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S Women § QJ Cardui, the woman's U Kb tonic, helped Mrs. Wil- ||L Ham Eversole, of Hazel M/r Patch, Ky. Head what she writes: "1 had a t general breaking-down mf of my health. 1 was in wj Hi bed for weeks, unable to WOm get up. I had such a weakness and dizziness, MM ... and the pains were ■A very severe. A friewK JMI toii me I had tried every- MM th ig else, why not MJm M «oon saw it was helping Km me ... After 12 bottles, Ism strong and well." mlj ® TAKE ® CARDU The Woman's Tonic mm Do you feel weak, diz- arl MM ay, worn-out? Is your |« ■Jr lack of good health dauaed m|| Iw from any of the com- Wvj3 plaints so common to faR \ women? Then why not WN j jW give Cardui a trial? It | should surely do for you what it has done for so Ey i J many thousands of other *A I women who suffered—it MJm I should help you back to PJ Ask some lady friend VH ■H who has taken Cardui. Kj* KJ Sha will tell you how It i helped her. Try Cardui. |2T~ • AD Druggists J|j EXCESS WATER HURTS ROADS £eld Weather Do«« Not Caua* Injury, No . Matter Whether Road la Earth, Gravel of Macadam. ' Wntor, not cold, la tho enuse of the deterioration of roads In winter. Cold weather docs not In 1 tacit Injure rond* no matter whether they are earth, gravel or macuduin. In fact nn earth road will stand inure Imfilc when It la aollilly frozen than nt any 1 other time. Kxcexa wnter, however, la always de trimental to a highway. When weather turns Uila water Into lee, the damage that It docs la greatly In creased. lee occupies conaldernltly more apneo than the water from which it Is formed, and every person who hss lived In a cold climate Is famtllpr with the powerful bursting effect of wnter when left to freeze In a con fined venae!. The aamo action takes place wheu a wet road freesea to nny considerable depth. It simply burets or, aa wo generally term It In rood parlance, the rood heave*. Later, when the froat leaves, the rond I* dWlnter grated and ruts badly. If this procos* ta repeated a number of times during the winter, a gravel or maendam rond may be prnctlcnlly destroyed while an *qrth apad amy become entirely In* passam. y A dry road will not heave. Itoek, gravel, aaud and even clay when per fectly dry contract slightly on frees- Well-Drained Rosd. Ing. In order to expand on freezing, these materlala must contain or be mixed with water, and the mora water they contain tho greater the expan sion which takes place. But so long as the road remains frozen, the dam ags does not become spparent. Hence the frequent and erroneous Idea thnt It fs the thaw which Injures the rond. The Injury was done when the water tn the rosd frose and the of the road surface—broken atone, sand, still fine partlclea of earth or clay— were pushed apart by tho expanding power of tho freezing water. The thaw merely allowa the Ice to melt and aasume Its original volume aa water. The remedy Is self-evident Keep the "water out of the road. The time to begin preventive measures Is before the ralna begin. If the rood gnc* Into tho winter thoroughly dry with the sur fnce and drnlndjfe In good condition, the chances are extremely favorable that It will como out all right the fol* lowing spring. KEEPING UP DIRT HIGHWAYS Farmers Can Have Good Road* by Grsdloo to Drain Off Rainfall and Keep Surfscs Smooth. Wo all want good roads and when •we And out what Is the really pcriua nent highway we will want that sl«o In line with tho modern Idea of build ing fur keeps. In the meantime fanners can have ffi good dirt roads by «radlng to drain oft tho ralnfalf and by dragging to keep the aurfac* smooth snd bard. | / The Road ScraF>r. Where Is your road scrsper? Have It ready to uao on the roada after •very rain. Persuade your neighbor fio do the same. Increase School Attendance. Figures show thnt-*cbool attendance Increases importantly wherever coun try roads are Improved. . If Expenses for »W. In 1811 the United States expended for road work a quarter of a bllUoi dollars. Shall two or three czars and al sultan rule the world? Never KRESS PISSES ARMY DRAFT BILL '.! HOUSE VOTE WAS 397 TO 24.—1N SENATE THE VOTE WAS VOLUNTEER SYSTEM KiLLED Senate Favors Roosevelt Plan to Take Troops to. France.—Ag* Provision Net Fxed^—Conflicts to Bs Settled In Conference. Washington.