North Carolina Newspapers

1 POLE COUIIilf 17173, 'Oli, '-UO-iu GAUOLIITA I E STOCK HEADS 'lO HOLD 1EETIIIG DATE AND PLACE WHERE NEXT. J tae United states, are overlooking op i X . ..timr ai m I t- I POrtunitiea to secure manl su?r ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE ANNu- x . I IS TO BE "CONSIDERED PAVE WAY FOR IMPROVEMEHT Executive Committee of State Agri cultural Society Appointed Sub committee to Work Out Plans. ,Raieich. The officers or livestock assocla- .11 t.oll ttlACitik .111 IfinS irOIH ail yaiya u. uig Ubaia wiu Lather at Raleigh during the ; last ,ek in March to decide on the time and place-for holding the annual meet ing of the State liiyestoclc Associa tions. ;V. - ..' . pwi. - .AAlTIOr rvf rvf flATQ Will ha flAlrl ln the office of Dan T. Gray . at 1 the state College of Agriculture, West Raleigh, at which time invitations I . from municipalities for this .year's meeting will be considered. r The executive committee . of the North Carolina Agricultural Society, in session' here several days ago, pav cd the way for the Improvements of 65 "..uurflain; rim Mur the State Fair grounds in accordance Uberty; Jack Courtney, Ashe- the with plans. After discussing the question of an early start, Gn. Julian S. Carr, president, was empowered to appoint a committee of five with pow er to act; This committee will have General Carr as chairman and will have direct charge of the Improve ment work of the grounds. To Furnish Candidate's Records Headquarters have been opened in Raleigh bjf th"e State Federation of Labor for; the purpose of furnishing members of organized labor in North Carolina with the political records, of candidates for Congress and state of ficers and their attitude toward or ganized labor. v Palmer Invited to Gastonla . .. . Washington, Attorney General Pal mer, gettipg more in trim every day to make a fight for the democratic nomination for the presidency, may open his campaign in the South with a ipeech I at Gastonia on March 24. The occasion is the annual banquet of the Gaston bar and, at the request of the lawyers, Senator Simmons and Representative Clyde Hoey asked Mr. Palmer to make the speech. Building for The Blind - J"7 The Boardof Directors of the State School for the Blind In regular ses- lion made a special visit to the" new lite for the school arid formulated plans looking to the construction of the three; buildings under contract. Plans were made to move the Kinder ffarten in the Fall and the whole tchool as soon as possible. Governor Pardons Three 1 ' Henry Smith, of. Beaufort county, convicted of houseburning in Novem ber. 1917.. and sentenced to five vears In the State's prison was pardoned by Governor Bickett, on condition that he remain a law abldlnc ritfrAn This was one of the three-parens granted by the Governor. Others hardened were John Martin, of Jack- on county, convicted In the spring of 1919 of abandonmAnf and BAntenneri to twelve 'months on the county roads, and R. B. Blackburn, of ..- Columbus county, convicted In Ausnst. 1919.- of manufacturing liquor and sentenced to twelve months on the county roads. Some New Cornnratin Charters were filed with the Secre tary of state for the followine corrxv tttions to do business in North Caro lina: ; Bagiey & Alderman, of Greensboro.' prlntpry, with $100,000 authorized cap ital and -$15,000 subscribed hv W ll Aldennan! H. J. Williams, and S. W. a Kiev, all Of P.rADnetrn Wilson Countv Fair Anlstlrt nf Wilson with $100,000 authorized capi tal ani i mrt vj 1 - ir M1'ler. G. W. Stantrai anil T. Q tl.l W,. all of Wilann ' ' - Simmons Defends War Taxes .... . Washington. (Special) Senator maamons; defended the War -Revenue Ration against an attack launched 8Pech Senator Gronna, of North JJkota, made. The North Carolina wnator charged that "low rateV of Ration on incomes and excess pro- Provided in the revenue tills woicn werp niit i -v. i"t.r hy the North Carolina Senator; T operated to create the. fortunes tne Preat number of "mushroom'V ""onaires now in the country Which rwlse could nnt v.ttA y ' In JPectioh of Dairy Herd ' v, 11 4 th, the State College ratH -""oioLiujs ui o pure Drea wle worp tQt.i , , Dr. w n 0 .u r.oercuiosw oy State J' K "ndinger. of the United tan a !'aiu,lni 01 Agriculture ana -oiuteiy free from the dl- easp. "r. Dendinger expressed' much T,, . TCi lus results. been t T nrst tlme vhe herd has lent y n"ed States goVern- Dan anim SCaurr!e1 on by th department on 0f A hubandry under the dlrec- college veterinarians. i w w,v't v iug w v n The Potential SugarMapie; . waanington MSpeqIal). The sugar "-wreaca or -sugar weainer- lead Department of .Agricul ture experts to make the statement that many thousands of American farmers throughout ;a region compris ing more than: a score of states, in wo eastern ana northeastern part of "" BecUre maple, sugar and sirup for home usa. m wn ..m.i. at very. HtUe cost. . w" " OOiVi : discovery was made by