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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance s&Z&'W ! A IT : mw At Wit Hflt THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions . - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $20 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXVIII. , PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, FEBRUARY 9, 1916. NO. 27. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and . Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS J)FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South. land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Foreign The Canadian parliament, which was rated as one of the finest Gothic structures on the American continent, has been destroyed by fire The police frown upon the theory that a plot was responsible for the destruction or that the fire was set by a bomb, but the tire chief insists that the fire "was et" and says fee heard several explo sions. ." In the destruction of the Canadian" parliament building only two bodies Mesdames Bray and Morin, guests of the wife of the speaker- of parlia ment have been recovered. The prop erty loss is said to have been six mil lion dollars. Great Britain's monetary loss in the war so far totals three billion dol lars. Great Britain is said to be contem plating a loan to her colonies approx imating 600,000,000 pounds sterling. Increases in the British navy and placing 4,000,000 men in the field are contemplated this spring. Gen, Francisco Villa, with a mule train of stolen gold bullion, is head ing toward the international line in the Bosque Bonito country near Sierra Blanca, Texas. It is thought possible the rebel chief will be surrounded and apprehended. Yussof Izzedin, heir-apparent to the Turkish throne, committed suicide at Constantinople, as a result of ill health He had been active in poli tics since the succession to the throne of the present sultan. Rioting, which began in Lisbon, Por tugal, three days ago on account of the increased price of food articles, has not been quelled, and one person is reported as having been killed and severaT wounded. Information received in military quarters at Athens indicates that Ger man and Bulgarian troops, supported by 150,000 Turks, are ' likely to begin an attack on the Franco-British forces at Saloniki. Washington The word "illegal," as differently interpreted in the United States and Germany, protrudes from the tenta tive draft of the Lusitania agreement, perfected by Ambassador von Bern storff and Secretary Lansing, as the stumbling block which has caused Berlin to refer to the negotiations as having reached a crisis and "Washing ton to characterize the situation as grave. German officials believe, it is stated in Washington, that their previous promise to discontinue sinking unre sisting merchantmen without warning, brings the submarine campaign with in the pale of international law, and that any inclusion of that phase in the Lusitania agreement is unneces sary and humiliating to the German imperial government. Action by the foreign relations com mittee extending a financial protecto rate over Haiti has been deferred. Acquisition of more territory at both the Atlantic and Pacific entrances of the Panama canal has-been recom mended to the war department by Brigadier General Edwards to increase the safety of the waterways and strengthen the military defenses. The long-fought treaty to pay Colom bia 125,000,000 and express regret for the partition of Panama was ordered favorably reported to the senate . by the foreign relations committee, with amendments reducing the indemnity to $15,000,000 and making the expres sion of regret mutual to both the Unit ed States and Colombia. A bare ma jority of one vote put the treaty out of the committee and into the senate. The foreign relations committee has ordered a favorable report on the trea ty to pay Nicaragua' $3,000,000 for an interoceanic canal route and naval base in the bay of Fonseca. United States naval officers agree that the cruise of the Appani and the operatipns of the mysterious raider which took her prisoner deserves a place in the naval history of the war beside the consummate daring of the Emden and the Prince Eitel Friedrich and the Kronprinz Wilhelm. Secretary Lansing announces that he has addressed Ambassador Morgen thau, ambassador at Constantinople, a communication anent the sinking of the Persia, for presentation to the Turkish government. It is announced here that there were 452 persons on board the Appam, the British vessel which now lies off Old Point Comfort. The president