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FRENCH BLUE CROSS HOSPITAL AT IE TORQUET I ? f ? Horses are not being overlooked In the humane work connected with the war. and the French Blue Croaa society especially Is doing much to relieve their sufferings Here Is a general view ot Its hospital at Le Torquet where the wounded and weary animals are cared (or. ... J MARCHING THROUGH BARBED WIRE ENTANGLEMENTS French troop* advancing to a new position through the elaborate barbed wire entanglement* erected bp the Germans In northern France RAISING FUNDS FOR POLES Massachusetts Poles are conducting a campaign to raise rands for the re lief of war sufferers In the mother country. Miss Helenka Adamowska Is here seen pinning on the coat of Governor Walsh a silver hedge made of the eagle of Poland and the United States coat of arms. Important Legal Ruling. The latest ruling on the admissibil ity of "dying declarations" In evidence In criminal cases Is made by the su preme court of Georgia In Sewell vs. State, In which the court states In Its syllabus: "In a murder case It was error to charge the Jury that 'when death Is approscblng and the dying man has loot hope of life, and his mind feels the full consciousness of his condi tion, the solemnity of the scene gives to his statement the sanctity o' tputh, and such dying declaration, when made under such circumstances, may be given In evidence and submitted to the Jury' Such charge tended to un duly Impress the minds of tha Jury with ike weight of the evidence con tained In dying declarations, as to which Juries do not require any em phasis from the bench." Physique Count* for Much. Muscular movements are thj golden chords at good works which mingle with the visions of great deeds and harmonise the son! or man with purer worlds. They give both a source of reserve power and confidence, a power of growth, of good and of evil, which nothing else does. Optimists are usu ally men and women who come from a vigorous, stocky, -muscular race. They are of the type who are potenti ally as well as actually of fine physique SOLDIERS MAKE AN ELABORATE HUT This hut ot mud. straw and tarpaulins, with real windows, was erected by French soldiers behind the firing line at Solasons. TAUBE INTERRUPTS A CARD GAME . a During an Interval of fighting In the trenches In the Argonne some French Infantry and Red Cross workers secured a pack of cards and were evidently having quite an Interesting game when one of their number noticed a Ger man scout In a Taube machine lying at a good distance above their trenohes They all ceased playing and fixed their gasa on the Utile dark streak la the sky . KINDLY WORD MEANS MUCH World Would Bo Hopplor and Better If Approbation Were More Freely Expreeaod. It la often told that Encoao Field one day wandered Into a baaoment (?ataorant. aat down at a table, pnl Ma chin tn hie ban da and tared mood ily Into apnea, relate* th* Tooth'* Oeaa poaton. A waiter earn* ap to htm. and aiier toe manner of ilia kino en mum ?ted the lone I let of dlahee that war*, ready to be serred. "No, no." said Field, dejectedly. "1 require none of thoee things. All I want la aoma sliced orange* *hd a few kind words " Whether or not the Incident bo true, it Is snggftotivo. Unquestionably, deeds weigh far more than word a, and got It Is almost tragic to think how much happier aad better this struggling world would beeoae It kind words wore more often hoard. We all. erery day. some in eoaiaet with in nee who zbK^SX .are In Eugene Field'* iUI> of mind They ore In our own home*; mother* and father* and children. They are behind oountera of itoree; they are employe* on train*; they are ?errant* In kitchen*; they are everywhere, and their name 1* legion. A word of ap preciation would brighten the whole day and would make It eaaler for them to keep on trying Daily Thought. Anyone can lire unrestrainedly.? Ooetha PROGRESSIVE STEP IN ROAD BUILDING HOUSE PASSES MU. CREATING tHIQHWAY COMMISSION, AP PROPRIATING 110,000. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Lateet Newe Gathered Around the State Capitol That 1 Will Be ef Intereet to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Raleigh. 1 Somewhat battered the State High way Commission got through the House and now goes to the Senate (or consideration. The original Mil car ried with It an appropriation of $35, 000 annually and had a favorable re port from both the committee on pub lic roads and turnpikes and the appro priations committee but the House would have killed the measure before they would allow such a large appro priation and the sum was reduced to 110,000, still 31 members refused to rote for the amended bill but M favor ed Its passage and It passed tta third reading. Oolonel Cameron, the author of the bill made an extended argument in favor of the measure declaring that it : was of prime Importance to the peo ple of the state and at tha rate bonds were being voted In every section of North Carolina such a commission was needed. He said that forty other states of the Union have similar com missions and that North Carolina Is one of eight lagging behind In this