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:f.--Y ' 5,' : ' -''15'"'"'.- Si -r - r, . THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH,- WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH ,1 3, 1918 , - ; PGE TWO E HG NEWSPAPERS COMMITTEES NAMED Soutk Carolina News . -. v JAPANESE RELATION TO MENACED SIBERIA ... . .. Plans Have Been Formulated for Effective Co-operation . " by the Papers .f.:- a?'?-''.- , (Special to The Dispatch.) ?f v : Henderson, N.l ' March .President . P. T. Way, of the 13. North .. i r. Accnoiat nn' rt Afternoon . oaiUHUa ioi?wyitw w ' N-yspapers, has recently made pub ?ic the- committee organizations and VplAns have been formulated for a Continuance of -the effective' work ulajong cooperative lines, while it is planned that the scope of work will i bo materially broadened. Upon the announcement of tne committee a , pointments, President Way calls at tention to the meeting of the associ ation to be held in Raleigh in April, Personnel of the Committee Named, Advertising Committee: W. E. Law' ; '.a son, -airman; J. E, Home, J. B, Hurle. R. E. Carmichael, T. W. Chambliss. r News Print-and Supplies: W. W. .Weaver, chairman; J. B. Sherrill, J lyU Home, W. C. Do vd, Owen G, Dunn, T.eeislation : J. 1j. HOrne, cnair- man; W. W. Weaver, S. H. Farabee, J. B. Sherrill, John D. Gold. - Grievances: J. B. Hurley, chairman; W. W. Weaver, JoKn D. Gold, Owen sQDunn, J. P. Ravley. Service: R. E. Carmichael, chair 'man; T. W. Chamr-iiss,, W. E. Law ! son, W. C. Dowd, W. W. Weaver. " Special Printing Committee: J. L. -Home, chairman; J. B. Sherrill. E. J. Hale, Owen G. Dunn, High Point ;Man. Labor: W. W. Weaver, chairman: J. B. Hurley. R. E. Carmichael; E. J. Hale. S. H. Farabee. .V Members: Sent'r"l. Winston; Sun, . Fire at Anderson. ;' Anderson: 'S." 62- March Fire suoDosed to have, been of incendiary rtrtiHn p.str.ved .the store room and ctnf lr of eroodfi .of William .Menefleld Monday. -The loss 'alone is "estimated at ?12,000 covered by . insurance. r Money or Sal uda jRoads. Saliida. S. C. Slarch 13.It is cstlr mated that the road bill passed at th last Legislature will bring- into the treasury of this, county about $y,uuo from this source. The county board fa' allowed i6:000 in adition, which will make $15,000 for road work in ! this county.- Sunday-Sehoei Convention.- Irmo, S. C. March 13. A district Sunday school convention " with dele. patea froni all the schools in the Dutch Fork was held in the Luther an church at White Rock last, Sunday, A 'very interesting . and ' instructive prosram was. rendered. The county chairman, Mr. Patterson or Columbia, presided. A "Daylight Robber," Columbia, S. C, March 13.-The po lice have been notified that they may expect a visit from a "daylight rob ber" ,who is traveling -through the South. Atlanta and Savannah ha.i been visited. Chief Richardson has received warnings concerning the op erations of the' business inan who is charged with several robberies. The local police will lookout for his ap pearance. Fell Down on the Job. Columbia, S. C, March 13. Mon day, Frank Kingston told the recorder that he fell down the first time he tried to fool with liquor and the ex perience was quite enough to cause I j i' i iii I I Mmm I - -p,: Catarrh and Cold in the am Recommend Those who object-to liquid medi filnjb9jn tablet. and Bronck;f;: A1Q Mrs. Rosa T was vPr. "tes: vas very siot and. Bronchitis, i also ia In the head. I used pLJ? a "Id well pleased with tLT has done me a great It can cheerfully recomaer ?Jcinc- I one t.