a Health [)
3 About k
N Gone
Many thousand! of ,
women suffering from
womanly trouble, have
been benefited by the use
VI of Cardul, the woman's ■
tonic, according to letters
we receive, slrrilar to this
one from Mrs. Z.V. Spell,. I
kl ofllayne, N.C. "I could' j
not stand on my feet, and ,
just suffered terribly,"'
K1 she says. "As my suf- MA
lering was so great, and I
he had tried other reme- pV
get Cardul. . > I began
improving, and it cured
me. 1 know, and my
i doctor knows, what Car
■J dui did for me, for my F*|
nerves and health were ,
** TAKE j
CARDUI
The Woman's Tonic
She writes further: " I
In splendid health . . . I
can do my work. I feel I Kj
owe it to Cardui, for I was .
in dreadiul condition." ;
If you are nervous, run- j
down and weak, or suffer j
from headache, backache, w
etc., every month, try
Cardul, Thousands of
women praise this medi- .
cine for the good it has j
VI done them, and many
physicians who have use- ,v
Cardui successfully with Sm
their women patients, for
years, endorse this medi- rjk
V| cine. Think what it means
to be In splendid health,
Vl ,ike Mrs - SP C "- Give V
Cardui a trial. vj
iFDBEST FIRES ARE
i CONSTANT MENACE
PEOPLE BHOULD ORGANIZE TO
PREVENT RUTHLESS DESTRUC
TION OP PROPERTY.
w J S
'BIG FIRES HARD TO SUBDUE
___——
j Prevented Serious Lo««e« by
Organizing.
Tin following extract from Iho Mill
Spring! corre*i>ondent of the Polk
County Now* and Tryon Bee again
calls attention to the comttant menace
to Ufa and the enormous damage to
property Incident to foroit Area:
"A destructive fire has been raging :
i«ti White Oak Mountain for several 1
day*. Our people ehould organl *c
thomielrci in different way l * to pre
vent such nithle»w destruction of our
forests by Ignorant and evil minded
persona. Owing to the strong wind*
at this time of the year, It Is very"
difficult to aubdua euch lire* when
once they go* started."
In a recent Issue of Farm and Fire
etda a story appears telling of Ihe
organisation of a fanners lire league
which was organised by a California
community and has proved a valuable
eswt to fanners and property owner*
In hitherto much menaced locality. j
K was at Oakdale, a rural district In
California, which was In the midst of,
• well timbered section whero Ihe
•csnery was very attractive and wm a
favorite place for camper* during llie
pleasant weather. One fall after an
unusual amount of detraction liad
"" been wrought by flrns the Farmers'
Fire I/eague was organised. A so nl
■was given, which ovoiy one attended
And the flrM funds for the society
were raised Axes. long handled rake*
•ad lioea and other Implements were;
procured and distributed at the vnrl !
one email aliacks butt* s* Are fighting
atwttons In .convenient places. On a
high hill they established a "lookout"
and the aim pleat of telephone system',
also a comprehensive code of signal* |
At the flrwt appearance of fire notice
•was given all along the line and leas no
HMofeere from far and near rallied at'
the danger points. When necessary
day and night brigades wore formed
The successful work of the league
*... Interested others and it has grown
continuously since the autumn of 1912 '
•When it was formed and loss«n by Are 1
-4 otnee that time have been exceedingly
rail In Che district covered and there
a feeling of security which former
ly was absent.
jte ••« • -
Marshall Field & Co. of Chicago will
iNdld * model manufacturing town
four miles west of Martinsville, Va., |
|& - thla •tatement authorlicd by George
yr. Fraker, resident manager at Spray, I
for the company, which has mills at
jßprey, Loaksvllle and Draper.
fjSji/il
: John Paul Lncas, executive R«cr»
Itary ot the North Carolina Food Con
j-jjaorvation Commission, in reviewing
gfetb*. foojLj|ituatlon In this state gave
r;' pot a lot of good Advice in bis sug
, geeUons of ways every ..geraoa can
WOMEN OF STATE
PLEDGE SUPPORT:
TO CO-OPERATE WITH STATE '
DEPARTMENT TO PREVENT
ACCIDENTS AND FIRES.
