Today's
Weather
Forecast
iJHIJt
VOL. IX. NO. 278.
ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 8, 1917.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
T ONE BILL10M
DOLLARS TO BUILD
MEnGHAMTJWARINE
Congress Will be Asked for
this Amount to Construct
Great Fleet of Vessels
CONTEMPLATE GREAT
BUILDI,NG PROGRAM
Shipping "Hoard Estimates
That Five or Si Million
Tonsof Steel and Wooden
Vessels Will be Construct
ed by Government in Next
Two Years.
' .Washington, v S.--' I'lirrSs will
lie asked to appropriate' one bHIioii dol
lars for the hii i hi ng o.i' tlii' great. Anu'f
can --merchant iiiiniili; which is to oyer
ciimi! t':o HiiliniiU'iiio. memo 0. '.The -ship1
. l'illg llOilV t; l'l)llkillll.;itl'S tlii' diversion
..to government USO.S of till' prOdu'rtS: (l)'
every Mini mill " In 'Thr-.-.tutiS ;,. .Can.
. ji'llatiou of existing .coiii iacts i . t wci ji
these, mills and private consumers anil
.. whore necessary payment of damages to
, parties whoso ronl mots, are ' cam-el led.
.Kst filiates by the t 1 p i i tvr boni'd are
that r),(Min;n(i'n liy tim'o.nnii tons of steel
anil wooden vessels' wi II . ho oi.iisf nietod
by the eriu'ii' ii t '. in "the. next two
Tears.
GERMAN CAMP TO BE
AT LAKE KANUGA
AshevilU', May S.- Wold was reeeiy
rd here today from Washiiistoii that K,
B. Gresham lias closed a coiii ract . wit h
. tht' (.'ovoniiiient for the. location of. a
ramp for intoriied. flerniaii sailors at
Lake Kniuiya, near llenilersiiiiville, It
is stated that the civilian (lofrnau juis
;onei'8 will . tie-in to arrive at . oiiVe ,iii
- 'ijutids of o and. thu! trans port at ion
. be .-.expedited 'luitil approximately
,'i.iliHi are eiuaiiipcl ihn.'. The otlirers
of the Interned liii'rchiinf ships will ar
rive first to lie followed by t hi" seiiinen.
1 mmUfnatJion V! oiimiisslnirr .,1 f owe "of
New York was hero liiNt week insiiectins;
the sites in this section for a promi
nent : camp for the tierniajis. He mi;
nested fliat' the prisoners would be em..
ployi'ii at ariciitiire and riiad work-. -in
, the. risyah National, f oresf lands which
jtfp jowJocatedae.ai:.JJxe.ca:) a! Lake
Kaluga.
CITY'S HEALTH WORK
SHOWING RESULTS
The Hoard of lloalt'll held ft Dicetino
nt the o!i.'. s id' t i , I l ea 1 1 h lepa.rt nelit
la-t i.iit and t he follow ng : menibots
were present; Hi. M . H. ii; a" well, W, , I .
lovner, W. ;K. I'ariisli. I.. V. Til-lery, a i 1
C'iy Health Oiliior Hr, .1. i '. .1 ti aswi.dl.
A roi(rt of the work for ,IHe.iast inoiitii
."of April was. sub mi 1 1 oil. .by- "the lienl.t h
otlicer and. disciisst'il tv t ire board. , ':r.he
report shows (hat- lafod ; striiie have
lieen lnnde alodt; nil lines of tin- u;orl,.;
, The progress of the 'S;Y.ijtri'iy- w;irl;. in
the first ward is bcnir- I i i li I - a 'VI -toe
ward will be. siipi)ieil with sn:i H a i y: los
ids by May 1-1. More l liaii t ii liiii'di ed
Blicli closets w-ill be i ii uperat i oil when
eomiletedv This work ::i ill be o.;in iod
en in . the ot her a r-ls al ;:i-.lat '''r d.it e.
It was t he Oj'tiiioii of. I ho boa r I to bejji it
'work in the third: wiir 1,'lnriii',' the pn'S
ml imnith.
