North Carolina Newspapers

POLK COUNTY NEWS, TEYQN. N. & BICKETT PHUUItb iE AMERICANISM ADDRESS APPRO OCCASION AND r.1 V PRIATE TO PLACE. DISPATCHES FROM RLEIGH n-.ings and Happenings That Mark the Proorees of North Carolina Peo ple, Gathered Around tha State Capital Raleigh. X orowd estimated at from two to tree thousand' enthusiastic men, o-onien and children greeted Gov. T. A' Bickett at Moore's Creek battle ground, near Atkinson, on the ocias ion of the anniversary of the famous i 1 J 1 J revolutionary Dauie ana uea.ru a mas terly address appropriate to the his toric occasion and place. - A picnic j i dinner was serveu, auu mere was plenty for everybody. Patriotic mu sic was furnished by a Wilmington band, and dancing followed" the prin- rinat feature of tne day. Governor Bicketrwent back into history for the themVof his address and discussed the relations Detwewn me unuea States ana rngiaiiu. He condemned the pro-German propaganda that seeks to stir up enmity against Great Britain on ac count of the colonial troubles that led up to the Revolution and also the war of 1812. The cordial friendship now existing between the Old mother country and her daughter on this side of the world, was set forth, and the governor showed why this should be. On more than one occasion he declar ed England had proved her friendship for the United States, and all long had been of great help to thfs country. The address was replete with his torical facts, and touching on the present situation the governor arous ed the patriotism of the great audi ence To a high pitch. For two hours be preached straight and undiluted Americanism to them, and it was de clared to have been the most notable of the many addresses that have been delivered on this historic spot in past jtars. Bankhead Highway Meet. A meeting of the directors of the Bankhead National Highway Associa tion will be held in Charlotte on Au gust 16 to consider the report of the pathfinders. The report favors the Piedmont route by Reidsville and Greensboro and the Richmond route by Raleigh and Durham but designates the Raleigh and Durham route for a military highway. The former is 77 miles shorter. The Richmond route. according to Col. Beneham Cameron, will connect the capitals of North Car olina and Virginia and will connect North Carolina direct with Hampton Roads naval base. The eastern route guarantees the extension to Norfolk by Williamston crossing the Roanoke river. The selection of the eastern route. Colonel Cameron said, was se cured by the selection of three direc tors favorable to the Richmond route at the Little Rock convention held recently. The efforts of Colon; Cam won have been responsible in large measure for . the success of the Rich mond route,, which will pass by Pet ersburg. Dinwiddie, Oxford, Franklin ton and Xeuse. bidding for Airplane Plant. That- other sections of North Caro "na are bidding for the airplane plant and aviation field which may be lo- cated in Raleieh In connection with a contract the government has let to the thorized capital and $33,000,000 sub Carolina Aircraft ro.Tv, nt frihed. The Drincipal office is in Ra city. was the information secured fol- 'owing a visit tn Raiofo f nrnmtnant A vwl w 0te U l A. LA liililU Willi I Kisnoro capitalists. As a result of agitation on the part of Goldsboro business men who have become in vested in the Important war indus- ir7. the location of the airplane plant and aviation field of the United States army is undeoidArt Tn tw W w v AU W rU w w jm 'ia'eign is stlu aa near landIng tnIs y army piant as Goldsboro, Durham 0r Fayetteville. Additions-to Western Board. names of J. A. Bell of Char ge and W. R. Sloan of Statesville nave been rAinmmani f . r.m, jiarshal General Crowder for appoint ent as additional members of the e"twn district board at Statesville. overncr Bickett has forwarded the ajnes to Washington. The -appoint-J1 of the two additional members j- cicujyuou ooara win S1.reasle the Personnel to seven. Mr. n prevIu8ly been chief clerk b13 promotion will create a va- fancy. 