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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD . Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2iK For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be mad. VOL. XXXVIII. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 2, 1916. NO. 26. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER jiappsniOgS Of ThiS and Other NatiQSS For Seven Days Are Given. THE HEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place la the South- land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Foreign Rritisn casualties since the war be- are now piu.eeu at ata.iD uiucers i -3 a. ,r in t fry r t and men. Of the total 24,122 were of ficers. ' - Germany and Great Britain have valued at $467,150 since the war be- rU it is officially announced in Stock- holm Germany has been the worst offender, with England a close sec- onj I David Lloyd George, minister of mu- . . T- - T - I nitidis oi me isnusn empire, gave out i an interview in which he says that the war has just begun for England, and he is absolutely sure tnat victory wiil perch on the British colors. By spring he says the British army will overwhelm in numbers and munitions tie whole Teutonic torce arrayed against the British empire. Sir Edward Grey declared In tne British house ot commons tnat ureat Britain had no right to wrongfully in- terfere with neutrals obtaining nec- essary supplies for themselves, prac- tically contending, in the debate on the blockade question, that it would be impossiDie to esiaDiisn an enecuve line of blockade and forbid any and all ships to go through. I The Greek crown prosecutor, upon government orders, has commenced proceedings against ex-Premier Veni- zelos. What he is charged with does not appear, but it is stated that if he is not in court when the case is called he will be arrested. A duel occurred between two naval officers, M. Courmoulis and M. Melas, at Athens, Greece. The disagreement grew out of the forced resignation of M. Melas brother as secretary to the king. M. Courmoulis was wounded, It is stated on good authority that negotiations between the entente pow- ers and Greece for a loan are pro gressing favorably. The Allan line steamer Pomeranian (English) outward bound from Glas gow for Canada, has been disabled in a terrific gale and made for Queens- town. All aboard are reported safe. Bernardo and Frederico Duran, Mexican cattle thieves, condemned to die by the Carranza authorities for the killing of Bert Akers at San Lo- renzo, near the international bounda- ry, were executed in the cemetery at Juarez, Mexico. The brothers died shouting curses on all Americans. I Domestic Irving and Herbert Updike, recently indicted in Chicago for conspiracy to murder their father, mother and sis- ter, have been released from the coun- ty jails in bonds of $30,000 each. The father of the defendants asked the state attorney to quash the indict- ment, as he does not wish to prose- cute his own sons. it. t,- oc, cat -nror-a A UU1 UillLCU OLCX-LO OVXU.it- O w s I I HmwuoH in the T?in arnnde river near Progreso, Texas, while attempting to swim -.cc to r-iwr- tr. rpsriip two colleagues who had been captured by armed Mexican civilians while bath ing in the river. The bodies of two American cow boys. Benjamin Snell and Frank Woods, have been found west of Cusi nuiriachic, according to news sent out from Chihuahua. Robert Strawbridge has . been declar ed the organizer of the first Method ist society of the United States by the three commissions of the Methodist Episcopal, the Methodist Protestant and the Southern Methodist churches appointed to settle the question of pri ority between Philip Embury and Rob- er Strawbridge. The commission held its sesesions in Baltimore, Fer the relief of Jews suffering in Europe as a result of the great war, approximately $25,200 was raised at an Atlanta, Ga., mass meeting held by the Jews. A bill which was intended to sub mit a constitutional amendment pro viding for state-wide prohibition, was defeated in the upper house of the Kentucky legislature, where it origi nated, According to estimates attributed to be accurate, three-fifths of the bonded spirits and whiskies in the United States are in Kentucky ware bouses. Incomplete returns from the Demo cratic state-wide primary in Louisiana indicate that Ruffin G. Pleasant, pres ent attorney general, has defeated T. C. Barrett, m-esent lieutenant trover- nor. Both are citizens of Shreveport. State-wide prohibition was an issue, but lost, Chicago physicians say there is no change in the condition of Miss Min nie Werner, who fell from the six teenth floor of a building there, sus taining, it appears so far, only minor injuries. The chances seem excellent for her recovery. Two cars of the Great Northern's westbound Cascade limited train were swept down the mountainside by an avalanche near Corea station, Wash ington, and the death list is renorted as containing the names of six. Four bodies have been recovered and taken to Seattle. Two other passengers are cussing. I Thomas P. Sale, 55, warden of the North Carolina penitentiary at Ral eigh, died of apoplexy a half hour af ter he had -superintended the electro cution of two