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SPECIAL SESSION OF SENDEE HUMS MOST ALL OF THE 1,400 PRESI - DENTIAL NOMINATIONS WERE CONFIRMED. COLOMBIAN TREATY FAILED * ? Treaty Wat Unexpectedly Withdrawn on Matlon of Chairman Stone?Sub acute Pact Will Be Submitted at Extra Seeeion. Washington?The special Senate session which began March 5 adjourn ed aloe die after Democratic leaders had secured confirmation of moat of the 1.400 Dominations which tailed at the last session, and had despaired of attaining ratification of the (25,000,000 Colombian treaty. The treaty was unexpectedly with drawn on motion of Chairman Stone of the' Foreign Relations Committee. Its provisions for payment of indem nity to Colombia for the partition of Panama and Ma expression of regret for the ill-feeling arising out of that incident had encountered stubborn Republican opposition which convinc ed the Democrats there was no chance of ratification. It is expected a sub stitute pact will be submitted during the extra sesion of Congress beginning April 16. The session just closed was the first of its kind in many years which was not called upon to confirm a cabinet nomination. President Wilson decided that all of the members of his official family could be retained with out the formality of renomination. Among the hundreds of nomina - tions confirmed, only one met with , pronounced opposition. It was that of Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the president's . naval aide and physician, to be ? rear , admiral. No action was taken on the i nominations for the tariff commission made this week. The outstanding achievement of the i session was the senate's quick re sponse to President Wilson's plea for a change in rule to limit debate and prevent in the future, such filibusters as that which killed the armed neu trality bill. I PRESIDENT WILS MAKES APPEAL TO PREVENT STRIKE, j "Country's Safety Makes Settlement Ifperatlve."?President's Appeal to | Prevent Railroad Strike. Washington.?President Wilson late Friday sent a personal appeal to the ] representatives of the two sides In ( the railroad controversy urging that , they do everything posible to cooper- ^ ate with the mediation committee. The President's appeal follows: , "I deem It my duty and light to ap- , peal to yon In thla time of national , peril to open again the questions at , issue between the railroads and their operative* with a view to accommo- ] datlon or settlement. ? " , , "With my approval, a committee of , the Council of National Defense is | about to seek a conference with you , - with that and in view. -A general interruption of the rail- , way traffic of the country at this time j would entail a danger to the nation , against whiqb^I have the right to enter , my most solemn and earnest protest. "It is now iu\duty of every patrio- t tic man to bring matters of Mils sort ( to immediate accommodation. The ( aafety of the country against manifest , perils affecting Its own peace and the , peace of the whole world makes ac- , commodation absolutely imperative | and seems to me to render any other j choice or action Inconceivable^^ The President's message was sent to , Rllsha Lee. chairman of the confer- , ence commltee of railroad, managers; , L E. Sheppard. acting head of the conductors; W. O. Lee. head of the , trainmen; W. 9. Stone, grand chief ( of the engineers, and W. S. Carter, | president of the firemen and engine- , men. The President is confident there , will be no strike. However, he al> ready is considering what may be done If his appeal to the patriotism of the men inyolved is futile. NEW ALIGNMENT RUMORS AFLOAT IN MEXICO El Pane Tel.? Report* of a new -t political alignment In Mexico, with General Obregon leading the opposi tion to Flrwt Chief Ckrranza which were brought to Juarez by Mexican and foreign refugee* from the Into ; rlor, were dellned by Carranza offl dalK They eald General Obregon wan - loyal to the flrat- chief and that hla retirement from the cabinet several darn ago waa due to 111 health and not because of any political difference* FORMAL NOTIFICATION SENT TO CARRANZA Washington ? The United States went to Oeneral Carranta a formal 110 tlflcatlon that It cannot participate In hie propoaed pan-American concert to it* off munition and food shlpmenta to the European belMgerenta with a *ew to forcing peace The reply la under- J stood to point out that such a move ! would have no Justification In Interna- j tlonal law M Is going forward through Ambassador Ftetcher, at Mex ico CRy PARIS ENTHUSED BY NEWS FROM RUSSIA. Parle.?Kor days rumors have been current In Paris of serloue events tak ing; place In Russia, but the news bas spread throughout the city of ? new Raaeian Govern mint. The population of Parle as the Hay?? Agency lum inary puts It, "manifested veritable enthusiasm" as It learned"of the revo lotion. Crowde In all the public squares and Unportsn- thoroughfares let fhelY ordinary business go while they discussed the.Aaws , - fc- . A ? ' f- '? 