ADMITTED TO BIRTH
REGISTRATION AREA
DIRECTOR OF CENSUS S. L. ROG
ERS CONGRATULATES NORTH
CAROLINA HEALTH BUREAU.
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DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
y
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
That North Carolina has been ad
mitted to the birth registration area
af the United States, beginning Jan
uary 1, 1917. and is admitted as the
thirteenth State in the Union and one
of three Southern States is according
to a letter received by l)r. W S. Ran
kin, secretary of the State Board of
Health, from Sam L. Rogers, director
of the Federal census bureau.
The letter reads "It gives me
great pleasure to Inform you that
North Carolina measured well over 90
per cent and has been admitted to the
registration area for births for the
year 1917. A detailed report of the
test will be sent you shortly. Our
special agents have returned from
North Carolina and have nothing but
glowing accounts to give of the cor
dial reception given them and of the
efficiency of your registration sys
tem."
This means, according to the State
Board of Health, that North Carolina
Is reporting all. or at lflast over 90 per
cent of her births ana that birth sta
tistics as well as her death statistics
will be accepted by the United States
and foreign governments. For the
past month two special agents from
the Federal Census Department offi
cially inspected the completeness of
the birth reporting made to the Vital
Statistics Department of the Board
and found that the State was not only
reporting far above the required per
centage. but that the work was done
most efficiently
The other States that have preceded
North Carolina Into the birth rostra
tlon area are the six New England
Btates—New York. Pennsylvania.
Michigan. Minnesota, Virginia and
Kentucky. The latter two were admit
ted this year.
More Hog Cholera Work In State.
Because the campaign for cleaning
up hog cholera in the section around
Elizabeth City hns shown what miy
be done along this National
Department of Agriculture co-operat
lng with the State Department has de
termined to greatly extend this
and has placed two additional hog
cholera exports In the state to aid Dr
F. D. Owen In eradicating this dls
ease
The first campaign of education and
demonstration In the methods of hog
cholera control was begun in 1914.
when Doctor Owen was assigned to
this state with headquarters at Ral
sigh . Later the work was Intensified
by taking only a small territory around
Elisabeth City, much of which Is i.i
free range territory, to see If It would
be possible to eradicate the ,dlease In
this territory The results of this test
proved very successful and now twi
men will be located In the eastern
section of the state with headquarters
at Elizabeth City and Wilmington,
while Doctor Owen will be available
to citizens over the entire state.
The work as outlined will be divided
Into two phases The first will be
educational and demonstrations In
which the county agents of the Agrl
cultural Extension Service will b"
used to aid in awakening swine grow
ers to the danger of the hog cholera
disease. The second will be in the na
ture of sanitary control work In which
the co-operation will be with the State
Veterinarian of (he Agricultural De
partment. Director B W Kllgore, of
the Agricultural Extension Service.
Will co-operate with Doctor Owen in
the educational side of his work; and
Doctor O H. Graham. State Veterin
arian, will co-operate In the sanitary
control work.
Under the program of education and
demonstration, meetings will be held
throughout the State, demonstrations
In the methods of Immunization of
swine through the administration of
antl-hog cholera serum will be given,
■wine growers will be taught the eco
nomic value of thfj antl-hog cholera
■•rum and county agents will be as
■fated In controlling epidemics of hog
cholera whenever there Is great need.
Meetings will also be arranged by the
county agents when there seems to be
seed of such educational movement.
Two New Charters Granted.
H. W. F. Co.. of Ellerbe. to conduct
general mercanltle establishment with
$(0,000 authorized capital and >IO.OOO
subscribed, - The Incorporators are J.
J. Henderson. J. W. Webb, and W. M
Henderson, all of Ellerbe.
The Rowan Supply Company of Bur
gaw, with $25,000 authorized capital
and S3OO subscribed. The incorpora
tors are E. R. Mlxon. W. H. -AVhltle
and Tt R. Fleming, all of Burgaw
The Food Administration Is protect-;
Ing the patriot against the slacker lu i
trustiness. >- "■'* 1
Miller* Will Protest to Hoover.
