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, MAKING OFLIOUQR
Jjlocluding In Durham Seri-
ooaly Threatening County,
Declare Hon. 0. 0. Allen
Wows end Obeerrer Bureau,
IM Nation! Baal BaUdiag.
Dwkia, Dee. 17.
f y 8. E. WIKTBBS.
1 I mH hia aea hew good fee-
ha is; tee eerry te so to th
8oeh aaa th Jedgmeat pre
I br Jadne a H. Altee oa aha
a twwnehin. eearieted
mt btoeleniteg aad gleam a twoyaar acad
Mm" liallTfTr " aaJghbeea,
- kLa .tla.aaa ftat aa had "baaa
j chat ka bad Hred la a wnhmiry nailing
Ana wag
bata mat a
' him flnmae esnalarwd tka waeon. "OU
township
were totradaoad la aeart la bogging
ataman ey em Jaka Panatto, 4 white
aaa toiwead for bloohadmg, A mlala
tor kd algae tke poUtieei aad Dnrham
at gaai lag at toattsai a aJB
tly faraaaxkaal
MartadlaaL-
: Ba appHad tka vara f aaataa joHgm,
toaa af gaad abaiaator toato a akaan,
Tka r wkMa aaaa aad tea aerial
aaaMatad af trafflaktoa; to wkJakny vara
.Kaad a to aaiallal iiajimi by tka
Ha aarataaaaaa wWk faaaara
kfafalaaaa af
na amid i
dlnattoa kaj ta
white awa, -b) ta tka aaa
i af white aaayia aad tka ear
i af aajaaa What ara yaa
1 to hato aaatety, to bate
aaaaty aalliac trbdakayt
torhaaa, laraaa. Oaaaaa aad
i af StaarUla aaaaty ata tka worat
bloakadlaf aarttoat arhiah I aaataatar.
It la a citaattoa that to aavioatly-thraat-'
aaiag Darhaa aaaat j1. Tba madaat
mm ad laainaa If aataUttai to graw
bnfW trlD tiraitoato to aaaicky.
: Tka aaqaKtal af a blockade bare
tvaaty yaaia aa hi partly raaponaibl
' for tkia lawlaaaaaaa. Jaatead af pao-
ta Mac adaeatod ta raad aad write.
aa toacbi by tka wandtght tsbeala, tha
faayta art tatna tao(Lt to driak aad
: MQ Ufa)
Wbat to tta tegnrn of taulltscaea
of tbto arawdt Ara yaw ekildraa
brUjhtf Thaw wara tbn qaaatiaaa hia
Eoao aakad tta wkita mi aeaafetad
af btaakadiag. Ha aoarladed tkst if
- aaraaaa aad baradlty wara aat alto
: getkat farralaaat to tka mhjaal TaaU
atoay wu Btadaacd to aaUhUak tka
aoateatiaa that tha favefaUara af aaa
af tha white aia bad kloatedad aad
kla daaamdaata had baeaau ta aatarated
with tha Maa that thay had daaaaad H
abaaat af trroardaaa aad bad aKlaaa
kl. Jadftw ADna abbaa that tka aaalaal
, dtotaaa, Eary aagra ateabr baa baaa
"I""- "Tbara ara tea ttajai aa aiaay
whiakay aaam aa tta dart at aa atealiag
bracelet
todga.
ttaar ' rDnjnUunm
the osoad pea ar km.'
aaarae tothe
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rgift of a BRACELET WATCH needs
jnrMfjBdjM her delight.
Q jWe can sell you a good 7 jewel
Bracelet Watch, guaranteed, for $10.
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M0VETOCX0SE UP
POSTOFHCE STOPS
(Cmliad 'ram Paa OaaO
brought a aetttko aigaad by avarybody
In tha romamaity.
Senator Orarasa and Major Btadmaa
have ba boay for aaaarai days la ba
half of old SaJam. Ia a letter to tkaai
today, flrat aaaiataat Paatiaaitar Oeaaral
Knox laid: Kef erring to you tolephonto
Inquiry la regard to the propoaed dto
eontinaaaoa of the Halera atatloa af tka
poatofflM at Wlnatoa-rJatoBj, the aabati
tutlon ot a eaatraet atatioa there aad the
errinc of the Beleaa territory by city
arrian working frota Ua aula efflae,
I wiah to infara yoa that while thaea
rhangt.1 will raaalt ia a material eatag
la the erpenaaa of tha peetnl aarriaa tkay
will in no mataaar impair na affleieaey.
