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INSTITUTES WILL BOOST ECONOMY FARMERS' MEETINGS BEGIN AND END IN AUGUST?MR*. Mc KIMMON BUSY. DISPATCHES FROM'- RALEIGH Doing* and Happening* That Mark tha Progress of North Carolina Poo *lo, Gathered Around tho Stata Capital. Raleigh. Tho production and conservation of food, and household economy of every kind la getting a mighty boost In Nortk Carolina since the staff o( Farmers' Institute Conductors hare began their pilgrimage over the stata. Seventy InsUtutaa will be held ending with the State Convention of Farm era here during the last week in Au gust. Mr.. T. B. Parker, director of the Farmers' Instltato Division will have several different parties In the field, most of ?'them having Itineraries through the Piedmont eectlon of this Stata. Mrs. Jane S. McKlmmon will look after the women's meetings and will (apply speakers from her staff of workers. The places and dates of the meet ings for the various counties are: Alamance County?fClon College. Monday, August IS; Snow Camp. Tuaeday, August 14. Alexander County ?? Taylorsvllle. Wednesday. August Anson County?Bethel Schoolbpuse. Saturday, July 28. Burke County ? Quaker Meadow Schoolhouss. Monday. August <; Hll debaad Schoolhouse, Tuesday Au gust 7. Cabarrus County ? Wlnecoff and Rocky River. Friday. August 10; Ri mer and Cabarrus, Saturday, August 11. Caldwell County ? CoUettavllle, Monday, August IS; Oamewell School house, Tuesday, August 14. Caswell County?Yanceyrllle, Sat urday. July 28. Catawba County ? Terrell, Friday, August 10; Dr, Foard's Store, Satur day. August 11. Chatham County?Plttsboro, Friday, July 27; Bonlee. Saturday, July 28. Cleveland County?Boiling 8prlngs. Thursday, August 2;?Orover. Frldly, August I; Shelby, Saturday. August 4., Davidson County ? Sandy Oroya, Monday, August 13; Clarksbury, Tues day. August 14. Davie Coanty?Cherry Hill, Friday, August 2; Cana. Saturday, August 4. Durham County?Bahama Farm Life School, Wednesday. August IS; Patrick Henry School House, Thurs day, Auguat 14. Forsyth County ? Burke's Grove. Wedneeday. August 1; TobaccovlUc, Wednesday, August 8. Oaston County ? Dallas. Wednee day. August 1. Guilford County?Battleground. Fri day. August 10; McLeansvllle. Satur day, August 11. Hoke County?hadford, Friday, Au gust 8 Iredell County ? Llnwood School house and Shawnee. Wednesday, Au gust 1; Harmony Farm-Life School, Tuesday, August 7; Test Farm _ (Statsvllle). Thursday. August ?. Lee County ? Courthouse. Tuesday, July 21. . Lincoln County?Bets Chapel, Mon day, July-SO; Daniels' Schoolhouse, Tuesdsy. July*SI. , ^ HCinveil LODD17 ? uynonTiiiv, Wednesday, August I; Greenlee, Thursday/ August 9. Mecklenburg County?Bethel School house. Friday, July 27; Observer Bcboolbouse, Saturday, July W. Montgomery County?Troy, Satur day. August 4; Mount Qllead, August ?. Moore County ? Olendon. Wednes day, August 1; Eureka Farm-Life School. Thursday, August 2. Person County?Roxboro. Friday, July 27. Randolph County?Liberty. Monday, July 30; Farmer, Wednesday, Au gust It. Richmond County ? Rockingham. Friday, July 27. Rockingham County?Carmel School he use. Monday, July 30; Matrimony, Tuesday, July SI. Rowan County?China Grove and Oak Grove, ?Thursday, August 9; Mt. Ulla and Miranda Bcboolbouse, Thurs day, August 2. - Rutherford County?Shttoh School house; Friday, Augnet 10; Mt. Pleas ant Schoolhouse. Saturday. August 11. Stanly County?Porter, Tuesday, August 7;, MUUngport, Wednesday, August 8. Stokes County?Lawsonrills School house, Thursday, August 9. Burry County?Rusk Schoolhouse, Monday, August ?; Woodvllle, Tues day, August 7. Union County?Marshvllle, Monday, July 80; Waxhaw. Tuesday, July 31. Wake County?Farmers' State Con vention, A. and E College, August 28. 29, 30. Wilkes County ? Mountain View Schoolhouse. Thifrsday, August 2; Bell View Academy, Friday, August 8; Edgewood Schoolhouse. Saturday, Au gust 4. Yadkin County?Yadkinvllle, Mon day, August (. 