■ SESSION OF
. AMERICAN LEW
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COMMITTEE MINORITY' REPORT
REITERATES POSITION OF
jj LEGION AS TO LABOR.
POPPY IS MEMORIAL FLOWER
Business. Temporarily Suspended and
Convention Heart a Brief Addreaa
_ by General FayoMe of France.
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Cleveland, O.—The second annual
convention bf the American Legion
in session here underwent a barrage
t> of resolutions and committee reports
njid then adjournment was finken, af
ter a nine-hour session. '
The stand of the legion in regard
to organized labor was not mentioned
in the report of the committee on
resolutions. However, a minority re
port was submitted which recom
mended that "the American Legion
reiterate Its well known position that
It has no participation in controver
sies between capital and labor.
By a happy coincidence, Just aa the
poppy had been recommended and
adopted at the memorial flower of tha
American Legion, General Marie Fa
volle and his party entered the con
vention hall. Five minutes of cheer
iag Interrupted the meeting and the
national commander declared the reg
ular order of business temporarily sus
pended. Francis E. Drake, com
mander Paris past number 1, intro
duced General Fayolle. The general
made a brief address.
Ball Players Indicted.
Chicago.—The Cook county grand
Jnry voted true bills against the fol
lowing baseball players in its investi
gation of alleged "throwing" of
world's series games last year.
Eddie Clcotte, Claude Williams,
"Chick" QandU Happy Felsch, Char
las Risberg, Joe Jackson, Fred Mc-
Mullin and Buck Weaver. All are
members of the Chicago Americans.
The eight players are charged ».lih
conspiracy to violate a state law.
Government Accepts Terms.
Martinsville, W. Va. The grand
Jury investigation of alleged violation
of the Lever act in the sale of coal
In northern West Virginia waa tem
porarily suspended when United
States District Attorney 8. V. Walker
announced In court that the govern
ment had accepted terms of the oper
ators, under which the latter will co
operate in price reducing.
Go After Immigrants.
View Orleans, La.—With the sugar
cans crop 30 per cent larger than Inst
year and the labor supply about 3i»
per epat under the limited supply ot
IM*. representatives of the American
Cane Growers Association left fir
Bills Island, N. Y„ where they will
endeavor to Induce immigrants io
come to Louisiana and work in tho
case fields.
Governor Propoeee Actldh.
Oklahoma City —Gov J. B A. Rob
ertson sent a telegram to the inter
atate commerce commission stating
tbat the coal situation in
because of the attitude of the rail
roads. Is serious and that If necessary
he will "not only take possession of
the mines, but also' take sufficient
cars and engines to distribute the
necessary fuel.
Woman Is Disqualified.
Fort Worth, Texas.—The diaquali
tying of a woman as Juror In a mur
der case furnished the basis for an
exception by the defense and an ap
peal to the higher courts here. At
torneys for the defense insisted that
the advent of federal suffrage quali
fied the women of Texas to sferve as
furors.
Would Increase Endowment.
Macon, Ga. —Trustees of Mercer
University met in this city to consld-
H or a plan worked out by President
cßufus W. Weaver, or the inaugura
tion of a campaign to Increase the in
atltution's endowment to ten million
dollars by 1937.
Cattle For Germany.
Ban Antonio, Texas.—The first ship
ment of cattle from Texas to Ger
many and Austria to rehabilitate the
bards of those two countries will sail
from Oalveston' about Octobei 16, ac
cording to an announcement.
Negro«e to Replace Jap*
Los Angeles.— The possibility of
■ogroe* taking the place of Asiatic*
as workers In California was discuss
ed at the national convention of the
ladustrial and Commercial Council of
People ot African Deecont.
Atlanta Deeply Stirred.
Atlanta.— The death of W. W.
Mooney In an automobile accident
three fatalities In aa many
accidents in the past 3« hours, spur
rod city and county officials to ac
tion to end reckless driving.
Children Die of Poleen.
Newport, Ky.—Arsenic poison, ad
ministered In milk made deadly by
unknown hands, caused the death of
the three children of Mr. and Mr*.
