North Carolina Newspapers

Slnte Llbrlan 1 U UM3P7 OF MAMfMSM OAMOLllfA, if SAB a FOFvmknos of four WM&ffSAMD, ONB BUNDRBD U/D ONE, AND IS SUB- mOUNDMD BY TBB BEST mAMMING OOVNTBT. INDUSTRIES OF ALL KINDS IBE INVITED TO hOBATE HBRE FOR WE BATS EVEBTTBINO TO WFFBR IB TBE WAT OF tk^OR, CAPITAL AND VmBUTABY FACILITIES. WB MATE AN UF TOO ATE M AND NWWBFAFBR NiANT. In n 0 I m WB MAWB A OimWLA> TION OF TmELVE SUB- BRED AMONG TEE BBBW PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CARO LINA AND INVITE THOSE WHO WISH TO GET BET TER ACQUAINT ED WITH THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN 4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE A FEW INCHES SPACE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. OUR ADVEHTISINQ 'iATES ARE LOW AND CAN BE HAD UPON APPLICA TION. AtHcoltnra to tk* Xufit DNful« tke Most Bealtbful. the Most Noble Emplorment Mu<—Geerg« WMklagtea. ▼emiB Kxxr?. MREENVILLE, Ji. (., FttlDAT JI’LY 1«. 1915. NJ MBFH lt»: German-U. States Trouble May Go To Commission i by . ington Ofncials FOUR PRISONERS ON WHICH U. S. STANDS I’rcspiif of Tliis (•<tv(‘riiiu('iit Which is Exiioclcd to ho S«>1 Forth ill Ko|>ly 1<> (ifrniiiiiy's Latest Xote. riiif«‘(l Stall's Dors Not Iti'^uril as Filial nisaifm'iiKiit Uith (>i'riiiaii} Bmiiiso «»f IssiH- Iinolvod. Washington, July IH.-- The virw whicli the state ilepartnieiit holds as to the means for the ultimate settle- ment of the controversy betwoen the United States and Oerniany if diplo- ni;itic negotiations fail is the refererro of the issues to an international com mission. This, it is explained accounts for the efforts of administration olliciais to allay any feeling that a Krave and dangerous pitinition has arisi'U cr in liVcely to devt lop. Ollioers of ihe state departnieni to day let it bo known that tlie present attitude of this government is con tained in the following four principles ajid that it i.s expeiteii that they will he advani ed in llie reply of the United States to the latest Oerman note: , 'First- -A state of war does not abridge or destroy the rigths of neu trals in the so-called zones establish ed by one or more belligerent in the open or free seas. Second —That the creation of the war zone and blockade by Germany is not legally based either on writ ten or unwritten international law and that the same argument applies to any limitation of the free and open seas by Great Britain. Third—Suspicion of unarmed mer- fhantmeu cannot be pleaded as justi fication for attack. There must be antecedent effort to exercise the rights and duty of visit'and search. Fourth—The United States does not regard as final any grave and seem ingly insoluble disagreement between the United States and Germany be cause the United States is committed to the principles of international in- nu'ry. Forfy Wine German Spies Execuled in City of London SAYS nin JMIVSK IAN IN LIT- TK« FHtt.M KXiLA.MI Secrct thdcr lssii«‘d for Itritish (h'li- (■(>rs >ot to Itidc in Autos and Taxis (hit* hiiy and -III ( iiiiirht in riiii'oniis Ar«‘ F\«‘(‘iit«Ml. I’hicago, July i:!.