—The Houss shortly be bore midnight Saturday passed the bill embodying the Administration's plan for a selective draft. The vote wss 307 to 24. The Senste pasaed the bill by a vote of 81 to 8. Earlier In the day both Senate and House voted approval of tho Admin-, latrslion's proposal to raise a great war army on the principle of selective conscription, voting down by over whelming majority the volunteer army amendment around which opponents of- the Administration plan had cen tered their right. In the Senate tho vote on the volun- ' teer amendment was 69 to 18, and In ; committee of the whole In the House It was 379 to 98, supporters of con scription marshaling a strength which surprised even Administration leaders. ; On -a roll call the House rejected the volunteer army proposal by a vote | of 313 to 109, an evsn greater ma j Jorlty than that by which the amend | ment bad been eliminated from the 1 I bill earlier in the day on toller vote In Committee of the Whole. I Whether Congress Anally would ac ! cept the staff's recommendations re- I carding the ages between which con ; scrlptlon should spply appeared more uncertain. In the Senate the bill's stlpulstlon thst men between 19 snd 23 | should be liable to the was changed to mako the minimum 21 and IS should bs llsbls to the draft was cbsnged to make the minimum 21 and j the maximum '27. Tho House voted I down all proposed changes in tho Military Committee's recommendstion thst ths limits be Axed st 31 snd 40. Those and a number of leaser amendments will be considered as speedily ss possible In conference in the hope that the measure may be ssnt to the President for his signa ture by the middle of this week. Senator Harding's smendment. de signed to permit Colonel Roosevelt to raise four Infantry divisions for ser vice In France, was adopted by the Senate 66 to 31. Many Democrats voted for It. A similar amendment was rejected by the House. Tho Senate adopted nn amendment by Senator Fall to provide for raising three regiments of volunteer csvalry to patrol tho Mexican border. The votewwa v 53 to 26. On the objection of Chairman Fitz gerald of tho Appropriation Commit tee tha $3,000,000,000 appropriation provided for carrying the bill Into ef -feet was Anally stricken out by the Houae by a vote of 351 to 25, and It was agreed th|A the committee should bring In a aeperate measure. MARBHAL JOFFRE EAGER FOR U. S. FLAG IN FRANCE. - ■ \ Will Haaten End of War and Cement Friendship With Amerloa. Washington.—Marshal Joffre told the people of America through Wash- Ington newspaper correspondents who called upon him, that France cherlahes ths conAdent hope thst the Aog of ths United Ststes soon will be Aylng on her bsttle Unas. Victories sure to be won fiy the sol diers of tha two. Republics, once more fighting shoulder to shoulder for lib erty, declared the hero of the Mame, will "hasten the snd nf the wsr and tighten the links of sffeclfon snd es teem which hsve ever united France and the United States." The marshal, replying to questions, ssld hs deemed It sdvlssble to ssnd one Amerlcsn unit st s time to France rather trfan to wait for the complete equipment of a big army, because of transportation problems. Msrshsl Joffre told correspondents thst he did not thslnk Amerlcsns now with the French srmy should be withdrawn to serve under the Amarl csn Asg except possibly r few spec ialists who might be useful In devel oping the training of the new Ameri can force. Hs paid hearty tribute to the valor of Americans now Aghtlng tn France. Amsrlcsn officers, hs believed, were fully competent to train Amerlcsn men. snd he gsva It as his opinion thst snd American army would devel op rapidly. MEXICO TO TAKE HER STAND WITH UNITED STATES Monterey. Mexico—Mexico prob ably will break off relation* with the Central Powers witfiln s few week*, snd declare af alliance with the En tente Powers. Ths sttltude of (he va rtoua goAirnment official* plainly ahosrs thst they have received order* from higher op- Some of the hot headed official* who lately were loud eel la their anti-American talk have developed* a friendly feeling for ths Americana. ' Tha magnitude of the scrap Iron In daitry can bo surmised from tha wholesale shipments that will be con signed from North Carolina by a Dur ham dealer during last week. He way billed 35 carload* from seven North Carolina town* and vlltagea to Pitts burg snd