Important legislation He wanted North Carolina placed In the progres sive column and declared that the Democratic party had spokea on this question through the Baltimore Con vention and had gone on record as being In favor of the Federal govern ment to aid In road bulking. With out this commission he said that the 'state would be unable to participate in the distribution of road funds avail able under the Shackleford act which had already, peaked the lower house of Congress and would have paaeed the Senate had not the European war come on and disturbed the financial status of the country. North Caro lina, ha said, would get 3650,000 as her share of the funds when Congress passes the act if the state will past the bill establishing the highway com mission. Mt. Mitchell Park Bill Paaeed. One or wto matters required con siders table time. Particularly was this so, when the proposition to ac quire a portion of Mount Mitchell for a site for .a public park came up. Senator Wearer offered the bill. It has the support of Governor Craig, j In fact, the movement which resulted ! In this bill was Initiated by Governor I Craig after a visit to the mountain, j Instead of being Impressed with the work of transforming the waste places I Into Industrial centers, and Instead of : being gratified that the mountains I should yield so abundantly of timber I for commercial purposes, he was shocked, hurt, and moved that the forests of Western. North Carolina, the picturesque mountain sides, and the Impressive scenery should be sub jected to the hand of the despoller. It was upon his urgent request that the future Inroads on the mountain sides leading t*> Mt. Mitchell were de layed. He felt assured that If the patriotic pulse of North Carolina were touched, if the people of the history loving and the history-making state should knew what was happening to a historic part of this commonwealth the state legielature would take the matter In hand with effective reme dies. The Governor did not think wrong; at least, so far as the Senate was concerned. After Senator Weaver had made an earnest appeal for the con servation of the peak and the sur rounding territory, the last resting place of the scientist for whom U was named and who lost his life In explor ing it, the Senate enthusiastically voted down tho amendment of Sena tor Muse to reduce the appropriating for this purpose from $20,000 to $12, S00, and straightway passed the orig inal measure. McNalry Succeeds Aycock. William McNalry of McDowell coun ty was chosen by the Senate as clerk to succeed W. A. Aycock. who lost hla life In the accident that to serious ly Injured Speaker Wooten. Ha waa nominated by Senator Giles and sec onded by Senators Weavers and Polk, He Is a brother of Senator McNalry. Prevent Newspapers Getting Pastes. Senator McNlder Introduced a bill to prevent railroads from issuing trans portation to newspaperrs In exchange for advertising. Two Notabls Bills Introduced. Representative Carr of Duplin In troduced two especially notable bills; one of them requiring that rallroada shall furnish refrigerator cars within one day after application Is mads, and the other that It be unlawful for any girl under 18 years old to work In a factory at night. Reward For Capture of Blockades. Representative Kents bill passed providing rewards of $10 each for the operators of blockade distilleries and those who aid and abat. To Aid Wilkes County Fair. Bill to make appropriation to Wilkes county fair association was referred to appropriations committee. For Arrest Illicit Olatlllere. BUI to provide for arrest of nilch dtatUleriee giving the sheriff $10 each for capture of each distiller went over. Incorporate Norman Church. TiUl to Incorporate Norman Presby terian church. Richmond county, and prohibit manufacture and Mia Of Wine within five mllea of church. May tall Railroad Meek. TKa Houae received through Repre sentative Seawall of tee County the report of the legislative committee from the apecla) aeaaloo ea the ques tion of the advlslblllty of the state accepting the proposition of B. C. Duncan sad Interests he represents to sell the state's liM* shares of stock In the Atlantic A North Carolina Rail road tor tttt.tfO. The committee recommended that the price should not be accepted. Ska property being worth more than U>ts; bat that the .-r Individuals should be authorised to negotiate further with Mr. Duncan and be empowered to sell It If a sat isfactory price can be agreed on, with u specification that wtthlq one year any oonngiea, municipalities or private holders of stock have an option to sell their holdings at the same price the state receive#. The committee reviews the situation as to the stock and the road and pos sibilities for Increased value and for detention In arriving at lta conclu sion that the state should sen If the [ price le made right. Statewide Stock Law Silk | Representative Carrie asked for permission from the House to with draw his state-wide stock law bill from the unfavorable calendar where It had been committed by the Com mittee on Propositions and Orlev ances and. He reference to the Com mittee on