1 Hedqusrters Open. Brig. Oen. Laurence W. Young, of the North Carolina national guard, has returned from Ashevllle, where he epent seme time and has all In readiness for opening np headquarter* Wednesday at 111 Booth Dawson St when the units of the guard are to ?aseMble at their home stations In preparation for being mustered Into the federal servto*. With General Young for brigade headquarters will b? MaJ. Oordon Smith and JJeuts R. O. Young and George Craig and flftMa collated men. Valuable Historical Collation. Tli* collection* of the North Caro lina Historic*! Commission u< bl ooming widely recuj n I led u among the beat collection or historical mate rial in th?.Uj?Ue< uja ol thin malarial by mall ha* been extern live (or Mat time, but now hlatoncal ?tudenta are finding It worth thel?> while to coma to Raleigh la order tot pursue their Investigation* In person The latest vl*ltor la Prof. Chaa. W. Ramadall. of the department of history of the University of Teiaa, who I* at work on a history of the etrll admin istration of the Copfederate States government Another recent visitor who made extensive researches la the collections of the Historical Com mission was Dr. Charles M. Andrews of Yale University who la writing a history of the American colonies. Miss Mary Shannon Smith ot Meredith Col- ; lege Is spending her vacation In the rooms of the commlaalon at work on a history of Union sentiment In North Carolina during the Civil War; and Dr. D. H. Hill has now permanent quar ters with the Historical Commission ! where he Is engaged In his history of North Carolina In the Civil War. j Last week Mr Reaves of the Interior j Department at Waahlngton spent sev- I eral days among the commission's col- ! lections Investigating the claims of ; the Tuscarora Indians to lands form- i erly belonging to their tribe In North [ Carolina Another historical student now at work in Raleigh la Miss Hat tie E Burch of Columbia University. Every historical student who comes to Raleigh Is greatly Impressed with the exten tand value of the Historical ! Commission's collection* and expresse i Commission's collection* and ex presses delight with the excellent quarter* provided by the state for the Historical Commission Movies for Quardamen. , Special from Camp Sevier, Green ville, 8. C.?National guardsmen of , North Carolina and Tenneaaee need . have no fear that they will be deprlv- j ed of the Joy of seeing the "movies" while encamped her*. "The pictures will be selected for th* entertalnmnt of the soldiers as well as for instructive parposes," gtated a Y. M. C. A. reprsentative. Only a small admlulon fee will be j charged the guardsmen to defray ac tual expenses. The price will be much * mailed than that charged by modern theatre*. It la stated that a soldier may be admitted for a two cent postage stamp or the equivalent thereof. It will not be abaolutely essential for the men to go to Oreenvllle for amusement when on leave, aa various places of amusement and recreation will be provided In the Immediate vi cinity of the camp grounds. A lake, covering twenty acres, is now being constructed about a mile distant from the camp. Near the lake's edge a danc ing pavillion la In the course of erec tion. This will accommodate a thou sand coupled at a dance. According to a statement of Majot General Leonard Wood In a recent ad- : dress the men will be encouraged to i spend their "leavee" away from camp. Quotas of Men Drafted. The adjutant general'* department announced the quota of men that must be drafted from each county in the state on basis of tte registrations and the deduction of men already In the service for which the (county la en titled to hare credit. This Is on the basis, too, of 16,(74 men to be called Into the service from tbts state for the selective draft. The apportion ment by countlea follows: Alamance. 166; Alexander, 80; Alleghany, 46; Anson, lit; Ashe, 1(0; Avery, 72; Beaufort, 248; Bertie, 174; Bladen, 111; Brunswick, 104; Buncombe, 340; Burke, 122; Cabarrus, 209; Cald well. 136; Camden. 46; Carteret. 103; Camden. 110; Catawba. 104; Chat ham, 192; Cherokee, 38; Chowan. 