125,0O0 for P.,a i-ia.. tati!!! fe Was a Sphering of represen- People and the friends of Peace JnstHut e. from the town and churches t thi 8 section of the State, .held at wfcVKr!byterlan urch, Raleigh, at "ianeous SIX " ivi utuiaieu iui oi- campaign for raising tute v $150'000 for by all Uch interest was manifested ttlnat'r?Sent and an evident deter ts V mak the caaPln a sue- uotmen Dest ana eaai 008 through buildinf and loan. - ... mwiiib ior women. Admirably designed building, ' i cellently equipped, including a line library and other desirable features, located on a farm of 224 acres In the sandhill section of Moore county was procured by the directors for the btate Home and Industrial Schoor for Women, provided for by the last leg- 8nnne Wopriation of $25,000 This work of reclamation through state support is to be started at once, without the delay which would be necessary if a new plant were to be erected for the purpose. Dr. A. A. McGeachy, Charlotte, is chairman of the board of directors. v This site and plant is the school property of Dr. Henderson, located four miles from Samarcand, a station on the Norfolk-Southern. Br: Hender son, who came from Vermont four years ago and established his school, decided to go to Prance for rehabili tation work, after the young men of his faculty went into war service and the difficulties of maintaining such a school for boys in war time became manifest. He closed the plant and sold furnishings and livestock, library and bedding. The property is provid ed with a fine water system with standplpe, baths and other conveni ences. Miss Agnes McNaughton of Penn sylvania has been chosen superin tendent and will at once assume charge in preparation for opening the instiution. Guard Against Typhoid and Smallpox. The importance of health and the prevention of communicable disease is stressed by the United States Pub lic Health Service which points out the relation between, health conserva tion and labor efficiency. Especially it is urged that such communicable diseases as typhoid fever and small pox be prevented, the following state ment being issued: . "From the standpoint of health con servation and labor efficiency, it is imperative that such communicable diseases as smallpox and typhoid fever be prevented in all establishments manufacturing materials for the fed eral government This is of special importance at the present time h view of the constant movement of labor from one locality to another, which facilitates so greatly the spread of disease. "Tho experience of every civilised country shows that complete protec tion is furnished against smallpox by vaccination, and temporary immunity against typhoid by inoculation with typhoid vaccine. "In order to prevent such diseases, upon the recommendation of the sur geon general ot tie United States Public Health Service, persons in charge of plants engaged in the mam ufacture of war materials are urged to require every person employed un der them to be vaccinated against smallpox and inoculated against ty phoid fever, as is now done in the case of our military forces. 'The medical staff should be in structed to take the necessary steps for the enforcement of these meas ures. The need for them has already beera demonstrated by the occurrence of isolated outbreaks of smallpox in establishments engaged m the pro duction of war materials through im ported labor. These outbreaks not only cause-the quarantine of the per sonnel, but also Interfere seriously with the production of material nec essary to the conduct of the war. "The Public Health Service is ready to co-operate in enforcing these meas ures, and any persons calling at any of the service stations will, on re quest, be vaccinated against small pox or typhoid fever free of cost." Am. Ry. & Express Co. Chartered: The American Railway and Expresi Company, the government's consoli dated aeency. was chartered by tne secretary of state with $40,000,000 au leigh and the agent J. T. White ol the Southern Express company. - Recent N. C. Casualties. Tho fnilowine list of casualties among Ndrth CaroUnt troops Is shown bv late reports: Killed in action, Corp. Jean Kendall. Elkvllle; Privates Claude Fuaua, Burlington, ana war- -irin Teacrue. Uastonia: scverei wounded, Corp. Jack Hicks, .Canton; Private Charles Beck, Durham. Rnimental Road Completed. The 24-foot concreta road through Camp Greene has been completed and opened to traffic. It required only six weeks to build the Toad which runs from Liberty Park, on the Tucka seege road, to the Dowd house on the tvw,i road. It Is known as the Reg- -i mm a Within & couDie oi TITS: rrtwd road 1U be linked IUUill.il O mo " . . ... itrint atreet and then n win tin be possible to go completely around nilU v th loon from the city on pavea rou. Th ronstructibn of a large bakery and nurses home has been authorized. r.h.rter- for 'One Million Th Secretary of State issued a . " OranTille Iron - Oorr CuailCi . l - W.tiAn. a million dollar concern V i Tk...kam ' Mir, a. kM.lndia in uuinaiu - Hn n Bloomer. Damlel F. Lewis and R. O. Everett are wnuus w