A delegation of grain millers of tho
state was here trying to have the fed
eral food control division suspend an
order against the importation of wheat
into North Carolina. The order has
imposed on' the ground that
North Carolina raises sufficient wheat
f->r the needs of the pelnple of the
p»ate.
There are 180 grain mills in the'
state. 32 of which import more or less
wheat from other states. These mill
ers Insist that they cannot operate
their mills if they are cut out of tin
wheat they have heretofore brought
in to supply their trade.
The millers, with the co-operation
of the state department of agriculture
will make up a detailed official state
ment of the real situation in this state
and present it to the federal food con
trol authorities with demand for read
justment of the order as to Importa
tion 6f wheat Into this state.
The millers held a conference with
Henry A. Page, federal food adminis
trator for this state, and the situation
was thoroughly canvassed. It devel
oped that there are really more than
4.000.000 bushels of wheat brought
Into the state for milling purposes and
something like 250,000 bushels export
ed in the shape of flour and other
mill products. The best estimates
seem to be that nearly nine-tenths of
•he wheat produced In the state Is
ground by the small mills on the "cus
tom" basis of tolls for the grinding
In seed
That this state must produce some
thing like 6.000.000 more bushels of
wheat before the state can be really
said to be self sustaining In the pro
duction of its wheat bread. Is the con
tention.
Do Spring Plowing Early Is Advice.
One important piece of the spring
work which can often be gotten out of
the way In the fall and early winter to
good advantage is a part at least of
the plowing Officials of the Agrlcul
utral College give the following argu
ments in its favor:
1 There is more time In fall than
spring and every day saved can bo
used for preparing and planting when
the spring rush comes
2 Hired help can be kept employed
at this and other winter work Instead
of being turned ofT and lost
3 Teams are harder and in better
working condition In fall, and tin
weather Is cooler for the heavy work
4. Land is generally In good cond'l
tlon to turn in fall, which may be tro
wet early or too dry later if left until
spring
5 SUIT, "bakey' soils may be
crumbled and improved in condition
and come plant food freed by exposuro
to freezing and thawing
6. Tough'sods will rot more quickly
If fall plowed, and can be disked up
into a better seed bed with less labor.
7. Fall plowed land, left rough, will
absorb more water and melting snow
8. Wire worms, white grubs and
other insect pests, as well as shallow
rooted w*»eds, such as garlic and
weedy grasses, are Injured and often
killed by turning tip and freezing
Light soils subject to washing
should not bp plowed In the full. There
Is little danger of difficulty In work
Ing fall plowed land up loose and mel
'low If a disk harrow In used when
j moisture conditions are right.
Organize Peanut Growers.
Mr W. 11. Camp has returned to hl.s
office a trip made to a meeting
of the peanut growers of North Caro
lina and Virginia) at Suffolk, where in
co-operation with the marketing offi
cials of the State of Virginia, he took
steps to form the Virginia-Carolina
Peanut Grower* Association for the
i purpose of securing for the grow um
| Just and equitable prices for their
| product. '
Mr C W. Mitchell of Aulander, a
/nember of the State Hoard of Agricul
iTure, was elected president of tin- a
soclatlon; Mr. Frank Shields of So '
j land N'cck, vice president; and Mr
| George M. Inman, of Waverly, Va,
i secretary- treasurer. The directors of
the organization are A F. Mathew.
I Waverly, Va, J L. Wynne, lOveretts,
j N. C ; J T. Robertson, Witkefield. Va ;
|S. B. Winburn. Como, N. C.; E W.
Crlchton. Capron, Va.; R. N. Elliott.
Tyner, N. C.
In general, the objects of the asso
ciation are to promote the mutual in
terests of growers In producing, hand
ling and marketing of the peanut crop
Any peanut grower In the State may
become a member upon payment of
the dues of one dollar per year.
"It Is of Interest to know," says Mr.
Camp, "that not more than 50 per cent
of a crop will be made In North Caro
lina and Virginia, according to report*
made at the meeting by visiting dele
gated from peanut counties Earlier In
the season. It was thought that two
thirds of a crop would be made bn' .
later reports have shown this to be an
over estimate.
About one hundred thousand manu- '
facturers, wholesalers and other dls 1
trlbutors of staple goods are now un j
der the licensing provisions of the
Food Control Act.
