l^lhnau
GREENVILLE IS TIBS
HEART W EAaTBRN
SORTll CAROLINA. IT BAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED
iNP ONE. ANlf IS SUR-
ROUNDE/) RY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HEBE FOR VfE
UA VE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
; t>OB A N 1> NEWSPAPER
PZANT.
i t
Aifrrtcii'lttti'c Is tli« Miifiit ITsefiil, Mr UealiMula tbe Slwot Kul»l« Sf)tn.—0«<rr9«' Wnsli1u$ton.
WE HAVE A CIRCVLA.
TION OF TWELVE UUN-
\ DREI) AMONG THE HEST
j PEGPIE IN THE EASTERN
\ PARI OF NORTIJ CARO-
i LINA AND INVITE THOSE
j WHO WISH TO GET BET
'S TER ACQUAINTF.O WITH
I THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
i BUSfNESS WAY TO TAKE
1 FEW INvnEH HP.iCE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
'IA VE TO BRING TO THEIR
ATTENT I ON
O UR A I) V E R T I S I N G
•iATES ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
fOLlM® XXXIV.
v. Friday
AMKI!>OON. H IUnMJV il!,
Russian Defeat in East
Contirmed by Late Dis
patch From Polish City
Sindenburg Repeats His First Suc
cess intlie Mazuiian
lake lisiiion
URGE NUMBER
sun mwM
AppropnaltOR Rill With
out lUlucIi Opposition I
l>t I’ralctl i>i .\iiMlriiiiis l{i'j>orli'(l in l£i‘-
ufoii <)i' .Uouiitaiiis
VVIa'iv ('<>iit<‘i)iious i'
Uoiiii; Wiiuoil K<ir rass«“.
Suwalki, I'liland. Saliu'cUiy,
iVia Berlin ;ni(l I’d) -■
Tlio (ii'i niiiii I'on’fs uiidi'r Ki ild Mai-
^lial Voii lliiiilciihurf;, li\ haict tiRlu-
ing ami oxtraiirilinary inarclu's, in-
tii'lf.; such a KtriUlng uctVai oiim'lh '
Hussiun opposod to them in the re
cent biitlli! ol' Uk* Miizurian Lakcj
country, that the lluSHian ri'mnani.-i
are a noKliRblo quantity in the opern-
t:«ins now in progresa. The IJussiann
killed and wounded in four days
Hgliting are estimated at liO.OOO men.
Over t'0,000 ItussianH, out of a total of
150,000 ensuKed, are prisoners in (!er-
man hands.
The lighting hus been deseribi-d a;-
the February campaign in I'iist Prus-
iiia and North I’oland, and it is re-
narded here as a second Tanneti-
berg.
The Itussians. loniposins thi^ Tenth
.^rmy. were c.i,- .umdi'd by t!erenyl
Hievers. By sui|'‘''.i- use of the ra.I
roadii at his dii<i)> ■ ■ and by the sac-
’•ifioe of entire battalions in order to
bring off a few gunH, he succee<leU in
saving a greater part of hts artillery
but no fewer than tiO.OOO of his ITiO.-
•00 men and already are c'ounted
among (lerman prisoners, while the
Kussians killed ami wounded in the
four days battle and the subsoquont
running tights are estimated at ;>0.
ftOO men.
'I’on Thousand Sun'ounded
In Kuwalki there could be heard
yesterday and today the sound of ar
tillery from a swampy region to the
southeast, where an isolated Hussia’i
dvision, perhaps 10,000 strong, liai
been completely surrounded, but stu'
is offering resistance. Several thou
sand more Russians probably still ra-
niain in small scatterel bands or a>'
wandering as stragglers within thv>
ring which the, tlcrman troc'ps have
now eloseil around the woods a
.\iislrians .ind C.Tiiians at sever;-!
points ell ihe wi'sl.-rii front are claiii'-
i'<l liy llie Uu>'iian^; in an olliciul I'oiii-
nnniieal ion is,sii.'(| |a..l nielli- It
slateii that in I'usliTn (lalieia, soiit'.i
ea;-.t Ml' Siatiifiaii. luo Aii:'triaii li" - ;
gaili'M were ilriv.'ii oft with the loss*
of ]irisontT:'. itii’lniling 20 otli'
Mid several ilKicliiiic ^iinw. The I'oiii-
nmnii'atieii follows:
■■l''i.tlll iiiK eoiititiiie- on Ijie
tmiiU ol' till' llohf aiiil llie Narew i>
isoiateil ellgagelllelll- .\ll rln'oullfer
of secotiilary iniiiortaiiee nei-urrej
ii":ir <'iriuliio on the Uypskov mail in
wliicit Ur attaeUel the (lernuui-.