Harrlsbnrg, Penn. The hitherto waate product, for the most part. Is commanding the highest prices on Northern markets and North Car olina aaaetablers are wsxlng wealthy. The old plow point pegpltted to waste awsy la rust haa a marketable value. North Carollaa's flrst stats board of chiropractic examiners was ap pointed by Governor lllckett, the re cent Legislature having provided for ' such s board aftsr strenuous opposi tion wss overcome. The sppolntees sre: Dr. Eugene L. Cox, of Winston* Sslem. one year; Dr. LTJ. Carlson, GreenaboroTHsro years, snd pr, W. P. 1 Love. Chsrlotte, three years. Col. Fred A. Olds, of Raleigh, haa been secured to deliver the commence . ment address st Rock Hill School, ,WJle©n county, on Msy 11 I THREE GREAT FLAGS FIOAT OVER TOMB OF GEO.WASHINGTON GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE AND UNITED STATES RAISE COL ORS AT MT, VERNON. 1 VISITORS PAT HOMAGE TO AMERICA'S GREAT SOLDIER Eminent -tethering. Including Mem bers of British snd French War I Commission, Prealdent'e Cabinet end Members of Congress. Stand With Bsred Heads in Seml-Clrcle Before Tomb of Nation's Founder. | Mount Vernon, Va.—The Abrs of Great Britain, France and the United States Aoated proudly together over the tomb of George Washington. Be neath them, spokesmen of the three great democracies paid homage to i America's soldier and statesman, and | pledged themselves, each to the other, | In the name of the dead, to prosecute ! the present mighty struggle against autocracy on the line he himself had followed In bringing America Into be , Ing. j In groups of twos and threes, an eminent gathering, Including the mem bers of the French and British war commission, the Presidents cabinet and members of Congress, had atroll -1 ed up through the sloping grounds , from the river bank until perhaps half I a hundred people atood .with bared ' heads In a Reml-clrvle befqgp the tomb. Tho day which had been heavy and threatening aa the party apprafched on the MayAower. suddenly burst Into sunlight which played through (the . trees on the unNrom* and faces of ' those assembled. Without formality, Secretary Qab- I tela motioned to M. Vlvlanl. minis ter of Justice and former president of FVance, who advancod slowly Into 4he center. Before the tomb of Waeb ■ Ington whose efforts towards liberty his own ancestors hod gloriously aid ed, M. Viviana delivered.' an address, In which ths whole fopcek of his emo tional power, deepened'by the signifi cance of the ocoaalon, fought for ex pression. The spectators, though most of them could not understand* Fronch, caught the suppressed feeling and Are of the orator and followed his words spell bound as they quickened under the thrill of his Imagalnation. his voice not a sound could ba heard Aa M. Vlvlana Anlßhed, the silence became supreme with the general realization that no applause could ex press the emotions aroused. Then came forward Artnur James Bid four, foreign secretary of Great Britain, who atood for a moment in silence, a tall, erect, kindly Agure. Overcome with all that the situation meant In the llvoe of tho two great Angto-Baxon countries, Mr. Balfour abandoned hla decision not to speak and gave expression to a few poignant sentences, evidently straight from the heart. England hsd honored Wash- Ington as sh* never had before. "M- Vlvlanl." said Mr. Balfour, "has expressed In moet eloquent worda the feelings which grip ua all here today. He ha* not only paid a AUlng tribute to a great *tatesman, but ha ha* brought our thoughts most vividly down to the present. The thousands who have given their lives—French, Russian, Italian, Belgian, Serbian. Montengerln, Roumanian. Japanese and British were Aghtlng for what they believed to be the causo of llb erty. "There I* no place In the worm where a speech for tfte cause of lib erty would ba better placed than hore at the tomb of Washington But as that work haa been so adequately done by a maater of oratory, perhaps you will permit me to read a few words prepared by the British Mission for the wreath we are to leave here today: , . " By the British Mission to the Immortal memory of George Washington, aoldler, statesman, pa triot, who wonld have rejoiced to see the country of which he was by birth a citizen, and the country which hla genlous called Into existence. Aghtlng side by side to aave mankind from subjection to a military despotism."