CONVENTION OP
FARM WOMEN
Caf«cth| 1,000 to Attend
Meeting at Raleigh mm Km
•wl I, S A ad 3
linasuat attraction* for tha farm
••mM of North Carolina are off trad
on tha program of the Farm Wmmu'i
onvention which maata at RtaU
* »I lege in RaU-igh In conjunction with
lha State Farmer's convention Au> uat
1, t and >. Tha convention thta year
a Month earlier than oaual and the
<nnual miibiy ef farmer* and farm
• omen having been held tha hat turn
or ti ne day* to Aagaet iiutead < f tha
flret for a number of year* ye*}.
Plana a fa being made for at least
one thouaand farm women at thta
"onventlon and with a view to arous
ing their Interest Mr*. Jane 8. Mr
Klmmon, state home demonstration
agent, and secretary of the Fsrm
Women'* convention, has written an
open letter to the farm women of
North Carolina, in which she outlines
in brief the program speakers.
Mrs. M' Kimmon writes as follow*:
"My dear North Carolina farm
Women:
"I should like to see every one of
t»u present at the Fanner's and Farm
Women's convention which Is held in
Raleigh August 1, 2, S. Coma with
your husbands and brothers and make
» rousing meeting «f at least one
thousand women We can do it If
you will tell your neighbors of the
v»od time* to be had and the good
things to ba heard and seen.
"The room* at the State College of.
Agriculture and Engineering are free
snd the meal* are only 50 rent* each.;
To K- comfortable you shuud bring
klong »heets, towel*, snd do not forget1
* mirror as the rooms sre furnished
for that nex \»hl<h is not supposed to I
(Me one.
"Tuesday afternoon Mr*. Charles |
?chutler, 'ine of the brut «f»-i>krr» ,
of the Went herself ■ farm woman,
•rill talk to us of what organisation
has meant to the farm worm of h«r
section and what H m mean to other
women. In her speech before the
National Home bureau ahe carried the
-on* en t ion by atorm aa ahe did alao at
the Country Life meetinr in Atlanta
ut fall
"There are few who would not en
oy the other part of the Tuesday
*fternoon program. A demonstration
and talk on what Rood line* and har
monious coloring* in dress can do for
a woman. Live model* will be used
:<■> demonstrate the good and bad
points and the fat and thin women
an aee herself aa other aee her* while'
• he is learning how to be well dreaaed
••n a modeat income.
"Wednesday morning everybody
»houd be preaent when the Home
Bureau through its delegates will tell
now the rural women of North Caro
tna are organised and just what they
find of interrst to bring them out to
:h# monthly or fortnightly meetings,
what demonstrations and lectures on
lurition have done for the family
wealth; what the rearrangement of
the kitchen as a convenient workshop
means In time saving; what they did
in the claaaes in the way of making
-<1ress forms; learning to alter patterns
planning and selecting and making a j
!res« and how they can beautify and'■
make comfortable a home.
"The garden, cnmilng, and jelly
making. together with the family cow
.tnd backyard flock come in not ontr
fcn the report of what they do in nutri
tion, but for their income
value alao. It is the butter, eggs, and
canned goods money that enables
many farm women to come to the con
vention. improve their homes, and do
the thouaand and one other things
they could not dn without it.
"Community sings will be held each
-night when men and women art
gathered together in Pullen Hall for;
a social hour, and a very amusing play j
"The Lion and the Lady,' will be given
by the Raleigh Community Players
on one night of the convention.
"The Joint program for men and
women will include discussions on
country life; the home; the church;!
and the school, when some distinguish
ed speakers will take part in the dis
cussions."
Tfa* Cots Rattled
Two brothers receired a legacy of
W400 each, and the first thine they
did was to bay • car Jo* bought a
i Pierre-Arrow for his $5,000 am) Jack
bourht a Ford for 9600. On the way
Was* Jo* lookad disdainfully at tk*
ford and scornfully shouted to Jack:
"TWt Ford make* an awfnl noiaa."
Jack replied- "It's not th* Fotd
rattlkac. it's tk* W.Ht in my pocket,"
EIGHT CHILDREN DEAD
IN EXPLOSION
Shall ExpMw, Wm Vmrnrnd mm
Target Rmp, Bmtfkl
Vilrrtomi. N Y.. July IS.—Bight
hildren, ranging in ip 'rum It to
14 yeira of sge *»rt Mown to piece*
Into today by thr »«plnalon of • 76
mi limatr* shell on the back ponb of
• house In Ptaunick ttraet. occupied
by Kdward G. Workman and William
L. Salisbury
The •hall, which wm owned ty Mr.