negroes who were con victed on circumstantial evidence. Suffering and danger from floods snow and intebfee cold In the Rocky Mountain region ' accompanies the storm which struck the Pacific coast. Near Dalles, Wash., a freight train col lided with a worlt train during a blind ing snowstorm, killing six men. Havre, Mont., reports 54 degrees below zero. Every stream in eastern Arkansas is at the flood stage as a result of aJ- most incessant rains and in several sections the situation is regarded as grave. Both the White and Arkansas rivers have spread over large areas of lowlands. At least fifty persons were killed when the lower Otay valley dam broke, releasing a wall of water thir ty feet high. Twenty-five farm homes werew recked. Rescuers were unable to reach the scene of the disaster, as all bridges were washed out and the swollen streams were so treacherous it was impossible to launch boats to go to the rescue. An area 15 miles I 1 J J A ? 1 1 J AT- wiue ana iwo miies long arouna ine Otay valley, California, which is near Oo - n T"irt ic nirnntAf A1 an. uicsu, uctaswicu, Washington Louis D. Brandeis. a lawyer of Boston, Mass.. a Jew by birth, has been nomi nated by President Wilson to succeed judge Joseph Rucker Lamar of Geor gia on the Supreme court bench. He is an independent in politics, with Democratic leanings a suggestion that all the belligerent countries subscribe to a declaration Gf principles governing attacks on mer chant vessels and forbidding the arm ing cf such vessels has been made by the United States, in aa effort to establish in international law a gen- eral policy disposing of many of the vexatious questions arising from the development of submarine warfare The United States has addressed an- other inquiry to Austria asking if any Gf its submarine commanders have any knowledge of the destruction of the British liner Persia. A statement that they had none has never been received in Washington. State department of ficials say they have exhausted every othef effort to establish what caused the sinking of the Persia President Wilson explains his change of attitude toward the tariff commission, frankly stating that he chanced his mind "because the cir- cumstances of the whole world had changed." The Shackelford good roads bill, carrying an appropriation of $25,000,- 000 to aid the states in improving post roads, was passed by the house, 281 to 81. Three members voted 'present, The United States has rejected as being partially unsatisfactory Germa- ny's latest proposal in the Lusitania negotiations. There wifl be another conference between Secretary Lan sing and Count von Bernstorff, at - which the German ambassador will submit another confidential tentative proposal having embodied in it the requirements of the United States The Supreme court declared tne in- come tax constitutional and swept aside, by unanimous decision, every contention raised against it and open ed the way for increasing the tax rate on great fortunes Proposals are pending m congress to tax incomes of more than $1,000,000 as high as 50 per cent. Amendments - i : i. -tit- v n i w axe yenumg lu tui -nc - comes below $3,000 and make graded increases to the surtaxes on incomes exceeding $20,000 a year. Germany has submitted to the Unit ed States another proposal designed ! to bring about a settlement of the con i troversy over the sinking of the steam ship Lusitania, with a loss of more than one hundred American lives. It is stated that great secrecy surrounds the proposal. European War The result of the anxiously-awaited debate in the British house of com mons on the blockade question is that the British government will ad here to its existing policy. Hand-to-hand fighting between the French and Germans near Neuville took place when the French tried to re-take trenches captured from them by the Germans. Berlin reports that all attacks were repulsed. The French report taking mine cra ters from the Germans, and in mining operations in the Argonne forest have destroyed the German trenches. - The Turks claim to have repulsed another British attack in Mesopota mi a. statins that the British were forced to discontinue after "appalling losses Aside from the usual bombardments and mining operations and aeroplane raids,, little fighting is going on in any of the theaters of the war except Mesopotamia. The Russian in the neighborhood of Erzerum have won another victory from the Turks. The Turkish loss was severe, ana me ..u5sia.ii jivwiy is said by military criticis to offset the British defeat in Mesopotamia. Bulgarian invaders in Albania have met defeat at the hands of the Al banian troops led by Essad Pasha, provisional president of Albania. Italy has captured positions from the Austrians near Oslavia and cap tured upward of 2,000 prisoners. . The British in Mesopotamia suffer ed a somewhat severe reverse in their endeavor to reach the besieged town of Kute-l-Amara, leaving three thou sand dead on the field, while the Tur kish loss was comparatively slight The British requested a truce of one day, which was granted, in order that thq dead mignt De Duriea. AMERICA IS NOT AFRAID OF ANYBODY PPESIDENT IS ONLY AFRAID OF NOT BEING READY TO DO DUTY. HE SOLEMNLY WARNS NATION ! Time