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(IRAIIAM, N. C., Jan. 11, 1917. 1
PAPER COST INCREASED.
l'or some months past the news- ;
papers have had somewhat to say ]
about the advance in the cost of pa
per. We are talking about the J
kind that the newspapers use. One (
publisher states that a year ago his
was costing SI,OOO a carload '
delivered at his plant. Some months
later the same paper cost him 81,900
a carload delivered, and the last he ,
bought cost him $2,500 a carload. :
With the daily papers of H to 24
and moro pages each day the item of
extra cost in white pa|>er will pile
up so high that the margin of profit 
will almost or entirely disappear.
The paper used by Tun Glkankh
cofrt $57 per ton a year ago against
$l5O per ton now, and tliis does not
include freight. A year ago the
white paper for a thousand papers
cost TtlK (it.KANKK s2.2Band freight;
now the same amount of paper costs
80.00 and freight, lu a year the
advance will amount to a nice little
sum.
The same conditi n this pajier
faces is being faced by every publi
cation in the country. It iB more
than many can stand, hence there
have been discontinuances, mergers
and reductions in size, or increase
. in price, to meet tho condition.
Being up against such a proposi
tion, the publishers, Tim Gi.kanku
among the rest of them, must insist
that subscriptions be paid promptly
to enable them to pull through the
crisis with whole bones.
Tho legislature has passed a bill
to increase the Governor's salary
: from $5,000 to H > per year. The
original bill provided for $7,500, the
same salary as a Congressman, and
$•1,000 for eaah of tho other State
officers, but tho bill failed of passage
and only tho salary of the Governor
was increased. It is said, and no
doubt is true, that our Governors
have been uuablo to break even on
tho salary received:
Tho inauguration of Gov. llickett
takos place today. Elaborate prep
arations have been made to make it
one of the most brilliant events ever
held in connection with tho induc
tion of a Govornor of this State into
oflice. Tonight tho inapgural ball
takes placo and it will bo graced by
the State's beauty and chivalry,
Tho Wobb-Kenyon law passed by
Congress to prevent the shipment ol
liquor from "wet" into "dry" States
was held to bo constitutional by the
U. 8. Supremo Court .Monday by a
vote of 7to 2. This is one of the
heaviest blows old booze has received
in many a day.
Tho legislature's hopper is full
to running over with new bills of all
sorts, according to the reports com
ing from Raleigh. Close to a thous
and have been introduced in
House and Senate together. They
are chiefly local in character.
The Suit by Cuba against North
Carolina for the collection of certain
carpet-bag bonds has been called
off. When Cuba learned the history
of the bonds sho refused to proceed
further. Now, what step next by
these enemies of tho State '
Corporal W. C. Hall of Company
K, Third North Carolina Infan
try, from Asheboro, died at Kl
J'aso, Texas, a few days ago. One
report sayß ho died from concus
sion of Uje jirain, following an
assault by an unknown person;
another report says he died ol
m4bingiti*.
Commissioner of l.abor and
Printing Shipman's annual sum
mary of the furniture industry iu
the State shows that there are 96
factories bavin.' s;(.'!,.'SO.'!,(M) capi
tal, $3,690,000 estimated value of
plants, employing 7,53:1 people
ttnd bavin*, an annual payroll
aggregating $2^122,000.
Mm. Calvin 11. Wiley, 70 years
old and widow of the late Calvin
|I. Wiley, prominent minister and
educator, died at her home iu
Winston-Salem Wednesday of last
•week after a lingering illness. Her
illustrious husband was the first
superintendent of public schools
in North Carolina. Three daugh
ters survive.
James 11. Freeman, automobile
demonstrator, was killed last week
in the vicinity of Raleigh, when
the maeblne he was driving ran
into a ditch and turned over.
Freeman was giving the road to
another car when the accident oc
curred. He was U years old,
mariied and was originally from
Jligh Point ,
T£« Transformation of the Yarheel
' .-* . Legislator
Cor. of The Gleaner.
Haleigh, N. C., Jan. B.—The
first Week of tho Legislature of
1817-was an historical freak. 1
have been reporting the proceed
ings of every General Assembly
that has done business iu this
town for the past 18 years, and
never one like this before. „
With punctilious biennial
larity I have witnessed and re
corded the lavish wastefulness of
time the first week of every regu
lar session—the law-makers dawd
ling away a brief period eaflh day
yclept a "session," ostensibly with
nothing to do because the legisla
tive m icbinery just couldn't get
in motion (for no well defined
reason) inside of a week or two.
•In some of the "cloak rooms"
and other more or less secret
places in and around the State
House, the odor of apple brandy
and cawn licker pervaded tluj.
atmosphere. A considerable per
centage of the legislators and em
ployees (not to mention tho fes
tive "lobbyists" and tho nimble
"representatives" of tho liquor
supply houses and blind tiger
agents) brought the aroma of the
distilled fruit and grain into the
Senate and House and oflices and
hrcatbod it into the nostrils of
those who came in contact with
Lllelll and without a thought of
apology over suggesting itself to
!i!)9 percent of them. For it was
the'•custom" of those days, under
stand.
