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IMPORT BANANAS BY THE MILLION American* Have to Have Them in Soii? ami Reality, and Comume l.> Millions a Day, Estimated. \ Washington. July 27?Refutation of a popular souk is found in a Na tional Geographic Society Bulletin Just issued which not only shows that we have "some bananas" but traces the origin of this fruit that. In name at least, is now on every tongue. Known to only a handful of peo ple on the Atlantic seaboard a gen eration and a half ago. and consid ered -by them a tropical curiosity, the banana has become now the fruit of the American masses and hangs in great yellow bunches even in the remotest hamlets and in cross roads stores," says the bulletin. "The figures for banana imports are stag gering. Between 40 and 50 million bunches were brought In last year. Allowing only three cubic feet to the plied bunch, there is more than enough of the yellow fruit to fill heaping full a giganlc box as deep as the Washington Monument and 460 feet square. Such a box would cover more than an ordinary city block. If this huge pile were evenly divided every person In the United States, old and young, would have several dozens bananas for his share. Each day op an average nearly 15 million bananas are con sumed in the United States. Kvc'h "Apple" a flnnana "The banana is supposed to have originated in India near the base of the Himalaya Mountains; but ;? legend among eastern Christians as serts that It had a prominent place in the garden of Eden, and that It was a banana not an apple, that Eve ate In her search for knowledge. Botanists wore perhaps unconscious ly influenced by this legend, for they named two important species of the fruit Musca paridisiaca and Musca saplentium ?Fruit "of Para dise and Fruit of Knowledge. "No one knows how this popular .American fruit came to the New World, but it seems -not to have been here when Columbus arrived. One explanation is that it was* taken from Spain to Santo Domingo early In the sixteenth century and from there spread rapidly to the other West Indian Islands and to the mainland. American capital and initiative placed its development on a plantation basis in Central Amer ica, and now it Is grown as a com- i mercial crop to a greater extent , there than any where else in the worla. Jamaica is the greatest is- I land producer, while Nicaragua and Costa Rlcca are the chief mainland sources of supply. llrou^lit Development "A large fleet of steamers ?re-? frlgerated in summer and warmed in winter?plies constantly between Central American ports and the sea board cities of the United' States; and from these cities hundreds of cars roll daily in the effort to keep our appetite for 'bananas satihfled. "The development of the huge ?banana industry has had an epoch-; making Influence in the life of the Central American states. The turn- J ing of their Jungle wastes into pro-1 ductlve plantations has brought j prosperity, * railroad construction, : harbor Improvements and sanitary betterment. The 'yellow and cold' gold which the Spaniards took away in early days Impoverished Central | America; but the great stream of1 golden bananas is bringing back the precious metal and is building up the country in proportion as it flows j forth." THIS RAILROAD HAS WOMAN PRESIDENT Tallahassee, Fla., July 27 ?The Georgia, Florida and Alabama rail road. running from Richland, Oa. to Carabelle, Fla., on the Gulf of Mex- j Ico, has the distinction of having for; It# president one of the few women to hold such a position In the United States, Mrs. Cora B. Williams, of At lanta, Oa. Information given in the road's petition for the increase brought out unusual features in connection with its financial affairs. It was shown the road had an outstanding bonded Indebtedness of $2,113,000, and un paid Interest charge on that indebt edness of $1,124,656.91, and also carried on Its books for premium on stock of $122,000, All the bonds were owned by Mrs. Williams, according to the applica tion, and that all of the interest due on the bonds were due to her. She also owned the $122,000 premium on stock. Thpy were secured by a mortgage held by New York trust companies. This, the application said. "Mrs. Williams is willing to cancel and surrender up and cancel said bonds and lose all of the Interest due there on, and surrender and cancel her claim to $122,000 premium on stock In return for the applicant's (the railroad) issuing to Mrs. Williams common stock of the railroad com pany in