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is situated on the highest and dryest section of Laurinburg, where
mized one unfortunate person. WATERWORKS
1~ rated.
moat IM advutagM to colored people. No friction between the reeoe—
in petnral Knee of busineae. pendecting their busineeeea moot orderly on the principal
Home.” Baying entomobilea are peaelng evidences of chrUfatetien. But the baying of
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can net bay will do well to inveet that money in town property. Better then banks, because
and lot will pay yea IS per cent on the dollar.
n part cash end balance In on*, two end three yean, If you want to.
P. CVANo
MERCHANT
North Carolina
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•iMe, mad ia nadc at a atronfr. light,
ailk fabric, la order that it may bo
instantly available at all times tb«
German aviator saplovi tba pan
ckutc ea a eaabtoa an I whan for any
reason ha ftads H imtaaiy to ass
it, he drives his plane straight upward
and leapa Jurt before Gw machine
comas to a standstill. As he begins
to fall the parachute quickly opens
and lowers him roatly to the earth.
It U aid that, with thte new ds
vk-«, the chances of a eafs landing—
provided of course th* aviator la not
mo seriously wounded to aparata it—
m about nine eat of tan, whereas,
without any each device, the chance
of surviving by jumping from a dis
abled plane Is practically nil.
Under the ciccwsestanti* not only
the aviators and OatiramanUI au
thority, h«c atsa the friends and
relatives at home, will leok forward
with la tenet Interest to the speedy
perfection and the general adept!on
oi this now life-earing device as a
pert of the equipment of all aero
plane* bath hare and abroad.
The Washington Mow Yark aero
plane Ban route ia proving to ha a
drswliif ffitnfuioni of tftos
aerspistol service win enable Ameri
cana to wtlto a letter to soon the moot
distant parte at the sumtrj and got a
letter hi r^tywithia thirty-air
to
to Oovorm
that phrns have has*
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will probably be extended to Calcutta,
India. Flying machine* of great
power and aim will be needed for
those long-dletancc flights, and the
routes will have to be marked plainly
by meant of aerial lighthouses and
other suitable devices; moreover, con
venient landing places must be pro*
Tided. These ere, howvtor, mere de
tails which, while they require title
for their perfection, present no real
obstacle to tbs sweaeful establish
ment of aeroplane mail and ax prase
Haas between all parts of the earth In
the near future.
“BIRDSEYE" WINDOWS GIVE
POOR VENTILATION FOR
CHURCHES.
Charity and Children.
Enclosing hit renewal io Charity
•ad Children, Mr. Biaxcy la John, a
prominent lawyer ol Laurinbarg,
make* the following timely observa
tion: - •
Your editorial on closing toe
churches In this week’s laauo Is about
Hm vary boat and sanest statamant I
bade seen ea the subject. If are eeuld
control the negro churches or venti
late them the necessity for closing the
cherchee down this way would be
math leas. One large church of the
negroes that I know, has its windows
planned ao that, swing to sugar loaf
tops, they can be raised only shoot 14
Inches or 14 Inches at beat. New I
look across «o the large fifty thousand
new (white) church near me and the
windows of that church, in the main
auditorium, have Just a little transom
shaped place at the bottom of each
of the greet windows, that can be
turned and that glva about the seme
amount of ventilation that the negro
church gets I Ths need for ventila
tion in the white congregation la not
exactly dm same, possibly, bag germs
ere as rmpistirs of par seas or of
races. Any ehurch committee eg ar
chitect with the maposnrfbfllty of
plsmrfag and building a house of wor
ship should ponder w«I] the future
when at the judgmtait day (if Hr* eeo
mSnaar of aa inquisition) they shall
ha asked if they rear a misted or were
la any way raapcnslhla tor hafldlng
a madam ahem*. They wfll Mhaly
feel that one star spangled place Is
bah^t opened far them, when the vnr
dtat thoaM ho paaUhmesrt te fiaUBM
te ventfldte the MUHag."
We manst sflalnlsfir the feed prch
leas ea the beets sf the pmaaat feed
thortoga. We most prepare for long
PAGE MAKES IMPORTANT AN
NOUNCEMENT TO COTTON.
SEED INDUSTRY.
Raleigh.—State Food Administra
tor Page has promulgated to the cot
tonseed Industry an important plan
scheduled by which dockage oa ac
count of damaged seed wilt be msd«
by crushers or cottonseed dealers. On
account of the acute congestion of
cottonseed which has existed and still
exists in many sections of the State
It !• thought that there will he several
hundred tens of damaged seed reach
ing dealers aad crashers during the
next few weeks and the new ruling
announced by Mr. Page fixe* a uni
form method of determining each
dofltage as will he allowed on account
of damaged seed.
No deduction may be mad* for for
eign matter ext apt whan aueh foreign
■attar la in earns at 1 per cant at
the total weight. Deductions in ax.
eni at 1 par cent may ha made for
actual weight at aueh excess on the
basis of the delivered price of the seed
No deduction shall ha allowed far
damaged or immature send ap ts 10
per cent. Deduction air bo aaada
for damaged or immature aeed In ex
eosa ef 10 per cant at the rate at net
more than 29 canto par tea for each
1 par oaat at such comas.
The paroantoga at duapi or Im
mature aood win ha latarmlaeii by
the avenge nrnabar of damaged or
immature seed la sample* ef 10ft aeed
taken from two or amra plana in each
aax.
' DBOSV YOtmSKLV. '
WAR SAVINGS A DKBT OF
HONOR.
Government Calk On People to Pay
Debt of Honor by December 31.
Tha uo of money that North Car
olina haa been requested to raise
through War Saving* Certificate* has
become it* debt of honor, a debt which
It has been called on to pay by De
cember 81 and which It .will willingly
do. Thl* • mount become the State’*
debt of honor in June when the people
of North Carolina gav* the Govern
ment their word that they woo Id buy
the State’* quota of S48JMWJW0 by De
cember 81. The Government took the
poapb'* word a* their bond and (pent
the amount in equipping tha bey* at
tha front and malting them more efl
eioot fighter*, this bringing the war
to o speady do**. Today, tb* Oor
ernmant can* on tho people of the
State to keep their word, to redeem
their War Saving* pledge* and pay
tmek tha aavwit that has been spent.
Beginning on Thanksgiving, the
people of North Carolina will be giv
oa an opportanity te make good thrir
ward and rot** this debt of honor..
Daring the week of November 88 to
December a they win ha colled otv
fimt, to redewa their War Savings
jrta«pi^aa4, emend, to boy War Bav
■wring* Stamp, to the HmR of their
■■PT te help the State to make a
IN par tent War mmi
Two eenditiena aim in North Car
eltaa aaear* th. Stated debt of honor
to ha paid by Daoombar SI. Tha Azat
le the anqueettoned patriotism of lt»
dtlaema and tha iicml it Ha gredt
waaMi. TWo eombination will easily
*»la* tha State** antfar* War Sating*
m*ote ami giv* ft a 100 par am* war
taaaed. )