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VOL. 17, NO. 51 "" ETM S15A Y.EARIN ADYANCE ;
FYSSNKq (IF lW LEST WEFORCET I OVER THE LAND OF 1 1 DANGERS NOIED IN
r Arrii.iiuriirnn iir i.. raHT affected tv the heay . . - na.n-i
- - ! I TH F I II Nli I r Ar rlNbl m numn inni inTnif
HARD SURFACING
TATE CHAIRMAN FRANK PACE
TAKES 200 AUTOMOBI LISTS
OVER 40 MILES TARVIA.
IMPRESSIVE DEMONSTRATION
Mr. Pag Confesses That Neither He
Nor Committee Know Just What
Kind of Road They Went
, Raleigh.
rhiiraiAK Frank Pate, of the state
hirhurav commission, took Leonard
Tufts for authority and Massachusetts
and New Hampshire lor illustrations
ahnwlne the trlole association the
prohibitory expensiveness of the hard
surfaced road.
Then "00 automobiles struck a trot
around a 40-mile loop of tarvla roads
built by New Hanover, and at the
close not a gravel nor a particle of
dust bedecked one of the hundreds
who followed the trail.
It was "the most ImpreBslve demon
stration ever staged at a North Caro
'llna good roads convention, and ws
not timed for that purpose alone.
Tutr Pmro mme modestly before the
triple convention of county commis
sioners, automoblllsts arid good roads
bugs and confessed that neither he nor
his commission had learned what type
morf North Carolina most needs. "1
don't believe anybody else knows," he
..ii "Hut we are going to make ex
periments." And then he told what
the patent roadsters must undergo on
the "Durham-Chapei nui roau.
There will be eight or ten types
built by engineers sent directly from
,. manufacturers of good material
and there will be no alibi when it is
.. done. " ' ' : , .
It will be labeled, the cost placarded
..M, tnvn and the cost ot mainte
nance carefully kept At the end of 10
years perhaps somebody will Know
something.
Land Owners Awaiting Pay.
Washington. (Special) Congress
Is trying to put Camp Bragg on the
' toboggan. Representative Robinson
told the whole trnth In the house
some time ago when he said they
would break contracts between the
jovernment and private cltiiens.
More than 700 land owner near
Fayettevllle were ousted from lands
on which :mp Bragg Is constructed.
Some of these were glad to sell out,
while others were moved by condem
nation proceedings. Yet, the govern
ment cannot pay for the lands because
the Congress, led b the house, with
drew the authorization to spend the
money that way.
. ata.-k Ssv Bean Worms.
Studying the soy bean worm at his
laboratory station near bbiwui wwi
w wiin Bhamin. chief of the dl
mr. r i w
.... f ..itomnlnEv. has found some
important facts about this Insect pest
; and believes that It will attack again
to about three weeks, at which time
.v.. krnA will hive been hatched
out The following Information, se
' cured through Mr. Sherman's observa
tions, will be of interest to farmers in
. i. affottAif districts:
"Between the first and tenth ot Sep
tember, the next brood ot worms .
,. v.t-h . and. if they are an-
ana w umk -
. merous enough to be destructive they
should make their presence evident
Before September 15th. Whether they
v. ...n.ai.mn enough ' to make
'W1I1 uo ,.....-
treatments necessary no living man
can foretell.
Brain. Cotton and Tobaeoo Crops.
Thnt the croD conditions of August
1st were greatly affected by the heav-y
July rainfall Is evident from the crop
information that is released by tbe
Co-operative Crop Reporting Service.
Frank Parker, . their state airector,
says that corn, cotton and tobacco are
damaged particularly where reached
by the flooded conditions.