STEP IN RIGHT DIRECTION
Commissioner Young Tell» Woman
Awful Fire Waste Will Be
Greatly Reduced.
At the annual convention of the
North Carolina Federation of Wo
man's Clubs hold at Durham during
the first week In May the unanimous
support of the organization wan pledg
ed to the work of the North Carolina
Insurance department In fire and acci
dent prevention. This action follow
ed an address by Commissioner James
R. Young In- which he outlined the
' plans for the department along th*
dines of fire and accident prevention
md told of the great need of co-opera
i tlon on the part of all civic organ!za
! tions In every town and city In the
State and especially the co-operation
of the womon's organisations. i
j Commissioner Young expressed him
solf as hlKhiy gratified at the assur
ances of support given him and stated
that he considered the action of the
federation a step in the right direction
and one which Is sure to bring splendid
results to the citizen* and property
| owners of North Carolina.
I A reduction of the awful lire waste
In this country, Commissioner Young
, says, can only be brougTit about along
| educational line# and through the co
loperatlon and assistance of citizens
who are Juwt beginning to realize the
responsibility that rests on their
' shoulders because of carelessness or
the lack oj, ordinary precaution. Bvery
fire I* paid for by all the people, Mr.
I Young says. Insurance Is collected
I from nil and paid to him who has n
fire; hence the man who has a fire
Intentionally or unintentionally takes
money from his neighbors.
I"very week in this country fire de
stroys 1,600 dwellings, 140 apart
ment buildings, 2fl hotels, 12 schools,
10 churches, 8 largo department
stores, 3 hospitals, 3 Jails. ,1 theaters, i
3 public halls and 2 colleges, Klght
thousand persons are rendered home-,
less and nine persons aro burned toj
death every day 111 the year In the,
I'nlted States.
Reasonable care and precaution
would have prevented a vnHt majority
of these tires and accidents nnd the
Federation of Woman's Clubs In (lie
stale are to be commended for the
potrltlon they have taken In the fire
prevention campaign.
HAZARD OF FOREST FIRES
Mental Hazard Attached to Menace
Caussa Citizens Great Loot.
The loss caused by forest fires in
North Carolina while it amount* to a
great deal from actual burning Is not
confined ontlroly to this class of loss.
According to an Incident related re
centjy to a representative of tho State
Insurance Department there Is, to use
a golf term, a mental hazard attached
to the forest fire menace.
A well to-do farmer sold 20,000 bush
els of com not a great while ago at
sl.lO a bushel. Within 4fi days the
market price of corn was II #0 a
bushel. This farmer was in a position
1 to have held tho corn and would havo
held It for tho advance but for the
fact, tin lie stated'himself. It was the
time for burning off lend and there
had been so many fires in hts neigh- I
borhood called by the burning of j
snoods that JiQ dated not take the
, chance of having the crop burned on
| his hand* after It had been harvested.
No honest citizen would deliberately
( j pla's an olistruotlon in the way of a
! rnsn In the pursuit of hi* business,
j Yet the careles* making nnd handling
J of fires caused thl* man to lose a tidy
[warn. It ws» not the act of a single
person that caused It. It wrae eltnply
th* kncywladK«' that oo many porcon*
, ar* and have been careless that tho
farmer was afraid to take tho rl*k
i land sacrificed hi* profits in the Inter
| f*t Of Mit My.
i Tho St Mo Inoumac# Department l«
▼#»ry much tho numhur
of flr*t cUfw nchool )ioii«o« bolni built |
In the Mote and being made safe for j
the children by the Double Tower j
Stairway. Commissioner Young 1*
I collecting pJans *11(1 _ jisXJM** of theae
building* for exhibition and ha* pr»-
1 pared slides of sonfe of theorbo 'be
used In connection with the tlcpart- '
went'* Illustrated lecture*.
