HEW PARDON 1Y
HAS SURVEY OF CONVICTS MADE
AND ON RESULTS FOUND
FREES ELEVEN.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
Governor Bickett smashed the par
doning precedent when, following de-
tailed survey of convicts in the state
prison, he pardoned eleven men, ten
of them serving varying terms for
murder and one of them at life term
er. The pardons were granted on his
own initiative, without petition or
argument of attorneys. Governor Bick
ett simply carried out a conviction he
has felt deeply since his administra
tion began, that the pardoning power
should not be exercised solely for
the men in prison who have money,
friends or influence without to urge
their way to freedom.
"Soon after I came into office," ex
plained Governor Bickett. "I was con
vinced that there were men and wom
en in the state prison who ought not
to be there; that their relatives and
friends, if they had any, had complete
ly forgotten them, and, being without
money and without influence, they
were kept in prison simply because no
human being had any interest in their
release. As a result of this convic
tion, some weeks ago I directed the
prison authorities to make a complete
survey of the prison, showing the fol
lowing facts in regard to each and
ev&ry prisoner, to-wit: The crime for
which he was committed, the term of
his sentence, the time he has served,
his behavior while a prisoner, his age
and his physical condition. A partial
report has been made and upon that
report I am today granting pardons
absolute or conditional. I am abso
lutely convinced that the further con
finement of these men is not required
for their own good nor for the protec
tion of the public."
Omitting the sentence of the life
termer as uncertain, the ten others
pardoned had been sentenced to an ag
gregate of 224 years. Sven of the
eleven were negroes and four were
white men. Of the lot, Prince Jerni
gan of Hertford county is probably the
most unique figure. Prince was con
victed of murder in 1897 and sentenc
ed to thirty years. He has 1,193 days
to credit for good behavior and his age
is uncertain, being variously estimat
ed at from GO to 90 years. The super
visor stated to Governor Bickett that
he would trust him anywhere.
Commission Has Knotty Problems.
The state building commission,
which has in hand the supervision of
the expenditure of the three million
dollars the next five years for perma
nent improvements at the various
state institutions, is moving slow in
its work trying to make sure it is
right before definite and fixed plans
for any of the more important build
ing operations are launched. The
commission now recessed is casting
.about in search of the best general
plan upon which to proceed.
There is an especially knotty prob
lem as to the building for the state
school for the blind, in which is in
volved the erection of a complete new
system of buildings. Indications are
that the outcome of the investiga
tion will bring about the adoption of
a system that will provide the central
kitchen and dining room system.
Numbers of the plants that have
been submitted for buildings by the
trustees of various institutions, includ
ing the University of North Carolina,
State Normal, East Carolina Training
school, have been submitted to the
state department of insurance for se
curity as to fire protection and gen
eral safety appliances.
New Corporations Chartered.
manufacture and sale of machinery.
The Lewis Motor company, of Salis
bury, was chartered with $50,000 cap
ital authorized and $3,500 subscrib
ed for a general automobile agency
and garage business by S. P. Lewis,
P. S. Carlton and others.
Another charter is for the Charlotte
Truck and Tractor company, of Char
lotte, capital $50,000 authorized and
$3,000 subscribed by John B. Ross, G.
II Dennis and B. A. Hawkins for hand
ling trucks, tractors and automobiles.
The Lenoir Hosiery Mills, incorpor
ated, of Lenoir, received a charter
with $50 000 capital authorized and
$n,000 subscribed by F. D. Moore, J.
Claude Moore and Joe C. Moore, for
knitting and general textile business.
Some Rules For Shippers.
At the request of the American
Railway association the corporation
commission issues an appeal to North
Carolina shippers to be as careful a?
possible to load all cars consigned to
them to as near their full capacity as
possible to load all cars consigned to
unloading cars so that they may be in
b nearly constant freight moving
Development of Canning.
Reports to Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon,
head of the Home Demonstration work
In the state, and the State Food Con
servation Commission indicate that in
many sections of the state there has
been a spontaneous development of
I community canning. The movement
is especially well organized at Wil
mington, in Gaston county, at Ashe
ville r.nd Raleigh.