Peterson Cass Continued.
MaJ. George L. Peterson, under In- j
dlctment on the charge of 17.600 short- j
age in accounts,as property and dls
bursing officer of the North Carolina
national guard, procured the contihu- (
ance of his case In Wake county su
perior court this afternoon, renewed j
his SIO,OOO bond and returned to Camp j
Sevier, where he Is on the quartermas
ter's stair of the Thirtieth division
The grand Jury mads the formal re
turn of a true bill, but the trial of tho
case is uncert*'-
till ill I I **NPIN|fIU
THE ENTERPRISE, WTLLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA
I—Scene at a dlvtalonnj headquarters of tho British during one of the big battles on the west front. 2—Mem
, bers of an American,college girls' trench candle brigade making candles of rolled paper boiled In paraffin. S
Gen. Herbert C. O. Plumer, appointed commander of the British forces sent to aid the Italians.
! NEWS REVIEW OF
IHE PAST WEEK
j -A |
Interallied War Conference in
Paris Opens With Russia
the Big Topic.
LENINE DEALS WITH BOCHES
Germans Accept Bolshevlkl Proposal
of Armistice—Signs of Collapse of
Radical "Government"—ltal
ian Crisis Considered Over
—Supreme War Coun
cil for United States.
i
I
By EDWARD W. RICHARD.
The great Interallied war conference
opened In Paris on Thursday and the
world Is JUHtllled In expecting momen
tous results from It, though they may
not be Immediately evident,
j Aside from the question of unified
control of the war, nine of the most
Important matters considered by the
conference, of course, was the Itusslan
situation. This \vas rapidly untying
| to a climax, for during the week the
representatives of the bolshevlkl gov
ernment crossed over to the German
side and made their proposition of an
armistice on all fronts of the belliger
ent countries. Since this plan coin
cides with Germany's desires and
doubtless was Inspired by lief, the
German authorities accepted the sug
gestion and set December 2 for a con
ference on the subject. Meanwhile
iwnihcrs of the Herman general staff
were In I'etrograd advising I.enlne and
Trotzky.
The conference In Paris took under
considcrntlon the Issuance of a "rca
i soiled statement for the guidance and
warning of the Russians as to the
serious results that are likely to fol
low If a separate peace Is concluded,"
to quote the conservative language of
Lord Robert Cecil. This means noth
ing less than that the Petrograirrad
icals, and Russia If they are able to
Impose their will on the country, will
be recognized as enemies of the allied
The ambassadors of tbv ill
lies and of the United States were
said to be waiting for the meeting of
the Itusslan constituent assembly,
elections for which were held last
week though the results were not
known at the time of writing.
Hope in Southeastern Russia.
There are grovVing indications that,
whin the froth ami spume of the pres
ent bolshevlkl revolution In Itussla
have blown away, Ihe original revolu
tionjsts of Inst- March, men like Mil
youkotT, who have brains and experi
ence as well as ideals, will come to
the surface again and regain a control
. jliat may save their distracted coun
try from the talon* of the Prussian
eagle.
The beginning of the end for Leninc
was reported to have come on Friday,
when, according to dispatches frour
Petrograd, Ills cabinet was succeeded
by a coalition ministry of advanced
Socialists and other factions, with the
•Bolshevlkl in the minority.
Despite the fact that the second and
fifth armies Inst week guve their nil
herence to the Bolshevik! "govern
ment," Lenine and Trotzky have
shown no slightest evidence of
their ability to rule Itussla, and
whether or not they be knowingly
agents of Germany, their actions are
all for the benefit of the central pow
ers. If the armistice they ask for
were followed by Ihe kind of peace
they advocate, Russia would, lie open
to Germany us a ripe field for merci
less exploration and the Germans
would gain Infinitely more than they
possibly would lose In western Eu
rope. •
The hopefulness In the situation lies
far away from Petrograd. A great or
ganization known as the Southeastern
union lias been formed, embracing the
Don territory, most of Little Russia,
Ihe lower Volga region amWlurkestan.
