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TO TAX KNGYGUR
a federal tax i on dogs is
now within flange of
possibiliVy.
DISPATCHES 'FBOll RALEIGH
Doing -and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Pea-
. pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
A tax or: dogs by (he Federal gov
ernment as an aid in war revenue ia
now a possibility, according to encour
aging information recently received by
Mr. R. S. Curtis of the North Carolina
Experiment Station. Mr. Curtis feels
greatly encouraged over this report,
because of the fact that such a tax
will be of great value to sheep hus
bandry in the state.
The House committee, it has been
learned, at first rejected the proposi
tion, but the finance committee of the
Senate recently listened to the argu
ment in favor of such a tax, and indi
cated by questions and comment a
distinctly favorable attitude toward it.
Over 1,60') county asjeuts have, re
plied to a letter recently sent them
agreeing unanimously that the roam
ing, worthless dog is the limiting fac
tor in sheep production' in over HQ per
cent of the cases which have been un
der their observation. Men now work
ing on the problem state that the fa
vorable sentiment in the Senate com
mittee was largely moulded by the re
port from thee county agents. There
fore, individual farmers could probably
exert considerable influence by writ
ing at on..e to Mr. Simmons or Mr.
Kltchin.
According to Mr. Curtis no legisla
tor can hardly stand out against the
fact that dogs seriously repress the
development of wool, and mutton
growing, both products essential to
the welfare of humanity. The Federal
tax will greatly decrease the number
of useless curs, and tend strongly to
keep valuable dogs under watchful
control. Farmers have, at this mo
ment, says Mr. Curtis, a chance to in
fluence legislation favorable to them
selves, and to the nation.
University Men Commissioned.
Forty-eight of the hundred or more
University of North Carolina men at
tending the Plattsburg Camp from Au
gust 18 to September 16 received com
missions as second lieutenants, and
are stationed at collegiate Institutions
as instructors or in camps for further
training along special lines, several
being at Camp Taylor, Ky.
The following received commis
sions: W. B. Anderson, Haw River; W. P.
Andrews, Charlotte; S. B. Allen, Wel
doui; R. M. Riddle, Greensboro; R. W.
Boling, Apex; Grimes Byerly, Coolee
mee; F. C. Cochrane, Charlotte; A. J.
Cummings, Winston-Salem; C. R. Cun
ningham, Apex; W. R. Cuthbertson,
Charlotte; F. J. Cohn, Goldsboro; J.
E. Daniel, Henderson; M. O. Dicker
son, Rutherfordton; J. H. Erwin, Jf.,
Durham; Allen Fields, Laurinburg;
L. E. Fields. KLnston; T. A. Graham,
Mount Villa; J. J. Hankins, Winston
Salem; L. H. Hodges, Leaksville; A.
T. Johnson, Raleigh; T. S. Kittrell,
Henderson; E. S. Lindsey, Tryon; W
D. McMillan, 3rd, Wilmington; A. H.
Martin, Winston-Salem; W. E. Price,
Madison; M. H. Patterson, Mount
Airy; W. N. Poindexter, Walkertown;
F. O. Ray, Selma; P. J. Ranson, Hun
tersville; S. F. Ravenel, Green Pond,
S. C; E. M. Robertson, Woodsdale;
J. D. Shaw, Laurinburg; R. E. Smith,
Mount Airy; H. M. Taylor, Turboro;
W. B. Thompson, Goldsboro; C. R.
Toy, Chapel Hill; F. W. Turnbull,
Asheville; O. B. Welch, Charlotte; H.
V. P. Wilson, Jr., Chapel Hill; R. H.
Wilson, Wilson's Mills; A. B. Wright,
Winston-Salem; J. B. Yokely, Mount
Airy; W. A. Blount, Washington; J. C.
Bynum, Durham; W. W. Eagle, States
ville; T. E. Rondthaler, Winston-Salem;
C. L. Vogler, Winston-Salem;
Donnel Van Noppen Greensboro (was
transferred from Plattsburg to Camp
Perry, Ohio.
All Fair Exhibits.
The state insurance department has
two special exhibits for the series of
fairs through the state, so that
throughout the fair season there will
be exhibits at two fairs each week
with a representative of the depart
ment' in charge to press the exhib-its
on the attention of the people and to
distribute fire prevention and "safety
first" literature and do whatever else
it is possible to do in the determined
effort tfcat is on to make North Caro
lina safe for life and property."