Workman. was on* which ha had
kept a* a souvenir and uaad on tha
rear porch to hold tha door from
• losing. It *as believed to be "daad "
The children were playing croquet
in tha bark yard. Tha «hrll la be
Ilaved to hava aithar bean lat off
by tha hot aim or to hava baan at ruck
by one of tha victims with a croquet
mallet Window* within a radius of
two blocks war* nhattered by tha ex
plosion.
Practically all of tha clothing was
blown off tlte bodies of the children.
Fragments of it lodged in traeii and
house tope in the vicinity. The bod
ice wrtf horribly mutilated but Iden
tification was possible in every in
stance.
On* of the first physicians on the
scene w«» Dr. F. W Jones. Lifting a
covering which had hwn placed over
oim of the formii. he recognized the
U.iiy of hi* . 12-year-old daughter
Vivian. b7 mtini of an adhesive
dressing he had plated on a cut on
her leg barely a half hour bcfoi» Tie
did not know hi* daughter waa tr. th.
group and almost overcome with
grief.
The bodies of tha ch'ldren were
found apparently at place* near where
the' had Keen standing in their cro
quet game. Near them lay frag
mcrita of the croquet mallet*. Several
of the ball* used In the game were
Mown to bita and the wicket* were
torn from the ground.
The ahell apparently let go without
warning." Two ^.carpenters at work
home said that a seeond Wore the
detonation they had heard the voice*
of the childrerf laughing at play The
two men were the flint to reach the
scone.
They were greeted by a acene of
utter denotation The Workman house
ia of mncretc and the eoncuaalon had
reduced the entire rear of th* houae
to powder. On ♦he ground lay the
eight bodiea and over all a grey pall
of concrete du*t wa* beginning to
*etlle.
Fragment* of clothing were sus
pended from tree* arid housetop*.
Two automobile tire* which had been
on the back porch were blown to the
roof o? a building 200 feet away.
Block* of concrete were blown sgainat
neighboring hou*es and Into the
ntreet* and surmunaing yard*.
The shell was what ia commonly
known a* a "dud." The projectile had
been fired from one of the six inch
inch howitzer* during target practice
of the 104th field artillery at Pine
Plain* reservation last summer. It
had not exploded by fuae or contact
and lay in the sand fully charged
when Mr. Workman found it and
brought it home a* a souvenir.
He kept it in his home during the
winter and this summer used it as a
weight to adjust the screen door on
his rear porch.
Capt. G. H. SehumHc* er. construc
tion quifrtetmasler t*f> oorartly with
the first field artillery at Madison
barrack*, wa* a*ked by police to in
spect the remnants of the shell to
night. Captain .Schumacher believes
the exceaslve heat beating down on
the projectile caused th* TNT charge
to expand and made the shell liable
to explosion at a much less concus
sion than normally.
Presence of the concrete wall of
the house behind the shell, Captain
Schumacher said, threw the force of
the explosion forward and directly
against the eight children, almost a*
if they had been standing directly In
the path of the run. Police tonight
are honeycombing the city for soa
venlr shell* and already have found
six, all of which were picked up last
summer on the sands st Pine Plains.
They were dropped In the Black river
tonight on advto of Captain Schu
macher. i
THE NEXT HOVE
Said a friend to the proud tother
of • colle*' irraduate who had ju»t
been awarded a* A. M. degree;
"I nuppoee Robert will be toottn*
for a Ph. D. ne*tt
"Mo, he will be looklnf for a J. 0 B.",
—Ufa.
TEN MILLION FOR
COTTON GROWERS
N. C. Cotton Grower*' Co-Op
orativ* AiiiriiXw Aiwwdl
si Ado^wto Financial Facili
ties
Washington, July 12.—Backing to
the extent of ten million dollar* by Mm
War Finance Corporation la asaurad
the North Carolina Cotton Quiwn'
Co-operative AmcI(|I*ii for th* ft.
nanclng of tMa rMr'i cotton crop.
Thla I*'**parted to provld* credit for
th* orderly marketing of th* cotton
of tta 27.000 i**ab*t*
Thla announcement *aa mad* thl*
afternoon followlnir tha rlait of a
drlffatlon from th* North Carolina
delegation to Washington, and at tits
•iim time th* War Finance Corpora
tion annoumed advance* to other cot
ton grower*' association bringing the
total eradlte granted today op to
924,000,000.
The advanrea which will ha used to
aa*l*t la the orderly marketing of cot
ton thla fall wer* approved by the
government body a* follow*:
Arkanaaa Parmer*' Union Cotton
Grower*' Association, Si.00©,000.
