AWFUL WRECK ON SEABOARD.
Head-on Collision of Two Freight
Trains Near Franklinton Satur
day in Which Four Men Are Killed.
One Train Loaded With Vegetables.
Collision Caused by Failure of Op
erator to Stop Extra Train at
Franklinton.
A terrible wreck occurred on the
Seaboard Air Line railroad near
Franklinton early Saturday morning
when two freight trains running at
36 miles an hour collided with the re
sult that both engineers and a fire
man and brakeman were killed. The
engineers who lost their lives are
Samuel G. Linkous, of Raleigh, and
H. Gaskin, of Portsmouth, Va. Fire
man O. L. Wfells, of Raleigh, and
Brakeman George Napier, of Rich
mond, also lost their lives. T. O.
Jones, a brakeman living in Norfolk,
and Fireman John Smith, colored, of
Portsmouth, were badly hurt.
Two big Santa Fe engines and 26
freight cars loaded with water mel
ons, Irish potatoes, and other perish
ables were destroyed. The debris
caught on fire and the four men who
were caugnt in tne wrecKage were
burned almost beyond recognition.
The operator at Franklinton, G. S.
Jacobs, failed to stop the northbound
at his station, as he had orders to do,
and is held, pending an investigation,
to be responsible for the bad wreck.
He had had a drink of whiskey and
this may have been the cause of his
forgetting his orders until it was too
late. It is said that when he discov
ered his mistake, he exclaimed. "My
God! there's going to be a wreck;
I've let that train by." He was car
ried to Raleigh and placed in jail,
failing to give the $2000 bond requir
ed of him. He stands charged with
manslaughter.
It is an awful story and at this dis
tance it appears that the Demon
Whiskey has one more crime charged
against him. And yet there are those
who still claim that restricting whis
key and prohibiting the making and
sale of whiskey is depriving them of
the rights their fathers fought and
bled and died for. Poor Jacobs, as
he has time to meditate, in a lonely
jail cell over his awful blunder,
cares nothing about those rights now.
Instead of rights they have proved to
be stumbling blocks in his case.
THE NEWS OF A DAY.
A careful perusal of Saturday's
daily papers will reveal many impor
tant items of news. Some of these
briefly told follow:
Premier Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, made a speech in Glasgow in
which he told the Scots that a pcace
without gaining the objects for which
Great Britain entered the war, would
be a calamity.
The North Carolina Dental Society
in session at Durham elected Dr. R.
M. Squires, of Wake Forest, Presi
dent, and adjourned to meet in its
44th session at Wrightsville Beach in
the month of June, 1918.
Greece breaks off diplomatic rela
tions with Germany, Austria, Tur
key and Bulgaria. The reactionary
elements have been ousted and Greek
constitutional government, virtuaUy
abolished by Constantine, has been re
established.
Governor Biekctt returns to Ral
eigh from a trip to the Eastern part
of the State where he had been to
make a personal investigation into
the fisheries conditions. He is expect
ed to name the members of the Fish
Commission soon.
President WTilson takes a hand in
the "bone-dry" national prohibition
movement in Congress, expressing
his desire that prohibition legislation
be confined to distilled beverages. This
plan will not interfere with the man
ufacture of wine and beer.
Announcement of probable great
reduction in price of potatoes was
made in Chicago. The prediction is
made that prices will be down to one
dollar a bushel soon. Onions, which
sold at 15 cents a poured last winter,
were quoted by wholesalers at two
and a half cents a pound.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion announced that the fifteen per
cent increase in freight rates asked
for by the railroads is suspended un
til October 28, 1917. The Commission
finds that the railroads are making
money and that there is no necessity
at this time for the fifteen per cent
increase.
AGREEMENT TO BE ENFORCED. I'
National Defense Committee To Take
Steps to Prevent Coal Operators
From Back Stepping on Prices. An
thracite Selling at Mines Only 30
Cents Higher Than Last Year.
Coal price reductions agreed on
Thursday by the country's bitumin
ous producers at a conference with
government officials will be strictly
enforced.
With the weight of the industry's
approval behind the agreement and
certain of the fact that the govern
ment will take control if it is not
lived up to, the coal committee of
the council of national defense will
take quick measures to prevent any
wavering. Friday at a meeting held
in Washington the committee warn
ed operators at Decatur, 111., who
raised their prices beyond the limit
set, that the industry would not stand
for their action.