The Involution of tin- Tarheel I.a vv-
Maker.
Now, all of a-sudden, we find
this great, 'this radical change,
this wonderful change—and it
amounts to a clear instance of
transformation itself.
This year the busiest week of
the session (as far as actual legis
lative "grind" goes) i« tho first
seven days of the 00-days' work
allotted. Because of the recent
adoption of the Constitutional
Amendments affecting a certain
class of legislation the "little
bills", mostly local in character,
which have consumed so much of
the time of previous legislatures,
are barred out this year, unless
presented by or before January
10th. Hence these busy opening
days. They are estopped oh and
after Wednesday of this week
anil then the real and serious and
jK'(U*th-while work of the session
begins. Everybody busy ever
since noonday of the llrst day of
the session—too busy to drink
that is stated when I add that I
, have not seen, have not suielleil
any "licker" up htye tliis session.
No, sir, not a single sensation ex
cited through the olfactory nerve
' like that yet, oil myself or any
• body else—and live days have
■ elapsed since this Society of
t Solons gathered themselves to
gether hero.
' Nothing like this ever occurred
' in tliis place before since the
corner-stone was laid—way back
nigh onto ninety ye-a-a-rs ago
Jehosaphat 1 Think of it ! A
whole Tarheel Legislature here iu
propria personae, for II v e
(couiit'etn's) long days of 24 hours
each, without a drink! And
what's more surprising, no bill of
lading for any thing likespiritus
fruinenti is lurking iu the dis
tance. And Ihe most astounding
tiling connected with the situa
tion is that nobody around here
appears to care a continental if
they never fall into an oasis of
"stillery worm juice."
, More Student* to littler Hesull*.
These be also the days when
k students, btl ml reds and hundreds,
reuniting into several thousands
are rejoining Iheir fellow-stuilents
1 in the live colleges here. They
come from all over North Caro
lina and are entering the A. it. M.
I College, and King's Business Cbl-
I lege, (two best places I know of to
get learning and training that will
pay most in dollars and cents and
' ill one for the business battles of
' life). The girls are tilling Mere
■ (litli College, St. Mary's and Peace
'"lnstitute—and it makes a true
North Carolinian's Ijeart swell
with gladness to look upon them
and the flue preceptors who are
1 fitting these boys and girls tosuc-
I ccHsfully light life's battle.
Miigyrstlte Oevelopments.
I " Retrenchment and reform"
f (ever hear the like of that be
fore?) is not figuring any to speak
of as a slogan here this ses
. slon—certainly not with reference
. to ihe Slate's pay-roll. Nearly
I every oftloo-holder and every clerk
, (some few exceptions to all rules,
. of course) is hoping for a rfilSS in
, salaries. Gov. Craig gave 'the
. hope a Insist in his |>ersooally
I conducted message to the General
Assembly, but everybody concern
ed iu authorizing the raise don't
I appear to be unanimous, and the
- leven seems not to be working
i fast enough to lmk« that cuke in
5 time.—
Of course, the Stale's officials
f and the employees feel the cost of
!• living is very much li'isted these
I war times. Put so does every
body else. And the biggest part
of the whole shooting match has
lo grin and liear it.
When brogaus command thir
teen dollars per pair, Some of us
can afford to go barefooted or sew
raw-hides on our understanding
and limp it out. Till then, bou
sour!
state I'urchsalng Agrnry.
Senator C'rtfes' joint resolution
R creating a commission of five
It legislators to investigate and re
u port on the advisability of eatah
u lisliing a State purchasing Agency
for the pui-chase of supplies for
0 the various departments of the
. State Government and for the
t several State institutions is some
1 proposition. -Nobody yet seems
to have smelt the size of the rodent
that ram-rodded itself down the
bore of this bomb, but I am pass
ing on the suspicious circumstance
that I noticed an eager terrier
sniffing excitedly in'the neighbor
hood of the thing a few moments
HgO.
J.LBWXAM.
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Justice the Only Untainted .Charity.
Dr. Frank Crane, in New York
Globe.
If I want to redeem the world I
. can come-nearer my object and do
leas harm, by being .just toward
myself and just toward everybody
else, than by "doinggood" to peo
ple. The only jiutiiiiited charin
is justice. Often our ostensible
charities serve but to obscure and
paliate great evils. Conventional j
charity drops pennies in the li g
i gar's cup, carries -bread to the
starving, distributes clothing to
the naked. Ileal charity, which
is justice, sels about removing
the conditions that make beggary,
starvation and nakedness. Con
ventional charity plays Lady
Houiitit'll 1; justice tries to estab
lish such laws as shall give em
ployment to all, so that they need
no bounty. Charity makes tin-
Old Man of the Sea feed sugar
plums to the poor devil lie is rid
ing and choking; justice would
make liiiu get oIT Ins victim's back.
