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STATEWIDE PROHIBITION
SWEEPS OLD VIRGINIA
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Dr. James Cannon at Midnight Sends
Message to North Carolina People Say-
rntyaj?lthTheif
Proud Record of 45,000
Richmond, Va., Sept 2 3,-1 2 : 1 0 krmiDr. James Cannon, head
of the Prohibition forces, at midnight gave out the following: "I am
fclad that the people all over the State have made up their minds to
dissolve the r-artnershiD at Ylrrinia with the liquor traffic - -
""And havine made up our minds
tint nrnnose to. aiiosL. anvDoavio
rumSftMi-lt-'ftrUSf-Tr'WrTmrpoac
I916 passes such laws that the manifest will of the people snail DC
carried out. . , .
"We have now heard from practically everv county In the State,
with the exception Of Franklin and
itm between 30.000 and 50,000,
send a message-id-North Carolina
possibly be reached by Virginia.
HU-hmontl, Vs.. Sept. .3. ! P-
Wet heauiuaners coneem-
vktory by 80.000.... Petersburg., re
garded an stronghold of "wets" and
great shipping point. oe 'ry
Klchmond I about 1700 wet.. Norfolk
wot only few linndred.. Portsmouth
I .dry.. Danville two hundred wet.
Mut counties are dry.-
DRY8 CtAlM 40.000.
IMehmoml, Va., Kept. 82.-10:05 p.
lu. Dry headquarter are claiming
mmui .......rtt. Richmond eotnidete
. mnrwtfvr-ctrllrra
rxticcted fully o.OW. l nusuauy
vote polleej liere. Indication, south
went 1 Irglnla wet were claiming es
pecially will give tr large dry ma
jority. VKTKRSBl'lHs VOTKS JV.
Richmond. Vi Sept. '
Corrected returns give dry m
- JoHly In r"rtersburg- Kocklngliam,
the largest eofuty In Oie . and
containing only saloon towns ""
crated th rxpt-tatons of the "j
l,y giving tliem m-rly a.OOO waiortty.
" TOimty In southwest trglnla, gives
them BJority. - n-.
In a statement tonight, Ben Owen.
Kwretary of the f-Government
" IBKue, sayst Tt dry' walked away
; witti tiio i-ltUs and they walked away
with counties Uh."
itrtunA Vl Sent. 22. 10 p. m.
t'harlotteslle, tlie seat of the I nl
Tersity ofe Virginia whh has been
dry for some years, goes tor
nrohllHttonMty several hundred. Bris
tol is dry by 142. The wets claim
Nottaway county, wlik-h Is Lome of
.....,n.. Mann, ilwt (Teat temper-
am champion, though he remained
silent on statewide quesUon during
term or onice.
tTriKS 1 DRY COLl MX.
" in. Imu.iid. Va.. Sttt. 22 i:SJ P
ui.,.i. i ioo itrv. Staunton
HuTBTiTiirBuNl. - - irfcwl dry.
AewiMrt News reported dry. Lym
h.inr. tle hiMiie of Carter Clfuw, the
..ni. ih.nuMVHtk' . ConicresHinan . wlKt
had the nerve to declare himself on
the Htatewlde qucwtlon, goes dry J
. ...... III.U. mBM .I''"
nrirartoOTilli:iinvE
lite u AmwUiwI Prei I .
Kli limond, Vs.. Kept. 22. Early
iwnrtw from Virginia's election to-
.i.. Ktaie.wkle nruhlbitlon Indi
...n-irvt Uu litate by a heavy majority.
"" ir ihp unwiil ratio of return Is main-
" laliM-d tlie dry majority wlU be more
limn 20.000. lU4imHid milcte
... .A.aaa,oe-tlrtWttemr't011
i ii senium i JJaavlHt JtiMsa- 4 Jo.m
airiLinsi: itwhth hsuu .
SIM against; t'liarktUsille 24 for,
iu .o..i.,mi PnrtMmuulh 1.2t 'for.
I iSI uiraliiHt: llumuton 25lJurr-4t
sgalnntlJlri"1'i. 282 against;
-, Ucxamlrla 5 fn 1.121 agaltwt.
hcatterlng returns from all the
; rountkw show heavy drf majorities.
rliiliSA'tiTe at Norfolk." T"T
" Norfolk, Vs.. Kept, 22. Tolling, pf
- the church bclU, prayer BM;etings and
Nerving of lunches at tire polls h ,h
ladles w te tlm fcattiees-of tlie Wate.
vtde prohibition election here today.
