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OLD NORTH STATE NEWS. Live Items of Interest Clipped And Culled From North Carolina Newspapers. Durham received six car loads of coal this week, which came in an opportune time. The municipal wood yard was practically out of fuel, o o Many local grocers of Kinston will go on a cash basis February 8. A number will cut out deliveries. By adopting this plan, they will be en abled to sell the necessities of life on a closer margin. o o The County Commissioners of Moore County decided Monday to send representatives to Camp Jackson, Camp Sevier, and Fort Caswell, to see that Moore County soldiers are in sured under the liberal terms of the government. o o Dr. Lemuel J. Johnson, of Middle sex, was indicted by the grand jury at Richmond, Va., Monday, for the mur der of his bride, Mrs. Alice Knight Johnson, last December. It is charged that poison taken by Mrs. Johnson in the belief that it was an ordinary medical preparation was administered by Dr. Johnson with criminal intent, o o Charlotte and Mecklenburg county have furnished around 1,000 volun teers for the United States army, navy and marine corps since war was declared, according to figures com piled by Col. T. L. Kirkpatric. This does not include approximately 300 men who have gone to the national army from the city and county. ? Charlotte Observer. o o As a matter of fact North Carolina has to date sent into training slightly less than fifty per cent of the quota required of the State. No negroes due under the first call to the colors have been sent into training from the State at all. The total number requir ed of North Carolina under the first call is 15,974. Of this total up to Dec. 29, 7,951 have been accepted, leaving 8,023 still due. Of this number the State is due to send 2,832 white men and 5,191 negro men. o o The Belbro spinning mills, recently organized with an authorized capital of $125,000 and $60,000 paid in, is the latest and a most important addition to the industrial life of development of Charlotte. The mill is expected to begin operations wtihin six or eight weeks, and will contain 12 cards and 4,000 spindles. W. H. Belk is president of the new concern; George H. Brockenbrough, vice-president and general manager, and George H. Brockenbruogh, Sr., secretary and treasurer. o o Present indications point to a re cord-breaking acreage in Irish pota toes in Mount Olive section this year. For the Mount Olive and Calypso% sections combined there has already been received from northern seed growers and sold to the farmers about 20 carloads, averaging about 300 bar rels to the carload ? in the neighbor hood of 6,000 barrels, or about 1.000 barrels more than is usually planted; and several more car loads are yet to be received; that is, if transportation facilities will permit. Why They Howl. "The Garfield closing order to con serve fuel," says the Concord Trib une, "has made big1 inroads into the advertising business of the New York newspapers, and those of every large city. Even the New York World, al ways one of the last papers to feel movements of this character, has found its business cut enormously. Don C. Seitz, business manager of the World, says that as a result of the regulation the Sunday advertising of the World has been cut down 40 per cent. The advertisers do not feel like taking extensive space on Sundays when the stores are to be closed on Mondays." This explains the mighty howl of the big city newspapers against the oi-der. They had an "in trus' " in the case. Great patriots indeed, are they. ? Statesville Land mark. The Anti-Rat Crusade. It is said that rats eat up one hun dred million dollars worth of grain in the United States every year. It is calculated that a single paid of rats would in three years under favorable circumstances increase to 20,000,000. In its anti-rat crusade the National Department of Agriculture recom mends rat-proof construction of build ing's, better protection of food sup plies, and the use of various poisons. ? Kind Words. The price of oxen brought at a re cent sale in Switzerland ranged from $440 to $480 the pair; cows sold for $240 to $2$0 each; goats, $12 to $16 each; smtll hops. $12 to $16 each; medium-sized hogs, $40 to $50 the pair; sheep, 512 to $16 each. SOLDIER CORRECTS MISTAKE. I Concerning the Red Cross Sweaters For the Johnston County Boys. Camp Jackson, Feb. 2. ? It seems that some Johnston County Soldier has given the people at home the j wrong idea about our Red Cross sweaters. Our sweaters by some means or other were delated, and many of the ' officers' wives and other good ladies volunteered to knit our sweaters if we would pay for the material that was to go in them, which was only $2.00. Of course we all appreciate their kindness very much. But some one has been home and told the folks that "Our Red Cross Sweaters were sold to us for $2.00 each." Of course that was absolutely wrong, and it hurt our Red Cross, also the ladies , which made them for us. We want j everybody to feel perfectly satisfied about this matter, and I feel sure I am. And we feel very grateful for the kindness that has been shown to us by our Red Cross, and the good ladies that took so much interest in the soldier boys. Best wishes to everybody in old Johnston County. L. H. HOLT. Co. K, 