THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 24. 1919.
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FAVO AIIIDIII
VAR RISK SYSTEM
American Legion Behind Move-
- ment To Have. Insurance L;
, Paid in Lump Sum-,.
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- Amendment of the war risk Iniuraaca
net will bf urged by ' tho. American
Legion," through iu legislative fom
nittee in Waabingtoa, in order to allow
men tasnred under .tie act to elect
whether their insuraaeo npon maturity
will be paid in installments or in on
lump payment. Former St aster Luke
Lea and former Congressman fsomas
W. Miller, joint chairmen of the com
mittee, plan to hare legislation intro
duced immediately to effect thii altera
tion in the act to carry oat the ex
pressed with of the American Legion
,delegatet at their St. Louie meeting.
. The , present form of war risk ia
suranee ia known ae term insurance and
is payable in monthly installments for
l period of 240 months. This may ba
' converted into ordinary forms of in
surance such as straight life insurance,
twenty or thirty year pajd-wp life la
surance and endowment insurance
Except I the ease of a matured en
dowment, these forms of insutaneeTr
under the present act, are payable only
la installments, extending over a
twenty year period, the amount of in
itallments depending upon the amount
ftf insurance.
The purpose of the intended amend
ment ia to allow a man to elect how the
insurance shall be paid. Service men
lay that their beneficiaries in many
-uses are too old ever to realise any
asefulnese from the insurants if paid
only in monthly installments. It has
ilso been suggested that men be allowed
to elect payment of part of their total
Insurance in one lump sum nnd the
balance in installments.
SMALL TOWN NEED IS
FOR MORE JFIRE LADDERS
This, It Is Pointed Out, Will
Effectively Aid Tire
Fighting
An argent need in many of the
smaller towns of North Carolina and
about the great majority of the indi
vidual premises homes and places of
business is for ladders in connection
with preparedness for fighting fires. In
deed, available ladders are decidedly
the exception when fires start or there
is other urgent need for them in emer
gency effort against fires and accidents.
This situation came in for special con
sideration in the institute for firemen
held in Asheville by Commissioner
James R. Young, ex-efficio fire mar
shal. The plan developed is for those towns
which have not yet provided their fir
fighting organization with hook and
ladder trucks to have light, strong lad
ders made in needed quantify in rcsdi
aess to have them hauled to the scene
of whatever fire the need for them may
develop. Theae ladders aould. certain
ly prove most valusble in facilitating
the nre-nghting and in enabling the
ffwi to wive much property and
even Ufa that would otherwise be saeri-
The Commissioner and the firemen
are agreed that ample supplies of Ud
ders should bs provided about every
manufacturing plant, railroad station
and other commercial or public build
ing. Then every dwelling should ba
sioiilarly equipped. These ladders
should be in lengths that would make
it possible to readily reach the roof
and then there should be specially de
signed ladders running from the eaves
of the apex, or comb of the roof and
eeurely "anchored" over the tomb so
that fire fighters or others cnnld
speedily and safely pass over and about
the roof at will.
Such a ladder equipment might not
b actually needed for fire fighting
about a particular building once In a
great while but being available when
Meded, is a tremendous factor and
might mean the savingi of thousands
f dollars and in many instances prop
erty that represents the savings of a
life time.
The need for this ladder equipment
all through the State is so important,
la the opinion of those participating
in these State institutes at Asheville,
that town and county authorities would
do well to taks action both ss to fod
ders for public buildings and to in
duce individual property owners to to
that they are available on' eviry prom
SERVED 13,285 MEN
, IN 30 DAYS OF JUNE
Local Chapter of America Bed
Cross Makes Eeport On Ac
v - tivities of Month ' '
Serving of 13,283 mea at tke lalelgk
Bed Cross eantoem during the ssontk of
June, is oao of the amazing figures ia
the latest report of the local chapter.
These mea were all aboard passing
troop trains, aad', represent ' only oae
phase of the local A. K, C activities.
The homo service department, wbica
earci for the families of mea ia the
ee price, looks ap allotments aad war
risk insurance, and so, took oa S3 aew
eases last moat, making a total of AM
to date.
, During the meats, Ike director of
women's work skipped to Atlanta U
children's sweaters, aad W pairs of
stocking. Jen sweaters and 14 pairs
of stockings ia that , shipment were
knitted by oao woman, and she ia still
oa the Job. - -
- Five classes la homo nursing have
boea established, foar of them at the
State College with SO members each,
and one in town with tea members.