Cart Williams of Newport, n coro-
SECOND GATHERING
AMERICAN LEGION
PARADE OF TWENTY THOUSAND
EX-BEftVICE MEN WITNEBBED *
BY 300,000 VIBITORB
FRANCE'S LOYALTY TO LEGION
Cheering and Criee For Commander
of Legion Poet Nulhbsr'l at Parte
Brings Him to Hie Feet
Cleveland, O.—A parade of 20,000
ex-service men, witnessed by approx
imately people, including about
60,000 out-oftown visitors, closed the
first day of the second annual con
vention of the American League here.
One feature which tended to liven
the session came when CoL J. R.
McQueigg, commander of the de
partment of Ohio, in replying to the '
address of welcome by Mayor W. 8.
Fitzgerald, stated that France was
one of the most loyal friends of the
American Legion. Cheering started J
and cries for Francis E. Drake, the
commander, of legion post Number
1, Paris, brought him to his feet. At
this Juncture everybody arose and '
cheered for several minutes. Mr.
Drak I* representing the legion
posts of France, England, Belgium
and the Rhine.
Secretary Houaton'a Statemnt
Washington.—Tho government can V
not a party to any undertaking for
artificially maintaining "war prices" :
by enabling owners to withhold their i
commodities from the markets, Secre- ,
tary Houson said in a formal state
ment. .' ' |
On the other hand the secretary de-, i
clares In favor of the orderly market- i
ing of all commodities and estimates j
that the comraerolal loans of all banks
during the past year increased by ,
about $2,000,000,000 to ' $3,000,000,000 ;
to meet the demands of industry and
agriculture. /
Must Continue Relief. '
Washington, —Conditions in Poland,
Austria and In other parts of Europe
are such that general relief work must
be continued for some time to come,
In the opinion of Dr. Livingston Fer
rand, chairman of the central commit
tee of the American Red Cross.
Hunt Given Appointment
Washington. Thomas Forsyth
Hunt, dean of the College of Agricul
ture, University of California, was ap
pointed by President Wilson as a
member of the permanent compilttee
of the International Institute of Agri
culture at Rome, Italy.
Baruch Not Guilty.
New York.—The League to Enforcd
Peace, In a statement Issued here de
clared that It Is a nonpartisan organi
sation and the contributes of B. M.
Baruch to Its news bureau maintained
Jn Washington last winter were not
In any sense contributions to the
Democratic party.
. Wheat Exports Increase.
Washington. Wheat exports In
creased In August over July, the de
partment 9f commerce's monthly de
tailed statement of. exports showing
that 27,669,982 more bushels were
shipped out of the country last month
B3 compared with 23,839,641 bushels in
July.
Polee Capture Grodno.
Warsaw. Grodqp, an Important
city In northwestern Russia, near the
Lltchuanlan frontier, has been captur
ed by Polish troops after heavy fight
ing, says an official statement Issued
here. A large number of prisoners
and n ich war material were taken by
The Poles.
Warns Building Crafts.
Chicago.—A warning to building
crafts that, unless ,they "resort to
reason" and end Jurisdictional dis
putes the unions may be destroyed
and open abop come into' vogue, has |
boen Issued by John H. Donlln, presi
dent of the building trades depart-I
ment of the American Federation of
Labor.
.Auto Prioee Higher.
Toledo, Ohio.—lt is announced by
Frank Bankatead, president ef the
Lexington Motor company, that the
the Lexington touring car |
will m increased SIOO.
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•8,000,000,000 Saved
Washington.—Prohibition was cred
ited with producing a saving of $2,000.
000.000 for the nation in the last year
by Governor Mllliken of Maine In ad-;
dressing the f losing session of the,
16th International Congreaa Against
Alcoholism.
Lumber Prices Lower.
Chicago Reduction In lumber
prices of 10 to 36 per cent over Febru
ary quotations is announced by retail
dealers In Chicago with aa average
wholesale reduction of 27 per cent,
throughout the country.
Staving Off Coal Famine.