322nd Infantry. Don't Let Your Cotton Damage. At the present time, three pounds and a half of cotton is worth over a dollar. Good midding is worth and will bring $2.50 more than middling. A bale of good middling cotton ex posed to the weather for a very short time will become so discolored on the surface as to grade middling. The buyer always grades by the surface if it is poorer than the cotton further in the bale. Cotton is entirely too valuable to be neglected. It should not be left lying around gins or on the ground in yards, as when exposed for long it will rot and damage ten or more pounds. Those who haven't a floored house in which to put their cotton should eith er sell it or store in a warehouse. As a rule, storage houses are the better. Where placed in one of these, the cotton will be fully insured and the owner will have it at the market, ready to sell any time that he see fit. The charges for warehousing are too high in some instances, but the cost of "storage" on the ground at the gin or farm is always much higher. Freights are becoming actually con gested. Local mills are right noW debating the advisability of purchas ing their supply of cotton at home. The farmer who allows his cotton to damage or rot will not be able to sell it, because the mills haven't the time nor facilities to pick and condition rotten cotton. Take care of the cotton. If it is allowed to rot to any considerable ex tent, money will be lost by holding, even though the market should go much higher. Five hundred pounds of cotton at 28 cents will bring more money than 470 pounds at 30 cents. It doesn't take long for cotton to damage 30 pounds. ? Southern Culti vator. Why Not Corn? "Why not ship our corn to Europe | and keep our wheat at home?" This question is still being asked in many quarters. The answer involves many interesting economic problems. (1) As to shipping, cornmeal is not | a stable product ? it spoils easily in j shipping. Corn itself before grinding j will not solve the problem as there are few mills in Europe for grinding ( corn. Again cornmeal and corn are , less compact, and therefore take more cargo space than wheat flour. (2) Cornbread is a home product, ! and can not be handled by bakers. To , be liked ti must be eaten when fresh- , ly baked. Therefore America, where 60 per cent of the baking is done at home, can increase consumption of cornbread; while Europe, where prac- ? tically all bread is baked by bakers, can not adopt the American cornbread unless housewives reconstruct their homes, for the ovens for baking do not exist in the average European home. (3) Our Allies are already using a mixture of wheat flour with potato, J rice, rye flour and some corn, but this : mixture can not go beyond 25 per | cent (or 50 per cent at the outside) j and produce a good bakery product. Corn flour as a further adulterant, is therefore, neither necessary nor ad visable. (4) Still another reason for ship ping wheat instead of corn is to sup ply the need of the American troops in France. Military necessity does not permit experiments. Moreover, it is neither fair nor reasonable to call upon people under the pressure of war times, to make radical changes in their eating habits. These reasons must be kept clearly before us, for an understanding of facts means a complete co-operation on thf part of America. ? Southern Cultivator. THE WAR SAVINGS INSTITUTE. Heads and Representative* Called to Attend. Institute Will Hold Threv Sessions. Physicians Will Respond. Raleigh, Feb. 6. ? Preachers, tcach ers and Doctors, also farmers and politicians, in addition to those nomi nated by Col. F. H. Fries and dotted by Governor Bickett, will be expected to volunteer their interest, particular ly their presence, at the War Savings Institute to be held here, February 12 and 13. Those whose attendance has been requested at this meeting ? men and women at the head of or ganizations and who represent large numbers of people ? are: Chairmen of War Savings Committee, county superintendents of public instruction, superintendents of town and city schools, farm and home demonstra tion agents, health officers or county physicians, and county Chairmen of political parties. The program that has been pre pared for the Institute calls for a registration of delegates at 1 o'clock Tuesday in the city Auditorium, at which place the Institute will be held. Colonel Fries will make the opening address on "The Reasons for the War Savings Institute," and will also di rect the sessions. "W. S. S." will be the subject of an address by Judge Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Winston Salem. I)r. J. Y. Joyner will explain "What War Savings Mean to the Schools," Col. T. B. McAdams, State Director of Virginia, will discuss "War Savings and the Public." At the Mass meeting Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock, men of National prominence will speak. A music program has been provided for this meeting also. At 10 o'clock Wednesday morning a conference and roundtable discussion for workers will be held with Hon. Otto Marx, Federal Director National War Savings Committee, leading. Everybody interested in Thrift and all that the War Savings campaign means to the State and to the nation is expected to attend. As to the physicians