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VOL. XXXIX.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 30, 1916.
NO. 4.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Happenings of This and Other Nations
For Seven Days Are
Given.
THE NEWS JlrTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place in the South
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraphs.
Domestic
Daily improvement in the condition
of the infantile paralysis epidemic in
New York City is noted. It is predict
ed, however, that twenty-five hundred
children will be left so badly crippled
it they will have to wear braces all
their lives.
v-ctor Carlstrom, flying a twin mo
tor combination land and water ma
chine around Newport News, Va, set
a world's record for distance in one
day, carrying one passenger. He made
661 miles in eight hours and forty min
utes. Carlstrom will receive a prize
of $7,000 for his flight.
A collector of ancient curios in Kan
sas City, resenting attempts to eject
him from his apartment, shot and kill
ed two policemen, fatally wounded two
other policemen and slightly wounded
Mrs. Maude Echord, living in a nearby
apartment. Larkin was killed.
A carload of food and clothing was
shipped to the Mud river valley, West
Virginia, following the receipt of ad
vices that more than one hundred
families were in destitute circum
stances as a result of the recent flood.
More than thirty negroes taken to
Wyandotte, Mich., from Alabama have
been told they cannot remain in that
city, and were given twenty-four hours
to make their get away.
Receiver for the Boston and Maine
railroad has been applied for in the
federal court at Boston.
Eight persons were killed and a
number of others are reported missing
as the result of an explosion at Jack
son, Tenn., at the plant of the Har
lan Morris Stove company. The boil
ers gave way and the shock was felt
throughout the city.
Thirteen persons were killed and
property valued at approximately two
million dollars was destroyed in the
storm which struck Corpus Christi
and swept ten adjacent counties in
south Texas.
The Texas storm-stricken area ex
tends along about one hundred and
fifty miles of the lower gulf coast
from Corpus Christi to Brownsville,
reaching inland from thirty to fifty
miles. ,
Seizure of $25,000 worth of jewels
and the arrest of a man who said his
name was Hafis Edward Thompson in
New York City, led customs officials
to believe they were about to uncover
a big smuggling conspiracy. Thomp
son returned fnom abroad July 11 as a
steerage passenger and smuggled the
jewels ashore. More arrests are ex
pected. Blowing at seventy miles an hour
a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mex
ico hit the Texas coast at Corpus
Christ at Brownsville and on the in
termediate points.
In the tropical storm at Corpus
Christi, the wooden buildings of the
Iowa National Guard were blown
down, the Illinois camp was under
water, the horses of the Illinois Guard
suffered greatly from exposure, some
were lost and the roads rendered im
passable. Washington
A movement is on foot in the sen
ate to stop the upward tendency in
the price of print paper. The plan is
to tax all paper that soils above $40
a ton.
Secretay Lansing announces that
Secretary of the Interior Lane, Judg
George Gray of Wilmington, Del., and
Dr. John R. Mott of New York City
will compose the joint commission to
settle the differences of this country
with Mexico.
It is stated in official circles that
American residents along the inter
national line between Mexico and the
Tnited States are enjoying peace and
-ecurity.
There is no doubt that the National
Guard will be retained on the Mexican
rr until it can be withdrawn
ut endanging American lives and
property.
Secretary Baker says the training
tbe enlisted men are receiving under
rvision of regular army officers
will fit them to act in time of war
or other emergency as a supporting
arm, or second line, for the regular
army, furnishing a valuable asset to
national preparedness that could not
he otherwise obtained.
Tre story of a Villa chief with his
hands cutting off the ears of 20
prisoners, who later were shot, is told
by a rescued prisoner in El Demo
crata of Chihuahua City, Mexico, cop
ies of which have been forwarded to
Washington.
Investigation of reports from Pan
ama that a sixty thousand-acre tract
of land at the Atlantic end of the ca
nal is being sought by a Spaniard
named Fernandez, presumably for Jap
e interests, has been ordered by
jcretary Lansing. The announce
ment is significant, although the sec
retary of state refuses to discuss the
report
The United States has sent repre
sentations to the Turkish porte ask
ing that the Turkish amy be more
considerate with the Armenians, and
that useless taking of life be dispensed
with.
