1?Sergeant on Inspection round of soldiers guarding u railway.- 2?^Sailors on un American battleship taking their dully exercise. 3?Col. Chester A. Harding, who has suc?e 'de<J General Goethals us governor of the Caual Zone. MILITIA OF MERCY HELPS NAVY RECRUITING ' ????????? J I .... , A miniature battleship mounted on un automobile is attracting much attention in the streets i)f New York. It is being used In promoting naval recruiting by the Militia of Mercy, an organization of women whose aim Is to aid the families of men called out for duty'ln the naVy. Below Is a portrait of Mrs. John Hays Hammond, president of the Militia of Mercy. GERMANS ON THE ROAD TO PARIS ' "On to Paris" wa* the German slogan iff 1914. Here U the "Off' to Paris" of 191"?a long Hue of German prisoners taken In recent battles Id northern France. 1 . THREE YEOWOMEN FOR THE NAVY IJ? re ?r? three fiMiiiuiuc ii<hllil<tn? to t'ncle Sain'* navy. the flr*t yeo wqipep/to ftill#t ut th^ JS?k\v|N>rt nnvy yartl. Loft to right, they are: Mis* F. $. Harry, Mlas II S. Murray an<l Mint J. K. .Smith. All three have been << sltmed to clerical duty In the nuvy yard. SCRAPS _^The atrwl* of two cl"e? In Ireland are paved with mnrhle?Armagh am! Kilkenny. Wood Miltahle for the uuuiufuituri- | of mnuhen ha* been discovered In the ?nflerii part of the conntrjr. RT|*rlm*nt* to '"<>1 Milldlnf* by' forcing nlr through hullo* walla with electric Cum are being tried In India A tnhulur electric flashlight that ran be riK'Uiiiiil hi any revolver han been patented by a riillvlclphlan. n ri ' 1?1' ?' '' ?" - ' pV-.'T,i;Jn? f? ** . ' ' ??-=? k \ 1 A rheap Imitation of tinfoil Is made in <i?rmuny l>y coating paper with a mixture of fliii'ly powdered metal and rosin. tin<l subjecting It to friction. It In belle*ed tluit the observatory at I'cklng Is The oldest In the,world, liav inn been founded In 12Tb by Knblal Khan, the first- .emperor of the Mogul dynustyv The king of Knutand and the Ger man ini|>eror are grandson* of Queen Vlrtmla; the queens of Oreece, Nor way. Spain. Koumnnla and the caarlna of ltu?xla are granddaughters. AMERICA?ON GUARD Thawing Pipe* With Electricity. . | Klrctricitj Is the onlgr ntfrnt which i will thaw fr07.cn water plpea without llielr being ilutr up. With the action i of electricity the pipe can be easily ; I ha well In n short time, the pnnsage of current through the pipe heating It sufficiently to melt the Ice. Limit of Dlahoneaty. tlnrduppe?"What la your opinion of Kluhdub's ; honeatyT" Borrowell? "Mighty poor. He actifklly came around to my houae uud stole an upibrella 1 had borrowed from him."?Life. MEDICAL SOCIETY ADJOURNS IKS " I Or. I. W. Falaon. of Chariot*. It Elect ad Praaidant.?Next Keating te Be at Pinehuret. Ar.hevllle.?A notabla seaaloa of the North Carolina Medical Society clot ad at the Battery 'Park Hotel bare. ' The laat houra of the elxly-fourtb an nual gathering vara devoted to pa pen and dlacuaalona of children'* diseases. Earlier *aaalon the houae of dalegatea reported on the election of new offi cer* aa follow*: Praaidant, Dr. I. W. Falaon of Char lotte; flrat vice president. Dr. Win D. B. McNlder, of Chapel Hill; second ?ice president, Dr. Joseph B. Green, of Ashevllle; third vice president. Dr. Ben F. Royal, of Morehead City The secretary, Dr. Benjamin K. Hay* of Oxford and the treaaurer. Dr. W. M. Jones, of Qreensboro. hold over until the next meeting, which will be at . Plnehurst next April. "Tuberculosis In Children," w*> ! presented by Dr. Jesse Robert Qerstle of Chicago, Doctor Faisbn opened the ; discussion. In the course of hi* talk, Doctor Falaon made a plea for lip proved living and housing condition^. Dr. Charles L. Minor, Dr. Thompaon Fraaer and Dr. Lewis W. Ellis, of this city, took part in the discussion. The meeting in this city 1b regarded by the delegates as one of the most interesting and profitable In the hla^ tory of the organization^ Aside from the usual program of -papers, this gathering will be remembered on ac count of the patriotic note aounded at various sessions, culminating in the Joint meeting of the association and j i the board of health when a resolution ottering services to the Nation was adopted by a rising vote. During the. three diys of the convention a con siderable number of the doctors have taken the examination for member-, ship in the various medical corps of the Army and Navy. College to Raise Food Crop*. I Durham.