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VOL, CIIL NO. 51.
RALEIGH, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 20, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
ABOIl
re IDEA SHOWN
TAR HEEL TALES
MEAT A LUXURY
CAPT. EMERSON'S LATEST BUILDING ENTERPRISE.
i Me news aoy
RPARTE
HAS
PARTIipTIR
Prince Roland, Now Head of
Family, la Attached To The
Geographical Section
NOT ALLOWED" TO FIGHT
As Member, of Family Ilaring
Reigned Over France He
Cannot Join Army Though
He Would Gladly Have
Served and Would Have
Done So Ditinterertedly
TOLD By BRYANT
ER
Apartment House In Baltimore
Uncle Joe Cannon Narrate
Always Scarce in Europe, Great
Herd ConCAled Will '
Cause Famine v'""
ENTENTE IIEAMER LOSEH
Will t Provide Numerous
"Suburban" Homes
Story of Visit To County
of Birth
Capt I. E. EMERSON OWNER
JOHN BROWN'S TASK
NEW
BUILDING
WHEN WABISOV
Parii, Feb. It. Prin RoUad Bona
put the only mala descendant of the
oUirrt branch of the house of Bonaparte
having mala repreeuativt living, and,
nseo,usntly heed of the family accord
4.. ... tk. rnlM of orimegeaiture, is
..kin. a aaadeat Dart la the war. Ei
eluded horn active service by tha Uw
l&fiA m member of a family hav-
1m reigasd "r,c' w" attached
ta tha quality of civilian auxiliary to
tha geographical lection of the army,
and haj helped direct the making of the
millions of maps tha Held forces have
repaired.
"T should hart been flad to fight for
Franc la tha field." ha aaid to a raprs-
atatlv of tha Associated rreas ; ana
I would have served disinterestedly," he
added) "I have ao imperial ambitions
and no other deaira than aerve as I an
tha earn of my country and trie inter
Physically, Priac Rolaad regalia bat
feebly hia famoua unci, -ne unm
Corporal;" ha i sis feet Ull aad la built
la proportion, what is) characteristically
Bonaparte ehtmt kirn ia ail untiring en
rgy, his Ceraieaa coaipleiion aad a
SO that won id look ' like Napoleon's
had it bo mustache under it.
Be so kind as to bo seated." he said
to tha correspondent, pointing to an arm
chair in which Napoleon the First sat
wham at work In his atndy. It stood in
froat of on of Napoleon's desks, on
which were rilca of scientific books and
documents, aanong them a copy of bis
latest publication, iasrued since the war
began, treating of 98 groups of ferns,
among which are 35 sew spool and 24
hitherto snkaowa farms of old specie.
These Utevt discoveries bring the
priaee't eoHoetioB of feraa aloaa up to
about S5L0O 4iffrart varied his bo
taaksl aattoetlom altogether eompriaes
ietweea 900JJ0Q aad 1.000,000 specimen.
Tea, I suppose I ant really the head
Of the houta or rkmnparte, ne repneri
to tha correspondent's questioa, ."but It
doesn't matter ranch aine empires and
emperors haw very little interest for
ma ; and that has bee a wonderful ad
vantage ia sot being an emperor, nor
even a pretesder. I hare gotten out of
lift a wonderful lot of fun and profit
that I would BTr havo known had I
been aa emperor. I have climbed the
Alp 150 time; Xapoleoa did It but
aae. and thaa it waa acither for pleas
ure nar srieatifi research but with the
responsibility of a forthcoming military
campaign oa hia mind.