the amount of the proposed Increase?the sum of $2,235,000." "VEGETABLES" When you buy Vegetables? alwayn try 'or BUST aaid FHK8HKST. At Oarrett'a you can get nice Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, Cucum bers, Squash. Country Cabbage, Beets. If It is anything In the Grocery line you want CALL 607 or 60ft L R. L. GARRETT (Ke*l Service) Training Camp Alumni Organize Tii?k Will be Done at the riii* summer, it is Announced Chicago. July 27 ? The ground work for an Alumni Society that bids fair to be the largest In the United ,States* In tlie course of tiro**. Is being laid by those who are organizing and: preparing to conduct the Citizens! Military Training Camps in the vari 1 ous states this year. I The announcement of the Alumnij Society's organization says: "The men who attended the first .voluntary camps in 1013, 1914, 1915 land 1916 Joined in forming the Mili tary Training Camps Association of the United States, and this Is the real jAlumni Society of all who believe in the 'Plattsburg Idea' of General | Leonard Wood, and who have been , trained in the citizens' camps. "This year the men In each camp are invited to group themselves as a part of the nation-wide organization, to be known as the Citizens' Military iTrainlng Camps Alumni. I "In order to make this effective! (the candidates from each county will I select their own captain. These, In turn, will select their own state cap-, tain and these state captains will. In i turn, select a corps area captain." Charters will be issued to each i county company./but the real organ-, izatlon of tlirAmmDl body will take) place at the camps during this sum ' mer. j Experiment on Producing Iron Bureau of Mines ('o-o|H>rutes With Minnesota University In the Task Washington. July 27?The United J States government is now making Iron, but only as an experiment and not for the commercial field. Its blast furnace is located at Minneapo lis and is operated as a laiboratory J by the Bureau of Mines in fc(5oj?era-, tion with the University of Minneso ta. After four years, of experimen tation to develop It. tho furnace te cently produced several tons of gray Iron and spiegelelsen. This type of experiment is declared unique in the field of industrial re search, as blast furnaces are not In eluded tisuully in laboratory equip ment. But with the demonstration showing every phase of the op? ration | of Iron making under complete tech- i nlcal control, it Is believed the In- ' vettlgMors at the Minneapolis station | are in a position to undertake the | study of various problems, the bo- ' lution of which should be of great practical value to blast operators. The furnace was*.operated first an a slagging-type gas producer until it had reached a steady state thermal jlv and chemically. Iron ore without ' the addition of a flux then was in- ? troduced. and Its descent in the fur-; ' irace was followed by means of gas ? samples taken at various stations.; ! When the effect of this charge had j been . dissipated, more ore was j charged without limestone, and oth er sets of samples were taken. The purpose Is to obtain a com ( parison of the gas composition at va i rlous planes of the furnace. Various sizes of ore also were used. The re duction of the ore at the stockllne was found to be greater with smaller sized ore, as Indicated by higher carbon dioxide. One of the most Important prob lemw that will be worked out with the experimental furnace will be that of finding a means of extracting Iron from the low-grade ores found es pecially in northern Minnesota. Cities of Rhine Are Stagnating With K?*iich In the Ituhr. Factories! are Cloysl nn?l Tourist Turn the Other Way Strasbourg, Germany. July 27? Strasbourg, capital city of Alsace Lorraine. and Mannheim, the inland Rhine port which Is the chief com* nurclal center of Baden, both are suffering greatly today as a result of the continued French occupation of the Ruhr. Freights on the river are virtually at a standstill, and the tourist traffic of other days Is no more. Hence docks are deserted and hotels are empty. Strasbourg's factories "aTe almost all closed down. The canal connect the city with the Rhine is filled with Idle ships. There is little activity on the railroad yards, and few trains cross the bridge. Tourists haveturned to other routes, where travel Is easi er and not subject to military lnte ference, and the local hotels and ca- | fes are empty. With Its 300,000 in habitants, Strasbourg is in a sad1 plight, and can be likened to a de serted orphan. In Manheim miles and miles of warehouses are closed and guarded 1 by French soldiers In helmets and j khaki field uniforms. Hundreds of I Idle ships and barges line the canala and the banks of the lfuge inner har bor. while the extensive railroad 1 yards are filled with dead locomo tives and freight cars. I The streets of the city are relative-. 