says the navy is ef fectively equipped for war at an in stant's notice, but is not nearly large enough. . . The president and members of his party have been well pleased with the success of his meetings in-Pittsburg and Cleveland. The arrangements have been kept strictly non-partisan, and Republicans and Democrats have joined in welcoming him. His demands for increased' preparedness have met with warm responses from his audi ences. In each speech, he has asked support for his national defense plans Irom all people, regardless of party, In the name of the British owners of the , steamship Appam, Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador, has lodged with the state department a formal request that the ship bv turned over to British consul, under the English construction of the terms of The Hague convention. t The Philippine bill, which is intend ed to extend to the islands a greater degree of self-eovernment. and which authorizes the president to grant them absolute independence within four years, has passed the senate by the vote of 52 to 24. Domestic Several hundred rjersons were im periled in the overflowed area of southwestern Arkansas. At Gould, two hundred . refugees were crowded into the few buildings which withstood the rush of water pouring through the crevasses m the Arkansas river levee at Cummins. A sharp wind, with the temperature at freezing point, added to the suffering of the j refugees. All available boats and supplies have been hurried to the stricken section. Three 8-inch turret guns removed from the cruiser Colorado for ship ment to Washington went into the Port Orchard bay (Washington) by the capsizing of a barge. The guns were valued at $150,000. Plans providing the United States army with a reserve corps of at least thirty thousand civilian engineers, for coast and other defense work in time of war, which would enable regular army engineers to be released for oth er duties, have been approved by the American Society of Civil Engineers and many other scientific bodies. The National Aeroplane Fund being raised for the development of a coun try-wide aerial reserve for the Nation al Guard and naval militia of the sev eral states, has passed the $350,000 mark, the Aero Club of America an nounces. Thieves at night in Wilmington, Del., carried a 200-pound iron safe contain ing $2,000 in money and much valua ble jewelry from the residence of Mrs. Lammont DuPont at Pennsylva nia avenue and Rising Sun lane, so quietly that nobody has been able to figure out how the job was done, and then, like the Arab, silently stole into the darkness, leaving no clue behind. The United States has made prepa rations" for immediate war as far as the navy is concerned, although the present naval force is inadequate in size, President Wilson declared in an address before several thousand per sons in the auditorium at Chicago Two thousand persons are being cared for at the refuge camp establish ed at Hickman, Ky., when the West Hickman levee broke under the press ure of the Mississippi flood and drove residents of that section from their homes. The federal government has been petitioned to take entire charge of the situation. According to Dr. Henry K. Carroll, associate secretary of the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in Amer ica, the number of church members in the United States and its territo ries in 1915 was 39,380,718, a gain over 1914 of 653,640. This number in cludes Jews publicly affiliated with synagogues. European War From Belgium to the Vosges moun tains, both sides are hurling shells at ODDosine positions and there has been oonsiderable grenade fighting and sapping operations. The British artillery has shelled the German trenches between the Somme and Ancre rivers and British sappers have countermined and destroyed by an explosion a mine crater held by the Germans north of Hulluch. The Germans have" heavily bom barded British trenches around Elver dinghe,. northwest, of Tpres and near Loos. Two Greek soldiers, five refugees and seven workmen were killed and fiftv civilians were injured by the in flammable bombs dropped from the ZeDDelin raid at Saloniki, Greece. No damage was done to military build ings. Given ud for lost days ago, the Brit ish passenger line Appam, plying in the West African trade, appeared like an aDDarition in Hampton Roads," off the Virginia coast, flying the German naval ensign and with her ship's com pany under guard of a German prize crew. She brought word of a mys terious German commerce raider, the Moewe, which now roams the seas, and had on board the crews of seven British merchantmen