NO NEW DEMANDS MADE NO GERMANY THINKS BERLIN FAILED TO UN DlftlTAND THE LAST LUSIA V TA0tlA NOTE. WORD "ILLtGAl" OKLY BAR Situation I* Considered Vary Grave.? Berlin Hopes to Satisfy the Unit ed States. Washington -The one word "Ille gal" as differeatly Interpreted in the United States and Germany protrudes from the tentative draft of the Lust tenia agreement, perfected by Ambas sador von Berastorlf pad Secretary - 1 easing as the stumbling block which has canned Berlin to refer to the negotiations as herlng reached a crisis and Washington to characterise the situation as grave. Germany's answer, presented to Secretary Lan sing by Count von Bernstorff, pro poses instead of an out-^nd-out admis sion of illegality of the method of submarine warfare need by the Ger man naval authorities sin sinking the liner, an acceptance of liability for the loss of neutral lives which Berlin hopes win satisfy the United States and still not bind Germany from continuing her submarine campaign. Qdrman officials believe their prev ious promise to discontinue sinking unresisting marchantment without warning brings the submarine cam paign within the pale of international law and that any Inclusion of that phase In the Luaitanla agreement Is unnecessary and humiliating to the Imperial Government. The word "illegal" In the draft the German Ambassador transmitted to his Gov ernment as meeting all the conten tions of the United States, Is taken to have been regarded in Berlin as being susceptible of application not to the Luaitanla case alone, but to the entire submarine campaign. That Is the only explanation offi cials here can And for the statement of Sector Zimmerman, under Secre tary of foreign Affairs, that "the United States suddenly made new de mands which it It Impossible for us to accept." PASSES PHILIPPINE SILL. Senate Would Authorize President to Grant Independence. \ Washington?The Philippine bill which would extend to the Islands a greater decree of self-government and wo eld authorize the president to grant them absolute Independence within tour rears passed the senate 61 to M. Various Democrats, led by Chairman Stone of the foreign rela tions committee, trted unsuccessfully to amend certain features of the Inde pendence clause, but la the end the Democrats joined by six Progressive Republicans, voted solidly tor the It It understood the bill will go to the house with the backing of Presi dent Wilson and will be peaeed for early passage. Administration lead ers teemed confident that the b^l would have the approval of the house Democratic majority. The Republicans who voted for the bill were Borah, Clapp. Kenyon, La Pollstte, Norris and Works. By overwhelming majorities the senate had refused to modify the Clark amandment, adopted several days ago, which contains the Independence pro vision and also gives the president authority to extend or withhold Inde pendence at the end of the four years. Turk* Evacuate Erzerum. Petrograd.?'The Novoe Vremya u ?arts It ha* received trustworthy In formation that the Turk* have evacu ated Erxerum, one fo their pMnclpal strongholds on the Caucaalan front Mayor*' Conference. New York.?Mayor Mitchell ha* tel egraphed the chief executive* of 600 ettles, asking them to appoint dele gate* to the Mayor*' Conference on Motional Defenae In St. Louis, March ? and 4, and to attend themselve* If ^Mslble. British 'Want Appam. ' Washington.?In the name of the British owners of the steamship Ap pam, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the Brit ish Ambassador, lodged with the State Department a formal request that the ship be turned over to the British Consul under the terms of The Hague Convention. Notice also was nerved that It would be In violation of International law If the United States permitted the German prlxe Commander of the Appam either to Increase the efficiency of the ship; to add to her offensive power or crew. National Capitol Closely Guarded. Washington ?The extra number of guaTds appealing about Capitol Hill prove to be Vemtnders that some fa natics may undertake to repeat some deetiictive exploit like that of last summer when a bomb exploded In on* of the corridors The destruction Of the Parliament building at Ottawa ' has also caused apprehension The IIre-proof character of the Capitol Is regarded as nearly perfect. Addi tional guards have been put at the Capitol. It has been