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Ira to m mm area 'i ] DIRECTOR OP CENBUB ?. L. ROO- j IK* CONGRATULATES NORTH , CAROLINA HEALTH BUREAU. - I ? { DISPATCHES FROM IMLE1GH > __ 1 ? i Doings and Happening* That Mark ? th? Prograaa of North Carolina Poo plo, Gathorod Around ?hs Stats , Capital, i Raleiga. ? ? That North Carolina haa boon ad mitted to the birth regiatrallon area of the United State*, beginning Jan nary 1. 1M7. and la admitted a* the thirteenth State In tha Union and one of three Southern Btatea la according to a letter received by Dr. W. B. Ran kin, secretary of the State Board of Health, from Bam U Roger*, director of the Federal cenaa* bureau. The letter roada: "It give* me groat pleature \o inform you that North Carolina measured welt or* 80 per cent and haa bean admitted to the reglatratlon area for blrtbj for the year 1?17. A detailed report of the taet will ha aaat you shortly. Our a pedal agents* hare returned from North Carolina and hare nothing but gloving accoonta'to glw of the cor dial reception given them and of tha efficiency of your reglatratlon aye torn" | Thla meana, according to the 8lata Board of Health, that North. Carolina I* reporting all. or at leaat over W per cant of bar blrtha and that birth sta tistics a* well as her%oath atatlatlc* will be accepted by the United Bute* and foreign government*. For the put month two special agent* from the Federal Cen*u* Department offi cially Inspected the. completeneaa of the birth reporting made to the Vital Statistics Department of tha Board and found thaMhe Bute waa not only reporting far above tha required per centage, but that the work waa done moat efficiently. \ ? The other Bute* that have preceded North Carolina Into the birth rotfstra tion area are the all New England Btatea?New Tork. t Pennsylvania. Michigan. Mlnneeota, Virginia and Kentucky. The tatter two were admit ted this year. Kerooene Menace Looms Large. James R .Young, Commissioner of Insurance, la ca?U?E attention to the greatly Increaaed number of doauST and Urea caused by carelessness In the use of kerosene to start Are*. He has jaat sent out the following: "Week after week the ca?taaltlea re ported to the North Carolina Insur ance Department show signs of gross - carelessness and add to ths already far too long list of dead and Injured who have been sacrificed on the altar of negligence. Looming largp among tha cauaes tor thM carelessnees Is the habtt of using kerooene to start Urea. In spite of warnings kod citation* of the horrible reeulta. people are *tlll observing thl* reckless practice In many psft* of North Carolina. The following Item U taken from a recent Issue of one pf the state papers: "A frame dwelling opposite the Southern depot at Advance, Davie County, was burned thla morning at 5: JO p clock, and Mr. and Mr* H.< R. William* and Mr. William*' aged moth er were probably fatally burned. Two small children . rescued, were not burned so badly. It is stated that Mr. Williams roae about 5:30 and waa !n the act of starting a Are with kero sene oil. Indications are that the oil was poured on the wood and a match ntruck to Ught the Are when by some means the csn exploded, throwing oil on Mr. Williams. The AamAs spread over hts clothing and in trying to ex tinguish them Mrs. Williams caught on Are. "The aged mother of Mr. Williams melted to the bed and picked up her little grandchild and In passing out of tha room her clothing bee sine Ig nited and she-fell in a faint. The ( year-old daughter of Mr. Williams took the child and carried It outside tha houae. "" T~~ New Charter* Are Isaued A chrater m issued for the Me LeansTllle Mill (lac.), of McLeens tHIK Oullford counlr The company propose# a general grain milling and mercantile buslnesa. The capital la $8,900 authorised and $6,504 subscrlb ed by Chaa. D. Cobb. J. M Morehead Another charter I* for the National Products corporation. of Sylva. N. G., capital $160,000 authorlted and $15,000 ?nbecrlbed by Prank B. Allen. W. M .Hoffman. John A. Presley, for timber land development, furniture and gee eral wood working. " r. Petersen Caae Continued. ? Ma], George L. Petersen, under In dictment op the.charge of $7,t00short age. In account* as property and dls burling officer of the North Carolina ?national guard, procured the continu ance of his case In Wake "county su perior