Conventional charity piously ac
cepts tilings as they .ire, and helps
the unfortunate; justice goes to
the Legislature and changes
things. Charity swats the fly:
justice takes away the dung heaps
that breed flies. Charity giv%s
quinine ill the malarial tropics;
justicedrains the swamps Charity
sends sur eons and ambulances
and trained nurses to the war;
justice struggles to secure that
internationalism that will prevent
war. Charity works among slum
wrecks; justice dreams and plans
that there be no more slums.
Charity scrapes the soil's surface;
justice subsoils. Charity is af
fected by symptoms; justice by
causes. Charity assumes evil in
stllutions and customs to be h
part of "Divine Providence," and
justice regards injustice every
where, custom-buttressed anil re
spectable or not, as the work of
the devil, and vigorously attacks
it. Charity is timid and always
is passing the collection box, jus
tice is unafraid and asks no alms,
no patrons, no benevolent sup
port. The best part of the human
race does not want help, nor favor,
nor charity ; it wants a fair chance
and a square deal. Charity is
man's kindness; justice is God's.
larm Loan Associations.
.Southern Kuralist.
The Federal Farm Loan Hoard
announces that the blank form ol
articles of association to be used
iii forming National Farm Loan
Associations has been printed and
is now ready for distribution.
If interested persons will ad
dress a letter to the Federal Farm
Loan Hoard, Treasury Depart
ment, Washington, I). C., these
articles of association will be sent
When they reach you, call a meet
ing of the prospective members
of your association, adopt these
articles, and htH'o each mciubci
sign them and acknowledge them.
Fill iu the blank space at the top
the name your association adopts.
Then, at your first meeting,
elect a board of fi v«i or more ll rec
tors and have the directors meet
and elect a president, a vice
president, a secretary-treasurer,
and a loan committee of three
members. The loan committee
may begin at once to value the
lauds of the meiube:°s anil prepare
its written report of these valua
tions which must be unanimous
Do not send the signed articles
of association to Washington, but
hold them until the Federal laud
bank of your district is located.
Then, wftte to the bauk asking
for forms which include an appli
cation for a charter. When these
come, (ill out and send them, to
gether with the articles of asso
ciation and the report of the loan
committee, to your Federal land
hank.
f Atlantic Coast Inventors.
The following patents were just
issued to Atlantic Coast clients
retorted by 1). Swift A Co., Patent
Lawyers, Washington, D. C., who
will furnish copies of any patent
for ten cento apiece to our readers.
•> Virginia—ll. Hradshaw, Rich
mond, pap r-feeding machine; S.
C. Gordon, 'Richmond, steering
gear; K F. Heard, Newport News,
Beam Deflector for search lamps.
North Carolina—E. S Hawkins,
Acton, crocheting needle; D. M.
Jones, (ijistouia, lever-hoisting
support for scales; K. A. Muse,
Hamlet; Railway tie.
South Carolina—M. R. C'asey,
Clinton, loom cam.
('hamtM-rlalir* f'ough Kemrdy Null
I'.ltrr lust.
"I have taken .» great man.v bot
tle* of Chamberlain'* t'ougli Ki'mr
ily ami every time it ha* red mo.
I have found it most effort ml for
n harking cough and for colds. Af
ter taking it a rough always ilis
iltipeara," writes J. R. Moore, Lost
Vallny, (la. Obtainable everywhere.
adv.
It's a strange coineidenee that
Mr. Roosevelt's disgust at the man
ner in which this country is bein/
run Tih on 111 have become so intense
in the very year that the national J
election was due.
You Can Cure That Back^e.
l»«ln felon* th« hark. dlulneaA. bralitrh«
aiii frrnnernl languor. Urt a parkairr of
XAthar (Jraj 'a AuMmll -J*af, the p ««*•♦»t>t
root an«l herb cur* for Klli*>r, Hl*.M«r
a tl Cflnirr trouble®. you f»*'i nil
, rtitiihiwri. tlrod. nrwl without enorfy
u»e »hln remarkable rombitmUon f nature*
herbs anJ rxxjta. A* a r»irui»t«»r !t ha» wo
njuai. Moth" Gray 'a AufttrmiUn-lcwf Ih
Sold by I>ruirirl"t« or.!Mnt by naiii forJjOnta
yaffle aent free. Addrraa, The Mother
diuriCo.. LAO Hoy. N. V.
. .
! Educational Column Cond"'* *
by Supt. J. B. Robertson. 2
* Just as the pendulum of the clock
goes in one direction that it may
go an equal distance in the oppo
site direction, and by this process"
of movement keep on running, so
tnere are in life many states ana
activities that have actions ana
counter actions—one necessary to
the other, and both necessary to
life and its developments. We neeu
to sleep at niglit that we may be
wider awake in the daytime.
•Vakefulness is necessary for sieep,
sleep is necessary for wakefulness.
tSome of the finer leehags work in
a similar way. We are never quite
completely ready to laugi as
! when we cry. The demand and the
best effect of one is secured Iro.n
tne reaction of the other. The same
connection that drives the one way
pulls the other in, and the process
ill change and interchange keeps
alive our sentunantal feeling. Just
so work and play are complement
ary traveling companions. One can
never exist in its best form without
the aid of the other. That pupil or
school of pupils that has kept qu.et
for some time is only making ready
to that extent for an e jual ana
opposite reaction. And tne work
cannot be done ancl done welf jong
Unless its companion, play comes
in to give the release and rest.
