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1 f THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, MONDAY : AFTERNOON NOVEMBER & 1 9 IS PAGE FIVE LAST OPPOR PTnr ip-nrr t 01 Hot. n JL I THE BIG EVENT TREETlAR ride I CORN SHOW TO OPEN TOMORROW TUNITY THE TODAY FOR A $1000 S Exhibits In Tabernacle .Are Most Elaborate Ever Seen Here ; Numerous Features In a blaze of glory that is expected t0 far exceed that of former years, Wilmington's fourth annual Corn sll0W will be thrown open to the pub lic at 10 o'clock tomorrow. Today hundreds of people are busy arrang ing their displays in the tabernacle in-order to have them in complete readiness for the opening. Even in building, with its many artistically antl attractively arranged exhibits, presents a beautiful appearance. It was announced- this .morning by a member of the Corn Show executive committee that the tabernacle would be open to the public each day from in a. m. until 10 p. m. and that the general admission will be 15 cents for adults and 10 cents for children. The Torn Show, which is Wilmington's an nual fair, will come to a close Friday night with a big ball at the auditori um, on Harbor Island. Each- night at the Corn Show there will he a special feature program, ond tomorrow night the returns of the election will be given in detail, a special wire having been placed in in the building for this purpose. At tractions for the other nights will' be announced later. - Wednesday will be the big feature day of the Corn Show. In the morn ing at 11 o'clock the big industrial pcrade wil take place and this will surpass any such event yet held in Wilmington. It will leave Tenth and Market streets promptly at 11 o'clock and pass over the principle down town streets. In the procession will be seen more than sixty floats, repre senting practically all of the city's regressive business houses. It is stated by the chairman of the parade committee that the floats this year are of a most elaborate and ex pensive nature and the competition for the prizes offered for the three best in line is keen. Messrs. Frank Meade, J. J. Blair and J. R. Eddy have been named as judges to decide the prize winners. On account of the fact that the Corn Show this year is being held on a much larger scale than ever before and because it has been extensively advertised all over the Eastern por tion of the State, thousands of per sons are expected to arrive from the surrounding sections during the four days. Following is the complete list cf firms and individuals' that will 'have exhibition space in the tabernacle: Section "A" Art Exhibit, Country Store, Wrightsboro, Scotts Hill, Win ter Park, Masonboro, and Myrtle Grove Sound exhibits, Red Cross Society. Section "B" J. H. Render and Com pany, Belk-Williams Company, Sterchi Bancroft, Bon Marche, Queen City Cycle Co., Pender Tes Farm, . Capt. Williams and B. B. Trask. Section "C" Audubon Nursery, Tidewater Power Company, Texas Oil Company, Ford Auto Company, Fen nell, Auto Co., Standard Cement Con struction Co., Hutaff, Pepsi-Cola Co. Amateur Flower Exhibit. Section "D" Holland Nursery Com pany, B. H. Stephens Construction Co., Frank Herbst, W. D. McMillan, Jr.. Shepard Chemical Co. Section "E" Cany Booth, Miss Lucy B. Moore, Delgado Kindergarten, Hicks School, Wilmington Steam Laun dry, Chas. Syer and Company, U. D. C, G. W. Corbett, D. Sanders, Beehive, Jacobi Hardware Company, Carolina Metal Products Company, W. C. T. U. Baxter Cigar Co., Sam - Bear, Sr., vand Son., Packing House. Section "F" Chamber of Commerce information bureau, Education, Fan cy Work, Swift and Company, Delgado Mills, Atlantic Coast Veneer Com pany, M. W. Divine Company. ADVERTISING OKLAHOMA. Encouraging Settlers to Buy Govern ment Indian Lands. Many persons have visited the Oklahoma Indian land car which is now at the union station open to the public for the display of maps, sur veys, etc., of Choctaw and Chickasaw Indian lands in Oklahoma, which are soon to be sold by the United States government. The car is ' in charge of Manager Bernard, having been sent out by the business men of Southeastern Oklahoma for the pur pose of advertising that section. -Mr. Bernard states that no lots are sold on the car, as the sale of the land will be made by the government at a near date. However, to attract settlers to this section, there is on display in the car many fine agricul tural and mineral products taken from lands adjacent to those to be sold by the government. The car is open for inspection from 9 a. m. un til 9 p. m. With Bank in Baltimore. Mr. Charles N. Evans, who for sev eral years was prominently identi llf,d in banking circles of this city, has been made field representative and advertising manager of the Mer-tnants-Mechanics-First National Bank f Baltimore, according to an article appearing in yesterday's Charlotte Observer. Mr. Evans will travel