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FORMM. ORDER TO -HMFTIIEIIIMW U PRESIDENT ISSUES ORDER PRO MULOATED THE WAR DEPARTMENT. CALL 687,000 FOR SERVICE Stat* Apportionments Are Announced. Regular Army and National Guard to Be Filed Up. Credit tor Enlist ments. Washington.?A formal order by President Wilson drafting 687.000 men Into the military service under the selective oonscrlptlon law. was promulgated by the war department together with an afflcial a Uotment showing what part of the total must be furnished by each state and ter ritory. The only steps now remaining are distribution by the governors of state quotas among the local exemption dis tricts and the great lottery, which , probably will be held next week In which registrants are to present them selves for service or exemption. The men summoned for serviceawili be used to All the regular army and national guard to war strength and to organise the first 500,000 of the new national army. The total of theee three forces will be 1,262,985 men. Later another 500,000 will be called In computing the number of men to be required,from tbe various states, the government put to the credit of *acb state every man It now has In the national guard and every man It has contributed since April 1 it a war volunteer to the regular army. Apportionment Baal*. Placing on the debit side of the ledged the national army ?00,000, hte entire national guard at war strength and the number of war volunteers needed April 1, last, to bring the regu lars up to war strength, tbe grand total was aportloned according to pop ulation. This gave a gross quota for ech state, 'from which a net quota ? was computed by checking off the number of national guardsmen avail able for federal servlo0 and the num ber of men given by the state to the regular army since April 1. The appor tionment was made on the basis of sn estimated grand total for the Uni ted States and its possessions, of 106, 366,056 Inhabitants. This is a paper ostimate, computed from registration returns, which comes within the law requiring distribution of quotas by population, but which equalises in a great measure the burden' that ia to fall upon the 4.S59 exemption dis tricts. Each will furniBh under this apportionment the men its total reg lrtation would Indicate as a fair pro portion, rather than the actual popula tion in the district would indicate. The total of these gross quotas la 1,152,985 men. Credit is given to the various states for a total of 465,985 voluntary enlistments in the national guard and regulars, making the total net quota for all states 687,000. South's Quota. Following are the net and gross quotas for the Southern States: State. N?t. Grose. Florida 6,326 10,129 Georgia 18.337 27,209 Kentucky 14.236 22,152 Louisiana 13.582 18.481 Mississippi 10.801 16.429 North Carolina 15,974 23,486 South Carolina 10,081 15.147 Tennessee 14,528 22,162 Texas 30,646 48.116 Virginia .13.795 21,364 SWEEPING PLANS FOR BUILDING MERCHANT FL?ET Wooden and Steel Ships Will Be Built. Washington,?Major General Ooeth sis. manager of the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation, took full charge of the government's shipbuild ing program and announced sweeping plsn* for constructing the great mer chant fleet with which the United States hopes to defeat the German submarine campaign. ?** CHANG H8UN 18 NOW REFU.GEE SEEKING SAFETY I Washington.?Chinese legation die patches from Peking said that quiet had been restored in the capital after , a battle in which the monarchist j troops of General Chang Hsun were overwhelmed by republican force*. The republican victory was oom- ' plete the dispatch said the laat con tingents of Chang Hiun's men having been forced to surrender. The mon- j arch 1st general, 'himself was reported a refugee In the Dutch legation. BRITISH MING DOWN THIRTY GERMAN PLANES London.?British airmen have been victorious In the most severe aerial lighting since the beginning of the war. On the front In Prance on Thursday, fourteen German airplanes were brought down and slxten drives . down oat of control says the official statement from British headquarters In Pranc*. Nine British machines'arc reported to have bene lost in the light- ! ing. i RIOTING BREAKS OUT IN MISSOURI TOWN St Loels, Mo.?On* man was re fkjrted Wllod an*'between forty and flfty lajured la race rioting that broke oat between American, and foreign mlalsg sses la and near Plat Hirer, Mo. Plat River Is la St. Francois about #fty miles southwest of et boats. Reports received here are that American-bora miners are Indlgaat bacaa? of allagad preference oa tk? part ?f saiploysrs for torsi gn labor. MAJ. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Ma J. Theodore Rooaevelt, Jr, of the , Officer*' Reesrve corps In training In ? the Platteburg camp. Major Rooaovolt | I* only one of the Roosevelta in camp. , Kermlt, another aon of Colonel Rooao- , velt, and J. A. Roosevelt are also train ing there. ( SENATE TO VOTE ON FOOD BILL MOST DRASTIC FEATURES WERE STRIPPEO FROM MEASURE BEFORE AGREEMENT. It It Now Proposed to Limit Federal Control of Foodstuff*, Food and Fuel.?Forbids Manufacture of Dis tilled Beverages.**' Washington.?A Senate agreement to vote on President Wilson's food control bill on July 21, five weeks after Its submission to Congress as an ur gent war measure, was followed by Is suance from the white houae of a de tailed report by Herbert Hoover de claring that both the farmers and the public are threatened with serious losses unless food control authority Is given quickly to the federal govern ment. Democratic senators secured the agreement for a vole only after they had consented to strip the bill of some of Its more drastic features. In cluding tbe stringent prohibition pro visions. So far-reaching was the re vision demanded, in fact, that all-day conferences of the democratic steer ing committee and the agriculture committee resulted In presentation of a substitute for the entire meaaure. There was no expression of opinion from the white house regarding the provisions of the substitute bill, but It is expected to be ,-greeable to the President In the main. It follows gen erally the lines of the administration bill aa originally Introduced, with power to control other Industries be sides food and fuel eliminated. It would prohibit manufacture of dis tilled liquors, without provision tor government purchase of existing stocks, and would place In the Presi dent's handa the power and responsi bility to decide whether prohibition shall be extended to beer and wine. No White Houae Comment. Neither was any comment on Mr. Hoover's report available at the white house, but the fact of Ita publication at this time was regarded aa another evidence of President Wilson's dls- , appointment over the failure of Con- ( gress to act. He repeatedly has sought c to impress upon leaders the Import- > ance of quick enactment of the legis- , latlon, and was particularly anxious ^ that the food program be complete , by July 1. He has made It clear that c he regards It as one of the flrst tasks in the war against Germany. SECTION STRICKEN FROM TRADING WITH ENEMY BILL Washington ?A section of the ad ministration's trading with the enemy bill, making It unlawful to mall let tars, pictures, maps and similar arti cles to enemy countries, was stricken from the measure In the House. Re publican Leader Mann and Representa tlte Qard. of Ohio, Democrat, led the light against the provision which was said by Its sponsors to be desired by several members of the cabinet. MUST FIGHT AND CONQUER, SAYS HOLLWEO Berne. Swltxerland ?According ? to Berlin newspapers the Oerman chan cellor. Dr. ron BethmannHollweg. ( said to members o< the Reichstag: "I h repeat that the formula peace with- g out annexation la unacceptable to us r "We cannot declare our terms of f peace. We most light and conquer." tl The chancellor made a strong attack d on Mathlas Eriberger. leader of the t! ratbollc center, who assailed the pan- u Hermans a AMERICAN SARKENTINE g HILDEQAROE SUNK London?The American barkentlne Illldegard. <It tons, has been sunk, the crew was landed uninjured. The- * Illldegard waa bound from Havre for 8 St. Thomas. West Indies. and was at- a tacked while becalmed. The subaa- ti rlne tired six shots without hitting the b vessel, the craw of Amerioea clt liens T took to the boats. The submarine a?- o proached aad towed the boat back to b the HUdegmrd. which she sank with U hemba. h /?g-fc* , ?. '" > . ,rTT ? /, TRAINING CAMPS ARE ALL JELEGTEfl CHARLOTTE IS OFFICIALLY OB SIGNATED AS TRAINING CAMP. NO CAWP >1 FHftTTemiE North and South Carolina and Ten enuee Troops Will Train at Green ville,?Othar Assignments Are Made Public. Washington?Charlotte, N. C.. was chosen aa a alte (or a national guard camp over Fayettevllle. N. C.. "solely an the ground of the acceaaiblllty of in enlarged and adequate water aup ply," according to a atatemeut from the committee on public Information. The statement said that Secretary Baker expressed approval of the tiearty co-operation of the people of Fayettevllle and their generous atti tude. but pointed out a new water tupply would have to be tapped to lupply the Fayettevllle alte, and this irould take considerable time. In announcing the selection of Hat iesburg. Miss., and Alexandria. La, La guard altaa. the atatement says: "This decision was delayed only by consideration of the splendid facilities