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"faa Library- x CO J. Wonderful Polk County, "In The Land of The Sky?, Of fers Unusual Opportun i t i e for Home Seek ers. Mountain Spring, Water. Magnificent Scenery. . x" CirUt'B fc under Its. cription L lkvlSZII I ' . - Year in of in VOL. XXI NO. 28 TRYON, POLK COUNTY, N. C FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1915. ESTABLISHED MAY, 1894. HERS TO HEAR ABLE SPEAKERS lypT. JUY men rncrnnw m itn- NsTlNG PROGRAM FOR MEET ING IN RALEIGH. btf NINE ORGANIZATIONS Leigh Women Will Care For the 84 Rural School Children Who At tend to Illustrate Teaching. Raleigh. The North Carolina teachers' Assembly holding its thir- vcond annual meeting in Raleigh, Lrember 24-26, will have as speaking actions Dr. Edwin A. Alderman, ,tsident of the University of Vir- ; Dr. David Snedden, Massachu- etts Commissioner of Education; lecretary Josephus Daniels and Dr. , E. Winship, editor of the Journal f Education, Boston. Nine teaching organizations are ai led with the parent body now com- sed of several thousand members. he largest of these, the State Primary eachers' Association, will have a oted North Carolina woman, Miss Leila Cobb, head of Edinboro State Normal School, Edinboro, Pa., and others. . The programs have been issued from of office of State Superintendent J. Y. Joyner, by Prof. E. E. Sams, secretary of the Assembly. The" 1915 meeting Is remarkable in many'ways. JFor the first time in all North Car- a school school teaching, a woman presides over the meetings. Miss Mary Owen Graham, of Char lotte, sister of President Graham - of the University, Is president of the As sembly and will make the address this ear, She was formerly . president of Stat 'Primary Teachers ' Assp iation. - . - - - . Woman's Club of, Raleigh has ime&he duty of providing homes or 84 rural school children who are o be here during the. assembly, for the special purpose of constitution demonstration schools to illustrate methods of teaching to the members of the assemly by the experts in charge. These children from the country are to be cared for without charge and be here throughout the session of the assembly. " This method was first tried out by tie assembly last year at Charlotte ith cooking, sewing, canning and otier activities, the system making i bit that ranked almost along with tie lectures by Dr. William Lyon phelps of the Chair' of English at We, and Mrs. Cora Stewart, the apostle of moonlight schools, from Kentucky. The assembly manage ffient is attempting this year even Water things. These children cbme from Mc Neil, Johnston, Northampton Ala ffiance, Orange and Granville coun- tIea- The demonstration work will be Mder the direction, of Misses Loula ussadey,. Maud Bernard and Eliza beth Kelly and Profs. F. D. under wood. E. E. Balcomb and Zebulon Judd. Should Buy At Home'., Thomasville. The majority of the jjtoirs catalogued by the mail order iouses are the product of Thomasville fcctories. Never a day passes but at several large shipments go dl- rect to the mail order houses, while l&merou3 small shipments are sent w tneir customers. Not very long Jf a farmer living in Davidson coun v ordered a set of dining chairs from Chicago mail order house and upon Jal he found that they were made a local factory and were wrapped 51 lcal newspapers. Reorganizing Creamery. l Hendersonville The Blue Ridge finery of this city is being, reor "tfzed so as to place it on the co native basis. The present owners, Metcher and C. F. Baldwin, with the assistance of others Interested in Proi voO sharps nf atA.ir a niA ii - uwv,n iu uiuci WV pKo creamery on the co-operative Man. Votes Good Road Bonds. l&denborrv At uia OOO6 Bladenboro township voted $25, for good roads by an overwhelm- th?V ?catta that the people of count er township of -Bladen in 1 ar,e determined to forge ahead gerryEnr Progress. H. C. Sin JL ' Hester and Evander MAw. Were 6lected as D0ard 0f Crl LC!?ml88ioner8 to V and n exPeiiture of tae oft, ' conatrucUoa of roam. NATIONALISTS SAY WAR IS BE ING CONDUCTED WITH SIGNAL INCOMPETENCE. MOVING TOWARD DISASTER Score Officers and Leaders Charging Them WithAII the Blunders and Failures.' London. Arthur Lynch, Nationalist member from West Clare, during the debate in the House of Commons con tended that the war was being con ducted with signal incompetence and unless there was a change the coun try was moving straight to disaster. He strongly attacked Lord Kitchener, who, he said, had blundered in not moving to the defense of Liege, again on the question of munitions and once again in Serbia. ' - "The blunder in the Dardanelles," Mr. Lynch added,' "was at least a blunder of a man who meant to do something." Mr. Lynch said he would sweep away 70 per cent of the higher British command, beginning with : Field Marshal French, "who had been in command 15 months and had