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OOVERNOR APPEALS FOR NAVY RECRUITS CALLS UPON PEOPLE OF STATE TO FURNISH QUOTA OF EN LISTED STRENGTH. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigh. Governor T. W. BIckett qualified as naval recruiting officer when he ad dressed to the people of the state an nergetic appeal for the state's full quota of 400 men for the United States Navy. Governor BIckett calls atten tion to the slowness with which the naval enlistments are progressing in the state and urges a campaign from April 23 to April 30 in every town of the state with as many as 2,500 peo ple for providing men for the nation's first line of defense. He suggests a patriotic mass meeting on Monday night, April 30, when the campaign closes. "I cannot conceive It to be possible," says Governor Bickett, "that the state that has had five secretaries of the navy will fail to do its palin duty in this crisis of the Nation's life." Governor Bickett's appeal reads: "To the People of North Carolina: "The Nation has called upon the state of North Carolina to furnish four hundred men for the United States Navy. This is a modest demand and yet only about fifty men have thus far volunteered. I am persuaded that the failure to enlist is largely due to lack of knowledge of the work of the Navy and of the supreme necessity for ad ditional men at this time. Therefore I call on all the people of the state to give earnest heed to the needs of the nation, and urge that in every town in the state containing as many -as twenty-five hundred people there be commenced an active campaign for the Navy beginning on Monday, the 23d and ending on Monday night, the 30th of April. On the night of the 30th let the campaign be closed with a great patriotic mass meeting in "which the paramount importance of the Navy as our first line of defense should be set forth. At these meet ings the actual work of the men in the Navy with the chances of promo tion should be fully explained. "Recruiting stations for the Navy are now located at Asheville, Char lotte, Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh, Fayetteville, Goldsboro and "Wilmington. Officers' will be sent to any town in the state upon request made to the nearest recruiting Btation. It is necessary for North Carolina to raise her allotment of men not later than May 5th. I cannot conveive it to be possible that the state that has had five Secretaries of the Navy will fail to do its plain duty in this crisis of the Nation's life. "T. W. BICKETT, "Governor." Fertilizer Famine Is Reported. Commissioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham has taken up with the North Carolina delegation in Congress the matter of some action by Congress to relieve the terribly congested trans portation conditions. Especially as to the shipments of materials entering Into the manufacture of fertilizers. He mentions one fertilizer concern as an illustration of the conditions, which has for three months been unable to get four carloads of cyanmid shipped from Chicago to Raleigh, the conse quence being that although they have large orders for acid phosphate they are not able to make a ton. The Commisloner points out that in any law which may be enacted as to the Tailroad's authority should be given to have goods of this kind promptly shipped. He says the fertilizers must be distrubted now or they will not be of any value. Large quantities will be. used, he says, if the suggestions of j-the new North Carolina Food Com mission are adopted and the quantity of the food raised will depend very largely upon the amount of fertilizers jused upon the food crops. Produce Foodstuffs on Farms. Because of likelihood in the short age of ration crops this year, Maj. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agricul ture for North Carolina, is recom mending to the management of the North Carolina test farms that atten tion be turned this year to the amount of food crops that can be grown, es pecially corn, beans, peanuts, Irish and sweet potatoes. He does not dis courage the continuance of those ex periments necessary for the state's agricultural workers to conserve what has been done in experimentation. Teachers Express Appreciation. By direction of the executive com mittee of the North Carolina Teachers' Assembly resolutions have been for warded the chairman of the commit tees on education of the house and senate in the recent session of the general assembly, Messrs. L. P. Mc Lendon and John A Oates, for their efforts in behalf of the educational leg islation. The committee, likewise, re BLSlrmed in resolution the confidence Af the teachers of the state in Dr. Joy sSr and pledgsd anew their coopra- m and support. Apportionment of Highway Funds. The State Highway Commission an nounces the opportionment of the sec ond installment of Federal aid funds for co-operative