and admiralty transports captured by the Moewe be fore she seized the Appam. A board of inquiry is making an In vestigation into the mysterious death nf Sfirsreant Hugo Perry of the ma chine gun company, Eleventh United states cavalry, whose dead body, en twined in ropes, and who is supposed tn have been strangled to death, was found in the basement of troop E build in? at Fort Oglethorpe, near Chatta nooga, Tenn. The idea of suicide or murder is hooted, and it is the con census of opinion that death resulted fmm a neculiar accident. . The Russians are gradually sur rounding Erzerum, the Turkish stronghold in the Caucasus. It is said the Turkish authorities have al readv fled from the city. The Russians have captured many prisoners and ma chine guns. A raid by six or seven Zeppelin i airshiDs took place over the eastern, northeastern and midland counties of England. A "number of bombs were dropped, but no considerable damage i reDorted. A resumption of these raids had been expected by the British authorities,, and preparation nas been going on for their receDtion, RIVER FLOODS DO SERIOUS DAMAGE BREAKS IN ARKANSAS RIVER TO LEVEFS DISASTROUS LARGE SECTION. THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS Sixteen Lives Have Been Lost. Prop erty Damage Will Run Into Hun dreds of Thousands. Little Rock. The rapidly widening lake in southeastern Arkansas, form ed by the flood waters of the Arkan- sa river pouring through breaks in the levees, had engulfed a score of towns, leaving several thousand per sons homeless. Sixteen lives have been lost in the last few days, and damage that probably will run into hundreds of thousands of dollars has resulted in the rich farming territory. Still greater damage is feared if the Mississippi continues to rise as in the last few days. Predicated stages at Arkansas City would endanger the le vees there and a break in the Missis sippi levees would precipitate a ser ious situation in the river valley. All day the 700 men who remained in Arkansas City toiled in an effort to strengthen the levees against the fast rising waters and they were hopeful that the levees would hold and the town be saved. The narrow strip of levfee is the only land in sight there. On one side is the river, swol len until its surface is 15 feet above the level of the town. On the other side of the levee is the great flood lake nearly 40 miles long and 20 miles wide. From It only the upper stories of buildings in Arkansas City pro trude. At the levee are three steam boats, one of which is ready to carry the workers to safety should they lose their battle with the flood. They are living in the second stories of their homes and in box cars on the levee. GERMANS HARD PRESSED. Fourteen Thousand Interned in Span ish Guinea, West Africa. London. The British are Dressing the Germans hard "in the Kameran region of German West Epuatorial Africa. A Spanish official communi cation says that 900 Germans and 14,- 000 of her colonial troops have cross ed the southwest border and sought asylum in Spanish Guinea, where they were disarmed and interned. Excepton the Western line in France and Belgium and on the Cau casus front, little fighting of moment is in progress in any of the war the aters. In northwest Russia there have been aerial raids by both the Germans and Russians and in Galicia and Bu kowina small infantry and grenade at tacks. At one point along the line where the Russian general Ivanoff is iriJcommand the Russians found a sys tem of Teuton mines and having wired it. detonated the mines. The British and French in Bel gium haves helled, with destructive effect, German trenches in Boesinghe, and the French heavy guns have si lenced a German battery to the east of Boesinghe. Canadians Warned. Guelph, Ont. After the fire at the Jardine munitions plant at Hespler warnings were received by the chief of police that an attempt was to be made to destroy the winter fair buildings in this city that now are occupied by the military and the arm ories where two batteries are housed Special guards were assigned to these points as well as to several of the factories in the city. Ferdinand Will Visit Germany. ' T5a.l?n -irla T.nnHnn TCfnsr Tferrlinand UCl liU T . jvyw. O of Bulgaria is coming to Germany, it has just ' been learned to return the visit paid by Emperor William to the King of Nish, Serbia, on January 18. British Steamship Sunk London. The British steamship Balgownie, 1,061 tons gross, has been sunk. The' crew, with the exception of the second officer, was saved. Wilson Thinks Appam a Prize. Washington. President Wilson , Is understood to hold "the