60;. Clay. 28; Cleveland, 184; Columbus. 236; Craven. 206; Cumberland. 221; Currtiuck. 66; Dare, 36; Davidson, 168; Davie 88; Duplin, 248; Durham, 269; Edgecombe, 300; Forsyth, 238; Winston-Salem. 436; Franklin. 146; Qaston. 214; Gates, 80; Graham. 26; Granville, 167; Greene. 122; Guilford, by divisions?122-66-178; Halifax, 331; Harnett. 178; Haywood. 21; Hen derson. 22; Hoke. 72; Hartford. 126; Hyde. 76; Iredell, 136; Jackson. 103; Johnston (by divisions) 149-202; Jones. 69; Lee, 85; L?nolr 209; Lin coln. >4; Macon. 94; Madison, 163; Martin, 146; McDowell. 101; Moore, 164; Naak, >96; New Hanover, none; Wilmington, 22; Noi^hampton. 206; Onalow. 122; Orange, 141; Pamlico. 102; Pahquotank 110; Pender. 99; Perquimans, 99; Person, 126; Pitt. 336; Polk, 64; Randolph, 118; Rich mond. 234; Robeson (by divisions), 189-176; Rockingham, 161; Rowan. 246; Rutherford. 169; Sampson. 263; Sootlaad -I46T Stanly, " 378; Stokes, 16?; Burry. 117; 8waln, 81; Transyl vania, 78; Tyrrell, 48; Union, 290; Vance, 60; Wake, by divisions. 178 129; Warren, 132; Washington. 83; Watauga 91; Wayne. 287; Wilkes, 232; WlUon. >87; Yadkin, 6 Yancey. 107. ' ( Charters Issued fer Railroad. A charter was Issued for the Chim ney Rock Railroad Company, of Cap ton, Haywood-county, the special put pose being the construction and oper ation of fifteen miles of steam railway, ' from Rutherfordton to Chimney Rock; The capital Is >300.000 authori?ed and >16.000 subscribed by M. Carland, T. C. Cole. J. H. Cole. G. L. Fortune. J. T. Horney and J. C. Cols. There is an amendment for the charter of ths Warlong Glove Manu facturing Company, of Newton, auth orising a change of office to Conovsr. Printing Contracts Awarded. The stM# printing commission of which Governor Blckett is the chair man and Commission of Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman. secretary, awarded the contract for the stats printing for ths next year to the Ed wards * Broughton Company, and | Commercial Prltnlng Company, the the adjustment of the state printing ' to Bid wards * Broughton Company. There has bssn a gsnsral revision of th adjustment of ths stat printing and and the contract Just awarded Is ? , ZF ? ' . ?' ' E. L TRAVIf E. L. Travla, n+w chairman of tha corporation cpmmlealon of North Caro lina, haa been aelected by President Wilaon aa a member of the Interatate commiaeion, to be named aa eoon aa congreaa paaaea the bill enlarging that body from nine to eleven. STANDING FIRM IN RUMANIA 0 RETIREMENT IS PELL MELL BE FORE AU8TRO-GERMAN8 ALONG LINE. ? Disaffection hat Made Null Almost All the Brilliant Gains Recently Made Under Personal Leadership of Pre mier Kerensky. Notwithstanding the threat of Pre mier Kerensky that a .policy of "blood ind Iron" Is to be applied without re straint against the seditious Russian troops In East Gallcia whose disaffec tion has made null almost kll the brilliant gains thay had achieved un der his personal leadership early In the month, the Russians continue their retirement, virtually pell mell, before the German and Austro-Hiuigarlan ar mies. Prom the wooded Carpathians to the .region of Tarnopol, the forces of General Knornfloff almost every where were In disorderly ritreat, hard ly anywhere making an attempt to bold back the oncoming enemy. Already the losses of the Russians ! In men killed, wounded or made pris oners and In guns and storey captured are ?xtremely heavy and these un doubtedly will become greater unless the hoped for stiffening of the morale of the Russians Is realized soon. Stanlslau, the principal Junction for commercial activities in the crown land of Gallcla and an Important train ajid manufacturing center, is be ing evacuated by the Russians, while . Podhaytse, H&licz and other towns have been taken by the Teutons. Tarnopol. one of the chlqf towns In the crownland. Is more seriously me naced than ever, if It has not already been retaken by the enemy crossing the river to the south. Including the hosltllltles In Galicia. the entire easterr- front from the Baltic virtually to the