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INSTITUTES WILL iTE S 11 FARMERS' MEETINGS BEGIN AND END IN AUGUST MRS. Mc KIMMON BUSY. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigti. The production and conservation of food, and household economy of every kind is getting a mighty boost in North Carolina since the staff of Farmers' Institute Conductors have began their pilgrimage over the state. Seventy institutes will be held ending with the State Convention of Farm ers here during the last week in Au gust. Mr. T. B. Parker, director of the Farmers' Institute Division will have several different parties in the field, most of them having itineraries through the Piedmont section of this State. Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon will look after the women's meetings and will supply speakers from her staff of workers. The places and dates of the meet ings for the various counties are: Alamance County Elon College, .Monday, August 13; Snow Camp, Tuesday, August 14. Alexander County Taylorsville, "Wednesday, August 8. Anson County Bethel Schoolhouse, Saturday, July 28. Burke County Quaker Meadow Schoolhouse, Monday, August 6; Wi deband Schoolhouse, Tuesday Au .gust 7. Cabarrus County Winecoff and Rocky River, Friday, August 10; Ri mer and Cabarrus, Saturday, August 11. Caldwell County Collettsville, Monday, August 13; Gamewell School house, Tuesday, August 14. Caswell County Yanceyville, Sat urday, July 28. Catawba County Terrell, Friday, August 10; Dr. Foard's Store, Satur day, August 11. Chatham County Pittsboro, Friday, July 27; Bonlee, Saturday, July 28. Cleveland County Boiling Springs, Thursday, August 2; Grover, Friday, August 3; Shelby. Saturday, August 4. Davidson County Sandy Grove, Monday, August 13; Clarksbury, Tues day, August 14. Davie County Cherry Hill, Friday, August 3; Cana, Saturday, August 4. Durham County Bahama Farm L'lfe School, Wednesday, August 15; Patrick Henry School House, Thurs day, August 16. Forsyth County Burke's Grove, Wednesday, August -1; Tobaccoville, Wednesday, AuguBt 8. Gaston County Dallas, Wednes day, August 1. Guilford County Battleground, Fri day, August 10; McLeansville, Satur day, August 11. Hoke County Radford, Friday, Au gust 3- Iredell County Linwood School house and Shawnee, Wednesday, Au gust 1; Harmony Farm-Life School, Tuesday, August 7; Test Farm (Statsville), Thursday, August 9. Lee County Courthouse, Tuesday, July 31. Lincoln County Bets Chapel, Mon day, July 30; Daniels' Schoolhouse, Tuesday, July 31. McDowell County Dysortville, Wednesday, August 8; Greenlee, Thursday, August 9. Mecklenburg County Bethel School house, Friday, July 27; Observer Schoolhouse, Saturday, July 28. Montgomery County Troy, Satur day, August 4; Mount Gilead, August 6. Moore County Glendon, Wednes day, August 1; Eureka Farm-Life School, Thursday, August 2. Person County Roxboro, Friday, July 27. Randolph County Liberty, Monday, July 30; Farmer, Wednesday, Au gust 15. Richmond County Rockingham, Friday, July 27. Rockingham County Carmel School house, Monday, July 30; Matrimony, TueBday, July 31. Rowan County China Grove and Oak Grove, Thursday, August 9; Mt. Ulla and Miranda Schoolhouse, Thurs day, August 2. Rutherford County Shiloh School house; Friday, August 10; Mt. Pleas ant Schoolhouse, Saturday, August 11. Stanly County Porter, Tuesday, August 7; Millingport, Wednesday, August 8. Stokes County Lawsonville School house, Thursday, August 9. Surry County Rusk Schoolhouse, Monday, August 6; Woodville, Tues day, August 7. Union County Marshville, Monday, July 30; Waxhaw, Tuesday, July 31. Wake County Farmers State Con vention, A. and E. College, August 28, 29, 30. Wilkes County Mountain View Schoolhouse, Thursday, August 2; Bell View Academy, Friday, August 3; Edgewood Schoolhouse, Saturday, Au gust 4. Yadktn County Yadkinrille, Mon day, August 6. Campaigns Against Fire. Special agents and inspectors of virtually all fire insurance companies doing business in North Carolina m)t here today in the office of Insurance Commissioner Young to discuss plans to aid in the nation-wide campaign to assist the national government in do ing away with things tha tcause fires and destroy foodstuffs and wearing apparel after costly labor has been consumed in their "production. S. Y. Tupper, Southern Manager of the Queen Insurance Company and A. M. Schoon, engineer for the National Board of Fire Underwriters, composed a committee sent here to explain the ulans of the campaign and enlist the support of the field insurance men. Present at the conference were Gov ernor Bickett, Commission Young, J. Broughton, Jr., 'president and A. T. Bowler, secretary of the Raleigh Chambei of Commerce; Prof. W. A. Withers, president of the Raleigh Ro tary Club, and about forty insurance field men, members of inspection boards and other insurance field workers. Cordial support of the state admin istrative departments were pledged to the campaign by Governor Bickett and Commissioner Young. The