VOL. XLI
GERMANS TORPEDO
" LINER HESPERIAN
THREE HUNDRED /ND FIFTY PAB
- ABOARD.—ALL ARE
BAFE.
ARMED WITH VISIBLE GUN
Off South Irish Coaat When Attacked
—All Paassngera Landed Safely at
Queen stown.
London.—The Allan Llns ateamer
Hesperian, with 360 passengers, bound
from Liverpool for Montreal, was at
tacked without warning by a German
submarine off the Irish coast. Al
though the torpedo found its mark the
vessel remained afloat and, according
to a statement issued by the company
every soul aboard was saved.
No submarine waa seen, and prob
ably It was too dark to observe the
wake of a torpedo, but all the pas
sengers and crew who arrived at
Queenstown in rescue steamers agreed
the att«ftfe»pvaß made by a German un
dersea boat, basing their opinion on
the force of the shock and the great
volume of water thrown Into the air.
•* The force of the eplosion was tre
mendous, and of the passengers land
ed at Quenstown, many of them
scantily clad, about 20 were Injured.
There were no American paasen
gers on board so far as the Ameri
can Consul could learn, but two mem
bers of the crew were American clt
lxens and they both were saved.
About 30 wounded Canadian soldiers
going home to recuperate were
aboard. Most of the other passengers
were Canadians or English.
The torpedo struck the Hefeperian
in the forward engine room, and the
ship immediately began to settle by
the head. Captain Main ordered the
passengers and crew intA the boats,
but with his officers remained on the
bridge, although at that time he
must have felt sure his ship would
go down?
The discipline was perfect, but one
of the-boats, the falls of which be
came Jammed, capsized, and those In
there were thrown Into the waters. In
the darkness some confusion prevail
ed, but all were picked up, and with
other passengers and the crew, were
transferred to the rescue steamers,
which arrived in answer to wireless,
calls for aylstance.
TROOPS ON BORDER READY.
Would Not Hesitate to Cross .Border
After Maxicsn Bandits.
Washington. All United State*
troops 5Yi the Mexican border are un
der orders to be In readiness to meet
any emergency. War department of
ficials said extraordinary vigilance
had been ordered as a result of re
peated raids In American territory by
Mexican brigands and soldiers, and
renewed reports of preparation for an
organized Invasion from across the
Rio Grande In the states of Coahulla
and Nuevo Leon. v
As long a* the raiders continue to
appear In small bands, It Is under
stood none of them will be-followed
into their own territory, but officials
Indicated that the American com
- manders would not hestltate to pur
aue the enemy until they were com
pletely routed should anything re
sembling an organized Invasion of
the United State* be encountered.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
DR. L. J. MOOR EFI ELD,
PHYSICIAN
OFFICE IN NFW PARIS BUILDING
Office Honrs 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to
3 p. m., 7 to 9 p. m.
'Phoue 471 or 99. Graham, N. C.
E. C. DERBY
Civil Engineer.
GRAHAM, N. C.
Nation! Baakol AtaaaaceßTl'i.
BURLINGTON, N. C,
lalrjr BalMUa*.
•Pfc—« m
JOHN J. HENDERSON
Attorn ey-nt-Law
GRAHAM. N. C.
OHlce Nils—l—ski »■■■■>>
J, S. COO IE,
Attorney-iit- Law,
GRAHAM, ..... N. C.
one* Patterson Bulldtn*
Beeood Fleer.
ML WILL S.L9.\fi,JK.
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Orskarn • - - - Worth Caroline
OFKICKmSIMMONS BUILDING
>AOOB A. LOIN. t. KLMBB LOHQ
LONG * LONG,
Attorneys and Couneslors sllae
GRAHAM. H. 0.
JOHN H* VERNON
Attorney and Oeaaseler-at-law ♦
- ruBBB-OMce (U BeeMeaca Ml
BURLDTOTOH, N. O.
Dr. J. J. Barefoot
OrriOK OVER BADUCT'b STORE
Leave Meaeages at Alamance Phar
macy 'Phone 97 Residence 'Phone
882 Office Houra 2-4 p.m. and by
Appointment
DR. O. EUGENE HOLT
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
At Office in Graham on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday After
noons in Donnel) Building.
8-016.
THE ALAMANCE GLEANER.
Peralsienr reportT that some of the
Mexican raiders slain wore Cunna
uniforms have; reached officials here.
Rtimora have come, too, that there
la a concerted move by Carranta lead
ers in Nuevo Leon and Coahulla to
arouse Mexican aentlment against the
Pan-American movement for re-estab
lishment of constitutional government
In the republic.
Charlea A. Boynton Dead.
