. niiiA v ml ill f Limestone vti, -Trr: .
mo n i nil i n i u i- i li lit i.
MB ULUD DUI3 DUI
BRED STOCK
ON
USUAL METHOD IS DEPARTED
FROM OF BUYING PIGS IN
FOREIGN MARKETS. (
DEMAND IS EASILY SUPPLIED
Agricultural Service Agents Visit
Three Counties Only and Secures
Carload for Chowan. '
Raleigh.
To buy pigs for club members and
farmers of Chowan county, Mr. N. K.
Koa ell, county agent for the Agricul
tural Extension Service, in company
with Mr. W. W. Shay, Swine Exten
sion Specialist, departed from the
usual methods of buying purer bred
stock for North Carolina farmers, and,
instead of taking a train to the states
north and west in the corn belt, they
purchased a local ticket to Iredell, Ca
tawba and Haywood counties in North
Caro'ma. where they secured good
pure bred stock at reasonable prices,
nnlv the best pigs we're secured,
these being personally
massed upon by Agent
inspected and
Rowell before
bidding them in.
Ruling As To Labor.
Attorney General Manning, in re
sponse to an inquiry from Commis
sioner of Labor and Printing M. L.
Shipman, has just issued a ruling
which will permit an outside employ
er to come into the state and secure
labor to be employed outside North
Carolina.
Mr. Shipman requested the ruling
lor Wm. H. Lyles, Columbia,. S. C,
lawyer. "
The Attorney General says that Mr.
Lyles personally can come into, the
state and secure as much help as he
wants to cut his wood. As he inter
prets the law, it is aimed against em
ployment agents who would entice la
bor from one industry or farm in this
state to another in any other state.
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Sewer System Extension.
Greatly increased activity in the in
stallation and extension of sewer sys
tems by the cities and towns of the
state is indicated in plans forappro
val being submitted to the engineer
ing department of the state board, of
health. " '
During the four years of the great
war both materials and labor were
so scarce that practically all kinds of
public, improvements were held in
abeyance. There is a rush now to
catch up with the time that has been
lost.
Legacy to Red Cross,
His parents and two brothers massa
cred by the Turks in the Balkan Wars,
Andrew Gorsey, senior partner in An
drew's Fruit Company, has left all of
his property, consisting of $2,000 in
the bank, an automobile, Liberty
bond3 and war savings stamps, to the
American Red Cross. :
The Greek died at Rex Hospital.
Webb's Turn Next.
Washington. President Wilson
sent to the senate the nomination of
an additional judge for the. northern
district of Georgia, thereby Indicating
that he is turning his . attention to
judgship appointments and may soon
Teach the case of Representative; E.
Yates Webb and the western district
of North Carolina. -
School Again Wins Medal.
The textile school of the State Col
lege of Agriculture and Engineering at
Raleigh has received for the sixth
time, in succession, the gold medal,
which is the highest award for excel
lence of work in the United States.
This school had 113 students during
the last term.
Prepare to Consolidate.
Work is in full swing in the eastern
Carolina Internal Revenue office here
to preparation for consolidating the
Western office at Statesville with It
August 1. Collector J. W. Bailey being
now in Washington working out the
details for the consolidation. .
Banks Show Big Gain. .
A summary of the condition of the
state banks in North Carolina at the
close of business June 30, issued by
toe corporation commission, shows 471
nks, including 30 branch banks with
a net increase in deposits for the past
year of $36,498,908, and total re
sources of $196,488,831. compared with
$150,413,513, June 29, 1918. This gives
a net gain in resources of $46,065,307.
The total deposit increased during
year from $114,901,167 to $151,
400,078. -
Lecture at State College.
Sam Jordan, man of senilis, ' , an
Ernest apostle of better, farming
Methods, and at this time the highest
Meed farm demonstration agent In
jne United States, has been secured
Veliver a lecture at the fanners
ad fa.rra women's convention at the
ta College, August 27, 28 and .29.'