decided, more over, to search the Capitol at night Carranza Surrounds Villa. El Paso, Texas.?Gen Francisco Villa la encircled by forcee of the de facto government and cannot cross the International line If that be his objective, according to General Gab riel Gavtra. commandant at Juares. Oavlra said Villa was surrounded be tween OJo Callentes and Moctesama. Oavlra expressed the belief that Villa with his bullion train was endeavor lug to break through the etrelg of Carrant* troops and reach the Bos que Boaito country. SENATOR J. 0. W. BECKHAM J. 0. W. Backham, tha naw aanater from Kantuaky, la a farmar govarnor of that atata, having baan alactad aftar tha dlaturbanoaa that lad to tha aaaaa alnatlon of Oovarnor Qoabal. Ha waa born In Bardatown, Ky., In 1MB. CAPTURE BRITISH APPAM BROUGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC TO HAMPTON ROAOS BY GERMAN PRIZE CREW. In Addition to Plntngtn and Oram Appam Had on Board Numbor From Othar Ships. Norfolk, Va.?Given up for loat days aco, tha British passenger Unar Ap pam, plying In the Waat African trade, appeared like an apparition In Hampton Roads, flying the Gorman naval ensign and with her ship's com pany under guard of a German prise crew. She brought word of a myster ious Oerman commerce raider, the Moewe, which now roams the seas, and had on board the crews of seven British merchantmen and Admiralty transports captured by the Moewe be fore she seised the Appam and start ed her across the Atlantic tor an American port, with Lieutenant Hans Barge ,of the Oerman naval reserves, and 22 men in charge. According to the story told with great reserve by Lieutenant Berge to Collector Hamilton when he formal ly reported his presence In American territorial waters late In the day, the Moewe captured the Appam, bound from Dakara. West Africa, for Liver pool, attar a brief show of resistance, on January 16, 60 miles north of the Madeira Islands. Prom all reports the raider is a converted Oerman merchantman with a false canvas forces tie concealing a battery of guns of fairly large cali ber. On January 17. she engaged In battle an armed Australian trader, the Olan Mactavlsh, which she sank after and reciting combat With a loss of 16 men killed on the Clan Mactav lsh. The Appam, which was 10 miles away at the time. In charge of the prigs crew, steamed hurriedly back to the scene and rescued tour members of the crew of the sinking Clan Mac tavlsh. who were struggling in the water. J Later, under orders from the com mander of the raider, Lieutenant Berge headed his prlso for American ports and parted company with the Moewe. Nothing has been seen or heard of the raider since, and the Appam steamed across tha ocean on an uneventful voyage. WILSON WANTS TO SE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN PROTEST. Dm Motnee, Iowa.?President Wil ton In addressing the largest audience of hia present trip In which he Is ad vocating .preparedness here asked this question: "Do you want the situation to be such that all the President can do Is to writs messages and utter words of protest?" "Why, to ask that question Is to answer it" he said. "Whenever International law te rl' -ited by one or the other belliger ents," the President said, "America was called upon to register a 'voice of protest of Insistence.' "Do you want the situation to be such that all the President can do la to write messages and utter words of protest? If these breaches of In ternational law whtch are In dally danger of occurring, should touch the very honor of the United StatM. do yon wish to do nothing about tt? Do you wish to have all the world say that the flag of the United States can be stained with impunity? Why, to ask the question Is to answer It? "I know there Is not a man or wo man within the hearing of my voice who would wish peace at the ex pense of the honor of United Statea. Many Middles Pail. Annapolis, Md.?It was understood on reliable authority here that tM midshipmen, or about one-fourth et the entire membership at the Naval Acad emy, will be asked to resign soon be cause of their failure to pass the half yearly examinations. Many midship men claim that those examinations were much harder than usual, but this la denied by the Instructors The num ber of falluiwa In eech cleae te aeld te he ee follows: First, or graduating clasa. IS; sec ond- to- third. SO: fourth, M. PMINSE AT Q1TAWA BURNED FIRE