To mu.7L.I
MOTOR'COMPANY REOUCEB ALI
PRICES OF PRODUCT* TO
PRE-WAR FIGURES
HEAVY CUT ON MITOMB6ILES
Evary body May Have to 'Stand a Little
sacrifice at First but In End
It Will be Moat Profitable
! Detroit. —Re-establishment ot pre
war prices on all products of tbe Ford
Motor Company, effective immediate
ly, was announced by Henry ford.
The price reductions range from ap
proximately 14 per cent on motor
tracks to 81 per cent on small auto-,
it, mobiles.
In announcing Ifco decision of tiie
company. Mr. Ford, in a formal s'ute
i' ment, said:
"Now is the time to call a halt on
war methods, war prices, war profi
teering and war greed. It may be
aeceasaryt for everybody to stand a
little sacrifice but it will be moat profi
table after all, because the sooner we
set business of tbe country back to s
(pre-war condition, the sooner pro
gress, prosperity and contentment will
occupy the attention of the people.
"For the best interests of all, it is
tine that a real practical effort was
uade to bring the business of tbe
country and the life of the country
down to normal. Inflated prices al
ways retard progress."
■n>e announcement said the price
redactions were made despite unfilled
orders for UI.OIS vehicles.
There wIU be no reduction In wage*
at any of the Ford plants. It was an
aounced.
Money For The South
Washington.—The secretary of the
treasury and Governor Harding of
the federal reserve board will not
help to further finance old cotton and
tobaco cropa but will send all_neces
sary funds to the south to take care
at this year's crop, acordlng to a high
official. The government takes the
position that those who are now
holding last year's cotton and tobac
co crops art speculating and it does
not desire to help such a cause at
thla time. Money to handle the new
crops will not only be sent south, It
Is said, but Immediate steps will be
taken to put it where the farmers
eaa get It on approved collateral.
W ran pel Improves Position
Constantinople.—General Wrangel's
latest calvalry drive against tbe bol
shevik! in south Russia haa won him
valuable strategic positions on the
railway and resulted In the capture
of mora than 1.000 prisoners and
quantities of supplies. It Is reported
Ja advices from the Crimea.
Connecticut Ratltlee
I "Hartford, Conn.—The general as
sembly of Connecticut ratified the
v. IMb amendment In accordance with a
message of Governor Holcomb to the
: y ' second special session in a week. Tbe
vote In the senate waa 25 to 0. The
vote la the house was almost unaai
■esta.
Police Wreck Irish Town
Dublin. Auxiliary police forces
wracked the town of Balbriggan. near
here. In retaliation for the ahooting
of two police officers there earlier In
the evening, when District Inspector
Burke waa killed, and his brother.
Sergeant Burke, seriously wounded.
Dinwiddle Elected Chairman
Waahlngton. Erwin Dinwiddle,
former legislative superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League of America,
was elected chairman of the fifteenth
•/International congress against alcoho
ls Item which convened here.
HpY \ - Qins Must be Idle
Home, Ga.—Warning accompanied
by threats are now posted on many
cotton gins In Floyd and adjoining
counties, that operations must not be
gin before next January and aa a re
| auK country glnners are reported In a
disturbed state.
People Retain W. S. S.
Washington.—Approximately 76 per
f . cent of all war sstfags stamps sold
| by the treasury since the outbreak ot
the war are still retained by Investors
HHKlaeoordlng to figures made public by
Che treasury. ,
Ship Trade Called Off
Waahlngton.—Cancellation of the
Ml* of the former German commerce
raider von Steuben to Fred Egglna,
of the foreign trade development
erutee of New Tork was announced
by the shipping board.
" j?*" *— mmmmm
Died Without SI mams.
Ptmglas, Ga.—Having livod for 120
yean without acquiring a air name,
-Aunt Hester," a negress. Believed
to be Hie oldest living person in the
Oalted States. Is dead near Nichols.
i Bip Steel of Autoe
Detroit. —Charged with shipping
urn norts to Scftndln&vliin countries.