—Forty-nine Ger man spies were trapped by Scotland detectivt's and executed in I.oikUhi recently according to a letter receiveu here today from a ('l.icago physician in Kngland with a Ued Cross unit. The story follows: “On June 10th a seent order went oi't to all Hriiish army and navy oi- eers in l.oiidon not to ride, in any lui- toinohile or taxicab the next iluv. a result Scotland Yard nii-n .irrost.il ."i2 men in ISritisli otrurrs nn'iiuniH riding in autos and taxis. Tiirii proved to have arrived afl< r I'.e or- •,i(.' was i?isu( d. The other Hi wer.' taken as (lernian spies and ^lioi with out trii-.l." ALDERMEN MEET FOR Air Ships Drop II OF The board of alderiuen will meet meet tomorrow night in aa adjourn ed session of the last regular meet ing. Among the ia,atiers to be tak en up at tomorrow’ night’s nieetinj: are the soiling of the $30,ti0o wort! of (iraded School bonds, for whicl- a dozen or more sealed bids havt already been received, tiio revising of the town ordinances, and the granting or rejecting of the petition of drug stores in regard to liic salt Ilf soft drinks on Sunday. The last of the above named mat ters. viz: "whether or not the drug stores shall be allowed to remain oj)en at certain hours on Sundays’ lias been discussed outside for quite a while and a petition has re cently been sent to the Mayor signet’ by the proprietors of the four drug stores in the city in which it is asket' of the Aldermen that they be allowed “to charge for those luxuries as soft drinks and cigars, which they havi hitherto been forced to give away in order to accomodate their customers The proprietors! of the stores also state in the petition that th( v do not wish 10 be allowed to keep npen dur ing chureh hours. MAYOH HOI.nS I.HiHT t OI KT THIS MOIiMM Pearce Writes Some More llireatening lelters-- Believed a Hoax S.W1T1IT0W> ITEMS Smithtown, July 13.—Miss Sallif Smith and brother are attending a house party at Miss Gladys Carr’s this week. Miss Trilby Smith has just just re turned from an extended visit ii Snow Hill. Misses Maggie Tayior and yrheima Brown, of Bethel, spent the week ei^ at the home of Mr. C. D. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Mills Smith spei Sunday with their brother, Mr. R. A. Smith. Jlessrs. Jenkins and Ross, of Wash ington, were in Smithtown Sunday on their usual rounds. Several of the farmers in this sec lion are curing tobacco this week. Bra.: R. A. Nichols contines very ill at iier home in Nichols Town. UEWAIMI OFFKKEU FOIl >11 ItllKltKIt OF II. AlIT Kaloigii. .Inly I.'!.—Rewards of two hundred dtdlars were otl'ered this afternoon for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons alleged to have murdered and robbed (’harles B. Al(t in Ills room here recently. Tlie <’ounty 1. ommissioners offered one hundred dollars and the governor made available a similar amount. One to Chief of Police and (Ither to Afternoon I’aper—(jeneralljr Believ ed to be a Hoax. New Orleans, July 13.—Two more letters signed “Pearce,” in which the writer threatens disaster to British merchant and mule vessels, as in the one received by a local newspaper sev eral days ago, were delivered here to day. One was sent through the mail to a local afternoon newspaper, and the otiier to the Chief of Police. In both the writer demands the release of Hans Halle, Ihe confessed bomb nuiker held in connection with the receipt of the first letter Sunday night. Chief of Police Reynolds said to day that he would ignore the demand that Halle be released, even though he takes seriously the letters received today. Others, however, who have been watching the case closely are in clined to believe today's letters are a hoax. The phraseology is similar to that of the first letter, but terms are used that lead to the belief that the writer of the letters received to- da —as itttrmpfing to adopt the style of the writer of the one roceived Sun- di;y nipht. llAI.ri.M(HJK lU ATS ATLANTA FOK MXT I.LKS t’<»VF>TION Los Angeles, July 1:1.— Ua’timore defeated .