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. N. C., as second class matter
GRAHAM, N. C., July 22 1915.
The equalization of properly val
uations for taxation I/Eposes is no
little or easy matter. List week
the County sat
days as an equalizing.board, they
have been in session .three days
this wee, and will meet a£ain on
the '29 th. They may try ever so.
hard to be just and fair, vet, there
will be complaints in plenty. If the
ownets would be entirely fair ana
candid the work would be much
easier. Not all, by big odds, of
the property owners are uncandid,
but there are not a few who, when
it ermes to valuations for taxation
purposes, place very low valuations
o'i thor property, but on other oc
caiii >: 1 value it high enough. Co
opei ation on the part of owners
would help immensely to simplify
the work.
While the equalization board in
Alamance is having its troubles, it
may be some consolation to them
to know they are not alone, for
it is noticed that in many counties
the boards are up against similar
conditions. In truth human na
ture is very much alike the world
over. •
it
".Safety first" would seem to be
the motto of the Southern Railway,
according to a recent statement,
and it should be, not only of the
Southern, but of all public service
corporations. The statement says
that for the year ending June 30th
it transported 'more* than sixteen
and a half millions of passsengers.
Of this host of people not one was
killed by train accident. Only one
received fatal injury and he was
standing on the platform contrary
to regulations, ; Thib is certainly a
remarkable showing.
Leo Frank, whose sentence was a
few weeks ago commuted to life
imprisonment, was attacked by n
fellow life-term prisoner, William
Creen, Saturday night. The at
tack was made fruni behind with a
butcher's knife and Frank's throat
was slashed. Timely help kept him
from bleeding to death, and his
chances of recovery were at first
considered very meager. It
is believed the attack was inspired,
though Creen says otherwise.
Tuesday's vote in Graham and
Thompson townships for the Ala
mance, Durham & Orange Railway
A Electric Co. should bo very grati
fying to the promoters. So far the
above townships voted more solidly
for the proposition than any hereto
fore voting. If it shows one thing
more than another, it is that the
pkiple want conveniences of going
and coming and sending and receiv
ing nearer their doors, regardless of j
the fact that the conveniences cost
money. Money, by most people, is
lightly regarded, if it will secure the
conveniences and necessaries and
make the burdens of life easier to
carry.
Harry Thaw has been declared
Bane and was released last Friday,
on a $3. r »,OUO bond and left for the
liome of his mother at Pittaburg,
Pa. He baa had the sympathy of
lots i f people but most of them hope
he will get oat of the limelight.
In Raleigh Saturday night Ed
ward Falson was struck by a stree.
car and both legs broken. He was
also injured internally, it is fearetv
but la expected to recover.
O. D. Wheeler of Charlotte was
elected president of the N.orth Car
olina Architects Association at the
meeting at Wrightavllle Bench last
week. Next meeting In Charlotte in
January.
Sam McClure, coloicd. employed
on the Southern Power Company
Worlta on the Catawba river, near
Mt. Holly, fell into the river Satur
day, or was pushed in. and was
drowned,
The charred remains of a woman,
Identified as the wife of Aihn B'rii
ton.a negro were found in the ruins
of a house near Aurora. Beaufort
county, firitton has disappeared and
foul play is suspected.
R. Martin Alleh, 70 vears old in
Huntersville section of Meek'len
burg county, died in n hospital In
Charlotte last week. He was Mruck
on the head by n pulley ntWuoore k
Ferry, on the Catawba, river.
Col. Jack Faw was killed by sin
' explosion in a mine In Ashe countv
on the 14, He was CO vears old and
in early life was a newspaper pub-
Itfcher at Bristol, Tenn. aq;l promi
nent in Tennessee politics. In la-er
years he was identified with mining i
operations.
Fhimmer Gilbert, s well known
young man of Wilmington, is under
arrest in San Antonio, Texas for
helping to rob a store in Wilming
ton some weeks ago. He akipped a
S4OO bond. Another man accused of
• part in the robbery is in Jail at
Wilmington and a fourth Is out on
bond.