The instance at Wilmington proba
bly shows best the possibilities of thia
movement. In that city canning clubs
have been organized among church so
cieties and high school girls for the
purpose of saving the surplus of per
ishable vegetables and fruits from the
gardens of the city and truck farms
of New Hanover county Members of
the boy scouts and other boys of work
ing age have been mobilized to assist
in the garden work and the harvesting
of the vegetables on the farms, which,
in many instances, are purchased in
the field and harvested by the boys
and taken by them to the various can
ning clubs in the city. These canning
clubs are taking contracts from house
wives of the city to fill their empty
jars with vegetables and fruits. They
are also using thousands of cans which
will be sold on the general market
later.
The movement as carried out In
Wilmington serves several purposes;
thousands of dollars worth of vege
tables and fruits which would other
wise he lost to the consumer is being
saved; the women of the churches and
tne high school girls are rendering an
invaluable patriotic service and inel
dently are earning money for religious
and charitable causes; and thousands
of fruit jars which would have remain
ed on pantry shelves are being util
ized in the saving cf food stuffs the
volume of which will have some effect
in easing up the general food situa
tion. In some places community canning
outfits have been established for the
benefit of housewives who desire to
can their surplus vegetables but have
not the facilities at home for so do
ing. Both plans serve a very useful
purpose, and the movement will no
doubt spread rapidly until the house
wives of practically every city and
town in the state will be able either
to put up their own surplus fruits and
reasonable cost by some canning club.
Interested in Forming Market.
Considerable interest is being mani
fested throughout the state in the
movement started by the North Caro
lina Focd Conservation Commission,
looking toward the establishment of
adequate and fair markets for staple
food and feed products, according to
reports reaching the office of the com
mission. Many of the leading business men of
the state, in addition to the farmers
themselves, are beginning to realize
that fair markets are a necessary ba
sis for any prosperity that is buiU
upon the production of crops other
than cotton and tobacco. In a number
of cities the chambers of commerce
or boards of trade have already begun
working upon this problems of mar
kets, while in other places business
men are interesting themselves indi
vidually. "No line of business offers better op
portunities for good profits today, in
my opinion, than does the handling of
corn, small grain and other farm pro
ducts," declared John Paul Lucas,
executive secretary of the North Caro
lina Food Conservation Commission.
"Our business men must realize, how
ever, that fair prices are the first es
sential of such markets as are need
ed, and that any market which bids
for permanent success must offer fair
prices. Suitahle warehouses and
equipment for handling and storing
products are other essentials."
Orders to Arrest Slackers.
Governor T. W. Bickett ordered
sheriffs of the various counties of the
state to arrest every person whose
duty it was to register under the selec
tive draft plan and who failed to do it.
Men thus arrested will be released up
on their own recognizance, if they
promptly register.
Governor's Order.
The War Department orders the ar
rest of every man whose duty it wa3
to register and failed to do it. Please
make a searching investigation in
every precinct in your county, and if
a single man failed to register accord
ing to law, report the same to the
nearest United States Attorney or
.Marshal, and the deliquent will be ar
rested at once. North Carolina regis
tered more men than the government
estimated it would, according to our
population. This fine fact makes it all
the more Important to require all de
linquents to be registered. When
ninety-nine men voluntarily do their
duty, it Is the essence of justice to
the ninety-nine to compel the hun
dredth man to do his. The quota from
North Carolina will be based on thi
original estimate of the government,
and not on our actual registration.
Therefore every additional man regis
tered reduces the propotrion of the
whole that will be first selected for
service.
T. W. BICKETT, Governor.
Young Pleased With Visit.
Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Young says he was gratified with
the results of his visit to Charlotte in
the interest of safer school houses,
finding the school committee especial
ly willing to co-ODerate in every way
possible. The committee, he says,
not only agreed readily to adopt the
double tower outside stairway system
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Womeri Will
Separate Skirts of All Sorts.
Now is the summer of the separate
skirt nt hand, with sports skirts and
street skirts and tub skirts ready for
the hot weather, that is overdue, and
silk skirts for more dignified dress.
Hardly a wardrobe but has an example
of each of these. Tub skirts, in heavy
cottons, are smartly tailored, with big
patch pockets, buttons and machine
stitching to give them the proper finish
for street wear. They are shown in
pique, poplin, galatea cloth, basket and
other heavy weaves. In the same kinds
of clolh, stripes and figured patterns
give room for play. of the designer's
fancy in sports skirts.
That fancy appears to have strayed
pocketward and to have lingered there.
Especially in sports skirts in a plain
color the pocket's the thing that pro
nounces the skirt as destined for the
shore or camp or the link. Some of
these pockets are so large that they
Jook like panniers and suggest that a
Some Pretty Suils
Nothing can supplant the suit, so it
Is the earliest arrival in the fashions
of each new season and its story is
a serial with a chapter added every
little while. But we have arrived at
the last installment for the summer
of 1917 and rejoice in a happy ending.