This Is the great grain-growing part of
Russia, the territory that feuds the :•
rest, and steps are being taken to add
to the up ion the corn-produciiig 'part
of Siberia. In all this territory, rough
ly speakjngr General Kuletlines, bet
man of the Cossacks, Is lh control, and
h*. la turn. Is controlled by leader. 1 -
wh| have not yielded to the dictation
of I.enlne and his bolshevlklsts. More
over, the Immense gold reserve of the
Russian empire, which was removed
from I'etrograd to the Kremlin In 11M3,
has been taken still further hito the
Interior and Is out of the reach of the
maximalists. Whether Kaledlnes and
the Cossacks will chose to suftyort the
eoclal democrats or will aid In a res
toration of the monarchy Is not clear.
But sane friends of order, democracy
and freedom feel that anything would
be better than the reign of anarchy
and civil war that threatens Russia
now.
The soldiers who remain at the
front nre walling bitterly because of
the shortage of food, and there Is a
fine-prospect of hundreds of thousands
of these lighting men turning back In
to their country half-starved ami
ready to pllluge and ravnge It without
restraint.
Italy's Danger Lessened.
The heroic Italian troops having
demonstrated their ability to hold back
about four times as many Teutons
along the ITave front, the fears of a
more extended Invasion of Italy and
of the capture of Venice are lessening.
During the week great numbers of re
enforcements arrived from the British
and French armies on the west front,
many of tlu»m having tuarched eight
days through the mountains. They
brought with them ample artillery ami
supplies. Italian reserves In great
musses, yoi'ing,; well-equipped and full
of spirit, also moved north to relieve
those who have been combating the
Invaders, and In some places the 11 a I
Inns took the offensive. The lighting,
especially between the l'lave ami the
Itrenta, continued I'ierce and unabated
throughout the week, and the losses
on both sides were heavy, but the Aus
tro-Gcruiaiis made no further gains.
Down toward the Adriatic they made
repeated 4i I tempts to cross the river
and the Hooded lands In pontoons, but
were completely routed by the Italian
artillery. As the week closed the situ
ation In Italy was still serTous, but Im
proving each day.
(Jt'li. I l '. It. Maurice, chief director
of military operations in the British
war office, was especially well satis
fied with the week's developments in
Italy. From tin; fact that Germany
had not brought up vast re-enforce
ments to follow up the initial success
with a decisive blow, lie ;£/||,cl tided
that Germany was 'utiiiltle to send
them. It is now time, he declared,
to say definitely that the crisis in
Italy has passed, tills being due en
tirely to the efforts of the Italian
army, "Anglo-French troops are now
available In sulllcleiit (inutilities to
satisfy us that the situation Is se
cure," lie concluded.
Hard Fighting Around Cambrai.
The war has seen no more desperate
lighting than has followed on ihe heels
of General Byng's sensational thrust
toward Cambrai. Crown Prince Rup
procbt seemed determined not to let
that city fall Into the hands of the
British, or at least to make It a costly
prize, and Ills constantly re-enforced
troops were sent against the British
in Bourlon wood again and again and
in the village oY Fontaine, which
changed hands several times. Byng's
men held on tenaciously and usually
bad the best of It in the hand-to hand
fighting as well us In the artillery com
bats, and the tanks continued to play
their part. These monsters often
cleared ihe way for the Infantry, and
In at least one instance, when they
were themselves held up by superior
forces, the British airmen, flying dar
ingly low, routed the enemy with ma
chine gun fire and permitted the tanks
to go off. Altogether, It has been the
most spectacular battle of the war, and
it has cost the Germans a great niany
of their best men.
General Byng last week seemed to
be endeavoring to break through to the
north of Cambrai, a movement that
probably would compel the enemy to
fall back on a wide front. Cambrai It
self seems doomed to destruction.
General Pershing last week sent
over his second casualty list. It gave
the names of t\o privates wvho were
killed in the trenches by German ar
tillery fire and of live severely
wounded. *
U. 8. Supreme War Council.
While urgently advising upon, our
allies in«vf unified action in the prose
cution of the wur, tlie administration
is not overlooking the need for similar
cp-ordinatejJ effort ut home. On Tues
lay u great step toward centralized
t'on'.ri I of all the country's resources
was taken In the appointment of a su
perior war council through which all
the war activities of the government
will he enabled to work .together. This
council Is made up uf the members of
the council of national defense—Secre
taries Baker, Daniels, Lane, Houston,
Rcdfleld and Wilson—Secretary Me-
Adoo, .Chairman Hurley \if the ship
ping board, Food Administrator Hoov
er. Fuel Administrator Garfield and
Chairman Wlllard of the war Indus
tries board. Director GIITonl of the
council of national defense will sit
with this superior council, and Presi
dent Wilson will meet with It when
ever lie tlilnks It advisable.