* Governor Stuart of Virginia apoke a* the host on Virginian soil. "Washington." he *ald, "originally belonged to Virginia, but his priceless memory haa now become a common heritage of the world. We consecrate here today a struggle bearing the su preme test bf the issue* tot which he lived, fought snd died."*. Marshal Joffre. victor of the Msrae and Idol of the French people, next raine forward In Held marshal a uni form. Simply, but earnestly, ha spoke but two brief sentences: "In the French army, all venerate the name and memory of Washington, f respectfully aalute here tho great soldier snd Isy upon his tomb the. d.l m w* offer ou- roldlers wha huve died for their country." Two French officers came forwsrd s»tth the bronze wresth from the French Ml*»ion. the humblest and the highest mark of honor which thf French Nation can accord the dead J. A. 81mm*. an Auburn graduati who has boon talking a post graduate coruae in animal husbandry at ths North Carolina State Collage of Agri culture and Engineering for this school year, hss'JtMt accepted an ap pointment aa pig club agent for the state of Connecticut. Mr. Slmma will leave soon to take up hi* headquarters at Btorra. Conn. During a terrlAc electric and wind storm at Warsaw the First Baptist chnrcb waa struck by lightning and received damagee to the extent of aev eral hundred dollara. The steeple was demolished, the lecture room and foun dations injured to a conalderable eg tent- All nor damages were also 'in- Alcled upon some of the residences of Warsaw. Governor Blckett haa received an argent appeal from Mrs. Callls Chris ty, Of Houston. Texaa, In the Interest of executive clemency for Sam P. Chrlaty. now aervlng a life sentence I In the State Prison fo rtlie murder of - the huaband of Ida Bell Warren, who , with Christy, barely escaped the elec tric chair. INK AMENDMENTS 10 Ml BILL Ml HUE PM FOR HE* PROVISION FOR VOLUNTEER SYSTEM THROWN OOT HOUBE 313 TO 109. * , «. SENATE IS FOR ROOSEVELT . A . Liquor Restrictions Included In Amend ments.—No Bounty to Be Paid For Enlistment, and No Person Shall be Allowed to FuCNsh • Substitute. \ Washington.—-Hoth Senate and House adopted an amendment just be fore the final roll calls which would greatly Increase the pay of enlisted men during the war. The House pro vision would make their month and that approved by the Sen ate would fix It at $29 a mouth. The present pay Is only sl6. In the HOUBS at the .last moment, Chairman Fitzgerald, of the Appro priations Committee, objected vigor- 1 ously to the appropriation of $3,000,- 000,000 carried In the btll for the ex pense of the new army, and the ac tion finally was eliminated Mr. Fitzgerald declared that to place this vast sum In the hands of the Secretary of War would make of Con gress a "mere automaton," and prom load that If the section was voted down the committee would provide funds promptly In a separate measu.-e. Among tho amendment# adopted In the Senate was one which would per mit Colonel Roosevelt to recruit a volunteer for£e fbr service In France. A similar proposal had been rejected by the House. Bpeaker Clark, Demo cratic Leader Kltchln and Chairman Dent, of the Military Committee, who had favored the volunteer system, all voted for the draft bill on the final roll call. Republican Leader Mann also was recorded In the affirmative, as was Miss Rankin, who previously had voted with the volunteer advo cates. Test In Senate. The Administration won Its fight for the military draft In the Senate when an amendment authorizing a call for 500.000 volunteers was rejected by a vote of 69 to 18. The vote was t aa follows: For the volunteer amendments: Democrats: *.Gore, Hardwick, Klrby, HtcKellar, Roed, Thomas, Trammell and Vardaman —8. Republicans: Borah, Cummins, Cur tis, Fall, Galllnger, Gronna. Johnson, California; LaFollette, Norris, Sher Against the volunteer amendments: Backhaul, Broussard, Bankhead, Back ham. Broussard, Chamberlain, Culbuer son. Fletcher, Gerry, Hillla. Hustings, James, Johnson, South Dakota; Jones, New Mexico; King, Lewis, Martin, Mayers, Overman, Owen, Photon, Pitt man. Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson, Saulsbury, Shafroth.Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith, Arizona; Bmlth, Geo gla; Smith. Maryland; Smith, South Carolina; Stone, Swanson, Thompson, Underwood, Walsh, Williams, Wal cott —40, Republicans: Brady, Brandegee, C alder Colt, Dillingham, Fernald, France, Frellnghuysen, Hale, Hard ing, Jones, Washington; Kellogg, Ken yon, Knox, Lodge, McCumber, Mc- Lean, Nelson, New, Page, Penrose, Polndexter. Smoot, Sterling,, Suther land. Wadsworth, Wafren, Watson, Weeks—29. After the McKellar amendment had been rejected, Senator Tranuhell re opened the draft question by offering nn amendment proposing to substi tute the volunteer system throughout the bill. It was rejected by, an over whelming roar of "noes." In the House there was no roll call. The long fight came to a close early In the afternoon when Representative Kahn. of California, moved to strike out the volunteer provlalon written in to the bill by hte House Military Com. ralttee. As the result of the voting became apparent, the members of the galleries broke into cheers, while Fpeaker Clark. Chairman Dent of the Military CJommlttee M Chairman Pad gett. of the Naval Committee, and other Democrats, who had fought the admjnletnation's plan. «at silently In their seats. Democratic Leader Kltchln, who had expected to vote against con scription. responded to the call for a quorum Just before, but was not present for the vote on the,, amend ment Miss Rankin, of Montana, voted with the volunteer advocates. Throughout the remainder of the House debate pro-volunteer frequently reopened discussion of their proposal the climax coming when Speaker Clark declared he might drive out of his district some of those who had urged that he vote for conscrip tion. "A lot of old akunkers an over the country whe think that nobody la go ing to be forced Into this war except boys from nineteen to twenty-five," the speaker said, "and that their mis enJlle, cowafdly hides will be aafe, have been sending telegrams here. I j know them. 1 know every man In my district who has telesraphed me , urd I know who Is at the bottom of i It* and 1 can take » double-bar ralrd ... » Help For Girb Desiring Education. We have on out' catnpus an apnrt im-nt bouse, a 'wo storyu utiding of 25 rooms *#ith a frontage; of 100 feet which may be used by girls who wish to form clubs and Rtc at their own charges. Pupils can live cheaply and com fortably in thia way, many of them having their table suppllea sent to them from their homes. For further information address J M. Rhodes, Littleton College. Littleton, H. C. We have frown in stature ainc? 1998. Then the mirage ol fit ■ Span ish fleet was being constantly seen Now wc want to discover whether Mic Oerman raider a-en oft the tne coast may not be an Innocent derilkt. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children In U»9 For Over 30 Years □ET c&v& I •RITIBH COMMISSIONER LAVS ' WRTATH ON WASHINGTON'S TOMB A WM, J i !■ \ k * / RsSTOiW«lr*nfe ttSk. ARTHUR JAMEB BALFOUR. * shotgun and run out of my district every man who sent me a telegram to vote' for conscription, and if school doesn't keep too long I will run a few out, too." Would Send Teddy. 1 Senatof Harding's amendment to | the army bill designed to permit Col j onel Rcosevelt to raise four Infantry ' divisions to go to the European bat tle front was adopted by the Senate 56 to 81. MftHy Democrats voted fbr ' the amendment t The announcement as adopted does not specifically mention 00l- Roose j veK, but its purpose has been well un derstood and Its author referred to t the fact that it would permit the form , er president to raise troops to go to I Europe. It waa. not discussed at I length. i Senators Ashurst, - Broussard, Groe, Hardwick, Hollte, Hustlng, Johnson, \ South Dakota; Klrby, McKellar, My ers, Owen, Pomerene, Ransdell, Reed, » Robinson, Saulsbury, Thomson, Var daman and Williams, Democrats, sup , ported the amendment. Senators , Brady, Gronna, LaFollette and War . ren, Republicans, voted against it. Farmers Exempt, i Among more Important amend ments adopted in the House was one empowering the president to exempt ' from the draft, in his discretion, per [ sons engaged in. agricultural work. Another would require each state to furnish a quota of man apportioned according to population, and stllj an other provides that "no bounty shall be paid to induce any person to en list," and that "no person liable to military service shall hereafter bo permitted or allowed to furnish a substitute for