Hence play has a place and an im
portant one.
Play is not a necessary evil as
it is sometimes thought to be. That
little child that is sliding down the
banisters, that is dragging the rug
out of doors, that is turning
on mother's best bed
is mak.ng brawn and muscle ana
tissue, tne warp auu woof of phys
ical powers and strengtn. axouern
education stands first of all for
the strong physical man and the
mental and moral. For we realize
and know that these three are so
related, interwoven and dependent
one upon tne others that no one
can suiler without the others suf
ftring and the entire person be
ing tne loser. No part oi the man
can Jive to itself and no part can
die to itself.
This universal and fundamental
clemanU for play has called for a
rpftuUr place in the daily program j
of our schools for play—the play
timetime—and certainly an impor
tant one it is. For indeed, "All
work ana i;o play makes Jack a
dull boy/' All work and no play
will railtc-.u dull.pupil oul of any
pupil whether his name be Ja;k,
John or x Jtmmy. 'This being true,
all the/pupils ought to play at play
time. For of all plaeea the school
is one of the places where we do
not want any dull boys or girls.
And if the school finds any such
pupils, in us number, then it is the
sciiools business to develop them
out of their duullness.
"Work while you work and play
wnile you play,
For that is the way to be happy
and gay."
This little has in its lines
much sound floetrine and whole
some advice. But many teachers
lail because they insist on the in
junction of the first lino and neg
lect utterly the second. The rich
reward that is declared in, the last
two lines is not offered on a half
compliance but upon a whole l3
il is set forth in both lines. Then
Ine teacher should insist 011 pla.v
al time for play, for the play time
is made to play in, and tiiat is
the way to use it. But how often
the teacher at pla.v time crouches
down beside the stove and stays
there. Or takes a long walk'alone
and leaves the school to disorder
and destruction—to all things con
cerned. What the teacher should
do is to be just as much in charge
at play time as at book time.
We believe one of the best ways
to eonduct the longest play period,
the noon hour, is to have the first
part of the hour for lunch.. Use
about 10 or 15 minutes, whatever'
is necessary, for eating lunches.
Let baskets and buckets be distrib
uted, all seated and take lunch in
a free and easy but orderly way.
The teacher will, of course, be the
-ud am on ,! K •aa}s«ui-}SBo} jeoiaoi
roid a pleasant one. Talk about
the topics of the dty and other
things of interest and profit. W hen
the lunch (>eriod is over, all go out
together and all play together, all
stay oilf together and all play to
gether or in such groups as sizes
and sexes will dictate.
Such n plan will eliminate run
ning into . and out of the house
or staying the house when the time
has come for going out of doors.
You would make, of course, such
exceptions as sickness and other ir
regularities would require.
Let it be well understood that
every one on the play ground must
play. If it is not there, create the
pla.v spirit. Organize the different
ages into play groups. Lead the
game if it becomes necessary.
Keep the game moving and moving
lively. Idleness is the devil's
workshop, and it is just as true
or more so on the playground as
in the school room, t'se games thai
require several in the. play that all
may have a part, such as baseball,
basket-ball, base, etc. ,Po a»a.,
with that hanging around that a
few want to do. They are the fel
lows that if left alone things thai
ought not to be done; and then,
too, they are missing the oenefit
of the play time.
To do all of this the teacher may
have to make some preparation in
the way of enlarging the grounds
or by e:juiping what she already
has. If there is land enough in the
1 school grounds use some for gra»s
and flowers. But if there is not
enough also fpr pla.v, then use the
grounds for play alone. The
grounds are made for the pupils
and not the pup.lls for th" grounds.
The play time is an important hour,
m ike it count.
It Ts on the play ground that the
teacher learns the student as he
is. There the student shows
his real self. And for the teach
er not to n er pupils means '
for to ludcu. in part only, at
And on the play ground is
one of the very best places for the
teacher to form this vital relation
ship with the student that ja nec
essary for her real leadership. In
deed, "That teacher who sits upon
a platform of assumed dignity and
ajiswers our question by "yes" or
"no" sage advice about
our conduct has little influence j
upon us in school or outside of
jt." But on the other hand, that
teacher who becomes a leader 011
the play ground, though it be by •
watchful and interested supervis
ion, has the vantage ground with
iier pupils everywhere. 'lhe wn-j
ter ha 4 some large school boys to
come to him in town to praise their
teacher in the country. On visiting
the school I found them reciting
an English Grammar lesson, ana j
doing splendid work, with perfect
order and respect toward their 1
teaciier that was beautiful. In
a few minutes recess came, and al- [
though the March winds blew like
they were in a monstrous hurry
to get through if possible before j
April came, the little teacher was
seen deep in her cap and jacket
on the ball field cheering and en
couraging every effort made by a
crowd of young giants. Tiiey
would follow her anywhere. !
whether it be in the field of liter
ature, history or science because
she had won their spirits and ad
miration on the ball field.
