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WELCOMING THE NEW YEAR IN HUE AND PROPER FGRJTw S.HE teeing of "the Old Year out sod New Year In" throughout the world U generally accompanied by much merriment and Bome tlraoa with much dolae. Tlut whereaa In tome eouutrlea the "wild" night baa din appeared and baa ________ been replaoed by Cete bratlona more In keeping with the paaains of a year of | paat opportunities, and the making' of new reeoluttona for the coming year, on this continent, at least, the night has been given up to revelry strongly condemned by right thinking People. At ona time New Year's eve la Ber lin was a time that might hgve glad dened the heart-of the moat exuber ant undergraduate, being from dusk to dawn n succession of practical Jokes and good-natured "ragging." But now adays the town ahowa a more sedate temper, and If In a very Uerman way a beer or a wine "Journey" (to give the German expression) often reminds one tn the small hours of what used to he seen at the same time of the year In the ancient "world, the days dbem to have passed by when If was ] unsafe for a cabman to show himself In the city before dawn, for tear of having some Joker ride away on his unharnessed "Polly." In those timet the allk bat was more worn than today, and alii) more often was crushed In or thrown across the street by some of the' more ram pageous It la said that one could then buy a cheap edition .of the silk hat that had a gloss that would last through the evening, and at a price tlut made Its disappearance quite suf I fmBBL -- ~rr '. . ' i Today ?uch practical jokes hare \ dropped into the background. Berlin and tbe rest of the empire Indulge In | a celebration of the New Year that has something of the French rebell ion, something of the Bcottlsb festivi ty. and also some reminders of April Fools' day and Gunpowder Plot day in Rngland, and the Chinese New Year's "Feast of Lanterns." New Year's day In Germany Is the day for sending the jokes and would-I be jokes that are generally held over until April 1 In France and England -cigars that might seem to be borne" lag, references to such rarities as the >? peacock's eggs, and ?H the "sells" that can be thought of.' , Then, as the Eng lish of tbe North may eat toffee and "parkin" on the ere of the Sth of November, the Germans have a special fare of pancakes and Jam, with punch. The rattle reminds one of the Orient U Is the article of the day. or rather of the night. Even the biggest stores In tbe capital head their weekly cata logue with a list of the styles .of rat tles that tbey have to sell, and no self-respecting Berliner Is without one wbea he sallies forth late In evening to make a round of the town before saluting the emperor with the guard In front of the'palace' In the Lustgar ten at nine o'clock. The occasion also offers another ex asspie of the extraordinary powers of endurance In the matter of entertain-, ment that the Berliner possesses. Al-1 though business begins at eight, and ' in some offices even as early as half past seven, there are as many In tbe cafes between two and three In the morning as one would see, for exam . pie. between one and two In .Paris? a much more leisured city. And on New Year's eve tbe com pany does not go home to bed with the milk, as in tbe French capital, hut sCes It out until It Is a question of whether luncheon shall come be fore or after the sleep. Supper in tbe better-known restau rants in the center of Berlin and in Charlottenburg's fine avenue of Kur furstendamra is much on the lines of the Paris reveiUon. There is no men-. tlon of the traditional "Boudin avec puree de pommes," but In return the pancakes and sirup get their place, and there la always some punch hi the New Year's eve Is marked at tbe Court of Vienna by a ceremony some what reminiscent of "Hamlet" with out the chief character. The diplo mat^. body Is Invited to the Hof burg.to wish*the emperor the compli ments of ths season, but his Imperial majesty never attends to receive them. Since the days of Maria Ther esa 'it has been the custom for the grand master of the court la depu tise for his sovereign on this occasion, and no member of the,imperial family la ever present. This ceremony, which is commonly known as "the homage to Qessler's hat," is so strongly resented