
I'orni of deeds and mortgages n 111! ' ing preparations for a big inilita”> steamer Han* Unii form Norfolk whicii
I
nois for over thirty years. , venture lo celebrate the Kmpei'or'. . picitni them up near the scene of the
The significant aim of Ihe bill is lo' birthday tomorrow, already have made* affident 2(^ mile.H southwest of (he
ri'duce the number of words in tl.i ^ a more determined effort than usual Delaware breakwater,
deeds from 204 to and in moi, again-it the French and British lit e.s! T|,e Wa-sini;'oiiian sank within teii
in Flanders and Norther France. They ' ,„inutes after she was struck and al!
-.1 have attacked the French to the 1-a^t, aboard were ordered to thf boats. II
gages from .')1'< to 37. When it
considered that something like
hundred tlumsands deeds are lileil ii: i)f Vptes and have made no less Ihan^Mpyer a water tender on the Wash-
North fVrolfna each year, this moans five attacks on the first division of the ingtonian was missing when the men
a considerable saving in the way of British force on either side of l,i' were mustered for roll-call on the
words, I Bassee canal. decks of the rescuing ship.
4 points in the first half and - in the
last The work of Holding at for
ward for the Baptists feaiiu'fd. Oi
the total si'ore 2t poinis vveri' regist
ered by Holding from eight goals and
Hall with seven. Hen.sley put up a
good defensive game allowing his man
only one field goal during the enti e
game and linding the basket for four
field goals himself.
The visitors were out weighted am!
out classed in every depai t in. iit aiul
were unable to cope with the spcoO.i
passing of tho Baptists. The end ol
the iirst half found the ?' oro 3ii to ■'
against them. Forty more points were
added by the Baptists ia the last hal.
wh'iie Farmer succeeded in shootint*
one tii'ld goal the score ending Ttl to
ol Sernlces lo Be
Held al fihrislian Churcli
in Hydoi
•• iieiow we give tiii! progiam wh:<ji
lias been arranged for the ilooUerto'i
I'nion of the Christian chunii lo b'
held at Ayden tttis week bcgiuniu!^
Frilday night, mwnbej’ ol good
speakers are on the program and ;i
splendid meeting is exepcted.
Friday >i(jht 7:!W
1. Song .Service and devotion .1
H, LeGrand, Wilson, X. C.
2. Sermon S, W. Sumreii, <!r,'
ton, -V. C.
Saturday .Uoruing. !t:M,
1. Song Service and devotion — i
M. Perry, Kinston. .\, il/mitc.l
to 20 minutes each, I
2, Discussion rhem’-. 'Tin
t'hurch,”
tU The <U)ur(h deiined ,1. R
Tingle. Ayden, ;\. C.
i2i The Qualifications and Uutie-
of Churcli Oflicers H, I'
Smith, Kinston. . C.
Cli The Chnrch-member froio
Baptism lo the (Trown K 'i
•Moore, Grifton, C,
I I) Duties of the Membersliip to
the m'iiiister ,1 Fred .lone'^,
Wilson, .V, C,
!.■>) Duty of the .\linistt-r to Hi~
Flock K W Smith. .Xydeo
N, C,
.\ppointment of Commiiteos.
i. Adjournment for dinner,
Satnrduy Afternoon
1. Song Service and devotion .!
\\. Lollis, Ivinslon, N.
2, Business session of tlie I'nion
.Adjournment at 4;.10
Saturda.v Mgbt,
I'rogram arrang('<l by ladies of ti >.■
C W,- B. M.
SuirJa; >luriiing,
1, .Vyden Bible .School,
2. Song Service auil i1e\iiili)n 1.
li. -Vlooro, (iriitoii, .V, i',
•i. Commui'ion ^uni li, Ua
goner, .\yden. \. (’,
1, ll::!u. Serin.ill ,F, Fred .Imi
^Vilson, N. i',
1. .\djournni< ni lor <!i:,:.('i'.
Sundik) VfirrriiKii. i:Sf*
I’.ible-School .Session llii hard B.»„-
by. District Hnpi rinii'tident, W'l, oii
N. C,
Sunda.t Muiil, T
Sermon lliiluird Baph.v, "'’ilson
N, C.
.1. .1. W .VLKKR, Pre,;..
S. WAGGONhU, Y-Mres ,
C. 11, MASHIU RN, Sc(-Trea .
The (Jrlmeslai’d Fire.
The report of the fire al Orinuslan 1
yesterday should have mentioned ti'c
fact that the bulldfing burned was a
storage house used for the undertak
ing goods and other stock. The
large brick store hou.se was not burn
ed. This fact will account for th
ymall loss and siiuall insurance.
\ Hold t.ittU .Man.
One little man came out bohll.v, this
vNoek and said he did not want to do
an.' thinr that vould build (he town up,
and pood roads will build East Ben.l
and therefore he v.as against good
roads. It is strange, but neverthele;i«i
true, when a man i asn’t anything. In
doesn't want the other man that woTka
to have anything. We thank him for
his hold stand, but we hope ho will
liavi- to help build good roads. Hast
Bi'nd I’ilot.
.\ir, Dick W'ing-ite of .\)'<len Is iq
town today on business.