North Carolina Newspapers

GERMANS TQRPEDO FRENCH STEAMER V ONE BOAT | STRUCK MINE IN ENGLISH CHANNEL AND AN OTHER WAS TORPEOOEO. ACTIVE IN NEW WAR ZONE President Wilson and Cabinet Discuss I Dangers to American Vessels Caused by New War Zone. Washington.?President Wilson and hie cabinet discussed at length dan gers to American vessels and com merce growing out of the reiterated determination of the German govern ment to wage a submarnle and mine warfare on enemy's vessels and dis claiming responsibility for what mat happened to neutral vessels venturing into the new sea war zones. Struck By Mine. Dover.?The Norwegian tank steam ship Bel ridge, which sailed from New Orleans January 28 and Newport News February 5 for Amsterdam struck a mine off Dover. She eras beached near here. It was first reported she was only slightly damaged by the explosion, but later it was learned there had been fear of her going down. Her fore peak and her forehold are filled with water and her forelock is awash. The pilot on board and 18 men of her crew have been landed. French Steamer Torpedoed. Dieppe, France, via Paris.?A Ger man submarbfe torpedoed without warning the French steamer Dlnorah from Havre for Dunkirk, at a point 16 miles off Dieppe. The Dlnorah did not sing but was towed Into Dieppe. No mention is made of the loss of any of her crew. A plate on the port side of the etearner below the warterllne was Moved In by the torpedo. She man aged to keep, afloat by hard pumping, word of the occurrence was taken Into Dieppe by fishing boats and assistance tor the Dlnorah was promptly sent out. Her cargo will be discharged here. The presence of a German submalne off Cape Ailly wae reported four days ego. The dally steam traffic service between Dieppe and England has been WILSON OPENS EXPOSITION. President Touched Button and Sat. Monater Event in Motion. San Francisco.?An electric spark of enormous potential. Jumping across the continent, opened the Panama-Pa cific International Exposition at noon, ?Pacific coast time. In the white house at Washington, President Wilson pressed a button and the Serials of the great government radio station at Ar lington in response Bent s vibration to a commercial, station on San Francisco bar. From there the message was relaxed by wire to" a receiving instru ment on the exposition grounds. As soon as the signal was received, the wheels began to turn, and the fountains to play; the gates swung open, and a procession of citlseos, with the mayor at their head, marched into the grounds. At the same lime. President Charles C. Moore of the exposition, informed President Wilson over a telephone line that the wireless flash had been received and the exposition had open ed. In return President Wilson sent his greetings and good wishes. Brief ceremonies of dedication and accept ance followed. Argentine May Warn Ships to Leava. Buenos Ayree.?The Argentine Gov ernment is considering warning the German eteamer Holger and the aux iliary cruiser Ardonna to leave this poyt within 24 hours or be disarmed and Interned, It was announced. The Holger arrived here with crews of several merchant ships sunk by the German cruiser Kronprinz Wilhelm. Medal for Sir John French. Parte.?The Government decided to confer the military medal on Field Marshal Sir John French commander in-chief of British forces in the field. No Mail Lost. Washington. ? Although Unites States mail is going directly or Indi rectly to every country in the world, so far not on bag has been lost through the activities of European war fleets. In fact, postoffice depart ment officials said, no American mall has gone down with a merchantman destroyed by a warship within the past hundred years. Postmaster Gen eral Burleson said he expected no in terference with mail service to result * from Germany's sea war zone procla mation. Congress Rushing Through Bills. Washington.?Confronted with the necessity for aproprlating an average of $90,006,000 a day for the next few legislative days. Congress began hui Tying through the measures which will supply the brillon dollars needed to run the government during the next fiscal year. The senate passed the $29,000,000 legislative, executive ana Judicial appropriation bill and the bouse passed the pension bill, carry ing $124,000,000 and took up the dip lomatic and consular measure appro prlattng $4,500,000. England Suspends Traffic. Washington, -y All travel between Tuglaod