Not alone does the play time pre
pare the Btudent for books and the
student of books, but it is at play
time upon the play ground that the
pupil gets some of the best
ing and learns some of
valuable lessons. It is here the
timid learn to tafte the initiative.
It is here the rough and daring
are ruled and regulated. It is
here they both learn to take defeat
and victory as every one should—
to not be cast down in defeat nor
overcome with joy for victory. He
learns also to think ahead. He
learns to use his own head and to
act upon his own judgment. By
these several processes the will is
fashioned, character is developed.
Then have play time and use it
as you should, to play in. Work
while you work and play while you
play, for this is the way to make
the school the most pleasant ana
the most profitable.
Lynchings Last Year.
Fifty-four persons were lynched
in tlie United States duriug 1910,
according to records of Tuskegee
Institute, the negro educational
institution at Tuskegee, Ala
Fifty ol tlie victims were negroes
and four white persons, aud in
cluded in the record are three ne
gro women. Sixty-seven persons
were lynched in I'JIS, thirteen of
whom were white men. In a state
ment presenting the report Robert
K. Moton, president of the Insti
tute, said:
"Fourteen, or more than one
f.ourth of the total lynchings, oc
curred'in the State of Georgia.
Of those put to death 42, or 77
per cent, of the total, were charged
with offences other than assault.
The charges for which whites
were lynched wera murder, three;
suspected of cutting a woman,
one, (this a Mexican).
" The charges for which negroes
were put to death wore: Attempt
ed assault, nine; killing oflicers
ol the law, ten; murder, seven;
hog stealing and assisting amither
person to escape, six; wounding
officers of the law, four; assault,
three; insult, two. For each of
the following offenses one person
was put to death: Slapping boy,
robbing store, brushing against
girl 011 the street, assisting his
son, accused of assault, to escape;
entering a house for robbery or
some other purpose; defending
her son, who in defence of his
mother killed a man ; fatally
wounding a man with whom he
had quarreled; speaking against
mob in act of putting a man to
death; attacking a man and wife
with a club.
"Lynchings occurred : n the fol
lowing States: Alabama, one; Ar
kansas, four; Florida, eight;
Georgia, fourteen; Kansas, one;
Kentucky, two; Louisiana, two;
Mississippi, one; Missouri, one;
North Carolina, two; Oklahoma,
four; South Caroliua, twopTen
nesse, three; Texaß, nine."
Oppotsums are not sent to
White House these days. The
White House should worry.
Charles E. Hughes is to be presi
dent after all—but it's of the New
York Bar Association.
Calomel Salivates
and Makes You Sick
c>
Acts like dynamite on a slug
gish liver and you iose
a day's work.
There'll DO reason why a per
son should take sickening, salivat
ing calomel when io cents buys a
large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone
a perfect substitute for calomel
It is a pleasant vegetable liquid
which will start your liver just as
Burely us calomel, but it doesn't
make you sick, and cannot sali
vate. .
Children and grown folks can
take Dodson's Liver Tone, because
it is perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a dangerous drug. It
is mercury and attacks your bones.
Take a dose odf masty calomel to
day and you will feel weak, sick
and nauseated tomorrow. Don't
lose a days work. Take a spoon
ful of Dodson's Liver Tone instead
and you will wake up feeling gteat.
No' more biliousness, constipation,
•lilggishness, headache, coated
tongue, or sour stomach. Your
I druggist say* if you dont find
I Dodson's Liver Tone acts better
than horrible calomel your money
is waiting lor you.
OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE
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Brief Notes Covering Happenings In t
This State That Are of Interest to j"
* All the People.
Greeasboro's new 500.000 hotel will
be named "The O. Henry."
Oakboro Is soon to have a new two
story brick school building.
More than 100 farmers met at Le
noir and organized a far© loan asso
catlon.
Durham's death rate decreased ap
proximately 12.48 per 1/000 during
1916.
During 1916 there wtre 831 mar
riage licenses issued In Mecklenburg
county.
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Catawba cbunty farmers are ready
to sample the features of the new farm
loan act.
Farmvllle, in Pitt county, on the
Norfolk Southern Railroad, a few miles
east of Wilson, is destined to be one
of the big tobacco marts of eastern
Carolina.
Progressive citizens of Catawba
county, in view of the legislative ses
sion, hare begun discussion ot a large
bond issue for good roads and modern
bridges throughout the county. As
much as $400,000 and $500,000 Is
urged.
Much interest centers in the winter
meeting of the Cotton Manufacturers'
Asosciation of North Carolina that la
to be held in Raleigh, January 19, ac
cording to an announcement Issued
from the office of the Association In
Charlotte.
John W. Agey, carged with violation
of the "blue sky" laws, was released j
from jail on bond of $2,000 furnished
by friends. The Southern Orchard
Company, of which Agey was an offi
cer, sold fig orchard lands in Georgia
to a number of Asheville people, the
company operating, It is alleged, w||h
out a state license.