poxator. thewjonce a. concern was chartered mbw urn iniB with a hair mmon aour v.. ai a nn herin business. It is cnar- tered to buy and sail iron and iroa oroducts. One-fourtn 01 ux . ' . A.. -.I.T tifnt-V ' wil I fourths common. I am m m. t GALltFWIIjST WILL EQUAL JULY MORE THAN 11,000 REGISTRANTS FROM N. C. ENTRAINED DUR ING MONTH OF JULY. NO MORE NAVY PERMITS First Call for August Increased; 2,600 for Camp Wadsworth, and 2,000 for Camp Greene. Raleigh. Calls for registrants dor. Ing the month of August will be about the same as called out during this month, according to a telegram from Provost Marshal General Crowder to the Adjutant General. The number of registrants, white and colored, en trained from the State so far this month exceeds 11,000, including those for general and limited service. The first call for August for white men, to be entrained for Camp Wadsworth, Spartanburg, S. C, has been Increased from 2 500 to 2,600. They are to be sent to. camp on Au gust 5 and on the same date 2.000 colored men will be entrained for Camp Greene. Local boards are instructed, in the telegram sent by General Crowder to refuse releases to ; registrants who. annlv tnr nermlQatnn- in cnll.t l " ' - w cu"" " navy, marine corps, or the emergency uobl. mis Dracucauv m-eniuciea. it was said .future enlistments in the navy of men who are within the selec tive service age limits. The calls from North Carolina dur ing July were approximately four thousand colored men for general ser vice and for about three thousand for special and limited service. The last number includes registrants who will be called into service by August 1. Rulings by General Crowder. Raleigh. Two rulings were made by Provost Marshal General Crowder that will afford a great deal of relief to local boards. In the first one, Gen eral Crowder urges deferred classifi cation for county agricultural agent fritt in the second he -epeats a former ruling that bankers are not entitled to deferred classification on industrial grounds, wherein he virtually abol ishes these cases of special hardship. Tne county agents, according to the telegram transmitted to the boards through the Adjutant General's de partment are highly necessary to the development of the special emergency food regulation; For this reason and others which he s in his telegram, General Crowder isks that the county deferred classifica agents be give; tion when it is requested by the State Department of Agriculture. To 8end Expert on Abrasives. Raleigh. Special from Washington says Representative Weaver has ask ed the geological survey to pend an expert on abrasives to Jackson, Clay and Macon counties for the purpose ot looking into deposits of corundum, rhodolite and rd garnet. There Is great demand for abrasives now for polishing weapon, of war, and we have been getting our supply from Greece and Spaiii. Mr. Weaver be lieves that the North Carolina coun ties mentioned can furnish a great quantity. No Time for Loafers. Greensboro- All able-bodied per sons betweei. the ages of 18 and 60 in the city of Greensboro must either work or register with the chief of po lice, so that the latter may help them to find a place, within 20 days, and if idle persons fail to register within the said time, they will be prosecuted in the tity court. The ordinance adopted further provides that If any able-bod ied person who is offered work through the Municipal Labor and Em ployment Bureau, established under the terms of the ordinance, refuses to accept such work and continues in idleness that such refusal shall be prima facie evidence that such per son is a vagrant and he will be prose cuted for vagrancy Jn. the city cort. Oak Ridge Military Course. Oak Ridge. Prof. T. E. Whitaker, president of. Oak Ridge institute, has returned from Waslngton, where ar rangements were made by which the government will furnish rifles and other equipment to Oak Ridge insti tute for the coming term. During part of last, year military training was I i .4. -!, BA aA fV.A rminir given wan. iwU&0, I f . . J V n nA mT A UieU WUU IUU 11. 