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ASKED TO MOBILIZE ALL NATION'S GOLD PRESIDENT WILSON SOUNDS CALL—FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD SUPERVISES. TO AID IN PROSECUTIN6 WAR State Banks and Truat Companies Are Asked to Join In System—Big Financial Transactions Make Con trol of Reserve Imperative. Washington. President Wilson sounded a call for the mobilization of all the nation's gold reserves under the supervision of the federal reserve board. In a statement made public through the board, the President called upon all eligible non member state banks and trust companies to Join the federal reserve system without further delay, that they may "contribute their share" to the consolidated gold reserves of the country and aid more effectively 'ln a vigorous prosecution and suc oessful termination of the war." Scores of such Institutions have flocked to the system within the past three weeks, among them some of the largest trust companies of New York. Philadelphia and other cities. The movement to the federal reserve ays tem has lacked only a final impelling force to assume the proportions of u landslide Within less than three weeks, resources of such Institutions In the system have risen 12.600.000.000. Liberty Loan financing, the result ant activity In the money markets, the effect of the government's huge finan clal transactions upon the bond mar kets and the stock exchanges of the country have made It imperative, in the view of the administration, for the federal reserve board to control not a major fraction of the gold re serve of the country but the entire amount. Financially Impregnable With th® board Inactive, dally con trol of the country's huge store of gold, at present more than $3.000,000.- 000. watching every avenue through which It may be lessened and vigilant in Its supervision of the country's banking activities, officials believe that the financial position of the cbun try may be rendered as nearly impreg nable as human skill tan make it. FUEL ADMINISTRATION SAYS THAT COAL BUPPLY 18 AMPLE Communities Really in Need of Fuel Can Get at Government Prices. Washington—Communities really In need of coal can get it at government prces, Fuel Administrator Uarflald announced and the supply Is ample to meet Immediate needs even in the middle west, where an acute condition arose through failure, he said, of cities to state specfioally their needs. Appeals should be made to the fuel administrators In each state, I)r. Gar * field said, but where there is no state administrator, communication should bo directed to the food administration her*. Dr. Garfield, who has Just returned from Ohio, where he discussed the situation in that state with Home P. Johnson of Cleveland, the new state administrator, served warning against attempts of communities to confiscate coal in transit, cases of which were reported from points ID the middle west. "When local officials," he said, have undertaken to confiscate coal for the use of public Institutions or local communities, they not only have assumed to exercise powers not vest ed In them, but at the best would be required to pay contract prices for the coal, instead of the lower price fixed by the fuel administration. When the fuel adm|nlstrat« n cts. It has the power to furtlsh at gov ernment prices. "The difficulty is the communities do not tell us epectscally what amounts they need, what the purpose is, when to deliver and other specifl-: Information. AH they need to do fs to give us definite facts and coal will be ordered ahipped at once." GERMANY EXTENDB AGE FOR MILITARY SERVICE Copenhagen.—Germany ha* extend ed military service to men 47 years •f age and Is calling up those who here tofore hare escaped service on ac count of mllitay unfitness. The army already included a large number above the legal limit of 46 years, on the ground that although nobody above that age could be mobilised, yet no requirement existed for the discharge of a soldier reaching that age. WILL INVEBT MONEY OF RED MEN IN BONDS Washington. Secretary Lane has authorized Indian Commissioner Sells to invest $2,000,000' of the funds of the five civil'zed tribes in four per cent liberty bonds. It is expected that the Oklahoma Indians outside the five tribes will subscribe $1,000,000 more, making a total of $3,000,000 subscribed to the government by the Indians of Oklahoma. A large part of their money OQMM from oil land royalties. MUCH FOOD RSH MADE AVAILABLE m FISHERIES COMMISSION REMOVES RESTRICTIONS UPON FIBH INQ INDUSTRY. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progreoa of North Carolina Pso pl*. Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh Temporary removal of restrictions upon the fishermen of eastern North Carolina In the food fish industry will provide several million pounds of good North Carolina food fish as substitutes for higher priced meats, according to Henry A Page. North Carolina food administrator. Mr. Page warmly commends tho Fisheries Commission In Ita determi nation to remove restrict ions. Ac cording to statements from the coast, the food flsh Industry of eastern North Carolina had been severely crippled. With the intense need of the moment the Fisheries Commission, charged with the duty of formulating regula Hons for. the Ashing Industry, felt it self justified In removing certain re ■trlctlons This action was taken at the BOIICI tatlon of the food administration, It baing recognlied that the public Intar eat demanded a larger supply of flsh for substitution for beef, pork and mut ton which must be exported to Europe for the maintenance of our armies and the armies and civilian population of our allies The fisheries of eastern North Caro lina are among the most Important on the Atlantic coast and the removal of tfee restrictions on Tar Heel fishermen means not only that the people of thl* state will be more largely supplied with fresh and salt flsh at much lower prices than has prevailed recently, but that hundreds of thousands of pounds of flsh will be shipped to other states Food Administrator Henry A. !*agc believes that with this larger supply of flsh available; with the season for rabhlta, .squirrels and other gam* opening; with the Increased use of poultry and eggs; with a vastly In creased supply of home-grown pork In the state. North Carolina will b« able to release for export to Kurope prac tically all of the million dollars worth of pork and beef which has been im ported Into this state each year here tofore. The program of the food adminis tration calls for the substitution in hotels, cafes and homes of fish, poul try, game and other meat products for beef and pork; the substitution of oth er cereals and vegetables for wheat products, and rigid economy in the use of fats and suirar, the need for which Is desperate with all of our allies. Prizes for Best Essays. For the best essays on "Why the United States Is at War," written by public school teachers In North Caro lina. prises aggregating S3OO are of fered by the National Board for His torical Service. To elementary teach ers, five prizes ranging from $lO to s7l each, and to high school teachers seven prises ranging from 91$ to I's each, are offered. Essays must be sub mitted by January 1, 1918. Similar contests are being conduct ed In fourteen other states The win ning esssy In each state will be en tered In a national competition In which additional prizes of f76 sach will be awarded. Interesting Stock Judging Contest. Pollowln§ its plan begun last season of awarding prize money to individual boys and girls, rather than to animals, the Animal Induatry Division of the North Carolina Experiment Station conducted one of Its most Interesting stock-Judging contests at the recent Jackson County Fair at Sylva. In this contest 41 young people entered for the five prizes to be awarded. Compe tltton waa keen and a majority of those entered stayed In until the last animal was Judged. Prizes were award ed. Competition was keen and a ma jority of those entered stayed In un til the Ifst animal was Judged. Prizes were awarded as follows: First prize. 912.00 —Robertas Cal fcoun, Sylva, N. C. Second prize, $lO 00—Eugene Wagg Webster, N. C. Third prize. SB.O0 —Theodore Oreen, Cullowhee, N. C. Fourth prize, $6.00 —ftoward Hoop er, Cullowhee, N. C. Fifth prize, $4.00 —Charles Clayton, Addle, N. C. This makes a total of S4O distribut ed to the students as a reward for their interest in live stock. Cicero Bryson, of Webster, and Martha Da vis, of Dlllsboro, won sixth and sev enth places, respectively, but as no money was offered for these places, they only received honorable mention. Sixty-one Counties Organized. Up to October 1, 61 counties had been organized in home demonstration work and 12 others are to follow with in the next SO days. THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA Practical Agricultural Couraaa. Dean C. D. Williams says that ac tive arrangements are being