1 The automobile Is certainly adding * '
1 great deal to the pleasure and bu*lnee* j
1 of the people hut It l« also establish |
Ing a record it* a promoter of Sabbath
I dee*' ration a* well a* * great source
i ' of mnlmlng end death by accidents, t
GREY VETERANS HONOR
MEMORY OF THEIR FALLEN
Washington—Confederate votersn*. 1
here for their annual reunion, went no
I Arlington and paid tribute to the
South'* dead. President Wilson end
Mr*. Wilson attended the serrlcaa.
but the president did not speak. Me
; received on ovatlpn from thte old sol
diers, however, and many shook bunds
I with him.
j The exorcises held In tho shadows
of the monument erected to the Con
federate dead by tho women of tlie
; Conf«t|erncy, were opened with ths
sound of the assembly call by tho
j Marine ltand nnd tho singing of tho
"Star Spangled Itannor" by a epnclul
choir, the old soldiers nnd tho audience
' helping to swell the refrain.
Flowers were strewn on the graves
| end special service* were held at the
tomb of tho unknown dead and the
j grave of Gen. Joe Wheeler.
Gen. Ilennett 11. eom
, I mander In-chief of the veterans, and
, i Clark of Florida were the orators,
i * ' .
To Cure a Cold In one Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine 1
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money If it fails to euro R. W
j Irove's signature It on e:ich bo*
| 28 cent* *d*
At lciiM wo Bltoull bo Ilmtikful|
> ifmt dyspeptic Mr. Rot«keieller i»j
liiot to "be our food dictator.
SPY SYSTEM IN NEW
YORK IS mm
GERMAN BPIES SHIPPED HIGH
POWER WIRELEBB OUTFIT 9
TO MEXICO.
MAIL WHS SENT TO GERMANY
It Was Intimated Thst Through Thle
System Germany Learned of Amerl
" can Destroyer Fleet Movement to
England.
New York.—Evidence that two com
plete high-powered wireless Installa
tions, assembled here from various
sources, were shipped piecemeal to
Mexico, supposedly for use of a Ger
man spy system in this country, was
unearthed In connection with the ar
rest of three men en charges of con
spiring to send mall containing mill- i
fary information, surreptitiously from ]
the United States to Germany through
members of Norwegian Bblp crews.
It was Intimated by the United
States Commissioner, before whom the
alleged plotters were arraigned, that
It was through their Instrumentality
that advance news of the Impending
arrival In England of the American
destroyer fleet was sent to Germanv •
before It even became generally known
In this country that It had sailed.
With only a scratching of the sur
face of the mass of evidence In the
Government's hands, Indications have
been found that the secret mall sys-'
tem was operated both ways between
the United Slates, Germany and Mex
ico. Several hundred letters have
been seized, written In English, Ger
man and Spanish, and some apparent
ly In code. They are being translated
In the expectation that they will open
the way to full revelations of the al
leged spy plot which Is said to point
to other persons besides those under
arrest.
The prisoners are Harry F. Perissl
and Irving Ilonaparts, both said to be
American born, employed by a Ger
man electrical company here, and Axel
E. Melcher, said to be a naturalized
citizen from Sweden.
PROHIBITION TAX 18 NOW
PROPOSED ON WHIBKEY
: Committee Measure Would Prevent
| Manufacture During Period of War
Washington—Prohibition legislation
was approved by tho senate finance
committee as a new feature of the war
tax bill.
Prohibitive taxes upon distillation of
-whiskey and other spirits for bever
age purposes, with a lien upon their
Importation, were agreed upon by a
substantial majority of the commlttee|
Taxes fixed by the house on beer nnd
wines were left unchanged though they
have not yet been finally approved-
General mispenslon of beverage pro
duction by distilleries and use of
liquor now In bonded warehouses prob
ably would lie the efTerrt of the new
tax section if enacted into law.
Curtailment of liquor consumption
during the war and conservation -of
foodstuffs used In manufacturing dis
tilled spirits, Chairman Simmons said
*>n*tltuted the dual object of the com
mltttee In adopting the substitutes fot
the house rates.
In addition to tho present tax of
$2 20 a gallon on the liquor, a tax of
S2O per bushel (from $5 to |9 a gal
lon) upon all grain, cereal or other
foodstuffs used In manufacturing whis
key or other distilled spirits for use
(US beverages was written into the
bill. Senator Simmons said the In
creases would be prohibitive upon
manufacture while tho law Is In effect
or during the war. fncrcased taxes of
j $5 per gnllon upon molasses, syrup* and
substitutes used In distillation for tiev-
I erwge purposes also was agreed upon.