and the continent of Europe haa l-ewi suspended by the British ad miralty nntil further notice according to advices received at <he state de partment. Borne state department offi cials interpreted the suspension of Travel" aa referring to passengers and as a measure adopted until there could be some rearrangement of ship Schedules with protection of convoys; but other officials thought K might temporarily include all commercial In tercourse across the English channel. k BRITAIN SUMMONS HMBERBSMU1T ? NAVAL WAR ZONE METHOD* ARE NECESSARY FOR NATIONAL PRESERVATION. THE GERMANS WANT FOOD If United States Will Furnish Thsm and Rsfusa Allies Then All Will Be Well. - ,>~ _ Berlin. Tin London.?Germany's re ply to the protest of the United States against designation of i naval war sons about the British Isles Is couch ed in the most friendly terms, but firmly maintains the position of Ger many as already announced. The note, which has heen trans mitted to Washington through the American Embassy, explains that Ger many's action was made necessary by Great Britain's policy of attempting te cut off the food supply of ths Ger man civil population by a method never reoognlsed In International law. England's course In ordering mer chantmen to fly neutral flags, equip ping them with artillery and ordering them to destroy submarines, Germany contends, renders nugatory the right of search and gives Germany the right to attack English shipping. The reply closes with the expres sion of hope that the United States may prevail upon Great Britain **tq. return to the principles of internation al law recognised prior to the out break of the war" and in particular obtain observance of the Declaration of London. If this were done, the note explains. Germany would recog nlxqjn this, says the reply an Invalu able service toward a more humane conduct of the war and would act In accordance with the new situation [thus created. FLEE BEFORE OERMANS. Populous Tywns in Eastern War Zone Emptied of People. Petrograd. via London.?The Ger man advance from Blast Prussia upon the towns of Kovno and Grodno ap pears designed to cut the railroad communications to Warsaw, rather than to an effort to take the Russian fortified positions In that territory. Along the line from Plock to Nie pien. about 200 miles in length, there has been intermittent lighting. From, all the towns in this district, the most populous of the empire, the civil population Is fleeing, thronging the highways and railroads. The German advance guards are reported to have procoedd from Au gustowo towards the railroad be tween Grodno and Bialyetok and to have reached - within 12 miles of the former place, where they are said to have been checked by the Russians. The Germans also are reported to be attempting to break through be tween Kovno and Grodno, taking ad vantage of the frozen Augustowo marshes and Nlemen River, and fac ing the possibility of an early thaw which might leave them at the mercy of the Russians. The line to the north of Warsaw of Blonck. Nowo-Gorglewsk and Se rock, is well defended. Frank James is Dead. Excelsior Springs. Mo. ? Frank James, of the notorious James gang, died on his farm near here. James, vho was 74 years old, had been in Ill health several months and was strick en with apoplexy. in the south between the German uolump advanc I g towards Mestga borcfiboreh and the force moving on Wyshkow. {here are virtually no troops of either side. Around Mes olaborch the Russians are reported to be successfully holding their posi tions and at several points to have New York Will Vote on 8uffraoe. Albany, N. Y.?Every legal step necessary to putting a suffrage amend ment before New York, voters this fall now has been taken. The last act. the signing of the resolution to permit balloting was performed by 4ie /Secretary of state. Washington Plate to White House. Washington. ? Miss Mary Custls Lee, daughter of Robert E. Lee, has presented to Miss Margaret Wilson, for the White House collection of pres identlcal chlnawsre. a plate of the George Washington dinner set. It is one of a set presented to General and Mrs. Washington by American officers of the Society of the Cincinnati, found ed at Anntfpolls In 1783 byy.American and-French officers who served In the Revolution. The plate, considered in many respects the most valuable piece In the collection. ? ?????? Steal Safe From Train. Richmond, Va.?Two men boarded the first