made no progress." In the last offensive, continued Mr. Lynch, the Allies broke through the German lines but in the superior com mand decision was wanted to take full advantage of the normal victory. The government, he declared, had no plan of campaign." The idea Vf a suc cess of attrition 'A was - absurd. The war must be won in the field. The men were good and munitions were there. . It was ' leadership and direc tion which Vere lacking.; v "William Joynson-Hicks, member of the Brentford division of Middlesex, drew attention to the condition of the royal flying corps and the nava1 air service. He said there was great dissatijfaction connected with the naval air service in regard to the or ganization .hd the appointment of a chief, who knew nothing about air craft, above the heads of those who in fact had built up the fabric of the service. It was important, added the mem ber, that England should have large, new aeroplanes for the offensive next spring, in order to meet the new air ships and new aeroplanes which the Germans were building. He asked why work on an English Zeppelirrj had been stopped in January and whether the Admiralty had dropped the policy of attacking Zeppelins by aeroplanes. N. G. TO MEET IN ASHEVILLE. Association Selects North Carolina Town For 1916 Meeting. San Franciscco. Refusal to endorse President Wilson's proposal tor a con tinental army of 400,000 men marked the closing session of the seventeenth annual convention of the National Guard Association of the United States. Asheville, N. C, was selected as the meeting place for 1916, the date to be decided later by the execu tive committee. A resolution propos ing that the association approve Pres ident Wilson's plan was offered by Gen. Henry D. Hamilton of New York. The resolution was referred to a com mittee without debate. - r It was said the National Guard As sociation was "opposed to the continen tal army plan because it was believed it would conflict with the organiza tion. Some of the officers contended that if a large reserve force was to he provided it should be done under ( guidance of the National Guard. Gen. ! Thomas J. Stewart ' of Harrhisburg j was re-elected president of the asso ciation for the seventh term. Other officers elected follow: Gen. Guy F. Logan, Des Moines, Iowa, secretary; Gen. Joseph A. Storch, Fullerton, Neb., treasurer. Among the vice presidents chosen were the following: Gen. C. C. Vaughn, Richmond, Va.; Gen. William W. Moore, Columbia, S. C; Gen. Charles Mackin, Annapolis, Md. . Keep Eye on Lobbyists. Washington. Careful watch will be kept on lobbyists during the coming session of Congress, according to Sen ator Overman, chairman of the sen ate's special lobby committee. "The committee is still alive," said Mr. Overman, "and will be kept alive for the purpose of inquiring Into any in sidious lobbying that may be attempt ed during the next congress as a re sult of problems growing out of the European war. He mentioned propos als to prohibit sales of WW munition to belligerents. . rAR HEELS will get credit Secretary Daniels, Congressman Small and Others Chief Fighters For Waterways Movement. Savannah, Ga. Snould the next congress make' sufficient appropria tions for. beginning work on a great chain of inland waterways from Maine to the Gulf, North Carolina can justly feel that no state in the Union had contributed more to the success of this project. Two men from North Carolina who have been foremost in this work are' Secretary Daniels and Congressman John H. Small. When the eighth an nual convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association closed here delegates agreed that no more force ful address had been' made than by Congressman Small. ' After outlining the necessity of this intra-coastal project and the benefits that would Occur to every person along the Atlantic coast'he condemn ed those men or a coterie of men who had withheld from the people the ad vantages of this system of Inland canals. In brief he sard: 1 "Along the Atlantic coast a great number of rivers run through the various states. This system of intra coastal waterways would intersect ind connect these rivers making a great trunk line. We have improved hese rivers before we actually con structed or began to construct the trunk line. Three railroad trunk lines run through theSouth, each of which has branches east and west from the main line. What would we think of the wisdom of a railroad which would construct the branches bef'9-e the main line? "The commercial importance of these waterways is obvious. At pres ent commerce on most of these rivers is almost exclusively local. "This waterway, will connect the rivers With each other and every port with every other port along the coast." v Winston , Wants , Street Cars. ' ; Kins ton The' chamberpot commerce Is expected to investigate the possi-, bility for