The North Carolina com crop, with
about the same acreage as last year,
having an average condition OI so per
cent prospect, forecasts a yield of 62,-
si nnn huahala. The wheat crop n
h mamm acreage as last year, the
nnn V a d helng SDOUt C1KOI OUBU
ala nar acre, forecasting a state pro-
jnn nt i24.nn bushels. The
quality Is only fair, being 82 per cent
of normal. The tobacco crop, with a
I.,., increaaa In acreage and a con
dition of 70 per cent reporiea tor
August 1st, indicates a prospective
nrorfuctlnn of 264.212.000 pounds. The
yield of tobacco is light for its bulk
and 'the quality very irregular, ine
hay crops and pastures are extra
good
Delenatee to Hospital Convention.
Fourteen delegates were appointed
h tha anvernor to represent tne nos
Glials of North Carolina at the 21st an
nual convention of the American nos
pltal Association, to be held at cm
clnnati, Ohio, Gibson Hotel, Septem
ber 8-12, 1919.
The delegatps follow:
TV Annnrsnu..' Raleigh: Dr. W. W.
Pa I Hon. noldshoro: Dr. John McCamp-
bell, Morganton; Miss Virginia Mc
Kay, Wilmington; Mi&s Caroline me
vi. hniu. rharlnita' Miss M. E. Spaun,
Charlotte; Miss Catherine ItothWell,
City Hospital. Winston-Salem; miss
Fannie Andrews, Asbeville; Sister
Regina, St. Leo's Hospital, Greens
boro; Dr. J. F. Highsmith, Fayette
vllle; Dr. C. D. Hill, Durham; Dr. L.
v niann: Oastonia: Dr. A. J- Croweii,
Charlotte; Miss Elixabetb Clingman,
Winston-Salem.
Grocery Camouflaged.
A nicely constructed platform lor
the storage of flour In Lignell W.
Hood's grocery store did not mean
anything unusual to customers but an
inv.atlaatlnn bv revenue officers re1
vealed that It was used as a hiding
place for whiskey. A search of the
interior of the platform rewaraeu iae
officers with a find of 165 pints of
blockade : whiskey.
The proprietor had nothing to say
regarding this untoward occurrence.
Freight Traffic Tied Up.
Raahnard Air Line and Norfolk and
Southern shopmen who have been on
a strike here since August 1, complete
ly tying up the freight tranic oui oi
n.laloh and aavarelr crippling PSS-
.or.ira Toted to return to
work Immediately under tne aavice oi
hir mnn lndre officers ana who as
surance from them that an adjust
ment would be reached.
(By Rev. Fred J. Hsy, Jr, PreehytoHam Pastor.)
Your editor has been so kind ss to devote this space of his ssper to tiis
u of the local ministers. For wsnt of s better name, perhaps ws migni
dob It "Paternoster Row." We were left to the freedom of our own cnoic.
as to the character of the matter that snouia oe nere procn.. . " -apology,
however, in making my first appearance before you In the role
of relifloua suggestor, for I deem It highly fit that the minister should be
preacher whether from tne puipu or inruuka .
In casting around for a subject my mind naturally grsviuii -n
w.. Far since Ausust 1914. that has been a topit of converse sup-
planting even the time-honored weather. Pulpits have drammed It, paper
have hammered It and even lovers have sometimes forgotten more present
matters for it' '"'' '
It were trite to say that we are living In a great age, an age on ages
telline" The sir is slive with unrest, commotoin, upheaval, revolution. Ihe
past is cut loos. from, and precedent custom habit U forgot The present
is a law unto Itself. But the war is the greatest thing in a time of great
things, because it is the root snd spring of the rest, the hydra headed mon
ster that littered the foul brood.
There sr. a. many different way. of considering It a. there are. among
the worlds fifteen hundred million different viewpoints. To the historian , It is
the epochal event that make, history to be .1 written -B w,
It puts everything that has gone before in complete shade. Beside it Caesar s
campaign, are tame. Napoleon's battle, playthings, and our own Civ.l strif
that was wont to loom so enormou. In the school child's thought, is made to
let Umost Ik. the chaotic and gueriU. warfare of the southern border
rTpHt . in It fulfilled in less thsn . quarte o m
... at id of the ages, "Mans' lnnumanuy iu : .
loudr But the ?h?rch of Christ see. in it all the hand o the living God
mni I sil would have peoples and nations read the handwriting on the wall.
