1,804,187,631
People ijj ^rory
p C(.nt of People Live
K m ?"? Tha"
1UJ.ULW.
v \ r the face of
?. ' . i population of
I1"' ' ^ 7 ; cent of which
l.s|,|!s'' ,? i dan HXWHH) in
? . j' i<i-' N .
- _? statistics com
,"..v . largely on 1022
\v., r - ?"!'>' thirty of the
; . i have cities of or
seu, .'! *[!.?? : ? ? : * 1 which is the
\v.Jiir. iht1 classilica
lout''' 1 "
tli'n i'f
?** of the
in ; . > li\?Mn the eighteen
t1' . mr! I i? ?n residents or
l*!-e "each. 1 H MH H?.< HX) live in
T'?n.rl-V" : *"i- which there are
whole world. The
f.ix ;> said to number
: l-roin these fig
Jff< , cry forty-fifth hu
Ui rfsnio- ity housing millions,
: r : ? ?? ?:: r h finds his home
]0 a lartf ?> *?rt.
New VofK B.ggest City.
\Vw, V'-r*v - ?^cn as the largest
Mvii. tie av.th!. with a population of
i. >:i is second with
? ??via third with 3.S03,
kisW. iir
Kur-i't' continents In point
Icf !!- It, has six cities in the
jjjlli,.!! i\:? I .?union, Berlin, Paris,
DJ:i?.viv. \ .??; :.;i and Moscow ? and
UP "with n;,<v ltH),000 inhabl
o: !-?? i.'uropcan countries,
Er.^h:M.: !;?> laru't' cities, Germany
t, i:a!.ri';. 1 Vance I ."? and Russia 15.
It ;s surprising that Asia
tjs inert* lar^c cities than North
liuerica. > ^ "i the Asiatic cities
louse t^an a million apiece.
Riese arc Shancliai. Hankau, Calcutta,
jo:: '!"? ??<>?? and Osaka. British
Old Glory Flying on j
Nest of Loyal Robin 1
T'i'fka. Kan.? Mr. and Mrs. ?
] v'
1 >a\ it's. 415 Buchanan ?
street, haw a family of 100 per I
ce: : Aait'rit'an robins in a pear ?
rrtr tlieir hack yard. Either t
Uoiui or friend Hus- f
km!, in tlieir search for build- ?
iu i:;aterial for a nest, came f
ucr-<< a small American flag, i
ar.i wantiiJi: to bring up their ?
t:.;..!rv:i a^ law-abiding citizens, ?
w..\e tla- thin into their nest. ;
Km:-!. the tlag remained f
wa\ ?? in'the breeze, and *
?L> ;.::raftrii niuch attention. f
?
| India Is credited with 30 large cities;
China has 20, so far as available rec
ords show, and Japan numbers 19.
including three in her foreign posses
sions.
United States Leads.
North America follows Asia, with 79
large cities. Four of these ? New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia &nd Mexico
City? are placed in the million class.
Of the nations on that continent, the
United States leads with 68 large
cities, 12 of which record more than a
half-million inhabitants.
Twenty-four large cities are located
In South America, Brazil having 13.
Buenos Aires and llio de Janeiro are
the only million-resident centers.
Australia counts eight large cities,
none of which runs up into a million. |
Home of Annie Laurie
in Scotland for Sale
j Edinburgh. ? The estate of Cralgdar
; roch, Dumfriesshire, is for sale. This
historic ground, which embraces 2,700
acres, has been in the hands of one
family, the Fergussons, since 1398.
The mansion house at Craigdarroch
was the home of Annie Laurie, whose
name is forever presfrved in the ballad
that extols her. She married Alexan
der Fergusson of Craigdarroch, and on
her death in 1761, at the age of seven
ty-nine, she was buried In the ancient
graveyard of Craigdarroch.
At Craigdarroch has been carefully
, treasured for more than a century
?'the whistle," a contest for which in
spired Robert Burns' ballad of that
name. It was( brought from Denmark
by a Dane of gigantic stature and a
Bishro of Syracuse Consecrated
|r
mw
I'alncK.s cathedral, ,V*?. ^ oru", -wiien' ui. Dunie'i lo.seph
was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of
1 ">Vi i archbishops, sixteen hishops, and more than a hundred
?'iv present.
RITHMETIC was known
TO THE ANCIENT INCAS
fstr.ee of Wei-Developed
Ristem of Figuring Proven.
