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GmWEWTlLLS IS MMT
MKART aF BABTEEK
T&BTH CAROUNA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
TBOUSANDy ONE HUNDRED
i.ND ONE, AND IS SUR
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOG ATE HERE FOR WE
HA VE EVERYTUINO TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE'
Wft AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
I
lliiw
%
WE HAVE A OIEOWZJ^
TION OF TWELVE HUM-
DRED AMONG THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH CARO-
LINA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET
TER ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
4 BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
4 FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
UAVE TO BRING TO THEIR
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVERTISING
UATES ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON APPLICA
TION.
4RH«*iiltarr Is tlii> Mom! lli>efala tb>' Hcalttifiila tke MnHt Montr I'iiiploTni<*iit at Mnn.- -<4ror|(« Wttshfotrton.
VOLI’ME XXXIV.
vii,i,K. n. fimday kvkmnc;, akji st jt.
M MMh I! I
BIG TIME AT
T
itAitiii ri i; 1)Inm:i: si‘Ki:nii:s
BY si; V Kit A L \OTKI) MK>
sri'l'KH AT S I*. M.
The volark'S of Masonry in Tilt
county never exporienceil a luoru on-
joyutilc clay nor a day lilled with niori'
inicTOtit and instruction in tlie prin-
cipli's of tlie order than lu the great
Katliering at Ayden on Tliursday, tho
iUth. Kvery one of Hit* ten lodges in
the eounty was largely represented,
•mil several from neighboring counties
were i)resent, swelling the attendaiicc
It) above two hundred and lifty.
'I'hn occasion was the oiganizatiun
oi' a lii'tli district meeting composed
of all (he lodges in I’itt couniy. and
Ibis was I ho lirst annual sesion.
'I'hrou^b the leadership of Kistrici
Deputy Grand Master John 11. ('heek
and his excellent co-workers in Aydi n
lodge, till' arrangcnionts for the dis-
Irirl niiH'liiig liad been well planned
and were carrie<l out ailniirably.
■|'Ui' Masons assembled in Aydeii's
f.pUiidiil temple promptly at 10 o'i Iih U
ami after tbe formal opening thiTi-
was an address of welcome by Mr.
David U. Ilollowell, of Ayden, and re-
spiiiir-o by ,Iiidge F. M. Wooten, of
Croenville. Then tin re were brief
spcei lies on various topics of inter
est to the fraternity, and the nioriiiii-'^
t;ession closed with a (|Uoslion box con-
ductc’d liv Worsl.ipful Master H. I-:.
Austin, of Sharon lodge, (iroenville.
The call coming from labor to re
freshnients at all repaired to
one of the tobacco warrbouses where
a bi'untifal barbecue dinner awaited
them.
The first work ot the afternoon ses
sion was the selection of ollicers for
the district meeting for tbe next year.
District Deputy Grand Master .lohn 11
(Uieek continued in this ollice by vir
tue of apolntineiit from tbe (!rand
ho lpe of .Vorth (’arolina. an.: (lie other
officers elected were as to’.lows:
l)ir.lrict grand senior v.ardeii. .1.
(ialloway, of (Irimesland lodge; dis
trict grand junior warden, II. E. Aua-
lii'. (>r Sliaroii lodge, lireeiiville; dis
trict grand treasurer, W. U. \\ilson.
fit' ('ii’t*' 1'il^e lodge: district grand
igcretaryi B. A. Jenkins, of AyiliMi
lodKC.
Tlu; 1,'laco of bolding tin'
kraal meeting was left to a committee
wbiib i.s to report in October. T'Otb
tlie lod-'t's of Creenville united in an
invitation for tbe meeting to be hebl
here.
The most progressive step taken l>y
tbe district meeting, and one that will
prove a lasting monuntent to Masonry
in ritt county, was the decision to
creato a loan fund of $1,000 to be
need by girls In getting an education
at East Carolina Teachers Training
Scliooi. Tbe suliject was discussed
with enthusiasm, and the vote to i s-
labtish tbe fund was carried unani
mously. Mr. A. «1. (’ox. of VVintervH:e,
wa:, made treasurer of the loan fund,
and a committee of one from i-Jrii
lodge in the county will have cliarg^’
of raising the fund.