The coal committee has given
each of its 26 members supervision of
one coal production district and every
man will be held responsible for
nrioes in his t.prritnrv. Thp fpdpral
trade commission will be called on
for aid if difficulties arise. The price
of anthracite, arranged some time
ago at conferences between producers
and the trade commission, probably
will be further reduced to consumers,
through regulation of jobbers and
retailers' profits.
Under an agreement with the trade
commission anthracite is selling at
the mines now only 30 cents higher
than last year, but jobbers and re
tailers are adding so much to the
cost, officials say, the price to the
consumer is far higher than it should
be.
Bituminous jobbers will not be al
lowed 10 raise coal prices beyond the
mine price, with the addition of the
freight and their profit of 25 cents
a ton. If a consumer has difficulty in
getting coal and finds he can get it
only by paying some jobber more than
the 25 ccnts profit the coal committee
can be appealed to ^nd will see that
he gets coal direct from the mine
at the minep rice.
A WONDERFUL RECORD MADE.
Not a Man Lost or Seriously III, Says
Pershing, Praising His Troops as
Fit to Fight Beside Allies.
Not a man was lost during the
transfer of the American forces to
France, and there was not even a
case of serious illness, said Major
Gen. Pershing, the American com
mander, on his return to his headquar
ters Saturday, after a quick trip to
the port of debarkation, says a Paris
dispatch.
"The landing of the first American
troops has been a complete success,"
he said. "In this remarkable transfer
of a large force across the ocean
(one of the largest operations we
have ever undertaken) not a man or
an animal was lost or injured, and
there was not a single case of seri
ous sickness ? nothing but a few un
important cases of mumps. The men
landed in splendid morale, with keen,
confident, and eager spirit."
Marriage At Garner.
At the Methodist church in Garner,
N. C., on Thursday night, June 28th,
at 8:30 o'clock, in the presence of a
large number of people, Mr. C. S.
Loftis, of Burlington, N. C., and Miss
Carrie Banks were happily married,
Rev. E. B. Craven performing the
ceremony. They left at once on an au
tomobile for Raleigh where they took
a train for a trip to Canada.
Mr. Loftis has a responsible posi
tion with the Southern Railway at
Burlington. Miss Banks is a daugh
ter, of Mrs. W. G. Bryan. Her father
was Dr. Banks who died at Garner a
few years ago. This is a fine young
couple and their many friends wish
them much success.
Willing to Please.
"Here's a nickel for you, my man," ;
she said to the frayed and ragged- 1
looking individual who stood under
the porch with extended hand. "I'm i
not giving it to you for charity's sake,
but merely because it pleases me." >
"Thankee, but couldn't you make it
a quarter and enjoy yourself thor
oughly, ma'am?" ? Pittsburg Chron- i
icle Telegraph. 1
COUNTRY HAS COAL ENOUGH. 1 1
Official Figures for Six Months Ke- (
assuring to Coal Users. Production
of Coal Last Year Greatest in His
tory of Country. A New Record
Made First Six Months of litis
Year.
Washington, July 2. ? Not o?ly
food but fuel is a vital need of this
country and of our allies ? coal to ?
run th? ships and railroads, to feed
the iron furnaces and furnish steam
for all the manufacturing plants,
coal in greater quantities than have ;
ever before been mined in the Unit
ed States or in any part of the world
? and this is being met in truly
American fashion by the operators
and owners of the mines and by the
diggers of coal. With these words,
Secretary Franklin K. Lane began
his statement regarding the coal sit
uation as reported to him by the sta
tisticians of his Department.
The production of coal in the Unit
ed States last year, he continued, was
the greatest in the history of the
country. A new record, however, was
set for the first six months of this
year, fully 270,000,000 tons of bitu
minous coal being produced since
January 1st, thus exceeding the out
put of the first six months of last
year by about 20,000,000 tons. Even
better news is that the limit has not
yet been reached, for as the railroads
are able to work out to better advan
tage the problem of car supply and
give to the mines greater facilities
for transportation their product to
market, the supply of coal that reach
es the consumer will be in steadily in
creasing quantities. In the early
months of 1917, because of the con
gestion of the railroads and the diffi
culties of transportation, the pro
duction of bituminous coal fell be
hind the high mark set in January
and February, a year ago. As a re
sult of the patriotic and earnest en
deavor of the railroad officials and |
the coal operators and representa
tives of mine workers who have vol
unteered their services to the Feder
al Government in this emergency,
production has been speeded up with
in the last few months and the out
put of soft coal which in May ex
ceeded all previous records, was sur
passed in June.