"Pretesdlng to the imperial sceptre is
useless aaywmy," sVaelared the prince,
"since the Boaapartiat doctrine ia the
plebiscite,
The prince lives oa the Areaae dlena
in a modern) spacious mansion big
enough ta 'be called a palace, bnt re
sembling more the quarter of aa im
portant public institution or a well or
dered commercial- enterprise. There is
an air of business all about the place. Ia
addition to the million and more of
natural history specimen, all catalogued
and described ia Toluminoua publica
tion, there ia library of JOO.flOO scien
tific works which the prince puts to con
siderable aae. judging from the relumes
lying about the floor, oa the chair and
oa tha desk of hia own study, which ad
loins a chamber where he sleeps ia ths
bed Napoleon occupied at Elba. There
the prise receives with shoot the same
hospitality aa that of a congenial coun
try r-"""" who doeant aee dozens
of callers every day and is really glad
When Prise Rnlaad was excluded
front ths arsny just after graduating
from Baint Cyr, he turned to the study
of the human race under the eminent
aathropologist. Dr. Bees. Qe has since
serin a early every specimen! of human
ity est its aative soil. The i oology of
the sea, beamay. geology, geography,
glaciers aad aviation Mbace neatly oeeu
' bUd tli attesGoh ia tar W faraieheJ
him with the material for eight differ
aat sclent! Ac works. Soma of Prince
Rolaad' discovert ia plant Ufa have
be ef great vala te the scieatiflc
world, as eenllrmljig the theory Of the
eiiateace of sua aacieat eeatiaemk In tha
Facia eompriaing part of South" Aaur
lea, Aaatralia. MadsgaaeanT aad India. He
fouad specinsena of thar same varieties
of the sam variatiea of feraa ia all
tboee aouatriea. .
Prise Botajtd has Vary agreeable re
eoUeetions of tw viaiU te the United
State, la the course of which he studied
tha country thoroughly. Hs.txlk with
as familiar a ksewledge of Lincoln aad
Lee a of Trasses statist ia aad soldier.
The latter he) admire aa tha grestawt of
America iwnTala aad oa of the most
admirable stiwAegiaU Is history.
"I hart ataay highly esteemed frieads
la Ameriea," a said. som of them
are peraaaalrr nakaowa friend, like
William L hlaxoa of Ua Smithsonian
Xaatitnt, aad hUa Sloaaoa ef Broai
Park, who sestd ma specimen of feraa
tha snake vaJsshl addrtioas to my eol
lactioa." What appasW to hist most waa the
aevelot).! ef Amoimaa
anivavaities aavd the means for scieatifte
amric ho doing wonder Is aciea
tl twaaarah ko smieV Too ar devot
, log ntoT mos7 to It thaa any other na
tion and artase ha Bs-w gone a deeply
tat the my s us lea of matar that much
sianay la nqwtred fog farther risiarch
; Aaaarlta. - will aae) day anad tha
I aa twm flea.)
Mr, William II. Parker Build
er Cost Will Be $250,000
For Those Who Want
"Things A little Different1
And Are Willing To Pay For
The ftrnlege--Ready Oct 1
A recent issue of the Baltimore Sua
carried aa article telling of a quarter of
a million dollar apartmeat house that
Captain Isaac E. Emerson it erecting in
Baltimore, aad the building tf which ia
being directed by Mr. William H. farkar,
a former Raleigh man, who ha eharga
of all of Captain Eiaeraoa'a' building
operations. Including th $25,000 stadium
which Captain Emerson haa donated to
the State University.
The article la the Sub la as follows :
"Giving- the dweller in a eity apart
ment house every convenience that be
might have in a asborban home i tbe
idea back of tbe plana for the bmerso
nian, groins; up on the ouee-famous Emer
sott gardens, Eotaw Place near Druid
Lake.
"The structure has already reached the
second floor, and is to go six more sto
ru-a. Joseph Krans 8 perry, the an-ul
tcct, and William U. Parker, maaagiag
director of the Emerson Uoial and la
charg of all of liaptais Iaaae . Emer
en's building opera tians. said yesterday
thai the aew apartmeat heuse would be
completed by October . It U to be a
hajidsome structure and will eantaia sev
eral unique features in this style of
dwelling. Tha cost of construction is
put at fc!50,000.
t)uly 28 tenants are provided for, but
it was Captain Emerson's idea that theru
are 8 famlliea in this city willing to
have "things a little different, " and who
are willing to pay for the privilege. The
topmost floor has been taken by Joseph
Castelberg, who haa aigncd a 10 year
lease railing for a rental of $00,000, or
$6,000 a year. There are 18 apartmvnta
already contracted for. Half of these
were taken previous to the turaing over
of th first spade of. earth for tha foun
dations. k Thea wh.ar -trv 1b the planning
and eonstructioa of th building point to
this a another evidence of the aatute
basanes Judgement of Captain Emerson.
Ha could have put twice the number of
apartments nnder the great roof, but he
preferred to carry out hi first idea.
II then told Mr. Sperry that he wanted
every convenience to be found la the
usual two-story suburban cottag m
bodied la the apartment.
