North Carolina Newspapers

I. XT ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY ONLY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN WATAUGA COUNTY ESTABLISHED IN 1888 VOLUME XXXIII , BOONE, WATAUGA COUNTY NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY OCT. 12, 1922 NUMBER 50 av if I ft V..,,: fi'i . '. ..-V." : vw." . ''A 'V t'-. Value Cotton Mill Products Increase, The ralne of. North Carolina's cot ton mm products has lncerased from 152.108.250 in 1912 to $146,894,172 la 1822, according to reports from cot ton mills in the state compiled by U. L. Shlpman, commissioner o labor and printing, for use in the an nual report of the department. With this climb, North Carolina cotton mills have maintained their suprenv. cjr in the South and is now secon In the United States. In the stato kaelf, the industry ranks first in tho . number of wage earners, the amount paid in salaries and wages, the value of products and In value added by Inanufacturer. I "Cotton mcnufactnrtng," sayi Mr. Bhipman, in the chapter of his report on cotton mills Just completed, "hai vxpcneuceu a ieuy atowiu mruustr out the years for which statistics t re available, the value of products ha lng increased during the past decade from $52,868,689 il 1918 to $222 170,691 in 1922. "Capital employed and authorized ten years ago was $51,108,250; toi 192, $146,894,171. 54,710; number reported June 30, 1821; 71,971 "Approximate amount of raw mate rial used In 1912, 328,407,879 pounds In 1921-22, 631,768,111 pounds, or 1 063,536 bales of cotton weighing 101 lbs per bale. This percentage of in crease in the quantity of raw mate rials consumed by the industry 1 found to be relatively greater thai Jthat of any other state engaged in the Eianufacture of cotton goods. "The cotton mill Industry of the tate has also rapidly expanded IB lachlnery equipment, showing a re markable increase la both spindles land looms during the ten-year period (for which these comparisons are made, The number of spindles employed in 11912 was 3,321,426; in 1921-22, 1,605,.! fry an automobile. Both legs were 102. Looms In 1911, 158,961; f oi broken, one in two places, and a com 1111-22, 74,740. Because of their dlf pound fracture was made on the oth Terent speeds and their use npon dif. r in addition to the break, 'terent grades of yarn, the number o I Lnmberton. Sellers Skipper, whits Isptndles employed may not be strictlj barber of Red Springs, Robeson coun Jan accurate Index of the cotton indue ty, who was found in a road in the .try, yet it is one of the best standard! outskirts of that town In an uncon- available and Is the most generally ao , oepted measure of progress. 'The total number of employes es gaged ln this Industry in 1912 wai "The spindle Increase in North Carolina has, for each succeedin year since 1912, been greater than ia any other state and establishes be lyond question the claim that the stat I has risen to a position of great im portance in the cotton manufacturing 'industry. The increase for the last jblenial period Is 376,836. Rate of in 'crease since 1915, being a total oi ,1,311,424, is 25 per cent. The output of North Carolina spindles consists oi Iflne yarns in Immense quantities, tht ; value- of .which,, in proportion to num. iber, exceeds that of any other rival !ln the value of ticks and denims th 'state leads the entire country. I "An index to the industrial progres; lot the state the past two years it .furnished by the continued growth oi the cotton mill industry. Industrially .North Carolina has rapidly advanced to that position of output and proa perity will be controlled only by ba isle? limitations. No fact relating t !the advancement ot the state is mor Interesting, more Important, or mor aignlflcant to the student of social and jeoonomlc conditions ln North Caro lina than the vigor, the persistency jand the success that has followed th Introduction of this branch of manu. facture. The last biennial period hai witnessed the usual development bj the textile Industry. I "The number ot mills represented 'in these compilations is 383. Of this number 852 report $146,894,172 In vested and authorized in plant op erations. The number of spindles re- iperted is 6,605,102; looms, 74,740; cards, 14,725; and the number of horsM power utilized at regular Interval) was 221,759. The approximate amouni 'of raw material used, 531.763.1H pounds. Estimated value of yearlj output, 1229,670,691. Adult males em 'Joyed, 46,324; females, 27,754; chit idren? 