KW- —7,
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BURNING QUESTION OF PROVL
OINO HOMES FOR HOMELESS
TAKES SECOND PLACE
SESSION NEW YORK ASSEMBLY
"
General Discussion is doing on aa to
What Disposition to Make of The
Five Re-eleoted Boclaliete
Albany. N. Y—lnterest in the hous
ing problem throughout the state
■which the legislature has been called
to consider in special session, was
subordinated at the capital to a gen
eral discussion of what action, if any,
'the assembly would take regarding
the five expelled socialists, re-elected
at special elections to fill their own
vacancies. The socialists were found
guilty of charges of disloyalty last
April after a trial that occupied the
attention 6f the assembly almost con
tinuously from the opening of the
1920 session.
Some members of the assembly
who voted to unseat the socialists
have let it be knwn they hiave not
changed their views, notwithstanding
the re-election of the quintette. Some
of them, it is said, are prepared to
offer resolutions to deny the social
ists their seats.
Speaker Sweet said there would be
no formal conference relative to the
socialists preceding session of the leg
islature. It waa his intention, he
said, to talk with individual members
as they came in during the day and
In thla way map out a definite coifrse
or action.
As to his* own views, he declared
they were unchanged—that he be
lieved the question wat purely a pa
triotic one.
The five socialist assemblymen ap
peared before Secretary g State Huge
and took the oath of office.
First Reunion of Wildeate
Columbia, S. C. —Hundreds of mem
bers of the former 81st division have
gathered in Columbia from various
sections of the country for the first
(.nnual reunion of the Wildcats' Vet
eran Association, being held here.
Reunions, short business sessions, ad
dresses by Governor Cooper, Mayor
Blalock ot Columbia, and by General
Charles J. Bailey, commander of the
division during the. war, with a big
reception and dance, featured the
drat day's program. Tuesday's pro
gram waa devoted to CanUi Jackson,
where the division was organised.'
54th Encampment of Q. A. R.
Indianapolis. Ind. Weary from
travel, lookig forward in anticipation
to another meeting wljh their com
rades of 'l. thousands of civil war
veterans arrived here to augment tbe
thousands already In the city for the
fifty-fourth annual encampmont of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
Coal Prices too High
Waahlngton.—A special grand jury
at Covington, Ky., in a report made
to the federal court there, held that
bituminous coal prices In excess of $5
a ton at the mine were unreasonable,
the Department ot Justice was ad
vised. The telegram said the district
attorney would direct that action be
taken under the anti-profiteering set
against certain operators In the Ken
tucky field.
- Take Tobacco Beck Home
Danville. Va.—General dissatisfac
tion among tobacco growers with
prices ruling at the opening of the
new. season resulted in scores turn
ing their, tags after bids had been
made and carrying their tobacco back
to the barns. Tobacco which brought
from SBO to 990 per 100 pounda last
season, opened at S3O.
Lees Liquor Is Consumed
" Washington. Consumption of
wines and liquors In the United States
In 1919 was less per capita than dur
ing any year since according to
estimates of the Department ot Com
merce.
American Actress Scores
Paris.—Miss Mignon Navada ot
New Tork, a young American singer,
made her debut in the Opera Comlque
In the part of Mlmi in "La Vie de
Boheme." She achieved great sue
eess.
Firs In Gold Fields
South Africa.—Fire destroyed the
engine room Johnnesburg, and a mill
house containing 400 stomping ma
chines In the Knights Deep Gold mine
In the gold Aelds. The damage la
estimated at 100,000 pounds.
General Wood is Decorated
Chicago.—Mai. GSn. Leonard Wood
waa decorated 'aa an officer of the Or
der ot St. Maurice and St Lasarus by
Colortsl Di Berneszo. Italian military
attache at Washington. ,
North Carolinian Killed
Seville. Fla Leater Falrcloth of
Uvalda. Ga.. and Charley Edmonds ol
Ghadburn, N. C., were kiiied here by
Bection Foreman J. B. Ralner. who
claims he shot in defense of his tam!
I ly while a shooting affray was soiaf
THE ALAMAMfiI frLgANKR, QEAHAM, W. 0.
LORD FORBTER
Lord Foreter, the new* governor
general of Australia. He la-a man of
wide experience in public affairs In
England,.