Alvtn Sigmon,' a lad of about It
was burned to death at Clearmont.
While sleeping in the ahaek where
the railroad hands who work at the
coal abut* slept. Suit was brought
was brought against th* railroad I
I company for |3,000 and the Jufv de-
Pfavor of the railroad, the,
iffs got nothing.
10 Westfield township,
nty, will vote on a s»r—j
.issue for good roads. ,
y county townships have I
>ted good roads bonds. |
Canning Club Work.
It has been decided that each
county organized in Canning Club'
Work shall make an exhibit at the,
State Fair, October .19-24. TJiese j
exhibits are of great educational
value, not only to the tjub girl who |
has, an opportunity of comparing
her products with those of other
girls, but to the State at large,
and we-are not willing that even
one county shall not be represent
ed. ».
That all counties may be e |uai
footing, the same number of prod
ucts shall be required of each for
exhibit purposes, namely; three
dozen fquart glass Jars— square
Queen Jars if possible—six uniform
Jelly glasses and six uniform bot
tled. Quart jars may be filled with ;
Canned tomatoes, canned btruing
bpans, canned butter beans, can
ned small beets, canned sweet po
tatoes, canned corn canned okra,
■canned piemientos, canned mixed
vegetables, canned peaches, canned
peaches, canned cherrien. cannaa
blackberries, canned huckleberries,
canned cherry Jam, canned damson
■Jam, fig jam. peach preserves, pear
preserves, cherry preserves, fig
preserves, pickle cucumber, piskel
chow chow, pickle artichoke, pic-kfe
pepper, pickle sweet chutney, pick
pepper, pickle sweet chutney pick
le sweet pickle peaches.
Glasses may 'be filled with sciip
pernong jelly, apple jelly, black
berry jelly, crab apple Jelly, cur
rand jelly, quince jelly.
Bottles may be filled with toma
to catsup, win\. grape juice, vine
gar.
It is not necessary or perhaps
possible that each county exhibit
all of these products. We simply
furnish you a list from which yoa
may select. Many of you will wiijh
to have several duplicates, and
wii"re jour vegetables or fruits
have been short you will perhaps
find it necessary to have many of
the sanje kind. This will be per
missable. For jelly, exhibit any of
the varieties mentioned, but in the
same kind of glasses.— a]l tall or all
or squat glasses. This will make
48 glass containers from each coun
ty. The freight tfr express On this
number of articles will be paid by
Department .of Agriculture; but if
you break the rule and send more
it will be at your own expense. No
tin goods are desired as all of these
can ne obtained around Wake conn
ty and the expense of shipping oe
avoided. *■
All Jars, bottle* and glasses must
be labeled under the bottom. Each
label must contain the girls name,
name of county, name of product
and the number I, 2 or indicat
ing how minv years the girl has
been at work. Have labels type
written, K nosslble, if not write
plainly in ink. All glass exhibits
appear better when no label hides
the contents, therefore the request
to paste label under the jar.
For shipping, pack the Jars in
the corrugated pasteboard boxes in
which they came, place these In a
wooden box, packing hay or exeel
sor all around. This should guard !
against breakage. Nail securely.
Write senders name in upper left
hand corner of box top and "Mrs,
Jane McKimmon, Dept. of Agricult
ure, Haleizlx N. C." about the mid
dle. Sena by freigh not later than
September 15th, by express not
later than October Ist. Your ship
ment will not be teturned until af
ter the fair is over. It would be
ojst t-> c-o'leet duplicate exhibit for
county fair instead of depending
on your State Fair exhibit.
The State Department of Agri
culture offers the following prizes:
For the largest and most profitable
yields on ont*-tqi#,> Wan acre, best
written report .of method of pro
duction and exhibit:
First premium #15.00
Second premium 10.00
Third premium- 5,00
Conditions—Bach exhibitor will
be required to grow at least one
tenth acre and exhibit at least six
cans of product. Prizes will be
awarded upon exhibits, written re
ports nnd records concerning the
growing of the crop. The follow
ing will be the points and credits
for each. Quantity of products, 20
per cent.; quality of product, 20
per cent ; profit on investment, 20
per cent ; history or written report,
20 per cent. JPriies wil not be
awarded unless there are at leiwr
twelve entries in the contest.