a good investment in a street railway system in Kinston dur inf the coming few weeks. Last week's fair proved the need of such a service during rush periods. It is es timated that 100,000 fares would have been handled during the week. Lines down Queen street into East Kinston and Mitchelltown, and to Hines' Junc tion, a mile and a half west of the city, might be profitably operated throughout the year, business men believe. Orders 1,000 Dozen Chairs. High Point. Sterber & Company, of Cape Town, South Africa, Jias plac ed an Order with a local chair manu facturer for 1,000 dozen chairs, to be shipped not later than February 1. This shipment is expected tc be fol lowed by others next year and it is understood that considerable business will hereafter ocme to the local fac tory from South Africa. The initial shipment contracted for delivery be fore next February is valued at $12,000. Cleveland Fights Illiteracy. Shelby. Supt. J. Y. Irvin says Cleveland county probably has more moonlight schools organized than any other county, in Western North Caro lina. The schools did not open until this week because the public schools did not begin until November 15. Nine were already fully organized and have a good enrollment. NORTH CAROLINA MARKET. Prices of Cotton, Corn, Oats, Peas, Butter, Eggs, Etc., on North Caro lina Markets During Past Week. Ahoskle Cotton, llc; cotton seed, 45c bu; corn, 79c bu; oats, 41c bu; peas, bu; Irish potatoes, $2.25 bbl; sweet pota toes, 50c bu; apples, $3.50 bbl; Western butter, 32c ,1b; N. C. butter, 30c lb; eggs, 25c doz. Asheville corn, 76c bu; oats, 49c bu; Ti.h rntatnam 41 8 ft hihl flWAAt nnta. toes, 50c bu; 'apples, $2-$4 bbl; N. C. . . Ad J butter, sic id; eggs, ouc auz. Charlotte Cotton, 11c; cotton seed, 524c bu; corn, 95c bu; oats, 60c bu; Irish potatose, $2 bblf eggs. 35c doz. Durham Cotton, 11 c; cptton seed, 65c bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 5oc bu; peas, $2 bu; Irish potatoes, $2 bbl; sweety pota toes, 75c bu; apples, $3 bbl; Western butter, 30c lb; jn. Duner, auc id; eggs, Hamlet Cotton, 10c; cotton seed, 55c bu; corn, 90c bu; oats, 60c bu; peas, $1 25 bu; sweet potatoes, 75c bu; N. C. butter. 31c lb; eggs, 30c doz. Fayetteville Cotton, 10c; cotton seed, 60c bu; corn, 85c bu; oats, 50c bu; peas, $1 25 bu; Irish potatoes, $2.75 bbl; sweet potatoes, 50c bu; apples, $3 bbl; West ern butter, 30c lb; N. C. butter, 32c lb; eetrs. 20-25c dox. Hickory N. C. butter. 32c lb; eggs, 24- 28lAnnberton Cotton, 10c; corn, 85c bu; sweet potatoes, 60c bu; egga, 30c doz. Maxton Cotton, 10c; cotton seed, 50c bu corn, S5c bu; oats, 60c bu; sweet po tatoes. 50c bu; Western butter, 35c lb; eggs, 30c doz. ' . ' New Bern Cotton, llc; corn, 65c bu; oats, 50c bu; peas. $1.50 bu; sweet pota toes, 45c bu; eggs, 25c doz. , . Proximity Cotton, 11 ; corn, 75c bu; peas, $1.50 bu; Irish potatoes, $2 1. bbl; sweet .potatoes, 40c bu; pples, $2-$3 bbl; Western butter, 33c lb; N. C. butter. 3 ic lb ens, 25c doz.' n. Halelgji-Cotton, lie; cotton seed. 55$e SEfiBS FALL BACK FROn A U ST R O-G E R MANS KEEP UP A v STEADY ADVANCE AGAINST THE ENEMY. CAPTURE MORE PRISONERS Along . Eastern Fronts Serbs Offer Stubborn Resistance. French Un dertake Offensive Movement. London. The Serbians are falling back from mountain range to moun tain range before the advance of the AustrcMGerman forces, whose official report enumerate the capture of 1.00C or more prisoners daily, a few guns and quantities of stores. The Serbian Lare fighting continuously, however and af e inflicting considerable losse: on their pursuers. Along the eastern front the Serb ians appear to be holding their owr against the Bulgarians and are mak ing a stand on the western bank o5 the Murava river. To stubborn hat been their resistance the Bulgarian! have had to call for assistance fron the Attstro-German artillery in thei efforts to drive the defenders out o Katchanik Pass. Thus far they hav been unsuccessful. . The British and French troop which are receiving reinforcements are meeting with some success anc besidet repulsing the Bulgarian at tacks have undertaken small offeiisivf movements with good results. Th AustrOGermans and Bulgarians, how ever,jnade such a progress from th; beginning of the campaign that it wil take-serious work to -check them. For ' the moment the political situa tion is graver than the military. Tht Central Powers have again protested to Greece .gainst the land of AllfeC troops at Saloniki. King Constantine is reported to have replied that at Saloniki is . an open port there ha? been no infringement of Greek right? in the landing and that Greece wil remain neutral until one of the bellig erents has trangressed against those rights. BOOKER T. WASHINGTON DEAD. Noted Negro Leader and Educator Dies at Home in Tuskegee. Tuskegee, Ala. Booker T. Wash fngton, the noted negro educator and founder