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Ma BY BISHOP DARST MESS - - i iincal to Young MeiFto Give 6rB ... f:od' Service ai Y. M. ' -' - " c. A. Yesterday,. V , ... -.7 ' . ' ... -inneal thafwen-.tear in their lii?h and noble origin and ind '-orthily as the children of .God de by Bishop; Thois.v :C. Darst jS m A fpllowshtn -meetine- the A .11. ' T " ? afternoon.. The message tes; ;terd;y ... m keeping with the purpose of the which aims. to. develop the f. 'e'fold nature of man,' body, mind $ ir., AiA nnt nreaoh but t.n.llr. -j colli. "c , in an iaform " r.-mol TTmnnpr iinil the fi rl 1 t ,1 Tl 1 rri Ml HMSIUU. . Vineis for his nr?r?roE(S H toOK ;i- IJC , v. oetv. otv. rl lUfeS IrOIIl wiio anu 6 I til lu . " A n rl rirt gaiH To- L-P man in our image after our UU'l V U.i( 4.4.1. , His own - t.reated He them. Rishop Darst expressed ma (freai , ,-ure in having the privilege of making ,i that he teit very mucn at In his ministry he had in the -' v here he had preached, he said, into close toucn wiin me x.-ivi. "'r,' words of the text take us back ' j,e -j;ivn of creation, he said, .hn UOrt was "-""""e. ""- fusion a new ui iu iLfcau.j. wiiu L" " -. .i ,. IrTinm hftw lnmr that ok'W after this was completed. we !j4 ' God creating . man and that was -he crW'iing- act of His creation. And man is tocia nation. o matter how much man may be ".greci over with materialism and with -in if we go down deep enough we irtny ',d there the image of God. To bring 'his out is not irnprtant simply for his aivation but also other men seeing 'he po er of God as manifested in his 'ile may also become shining lights B His kmgiiom. God created man a perfect man and inc of the marks of his, perfection was ais having a fre will. Goodness that is forced is of no more worth than aonestv that is forced. God's plan was that man should be perfect in body, mind and soul. But men throughout the agts have been fighting God and His purposes. Often Ave find men more like the dumb brutes over which he is expected to have dominion than like Cod. their creator. Not only do they vield to desires but they take stimul ants to create new desires. Men glor ify their bodies and bring untold suf fering into the world. In our jails, penitentiaries, almshouses and asylums we find thousands of men who are reaping the consequences of sin. There are other men who have placed their mind upon the supreme pedestal. They. point to the many things that have been accomplished by the mind of men as an illustration of his power. But the mind is limited in its capaci ties. Jlen stand at the door of the un knowable and vainly seek to learn vhat has not been revealed. Standing before the grave of some dear child they seek to know why and science lias no answer and philosophy has no word of comfort. It is then that they must go to God. .tnswerin er th nueation as to how men are to get the image of God. in their lives Bishop Darst stated, that:' he knew of no other way except by com ing into close and personal touch with Christ by reading His word, by prayer end by service. Why do men not en joy their religion? It may be be cause they read their Bible in a merely perfunctory manner and the same may be true of their prayers. "When we read God's word we must seek to learn His will towards us. Our prayers' must ! from the heart. Our service to our fenov.men must be true and earnest and sincere. Hishop Darst made an earnest plea that his hearers would get a vision of the meaning and purpose of life and to do all possible to make the world happier and better. A feature that was very much en joyed was a duet byMessrs. "W. T. Murphy and A. L. Dosher. The as sociation orchestra aided very much in the sinking of the hymns with their accompaniments. Mr. W. G. Robertson, organist at St. James' Church, presided st the piano. REV. J. O. PULLBRIGHT AT CALVARY BAPTIST Lenoir Minister Preached Eloquent Sermon Last ?tgnt. Rev. J. o. Fullbright, formerly paste- of the Baptist church at Souih Port but now pastor of the First Bap tist church at Lenoir, preached an elo quent sermon at Calvary Baptist church last night. He was heard by a ar&e congregation and the sermon "?de a deep impression. He took as 'us text Exodus 10:26, "And there shall nt be a hoof left behind." It was n urgent appeal to church members tj ivt their whole service to God. He showed how the devil seeks to eep men out of the church and after 'hey have allied themselves with the lorces of righteousness then seeks to ep them from going far from the 'orlfi. Again after men have decided I.0 ";!ow Christ, Satan