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THE CAROLINA WAtfOHTl&tf , SALISBURY,!!. C.
OCTOBER 9 IS FIRE
PREVENTION DAY
COMMISSIONER YOUNG IS URGING
EVERY CITIZEN TO EXAMINE
HIS PREMISES.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
Only about six weeks now intervene
before the day appointed by law in
North Carolina as Fire Prevention
Day. James R. Young, Commissioner
of Insurance, is urging that necessity
of a strict and careful observance of
this day in this year is manifest. Con
servation is on the lips of every
patriotic citizen in the state. Ameri
ca has her hands full .this year, with
an enemy outside her borders. It is
up to the citizens at home to see that
no great damage to life and property
can come to us from our own neglect.
It is the intention of the law in this
special Fire Prevention Day, which is
October 9th, to set apart a day when
every citizen will look into the condi
tion of his premises and remove the
things that make for danger. The day
Is set apart at this season of the year
when the time draws near for the
starting of the winter fires. The "lim
bering up" of heating systems that
have laid idle all summer begins. You
don't know what may have happened
to yours during the summer months. J
Have an expert go over the system
when you get ready to turn it on, and
see that there are no hazards there.
There services of an expert to do this
little bit of inspection may cost you
two or three dollars. The saving of
this fee might cost you your home or
your business.
You are going to start fires in stoves
and fireplaces about this time. Take
a look at . the flues and see what the
conditions are. It may be a little
trouble, but it's worth the effort.
Look at the rear of stores and bus
iness blocks in your town, whether
it's your property or4 noi It's your
town. There may be an accumulation
of rubbish in the back lots and the
starting of fires in the store buildings
may burn some soot in a dirty flue.
A litle wind, a little spark, the back
lot rubbish and thousands of dollars
go up in smoke. Another thing: sup
pose a small fire starts you know
they're all small at first there is a
lot of rubbish In a back lot nearby,
boxes, bits of broken glass, pieces of
board with nails in them, a fireman
steps on this, is cut, blood poisoning
occurs: You'd hate to think you
caused that, wouldn't you?
Look the ground over thoroughly on
Fire Prevention Day. That is what
this day is set apart for. Clean up
your premises thoroughly, inside and
out. Tell your neighbor about it. If
he does not take an. interest in the
matter, make him clean up. The law
is on your side. ,
Governor for Red Croti! Work.
Governor Bickett .took :ahand In
furthering the movement by the To
bacco Association of the .United
States, headquarters at Richmond, Va.,
looking, to the inducement of every
tobacco gr; wer to contribute to the
Red Cross fund for war relief, the
proceeds of the sale of one pile of leaf
tobacco sold on the warehouse floor.
The governor wrote personal letters
to each of the designed leaders in this
movement in the various tobacco grow
ing sections of the state endorsing
most heartily the plan of the Tobacco
Association of the United States, as
promulgated by President T.' M. Car
rington, Richmond, Va., and express
ing the hope that the North Carolina
tobacco growers and warehousemen
will do their full share in the success
ful carrying out of the movement.
In his letter to the committeemen,
Governor Bickett ,after speaking of
the resolution recently adotped em
bracing the plans says:
"I desire to commend most heartily
this resolution, also the plan outlined
by the Tobacco Association by which
it is hoped that thousands of dollars
will be raised for this worthy cause.
Permit me also to urge that you give
to this cause your wholehearted and
enthusiastic co-operation. I am sure,
if you will do this, you can makeJt
count for much in your section of the
state."
The representatives named at the
various markets are:
77. T. Clarke, Wilson; E. B. Ficklen,
Greenville; Edgar W. Smith, Rocky
Mount; E. V. Webb, Kinston; G." A.
Jones, Farmville; ,. Dance, Golds
boro; Charlie Jones, LaGrange; James
Exom, Snow Hill; A. L. Curl, Ayden;
John H. Carter, Warsaw; Clyde B. Al
stin, Richlands; John Goode .Ahoskie;
Harry Penn, Madison ;J. D. McDear
man, Spring Hope; A. S. Smith, Elkin;
J. I. Smith, New Bern.
List of Chairmen (Tobacco) Red Cross
W. A. Jamison, Oxford; S. W. Ven
able, Durham; E. D. Wott, Reidsville;
B. F. Sparger, Mt. Airy; W. T. Clary,
Greensboro; J. K. Norfleet, Winston-
Salem; C. B. Cheatham, Henderson.
On the Service of the State.
The gathering of practically 600
boys and girls at the Short Course
held at the College of Agriculture and
Physicians Under Thirty-two Drafted.
Physicians under thirty-two years
of age are amenable to the draft for
soldiers, according to information re
ceived from the War Dpartment at
Washiniton. As the law' now stands
every physician who is physically fit
and under thirty-two years of age is a
drafted man whether his name has
been called or not.