the South for the big banking institution With which he- is now connected. Best service obtainable by leased wire. All the election news, at the (,orn Show. Adv. Campaign to Raise Funds in Behalf of Wilson's Candi- - dacy Closes Tonight The last appeal is being made to New Hanover Democrats , today and unles the reneging one comes across by this evening the glorious opportu nity of giving in behalf of the Peace President will have passed forever. Unless one gives today one will for ever be denied that privilege for. the Ussue at stake is to be settled tomor row. Several weeks ago the Wilspn Marshall Club, of this city, was re organised; and -the chairmen and com mittees appointed at that time beean -taking subscriptions that have been used in advertising the candidacy of the President. The city has seen the total grow from the first, contribution to the present total of $4,720 $280 less than the amount later agreed up on as the sum this county should give toward advertising the President's candidacy. The above, referred to amount was lacking this morning and today is the last day of the compaign. Political leaders say it must be raised for the word of the county "is at stake. Aft er pulling up within easy striking dis tance of the goal there has been a let up, but Wilson supporters are determ ined that the $5,000 shall be raised and are working today with that end in view. While the list of contribu tions published yesterday morning show that $280 are needed, a part of that amount has already been con tributed and it is more than an even bet that the full amount will be real I ized ere the final curtain is rung down i tonight and the campaign halted. QUALITY OF WORK THING CONSIDERED Many Will Attend Burlington Sunday School Convention Frorn This City The annual convention of the North Carolina Sunday School Association wili be held in Burlington on Novem ber 17-19. The program committee is f-xceodingly fortunate in being able to secure Mr. John L. Alexander, of Chicago, as theJeading speaker for the occasion. '.Mr. Alexander is the superinten dent of the Secondary, or "Teen-age," , Division of the International Sunday I School Association, and, is recog nized as the highest authority on leen-age organization and activity in the world. He was for several years m charge of the boys' department of the Y. M. C.' A. of Philadelphia and was later the first executive secre tary of the Boys' Scout Movement of America in which organization he now holds an advisory position. Dur ing the great Men and Religion cam paign, Mr. Alexander was the leader of the team for "boys'- work," and at the close of the campaign he was called to the position with tfie Inter national Association which he now nolds. While actively interested in all the. great organizations for boys and girls, he believes that all these activities may be made a part of the work of every well organized club and Sunday School class and thus be properly related to the church, with the Sunday School class and the Sun day School lesson as the heart of the enterprise. As an author, speaker, camp and conference leader, Mr. Alexander is a statesman of the first rank. His per sonality, fine intellectual and physical qualifications and wide experience as an organiser and director of forces, make it easy for him to put tone and tonic into a gathering of. leaders. No effort will be put forth for a big delegation, but the emphasis will be placed on the quality of the work to be done, and a representative del egation as to the lines and types of work at issue. The Association is fortunate in meeting in Burlington, one of the liv est Sunday School towns in the State, with Graham, another . of the livest, connected by trolley line, and both of these situated in one. of the most responsive organized centers in the State. The program will deal especially with educational types of work and constructive plans with reference to the secondary, or teen-age, division of Sunday School work, whereas in former years the greatest leakage has occurred, but now, however, under the new plan, the-greatest strength is beginning to be felt. Those wishing further . information should write the North Carolina Sun day School Association, f 402 Banner Building, Greensboro, N. C, or infor mation can be obtained locally from G. A. P. Bowman or D. H. Howes, Jr. Schools and delegates wishing to send names in advance should write T. S. Brown, Burlington, N. C. Election news in full shown on the screen at the Corn Show Tuesday night.