1 TIlEWS FROM PIKE.
x.utHdla-4-til"g tl
' ' " . . " .. U.i net t'onferem'e HW. 1
(gpwut w rw turn mi o v
' v-.. t)uke. Sept. 22. Saturday, night, the
aiimiiiUtftWiJfJWI ..th.e.Axford Orphan-
" BK,. ve b concert la the auditorium
thsl wituld do creou lo any -lnptnu-
lion. -The people showed their lo-
leret in the work by the Isrge at
tendance and their appreciation of the
-' entertainment hy the continued ap-
plaUHC Something jover seveniy ooi-
lars was' taken In at the dftors. 'Ar
ranftements were made for the riass to
worship at the Jlelhodist churchand
take part- in thn singing. They left
Monday morning for Apex.
On Hunday niKht ftev. R. B. Jhn,
presiding elder of the Fayetteville
iiutrirt of the Methodist conference.
held the fourth quarterly conference.
for -the Duke charK at the Methodist
r-hiiWhirhereF Tl?yT FTkhk Culbreth
who has hqiggrJigU''1' three!
-years, made Ver full ana iniwrest-
jing reports about tb worki- In one
Report htate4 thatoncft-t'i'h month
pl'I'Si lien pi! IOIS HUUC-l, V wi'o
linns and thst ince each month the
missionary' eomniitt presented
phiiHe of the mWHui work to the
Hunday School. tr. Jonn seemea
ulesKed with this report and stated
that this was the only way to educate
the teopie In the mission work.
Mr. D. Chalmers Parker, who is
to dissolve the partnership, we do
wwic uK?w-wniroui ucuii
lu. sec mat nit L-tioiaiuit uj
Forsythe, and the majority will
and we will not be ashamed to
that her majority of 45,000 may
Duke towriHhip, met with the misfor
tune of getting his arm broken last
week. He was holding a horse for
Mr. M. J. McLean to cut ths forstop
and the borne jumpsd over Mr. Par
ker, striking his left arm and break
ing the larga bona Just above th wrist,
nr. tamer is gelling "along- ery
nicely. :
The Duke graded school will ooen
me nrst Monday in October. Prof.
k. r: Dalton. a graduate of Trinltv
Cjpllege.arlU.-be In charga-and-wm
navt, with tho exceptlo of two,, the
same teachers who . war here last
year. Miss GUza. Green, who will tv.
marge oi me music department, has
aireaay returned and 1 making prep
aratlona foP her year's work. ,
RCS8IAX FTiAO ROI8TKD.
New York, Kept. 22. Colonel
Golcjewskl. military attache of
the Russian embassy, gave eat at
the RoMlan rorwulate hero today
Utn toUowing official cable from
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The war in Europe has driven down the price. The
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Five German Submarines Attack and Sink
Three English Cruisers, Losing Tivo of
Their Own Number Others
v Roam the Seas .
PJE5IDEIJTG0ES
HOMETD PRIMARY
He Again" Becomes ' Citizen
Wilson of Princeton for a
: Short Time.
- ' (Br t iiwM PNaU A
Washington, T. C Sept. 1 2. fiwt1
Wit Wilson returned,4onightJr()mhla
trip to iTinoeion, n. j., to voie m ins
Deftiocratlfr prlmartes. -
The President tomorrow will receive
a delegation of Colorado coai opersy
tors, who will tell him their opinion
of the tentative basis for the settle
ment- of the strike already aoceptsd
by th miners. Th operators were
reported tonight to ba ready to ac
cept the main' provisions of the plan.
Paul Fuller, wno recently went to
Mexico as the President's representa
tive, tomorrow will report In person
on conditions In Maxtco City and Vera
Crua. .'
Visit Was Very Brief. .
Princeton. K. J.. Sept. 22. Presi
dent Wilson paid a flying visit to his
former home hero today to vote In the
Democratic Drtmanes.
He arrived, shortly after noon and
was met bv a small group or stu
dents and members of the Princeton
fiuvultv, Accom panted cy- vr-Vr-v,
Oravson and Professor Stockton Ax-
eon, the President went directly to the
DolUna- booth In a lire nouse. .