Despite the extra demand in this
country and the urgent needs of our
allies, no one with the facts before
him can doubt that the coal industry,
under the careful guidance of those <
now directing its welfare, will be 1
able to supply all needs.
The difficulty of distribution now
so great will be intensified, however,
in the coming winter months. Just as
consumers of foodstuffs are being
urged to eliminate all waste and to ,
practice sensible economy, so the con
sumers of coal must do their share (
in working out the coal problem by ,
unloading every coal car as fast as
it is received, and in improving their <
plants so as to utilize to the fullest ]
the heat value of the coal that reaches ,
their bins. In stopping the coal panic (
and in expediting a condition of fuel ,
sufficiency, every consumer can do (
his bit.
COUNTY CHAIRMEN NAMED. ,
Women Who Are to Conduct Regis- ]
tration Campaign Appointed. Mrs.
F. H. Brooks Chairman for John- <
ston County.
The county chairmen of the Wo
man's Commission of the Council of
National Defence for North Carolina
have been appointed.
These women were named follow
ing the rccent meeting in Raleigh,
when the Woman's Commission was
organized and officers elected, says
the News and Observer. They arc to
mobilize the woman power of the
State and conduct the campaign in
their respective counties for the reg
istration of women, siumilar to the
registration of men of military age
on June 5. It is the purpose of the
commission to conduct an emergency
training bureau to equip young wom
en for the positions that will be made
vacant when a great many additional
young men are to be called to the col- (
ors. J
One woman is named for every
county in the State and Mrs. F. H. ?
Brooks, of Smithfield, i3 named 1
chairman for Johnston County. t
About the only thing the modern \
girl can't do to a man is to make him (
happy. c
BOYS FREED FROM POLL TAX.
L'ounty Commissioners Pass Order
Exempting All Young; Men W ho (Jo
To Fight in Great War From I'oll
Tax. Also Kequest Sheriff Not to
Sell Any Soldier's Property For
Taxe* I n less Ordered by Hoard.
At their regular meeting held here
y rrday the Board of Commission
ers of Johnston County passed unan
imously the following resolutions:
Whereas: at our Country's call, the
young men of Johnston County, be
tween 21 and 31 years of age, have
registered under the Selective Draft
bill, enacted by Congress, aggregating
3,837 tax-payers of the County:
And Whereas, the exemption
boards of the County of Johnston
have been appointed by the Governor
and have received their instructions:
And Wliereas, very soon the noble
sons of Johnston will be drafted by
the United States for the Army and
the Navy, and will be put into actual
service in training camps, or on the
foreign battlefields, along with the
other Johnstonians who have already
volunteered for service, including the
National Guardsmen from Johnston
County:
And Whereas, the County Commis
sioners of Johnston County are im
pressed with the convietion that it is
the will and desire of all patriotic
citizens of Johnston County, who
themselves cannot enter the battle
lines, that "the boys" who go to the
front should not be required to pay
poll tax while in active service, and
that no property of any enlisted or
drafted soldier should be sold for
taxes while he is absent serving his
country:
Therefore, Be it resolved by the
Hoard of County Commissioners of
Johnston County, in regular session
this day assembled, That the poll tax
of each and every Johnston County
man who shall be called into actual
service of the United States, in the
L-reat War we are now waging, be
released from all poll tax, and the
Sheriff of Johnston County is hereby
directed to so mark the records of his
Office that no poll tax shall be charged
against any Johnston County man
who has been, or may hereafter be,
called into the service during the
world war which is now raging.
It is further ordered that no prop
erty of any enlisted soldier or sailor
be sold for taxes by the Sheriff dur
ing such w:?r unless and until so or
dered by this Board of Commission
ers.
Smithfield, N. C., July 2, 1917.
Weather Summary for Cotton States.
New Orleans, La., July 2. ? Temper
ature above seasonal average Sunday
and Monday and changes slight ex
cept fall of six to ten degrees Monday
morning in Oklahoma.
