North Carolina Newspapers

GENERAL PERSHING SfIILSJOB PERU PA*RTY TAKES ROCHESTER FROM KEY WEST; WARM RECEP TION GIVEN. Key West, Fla.—Although refusing to comment directly on the Tacna- Arica boundary dispute. Gen. John J. Pershing, president of the plebiscitary commission appointed by Pres'dent Coolidge to settle the dispute, declar ed on leaving here that the matter will be handled with the strictest Im partiality and justice in protecting the rights of all parties concerned. • He declared that :Vie outcome of the plebiscite will be a true expression of the will of the Inhabitants of the dis puted provinces. Gen John J. Pershing, president of the Tacna Arica plebiscitary commis sion, and his party_ left from here on the United States ship Rochester for South America. "ilie general, who arrived here from Washington, was accompanied by a jSarty of officials numbering over 20. Tlie party was met by Capt. Clark P. Stearns, commandant of the Seventh naval district. Rear Admiral J. L. Lati mer. Mayor Frank H. l*add of this city and a number of other officers and representatives of tbe Araeriran Le gion post h£re. A salute was fired from the Roches ter and land forces in honor of the general. This was followed with a luncheon at the navy yard. General Pershing being ihe honor guest. China's Oebt Remitted By Coolidge. Washington,—The balance of $6.- 137,552 due ,lie United States from the Chinese Government on boxer in demnity payments has been remitted by President Coolidge under Congres sional authority granted in May, 1924. The funds are to be employed for educational and similar purposes un der direction of a board appointed by the Chinese Government and compos ed of Chinese and American citizens. Mr. Coolidge's executive order was signed July 16. Just -"when the Ameri can Government was seeking to Im press .upon othei* governments the feasibility of Its plan for removing some of the embarrassing elements in the present Chinese situation. News of the President's action is expected here to have a beneficial effect in fur ther demonstrating to the Chinese peo ple the friendship of Washington. The original amount due the Unit ed States was more than $24,000,000. but tt'je total was reduced by Act of Congress to $13.(55.492 In 1908.. The board which will administer die educational fund already has been or ganised and is ready to begin Its work. Paris Pleased With Germany's Note. Paris.—German reply to the French observations on Germany's offer of a security pact, which was handed to Mr. Briand. the French foreign minis ter .by the German ambassador, Herr von Hoesch. has created a favorable impression In official circles. It permits of hope that negotiations for the guarantee of the frontiers of France and Belgium will proceed with chances of success. The note dissipates the fear that the reich government would make the negotiations for a pact dependent up on the early evacuation of Cologne. The only reservation which Dr. Strese mann. the German foreign minister, makes concerns the entry of Germany into rtie league of Nations and the consequent obligation on the part of the relch to participate In league act ion to protect the frontiers under acrticle 16 of the covenant. The security negotiations, it is be lleved la French.circles, now will go on seriously and acUvely. It was said that M. Briand * response may be ready within a fortnight, after which the negotiators probably will get down to a discussion of the details of tlhe guarantee. , The German note evidences s de sire to reach an understanding with France and Is counched in terms Vhlch lead French officials to sup pose that Berlin regards the negotia tions for a security pact ss really un der wsy. ; Wheat Carryover (7 Million Bushels. Washington.—The carryover of old -Mheat was estimsted by the United States crop reporting board at 57.000.- «00 bushels, as of July l. compsred with 104,000.000 'a year ago and 101- 460.000 on the same date in 1923. The board found that the total sup ■ply of wheat for the year ending June SO. IW6. Including July 1. I#2«. carry the 1524 crop and 12 month*' Im ports, amounted to M 5.000.000 bush ♦ls compared with f157.000.000 bushels for the preceding year. Painted Knees Are Latest Vogue. (•ticago—Painting pictures on such feminine knees as mar be exposed by rolled stockings and perverse winds is Advocated by beauty apedallsts who %*can n week's convention. "Painted knees are the latest ffhtngs." said Mrs Rath Usurer, pre •Ming. "Hand painted pictures on the knees •re Intriguing. Some designs nru sim ple. some els borate. Some girls pro fer a flower or a croup of blossoms. Other* Ilk* a