A Republican was ready to vote
and the President waited for his turn,
refusing to allow ths other voter te
step aside Mr.WUaoa-.was handed
Democratic ballot and stepping Into
the Inclosed booth marked It for the
renomination of Representative Allen
Walsh. He also voted for tnroa mem.
bers of Uvs General Assembly and for
sheriff. ... k . . - - '
' He leftat 1:80 h. m" for Washlnf-
2s!r3rrT
in This Crisis
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V
COT
After Hours of Furious Cannonading Allies'
RegijnentspringFrom Trenchcs"And
ChargerAndWhenResistoTTreBec
. Strong Dig Trenches
uon oi DiegerAiiies
German Jlifhti Wing, Which Might Deter
mine Battle in Their Favor Russians Win
' Important Strategic Victory in The Capture
of Jaroslau, Railroad Center Between Cra
cow, and Przemysl -Servians Capture Sara
jevo After SlaughteringAustrian Forces
Austrian Port of Cattaro, on the Adriatic,
-Shelled by FrenchBhips-1-
(By the Associated Press, i
At the battle front, Sept. 22, via Paris, 6:01 p. m. Not a mo
ment's respiteas giyejOast nigbt44he-GeT man forces tntrenehed
atong Ihe ninety-mile front running along the rivers Aisne and Oise,
nu cxienaing inio me vvoevre aistnct.--
The batteries of the allied forces never entirely ceased tiring al
ritht. . . '
t The bjrmai occupying the tren
allies' lines facing them. Then
open fire together. . At the western end of the line the allied infantry
gathered in the trenches and simultaneously at various points crept
out and advanced cautiously in wide open lines towards'the Geiman
'-timE5(UINAUTni .-.
The' French and British on several occasions succeeded m surnfis.
irg and driving back the occupants of the German trenches, but only
after the mosj stubborn fighting and heavy losses to both sides. In
every instance the allied troops retained the ground captured and
unmcaiaiciy aug memseives in.
GERMAN ATTACK FAILS.
Further east the Germans developed a strong attack, twt were
beaten back with the bayonet only
iiuaiij uwvcii uu iu men uniiiai I'liMuunx i nc aiiicu conimanaers
were able tp. give the troops who. had b
nring line a welcome rest pustung to the froht freshjrigdes-f.
tajUjlei.Aithejto hfldiu reocivt and ahtcn weTTonly too anxious
o come inio aciuai coniaa.
Military experts estimate that
at tne scene wnere tne oanie has
SERVIANS CAPTURE SARAJEVO.
htar. savs tne beman and Montenernn troons have nrnmicil Sara.
jevo, which was abandoned by the
defeat. '
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia.
27,000 inhabitants. It manufacturers copper, brass,) and iron wares
and cottonroods and tobacco. It was here that Arch Duke Francis
Jrerdinand, heir apparent to the
assassineil
I Ymuiden, Holland, via London,
I f "'1 "r--ts.-33-w S t i, ...l!
live oerman burma n ue runt i
cruisers Aboukir,-Cressy, and Hogue were sent to the bottom by the
Britjsh ships, according to survivors from the cruisers who ai rived
here tonight. .
Ish fleet mast keep tlie sews to
Insure Groat Britain's food snp-
grrat rtsks. Tlx sliiis snnk to
ilay. while olwolcte. still were
useful vessels soffit Is little satis
faction to Kngland U kftiiw her...
cmtser fleet still 1 doulile , . In.
"tmmlicr that of rtie tiiTmnns and
I list as Wliwttm Hiwitccr t'lmn-h-III.
find lord of the admlrullv.
has said, she will he able to build
daring llse war three to Jf'
-'Itfsny'i' twST?r"-'' "" " ' "
Nt t'HANt.K IX.PK.IXCK. '
- Meantime there have lera t
Important changes on tiff battle
fronts In Northern trance 1 The
opiKvdng armlisi eontioue to gain
a little bore and lose a little
there). These gains may tell In
the long rail, but have brought
no rim-Hive, result for cltlier stile.
The From-h offMal riM)rt ' in-Z
sued late fslay again lays somc
- stress on the announcement tliat
- an advsnoe Is being made by the
allies' left wing on the right bank
of th river - eom-wfbieh
IKiInt Ixitli tixi juiMIh and the
military .- t-xperts hutk tor- tlrst
jj lorih'sulo-is of I low tm; battle Is 1
likely to end. - - : ..
Mllmnnh .f-'"'iii -'ri '" lu-r
go bt-jnind earing thst the ticr
uians have Iumi limril In give
gmiiiMl. ba-fore tlie troiu h attackin,
and speak of Noyon and the dis
trict around that cily as tlie ren
ter of itperaiionn, : wih Imrrw.
