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KHr08 MOUNTAIN EIRALD. KINGS MOUNTAIN. N. 0 GOOD ROADS IRK IN NORTH CAROLINA REPORTS TO THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION SHOW COM MENDABLE PROGRESS. TdrFHEEL CAPITOL tyEWS General News of North Carolina Col lected and Condensed From the State Capital That Will Profe of Interest to All Our Readers. Raleigh. The North Carolina Highway Corn illusion was In session In Raleigh and received the secretary-commissioner and from State Highway Engineer W. S. Falll that showed the great strides that are being made in tho development of highway construction In this state. Doctor Pratt showed that there was expended for road wor In this state in 1914 $5,109,000 aid that the present year will round out 16,250,000, more than a $1,000,000 In crease in road work. The road funds the past year were derived princi pally, 12,430,000 from bond Issuer 13,600,000 oonvlot labor and $800,003 free labor; private subscriptions $100, 000 and special taxes, $1,600,000. The report by State Engineer Fai lle showed 10 counties have urgent applications pending for engineering assistance and that there have been during the two months that the work by the State Highway Commission baa been under way co-operat'vo work In Davidson, Caldwell, Chatham, Henderson, Swain, Madison, Wilkes, Yadkin, New Hanover, Randolp'i, Edgecombe Franklin, Person, Hay wood, Wake, Columbus, Hyde, Rock Ingham and other counties in location of roads, bridge construction, road material and other road construction problems. . The commission directed that t'.e work of employing ong'neers to give assistance to the counties as request ed be continued on th most exten sive and complete basis possible. The commission has engaged Miss Vadse Johnson of Raleigh as stenographer for the Highway Comi'lsslon head quarters here. The blinks and gen eral forms that are. needed for com mlsa.'oners and other Iocil represen tatives to flle their T-ueA'i for as sistance from the commission ire be ing gotten out. Property Subject to Ad Valorem Tax. Washington Director Rogers of the United States census has Issued a bul letin showing that the assessed valua tion of all property subject to ad va lorem taxation in North Carolina amounted in 1912 to: $747,500,632 against $346,878,923 in 1902. The ad valorem tax levy amounted to $9,989, 062 In 1912 against $3,975,355 In 1902. For Mecklenburg county the figures were: Valuation, 1912. $28,748,351; 1902, $14,989,818. Tax levy; 1912, $1,534,085; 1902, $263,748. The levy of ad valorem tax per cap ita tor the state was: 1912, $4.33; 1902, $2.04; for Mecklenburg, 1912, $7.64;. 1902, $4.56. Buncombe county has a per capita assessment of $8.21 against $4.13 in 1902. Durham, $11.65 against $7.61; Gull ford, $6.22 against $3.80; Forsyth, $7.69 against $4.50; New Hanover, $11.75 against $8.12; Rowan, $5.85 against $2.57; Cabarrus, $2.32 against $1.51; Union, $3.06 against 1.77; Ire dell, $4.54 against $2.42; Wake, $6.87 against $3.57. " Ask People About Changes. Within the next few days " Chief Justice Walter Clark and Secretary W. S. Wilson of the commission appoint ed by Governor Carlg for the revision of the court procedure in this state will have ready for publication and dissem ination an appeal to the citizens to send to some member of the commis sion any suggestions they may desire to make as to needed reforms in- the courts and court procedure : In this state..- .. '. .. . It Is understood that two things that are aimed at are the elimina tion of the present rotation system for the Judges and an Increase of 12 superior court Judges bringing the number up to 32. Urge Effort For Open Market. ', Meeting at Raleigh the State Coun cil of Farmers' Union selected Durham as the place for holding the next state convention, and passed resolutions urging the appointment of an interna tional commission to adjust the matter of cotton tare, requesting the president and the North Carolina delegation to co-operate In an effort to keep the markets of Germany and Austria open ' to the Southern cotton and called the attention of the local unions to the consideration of co-operative marketing- Hudson Conducts Summer 8ohool, The summer school lo the state nonstration agents will be. held at A. fc M. .Colege August 17-26, re agents coming to Raleigh tor purpose from . every section of ire .state. , C. R. . Hudson, of the State pepartmnnt of Agriculture, will ; be in charge.., He is now, preparing a special' program tor the conftrence. He says that the reports submitted by the demnnrtretors - at thr. time will show- splendid work among the farmers in the furtherance of better r , f... -',' - V . : Puhlio Health, Arouses Stat. That the people of North Carolina are at last Intensely awake on tbs subject of better health through the prevention of disease, especially ty phoid fever, Is indisputably evidenced by the record of the Sum Laboratory of Hygiene up to the flrst of June. To this date this year the liboratory has sent out over the