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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 16, 1916.
NO. 2.
he
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
for Seven Days Aro
Given.
THE NEWSJJFJHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Domestic
A farmer named Palmer, near Na
cona, Texas, nearly fainted when,
plowing, several days ago, on his farm,
he threw up silver bars estimated to
be worth $280,000, thought to have
been hidden there in the 16th or 17th
century by Spaniards.
One hundred thousand dollars' worth
of whiskey was destroyed at Girard.
Ala., by the sheriff. This is the out
growth of'the raid made by the Ala
bama state government some months
ago on the "tigers" of Girard, across
the river from Columbus, Ga.
Thirty-five bodies have been recov
ered in the flooded district of West
Virginia.
Food and clothing are being hurried
to the Cabin Creek flooded district
in West Virginia, and supply bases
are being established by the military
authorities.
A cloudburst swept the Cabin creek
and Coal river valley of West Virginia
spreading devastation throughout the
district. The loss of life is placed
at between 11 and 150 people. The
monertv damage was placed at not
less than one million dollars.
Thfee enlisted sailors of the in
terned German cruiser Kron Prinz
Wilhelm, who escaped by jumping
overboard, were captured by United
States marines. The internes swam
what is known as Black creek, near
Norfolk, Va., which separates the Ger
man village from the marine exercis
ing grounds. z
Frank Hanly and Ira Landrith, can
didates for president and vice presi
dent, respectively, of the Prohibition
party have been notified of their re
spective nominations, the ceremonies
occurring at Indianapolis, Ind.
The eight hundred delegates attend
ing the annual convention of the Na
tional Rural Carriers' association, in
Chicago, whose membership is said to
be thirty thousand, discussed good
roads, pensions and suitable parcel
post packages among other subjects of
interest to them.
The New York City street car
strikers won every point for which
they contended, and have returned to
work.
Cotton is soaring, and it is pre
dieted that the fall crop will bring
15 cents.
Joseph Francis Daly, a former jus
tice of the New York state supreme
court, died suddenly at his home in
Yonkers, N. Y. He was born at Ply
mouth N. C, in 1840.
Washington
It is hinted that the government
may probe the intimated increase in
the cost of flour. It is openly stated
in Washington that there is absolutely
no reason for an advance.
Secretarv Daniels announces that
plans for the ships to be built under
the pending naval bill are so far ad
vanced that contracts for all but the
battle cruisers and the ammunition
ship can be advertised within a week
after the measure has been signed by
the president.
Persistency of infantile paralysis in
spite of all efforts of state and fed-
eral officials caused the federal pub-
lie health service to request state
health authorities throughout the coun-
try to send representatives to a con
ference in Washington to discuss the
means for preventing a further spread
of the disease.
The United States has asked for
and received permission from Germa
ny to publish as a formal document
'he last note in the Lusitania case, in
which Germany "recognizes liability,"
promised to make reparation by the
payment of indemnity, gives assur
ance fcr the future and declares that
reprisals, such as ruthless submarine
operations, must not be directed at
other than enemy subjects
Dispatches from the border an
nounce that the health of the National
Guardsmen is good, and that the gen
eral showing of the state troops is
as good ' as that of the regulars.
The new farm loan scheme has
many points of resemblance to the
federal reserve system, but in many
essential features it is entirely dif
ferent. The new farm loan board, charged
with organization of the federal land
hank system providing methods for
making loans to farmers on first mort-.
gages of land at the treasury depart
ment has been appointed, consisting
of Secretary McAdoo, chairman ex
officia; C. E. Lobdell, George W. Nor
ris, W. S. A. Smith and Herbert
Quick.
National defense legislation in con
gress is approaching completion.
Forty cities have put-in application
for the rural credits banks.
The battle for a greater navy has
won out in congress. Democratic
leaders in the house will support the
big building naval program.
Mr. Padgett and Senator Swanson,
J'aniting Democrats of the senate com
ttee, talked over the subject of the
naval building program with Pres
Wilson, who is understood to
have reiterated his belief that author
ization of the larger program was im-
Complete revision of the munitions
tax section of the house revenue bill
and sweeping increases in the inher
itance tax were ordered recommended
by Democratic members of the sen
ate finance committee.