'afMy RUSSIAN UPRISING J HAS ABDICATED CZAR REVOLUTION SWEEPS MINISTRY OUT OF OFFICE AND PLACES DUMA IN CHARGE. -?; - - -??-? ? 1 -r:? YOUNGER BROTHER SUCCEEDS New National Council Formed With Offices Hold by Man Who Are Cloaa to tha People?Grand Ouke Alexan drovitch ia Regant. ? ? I 1 - J Petrograd.?The Emperor of Russia has abdicated and Orand Duke Michael Aleiandrovitch. his younger brother, baa been named aa regent. The Run ?Ion ministry, charged with corruption and Incompetence, has been iwept ou. of office. One minister, Alexander Protopopoff, head of the interior de partment, is reported to have been killed, and the other ministers, aa well as the president of the Imperial coun cil, are under arrest. A new national cabinet is announc ed, with Prince L. Voff as president of the council and pjpmier. and the other ofTices held by the men who are close to the Russian people. For several days Petrograd has been the Bcene of one of the most remark able risings in history. Beginning with minor food riots and labor strikes the cry for food reached the hearts of the soldiers, and one by one the regi ments rebelled, until Anally those troops that had for a time stood loyal to the government, took up their arms and marched Into the ranks of the revolutionists. / The president of the Duma, Michael V. Rodzianko. was the leading figure among the deputies who unanimously decided to oppose the imperial order for a dissolution of the house. They continued their sessions and. M. Rod zianko informed the emperor, then at the front, that the hour had struck when the will of the people must pre vail. Even the imperial council real ized the gravity of the situation and added Its appeal to that of the Duma that the emperor should take steps to give the people a policy and gov srnment in accordance with their de sires and in order that there should be no interference with carrying on the war to a victorious ending. MAMMOTH CONTRACT FOR FIGHTING CRAFT IS L?T. Navy Department Contract Calla For Many Big Vessels. Washington.?Contracts for what is believed to be the largest Angle order tor fighting craft ever given by any nation were placed by the Navy De partment. , ~ Private builders undertook to turn rat four great battle cruisers and six icout cruisers and pledged themselves to keep 70 per cent of their working torcea on navy construction. In response to an appeal to their patarlotlsm by Socretary Daniels, th? major shipbuilders have agreed to ac cept 10 per cent net profit on the ?ttle cruisers, whose cost will rep -esent about 176,000,000 of the total mm involved In the day's contracts. A Ifth battle cruiser will be built at the Philadelphia Navy Yard so as not to itraln the limit of facilities of private >stabltshments. The builders are beseiged with of era of merchant work, and are get :ing as high as 60 per cent profit on hese Jobs with more work in sight :han they can do. They have placed heir facilities at the disposal of the Government, making It unnecessary For the President to consider employ ng authority to commander plants. Both classes of cruisers ordered are lew types to naval architecture, and ire designed for a speed of 35 knots in hour. The scouts were awarded oh bids ?ubmitted, prices ranging from $5,950. 900 and stipulated time of delivery [rom 30 to 32 months. Under the Bmergency clause of the naval appro priation bill, construction will be hur ried to the limit, the government foot ing the bill for additional cost. The battle cruisers, the fixed limit of coat of which is $19,000,000 per ship, exclusive of speeding up expense were placed as follows: Newoort News Shipbuilding & Dry dock Co.. two ships. Fore River Shipbuilding Corpora tion. one ship; New York Shipbuild ing Company, one ship. With the exception of the New York Company each private builder will have to Install new ways and machinery tor the huge craft. The Oovernment will bear Ita fair share of thla expense. Four of the scout crulaera will be built on the Pacific Coast, and the other two will be built by William Cramp k Sons. Philadelphia. 