jffered at Jacksonville, Fla.. which irere highly rated by General Wood, rhe Jacksonville site la one which las some peculiar advantages and sill be considered by the department n connection with further plans." The Charlotte camp will get the fifth llvlslon, composed of Maine, Massa ?husetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Is and and Connecticut troop*, thirty housand men In all. In addition, there will be an aria Ion camp with 2,500 men and 1,300 leroplane*. Twelve thousand horses s another Item in the Charlotte samp. Conservative estimates place the nonthly payroll at $1,225,000. The nore enthusiastic say $1,600,000. Encampment affairs are now about :oncluded. North Carolina troops will to to Greenville, along with those of South Carolina and Tennessee, con ititutlng the ninth division. The tenth division, composed of Valabama. Georgia and Florida will [o to Maoon. The sixteenth, Ohio, West Virginia, ndlana and Kentucky, will go to Augusta. The eighth. New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia and Virginia, goes to Spartanburg. The eighteenth, Arkansas, Lanlsiana ind Mississippi, goes to Montgomery. EVERY TIME WHEEL IS TURNED 4000 MEN CALLED Washington.?Drawing of lots for :he selective draft not only will deter mine what men are to be caled to the ?olors in the first war army, but will (ho* In what order the others regls .ered wil be liable for service when ater armies are organised. It was revealed that a plan of draw ng will be followed under which a def nite place In th ewaitlng lists will >e given every one of the millions vho registered. Those standing at the leading of the list In each oounty or ;liy district will be called before the lrst examination boards and then the )bllgation will pass on down the line ts long as men are needed. This does not mean that a separate tame or number will be drawn for ivery one of the country's ?,800,000 eglstrants. In fact, every number trawn, under the theory of the plan, will represent more than 4,000 men, me for each of the registration dts rlct. \ 3ETH MANN-HOLLWEG SENDS RESIGNATION TO KAISER Berne.?British Admiralty per WIre ess Press.?The Vosslssche Zeltung, >f Berlin, says the German Imperial 'bancellor, Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, ias resigned. Emperor William, the newspaper adds, has postponed hi* leclslon. A telegram from Berlin says hat It was the intervention of tile rown prince that caused the changel or to tender his resignation. 1TEEL TO BE AVAILABLE J AT REASONABLE C08T8. New York.?Conference* between overnment and officials and repres ntatlvea of the steel Industry concern ni the nation's steel requirements urine the war and prices to be paid <1 the government ended in art under landing announced by Secretary Bak r that the country's entire steel out iut will be made available at reaaon ble oosta to be determined after com iletlon of the steel Investigation now elng made by the trade commission. ESCAPE OF GENERAL CHANO IB IMPOSSIBLE. London.?Peking is surrounded by 0.000 republican troops with seventy eavy guns, says an Exchange Tele raph dispatch from Tien Tsln. This Dree makes Impossible the eacape rom the capltil of Oen. Chug Hsun. lie Imperlallat leader. Chang's sol lers are reported to be entrenching hemseives In the Imperial City. Med itors apparently had been unabla to rrange terms. ENATE REJCTB MAN NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT. Waahington.?Rejection of Pres ent Wilson s nomination of William i ~ . 1. Thomas, of Valdoata, Oa . as feder I Judge for the southern Oeorgla dts rlct, was unanimously recommended y the Senate Judiciary committee homes' name was seat la after an ther nomination for the vacancy had een rejected, did not appeat oa a it of sweatee* saea acceptable to Im which Soator Hard wick. d *? ad. COUNT JULIUS ANDRASSY Count Julius Andrasay, the new pre mler of Hungary, is a tlboral and ha* boon a determined opponent of Count Tiaaa, tho former premier. TO SEE SERVICE IN FRANCE o . PRESIDENT ISSUES PROCLAMA TION CALLING GUARDSMEN INTO RANKS. Guardsmen Will be Mobilized July IS and 25 and Will Enter Federal Ser vice August S?Then Available For Foreign Duty. ? Washingotn.?The last step neces sary to make the entire national guard available for duty In Prance was taken by President Wilson with the Issu ance of a proclamatloh drafting the state troops Into the army of the Uni ted States on August 5. To make cer tain that the purpose of the national defense act Is carried out, the proc lamation also specifically declares the uicu uiaiLBU ui B uiBi umgin] irulu IUB oM militia status on that date. In that way, the constitutional restraint upon the u*e of militia outside the country Is