of Tuskegee Institute, died at his home her.e four hours after his arrival from New York. Death was due to harneing of the arteries fol lowing a nervous breakdown. The negro leader has been in fail ing health for several months, but his condition became serious only last week while he was In the East. He realized the end was near, but was determined to make the long trip South to bear out his oft-expressed statement that he had been "born in the South, have lived all my life in the South and expect to die and be buried in the South." Specialists who had examined Washington said he was suffering from nervous breakdown and harden ing of the arteries. His last public appearance was at- the National con ference of congregational churches, where he delivered a lecture October 25th. Washington is survived by his wife, three children and four g;and-chil-,di 3ii. His brother, John H. Washing ton, is superintendent of industries at Tuskegee Institute. , Would Raise Fifty Millions. Boston. The raising of $50,000,000 annually to support 25,000 mission aries was advocated by J. Campbell White, president of the University of Wooster, in an address at the opening day of the Boston Laymen conven tion, representing many Protestant de nominations. Italian Steamer Bosnia Sunk. Rome. The Italian steamship Bos nia ha been sunk by a submarine fly ing the Austrian flag. The passen gers and crew boarded four life-boats, three of which have landed, but the fate of the occupants of the fourth is not known. American Hospital Opened. Petrograd. The American hospital was formally opened with enlarged quarters in the presence of Baron Ro sen, former Russian ambassador to the United States and Count Nostitz. City Councilman Santgalli and George T. Marye, the American ambassador, delivered addresses. Russian friends presented the hospital with a portrait of Grand Duke Alexisr the heir appa- rent Two soldiers responded to he addresses in English and thanked the Americans for Unir gift of the ho pltal. -. CHURCHILL 10 60 TO ARMY IN FRANCE HAS RESIGNED FROM CABINET AND WILL ENTER ACTIVE FIELD SERVICE. TELLS REASONS IN LETTER Did Not Feel Like Remaining Ir Times Like These in a Position of Well Paid Inactivity. London. It is officially announced that Winston Spencer Churchill Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, has resigned from the Cabinet anc will join the army in France. Mr. Churchill in his letter of resig nation explains that he agrees in the formation of a small war council anc appreciates the intention which Pre Slier Asquith expressed- to include him among its members. He foresaw the difficulties that the Premie; would have to face in its compos! tion he states, and he makes no com plaint because the scheme was chang ed but wit hthe change his work 1l the government naturally closed. He says he could not accept a position oi general responsibility for a war pol icy without any effective share in itt guidance and control and did not feei able in times like these to remain ii. well paid inactivity. Rumors had been current for some time that kr. Churchill would resigr his seat in the cabinet and go oui on active service at the front. He is a major in the Oxford Yoemanry Mr. Churcchill was serving as First Lord of the Admiralty when the wai began and filled that office until the formation of the coalition cabinet last May. He took the position of Chan cellor of the Dtrclrr of "Lancaster in the new cabinet, Arthur J. Balfour being made First Lord of the Admir alty. GEORGIA MAKING LAWS. House Passes Senate Bill Prohibiting Liquor Traffic. Atlanta, Ga. The lower house of the Georgia Legislature by 142 to 22 passed a bill which already had pass ed the senate, to prohibit the manu facture or sale of liquor in Georgia. The only change the house made was that the measure should become effec tive May 1, 1916, instead of January 1, next. It defines "liquor" as any drink containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol. It is gen erally understood that Governor Har ris will sign it. Advocates declare the bill will elim inate- all breweries, so-called "near beer" saloons and "locker clubs" now operating under laws which allow the manufacture and sale of drinks con taining no more than four per cent alcohol. The senate also has passed bills to prohibit liquor advertisements and to limit the amount of liquor each individual may have shipped to him without the state. , Chairman Banker's Committee. New York. J. Elwood Cox of High Point, N. C, was chosen chairman of the executive committee of the Nat ional Bank section of the American Bankers' Association which met here for the purpose of completing organ ization and mapping out work for its future activity. The meeting ' was largely given up to a discussion of legislative matters pertaining to the federal reserve system and its rela tion to the