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MAP SHOWING DIVISION HEADQUARTERS OF REVENUE DEPARTMENT IN STATE
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vVill Continue For 38 Weeks;
According To Superintend
ent Harry Howell
PLANS FORixPANSION
OF SCHOOLS ARE MADE
fULEICHt-THKirr 8TOBJC
mi BIG DEPARTMENTS
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UM.LIUII UUIIUU
I fiTEP
- XXiss Zmma Conn Ii Appointed
Principal of Mnrphey School
. .tad '. Mill Lixxie Holman,
Principal of The Thompson
School; Attendance Officer
Xi Kamed
fK , emJSSMsssnn
. The Baleigh. Public Schools will ohi
for the session 1B19-1920 September 2
ad win eontlaai for thirty-eight weeks
two nor than usual.
This wii aanoaneed yesterday by Su
perintendent Harry Howell following
-, me regular monthly meeting of the
; Baleigh School Board. At the meeting
yesterday, Miaa Emma Cona waa elected
nriMiml t9 tka aVff..A. ii I 1 A
! MHfvj Awa tw UV"
eeed Miss Myrtle Miller, resigned; and
Miss LiiSl Holmaa wti elected prin
cipal of the Thompson School to sue-
ee4 Mr. M. B. Terrell, resigned.
Both, arewveteraa teachers in the Bs
1ih schools, hawing taught Baleigh
children for eighteen or twenty year.
In their appointment, the School Board
followi out ita policy of promoting thoie
teaehera who have made good and who
hart aeea long service.
Name Attendasee Officer.
An attendance officer alio waa elected
yesterday ia the perwa of Mr. A. E.
Oleaa. ' He will -immediately take a
achool eahaut aa a baiii for determining
those who ought to go to ichool. Under
the new law, there eaa be no exemption!
allowed thoae children under fourteen
ytart of age.
Coatiderable eipaniion is planned la
, the Baleigh achool ayatem 'this year, se
cording to Superintendent Howell. Thin
will include the industrial department of
tne High Bchool. For tha hoya thin will
be under the direction of Mr. C. W. Wll
kiaaon, of Ohio, while Miaa Mutid Vn
- burgh will be in charge of the girli
worn.
A building will be erected in the rear
or the high ached where the industrial
work for boya will be carried on. On
account of delay ia getting equipment
fere and other neresssry atrps to be
(-' tnken, it ia possible that the opening
Of the industrial department will alio
be slightly delaro.1.
Longer ReceN Period.
A longer reeeea It enable the chil
dren to ffO to their homo fur full
mldiUy menl ia being seriously eoniid
red by the achool authorities. Super
intendeat Harry Howell ia very much
interested ia the proposition, but be
lieves that, perhaps, aa hour rather than
an hour and a hall s at Brut proposed
Will be sufficient. Ia case of the hour
recess, achool night be dismissed at
3:3fl p. in. IC the recess were held for
aa bonr and a half, theu 4 o'clock might
am ine Closing time.
Another propoanl made by the Wo
man t null is to lure the schools
taught for sis days instead of fire
nek week. It la not likely. it.eppear
that turn a a arrangement will go
through. To aay that aUt-Ji a move
wonld not be populsr with the school
chlldrca to whom Saturday ia aa in
stitutlon aa aacred u some other days
would be trite. A coramittoo of the
Woman's Club, investigating the school
ituatiou, has auggeiled the feasibility
of this plan to the Superintendent.
However, It is understood, that the club
women will not insist upon it.
. ' .
The map shows the division of the Internal Kevenuo Department oflcea in North Carolina under tSa reeent plan of re-oriranlaatlon that mm iBta.frW f-
morrow. Collector Bailey becomes collector for the State with the consolidation of the eaateni and westers district offices with headquartera or tka State ia
Raleigh. Division headquartera will be located in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Statetville, Aaheville. Charlotte. Wllmiaiton. New Bern. Ellnhath Pit ai
Mount with subdivision offices in Salisbury and Durham. Zone deputies will be etatioaed and offleea maintained ia rsyrtteville, Henderson, Banford and Smithfield.
The re-organization brings the force of Collector Watts' office to Baleigh and put Mr. Watt ia the field a supervisor of the diviaioa headquarters, aub
diviaioa headquartera and tone offices. .