Mft.i have been overturned, king, uncrowned, dynastic, swept away
" land, bathed in the blood of her own sons, their sod mounded over hf
'."nUmCy grave, of he, . manhood's fiower, henje. -oun, and o .r
shall ra- a Christian nation, thus fail to gne w
bn upon u. than we have know nW o an .
hands, and he will thoroughly purge his floor. If were in " ..
" ZXT&&fSfc w. would y 1. the wsy w.
wish ws could ssy them. Kipling has it thus:
jHOrtT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Address on Live 8toek.
r i .fuV man In tha state Will be
.in. tn laarn hv an announcement
from the animal induatry division of
the agricultural extension service tnai
Dr. H. M. Brown, ot Hlllsboro, O, has
k. ,u.iirari tn dslivar an address on
live stock-at tho .Ute convention cur
ing Auguet 27-28-29. -
Third Red Cross Call. .
Hi... inw a nallnn.wlds Red CrOSS
l wui
.....in nnanlns: Monday. November
..ii Ainainv- armlftttce day. Novera-
ber 11, were announced at neaaquar
ters ot the Red Cross chapter, when a
bulletin from national headquarters
was made public.
nrimm nhtant of the . drive
i.ik .111 ha known as the third Red
Cross roll call, will be to list members
for 1920, but in addition, a general bp
...i fn imonoooo will be issued.
This fund will be needed to enable the
organization to edmplete t. war wora
at home and ovoraea..
i.auaa Pardons.
"It I were to permit these prisoners
to serve longer on the chain gang, I
.....j . .in .at nlzht." said Qov-
. cuutu u . .i . .
.. w niaat arantinc a full
rnor i. ,
" pardon to John and George Mahue, of
... nnnntv. convicted in July
PlvUlftUuici . 1
: ....n ind sentenced to twelve
month, on the road, of Stanly county
MpA noon tne on
' 1UO VWU' wmv ' " .
k.o4 tAntimnnT of a DlOOfl-
niirrjuugci
'.' hound which,' the Supreme Court has
.,a . -nt anffirlAnt to convlcti li
man. .
Justlee for Southern Port..
Washington. A signal victory has
, teen won tor the South Atlantic and
, Gulf forts m decision on part ot the
' Tailroad administration to grant rall
. road rates on export and Import traffic
' on a parity with the ratf. cT
the North Atlanto porfsT Thls to-
eortant lnfftmatlon was .Imported to
. Benaiar Simmons, of North Caro na,
and Senator Smith,. of South Carolina,
1 . ... .i...- (a tha officer ot the
railroad director looW ''f'.0"
' matters. buttlw .new. n.Torthel,..
. was gratifying to both,. .
a. .a. Dentin Awarded. '
atata nrlntlni commission awarded
. hu,ii, nrintine contract giving
Edwards and Broughton company
three-llfths snd the Commercial rnni
.. .nn and Mitchell Print'ng
company one-fifth each. This is on a
basis of about J4 per increase
oaer the formercontract The state
aTflrst rejected all bids. The contract
awarded Is a : counter propos.uon
worked out by Jthg commissioner ui i
bor and printing.
Naara Aaents. '
VUliin..... - . - -
ITI.. .,hnn nf the nBTO State
agent. In agricultural work is now be
ing held at ths A. ana t. couege, uu
a tk. j)im.tlnn of C. R. Hudson
uci witt : ...
state agent. Professor Hudson called
the conference to .order ana outiineo
the work, this being followed by n In
teresting! talk by President J. B. Dud
ley, who 'pointed to the fact that ths
county agent could be a real leader
among ths negroes. Then there was
a discussion ot the method, and means
of handling the extension work w tne
J best advantag. .
"God of our fathers, known ti old.
Lord of our far-flung battle line.