John Hartness, a white man of North
Iredell, was arrested on his farm in
Bethany townßhip, where it Is assert
ed he was breaking the Sabbath day
by plowing in his field. Mr.
where it Is asserted he was breaking
the Sabbath day by plowing In his
field. Mr. Martness, who declares he
is a believer In the faith of tha
Seventh Day Adventists.
The estimated xalue of the output
of the ninety-six furniture factories in
North Carolina, which made reports to
the commissioner of labor and print
ing is $13,420,000, according to Com
missioner Shipman. The furnture fac
tories, he Bays, are among the biggest
assets of the stats and are particular
ly numerous In the western and pied
mont sections of North Carolina.
At a meeting of the Salisbury com
pany of artillery it was decided una
nimously that they would not attend
the inauguration of Governor Bickett.
This was before they knew that none
of tha' military companies were to
attend. The Salisbury boys have not
gotten over the fact that they were
not paid for their time when they
were called to Wilmington some
months ago.
The death of Mrs. Bettie Tillman,
aged 103 years, occurred at the coun
try home of her son, Joe Tillman, a
few miles east of Goldsboro, due to
heart failure. Mrs. Tilltfbn was
probably the oldest white woman re
siding in Wayne county, if not In the
state, having been born on the 13th
day of July, 1813, and up to the time
of her death could both read and
white, and was considered remarkably
spry for one of her advanced age.
The Cuban Minister at Washington
received a copy of a decree made by
the President of Cuba revoking the
actions of Cuba in attempting to sua
North Carolina in the Supreme Court.
The message came by cable and was
the result of representations made to
his government by the' minister after
reading the congressional record of
the debate on Senator Overman's res
olution asking the Secretary of State
to inquire of Cuba where she got tha
bonds. The decree stops the endeav
or to sue the state.
Three new coast guard cutters, one
to be Btatloned at Beaufort, N. C., one,
at Detroit and the other at Honolulu,
costing together $1,350,000, are propos-,
ed In a bill favorably reported to the!
senate by the commerce committee.
yhe reports of the Morganton post
office for the year shows an Increase
of $970 over last year, bringing the
total up to $11,580 for 1916, mating
Morganton sure of city delivery as
soon as the requirements of proper
street numbering and receptacles are
compiled with. *
Renewing his recommendation for {
' the establishment of the Btate board
of examiners and Institute conductors,]
for uniform examination and certifica
tion of teachers, Dr. Joyner, in his bi
ennial report to Governor Craig, urges I
alos an educational commission to 1
make a study of the entire educa
tional system of the state and report j
at the 1919 session. He offers a new j
method of selecting county boards of J
education, putting that duty in the
hands of a state council appointed by
the governor or elected by the general
assembly.
INDUSTRIAL PROBLEMS TO
FOLLOW WAR CONSIDERED
Norfolk, Va.—Problems which the
United States faces In its relations to
the warring nations and which will ,
aome with international reconstruct j
tion after peace, were the dominant
notes of the discussion at the opening ;
session of the eighth annual convea- j
tlon of the Southern Commercial Con
gress. The speakers Included Senator
Duncan U. Fletcher of Florida, presi
dent of the congress; John Skelton
Williams and others.
• Huu'n Thlst
We offer One Hundred Dollar* tteward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot l>e cured by
Kail's Catarrh Cure.
F. J, CHENEY A CO., Toledo. O.
We. the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last 15 year*, and l>elleve him j
perfectly honorable in all busmen* transac- 1
tlons and nnanrlally able to carry out any
obligations mnue by hi* firm.
National Uakh OFCOVMCRCK,
Toledo. O.
Ha.l * Catarrl* Cure 1* taken Internally. I
acting directly uikjii ihe blood and raucous
surfaces of (he system. Testimonials sent
free Price 7& ceuts per bottle. Bold by all.
Druggist*.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation,
adv
MISS FLOta.*o£ ETHERIDGE
Mis* Florence Etherldge, a graduate |
of the Washington Law college,
member of the bar of the District of
Columbia, as well as of that of the Su
preme court of the United States, Is
employed by the Bureau of Indian Af
fairs to see that the wills of Indians
are carri.d out with Justice to their
heirs.
HELD FOR SHIPPING ARMS
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TO CARRANZA IN VIOLATION OF
PRESIDENT'S EMBARGO
PROCLAMATION.
U. S. Sleuths-Allege Conspiracy Head
ed by Juan T. Burns, Consul General
at New York, Forwarded Arms Into
Mexico.
