FORESTRY DEEIHG
STI
ASSOCIATION MEETS IN EASTERN
P-U" OF STATE FOR FIRST
TIME. JAN AUARY 18-19.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
ths Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple Gathered Around the State
Capitol,
Raleigh.
The executive committee of the
North Carolina Forestry Association
has decided to hold the Sixth Annual
Foresty Convention in New Bern on
Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 18 and
19, 1916. This is the first time the
association has been called to meet in
the eastern part of the state, and it is
expected that the departure will be
amply Justified by the increased at
tendance. The coastal plain region of this
state is the seat of the North Caro
lina pine industry and is the greatest
lumbering region northeast of Lousi
ana. New Bern can well be consider
ed the heart of this industry, and a
large number of those whose chief in
terest is the utilization of timber can
most conveniently attend. ,
One of the largest lumbering con
cerns in the country has tendered the
convention an excursion over one of
Its operations. This trip will be ar
ranged for the second day of the
meeting. In this way the delegates
will have an unequalled opportunity
of learning of some of North Caro
lina's most pressing forestry problems
at first hand.
Iks. Nathan O'Berry, of Goldsboro,
is president and Mr. J. S. Holmes, of
Chapel Hill, secretary of the associa
tion. Demonstration Work Interesting.
One of the most interesting reports
that will be submitted to the state
board of agriculture at the annual
meeting during the Crst week of De
cember will be on the home demon
stration work, a division of the de
partmental service directed by Mrs.
Jane S. McKimmon. The reports will
show the addition of quite a large
number of workers, giving special ser
vice in many counties. Within the
past four years 43 counties have taken
up this home demonstration work in
co-operation with the state department
and 20 of these counties are employ
ing whole-time supervisors, women
who are devoting their entire time to
the work among the counties' rural
women and girls. One of the most
valued additions to the staff has been
Miss Minnie L. Jamison, who came
to the department from the State Nor
mal College at Greensboro to become
assistant to Mrs. McKimmon. Miss
Jamison's wide acquaintance with the
young women throughout ' the state
gained during her service with the
State Normal College and her practi
cal knowledge of home demonstration
work make her a most valuable acqui
sition. She is serving the depart
ment on leave from the State Normal
College, to which service she will re
turn at the conclusion of her engage
ment with the department of agricul
ture. Other recent additions to the staff
engaged in this home demonstration
work are: Miss Cornelia Morria, Ala
mance county; Miss Grace Shaffer,
Guilford county; Miss Celeste Henkel,
Iredell; Miss Beulah Arey, Durhtm
county; Miss Eunice Penny, Davidson,
and Miss Grace Bradford, Moore
county.
Reclarr-tion Company Increasing.
An amendment was filed for the
charter of the Southern Land Recla
mation Company of Swan Quarter,
Hyde county, inoreasing the capital
from $150,000 to $300,000 and changing
the name to the New Holland Farms,
Inc. D. N. Graves is president and
C. E. Watson is secretary of the cor
poration which is draining Mattamus
keet Lake and adjacent swamps. J.
P. Keer, private secretary to Governor
Craig is designated as in charge of the
affairs of the corporation.
Craig Considers Two Requisitions.
Governor Craig issued a requisition
on the Governor of Virginia for Allen
D, Stephenson, who is wanted at Fay
ettevil'.e on a charge of immoral con
duct and breach of promise. He is un-
der arrest at Hopewell, Va. Governor
Craig honored a requisition from the
governor of South Carolina'for C. J.
Lewis who 'is under arrest in Green
ville. Pitt county, and is wanted in
South Carolina on the charge of forg
ing the names of J. A. Jeffcart to three
checks amounting to $15.80.
For Community Service Work.
The Community Service Executive
, Committee held a special session in
the office of Supt. J. Y. Joyner for
the purpose of devising ways and
means of raising funds for extending
the propcganda in the state. Partici
pating in . the conference were Ma).
W. A. Graham. Prudent D. II. Hill
of the A. &, M. College, Mr. Joyner;
Clarence Poe and Secretary Crosby
cf the Farmers' Union. The result of
the conference was the appointment
of a sub committee consisting of MaJ.
Graham , Dra. Hill. Poe and Crosby
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9 HE BERN
Soy Beans Gives Bright Promise.. .
