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FIRST NEWSPAPER INSTITUTE ENJOYS EXPERTS OF PRESS GREAT STATE PRFSS MEETING AT UNIVERSITY WAS SUCCESS IN EVERY WAY. PROFESSORS FROM THE BIG SCHOOLS WERE SPEAKERS Several Prominent Men In State Speak Also. Afternoon Paper Issued. Study Newsprint Problems. Uni versity Entertains. Chapel Hill, N. C The first State Newspaper Institute in North Carolina and the South was held at the Stato University at Chapel Hill, December 7, 8 and 9, the meeting being the Mid winter session of the North Carolina Press Association held in connection and co-operation with the University of North Carolina. Men prominent in newspaper affairs in and out of the state took part in the program. The University was host and entertained all visitors. The program was chock full of meaty subjects of the practical kind for newspaper men, including a con ference on the troublesome high cost of newsprint paper problem. There were several great speakers on the program, including Hon. William How- . , . . . m t -m. ' and Taft; Dean Talcot Williams, of. ' the Columbia School of Journalism, Kew York; Dean Walter Williams, of the School of Journalism of the Uni versity of Missouri; and Don Seitz, of the New York World. The Institute liad a large and enthusiastic attend ance 'of more than 100 editors and publishers from all parts of the state. D?t.0f te,lfeture9.of t;e.,mee"n was the publication of a daily after noon newspaper. A telegraph service was secured, the Mergenthaler Lino type Company, through Mr. Walter H. Savory and Mr. C. C. Rhame furnished one of their latest model machines, and the paper was published from the University printery with various edi tors, reporters and members of the University School of Journalism as the writing staff. Hon. William Howard Taft traced the development of America as a world power and pointed out some of the i dangers besetting these world rela tionships. Dean Walter Williams of Missouri took as his theme, "Journalism, a New Weapon for Democracy." "If the press of Europe," declared :Mr. Williams, "had been for a century free to print the news uncolored by government influence, if it had bben free to discuss in public the machina tions of diplomacy, the world shatter ing war would not have come. Certain national antagonisms were increased j and racial hatreds embittered by the j international news served out by in- spired agencies, the Wolff Aeencv in ' German, the Havas in France, the chairman of the Mitchell Monument Correspondenz Wilhelm in Austria. I '-ommittee. Under this commission the Stafanie in Italy, the Ministry of , General Carr will have complete man the Telegraph, Frankly Official in Rus-'agement and control of the building sia, and others in other lands. The ! of a monument to Dr. Elisha Mitchell news as thus circulated was seldom the actual truth when international politics and diplomacy were concern ed it was what the governments wish the people of their own nation and the governments and people of other nations to think was the truth. Many other than Bismarck manipulated the news. War took place in the open be cause thanks to an enslaved and com placent press the preparations there fore were carried on in secret. Cen sorship was an accessory before the -colossal crime of war even if it was not a principle in bringing it about. Censorship and government by the fsword are inseparable." The speaker showed the obstacles In the way of the newspaper's ade quate service to democracy. Continu- jng he said: "The newspaper is man- I -ufactured out of the most elusive raw material in the world truth. In every newspaper office truth is at a pre mium'." In conclusion Mr. Williams said: "Never has the press, despite its crit ics, its frequent limitations and low aimc, been so powerful as today. This power for democracy comes not by editorial argument alone or (hletly. but by the news pages, the modern force, as well." Mr. Talcott Williams, of New York, discussed th influences of the censor u presson recruiting in rjngiana ana stated that "the American press, by long tradition, by wise policy, by jut principles and by a sound National de cision the United States is neutral in this war. The government i.