4uu uavo wuw fcwuw to camp found even the elementary training of value. This year the most thorough training will be given Some Blaze at Granite Quarry. Granite Quarry. Granite Quarry has had quite a Bra; The blaze start ed to the Granite Quarry Garage and destroyed that tmilding, with two an tomobiles, and then burned the gen- ...I .fnro if ! n I.vr1v and Sons. wBre own -d t1- Tr1v flrm -n1 their loss is i' , several thousand dollars. Some of the 'merchandise was saved from the store but the contents of the garage Including a quantity of automobile ao eessbrias were destroyed. MUST- GROW MORE! SHEEP Produce More Wool, cr Soon Nona May Be Obtained .Without Join ing' the rniy. 3f " J-1 Winston- Salem; -"Grow, more sheep to make more $ot to make more meat, and to win thej war." r v These words express he sentiment of those who attended the sheep growers convention here. I , The, at tendance was large and Js not only of sheep growers, but of farmers from almost all the counties inf this section of the state. There were many speech es made by those who Shave had ex perience with sheep raising in this section, as well as by representatives of the state department ef agriculture, H. G. Chatham presided jover- the meeting and made forceful presenta tion of the matter, both! from a finan cial viewpoint of the farjnlr, as well as from the viewpoint ol the woolen goods manufacturer. He declared that , it jabsolutely necessary that the wool j production of the nation be increasecVjas a war measure and unless there jsfa material increase it will be impossible in a few years to secure . wcjolen goods without joining the army "and wearing the uniform. 8laln by Sister-lnLaw. Fayetteville. Mrs". Map Nason was instantly killed and Malc&ni Hamilton wounded in the head, bytle acciden tal discharge of a shotgunii the hands of a young sister-in-law xf lJrs. Nason, at the Nason home in b4 Holt-Williamson mill rommunitvX this after- ai00n. The deplorable accident occur- . rea as a party or young i people were dispersing after taking bumber of kodak pictures in which;? members of the party represented! &ed Crpss nurses and other war characters, two of the young people hoKling guns in the picture. One of the guns was bor rowed from a neighbor in$l was sup posed to be unloaded ,unfil the Nasoo girl playfully pulled the frtgger. The dead woman, who was abtjut 50, leaves a husband and one growii pori. fc I Annual Inspection Plan -Nurseries. Raleigh. A too little appreciated task of the division of .entomology is the yearly inspection off; ail fruit-tree and other plant nurseries-in the state. This Is done in order tjj jprevent, so far as practicable, the Spreading of serious insect pests on fjiuii trees and other plants. " 1 J. E. Eckert, assistant in the divi sion of entomology, is Jiow starting .this work for the1 present season, and within, the next two or. fhree months all of the 52 nurseries gin the .state will be inspected. The records of the division show that this btk has been the means of keeping oyf the market many thousands of trees! which would nave oeen a arawbacK.; to tne pur chaser. The nurserymen of tie; state have shown creditaible appreciation of this expert help in locating juch pests as may be present, as they do not desire to send out trees which, may carry troubles to their customers. "Raw Deal" In Melons. Kinston. Fortune appears to have given some thousands of, colored East Carolinians who have go&e to the war a "raw deal." The watermelon., crop is a hummer! The melons are com ing in late but in griat numbers. Prices a week ago ranged as high as 75 cents and $1, today a Quarter was the maximum and a falf melon could be purchased for 10 or t5 cents. No such crop as this was had in severa years preceding the vf$r,; while the colored soldiers were pifrsuing peace ful pursuits as civilians.! 4.i Coming Good Roses Meet. Raleigh. The North Carolina Good Roads Association, whih will meet in Wilmington the last! 6f this month will have a number 5 of I subsidiary meetings looking to th6 improvement of roads and bridges throughout the state. The result, it is expected will be an organization looking to the es- talblishment of the military road be tween Charlotte and -Wilmington. It is hoped that the cjounties inter ested will have large delegations pres ent to take part. If the delegates . at tend, it is hoped that It iwill be possi ble to secure such progress as has never been known in the southeast portion of the state. Ill H I An Unusual Appointment. Special from Washington Senator Lee S. Overman has sent to the adju tant general's office the ! nomination of George Randolph Scott, !son of Geo. G. Scott of Charlotte, tot be appointed to West Point. He succeeds Cadet Henry-Milton Alexander! who will be graduated next spring.; i Young Scott volunteered last year atne age of 18 years In the coast artillery; service and was assigned to Fort Caswell. He was promoted to be sergeant? nearly six months ago. when he wa9! transferred m x a uvv. W -I nspect River Traffic, Ffftcllltlee. Fayetteville. (baptaln I; A. A. Poland i fid Captain W. R. Messenger, military n embers of the Natlonl Waterways Commission, inspected he river traf fic facilities here and conferred with a committee from the! greater North Carolina Association in jregard to the future utilization of the inland water way by this section. life two officers came to this?city troa Wilmington; where they held a conference with Wilmington business man, similar in objects to that held with our people hare. ' . : il : I EDITORS ENJOY FINE PROGRAM CONVENTION OF N. C. PRESS AS SOCIATION AT ASHEVILLE WAS UNUSUALLY LARGS. WHITEHEAD ELECTED PREST. 