-Adv. Corn Show" is the place to get the r election returnsr Leased wire serv ice in the building. Adv. I Wilmington is Confident Mr. Wilson Will Be Re-elected by Big Plurality The stage is set for the biggest event of the past four years and the finishing touches are being added to a work that will either stand as a monument to the workersor will go down in utter failure. Wilmington feels today that she has done her work well she is confident that it the remaining sections of the coun try will rally to the support of Wood row Wilson as she intends rallying that all will be well and that the "Peace President" will go back into office by an overwhelming plurality. For days and weeks local political leaders have given of their time and money without stint in behalf of the President and tomorrow will- tell the tale. WTilmington believes that Mr. Wilson will be re-elected and Wilmington will do every legitimate thing to bring such an occurrence about. Wilmington and New Han over want Woodrow Wilson more than they want anything else at the present time even more than they want better communication with Brunswick county and the leaders have gone out in the byways and hedges in an effort to return him to office. The following editorial from yester day's edition of the New York World has created interest among those for tunate enough to obtain copies of that paper. For the benefit of the less fortunate it is printed in part and reads as follows: You have read in the closing days of the campaign the speeches of Charles E. Hughes warning you that you cannot compete with the corpses and cripples of Europe after this war unless you are protected by an old fashioned Republican tariff. You have read the screaming ad vertisements paid for with Wall Street money threatening you with soup houses and bread lines and star vation unless you re-establish a reac tionary government in Washington. You have seen the organized wealth of this country throw its pow er on the side of Mr. Hughes in a last desperate attempt to drive Pres ident Wilson from office. Do any of ou believe that the men who are paying for the Hughes cam paign are solicitous about your wel fare? ' You have read their mendacious as sertions that the country was impov erished by the Underwood tariff and that only the war saved the Ameri can people from destitution. Most of you remember 'the Roose velt panic of 19-07, when 2,000,000 men were out of work and the breadlines stretched for miles. This panic took place under the kind of a tariff thai Mr. Hughes and his corporation allies are seeking to re-establish. Wall Street interests that made millions of dollars out of this panic are putting up money to elect Mr. Hughes. One of these Hughes-and-High-Protection advertisements is paid for by C. W. Barron, who re ceived $50,000 from the slush funds of the New Haven Railroad under the Mellen regime to manipulate public opinion in favor of the Morgan inter ests that were wrecking the property. All of this advertising is paid for by men who have a sordid personal interest in regaining possession of the United States government. They talk about protection to American labor, but what they mean is special privilege for themselves. They want to repeal the income tax which taxes wealth and not pov erty, and make the consumer again pay the cost of government. Mr. Hughes as Governor of New York op posed the ratification of the income tax amendment, and Mr. Root op posed the bill on the ground that the income tax should be reserved as a war measure not used as a peace measure. They want to gain control of the banking and currency law and re-establish the system under which the United States Treasury was under the control of J. P. Morgan & Co., the National City Bank and other great financial interests of Wall Street. They want to gain control of the Tariff Commission, and manipulate the schedules for the profit of organ ized extortion. They want to gain control of the Trade Commission, which is charged with the duty of preventing unfair competition and of protecting the public against corporation abuses. Thev want to fasten a military sys tem upon the United States which will give to capital a huge army that can be used to coerce labor. They want to repeal the eight-hour law and stifle the eight-hour move ment. Much of their bitter hatred of President Wilson is due to their re sentment against him ' for champion ing the principle of the eight-hour day in continuous industry. They want o re-establish Dollar Diplomacy and make the army and the navy of the United States agen cies for collecting the interest and principal of their foreign loans and for maintaining the commercial con cesfiions that they obtain in foreign countries. They want to restore Hannaism and a government of property by property and for property. They want a foreign policy for the United States which will work to the profit of Big Business, not a foreign policy that will work to the peace Report of Pla3'grQuhds Direc toiL Thees is Very Inter esting , " " r The report of Mr. B. A. Thees, city playground director, for the months of July, August, September and Oct ober, shows that during this period there has been a total attendance of 15,118 persons at. the Robert