Black Sea Is the scene of big operations but with the Russians standing firmly against* the enemy only In the Rumanian theater. WILSON PUTS OUT DENMAN AND QOETHALS End* Shipping Row by Eliminating Two Principal*. Washington. ? President Wilson broucht the (hipping board row to an abrupt termination by ellmlnaitng the two principal*. William Dentnan, chair man of the board and Maj. Gen. Geo W. Goethals, manager of the board's emergency fleet corporation. In chkrge of construction. The resignation of General Ooethala, tendered gome days ago, was accpted, and Mr. DeniwuL. was arte} by the prealdent to follow suit that th* government's building program might go forward without em barrassment. Ed ward N.1 Hurley, of Chicago, for mer chairman of the federal trade commission, waa named by the presi dent tosucceed Mr. Denman STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURES MADE BY BONAR LAW ? London,?Andrew Bonar Law. the chancellor of'the exchequer, announc ed In the house of commons that for 1111 daya the average British expen pendKure waa (.795.000 pounds ster ling dally. The chancellor aald the total advance made by Great Britain to her allies and the dominions waa 1,025,000,000 pounds sterling. Mr. Bo nar Law aald the net Increased expen ditures waa 131,600.000 not Including advances to Great Britain'* allies. BIZE OF DIVISION k WILL BE REDUCED Washington.?Secretary Baker, con flrmed that In purauranna of suggea tlons growing out of the conferences it American army officers with Qen trala Joffre and Bridge*, tactical unit* of the national army will be organised on a basis of 11,000 mne each In place of 24,000. Genaral* Joffre and Bridges explained that tbe mailer and mora mobile dlvldon used In European arm lea had proved highly satisfactory. HEW WAR BUDGET WKfflHttM NEW ESTIMATE BY WAR DE PARTMENT EXCEED* FIVE * BILLION DOLLAR*. ME AWAITING FULL REPORTS Aa Soon a* the Departmental Rcporta Ar? In tha Committee Will Begin Work on Bodfat?Provide for Big Loana. Waablngtos.?The new war budget to carry the government through to next July and to cover additional credlta to the alllee promlaea now to far exceed the eight billion dollara, and may amount to <en billion. War department eatlmate* aent to Congreaa calla for new appropria tion of $6.278,?3?,000 for that branch of the military eatablishment alone. Eatlmatea totalling another $1,000, 000,000 or more are expected when the other departments report their needa. and In addition. Secretary Mc Ado haa Indicated that beifore the year la out Congreaa will be asked for a $2,000,000 appropriation to ln creaae the funda available for loana abroad. Aa ooon aa the departmental re ports are In. the appropriation com mitteea of Oengreaa will go to work on an immediate budget which prob ably will total In the neighborhood of $7,000,000,000. , Congreaalonal leadera do not ex pect to have to provide Immediately for the additional credlta to the al Ilea, as treasury officials have Indi cated that no appropriation for that purpoae will be requested until the next aeaalon. The groea eatlmatea submitted by the war department totalled $6,917, 878.37 but that covered all exlatlng and expected deficiencies In the de partment funda, Including upward of $640,000,000 alreadv appropriated for the aviation proij-am. Thla latter item will not be Included in the bud get, but Congreaa will have to pro vide revenues to meet it since It was not on the ledger when the war tax bill was framed. Congress sentiment seemed In favor of lncreaaing the $1, 670,670.000 war tax bill only to about $2,000,000,000. with authorlxation both for a new bond Issue, possibly at a higher interest rate and in aerial form and for laauance for treasury certifi cates of lndebtedneaa. Secretary Mc Adoo is said to favor a much larger levy of taxes IHfreMlng the hill's to tal by $1.000,#00,000 or at least to $2,226,000,000. RUSSIAN SOLDIERS ARE ? HOT BY COMRADES Part of New Policy of "Biod and Iron" Stop Sedition. The Russian government's policy of "blood and Iron" 1s to be carted