The soy bean crop In North Caro
lina this year will reach over a mil
lion bushels, according to estimates
of Mr. C. B. Williams, of the Divis
ion of Agronomy. It is apparent that
Hyde county growers alone will pro
duce at least 200,000 bushels. This
production of the soy bean on a large
scale in North Carolina has interested
manufacturers of other states who
have been securing the bean with
great difficulty from other sections.
Experiments being conducted at Eliz
abeth., City oil mills for the conversion
of the bean into oil. For some time
Manchuria has been shipping into
America and into Europe meal and oil
from this bean.
Chief C. B. Williams, of the Divis
ion cf Agronomy, is very optimistic
with reference to the future of this
crop. He has recently visited cotton
oil mills in the eastern part of the
state with the idea of inducing them
to conduct trials along the line of
using the soy bean to supplement their
operating season.
For a number of years soy bean
meal and oil have been exported into
this country and into Europe from
Manchuria and other points in the
Orient where this bean is grown in
considerable quantities. The meal has
been used chiefly as a feed for cat
tle. To a limited extent it has been
put up and distributed as a food for
diabetics. It seems to be specially
adapted for the latter purpose because
of its high food value and its freeness
from starch. The oil that has been
exported up to the present time has
been used chiefly by soap manufactu
rers. The oil, too, has value in the
manufacture of paints as a substitute
in part for linseed oil. The chief of
the division of agronomy has eaten
muffins made from soy bean meal, and
he pronounces them to have been of
excellent quality.
Edgecombe Cotton Exchange Charter
The Edgecombe County Cotton Ex
change, Tarboro, received a charter
the purposes specified being to co
operate with the bureau of plant in
dustry of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture and the division
of agronomy of the North Carolina
Department of Agriculture in the se
lection Of seed and the improvement
in the varieties of cotton as best
adapted for the soil and market de
mands of Edgecombe, also to develop
for Edgecombe county a variety of
cotton best adapted to the needs of
the North Carolina cotton mills and
to co-operate with the market division
of the North Carolina Experiment
Station and Department of Agricul
ture; and find out and keep in touch
with the best markets for cotton in
and out of the state. The capital is
$10,000 authorized and $1,500 sub
scribed. The incorporators are B. F.
Shelton and M. T. Edwards of Speed,
N. C, and Thomas B. Jacocks of Tar
boro. Geologists at High Rock.
Prof. Collier Cobb of the depart
ment of geology at the University of
North Carolina, and his class in ad
vanced geology have been at High
Rock on the Yadkin River this week
studying "the geological conditions
there, especially as they relate to the
disturbance in the earth's crust at that
place. A few months ago there was
a general rearrangement of the sur
face of the earth covering area of sev
eral acres in the vicinity of High
Rock. Depressions appeared suddenly
in places that were elevations prior
thereto, and mounds sank into depres
sions. The readjustment of the earth's
crust caused considerable local com
ment at the time.
Opinions of Supreme Court.
The full list of opinions follows:
Wilson and Pullen vs. Holding,
Wake, alternative mandamus,' modi
fied, costs divided; Bear vs. Lumber
Company, Columbus, affirmed; Fair
banks vs. Supply Company, Rocking
ham, ne wtrial; in re wrill of Allred,
Surry, no error; State vs. Walker and
Dorsttt, Guilford, no error; Bell vs.
City of Greensboro, no error; Nelson
vs. Southern Railway, Guilford, re
versed; Myers vs. BCrtle, Guilford,
new trial; Horton vs. Southern Rail
way, Guilford, no error;. Jarrell vs.
Dyer, Guilford, affirmed; Turner vs.
Public Service Company, affirmed;
Fitzgerald Mills vs. Holt Mills, Guil
ford, no error; Scott vs. Annuity
Company, Guilford, no error.
Lefier vs. Lane, affirmed; Graves
vs. Causey, Guilford, affirmed; State
vs. McRae, Anson, reversed; Armstrong-Carter
Company vs. Asbury,
Stanly, no error; Little vs. Efird,
Stanly, affirmed; Hardware Company
vs. Seaboard Air Line Railway, Anson
reversed; Poplin vs. Haltley, Stanly,
n oerror; Mullis vs. Insurance Compa
ny, Richmond, no error; Morrow vs.
Starr, Stanly, no error; State vs. G.