The railroad problem brought on by
the 8-hour demand of railroad employ
ees is considered here the most im
portant question e 'er presented in the
industrial history of the country.
It is evident here that most of the
railroad executives have come to be
lieve that there can be only one way
of preventing a strike and that is by
accepting the 8-hour day plan. The
chief effort now is to arrive at a so
lution of the additional expense in
volved. General Pershing, in a telegram to
the war department, says that Villa's
prestige in Mexico has been destroyed
and will never be revived again.
Reports from army officers are to
the effect that Villa and his few re
maining followers are secluded in the
mountains southwest of Chihuahua.
Mexican News
An El Paso, Texas, dispatch says
Manuel Ochoa, the Villa general who
surrender Juarez to the Constitutional
ists under a grant of amnesty, has
been captured. Later he escaped af
ter killing one of his guards. Ochoa
had been a political refugee in El
Paso for several months. He, with
five followers, crossed the Rio Grande
about thirty miles below El Paso, in
tending to join the revolutionist, Mari
ano Tames. His plans were complete
ly frustrated.
European War
Three airship raids were made on
various parts of England almost simul
taneously in which thirty-six were in
jured and eight killed.
Two or three raiders flew over the
eastern coast of England and dropped
over thirty bombs, with no casualties
or damage.
A German raider attempting to ap
proach an English seaport town, was
heavily fired on by anti-aircraft guns,
and had to drop his bombs in the sea
and flee for his life.
An airship which visited the south
east coast of England was compelled
to unload her cargo of bombs in the
sea; no damage.
The outskirts of London were raid
ed by German aeroplanes, and several
casualties occurred among the civilian
population. Several fires were started
by the explosion, but were promptly
extinguished without appreciable dam
age. An officer of the British merchant
marine, arriving in New York, says
the submarine Bremen, another Ger
man undersea merchantman on her
way to the United States, was caught
in a steel net in the straits of Do
ver, her crew taken prisoners and two
members of her crew being killed.
It is stated that the Amerika, an
other German undersea merchantman,
is on her way to the United States.
German admirers of Captain Koenig
of the Deutschland and his crew have
raised nearly one hundred thousand
marks as a token of admiration for
the daring shown in taking the sub
marine from Germany to the United
States and back again without any un
pleasant incident to mar the voyage.
Captain Koenig of the submarine
Deutschland is writing a book describ
ing his voyage in the first undersea
merchantman to cross the Atlantic.
It is announced that the Russians
have resumed their advance along the
entire Asiatic front The Turks have
evacuated Bitlis.
The new offensive movement of the
Russians in Turkish Armenia is being
developed energetically.
Leads of the Liberal (or the Veni
zelist party) in Greece are organizing
volunteers to aid the Greek command
er at Seres in resisting the Bulgari
ans. The Deutschland, the merchant sub
marine vessel which crossed the At
lantic, has arrived at the mouth of
the Weser, it is announced in Ber
lin. The vessel left Baltimore on Au
gust 1 and made the return trip in
23 days, which is considered a good
record, in view of the obstacles which
were met and overcome.
A dispatch from Rotterdam, Hol
land, says the American steamer Os
wego was fired upon by a German sub
marine off the Isle of Wight, but sus
tained no damage. After the ship's
papers wrere examined, she was per
mitted to go on her way.
The Bulgars have been driven from
a series of height at the entrance to
Vardar valley.
Both allied wing on the Saloniki
front have been bent back by the Bul
garians. The Serbians in the fighting in the
advance from Saloniki have been the
heaviest losers.
The Russians are landing troops at
Saloniki to assist in the fighting in
the Balkans.
The arrival of Russian soldiers at
Saloniki has created a deep impres
sion on the Greeks, even among the
most extreme royalists. It appears
to the Greeks that the dream of a
Greater Greece has been crushed in
its incipiency.
A dispatch from London announces
that a British submarine has sunk a
German battleship.
The opening of the allied offensive
at Saloniki, it is stated, is the signal
for the entrance of Roumania with
the allies.
The advancing British in the allied
movement from Saloniki who crossed
the Struma towards the Bulgarian
frontier, were forced back on the riv
er. It is stated in Berlin that there
is a possibility that Roumania has
granted permission to Russia to send
an army through Roumania to fight
the Teutonic allies.