8herrill Again Secretary Georoa Creel and Senator Overman Make Addresses With a good attendance and" one of the best programs in the history of the organization, the North Carolina Press Association met in Asheville July 24 and 25 for a two days' con vention. The features of the program , were speeches by George Creel, chairman of the Committee of Public Informa tion, Washington, and Senator Over man. President Martin's annual address, an address on "War Savings Stamps" by Judge Gilbert T. Stephenson, of Winston-Salem, and the annual ora tion by W. T. Bost, of Raleigh, were enjoyable numbers of the first day. Dr. J.Y. Joyner, State superintend ent of schools, in an address, urged the editors to work for six . months' school, terms throughout the State. An important step was taken for the press of the State when the editors di rected- the formulating of a resolution asking the State legislature to place legal advertising on the same basis as commercial advertising. Previous to the instruction- for the resolution,' M. L. Shlpman, commissioner of hfbor and printing,, of Raleigh, and H. B. Varner. publisher of The Dispatch, Lexington, spoke on "Legal Advertis ing," maintaining that under present arrangements the publishers do not get just compensation for their space. "The Editor's Duty in War Times" was discussed by T. W. Chambllss, Times, Asheville; W. H. Harris, Ob server, Charlotte, and Archibald John ston, Charity and Children, Thomas Tllle. R. F. Beasley, Journal, Monroe, spoke on "Democracy in Action." The executive committee reported new members as follows: J. Leake Carroway, Charlotte; W. G. Campbell, Winston-Salem; W. J. Martin, Ra leigh; L. M. Allen, Gastonia; Bion H. Butler, Southern Pines Officers elected for the following year are as follows: President, Z. W. Whitehead, of the Southern Labor Journal, Wilmington. First vice president, R. T. Wade, of the Morehead City Coaster. Second vice president, Ike London, of the Rockingham Post-Dispatch. Third vice president, Miss Beatrice Cobb, of the Morganton News-Herald. Secretary, J. B. Sherrill, of the Con cord Tribune. : Historian, M. L. Shipman, Commis sioner of Labor and Printing. Orator, H. R. Dwire, Winston-Salem. Poet, Dr. William Daurie Hill, Ra leigh. Executive committee, H. B. Varner, W. C. Hammer, J. F. Hurley, " James H. Cain, and Santford Martin. Henry M. London and W. T. Bost were made members of the legislative committee. In electing Miss Beatrice Cobb third vice president the association will have a woman president in three years If precedent is followed .at subsequent meetings. Miss Cobb is a zealous worker in the association and her newspaper, the News-Herald, Morgan- ton, reflects her ability to handle the presidency of the association. The election of J. B. Sherrill as sec retary is the beginning of his thirtieth year in this position. ORGANIZATION U. S. EMPLOY MENT SERVICE PERFECTED The organization of the United States Empolyment Service in North Carolina is about perfected now for the mobilization after August 1 of unskilled labor in North Carolina for the benefit of employers, contractors and industries; engaged in war work and employing more than one hun dred men. STATE BOARD SUCCESSFULLY COMBATS SPREAD OF TYPHOID The nine counties in North Carolina which are co-operating with the state board of health through the bureau of county health work were particularly active during the past month in their efforts to combat the spread of typhoid fever, the great scourge of the sum sner months. These large and popu lous counties contain large negro pop ulations. These counties reported 46 cases of typhoid fever for the month or less than five per cent. MANY COLLEGE MEN ARE IN SERVICE OF AV4ATION North Carolina colleges have sent many of their men to the front. While comparative figures would be difficult to obtain, it is practically certain that if they could be had they would show North Carolina well up to the front in this respect. Estimated figures for the various collegia are aa followa: Th University in excess of one thousand; State College, 700; Trinity Qoilege, over S00; Davidson College, 400; Wake Forest. 