Im:?. i? fact that undent
I ,..n in ivru possessed an
|"n' ''n't r.Ur.in^ machine has been
JWisiu-.j ;i roccnt discovery of
i, .Vv;, ()f Lima. The in
piit i.t r .[ ()1 u knotted cord or
|l>u." mti urtlicd in a prehistoric
I n?*:ir ' .'jumurca.
r1|,(' ?' t well known that
1> use of "quipas" In
I11"11 w i ' ? innny other aboriginal
llts ii> ? m?w world, Lonvsa is
B'rst lii>:i.ri;u, who has been able
l't'n.n t describe fully the use
tli's ?!. vice was put. His
?(ssli"\\ i I : ;i t the iticas had a well
of arithmetic, based
W* ,1,v v.ti system, and that they
.v "uuipu" for purposes of
rapid calculation in subtraction, mul
tiplication tind division.
The "master quipu" discovered by
Loaysa consists of a cord about 16
yards long, containing 100 knots. These
knots are divided into 10 unequal sec
tions by as many silver beads, repre
senting the odd numbers from 1 to 19.
The sections are of different colors, in
cluding brown, yellow, blue and green.
The colors are important factors in
the calculating process. The silver
beads placed between the groups rep
resent the even numbers from 2 to^O.
By counting according to the rules dis
covered' by Loaysa, all arithmetical
operations can be- carried out in a
rapid and mechanical manner. Calcu
lations Involving tens, hundreds and
thousands are possible by this device.
Many simple form "of "quipus" have
been found in Peru, but- this is the
only highly developed one yet disco?
| Husband's Radio Set
| Dragged Into Court t
| A radio set has been named j
? as corespondent my Mrs. Em- i
t ma E. May pother, of New York I
f City, in a separation suit i
| against George Maypother, ?
J wholesale druggist. i
I The wife said her husband t
f insists on sRting up most of the
| night "listening In on concerts
f and what-not," then keeps her
if a\vake the rest of the night,
{ quarreling. ,
champion of Bacchus. At the com
mencement of his orgies he laid the
whistle on the table, and whoever was
last to blow it was to carry it off as a
trophy of victory. The Dane at last
met more than his match in one of the
Lauries of Maxwellton, who, after
three days' and nights' hard contest,
left the Scandinavian under the table.
Titled Woman Praises
Sahara Desert Sheiks
London. ? The Touregs of the Sa
hara, writes Lady Dorothy Mills to the
Daily Chronicle, are handsome men
and devoted to their women. "Aristo
crats of the sand," Lady Dorothy calls
them. "The men live by bloodshed and
pillage and are the handsomest crea
tures alive ? slim, amber-skinned and
muscular. They hide their aquiline
features behind a black or dark blue
veil that leaves nothing visible but
their bright eyes.
"Their women are very good look
ing, though among the richer classes
beauty Is measured by weight and
young girls are subjected, to a fatten
ing process something like that of the
Christmas turkey. Often by the time
they reach maturity they can only
move by the aid of two or more
slaves."
Eye Hazard
m
<?
Two Hundred Thousand Acci
dents to Eyes of Workmen Oc
cur Each Year in Industries.
New York. ? Two hundred thousand
! accidents to the eyes of workmen oc
| cul in industry each year, and ap
1 proximately 1G per cent of t lie total
hlild population of the country, or
( 15$U0, represent the industrial blind.
?iese are two of thr facts devel
op? in ;in investigation of the eye
haBirds of industrial occupations
wlflt-h w?s conducted last year by the
>- ?
I
national committee for the prevention
of blindness. The study covered every
state in the Union and every industrial
occupation In which there is an ac
cident hazard.
The report points out that much al
ready has been accomplished toward
alleviation of the eye accident prob
lem in industry, but all this is merely
a beginning.
Many Hazards Existing.
"There are still countless plants
whose operations present serious eye
hazards, in which no goggles or other
protective equipment are available, j
There are many plants where work- j
men still keep goggles In their pock
ets except when they are watched.
There are still plants in which tooth
picks, matches, handkerchiefs, pocket
knives, and even the tongues of work
men. are the instruments employed to
remove cinders and other particles
from the eyes of fellow workers."
Industrial accidents, the report says, 1
are responsible for an injury to a .
human eye every two and one-half
minutes, day and aight, 3G5 days a
year.
"The solution of this problem," the
report says, "depends upon three |
forces: Legislation, education and ac
tual accident prevention service to in
dustry.
Suggestions Are Made.
It makes the following general state
ments :
1. The elimination of eye hazards
in industry is not only a moral obliga
tion, but a good business proposition.
2. Goggles at best are a handicap;
the first effort, therefore, should be j
directed toward the elimination of the !
hazard itself by changing the proc- j
esses of manufacture, by redesigning '
machines and tools, or by guarding
machines and tools at the source of
iccidents, usually the point of opera
tion.
H. Few people have perfect vision
lo start with ; greater attention should,
therefore, be given lo the examina
tion of the eyes of employees, to the
correction of defective vision of in
dustrial workers and to a considera
tion of the condition of the eyes of
the individual worker with relation to
the visual requirements of the work
that he is to do.
ered. These master cords were pot
in ordinary use, but vvere probably re
served for the royal statisticians.
