MINI EXPLOSIONS
EFFECT HUGE RESULTS
Tr*nrh*o, Parapet* and Sand Bag*
DWappear While Large Mound* ef
Fallen DebrW Were Bwn.
London, April 25.—'Trench**, par
apet* and *and bag* dl»app«arad,“
any* th* Britiih ofBcial “aya wilneaa"
deacribing the Britiah mm# axplo
i *ioo* which preceded the recent at
tack* and capture by tha Britiah at
hill No. 90, aoatheast ol Ypres.
“Th* whole lurfac* of th* ground,”
th* narrative continue*, “a**umed
elrange ahape*. Her* it waa torn in
to bug* cralera; there large mound*
' fallen debria war* aaen.
“A* the report! of th* axploilona
died away, our nan, led by their of
ficer*. ruahod aero** th* intervening
apace of him 40 to 60 yard* lying
betwaan our tranche* and tha gaping
crater* before them, the frontier cov
ered by the attack being only aom
260 yard* in length.
“Where the mine* actunlly had ex
ploded nothing waa left of the occu
pant* of th* Hoetil* Knee, but lo th*
neighbaring tranche* our aaaaulting
infantry wttnaaaad an extraordinary
•cent Many Carman eotdicr*, poaai
bly owing to the fact that they were
working, wort aurpriaed while in
thair akirt alecvee and without equip
ment. Stunned by the explosion*
and aujactad to a rain of bond gro
und#* they gave way to panic.
“Curring and ahouting they were
falling over one another in their har
ry to gain axit* leading into the com
munication tranche*. Sum* of thoac
in the rear were driving their bayo
net* into the bodie* ef their com
rad** in front ef them.
U4 Bl| MUP| VWi IUIBUMJ IIBM VU</
a momentary glimpse before they
fell apon the enemy with the bayonet
buret through the nut of trenches,
poured into the craters and pressed
on down th* conuauakatloa tranche*
oattl at last they were stopped by
barricades defended by bomb throw
era.
“Tbs Ant tin* of trenches was cap
tured In e few nlpBtss and. 1C pris
oners faille to ear bends, bat It was
men gunners opened Are and oar
whole position became obscured In
the smoke of hurting shells. Mean
while car bettering had begun to sup
port the attack and a tern tic artil
lery Ars was maintained far into th*
night. Under this fire our men bad
to work, throwing up parapets to
ward th* enemy, blocking their com
munication* and generally rendering
their position defensible.
"Nor was th* enemy’s infantry
idle. Advancing up the communica
tion trenches they threw hand gre
nades over the barricades end also
into th* mine Cretan on the crumb
eld* of which oar man were trying
to obtain a foothold.
“Throughout th* night th* fighting
continued, culminating early in th*
morning of th* 18 in two massed at
tacks by th esnemy. Thosa were
beaten off. Despite losses which
loft th* hillside covered with deer1,
th* enemy continued this pressure
during the whole of Sunday until w*
gradually war* driven from the south
ora edge of th* hi^l. At 6 p. n re
inforcements reached our front line
and swept the Oerroaas from th*
foothold they had gain ad
"Piles to this the close proximity
of th* contending sides had led to a
slackening in th* bombardment, bat
it then broke out afresh and with al
most aa great Intensity as on th* pre
ceding evening. Our position, how
ever, was more secure.”
A nv wrauTv uji Mir oomoira
moot »»• maintained Monday, April
It, end that the Germans extended
their shelling to the entire Yprea
area, including the town itself. In
which. It Is asserted, 15 children were
killed. That evening the Garment
launched two attack* on hill No. 90,
It# “eye witness’* asserts both
were repulsed.
“Still the Germane would not ad
mit definite,** the narrative continue*
and all night long parties armed with
hand grenades made repented efforts
te drive as off the hill, their attacks
*1 tarn*ting with bombardments from
artillery of ell kinds and also trench
mertere."
By. Wednesday, the “eye witness*'
any* the British had firmly establish
*d themselves. “The attack anon
end Ik* defense of kill No. tO,” the
, narrative declares, “will go down in
Mtoory as *a* of the finest exploit!
of the British triage daring the war
“What ear troop* withstood can be
realised If H be remembered that the
•pace fought oref daring fear end
nee half days we* only about W.
yards In length by about 200 yards
la depth.