national banks. New Duties for. General Scott. Washington. President Wilson Is sued an order authorizing Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff of the army, "to perform the duties of Secre tary of War during the Illness or tem oprary absence from the -seat of gov ernment of the Secretary of War, whenever during such illness or ab sence the assistance secretary of war is also absent." Get Rid of Colombia Treaty. Washington. "Common courtesy among nations demands that the sen ate dispose of the pending treaty with Colombia in the near future," declar ed Senator Stone, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, in dis cussing affairs which will demand the immediate attention when congress convenes. The principal provision of th np.ndlne convention which has been a stumbling block for two years is that the United States shall pay $25,000,000 to Colombia, for the Pana ma Canal strip. ITALY DENOUNCES 1 SINKING OF LINER K COMMUNICATION ADDRESSED BY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO NEUTRAL NATIONS. NO WARNING WAS GIVEN "An Unparalleled Atrocltv" State- ment Differs Materially From That of Austrian Government. Washington. Secretary Lansing personally received from Macchi di Cellere, the Italian ambassador, a communication addressed by Italy, to all neutral nations, denouncing as "an unparalleled atrocity" the sinking of the Italian liner Ancona, with scores If neutrals and other non-combatants aboard. The statement recites the circum stances of the attack, charging that "without even a blank shot" of warning, from the attacking subma rine, the vessel was shelled and that the killing and wounding of passen gers continued after the ship had stopped. No reference is made to the nationality of the submarine. As yet Ambassador Penfleld has not been instructed to call at the Vienna foreign office for information, but he probably will be shortly in view of the issuance of a statement by the Austro-Hungarlan admiralty de scribing the attack. Upon receipt of the facts as stated In Vienna the Washington govern ment will consdier whether any rights of American citizens have been vio lated. The admiralty statement which has been seen by officials here in the press, is at variance with that of Italy. It declares that the Ancona attempted to escape and was stopped only - after... irepesJted.- shelling. Austria. further claims that the - passengers and crew were given 45 minutes to leave in small boats, and the charge that the submarine fired on the boats is denied While officials were disinclined to comment in view of the contradictory information, the general belief is that the entire question of submarine war fare and the obligations of a subma rine commander to see that neutrals are in a place of safety before de stroying, a prize will be taken up by the United States with the Austrian government. CHURCHILL MAKES GOOD. Most Criticised Man in Cabinet Justi fies Himself Before House. London. Winston Spencer Church1 ill, who has been the most severely criticised member of the Government and who has been held personally re-' sponsible for the loss of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Cradock's fleet in the Pacific, the destruction by sub marines of the British cruisers Cressy, Hogue and Abouklr, the ill fated Antwerp epedltion and the in itiation of the naval attack on the Dardanelles, delivered a speech in his own defense in the House of Com mons following the resignation of his post in the Cabinet. l' won't have it said," was his dramatic assertion referring .to f the Dardanelles attack, "that this was a civilian plan foisted by a political amateur upon reluctant officers and experts." And this sums up his reply to all his critics. In every case, he showed that experts had counselled and con curred before any of the expeditions which had been conaemned were un dertaken, and it was clear, before he had gone far, that the House of Com mons sympathized with him. For months Mr. Churchill has lived under reproaches. His entrance to the House passed almost unnoticed. Was Killed Outright. Washington. The Supreme Court affirmed the action of the Tennessee Supreme Court' in setting aside a judgment against the Carolina, Clinch field and Ohio Railroad Company In favor of W. N. Showalter, as admin istrator of the estate of Robert K. Showalter, a fireman killed outright when his train ran into a boulder. Must Reinstate BurkitL Washington. President Wilson di rected the reinstatement of George Burkitt, the assistant postmaster at Winnetka, I1L, who was dlsmlsssed af ter he had criticised the president's engagement to be married. It was' said at the White House that the man would be restored to office regardless of various charges filed against him. Dismissal of Burkitt was ordered re cently by assistant Postmaster Gen eral Roper on the recommendation of, ; I r I.