out aldtag lines which, bodes ill for the se-, dttious troops along the eastern front and those persons within the country who are trying to nullify the good work that has followed in the wake of the revolution. Capital punishment, abolished with advent of the new government, again haa been put into force on the. demand of the military commandera at the front, who now will be able to aaaem ble field, court martlals and t>ut to death summarily traitor* In the army General Kornlloff-. commander of the forces In Qallcla. whose disaffection and deaertions have wrought havoc in the Russians morale, was the moat In sistent of the military chiefs In calling for a free hand to check the refrac tory troopa. Prior to the acquiescence of the government. General Komiloff is re ported to have taken the tlrastic step it having a division of fleeing cow ards of the elevent barmy shot to pieces by their faithful formerTwother In-arms. Meanwhile, pending the tightening of the reins of repression, the Russian troopa everywhere In Gallcia from the region around Tarnopol southward to the southwestern Bukowlna border are ? continuing to give way. with rela tively' little lighting before the Ger mans and Austro-Hungarlans. Eager For First Report* Washington.?Reports of the first selection boards to fill their quota for the selective draft Wmy are eagerly awaited by Washington offi cials. because they will fire the first definite Information as to probable percentage of rejections to be expect nd'omong the ten million registrants. All available statistics Indicate1 a probable rejection of one In every four for physical disability. In some localities this will vary, but the aver age for the whole country Is expect ed to be between 25 to SO per cent. Tillman Pushing Fertilizer ?III. Washington.?Senator Tillman, of South Carolina, asked President Wil aon not to exert his Influence to have eliminated from the food control bill < now In conference the senator's amendment appropriating 110.000,000 for the purchase of fertilizer for thin rarms along the Atlantic seaboard. The President expressed willingness as far as he Is concerned to have the amendment remain In the bill. He < pointed out that there might be some difficulty In getting the ships to bring nitrate from Chile. "Teddy" Speak* on Patrllotlam. Pittsburgh.?Amid the cheers of thousands of visitors here for the In ternal convention of the Loyal Order of Moose, former President Theodore Roosevelt declared the continuation of unlersal military training In the United State* after the war la the na tion'* only security agalnit a repe tition of nnpreparednea* such as haa handicapped the country In the pre* ent crtals and ,wh|?h, he Mid, amount" to a "miracle of national Inefficiency " I. LIEUT. COL i. A. WOODRUFF Lieut. Cel. James A. Woodruff, whoM entire military service of 18 years hat been In the engineer corps, will organize and command a regiment of picked woodsmen and milt workers for service In France. BUYERS PAYING FOR BONDS MORE THAN 8IXTY PER CENT OF ISSUE HAS ALREADY BEEN PAID. Out of the Proceed* Tfie overnment Hn Redeemed Certificate of Indebt ?dnesa?Financial Activities Break Record*. Washington.?More than sixty per cent of the 12.000,000,030 liberty loan already has been paid Into the treas ury. The treasury statement, the first issued In twenty-four days, shows pay menu June 30 op the liberty loan ac count of $1,385,024,456. Only twenty per cent, of the loan or $400,000,000 was due June 30, the two payments of two and eighteen per per cent, respectively, being due June 15 and June 28. The amount thus vol untarily paid Into the treasury by sub scribers ahead of time totalled but $16,000,000 under a round billion dol lars. Out of the proceeds and other reve nues the government has redeemed treasury certificates of Indebtedness, Issued In anticipation of the loan, amount to 1628,000,000 June 30. The balance was deposited In federal re serve and national and state banks and trust companies throughout the country In accordance with Secretary