The rapid slriib's niadc l.v the niii'i
iii); department was ca lied, to ' i be 'it ten-,
tooi of the board an I lr. Hraswell staf
e.'i that this woi ki ojan in l-'ebrnary:
Mini dnriiic; April: i';w as neeesni'v t-o
rub! nil. n Idit ional nurse to t lie force.
The work in f his . depa 1 1 men t . has not
only been a siieeess -fi oni h- ii'rogv'r;iyi;.
stand point lint linaircially. it. lias proved
to be self sustnininy. Pui -inj; the nionth
of April the nurses made a total of :'2
calls, dismissed -to atienis lis bcin
well and liml. !I4 liew iatients.
COTTON MARKET
:' New YoYk, Jfav K. Cotton futures op
.'ened, stead v: May, Jl'."iH; duly, 1!M0;
October, lS,(i,'!; necomlier, lS.ti.V;
uurv, 1 S . 7 1 .
- Xow York. Mhv ciitt"?: T'Uiy
ket was very quiet today w ith .sent ;ment
Unsettled and fluctuation irreoular. The
(iiening was steady: at a decline of M
paints on May, but generally 7 to In
points liioioM- on scattered buying.-July
sold at " T0.4S- right' after -lie 'on II while
October touched ts.fi:'. i "r ib to I:; points
net higher. The advance was checked
lit this level by realizing, however, and
prices eased off a fi'w points,
STOCK MARKET
Xpw Y'ork. Mav s. -Opening cautious,
ly tint mainly at a high level today's
market soon gathered momentum;. under
lead of the t'nited States Steel, active
Kipiipments and Wails. Steel was again
freely taken in largv individual lots up
toovernight gains ot n point with almost
two omts for Hethlelieni Steel, new
stock. Canadian I'licilie was the ouf
stmiding fenture of tin' railway section
gaining two points. Shipping, Motors
and a fei other prominent specialties
avfraged one point advances and Tex
as Company rone more than three points.
WAN
AMERICAN VESSELS
SI!
CI
Government Investigating
Activities of Boats of
Trans-Atlantic Co.
SHIPS ARE BEING HELD
Mantiwoc and Other Ves
scls of This Company Are
Said to Have Carried Sup
ifiest o ( i ermanrSn bm a
rines in Atlantic. Noth
ing Definite Known,
Washington,. ...May "vT.ho .. govern '
iiioiij i.s inn i i liy a l it: ill invest 'gn1 ion of
tlii; activities o'f the steamer Mani.tie
u a.- and. i t hor : essoin of the Anu-f'T'-au
Trans-Atlantic I ')., l.i.-h are sail to
have ra nied supplies, to Cici'mairiilfc.
marines in tile A t Innf ief ijl'li is was ,'i'd-'
iii.it t cd at the Navy j - m it iiient today.
Tin-'-, American Tiaus-Atluutiiv has of
fices in both N'ovv York and Itostoii. and
itt ships liy the Aim-i'iean Mag. Officials
would, not. say what .hail aroused their
SUSJili'lOll,
but said that, the -ships .had
been held at Sf
Thomas Virgins I slaiids.
BICKETT PARDONS
PASQUOTANK NEGRO
Haleih, M.ay 1 n statins his rea
son for trantini; a .fall pardiiii to Thai!
llrown, I'astn0ttan.k eoimty iii'rnt, , who
was convicted in . Ileeoinber, ll'lii, of
liianslaiiylrter. and. sentenced to serve
fi.Vi years, (Jo vrdii oi' 15 ickett .referred to
a ,sta tonic.iit of -promi iieii.t: vVh ite eif i.eiis
vvlro declared that llrnuii was the .best
io-yro farniVr in I 'asijnotank and would
lie of better serx ice -mi his 1'ariir thaii
on the coiinty roads.
.Hriiwn killed a. negi-ii in the dark,
W lion, he- ln-l.i(;ved was aiiproaehine;,.liim
wil h a. gun, : A f tor killing it w.iu assert
e.l t hat Brow n 'a oppoiient liad only ii
brick,
The. father of the iiero Hrown kill
ed, lis Weir as citizens Vof I'asipiotank,
joined hi .Y jn'titii.iii for llrowli 's pardon,
deidarini;.liini one of the most stilistaii'
tial iiegni cit izeiis in t he county.
