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NEW HOTEL IS
AN ASSURED FACT
Necessary Stock Has Been Sub
scribed and Charter for Com
pany Applied For Site
to Be Selected Soon.
At last we can publish the eood
lews that a new notei ior Morganton
h an assured fact, the necessafrv min
imum stock having been subscribed.
For several weeks committees have
feen securing stock subscriptions un
ler an agreement that not less than
100 shares, or $60,000, be taken. This
mount was reached Tuesday and at
I meeting yesterday morning of the
foard of governors of the Chamber
f Commerce it was reported that
IS shares had been subscribed. The
bscriptions range from a sinsrle
ihare of $100 to seventy ($7,000) and
present almost 100 stockholders.
I When the report was made that the
ho shares required had been sub
Icribed a committee composed of
tfessrs. W. C. Ervin, H. L. Millner;
. F. Davis and J. E. Erwin was
fppointed to collect ten per cent of
he stock and to apply for charter
hv the organization of the hotel com
fany. Messrs. A. M. Ingold and W.
j. Walton were named as trustees to
Lndle funds until officers can be
rsosen. Checks for initial stock pay
tents may be made payable to either
f these gentlemen.
j As a further step Messrs. A. C.
ivery, b. JJ. Alexander and C. A.
veneer were appointed to secure op-
ns on prospective .sites tor the
ilding. This committee will sub-
it a report on available sites and
e prices at which they may be ob-
TRAGIC DEATH OF
YOUNG NEBO MAN
Frank W. Wilson Killed By
Dynamite Explosion Near
Linville Falls Station.
Mr. Frank W. Wilson, of Nebo
was killed in a dynamite explosion
m road construction work near Lin
ville Falls station on last Thursdav
evening at 6:15 o'clock. A number
of shots had been loaded to be set
off. These being lighted all went off
but one. Thinking this one h,i fii
ed to catch the young man went back
to relight it. On reaching the charg-
slnUy! kil1 him fa
Mr. Wilson was
nf ,r j r r " 'uu"6"i' son
"u mrs. j. Wilson of Nebo,
and was 28 years old. He was in!
ducted into service Spn , 101-7
!wMf i0n' .ne of the of Mc
Dowell's quota to e-n to nQm-i tu
son Columbia, S. C. hT was ap-
pointed corporal September x 11th of
tnat year and servprl in u
artillery, battery D, 81st division, A.
. ' . xr iii"ii-ii- ne saw active
service m France for 10 months and
was discharged at Camp Lee, Va
June 20th, reaching home June 21st!
T "cfu ci posmon as con
struction foreman on road work in
JNorth Cove township August 1st
working until the 14th, when the fa
tal accident occurred.
Funeral services, conducted hv tw
iL-mest Harbison, were held a the
home of his father at Nebo on Fri
day afternoon, and interment made in
JNIebo cemetery.
tie was a member nf "NToV,. t.th,
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xue .ounce uounty News I r
The Morganton Herald ) Consolidated November 29, 1901
MORG ANTON, NORTH CAROLINA, AUGUST 21, 1919.
REACHING THE LIMIT
lined at a stockholders' meeting j dist church. His friends were
jhich will be held in the near future j bered by scores, and all who
r me puipuse ui urbanization ana 1 iuvea mm, as was evidenced bv
selecting a location for the pro-j the large sympathizing crowd" and
psed note:. Airer tneir reDort has line manv flora tvihnoo
e new ftoiel. It's a ''go" this time. MRS. J. J. HEFNER
soon as preliminaries can be at- . OF TI,'rrnpv
:cied to the company will be organ- T TT7.11. HtCIvORY,
?a and uron ?.pppfirn n-F "'Irs. Willie Tate TTpfr.PT-
1 - " "'IC l-UC
num-
knew
en made a vote will ba taken on the j He is survived by his father and
e, t-acu siocnoiaer ennuea to. one i coiner,- 01 iNebo. two sifters iTrs
:e f cr each share he holds and upon I H. D. Plant, of Knoxville, Tenn "?r,i
acn iie iaae a payment ci ten irs. i. xu. bimcson of T?nhpv
r cent.
The ?o!ieitin
committee, compos
iv , one brother, Mr. R. V. Wilson of
iebo. He was a neuhew nf My r
or ...essrs. a. Lnaifee, C. A. mcaid. Mrs. J. P. May and Mrs LOCAL RI?TF!?C! tat
e::csr and A. C. Avery, was con- T. G. Cobb, of Morganton. They with aStTa?,
rd.for receiving further volunteer Miss LuJa Kincaid and Mr. J P 5 AND AROUND TOWN
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neve is no longer any doubt about!