4,894. Total number ot employ es, 78,972. Eesimated number of da pendents intimately associated wit) the cotton mill industry in the capac. Hty ot wage-earners and their famille( Us 291.065. "The extent to which an industrr (fives employment and hte amouni (which1, it pays in wages Is a better tesi let its importance in many inrtance lhan the canital it requires, the cos) of materials, the value of products, oi even the added value through the pro Lumberton. Sheriff R. E. Lewis ar ieess of manufacture. The wage earn rived here with Joe D. Kemp, who was 'ere in all branches of the textile Indus tn ot the state combined, present I '(formidable array of men, women an children. The number of each clasi reported for the period covered bj this report shows a healthy increasi over the previous two years, but thj Wage level is lower, due ln a measuri to the continued business depressioi Vhich appeared during the latter pari year old lad with whom he had been of 1920. The highest average- wage disputing, is being held in the city 'paid males during the last biennial pa Jail, awaiting the decision of Coronet jrlod is $4.75 per day; females, $11!B.BMojt1s Mvtowhat action to take. CONDENSED NEWS FROlt THE OLD NORTH STATE 8H0RT N0TE8 OF INTERMT 0 CAROLINIANS. Greenville. w. H. Whlchard, aged n hlghly re8pected farmer, died at hj - homa near staton'a Mill. Mr. Whlchard was one of the best known men of his section and was held in highest esteem by a wide circles of friends. Wilson. The best average price tor tobacco since 1919 was established here when 646 628 pounda wa8 Bold for $236,719.54, or an average of $36.60 per hundred pounds. wniievine. Don Nobles, charged with the killing of his kinsman, Frank! Nobles, was brought back from Sea vllle, Fla., by Sheriff Ammons. No sioa u a saM ,n. ih. bmn """m v . freely, but refuses to state a reason for the homicide. Durham. Sharpe Roberts, former Piedmont league baseball player, who was stabbed and seriously wounded in an affray, which occurred during one of the Durham-High Point post season Berles games, will recover, it was announced at the Watts hospital Wake Forest. The running of the Raleigh-to-Richmond division of the national highway through the heart of Wake Forest was assured when the trustees of the college called in ses sion, voted to allow the commission right-of-way along the Bast side of the campus. Lenoir. Marshall Webb, of Leaks vflle, one of the smaller students in the Patterson school, in Happy Valley, was seriously injured when run down actous condition, died in a hospital in Fayetteville. A blow on the back ol the head caused the death of Skipper. Durham. Walter Dayton, cotchet of the Durham, Piedmont league, base ball team, who suffered a fractured ankle in the fourth game of the lea gue's post-season series, has recover ed sufficiently to walk on crutches. Physicians say he will be able to leave the hospital within a few days Hickory. The Catawba county fair, enlarged so as to include four coun ties, war formally opened by Presi dent John W. Robinson in the pres ence of an unusually large crowd This was known as Burke count; day and J. Earnest Erwln, of Morgan ton, was the speaker of the afternoon. reensboro. Definite answer as to whether Greensboro will retain iti franchise in the Piedmont Baseball league must be given to W. C. Bram ham, of Durham, president of the league, immediately after the meeting of the stockholders of the club and others Interested on October 17. Thai Is the ultimatum delivered personal! to oJhn T. Rees, president of the lo cat club, Charlotte. Lew Hahn, managing director of the National Dry Goods' association, was the honor guest al the Mado-in-Carollna8 Exposition, on the occasion of "Merchants' Day." H delivered an address before the Cham ber of Commerce and the exposition audience on the general subject ol more cordial relation between retail distributors and consuming public Winston-Salem.The Forsyth coun ty fair opened at Piedmont park and the thousands in attendance were fre to admit that the commercial and farm exhibits were decidedly the best