endeavors to eep the women and children behind. e also strives to keep men after they ae given their lives to God from V,n" their PPerty also. i he speaker urged that his hearers oui,j llave the same uncompromising "i that Moses had when he ordered e niidren of Israel to take all their -auie and to leave none behind. .. "ev- AI fullbright is spending his ation ;n Wilmington and vicinity w is accompanied by his wife, who :.s formerly Miss Mary Burriss, of iimmtor,. They are being cordially reete by their many friends. MKKTI.VG OF TRUCKERS Grow r Meet Bolivia Today to Form Organization. The pre' will k ,.j it': toda Brunswick county at " Bolivia '0 or, tbe PurPse of organizing a that hat've associatlon along the lines Wi-io-i provn so successful in the over oro assciatiori in 'New Han !ar fU,IUy- This organization will be Drom' 'al but jt is Planned by the nut u t0 extend tne idea -through-Hi e 1fc r"0,nity. Arrangements are be- Ilck -South ""wp iiv tne vvilmingrtnn Ttriina- ern railroad to make Bo- 'via JUHe a trucking center. Anion rtressp wno win make ad- Whtui" at, the meeting are Mr. Z. W. and t a''' elitor of the Carolina Fruit iiW , rs' Jornl, and vice pres Mr' V V'hc w- B- & S. . railroad, and 3iir'", ' ' TIeri"ing. county farm, dem- tw,. iff U . ... ifcHi .. "uenQinB the rneeting have -ouested 'fskctf to wring we,jj tilled ni,1'spend the day idQhe dis ,' ways and mearis'bf securini securing Pro,!,," : ,na,'ketmg facililtve.s .fp their large attendance is ex o-f r MUST TAKE STAND FOR PEACE Christian Ministers Ought to Preaeta Agaiust Armed Peace, Says Rev. Dr. j. H. Foster. That it is high time Christian min isters V6f the " land take their stand against armed peace was emphasized in a strong sermon by Rev. Dr. J. H. Postef-.at the First Baptist church yes terday morning. The occasion was commemorative of 100 years of peace between the United States ami England., Dr; Foster declared that there is no such tiding as armed peace and that peace between the nations will only be brought about by the people having the spirit of peace in their hearts. .The 14th verse of the '34th Psalm was used as tne text, "Depart from evil and do good; seek peae rid pur sue it." ' Dr. Foster reviewed the, events of the war of 1812, explaining how thje treaty of Ghent was signed ori be' cember 24, 1814. However, news not traveling in those daya as fast as it doea in this age it was not known m -America until some time after and the battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815. Because there has been no war since then between Eng lish speaking nations it-was thought a good plan to have a special observance in these two countries. December 20 was set as the day in England while February 44th i was appointed as' the day in the United States. Dr. Foster explained that rjen have had their dreams of peace, their hopes for a golden age and their ideals for a day when there would be no strife but all these have been in vain. When their dreams have been rudely shat tered they have said that we are go ing: to have wars, anyway, so why both er about it4 However,- it is the duty of Christians, Dr. Foster said, to do all they can to prevent war and having done that to leave the rest to God. He reveiwed the history" of. the past hundred years and showed how many wars there have been including our own Civil war and the Spanish Ameri can war. Since the beginning of his tory blood has flowed, freely and some body has said that if all the blood spilt on the fields of battle could be poured together it would float the mightiest naval fleet ever built. While this may be hyperbole it is a fact that it has been tremendous. He showed hbw Na poleon and Alexander and Cyrus and other great commanders have gone forth on-their selfish conquests. Speaking of the awful war now in progress in Europe, Dr. Foster declared that somehow God is going to bring good out of it all. There are some things that endure. The people who have suffered the most will be the most richly blessed. Contrasting the spirit of peace prevailing- in the United States with, some of. theuropean nations, Dr. Foster de-a Clared-. that did . the same spirit- rule here as there that we would now be at war with Mexico and possibly with Canada. The folly of armament as a means of- maintaining peace, he said, is ' shown by the fact that there are three thousand -miles of the boundary line between the United States and Canada and there is not a single for tification of any kind in that -entire distance. And yet the people of the two coutnries are on. the best of terms