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the "news akd observer THURSDAY MORKITG, iEPTEf.ER 5, 1S13. rai Wi ' tin ; d: 1 r ' ti. fot ! i tee fin I P" rt i Ftw Tfc i 8" j i( I Uu i i tt oar qui 1 ! ant ! rat 1 lu The News and Observer hMA n. c rkU4 Bt Pay a. Tot IV TBI XXWI AKD 0B9KITM FCBLUIIKQ COMPAXT . JOKHVI IMMiEUl riHil vrncsi innn akt ounrii trawwo I . Mtterw Ud Km Part. AaWratcif t4. Ctmilattoa IVeC .m in MIMagtt Or VII AMOCUTKD MDI fa iMttolrf ffsa b cti I iIt aautM te Mm aaa l raaeatieenan W alt a aWlrlMe mM la M m Mt illr rrWiwe a IkM raraa aae tat kxal mt eeajirtaa asrWa. All rlcfcts al naalaV. at eaariai eiaaeireae batata era afce f ifiit rt'Lt iocuTxbRK.iki;roT8 tucurnoM rucii - rrwMla, DSr aa Oh Tor . Mentha Tarn Dm at. , UN IH l.lt Owe Ttar M M la alaatae I N Tars Maathe la Oae Max Cae Taw ..U.M Its MoatM tile New aa4 Otaarvar hi eaRvan i rat rWi la Mia ea4 eaa?ka at arias Ml m week Daily an HaJ7. I lain aaly. twtlw Ma avr m. CatN4 al Ifca rattaftae al BaMfk. Nartt CaieUaa, m Mraaa-!aaj aaattef. Alt aiulraW a wuMttiM U1 aa numtt slafe. don j the aeti 1 kit trit r I pledge atUfianc t f.!? TLAG and to tha Repnbl,''. (or which ll standat eoa nation indiviaiblo veil'. Liberty and Juitira foi all. MORNING TONIC (lip Trnqueville.) . Van in thin world ia like a traveler who is al- Oil wayl walking tnwsrds a colder region, a ml a ho is, nal therefore, obliged to be mir active a he. goe oeb farther north. The great malady of the soul is tha ro Id, and in order to counteract thi formidahle mei illhen, he niunt keeji up the activity of hia wind Bol not only by work, hut ly contact witn his fellow lay men and with the world. , I UNCLE WALT MASON 5-77-; nixDEsruitc: B j, i . Thay laid m Hindrnburf aa dead, that hi bar had kicked the bucket. "This Ufa la aarh a bora,' ha aald, "1 have reaolved to chuck It." They told J1.01' ait Rindenbari down, that ha araa dead and Iff WJ rratad; and I aatoaiahrd all the town, they a 1 ctlebrated. I painted all of Mala atreet red. P MJP aoal aa an tarhanted; they told im Hlndea i barf waa dead and In the boneyard planted. Bui V ' Hlndenbart atlll drawa hla breath, nnaafely and Inaanely; It waa a aubatitala for death that he In ! dalged In, plainly. And now I celebrate tha fact y that Hindenburi la IU In'; ha livea to ae hia Rat trnlaa cracked, and bark la Berlin driven. Hi tha Mrt lived tn ae hia armies win fall many a redhol eon ' ata Ilk) loroad rattle. Bin thinta will happen yet llot thia fall, tha tide of battle a turninf, the Hani will hike for timber tall, for aafety madly yearn- - Inf. From new, methlnka, until tha end, the q,,! Hana will have no lnnln; the Alllra. on (heir trail vie', will wead, advancing art i II. and wlnnlni. And it ta woald aadden me to know that Hindenburi waa aleepini, while, hiking from triumphant fee, hia pro aarriar war leaping. I'm glad that Ludendorff mat' rarvivea, that halaer Hill'a will lined np; may nd they not loaa their precloua Uvea until they've ir tha wind-up! The famous t'niMian military machine evidnitty 1 ias aeea !ti best dnya.' l)f.f ilntt eoile ilouhili-m fiinni ilift'uuTt to gvi mei exercised ovor the condition of NikolHi lnine. Mj , tri Th Allif will jiot.M. n Rctlin ljy ChriatmM, t bul they will tip vc made auhnlimtial gums in that Vl iirwtton. ...... . - Want to lnd a hiiud to the Imja who are llght y mf and dying in Kraneef Then buy War IHav for tagt fitampa. Iba - "' oii The f rup iiniu-e aaya Americana don t know Cla ahat thpy nre li:htiii(! for. But b didn't u; ihey doult know how to fight. ani . , The CruWR-ltrwro ..!, .toaaja aaya jH t Ot- many wanta i to hold her own end not M hc.-lf be rmquiahfd. But it really makea no difference b hat the crown irince say. A million and aix hundred American troops . have embarked from thia country . for nil fronts. All put ovrr by a war marhina that waa aiiid ait r eight months ago to have broken down. fruaaiaa crown prince denies that be is a fire rater. He isnt now. Ho has had aome mighty wholcaorne leaon sinee July 15. There is little danger thlt he will ever re a Hre-eater again. The person who doesn't luy War Baying stamps if he baa the money to buy tbem with, is I hereby laying that be won't stand Iwhind the men who are fighting the battles of freedom on - the lelda of