Washington.— Charles A Boynton,
one of the vote nans of the Associated
Press and one of tHt best known
American newspaper men of the last
25 years, died here at his home, aged
79. He had not been in active service
since 1909, but until recently had been
In fair health.
Martial Law In Haiti.
Washington.—Foreign Influences lit
Haiti, working to block the plana of
, the United States to pacify the repub
lic and rehabilitate its finances under
American supervision, have made It
necessary to declare martial law in
Port au Prince, and In praotlofclly all
but two of the country's open porta.
Hear Admiral Caperton, acting within,
his general Instructions, declared
martial law and explained that bis ac
tion was taken because of A situation
which waa beytfnd the oontrol of the
local government.
Newport New* Has Big Fire.
Newport ews, Va. —Property dam
age estimated at upwards of $2,000,000
resulted from a fire which originated
la Chesapeake and Ohio grain eleva
tor "A" here and spread to nearby
buildings and to a big grain pier. First
reports that 12 elevator employes had
been. Jiurned to death were not veri
fied [but William Butler, a watchman,
who was trapped on the top Boor, lost
his life. The elevator with nearly
half a million bushels of wheat was
destroyed, grain pier No. 6 was bad
ly damaged.
LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs of State News That
Havs Been Condensed for Busy
People of the State.
Shelby will soon have city mall de
livery.
James Turner, ager 60, a prominent
physician of High Point, la dead.
Beaufort will celebrate the opening
of the Taylor Creek link of the Inland
waterway on Labor Day. The cham
ber of commerce there has made ex
tensive preparations for the event.
The Southern Railway and the city
of Hickory are putting down tarvla
pavement at the passenger station
crossing at Hickory, the cinder* and
gravel heretofore used having proven
unsatisfactory.
O. F. Woodard, a lineman engaged
' with the Southern Power Company
force which is running a steel tower
line from Salisbury to Statesville, met
Instant death When he came In con
tact with a highly charged wire.
Nineteen boys wno are inmates of
the Buutflibe County Reformatory
are engjflh in the construction of a
new buHdrap there, being of material
aid to the carpenters who have been
engaged for some time past in the
heavier work.
What may be the Jargest
aweet potato crop ever prodwPd in
Catawba | county is approaching ma
turity and new potato houses are
springing up throughout the potato
belt, no less than eight of these being
on a single route leading west from
Newton.
Mr. W. 8. Fallls, state highway en
gineer, Is this week visiting Ashe,
.Watauga and Alleghany countlea, as
sisting In a survey to be made there
under the auspices of ths state high
way commission, preparatory to bring
ing those counties under the direc
tion of the commission.
Charged with having killed his wife
several days ago, J. O. Southers was
taken to Aahevllle from Rutherford
county jail for aafe-keeplng because
county jail for safe-keeping because
of reports to the effect that a mob
waa being organised In that county
to take him from jail.
The Fall reunion of the bodies of
the Ancient and Accsptsd Scottish
Rits of Frsemfsonry for ths Valley
of Charlotte, Orient of North Carolina,
Bouthern Jurisdiction, will be hold.
In the Scottish Rite Cathedral, in
Charlotte Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, September 21, 22 and 13.
I C
That North Carolina stands an excel
lent chance of securing a permanent
artllerry camp for the use of regular*
and members of the militia organisa
tions of many states Is Indicated by
the arrival at Asheville of MaJ. Chas.
Pelot Sum me rail. United SUtes army, j
who 1* Inspecting proposed sites for
the encampment.
Leaving as his final dying eonfe*
slon the statement that be aasnmed
sols guilt in the murder sad robbery
of Sidney Swain in Charlotte on the
night of May 1«, 1114, Charles E. Trail
went to ths electric chair In the
•tote's prison at Raleigh paying the
death penalty with a remarkable d»
gree of self-control.
Insurance companies which paid
damages for the dee traction of lumber
on the yards of John Patton neat
Asheville collected $2,171 of the s4oo
sued for from the Southern Railway
Co. by the term* of a compromise
reached la the ease of the Queen to
su ranee Co. of America and the N*
tlonai Union Fire insurance Co
against the Southern.
|loo—Dr. B. Detchon's Antl-lMu
retic may be worth more to you
—more to you than SIOO if yon
have a child who soils the bed
ding from incontinence of water
during sleep. Cares old and youot
alike. It attests the trouble at
once. 11.00. Sold by Graham Dreg
Company. a ".
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 19T&
Newt Snapshots ~ T" c ? °J f ove ™°™ WM «♦ B°»ton, and Governor Walah of Massachusetts, the official host, led In the dia-
ff ®* !£ ")» nadonaldefeuae being a leading topic. The sessions were held In the historic old statehouse' In Iio„.