- Wishing one who is -trouhiPH cold frequently or Mv Z a cnronlc cough 0r chronic ta: inosB wisnina furthP - -uTn concerning my case mau . o cure io enclose will answer." writ. and I f WHITE "' J LShinol'A M him to seek other means to make nnrhnm- SiinJminiftl. Now Bern: !"uuejr. niu m ub w. . im v. 8mf APU MIKC ?.tT0i wnA- TpiPraTn Rnokv lOO proof special for $5 and two prl- SHIPS IS CRYING ' T' nrtct anhTw TrihnP Cnn. ! vates vouched for the statement. One rnrd- Disnatch. Henderson: Obser. , the men said $5 was a little high . ... .... i fnr o rln hut Via Viart nain mnra tlar. I -ri v ver. Fayetteviiie: iews. L-nariotte: ui "uk u " " r. v I iuuuuucu uvui xra ju NEED OF AMERICA per day of all supplies to maintain an array in the field. It is confident ly expected that cbe Allies can fur nish additional bottoms for transport . . m b a 1 1 ation or sunDiies r: om tnis country. The amount to be supplied by the . . a . ... iA ui i. . ... , , .... . ... . - "TT - TUqhatch. i ton was nnea ?iuv ana wm De laKun efforts and Drove to fhe country tnat Aiaes aepenas, oi curs, upua uuw ' t . . . . I . m m m i Detore tne reaerai autnonues. the resDonsibilities intrusted to them I mucn can oe sparea rrom present w will -be fully met." tivlties. Percy Moore Resigns. tq f tv,o TTnitoH Whatever the exact figures as to ' ville; Record, Hickory; Wilmington; Enterf "ise,' High Point. v Mr. P. T. Way, of Henderson, editor -The Dispatch, is president of the as sociation, and Mr. W. E. Lawson, ed 1 Itor and general manager of The Wil mington Dispatch, is secretary and ' treasurer. ACCEPTS INVITATION. finutrnnr Rirlrtt Will Review Men a ; . Fort and Make Address. aany: of Knoxville. Th ' Governor Thomas W. Bickett APtive offer and the V'.tlvitlea amoner tni Laurens, S. C March 13. Percy W. gtates shipping Board, recently de-1 availanle tonnage aDd no matter what Moore, farm demonstration agent for ciare(i that "we must build ships ' estimates are given for the 1918 pro the county of Laurens for the past wita frenzied concentration," and that gram, the fact remains that we ca.n two years, has accepted the position ne would rather nave a minister! not DuiId t0 many ships in this coun4 oi town manager ai luaryvme, i euu strike a blow on a rivet than a pos and he will go to his new work the t... xst of next month. He is to be em- ter Rev. Charles A. Eaton, seems to I our command can bo utmzea ana is Miss Hila O'Hara Is a member oi the engineer corps of one of the large Pennsylvania coal mining companies. Massachusetts officials estimate that the numbers of women workers in that State has increased by near ly 10.000 since the beginning of the war. Ellon Harriot Gapon ' worked ir male attire in an English munition factory fortwo years before the arm? authorities discovered that-"he" was ijfirL needed more than anything else to win the war. There is no greater patriotic duty today than to build ships. And those who are looking ahead to the days when peace shall e large enterprise of the their work. It is significant fact ablde in all land know that we are company, especially ap- that wherever' mention is made of the I no JPreParto1f fr tbe time, 7hen a flag will ply our trade in all corners of the globe. by the American Aluminum have taken this advice, for he has se-! ine salary is cured a year's leave of absence from nature or his church in New York city in or- accepted an invitation extended; vtivities among tne peopia oi der to make addresses among ship- by Col. A. W. Chase, commanoY Imost or whom are connect- builders, urging tnein to speed up . ficer at Fort Caswell, and tended by Col. Fred Olds, . the State Hall of History, Wilmington Chamber o: " Tisit Fort Caswell, review the troops, and make an address. I Moore. In addition he principal war needs the first subject wt.tor"" asS!toveTTrislon of the farm and mentioned is ships. Theodore Roose- J visit the first week in ApriL and fas he. will come through Wilmington, he will be a given a cordial reception here. He comes at this time, not only to visit the fort, but also in the in- terest of the general development of this section, in which he has always shown the livest interest. He has promised his active co-operation in the developing of such advantages as this port and section may have to of fer. Governor Bickett has visited Wil mington several times since he has been Governor; but this will be bis first trip to-the fort. garden