roverntnpn investigators of many groves of sugar .m norm Carolina, one r of which is probably larger than any now to be found ; in -New England, i The owners, being unaware of the value of .the-trees from the maple-sugar standpoint, had begun." cutting them for lumber,, at an average return of less man sloo a tree. Last season,' upon suggestion of government- ex Verts, these groves were tapped and yielded' simp that sold 'for $4.00 a gallon. Revelation of the potential value of the. groves Induced the own ers to plan more extensive operations for this spring. - - : -K' Base -Ball Players Leave; -J h IWweek no less than ,: V7 miftU,'iil mwruome k i 1 1 mm m w5 min r r w m. - we majors. These husky youths are Ernest Shore, East Bend; Charles L. WoodalL Jr. Raleigh; Bun Hearn, Chapel Rill; Lee Meadows, Oxford; - Prank' Davis, Wil son's Mill ;' Buck Burrus, Beaufort ; George Whltted, Durham ; Tim Mur- ville." These are the clavers "whom Tar Heels will watch as they form their career in the highest baseball company. " . -. :-y :. Back to Germany to Wed. . Washington (Special.) A romance of considerable Interest to North Car olinians became public here when Miss Mary Morris Ambler, well known society girl of Winston-Salem, ai plied for and obtained permission from I General March, Chief of Staff of the Army to return to occupied part of Germany in order that . she might marry an American officer, a West Point graduate of two years, who M now with the American army abroad. The Winston-Salem young woman has been back only a short while. . - Meetings at Junaluska. v The summer program for the South- Methodist assembly grounds at Lake Junaluska, near Wayne sville, has been announced, the first meet ing to take place June 25. when the older boys camp conference, convenes. Boys from all sections of the south will be in attedance and during the summer season it is estimated that at least 40,000 people will visit the as sembly grounds. 4 - Pardoned By Governor. Thomas Williams, who was sentenc ed to three years on the county chain gang for forgery, received his pardon from Governor BicketL He had selrv ed about 30 d, ays of his sentence when the county physician recommended that he -be pardoned as he could be of no -use to the county. "He has tuberculosis. - - To Attend Traffic Conference. . Washington. (Special) A commit tee of 15 from the Southern Traffic league will join m a body the Foreign Trade conference of the South At lantic states. - They will co-operate with the man ufacturers, producers shippers and commercial bodies throughout the four South Atlantic states of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Young Celebrates Anniversary. v Insurance Commissioner James R. Young, celebrating his 20 years as commissioner, entertained in the de partmental offices several -hundred visitors .representing all sections of the state The commissioner, who will not run in the 1920 primary, made no an nouncement of his retirement and it is not Improbable that he will serve out his official days. ' In hia. incumbency the office has be come a great revenue maker and this year raised $650,000. It Is the clear ing house for fire prevention and has made that one of its biggest features. It has prosecuted 2.006 violation and convicted 300 of burning property. Colleae Cadets Commended The review and inspection of the State College cadets recently by an officer of the Southeastern Depart-' nt w: hfarhlv Satisfactory. Com- IUvU : " o - mendatory report of the officer has been received by Dr." W. C. Rlddlck fr?m Malor General -Henry G. Snarpe. In a letter to President Riddick Ian Aral KhaTDfl SaVSt t u v v. .. . ""The authorities of the educational in thta . cramtrv. have a 1115llluliuua - irrave responsibility. In that they are 'L'-im. 'fftr thAr training - of our rcsyuuaiu' . young men to be good Americans. ; r.Alteae Men Real Worker. ThA office of the Alumni. Secretary of the North Carolina State CoTiege 1 . rAcettnlv completed an mvesii imnnent of State auou:. w. -,.f.; -nt CoUege students during the ; present lleea vear.Some interesung ?6ur have been brought to lights It was found that -175imen, or about ,17 per nt the total enrollment, had mtAiT. 114.500 since earnea ; . a in the fall. In the ma lority f cases, these men have been enabled to continue their studiea only through: the abiUty to" earn mwc,. iiiliiiiaiite wiiiMiii"Pww6iMOTiiiMwgmyfc -r. r,i .... i .f.TT. . "-i')n"N ni-ri 'll I ... r " " "''' " r"' n. M v i mnniDimiL.iiiir- c inumi i mm h imi r f s . v' TTTT: f ' . ax Carting Dtttnuuos NE of the greatest drawbacks of a forester's profession - is that he rarelyj lives ; long enough to see the results of his labors. This is particularly the case in ..India, where a forest officer hardly ever ; remains more than five years In one division. And 7 what is five years in the life of a tree 7 But with bamboos it Is different, for the shoots attain their full dimensions in