BURLESON RATES
TO BE CONTINUED
Release of Wire Lines By
Government Will Not Affect
Charges Here'
AYCOCK IS STILL
AUTOIB
ILE MEN
GETTING THE TAX PLAN TO ORGANIZE
And Mayor Canfield, of More- Representatives of All Branches
head City, May Be Charge h of The Industry To Attend
With Molesting Officer
Dinner Tomorrow
i'jr- pui'di
etes-or.fr
thtcle J-ajft Vf'
irtiwl&Aua?! U'k
RAILROADS MAINTAIN '
"V EXCELLENT SHOWING
"vhuia Buuiucro nu Jtecora
of 97.5 Per Cent Sched
,T' ule Time
Bailrosds ia the southern region are
keeping up their eicellent allowing in
oa-titne passenger train nertlce. Mee
orda for June, made public today by
the United States Rsilroad Administra
tion, diacloae that M s per eent of near
ly 1,000 trains apemted during the
month maintained schedule or nude up
. 1 - Mil. ... . ...
inia am not equal tht new
high record of 95.1 orr eent set in
Way, but it aurpassed any other pre-
kui poriormance.
The flgurca given are for all of the
a.. Rnillh.ra ...J. ...J.. .
control. These roads operated exactly
oOfiii pasaengcr trains la June, and
43,140 of them maintained achcdule or
aade up time where delaya had been
caused by ronncctiqg linea. Trains ar.
riving on time at final terminals ia
epite of delays for any eauae, num
bered e.8S3, or VI per eent of the
total.
Aa nsoal. the performance of the 17
larger roads waa aliahtlr better thin
that et eleven ia the smaller group. Of
toe ,wu trains operated by the lar
ger linea, 9iA per eent maintained
achednle or made up time, and 92.1 per
eent arrived on time at their ftssl ter
aiiaala, compared with 93.7 and 90.8
per cent, respectively, for the i,8M
traini of the entailer group.
Beading the larger roada ia the oa
time at final termiml eolumn wat tht
Illinois Central, with 90.6 per cent for
6,1t0 train. The Georgia waa i close
eeond with MJ pet cent for SOU trains.
The Southern railroad, operating 15.
01 tralna, or about one-third of the
total for the larger roada, bad a record
of 9S. per eeat maintained schedule
or made np time, and 92.9 per eent J
time at Bnal termlnala.
The Norfolk Southern railroad main
tnined a very txeelleat record: out of
1,' Ml tralna operated, 1.053 ar 97.1 per
fnt maintained schedule en made up
t me, and 93.5 per rent arrived on time
at their final termlnala. - ,
L'EHCHANTS WILL CLOSE
AT 9 P.M. SATURDAYS
The irierchants of Baleigh hart en.
Wed iat aa agreement by which, be
( nning Saturday, they will eloH their
! s'fj of bnainess esgh Saturday sight
f t 9 o'clock. : v- -
T; ,9 etJeet .of thin, ia to ttlleve the
U tit:, the severe atrain of long
t hourt Batarday during the. hot
her of Maimer, : - srr
-j'na "Every married man should
a fre font." Unrsrfna "Tea, it
i lii.iuul.tiJly" enable llffllo'do
Return of the wire systems of the
country to private ownership tomorrow
will not affect the prevailing scale of
charges in North Carolina. The Cor-
poration Commission yesterday pro
mitigated an order authorixing the com'
paniea to contimin the aame charges
heretofore established by the Postmas
ter General.
Commissioner Jcc, chairman of the
body, writes tb? c.dcr that continues
the present rates for all telegraph eerv
iee. He quotes Mr. Burleson's state
ment that the ratea, now in effect, "are
barely sufficient to meet the cost of
operation" and directs their continu
ance in North Carolina. t.m.