Soviet Is Winning
Fight Against Veils
Moscow. ? Comniunist party workers
say they now are at last having some
effect In tiieir campaign to modernize
the Moslem women of the Near East.
It took hundreds of communist "ml*
slonarie^' nearly two years in some lo
calities to persuade the women to re
move their high veils and participate in
politics.
Now, In Adjerbljan alone, however,
more than 22,000 women have organ
ized In Industrial activity,, wfille work
shops for feminine Mohammedans,
where they are taught that the role of
woman Is far different from that of the
usual Moslem conceptions, have been
established by hundreds In Turkestan,
Bokhara and elsewhere.
Since there were no table imple
ments In early Greece, gloves were
often used to haudle hot food.
to? PUCES
BILL) SHI
^ ' i
FINANCIAL MIND IMPRESSED
WITH CONTINUED INDUS
TRIAL ACTIVITY.
RAIL EARNINGS EXCELLENT
Bond Offerings Increase for Fourth
Weel-} and Market Holds
Steady.
New York. ? In a week during
which the weather and typt; season
exercised a restricting effect, the
chief financial markets displayed a
steady undertone. Cotton Drices ral
lied sharply, wheat held its own and
stocks ruled rather consisently high
er. For one thing, the financial mind
was impressed with a number of
evidences that industrial activity is
being continued at a remarkably high
rate. Pig iron production during Maj
for exam pie, "averaged 124,800 tons a
day In comparison with 118,300 tong
in April, which was, incidentally, the
previous high record for all time.
The steel trade appears confident,
furthermore, and the present rate ol
operations will be continued for some
time to come and that the present
level of steel prices will be support
ed by a revival of forward buying.
Another gullish factor during the
past week was the excellent charac
ter of the reports on carloadln load
ings and earnings. *The number ol
cars loaded witfi revenue freight in
the week ended May 6 was 1,014,000
This performance has been exceed
ed in only two weeks in history, and
both of these weeks came in the fall
when traffic was swollen by the sea
sonal grain movement. On the earn'
ings side, the American Railway as
sociation announced tnat net incom<
of the class railroads during April
was $83,200 000 which is equivalenl
to a yearly rate of six and one-hall
per ce^t on valuation. In financial
circles it was considered significant
that this figure wis attained at a
time when operating expenses have
been materially increased by liberal
expenditures for maintenance ol
equipment. During the first foui
months of the year the earnings ol
these roads reported only one-fourth
of one per cent on valuation less
than the fair return prescribed by the
Interstate commerce commission.
"While bond prices held relatively
steady in the trading during the past
week, the volume of new offerings
showed an increase ? for the fourth
successive week. Chief interest in
transactions in listed gonds centered
in railroad mortgages |which showed
marked improvement.
Practically half of the total of new
bonds offered last week were those
of states and municipalities.
? Efforts to Che^< Rum Runners. I
Washington.? Efforts of the coast
guard to check the operations of rum
runners, in augurated a month ago
by their orders, are well under way.
officers said here. While all person
nel of the service has been active
since the orders became operative,
headquarters officers declared Com
mandant Reed, at New York, was tho
first to employ the wide discretonarj
powers accorded in the instructions
and has originated his own anti-rum
fleet to operate within his district.
It was erpected here that <com* j
mandants of other coast guards dis- !
tricts would take steps to btoadeq?
their operations agains rum runners
as rapidly as the situation they face j
permit. The guard's first duty is
the saving of life and property ac ,
cording to thp vipw held by thes*
officials and if they are expected to
give whatever assistance they can tc
law enforcement.
Vesuvius Again is In Eruption. |
Naples. ? Vesuvius, which recently
has given signs of renewed activity ,
is again in eruption, with incandes
cent lava, stones, cinders and smok<
being thrown up in a column which
frequently reaches a height of sev ?
eral hundred feet. Many foreigners I
notably Americans, are here admir ,
ing the spectacle, which is most ef
fcctive at night when the smokt
clouds and streams of lava glow red
ly in the darkness. The eruption ij
causing violent local 1 earthquakes. |
Professor Maldera director of thf
Vesuvius obesrvatory, says the pre j
sent phenomenon may last a long 1
time and will probably be accom j
panied by a largo eruption of ashes
but that any, anxiety for the safetj
of the neighboring villages is nol .
Justified.
Negro in Gun Battle With Officers*
Maxton. ? Oakley Monroe, negro
wanted on a charge of shooting an
other negro near here about a wee*
ago, was shot through the right ankle
after he had barricaded himself in i
house, severf miles from here anr*
fought a desperate gun battle wit*
two deputy sheriffs who had gone on'
to arrest him. Only the fact th*?f
Monroe Is a poor shot saved thp of
ficers from being killed or wounded
it is declared.