opinion that the British steamship Appam, brought into the Hampton Roads by a German crew, must be considered as a prize of Germany under the Prussian-Amer ican treaty of 1628. It wa stated that this accords with the view of the state department. The president has not had an opportunity to discuss with Secretary Lansing the details of the case and therefore no final decis ion has been reached. Great Fighting Machine. New York. The United States has in its navy the nucleus of the greatest fighting machine in the world, accord ing to Frank J. Sprague, chairman of the committees on electricity and shipbuilding of the naval consulting board', who returned here after spend ing a month aboard the battleship New York and witnessing the amn euvers of the Atlantic fleet in South ern waters. Mr. Sprague declared the two most vital requirements of the navy at present are more officers and men and efficiency, in target practice PARLIAMENT HOUSE AT 0TTA1BURNED FIRE WAS CAUSED BY GAS BOMB OR AN INFERNAL MACHINE. SEVERAL MEN ARE BURNED Building Was Valued at $5,000,000 and the Contents Were 'of Inesti , mible Value. Ottawa - 6nt.rThe historic Cana dian Parliament building was destroy ed by a fire declared unofficiallly to have been caused by the explosion .of a gas bomb or an infernal machine. Two women, guests of the wife of Speaker Sevigny, were overcome by smoke and perished. Several police men and firemen were buried under debris when one end "of the building collapsed. The number of persons taken to hospitals had not been de termined. Frederick F. Pardee, chief liberal whip, and William S. Loggie, a member of Parliament from New Brunswick are missing and it is fear ed they have lost their lives. Two Dominion policemen and two house of commons attendants are de clared to have been killed when the roof fell. It has been established that the first burst of flame in the reading room of the House of Commons was preceded by at least one explosion and possibly by two. The flames spread so rapidly that the Ottawa fire brigade was utterly helpless. Aid was sent from Montreal on a special train. The loss cannot be estimated in money. The building was valued at about $5,000,000, but the contents are of inestimable value. There was no insurance; At midnight the commons and senate chambers had been de stroyed and as the great clock boom ed out the hour flames were swirling up the magnificent tower and licking their way to its top. Soldiers were as signed to carry out its contents. Among those severely burned was Minister of Agriculture Burrell, who fell unconscious after plunging through a curtain of fire and groping his way along smoke-filled corridors. The Canadian Parliament buildings were erected from 1859 to 1865 and the cornerstone was laid by the then Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII, In 1860. PRESIDENT WILSON RETURNS. Believes That People Are With Him. Plans Another Tour. Washington. President Wilson has returned to Washington believing that Uie people of the Middle West are with him on the issue of national de fense and are prepared to insist that Congress take speedy action. He fin ished his speaking t?ur at St. Louis. President Wilson's' advisers believe lie has explained clearly why he con siders immediate preparedness imr perative, has won many converts to the movement and lias given new im petus to a discussion of the cause. From the sympathetic attitude of most of his audiences, from the en thusiasm his every appearance in public has evoked, from the huge crowds which have greeted him, they have drawn the conclusion that the people overwhelmingly support his plans at least in the Middle West. The President's official family want him to start soon on another tour Some of them liken his swing through the Middle West to an operation not yet completed. Zeppelin Lost In Sea. London. A Zeppelin airship ahd probably all her crew has been lost In the North Sea and it is possible that she met her fate through the fire of Dutch anti-aircraft guns. An English - trawler reaching Grimsby reports having seen In the North Sea the Zeppelin L-19 partly submerged and with 17 to 20 men clinging to her gas . enevlope. Aid was refused the Germans because they outnumbered the crew of the trawler. Meet at Home of Secretary Daniels. Washington. A meeting was held at the home of Secretary Josephus Daniels by the John Paul Jones Asso ciation, incorporated, for the purpose of discussing and devising plans for preserving "The Grove," which is near Halifax, N. C. TLis was the home of Willie Jones, where John Paul, the great American naval hero, spent a number of