'Till' (,'tins of llie t'urlress were iim"I
actively and elTeetively in thr tiglitii;,;
in tlie Ossowetz district. On tlif rn.i 1
from l.oniza we look .ledwabno after
a fierce combat. The enemy took th-’
offensive in considerable force in the
I’r/.nsnysz region.
MI{S, \\. f. ( (If KICK (I., Oh
vuM'.m KM)s HKi{ I.in:
Wasluiigtoti. ii'eh. li:j - Without a dis
s>i iUitig vote the senate today passed
the anuy appropriation bill I'aryiii.-;
appro.xiiuately >'.!0:1,Moh,umm, while the
hiub;e pa.iseil tlie .-;'i;,iMiM,iiiiii furtitica-
i I ions hill.
The only il. liaie i,n tli - ariuv bill
laieil to action uf the seiiati' i,v)inmit-
ti-i in striking out. of tiir liou-i- bill a
proviuion whicli would prohibit the
use of slop watches and other socall-
e:l scleiililic si'.op tiiunamiuent nieta-
i.’il;. in t;ovi-nin\i'ius plat.-; and deny -jp
I.Tiipriatioiio for pavnn iit of bonuses
to employe. Smators liu.i'Jios, Mar
aud others urged restoration o;
Neutral Boats are Sunk
Along With The Others
By German Submarines
Washington, l<’eb, :J:!. .Mrs, W. K
t’ockrell, of Dalniy. \’a.. jumped in! >
the (devator shaft of the Wasliingto'i
tnonumenl at a landing near the I'la
late today, and fell to the bottom, uior,’
than 500 feet below. She left a tiote
addressed to her husband saying s!i.'
was sure she could not recover froi.i
an illness.
Her bmly "as crushed by h(riki;tfC
the sides of the shaft on the w'ly
down, and she was dead befoi’e reacv-
ing the bottom.
The district coroner issued a cer i-
ticate of death by Buicido. Mrs. (’ock-
rell's farewell note left in tile ri'ot.
ment said slie ri'alized she was a "bur
den” to her husband.
It was the lirst time the loweri.nr
obelisk, which was opened to the pub
lic in ISSS an<l has been visited hy
millions of Americans, had been t)ie
scone of suicide.
Bill Gels Thro'dyl] iVilliQut Serious
Opposition lifter Hmendment
is Idopted
Noi mm li SENA1E
lii
till' provision, while Siiiiator Root
made an apeul for the rewarding of
ambition. The I'oinniiite was sus
tained.
Uidther ( hild l.abor Hill Iiitrodui-
ed. ('(iliodii Mould I’eriuK Wimien
to Vdle at ri(y Klectlons ti\
.Vnu'iulinent
■ i;ak'ifiii. Feb. Ill .Sonii'u!,at Ijaller-
I'll Ihe Slate llighsvay ('onimissioti s; t
jiiircugh the iiouse yestenlay .uid ti'.'.v
I -
! goes lo till' Senati' for cunsideration
The house appropriation coiuimtle,' - - , ,-,i • , ,
ihe original bill carried with it a.t
completed the general delicinecy b‘ll
the last of all these annual sup|)ly
measures of Congress. The estimates
covered in the bill aggregated $9,000,-
000 from which a conslderalile cat
was made. The bill probably will li '
reported tomorrow.
After disposing of the army biP,
the senatt- began coiiHideratiou o£ tlie
post-otlice appropriation mensurc
(■arrying .'f317,945,8tjr>.
Sl’KAKKK KMMI IT WOOTKN
IS CKTTIXJ Mn:i V
llaleigh, Feb. 'JS - Speaker ICnimeit
K. -Voot n id proneunced to be '•more
liiinscif,” today tl’an at any time sine-
the accident, t'lough it is yet too eariv
lo d. termine i..e seriousness of intei'-
nad injuries sustained.