Itonileitts deTll)e the alfli-s' lefti
s extending from .lut west of
oyou to a far nurth a Iic-.wt-olot,
from which fHiliit or IVrouin'
tlie new army, of which tlHTe
BE FORETOLD
i .
And Remain in Posi-J
eem to oe uaining uver
kept coostanHy Vri the ; alert.
all the allied batteries ' seemed to
to return again and again, to be
nearly two million or more men are
been m progress ten das.
Austrians after an overwhelming
v
It is "ajfbrtitied town of some
Austrian throne, and his wife, were
Sept. 22, 11:26 p. in.Twojjf
- .t. 11 a'I. 3 . .. I. a - - ... .
uiuiuavigii,aiia - san i t n o urmsti
-
no confirmation In supHMed to
he ieratlng to tlirealea the tier-
man ngnt wliis
TIFrWTSTTt It. II T l. l AN;Klt
If this Is tru the tierman '
right Is in a dangerous MMl(km.
for It caniMtt exteiMl much farther'
north or sol of Kc gnentln. Its
, luMllton rnnw thenec by may of
riiauny and 'south of iMtm lo
north of Itlielms.
tit tlie idateaa ff tratMtne m
tere fighting lias hern going on
f r daj v.i"ttt JUiere--lsw -mtc tnk
' forniallon as to whether I lie
Hermann or the allies hold the
coninuiiuliiig HH.Itiona liens The
allies lial tlie idalcaa a few days
ago, bat tlie German official re
port Halms It lias been retaken;
together with the village of
Umhany. --
In llie renter hetareu lllielms
and Koualn. lif li tl-e- rremli "
' isvupled rarl;' In tlir.wwk. tlM-re
has been niot dwpenite Helitlng.
the t-rmsnM taking Hie offeiiMlve
aniL s-C!rillug to tlie f-YeiH'h re--ixa-ts.
being rt-jiul-cd. The ter
marn also have made-some at
tacks , In tlie Woevre i district.'
wr. .,. i,HjBgBin
I4irrsllie
Iter anajiaum ocenimil flBiH-stre,
nmiuii or ituimonu
Tlie I 'n-iM-ii iistv vapiitrcd sd
(lllitMial pri-oiKWanU suply
trnint.
tilt, 1UNSIW Sltll-sV ,
The I totals on have folluweii up
ilicir iuivr4 la t'slidw, ; wlicre
-a third great liailte l aU.ui to
iM'gln, If It slrratly lis wit .vlart
Cd. by capturing tlie iiii-Hrlaiit
loitrew il Ju.-intan, on the rler
COTTON DELEGATION NOW
STRONG FOR REIiIEDY AT IIOLIE
Governor Craig and Others Have Heart-JtchHeartiiykM
National bahkr
Up Emergency
onic
Hpust Wayrantf jy!ean$"Com-
mittee Gives Favorable Re
. port to the House.
ONLY FOUR HOURS DEBATE
House Will Pass Measure
Thursday and Senate Is Ex
pected to Give Very Little
Trouble Report Sets Out
That European War Solely
to Blame and Not Tariff.
WsxhinRton, D. C, Bspt. !! Esrly
"ttliffPosttlon In ths llouss of th war
wvmw -'Wit to rats approximately
fl5,000.000' was forecast today when
Majority Leader I'nderwobd announc
ed . that It wmild be Jir!UKhl,up,
Thursday under- a rule llmltlnff de
bate to tour hours '
Republican members In the brief
time to be allotted thern will t-
tacK tne measure along lines tug-
gettett today In a minority jpirl filed
toy
l orR; protesting that there was "no
occanion for panic, hasty action or
headlong action to heap heavier bur
dens upon th people." The Demo
crats were charged with extravamnce.
mililre of the new tariff to meet ex-
ciaimeo,
The majority report of the .Ways
and Means, committee declared that
the new tariff lews and other sources
of revenue would have yielded suffl
dent government revenue had It not
been for the tCuronean war.
t'rosprcU for earlypasHAg of th
hill when it reaches the Senate, ad
ministration .leaders said tonight,
seemed more favorable In view of the
capitulation of the Democrat In ih
rivers and harbors tight. Itepubli
can Senators propose, however, to de
bate it thoroughly.
thtchanin- la. intermntetf.