with each other and will continue to live Th "peace' as lorig'-as the ""spirit of peace dwells in - thir -hearts: ; - cecause tne vision or peace now- seems so far off we should not be' discouraged, Dr. Foster continued, for it may come quicker than we think. It was not so long ago when prohibition seemed an, impossibility but the time has come when there are whole states without saloons and sentiment is rap idly developing for national prohibi tion. -Dr. Foster made a plea for arbitra tion between the governments over1 grave questions in dispute and showed how arbitration has been much morel common recently as compared with one hundred years ago. In conclusion he referred to the mammoth iron statue of Christ which has been erected at a point on the boundary between Argentina and Chili. It has been built as a memorial which for all tfme shall be a constant ap peal to the people of these two nations to live in peace with one another. It was many years ago when there was a dispute about the boundary line and the two nations were about to go to war. V It was finally decided, however, to refere the whole 'matter to Queen Vic toria, of England, for arbitration. Be fore -She had; passed upon the question she died and the matter was then re fered t5 King Edward for arbitration. The decision was entirely satisfactory to both countries and it was then that it was decided to melt their cannons and guns and build a vast iron statue of Christ as a constant reminder of the terrible war which had been averted. FEEDING THE: SEA. BIRDS Interesting: Sight on Trip of Steamer Wilmingrton to Southport "Too much cannot be said about the work of the Audubon Society", said a prince of a gentleman of the old Cape Fear yesterday, adverting to what was printed in Sunday's paper with refer ence to Miss Kate Stuart's hospital ity being enjoyed by the sea gulls. "Before the formation of this great organization", he said, "thousands of innocent birds .were slaughtered each year. None were slain as relentlessly as the sea gulls. It is certainly grati fying now to see what a great number of these Jairds there are on the lower Cape Fear, especially around South port and Fort Caswell. When the steamer Wilmington docks at South port, great flocks are seen circling around hjir and waiting for their mid day meal which is always provided for them, in the way of a few loaves of bread. They are so gentle that they come right up to the rail. Miss Kate Stuart not only feeds them, but it is an open secret down the river that the kind-hearted Capt. Harper hardly ever draws away from the wharf in Wil mington that there is not somewhere tnrifPfl shout the boat In. a secure place two or three loaves- of bread, perhapsi which the birds have come to look for as regularly as they scan the horizon for a sight of the handsome steamer winding her way down the broad river." SERVICES AT SEAGATE Three Baptised by Rev. O. N. Marshall Yesterday Morningr. ' ! The two services conducted yester, day at Seagate Baptist church by the .pastor, Rev. O. N. , Marshall, . were ai- tenaea oy mrgc iuugi.6"v - ----- was also a large attendance at the Sunday school yesterday afternoon. Three candidates for membership in ijxe church were baptized by the pas tor yesterday morning, at 10 o'clock. The work of the church is in pros perous condition and the deep spiritual sermons of the pastor have been pro ductive of much good. THE MORN1NG STAR, WILMINGTON. N. C? MONDAY; LENT BEGINS WEDNESDAY Observance in " Wilmington Will Be Widespread Special Period of Fasting: Special Services. Lent will begin on Wednesday and will "continue until Easter, t a period of 40 days. It is more widely observed today than in other times since the Reformation. Its observance in Wil mington is confined mostly to the Epis copal churches. The Catholic church also observes the Lenten season. ' The season is commemorative of tjie 40 days spent by Christ fasting in the Wilderness following His Baptism by John the Baptist. It is, therefore a season of self-denial and a -time when men tun their hearts towards God. Many days during Lent are set apart for special prayers. Each Fri day during the period is a day of special services. The last week of Lent, 'known as holy week, is strict ly observed, especially the day known as Good - Friday, commemorative of that day during which for six hours Christ, hung upon the cross. Not only is Good Friday observed v?ith great solemnity, but Holy Thurs day as well, for on the last night of Christ's sojqurn before His crucifixion He gathered His disciples i-bout Him