Moderate precipitation reported
Sunday in southern Louisiana and
light amounts at a few scattered sta
tions in Georgia, Florida and the
Carolinas, and Monday light to mod
erate showers in Florida, southern
Georgia, eastern Alabama, southern
Louisiana, Arkansas, and Oklahoma,
and a few widely scatered stations in
exas. Heavy rains: Louisiana ? Cov
ington, 1.20; Baton Rouge, 1.94; Ar
kansas ? Dardanelle, 1.00; Alabama ?
Goodwater, 1.28; Florida ? Lake
City, 1.96.
Ked Cross Speaking.
Clayton, July 2. ? On Tuesday night,
fuly 3, at 8:15 o'clock, Hon. James H.
Pou, of Raleigh, will speak in the
Clayton School Auditorium on the
jar and the Red Cross.
Mr. Pou is one of the best inform
?d men in the State on the war sit
uation and you should not fail to
lear him.
DILLON TOBACCO ON MARKET.
First Load of Season, Classed as
Sand Lugs, Sold for 15 Cents
Per Pound.
A dispatch from Dillon dated Fri
lay and published in the Columbia
State Saturday says:
The Watkins tobacco warehouse
lold today for E. W. Miller of the
'leasant Hill section of Dillon Coun
y its first load of sand lugs for 15
:ents per pound. The facilities of this
varehouse are excellent. It is estimat
?d that the Dillon market will sell
?ver 2,000,000 pounds this year.
DEFEAT OF GERMANY CERTAIN.
When Mighty Forres of America
Are lyoosed the German Govern
ment Must Capitulate. Meanwhile
Country to lie Prosperous.
The following is an extract from a
letter written by Norbert Heinsheimer
to the Cincinnati Enquirer:
"The facts are simple enough.
Germany has no unlimited supply of
men, material and resources. As a
nation it is not more wonderful than
any other, and its leaders, political
and other, are not any greater or wis
er than America, British or French
leaders. Perhaps I may venture to say
they are not as wise and farseeing
as ours, and I think less able.
"We know exactly what that na
tion's resources were in 1914. Now
she has suffered in casualties of all
kinds, in breakdown of morale, de
struction of material and the decrease
of food and supplies of all kinds
equally with France and England,
and perhaps to a greater extent. We
have twice the population of Ger
many and ten times the resources. We
are practically free from any real
danger of attacks. Any sporadic bom
bardment by submarine, if possible, is
negligible. We can furnish an army ?
a great army and navy ? and unlimit
ed supple in a very short time. The
result, therefore, in my opinion, is
certain anil not so far off as some
fear.
"When our mighty forcca arc loos
ened the imperial German govern
ment must capitulate, if it does not
find an opportunity sooner. As for
securities and the markets, the gov
ernment's great bond issue of $2,
000,000,000 does not and will not take
any money out of circulation or out
of the usual channels of commerce.
There is an enormous extension of
credit to our government. This mon
ey will be expended in many ways:
for clothing, equipment, shoes, muni
tions, etc., and in the pi'y to officers
and men. Industry, therefore,
will be at its highest during the
coming period, and as for agriculture,
the demand for more food tuffs will
unquestionaby lead to a groat increase
in grain production and all kinds of
food products, provided, of course,
the weather will be normal and fa
railroad traffic. I feel confident that
as soon as the emotional and hysteri
cal period has passed, which will be
in a short time, and everything will
resume normal state and activity be
resumed, matters will appear rosy
again even to the most pronounced
pessimists."
Summer Hygiene Hints.
What we eat, what we drink, what
we wear make us what we are, es
pecially in hot weather.
Probably, the first and fundamental
rule for healthful living in summer is
to keep clean, inside and out. A bath
every day is just about as essential as
breakfast or any other meal.
The average person should drink
more water in the summer than in
the colder months of the year, to sup
plement nature's efforts to wash the
body through the pores. Drink cool,
but not ice, water. The greatest dan
ger from ice water is its excessive
use. To persons who are overheated
or who work in high temperatures, ice
water may be dangerous. It may
produce congestion, better known as
cramp of the stomach.
Be careful in eating. Don't gorman
dise. Too much is worse than non2 at
all, especially in summer. Eat fruit,
and vegetables. Remember that a
meat diet is heating. It is like fuel
under a boiler that keeps up steam
for the engine.