The traaafar af fawa eerriere to the
Biaia offtea will aat delay tka deflrery of
mail in the 8aUw diatriet far tka raaaoa
that there ia good etraat ear esrrlee be
tween tkia territory aad tha mala office
aad if aeeaaaary the aarrlere can avail
- - - - -' A kat urvliiA. VSiHhrmnra
It la prapoaad to continue tha preeeat
m i . n l 1L.1 L.
loea pet eerriee ai neuem, aa vn vuv
preaeat reatera of aaak baxaa will aot
! M ba tha aiaia of Are
for thair mall la the wreat they da aet
aarra ta bt It aeuwarae. ay earraar.
nn- til ha mik kSbm In tha aarr-
lee at Ha lea exeept that tha etetlea will
ba ta charge af a paraoa aot la the
elaaaided aarrlea but who to under aea
tract to tka otoertaaaat to eeadast tka
tatioa at a atlpnlatad eompeaaatlea,
while ai praTlomly atatad tha earnera
will work from the mala afflee. galea
affl aafkMM Ha ldanxity aad tka aama
of tha eaatraet rtatioa will be bated la
tha Peeta! OvMa tka aama aa tka pree-
..4 .buM atafUa mmS nmll maw ha
add maid to Ha lam tha aama a under
extetJag aawdfttoae."
DR. HUBERT ROYSTER
WILL ADDRESS MEN
Dr. B. A.' Boytter will addreaa the
awa'a meatiac at tha T. If. 0. A. Bnaday
afteraeoa at S:S0. "Why Doei tha So
eial Hvil Exiatr will ba kia aabjoet.
iThia it the third leeaare ia tka aeriee
of vital vtveettoae oarag mmaaaaii at
tka Y. hf . 0. A. thai moaU. Ir. Boya
tor kaa aa exVaalra repwtatloa aa a
apoaker aad aeientile atadeat. Ha kaa
addrimi large andieneee ea rabjeete
rebarag to keaJth, inaludiag the United
Stetea Nawal Academy aad the atudeahi
at the UnlTenHy of North Cam Una.
Hia addreaa Sunday afteraeoa will be
baaed oa arieatifle facta but will be
kaadled ia aaeh a way that it eaa be
thoroughly aadereteed by the average
aaaa. Tha preliminary aoag aerviee
will twgla at ;30.
Tho Ward "Xmaa."
The following eoutrlbatloa ta the
current dlaroaaJoa on the uee of the
wanl "Xmaa to tent by aae of tha aab
aeribart ef tka Newt aad Obeerrer :
"I aaaa efton notird ia roar eol
nmaa a rafcrear to 'Xtnaj.' Without
intending to iadaraa it, I would any
that thle Xt to tha aqairaleat ef the
Oraek lettara for Chtlet, that while not
eo aomaMa bow, it vraa formerly the
way ia which brothara la the miniatry
ilgaed themeeHee. Tea re la Xt' aad
no doubt 'ia Xt' to over thouaaada of
temba in tea Cataimba. Ia my fathaVi
Tale album It U ripaatadly aeea. He
waa aa thay, a candidate fer the mia
totry." X??atcl)e5
Box, all for . .
$3JX
C. R. BOONE
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Fl
CapL Francia N. Cooke Rrtnrna
To Wilmington En Route To
Fort CaaweM
Wilmimgtea, Dee. 17 Capt. FraaeU
N. Caoka, a aea of Jadga Ckartoa M.
Oooke. ef Leatobarg. who far tha Wat
aareral year kaa bona atatioa ed at hia
alia, P. L, waa la WUmlagtea yeeter
day ea raate to rert CkaweU to take
eommaad ef the Slat artillery eompaay,
to eueaaad Capt. O. W. Paaea, wke kaa
been traaafarrod ta rortreaa Maaroa,
aear Norfolk, Va. Oapteia Ceake ia a
graduate af tko TJajTeraity of North
Carolina aad ef Weat Point ia the elaaa
of 1WM. Capt. C. K. N. Howard, of the
Coaat ArtiUery Corpa, aaa bora earned
an tha rutin nor of Capt. K. L. Gilmer,
who ia alee traaafami to aaother peot,
ia eommaad ef tha 19th miae eompaay
at Port CaawelL While It ia the aa
torn of tha War Department to traaafer
Ita of trera ta othov peeta after a eerr
toe ef four year at one place, it to un
deratood that Poet Commander Mont.