AT FAYETTEVILLE
First of Three Important
Meetings for This Week
Begins Today. Delegates
From All Parts of State in
Attendance.
; . 1'ayefteville, Miiy S:
Masonic, order f i ;0.il ,-.
St al e. w ere a rri viiig li
timt of a series of t.hre
Members of
the
all parts of t In.
ere today for the
e important iiieet
ings to be held this weoli.
The tiranib Chapter Kotal
sons of;liich Marry- !.: He
nil ii ton is high - priest,' will I
Arch ; Ma
d, of fdn
ml I i's in.
itial session tonight. - .,'.. ;
The (fraud Couio'il. Iv iyal and Sidect
Mii-teis will liiM't.-'toHiurrow nigiii. If. II.
Picket, of : WibiiiiigiOii, is (iiaiid Master;
The lirauil Comn.iandery Knight
Teiiiidar.s of wlrch dir.: .los. li'hem. of
ew Hem is Irani 1 :ouniiaiider, - will
ineid Thtirsdiiy niorning.
-Tlie fcus-tiiig will he atteioled by three
represoiitat ives of each bin noli of r-1 lie
nigaiiiatuo. in the State, iill having a
total menibei.ship of aiproxiinately i I ,
linn,:.' . v
'OtVie'pf's for the uiis" ing year will be
selected by the thi ee organizat ions, ear Ii
nfiieja-i aiK aiicing; one step iis is cuKtom-
irv. - . .: '.' .. ;.: : -.;
TWO MORE MEN FOR
TRAINING CAMP
Two more young men from Kooky
Mount have pafsed, the propa rat ory rx
an.iina; ion for training at I''ort OgU'r
JjmriJjirUi
They are W.jnstou (Iraveley ; and. Tom
Siitor.. This makes ii 'total of thirteen
from J his city t:;ai have sigiiiried their
intention of going to the ramp in event
fhar :they ar.- called,;
Aews from the ciiiop says that three
huinlre.l and twenty two 'men who had
ijuaiilied for ndmis-don to the reserve
ollicers training camp will be called
Ion to report today and 17 to 'report.
We.lnesday- morning. One, hundred and
twentv eight will be la-li-i ted to report
Weiliusday and thereafter from :ion to
too will : 'report daily. Kxaminntions
closed yi.-teidav witii a overflow of
"oil ine'n and maev recruiting oflicers
in Tennes-ee and the ('arolinas still are
making final reports, which will in
crease the tivertlow to .more than -1,0(10
otlirers. nt llie camp believe. The "men
called are, being carefully selected ac
cording" to .the -showing they made u.i
examination.
This means that the young men from
this citv will be selected according to
the showing that thev made on tlieir
examination. As soon Ss the names of
those who will bp called in- the next
few days can lie ascertained they will
lie made public.
MASONS MEETING
OFFICE WORKERS, PREPARING FOR WAR, SHOW SKILL AND DARING
I J - j 5- it' J' JT tf?''y:':: ;.;,..;;:!'' ;':.'.' ., ,
Men of Second field artillery, N. Y. N. holding regular training exercises In Brooklyn.
.... The Second field artillery, New York national guard, Is one of the best traSncd military organizations in
the- country and its members aro famous for their horsemanship. This fact is noteworthy when it is considered
that the men are nearly all of them clerical workers employed in various capacities, in the city's oflices, and
can devote only a limited time to military training. ' . .