voided and the way paved (or sending the regiments to the Euro pean front. / Prior to the application of the draft, regiments In the northern and eastern section of the country are called ttito the federal service as national guArds men In two increments, to be mobll lsed on July 16 and 25. Many twits al ready are federalized and presumably they will be mobilised with die other torops from their states. The guard from the other states will M mobilised on the day of the draft. The arrange ment was necessary to provide for movement of the regiments south to concentration camp* without conges tion, and to the same end the division of states Into these 'Increments was revised from the original schedule.. The operative date of the draft was delayed until August 6 so that all reg iments can be taken into the army simultaneously to avoid Inequalities in -the relative rank of officers. CROP FORECAST SHOWS BILLIO^ BUSHEL INCREASE. Tremendous Gain Over Last Year Is Indicated. ? Washington A billion bushels In crease over last year's production in the principal food crops Is the re sponse American farmers have made to President Wilson's mid-April ap peal paying that upon them "rests the rate of the war and the fate of na tl?M? ? The extent of the farmers' reeponse wan disclosed when a production of 9.093,000.000 bushels of principal food crops was forecast In the department of agriculture's July crop report, ft shows this year's corn crop will be the largest In history, except one, and that four, and possibly Aire, other crops will make new high records. The corn crop, which, with favora ble weather from now on, may equal the number yield of 1012. shows an increase of S41.000.000 bushels oyer last year, with a total of 3,124,OOQ.OQO bushels. The acreage la fourteen per cent larger than last year. The combined winter and spring wheat crop will be 38.000.000 bushels more than last year'e with a total of (78.000,000 bushels. Barley, with prospects of the third largest crop ever grown, will exceed last year's production by 33,000.000 bushels with an output of 314,000,900 bushels. Oats promise to exceed last year's crop by 201,000,000 bushels, the total production being forecast at 1.4U, 000,000 bushels. That is slightly un der the record. Improvement between now and harvest, howeevr. may re- J suit In a record crop. 1 White pottato production of a 22 11 > per cent increase In acreage, will be a 1 record crop with 452,000.u00 bushels, 1 or 1(7,000.000 bushels more than last year, not taking Into account the < home garden production which this < year Is eetlmated to be much larger I than eter before. I Rye, another;record crop this year, will amount to 14.100,000 busKele or ' 8,700.000 bushels Aore than last year. Sweet potatoes will register a new high total with 11,200.000 bushele, or t 11,000,000 bushels more than last ' year. ? Rlcjr production will be <4,000,000 ] bubals, the second largeet crop ever; , production of tobaoco will break an- t other record with a crop ef 1.215.- 1 000.000 posnds. which !? (4.000.000 ? pounds more thaa was grown last ? year. ]t ,, \ -V- -*??? " J* , "? \ PRESIDENT ISSUES, PATRIOTIC APPEAL CALLS FOR PATRIOTISM OF BUSI * NESS MEN OF THE COUN TRY. ? k, J ALLOW KO UNUSUAL PROFITS ?r But From 1ms Just Price* Will Paid For All Supplies.?Asks Business Internets to Qivs aa Frooly aa Thoee Who Offer Uvea. Washington.?President Wilson ap pealed to the country's business Inter ests to put aside every selfish consid eration and to glre their aid to the natlpn as freely as thoso who (o out to offer their lives on the battlefield. In a statement adureased to the coal operate and manufacturers, ha gave assurances that Just prices will be paid by the government and the public during the war but warned that no attempt to extort unusual profits will be tolerated. "Your patriotism,'' said the Presi dent's appeal, "is of the same self-do-/ nylng stuff as the patriotism o> fthe | men dead and maimed on the fields of France, or It la no patriotism at all. Let us never spea, then, of profits and patriotism In tse same sentence. "I shall expect every man who Is not a slacker to be at my aide throughout the great enterprise, la It no man can win honor who thinks of himself." The President declared there must be but one price for the government and for the public. He expreaaed confidence that business generally will be found loyal tp the last degree, and that the problem of war time prises, which he declared will "mean victory or defeat," will be aolved rightly through patriotic cooperation. In unmeasured terms, Mr. Wlleon condemned the shipowners of the country for maintaining a schedule of ocean flight rates which has placed "almost Insurperable