responding to the Governor's call, Dr. W. S. Rankin, Secretary of the State Board of Health, says: "The physicians will be there. I believe you can count on them more than any other class of men." Potash at High Prices Unadvisable. Recently we knew of a 10-2-2 ferti lizer, that is, one containing 10 per cent phosphoric acid, 2 per cent am monia, and 2 per cent potash, being quoted at $44 a ton in car lots. At the same time a 10-2 fertilizer, that is, one with the potash left out en tirely, was quoted at $34 a ton in car lots. This $10 difference per ton is too much to pay for the potash, except in special cases and for special crops. It means paying $10 for the 40 pounds of potash in a ton of the 10-2-2 goods, or 25 cents a pound. At such a price, with few exceptions, its use is inad visable. Now let us note the excep tions. Roughly, by drawing a line from south central Alabama northeast ward to about Norfolk, Va., we will have to the east and south of this line the area needing potash most. The soils of this region are mostly light sands or sandy loams, and experi ment station tests have very general ly indicated the need of potash. But even within this area, it is by no means certain that potash is need ed for all soils and all crops. We doubt if potash at 25 cents a pound will pay on corn or any of the small grains in this area, and there may also be soils with a strong clay sub soil on which potash will not pay on any crops. Cotton and tobacco seem to be the crops most needing potash. In the area above defined, where cot ton sometimes rusts badly, twelve or fifteen pounds per acre will probably pay well, even at 25 cents a pound. If there seems to be no tendency to rust, we would hardly advise its use. Everywhere north and west of the line indicated above, that is the Pied mont conutry, north Alabama, Ten nessee and all States to the west ward, potash is little needed for any o fthc general field crops. Certainly its use at present prices is not ad visable. ? Progressive Farmer. Road Institute at Chapel Hill. The Fifth Road Institute for North Carolina is to be held at the Univer sity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 19 to 22 inclusive. This Institute, which has been held an nually now for five years, is serving a very important functon in the State, in the training of road officials. That it is meeting a real need is shown by the fact that there has been a steady increase in attendance and in the number of counties represented since the first Institute was held in 1913. The vahie of sugar and molasses ' invoiced at Cinfuegos, Caibarion and Sagana la Grady, Cuba, for last year amounted to $50,716,938 of sugar, and $2,297,030 of molasses. - i MOORE'S SCHOOL NOTES. Death of Mr .L. F. Halley. Work on the Narron and Central Line. With the coming of sunny weather our boys and girls are taking new interest in basket ball. Several new pupils entered school Monday. Progressive work is being done on the Narron and Central Line exten sion. Many passengers are taking advantage of this road. Stores were closed here Monday. Messrs P. Narron and J. C. Crocker went to Selma Monday for examina tion before the Exemption Board. Mr. Fred Hill left this week for Camp Jackson to visit his son, Mr. Fletcher Hill, w'np is in training thlkre. Mr. N. Narron went to Wilson Mon day. Mr. S. R. Cockroll and family have recently moved into our community. We extend to them a hearty welcome. Mr. L. F. Halley died Thursday, January 31. He was employed during last fall by the l)u Pont Powder I'lant, Hopewell, Va. Before the holi days he returned to his home here and later contracted pneumonia. Mr. Halley leaves a wife and several small children, besides a host of friends. The family have our our deepest sym pathy in their bereavement. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. Bon. Jones, and thet interment made in the family burying ground. "L. F." Daniels Says Navy Can Do It. Washington, Fob. 4. ? Secretary Daniels today authorized the state ment that the Navy is assured of en ough transport facilities to make sure that there will be 500,000 American troops in France early this year, as was stated by Secretary Baker re cently before the Senate Military Com mittee. Mr. Daniels made the statement when informed that Secretary Baker's forecast of the number of men to be sent abroad had been challenged in the Senate today by Senator Hitch cock. He would not say whether the Navy Department's outlook for ships was such as to warrant the expecta tion of having 1,000,000 more men in France by the end of 1918. Secretary Baker himself declined to comment in any way upon Senator Hitchcock's address. CAR CEMENT ON HAND. SELMA Supply Company. YOU'LL enjoy this real Burley cigarette. It's full of flavor ? just as good as a pipe. IT'S TOASTED The Burley tobacco is toasted ; makes the taste delicious. You know how toasting improves the flavor of bread. And it's the same with tobacco exactly. Let The Herald do Your Job Printing. Do not effect us? We have our Guano houses full, so come to see us today for? Soda, Cotton Seed Meal, Acid, Obers 8-3-3, 8-2-2 And Potash. i Come and come quick, there may come a time when Fertilizers will not move freely, but we can supply you today. See us at Smithfield and Four Oaks, N. C. Austin-Stephenson Co