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PDCAT UllLrll DANGER j Y. JOYNER ISSUES AN AP PEAL FOR MORE SCHOOL FUNDS. SPATCHES FROM RALEIGH nd Happenings That Mark lolngs a f North Carolina Po- the rr9tCBa - pie, Gathered Around the State Capita'- Raleigh. To the .county and city boards of rth Carolina, ur. juuci nets issucu L appeal calling meir uiienuun to jjecCSSlty OL iliuicasiug mo oiivvi I ndS tO lllccl I lie iiuvtooiiij -udu 1 the cost of operating the schools & other increased expenses dueto !ar conditions. Dr. Joyner declares ,.t the state is facing a grave danger t haVjng the school work disorganiz- U and greatly aecreaseu m-enicieiiuy k a time when there was such great afPitr tor carrjiug n uu. m iu xuu : It. i ,.11 -A ' jven in greater efficiency?" pr Joyner's appeal in' part follows: "I be? to call your attention again t jjjg urgeni net. easily ui imi casing ke school funds m oraerto proviae a Reasonable increase in the salaries of achers and to meet the necessary m- jchools, on account of the increase In 1 mm mm i ying expenses ana m an other ex- -pariv every aay me payors coniaiu . il ' 4. 2 Jotices of the resignation of: superin- endents. principals and teachers to .ccept other positions at increased ompensation most of these in other Bnes of work. Unless your boards ct promptly in availing themselves If the means provided by law for in creasing the school funds so as to be ,ble to give the teachers on or before he close of this school year, some as uranee that , their compensation can ,e increased next year at least suffi- lently to meet their living expenses ind somewhat in proportion to the in- reased compensation that is being of fered them in so many other lines of rork, we will lose many more of our est superintendents, principals and eachers. and there is great danger iat we will be unable to supply teach- irs of any sort for many of our chools. You will agree with me, I bow, that an incompetent teacher Js worse than no teacher, and that it k the worst sort of extravagance to spend public funds in the employ ment of incompetent teachers. We are, .heretore, facing a grave danger of caving our school work disorganized Ind greatly decreased in efficiency at i time when there was never such peat necessity for carrying it on In lull and even in greater efficiency. he: whole country is confronted by limilar conditons produced by the lame causes, and similar campaigns tor increased school funds for increas- d salaries of teachers and other ex penses for schools, are being carried pn in all parts of the country. Allies' Strong for Schools. "According to my information, Great Britain and France,-that have already Buffered infinitely more than the Uni- pd States, and more I pray than the United States will ever be called upon o suffer from this war, and are con sequently far .less able than the Uni ted States to do it, have greatly in creased their educational appropria tes, practically doubling them. In this crisis, we can not afford to let Jour schools- suffer and' our children f'arve intellectually and spiritually jfor lark of proper education by a dis organization' and a decrease In the ef fieiency of our schools and teachers, pou as boards of education, school mstees and sunerintendents. hold in frust the interest of the schools and he children, and the nrimarv respon sibility is unnn vrm tr avail vnnrssftlvps t once of all leeal means to Drotect ithese. Ntw Sugar Orders. The retail merchants of North Caro ma have recently been taking too a margin on sugarIn the opin 'n of the Food Administration, wMch ?s issuer! a new ruling effertlvfi at 0nf,e, gOVPrnlrnr fha -oln nf mimr L Ilaer fhp npw rulf n ct Tin AaoTora be allowed to charge' a margin of 0re than one cent a pound on sugar original packages. On sugar that 5S to be reweiehert and rp.naplrp.il. a I"arerfn "n 1 cents a pound is al- ir no circumstances must ft ''X'mum nrfpp prpoorl Q ppnts JJ!h.,Jt the SDecific permission of a ' aUthorizpd Ti'nnd Amtntsfratfnn official. - . u Dcgins. Onstructinn o n l "i a iitjiicjf lino iiuui Tt-, v - "iminai 10 me gaies ui wt u, a distance of approximately fct. has begun, giving the yard 6.000 and . f!t' rail connections and the Jineinp- ef telenhone" and telegraph ftri -m ue started soon. Road Su- .r "uiucu lias uccu n- ;ucted by county officials to place ma,, V e convlct at work on the adam road that is to be built from . ort Fisher highway to the shiD- a fit th earliest possible moment, j Tell Ua Your "roubles. Who do you call on to minister to your physical ills? Who is it that at tends to your spiritual affairs and your financial matters are generally handled on the advice of your banker, or the good business friend of your acquaintance, are they not? So when you are troubled with perplexing ques tions in regard to your farming opera tions, why not call on the Agricultural Extension Service of tho state Col lege, and Department of Agriculture in order that they can give you the re sult of he long years of training and experience which has fitted the spe cialists for their present work? Every day, year in ana year out, the workers of the Agricultural Experi ment Station are engaged in conduct ing experiments which have for their purpose the finding of new truths about agriculture. These