Of the Week ' on - I'uslan °® eUl re P° rt «'» *>»• German warship Moltke waa sunk In the golf of Riga, together with several other
Tronic fighting craft, waa denied by the German war office. Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria wni again asked by the allies to Join
to the war against Germany and Austria, chairman Walsh of the United State* Industrial commission airbed a report, urging that the govern.net MlmiMa
prlTute fortunes so as not to exceed the sum of $1,000,000. - * . g» ernmeut limit all
GERMANY ACCEPTS PLAN^
GERMANY RECOGNIZES PRINCI
PLE FOR WHICH UNITED
STATES HAS CONTENDED.
*7
Disavowal of th* Arabic Tragedy^
Expects WJJson to R*n*w Repres
entatlons to Britain.
Washington.—Strained relations be
tween the United States and Germany
over the submarine warfare appar
ently passed Into history when Count
Bernstorff, the German Ambassador,
Informed Secretary Lansing in writ
ing that prior to the sinking of the
Arabic his* government had decided
it* submarines should sink no molt
liners without warning.
Oral a**ur*nce* to that effect had
beea given by the Ambassador last
week; but it was not until Count
Bernstorff, after a call at the state
department, returned to the Embassy
and sent a Utter to Mr. Lansing quot-1
lng Instructions from Berlin concern
ing an answer to be made to th* last
American note on the sinking of the
Lusltanla that officials frankly admit
ted their gratification over the chang
ed position of the Imperial Govern
ment
Secretary Lansing said In a formal
statement that the letter "appears to
be a recognition of the fundamental
principle for which we have contend
ed." He Immediately sent the com
munication to the White House and
discussed It In cheerful vein with his
callers, who Included Chief Justice
White, Secretary McAdoo and Senator
Tillman of Bouth Carolina. Every
where In Administration circles there
was a visible relaxation of the tension
which had existed ever since the Lusl
tanla tragedy, though lessened by tbe
earlier assurance of Count Bernstorff
and advices from Ambassador Oerard
aa to the attitude of officials In Ber
lin.
The next step It Is stated authori
tatively, will be a formal communica
tion from the German Government,
disavowing destruction of the
Arabic and regret and re
paration for American lives loet in the
disaster If the attack was made by a
German submarine. Even if the sub
marine which torpedoed the liner
subsequently was sunk by a British
iqan-of-war, as has been suggested
both from Berlin and London, the
Berlin foreign Office Is expected to
**nd It* disapproval >s soon as a/ rea
sonable time has passed without V re
port from Its commander.
Once the situation growing out of
tbe Arabic Incident has been disposed
of the response to the long unanswer
ed American note on tbe Lusltanla
will be dispatched, and If Germany's
explanation* and proposals In this
ease are accepted by tbe United Seates !
officials here expect the way to be (
cleared for a complete understanding
between the two government* on U>*
■ubjact of fr**dom of th* seas.
PLANNING NATIONAL DEFENSE.
Wllaon Can Proceed With Mere Free
dom New.
Washington.—With danger of *er
lou* t/bnbl* with Germany apparently
removed. President Wilson, it waa
•aid authoritatively, believe* h* can
proceed with more freedom in develop
ment of tbe national "defense plans
becaos* there can be no suspicion
that they are directed against any
particular nation.
Tbe President's Idea. It was said.
It to prepare a program for several
year* In advance, and In doing so to
secure tbe expert opinion of army!
and navy officers, who have been
watching military developments In
Europe.
Money Easy and Plentiful.
Wophln^otfc—©aslness conditions
throughout tbe United States have
changed bat little In tbe last month,
according to report* from the 13 Fed
eral agents made public by tbe Fed
eral Reserve Board. Tbe report* In
dicate slight Improvement, with large
crope In sight, manufacturing in spe
cial line* stimulated by foreign orders
and money easy and penUful. Rich
mond reported that It I* realised In
tbe cotton territory there can be no
excuse this year for a repetition of tbe
experience of last fall.
Werth their Weight la Celd.
"I have need Chamberlain'* Tab
lets and found them to be juat as
repreeented, a quick relief for bead-,
acnes, dizzy spells and other symp
toms denoting a torpid liver and a
disordered condition of the digeetive
organs. They are worth their weight
in gold," writes Mi*e Ciara A. Diggs,
Elba, N. Y. Obtainable every-
I when. *d T
GENERAL OROZCO KILLED
HAD CROSSED THE TEXAS BOR
DER WITH 80ME OTHER
MEXCANB.
American Po**ee of Civilian*, Customs
Officers and Cavalrymen Partici
pated in the Battl*.