" hs announced as the subject of
vT 160 -ure "The Crimson- Trail of ' a
Idea," which deals with the valu
things that at first have always
rejected by the people. '" '
The North nwsn . ' -
limestone 1.
tain not less than 150,000,000 tons
put out about 50 tons a . day. This
giVea td' tarnerl of
The stons is milled to pass; a ten
mesh screen and analyzes from 80 peP
cent to 90 per cent calcium carbonate
and carries a small percentage of mag
nesiunvcarbonate. it is known as a
high calcium limestone " ' "
The capacity of the 'plant is now
being increased somewhat and we ex
pect to run day and night, beginning
about August 15th or 20th.
Eastern Carolina Hard Hit
Most of the counties in eastern and
central North Carolina have suffered
heavily in crops, roads and bridges by
the floods. Lowland corn is almost a
total loss in many places, cotton is
shedding its fruit and the prospects
are poor for a large yield. Tobacco
also Is seriously damaged. Possibly a
month' will be required to put all the
roads and "bridges back in proper
shape.
$6,500,000 For School Purposes.
North Carolina will spend for new
school buildings within the next year
approximately six and one;half mil
lion dollars, by far the largest attempt
in the educational history of the state.
The cities of the state will spend
about three million dollars of this sum,
the smaller towns about two million
and the rural districts about one mil
lion jmd a half, according to. an esti
mate recently completed by State Su
perintendent Brooks.
Conversion of Overman.
Raleigh women read with no sensa
tion of admiration Senator Overman's
belated conversion to the "cause" and
marveled how it all came.
The senator's views interested a
great many Raleigh people; the wo
men more than the men, because the
women were more uncertain about
him than were the men. The femin
inists never quite saw the chance of
getting him straight before another
campaign; they believed him by blood
and by marriage an irrevocable stand
patter. The effect of Overman's con
version will be electrical. It isn't be
cause the name is magical or because
he is the handsomest suffragist' out
side the feminine persuasion. It is
notice to the world that "woman suf
frage is coming" here as well as the
world over.
Report Draws Back Fire.
The report of Dr. B. E. Washburn,
Inspector of the state board of health,
recently made to Dr. W. S. Rankin,
secretary of the board, regarding sani
tary coditions at the Oceanic hotel,
Wrightsville Beach, is declared an
"unwarranted attack upon the charac
ter of the hotel" in a statement by
Manager J. J. Rogers.
Admitting faulty conditions at the
time of the inspection, but attributing
the same to the overtaxed capacity of
the hotel because of the ourning of
the Seashore several days before,
Manager Rogers says If "Dr. Wash
burn had been as able and as willing
to give us definite instructions as to
what he required as he was to offer
destructive criticism, his services
would have been of much more value
to us."
Colored Agricultural Meetings.-
Mr. C. R. Hudson, chief of the di
vision of farm demonstration work,
has completed arrangements for a se
ries of thirty agricultural meetings lor
negro farmers and their wives to be
held over North Carolina during the
week of August 25 to 0, inclusive. In
this series of meetings he will co-operate
'with Mr. T. B. Parker, director
of the farmers institute division, who
will pay the travel and subsistence ex
penses of those negro demonstration
agents who will have charge of the
different meetings. Each local negro
agent will arrange for the different
meetings to be held in his territory.
Corn Crop Under Water.
The dyke that guarded the corn
fields of the State Prison farm in Hal
ifax county from Roanoke river,
broke and three thousand acres of
corn went under water. This was,
perhaps, the biggest piece of flood
news that, "broke" and had been ex
pected since the first of the week.
News that the dyke had bursted was
conveyed to Superintendent Collie in
a telegram from the station agent at
Caledonia. This is a heavy loss com
bined with rebuilding of the dyke.
er.l. AnnlleatlonS. C
Secure !- "IT :- - , , .
Raleigh. September 1 Is losing
date for all applications for state aid
and provision of judges for fairs.
Those counties which desire state
aid this year should file their appli
cations with the extension service . at
once Applications received after
September 1 will not be considered.
