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Commendable Patriotic Afwi'J' " Proposed and Adopted by Elghr" Fair Aatooiations. - v That Mark ..of North Carolina Peo- therd Around ths State Raleifh. If the efforts of the workers attach ed to the Agricultural Extension Ser ies of the State College of Agricul ture and State Department of Agri culture are successful, fairs to be held in the state this fall will be in the nature of food production and con rervntion camps. This is especially true of the exhibits to be made at the 58th State Fair to be held on October 1-26. Many counties have already signified their intention of entering Into the county contests for which prizes amounting to $1,000 have been offered. In addition to these county xhibtts, in which the field men and women cf the Extension Service will have a pbrt in collecting, the workers at Raleigh and Wi.st Raleigh are also planning to show the great results accomplished by their activities in agricultural work over the State. Conference of Cotton Ginners. A conference of cotton gtnners and producers was called by State Food Administrator Henry A. Page to be held in the food administration of fices at Raleigh Tuesday morning, August 13th at 11 o'clock. The prin cipal object of the meeting is to dis cuss "and if possible agree upon a farm price for cotton ginning during the approaching season inasmuch as every cotton ginner in North Carolina will operate under license this year and will be controlled by the food ad ministration the largest possible at tendance of ginners and producers is hoped for at this time. Mr. Page will also no doubt take opportunity to dis cuss to some extent the difficulties that confront the cotton seed Indus try division of the food administra tion In its contemplated plans for sta bilising the industry for the coming season. Pig Club Members Hold Sale. The first sale of pure bred hogs to be held by members of the pig-clubs will be at Wilmington on August 21st, when the pig club members of New Hanover county will sell approximate ly fifty pigs. This sale is the out come of pig club work begun In New Hanover county last year by Mr. J. P. Herring, county agent of the agricul tural extension service, who, with the financial backing of the Wilmington Savings Bank & Trust Co., ' put out 35 registered Duroc Jersey pigs in the county. This bank bought the pigs at the request of Mr. Herring, and put them out with the boys and girls, tak ing their promissory notes for the ac tual cost price. This sale is unique, because of the fact that it i3 the first time the or ganized pig clubs have actually dem onstrated the fact that their work will be of value in spreading the gospel of pure bred swine out over the state. Corn club boys for several years now, have been sellng highly selected seed eorn with excellent results. With the pig club boys now enter ing the market of pure bred hogs. Im proved agriculture is given an added Impetus in this state. Are You Drying Fruits? "While large quantities of fruits and Tegetables are being canned for win teT use. theiiousewlfe should not lose sight of the possibilities of conserving food by drying. Drying affords a prac tical and easy way of saving large quantities of food In small bulk with out using expensive containers, and It also furnishes a convenient way of conserving portions of food that are too small for canning. A few ears of corn left from dinner, or a few apples or peas, or even a single carrot, ea nbe dried and saved. Head Relief Campaign. A. telegram received from Henry Morgenthau, announced that John M. Morehead had been appointed chair man of the Jewish relief campaign In Charlotte. He declared the proclama t'.rm by Governor Bickett, in which he railed upon the people of North Caro lina to respond to the call for $100 CW n this state's part of the relief of Jaws ;n war torn countries, Is one of ths inspiring incidents" of the cam ptffn. asserting that it "strikingly Smontrates our great national unity In the cause of humanity. ,7t4 State's Brief. Special from Washington. Attorney :Qt1 Manning of North Cirolina ban filed tbe state's brief In the suit of Frd A. Perley and W. H. Crockett, of Aheville, who attacked the consti tutionality of a 1913 law requiring re moval of debris from logged off tim ber lands near watersheds of cities. Ths brief contends that the state stat ute la necessary to protect the water apply of Municipalities from contam ination and klso for protection against u indl- oaais said the average prices state are approximately $10.85 arrel for flour and $82.50 per ton mill feeds. These prices are bulk. carlots, at mills, and mills are allow ed to add cost of bags and, where the products are sold to retailers or con sumers, they are allowed to add one dealer's pcoflt. According to the permanent plan of the grain corporation, the average "fair price" for wheat in North Caro lina is approximately $2.45 per bushel on a basis of No. 1 red winter wheat. The prices for No. 2 wheat would be $2.41 and the price for No. 3, into which most of the wheat in North Carolina this year will fall, wotfid be approximately $2.38. Charter Isssued Recently. A