portrait or a little las# #onpe." Wfi&Lr* THREE DIE VIOLENT i DEATHS IN GEORGIA. Atlanta. Ga—Miss Anna Hudson, a school teacher, was killed instant ly near Eatonton when the automo bile in which she was riding collid ed with a car alleged to have been driven by W. C. McConnell, of Fort "Myers. Fla.. McConnell was held In custody pending an investigation. Miss Annie Pickett, of Newman, died of injuries sustained in an automobile accident at Tyliee, B. F. Pickett, lie girl's father, formerly was principal of the Savannah High School. t proved too much for W. J. Corley here, according t# information gleaned by police, and he killed himself by taking a quan tity of carbolic acid. His wtfe had been ill and he was on his summer vacation. COQLIO6ES PAY QUINSY A VISIT HOME CITY OR FORMER PRESI DENTS JOHN ADAMS AND Swampscott, Mass. —In the role of sightseers. President and Mrs. Cool idge visited the 300 year old city of Quincy. where John Adams and John Quincy Adams, tffe only two other residents of Massachusetts to become president, were born and burled. Cruising down the coast from Mar blehead on the Mayflower, presi dent a fid Mrs. Coolidge, with a small party of guests, debarked at the Fore River yard of the Bethlehem Ship building corporation, a stone's throw from the new' airplane carrier Lexing ton, which is nearing completion. From deck of his yacht the presi dent viewed with interest the huge red hull of the Lexington but did not go over to its ways to Inspect the craft. Leaving the shipyard by motor. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge first went to a small frame house, the birthplace of John Quincy Adams, sixth president of the United States, and the home during the Revolutionary war of John Adams, signer of the Declaration of Independ ence and second president. Later the presidential party crossed to an adjoining yard, where stood the modest frame dwelling, where John Adams was born. Before going back to the yacht for the return cruise to Marblehead. the president and Mrs. Coolidge visited the first parish church, in the basement of which is the resting place of both John and John Quincy Adams. Mr. and Mrs. Coolidge were accom panied by Melville E. Stone, their house guest. Secretary Sanders and a doien photographers, who made the trip at the express invitation of the president. Mr. Coolidge evinced great interest In the historical spots In Quincy which last month celebrated its 300tb an niversary. In the John Quincy Adams birthplace be studied numerous prints and old pictures which covered 4he walls, gated at the planked ceiling with cross beams and walked up a creaky flight of stairs to take a look at the four posted canopy bed. cover ed with patcb quilts. Both houses have been restored as much as pos sible to their condition in the late IStt century. The president was particularly in terested in the Adams homestead be cause of his distant relationship to Abigail, wife of John and the mother of Johrt Quincy Adams. Rates on Cotton Are Held Unfair. Washington.—Rates on cotton from Southwestern States to Texas gulf ports, were held to be unfair by the Interstate Commerce Commission on the ground thst they discriminate be tween warehouses and compressing plants located on the water frond and establishments located further inland. The Commission also ruled the ex port rates on cotton to the Texaa ports should be made* higher than domestic rates by sn amount sufficient on every shipment to pay the wharf age {harge incurred by the exw>rt shipment. v One Killed. Five Hurt. Wilmington.—One man was killed snd five others injured, one seriously, when an Atlantic Coast Line passen ger trsin was derailed seven miles from Wilmington, on the New Bern branch The baggage car and two pas senger cars left the track, turning over. The dead msa hss been Identified as Kd Marsh burn, negro porter. His neck was lacerated by broken glaaa. Fumes In Tank Kill Three. Niagara Falla. N. Y.—Three ere ptoyes of the Matkiesoa Alkali Com pany are dead and two others In a serious condition in a kosplui here as a result of being overcome by fumes while coating the interior of a tank ear with a rubberised solution. Tha dead are: Joseph Oervla Fred 1-subert and Aleck Neviu. Those In a serious condition sr* Cecil Umbert and Albert Pnratt. The oar is used la shipping bleach !