May Come When He Cannot Keep United States Out of War and Maintain Honor. Cleveland. Ohio. President Wilson. speaking as he said "solemnly," warn de the nation that the time may come when he cannot both keep the United States out of war and maintain its honor. He declared that the country must be prepared to defend itself and prepared at once. "America is not afraid of anybody," he said. "I know I reflect your feel ing and the feeling of all our citizens when I say the only thing I am afraid of is not being ready to per form mv duty. I am afraid of the danger of inadequacy : I am afraid of the danger of not being able to express the chief character of this country with tremendous might and effective ness whenever we are called upon to act in the field of the world's affairs.' "Let me tell you "very solmenly you cannot oostDone this thine," he de clared. "I do not know what a sin gle day may bring forth. I do not wish to leave you with the impression that I am thinking of some partciular danger. "I merely wish to tell you that we are daily treading amidst intricate dangers. The dangers that we are treading amongst are not of our own making and not under cur control. I think no man in the United States knows what a single week, a single day may bring for them." Pittsburg. President Wilson open ed his six-day speaking tour of the Middle West by addressing an audi ence of more than 4,000 that pack ed Memorial Hall here, later appear ing before an overflow meeting where his hearers were mostly women. In both addresses he set forth the need for a program of national defense and at the larger meeting said that the test of national preparedness lay not with congress, but with the young men of the country in their answer to the call to volunteer and the' employers who should oppose no obstacle to free response. He believed, he added, that both the young men and the employers will do their duty and that he was not afraid America will not do enough. FLOOD SWEEPS OTAY VALLEY. Repeated Floods Drowned Over 100. Bin Property Loss. San Diego. Cal., by wireless to San Francisco. One hundred lives have been lost, as nearly as any estimate can show, and charming little valleys for 50 miles north of the Mexican line lie desolate from floods and iloudbursts. WTith the death toll in the Otay Vol ley seeming established at 50 and all relief agencies working in that direc tion, reports reached here of floods sweeping the San Luis Rey and San Pasquel Valleys, doubling the loss of life. Looting, described by Rear Admiral Fullam, commanding the Pacific re serve fleet, as "The worst I have ever seen,' broke out in the Otay Valley, flood swept by the breaking of the Otay dam. The lower valley was turned into an armed camp patrolled by marines and sailors from the bat tleshin Oregon and the cruisers Mil waukee and South Dakota in San Diego Bay with orders to shoot loot ers on sight. The sailors and marines toiled hard to recover the bodies of those who lost their lives in the disaster and at sundown 29 bodies, some of which were mutilated had been gathered to gether. A new flood poured down the Tia Juana River which has risen four foet at its mouth at the foot of San Diego May. Officials here said that this undoubtedly indicated the burst ing of the Morena dam, 60 miles back in the hills-. ZeDDelin Raids Paris. Paris. A Zeppelin dirigible passed swiftly over a section of Paris drop- nine about a dozen great bombs, which killed 24 persons and injured 27. Warnings were given again shortly before 10 o'clock and a sec ond air attack was momentarily ex pected bv the residents of the dark ened city. The fact that only one German machine appeared leads to the belief that the Zeppelin was making a reconnoiterine trip and the supposi tion is that the Germans have in view. a similar operation on a larger scale. Retired Rear Admiral Barker Dead. Washington. Rear Admiral Albert S Barker, retired, who served from 18G2 to 1905 and who" at various neriods in his career, was command ant of the Norfolk, New York and Mare Island Navy Yards, died at his home here of pneumonia. Admiral Barker was a native of Hanson, Mass., and was 72 years old. He became an ensign in 1862 and took part m the capture of New Orleans. Later he commanded the U. S. S. Enterprise and ran a line of deep-sea soundings around the world. WILSON NOMINATES LOOISD. BRANDEIS TO SUCCESS THE LATE JUSTICE LAMAR ON SUPREME COURT BENCH, t WAS A COMPLETE SURPRISE i Senate and All Official Washington Received News Without ; Fore warning. Washington. Louis D. Brandeis of Boston was nominated by President Wilson for the place on the Supreme Court bench made vacant by the death of Associate Justice Lamar. The Senate received the nomina tion with unconcealed surprise in which all official Washington joined, because Mr. Brandeis had not been mentioned among the long list of eligibles which President Wilson con sidered, or among an equally long list of aspirants who presented en dorsements. Some Senators announced to their colleagues they were opposed to the nomination, but declined to be quot ed to that effect. The, only Senator found who was willing to publicly record his opposition at this time was Senator Wadsworth, Republican, of