obstacles" In the path of the government. "The fact is," 'he asserted, "that those who bavp fixed war freight rates have taken, the moat effective means la their power to defeat the armies en zsced against Germany." Coal nro duvtion and other Industries (or whose products the government has negotiated price agreements are not taken up In detail by the President, his appeal dealing only with the gen eral principles involved In the deter mination of war price*. REVISED CEN8U8 ESTIMATE BASW FOR APPORTIONMENT Washington.?Postponement of the drawing of numbers of men who will be called for examination tor the na tional army was mad* when It become evident that states are not complet ing organisations of their district ex emption boards as rapidly as war de partment officials had hoped. Only twenty-one states have reported their organization complete, although In most of the others only a few are missing. The drawing will not be made until the listafor the country are complete. A so-called revised census estimate for the entire country compiled on the basis of the draft registration win be used for determining apportion ments. Each city, county and state [ must furnish two-thirds of one per cent of Its paper population, accord ing to the new estimates, which were made tor the purpose ofequailsing the draft rather than to represent accu rate population totals. The estimates of Southern cities In clude Richmond, 171,17?; Norfolk. 10?. 16?; Portsmouth. 36,641; Roanoke, 47. 854; Newport News, 41,373; Peter*-1 burg, 37,049; Lynchburg, 27,84}; Bir mingham, 212,436; MobUe, 49,249; ! Montgomery, 40.773; Little Rock. Vt,- j 135 Jacksonville, 102,285 Tampa, 6U 4US; Macon, 62,639; Savannah, 80. 279; Atlanta, 206.16*; Augusta, 62. 232; Louisville, AJ6.448; Shreveport, 41,030; WInston-iielem, 66,161; Wil mington, 28.843; Wake county, 66.161; Charlotte, 48,509; Charleston, 63.619; Columbia. 42,221; Nashville, 113,166; Spartanburg county, South Carolina. 79,367; Greenville county, S. C., 74, 979; Danville City, Va? 20,MS; Gull ford county, North Carolina, of wlilch Greensboro Is the aeat, 70.987; Ban combe county, North Carolina, of which Astrevllle la the seat, 64,646. Bristol, Va.-Tenn., Is located In Sulli van county, .Tennessee and Washing ton county, Virginia. The two coum ties are estimated as follows: Sulli van vounty, 30,(44; Washington coun ty, 26,216; Bristol City. "Va." 6,611. FLEETS BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE WITH U-BOAT*. London ?The sinking of fourteep British merchantmen of more than 1,600 tons is reported In the weekly ?ummary of shipping losses. Thrse merchantmen of less than 1,600 tons tnd seven fishing vessels also were innk. The official statement follows; 'Arrivals 2.616. sailings 2.7*6. British nerchant ships sunk by mine or sab narlne, over 1,600 tons. Including one jrevlously, fourteen; under 1,600 tons hree." /ICTOR OF OALACIA It NEW HERO OF RUSSIA. Petrograd?Russia is ringing with he name of the Istest hero of the rar. Lieut Qen. U O. Kornlloff, victor >f Oalieia, whose astonishing feat tret proved that the new advance Is mo nere flash In the pan. Far a. romantic tie from humble ortgla Russian his ory has only one parallel?that of tlchal Vaaaliievltch Lomoaoeof. Bah rmaa's son. poet, phlleepober, oreater f the Modern Russian language, la he tm half of the 16th centarr IS SEEKING FEDERAL 110 Highway Englmr Pallia Making Ef fort to Conatruct NliAtr of Hlflh waya III IUU. ? ? Raleigh.?State Highway Engineer W. S. FalUa la devoting much tlma now aloof with his office force to working oat the apoclflcatlona tor oumbara of highway construction pro Jacta la which It la hoped to gat the federal highway construction authori ties Interested In to the exteot of giv ing flnaprtal and expert *14 in con junction with the funda that countlea and townahlpa pledge to provide. Un fortunately the legislative alip that j left the state highway commlaalon ' minus a good part of Ita usual support Is sarloualy handicapping the work In thia state and la developing the aa ceaslty for the local units to put ap the funds la toto for the proposed po- I operative work with the federal auth- J orttlea. This Is resulting In ? great ; number of proposals tor this co-opera tion?some thitry-flve In all, whereas, I la moat of the other atatee there la a concentration of the CO-opersMre work of three or four reparate projects, the latter condition meaning, at the samp time greater economy and far more effective progress In highway con- | structlon. / Mr. Fallla la Just n#w concentre- i ting most particularly "on furthering 'the construction and rebuilding work on- the, .Hickory Nat Oep-Rldgecrest road, Sloan'a Ferry bridge, Mecklen burg and some other projecta. The state highway commlaalon has been In aeaslon perfecting some road pro jects and hearing reports In the meantime J. C. Carpenter haa arrived In Raleigh aa aa expert for the federal government to look after the Integrate of the government In the co-operatlvs highway construc tion and maintenance in thia atate and haa a daak In the offlcea of the state highway commission with Mr. Fallla. He representa especially the United Statea public roads and engi neering dlvialon of tba Qepartjaent of agriculture and la to work with Mr. Hills. 