North Carolina Newspapers

' (- - v. i ' f - - BABE ES SENSATION OF LEAGUE Larry Doyle's Absence Keeps Him at Top of the NationaL f . Chicago, May 8. "Babe" Ruth's re markable batting streak continues to be the . sensation of . the American League. Averages -released . today show the big Boston - pitcher; who also has been playing first base and in the outfield , with-a. mark of i.47fr 69 points above his average of a week ago. The figures Include 4 games of Wednesday. auinr is also having sue cess on the mound, having: won .four of seven games. ..... George Sisler'.the: St. Louis star, passed Tris Speaker, of Cleveland, in the race for base stealing,; with 10, nd Walker, of Philadelphia, took the lead in home run hitting, with four. St. Louis went to the front in team batting with an average of 277, and Chicago in fielding, with .971." , The leading batters: Ruth, Boston, - .476; Speaker, Cleveland, .402; Schulte, washing toa, .400; Hooper, Boston, .356; Ba ker, New York, 355; Jackson, Chi cago, . 354 ; Burns, Philadelphia, .341 ; Sisler, St -Louis, .341; Strunk, Bos ton. .337; Walker, Philadelphia, .337. Gallia, of St Loui3, is the leading pitcher, having won , five ' of six games. -. Continued absence fro mthe game fo Larry Doyle, second baseman with Xew York, who is recovering from an operation, has kept him at the .top of the National League batters with en average of .426, although , Smith, ct Boston, is the real - leader with .379. Smith has played m 23 games as against 15 for, Doyle. Benny Kauff, of New York, who is third in the list of batters, leads in total base hitting. Burns of New York, added two stolen bases to MS lead, bringing his. total to 12. Mann, of Chicago, continues to top the sac rifice hitters with eight New York, which is leading the league in games won and lost, also is leading in team batting and fielding with averages of .282 and .970, res pectively. The 10 leading batters: Dovle. -New York, .426;. Smith, Bos ton, .379; Kauff, New York, .367; Merkle, Chicago, .3b5; jrauiette, sr. Louis. .346: Young, New York, .343; McCarty, New York, .343; Wickland, Boston, -333; FlacK, Uhicago, .666; Schmandt. Brooklyn, .329. "Big Jeff" Tesreau, of Ne wYork, is the leading pitcher of the league, having won five games in as many starts. Flaestead. of Chattanooga, contin ues out in front in the Southern Asso ciation, with an average of .396; ac cordinz to figures, including games of Wednesday. Theo ther leading bat ters are: Distel. Little Rock. .3&1;. Bluhm. New Orleans, .352; Compton, New Orleans. .337: Kauff man, Nashville, .320; Leach, Chattanooga, .316; Bues, Mobile, .313; Gilbert, New Or leans, .311; Paddock, . Chattanooga, .306; Stansburg, New Orleans, .dUJ BASEBALL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. American League. Washington 1, Chicago 0. . : ! Boston 11, Detroit 8. New York 4, St Louis 2. t Philadelphia 4, Cleveland 5. National League. St. Louis 1, Boston 8. . I ! Pittsburg 4, Brooklyn 7. Cincinnati 5, New York 1. : Chicago 2, Philadelphia 0. si American Association. Minneapolis-Indianapolis, rain. Kansas City-Columbus, rain. St Paul 1, LouisviIr-4. Milwaukee 6, Toledo 0." International -League. Syracuse 4, Newark 7: ' . Rochester 1, Jersey City ; 3. Buffalo 12, Baltimore 2. Toronto-Binghamton; postponed; . the Players held up at border by military authorities. Southern Association. Mobile 4, Chattanooga 3. Atlanta 4, Little Rock 12. . Birmingham 3, Memphis '2. -New Orleans 3, Nashville. 2. WHERE THEY PLAY TODAY. National League. Boston at St Louis, cloudy. Philadelphia at Chicago, cloudy. New York at Cincinnati, clear. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh, clear. American League. Cleveland at Philadelphia. Chicago at Washington: Detroit at Boston. St Louis at New York. AH clear. Southern Association. f Little Rock at Atlanta.. Memphis at Birmingham. Chattanooga at Mobile. Nashville at New Orleans. All clear. STANDING OF American Boston New York '.. Chicago .. Cleveland Washington . . Philadelphia St Louis Detroit.. ' THE CLUBS. League. RUTH cony Won. Lost. Pet ..17 10 .63 J ..15 11 .577 ...12 11 .672 ..14 12 .538 ..12 13 - .480 . .11 14 .440 ...10 13 .435 ..7 14 .333 League. Won. Lost Pet ..19 6 .720 ..15 9 . .625 ..15 12 .556 ..12 12 .500 ..11 12 .478 ..5 15 .375 .4 9 ' 15 " .375 .. 