/ Washington.—To forestall the pos
sibility of it Mtuminloue coal short
age this winter coal operators are
beading every effort to maintain a
weekly output of over 12.0t0.000 tow
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J. R. HOWARD
New and exclusive photographs of J.
■R. Howard, president of the American
Farm Bureau feder*atlon.'
GREAT SLUMP IN VEGETABLES
Approximately 248 Artlclee of Food,
Clothing and Manufactured Com
modltlee Have Been Reduced..
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Washington.—Coal will be the next
Important commodity added to the list
of 248 necessities on which price.?
have been cut, Director General Geo.
H. Cushlng of the American Whole
sale Coals Dealers' Association pre
dicted. * "
Coal prices experienced a slump of
more than $2 a ton in eastern states
a month ago. Another slump Is du»
soon throughout the country, accord
ing to' Cushlng.
Cheaper coal mean* lower costs In
manufacturing electric light and pow
er to run street car lines and facto
ries It may have the effoct of pre
venting further" increased rates to
street car companies in many cities.
"Coal, "at least the bituminous va
riety, now is getting into the class of
commodities in which surplus stock*
are piling up," agid Cushlng.
The biggest slump in month* is be
ing felt in prices of vegetables, ac
cording to the announcement by the
agricultural department. The depart
ment showed that many farmera are
being forced to sell produce at less
than the cost of production. 1
This 1* due to record crops. The
potato crop was 16 per cent larger
than an ordinary, while slmiliar large
increase* were shown in the onion and
cabbage crop*.
Approximately 248 articles of food,
clothing and manufactured commodi
ties have been reduced either In re
tail or wholesale price and some in
both. ( i
Express Rates Increase.
Washington.—Further Increases in
express rates averaging 13.6 per cent
were approved by the Interstate com
merce commission. The Increases
which apply to clas* and commodity
rat eg make a total increase of 26 per
cent granted the express companies
within the last few months. The ex
press company had asked further In
crease* averaging 16 per cent.
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Reda Violate Neutrality,
New York. —The bolshevik prepara
tions for an attark upon Poland are
being made behind the Lithuanian
frontier, under cover of alleged Llth*
uanian neutrality, creating a situa
tion too serious for Poland to tolerate,
«♦ wita declared in a message sent re
cently by Poland to the league of na
tions regarding the Polish-Lithuanian
difference.
No Woman Juror*.
Columbia, 8. C.—No petit Jury duty
for women, registered or not regis
tered, is the gist of an. opinion render
ed by 8. M. Wolfe, attorney general
of South Carolina.
| With the utterance of this opinion,
I the attorney general lays a ghost that
! has frequently been requisitioned to
dog the footstep* of women who were
registered.
New Two Cent Paper*
Richmond, Va. —The Evening Dis
patch and Journal, successor to the
| Evening Journal, will be published by
! the Times-Dispatch company. The
I Evening Dispatch and Journal will
sell on the streets for two cents.
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Tobacco Growers Unite.
Danville, Va.—At a Abating ot more
than 2,600 farmers of adjacent Vir
ginia and North Carolina counties
there the plan of organisation of the
; Tobacco Growers' Association were
I unanimously approved.
Steamer Delana Burned.
Norfolk, Va. —Fire destroyed the 2,-
800-ton steamer Delana owned by the
United Btates shipping board. The
vessel bad bean hi the admiralty
court for four months because of
claims and libels.
Four Killed In Aerobus.
London—Four passenger* —three of
them women—and the pilot were
killed near Hayes, Middlesex, in the
crashing of a 10-paaaenger aeroßus.
REVOLT IN ITALY
SO FUR IS PET
,
THE WORKERS INVOLVED SEEM
TO OESIRE TO BUILD UP,
NOT BMASH PROPERTY
WANTING FREEMW MATERIAL
Under Circumstances, Premier Glollttl
Hold* it Improper to Take 81 dee
With Either Faction.
Milan, Italy.—Northern Italy Is the
scene of what may eventuate Into a*
great a political, economic and social
experiment tor the world to watch as
Russia.
The difference Is thta the Italians
are not smashing things. They are
intent upon building, not destroying.