road building in this state, amounting to $228,000, the most of it going to counties along the Cen tral Highway, Morehead to Asheville, to assure immediate completion of the highway. These apportionments, which must be in some instances doubled and quadrupled by the coun ties receiving the air, are as follows: Carteret $5,000; Craven $10,000; Le noir $10,000; Wayne $15,000; John ston $5,000; Wake $15,000; Durham $10,000; Orange $5,000; Alamance' $5,000; Guilford $15,000; Rowan $10, 000; Iredell $1,000; Caldwell $3,000; McDowell $5,000; Burke $10,000. There are also apportionments for roads other than Central Highway in counties as follows: Pamlico $2,000; Rockingham $10,000; Surry $10,000; Cumberalnd $5,000; Sampson $10,000; Alexander $10,000; Caldwell and Ca tawba, for a Joint bridge, $10,000; Caldwell $7,500; Davidson $8,000; Halifax $5,000; Watauga $10,000; Lee $5,000; Vance $3,000; Union $2,500; Polk $10,000. The commission directed Doctor Pratt, as secretary, to comply with a request from the newly formed high way commission of South Carolina and attend the organization meeting of that commission and suggest the or ganization plans and work. The North Carolina commission an nounces readiness to carry out the provisions of a special act of the re cent Legislature in providing a fund of $5,000 for rural engineering in as sisting farmers in laying out tele phone lines and developing small wa ter powers. State Engineer Fallis, just back from Washington, reports Federal agreement to allot funds for special projects that include $10,000 toward a Catawba bridge project by Meck lenburg and Catawba; $10,000 for maintenance of state convict work on the Hickory Nut Gap Highway; $10, 000 for the Swannanoa Highway. Settles Matter of Road Tax Funds. The confusion which has resulted from the passage of two bills by the general assembly, partly identical, but which vary in time of operation, affec ting the distribution of the automobile license tax funds, has been settled, bo far as the attorney general can settle it. Attorney General Manning has ruled that of the two measures one of which was ratified on March 5 and the other oh March 7, the one of March 7 rules. Those measures, among other things, provided for the use of the remainder of the automobile funds, after expenses of handling were paid, as road maintenance fund. Seventy per cent of the remainder, it was pro vided, should be expended in the va rious counties under the direction of the highway commission, according to the pro-rata share of those counties in the tax. The thirty per cent, it was held, should be expended by the highway commission for general main tenance work throughout the state. One of the measures, that ratified March 5, declared that the bill should be effective immediately upon its rati fication. The other ratified on March 7 held that it should become effective after July 1st. As a result of this, and the ruling of the attorney general that the last to become ratified rules, none of the 1916- 17 license tax money is available to the highway commission and must be distributed among tne counties as heretofore. The highway commission will not come into its share of the fruits of the general automobile law until the next fiscal year beginning with July 1st. Discharge Men at End of War. Men wh ohave enlisted in the regu lar army and the National Guard since the declaration of war will not be re quired to serve the United tSates any longer than the war period, regardless of the time for which they enlisted, ac cording to instructions received here by the adjutant general. This tele gram read as follows: "Secretary of War directs that you be informed that it is the policy of the war department to discharge all men who have enlisted since declaration of war upon termination of emergency. This to apply to regular army and na tional guard." Delegates Appointed by Governor. Delegates to represent North Caro lina at the annual session of the Na tional Conference of Charities and Corrections, Pittsburg, June 6-13, were named by Governor Bickett and the commissions issued as follows: Miss Gertrude Weill, Miss Sallie S. Kirby, and Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, Goldsboro; J. B. Ivey, Mrs. Vinton LIddell, Char lotte; John Sprunt Hill, Durham; Miss E. Grace Miller, Asheville; Miss Annie Grogan and W. A. Blair, Winston-Salem; Miss Carrie L. Price, Wilming ton; E. D. Atkins, Gastonia; Miss Daisy Denson, Raleigh; Mrs. Walter Woodard, Wilson; A. W. McAllister, Greensboro; M. L. Keler, Thomas ville. New Enterprise Were Authorized. There is also a charter for the Brock Electric Company, of Trenton, Jones county, the capital being $25,- 000 authorized and $2,500 subscribed by Fernifold Brock, Myrtle Brock and others. There is also filed the certificate of domestication for the Virginia De velopment Company, of Richmond, Va., the