in the upper room and instituted the Holy Communion, which shall be ob served In remembrance of Him until His coming. The last three days of Lnt are ob served in a most reverential manner. There is a silence, a stillness, a holy awe; services are said in subdued tones. On Good Friday black is prevalent in the churches. FC JNER. AL OF MR. LINEKERy Remains of Esteemed County Citizen Laid to Rest Yesterday. Perhaps one of the largest gather ings ever seen , at a funeral in the county was that which assembled at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon at Beth any Presbyterian church, on She Cas tle Haynes road, to pay a last sad trib ute of respect and esteem to the late Mr. William A. Lineker, whose death on Saturday morning was such a great shock" to the devoted wife and hosts ol friends in Wilmington and else where. The services were conducted by the pastor of the church, the Rev. Andrew J. Howell, the house of worship being near the Lineker home and one of the foundations, so to speak, of Mr. and Mrs.; Lineker since they have been re siding in that community. In addition to hundreds who gathered at the church' more than filling the capacity of the house, many others gathered at the place of worship. Many "beau tiful flbral tokens gave sweet, but si lent evidence of the esteem in which Mr. Lineker was held by all those who knew him. The services were very tender and during the order of the exercises. Rev. Mr. Howell paid beautiful tribute to the noble impulses which were ever a trait of Mr. Lineker's character and of his acknowledgment of the Kins of Kings as the Ruler of man's destin ies here below, speaking words of com fort and solace to the bereaved widow. The interment was in the new churchyard on lands devoted by Mr. and Mrs. Lineker to' the purposes of the church and to the school in that community. The pallbearers were rflrom among Mr. Lineker's neighbors and friends ins Cape- Far. township, as follows: Messrs. James Swinson, D. Ei Kerr, William Blossom, William Gregerson, C. F. Seitter and Roy Fen nell. " Mrs. Lineker, who was in New York at the bedside of a relative at the time of Mr. Lineker's critical illness, hastened home in response to a tele gram, arriving Saturday morning. Mrs Fannie J; Mitchell, a close friend of j Mrs. Lineker, arrived on the noon Sea board train from Waynesville, N. C, to be with Mrs. Lineker and to attend the funeral services. She will remain with Mrs. Lineker for .several days and with a host of Wilmington friends has joined in the most heartfelt sympathy for her in her bereavement. LIKES WILMINGTON BETTER Mr. A. A. Nathan Tells Raleih Reporter i Abont City by the Sea In yesterday's Raleigh News & Ob server appears the following interest ing interview with Mr. A. A. Nathan, of Wilmington, in which he shows him self to be a true booster for the City by the sea: 'You haVe a good town here,' said Mr. A. A. Nathan of Wilmington, who is in the city on a visit to - his son. Mr. Marx Nathan. Ihave been mak ing occasional visits here for a num ber of years, but not until this trip have I taken the time to look the place over carefully. The people are friend ly and cordial and there is an atmos phere of business hustle and activity that Is agreeable I believe your cityj is destined to continue to grow at the rapid rate which has marked its de velopment for. the last flye or six years. " 'Of course we have you beat in some ways ii Wilmington. Our street cars run on a more frequent schedule and they move at a 'livelier clip. We have fine hotel facilities though I be lieve Raleigh is looking up somewhat too in this respect. We have perhaps over twice as much money on deposit in our banks as Raleigh. You have the advantage of a finer and larger back country. Possibly too you have a' larger retail trade, though in whole sale trade Wilmington of course will easily lead Raleigh. Much of our big annual volume of business is along the water front and as it is done through the order of traveling men It does not make, the noise that the same amount of business by retail would make." BISHOP IS PYTHIAN. Rt. Rev. Ths. C. Darst, D. D.. Removes Membership to Wilmington. Of interest to Pythians and their many friends will be the following from the "Carolina Pythian" for Feb ruary: "It is a pleasure to know that the Ri. LRev. Thos. C. Darst, recently consecrat ed Bishop of the Diocese 01 isast Caro lina, is a member of the order, and will change his membership to Wilmington, where he will reside, depositing his card in Clarendon Lodge. We wish that all clergymen would