-i k i I e ; i t save on National rights as sea. The people have r.o official voice on chief issue. But American neutrality has never been indifferent to moral issues without a just and impartial judgment on the acta of men and of of his alma mater and an admirer of Dr. Nations. With half humanity at war. i .Mitchell. The erection of this monu the American press had to speak for mt ci Mitchell's Peak will be to him th j only powerful people at peace, a tak of love and patriotism. He will Our newspapers have done their duty be identified with this place and this for our land and the world, for our monument, and the people of North people and all people, for civilization ( Carolina will acknowledge their debt and for humanity. of gratitude. The monument will pre- "Without bitterness, with no partis- ' serve from any possible desecration anship, de'endlng one cause and con- the grave of Dr. Mitchell, and will demning either party to the conflict stand as a suitab'e memorial on this when either departed from the estab sublime height." Ushfcd rules of civilized warfare, the American preBH, as a whole day by day has uttered the verdict of the American people. Nowhere else has each cause had its advocates and its supporters. Nowhere in the world has there been doubt that the Ameri can press has spoken for the nation, for humanity and anticipated the ver dict of history and slow time. "Never before have the newspapers of any land had this duty to dis charge and it has been met with jus tice and with restraint and with re serve, because in its own chosen field, be it hamlet, village, town, city or metropolis, the newspaper men in free communities, each part of a free people, has in the day's affairs a dally duty to mediate, to represent, to judge and accurately voice and to express the opinion and verdict of the com munity, the state and , party with which he is associated. Self-govcrn-ment and the consciousness of a free people in its whole and in its parts is only possible through the profes slonal utterance of the newspapei , man. "The war has reached anothei stage. Peace is urged in many quar ters; foremost of all by Germanj after a series of great militarj triumphs which have established the Teutonic alliance in Central Europe as completely as was Napoleon astab lished in Continental Europe in 1801 after fourteen years of warfare with Great Britain. Again the newspaper has become the international mediua of international discussion. The world of newspaper readers when gov ernments are silent hear from the newspapers the news of each belliger ent, and the opinion of neutral na tions. Whatever may be the outcome it is too early to predict and unwise to advocate the leading newspapers of the belligerent powers and the neutral nations again are discharging ' a duty as momentous in its effect and , . ,. value as the utterance of sovereigns , . Ann nohlnofa The Friday afternoon session of th newspaper editors was concerned with handling of news, both local and tele graph, and problems of makeup. Roger Steffan of The Durham Sun, O. J. Coffin of The Raleigh Times and T. J. Lassister of The Smithfleld Herald were the chief speakers. There was a lively discussion of each paper, in which discussion Dean Talcott Wil liams and Dean Waiter Williams joined. J. L. Horn, Jr., of The Rocky Mount Telegraph closed the Friday morning session with a discussion of "Prob lems of the Near City Daily." Mr. Home gave a very vigorous treatment of the subject and pointed out some of the difficulties that the small town daily has to meet. Mr. Don Seitz of the New York Wnrld was sneaker at the closine see- sion Saturday. His subject was "The Business End of Newspaper Making." Outside the regular program thera were various features of entertainment for the newspaper men and their wives. GENERAL J. S. CARR WILL DIRECT ERECTION OF MITCHELL MONUMENT. Appointed by Governor Craig a Chairman of the Committee to Have Chargs of Work. Governor Locke Craig appointed General Julian S. Carr, of Durham. on the summit of the mountain which bears his name. The general will, if he desires, appoint a committee com posed of such persons as he may se lect, and to the number that he may deem advisable, to assist him in se curing the monument, the design for it, and the erection of it. "I am delighted that General Carr has consented to take charge of this work," said Governor Craig. "It would not be too much to say that he is the most generous and public-spirited citi zen of the state. He has always been most generous to every noble purpose and the people of North Carolina love and admire him. "Since he has consented to under take the building of this monument, we all know that it will be done, and most nanasomeiy done, mis mountain ls tne most conspicuous place in east- prn America. lens ot tnousanas or tourists are visiting it every summer The number will rapidly increase as the facilities of transportation are im proved, and as the surpassing grandeur of the mountain become better known. "General Carr is a native of Chapel Hill, a graduate of the University of North Carolina, at which Dr. Mitchell