Cotton linters, used in the manufac
ture of war munitions, have been add
ed to the list of commodities to be
taxed by the senate finance commit
tee. The proposed higher taxes on big
inheritances would increase the esti
mated revenue from that section of
the pending bill before congress from
fifty-one million to seventy-two million
dollars anually.
European War
A further series of surprising suc
cesses by the armies of Generals Sak;
haroff and Letchitzky were announced
by the Russians, among which is the
capture of the railway junction and
town of Stanislau, the definite occu
pation of Monasterizka and the seiz
ure of important positions on the Zlota
Lipa line.
The Russians have captured many
thousands of prisoners, especially on
the right bank of the Sereth, where
the prisoners taken number five thou
sand.
The capture of Stanislau gives the
Russians another gateway through
which they can march toward Lem-
berg.
Stanislau, captured by the Russians,
is an important railroad center, roads
radiating from it in five directions,
and is only 87 miles southeast of Lem-
berg.
Von Hindenburg, who has been plac
ed in supreme command of the Teu
tonic forces in the east, has been una
ble to stem the tide, because, it is
stated, he has not been given controll
ing command over the troops guard
ing the southern approaches to Lem
berg. I
The German people are undaunted
by the entente allies' successes, and
say they have harvested another crop
and will fight to the end.
The Italians have captured the Do
berdo plateau, which .has been the
scene of much desperate fighting for
months.
The allies have begun an advance
movement on the Bulgarians fronTSal
oniki, the Greek town where the al
lies mobilized in the east a year or
more ago. Reports are to the effect
that success is crowning the advance
at every point.
The Balkan front fighting has been
renewed, and the reports from French
sources are gratifying to the entente
allies.
The German casualties in the Euro
pean Armageddon are given as 3,135,
177 men so far.
The German casualties during July,
according to English compilation, were
122,540.
More than five million prisoners,
double the number of men engaged in
any previous war that the world has
known, are now confined in prison
camps of the belligerent nations.
A French torpedo boat destroyer
torpedoed an Austrian submarine
north of the Island of Corfu.
An official dispatch from Berlin
says that between July 31 and August
5 one German submarine sank in the
North sea thirteen British steam traw
lers and one British government coal
steamer.
The entente allies in the main the
aters of the war have made additional
notable gains against the Teutonic al
lies. In France Joffre's men have taken
three trenches; have again won a
foothold in the Thiaumont work near
Verdun and have captured two lines
of German trenches on the Vaux-Chap-
itre-Chenois front.
The British in the Somme region
near Guillemont have thrown forward
their line about four hundred yards,
The Italian war office announces the
capture of the Gorizia brideghead by
the Italians.
The Italians claim the capture of
more than eight thousand piisoners
on August 6.
Air bombardments are playing an
important part in the Austro-Italian
war theater.
A telegram announces that the Ger
man merchant submarine Bremen is
in the hands of the French navy. It
is stated that the submarine was cap
tured on its outward trip to the Unit
ed States.'
The intente allies have notified the
j Greek government of a curtailment of
food shipments to Greece.
Amid continuous heavy rains which
have turned the country into a quag
mire, the Russians are keeping up
their strong offensive against the Teu
tonic allies in northern G ilicia.
Along the Stokhod river in Volhynia
near the town of Zarecze, the Rus
sians have captured Teutonic trench-
es.
taking 12 officers ana zw men
prisoners, and capturing one machine
gun.
In the Carpathians the Germans re
port the capture of two peaks.
Constantinople reports a series of
gains for the Turks fighting against
the Russians.
The Turks says that an attack by
the Russians north of Bukan on the
Persian front was put down with se
vere losses for the Russians.
The Russians in Turkish Armenia
have been put to flight near Bitlis and
Mush.
Italian troops have captured strong
Austrian positions commanding com
munications between the Travenanzes
valley and the Sare Torrent in the
Gader valley, i nthe Tofano region.
On the lower Isonzo the Italian
have gained possession of nearly the
whole of Hill No. 85.
When the sheds and storehouse of
the Germans were fired by incendiary
bombs, a vast pillar of smoke from
the conflagration rose to a height of
8.000 feet.