Permits for exportation would tie given
only for war purposes upon applica
tion by a nation at war with Ger
many. As supplementary legislation,
the commlttee'e further approved an
amendment prohibiting Importation
Into this country, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines of distilled spirits mad*
from any foodstuff except for Indus
trial, mechanical or scientific pur
pose*.
AVIATRIX BOOSTING
LIBERTY BONDB SALE.
Cleveland, O.—Ruth I.nw, avlatrlx.
In a biplane, circled over Cleveland
I and environ* dropping "liberty loan
| bomb*." She ha* been secured to mako
: another flight, hut tlie weather was '
eo fine she decided to make the trip
now. She started from Nela Park In
East Cleveland and flying at a height
| of 6,000 feet, dropped liberty bond lit-
I erature. Thousands watched her flight
| a* she circled along the lak* front,
' TO TRAIN OFFICERS
FOR MERCHANT MARINE.
Washington.—A campaign to recruit
•nd train 10,000 men to officer the
s ship* of the new American merchant
' marine ws« announced by the Federat
j Shipping Doard and the Department of
Commerce. Ilenry Howard, of Bos
ton. ha* been appointed director, with
offices In the Boston customs house.
The flr*t nautical training school un
der Government direction wa* opened
near Boston Fourteen similar schools
will be established along the Atlantle.
"Every Scout to Feed a Soldier" U
the new slogan of the Italeigb trop of
boy scout* and the ecouta are working
hard to llvo up to their slogan. Every
one has a gardeh that he Is work.tig
to do hi* "bit" for the country.
The Wilmington Red Cross unit re
ceived a check from Henry Wallers,
chairman of tho board of directors of
the Atlantic Coaat Line for $1,400 with
which to purchase end maintain for
one year an ambulance in France. Th«
ambulance Is to be named Wllralng- j
too.
The expected has happened With
the announcement that the Wlnaton-
Sajem base ball dub will not finish
I Ms schedule the North Carolina League
! closed tt» 1917 season. The director*
1 met at onre to wind up the affair* of
the league.
One June 11th. the children of th*
Orphan Home are going to give in
Goldsboro a magnificent musical con
cert In celebration of the twenty-fifth
I anniversary of the establishment of
| their home —the Odd Fellows Orphans'
Home at Goldsboro.
DO YOUR BIT .' *
(Copyright) *•'
WILSON SPEAKS AT ARLINGTON DEFEAT CENSORSHIP CLAUSE
i
DELIVERS MEMORIAL DAY AD- MEMBERS DECLINE TO ACCEPT
DREBB AT ARLINGTON NA- PROVISION IN MODIFIED
TIONAL CEMETERY. FORM.
There Great Work For Liberty Accom- _ . .... _ _
Espionage Bill Will Be Reported to
pllehed While We Are In the Mldet v _ .
Both Houeee Now With Cenaorehlp
of . Work Unflnl.hed, Say. Pre.l- Meat(jre orrt|tted ._ Hou „ VoU 184
d,nt I to 144.
Washington. America's response
to the call of liberty In the struggle of
the world will hold the attention of
all mankind, President Wilson Bald In
a Memorial Day address at Arlington
National Cemetery. In observing the
day. he said, the natural touch of sor
row is tinged with reassurance be
cause, knowing how the men of Ameri
ca have responded to the call of lib
erty .there Is perfect assurance that
the new responses '"will come again
in equal measure, with equal majesty."
The President spoke In the natural
amphitheater In the cemetery at a
meeting arranged by the local O. A.
R., and attended by a crowd of thou
sands. He said he did not pity the
men In whose honor the ceremonies
were held.
"I envy them, rather." he went on,
"bacause theirs Is a great work of lib
erty accomplished, and we are in the
midst of a work unfinished, testing our
strength where their strength has al
ready been tested." The time for
action, ha said, has come, "and In the
providence of God, America will come
once more to hava an opportunity to
show to the world that she was born
to serve mankind."
ENTRY OF JAPAN INTO
WAR WITH ALL RESOURCES.