rwork, Sunday schools, fire de- velt, whatever we may think of his partmeht and . police regulations. Columbia, S. C, March 13,-Vrhe seventh annual meeting of the South Carolina Live Stock Association began this morning at 10 o'clock. severe criticisms of the administra tion, has " been a consistent advocate of preparedness since the beginning of .the. European tragedy. He -said, before the Ohio Society of New York, a few days ago: Wo must speed up at the Jefferson Hotel the war. Ship's,; guns, auto-rifles, and FALL RIVER MILLS RUNNING AS USUAL 1 Fall River, Mass., March 13. All Increased pork produc- airplanes must be built with the ut-!the cotton mills in Fall River operat ion, as a war emergency, will be the most speed." He placed ships first, chief theme stressed during the two Pershing cabled not long ago calling days of the meeting. Governor Man- attention to the urgency of supplying CAME FOR PRISONER. Miss Rosa Lee Turner Will Be Return ed to Her Home This Evening. . Miss Rosa Lee Turner, of Goldsboro. 7who was taken into custody by Ser geant Howell, of the police force, yes terday at a rooming house at the in tersection of Third and Market streets and who was detained overnight until her parents could be communicated with through the Goldsboro officials, will leave this afternoon for her homo .in company with Sheriff Edwards, of fvvayne county, the genial Goldsboro tSicer arriving in the city today to take charge of the young woman. No warrant was served on Miss Turner. who is an unusually attractive young voman, nor is there any charge against her, the police merely-holding her for her parents. STATE'S BASEBALL. ning will make the address of wel come, and addresses by many prom inent live stock growers and experts will be heard. A feature of the con ference will be the auction sale of pure bred Duroc-Jersey hogs Thurs day noon. W, P. Smith of Kinards U the proprietor of tbe Duroc-Jeraey bottoms in order that the war be sue cessfully prosecuted. Mrs. August Belmont, returning several days ago from the battleground of Europe, said: "The great need of Europe at present is shipsships for men and supplies. President Wilson, in his urgent ap- Stock Farms and will bring to Colum- Peal that the ship stnke be called off, j ed today under normal conditions, firemen who had been on strike tor two days returning under an agree ment by which differences between them and the mill owners were ad justed last night. rne settlement was reacned at a conference between representatives of the Manufacturers Association ana Timothy Healy, national president of bia 55 head to be auctioned off. FERRIS WILL LEAD CONGRESSIONAL FIGHT Washington, March lS.-Represen- tativc Scott Ferris, of Oklahoma, chairman of the House public lands committee since the Democrats gam ed control, was elected last night chairnjan of the Democratic congress slonal committee. He succeeds Rep resentative Fran E Boremus, ot Michigan, who .after . piloting two con gressional campaigns, announced he cpuld no longer seive because his time would be taken up with other congressional activities. The commit- recently wrote WJl.'fam L. Hutche-i ino firemens union ana was ratinea son, general president of the United DVe union. Brotherhood of Can enters and Join-1 t Tne manufacturers left to Mr. ers of America, in Dart, as follows: i "euy g aecision on me question oi "Shins are absolutely necessarv t TThfltner tney hd an agreement with the winning of the war. No one can f Ine .mefn Perave until June 1 and stHkP o ifAorfifAi of th .ofat ; ne declared no such agreement was of the nation, and of its forces on the' !n fo1?' 