did his life work, and won his fame. While professor at the University Dr. )vU exnlord the mountains of Western North Carolina in connection m.i, "i B"'"ft.v. mm as- ceriained that Mount Mitchell was higher than Mount Washington, and the highest land east of the Mississ ippi river. "When Dr. Mitchell lost his life on the mountain General Carr was a lad lMng Pt Chap-M Hill. He often saw the great old doctor and knew of his ability and fine personality. General rnf lias always been a dovoted son GRAHAM MAKES STATE'S CORN CROP WILL BE NEARLY MILLION BUSHELS SHORT. FIGHT AGAINST CATTLE TICK Twelve Creameries In The State. Work of Canning Clubs and Farm Women Oats Short Raleigh. In his report for the year to the state board of agriculture, Com missioner of Agriculture W. A. Gra ham estimated that the corn crop in this state the past year was 56,000,000 bushels, nearly a million bushels short of the previous crop. The oat crop was the poorest ever harvested; Irish and sweet potatoes were very flue. The state is for the seventh year first in the production of cotton per acre and in the amount of sweet potatoes, pea nuts and soja beans. The wheat crop Is sufficient to feed the population and have several thousands barrels to ex port. The corn is sufficient for the needs of the state and the production of animals for beef and pork is con siderable. There are twelve creameries and nine cheese factories in the state. North Carolina apples are becoming known in the markets of the country with prospect for advantageous mar kets for all the yield in the near fu ture. The commissioner recorded .con stant and most beneficial progress in the work among the farm women of the state. The commissioner in his treatment of progress and conditions in State test farm work recommended aban donment of commercial farming on these farms so long as they are main tained and more attention at a num ber of them. He said results of experi ments showed that maintaining or chards in the mountain sides of west ern Carolina were not practical and that these lands were best adapted to pasture, according to the experiments at the Blantire farm. In hog cholera serum work the sales have increased from 56,496 in 1911 to 6,236,498 in 1916. The cost of the serum is 1.02 per cent. In cattle tick eradication the work has advanced until there are only 22 counties in the extreme east that are not entirely cleared and work of eradication is under way in nearly half of them. If the legislature would give the department an appropriation of $200,000 the . whole state, through co-operation with the federal authori ties, could be cleared of the tick evil. In the work among farm women, especially the canning club work, there were 3,731 girls enrolled in can ning work and 2,804 women. The out put was 470,014 tin cans and 194,399 glass jars and 4,17 L bottles of ketchup and grape juice, the whole valued at $117,816, a net profit of $88,383. Fine progress is shown in extension work and in the development of the effort for supplying agricultural lime to farm ers at cost and In the growth and utilization of the soja bean in eastern Carolina. Deny Jurisdiction of Judge Bond. Raleigh In taking recess to Decem ber 19 in compliance with the order of Judge Bond in the Britt-Weacer contest for the certificate as congress man from the Tenth congressional dis trict, Governor Craig and the- state board of elections stated that they deny the jurisdiction of Judge Bond to Interfere with their discharge of their statutory duty in the matter of the award of the certificate in accordance with the official returns from the dis trict now in their hands. And that when they meet on the 19th, the last day under the provisions of the stat ute within which they can act, they propose to dischaige their duty with respect thereto. This means that If the supreme court has not heard and decided the appeal from Buncombe in the proceeding before Judge Adams, they will ignore any further action by Judge Bond and award the cer tificate to Weaver as the returns require. Big Growth at Albemarle. Albemarle. Building activity In Al bemarle is more pronounced than it has been since 1he European war be gan, and it is conservatively estimated that there is around a half-million dol lars' worth of buildings now under con struction in the town. The new hosi ery mill being constructed by the Wis cassett Mills Ccmoany will cover about 6,000 feet of land and furnish about 10,000 square feel of floor space. The Southern Railway Company has under construction a spur track out from the main line to this new plant. Sweet Potato Crop Short. Hickory. With not over half a crop of sweet potatoes in Catawba