At 4 o’clock the Masons went in pro
cession from the tenapie to the Metho
dist church, where after a most titting
Introduction by Hepreaentative I. <’
Galloway, of GrimeBland. an oration
was delivered by Hon. R. ('. Dunn, of
Ehfield. Mr. Dunn is grand orati r of
tbe Orand Lodge of North Carolina.
; • ’ . ..I,>1.1' icfiuc'd he repeated the
-.n'O orntlon 'hat be delivered at lb"
last sesBion of the Grand Lodge. It
CASWELL ASKEIItf AUTO TURNS OVER
SUICIDED TODAY AND SLIGHTLY IN
IN NEW BERN JURES OCCUPANTS
A<;i;il M V\ t I T Ills OUN TilKO \T
MITII \ l'0( KKT hMl K.
I
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VV<HM», I
T\V<» VOI MKN ATTKUI'T T<»
SHOOT i r Tin; toivn ok iu;i-
IIAVi;> AM» <;kt tiikh-
si;i,vi;s AUHKSTKH.
I (l!y Wire to Tiie Iteflector.)
j Washington, Aug. -While en-
route from this city lo New Hern yes-
[ li'filay evening, the automobile of ,\lr.
Shaw Honner turned turtle about luilf
way bet wen lu re and .\ew Item.
Tile < ar was o( ( iiijiud by .Mr.
ner, who wa.s ilriviijg; Teal I’aul ai. I
Mr. Aski'W is a native of Trenton. ! Cray I’atil, and while going at a livi-i\
N but bad resided bere to'' ' i lip, strui k :i hog, swerving, ran iiilu
time. ja ditch .md tiirned over. Three m tin
,\t a coroner's imiiiesl Ibis morniiij: mt ujianis were penned under th(( car.
it was learned that ln! was the owner which at once caught ou lire. For a
ll!y Wii’e !•> The Ueflecuir.t
New Hern, .\ug. l-’il. Caswell .■\skew,
V. bile, aged 71, l omniitted suicide here
Ibis inorniiig at bis home on South
Front street. .Mr. Askew cut bis
throat with a pocket knife, making a
jagged w<niiid and severing bis jugii-
'lar vein, lie was tound in bis rc.om.
of I'onsiderable prcpe.rty in .lones ,
i cMinty. .No reason was assigned for ,
till! rash act, ntbi'r man that he s;ul- .
fered from st(?mach tro\ible, and proli- |
able despondtU’.cy caiisi'il him to lake
bis own life. i
>e\) llillicihg I
litne il seemed as if tiii'V would mil
be I'Xtricateil. Inn alter hi ri uleun t'f-
forls, they were taken out just as a
violent explosion made dust nf tin
largo car.
.\ll members of the patty riMeived
SMiunds and l uts, ihough none of theni
are Ibougbt lo be in a precarious cini-
ilition.
Will start rhursdav iiit:lJl in lliiie.; ,
Mall .'.IV l»-,,( a.herlisem.-nl any -r , Keports from Itelhav.-n this morn
my p.esent luipils. '">> .voutig men in ,i
Irving .1 Calkins. | buggy to(di il upon themselves to
S-2:!--lt Ip iMslruelor shoot up the town of lielhaveii last
!nii;bt. but were arrested bv I’oliceinaii
-I'S I
' Dillon and takt‘ii bcM'ore the uiayor
was a most beautiful tribute to .Ma- where they were liin‘d sevi'ii and live
sonry and what it stands lor, yet in iioHars. respectively.
closing the speaker spared not those
members of the order who are remiss I
in their duties in failing to live up to [
its principles, or who by their negli- j
gonoo permit the entrance of those
who are unworthy. i
Again a little bef<iri' S o'clock all
repaired to the warehouse, where the
ladies of Ayiien had provided a ban
(lUel. It had been inlendel at tbis
bamiuel to have responses lo several
toasts with Mr. K. C. Flanagan as
toastmaster, but at tbe co;.i lusion of
the repost be announced that as tiu-
day bad been .“to full of wor!. and good
things, and there was yet to come the
addres.s of .Mtorney Oeneiul T. W .
lUckett to which all were looking,
rather thah make the luuir of dispers
ing too laic the toasts would be
omitted.