\tlanta for the KIks’ ,’onveii tion of 191 <1 at the session heie to day. Grand Kxalted Ruler Niihoison was re-elected. London. July i;{.-Tho British gov ernment has decided to apply the munitions war act to the South Wales coal strike on the ground that the strike is prejudicial to the transport, production and supply of munitions of war. Mayor Dunn held a liKlit i <)un ;ii the c.ty hall tliis niorninK- I'tily tw eas^s being on Ihe docket for irvi! Mitdietl Salcehy, a Syrian wa« cha' v- eil with assaulting ••t’ooi” Kveren . 'flie difliettlly occurred on tlie slii'i soinetimt! last night and it was al leged that Salee!)v slapped Kverett ir the face. The evidence showed li-r.i each were partly responsible for the trouble and Saleehy was adjudged tU't guilty. .The other case tried today was that against Ralph Jones and .Tatne-' Bullock, who were indicted for dir turbing the peace with their boister ous conduct. Both of the defendant? were found guilty. The judgment be ing that each of the boys pay half o the costs, the total of which amount ed to $3.3S. Mr. F. V. Johnston Refo^crlng Fast at Hospital Mr. F. V. Johnston who received a severe injury to one of his logs about two weeks ago and was taken to a hospital in Richmond last week is getting along fine and improving very fast, says a letter to Dr. S i!u...u‘l wl'.ich he received from Dr McGuire, of St. Luke’s Hospital The letter was w'ritten soon after Mr Johnston’s arrival at the hospital. The many friends of Mr. Johnston will be glad to learn that he is im proving and that it was not necessary for him to undergo any surgical op eration. It is expected that he will be able to return home in about a w'eek or ten da.vs. .lohn H. Fort Goes To Hosj»ltal -Mr. .Tohn H. Fort, of the Proctor Hotel Barber Shop, has gone to o hospital in Richmoivl for treatment Mr. Fort has geen suffering for some lime from a stomach trouble, and the trouble reached a crisis Sunday necessitating his being treated ai once. BKI.t.lAX WORK OF ART AS A MARK OF Ai'l'RKI lATION Bombs On The German Stations CIEAIIING OP NOW IS THE lALK OF THE TOWN Ascended in Forty-Mile Gale and Started Several Fires With Bombs. T GERMAN INACTIVITY IN EAST IS PUZZLING l.iintioii ObserM'rs Kear t-eiieral \on .Mackciiscii is IManniiiU' I'licxpected Couii—tieriuaiis t-aiiUMi Width of C.IMI Yards in ('ai>tur(‘ of Ccineterj. Iteported Turks Are Kn Route to Open I'eacc Neuotiatioii'i. London, July i:i.—A stjualroii of i'.."! f'rcni'h aeroplanes tliis men,in;, ascended in a 40-niile gale and tirop j)t‘d heavy bombs on the railway sia- lioi: of the Ocrnians near ilie Caloiine trenches, starting several tin s. \n attack by tlie Ceniians liiider the protect ion of « ha( I lie Frenf !i ol ■ ficial statement callMl a "iur;ain of lire,” upon tin Vrench posiiiors-- a' the labyrintli was repnlsiil liv ;)ie Kreiich with very heavy lusse;; I'V ili.: assaihint'. The (iiru ial .'lal' nn nt I'i'tnu I’.i riiii says tliat the (;ernian> advaneeil alnnii a width of (jeo yards when life (ler- inans took tin ei'nn ter.v near Svniche/.. TiiC (Jerniaiis are redoiililing llmr efloris lo (apnu'e Verdun, areurdiu;^ to Paris ailvices, hut tile i-'reiieli are eonliilent that the fortress wi'.l ri >ist ,iU atiaeks. The Gernuui inactivity in the east ern theater of war is puzzling I’eiro- grad and London. Britislt military observers fear that Field Marshal von Mackensen is planning an unexpected coup. A dispatch from Athens says that after a hard battle on the Gallipoli peninsula the Allies right wing ad vanced 200 yards and that the bom bardment of the interior forts of the Dardanelles continues. It is reported from Bucharest that the Turkish minister of justice ano other delegates had passed througU to Bulgaria to open negotiations with the Allies for peace. A dispatch from Lowcstost says that three British trawlers wore blown .ip by bombs today. The crews were saved. rKISTlAX SrXDAV S< IIOOL HKI.n YKSTKRPAY BE LATE TOOAIf Toledo. O., July i:l. .