W. Brown, Gaston, no error; Settee
vs. Railway Company, Mecklenburg,
no error; Smith vs. Southern Rail
way, Mecklenburg, no error; CambJ
bell vs. Shaw, Mecklenburg, no error.
Stock Law Fight Complicated.
Complications have developed In
Duplin and Pender counties through
the stock-law fights that these coun
ties fell heir to through legislative
acts of the 1913 and 1915 legislatures.
Duplin county has just voted to re
peal the stock law provided by the
1913 legislature; but friends of the
Ptock law movement insist that a ma
jority of the latest registered votes
was not shown to be for the repeal
and that therefore Duplin will con
tinue stock-law territory. This mattei
eoei into the court for sttiement
WEATHER AIDS ROAD WORK
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Many Roads Completed During Past
( Few Months In Davidson County.
Continue Work on Others.
Thomasville. The fine weather for
ifxQ last few months has aided greatly
In road building in Davidson county.
Roads are now complete, graded, top
soiled and packed from Lexington
seven miles toward Winston-Salem,
five miles on the Mocksville road, from
Thomasville to the Randolph county
line and from Denton to High Rock.'
The road leading from Lexington to
Winston-Salem will be built from Wel
come through Eller and along the old
Lexington, road.
Two large forces are at work build
ing from Lexington to Cid, on the Car
olina and Yadkin River railroad, and
also two forces are working with a
steam shovel on the road from Thom
asville to Denton. , This road is now
complete as far as Frank H. Fleet's
farm. A large force Is at work, on
the road from the Forsyth county line
to Thomasville.
Llncolnton Paving Streets.
Lincolnton. The Llncolnton streets,
which are now being covered with
asphalt by the Noll Construction Co.,
of Chattanooga, Tenn., will be complet
ed within the next week or so. Along
side the asphalt streets the aldermen
have awarded to the Noll Company
the . contract for cement sidewalks,
and the county commissioners have
awarded contract to the same com
pany to cement all the walks running
through the court square.
Auto Overturns Hurting Six.
Newton. An automobile carrying
six young people from Llncolnton
turned ove rthree miles, south of New
ton and every member of the party
was more or less hurt, none seriously,
excepting possibly Reuben Ford, who
was brought back to Newton and
given medical attention. Burgln
Goodson and Misses Perry Hallman,
Mattie Goodson, Ellen Goodson and
Ethel Hines, the last of Spartanburg,
were carried back to Lincolnton.
To Fight Hog Cholera.
Kinston. Hog cholera the most
costly of all animal diseases, is to be
combatted In Lenoir county next
month by Dr. F. D. Owen of the Unit
ed States Department of Agriculture,
and O. F. McCrary, local farm demon
stration agent. Demonstrations of the
use of anti-cholera serum will be given
and lectures on prevention made at
14 places in the county during the first
fortnight of December.
Capture $3,000 Worth of Liquor.
Goldsboro. According to value plac
ed upon whiskey in this city by "blind
tiger" retailers, "nearly $3,000 worth
of different brands was confiscated by
local police officers here, among the
lot being two trunks full taken at ex
press office labeled "Virginia Hams."
One trunk full was seized at the de
pot, but no owner can be found to
lay claim to the property.
Killed in Auto Accident.
Salisbury. David Lentz was fatally
injured two miles from Salisbury when
his automobile ran into a ditch and
turned upon its cide. Mr. Lentz and
his son, Bernard, and another young
man were going home, Bernard driv
ing and the elder Lentz occupying the
rear seat. - The machine was going at
a rapid rate, said to have been about
30 miles an hour, when the young man
lost control of it and the rear wheels
got into the ditch.
Tourists Arriving at Pinehurst.
Southern Pines. The arrival of the
advance guard of tourists appears to
indicate an unusually good season at
the Sandhills winter resorts this year.
The first flock is coming early and in
goodly numbers. Already Southern
Pines has taken on a different air, and
the number of strangers gives the
community a livelier appearance than
in considerable time.
All Have Three Forms.
All things in the world have three
forms; these are gaseous, liquid and
solid. Everything is moving from one
of these forms into another. For in
stance, the Eputum is a liquid. Dried
in the open air, it scon becomes a
solid. Then, pulverized, it is taken up
by the air and circulates in minute
dust particles, some of which are too
small to be seen.