According to S. G. Rubinow, chairman
Jr committee, only? county
now hare applications t on file. Of
S2iiri county fairs fouror
oMstrict fairs, three for.negro fairs and
39 for community fairi. , -
POLK COUNTY NEWS TRYON, NQETH CAROLINA
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Women seem to have become much
addicted to wearing rfeckpieces of
many kinds. A little journey through
shops and departments that carry
neckwear reveals such a world of it
and such a variety of it that there
must be a great demand for all kinds
of neckwear. Many of the pieces are
Intended to replace summer furs.
These include scarfs made of plushes,
ostrich boas, ostrich capes and capes
of marabout feathers or marabout fin
ished with ostrich fringe. This os
trich fringe, which appears like mara
bout in black, white and natural color,
is used in borders and bands in scarfs
of gold and silver tissue. ;
Some of the new plushes us6d for
scarfs do not attempt a close imita
tion of fur but suggest the most pop
lar summer furs, as ermine and broad
tail and moleskin. Besides these
there' are some handsome satin scarfs
and capes trimmed with narrow bands
of real fur, shown with hats to match
like the smart affair that is shown at
the right of the two figures above.
Rich silk tassels and silk embroidered
motifs put this in a class with the
handsomest furs.
Both 'ostrfch and marabout make
'ALL DAY'
One-piece dresses, to be worn in
j place of suits in and out of doors, re
ceived a great boost during the war.
When tailors became scarce and the
work of making street clothes went
into the hands of dressmakers in Parjs,
the one-piece "all-day" dress began jto
replace suits. With the approval of
Paris upon It, this style of street dress
made great headway in America and
appears to have established itself.
The all-day dress, as it is called, ap
pears, together with new suits, in the
early showings of fall styles, some
times having much the appearance of
a suit and sometimes wholly different
from one. These two types are shown
together in the picture above. ,
These dresses are made up In the
same quiet colors and pf the same ma
terials as suits, although colors cover
a- wider range than are, usually pre
sented in suits, and there is more lati
tude in the matter of decorations. ;
The dress at the left of the picture
simulates a suit so closely that it . Is
misleading. It will interest the girl
who must soon be outfitted for , col
lege, because it Is a youthful model
that will see her through the fall with
out a wrap and prove comfortable In
cold weather with the aid of a coat.
beautiful capes in the style of that
shown at jthe right of the picture.
Nearly all lof these are in the natural
taupe color of the feathers, but In os
trich capes and boas there is often a
mixture of i white and natural flues.
Ruffs made of malines in very full
plaits and ruffs made of loops of wide
satin ribbon fare among old acquaint
ances that find themselves returned to
favor, now that everything in neckwear
proves to be of interest. ; They are not
at all difficult to make, the plaits or
loops are simply, stitched on to a band
that lies about the neck, and they fas
ten with ties of narrow satin ribbon.
Small chokers and other small neck
pieces in fursjappear to have displaced
larger neckpieces and capes for sum
mer wear and narrow scarfs of satin,
finished at the ends with fringe, prove
themselves a chic novelty on women
who know how to wear them well.
A Bodice of Ribbon.
The- bodiceVmade entirely of ribbon
is a feature of midsummer dance
frockscombined with skirts of either
net, both ilk and cotton ; organdie,
voile, lace and georgette.
SSES
It has the appearance of a suit with
skirt and sh-c-rfe box coat belted in. But
the coat turns' out to be only a bodice,
with fronts lengthened below the nar
row belt anil disappearing at the sides
under a seam in the skirt. It has a
satin vest, prettily embroidered, and a
few very large bone buttons emphasize
its novel features. They are set along
the side seams in which the Jacket
fronts lose themselves and. on the odd
lapels into which the collar lengthens.
Wool veldur Js an ideal material for
a dress of this kind.
The girl who aspires to look tall and
slender should consider the long lines
and simple composition of the dress at
the right. The picture portrays it with
so much fidelity that there is nothing
that needs to be said about It An un
derskirt of silk, with border of cloth,
has the effect of a separate skirt, but
the nll-dav fdrpsa is. nbovA . nit tHirrm
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convenient id put on, and this skirt is
merely the ower part of a foundation
that supports .the dress. Any of the
familiar and reliable wool suitings will
serve to make these dresses. ,
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DEVELOPMENT OF WILMitlGTOIl
Shipping Board Steamers Allocated to
Their Port for the West Indies
Argentine and Brazil Desired.