visiting committee expressed itself as highly pleased with the fa miliarity with the national campaign shown by the North Carolina workers and declared this the best meeting of the kind it had held. The committee has recently held similar conferences in Richmond and Columbia. At a second conference held in the ifternoon the field men arranged de tails of the work to be done. North Carolina is to be divided into dis tricts which will be under the super vision of these men, trained in inspec on of buildings and the detection and correction of fire hazards, and regular inspections will be made by them throughout the state and every effort will be made to prevent fires and espe cially fires which may destroy food stuffs In storage during the war emer gency. The work undertaken by the insur ance men is general in its scope and without bearing on the business of the companies they represent. The work is a voluntary and patriotic work un dertaken by the men and their com panies as a part in the National De fense Campaign. Inspections will be made of all classes of buildings and crops without regard to insurancee carried or anticipated. f&m x Ksfiyf iSrPf lilt ill .,.J. '.-rr.r -a 9.1 " 4ysa... ' ' .TAjrsm01 ym 1 FALSE ECOMM TO HOARD FO 1 Two women victims of a German air raid on London being taken to their homes from a hospital. 2 Pre mier Kerensky, now dictator of Russia, reviewing some of his troops. 3 Soldiers in the Gettysburg training camp being taught the most necessary French words and phrases. 4 King Vajirvudh of Siam, who has declared that a state of war exists between his country and Germany and Austria-Hungary. NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Secretary McAdoo Startles Con gress by Asking $5,000, 000,000 More for War. TRANSPORT PROBLEM IS BIG Valuable Historical Collection. The collections of the North Caro lina Historical Commission are be coming widely recognized as among the best collections of historical mate rial in the United States. The use of this material by mail has been exten sive for some time, but now historical students are finding it worth their while to come to Raleigh in order to pursue their investigations in person. The latest visitor is Prof. Chas. W. Ramsdell, of the department of history of the University of Texas, who is at work on a history of the civil admin istration of the Confederate States government. Another recent visitor who made extensive researches in the collections of the Historical Com mission was Dr. Charles M. Andrews of Yale University who is writing a history of the American colonies. Miss Mary Shannon Smith of Meredith Col lege is spending her vacation in the rooms of the commission at work on a history of Union sentiment in North Carolina during the Civil War; and Dr. D. H. Hill has now permanent quar ters with the Historical Commission where he is engaged in his history of North Carolina in the Civil War. Last week Mr Reaves of the Interior Department at Washington spent sev eral days among the commission's col lections investigating the claims of the Tuscarora Indians to lands form erly belonging to their tribe in North Carolina Another historical student now at work in Raleigh Is Miss Hat tie E Burch of Columbia University. Every historical student who comes to Raleigh is greatly impressed with the exten tand value of the Historical Commission's collections and expresse Commission's collections and ex presses delight with the excellent quarters provided by the state for the Historical Commission Movies for Guardsmen. Special from Camp Sevier, Green ville, S. C National guardsmen of North Carolina and Tennessee need have no fear that they will be depriv ed of the joy of seeing the "movies" while encamped here. "The pictures will be selected for the entertainmnt of the soldiers as well as for instructive purposes," staled a Y. M. C. A. reprsentatlve. Only a small admission fee will be charged the guardsmen to defray ac tual expenses. The price will b much smalled than that charged by modern theatres. It is stated that a soldier may be admitted for a two cent postage stamp or the equivalent thereof. According to a statement of Major General Leonard Wood in a recent ad dress the men will be encouraged to spend their "leaves" away from camp. Charters Issued for Railroad. A charter was Issued for the Chim ney Rock Railroad Company, of Can ton, Haywood county, the special pur nose being the construction and oper ation of fifteen miles of steam railway from Rutherfordton to Chimney Rock. The capital is $300,000 authorized and $15,000 subscribed by M. Carland, T. C. Cole, J. H. Cole, G. L. Fortune, J. T. Homey and J. C. Cole. There is an amendment for the charter ot the Warlong Glove Manu facturiRK Company, of Newton, auth orizing a change of office to GwnoTW, Shipping Board Quarrel Ended by Change of Personnel Russia's Mil itary Collapse in Galicia Complete French Repulse Tremendous German Attacks. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. i me unueu states is naving im pressed upon it the magnitude of the war in which it has embanked, and is beginning to realize that it must be fought through to a victorious finish at tremendous cost in money, energy and, doubtless, life. The money end of it was brought sharply to the at tention of congress last Tuesday, when Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in formed the lawmakers that $5,000,000,- 000 more than had been estimated was needed, and needed at once. Much of this will be expended for ordnance. Senator Smoot Informed the senate that by the end of the fiscal year the war expenditures by the United States are likely to amount to $20,000,000,000. The figures staggered the members of both houses, and there was a hasty calling together of the senate finance committee to revise its report on the war-tax bill. Transportation Is now one of the administration's biggest problems transportation by both land and sea, but especially the latter. An Immense number of vessels must be provided to carry to Europe our troops and the vast supplies they and the allied arm ies, must have, and efforts are being made to gather together all the avail able ships, even Japan being asked to release many of her merchantmen. Meanwhile the plan of building a mon ster merchant marine of our own was given added Impetus last week. As had been predicted, President Wilson was compelled to take a hand in the dispute between General Goethals and Chairman Denman of the shipping board, and he settled the matter by ac cepting the resignations of both, and of Capt. J. B. White as well. He then named E. N. Hurley of Chicago as chairman and Balnbridge Colby as member of the board, and Rear Ad miral Capps, long chief constructor of the navy, as head of the emergency fleet corporation in place of Goethals. Of these appointments, only that of Colby was adversely criticised. Hur ley is an energetic business man and has been on the federal trade board. Though the elimination of Goethals Is regretted by the innumerable admir ers of the great builder of the Pan ama canal, It is felt that no one bet ter than Admiral Cupps could be picked to manage the construction of the emergency fleet. It is understood that as many steel ships as possible will be built, which was Goethal's plan. Later in the week the president ac cepted the resignation of Vice Chair man Theodore Brent of the shipping board. Steps in Making the Army. The need for many vessels is em phasized by the semi-ofllcial announce ment that the United States plans to send to Europe not only 500,000 men, but more than a million as soon as they can be trained and equipped and as fast as "transports can be obtained to carry them across. Two more steps In the making of this great army were taken last week. The men drafted for the national army began to receive their calls before the exemption boards, the city of Washington lead ing the way, and the National Guard of 19 states and the District of Co lumbia was mobilized to be taken into the federal service. After a few weeks of intensive training in camps, the best of the guardsmen will be sent to France to prepare for the spring of fensive. The shortage of railway transporta tion at home also Is troubling the ad ministration, though it doubtless will be remedied with the willing assist ance of the American railway execu tives. The demand for cars already Is tremendous, for the moving of materi als and supplies for the army training camps and for a dozen other purposes, and It will be Increased immediately as the men of the National Guard and of the national army begin moving to their allotted places. Russia's Collapse in Galicia. The col'apse of Russia's offensive in Galicia, due to insubordination In stigated by German agents, developed Into a general retreat, and the retreat Into a virtual rout. Abandoning vast military stores and burning villages, the mutinous Slavs flew everywhere before the easy advance of the Teu tons, except on the Roumanian front, where for the time at least, they stood firm. Farther north, indeed all the way to the Baltic, the Russians gave ground. Premier Kerensky, armed with dicta torial powers, declared he would apply a policy of blood and iron to stop the mutiny and treason, and General Korn lloff ordered his loyal troops to shoot down any who deserted or refused to obey orders, but this was Ineffectual to retrieve the disaster. Stanlslau, Halicz and other important cities were evac uated, and from the wooded Carpathi ans to the region of Tarnopol the country was full of long columns of fleeing Russians on which the Teu ton field guns played with merciless slaughter. One story from Petrograd told how loyal troops in Kornlloff's army blew to pieces an entire mutinous division with Its own guns. On the demand of the military com manders at the front, the provisional government has again put in force cap ital punishment for treason, which was abolished at the time of the revolu tion. However, this second great