CHARGE OF PROPJUMNDA DUDE
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Questionnaires Have Been Submitted
to the Textile Men of the South,
west and Answers Show Concern.
Chattanooga, Tenn.—Blaming til%
present unbalanced conditions of the
commodity markets, the southwestern
division ot the National Asoclation of
Hosiery and Underwear Manufactur
ers which closed its conventiqn here
sent a communication to tbe South
ern Dry goods association warning it
to take immediate action in order to
, prevent the "very institution that was
established to prevent ruin and disas
ter fron taking the leadership In a
policy that can nave no other epd."
Qoestionnaires which had been
submitted to tbe textile men of the
sooth West, and which were answered,
showed that a viypt majority of the
textile manufacturers are receiving
no new orders at satisfactory prices;
that practically all old orders have
been filled; that less than 12 per cent
of the output of the knitting industry
is being sold, and that there is an
overproduction In most lines ot ho
siery.
The textile manufacturers charge
that theee conditions have been
brought about the federal reserve
board's attitude in forcing liquida
tion and deflation by a systematic
program of propaganda.
Red Journalist Arrested.
New York.—Alexander J. Brallov
sky, a Russian Journalist, who waa
taken Into custody after the
reedved an anonymous letter that he
was seen In the financial a
short time after tile Wall street ex
plosion, was formally placed under ar
rest on a charge of being an
' able alien. He will be turned over
' to department of Justice agents, the
. police said, while a check Is being
' made of his movements.
Brathrveky waa seised In a small
t stationery store on East Seventh
( street in the roar of which Is a prin|-
t Ing shop where The Russky Goles
(Russian Voice), described by the au
thorities as a radical Russian maga
sine, is published.
Veto Net to Camp Out.
, Houston, Tfxas. Veterans who
, come to the Confederate reunion in-
Houston October 5 to 8 will not be
i quartered in camp, Instead, the plan
E used at Tulsa in 1018
t and at Memphis In 1919 will be fol
t lowed and the old soldiers housed In
schools and public buildings.
Refusal by the quartermaster gen
eralof the Army to lend any equip
f ment except tents to the U. C. V.
, caused the change of plan. A reso
. lution passed by Congress in July pro
, vides for the than of tenta to veter
. has' organisations but does not men;
tion other equipment
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Government Expenditure Lower.
( Waahlngton.—Governmental ex pen
, d Mures In August were $450,000,000
i lower than In July. Ordinary dls>
j bursemente tor the month amounted
. to $447,571,049 against $104,501,8X9 In
July.
Weald Reject Packer's Plan,
i Washington.—Rejection by the De
-1 partment of Jnatlce of the plan of the
"big five" packers for the disposition
a of their ownership In stockyards Was
i recommended by the Federal Trade
Commlasloa hi a special report.
Polish Delegatldn Arrive*.
1 London. —The Polish peace -commis
f. slon, headed by M. Dombeki, arrived
r at Riga preparatory to its conference
v with Russian delegates, according to
dispatches from Riga.
Rede Held In Genoa,
f Genoa— Eighteen "Rede" arrested
if in connection with a bomb explosion
y In the stock cubango Friday were
o held here. Investigators auspected
WANT COMMISSION
TO CONTROL GOAL
INVEBTIGATOR" Of THI COAL
BTRIKE" IN ALABAMA MAKE
RECOMMENDATIONS.
PUBLIC THE ONLY SUFFERER
Governor Kilby Approves of Bill and
Will Hay* it Introduced In the
Legislature Nov*. In Session.
Montgomery, Ala.—Appointment of
a state commission with absolute
power to control and regulate the i
coal Industry of Alabama is recom-1
mended In the report of Governor
Kilby's committee which has been in
vestigating the general strike of Unit
ed Mine Workers.
The report, which was read before
the governor and the senate and
house Judiciary committee of the leg
islature, finds operators and union ,
leaders equally responsible for pres- '
ent conditions, in the bituminous coal
fields of Alabama*
It states the public has been the
only Offerer from the strike, which
baa limited the production of domes*
tic coal and caused prices to soar. 
Some operators, says the report, have
taV~n advantage of the situation and
hi. been guilty of profiteering.