Ool. Beaaert will remain at Fort Oaa-
weU.
Whaa a deaf mute meeta daaf mate
ia eowrt. It to not eaay far the preatdiag
hidge ta dlapaaaa Juatiae, aa Beeerder
Kmpie foand y eater day whaa Nat King,
colored daaf mate, waa triad ea a charge
of atealiag a d mm aad nag from kv A.
L. Oeeaa. a white deaf mate. Hawever,
after two aaora of axaaUaatiea af tha
two ataia witaaaaaa with tka aid af aa
iaternreter, Beeorder Empia flaally aa-
earad a oeafeaatoa from tko aagra aad
at kirn ta tha roade far Cw day,
htra. Kaaey Palnkar. ef Pamltoa eoaa-
ty, died kere kat algkt at tka home af
bar daaghtar, lira. E. 1L Hardtoaa. Aftar
funeral aartoaa kora today, tka reataiat
wore takea to ker aid home far later
meat, 8ka waa 97 yeara old.
htra. Jalia Seaith. whe bad tired la
Wilmington for many yeara. waa found
dead ia ker bed yroterday morning at
the homo af ker daaghtar. hire. E. W.
If aaa jag. She waa 79 yeara eld. After
faaaral aervkee her today, tka ramalat
ware takea to 8oatkpart far interment.
She to auTTired by a eoa. Inane B Smith,
C Athaat, Oa.
ew T Ct-a Q I n Ta Chanwan.
raBRILnra to tka tra. Mr aama efeea a
It to a TmhIi awroa.
FKaHlUNK to
CONCRESS EXTENDS
EMERGENCY TAXES
FOR ANOTHER YE AR
(Coatiaued from Page OaaJ
hia ft rat Hanata apurh. rigaraaaly ap
held the law which bear hia aama and
challenged BepaMtoaaa to ram pare it
with the Payae-Aldrieh tariff.
Seaater flimaaaaa, t hah maa af the
Finance Committee, ia leayioaai ta awna
tiona from the bWpahl'eaaa, aaid bo -deretood
it to bo tha aalmiaiatrattoaa
praa ta propone farther rvreaue leala
tat in a after tha keiidaye aad that hto
tmpreeiloa waa there Wwal4 be aa to
uanra of hoada te defray iacreaae d
gorerameat irpcaaaa.
Honator Pramao. ef Pwaaaylraaia,
who led ia the miaority attack ea tha
resolution later ruptrd fteaator rndrr
wood'a epeerb to draw a picture of idle
mea ia hia etate daring hia campaign
for re-elartioa laat year. He naid the
preaeat preaperity ia the atael bwai
aeaa waa due to tha war aad immaaaa
purrhaaaa by bolllgeraat goTwrmmeata,
"The Senator from Paoaaylraaia,
aid Seaater t'adarwaod to reply, "baa
evade clear hie belief tkea that the do
preaaiaa whiek followed tka terror af
tao re few anoatha of the war waa
dae eattrrdy te tho Demmratie adaxiaia
tratiea bat that tha preaeat proaparttw
-alaao-.ia dae to. tha war. .
"Tbto diaruaaioa today while aot U
lamiaatrva ea tha taral eoadrtioa ef tho
aoaatry baa eiaarly datned tka linn
aetweea the two great parttoa aa 0,000
ttoaa of legiatottom. Mr. Paaraae aay
we ara remmittiac a arima naiaat tha
AmerVaa prapto by redaeiac tha
taaatioa rratlng aololy aa tha waahth af
tka eoaatry.
year of tka preeeat tariff tow ha aoaaal,
thaa la the teat yaw ef Payne law.
aVamter rearoao toatotod that tko war
had baaa a potttieal blnatae ta tko
Domarratto party rather tha a haaaH
eap ta tko laaiiaafai warhtog eat af tta
freo trade policy. - '
Tha traaaarw dedrm whtoh to 1 li I
ea .tha Parapa wac," ka aaaa, -wemld
la my npiaiaa ho a thenmaj Uanaa
waraa wore It aat fee the waa ta Cotua"
The war la Baraya baa bora tka eary
M PHILIPPINES
an tanaravW fhaatoia
paHau ia vaaa ao obbi aaa aartaia tea
Hi i a. filttoia aaha a aaat ana amaw
R ta Oateata. AJtoa nwnlaUr iaim a
eaMa wha aaaaat maa aratearr Qilatoii
rlnataa hi tka BaaaV Tty tt' taa Mart Baaa
ra Mat Oaaahw aar aq l era an Aak tar
i-ownaa utolwal aiihia. Tha naaaa
Mm la wttto, tt aaata.