Picardy and Flanders. Time already to join the Boeiety for the Pre tention of ,1'seleaa Uiviog at rhrltmaa! No mem berablp feea. Ke Initiation. All you have to do is te make up yuiir mind and stick to the rraolu !ion. It ia one way of helping to wiu the war. In I letter ia today's paper Mr. 1 Charles V Webb prcaenta evidence to show the fa laity of the Abcrnethy claim that Mr. Wabb "voted be . tweea 40 and 60 Kepublieans for Dortch" In the June primary. The whole charge appears to be tased on what' Somebody tinderatooil eomebodv else t. any. Mr. Webb has traced the report to ".he gentlemen Mid to have beta reaponsihle for It and under oath they both say they saw Mr Webb do nothing improper. Ttouhtleax, when the ruth ia ascertained, all of Mr. Abernethy's evj. :'-nea will be found to .be the outcome of some :1t'b ind imiginitioa. .THUj'Xrjl'a WORK. It looks as If this would be ens of the most effeetiva weeks la the history of the war. The British have broken through the Hindeaburg line for several niijra at the north, aal back of .that they have ala braken through the Proeourt- Queant- switch, supporting Has that was to afford a place to retire if the first liao ahould be penetrated. That leave the Rermans without a known defease la the upper end of their front It oeas a hole from which the British and the Aiuvriraas will lie able to flank the Hindenburg line unless the Germans are strong enough to hold them back standing in the open. If the (iermans ara nut able to" hold the foe back while ratrearhed ia the Hindenburg line of defeases, it is not too much to hope that they cannot do it while fighting on the defensive ia the open. The indication would say that Uermaay has opened to the British and the Americans way around her defense and thst ah mmt make a retreat son uutil she ran gather her army, make stand and fortify herealf la eom manner agalatt thia vic torious advancing foe. Rome good military au thorities predict that thia la the beginning of tha retirement of the Uermaay army from French soil. farther dowa the liao around Boiaaoaa the French are about te strike the Oermaa flank on the Chemia des Dame. Should that bo success fully done, it means the Germans are chased be yond the Hindenburg line all the way front Tpres to Rheims, and that no defensive position is in sight until tha German retire from France. Tv make matters more pleasing, Foch has kept So close tin the German heel that the Hun ha had i.o time to prepare a defense line, nor to reform bis lines nor reorganize his troops for assault or icsiatanee. The positive success of Foch's tactics is shown in the daily catch of prisoner. Lodea droff is .5uatreo7ujnTasr7HSUg1ItB-ti Uf and carry hi plunder and hi men with him. Ho they are raptured every day by thousand and killed like rabbits in a drive. If this week' work goes on until- Hnnday- as it had begun, the fate of the Hindenburg line will be known by that time, and if the (Jcrinana ranuo make suc cessful stop there they will go wandering back over the remaining French soil like an old-time ni'gro eiodua heading for Kansas. It is reasonably certain that Germany must catch a hold on something very shortly where she can stand and light a successful defensive or she mint finish the war on German territory. I'nlcus the Hindciiliiirg line can be made a line at which she enn stop her for, her situation is worse than the bulk of the jieople have suspected, which it is hoped may be the fact. Germsny must develop a marked strength in the neit few !hs or she hits a rolil, uncomfortable winter in front of her. THF. BANKHF.AU HIGHWAY. The lively interett that the I'ham'ber of Con iiii rre i Inking in the P-anklicad Highway and iti extensions promises much for the city. Jt is I'Pi.'eitly plain that the more and the better rimd' there are entering into a city the lttir for it. The llaukhead Highway will not only bring much tourist travel by Knleigh but with its en tensions it will greatly facilitate the travel of North t'arnlina people to this city. Besides there is every probability that the highway will be come a great military road and that will give it a new value. Being the enpital of the State gives a city n prestige that, primary commercial considerations suggeKt, ought to be used to the utmost. Here is the sent of