county and the rest of the sweet potato area, according to local producers, the price of this delicacy will go soaring along towards spring. Enloe Yoder, secre tary of the Catawba Sweet Potato Growers' Association, said that the production here was not half a crop, and he had learned that this condition obtained In the rest of the country. Catawba growers, with their potatoes housed snugly for winter, are not quot ing prices. LAWMAKERS ENGAGE SEATS Speakership of House Is an Absorbing Topic at Raleigh. Three Are Now In Race. ' i Rialleigh. Seats are being rapidly engaged now by members-elect of the 1917 general assembly to convene Jan uary 3. Probably the biggest legisla tive problems to be worked out will be the general acts that must be pass ed to put into operation the constitu tional amendments for the local con trol of municipal and county affairs and the appointment of emergency judges. Considerable advance will be asked in state prohibition regulations and there will be sharp contests as to these issues. ; The constitutional amendments go into effect January 10 and the enactment of the general bills to put them In force will take place thereafter. The first seven days of the legislature will be open for legis lation without reference to the amend ments and their legislative limitations. The speakership of the House is an absorbing topic with much specula tion as to the standing of the candi dates who are Walter Murphy of Sal isbury, H. A. Tage and Gallatin Rob erts of Asheville. Other candidates may develop before the legislature as sembles. Hon. R. A. Doughton of Alleghany, generally recognized as the "balance wheel" of the .assembly, in the nu merous sessions he has attended, ls coming back to the house, but will not seek the speakership. He is generally designated by common consent in re cent sessions as the chairman of the finance committee, a post of duty for which he is peculiarly fitted. Baptists Close Annual Session. Elizabeth City. The Baptist conven tion closed its 86th session when it adjourned promptly on stroke of noon. Under the head of the general topic of social service the orphanage, prohibi tion and ministerial relief was discuss ed. Also liquor advertisements In the public prints and the transportation of liquor by public carriers. The adopted report on temperanc erecommended that Baptists press for national prohi bition. Superintendent Kesler of the Thomasville orphanage was directed to provide two swimming pools at that institution. The following officers were elected: Judge John A. Oates, of Fayetteville, president; Rev. R. A. McFarland, of Scotland Neck; E. F. Aydlett, of Eliza beth City, and C. J. Hunter, of Raleigh, vicejpresidents ; Rev. Walter M. Gil more, of Louisburg, recording secre tary; Walter N. Johnson, correspond ing secretary; Walter S. Durham, treasurer; F. H. Briggs, auditor; trus tees. W. W. Jones of Raleigh, T. E. Cheek of Durham. J. B. Harrison of Greensboro, J. B. Morgan of Waynes ville, W. J. Berryman of Edenton. The office of assistant recording secretary was abolished. Two Cotton Mills Chartered. Raleigh. Charters were issued for two new cotton milling enterprises. The Pinkney Mills (Inc.), of Gastonia, is chartered with 5250,000 capital auth orized and $50,000 subscribed, the in corporators being R. G. Pinkney, S. M. Boyce. W. T. Pinkney, C. B. Arm strong, A. G. Myers and W. II. Adams. The company will do a general textile manufacturing business. The Amos Hosiery Mills Co., of High Point, is chartered with $125,000 auth orized and $35,000 subscribed by Chas. L. Amos, J. W. Harris, R. B. Terry, Wescott Roberson and M. B. Smith for a hosiery and underwear knitting busi ness. Orphange for Free Will Baptists. Wilson. An orphanage for the Free Will Baptists will soon be established at Middlesex, on the Norfolk Southern railroad, midway between Wilson and Raleigh. Forty acres of land has been donated by Rev. B. B. Deans on which the building, to cost $10,000, will be erected at an early date, $5,000 in cash and pledges having been secured. The Institution will have all modern con veniences and will accommodate fifty children. Extract Plant for Morganton. Morganton. The half million dollar extract plant being trected here by A. M. Kistler, in conection with the tannery, awaits only the turning on of the elecrtic current, which will prob ably be ready in a few days. NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS. Miss Agnes Rockwell, sister of the famous aviator, Kiffin Rockwell, who was recently killed in France, was quietly married in Asheville to Rev. Leonidas Braxton Hayes of Wilkea boro, Rev. W. E. Abernethy of Char lotte officiating. Many boxes