Alabama Farm Bureau Cotton As
noclatlon, $3,000,00n
South Carolina Cotton Grower*' As
sociation. 110.000.000
Norfh Carolina Cotton Grower*' Co
nor rati ve Association, 110,000,000.
It la significant that the North
Carolina association, which now haa
.'1.10.000 hale* of cotton pledged, got
all that they aaked for. Before ad
vanrea for credit are made careful In
vestigation I* Made by the War Fi
nance Corporation.
The advance* hy the War Finance
Corporation will be made through th*
North Carolina bank* up to fifty p*r
rent of thi- valur of th* cotton held by
the unsocial ion and the bank* will b*
expected to take care of the other
half. It 1* not expected that all of th«
ten million dollar* will be required aa
it I* understood that North Carolina
bank* ate in excellent condition and,
>*■ »bl* * uk«
paW ttnhe neee*aary advance*.
With the approach of th* time for
the marketing of lie cotton crop,
the co-operative* are carefully plan
ning to avoid a congeation of the cot
ton market*. The North Carolina as
sociation ia planning to put on an in
tensive drive for new member* befor*
the opening of the new crop aaaaon
that will bring it* total sign up to
rtOOJMX) hale*.
The North Carolina association ha*
the backing of exnert financier* and
no difficulty Is anticipated in financ-,
in? the orderly mar'.cting of cotton in
view of the action of th* War Finance
Corporation today.
CO-OP LEADER NOT
GETTING BIG SALARY
Oliver J. S«ndi Severely Ar
raigns Men Who Festered
Rumor, Spirit of Service
Raleigh, July 8.—Oliver J. Sands, (
of Richmond, executive manager of
Tobacco Growers' Co-operative asso
ciation, and known throughout the
south n* president of the American
Notional hank of Richmond, severe
ly arraigned the men who have fos
tered the rumor to the effect that
the chief executive at ths association
of 76,000 tobeeeo grower* Is recetv-'
lnjr extravagant remuneration, in •
statement given >ut o>- association
headquarter*. '
IlluMn.Cng th-» spirit of ly-rvice
which prompts leader* of tbe eo-<
operatives to undertake work in this
constructive movement, Mr. Sands
uid:
There are some people to nelfiih
and narrow-minded that they cannot
believe that there are busiaeaa men
living in Vinrinia, North Carolina and
South Carolina who are willing to
devote their time and talenta to the
tervice of the people and their statea.
"Theae people have atated that I
urn receiving large compensation for
my aerricee. Thi» T deny. I am
working in thia wholly beeaoae I be
lieve It will be of gvaat benefit td our
people, and I know that If we help the!
farmer we help all the people. I will
receive reward in peraonal utiafac
tion and in the aame manner aa any
other merchant and banker," (aid
Mr. Sanda, who aakad, "Why la It that
co-operative marketing la inereaatng
and Vowing wherever It baa been
tried?" and pointed oat that • few
yeara ago three hundred million dol
Inra of product* ware marketed
'h rough co-operative aaaociatWia, and
that thia year mora than one billion
dollar* worth of preducta will be aold
by ae-operattva aaaociationi
MONSTER DIRIGIBLE • „
BUILDING IN NAVY YARD
»hiU<Ulpkia Shop U Tuning
Out tkm Uteat Mod* I of
Ztppilb Air Craft.
Philadelphia. inly It.—A MtwUr
llrlflkb, the ZIl, i* btlni built la
the tiimfl factory of tha Phlliill
phM navy yard. It la to he folly aa
Mf aa that tH 'atod leviathan of the
air, the ZR2. which rollapaed ui fall
fludVng lata the Hull river la Engand
turt lumivr bdafini a tarrlbla death
to Jhare than a icon of Ha craw. '
Ah faat aa Um pWi art completed
h«-r» they art lent to the hanger at
l.akehtirai. M. I., which will ha tha'
hum* part of the giatt airahip. It la
eipected that by next April, the ZR-1
•rill be rr«dy for Ita flrat flight.
Thin dirigible will be tlx flrat of
the Zeppelin typa to have been built
In thla country Commander Weater
vrlt and hi» aaaoclatea In (ha naval
aircraft factory ara brine guided la
the ZR-1 by tha tragrdiea of almllar
-raft.
Tha envelop will be 700 faat long
and M faat In maxlmnm dlaaiatar. It
will br clgar-ahaped. The cloth will
Ita of atapl<< back-apun cotton on#
inch In thlckneaa. A ipacially devia
rd varnlah will maka It aun and watar
proof. Nineteen ba.l<»>neta arr bring
built In Akron, O. Theae will hava a
'otal (ran capacity nf 2.700.000 cable
'eet. It la not considered llkrly that
helium (non-inflammable ran) can be
uwd because <\] the immenae quantity
hat would be neceaaary.