0The PrlnclPal Question at other side than by interfering with 1 ia-u-' :nour uay, tne manuractur- or oDstructme tne shinbuildine nro. ! !l6,CDU l" w toumerimgn gram." -xiujr. The summary of the Nautical Ga-1 zette with reference to submarine ac-i Princess Patricia of Connaugh, is tivities last year and shiDbuildine ! a clever milliner, and her sister, the possibilities this yearr is as follows: i Crown Princess of Sweden, has often Ship tonnage sunk by submarines in 191 was nearly three times as great as the total of production in the United States and Great Britain looked' charming in hats which she nag trimmed herself. "VTT o mi FOR WHITE SHOE' Keeps shoes lily white. Easy to clean with and it lasts. Leaves no yel low tinge. Retains the natural grain of leather and texture of fabric. taniVi'S MADE IN BLACK TAN WHITE RED ASK ANY STORE B Fifteen women are now included in the membership of the St. Louis po lice department. CALOMEL PURIFIED OF ALU EJECTIONS Chemists Rid Doctor's Favor- V. m m m "-. K ne meaicme or nauseating and Dangerous Qualities. New Variety Called "Calo tabs" A triumph of modern pharmacy that is destined to .bless the .whoje world that is the opinion" of physicians ana druggists who are familiar with the new calomel that is wholly free from the objectl6nable effects of the 0:3 style calomel. An occasional purifying of the sys tem and thorough cleansing of the liver are absolutely essential to health, and, as all doctors know, calomel is the only drug that accomplishes this result. Now that the unpleasant and dangerous effects are entirely remov ed, . the popularity of the new calo mel, Calotabs. will be vastly increas ed. Its effect ia delightful. One tab let at bedtime, a swallow of water that's all. you wake up next morn ing feeling fine, your liver cleansed, your system purified and with a hearty appetite for breakt'aet. Eat what you please no danger. No restrictions of habit or diet. Calotabs are sold only in original sealed packages, price thirty-five cents. Your druggist recommends and guar antees them. Adv. BETTY OFFERED A JOB. ETTY SCHAIf. leading charac ter actress with the Universal Film Company. - and featured E layer in "Painted Lips" and "No odVg Wife," has received an offer to "go into the movies" Honest, In jun, and she is proud of it. It hap pened in this fashion: Hiss Schade, the first Universal .' war bride, usually rides to Universal City with Priscilla Dean in her car, while her husband. Sergeant Ernest Shields is learning to plug the Boches (n a coast artillery training: camp. On this particular morning the girls had a blow-out in front of one of the prominent studios near Los Angles. A younjf man saw their plight from the studio-door and assisted them with chivalry, and efficiency. When the new tire was n he vouchsafed the infor mation that he was an assistant direc tor; that he was tbV bogs' little white haired boy and that- what he said went. " "You girls," he--said admiringly,' ."ought to do mighty well in pictures. We have a baljroom scene on this morning and I need a: few more girls who look the part of society folks. Want to try it?" "That's very flattering, I assure you, said Miss Schade, "out our con tracts with the Universal are for ex clusive services." The well-meaning assistant grew red t and tried to say something, but his speech back-fired. The last the girls saw of him he was trying to End the entrance of the studio. OPERAS IN THE MOVIES. The open season for operas in the movies seems to be upon us. Now comes Pauline Frederick in a Para mountation of "La Tosca." Frank Losee plays Scarpia. The exteriors were taken in palmiest Florida, under the direction oi Edward Jose. Now, with "Carmen," Faust," "The Dumb Girl of Portieiftt "Traviata" andsev eral other operatic -war horses tinned, as the British would-say, why not film "Aida" and "II Trovatore"? ; ' : - ACIP -tV ' ' J" (vim sfflAp. MRS. RINEHART'S ,rK RENAMED FOR JEWEL. Jewel Productions is making strew uous efforts to hustle Mrs. Mary Rob erts Rinehart's novel "K" onto thl market. They will do it, however under the title, "The Doctor and the Woman," instead of the single initial which Mrs. Rinehart used. Mildred Harris, who made such a reputation for herself in "The Price of a Good Time," has the role of Sidney, and True Boardman of Stingaree fame ii tiie K." State College