WAft CAUSED BY OAS BOMB OR AN INFERNAL MACHINE. SEVERAL MEN ARE BURNED Building Wm Valued at *6,000,000 and tha Contanta War* of InafU mibla Valua. Ottawa Oat?The hlatorlc Cana dlan Parliament building vaa destroy ed by a Are declared unofftclallly to have been cauaed by the explosion of a gas bomb or an Infernal machine, Two women, guests of the wife of Speaker Sevigny, were overcome by smoke and perished. Several police man and firemen were burled under debris when one end of the building collapsed. The number of persons taken to hospitals had not been de termined. Frederick F. Pardee, chief, liberal whip, and William S. Loggia, a member of. Parliament from New Brunswick are missing and It Is fear ed they have loet their lives/ Two Dominion policemen and two house of commons attendants are de clared to have been killed when the roof fell. It has been established that tha drat burst of flame In the reading room of the House of Commons was preceded by at least one explosion and possibly by two. Tha flames spread so rapidly that the Ottawa Are brigade was utterly helpless. Aid was sent from Montreal on a special train. The loss cannot be estimated in money. The building was valued at about $5,000,000, but the contents are of inestimable value. There was no Insurance. At midnight the commons and senate chambers had been de stroyed and aa the great clock boom ed out the hour flames were swirling up the magnificent tower and licking their way to Its top. Soldiers were as signed to carry out lta^contents. Among those severely burned was Minister of Agriculture Bun-ell, who fell unconscious after plunging through a curtain of Are land groping his way along smoke-11 lied corridors. The Canadian Parliament buildings were erected from 156$ to 18*6 and the cornerstone was laid by the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII. In 18*0. PRESIDENT WILSON RETURNS. Believes That People Are With Him. ?Plans Another Tour. ? Washington.?President Wilson has returned to Washington believing that the people of the Middle West are with him on the issue of national de fense and are prepared to Insist that Congress take speedy action. He fin ished bis speaking tour at St. Louie. President Wilson's advisers believe he has explained clearly why be con aiders Immediate preparedness Im perative. has won many converts to the movement and baa given new Im petus to a discussion of the cause. From the sympathetic attitude of most of his audiences, from the en thusiasm his every appearance In public has evoked, from the huge crowds which have greeted him, they have drawn the conclusion that the people overwhelmingly support his plans?at least in the Middle West. The President's official family want him to start soon on another tour 8ome of them Uken his swing through the Middle West to an operation not yet completed. ? Zsppelln Lost In 8f a. London.?A Zeppelin airship and probably all her crew has been lost in the North 8ea and It Is possible that she met her fate through the fire M Dutch anti aircraft guns. An English trawler reaching Grimsby ^reports haying seen In the North Sea the Zeppelin L-l* partly submerged and with 17 to 10 men clinging to her gas enerlope. Aid was refused the Germans because they outnumbered the crew of the trawler. . Meet at Home of Secretary Daniels. Washington.?A meeting was h&ld at the home of Secretary Joeephua Daniels by the John Paul Jones Asso ciation. Incorporated, tor the purpose of discussing and devising plans for preserving "The Grove," which Is near Halifax. N. C. This was the home of Willie Jones, where John Paul, he great American naval hero, spent a number of years of his early life. A large number of prominent ladles and gentlemen attended the' gathering, which was addressed by Secretary Daniels. British Subjects Lesve Appsm. Newport News. Va.?Nineteen days of ceaseless vigil for the short-hand ed German prise crew aboard the for mer British liner Appam ended when the last of more than 400 British pas sengers and prisoners climbed over the ship's side to liberty on American soli. And for the first time since Lieutenant Berg and his U men boarded the liner froth the raider which captured her on the night of January II, most of the Germans slept peacefully with a few of their num ber on watch. Prepares Per Invasion. Philadelphia.?Hudson Maxim, lp ventor of maxlmlte. the first high ex plosive to penetrate