they had ever seen at a county fair, All of the apace this year In the com mercial building Is taken by Winston Salem merchants and manufacturer who have arranged a regular exposi tion in which many locally made pro ducts are featuring. Chapel Hill. All records for attend ance at the North Carolina University have been broken, it was announced when figures at the end of the third day of enrollment showed 1,788 stu- aents oa tQe campus, Wilmington. Contracts for twenty- five Pacific type locomotives at a cost of $1,350,000, has been awarded to th Baldwin Locomotive Works ot Phlla- delphia, by the Atlantic Coast Lin railroad, it was announced here arrested in St. Augustine, Fla on the charge of killing Daniel E. McNeill, near Red Springs, Robeson county, on August 15, 1878, 44 years ago. Marshall. Henry Humphrey, 11 yeardold negro boy who shot and klleld Blaine Moore, a seven-year-old playmate when he discharged shotgun at Aaron Logue, a nineteen- un siiiu gehl pershihb ISlUmiC TO WHI SK REPORTS REVEAL INCREASE EMPLOYMENT IN MANY CITIES. 65 CITIES REPORT INCREASE Common Ub.r Short.,. R.,cl. P..' ieno ot rrosperuy uver me Entire County, Washington. Industrial emnloT- ment in all parts of the country hai been accepted 6y adjustment of coal and raH strikes, although inadequate ..., v . Mmr auu iuci buuuit una rcutruca I IK further improvement, the department of Wednesday, according to announce of labor announced ln a survey of re. ment made by Col. Albert L. Cox, the ports from the principal industrial chairman of the reception committee, cities. ftAfffa tjtv el k? IamJIm ttf a swyviw uuw Wtf icauius Willis showed an increase in employment r ' n4tio caA(aMka. ia, j August, which 17 cities reported de tj...4, u . ui obdcb. liiuuHLriBB iniiwinr ini'.rfHsi ed emnlovment wer railrnAd reli shops, tobacco and textile manufao .a ..j .v.. .w.., ..u .uu .uu luuir i aucis, rooa, leatner, lumoer, paper, printing and chemical and allied pro I ducU, food, leather, lumber, paper i"""- ' Decreased employement was dis in nuui .uu uoyciojco, yo hide, for land transportation, metal at.4 T.mi)n. steel and stone, clay and glass pro dUCtB. I Building construction, said the sur 1 rey, is maintaining a steady pace in oractical all- section.. whii th. 1. " v" nnvwuillIU 15U Ul UIUBUCIIVJ i. t.. a ,.v -u.J .. m.o u..nuv luuuuuu uuur Duurk age everywhere. Elimination of trans portaUon and fuel dlfficulUes, the de j j... usvioicu, wui uyoeu yruuuu tlon and employment "to a hlghei degree than has obtained since thi war, A JHtinf-., AtS S I.L.. A ujudmuCuu ui wHiiB lADor uouito versy has "increased employment li: that industry tremendously" while 1m! provement in the textile situation wai shown generally in New Enriand. Lieut. Gordon Win. Air Reoe. Detroit-Lieut. A. W. Gordon, U. S - - N., won the Curtiss marine flying tro phy race here with an averaffa unpfiii for the eight 20-mile laps ot 111.61 .iv. nut. .....j uiLmw u uuur. miKui piaues puoieo uj ..w.u,iD. nByy ui,u manu- AASffAA fit. I.J Sf J ... A ft A T1 I I . 1 i J the marine corps, won the prize for the bestaverage speed ln the air. The race was not so much a speed event as a contest demanding good piloting. One of the difficult man. vuvBuuK ic His required was inai ai -. . . ..i. . .v uio euu ui me nna, si ana sevenui laps eacn pilot snouid bring his ma chine down to the water and taxi ovei a 1,200 foot stretch before makinr a ul-yl iu Buu again umng mi ueutenant Sanderson had the rac won unui a mwe irora me nnisn nn on his last lap, when he was forced to land with an empty gasoline tank - His average speed ln the air was 125V4! miles an hour. He piloted a Curtlsi. 18-T trlplane. Lieutenant Gordon, winner of thr trophy and who was the only one te nnisn me race except ueutenant Ka aia naa an air-cooled motor. HU average speed ln the air for the first three laps, during which the contest ants were not compelled to taxi on th water, was 117.8 miles an hour. Of the six planes that failed to finish the race, two were damaged In forced landings. Lieutenant Rutledge Irvine's plant got from under control when the left wing pontoon became loosened. Ki brought lt down on a hsge pile of coal. The machine was partly wrecked, bul the pilot was unhurt. Invite Greek Arny to Evacuate, London. An official communlqnt was