state approx mately 137,000 doses of anti-typhoid vaccine, as compared with about 30, 000 up to the flrst of June last year. While thst vaccine Is never sold from this source It Is sent out only through medical channels, since it should be administered only by a phy sician. It seems, however, not to be as generally known as should be that every citizen of the state can secure the vaccine without cost whether or not there is a public dispensary in their vicinity. All that has to be done Is to ask your doctor and he will get' the vaccine from the state laboratory upon request. There is absolutely no red tape to be folowed in order to become Immune from typhoid. The laboratory la now working right up to the limit, as every tube has a place to go as soon as It is made. In fact it Is hard ot keep up with the demand, so much Interest has been aroused all over North Carolina in public health work. A large new refrigerator that will hold a ton of Ice at a time has Just been added to the equipment of the plant here. During the first week of the cam paign that Is being waged under the direction of the state board ot health in five counties for typhoid vaccina tion there have been 11.756 persons vaccinated and the work Is being pressed steadily and will go on In these same counties for another week. The counties are Wake. 5.293; Buncombe, 655; Cumberland, 970; Henderson, 738; Northampton, 4000. New Officers Commissioned. Adjutant General Laurence Young has Issued seveneen commissions to newly elected officers In ths North Carolina National Guard. The high est commission Issued was to Samuel Westray Battle retired with rank of brigadier general. The other commissioners, all for men In active service are Russell C. Woody, of Ashevllle, second Ilueten ant. Company F 1st regiment; James A. Leonard, captain company A 3rd regiment, Lexington; Guthrie A. Rob blnS, first lieutenant, company A 3rd regiment Lexington; H. L. Hatch, Raleigh flrst lieutenant coast artillery; Lee O. Layton, Raleigh, second lieu tenant coast artillery; H. W. Whit ley, Raetord, second lieutenant; D. C. Knlbbs, Raeford, captain; E. I. troop B caavlry; William 8. Roes, Rowan, flrst lieutenant, fourth com pany coast artillery; Thomas Benja min Ross,' Rowan, second lieutenant, fourth company coast artillery; Wal ter S. Blackmore, Rowan county, cap tain fourth company coast artillery; Dallas ollicoffer. High Point, captain company M, 1st regiment; Phillip W. Hardie, Greensboro, First lieuten ant and artillery engineer coast artil lery company; Frank L. Page, second lieutenant and ordnance officer, coast artillery company; Arbold H. Vender hoof, Buncombe county, lieutenant commander and gunnery officer, naval militia. New Charters During Past Week. . Valdeee Roller Mills (Inc.), Valdese, Burke county, capital $50,000 author ised and $3,700 subscribed by J. H. Pascal and others for a general grain milling business. The Wlllman Manufacturing Com pany of Rutherfordton, capital $25,000 authorized and $7,500 subscribed by C. M. Chapman, J. B. Bridges and oth ers tor the manufacture and sale of special patented terracing and ditch ing and other machines. The E. B. Conrad Company, Ral eigh, .capital $2,000 authorized and $1,500 subscribed by B. B. Conrad. Herehert Rosenthal and W. B. Jones for cigar and news stand and soda fountain on Fayetevllle street The Central Sales Company, Char lotte, capital $50,000 authorized and $500 subscribed by A. Collins, A, C. Duckworth and M. C. Little for auto mobile and auto supply business. Stonewall Company, Charlotte, for the operation of hotels, apartment houses, cafes and other enterprises, 'lie Incorporators are J. P. Sanders, Thomas Qresham and J. H. McAden. Rutherfordton Transfer Company, Rutherfordton, capital $5,000 author Ized and $500 subscribed by J. J. Flack, W. C. Hardin and others for a general transfer business. Junaluska Conference 8eason Opens. The annnouncement for the annual gatherings ot the various boards o the Methodist Episcopal Church, South to be held at the Southern Assembly Grounds, Lake Junaluska, are out. For three years these grounds have been open and e&cn succeeding sea son has been better than the previous one. The first conference Is the Mis sionary Conference which begins July 9. There wiH be public sddresses, moving pictures, study classes, Insti tutes, devotional periods and other features.. . Rhodes Scholarship Examination. Announcement has been made from President' Graham's office at Chapel Hill that the next qualifying exam ination for- the Rhodes Scholarship for North Carolina will be held In Raleigh on Tuesday,. October 6 and Wednesday, . October . 6, 1915. j No scholarship will be available tor 1916, but the candidates who pass the ex amination the coming October may offer themselves tor election In 1917 when a scholarship will be available. Another examination will be held Id 1916. .' - MimnoNAL SUMSOI00L Lesson (By IC. O. BKILERB. Aotinn Director of Bunaay aciiooi uourtM, in mmay mom Inntltut of Chicago.) LESSON FOR JULY 11 SOLOMON ANOINTED KING. LESSON TEXT-I Klnsi OOI.DEN TKXT Know thou the Ooa- of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and a wllllni mind. I t hron. 3S:. "The king Is desd; loA,g live the king." Old and decrepit at seventy, years of age, a successor- must 'soon take the shepherd kind's seat of power. David's record is a wonderful one as an empire builder, an o.