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lj BRIDGES WASHED AWAY
inhabitants Cannot Remember
en Bere Southern Railroad
Was Held Up By water.
Raleigh.
I ,rc t.h at have annulled
n the railroads and broken
lboth as to floods and damage,
Lhtlv abated but Raleigh is
1 ' move in two directions.
Southerns westbound trains
Id It 'Wilscn Mills and Norfolk
Lra'S traffic routed over the
r line is tied up with it. Ancient
touts cannot recall -when the
Iem bad to wait on water. The
Mills washout is, however, not
d by river or creek. Culverts
eual to the rains filled and valleys
i 'owing have covered the tracks.
Vorfolk Southern, depending on
Southern, sent its cargoes by
t Line to seinm auu meio mo
less rests.
ike's road system is washed away
bridges by me uujst-u nc uue.
the blockaaers gei me visimuuu
..4,,vh Distilleries in the low-
I uu uib".
L are hurrying to the ocean and
piuve; breaks an records ior
Jng. -
ers Given Honors.
ishington. (Special) The com-ler-in-chief
of the American Ex
ionary forces, in the name of the
ident.' has' awarded the distin
ied service cross on the follow
lamed North Carolina soldiers for
.ordinary heroism: Corporals
oe C. Hooper, Andrews; Vance
kle. (Deceased) , Kannapolis ; Al
McKay, (Deceased), Kannapolis;
ain Edgar H. Bain, Goldsboro;
enant James M. Eliington, Ox
Sergeant William J. Parker,
lgton; . Privates Andrew H. Var
Thomasville; Charles Jordan,
eased) Cooleemee; Thomas A.
eland, Concord; Julius 'A. Lank
Swepsonville; Henry H. Hall,
used) Hope Mills.
it Need Neglected.
urgent need in many of the
er towns of North Carolina and
the great majority of the indi-.
premises homes and, places
asiness is for ladders in connec-
with preparedness for fighting
Indeed, available ladders are
edly the exception when fires
or there is other urgent need for
in emergency effort against
and accidents
ng Rapid Progress.
Santford Martin, private secre-
to Governor Bickett, returned to
ity after a two week's vacation.
s back -with the prediction that
e. Wautauga county, is destined
to become the second mountain
F North Carolina.
ef among the big things that at-
H the attention of Colonel .Har
ping his trip through Wautauga,
fhe made with Senator Lovell,
f enormous growth of the cheese
tJT in the west, particularly in
'the fiscal year the State will be
one regiment " infantry, two
cavalry, one btalion field ar
one company engineers, one
le?ring -train, one '"field hospital
lrV one ambulance company
companies of coast artillery.
.F,re Losses. -;cJfl
figures of the fire losses for
'Carolina during 1917 shows that
J cent were dwelling houses ac
to authentic figures worked
Actuarial Bureau of the Na
Board of Underwriters. These
dwelling, aggregated $612,
aearly one-fourth of the total
'ear- The figures work
Cv!ib"reau were based on
A4 fires reported.
ApTo.
J ment of Samuel B. Hollaway
eaftif depUty collector'
kl l the Eternal Revenue of
Federal building.
itw "J s-uie position on
"'the COT! (lit inn i.
Z H sone to
iH- ""'J- ne w"l work under
fie asr0nt
24 of thes
vanaenora,
There are sunnnsftd
fctuai .. 7 uem flePuies, though
flliam uD3r 13 a ew less.
is an?aS Phenson, late
U0ther cent appointee.
North n U.al session of the west-
N Ckc ?a conference, Wes-
f at Uk 7 ieaeraon, will con-
laUe thro., h L :vususi T,.and will
f- TWentniels- secretary of the
!ofI?or..niore leading
ar from tin, : Methodism will
,liai;an., , uu me pro-
Ration E,d time of Profit
-uinisea all who at-
N. C. National Guard.
National guard llotmpnV
Ralegh gives North Carolina one re:
iment of inf aniry, two troops of ,cav
airy, one company Cf engineers, one
engineering .train,; one field hospital
company,, one ambulance, four compa
nics cf coast artillery, an approxi
mate minimum strength of 2,800 with
maximum 4.900.