" T'The greut nations of KurnuelthK
majoritr irtjmi. say. - bh v yone tn
a paper basis and gold has gone to a
premium, international exchange
has been interrupted and must be
etablihr.iun a new basis. The usual
course of exports abroad that we ex
pected to return gold to this country
within the next four months, luui
"Jmnglng shout a more or lese demor
alised condition of business In our
own country and has placed
tremendous strain on;our lmnklna
fact I II leu. It is therefore deemed un
wise at this time, to withdraw govern
ment fornix from the bunks because
It would necessitate the banks reduc
ing their credits, embarrass the crop
movement, reduce the treasury bal
ance to the minimum and probably
bring disastrous conuitlons. to our
- pnr" ,'.t . :.' ,
It, therefore, soums wimloin for
,fi:nEres Jy Je
uiKe cure oi me uoiicil in our cus
toms .rji?nuciroui-ht about by con
llittons overjvhli;L---iiur. government
Irnaour peoide have n fonlrol.
Tariff Mot to JHame,
The reMirt cited treasury figures in
an srgument that the necfasily for the
li-Ki'dtttion c.tnnut be (raced to tht-
tariff law. - ft" estimate! that the
special taxes on bankers, brokers,
pawn brokers, commercial brokers,
customs houe briikiirs, iiionfii toia trf
ITicaTres, 'niuacunis'snd concert haHs
in cities of mora thntfr.ttr popula
lion proprietors of circuses and other
public exhibitions and shows, howl
ing alleys, and billiard rooinifwotilt!
produce an aggresare rtr TT'fl'OO.OOO
during the-st TWelVe niuntha 4he
haw is In effect- -
Motion picture sliowx. which are
scattered In atmoet every .hamletin
thCouJtryT4iwrttlit-br-TH'reo un
der the, head of. "proprietors ; l
thestres' etc.. in cities of 15,000, ac
cording to members of tlie commit
tee today.
The report estimated. Unit the. lax
opntelek'raph - and telephone com
panies would yield tl,&0u.000 the
first year, tobacco dcnlria and man
ufaeturers l&.OUO.OAO.
fiHAMTK FALLS SCHOOLS.
Monxlay Was )s'ning Day -4 junta of
tttudents to Coiicgctt.
Granite KallsT Sepu 2?: The grad
ed school' opened here yesterday with
lihji nomx year Iran fottmri
iiiirmrn urn
IILILIIUL UILL IIILL I
BE nun w
fto--rrrHlehi.r of RnM Hilt: lirfm-!r,l' "UIm
Mary Shupln- of Morganten. Miss
Jettte SlilleiL-sjJaWi-lnR'r.
of 'ilkeslir. .and Miss, Kallle
Abernolhy, tt this pluce, are asisl
ant , '
The following Modem have left
for mit-nf-lown scliooln: Mxron Moor?,
Cecil lliekman.-- tisiiner .Miller, and
Ava - Murtin, Trinity College; l.ucile
and Sstelle Warlick. . Krma Tilley,
Iiavnport CollVge; Harvey Abemethy,
Itutiierroru i oilegc; Mwurord TilleKJ
no inn, t-Hui Aiuea, i.enwr t-ui-IfaS;.
Must Aid or Give
Currency Funds
Washington. D. C. ,8epL tt.X
distinct feelim of optimism amour
tha members of th4 Nwth' Carolina
committee which called on Becretary
McAdoo this mominr. was ;. evident :
following; the meetinu. Governor
Craig. In statement this afternoon,
edtoeHcrir(5tff
tlon received by the delegation e
North Carolinians which -cim , .
Washington yesterday, when he said:
The Ude is now turning la our favor.
The causes which have demoralised
the people are now. beginning to pass)
awsy."
The Tar Heel committee soent near
ly an hour with Secretary McAdoo
this morning. He talked to them
frankly, -declared positively that the'
federal Keserve banks will be in ooe.
ration by October 15, and stated that
ins uanss in ins south ar not using
their resources to their full limit la
leveling the financial situation In that
locality. He declared that the Kedsr.
al government bar gone ths limit In
its construction of statutes and In lis
issue of emergency currency and that
It has done everything possible. He
said pressure should be brought to
bear on banks to make them take tut
all thwmwrgenoy cuiitiicy they ?a r "
get The treasury department liaa
Issued 1121,000,000 of emergency
currency, he said. - T
"Can't Make Him Drink."