Wool jersey cloth queens it over its
comrades, but nevertheless serge, taf
feta, gaberdine, tussah and some new
weaves in silk make a strong finish.
There is no new departure in style
to record in the new summer Kuits,
but coats indulge in a few little va
garies in cut of the collar, adjustment
of pockets and shaping of the skirt,
merely by way of variety. The cape
collar, similar to that shown in the
picture has Increased in size so that
it -alls over the top of the arm, but Is
trimmed into sloping revers at the
' 1 ' men-" . M.l, ,11 of
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Dress
Wea!
hat might be carried in one and a
sweater in the other. Mostly they are
moderately large, square-patch pockets,
and occasionally they are made in a
fanciful shape.
Wliite cotton gaberdine is liked for
many of the new sports skirts to be
worn with bright-colored sweaters.
Khaki, with brass buttons and fastened
uniform pockets makes the correct
"hiking" skirt. For country club wear
there are white wash satin, tub silk
and heavy linen skirts.
Machine stitching in vivid silks lends
the required dash of color to white
silk, and bindings in contrasting color
with large pearl buttons distinguish
the linen models.
Taffeta silk in black, or dark colors,
with colored stripes, was introduced
early and remains popular for after
noon skirts. The skirt pictured Is
shirred at the waist and has a sash
and bag of the silk.
for Midsummer.
pocketless coats and others with the
widened hip effect. Serge suits are
almost always very plain.
The summery suit pictured is of
chiffon taffeta in an indistinct check.
The coat is the usual length, but
makes a new departure by its turned
back fronts, trimmed into lengthened
points at the bottom. The skirt is
set onto a short yoke and has a slight
drapery or fullness at the hips.
Light gray and oyster shell white
are shown among the smartest jersey
and silk suits. A cool-looking model
is of oyster white tussah bordered
with a narrow band In Idack and
white check. The checks are large
and a single line of them finishes the
edges of the coat and the sleeves.
They are not extended about the bot
tom of the coat, but cover the revers
W"
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SWMfflOOL
Lesson
(Br E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course In the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1917, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR JUNE 24
THE PURPOSE OF JOHN'S GOSPEL
(REVIEW READ JOHN 21:15-25.)
REVIEW Read John 21:15-25.
GOLDEN TEXT These are written,
that you might believe that Jesus is the
Christ, the Son of God; and that bellev
Inp ye mtKht have life through his name.
John 20:31.
There are a variety of methods to
be followed In reviewing the work of
the past six months and to give va
riety. Teachers of classes, or super
intendents of schools, may select one
or combine several, as their judgment
dictates. Of course, the easiest way
Is to procure a good speaker who is
familiar with the Gospel of John and
the lessons of the past quarter, and
let him bring out In the review Its
most outstanding and salient features.
One method would be to have one
minute talks cither by members of the
class or persons selected from the
school. Each of twelve scholars could1
be assigned one minute, each to have
one of the lessons of the past quar
ter. Another good way would be to take
the outstanding and significant verses
from the lessons of the quarter, not
the golden text, but verses which seem
to emphasize the outstanding features
of the six months' work. "Behold the
Lamb of God," (Ch. 1 :3G) : "Ye must
be born again," (3 :7) ; "Come see a
man which told me all things that ever
I did; Is not this the Christ?" (4:20) :
"Verily, verily I say unto yon, he that
heareth my word and believeth on him
that sent me, hath everlasting life and
shall not come Into condemnation but
Is passed from death unto life," (5:
24). "I must work the works of him
that sent me while it Is day ; the night
cometh when no man can work."
Another method of review would be,
particularly in the adult classes, to
have each lesson with its present-day
emphasis. For Instance, the past quar
ter: Lesson 1 The Christian In his
dealing with blindness. Lesson 2
Modern wonders of healing and medi
cal missions. Lesson 3 The shep
herding of church members. Lesson 4
Do we know how to give? Lesson 5
Is Christ supreme In our national
life? Lesson G Ambition and its cure.