Has Only Two Old Men, Last Year's Battery. V. (Special to The Dlsoatch.) . West Raleigh,- March 13. Never before in the history of the institu tion has there bQen ,bstter opportu nity for new men t'j make' the varsity 'baseball team at' tee State College. Only two of last year's letter men ire back in school Lewis and J. G. '.Berry, the battery which last year met so many teams in victory. Tli freshman class is well repre sented on : the field at practice and r Coach Hartsell seems to think that in them he has some of the best ma terial to work on that he has seen -since. ne Began coaching the Tech rboygl viThe manager, Mr. H. R. Royster, has: arranged a great many games. ".most of which will be played in Ra leigh,' although he is contemplating a r trip to Western North Carolina, at jHhe beginning of the season, and one .North later or ivlr. Royster an nounces that the first game of the season will be played in . Raleigh, March 22, with Oak Ridge. He will publish' his schedule the latter part or tne week. rado, and Cox, Indiana. tee' reoreanized for tho firt ti-ma during that year. . .v mu : ji.i , . . during this Congress. The following . A"1S wtta uis-ciusen mat wee oy vice' ehitnen were elected: Senators he announcement of Andrew Bonar Shields, Tennessee; Shafroth, Colo- 1Jttw m uie se oi uommons' that rado; and Thompson. Kansas; Repre- Great B"tain produced only 1.163,474 sentatlves Webb, North Carolina- tons of shipping labt year. The out- Gandy, South Dakota; Baker, Colo- DUt of the United States was 901,223 tuns, maiung a tow i combined on nage of 2,064,697, wUIe sinkings by submarines last year are generally reckoned at 6,000,000 tons. " "While complete ligures on con strucion in Japan, ialy, France and other nations in 1917, are not yet available, officials here do not be lieve their aggregate equalled the to tal of the united States: ' If that I sinkings more COMMUNITY SERVICE WORK AT THE FORT .(Special to Tb Dispah.) Southport, N. C, March 13. Mr. C. G. Weatherly has come to Southport ft talra rh nrco nf fho nnrnmnoitit a.TZZ...l?.to case submarine the War Commission on Training anoabled a11 new tonnage pro Camp Activities. This commission is popularly kndwn as tbe Fosdick Com mission, and its purpose here is 10 bring into active" cs-upei ation all tna means of service and community ef :rt, for the soldv ry at Fort Caswell. n r n . .ii . . - lvijr. wedioeny wn meet with .ne Civic Club this a:iefoon and en Ihursday night there will be a ma.3 meeting' at the Court House, to wii".h every man and w:o:iuan 'in Southport is invuea. Raleigh Gets Airplane Plant. Raleigh, N. C, Faroh 13. Harry N. Atwood, well known American avia tor, who alighted on the White House grounds several years ago, has begun plans for the erection of an airplane manufacturing plant in .this city, it was announced here last night at a meeting , of citizens. His plant' will e financed by New (York and local capitalists. France Has Not Called. Washington, March 1.3. Published reports that France had appealed to the United States for more soldiers drew an official denial from Major General March, acting chief of staff, who said "-".such appeal had been maae and, that tne movement of American troops to Carope would con tinue to go forward according to the program already worked out. Five Hun Planes Downed. Rome, March 12, Five enemy air planes wrevbrou$;ht down yesterday. tA. ... :' ja.tti "- ' i is anp?icf vwvif. duced. "Both American ard British officials expect a very different story In 1918, "The output of ship tonnage s in the United States in 191b has been vari ously estimated at from 2,500,000 o 4,000,'QOO. with Shipping- Board offi cials confident that at least 3.500..000 tons will be completed No estimate of Great Britain's output has been received, but that country is expected to Increase materially its 1917 figures. japan s operations just now are hampered by lack of steel, but this handicap ig expected ' soon to be overcome, and that country also i." expected to increase its output this year. Other countries are building few ships." Taking Secretary p Baker's figure that two gross tons per man are needed to maintain our own army in trance, at least 3,000,000 tons of snipping, gross, will be needed for me i,&oo.ooo men. that . wje will have aDroad, in accordance with SRp.rp, tary Baker's statement fore the Senate Committee' fon Naval Affairs. The War r)snirfmnt ,! JLJiaa estimated that it takes 50 pounds MS55tBT.