McAdoo's plan for distributing the de posits among as many Institutions as possible. A total of 1560,662,218 was deposited In banks other than federal reserve banks June 30. The heavy payments on liberty loan account ran up the government balance of cash on hand June 30 to the record figure of $1,064,086,260. This was after the treasury department had re deemed certificates of Indebtedness amounting to $626,000,000. The last day of the fiscal year also ranked high in ordinary revenue receipts, the total being more than $20,000,000. Hundreds of thousands who bought so-called baby bonds, those of $50 to $100 denomination, availed themselves of the privilege of paying in full at once. 8UBMARINE 18 SUNK BY AMERICAN GUNNER8 Paris.?An American steamer re cently sank a large German subma rine according to a dispatch to the Temps from Havre. While on a voyage from the United States the steamer was attacked by a submarine, and replying to Its Ore. sent thirty-Ore srells at the underwa ter boatTwhich assumed a perpendic ular position aiid disappeared beneath the water. Three. Young Ladle* Drowned. Mobile. Ala.?Misses Qussie Riley. Dora Nelson and Ethel Woodman were drowned while bathing in a river near Moss Point. Mis*., Ac cording to advices received here. All were members of prominent families In that section. The bodies were re covered. GERMAN RAIDER 18 IN EASTERN WATER8 An Atlantic Port.?A British steam er which arrived here from Calcutta borught word of German attempts to stop trade between- the far east and English and American port*. The ship'* officers said the water* off South Africa had been etrewn with mine* recently and that two ateamers, one of 6,000 tons and another of 3.200 tons, which had not .been reported ?Ince they left Capetown, were be lieved to have been lost. HEAVY INCREASE IN RETAIL FOOD PRICES Washington.?Heavy increase* Iri retail food price* In the Untied States within Ue last three years are shown In statlitlc* complied by the depart ment of labor. The sharpest advance, waa ID flour, which jumped ISO per cent; lard, eighty-two per cent; sugar, seveaty-nlne ptr cent; corn mtal, stv tnty-aeven per ctot; bacon, tfty-sll ptr cent and brtad fifty five par cut WASHINGTON SEES SERIOUS Mil COLLAPSE OP RUSSIAN WAR MA CHINE MEANS PROLONGATION OP THE WAR. IMMEDIATE BEARING HERE Q?rman Victorias In East Will Release Soldiers for Waatern Front.?Many Russlana Women Entar Rank* But Ratreat Keeps Up. Washington.?No attempt la made here to minimise the seriousness ot I the situation In the war theaters. In Europe. The United States Is In t"he war and will go through with It; but any hope of a short struggle haa gone glimmering with the apparent almost complete collapse of the Russian war machine. The development was not unexpect ed by many army officers. When the offensive of July 1 was started by the Russian forces the most frequent com ment heard here was that It was the probably dying kick ot the old Russian machine. For the United States, the Russian collapse may have an Immediate and direct bearing. It will. If the German , general presses Its advantage, release additional German forces to bolster up the western front where American troopa are to be engaged. The German line In the west has not been serious ly Impaired at any point, officers be lieve. They do not claim to know the situation along the battlefronta, bat they are able to see that the Brit ish and French hare wrested from the Germans any key position of such im portance that It can be used next year to hurl the enemy back. Ruaslan Woman Fight. Even the actual entry of women 1 H soldiers into battle on the eastern front has been insufficient to Imbue the ranks of the recalcitrant Russians with patriotism. They are still deeert lng in large numbers in Galicia, leav ing of virtually free road open for fresh advancea by the Germans and Austro-Hungarlans. From the Baltic to the Blpck Sea only at one point, along the line In the southern Carpathians, have the Russians risen to the occasion and shown some of their