"With thi idea in mind, Mr. Sperry
set out aad he la credited with haviug
provided something novel. Each apart
ment takes up half of the floor of each
of the two separate buildings, between
which run a courtyard. Each apart
atost has fire porches and a kitchea bal
cony resembling a rear porch of a subur
ban horn a. The rooms are so arranged
that window leading to thee porchea
or loge can be opened and an uninter
rupted iweep of air raa pas through.
There ia vertical "alleyway" connect
ing each tier of apartment. Through
this "alleyway" will run a big freight
elevator, and all deliveries of merchan
dise are to be made through this "alley
way" to the rear door of the apartment.
The garbage will be placed on the hitch
es porch, a bell will be rung and the
janitor will call for the refuse and take
it to the hanciuent, where are huge iu
eiseratora. No garbage will b earriod
away from the building.
"In ease of fire, which Is not likely,
since the construction throughout is of
approved fireproof material, the dwel
lera will rush to a spiral fire escape, seat
themselves within and slide easily from
the topmost to the ground floor. There
will be a telephone in every apartment,
aa well as electric lights, with handsome
anl specially designed Allures. Oaa
will be the fuel for cooking. A refriger
ator plant in the basement will keep the
temperature in the ire boxes in the vari
oua apartments at the desired range.
"The mural decorations will be most
attractive. They will begin In the lobby,
with its offices and elevator entrances,
and will extend to the kitchens. Kich
tone will be employed and will differ in
each apartment.
"Tfxfeatlf ng iToag "Inlaw "PTaee TIT
feet, the building will have a depth to
ward Madisoa avenu of 196 feet It
will be built ia the shape of th letter B
and thi will insure natural light la
every room "in the building',
"Each apartment will be composed of
A reception room. It feet by 24 feet; a
living room, 15 by 18 feet; a dining
room, IS by 21 feet; four bedrooms of
buve sise, each-containing a clothe
eloawt; three bath; rooms for two maids.
with baths between; a kitchen, pantry.
trunk room store room aad linen room.
"The building la being eoastroeted of
steel frame, with brick, covered by light
gray stucco, for tha outside walls. Tha
loge will all Jive boxes of flowera.
Th roof willc of til. Oa th first
floor, beside tha loWr sad apartment.
will be a drug store sad a physician
office, with a marquise extending over
the main doorway.
"Mr. Parker ia doing the construction
work. He la supervising 'verr foot at
building aad Captain Emereo believe
that by thi method he will obtain bet
ter reeuli thaa If a building eon tract
were given. -
Harnett Has Cat La Lie aa.
Xraaa, Feb. II Mr. Oaajwr Warren,
ra ml Ur and Ura R If 7.. -k.
haa been a Waka FmsM
asaValae took the law arse, waa ewe
vi " " nwi naa M mm was BSSsea
but weak. Mr. Vum U . t4-M
yarns man, but cans roastra hi U-
vr -?uc.ya-oecaaae aa as
aador age.
Mr. A. L. McDonald, of Lilli.rtn
aho passed.
Courtesy Baltimore Sua
New BatldUg To G t In Baltimore Will Give th City Dweller Every CaaveaJeac That Be Might Hare- la Sahara
UeasaMr. William B. Parker,. Well Knows ta Raleigh, la Dtrectlag th Wars f Coaatrwrtlwa.
insists
TRBOOJ SOUTH llIEfi leSlf EPFlSlEftli
Sam Small Points Out That
Prohibition Is More South
ern Than Otherwise
In hia speech for the national prohi
bition amendment Bev. Sam Small de
clared that the liqaor traffic is no longer
an institution In which the South la la
terested. . -
Of the nineteen State that hv
uwed the traffic ten are Bouthcrn States
and Arizona ul.to claims to be included
as pronouncedly southern in sentiraont
and dominant influences. Ten of the
dry Btates have democratic governors
and thirteen of them have Democratic
aenatura ia tha Federal Senate. Bo pro
hibition la more a Democratic and
Bouthera policy than otherwise.
Over one-half of all the liquor traffic
under the American flag is conacntraaed
in the ail Northern Stales New York,
New Jeeaey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illi
nois and Wisconsin, and in tea North
ern Btate 1 found eighty per cent of
the breweries, distilleries aad dram
shops et the entire nation.
Chicago ha mora loons thaa the en
tire solid South and the Bute of New
York haa more than thirty aix of the
States combined.