ALL MILITIAMEN ARE
ORDER
D TO BORDER
TROOPS IN ALL MOBILIZATION
CAMPS WILL MOVE TOWARD
MEXICO.
ADD OVER 20,000 TO PATROL
Seoretary Baker Says That Movement
Is Independent Of Mexican Situa
tion Total Troops on Border Will
Be 175,000.
Washington All the National Guard
units included in President Wilson's
call on June 18, not yet on the Mexi
can border were ordered there by the
war department.
Between 20,000 and 25,000 addition
al troops thus will be added to the
border force. National guards there
will number approximately 125,000 and
the total of all troops on the border or
in Mexico will be 175,000.
Secretary Baker made a formal an
nouncement that the troop move
ment had nothing whatever to do with
the Mexican situation as such and was
solely to relieve thousands of troops
now held in mobilization camps only
because they lack a few recruits to 1
bring units up to fixed minimum I
strength. ' I ents and had before it the proposal
The order sends the troops from j agreed on by the committee, striking
Kentucky, Ohio and Vermont to the ! out the specific excise taxes on muni
border as soon as transportation can I tion manufacturers and substituting a
be arranged for them and will move all j 10 per cent net profit tax on the profits
the others including those from North of all manufacturers of munitions and
Carolina as soon as they are properly I wares that enter into munitions. The
equipped. War department officials I bill provides that:
decided on their action because the j "This section shall cease to be of
troops are restive in camp and there effect at the end of one year after the
seemed to be no stimulus to recruiting termination of the present European
while there was no prospect of move- ! war which shall be evidenced by the
ment to the border. They now expect ' proclamation of the President of the
most of the regiments will be filled be
fore the troops leave.
TOXAWAY DAM GONE;
FLOOD SWEEPS VALLEY.
550 Acres of Water is Released Into
Fertile South Carolina Valley.
Asheville. The great dam at Lake
Toxaway, 50 feet high, 400 feet in
width and holding back waters that
covered 550 acres of land in the Toxa
way region, 38 miles from this city,
crumpled and went out with a roar at
7:10 o'clock Sunday night, and at mid
night the waters thus released were
rushing down the Keowee River valley
toward South Carolina cities, their
path including Walhalla, Anderson,
Pickens and Senecca. Warnings of
flood danger were sent to all South
Carolina points from this city and
Greenville, S. C.
According to long distance message
from Toxaway, the entire dam, built
of earth and stone, seemed to melt be
fore the rush of waters within a few
minutes. The initial opening in the
dam, caused, it is believed, by the
seeping of a natural spring at the
base, was not longer than a railway
coach.
The dam, built in 1902, at a cost
of $38,000, was constructed at a point
where the hills are not more than 400
feet apart. The Toxaway country is
known as the "beautiful sapphire sec
tion" in tourist circles. The lake and
the hotel, named after the section,
were built in 1902 by a party of Pitts
burg capitalists.
SENATORS DELIBERATE ON
$200,000,000 REVENUE BILL
Washington. The importance of the
$200,000,000 revenue bill on which
Senate Democrats devoted many hours
of deliberation in caucus, is being im
pressed upon leaders by the fact that
apprropriations of the session
nearing completion have broke
records.
now
all
FUGITIVES TELL OF
ROBBERY IN MEXICO.
Laredo, Texas. Walter Hitt and
his son, members of the Chamal Col
ony in Mexico arrived and r.old stories
of mistreatment and" robbrry. They
said the remaining members of the
colony would return to th3 United
States when the weather permitted.
ALLIES ADVANCE BY HARD
FIGHTING IN SOMME REGION,
London. Hard fighting In the
Somme region of France in Galicia
and in the -Italian theater, with further
gains for the Entente Allies in all
three regions, marked the operations
of the past few days. Northwest of
Pozieres, north of the Somme, the
British made advance of from 300 to
400 yards over a front of nearly a mile
against the Germans and also captur
ed trenches on the plateau northwest
of Bazentinle-Petit.