appreciate the ad vantage to themselves in holding mem bership in fraternal orders,' .enabling them to mingle on more democratic terms with other men, and giving:. them opportunity of the exercise of quiet and persuasive influence. on those f'-with whom they are thus thrown intimately in' contact." . pf;M? Cotton From Fayetteville. i'S-i'jf: The steamer John W. Fredericks-, owned .and operated .by .Capt.' :Jj-'J Price and Mr. John ' Fredericks, : arf rived in Wilmington -yesterday from, Fayetteville 'with 330 bales of cotfoni' consigned to AIexanderSprunt &-.Son.' ARRANGING FOR MEETINGS Evangelistic Services to Be Held in Wilmingrton Chorcnes for Two Weeks in March Wilmington pastors are arranging to conduct simultaneous evangelistic ser vices in practically all the' evangelical churches-of the cify in March for two jveeks preceeding Easter. Preliminary plans were made at a meeting of the Wilmington Ministerial Association several weeks ago and the ministers are now busy in perfecting their ar rangements for the meetings. It was at first planned to conduct a union meeting and to have these services-conducted by some well known evangelist but this proved to be im practicable because there is no audi torium in the city sufficiently large. It is considered that better results can be achieved by separate meetings and that more people can be reached in this way. Conducting the meetings at the same time will not cause any conflict as it is expected that the members of the different churches will attend their own services. In other cities where simultaneous evangelistic services have been conducted they have proven very successful and have resulted in re viving the work of the churches to a large' degree. One of the features of the meetings that will . be emphasized will be per sonal work. The pastors are meet ing with splendid co-operation on the part of their congregations in prepara tion for the services aid the present indications are that the meetings will be noted for their deep spiritual signi ficance. WILMINGTON PHYSICIANS TO ATTEND MEETING Tri-State Medical Society Meets This Week in Charleston. Several Wilmington physicians will attend the 17th annual meeting of the Tri-State Medical Society which will be held Wednesday and Thursday f this week in Charleston, S. C. The last annual meeting of the society was held in Wilmington. ,Dr. Charles T, Har per, of this city, is vice president of the society and Dr. M. M. Caldwell is chairman of the North Carolina sec tion on surgery. Dr. Ernest S. Bulluck, of Wilmington, is on. the programme for a paper on "The Treatment of Typhoid Hemor rhage." Other North Caorlina -physicians on the programme are as fol lows: Dr. Carl V. Reynolds, Asheville; Dr. J. F. Highsmith, Fayetteville; Dr. John R. Irwin, C.harlotte; Dr. J. T. Burrus, High Point; Drs. C. M. Strong, and Owen Moore, Charlotte; Dr. Addi son G.. Brenizer, Charlotte; Dr. D. A. Stanton, High Point; Dr. C. A. Jul ian, Thomasville; Dr. Thompson Fraa ier, Asheville; Dr. J. Howell Way, Waynesville; Dr. Mary E. Lapham, Highlands; Dr. J. W. Squires, Char lotte; Dr. L. G. Beall, Greensboro; Dr. W. P. Reaves, Greensboro; Dr. A. M. Whisnant, Charlotte; Dr. G. T. Sikes, Grissom; Dr. W. C. Ashworth, Greens boro; Dr. W. F. Carstarphen, Wake Forest; Dr. E. H. Bowling, Durham; Dr. L. B. Moore, Charlotte; Dr. C. B. McNairy, Kinston; Dr. William R. Kirk, Henderson vllle; Dr. J. S. Wallace, Con cord; Dr. H. H. Bass, Henerson. BEACH CITIZENS TO MEET Meeting: at Chamber of Commerce To night to Nominate Officers. There will be a meeting of the prop ertty holders of Wrightsville Beach at 8:30 o'clock tonight at the rooms of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of nominating officers for the ensuing year, to take action on the matter of sewerage and to consider such other business as may come be fore the meeting. The annual meet ing of the Board of Aldermen will be iield in April. Charged With Gambling. ij. W. Fennell, Oscar Slater and James Hooper, all colored, were arrest ed last night by Plainclothesman Frank George on a charge of gambling. Young an Je 20r?5: Policeman J. S. Lane on similar charges. They will . be arraigned be fore the Recorder this morning. John Covington, colored, was arrested by Po liceman Lane on a charge of assault ing a female. TOBACCO FAIR AT KINSTON To Be Held Next Fall at Heijrut of the Season in Eastern Belt. (Social Star Correspondence.) Kinston, N. C, Feb. 14. The first big tobacco fair will be held in Kinston next ' fall at the heighth of the sales season. . A stock company to be