old fighting spirit. Here fighting shoulder to shoulder with their Rumanian allies, they have attacked and captured several villages from the Germans and broken the heavtly fortified Teuton line on a wide front. In Galicia, the precipitate retreat of the Russians continues almost everywhere from the Carpathian foot hilla to the region around Tarnopol, the government apparently not. yet having had time to put In force Its strong repressive measures which M. Kerensky .the head of the government has promised to apply in order to >tay th eretreat. Many Towns Taken. Nadvorna, in the fringe of the foot hills. Stanlslau and Tarnopol and nu merous smaller towns have been tak en by the Teutons who are now ap proaching the important railroad Junc tion of Buczacx. which lf?s some SO miles east-spf Hallcz. The Oerman emperor wai\an observer of the bat tle on the Serfeth /front and saw his men put down thp only effort of mo ment that was made to hold them back?an attack by the Russians be tween Tarnopol and Trembowla. ?NATIONAL GUARD UNITS CALLED TO SERVICE Washington.?The entire national guard of the country with the ex ception of the troops from California ! and southwest state are In the federal service under. President Wilson's call. The remalnlsg units will be brought In August 6. on which day the whole force of probably 300,000 men will be draft ed Into the army of the United States , and will lose Its status as militia. From that day on the state troops can be used for nay duty the prgyldent may i direct and will be subject to no lim itations that do not apply to the regu lar army. The first Increment of the guard was called out tei) days ago. Those calyled Into the second Increment em brace New England, middle Western and northwestern states and several Southern states. Probably more than 150,000 Qiea went on federal payroll. ? Th#ro-h?re fcUirf'lnanjrtKrfllslo IS dlcate that guard regiments which are now fairly well equipped and which have the benefit of the border mobili zation will not beheld long at the di visional training camps. It transpor tation is available, the best of the state troops may be hurried to France at once. . , ? INCREASE IN NUMBER OF VESSELS OESTROYED London.?Twenty-one British vea sels of more than 1,600 tons each and three of less than 1,660 tons each were suflk last week by mines or subma rines according to a weekly admiralty reporfton shipping losses. The state ment follows: "Arrivals, 2,791; tail ings, 2,791. British merchantmen sunk by mlna or submarine over 1.600 tons, including two previously, It; under 1,600 tons, three; British veaeels unsuccessfully attached. -IS." RETREATING RUSSIANS KILLED BY OWN PEOPLE Petrograd?-The Kuslan guard corps defending Tarnopol retreated, un pressed by the enemy, says the official statement Issued by genral hadquar ters But the Probrajentky and Sam oaky regiments remained falthfyl to duty and ara fighting southeast of Tarnftpol. .In tha streets of Btaalslau. there wara stubborn bayonat engagement* Tha populate threw granadaa on th retiring Kusslan troop*. i FALSE ECONOMY TO HOARD FOOD HOUSEKEEPERS SHOULD NOT PURCHASE MORE THAN M NEEDED AT A TIME. SOME MLf INFORMATION B. W. KI Igor*, Director of North Car* Una Extension Service Hand* Out Good Advice. Raleigh?It It false economy to at tempt to hoard and store flour espe cially during the summer months, aaja Mr. B. W. KIIgore, director of the North Carolina Extension Service. Mr. Kllgore has recently received a com munication from the Department of Agriculture at Washington In which attention Is called to this matter, and the Information contained la timely both to the huusekepers In the cow try and in the citlea. Sound flour from good wheat will not decompose when stored In the proper manner, but when stored In an Improper manner there Is consider able loss sustained. Tor this reaaam no housekeeper should purchase In larger Quantities tbaa she wlH need within a reasonable length of time. Is storing such flour as la purchased there are three principles which should not be