1,11 % FEDERATION'S MORAL SUPPORT FOR STRIKE Washington.?While the strike call ed by the railroad brotherhoods will have the full moral support of the American Federation of Labor, no plans'have been made by Federation officials for extending a walk-oat to Include other union men The brothers hoods are not members of the Federa tion. but President Oompers has made It clear that the Federation "woulfT stind behind the brotherhoods with its resources. LONDON RKJOICK8 WHEN HEARS NEW8 FROM RUSSIA London.?The news that "great Rus sla" had joined the democracies of the world, and that on one of the three great absolute rulers of the world had resigned his throne In accordance with the demand* of hla people, was receiv ed hare with unmixed joy There has been no lllaaton here about Russia Particularly In the last year W has bene wall understood that the situa tion there has been the people sitsinsi the etKrone I SPIRIT OF 1917 , *; ) (HA.***! | HI SOWltR iVlT, KVytfCC* mam *0 muii ?r ORDER GROWING IN RUSSIA COUNTRY IS READILY ADJUSTING ITSELF TO THE NEW GOVERN MENTAL CONDITIONS. Regent Michael Abdicate* and Roman off Dynasty It at End?Liberal Min istry la Now in Entire Control of Russia. ,? Petrograd. via London.?Emperor Nicholas abdicated on behalf of him self and the heir apparent, Grand Duke Alexis, In favor of Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch. Grand Duke Michael blms?Uf has abdicated, thus bringing the Romanoff dynasty to an end. The Government, pending a meeting of the Constitutional Assembly, ,1s vested In the executive committee of the Duma and the newly-chosen coun cil of Ministers. A manifesto to this effect was Issued by the Duma Com mittee. and it will be telegraphed to the general Army headquarters. Russia appeared to be In a fair way toward solving the greatest problem with which, perhaps, any nation was ever confronted. Order Is growing with incredible rapidity out of the chaos of the last week, and the new government, gathering up the broken threads of national and municipal life. Is striving to set the organization of the countryln motion so that the co? duct of the war will suffer as little as possible from the revolution. The members of the new Ministry already have assumed their posts an] the Government buildings, empty and deserted for four days, are again open for official business. The banks, all the commercial and financial bouses and some of the factories have al ready responded to the new govern ment's appeal, and have opened their doors and expressed a wllllngnes sto do everything In their power to effect as quick a recovery as possible from the paralysis of last week. The sol dier-policemen. are guarding the streets. In place of the old gendarmes. Hundreds of messages have been received from all over the country de claring the allegiance of Important cities and fortresses to the new re gime. Moscow, Kherkov. Tsarltsyn, wid Vologda already have formally acknowledged the new government and. so far as is known, not a single section of the country still stan? oat for the old order of things. Supported by unanimous vote, the present Gov ernment Is in reality a government of *h? npnnlo ARMY-NAVY BOARD SELECTING ? STATION8 ALONG ATLANTIC. Eight Aeronautic Station* Will Be Equipped With Dirigible*. Washington.?A Joint Army-Navy board studying tbe Atlanlc and Oolf Coasts preparatory to the establish ment of eight aeronautic stations which, besides having two dirigibles and six or eigh> seaplanes each for aerial patrol work, probably will, serve as bases for the new 110-foot coast scout boats of whicb the Navy will order mora than a hundred In a few days. Sixteen dirigible* and a sufficient number of seaplanes already have been contracted for, and officers and men for the air service are being se lected to be sent to the station a* Pensacola, Fla., for training. A school dirigible for the station Is about readr for delivery. The eight station* will be distribu ted along the coaats t&<Ovar strategic areas to be determined by the board. Bach will request six officers and forty men. IMMIGRATION PROBLEM DISCUSSED BY LAYMEN New Orleans. ? The Immigration problem In the United States muat be solved not by exclusion, but by asslml latlon. said the Rev. James I Vance, of Naahvllle. wb oapoke here at the opening of the annual convention of the Laymen'a Missionary Movement. Home missions. WWi" The"creation of' a better underatandlng among the Im migrants Of the rlghta and privileges of cltltens of the United State*, even tually would aolve She problem. ' ? SEVEN WERE LOST WHEN FOLlO SUNK. "Washington, ?Seven Uvea were loat and one American placed In Jeopardy In the sinking without warning by, a submarine of the Cunard