I* Necessary to Insure Safety of Amer
ican State Say Chilean.
New York.—Alejandro Alvarez, of
Chile, secretary general of the Ameri
can Institute of International Law, ad- j
dressing the conference on foreign re-1
latlons'of the United States at Long
Beach, declared that "the safety of the
American State demands that Japan I
should enter the war with all re-1
sources."
"Japan," he said, "has already reap-'
ed Important material advantages, and
Is exercising certain supremacy on the
Asiatic Continent. Tho American (
State should not be left to exhaust her- 1
self to the point of falling under the
menace of another's domination."
Prof. George Grafton Wilson, of Har
vard. speaking on the status of the
Monroe Doctrine, said that In a broad
sense, the principles of the Monroe
Doctrine as supported by the United
States "have made the Western Hem
isphere 'safe for democracy.'"
WAR TAX BILL NOW •
ASSUMING DEFINITE SHAPE
Washington.—The war tax bill as- i
sumed rough but nearly final form In \
the revision of the $1,800,000,000 house
measure by the senate finance com
, mlttee.
After forking all through the holl
! day with treasury experts, recapitu
lating the committee" erevlslon, CBalr
man Simmons announced that as re
drafted. tha estimated revenue to b«
brought In by the bill now totals sl,-
460,000,000. A bill aggregating slight
ly above $1,500,000,000 now Is goner-1
aly expected.
Germany Leoses Many Prisoners.
Although Field Marshal von Htn
denburg an/1 Rtnperor William assert
that the Anglo-French offensive on the
western front has failed after seven
weeks of effort, a French official state
ment declares that the Germane lost
more than 62,000 prisoners alone dur
ing the French and British drives
against the German lines
MISSOURI TOWN WIPED
OUT BY TORNADO
St. Ix>uls, Mo.—A tornado twisted
Into Mineral Point, Mo., a village of
about three hundred Inhabitants, kill
ed four persons and Injurod 30. de
molished the town with the exception
of the schol house and then moved
southward to Rye, where Fred Harper,
a farmer, >h killed by flying debris.
An Iron mountain passenger tnoln
bore the most seriously Injured to De-
Soto. about 15 miles north of Mineral
Point.
I Plana have been accepted for a n-w
school building at Hurgaw
Ft re which destroyed several busi
ness bouses In Burlington, doing dam
, age to the extent of $4,000 or $5,000.
for a time threatened the entire town.
Inofrmation has reached Spencer
that every employee In the Southern
Railway shops will receive an Increase
in wages of six cents per hour.
Governor Blcket reappointed all tha
members of the state board of elec
tions for another term. Col. Wilson
Q. I-a ml), of Wllllamston, Is chairman.
R. O. Everett president of tha
North Carolina Agricultural Society,
has appointed tha executive commlt-
I lee of the society for 1917 and notices
| are being sent to them for acceptance.
William Wallace Bean, aged 36. city
j editor of The Knoxvllle Sentinel and
| formerly news editor of The Ashevtlla
| Citizen, died at Ashevile at the homa
| of his wife's mother, Mrs. N. J.Rey-
J nolds.
Washington.—The Administration'*
flght for a war censorship on news
papers was lost In Congress, at least
for the present, when the House re
fused by a vote of 184 to 144 to accept
even the modified censorship section
written Into the espionage bill In con
ference. -As the Senate already Is on
record as opposed to a censorship, the
leaders in Congress do not expect any
further Administration effort to enact
one in the Immediate future.
The test in tha House came on a
motion to recommit the espionage bill
with Instructions that the censorship
regulation be eliminated. Despite a
determined effort by Democratic man
agers to line up the party strength be
hind President Wilson's demand for
censorship, 37 Democratic Represeiv
tatives joined the Republicans voting
for the motion. Eleven Republicans,
disregarding their party's caucus de
cialon, voted in the negative.
Conferences for the House wiy re
port their instructions back to the
Senate conferees and the bill, short of
the censorship provision, probably
will be reported to both Senate and
House within a few days and finally I
accepted. It carries Important modifi
cations of the spy laws and authoriza
tion for the President to lay embar
goes In war time, but most of the con
troversy regarding It has centered
about the censorship proposal.