the course of a few months and are ripe, for felling after three years, says Country Life. It is this that makes the bamboo one of the most interest ing species the Indian forest, officer has to deal with, for he can literally , watch its growth a'nd observe - with certainty the results of his care and attention.. In many places, where distance from the market : makes it valueless for export, the bamboo is still looked upon as a weed cumbering up the ground beneath more valuable forest trees. But elsewhere it is one of the most valuable forest products. In deed, few forests in India can show a net revenue of . nearly a pound an acre per annum, which is what is now being derived . from the. ' Hoshiarpur bamboo forests in the Punjab. These two forests Karnpur and Bindraban situated at the eastern end of the Siwaliks, overlooking the 1 Beas river as It passes from the hills into" the plains, cover altogether an area of 6,000 acres, of which nearly 4,000 acres comprise almost pure bamboo. - Bamboo Cutting. .: For many yearsrthese forests were worked on what is kaown as the "roy alty" system. :, That is to say, each year the right of felling was put "up to tender, the wculd-be purchasers offering to fell a minimum number of stems during th" season and paying for the same at a fixed rate per hun dred for each class of bamboo, the classification being, made according to size. The large bamboo traders of the Punjab are, however, all more or less closely connected with one an other. Many of them are Intimately related, and they made It their busi ness to Insure that there was little or no competition for the contract Year after year they offered the same rates, and the number of stems they agreed to -fell was never more than that for which they already had an assured market They were woefully lacking in enterprise; and took no steps to create a larger market for their-prod-ucef In : consequence nothing ap proaching the full possible turn-out was ever, obtained from these forests under the royalty system, and while the more accessible portions, were con tinually overf elled, the outlying tracts were hardly ever touched L Taken Over by Government. It 'was decided, thereforer that- as soon as the necessary labor and trans port arrangements could belmade, the department should "take -over the en tire exploitation of these forests. A beginning was made In departmental working' during the winter of 1917-18, and the success which has followed has far more than justified the change of policy, for .during, the last three O r I! 1 . b & I Im. iii 4 it t . . - .v.'.v.'a to the Kallhead. years the revenue obtained from these two forests has j Increased" fourfold, while the actual net amount now re ceived tor every hundred bamboos Is more than double- what was previ ously paid by way of royalty. In the Punjab the felling season for bamboos is a comparatively short one. Operations do not commence much before October arid have to be completed by the end of January, al though another month's work can be got In between May 15 and June 15. There are thus only five months in the year In which fellings can be made, the reason being that stems felled at any- other time of the year are very liable to be attacked; by the bamboo borer, a small insect which eats away the Inside of the stem and renders It useless for 'anything. . To fell more than . a million stems during five montns requires, however, a large amount ot. labor. Fortunately, there 1 a fairly large, local DODulation In the neighborhood of these forests who, being for the most part agriculturists; have little to do In their fields during the winter months. When the work is in full swing as many as 300 "br 400 men are employed on felling alone. -How the Bamboo Is Handled. " For felling a primitive form of bill hook Is x used, which Is exeremely use ful for getting among the crowded stems at the base of the clump, though in unskillful hands a great deal of damage may be done to other shoots In the-clump. The bamboos, having been felled, are next roughly dressed of their side shoots and tops, and are then tied Into bundles of five, ten or twenty, according to size. For the time being -these bundles are thrown out on the compartment lines, but at the close of the day's work are collect ed together and carried on the coolies heads to the forest depots. Here those which "are to be manufactured, that is, fired and straightened, are; put on one side, while the "others which . 