Gaee tbat fanpulM and,
eaaao which kaa eared tha ienol POUey
of tha party aew ia power ram tha
moat gigaatto aoUapoa erer witaoaeid
in a airiliaad aaaary. 1 beliere If wa
had aot had the wax ia Europe we
weald hare had tko blaekeat timea la
tka atotory af the Amarieaa repablla,
eomparod to which the depreeaioa aadar
Clewlaadt aeroad admiaiatratioa aad
ander tka Wilaoa Oormaa toWWwold
hare baea iaiigaiBcant."
Bepabltoana wha joined la tka debate
Included clenatere iJodge, 8aot, Oroa
na. Oaiiinger, aad Worki. Benatera
Thomaa aad Oftre, aupported Seaatara
Simmona aad faderwood.
POSTAL BANKS NOT
USED EXTENSIVELY
(Con tin aad from Page One.)
affirca do aot kare dopoeUora or de
posit. Ameag tkeae are: Aberdeen,
Beoafert. Barliagtea, Clnrkton, Clay
ton. Edewtea, PayetterUla, i'oraat City,
Graham. Hamlet, Hoodoraon, LaUrange,
Lauriabarg, aittrell, lyeakiville. Lex
ington. Lumberten. Mobane, Mockaville,
Morehead City, klurf reealioro, Newton,
Pittabneo, Bod Bpringa. Hilar VT. rel
by. ThoBUurrillo, Waha iorcit, Weldon,
Weat Durham, Witoea and Windaor.
Tho torgaat depoait, $3,176, to at Baa
dlcenaa, aad tka axoat dopoaitera, 41, at
aahariUe. .
Hare ara aama ef the tguret:
Towa. Depoaitora, Depoait.'
41 a,8.15
Charlotte , ,,
Concord .. ,, ,, ,,
Durham ., .,
884
SS
a ea
si . m
t 1
ft S8
M 803
7 ' 108
r . sia
a 420
U W4
1 , 1
a
a C
t 71
1 40
14 xm
1 100
8 ' 83
t 130
M 4U70
8 36
4 897
88 8,843
ss unt
4 iw
1 8
81 4.0SS
II UB9
I 1
KlUabeth City ..
Oaatonia , ,,
Goldabora .v
Oreoaaboro , ..
HenderroaTllie
Hiehorr
High Paint
HUlabore
Leaelr
Iiaeolntea ,,
Louiaburg ,, ..
ktaatee
aUxtoa
htoeat Airy .,
htarpky ..
New Bora ..
Raleigh .. .,
Baadlamaa .,
Rockingham ,
Rocky itouat
ee a
Saltobary ,
Seathera Piaee.. .. ,
Wadeaboro ,
Weat Batoigh .. .. .
Wllmlagtoa ,
Wlaatoa-8alem .. ..
A few compariaoaa will anoay the dif-
feraaaa between a Beutkera aad a Waat
era Btata.
hOaaoula, Montana, a towa af 18,000
populetioa, hai tt depoaitora aad t0,
SSS depoata. Heleaa, a plaee ef 12,000
people, baa 311 depoatton and 801,054
depoatta.
North Carolina aaa ISO peatal mringi
emcee aad Montana M.
PHtahoro Newa Notea.
Pitta bo re, Dae. 17. Hal 'aaaa,
yaaagwr aaa ef Mr. aad Mix Henry
B. Jaaoa af B. B. TX 8, waa eeriouely
hart Wedaeeday Bight at kia kern
while aaatormg ia aaloadiag a bale ef
eottoa that weighed TOXr- pouada. By
oma meani tka eottoa fall ea him. A
doctor waa aammeaod aad fee ad -that
the young maa a range ware badly
bratoed.
The good reada fereaa aadar the oa
tractor, W. J. Gregory, ef Baleigh, are
working: in Centre towaakip aad are
moving along rapidly aad doing eaeel
leat work. Tkcre ara two foreoa af
haadi at work aowtkara beiag aaa
force aa the Moaeure rood miViag ean
nrrtioa wtih the Haw Birer towaakip
good reada. Aad laat week aaother
ferea began work oa tha read between
Pittabefe aad Rrnnm, pttehlng thair
teau about half way betwwea tka twa
ptoera.