F
EES
NAMED FOR IM
Chairman Named for Every
Township to Co-operate
With Farmers in Cam
pain to Raise More Food
stuffs. At a joint meeting: of llie Nash Coun
ty. Kood Co! II mission,' !ippi:iint.etl' vest or -day
by ; t he' Coiinty . emu hi issi oners'' .of
Nash 'county, jjint the Committee . oii
Food I'roduction fro.in (lie Koclty Mount
('laiobor of Coniiuc.ree, delinito plirns
were ' worked oui j'or holdijig Hioe.tings
Of . the fanners in every iownshi'ii ii
Nashcounty. to. disciiss i'h'-. foi.nl i-hort
age and urge the lieei-ssily of: increase I
f nod . prod net io if, A local, eh.-i i riitaii- was
itfipoitit-rd-4ii each - tinvirshi i- to -h:i ve
elinrge ;of "the . work. K:o h townshi ji
clini rinau ' will, appoint I he lo-'ai .eiim-.
niittee and call a nieting at a eent nil
poiht in tlii-' township. Speakers, f moIii
I he Itocky -Mfluiit Cha nilier of .Coiiiuiereo
and froin t lie (.'tiamber irf (,'tiiiiiH'i'i'f "'.nf
N'asliville "and Spriiig 1 1 ope will attend
tio-se ineclii:gs ami state the reasons'
for tlie ; need of iiic reaped .food produr
tiou, .The tow nship eh a iruiau will oe;
side at these tiieetings arid w ill. d.isl rile
lite blanks to. every man pri'sent Jiskiiig
for a statement . of1 tin' ('iic1 oiiiouii.t
of foii'lstufl's raised a lid t he, a mount t ha I
each man vviii agree.; to.:raise,. One week
after the first .molding' a seemid .liieci :iig
will be held, at whii-li triliu- these blanks
will he collected, riinf liual plan's .for ..car
rying on tin- w oi k out lined. ; ,:.
The first ineetiiig will prolialdy be
held, next Sun-lay afternoon, May l-b
at ;i o'clock, at tlie point i.ii'.oaeli tmvu
ship-' designate.) ;Ky t In-' :l..ca.l chairumn
The second liii-el iiu; will-. be ' hid-j one
week-ii fter. the" lirsl inoid ii'lg' at- a .t iiiie
and place to be ,M-t.' by . t he . loca I i-liai r -loan.
;'
.' The' .towjiship cl'iairiiien 'appoiiite.j, by
t he d 'en tral. I 'oo-i ( 'oiniiHssioii :.-i:'n- --gh"
ell tielow: '
South' Whitakers; ', (). Vai'd,d:aMte
boro; . North Whifakors, ;. Zeiio. Man,
Whitukers; :ytom' Creek, U. 'f.' (irdliu,
Kooky Mount, lionto ;!; Re ; Oak, l'--
fessor Crater, ockv .Moiiiil,. Koute il;
(irimii.. F. Y. Avent, Xashville; Cn
;;;b.--,, ,1. M. Hraswell, Castal,ia; .Niish.
villi-, F. S. ' A iistiir,, Naslix i Hi-; ; Man.
niiigs, (.'apt. J. AV II intoti, Spruig -II ope:
Coopers, ,I. ;C. Tavr,-' Nashville. Koute
1; Oak I.ev- I, C, M. ; 1 1 edriek,; Kocky
Mount;, Houte 12: Iforky Mount, Sam
'eaver, Rocky Monntj K'oiite 1 : Bailey,
H. C. Glover, Udute li; Prv Wells, Ke-, -IV
B. Dean, M i.;-.bes. : Fen els .1.1.
liry.-uiT, Middlesex ; Jacksciii, V: K, Uob
inson, Spring 1 1 ope., Hout e I .. ; .
LIGIIT-VOTE-PdLLED
IN ELECTION MONDAY
In the municipal (deitiou yesterday
Mr. ,T T. Thome polled i:M votes from
the six. ward's of the city and as he had
tin opposition he will br : h ;, lu st M.'iy.
or of Kocky. Mount, lie will be sworn
in Thursday night . at the mevting of
the Hoard of Abler men,, w lien ' .Mayor
Tillery relinipiishes his post as the head
of the citv's affairs.
In the first ward Alderman Battle
received 25 .vott-s,
111 the- secoiid Al.leriviau 'Vestal, re
ciived 'JO votes and i. tt. Hart 1.
In the third, Ald ruian I'arrislr re
ceived -bt votes, and in the fourt h w ard
J. AY. llines polled, sixty four votes.
The vote for Mr. Thome . w:i. ."i in
the first w'ard, II' in the second, 4 i in
the third. C7 io the four.yi, in the
fifth and 10 in the sixth. V -
-There were nocontests for aider-"
men in the tifi.li and sixth wards and
the vote was only for mayor.