such sen-Joe." In the Senate there was a long de bate over proposal to prohibit tha sale or possession of intoxicating liquors during the war. Several amendments were adopted, Including one to make |t unlawful to sell or give liquor to Officers pr men In uniform or to mem bers of Congresß pr other officials, and then the Senate reversed itself and adopted a substitute eimply forbidding the sale of liquor to soldiers in uni form, and giving the president wide discretionary authority to make other prohibition regulations. An amendment by Senator Curtis stipulating that men subject to draft who voluntarily present themselves shall be recorded as volunteers, was accepted by Chairman Chamberlain, I I and went Into the bill. Another long ddbate was evoked . over amendments by Senators Thomas ' and LaFollette to exempt from con scription those having "conscientious" i [ objections to military ijervice. Both were defeated without a roll call, and the bill's exemption proposal left un , changed. "FARM AND ARM" IS BATTLE CRY OF ROOSEVELT Chicago.—"Farm and Arm!" With [ this battle cry, Theodora Roosevelt ' entered Chicago and in two stlrrifi? , speeches urged that every energy of" \ the entire nation be directed toward . making the potential might of the Unl | ted States felt In the war against Ger many, and he demanded that not an 1 hour be lost In dispatching troops to , the trenches. His first speech was made at a luncheon at noon; his sec ' ond at a mass meeting tn the im mense amphitheater at the stock ! yards. He advocated universal training as a permanent policy; he advocated con. { scriptlon, but he pleaded that he should be allowed to recrulKa division for Immediate service with the Allies. He was rotwdly applauded when ha urged that, dthing the war, the use \ of grain for the manufacture of alco-! lollc beverages be prohibited, i want to get Americana Into the ' 1 treucbes of France at the earliest pos- 1 slble moment to ahow our Allies that we are as ready aa they tfc shed our blood for the rause of democracy. Pd' go aa a second lieutenant," said Col. Roosevelt. "I'm willing to go In the train of any competent officer who ! may be aelected. -To the divi sion there ia the thing." I On bis arrival Mr. Roosevelt waa ' given a reception reminiscent of tha days when he was. president. English Spaviu Li ii i timet re tnovee Hard, Soft and Calloused Lump* and Hlemisheafrom borse*; alixi Blood Spavin*, Curl*, Splints, Sweeney, Ring Hone, Stifl»e, • Sprains, Swollen Tbruam, Coughs, etc. Save SSO by use of one hot. tie. A wonderful Hleiuiah Cure. Sold by Gnthaui Drtijr Company adv Of course the ultimate consumer irjll have to supply the big war fund. Hut this one lime when h gcts his money"* worth. From t->e way the Bri.ish and French are smashing the Hind:n berg line the American troops will have to hurry to get into tho fun. WE OAVE THE EARLIEUT, 810- | gest, high this Strawberry grown, i Also t'ne Best one or tne ever- , bearing kinds; bears t!)0 best lla vored berries from Spring until the 1 snow flies. Free Booklet. Wake- field Plant Fum, Charlotte, North Carolina. lTfebSt ( * SE Mil * I HOUSE COMMITTEE PREPARES WAR BILL TO RAISE BILLION -AND HALF DOLLARS. LOWER HE EXEMPTION ! .! Increase of Excess Profits Tax la An • other Proposal of Sub-Committee. — lncrease*Taxea on Liquor, Beer, To , baccoa, Soft Drinks, Freight and Pas aenger Traffic, etc. Washington.—te tfar revenue meas ure designed to raise not less than 11,500,000,000 by direct.-taxes during the coming year was reported $o the House Ways and Means Committee Tuesday by a sub-committee which had been drafting the bill- in secret sessions. / Reduction of the Income tax exemp tions from $3,000 atfd $4,000 to *I.OOO and $2,000 for single and married per sons, respectively, and an Increase of ithe excess profits tax from eight per | cent on all amounts over eight par, cent and $5,000 to sixteen per cent are two of the sub-committee's pro posals. The tentative bill also carries In creased taxes on liquor, beer, cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, new taxes on automobiles. Bolt drinks, ammunition places, freight apd passenger tariffc and a stamp tax of wide scope. Much of the bill follows the lineß suggested by Secretary McAdoo, but many of the Kiost important proposals are re jected. j The total of the proposed