The announcement is made thru
the war department which starts the
guard with 106,000 and runs it up ta
490,000 before the limit is reached
The guard is cared for as never before
Hitherto the step-child of the govern
ment and the pity of the regulars it
begins with $12,000,000 on its mini
mum strength, and goes un enrr.
spondingjy until ; It really draws
sometnmg for its service. y
The allotment is predicated on con
gressional representation. The states
ire apportioned 200 men for each sen
ator and representative In Congress.
When the guard reaches maximum
strength there will be only 424,200
provided for,( but by that time the na
tion will have grown and in all proba
bility there will be new delegations
in Congress. Anyway, provision is
made for nearly a half million soldiers
and of course guardsmen are pleased.
This is especially true of North Car
olina's national guard who were fi
to smash the Hindenburg state of mind
wrought into barbed wire.
Date of Launching Changed.
Launching of a new steel ship at
the Liberty ship yard, one of the
features of the State Press Associa
tion at its annual convention, has
been changed from August 2, to
Thursday, July 31, owing to inabil
Ity of Secretary Daniels to attend at
any other time.
Announcement has been made bj
President Whitehead, through Secre
tary John B. Cherill, that all details
had been completed, but this Import
ant change is necessary owing to trA
desire of the Liberty ship yard to
have Mr.' Daniels present at the
launching. It is impossible for Hr.
Daniels to be In Washington on ant
other date than Thursday and Thurs
day night. r
Postmasters Appointed.
Washington (Special) . Executive
nominations for postmasters in North
Carolina have been sent to the sen
ate as follows:
Wm. H. Henry, Brevard; Hanly W.
Crawford Davidson; Samuel Y. Bry.
son, Hendersonville; T. C. Frisfoee,
Hot Springs ; Ross E. D." Edgerton,
Kenly; C. L. Llnville, Kernersville; B.
A. Summerlin, Hount Olive; Lacy F.
Clark, Raeford; B. H. Gatling, Ral
eigh; S. L. Ross, Robersonville; Jos.
B. Cullipher, Saluda; Wm. J. Roberts,
Shelby; Robert V. Brawl ey, States
ville; N. Henry Moore, Washington;
D. T. Clark, Weldon; M. F. Hales,
Wendell; J. Bridger, Windsor; C. F.
Mitchell, Winton; Sophie H. Adams,
Four Oaks; Lonnie E. Stevens, Ben
son; Wm. M. Goodson. Marion; T. J.
Orr, Matthews; Walter S. Thomas,
Rockingham ; A. H. Boyden, Salis
bury; St. Elmo Pearce, Youngsville ;
T. L. Smith, Stoneville.
Poll and Doughton Differ.
Washington Representative Dough
ton took issue with Representative
Pou over the effects of prohibition in
North Carolina. He was replying to a
speech by Mr. Pou a few days ago
to the effect that moonshining was on
the increase.
"I do not know where he got his
information," said Mr. Doughton, He
added that "every fair-minded man
knows that prohibition has been a
benefit and a blesiing to North Caro
lina." Later Mr. Pou said his objection to
the pending bill is as to the method
of enforcement. "When you say that
a housewife cannot make a quart of
blackberry wine, or that a farmer
cannot make cider, as you do In tftis
bill, you are going too far," declared
Mr. Pea. "The people of America be
lieve they are at least free, and they
do not want their liberty interf erred
with. ' Cider never did anybody any
harm. I think we had better came to
our senses.
Pardon Obedient Husband.
"James has always been an obedi
ent husband," wrote the wife of James
Carter to Governor Bickett in appeal
for a pardon for her husband now
serving an eighteen months sentence
on the roads of Forsyth county for as
sault with a deadly weapon. Such a
virtue, the governor insisted, shall not
go unrewarded and James, sixty year
old colored man, and a perfect lamb
about the h(se, returns to the happi
ness of his home, ! leavlnz Gor
Bickett to philosophize about the ways
of men.
No Potato Wart Disease.