issued after a full cabinet meet lng, resummoned to consider a long dispatch from Lord Ourzon at Paris: "M. Polncare and Lord Gurzon hav reached an agreement that the Greek army should bo invited to evacuaU eastern Thrace on the understanding that the allies should occupy the evac uated territory tor a period ot 30 day from the date of the completion ol the evacuation of the Greek force's, in order to guarantee the safety ol the non-Turkish population inis agreement now must be pre-i wnich( the commissioner con. sented to the TurHsh representative! I ten,iB wm muit from the investiga at Mudania on the understanding thai UoB lt tne ranroads win their points effect thereto will -mly be given lt th , Edgar E Clark, former chalrmas Turkish representatives accept thr of tne interstate commerce commls remaining conditions laid down the allied note of September 23, par ticularly respecting the neutral nonet on both sides of the Dosphorus and the DandaaelleB." A CONFLICT OF ENGAGEMENTS MOVE8 HIS VISIT FORWARD; PLANS FOR RECEPTION. TQ BE GUEST OF GOVERNOR ,,., Min 0und Will Follow Opening Address of Governor Morrison. Raleigh. General John J. Pershing will be the guest of the North Carolina State c.i , ..i v rr uu iucdubj ui laii wcd. iuowhu upon his return from Washington, wIiaka li a tAn4 AtiAM fnntaf ixra ntft. nuuo ncut vtci vua ivuiatno 4 v 1 gram for the day with the general, 9 I nAinn.. f. e.v- it essary to move up his engagement ,. iirth. . 1 OAneral Pemhlntr will arrive ln Ra- leigh from Washington early Tues- j.! . .T.111 v. ,v' u7 uiuiuiUR. no win ue iuo 6oi M will be thn euest He wui do me u. of Governor Morrison at breakfast at or Governor Morrison at breawast at 9 o'clock with a distinguished com- I yauji Juuiuuiuk irn. uuiiu "- bllt, president of the State Fair. At it. u tiut. vua yiuteoDiuu to iud ian grounds, headed by a battery of ar- l n n-n-o-- -in f Although plans have not definitely tin maAa riATinrnl PArshinr'a Ad-1 dress at the grounds will follow the opening address by Oov.rnor Morrl- And t. .msiW. Address bv "j'w.,: - p-u ...n ,- 1U1 B. TBUUeiUllU 1UO .CUSIM Jl 111 " .v. . . v . v- iud nouur vmn n. a uaruecue iu u served on the grounds, and will later visit the exhibits with Mrs. Vander- . v. u.,j Dill. A unci rtjceyuuu maj ue ueiu. Brigadier General A. J. Bowley, the Mmmandln. efficer at Camn Bra. win t PAiBirh nn MnnHftv of m A l- t M lis ft.- A 1 A m.t I" . :: I . .ul ": : UHT ween, ana wui uo me gueui oi Colonel Cox. He has Issued orders for the Pifth regiment band and battery from the camp to encamp here i for the whole of fair week. He will i - march in the parade to the grounds. Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts will act as chief marshal, at the request ol Mrs. Vanderbilt. At R-40 in thn nfternnnn flpnppftll Pershing will leave for Nbw Orleans, . ... .. . . i wnere ne win auena ine annual meei- ing or me American region, imimi a a a. ... I I ment have been somewhat altered on account of the necessity for his car , - --- Her departure for the south, but he will bfl here suffidentlv lone to re- Sab! 11 S2 celve a rousing welcome from North Carolina. , p Governor stays Death or Dixon. Sixty days was added to the life ol Joe Dixon by executive order, when Governor Morrison gave me uraven rnnnfv hnrizlflr ft Rtav nr spntencei until December 10, and some slight foundation upon which to built a hope that execution may be replaced with a i iifa sentence in the state prison. Dixon was to have been executed on Tuesday morning at 10:30. w0th Judge Frank A. Daniels, whe sentenced Dixon to death, and the so- Hdtor who prosecuted him, have r.eo- i ommended to the governor that he be extended demencv but this the cover- nor has not fully made up his mind to do. Diion was caught red-handed and wounded by a 14-year old boy as h was burglarizing a residence ln New Bern last spring. August 10 was set originally as the date of his execu tlon. Reprieve for Dixon and the perfee tlon of an appeal to the superme court ln behalf of John Bush, membei of a oromlnent white family in Cald- well county sentenced to death foi murder Friday morning ot next week reduced the number who will die be- tween Tuesday and Friday to two, Joe Jackson will be electrocuted foi burglary on Friday and Mclver Bup nett for rape