Italian workers know the * great
metallurical industry depends abso
lutely upon the free import of raw
materials. Withont these, hundreds
of mills and tens of thousands of men
would be idle. Therefore, despite &K
the red banners flying in Milan, Turin
and the towns roundabout, despite all
signs praising Lenin there is, at pres
ent at least, no attempt at soviet gov
ernment.
The administration took the posi
tion the situation was purely econom
ic and not political; that it was aimed,
not at the government, but at the. goat
of better wages and more control of
industry.
Hence, Premier. Ololitti held it im
proper to take sides between work
men and employers.
Russians Btlll Retreating.
Warsaw.—Polish cavalry operating
in the rear of retreating bolshevik
forces in the region of Grodno have
reached a point north of Llda, says
an official statement issued here".
During recent fighting, the Poles cap
tured 1,300 prisoners, including a
bolhevik commissar, and also took
eight cannon and great quantities of
munitions. .
Lithuanian artillery has shelled Pol
ish positions in the Su'xalkL sector,
the statement declares.
North of the Pripet the battle is
continuing in favor of tM Poles. The
Russians are retroatlc; along the en
tire front, but are offering stubborn
resistance as they fall back. The
Poles in their advance are approach
ing Sbchara river. Further to the
north the Poles have crossed the
Nieman.
Wool Price Reduced
Cleveland, iO. —A price reduction of
16 to 80 per cent In wools was an
nounced by offiolals of the Cleveland
Worsted Mills Company. Oeorge H.
Hodgson, vice-president of the com
pany, in announcing the reduction,
■aid the lower cost of raw materials
was the cause.
"The price reduction is effective
now," he said. "It wilt not reach the
people until spring when goods we
are manufacturing now will be placed
on the market."
New Record For Canal
Washington.—A new record for ft
month's traffic through the Panama
canal was established during August
when 266 commercial ships passed
the canal carrying 1,040,740 tons of
cargo. Tolls collected during the
month' amounted to $936,209.
Can Apply for Loan
Chicago. Federal Judge Oeorge
Carpenter authorised the receiver for
the Chicago and Eastern Indiana rail
road to apply for a loan of (900,000
from the 1300,000,000 fund created by
the Esch-Cummlns transportation bill.
To Close Milk Plants
Belvidere, Ills.—Orders to cease
buying milk after September 30 were
announced by managers of the Bor
den Milk Company. Five plants in
Illinois and Wisconsin will toe closed
It Is stated. i
Flour Prioes Reduced
* Portland, Ore. —A reduction of 35
cents a barrel to $12.60 fn patent
flours was pput In effect by local mil
lers. It was the flrst change in the
flour market since late July.
Three Days A Week
Winchendon, Mass. —The cotton
mills of N. D. White and Sons will go
on a three-days-a-week schedule be
ginning September 30. it was- an
nounced One thousand operatives
will be effected, v
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A Gradual Reduction
New York.—A decline in food prices
and a gradual redaction in prices
charged by redturants throughout the
' country was predicted here by Au
i gust Jsossen, president of the Society
of Rastanranteurs.
Haraeee for VMls'a Men
San Antonio. Texas. —A local sad
> dlery house has shipped to the Mexl
i can government 1.600 sets of harness
which will be distributed among the
t men formerly of Francisco Villa's
rebel band, it was announcM here.
Clnclnatl's Blggsft Cheek
r Cincinnati —The largest check in
s the history of Cincinnati has been re
i celved by City Auditor Carrel. It rep
. resents payment of 91M0.000 to the
. city tor the issne of deficiency bonds
aufeorised by the city counclL
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Jo BUTLER WRIGHT
J. Butler Wriqht holds the portl lcm,
of first councillor In the American em
bassy In Londan.
MAY ASK FOR A'COMMISSION
Claim is Made by Japan that Recent
Legislation by California Legis
lature Is Unconstitutional.