Governor Kilby expressed approval
of the bill. He said he would have it
introduced at the special session of
the legislature now in session and
would make every effort to have it
enacted into law.
MlHegmd Wont Accept
* Parls.^-Premier Millerand informed
the cabinet that he would not accept
the pott left vacant by the resignation
of President Deschanel. He later told
Raoul Peret, president of the chamber
of deputies, and Charles C. A. Jonnart,
extraordinary ambassador to the Vat
ican, that they .are the only possible,
candidates, (be newspaper adding that
he suggested to the men that they set
tle the controversy between
selves. They later told the premier
by letter that he is the only possible
candidate to be considered.
Employees Walk Out
Newport News, Va.—Three hundred
employes of the Chesapeake ft Ohio
Terminals here walked out in protest
against the failure of the company to
pay all of ( the "back wages" allowed
by the railroad labor bodrd in July.
The men include members of the car
men's union, carpenters, electricians
and those working on the coal piers.
Report on Gold and Silver •
Washington.—A Joint report by the
mint and Geological Survey fixes thfe
total. American production of gold
during the calendar year 1919 at 2,-
918,628 fine .ounces, valued at 160,333,
400; silver, 66,882,445 fine ounce?,
"valued at $68,538,652 taken at the
- average New York price of 11,12087
per ounce. This represented a feduc
tion of $8,818,800 in gold, and $.11,127,-
694 in silver from the 1818 outpnt of ,
the mines, the report said.
California led among gold produc
ing States with an output valued at
$17,398,200, and Montana among all-;
vet producers with $15,012,258 fine
ounces.
Help Finance Tobateo Crop
Washington.— With the appoint
ment of Senators Simmons. Robinson,
of Arkansas, and Dial, of Bouth Cg.ro
lln as a committee to confer with
Preaident Wilson Secretary Houston
and Director of the War Pinance Cor
poration McLean it is confidently ex
pected that some relief will be offered
the tobacco and cotton farmers of
■ the South within a short time.
.Was Anarchist Bomb
Washington.—'Reports frpm Wil
liam J. Plynn, chief of the bureau of
Investigation of the department of
lustice, point conclusively to the fact
that the explosion in New York was
caused by an anarchist bomb, it was
announced at the department of jus
tlce.
Reports from Mr. Plynn over the
telephone officials of the "department
stated, clearly show that radical ac
tivities were responsible for the out
rage.
Seaboard to Issue Notes
Washington. Permission was
granted the Be*board Air Line Ball
' -way by the Interstate Com
merce Commission to issue a series of
1 three per cent certified gold notes
not to exceed $1,000,000.
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New Railroad, President
New York—DlreCtors of the Rlch
-1 mond Fredericks burg jmd Potomac
1 railroad Company, at a meeting here.
1 elected Eppa Hunton president aa sue
1 nucessor to the late William H. White
of Richmond, Va.
1
Street Car Ran Away
Ithaca. N. Y.—One man waa killed
' and twenty persons injured three per- 1
1 haps fatally, bare when a run away
' street car, heavily loaded with pas
sengers, crashed into a tree.
i ,
- Thirty-Big Lost Uvea
1 New York — Thirty-six persons, two
1 ot them unidentified, lost their Uvea
9 In the explosion in Wall Street, no
-1 cording to a revised casualty list to
-3 nued at noon. The number of injured
t ia said to approximate 200, with axact
M $
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W. AVERILL HARRIMAN »■
W. Averill Harrimarf, the Now
Yorker who is head of the American
Ship and Commerce corporation.
RUST ROCKED SKYSCRAPERS
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Two Minutes later. Nearly All of the
Exchangee closed, their Occupanta
Turning to An Errand of Mercy
New York.—A mysterious explosior
disastrous In its effect, occurred at
noon in Wall Street, killing more than
a score of persons and injuring hun
dreds.
Office workers were Just hurrying
Into the street for their nootf day
meal when a jet of black smoke and
flame rose from the center of the
world's great street of finance.
Then came a blast A moment later
scores of men, women and children
were lying, blood-covered, on the pave
ments.
Two minutes later, nearly. all (he
exchanges had closed. Men had turn
ed from barter to an errand of mercy
—and there was need of it.