The need of young physicians in the
army is imperative. Major Joseph C.
Bloodgood, chairman of the Southern
Committee on National Defense, says:
Every physically fit doctor thirty-one
years old owes it to his country to be
in the Medical Reserve Corps'. As a
matter of fact, he is a drafted man
whether his number has been called
or not." The army calls for young
physicians for two reasons: they can
stand the strain of army life better
than the older men, and, as a whole
they are not held by so many family
and financial obligations.
Dr. J. W. Long, of Greensboro, chair
man of the State Committee on Na
tional Defense, Medical Section, will
upon request furnish suitable blanks
for making application in the Medical
Officers' Reserve Corps. North Caro
lina has not yet given her quota
though she ranks ahead of the aver
age state in the number of medical
men she has , furnished the army.
Brief Note Covering Happenings In
This States That Are of Interest to
All the People.
The Concord Daily Tribune press
room was entirely destroyed by fire
a few nights ago.
The First North Carolina' Motor
Truck Company No. 65, has arrived at
Cainp Sevier, Greenville, S. C.
. Young men leaving North Carolina
to go into the National Army camps
should register bdfore leaving if they
expect to vote in state elections while
away.
Control Cotton Anthracnose.
Each year along about this time the
agricultural experiment station of
the college and department of agricul
ture receives a number of speciments
of diseased cotton bolls. These bolls
are more or less affected with a fun-
Vrtrrt-naayintr nrnvOQ ncain that. the
. :i:r.7r"T, Jgus diease known as "boll-rot" or
WOrK OI llie AgllUUHUtai jiiAicuoiou ,
Service, conducted jointly by the
college and the State Department of
Agriculture, is more than justifying
its existence. It is not believed that
another state in the union has had
such an attendance on any short
course given at their state college of
anthracnose. It is a disease which is
spread by seed having been obtained
from rotten or half-rottep bolls the
previous fall. Hence, it may be seen
that to properly control it the seed
must be free from disease. As it first
appears the boll has a-small pinkish
aculture ooiing lor an attend-1 t -ich -Urely
I nntnnTrii norfoin hnlle on1 loavoa nth.
ance of about two or three hundred,
the authorities were surprised when
train after train came in loaded with
members of the agricultural clubs
coming to join their fellows for a
week of inspirational work and fun.
Wednesday, 17th, is Woman's Day.
The Woman's building committee
appointed by President R. O. Everett
at the recent meeting of the executive
committee of the State Fair Associa
tion, decided to have the dedicatory
exercises for the new woman's build
ing at the fair grounds on Wednesday,
October 17, and to invite Congress
man Jeannette Rankin of Montana to
deliver the principal address on the
occasion. The meeting of the com
mittee was in the office of Judge R.
W. Winston.
An invitation has already been ex
tended to Congressman Rankin to
speak in Raleigh on this occasion and
it Is thought that she will accept
Other speakers will also make ad
dresses on the occasion of dedicating
the new building.
Poultry Clubs Show Results.
After inspecting several large farms
on which poultry club work has been
conducted for the last two years,. Mr.
Allen G. Oliver, poultry club agent of
the extension service, states that won
derful improvement has been noticed
in the way the poultry is being han
dled, improved, and looked after. The
farm flocks are being given better care
and are being better feed this year
than at any previuos time in the his
tory of th work. This is largely true
because of the practical methods ad
TocaUd by tb poultry tlub office
destroys certain bolls and leaves oth
ers partially destroyed. When the
seed is saved from partially rotted
bolls it has within it the fungus and
when the seed is planted it will pro
duce plants bearing the ,'boll-rot."
From this it may be seen that the
disease is controlled by planting disease-free
seed. But it also has been
found that the disease will live over
in old stalks and bolls left in the field.
Where cotton is to be planted on the
same field the next year these stalks
and bolls should be plowed under at
least six inches. By far the best plan,
however, is to rotate the crop, putting
no cotton on -the same land each year.
Where disease-free seed cannot be
obtained in the neighborhood it is a
good idea to go into the field and se
lect suoh bolls as are not affacted and
save the seed for next year's planting.
According to Dr. F. A. ' Wolf, plant
pathologist, this should be done even
if there is time to select only a small
amount of bolls. By planting these
separately in a small plot enough will
be saved to make a patch free from
anthracnose disease.
It is estimated that 10,000. people at
tended Ball's Creek camp- meeting at
Newton Sunday. There were 3,000
automobiles on the grounds.
East Is Peanut Section.
Theea8tern :art of North Carolina
has come to be a section noted for the
the production of peanuts. The major
ity of farmers in this section grow
these . as a commercial cropj Those
who grow the large varieties of pea
nuts know that a heavy percentage ot
the crop is left in the ground. There
is only one possible way of making
use of this waste and that Is by em
ploying hogs. As a matter of fact,
the hog business has followed the pea
nut business but this year thert is
not moufb. bogs to eat them.