experiments are run on a scope, and under a vari ety of conditions that would be im possible on the average farm. The results are of much value. These re sults are yours for the asking. The Agricultural Extension Service has a force of something over 200 men and women at work in North Carolina. There is a county agent in apractically every county in the State. He repre sents the combined and co-operative activity of the State College of Agri culture, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the U. S. Department of Ag riculture, and he can get the special ist from all three of these to aid him in attending to your problems. Let us help you. A card to the Agricul tural Extension Service, Rai'eh, N. C, will receive prompt attention. Much Interesx in Cheese Waking. Returning from Sampson county, Mr. A. J. Reed, of the Dairy Field Of fice reports considerable interest in the making of farm butter and cottage cheese in the different counties where contests in this work have been inau gurated. Under the plan which has been adopted by the Agricultural Extension Service, the Dairy Field Office will as sist nine counties for five months. A worker will be sent to teach the best methods of making cottage cheese, and to give instructions along other lines of dairy production, so that these valuable products may be brought to a higher state of perfection than be fore. Twists Slackers' Tails. W. W. Love and A. S. Lentz, ret!l grocers of Albemarle, R. M. Trexler, retail merchant of Baden, Dr. W. C. Trexler, proprietor of the Central Ho tel of Albemarle and Peter Andres, a baker of Baden, were found guilty of violations of the Food Administration regulations after a hearing before Food Administrator Henry A. Page. The case against Messrs. Love, Lentz and Trexler were disposed of by the agreement of these merchants to close their doors for two days, posting no tice to the effect that the closing is due to the violation of Food Adminis tration rules and further contribute $50 each to the Albemarle Chapter of the Red Cross. If this is complied with Food Administrator Page will not Issue a black list against them. Final settlement of the other cases will be held in abeyance for several days. New Enterprises. Charters were Issued from the of fice of the Secretary of State for the following corporations to do business In North Carolina: Yonahlossee Land Company of Shull's Mills, to conduct a real estate business with $100,000 authorized cap ital and $10,000 subscribed. The in corporators are W. S. Whiting, J. M. Lacy and E. C. Alaxendar, all of Eliza bethtbn. Kernersville Knitting Company, of Kernersville, with $125,000 authorized capital and $25,000 subscribed. The Incorporators are R. R. Ragan, J. J. Griffith and M. L. Bales, all of Ker nersville. Drafted Men to Be Mobilized. Special from Washington. The training camps to which the 150.000 drafted men ordered mobilized will be sent were announced by Provost Mar shal General Crowder. In some cases States have been directed to send their men to camps other than those to which they previously had been sent, due probably to the crowded conditions in some camps. The camps, with totals assigned to each, and the states from which the men will come, include: White Camp Lee, Virginia, 8,311; Penn sylvania. Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 6, 318 ; Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida, Tennessee. . J Negroes Camp Lee, 1,886; Virginia, Tennes- Camp Jackson, 3,512; South Caro lina, North Carolina. Camp Grant, Illinois, 3010; North Carolina, Illinois. Camp Meade, Maryland, 2,604; Ten nessee, District of Columbia Pennsyl vania. Organize War Savings Club. The Brotherhood of Railway Car men of Salisbury and Spencer has or ganized a war-savings society which starts off with 300 members. There are 500 members of the Carmen's union aud the leaders of the move ment are confident they will have ev ery member In the war-savings soci ety soori. The men organized In Salisbury at a largely attended meet ing which was addressed by Walter Murphy. S. C.Liskwas named pres- ldent of the society uu vuu,, secretary. POLK COUNTY GNORANGE BY GREATEST WORSE THAN DREAD GERMAN MENACE, DECLARES LIEUTEN ANT GOVERNOR GARDNER. IN ADDRFSS TO GRADUATES Declared It Most Important That Every Child Be Given Fullest Educational Advantages. Cary. Ignorance i& a menace great er than the great German menace which threatens this country, declar ed Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gard ner in his address to the graduating class of the Cary High School. The address stressed the importance of ed ucating the boys and girls of North Carolina and the supreme duty of v ery American citizen to do his part to win the war. He declared that it was Important that every child should be given the fullest opportunity for an education and he declared that every citizen should sacrifice to the utmos' in order to win the war. Puny inde-3d was the soul of the man, he said, who could not hear the cry of the distress ed world today. Possibilities in Boy and Girl. Mr. Gardner in the course of his ad dress said that there was no better material, in fact there was no other material, to make a man or woman than a boy or girl, In this connection he referred to the relationship of the child