New York. Senators who aproved the nomina tion were not lacking, although they, too, avoided public expression of their views. They felt sure however they could command the necessary major ity to confirm the appointment. It was learned that among the en dorsements sent to the President urg ing .Mr. Brandeis' appointment was one from Gifford Pinchot, former chief forestor, whose celebrated controversy with Secretary Ballinger brought Mr. Brandeis into the public eye six years ago. He appeared as chief counsel for the forces opposing the former Secre tary of the Interior in the noted Bal-linger-Pinchot controversy which sent its ramifications into many phases of national politics at the outset of Pres ident Taft's administration. Although celebrated as a lawyer, Mr. Brandeis has been devoting prac tically all his time of late to the Zion ist movement in this country which has for its object the repatriation of the Jews to a nation of their own in Palestine. Some , of the Senators disposed to express opposition to Mr. Brandeis were Democrats who sought to put their objections on political grounds. Senator James of Kentucky, the native state of Mr. Brandeis, unreservedly told them the nominee was a Demo crat. Justice Lamar, whom he would succeed, also was a Democrat. Six of the eight Justices now on the bench are Republicans. FORCE TO PROTECT COAST. Colonel Haan Says $1,025,000 Men Necessary to Protect Coast. Washington. Why a force of at least 1,025,000 men would be needed to protect the "vital areas" of the Uni ted States against a strong enemy was detailed to the senate military committee by Lieut. Col. W. G. Haan, a member of ths. war department board which spent several years work ing out defense 1 ws. , L D. BRANDEIS Louis D. Brandeis, new Associate Justice of Supreme Court. - President Starts on Tour. Washington. President Wilson left Washington for .a speaking tour in the Middle West in advocacy of his preparedness program. He has' been told that most of the opposition to the army and navy increases . is centered in that section of the country and be lieves that success of his defense plans depends in large measure on the im pression he "makes. He will remain away from Washington until Febru- uary 4. The president will go over the army and Davy programs minute ly and touch cu other questions. PRESIDENT WILSON SPEAKS IN NEW YORK URGES SPEEDY READJUSTMENT OF ARMY BEFORE NEW YORK AUDIENCES. WAS IN A FIGHTING MOOD Declared He Always Accepted an In- vitation to Fight. Defends His Policy in Mexico. New York. President Wilson open ed his personal appeal to the country for national defense. He gave warn ing that plans for the readjustment of the Army must be formulated and car ried out without delay and solemnly declared he could not predict that the outlook for the United States would be as bright tomorrow as today. Speaking at banquets of the Railway Business Association and the Motion Picture Board of Trade, he sounded the keynote of addresses that he will deliver in the Middle West. Mr. Wilson was in a fighting mood throughout his address. In a speech- delivered early in the day, he declar ed he always accepted an invitation to fight. At night he told the railroad men he was an advocate of peace and had struggled to keep the United States at peace, but he considered the liberty and honor of the Nation even more than peace. "Woe to any man who plays mar plot or who seeks to make party politics or personal ambition take precedence over candor, honor and unselfish,- unpartisan service," said the President in speaking of his de fense plan before the railroad men, He declared that the country expects action; this is a year of accounting and the accounting must be definite on the part of parties and on the part of every individual who wishes to enjoy the public confidence. "For my part, I hope every man in public life will get what's coming to him," said Mr. Wilson amid laughter and applause. The President at both banquets and all during his day's visit to New York was greeted with enthusiasm. On his ride between the hotels where the banquets were held he was escorted by a band and the Ninth Command of Coast Artillery of the New York Nat ional Guard. Thousands of persons packed the streets and cheered him as he -went by. During his speech before nearly 1,- ,500 business men at the railway ban quet, where he cast aside almost en tirely the text of the address he had previoulsy prepared for delivery there he was frequently interrupted by ap plause. - The President admitted that In a message to the last Congress he had said the need for preparedness was not pressing. . He declared that he had learned something in the mean time. He cited his recent support of a tariff commission as another In stance of a change on his part, but declared that previously there was no need for such a commission. Mr. Wilson spoke of men of high character who were clouding the pre paredness issue. He declared they were provincial and that the United States could no longer cut herself off from the rest of the world. The President vigorously defended his Mexican policy. He asserted that to invade Mexico would mean the losing of the confidence of the rest of the Western Hemisphere. He