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Tokio. —The Washington j govern
ment will be asked to appoint'a com
mission to. effect a solution of Jap
anese-American problems and in the
of the passage of the California
anti-Japanese California legislation
tie Japanese government will arrang
for a law suit against the California
legislature on the ground that the bill
is unconstitutional violation of
the treaty rights of the Japanese.
y Washington.—Reports in the Jap
anese newspapers that the Japanese
cabinet and advisory council had de
cided to "ask the United States to ap
point a commission to effect a solu
tion of Japanese-American problems,
created surprise at the State Depart
ment where efforts to effect an under
standing by diplomatic means are
still being made.
It was stated that no official Infor
mation had been received indicating
that Japan had decided to take the
question ont of the hands of its am
bassador, Kijuiro Shidehara, who re
cently was given authority bj; his gov
ernment to conduct formal' negota
tlons with the State Department on
the various questions which before
tliat time had been discussed only in
formally.
The conversations now under way
between the Japanese ambassador >on
the one hand and department officials
and Roland S. Morris, American am
aosador to Japan, on the other, .have
to do with the Japanese occupation
of Saghallen islands as well as the
anti-Japanese legislation to be voted
on in California in November.
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Mail Order Houses Cut Prices
Chicago.—Two at the largest man
order houses in the world, Sears-Roe
buck Company, and Montgomery,
Ward ft Co.. announced price cuts of
from 10 to 20 per cent in many lines
of merchandise. . •
Food pr'ces as a whole, were not
effected, although sugar was quoted
at 917.96 a hundred pounds and th*
representative of one company pre
dicted It would drop to $12.60 1 to sl
after the canning season.
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Waste Much Newsprint
*Vfew York. —Substitution of met*.'
for wood now used in making of ship
ping cases would increase the annhal
output of newsprint 4.000,000 tons,
Everett W. Morgan of the Pneumatic
Scales Corporation, declared, in a
address before the American Institu
tion of Chemical Engineers.
Refuse Certain Increases
Atlanta, Oa—The Georgia railroad
commission denied application of - all
railroads operating in Georgia to ad
vance intrastate freight rates on cot
ton, cotton linters and bricks to the
level or the new intrastate rates or
these commodities.
Bpies-Informers Beware
Dublin.—"Spies and informers be
ware" was the label pinned to th«
clothing of a man found dead in r
field in county Carlow.
Sensational Rsport Currant
Vienna —A* sensational secret re
.port vouched for as authentic is pub
lished by The Arbeiter Zeltung. show
ing that the Hungarian delegation Is
expending large sums for propaganda
for the downfall of the socialist gov
ernment, with the object of the fusion
of Austria and Hungary.
Socialization of Mines
Berlin. —Preparation of a bill by
.•which socialisation of mines through
out Germany might be carried out
was decided upon by the cabinet, the
minister of public economy being in
structed to frame the measure.
.Tented to Business
Indianapolis, Ind.—-The social-events
and the big annual parade ever, the
delegates to the annual encampment
> of the Grand Amy of the Bepabtt*
tuned (0 the business of the orgeats*
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ENTOMOLOGIST HAS
HE ML
THE RECORD INDICATES THAT
USUAL FALL MIGRATION OP
DREAD PEST HAS BEGUN
RUT eo BEYOND usnm UMIT
—V \
•T ( he Limits of Immediate Movement it
■ Expected to J3e Confined Within
* A' Radlue of 17 Counties
V R flinch
F. Sherman, entomologist, state de
partment of agriculture at Raleigh an
nounces that a specimen of genuine
boll weevil found In vicinity of Lum
berton, has been sent to him by Coun
ty Farm Agent O. O. Duke? of Robe
son county. Only the- extreme south
ern trip of Robeson was invaded by
the weevil in 1919, and this record in
dicates that the usual fall migration
of the weevils to the northward has (
now begun, as was anticipated by re
cent announcements.