and teacher and the great oppor tunity and responsibility imposed upon the latter. He asserted that the consicentious teacher was doing a work unmatched even by the minister of the gospel. Mr. Gardner said that the minds of today were being focused on the prin ciples involved in the world war and the danger of the German menace, but far greater than this awful menace he declared was the menace of ignorance Here he came out strong for giving every child the fullest chance for an education and quoted from the memo rable educational utterances of the lamented Charles Brantley Aycock, the great educational governor of the States. Tribute to Cary High School. Then he paid a high tribute to the Cary High School and asked who could measure the influence of the in stitution? He referred to the fact that Cary was noted for this splendid institute when he was a student at the A. and M. College. He declared that it was greater than any cotton factory or industrial enterprise in the county. This was a factory taking boys and girls and turning out men and women. Don't thinK Decause you are poor financially that this world is to be dreary for you, because, he said, some of the greatest giants in world affairs were nurtured at the breast of pover ty, and some of the greatest men the country has produced were reared ia log cabins. War Calls for Team Work. He then turned his attention to the war and the part that every one should take. The situation, he declared, call ed for team work. America he declar ed was in the greatest game people ever died for in the preservation oi the liberty of the world. There is something majestic as well as cruel in this great conflict, he asserted. The fire of war he declared was eliminat ing the drss of selfishness and has demonstrated the helplessness of men and the supremenes of God. God pity the puny soul of the man, he said, who did not hear the cry of the distressed world and did not has ten to do his part. In Splendid Shape. Raleigh. Credit Unions in North Carolina during March exceeded all former records according to Mr. W. R. Camp's report on their condition during that month.' In March, 1917, the total amount of deposist was ap proximately $4,000. In March, 1918, the total of deposits was approximate ly $12,000. Total resources during this year increased from $11,000 to $21,000. Peculiar Shooting Affair. North Wilkesboro. There happen ed a very peculiar homicide in Ashe county. Flem Osborn, of Little Horse Creek, shot Wilson Osborn through the heart and turned to go away when Wilson Osborne rose to his knees and hot Flem Osborn in the back, then turned over and died immediately. It is thought that Flem Osborn will also die. The dead man was single, while Flem Osborn hasa considerable fam ily. The trouble was over an old grudge. Can Sue in the State. Raleigh The question of the stand ing of a minor son of an enemy alien !,n the courts of the state was broughl Into the supreme court in the case oi Krachanake vs. Acme Manufacturing Company from New Hanover decided iy the court when it foun4 no error in he trial of the case in which the judg ment was for the plaintiff. The coiwt overruled the contention that the case could not be maintained by the plain iff, who, a native of Austria-Hungary, became an enemy alien by the de:lar Ulon of war against Austria j 1 NEWS, TRYON, N. C. PUSHES POTATO CAMPAIGN State I'ood Administration Calls Upon Twenty Larger Cities of State : for Help. Raleigh. State Food Administrator Henry A. Page has called upon the city and county food administrators in the twenty largest cities and towns in North Carolina to organize at once and push vigorously an Irish potato cam paign. The potato situation hay reached a critical stage. The crop last year was large and the winter was so severe that for a period of approximately three months it was difficult to move potatoes in any considerable quanti ties. This situation has resulted in an abnormal condition at this time when there are millions of bushels of pota toes in excess of normal demands and, when, according to the North Caro lina Bureau of Markets here, more than 25,000 bushels remain in the hands of the North Carolina pro ducers. Mr. Page's wire to the county food administrators went out in the morn ing. Before his office closed in the afternoon he had received reports from Winston-Salem, Durham and Ra leigh to the effect that plans for the campaign in these cities were well under way. Buy Bonds, Says German. Raleigh. E. Schilling, a native Ger man living at Raleigh, has given the following to the press: "Dear Friends: Every German-American should buy a Liberty Bond or a War Savings Stamp. We have select ed this country by choice. Why? Be cause it is a country where anybody attending to his duties is bound to succeed and as a whole we are, but there are slackers in all countries. We don't want to be of this sort. No, the word slackers shall not be brand ed on us; it is our Christian duty to wards our boys they are precious to U3, and no liner body of young men have been sent into the field than the American boys. Speak to them wher ever you see them and show them the greatest respect they deserve it, and do not forget to pray for them when you go' to bed and arise in the morn ins. "Now should you notj,be able to buy