8 17 .320 X? York .. .. 5!lcas Cincinnati .. .. Pittsburgh delphia. V. Louis Boston BELIEVE' PEOPLE 'Villi ! EASILY GO-OVER TOP Judge Stephenson Has Found Much Enthusiasm in His " ' : - Campaign. v : (Special to The Dispatch.) ' - New Bern; 3. C.;-May 18.4Before leaving "New BernThursda'y; afternoon en route - to EliabethIty, "Judge -Gil bert Stephemons-;of?Winstbn-Saleni; who : is tii'e director of. the war - sav ings catrrpalgn1' In :North Carolina," statea that he.had every j;e.asonto- be vo mat xne peopiej ot? this Estate would go ."over the top iii the great campaign that is to be waged during wj-o wees 01 June 23rd, . , . , Judge Stephenson statgd ' that at every; town- and city he 'had -visited ta the past week he .had found, the 'great est enthusiasm and that every one seemed greatly interested -in the com ing "drive." . - - It is Judge Stephenson's opinion tfUf thousands of dollars worth nf t.K stamps will be sold during that -Period" The farmers in this section are All in readiness to begin digging the crop of Irish potatoes and J this will beiriri in the course of the next week of ten" days and from that time on until the crop has been taken from the fields they will be rushed to the limit v; Present indications are thatr the quality of the "spuds" will be all that. could be desired and the commission men state that the prices which will be paid at the opening of the season will be good, though not as high ' as was the case last year at the opening In order '-that the highest market price may be maintained, the farm ers are urged not to rush their crop to the market but to allow it to go along slowly.- If this is done the price lor the "spuds" will not drop. . Hon. Charles L. Abernethy, just back from a campaign trip over the district, states that he found his supporters in a large majority and that he was more firmly convinced than ever that he would be victorious in the f primary which is to be held on June Ist' Mr. Abernethy stated that, now that Congressman Hood had withdrawn from the race on account of ill health, that many of the latter s supporters had turned their support to him and were giving valuable assistance in his campaign. "Everywhere that I go I am given assurances of the support of hundreds of the Democratic voters, stated Mr. Abernethy and he added that this was most encouraging. , . The local Red Cross society has forwarded another shipment of sup plies to the Red Cross bureau of sup plies at Atlanta, Ga. This shipment consisted of three hundred cotton pads 12x24 inches and three hundred and sixty rolls of gauze, each being five-yards in length. This was the April allotment for the New Bern chapter of the Red Cross-. J. Tarke, secretary of the East Carolina ' fair' asociation : company has gone to Goldsboro to attend a meeting of the officials of the fairs in this circuit at which time a starter for the races will be chosen. Nelson P. Angell, of New Bern, has been recommended for- this position and will probably be elected. - J.: D. Stack, general superintendent of the Norfolk-Southern railway com pany, spent a short while in New Bern Friday morning en route to Beaufort where he went to inspect the com pany's holdings at that place. Mr. Stack has spent much time in this section recently in the interest of the company and has made all prep arations for giving the farmers the best and speediest transportation facil ities when they begin to ; send their crop of Irish potatoes to the north. Much of the early crop has already started to the north and the company has furnished excellent service thus far. ' . V Of interest to the traveling public is - the announcement that the easb- bound Norfolk-Southern train leaving Goldsboro ' en route to Beautfort at 3:45 each, afternoon, will wait