Where a girl makes the exhibit
of six articles in competing for this
prize, these can be counted in the
general county exhibit. They can
be Judged also separately. It Is
[ suggested if several girls in a
[ county wish to compete for this
prize that local judges determine
upon the two best and they be sent
as part of the four dozen products
in glass aent by the county.
The Department of Agriculture
also offers as prizes for— *
The beat single glass Jar any
fruit, by gTrl of one year's
experience ... #,J.50
The heat single glass Jar, any
fruit, girl of two or more
years' experience 2,50
The best simgle glass Jar, any
vegetable, girl of one year's
experience 2,50
The best single glasa Jar, any
any vegetable, girl of
or more years' experience 2,50
The beat single glass Jar mix
ed vegetables, girl of one
year's experience 2.50
The best single gla*s Jar mix
ed vegetables, girl of two
of more year's experience 2.50
Best glaas of Jelly, apple or
acuppernong ... 2.50
Beat bottle tomato catsup d 2.50
To county making best exhib
it in (quality, variety of
salable products, packing
and neat labeling ... 5.00
The victim of the rccen| homicide
In Burke county was Tom Qallian,
who was killed by his nephew, Hor
ace Smallev, with whom he lived.
The Morganton News-Herald ssvs
th" men were drink! tg and got Into
a row. G.allian hit with a
lantern, and Smallev attacked Oal
llnn wish an axe, in.'lhtin; fatal
wounds. Smallev is held without
hall for trial. \
Taking his life with s pisto', in
the presence of his wife, while thev
were seated at a lonelv spot in thb
middle of the railroad track at
midnight, at Harmal>e. Martin coun
tv, sre circumstances of the death
%\ A. Trainham. aged 25 years chief
of the wire maintenance of the
Western Union Telegrsph Com
pany, for Eastern North Carollni.
No reason Is asaigoed.
HAVE YOU WEAK LUNGS?
Do colds sattle oa yoor cheat or Indoor
bronchial tubes? Do coughs hang oa, or
are you subject to throat troubles)
Such troubles should have Immediate
treatment with the strengthening powers
i ot Scott's Bmulskw to guard against
consumption which so easily follows.
I bcott's Emulsion containa pure cod liver
oil which peculiarly strengtheas the res
piratory tract sod improves the quality ol
I the blood; the glycerine in it soothes and
hcalathe tender membranes erf the throat,
i ftMtt'aia prescribed by the best spedsl
! Ms. You can get It at any drug store.
| Scott ft Boarae. Biooattcld. N.J.
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- Our Bill For Imported Feed.
Chapel Hill News Letter.
It is hard to believe-that-76,800
farmers in Nortft* Carolina in the!
i census year bought feed for their
| farm animals; that three in every
i ten of oar farmers spent in cold
| cash for /his purpose, on an aver
age s4ll Tipigce, and all told *'f,!sl,-
000. ■ • - V ""
In 56 counties, the per cat. o,f
farmers buying farm feed wai be
yond the State average—3o perce.it.
In 36 counties more than a thii*'l
of the farmers bought stoclt fead:
In five more than half of them;and
in one county neArly three-.'ourths
of. f hem!
,In 24 counties more thin n f ho J
sand farmers bought farm feed. In
six counties around 1,500 ,arm->rs
were supplying in (his
way. In Robeson the farmers b.iy
igg feed numbered 1,739 ; in Wilkes;
1875; and in Wake 1065,
,The ratios' ranged front 9 percent
in Dare to 73 percent in New Hano
ver; and the sums spent for fairm
feed averaged, all the way fron
$23.15 in Yancey to {>121.99 perjarm
in New Hanover. *
LAGGARD FARMERS.
In the 1910 census it appears that
9184,000 farms in North Caroiirwa
grew no hay and forage; that 25,339
farms, or one in every ten. grew
no corn; that nearly 200,090 farms
grew no oats, and more tha.i
grew no wheat.