charter hag been issued for the Dalyrymple Livestock Co., of Lexing ton, capital $25,000 authorized and $500 subscribed by J. Q. Finch, W. E. Holt and others. Also a charter to the Charlotte Chemical Corporation Laboratory, Inc. The authorized capital of the concern is $100,000, with O. 6. Chapman, H. L. Taylor and Chase Brenizer of Char lotte, as incorporators. N. C. Casualties. Casualties among North Carolina troops o. .rseas, as shown by late re ports, are as follows: Killed in Action Lieut. Wiley C. Bassett, New Bern; Merritt Dunbar, Walnut Cove; R. H. Turner, States ville; Jas. Loder, Wilmington; J. W. Hassell, Willlamston; Sergt. Jno. D. Huffman, Hickory; C. A. Williams, Ahoskie; Corps. W. B. Weaver, Piney Creek; Robt. Procelli, Fayetteville; J. T. Morton, Page; Mechanic Faison Harris, Goldsboro; Privates M. T. Parch, Smithfleld; Carl Link, Thom as ville; Sergt. C. A. McDougald, Aber deen; Corp. E. McAllister, Mt. Pleas ant; W. H. Miller, New London. Died of wounds: Capt. Jas. T. Bas ey, Tryon; Lieut. E. B. Clark, Weldon; Privates Robt. P. Falls, Kings Moun tain; D. C. Cooper, Jacksonville. Died of disease, or other causes: Privates James A. Hill. New Bern; Claude Murphy, Comfort; Will Bow den, Magin; Max Swink, Cornell Springs; Conry Page, Winston-Salem. Severely wounded: Sergts. Eugene A. Hessee, Durham; Grover C. Com rad, Lexington; E. L. Smith, Wades boro; W. J. Wesley, Winston-Salem; Privates E. V. Armstrong, Jerry; C. E. Taylor, Salisbury; W. H. Campbell, Roanoke Rapids; R. J. Charles, Winston-Salem; O. E. Martin, East Bend; E. E. Ozment, Greensboro; Lieut. A. H. Green, Raleigh; Privates M. V. Clark, Grimesland; E. R. Potts, Lex ington; Simon Wright, Rural Hall. Slightly wounded: Private J. A. Madf.son, Webster; J. J. Edwards,. Waynesville. Fire Fighters to Meet. At Wrightsville Beach August 12-14 there will be held the annual insti tute for fire fighters and electrical and building inspectors under the direction of James R. Young, insurance com missioner and fire marshal for North Carolina. The commissioner expects to have in attendance city officials, firemen, inspectors, officers and em ployes of electrical companies and electrical contractors and workmen and the institute will be devoted to earnest study of North Carolina need's in effort for reduction of fire waste and expert Instruction and exchange of ideas as to the discharge of official duties of inspectors and fire fighters. Commissioner Young has written urgent letters to fire marshals, to may ors and other executive officials of cities and towns all through the state j the Vesle valley. The Germans. In urging that they come and especially j deed, made strenuous attempts to pre that they send their chiefs of fire de- j vent the French and Americans from partments and building and electrical j crossing the Vesle. especially In the inspectors. He urges that there is no ! vicinity of Fismes, but numerous rela reason for an annual loss of $4 000.- i tlvely small units forced the crossings 000 and 300 lives in North Carolina through fires, mostly preventable. Exploiting Ignorance. State and federal authorities are much Interested in putting an end as far as possible to a growing practice by unscrupulous tradesmen of ' ex ploiting the ignorance of credu lity of negroes and ignorant white people through trading them compara tively worthless articles or stocks for their war savings stamps, certificates and Liberty bonds, through repre senting to the holders of these securi ties that it will be a long while before they can realize on them or really get their money. Exhibit of Holsteln. As a result of the exhibit of Holsteln cattle on Pack Square In Asheville, Mr. J. A. Arey has recently returned from Ohio with two car loasd. con taining thirty-two head of pure-bred Holsteina. for farmers in the vicinity of Asheville Mr. Peter Small, a breeder of Holsteln cattle, who- lives near Cleveland, and who spent last fall r.tudving conditions in the moun tains of Western. North Carolina, aid ed Mr. Arey In the selection of these rattle and helped him to secure thr.se which were be3t suited. 1 American, English, Canadian, New Zealand and South American aviators examining a map prior to a flight over the German lines in France. 2 nun prisoners being made 'useful in carrying wounded British soldiers aboard a hospital ship. Ji-Steamer Quisconck, first vessel built at Hog Island yard, being launched, the president being present and Mrs. Wilson christening the ship. NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR British and French Begin New Offensive Between Albert and Montdidier. HAIG DIRECTS THE DRIVE Allies Force Crossing of the Vesle Riv er In Face of Strong Resistance Plans for Siberian Expedition March States American Army Program. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Having thoroughly whipped the armies of the German crown prince and driven them back beyond the Vesle river, Foch, now a marshal of France, turned his attention in the middle of the week to the forces un der the Bavarian crown prince, Rup precht. At dawn on Thursday the Brit ish Fourth army and the French First army, under command of Field Mar shal Haig, began an offensive on a wide front in the region east and south east of Amiens. The front under at tack was about twenty-eight miles in length, from Albert south to the vicin ity of Montdidier. Within 24 hours the allied forces had penetrated the enemy lines to points from six to seven miles beyond the start, had taken more than 10,000 prisoners and great quantities of material and many guns, and had occupied numerous towns. Their own losses were remark ably light. Tanks 'led the infantry in the attack and did wonderfully good work. Complete success in this offensive would result In obliterating the Ger- man salient in the Montdidier region Jand WOuId Imperil the entire Hun line from Reims to Ypres. The Germans seem to have anticipated this move ment by the allies and some days prev iously withdrew their forces there and In other sectors to stronger positions. Progress by the allies here carries them Into the Plcardy country which was ravaged by the Germans in their i retreat of March, 1017, and again de- vastated by them when they drove for ward this year. fci The defeated but not disorganized nuns between Solssons and Reims, as was predicted, gathered their strength for a pause In their retreat between the Vesle and the Aisne. Their guns were brought Into play from the plat eau in that region which commands and held onto their new positions de spite furious counter-attacks. These operations were - mostly between Rralsne and Fismes. Up to the close of the week Marshal Foch had. not i tried to send any very large forces I across the river, probably waiting un- I til his artillery could drive the Huns from the nearer hills to the north. The Germans were using only medium caliber guns, which was taken to mean that their heavier artillery was being placed north of the Aisne to defend that line ; for there seemed little doubt that they would be forced that far north before very long. Their position south of the Aisne was said to be real ly untenable though seemingly strong. At the west end of the line the French and Americans were steadily pushing ;ast along the Aisne, and at the east end Immediately north of Reims the French made considerable advance be tween the railways running to Laon and Rethel. The city of Fismes. which was so gallantly taken by the Americans, was as gallantly held against all attacks, though the Germans deluged It with explosive and gas shells. The machine gun and rifle fire of the Yankees was so accurate as to arouse the admira ton of their allies. Activity increased during the week i the Lys salient which the Germans made toward Bethune und Hazebrouck. On the southern side of this bulge the British moved forward between the Lawe and the Clarence. In other sec tors of the northern line also the Brit ish attacked successfully. These op erations probably were all related though their full significance was not known here. At least, It was clear that Foch had no Intention of allow ing the Huns to have any rest, now that he has them on the defensive. Authorities admit that the kaiser's strength Is still prodigious and that he has large reserves, but all unite in as serting that he has passed beyond the high point of power and efficiency and can never regain numerical supremacy, nor can he ever again have the oppor tunity to achieve a victory that was his two months ago. Those of his peo ple who know the" truth now admit that his ultimate defeat Is a certainty. The more fearless papers of Germany and Austria do not hesitate to say this plainly. The military and pan-German leaders are held responsible, and as their only hope lies in administering to the allies the crushing blow so long promised by them. It Is reasonable to expect another great Hun offensive be fore long. That Is, if Marshal Foch gives them a chance, which doesn't seem to be a part of his present plans. Pa Arrangements for the American-Jap anese expedition to Siberia have been going forward rapidly and the Czecho slovak forces over there will soon have the active support of a small but competent body of allied troops. It Is announced that two regiments now in the Philippines will form part of the American contingent, and that It will be commanded by MaJ. Gen. William S. Graves until recently assistant chief of staff of the army. Later it will be determined whether he will com mand the entire expedition. At Vladi vostok the Americans will be joined by an equal number of Japanese and prob ably they will first drive from the Amur branch of the trans-Siberian railway the bolshevik! and the Teuton war prisoners who were armed to aid them. Eastern Siberia would then be In the control of the allies and loyal Russians. British forces were landed at Vladivostok last week, for what pur pose was not stated. fca Japan has given evidence of eager ness to do more in Siberia than merely aid the Czechs, if she has the excuse, and It is reported that Lenine now plans to declare war on the Japanese, being Instigated by Germany. The suc cesses of the Czechs have had great ef fect in Austria, and reports from that country tell of the desertion of about a million soldiers of the Austro-Hun-garlan army. Eighty