While the police toiled for hours
seeking the dead and injured, trained
investigators were trying in vain to
detormlne definitely whether the ex
plosion bad occurred' from a bomb
dropped in front of the office of J. P.
Morgan k Co., or whether an automo
bile dashing, into a wagon loaded with
explosives, had taken its toll.
Prank Francisco, one of the most
able investigators of the department
of justice, declared after arriving on
the sctine that it was his opinion that
not a bomb plot but a collision had
been responsible for the blast which
rocked skyscrapers, tore the glass
from offiea buildings for "blocks
around and scattered deadly missiles
in all directions.
Desohanel Haa Resigned
Rambouillet, France. Paul Des
chanel, president- of Prance, present
,ed his resignation from that office.
The president at his residence here
gave his letter of resignation and a
presidential message to accompany it
'lo Premier Millerand, who will read
the documents. to the senate and
Chamber of Deputies.
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Forty-Day Fast Ended
Roseburg Ore. —Mrs. J. M. Lane of
Roseburg, completed a 40-day fast,
during which time she partook of no
nourishment except a little orange
and lemon juice and water. Mrs.
Lane had been suffering with chronic
stomach trouble for many years and
advised to fast. She lost 25
pounds in weight in that time but
never waa confined to her bad. Her
first food was a small amount of soup.
Peanut Production
Washington. Alabama's peanut
crop this year Is more than I4 of tho
country's total production forecast by
the Department of Agriculture at 38,-I
880,000 bushels. Alabama has 19,138.-
000 bushels; Georgia 7.405,000, Vir
ginia. 6468.000; Texas- 4,710,000; Flor
ida, 4,317.000; North Carolina, 4,316,
000; South Carolina. 968,000; Tennes
see, 440,000; Mississippi. 102,000, and
•Louisiana 89,000. ,
Felipe Pineda Surrenders
Mexico City.—Felipe Pineda, leader
of a revolt In the state of Chiapas, haa
surrendered to General Fracleco Ro
belo, f commander of a- government
forces in that state, according to an
announcement
la Gaining Strength
Constantinople.—Tie anti-bolshevik
revolution ia the Baku region is re
ported to be gaining strength. The
Ruaaians (who recently admitted the
evacuation of Baku) are said to bo
still In retreat
Auatrta Wants Hun Union
Vienni—Removal of the prohibi
' ,tlon against the union of Auatria and
Germany will be requested of the
council of the League of Natioaa at
the meeting that body will hold i»
Pturta.
Sovietlsm In Italy
> Rome.—Preparations tor recruitln#
' an Italian soviet army are going on
in Milan. Rome, Naples and other
large cities throughout the country.
REGISTRANTS MUST |
APPEAR IN PERSON j
WRITTEN REQUEST ON MATTER 5
IS SUBJECT OF LETTER TO {
GENERAL MANNING I
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ATTORNEY GENERAL'S RULING'
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— (
The Absent Voters Law Oeee Not Ap- 1
ply to Registration, but Only to (
The Casting of The Ballot
Raleigh. ]
In response to an inquiry from Miss •
Minnie Bagwell, chairman of the re- ,j
search committee of the League of
Women Voters, Attorney General (
James B. Manning ruled thai a voter ,
cannot be registered in any election 1
unless he or she present himself or
herself in person to the precinct reg- 1
istrar in person in order to be en- J
rolled. _ . • 1
Hiss Bagwell had learned, she said
that in several Instances, men had
registered their wiyes, for the coming '
school bond election in the yard in
Which she lives. She held that such
registration waa illegal, and forward
ed Inquiry to the attorney general. (
Her letter was as follows:
"I will thank you'to give me your
written opinion as to whether or not, ■'
under the laws of our State, any per
son has a legal right to register for
another for a general or special elec
tion."
The attorney general replied as fol
lows:.
"Your favor is received.'" You ask •
whether or not one person may regis
ter for another in a general or special
election. Such Registration wonld be
void under our Constitution, Art. 8,
see. 4." That section requires a pro
posed voter, offering to Register to
present hlfnseK for registration. That*
of course, means that it is a right
which cannot be delegated In any Way.
The absent voters law does not ap
ply to registration, indeed, could not,
but only to. the casting of the ballot."