Wilmington. Wilmington is see
ing without glasses visions that for
years haven't been more substantial
than mirages but which now appear
close enough to reach out and grasp.
They include shipping board steamers
allocated to this port for the West
Indies, Argentine and Brazil, already
decreed; import and export rates that
put the port on a partly with other
big ports; a coaling station at South-
port, and, altogether, developments
such as has been dreamed for gener
ations.
U. 8. Postoffice Raided.
Asheville. Reports have it that S.
Glenn Young, alleged capturer of the
Crawleys and Blain Stuart, Georgia
deserters and outlaws, is operating
again. In a recent raid in Mitchell
the outlaw capturer gathered up a
bunch of deserters and took them into
Camp Jackson for trial, taking them
all by surprise. Resentment follow
ed the visit of the notoriously famous
government' agent and the residents
of Mitchell county suspected the post
master as being the informer. A-raid
on the postoffice resulted in the win
dows being broken
by stones, but no
further damage was reported.
Asheville; Preparations are being1
made in army circles here for the clos
ing qf the Kenelworth government
hospital on September 1.
Fayetteville. T. H. Markel, of Wil
mington, was elected chief of the Fay
etteville police department to succeed
Major Robert J. Lamb, resigned.
Durham. Mrs. Rebeccah Cohen
died at the home of her son, Mr. B.
Cohen, at the age of 91 years. Death
came suddenly.
Wadesboro. It is not thought that
the upland corn and cotton have been
seriously damaged by the recent rain.
The cotton and corn in this county are
unusually fine.
Cherryville. There will be an edu
cational rally and re-union of the
alumni, students and friends of Lenoir
College, Hickory, at Cherryville, on
Wednesday, August 6.
Oak Ridge. Col. W. H. Osborn has
given his private library to the Oak
Ridge institute library, effective " at
once. The library contains many raise
volumes, and is probably worth $10,-
000.
Salisbury. A new chamber of com
merce covering the entire county was
organized here at a meeting of busi
ness men, all of whom seemed enthu
siastic about the new organization. .
Salisbury. The stockholders of the
Rowan Cotton Mills company have
elected officers and taken steps to
wards building the mill and the vil
lage that are to be situated two miles
south of the city.
Wadesboro. A bread contest for
women and girls of Anson county was
held by Mrs. Rosaland A. Redfern,
home demonstration agent. There
were 130 contestants and many were
unable to come on account of bad
weather.
Gastonia. At Dallas, the Masonic
picnic, in which Masons from Lincoln
and Gastonia counties met was large
ly attended. Stonewall J. Durham, of
this city, delivered a forceful and in
teresting address. The singing class
of Oxford orphanage asylum gave an
entertainment and the Lincolnton
lodge, No. 137 A. F. & A. M. exemp
lified the work of the third degree.
Durham. City aldermen in Durham
have appointed a special committee to
make a searching investigation into
the reasons why the local police force
is not paying closer attention to vio
lations of speed and traffic laws. The
aldermen simultaneously passed a law
for all muffler cutouts to be open dur
ing the operations of "automobiles,"
automobile trucks and Fords." The
aldermen, charge that automobile
drivers in the city are too often mak
ing speedways out of city streets.
New Mill At Salisbury.
Salisbury. A. C. Lineberger, who is
president of the Climax . Spinning
Company, Chronicle Mills, Imperial
Yarn Mills, Majestic Manufacturing
Company and National Yarn Mills, of
Belmont, N. C, is organizing a com
pany here which will have a capital
stock of $250,000. The new company
will manufacture yarns for automobile
tire fabrics, and is understood to have
options on several sites for the pro
posed mill buildings. 1
Mr. Lineberger is one of the most
successful mill men of the state.
Labor Paper Suspends.
Winston-Salem. The Labor Leader,
a weekly publication started here Just
after the organization of the Tobacco
Workers' Union, may be suspended.
The publisher-, Messrs. Misenheimer
and O'Daniel, the former being editor
and the latter business manager, hare
left the city, and it is understood that
they have decided not to have any fur
ther connection with the publication.