Vt 'idemic Is Imminent.
V '"With approximately 500 cases of la
?ppe in Raleigh with St. Mary's
ool closing its doors becouse of
e outbreak in the Institution, and
Hith a positive appearance of Spanish
za at the state ColIee- RaleiSh
experience what may develop
ddemic. According to North
alth rules, influenza is not
tAubject to quarantine nor
lider regulations prescrib
i" -te Board of Health. The
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ken by the State Col-
Limit 8ervloe Men Held.
Capt. T. B. McCargo, draft execu
tive for North Carolina, returned from
Camp Greene, where he went to make
final arrangements tor the assignment
of his detchment of limited service
men to local and district boards in the
State to act as clerks. Out of th
eighty-three men who were called into
service and who reported to Camp
Greene, nearly half upon re-examination
there were accepted for general
service and held for duty at Camp
Greene. A few were rejected as phys
ically disqualified for any service, and
the remainder, forty-eight, will take
up their duty where assigned with lo
cal and district boards and at State
headquarters.
The following men upon re-examination
were held for general service:
Frank Anderson, Iredell; Robert M.
Bates, Yadkin; Sherwood E. Beaman,
Durham; William Burley Beaver, Ca
barrus; John ffm, Biggs. Martin;
Henry F. Buchanan, Charlotte; Carl
C. Byrd, Duplin; George E. Eddens,
Stanly; T'tus G. Fleming, Vance;
Louis IS. Hesterley, Henderson; Willie
F. Howell, Wayne; Roger M. Hunsuck
er, Morganton; Walter J. Hylton, Win
ston Salem; John William James. Winston-Salem;
Walter L. Kern, Winston
Salem; W. S. Lee, Jr., Union; Wil
liam Bennett Little. Anson; Karl V.
Lyon, eBrtie; .E. F. McCord, Wake;
Wm. K. McNeill, Richmond; E. R.
Oettinger, Lenoir; v.'m, J. Ryan, Guil
ford; Guy L. Stewart, Brunswick; j
Win. M. Thomas. Caswell; Charles V. :
Westall, Buncombe.
North Carolina Casualties.
Casualties among North Carolina
troops overseas, as shown by recent
reports from the front, are as follows:
Killed in action: Sergt. II. M. Led
well. Randleman; Corp. L. F. Mason.
Wilmington; Privates J. S. Doty, Ale
mou; Carl lirriver; Raleigh; D. B.
Brantley, Middlesex; Sergt. W. G.
Hewitt, Southern Pines; Private L. S..
Kinney, Winston-Salem.
Died of wounds: Lieut. E. B. Clark,
Weldon; Corp. W. M. Page, Aberdeen,
Died of disease: Private Geo. W,
Allred, Franklinville.
Died of accident and other causes:
Private T. H. Mitchell, Lillington.
Severely wounded: Lieut. R. W.
Cant well, Wilmington; Corps. W. F.
Ballard, Alexia; N. C. Donnell, Greens
boro; Privates B. L. Long, Chadburn;
U T. Munday, Taylorsville; R. E.
Paris, Winston-Salem; J. D. Porter,
North Wilkesboro; Sergt. R. R. Wall,
Henrietta; Sergt. Geo. E. Craig, Le
noir; Leslie Walston, Stantonsburg;
J. E. Nichols, Cagles Mill; Tennon
Hughes, Summerfield; Arthur Etters,
Kings Mountain; J. C. Ashworth, Dur
ham; Larkin Geer, Apple Grove.
Prisoners, or missing: Privates I. I.
Canady, Reidsville; C. D. Stallinger,
Mooresville; Ellis Tyner, Buies.
Training Camp School.
With the arrival of the hundred sec
ond lieutenants who have just been
commissioned at Camp Devens, an of
ficers' training camp school will be
established at Camp Poly, possibly
within the coming week. The new of
ficers are expected to begin reporting
at ome.
Recruiting offices have been opened
at camp headquarters for the tank
corps. Men of the September 12 reg
istration who have received their se
rial numbers and classification cards,
of high moral, mental and physical
qualifications, are eligible to enlist
ment in this branch of the service.
Applications for the present should be
made to the- camp adjutant pending
the establishment of a tank corps Re
cruiting office downtown.