The four alderpien will be sworn in
Thursday night at" tlie meeting of the
hoard. Mr. J. V. llines is the only new
member of the board. .
000 COfflJTT
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II
S B l I
HIGHER WAE
Railroad OIHcials Consider
ing (Jueslions of Warc In
creases and Readjustment
of Hours Affecting 25,000
Shopmen.
.'.' V ;j sliingf n.'u '. M :iy Kaiiioad of ii -
cials re presenting iiieclianical .depart
nfeiits; ((f all liiies sout hensf 01" Wasliing
ton ,-u'i' 'in- ses-quii; li're..e(iii,sidering;;(ue,-i,
tions- of increased.: 'vvngos - iVnd 'roiidjii.d,
mcnt of luiurs. ('rt'ectiiig i'o.ilitO shop men;
It is, liiiilerstooii t lie . ri-ndjiist MK'njs in-
ol vc , 0Xj. en dit 11 res of . about ;.- $ i.L',IHI)),-
00(1. -a
year,,. Tli.o niovt i'lig's are in j ii-i -
1l.te.1iud
est- Heci-ee
Th ol! .
aiiy . st.at-i
pose:
!ire' suri:oundei1 ....by ' the; great-
i.-il
s.ollicbit i.ug ..)
lit. svlial'e'ver.
fie-i to make
of I heir '. pur-
jfiLL
ARMY BILL
ii
Confei eesFail to Reconcile
DilTerences Uetween Sen
ate and House Measures
and No Prospects For One
o.n.
''a
tempt
r .at.
bill ttl
,- .Sen
i V- a nd.
r, will 1
by. ciui f
-11 l-i
an
l-(-.'Olo::je "dilTe
ate;aiid-!loi:si';
tlie commit! ee.
oi pruvpeet :of-'.iisagrf-emejit
'isif'JI,:
icio-es befweeu tl
me;iMire. t'aileil-toi.
.v'ec';'-eit until lat.
an agreein.e'ut. ; 'Ti
s'.j.'y'ei the Kiiose;
LIRERTV LOAN
OVER SUIiSCRIHED
W'asliinjitoii.M
-stimntes of sub
l.illiori dol'larlibe
anio to-1 he f n-n-
-Telegranw iilixl
iptions to (he two
loan for. t he A llies
--Sil-4TrhTV-rt4rrtt
even 111.! . augmented force, of
. liuhl ba -f!y ,t ah 1 1 ia 1 1- t hem. M
rks
of
tin 'ill were -f i'oii: . iii'lividuiils
ly in. i.troderat-fl ci.M Uin.tanc.-s
pt-a p.'ii'f of tlioir savings in
cause.
apparent
Mixioiis: to
(1 ( he w ar
( I E RM A N S ( ' A PT C R E
CITY OF FRESNAY
'lierliii.
ecapti,,"
Mav
-mia 11
sa vs
ipS have
' l.ftlei.'il
Cerma 11
l V
-I tela
head.
rs staff.
WHEN T. R. READS
THIS, HE'LL RAGE!
London, Ai!
Te tdv Bear, k
'J", ( By ; Mai.'.) One
I by shrapnel, was the
ill
t'dal -casimltio
-froyer attack
boy rolled out
111. a recent .erman do-
011 Kamsgate. A littlef
.,f in 1,111. .- nt tl...' .
hi panic at the
first crash of
the guns, abandoning the!
Teddv Bear whirl
1 was beheaded a mo-
meat later by a shell through the roof,
o innrr
111 I T
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Cflll CLUB
. EXP'EHTFOH NASH
County and State Have Ap
propriated $1,100 For Se
curing a Home Demon
strator to Take Charge of
Canning Work.
Nush county is to ''do lior bit" in
f. cling tin. world ;,y increa.sed proline
t ion; of food stuffs and by canning the
surplus of perishable .produets.
