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v^T s. No.35. EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. AUGUST 31, 1917, Subscription: <1.00 m Y—r
“Can The Kaiser”
(Said to br sung to th« tune of
“Dixie" by our troop# i» France.
Printed through the oourteay of Mrs.
Ben# Randolph Caster.)
Id khaki suit ssd army risor,
All abroad to oas the Kaiaer,
Look away; look away ; look away,
Oeraeay.
lo Kalserlaod, he reigns skins ;
Ws’ll push the Kaiser ofl his throne,
look away ; look away ; look away,
r'lWmany
Thea 1 want to ago the Kaiaer ;
Hooray I Hooray I
la Kataarlaad 1*11 take my stand
Until I can the Ksteer.
Let's go. let’s go, let's go and ean the
Kaieer.
Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go and oao the
Kaiaer.
—Norfolk Lodger Dispatch
ON THE ALTAR OF
0ARELESSNE8S
Sewn liver wee the toll paid to
reckleea or care Wes driving with
in 48 boor* in a radios of SO
miles of Raleigh recently. An
automobile at rook by an Atlantic
Coast Line train at Smithfiakl
carried with it three human lives.
The nest day at Method whan a
Seaboard Air Lina train struck
an automobile (oar parsons were
killed, three oatnght, another dy
ing s few boors alter the Wreck.
Prom reports received the Smith
field incident came as the result
of a race between a passenger
tram and an automobile, with the
automobile leading the train when
the crossing wan reached, and
then the driver attemr ted to cross
ahead of the train, with tba newel
Anish. It dose seem that per
tods driving automobiles would
eventually learn thaf death is the
dealer In every reekleaa game of
this sort
At Method an automobile driven
by e locomotive engineer stopped
on one line ef a double-track a
heed of the train. Theories u to
how the accident occurred are
different One opinioo is that
the car was driven up to the
moaning wham e freight train wee
coming from R‘u*gVl and a pas
senger train going in the oppo
site directieu struck the standing
ear.. Another idea in that the
engine of the automobile "choked"
on the trank. In either eaee the
automobile, by aU the rules of
safety, had no business on tba
railroad track.
Don’t Get Scared Off
"Soaring” Land
The turning under of green
vegetable matter will not “soar”
the soil. Weeds, legume*, or
other plants may be turned Under
without fear of such injurious ac
tion. Crop failures follow the
turning nnder of green crops,
sometimes, but they tlW1 follow
many other practices. When the
cropis fail, after a green crop has
been tamed nnder, the '•failure
may be due to lack of moisture
or a failure to cut up the green
'material and mix it witlr^the sod
but it is not dns to “souring’*
1 of tbs land. ‘The adds 'formed
, by the decay of the gmep ma
nures unite too quickly with ma
terials In the soil to ceypea soar
soil to result from thh '***en
tirely slow decay of organic mat
ter which taken place- An error
of this sort, wkich kas been so
generally accepted by farmers
for so long a time, is heref to cer
met; hut? we may as well shake
ofl this tfmo-booored fallacy a
I
bout the turning under of green
crop* touring the lard. It bat
done enough harm already and
now that we know that it ia very
seldom or never true it should be
dismissed and forgotten_The
Progressive Farmer.
THE WILD DRIVER
Philosopher* of today lay a
great deal of atrcasoo the amount
of boy that remains in every man.
Probably the aotoaiobile has been
one of the greatest instruments of
modern timea for bringing the
pent-up wild boss of the small boy
out in otherwise sedate grown-ups.
Day after day the newspapers re
veal casualties Iron automobiles
•hieh are struck by trains, go
over embankments, turn turtle,
and meet with a thousand end
one ether mishaps, just beoaoae
the driver ia possessed more of
the email boy than of the grows
man. It isn’t often that news
papers are able to get aeoounte of
near-eeoidenta from thin aourea,
bans ins participants don’t tell of
their hair-breadth aeeapea where
newspaper folks will bear of it.