El Paso, Tex.—Government officials
said they had received reports con
firming earlier rumors that Gen. Pas
cual Orozco, prominent Mexican mili
tary leader during the last five years,
had been killed in a fight between
Mexicans and an American posse.
Civilians, customs officers and mem
bers of the Thirteenth United States
| Cavalry participated in the battle,
1 which according to reporta twa* fought
In the mountains In Culberson coun
ty, Texas. After a raid on the Dick
Love ranch Orozco and feur compan
ions were pursued from the Sierra
. Blanca country into the foothills.
I Official reports of the shooting said
four Mexicans besides Orozco were
killed.
According to reports the raiders led
by Orozco -arrived at Love's ranch,
near Sierra Blanca, and forced the
cook to supply thein with dinner.
While they were eating, Love and two
cowboys were seen approaching. The
Mexicans fled, pursued by Love and
his men, who quickly collected a
posse. 7.
The running fight which ended
when th* last raider was k|U*d lasted
until dusk. ' f .
BODIES FOUND ON F-4.
Bom* of the Bodl** Are R*cov*r*d
From th* Wreokage.
Honolulu.—A number of bodies of
the 22 men who went down in the sub
marine F-4 March 26 were found en
tangled In th* wreckage of the inte
rior. One body was removed.
The finding of the bodies was an
nounced by Rear Admiral C. J. Boush.
A bole was ordered cut In the for
ward compartment of the submarine,
so liar Inaccestble.
Preparations have been made to
embalm the bodies as seen as they are
taken out. If permission is granted
from Washington, the cruiser Mary
land will take them to the United
States.
After being raised from a depth of
300 feet the F-4 was p4#c»d in dry
dock. Tbe pumping out of the dry
dock was completed and the F-4 lie*
on h*r starboard *tde In the dry-dock.
In addition to gaping holes In the
stern of tbe submarine, a big hole has
been torn In the forward part.
One body found In tbe forward
compartment was Identified as that
of George E. Asbcroft of Los Angeles,
gunner's mate.
j Most of the bodies entangled In the
debris of the submarine are In frag
ment*.
Dynamite f*r Coomb*.
Depew, N. Y.—A dynamite bomb
pjlaced In front of the home of Mau
rice T. Coombs, bead of an aeroplane
company, wbos* plant, now In course
of erection, will make aeroplanes for
th* Allle* .exploded, wrecking tbe w6l
and shattering windows in the vicin
ity. No one was Injured.
Russia Will Want Cotton.
Washington.—lndications that Rus
sian spinning mill* will demand a
"fair amount" of th* currant Ameri
can cotton crop were reported to the
commerce department by Commercial
Attache Baker at Petrograd. Ha ca
bled that out of tbe f.000,000 apindle*
| In Russia 7,600,000 outside of th* war
son* are worUng nine-hour ahift* a
day and each la consuming 10$
ponnds of cotton annually.
Mexican* B*nt to Jail.
San Antonio, Texas.—J. A. Hainan
dei and Locio Lena, who speaking at
at large gathering of Mexican*, mad*
remark* calculated to Incite Mexican*
here to revolt against tbe United
State, were sentenced In police court
to two hundred day* In jail. Doml
etano Hernandez, who distributed a
pamphlet urging a social revolution
waa *ent to jail for I#o day* on a
vagrancy charge. Tb* trio probably
will te aiven Into tbe bands of tb*
Federal authorities sfter tb* Jail sen
tences expire.
Relief la Ms Hear*
DUtreaalns Kidney and Bladder
LHaeaae relieved In *lx hour* by
th* U NBW ORB AT SOUTH AMER
ICAN KIDNBY CURB." It I* *
great surpri** on account of ita
exceeding promptness In
pain In bladder, kidneys and back,
in male or female. Relieve* reten
tion of water almoat Immediately.
If you want quick relier and cure
this 0* the remedy. Sold by Gra
ham Drug Co. sdr.
POINTERS FOR DRY SEASON
*
Water Consumption by Alfalfa Can
Be Controlled to Some Extent by
Graxing and Clipping.
The total consumption of water by |
alfalfa can be controlled .to a con- ;
■iderable extent by pasturafe or fre
quent clipping without serious injury
to the plants, according to the United
State* department of Agriculture, Bul
letin No. 228, "Effect of Frequent Cut-!
ting on the Water Requlrementa of
Alfalfa and Ita Bearing on Paaturage." j
With a limited amount of stored
moisture In the ground often the
greatest amount of alfalfa can be ob
tained by allowing the crop to grow
when the water requirement Is the
lowest, In the fall or spring, and by j
keeping the leaf surface at a mini
mum during the summer through
clipping or pasturage. The efficacy !
of thus conserving the moisture dur
ing the periods of drought has been
observed many. time*.