1 y deserted. are working only on part time and the owner of every food automobile has sent It away In (ear of confisca tion by the French. Manhelm. wi'h Its population of a quarter of a mil lion. is listless and fearful of the fu ture. and seems like a city that has gone to sleep. MUSSOLINI CALLS FOR MORE PLANES Milan, July 7?Balked recently in a desire to fly to (Mount Etna be cause no airplane was available. Premier Mussolini sent a telegram to a government secretary at Rome, saying "we must have enough alr?-~ planes by next year to hide the sun. We must fly! We will fly!" S PUBLICATIONS IN DEMAND J Physical Culture, True Story,, Movie Weekly. National Brain Power' Beautiful Womanhood and Metro politan Magazine are now on sale at the newsstands. They are In such demand that they are always sold out early each month. Brimful of interesting articles and absorbing Btorles their hold on readers strengthens with every Issue, as Is attested by their increased sales. The art covers by the noted artist, Leo SlelkeJpr. are most attractive. Each periodical presents an array of features unusual in scope and In vividness of appeal. | Where Society Brand Clothe* Are Sold D. Walter Harris Tbe City Tailor and Clothier Down Go The Prices ? ON ? Men's Shoes liij; lot of brand new Men's anil Chilch-en'-vShoes heiiisj soli! at cheaper prices tli:m yon can I?ny the same quality for in any store in Eastern North Car olina. Before yon buy?compare our prices am! quality. S. Ganderson & Son "Good Quality for Less Money" Owens Shoe Co. FOOTWEAR OF MERIT Main St., Hinton Building The Universal Radio A TWIST of the wrist and the radio fan covers iniles. A sim ple turn of the dial and lie gels a liit of jazz liere, a lecture there and perhaps a vaudeville act somewhere else. Hundreds of things are continually heing broadcasted for his amusement and edification. . Rut radio, or no, don't forget that many things fully as inter esting and far more vital to you are heing broadcasted daily in this paper for your personal benefit. Your messages always come clear. The condition of the air doesn't concern you. From the depths of yqur own armchair you listen in on the doings of the world. You know what is going on everywhere, almost as soon as the events occur. Turn to the advertising columns and you are transported to the grocers, the clothiers,' the music shop. You visit the factory of a manufacturer or talk with the maker of a new household appliance that will save you work. And remember, too, that merchants and manufacturers who put their advertisements in this paper are progressive and depend able. They niunt give you good value. They know that advertis ing, by increasing the number of their sales, enables them to lower prices and give you more for your money. The advertisements are broadcasted for you Listen in Announcement To Property Owners > For a number of years_jvehave been handling real estate in rural sectigj??^of N'tmfr-Gaiolina aiM? Virginia, dealfng'gspwialtyTn the-t>uying and seTTihg of farm and timber lands. We now wish to announce that we have engaged of fices in the Hinton Building and are going to handle city property as well as rural property, on a commission basis. We respectfully invite property owners to list their property with us and we also invite those wishing to buy property to call upon us and let us explain what we have to offer. We believe our experience will be worth something to you. GALLOP-SAWYER REALTY CO. NORMA TALMADGE The Voice FROM The Minaret Salome! Sheba! Cleopatra! To the desert where they loved in imortality, their spirit draws a woman to forget her vows and a man to lose himself in love! Acclaimed the pfeer of "Smil in' Through" and "The Etern al Flame." Personally directed by Frank Lloyd. Adapted by Frances Marion. Alkrama Tuesday and Wednesday QUINN'S WHEN YOU BUY FURNITURE AT You Make Money Quinn Furniture Co. More Furniture For l*n? Money WE SKIHNEES W ? wPURKI Tkt Suptri*r ? MACARONI ?ell Famo and Lebanon Belle Flour trt absolutely floors of taallty told by tbo loading ?Distributed By? , A. F. TOXEY & COMPANY W?Ur MrMl
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