>Ionroe surrendered after aid ha?f
neen sent for.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
! v Salisbury.? Robin McCanless, eight
year-old son of MY. and" Mrs. John
McC&nleSs, died at the McCanlesa
home on West Thomas street, a vie
tim of spinal meningitis with which
he was stricken several days ago.
Louisburg.? At the regular meeting
of the board of commissioners of
Franklin coupty, the sum of $3 000
was appropriated for the purpose of
applying the tugerculin test to ail
the pattle in the county.
Asheville. ? The body' of W. C. Mc
Curry, of Mekerson, was found by
a Southern railway train crew on
the right of way of the railroad near
Elmwood. McCurry was a Shriner,
en route to the Washington conven
tion, and is believed to have fallen
from the train. ?
Washington, N. C. ? Little Laura
G. Butler, the ten year old daughtei
of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Butler, of
Washington, ( has just been awarded
$10 and a silver medal by the high
way education boar^, of Washington
D. C., for her essay entitled "My
Share in Keeping the Highway Safe.'
Goldsboro.? When a young man
here giving his name as Sam Jones
was arrested with a case of liquor
he also had a jar of sulphuric acid,
for the purpose of throwing it in
the eyes of any person who might
try to arrest him, it was charged.
He was fined $700.
? Salisbury. ? Tom 6toner, aged 39.
a farmer living near St. Matthews
church, several miles east of Salis
bury, killed himself by blowing his
brains out with a shotgun. A case
of influenza several months ago had
left Mr. Stoner in bad health.
Goldsboro? It is expected that the
gulk of the steel work on the new
^ten-story Wayne National Bank
nuilding will be completed within
the next two weeks. Fair weather
has greatly aided the wbrkmen, and
the erection of th steel framework
has progressed rapidly.
Fayetteville. ? Fred C. Fields, line
man, employed by the city of Fay
etteville, met instant death here
when his foothold slipped while he
:was working on electric lines on
building will be completed within
'Into contact with a high power wire
. Goldsboro. ? Dewey Smith, young
white man, against whom a jury re
turned a verdict of manslaughter for* (
the killing of his father, John E.
Smith, with an axe on April 18, was
sentenced to three years on the coun- ;
ty roads by Judge L. Lloyd Horton. (
Warsaw. ? Duplin county has again
gone on record as among the most ^
progressive counties educationally |
speaking in the State. At a joint (
meeting of the board of educatipn,
and the county commissioners a
school budget of- $183,000, an in
crease of twenty five per cent over j
last year, was approved. The in- I
crease in appropriation provides for
ten additional school Jrucks. ?
Gastonia. ? Curtailment by Gaston
county yarn manufacturers is taking
from the yarn market about one mil
lion pounds each week, it was stated.
No mills have ceasod operation for
more than a week at a time and the ^
curtailment is so evenly distributed j
among the 98 active mills in the j
county that its effect is slight upon ;
the employment situation.
Greensboro. ? Among the 234 cases
scheduled for trial at a term of Fed- j
eral Court here starting are the Ran- i
dolph county election cases, charges j
against W. L. Coletrane and R. L.
White, Jr., Randolph county election
officials charged with refusal to allow
a republican to vote in the last gener
al election.
New Bern. ? Erection of a $25,000 j
administration building for the plant
of the Farm Life School at Vance
boro was made possible when the
Craven board of county commission
ers passed resolutions extending to
the board of education the use of the
county's credit to borrow that amount.
Spencer. ? The body of N. E. Wag
ers, age 27, a carpenter employed by
the Hardaway Construction Company
who was drowned by falling in the j
Yadkin river, was recovered. Con
stant search' had been kept up by
Hundreds of men since the accident.
Goldsboro. ? After deliberating for
more than 21 hours, the Jury in the
case of Dewey Smith, charged with
the murder of his father, John E.
Smith, on April 18, returned a verdict
of manslaughter.
Greensboro. ? The report of the
Guilford county board of public wel
fare on prison conditions in the coun
ty to be made to the board of com
missioners strongly condemns the
treatment of prisoners in the camps
and makes recommendations for
sweeping charges. Among them is
the abolition of the lash.
Alberharle. ? Dr. L. O. Miller, of the
State Orthopaedic Hospital, of Gas
tonia, held a clinic here in the inter
est of the crippled children of Stanley
rounty, and during the day examined
43 and reported that about 35 per
rent of those examined could be cur
ed if properly treated.
Greensboro. ? Thomas R. Foust has
just been re-elected superintendent oi
the Guilford county school system, by
unanimous vote of the county board
:>f education. There were no other?
asking for the place. Mr. Foust hap
been county superintendent since
1901.
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Laughter drowns sorrow. There
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all hours.
London's annual dish of meat is
about 400,000 tons.
SEVERE PAINS
ANDSO WEAK
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