a bond, offer yours, your wife's and children's service. There is work for everybody. It is like the widow's mite the good Lord will see it, the Amer ican people will see it and the blessing you receive will be so bountiful as to fill your heart with joy never to be forgotten. "May the good Lord bless you and vour family and give you strength to help this great country. "E. SCHILLING, "German-American." Urges Tithing In Loan. Raleigh Major A. W. Graham, com missioner of agriculture, has issued a letter to the members of the force of the North Carolina department of agri culture, suggesting that that inasmuch as the people of the state are expect lnf the men who are receiving sala ries from the state or national govern ment be liberal in their subscriptions to government objects, every state employe ought to arrange to lend the government at least one-tenth of a year's salary. Major Graham, himself, when all his subscriptions are settled will have loaned the government $1,525. His suggestion to the members of his force follows: "The people of the state are expect ing the citizens who are receiving sal aries either from the state or national governments to be liberal in their subscriptions to Liberty Bonds and War Savings Certificates. They should not disappoint these expectations. You know what amount of money you will certainly have at a specified time, and I suggest that each one arrange to lend the government for its several falls for bonds and certificates at least one-tenth of a year's salary. Many have already done this. As the farmers are more than four-fifths of the citizenship of the state, wa must by the number make up for the amount of loans. "This, of course, it not assessment, but a suggestion for every member connected In any way with the depart' ment. W. A.' GRAHAM, "Commissioner of Agriculture." NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. The negroes, so far as we have been able to learn, have fully measured up to the demands of the country in this time of stress, and certainly this Is true of the North Carolina negroes. They have responded to the call of the draft boards with fine spirit, and their leaders have aided the govern ment in every possible way. Congressman George E. Hood will not be a candidate in the coming pri mary to succeed himself, owing to bad health. Whpt estimates by the government for North Carolina in 1918 is 208.000 against 204.000 last year, and South Carolina, 312,000 against 304,000 in 1917. Three hundred and five additions to the Baptist Church was the result of a revival recently held in Durham. Miss Julia Alexander of Charlotte was the first woman lawyer to argue a case before the Supreme Court. OveT $17.000 worth of Thr'ft Stamps have been sold In Vance county. r. J. Thornton,- professor of journal Ism at the University, has enlisted in the navy. OVER BY JAPAN? HAS AGREED TO HARD DEMANDS FROM TOKIO SAYS EDITOR. FEELING HIGH. TROOPS HAVE JAP OFFICERS Shanghai Paper Says Country Has Been Turned Over to the ' Japanese. Shanghai. The statement is made In the first issue of The Shanghai ! liazette, wnicn nas maae its appear ance under the editorship of Eugene Chen, that the Chinese government has agreed to new demands made by Japan which are of such a nature that the country has virtually been turned over to the Japanese. The Gazette asserts it has been informed by a high official at Peking that the Japanese demands are far more se rious than those in Group V, of the famous 21 demands made by Japan in 1915. "Notwithstanding the fact that the utmost secrecy is being observed," says The Gazette, "it may be stated safely that the following is not far from the true terms of the agreement: "Chinese expeditionary forces sent to Siberia shall be commanded by a Japanese. "Chinese police shall be organized by Japanese officers. "Japan shall control all of China's arsenals and dockyards. Japan shall have the privilege of working mines in all parts of China. "Special privileges shall be granted to Japan in outer and inner Mongolia and the whole of Manchuria. A dispatch filed in Peking April 4 said It was reported there that Japan hada submitted a new series of de mands to China, including complete control of China's finances, the pur chase of 50 per cent of China's am munition in Japan, operation of Chi nese Iron mines and dockyards unde,r Japanese control and recognition of special Japanese interests in Mongo lia, as in Manchuria. RAILROAD HEAD ARRESTED UNDER ESPIONAGE ACT New Orleans. William Edenborn president of the Louisiana Rail Tray a Navigation Co, and rep uted many times a millionaire, was arrested by department ' of justice officials at Shrewsbury, La., near here, on an of ficial affidvait charging violation of Section 3 of the espionage act. Eden born was taken into custody as he stepped from an L. R. & N. train, and taken to place the location of which the authorities refused to divulge. Assistant District Attorney Nicho las Callan anounced that Edenborn's arrest was Independent of action taken at a meeting of the Louisiana division of the National Security League when a resolution was adopted, caling for federal pros'ecutlon of the capitalist for utterances which were declared seditious. Beyond this statement the federal authorities declined to com ment