Beneath whose awful hand we hold
Dominion over palms and pine '
Lord God of Host be with u. yet
Lest ws forget lest we forget!
"The tumult and the shouting dies;
The captains and the kings depart:
Still stands thine sncient sacrifice.
An humble and a contrite heart
Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet
Lest we forget lest we forgetl"
This spac' filled next week by Rev. B. L. Kirk, Methodist pastor.
West Raleigh. Dr. B. W. Wells has
accepted the position of professor ot
botany and plant pathology at the
North Carolina State College for tbe
coming session.
Salisbury. There arising objection
to the raising of rates by the alder
men for the digging of graves In the
city cemeteries the aldermen held UP
for its last reading an ordinance
which had that object In view.
Charlotte. Looking towards the
Christmas sale of the Red Cross seals
in relation to the national drive for
$6,000,000 whlrh is being planned, the
State Red Cross seals committee
met here.
woahinatnn. "Cantain" C. M. Bow
ser, who is well known In Statesvllle
and claims that town as his home, is
free again. The action against him
for trying to get Washington people
to buv gold In the bottom of the sea
as non prossed. ;
Rutherfordton Rutherfordton coun
ty is experiencing a wonderful period
of building and expansion. Ruther
fordton is paving her streets and en
larging her water supply. Work on
the Grace Cotton Mills ia going tor
ward rapidly.
Hickory. Hard rains in the moun
tains along about June 22, 23 and 24,
aav thrrna who claim to know, played
havoc with the chestnut crop ana oe-
yond the ridge there will be compara
tively few bushels gathered this fall.
Monroe. J. J. Parker, of the Mon
mm har can eet the republican nomi
nation for governor if he wants it, ac
cording to men who are supposed to
know what they are talking about
Prominent republicans over the state
are urging Mr, Parker to come out tor
the honor.
miaaheth City The stock law was
defeated at the polls by the intense
opposition of the country people and
by the apathy of Eliiabem city.
Lilesvllle. Eight hundred patriotic
people met here to pay homage to the
returned soldiers of Lilesville town
ship, Anson county.
RESULTS OF ENTRANCE BY THE
MEAT PACKERS INTO OTHER
LINES IS POINTED OUT.
WOULD DIVORCE OWNERSHIP
Refrigerator Cars Have Been Turned
Into Traveling Groceries Paddling
Goods In Every City.
Washington. The danger as seen
hy the federal trade commission in
the entrance of the packing Industry
Into lines of business beyond the pack
i Ing of meat was described by William
B. Colyer. member of the commission,
I to the senate agriculture committee.
! In its opening hearing on the Ken
j yon bill to divorce ownership of the
stockyards and refrigerator cars from
i the packing concerns of the country
land to regulate by license their op
j eratlon, tbe committee was taken over
much of the ground traveled by the
! commission in Its investigation ot the
S packing Industry.
"The refrigerator cars ar.d their
use of it," said Commissioner Colyer
referring to the "five big packers.
.,n. nf in ttiioif a had thine, but they
have turned the refrigerator car into
a traveling wholesale grocery, ireu
dllng at every city In the country
every day almost everything that peo
ple eat.
COMPROMISE IS REACHED IN
THE NEW YORK STRIKE MATTER.
HS TO POSITIVE SOLUTION
American People Are Asked to Weigh
Carefully and Without Prejudice
All Phases of Plumb Plan.
Washington. A national conference
to consider all plan, .ubmitted to
Congress for solution of the railroad
m-nhlam will be held here October ,
nnder auspice, ot the Plumb organ!..-
tlnn huraau. '
In making public announcement ot
.ha meeting. Chief Justice waiter
h. Mnnh Carolina supreme
court and chairman ot the Plumb plan
1 1 , - - nnnfarance. Baiu Bpvt.u.
committees would be appointed to an
alyse the different proposals.