New York*-The arrest here by Fed
eral officers of Juan T. Burns, consul
general at New York for the de facto
government of Mexico, disclosed an
alleged conspiracy In which flvtJ Mex
icans, Including Burns, are charged In
three Indictments with shipping arms
Into Mexico in violation of President
Wilson's embargo proclamation of
October, 1916, and with evasion of
customs regulations.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney John C. Knox, Fed
eral agent 3 first became acquainted
with the alleged plat last November
when a packing case shipped from
New York and manifested a3 Con
taining "building material" fell on
the dock at Vera Cruz and broke
open revealing cartridges as its con
tents. Investigation by Federal agents
disclosed that the box had been for
warded from this port by a firm
known as the Adic Company, compos
ed of Louis Gottlng and Wei ceslao
Mont. The manifest was signed by
John Gelpl, who proved to be Jose do
la Paz, an employe of the firm.
Further investigation revealed ac
cording to Mr. Knox, that other
shipments of cartridges had been
made from New York under the
guise of various kinds of merchan
dise.
Three weeks ago Gotting, Mont
and de la Paz were placed under ar
rest here by Federal agents and Mier,
identified as Reuben Mier was arrest
ed at Houston, Texas. f
The implication of Consul General
Burns came, Mr. Knox said, when in
vestigations revealed that the money
to pay for ammunition had come from
him. One of the counts in the indict
ments in this connection is the ad
vancing by Burns of $5,2Q0. A con
siderable quantity of the ammunition
found here and at Galveston Is held
as evidence.
Burns was arrested as he was leav
ing his apartment to go to his office.
He protested his innocence and when
arraigned before Federal Judge Hand
entered a plea of not guilty. He was
placed under a bond of SIO,OOO, which
he furnished and was released.
ENTENTE REPLV TO WILSON
UNDERGOING CHANGEB
London.—Reuter'a Telegram Com
pany publishes the following concern
ing the reply of the Entente Allies to
President Wilson's recent note sug
gesting that the belligerents state
their terms of peace: "The doc«ment
is still undergoing slight modification
of the draft ami will not be published
until a day or two after 1| la In the
hands of the president. The note will
be more positive than the reply to Ger
many and is expected to indicate in
more precise fashion the only prelimi
naries upon which the Allies are pre
pared to negotiate. On again going
over the ground of the responsibility
for the war It is likely that the Allies
will only possible terms
for peace, thus contrasting sharply the
German note, which purposely was of
a negative character."
RAIL LEGISLATIpN 80UGHT
BY WILSON TO BE RUSHED.
Washington. Railroad legislation
desired by President Wllsqn to sup
plement the Adamson law is to be
pressed in the House. After a con
ference Representative Adamson an
nounced that he would introduce the
bills designed to prevent railroad em
ployes from striking without giving 60
days notive. and to empower the
Presl-Jf-i to place tied-up roads in the
hands of military authorities in case
of necessity.
FRBE DIARY.
We take pleasure in announcing
that any of our readers can secure
a pretty 1917 pocket diary, free ol
charge by sending the postage
therefor, two cents in stamps, to
D. Swift & Co., Patent Attorneys,
Washington, D. C. The diary is a
gold mine of useful information,
contains the popular and electoral
vote received by Wilson ana
Hughes from each State in 1918, anu
also by Wilson, Roosevelt and Taft
in 1912; states the amount of the
principal crops produced in eacn
State in 1916; gives the census pop~
ulation of each StJte in 1890, anil
1910; the population of about 600
of the largest cities in the United
States, a synopsis of business laws,
patent laws, household recipes ana
much other useful information. The
diary would cost yoj 25c at a book
store. For three cents in stamps
w•• will send a nice wall calendar
10x11 inches. Send five one-cent
stamps and get the diary and cal
endar.
President Wilson hap nominat
ed the following members of the
workingmen's compensation com
mission, to administer the Federal
employes' liability law; Dr. Riley
McMillan Little ol' Swathmore, Pa.
a Republican, for a term of six
years; Mrs. Frances C. Axtell of
Uellingham, Wash., a Progressive,
for a term of four years; John J.
Keegan, of Indianapolis, a Demo
crat, for a term of two years.
The Habit of Taking Cold.
With many people taking cold i?
1 habit but lortunateiy one thai is
easily broken. 1 ake a cold spongy
bath every morning when you
first get out of bed —not ice cola,
but a temperature of about DO dcg.
F. Also sleep With your wmdo#
up. Do tnis and you Will seldom
take cold. Wnen you do take cold
take Cnamberlains Cougn Kemedy
and get rid of it as quiculy as pos
sible. Obtainable every wnere.
| adv.
| When you think of what must be
| his present state of mind, it's hara
not to forgive ex-Cand.date
| Hughes for anything objectionable
that he said or did during his cam
paign.
Bad Habits.
I Those who breakfast at 8 o'clock,
J luncn at 12 and nave dinner at (j,
1 are almost certain to be troubled
witn indigestion. They do not al
low time lor onp meal to digest oe
, fore taking anotner. Not less than
| five hours should elaps between
meals. If you are troubled with m-
I digestion correct your habits and
I take Chamberlain's Tablets ana
you may reasonably hope for a
.jiliek reco\ery. These Tablets '
strengthen the ttomuch and enable
it to perform its functions natu
rally. Obtainable e\ ery wnene.
adv.
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Land Sale !