section pf train No. 61 of the Richmond. Fredericksburg and Poto mac Railroad Company, due here at 12:30 o'clock in the morning, and after dverpowerlng the express messengers threw the safe from the doorway and escaped on a heavy grade running up to Franconlt a short distance north of Fredericksburg. It Is believed that the men boarded the train In Wash ington. While the train was nearing Franconlo they entered the car and held up the messengers. PRISON PAPER MAKES PLAIN1 Quota* Mild Mannerad Man in Indict mant of Society'* Treatment of th* Unfortunate. The Mild Mannered Man aat medl fating on a bench, tunneling the em bankment with hla heal. "iTe got i mad streak In m* thla afternoon," hi aald, when accosted. "I wa* looking oear a copy of a prison pa par Just be for* we came out, There waa a llttli editorial announcement of an enter ' talnment to b? given b>' the Inmate*, 'under the management of our able director. 3382, who assures us of his best efforts.' Do you get that? 'Our able director. 3382.' Think of It! A man of recognised ability among his - fellows whose Identity Is lost in a r number! Look around yon and judge i for yourself of the difference It makes t in the character and bearing of the ( men where numbers are dropped for . names. i "See that boy over there?be isn't ? twenty. He was the kid member of .?Ate*. a mischievous group that. In the way ot a lark rather than with any vlctous neat, broke Into a freight car and helped themselves to some beer. A few years ago a caning, or at most a summons to the police court, would have been considered an adequate punishment. Now, Under the inter state commerce law, he Is hurled Into the company Ot every kind ot 'bad una' for a preparatory course In honorable cltlsenshtpl "Think of him In an Institution of the old factase, a mere number, sub i Ject to eyery kind of humiliation and demoralization! As It la, a food, likely lad la damned to ruin becauae society la too morally Indolent and too selfishly un-Chrlatlan to do its plain duty Jn the care of the young. Helghol Prison la an easy substitute (or social responsibility."?Good Words, Atlanta (Oa.) Prison Paper. Get Much Coal Prom Manchuria. Japanese are producing more than W.000,000 tons of coal a year from mines In Japan and 8QUth Manchor t. Memorial to the officers and men who were lost .with the battleship Maine In Havana harbor, erected In the National cemetery at Arlington and dedicated on February lb. It la In the form of a fighting mast and turret, and on the panels of the latter are engraved the names of the victims. MAINE MEMORIAL AT ARLINGTON ?k ? ATTRACTING ATTENTION THIS PHASE OF THE WAR OVER SHADOWS NEWS FROM Tt^fE BATTLE FRONTS. - . ? ? _ Military Movements of the First Im ports nee Are Titles?Pises. ?? Struggling In Carpathians. London.?In the absence of any striking news from the two European battle fronts, public attention In Eng land wae centered on the threatened blockade of the British Isles by Ger man submarines and mines In retalia tion for Great Britain's act In pro hibiting tbe carrying of food to Ger many. Great Britain received through Am bassador Page Germany's offer to withdraw her threat of a blockade If the British Navy will permit the free movement of foodstuffs to the civil population of Germany. It le not believed here the offer will be accepted. In fact. Great Brit ain already Is preparing to retaliate against Germany by placing under more stringent control ships destined to German ports; and a proclamation momentarily Is expected declaring a blockade of the German coast, or at any rate, the prohibition of foodstuffs destined for Germany. The Cabinet considered this question and It 1b un derstood the decision Is awaiting formal confirmation by the Privy Council. r .e-xw-H-.,?' In tbe meantime British and neu tral vessels are moving as freely as usual, except those belonging to a few Dutch lines, which have reduced their number of sailings. Norwegian and Danish insurance companies have given instructions that steamers In sured by them shall have their Na tional colors, the names of the ships and the country of their origin painted conspicuously on the sides of all ves sels. ' Holland and Italy, like the United States, have protested to Germany against her ar sone threat, and have asked Great Britain not to make free use of neutral flags. Similar repre sentations are expected to be made to the two countries In a joint note by Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Will Not Furnish England Shells. Pittsburg,. ? PajaJor "humanitarian reasons", a laiWwcal steel company., has declined to bid on a contract to rurnish the British government a con signment of drop forge shells for which $450,000 was offered. Big Batting Mill Burned. Charlotte.?Fire of unknown origin, which broke out shortly after mid night In the plant of the Charlotte ' Cotton Fiber Company corner of West First street and the Southern Rail road completely destroyed that plant in Ward 3, Including the, main manu facturing building, several small out houses and a portion of the ware house adjoining In tik-h was stored a quantity of waste cotton. The loss will be between $60,000 and $60,000. nartlv covered by Insurance. CLAIMED STATE'S RIGHTS PALMER BILL PA88ES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY THE VOTE OF 232 TO 44. Would Bar Product! Mada In Wholt ?or In Part By Children From In taratate Commerce. Washington.?The Palmer bill to bar products of child labor from Inter state commerce was passed b y the bouse 232 to 44 after a lively debate and the Issuance of a writ of arrest for absentees to suppress a filibuster. Opposition to the bill, led by Repre sentative Byrnes of South Carolina, was based on the contention that It Interfered with the state's rights. The measure declares It unlawful for producers, manufacturers or deal ers to'ship or deliver for transporta tion In Interstate commerce the prod ucts of mine or quarry made wholly or in part by children under 16 years old. or products of mills, capnerlee, workshops, factories or manufacturing establishments made by children un der 14 or those between 14 and 16 who work more than eight hours a day, or more than six days a week or after 7 o'clock at night. Inspection by the Department of Labor would be authorised and lines of from $100 to $1,000 or Imprison ment from one month to a year, or both Jmposed for violation. When Representative Palmer proposed sus pension of the" rules to pass the bill several Southern members protested and started a filibuster. JANUARY EXPORTS OF COTTON. 300,000 Bales More Exported This Year Than During Last January. Washington?Cotton exports were beyond normal proportions during Jan", uary. The quantity was more than 300,000 bales greater than last year, according to tbe monthly report of the census bureau. ? ? Cotton used was less than the usu al January total, as 500,000 fewer spin dles were operated during the month. Manufacturing establishments held less cotton January 31 than they did a year ago but In Independent ware houses. the Quantity on hand was greater by 1,800,000 bales. Kxports Included 585.534 bales to the United Kingdom; 217.982 bales to Italy; 99.913 bales to Germany. 70, 901 to France and 397,845 bales to all the other countries. Total exports for the six months ending January 31 were 2,500.000 bales less than during that period last year. May Be Ship Trust Lobby. Washington?Investigation of all charges of influences at work for or against the adminlstrtlon ship bill was ordered by the senate. Vice Pres ident Marshall appointed Senators Walsh, Simmons and Reed, democrats, and Burton, and Weeks, republicans, to maky the inquiry. Jhere are only 15 working days left to the sixty-third congress, and some senators believe such an investigation, likely to.be pro longed. makes improbable the pas sage of the bill before March 4. BOBEHT 6. SPEER ADDRESSES IMN ?TIN* GREAT CONVENTION WITH APPEAL FOR VIGOROUS SUP PORT OF MISSIONS. CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIANS ?. m ? South* Obligation Not Lightened Ono Feather's Weight on Account of Proaont Condition*. Charlotte.?"If not another cot too boll abould over grow upon a South ern field, If not a dollar of Inoome abould evar be derived from any In veotmoot of our*. I chart* you that our mlaalonary obligation would not be lightened by a feather * weight." Tbua did Robert E. Spoor "face the aftuatlon" In hla addreaa to the Fourth Annual Convention of the Lay men'* Missionary Movement of the Southern Presbyterian church. He spoke to an audience that packed the city Auditorium to the limit of It* capacity. In addition to 3,500 regis tered laymen, hundreds of women were present. Th* responMbllity la now Ameri ca's. said Mrflfepeer. to say whether or not the Ooapel shall be cstrrled to transcontinental Nations. With the crippling of the