-Gir.g win be begun at the ear
;t possible moment.
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J: netner, 01 Hickory, died
Short Items of Local and Per
feonar interest Gathered
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DEAD curing ine Week.
The Eoval f!nfo r,
""i-i, ujl nitKury, aiea niOOQ ". , w '- " cw eating"
Sunday night at her home in Hickory S?fv 6ar the dePot Mr. T. S. J.
after an illness of several wppTc Or, Wllliams as manager.
IF. V"T A TT TXTDnoTTici last Thursdav p.bp spomoi 1,- T Mr. L. TT. M.xr0i-, 1 , -
-'J JVXXL, A jV "X" " uc t-t;. , ----cijr leaves today
L OBLTCATTfiiNI r VC;V 8 rt: . conaition was so fa- "."e.y, wnere ne has been cho-
lAIlONivorable that it was believed she se? Principal of the Bailey
A . I would recover. She died rather sud- scho1- &
mL SnS li30 Li.6?"1" services will take
r,f fv, fr::"VrL vv,3 ""uer uii tne lawn at 7:30. Rev. Mr
- ana mrs. uoiumbus eison, of the - Lutheran hnZnV,
Tate, was born in RnrVp onv, Jnrpl,,- utneran. church,
r Use of American Military
i-css m rrotection of Oth
r Nations, Says Wilson. ,
president Wilson, interpreting the
f-gue of Naions covenant fnr
f senate foreign relations com
ttee, declared it imposed no legal
ik d uon ior the use of American
itary forces in protecting thp fpr.
fry or independence of any other
fat he added that the covenant
Eat involve, in certain
Kf5' uv11 "abslutely compelling
f al obligation," which might be
"uuger man a legal promise,
sed for a more exact definition
LIGHTNING CLAIMED TWO
VICTIMS IN LINVILLE
Mr. M. B. Branch and Daughter
Mrs. W. F. Dobson, Killed In
stantly Last Saturday
Last Saturday afternoon Mr. M.
B. Branch, of Linville township, and
his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Dobson. of
QUICKLY MOVING TROOPS
PURSUE MEXICAN BANDITS
F ,T,hat African Aviators
Would Be Killed Prevented
an Earlier Movement. .
Spread out fan-shared
wide stretch of Mexican country
vx Liie xvio vxranae, United
btates cavalry troops, aided bv air
men as scouts, are combing: the
mountains of north pm
the bandits who held the two Ameri
can aviators for $15,000 ransom.
After the forward Ao
border, the troops probably were be
ing handicapped by a storm which
was reported in messages hv gia i
ephone to be raging in the mountains
below the border.
It,Jwa?,.f the torrential rains
would obliterate trails left by the
bandits. The expeditionary force for
a time moved forward in the face of
winds' according to the reports.
The two lieutenants,' H. G. Peter
son and Paul N. Davis, for whom ran
som was demanded and who were re
leased early Tuesday, guided the
Americans in their quest of the Mex
ican outlaws.
Bandits Have Scattered.
With nearly six hours start on the
punitive expedition, thp hnnna 0
believed to have , scattered in the
mountain passes and canyons, and it
probably will be necessary to search
every square mile of the rough coun
try below the border to find them, in
the opinion of military men.
respite the difficulty in locating
the bandits from the air, American
aviators who left the flying field
scouted almost the entire Ojinajra
district. r .
m It was not known how many are
in the bandit band. Lieut. Davis and
Lieut. Peterson said thp.v Raw Civ
men. There were twenty other ban
dits at the ranch where the outlaws
&LPPea. Americans aviators were
told the band numbered sixty.
Arrangements for nurses, ambu
lances and surgical dressino-s -fnr l1Q
punitive expedition troops were being
made by Elmer Donnell, of St. Louis,
tor use m case of emergency. A
report from the expedition vesterdav
"xirti.cu tnau pursuit nacl continued
throughout the" day but that "there
had been no contact with the bandits.
NISSEN WAGON PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Two of the main buildings of the
Geo. E. Nissen & Company, of
Wausrhton. a sunurb nf Winct c?n
lem, were destroyed bv fi
j L" a loss 01 uu,U(JU with lit
Morganton, were' killed bv lie-lit
nt- J-l, J! , 1
o WiC luraers nome, near Bridewa-'tle insurance. Thp nlnt " lU'u
ter.
tt' rs r a 1 1 1 a '
a iew monins past 47 years of Mi T?a; -d.-
age. - - -r .c i1a is spenamg sev-
Mrs. Hefner is survive w w w . m ..esviiie. She will
They were standing on the harlr
porch of the home talking, Mrs. Dob
son having arrived just that after
noon, when the fatal flash came, kill-
1 chart Srt Tynn . i i
-v.. .ycaio agu ana nas a ca
pacity of 50 wagons a day.