\s a mark of appreciation for the services perform ed by Americans in Belgium one of tho mo.st precious Van Dycks in the Belgian galleries has been present ed to the .\merican people by Charles Leon Cardon, a Brussels artist and collector, and in recognition of tiu- work of Brand Whitlock, Anioriean minister to Belgiaum and former may or of Toleiio, it will be placed in the Toledo museum of art. Yesterday the Chrisiian Sunda> school held its annual picnic at Y'an- kee Hall. The members of the Sunday school with a few' invited friends met, at the Cotanch Street T.rftnding at S.3n ant' boarded the boat for Yankee Hall. The party arrived at the picnic grounds about eleven o'clock. Dinner was spread at one ami all thoroughly enjoyed the sumptuiius repast. ■\fter lunch all the men. who had brought bathing suits, went in bath ing for an hour, .\tany delightful games were played during the after noon by the younger members of the party. At tive in the evening th< rettirn trip was begun, the party ar riving home a little after six. KrSHIA>S FORTYFYING THK Rl MAMAN BOKHFR Berlin, July l;5.—A dispatch to the Tagleblaat from its correspondent at Cernowitz, Bukowina. says: •'The Russians are fortifying their Rumanian border. Many thousands of men are at work digging trenches parallel with the border and building l>arbed wire entanglements. The ope rations lire being i'ushed with all I speed.” If DiplomaticNegotiations Fail When State’s Star Alienist Al leges Defendant Tried to Hypnotize Him. VERDICT IS EXPECTED BY NIGHTFALL TODAY « state t loscd Its I a^e at 0*«'lock Vesterdaj and Toda.i Itefeiidanf'. ( (MMiM‘1 Will Read rotiMioliy of Former llearinii Into IJecortK and Then Jiir.\ Will be I Ini rued and l!e- cel^e tile t a^e. New York. .Iu!,\ 1^1. "Whiis luuny noW.’" tiie ('haUiner clas'-ie, was rt- viveil today by Harry Thaw in his sanity lieuriii^' Hr. Au.-tin i'liut, fhe state’s star alifiiisi, wa.' on ihe stani!. Do you iliiiik from what you liavi' II of Tliaw in this I'Oiirt room Ur>i he is ralional?" asked .lotin 11. Slaiirli- tield, of Thaw’s connsi 1. i ".No,” replied Dr Flint. ■'Hi> il- forts lo hypnotize me on this witness stand do nol show a ralional niinil. ' "Do you mean to say that Thav. tried to hypnotize you'.’” asked Staiu li- field. “Do you make the serious state ment that this relator tried to hypno tize you?" deinanded Justice Hendrick in amazement. "1 do,” responded Dr. Flint solemn ly. "Who’s loony now ? ’ whispered Thaw to those about him. "Do you think I would have dared .say a thing like that?” Thaw’s case will go to the jury early tomorrow afternoon. By nightfall the verdict should be at hand. There fore his fate will rest in the hands of Justice Hendrick, who uniUr the law has the final say and can set Thaw at liberty even it the jury advises he is still insane or send him back to Matteawan in the face of a contrary verdict, according to his discretion. The case against Thaw was closed at ii o’clock this afternoon by the state. Fifteen minuies will be con sumed by Stancbtield tomorrow morn ing in reading into the records some testimony given af a previous hearing The summing up will follow and then with the court's charge the lase will handed over to the jury. 1*1,1 ASFB THAT l UISON IS HKAO AOVISORY llOAHI* Washington, July 13.