The next assemblage was in tiie
large auditorium of ihe V'reo Will
liajitist Seminary for the address of
General Bickett. After a song by i
select quartet, the speaker was intro
duced by Mr. A. G. Cox, of Winter
ville, in well chosen words. Though
he omitted to <all the spt'aker’s name
in closing, the reference to him as the
next governor of Xorih Carolina was
unllieient and wa.si gree i d with a
burst of applause. Mr, Tiii'kett spoi.r
; II tini!!' inul bis addvf 'i' was ib-
DARE DEVIL
MAKES CLiB
^iAi>K \ si<( i:ssii i, ri.i.>ii! OI
Till «OI KTiioi si; Yi;sTi:i{-
i»A^ i:m:mn(;.
TO HAITI AMPLE
TIME EXTENSION
,>l|{. l,A\SI.N(i wn.l. NO'I' |l|S( I SS
TKKATV AS SIHMITTI'O
TO nil: ii uni \
I’l.Ol'I.K.
.More than a thousand peojdi' i rowd-
I'll around llie courthouse stiiiare yes-
K'iday livening at tl:;!u o’clock to
uatch II. II. (iardenier, the Virginia
Daro Devil, make good his declarati.in
that he would climb to tbe top of tin'
I courthouse.
(Jardenier starleil at one <'orner of
the building, easily s<!aled il to tbe
roof, valtued over the cornice and
trotted up the roof to the dome, llert’
lie experienced a little dilllculty in get
ting a secure hold on the corniie, hut
he finally managed to get over.
1'he Dure Devil’s climb certainly
was marvellous to the people of
(iroenville. and many of them gave
tile
A ItOV IS KI N ovi;k
Itv AN A! TO>IOItll.i:
deed beautiful. It was filled with ad- out e aculations of wonder
inoniiions to right living being just spectai ular exhlbiiion.
to your neighbor and true to you' w’’‘'j
- andwas inspiring to every bearer.
Ayden certainly touched the heart
of every visitor to tbe d'«lrlct meet
ing. N’othing that couVl he des rc*-1 ^
was overlooketl and the bo«i>italit>', (My \^ire lo File Reflector.)
WHS without bounds. Tbe people of Ho.ky Mount, Aug. 2t:. While at
tbiit good town vied with each ofhc- tempting to alight from his father'
in attention to their gue-ts abil s.iw automobile here yesterday evening,
thnt everv comfort w -s provide I ' (ieorge Hales, S years old, was thrown
Av<ten calls itself a little town grt»!il ' under the car, the wheels passinc ove ■
with opportunity, but it is greater still his body and crushing his collar bone,
in genuine hospitality. The boy is in a precarious condition
Wasliington, .\ug. -."i. Word laiin-
from I’ort .\u I’rince today that
Charge Davis, of the .\ni(‘rican lega
tion, had extended until lonuirrow
night the time for iicuoii tiy tin
IJailen parliauien* v’i I’■ p'"posed
treaty lo esiablisl. f(,i I" ,'..is aii
.\nierican linaiuial protectorate over
the island ri-public.
.N'don loda.v bad been li.setl by tlii'
chiirge as the lime b> wtiiih be would
expect approval of llie treaty drafts
submitted by the rMiled Slates. I be
llaitiens protested, V.otM ier. against
such a limit on deliate In parlianient
and l.'ie exlensiop was s-'riiiiled. l»l
licials here did nol coniiiieiit on pre>'
re|iorts that the parliami'iil and niin-
islry threatened to resign it tin
.Vinerican goV(>rnment insl^lel ii|Hin
imniediale action.