organ ized during the coming two or three weeks will launch the enterprise, and during the summer spacious grounds will be bought or leased, the necessary buildings erected and the exhibit ad vertised. The fair is destined to be come the biggest of its kind in the country; that is, intended principally to advance the tobacco industry. It will be sectional in scope, and nearly all of the counties in the bright ' leaf belt will be Invited id have a part in it. Fifty thousand dollars will capi talize the fair; local business men have assured the Chamber of Commerce that they will finance it, and the merchants, manufacturers and planters of Lenoir, Onslow, Duplin, Jones, Wayne, Pitt, Greene and Craven counties will be asked to participate in the exhibit Al though tobacco is expected to play the biggest part the enterprise - will not be limited to that staple. , All lines of agriculture and mechanical endeavor will be played up , CHARLOTTE TEACHER WINS SUIT IN CUMBERLAND COURT And Gets Mere Than $,0) Worth , Fine Farming; Land. (Special Star Correspondence.) Fayetteville, N. C, Feb. 13. Miss Maude McKInnon, a pretty teacher in the Charlotte city schools, was award ed a clean title to 157 acres of Cumber land county farming land,-worth $6,280, by a jury in the "Superior court, here The case has occupied jthe greater, part of the week in its trial. The action was begun several years ago, when Miss McKInnon was a minor, by f her mother, Mrs. ; Lilly . B. McKInnon, of Charlotte, against J. E. Davis, of this county. It involved the title to some splendid farming lands In the southern part of Cumberland county. The jury decided that the plaintiff had, been in adverse possession Of the land for nine ears, and answered" all the other is sues in Miss McKinAon's favor. . CHANGE OF SCHEDULE ? Effective Monaay, February 15th, At lantic Coast Line Train No. ;48 will leave Wilmington at 7:40 A." M., In stead of 7:30 A. M. Advertisement 3 FEBRUARY 15. 191 5. Put Your G6ld in This Baiik P Old Age Puts Silver in V THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK COR. Put Not Your Trust In Riches; But Put Your Riches In Trust This Trust Company the oldest in the State is prepared to handle your affairs while you live, and to settle your estate at your death. . Thoughtful people everywhere are getting the trust company idea. Perhaps we may serve YOU in some df our various capacities. We should like an opportunity to discuss your business problems with you. The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company 1 10 PRINCESS COTTON'S NEWCONQUEST An Open Letter by Renskorf, Lyon & Company. Except in rare instances every great market movement results from causes which lie far beneath the- surface. Ob vious factors, or those which have been accorded general recognition, -.never in fluence prices other than by way of reaction. It is the unknown "factor, therefore, which governs the cours'e of values. No season affords a better instance of the worthlessness of known and dis counted influences than the present one. It was apparent to all that we had a cotton crop probably the largest on re cord; that the shock of war had paral yzed demand; that the financial ma chinery had been thrown out of gear, and a burden would be placed upon the Southern grower that would be well nigh insuperable. Many other bearish features were evident alike to the nov ice and the veteran, and agreement was unanimous in- the conclusion that cotton could not advance. The fact that cotton has advanced more than lc. per pound since Decem ber 11 merely gives emphasis to the general principle that factors which have become generally known and re cognized are no longer effective inthe making of prices. Every important price movement has characteristics of its own. The tremen dous advance from the low level in 190ST-09 later disclosed the information that on account of the enormous spin dleage the textile trade, in a season of 'poor business, could absorb an enor mous amount of raw material. Those who were looking for evidence of a keen appetite overlooked the slse of the family demanding food. In 1911-12 the dominant feature was the tendency to make heavy forward purchases, thus distributing the enour mous production of one season" over, a period several years ahead. Just as these two notable seasons had their peculiar characteristics which, by the way, concerned a new angle in the consumption of cotton so we believe the present season will be marked by influences perhaps even more revolutionary than those. It will require vision to perceive and