on the arrest. Newspaper men were warned against making efforts to discover where Edenborn was be ing kept. Edenborn, founder of the American Steel & Wire Co., no a part of the United States, Steel Corporation, has been referred to as "father of the wire industry in America," having erected mills and produced wire in 1870, three years after he came tc the United States from his birthplace Westphalia, Prussia. He came tc Louisiana in 1903, where he has been known as a .railroad builder and oper ator; He Is 70 years old. B. P. Waggener Dead. Atchison, Kan. Bailie P. Waggen er, general solicitor of the Missouri Pacific Railway company, and for 44 year connected with its legal depart ment, died here after a long illness aged 70 years. His son, William P. Waggener, of Atchison, is general at torney for Kansas for the road. EMPRESS 2ITA'8 MOTHER ORDERED OUT OF AUSTRIA Paris. The Princess Marie Antoin ette, mother of Empress Zita, has een ordered to leave Austria within M hours and not re-enter that country mtil the termination of the war, ac cording to a dispatch from Geneva. Empress Zita has been blamed by the pro-German party in her husband's empire as being responsible for Em peror Charles' now famous letter to Prince Sixtus of Bourbon, his brother-in-law. VIOLENT BOMBARDMENTS ON THE FRENCH FRONT Paris. The latest war office an nouncement " reads : "There were violent bombardments from VillersBretonneux to the Luce river, and in the region west of Noyon. "Eastern theater, April 27. The artillery activity was weak along the whole front save in the region of Monastir and on the Cerna, where our heavy artillery carried out fires of destruction. SCOUTS (Conducted by National Council of the Boy Scouts of America.) SEA SCOUTS TO BE FORMED The sea scout branch of the Boy Scouts of America has been placed un der the direction of James A. Wilder. The lure of the sea is as strong to the boy as the lure of the wilds. For the first time he is to have a chance to smell the tar and oakum and feel the swaying deck beneath his feet, even though he may live In a sandy desert. The chief sea scout has introduced a new note into scouting the idea of giving every scout a definite job with definite duties. Under his system there is no general rush for the axe and neg lect of the shovel. Every scout does his part of the work and together they do it all whether it is launching a boat or cooking a meal. As in the navy, every scout in the boat will have a specialty and a rating based on that specialty. He will have certain gear in his charge and will re ceive special instruction in the han dling and the care of the same. It is not absolutely necessary that there shall be water in or near a town where the sea scouts are to be organ ized, though not to have at least a horse-pond will be a handicap. Jour neys to navigable water must then be undertaken or crew and skipper will stick at the boat graded and interesting but dry-land class of work and games. It will be permissible to change a room into a "ship." In this case the stairways will become "gangways," the windows "ports" and "skylights," and everything will be kept shipshape. The United States navy department has been interested in sea scouting for a number of years, and some troops of sea scouts have had the use of navy equipment, including boats. Instruc tion has been given i some cases by instructors from navy yards and navy vessels. CAMPING CHIEF FOR SCOUTS. The national council of the Boy Scouts of America has recognized the importance of camping as fundamen tal to the movement by providing for a new department of camping.. L. L McDonald, of Chicago, is the chief. The camping director is responsible for the development of plans, programs and literature for the help of char tered troops and local councils' in giv ing boys an opportunity to receive thp L. L. M'DONALD. Director Department of Camping, Boy Scouts of America. benefits of camp life under the most favorable conditions and in the most economical and efficient way. He will define and maintain regula tions for the conduet of camps for boy scouts and will be specifically charged with the supervision of all boy scout camps and enforcing the minimum re quirements prescribed for leadership, facilities, program, sanitary arrange ments and menu. Doubtless the anticipation of camps and ontings attracts to the movement for Its Indoor program more boys and leaders than all othec features com bined. The very origin of the scout movement was in response to the great need of an organized program which would take growing boys from the city out Into the open air under wholesome influences, developing In them qualities inherent in the life of the pioneer, which the boys of today have little or no opportunity to" acquire. SENATE PAGES ARE SCOUTS. In the Virginia senate the pages are organized as a troop of boy scouts. This Is the first scout troop ever formed in a state legislature and was requested by Clerk Hanger because he had seen the results of scout work In his own home, Amherst, Ya. He was determined that the best code for the pages In the Virginia senate would be the scout law and oath. Sugar Is extracted from 10 varieties of palms that grow In Ceylon. v Si 1 i .' t p 'I J . ! .1
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