The order rends: Wjf
"It appearing to tie Corptfrttion
Commission of North Carol ihf t
Congress has panned an Act b ihih
the control of the PotmasteaJ,oW(f.H
of the United Statos over tha
system! of the country w
July .list, 1919, and effective IA
1st, 1919, the operation , of (telegraph
1 : 111 - . 1. I. . - .1.2 4k. .
thereof; and it aluo appearing ikU-.Kf
t . . . 1 , i i . l . ' . V . r
rosimuicr uenerai, auring inr covin
uance of his control, ever the wire' aya
.tenia of the country, mad a thorough
investigation of the cost of operation
and eatabliahrd rates which he himself
states "are barely sufficient " to meet
the cost ef operation, and this com
iiiimioa desiring to enable the tele
graph companies to meet such opcrat
ing costs and knowing full well that
the rajes existing in thia State prior
to the war are insufficient; it ia there
lore
"uraered, that the telegraph com
panics doing business in the Htate of
North Carolina are hereby authorised
to continue to charge aa ratea between
all points within the Bute of North
Carolina on and after August 1st, 1919,
the ratea heretofore eatabliahed and
promulgated by the said Tostniaater
General of the United Statea."
TEN DOLLARS ADDED TO
VACATION EXPENSES
D. W. Miller Started To See
The Sights, and Hit Guide
Tried To Rob Him
ARGUMENT OVER TAX
ON PLEASURE BOATS
Bepreaeatativea of all branches of the
Baleigh automobile iadustry will meet
at a dinner to be given in the rooms
.i ll l n J a
M.vav niiln't W.v. Pa tv 01 cnamoer or commerce tomorrow
T m nv ..J a I " oojeci
wuKw -uu uvu of ,h, meetinl wju u t0 otm n n
UOnstltueniS not TO DO BO tomebile association and the obieet of
Either; Threatened To Hare
Deputj Collector Jailed On
False Pretense Charge
.Mornings after are common things
in eity court, and that of I). W. Miller,
young Mount Olive man who waa found
running down the highway yesterday
afternoon, was the same aa many others
have been ten dollars and costs
Judgment waa placed on Miller's
pickup companion, Charlea Evander,
charged with selling whiskey, for ais
months on the roads, but later sus
pended, and he was allowed to go, Ac
cording to his own story, he haa hoboed
it around the eountry for the past nine
years.
The trouble came here when Miller
eaae in on his vacation, and mat up
wun .vender. The two started out to
do the town. Evander waited hia
chance, and while Miller's attention was
otherwise occupied, made away with the
Mount Olive man's money. Miller gave
enase, and the police arreated them
both.
Elbert Choplin was found guilty of
transporting, and was ordered to pay
fine of s)50 and costs. The man for
waoni he moved the whiskey, J. O.
King, has a road sentence ia the
offing, awaiting a physician's eiamlna
tloa to see If his hesrt will survive the
shock. His axplsnslioa of tha kmmi.
sioa of whlekey was that he needed it
lor nean trouble,
WAR GARDEN MEDAL IS
RECEIVED BY MUSEUM
Mr. H. H. Brimlev. euratnr n h.
8tate museum, has received for the
museum en of the National War Gar-
aea Commission medals, similar to those
presented- to the heads of the Allied
governments. .
The medal shows oa the obverse a
young woman ia shirt and overalls
working over some garden plants. Ia
low relief arc soldiers snarehing across
the medal, surmounted by the words,
"United States of America." On the
reverse is a basket full of nrAaa
ducts. Above are the words. National
War Gardea Commission," and below,
The aeeda at in (. ti Vni
t peace," with a hoe aad rifle treated
and the dates, "1914.1919 , t ,
'r1npa wwoi
Pffr; irtinw Rim esaoa sojt
Ben Ayrork t "art ill collecting the
government's luxury tsx on pleasure
boats that ply the watera around
Morchead City and Mayor Canfield, of
that city, ttanils in danger of being in
uiciru lor inicriering witn a govern
ment officer in the discharge of his
auty.
ayor Csnficld, who owns a boat bim-
told his constituents not to pay
tax which Aycock went to collect
end threatened to arrest young Aycock,
nhe ia a deputy ia Collector Bailey's
office, for obtaining money under false
pretenses if be persisted ia his efforts
to get the launch devotees to help pay
rue ton or me war. , Tne Mayor became
irate, the people got hot under the eol
lar and around the atrect corners, hotel
lobbies and the poatoffiee a much ani
mated discussion took place about the
tax.