HARBISON FAMILY REUNION
ounday marked a most enjoyable
"'""j"3! "idigaiei, ana duna, and by a
sometime ago.
protracted meeting began at
w oiottiia cxiiii 1. w 1 1 nidi n pre iv 1 c 1 -.
k. Laxton, Mr. McK. Kincaid and I n C ttwua cnurcn last Thursday.
Mrs tt t. tv tit , u is beinsr COndnpfp W 4.A
, -7 uuxiasun, ui ivj.organtOn. T?ott tit -f x r , paatt
and Mr. Vance Tate, nf Mn4onn.' Kev- . R. Bradshaw. of Hicknr
and Mr. A. F. Tate of Denver, Col. ? .hon'. of her ests Misses Mary
She was married to Mr. Hefner on "Pjin, Willie May Maloy, -of Smith
December 26, 1900, and was a devot- pld Ga- and Hilda McAfee of
in cfvv, xi ' ; . uciea. ana conspfratpri vnariotte. Mrs t? w r;-.i,: x
HeSdX .SL rJSJS!! fte Methodist Surch. She' had Mnl Friday evening ""1" 1873 he was married' i f
- EAau uBiuiHion manv fripno i, Tf- 4. 1j r T- -- - . wise, ana raised u -Fcril a iu i j- , ' r, "J' "A
r-""uiee members who insisted UwX -Tv. i , ana . ouzm a. j.viacjean will preach chi1r1rpn fn, 7" 1t -.t "ve i c 1"V.euiace lamny, including the
it the whole os.e no Knew her loved her. The m the Presbyterian churrh , 7"' A"Vr sops, Messrs. J. B. and grandchildren. .
A TT 1
Dnhcnn o- , 7 ' Mii s' liau ever Deen all together at the
y?n,at e time, but escaped old home. Mr. and Mrs ww." !5!
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tne parents of fourteen children. pW
en sons and three daughters. Thev
ville township, born July" 12 1854. SS, MeTvin Lonnier 'SSfr'lSk
n-SLSSJft.." the JW Eugene, Ray andMiss N&
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
FROM OVER BURKE
Items of. Interest Gathered,
From Different Sections of
the County By News
Herald Correspondents
CHESTERFIELD.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidnv Miliar
last Saturday night and Sunday with
Mrs. Nora Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Sterling
spending some time with Mr. Clark's
Parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Clark.
Mrs. Amos Conlev. of Olpn A
and sister, Mrs. Charles Dockery and
ouu ncruen, ana aaughter, Miss Lal
la Dockery, of Mount Airy, spent
last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. H. M.
Conley.
T.B?ir,J.G- senant and Mr. Mar
shall Whisenant of Gastonia spent a
night last week with Mr. R. M. Smith
and family.
Mrs. Sidney Scott and Miss Pauline
Scott and Miss Myrtle Godfrey, of
Morganton, Sgt. Ernest Scott, of
Si ,Cuer' Mich" Mr- and Mrs.
Winfield Scott, of Winston-Salem,
were guests Wednesday of Mrs F
M. and Miss SalliP TTpncW
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Setzer, who
have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Ed
gar Harris, have returned to their
home m Caldwell.
,Mr J: V Powell spent last Monday
at Marion.
Master Lynn Baird spent the week
end, with relativps nf rton,u tti
M v lu v ua V ai
. Mjss Alice Kincaid, of New York,
visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs!
Bob Kincaid.
Little Miss Pearl Sides of Smokey
reek, spent several days with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. Ar-
Mro?n? MXS' Macon Whisenant, of
the btate Hospital, are spending
their vacation with Mrs. Whisenant'?
father, Mr. John Baird.
Mrs. Emma Bollinger, of East Ar
cadia, are guests of her brother Mr.
ciii,ca otamey ana iamily.
Mr. and Mrs Horace Conley spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John
Wood.
Misses Jennie and Mildred Smith,
after visiting friends at Mt. Home
have returned home. . '
, Miss Sadie Stamey, nurse at the -
f;; -fiipita1' 15 sPendmg some
wN S her Parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Walter Stamey.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kincaid, of Hart-
fed'-Si3sdAy ,a the.