freighter Polio, off the Irish coast. Sunday. Consul Krost. at Quaenstowq. cabled the State I apartment this Import: ?'Seven lives lost In sinking Cunard Folio not of crew of 7*. Folio bound New York to Avonmouth. Torpedoed without warning Ave miles off Ram Head. Counjv Waterfort, In heavy fog LABOR WILL SUPPORT NATION IN CASE OF WAR SERVICES IN EVERY LINE OF ACTIVITY PLEDQEO COUNTRY. ^ Three Million Worker* Are Repre sented by Delegate* Meeting In Washington.?Work of. Conference Finished in Three Hours. Washington.?Organized labor In America, through Its representatives in conference here offered Its services to the country In every field of activity if. despite all endeavors tficTliopes, the United States should be drawp Into war. The action was taken by unanimous vote of more than 150 delegates from national and International trade unions affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor, and five brotherhoods. In all, about three million American workers were represented In the con ference, called to determine and an-t nounce the part to be claimed by labor In national preparedness plans. A statement formally adopted and issued after the meeting set forth in addition to the offer of services in case of war, various demands which were held to be fundamentals in safeguard ing the rights of workers In war time as well as In peace. Militarism was protested against." It was held that industrial service should be deemed equally meritorious as military ser vice; that service should conform to trade union standards and that organ ized labor Bhould have representation on all agencies determining and admin istering policies of national defense and controlling publicity. The statement waa drafted by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor which snbmitted It to the delegates gathered here In response to a' call from Samuel Qomp pers, president, who presided at the conference. It had been thought that perhaps two or three days might be required for a discussion but the con ference finished tts work in a few hours. BI-PARTISAN ORGANIZATION OF HOUSE IS POSSIBLE Such It Opin'on of Republican Candi date for Speaker. Washington.?Despite many confer ences among leader* and animated dis cussion of many proposals for working out Democratic, Republican or bi-par tisan control of the Incoming house of representatives, there are few signs that the plans of either of the big par ties or the little group of Independents wljl take definite form until within a few days of the meeting of the spe cial session on April 16. Moat of the members have left the capital with the lmpreaslon that the lines for the organisation fight can not be drawn a month In advance be cause of the shifting of strength due to deaths and uncertainties surround ing plans foy special elections to fill the vacancies. Republican Leader Mann, who will be his party's 'candi date for speaker, departed after an nouncing that be would not favor any trading for Republican control and pre dicting that bi-partisan organization was "not Improbable." The fluctuating standings of the parties presented the prospect that the Democrats will have 216 votes and the Republicans 214 when the special aesslon convenes. R will require 218 to elect a speaker. The Ave so-called Independents holding the ' balance of power have been unable so far to agree on a concerted course, but they will meet ?galn just before the begin ning of the session, i ' FOOD PRICE ADVANCE OF NINETEEN PER CENT. Washington.?Retail food prices In the United State* advanced 11 per cent lb the rear ending January 16 as shown In statistics prepared by the ?Bureau of Labor statistics. The In crease was greatpr than for the three ; ye?r? pretloua,.,combined. The four years' gain was 30 per cent Wrerf food staple except coffee and te- ad vanced during the year. Onions and potatoes led with Increases of more than 50 per cent. BIQ CONTRIBUTIONS BY RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT New York.-According to reports current In the financial district, the Russian gn^erument la contributing largely to the continued heavy Imports of gold for the account of the Entente powers The Hl.ono.noo which came laat Bat urdny from Canada was AD to have contained a considerable amount of got* shipped from Petrogrd by way of the T a^s-Siberlan Rallroa* " Vlad- ' Ivo^.oi k to Vancouver. tlGdMP m BV 6ERMM SUBMARINE AMERICAN SHIP LOADED WITH FOODSTUFF S^N* WITHOUT WARNING. POSITION IS NOT CHANGED i , Declaration of War By UnlUd States Would Havo ta B? Made ay Cen greae.?Arming Vaaaala la Aa Far Aa Praaidant Can Oa. Washington.