Sfnlr l.Pir?cii
ffBmrriLLs la the
mtAMa OF EASTERN
^ORTE CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND^ ONE HUNDRED
iND ONE, AND IS SUR-
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING COVNTRT.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HA VE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
:v. h''*
. ...• „'7,",.;• > '-yi
■ttuunU;
Agricalture li the Moat €c«tiil, thn Most Healthful. tbA Ho8t Kottl« Eiupiojiiiriit u< Mui.—Ha<>bl .i^ton.
WE HAVE A OIMOULA-
TION OF TWELVE HUN
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
d FE W INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WUAT YOU
UA VE TO BiUNG TU TlltUi
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVEUTISING
^ATEH ARE LOVi AND CAN
BE HAD UBON APPLICA
TION.
volume 17.
CiltEKNVILLK, N. („ FKIDAY, DECE.MIJKI? 3, l!l!.>
AL’MKEU
eomcTOBESie
THE^ PIIIIT5
Christmas Goods Are Being
Put On Display For
Early Shoppers.
fiELO OP ey
T
Dom sHorrmG [ARLf
Tnrkeys Being Groomed Up For The
Ilig Feiist—>VJ11 He Many llomo
Comers Later
Uu.
“Shop early,” is the Injunction hand
ed out to Greenville and Pitt county
Christmas purchasers by the stores
here in town. Christmas, now twenty-
four days hence, will be right along
before many of the holiday purchasers
realize it and then the clerks will be
run to death to wait on them while the
pick of the Christmas wares will be
had.
The local stores have begun to dis
play their arrays of beautiful Christ
mas goods and they make a splendid
showing, too. Many of them state that
they have already started making sales
to the people who are taking some
stock in the shop early talk.
Oreenrllle Is about the shopping
center for Pitt county and affords the
be.st to be hi-d in the county, so the
folks who are expecting to make pur
chases of holiday goods, should not
forget this fact, but should come to
Qreenvllle where they will have an
opportunity to get anything in any line
that they want.
It Is said here that there will be the
largest sales made of Christmas goods
ever known before. This Is attributed
to the fact that the past year has been
■ocb a fine one for the people to make
financial gains, and with this as a
starter, they say It is sure that the
stockings will be packed full this
Christmas.
The merchants here are laying In ar
unusually heavy supply of ChristmTS
Jordan Wilfon Stopped At
Point of Six Shooter;
Bobbed.
SECURED BUI IIIILE iNEY
IJoIk'vcd The Two Highwaymen Were
Xog'roes And That Thty Came
Towards Grortivlllc—The
Police On Watch.
A touch of the wild and west greet
ed Jordan Wilfon last night when he
crossed the river bridge and was met
by the stern command from a man
behind a six shooter to put up hla
hands or bite the dust. Wilfon threw
up his hands and the highwayman,
with his partner, who had made his
appearance on the scene, went through
W'.li'on’.s pockets and lOok nine dollars
and twenty cents, hia pocket book and
a credit slip from L. A. Mills store,
number four, togetUjr with the man's
pocket knife.
Having accomplished their purpose
the two highwajmen, whom Wilfon
believes to bo regroes, made good
their escape, cautioning him to remain
where ho was ua:il they were out of
sight.
As soon aa the two highwaymen had
disappeared, A'ilfoii laid la.sh to liis
horse and drove fast to Mill’s store
wl’cre he reported the Incident. Chief
of police here was communicated with
over the telephone and a^ked to look
out for the two men.
WiKon ha l been to the country store
to purcha.'je supplies and was return
ing home when, he says, just as he
drove o^ the river bridge he noticed
a man etandii g in the middle of the
road. As the fellow did ui t seem to
ba getting out of the way. Wilfon
slarted to go around him. It was then
(oods In order to meet the denianil, nian brou'^ht h!.=i gun Into
and the best part of It Is that manyip|^y gjjyg order “hands up."
of the articles, which hitherto ha»'e j Wilfon says, the man's
borne the inscription “Made in C!or-| p^..,'.vho had boo.' hlaing in the
many,” or some other courtr\, il' ijjisiiei non? b/. stc.poJ uut and went
bear an Inscription dear to all, j through liis po'-ko* < v. hlle the other
In America." Pome say (fs;’ow kopt. him oovproJ ,;i‘h the nun
purchasers of Christmas goods wi!’ de- | jj. j,-. ^ .( eprta' i Jhat the two
mand thnt they hear the phrase 'p.Q;, towa-.N G-i'euville. and
In America." while others say t .nuc.', uiHwr. h-'o ’’■•'vo beo’i on
f > iop;<c-it fo,- tUani. they have not
Any way, this is going to ho ^ rTi:rn.