principal North Carolina of fice to be at Oxford with R. G. Lassi ter as special agent The capital is $500,000. ONE HUNDRED PER CENT AMERICAN (Copyright) BRITISH VISITORS HERE CONFERENCE IN HISTORY Some Of Empire's Most Prominent Men, Headed By Foreign Minister Arthur J, Balfour, Arrive To Take Part In War Coun cil To Convene In Washington As Soon As France's Repre sentatives Arrive Port Of Arrival Kept Secret. With the Balfour Party. Great Brit aln's high commirs'loners to the inter national war council to begin in Wash' ington this week-set foot on American soil and made their way to the capi tal. v Arthur James Balfour, secretary of ! twte for foreign affairs of the empire, I formerly premier and often called the dean of the world's elder statesmen, was the central figure of a party that Included some of Great Britain's most promient men. With a genial Bmlls playing over his features, he consent ed to a brief interview, warmly ex pressing his appreciation of all the United States has done as a neutral in charitable and relief work in Belgium and German prison camps, his gratifi cation that England and the United States now were allied for a common purpose, and his conviction that this country in its war efforts would as tound the world, particularly Germany. The object of the commission, Mr. Balfour said, was to "make co-operation easy and effective between those who are striving with all their power to bring about a lasting peace by the only means that can secure it, namely, a. successful war. "Your president, in a most apt and vivid phrase," Mr. Balfour added, "has proclaimed that the world must be made safe fo' democracy. That self-governing communities are not to be treated as negligible simply because they are small. th?t the ruthless dom ination of one unscrupulous power im nerlls the future of civilization and the liberties of mankind are truth of polit ical ethics which th" bitter exoerience of war is burning into the souls of all freedom-loving peoples." Received With Honors. England's leading statesmen, hav ing safely evaded the German subma rines and mine's which sent Lord Kitch ener to his death, were received with the highest honors as guests of the American people when they arrived at a place in America which cannot be named. A delegation of state, war ind navy department officials wel comed the comm'ssion in the name of the Government, and set out w'th them to the capital for what is admittedly the most vital conference in American history. The commission was received with the utmost simplicity and cordiality, md with every recognition of the fact that Great Britain had given of her very best. It is said indeed, that no foreign minister has left England for the length of time that Mr. Balfour will be away since the Congress of Vienna a century ago. The forma welcome was extended by Third Assistant Secretary of State Breckinridge Lonir trougn the Pre-j mentation to Mr. Pilfcror of a letter, of greeting from Secretary Lansing. I which the British statesmen acknowl- j dged with eoual simnlicity while Brit-; Ish and American officials mingled to- - gether. j A special train of five cars, which , had been waiting with steam up and I . -w ... u.e ,.v. ul u,ue gi "nder way for the raoltal, guarded as Almost, no other train ever has been sruarded ir this co"itry. Double pro tection had been afforded at all tun nels and bridees. and every mile of the track had been gone over within ! he previous 24 hours to guard against possible fanatic. No deta'l of any scrt whatsoever which could betray he place of arrival or route of travel was allowed to escape. Break Into Groups. Almost immediately when the train started, the large party broke up !.ito roups, of armv. navy end state de oartment officials to begin at once the Informal conversations which are ex pected to sketch out America's part in the world -flsrht against German autoc acy. Mr. Balfour and Secretary Long. 1eut. Gen. T. Bridges, who drew the first blood for England In August. 1914 and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and FOR 1ST IMPORTANT OF THE, UNITED STATES Rear Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair and and Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher were soon in deep conversation on the va rious phases of American participa tion. Oa all sides it was reiterated that the British had come to a spirit of ser. vice and appreciation, and that it was 'their hope that lessons they had loarned in the war at such cost might be of service to this country in avoid ing similar mistakes. Similarly, as one official expresed it, the commission was moved by exactly the same feel ings which raised the Stars and Stripes to the flag tower of the Parliament building in London for the first time a foreign flag has ever flown there in history. Secretary Balfour, a tall, slim, white-haired man of 69 years