court thle afternoon, renewed his $10,000 bond and returned to Camp 1 Sevier, where he la on the quartermas ter's staff of the Thirtieth division. The grand Jury made the formal re tern of a true bill, bat the trial ?f tho easels uncertain. Te Offer High Orate Beef Cattle. Pour sales of pure-bred beef cattle are now assured /or the meeting of the North Carolina Lire Stock Asso ciations at Wilson. N. C., January 1-4, 1111. From 20 to 16 head each of Hereford* Shorthorn and Aberdeen Angus will be sold; and. In Addition, embers of th? North Carolina Beef Bfceders end readers* Association hart consigned endugb home-raised stock to assure of a sale of pure bred beef rattle In which the consignments coatiats wholly of 41at*-bred animals I t: iflice from a trip made to a meeting >f tfie peanut grower* of North Caro ls* and Virginia at Suffolk. where In separation with the markstlag e? ot the Slate ot Virginia, ha to* i to pa to form the VlrglnleCaroUna Peanut Grower* Aaeoclatlon (or Uw . purpose of aecnrtng tor tha grower* lost and equitable prtcee for (Mh product. Mr. C W Kitchen of Aulaader, a member of tha Stata Board of Agricul ture. waa elected president ct the aa loclatlon; Mr. Frank Shield* of Soot land Neck, vlce-prheldent; and Mr , juorge M. Inman. of Waverly, Va. lecrvtary treasurer. Tha director* of . the organisation are A. *. Mallow. Wsverly. Va.. J. L. Wynne, Evsrefts. N. C-; -J T. Robertaon. Wakefield Va.; g. B. Wlnburn, Como. N. C.; ? W. Crlchton. Capron, Va.; E. M- Elliott Tynar. N. C. ' In general, tha object* of the aaeo clatlon are to promote the mutual In tereat* of grower* In prodocluff. hand ling *??* marketing of the peanut crop Any peanut grower In the Stata toy become a member upon payment of I the duea of on* dollar per year. j ? "It I* of Intereat to know." aay* Mr Camp, "that not more than SO per cent of a crop will be made In North Caro lina and Virginia, according to report* made at the meeting by visiting dele galea from peanut countle*. Earlier Id the aeaaon. It waa thought.that two third* of a crop would be made but later report* hare ahown this to he an over eetlmate. Camp. Buy Local Producte. Director B. W. Kllgore. of the Exten ?Ion Service, announced that from to formation received from the Depart ment of Agriculture at Washington, local trucker* In the Tlclnlty of Na tlonal Guard Caap and National Army cantonment will he called upon to *up ply to some extent the vegetable* needd by theae itablUhmnU. In a let ter seat from the quartermaster'* of fice at Charleston. 8. C, to the camp quartermaster at each army camp ^to lowlnflnformtlon la given: ?* la de sired that the growers to the vicinity ol your cantonment be Informed of thd approximate quantity ot v eg eta blea that will be required daring a given period, and Informed that the government will purchase vegetable* after sending out circular proposal# and that the award will Be made to grower or firm who offer* tha vegeta blae at the lowest price. ? "In furnishing this Information, all thoae interested must be lmpreoed with the idea that if grower* or firm? In aome other part of the country agree to furnish vegetable* at a bet tar price the government will, of cours, porchaae from the lowest bid der "Report will be made to thl? ortWe.! ? with the leaet practicable delay *how ing the approximate quantities of the various vagetablee. which It ia thought will be required at your camp tor the winter and spring period." Suggests Aid Per Families at Heme. Governor Blckett appealed to the chairmen ot the County Copnell* of National Defenee asking them to take ateps at once to look after the faml Ilea of soldier*, and especially to *ee to It that where there is poverty and sickness that these people are eitetfc ed not only whatever financial aid is neceesary but also'given human sym pathy. Governor Blckett quoted at length from a letter ha haa received from "one of the moet .Intelligent offlcera at Camp Sevier, in which the officer called attention *to th need of encour aging the people back home "The men. here do not need Christ mas presents or feaats," the office^ said, "they are all wall cared for. have their frienda and acqaalntamen but they can not fully devote themselves to their work because they sre think ing continuously of the dependents back home." Governor Blckett also urged tyat at tention ba