Drainage Men Meet Soon.
Belhaven. The eighth annual con
vention of North Carolina Drainage
Association will meet in Belhaven on
November 30 and December 1. Belhav
en will entertain the delegates and
visitors in royal style. Elaborate prep
arations are now in progress looking
towards this end. Arrangements have
already been perfected for an oyster
roast and smoker and carrying the
delegates to Mattamuskeet Lake,
Hyde county, where they will have an
opportunity to view the gigantic drain
age project
Badly Torn by Corn Shredder.
Mount Airy. Robert Lawson is in
the local hospital in a serious condi
tion as the result of getting both
hands caught in a shredding machine.
One arm was crushed off, the other
horribly cut and torn. The accident
occurred some distance from this
place and Mr. Lawson showed great
fortitude. Although he was rushed
lere as quickly as possible and given
very possible attention, he is not yet
out of danger.
Pile Fabrics for
A novel pile fabric, of high luster
and great suppleness, appears in the
suit pictured here. It has made it pos
sible to vary the expression of the
mode in velvet and fur and has there
fore merited and received much con
sideration. The surface is broken by
stripes or blocks or other forms, made
by the direction of the pile and not
by color contrasts or by shades of
one color. The management of the
surface in this way produces very ele
gant effects, and the material is suit
ed to the handsomest of gowns and
wraps.
In the suit pictured the skirt has a
moderate flare with the direction of
the stripes cleverly managed to em
phasize it. The front and back seams
are on a diagonal of the goods, and
there is little fullness about the waist
line. It is longer than the average
suit-skirt, and is finished with a band
of fur.
The designer of this model has at
tended to the management of stripes
in the coat with the same care that
is evidenced in the skirt. In the body
and sleeves the stripes are vertical,
but in the flaring peplum they run
around the figure with a slant toward
Contributed to the
Now that Christmastime is near,
and decisions as to gifts must be
made, the consideration of comfort
will help in settling the distracted
mind of the Christmas shopper. The
gift that bears with it comfort as well
as remembrance, is many times wel
come. A number of knitted and crocheted
novelties havl been brought out for
the holidays. They are all Intended
to fortify those who receive them
against the cold, and they include
items of apparel for everyone. Since
it has become fashionable to occupy
all the time, otherwise unoccupied,
with knitting and crocheting, and all
sorts of needlework, the number of
comfortable little additions to the
wardrobe has been increased by many
nsw things.
Among them are morning Jackets,
such are also made of thin fabrics and
lfl(ces. These are crocheted of light
zephyrs and adorned with ribbons.
There are many knitted vestees,
shapd like those shown In the pic
ture, which are machine made.
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Midwinter Suits
the bottom of the ckirt toward the
back.
The waist line is defined by a nar
row belt of the material with overlap
ping tabs at the back fastened down
with small crochet buttons. The
sleeves are finished with a band and
tab, and the band edged with fur
which extends over the hand and
opens at the outer side. The standing
collar of velvet, edged with fur, is as
wide as it is possible to wear it.
The manufacturers of velvets and
other pile fabrics have been working
to the end of making them as light
in weight as it is possible to weave
them. After arriving at light weight
and suppleness they have created nov
elties by departing from plain sur
faces. These novelties eliminate the
need for trimmings or ornament to
a very great degree. But their rich
ness is matched by that of fur.
During the present season hand
some plaids have appeared in velvets,
presenting three colors sparingly used
on dark grounds, or two-toned checks.
These are made up with chiffon in the
bodices and very little ornament, the
fabric presenting variety enough with
out trimming.
Christmas Season
These machinomade vestees for
women who haven't timo for hand
work, make quite satisfactory substi
tutes for It. They are shown in
patterns and colors to suit all
ages, and are to be v orn under the
top coat in extreme weather. Or
they are made in light colors to be
slipped on between dances, over the
evening frock or whenever protection
against the cold requires them. De
signers always bear in mind that the
wearers expect to look their prettiest
in evening dress, and since the mode
in evening dress is much beribboned,
these vestees gayly follow it with ro
settes and flying ends o" color.
Small Sailor Hats.
A rather small sailor hat is prettily
trimmed with a band of ribbon around
the crown, finished with a simple flat
bow, two ends hanging over tke brim
In the back.