Counties, Cities and Towns. Tbls was opposed by a number of Representatives especially hostile to stock law legislation and voted down. Then a division was called and a further plea mode for the Mil by Car rie and the' withdrawal and recom mitment allowed. Mr. Carrie told the House that bis mall was full of let ters from prominent people In many sections urging that the bill be enact ed for as many counties es do not Insist on exemption. He said the bill In Hs present statue exempts 30-odd counties and any others could be ex empted. but that those wanting the bill should be allowed to have It. The matter will now be reopened before the Committee on Counties, CHles and Twoni. Mdrganton Limits Bill Killed. The House took up the considera tion of the bill to extend the corpo rate limits of Morgan ton about which there has been such hard fighting In committee hearings. Representative Dula asked the House to pass the bill, as he was pledged to It. He wanted It passed or killed without further de lay. He did not want lo be charged with "laying down" la this matter. He urged that there was every Indi cation that some of the members oi the committee had already made up their minds about the fate of his bill before they went Into the hearing The bill was kiUed by a vote of <0 to 37. Houm Bill* Passed Final Raadlng. Bill patted third reading; amend drainage laws of Rowan; authorize Lovelady township, Caldwel county, to issue bonds; Incorporate Matthews road district. ChathauLoounty; amend road law of OtgfT>#roVl^e road fund for Wlckscame township^ Northamp ton countVr-4o Improve roads of Love lady township, Caldwell county; pro vide sinking fund for Alamance conn ty to pay interest on bonds; provide for road Improvement In Davidson and elect road commissioners; incor porate Beutahvllle; protect roads of Louisbarg, Frank tin ton and Yonngs ville townships. Franklin county; de peal act creating highway com mis, slon. Shoal Creek township. Cherokee county. ' Honor to Clerk W. T. Aycock. There was adopted a resolution as to the death of gngroasing Clerk Wil liam T. Aycock and the president was directed to appoint a special com mittee from the senate to acoompany the remains of Mr. Aycock te Free mont where the Interment was made. This committee was announced as follows: Senators Stevens. Johnson of Duplin. McNeely, McLeod, Me Auley and Haymore. It was decided that the senate would adjourn at noon at a tribute to the deceased and that the senate In a body would accom pany the remains to the union sta> Hon at 12:30 o'clock. Provision was made for a spebial floral tribute by the senate and another floral design by friends of the -deceased in the house. Senate Considering Revenue Bill. The Senate went Into committee of the whole on the revenue Mil, the flrat six Sections of wMch were adopted as they came from the house. The sections on the inheritance tax were taken and adopted without change. Senator Thompson of Iredell, wanted to amend the section as to Income tax by changing questions as to office rentals and other expenses with a view to protecting the small wage earner, he eaid. The amendment was not adopted. The sections as to license taxes on the professions were left open for hearing by pharmacists who want ex emption on a new tax on them and a hearing by mayqrs of the towns want ing the right to Impose local ltcenea taxes. The Senate voted down an amend ment offered by Senator Hobgood to make the license tax on real estate dealers $15 Instead of $25. The com mittee of the whole arose and report ed progress to the Senate is official session. An order wae made for the printing of 300 copies of the bill for race segregation-as to land ownership. Honored Memory of Weshlngton. Mr. Roberts of Buncombe, moved that when the Hoaee adjourn it do so in honor of^the memory of the first President of the Republic. General George Washington, whose birth oc curred X33 years ago. Henderson Charter Bill Tabled. Mr. Valentine made a motion that Mil which pasted third raadlng, amending the charier of Hsndsiaon riUe, he recalled from senate which, was dona and on motion the Mil waa ordered to Ms so the table. I HE IS "EYE WITNESS" ? ? ? ? ' 1 " 1 Although much mystery seems to surround ths personality of "Bye Wit ness.- the offlclaj English chronicler of the dseds of the British army In France and Belgium, there Is really no doubt as to his Identity. Various accounts hare been printed In the press here claiming the honors for any ^number of amateur and profes sional writers from Lord Percy to a world-famous newspaper man and author. As a matter of fact, "Eye Wit ne??" la Col. Ernest Dunlop Swlnton, D. 8. O., of the ftoygl Engineers, as sistant secretary and librarian of the Imperial committee of defense. His Immediate family has contributed several members to the army, two brothers serving In India. Swlnton made a name for himself In South Africa, and gathered the material for several Intensely Inter esting novels. Under the pseudonym r># "Al- f ..1 1. ?? a. ? ? *? v. vnru?A-uio, no DOW QU DO TO" ternatlonal reputation aa a writer of military stories. He Is still busy turn ing out novels despite