Referring to the revenues paid by the
liquor trade to Btates, counties sad
towns. Dr. Small presented some strik
ing official figures, a follows:
In 1C13 the State treasuries received
a total of $20,992,857 from liquor li
censes, and of that sum $12,249,262, or
three-fourths waa paid in the four
Mates, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Missouri. Deducting the revenues
then received by States since voted dry.
and those four States got largely more
than four fifths , of all State liquor
license payments.
County treasuries throughout the
union got, the name year, $400,000,
and of that the seven States Ohio,
Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Mon
tana, California and Louisiana received
$4,060,292, or nearly two thirds of the
total.
Town, city and school district treasu
ries were iiaid that year nearly $52,000,-
000, "and yet such treasuries In seven
States got $33.643,262-of that total.
Why should all the other Stat of
the union be subjected to the aril
works, the- burdens, and th men aae of
the liquor t raffle aimply to permit four
State treasuries to be inordinately s-
oiohed -with-line ma,v, taV that' tea
ser treasuries of veu States to ahstr
in the vicious loot t r . "
These are some of the great astst-
peachabl facta, that are eoavartiag
aaae, econanJo and patriotic at ail
over tha land to the urgent necessity.
practicability and justice ef aalioa-wid
prohibition.
He appealed to th prohlbHioa patri
ots of North Carolina to stand by their
own standard and fight for the freedom
of. their lee fortunate aad lea inde
pendent lister Statea.
Give Fiddler Coavaatioa.
Iieail ta Tk. Mm
Kerner villa. Feb. 19. The old-time
Fiddler' Coaveatioa held la the audi
torium of the school building on Fri
day evening, nnder th auspice of the
Woman' betterment. Association' was
on of the moat eueoeesful entertain
ments ef Us kind vr glvea ta Kr
aeraville. Mr. Charlie Bey-sold, of Wlnstoa-
Baiem, presided over th eoavenrloa. In
troducing th different musicians sad
aaaouaeiag thir lections.
FtftB dollar in gold waa offered the
different aoateetaata, aad th prize wis
an were follow i Messrs. Bob
Black harm, Olyd Pegram, Philip Foaa
talav Bill Black barm. Char lie Dwlgisa,
Cyras Boaah aad Mia Lily Orss7
Bom very ld aad awpaetaUy crottv
leetioaa wars rsadsg by the.- dif
ferent eoateataata " aad. th rriag
proved to b em f rar astartavlaavast
to th people f Kaianilll.
Th a v ta araa actdod trr ama
of tha large gstaartsga vr kanrws
har.
. -4 t e-.saUi,-". . jit r"iT'r I
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THE EMERSONIAN APARTMENTS
Alatrrial Being Assembled For
Building at Barium
finrinirg
1-
Btatetville, Feb. 1'.).- Material t be
ing assembled for the aew iafirmary
which is to be built at the Barium
Orphans' Home, five mile south of
Statoarille. Ifte building will lie a two
story brkk atactora Jlo x S7 feet, with
a one story "L" 18 U Th eoa
tract price le UMJ.
HtateaviHe, like mrert other towns, has
the bungalow "crare." Home building
is always in progress here, hitatesville
being a town of home-owning people,
but recently everything built in the
wny of a dwelling ia either a buagalow
or ha tbe bungalow effect. Mr. A. W.
Bunch has just moved into a baadrama
new brick veneered bungalow In East
Stat vUle; Mr. Sig. Wallace k had
a smull bungalow erected hi East
Stat villa property for hue tea mat to
take the place ef the bo, boraed
receatly; Mr. Herman: Walhv ia hav
lag a bungalow built oa his West front
treat proerty ; a $6,0Mk bungalow ow
Mr. sad Mra Jobs H. Jry ea their
property ia North Btate ilia ia neactng
completion ; a residence with the bun
galow affect has been erected by Sheriff
Dea toa on his Meeting street property
for rental purposes; Mr. Oscar Morri
son la converting hia horn on Patterson
street into a buagalow, and th South
era Power Coaipany haa let the eon-
tract for a buagalow to be built at its
big transformer station in Southwest
Statesville for the superintendent of
the station.
Mr. T. K. Ijuaiter, of Bandlemaa,
Mmo is here assisting ia the iastalla
tion of an automatic sprinkler system
in the Iuierinl furniture factory, fell
from a sraffold yesterday ateraooa aad
waa very painfully hurt. He leaded
on his side across a piece nf timber,
and the shock of the fall rendered him
unconscious for 10 or 15 minutes. When
he was observed by other workmen he
appeared to be in a dying condition,
causing considerable excitement. He
soon revived, however, and a physician
found that no bone' had been broken.