The newspaper*, therefore, must
contact themselves, as the gener
al rule, with reeording the horri
ble feats where lives are snuffed
out.
lbroogh a report recently made
to a superintendent of the Nor
folk Boa them Railroad by aa en
gineer a remarkable vtory "oomee
to light of as event that might
have been among the eiaae gen
erally reoorded bat for a eaae of
pore look. The engineer who was
running a night passenger train
from Ooldaboro to New Bern
stated that he waa Tanning his en
gine at a apead of aboat forty-five
miles aa hoar whan be eeme to a
omening where the ooenty rood
crossed the railroad at an angle of
aboat sixty degrees. An the en
gine went over the coanty road
aa aatomobile swept oat from the
engine's aide at a high rata of
spend. The engineer said it look:
ed as if it had come from under
the engine, so does waa it. The
aatomobile had approached the
engine from the fireman's aids and
swept serosa the track, the e^i
near says, so near la front of the
engine that the aatomobile had
paued between the (diet of the
engine end the rays of the head
light. The engineer declares ha
waa looking straight ahead whoa
the crossing waa approached, aad
ha was positive that ha would
have aaaa the ear had it been la
the rays of the headlight
When a aaa ia foolish enough
to take a chance of that kind there
ia little sympathy to bo extended
to him whan something dreadfol
happens The trouble ia, H la in
convenient to the relatives of the
*>*» who becomes a victim ia sack
a case. It is an injustice to the
engineer who is made the iano
oaat slayer, and it always aarrias
the danger of wreaking the train
with probably a wholesale loss of
life. If tbs only ooe to seihr
was Urn fallow who takas the
fool'a ebance, the community
would probably be well rid of
snob a
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IMPROVEMENTS AND POWER INOREAS
ED IN EDENTON POWER PLANT
For wwtl weeks wa bare had
it in Bind to say something abool
Urn iaereaaad'effielhney of the E
daatoa power plant aad the pres
ent Board of Pabho Works. SJaaa
April 1, thin plant has practieally
doiblad its Capacity. A asw high
preasore 150 b.p. boiler turn been
iaktalied aad the Corliss engine
baa been shaaged from 110 h. p.
to 940 h p by patting on a new
eylisder. A pomp and oondsiism
baa beeo installed which s
the steaming capacity, or rather
rad sees the aaooot of steam and
to prodnea a eartain power by
soedaaaiag aad c ranting a nsnm.
This latter arrangement is snp
poead to increase tha afleteney of
the angina aboat 95 par eeat.
The directly commoted matrhine
baa alho bean changed from a
single to a 5-phase making it 150
h. p. instead of 100 h p. an be
fore. Two single phase boards
here been' discarded end replaced
by a three-phase generator, panel
aad fender. (If yoe wish to know
whet all these things ere, see oar
efleieot electrician and so peri o
thodent Mr. J. C. Martin.) All
this Ineream in efficiency ie made
with n view to adding more bosf
aam to the plant. The following
additional motors are or will be
attached: 90 h. p. motor for Mr
M. G. Brown, Mb. p, ipolor for
Um Edenton Pm not Co., 60 k. p.
motor for Min. Powell Bros,
oottoo gin and 76 h. p. motor for
Mr. W. a Speight Tho total
eoat at Installing the aaw —■—hhi
try and practically don Ming Um
capacity of the plant will be abont
$6,600.00. The praaant Board
of PnbUa Work* oonaiata of Um
act*. Willi* Owen*, A. T. Baker
aad J: H. Holmaa. Mr. Owen
k chairman of the board aad da*
rotea ooaaidarable atteation to
this plant. Tha town la lnda|>tnl to
thaao three gentleman for Um vary
aatie/notary «»»« In which Urfa
plant la managed. That tke aar
rioa from tbta plant kaa had aoaa
meant mterrnptiooa ia dna in part
to Ulo haw machinery being la*
■tatted. Edaatoa ia prond ot ita
power plant aad tke aaawnar la
wkiefc U ia oondacted. The day
onrrant ia a emcoeea and kaa prow*
ad to bn a direct laying to tkoaa
who oaa it and; ao far aa we know,
entirely nattefaettry. > .
