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A. J. FIELD CHOSEN AS STATE LIBRARIAN HE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS PUBLISH ER OF STATE JOURNAL SALARY $1,250. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around the State Capital. Raleigti. The State Library Commission se lected Col. Alex J. Feild, editor of the State Journal, as state librarian, pend ing a general reorganization and co ordination of the library interests of the state by the next general assembly in consolidating the legislative refer ence library, the state library and the state library commission under one management. The commission cat the salary of the state librarian from $1,700 to $1,250 and applied the remainder of this salary fund to increasing the sala ries of Miss Carrie Broughton, first assistant librarian, to $1,100, and that of the second assistant, Miss King, from $500 to $800. There were quite a number of applicants for the place. It is understood that Colonel Feild will' retin his control and editorship of The State Journal. He has always been keenly interested in library man agement and has the distinction of having started and (successfully oper ated about the first circulating local library in the state. This was at Ox ford, while he was teaching school there right after he came out of school. S. A. L. Allowed to Curtail. Big delegations from Sanford, Ham let, Cary, Raleigh and Oxford were in Raleigh for the hearing before the cor poration commission in the matter of the request' of the Seaboard Air Line that it be allowed to take off the Raleigh-Charlotte shoo-fly train service and change materially the Ilenderaon Oxford service. The hearing began at 3 o'clock and W. L. Stanley, represent ing the Seaboard Air Line, presented the reasons for the request, explaining that the necessity of contributing the company's part to the government de mands for troop movement and special freight service, really necessitated the curtailment of the train service asked. Mr. Stanley believed that the pa triotism of the people of North Caro lina would constrain them In the face of necessity to go back to the ser vice of the mixedtrains and box cars if the requirements of the war necessita ted such a thing. He believed that we are just on the threshhold of the war demands and that train curtailment is really in its inception. The saving of not a penny or a paltry dollar was involved in the curtailment asked, he said, but simply necessities of the, hour in serving the country in its hour of need for waging the war. There must be 30.000 men of the national guard moved at once by the Seaboard requiring 6,000 cars, and this is only the beginning of the movement. The Oxford delegation agreed to the proposed changes in the Oxford-Henderson-Durham service and the commission indicated that a probable solution of the Raleigh-Charlotte ser vice would be that the Raleigh-Charlotte shoo-fly will be taken off and the Raleigh-No rlina shoo-fly run extended to Hamlet and that this with a double daily service between Charlotte and Hamlet will meet the transportation necessities and give the Seaboard an additional engine and car for troop movement. The commission wants it understood that there i3 no intention of disturbing the present Charlotte Rutherfordon shoo-fly service. State Denial Board Announced. Announcement was made by W. H! G. Logan of the War Department that North Carolina's Dental Examin ing Board consists of Drs. F. L. Hunt of Asheville, J. H. Wheeler of Greens boro and J. Morris Fleming of Raleigh. Either member of this Board is auth orized to examine dentists profession ally, while for their physical examina tion they are required to go before the Medical Examining Board. Enrolling at A. & E. College. The North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering opened with a registration of freshmen equal to last year's registration and with a slight decrease in the number of old students. Exact figures were not available, but it was estimated by President Riddick that the registration cxrpfid the exDectations of th officials. However, it is not believed j that the enrollment will exceed 800. New Charters Granted. Auto Transfer Company, of Con cord, to manufacture motor tractors, with $10,000 authorized capital and $3,000 subscribed. The incorporators are Joe Paris, Anna R. Paris and O. A. Blackwelder, all of Concord. F. D. Hyams Comrny, of Charlotte, to conduct billiard parlors, with $5,000 authorized capital and $300 subscrib ed. The incorporators are F. D Hyams, Mabel Hyani3 and Elsie Hy ams, all of Charlotte. Claremont Hosiery Mill, of Hickory, with $6,000 authorized capital Bigger Better Babies' Contest. The biggest Better