heavy armor plate and a member vf the Naval Consult ing Board of Civil Scientists. Is a be liever In a two-fold preparedness. He Is not only advocating a navy that Is second to none and a standing army of at least 1.000,004 trained men, bnt he Is preparing a place of refuge in the west, to ,000 perioni, the largest that has greeted President Wilson since he started on his present tour, cheered him lustily here when he said he believed the danger ot a division ot domestic sen timent was past and added that he never doubted that the danger was exaggerated. Chicago?The United States has made preparations tor immediate war as tar as the navy is conoemed, al though the present naval force is In adequate In alia. President Wilson declared in an address before several thousand persons in ths auditorium here. "We mean business." he said in speaking of the preparedness plans of the administration. 8ays Guardsman Havs Palled. Washington. ? Secretary Garrison and the executive committee of ths National Guard Association same, to a breach over the administration's plan for a continental army Instead of the organised militia as the nation's main reliance in war time. Before the senate and honse mili tary committees, members ot the guardsmen's committees, headed by Adjutant General Foster of Florida, declared the continental army scheme "impractical" and contended tor Fed erallsation of the National Guard by cnogresalonal action. Compensation ot the guardsmen by the Federal gov ernment for actual services rendered was urged, although General Foster objected to designating this as a "mll 111la pay" proposal. A tetter from Secretary Garrison was made public at the war department, disapproving the senator's pay bill. . Shlp'BIM Introduced In He us a. Washington.?Ths government ship purchase bill framed after extended conferences between administration leaders in congress and other high of ficiate, was introduced In the house by Representative Alexander and was referred to the merchant marine com mittee. ot which he to chairman. Hear ings srill begin shortly with a view to expediting consideration of the meas ures as much as possible. The house generally M expected to pass the bill but despite changes made strong dp-, position Is anticipated in the senate. I V.'k. -;i i,.\:'V : -Si. . . .' ': * THOUSANDS CHEER PRESIDENT WiLSON DEMANDS BACKING TO DBFINO AMERICAN LIVI* AND COM MIRCI. " ? * * HEARO BY A URGE CROWD wW} * ? Sixteen Thousand In Hall, 10,000 Turn ed Away and Another 10,000 Wateh For Him. Kansas City.. Ifo.?Prosldoot Wilson demanded that stops be begun daring the present month to back him np In defending American lives and com merce abroad. His demand met with, shouts and applause from an audience of 16,000 persons who waved Ameri can flags, leaped to their seats and chsered. When the President ceased speak ing he leaned forward and asked the great throng to Join him In singing "America." The band played softly, the audience stood and the Words of the patriotic anthem came In a glori ous burst of song. The big crowd was for the Presi dent from the start It waited pati ently an hour to see him and cheer ed Itself hoarse in a three-minute demonstration when he' appeared. Sixteen thousand heard him; 26,004 were turned away and 10,000 more tried to glimpse him as he left his hotel tor the hall. "Why, some men In Washington are questioning If we could get the 600,000 men for which the Govern ment Is asking," he said, at one point of his address. ? "Would they volunteer?" A man in the tar end of the hall shouted "yog" and others echoed the word until the hall was in a turmoil. "Why. I believe." the President said, "yon could raise the 600.000 men In almost any state. I believe you could get 6,000 men right here In this audience. I have been thrilled by the experiences of these last few days, and I will go home to Wash ington and smile at the gentlemen who say the United States Is not awake. "These gallant men who sit on the hill In Washington and make our laws are going to dellver-the goods.' the crowd cheered. "Don't misun derstand me, they are going to. de liver the goods because you want the goods delivered." CHILD LABOR BILL PASSES. House Gives Keating Bill Majority? Vote SS7 to 40. Washington.?It was by an over whelming majority that the Keating child labor bill paued, the vote being JJ7 to 40. The North Carolina dele gation to a