Dr UiilHTt A. Hoyster said when
asked for the latest developments'
“Mr. W.olen’s condition today is sat-
1U‘ liad a very comfi'ftabli'
Wood to riiii rananin l>ci'en>i)'>.
Washington, i'’eb. '24.—To perfc •
the detail- of the plans for the defens-
of the rtinama Can , ioi Geuer:'i
Leonard Wood, commanding the le
partinent of the I-Jast, wi’t sail to.
Panama within a week or ten days.
Th(>re is much difference oi’ opinion,
it is said, as to how the troops si lu'.d
be stationed on the Canal, and as to
whether a special department should
bi' created for its defenie.
The minimum jieace garri.-.on of tie
<anal as provideil for in liie plan- o.
the general statV wi'i consist of thn"
rei^imi'iits of infantr> a i.,axi,iiiim
■■ 'iii^th, on<? V: it:‘'’.ioii of ...til-
lery. one squin'ron ol' cava''v o e'
signal i'ompany. one enirim r < ai
pany, one ambulanc.' ceni''a.iy. o.i
field hospital and ei^liti'on con.|'an;e.
of coast artillery. Tt ' >ri ■ « '
amount almost to a i'iv!'»i(in in if
is urged that a dcpartn'i. nt - hi 1 ' e^
created for the canal /on , itli a' Ihe I'lrst ni'i'u ;•
Major General in command. Si'veial was iieid l i a niehi
plans have been discussed b; ti'e War
I'epartment tor a clianpe in r' sta
tioning of the troops so tlia- they
would be better prepared lo defend
I
appropriation of ?;!0,000 annu.'illy and
had a favorable report from oilh lae
committee on public roads ami turn
pikes and (he appropriations co;iiniit-
tee but the llousi? would hav ' killed
the measure before they woul i allow
such a large appropriation and the
sum wa.s reduced to ifUl,000. still Ji
members refused to voti^ 'or ii.e
amended bill hut 09 fa\ored it i pas
sage and it passed its third reading,
■lartis Cuuiil}.
The tirst new county bill oi *'u
session was introdiu'eil yesterday, init
it does not se. ni to be the di-p'jsitio’-
of the Legislatur.- to create any P’ore
i new I’ounties. This bill provides f li
the creation of Jarvis county frot.i
portions of Harnett, Sampson, Cum
berland, aiul .lohnston. It has been
christened with an honored name,
but the politics of t!ie proposed cout
ly is said to be of the Sampso.i
brand.
ri'o\ide ( oiniiiuiiil> Home.
Mr. l.anghinghouse ntroduced an
importaiit I.Ml whicli provides for a
ceij 'iiui'.ity home tor the aged and
iiiii"u i.t' tlie courties coniprisin.. the
rsl coi'gressii'Ual distriit. It pro-
\ides tbiit these couiifie sliall aliol-
ish th'.'ir prese,it. coutit homes and
all jc.iii fi .L'ether and iui.kl a coinmu
iiiiy home :'t some centi.ii point.
i iu,’!.! Ill i;\
Kl
in; VI M IV
Hini.iiiKli.iiu. .Ma., I'’<'li. ”1 Tli'r ■
lllllllelll i'ieil UlU'SIS lost tiii'ir livi--
vvli. II tire d -^troyed ilie W indsor Ile-
li'l lieri' this niorning.
I'i'a 1 .-itni'es and other Imiliiiii.i.'.'
iii-ar till' lioti'l Were burned. It is e.-i
lliated the I'lss will I'.\eri'd
Tl.e Windsor Hotel is a stnall one In
the lieari of the eity, ocenpyiiig oiO' ii
the iildesr biiildings iti liirniinnhani.
i-'n-" v.ri'cU.d the strui'tur'' alnios'
lOMioi'iely aii.l it. i.-^ probable that
oilier bodies ;ire in the debris whie'-i
is ])iled high in the shell of the build
ing. It is not known how many p i;-
ple wen in the buildin.g when the ti:''-
begun but police are trying to get a
cheek on those known to hav,- been ie
till hotel.
Sues Widow oi' Trusted Hook-Ki'cpei-
■Norristown, Fa., Feb. 21. ■ Mrs. .!