WILSON
INTERVENES
PREVENT BIG STRIKE
New York. A general strike on
virtually all the railroads of the nation,
paralyzing commerce and throwing
approximately 2,000,000 men, out of
employment can be avterted onlj
through the good offices of President
Wilson as a result of developments In
the dispute over the men's demands
for an eight-hour day and time and a
half for overtime. The controversy
was laid before the president at his
Invitation.
SENATORS YIELD TO
FLOOD OF PROTESTS
ON INCOME TAX PLAN. DEMO
CRATIC MEMBERS AGREE TO
RECONSIDER DECISION.
LOWEST RATE IS INCREASED
Amendment Increase Surtax is Re
tained. Democratic Caucus Continu
ed Consideration of Committee
Amendments.
Washington. Yielding to a flood of
irotests from the country and from
Senate and House members of their
own party, Democrats of the Senate
Finance Committee reconsidered their
decision to lower the exemption in the
income tax law from $4,000 and ?3,
000 for married and single persons to
53,000 and $2,000 respectively but vot
3d to make the rate of tax on the low
est taxable class of incomes 2 per
cent instead of 1 per cent.
The amendment increasing the sur
tax on incomes exceeding $2,000,000
from 10 to 13 per cent is retained, and
there is a probability that further in
creases in the surtaxes will be made
in caucus.
ThA Democratic caucus continued
,iripratirm of committee amend-
United States declaring said war to
have ended."
The committee also adopted an
amendment increasing the salaries of
members of the proposed tariff boar
from $7,500 to, $10,000 each.
As revised by the committee the
bili would yield an estimated reve
nue of $198,000,000 as against $210,
900,000 as it passed 'the House.
TURKEY HAS REFUSED
TO GRANT PETITION
Washington Turkey has refused to
rant the request of the United States
! that a neutral commiuee uc
I to undertake relief work in Syria,
I where thousands cf native Christians
' are reported to be starving. Charge
i Miller at Constantincple, in a cable
! gram received at the state depart
ment, said the Turkish government
i had informed him relief operations
I in Syria were considered unnecessary
because crops there were better than
' anywhere else in the empire. He added
! that although he was told the decis
lion was final he would continue to
press for favorable action.
SUBMARINE SANK VESSEL
WITH TROOPS ON BOARD
Amsterdam, via London. A semi
official account of the sinking of a
submarine recently of the Italian mail
steamship Letimbro, receiver
from Vienna says the Italians fired on
on the submarine with two guns and
that there were troops on board. Al
ter the submarine had fired a warn
ing shot at a distance of 8,000 metres
the statement says, "the vessel opened
fire from two guns at the stern,
and attempted to escape by zigzagging.
The submarine pursued the steamship,
replying to the fire without hitting the
vessel, which had shown no flag. La
ter boats were lowered from the
i steamer. Alter asowiaimi.6 "
I one remained on board the steamsiiLy
! was sunk by the submarine.
GERMAN AIRSHIPS MAKE
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
Berlin, via London. Successful at
tacks by German air squadrons on
British war vessels off the Flemish
coast and on Russian aviation stations
on the island of Oesel off the Gulf of
Riga, are announced in an admiralty
statement.
WOMAN'S PARTY LINES
UP TO FIGHT WILSON
Colorado Springs, Col. The Nation
al Woman's party in executive confer
ence here pledged itself to use its best
efforts in the 12 equal suffrage states
to defeat the Democratic candidate for
president; congratulated the Progres
sive, Prohibtion and Socialist parties
upon their endorsement of suffrage for
women by national action and com
mended the position of Charles
Hughes, the Republican nominee.
E.
RENOWNED SURGEON
DIES UNEXPECTEDLY
Cackinac Island, Mich. Dr. John
B. Murphy of Chicago, one of the
world's most renowned surgeons, died
unexpectedly at a hotel here where
he' was on a Summer outing. He had
been in poor health for several months
and some had ascribed his condition to
the poisoned soup partaken of at the
banquet given Archbishop Moudelem
in Chicago. Dr. Murphy was recently
knighted by Pope Benedict for his re
searches in surgery.
MEDIATION
BOARD
TD PREVENT STRIKE
IF BOARD FAILS PRESIDENT
WILSON WILL BE ASKED TO
INTERVENE.