government. Here are the visible signs of the greatness and the genius of th State and its people. The capital city should be the objective of all the sightseers and all those who take a patriotic interest in the common wealth which gave them birth. The city of Kaleigh ia but making the most of its advantages to encourage the building of roads lending to it and the improvement of thote which already have been built. The automobile, though the war at present is putting a crimp in its sway, is destined, when conditions become normal again, to be more and more a factor in the life of (he people. The city that is in the center of a net vTiTilTTifg; o7t"Tiia its-!' l!(iing tn be thwrtty wit h a large and thriving business. And if it has othet advantages, as Haleigh has, it will not be niess uring up- to its opportunity unless it -adds to those advantages every possible facility in the way of roads. The News and Observer fecll, ill this connec tion, that it ia always in place to say a good word for the men who lead in these road movements. Col. Benehan Cameron, of this city, has done a work of immense value in the bringing of the Bankhead Highway by Haleigh. But for his per sistent efforts and assuming that had he not In terested himself in the undertaking nobody else would; Hab-igh in all prbahitity would not h em the Bankhrd route, although Mr. W. I Beasley is head of the good roads committee of the Cham ber of Commerce was very helpful in organising local sentiment. Col. Cameron has traveled all over the ea'atern part of the Btato arousing local communities and has likewise given much time and effort in arousing Norfolk and other Virginia cities to the importance of the enterprise. It has been a work of great importance. Another man who ha done a big work espe cially for his section and through that for the whole undertaking, is Senator Harry Stubba, of Willismston. Williainstoa it thoroughly aroused over Hie advautages which will come to it as the result of an extension of tW higiiway coming Williamston way and the proposed fine new bridge over the Koanoke, which ia an accompanying fea ture. In arousing this interest Col. Stubbs ha been conspicuous figure. WH(I Mt'ST KEfilflTER? This luu,uiry comes to the News and Observer regarding the question of who ara liable for reg. istratiun under the recently enacted' iuaa-mwer ct: A man born on November 1, 1ST J, ia now ' termed to be 45 year old although he has had 4t birthdays. I understand he will not have to register. Am I correct f A man horn November 1, 1900, ia now said to tie 1? years old, but he ha had 18 birthday. Must be register! . 1 A man who wa born November 1, l72, haa not had 46 birthday. Neither hat th youth born November 1, 19M, had 1 birthday. In com- man liaaa-a tha dav nf Kivlti U mm kiwVJ - - ' . " v tJ 1 1 1 U. v, Wiei i child ii i jreir old kit lrt pirthdaj; ia celebrated, not hi oecoaj. The word means the anniversary of birth. ..... i Taeee who must register an September 12 are those who have reached their oighteeath birth day lad have not ranched their forty-sixth and haven't registered under prevleu net. If a man 1 eighteen on September 11 ho register. If he is forty-ais en September 11 he doesnt reg ieler, BfAUf TIIM OF GERMAN WATS. It ! one of th eurlositie of homaa character that Gennaay can learn nothing from her bitter experience. In th Insanity of her egotism and hate, b use bo more horse aenae than I caged wildcat. After the lease the ha been learning by bringing th. United Btate into th war, h profit nothing, but gee ahead in th am blind wny and antagonise Ppaln, the one neutral coun try that ha actually ihowa ome friendly regard. Instead of passing Spanish ship and leaving them aafe, Germany eould not meet anything a So t with her submarine nnd not aink it. 8paln haa grown tired of the assies German arrogance and haa 'been protesting against It But atlll Germany cannot tame ker Insolent kite, and the warning of Spain eonnt for nothing. Th Gar mna pracieTfinailynirerTIood and Bpain has taken German akip interned In Spanish port in payment of BpaaiaW ships waatonly unk by Gar man abmarlna. Tha step alienate Bpain. Ger many continue ker arrogant tone, forgetting that she U drawing nearer every day to a place where h will want friend, and that eve