Babies' contedt ever held in the state and probably in the South will - bo held here at the state fair next month,. October 15-20. For this purpose a wing or section of the new Woman's building, recently constructed and used this season for the first time, has been set apart and specially equipped. The interest of the babies has been well looked after in the new building, and their pres ence with that of their mothers is counted on as being one of the biggest features of this year's fair. The babies are already enrolling. Miss Mae Reynolds, who is secretary of the Better Babies contest, is re ceiving applications and requests for information almost daily and says that such interest in the contest has not been shown this early before. The names of one-hlaf dozen fine babies have already been placed on the list. The contest will be again under the management of the Woman's Club of Raleigh, with Mrs. W. A. Withers as chairman. The same rules' and regu lations as those governing the contest last year and previous years will be observed this year. Babies from six to thirty-six months old will be admit ted and the same system of making the examinations and keeping the scores will be used. The services of expert pnysicians ,baby specialism, and trained nurses will ba secured. Food Administration" at $2.20 f. o. b. Chicago, which means, freight added, approximately $2.40. t is a crime, under the law to exact more; it can not sell for less, because the govern ment will pay that price for it. The ! price of the 1918 crop is fixed by the Food Act. Approved August io.th. at sot less than $2.00, Chicago which means $2.20 in North Carolina. It can not be less, this much is guaranteed; it may be more. It would therefore seem clear that we can produce in North Carolina a much larger crop of wheat than we have been producing at a profit. Every consideration of humanity would urge us to do all we can (whether at a profit or a loss) to keep fed a hungry world. In many countries women and children are dying of hunger; many thousands every week. Patriotism calls for "Special Effort" each of us in the sphere of activity for which we are best fitted, and thou sands of us here in North Carolina can best do our war bit in the line of food production and food saving. Let us double our wheat acreage this year: . . . , . It will pay us in dollars and First cents. Second: It will helpto save mil - lions of starving people. Third: It is our line of service to our country; a concrete and worth while expression of patriotism. I wonder if every minister In North Carolina who preaches weekly to land owners will, for the next three or four Sabbaths, briefly urge his people to this duty? State is Best Hog Market. "North Carolina farmers have a bet ter market for hogs than the farmers of the Central West have." This strik ing declaration was made by Mr. L W. Shook, of Edgecombe county, who was in attendance at the State Farm ers' Convention. Mr. Shook ought to know what he is talking about be cause he raises and sells several car- i loads of hogs every year. The Rich- mond and Baltimore markets pay 50c. to 75c. per hundred pounds more for ' hogs than the Chicago markets, ac- strike which, it hoped, would tie up cording to Mr. Shook's observation, j munition plants, railroads and lumber It will surprise most North Carolina ! lniIls and tn5 sabotage advocated was people to know that farmers of Edge-; to be practiced in connection with this combe county have shipped during the strike. last twelve months twenty carloads of ! There is tt wel1 grounded belief that hogs. A carload of hogs, geenrally 80 the leaders of the I. W. W. are con in inn head, at nrfisent nrices is worth stantly supplied with funds from Ger- from $3,000 to $4,000, depending upon the weights of the animals. The twenty carloads shipped by Edge combe farmers were sold at an aver age of 15 or 16c. a pound, netting the farmers of the county approximately i $50 000. It is the opinion of live stock men that it will be a long time be fnro tho nripe of hoes droDS much iminw th nrflsent level of $20 a hun- . dred. North Carolina farmers are prepar ing to take advantage of the high price of hogs by largely increasing the number of hogs produced upon he r farms, old breeders enlarging their herds and farmers who heretofore have paid little or no attention to hog raising establishing herds. Agricul tural and livestock exports, however, are warning both classes of breeders to plant for their hogs forage crops which may be planted at this time and grazed during, the winter and spring. Crops suitable for this purpose are rape .clover, vetch, and rye and other small grains. The profits that mri be derived from hogs are great where they are raised largely on pasto-age, but it has been demonstrated that hogs cannot be the lot method. profitably ra'.eed by j Experts Urge Saving Seed. The North Carolina Agricultural Ex tension Service is emphasizing upon the peop'e of the state the necessity nf saving peed for planting purposen. This, too, in spite of the fact that acreage of a number of crops, during the present year, had to be curtailed because of the high prices which had to be paid for seed. Good seed of recommended varie ties, grown and acclimated to the home section yield better where the have jeen properly seelcted than do othir ieed. X V ) ! 