-?Out of the campus of Trinity College between 400 and 500 students are drilling dally In anticipa tion of being called to the colors by Uncle Sam. What has struck many as being equally patriotic In an equally practl oal way Is the scheme that Is being enacted on the western part of the oompus. Here the co|loge work force Is breaking and harrowing fifty acres of land which la to be planted in corn. Irish potatoes, soy beans and other food and feed crops. The college authorities had planned to plant this part of the campus and the necessary equipment for moving large trees and otherwwlse beautify ing this part of the campus had been purchased. "We can plapt those trees later,'' declared President W. P. Few. "We can do without shade, but having the ground and sufficient stock to work It, I feel that It Is our patriot ic duty to heed the call of our Na tional and state authorities and assist In Increasing the feed and food pro duction of our section and country." University Favors Draft. Chapel Hill?The -faculty of the University of North Carolina, at its last meetlhg, passed the following motion tn regard to the principle of selective draft to tke military service: "Resolved, That the secretary of the faculty inform the North Carolina Senators /inJ Representatives In Con gress that the faculty of the Univer sity of North Carolina strongly favors the principle of selective draft for tha T military service of the United States of America." Durham Holds Aldermanlc Form. Durham.?A decisive victory was registered here In the special muni cipal election for the retention of the aldermanic form of government as against the proposed managerial form of government, the majority for the former plan being 20S. The content plated change in the city charter call ed for the election of a city manager with an advisory council of Ave citizens. 1 ' Fire Deetroye Big Roller Mill. Spencer.?Fire of unknown origin at Tyro. Davidson county, destroyed the large roller mill ownpd by Baxter Leonard, a large amount of grain, flour and feedstuff, also a sawmill, lumber yard and much lumber owned by Mr. Leonard and a store building and contents owned ~by J. C. Davis NORTH CAROLINA 8RI6F8. North Carolina's first state board of chiropractic examiners was appoint ed by Governor Bickett, the recent Legislature having provided (or such a board after strenuoua opposition was , ovarcome. The a?polntaaa are: Dr. Ku gene L, Cox, of Winston-Salem, one year; Dr. I. C. Carlaon. Greensboro, two years, and Dr. W. P. Love, Char I lotte. three yeara. Representative Godwin Is support j ing the selective conicrlptlon plan for I raising an army. The atrawberry shipping season at i Mt. Olive opened last Monday with a ahlpment of two crates. One was rats ed'by W. HHinson and brought $9 on the market hare. Messrs. English A Oliver, local truck broker*, being the purchasers. The other was raised by Mar^Tapps and brought 18.50 Officers at Durham made a raid last 1 week and captured four men, one woman,, three automobiles and 816 : pints of whiskey. Col. Fred A Olds, of Raleigh, has been secured to deliver the commence ment address at Bock III11 School. Wil son couaty, on May 18. J. A. Slmma. an Auburn graduate, who has been taking a post grmluata course in animal husoandry at the North Carolina State College of Agri culture anj| Engineering for this achbol year, has Juat accepted an ap pointment aa pig club agent tor the state of Connecticut. Mr. Slmms will leave soon to take up hU headquarters at Storrt, Conn. All employees of the Lumberton, Dresden and Jennings cotton mills last .week received a bonus of ten per cent o( the amount earned by each employe* for the three months ending April 1. IMIE51LE WIHS CHAMPIONSHIP GIIP GIRL DEBATERS FROM MT. OLIVE ARB" DEFEATED BY BOY TEAM. HBTLT CONTESTED DEBATE Both High School* Represented In Final* Had Honor of Having Bath Team* Com* Through Prallmlnarlaa Chapel H1U.?Before an audience that taxed the capacity ot Memorial Hall, Waynesvllle high achool rpprea ?nted by Vinson Smathhrs and Boy Francis, defeated the brilliant debat ers from Mount OUra high school, Misses Oladys Andrew* and