Mayor Did Some "Cuaalag."
Deputy Collector Aycock went to
Morchead City Monday, made a survey
or me boats operated lor pleasure dowa
thoro and started in to got the luxury
charge on each. Boat owners protested,
Tiicy anew nothing or a war tax oa
brats. Aycock explained. Mayor Can-
field beard about it and sent for Mr.
Ayrork. According to a report sub
mitted to tho Collector's office, the
Mayor did some plain, everyday ''eusa-
mg.
-But tho young officer stood pat. Mayor
i.anricid threatened to lock him uo and
Aycock told him to "go to It," adding,
aa did Mr. Brinson to Mr. Aberntthy,
tut water a line, come in I" The Mayor
z ::"j:ihi observe anniversary
definition of what a pleasure boat is. I OF N. C. STATE COLLEGE
i no ucpanmeni said it is ' any boat
operated other thaa for trade or I TwentT-flwe)
i
the association will be to better the
prospects of the industry in Baleigh
by facilitating tha activities of the
dealers and guaranteeing a more satis
factory service or the public
It is honed that every branch ef tha
business will be represented. Dealers
in automobiles and trucks, battery
men, tire men, accessory men and gar
age men will be on hand. The gather
ing ia expected to prove a thorouahlr
impressive demonstration of what the
automobile industry in Baleigh amounts
to. Every observing person knows that
the automobile industry here is a big
thing but it is bigger thaa most neonla
think, say the mea who are behind the
movement for organisation. Even
one interested ia the industry In this
section is invited to be present.
Doubtless several names have been
eoaaidered by those who are the mov
ing spirits -la tha undertaking but the
one -woien teems to have the eall ii
"The Baleigh Automotive Trade Asto
elation."
One of the nadertakinn which tha
new organization will attentat will ne
ine information of aa advertising de
partment for all the members. It is
also proposed to orgaaise aad operate
aa exchange for the , handling of un
used ears. And the organisation tim-
posee to have machiaerr to nut over
anything which the executive board
conceived to be good for the industry
ana practically possible.
The association will affiliate with tha
chamber of commerce and tha North
Carolina Automobile Association
Those who have signed the call far
the organibsatloa meeting and dinner
are: M. a. Kushtoa. chairman:
KAMBIS
01 OUT
OF CAPITAL CRIME
But Restaurant Man
Tried For Assault By Sep
tember Superior Court
McK. Goodwin. W,
8. Vrehison.
P. Marshall aad W
business."
Aycock, of course, communicated
with ths office and the office told kirn' to
stick to his knitting and bring home
the bacon. He waa assured that he was
acting right and that the Interaal Bev
cnue department waa behind him to a
man. 8o yesterday he went about his
luiiness getting the tax.
Now It's Ayeock'e Move,
And now it is his turn, or Collector
Bailey's rather, to move. Officials of
the department ssy that the Mayor is
County Alumni
Associations Are Now
formed in State -
The thirtieth anniversary of the Stata
College of Agriculture and Engineering
win be celebrated by all of the local
associations, with a social function on
October 3rd, which is the date for the
annual meetings, and of the bounding
ci tne college. Election of officers and
other matters of interest will also come
guilty of interfering with a government ,up d spirited at-
.vhushcv vi rH u& men gaioenngs is
being indicated.
The orgaalxatioa of the Lenoir
County North Carolina Stato College
Alumni Association ia Kiastoa Tnesday
evening makes a total of twenty-five
tueh groups of the General Alumni As
sociation. Tha prime objects which
these local associations hsvs set for
themselves are the boostla af fitata
College and fostering eollege memories
ana good-Xeuowship among their mem'
oers.
The officers selected, for tho Lanolr
association were: President, J. H.
Saunders, KUstoat Ties president,
officer in the discharge of hia dutv
They point out that the Mayor of More
head hasn't any more authority to
bother a deputy collector than ny
ordinary private citlien. Upon iadlet
n.ent and conviction, Mayor Cnnfield
could be fined or sentenced to prison.
i tin discretion of the court.
Porltive action ia awaltmar the reoort
oi a special deputy who went to More
hesd Tuesday.