vears of his eajrlv life. A large number of prominent ladies and gentlemen attended the gathering, which was addressed . by Secretary Daniels. ' Best Fat for Cooking. Chicken, turkey and duck fat can not be surpassed as a substitute for oil or butter in cooking. The large flakes from fat poultry, or the fat that rises to the top in making broth, should be saved and rendered. When ice cold, it closely resembles butter in looks and 'flavor. The skillful Italian and French cooks always use this fat when making the crust for chicken pie and in Italy one eats cauliflower that has been dipped in butter and then fried crisp and brown in this delecta ble fat. THOUSANDS CHEER 1 PRESIDENTJILSOII DEMANDS BACKING TO DEFEND AMERICAN LIVES AND COM MERCE. HEARD BY A LARGE CROWD Sixteen Thousand In Hall, 20,000 Turn ed Away and Another 10,000 Watch For Him. Kansas City. Mo. President Wilson demanded that steps be begun during the present month to back him up in defending American lives and com merce abroad. His demand met with shouts and applause from, an audience of 16,000 persons who waved Ameri can flags, leaped to their seats and cheered. When the President ceased speak ing he leaned forward and asked the great throng to join him in singing 'America.' The band played softly, the audience stood and the words of the patriotic anthem came in a glori ous burst of song. The big crowd was for the Presi dent from the start. It waited pati ently an hour to see him and cheer ed itself hoarse in a three-minute demonstration when he appeared. Sixteen thousand heard him; 20,000 were turned away and 10,000 more tried to glimpse him as he left ma hotel for the hall. . "Why, some men in Washington are questioning if we could get the 500,000 men for which the Govern ment is asking," he said, at one point of his address. "Would they volunteer?" A man in the far end of the hall shouted "yes" and others echoed the word until the hall was in a turmoil. 'Why, I believe," the President said, "you could raise the 500,000 men in almost any state. I believe you could get 5,000 men right here In this audience. I have been thrilled by the experiences of these last few days, and I will go home to Wash ington and smile at the gentlemen who say the United States Is not awake. "These gallant men who sit on the hill in Washington and make our laws are going to deliver the goods, the crowd cheered. "Don't misun derstand me, they are going to de liver the goods because you want the goods delivered." CHILD LABOR BILL PASSES. House Gives Keating Bill Majority- Vote 337 to 46. Washington. It was by an over whelming majority that the Keating child labor bill passed, the vote being 337 to 46. The North Carolina dele gation to a man voted against the measure, Representative Britt on the ReDubllcan side being conspicuous for his vote against, when the Republi cans voted favorably and unitedly for the act. Representative Webb was again leadine the fight against the act, be ing joined in speaking by Doughton and Britt from North Carolina and representatives from South Carolina. Vigorous speches were made againstwhat was termed infringement of the rights belonging to tne states. The bill will meet strong opposition when it reachse the senate side, as in dicated by the expressed purpose of Senator Overman to prevent its fav orable report from the committee. Explosion Kills Crew. Huntington, W. Va. A 'majority of the crew of thirty men on the tow- boat Sam Brown are believed to have been killed when the boilers of the boat exploded in the Ohio river. Six survivors reached shore on the Ohio side of the river, but no trace has been found of the other members of the crew. The boat sank Immediately. Have Signed Agreement. London. The Adeverul, a newspa Der of Bucharst, declares that Greece and Rumania have signed a dual neu trality convention, according to a dis patch received here by wireless tele graphy from Rome. ' Reoort Columbian Treaty Favorable Washington Reducing the propos ed oavment to Columbia from $25, 000,000 to $15,000,0to and altering the nroDOsed apology of the United States for the partition of Pan-America to make it a mutual expression of re- grete on the part of the United States and Columbia the senate foreign re lations committee ordered a favora ble report on the Columbian treaty. The vote on the treaty was 8 for, to 7 aeainst. Senator Clarke, of Arkan sas, was the only democrat voting against it. Sharp Attack-on Child Labor Bill. Washington "Some of the idle-rich sentimental women who are urging this bill to strike against three or four states of the South will probably wear on their hats