Lesson 7 The world's good springing
from Christ. Lesson 8 Temperance
reform. Lesson 9 The noly Spirit In
everyday life. Lesson 10 How Christ
Is betrayed and denied today. Lesson
11 The uplifting power of the cross.
Lesson 12 Why men believe In Im
mortality. A good method of review would be
to have someone take up each of the
golden texts, announcing it in advance
that pupils may be prepared for this
method. The teacher would write the
texts of the quarter, each on a sepa
rata piece of cardboard, and lay them
face down on a table; pupils would
then draw the golden texts, one at a
time, and tell what the lesson Is to
which this text belongs, giving as full
an account of the lesson" as possible,
the teacher helping out with questions
where necessary.
It will be of great value to the pu
pils if they can get in this review a
clear outline of the main events of
Christ's last weeks upon earth, cov
ered particularly by the past quarter.
There are forty standing events of
the past quarters: (1) The healing of
the man born blind; (2) Jesus the good
Shepherd ; (3) Jesus sending forth the
seventy; (4) Jesus in Berea; (5) The
raising of Lazarus; (0) The ten lep
ers healed; (7) Bartimaeus at Jericho;
(S) Jesus visits Zaccheus; (9) Jesus
anointed by Mary; (10) The fig tree;
(11) Triumphal entry; (12) Cleaning
the temple; (13) Weeping over Jeru
salem; (14) The widow's mite; (15)
The Greeks seek Jesus ; (1G) Trepara
lion for the passover; (17) Washing
the disciples' feet; (IS) The Lord's
supper; (19) The farewell discourse;
(20) The farewell prayer; (21) The
agony in Gethsemane; (22) Judas be
trays Jesus; (23) The arrest of Je
sus; (24) Peter denies Jesus; (25)
Jesus before Ananias; (2G) Jesus be
fore Caiphas; (27) Jesus before the
Sanhedrin; (28) The mocking of Je
sus; (29) Jesus before Pilate; (30)
Jesus before Herod; (31) Pilate con
demns Jesus; (32) The sorrowful
wait; (33) The crucifixion; (34) The
seven last words; (35) Jesus dies;
(3G) Burial; (37) Resurrection ; (3S)
Appears to Mary; (39) Appearance
during the forty days; (40) The as
cension. As brought out heretofore, John
sets forth the purpose of this Gospel ;
namely, that "Jesus Is the Christ, the
Son of God, and that believing on him
we might have everlasting life, eternal
life in his name." (See golden text).
A Suggestion.
In setting forth this review, let us
not as teachers and oflicers, overlook
the opportunity we have of calling
from our scholars an expression of the
faith that has been born within them.
(See Rom. 10:9, 10). Jesus the light
of the world has power to set men free
from sin and "whom the son shall
make free Is free indeed." If we
properly set him before our scholars,
they will be made free from the slav
ery of sin and enter into the freedom
of believers. True faith Is built upon
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Temple of Solomon.
The Temple of Solomon was begun
in the fourth year of his reign (B. C.
1012), and completed seven years
later. The whole area was inclosed
by the outer walls and formed a
square of about GOO feet. The front
of the porch was supported by two
great brazen pillars. One of these
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j Lemons Whiten and ;
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Make Cheap Lotion
The juice of two fresh lemons strain
ed into a bottle containing three ounces
of orchard white makes a whole quar
ter pint of the most remarkable lemon
skin, beautlfier at about the cost one
must pay for a small jar of the ordi
nary cold creams. Care should be tak
en to strain the lemon juice through a
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets In,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that lem
on juice 13 used to bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles, sallowness
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smoothener and beautlfier.
Just try it ! Make up a quarter pint
of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion
and massage It daily Into the face,
neck, arms and hands. It should natur
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bring out the hidden roses and beauty
of any skin. It Is wonderful for rough,
red hands.
Your druggist will sell three ounces
of orchard white at little cost, and any
grocer will supply the lemons. Adv.
The Limit of Patience.
"You seem to take that man's paci
fist expressions very much to heart."
"I do," replied Senator Sorghum.
"It's bad enough to put up with the
man who won7. fight or work for his
country. You can't have the slightest
patience with a man who won't even
talk for his country."
DON'T WORRY ABOUT PIMPLES
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On rising and retiring -gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off the Ointment in five minutes with
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plenty of Soap. Keep your skin clear
by making Cuticura your every-day
toilet preparations.
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Didn't Do It.
"He's always knocking the married
men."
"Yes, I know it."
"Only a few years ago he told me he
was just crazy to get married."
"That's right, but it seems he wasn't
quite crazy enough."
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"What do they mean by jockeying
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Acid Stomach, Heartburn and Nausea
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A man isn't mighty because he never
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