man voted against the measure. Representative Brltt on .the Republican side being conspicuous for his rote against, when the Republi cans voted favorably and unitedly for the act Representative Webb was again leading the light against the act, be ing Joined In speaking by Dough ton and Brltt from North Carolina and representatives from South Carolina. Vigorous spoches were made against what was termed Infringement of the rights belonging to the states. The bill will meet strong opposition when It reaches the senate side, as In dicated by the expressed purpose of Senator Overman to prevent Its fav orable report from the committee. Explosion Kills Crow. Huntington, W. V*.?A majority of the crow of thirty men on tho tow boat Bam Brown are believed to have been''killed wban the boilers of the boat exploded In the Ohio river. Six survivors reached shore on the Ohio side of the river, but no trace has been found of the other members of tha crew. The boat sank Immediately. > Have Signed Agreement. London.?The Adeverul. a newspa per of Bucharst, declares that Greece and Rumania hare signed a dual neu trality convention, according to a dis patch received hare by wireless tele graphy from Rome. Report Columbian Treaty Favorable. Washington?Reducing the propos ed payment to Colombia from 92B, 000.000 to $15.000,OH*) and altering the. proposed apology of the Dotted States for the partition of Pan-America- to make it S. mutual expression of re grets on the part of the Doited Stites and Colombia the senate foreign re lations committee ordered a. favora ble report on the Columbian treaty. The vote on the treaty was 8 tor. to 7 against Senator Clarke, Of Arkan sas. was the only democrat voting against It. Sharp Attack on Child Labor Bill. Washington?"Some of the Idle-rich sentimental women who are urging this bill to strike against three or fonr states of the South wlh probably wear on their hats flowers made by tjay children of New York tenements that never see the sunlight," said Repre sentative Webb, of North Carolina, during debate on the Keating child labor bill. The measure bars from Interstate commerce products of child labor; Representative BrJtt, of North Carolina, declared the bill "an outra geooe Invasion of state rights." * ? 4r\ - 9 On Trail of Conspirators. Washington.?Members of Congress from the cotton-growing states are to meet at the Capitol February >4 "to discuss the cotton exchange conspir acy to depress the price of cotton and also to discuss measures to further regulate the cotton exchanges of the United States." This la announced by a committee con4>rtslng Congress man HOD In of Alabama, Jacoway of Arkansas and Candler of Mississippi. I-ergevrntton producers and'state 0*1 agreed to attend the confSNMe. ]?& V.- -.v,. ? i JUDGE H. A. FOUCHEE IS DEAD DM at Horn* In Durham.?Had Baaa In Daollnlng Health Far Soma Years.?Successful Lawyar. Durham.?Judge Howard Aleian dar Pouabaa.' 46 yaara of Ma. proos lnont olttien of Durham for 88 years and one of North Carolina's disting uished lawyers. (Had at bis homo. No. 80S Vlckers avenue. Durham. W ' ? Since 1*88. when be dissolved jmrt nershlp with Judge James 8. Manning. Judge Foukhee has been in declining health and In 1818. be was forced to resign from the Superior Court bench on account of Illness. He was ap pointed to the hen oh In 1*11 by e* Got. W W. Kttebtn and during his two years of service was one of the best North Carolina had ever had. Shortly after his resignation In 1*18. physicians aftar diagnosing the lodge's Illness, announced that he was suffering from pernicious ana emia and could not recover. Twenty-three years ago Judge rouahee came to Durham and began the. practice of law. In later years he formed a partnership with Judge James 8. Manning, the firm being know nas Manning A Vouchee. In 1*0*. he dissolved this partnership and became a partner In law to his brother, W. L. Foushee. Surviving Judge Poushee are his wife, three small children. Annie Walt Francis Leak and Alexander R. New Things Coming Fast. West Raleigh. ? Speaking of the meeting of the North Carolina Live stock Association at Salisbury last week. President D. H. H1U of the A. * M. College says: "New things in agricultural Im provement are coming so fast that we cannot fail to note them. The closing of the meeting In Salisbury last week Illustrates the progress of new things. The first meeting was