Mr. L. E. Yocum, the farm assistant
In plant' disease surrey ;rk 1
United States Bureau of W?J
try, has finished his rounds of the
State, and after a thorough search no
potato wart-has been dicovered;
A number of specimens
sent in to 'Dr.' Wolf: T
showing the nematode, or eel . worm,
injury to Irish .potatoes, underj helm
pression that it was wart.
is of the opinion that thie dread dis
ease appear, to be limited to coole,
growing seasons.
POLK COUNTY NEWS, TRYON; NORTH CAROLINA
LAST "AND LOVELIEST SUMMER HATS
The last and loveliest of summer
millinery makes its appearance for
wear in July and August, to be suc
ceeded by less fanciful and less airy
headwear for late summer and early
fall. There is not the prodigal use of
trimmings on hats for late summer
that appears In hats for spring and
early summer. Things must look sim
ple and cool for hot days, and besides
the pendulum of fashion swings con
stantly first toward trimmings and
then away from them, in order to be
forever changing the styles, inasmuch
as changing styles are the breath of
life to merchandising.
The story of late summer millinery
is considerably longer this year than
for many summers past. In casting
about for something new, designers
used to turn their backs upon summer
fabrics and trimmings and forestall au
tumn by using its materials In August,
We were likely to see velvet hats in the
dog days and woolly felts long before
they fit In with any background that
summertime provides. In spite of the
outrage to their sense of fitness many
women would follow this fashion and
It proved bad business. Of course it
had, to end, and this summer there ls a
world of hats made specially for late
summer, of summer materials but dif
fering from their predecessors.
Only three of all th$: lovely galaxy
of late summer modeisj appear in the
group above and each' lis entirely dif
ferent from the others. At the top of
the group a close-fitting' turban hav
ing a very narrow brim,; covered with
a light paon velvet, is-swathed with a
long scarf of figured ? chiffon in the
oriental manner. The chiffon winds
about, the shape and trails off at the
back in a long scarf, end which Is
brought about the throat and shoul
ders. This is a very siinple affair, but
it will never pass unnoticed or be
quickly forgotten for it has character
that is unusual. K
Just below at the Jftght the well
loved big black hat of midsummer. Im
presses us once again with its refine
ment and its beauty, jilt has a braid
crown and a brim- of fblack mallnes,
with flowing lines emphasized by loops
of braid. A collar of black velvet rib
bon is tied about the; 'crown with a
wide bow at the front, paving a jet bar
at the center. At the left a pale piik
summer felt has its upper brim cov
ered with satin and a sash of satin
ribbon about the crown, A bow and
ends at the back, andja flower made
of the ribbon, at the f font, give a good
account , of themselves v by furnishing
a youthful trimming for. the headwear
of a young girl. lv
BEACH CLOTHES GROW CAPTIVATING
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Such numbers of new and beautiful
things for beach wear have made their
appearance along with hot weather,
that bathers make a panorama on the
sands more Interesting than ever.
There are many vagaries in suits and
wraps that bloom like gorgeous and
unfamiliar flowers on the edge of the
sea, and some of them are evidently
intended to be looked at and not to
be wet. Among these are mantles of
silk in gay colors and Japanese de
signs, and beach costumes of silk that
one can hardly think were ever intend
ed to withstand the boisterous waves
or salt water; but they are charming
to look at.
These attractive beach clothes, how
ever, have no monopoly of good looks.
The regular bathing and , swim
ming togs worn this season are alto
gether the most attractive that have
been presented within the memory of
the oldest fashion writer. Very suc
cessful ones are made of the new silk
fiber fabrics in knitted weaves, and
in tha nanal woolens, as well as in taf-
f eta and other silks. The silk fiber
fabrics have a sneen tnat water iaiis
to. dim and that adds a great deal to
the effectiveness of the brilliant color
'combinations in which they are made.
The suit shown . in the picture ls a
good example of the silk fiber models
and is. practical for ordinary sea bath
ing, although it Is ' not a swimming
suit. Regular swimming suits have
very short skirts and jio unnecessary
fullness. They dispense with sashes;
In fact are brief as totiskirts and light
as to weight. This suithas bloomers
and dress of light purple, with border
of gold at the neck anci arm's eye and
around the bottom of .the skirt. The
skirt is split up at the left side, re
vealing purple bloomers and has short
strips of gold-colored fabric set In the
split. The sash is in gold color also.