1 Quays of the Russian port of Gen. W. L. Sherrlll, Admiral Cleaves hand grenade throwers in a first line NEWS REVIEW OF THE PAST WEEK Government Finally Closes Down on Industrial Workers of the World. MANY RAIDS AND ARRESTS Italians Continue Victorious Progress Toward Trieste Germans Take Riga and Great Naval Battle in the Gulf of Finland Is Expected. By EWARD W. PICKARD. Its war industries hampered, its dig nity outraged and its putience ex hausted, the government of the United States arose in its might last week and i began the process of squashing the dls- reputable and disloyal Industrial Workerg of the Worl(L In raore than ! a score of cities, mostly in the middle , and far West, their headquarters and j printing offices were raided and great quantities of material seized. The department of justice prepared for this ; action secretly and carried it out swiftly and skillfully, and Is now ready to have the leaders of the organization indicted if the documents taken war rant this. In some cities many arrests were made. Prosecutions may be started under the new espionage law, or any one of several ofher laws. Two of the things thut caused Uncle Sam to get after the I. W. W. were the preaching of sabotage the wilfull de struction of property and the use of "stlckerettes" designed to obstruct en- listing, which were plastered all over the country. ; They are also accused of misusing the mails to send out mat ter advocating treason, insurrection and forcible resistance to the laws con cerning the carrying on of the war. The documents seized show that the i. w. W. was planning a nation-wide man sources, but the great mass of Its members no doubt are merely ignorant and misled creatures. The national headquarters of the Socialist party in Chicago also were raided and books and PaP1 selzed "Big Bill" in Eclipse Afiother "prominent" opponent of the KOrnment William Hale Thompson, the maJ'or of Chicago came a cropper last week. In defiance of the orders of Governor Lowden, he compelled the police of Chicago to give protection to been from Minneso. &nd Thereupon the governor sent troops to the city to pre vent repetition of the offense, the city council of Chicago formally rebuked the mayor, the agents of the depart ment of justice began Inquiries into i his conduct with a view to his indict ment, the press and people of the country denounced him, and his in fantile boom for the Illinois senator ship collapsed utterly. He did not go to the Kankakee fair, where that boom was slated to be started. It Is difficult to write of Thompson, Mason and oth er still more prominent foes of their country in printable language. Those who Combat the srnvprnnipnt's wnr ef. forts gIve al(I and corafort to the enemy" and exasperated loyalty won ders why they are not subjected to the penalties prescribed by the law against treason. Great Victory for Italians. When the Italian armies on Tuesday stormed and captured Monte San Ga brlele they took the last mountain fort ress barring their way toward Laibach and an advance that would separate the northern and southca Austrian armies. Such a movement probably will compel the Austrians to evacuate Trieste, which has been under shell fire from the water for days, and also is likely to result In th taking of Tol- Riga, captured by the Germans. 2 Colonel Roosevelt, Charles E. Hughes, Adjt. and Gen. Eli. D. Hoyle cheering the parade of New York's draft army. 3 French trench setting the fuses in their grenades. mino by Cadorna's forces. . In fact, a general retirement of the Austrians on that front was predicted. In the bat tles on the Bainsizza plateau the Ital ians captured immense quantities of arms and munitions, for the enemy fled In haste and disorder. Nearer the coast, the fortress on Monte llermada still held out against furious attacks, keeping the Italians from advancing on Trieste by that route.. Riga Taken by Germans. Riga has fallen, the kaiser rejoices and the war-to-victory party In Ger many has a new argument. But this, like the Galician affair, is rather a cheap victory over a disorganized army, and was