400; Eton, 400. ALLIES HAVE TAKEN FERE-EN-TARDENOIS FRANCO-AMERICAN TROOPS CON TINUE PURSUIT OF HUNS; CAP TURE GREAT SUPPLY BASE. RETREAT 13 HOT YET A ROUT Expected That Enemy Will Succeed In Retreating in Orderly Line When Stand May Be Made. The Franco-American troops, con tinuing their pressure on the Ger mans in retreat from the Marne, have reached and crossed the Ourcq river and penetrated the town of Fere-En-Tardenois, one of the great German supply bases for the enemy troops in side the Solssons-Rheims salient Meantime on the center of the al lied right wing, southwest of Rheims, attacks by the French have forced the enemy to give further ground and enabled the French to capture sev eral towns of strategic value and to draw their front, appreciably nearer the high road which runs northeast ward from Dormans to. Rheims. On .the extreme wings of the grad ually decreasing pocket near Sois- cons and Rheims the enemy, heav ily reinforced, is holding tenaciously to his ground realizing that successes there would result In a general crum bling of his plans of defense against the locking up of his entire armies in side the big1 bag. The crossing of the Ourcq, even if only by advanced, elements of the al lied forces, presages a general cross ing later on. The-French official com munications thus far during the bat tle have been remarkably conserva tive in their estimates ot the gains that daily have been made and it is indicated in unofficial dispatches that allied troops are considerably in ad vance of the line as announced bffi- cially. Where the Germans are In retreat from the south the cavalry has been brought into the fighting and numer ous tanks and machine guns in pro fusion are everywhere harrying the enemy whose losses are heavy. Meantime, airplanes are flying over the retreating hordes dropping bombs while the big allied guns rrom tne sides of the salient are keeping up their intensive firing from all, angles Into the densely congested area. The retreat of the enemy has by no means become a rout, and so long as the picked troops around Soissons and Rheims are able to keep well open the mouth of the bag through which the Germans are falling back it is expected that the greater portion of the armies of the crown prince will be successful In reaching in order the line where it is intended for them to turn and make a stand. Just where this stand will be made is problematical. More than half the pocket has been recaptured by the American, French, British and Italian- troops opposing the enemy, and there have as yet been no signs of a let up in the retrograde movement. FIVE AMERICAN ARMY CORPS ARE ORGANIZED IN FRANCE Washington. No additional Ameri- :an forces have been thrown into the Ais-ne-Marne battle as yet, General March said, althougn he announced the formation of two additional array , . At.i corps, tne iourxn ana unu. xuo chief of staff explained, however, that the assignment of the 30 divisions which compose the five corps now or ganized to their respective higher units, did not mean that the corps uad been actually drawn together for operations. Members of the senate military Ucominittee learned from uenerai March that the July movement of the troops to France, probably would reach a total of 300,000, making a new rec ord. Incidentally th'e movement last week was put at 50,000 men, or about one-half of what has been the rule. ' With the shipment of men last week the"totaI number of troops embarking for France was 1,250,000. COMMITEE ADOPTS GRADUATED SCALE Washington The graduated excess profits tax of from f 3 to 80 per cent on net income beyond exemptions practl- clly as adopted. Treasury experts have advised the committee that by doubling the pres ent tax on liquors, tobeco, soft drinks, admissions to amusements, transporta tion, clubs and excise on such articles as automobiles and perfumes, the pres ent revenue from those sources of $961,000,000 can be doubled. TITANIC TASK TO FEED OUR CANTONMENTS Washington. Feeding soldiers in the cantonmentes and abroad is taking a large proportion of the country' farm products. August requirements I of the army, the department of agri- culture estimated will call for 25,157. 000 pounds of potatoes and 1,7331,000 pounds of onions. One-third of the output of canned tomatoes, 25 per cent of the total output of canned peas, corn and string beans and one-half that of dried peachea. i