A fifth of the hav and forage
consumed in the South is Imported,
around one and n half billion tons
a year. Our yearly bill for West
ern hay and forage is some seven
teen and a half million dollars. It.
makes the Middle Western farmers
just that much richer and leaves
us just so much poorer.
Barns, bina- cribs, and smok* 1 1
houses' bursting with home raised
feed and food supplies mean per
manent farm prosperity. Tlisy
the way to a self feeding, self fi
nancing, self directing far.n dem
ocracy. They spell economic free
dom
, MOVING FORWARD.
North Carolina is -moving toward
this ideal. Since 188" we have more
than quadrupled our acreage in
hay and forage. We have multi
plied our peanut acreage eleven
times over since 1880. We have
trebled our wheat prop in the last
five years, and this year we shall
have a small surplus for export.
We have not done so.well in corn
production, but we have increased
this crop nearly 60 per cent, in th
| last 15 years. O.ir oat crop is
700,000 l-ushels larger thin last
year, and our potatoes two and "si
third million bushels more. An'l
on the first,of last January wj> had
nearly 30(1,000 pigs in the StUe
more than in 1910.
HOLDING DOWN A BILLION
DOLLARS.
We are rapidly learning th •
a,b. c's of farm economy; namely,
that the first business of the farm
is to feed the farmer s family ana
farm «toek.
This lesson well learned in the
South would increase our farm
wealth at the rate of 9)6 million
dollars a year.
Magnify the Home Community.
Henry W. Grady. *
Go out determined to magnify th -1 .
community In which yourl ot is cast.
Cultivate its small economies.
Stand by its young industries
Commercial dependence is a chain
that galls every day. A factory
built at home, a book published
a shoe or a boot made, these are
steps in that diffusion of thought
anil interest that is needed.
Teach your neighbors to with
draw from the vassalage of distant
capitalists, and pay,, under any sac
rifice, the mortgage on the home
or the land, fly simple and pru
dent lives, stay within your own
resources, and establish the free
dom, of your community.
Make every, village and cross
roads, as far a smay be, sovereign
to its own wants. Lenrn that thriv
ing countrysides with roon for
Limbs, conscience and lihertv are
better than great cities with con
gested wealth and population.
Dye# Through Switzerland.
Negotiations have been begun
through the trade advisers in the
State Department at Washington
and t|ic bureau of foreign and do
mestlc commerce for co-operation
between dye'manufacturers of the
United States and Switzerland to
meet the serious scarcity of dye
stuffs resulting from the cutting
o!l of German coal tar dyes.
American manufacturers seek to
utilise the Swiss dve works pend
ing the development of the indus
dustry in the United States. Th •
Swiss plants have received fro n
G-rmany supplies of so railed "in
termediate" coal tar products, to b>
converted into the finished dyes
Oermany no* threatens t6 cut off
this supply on the ground that th
finished products sre being export
ported by Switzerland to France
snd Hngland.
The new Americrn dvestuff In
dustry. fostered by th? Depart
ment of Commerce sine# the begin
ning ot the European war, is now
in a position to furni«h substantial
•luantities of "intermediates" una
the platf Is to have this shipped to
Switzerland for the finishing pro
cess.
A statement of the situation is
eued bv the bureau of fore;gn ano
domestic commerce, -inserts fhatth''
effects of the dyestuff famine are
becoming more and more apparent
HIS ONLY O'JIDE.
Youth's Companion.
The distinguished and well be
loved Bishop oi a South"rn state
Is so absent minded that his .nmih
is slways apprehensive for his wel
fsre when he is away from home.
Not long ago, while making a
Journey by rail, the Bishop was
unable to find his ticket when the
conductor aaked for it.
••Never mind, Blshon" said the
conductor, who knew him wel', "I'd
get It on mv second round."
agsin, the ticket was still missing.
"Oh. welt Bishop, it will be all
right If you never find It," the con
ductor assured him.