by some diplomats that they purposely sbsent themselves from Vienna at this time i of the year in order to evade IL At Queen's college, Oxford, besides Indian Marriaget Recognized. That a marriage contracted between members of an Indian tribe In accord ance with the customs of such tribe, where the tribal relations and govern ment existed at the time of such mar- i riage, and there war no federal statute rendering the tribal customs invalid, will be recognized by the courts aa a regular and valid marriage for all pur poses. Is held In Buck vs. Branson, 34 Okla 807. And thesame effect Is also : given to tba dissolution of marriages, under the customs of the tribe, as ts Walrus Slaughter. i That the walrus is rapidly rearing ; extinction Is the warning sounded fcy < the Dally Industrial News ot Nome. 1 Alaska. That paper describes the slaughter caused by one crew In a sin gle season The catch amounted to 723, ot which 420 were cows aud calves. Many were fatally wounded or shot dead and never recovered. A 1 full, grown bull walrus Weighs a ton The walrus Is a tempting bait to the ?hunter because ot the amount ot wealth found in hia skin, the oil and ii^MB 7m&Q! wcan?,i9J?,pj&AZ%f " me picturesque procession of the i boar's head at Christinas, a quaint 1 but leas known custom for New Year's ?? day has been retained. After dinner ? bn this anniversary tbe bursar pre- J sent* to each guest a needle threaded with silk of a color suitable to his i faculty, and prays for his prosperity 1 In the words, "Take this and be i thrifty." This word "thrifty" has no i connection with the philosophy of the | t late Samuel Binfles, bat is, according 11 to Doctor Magrath, the retired pro- 1 vost, tbe old Kngllsh for prosperous. ! To "grow thrjfly" in the aenge of to i thrive was used in America within I living memory. The ceremony Is aji practical Norman French pun (aiguille i et fill upon the name of Eglesfleld, (1 the chaplain to Queen Philippe, wbo ' \ was the real founder of the college. 11 A picturesque ceremony marks New j1 Year's eve at the court of Dresden, j i A reception is held In tbe evening? I generally one of tbe most thronged, of I the year?during Which the king In- m stead of receiving the guests In his ' | ordinary manner, playa cards with hla suite. j < Those tnrited file oast a group of , I card-tables, all the players at which* ? are Intent upon the game, except the 1 king, whose aide-de-camp stands be- < hind his cbsir and whispers tbe card 1 for him to throw, so his majesty can i devote his attention to acknowledging the greetings of his courtiers. The [ i king plays a card, then bows as a i curtsying lady catches his eyea, then 4 another card, another bow. and so on. j 1 until the long procegslon baa passed. < The little Scotch fishing village of 4 Burghead, oil tbe Moray Firth, keeps np a strange survival of pagan ritual. 1 the burning of the "Clavie." This is 1 a sort of rude spoked wheel or tub I made from half a herring-cask and 1 half a tar-barrel, knocked together without the use of a hammer, for 1 vihlcb a smooth stone Is substituted. 1 The blacksmith supplies a long nail. This contrivance Is borne flaming 1 on the shoulders of a succession of j 1 bearers to tbe town boundaries, and t then to the "Doorle," a sort of stone altar, on a small hill. The "Clavie" 1 Is then smashed and the crowd scram- t bles for the pieces. The custom de- j fles explanation and la Immemorial. ? The great Scottish festival of Hog- I manay la celebrated In "the wee, una' 'oors ayont the "twal" with unusual ! test among the Caledonians. < In every corner of our far-flung empire,- wherever the Scot has car ried hla accent an^'hls Robert Burns, the festival of the Celtic race will find Its earnest. If decadent, exprea- ? slon In good wishes and good reaolu- 1 tlons for the new-boVn 'year. ? ' I If you have taken part In the festi val In Scotland Itself yon will be able I to conjure up **hat the Saturnalia ; was in the classic days. The modern , I Italian carnival bears little resem- ! 