for the Atlantic . Coast . Line train from the north each day. The train from the north is due at Goldsoboro at 2:50 p. m., but often it runs - behind schedule time and the Norfolk-Southern train has .not wait ed for it ' However, in the future the Norfolk- Southern train will not leave Golds boro until the arrival of the other train. NICHOLAS BE TRIED BY COURT MARTIAL. Amsterdam, May 18. Nicholas Ro manoff, former emneror of Russia, ac cording to the Lokal Anzeiger of Ber lin, will be tried dv a court martial in Moscow the latter part of June The trial will be secret Some days ago the former Russian nmnfiror. his wife and one daughter. were removed from Tobolsk to Ekat erinburg in the Ural mountains. The Soviet government said the remova made necessary by the discov ery of a peasant plot in behalf of the former emperor. His son Alexis, it was added, remained in Tobolsk cn account of ill health. v There is more Catarrh in thl section of the country than all other diseases pnt to gether,, and for years It was supposed to be incurable. Doctors, prescribed local rem edles and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it Incur able. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly infl uenced- by constitutional - conditions and therefore, requires constitutional .treatment. Ball's Catarrh Medicine, manufactured - by T: J. Cheney &.Co.,. Toledo, Ohio, is a con stltutlonl remedy, is itakeir Internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the system. une;unBQrea uouxrs re nrh rA fa offered ' for an V case that Hall'i Catarrh Medicine falls to cure, v Send for clrchlars . and testimonials. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo; Ohio. , Rnld bv Drureists.' 75c - Hall's Family Pills for constipation.- Adt the wiiLmington MODISH COMBINATION OF VOILES yTVNE is eTervsaf e , in .choosing voile IvJ "for the summer: frock. It gives - " ViH4w4 aW BC1 IIV, CLXLV1 OOOA44 be always "in." Now : it travels plain - and' figured. ' And the combina- tion is the most charming thing im aginable. Look at the illustration. Besides having the modishness of a plain and figured voile, it has also, this- very summery frock,- an unde niable chic of line. Note the long rolling collar, the dainty vest effect and then the overskirt Blue and white is the color scheme, the soft satin sash being of the blue. THE DANGEROUS FLY. . We must not relax the good work we have done in previous seasons in the way of getting rid of flies, be cause they multiply so rapidly that we will soon be overrun with them again. The. need of war conservation and the high cost of food supplies are prompting many people to raise chick ens, squabs, rabbits, hares, pigeons, and. where space and opportunity per mit -spig as welL All these things attract flies, which breed . rapidly where animals are found. ', So' let every one of us do our duty, not tnly . to swat but to trap flies. A single , one . destroyed ' at the be ginning of the season means the pre vention of millions of the . pests later on ' with their dangerous germ-carry ing proclivities. A French .scientist.' declares that flies have an intense aversion -to any thing in the way of a blue color, and it has been noticed, that rooms, so dec orated are singularly free from them. Another peculiarity of. the fly. is "that an odor which is offensive to man is pleasing to the 'fly,, and one .pleasing to man . is offensive to these insects. Most people find the odor of laven ender very, refreshing, but . flies . keep away from , it. . A" very good plan Is. to take. 10 or 15 cents worth-of . oil of lavender, put it into an atomizer and .spray .it around the room where flies are. If baby" is taking his nap in his crib,. this is a better -plan than to hang ' draperies about "; him which will shut . out . the air. Spirits - of lav ender may be . mixed with an equal quantity of Water and put in" small dishes about the rooms so that it will evaporate slowly. If you have the opportunity keep a bouquet of .mignonette, white clo ver, or '. heliotrope around, or . a gera nium plant in. blossom. Flies dislike these things, and the odor of honey suckle as. well. A - mixture which is poisonous to flies and harmless house pets may be made by mixing together two table spoonfuls of cream, two- of ground black pepper and two of brown sugar, Put some of this mixture in saucers darken all the. room except one wint dow, and set one of the saucers In the window. The flies will seek the light and find it quickly. The government suggests formalde NEW YORK LETTER. By O. O. MclNTYRE. (Special Correspondence of The Dis patch. New York, May 18. Gothamites are becoming prodigious walkers. The business man within 20 squares of the office hikes it off in the crisp morning air instead of descending te the assorted odors . of the subway. Clerks who live far away in the wilds of the Bronx are dropping off a couple of miles from their homes and walking the rest of the way. Nobody knows the exact reason for the sudden interest in-traveling afoot but the traffic officers have noted the remarkable spurt On Sunday after noon nearly all of New York streets are crowded. There - are fewer auto mobiles in the city,: it is declared, on Sunday than there were last sum mer. Auto owners are even walking. The favorite Sunday walk Is to start from West72d street on River side Drive. .The Hudson shimmering in the foreground bulwarked by the beauties . of. the Palisades .are: indeed inspirational. Along the walk one may see Charles Schwab's mansion- DISPATCH3ATURDAY; hyde and . sodium - salioylate as the . two best flypoUpns. J Th rr. are xoavenient to handle, easy to prejarejand attract Hies; : moreover, thy; -are . not -c dan gerous .to have ' about. ' Take rthree teaspoonfuls of concentrated" formal dehyde, -which is commercially known as formalin,, to ; a -pint dwater.' A home-made trap , catt be "baited with this. -Partly All-thin- drinking glass with " the solution. "Cover .the class with a circle of white blotting paper cut the size of a saucer. Cover the blotting taper with .: the saucer and quickly invert If the 'liquid does not wet the blotting-paper sufficiently put the sliver of a match or a thick pin under the edge of the glass so as to keep the paper moist Sel up out of the way wnere the trap iwill at tract them and the liquid wllr not be spilled. 11 - In the same way, three teaspoonfuls of sodium salicylate is dissolved in a pint of water. Traps can be made of it in the same way, or it can be set about in small open bowls. Fly traps baited with -molasses can be set out - of iters em a piaiza or wherever the files seeza to be and these catch a surprising number, the big blue bottle flies c which are so disagreeable, being amemg the1 num ber. In less than an hour one such trap set near a sehool buildimg where the conditiems were excellent caught nearly 160 flies. Witheut doubt many of these would have wandered into the nearby building if opportunity had been left them. It is a patriotic duty this year as never before to wage unceasing war fare on the dangerous fly. HER SERVICE SUIT. It is truly remarkable the influ ence that a uniform, has upea the wearer. Take the soldier, for exam pie. It is doubtful if he would ever distinguish himself fer bravery while wearing citizem's clothes, " Amd the same Js true of the woman war work er. How can any woman be of ac tive service in her usual frills and clingy things? Hence the costume sketched. : Let it be of khaki by all means. The coat part you can easily cut from the conventional topcoat pattern. You see, it is raglan with rather long, snug sleeve,-round neck with smart little turnover collar. It is generous- ly pocketed. It .'has an .vexceedingly nifty belt treatment And it is a pull over. There is; really: vekry , little ex plaining to be done as regards the making of - the coat . You . may be puzzled, though, about the cut of the front. . It is gored, but you can esjsil obviate that if you find it .too dltflcut Then the belt is slipped throughrfqnf slits, two back and two froxfiE; It snaps into place underneath. The