Tlpen the smell area the enemj
far hears hurled tome of metal* ami
high eepioatvpa and at Unas the hit!
top woe wreathed la poisonoai fames
•nd yet ear gollaat infantry did nol
tiv# way. They stood firm under ■
fir* which swept away whole **»
Mon* »t a time, filled the trench*
PRESBYTERY IN HARNBTf
FijrilUriHt Presbytery Has Inter
esting Meeting With PUgmk
Chan*.
Sanford, April 24.—Spring meet
ing of Fayetteville presbytery met
with Piegah church In Harnett coun
ty lent Tuesday evening at 8 o’clock.
Opening sermon eras preached by
Rev. Lacy L. little, missionary to
China, the retiring moderator. The
roil call showed M present at open
ing session, many coming in the fol
lowing day. Rev. H. M. LHxon, of
Southern Presbyterian College, Red
Springs, waa elected modertor; Revs.
A. T. Lassiter and K. A. McLeod wore
made clerks to assist the stated clerk
Rev. J. K Hall. Home mission work
claimed an important part in the de
liberations, aleo the project for de
veloping and solargment of tho work
of Southern Presbyterian College at
Red Springs. Rev. C. G. Vardell
preached a strong sermon Thursday
morning and later presented the
work being dons with this col togs.
Synodical home missions were pre
sented by Ear. A. W. Crawford, of
Greensboro, synodieal secretary.
Rev. Lacy L. Little, of Kiongwin,
China, addreoeed the body in behalf
of tho foreign missionary work and
later addressed the ladies in the
school building on mission work. Tho
reports from all committees were afc
I ouraging and showed much progress
along all tinea.
The folllowing were elected con.
mLesionert to the general assembly
which meets at Newport News naxt
month: Revs. W. M. Fairley, Fay
etteville; M. D. McNeill, Cameron;
j. j. nui, mo springs and JUders
J. P. Ruseell, Lumber:on; M C. Me*
Donnell. West End, and A. D. Mc
Gill, Cumberland county. Alternates,
K*t. L. L little, Letcher Smith, R.
A. McLeod; Eldar* John Graham, H.
'ohn and S. B. McLean.
The work waa completed and body
adjourned Tho rad* 7 night to meat
re fall earns Ion with the church at
Hamlet. The meotlng waa largely
attended many visiters being present
Piageh being a large country chasafa
cared for. The entertainment being
excellent.
The Vale* of Today.
While walking in the streets one
ia often greeted with the cheerful re
mark: “It’* a nice day!” Good days
end bed day* exist only in the mind.
The weather has nothing to do wit,
*t. Each day U what we make it.
Suppose you get the word that
your salary hat been doubled or that
a forgotten uncle has left you |l,
000,000. Whet do you core about the
weather then? Or, suppose the per
son you lore is dying. Unexpectedly
a turn for the better comae. The
doctor says your dear one will live.
What if it ia hotter than Tophet? It
ia a good day, a great day, a happy
day. It ia what We think and foel
about It that makes each day what
it ia.
Put down In" the notebook 0# your
soul the poet Runaberg's thought,
“Each day is a life.” When you gel
up in the morning throw back your
shoulder*, take a deep breath end
meet tho new day like a men. Say
to yourself: “Another day, another
lifel” For all w# know, it may be
the only day we shall ever have. Let
us make it the beet day we con. Let
ui strive to make it a day worth
while, to move a step forward in out
work, do all the good w, can, get all
the happiness we can today.
Right now ia the only time you ee-i
control. Y eater day la a record. To
morrow la a secret. Today is youn
and mine.—Letter in the Philadal
phis Prate.
Bolt'a Crash Ceaiaeneenent.
May 7. 8:00 p. m.—Primary Do
pertinent.
May », 11:00 a m.—Commence
mont Barmen by Rev. Llvingator
Johnaon, D. D., natng for the Aral
time the new church building.
8:00 p. m.—Mlaaionary addreaaai
by Rev. R. M. Logan and Rev. D. W
'•rliifc. returned miesionarie* fron
Sooth America and China raapactive
If.
8:00 p. m—Barmen by Rev. C. W
Byrd, D. D.
May 10, 8:00 p. at.—Organ recite
by Prof. Albert MUdanbarg, of Mare
dith College.