Exceptions to men eligible to enlist
include railway men, chemists, tele
phone and telegraph operators, radio
and electrical experts, telegraph and
telephone experts. Skilled laborers
are wanted for bench machinists, lathe
hands.mechanical engineers, master
mechanics, general blacksmiths, chauf
feurs, motorcyclists, heavy truck and
tractor drivers, auto mechanics, gas
engine experts, auto electricians, topo
graphers, telephone and telegraph op
erators, expert general clerks, expert
stenographers and cooks. In addition
to skilled men, it is necessary to ob
tain for the tank corps high grade
men, with tne necessary menial.
moral and physical qualifications, who
are of a superior type. Stamina and
endurance are prime requisites for
tftis branch of the service.
Several New Charters.
A charter is issued for the Watts
Cotton Mills Company, of Patterson,
Catawba county. The capital is $250,
000 authorized and $150,000 subscribed
for general textile manufacturing, es
pecially cotton yarns.
Another textile charter ia to the
Williamson-McEachern Agency Coi
poration, Fayetteville. capital $200,
000 authorized and $16,000 subscribed.
Charter for the Three Forks Co-operative
Cheese Company, of Boone,
Watauga county, capital $20,000 au
thorized and $1,800 subscribed.
Mr. Baer to Lecture.
One of the big features of the Fair
of the Carolinas this year will be the
appearance of Carl J. Baer, the noted
Chicago economist, as a speaker. Mr.
Baer Is known throughout the country
as the farmers' and stock breeders'
friend. His practical analysis of farm
ine. stock raising and economic home
living has been propounded after
years of careful study and research
j,"d the officials of the fair hope every
armer and every farmer's wife in the
State will come to hear Mr. aBer.
f.-$':ff&
Im&mSm fiHIwlWWllWiil twit life i
. Some of the Arabian a --..ps of lledjaz who have been helping General Allenby and are now recognized
as belligerents by the allied governments. 2. The most important section of Sofia, capital of Bulgaria, to which
the Germans 'are said to have sent a large force. 3. Geieral Franchet d'Esperey, the French commander of the
allied forces that conquered Bulgaria, and, at his riglt, General Joanno, commander of the Greeks in Serbia.
NEWS REVIEW OF
THE GREAT WAS!
Kaicer's Back Wall Has Fallen
and His Front Wail Is
Crumbling Fast.
mrnmm line smashed
Bulgaria Surrenders Unconditionally
and Turkey Is Wobbling St. Quen
tin and Damascus Captured
Huns Preparing To Get
Out of Belgium.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
The kaiser put his back to, ;i wall in
the vain effort to check the allies
on the western front, mid Hie wall
eollup.-ed. Bulgaria surrendered, prac
tically unconditionally; Turkey ut
once put out peuce feelers; Austria
Hungary cried for cessation of the
war, and the Ukrainians rose In re
volt ngainst the Huns.
Meanwhile the allies kept up their
ceaseless hammering at the kaiser's
front wall the Hindenlxirg line and
by smashing through It nt many
points proved it was not the impreg
nable system of defense that the Ger
mans had supposed It to be. From the
sea to Verdun the battle blazed iny
and night, and the olHeial reports
showed an almost unbroken dories of
victories for the allies. The Belgian
army, assisted by British troops and,
unexpectedly, by a French army,
jumped into the fray at the beginning
of the week, and, taking Dixmude and
the Important Wyt'schaete ridge, ad
vanced swiftly as fur as Roulers.
Thereupon the Huns began making
preparations that indicated complete
withdrawal from BelgTum. North and
south of La Bassee canal they were
In full flight, with the British close on
their heels, and as Halg's men ap
proic.hed LI lie the enemy began the
evacuation of that city, the German
commander requisitioning all means
of transportation to remove his plun
der. Investing Roulers, the allies gain
ed control of the railroad to the Ger
man submarine buses at Ostend and
Zeebruggee and it was reported the
foe was removing his heavy guns from
the Belgian coast and that the gov
ernor general of Belgium had in
structed the provincial governors to
send all their archives at once to Brus
sels. Arnientiores und Lens were aban
doned by the Huns Tuesday nlghr.
)Ka
In the attack on Cambrai th Brit
ish, with whom un American contin
gent was fighting, met with desperate
resistance and here and there suffer
ed a local reverse, but they uuld not
be long checked and pushoj ahead
with dogged determination iMtil tliey
had the city at their mercy. The Huns
burned vast quantities of stores In
j their preparations for vvjthdi-siwal.
