THIvNEWS AND OBSERVER
ADDITIONAL FACTS
FOB FAYETTEV1LLE
Showing Superiority of , Loca
tion Filed With The General
: Board '
SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 8, 191
(1m1 to Tto Mm m OS i )
FayettevilL:, Oetf T. Additional data
aeowtng th aupertority of FayetUvlUe
ad a location for ths government armor
plate and projectile plaat ass boss
AM with tbo General Board of th
Navy U tha form of a supplemeatary
brief which tho eentrs.1 aommlttaa of
tho Chamber .of Commerea, which bi
. the matter ia ebarg, has just forward'
eJ to Washington.
l be supplementary matter cover
three point labor, raw material and
location, and is in part aa follow:
There is a considerable elemeat
mechanically akilled labor at band ta
mr railroad repair ahopa, our maebin
works, lumber, cotton and allk mills,
and other manufacturing indnetriee.
" While we hare no labor skill la the
manufacture of armor plate, it ia prob
able that there is none in the country
ezrept at Bethlehem. The akilled labor
of the elass desired will seek the work,
attracted by the pay and other iadnoe-
menta offered by the government em
ploymeat, as well as tho exceptionally
fine climate and living conditions at
layerteville.
I'nskilled labor is plentiful, Intel
, ligent, hiw-ablding and cheap, free from
all foreign elements.
We are centrally located a to tha
transportation of raw material from the
most important coal and iron fields of
.the Esst. Without discriminating
against any enures of supply, onr loca
tion is sine that we caa ba easily reach'
ed from all and still bo independent
of any oat.
Our position, midway on tha Atlantic
seaboard, is pre-eminently central both
for assembling raw material and for
distributing tha finished product ta the
Tarious shipbuilding plants, both by
rail and water.
Traffic Manager E. D. Kyle, of the
Norfolk (Southern Kail road, has bad
prepared a map showing Fayettevill
a a central .point for tha location of
the armor plant. The map ahowa the
distance from the coal and iron Balds
to this city. Fayattevilla t shown to
be 351 milce from the Norfolk and
Western Railway coal fields; MO miles
from the C, and O. coal fields; 4.10 mile
from the C. C. and 0. fields; 452 mile
from the Virginian Bailway aoal fields
6X1 mile from the Southern Bailway
coal field. These distance are averaged
from the various routes. Tha distances
from the pig iron centers, as shown by
tha map, are the shortest via natural
route of transportation. Borne of theae
. are Birmingham. Ml; Beeaemer, Ala.
(M); Attalle. Ala. U Chattanooga,
SXt; Roanoke, Va 29; Buena Vista,
.Vs., 213.
ThM hmm hn no lut-un in th
eneraVti work being done for Fsyerte-
ville if anything, harder work in be
ing done by the committee appointed
to handle tho various phases of the
situation and by the business men and
eitiaennhlp generally, Hot only of Fay
. ettHille but of the State even of other
States where tbey hav been asked to
help, and the outlook ia bright.
ASSERTS THAT IRIS1T
WANT GERMAN YOKE
. John Duff of DfnniBtoa. Va-, ia a full-
blooded Irishman and one of those who
- doa't think well of John BulL He has
sent through tha medium of a friend
at Boxboro a poem on Ireland In which
he aaya that the Irish want a German
Instead of an English yoke. Ui produc
tion reads thuat
Ireland.
W read of the beantiea of Ireland.
Th pleasures and glories that's there,
Th deifies and shamrocks enriching,
A scenkry, that eertainly is fair.
Of valley all severed with bracken,
Mountains decked up in blue belL
Where the claw-flinch, tho mavis and
robin,
In song of enchantment ezesH.
But what are those aeenea to a people!
Wrapped up the year round in despair,
Enslaved by a raca that's inferior,
la science and arts that ara rare.
Th free institutiona of England,
Pont appeal to tha Irish at homo,
Who long for a freedom restricted.
To Ireland and Ireland alone.
Their 'yoke they want changed to th
' uermaa
Who promise tham freedom galore.
If only their-sons will aasist him.
To eonqner Jobs Bull ia this war.
Just bow tha-poor Irish ar thinking,
Their country ia down ia th dirt,
A German alliance through Casement,
Has failed ta aaeompliah tha work.
Religion tha cause of their trouble.
Establish their Church and Its gone,
Hake Proteatanto pay f or their priest-
; aeoa, .-.,. .f .
And Ireland haa freedom again.
... John Duff.
Dcnnhrton. Va, Sept. 13,-1918.
BUILDING AND mUST '
PROGRESS IN ALBEMARLE.
Albemarle. October 7 Tht town is
being literally mad ever by carpenters,
railroad constructors and street pavern
Th Bouthtra Bailway Company placed
a largo number of handa oa tha yards.
and are grading a eonatderaoie tarn-ter-r
with tha view of making eztoa-
. aiva imprevemonta about tha depot and
la lSroadeaiag their yards. Th some
railway company aim bad Just plaead
' a number of haad to work la the
soastraetioa of a bait Una of track
from th main 11ns to tha nortaara
part of th city for th parposs of
- connecting up ta tha saw hosiery mill,
which i to ba commenced ia a few
.day a. I addition to these Improve
ments the people having ia ehargejth
extelv job of street paving e have
literally tra the streets to piece and
have a large number of concrete mizera
and other machinery in operation na
well a mors than one hundred laborers
and two score or more males, la the
-work- af grading aheed-of-tha paving
force. , ,
A newspaper ia a Brazil laa town 2000
miles from tha mcutb of tha Amaaaa
. get ail iU telegraphic sews by wira-
f mm
hXrwTai.'a"rS
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And here now ,is a new .Mfil-
mentf of a greatideaxi idea
that won.m an unprecedentea way
Up up to still higher
levels the Twin-six now
jylyances: time -tested
by fiearly eight thousand
exultant owners.
Fine has been re-jined
by an added year's de
velopment. And the new
series 2-25 and 2-35 are
here announced.
A transcendent Packard
unchanged in essentials
and enriched in details
fixes new standards of use
fulness and luxury .
T8 better the best Pack
ard has been the aim
and the inspiration of the
day's work.
Ask the man
How well we have suc
ceeded is told in the fact
that our three-fold output
has not kept pace with the
mounting demands
Changes?
Lower bodies lines
more flowing removable
cylinder heads and motor
refinements that give ut
most mileage from : even
low-grade gasolines. v .
j But you must see" this
new Twin-six and ride in it
to realize what these de
velopments mean for you J
Now, let us give youa dem
onstration. Prices $2,865
and $3,265, f. o. b. Detroit.'
whoownsone-
'Phone or see W. D. MacMillan, Jr.
Wilmington, North Carolina
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