Between now and winter a normal
mlgratlo will take the weevil to a line .
running approximately from Charlotte
to Fayettevllle to New Bern, including
part, or all, of the countjese of Meck
lenbrug, Union, Anson, . Richmond,
Scotland, Hoke, Robeson, Cumberland,
Bladen, Sampson, Pender, Duplin, One
low, Jones, Carteret and Craven. It
may go beyond these limits or It may
fall short. ,
It is intended to determine the
limits of its new spread • when the
migration is over. Meantime citizens
can save expense to the stats by send
ing Busp9cted specimens to Mr. Sher
man at address above indicated, as
each genuine record will save time
and expense in the inspections. Mail
specimens in tight package, indicat
ing post office locality where found.
Name and address of sender should
be on package.
Further Census Reports.
Washington.—Population statistics
announced by the census bureau, in
cluded the following North Carolina
places:
Bellhaven, 1,16; Robersonvllle, 1,-
199; Williamston, 1,800; Tryon, 1,067.
Yadkin county, 16,391 and 15,428.
Watauga, 13,477 apd 13,666; Blow
ing Rock town, 338 and 261; Boneton,
374 and 169. * '
Polk county, 8,832 and 7,640; Colum
bus town, 168 and 122; Saiuda City,
649 and 236; Tryon town, 1,067 and
700. * ' - .
Jackson county, 18,396 and 12,998;
Dillsboro town, 628 and 277; Sylva
town, 863 and 698; Webster town, 74
and 227.
Swain county, 13,224 and 10,403;
Almond town, 146 and $8; Brysori
City town, 882 and 612.
Craven county, 29,148 and 26,694.
Would Extend License System.
» For the protection of the'public and
the members of the profession the
North Carolina Society of Engineers
advocates the licensing of engineers
and surveyors by the state, and its
committee, of which Charles E. Wad-
J ell, of Ashevllle, is chairman, is now
rafting a law to be presented to the
1921 session of the legislature pro
viding for a board of examiner*
whldft shall issue licenses to those
found qualified.-
New MNlions In- Commerce.
Washington.—(Special.)—With the
aid of Senator Simmons and Secretary
Mr. E. H. Barlow, secretary
of the New Bern chamber of com
merce, backed /by the city of New
Bern and other towns, put through a
a deal here with the War Department
that means new millions in commerce
to all Eastern North Carolina. The
war Department has agreed through
the Inland Coastwise Waterways Ser
vice to operate nine barges on the in
land water route between Baltimore
and New Bern. In commercial import
ance the achievement ranks with the
efpected ultimate "victory' of the
State over the Virginia cities in the
freight discrimination case now pend
ing.
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Flyers en the Wing.
Runcer »nd Turner, avis tors, well
known in Raleigh and vicinity, after
visiting eleven states covering over
■B,OOO miles without mishap since leav
ing Raleigh In May, arrived here on
their way to the Rocky Mount fair.
The flyers will, besides their work at
Qoldsboro and Greensboro fairs, do
considerable flying at the Raleigh
state fair. At the conclusion of the .
exhibition flights at the Rocky Mount
and Goldsboro fairs the two aviators
win retnrn ts> Raleigh for the State
Fair, which commences October I*.
A
Rate Rehearing Denied.
A further hearing has been denied
the Virginia corporatlra commission
and the railroads in the North Caro
lina freight rate case and the argu
ment will he held September 30. as
previously stated, it was announced
by M. R. Beaman. secretary of the
North Carolina Traffic association,
who received a telegram to this effect
from J. U. Fish back. Washington at
torn' y for the association.
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Census Report (Continued). i'® . " 1
Washington. Revised census fig
ures for Greensboro, given out by the
Census Bureau, show a population tor
the GSte Cfty of 19,861. Thfc previous
ly announced figures were 19,746. The
bureau gave the census of Guilford
county as 79,282, an Increase during
the past decaiie of 18,775 or 31 per
cent.
Incorporated places in the county,
with their populations, are: Glbsbn
ville, 1,886; Greensboro (revised!), I»,*
861 f High Point, 14,302; Stokesdale,
179.
The census of Mitchell Cotarity was
announced as. 11,178, a decrease of 6,-
967, a decrease of 346.6 per cent. The
population of Spruce Pine, in this
county is 717.