Pursuant to an order of the Su
-1 perior Court of Alamance county,
made in a special proceeding
therein pending, entitled: ".Nancy
j Hunter vs. George Hunter and otn-
I ers," whereto an tne heirs-at-law
of the late James Hunter, colored,
are duly constituted part.es, tne
undresigned duly appo.nted com
missioner will oiler for sale to tne
highest bidder at puoiic auction, at
the court house dour in Ora-ham,
on MONDAY, j
FEBRUARY sth, 1917,
at 12 o'clock, noon, all of the lol
! lowing described real property, to
. wit:
That tract or parcel of Umd sit-
Luate in Alamance, county, North
Carolina, neir the village of Haw
| River, known as the home place of
the late James, Hunter, colored, ad-,
joining tfie lands of the late Davia
! Hunter, James nunter, Jr., W. H.
j and J. A. Trolinger, and others, be
ling the lands purchased by the saia
| James Hunter from Thomas Dixon,
et als. and the old Woodsdale
school house lot, containing in all
nearly four acres, and more fully
described in the petition in this
cayse.
TERMS : One-half cash, balance
in six months secured by note of
purchaser, to bear interest at six:
| percent, tine reserved until pur
chase price is paid in full; sold sub
ject to confirmation by the court.
This January 4, 1917.,
J. DOLPH LONG,
tds. Commissioner.
NOTICE BY ADMINISTRATRIX.
Having qualified as Administratrix of the
estate of All red W. Haywood, deceased, late
of Hiw HIVCT, Alamance county, North
Carolina, this is to notify all persons having
claims against th- estate of Hail Alfred W.
Haywood, deceased, to exhibit such claim* to
the undersigned at Haw ltlver, N. C-, on or
before the 15th day 01 December, 1017, or this
notice will be pleader* In bar of their recov
ery. All persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate payment to me.
December 12,1U16.
MBtt. EOUIBE M. HAYWOOD,
Administratrix of the estate of Alfred
W. Haywood, dee'd, Haw Klver, N. C.
I4dec6t
Summons by Publication.
State of North Carolina,
Alamance County.
In the Superior Court,
He lore the Clerk*
Margaret M. Noah. Ellz t Bishop, J,W. Bishop,
Minnie E. I oit, J. U. Holt, W. A, Patterson,
Jul't E. Patterson, C. H, Busseii, Bessie L.
Busstil, Ewe 11 A.Noah, Anna Bell Noah,
A J.t'apps, Jane Canps, ltebecca Cheek,
John Noah, ltuth Noun and Bessie Boggs,
vs.
Polly Campbell, Will Campbell, and any
others who may be proper parties to this
proceeding. t
The deiendants above named and any
others wi.oso names.auu residumes aie un
known and eni itled to participate in the pro
ceeds arlr-mg torn the sule of the real estate,
will take notice that an action entitled as
above has beeu commenced in the tiuperior
Court of A 1 imance county, before the Clerk,
that said action relates to the sale o! certain
real esuit- Mtuate and being in said county
and .*taie and uai said deiendants are proper
par les thereto; and said deiendants will
luriher take notice that they ure required to
appear bel« re the Clerk of the superior
Court of said county on Mouda> the 6ib day
of February, IVI7, and answer or demur to
the petitiou in said action or the plaintiffs
will apply to the court lor the lellef demand
ed In said petition. 1
'ihis thel«t ay ol Jan., 1017.
J. i>. KEBNODLE,
4Jan4t Clerk ouperior Court.
Re-Sale of Land.
Under and by virtue of an order
of the Superior Court of Alamance
county, made in tne special prO
| ceeding entitled the Piedmont
| Trust Company, UB administrator of
i Miss Fannie Albrig.it, deceased, vs.
J Mrs. Martiia Thompson, John
1 nomp&on, Sallie Snoe, et. als the
undersigned administrator will, on
MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 1917,
at 12 o clock, noon, at the eo'ivt
bouse door in Graham North Caro
lina, offer for sale to the best bid
der for cash that certain tract or
parcel oi land lying and being in
Alamance county. North Carolina,
adjoining the lands of Phillip Isley
arid others, and moie particularly
described as follows, to-wit:
The same being Jenowj as lot No.
6, and beginning at a stone, a cor
ner with lot No. b and on the Isfey
line N. 43 deg. W. 1 chain and 61
links to a stage in Isley's corner;
tftence on with Isley'B line N. 72
deg. W. 7 chains and 50 links to
a stake, another corner with lsley;
thence again with his line S. 47J$
deg. W. II chains and 80 links to a
stone on Isley's line; thence S. 47
deg. £. 4 chains to a stone; theace
N. 67ii deg. E. 18 chains and 20
links to the beginning, and contain
ing eleven and seven-tenths acres,
more or less,
bidding to begin at $330.00.
Terms of sale CASH.
This January 6, 1917.
THE PIEDMONT TRUST CO, '
Administrator.
The high price of prunes may be
'accounted for by an increased cod
j sumption on the part ol Congress
man Gardner.