on Thursday morning, Rate Inveatiaatlon at Ashevllle. Corporation Commissioner Allen Maxwell, Rate Expert W. G. Womble of the commission, and a staff ol clerks, left for Ashevllle to attend the Southern rate investigation hearing, Mr. Maxwell took with him a big array of exhibits and briefs to b presented in support of North Caro linn' fleht aeainst excessive freight by Blon and nead 0f the legal firm Clark ft LaRue, of Washington, Is pected to go to Ashevllls the . first 'next week to take part in the hearing at the state's attorney. II. I M WU M LIST BE DRV WHILE IN AMERICAN WATERS; NO SALE ON U. 8. CRAFT ANYWHERE. I CQBRT MT MSfEl Chairman Lasker Considers Ruling a Blow to American Merchant Marine. Washington. All vessels, American or foreign, are prohibited from hav In "q,uor n boaJd ln American ter- mortal waters under an interpretation . . .u( vi mo iiiuuiumuii oincuuuiciit auu v-wi enforcement act handed down by the ! department of justice. Moreover the i transportation or sale of intoxicants , uu nmcritnu trail, nuciciw "I"'"1' , , . . , ,. ed. was held to be inhibited, IttiAnlnart rl t rfi o 1 MJ arc Amenutiu tui 1 iiui lixk noidt i 4 .1 M iAUAHtnl ...(! WAA I co8 ruc.ed ,ncl,fe no ""J within the three-mile limit of con- . 1 neniai un,ieQ Bl". DU B,a" u"DO .l.ue "7, ''' p"Z pines, the Hawaiian Islands, Porto ' ."-. Rico, the Virein islands and Alaska. i0ionHa onH Alaalt. - -- -- - , " - . p IJW,W ma canai zone, as mai zone in eye- .,... . . ... .,,.., i, . luo Dl DCII - . .11.. - I J Jr a s Ameri f 'P9ptXn J cerned the sale or transportation of i1HLi1?.L0oeplrA 7 S9Z S ;hflndrInI,7,'Lr reS ions as soon as the necessary regulation, De Preparea ana promuigaiea oy .1. ... I the treasury department. n, . ,nv,n flnol do. .Ji;'" . e'nra" on ' f. Js ato a"" l0a American dry laws to foreign snips entering American ports was fore Leen . DOin "0e7 YT.V seen both by Attorney General i i wnononv ann i nnirrnnn i .hmkht. . ' . . ... ' ' or tne snipping coara. Mr. mugner-. , . . . ,,, vti -Hviaod L. ,,, , u i0,. wM-h wmTid brine the issue to ho r.ru'bring the i88U t0 th .v i supreme court. i nnirrn an i .siuuur wuh hi i mm i i i i i i i - . " " ' "Z" 0tforeign J h6 flJ se"ran injunction ""Ld ! 1 f ?a T"ct 1" .., fho , ,,, lt wa8 rea. .. . .. . .... w " inlundlon wUh wouia granL BULn an injunction wiui ,,., .. t,i ,i nn. u tQ rlve wllh uor on board I the highest court. itid icaiion oi ine opinion oi via- denartment of lustice followed a lif. ,T , wiioea a Wh,t?. llom Publication of the opinion of the Pre8idcBt Harding summoned Mr, I r. u ,.. e i I i-JuUKiieriy , eitxiumiius iiutiic-a ou anA rll!1,rmnn T-nafcnr Vnrl. Mellon and Chairman Lasker. ou8 ,,ha8e8 of the BitUation were dls naaa,t inrimiinir tha naBihi rinlts of enforcement upon tho international .oioinBO nf tha TTnio,i stntoa rui t -AtntA v,n Ai fA-romftn f th l.-iw wnnM onpratn to an mrnediate disadvantage of the American merchant marine and wih moi. mnm nnnpsanrv inno. ment of tne shp 3ub8idy bill if the American fla e was to stay on the high .a Ho hpiievpii thn rulln? would wn - inflnptmn in rnnerotis when tne subsidy bill was taken up. n undoubted effect of the enforce, Mon iu. t.Vnr aaM wnnM ha tnl nam per hoard in Its efforts to Dulld up American shipping to the orient and South America. He ex- pected Vancouver, British Columbia, oroflt at the exnnnse particularly ot - Seattle and Portland in the Oriental trade and Montreal at the expense of New y0rk in the South American trade. Also he looked for Montreal to gain over New York in the trans- AtlAnttc trade. . . , , Aviators In Air 36 Hours. nBn Diego. Calif Lieutenant John a. MacReady and Oakley F. Kelley, wh0 had been ffylng over San Diego Blnce 5:66 a. m. In the monoplane T-2, landed at Rockweil field soon after 5:11 p. m. the folowing day, having hrnknn nil known records for sua- J tained flight in the heavier than alr fly ing machine. The, were In the air 36 hours, 18 minutee and SO seconds. The aviators were well tired out but willing .they said, to have continued their flight except for their desire to reach the ground before darkness should make landing more difficult. Tha landinc of the big plane was the signal for amlghty chorus ot whistles from the vessels In the harbor. When the airmen circled down into the