'are jto be marketed green are loaded into carts and sent off to the sale depot at the railhead. . . Making up the green bamboos Into, maybe, tent-poles or lance staves la by far the most interesting part of the work in these bamboo forests. The first stage in making up is care fully to clean off air the knots. This is .usually done by ; a gng of small boys armed with sharp adzes. They soon become clever at this work and rarely spoil a bamboo by making a bad shot and damaging the skin. : The poles are then cut to length, according to the purpose for which they, are re quired, and handed over to the skilled workmen, known as kamaggars, for straightening. Each pole is now put through a hot wood fire. This not only makes it supple, but also gives it a rich brown color, and. by melting the dlrty waxjr-coverlng gives it a clean and hlghIy, pollshed appearance. After this all curves are removed by bending the stem with some force In an" opposite direction. The j Instru ments used for this are either an up right pole planted in the ground, with slanting holes bored through It to take the bamboos, or a small .implement held in the, hand, which is used only for small stems and delicate work, such as lance staves. - Loyal to Her Church. Shortly f after the birth of Liberty bonds, the principle of them was "be ing explained to a group of people around a first Liberty loan ; booth, After the explanation of the fact that they earned SW per cent Interest, were nontaxable, etc., the solicitor con tinued These bonds are Issued in all denominations. ' " A woman in the rear of the crowd, who had been hesitating for sometime, then stepped to the front, saying: T11 sign up for a hundred-dollar Baptist bondln .- ' - : . . Fleeting Glimpse. . "You will be able to see Mr. Bilton Is a few minutes. said-the private secretary. . " - " : . 'Thanks, replied the "persistent vis itor. "As Mr. Bilton is a man of such large affairs, I was afraid I would not be able to getan Interview so easily." MOh, Mr: Bilton wllKbe leaving fpi the golf - links. He told me to tell you to take a good look at him as he passec? ouC" Birmingham Age-Herald, MIOTIIEB GREAT AUTO SHOW Raleigh Chamber of" Com me roe and Automotive Association have near ly Completed plana for Exposition Raleigh The "joint committee of Ihe Raleigh Ctamber of Commerce and Raleigh Automobile Association having ln charge the direction of the Carolina1 Automotive Exposition to be held here from April 12 to 17th .wera again in session. f -! 7 Plans were adopted for the-etate- wfilA ftvnf viUK -htIti v..ia t aju. I Interest of motordom in North Caro lina and Mr. Harry Lee wUl leave for Norfolk to make comniete. arranra. menta for the nammonth tent which will cover the exhibits and - make other plans. " r'- , Washington, (Special) The census bureau announced the imputation of Charlotte, North Carolina, 46,318 per sons. . ' . ' :.. y. Compared with 1910, the new figures tshow increases of 12,304 persons,, ot 36 per cent. : ' Charlotte during the decade 1900- 1910; increased its population 88 per cent. Tne 1910 populaUon was 34,014 and the:i900, population was 18.0SL . Winston-Salem Mrs. Boner, widow of the late John Henry Boner, alwell known poet and literary manIdied at a hospital here, aged 76. - Raleigh, The movement for a hand some Moose . Temple in Raleigh' was launched r at the annual meeting of" the local Moose when officers .were elected f or Jhe ensuing year. Asheville, Another thrilling chap ter was added to the riot which oc curred in Saluda, Polk county, be tween white and negro men, in which seceral were shot, when prohibition agents from Asheville raided an illicit still near Saluda and captured Sam Bradley. - Rocky Mount, Sales of tobacco on the local market for the last season amounted to 21,442,014 pounds for the preceding season.. The average for the eason of 1918-19 was $36.24 while the ' average for the last season was 350.91. Shelby, On account of the preval ence of . the epidemic, of the Influenza, the First Baptist church of Shelby s telegraphing the state officials of the woman's missionary union of the Bap tist convention to postpone the an nual meeting scheduled to be held in Shelby March 23. Kinston, In : addition to the Export Leaf Tobacco Company, which has se cured a permit for a $30,000 extension at its plant in North KinstonT several other tobacco factories and possibly warehouses here will undergo en largement of quarters or. equipment Monroe, Governor Bickett' hat been invited to visit Monroe on March 27 and present the memorials awarded by the French . government to the next of kin of American sold iers who made the supreme sacrifice for freedom during the late war. Gastonia, No announcement of re cent months has aroused so much In terest as' that just made of the pur chase by Col. C. B. Armstrong' and A. G. Myers, of Gastonia, of the entire capital stock of the High Shoals com pany, one of the best known and most up-to-date cotton mills of the state. 