of Christmas cakes, etc., are being sent to the soldier boys on the border. Cleveland county . commissioners have let the contract for a steel bridge across Broad river. Alexander county has just sold $150,000 worth of road bonds. A new bridge is being built across Rocky River at Bat Cave. Rowland McEntire, of Big Lick, Stanly county, is 107 years old, and claims to be the oldest voter in the state. Union county needs 50,000 more farmers to cultivate the rich fields in the county now lying idle. Gastonia will have a municipal Christmas tree. . Machinery has been bought for an additional 20,000 spindles for the mill t Maysworth, Mecklenburg county. iNimATIONAL SiWfSfflOOL Lesson (By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of the Sunday School Course in the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union.) LESSON FOR DECEMBER 17 THE HOLY CITY. LESSON TEXT Rev. 21:1-7, 22-27. GOLDEN TEXT Behold, the taber nacle of God Is with men, and he shall Well with them, and they shall be hla people. Rev. 21:3. As we approach the end of the year, vur minds turn from the imperial city, where lust we have any authentic rec ord of l'aul, to the eternal city in which he has so long resided. In les son ten we studied Jesus Christ in his resurrection glory, the source of all power, King of Kings and Lord of Lords for the redemption of the hu man race. In Lesson 11 we studied the glorified Christ who ls actually working through his churches lb the representatives of his kingdom upon earth. The succeeding chapters de scribe In symbols and pictures the dis cipline and training of God's peopl during the long generations that fol lowed. In the lesson for today, we have a vision of the final triumph of Christianity when it shall have ac complished its work of redemption in this world. I. The New Heaven and the New Earth (vv. 1-7). John in vision saw the con summation of the work of Christian ity, the visible answer to the prayer which Jesus Christ taught his disciples to pray, "thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as in heaven." Heaven, as well as earth, has been in vade! and polluted by sin, but both alike are to be made new. (I Peter 3 :10, II, 13). The true Jerusalem, of which Solomon's was but a type, is of heav enly and divine origin. It comes down out of heaven from God. We know nothing of the inhabitants of the uni verse of which we are a part, but here wo have some scriptural indication of that place where God's children are to be with him eternally. The kingdom of God is among you, but it is even tually to be with God and Jesus in a peculiar and beautiful way. John's announcement came from out of heav en and out of the throne. (1) It was a tabernacle of God with men; rather he shall tabernacle with men. lie is to pitch his tent among us (John 1:14 R. V. murg.) It is to be done eventually and permanently. This dwelling of God among us lies at the foundation of the blessedness and glo ries which are to follow. (2) They shall be his people. Israel had been his people; all nations are to be his peop'itf iu the fullest sense. (3) God himself shall be with them, not only his tabernacle but he, himself visibly, personally. (4) He shall be their God, acknowledged in all his Infinite claims, and he to them all that God ls of love, power, wisdom, holiness and glory. (5) He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. There will not be a single grief or heartache, unsatisfied longing or tear, for God shall wipe them away, and they will stay wiped away. (G) Death shall be no more. Of all the enemies, death is the last one which shall be taken from the earth. It Is sweet to know that this last enemy is to be conquered. (7) There shall be no mourning, crying or pain any more. Every sorrow, agony, remorse, glcom, disappointment gone forever; death, tears, mourning all passed away. It is hard for us to com prehend the majesty and sweep of this great and glorious promise. (See I Cor. 15). II. The Coming Light and Glory (vv. 22-27). The intervening verses are a wonderful description of the founda tion walls and gates of the city. There will be no temple In that city for it will not be needed. Instead of the temple which stands for the temple of earth there ls to be the presence of God, himself, but the lamb is also in the midst of it. Nothing can more force fully Impress upon us the deity and pre eminence of Jesus Christ, the atoning lamb, slain before the foundation of the world. This city is to be a city of light and glory. It will not be aa il lumination -by gas nor electricity, for the glory of the Lord shall lighten it. Summary. What are the lessens for our day from this vision of the