SCOTCH TAKING NOTE OF
FLORA Mac DONALD COLLEGE
Bed Springs, Feb. 19. Flora MarDon-
aid College arouse interest among the
Scotch people whenever it iateac be
come known. Jt ia bensoauBg haowa
la Scotland it If, ia several ways.
proaniaent mennoa vtag b a aud
of Ahaar the Ob a Th y-thar acwspaian
for Argyllshire aad th High las ds. The
profeeaor of Heotttah history, ia th TJai
veraity of Glaagaw, la s roe t let an
to the secretary of th BeoCtiA society
of America, sayat "I ana a all iata-
eeted to know of th cxiatam of a
Flora MacDoaald OoUegw aad I should
be greatly obliged to yon If yon would
be so good u to gtv m some informa
tion about the origin, objeeta aad statu
of the eollege. I should like to draw
atteatioa to It la th Glasgow Herald,
the great newspaper for Glasgow, and
the west of Seotlaad. I am aur that
th knowledge of this great hoaor doae
to a Scottish heroine by oar unln la
North Carolina will giv rery great
pleasure in Scotland."
Another rery intereetiag letter receiv
ed at the college thi week com from
Mr. Hugh A me, of London, a great-great-grand
daughter of Flora MacDoa
ald aad president of tha White Ko
League of Great Britain. She eipresses
groat interest ia the college named la
honor of her aaeestre , and asks for
mere informatioa with regard to it.
Th league of which Mrs. Ames Is
president is aot th original White Bom
or Legitimist Jaseblt I, gap- bnt oae
much broader aad ssor as Hah la
purpose, who abjeet is tj train th
British peopl far Btor affaetual etti
Maahlp, so that they may b ome iarra-
aauai factor ia parlisan t, ia th
pre, en to platf ens, ia basis aad
is many other way. ' -
Th league is ai atwt't ta aatiowa 1
ootfart aad asssittea aa ta Brltm
soldier oa th battlefields aad ta th'
Live Topic Will Be Considered
at Second Annual Session
Croup One
41. -1.1 HI TIM Krw. .1.1 04.n
Elizabeth City, Prb. Is'. Quite a
number of Elirabrth City hankers will
attend th second annual oMon of
group en of the North Ciirnlina ank
era, which aneota at Orcein, lie ou Ki-b
ruary .22.
The tret eeioav was held la Elira
beth City oa Labor Imy last year. This
holiday cornea at a time, lioVer, when
the banks of the gnmi which aro in
the tobacco belt sr. rustied with work,
and the time of meeting has therefore
been changed to February 2r.
L. M. Norman, of Hertford, is presi
dent of this group and im annual ad
drees will be oae ef the features of the
prograsi. The priacipal speaker who
will addre th m tiag will b Albioa
W. Duan, mayor of Oreeaville; Judge
Stephea C. Rragaw. ef Washington, and
Col. John V. Brutoa, of Wilson.
Following tbe special addresses there
wall be general disc inns Of various
topi Mr. H. O. Kramer, of th 8a v
lags Bask and Treat Company, has
hwea iavited to speak on "How Can
Banks Beat Promote Loral Iadustriea."
Th general diavaaaioa will )o th
afternoon acaaioa; bat at 9 o'clock in
th even lag the bankers will be guest
at a baaquet at tha Proctor Hotel, at
which Dr. C. 0HJ Lsughiaghou will
be toa'stmaster.
MANY ATTEND FlNtRAU
Obe ales Far Tbe Late Mrs. James
Spraat Held Friday Afternoon,
u ru. Nm w iMm l
Wilmington, Feb. 19. -Mauy promt
neut peraon were here to attend the
funeral of Ura James Hprunt Friday
aftemoon, inrlnded in which were her
brother. Kenneth il 'ire hi win. a promi
ncnt New York City architect; Kev. Ir.
Aleian lcr Sprunt, of Charle.tnn. S. C,
a brother in law; Mr Shirler Carter, a
sister, of llaltiraore; Mr. Prank Ellis,
a siater, of Atlanta. Mrs Charles
Burramp, of Frederickabnrg, Vi, a
third sister; Mrs. Mclharmid, of Kay
etteville, and Mr. L. Brown McKoy and
Mr. L. B. Wilcor, Jr . of Charlotte. In
terment waa mad with impressive serv
ice in Oakdale cemetery.