A t. rx mel ting of the Nash county eoin-niis-doiiers
y I'slerday an appropriation
of: ftsnii, vvliieli is to le..Hupplemmted
by $ii!Kt'froiri the state, was . set aside
fin' 'the "purpose of securing a full time
iidm.e-dctiiiiist ratot to. take, cliarge of the
I i ris' . ( 'fi uiiiiig Club work. Tlii work
will be started at unci-; and the pros
p(:ets; iue :t bat arriingements will be
ilia tie i'iir a local vvoman to linve eliHrgo
of the work (luring (lie. sinjimer, . Ite
(Osfs for asifdatici- have already eoine in
fioni si-vera I sections of th county.
In orl'-r that the girls may have ho'
diftii'iilty in seen ring tomato plants, the
Coiinty. Home is planting a largo quan
lily Of seed, so: that those girjs who
have -not started tlieir plaids will be
aide to secure; tticin . f roiti fhi; County
lloui.o (it a nominal cost and put them
o.it i ii the tobacco bods as soon as the
tobacco plants are off. .
Miss-' l-lftii'i V ines, Ilomes .Demonstra
tor,, fiir l';dj.'eeoinbe county, stated that
t he Iv.lgeconibe club workers have. "0,000
cans oii hafl.l iiow, and they have a rep
resentative' in dtrilt iniore trying to se
I'lii'ii anolliep c.-irloaiL The Naah county
;i 1; t lior it ies will eo operate with the
ivlgci'onibo. club vvorkers, and by buying
e-a'iis in large 'iiau! it ies be able to e:
cure tliein.nl ijnite a saving. The sup
ply .of cans will be "kept nt the store nf
;.loiies Sherrod . 'oiup.-uiy, Nashville, and
'.V!i. "(i. I.. Jones', and Mr. (leorge H,
I'iuri iiiighs,. the county farm deuionstra'
tor, v, ill "have idiaige of . tlieir dislriliu
t ion. ' ' ' '" .
THREE HURT IN
AUTO ACCIDENT
New- Bern. Ma'y- 8. Harry Faulkner
i- lying in an iiiH'ona'e'.ioua condition in a
Ideal hospital as, the result of an auto
mobile aci-jilent Sunday afternoon, and
Messrs, James Bryan ant Ilnrryi Kob
e rf s;. a re " also lie : ng.; ttWTWt f or i'pjii r
ies siisfaiiied' in. the accident, but it is
not; believed their injuries are of as ser-.
ions a nature as those nf Mr. Faulkner.
The accident occurred when Mr.
Faulkner, who was driving the car, tried
to make the turn from South Front stret
iLXuprmg alrouit-. a t a very huiijat:ji
01' -.pi e.l. The car ran against the
curbing and turned over, throwing the
participants' against the side of a house,
They-weie immediately carried to a hns-.
pital and reports from there are to the
effect that "The extent of the injuries
could not be determined within 21 hours.
Ilow.evnr, it is not thought that -Mr,
Bivan and -Mr. Huberts arc seriously
in iiired. ' '-.'
NECRO DIES AT
ACE OF 123 YEARS
Ifeli lei-son. May S. Anthony Sea
woo.l, a in-Lito. said to be 1.". vears old
jand believed to have, been the oldest
1 person in North Carolina, died at his
' lioine iii AVarr.'n county, fifteen miles
i north of here at his home last night.
jSenwod claimed never to have taken a
dose of medicine prescribe! bv a physi
cian, lie had been married twice, the
s.'eond time after he had reached his
lupth
birthdav. His second wife was
n i-omnarati velv vounsf woman. Seawood
i,a,i several children who died after
so vears old and one still livine over
sn years of age.
r
FRANCE RECEIVES
BIG LOAN TODAY
French AmbassadorGiven
Treasury Certificate of
J!?10(),f)00,00 Which Con
stitutes Amount United
States Decided to Lend
Trance.
W ashiniiton.'Mav ,s,' -l-'rance received
to. lay tlr- lo(i,iiO(i,i liai the. fnit ed St ates
b'cidul to lend her to meet tier eini-nses
I'iiiy the month of May.. . The auioiint
was J ransf erred by .Secret ary M cAdoo
to the French Ainliassador b.v Treiisurer
W arren.