1 blance to that great festival'in which ? the worker In the field expressed bis whole-hearted delight that one year I of toil had ended, and that a new, and I perhaps a better, year had dawned. < Hogmanay la the Saturnalia of < Scotland, and if the liaccfianalian ele- I given to tbe marriage relation itself. Such marriages are not to be treated as common law marriages, but as legal 1 marriages according to the customs of ( the tribe, when such customs are rec- i ognlsed by congress as concerning and 1 regulating the domestic relations of. t the tribe. > ' ? ? t johnny Knew Them. \ "Johnny," said, the minister, "can i you nsmo the three graces?" S "8V9," replied the little fellow, t "Breakfast, dinner and auppor." > (he rich Ivory th the tusk*. The die-1 ippenrance of the walrus means the extinction of the BeWmos, who depend t largely fin this animal for food sup- t ply, fuel, lights, boats and leather. , * :? t When Was He In the LegietatureT J "The legislature, pa?T* "The aver age legislature, my sob." replied J. - Puller Oloom. "Is a debating society wherein nobody knows what be 1*. < talking about, and does not care any- a thing about what anybody else - Is t talking about" a '? ?xV^ ?lent?at all eventa In the far North? a a trifle strong. It cannot be doubt >0 that enmities are ended and friend iblps strengthened In the general re oictags. So then, every 8cot. wherever and whatever hie let?Scots Wha Hae and Scots Wha Hlnna?wltr- raise the ;lass to the New Year, and his heart will turn to the Mecca of his hopes, he home of his poet and prophet, tobert Hums. Writing to an English friend from teotland In ISO J, Henry Blckersteth lays! On December it altniml every tody has a "party, either to dine or ?up, the company almost entirely con dstlng of young people. They wait together till midnight strikes, at shleh time every one begins to move, ind they all fall to work?at what? Why, kissing! Each male Is succes sively locked In a pure Platonic em trace with each female. This matter s not at all confined to those, but wherever man meets woman it is tha trlvllege of this hour. New Year's gifts have taken many llfferent forms at different perloda 'rom the eggs exchanged by the Per ifans and tbe sacred branches of mls Jetoe of the Druids down to tbe fat xtpon which the tenants In many Ehg lsh counties were expected to pre terit to their landlords. In the sixteenth century, gloves sere often given on New Year's day, ind there Is record of a certain Mrs. "maker, In whose favor Sir Thomas Wore had decided a case, sending the lhaneellor a pair of gloves with 40 (oM .angels therein. "Mistress," wrote More, returning he money. "Since it were against manners to refuse a New Year's gift, 1 am content to take your gloves, but, rs for the lining. I utterly refuse IL" What precisely is "Hogmanay?" Stymologlcally, It has been derived 'mm the French "au-gol-menes." 'come on to the mistletoe." The Nor man French "a gul l'an-neuf," also an issoclatlon of the New Year and mik ietoe, seems likelier. Can anyone tell us precisely, what was the origin of the custom in some parts of 'England, of the going to the parents' bedroom on New Year's Horning with new snow (If it can be lad), and the song, few Year's day In the morning The eoeka begin to crow Vpen the- door* and let me In And I'll give you some New Year's anow. The Zulu Trick. The English soldiers, who' had lerved in South Africa quickly taught .ho allies In Prance how to sleep com 'ortably ou the groknd To sleep on the ground in the ordi tary way. without the aid of this South African trick, which the English earned from the Zulus, is so painful is to be almost impossible. Sleep, la iteatj of resting, fatigues. The Zulu trick is to dig a little hole :o hold the blp bofie." The soldier can dien rest on back or side with .equal :omfort. He rises from his slumber >n the hard ground as refreshed as If to had slept on a feather bed. The Canny Scot. A Scotchman recently returning lome from Russia would- now be In* n lerman jatl had he not written, flrtt ah after ht? nnme on the passenger 1st. The naval officer who stopped he ship he was on carefully removed ill English, but tliitlsh escaped the Jorman eagle's eye. An emluent dl 'lne said some 200 years ago: "In all ny travels 1 never met with any one Scotchman but what was a u.an of lense." If he were alive today he night say It again.?Ilalttmore Sun. Grim Wit of Douglao Jerrold. Ugliest of tradei have their mo nenta o( pleasure. If I were a Rravo llgger, or even a-hangman, there are ?ome people I could work for with a Teat deal of