--In the abaence of de talla aa to. tbe destruction of the ateamer Algonquin official! withheld comment, but the unofficial view waa that notblns In tba Incident changes tbe altuatlon between the United States and Oermany. President Wllaon already has taken steps to pla<% the nation In a state of armed neutrality, whlcb with tbe breaking of diplomatic relatione with Oermany Is practically the laat meas ure possible short of war. American ships now are being armed to defend themselves against unlawful sub marine attack. The general view 1 that arming of ships la the only ar.awer to .submarine operations short of a decelaratlon of war, whlcb may be made only by Congress. Consul Stephens, at Plymouth, reported the sinking of the Algonquin In tbe fol lowing dispatch. "Steamer Algonquin of New York, from New York for London with food stuffs, sunk by German submarine 66 miles west of Blshopa (rock) March It. 6 a. m. Captain reports vessel not warned and sunk by shell Are. Crew of >7 all saved In own boats. Submarine refused assistance. No other boats in sight." CHINA FORMALLY BREAKS. RELATIONS WITH GERMANY. Ship* Hsve Been Selxtd at Shanghai. ?Washington Oata Notice. Washington. ? American Minister Relnsch at Peking reported to the State Department that China had sev ered diplomatic relatione with Ger many and that the German Minister had been handed hla passports. China has also taken possession of all German merchant ahlps In Shang hai. about six In number, placed their crews on shore under guard, and plac ed armed guards on the vessels. ? Recent dispatches from Peking have spoken in high terms of the part American Minister Relnsch has taken ; in the steps leading up to China's ' action. ? I China's action Is expected to have far-reaching effect on Far Eastern history, as It aligns her with Japan < ar.d the other Entente Powers. Ger man trade which before the war had I become the moat dangerous competi tor to British and Japanese business in China, amounted to about M per cent of Japan's trade and offered a tempting prise for the Utter. MEMBERS Or TARIFF COMMISSION SELECTEO. Washington.?President Wilson, it was learned, has selected the follow ing men to comprise the tariff com mission : . \ Prof. Frank W. Taussig, of Har vard, chairman. Former Representative David J. Lewis, of Cumberland, Md? Democrat. Former Representative William Kent, of Kentfleld, Ca.. Independent. Daniel C. Roper, of McColl. S. C? First Assistant Postmaster General, Democrat. E. P. Costlgan. of Denver, Progres sive. W. S. Culbertson. of Emporia. Kan., Republican. ANOTHER MONTH TO SOLVE CAR SHORTAGE. Washington.?The railroads of the country were given another month's grace by the Interstate Commerce Commission to solve car shortage and congestion problems, recent drastic rules for the return of foreign cars to owning lines being further suspend ed until April 16. BOY SCOUT* TO QIVE AID IN CASE OF WAR. -New Yor>.?While the Boy Scouts will (We valuable aid to the nation In their home communities In the event of war, they will take no part In military operation*, the National Council of the Boy Scouta of America decided at Its annual meeting here. The council elected the following offi cers: Honorary president, President Wilson: honorary rice presidents, Theodore Roosevelt, William H. Taft and Daniel C. Beard. ASK GOVERNOR FOR MILITARY GUARD FOR RESERVOIR. Jersey City, N. J.?Acting on rumors of a plot to dynamite the seven bil lion gallon reservoir at Boonton, there by flooding the Paesalr Valley where many large munition plans are locat ed, the c|ty commissioners passed a resolution railing upon Governor Edge to provide a mllltkry guard tor the works. Thlrt^ policemen, all of whom have served In the regular Army, were hurried to the reservoir under ropimand of Major Norton. APPEAL TO BROTHERHOODS NOT TO BRING ON STRIKE. New York.?An appeal to the pat riotism Of th" members of the four great railroad brotherhoods to refrain from any "rash movement" which would bring on Industrial warfare In the present National crisis was made here by the National. Conference Com mittee of Railways on the eve of the conference with the chiefs of the trainmen's organisations. There wore additional Indications, however, that the brotherhoods were determined ACTS OF LEGISLATURE , I, .11. i ; , Clerka'Ar* Busy Preparing Journal? U1S Act. War* Paeed By 1917 ?Mian of Oanaral Aaaambly. Ralelgb.?Principal Clark* R. O. Salt, of the Senate, and Walter Ut altar, of the House, hare turned their force ob the preparation of the oowr tor the publication of the Journal* of the two