Emma Lindsay. The debate cam* as the cul mination of one of the most Interesting and closely Contested events In*, th* history and high school debating In the state. The Judge* were Profes sors H. H. Williams, L. P. McOhee, Edwin Greenlaw,, H. M. Wagstaff and W. S. Barnard. The Aycock trophy cup was presented the winner* by Mr. R. O. Everett of Durham. The debaters, led by President -Gra ham. Mr. E, R. Rankin and Mr. R. O. Everett, marched to the (tage amid a volume of cheers. The youthful dfe , baters showed a surprising mastery ot the subject matter and In the rebuttals especially manifested a mastery of the technique of formal argument. This ( Is the second time that a team ot | boys has debated with a team of girls { and the first time the boys have won. Both schools had the honor of having both teams come through the prelimi naries. only one other school. Pleasant j Clarden, attaining thlt honor. , introducing me speaxers 01 me evening. President Graham declared the high school debate to be the hap piest occasion that the. University knows. Vinson Smathers was the flrat af firmative speaker for Wayneiville high school. After referring to the chang ing social and political conditions, he laid down his three proposition; that the present system of railroad owner ship Is wastaful In management; that it is a source of corrupting political Influence; that the Interstate com merce cannot correct these evils. He believed government ownership the only solution. The first speaker on the negative for Mount Olive was Miss Gladys An drews. She outlined her arugument opposing government ownership, de claring that the whole scheme is un democratic and un-American; that government ownership is unjust from ? political standpoint; that it la not the proper function of the govern ment; that private ownership I* in accord with American principles, and that government ownership would ne cessarily result In political corrup tion. Miss Andrews spoke ln< a con vincing manner and showed a thor ough mastery of the whole question. Roy Francis completed the affirma tive argument. He insisted that gov ernment ownership and operation Is practicable; he pointed out Its great success where It had been tried, and made clear how It would be operated for the interest of all the people. He attributed Germany's efficiency to Its government-owned railways. The last speaker for Mount Olive on the negative was Miss Emma Llnd sey. After reviewing the points made by her colleague. Miss Andrews, she showed that government ownership was a most unwise policy from a bus iness standpoint. The experience that foreign nations have had with It does not warrant its adoption here, she de clared. > The high schools and the resnc-u/e debaters representing them In proofs ing years are as follows: 1?13?Pleasant Garden High School; Grady Bowman and S. C. Hodgln. 1(14?Winston-Salem High School; Charles Roddick and Clifton Eaton. 1D15?Wilson High School; Lalla Rookh Fleming and Ethel Gardner. 1916?Graham High School; Myrtle Cooper and Boyd Harden. Boy Enlisted In Army. New Bern.?"My dear father, I hare enlisted In the United States Army and am colng to do my best to help Uncle Sam lick the Oermans to a frazzle." This was the message con tained In a letter which the father of Calhoun Batts. who to myrtertously disappeared from his home In this city several days ago, received from the boy. Batts. It seems, went from New Bern to Klnston and enlisted there, and was at once sent to Fort Scroven, Qa? where he has been plac ed In training. Charlotte Votee Commission. Charlotte.?Charlotte voted by ? a majority of 422 to adopt the Commis sion Form of government. The new charter will become effective in May. th# city to be governed by a mayor and two commissioners, to be chosen by election May 8. T(w election was held under a dew state law allowing cities to choose which charter It shall adopt from among several authorized by the Legislature. On? of the Inter esting features was the' absentee vot ing, also second choice was exercised Both were successful. Concord Woman Joins Navy. . Concord.?While few recruits have been ellsted for the Army and Navy from this city, Concord has the dis tinction of being one of the first Southern cities to send a woman re cruit to the war. The recruit from thle city Is Miss Cooper Miller, who writes that she enlisted at Philadel phia. She has been commissioned to work In the Navy yards there, and holds the commission of "Chief Yoe man." Miss Miller Is a stenographer of much experience, and her work ?rlU constat of stenographic work. chowan moron company. "I ' "* ?