has held the highest posts in the empires since he first entered parliament 43 years ago, saw today the completion of one of his life hopes expressed under vast ly different circumstances on January 15, 1896, when he was largely instru mental in averting war between Eng land and America over the Venezuela dispute. NATION-WIDE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN DECIDED UPON. Best Means of Disposing of War Bonds. Department Flooded With Offers. Washington. A nationwide adver tising campaign of extraordinary pro portions has been decided upon by Secretary McAdoo as the most effec tive means of disposing quickly of the $5,000,000 bond issue soon to be offer- ed to the public. So many patriotic offers of aid have I giving every aid in its power to help poured into the Treasury Department I our people to meet this crisis. We ad recently that practically every method ! vise, urge and implore that all our of publicity in the country will be at! people (with due attention to economy) the Government's disposal, without a : produce every pound of substantial charge, in helping to make the issue a 1 food possible, and that they prevent success. loss and waste from whatever source. Newspapers, magazines, street car "Every pound of non-perishable food advertisements, even the billboarks, produced, every pound of loss or waste soon may be proclaming the issue in big type and summoning every Ameri can to his duty to his country by sub scribing. Large advertising agencies have offered their services, free of cost, in writing the advertisements and otherwise assisting in the cam paign. Many newspapers have opened their advertising columns, without charge. Officials have welcomed such offer and expect others of a rimilar nature. There will be no general campaign of paid advertising, It was said author.'; tatively, nor the incurrence of any items of exnense whatever that are not absolutely essential. Five millio dolarg wIU be able for all itemg of expenge A force of approxlmately 100o persons will be added t0 tne Bureau of Engraving and PrintJngi already working night and day,( t0 meet tae pregent heavy demand3 of the Government, and at least 200 (.,erks w, be employed in tne clericai work incidental to the big bond issue. This force will be ob tained through the civil service. Offers of assistance have been re ceived from many unexpected sources, epartment stores have offered not only to accept subscriptions, but to solicit them. There probably will be at least 150.000 places in the Uned States where bonds may be purchased. REPORT IS ALSO RECEIVED AT BASAL. Basil, Switzerland, via Paris. A dis patch from Constantinople dated April 21 says the Ottoman Government has notified the American Embassy that following the example of Its Ally, Austria-Hungary, it has broken diplomatic relations with the United States. MEDICAL SOCIETY ADJOURNS Or. i. W. Faison, of Charlotte, is Elect ed President. Next Meeting to Be at Pinehurst. Asheville. A notable session of the North Carolina Medical Society clos ed at the Battery Park Hotel here. The last hours of the sixty-fourth an nual gathering were devoted to papers and discussions of children's diseases. Earlier session the house of delegates reported on the election of new offi cers as follows: President, Dr. I. W. Faison of Char lotte; first vice president, Dr. Wm. D. B. McNider, of Chapel Hill; second j vice president, Dr. Joseph B. Green, of Asheville; third vice president, Dr. I Ben F. Royal, of Morehead City. The secretary, Dr. Benjamin K. Hays of Oxford and the treasurer Dr. W. M Tnnoo nt firdoriahnrn hnm nvor until the next meeting, which will be at Pinehurst next April. "Tuberculosis in Children," was presented by Dr. Jesse Robert Gerstle of Chicago, Doctor Faison opened the discussion. In the course of his talk, Doctor Faison made a plea for im proved living and housing conditions. Dr. Charles L. Minor, Dr. .Thompson Frazer and Dr. Lewis W. Ellis, of thi3 city, took part in the discussion. Doctor Elias read the "Hemorhagic Diseases of the New Born." Dr. Lewis Webb Hill, of Boston, Mass., conclud ed the program with an able paper on "The Diarrhoeal Disease of In fancy; Their Differentiation and Treatment." A number of physicians participat ed in the discussions. The meeting in this city is regarded by the delegates as one o( the most interesting and profitable in the his tory of the organization. Aside from the usual program of papers, this gathering will be remembered on ac- counjt of the patriotic note sounded at various sessions, culminating In the it is not known. joint meeting of the association and To make matters worse, Mr. Baum the board of health when a resolution ; gart was obliged to carry the cow offering services to the Nation was and or back to the scalehouse. Now adopted by a rising vote. During the three days of the convention a con siderable number of the doctors have taken the examination for . member ship in the various medical corps of the Army and Navy. Produce and Save, Says Graham. Raleigh. 