WONDER IF IT
BURNED ISABEL?
London; : April L'J.--1 My Mail. ! - sa
liel Ki id. IL llltHlifiolls :il-l Venn miii
' . ....... ,
tei'iMMp to si.- weeks' iniprisoniiieiit. for
siii.oni.ni; a npe in a niiiuilioiiH factory.
Isal el .ditched t he-lioiler in lier stoekiny
when the inspector caine. to Iter iieneh
but a -.".woman detective recovered tin
evidence. : -
ASK $8,100 FOR
(iUILFORD PARK
W'asliuigton, Mav -An appropria
tion, nf .$x,lll(l to begin, the; establish
ment of a iiatioiial. ''military park at the
b.-ittlelield of (Jiiiifor I ; county court
house: was recoinmcnded todny to Con
gress I.y the War jpurtmont.:
E
ALL SURPLUS FRUIT
Women Urged to Use All
Left Over Fruit and Vege
tables for Canning Pur
poses, Also Raise Chick
ens.
Probably there never was a time in
the hiiitorv of the county when there
was as near something for everybody to
do as; 1 here is-just now. While there is
all kinds of talk lis. to what ought to
be, there will not lunch be. done unless
Home one begins to act. Our mitionnl
leader has - made t he statement that, a
nation .without, food or ail army: without
supplies is coti()iiered before they begin.
Alsoy that a person, can render as loyal
set-vice at home producing food as in
ttroMroiiches shedding blood.. :
the. common sense thing for us to
do is to see fhat every person or the
farm that is largo enough to perform
a duty to get on a certain line of work
and make a huccohh of that one thing.
, Tlirioighoiit the enmity, f he prospects
are good for an except ionally good crop
of fruit - with the except ion of pears.
We would be surprised to know how
.many ipiarts 0 f fruit might be, canned
and preserved if the. crop this yeiir. w!a.s
all made um- of. rather than let three-
f o.:ri h s of it go to w'aste ris' is gi'lierally
the cane. After vou have, canned and
preservi'd t hree hundred ami six ty-five
quarts;, then if yoii still have fruit ;to
spare you. might put it to use by fur
nishing your .neighbors that are . not
luckJl .enough Io .have trees in bearing.
A ma jorit v. of the veget aides grown may
be. canned urso and vvlien . these t wo
things a re; done we may reasonably ex
pect to reduce our maiket bill during
the winter. It might . be that every
body mi the farm doesn 't know just
how to can vegetables : suecesf ally.
Where 1 his is the case, you only have to
write Mrs. .lane .McK million at Haleigh,
and sho will niail or have mailed to you
commoii sense inst ructions for canning
all fruits,.-vegetables,.' including peas,
beans, beets, corn, tomatoes and other
vegetables that, produce uiofir'than can
bo consumed during tllrcTtrrnmrer. - You
need not think the instructions will be a
form that, you can 't understand. They
will be ns sim pie as language can make
it. .Villi -'are also aware of the fact
that you have! a farm life school in
your couiitv that is willing at all time
:to help you out along this line. Hhould
vou v. rite to th
raTT
iiiiig.'yiiu will be sure that the domestic
science teacher can be of great service
to you. The above common si-nse things
are things that 'every citizen in Nash
counly can (Io.. The above task is as
signed to t he rwomen . of Xnsh -county
and-if this task is not done Vou are re
sponsible for the failure. :
There never has been a time when
there was as iniich need for eggs anil
chickens as there is now, lie sure you
don't sell off your breeding stock of
chickens.. Hold thv.ni and have as manv
eggs produced as possible.- After the
.breeding season is over, kill or coop
your roosters and produce infertile ogs.
of higher ipiality and will stand summer
heat far superior to the fertile eggs. Get
your mother to let you set several hens
ami look after the clin ks and call them
yours. If you nr.- not experience in
poultry raising write the Poultry Club
Agent at West Kaleigh, and ask him any
questions you see fit. He will be glad
to otter you suggestions and if you will
orru a community poultry club he will
make regular visits to your community.