-ganlzer and an accumulator of wealth. Read care fully I Chron. 29:28. Three charactera are the most outstanding for our con sideration in this lesson. I. David, (a) He had to make h selection (vv. 20, 27) but Ood used Da vid to make his own choice of Solo mon. Jedldlah, "the beloved of Jeho vah," (2 Sam. 12:25), was he whom Jehovah desired to sit upon the throne. (b) David had a promise he must needs fulfil! (vv. 17, 80). While his second son, who sought to usurp his throne, is engaged with his fellow con spirators (vv. 9, 41) In feasting and rejoicing In their supposedly easy vic tory over the aged father, David ral lies and gives direction for the public proclamation of Solomon as king, thereby redeeming his promise. Many professed Christians treat their prom ises tar too lightly. Bath-sheba em boldened by ber need (v. 16) enters the king's chamber where now another ministers In ber stead, and lays the facta of Adonljah's rebellion before David, concluding her petition with the dramatic words of verse twenty. Bath- sheba's petition is re-enforced by tbe words of David's mentor, Nathan (vv. 22, 27). Turning again to Bath-sheba David emphatically reiterates his de termination to carry out to the full God's commandments relative to his successor. Even In the hour of his de parture David remembers that It is Jehovah "that bath redeemed my soul out ot all distress" (v. 29). (c) David then gives careful command relative to the public proclamation ot the new king (vv. 32, 35). Calling to hla help his trusted and tried friends, Zadok the priest, Nathan the prophet (see 2 Sam. 12:24, 25) and Benalah the sol dier (I Chron, 11:22-25). he directs them to place Solomon upon his own mule (v. 33) and take him to Glhon there to be anointed and proclaimed litre; In Dsvld's stead. Contrast Da vid's scrupulous obedience regarding the use of horses (Deut. 17:16) with that of Absalom (I Sam. 15:1) and Adonljah (v. 6). Note also It was the priest and the prophet alone who were to anoint tbe king (v. 34). In this we see a parable of the establishment ol the everlasting kingdom of righteous ness by the Prince of Peace and not by means, or use, of the sword. This anointing was a symbol of dedication to God (Lev. 8:19-12) and (he oil of our anointing by the Holy Spirit which is all essential and suf ficient for the subjects ot bis king dom (Luke 24:49, Acts 1:6-8). But as these were only outward form and symbol, tbey must petition Jehovah to keep the new king (v. 24). (d) David took no chances but steps aside fully, while he yet lived, that all question of 8olomon's right should be removed (v. 35). . -.. II. Solomon, (a) God-chosen. (I Chron. 28:5; 29:1). Solomon was the first son of David and Bath-sheba after tbelr legal marriage. His name means "Peaceful" (see I Chron. 22:9) and may suggest the fact that David had found the peace of forgiveness. Solo mon Inherited the strength ot David's maturity and chastening also, and through his mother, the wisdom ot Ahlthophel, whose advice "was as If a man had Inquired at the oracle of God" (2 Sam. 16:23). (b) He was chosen be cause of Intercession (ch. 1:17). -The standing of the Christian is what it Is In the sight of God because of one who Intercedes on our behalf (John 17). (c) He was chosen In the midst of con troversy and as against antagonists (v. SL So the Christian, chosen be fore, the foundation of the world In Christ, also has great opposition and a dangerous antagonist and, like Solo mon, he Is secure la spite of the as saults of the evil one (I Cor. 10:13, Jude 24).. (d) Solomon was chosen for a definite work (I Chron. 28:10). Tbe sad spectacle presented today is to see so many professed Christians who seem to have no sense of respon sibility much less an appreciation ot their privileges in Christ Jesus, (e) Solomon was promised help (I Chron. 28:9) so are we and according to each day's duty "so shall thy strength be." "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me" (PhiL 4:13). III, Adonljah. (a) He was a self-selected king (v. 5) and as such lacked not only the approval of God but the ability to execute his designs. He had Joab the bloody soldier and Ablathar the Jealous priest as his conspirators, yet all combined could not set aside the decree ot God. (b) He was a spoiled child. "His father bad not displeased him at any time" (all his lite, v. 6). True be was David's eldest living son, yet he we not In the line of God's selection. ,. Throughout the history ot Israel the elder is constant ly set aside for the younger. He vat lacking in ms-iy essentials.