J. Dallas, whose husband was kill"d
in an electric car accident, has been
substituted for him to defend the suit
brought b>’ L. I’. White, a I’hiladi'^lpliia
.U'Meler to .reciner .stiiiie.
whii'h is claimed to have been missin'-:
from th»> tirm's receipts while Dallas
was tlii’ trusted book keeper.
It was while the suit was bein,;
heard that Dallas was killed. He la'
ril'd 000. life insurance, lly airr"e
ment of council the casf wiis c.ni-
tinued until today, anil the widow wa--
substituted for her husband in tU.’
suit.
■ hsrican floats Sufik flow Hunilier
fwo-lll Sfii;pi(!0 in Useat
Oanger
my 10 im iw
Mr l.eon H. Hives came in last
j night from Henderson to spend a few
days with his mother. Mrs. W H
Hives on Kigbth Street.
.Mr. N. I’l. Hutchinson of Kib'iUon
is in town today.
;li; Si ■
ture of IhesG wanderers is expe«t.'
here and is regard* d as merly an
client in a campaign t.< which ti. •
grt*at sueee>s is called onl>' the P"C-
lud('.
Cermaii n'ilitary mi'ii '>t St.walki
do not believe General .-^icver;! wMl b'>
aide to brins any of bis troops safi'^v
t) hind th > fortres; at Crodno i
.safety whii'h rnn not be of
iluration.
Aiistrliiiis I'fiml.seil.
iiii *if the Hou^‘
(C'le.l for the e\-
prer ^ , urposo c c li'.sidering pr’va^e
and uM-al 1 di-. lorry of the;,c
w ."e di'.'i'osed of in abmit as many
minuti s. 'til;, alie'ti lull! c.f th.'
House members'i'n w; s presi iit o
vioil.
swamps between Suv.alM. Augustovi f.,y
aiid the German frotiii T. but the cap ■ -;it niid be seems more like b!s olljtl'" ■"
.1 .1 todav than at any time .sin.e the] If i-- W'-.id'-! I-'-*
accident, be result of the operatio-i j'P'm'ose of training hi-| ieii in y.cnatc
It is t<K> earlv I i'H'as on the entire subject, prepar.i-j ^
lory to submitting some definile |d.in
For F.ooiioni).
Senator .Muse yesterda' inlroduci d
into the Senate a measure which, i'
cording to the author, look.-- to tn.
saving of ^lO.OOi' to the State in .li,‘
matter of iirintin.i; It perscribes th--
discarding of the captions in printi’i.^
the proceeds, and regulates thf prin’-
ing of the various departnu'nts lo lb '
matters direeth under charge of th .t
department
Senator Ale.Nider took a ^liot at
111‘wspaper advertising in exi hange for
railroad iniKage with a bill intetuie 1
II aimed to require llie payment of
1. iiial money on the part of the new.-.
j :‘I'er for the milage according to tb.'
jeoiitraet ill writing between the ra
11 .1 t.nd the newspaper.
Neai'l) I ^el■} lliial Hhicli .>laKes i
INirl Tidls of Seeing \ eiseN
• rippled or of ilininu Seen
Theui Sunk
I'erlin. Till \'ia l.mul.ii.,
Jl. .'i. 1 1 a 111 ri'.i.- Ut'rnian .•\dnu-
ralty lui- coniiiu'.niealeil a nienura’
diim to Cwinniainler Wallei' U. C.iier
at'di. the .\nierican naval attaehi
pointed out that the destruelion
the .'\mi'riean steamers i;velyn an’
Carib was due to their not tollowi'i.’
tile course prescribed liy the (iermi'.i
.\diniralt>' l.' a point nortliwesi ol
Helgoland
lierlin, Keb Via London. 7 ! >
p 111. The American .sti'amer Carii)
has gone to llie bottom ofl' tiu; C '
I,.an ii'a>t in :iie N'ortii Sea. as
suit of striking .i mini .
.\t the tiiu.' of the disaster liie Ca
fib wa:'. not using the route laid down
in the C.erman marine insinie.tion-;
Passenger Ship \ttiickei1.