thousand of these deserter? are living In Vienna and the government fears to take any step against them. fc Conditions In northern Russia are very encouraging. The allies have been driving the bolshevik! south from Archangel, and a new government has been established In that city embracing half a dozen districts. Volunteer de tachments of White guards are as sisting the allies. M. I. Terestchenko. minister of foreign affairs in Keren sky's cabinet, has been assassinated In Poltava. Seemingly not yet quite satisfied that Zeppelins as raiders are a failure, the Germans sent a fleet of five of these monsters across to raid England last week. Their coming was signaled and they were attacked by the British air defense before they could reach the coast. One of them waip shot down In flames over the sen. Its commander, the- noted Caprnln Strnssy. and all the crew perishing. -The ot&r airships fled. 8 The submarine pirates ijnontlnued their depredations In the wmstern At lantic, torpedoing a nufnhgf of mer chant ships and fishing bontsjnd sink ing the Diamond Shoals lightship off Cape Hatterns. This last-entioned exploit may be part of a s plan of destroying Important navigation sig nals In order to hamper shipping. The doings of the U-boats, however, no longer cause the allies extilpme anx iety, for It Is evident they tjre on the decline. ' Addressing the Siouse of commons. Premier Lloyd Ofiorge said 150 submarines had been sink by the British navy, and the British admir alty announces the output of merchant ships by the allies and neutral nations for the three, months ending June 30 exceeded the losses from all causes by 200.G9G gross tons. The American yards are now turning out vessels with extraordinary rapidity. The launch ing of the first one from the great gov ernment yard at Hog Island was at tended by President and Mrs. Wilson. ta Our war department's army program was partly revealed to the senate com mittee on military affairs by General March, chief of . staff, when he ap peared before It to urge all possible haste in passing the bill extending the draft age limits to eighteen and forty five years. Concisely stated, the pro gram Is as follows: Ninety-eight divisions 3,020,000 men to make up troops obtained un der existing law. Eighty divisions 3,200.000 men to be sent to France. Eighteen divisions 720,000 men to be held In reserve in the United States while additional recruits are being trained. - An army when completed of 5,000,- 000 men, minimum strength. Troop movement to France at the rate of 250,000 men a month until cold weather sets In, meaning over 1,000,000 more men abroad before the first of the year. An expeditionary force of almost 2, 500,000 men In France by January 1. General March told the committee the United States can end the war by getting 4,000,000 trained troops, fully equipped, Into France, and he intimat ed that Marshal Foch Is only await ing the arrival of the Americans In full strength to hurl the entire united military strength of the allies at the Huns on the western front. This tre-' mendous blow, he intimated, was due to fall next spring. The chief of staff said he did not believe it would be necessary to sejjd the eighteen-year-old class to the firing line, but that the government wants these young men trained and In readiness. He said it would be satisfactory If the bill were passed Immediately after congress re sumes the transaction of business on August 26. Some of the senators be lieved quicker action would be advis able. Chairman Dent of the house mil itary affairs committee, clinging to the antl and ante-war ideas that always have animated his actions, shows no desire to have the bill considered by his committee In time for early pas sage. It was stated that the sensible members of the committee, headed by Representative Kahn, probably would have to take charge of the measure. Why the small-minded Dent is not ousted from his chairmanship of this most important committee remains one of the mysteries. Other men connect ed with the administration and the government, who were pacifists and small army and navy advocates, have seen the error of their ways long since and are doing everything in their power to help win- the war, but no such light Illuminates the dense mind of Dent. JB The house ways and means commit tee is still busy with the next revenue measure. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has Informed Chairman Kltch ln that he Is strongly in favor of a flat war profits tax of 80 per cent, which he believes would render unnecessary any Increase In the existing excess profits tax rate, and would also be found the only way to reach real war profiteering. The committee has agreed upon a section that would call on the president to pay n tax of $24, 000 as his part of the country's finan cial war burden and under which the Supreme court Justices, all federal Judges and all state officers would be taxed "There Is a great sentiment all over the country," said Mr. Kitchin. "that no one should be exempted from taxation." In which Mr. Kitchin speaks the exact truth. The federal trade commission has recommended that the government