Report of Census Bureau
Washington.—The Census Bureau,
announced . the population of four
North Carolina counties as follows:
Johnston county, 48,998, increase 7,-
519 or 18.3 per cent. Incorporated
places, Bensen, 1.123; Cloyton, 1,423;
Four Oaks, 583; Kenly, 827; Micro,
188; Plnelevel 373; Princton 403; Sel
ma, 1,601; Smlthfleld, 1,896. Warren
county, 21,487; increase 1,221 or 6.0
per cent. Incorporated places: Little
ton, 760; Macon, 149; Norllna, 567;
Vaughan, 273; Warrenton, 927. For
syth county, 77,263, increase 29,958 or
63.3 per cent. Incorporated places:'
KernsvMe, 1,219; Winston-Salem, 48,-
395. Pamlico county, 9,060; decrease
906 or 9.1 per cent. Incorporated
places y Bayboro, 439; Cash Corner, '
107; Oriental. 607; Stonewall, 218;
Vandemore, 308.
Sampson county, *35,902; increase,
5,920 or 19.7 per cent. Incorporated 1
plaees, 5 1; Clinton, 2,110;
Garland, 301; Newton Grove. 125:
Parkersburg, 76; Roseboro, 749; Sat
emburg, 216; Turkey, 146. >
Hyde County, 8,386; decrease, 454
or 5.1 per cent, incorporated places,
Swan Quarter, 184.
Other Places In North Carolina
Plymouth 1,847; Roper 1,048; Frank
lipton 1,058; Louisburg 1,954; Enfield
1,648; Roanoke Rapids 3,369, increase
1,699, or 101 per cent; Weldon 1,861;
Siler City 1.253; East Lumberton 1,-
Oil; Fairmont 1,000. .
Fire L,oases In August
The North Carolina lire loss for Au
-gust makes the best showing for the
year, there having been bpt one in the
810,000 class and that was a freight
targe loaded with fertiliser at Wil
mington, entailing a damage -of
140,000.
"" Elisabeth City and several other
smaller towns report not a Single Are
or a false fire alarm during the enUre
month. The biggest town in the stfcte,
Winston-Salem, bad but one fire, with
damage of only $lO, accoordlng to the
official report at the. State Insurance'
' Department.
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Committee of A. C. A.
Washington, (Special).—The Amer
ican Cotton Association has appplnt
ed a committee composed of Senator
T M. Simmons,* Senator Joseph T.
Robinson, of Arkansas, and Senator
N. B. Dial, of South Carolina, to con-'
fer with Secretary Houston and the
President with a view to .have the
War.Finance Corporation ipsume op
erations in an effort to assist in re
lieving the present acute situation.
TUe commltee will support and
pursae the movement inaugurated
several daya age by Senator Simmons.
Promise of Slwke-up
Washington, (Special).—There is
promise of a shake-up in the bureau
of internal revenue that will affect
North Carolina. Commissioner Wil
liams Is determined to have better
enforcement of the prohibition law.
He announced, that it would be his
policy to transfer men occasionally
for the good of the service. His first
move was to send Frank L Boyd, who
has served various'.periods tn North
Carolina, to New York to take charge
tat* Census Reports
Washington.—The Census Bursa* ■„
announced the population figures for
the following North Carolina coun
ties: '/ "
Alamance county, 32,718; increase
4,006, or 14.0 per cent Incorporated
places: Burlington, 5,952; Elon Col
lege( 653; Glbsonvllle. 1,386; Graham, ;
2,866; Mebane. 1,386.
Caldwell county, 19,984; decrease
695 or 2.9 per cenL Incorporated
places: Collettsville, 128; Granite
Falls, 1,101; Hudson, 403; Lenoir 3,-
718; Mortimer, 88; Patterson, 183;
Rhodhiss, 836.*
Trannsylvanla county, 9,308; in
crease 2,11* or 29.4 per cent ncorp
orated places: Brevard, 1, 658; Bos
nian, 527.
Alleghany county, 7,408; cftman,
627, or 4.4 per cent. Sparta, 169.