jpre'itpst Christmas ever spent In t!*is o"!” ye tert'.Tv that a man
section. Mopt everyone has a 'T’urI.C'.v robbed of ffty collars in the to-
or a few chickens cooped away for t’’e !^„„^^ scctloT of to ■ n after a negro
grand feast, while those that haven't L whiskey, and then for Uie
taken such precautions are r.f ':i-t p!f?! t to closely follow
tarlly expecting an Invitation to I or. to? of the inc'deit yesterday, makes
with someone that has. The lociljj, gpction Is be-
market men say they will have a s {,.r,niing infooted with negro highway-
ply of meat on hand and that they an , -atchers.
going to furnish the best there is. | police force is striving to get
The home coming wl’l rot bo !'>.''pprad''e8 and are using
least Important here, for there are ^ ▼igiHance they can bring Into
many Greenville and P'.tt county fo.!»’i^^^^ purpo.se with the hopes
who have strnyed from the foil, but j^. anprehendlf’g one or mo-e of the
long nhout Pecemher 23rd trains ar- seems to have located in
SOLD ]/,iOOJOO
yp TO PP.[S[KT
Estimate Says That Much
Tobacco Already
Sold Here.
According to the monthly report of
Supervisor Wharton, of the local to
bacco market Greenville has sold dur
ing the month of November 3.6S5.GS0
' pounds of tobacco at an average of
$14.73 per hunUred pounds.
This totals for the season up to the
first of December about seventeen mil
lion pounds, making an average In
price of nearly 13 cents, for all tobac
cos Including the common and good.
A tobacconist this morning when
speaking of the report, stated that
this price average will equal any East
ern Carolina city, and it was probable
would lead all others.
It is predicted among the ware
housemen that this market will sell
close to three millioun pounds more
before the close of the season, while
some expect the totals for the season
even more.
HOLLK KING Ml’SICAL rO.HFDY
O.V NEXT WEDXESDAY MGIIT
[
E OF TH[
CITfjmSREi
German Positions Bombard
ed By The British
Heavy Guns.
GREEi! RlliHIS ME VIOEAIED
Monastlr, Long The Center of The
Operatlous Has Been Evacuated
Aud Teutons March Into
City.
BERLL\, DEC. 1.—Via London.—
The capture of Prisrend, in Western
Serbia, near the Albanian border, was
announced today by the war offlce.
Absolutely The Most Fnnlzed Show
Oh The Road To Make
This riace.
"September Morn" has been drama
tized, funnlzed and musicalized by Ar
thur Gillespie and Aubrey Stauffer,
two clever chaps who can blend ple;is-
ing lyrics and compose catchy music in
this new fun show. They have suc
ceeded beyond all anticipation and the
producers Le Comte and Flesher have
selected a great company to enact the
various roles and sing the jingle tunes.
Carl George, the well known comedian,
has the big fun part and Jo Taylor,
‘The American Gaby Deslys” has a
dashing role with unique dances. The
chorus Is large and pretty. Among
he song hits are “When a Little Boy
Loves a Little Girl,” “In Berlin," “Sep
tember Morn," “A Spare-RIb from the
Butcher Shop of Life.” “Where Is the
Pleasure in Wine and Song if the Wo
man is not There.” "Beautiful nreams
I'm Dreaming", etc. "September
Morn" comes to White's theatre on
December Sth, following a big hit run
at the I,aSalle Opera House. Chicago.
rlTlng here will be packed full of them
Everyone Is going at it to have the
biggest and best time possible.
this ftectlon.
Land Sale
P.y virtue of the power of sale con
tained in a certain mortgage executed
by I ewis Smith and wife to P. G.
James on the 12th day of December.
1004. apd duly recorded In the offlce
of he Register of Deeds of Pitt county.
In Book X-T, page 2SS, the undersigned
will sell for cash before the Court
House door In Greenville at noon on
WEDXFSDAT, DECEMBER 29tli, 1915
the following described tract of land:
That tract of land In Chlcod town
ship near Callico Hill, lying on East
Bide of the Greenville and Vanceboro
Roads. bt;;innl;ig at a pine O. C. No
bles' line ;i: d running with his line to
a corner, a jdr.e at N. T. Cox and O. C.