Jamea May, a Chatkamlte, for many
yeara a reeidcat ef Texan aad af tete
yeara ef Snnford, N. C, to errUralty ill
at tha home ef hia etoter, Mra. . D.
Womble, ef B. P. D. .
Not la the memory af tka aldeet eiti
eeaa of Chatham eowaty kaa aa targt a
wheat arop been aewa aa baa baea eowa
by the farmer af Chatham tkia fall and
pat la aa nice ate
The Ptltabara eckaol aloaaa today aw.
til Jaauary 8 far twa aeekr vanttaa fat
the holiday.
CXXtf- TOBAC001"
ealtkfaj way ta iM )
Chaw . ...
RICH AND RIPE
Tolmccn - t 4- - . '
made aatby ef OU North Carolina
, Xaaf whlrh baa aa aaperlet. '
If your dealer dewa aot heap ft
orad Va 88 crate, either atampa er
raah, far eae-thh-4 of a peaa gte
ttif eon I aaxlar-wame, ' ---
TAYLOU CIlOTldtS
- Wlaataa tilaaa,M.C, "
Com mad See," tjou will went
ciotw
STATESGREATNESS
Writer Dreama Are Substan
tial Dreama For North
Carolina
By C. W. McDBVITT.
Kiaaton, Dec. 17. Bioa Batler, tha
well-known iperial writer who to affilia
ted with the North Carolina publicity
movement, to hem aa tha gaeet ef Dr.
0. B. MeNairy, loporla Undent ef tha
Caawall Training BekooL Mr. Butler to
getting material fer etertea about tha
training aehool aad tka aew Bapttot or
phaaage at Palling Creek, ate.
Bioa Batier draama aahotantial dreami
ef North Careliaa'a graataeaa. Tko
thoughU that coma to him la tha aight
watchea take ihape in hi waking hour.
It ia, he aaaerte Baqualifiedly, the moot
favored aertioa in the world. Why, man
alive, even the air i weaderful, per
mented n it li by the pine' wlaotoonme,
and beneficial, a-eat, from the w enter a
divide to th ocean lapped aanda. North
Carolina can atand aloae, ha aay. Tka
remainder of the world can go amuck
and deipoll ltielf, fall to produce, aad
tnrve. Thto State depend opoa noth
ing Im the outaida world. If tt ah an Id
eema ta th point that it haa ta aupply
ItMlf with everything. North Caro
lina' riven will ultimately ba hiu
netted te furntoh lneihauitible power,
for the entire Btata. Tha atraam in
tka Btata aerer go wrong. Cheap power
will be had ia time, for all time, whea
tha coal af Weat Virginia, Peanayrraaia
aad Kentucky kaa all baaa dog. Tha
mnanfnetnring State ef tha North got
their raw aurterlato from afar thay are
exhausting other eectioae' raw nuxte
rlala. Nertk Carolina maaafeeturea
what bar aail prodnooa, aad ker roil will
be productive wkea Michigan a iron aad
copper aad tha coal Butea foal for
power ara gone.
Mr. Batler, came to the State wkleh
ka tore te call The State thirteen
larky yeara er eo ago, aad to traaieaaaty
glad of it. Ha to a farawr of "a aort"
la tko eaadhlll eoaatry, up ia Moore
county. Aha out erery week aama article
by him la printed, aad every time eoaae
aow-reaaa rtory er poaatbUlty er the i
long-loaf pine land to ung. Ha to a
Pbttobwrgk pradaet, aad waa welt grown
wkea ka cam to Cauroliaa to aa wttk
a fall grewe man' cyaa aad reaUaa
with the frealiaeaa of atartling revela
tion what a "wonderland" it to. "Why
did yon kaew that it never kaa bcea
a hot ia North Carolina aa tt gate ia
Uoataaa aad Idahet ho naked .aiacaaa
lng tka climate. "Nertk Caraliaal cli
mate ia far an per ior to Calif era iaV"
He overflow with atatiatiea. North
Caroliaa to tha grantee eora State in
the Union, ke any, aa far aa poralblUtioe
ga. Ma Bute aerth of tta Onto river
eaa ralae to muck eora per acre. It 1
beeauee of the great aaxoant of moiatura
that ia had from the rainfall and that
trlekloe oa down through tha land from
tha Bteaatain, twice aa high, miad yea,
a tho of th North AthutUe group
"North Carolina la the nation' moot fa
vored section. am ready to argue that
with aay paraoa,1 aay Mr. Batler.