recognize these factors? Most persons will be inclined to obscure their view of the future by hiding themselves be hind the predicted 5,000,0"00 bale carry over and destroying their own initiat ive by trying to convince themselves that the-recent advance of! about 150 points in contracts that, will prevent a reduction in acreage. There are underlying influences in cotton which are bigger and more po tent than any factor with which the textile trade has ever been confronted. We believe that a situation is now in the making which Is more than likely to result in the use 4f cotton as practical ly the sole fibre of commerce. Radical as it may sound, we do not hesitate to make the statement that, the continu ance of the, war for one more year will largrely eliminate wool and flax from use by the world's civil population. At the most conservative calculation the .military operations in Europe are consuming wool . at an annual rate equivalent to the product of one billion sheep per year. According to the most authoritative estimates which we have been able to obtain, there are approxi mately 60,957,000 sheep in the .'world. The most recent figures make the dis tribution of sheep as follows North America . South America .. .. .. I... Europe ... . 67,653,443 .112,782,048 .164,888,831 .110,058,874 . 51,357,381 .107,217,140 'Asia Africa . . . . ........ . Oceafiia (includ. Australia).. 603,957,717 The world's production of wool avail able for commerce, which, of course, I does not include the home consumption : ... V. i .- ''' . ' $1.00 r More Will An Account Here "OLD AND STRONG FRONT AND PRINCESS STS. STREET of primitive countries, is placed at 2, 880,889,000 pounds (unscoured). In all the destruction of the present war no thing approaches the waste in clothing. Most of the 10,000,000 men on the firing line are peasants who ordinarily get a suit of clothes once in four or five years many of them make an overcoat last from 10 to 15 years. - Reliable estimates made by members of the British and French war supply agencies place the life of a uniform at 4 to 5 weeks; sweaters and mufflers, 4 to 5 weeks; underwear, less than one month; I socks, less than two weeks, and an overcoat not more than 5 weeks. Under the new rule put in force by the British Army Medical Corps every British soldier on the firing line is . giv en a complete new clothing outfit every 4 weeks. The old clothing is then burn ed as a precaution against disease. This policy, which was -adopted in a small way during the Boer war, proved so ef fective that it is now being put , into general operation. In addition to the huge requirements for the clothing outfits, an enormous amount of wool is used -for blankets, both for horses and men. The average uniform, as demanded in specifications and completed orders from this country, which have been sent-to Europe, contains 6 pounds, of clean wool, while the overcoat has 10 pounds of clean wool. Here alone are 16 pounds of wool which has been scoured and made .free of "noils" (small hairs that drop off when wool is spun into yarn) which represents the outer equipment of one soldier. One pound of "grease" or unscoured wool contains in some grades less than five ounces of clean wool and the loss through manufacture results usually in the cloth retaining only about 30 per cent, of the original unscoured weight. On such a basis the overcoat and uni form of one man on the firing line rep resent on the most conservative calcu lation 33 pounds of wool on the back of sheep. For 10,000,000 fighting men in reserve, this means 660,000,000 pounds of wpol "in the grease" to supply one overcoat and -one uniform for each sol-diet-. For the 10,000,000 men on the firing: line alone, at the average rate of re newal figured on, it would require the product of nearly one billion sheep for one year for just one overcoat and uni form per month, and with no allowance for socks, sweaters, or mufflers, and without making any provision what ever for the elbthing of the soldiers held in reserve. As the war progresses there will un doubtedly have to be substituted larger and larger amounts of cotton for wool in uniforms. The governments of the belligerent nations are willing to make almost any sacrifice to obtain wool, and they are4now paying prices which no one else will pay. The price of wool is advancing by leaps and bounds. .Shoddies and rags in which reclaim able wool is found are at the highest levels of many years. Woolen .goods manufacturers in the United States frankly admit that they cannot see where wool for domestic needs