spedficlaUy for men Interested In beef cattle; the sec ond for those whose interest centered In dairy animals; the third for swine raisers; the fourth was local day and was for everybody enlisted for prog ress on the farm. Wherein were the new things? First the meeting was held in a new form of house?a community house; this Is a new house to North Carolina; It Is a house comfortable, well furnished, heated, lighted, set apart for community service; here farmers and their wives find a home of rest while In town. In It are rooms for all sorts of community activities and a most comfortable auditorium. - "Second, the meeting had another saw feature In that theie were pres ent 14 of 47 boys from various farm life schools to take part la Judging livestock. These boys paid their own expenses, cams from as tar east as Rocky Mount, and as tar wast as Newton. They were Interested In this new form of school curriculum. "Third, the meeting was rather novel In the prices paid for good livestock A carload of beef cattle was sold for an average of 8187 tip animal. The animals were all young and bought for breeding purposes. In a few years the buyers will them selves be selling pure bred stock, keeping their money at home. "Fourth, the meeting was novel In that It had an exhibit of North Caro lina cheese. Just think of It, had North Carolina commercial cheese! We used to make some cheese for our families but onljt^. on a small scale. Now under the guidance of the animal Industry department, tour factories have started In western North Carolina, and In a short while six factories will be on the way. These cheese la splendid and a new market awaits every pound." - May Day at State Normal. Greensboro.?Tha May Day Pageant of tha State Normal College will be repeated this year. This announce ment has Just been made by the col lage. The pageant la the most tre mendous of its kind la America and the present plans are for the second occasion of Its presentation. It Is the purpose of the Institution to give the pageant In ifay once each tour years. To Invite Ford and Bryan. Durham.?Invitations will la all probability be extended by the North Carolina Peace society to Henry Ford, and William Jennings Bryan, the paflcists, to speak at the annual con vention scheduled to be held la this city In March. I NORTH CAROLINA BRIEF*. * Dr. Chas. E. Brewer wu inaugurat ed president ol Meredith College at Raleigh last Thursday. ? Of the ltd arreeta made id Charlotte during the past three month* for drunkenness not one was acquitted. L. D. Caatlebury, aged 72, retired capitalist of Raleigh, who was struck recently by an automobile died as i result of the injuries. Will 'Carter of Raleigh fell and broke his arm a few days ago while attempting to swat a fly. CapL W. S. Blackmer, Jr., has ten dered his resignation as captain of the Fourth Company Coast Artillery, | the Balisbury mlUtary company. Cap tain Blackmer has taken up his resi dence in Jacksonville, Florida, where be has a position, aad gives this as his reason for resigning. Representative Godwin whs in con ference at Washington with H. M. Smith, fish commissioner, announc ing afterwards the decision of the I Government to send the floating [ hatchery "Fish Hawk" to the Cape I Fear during March and April to stock I the river with shad. O. Max Gardner has returned to his home in Shelby. He was a victim of I the Ill-fated football special and has beaa in the sanatorium at Salisbury Made Nov. 14. Many notable speakers attended the child labor meeting at Ashevllle last wseflt. A rook slide wrecked a C. C. A O. double-header freight train near Coma reoently and killed Fireman Will Baker. S. 0. Gtbbs, a ear Inspector at Ashe vffle, was instantly killed by the swinging arm of a derrick a few day* mm NEVILLE CENSUS /;?. ,r~* '?? population july 1, 1*14. 20,000, iolsoo and tojm Rtaptc TIVtLV. 1 a ' \ *, -? * ) . ? i CAPITAL HAS INCREASED ? Many Inaraaaaa Art Shtwn to Co no ua Eotlmato of Monufoeturini In duotrloo, otc. Washington. ? Preliminary ?tn la ment* of the general reanlta of the census of manufacturer* for Raleigh, Aibevllle and Newborn have boon le aned by Director Sam L. Roger* of the Bureau of the Ceniua. They con ?lat of summaries comparing the figure* from IMS and 1*14, by total*, prepared under the direction of Wil liam If. Stuart, chief statistician far manufacturer*. The figure* are preliminary, and subject to *uch change an* correc tion aa may be found n*ce*aary from a further examination of the original re porta The population of Raleigh at the cenaua of 1*10 was 12,218. and i* ** tlmated that it waa 24,000 on July 1, 1214. The summary of the Increase* for the several Item* rank as follows: Wag**, 24.1 per cent; services, 22.4 per cent; male rial a, 27 per cant; value of product*. 