The government Is making a deter
mined effort to settle the troubles of
the railways and Its own problems In
the matter of transportation, and Just
now the plan of a railroad pool for all
lines east of Chicago Is being tried nut.
If lids Is not successful, It Is predict
ed, the government may. take over-the
operation of all American railways.
President Wilson proclaimed a new
embargo on the Importation of many
articles that are essentials of muni
Hons of war, without the express per
mission, of the government. Tills will
operate to conserve American -tonnage
for war purposes and to facilitate the
Importation of raw materials and oth
er supplies necessary In the manufac
ture of munitions. This assumption
of control over imports, provided for
In the embargo act, gives the govern
ment a powerful weapon for the eco
nomic war on Gerfffllny and can be
directed also against neutral traders
suspected of supplying the central
powers with American goods.
President Wilson on Monday ap
proved a recommendation of Mr.
Hoover reducing the alcoholic content
of beer to ,'t per cent and reducing the
amount of grain used by brewers to
about 70 per cent of the volume hither
to consumed. Prohibition of all brew
ing, (lie administration believes, would
•divert tipplers from the comparatively
harmless beer to the consumption of
whisky, brandy and gin, of which there
Is In the. country enough to last seve
eral years.
No Wapon Austria Yet.
Vigorous enforcement of the orders
restricting enemy aliens made things
rather lively last week for German
residents, especially of the large cltjes.
Mut the hope that the administration
would make easier the el king of es
pionage by having congress declare
war on Austria went glimmering. For
reasons which could not be made pub
lic, President Wilson and his cabinet
agreed that no declaration against the
dual monarchy-should be made unless
It commits some further especially
hostile acts. 'l'he president pointed out
the fact that the enemy alien law could
be amended to Include the subjects of
countries allied with Germany, as was
done In the trading with the enemy
liet, and Attorney General Gregory at
once began the preparation of such an
amendment.
Vatican Replies to Critics.
Fnusuall.v bold criticism of the
course of the-Vatican by a number of
papers, and assertions that the pope
had been fostering the cause of Aus
tria, had been far from neutral and
should be called on to make his posi
tion dear, brought forth Indignant de
nial from Cardinal Gasparrl, papal
secretary of state. Said he: "To say
that Ids holiness favors, or has fa
vored, or will favor an unjust, un
christian, and unendurable^peace Is
not only tulse but also absurd. Any
propaganda for such a peace, alleged
to he conducted at the Vatican's In
spiratlon, especially In certain nations,
Is the product of pure maliciousness."
He asserted that the disruptive
propaganda that began to affect the
morale of the Italian army could not
be laid at the doors of the Vatican, a
and that "the shoulders on which
rests the responsibility for the re
verses are well-known, a responsibility
which certainly does not touch Cath
olics, the clergy and least of all the
august person of the sovereign pon
tiff."
His eminence made no reference to
the Sinn Fein rebellion In Ireland.
One of the first matters taken up by
the interallied conference in Furls wua
the need of speedy diplomatic action
in regard to Switzerland, where Ger
man Intrigue Is Imperiling the neu
trality of the country and gaining eco
nomical domination through contfol of
tht> Swiss railways. The Swiss federal
council Is becoming anxious over Ger>
man military movements on the fro®
tier.
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It Saves 9V2C.