RECORDS BROKEN
BY U. S. WHEAT CROP
(Coatlaaed from Page Oae.)
acres, 14 par eoat decrees: Arkaaaaa.
844,000 acres, 8 per seat Uereaaa; Tea
acaaee, W,000 acres, 8 per caat ia-
W inter wkeat waa ekewa Uts fall aa
876800 acroa, a doaroasa af 11J par
coat from 114-
Tke eoaditlea af winter wkeat Do
eember 1 - waa 87.7 par cent of normal,
compared with 84 laat year, aad ),
the tea year average.
Bye wad aaaa tkia fall oa S,aat,0u
acroa, a desrsa of SA pat eeat from
1814, Tka eoadrtioa ef rye ea Decern
hot 1 wa 91 J per eoat ef aermal, eom
parod with 834 last year, aad 3A, the
tea year average.
ASHEVILLE STILL AFTER
- ARMY TRAINING CAMP
Aakevill. Dee. 17. Daaaite aaaai
meats from Waahiagtoa that aa earn
at traiaiag camp wUl ba toosied la
Worth Oaraliaa thto year, tha people of
Aaharilto kav aat givwa ap kap af aa
mlM ja tom AakaoUia waa tka
asoae aa? fka oaty woaaoafal aamp of
tkia Wad aver hold hi tka atoath, aad
Part tatterpe, whart tha aamp waa
liaatod tta faOawlaff year aad wkera
fct la animt ta to aat a eaatp thto
year, failed to draw eras tha pets a,
bml aartarart trutrd at attsaaaa for
treiara Tha AabawiUa award ad tyA,
tha Marsh ata jiaaittaa aad tortoaa
otke ammtalal aad erria aroailaa
ktoaa-at Aaha-Ufcrr aaaa woJtod taa
ram-miga to mare aampfahU etty
tea la tha aoat fw ilay ta praaeai
Aaheville' flalma to tta Wat Daaevt-
BUTLER WORKS FOR
tjoot bleed, to "Coma" then.
We Have Bmw Per What Th Bay
FREE! FREE! FREE!
IIHuaUHnUffl8UlMI
ant ..it la tka a!l -AM it.
Congrasa. It to believed here tfant
eaaag aw am aiaae even yet aaa tue
enmp located at Aaheville.
air Oae "HBOMO QULNINC"
T at tha aanuiaa caU far faU mane. LAXA
TIVE BHOMO QUININE. Laak for iana
tara of . W. CBOVK. Carai a Cold in
Oae Dasv- I. Adv. :
AWAJID CONTRACT FOR
NEW ASUEVILLE SCHOOL
(Spaait aj Tlw W,a, and OhMrrw )
Aaheville, Dot. 17. After considering
plaaa aubaltted by leading architect
af tka eoaatry and by all the local
members of that profession, the com
mittee la ckarge of the erection of
Aahevillew aew 150,000 high aehool ye
terday awarded tha eoatract for drawing
tha plans to William R U,rd, of this
Ky. Mr. Lord ha promised to hold a
conference with tke committee to decide-
whether he will accept the contract.
Mr. Lord is one of the host known ar
chitects ia the 8Utc, nnd h.n had con
slderablo experience in designing pi.;
lie build in rs. It was atatad by !hc
eomniittee yesterdny that -Mr. Lord's
known honesty nnd intojp-ity ail.li-il
largely to the argument of hu ability
in securing him tho contract. Ho hns
built aamereii baildlnnn ia Aaheville.
Dick Weaver Diea
. AshorUle, Dec. 17. Diek Weaver, one
of the prominent .business ilgures of
Aahavillo, died'this momiw n-nnt two
o'clock as tho result of a stroke of npo
plexy. Mr. Weavor waa in bit usual
good health whan he retired last night
but hi wif waa awakened at midnight
by hia heavy breathing. Physicians
ward called bitt the patient wis un
eonticiou. trken they arrived, aad never
ranted. Mr. Weaver haa beea a member
ef tha ' Aral af Chamber aad Wearer
for twwaty-two years aad ka seen th
business grow from a livery r!Wc te
oa of tke largeot livery and automobile
bnsineae in the South. He Tts prom
inent ia errte affairs, a paralstent advo
cate of goad roods, and prominent in
ail baaiaea affair of the city. Mr.