The funeral of Miss Merle Me Eachern,
daaghter of Mr. D. MrEarhera, formerly
ehairmsa ef tbe county eommisaionera,
waa held Friday moraiag. Mis Me
Esehera, M years old, w a moat lov
abi you&g Ladr. aad Aar death. ad
much aorrow here.
Deep anrrow was aaed her by th
death of Mr. Fliiabet E. Bland, aged
75, whose funeral waa held Saturday
morning.' four, brother, Ia L. sad ll
C. Bland, ef this eity; J. J. Blaad, of
Wallace; J. W. Blaad, of War w; aad
two aietera, Mr. J. N. Bowdea aad Mrs.
Mary L. Coi, of this city, survive. Sh
waa ill several weeks.
WAK INCIDSVT KECALLKD.
WMew Aaka Ufef-autWa Aa te
Ba
beads Death, Geta It.
ij iii ra. wm wi otiiiiM i
SUastoa, Feb. 19. Snsne time ago the
widow of Peter Bimpooa. living Bear
Columbia, S. C, made Inquiry through
a newspaper for th addrees of any oae
who was with her hnabssd at th battle
of KtnstoB, daring tho War Between
the Bute. Blmpsoa wwe killed ta the
eagagtmsat. William WarUra, Br, of
FailiBg Cr k, has vritt Mrs. Simp
son, inform ing her that he was stand
ing by ths aids of Peter Simp a whoa
h was shot doers. Her haabaad was
member of a party led lata aa ambush
by th Federal at Cobb's sailL Bear
hers, Mr. Waiter, who is 79 years ef
aa. has a vivid resell tie ef th isat
desl Blah Boat dtbeler Is Saha.
(fessaiala a fta JIsbbbi ssaas Psbjbbbb
WCmlaatoa, Tab, lV-Jiteho9 Uwsrd
Boatd thaler, aa Wbutaa-Baisaa, will b
ts wiimisftsm Taaoday of sort wwak
J a?as tt tisataaa i th Wlsatos-
a JAeasw asi O0a, Thaar
jan? avssn ef farsBor stadaata of
Story of Rev. Walter Pritch
ard. Colored, Brought To
Capital From North Carolina.
If He Had Some Collarda
and Could Hear Some Old
Time Hymn He'd Be Right
By H. K. C. BRYANT.
Washington, Feb. 19. 'Uncle Joe"
Cannon tells an interesting story of a
visit to Quilford eoiihty, where he wat
born. At th tender age of four year,
In 1M' Mr. Cannon drove from North
Carolina to Indiana with his parents,
who were migrating to the West. It
was aot until six or eight tears sgo thjtt
L'nrle Jo returned to the place of his
birth. Before starting South be a.
asked If he thought he would r.nall asy
thing that impressed Lio. us a ehd,
about the old home.
Why, BP." id he, "I was but four
years old when I left North Carolina,
and it seems Impossible for uiy memory
to go back that far to such sn age. Hut,
I want to see the country la which I
Ant saw ths light."
Mr. Cannon went to Guilford C4IK r,
i (where, by the way, be broke
rules by smoking a elgar and rurait'f
Sale), aad met a lot of people wb t4
a to him, and interested ia him O-,'
.aorulug he w driven out to tS' !
"'if tho old OuilforrI Court Hou . f5J
'en to th farm where hia i-vvw.
lived. The house in which he w thorn
ra or'i
v.,tV
B 4.'-:f
had disappeared sscept eome
brick foundation alout the house,
ing out the location of ths fron
and so forth
TXTI
"Stop," said Mr. Cannon, as th.
xent in to Met lis. "That was the front
door I Where waa th treat"
"Right there," declared the guide.
"Yea, yes," id Mr. Caanon, becom
ing Intensely interested, "and where naa
ths road I
"It used to pas a r the tree, but it
was moved to where you see it yoader
yean ago."
"And the er k, si th foot of the hiU;
4 it still trymf ,
' "Ye, It Is there, and kM ehnsged but
little since you w it three score aud
ten years ago."
Uncle Jos waa surprised and delighted
that he recalled some of the things that
impressed him before be waa five year
old.
Aa Mr. Cannon grows older he be
comes more and more Interested in the
Old North State, where he started on his
tempestuous but brilliant career.