.-x. ,u ixiii -Ciugar Harris.
COST OF LIVING TODAY
HAS UPWARD TREND
An Increase of 80 Per Cent Since
Dec. 1914 Largest Increase
Shown By Food-Clothing
" '"""K wiat cave in m nirrn onri -nroo Ha'-K-io-. nr n . .
one of thP hpf -h,0 " i Zl . "a . .cen mncaia and
In 1873 hrT.; .There.
, . , .-.ixiW w oaran icseut ior ounaav
i -i
contrary he considered it as plaC: rTh , lcl?h.at 4 o'clock in the after-
L"t: nanons in "-. 4-4-i4.j j. i vao nciu xrom me uuuu, ix it is nor. mimrn-
1 tne nations in "an attitariS nf fffi... , nel? the
Fweship and protection." whi mI0"1 ccn. . ckory, The meeting at Mi Tin
ia comnol -.c ' - uuuimov axtemoon at Z" O'C ark r-nn I V,,-,-!, j...:. j , V. -h"si
k nf r: -capeci, ior tne princi- ducted bv T?pv w n r- j tunuuciea Dy ixev. CJ. A. Line
I of justice and libertv. ur?a.Dyt Kev .V- 9- 94e assisted berger. of WvIHpsW,, v,
feeting. the committee in SLfr- of. Gastonia, Sunday morninV fhS i"
precede: ;" n71?5iLction to tery, Hickory. . LJAe aejlSfr depot is being re-
- anrl r,-i. man a cen- : xiaintea. ine old paint is beine hum
tfifnSiS?1' na iistenI MISS GILES DIED fd off before the Lw isS apnlfedand
Pic n"i:tum z a TelaY of GTTnnWT v xr mn t-.t enxire place given a general over-
t into President MWJ1li,1,ul naunng, that has been much needed.
uccaus ux tne
hotlv x , m tuuc"ea on ail -uiao iiaiue uuy lines was Ke
n?.ty debated miPsfinna ii, ; 7Z
i Liic senaw in itc nnn;j i . -
F?n of the neace trp Wliaiu" Death Claimed Her.
IrZC Peace treaty
i --v- OT Thp .nvnnV
Kthe integrity of thppV: Hattie Guy Giles died sud
W 2Jl?lnst aggression, he de- deny last Friday at Winston-Salem
je freedom nf til; naton"com- just as she entered the drawing room
Ron of force " p ? S" on train No 21 on her retu rom
m-;: tCi,resentative on the coun- r . ,w au"1'' iVArs- A- ost,
Pn fnr unanimous recommen-to her home at Glen Alpine. She
1-; milltary action the final had been sick since having inflnpn
F as conSprf LWrarL-xr!1?SL5!ist January but her condition was
cngress he ni "Illtcu oulies not considered serious. In fact she
hat
r its author Sef,ounci1 ,gave days' vit to Winston-Salem.
as it Aoa &"cn ac- I qp wn Kp,r,o. u
'femer apXpXte byfte S"" &Vs. Russell
to ffiSS by .ft! Mrs. N. A. Bost, and her uncle, Capt.
3' "Ved though in thi was cnctor on the
ratine ,c "'at ne doubted if ,, . u"ta nao tllc uaugucer ox
le p7 uld often decline to act. rIrs Anme Simpson Giles and was
T,r" . caL revealed that Ja- JUSL twenty years oi age. sne grad
fnce trl- to return Shantung f se,veral years ago at the Glen
fen f na was reduced to A1Pme hlSh school and afterwards
I cm?m ln the minutes of the too,k sPecial work at Statesville Fe
k.."nierence. He fl0rfflj t, male collesre. She had been n teacher
'"oulflK COnfidence that the prom4 in ,the Glen A1Pin school until Jan
ors it tcar ed out and told the uary th.is vear be? her Hhiess
K' o t f xi. ne best that could c ner to give up tne woric:
witho.i1 notice that she Alpine Saturday afternoon. Due to
V dema om the conference the fact- that he was out on the road
fican Ss Yere fused. The her. uncle, Gen. Supt. E. E. Simpson,
I to W s' ne said had ala not reach Glen Alpine until Sun
ftions iS r?e nation free from day morning.