Next to the south comes the St.
Quentln sector, and there the French
under General Debeney v.'on a great
victory, capturing the H'y after tre
mendous fighting, which vus fiercest in
nd about the St. Quentin canal. This
place was one of the keystones of the
Hludenburg line and its rupture as
sured the retirement t the Germans
on a wide front. Irnnif dial el y north of
St. Quentin the Britidi were engaged
by enemy reserves n storming troops
and the fighting wns furious. But the
British succeeded Im breaking through
the German line on the Beauvolr-Wian-curt
front and ci-eated a salient that
greatly helped In the capture of St.
Quentin by the French.
Between the lse ut La Fere and
the Aisne the Frenrh pushed on to
ward Laon ari!.l succeeded in pasing
beyond the elaborate system of water
ways that comprised the chief defense
of the enemy and reaching opim coun
try when the tanks could operate to
advantage. .'North of Reims 1'ocli's
troops drove tb' Huns back to the Aisne
and the AU.r.e-M:rne canal, clearing
the country north of the Vosle and re
leasing a number of towns. They also
gained the entire St. Thierry massif.
In Champagne there was no marked
change during the week, though both
the French and the Americans con
tinued to move forward. The Yankees
were up against a hard proposition in
the forest of Argonne, where the dense
woods were full of machine gun nests
and the lighting was almost like a bat
tle iu the dark. This style of warfare,
however, seemed to suit the Americans
and in broken groups they battled
their way onward, passing beyond
Cierges and always keeping in contact
with the retreating enemy. For miles
they were hampered by the scarcity of
roads, the mud and the innumerable
and bravely defended fortified shell
craters. They captured during the week
great numbers of guns mid quantities
of material, including three big ob
servation balloons. On the left Hank
of the Americans Gouraud's French
men fought their way northward with
the greatest intrepedity and cut off
the Germans opposing them from com
munication with their comrades in the
Argonne forest region. If they can
keep up this advance the Huns in the
j salient pointing towards Reims will
fine themselves In an awkward pocket.
The Germans in this sector were fall
ing back to the so-called Kriemhild
line, and captured documents showed
they intended to try to hold that line
through the winter. The fact Is they
have no organized line of defense be
tween It and the French border. The
Americans In Champagne as well as
those in the St. Quentin sector dis
played gallantry and dash that have
not been surpassed.
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The most spectacular exploit of the
week was the raid on the Austrian
naval base at Iuraz.o. 9 American,
British and Italian warships made
their way through the mine fields and
completely destroyed the' base and all
the Austrian vessels in tie harbor ex
cept a hospital ship. The only dam
age to the attacking force was the
slight injury of a British cruiser by a
torpedo.
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The Bulgarians in signing the armis
tice submitted to every demand of the
allies, which included, demobilizing
their army and surrendering the con
trol of all their means of transporta
tion, besides breaking entirely with the
other central powers. They even said
they were willing to attack Turkey, in
conjunction with the allies. Their
troops at once began withdrawing from
Serbia and all their military supplies
were turned over to the forces of the
entente. The internal situation In Bul
garia was somewhat confused, but the
claims of Berlin that King Ferdinand
would remain faithful to the central
alliance seemed unfounded. However,
he evidently feared for his own safety,
for he was reported to have taken
refuge In a royal castle near Vienna.
Naturally, It will be some time before
the allies can reap the full benefits of
the Bulgarian .surrender In the way of
cutting across the "corridor to Bag
dad" and isolating Turkey. Meanwhile
they continued the task of driving the
Austrians and Germans out of Serbia.
It was said a large number of Ger
man troops were sent to Sofia to try
to force Bulgaria to retract her ac
tion, but these, if there, more likely
ore to be used In defending the com
munication with Constantinople. When
the French, Serbfans, Greeks and Ital-
j ians have advanced fur enough to the
; northward they probably will be joined
i by great numbers of Southern Slavs
and men of other races who have long
waited for the chance to rivolt against
Austria. The way will then be open
for an attack on the dual kingdom
from the south.