"No. it won't, my friend," contra
tradieted the v ' Bishop. I've got to
find tbst ticket. -I want to know
where Pro going''"
DMlkm Cannot lie Cared
by local •pplloatloos, ss 'h»y cannot rrsrb
ItiA dlwsMtfi fHirttrn of Ihcear. I k> r*l«onlr
one »»r to eura aoafnrw. a-.it tti.t 1. by n«.
•tltutloml mantles. Itmfiwsa la ranaMt by
an InH moil euodlUon of iha mac u, linlnc
of Ib« Kuxai-Stan Tabo When thla t- bo IS
lonara.-O mm have a rnmUlus aouiul or In
JHl+Ttbe ling, . r>4 wb. n It laantlralyeloa
*4 Drshtna ta the rnu't, and unlaw lb* in
tannnailoo ran !• ta*ri out a-.il ti-i* tnba
mtor.it loliaivtrmt 0.-nrtlo.-n he>tu ( *lll
b* dsstroiaU lorrvrr; ulna taa.. . ut v t lea
, art- r.n.ad by Catarrh, wklcb ta nntblnc but
an InSaox J ooii'll' ion "ft'* mm- «> rutfacvn
*a >lll »ln Out Hundred Dill >• for any
HK of ItafrM MU-ed by ettarrb ibai s«n
ni.tbecuu j by llall'a Cat.trb Cura. Scud
for circular* fr?«.
K 1. CHUNKY * CO. Toledo, O
Fold by Drugs lata, Tio.
Tafcr Hall'a t amity Pills fur constipation.
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Dual Nationality.
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The Youth's Companion.
| Notl onz ago a citizen of New
Orleans asked the State Department
1 /htlhii* i» toulcJ protect him irom
bt in? called oi. lor military service
| in Franc*-, if an seemed to him nec
; essary, he should go there on busj
'ni ss. The man was born in this
country, but hU father,, who- came
here from France did not become
la naturalized citizen of the United
States until after his son had at
i tained his majority.
| The Stat'e Department could tell
: him onlythat the French code holds
i "every person born of a French-
I man, in France or abroad" to be a
I citizen of France, and if a mala
; liable for military service. Tht*
cage attracted wide attention. IJx
| President Kfosevelt in discussing it
I declared tWat it is time for our
government to repudiate the doc
) trine of dual nationality.
But that is by no means a simple
matter. In our diplomatic archives
ther are volumes filled with cor
respondence and negotiations that
have grown out oi case like this
one, and there is small likelihood
that tha nations will soon come to
an understanding.
The American contention is glar
ingly inconsistent itself. We hold
that children born of foreign pa
rents on American soil are Ameri
can citizens; that is, that the place
of birth determines the nationality;
but we do not permit that rule to
work both ways.. We say: "All
children born out of the limits and
jurisdiction of the United States
whose fathers may be at the time
of their birth 'citizens thereof, are
declared to be citizens of the
United States." That is exactly th?
French law by which the citizen of
New Orleans, whom we regard as
an American citizen because he was
born here, is claimed by France
because, he was born before his
French father was naturalized here.
Tlje present war will bring up
new problems of citizenship, ba
ca.;u; 'tore are thousands of Amer
ican citizens, both native born and
naturalized now ».i ih • rnnHs-of the
beligerents. Under our laws th.'v
have forfeited their American cit
izenship when they took the oath
of allegiance to the flag under
whieh they are fighting. It is un
certain whether that oath in itself
makes them citizens of th? state
they are serving, or whether, to
be citizens, they must also comply
with naturalization laws; but since
it severs their citizenship ties with
the United States, it makes them in
a sense men without a country.
Yet presumably it is the intention
of most of thenr-to return to this
coyntry, if they survive the wak
To Cut Public Building Waste.
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Washington Dispatch to Greens
boro Xetts.
4*. %
Secretary of the Treasury Mc
wlo obas tinown down the gage of
battle >> the "pork barrel" mem
bers of tfie Sen-ib 1 and House, when
he f.nnou»'cti that in the future ex
penditures in the erection of public
buildings will be limited to tha ac
tual present and prospective needs
of the service.