made to put in final shape the ahort course in agriculture for farmers that are to start on Octobr 30 at the State Col lege, Kalelgfc, and continue for six teen weeks These courses have been i especially designed to give those who j come to the College for this short practical instruction, information J along difTereut lines of farming prac- i tical Instruction, information along different line* of farming practiced In the state that may be puj into use on the home farm by thoa*T who come. The eorly farming in North Caro lina under pioneer conditions of so- | clety was a comparatively simple I operation, but In this day and time, j as farming has become a more com- j plex and commercial enterprise and j when crops are raised on a largo scale for competition In world markets, the ' welMnformed and alert farmer, other j things being equal, la the one who la going to make the most out of hit farming operations. The courses, as arranged, will no doubt greatly *l4 those taking them to become more modern and businesslike in their farm- j ing operations than they could other j wise possibly have been. Opportunity will be afforded to give the busy men on the farm, both old and young, to spend two or four months at the college studying tha different branches of farming thay have especial interest in and do so at a sesaon of the year whnn work on the firm is least pressing Those who come will be brought in close person al touch with the specialists of tha College, Experiment Station, and Ex tension Service and thereby be given an opportunity to become acquainted with the work that is being (lone In the state at the present time in the interest of those engaged In farming. Those attending the course should be come better fitted for taking up their life work by having secured a better and more Intimate view of agriculture. In general and a higher efficiency and knowledge in their chosen fields of farming. Courses are to be offered In field crops. In live stock Including dairying, horticulture, and in poultry Arrange ments have been made whereby apo dal lectures on different phases of agriculture will be given by the differ ent specialists of the college, experi ment station, and extension service. Many farmers of thla county and of other countlet In the atate should make every effort to arrange their farm work to that they can avail u themselves of thla splendid opportu nity of visiting the college and secur- Ing practical Information that Is to be | offered there In the short courses In aglrculture that have been arranged especially for the busy farmer* of the state. Unlv«r»lty Men Study War. The student battalion of the Univer sity had Its first taste of modern war fare methods here, when the four com panles were divided Into attacking and defending parties and maneuvered In the various basic principles of combat tactics as applied to the infantry or ganlzatlons During the pftHt week the mechan ism of extended order drill has been learned with precision. Various exer clses In the nature of maneuvers hav« beon carried out, as far an practicable, against Imaginary or represented ene mles The self-reliance. Initiative, ag gresslveness, conception of teamwork and other fundamental characteristics of successful leadership acquired by the platoon leaders during the pant week were given a test Saturday and the results were In most casos very favorable. At 2 o'clock the battalion was form ed on the parade ground and after the definite plan of action had been ex plained a few preliminary remarks the two organisations set off by dlf ferent routes for the scene of the com bat. The members of the attacking party wore white bands around their hats to distinguish them from the other *or ganlzatlon Lieutenant Leonard wan In charge of the attacking party and the defending unit was under the com mand of Lieutenant Whitfield Send Bulletins to Soldier*. The state board of health Is follow ing the examples of publishers of oth er jpagazlnes and papers, and planning to get copies of Its monthly heatlh bulletin In the hands of the soldiers. At the top of the August Issi?e, which has Just come from the press, is this notice to readers: "When you flntsh reading this magazine, place a 1-cent stamp on this notice, hand same to any postal employee. yd It will be placed In the hands of our soldlerß or sail ors at the front. No vrrapplng— no addrees." New Corporation Get* Charter. Charter was issued from the office of the secretary of state