bill falls I millions of dollars short of the orig inal figure of to be de rived from taxes this yeJr. >' I Fordney Responsible. Opposition of Representative Ford-1 ney, of Michigan, ranking Republican | C ember of the committee, to raising ore than $1,000,000,000 by direct .taxes Is largely responsible for this {situation. A bitter fight on the bill In full .committee Is certain. Resentment 'among some members aroased by the prolonged executive meetings of the committee, coupled with vigorous op-1 position to the Income and excess I profits tax proposals, make storma In evitable. A new cloud also has appeared in /the threat of a Republican member to den)and doubling of the present one cent duty on sugar. Secrecy, which has marked sub-com mittee conferences, will rule in the full committee. Unprecedented safe gards are being established against '"leaks," Only one copy of the tenta tive bill for each committeeman has been printed, and an effort vgJR be made to prevent members taking them from the committee room. There have been Insistent demands from all sections of the country for public hearings -but none will be held If present plans are carried out. A normal tax of .two per cent would be levied by the proposed billion all Incomes above the proposed exemp-1 tLns. Above $3,000 and $4,000 and | up to $5,000 four per eent would be levied. Surtaxes would begin at SJ,- 000 and continue upward. Higher Liquor Tax. \ j Decision to recommend Increasing the tax on whiskey from sl.lO to $2 ' a gallon and that on beer fi'om $1.50 ito $2.50 a barrel was reached - after determined efforts to'make It higher had failed. ""*• I In an effort to protect the manu : facturer and smoker of cheap cigars, it was decided to fix a graduated tai j ion all kinds of cigars. Cigarette taxes would be doubled. !, Suggestion of a flat four per cent ;rate on freight and passenger trans portation proceeds was rejected in favor of taxes higher than four per cent on passenger tickets and four per cent on freight charges. A five per cent tax On the factory .cost, of automobiles and musical In 'struments is recommended. Amusement places, including mo tion picture houses and basebalL parks would pay stamp taxes equal to ten per cent of their gate reecipts. / i AMERICAN TANK STEAMER SUNK BY SUBMARINE. London.—The' American oil tank steamer Vacuum has been sunk. The captain and part of the crew and thsj naval lieutenant and nine American' naval gunntrs are- missing. Th« Vacuum was sung by a German sub- - marine while she was on the way to the United states. The chief mate and 'l7 men, Including three of the Amer lean Navy gunners, have been landed i "" i FRENCH COMMISSION TO MAKE TOUR OF WEST Washington.—The Btate Department announced that th«" French War Mia ' aion would leave Washington Thura .day to vlalt Chicago and later would go to Kansaa City, St. Louis, Spring field, llllinots, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. At the conclusion of th« tour, the party will return to Wash fngton. Members of the Commiaslon Including Rene Viviana. its head, and , Marshai Jo.Tre. tbe hero of the Maraa will travel on a special train. Jlr. Rj L. Hufflnes. general manager pf one of the largest insnrance and realty companies in the stata. has of fered every school pupil of Rocky Mount under ten years of age, who Will folunteer to tend a garden, enough seed of any kind and Tariety to plant the garden. The FayettevUle Independent Light J Infantry, p military organixatlon 1 which haa kept its Integrity through the generations since the Revolution, haa made application to the National J Uuard authorities of the state for ac- i ceptance as a unit of tbe btato troops. j Fire of unknown origin at Tyro, Davidson county, destroyed the large, 1 'oiler mill owned by Baxter Leonard, ' a large amount of grain, flour an>| i feedstuff, also a sawmill, lumber yard fad much lumbar owned by Mr. Leon ard and a store building and'eontenta 1 owned by J. O. Davis. 1 Daily hint for everybodv, "How ' can I do my patriotic bit." 1 - f' g For Infants and Children. *| eTOD|| Mothers Know That ■ Genuine Castoria s.h N -4 ALCoaat-s rea op"- M - n § 1 Bears tlie / Av m SignatureXyyr : l| SSBBK of iPJir iY\ \ |i g£ ft Jv In i HI. sssa-J ll yi i. «'-*aaHjV ~ || \Jr Far .Over - W$S I racSimile Signature?