missionary activities of the countries involved In the war, the position of undisputed leadership In mission work Is projected upon the United States. f "I dread this swful houri" said he, "lest, looking down on us from above as we sit here hugging our wealth, God will have to say, 'Them too I shall have to pass by.'" Mr. Speer's ringing appeal for a fi nancial rally in the present crisis that shall send missionary effort forward. Instead of allowing it to collapse was delivered with a force that reached and touched his hearers, and yet left an Impression that yet more power was held in reserve. Furthermore, said Mr. Speer, he dares to believe that the period of 50 or 60 yean ago was more critical than thin. In the epace of 30 yearn four great wars were fought, Involv ing bigger Issues than are now at stake. In addition to the European struggle, our own country was drench ed with the blood of sa internecine ftrlfe. "The greatest single event In the history of evangelistic convention ef fort in the Southern Presbyterian Church" was the manner In whteh Dr. John R. Mott characterised the Charlotte convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement, shortly prior to leaving for Havens. Cuba, where he had. epgagementa of long standing for a as lis* of conferences and ad dresses on topics relating to the great wor kthat he hat In hand. Over 3,000 delegates were register ed during the convention. Among the Laymen present were some of the leading missionaries of America. SHIP BILL 8TRIKES SNAG. Progressives And Seven Democratic Insurgents Bolt. Washington?Administration demo crats got another setback In their tight for President Wilson's ship bill when they suddenly learned that the bill as It passed the house will not command the support of Senators Ken yon. Norrls or LaFollette. progressive republicans on whom they counted, nor the support of any of the seven democrat Insurgents,. The plan to move to concur with the house amendments was wrecked by the discovery that the leaders could not ibuster enough votes. Ad mtnlsteration leaders made no attempt ta conceal their embarrassment, and planned to send the bill to conference with tbe hope of putting on some amendments to command support. . Talaat Bey Expresses Himself: Constantinople, via London?"Turk ey declared War without being urged by Germany or Impelled by any other influences save those of the empire," said Talaat Bey today In a staement to'the Associated Press. Birttsh Steamers Destroyed. Buenos Aires. Argentine.?It Is re potted from ctedible sources that the German steamer Holger was sighted heading for Buenos Aires and having on board the crews of several steam ers sent to tbe bottom by sonie Ger man warship, probably off the coast of Brazil. ? The Holger for some time has been identified with German activities In the South Atlantic. She left Pernam buco secretly early in January, pre sumably with supplies for German warships. Demand Upon Freedom of China. Peking.?If information from pre sumably well informed sources, both foreign and Chinese, Is correct, the memorandum recently given by the Japanese legation to American. Brit ish. French and Russian diplomatic representatives respecting Japan's demands on China omits certain of the requirements originally presented to Peking. These negotiations, which began late in January had for their object determination of the future status of Japan's relations with China. WEATHER FORECAST. Movements Due and Their Lo cal Effects For the Cotton States Fob. 21 to M. Oarothere Observatory Forecast Sunday. February It; Mon day. Feb. 22.?The weak will' open with warm weather la the South; minis ranstaf from 40 ' uagrees along the Mason * Dixon line to <0 degrees on the the. 70s. It will be generally unsettled. Tuesday, Feb. 23; Wednes day. Feb. 24; Thursday, Feb. 25.?A cool wave will develop In the South Tuesday, brlnglifg minimum temperatures around 40 degrees, but actual frosts are only expected In Eastern Cotton Belt Wednesday or Thursday. Friday. Feb. 20; Saturday, Feb. 27; Sunday, Feb. 23.?Gen eral rains will Immediately sat In, with probably tornadle storms In parts of the South. A cool wave will overspread West ern Cotton Belt Friday mad the remalnedr of the South Satur day, with clearing weather and light frosts over the cotton Belt, except on the Immediate Coast. _ '< CAPE LOOKOUT CONTRACT LET Harbor of Rofuga Largest Govern ment Project Ever Undertaken in