Oririnally the intention waa to
•quip the ZR-1 with seven Liberty
uiglne* capable nf developing a total
>f 2.100 horaepower. but navy ex
pert* are experimenting arlth a new
type of motor, the specifications nf
which are not beln» made public, bat
which likely will b* tha typa wad. I
When the ZR-1 la completed, ex- I
ijerta say it will have powar to cnilae
>ne-third of the diatance around the
world without having to deaeend. It
will have a lifting power of W tona.^
»TT1 Ki Kh mile* nn^boMT. Ita maximum
7K.
Quarters for the officer* and tha
men aril! be along the keehray ex
pending alaioat the entire length of
the ahip. They will hava a width of
|"ight feet and a height of aeven.
Sandhill* Peach Crop Will
Probably Roach 1,250 Cor*
Aberdeen, July 15.—The peach tn-!
dustry of this section is at the begin
ning of the huxy part of the biggest
year'* work that ha* ever been in the
aandhills. The early peache* have
about all gone and the standard kinds
«uch as Belles, Elberta* and Hales, are
Just getting ready for shipment.
Ihiring (he next two weeks there will
be hundred* and hundreds of solid
rar loads going out from here, ship
ments going forward every day.
There arr about 460 crates to a car
and it is expected that the crop wiH
be more than 1,2150 cars. The crop is
unusually fine, the size and color be
ing over an average.
The peach exchange here, where all
of the car shipment# are arranged,
is a busy place and it keep* ^he large
force of clerks hard at work'to have
shipments moving promptly.
Much interest is being taken in the
new Peach exchange, a handsome
VilMtng designed and erected solely
for the co-operative selling of jt?Brhes
and costing <25,000.
A "peach allow" is to be held at
Hamlet soon. The peach exchange
here asks everybody who is interested
in the pearl* industry after looking at
the display there to come up to'head
quarters of the peach industry at
Aberdeen and Me some peaches and
the orchards and get an idea of what
the business really is, in fact to get a
ground floor view of it. They will
welcome you and will see to It that
you are shown whatever special part
of the work you wish to see, together
with full information in regard to
anything connected with tHe industry.
You will enjoy seeing this new and
promising industry which meana about
* million and a half dollan to this
lection annually and which is con
ntantly increasing. j
The time is favorable, the roads
are fine arid you will be gladly wel
comed whenever jrou coma.
a "I-i
GIVK rr IN LIFE
If you've a roee to g^Ta
Glre H hi life;
If klndneaa you wosU in
Give It hi lift:
For when low) one* are dead
'Tte then too late to rirc.
Bo of the good you'd five.
Give it hi Hfe.
FORD'S PLAN BEATEN •
IN COMMITTEE
tar* IMmm to lUpTt Aajr
„ Plan FmnUr
W>ihM|tM, July U.—Tkt nam
rommittoa on Htrtealtw* refuaed ta
Amy ui favorably rspart • pha '•*
rieveloping Dm |«»inuiint'» |!M,
>00.000 projeet at Much Shaala, Ala.:
tad l«ft the qussttea to to iittto oa
the Mrnat* foor.
All proposals submitted to tha coot
mittee. including lhaaa of Henry
lord, tha Alabama Power company,
and that offered by Sens'cr Xorrla,
wmnitto chairman, to* (owmaat
development and operation won re
jected by a majority of til* commlt
taa.
Henry Ford's Under fame tha
nearest to receiving* a favorable re
port It was rejected, 9 to 7. while
the Ntrrki pmpoaal was voted down.
9 to ft. The other offer* were dis
posed of without a record vote.
The plana of Senator Morris and
Mr. Ford, however, will be submitted
to the senate by their proponents in
the form of minority recommenda
tions from the committee. Senator
Norris will make a report arglng ac
ceptance of the government owner
ship bill, while Senator Ladd, Re
publican. North Dakota, will present
the bill he has already introduced
providing for unconditional accept
ance of the Ford offer.
Failure of the committee to favor
ably report one of the proposals was
interpreted by some senate leaders
us tending to hear out their predic
tions that the senate would not take
'irval action before adjournment of
this congress. Had the committee
xpprov'd one of the plans and a
msjorltr of Its members supported It
for early consideration in the senate,
it was said, there would have been
mure reason to expect the senate to
set quickly. ,^4*i
listed Senator Norris expected to
ronclud* work on his draft tomorrow
*nd Senator (.add said the prepara
tion Af his report would require only
* few days. It was suggested that
both opinions would be placed before
the senate for ita Information naxt
week and made available for publica
tion at the same time.