Nobles’ agreed corner, thence with an
other of O. C. Uobles’ line to another
agreed corner, a pine stump, thence
with another of O. C. Nobles' line to
where it intersects with the new made
Lleut-Oov. R L. Daughtrldge passed line, thence with eald line to the be-
Mr. O. r. Greeorr, former huyer of thi^ouah here Tues ay afternoon en ginning, containing thirty (30 acres,
th« American Tobacco company he'o| route to Raleigh from Ayden where more or le»«. Said land sold to satisfy
came In this morning from Rlchmo .d. ^he i an artd-pss at 'he Chautauqua, said mortgage.
Mr. Frank E. Skinner came In thlR | Mr. Bruce Clark, of the Cabinet and This November 29th, 1915.
morning from New York to visit his j Vendor company, returned this mom- F. Q. JAMES,
mother, Mrs. Chas. Skinner. ' Ing from a trip to Richmond. Mortgagee.
LONDON, DEC. 1.—German posi
tions on the Belgian coast from Zee-
brugge to Ostend were bombarded for
two hours this morning by a British
squadron, according to a Reuter des
patch from Amsterdam.
“There is nothing of importance to
add to the communication of last
night," the war office announced this
afternoon.
Tlie position taken by the entente
allies as reflected in the semi-oillcial
statement issued in Paris to the effoct
that the landing of troops at SaloaiUi
was not a violation of Greek territory,
is contradicted by the Overseas Nows
■Vgency.
"Reports from various sources con
cerning French and British throats
against Greece fail to clear up the sit
uation,” the agency says. “However,
the general tone of the news from
French and British sources Indicates
celarly that Greese has been asked to
ernounce her soverlgnty.
"Attempts to justify this course are
all in vain. M. Venizelos, the former
premier, had not the right under the
constitution to sanction the landing
of troops at Salonikl. The Greek con
stitution states. In clause 99, that the
parliament Is the only body whicn
possesses the right to decide such
(luestions. Therefore. King Constan
tine Is merely defending the integrity
of the constitution against conspiracy,
which shows that reproaches directed
against him have no just basis.
The French and British attoniptn
to compel a small neutral nation to
consent to the measures taken proves
that the entente thinks might is
right,"
Monastlr In Southwestern Serbia,
has been evacuated. Sorbian troops,
having accomplished their purpose of
delaying their enemy'.'i advance unti!
the civil population had time to escape,
have left the nity, and, according to
reports, are retiring in good order.
Bulgarian occupation is apparently a
matter of hours.
Though the Austro-German and
Bulgarian campaign against Serbia Is
hescrlbed by the central powers as fin
ished and though practically the whole
of Serbia is In their posessslon, they
have not accomplished, according to
the general belief here, the more Im
portant aim
F
iLLBEIlTTIlCKED
strong Garrison Has Been
Requested For The
Yaqui Valley.
TOPOLOBA.MPO, MEX., DEC. 1.—
(by radio to San Diego, Cal.)—Carran
za forces again have opened communi
cation between Guaymas and Ilermo-
sillo. the capital of Sonora Ctate, and
General Dieguez Is endeavoring to in
tercept 2.,')00 Villa troops, supposed to
be heading through Southern Sonora
in an attempt to join General Bandera,
the V’illa commander in Northern Sin
aloa, according to advices received
here today.
Fear of an attack by Indian on the
■\merlcan settlers In the Yaqul valley
has Increased, as all but fifty troops
have been withdrawn from that vicin
ity to participate In the Carranz-i
campaign to the north.
The necessity for maintaining an ad
equate garrison In the Yaqul valley
for the protection of American and
other foreigners and thus possibly
avert a massacre Is now being stron;?-
ly presented to General Dieguez In
messages by Admiral Winslow, who is
proree ling with his flagship, the cruis
er San Die.go, and an expeditionary
force for Topolobampo. Tiie San Diego
was reported last night off Cape San
Lucas, the southern extremity of
Lower California,
Naval officers who visited Los
.Mochis, the scene of the recent raids,
found foreign property in the outly
ing district still held by the Indian'^.
Carranza oflicials stated, however,
that these lands would be returned to
their rightful owners as soon as tliey
had been recovered.
Owing to the presence of Carranza
troops In large numbers at I.os ^lo-
rhis. Americans who had taken refuge
on the I'nlted States gunboat Annap
olis, and those who had come for
-iafety fo Topolobampo. have decided
to return to their homes at once.