"When you have raised fowls of quality
he can be of service to you liy helping
you to sell the eggs as well as the fowls.
CAN AND PRESERV
BRITISH STEADILY
CLOSING IN ON THE
E
Rolling Up of This Import
ant Section German De
fence Matter of Days
GERMANS OFFERING A
HITTER RESISTANCE
German Defensive Centers
at Iiullccourt, Two and a
half Miles Beyond Queant.
To the South the British
Have Forged Well Beyond
Queant.
I'lie great human nippers which Gen
eral llaig has forged around the south
ern end of the Drocnurt Queant twitch,
line are steadily closing anil the rolling
up 'of this important miction of the Ger
man ilotensive appears to be a matter of
a few davs. The lino is the hastily im-
ojojiaL'iiIiui-rii5riliaftni!p lixJ'iSll -Mari
shall Von. lliiiilcuhurg to protect Cam-
brat and I'ouai, after the Himlonburg
line has been smashed by the British.
Thi bitter rosistaneo ollereil by the
Germans to the British advance has cen
tered 111 tlieir defensive at Iiullccourt,
two and one-half miles west of Queant.
To the south the Untish have forgod
well beyoiiil Quennt. .
The rapture of the village wan en
trusted t Australians and those hard
flghtiiig colonials have almost surround
ed the German stronghold no that its
surrender or extinction in expected mo
mentarily. The emailing in of this sa
lient will mean that the German front
mi the great Ia'iiz coal region will bo
br.okVn a.11il the entire German line in
northern Prance imperiled. There are
many signs that the German realize the
menace to them in the alternate sledge
hammer blows of the British and Krenc.lt :
hencdth winch their choicest troops are
beyig ateadily d ri von. from jmsition aft
er ims:tion. -New from "tho western..
front is not only being suppressed In
Berlin, but Is being doctored for the
consumption of German newspaper read- :
ers. Discrepancies between the German
and allied official versions are apparent. !
ly arousing suspicion in some German
lines, at least, anil rnc Merlin uewspa- -pers
nre being bombarded, with ques
tions that their military critics seem to
find some difficulty in' answering.
Aside from Krance the only fighting
of significance reported from the war
Ihentres is taking place in Macedonia.
The reports from this front are meagre
and Wicy indicate an increasing activity
which mav presage a general offensive
bv the Allies.
FESSES
Negro Who Killed Fiftecn-Ycar-Old
School Girl and
Then Decapitated Her
Body on Way to Nashville,
Tenn., for Safe-Keeping.
Memphis, Tenn., May 8. L. C. Tar
sons, a negro who, late last night, con
fessed to killing Antonetto Kappel, a
flfteeii-veii'r ubl school girl rind then de
capitated her bodv near -here several
d'ivs ago, it was said today was enroute
to 1 he penitentiary at Nashville, where
he Will be held for snfe keeping.
On the theory advanced by aome
criminologists that the eyes of a person
who meets a violent death often mirrors
the l.'.st object viewed. Oflicers disin
terred the girl's body, and photograph
ed one of her-eyes. By means of a mi
croHcope officer's assert the outline of
a man s head wns disclosed in the pho
tograph,: ;.
MAY WHEAT SELLS
AT $3 PER BUSHEL
Chicago. Mav S. Mav wheat sold at
todav, the highest price on record. It
was an advance of 17 points the close
was at -J.'.7. July wheat rose 7 1-2 cents
to $2 ;!."! ,14 cents.
WINTER WHEAT CROP
366,116,000 BUSHELS
Washington, May S. The winter
wheat crop - forecast today by the - de
part mciit of agriculture promises a pro
duction of ::mt,l 16.000 bushels. Area to
be harvested 27,0.1.000 acres. Condition
was 7:i.2 per cent of a normal on May li
XOWEST CROP
EVER EECORDED.
Washington, May 8. In the face of a
world food shortage the American win
ter wheat crop shows the lowest condi
tion rarorded sineo 1888, and promised
a smaller- vield than anv other since
1894. ' '.':.'.
HliEiURG LlfJ
NEGRO CON
MURDER OE GIRL