Sparta Man Killod and Body
Thrown in Pond
Win*ton-Salem July 14.—A report
rnme from Alleghany county that
Thorns* Wagoner, a young man living
near Sparta, was murdered Monday!
night and his hody thrown in the
pond of the Sparta Roller Mill, where I
it was found late Tuesday afternoon.j
According to Information received'
here, Wagoner wa* last seen in com- (
pany with two young men Monday
afternoon, ridingin an automobile.
Hi* failure to return home Monday
night created suspicion and *eareh
wa* instituted Tuesday, the result be
ing that the' body was found in the 1
pond. The car wa* found alone in |
the woods near the pond. The name* j
of the two men seen with Wagoner j
were not learned, though it is reported I
that they aiv known and that officers j
expect to make arrest* dn a few days.;
It is learned that the parties had;
nrrangad to transfer their residence,
sither temporarily or permananUy.l
in the State of Maryland, that they
vera short of funds, etc., and it is be
lieved that Wagoner, who is reported
to have had eighty dollars in hia
pockets, was robbed before or after,
;he murder.
Costly Campaigns
idr. Pine hot, who «u rcorntly nomi
lated for Governor by theTlepublicsns
if Pennsylvania, ha* filed according
o law a statement of the expenses of
lis campaign in which he places his ,
>utlay at 903,000. It is another illus
ration of the lavish way ie which I
noney can he spent "legitimately" in I
irimary campaigna, for no om accuses
4r. Pinchot of spending anything for i
orrnpting the electorate. It Is
minted oat that, if Mr. Pinchqf had I
nerely mailed a post rard to each 11
lepublican voter to apprise him of' I
lis candidacy, it wonld have coat him I
tearly 120,000 Senator Pepper's I
ampaign expenses were reported as j I
158,000 On the other hand. CoL 8. <
If. Brookhart, who was nominated I
iy the Republicans of Iowa for United I
lutes Senator, reports that Hs spent I
>nly fOSJS on his campaign. Colonel
hnokhart, who defeated five othar
aadidatee, Is ri|irM as the sseat i
sdical of the lot ia Us political ideaa. I
BANKER COMMITS
SuiMvilb CmMit T
but
•Lain. After
«h Heard
bod with a
Notn
a
in* to Mr*.
known for torn* time
wall in the bank.
Shortage pt Lmi
•S la tea villa. July, IS -Upon el
imination of the hooka of the tftat
National bank 6f 8tatervfl1a, tha na
tional bank examiner today found •
-hortare of approximately 185,000 In
the account* of Caahier Johu W. Oaf.
Sr.
Upon racaivinir thU information tha
officer* and director* took hoQt of tha
Kituation and made proviaion to pro
tect all patron* arainxt any loaa.
The condition of the hank eama aa
a xurpriae both to tha. public and to
the director* Twice thi» year aa
examiner had been over the affair* of
the inatltution and reported
thing all rirht. The »hortaga, ft ia
*aid, extend* over a period of
ith
PwMrti E A.
the drrtie* a* caahier and tha bank
ia bemgr operated aa uaual Tha di
rector* itate that tha ftork in tbia
bank I* abaolutely worth 100 cent*
on the dollar and thq depoaitora are
fully protected againat any loaa
whatever.
Shopmen at Spencer Get
Checks Tor Jum
Spencer, July 15.—Pay chacks tor
the last half of th» month of Jons
wen- handed out todXy to the strik
ing railroad shopmen and went gladly
received. The pay day was a heavy
one as the shops had been running en
full time and all the men make good
checks The expected strike had
caused every employe to make all the'
time he could before the call to qttt
came. The checks were handed out
at the freight depot in Salisbury
which obviated the necessity for the
men to go to the shops where a num
ber of men are at work night and
day. In addition to the stop pay roll
which is said to have been sbeot
$40,000 for the past two weeks, the
road men and other departments wen
also paid off as usual today and it is
estimated that the pay roll far the
fortnight aggregated something like
$200,000 for all the employee whose
time is kept at Spencer. On July 10
the shopmen will have pay coming
thorn for two and three quarter hours
time made July 1, the day the strike
took place.
Warns Preacher lo Keep SiUat
Spencer, July 14.—The State Fnlm
tion of Labor through Ma ptnUnt
1m, F. Barrett today offered a re
ward of three hundred dollar* for in
formation necessary to eonrict the
reprobate who wrote an
ftter to Rev. Ton P. Jimiaon. |
>f 8pencer Methodiit church, ea
July 12th. The letter wu mailed la
Salisbury and contain* threats of bedi