The purpose of the order is to
get rid of the old "hit and misi'
nvstem which had been in vogue
many- years and has>cost the gov
ernment millions of dollars. Mr.
McAdoo is aware thJt this move
will prove very unpopular on Cap
itol Hill, but he cheerfully an
nounced that he was confident the
public will approve his course
when the facts are understood.
Under the old B.vstem buildings
were constructed to fit the appro
priations provided for them, In
the future, and thiß will applv to
buildings already authorized but
not yet reached by the supervising
architect, buildings will be con
structed to fit the needs of the par
ticular locality. The expectation is
that in this wav costly and elabo
rate stone structures will not be
erected in small towns where hey
are not needed and in many.in
stances never will be.
It is pointed ouc that the law
does not prohibit the step propos
ed by Secretary McAdoo, but mere
ly provides in every instance that
"not to exceed" a specified amount
shall be spent for a building at
a designated place. By applying
the new system* to the purchase of
sites more than $500,000 has been
saved during the past two yearß.
Ford Owners to Get Near $15,000,000.
Tlio Ford Atttomobile Company
announces a reitind of approximate
ly $15,0K1,000 to owners of Ford
automobiles who have purchased
their machines since August 1,1914.
On August 1,1914, the company an
nounced that if .'500,000 machines
were sold during the ensuing year,
each purchaser would receive a re
fund of from M 0 to tGO. •- The 300,-
000 mark was reached Friday. The
company says the refund is strictly
in the nature of the profit-sharing
policy of the company.
Without any noise and almost
without discussion, the parliament
of Italy not long since passed an act
prohibiting the sale, except within
very narrow limits and under rigid
couditions, of all liquors. The gov
ernment, it is said, takes this step
in the interests of the Italian's tfli
ciency as a citizen, as a workman,
and as a soldier.
Ever Salivated by
Calomel? Horrible!
Calomel is Quicksilver and
Acts like Dynamite on
your Kidneys.
Calomel lows you a day! You
know what calomel I*. it's mer
cury; qulckailver. Calomel ia dan-
Serous. It craahea into your bile
ynamite. cramping and sickening
you. Calomel at'acka the bonea
and ahould never be put in'o your
system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish,
conatlpated and all knocked out.
and feel that you need a dose of
dangeroua calomel, Juat remember
that your druggist sella for Mc a
large bottle of Dod son's Liver
Tone, which is entirely vegetable
and pleaaant to take and ia a per
fect subatitute for calomel, ft is
guaranteed to atart your liver
without atlrrlng you up Inalde, and
cannot aallvate.
Don't take Calomel 1 It makes
you sick next day; it loses you a
day's work. Dodson's Liver Tone
straightens you right up and you
feel great, Give if to the children
because it Is perfectly harmless ana
doesn't gripe.
adv.'
HICKORY CHIPS.
V
What some people over in the
next country ,need>is a tonic for
the intellect. "
t Some men court in haste ana ra
i pent in court.
The wise man has doubts but the
' fool is always positive.
i
A word to the strenuous is suffi-
I cient—if you call him a liar.
It is dead easy for a girl to oe
' the village belle—in the local news
® paper report of her marriage.
' If General Huerta was offended
when his bail bond was fixed at a
. paltry $15,000|. he was too magnani
t morji to! .mention the affront.
4 A neutral nation is one that is
still able to enjoy a harmless dis
-5 play of pyrotechnics.
j The adjective "beautiful", as ap
a plied to man may prompt the in
■ dignant male to grow chin whis
y kers in order to suppress it.
At least the cool weather has dis
i couraged the flies—at least the flies
we have seen appear to be discour
• aged and downcast, though that
~ condition may be purely psycho
. logical.
] Terrible (hardship was brought
j upon kalteraufschnitter bjrfliis
_ continued cool
, when it might have been decided
whether to eat kaulter aufschnit't
; from left to right or from right to
i left, too.
i In an attempt to be cutting para
, grafter calls Judare Landta "Mount
, Vesuvius Landis.". But Vesuveus
j sometimes remains quiescent for
years,
' Having endorsed truth, it is hop
| ed that the advertising men will
j see their way clear to take up the
> cause of beauty and make their ad
; vertising matter conform to both
hereafter.