enjoyment.?Douglar ;errold. Perhapa Ha Had None. A fellow has bis fare shaved, hair n't, shoes polished, clothes pressed nd hat brushed, then pays so atten Ion whatevbr to hla dilapidated con clence.?Toledo Blade. ? ?? . SUIT FOR THE PBESIDENT, Concord Tailor, a Native German, ' Mak.ee and Senda P reel dent Wlleon a Suit of Ciethea. Concord--J. K. Love, a tailor of this | city, Itae Just seat President Woodrow Wlleon a eult of olothee manufactured and made la Concord. With the eult was a letter expressing the hope that the President would accept the gift as a token of esteem from a native born German who has resided here for sevefal years. The cloth for the suit was manu factured at the Gibson Manufactur ing Company here and Is of light colored cotton material similar to Palm Beach cloth This class of goods proved popular here last Sum mer said was used for suits by s number ot0 citlsens. It was on dis play at tha textile exhibit Home-Corn lag Weed and attracted much atten tion. Needless to aa jrtbe suit was made with all the care and tailoring genious Mr. Love could command. Some time ago Mr. Lore expressed a desire to make the President a suit out of Concord-made goods. A friend wrote to Senator Overman for the measurements of the President's suits and in a short time Secretary Tumulty furnished the Information Buncombe's Com Show. AshevlHe. ? The most successful j Boys' Corn Club contest In the his tory of Buncombe county was brought to a close with the annual seed corn show which was held at the court house here. Christian .Luther ot Qandler was the most successful con testant. being swarded first prize SIS in cash and a farm Implement given by Mrs. Edith 8. Vanderbllt. He pro duced 117 1-3 bushels of corn on an acre. Perry H. Gaston of Candler won sceond prize, while producing leaa corn than the winner of the second, made a better score based on all of the conditions of the contest. In the men's contest R. H. Davis of Candler won first prise with US bushels. In the boys' prolific show corn contest. J. H. Holcombe won first prise while the second was awarded to Stanley Weaver. Both are residents of north Buncombe. Farming in Harnett.'"* Dunn.?Considerable local Interest Is centered upon Never Fall Farm, that wonderful stretch of fertile Harnett soil owned by J. A. Harps, a comparatively recent acquisition to , this county's cltsenship. Mr. Harps comes from Ohio and Is using the agricultural knowledge gained in that state to much profit In this locality whose soils he thinks to be the moet wonderfully productive In the country. He owns several thousand acres. In western Harnett and though his prin cipal product Is tobacco, he Is teaching his neighbors that diversity can chase adversity/out of the county. He pro duces no cotton, but nearly everything else Is grown upon his farm. As an Instance of the great value of Harnett soil as a tobacco producer, he points. In a letter to a local warehouseman, s1 the fact that he has received 115, 000 from the sale of tobacco this yhar. Kinston Gets Union Depot. Kinston.?Kinston Is to have a union depot after all. it was announced re cently. O. V. Cowper. s well-known lawyer, was Informed by Clerk A. J Maxwell of the Corporation Commis sion that the commission has agreed that the station Is a ' necessity and that, an ordar for* its erection at Gor don and Independent streets on prop erty now occupied by a Presbyterian church and several dwellings will be issued. Senate Press Gallery Gets Apples. ^Washington. ? Edmund Robinson. Secretary of the United Fruit Growers ?bf Western North Carolina, with headquarters at North Wilkesboro, at the request of ("lapt. A. B. Williams of Senator 'Simmons' office sent to the senate press gallery a barrel of Royal Limbertwlg apples . grown in the Brushy Mountains. COMING EVENTS. Annual Live Stork Meeting. Statesvtlle? January 1S-21. 