expected. The Russians have retired beyond the River Aa, fighting fairly well as they went, and the fierce bravery of the Battalion of Death enabled them to prepare a new line of resistance. The taking of Riga gives Germany complete command of the Baltic and the way lies open for an advance on Petrograd by land, but it is not at all certain the kaiser will go on to the Russian capital. The route is long and through difficult country, and the ad vantages of. possessing Petrograd might be offset by such an extension of his lines just as winter is at hand. At the time of writing, it appears like ly that the German Baltic fleet will meet the Russian sea forces in battle In the Gulf of Finland. It is believed the fortified island of Osel at the head of the Gulf of Riga and the port of Reval, which guards the entrance to the Gulf of Finland, cannot hold out long, and the Russian fleet thus is like ly to be cooped up under the guns of Kronstadt, the grent fortress thnt pro tects the port of Petrograd. Part of the German fleet already has been 6ighted at the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. Germany's offensive against Russia appears to have been timed to coincide with an expected counter-revolution planned to restore autocracy In Russia. The plot, however, was uncovered and many arrests of grand dukes and oth ers have been made. General Alexieff, former commander in chief, and .General 'Vassllkovski, commander of the Petrograd garrison, agreed Thursday that the fall of Riga did not threaten Petrograd and was of moral but not strategic Importance. On the Western Front. In France and Flanders the week brought little change in the positions of the opposing armies, though the fighting was uninterrupted. The Brit ish deluged the German lines In Bel glum with shell fire that indicated an other drive, and there were reports that Crown Prince Ruprecht was pre paring to execute another "strategic retreat" to the Courtrai-Thourout line and thus give up a strip of territory east of Ypres from ten to twenty miles deep. This would help the allies on their way toward' the German subma rine bases at Zeebrugge and other ports on the Belgian coast. The Germans made several air raids on England, killing , a number of per sons, especially at Chatham, and one of their U-boats shelled Scarborough. The British press exhibits some un easiness lest the Germans have "got the Jump" on the allies in the matter of Increased air forces. The United States, however, is coming fast in this respect, maiding machines as rapidly I as possible and training a big army of j aviators, here and abroad. i Again on Thursday night the Ger-; man aviators devoted their attention ; to the French hospitals behind the j Verdun lines, bombarding thein for six and a half hours and killing 19, soldiers who already were severely wounded. If a cablegram from Shanghai Is to be believed, China is about to enter Into active participation In the war. The Twenty-fourth army corps, com posed of 15,000 picked troops from the northern provinces, is said to be mobil ized for immediate departure for Eu rope, probably through Siberia to the eastern front to assist the Russians and Roumanians. The corps includes several companies of engineers offi cered by Chinese graduates of Ameri can colleges, and an aviation corps trained by American and French air- men. These troops would be the first Mongolians to fifrht in Europe since the time of Genghis Klmn, S0O years jigo. Argentina two weeks ago was rejoic ing over a supposed diplomatic victory over Germany in (he matter of U- $ , 1 boats. Now the South American re public Is in the throes of a great rail way strike which Is certainly fomented and financed by Germans. Thousands of workmen have quit and there has been serious destruction of property and considerable rioting. From "an American port" conies an exciting story of a concerted attack by seven German submarines on a fleet of 22 allied merchantmen west bound. Four of the largest of the steamships were sunk by torpedoes, but the guns of the others destroyed three of the U-boats. The battle took place SO miles off the coast of Ireland. Organized Labor Loyal. Organized labor in the United States, determined to assert its loyal ty, met last week in Minneapolis, to gether with many radicals and. Social ists, and formed the American Alliance for Labor and Democracy. Under the leadership of Samuel Gompers, Frank P. Walsh, John Spargo and others, the delegates declared the new organiza tion firmly back of the armed forces of the government In their fight for "a victory which will mean the coming of the greatest world democracy ever dreamed of." Definite reports have been circulated that laborites are plan