. nannla were urged by
Judge Clark to consider all the propo--..i,,Hlra
and without
.all wmvi" " . - . .
pas.ion, and to examine those wh ch
have been outlined in we --
principle. Which we have enunciawu.
that efficiency and econ-
mviM "e - - - ,
omy In transportation are the keys to
.. nmnlam of the high
me soiuuou u r- :
cost of living, Judge Clark added that
any plan for solution oi ma
problem "must m.et the test that it
will provide transportation at aciua.
cost"
XT- vn.v Tha at-rllta which for
two days has paralyzed the subway
and elevated system oi me uni""
ough Rapid Transit company in Man
k... h. nrnnv Brooklyn and
Queens, was formally called off by a
vote of the strikers to accept a com
promise ofTered them at a conference
of city and state officials.
Under the term, oi sememcm iu
men will receive a wage Increase of
26 per cent and It is provided that the
question of whether they shall receive
the additional 25 per cent demanded
by them shall be submttt d to arbi
tration. The 25 per cent wage Increase wa
made retroactive to August 1 and, ac
cording to Interborough officials,
means an annual increase In the pay
roll ot J5.000.000.
TWO MILLION BLANKETS TO BE
SOLD BY WAR DEPARTMcn i.
Washington. Offering to ths public
of i.000,000 surplu. all wool, ootton
and wool, and cotton blanket, wa. an
nounced by the war department, ar
rangements having been completed
for their distribution through postof
flce and municipal channel, on the
same ilan as that adopted tor foodstuff..:-
For Individual purchaseh., price.
will be 18 for new wool blankets, and
$5 for reclaimed wool; IS for new cot
ton nixed, and $3.60 for reclaimed; $3
for new cotton, and 11.25 tor reclaim
ed cotton; the reclaimed. It i. ex-
nailnerl. are blankets used less than
a year which are renovated snd
laundered.
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE TO
' PROBE INTO PROFITEEHINU,
OUICKER ACTION BY THE
CONGRESS 18 NECESSARY.
AnAueae cnlTHRA CALM
ON SHANTUNG QUESTION.
: pal -l-l - mk n a vara Tin nAPH generally
are treating calmly in their dltor'al
comment the various phase, ot the de
bate In the United States senate on
ths question 0t Shantung, ine opin
ion most widely advanced Is that the
republican senator, who are opposing
tha provision In the peace treaty re
lating to Shantung are u.ing their ar
guments against japan mo.
political purpose.. ;
Alter pointing out that it i. Japan s
Intention . to- restore Shantung .to
China and to conduct economic under
taking, in Shantung Jointly with the
Chlne.e, .Tbe Hochi Shlmbun lnter-
.u.,a nf the republican
Sjtf-ajtsj tun) a)iwww" - (
senators as being based on America s
desire to4chiove orla econ01!
eonquast Including China, from wnien
she desires to oust japau
aU7. L '
Richmond. Va. Governor West
moreland Davis announced that hs
would have two bills offered in the
aaafiinn nf the legislature, di
rected to curb the profiteering in tood.
n. nr tha hllla calls for a rigid en-
ir..mit to nrevent hoarding and
making it a crime to fall to report at
stipulated intervals the amount oi
,j hairi in storage. A license also
will be demanded ot the storage ware
houses. The date of storage aiso
must be stamped on the product and
the date of its removal.
FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF
: TRACTION COMPANIES
. Hendersonvllle. More than 3100,
000 worth of real estate ha. changed
hand. In Hendersonvllle In the last 10
days, all of which wa. sold at auction.
Raleigh. The state Issued charters
ia Armflnld veneer company, oi
siafaavllla authorized capital S100,-
000 and paid up 3M.000. Tne largesv
stockholder is R. F. Armneia oi Btatea-vlllo.-
Winston-Salem. Three dry good,
in tha hnalneaa district were
broken Into and clothing, etc., valued
at $1,000 or more, Btolen. The officers
have no clues.
Greensboro. Col. H. Dowman, in
charge of the employment office at the
chamber of commerce, who I. locating
Job. for returned soldiers and sailor.,
announced that he could place at least
100 men' who have trades.