Whenever, the moisture supply fall*
short of the amount neceiiary to pro
duce normal crop* throughout the sea
son, summer grazing appears to afford
a simple and practical means of ob
taining a return from alfalfa commen
surate with the available moisture,
and at tbe same time reducea the dan
ger of drought Injury. When the mois
ture supply I* adequate for continuous
crop production throughout the season,
close pasturage or clipping would re
sult In a marked reduction In tbe
amount of alfalfa produced, I* the
opinion expressed In the bulletin.
Whan grazing I* practiced greater
production can be secured by Inter
mittent grazing; that Is, by employing
several fields which are paatured In
rotation. Summer pasturage with al
falfa is extensively adopted In Aus
tralia, and the combined system of
hay and pasturage ha* found much
favor In New South Wales. It Is car
ried out In the rolling-plains country
on loam or aandy soils where there Is
no possibility of sublrrlgatton.
NECESSITY FOR DUST MULCH!
Reduction of Los* of Water Through '
Surfac* Evaporation Can B* j
Economically Accomplished.
(By T. E. KKITT, South Carolina IB*- I
pertmoni Station.)
The common field crops require
from 300 to 600 pounds of water for
each pound of dry matter grown,
hence the necessity for reducing the
loss of water through surface evap
oration. This can be most economical
ly accomplished by th* maintenance J
of a dust mulch.
A perfectly dry dust mulch does not
have to be very deep to be effective, j
In practice It I* found that tbe break-,
lng of the first two or three Inch** of
■urfac* soil forms an effective mulch,
but sand mulcbe* may be thinner than
clay mulcbe*. Tbe mulch ihould be
no deeper than I* necessary for tbe re-j
ductlon of evaporation to a minimum,
for tb* top *oll Is generally richer
than the lower *oll and the thinner a:
mulch can be mad* and maintained
effectively, th* greater tb* root rang*
of the plant*.
The principle Involved In tb* func
tioning of a dust mulch 1* that tb*
capillary watar 1* drawn from soil
particle to *oll particle by surfac* ten
sion until It reach** the surface of the
soil and la evaporated. Tbe plowing
of the surfac* to the depth already
Indicated, by means of a scrape or
sweep, dlaturbe the arrangement of
the soil particle* and tb* disarranged
particle* "blanket" th* surface and
prevent tb* loe* of molatur* to any
considerable extent
It I* necessary to r«n*w the mulch
aa soon as po**lbl* after *ach rain be
cause dampening rearrange* the par
ticle* In such a war that capillarity
will b* reestablished.
DOUBLE WORK BY SPREADER
While Harveet I* In Pro*r**e Wagon
la Available for Hauling Crepe
From th* Flald*.
Ordinarily the manure spreader I*
In use at aoaaon* of th* r*ar* when
tli* fl*ld work I* not demanding at
tention. While tb* harveet la On
progress. It will be found idle; hence.
It la available for other work.
In districts where field roofs, such
aa mange la, sugar beets, or turnip*
nr* grown, th* manure spreader mar
■err* aa a wagon In tranaferring tb*
crop from the Held to tbe root cellar
or pit
A simple adjustment will enable tb*
operator to *av* considerable time, **
well as th* taak of unloading with tbe
aid of a *bov*L Tb* cylinder or
spreader la first removed from th*
end of the box, and a suitable end
board I* set In place, the latter being
held by an Iron bar or rod.
When the load I* taken to tbe eel
lar. Ihe end hoard can J® lifted
readily and the roots may be rolled
Into the trap door merely by putting
on the crank which connects with the
apron shaft and turning by hand until
the entire lot has been discharged. It
requires only a few moments to de
liver the load
If the farmer does not have wagons
enough to move the crop readily, this
dlofllculty may be overcome by follow
ing the suggestion which has been
offered.
Sap up Moisture quickly.
No matter how wet the early sea
son may have been, don't forget that
July and August sun and winds will
sap up the moisture most rapidly.
Molstut, fed to weeds In,the cornfield
could* be made fine use of by the
corn In those month*.
.
NORTH CAROLINA MARKET. /
Pries* *f Cotton, Corn, Oats, P***,
Butter, Egg*, Etc., on North Caro
lina Markat* During Past
Week.
Ahoekle—Cotton. UH; corn, $1 bu; oats,
Mr bu; p«A«. 92 bu; Irish potHtoe*. 11.25
-bbl Western butt«r, S2V4e lb; N. C. but
ter, lo* lb; IS-17c dot.