5" ' ' x : - Wake Forest Sweaters were pre sented at the chapel hour to the mem bers of the 1919 football team -who had won the right to wear the big W.' nine men, who played on .the team for the first time last fall, wero given letters, and seven others, who had won their letters on "previous teams, were given stars: Salisbury,- Miss Mamie Lynch, a professional nurse who has been on duty- at" the emerg enqy hospital, has now become whole time city nurse. Her - services have ' been secured through the joint co-operation of the city, the Red - Cross . and the Metrc poltian Life Insurance company. - Hotel to Cost $1,000,000. Winaton-Salem, The H. L. Stevens Company, of Chicago, was awarded the contract to erect Wiston-Salem's million dollar hoteL-The building com- mlttee has also leased the property for a term of twenty years to David Omstead, of Cleveland, Ohio, a widely known -hotel man. According tothe lease the stockholders will receive sx per cent Interest on the ground and seven per cent on the building. The building committee, contractor 'and lessee will work out plans and details of the contract" No Case Against School Principal " Greensboro, The case against N. F. Farlow, principal of one- of the graded schools of the city, charged with admlhsterlng, too severe punish ment to one of his pupils was .ordered .dismised'by Squire E. F. Paschal, and the prosecution taxed- with the costs. -The case was 'brought against the teacher by J. J. Gillis who alleged that his 10-year-old son had been un mercifully beaten with a stick by Professor Farlow.- ' A heated argu ment was heard by the squire, both I sides being represented by counseL V QJRT.T BEGIN FIGHT ON T; B " FIOTj - - " ' Every Live Stock Owner Shoe&3 Boost Campaign Inaugurated to .'w Eradicate Tuberculoela. 1. : (Prepared Ty the United States Depaxt a ' ment of Agriculture.) - . . Live stock owners are earnestly quested not: to wait until the stzA and federal- government come- Lnt their localities to eradicate tubercs losls. It would not be possible indeedL at this stage to undertake to eradicate tuberculosis from the live, stock of the United States solely through organized official forces established by : the spective states and the 'federal ernmefit The area-over which tubet? culosls has . spread Is. too vast tbc herds too numerous, and funds Insufficient; for conducting the on so extensive a' plan even thoos. trained veterinarians 'were available In sufficient numbers to do the worfc. Every live-stock owner should be party to this campaign which hast beem inaugurated to eradicate - tuberculosis. In almost every locality of the Unite! States are veterinarians ..capable, of rendering v valuable services to livev stock owners in this great work, anA the cost jof eradicating is greatly re duced by combating the disease In Its? early stages. Yet even in badly af fected herds eradication can be under taken with success. There are records of many herds, In which three-fourtta Bull in Advanced Stage culosls. of Tube-- of the animals were affected with tu berculosis, which eventually were freed from it and afterwards main tained in a healthy condition. FISH BY-PRODUCTS FOR HOGS Bureau of Animal Industry Is Making. Teats of Material as Protein Feed for Swine. f" Co-operating with the bureau of fisb 'erles, the bureau of animal Industry T' the United States department of agri culture is making tests of fishery by products as hog feed. For-, several! years these bureaus have been study ing the use of fish meal as a proteta' feed for swine and tne proauct nas been found equal to high-grade tanfe age, of which the supply. Is inadequate. - During the last fiscal year a new prod uct known as shrimp bran was stnd led. The result of tests with It as compared with fish meal were favora ble, the remainder of the ration be ing shelled corn and middlings. PUREBRED HOGS PROFITABLE -' - ----- At Least Twice as Much Should Col Realized From Breeding' Steele -as Those for Market Purebred hogs of any of the well known breeds are more profitable than grades. As. at least twice as mucfx should be realized from, the sale cZ breeding stock as from market hogs. The purebreds also are generally, bet ter -feeders than the grades. . That I they "will make better gains for tb . feeff consumed. RIGHT AGE TO BREED GILTS- M "IP Some Breeders Wait Until Animal Isr, Fourteen, Months OloV-AIm fop Two Litters Yeariy. Some breeders prefer not to breetl a gilt until she Is about fourteca. . f months oldso that her first Utter fc producedlwhen she Is approximately eighteen months of age, and she t then bred to farrow every six montrrs. thereafter. THREE STOCK FUNDAMENTALS Feeding, Breedingand Care Are Cij. Factors in Production of Ant- -mals of Quality. .. The three fundamentals In live-stocfc production are feeding, breeding and care, with a. strong emphasis on feed-7 ing, because good." feeding builds tlie framework, produces good show anX-, mals and makes good records. , . DANGER IN STANDIFJG VATEV mmmmmmMmmmmmmmmmm "" ' Sheep and Cattle Should Be Kepi. Away From Stagnant Pool on " Account of Disease Germs. - - " ., - - - " , .. " - Standing: water ;should never be ml- lowed to remain where sheep and cat- ' ; tie can get. free access to it as Or always has some kind of disease bree&- .; Ing germs In - it fuid results In Cr toss of stock occasionally. " I ' 4 7"