overlooked. Flour should not be stored In tha cellar even though It is nice and coal, for the cellar Is rarely free from dampness and odors which qulcUy contaminates the flour even when'spe cial bins have been built. The attic la also an unwlea place ?o store It as the temperature t* too high, there la no air circulation and the flour will soon become musty. ' The only place it may be kept la perfect safety is In a small storage room built preferably to the north side of the bouse where a cool and even temperature may be obtained and thorough ventilation aval labia la case such a room as this .cannot be had, a closet may be used where It I fits the above requirements. All biaa and containers should be kept dean and especially should they be cleaned out when a new stock of floor la bought. If the flour Is then watched and* guarded from vermin It will be ntll iied practically to the exclusion of any waste through spoilage. This la I true more especially If It Is purchased In accordance with the present needs only. Tobacco Sale* Break Reoords. Lumberton.?Tobacco sales on tha local market are breaking all pre vious record, both as quantity and price. The farmers who bring tha weed to the Lumerton market appear well pleased with their returns and the effect of this Influx of cash la already being felt by the merchants. Sales for the past several days have averaged weH beyond twenty centa a pound. Someone probably Interested in other markets In this seotlon Is be lieved to have been responsible for tha circulation of a report to the effect that the local warehouse men could not get hogsheads In which to ship the tobacco. The warehousemen say they have all they can use. Mora German Prisoner* Com*. Ashevllle.?So satisfactory has beea the camp for Interned Germane at Hot Springe that arrangements are no wbelng made by the federal author ities to send there the remaining SM seamen, vtewarda and firemen of the seised German steamers who are still on Ellis Island. Information received from New York ia to the effect that tffty carpenters and assistants will leave for Hot Springs this weak to erect houses tor the six hundred who will come aa soon aa the preparations for them are completed. There are already 554 Germans at the Hot Springs camp, besides mem bers of their families, who are quar tered in the town Itself. The officer* and seaiben are a high type of man hood and they appear to enjoy their enforced vacation. Boy Preacher Ordained. Newton.?Master Vance Hearner, "the "boy preacher" has been ordain ed to the full work of the gospel min istry. The ordination took place at ? eorhith -Ba ptist ehnrchr - He -Is now? fourteen years of age and Is the youngest minister ordained in the state. Rev J. A. Snow, Rev. L. P. Smith, Rev. J. A Hoyle, Rev. J. M Ballard and Rev. C. E Ream compos ed the Presbytery. At the First Bap tist church Elliott Stewart was or dained. Mr. Stewart was a student at Wake Forest Collage. One Killed, Twe Hurt In Runaway. Albemarle.?The small un of Elijah Oooper Is dead, Mr. Cooper himself ia seriously injured and another eon Is badly shaken up as a result of a runaway on the streets of Albemarle. The horse Mr. Cdoper wan driving took fright at a motor track, and Mr. Cooper, losing control of the animal, the buggy In which the three wer* riding was tnrned over and all three of the occupants thrown against the Southern Railway station building. The boy. who was about II years old. never recovered from the shock. ^ Vice-President of Girls' Conference. Norfolk. Va?Miss May Stephenson of Raleigh, N. C. hai been nariied a vice-president of the Girls' Cojiferenr* of the Chautauqua and School of Methods of the Christian Chore* for the coming >ear The annual sea side convention haa Just closed at Virginia Ueach. after a mdst suoces ful week. Leaders of the denomiaa tion from Vlrgiala. North Carolina, New Tork. Pennsylvania, Ohio aa* several other states wot* In attend ~ ? M
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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