Russian slump, serious though It be, Is not fa tal. Kerensky and his colleagues are determined to rid their country of the German agents and their traitorous Russian aids. Lenine, the chief of the latter, Is already under arrest, and It Is believed he will be either executed as an agent of the German general staff or at least isolated as insane. Russians and their friends still believe their new republic will emerge tri umphant from the chaotic conditions that now hold It almost helpless. The "Guard of Death," the battalion of Russian women raised by Vera Bu'tehkareff, was "in action on Tuesday for the first time, at Krevo. The wom en fought well, gaining the respect of the male soldiers. No Military Success for Germany. Germany has scored no real mili tary success of moment for a long time. The Gitllclan affair is not a suc cess of arms, and though the kaiser decorated some of his commanders there, they gained no glory by the pur suit of mutinous and disorganized troops. Rather should Wllhelm have bestowed his decorations upon the spies who stirred up the Insubordina tion. In the Champagne region the crown prince hurled his troops against the French lines with the utmost reck lessness all week long, but the only re sult was tremendous losses for the Germans, for the poilus were indomita ble and if npw and then their line was bent, they counter-attacked so fu riously that the Teuton could not hold his small gains more than an hour or so. In some places, especially on the Calif ornie plateau, the French ad vanced their lines considerably and re puised all attempts to drive them from the new positions. Germany's hullabaloo over peace terms and Internal reforms has sim mered down to a discontented discus sion of Chancellor Michaells inten tions and policies, based on his speech to the reichstag, which is universally admitted to have been ambiguous and even secretive. As has been said be fore, the political upheaval there doesn't bring appreciably nearer the end of the war. Many of the opposi tion leaders and newspapers more than hint that the U-boat campaign is really a failure in that it is not starv ing England, and they realize that Its continuance Is reducing daily the num ber of friends Germany will have after peace is concluded. But the militar ists of Prussia can't let go of that weapon, and the masses of the Ger- f man people, who have an astonishing capacity for self-deception, evince no desire to throw these militarists out and save their empire from ultimate disaster. Siam Joins Kaiser's Foes. One by one the smaller nations of the world are lining up with the ene mies of the kaiser and despotic mili tarism. Far-away Slam Is the latest addition to the list. German vessels In Siamese ports were seized and Ger man citizens were interned. The In fluence of every country that comes !n on the side of freedom and justice will be felt, If not strongly now, at least after the war is ended. The Teutonic economists well know this, and even now are holding a conference o.i post-war conditions, seemingly still hopeful that their armies can bring about the realization of that dream of a "Mittel Europa" that would be self-sustaining, and self-contained and that would always threaten the peace of the rest of the world. The frus tration of that hope is the great ulti mate aim of the allies. Representatives of the entente allies met In Paris on Wednesday for the purpose of determining the course of their future policy in the Balkans, which Premier RIbot, who presided, said must be modified because Greece is now ranged with the allies. The United States was not represented, the administration holding that this nation Is not yet directly Interested in Balkan matters. Food Control Bill Delayed. President Wilson's strenuous objec tion to the senate amendment to the food control bill creating a congres sional committee on expenditures for the war, and the determination of the house to defeat the senate amend ments, caused a delay In the final pas sage of the measure. The prohibition ists were bound to have restored the "bone-dry" plan for which the house voted. The entente allies held a conference in Paris and adopted unanimously this declaration : "The allied powers, more closely united than ever for the defense of the people's rights, particularly in the Bal kan peninsula, are resolved not to lay down arms until they have attained the end which in their eyes dominates all others to render impossible a re turn of the criminal aggression such as that whereof the central empires bear the responsibility." In accordance with the recommenda tion of General Pershing, the American army Is to be reorganized on the French plan of conformation. This will change a company from 150 to 250 men, a regiment from 1,800 to 3, 000 men, and a division from 28,500 to approximately 17,000 men. The government is planning a sys: tern of war Insurance that will pre clude the establishing of pension rolls as a result of this war. It is proposed that