cited the freing of Cuba as an instance of good done by the United States. "If we are drawn into the mael strom which now surges in Europe, the President declared, "we shall not be permitted to do the high things we would prefer." The President detended "the con flnental army plan drawn up by Sec retary Garrison and said that he did not care about details of any plan as long as 500,000 trained men were provided as reserves under the Fed eral Government. He advocated strengthening the National Guard, but said the Constitution itself put the guard under the state. He added that the United States will not turn in the direction of militarism. Protest In MaU Matter. Washington The text of the Amerl 2&n protest to Great Britain against interference with neutral mails just made public reveals that diplomatic and consular dispatches . have been treated in a manner the United States considered "vexatiously inquisi torial." The note describes the prac tlces of British officials as "unwar ranted interference" , and in urgently requesting a prompt reply points out that a "strong feeling is being arous ed" in this country by loss of valu able letters. Foreign banks are refusing to cash American drafts because ; they have no assurances that drafts are secure in the mails. The United States de dares that parcel d?ost ' articles are entitled to the exemption of neutral trade and denies the right of Great Britain to take neutral mail ships into British jurisdiction for purposes of searc hand then submit them to local censorship regulations. It also denies that the British government has any authority over neutrals' sealed mail?, on ships which merely touch at Brit ish port- WRITES TO HOUSE LEADER HAS CHANGED HIS MIND BE CAUSE CIRCUMSTANCES HAVE CHANGED. URGING NEW TARIFF BODY However There is No Change 'n His Attitude Toward Protection Ques tion. Deal Only With Facts. Washington. President Wilson sent a letter to Chairman Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Commit tee explaining why he had withdrawn his opposition to a tariff commission and now was urging the creation of such a body by Congress. He wrote frankly that he had changed his mind because "all the circumstances of. the world had changed." Declaring that he had "no thought whatever of a change in attitude to ward 'the so-called protection ques tion" the President said the proposed commission would have nothing to do with theories of policy but would h,e charged only with the duty of seeking facts to guide Congress in legislation. In another letter to Mr. Kitchin he had set forth fully his ideas of what a traiff commission should be and urged that the Ways and Means committee consider the matter immediately. He favored a wholly non-parti3an, expert organization. T have changed my mind," said the letter, "because all the circum stances of the world have changed and it seems to me that in view of the extraordinary and far-reaching changes which the European war has brought about it is absolutely neces sary that we1 should have a compe tent instrument of inquiry along the whole line of the many questions which affect our foreign commerce. "I have had in this change of mind no thought whaeyer of a change of attitude towards the socalled protec tion question. That is neither here nor there. A commission such as I have sug gested would have nothing to do with theories of policy. They would deal only with facts and the facts which they would seek ought to be the act ual facts of industry and of the cou- ditions of economic exchange prevail ing in the world, so that legislation of every kind htat touched these matters might be guided by the circumstances disclosed In its inquiries. ASKS CONGRESS TO SPEED UP. President Anxious That Congress Work and Adjourn in June. Washington. Agitation for greater congressional activity on the Admin istration legislative program receiv ed new impetus when President Wil son asked Majority Leader Kitchin to "speed up" work on the House side of the Capitol and later discussed the subject with other leaders of both houses. The President is anxious that Congress finish its work and adjourn in June before the political conven tions. The outstanding features of the leg islatlve program for . the next few months, as Mr. Kitchin forsees thehm, are: A tariff Commission bill will be re ported by the Ways and Means Com mittee. .No revenue measure is likely to be reported until after the military and naval committees bring in their bills. This may be weeks or months. No waterways projects and no new public building bills will be consider ed. An anti-dumning clause for the tariff law may be reported later. In addition the shipping bill and the Philippine bill are expected by other congressional leaders to attract much attention. Turks Check British. Berlin, by wireless to Sayville. The British force going to the relief of the troops surrounded by Turks at Kut-el-Amara attacked the Turkish position near Menlari on January 23 but were repulsed. Glanders in Richmond. Richmond, Va. Dr. J. G. Ferney hough, state veterinarian, inagurated a strict quarantine against the big British stockyards at Newport Newt because of an epidemic of glanders He said mules to the value of $18,000 already had been shot, and that over $800,000 worth of horses and mules awaiting shipment, are endangered The British officers in charge, led by General Bridges, he reports, are ex erting every known means of com batting the disease. Miners Will Not Strike. Indianapolis, Ind. After a long dis cussion in convention the delegates representing nearly 400,000 union coal miners in the United States decided that in the event new wage scales have not ben negotiated by the time existing contracts expire they will re main at work so long as there is hope of drawing up agreements. This de cision of the United Mine Workers of America was made by an overwhelm ing majority and endorses the policy of President John White, who advo cated the step v WARDEN SALES OF RALEIGH DEAD DEATH FOLLOWS SHORTLY AF TER ELECTROCUTION OF TWO NEGRO MURDERERS. STRAIN PROVED TOO MUCH Expired Shortly After Completing Task. Had Been State Prison Warden Eight Years. Raleigh. The strain of applying th electric current for a double electro cution at the state's prison proved too much for Warden Thomas P. Sales and he expired at his desk only a lit tle while after his task was completed. He had just come in from the death chamber and given some instructions to attendants in the prison and seated himself at his desk to adjust some papers when his head dropped for ward on his arms and he struggled for breath a few moments. The physicians : in charge at the electsocution had just left the prison and it was half an hour before physicians could be summoned from the city. It was evi dent to those about Mr. Sales that life was extinct within a very few minutes after he was found at hit desk. Mr. Sales had been warden at the prison for eight years and had applied the electric current for every electro cution since the electric chair has been installed. Warden Sales was a native of Washington county, Georgia, and was 55 years old. He had lived for many years in Raleigh holding responsible positions with the city government for many years before accepting ap pointment as prison warden given him by Governor Kitchin nearly eight years ago. He was for several timet prominently mentioned for mayor of Raleigh. ' Mr. Sales was twice married; first to Miss Jackson of this city, and af ter her death to Miss Georgia Womack of Winston-Salem. Mrs. Sales and four children survive. It was only a few moments after the dozen witnesses and prison at tendants had left Mr. Sales' office that he was found with hts face in his arms and breathing as" in a heavy snore. He' had just procured the signature of the 12 witnesses to the death certificates of Walker and Dor- sett and; disposed of the last detail of the electrocution when he seemed to collapse at his desk. A newspaper man entered the warden's office and seeing him lean ing forward upon his desk, spoke to him, then shook him by the shoulder, but failed to arouse him from an evi dent stupor. Prison attendants quick ly followed into the room, hurried mes sages were sent to physicians, and every effort was made to resusitate the warden, but in vain. He was dead within a few moments after he was discovered. Soy Bean Is Important. West Raleigh. The soy bean will spen up a new field of Industry to North Carolina farmers, if indications which look encouraging are to be con sidered as worth anything. C. R. Wil liams, in charge of the division of agronomy of the experiment statior at West Raleigh .announces that every day he is receiving inquiries frrvm crushers nf the sov bean and manufacturers of soy bean products asking information about the crop in North Carolina. Mr. Williams says that an approx imate yjeld of the 1915 crop in the state is placed at 1,000,000 bushels, and that tie average yield the acre is about 20 bushels. The principal section of the state where the crop is grown is the eastern part, but it is well adapted to the Piedmont and western part of the state. Relief Branch Formed. Asheville. With Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt as president, Mrs. Arthur R. Rees as vice president and Mrs. Charles Hartwell Cooke as secretary, a branch of the American Relief As sociation was formed here for the pur pose of securing aid for tjie war suf ferers of Europe. Moonlight School In Pitt. Greenville. The Interest in moon light schools is growing. There are nearly IsO adults enrolled. It Is re markable how soon they learn to read and write. Many over 70 have en rolled and are learning faster than any child. Men above 50 learn to read and write in a few nights and the wonder is why any one will not enroll. One man 58 could read and write after 12 nights instruction. An other two years his junior learned in five nights. Men nearing four-score are learning and are happy over it. Boundary Land Case Settled. Asheville. Although its deeds call for land described as lying in Tennes see and North Carolina whereas the highest court in the land has decreed that the land is. all In North Carolina, the Babcock Lumber Company was awardei the land along the Tennessee line which has been in controversy for the past several days in United States District Court, with the Bab cock Lumber Company as complain ants and B. P. Grant and 31 others as defendants.