Goldsboro. Hundreds of physician.
tmm Wavna. Johnson. Wilson, aVash,
Edgecombe, Northampton and Greeno
counties are In Goldsboro to attend
the quarterly meeting of the District
Medical Society.
Hamlet The striking machinists
and allied craft which had been out
over a week went back to work at
the Hamlet shops, the action Being in
conjunction with other strikers on the
Seaboard system, s '
Winston-Salem. There were no new
aavainnments here regarding the
street railway strike. Not a car ha.
moved on any of the local lines since
ths men voted not to return to work
nntii thalr demands for more money,
recognition of the union, shorter
hour., etc., were acceptea.
Washington. Quicker action by
Congress In the campaign to reduce
the cost ot living was urged in senate
and house. Senator Walsh declared
high prices were at the bottom of all
the unrest and charged that Congress
was wasting time when something
should have been done already In re
sponse to President Wilson's recom-
menuuuuuD.
Mayors oi New jersey emm
ing before tbe house agriculture com
mittee said action was needed at once
to stop the rising scale of prices.
RAN80M SENT FOR RELEASE
OF THE AMERICAN AVIATORS
Washington. Officials here after a
day during which the Mexican situa
tion was to the fore, awaited new. ot
the release by Mexican bandits of
Lieutenants Paul H. Davis and Harold
O. Patterson, American army aviators.
Prompt measures to obtain the re
lease of the aviators who were cap
tured by the bandits near Candelarla,
Texas, and for whom $16,000 ransom
. i A . r. rlnrl PinPCted bV
state department officials following
the forwarding oi insirucuuua w
American embassy at Mexico City to
..n ..r.n tha Mexican government for
mi - -'
"immediate adequate action.
24-CYLINDER LIBERTY
MOTOR IS COMPLEitu.
nr..hinc-tnn Witnesses before the
.j...i aiectrin railway, commission,
were In agreement that the financial
situation of the companies was Beri
n. and nrnbablv would grow worse
because of rising costs and motor ve
hicle competition.
n.n.an'ina suggested ranged from
the proposal, ot Mayor Cousins, ot De
troit for municipal owueroni . ouu
operation of urban lines on the
ground that they were a social prob
lem, rltal to the health and wellbeinr
of cltlsens. to suggestions by state
utility commissioners that rsveones be
Increases' ; . , '.. . , v
w.xa.hnrn Cotton In this section
af tha atate is beginning to fail and It
seems to be needing rain. The pro
longed rainy spell in July followed by
the drouth ot the last few weeks has
materially Injured It.
Wilmington. On account of strike
.nnitir,na tha Atlantic Coast Line an
nounced that train. 57 and 58 between
this city and Florence, 8. C; trams ov
an hatwaan Wilmington and Fay-
.... .nia K C and train. 41 and 42
hatwaan Rockv Mount N. C, and Nor
folk would be annulled.
nr.ahinetnn. Completion of a 24-
cylinder Liberty motor which ha. de
veloped 673 horsepower in the initial
tests, was announced by tne war oe
partment. It was declared to "com
pare favorably" with foreign motors
of the same power, rne new moiur
arT,.cten tn be of value In military .
aviation a. It permits the use ot a
large low speed propeller. It weigns
only .1.97 pound, per noreepuwur
against 2.11 for the Liberty 12. and
consumes .56 pounds of gas per horse
power hour against .61 tor tno smaller
model.
GOVERNOR'S COMMITTEE
TO CONFER WITH PAt-mnn
Attorney General
Palmer endorsed a suggestion by Gov
ernor Gardner of Missouri, that the
conference ot governors appoint a
commute to confer with him and hell ,
co-ordinate federal and state efforts
to reduce the cpst of living. In a tele
gram to Governor Gardner at Salt
Lake City. Mr. Palmer said the hearty
cooperation and assistance of state
ngenclea would be helpful In the goT
.rnment's campaign.