The very ample cape is of rubberized
cloth, with slits for thej arms where a
short flounce simulates a sleeve. Gen
erally these suits have hose and shees
or slippers to match. The slippers
are fastened with ribbons that wind
about the ankles In I Te fashion of
sandals. Like the shoes, they are of
cloth, a sort of sateen usually, and
made to match the "suit. L
Pongee a Fayprltf.
Pongee is one of the season's favoi
ite fabrics for , children, as well as
grownups. It Is used for both dresser
and wraps.
CZECHOSLOVAK Ofi WAY HOME
Convalescent Soldiers, Participants in
Fights Against the Bolohevikl,
Pass Through Monroe.
Monroe. One thousand convales
cents of the Czecho-Slovak army
which participated in the campaign
against the bolsheviki In Siberia,
passed through Monroe on their way
to their distant homes in Bohemia.
Most of the men were severely wound
ed in the campaign against the bolshe
viki while many of them had suffer
ed terribleexperiences in the Russian
prison camps in Siberia.
The Czecho-Slovaks were on the
middle lap of the Journey to their
homes in middle Europe.
Newton. The fifth convention of
the English district of the Lutheran
Missouri synod is in session at Con-oyer.
Oxford. At a meeting of the town
school board the prospects for the
completion of the proposed buildings
for the Oxford schools increased con
siderably. 1
Charlotte. The Mecklenburg coun
ty school authorities are experiencing
considerable difficulty in securing
qualified teachers for county schools
for the next term.
Salisbury. A number o Salisbury
merchants have contributed $12.50
each enough to buy a uniform for
one man in order to have a machine
gun squad organization in the city.
Charlotte. While in Raleigh, Chair
man A. M. McDonald, of the county
commissioners, negotiated for three
army trucks, for assignment to Meck
lanhurg county for use in road con-str'""Mon.
Spencer. A shortage ol water as
furnished by the Salisbury munici
pal water supply, caused the South
ern railway to start its own pump
station on the Yadkin river near
Spencer.
Spencer. The Rowan county roa
building force is now , engaged in
building a new steel bridge over
Grant's creek near Spencer. While
this is being done the main thorough
fare to Franklin is closed to travel.
Kinston. William Dew, an old ne
gro barber known and respected by
many white people who . had been his
patrons for years, was found dead at
a tobacco barn in the outskirts of
Ayden. He had been shot, apparent
ly, while sleeping beside the barn.
Bloodhounds have failed to locate the
unidentified slayer.
Charlotte. L. A: Doxey, manager
of the di ess goods and notions de
partments! in Ivey's department store,
was badly injured as the result of a
fall out of a window on the fourth
floor of the building to u roof two
stories below. Both legs were broken,
his hip injured, his right foot broken,
and his body badly bruised and
scratched.
Durham. In its .fight to pass the
buck of leadership in typhoid fever
to some other ocunty, the Durham
health department has found what
are believed to be the reasons for a
high fever rate. Impure well and
spring water in the rural districts
and lack of sewerage in the suburbs
are blamed.
Hickory. Eighteen hours of almost
continuous rain, caused apprehension
for the crops, along the numerous
smaller rivers1 and other streams, but
telephone messages to various parts
of the county brought the information
that only minor damage had been
caused.
High Point. Officials and directors
of the Southern Funiture Exposition
building,, incorporated, were elected
at the organization meeting of the
stockholders at the Commercial Club
and definite steps were Immediately
taken to start work on the building
as early as possible. Flans will be
prepared as soon as possible.
Meetings at Wrightsville.
Wrightsville Beach. Elaborate
plans are being developed for the an
nual meetings of three important
state bodies which are to be held here
jointly August 13, 14, 15, the organiza
tions being the Good Roads Associa
tion, Association of County Commls
ioners and the Automobile Associa
tion. State and national highways
will be the chief topics.
It ii planned to derote a large meas
ure of attention to the question, of
hard-surface roads. '
Another Mill for Gastonla.