Bpain would be worth mor a a friead when no other friend is nvnilabl thaa a an enemy when all th rest of the world ia arraigned as nemie," It i pomibl Bpala will go to a farther ex treme and that war may com with Germany. Certainly the leiaur of German hipa and the crUUtj tUtthaywilL go Jato..tbe ,pr and coal trade which exist between Spain and Great Britain will not 'sooth th German pride any, nor quiet that hat that Germany eeem to feel for everything with which h come in conUet. But it 1 Germany' affair. If aha" fecit that she want another contestant in the war nobody will raise any objection!, although a far at can be aeen at th present time it would teem that enough are on the list now to aatiafy all of the Germaneeds for a good full measure of what is coming toker within the next few months. This German ttyle of flirting with the hearse it no half-way on. COTTON UN8ATISFACTORT. With cotton picking becoming general all over the belt, the anticipations of a decreased crop prove a reality. The effects of the dry weather are clearly seen and they are eerious. The crop has been cut short, and the quality of the lint it affected. Thr bollt are small, dwarfed hy the Inek of moisture, and many of them immature and prematurely ripening. The conditions are reflected in the futures and fpot market both. Spot cotton is noted on some markets as high as 36 cents, the highest figure reached' in many years, and the ignfieanee of the price is that it is commanded In September, a period f - the crop year when ordinarily the prices are shading downward under the influences of the incoming crop, At several point in this State the first bale is reported, showing that picking ia starting on a fair range of territory, and that the crop is in such a stage of development that an estimate of production can be made. All dream of a big crop has gone. There is little expectation now in any circles of more than the average crop of the last two or three years, or somewhere In the neighborhood of eleven or twelve million bales. With the increasing demands for war uses, and the necessity of cotton coming to the relief of a short wool crop, the present cotton harvest ia go ing to be unsatisfactory. With the seriousness of it ,i an amusing side. The Northern papers that appear to regard any thing done south of the Potomac, river as a pre meditated offense against their section are offer ing suggestions about dealing with cotton prices, soma of them advocating tax on cotton. To be sure the rising price does indicate economy in the use of cotton goods, but to tax cotton and make it higher by the tax will not bring much relief. Neither will any steps that tend to lessen the cotton grower's profit, for if present prires wTUTioT bring enough cotton, rutting the planter's profit will not stimulate him to any greater ef fort. The truth it that the cotton situation is a prob lem. The planter does not know what to do, and the cotton buying world is no more able to com pel a aufticient crop thin the pltnter is to make it of his own volition. There are no tignt of cotton going down to the old prices for many years, and no certainties about anything con nected with any cotton crop now. The whole world"" can lielp "iiibst by the utmost economy in the use of textiles, for with wool short and cotton short the real problem is not the prie of the staple but securing a tufCcient tupply of either wool or cotton at any price. The progress of tremendous events on -the battle front is being followed by almost breathless sus pense by the whole British nation, ttyt a dis patch from l.oudon. And the people of this coun try cannot be said to be 'indifferent to what is happening in the mighty conflict now going on. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS The ".peeMe Caaa. Philadelphia Record. Reports come through Holland of German along the frontier who are so eager for peace that they do not care whether the Central Empires are de-' frated or not. This is partly the result of four years of unsuccessful war, but the specific cause uf it is 4 consecutive days of defeat and retreat by the.,,liermn army. The Augsburg-Post Zel Tiiugentiires to say tht n "peace1 of renuncia tion'' would be preferable to another year of war. W.heu that sort uf thing ran be said in print, on can imagine what sort of things are said in con versation, for example, by the country people who asked Dr. Kuhrbach to give them his honest opin ion whether "we must stop it." OUT OF THE DARKNESS i - Deepiee Not th Small Thing. Norfolk Virginian-Pilot. The recent appeal of the War Department that th people of the t'nited State save fruit pit and aeedt and nut shells fow the purpose of in creasing the tourc of tupply of that form of charcoal necessary for the manufacture of gas masks, earriea home tn the nation another and an impressive lesson of th Jieed for thrift. Utili. ration of waste is alway clear gain. National wealth i increased by the amount tared by the xitiaenahip. We ara jut beginning ta laarm tha a,-f.--. mm ' L e f extent of past tqnanderlng. That those things which, for generations, we have cast aside as worthiest are now found to have real value em phasizes our shortcomings along this line. Eco nomic practices and customs are potent factors in determining tho extent of resources available. With thrift become a patriotic virtue, any move ment that tends to counteract our habits of prodi gality urget a propaganda of Americanism which loyalty must heed. Thus the war needs of the nation drag us back from the shoals of dissipation of resources toward which we were drifting. Real economy had 1m come, in the popular mind, a vice known by the ugly names of miserliness and parsimony. All this must be changed. We are asked to save, not for ourselves alone, but for the common cause to which all stand pledged. It is a duty that only a slacker will shirk. iSuch lessons as this, taught by the war, should be remembered in peace. When halcyon days return we should face life with a new sense of value which menrtures by the stan dard htat have been set in the times of stress and strain through which we are now passing. Thrift, indeed, is better as a preventive than as n restorative. Every man owes to himself nnd his country to contribute as much as possible to the wealth of the nation as a resource for recon struction to draw. upon and to make his own needs as small is necessity will permit. In teaching the public how to utilize waste, the government opens the door to resources that were unknown and invites all to help themselves of the treasure that has hitherto been cast aside as worthless. Reaching German) 'a Heart. Baltimore American. If the war is coining home to us, there is con solation in the thought that it is being driven into the heart of (lermuny. THE SOl'THERN t'MVERSITY COMMISSION'S KEPORT. (Southern Publicity Committee.) The Southern t'ltiversity Commiesion for the scientific study of race quest ionscreated six years ago by the action of elffTc u Southern State uni versities, Ms jusf pirMifhfd tt firsT report.-- MptM nig twice a year to plan and discjisg its investi gations, the commission has spoken little find studied much. Its only public utterances have been three open letters to the--ellege men ol' the South, all of which have been widely ap proved try the'Hoiithorn press. These letters are embodied in the present report. The first is neft only a strong protest against mob violence, but is an urgent appeal to college men to. lead a crusade "for law and civilization. " The second urges college men to work for bet ter 'Schools for white and black as a present neces sity for the welfare of the entire South; but it pleads especially for 'a larger share 'of 'school funds) for the negro on the ground of the com mon welfare and common justice. He is the weakest Link. in, our ..rjyU.iwit.ipn, and our welfare is indissolubly bound up with hi." The latest letter, considering the causes of tin negro migration, admits the. Ninth's inability "to compete on a financial, basis with other section?," but contends. that "the South ran easily keep her negroes against all allurements if she will give them a" larger measure of those things w hich hu man beings hold dearer than material goods fair dealing, sympathy, patience, tolerance. It pays to be just and kind both spiritually and materially. Surely the South has nothing to lose and much to gain by adopting such an attitude." The present report makes public the acopc of the commission' study, and the minutes of regu lar meetings, with their record of discussions of