take control of all the principal st ck yards, cold-storage plants and ware houses and of refrigerator and cattle cars, in order to destroy the monopoly which It declares Is exercised bySwift & Co.. Armour & Co., Morris & C.fe,Yll son & Co.. Inc., and the Cudahy J k Ing company. The. commissi ac cuses these concerns of illegn;"MVa.,d oppressively controlling and ij.mntp ji' Ik ting the meat and other food 'upplle cf the nation, and of pr jflteernsc Raleigh. Eight fair Associations, Including the Fair of the Carolinas, Sharon township fair, and the state fair, will pay their premiums this fall in thrift and war savings ,etamps. There are many fair associations In the state but as yet only eight have signified their intention of working this plan, which la expected to act as a boost for the sale of thrift and war savings stamps. The premiums at the fair of the Carolinas this fall will be larger than ever before, because the management has decided to elim inate horse racing and the money in the past devoted to this purpose will be put into premiums next fall. This, rt rAiiraa r 111 Ka m anno ef In creasing the sals' of war stamps. The eight fair asaocy have reported so far t headquarters for war. 4 intention of paying premv and war savings stamps aV of the Carolinas, State fal township fair, Cape Fear tj etteville, Caldwell -assoclat; nolr Elizabeth City District Elizabeth City, Anson County association, Wadesboro, Central association, Greensboro. Travelers Aid in Operation. Salisbury. The Salisbury Travelers Aid Is now in operation and is in charge of Mrs. D. E. Sampson, who will have her desk in the passenger station, where a telephone will be in stalled. As at all branches of the American Travelers Aid throughout the country the primary object of the Salisbury branch will be to look after young girls and women who travel or have business at the passenger sta tion. The local branch is backed by a strong committee of women of the city and is supported by voluntary subscriptions augmented by financial help from the city through the board of aldermen. The Southern railway will supply a suitable desk and give every co-op eration possible in this work, which Is expected to receive sufficient sup port after its workings become famil iar to the citizens to enable the put ting oa of an assistant. Rd Cross Contribution. A voluntary contribution of $1,200 to the Red Cross Society and the or phanages of North Carolina by the McLauchlin Company of Raeford has been announced by the Food Adminis tration, this contribution 'being made by the company in lieu of the Issu ance of a blacklist order by the Food Administration, which would have put the company out of business. The McLauchlin Company was de clared guilty of profiteering, having charged excessive margins on a car. load of meat, it being estimated by State Food Administrator Henry A. Page that the excessive profit was equivalent to $1,200. In addition to profiteering, as charged, the McLauch lin Company was charged with acting as a wholesaler without license, with purchasing larger quantities of food stuffs than they were allowed to carry in stock at one time, and with disre garding in other ways the rules and regulations, of the Food Administratis Food Administrator Page is of the opinion that there has not been a great deal of profiteering in North Carolina. Inspectors of the Food Ad ministration have been Instructed to make exhaustive investigations wher ever profiteering is indicated how over, and any dealers who are founu guilty of profiteering and gross viola tions will be made to account for their offenses. Labor Quotas Announced. Special from Washington. Allot ment of quotas of unskilled labor to be furnished by the various States to war industries during the next two months have been announced by the Department of Labor: ' Southern states quotas were an nounced as follows: North Carolina 2,205,. Alabama 2,070, ''Florida 2,520, Georgia 3,105. Mississippi 1,125, South Carolina 1,440, Tennessee 3,465, Vir ginia 4,590, West Virginia 3,870. Wilkes Boys Take Furlough. Winston-Salem. Three soldiers ia training at one of the ?rray camps in South Carolina passed through the city returning from a visit to their homes in Wilkes county. The men told friends on the train that they left camp without furloughs and they did not know what punishment would be meted out to them when they return ed. They stated that they were de termined to see their home people before their departure to France, hence their action in leaving on being refused furlough New R. J. R. President. Winston-Salem. The. board of di rectors of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company unanimously elected Wil liam N. Reynolds president of the company 10 succeed . j. ueyroij recently deceased. The new presiden has been intimately associated with this great business ror many years, having been the company's vice presi dent since its organisation, and its ac tive head for the past year. Walter R. Reynqlds, manager of the manufac turing department, was elected vice -resident, aod T. H. Kirk a director. A 1 i ( V
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