flowers made by tiny children of New York tenements that Haver see the sunlight," said Repre sentative Webb, of North Carolina. during debate on the Keating child I labor bill. The measure bars from Interstate- commerce products of child labor. Representative Britt, of North Carolina, declared the bill "an outra geous invasion of state rights.' RAIDER CAPTURES ST BROUGHT ACROSS ATLANTIC TO. HAMPTON ROADS BY GERMAN PRIZE CREW. SHIP THOUGHT TO BE LOST In Addition to Passengers and Crew " Appam Had on Board " Number From Other Ships. Norfolk, Va. Given up for lost days Ago. the British passenger liner Ap pam, plying In the West African trade, appeared like an apparition in. Hampton Roads, flying the German naval ensign and with her ship's com pany under guard of a German prize crew. She brought word of a myster ious German commerce raider, the Moewe, which now roams the seas, and had on board the crews of seven British merchantmen and Admiralty transports captured by the Moewe be fore she seized the Appam and start ed her across the Atlantic for an American port, with Lieutenant Hans Berge ,of the German naval reserves, and 22 men in charge. According to the story told with great reserve by Lieutenant Berge to Collector Hamilton when he formal ly reported his presence in American territorial waters late in the day, the Moewe captured the Appam, bound from Dakara, West Africa, for Liver dooI. after a brief show of resistance, on January 16, 60 miles north of the Madeira Islands. On board the Moewe then were the crews of five vessels, previously captured, all of whom were transferred to the Appam From all reports the raider Is a converted German merchantman with a false canvas forcastle concealing a battery of guns of fairly large call ber. On January 17, she engaged in battle an armed Australian trader, the Clan Mactavish, which she sank after and xeciting combat with a loss of 15 men killed on the Clan Mactav-' ish. The Appam, which was 10 miles awav at the time, in charge of the nrize crew, steamed hurriedly back to the scene and rescued tour members of the crew of the sinking Clan Mac tavish, who were struggling in. the water. Later, under orders from the com mander of the ' raider, Lieutenant Berge headed his prize for American ports and parted company with the Moewe. Nothing has been seen or heard of the raider since, and the Appam steamed across the ocean on an uneventful voyage. On board the Appam all told are 452 persons the prize crew of 22; 20 German civilians who were on their wav to England for internment; 138 seamen captured with the British ship, 114 passengers on. the Appam and the Appam's crew, of 155. WILSON WANTS TO BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN PROTEST. Des Moines, Iowa. President Wil son in addressing the largest audience of his Dresent trip in which he is ad vocating preparedness here asked this question: "Do you want the situation to be such that all the President can do is to write messages and utter words of protest?" "Why, to ask that question is to answer it," he said. "Whenever international : law is violated by one or the other belliger ents," the President said, "America was called upon to register a 'voice of protest of insistance.' . "Do you want the situation to be such that all the President can do is to write messages , and utter words of protest? If these breaches of in ternational law which are in dally danger of. occurring, should touch the very honor of the United States, do you wish to do nothing about it? Do you wish to have all the world say that the flag of the United States can be stained with impunity? Why, to ask the question is to answer it? "I know there is not a man or wo man within the hearing of my voice who would wish peace at the ex pense' of the honor of the United States." Many Middies Fail. Annapolis, Md. It was understood on reliable authority here that 200 midshipmen, or about one-fourth of the entire membership at the Naval Acad emy, will be asked to resign soon be cause of their failure to pass the half yearly examinations. , Many midship men claim that these examinations were much harder than usual, but this is denied by the instructors. The num ber of failures in each class is said to be as follows: First, or graduating class, 20 ; sec ond. 60; third, 60; fourth, 80. Colonel House in Paris. Paris. Col. Edward M. House, TM.osirie.nt. Wilson's personal represen tative, had a long conversation with Prt-mier Briand after his arrival from Berlin. He will see other prominent during the week and accord ing to his present plans will leave tnr London soon. During tne aay