MEDIATORS LOSE NO TIME
Undertake to Bring Contending Fac
tions Together to Save Nation From
Trade Paralysis By General Strike
of 400,000 Railway Employees.
New York. If the United States
Board of Mediation and Conciliation
which was called in fails to adjust the
differences between the railroads of
the country and their 400,000 employ
ees President Wilson will be asked
to use his personal influence to avert
a general strike. This statement was
made by ft representative of the rail
road managers who have been nego
tiating with the men since June 1 for
a peaceful settlement.
The appeal to the Presiaent would
be the last resort and would be taken
only to save the nation from the trade
paralysis that would follow a strike
of the magnitude planned by the rail
road men.
Six hours after the railroad men
had served notice on the men that
they would not withdraw their former
rejection of the workers demands and
had proposed Federal mediation, the
mediators and the managers were
closeted in secret session. Mediation
was suggested in lieu of arbitration
under the Newlands act or by the
Interstate Commerce Commission pro
posals which had been rejected by the
brotherhoods.
What was discussed at the confer
ence cculd not be divulged by any of
those attending it, under mediation
rules, but it was understood that the
railroad representatives outlined their
position in full and indicated how far
they were willing to go in meeting the
demands of the men. It was report
ed that the railroads stood steadfast
ly for the main feature of their "con
tingent proposition" made at the June
conference, which conceded the short
er day, but eliminated double com
pensation for different classes of ser
vice during the same work day.
It was the failure of the represen
tatives of the railroads and the unions
to agree on the double compensation
clause :hat brought the June confer
ence to a sudden end and resulted in
the strike vote.
The railroad managers in presenting
their case to the mediators, were as
sisted by three experts on rates and
wages, J. W. Higgins, former secre
tary of the Association of Western
Railroads; G. G. Walber, secretary of
the Bureau of Information of the
Eastern railroads and St. Charles P.
Neill, manager of the Bureau of In
formation of the Southeastern
ways.
Rail-
100 DEAD, 5,000 HOMELESS
IN WEST VIRGINIA FLOODS
Governor Orders Special Relief Trains
and Troops to Scene.
Huntington, W. Va. Governor Hat
field, who arrived here to attend the
state Republican convention, has or
dered special relief trains to the Coal
River and Cabin Creek districts,
where, according to reports, more than
100 have been drowned and 5,000 made
homeless. Two companies of the See
on d Regiment, West Virginia Nation
al Guard, have been ordered with
tents to the flooded districts. So
serious is the situation that Governor
Hatfield left the city to go to the
scene of destruction.
Governor Hatfield received official
word of the flood soon after he reach
ed Huntington. He at once got into
telephone communication with Camp
Kanawha, where the Second Regiment
is encamped and instructed Adjutant
General Bend to secure all available
foodstuffs, tents and clothing in Cha
leston and place them on a special
train to be run to the flooded districts
without delay.
The governor was informed in an
anneal from Cabin Creek that the loss
of life would exceed 100 and that more
than 5,000 are homeless.
WILSON SELECTS BOARD
TO SETTLE MEXICAN TROUBLE
Washington. President Wilson has
selected Secretary Lane of the Inte
rior Department and Associate Justice
Brandeis, of the Supreme court on the
joint commission which will strive for
a settlement of border disputes be
tween the United States and Mexico.
Acting Secretary Polk announced the
acceptance of the commission plan.
Decisions of the commission will not
be binding upon either government
until ratified by Wilson and Carranza.
ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS
SEPT 1 IS LEADERS PLAN
Washington. A plan for adjourn
ment of congress by September 1 was
worked otrt by Senate leaders in a se
ries of conferences occupying virtual
ly the whole attention of senators of
bobh pa:-ties and transforming the
opening day of debate on the govern
ment ship purchase oill into a spirit
less discussion among the', corporal's
guard of members who remained in
the places in the chamber. All con
gressmen hope to adjourn this month.
CONGRESS PASSES
CHILD LABOR BILL
MEASURE PREVENTS INTER
STATE COMMERCE IN PRO
DUCTS OF CHILD LABOR.
BY A VOTE OF 52 TO 12
Most Southern Senators Vote Against
Bill. Eleven Democrats From
Southern States Favored Passage of
Bill. Sweeping Provisions.