Aah*vlll«—Corn. Mo bu; o*t«, 5Rc bu;
Irlah potato#*. sl.f>o bbl; Western buitrr,
•Or; N. C. buttar. Sic; ifggß. 18-ISc dos.
Charlotte*—Cotton. S%c; corn, 91.0b bu;
oata. (Or bu; Wcatern butter, lf>c lb; efffa,
18-20 c doa.
Durham—Cotton, Ityc: corn, B2c bu;
oa4a, Gtc bu; paaa. $ IH r» bu; Iriah pota
to*. 91-76 bbl:" Waatarn butter. 12c lb;
N. C. butter, 100 lb; eg*a, 2Q-22tfcc doa.
Oraanaboro—Corn, 91 bu; peiia. 92 bu;
Iri»h potatoea, 91.7R bbl; Weetern but
ter. 30c lb; N. C. butter, SOc lb; efcjra, 20-
cl 2 doa.
Hamlet—Cotton. R%c; corn. 91 0f» bu;
oata, 90c bu; Irlah potatoaa. 91.80 bbl; N.
C. buttar. SOc lb; Wmtern butter. 80c lb;
acta, 26c dfos
Dumbarton—Cotton. S%c; corn. 91.08
Waatern butter. 36c lb; eKKa. 22He doa.
Maxton—Cotton. BHc; corn. 91 bu;
New Bern —Corn. BBa bu; oata. r»oc bu;
•Cfa. 2V doa.
Ralelah—Cotton. com. t6c bu;
oata. BSc bu; Irlah potatoea. f 17f. bbl;
Weatern butter. 2ic lb; N. C. butter. 30c
lb- evira, 22%-27c do*.
Rocky Mount—Corn. 91 03 bu; oata. B2
centa bti; Irlah potatoea. 91-26 bbl; Weat
ern butter, 32c lb; N. C. butter, 30c lb;
effaa. 20-26 c doa.
Ballabury—Cotton, fc; corn, 91 bu*
oata. 60c bu; Iriah potatoea. 91.60 bbl;
N. C. butter. 80c lb; 36c doa.
Rcotland Neck—Cotton. *%•; corn, t6c
bu; oata, 86c bu; pena. 92 bu; Iriah pota
toea, 9160 bbl: eaaa. 20c- dot,
corn. 80c bti- Iriah potatoea, 91 bbl; Weat
ern butt«r f Sir lb; eprjre. 16c do*.
Wlleon- f'otton. 8v; corn. 91 bu;
BBc bu; Irlah potnt'»ea. 91 60 bbl; Weatern
butter. 82c lb; N. C. butter. 82c lb; effga.
80c doa. . .
Wlnaton-Halem- Corn. 81.10 l»u; Iriah
potatoea. 91 60 bbl; N. C. butter. 2tV4c
lb: e**a 2«c doa
Norfolk. Va. —Cotton. 884 c.
Chlrairo— No ? wH'»e rorn. 7* ,80«* {de
livered In p-»«etirh t2H-!»4»4r) No 2 yel-*
low corn (dellverH In Ral
el*h. butter. ?n-24%c (cream
ery); em. IS-20Kc rflrota)
S*w York—Hiit t*r. 26%-28 (extra);
eiraa. 28-*«r featrw).
N*w Or'eana—Woiff*r 27c (fancy cream
ery I; eic**. 21-22 c (Weatern).
DRAG THE ROADS
When the rmllcs of spring sp
pear
Drag tbe roads;
When the summertime in here.
Drag the roads;
When the corn is in the ear.
In the winter cold and drear.
Every season of the year,
Drag the roads.
When you've nothing else to
do.
Drag tbe roads;
If but for an hour or two
Drag tbe roads;
It will keep them good as new;
With a purpose firm and true.
Flail In Una; It'* up to y&—
Drag tb* road*.
—Th* Kan tea Industrialist. !
i —————
~ Mors Drag* N**dsd.
Tb* (plltlog drag ha* contributed
more toward tb* economic mainten
ance of public blghwaya than any Im
plement of modern usage. It does not
reqalre special act* of th* leglalatur*.
bond Issue* nor *xp*n*lv* educational
campaign* to make It available a*
usually pieced** construction work. A
drag can be built or purcba**d for 910
•ail la eaally op* rated by an yon* who
can drive a Mem. We need more
draga.
Tar-Macadam Read.
Tb* tar-macadam road haa glvaa
tb* b**t aervlce of any form of *tr**t
surfacing tried In Calcutta.
Two Good Scheme*
Ther* are two (cheat** which may
be used to advantage on tb* road*.
Tb* first la to grad* with a traction
•ngla*. tb* s*oond to tot tb* grading
by contract
No Permsnent Development.