May U, 8:00 p. m.—DeeUmaUm
Contest.
May It, 10:00 a m.—Orator's Con
teat.
May 18, 11:80 a at—Literary Ad
drees, Hon. T. W. Biekatt.
8KM p. ta -Grade.ting Bwreiaei
8.-00 p. m.—Operetta
with dead bodies and aa encumber*
the approach to the front line the
reinforcement, could net reach I
without haetag to climb seer th
I pre.Crete farms of their IhlWn com
radea”
A COUNTRY WITHOUT FLIES
Hoe** Flirt L'akaoam—A llralLk Re.
■art far Uabiea.
U ihould ba refreshing and a bit
enouruglng to the fatigued, hopeless
fly-fighters to know that tbara ie In
tbo world a country in which there
are no dial. The place 1> the Brit
ish West Indiss. Dr. B. U Wash
burn who hss recently gone to tbasa
island« in the interests of the Inter
national Health Commission and who
; has taken up his first work in Port
I of Spain, Trinldrd, says, m writing
friends In North Carolina: "You will
be interested to know that there era
no house Aloe here. I did nut aaa
any of these in any of the ten te
•*: • on which wa stopped. The peo
ple know nothing of the bouse fly
and in this way, 1/ in no other, era
singularly blessed." Dr. Washburn,
says further, “To my surprise. I And
that all of the islands, and especially
British Guiana, era health resorts
Tor bailies and era so naod by the
psopls from England. It has cer
tainly bean true In our cnee, too, far
the baby has grown rery much."
This interesting fact—that tbara
are no fllos in British Weal Indies—
start* up a number of question! and
curious conjectures. Why is it they
hare no flies, Ilka the Sooth Ameri
can ant-eater, for Instance ? Cer
tainly. it is not that they have no
filth. They have heat sad moisture,
they have all the filth that la neces
sary. With theta throe conditions
wa have more flies that wa can man
age. and that they have more fav
orable conditions without anv flies
•__ ._, . . . '•
W* are not surprised, fcaiwejrer, bo
know, since there are no flies there,
Ihst it Is a health resort for babies.
England is fortunate in havii* such
s place, but babies will d« weir at el
most any place where there ere as'
flies, provided they mt€ properly fad
And nr« kept clean.
Were Dr. Waahburn to
more for Internetiphel
fmd out the causejdr
Health.
i Wh" God Made tha GDIs ef Dixie.
Someone has said that whan God
made the Hoothere girl. He sent His
angel throughout all th« star strewn
:a!as of space to gather all there
was of beauty and they threw down
their glittering burdens at his fast
He began in their wondering proe
nee tha work of fashioning tha
; Southern girl. He wrought with the
gold and gleam of the stare, sbift
[ mg gloriot and rainbow hoes and, tha
palled silver of a Southern moon. He
wrought with tha crimson which
swooped in tha rose’s heart, with tha
pure, sweat snow which gleemad
font tha lily’s petals and Hie fires
and flames which flash end leap from
the jcwela’s depth. Then plunging
dcop into his own bosom. He took of
the love beneath the wind-kissed
*>*«* of a summer sea, threw this
into the form Ha eras which gleami
thore like some rare pearl fashioning
and ail H seven veiled Its face, foe
Vj, He had wrought the Southern gW,
—Exchange.
VANCE STARTS EARLY
HoUheg Free Aati-TyphaU Dtopea
>arias Throughout the County.'
Vanca County U gelng after ty
phoid fever. Their new health officer
Dr. D. C. Abeber, got an the jot
there a few monthi ago. Accordinw ti
•n unofficial report, He started anti
typhoid vaccination dispensaries ail
ityrat over the county. At Kittrell
nearly one person oat of every foul
is already avalliny himself of Om
frs» treatment. Elsewhere over thi
county the people are Hniny up foi
the treatment before the fly and ty
photd season yets here in full blast
One enthusiastic Vanes Count]
man. In wrlliny of tha splendid re
suits they are yettiny from that
whole time health officer, says, “Hi
is a hostler, and ha realises that tu
can yet all the co-operation from tie
people of this county he wantor
PUB* WATER PATS
1 HI* green ayo Columbus, Ohio, in
stallad a modern water filtarirq
plant Prior to that tiaaa they aaw
i more or leas polluted weU ruppl;
and an unAltarsd river water. Po
s|* years prior to the installation or
tha Alter plant, their typhoid feve
- death rate averaged « per 1004M
Por the six years sines Instalbny thi
. plant this typhoid rate has droppsr
to ar\. average of lee* than 17 pa
100,000, or shoot one fourth of th
I former rate. Practically all thi
1 Improvement 1* credited ta the am a
1 pure Altered water.
i —-__
Mr. Hetty Cress, of Safely, Is t
the city today.