8eventy-nino service ' badges were
awarded, sevea of them to workers with
over f kt00 hours of work to their credit,
aad IS to workers with 1,000 hours or
better.
RALEIGH HEADQUARTERS
CAROLINAS' RED CIRCLE
War Camp Community Service
For Two States Will Take
Orders from Local Office
Bsleigh is now ths central office for
this district of War Camp Community
Service work, the district eovring both
the Csroliaas.
Miss Marjorie Coltam. the district
secretary, has MTsb.ished herself ia tho
Pullea building, la the old homo of tho
Bed Circre, now the new Community
Center. She will direct Bed Circle ac
tivities of the two States from here.
The W. C. C. 8. is enuring oa an en
larged program of reconstruction work,
to include not only the returned service
men but tho entire community. The
theory under which they ore proceeding
is that every community, as the soldiers
and sailors return to it, becomes a war
camp, and is therefore as .much en
titled to Bed Circle help as the towns
and eities around the regular canton.
meats.
Draft
Let the next clear
you buy be a Sight
Draft Ten leoonds
after you've lit It you
will be convinced of
Its value.
Mild and mellow,
rich in fragrance
that'i the SIGHT
DRAFT PERFECTO.
Iff quality from start
to finish. "You can
bank oa a. Sight
Draft" Ask for it at
- your dealer's.
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Bsfe At
When wo were young and in our
prime, we had a simply rotten time. We
dared not loaf a single second, because
the future always beckoned, aad when
we sneaked a day for fishing wo knew
'twas crime against ambition. Now
life is beautiful aad glorious. No more
the future lies before us. Each day
for us is simply splendid, because our
foolish toil is ended. No more with
jobs wo aro entrusted. We're safe bo
cause we're old and busted. From the
Mergenthaler lines O Typo News,
The instinctive feeling of a great
people is of tea wiser .thai its wisest
men. Kossuth.
R. 0. PEEBLES FUNERAL
TO BE AT HIS OLD HOME
Prominent Raleigh , Business
Man Succumbs To ?aral
ytto. Stroke j
' Funeral services for Mr. Bobert Os
car Peebles, of Peebles Brathers whole-
sis firm, will bo held this afternoon
at I o'clock from tke homo of his gr
ants, Mr. aad Mrs. J, P. Peebles, near
BolesvlUe.
Mr. Peebles died at M3 a, at. yes
terday ma ruing, Ute direct cause of
his death beiag a paralytic stroke the
day preceding. Bo had not been well
for several weeks, but bis death was
not expected. He was 47 years old.
Four brothers, Messrs, Edgar Peebles,
Charles Peebles, Wiley Peebles, aad
Frank Peebles, survive.
Tho funeral party Baleigu
this afteraooa at 12:80, and will bo
Joined at tho otatiea by f rteadi who
will attead tho last rues.
Tho pall bearers will be. Messrs.
B. 1 Hortoa. Charles Hardesty. i. P.
8telL J. M. Edwards, 3. S. Siler, and
Jim Wilder.
MONROE WILL ATTEMPT
TO SECURE WAREHOUSE
Monroe- July 23. State Warehouse
Superintendent O. J. McCcmnell and
James P. Brown, connected, with the
Bureau of Marketa of the Federal De
partment of Agriculture, will visit Moa
roo Saturday, July zo, wita tns object
la view of establishing a warehouse hers
ander tho State system .recently
created by tho passage of tho Price bill.
At 1 o'clock ia the court house on
that day these men will explain the
State warehouse system aad the rules
aad regulations governing it. The
question of tho establishment of a
warehouse hero will be presented to
those present. Every man who it in
terested in good prices for cotton is
expected at the meeting. Hon. J. N.
Price, suthor of the bill creating the
system, is expected to be present and
speak eonoeraiag it.
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OBACCO WORKERS
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Winston-Salem Employes Await
.Word From National Head
quarters Before Acting
(Special to Nswo aad Observer.)
Winstoa-Sslcm, July S3. Ths head of
the local. tobacco workers' union gave
out s statement this afteraooa to the
effect that report from aational head
quarters at Louisville, Ky oa tho local
labor sitastios was expected to bo re
ceived tonight or tomorrow. Ia re
sponse to aa Inquiry sent by Mr. Clod
feller, he was advised that there was
ao truth ia the rumor current to the
effect that aa agreement had been
reached ' with tho Reynolds Tobacco
Company aad that all differesces hsd
been adjusted. --The
telegram received from tho na
tional officers ststea that the proposi
tus submitted by tho Winston-Salem
union was being considered today. "We
do not want a strike," declared Mr.