The population of Greene county
was given as 16,212, an increase of 3,-
129 or 23.9 per cent. Incorporated
places are: 294; Maury,
81; Snow Hill, 700; Walstonburg, 168.
Gibsonville, N. C., 1,385. „
Spring Hope, N. C., 1,221.
Cabarrus county, 33,730, an Increase
during the past ten years of 749, or
28.5 per cent. /
Populations of incorporated places
announced Concord, 9,903;
Mount Pleasant, 770.
Nash county, 41,061, an Increase of*
*,334 during the past ten years, or
21.7 per cent.
Populations of incorporated places
in the county follow: t .
Bailey, 518; Battleboro, 309; Cas
talia, 213; Middlesex, 697; Nashville,
939; Rocky Mount, 12,742; Rocky
Mount Mills, 833; Dharpsburg, 334; »
Spring Hope, 1,221; Westray, 48;
Whitakers, 7J3.
Bank and Savings Deposits.
Deposits in North ' Carolina banks
increased more than $35,000,000 in the
last fiscal year, being now fconslder
ably In excess ■of 1209,000,000. \The
growth of savings deposits in the
same period was more than $21,000,-
000, and there are today between, 14,-
000 and 18,000 more individual savings
accounts in the banks of the Old
North States than ever before. These
figures are from a report Just filed by
the War Loan Organisation £>l the
Fifth Federal Reserve District from
Information furnished by the banks,
by the state bank examiner and by the
controller of the currency in Wash
ington.
Total savings in North Caroling
banks are put at $73,000,000 in round
numbers, having Increased in the fis
cal year, ending June 30, 1920, from
$52,000,000. There are listed in the
banks of this state more than 238i000
separate savings ajcpunts. At the
beginning of the fiscal' year the num
ber was 224,000 for the 440 financial
Institutions In "this state which report
ed to the War Loan Organization.
lif this federal reserve district (com
prising Maryland, the District of Co
lumbia, the two Virginian and the two
Carollnas) there are 2,224 banks and
trust companies.
Movies in the Country.
Amons the several agencies engag
ed in welfare work in North Carolina
at the present time, the Bureau of
Community Service, with something
like twenty county directors, is doing
much to 'instruct and entertain the
people of the rural sections of the
state, with its. programs of moving
pictures.
The Bureau of Community Service
was the outcome of an act of the Gen
eral Assembly of 1917 which Governor
Bickett was largely responsible for,
entitled "An act to Improve the social
and educational conditions of rural
communities through a series of enter
tainments varying in number an#
cost consisting) of moving pictures
selected for their entertaining and
educational value."
„ The film programs shown In the
counties consist of six reels.
Rhodes Scholarships Awarded.
The examining board for /the
Rhodes scholarship in North Carolina
In session here awarded the 1920
scholarship to C. C: SpruiU, Jr., of
Raleigh, and the 1921 scholarship or &
W. B. Bolich of Winston-Salem.
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Paper and Bosrd Factory.
Knoxvllle, (Special.)—A book paper
plant and container board factory will
be erected at Canton, N. C., at a cost
of approximately $1,600,0ft0. F491 will
be supplied from the owner's mines at
Coal Creek, Tenn. The plant will be
Established by the Champion Fiber
company.
"Child Welfare Special."
The Bulletin of the State Board of
Charities and Public Welfare for the
third quarter of 1920, which will be
ready for distribution in something
like two weeks, will be a "Child Wel
fare Special."
Chi'd Welfare in the State, the Juve
nile court machinery, and a review of
one year of Juyenile court work;
questions of education and training;
' the necessity of trained workers,
child labor and school attendance, and
the aim towards a unified system will
be considered In the opening article.
For Tar Heel Ex-Navy Men.
A telegram received at the local
Navy Recruiting Station, Commercial
Bank Building, gives the ex-Navy men
from NOrth Carolina an unusual op
portunity to go cruising in European
waters. They may Join a squadron of
six new navy destroyer* now fitting
. out at Philadelphia, for a
cruise, starting shortly after October ,
1". This cruise is only open to ex
navy men who would be given leave
until October 16th end then sent direct
from Raleigh to Join their squadron at