race prohlem with leading men of botUT races who have been invited to Ihe various. neiHHia. There are alto visible couiulittee reports of in vestigations made. Gov. Hrougli of Arkansas, who waa the commission's chairiiitin while n professor at the State uuiversity, outlines tho plan of work in an able prfper presented nt one of the earlier meetings. Pr. Hcroggs, of lioiiisiiina, has n care ful historical study of the. negro's civic status, with present-day applications. Dr. JVLoach, who waa, while a member of the faculty of the univer sity uf Georgia, chairman of the ctinnnission't committee on economics, hat a convincing report of the economic results of the university's fine agricultural extension work among negro farm ers: a report of interest to all who have the wel fare of the South, at heart. Dr. Duster, of the University of Alabama, ia the present chairman of the commission. The other universities represented are those of Ixiuisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Virginia, North and "South Carolina, Tennessee, and Mis aissippi. Br. Dillard, of the Jennet and Slater Boards, Br. Alderman and Pr. Barrow, presidents of the universities of Virginia and Georgia; and Pr. Mitchell, former president of the University of South Carolina, act at an advisory board to the commission. ' Copies of th report may be had on application to Dr. V. H. Hunlry, Lexington, SAYS WITNESS WASN'T REPORTED CORRECTLY Mr. Crumpler" Thinks News Story Was Unjust To Him; What the Record Shows The News and Observer is in receipt of the following letter from Mr. H. 1. Crumpler, city editor of the New Bern Sun-Journal : "Realizing the frailties of newspaper men, iu general and in particular, and knowing full well that mistakes some times occur and that occasionally facts are distorted in order to lend the 'nec esuary color,' I am uot surprised to rind in your most excellent publication bearing the date of August .'list, 1918, the following paragraph, to wit: " 'II. I. Crumpler, the Ahernethy press agent, was ordered by the commissioner to produce his bank book today and it showed that he deposited about $2,70(1 between February and August of thia year. The bulk of this money, Crump ler testified, was his personal earnings lis a newspaper man on the New Bern Sun-Journal and as correspondent for daily papers, hittle of it, if any, was distributed to pay for Abernethy 'ad vertising. The cashier of the bank tes tified that his account had been pre viously iftscTive.' "The young man whom you sent down to New Hern to 'cover' the Abernethy expense investigation is a most esti mable young chap and I greatly enjoyed the time which I was in his company. However, the latter part of the above paragraph is incorrect in every detail and 1 am requesting that you give this correction as much prominence as the uiisntaleinent of the facts was given. "As a matter of fact Cashier Hender son diil not testify that my account had been inactive previous to February 151,11, liils. " . ' " " "The bank book which was introduced ts evidence showed that the account in Hint particular book began on February l.'ith, having been transferred from an other book and during the year 1917 there was deposited in this same bank, by myself, funds to the amount of about JL'JXMi as the bank records will show. "As far as I am concerned I care not fur this explanation but the inference in your news story is that before taking up the press agency work for Mr. Ab ernethy, t bad carried no money in that bank and then, all of a sudden I had secured t2,7tH) and deposited this sum when, us. a matter of tact;, .taking con ditions into- consideration, a larger amount was deposited in the previous year than was deposited in the present year. "You can readily see why I desire this explanation aud why I desire that you nuike correction of the statement which you have made, a statement which is groundless for Cashier Henderson made no such statement, as the stenograph' er's record wi.. show. In being drngged. into the limelight of this inquiry it is a sort of case of taking in a disinterested party further than that I, as a newspaper mail, was fitted to carry on this publicity work for Mr. Abernethy and 1 did so, aa would any other newspaper man who bad had the opportunity of securing the