for the in- Company, of Charlotte, with 125,000 authorized capital and SIO,OOO sug scribed. The incorporators are J R Clements and C. R. Clements, of Char lotte and R. E. Clements of Henderson. Fire Prevention Day Observed. Insurance Commission Young ex pressed hlmsolf as highly gratified at the manner in which Fire Prevention Day was observed throughout the state. After the literature concerning the observation for the day set apart by the legislature had been distributed many applications for further informa tion about the event were received at the department ofttces from all parts of the state. FoHowtng the letteT sent out by Superintendent of Public In struction Joyner most of he schools In the state held some exercises. » FOOD CAMPAIGN : WEEK DEFERRED ' ■ DON* SO AS TO AVOtD INTERFER ENCE WITH THE BALE OF LIB ERTY BONDS. POSTPONED JUST ONE 'WEEK Announcement by Administrator Page Follows Request of President Wil son and Mr. Hoover. Raleigh—The nation wide Food Con servation Pledge Campaign has been postponed from the week of Oct. 20-28 to Oct 27-NovT 4th. State Food Ad ministrator Henry A l'age received Announcement to this effect from Mr. | Herbert Hoover, United State Food j Administrator. The postponement of this important campaign, for which Administrator Pan*' lias enlisted an army of approx- imately 25,000 workers in North Caro lina. was made at the request of President Wilson President Wilson's letter and Mr. Hoover's reply are Interesting in this connection The President's letter was as follows: "The White House, Washington "My dear Mr. Hoover: "Tin' exigencies of tho Treasury have equlred setting tho ilnal week of the Liberty I-oan campaign during the pe riod of Oct 21st to 28th, This, I un derstand, brings it into tho same week as the Food Conservation Pledge Cam paign It seems to me undesirable In the Interest of both theso capital mat ters that this should occur In all the circumstances, therefore I would be glad if the Pledge Campaign could be deferred one week, that Is, until Oct. 2Nth to Nov. 4th. "In asking this alteration of the plans of yourself and your associates I should like to take this occasion to Impress upon them that we In no way underdate the Importance of their ef forts If we are to supply our Allies with the necessary food and are to re duce our own prices of foodstuffs dur ing the coming winter It can only be accomplished by the utmosl self denial and service on the part of all our peo ple through the elimination of wasto ami by rigid economy in the use of food. "Therefore I would be glad If you would convey to all of your staff throughout the country my feeling of the prime Importance of their plans and their work nnd 1 wtah particularly to express my great appreciation of the service which this additional tax on their time will Impose! upon the many thousand volunteers who have already deferred their own concerns to public Interest. "In 1 Tilh Important work I ask them not to allow this alt prat lon In pro gram to dampen their tine enthusiasm hut. rather to redouble their energies In their very great-branch of national service "Cordially and sincerely yours, "WOODROW WILSON ' To this letter Mr. Hoover replied askfollows: "Dear Mr. President: "I am obliged for your favor "We. of course, have taken the nec essary steps to comply with your wish as to deferring the final week of our food conservation pledge campaign until the week of OctobeT 28th to No vember 4th. You will, of course, real ise that we may be unable to reach some of the more remote districts. | "I have no doubt that the 500,000 ' workers who have enlisted In this service will loyally respond to your request for a greater and longer coti i tlnuec' exertion Your emphasis on the national Importance of the con servation campaign should stimulate our large body of devoted workers to ! the utmost effort during the new week. "Yours ffllthfu'ly. "HKRfIKRT HOOVER." Robert D. Krwln. a pj-ominent cMl zen of Concord was thrown from a loadod wagon and kl'led when his team of mules became frightened and ran away. Open Rich Mountain Territory. North Wilkesboro. —Monday saw the beginning of the savin gto the state of that vaat section lying north west o fthe Blue Ridge. tlhaa always been cut off by the mountains from | Its slater territory east of the ridge, and through necessity and not by choice has been tributary to Tennes see and Virginia The good roads commission of Wilkes county turned loose the revolving steam shovel