Mr. House received a large number of uvench'.. Enelish and American news paper men in the offices of tbe Ameri can embassy, who questionea mm a to his visit to Berlin, but 1 13 reply was that he preferred -not to answer EAIR APPAM RALEIGH, BERN ASHEVILLE CENSUS POPULATION JULY 1, 1914, 20,000, 10.300 AND 20,000 RESPEC TIVELY. CAPITAL HAS INCREASED Many Increases Are Shown to Census Estimate of Manufacturing In dustries, etc. Washington. Preliminary state ments of the general results of the census of manufacturers for Raleigh, Asheville and Newbern have been Is sued by Director Sam. L. Rogers of ' the Bureau of the Census. They con sist of summaries comparing the figures from 1908 and 1914, by totals, prepared under the direction of Wil liam M. Stuart, chief statistician for manufacturers. The figures are .preliminary, and subject to such change and correc tion as may be found necessary from a further examination of the original reports. The population of Raleigh at the census of 1910 was 19,218, and Is es timated that it was 20,000 on July 1, 1914. The summary of the increases for the several items rank as follows: Wages, 34.1 per cent; services, 29.4 per cent; materials, 27 per cent; value of products, 22.7 per cent; sal aries, 19 per cent; value . added by manufacture, 17.8 per cent; primary horsepower, 4.1 per cent; wage-earners, 2.7 per cent. The ppoulation of Asheville at the census of 1910 was 19,762, and it is estimated was 20,000 on July 1, 1914. The summary for the manufacturers shows an increase in the number of persons employed, the power used, the capital invested and amount paid annually for services. Increases rank as follows: Primary horsepower, 24.3 per cent; wages, 10.7 per cent; ser vices, 8.9 per cent; capital, 5.1 per cent; salaries, 4.3 per cent; wage earners, 2.9 per cent; persons engag ed in manufactures, 1.5 per cent. The capital invested as reported, in 1914, wae $2,954,000, a gain of $144,000 or 5.1 per cent over $2,812,000 in 1909. It is estimated that the population of flfewbern on July 1, 1914, was 10, 300. There . were 29 establishments reported in the corporate limits dur ing 1914. The capital invested amounted to $2,562,000. The summary for the city follows: Number of establishments, 29; per sons engaged In manufactures, 939; proprietors and firm members, 17; salaried employes, 909; wage-earners average number, 832; primary horse power, 2,550; capital, $2,562,000; ser vices, $483,000; salaries, $109,000; wages, $374,000; materials, $1,205,000; value of products, $1910,000; value added by manufacture, $705,000. Should Manufacture Toys. KInston. This section of North Carolina should manufacture toys for the entire country, Edward W. J. Proffitt, a new England business man, told the Chamber of Commerce here. He advised that the chamber get northern capital Interested. "Tell them that the scrapwood that might go into toys are being burned, that factory sites are dirt cheap, that there is no complicated labor trouble and that freight rates are remarkably low," he advised in suggesting to the Kinston business man how they might interest capitalists in New England and the Middle Atlantic states who would jump at the chance of Investing here. Hog Cholera Decreasing. Newbern. J. W. Sears, farm de monstrator for Craven county, who Is engaged In making a fight on the hog cholera epidemic In this county, states that it was his opinion that this epi demic was decreasing and that if the farmers would use the proper precau tion, the disease . would be entirely eradicated within the course of two of three months. White Way For Shelby. Shelby. The Board of Aldermen has about decided to put a white way in the business section of Shelby. It contemplates the erection of 55 large iron lamp posts equipped with several lights on both sides of the court square and on several streets leading out. The investment will be' in the neighborhood of $3,000. In addition to this, they have been discussing very freely and favorably the matter of placing asphalt or bitulithic on the streets in the business section, but this ha3 not ben decided on. Rebuilding Railroad Shops. Newbern. The contractors who have been awarded the contract for the erection of the Norfolk Southern Railway Company's new shops, to re place those destroyed by fire a few months ago, have begun the work of constructing these buildings. The new shops will be larger and more modern in every particular than those which went up In smoke and ashes. They will be as fireproof as it will .be possible to get them and attention will be paid to every detail which will tend to make them complete.