every man In the army, navy and marine corps shall be entitled to insur ance ranging from $1,000 to $10,000, paying a premium of $8 a thousand, the Insurance being assumed by the government In lieu of pensions; in ad dition, the families and other depend ents will be provided for by allotments. Recruiting was given a big boo? last, week, partly by the announceme that drafted men would not be aeccyT ed as volunteer.1 after thee were cars before the exemption V V, and pafrt- ly by the concerted American and Brit cers. The British i largo numbers of cago, New York an'" Despite the tr drain on the coui penditures and in protests from Sei yon, King and a UjF , ate passed the nnnu bors bill, carrying an';: $27,954,000. Only eh the upper house dnred HOUSEKEEPERS SHOULD K t 'J PURCHASE MORE .THAN -l-. NEEDED AT A TIM2. SOME TIMELY INFQRMAT B. W. Kilgore, Director of North (f Una Extension Service Hands Gj Good Advice. Raleigh It is false economy t tempt to hoard and store flour 1 cially during the summer months, Mr. B. W. Kilgore, director of North Carolina Extension Service; Kilgore has recently received a munication from the Departmen Agriculture at Washington in v attention is called to this matter, the information contained is t both to the housekepers in the try and in the cities. Sound flour from good wheat not decompose when stored ir proper manner, but when stored improper manner there is con able loss sustained. For this rl no housekeeper should purchas larger quantities than she will I witnin a reasonaDie lengta oi u . , a J . . t storing sucn nour as ia there are three principles should not be overlooked. Flour should not be stored i cellar even though it is nice andf for the cellar is rarely free dampness and odors which q contaminates the flour even whe cial bins have been built. The attic is also an unwdse o store it as the temperaturV high, there is no air circulation! the flour will soon become must The only place it may be k perfect safety is in a small s room built preferably to the side of the house where a cod even temperature may be ob and thorough ventilation availal case such a room as this canif had, a closet may be used wbf fits the above requirements. A and containers should be kept and especially should they be c out when a new stock of fid bought. guarded from vermin it will tf ized practically to the exclusj any waste through spoilage, , ji true more especially if it is purt in accordance with the presentf only. I Tobacco Sales Break Recot Lumberton. Tobacco sales local market are breaking' al vious record, both as quantitj price. The farmers who bri the Hot Springs camp, besidesi bers of their families, who ar weed to the Lumerton market well pleased with their retur the effect of this influx of cm already being felt by the mer on Ellis Island. Information r from New York is to the effe Sales for the past several day averaged well beyond twenty pound. Someone probably int in other markets in this sectiof lieved to have been responsible no wbeing made by the federal ities to send there the remain seamen, stewards and firemen seized German steamers who aj circulation of a report to the not get hogsheads in which the tobacco. The warehouseirf they have all they can use. that the local warehouse mef More German Prisoners C Asheville. So satisfactory h the camp for interned Germ Hot Springs that rajngeme any carpemBiB assistat fpnvfi for HoKrti rln era 4 "hi a erect houses! for the six hund will compel soon as the prepf for thm arN completed. Thfre are already 654 Ger: tera in the town itself. The d seamen are a high type j hood and they appear to enj enforced vacation. 5gn of (the -jjtlnsr ioffl- 1 fuing Chi- i "9 1 vvhlcttruTKfntou this "pork" measure at any time, Is especially so when the nation Is engaged in a war that will demand all its resources. Ireland's great opportunity Is at hand. The convention to draft a home rule constitution Is In session In Lon don, with Sir Horace Iiunkett in the chair, and If the delegates can reach an amicable and satisfactory agree ment, the government of Gi:eat Piitaln is pledged to put It through. , The re sult is In the hands of the Irl-ii them selves. 7 Boy Preacher Ordalnecf Newton. Master Vance II the "boy preacher" has been ed to the full work of the gos istry. The ordination took Corinth Baptist church. He fourteen years of age and youngest minister ordained, state. Rev. J. A. Snow, Re Smith. Rev. J. A Hoyle, Rev. Ballard and Rev. C. E. Beam ed the Presbytery. At the Fi tist church Elliott Stewart i dained. Mr. Stewart was a st Wake Foret College. op. la, a r One Killed, Tw' Albemarle. Cooper is dat is seriously inj Is badly shaken runaway on the st. ts of A The horse Mr. Cooper wan took fright at a motor truck! Cooper, .losing control of th the buggy in which the thr riding was turned over and of the occupants thrown ag Southern Railway station The boy, who was about 12 y never recovered from the b1:
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