1 Jt was W pe5,n affaiFs "so Besides her mother she is survived
' but he Sft pslb,? t0 by two sisters. Misses Annie Edward
LessarV to w iax 1X; might and i'ay Giles, and one brother,
s in 4 T?? Te American Dwight Giles. '
eaty fft. C.nine dLstrict under She was a bright, attractive "voune-
declared A..11AI'een years, woman and a wide circle of friends
ContinuPd vSf na5S.n would be join with the family in mourning
on furth page) , her untimely death.
seemed greatly improved by her 10
loirs' x Trr: J. n 1
The board of stewards nf fbo Mfi,
odist church met last Friday evening
oiiu uetiueu to noia special revival
services through the week beginning
uicmuw ixst to re conducted by
the pastor.
Misses Effie and Mattie Curtis,
who have been living in Hay, Wash.,
for the past year, spent a week or
more this month tonrino- Voiivnre-,,
i'ark and visitmcr other nlapps nf in
terest in the West.
Rev. Georee Hilton Will Vrlr? a
preaching service at St. MiVhnpi'c
Friday, August 29th, at one o'clock.
Mrs- Hughson and Miss Shepard will
be with him and the women and girls
axe usitea to come to sew.
Court closed finallv last. Pririo-
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iiViX T..-X T -T 1 - .
'"6ui uai ueiore ciosinsr c. n.. ( o p.
man and George Erwin were each
sentenced to six months fin Vio
i i .
roaas. oieman.has appealed from
ne sentence and is out on bond.
The third annual session of ha
Burke County Singing convention will
be held in the srraded school audito
rium the fifth Sunday in August,
the 31st.- All choirs in the county are
invited. A number of visitinsr sino-.
ers are expected.
The usual services will hp hrfA at
the Methodist church Sundav
ing. The week of August 24-31 has
been set aside for enlistment of th
who will agree to take part in inter
cessory prayer for the success of the
great Centenary work.
In view of the fact that a
rence of fJie influenza eDidemic is bp.
mg predicted for next winter Grace
Hospital offers to take any young i
women, volunteers who wilLcome for I
practical nursmsr trammsr. Hosnitnlc
i -j-i j . . J . : x
in otner-f towns are maKmg the same
offer. Any young woman who is in
terested should see Mrs. Hughson.
rmk Branch, of Burlcp a w tt
anl mlZTot f HERAN CHURCH
ganton. Mr. Branch was a member Un bunday in connection with Di-
of the Methodist church, a man of V1Ile- Y!S&P at eleven o'clock the
high character and splendid qualities ! Ject' Th Lamb of God" will be
his death is not only a shock to his' dlsc"ssed. The administration of the
fnends but a loss to his community SuP?er will also be observed
The only daughter, Katherine at thls service- THE PASTOR.
with her husband, Mr. W. F Dobwin
was makiher her TWTPT10 a irie-iX CI. . ! FOOD ADMTNTSTT? ATTrtAJ
r-T a Tiu,sxbani and two sons, OFFICES MAY BE OPENED
Cecil and Walter Dobsnn un ix'
40 aLkr Dobson was Drastic Procedure Affainst Prof-
-- v.uo ulu ouu xiau neen marnprt ix t i . -.
22 years. She had been a member "eers ina;catea rage, Ham
of the Baptist church for man mer and Warren Confer.
years, and was a devoted wife and a
loymg mother, i ' The Greensboro News says that a
lhe bereaved ones have. -ttv conference of former a
pathy of all who know them. trator Henry A. Page, District At-
xutennent was mnnp nt xnortr tt;ii lornevs w. i Hammer o-. tv,.
church Sunday afternoon in the pres- P- Warren and Special Agent F. C
ence of a larce cmwH nf Handv. nf ho A
xi,cv. x . a. uower, ot JVlor- "ija not oniy prospect of early
ganton, conducted funeral services. and drastic procedure against prof-
. ; xueex-s, oui h may result in the re-
xvCat x-siaie iransrers Uunng Week, opening or the food administration
v.aivin vj. mil to W. J. Hacknev 8 ana establishment of offices in Pol
acres in Lovelady townshin. eigh.
o. ri. uues to ju. v. Butler, 60 .Mr- -age could give nothing den-
acres in Silver Creek t.nwnsnin
T TIT T7I H . . "
x-ucy w. rails to Sam Taylor, 3
acres in Morganton township.
Calvin Settlemyre to W. T. Cars
well, 42 acres in Icard township.
C. A. Edmonson to Mrs. Cora ' E.
Breeden, 23 acres in Quaker Mead
ows township.
Mrs. Mary Jane Lackey to Berts
Lackey, 50 acres in Morganton township.
Mrs. Mary Shunine to C. V TTnll
interest in father's estate.