- ' . CondurlfU l,y th National Woman'i ClirUtian Temperance L'nlon.) WHAT THE PUBLIC NEEDS, "Life is getting to be too compli cated for the use of narcotics," said Dr. S. P. Kramer, the noted surgeon. In a recent addreBS at the Itlckotts Research Laboratory, Cincinnati. "The time was when the farmer could drive to town and get tanked up and his friends would put him in the buggy and tho sober horse would carry him home. Dut you can not do that now with automobiles. We know that most ot the automobile accidents are after dinners where alcohol has been served, and that not always In ex cess." After describing the effects of alco hol as slrfillar to those of chloroform or ether, except for the fact that it works more slowly, he considered Its effect upon efficiency In various fields of endeavor; and showed charts prov ing the lowered working power of compositors, bookkeepers and soldiers after I hey have taken liquor. "But n friend said to me," remarked Dr. Kramer, continuing the same line of argument, " 'Doctor, you must know that Mr. Blank, the Jury lawyer. Is more eloquent In his cups, and that the celebrated actor was more im pressive when drinking.' I asked this man If he would want his chauffeur, his locomotive engineer, his surgeon, to drink. He said he would not. Now the orator and the actor are In vocal pursuits. Alcohol makes them more passionate. But the Judge on the bench knows that the lawyer la less capable of keen analysis when in his cups, and the trained dramatic critic will tell you that the drinking actor Is nut earning up to what he should. These men are like the court Jesters. The fact Is that the higher centers are off the Job. The governor Is not actitg and the engine runs wild. That Is all. "No one nowadays thinks drunken ness Is Veil. What the public needs Is It structlon about the destructive effect of moderate indulgence." EMPTY JAILS. The following testimony to the ad vantages of prohibition appeared In one of the newspapers of Sussex coun ty, Delaware: . "The county Jail at Georgetown Is without a prisoner, and Sheriff Jacob West Is idle. The turnkey is on his vacation, chickens are roosting in the cells and the Jail yard will probably be planted In early corn unless another applicant appears. The lone prisoner, Elwood Armstrong, who was afraid to stay by himself, was paroled for two years after having confessed to steal ing Ave dozen eggs." Further testimony as to the work ings of prohibition comes from Kala mazoo, Mich. The Gazette of that city on April S contains a paragraph headed, "Kalamazoo Without Crime for 48 Hours Crimeless Period of City's History Follows Knockout of John Barleycorn," and the Item reads: " 'Rooms for rent. Apply within." This Is the text of a sign which will likely be tacked on the front door of central police station In another week If the period of ojiit continues. Not a cell door in the station house has been opened during the last 48 hours, Tbe 'bull pen' Is as barren and quiet as an abandoned country church. There has not been a single drunk ar rested since Sunday afternoon. Crime In general appears to be at a stand still." BOYS AND BREWERIES. A man was trying to convince an other1 that because of the vested inter ests involved the people had no right to close the breweries. His friend answered thus: "I have three boys. By the time I graduate them from col lege they will have cost me about ten thousand dollars apiece. Every in terest of the brewery and everything that the brewery stands for Is diamet rically opposed to and threatens the Investment that I have made In my boys. No doubt the brewer has more than thirty thousand invested In his plant, but I am going to safeguard my own Interests first. I shall vote dry within ten minutes after the polls open It I can get my ballot by that time." JOHN BARLEYCORN SENTENCED. In pronouncing sentence on over one hundred men, Including the mayor of Terre Haute, Ind., for conspiracy In election frauds. Judge Anderson of the United States district court passed sentence as well on John Barleycorn. He said: "My notion is that the saloon will have to go. I believe that the time will come when the people will rise up and smash the saloon, at least as we have It sow. The evi dence In this case showed that the saloons were the center of nearly all the corruption in the election at Terre Haute." e PRINTERS AND WHISKY. "More prints s are harmed by whis ky than by ail the insanitary shops in the world," V'resident Wright ot the Typographical union No. 16 ot Chicago, is reported , to have recently said. "Every week sosens of Jobless printers come to our relief committee for aid, medical and financial. Whisky Is their trouble." ;'.