ning to cripple various industries by strlkes, especially the fuel Industry. These reports, Mr. Gompers declares, and overgenerous service of food. This do not relate to the American Federa- leads inevitably to waste of food on tlon of Labor. They are, however, too the table and Is a temptation to over well substantiated to be Ignored. eating which often impairs health The British trades union congress by Hud efficiency. a vote of 2,894,000 to 91,000 declared j itself opposed to participation In the j Just From College. Stockholm congress,' and this, taken! "How very seedy your friend looks!" with the refusal of many countries to grant passports to delegates, probably will result in the entire abandonment of the gathering in the Swedish city. Pope Preparing Second Note. Not wholly discouraged by the fall- lira tlf hla rtaata nAt T.,x Tnnn,1t.A I Is preparing a second proposal for the I ending of the war. Premier ltlbot, speaking on the Marne battlefield, de- ! clared that a requisite in any peace treaty acceptable to France was the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine. j The German press continues to heap ' abuse and ridicule on President Wil- ( son for his reply to the pope's note, . declaiming loudly against his demands thnt the government of Germany be ' democratized before peace can be j made with it. But the reichstag ma- -jority is insistently demanding just about the reforms the president con- ' slders essential. j Dispatches from Switzerland say the : central powers have determined on the partition of Poland. According to the plan, Germany Is to take about one-tenth of Russian Poland to 'rectify her frontier, and Austria will annex the remainder, unite It to Gallcia and proclaim the territory the united king dom of Poland, with Emperor Charles as its king. It Is to have Its own par- I llamenr, but its foreign policy, finances and army are to be controlled by Aus tria. This plan does not please Hun gary', because that country thinks Its Influence will be lessened If the em pire becomes a triple kingdom. Led by President Wilson and mem bers of the senate and house, and es corted by thousands of soldiers and sailors, the young men of the District of Columbia selected for service In the National army paraded the streets of Washington on Tuesday, and similar pnrades took place in hundreds of cities and towns. Next day these men nf the National army begun streaming from all points of the compass into the 10 cantonment camps built for their training and instruction. n. JThey are the first 5 per cent of tin men selected by the draft, 1 The long wrangle In the s war profits taxation ended feat of the high tax grouj adoption of the finance c provisions for a total levy 000,000, or about a third of I wnr nml nnrmnl pvcosm nrofi would make the bill total 000. Ihursday night the house passed unanimously the big war credits bill authorizing $11,538,945.4(10 in bonds and certificates. Every effort of a group of Republicans to limit Secre- tary MoAdon's .control over these is sues was defeated, but an amendment by Congressman Cannon was adopted, exempting from taxes Interest oi bonds not in excess of $5,000. VI' l"l l'.''-...,,,t..t,i...,, 9 t n WOMEN! IT IS MAGIC! LIFT OUT ANY CORN Apply a few drops then lift corns or calluses off with fingers no pain. Just think ! You can lift off any corn or callus without pain or soreness. A Cincinnati man discov ered this ether compound and named it freezone. Any druggist will sell a tiny bot tle of freezone, like here shown, for very little cost. You apply a few, drops di rectly upon a tender com or callus. Instantly the soreness disappears, then shortly you will find the corn or callus so loose that you can lift it right off. Freezone Is wonderful. It dries instantly. It doesn't aat away the corn or cal ;us, but shrivels It up with ut even irritating the sur rounding skin. Hard, soft or corns be tween the toes, as well as painful calluses, lift right off. There is no rjain be fore or afterwards. If your druggist hasn't freezone, tell him to order a small bottle for you from his whole sale drug house. adv. f Went to Extremes. A young man walking through a for eign quarter of New York stopped with an amused smile In front of a small eating place, on the window of j wlloh was painted in whitewash "Lam stew.' The proprietor from his doorway, asked what the joke was and the young fellow explained about the miss ing "b" in "lamb" and was thanked for the correction. The next day, passing the same res taurant, he found that while the bill of fare had changed, the spelling les son had not been forgotten. The pro prietor was now offering "Clamb chowder." 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