No comment on the outcome in tha
'• House was forthcoming from the
| White House. The section which had
j been agreed on by the conferees was
somewhat similar to one which the
House had substituted during first
: consideration of tha bill for tha mora
I sweeping provision drawn up and sub-
I mitted by the Administration. The
Senate, while the bill was under de
bate, threw the censorship section out
entirely by a vote of 4S to 84.
i In tha House debate opponent* of
i censorship argued that a restriction
| such as the conferees proposed would
I violate the right of a free press. Tha
voluntary censorship under which tha
country's newspapers now ara work
ing was pointed to as demonstrating
the patriotism of editors and as prov
ing that no legal restrictions ara
needed.
FOURTEEN MEET DEATH
IN MISSOURI STORM.
Wayne County I* Devastated By Ton
nado.—Scores Injured.
SL Louis, Mo. —Fourteen persons
were killed and scores Injured In a
j tornado that devasted Wayne County,
according to a telegram received from
Piedmont, Mo.
Rumors that more than a scor# of
persons were killed In Bollinger coun
ty, Missouri, could not be confirmed.
It was known that at least three per
sons met death near Zalma and ad
vices from Cape Girardeau said that
I a family of seven was drowned whea
their home was blown into the Castor
' River.
The tornado evidently began near
Salem, Mo. Soma property damage
was done, but there was no loss of Ufa
until the storm reached Mineral Point,
in Washington county, where tour par
sons were killed and twenty-six in
jured.
Relief has been sent to stricken
j points from St. Louis. I
'PACIFISTS IN MEETING
DENOUNCE ADMINISTRATION.
New York. —A report of It* "commit
tee on American liberties" which
pledged support to all "conscientious
objectors" to the conscription law and
a telegram from former United States
Senator John D. Works, of California,
In which he said '"we dishonored our
selves by declaring war without ade
quate, or reesonable cause," were fea
tures of a meeting of the so-oalled flnt
"American conference on democracy
and terms of peace."
THREE AMERICAN SHIPS
ARE SENT TO BOTTOM
Ijondon. The sinking of three
American ships wan announced. The
vessels were the Dirlgo, the Frances
M. «n«l the Barbara. All were shelled
without warning and then sent to tbs
bottom with bombs, but the only loss
of life reported was that of Third Mate
John Ray, of the Dirlgo, who was
1 drowned while attempting to enter a
small boat. The Dirlgo was sunk May
31. the Frances M. May 18 and the
i Barbara May 24-
MODIFICATION OF WAR TAX
LEVIES jARE CONTINUED
i Washington.—Exemption of po{M
-1 lar price moving picture theaters from
| amusement taxes and the levying of a
new federal license tax on automobile
| owners ranging from $7.50 to $25. with
1 reductions for rani used a year or
j more, were agreed upon by the senate
' | finance committee In continuing revl
i j *lon ct the nouee war tax bill. With
-. Ita task virtually completed the com
mittee adjourned for the week.
MIME HPS TO
GO WITHFEHSHING
ALL THREE ARMS OF AMERICAN
FIGHTING FORCES TO THE
FIRING LINE.
APPROXIMATELY 40,000 MEN
American Deetroyere Already Combat
Ing U-Boat—Making Preparation!
For a Military Cenaua. New Foroea
to be Called.
Washington.—All three arms of
America's fighting forces, the army,
navy and marine corps, soon will be
represented In tile war cones.
With American destroyers already
combating the U-boat menace In Eu
ropean waters, and army regulars con
centrating to carry the flog to the bat
tle lines in Belgium and France, a
regiment of marines was designated
today to Join the expeditionary force
and round out the nation's representa
tion in the field.
The marines will be attached to
the army diTision under General
Pershnig, which is under orders to
proceed abroad as sowi aa practicable.
Although details are not being made
public, it was calculated that with the
marine regiment, the total American
force now designated for land service
in Europe is close to 40,000. An army
division at war strength comprise#
about 25,000 igen, and upwards of 12,- J
000 are expected to be In the nine
volunteer regiments of englneera now
being recruited. The forestry regi
ment and the marine regiment each ,
will number more than 1,000. The
strength of the naval force In Euro- _
pean waters has not been revealed.