-.), INCREASEO TAXES.. ! , ' When the saloonkeeper gets return on his investment, the taxpayer gets an Increase In his assessment ; ' SUPERSTITION house, fate being thua vetoed, according to the tradition governing it. And all this was done. Washington was surprised to see the old .Morton house go down, for old though it was, it was still one of the great houses of Waahington. It stood on Scott Circle, occuplng a whole triangular block and Imposing in its mass of prersed red brick, tbe whole treated In Queen Anne style. Here in his day Mr. Morton haa entertained lavlsftly, for he is many times a millionaire. ; HEIR TO GREEK THRONE Should death be the result of the Illness of King Constantly of Greece. It will bring to the throne one of the most soldierly young princes of Eu rope's young royalty. Crown Prince George, the oldest son of King Con stantly and Queen Sophia, saw serv ice In the two Balkan wars and gained a reputation tor bravery and valorous performance. He was wounded in action at Janlna. Until the present war he enjoyed the distinction of be ing the only heir to a European throne who bore the scars of battle. He is twenty-five years old. J Reports conflict as to the stand Prince George takes concerning the great European war now going on. One has It that the heir apparent has been identified with the war party and is an Intimate friend of ex-Premier Eleutherlus Venlzeloa, who resigned recently as head of the Greek cabinet because the king was not in sympathy with the allies. This report also car ried the prediction that in the event of King Constantino's death the new monarch would at once summon Venizelos to form a cabinet, a course which would be tantamount to the entry of Greece Into the war. On the other hand, the sympathies of the crown prince In the present struggle are said to be on the side of Germany. This report gains credence from the facta of his German kinship and German education and military training. His mother, the queen. Is a sister of Kaiser Wilhelm. Tbe king was also educated in Germany and received hia military training there. BOUGHT WINDOW DISPLAY anxious to know Just why the millionaire publisher desired this collection of pictures of some more or less noted persons. LEADER. OF WOMAN LABORERS Once there was an eager little German girl, of whom, perhaps, you could find traces In the brave, forceful face cf Emma Steghagen, labor lead er, delegate to the recent convention of tbe Natlcnal Women's Trade Union league at New York. You might find a suggestion of the thin, emotional child In the figure, bowed by factory labor, yet energetic With the spirit ot protest. This little girl lived before woman suffrage had become a national issue, before the serious magazines were pro ducing special suffrage Issues, even before the cartcons wens exploiting the "suffragette" yet In her own mind she had evolved the theory that women had a right to suffrage and to labor organization. She was only fourteen when the time came for her to stop school and go to work In the factory. "I was miserable at the time," said Miss yteghagen. In telling ths story, "for It was my ambition to be a schoolteacher, which was, of course, impossib's, since my father was a laborer. One ot the thing which I have to be thankful for In life Is that I did net realize this ambition; that I was able tr. champion tbe cause of labor from the laborer's standpoint I w bouM t- have devoted my life to this work ot organizing the woman woi ers aaa my usefulness has been Increased tenfold because) I have been av bout-and-shoe worker myself for twentr-Ive years." - , . , , OF MR. MORTON Levi p. Morton, vice-president un der the second President Harrison, who has Just celebrated his ninety first birthday, has successfully weath ered a superstition, over which be Is congratulating himself as much as over the fact that he Is well on the way to a full century ot lire. When eighty nine years old he wanted to live In a new house In Washington, whlcb he hsd determined upon as his winter residence, giving up New Ycrk city, where he had lived. He also wished to have the house on the site of the one be had occupied wui.'e vfne-presl-deut and which he owned. He was aware, however, of the superstition that when a man pulls down an old home of his and displaces It with a new house he Is likely to die In It In the course of the (list year of his oc cupation of it. Nevertheless be was determined to have the new house, and to get around the superstition used some of the tld walls in the new An Interesting story Is being told In Washington about Mr. John R. Mc Lean. Mr. McLean Is very fond of taking walks downtown in the busi ness district, disdaining the use of any automobile or carriage, as a rule, when he wishes to go from one place to another, or to take the air In a saunter along the crowded thorough fares. The other day he was strolling down F street and happened to see In a photographer's display window a complete collection of photographs of all tbe prominent persons who have been Identified with the controversy -between the Rlggs National bank and officials of the treasury department A fancy struck Mr. McLean to have the collection, and be marched him self Into the photographer's and bought the collection outright, hav ing it sent home, and thus breaking up one of the most Interesting win dow displays on F street. Intimate friends ot Mr. McLean are r
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