Without good road*, th*r* can be
no development that will be perma
nent and enduring.
Place for Traetor.
Tbe tractor 1* finding a great pike*
In road building
ML TAFT SPEAKS
ON PREPAREDNESS
INCREABEO WAR AND NAVY SUB
JECT OF PRINCIPLE "TAFT
DAY" BPEAKER. , .
CONGRATULATES PRESIDENT
Relief of Tension With Germany
Should Be Bource of Profound Re
joicing by Americans.
San Francisco.—William Howard
Taft advocated preparedness for war
and detailed means for Its accomplish
ment In an address at the Panama-
Pacific Exposition, delivered at "Taft
Day" exercises. .
In ceremonies preceding the ad
dress, Mr. Taft, using the silver spade
with which, while President he broke
ground for the exp6sition four years
ago, planted a California redwood tree
In "Taft Circle."
He also reviewed portions of ,the
United States coast artillery at the
Presidio of San Francisco. A silver
lovln* cup. Inscribed "In grateful
remembrance of his unfailing friend
ship and the fulfillment of his confi
dence that San Francisco knows
how," was presented to him by the
exposition officials.
In beginning his address Mr. taft
declared Germany's acquiescence to
the United States contention for the
rights of non-combatants on commer
cial liners "should be the cause of
profound rejoicing by every patriotic
American and the occasion for con
gratulation to the President."
• "It must relieve the strain between
the two countries. The shadow of a
serious breach passes," he continued.
"It should not, however, lead our
people away from their duty of rea
sonable preparation. The incident),
though closed as we all hope, except
as to Indemnity for U)o lives of those
already drowned, shows how near, a*
neutrals, we are to the war. It shows
that we must be careful to Insist up
on our right* as much as that we
ought to be reasonably prepared to
defend, against their Invasion by any
belligerent powers." t_
TEUTONB MAKE HEADWAY.
Rl(ja Only Section Where Russians
Hive 8ol)d Front.
London.—Except In the region of
Riga, where the Russians are pre
denting a aolld front, the Austro-Ger
man offensive again la making head
way. The western forta of Grodno
were evacuated after two of them
wdre deatroyed by the heavy guna
and stormed by the German Infantry,
and It la considered extremely likely
the whole fortress tfready has been
left to Its fato. Vllna, doubtless, will
be the next objective of the Austro-
Germanx on thlfl front.
Vienna reports a series of successes
which virtually havo driven the Rus
sians out of Galicla; they now hold
only a very narrow strip between the
Seretlr and Bessabla. Across the
border In the latter province the Aua
tralns say the Russians act fire to a
number of villages, which might In
dicate a further retreat.
Thus hjipes raised recently In the
Allied countries that Russia at last
was making a stand, have been dis
sipated. The Austro-Germans, how.
ever, claim no large captures of men
or guns and the Russians apparently
j are keeping their guna well behind
the Infantry. - ' >
Turka Burn Town.
Ix>ndon.—An Exchange Telegraph
(Jjspatch from Athens says:
"Travelers arriving from Conatan
tlnople announce that Turka burned
the town of Ismad and massacred a
large number of the American Inhab
itants." Ismld. at the head of the
Gulf of Ismld In Asia-Minor, Is 66
miles southeast of Constantinople. Ita
population* Is about 2f>.000.
Two Americana Killed.
Brownsville, Texas. —The bullet
riddled bodies of two Americans who
were kidnapped by Mexican bandlta
12 miles north of here were found In
the bed of a dried lake.
Two Mora Bodies Identlfitd.
Honolulu.—The two bodlea taken
out submarine F-4 were
Identified as those of Charles H. Wells
of Norfolk, Va.. machinists mate apd
Frank N. Herxog of Salt Lake City,
Utah, electrician. Wells was Identi
fied by a notebook which naval offi
cers decided contained no Information
that would solve the mystery of the
submarine's disappearance In Hono
lulu (lay March 25. with 22 men on
board. The identification of Herxog
was made through records of dental
work done for htm. ' ,
Government Want* Information.
Waahlngton. Ambaaaador Page
was Instructed to secure detailed In
formation aa to the expected relaxa
tion tn enforcements of the British
orderln-councll agalnat American
commerce. The aUte department
! wanta to know' Just what character of
| shipments will be allowed to pass and
; through what channels application
roar be made .to secure releaae of
American cargoea now detained. The
Ambaaaador waa directed to Inquire
whether Great Britain would "facili
tate matters."
To the Public.