■« liquid from the company's plant. FORESEES DRIVE ON WENT MAIL SENATOR MOSES EXPECTS BAT TLE FOR LOWER LETTER » POSTAGE. Washing too. —A concerted drive up on Congress for a one cent first-class postal rate 1s expected* by Chairman Moses, of the special congressional joint postol commission, which Is to open hearings looking to a permanent postal revision measure. Senator Moses said that a proposi tion for such a rate is already under way and that members of the commis sion had received representations on the subject from many quarter*. The argument advanced, he said, Is that first-class postage is paying a dispro portionate share of the total carrying cost of the postal service. Postmaster General New will be heard first by the postal commission. He is expected to be prepared to fur nish information regarding the opera tion of the new rates which became effective last April that will form a working basis for the commission in bearings to be held in various parts of the country. While the new rates, agreed upon tentatively by Congress in an effort to meet the cost of wage increases to postal employes, have been in opera tion more than three months, data as to their operation during tbat period still' is incomplete because all post masters have not been atfle to send in their reports for the ilrst quarter. For this reason the joint commia-; sion will reopen hearings here in October by which time it is expected the postoffice. departments will be in a position to furnish comparisons be- ! tween the operations of the new and old rates for a six-month period. Should there be requests then for further bearings in different sections, the commission may embark upon a second 'road trip. U. S. Invest* Over Nine Billions.^ Washington, American copiurt, flowing into foreign fields for invest ment, was estimated by the commerce department to have amounted to $551,- 591,000 during U>e first six months of the calendar year 1925. This brought the value of private American invest ments abroad to a total of $9,500,000,- 000. The acceleration of the foreign in vestment tendecy in the United States was illustrated to sdme extent by tlie department's showing that the total for the first six nionths of 1924 was only $379,700,000, although during the latter half of 1924 the records placed the total at $830,087,000. AH of the figures were based on the public of ferings of foreign securities made for United States investors. Foreign government offerings, or the borrowings of enterprises enjoy ing governmental guarantees, account ed for $416,671,000 of fhe 1925 foreign investment total. Foreign corporations dependingly solely on their own credit got scarcely a quarter of the American loans, but this was in increase from one-seventh last year. European naton took $237,600,000 of the six months investment from the United States, Latin-American. $151,- $81,000; Canada $131.9y0.000 and Asia tic nations $31,000,000. , German indus try alone obtained $36,000,000. • 136,000 Gallons of Oil Explode. Chicago.—A watchman was killed and damage and panic was spread over a mile radios when 135,000 callous of gasoline and oil In'a Texas Oil com pany barge exploded and sent a flood of flaming oil down the north branch of the Chicago river. The barge and a tag anchored at. the company's docks were dstroyed by the explo-' sion and subsequent Are. Five men aboard the crafts, escaped. The force of the blast shattered windows as far as a mile away. Biasing oil on the. river set Are to adjacent docks and threatened bridges before Its spread was halted. Nearby gas tanks and oil storage tanks added to the hasard. The body of watchman. Jacob Jaber seck. was seen hurling through the air. It fell Into/ the flames and was not recovered. A boys' bonfire near the docks started the lire. Is the belief of Captain Charles Sigmond. who was the only occupant of the barge and discovered the blste. His warning to the four men on the tug probably sav ed their lives. Five Persons Dead in Crash. Younstown. Oc—Five persons. In cluding two children, were tnstanty killed at a gradl crossing near Brook fleld. 0., ten miles north of here, when a sedan In which they were rid ing was struck by a New York Cen trml passenger train. Fteod at Seel. Korea, Kills Many. Toklo>— A few wireless dispatches from Korea say that the flood In Seoul. ! capital of Korea, is unprecedented. | especially In the suburbs of Ryuaan. which Is situated along the Han river in the southern part of the city. Thin i district was flooded owing to the fall i are of the embankment after the river ; had risen more than U feet. Telegraph communications an ap ! parently completely severed, and it la j not possible to ascertain accurate do ] una of the cMunltiee and damage. : DROWN TRYING TO SAVE AN OLD MAN. Ocean City, N. J. —Four persons were drowned when two young men and a 12-year-old girl went to the assistance of an aged man who was believed to have suffered a heart attack while swimming at Corson's inlet. The dead are Jo seph Buchanan, 68; Frank J. Walm. 25, Buchanan|a ( son-ln-Jaw, and Samuel Andrews. 