1915 TAR HEEL BREVITIES. The second annual Henderson coun ty corn show held nt Henderson was a success. In spite of the snow on the ground and the inconveniences ft Oc casioned the farmers who brought In 50 exhibits of com and Irish pota toes. Robert V. Brawley, for postmaster at S^tatearille and David T. Clark, postmaster at Weldon have been con firmed. Ex-Governor Glenn addressed, a mass meeting at Charlotte recently on the subject of national prohibition. David 8tern. a well known Greens boro attorney, died suddently Commissioner Young of the insur ance department mailed ont large numbers of holiday bulletins of the department. These went to the su perintendents of Sunday school, to school teachers and to business men and merchants over the state. Hotly shipments brought East Caro lina shippers more than 530.000 this year.' Warsaw tobacco .market has closed having sold nearly 3.000,000 pounds of tobacco. V" Durham county farmers hsve slaugh tered over 10,000 pounds of hog re cently. Most of the'm have had un usually good luck with oork this year "nd the cold weather Just at this time has been ideal for tbe butcher ing. There has been little or no hog cholera, for the ho* raisers have tak en the precaution to have the animals Inoculated, ..... - A big barn and contents and gar age and auto belonging to J. O. Gard ner of Charlotte were destroyed by Are recently. ^ Superintendent Dobbins of the Hen rietta MHls entertained bis overseers at' a supper recently. This Is an an nual event. Nearly 30 patrons of the Shelby ex change of the Piedmont Telephone A Telegraph Co., have signed a petition to Manager R. B. Bablngton of Gas tonia asking that their telephones be ?ut out January 1. If the proposed In pressed raise of 50 oents a 'phone la instpta* on. H ... ? - i? SI** LABOR REPORT OF NORTH CAROLINA . I I COMPLETEST POSSIBLE BUM MARY OP LAftOR AND INDUS TRtAL CONDITIONS. TAR HEEL CAPITOL NEWS ? ?# I General Newe ef North Carolina Col- 1 loctod and Condanaod From tho J IUIi Capital That Will Profo of In to root to All Our Readers. I , Kalolch. ' Tho twenty-eighth annual report < of the eommltatoner of labor and i printing recently Issued from the de partment has been received every where aa one of tee complete#! poeil- I ble summaries of the laboring condl- I tlona In North Carolina aa well aa of 1 induatrlea from the standpoint of the I manufacturer#. The report bealdea a complete directory of the atate offices contains a revised Hat of the I labor laws of North Carolina and a i classified Hat of the Industries of the i state. "Condition of Farmers" Is the title I of one of the leading chapters of the 1 report 'That shows In summary that I there haa been an Increase In the < value of farm land In eighty-eight < counties and no change In twelve. 1 There are. reporting to the depart- i ment for 1414. TS5 miscellaneous ? factories, with 488.811,810 capital. 1 us lag 88,590 horsepower, producing an output valued at 497.082.107. These factories employ 38.655 per- I sons. Two hundred and nlnoty-slx cotton mills report employing 404.484.822 i capital, using 5,704,709 spindles. 42.058 looms, operated by 143,2)7 , horsepower. There are employed fa these mills 64,960 people. Output, 480.802,74. The number of knitting mills re- ' porting Is 75, Increase of IT over last 1 year. The capital here employed Is ' 44.764,198, nearly a million more : than last year. Them are 144J40 spindles. 10.760 knitting machines and 1,000 sewing machines In use In 3 these mills; 20,163 horsepower and ' 8.227 employees, reporting output of ' 47.771,080. .The woolen mills reporting are 6 In nomfcer with capital of 4171,000; ' employing 13.812 sptndies: 262 looms; ' 25 cards: horsepower. 805. Output ' 4755.000: employing 542 persons. Four silk mills, with capital -of ' 428.000. spindles employed looms 442. horsepower 1.110. Output ' 4678.750. 842 presona employed. Four cordage mills, with capital of 4460 000; spindles employed 15,936; ' braiders, 250: cards. 52; horsepower. 735. Output. 41,311,467. Employing ' 440 persons. The furniture factories are 84 In 1 number, with capital of 88.327.205. J using 10.078 horsepower, employing 8,786 persons. There are reported 325 publications ' In North Carolina. This number In cludes dally. seml-wee)ily. weekly 3 and other, with a combined clrcula- ' tlon of 1.512.554 copies. The report shows also wages In the ' different trades. In all the Industries ' covered, hours constituting s day's 1 work, otgether with numerous dfe- J tails. 