bis activities at- the front When tbs history of this great war comes to be written Colonel Swinton will undoubtedly bare a large hand In Its shaping. I . COL. DAVID J. PALMER | When the Grand Army of the Re public hold* ita annual encampment ' In Washington next September It will celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the close of the war between the states, and on Wednesday, September 2*. the same man who led the re vie? of Sherman's army down Penn sylvania avenue 50 years before, will lead the Orand Army on Its last march down the historic avenue. This Is Col. David J. Palmer, na tional commander.of the Grand Army. Colonel- Palmer Is seventy-five years old, looks fifty, was left for dead on the battlefield of Shlloh, and is now a faember of the Iowa board of rail way commissioners. He Is positively the livest dead man still surviving the Civil war. When the grand review of the Army of the West?the Sherman army?was held In Washington In the closing days of May, 1865, Mr. Palmer was lieutenant colonel of the Twenty nnn low*. m command. On (hat day the line or troope waa headed by the brigade to irhloh die Twenty-fourth Iowa belonged; that brigade, by the Twenty-flfth Iowa regiment; and at (hi head of that regiment rode Colonel Palmer. J* At the national encampment, laat year. It waa determined to hold the fiftieth annlveraary encampment In Waahlngton; to duplicate the grand review, and to march down the avenue; and almoat without oppoaltlon Colo nel Palmer waa choeen chief. It waa determined that the aame man ahould lead the army who had led It 60 yeara before. / SIR ROBERT BORDEN ----- _ - _ _ _ The "announcement that an Im perial conference la likely to be held in London next eumraer, and that the project has been the subject of cor ri'BiKindence between the British and Carikdlan governments Is regarded by Canadians generally as giving consid erable significance to the persistent references. In Sir Robert Borden's re cent speeches, to Canada's unsatis factory status In the British empire In respect of foreign affairs. In the very first speech which the prime minister delivered after the outbreak of the war he made It clear that In his opinion the war and the various Issues which It raised em phasised the undeslrablllty of the overseas dominions being without the slightest voice or Influence in the management of the foreign affairs of the empire. This point he has re iterated, emphasised and elaborated on In a series of addresses. Ever since' be became prominent in Canadian politics, nearly twenty years ago. Sir Robert Borden bas kept before him the ideal of the Dominion wltb a voice in the determining of tbe Issues of peaoe and war for tbe whole empire. It waa not, however, until 1110 that his stand attracted more than Canadian attention. WIZARD OF THE TELEPHONE J- ... ? ? ? i ? ? ' ?? * When the Boston-pan Francisco Ions-distance telephone line was for mally opened recently, President Spalding of the New England Tele phone and Telegraph company paid special tribute to the services of John J. Carty, chief engineer of the Bell Telephone company, saying he had done more than any other one man to advance the telephone, ohtslde of Professor Bell and President Vail. Mr. Carty's latest telephone achieve ment was the planning and carrying out of the transcontinental line which enables one to talk from Boston or New Tork to San Francisco direct. A little more than 36 years ago John J. Carty, then awoor boy living la Cambridgeport, were he wa* born In 1861, entered Ms employ of the New England Telephone and Tele graph company as a switch-board operator at the Boston office. He made numerous Improvements in the mechanism of the telenhone and In stalled the Brat multiple switchboard in Boston. Be tug transferred to New York, he became an expert In the making and laying of cables. Ha ad vanced steadily and In every department In which he worked he Improved the service and out the cost. His work In this country has been stodled by those abroad and many of his Ideas have been copied by foreigners. In view of the service he rendered the Japanese nation the mikado decorated him a few years ago with the order of the Rising Son. Because of his Inventions the farmers' telephone has been made pos sible. His mechanism known In telephone circles M the "bridging ball." whereby any number of stations may be placed on one line without In any way Impairing the transmission of speech, makes practical and possible the farmers' lines now so popular In the sparsely settled sections of the country. Practical Child, little Archie was told to pot down a aharp knife he was playing with, but did-not do eo. When he cut his fin ger,- be ran to his mother, who said: "There! Now don't come to ma tor sympathy!" "1 don't want sympathy," said Arehte. "I want a rag."?Boston Tran script The Modern Type. ? The type of youth who Indulge! In loud clothes end a hat forced back over hU eara dropped Into the dental ohair. . S "I'm afraid to give him gas," said the dentist to hip assistant "Whyr; 1 J-How pan I tell when he's unoon
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