CWvsr Day At
Thoas who satarsd
tlovsr will roast at OaA N. C, on
ths 3rd Saturday la Mfai 2 p m.,
whsrs ths judgas wttl Mrs ia thair
report aa to who frill ftantitlad to
the prises offered lasfi^all by the
Bank at Coats. Thanl^re 4 priiai
offered tael fail by the £k at
1her« will be fear priaSae fellow*
*5-00 for the largest nJjLr of acr*«
planted in clover; ffi.oafpor the bast
sere, *3 00 for the sacdeL best sere;
$2.00 for the third beatii^ra. Dr. C.
0. Your* offers $&00 fit ths pretu
est rest *rown by a yawn* girl oat
on die farm. Mr. W. £ Turlingtoo
has charge of this elov^contart and
Meears. W. H. Turlingtoa. O. L Smith
»nd B. 7. Parrish wtJljL coomlttss
to tee who are eotitiof to dm dif
ferent P^PM. 5
Mr. C. H. Hudson, mate agent
farm dssaonatratioa ahk will be
preeent and deliver an Arose ea the
clever*.
Remember the day, frd Saturday
in May Mips, at thh*parh in the
town of Coats, and lot ' 1
in more Hover be ,
the riitruseimn
Fee further iaformati idrass or
rail on Mr. W. H. Tur m, Duke.
K- C-, Routa Mo. £.
M. X. PAT SOM.
Csahlar, ; of Coate.
Rill,Paata aa
About ton day*
bloom has fallen,
psadPts ia ths at
the “shuck” of tl
t»»s to spray thm
■Ah is ths
■ *»rm around ths pM
' Ths matarial osad |
is kuofm as ths1
Sofehur Wash
II M»mn a tun PBJ,. A tack or
blanket over the beVr* haipe to hold
in tha beet and pcuauU aflat tai aig
Whoa boiling is ever, add Tatar (cold
U all right) to seek* to gallons, atir
thoroughly and strain it to remove
■vlimont.
“You havo yot to add. tha poison.
Ouadva 2 1-2 be. of araaoata of
&atc in a gallon of the mixture
then pour It back into tha wholo man
of aohitioa and atir thoroughly." (If
powdered aroanoto of load la used,
uao only half the weight aa of the
paste form.
Those directions are sent oat by
tha Division of Entomology of tha
5“ta Department of AgriceKure at
Halrigh, and ere tha standard rec
ommendation! for pooch and plum
•praying at this aaaoon. Tha
treatment should bo repeated from 2
to S weeks later, and agela about a
month before the fruit is dee to ripan
This last mentioned treatment ii
needed only for Ebarta and those
varieties which ripen with it or later,
and for this last spraying no area
nat» Of load is -mint
This schedule of treatments eras
followed on the Slat* That Farm,
last year with rery fine laaulta. On
tha farm at BtateevOU there was a
heavy peach crop on about 600 trees,
yet Supt. F. T. Maaham reported that
ha found only two or three wormy
poaches the whole oaooan^-Ixton
slon Farm Nows.
SCHOOLS IN CONTESTS
B—Msmw Udw. Holds Fourth
AmssI Mom at Goldsboro.
GoMehoie, April 2*.—The South
•aotarn division at High Schools held
its fourth annual meet hero Friday
*»d was adjudged tU host over hold
by this division. A large number of
echools were represented and the con
taau were not only of a high onler
but spirited. The reciter’s medal
was won by Miss Annie Graham, of
the Godwin School, the dsclaomtion
medal by Edwin Gill of the Leurin.
b**cg School, the medal fur composi
tion was woo by Bryant Tickle of the
Plhevilk School.