20. all of Ocean City, and Ruth A. Wood, of Phila delphia. The bodies of Buchanan and Walm were recovred but the others had not been found. Detail* of the, tragedy were not known. Police believed that Buchanan had been stricken with (heart attack wlille swimming and that the oth ers died in attempting to save him. ANNOUNCES MM SCHEDULES I*' . ' I POSTMASTER GENERAL CALLS FOR BIDS ON OVERNIGHT SERVICE. 1 ! Washington. Tentative schedules 1 for the eight new mail routes _recent -1 ly decided upon to connect with the transcontinental service were an -1 nounced by Postmaster General New •jin calling for bids, by September 15, ' from prospective contractors. An average flying speed of approvi -1 mately ,90 miles an hour and six round ' trips a week on each route are re quired. Bids for additional routes will be called for as fast as petitions are , received and the feasibility of such ' routes is determined. 1 ! The New York-Boston schedule calls for departure from New York upon ar -1 rival of the oyernight plane from Chi cago, due at 6 a. m. - . I j A stop is to be made at Hartford at 7:20 a. m. • ' i The extension from Chicago to Bir mingham calls for departure from Chicago at 5:45 a. m., upon arrival of i the overnight mail plane from New York stopping at Indianapolis at 7:55 a. m., Louisville at 9:20 a. m., and Nashville at 11:10 a. m„ arriving at Birmingham at 1:10 p. ,m. The plane on the ndrth bound trip will leave Bir mingham at 11:45 a. m., Nashville at 2:05 p. m., Louisville at 4:05 p. m„ and Indianapolis at 5:30 p. m„ ar ; riving at Chicago at 7:15 p. m., in time far transfer of mail to the New York j overnight plane which leaves at 8:30 p. m. ! The St. Paul-Minneapolis route plane will leave Chicago upon arrival of the New York overnight plane, leave at 8:40 a. m., and ar ' rive at St. Paul-Minneapolis at 10:05 ' a. m. The Dallas-Fort Worth extension schedule calls for departure from Chi cago on the arrival of the New York {overnight plane, from Moline at 7:30 a. m. The St. Louis route schedule calls for departure from Chicago upon ar rival of the overnight plane, stopping at Springfield at 7:55 a. m. and ar ' riving at Bt. Louis at 8:50 a. m. 1 The Elko-Nevada-Pasco, Washington, extension calls for departure from Elko at 11:15 a. m., after arrival of the westbound transcontinental plane i from New York, stopping at Boise at 1:55 p. m., and arriving at Pasco Wash.) at 4:35 p. m. The extension into the Southwest calls for departure from Salt Lake City on arrival of the westbound transcontinental plane due at 9:55 h. ■ m.. and the Pacific coast route sched ule calls for a plane to leave Seattle at 9 a. m., arriving at San Francisco at 6:20 p. m. Departure from San Francisco will be at midnight with ar rival at Loi Angeles at 5:25 a. m. Rum Row Shifts Base to Difle. "] | Washington. Liquor smugglers have shifted their operations from New York to the Florida coast and the Gulf of Mexico, the coast guard , reports. .la consequence, the coast guard, while maintaining a blockade from Maine to Norfolk. Va., will con centrate activities la the Gulf and Florida sectors. , In this patrn', the South Atlantic coast will be served from Miami to Charleston. The new Rum Row in the Gulf is tbe old Rum Row which was wrecked off tbe New York coast, equipped with speed boats capable of doing 50 miles an hour. It la operating nightly be > tween Bimlpi and other off coast la lands aad disposing of Its goods in Florida. Alabama aad Louisiana ports and at Savannah and Charleston. Treasury officials explained that new propositions are preseated la tbe Gulf Rum Row. The Oolf Rum Row is contlnuslly shifting its position, whereas the North Atlantic Rum Row was stationary. Schooners and isolat ed ialands are employed as Hqnor bases for the storing of goods brought from the West Indies. . I . Britain Honored, i! Ixmdon. —John Buchan. British anth or, who visited the United States last year, on behalf o tbe United Do ugh t ' era of the Confederacy presented n ; copy of the groat seal of the Confed eracy to the British mnsenm. I I The ceremony took place at a lunch " eon slvea by Lady Aator. af. which there were many distinguished meets, including the Earl of Balfoe*. Viaconnt " Cecil. Lord and Lady Lee of Faroe -1 ham. the American consul general in -ILondon. Hora«e L Washington and Senator Arthur Capper of Kansas. ENTIRE FAMILY FATHER AND FOUR CHILDREN DIE *N BLABT WITHOUT AWAKENING. Fresno. Calif.