* ft: JOL Thirty Years ' fe / - Enct Copy of Wrapper. w « ■■« »»»« «ty. 1 —-=-ssM&s=ss==—====--==B OLD NORME NEWS Brief Note* Covering Happening* In This States That Are of Interest to All the People. Governor Blckett deliver#/ several addresses at school 'closing exerciser tills week. " \ I > A cannery has been organized at Shelby to take care ot the surplus fruits and vegetables this summer. Officers at Durham made a raid last week and captured four men, one Woman, three automobiles and pints of whiskey. Goldsboco Is to have another big tobacco stemmery, starting with a 'ca pacity of 40,000 pounds a day at the opening of local tobacco market la August. ; All employees of' the Dresden and Jennings cotton m|llq last week received a bonus of ten per i cent of the amount earned by each employee for the three months ending April 1. I A decisive victory was registered at Durhaoi In the special -municipal elec- Ition for the retention of the alder manic {orm of government as against the proposed managerial form of gov ernment, the majority for the former plan being 205. a The strawberry shipping season at Mt. Olive opened last Monday with a I shipment of two crates. One wag raised by W. H. Hlnson and brought' j »9 on the market here, & Oliver, local truck brokers, being the purchasers. The other was raised by Mary Capps and brought $8.50 on the local markets While few recruits have been en listed for the Army and Navy from this city, Concord has the distinction of being one of the first Southern cities to send a woman recruit la the war. The recruit from this city is Miss Cooper Miller, who writes that ■he enlisted at Fhlladelphla. Wake county farmers have passed resolutions to Increase food crop acreage. The Trl-State Conference of Orph anage Workers, which has been in session at Barium Springs for three I days has closed a successful conven- I tlon. Forty orphanage workers ware present for the different sessions, and fifteen orphanages in four > states- North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor gia and Virginia—ware as follows: President, Rev. A. 8. Barnes, ot fcalelgh; vice-president, Rev. H. S. Allen, of Macon, Oa.; secretary, Mr. Archibald Johnson of Thomasvllle. The last was t re-election. The next meeting will be held at Connie Max well Orphanage at Greenwood, S. 0.. Before an audience that taxed the capacity of Memorial Hall at Chapel Hill, Waynesvllle high school repre sented py Vinson Bmath rs and Roy Francis, defeated tho bri.llant debat ers from Mount Olive high school. Misses Gladys Andrews and Emma Lindsay. The debate came as the cul mination of one of the most Interest ing and closely contested events in the history and high school debating In (he state. The judges w«re Profes- i sors H. H. Williams, L. P. McGhee, Edwin Greenlaw, H. M. Wagstaff and 1 W. S. Barnard. The Aycock trophy 1 c«ip was presented the winners by Mr. ; R. O. Everett ot Durban. To Care a told In line I>»3. fske Laxative Bromp Quinine Tablet*. All druggist* refund the money If It fails to eur« R. 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It is tetfn than others, or It would not bo the i»- vorite liver powder, wit>i i> larger sale than ad others combinea sou> in town n NOTICE J To Whom It May Concern: Notice is Hereby given that Rich ard Neville, residing in tais coun ty for Uie last five or more /ears, has this day f|led his petition in the Super,or Court ol tnis 'county, praying to be restored to Uie rigntu of citizensnip according to law He was convicted of larceny on March 6, mil, and was pardoned by the Governor before ii/s term of sentence was to ovgui. This application will oe present ed to tne Superior Court on the second Monday oetorg tne first Monday of September, 1917, wmcn will be the 80th day of August, 181 f. This the 6th dav of Mareh, Wl,' J. D. KfcX\ODLK,V.S.e, of Alamance" County ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, The undersigned, having qualified as admiuisUator of tne estate ol J. Zeb deceased, nereby gives notice to all persons Having claims against said estate to pre sent them, duly verified, to dersigned on or before April lft. 1918, Or tuis notice will bo pleaded in bar qL their recovery. All persons due said estate will make prompt settlement with the undersigned. J. M. FIX, Adm'r. April 11, 191T—6t. * + UP-TO^DATB' JOB 4 PBINING* * I DONB AT TBIS OFFICE. I I X GIVE US A TRIAL.