MR. LYLES CAN GET ALL
WOODCHOPPERS HE WANTS
Attorney General Makea Knllfilri Robert G. Hodges. B. P. D- Kiastoa:
w I aaataoJu. VtT A All fF
On Stntnt. VmMMll..... , -...-..r, v.. . iie, xua-
wva DCn ronoc unssr crmnr-
IS N.0T RESTRICTED
Ons of the- most amneons imnrea-
lions that baa got about concerning the
worn or me ea uross noma, service
ia that it ia restricted td the disabled
Mr. Bhipmaa requested the nling " ."" " ZV ZJT a
for Wm. H. Ljle. Columbia, & C l?.,m.",?i!'A BV"'- lt aM,m1
r. viL.iT .i ? matter ia tha least. Just so yen were
Attorney ucaerai Manning, la re
sponse to aa inquiry from Commis
sioner of Labor aad Triating M. ' L.
Shlpman, has just issued ruling Which
will permit aa outside employer te
eomt into the State and secure labor
to be employed outside North Carolina.
large eontraet with a Canton, N. CJ
pnip mm and wanted to get na'many
or tne good wood choppers in tha moan-
tains ss he eould to work for klm in
South Carolina. The Bute has a very
poaltive law against enlitlag labor so
Mr. Lyles requested information on the
la the service of Cade 8am, and became
disabled ia that service, the Bed Cross
wlU kelp yon to obtain the tompenta
tion aad the hospital tmtmeat and
u you want itthe voeational training
that tht governmeat offers. - . h
la the Southern division, for example,
there are sis manes, their healtk im-
iw.lt k-c v. l. . . : I mn ami
ui P" hr rnberenlosis contracted or de-
ri.. " , " . I va loped daring their service. All are
LvJ?vtr-X0rMr'1 Mr "jMr. .owSeeeiviag'th. regular M-pe!
l ri.?' T ,lnU ' dditi Pil treatment.
want irii.L, i i v I i " " 7 apter of Ue Bed Cross wll
Z 1 it A T4, teU you about It; and where and how
tne law, it is aimed arainit emnlovment I ta t uuiiai it
.h. ...T 1-' " . I 7 " u jw. .m
aZL JII u. " 1 . 1 " PWP money eompenaa-
..... j -"- inie tnaw esiuosif aa ias vocauoaai aducatioa. if
other ia any other State. . w.t it, ..T: "T9
Lack of evideaee to uphold the
charge of rape was the ease of that
charge against Alex Kambis, Baleigh
ureek, being dropped, and that of as
ssult substituted, ia a preliminary
hearing before Justice of the Peace
E. Owena yesterday afternoon.
Kambis was permitted his freedom on
a S500 bond. He will fnce the Septem
ber Superior court oa the assault
charge.
At the hearing yesterday, there was
no absolute testimony connecting Kam
bia with the crime. Ho was seea by
W. C. Scarborough and others to be fol
lowing 11-year-old Lola Beaves. local
newsgirl, out at Bloomabury Park. He
eould not definitely connect Kambia
with the remainder of the evidence.
The girl later admitted to Solicitor
Nome everything that Scarborough
naa said, but denied it to her mother,
and continued to deny it on the stand
yesterday. Mrs. Beaves also denied
that anything had haDnened. She
didnt recollect" the girl's confession,
introduction of the doctors eertill
eate to the effect that the girl had
not been injured completed the east
tor ue defease.
INCREASED ACTIVITY
IN SEWER EXTENSION
Btate-wlde Privy Law Jnto
Effect Pushes Sanitary
Building
Greatly increased activity la th In.
stalktioa and extension of sewer sys-
w-ms oy xne cities and towns of tht
8tate is indicated in Diana for annro-
val being submitted to the engineering
departmeat of the State Board of
Health. '
Two esraset are aseined for tha an,
usual amount of work o( this character
mat ia bow being undertaken in many
sections af the State. During the four
years of fh. great war both materials
aad labor were" so scarce that nraeti.
eally all kinds of publie improvements
were held in abeyance. There is a rush
now to eatch ud with the time that haa
been lost. Furthermore the State-widt
privy law enacted by tht last lerisla
ture hat caused many .municipalities to
either begin the installation of sewer
systems or te extend those alresdr in.
stalls", to at to serve laner nortiona
of t!ie population.