— Explosion of gasoline vapors, ignited when an electric light was turned on, cost the lives of H. B. Schroeder and his four children and razed the Schroeder home 19 Piper Colony between Reedley and Dinuba. It was first believed that a bomb bad been placed In the home. The dead are H. B. Schroeder. 60, vineyardist; Sarah Schroeder, 21 fruit packer; Myrtle Schroeder, 24, fruit packer; Louis Schroeder, 13. and Ar nold Schroeder, eight. With the execption of Sarah Schroe der, believed to have turned on an electric light wbi9h provided the nec essary spark for the explosion, the en tire family was asleep and it is believ ed never knew what took place. Their bodies, charred almost beyond recog nition, were found near their beds. The father and son occupied one bed, the yt>ung daughter another, and the two older daughters slept togeth er. The four walls of the two stdry stucco house were blown out from the bottom of the bouse, and the second floor and roof settled on the founda tion from the violence of the explo sion, felt plainly at Reedley, several miles away". ] n just an Instant after the explosioln, the debris broke Into flames and burned. Pieces of the walls, particularly the windows, were blown nearly 200 feet from tbe house, as were bits of bric-a bric and portions of window curtains, while a row of trees on the south side of the* house, alongside the driveway to the barn were studded with bits of glass and pieces of furnturfe and ktchen utensils. . Admiral Williams Diea. Charleston. —Rear Admiral George W. Williams, U. S. N„ died at the naval hospital at the Charleston navy yard from an infection of the throat. He was 56 years old, and at the time of his death was commander of the destroyer section of the fleet. Admiral Williams was brought to the naval hospital on the destroyer Sturtevant. having become 111 at sea en route from Panama, the destroyer making a very fast trip in order to get the admiral into a hospital. It was previously announced that he was suf fering from tonsilitis. Admiral Wlliams, who has been in the Paciflr maneuvers as commander of the destroyers, was on his way North with thfe destroyers when he became 111. He had planned to put in to Charleston on a destroyer in or der that he might visit his mother at Columbia. He had planned to go north from Columbia by train. He ex pected to reach Charleston about July 16. but when he became ill the Sturte vant quickened its time and reached Charleston Tuesday. At first the physicians ait the navy hospital did not consider his condition alarming and expected that he would be able to leave the infirmary within about ten days, however, he had a turn for the worse and it was found that he waft suffering from serious in fection of the throat. His condition became critical In the night. Message Designed to Delay Execution. Springfield, Ills.—The following mes sage was received at Governor Small's office from Detroit. Mich.i » "Delay hanging of my brother, I will be in to surrender myself. I am tbe one that shot Joseph Maurer. .(Signed) SCOTT." Attaches of the governor's office are making efforts to verify the message and establish the identity of the sender. The local telegraph operator com municated with Detroit direct and Western Union officials of that city were directed *to turn the original message over to the Detroit deteo tive bureau for investigation. Capital Punishment in Cuba. Havana, Cuba.— Protests by con gressmen. women's clubs, trade unions and prominent Cubans have failed te prevent a revival of capital punish ment In Cuba. President Machado. by approving two death sentences recently, has broken a long standing precedent es tablished by his predecesaors of com muting to life imprisonment all death sentences placed before them. A limited strike was declared by 3.900 workers as a protest against tha execution 0 f Valentin Martinez, con victed of wife murder of Pinar Del Rio. Driver Dies In Fire. Normandy. Tenn.—The *rnt section of the Dlxlo Flyer, Chattanooga and Bt. Ixwis railway fast paasenger train. No. 95. "truck a gasoline truck on n croasing here resulting in the instant death of Murreli Nelson. Sheibyville. the driver, and serious &nrning of his brother. Morris Nelson. W. R Hall, e NaahvUle. engineer of the Byer. and M. M- Brice. of Naahville. Ore man Brice ia bettered by physicians to be fatoUy burned. When the train atrmrk the track the gasoline task exploded. Jffi M I PEANinjNDiiSTRr CROP VALUED AT *10,706,000 LAST YEAR; PROBPECT OF BETTER CROPS THIS"YEAR. Raleigh. North Carolina ranks first in the production of peanuta in the uhion with a value of *10,706,000 for the harvests nuts last year. This sum was realized from the 152,945,000 pounds that