1 The appendix shows an alphabeti cal index of manufacturers, classified I under names of articles manufac tured. together with list of news- | papers and various other appropriate , relative facts and observations. I ?' ? ^ I Labor Will Ask Nothing. < Chairman D. K. Wright of the leg- 1 islative committee of the Brotherhood 1 of Locomotive Engineers and other la- ' bor organisations, who ia always es- 1 pecially active during legislative ses sions here, for and against measures I as they effect the labor Interests, said < that for once there will be most i probably not a single bit of leglsla- < tlon of any sort asked for at this sea- i slon by the interests he represents, 1 but thet they are geting ready to r make the strongest fight they can 1 against a number of measures that i are expected to come from other t sources and that would be detriment- c al to the Interest he represents. t * Repairing Secretary's Office. Workmen have begun a complete renovation sad reflnish for the offices of the secretary of state?in the Capi tol building that will Include hard wood floors and reflnlshlng the walls and new white enamel for the wlnd dows and paneled blinds. The offices of the governor, state treasurer and auditor have had a similar overhaul ing witblh, the past two years, and the work in Ihe department of state is greatly needed to put these on an at tractive and creditable footing with the other departments. 'Oh - Wants 250 Children Cared For. Dr. J. Y. Joyner, state superinten dent of public Instruction, just back from Kinston where be attended the annual meeting of the board of direc tors of tbe 'tate School for the Fee ble-Minded. says the board determin ed to press upon the legislature the necesity of provision through in creased aproprlations'for increase of the capacity of the school from 101) to 250 rhildern, the institution being now taxed to its limit, with 150 urg ent applications for sdmlssion on Ale. Examine Insurance Companies. ' Tbe Insurance companies in Ureena born are being examined Just now by 1 representatives. o( the state depart- ' ment of Insurance, this t&lng an an nual task- tbat tbe department per forms in connection with all insur ance companies In North Carolina, "be sides taking part In and close "tab" on tbe examination* of Insurance com panies the country oyer tfhlch sre licensed to do business In this state. Tbe examlnatlgqa In Qreeathoro sre being made by Actuary WVijCame^n and'Chief Btacy W."Vaitt ? ?e ..I Uorth ntroiiikal Waterways Money. Washington.?1Tho actual rivor and larbor appropriation bill, carrying 134.1SI.SI0 for waterway Imprnve nenta throughout tho country, waa completed by the houae rlvera and larbora committee Army engineers Mtlmatea were reduced by nearly $26, >00,060 to maintain work on eilatlnc or work on prolecta which already lave been begun, making no provtalon 'or new undertakinga. After the defeat of the river and larbor Mil at the laat aeealon of Con tress and the appropriation of $20. >00.000 to maintain work on listing >roJecta. the board of engineers sub- I pitted estimates aggregating $53,000.- I H>0. These the committee, according i o Chairman gparkman "pared to the | lone." All big Improvement projects were nvolved In the committee's efforts to ?ut the appropriations. Among the appropriations In the innual rivers and harbors -bill, at. -emulated, are. Virginia: Mataponl and Pamunker rivers 10 000: Rappabannoch, $10,000: James 1100.000: Inland waterway Norfolk, i's. to Beanfort Inlet North Carolina 1600.000. North Carolina: Reaufort harbor. $17,000; Beaufort inlet $5,000; Morehead City. $8,800. Sc.uppernong river. $5,400; Pamlloo ind Tar rlvera. $35,000; Nense and rrent rlvera. $32,000: .waterway Pam Ico Sound to Beaufert Inlet. $0,060: Mew river and waterway to Beaufert larbor. $37,000: Northeast. Black, and "ape Fear rivers above Wilmington. >r>en channel work. $13,000; Cape Fear river above Wilmington locks ind dams. $173 000; Cape Fear rivei, it and below Wilmington. $205,000; A'accamaw river, $55,500. South Carolina: Wlnyah Bay. $50,000: Santee. Wa eree and Congaree rivers, $20,000. Tennessee: French Broad and Little Pigeon ?lv?rs, $40,000. Southern Girls AI8 Farmers. Washington. D.C.?Daughters of Southern farmers who have been numbers of the United States depart nent of agriculture's garden and can ling clubs have been able to give :hefr fathers practical demonstra tions of the value'of crop diversiflia ton during the present bad cotton rear. The actual products which the [Iris have put up are proving lnvalu