Strange playgrounds, with an .average daily attendance of 158 persons for the 96 days that the grounds have been open to the public, which is considered ex cellent. Boys have taken full advantage of the' playgrounds, as is shown by the fact that 8,046 have visited the recre ation spot since July 1. The girls come next with a total attendance of 3,382 and the remaniing .number 5s made up of men and visitors. The report of Mr. Thees follows: When the playgrounds were open ed on July 1st they contained 1 ten nis court, large baseball "diamond with grand stand and 1 small baseball diamond for small children, given through the instrumentality of Coun cilman McCaig by the city. Now they have in addition to these, 1 bask et ball court, the lumber for which was given by the Clark-Lynch Lumber Company, 1 American schooV slide, 6 standard steel swings, 4 see-saws, 1 pair portable jumping standards, which will be erected during the com ing week', and 2 additional tennis courts all of which were given by the Loyal Boys' club under the leadership of Mr. F. W. Gerken. The Young Womens' Christian As sociation conducts a story-telling and game hour on the grounds each Mon day from 4:30 to 5 p. m., with an av erage of 32 little folks. No movement has grown more rap idly during the last decade and no other movement has claimed and held the attention of municipalities and thinking people of our land as has the recreation movement. Every playground built today saves the building of a hospital tomorrow. The recreation of adequate, play space is a hygenic measure as much as pure water and clean streets. Since dis ease and subnormal vitality are the primary causes of a large percentage of poverty, play is a preventitive of poverty and an important factor in the solution of the problems of char ity. OCTOBER REPORT. Shows Receipts and Disbursements For the Month. The report of the Associated Char ities for the month just ended, show ing the receipts and disbursements, is printed below and is very interest ing. The report follows: Receipts New Hanover county, $200; Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Parsly, $25; Mr. C. Van Leuven, $20; Cash, $5; Mr. H. L. Vollers, $10; A Friend, $1.50; Mr. D. L. Gore, $25; Mrs. W., $2; Mrs. Alice Everitt, $1; In Memo riam, $1; Cash, $10; Special Through Rev. Thomas P. Nore, $3.75. Disbursements Secretary's salary, $33.33; Catherine Kennedy Home, $12.50; groceries, $237.50; Rent for those in need, $19.50; Cash help, $5.25; Telephone, $2.33; Railroad fares, $1.40; Janitor, $1.23. MEETING THIS AFTERNOON. County Commissioners Are Transact ing Routine Matters. The county commissioners are meeting in regular sessionthis after noon at the Court House, but accord ing to Chairman W. A. McGirt there is nothing of more than passing in terest to come before the board for consideration. Asked if the board would take up the bridge proposition Mr. McGirt replied niiu uiuuo'v - , that he didn't think so, as no wor(I had yet been received from the Brunswick commissioners relative to the invitation issued them asking for a joint conference regarding the proposition. FUNERAL OF MRS. CHINNIS. Good Woman Died at Phoenix Friday Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Susan E. Chin nis, wife of Mr. T. B. Chinnis, ,who died at her nome at Phoenix, Friday night, at 9:30 o'clock, was conduct ed from the residence Saturday af ternoon at 4 o'clock. The interment was made at Phoenix. Mrs. Chinnis was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Mrs. Chinnis is survived by two cona Messrs. L. M. and Kh- B. Chin- ! nis, and four daughters, Mrs. Robert . Williams, Mrs. D. W: Brew, . Mrs. W. , S. Cook and Miss Katie Chinnis; also her husband. and security of the American people. President Wilson in an interview printed in The W6rld today, declares that "only governments initiate suuu ' wars as the present." These men 1 want a government that will initiate ' war when Wall Street sees" money in ' war. Ipdig.es t ion j rheji chronic is permanently corrected oy '. the celebrated Shtvar Mineral Water. Pos , itively guaranteed by money-back offet j Tastes fine;, costs a trfle. Delivered any where by our Wilmington Agents, Elving ' on's Pharmacy. Cor. 2nd and Princess Sts- An administration, carrying $1,000 belonging to an estate, boarded a crowd- ' . ed street car in the city of Savannah. When he alighted from the car the money was gone. (Tarver vs. Tofrence, 7 S. E., 177J. The jury concluded ' '-. that the administrator was guilty of gross negligence. Are you going to expose your funds to possible loss through careless handling or will you place your estate for safe, intelligent management , in the hands of the Wilmington Savings & Trust Company? Personal prop erty is secure in our modern fire and thief-proof vaults. Other property will ' -;v receive the careful and expert attention of our organization