work. Then-fore, you can see that I am inter ested in it only in that way. "Knowing that the Newt and Obser ver is fair in its policy and believing that you are" at all times ready to' cor rect any error on your part, I am asking that you make due retraction of the part of vour newt ttory above referred to." There is no retraction for the Newt and Otisrrvcr to make. The steno grapher's record on the question brought up by Mr. Crumpler is as fol lows: Q. Mr. Henderson, have yon - the n. I. Crumpler account from the first of January up to the date the subpoena , wat served on you t , A., Yes, tir; or rather from the tlhie if was reopened. Q. Well, then, it waa reopen-.... ' ed the l.'tH of February f A. Vet, sir, though I con tider Mr. Crumpler alway had -an account with us. It ia, accordingly, literally trua that , I. k J : ., . . ri iv n.iiticia um uu, Dajr mo vtuaifJivr account wat inactive, yet "hit aaylng that .the account wat reopened and that he considered Mr. Crumpler alwayt had an account with the bank is the equivalent of saying that previously to the reop ening of the a count it was inactive. The News and Observer faithfully re fleeted the spirit of the evMenee. U. S. SHIPYARDS TURN OUT 66 SHIPS DURING AUGUST Last Month's Deliveries Put Total Tonnage For Shipping Board Beyond 2,000,000 (Ht the Associated Press.) Washivton, Sept. 4. Delivery of Iherchunt ships by American shipyard in August exceeded all previous record for this country, Chairman Hurley, of the Shipping Board, was advised today by Chae. M. Schwab, Director General of the Emergency Fleet Corporation. Sixty-six ships, aggregating 340,143 deadweight tons were turned out. Forty-four of the ships of sn aggre gate deadweight tonnage of 260,643 were steel and the remaining 22 wood or composite. August production of American yard was a world record, Shipping Board of ficials said. The previous monthly record of 295,911 deadweight tont hav ing been made by British yards last June. Completion of the sixty-sir ships, it was said, will permit the return to the coastwise and South American trades of some fast vessels that recently were transferred' to transAtlantie service to meet war demands. August deliveries pnt the total tei nagc built for the Shipping Board be yond the 2,nO0,00O mark. Tire first mil lion tons was delivered in May and the i"io jmvumhioh in kjrurinoer 1 hbd 2,0iy,4 , deadweight tons. Increased deliveries by American yard added to these of the allied countrie placet new construction well ahead of destruction by submarines. For the first tix months of this year the sinkings, allied and neutral totaled 2,089:9.1 gross tont while production was 2,113,59t grot tons. . .. - . . Because of its effect on the general shipping situation the British drive in Flanders is being followed with partieo lar interest by Shipping Board officials. Valuable French coal fields are being wrested from the Germans and it wat said today that if these can be worked much of the tonnage now engaged in carrying" coal ffohi Wales to France cl be directed to other purpose. BYNUM TUDOR IS BOUND OVER TO COURT ON MURDER CHARGE The Case Grew Out of Auto Accident In Which Young Woman Lost Life (Special to The News and Observer.) Winston Salem, Sept. 4. Bynum Tn dor, 8jin.of Mr. and Mrs. George C. Tu dor, was arraigned in the municipal court this morning on the charge of murder and waa bound over to court on. a bond of f. 1,000 for grand jury In vestigation. The rase grew out of aa automobile accident on the Country Club road on June 19, in which, the ear which he was driving was wrecked, in juring all the occupants. Mitt Ruth Tyree, daughter of Mr. and Mrt. I P. Tyree, was fatally injured, death re sulting before she reached the hospi tal. A brother, George Tudor, also nar rowly escaped death, remaining in th tinsnitnl in nn . unconscious atal f several days. -; The defendant wnixed examination this morning and the court fixed the borid, which was promptly given. No evidence was offered either by th prosecution or defense. Th Grocery Lyceum. Kansas City Journal. " 'What' the argument at the grocery! "Some say baseball salaries are too high." "And th contrary-minded V "Maintain that not all th moaty ihoulil go to movi itara."
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