ClOfiEil MOST
DE IN SCHOOL
flFTER
y
Pour Months Compulsory
School Law Goes
In Effect.
BRITISH LOSSES
RUN UP HIGH
Casualties Are Right Near
To 600,000 Oiiicers
And Men.
l.OXDO.V, DEC. 1.—British ca.sualiy
lists publioiu'd ilurilig .\ove:iil er tof.i! I
1.232 oflicer.^. 4,".ls4 non-,,o;imii:;sioncJ |
officers and men in all tiei s of war ;
bringing the total since the beginning j
of hostilities up to approximately COO,-1
000,
Heavy as wore the losses in killed,
injured and missing for the present
montii they were much lighter than
in October when the names of 3.110
ofllcers and 71.187 non-commisslone I
oflicers and men were Included lu the
lists,
A statement Issued In London Octo
ber 29 gave the British casualties from
the beginning of the war to Oc'ober
9 as 493.294. The total among officers
in that period was 21,293 and among
of entirely crushing the other ranks 472.001.
EXCUSES MU]E BE
Tliere Arc Just Four Excuses Whlcli
W III Be Taken By Ths Tt uchcrs—
Constables Will Aid in
Euforcemeut
Beginning Monday every child be
tween the ages of eight and twelve
will have to attend school for four
mouths. The county superintendent
has issued the foUov,-ing for the infor
mation of parents:
“1 desire to call the attention of the
people of Pitt county to ihe fact that
Monday, Dt cunihor ith. marks the be
ginning of a four moiiil.s’ compulsory
school attendance por.od. During the
four montiis. beginning December Cth,
every child botween the ages of eight
and twelve is required to be in cou-
tmuous attendance in scliool. The on
ly legal excuses for failure to attend
school which servos the district in
whicJi the child resides are the follow
ing:
“1st, Living more than two and a
ti.ilf niiles I'rom the school house by
the nearest traveling route,
“2nd. Mental or physical disability,
which must ho certiiled to by some
reputable physician,
‘'3rd. Inability to buy the necessary
books and clothes. Note, however,
that the parent must make afli lavit to
this efTect. and that this excuse does
not hold after the books and clothing
shall have been furnished in any way,
“4th. Extreme poverty, making the
child's labor alisolutely necessary for
his own support, or for the support of
ills family. The teacher may grant
excuses for temporary absence be-
cau: e of ururual storm or bad weath
er, sickness or dcatli In the child’s
family, and unfore.seen or unavoidable
accidrnts.
“The township constables have been
asked to servo as atten innce ofTlcors,
an 1 the teachi'rs .tip require 1 to notify
them of t.'K' inoxfused ab'^cice of any
child comi! g w'fliin the onorat;on< of
tliis law, A ca’iful and t onsrlention.s
ciVo-'l V ill I)i-> I’liiilo tins vr':i." to e'l-
force this law in Pit? co’ nty for the
sa!:o of the f !' I’irr-i r.n ! I bc.'-pcnk
tlie h<'arty cooperation of f>\e'y pircnt
in tlie ccui'.ty in our effo.ts to g»t
tho.=e rhihl en in school. The law Is
not into:',do ’ to ’vork a; y hardship on
any one, nn;! it will no„ do this. Cer-
■ninly. ch n o: Vofvf-en the apes of
e'pht and twc'vc slionld he in school
f'^'r at lonst four moT'ths in each year,
and ro rea'Jonnb’e person can object
to tl;is reoulrement,
“Vo are 'loi.'i.’g that the parents will
pne that the. a chi'tlren are in school,
S'! t'rit wa shn’.l r>ot have to call upon'
the law to enforce attendance,
"Very r'^speotfolly yours,
“S. U. I'NDRUWOOD,
"County siiipe^lntendent.”
Serbian army. Though defeated and
worn oot In the confilct against over
whelming odds, the Serbian forces are
said to be still unbroken and unde-
morallzed, and are reported to be re
organizing on the Albanian and Mon
tenegrin frontiers.
Mr, G n W, II.T.Iley spent a portion
Mr. C, T. Munford went to Arthur [
this morning to attend the land sale '
Mr, B, L. Tumage was in Farmville, Mr. J, W I.ittle went to Arthur this
today on business, : morning.
Mr. L. C. Arthur attended the auc-J Mr. 7, P. Vandyke was In Farmvilla
tion sale at Arthur today. today In Interest of his firm.
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