HEALTH NOTES
> • pai ii
£r«a the fat men at forty to not
irreparable if be la rtfll free tram
the onset at degenerative flnii
ee. eaah aa bardaalof of the ar
taHaa. heart diaeaaae.Brigbt'edie
•aap eta* Ha aaay Saw be able
to Hek a Jaw WUlaftd or via aa
ethletio rabamptoaahip lor the
atvpla peace that be baa Hoad
aboH o^aerciae a»d long aa ap
petite, ,bat bp adopting a rational
plan atelttag—proper dial, nar
eiao, rap mad freedea from aleo
baHaaad other barafal tadalgen
•*— A* p*f Hre yet twenty
yaare. thirty or area to be tviee
Ha preJbal aga and keep la aaa
falaarS,^ ~ -
u
_ M. 4
7 "at
U»e palttae of thorn plan to eo ir
ritate Um membranes of tha boss
aa lo bring oa symptoms of sold
which persist throaghoai tha pot
iaa aaaioa. It is beat prevented
by exterminating weeds aad gram
aa before their flowering season.
This sea be done by shim ead
towaa, bet the plan is hardly peas
ttcal for indiridoala. However,
individuals sea go after the town
aathoriiiae end both oaa eo ooop
eratoae to gel rid of weeds ead
ell the evils that ere sttribetad to
them A meant lot covered in
weeds ie a diagram this year.
The qeeattoa. Who nheald be
vweoinetad against typhoid lever?
km reeaatiy bam answered by a
noted physician of this aoaatey.
He aaya ail who oorae seder the
following heads shoe Id be vaoai
eetad again* typhoid, as then pe
•ittom largely increase their
e baa oaa for eontmotieg it: Dram
■ere aad railroad aea; all vaan
t Wei late, especially cam para, aad
P**de who travel aach; jireiUi
lag physicians ead nunm; ell
people who live in lowm end
aamll cities; people who live la
theooaatry; people who Use tea
is epidemic; people who eat at ve
nom hoteia aad rcetaaraate, peo- 1
pi* who Up no ana* of Inn '
lag whether their food hee ha (
free fro* file* ead filth; end feel*
lj ‘^■bple who hen ao
, <
Preperiag lor the prevention of !
et feet the thirty percent of bUad .
aen la North Ouottaa attributed
to Inlectloa of the ayes of theaev .
bon at birth or shortly rtfe, the
State Board of Health hee Jest
tent oat to the phyataiaa* ead '
■id-vlfn ia the Stela a supply
ofaon thea six thnaaaail ■■
poo lee of ttlrcr nitrate ■ militia. *
This m to be dropped irto Ih*
eyre of the child at birth, by tha
phyaieiaa or aid*vile, ead naiw
act of the 1917 aeaeioa of the ]
General Aaeeahly aaeh pr«*
bone era aaadatorr. Tba prophy
of one ptmai eolation, -| j
ta e mall box, ud mailed villi
diraotioae for ana. Tbs package
ooatoiaa ilarUiaad needles for
•paving Iba am ponies. 11m vnp.
par aronad the U tba
shape of a Government poslasid^
addressed to As Stem Board of
Health, m anaagrd for a -^im
eard. Thaee packages ham ak
mady reached a great many pky.
sMaas and mid-vivas end wit
reach others by Monday. The
enpplr on bead. it is battened, vfll
be aoAeiaat lor the lime beta*
The return poet sards makeBpen
*blslo» say ptyrioOa or midwife
Board of Health for an additional
enpply at any lime.