Held, a small army ot spectators' was waiting to greet them. o Capt. E. B, Erwin, commandant e Rockwell field, soon after the flight o ended, gave out the time the aviators had bee naloft as 35 hours, 11 nun atea and 3jLlKpPs. halted mm VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS FOrf CONFERENCE BREAK ARE dlVEN IN RUMORS. ITALIAN DELEGATION RETURNS One Most Generally Credited Relate to the Evacuation of Constan tinople. Constantinople. Abruptly, thougB not unexpectedly, the Mudania con ference came to a halt When it will h. roa,impri n a matter of conlecture . Brigadier uenerai narnngxou, cum manaer of the allied forces and head of the a,iiej delesatlon. returned on the battie8hp iron Duke, and the Ite B flnleeatlon B1SO CafflO 10 JOIlBiaU4 tlnople. It Is understood the allied ... . . . A. 111. nnprflis win 0 into coniereuce wiui the hish commanders on certain se.j imi. dimmitiM which have arisen at ------- Mudania, vrl0UB wpltnauons lor tne sep nf , delesates are tlven la aration or me aeiegaies aro jitob m Lv. ..u,v ,.ivi. 7. T .T m rumors wnicn QUlc"i7 "Y"i """ "Ul1-" h-., -"""'--i The one most generally crtdiW .itpn the evacuation of Con - " . stantinople. According to nnon cia. information, Ismet Puba, the nation ' ... . 1 at representative, suddenly raUel th mmtton at tne afternoon c6Bfe ewce of the evacUftt,on ot Cnatantl nonie. eneral Hrr,nton repl,,d, ttat wou,d come aftW the confcc u' ? ofthe peace treatyi a8 8et forth ln the 1oi-t allied note. Ismet insisted re . . nAAtoillv on n Barlier evacuation, and T. ' ' 7 . .. . . . was rouna impossioie 10 rwa u agreement for the present on this InV -.,, nnnt portant point. lupJ the1 General Mombelll, of Italy, eu Ported General Harrington, but i . . . . wncn aeiegate, uenerai unarpy, Bftn.Bomm,tt., At this Juncture, M. Franklin-Bout!! French env07, ?ec,ar,n " " Uad been instructed by the Pre Ion, French envoy, declaring that he AnKmrnnnt to sunDort the Turkish del i - . . . . I - - - . e discussion grew very wan and the a"le.d general8 adiuri 2 with the commissioners at'-Con4 Pral Monibelll hav",ked for furth . . .. . lh ntrnmAntA eumed immediately. ', Another report was current, but ac4 i . ,.Qi DTninl reI)tedtas only a Part,' "Pianatlon, ft t tfc Btoppage of the conference sessions was due to the necessity oi the Greek delegates referring all mat ters for discussion to their government! at Athens. Protracted Drought Grips Country, Washington The weather elements are not exactly right. This Is the onlyj exnlanation the United States weatheil bureau can make for the protracted drought which grips a great portion of tho ronntrv. Meteoroelcalv sneakinc, the winds and the barometer pressure are acting contrary to nature. ThJ air is sluarish and there Is little movement in hieh or low strata, com sequently the moisture-bearing air canJ not journey over the country. with the excention of California and the northern Pacific coast, Flon Ida and the east Oulf coaBt, mere have been few areas where any rain to speak of has fallen for four or five weeks. There Is "low" extending from ashington, D. C, to soutn o Knoxville. Tenn., which Is hardly mov ing and which forms a barrier to ths moisturebraring winds. When that moves away, says the weather bureau, there will be tome chance for a change for the better. Although the present dry spell is making somewhat ot a record fol territory covered and length of time agriculturists and meteorologlcals d clare it has been marked by an e ceedingly small amount ol crof damage. The preceding warm week ranldlv matured corn and other, - crops, cotton and truck stuff, snd thsj harvest generally is prsctlcally over, Some little damage may result te late corn, lt was said by agriculture department offlcialr, but this probably will not be extensive. The main treu- ble, from the farmers' point ot view, U that sowing of winter wheat is be- Ins retarded by Inability to get the ground ln condition, Cotton In Texas and Oklahoms was slightly damaged several weeks ago m the early stages ot the dry spell Truckers in the South have been sav of ed from loss by recent showers treojj the Gulf ot Mexico, but most Of taw late truck crops la northern sections.' - have reached the stage waera ia i I weather does little damage. - , V j koBgoaoaej V7:?..vv, .),i.