State. Wilmington.?MaT-H. W. Stickle. i;qlted States Rnginger In charge Of the Wilmington district, has announc ed that to D. L Taylor * Co., of Me dina. N. Y.. hare been asrarded the contract for building the 11 ret section of the biggest government project ever attempted In North-Carolina, the same being the breakwater which la to form the harbor of refuge at Cape Lookout. There la |1,2M,000 now available for this work, and ft Is mu tually agreed between Taylor * Co. and the government that the Arm will be awarded the contract for the entire project, as the appropriations are made by the government, the whole amounting to $1,170,000. The contractor must begin the work within six months. It Is probable that he will begin erlthln three months. The agreement makes It mandatory that at least 17,000 tons of rock be placed each month. Using this as a basts It Is estimated that the work will be finished?that part of It In cluded In the present contract?within two years from the time the work Is begun. The cootrnctor. It Is under stood, expects to place the rock at the rate of (0,000 tone monthly, which would bring the time ofcompletlon to ellghtly more than one year from the beginning of the work. The rock will be obtained from a quarry near Havre da Grace, Md , and water transportations will be bed direct from the quarry to the scene of operations. The Inland waterway will be used to great advantage. Thirty barges, towed by six tugd will be used by the contractor In transporting the material. ) President Hobba Resigns. Greensboro.?Pres. L. L. Hobbs baa resigned as head of Outtford College end will be succeeded at the end of the school year by Dr. Thomas New lin, now president of Whlttier College, Pasadena. Ca., formerly dean of Ouil- ; ford. Dr. Hobbs has been president of Guilford thirty years, sad Is one of the state's promt*nt educators. His successor la a splendidly equipped man. MARKET REPORTS. Cotton, Cotton Scod and Mail Pricoo In the Markets of North Carolina *7 Por the Past Week. Ae reported to the Division of Mar kets. North Qarollna Agricultural Ex periment Station and Department of Agricultcvs, Raleigh'. is fl !1jV ?i ?1 M_.ll. vfills North Eastern North Carolina , Farmvllle ... Sc 42-4314 30.00 Jacksonville.. 7*c 40c 28.00 1900 Kelford 714-8 e 15-40r >0.00 2000 Moyoek 7 -714c 45e VanCSboro 7%-8 c 40c 81.00 2000 Washington. .8 -814c 80-85c 20.00 South Eastern-North Carollrai Fayettevllle ...5*814 40-4Sc 80.00 2000 Klrfton 7*-8 c 45-48C 82.00 2000 Mai ton 7*-7* 35-45c >0 00 2000 North Central North Carolina Baltleboro.... .7c 42-4SC 22.00 2000 Kanly 8 -814c 42-4Jc >8.00 1800 Laawburp.... 40c Ralrlatl 814-8 S-18 42-46c 20.00 2000 Rlggabee ...8 -814c 22c >0.00 2000 Scotl'd Neck 48-45c 20.00 2000 HmlthAeld 8c 40-45c 20.00 Wilson 7%c 46c 20.00 2000 South Central North Carolina Charlotte ....714-2 c >?c 29.00 2000 Cleveland,.... 35-4>c 28.00 2000 Kings Mtn.. .8 -814c 39-42c 28 00 2000 Monroe I -SHc 40-45C 20.00 2000 Mooresvtlle.. . 8c S5-4Sc 29.00 1800 Newton 8c 40-45c 20.00 1900 Norwood 8c 40c 80.00 1500 Shelby 7*18 ?* S9c 20.00 2000 Htatesvllle.,. .7*-8*c 28-42c 21.00 1240 Norfolk. Va. 8 -814c RETAIL PRICES OF CORN FOR THE PAST WEEK. 1 | No. 2 No. 2 I Town White Yellow or Mixed Charlotte 20- .06 .78- .10 Elmore ..., 1.00 Moo res bom .... 1.00 Monroe 1.05 Mazton 1.00 Moyoek .86 New Bern 1.00 Ralalgh 1.00-1.06 . 88-1.02 Scotland Neck 86-1.00 .86 Shelby l.oo smlthArld 1.00 (NdtasvtlM ...... .80 Wilson 1.00 TAR HEEL BREVITIES. Lacy F. Clerk hse been appointed postmaster at Raeford. Paul Peeler, a Confederate veteran, aped 82, died at hla home in Salle bury recently. Members of Troop A at Ltacoln^pn, hare equipped a gymnasium In the armory. A big colonisation project ig rumor ed In Eastern North Carolina near New bam. Hog cholrea li rported prevalent throughout Halifax county. 