Gastonla. Announcement of , the
tbirty'-flfth cotton manufacturing plant
for the city of G&stonia was made by
R. Grady Rankin and his associates, A.
G. Myers, of the Citizens National
Bank, Gastonla, and John M. -Scott, of
the Charlotte National Bank, Char
lotte. The plant is to be a 6,000-spin-dle
mill; for the manufacture of comb
ed yarns. ' A . charter has already
been applied for and as soon as re
ceived by the promoters, Ian organi
sation will be perfected.
JERSEY CATTLE TO
BE DISTRIBUTED
EIGHTEEN HEAD THOOUGHBRED
STOCK ARRIVES ON ORDER
X BOYS' CATTLE CLUB.
WANT SHORTER SUNDAY HOURS
Representatives of AH Drug Stores
in Charlotte Endorse a Proposed.
City Ordinance.
Charlotte. The drug men of the
city want Sunday hours. Representa
tives of every drug store in the city
had a conference with the commis
sioners after which it was agreed that
the drug men will unanimously favor
the proposed ordinance establishing
snorter Sunday hours. A test vote
was adopted to the effect that Sun
day hours should be established, all
stores to close at 10:30 a. m. and re
mained closed until 4 p. m., when
they shall re-operi for three hours,
closing for the day at 7 p. m.
The 18 head of egistered Jersey
cattle, purchased in Ohio some time
ago by Mecklenburg County Farm
(Demonstrator Charles E. Miller ar
rived: and will be distributed to the
10 boys and eight dairymen of the
county ordering them. The boys pur
chasing the cattle have been organ
ized into a club.
Danbury.: Owing to the recent
rains, the crops are looking consid
erably better. Before the wet weather,
tobacco, especially was looking very
bad but it is now expected there will
be a full crop.
Dobson. The summer school open
ed at the court house at Dobson with
over 100 teachers in attendance. It
is one of the most interested body of
teachers and gathered in the state.
Greensbro. lAt a meeting of the)
(executive council of the Greensboro
scout council, Boy Scouts of Amer
ica, R. E. Denny, a well xnown Greens
boro man, was elected as scout executive.
Goldsboro. City Manager I. M.
Cash ell stated that a city health offi
cer would soon be employed for
Goldsboro. Manager Cashell is in
communication with several men who
nave taken special training along that
line.
Monroe. The home of E. E. Hug
gins in Goose Creek township was
badly damaged and Mr. and Mrs. Hug
gins, who fwere sitting on the porch at
the tinted were stunned, when the
building was struck by lightning.
Washington. The North Carolina
line up on the prohlbitl on enforce
ment bill was: For it, Representa
tives Kltchin, Brinson, Stedman, Rob
inson, Webb and Weaver, and against
it, Representatices Small and Pou.
County Cliro Rally.
Oxford. In spite of tthe bad weath
er an interested crowd assembled in
the graded school building In Oxford
for recent rally of Granville county
clubs. The program was carried out
smoothly.
Burllngton.-r-The Hico Milling Com.
pany has completed extensive Im
provements on the interior of thelt
building and added, three men to th
operating force of the fclant. J. G.
Rogers, general manager, states that
the firm will soon begin the erection
of a warehouse 40x69 to be used as
a storage room
Hickory. Another Hickory person, ,
this time a small boy, is the victim of
a supposed mad dog. Frank Leach,
five-year-old, ls nursing a lacerated
face and the head of a fox terrier waa
expressed to Raleigh for examination.
Million Dollar Mill.
Albemarle. It has been learned up
on good authority that Albemarle is to
have a new million dollar cotton mill.
It is to be built by the Eflrd Mnufac
turing Company.
The machinery for this new million
dollar mill has already been ordered
and plans and specifications are now
being made for the . building, .whic":
will be three stories.
This is Albemarle's fourteenth' mill,
being End No. 5, while the Wlscaa
sett Company now has eight, and ; Lil
lian Mills Company one. - '
Wlnston-Salem.-Attorner Lindsay
Patterson received a letter from tho
manager of his Avery farm, statins
that 15 head of young dairy cattle
were killed by lightning one day last,
week. ' ' ' '
Rutherfordton. Rutherfordton is,
to soon have a new cotton mill with
an authorized capitalization of $500,
000. The mill is a reality. The ma
chinery has already been bought.. : It
Till be known as the Rutherford Cot
ton Mill Company and will be a yam
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