12,500 For Davit Monument. Durham.?g*n. Julian 8. Cut has ?ubecrlbed 12.500 toward the erec tion of the Jefferson Davie monument at Falrvlew, Ky.. and the second tallest memorial In the world will be com pleted by October 1, 1?17. The gigantic enterprise?the Washington monumert , alone snrpaeslng the obellak of the Confederate President?1? the product of three leaders of the Southern Con federacy, Oen. Bennett H. Young of Louisville. Ky., three times comihand er-ln-chlef of the United Confederate Veterans; Oen. George W. Little of Austin, Texas, wealthy owner of vast pria.rU estates In Texaa, and Oen. Julian 8. Carr. - The Jefferson Davis Home Associa tion In preeentlng General Carr In the literature deaciiptlve of the monu ment state*: "He has given mora and done mora for Confederates thin any man east of-the Mississippi river. A paragon of generosity, his hand la as open as melting day to charity. He la In service to Confederates, their children, their orphans and their In valids, a munlfcent giver. None have ever surpassed him In liberality and benefactions to those who are is need." Preparing Per Big Annual Picnic. Cherryvffle. ? CherryvMe la now making preparation for the usual big annual celebration and picnic to be given on Friday, August 10, this year., The usual large number and claaa of attractions will be given with the ad dition of alt the newest stunts that can be secured. Of course there wtU bit balloon aacenalons, minstrel show*, concessions of all klnda, base ball, speaking by men of nation-wide repu tation, merry-go-rounds, races, all -aorta of contests and the like. Contract For Steel Bridget. Hickory.?Contracts for the building of three steel bridges acaroes the Catawba river at Ialand Ford. Buffalo Shoals and Terrell between Catawba and Iredell counties were awarded the Virginia Bridge and Iron company at a joint meeting of the commissioners of the two counties concerned here. The contract price for the three bridges approximates $19,000. R. L. Oreenlee of Marlon has been retain ed aa advisory engineer to represent the two countlee. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Dr. Ralph Ray. of Oastonla; Dr. James N. Sturdlvant, of Canton; and Dr. Thomaa L. Spoon, of Olbsonville. hare been appointed lint lieutenants In the dental corpa. Estelle Summeri, the 10-year-old Durham girl, .who rendered serrlce In preparing' the registration lists In the selective draft by expert use of the typewriter has received a letter from Governor T. W. Blckett. The Gover nor expressed gratitude to tha^Jlttle girl In hi: usual happy style. The North Carolina Insurance Asso catlon met In Ashevllle last week. The United States Navy Vecrultlng station here has been officially advised that enlistments In North Carolina, af ter July 18. would be reduced to eight recruits a week. Since war was de clared. It was announced. 417 men have enlisted through the office here. The automobile reglstratloh in the Secretary of State's office has reach ed 40,800. Between 100 and 400 reg titrations a day are now being made. It Is expected that the average a day for the next month wftl be 100. Last year the registration numbered It,100 The Shuford reunion, an annual event In Catawba county, will be held the flrst Saturday in August at the home of R. L. Shuford. Ffne speak er* and a grand basket dinner will be features of the day. . Charlotte has been selected for one of the camps to be established by the government in the southeastern de partment. Lowe's Grovs school will be the irene this year of one of the largest ind most unique poultry teats hi the ilatory of North Carolina. Prof. Roy rhomaa. farm life demonstrator (or the coanty announce*. ROAD coin URBEIHTHD \ ANNUAL SCMION GOOD ROAD* CONVENTION AT AgHEVILLK ADJOURS. RE-ELECT VARNER PRESIDENT Meeting Moet IuhiiiIiiI In History of Aeeoclatien.?Number of TropMee Awerded. AshevlHe.?Wjih the election of of ficers and the adoption of resoltttlone the annual oonrentlon of tke North Carolina Oood Roads Aseociation end ed. The following officers aelected br the nominating committee were unani mously elected: H. B. Varner of Lex ington. president, re-elected; Dr. Jo