1 80TH ANNIVERSARY JOYOUS OCCASION WAKE FOREST COLLEGE LITER ARY SOCIETIES HOLD BIG AN - - - NUAL EVENT. . ? SHIP SUBSIDY IS DEBATED ,f. P. Mull, of Clevalaed, and K. A. Plttman, of Franklin County, Affirmative, Wlna Decision. Wake Forest.?The eightieth an nual anniversary celebration of the - Eusellan and Phllomatheslan Liter ary Societies was an Interesting event. A general holiday was observed In college, and the many fair vjsllors mingling with the students formed one of the largest and most enthusi astic audiences that ever attended the annual anniversary celebration. A spirited and interesting debate In the evening was the flrst number on the program fpr the day. ? Acting as judges. Chief Justice Walter Clark. Dr. T. W. O'Kelly, Dr. R. T. Vann. M. L. Keller and Rev. Baylers Cade ren dered their decision In favor of the affirmative side which was upheld by J. P. Mull and K.' A. Plttman. Two senior orations In the evening followed by the annual reception In the society ball completed the pro : gram for the day. Music was furnlsh ed throughout all the exercises by the Third Regiment Orchestra of Ral eigh. The high standard of all the speeches, the enthusiastic audiences, and the brilliancy of the reception, 1 marks It as one If not the greatekt an niversary ever celebrated,by the two | societies. Many out-of-town visitors came tn early In order to witness the basket ball game; more arrived later and It was an audience that taxed Wlngate Memorial Hall to Its capacity when Mr. H. D. Pegg. president of the de- - bate of the Eusellan Society, called on Mr. V. E. Duncan, secretary of the debate of the Phllomatheslan Society, to announce the query for debate. The query Announced read: Resolvdd. That the United States should adept the policy of subsidising Its merchant marine engaged In foreign trade. John P. Mull. Eu. of Cleveland county and Kenneth A. Plttman. Phla of Frank lin county presented the affirmative. Basil M. Watklns. Phi. of Wayne county, and J. Balrd Edwards. Eu. of Madison county, upheld the negative. The debate was warmly contested and the rejoinders were especially Sery. Concord Lady Win* Prix*. Concord.?It will be Interesting to Nosth Carolina women of fashion to know that a Southern woman. Mtae Nannie Alexander of Concord, has been awarded the second prise and also a certificate of award in a New York contest for original design in ribbon trimmed hats, this being a nat ional contest of American designing In order that America may soon rival Buropean markets In this art North Carolina Cattla Growing. Washington?The latest "Agricultur al Outlook" Indicates that the herd of milch cows In North Carolina is still growing. It tays that the esti mated number of cows on the farms, and their value January I were: 316, 000 bead, with a calue of tll.49S.000. January 1, 1914. ths number was 309.000 and the value, $10,845,000. la other words, the milch cows of North Carrollna were worth $<52,000 more on January 1. 1915, than they were January 1. 1914. In 1910 a North Carolina sow was worth $25.50 and in 1915. $35.60, and 1914, $35.10. The value of North Carolina hoga has Increased $3,453,000 during the last five years. Fifteen Sports Submit. Ashevllle.?Just as Ashevllle was beginning to forget about ' the big cockfight held by the sports of the three states near here more than a week ago, fifteen who participated In the game submitted to a local magis trate and pafd fines of tweaty-five cents and costs each for their part in the fun. Invention Will Protect Bar.leahip. Davidson,?Mr. Albert Caihey, rec ognised in the community aa a man of marked Ingenuity and as unques tionably possessing inventive talent is convinced that he has discovered a mechanism by which to make 4t Im possible to torpedo successfully a battleship. So convinced is he of the merit of his discovery 4hat he has written a letter to Josephus Daniels. Secretary of the Navy, proposing to lay his discovery before him If he will properly protect htm In his proprie tary rights. New York Trip Planned. Wilmington. ? Bankers and their friends all over North Carolina will be interested to learn that plana are being made for a trip In a body to New York City by steamer immediate ly following the annual convention of the North Carolina Bankers' Associa tion, which will be held at Wrlght ville Beach the latter part of June. President Thomas E. Cooper of the Bankers' Association ha9 the matter up with C. J. Becker, local agent of Clyde Steamship Company and will report soon. Yadkin to Vota $200,000 Bonds. YadklnvlUe.?That Yadkin county Intends to take a step forward Is evidenced by the action of the board of county commissioners In session here. The board of commissioners ordered an election to be held In this county on Marob 25 for the purpose of voting on the good roads question. A bill has been passed by the general assembly, allowing the people of this county to vote on the question of Issuing $200,00 in bonds for the Im provement* of the public roads, bridges, etc- in this county. - " - ? r*.