tble assets in many farm homes vliere the cotton crop has not brought he customary returns and many farm da are now substituting whole acres if Onions and tomatoes In place of ?otton after seeing the success wheih he young women have made with heae crops. - Two sisters In North Carolina have ??tsbllshed such a reputation for heir canned fruits and vetahles hat tbey cannot All the demand. The ?ules of the agent in charge of the forth Carolina work makes It necee inry that the name and address of svery club member go on every can ihe puts on the market. "Give me a ?an of Mabel Norrls tomatoes." or 'Give me a can of Agnes Nonls leaches," requests the housewife of he grocer In the section where these roung women no longer put up their iroduct In glsss. hut In tins, their lame on the outside being sufficient ruarantee for the appearance of the iroducts. The North Carolina girls ire being taught to be business wo nen as well as to put -up superior iroducts. 2ralg'e Message a Party Document. Nearly all the state Institutions and Kurds have filed their annual or bi ?nnlal reports with .Governor Oral* 'or the general assembly, and the coventor la beginning to cast the first ?ought draft of hla message to the eglslature In connection with which hese renorts of boards and Instltu lons will be transmitted to the law naking body? The governor has given no Intlma lon as to the character of his forth coming message, except to say that It rill be anchored In Democratic prin ciples and the Democratic platform ind party pledges. He expresses the lelief after a study of the personnel if tb legislators-elect that the assem >ly will be a safe, sane and at the lame time a sufficiently aggressive lody of men anxious to do the will if the people and promote their best nterests. . Big Advancs In Hsalth Work. The state department of health Is Mich 'gratified over the big advance n health work reported from Vance ounty where Dr. D. C. Absher Is ervlng ?* whole-time health officer, ind the department predicts big blngi through his specialized efforts, doctor Absher, H Is pointed ont, holds he record for efficient work under he Rockefeller Sanitation Commls ion service In this state threjjgh the stabtlshment of the Salemburg,com nunity. Sampson county, that claims he world record for equipment. .ower insurance nates ror suite. Geneeftl gratification Is being ex ihessed at the recognition of North Parollna's right to special insurant* ate concessions, by the Southeastern Pa riff Association as pianifested in he recent promulgation of reductions n insurance rates on classes of Are j Isks, generally that touch the rank md Ale of tbe people. Reductions are is follows: fifteen per rent in the ft-, isl rating on shingle or wooden-roof , Iwelllng houses, prirate garages, isrns and stables, located in cities nd fbwni. -oreatry Association to Mast. The North Carolina Forestry Asstv ?latlon is planning for a great meet ng here January 13th which is Intend ?d to Impress upon the members of be general assembly to be' In season it that time the necessity for adv^nc ng forestry legislation "for the prater lon of forests from ravages by Area inri also from wasteful rotting of tlm >er. Governor Ccatg has accepted an nvltatlon to deliver an address in XmnoeUbft' with the meeting. The umbertnen of tho state are Internet ?d^ln tho forestry protection work. I w ? l STRENGTH OF Nm QUEHlf OF DEEMTE SECOND or A SERIES OF QUEB TIONS SUBMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF N. C. I - SU66E3TS TO HIGH SCHOOLS William Boylosa, of Raleigh, Gives to University 300 Volumes of Books . and Bound Periodicals. Chapel Hill.?The proposition of, che enlargement of the United States Navy, stated in the form of a query? "Resolved, That the United States Navy, should be greatly enlarged,"? la the second of a serle# of questions submitted by the University Bureau of the Extension to the high schools of the state for public debate. The library of the University la the recipient of a gift of three hundred volumes of books and boqnd period icals from the library of William Boy Ian, of Raleigh. The gift Is made by Mr Bpyhtn. to memory Oj-jila son. Wil liam James Boytan, who Was a student at the University from 1304 to 1307. Among the volumes of periodicals and books are a number of early news