Clodfelter, "and the nations! board now
reviewing the matter has sevsral courses
that may bs pursued instead of a strike
order, if they deem it best to do so."
As a result of a conference hers be
tween Judge MeElroy, of the Superior
court. Solicitor Graves, Judgs Me
Kaughan, of the Juvonilo court, aad
County Attorney J. H. Clement, it was
decided that the judge of ths Juvenile
court may take jurisdietioa la eases
charging manslaughter between the
ages of It snd 16, but on probable
cause defendants charged with any de
gree of murder must be prssented to
(he Superior court.
Walter T. Powell, a white man of 53
years, in ths Superior court, pleaded
guilty this afternoon to the ehargs of
lsrceny of goods from 8. Grossman, a
local merchant, and was sentenced to
twelve months on the county rosds.
Powell was placed under arrest ia At
lanta some weeks ago where ho was
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MONDAY aad TUESDAY
A Picture of Pictures
FLORENCE REID in "WIVES OF MEN."
suspected of having committed larceny
when ho was found by officers of that
dry trying to dispone) of sasrehsndise
at exceedingly low prices. Before
court adjourael this afteraooa Judge
McElroy was advised that Powell had
made three ta against the life of Gross
man if he didaH cent to his rescue,
and for this ths sentence was changed
from one to three years. .;, : , '
BALTIMORE ACCOUNTANT
CAN TRISECT TRIANGLE
la' ths vagus prehistoric days whea
geometry was invented, says the Balti
more Sun, enthusiasts of this study,
which since has proved so distasteful
to High School pupils, admitted among
ths few impossibilities ths trUeetion
of aa aagle.
Those brassed surveyors of the in.
undated Nils Undo trying it left this
pessimistic admonition to posterity, "It
can't be dose." And their despair has
stood through all ' tho intervening tea.
turies. Soon esmo a reel world, how
ever, whea Adam and Evs wailed away
ths twilight hour la aa sadeavor to
leave for their children the solutioa
of this geometrical impossibility. Col
ambus oa his first trip to these shores,
after inspecting his crew each aight
aad passing several informal words
with his chief mate, always west below
decks and used good brains hoping te
discover something besides America. So
much ia history.
But here in Baltimore new geometri
cal history is shout to bs written. For
T. W. Sofge, 68 years eld, sa account
ant, living st 1701 Guilford aveaus, has
hada pet diversion for many years. It
was endeavoring to trisect sa aagle
with oaly a compass sad strsigh t edged
rule. Now he sanouaces he is sure ess
ful and awaits an opportunity to dis
play his mathematical genius to a board
of competent judges.
Mr. Sofge offers to put ap a forfeit
of 10 which tho judges "may keep if
I fsil to perform." And sll ha asks as
background for the exploitation of his
theory is "a bare table, a straight-edge,
a compass aad also a aaect of paper, the
straightedge and compass to he ac
curate instruments."
Males Against Tractor.
(Kansas City Star.)
A crowd of Fort Scott motorists
wstehsd with interest a spirited race
between a slx-muls team aad a tractor,
each pulling a harvester oa tho Glens
Campbell raaea northwest of tow a Mon
day evening. Witnesses ssy the sis big
mules kep$ pretty wsl along with t' a
tractor, but they seemed to tire '
quickly. Tha mule roprsstated aa in
vestment of at least 11,200 aad
tractor something ever $800. Tho mules
eeusumo 1,000 to 10,000 gallon t gaso
line a year, at ths present prices of
feed, aad tho tractor will proeablr do
a year's work or f ,000 or JjOOO gallons
st -ths mast, according to tho Fort Scott
Trihaao.
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It really is very simple. Just make your
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You can then be aa sure of your results
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sugar with the juice brings out the rich
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jellies that never "candy" in the glass.
A well-filled fruit pantry will give you
, much pleasure this winter, when fresh fruits
are scarce and high, if you just use Karo
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only when wcldi
EVERY minute a truck spends in the i shop is a
double expense. It is earning money only
when working.
Trucks must be built right to keep; out of theyf
shop, but more is necessary , A?
They must be inspected regularly!" to prevent
troubles due to natural wear and unnatural abuse.
That is why we maintain a monthly inspection
service, by factory-trained inspectors to make sure
your trucks make good and continue toteam money.
That is why Pierce-Anows are the most econom
ical trucks in service. They are ,al ways on the job. j
You cannot afford trucks that lose time when
they should be on the job, earning money. , f
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Loses lass thn on tha job and off tha job;
Costs lass to opcraia and I to maintain
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a higher resale price at all times.
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