General Pershing and his staff will
sail for Europe ahead of the troopa,
as there is much to be done on the
other side to pave the way for final
training of the force and for the huge
army the United States is preparing
to pour across the seas after It as
rapidly as men can be trained, and
equipped. For obvious reasons, no In
formation as to the time of the Amerl- |
can commander's departure or hie
destination will be made public.
In all parts of the oountry state
officials redoubled their efforts at re
cruiting the National Guard to war
strength. Authorization reached them
almost simultaneously with the sign
ing of the army bill. The war de
partment unfolded new elements of
Its plans for the guard, disclosing the
departments In which each division
will be trained.
Geographical Dlatrlbutlon.
| A similar table of geographical dis
tribution of divisions for the new se
lective army also was given out. It
1 follows closely the lines of the Na
tional Guard division.
Distribution of the country hy 1
states into the areas that will provide
the sixteen divisions of the selective
draft army, as announced by the war
department, Include:
Fifth division—New Jersey, Dela
ware, Maryland, Virginia, Eastern
Department.
Sixth division Tennessee, North
Carolina, South Sarolina. Southeast
ern Department.
Seventh dlvislon&Georgia, Florida,
Alabama. Southeastern Department.
Eighth dlvison West Virginia, .
, Central Department.
Twelfth division —Arkansas, Louis
' tana, Mississippi. Southeastern De
' partment.
AIRCRAFT POLICY 18
FORMALLY ANNOUNCED.
Washington. Formal announce
ment of the Government's policy as to
all types of aircraft except Zeppelins
was made by the Council of National
Defense through Howard E. Coffin,
member of the council's advisory com
mission and head of the aircsaft pro
duction board, recently created.
The object aimed at for the first
year, according to Mr. Coffin, Is the
production of a minimum of 3,800
training and battle aeroplanes; the
education of from 5,000 to 6,000 avia
tors and the doubling or mora of the
producing capacity during tha second
year.
Other plans Include the establish
ment. of nine aviation training fields,
three of which already have been
seleoted by the War Department and
construction work on which will be
gin at once. Each will provide for
two aero squadrons of 150 man each
and have hangars and shop equip
ment for 72 machines. It will cost
approximately $1,000,000 to equip
each field. Six American colleges are
to give cadet courses by July 1. The
first classes opened May 10 and Prof.
Hiram Bingham, of Yale University,
1 U assigned at tha War Department in
| charge of this instruction.
CLABH BETWEEN FRENCH
■ | AND GERMAN FLOTILLAS.
Paris—French torpedo-boats had
! encounter with a German flotilla. An
I official statement says: "A patrol of
i four French torpedo-boats about 1
, o'clock in the tqornlng encUnUred a
■ flotilla of German destroyers making
• toward port. After a brief engage
■ ment, the enemy flotilla at full spesd
: in the direction of Its base. Our four
' torpedo-boats returned. One of them
| .suffered some damage."
I There came to Governor Blckett an
invitation to deliver the address be
fore Tammany Hall, New York, for
the Fourth of July celebration of this ,
famous political organization. The
governor cannot accept for the reason
that he l&~acheuled to deliver an ad
dress on that date for the Baptist
Assembly at Wrlghtsvllle Beach. |
A summary of the statements of
' conditions of North Carolina State
i banks at the close of business May I,
shows 23,406,970 increase in rasourcee
for tha past year, present aggregate
I being |177,>98,000. Deposits Increaa
-1 ed over 920,000,00 for the year. There
are 442 banks with twenty-Are branch
banks. Capital paid In Is 112,014,000.
a gain of $601,000 for the year. The
surplus fund Increased $422,000, and
the undivided profits $526,000.
The special government board
traveling over the country to en
courage food economy will natur
ally be peeved if not banqueted at 1
each stopping place. 
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MORE TRAINING
GAMPS ORDERED
EIGHT CAMPS TO TRAIN OFFICERS
TO BE ESTABLISHED IN
JULY.