given to the matter of al lowances which the government has provided for tha dependent* of lol-, I (iters, asking that the county conn ells give advice and instruction u to the manner ot making op claims against the government tor ttese al lowances ^ Housewives hare been warned against persona, who. It la reported, ha?e attempted to buy. tax or carry away home-canned products. claiming tbt tbey are representatives of the food administrator. These patrons are i in posters. According to an English dlsipatch, baron la not procurable In many butcher ahopa in London. Is shops able to secure supplies, the prices range aa hlgn aa^fO cents per pound for grade* sold before the war for w cents Report* Indicate that the new winter wheat crop. Just planted. Is nearly on* fourth larger In area than that planted a year ago. Kill Rat* and Save Food.* The many economies being practised by North Cartolna farmers to sat* all food possible is of no aTall If he Is to allow th* rats and mice to make way with more food and feedatuffs than he^ can sate by careful economy. It Is estimated thart the loss due to destruc-. tion by rats on the average North Car olina farm will pay the.tasrs of thrft farm with some to apart. Ao or?ng In , a bulletin received from the United States Department of Agriculture, the destruction of food and property In the United States amounts to millions. "Rata and Bice destroy more than 100,000 jnen can Aarn, or In dollars and cents mounting to two hundred million dollars. This being the case. It I shlgh time for farmers and cltiaens generalty orer North Carolina to be gin a campaign of extermination says official* of the AgriOtural Extension 8errlce. 'Tor centuries the world ha* been fighting rata without qrganl , ration and at the rfam* tl*? lias be*b y crefully feeding them by using (tor age places for (tain aad food that sra j not rat proof, yet are food places fot Jiem to lire and multiply." * ' i DEFENDING ENGLAND AGAINST RAIDERS * ? V * ft* *' # \ Thin uiaaalve dirigible balloon la but one of tbe great nutaher of almllkr eraft guarding the coast? of Great Britain from attack* by Zeppelins and German airplane*. At th? left la Field Marshal Sir John French, at tbe bead of the Biitlsb boine defense forces. NEWSPAPER MAN DESCRIBES VISIT TO HEADQUARTERS Nerve Centers of British and Ca nadian Armies Peaceful Even in Battle. IS LIKE BUSINESS HOUSE Function Calmly and Efficiently With out Turmoil or Slightest Disorder ?Young Staff 'Officer* Com plain Because They Mint Stay Out of the Show. London.?Doling the pfat three years of warfare there have been dally communications emapatlng from a mysterious place called general head quarter*. whose location or surround ings have never been mentioned. In fact are not known to the average sol dier lighting In Prance, writes Hal O'Klaherty In the New York Sun. To tbe citizen unacquainted wit# the affairs of gltfht armies tbe mention of the term general headquarters brings up a picture of a building In the heart of the great army activities, with mud splattered couriers dashing up on horse or cycle and with sentries pacing to and fro armed to tbe teeth, while wor ried generals -alt about great tables within tracing upon their maps the various positions In tbe front line. The fact of the matter Is that Brit ish general headquarters Is -perhaps the moat peaceful and orderly place that one could Imagine. The roads ap proaching the main buildings are not lined with troops and paraphernalia of war, nor Is there any of the much talked-of dramatics of fighting. Guards Are Unarmed. It la a business house, conducted oo the moat advanced systems of efficien cy. The traffic coming up ito the heart of tbe gigantic chain of fighting units Is regulated by military policemen who know their buslueas and keep motors and pedestrians going In the right di rection. The soldiers on duty in front of tbe building visited by tbe correspondent were unarmed and directed the arriv ing officers In a manner as courteous as that displayed by the commission aire at tbe war office In London. With in there was nothing to Indicate .the presence of the greatest army chief tains. The furnishings were yi^deat. almost homely, and the atmosphere of tbe whole place was that of a peaceful and well conducted business establish ment. To secure an Interview with one of the men who conduct