22.7 per cent; sal aries, 10 per cent; value added by manufacture, 17* per cent; primary horsepower, 4.1 per cent; wage-earn ers, 2.7 per cent. The ppoulation of AshevUl* at the census of 1210 wa* 12.742. and It 1* estimated was 20,000 on My i. 1214. The summary for the manufacturer* shows an Increase In the number of persons employed, the power used, the capital invested and amount paid annually for services. Increases rank as follows: Primary horsepower, 24* per cent; wage*, 10.7 per cent; ser vices, 2.2 per cent; capital. 1.1 per cent; salaries. 4* par cent; wag* earners, 2.2 per cent; persona unpag ed In manufactures. 1* per cenL The capital Invested a* reported. U 1214. waa 12,204,000. a gain of 2144,000 or 0.1 per cent over 22*12,040 in 1202. It Is estimated that the population of Newborn on July 1. 1214. was 10. 200. There were 22 eatabifthments reported In the corporate Bmtta dur ing 1214. The capital invested amounted to *2*42*00. - The summary for the city follows: Number of establishments. 22; per sons engaged fa manufacture*. 222; proprietors and firm members. 17; salaried employe*. 242; wage-earners average number. 2*2; primary horse power, 2*10; capital, *2.242.040; ser vices. *482,000; salaries, *1*2,004; wages, *374,000; materials. *1.204,040; vain* of products, *1*10.040; value added by manufacture. *704.040. Oaatonia's Now Postoffice Open. Oaatonla.?Two thousand or more attended the Informal reception which marked the opening of the city's handsome new *74,000 postoffice building between the hours of ? and 10. The weather was anything but pleasant but this did not deter people from coming out. The public was glvpa an opportunity to see the work Ing rooms and In fact all the various departments of the structure and the opinion was unanimous that Oaatonla has not only a handsome and attrac tive postoffice building, but one that la equipped with all the modern de vice* for the rapid and efficient hand ling of mad matter. ?Ig Prises Per Tohessa. Reldsvllie. ? Some phenomenal prices have been recorded for tobacco during the past week, and buyers have been free to admit that Relds vllie Is paying the highest prices for all grades at present. RetdsvlUe ha* this reputation anyhow;'but It Is not usual this season to see as high as 44 cents paid nor complete outputs disposed Of st an average of 24 cents, yet there were several Instances of this kind on the market recently. HitulMlm Railroad thsps. Newborn. ? The contractor* who hare been awarded the "contract tor the erection of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company'! new shops, to re place those destroyed by Are a tew months ago. hare began the work of constructing these building*. The new shops will be larger and more modern la every particular than those which went up In smoke and ashes. They will be as fireproof as it will be possible to get them and attention will be paid to every detail which will tend to make them complete. To Study Children's Diseases. FayettevlUe.?A bureau for the In vestigation of children's diseases and Infant mortality win be established In FayettevlUe by the Children's Bureau of the Federal Government in March or April, according to a statement given out here by Dr. J. W. MacNelll. city and county health officer. This Is the first thing of the kind that has been done In North Carolina, If not in the United States. Dr. MacNelll gee not prepared to say that It Is the Na tion's first step In this direction, but was under the Impression that It is. Moonlight School In Pitt. Greenville.?The interest In moon Ught schools la growing. There are nearly 1*0 adults enrolled. It Is re markable how soon they learn to road and write. Many over 70 have en rolled and are learning faster than any child. Man shove (0 learn to read and write In a few nights and the wonder Is Why any one will,not enroll. One man 58 could reed and write after II nights' Instruction. An Other two years his Juntor Warned In are learning and are happy, over It. . . V ?