MATURE MEN ARE WANTED
Volunteers Between 31 and 44 Will i
Be Trained to Officer Second Inore- I
ment of Half Million Men to b( I
Ordered. | {
Washington.—A seoend series of of- J
fleers' training camps will be held be- I
tween August 27 and November 26 in
eight locations, develop officers for
the second Increment of 600,000 men
to be called into service by 'the selec
tive draft, Adjutant General McCain
announced. In general, qualifications
for admission to these camps will be
the same ss for the first series, but a
strong effort will be made to obtain |
men above 31 years of age and the .
number admitted to training will be
smaller than in the present camps. '
Applications must be sent to the
commanding generals of the depart- i
.ment in which the applicant lives, be
tween June 15 and July 16th. Citi
zens between the ages of 20 and nine
months and 44 yearn are eligible.
The camp sites chosen and the areas
from which applicants will be assigned
are a* follows:
Fort Myer, Va. —Vermont, Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Del
aware, Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Fort McPherson, Ga.—New York
CHy and oontlnguous territory. Ala
bama, Georgia and Florida.
Font Oglethorpe, Ga.—The greater
part of New York State, the northern
part of Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
North Carolina and South Carolina.
Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.—The
southern part of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
West Virginia, Indiana and Kentucky.
Fort Logan, H. Boots, Ark. (fir oth
er place to be designated)— Wisconsin.
Michigan, Mississippi, Louisiana and
Arkansas.
Fort Leon Springs, Tex. —Illinois,
Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Okla
homa.
Fort Riley, Kan. —Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, lowa,
Kansas, Missouri and Colorado.
The Presidio, San Francisco—Utah,
Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Nevada,
6rego n, Washington and California.
BENATE PASSES BILL
PROVIDING FOOD SURVEY
Already Passed In House and New
Goes to Conference.
Washington.—"Hie first of the ad
ministration food bills, already pass
ed by the House, passed the Senate
without a reoord vote. Numerous
amendments were attached to the
measure* which provides for a food
survey and crop stimulation, and it
was sent to conference where the dif
ferences will be threshed out while
the two bouses are considering the sec
ond administration measure, providing
tor food control and price-fixing.
•me bill, as Anally accepted by the
Senate, provides for a comprehensive
survey of food resources, and for the
stumulatlon of agriculture, and re
stricts drastically the storing of food
stuffs, fuel and other necessities and
speculation to futures. The restrictive
provisions were added by the Senate.
Hoarding or storage of food, fuel
or other necessaries of life In order
to limit the supply or affect the prices
would be made a felony under the sen
ate hoarding amendment, but farmers
Who hold their own products would be
excepted.
U. 8. MISSION TO RUSBIA
ARRIVES IN THAT COUNTRY.
Washington.—Safe arrival at a Rus
sian port of the American Commission
to Russia, beaded by Elihu Root, Am
bassador extraordinary, was announc
ed In a dispatch to ths Navy Depart,
ment. The Commission left Washing
ton about May 6, charged with greet
ings to the new democratic Govern-1
ment of Russia, and authorized to
pledge anstlnted aid from the United
States not only In ths prosecution of
the war against the common enemy.
White collar jobs are beginning
to show blowholes under the strain
of war.
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SOU) IN TOWN Pa
NOTICE !
To Whom It May Concern :
Notice is hereby given that Rich
ard Neville, residing in this coun
ty for the last five or more years,
has this day filed his petition in
the Superior Court of this county,
praying to be restored to the rights
of citizenship according to law.
He was convicted of larceny oo
March 6, 1911, and was pardoned
by the Governor before his term
of sentence was to begin.
This application will oe present
ed to the Superior Court on the
second Monday oefore the first
Monday of September, 1917, which
will be the 20th day of August, 1917.
This the 6th day of March, 1917.
J. D. KEKN'ODLK, C.B.C„
of Alamance County.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
The undersigned, having qualified
as administrator of the estate of
J. Zeb Waller, deceased, hereby
gives notice to all persons having
claims against said estate to pre
sent them, duly verified, to the un
dersigned on or before April 16, 1918,
or this notice will be pleaded in
bar of their recovery.
All persons due said estate will
make prompt settlement with the
I undersigned. „
J. M. FIX, Adm'r.
April 11, 1917—6t.
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