closing is obvious, isn't it? Just a slit long enough to permit of comfortable get ting in. Self-covered buttons and brown stitching do the trimming. Now the breeches may present real difficulties. But you can easily get a pattern for them; the regular riding type will do, quite well. As to that cunning side insert, you may do that yourself if the pattern doesn't include it. It's nothing more or less than a curved gore. one of the few houses in New York with a yard. Then there is the home of Amelia Bingham, with its odd stat uary cluttering up the pergolas. In the Hudson are several camou flaged ships ready to slip away in the night Up about Grant's tomb are the nursemaids, the hand holdimg spooners, the - dogs in charge ef valets, the high hatted crusty btisi sess men who still resort to the but ton hole bouquet The drive ways are a steady stream of automobile, bicy cle and horseback devotees. Inciden tally the bicycle is apparently corn- back. . Bicycle clubs are being formed all about the city. Girls are riding bi cycles to go down town shopping. Now and then one sees the auto-ped wlC-'wagfing in and out of traffic and annoynng the semaphore men. TJppr Broadway on Sunday after noon from Sixty-Sixth to One Hun dred and Fifty-Seventh is a crowded mass of walkers. The soda fountains and ice cream parlors do a rushing business amd as for the movie mag nate they are all getting rich. A troop train drew Into" the Newark MAY J B, 1 9 1 8 ; ' ' ' fei!i. t 4 " ; The German, attack on a four mile on the insert map. Half way between these two points just east of Dickebush lake, dented the defender's first line. At Sailly-le-Sac and at Morlancourt, indicated by arrows on the law er V British Build Fine; Roads in Faance to Quicken Movements This. finely built road runs "across what was once a strong German are marching over the military road. station. ' A kinky haired . black, boy stuck his -head out the window' and yelled to a baggage man: "Boss, what town is dis?',' . . "This is Newark," was the reply. -"What state am dat in?" . "New Jersey." : The negro-scratched his head;per- plexedly. "Say, boss, we've been on this heah train now four days. When do we' get to Paris?" Cooeland Townsend. the hotel man. used to live - in -Oconomowoc, Wis. One of the . characters of the town was a club-footed barber. One morn ing Mr. Townsend was. walking down oast the barbers shop and on the opposite side of the street was a cit izen eoiner homeward with a bag of. flour thrown over his shoulder. "Look at him with that sack of flour." said the barber. "I'll bet he hasn't got a pint of whiskey in his house." You!- have been to New York? Very well, then. You were , no doubt im pressed with the cold impersonal way which your purchases were receiyea -anrtTiiiiiiiiiiiiiir; iiiii iiiiiiiiiniiiiinnniniinniiiif iiiiiiiiiiiiMiiinniiniiiiiniHiinniiiininruinriiiiiiiH uiiiiiiiiiiinmiiL i our Detmetdr Is Mere BUTTERICK ATTERNS AND . PUBLICA- TIONS FOR JUNE HAVE ARRIVED. NEW SILKS ARRIVED TODAY. Plaid and Stripe Taffeta, and Satirr Silks. White La Jerz Silks. Natural Pongee Silks, Ideal for separate skirts. , .,. j HiniimnnniHiini A. D. Brown G(mipany "5 per cent CASH Discount by CASH & CARRY PLAN." Si I Linrnn miiiminEnmminnmuniruiiiiuiiM The Two Battlefields front betwen La Clytte and Voo SI : , ; . :f :ft-?'; by the girl at the newstand counter. They are ' all alike. They consider they, are doing you a great favor by waiting on you. Sometimes they will make you wait ten minutes and then look off in the distance as you make your inquiry for this magazine or that cigar. Well, the other day the man who owns the concessions for news stands and cigarstands in the major-jj ley or tne noteis was canea Derore a meeting of hotel men. He was given an ultimatum: "Get courteous girls or get out." As a result nobody has been snubbed trying to buy a cigar or a magazine for ten days. ONE YEAR - AGO TODAY. IN, THE WAR. May 18, 1917 President Wilson signed the selective conscription bill; Colonel Roosevelt's proposal to raise a volunteer army was rejected; Premier Borden announced Canadian Govern ment, planned for conscription of 80, 000 to 100,000 men. "Slim" Love's fine pitching prom ises to be a r big, feature of the New York, Yankees' pasttmingShisN&eason. s 1 June n rmezeele - is indicated b - ythe,iarrowj'; the German attaci . V 1 ; map, Australian' troops gained position, A detachment of soldiorar t -'. : .... .. 