Weaver wa 49 yeara old at the time cf
hi death. lie to aurvtred by a wif
aad three ehUdrna . Funeral arraiige
mants have net been nannniteed.
For Qirbtmas Holidays
GREATLY REDUCED ROUND TRIP TARE TICKETS
VIA
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Pramier Carriar of tho Somtk.
The Southern Railway will sell from all points low
round trip Christmas Holiday tickets Dec. 17th to 25th,
inclusive, with Final Limit Midnight of Jan. 10th, 1916.
Ticket will also be aold Dec 16th, 17th, 18th. 23rd.
24th, and 25th, with Final Limit Midnight of Jan. 10th.
1916, to certain points in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas,
Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota and
Wisconsin.
Spend your Christmas Holidays with your friends and
loved ones ; enjoy your trip on the Southern Railway'
fast through trains. Through sleeping cars to all points.
Let us arrange your Pullman space aad sell you tickets
by the select route.
For complete information, fares, schedules, Pullman
peseprations, etc., call on any Southern Railway Agaot,
or write.
a F. YORK, TraYeJias Paaaaarar Agwttt,
80S FayetttviUe Street - RALEIGH, N. C
1
Pluck or Luck
"Shallow men believe im hick, 6.'
- - lieve in circumstances; street; mem ber
lieve in cuius."
-EintTson.
Luck does not play half as much part in bus
iness AS phick plus brains." 'r '
Business ia built up on aervice.
An iniportant put of service Is in giving in
fNlifiit, that Uvfhjf advertising peyt;
- The newspaper haa a strong hold on the pub
ticpatrtr by reason of the service its evdvr
rising columns render to readers. -'
, Get back to "Cauae" of many bnsinees tu
feasaiand newspaper advwtiaiag win ba found
anitatpOTtsmtfsVrtor. , i .'J"jJ
LJ
t -wnanaaaaw
V,,
sM
INCREASE IS SHOWN
IN COTTON LTNTERS
(Br oa In iiwu rsawi
. Waahiagten. -Dee. . 17. Cottoa
cruahed from the 1018 crop to Deeembet
I amouated to l81,4l(r toaa against
2,473al toes Deeamber, 1 last year, Ua
Ouan Bureau today aaaoaaead.
Lintera obtained to I'eoamber 1
amounted to i?27 balaa against )1,
14a balra last year te Deeeanber 1.
Heed crushed aad liatere ebteiaed, by
St a tea. follows:
HtaU ., . ... faat Lallan
Alabama .. 1M.7N S0.41T
Artaaaas llaT M.
Kiortia is. ear ijh
timiia Ml. OH tl.r
LeuUiaaa ?. 14.1M
Miaataatpal ITS.T7 U.tt
Mkattl .4r S.t
Nana Caialina 111. 111
OkUkau 11.1 . 1414
Routli CaroMna IS. IT M.T
Tranai .M IMI
Traaa til. Ml . 1H.U4
AU aUaar glatas . . . . II AM 4,41
What Peered
Berry WalL
Waahiagtoa Brnr
K. Berry WaH, who for a number of
years kaa been America" aadispated
abitcr e4Fgnriaraai or, te put it more
oollrxruially, king of the dvidoo eoa
demned in New1 York the apparel af a
youirg millionaire,
-He has lots af rlnrhea," mid Mr.
Wnll, "but he wears them wrong. H
wears a plaid louage anit where l
oiifrbt to wear a black moraiag eoat.
II o wrnra oa Fiftk aveaws eaatanie la
teaded for eoaatry walks or for yaaht
irtg ertii--.
"In fact." Mr. Wall concluded, "he i
tha sort of chap who woald put oa i.s
aviator'! rig to lake a ride ia th sub
way." aWvore Caaa of Pamafc
Colnmhia State.
Wr, too, have onr momenta of deprre
ion whea the anfal forebodiag gnawi
s that anma day our ataff will be so
inexpressibly poor that well got aa offns
to work fer soma New Tork paper al
a fnburoB salary
Arrord'ag te th annual records af the
latoratata Trap Sh eating tmnirica
(33 touraameat vara regi-lared duria
tho 1915 i
a