The Ptkevilla High School won the
meet with a total of 37 points there
by winning the trophy cup offered
for tbs school winning the largest
l umber _pf points. Godwin won the
mp offered for the second highest
•cons te athletics. Pikevilk also won
the cap offered te the winacr of the
r.by race.
Evm principal present was enthu
siastic over the cordiality of Golds
boro The Chamber of Ooauaerce
bans the necessary expanse of thi
meet. W. F. Alien of the Goldsboro
Schools had every arrangement la de
tail perfected, and the athletic com
«HWe composed of Messrs. Cahrss,
fffeaaan. and Dess coed acted and
Jndgod the events with a degree of
r*eiency seldom seen at college
meets.
The Fargatlea Kies.
A wife heard her hub sad's key in
the lock, sad spring, ng up to greet
him ea hie evaning hmsn insksg she
sxclnlned: “I’m so glad you’ve come.
WUL“ And then she swatted far the
benediction of Leva, “everything O.
K. today ?“ he gayly asked. "Good
—I’ve had a herd day of H, sad as
there’s time 111 take a little nap be
fore dinner * Aajl he res up stairs,
white his wife want back to the li
brary—te cry! Thousands at man
»»“» was a fnl to
wasp over sack a trifling matter.
Triflingl That mint of tho hue
bmsd to Idas Ms wife meant to km
tha —-m >f
o* Coarse ha lavod her Is Ms way;
woaUl fight for har; if called upon.
He lovod act lass, ho simply frit that
harlog lived happily wtth har for ao
many years, that U Is do longer im
portant that he should kiss har when
thsy met and parted, os in their
Toothful romance. And aO too often
those endearments which mako tha
wife conscious that aha is still held
0* hride, which invigorates her re
epoose to the duties lying before her
which sustain and comfort her as the
testimonials af an unchanged affec
tion, are wen by one sacrificed upon
the altar ri a husband’. self-compU
eeocy.
A hatband (s too often content
with life as it it; wfc/le tho wife, for
biddan by tbs law to tell him that
his forgetfulness of eeretaes which
ha once lavished upon har it eating
out her heart, boeomoa old briars har
time. And tho husband wondsrs
why!—LedW Ho roe Journal
CUNTON HOLDS PRIMARY
..Theodora Patrick. Jr.. Defeats A.
*• Oremplor for Mayor.
CUnton, April 34—In tho Clinton
Dwneermtie town primary today The
odore Patrick, Jr., was nominated for
mayor over A. B. Grumpier by a ma
jority af thirteen H. A. Jomoa, H.
D. Smith, A. H. Herring and J. C.
Warits wore nominated for commit
rionern. Tho race was close hot In
nil good fooling end with no disorder.
Read - WANTED - Read
r A af Ohio, who owns a farm In that SUW, and
j;00.1, ** <**M w*"u 10 *« “d hoy In tfato aartlan of North
C*roM~- ®V“» har. M .arm w morn with 4* arm. ar
mom in eohmaUon. Good sandy loam .oil and May rahaell
that can bo mado aa all poryasa farm. Moat bar* a fair dwall
to* iwl o<W tnprovsiMiU and fairly eonv«nlt«t to town, school
a*d eharihta. - TMa maa la a mood HUoaa In Ohio and will
T“*“ '*-*_!*+*” tor **»Uy h. North Carolina and. who
k**“ -l*w mk^tabaaaaotofdabt fa-mar
l» "Tha OM North SUM.- If mm on. ha* mar. arm. than
ha naada, try thit oat af dabt farm*r of Ohla aa year nrtctdmr.
^ A
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Southland Farm ft Real Estate Exchange,
*- pmy
L LLOYD WADE, FUM M.aagar.
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NATO! T. L. BASS
COMMITS SUICIDE
Wd Official Taka* Owe Life l or
Fear of Losing His Saalty.
Sanford, April Mayor T, L.|
Haas, of Sanford, committed suicide!
hi hia home hors this afternoon ba-j
tween four and Are o'clock by shoot
ing himself through the heart with a
fe-ealibra Winchester rifla
He left a note pinned to hia coat
'eying that ha feared ha waa goiig
to lass his sa»ty and that ha would
•*th»r ba dead than In such acondi
tion. Ha has boon hi bod health far
I . >cmr or mora, and this morning was
down ths street remptaliiliif that
his head was hurting so bad that U
fell like It would burst. He was a
candidate for reflection aa mayor,
and the primary to choose the may
oralty candidate was set for tomor
row from 1 to 9 p. m.