! One wonders whether Alvey Au
gustus Adee, the Melchizedek of
the State Department will go on
, his customary bicycle trip through
t Europe this year.
Maybe some local makers of
building material would like to
construct a Chinese wall to shut
out the products of all ther cities.
; It is a poor idea. - .-«■
' Mexico City's best defense against
' the rival bandits of the revolution
might be to destroy everything in
the nature of loot within its con
fines.
Daily health hint. See America
first.
Champ Clark may never become
President, but he has at least made
the word "hone.vshuck" famous.
Getting home is not the leist
of the delightß of the "vacation sea
son.
That "tip trußt" was one exam
ple of too much efficiency.
July has its compensations, among
which are roasting ears.
This is the month in which the
porch sleeper makes converts.
Our great National Holiday lias
fewer hospital odors that it used
to have. Safety first.
Racial cleaveages in American
, Politics are not the most pleasaut
. Bymptoms in the world.
\ No, it is not likely the subma
rine e*n be reformed by legisla-
I -tion any more than can the human
race.
, Europe's war is leading Europe
. to be more earnest in saving the
. babies. But even these- activities'
on its part are sinister.
Probably the mechanical drama
, would not have become so popu
. lar had the legitimate stage avoid
. Ed machine made productions.
[ One interesting prospect for 1916
t is that Mr. Bryan and Col. Roose
, velt will be rivals for the leader
f ship of the prohibition party.
1 There is some comfort in the
thought that Europe will run out
of cash and credit before it has
exhausted its supplies of men.
Eve had the best husband in the
world that there was.
All the world seemß to have been
| invited to the wedding of Champ
I Clark's daughter in Pike county,
Missouri, showing that although lie
• is) a Pike, Champ is no piker. ,
, Secretary Lansing naturally has,
as perhaps one may be permitted
• to remarV, an incisive way about
• him. .
, Hog market is said to be boom
ing. The only thing that never
booms is the Ult. Consumer Co.
Yawning deeply, the world com
ce-mplains that it has experienced
more sensational for several dsys
. than the explosion of a few poison
bombs.
New York's ultramodern "social
gangsters" were also a character
istic of good old Rome when she
tottering toward her well known
fall.
America's big national parks are
are enjoying a rush of visitor*
who should all be' careful to wipe
their feet before stepping on the
scenery.
Showing the magnificent powers
of isolation possessed by'the Amer
ican miiTd, much, thought is still
being given to golf championships.
Neutral ships continue to be sunk,
proving thlat the proverbial ill
luck of the innocent bystander has
not changed for the better.
Possibly what the tired British
workman needs is a few American
efficiency experts to speed up
production and increase wages.
Everybody concedes that the
earnest schoolma am has earned her
summerl eisure if she chooses to
permit herself to have it.
We trust that none of the June
bridegrooms hss as yet discovered
that his cherrv pie was constructed
of dried sppies.
"Bathers' clothes vanish" says a
headline. Yes, some of the suits
are very hard to see.
Few of us can throw off care aa
carelessly as our friends tell as to.
Edison has invented a new whit
tle, just aa if he hvlat already
mad* noise enough in the world.
Aj»i»ar *ily the only trouble with
the hi it.si workers-is that IVjr
won't.
While the troth is mighty we fear
it is not prevailing much in the
censored reports.
1
President Wilson's policy of "reg
ulating" big' business instead of
"making war" on business simply
because it"4s large, is bearing fruit.
Prosperity is sweeping over the
country, such -as has not been seen
ijen years. **
The decision rendered
by the-tircuit Court in New Jer
sey acquitting the Steel Company
of being an unlawful combination
simply because of its immensity
has had an electrical effect on bus
ness, 111 over the country. Rail
roads are spending money by mil
lions for extensions and improve
ments and capital is being pour
ed! out ift all industries, and every
one who work can get it. «■
The captains of industry sjere
never more optimistic than at the
present time, and they are predict
ing that the United State is now
entering on the greatest era of in
dustry, progress and prosperity
that the nation has ever experi
enced.