' I feel that I owe the manufactur
er* of Chatp.berlain's Colic, Cboleia
and Diarrhoea Remedy a word of
gratitude," writea Mra. T. N. Wither
all. Gkiwanda, N. Y. "When I be
gan taking this medicin* I waa in
(treat pain nnd feeling terribly aick,
due to an attack of summer com
plaint. After taking a doae of it I
had not long to wait for relief as it
benefited me almost immediately."
Obtainable everywhere. adv
NO. 30
RESERVE ROARD TO I
HELPITH COTTC'I
CLEARS WAY" FOR HANDLINa
STAPLE WITHOUT CLOGGING
4 THE MARKET.
, !
$5,000,000 INITIAL DEPOS'.T
I '.yg
Special Rediscount Rate* on Proml*
■ory Note* Secured by Warehouse
Receipt* on Cotton.
Washing ton. step* wort
taken by the federal reserve board
and Secretary McAdoo of the treaau .y
department, to extend gid to cotton
producer* of the south and to clear
tile way for handling the fall crop
without the uncertainty and diffiets y
experienced )ast # year.
The board issued new regulatio; s
authorizing federal reserve banks i
give special rediscount rates r i
promissory notes secured by wa- •
house receipts for staple agricujtu: ,1
products with the restriction th t
member banks must not charge mors
than 6 per cent to the borrower.
Secretary McAdoo announced he
would soon deposit J0.000,000 as ca
initial deposit in gold In each of t .-a
federal reserve banks at Richmo£s
Atlanta and Dallas. Fifteen million
dollars more Is to be deposited later.
The secretary said that it conditions
showed the need of deposits elsewhere
to aid In handling any other crop ha
would extend similar government aid.
The new regulation* are broad
enough to apply to all itaple, read
ily marketable crop*, but It is well
known that the cotton crop 1* he on*
which has given concern of late.
The board announced that the
reserve bank* In Atlanta and Dallas
already had requested a discount rate
of three per cent on the sort of paper
approved In the regulation*.
The announcements followed meet
ings that tytve occupied the time of
the board and Mr. McAdoo most of .
the last few day*. Although when
the secretary originally proposed de
posit* of government fund* In South
ern reserve bank* alone, many months
ago. the plan was not favored by sev
eral member* of the board. It was not
opposed during tbe recent dUouMlons.
Some member* Indicated, howsver,
that a* the total cotton crop probably
would be worth about 1800,000,000
they did not think $30,000,000 would
go far toward handling It.
, _ •
A CALL TO PRAYER.
Laymen's Missionary Movement Send* -
Out Urgent Call.
Chicago.— A call to prayer address
ed to every Individual in the country
and carrying the words "pray, pray
without ceasing," was sent out by the
Laymen's Missionary Movement of
the United States and Canada ia
preparation for a series of conven
tions , the first of which wIIL be he.i
In Chicago Octol»er 14 to i 7.
The movement Is designed to be f
a nation-wide character for' tJ
spread of the gospel during whi
75 convenlons will l>e hejd in v
rious cities culminating in a
Missionary Congress In WaAingtoa,
April 2# to 30, 1916.
The denominations which have en
tered Into the movement this ye 7
Include among other* the Baptist
Convention (Southern), Christian
Church, Methodist Episcopal Cira.h
and I'rotestsnt Episcopal Church.
Bodies Found on F-4.
Honolulu, T. H. —Ten more bodtet
were found In the hull of the Unit' 1
States submarine F-4. They w«re
crowded together In the engine-room
One body was Identified a* that of
Ivan L. Mahan, a machinist's jna i
of Mma, Ohio.
Members of the naval board of In
quiry declined to discuss whether tl >
finding of so many bodies in tlwncor •
partment Indicated the nature of it >
accident which caused the vessel to
sink.
It wa* suggeated by some of those
working on th» submarine that an
explosion elsewhere In the vessel
caused the men to seek refuge In tha
engine room.
Exchange Market Improves.
New York.—All Indications tended
to confirm a report circulated In Wall
Street that Great Britain had borrow
ed from $50,000,000 to
temporarily in this market to correct
the exchange rate on sterling, until
such time as her commisalaoers shall
reach New York and consummate ne
gotiations looking toward the floatlsn
of a much larger credit loan here.
There wa* no confirmation or denial of
thla report by the big men of New
York'* financial world.
• Plnkertona Bring Suit
Atlanta. Oa.—Proceedings were be
gun In Superior Conrt here by the
Plnkerton National Detective Agency
to secure 11,2000 alleged to he das
the agency from National Pencil
Company In whose factory Mary Pha
gan wa* killed April 26. 1913. The
petition claim* Leo M. Frank, then
■uperlntendent of the factory employ
ed the agency immediately after the
crime was discovered. Attorneys for
the pencil company claim the detec
tive agency did not carry on its con
tract.
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