1 'Tis seldom that a .league-. standing shows' eight teams tied with a pert centage of .'00, but this was exactly the case in- the American association on. the second day of the season. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, NEW HA NO V Kit OOUHTI. Bv Tlrtn of nower of sale conferred UP me by law, I will on Thursday, the 23rdi day of May 1918, at 12 o'clock-M. at;th the hlsheet bidder for cash to satisfy r ai ( onrt Honuft door 01 sua eoumy. seu mecnanic s lien xor repairs: um a wo-. passenger Saxon -Automobile left at VXJ, snop oy ueorjre &.oscarars.- -, ,i this tn aay or joay wis. u VI . V '. Tin 1 1 1 , K. T 1 5-10-1.2t. 5 stv- . . v . , ' NOTICE OF 8AXK Ol" IANX.' ' ? "Rr virtTiA of the cover of sale'contahwd in a certain mortgage deed, dated.-March Uth, 1916, made and executed by 'NaomW Anderson to J. D. Edwards, duly recorded in fb office of 'the Register of deeds raj book 94, page 223, default baring been madei ; In the payment of the note and debt there-j 1 bv seenred. the undersirned 'mortgagee Willi- expose for sale to the last and higbeet bid-J ier, on the 17th day of June. 1918, at 12.-09 o'clock noon, at he court house door iaj ! wummrton. . x. ror caso. u .roiiqwinss described real estate situate, lying1 and; beinr in . the CitT of Wllmlnston CountT. of New Hanorer and State of North Caro una, bounded and described as follows, - wit: 5trf BEGINNING at a point in the -westers ? line of Thirteenth street one hundred rana-ninety-eight (i9) (eet north fBom thej' ; northwestern tnterteetlon of Thirteenth j ana . v ooscer Sf reeis ana rummig ibcdca i westwardly parallel witn tne northern line . of Wooster street ope hundred and sixty-w '. fire (1) feet; thence southwardlyand par- t allel with the western line of Thirteenth . street thirty-three (33) feet; tkenee east-1 i wardly and parallel with the said northern' line of Wooster street one hundred and. 1 sixty-flTe (166) feet to the westerxL line. of. t Thirteenth street; thence northwardly J along said western line of ThlrteenthJ f street thirty-three (33) feet to. the point of k . beginning. Same being a part of 'Lot 4 la J ; Block No. 70. - - - -' - n : This the 17th day of May, 1918. i J. D. EDWARDS, Mortgagee,: f " J. A. M'NORTON, Attorney. k 5 18 law 4w' sat. .. .1 MORTGAGE SALS. - Xi ' By rlrtue of the power of sale' contain I u ad in a certain mortgage deed made by, ' Rachel Freeman and husband. John T. ' Freeman, ' to the North - Carolina Home ', , Building Assoclatien, bearing date Septejn-- ber II th, 1915, and duly registered on tbe :, MKerds of New Kaserer Ceunty In Book O, Mge lJfi, the nnaenlgned wlU U at i publie auctlen, to tke klgkett bidder tot. cash, at the Court Xeuse door in the City , . ef Wilnfngtom, Saturday the 1st day of June, lflt, t tweWe o'clock M- the fol- ; lowing described property - ln the - City, of . ) Wilmington: .Beginning at .a point In Block m in said City of Wilmington 240 feet South - from the Southern line1 of Gwyn Street and 90 feet East from the 4 Eastern line of- Anderson Street,' and run- ' nlng thence Xastardly and- parallel with 1 Gwyn Street 50 feet and 6 Inches; thence J I Southwardly and parallel 'with Anderson Street 90 feet to the Northern llae of an j ; .mv w im n 1 n ir m . m mrmpm m v n w nawrsu . m u mm j berry Street Intersects tbe Zastern line of Anderson Street ; thence Westwardly with aid Alley 50 feet 6 Inches;. thence North wardly and parallel with Anderson Street 90 feet to the beginning, and being a part of Lets 4 and y In Block 212.'- TMs 1st day of May,,191S. NORTH CAROLINA HOMB BT7ILDXNO ASSOCIATION, By John D. ' Bellamy. & Eos, Attorneys. 1