'Our country is at war every pound of non-perishable food produced, every pound of loss or waste prevented is a help." This sermon, in read letters, now appears on the stationery of the State Department of Agriculture. In every letter going out from the office of Major W. A. Graham, Com missioner of Agriculture, is an insert with a two-word heading "Produce Save." The statement reads: "Our country is at war. It is a war based as truly on resources, food and production as on men, cannon and ammunition. "There is no possible danger of over-production of any non-perishable food, whether crops or meat. Produce every possible pound of non-perishable food, and store safely. "With production goes prevention of loss, damage and waste whether by diseases of animals, diseases of plants, insect enemies, or otherwise. "The State Department of Agricul ture through its various divisions, is prevented, is a real help "State Department of Agriculture." Fire Destroys Big Roller Mill, Spencer. Fire of unknown origin at Tyro, Davidson county, destroyed the large roller mill owned by Baxte: Leonard, a large amount of grain flour and feedstuff, also a sawmill! lumber yard and much lumber owne by Mr. Leonard and a store buildin and contents owned by J. C. Davii The amount of the loss has not beei determined, though it will, it is b lieved, range around $10,000, with tlj amount of insurance unknown at th hour. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Mr. R. L. Huffines, general ager of one of the largest insura and realty companies in the st has offered every school pupil Rocky Mount under ten years of who will volunteer to tend a gar enough seed of any kind and var, io plant the garden. Four Oaks in Johnston count soon to have electric lights. Wake county farmers have pa resolutions to increase food acreage. "The Great State Fair is going i j : ....am nM - . . i . . mane a uiivc mis jrcai iui jjuuiuy j, i paredness," said Colonel Joseph j- En j- rv Pogue, secretary of the fair. North Wilkesboro is making for extensive street improvement Dr. Anna H. Shaw will speak In Durham April 25. Pay checks are being delivered this week to members at Spencer of the four brotherhoods Engineers. Con ductors, Firemen and Brakemen for back time during the month of Janu ary. In the face of the checks it is stated that this if for time made under the Adamsoc eight-hour law. HI An xcelflentf FOR THE STOMACH THE LIVER AND BOWELS IIOSTETTER'S -Stomach Bitters 1 j Try a bottle at the first sign f Indigestion or Biliousness i O Worm Turns on Practical Joker. "It's a long lane that has no turning" and "He who laughs last laughs best i ore time-honored axioms, but never- theles.s true, as Al Baumgart, a South St. Paul commission man, is willing to admit. Some time ago Al sought to initiate a new employee, but the "worm turned" and the real joke was on him, says the St. Paul Pioneer Press. He sent the youth about half a mile down the yards after a "cow anchor. The youth, when he returned with a 150-pound sack of iron, was given "ha, ha !" In the office was a box of flowers which Mr. Baumgart had ordered for a dear friend. His victim carefully re moved the flowers and filled the box with paper. Unmindful of the change, Mr. Baumgart carried the box to her home. What she said when she opened he's through with practical 1okes. Don't Neglect Kidneys Swamp -Root, Dr. Kilmer's Prescrip tion, Overcomes Kidney Trouble It is now conceded by physicians that the kidneys should have more attention as they control the other organs to a re markable degree and do a tremendous amount of work in removing the poisons and waste matter from the system by filtering the blood. The kidneys should receive some as sistance when needed. We take less ex ercise, drink less water and often eat more rich, heavy food, thereby forcing the kidneys to do more work than nature intended. Evidence of kidney trouble, such as lame back, annoying bladder troubles, smarting or burning, brick dust or sediment, sallow complexion. rheumatism, maybe weak or irregular nay be weaK or irregular wmlvou that your kid- heart action, wj neys require hi j more serious f: most remar bladder re Root. W is Dr. H vate prj' Get af Ho grea Kil sail text After thaTTTT'I MiIae "U"U0ia IUITUCU CIB5, a 5 f.iSVleS Red Eyes Sore Eyes 3 5 Granulate Byallds. KmU- i s Befreabeat-Reiitorea. Morioe la a Fortta 3 Treatment for Urea that f Ml dry and (man, -r Gle roar Ith as mnch of yoor loyina eara 3 ai fonr Teeth and with th aama mcnlarlty. 3 CHE THIS). YOU CJUM0T Ml lEff EYIS1 1 i Sold at Unst and Optical Mora or by Mall a) ilk lurlM lr ftunfrdy C Cikac. tor Fret Sm Medlclsie n n . . n ? i r tl
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