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Though not yet olliclrtlly confirmed,
there were various well authenticated
reports last week that Turkey had
informally sought for information as
to the terms on which she could make
peace. Her condition is desperate for
General Allenby continued his victori
ous progress iu Palestine and on
Tuesday occupied l,.auiascus, the Tur't
Ish base in Syria, taking more than
7,(MM) prisoners. With the British was
a portion of the army of Arabs of the
lledjaz, now recognized by the allied
governments us co-holligrrents.
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Necessarily all this hud great effect
ia the Teutonic nations. The excite
ment in Berlin approached punlc and
lie newspapers made no attempt to
conceal the gravity of the situation.
The first concrete results were the res
ignation of Chancellor von Ilertling,
Vice Chancellor von Payer :iud For
eign Minister von Hintze, and the In
vitation of the kaiser and of Emperor
Charles to their people to participate
in the government. Late in the week
it was announced that the kaiser had
selected Prince Maximilian of Baden
for the post of chancellor, lie has been
known as head of the Delbrueck mod
erates and opposed to thP schemes of
I lie pan-Germans, and it is presumed
he will make great eft'orts to bring
about a negotiated peave. That, how
ever, Is just what the allied nations
are determined shall not be accom
plished, and their leaders and the
press already are at work to show the
people that unless the war Is carried
on until the Hun is beaten to bis knees
and forced to accept n dictated peace,
all their sacrifices will have been in
vain. The time is ripe for the silly sen
timentalists, secretly urged on by the
friends of Germany, to spring their
pleas of pity for the defeated ami of
the benefits to be gained by ending
the war at once by negotiation. But all
this foolish and actually treasonable
talk will have no effect on those who
believe in justice and patriotism.
PS
News from Russia and especially
frofn Serbia is scanty and belated
these days. The most Important com
ing lately concerns the anti-bolshevik
government set up in Omsk. Minister
of War Michaelov attempted to make
himself dictator by forcing the resig
nation of the cabinet and organizing an
administrative council to succeed it.
The council declared the duma dis
missed, but that body refused to dis
solve, released the imprisoned min
isters and put Michaelov under arrest.
The Czecho-Slovak authorities there
promptly put a strong military force
in tjie city and ended the attempted
coup.
In northern Russia the allies are
making progress southward from Arch
angel along the Dvlna river, and Amer
icans are holding the point farthest
south, only forty miles from Bielsk,
the bolshevik base.
A British expedition has landed in
Spitsbergen and seized the German
mining property and other plants
there, and the immensely rich iron and
coal deposits already are being de
veloped rapidly.
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The state department at Washington
was Informed of a big uprising of the
Ukrainians against the Germans, in
the course of which the Iluus lost 1,500
men and were forced to evacuate two
cities. This news, together with the
knowledge that Roumania was about
ready to re-enter the war on the side
of the allies, was considered of great
military Imporrauce. A large part of
the population of Roumania, led by the
queen, has consistently refused to rec
ognize the treaty of Bucharest by
which their country was robbed by the
Huns. If they get Into action again,
the plight of Austria will be Indeed
most distressing to Austria.
S
The apparent determination of the
Germans to destroy utterly every city
in France and Belgium that they are
compelled to relinquish has given rise
to a general demand that the allied
governments shall warn the Huns that
for every place wantonly destroyed a
city or town in Germany will be laid
in ruins by them later on. That Is the
only kind of argument the German can
understand. Secretary Lansing recog
nized this when, in response to the
threat of the Germans to treat as a
murderer every American captured
with a shotgun In his possession, he
told them that reprisals for such ac
tion would be thorough and effective.
The British air bombers, by their re
prisal raids on German cities, have
nearly put a stop to the air raids of
the Huns on undefended places. They
still attack Red Cross hospitals, and
for such brutality the allies can make
no reprisal in kind.
fel
on Monday the master number3 in
the new draft were drawn, President
Wilson taking the first from the bowl.
The classification of the men is pro
gressing we'll, but the sending of hose
selected to the training camps may be
delayed by the serious spread of the
epidemic of influenza. Rigorous meas
ures are being adopted to check the
disease, with prospects of success.
Cmisldering Its nature, the number of
deaths is not extraordinary.
PRIZES FOR BOND WORKERS
Chairman Love of Gaston County
Offers Strong Inducements to
Liberty Bond Workers.
Gastonia. Chairman W. T. Love, of
Lhe Gaston county Liberty Loan com
aiittee, is offering $(J00 in prizes for
the purpose of Becuring the largest
possible number of individual ' sub
scribers for Liberty Bonds in the cam
paign for the fourth Liberty Loan. The
prizes are to be awarded by townships
with the school district as the unit.