seph Hyde Pratt. Chapel Hill, secre tary-treasurer. re-elected; Benehan Cameron and Julian S. Carr, rice president; R. P. Cabe of Sanford, O. D. Cansfleld of liorehead City. W. O. Howard of Tarboro, Geo. K Butler of Clinton, Joaeph C. Brows of Raleigh. W C. Boren of Pomona, W. D. Mc Millan, Jr., of Wilmington, Frank Mo Cauley pf Mt. (Ulead. W W. String field of Blowing Rock, W. McCauley Brown of Greensboro and Dr. M. H. Fletcher of Asherllle directors. The execotlre committee la com posed of the general officers a^d the following who were elected: W. C. Hammer, of Aaheboro; D. A. McDon ald, of Carthage; R. R. Cot ten. of Brace; W. A. McGIrt, of Wilmington; James A. Gray. Jr., of Winston-Salem; N. Buckner, Asherllle This commit tee will decide the next meeting place. Klnston, Greanrllle. Greensboro and Wrightsrllle Beach are asking tor the convention. Silver trophies war* awarded the following: Mayor B. V. Webb, ot Kinston. for the largast delegation from a North Carolina city; MeD. Hor ton, chairman of Pitt county commis sioners. for the largest county dele gation, and J. C. Aakey, Jr.. for coming the longest distance in an automobile. Resolutions were adopted urging the use of all able-bodied convicts on state roads, and pledging the efforts of the association for legislation to this end. The resolutions also call on the legis lature to provide adequate funds for the State Highway Commission. Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt secretary treasurer of the asaociation, made bis annual report showing that 172 active pembers belonged to the association during the past year. He made a plea for mora members. K. E. Bennett. W. S. Fallls and R. S. McCoin led a discussion on road legis lation passed by the last sesakra of the legislature. D. M. Clark and W. S. Wilson dis cussed "State Security far County Bonda," and this brought out a general round table dlacusslon for and agalnU the idea. State Engineer W. S. Faille rod Senator Benehan Cameron mad* ?bort addresses, pointing out-the bene fits of the bill providing for the us* >f automobile tax for road mainten roc*, showing the Immense amount of food accruing to the etate highways through this measure. Brnca Craven talkad on road bonds rod the prison reform bill Is regard to hiring convicts to private corpora tions was discussed by Senator W. D. rurner and Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt Q*n Carr Refused Passport. Durham.?Gen. Julian S. Carr. com mander of the Northern Virginia Con federate veterans and Durham's "flrst citizen." who recently made up his mind to Jola the allied forces In Franc*, haa been refused a passport kjr the war department. In refusing the passport war de partment officials Informed General _arr that paasports are being allowed :o only those persons having official justness for the government, and en- C isted men. As a confederate soldier General ?arr made a splendid reoord and si hough his hair la gray and. his age last seventy, th* Durham citlsan be leves himself still good for war duty. He had planned to ask admittance ln o the army of General Psrahlng. Ships 12 Csrhoslds Field Psaa. Durham.?The Bull City has proved ta cist mot beinb an eesembllng sta lon (or field peaa, and In the dtstrl nit I on to eaatern North Carolina coan les twelve carloads have been- mark ited (or the past two month*. Pitt. >noir and Edgecombe counties- in he order named?have been the chief lumping. grounds tor the product. Jreenvllle county, Durham'* elbow teighbor, perhapa sowed 1,000 bushels >( peas during the season. The banks tnd agricultural agents encouraged hia crop, the former buying the peaa. Sheriff Commits Suicide. Klnston.?Seadla Allen, deputy sher ff o( Lenoir cbunty, and former alder nan of this city, committed suicide in he warden's apartment at the coun y Jail here. Allen, who waa Jailer of the county,'i ras to have been supplanted on logast 1st because of excessive dissi pation. He had been drinking, and leepondenry. prompted by a knowl Klge that he waa to be dismissed oon, caused him to take hie life. Sur ivlng him, besldee a wife, are (our :hildren. "At the Front," la Card'* Meeeage. Durham.?The ft conic message. "A ?an from this house Is at the front," raa conveyed to Mr. and Mrs. J. Mc lennan on a postcard as testimony of . son 'somewhere In Prance.' fames McLennan, the Jl year-old son of J. (rLannan, of the city tax collector'* ffice. was on one of the warships that scorted the transports bearing 0?n ral Pershing's troops across the At in tic, and that communication told ha story to his jarasta ?* s MUM toy ?a the battletranta ' 'Hi#?!!
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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