The paper was regarded extremely
radical and many of the editorials and
news articles have been severely crit
icized. :
SUNDAY
BLUE LAW
G CONTESTED
VIOLATORS FREELY CONFESSING.
GUILT, CLAIM THEY HAVE -
RIGHT OF OPINION.
WERE IGNORANT OF PEIITIOll
Those Opposing Law Claim it is Not
Constitutional in That it Involves
Private Rights.
Wilson. As an aftermath of the .
violation of Wilson county's "Sunday -Blue
Law," several were Jbef ore May-
or Hill and admitted their guilt,' be
cause that every voter has a right to
express his opinion as to the passage
of any proposed law, which privilege
was not accorded them in the enact
ment of the so-called "Puritanical
Sunday Blue Law" that makes W&
son county stick out as prominently
on the map as a wart on a cucumber.
Only a small minority1 of the voters -of
Wilson county nearly all from"
Taylor's, the smallest township in the '
county, who were endeavoring to have
cider joints in the negihborhood clos
ed on the Sabbath, knew that a peti-
won was oeuig circulated. 4
Those who ormose the law elaim v 4
that it is . unconstitutional, in that
their individual rights were not" re
spected in the matter; that they were
discriminated against, and that the
constitution of the United States will
'not countenance class legislation.
Goldsboro. September 29 the mem-
bers of company E, 119th infantry,
of the Old Hickory division, will erect
a beautiful monument on the court
house lawn in this city in memory of
their comrades who paid the supreme'
sacrifice.
Asheville. In an attempt to rescue
Vernon W. Patterson, of Louisville,'
Ky., who was having an epileptic fit,
and two girls in a boat on Lake Juani
ta, W. S. Henderson, of Chimney Rock,
was drowned.
Fayetteville. The principal North. -Carolina
celebration of the 162nd an-.
niversary of the birth of the Marquis
de LaFayette, hero of the American.
and French revolutions, will be held
in Fayetteville, according to plans be
ing worked out
Troy. The county summer school
for white .teachers of Montgomery,
county opened here with ! Mrs. J. B.
Johnson, member of the state board,
present to organize the work. During
the entire week, notwithstanding . the
rain and bad roads, the attendance
was good.
Washington, D. C. Congressman.?
Brinson has accepted an invitation to
address the Confederate reunion at
Kenans ville August 5 when the Con
federate soldiers of Duplin county will
have a celebration. ;
Washington. (Special) Senator
Simmons has taken up with Secretary
of War Baker, the question of having
the war department furnish a supply
of army rifles for, the various military
schools of North Carolina, for use In.
connection with the military instruc
tion given at these institutions. '
Greensboro. In 1907, when the long
remembered panic gripped the coun
try, banking houses issued what was
known as script in lieu of money. The
script was negotiable in stores and
clearing houses.
Recently a script for $1. was pre
sented at the Greensboro National
bank for collection. It was paid im
mediately. Asheville. The local police do not
intend to be taken unawares, in case
anything resembling a race riot should
break out here, for a machine gun has.
been ordered and has arrived. Chief '
W. D. Taylor says regular drills will
be important features of the work of
the local police during the next few
weeks.
Waterway Arguments.
Wilmington Col. J. R. D. Mathl
son, engineer in charge of this dis
trict, has heard argument for continu
ation of the inland waterway from
Beaufort to the Cape Fear, the cham
ber of commerce1 presenting support
Tor a route that would bring the canal
through the intervening sounds, to
Whisky creek,- and thence to the
Cape Fear. Capt. Edgar Williams, har
bor master, argued against this route
in favor of the route proposed from
New Bern via Trent and Northeast
Cape Fear Rivers.
Junior Order Staff Meet.
Gastonia. More than 50,000 mem
bers of the North Carolina Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics -
are expecting a record breaking-at
tendance at the annual council which
will meet for three .days In Gastonia,
beginning August 19. This will be es
pecially' Interesting to Charlotte, -m
there are over. 700 members in- the
city, including Mayor F. R, McNIncX .
most of the city and police ofadala
and a majority of the prominent,
bankers and lawyers.
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