In warm weather wear light weight
and light colored clothing. Discard
heavy dark garments. Don't hurry,
start a little sooner. Be moderate in
everything.
All kinds of excesses should be
avoided in summer. It goes without
saying that over-indulgence in alco
holic drinks should be shunned, sum
mer and winter. This is not advised
alone from the temperance viewpoint,
but as well from that of the highest
physical welfare.
Nine States Have a Raleigh.
There are nine States in the Union
having a post oflicc named Raleigh,
as follows: Florida, Georgia, Illinois,
Iowa, Mississippi, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Tennessee and West
Virginia.
n.MELY NOTES FROM RALEIGH.
Raleigh Man Gives Out Some Infor
mation as To Early Grain Crops,
the Cultivation of and Outlook for
the Crowing Crops. Suggestions
for Feed Crops Following Wheat.
(By John Paul Lucas.)
Raleigh, June 30. ? Reports from all
sections of North Carolina are that
the harvesting of the grain crop of
the State has been practically com
pleted. Despite the fact that the
wheat crop was damaged during the
winter by the unprecedented freeze,
indications are that the total produc
tion will be at least as much as it
was last year while it may pass the
10,000,000 bushel mark. The increase
in the wheat acreage was especially
noticeable in eastern North Carolina
where it has been popularly thought
that wheat would not grow satisfac
torily. In a few instances the esti
mated yields, as high as 40 bushels
per acre have been reported from that
section.
The production of rye will also
equal last year's crop. The oat crop
is reported as a failure in practical
ly all parts of the State because of
the winter killing. Mr. W. C. Crosby,
Chief of the Bureau of Community
Service, who has just returned from a
trip through the Piedmont section of
the State, expresses the belief that
the campaign of the Food Conserva
tion Commission for an increase in
the acreage of stubble lands planted
in food and feed crops will meet a
hearty response throughout the sec
tion he visited. Said Mr. Crosby:
"The grain has all been harvested
and the fields are ready for prepara
tion for other crops. In fact, many
farmers are already planting corn,
peas, potatoes, soybeans, sorghum
and other crops on land which has al
ready this year produced a grain
crop. I notice in many placcs that the
grain has been shocked in one corner
of the field so as to leave the greater
part of the field open for the plow or
disc. It is especially fortunate that
in practically every county I visited
the farmers are up with their work in
their cotton and corn fields. These
crops are clean and the farmer should
not be delayed in getting their stub
ble land prepared and planted."
It is estimated that if the farmers
should not plant more than the usual
acreage of stubble land in second
crops that there will be at least 1,
000,000 acres of good land loafing for
the balance of the season. It is be
lieved, however, that the acreage of
stubble land that will be utilized for
a second crop will be at least 50 per
cent more than it was last year,
while the increase may be consider
ably more than that. North Carolina
last year produced little more than
half a million tons of hay; it purchas
ed hay by the thousands of tons. The
following suggestions for the utiliza
tion of stubble lands are made:
Prepare the land as soon as possi
ble after the grain crop is removed.
Break it with a one-horse plow if you
have time; double-disc or cross-disc
only if time is short and the land is
in Rood condition.
Corn, soybeans, cowpeas, Irish and
sweet potatoes and sorghum are suit
able crops to follow grain. Corn and
soybeans planted for grain should be
gotten in immediately.
Cowpeas, soybeans and sorghum
are the most satisfactorily forage
crops that can be grown; they may
be planted by themselves or in mix
tures. Half a bushel of sorghum seed
to a bushel of cowpeas makes an ex
cellent hay mixture, either for broad
casting or planting in drills.
Because of high prices of all seed
the planting of all of these crops in
drills, even for forage, is recommend
ed. Peas and sorghum planted in
three-foot rows and given two or
three cultivations will yield as much
per acre as it would if broadcasted,
and only half the seed are required,
half a bushel of peas or beans or a
mixture of peas and sorghum being
sufficient.
On fair land $2 worth of seed should
make $20 worth of hay, and on good
land should make much more.
Field Marshal Haig continues to
tighten his gTip on Lens. On the north
bank of the river Souchez, British
troops have captured German posi
tions on a front of half a mile, he
British army during June captured
8,686 German prisoners, including
175 officers, and 67 guns including
two heavy guns as well as much other
war material.