houacs. Thia la to be com pleted for tha printers within two waeka, moat probably. There were paaaad 1.218 separate acta and M res olution* at thia saaaion of tha Qeneral Assembly, compared with 1,418 ac-'a and 65 raaorjtioha two mats ago. The work of captioning and side noting tha acta and /eaolifttona It be lngpuahed under tha direction of the Secretary of State, this work being done by Col. W .P Bachelor, who ha* rendered thl* service for a num ber of the paat sessions of the Legis lature. It la a long and tedious task. He ha* more than half the Mils cap tioned already and tne principal aide noting done for many of the more Important bill*. The bill* pa**ed in the great ru*h of the flr*^ ten daya of the eeeaton to get ahead of the operation of the constitutional amend ment*. hay* all been captioned and aide noted, ' * It 1* a* Interesting tact that prac tically no legislation a* to. the State Department of Insurance was gotten through thl* lesalon. The general committee bill know a* Senate bill No. 906, waa defeated the laat day of the session through a fight that waa made by Representative drier to re quire the State Commissioner of In surance to pay the fire marshal fund into the state treasury. nor'.n Carolina Dimmcs. Washington.?North Carolina's pop ulation was 2,339.000, and the value of product! of her Industries 1339,411,987 In 1914, according to the census of manufactures made In that year by the United States Bureau of Census and lost made public here In pamph let form. The value of her products increased 33.6 per cent In the flMs year period. Persons engaged in In dustry In the state numbered 1(1.336. an increase of 13.4 per cent, and wages and salaries amounted to $56,282,679, an Increase of 36.4 per cent. Capital Invested was 1263,841,808 In 5,607 establishments of all kinds. Capital I Increased 16.9 per cent and the num ber of establishments 11.7 p4r cent. Materials used In manufactures amounted to fl69!941,971, an Increase (ft 39.6 per cent, and value added by manufacture was <119,470.016. an in crease of 26 per cent over 1909. There were 10 cities each having ? population in 1914 of more than 10,- ' 000 inhabitants. Tfcey were: Ashe vllle. Charlotte. Durham. Oreensboro, High Point. New Bern, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Wilmington and Winston Salem. These cities, whose aggregate population in that year, formed 8.9 per cent of th? estimated total population of North Carolina, reported 34.9 per cent of the state's manufactured pro ducts. "In total population." says the re port, "North Carolina ranked six teenth among the states In 1910; and In density of population H ranked twentieth, with 46.3 lnhahltanta per square mllle, the corresponding figure tor 1900 being 38.*." Hardware Men Meet in June. Wilmington.?The hardware men of the Carolinaa will be In session at Wiightsvllle Beach June 19-21 Inclu alve, it was announced at a luncheon of the Rotary Club, this making no less than 10 conventions that are al ready booked for the beach this Sum mer. There wWe other cities and other resorts In the race for the'honor of entertaining the hammer and saw dealers but none had anything quite so attractive to offer aa this city, hence the decision to come here. Over 300 men from the two states, members of the rare Association, will be in attendance on the meeting. >i Chooae Dates For Catawba Fair. Hickory.?September 26. 26. 27. and 28 have been chosen as the days on which the Catawba Fair will be held at Hickory this year, County Agent Mask la going to organise a number of community fairs In different sac tions of the county to be "held lust prior to the fair at Hickory and these are calculated to arouse more than ordinary Interest in the big event. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. * .. . Aldermen of Oastonla voted an ap propriation of $600 for up-keep of the library. The heirs of George Richardson, a native Union county man, are being ?ought to obtain lih and interest from the Slat day of March. 18(1. ir?rm the United States government. Tffis la an amount due said Richardson for services as a mall carrier rendered for the quarter ending on the date named above and provision has been made for tta payment. I Plans have been perfected by the Durham County Dental Society for entertaining *00 delegates, expected for the 1917 convention of the North Carolina Dental Society scheduled to -i meet In Durham June 27. 28 and 2*. 1 Charlotte Is making an effort to s?