City and town officials are find in it
difficult to engage competent engineers
n lay out this work, as a eonsoanenee
of which the State Board of Health is
receiving many requesta from muniel
pal authorities I for tht names of ea-
ginecravatlable for engagements.
ia order to be ia a Dotitio to sunclr
su:h information Mr. H. Z. Miller,
enter or the bureau of engineering rud
I- -pcetion of the board, desires an-
fineers interested ia waterworks and
sewerage improvements to register their
Mmes, with full qualifications, ia hit
office at Baleigh.
RALEIGH GREEK LEAVES
FORTUNE TO RED CROSS
Andrew Gorsey Dies at Bex
Hospital; Parents and Broth
ers Were Killed By Turks
Hia parents and two brothers maasa-
ered by tht Turks ia tht Balkan Wart,
Andrew Gorsey, senior partner in Aa-
arewl fruit -' Comnany. WUaniactM
street product establishment has left
all of hit property, eoasisting of $2,000
ia tha bank, an automobile, Liberty
bonds and war savings stamps, tt) tht
American Bed Cross.
Tht Greek died at 1:30 yesterday
morning at Bex HosuitaL Ha haa Ims
la business here for .about four years
wii jrete vans and Fstt Garnaa in
tht east tad of tht aid market boons.
Bora ia Greece ia 1879, ke eamt to
America IS years auro. and haa alheo
taken out full eitiaenship psperfc His
ramuy was in the eity of Kalava dur
ing tht Balkaa War of 1912-13. aad
were all massacred by the attacking
Turks aad Bulgarians. Hit bequest te
tht Bed Cross U hia recognition . of
what that organ Ixatioa hss dose for his
countrymen. ,-.r.
Servkea will be held la tha Church
tf tht Good Shepherd this afternoon at
Clock if the Driest arrive from
Bichmond orv Waahiagtoa, Interment
will be in Oakwood eemetery. .;
litny a ''cI!ow'i aim a lirV la re
stricted to shooting off his mouth about
SUMMER PRICES PREVAIL
On Fresh New
Voile
WAISTS
98c
Crisp White Voile Waists that are typical of summer.
What could be more appropriate. They are made of
fine Voile with bits of trimming, lace and embroidery.
Many are tucked. Some are collarlesa and some have '
frills. All will stand many tubbings. . . ,
f . ' (SECOND FLOOB) i' $ A
iMiMi.niiiiiniMMiniiniiiiMiMiilllllllllllllllllllllirTTT
'WlioleiJOJsieJjieail
. Nothing else is as necessary t5'the healthy B
and normal development of a growing child as
nourishing and wholesome bread and biscuits,'
Made with '
SEtERisiNft (HUE3IEJ.;
A product used for years throughout the
Sc,-bakings not only completely satisfy, but
tfttyrdsd tempt the most sluggish appetites
and build the bone and muscle necessary to
equip the boy and girl for after life.
There also Is a big ecr
nomical factor in the use
of this flour, for neither
baking powder, soda nor
salt is needed, aH the In
gredients that are required
, being mixed in such exact
.. proportion; that it cannot
' fail in baking.
"'r For Sale ia Baleigh "
by
The Slier Brothers E
Co.
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BA3. V 7
1st
Liberty Bonds
- .
Bought
We wish to buy Liberty and Victory '
Bondi Market Price Paid.
The City Bank
Rigat'la Us Heart f IverytUag.
R. C ALLEN, President t H. H. MASSEY. Caahltrr
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w ' ninsasiit . - , : ;
in , auMMfcK tUA 15 and PANTS
W hve gone through our stock and selected about '
60 Palm Beach and Cool Cloth Suits, all sizes, values
from 17.50 to ?12.60, and the sale price Is
: $5.50 ';. '"'
All necessary alterations free. Other changes made at
reasonable prices, .j ' .
Straw Hats, What's Left, At One-half Price. S5
S. BEIUVAIJGER
The Oat Fttet
CLOTHfH
i.
Put year burdens on us. That's wM we are here forTo
hp T solre yotir batineti problema. Send us your Ad with'
remitUnce the rest comes e-uickly and easily Classed De-