—Announce ment by Thomas A. Edison that he had accepted Secretary Daniels’ offer to head an advisory board of civilian in- vetors f»)r the proposed bureau of in vention and development in the navy department was received with grati fication today by naval otTicials Secre tary Daniels was especially pleased because on Mr. Edison's acceptance was tlependent almost entirely the de velopment of the secretary's plan of utilizing the inventive genius of the country in perfecting the navy as fighting machine. I A marked improviuient in the «p- : pearance of several of ih<- vaiai.t lots about the city is noiieeablc ti;< last few days. Since the order ot Ihe hoard of akleinien to iiave ti.t peopii' clean tip tl'f irasli and rub- lush on their lots, it secins li.at (v iM-yone is taking iirid<- in alti'iiipi'.ii}' to beat liis neigiiboi' in lli>- rjcan uv: eani(iaign. The business bouses on the side sirei'ts are cleaning up tlie siiii' waUi!- in front of their do(irs, lutiiiif^ 'ii< grass and luutling off tiie niMii^i'.. "ll Crcenville Keeps on." letnarked biisiiK'ss ;iian this morning. "aiKi makes as much iinpri'venienl in t!i- lU’Xi live years as slio has in ilie p.ist live, ihis city will niak*- some of tin larger cities sit up and tal’K iibout it.’ In speaking of tiie Ni w National Hank liuilding. the saiiic man Haid tlint. “at first 1 thought mat the b’libr.ug was far ahead of tln' times, but vhai wi' need now. is aiioliier four stor> liiillding right wliere ilie fruit si;;n. is. .iusi across the stre-'i from lii- pn ^ent four story sirueirc Ii is being ruiiiored on tin' nui. i ihai anollier building arroi-.s tin siri'i’l from liie .Naliciiial liank i> i'C- iiig couteniiil iii'il. bill till re lui ■ ‘ nolhini: tiivi-ii (nil 'ii iii:'i 'an i>- iai<<'n iis deliiijli'. is r.as(Uiui)ly sur>' alizini; ill" inm heve in i',reei;vnie, tmildiiii; “n iln' loi . ho'V! I. I'.ial .... will >oon er ■,,l.nv • e:iT I'.t! Fire On U. S, S. New Jersey Hosioii, July I.'!. Fire siarnd to day on the battleship .New Jersey with- in ten feel of U.Oliii pounds of powdc. The tire was extinguished by fltiod'.zig the liandling room. The blaze was caused by the short iirmitin^r of an electric wire. HAHVKS'l' BFtilNS IN liKHMVW: t.KAIN t HOI’ S\1H ro i’.K Berlin, July i;!. llarvesiing iias i»- guu in tlU' wcsltrn and middle tn- tioiis of Cermany. Heporis from Colo gne indicate that tin- crops of rye, oats, wheal atul barley will bo espetia!l> large. Sugar beets are said 'o bo rither in sugar than usual at.U it is expel led that the fruit Iiarvi st will be satisfactory. lUFTIST SFMIW S( HOtH, HAVi: F>.IOY\»l,K I’UMt; Tlio .“^uiulay School classes ot tin Memorial Baptist ('iiurili Utld t'.ii.i annual picnic yesterday at Joyner s t:ro\e. about thrie miles west ot t!; i city. large numbor of the pupil.'i accoinpaniod by the teachers and many invited friends and guests, went out to tho (Jrove in wagons and nii- U'niobiles about ten o'clock in tho morning. The little folks especially and all of the party had a most enjoy able time rambling around througit the woods and playing various game.<< -\t noon lunch was served and ihe afternoon was spent in nineh tho same wi' that produ< e l fhe fun an I merriment in the n.'i.’jit..’'. 'I'he <b !‘ 'Iren aic. all in 'p urtv rep.-.t l a most enjoyable and delightful da.v. The re' jri; ttlp ua'te lat-- .n tlia afternoon ^ Mr. t!. A. Rouse, Kditor of tfc€ Fannville ICnterprise, was iu CretiH ville yeBlerdttj’i - .