Buncombe county, 64,148; increase
14,860 or 28.8 per'cent Incorporated
places; ABheville, 28,604; Blltmore,
172; Black Mountain, 681; Jupiter,
87; South Biltmore 345; Weaverville,
"606.
Ashe county,. 21.001, increase, 1,927
or 10.1 per cent. Incorporated places:
Jefferson 196; Todd, 32; West Jefter- *
■son, 462.
Iredell county 87,956; increase 3,-
641 or 10.6 per cent. Incorporated
places: Mondos, 248; MooresviUe, 4,-
315; Statesvllle, 7,896; Troutman, 342.
Taylorßville, 1,222; Apex, 926;
Wake Forest, 1,426; Wendell, 1,239;
Zehulon, 963.
' Graham. 2,366; Mebane, 1,351; Bra
vnrd, 1,668. ,
Alexander county, 12,212; increase
620 or 5.3 per cent.
I Set of War Records.
The North Carolina Historical Com
mission has received from Mr. Brodie
Jones, dounty collector t6t
county, a complete set of Warren
county's Vrar records, covering accu
rately with full details the organtea-
tlons, Individuals, and events that frf
•borne a part in Warren county's war
work. •
This work is by far the most com
plete and accurate war record that
has come from any county in North
Carolina. Mr. Jones compiled these
records by himself, traveling from
one end to the other, conducting ft
voluminous correspondence, and ab
solutely without any personal com
i pensation. /.
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Mail Clerks Appointed.
Washington, (^pecial).—These mate
clerks have been appointed: W. I.
Pickett, J. B. Robertson T. T. Jickett
and W. J. White Durham; J. B. (Fran
cis, Clyde; G. R. Sink, Lexington; W.
N. Brawley, J. S. Davis and R. T.
Procter, Raleigh; Eugene Noland, C.
M. Ball, Asheville; S. W. Snowden,
Snowdeq; H. M. Johnson, St. Pnuf;
E. R. Morgan, Nealsville; MacHern
don, Bennett; WoiW Mlddleton, East
Laport; Miss Marguerite, S. Plttsman
Tarboro; B. W. Gillespie. Henderson
vllle; J. V. Cole, Marion; D. B. Den
ton, Morganton.
Crop Reporting Service
"Mr. Frank Parker Agricultural
Statistician of the Bureau ef Crop,
"Estimates for North Carolina was in
Washington on the Crop Reporting
Board September Ist. North Caro
lina has the largest office force in
ithe field service, employed exclusive
ly on the* work of crop estimates'of
any state in the nation. Mr. Parker
has six regular assistants in his Of
fice. Five of these are provided by
♦.he State. The Board of *«xiculture
is rpending in the neighborhood of
SIO,OOO per annum on the agricultural
statistical work and appears to b»
well satisfied with the investment.
North State Ranks High
Washington. New high schools
have been added to the American ed
ucational system at the rate of at
least one a day during the last 28
years.
Statistics compiled by the Federal
Bureau of Education show that there*
are now more than 17,000 such
schools, an Increase of 462 per cent
over the number in 1890. Attendance
figures from, 14,000 of the schools give
a total of 1.735,619 scholars, indicat
ing in effect that ene-tsnth of thn
population is getting a high school ed
ucation, the bureau states.
The state of Texas leads in percent
age of high school graduates who con
tinue their studies in preparatory
school or college. North Carolina
and Kentucky are second and third,
respectively.
Training Women Voters
The North Carolina League of Wo
men Voters, with State headquarters
at Goldsboro, and under the direction .
of Miss Gertrude Well, has begun a
program of instruction for the new
women voters and is sending out to
al the chairmen of the local leagues
a sheet of instructions relative to pro
cedure in training the women of
North Carolina ia voting This is be
ing done in order that the women
may "use their votes conscientiously
and intelligently for the upbuilding
of a stranger, better-State."
Will Present Gold Badges
G. O. Coble, of Greensboro division
commander. North Carolina sons> con
federate" veterans, has been requested
by the «ammander-in-chlef of the-
South Carolina veterans. Gen. N. B.
Forrest, to anpounce that the com
mander-in-chief will present an offi
cial gold badge of the confederation
to any eon or grandson who will or
ganise a camp of the South Carolina
veterans of not less than 10 members