tbe affairs of the British armies was simplicity Itself. A telephone call sufficed to tell blm of our coming and we were ushered lutO his office Immediately upon our arrival. An officer of the United States army, known as a "liaison officer," had quar ters nearby. He has been working as hard as any man of affairs at hoiae could work and bis surroundings showed he wasn't In the habit of en tertaining visitors. "Take that rocking chair overall tbe comer," he said aa we entered, ami one of the party went over as directed'and sat on tbe wooden box that had held his typewriter. A wooden table, two chairs and a rack for books made up the fnrnisMngs of his office. On bis table was a stack of corre spondence a foot high, which If It could be read by the German high command would probably give them heart fail ure. There was something rignlficum In that stack of tetters. It was pn>b ably the first nucleus of a correspond ence between the directing officials of tbe American army and the British upon whom they are depending for ad vice and Information. Some day that little pile will have grown Into an en tire library of documenta that will fill long ranks of filing cases. It la pio neer -correspondence under the new order of things between Britain sad the United States. The following afternoon brought as by a lucky chance to Canadian bead quarters. where "we had the privilege of spendlnff several hours with other men who are conducting operations. It was more than a lucky chance that brought as to Canadian headquarters almost at the same hour that the Qer man* began an attack?It waa to met of providence. Lighted by Lamp* and Candles. It can be set down here without further parley that two newspaper men were never treated more royally than w? were by these men who at the moment we entered their quarters were directing a barrage aplut a strong German attack. In the mldat of tea the door opened and for a Tew minute* we were under the Impression that every general on the western front had been deluged In to oar presence. It waa a party of officers who had dropped In for tea and a chat with the army command ers. Instead they had a rather amus ing talk with two American corre spondents. who were found Interest ing because they had Wn with the American army on the Mexican border and In Prance and had some Idea of what the United States troops could do. Their Intense Interest In prepara tions of the United States for war ?as manifested In every question, and their friendliness toward everything Ameri can was more than evident In two minutes the formality of in troduction was over with and for fully balb an hour the Canadian general staff dropped their heavy responsibili ties and enjoyed the unique experi ence of entertaining two Americana. Tt waa fhe Brst time that nucli a gath ering had ever assembled In thla par ticular building and all made tbe most of, it. The staff captain who had Intro duced us suggested that we get a little cers usually spent an hour In tbe eve ning playing badminton.or some other game Jest to keep In condition. We went oat to a well constructed court similar to a tennis court and taped off In the same manner. For an hour we watched four officers bat the feath ered shuttlecock across the net with a display of skill and strategy that was worthy of meif who used strategy In a greater and more dfcadly manner. We t<rt)k a band In tbe game for a time and then watched four others play off the staff championship. Meet Famous Strategist. When the game broke up and we re entered tbe headquarters building we were presented to u man whose name is famous tite length and breadth >f the Brltlfli front. His keen stratagem* and forceful work have won for him the praise und admiration ~oT "every Canadian fighting In France and hl? record an a lighter would (III several tiooks. We were fortunate In navlug an opportunity of talking with him. for he. like tbe late General Funston. is keenly Interested In news|wper work and It gnve us a good start on the right plane. We explained to him our reason* for coming to headquarters and how the car that Waa to meet us bad broken down. "Well, I'm glad you're here.?boy?.M he said. Til Just arrange to have a couple of places set for you at dinner. How are things over In the U. 8. A.f We had been talking with him only a few minutes when an officer brought to htm