of trained trust company specialists. Our officers will gladly aid you in your banking or trust -problems. Let us explain by letter or interview. . RESOURCES $3,000,000 The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company 1887 110 Princess Street 1916 Oldest and Largest North Carolina Savings Bank i U 1KII PROGRESS ' ION ALASKA ROAD Govt. Experts and Engineers Rapidly Pushing Alaskan Road to Completion Seward, Alaska, Nov. 6. Wm. C. Edes, chairman of the Alaskan Engi neering Commission, who recently re turned from Anchorage, reports ex cellent progress on the construction of the United States railroad. Fifty-nine miles of track have been laid from Anchorage. With the 71 1 miles of the old Alaska Northern Railway that are now in operation to Kearn Creek there have been com pleted 130- miles of the 470 that will connect Seward and Fairbanks. The track so far laid from Anchorage con sists of six miles south toward Sew ard; thirty-eight miles of main line northward to Fairbanks and fifteen miles on the Matanuska branch into the Matanuska coal fields. ' The right of way has been cleared from Potter Creek, on Tarnagain Arm, to Kings River, in the Mata nuska coal field, a distance of seventy-seven miles, and on the main lins from Matanuska to the Little Susitna river. Rail will be laid this fall as far as Kings River, on the Matanuska branch, a distance of sixty-two miles from Anchorage, and to Wassilla, on the main line, approximately fifteen miles from Matanuska. On the main Ideal Ideal Ideal Tall Slender Short Slender . 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An expert corsetiere will be pleased to fit you without obligation. 3C line in the Susitna Valley, between Montana Creek and Indian River, a distance of fifty-five miles, the right of way is 70 per cent, cleared and a number of grading contract s have been let. Grading of the right of way will proceed in this section from- Tal keetna to Willow Creek, and north to Broad Pass. At Willow Creek it will connect with the work under the Mat anuska district, and at Broad Pass with the work from the Nenana divi sion. Rail will be laid in the near future as far as Potter Creek, which is fif- j teen miles southeast of Anchorage on i Turnagain Arm, and from which poinl ! the rock work on Turnagain Arm will be attacked during the winter. j For the week ending- September 0, 3,568 men were employed on the Anchorage Division, which includes Commission employees, station mei and laborers, the August payroll be ing $258,330,000. The population of Anchorage, which is the main construction base on the railroad, is between 4,000 and 5,000. At Matanuska, the junction of the Matanuska branch with the main line, a townsite was recently sur veyed by the government and a town is now in course of development. There is also a small town at Moose Creek, about fifty miles from Anchor age, where the first mine on the rail road is in operation. At Wassilla, the name of the town where the rail road crosses the Knik-Willbw Creek read, several people are gathering. Wassilla will be the distributing point for freight and supplies for the Wil low Creek mining district. The gov ernment is taking immediate steps to survey mall iown-sites at - these Ideal Short Heavy Real Ideal Large Above Large Below Waitt . IFavt Select Your RETURN FROM NORFOLK. Chief Engineer J. E. Willoughby and Architect G. M. Poley, of the "A. C. L. have returned to the city, from Norfolk, where they attended a confer ence Friday at which time plans for Norfolk's new passenger station were gone over. Work on the new station will begin in December, according to the Virginia Pilot. The structtrfe will be two stores in height and will be constructed of brick with terra cot ta trimmings and tile floor. places. The railroad north and south from Anchorage passes through and devel ops a large agricultural country. There are now between 500 and 1,000 homesteaders along the line 6f the railroad in this section, and the agri cultural land is being rapidly devel oped. The homesteaders are supply ing a considerable portion "of iie foodstuff k tor th:; railroad employees and other people in that section of the country. Recently the Alaskan Engineering Commission contracted for 400 tons, or over 13,000 tjushels of potatoes with the Matanuska farmers. Products are being hauled by the farmers to Matanuska and shipped over the railroad to Anchorage and other points along the line. There is still room for a large number of homesteaders in the vicinity- of the railroad, and the government hopei to encourage farmers from the. States to come to Alaska and take up home steads in the territory tributary to the railroad in order to deevlop the agricultural lands so that the country may some day in the near future be eli-supporting. , -' . ldfal Ideal Curved Dock Short W aisled Corset tasit Aveioi fiivre i m Mil -