W. B. Murray to A. B. Murray, 3
small tracts, as-erree-atinc diA a wot
in Morganton townshiD No. 9, '
A. B. Murrav to W. Tt Mnt-o-
house and Jot in Morganton. . '
J. L. Rector and wife to Claude
Brown, 47 acres in "LnvpTnrfo- tnxxm
ship. ..
F. T. Piercy to W. C. Hefner h mica
and lot in Morganton. ' .
W. R. Evans to Wm. F. Warlick, 4
acres in Icard township. , ,
F. W. Hossfeldt et al to Marvin V.
Scaife, 59 acres in Morganton
Ship. ; ,
. Mrs. Ella Cobb; et al to First Na
tional Bank, lot in Morganton.
Dr. I. P. Jeter to P. H. and C. A.
Jeter, house and lot on Union street.
nite on this, but Attorney General
x-auners mina appears to be moving
in inai airection. The food adminis
tration was abolished last winter
when all preparations for a campaign
which would last until the present
had been made. There was much on-
position to it elsewhere in thp rnnn.
try though little here.
District Attorney Warren said
when the attorneys and Mr. Paw
went into conference that their
hardly have any statement. The
general situation rather than specific
violations claims attention of the
conference, thoueh thev had some
rank cases before them. '. Ever since
the President opened on , profiteering
Raleigh people have, been expecting
the return of the food administration.
. Attention, University Alumni!
All Burke county alumni of the
University of North Carolina, this in
cluding all who have evpr a a
the University, are requested to meet
Friday night, August 29 at Fratern
ity Hall. Mr. Albert M. Coates," sec
retary of - the Graham - Memorial
Fund, will be in . More-anton on f v,f
date. A large, attendance at the
meeting is desired. : . , '
The cost of living m the principal
cities of the country had risen ap
proximately 80
lour and a half years fmm rw-
1 tr- i . - " -tv-CIIl-
J f; t0 ,June' this year food
and clothing showing the largest in
creases, bureau ' of labor statistics
figures indicate. The South was af
fected as heavily as cities of the
North while the Pacific coast suffered
less than other sections. For various
E?1! 3 &e cost of livinS ranged from
75 to 87 per cent.
or7rfolk Va- showed ah increase of
87.0o per cent, Savannah, 79.06 per
Cnai Jacksonville, 77.48, and Mobile
o.b4, while in New "Vv-V if
79.22, Chicago ' 94.47, and San Fran
cisco .65.58. Statistics were not is
sued for all cities of the
only for the shipbuilding centers.
Statistics for other cities showing
the increase in the cost of living from
December, 1917, to June this year,
were announced. They show the in
crease in Atlanta was 23.27 per cent,
food and clothing alone showing an
increase of 40 per cent. .Birmingham
i.o, witn iooa and clothing 29.84.
Memphis 23.25 with-food and cloth
ing 38.33, New Oreans 20.73. with
food and cothing 48.83, and Richmond
:u.bUf with food and rothino- aooq
In the shipbuiding centers during"
the four and a half year nprioH a
and clothing showed large increases.
At Norf olk they were 104.8 per cent. v
Savannah 146.25, Jacksonville 139.76. "
Mobile 93.99, while in New York they
increased 151.60, Chicago 167.08, and
San Francisco 134.64. V
The advance in men's clnthi
greater than in women's clothing in
Norfolk, Savannah, Jacksonville and
San Francisco, while . women's .wi,'
ing showed a lare-e' .incrpn se in r ,
in Mobile,; New York; and Chicago.-
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Future Course Undetermined. - "
No official announcements nre :fe"
ing made, from : Washi n ctnn ' rf : Vt Am
the United States v
tends to handle the bandit nuisance'
m northern .Mexico, but . there is ev-r :
eviaence that all preparations -have
been made to meet fntnr dep
redations with a swifts movement i of :
troops, such as now is being ' con
clucted ajarainst the desperadoes who'
held the two army, aviators for ran--som.
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Swift movinsr cavalrv i fnllir
ped with machine guns and guided by"
airplanes,' it is understood, will be re-'
lied upon to move quickly from stra
tegic points, along. the border of the'
bandit, country on the Rio Grande.
- Organization of," the border guard' '
to insure .the greatest speed in these, v
movements ; has been completed,- the'
cavalry - regiments: : beine so Tdistrih-,"v
uted as to,( place, the nucleus of , a fly-,
mgA colump lat 'carefully.; selected. -points
'along the; Rio.-Grande, d'pi . -
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