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■» Prhibition States.
The - Burean of Publicity of the
C. T. U. gives the fol
lowing as a correct list of ihe 18
"dry" States in the order and dates
of their becoming so ;
Maine 1851
Kansas 1880
North Dakota 1889
Georgia 1907
Oklahoma 1907
North Carolina 1908
Mississippi 1908
Tennessee 1909
West Virginia...... 1912
Virginia 1914
Colorado 1914
Oregon 1914
Washington 1914
Arizona 1914
Arkansas 1915
• Alabama . 1915
Idaho 1915
lowa ..." 1915
The taxable values in Durham
county this year show an increase
of $1,733,491 over what was turned
in for taxation lat year. A mil
lion and a half of this increase
came from real property, there be
ing a decrease in the value of the
personal property.
f A report from New Berne says
Lathel and Ben Leary, two resi
dents of the Goose Creek Island
section are "short" several thou
sand dollars, the savings of
lifetime, which they had locked in
a safe in their home and which
was stolen while they were absent.
The late blight of tomatoes and
Irish potatoes has made its appear
ance in the mountainous section of
this State is the information con
tained in an article in the current
issue of Farm News.
At a fish fry in Franklin county
while the guests were seated in
groups awaiting dinner, a dead pitie
tree fell across the lap of Mrs. Kra
ther of Philadelphia. She was
badly bruised, a tooth knocked out
and she was rendered unconscious
V ut her injuries are not dangerous.
Suspecting that whiskey had been
unloaded and carried into the Ea
gles Club at Winston-Salem, officers
made search at two o clock in the
moining and found ten gallons of
booze stored in a coffin—the cof
fin being a part of the parapher
nalia of the Club. ■
A commissioner of New Hanover
county says there are 30,000 acres of
land in the "county not listed for
taxation. He says a calculation of
the area of the county shows v 3o,
more acres in the county than are
on the tax lists, and accounts for
by the fact that deeds are written
for SO' many acres "more or less'-;
'that.returns are made by the num
ber of acres named in the deed
while the actual boundary is usu
ally more.
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CARE OF THE LITTLE CHICKS
Excellent Shalter Provided for Hen
and Her Brood by Use of Framo
and Wlro Netting.
Here Is ja drawing of an original
coop and run for a hen and her young
brood. Its advantages are many,
writes Alfred M. White of Fairfield
county, Ohio, in Orange Judd Fanner.
For Instance, the chicks ars safe
from hawka, crows and rats; at all
times they have limited range without
becoming nearly drowned in high,
wet graas; they are near safe shel
ter at time of sudden thunder show
ers; hens hatched chicks
are likely to wean them before chilly
nights have passed; no danger of a
hen picking another hen's chickens
to death; chicks are always at their
feeding place at feeding time.
The run Is three and one-third by
six feet and twenty Inches high, cover
ing twenty square feet of ground. The
framework is made of one by two
inch material. The stdss, top and the
ends opposite the coop are covered
with one-Inch wire mesh eighteen
inchee wide. The little slat door on
top Is for conveniens In feeding and
watering.
I use one-quart earthen water foun
tains, and about a six by ten inch shal
t "■ -i
Coop and Run.
low box for feeding. Aa soon aa they
are through eating the boxes are
taken oat that they may be cleaned
for next feeding time. Coarse sand
or fine gravel is gives every other
day.
The ooop la made Independent of
the wire run; that Is, the two are not
fastened together. The ooop to cov
ered with a sufehtly arched metal root
A convenient wooden handhold Is fas
ten sd on the center of the top for
convenience in moving. A false board
bottom about two-thirds the length of
the eoqp la placed toward the back
end. If a rain cornea from the direc
tion of the wen end a full bottom
leada the water over the entire bot
tom. Beat make the bottom of nar
row boarda with one-eighth iaeh
cracks that the toe droppings can
sift through 1
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