Ia talking with Uncle Joe, one day, I
asked htm if hia people were Quakers.
I always had a suspicion that there waa
a Scotch triah look about his fae. He
confided to me that on of his parent
w a Quaker aad the other Beotr.h-Iriah,
"A Oae eembiaatioa," Id hv swaghv
lag.
Despite the fact that TTnel Joe Caa
non is a wicked Republican he is a vary
fine man. Bis head would do credit to
any country, and his heart is ia the
right place .
John Browa'e Task.
John P. Brown, who came to Wash
ington with Senator Overman nearly a
decade ago and is with him now, is the
most modest in. in in the District of
Columbia. He knows hnw to hold his
tongue In seven languages, but he thinks
a groat deal. Everywhere John Hrown
goes that silence and thought are sure
to go.
The habit of saying nothing got Mr.
Brown in trouble not long ago.
Quito a psrty of Tar Heel women
gathered in Washington to start a move
ment. They were bent on organising
themselves for action. They planned
to adopt a coast itution and by-laws and
resolute a little.
"Ji.hn Rrnwn shall be the official
stenographer of our meeting," Id one
of the prime movers of tbe movement.
"Hs Is fine at shorthand."
Mr. Brown was notified.
Billy Lelnster, of Senator Simmons'
office, said: "Stung, by Oeorge!" John
Brown said aothing.
Th time set for the meeting rolled
arouad, and John Brown, with a pocket
f uJl .of . aharpeju! pwicila, aad .av new.
Bote book was on hand. Bo were many
full of ideas. Being used
to the dignified, slow moving Senate,
John waited for the gavel to tap, aad
the party to settle. After several minutes
passed a rathtr energetic woman stepped
tip 10 htm and announced: 1 have a
copy of my speech, and I doubt if you
were able to take all of it."
John Brown was non plussed. He had
already missed 15 minutes of the meet
ing, aad did not hnow it was going on.
rive participants spoke at once, and
each wanted to know of John Brown if
he had gotten, her remarks.
"Well, whet did you get, John " ask
ed Billy Lelnster.
"I just took the motions," id John,
quietly.
Ever sine, the North Carolina con
tingent of clerk, and secretarial have
bees trying to get Mr. Brown to y
what he heard aad aa? at that confer
ence, but he la speechless.
A Tsr H I Nagrw.
Bev. Walter Prttehard solored. was
brought to Washington from "little
Washington," North Carolina, by Joe
Tayloe, of the Benats risas Commit
tea. E go to Mr. Tayloe for laforma
tioa aad advia.
Preacher Pritohard was aa meat,
sawtosa-satadnd afro, with due eon aide
ration for hi poaitloa, whea he first
started out Ha actually worked, aad
was full of renor If he felt that he
had aot rnsd ths St a day Uncle Sam
paid hist far helping to taks care ef th
Banal afflee bnllrlinr, Th sly smile
that Jim Bams aad Tom Adama in
dulged la whs they w th aew Tar
From Belgium It Is Estimated
That Central Power Hat
Taken Nearly 22,000,00 3
Hogs, Sheep and Clrttla.
Russia Has Least Ahove 40
000,000
( Associated Press Correspondent-.)" '
Vienna, Jan. M. Non too plentlful'-
beforo the war, meat is likely to beeoaS
a real Iuiury ia Europe after peace) M
declared and remain so for a consider'
able time until stoek-breedlag haa pro. -greesed
oa aa immense seal.
The Central Power group believ IS
will find itself better off than th Elf
tent group ta this respect, but botht
group wiW-rteinly find it a riouA
pre Mem. At th eiptratloa of nra)
years of warfare which period -WUl .
soon be reached it is estimated th'
Entente poner will be short 7,575,000,
bead of meat animals, whil th Oeatrat
group- owing to the territorial oeeopiedl
by their armies, would In that Ual loe
only 2,uH),(KW head through 0VSr-eoy
sumption due to the war.
fommentiug upon the situatios UK -
IVis Kevnus Dea Monde's points ouA ,
ll.at France lost 20 per cent of Its meat -
4lmal stock by the occupation of tea '.
4 pertinents of the Germans. Franca .
through this 1i 10,000 horned cattle,
lf)tJQ sheep and 14,1 pigs. Thia "
tirtJins, says the periodical, that Francs . ,
n deprived of an annual meat prodoo r-
on. of 41l,tNM) tons.