CASCARA E? QUININE
No idrtaa la price for this iO m
old remedy 2Sc for J« tableta-Boms
cold tablet* aow 30c for 21 tablets—-
Figured on proportionate coat par
tablet, you aave 9%c when you buy
HiU'a—Curea Cold
VEBB3I
Reduces Bursal Enlargements,
II Thickened, Swollen I luuet,
|J Curbs, Filled Tendons, Sor«-
V ness from Bruises or Stralnai
II (top* Spavin Lameness, allays pain.
m m L)oe« not blister, remove the hair 01
lay up the horte. |2.00 s bottls
si druggists or delivered. Book 1 M (rev,
ABSORBING, JR., lor mankind -aa
sntiieptic liniment (or bruiiei, cuts, wounds,
•traint, painful, swollen veins or glands. Il
heal* and soothes. SI .00 a bottle at drug
! giit) or postpaid. Will tell you more il you
| write. Made in the U. S. A. by
W. F.YOUNG. P.O. F.. 110nmolaSt Springfield. Mas*.
IMMPW TREATMENT. OlTaeqnlck r.11.f.
J Mllwl wI r# .inoTsi awHllnff and «hors
1 m hroAth. N«v«r h«*rd of tta Mituil for dn>i«f,
| \ JKTrjr It. Trial tr*fttm«nt i«ni FRII. by mall.
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Ml SMf, Baa SO, OHATIWOHTH. SA,
DIC&TRANSPARENT:
uW; itniDtfftii iiiiida.
WrUwforprlca^l^N^ltANl^HiwtßpencM^N^O.
Poor Men.
"You any Uilh young actress has been
ilrmtrrled- six times'/"
"Her |ir»'Ns agent run give you the
names lintl (laics."
"She doesn't look It."
"Probably nut. Most of the wear
and tear was suj£fred by her six hus
bands."
KIDNEY TROUBLE NOT
' • EASILY RECOGNIZED
Applicants for) Insurance Often
Rejected
An examining physician for one of tho
j prominent life insurance companies, in an
Interview of the aubject, made the as
tonishing statement that one reason why
BO many applicants for insurance are re
jected is because kidney .trouble is so com
j mon to the American people, ami the large
majority of those whose applications are
deel ined do not even suspect that they
have the disease.
Judging from reports from druggists
who are constantly in direct touch with
the public, there is one preparation that
has been very successful in overcoming
I these conditions. The mild and healing
I influence of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root is
] soon realized. It si in.ls the highest for
1 its remarkable record of success.
We find that Swamp Hoot is strictly
] sn herbal compound ami we would ad-
I vise our readers who feel in need of such a
| remedy to give it a trial. It is on sale
at all drug stores in bottles of two size*,
! medium and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to l>r.
Kilmer &  'O., • Itirighamti n, N . V., for a
sample bottle. ,\\ lien writing be sure and
mention " this paper.—Adv.
Typical Housecleaning.
A wouldn't think she was
houscclcutiing If she didn't get nil the
articles her husband needed most ill
the most Inaccessible places the very
first day.
A BRIGHT, CLEAR COMPLEXION
Is always admired, and it Is the lauda
ble ambition of every woman to do all
she can to make herself attractive.
Many of our sfuthern women have
found that Tettcrine is Invaluable for
clearing up blotches, Itchy
etc., and making the skin soft and
velvety. Tlitf worst cases of eczema
and other torturing skin diseases yield
to Tettcrine. Sold by druggists or sent
by mall for 50c. by Shuptrine Co.,
Snvannuh, (in. —Adv.
C. O. Danlclson of Hardin, Colo.,
acres of oats; expenses deducted.
To Cure a Cold In One Oay
Take LAXATIVB tfROMO gl lNlNlf Tablet;.
Druaflata refund money If It faila U> cure. H. W.
(IBOVH'B signature la on each box 90c.
V , .
New South Wales cuts unripe wheat
for hay.
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M|| as •** mfintnunimiimmwimnffg
« M „!II! Mur,afl is for Tired Eyes. 1
K MOVIO# Red Eyes Sore Eye#—s
£ Granulated Hvelld*. H«tl- 3
f Refreahea Restore*. Murine Is a Favorite 5
2 Treatment for Hyea that feel dry and smart. 3
s Give your Byes aa much of your IOTIPK care r
s aa your Teeth and with the aame regularly. 2
S CAKE FOR THEM. TW CMNOT MIT HE* ETESI =
| Sold at Drug and Optical sU>reo or bj Mall, a
| m liana* Ere R«ae4y Co. Chicaio. tec Free loo* |