will come from after a few more weeks of such demand as has been made for the armies of Europe. The buying of wool for the use of contractors for army uniforms has been on such a tremendous scale, and prices have gone so high, that it has been im possible for, more than a few woolen manufacturers in the United States to lay up a supply for the future.. Im ports of wool into this country norm ally reach about 20000,000 pounds of unscoured wool per year. They are now running at the rate of less than one tenth of that, while the 'domestic pro duction of .wool which is normally about 325,000,000 pounds of .fleece wool per year, has fallen off below that fig FIVC iefpire Your Hair en 99 1.. Op "Safety First." ure, owing to the slaughter of sheep for meat. The European nations for at least seven months in the year will insist on obtaining woolen garments for their soldiers for hygienic reasons. Eventu ally more cotton will have to be used, but this will be because the supply of wool has become practically exhausted. Meantime, the non-combatant popu lation of the world will have to use cot ton. Not only will cotton be used for mixing with wool, but many garments hitherto made largely of wool will have to be made exclusively of cotton. The linen industry is faced by a cri sis almost as acute as that which ex ists in wool. The best flax "line" comes from Belgium, The seed of the flax grown in that country is planted in all countries where flax is grown for fibre instead of for seed. The Russian flax crop this season was 40 per cent, short. The supply of flax flbre from Ireland is' so limited that the cotton crop of one 1 small county in the South would have relatively more industrial importance. The River Lys, known in history as the "Golden River," which runs through northeastern France and southwestern Belgium, in peaceful times is lined for one hundred miles along both its banks with flax which has been sunk in its sluggish current for the purpose of "retting." This year, and, perhaps for two or three years more, the Lys will yield none of its matchless flbre to the linen consumers of the world. The destruction of the flax fibre in dustry in Belgium tells only part of the story, however. There is only a small supply of seed which other coun tries can obtain. We are told by some of the best authorities In the linen trade that it will probably be 1917, even if the war should stop now, before the supply of linen could be restored to normal proportions. The influence of governmental sug gestion in Europe's commercial affairs, particularly at present among the war ring nations, is greater than ever be fore. European students of economic conditions have been quick to realize, the significance of the impending tex tile crisis, and it is largely as a result of their advice that foreign buying ha assumed such enormous proportions In the last few weeks. We believe that these developments foreshadow the in auguration of a new era for cotton and that the calamity of . over-production, which seemed so distressing only a few months ago, will prove to be a blessing, not only to the South, but to all mankind. It is fortunate that such a bountiful supply of this king of fi bers is available at a time when the greatest war in history has removed from serious competition its two great rivals wool and flax. WAKE FOREST WINNER Defeats Raleigh V. M. C. A. in Uainter & estingr Game -of Basketball. ("Special Star Telegram.) Wake Forest, N. C, Feb. 13. Wake Forest defeated Raleigh Young Men's Christian Association tonight on the local floor by the score of 33 to 14. The game was slow and uninteresting and but little enthusiasm was displayed by the large crowd that witnessed the game, with the Baptists playing far below their usual form. In the first half the visitors were able to hold the score to a ten all count. With practi cally a new line up the Wake Forest team came back in the second half and added 23 points to the score, allowing the visitors only two, field goals, the final score, standing 33 to 14. Paris, Feb. 14. M. Millerand, the French secretary-of war. today issued the following note: . "All reservists and territorials who are fathers of six children, even though already serving in the army will be incorporated in the 1877 class, the last class of reservists called to the colors." Liverpool, Feb. 14 (via London). The White Star Line steamship Arabic ar rived today from New York. The Brit ish flag was flown throughout the trip. No submarines were sighted. r - , ;
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