I aa lead thenr to tha emergency . .
coriey-trongh"hr laltf ln explain
Ihg his own limitations, "but I cau l
mas em lake it."
StiH he explained that had It
structed the comptroller of th rui -
rency to find out th rerva carrlt t
by the Southern banks in legal ter
lr and expressed the opinion tht' '
them hanks- are carrylnVL an amour ' '
beyond the requirement set by las . -Mank.
which are carrying a larg re .
serve and thus hoarding money wi; ' v.
do aeprivea ot tnir government de
poits, th only effective- weapon in,
the hands of the treasury l(artnieiit,
.TvWiUin tit lc.h-iritl.(.
Of the committee appointed to sea
Secretary McAdoo, only th follow
Ing attended:- Representatives Page,
I'otii and Godwin, Senator Overman. '
Governor ratg. Clarence Fo and
Attorney General Uickett. Mr. Poa
and , lU'presentative Page aced us
spokesmen. Mr. Poe askad th Bec
retary if he stood by a statement
which he Is quoted as saying that
there was adequate power under ex- .
Isting law to Issue , through, .th ua- -
tionat banks all the currency needed,
to meet any reasonable demand lu
any part of th country. Mr. McAdoa - -
sat hft stood by ft absolutely and alsa
by the statement that thts tnmiey triuatxr:.
the unod jjriii jjUJ VfTg351Ctafrylis; -
In crop until a reasonable markr(
can bf found and for the' needs of Is
gttlmate business."
Hecretury McAdoo said that peoples)
expectations in the power of Ihe
regional reserve banks wore Uio high,
end this was the only statement in tnw
gatfeiTtng thnt wfts ot her than .
optlTOMic. The srerrtary- ftmated out.
too. that the localities aftected In this
depression have so far done very lit
tle themselves but are depending too
much on the national KovernmenL- -
.-' (iovvrnor Craig Talks,
".'.- tiovernor Craig issued the follow
Ing statement after the meetings hero
for the two duys; -
J'l do nor think the-rtenry bill will,
pasa and I do not jftihk It ought tn
pass. It provides, anym other thitigy...
that; the-rderat-"government shall"
laie--ft.t,tt"-Tif "paper' mrrnpy for ", '
the purpose of buying; cotton at teit
many members of Congress. who are
in favor of It, '
I "A-
ldi- -
out the hope that the Federal gov?--
ernmenl will Issue mlllitma -of dol-
Hira of currency dlreelly on cotton, oe
on Stale bonds with which .to buv
'eolt-onr itihttlt" aa- weH : kaCZ jjrorh ptly
abandoned. There-la Just as mucii
hope of gtilng the hug of gold at th
foot of Iho rainbow. -; .
: r'armi-r Ills Own lliiie.
"The Bituatlon Js distressing -Tin
deed-for the-Southerrr farmer; -Til
cotton crop was produced with th
confident expectation that the prlc
would tie twelve or thirteen ceniaee-
Lpjuiiud. When the price suddenly
fli-Mppxd to eleven cent per tiound,
the tlnancial e.inllllinuni was disturb
ed amr the psychidogicsl .equilibrium
I.Ul.JUUiJra-dituFiitl .The cause was.
sufficient to produce the SKiBcH: Cun
diiums kre now fW no means , hope
lose. They are rajitdly Improving, lu
the tirrn place ttl1 farmers are taking
care of themselves, mm they might aa
fell umrPvitund lhaL lrslr grim -determination
to take care of them
selves is their safest Veliitnee. ' lis is
holding his ciltton and he Intends t
hold it until the price improves.
There ia mighty lithe cotton being ot
fered for pale In the imth. and net
to none in North Carolina.
"CU(tton ,l best of - alt " personal
Property. ' it can be easily handled
anil easily taken care of. It Is on of
great staple necessities of alt
eMlHdnattona. The-r demands ia
Condltlon Arc Improving.
'Conditions are already getting bet
ter: For shout a month there was no
cotton exported at all. Now the ves
sels are beginning to""rarry cotton
across the Atlantic, Among the for
elsTn natlnna there is Just as much
neccssli-foe -cotton-ne there ever
waK. The channels of tlu trade liav,
lecn stnped Ui. ' They are now onii
log and the current Is iWinnlng ut
flow. .Already cotton haAsubstantiat.
h advanced. If the r'edoral govem-
' superintending the road work for
bate been go many rcDortjbu
Cuntlmil a Ptg Iw.
(CuuUauttt a Pg Xv4