LADY, BLINDED
BUT CONSCIOUS
Said She Would Turn Blind and
Fall When Nervous Spells Cam a
on, Yet Remained Consciou.
Odessa, Fla. "About 2 years ago
writes Mrs. J. D. Powell, of this pla
"I took several bottles of Cardui et
tonic, for I was run down In hel
In fact I could hardly do anythijf
all, could only drag around 1
couldn't do my work. Life was
able to me and I knew I must!
some relief, as I was so very fr
would sufferwith, aching p
right side, back 'a
would have such, t
spells, which would c
I'd fall down whereve
lng. I would turn blin
had fainted yet kept my
My friends would rub
tlon was extremely poor,
fid the arms.
hands and limbs would b
cold.
"My friends
recomrbended that X
try Cardui.
I began using It and
soon both saw and felt ' a great im
provement. .... My appetite became
good. I ate so my husband teased me
about it. I could rest well at nieht
and got so I could do all my housework
In a short time. ... I praise Cardui
to all my friends."
If you suffer from any form of wom
anly weakness or Irregularity, try
Cardui," the woman's tonic For sale
by all druggists.
Watching the Seals.
Visitors at the Aquarium never tire
of watching the harbor seals, and one
thing that pleases them particularly
is to see the seals fall off their table
when they go to sleep. In the middle
of the pool for the seals there are. two
low tables, their tops are just above
the water, on which the seals climb
out to sleep or to rest. And some
times one or another of the seals will
r0
ft
1
climb out of the water to one of those P
tables and lie there on it, maybe close
along the edge of one side and per
haps with its head and forward part
of its body hanging over the edge of
the table in front, apparently all the
time in imminent danger of rolling off
the table at the side or of pitching
off head first into the water In front1
And when a seal lies on a table like
that, sleeping or dozing, people stand
around the pool watching and waiting
for the seal to fall off. He won't hurt
himself when he does fall, he will sim
ply fall off into the water; but old and
young men. women and children, will
stand there with keen interest silent
ly watching and waiting for that seal
to fall. And if they stay long enough,
as they are pretty sure to do, they are
rewarded. New York Times.
A Boer Don at Cambridge.
Christ's, which has just elected to
an honorary fellowship General
Smuts, who was graduated there with
exceptional 4 brilliancp in the law
tripos, is not the only Cambridge col
lege which has paid this academic
compliment to a prominent South Af
rican statesman. Some time ago
Downing conferred an honorary fel
lowship on the Hon. W. P. Schreiner.
who was also graduated with the high
est distinction in the same Tripos, and
was formerly a fellow. Hitherto
Christ's college has proved more pro
lific of bards than lawyers, having
been the Alma mater of six poets of
such diverse types as Milton, and C.
S. Calverley. Westminster Gazette.
Keeping It Dark.
"I don't want to sign my name to
this letter. I think I'll sign it 'Cognos
co'." "If you don't want to be known, I
think I'd sign it 'Incognosco'."
, Treasure for Antiquarians.
In a recent issue of the London
Times announcement is made of the
discovery at Caervoran, on the Roman
wall, three miles- east of Gilsland, in
Northumberland, of a remarkable
bronze measure of the Roman period.
Such officially certified measures are
very rare. On the present specimen
the name of Emperor Domitian, in
whose consulate in A. D. 29 the meas
ure was tested, has been obliterated, m
owing to the hatred felt toward him
after his death. The measure con
tains 17 y sectarii, about thirty pounds
of wine, or rather more than two gal
lons, and eight pounds have been al
lowed as the weight of the material.
Professor Haverfield' is uncertain
whether it was really certified under
the order of the emperor, or whether
it is a private venture, masquerading
as official. In any case, there is no
question of the date, and the discovery
Is of considerable antiquarian interest
Cause and Result.
"Germany is a large producer of
honey. '
"Maybe that accounts for the swe
time they're having there."
One Minister's Failing.-'
Deacon Grabhard Rev. du Goode
says he doesn't believe in raising
money by church fairs, suppers, con
certs and lotteries.
Deacon Pinch penni H'm! He's al
together too conscientious for a min
ister. New York Weekly.
To Her Taste.
Jess Why did Mae marry Harold?
He's a perfect blockhead.
Bess Well, you know she alwava f
liked hardwood trimmings in a house. -y-Judge.
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