word that an S. O. 8. algmil had been received from a nertnln polut In dicating that the Germans were pre luring to attack. There was no'blus ter. The Information was given In tr low. steady voice and the'order* fur certuin counter-measure* were given In an equally unruffled munfter An hour Inter It waa learned that the Germans bad given up their attempt after being unmercifully Bayed by tbe grnelllor Are which our host had turned loose. From tyne to time an officer would appear at the door and report the prog ress of various movements under way, and throughout the evening there was no letup In the handling of business The whole, procedure of thla work of directing armies seemed to operste as smoothly as the service at the dlnuer table to which we wene shown. When the meal was finished nod we were comfortably aeated In the main room we heard from the lips of one of the officers a story of the thoughts and feelings of a man directing an offen slee. ' For the moment we saw a series of plcturea thrown on tbe acreen of our imagination. The officer asleep In hla room. A fervabt calls him In the amull hours. He dresses and walks slowly to bin office, where ? oamber at telegraph unil telephone operators sit at key* ud switchboards. M cup of coffee li steaming at hi* desk. ? Uoad. flat ta ble. upoo which la agread a great de- ' tall map with flag* marking the line of attack. He drink* the coffee, light* hi* pipe and turns t6 greet hla brother officers. Men Oe Over the Top. The hoar of the attack la marked by a general glance at watches and then llitfc phone rings. The aieu are over the . top! Several phone* ring. A number of objective* base been reached. An - 8. O. 8. signal from "A" section. All report* are Marked upon the big map | by flags, and a* Sack objective I* reached a new flag Is added. A* re port* of trouble come from different point* certain barrages are Instructed to cut loose with everything they have, j A "cht-in" show* the men lying by their guns, nhlch are loaded and trained upon certain points. The 8 ' O. 8. signal comes to the gunner near-1 eat the string, who reachea out and glree It a yank while the other gnn ners jump Into action. Before the irst shell has reached Us destination a second is on Its way and the big show is on In full awing. We *ee the uien bombing the German* out of dug outs; fighting band to hand In the | open ground with vicious thrusting of ?bayonets. Finally the picture reverta to heai}- i quarters, where we *ee the officer, tired eyed but smiling, reading the congrgtulatlttas from all along the line*, and transmitting them to the victori ous men out In the shell holes and trenches. "I don't believe there's a one of us that wouldn't have given a great deal t to be right down there with our men," be wild. "That's the worst -of having a staff Job. One most take- a distant view of things and stay out of the j show, which Isn't a pleasant task, es- ' peclally for that young officer who )nst banded me this report. I'll venture to say that he'd yell with Joy If he got orders to go back to bis regiment to night." Along (rwurd midnight oar disabled car came limping tip to headquarters for ns and our farewells were said outside the door In the Inky blackneaa of a rainy night. We shock hands there In the darkness with these men who bad been our bostK. From the dis tance came the deep-throated growl of heavy guns. "We never let ap on them," said a voice from the steps. "It has been lust as you hear It now tor months, and w;e1t keep on nntll we finish the |ob. We \re going to win." And that If the spirit that pervades not only the headquarters staff but every camp and every dugout on the British front. ' I PROUD OF HER RECORD, r 7- ?il Member* of (he National iwnf. r? anting the suggeatlon thai their White House picket* are Dot as patriotic aa some of Ilielr Um militant ataters. are pointing oat the record of UIm Eleanor Hill Weed, granddaughter of the late Representative Khenexer J. Hill of Connecticut. Ulan Weed, who aaalated in picketing last aprlng. Wat one of the 12 Vaaatr college girla who apent >a?t nummer on ? farm, accomplishing a sum tAtal of prnducta saffldenl to feed l.ftOO persona all winter and 20 head of live stock antll next rear'a rropa are ripe. Mlaa Weed la ? sopho more at Vaaaar (his year. s?