Ths deceased eras about <1 years
M. and has long Van s rwsidaet and!
prominent rtlitcn of Sanford, and has
•••wad at different limes four terms 1
as mayor. Ha waa for about flfteai
years local agent of the Atlantic
Coast Ians and 8oothem Railroads,'
ftroao which position he retired flra or!
•is years ago. Since then he bad.
baan engaged in business bare. Ha1
ws* bald in ths highest eateem by!
his fsliowf Hiaans and hia tragic
death came as a great shock this af
ternoon, and hat cast a hath ornrj
the satire team. The primary which |
was to hare been held tomorrow, will
bo caliod off out of respect to hia
niomory. aad a delegation from bore
Will mrt fn 1-*- D..d__tek aA.i
remain*, where they will be buried
Wednesday. The deceased laavas a
widow, tour eon* and. a daughter.
Th* Bone era In T. Baas, Atlanta,
; t C. Haas, Sanford; Olu* and
Addis Baas. Croeavilk, 8. C, and a1
‘lighter ia Hit. Vkgia Warren, of
Dunn, N. C
Iky a Place of Ground
Tha Sanford Express Is of th*
opinion that ‘th* bomaiau man
•hoald buy land sow, if ba possibly
can," this ia an editorial calling at
tMtiaa to th* passing of cheap land*
in North Carolina. Th# Ntaattm la
■wwdMah^dMhMMNkMM
man who doe* not own a boat*. Th*
Kxpeaa* calls attonUon to tha fact
that ia North Carol In*, with Its atony
thousand* of miles of territory and
its spreading acres, a large portion
uf tha white people are tenants an
ha*a to acknowledge the overlordahip
of soma on* alaa" In a survey of tha
■ituatiao, Tha Expros* aaya that to
rears ago ‘this Stats contained many
millions of acres of virgin lands
which won purchased tor a song.
Hama large tracts in th* sand hill*
w»»* sold for not aver $1 aa aero.
At the present time some of thee*
land* which have bean developed, and
■re among tha moat productive land*
In North Carolina, at figure* rang
ing from 125 to M aa ten. Thar*
era still large tracts of land under*1
eped. and from which tha timber has
boon cut, that at an* time could have
boon bought at 50 cant* aa acre, hat
•r* now wiling at from $10 to 220
an acre.' What th* Exprow aay* of
Lw County it true to soma extent of
every county In the State. But it Is
alto true that thaw cheap lands are
fact being taken up and tha oppor
tunity ia passing. Ia a vary short
tiw# cheap land* ia this Stats will
be hard, to And, and such of it a*
Will ba offered cheap will ba of tha
mttit undesirable kW TVm *
hM riven vote* U as excelkrrt policy.
No paper could be er>g»ged In a bet
ter work than an effort toward Inspi
ration far home-owning, an dtW fact
that the opportunist ate rapidly
paaabig cannot ba toe itroafly em
phasised.—Charlotte Obaarvar.
UtcUatl Letters, Weak Radiag
April IA 1»1A
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I. Bwaastta, M. U
A Croak n, leasts C.
A Cos, Jo* Sira
A Cbasl A Velrln
A Herring, Hanson.
A Loras, AI rat
7. Nordon, Zab. B.
A Pope, W. H.
A Wilkin a, A. It
1A Baker, Mias Dana
II. Hollingsworth, Mias TIDia
1A Jodgo, Mitt Addis
IA Loom. Mr*. C. M.
1A Malum, Mrs. EOa
IV Slmmoaa, Mist Kiltie
IA StSAsrt, Mrs A mar W.
17. Wright, Mitt Mahal
Tha Southern Marblo Works, which
hat boon ope re tad bare far tha past
your or mare, their offices being an
East Brand (treat, and baa barn ops
rated hy Messrs papa A Bdgmtta,
has bean dissolved by mutual nasiat.
Mr. WlTIk Pope has purebaaad from
Mr. Bdgorioa bio bitaeoot In tbo boa*,
nom and will oaadnct It ai tha lame
pMoa aader tbo aame name, aa ash
omur. Mr. Bdgartaa w« atfll re
asain with Mr. Papa in tbs eoppctt)
of travoting aaltaama, malting Dane
Mo boadgaartorn.