Littleton Colin* Tn Open
September 26
TbeSmn Anasal Bemlon of
Uttlrfoa College wff| hagt. on
Wednesday, September M. We
bees ta Ideal plea by vhbk pa
pile may Urn el their ova ahargm
ta on amia dormitory bnBdtag,
4*olm*c year. For Mkm to
tormutaom add me. i. M. Bhodm,
Lake Jneeteeka. M. C, til Bap
tembrr 5th end after that l2»
•no. *. C •
A PROCLAMATION
BY THE BIVEBHM
North Oarolioa isaboat to sand
tomlj-Aw thousand Baa into bat*
*U. Thaaa Baa an making the
•vpraam sacrifice that btm bars
•ftar the wisdom at iha many
ahaU datarmiaa the daeram of iha
aatioaa. They go to laaha war
oa war. They go to destroy with
Ihaeword tba government that
nmiatalaa that the award la. aad
of right oagbt to ba, the final ar
Wter of a oatioa'a rights.
Wbaa the gormamaal that da*
Am war shall pariah la war than
varjrill some ao more upon the
It la fit that thaaa gwaraatorm of
kha world’s paaaa ahoold baaas*
htoad by the lore aad prayers of
til good maa:
Now, Therefore, 1, Tbomaa i
Walter Btokaftt, Governor of Moctk !
C“«Una, do raqaaat the people of
a
Pint, to aaaamblr oa Saturday,
kha Ant day of September, ia
owaahip aad acbool distriot
a eat top, aad bold patriotic «
miaaa la honor of tba men wa
us eroding to the Croat;
Braond, on Sunday, ,»| n
tod, let apaalal religions tamcaa
» held ia aU Iha aharchm la the
Nats, aad 1st all good maa pray
or the safety and sooeaaa of the
aaa who are going into battle
hat laatiag peaaa may eoaeapoo .
ha toad;
rkud. That ob Labor Day,
*•!*—b»i *4. appropriate patri
a*° tba pabbo aarriaa be tho gneate
4 boaor at tbeaa amdaee.
Dom at oar aity oi Balaigb
Me twenty-fifth day of Aogaat,
a tba year of oar Load oaa thooa*
kad nlae kaadred aad aaaaoteaa,
uad ia Um oaa bandied and fcwty
•wM^ar of oar Aaarieao la
T. W. BIGKKTT.
Governor.
) Groat Baal of Iba Btete\
} . of Nortb Oaroiiaa. ]
Jy Iba Governor:
SA.NTJTORD MARTIN,
Private Sacratery.
NORTH CAROLINA
LEADS IN TEX
TILE INDUSTRY
Kr. H. L. -Staff,
Rditor (Hnirar,
Ed an ton, N. C.
Don* Sir:—
Thn following hah regarding
Ihn Tamila Imhutry of North
Carolina will no donbt Infant
ronr rnndarn. Thta Ihdnatry la
tea of Aa moat important In tf
tenth, and haa boon a powarfnl
looter in Ae SonA'a damlopment
Steading out prominently am tf
taUoniag (note: -
Fltet—Mora aotton milk in
North Carolina Ana ia any at bar
State loth* booth.
Saeond—Tf largaot Town!
Maanftriariag Company in An
World.
Third—Ona of tflatgmt Don
min mtlla in An World. *
Fonrtb—One of tf krgtet
Jaaqaard Tahk Covar mWa la
Mills. FioldoH Virginia.
Mr J. B. Stated tea Mate
Berlin AaUina Warts! "chlrtaM*
North Caroline.
test ol Sl—rtCrtsK
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Mr. J. B. MoQaa tea Danign*
». Bonnots Bfido. Meath Cte
inn. In Saparintandanl ai tef
te. Com— Mite, te—fates,
north Caroline. .
I otall gtantlj oppooatea you
ilndao— if jron vfll pshteh tta—
MVE ALLTK
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