In addition to $50 to each of the six
townships, he is offering a grand prize
of $200 to the person in. the county
securing the largest number of indi
vidual subscriptions, and $100 to the
colored workers on the same basis."
Everything is in readiness for a lively
campaign. The women have also or
ganized and are prepared to render
valuable assistance during the drive.
First "Lady"v Marine.
Reidsville Miss Mildred Mobley of
Winston-Salem, daughter of the late
Irvin Mobley, and grand daughter of
the late C. W. Mobley of the Bethle
hem section in this county, has the
honor of being the first woman fro en
list in the marines and to don a ma
rine uniform. She recently enlisted
at a recruiting station in Philadelphia.
The Philadelphia papers featured the
event and several of them published
photos of Miss Mobley. The Bulletin
contained the following which will be
read by many in this section with a
great deal of interest. Miss Mobley
is well known in this section, having
visited friends in Reidsville on several
occasions. The Philadelphia paper
says:
"The honor of being chosen the first
girl marine -in Philadelphia has been
accorded Miss Mildred L. Mobley, who
enlisted yesterday morning. She was
'inducted' into the service as a first
class private after an official wek . ; 4
by Major F. L. Martin.
"Miss Mobley has been trying to u
into the service ever since hosti'dr ;
were declared. Born in Winstv -Salem,
N. C, some twenty-one yers
ago. Miss Mobley started life in a
family with a military record running
J back to the Revolution. Her brother,
j Ervin Mobley, is now in France with
an infantry regiment."
Physicians Receiving Gifts.
Durham. Dr. N. T. Bitting and Dr.
T. C. Kerns, two Durham physicians
who have been accepted for service in
the medical corps of the army, were
each presented a handsome gold foun
tain pen at a meeting of the Durham
Orange Medical Society. Dr. Biting is
president of the society. He plans to
leave next week for New York to en
ter the mineological clinic, having
been commissioned a captain. Dr. .
Kearns, who has been patheologlst at
Watts hospital, has been commission
ed a first lieutenant and ordered to
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. He expects to
leave next week.
With the departure of Drs., Bitting
and Kerns seven physicians of Durham
will have entered the service; Dr.
Joseph Speed, Dr. B. U. Brooks, Dr. C.
A. Woodard, Dr. B. M. Watkins, and
Dr. M. N King
Colored Workers Ready.
Raleigh. The colored department
of the United War Work campaign
will have headquarters in Raleigh. An
office has been opened in the Light
ner building at 125 E. Hargett street.
Rev. E. G. Carson, who has been in
v. v . t o 1
iug i. m. kj. xv. wuin til yaiup oovier,
Greenville. S. f!.. for the. naa' vpnr and
who is still attached to that camp, r
has been detailed to act as executive v
secretary of this department for North
Carolina. He is the only white per-
son who will be connected with the
State organization of this department.
One white man will be chosen in each
county as a member of the count" ex
ecutive committee to be related to the
colored work.
Rev. S. N. Vass, D. D., of this city,
has been chosen as associate executive
secretary and has entered vigorously
upon the work. The State has been
divided into three districts western,
central and eastern for this cam
paign; and the work of organizing the
counties will be in the hands, of three
prominent colored men of the Stater
whose names will be announced in a -few
days.
Home Worker Commended.
Charlotte. Fannie Butler, supervis
or of the colored schools of Mecklen
burg county and home worker among
the negroes, made a report of the
work accomplished during the five
month period beginning May 20 in re
gard to the amount of vegetables and
fruit canned by the negroes under her
instructions for home use. A total of
72 ,208 quarts of canned vegetables and
fruit were prepared for future use.
Dried fruits to .the amount of 997
pounds were also prepared.
Aairplane for Rocky Mount.
Rocky Mount. With the co-operation
of the Liberty Loan committees
of Nash, Edgecombe, Wilson and Hal
ifax counties, the Rocky Mount Fair
officials have secured an army observ
ation aeroplane which will remain on
the grounds throughout the week. Ex
hibition flights of one hour each will
be given by the army officers every
lay and for the first time the people
n Eastern Carolina will have an op-
rjrtunity to see the "stunts" Uncle
Sam's boys are taught before they are
il'.owed to meet the Huns.