Vt'ho live stock of Belgium also was ... ' '
let by the Entente, this being esti'
ivvted to amount to shout 2,000,000
p' W of cattle' 18,WXl,000 sheep iand ovl-
2.000.000 nigs. Ocrniaay gaiued thus tha
meat production of roundly WfiQQJXA ' :
animal in the Western theatr aioaa .
Though tho Russians laved mack of,
their lice stock in Poland and th U
vadc'l Russian provinces, nearly 40,000r ,
ooo meat animals fell la th haa da of
the Germans and Auatro-Hungarlan.
Against this must be charged ths loss
sustained by the Central Powers la Oae
licia and East Pro la, said, to as at t ....
about 8.000,040' heads. beeauM in 14.,
Pruasia much of ths stsek waa drives o;T ,
hef orehaad, while the Oaliciaa live stock - ,
had air dy been drawn h vily by
tho Anstro Hungarian troops.
The live stock found In Serbia is est,
mate at about 8,000,000 heads of mask
animals, so that tha Central Powr
have ia their favor a balance of about -78,000,000
aalmala. This means a meat
productioB ef roundly 1 ,910,000 tons p7 ,
year.
Thia can net be looked upoa as aa law .
crease altogether of the Central Power
food supply. In the terrltorie front
which this live stock eome tivse a popaw -latioo
of about 33,000)00, who want
suiat. bo net, of sourse. Nevertheless,
the meat production of the territoriaS) . .
occupied by the Oanaaa and Auatro
Hungarlan troops being some 38.218.000.
000 pounds aaaually, which is lft92
ponads per capita, a large surplus Is left .
for the occupying troop. A daily moat- -ration
of eight ounce for each iahab--Unt
of the district held, would plae ,
at the disposal of the Germans and A a- .
tro Hungarians, 20,700,000,000 pound
per year. Kvrn in view of the fact tsatV
the meat consumption of the Central
Toners' armies Is 456 pounds for each)
man a year, this quantity would go fas
towards maintaining the men ia tha)
field. - '
That pork and pork fat are hard t '
get at present in th Central PowersV
countries may be hard to understand la
the light of the conditions. But th :
following explanation of this fact h .
given here. Pork has been the favorltS
meat of the men at the front, owing t
its heat producing qualities, and ia adr
dition, lout year, when the grain aad -potato
crops of the Central empire)
were decidedly poor, too many pigs WCfw .
butchered in order to lessen the demaast
for feed.
HAULING LITTLE FERTILIZES.
Harnett Farmers Golag 'Back To Ol4
Way ef Compeatlag.
IHleul b Tk. IMIMM.
- -Drrnw,-Kebr IftTh fwfmer- tf-XMr-
section have hauled very little fertUis,
Csually at this a sob the tret artt -full
of wagon loaded with Commercial
fertilizer. This y r they say they wilt
eut dows 4he supply rritw s grHMt dsat" "
and use their . cotton seed meal - aad
home-made fertiliser back to th ahi
way of composting.
Cotton seed arc Ihng on this marts
at 72 cents per bushel, the highest prioa '
ever old for in thia section. Mr. j. D.
Barnes, president of the oil mille, says
all cotton seed products are soaring
and that-it looks like sow that tha
farmers may perhaps dispose of their
seed closely that planting aeed will .
be scarce.
Mr. B C. Boose, of Broadway, has)
moved hia family here, He is engaged)
in the wmill business and has located
a mill over on the Cape Fear river, aesf
Duke.
Cotton Weigher W. S. Jacksoa report
ed weighed ud sold oa thia marks
this season 13,000 bales of eottoa, which
is a small drop off from hut year. Bight '
much eottoa is yet stored la tha warsv
houses and yet held by the farmera 1st
ths community.
Reeky Mow at Teaser.
Srl w Tk New a aa 01 inaj . '
Boekr Mount. Tab. 14V Th w th '
during th past w k baa bees vary ta,
propitious for handling sad sasrkstisg
tobacco, being extremely eold th fir '
part of th week. Oonseqa tty r
ceipt have bee a rar smaii, amounting
to a little sior thaa lOOiWO pound
Prie hav beea veil main tain L auj
the eo mpetitioa eoatiaue strong. Tk4 ,
week's average waa about Lie. pat
pound. . . . f
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camps. i J tea t!l is WTialaias.
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