were prodded from the 181,000 acres under cumvation. The same acreage is under cultivation this year with the condition of the crop reported at 86 per cent against the 84 per cent at this time last year. Th 6 principal counties producing peanuts in the order of their acreage in this crop are: Bertie, Northamp ton, Halifax. Hertford. Martin, Edge combe, Chowan, Gates, Onslow, Wash ington, Perquimans and Pender. The estimated value of this crop does not include the tons of peanut >vines which are used for feeding, and the pasturage afforded for hogs in re covering nuts left In the fields. The present peanut growth in the counties are reported good .although some sections were injured by' hail. Georgia ranked next to North Caro lina in the production of peanuts last year with an output of 118,800,600 against North Carolina's 152 945.000. Tennessee, Virginia, and Texas also ranked high in' this produce Coal Freight Rate Cut Effective. Reductions in coal rates from the Pocahontas, Coal Creek and Clinch field mining districts recently agreed on by the carriers and the State Cor . poration Commission, will be effec tive on August 20, it was announced by the commission. The freight traiffs covering the re duced rates are now in the bands of the printer, it was stated. TTie reduction is twenty cents per ton from the Pocahontas district and seventeen cents per ton from the Coal Creek and Clinchfield districts. "These reduced rates are being pub lished by the carriers in the com pliance with agreement with the North Carolina Corporation Commission," the commission stated, "resulting from formal complaint by the Corporation Commission to the Interstate Com merce Commission, based on allega tion that present rates on coal to points in North Carolina are exces sive and discriminatory as compared with the general coal level of coal rates within the Southeast." Employes Get Same Pay This Montfi. The Salary and Wage Commission, appointed by Governor McLean under a legislative resolution giving the body drastic powers of the wages of State employes authorized the pay ment of present salaries to all State employes for the month of. July The commission, which adjourned after a two day session, will reconvene early in August and at that time is ex pected to make its report to the Gov eronr on salaries in State depart ments. The portion of the report af fecting tastitutions will be made later. tiSuch portions of the report as are ap proved by Governor McLean will be come effective as of August 1. The commission, which under the law will remain in effect for two years and will have control of future changes Jn salaries also announced that Pardon Commissioner H. H. Sink has accepted the position of execu tive secretary of the body. More Cases in Fsyleral Ccurt. One hundred and two more cases were pending in the United State* Courts of the Eastern District of North Carolina on June 30, 1925, than there pending oh June 30, 1924, ac cording to the report of the District Attorney, Irrin B. Tucker, for the fiscal year. , Figures in the report show that more cases are being brought in the Federal Courts and that more cases are being fought. Only 261 defen dants entered* pleas of guilty during the year ending June 30. 1925. as against 420 defendants who entered pleas of guilty in the year ending June 30, 1924. thire were or'y 98 Jury frafls in the FeJeral Courts of tha Eastern District of North Carolina, while in the year ending June 30. 1925, there were 258 jury trails. There were 170 convict ions by Jury during the last fiscal year as against 4« COD Tictions dating the preceding fiscal year. • 0 Six hundred and seventy cases were commenced in the past fiscal year as against SCI cases commenced in the fiscal year ending June 30.1924. Federal Agents Get 139 Stills. Salisbury (Special)—rederal agents work in* out from the central office hare captured 139 distilleries and stills during the month of June: destroyed 111,71? gallons of wine and mash; and poured out l.