John Houser, a prominent farmer
who lives near Cherry ville, dropped'
dead in a physician's office ia Cherry
ville. He was in apparent good
health..
.J. A. Williford, while mowing hay
on his brother's farm two miles from
Aulander, was caught by a mowing
machine and his leg was seriously
crushed.
Joey was at the circus and intently
watching the acrobats, when he start
led all around by exclaiming: , "Slam
ma, isn't it terrible for those. ladies to
come out in their pink underwear."
R. S. Sloan, of Kenansville, who
has been in the office of Senator Sim
mons for' months, has joined the army
field service and is secretary to Col
onel Brown, of the 48th Division.
Various cream cooling devices are
now being studied at the Mooresville
Co-operative Creamery by Mr. W. H.
Eaton, Office of Dairy. Experimenta
tion, North Carolina Experiment. Station.
Sigfried Sonneck, one of the Ger
mans interned at Hot Springs, escap
ed, according to a message from that
point to the office of the United,
States marshal at Asheville and a gen
eral alarm has been sent out for him.
Representative Hood announced a
few days ago that a mobilization camp
will be established at Morehead City
if the war department finds that sleep
ing facilities can be found there. He
expressed a belief that one of the
hotels can be used for that purpose.
The Field Hospital corps of North
Carolina, which has been encamped at
Asheville. for the past two weeks has
arrived at Camp Sevier and set up
tents at the camp which has been pro
vided for them. Eighty-seven men
strong, the company left Asheville at
nine o'clock in the morning and made
the trip without mishan.
Mr. B. G. Willis, engaged in steam
boat transportation between Edenton
and A vocal, in Bertie county, has ap
plied for a patent on a practical de
vice to protect ships against torpedo
attacks. By a system of lateral rud
ders on the sides of the ship, which
do not retard its progress, the torpedo
is exploded several feet from the ship,
and no harm done except to that par
ticular rudder which is at once re
placed within five minutes.
Judge Frank Carter, of Asheville,
is making about the best war speech
being heard in North Carolina, accord
ing to Mr. Santford Martin, private
secretary of thegovernor. Mr. Martin
heard Judge Carter at the Yadkin su
perior court last week. He says that
the judge turned his charge to the
grand jury into a war address. When
he began the courthouse was comfort
ably full of citizens, but when he fin
ished standing room Only was at a
premium. Mr. Martin says that oppo
sition to the war in that section of the
state is more widespread than many
would imagine, or at least was before
Judge Carter began holding court up
there. But since he stormed the cita
del of treason and opened the eyes of
the blind, as Mr. Martin puts it. there
seems to be much less opposition to
and a clearer understanding of what
the war is about.
Mr. Henry A. Page, of Aberdeen,
North Carolina's Food Administrator,
has opened his office in the Federal
Building, Raleigh, with the prospects
of a vigorous war-time task of co
ordinating and maintaing for the dura
tion of the struggle, the efforts of all
the food producing and food conserv
ing agencies of the state. The per
fection of state machinery will be un
dertaken on the basis of sacrificial
service. Mr. Page himself will work
on the munificent salary of one dollar
per annum.
One man is dead and another is
thought to be mortally wounded as
the result of a near race riot which
took place at Arapahoe, Pamlico
county. The dead- man is George
Broom colored; the wounded, M. W.
Bradley, white. The trouble origi
nated as the result of Broom running
over a hog which belonged to Mr.
Bradley.
Deputy Sheriff Bert Kelly of New
Hanover county, shot and probably
fatally wounded George Galloway hear
Wilmington. few days a.
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ai merican battleship on one of the barges on which the projectiles are assembled. 3 New photograph of MaJ.
William A. Mann, who will command the Forty-second division, soon to be sent to France.
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BROTHERS DIVIDED BY THE WAR
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ghese are two sons of Mme. Schumann-Heink, the prima donna, who are i
nglmg against each other in the war. August, on the right, is serving in
th Jherman navy, and Henry, on the left, has enlisted in the naval forces of
the United States.
MOTHER SHIP FOR SUBMARINES
Dr. Aristine P. Munn Recht, daugh
ter of Dr. John T. Munn, president of
the United States Insurance company,
has been appointed first dean of wom
en of New York university. Doctor
Recht is a graduate of Bryn Mawr,
1909, and of John Hopkins, 1913.
BAER IN "RUBE" MAKEUP
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T!tfa Is a mother ship tor German sukmailnea.
This picture of J. M. Baer In Vrube"
makeup was circulated all over the
First district of North Dakota as a
campaign document for Mr. Baer
race for congress.
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