-?.. DESCENDS IN BURNING PLANE Crlt<?h Airman Rocovcr* From In jurlM Rtcelved After IflOO Fnt Drop. Lotirt on.?After one of the inoat mlmctilon* earnpea of tke war. Mnjnr Huniuityoc. P. ft" O- 1* today (Cover ing from hi* Injurlea In the Often ?outer h??pltal. While rtvlnc alone nt a belRht nt more than 1.000 feet hlx en trine cnu*ht ftrv fie hrmlcd the inn clilna tnwuril the .ground. Sarin the tin me* j^nelied hi* fart. He climbed ?>ut of the taw and'crawled along the body of ilie jdnne toward the tall while the bintipg plane plnngwl to ward the earth. The thi'nn* reached lilm ngaln. He awung hlmaalf off th? frame and hunt by hla haiul* under lb# mHrhlne? now a nnm of itatnea. He fell Into a plowed Held and waa | picked op mflVrlng from ? broken ann. \ wore* of rata and with all hla hnlr | Marched to a crtap. IGNORANT NATION IS AT WAR 1 < Recruit Say? Hit Horn* Town In AH. ten* AIm In Dark About World Affair*. pi t'mm. Tex.?At lea?t one Amert cnn dlil not know there ivaa a war In prokt**" l? which the United State* 4a |.artlrlpatln* until he kppeared at the local nary recroltln* office to en list. I%> la from Plnedale. Art*., and tnvp hla name aa Hjnim Smith Han cock. He had been In PlD?dal?. ? imall mountain tojra. for Bre year*, artd raid no no# (her* kn?w there waa ? war In progreaa when he left. He waft accepted for the oar*. * TEN AORES FOR ONE FAMILY Montana Woman tajra it la Sltftlodht, and >ha Hat Triad ^ l? Alaa. - BIINnf*, lioot.?Ten acre* ta emiujth to anpport ? family, according to Mia* Mm f tie Johnaon, who hn? tried It ' 8h<- ha? divided her (en acre* an follow* Two acre* for atrawberrlea and raapbenlc*; two acre* for wheat for chlckena; three acrea for alfalfa for cattle, ho*? anil horaea; one acre for corn for t-hlcken* nnd ling*; one hnlf ncre for vegetable garden*; one linlf xre-for yarda for 1U0 or 'JUO ehlekmiW: onotmlf acre for home, Iwrna and yard*. Apple, plum and cberry tree* are planted In the chick en yard* nnd uboat the llel^M. Bees , ulN iuuy l?e kept at a pi otlt, aba an/*. >. ...V : V' : J 1.?1 ^L__^l_ai?J,- * CONTROLS ALL NAVAL OPERATIONS ; *} rm. _ ? ? ? | mr uiuvt iinpontiui man m the novy today I ?? Admiral Wllttam 8. Ben-' sua.! ranking officer In th? service and i-tilef of naval operation*. Yft little la beard of blm outside naval circle*. Ootwurdly or officially, Admiral Benson Is "charged with the opera tloua of the fleet ami with the prepara tion and readiness of plana for Its use In wAr." When congress created the particular billet \yhlob he now Alls on May 11. IMS, the duties of the chief at naval operation^ were thus deBned. Admiral Benson, then a rear admiral, took the Job and flie public promptly forgot be was there. When the war cam* there were s^iuany other things to occupy the public mind that qo one apparently has sought to disturb Ad-' mlral Benson's official seclusion. Outside his door oa the second floor of the navy department Is a "posi tively no admittance" sign. A dis tinguished visitor to Washington lo milr.ul -* - "" Ate ...? .?i?.r unjr wikihp ornce 11 wus nnn when mrormed niandly Inqalrfa. "Who I* Benson T" Had he entered the office he would have found himself fiicing a middle-UK"). trim-looking man In uniform,, rather slight of baML seated at a very neatly arranged desk in the center of the room and examining copies of cablegrams. The uriuxual Incident of a stranger coining unan nounced would not have disturbed Admiral Benson in the least. He troaM probably have looked up from hla work and courteously inquired what bia visitor wanted. ? ? v'*ltor explained that he had made a mistake and waa looking lor some other office, the admiral would probably have left lita work, and aeesns panled him to the right door, at the wuue time commenting In hla omm! mIM manner on the Inconvenience which the present arrangement of offices nuls warily causes visitors. ' , ' i " i And when the visitor expressed his thanks and ended with the pro* in hla I. "lfope I'Tiavent disturbe<i you," the admiral would have probably remarked: "Not In the least, sir. (Jlad to be of-servlce." bedding matters of naval strategy In home and foreign water*, looking after the details of every phase of America's naval wsr program ashore or afloat, and >%pervl?lng all matters relating directly or Indirectly to naval war plana, theae are the most Important sf the dutlea which Admiral Benson baa to perforih. From a practical