Washington. The senate passed
the bill to prevent interstate com
merce in products of child labor by a
vote of 52 to 12.
The measure which already had
passed the House, was brought to a
vote in the senate upon the insistence
of President Wilson after the Demo
cratic senate caucus once had decid
ed to defer its consideration until next
December.
Senators who voted against the bill
were:
Bankhead, Alabama; Bryan and
Fletcher Florida: Hardwick and
Smith, Georgia; Overman and Sim
mons, North Carolina; Smith and
TJllman, South Carolina; Williams,
Mississippi (Democrats) and Oliver
and Penrose, Pennsylvania (Republi
cans.) Opposition to the measure had
come chiefly from southern cotton
mill owners, and the group of south
ern Democrats who voted against it
had fought it in caucus and maintain
ed their opposition during the senate
debate on the ground that the regula
tion proposed is unconstitutional and
would interfere with the rights of the
states. Eleven Democrats from the
south, Senators Swanson and Martin
Virginia; Underwood, Alabama; Var
daman, Mississippi; James and Beck
ham, Kentucky; Culberson and Shep
pard, Texas; Ransdell, Louisiana;
Robinson, Arkansas; and Shields,
Tennessee, voted for it.
In order to expedite consideration
of the measure in conference the sen
ate committees were appointed imme
diately after the final vote was taken.
The only amendment adopted would
extend the bill's provisions to bar all
products of establishments employing
children from interstate commerce.
UNCLE SAM MAKES CROP
FORECASTS ON AUG. 1 CANVASS
Adverse Conditions Damage Country's
Principal Crops During July.
Washington. Adverse conditions,
duet o weather, plant diseases and in
sects, damaged the country's princi
pal farm crops during July and re
sulted in a loss of 105,000,000 bushels
in prospective wheat production, 89,
000,000 in corn and 43,000,000 bushels
lessof oats than predicted by the De
partment of Agriculture at the begin
ning of July.
Forecasts of crop production this
year, based on conditions shown by
the August 1 canvass and announced
by the Department of Agriculture, fol
low (figures in millions of bushels):
Aug. July
Fore- Fore- 1915
cast. cast. Crop
. 455 489 655
. 169 270 357
. 654 759 1,012
Winter wheat
Spring wheat
All wheat. .
Corn 2,777 2,866 3,055
Oats 1.274 1,317 1,540
Barley 195 206 237
Rye 41.9 44.0 49.2
White -Dotatoes . . . . 364 369 359
Sweet potatoes . . . .
Tobacco (lbs.) . .
Rice
Hay (tons)
Cotton (bales) . .
Sugar beets (tons)
Apples (bbls.) . .
71.0 73.9 74.3
1.197 1,191 1,061
34.2 34.2 28.9
84.6
12.9
7.57
71.6
85.2
11.2
6.81
76.7
14.3
7.28
72.5
LEADERS CLAIM 5.000,000
VOTES FOR "DRY" TICKET.
Indianapolis, Ind. The slogan of
"5,000,000 votes for prohibition thib
year" was adopted by the party lead
ers assembled for the double nptiflca
tions of J. Frank Hanly, former Re
publican governor of Indiana for Pres
ident and Dr. Ira Landrith of Nash
ville, for Vive Pres.dent.
ADMINISTRATE BRANDS
HUGHES' STATEMENTS FALSE
Washington. Statements made by
Charles E. Hughes, Republican nomi
nee for the presidency, in speeches at
Detroit were characterized as "false
n fort,a nH ctt misleading sub-
stance" in telegrams sent by adminis-
tration officials after a long discussion
of the subject by President Wilson
and his cabinet at Tuesday's meeting.
The charges related to changes in the
coast and geodetic survey and the cen
sus bureau.
350 OUTLAWS REPORTED
CAMPED ON RIO GRANDE
El Paso, Texas. About 350 outlaws
under Mariano Tames, a former Villa
colonel, are encamred on the Mexican
side of the Rio Grande, about 13 miles
below Ysleta, Texas, which is about 12
miles east of here, according to uncon
firmed reports to American military
headquarters. The reports said that
he had announced he did not intend
to raid the American frontier. His
band, it is was . tated, has been en
larged. ' - -
GOVERNOR GOES
TO FLOOD SECTIONS
ON VISIT TO WILKESBORO, MA
RION AND MORGANTON TO
CONFER WITH PEOPLE.