* PtuM|?wMalt?(iprw Daily Exoept Sunday*. No Steamer on Sunday* Ur. Murfreaooro ... 7:50 aa?1:1? pm Lv. Como-Mapleton . I: 111 in?1:10 pm L> Hatra Wharf .. t:40 am?1:00 pm Lv Wiotau .???*... I:60 aa?1:00 pa ir TudIi ....l*:l<Va?3:20 pm j Lv Tvnla 10:40am?(:01pm Lv Wluloa 11:00 am?1:26 pm Ly Seam Wharf... 12:06 pm?7:26 pm Lt. Mapietoo-Como. 12:36 pm?7:60 pm Ar Murfreeaboro .. 1:00 pm?1:16 paa j URIAH VAUOHAN, M(r. | WELLINGTON AND POWELLS- j VILLI RAILROAD. south. Mo. 1?Leave Washington (R. F & j P. R. R.) 4:20 a. m.; leave Richmond (A. 0. L.) 8:15 a. m.; leave Waldon (A. O. L.) 11:16 a. m.; leave Wilming ton (A. C. L.) 7:40 a. m.; leave South Thl* November 23rd. 1(14 Rocky Mount (A. C. L.) II: (5 p. a.; arrive Ahoakle (A. C. L.) 2:42 p. a.; leave Norfolk (A. C. L.) 2:40 p. m.; leave Suffolk (A. C. L.) 5:06 p. m. Arrive Ahoakle (:lt p. a. Wellington A Pewellavllle R. R. No. 1?Leave Ahoakle 4:26 p. a.; leave Powellevjlle ?:3? -p. m.; leave Cremo (Branding) 8:63 p. a.; leave Holly Drove 6:68 p. a.; leave Askew*- I vllle 7:00 p. a.; arrive Wldsor 7:30 , p m. ftteimnr. ' : - II Puun|?r?Lnn Windsor 130 p m ; leave Howard 1:30 p. m.; leave t Steels 3:46 p. m.; leave Blancbards , 4:45 p. m ; loare Sans Sonde 5:16 p. n.; arrive Plymouth 6:30 p. m. NORTH. , Itwmar. Paasenger?Lear* Plymouth 7:00 a. 1 id.; leave San* Soucle 8:30 a. m : leave Blancbarda 9:00 a. m.; leave Bteela 10:00 a. m.; leave Howard Lu.30 a. m.; arrive Windsor 11:00 a.m. Wellington A Powellevllle R. R. No. t?Leave Windsor 1:50 a m.; laave Butler's 9:02 a. m.; leave Ask swsvllle 9:17 a. m.; leave Holly Grove 1:23 a. m ; leara Cranio (Qrandlng) 1:29 a. m.; leave rowellavllle 9:4l a. a.; arrive A hoik is 9:56 am ?? A. C. L. No. t?Leave Ahosiila 11:06 a. na.; eava Suffolk 12:21 noon; arrive Nor 'oik 1:35 p. m.; leave Ahoekle 16:60 i. m.; leave South Rocky Mount 11:60 loon; arrive Wilmington 6;50 p. m.;' eava Weldon 6:00 p. m.; leave Rich nond 7:45 p. m.; arrive Waahlngton IK. F. * P. R. R.) 11:50 p. m. Connection*?No. l with A/C7 L. t. R.; No. 2 with steamer line, with k. C. L. R. R. and Norfolk Souther* Sy. Horton Corwln. Jr.. President and rreasurer. Kdenton, N. C. W. O. Pruden, Secretary. EdentoB, !*. C. R. C. Holland. Auditor. JMenton, N C R. O White. T. A. Kdenton. ft. 0. W. M. Corwln. Snpt., Ahoekle. N. 0. W. M. Sutton, Gen. Frt and Pus. 4gt.. Windsor. N. C. IBgszsi'^'^tgiasars ^ Minting j -a You in S*ed of i ? r*? ? D ll(7.kl 2 F olden M|crt Receipta EiTthfM Statementa Bill Headi lnvitationa Packet He*da Letter Heada j Call at this office ' | ^ ood Work k j or Specialty j i2S2S25252S25252525252S2S2fl Do You Use Good Paper When foo Write? We Can Print Anything said Do It Right i ? You May Talk to One Man But an advertisement in thu paper talk* to the whole community. Catch the Idea T TRAVEL VIA : - ALBEMARLE STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY ;/ Plying en the Quaen of North Carolina Straama, tha CHOWAN FIVER, alao on MEHERRIN BLACKWATER RIVER. BENNETT* and WICOCON CREEKS, and the ALBEMARLE 80UN0. Two Big Steel Steamers Carolina and ^Virginia a , ? * / STEAMER VIRGINIA. From Franklin, V*., Mondays and Fridays. For Tunis, N. C., and Intermediate polnta. From Tnnla. N. C, Thursdays ?and Saturdays. For Franklin, Va, and Intermediate point*. From Tunla, N. C, to Harrells , yllle, N. C.. and return two days a weak. From Tnme. N. C? to Qatee Tllle. N. C.j> and return on* day a week. STEAMER CAROLINA. From Murfraaahoro, N. 0. , - Mondays. Wedoeadaya and Fri days, for Tunla, N C.. aod Eden ton. N. C., and lotarmaalata " _ polnta. Prom Rdenton, N. C, Tuaa dara. Thursday ami Saturday*, tor Tunla and Murfreeaboro, N. C- and lntaraoadlata polnta. - LFor Further Information, Apply t? W. M. SCOTT, General Paeaenger Agent, Franklin, Virginia. YOUR AD ,f r^V ' >?': ? ? In This Space V ' ?. ",/?,? sr. : -j '{ I Will Increase ? 'v ? ?" ?' " ?. ' Your Business K ' ' ' '

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