-J' The FOWLER CULTIVATOR More ew fo, The Nauon Direction lor Opertlnr Fl. 1 Jn this form tUe Fowler is used after plowing and liarrowinj?. to prepare a seed betl. All the floe soil slips between the upper and lower blades, forming a sectf b tt wljicli is 4 perfect mulcb. All clods, trasu or stones, unable to past) through" the narrow space between tbe upper, and lower blades, slide alon to the ends of the blades and are left in the middles between the rows. In doll)? this the .upper blades move just above the surface of the ground nd act like fenders. No other ctitlvator will remove from the seed bed all clods, stones and trasi! and leave a perfectly level surface consisting only of fine pulverized soil, in which to plant the seed. The Fowler is also used in this for n, when rua deep, to throw up u raised seed bed, completing tbe bed at one trip through. , Ofrcton for, Operating Fig. 1 With the Plow Foot In the center removed the Fowler, is used for-early cultiva tion astride tbe row: barring on and cultivating both sides ef--tbe row at one trip through. By the action of the upper piades only tine puivefjzea .toll is left on either side of tbe growing plant. All gras$ and weeds are "cut oft :aud- left on the surface to die, The Fowle leave a perfectly level surft beitlnd it, entirely free rom little furrow vM?li wotTid eaiwe washing durintc? beavjh Tains, lu a dry season tbe fine dust rauJcb made by this Cultivator conserves the moisture apd plant food and yet offer an Ideal surface for receiving ven jthe slightest rainfall. Tbls woyk astride the row can be done with one horse1 by hitching to the side clevis, : .i V:i DirMtions tor Onerstine Ti. tr oxv?1 Bt SVheo plants become too large for cultivating . astride tbi'SroW91 aftprt Blade is attached on the right , to. tbrow the fine mulch prepared by pViviorfst-cultivationst to the roots of the growing plant. In this ease the Plow FootiiteipepJaced and the long Blade on tbe left destroys all .weeds and further pulverize tbe foil-between the k IVotitbat tbe npper Blades are taken off for tbis work," 4i. all trash and cJoa have been removed from the proximity of tbe plants by the -previous cultiva tions astride the row nothing is now left within reacb of the short" Blade but a fine dust mulch which is thrown to tb roots. The elods and trash-previously thrown to tbe middles now slip over tbe Blade without leaving their plac.ift the center be tween toe row. --- Directions Ojreratlntr Flff. 4 , , r CTEf uvittm ve mn Biiu vt weeds una .Tines ana to t e,k .ard rust forming after rains, only the long lower Wafts are used. JB mpve parauei to ana above thfr roata of tbe fcoK;;xe&Rjti toward ma i?KI,Hm cl?Ae ,to .tbe surface. The Cultivator Blades dowt-tojure these roots ?;8?v,. mpletely. deti,JiS a srass, weeds and vines. Othr cultivators run across the cron roots and deen ononirh to .tar m.nv ,WUtlJ. iA. , KsJ MrtoS PWe.b olFSoti are .dVmTg,d lrX plant Is devoted to restoring such roots beforei further wPrifmi no- T?ft0-bo,iv ... frutt. It is so necessary Figure I in Operation XL af,"'sgK . Fiture 3 in Operation " ILll lat CftItiTatlon wAlch Ive8 tha final complete maturity to th crop sssary to a maximum yield. ... . , " i'igure 4 in Over-tr- xjgnre z in Operation so necessary to a maximum yield A Strong Guaranty With Each Fowler It Wll Dp More Work and Better Than Any Other 40 W UP Price $12.00 N. JACOB! HARDWARE CO., Sole AgenU 10 and 12 S. Front Jt. 6
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