on the Boone-Trall highway Monday morning, with the order "on to D»ep ; Gap" and the Watauga county line. To Address Suffrage Leaque Durham —Mrs. Pa-ttle Jacobs Ruf ner, of Alabama, official represents tlY® of the National Suffrage League, has accepted the Invitation to mako the principal address before the an nual convention of the North Caro lina league, in session in Goldsboro, October 30 and 31. Mrs. John S. Cun ningham, of Durham, president of the state chapter of the national organiza tion, announced the formal program TUa sessions will consume two dayß OFFICERS CHOSEN FOR OAR. Mrs. Jacksie Daniels Thrash It Again Elected President—Meet Next Year at Wilson. Klnaton.—Tho United Daughtert of the Confederacy in convention hero selected Wilson as the place for tho next annual convention, re-elected Mrs. Jacksle Daniels Thrash, of Tarboro, as president, und chose the following ad ditional officers: First vice-president, Mrs. James F. Parrott, of K.lnston; second vice-presi dent, MrH Thomas Walter Blckett, of Raleigh; recording secretary, Mrs Flu gene B. Glenn, of Ashevllle; corre sponding secretary. Miss Mary Powell, of Tarboro; treasurer, Mrs. J W. Pless. of Marlon; recorder of crosses, Mrs R. L. Gwyn, of Lenoir; registrar, Mrs. Herbert McCullera. of Clayton; historian, Mrs. James A. Fore, of Char lotte; assistant historian, Mrs W. L. Hill, of Warsaw; chaplain, Mrs B. 11 Witherlngton, of Falson; of children's chapters, Mrs L T Town send, of Lumberton. Miss Powell. Mrs, Pless, Mrs. Foro and Mrs. McCullers were re-elected to their respective offices. The convention decided that when the time comes for the national con vention to choose a new president gen eral the North Carolina division will present the name of Mrs. Josephus Daniels, of Kalelgli and Washington, wife of the secretary of the navy, as a candidate. This action wan taken amid round after round of applause Mrs Daniels was present. "Historical Evening." "Historical evening" was observed by the United Daughters of the Con federacy, in annual convention here, at the Urnlnger high school. Hot ween 800 and 1,000 delegates, members of the local chapter and others were In the audience The auditorium was decorated In the nutionul colors, which alao are the Confederate coloru, and there WHH a liberal sprinkling of the Stars and Bars among the numerous Hags of the united nation used in the decorations. Many Volunteer to Save Food Raleigh.- Ninety nine men and one woman, nearly all of whom have gain ed state wide prominence, have accept ed their appointment as county food admlnistraior and are enlisted In Federal Food Administrator Henry A. Page's North Carolina volunteer army. No call since the campaign, for the production and the conservation of food began has received such ready and hearty response. Within two days after having appointed his lieutenant*, Mr Page was receiving from his com missioned county officials the names and addresses of the school commit teemen and district workers who will carry the orders that are coming down %(>m the commander-in-chief In Wash ington. Acceptance In writing has been forwarded to Mr. Page, and the Moore county business man who has come here ftt great sacrifice to see It through Is strengthened to undertake a grent work The county admlniatratorH are men like hlin who know what It IH to bo sacrificial. These have been chosen with a view to their efficiency and at the head of many counties are Re publicans of prominence throughout North Carolina. It la an Importing ar ray of men who have undertaken tho great tank of Informing and Illuminat ing their citizenship on the causes and consequences of such a war and the capital Importance of combining a nation whole strength to the end that the war may be won. Mr. Page chooses from Scotland county Miss Kmlly Walker, one of tho most efficient young women In the state. She Is assistant county su perintendent and was the choice In a county whose citizenship ny descent Is aroused to the meaning of such x war as this. Sex and politics hav? been waived In the effort to put at the head of each county the person who will build up the best organiza tion and who can get closest to the people. Women Ready to Bell Bonds. Winston Salem —Mrs. R. J. Rey nolds, chairman of the state woman's committee of the second liberty loan, has returned from a meeting of the state chairmen held in Washington, and reports that she was agreeably surprised at the point of organization reached in North Carolina, as com pared with other states. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS The University of North Carloina celebrated its 124 th birthday last week In a manner betting so important an occasion. Addresses by Governor Bick ett and President Graham, of the uni versity, with an inspection of the mili tary forces of the university by the governor were the chief events of the day. Lenoir county has four community faira this year. "Everybody's Day" was celebrated at Thomasvllle last week. A. W. McAlister, fuel administrator of North Carollfta, announces that he has anointed A. M. Sclsfes, Greens bero; Clarence Poe, Raleigh; Presi dent Graham. Chapel Hill, as a central state committee on fuel administra tion; C. L. Shuping, Greensboro, as secretary. A large crowd attended the opening of the Western Highway at Marshall last week. The Bank of Badin is the name of a new state bank formed at' Albemarle with $25,000 capital stocl^ A life extension campaign is being oondacted in Lenoir co»nty. SKIN HER S NflKn THK BEST GREAT BIG MONEY Oil. Prodaclag and Heflalag VIU Oil prices boom In*. Stocks soaring Thou* •amis dmwlnir dividend* from small Invest* tnents In ground-floor shares of reliable ott and refining companies. Writs st ones tot 116 FREE BOOK OF PHOTOS AID OIL FACTS nbout big. •übatantlal, ahare-and-«har«-aUk* oil and refining company (governed by boar 4 or 1! conaervatlve bankera) owning 4 • T'» of vnloabln oil leaaea drpoalted la bnnk. nil paid for and certified by law. M Oklahoma and Texaa, the world'a richest oO region. Mlg well now drilling. Ikitri wdU to be drilled «Min. Modern Oil Refinery to M •reeled. I'iialtlvely your fair and aquaf* I quick opportunity (free from humbug at fuklr'a meih.ida) to buy |1 par aharea NOW 1 In honcatly managed, faat-growlng company. OSAOE OIL ( REFINIM CO.. Oktakaaa City. OkU. ..jphset fMyrjS A toilet preparation of merit. lHI« A Help# to aradloate dandruff. UK\I M For Realorina Color amd KsiW BMUI 7 to Gray or Faded Kair BOY SWAPS HIS DAD'S SHIRT Accepts Proposition of Wild Wert Show Employee and Gets Inside the "Big Top." Moiita Jcssup Is tin' robust HOD of Orln Jessup, president of thv Orln Jea nup Land company of Tipton, and he Is a trim American lad, says the In dianapolis News, lie knows when o circus coinoH to tow n, ami like all other boys, ho will find a way t osee the show. That was why he did not mIM a Wild West exhibition that played Tipton recently. The lad had been pondering over how he was to get In side the "big top," and he was not greatly encouraged until a big, black man —one of the many sons of Ham with the show — approached lilin. "Say, sonny, how big's your dad?" asked the si ranger. "lie's a whopper," promptly replied the youngster, thinking perhaps the colored man might have some notion of ordering him roughly from the grounds. "If you all 'II give me one of your dad's shirts I'll take you In all the shows." The lad scurried away and soon de» llvered one of Mr. .lessup's best shlrti to the colored man, who was as good as lils word, and took the bid through every tented attraction on the ground*. Later on the young American bad It forcibly Impressed on blm tbnt he could have gone to the show several timed for what the shirt cost. Spanked the Kitty Tli> little black kitten hid under the veranda and refused I> come out and he friends again wltli I "oily. Mamma found the little clrl In tears, and asked the ran He of the trouble. "Kitty scratched the," so I (wasi liHged to spank her, an' now she play with me," sobbed I'olly. "If you spank kitty, she won't love you," explained mamma. "I didn't know 'bout that," replied the little one miserably, "'cause yo« spank me au' I love you Just the same." Exercise. "Don't you think every man should devote some time to physical cultureT" "Not In my particular Held of ac tivity," replied Senator Sorghum. "If nil legislators went In for physical cul ture as well as Intellectual develop ment some of these debates might end In a personal encounter that really hurt somebody." Hot Scotch. Scot Sergeant (drilling some raw re cruits) —I 100 Is It ye dlnna tur-r-n aboot when Ah aboot tur-r-n ye? Ca»- na ye one'cr-r-stan' puld King's Hng llsh? —Passing Show. "By their fruits ye shall know then." This applies to family trees. | Jl Nrtam Ciml C—fm C tom t Ml Wf—K THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT POSTUM AS A HEALTH IMPROVEMENT OVER COFFEE
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