I’aris. Feb. ll;:i.') a m. il)e-
la>id in traiisnii.-'^ion. p - A lierina *
' '!"iline, wliieh for tlif past fe
li.i-; ■ d been h iiig in tlii- Knglis ■
'"1.1 ■ 1 in wait for steam packe'i
iil.\iiig between France and Iviiglan.l,
-Monday night lired a torpedo at t’e'
steamer \ ictoria while shi- was on I’.;
voyau'i' from I’.oulogne t.i Folksto:'. '
with a number of passi'iigevs, inclinl
ing some .'\merii ans. The captain ti
the \ icloria, how ever, saw Uu> wake
made by the torpedo and slowe<l do^.i
his vessel and tbc torpedo passi^.l
harmle-i^ly ab'Uil 10') ft'ef in front of
hi'r
•sfill Twii More Ciftiias
l,\dil. \ ia l.ondon, Fi'b. 1 12
a. m The steamer, Kalibia. has a’ -
rivi d here. ;ind reports that two ve.-?-
sels have bi eii torpedoed o!' Ha 'iui’t*
DtU' sank and the other was >uppose 1
to be in a sinking eond.tioii. itb three
iraw b rs stan.ling by. The crew of t!i ■>
tir--t vessel was se.vod an.l landed. A
mine sweeper w is atlcmpti.ig t.i to.v
Ihe other 1i* Dover. Her crciv waa
..aved b\ a Har.isc; t,- diinf si> at k.
appi'ars satisfactory,
v.'l t ) ascertain the full extent of lu-;,
'.'i t Its nrst lasie e |
I,.ht , Ill'll .li.it
injurl''s, and he is not yet out
j da.Igor, though be app' ars tn be |.
ing well."
to Cotigrei-s at its next ses'b'ii.
jsi'iMvi i! notcnws
- 1 (OMtmov rv) :n''ri*
Mrs. .1. l>. l>a\is and d iugli' i- | \t l'_’::;o ibis morning Speaker l-an
' j .Mi.ss l.iic.v of 1! lufini are visi*ii.u ' mi n Woolen was reported a-' re^ti i,:]
j:\lrs. II. L. Humber Iwtl!. .\o cliange in bis condition if
Mr. L. A. Harper left this morn noted, and naturally what iniprov*
nate V.
niubi se-ii-ii.iis
« into i.iie I'.i'cu.fsion of tli.' .^ur
idi' priioar'. liil' ai eight o'c’.ii.*',
The tin asnre i -vi. s i n a- !' '.iat*c
(if siMii.il nr with a eouin. t.i - rr
pull wjl'.i.iit j'"ejudlce.
I .\lter toMir!
I the I'l'gular t.ri'.er of eventr:. Th
( bild l abor.
Child hill! r made its second
a •>-
.11 iM.i tiiMiiAM t;:vp\
rOSITH'V MO It M If
,‘shington, l-'i'b. " ' .'eiiug -.ipi.n
the recommendntioii of Ocn.mis.sioner
of lai r uii Kev.'nuc Oi borr, Seere-
pea''atii e o.i tlie tlo.u' yester.idy whcTiji,n'\
tho Tl.
I’vtrograd. Feb. 2;!.--Hepulse of the jug tor Winston-Salem.
[ment there may be, ia very slow.
pursuant lo tb" motion of
Hobgtiod made ye^ierUi'.y.
er.v Afi-.Vdon t 'diy
Senator \\ e.iver, who had w .tbdi'awn ii|>j.,i.nii'1 .Titdg'"* A. W. (iraham, od
ill.' minority report of tbe t I'an.i'i-! i |. ruited St'.les Cotti n futnred
re ’ i ' favor of th.' Weaver bill re-! ;|| The jeb pay:^ Ja.nOii j) yi>:;^
ct 'ill'.. asl.ed that the t ill be ta' en j ^.n,; cm., ns. -. Tin' petitii>n was ci<'.'4
li sessii I's will b I from the unfivorablo calendar ai;dji|.,| u.'.di r .he Siuith-l^ever eolli)>|
I'd upon Ihe calendar as a .“peeial. fi inn s bill wbii b reguk'ics l otilraets
r measure for twi'lve o'cl u k l-'rt ;s.,ld o'l the c 'inn ('\, h.iiiKcs througlw
day. |,)in th" country.. j , J
natii.'