« 04 half-gallons of liquor, according to tha report issued by A. B. Cohrane. director. Tweaty-oae automobiles were seised rained at |47t.» The total value of I property sailed. *M. destroyed is given 1 aa $59,024. Klgbty-eight arrests were! made ' * I bies or hydrophobia. In North Caro lina has jnmped from 157 patients in 1909 to* I.2RS patients in 1924, accord ing to Dr. A. C. Bulla, head of the Wake County Deqprtment of Health, who has personally administered the > Pasteur preventative treatment to ten persons in Wake county during tha past twelve and who states: "If such an increase continues we will reach a paint where p%ple will become sufficiently alarmed to put a stop to this useless disease and the increasing number of people treated. The 1,288 patients treated do resent all persons who were probably bitten. The fact remains that it is on the increase and but' little is being done to prevent it." Dr. -Bulla lays the blame (or the spread of the disease, whiifc is incur able once it develops, squarely on tha 'shoulders o the authorities. He de mands that persons be required to keep .their dogs under their supervis ion and, declares that every officer of the laW should have the rijjt to kill or capture every dbg or cat running at large without its owner. In case a person is bitten by a dog or cat, D;. Bulla gives the following advice: "Have the animal killed and have the head examined and if traces of rabies are discovered take the Pas teur treatnfenl," is his avices. "In case the animal is not captured, take the treatment anyway." « Dr. Bulla advised- strongly the kill ing of She offending animal and the examination of the head even though the animal be a valuable pet. "If you fail to do so the risk you are taking greatly overbalances the value of the animal," he said. Continues to Pile Up Debts. The state prison showed an operat ing deficit of $563,913.14 as of June 30, 1925, compared with an estimated da ficite reported to the 1925 general as sembliy of $318,312.13. The prison Je flcit was announced by State Auditor Baxter This deflcite, it is stated, does not include an expendi ture from the general fund of $112.- 530.29 for permanent improvement at the state prison, which was funded by tLe general assembly. Auditor Durham also reported a de ficit of $7,682 by the Appalachian Training School, $7,979.13 by the Stonewall Jackson Training School; $11,999.10 by the Caswell Training School; $29,456.96 by' the Industrial School at Samarcand and $618.84 by the Morrison Training School. Other institutions, however, report-, ed unused appropriations totaling, $135,333.28, reverted to the gen eral fund. j Many Motor Trucks Used in Schools. Public transportation of school chil- I dren has been the subpect of an ex- I laustive study made by W. R. Pitt man, of the state department of publio instruction, who has made public his findings. Such transportation, reports .Mr. Pittman, was first undertaken at the Craven County Farm* Life school at Vanceboro, in 1912-13. The next year Kdgecombe county began trans portation at '.Lie Consolidated school, using three horse drawn ve hicles. ! Mr. Pittman gives figures to show 1 -fie enormous increase in the publia I transportation of school children dur j ing the past few years. "All earljr 1 transportation was 4pne by wagons." 'he said. The first motor truck (or transportation of school children was purchased _by Pamlico county, in Au gust, 1917. The same year Edgecombe county purchased a truck. There i» gome disagreement between the super intendents as to which truck was first used in (hauling children to scboo' At any rate, both counties used motor trucks that year lor the first time, anl these were the first two (entities '.ti North Carolina using automotive transportation. ' "The state supervisor of elementary schools reported six vehicles in 1914- 15, which transported 150 children." Mr. Pittman said, "In 1920, five year* later .there were 160 vehicles truns porting 7.396 pupils. Itiere w»e an in crease of 144 vehicles in five years and an increase of 7,689 in the number of children transported. "No figures are available a« to tbe number of vehicles used, nor as to the number of children transpoited m 1920-21," continued Mr. Pittman. "In 1921 three were 528 vehicles used dally to transport 20.359 school chil- I dren. This shows an increase in two | years of 378 vehicles and 12.423 cfiil | dren. The increase In the another of I vehicles represents 25t per cent «nd | the Increase in the number of .chil dren hauled represents 157 r«r oem. | "In 1923-24. ninety three of the 10*) ■ counties in the state were transport ' in* cfclldwa to the public schools. ! H»ese ninety-three counties used 1.31* «m*yinwi, mostly motor trucks, and transported 48.251 children te and from school. Labor Stiuation in State la Good. The general employment outlook in North Carolina for this period of year is considered satisfactory, ac cording to a report made pnbllc by the Employment Service of fie United States Department of Labor. The report states that tn Raleigh with the exception of one clostfl cot ton mill affecting about 2X5 workers, all industries are operating. . Tbe general report for the Btale shows that although soma plants are operator Part time moat, lnddstriea tre active.