viewpoint he la commander In chief of the navy ashore an# aflout. H* Is to the nuvj what the chief of stall la to the army. MAY REVOLUTIONIZE MOTOR POWER -T? ? scienunc testa are ami being mad* under authorization of congreaa of a wonderful device of Oarabed T. Olra gosslan, an Armenian Inventor and Me chanic of Boston, which If all that la claimed for It prove* tqe. will revo lutionize the motor power of the woiM. The inventor cull#?frla dories a "free energy" generator nnd It la sif ter worthy of scientific testa. Jut what the engine la, ia not made know*. It ia claimed by the inventor that It can drive a battleship any dlataaea without stop for fnel, for this strange iV'vlce asea do fuel; that It can pupal tin airplane around the world with :innort heavy enough to turn aside the heaviest shells, and perform other feats that seem moat uncanny. In speaking of hla Invention, lb. - QlragosMnn says: "1 have not overcome gravity er anything of that kind. The source af lite energy is mresuj exisiem ami i um K"i"K lv uiiuxr m uj ukiuii ? hit discovered. It Is concentrated. If we want to make use of electricity dbt of the earth we concentrate on that. It Is necessary to build boilers and turfites to produce thousands of linrse power oat of coal. My device Is utilised In such a way that It Is ulniiMt condensed energy. The source at the energy Is very great. It Is portable and you cun carry It frum place te place. "lly engine will produce power to turn something, that Is all. U does not require any hent. It can be put In any room. In any cellar. The principle Is so extremely simple that the inlnute you see It you will say to yourself: ?Well, why didn't I think of that before.'" LOOKS AFTER COUNTRY'S REVENUE | "He I* alwsy* good at figures," said Danny's teacher, when talking with hi* mother after she had called nt the school. This hnppened In 18TT, 'find 40 years has not changed Daniel ('. Roper. At least Uncle Sam doesn't think so, because he appointed him to probably the hardest Job of a non-mili tary nature to be found In Washington. His ((Bice door heads, "Collector of Internal ReTenue," and as the revenue has been Increase*] several times It la going to be some Job. He began his preparation for this career by attend ing Trinity college, and after he was graduated from that North Carolina In stitution he continued by attending the National university of Washington, D. C? from which he emerged four years later ready for a flj.-ht with the wort.I. ? Soon after Ills eollege work aniled he became very much Interested Id the Cotton and weaving Industries. It was Mr. Roper who developed a scheme of collecting cotton utiymifr* hy a errant nt frwjiwri! Intervals during the hnrvsat-" Ing period of the number of bnles turned out at the (inn. This In Itself waa quite an achievement, anil the government recognized hl? merit by sendtag htm on a survey of the textile Industries 4n America and In Europe. From this data he was enubled to compile a textbook. which has been uned as authentic Information by experts In this country, as well as abroad. I . ... .? is ii si i i i m\ i in i I CUSTODIAN OF ENEMY PftOPERTY Arrangementa were mad* at n mm ference between President WIIm.ii aa4 A. Mitchell Palmer. nixtodlan of e*r-, my property, to put Into complete op eration the provision* of tile tradla* wlth-the-enemr law for cu?tody mi property In thl* country of <lni? cttlien* and thoae of countrlea allied with (lermany. Receipt* of enemy property al ready haa begun. the flrnt receipt* be ing a draft for HOO.OOO vountarlly ten dered the custodian, who promptly I* vrated It In Liberty bonds. Within a abort time property wort* million* of dollar* will be In Um a^ - Indian'* handa. President Wllaoa ?<? will laaue an executive order whir* will authoria* opening of branrtl K? reana for receipt of enemy pmperQL ' The ultimate disposition of prop erf* taken over by hla otkw. Mr. Palmer explained. r??t* with f ?f naa. which moat decide whether It 4M1I be I rnnflwalmj or inertly held in truat -Hiring cm *?r mj mr immn ?? a , - trustpv. An executive order Sta the salary of Mr. hlatr at MOOR a ? nil dlr?*l? turn he give a bund of SlOQjOOU
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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Dec. 7, 1917, edition 1
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