- i cure the 1918 annual convention of the > Trl-State Water and Light Assocla- 1 tioa. * Ei Sheriff P. C. Berrv of Burke, i county, Iras livereiy Injured by being lng thrown from his buggy. when, ow ing to some part of the harness break- I lng. bis spirited horse. "Black Beau- i ty," became uncontrollable. i Mr. Avery of the State Agricul tural Department. has been spending several days In Cabarrua county lec turing on dairying. _ i The total leaf tobacco sales by the i warehouses of the various leaf mar- . ket* In this Mate during February ag- i gregated 8,013.448 pounda, of which < I.WM427 was first hand for growers. I This represents a tremendo.K falling ' off as compared with Me salea for I February. 1916, when the total salea i amounted to 10.444.700 pounds. i Klk for the big gnme pasture la 1 Plsgah Forest arrived In Aahevllte ' this weak. I SAFE FARMING" IS n er hudson COUNTY AGENTS ENCOURAQINO PARMER* TO PLANT MORE , ^^ FOOD STUFF. ONC CROP VMf IS NOT SAFE ? fc ' ? ? * Estimated That Nerth Carolina Irrv porta Annvally Around Sixty Mil. Ilona Dollars In Foods. i _ Raleigh.?Whon a farmer has stak ed his hopes on ona crop (or produc ing the money necessary (or him to live and keep his tamlly In comfort, he Is taking a gambler's chances, accord ing to Mr. C. R. Hudson, who through the medium o( the County Agrlcaltur al Agents. Is waging a "Safe Farm ing" campaign. It la not aafe to play one crop any one year. After the time and labor has been given this crop, it may bring good' price and re pay all effort, but It may not bring a good price and then all |a^HL well It has been estimated (hat the South ern States have been Importing an nually from other sections of the country prer seven hundred million dollars worth of food staff. While North Carolina does not head the list SAY* FARMERS MUST NOT STAKE HOPES ON ONE CROP. C. R. HUDSON. of Southern State* Id this practice, ?till, it is estimated that oar bill Is around fifty to sixty million per year. Thla mm unreasonable yet It I* rery true and true In ? section of country that haa fertile soil, aa fine a climate and as intelligent set of farmers as may be found anywhere under the sun. Cotton brought a good price laat year, but it la wondered bow much food the money from a bale of cot ton would buy. now. with all kinds of foodstuffs higher than ever before In the hlstopr of the country. The food and feed situation la abnormal now in the United States and' the wise farmer Is he who produces' food and feed at home this year. He mar . get a good price for both tobacco and cotton, but tba money received will not go very far In purchaaing tho?e necessities of life which could easily be produced at home. Mr. Hudson is having the County Agents of the Agricultural Extension Service encourage all farmera to plant gardens, spring oats and Irish potatoes also need immediate atten tion. A few acres planted now to Appier or Bnrt Oats will help out rery much in the feeding of stock. The Irish potato crop was short laat year and a good crop should be planted, at once, to this important add valuable food crop. "Yackety Yaek" Out In May. Chapel Hill?Editor In Chief James Ralph Patton lerrrVo preaa the seven enteentb volume ot the "Yackety Yack," the University of North Car olina annual. The book thla year Is the moat unique that haa ever rep-,?? resented the Institution. The binding la to be of flexible Roycroft with the hlatorle old well embossed on It. In the aanlor division individual cartoons have been inatltuted which will In It self, add to the aplce of the volume. A greater amount of space haa been given to the athletic department. Ralae Fund For Cripples. AshevlUe.?Mrs. Locke Orals. Mrs. Whiteford Smith and Ckarles A. Tay lor. composing the finance oommlttee ror the collection of fnnda for the rlilldren'a bureau, designed to aid the crippled/children of the state,. reported that ofkr 1100 had bees collected by the sa/e of hearth on "Heart Day" Sat urday/ and that tndlcatlona pointed to the bringing of the total up to tl.000 jt more. The girls In. charge of the ?ale had splendid success and receiv ed varying amounts, from a few pen nies to bills for the fund. Big Order For Cigarettes. Durham. ?? Leading tobacco mer chants in Durham learned from kuthorltatlve sources, that the British American Tobacco Company has just received the largest order for cigar ittes on record, from Prinoa and other foreign Towers: The order calls for 7.C3O.Q0O.OM cigarettes, or hccordfng to one tobacco man, more than 190,400 miles of the finished product. It l? estimated that l< all the cigarettes were made tntoS>n* string, that It would resell around the world eight times. ... - ?L
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