papers A copy of the Raleigh Mi nerva of 1813, and early copies of the Edlnburg Review and the Annual Register are Included In the valuable periodicals. Through the generous services of Professors H. M. Wagstaff and Oliver Towles of the University faculty, sub scriptions were taken In Chapel Hill for the needy Belgians to the amount of 31(1.33. The collections wore for warded to J. P. Morgan A Company With the confirmation of the ap pointment of Or. William J. Battle of the class of 1888 of the University of North Carolina as acting president of the University of Texaa, the Uni versity finds Itself the source (from which three leading state universities have drawn upon for Its executives. Dr. E. A. Alderman president of the University of Virginia la a University graduate; Dr. Battle of the University of Texas, and President E. K. Gra ham of the University of North Caro lina."". Dr. Battle previous to his ap pointment to the office of acting pre* ident held the office of dean of thd Texas Institution. The University News Letter ex presses a note of optimism when It de clares that "there la ample evidence that the enttre state Is Interested In the Correspondence Study Courses at the University. Representatives of the following ten counties are now at work: Duplin, Camden, Johnston. Llncolnton, New Hanover, Stokes, Guilford. Caldwell. Halifax and Le noir. Farmers, editors, teschers, min isters are discovering this new op portunity to secure helpful guidance In study along their particular line. The Idea fs spreading rapidly." Tobacco Market Breaks Record. Greenville,?The Greenville tobac co market has sold nearly 20,000,000 pounds of tobacco this season and before all tobacco is sold and the mar the farmers. The market closed tor the holidays, but will open again In January. It will probably be March before al ltobscco is sold and the mar ket closed. The sales of this month to date were 3,7(0,703 pounds at an arerase of 0X3.48 the 100 pounds. This brings the total sales for the season up to 10,410,487 pounds, which Is more than the market ever sold In a season before. The sales will prob ably reach 22.000,000 pounds. Patent* Granted Tar Haala. Washington.?Messrs. Davis A Da vis," patent attorneys, report the grant to citizens ot North Carolina ot the following patents: Charles W. Jones, South Mills, Spill pulley; Shealy L. Odell. Greensboro, loom; Prank M. Sawyer, Charlotte. building-Mock; Delgado Mills, Wilmington, trade mark for ginghams; James P. Horn buckle, Reidsvllle, trade-mark for remedy for catarrh, headache, coughs, colds, etc.. Franklin P. White, Shal- ' lotte. wheel-hub. Truckers Appoint Directors. Wilmington ?Realising that some thing must be done before the begin ning of the next season to secure a _ better distribution of lettuce and oth er trucking products raised In the Wilmington section. It was decided at a meeting of the leading trackers -of New Hanover county a few days ago to appoint a board of seven directors, one from each local organization In the county, who will meet In Wilming ton at an early date to devise plans that will help to remedy present con ditions. Letters Prom Queen. Ashevtlle.?Letters written at the direction of the Queen at England were reeclved at Ashevtlle recently In which thanks were extended to Mrs. E. Davidson, Mrs. George [lodgers and other women of this city for the funds sent from here to assist In re lieving the suffering ot the refugees. These letters expressed highest pralilh fofr the work being done by the re lief societies in the United tSates and stated that the people of England In general feel deep gratitude for the -? assistance rendered by Americans. > ' ? v -i 'H Cotton Receipts Decrease. , Wilmington.?Compartlve figures of ^ receipts and exports of cotton for the 1 port of Wllmlngtoo tor this year and for 1813 show ? rest difference In fa vor of last yonr. The total receipts this season beginning September I totals 774?7 bales as compared vtU 300.S35 bales fof the "sane period in 1813. ? The difference In dally receipts are not aa noticeable now aa earlier In tfie season, which fad denote* a grest of movement of the filapte to the seaboard. ' ?F&M ? v.tV. a-vtR ftiwyiHfnl I K
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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