RELIEF FUND NEAR $40,000
Chairman of State Relief Fund By Di
rection of Governor Craig Visits
the War Department.
Raleigh. The contributions for the
flood sufferers of Western North Caro
lina through the State Relief Commit
tee have now. reached the total of
about $40,000.00.
The state relief executive committee
met -in the office of Governor Craig,
and discussed many matters concern
ing the further handling of the relief
funds for the flood sections. It di
rected that a check for $500.00 be sent
to Mr. T. L. Hayes, Boone ville, for
use in Yadkin county. A telegram
was received from Commissioner of
Labor and Printing M. L. Shipman,
now in Henderson county as a repre
sentative of the state relief commit
tee telling of pressing needs at Bat
Cave. He will furnish details so that
aid may be given to that place at once.
After hearing of reports and the dis
tribution of supplies and money in the
flood sections, Governor Cra-ig an
nounced that he would go to various
parts of Western North Carolina im
mediately following the conference
with the representatives of the county
commissioners and the county school
superintendents of the devastated
counties which took place in Raleigh
on Friday. He went to Wilkesboro on
Saturday an dwill also visit Marion
and Morganton.
Another matter discussed at the
meeting was that of the appropriation
made by Congress for the relief of the
sufferers. It was felt that full infor
mation concerning the time and the
plans for the distribution and use of
the fund should be presented to the
meeting here, and Edward E. Britton,
chairman of the state relief commit
tee, was directed to go to Washington
to confer with Secretary of War Ba
ker and the officials of the war de
partment who will be in charge of the
use of the funds appropriated.
Electrical Men Meet.
Raleigh. In the representatives
hall of the state house the electrical
institute under the auspices of the
state departmnt of insurance met
with Commissioner of Insurance James
R. Young presiding. There was a
very good attendance of electrical in
spectors from numbers of towns and
cities of the state, representatives of
the state, representatives of light and
power companies and electrical con
tractors. Commissioner Young outlin
ed the work expected to be accom
plished in the improvement of the in
stallation of electrical equipment, in
the inspection work and the further
ance of the "safety first" campaign
that Is being pressed the country over.
Half Has Not Been Told.
Hendersonville. The half hos not
beefi told," is the way M. L. Shipman,
State Commissioner of Labor and
Printing, characterizes the scene of
ruin and destruction wrought by the
flood of July 16 in the Hickory Nut
Gap from this side of Bat Cave down
by Chimney Rock into Rutherford
county.
Visited Eleven Battlefields.
Raleigh. Dr. D. H. Hill who retired
from the presidency of the A. & M.
College to devote his time for the next
several years to the preparaton of a
history of North Carolina's patr in the
Civil War, the work to be done under
the auspices of the North Carolina Di
vision United Confederate Veterans
and the North Carolina Hstoric Com
mission, has just returned from a 1,176
mile automobile trip during which he
visited eleven Civil War battlefields
for the special purpose of making per
sonal investigations that will enable
him to more clearly present the posi
tions that the North Carolina troops
occupied during the several battles
Want 1,500 Second Lieutenants.
West Raleigh. President W. C.
Riddick of the A. & M. College has
just received notification from the
Adjutant General that there are now
1,500 vacancies as second lieutenant
in the United States Army. The new
bill authorizing the enlargement of
the standing army has caused many
former second lieutenants to be pro
moted to the rank of first lieutenant
In a letter to Professor Riddick the
Adjutant General states that there
will be a competitive examination
held August 21 for these appointments
Moonlight School In November.
AtmevMle. W. H. Hippe, superin
tendent of county instruction in Bun
combe county, ha designated the
month of September as "moonlight
school month" at which time efforts
will be made to interest a number or
adult illiterates in educational mat
ters The teachers of the county are
all enlisting in the work and are sign
ing pledges to teach in their respect
ive districts whr-never adult classes
shall be organized. Superintendent
Hipps hopes, through this system, to
wipe out adult illiteracy in Buncombe