SecM'elary Lansing made a slat''
nieiil U)day e.\plainiiig the purpose lie'
I niled States bad in proposing and
pressing the Irealy with llaili at tbi
time, lie said tbe Washington gov
eriiiuenl was acting tri^in whollv ills-
inleresleil motives lo savi' the lillb-
reiniblic from ruin tbrougb never end
ing ai tivilies of so-called ri'volulion
ists for wboin the country s reve
nues offered spoils. Tbe Secret a r;
declared there w.i- no louudation f.''
repot t? that the proposed l onveiilioti
would give the I'nited Stales Moir SI
Nicholas as a naval base.
While Mr. Langsing would not dis
cuss tbe treaty, it is known that ii
provides for .Mnericaii agenis ii
charge of tbe ten custom bou-^e-.
ibre of which, those at I’ort .\ii I'rince,
St. .Marc, Cape llailieii bavi' alrcad>
been taken over by Hear .\diiiirat
j Cajierton.
i Sidon .Menus, Hie llailieii ininisler
'conferred with .Mi', l.ansint.' during lb.-
i day and preseii'-'d u I’oinniunica; ion
' from bis goveiMinenl rei|Uesting an
explanation of ci'itain points in the
I American proposals.
I Although the minister would no
! discuss the nefotialions be said that
he felt sur<- ll.al his governinent wa-^
anxious to liiing about an understand
ing with the I'nited Stales as spedily
as possible, lie mad** it clear tba'
his governniein did not oppose tbe at
tempt of tb" I nited States to bring
about peace and recon<-iliation in tbe
Island. Hiots and uprisings, lie ex
plained, were in many cases due to
igmnance of tbe intentions of tbe
I'nited States and a misunderstand
ing of the presence of American troops
(m TIaitien s<dl.
“1 hope and desire," said the minis
ter, "that a real entente wll be cre
ated betwcn the two peoples, but such
an entente Is only possible when both
sides ma!;e concessions."
THE eERMAN AIIMy STORMS WM
FOMfID Hi tRUSHES Cl'S
TROOPS AROUIIO BREST LITOVSK
Great Army of General Von Mackensen Organizes Itself
For a Rush on the Lines of Czar’s Troops and Makes
a Successful Onslaught, Capturing an Important
Russian Position.
The giivernment of Argentina has
eniplo\('d a .lapanese expert to con
duct an extensive cnmpaign to in-
crea;-o r'ce production throughout the
iiMblic.
llerlin. Aug. Jii. via l-omlon. The
Itussian advanced poi-itions lo the
^.)Uthwesl of the fortress of Hresl
hitovsk were broken through yesler
day by the Oernuins. aicording lo an
(illicial annouiicemeni given out to
day by iht! army headquarters stall.
The te.'Ct of the slaleinenl follows
■ In llie western theatre.
"In the Chainpagiie ilislrici we sin -
,-..^slul';' e'cploib'd several eiine.'-,
■'in the Vosges an utlink t.ia.le l'\
Hie enemy on Schral.'.niaiiiieie was n-
pelU'd with hanit grenaile' and soiitb
I'asi of Sondernach that Vari ol ihe
tieiich soil ions wliicii we lost on An
gu.'l IT, was recaptured.
•A (lerniaii battle aviator r,hoi ilnuii
a Freiu b biplane near Nieuporl.
•In llie e-istern Ibeairi':
' Army group ol Field .M.irsbal \ou
,,i„,,..,„urg: .Norib ol ilie Nieinen
,.iver :•'>»' Kussians were laUeii pris
eners during su. r.'.sUil eiigageim ■
in the neigliborluid ol llirslil.
army under Voii Kiciiorn i^
advaiieing vietorionsly towards Hu
,.i.sl. ligbling all lUe wa\ This amiv
eaplur.'d l..'.Mi lUissiaiis .m.l lo-k
eral inaehine guns.