new heaven and the new earth? First: That the golden age of the Bible has not yet tuken place. There are better times to come than anything the world has yet seen. Second: We have here the positive assurance of the success of cur leader and the victory of Chris tianity in its conflict with evil. Third : The golden ideal of heaven is the means by which we can test cur daily lives and the whole course of our con duct. The question we should con stantly ask is, "Are we going to this heavenly Ideal?" Fourth: The gates of that city are open; an angel is at each gate, and shall keep out all evil. God desires that all men everywhere should repent, and Is not will'.ng that any should perish. When the final assize shall have passed, no one will say that God did not give him a chance nor seek to In spire him to a place of eternal joy at his right hand. - - Again there is to be federation of the forces of good. Today we too often find Christian people divided. Invitation. "And the Spirit and the bride say come, let hla that heareth say come, and let him that ls athlrst come, and whosoever will let him take of the water of life freely." A Mother's Burden A mother who suffers kidney trou ble, finds It hard to keep up her dally work. Lameness, backache, sharp pains when stooping and "blue", ner vous or dizzy spells, make home life dreary. Active kidneys bring back vigor, health and a pleasure In fam ily duties. If the kidneys are weak try a box of Doan's Kidney Pills. A North Carolina Case Mrs. J, N. Bryan, 112 E. Davis St., Raleigh, N. C, says: "I Buffered terribly from back ache and p a i n a through my lolne. Some days I could hardly stand up and It was all I could do to attend to my housework. I didn't rest well and mornings my back was lame and sore. Doan's Kidney Pills cured the backache and fixed up my kidneys In cood shane. Noth "Bvtry Pfo-turs Tell a ing else ever did me so much good." Get Doan's at Any Store, SOc a Box DOAN'S FOSTER-MILB URN CO., BUFFALO, N. Y. With Hunt's Lightning Oil. RheumatUm, neuralgia, acre mus cles, headaches, cuts, burns and bruises vanish as if by magic when Lightning Oil is applied to affected parts. No other liniment brings such quick and soothing relief. Get a bottle of this valuable home remedy today. . Druggists sell It at 60 cents the bottle, or the A. B. RICHARDS MEDICINE CO.. Dept. Z. Sherman. Texss. will send it on receipt of price. Nouh Webster was seventy years old before he completed his first diction ary. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head Became of Its tonic and laxative effect. Laxative Hrotno Qnlnine can be taken by anyone without causing nervoaKneas or ringing in the head. Tbr ia only one "Bronio Qnlnine." . W. UBOVB'S signature is on each box. Jbo. He Knew Him. He What's his type high brow or low brow? He 11 of Brnu.. The occasional use of Roman Eye Balaam at night upon retiring will prevent and re lieve tired eyes, watery eyes, and eye strata. Adv. FINDS HIS WEALTH A BURDEN Trouble With Man Who Has Acquired Riches Is That He uoesn't Know How to Spend. The nuisance for ihe man who has acquired great financial resources usu ally Is that he doesn't know what he wants. Possessing the resources and feeling the moral necessity to have re course to theni, he looks about for something to want, and he selects the most costly thing. The acquisition of this most costly thing always involves, in practice, the separation of the rich man from so cletj'. Thus, he will acquire a large estate, or several large estates, and cut himself off from the world by gates, doors, miles of drive, lodge keepers, menials and secretaries. Or he will acquire a 2,000-tou yacht and cross the Atlantic privately, though less quickly, (.less comfortably, and even less pri vately than on a great liner. Or he will keep u private orchestra, Instead of being seen' at concerts. All of which, though magnificent, is anti-social and silly, and is secretly felt to be so by the rich man when he happens to wake up in the middle of the night and can't go to sleep again. Woman's Home Companion. Pressing Question. We see that the slinky figure is to be the style throughout the comlnjr season, and we suppose we shall soon be face to face again with the prob lem of where a fashionable matron of about forty-two size puts herself when she gets into her new gown.-:70hio State Journal. Childish Craving for something sweet finds pleasant realization in the pure, wholesome, wheat and barley food Grape-Nuts No danger of upsetting the stomach and remember, Grape-Nuts is a true food, good for any meal or between meals. "There's a Reason" SCAT bj
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