REVIVAL IN TUI SOUTH
w. J. Harehaa. Prariliul of Hmh.ird
Air Um Jmt Back bm hmpac
tW Trip. Iqak Impended
W. J. liars hen, president of tko
Boaboard Air Lino ReOway, wke kai
returned from a trip of iaapirtiia ev
er the property, report* csadltiena
la the Booth e* materially improved.
Perhaps no other section ef the
country ha* been herder Ut by the
war's disturbances then the Heath,
where business has keen almost par
alysed. The railroads serving that
territory have suffered accordingly
and 1a no other aeetiea of the country
have earning* fallen off In larger
volume.
"The moat encouraging aign I ob
served," said Pro*ld*nt Iwdws,
"wee in the evidence* of a revival is
the lumber trad* which has been al
most stagnant sine* the war com
menced. Mill* are again ineraosing
the output and meat Important af nil,
min* that have not boon in ip—Moa
for the pant two year* bm already
running again or nr* getting ready
to opoa up. "The crop outlook this
season is encouraging but one ef the
biggest advantages to the South that
•••■-Hi grow from the demoralisation
that boa axis tad ta the cotton trade,
is an assurance af a greater di-ersi
r.cutioa ef crops bees tee of —* low
price prevailing for cotton. The ex
tent of increased diverddcoUon will
not be determined until cotton plant
ing time and the arise af cotton at
that lint will largely determine ta
what extent it will prevsfi, but that
it will ba substantial aad wU ala* ba
of eahataallel aad lasting benefit ta
the South is practically assured.
“Goners! business ia movtag ia bat
ter volume in the flsobssrd territory.
Merchants stocks have been kayt law
for several mentiu but DOW Stair
shelves are almeot bar* aad. a general
restocking must inevitably father.
The Seaboard Air lias's narw read in
to Charleston, 8. C., spread up for
freight traffic February 1, last, baa
started out with a satisfactory bush
1— ^wwsym—fm
fair —1-t SSCm 1-J"
earvtaa ever tha aaw Uaa wifl ba to
augurmted hi about two wotka.
“The physical coadHioa af tha Baa
hoard Air lino was satisfaoterg
throughout. Tbs property ha* beau .
w*U maintained aad th* number of
bad order ear* shews a reduction of
500 from this time last your. TVs
company is wall supplied with equip
ment and power aad ia prepared to
handle an increase hi bust nee* wbea
it comes.”—Well Street Journal.
niB INFLUENCE OF THE MOT.
1E8
Th* influence of the average siev
ing pictare shew far good or for evil
is far-reaching to it* effects. This
influence 1* greatly magnified to
towns uid village# where It fernieb
et on* of the few possible mesas of
recreation aad smaaemsal In sack
communities legitimate drams, a*.
pociaBy of th* higher clam, ia scares
oa account of th* uaaU population
to which h appeals far support. TVs
small admission foe charged kg th*
sersm shows makes it possible for
moderate-salaried people, who disre
gard Mghsr-pricad drams, ta attend
often. As a result, thaa* toatitutbms
become popalar and provide means
*jy ^n»cji um n«T«r>uuma cunt m
everybody for entertainment la aat>
orally and aaaily quenched; aad thus
they become potent factor* la dis
seminating and portraying that
which la moral or immoral, op lifting
or tigiaiiag.
TWb powerful imtruamtU for
the public weal or woe should be een
otantiy guarded. Elderly pan pie, aa
a ruin, ere Sand fat their beliefs aad
their code of conduct, tad aze not
rtaatly bdbmaaad by what they aaa
children are vary suamptible ta feed
and eell inftuencea, mare i^nilellj
ta dm latter, aad aaythiag that
comes under their observation ehoeU
aa far aa poaeiMs, be cleea aad up
right. It is true that there are
boards of censorship, national, state
and heal, bat every near aad thoa
,1
Mrs 'a their povur ta do peat goad
or EM* harm aad they should ecn
*td*r it a pewit of bnslaaas haa
w to procure only that which wM
maa gaud fer their pa tanas.
' •• the writer to any that Sam Par
ker'. tha local movie ama, tea tea*
very carefal la this