•■Tin- army oi vieiieral Sibl/
n.aehed Herecowka. . apiure.l Kn> r,
zyn and <rossed ibe Narew rh' i i"
llie -onlb of Tyk<iein
, ,ie army o. (o neral Von tiallwii,
eapaire 1 the Narew river « ro^-ing on
,l,e S.dud>-ilialMok high road. Us
rigbl wing ha> lea.iied Orianka a:fr
having driven bae'.> Ibe eiiemv i be
i,,-inv look nuire ll.aii l.i'Hl |.r;-oii. r.-.
including eigbleeii olli" i and ime
iiJiu liint'
■Ariiiy jAioiiit ol I’riini- *>i
Itavaria; Yesterday I!.- .■iiein> al
(.•nipled 111 'ail. lo liii:.g oui p'ir>uil
l„ a Mandslill, He w.' - atla. ked end
ihrown b:i(i. iino i;i;,l. ie:-ka forest.
South of Ibis f.n-e t'our troops rea.b
ed llie regiim to tbe I'.ist ot \\ lei
sebowiilie. We e.ipiiireil nior. Ihan
l.TiUt jnisoners.
••.\rniy grinip of Fii'ld .Marsl'all \ oe
Mackensen: I’ursning th.' neleale.l
enemy Ibis arm\ grout' i-- aiipreaeh
ing the bills on tbi’ we .lei i, ban'.. "
llu' Hesma, nortb of liresi i.ito'-k
lln e;.*r"ve>ler.i from ol ll.ie^t I <•
tivsk, at liolibynk.i. Mie .\iistro linn
garian and C.ermaii iroo\)s bioK.
through the ai’.van 'I i)o-iJion> ot t ■
lurtress yesterday.
■'On the eastern bank of tbe Itiig.
northeast of Vladova, parts of tbe
army of General Von Linsingen are
advancing towarils the north, tigbting
all the way.”
Serious Rattle \ear I’lseliea and Kau'l
I’etrograd, Aug. via London. 3 p'
m.—Tbe garrison of Osstiwetz joined
the Russian field array on Augtist L’l’,
evacauting tbe fortress after blowini!
up tbe permanent ofrtiti('alions, burn
ing the wooden structures and remov
ing or crippling the guns, thus endirif
a year of defense of the principal
croBsiDg of the Bobr river.
War office officials pointed out that
POLLOCK CASE
IS CONTINUED
roiTM T(»1»V\ i:\(.A(.|l> o.\
lOlfUiN’ W 11,1. ( ASl M'AKT-
i;it II' VISTI KOAV.
\'es leril..y I'M Niiig tbe coiirt look up
till- l as, in regard lo I be Iasi will
and lest.uiieiil of Ii W Forbe.-. and it
waM still al wink on tins la'^e today
al I- o'eloi, i\.
The niuriler case ot S. M. I’ollock,
charged wiili iln- murder oi a pidice-
inan by the name ol Smith at Farm-
vllle, aboni i«i' .'ear- aj-n. has been
eonliiiueii until i!.'' .\ovi niber lerm (if
court.
cover has been inv> nted lor cook
ing utensils wliieli I 'iuiip- ia )ila> e
and i> providid wiiii a “trainer
Ibronuh vlmli luiililii.: lW|\iid ran be
safely pound.
I
SAY HILL IS
E
M o\ (II \im;i 1 »tit >11 liiu i{
\IMI IK;I l> INSVM IIV
KOI K IM’I KTS.
I r>\ W ire 111 I'Ik' lii'Ileilur.l
Kiiision, \iig L'l' Coeper Hill, on
Irial ben in Snpi rim’ I’ourt on a
1 barge of murder in tbe tirsl degree,
was decalreil insane loday at
I o'cloi U (i> Iiiiir cv|ieii>. who Iuiv<'
I been examining him as to hi'^i sanity.
I One of Ibe experts staled that it
wonbi be doubtful if II:!! ever rcgaill-
I'd bis right miii •. tie w ii lie sent to
Ihe State I'l Min for t!.i Dangerous
insane.
the fortress was espeiially adapted
for defense because of the marshes
tb;.t surround ii, but that this fact
would he one working to its disad
vantage when the fortress "was cut off
from the army, after tbe abandonment
of the line of the Bobr, OsBOwezt
ceased to have importance in th« View
of the army officials. Bialystok Is
still in Russian hands, but a large
part of the railway from the north
and west is in the hands of the Ger
mans and they are expected to makel
every effort to extend their lines to^
ward Grodno, the next fortress of 1X04
portance, ^