On the western front the French
continue to press forward in the neigh
borhood of Guillemont, and Paris re
ports the capture of a gtrongly forti
fied wood between that town and Mau-repas.
TROOPS GOULD LAND
JUST OUT NEW YORK
REPORTS ON WAR GAME OF U. 6.
t NAVY WHICH IS JUST COM
PLETED. ADMIRAL KNIGHT UMPIRED
Attacking Fleet Could Come to With
in Twenty Miles of Metropolis Un
der Favorable Weather Conditions,
Says Knight.
Newport.R.I. The war game just
completed by the United States Navy
proved that under fairly favorable
weather conditions an attacking fleet
has an excellent chance to land troops
within 20 miles of New York, Rear
Admiral Austin M. Knight declared.
"Nothing of this sort would have been
possible," he said, "if the defending
'blue fleet' had had an efficient scout
ing force."
Admiral Knight, umpire in the game
which ended in the virtual annihilation
of the "blue" or defending fleet, arriv
ed on the battleship Pennsylvania at
the head of the victorious "red" fleet
which represented the invading enemy.
Throughout the week, he said, the
weather was misty and with a visi
bility rarely exceeding three or four
miles. This condition is characteris
tic of the Atlantic coast at this time
of year and should be reckoned with in
future plans of naval strategy, he said.
The "red" fleet will be joined here by
the "blue" fleet which is believed to
have anchored off Rock Island.
VI LL1STAS TAKE TOWN
SAYS MEXICAN REPORT.
Satero, 50 Miles South of Chihuahua
City, Said to be in Possession of
300 Bandits.
Chihuahua City, Mexico. Three
hundred Villa bandits captured the
town of Satevo, Chihuahua, 50 miles
south of here, according to reports to
General Jacinto Trexino. The out
laws, under Uribe Arango and Martin
Popes, surrounded the town and after
six hours' battle, the garrison, num
bering 200, under Captain de La
Fuente being without ammunition,
was forced to evacuate. Villa him
self was not with the outlaws, it was
said.
A second engagement with Villistas
was reported by General Apolonio
Trevino from Torreon. He said that
20 bandits under the leader Fernizza
attacked a small detachment of Car
ranza troops at Hachienda Coyote in
the Laguma district but were driven
off, their leader and six others being
killed after three hours of fighting.
Letters from Villa under a recent date,
were found in Fernizza's pockets, it
was reported.
CHILDREN MAY PASS
THROUGH VIRGINIA
Richmond, Va. State Health Com
missioner E. G. Williams, who has
charge of enforcement of the quaran
tine against infantile paralysis, ruled
that children unler 16 years of age
coming from New York, New Jersey
and Pennsylvania may pass through
Virginia enroute to some other state
provided they do not stop at any point
longer than is necessary to make con
nections. SENATE REJECTS PROPOSED
INCOME TAX LAW
Washington. A proposal to lower
the present income tax exemption,
written into the administration reve
nue bill by the Senate finance commit
tee and then stricken out when House
leaders indicated they would not ac
cept it, was voted down 31 to 19, by
the Senate when Senator Underwood
offered it as an amendment.
NAVAL CADETS BACK
FROM PRACTICE CRUISE
Annapolis, Md. The battleships
Ohio, Missouri and Wisconsin, com
posing the Naval Academy practice
cruise squadron have returned to An
napolis. SUBMARINE BREMEN
ON WAY TO U. S. WITH DYES.
Berlin. The Cologne Gazette, as
quoted by the Overseas News Agency,
says the German merchant submarine
Bremen is now on her way to the
United States with a cargo of dyes.
The Berlinger Tageblatt prints an in
terview with Director Lohmann of
the company owning the submarine
Bremen in which he says the Bremen
is on her way to Baltimore and that
trade by means of a submarine fleet
soon will be increased materially.
HEAVY FIGHTING ON
THE MACEDONIAN FRONT
London. Germany and Italy at last
are at war. Italy has ended the anom
alous situation that has existed for
months by declaring that from Mon
day she considers herself the enemy of
her former ally. Heavy fighting con
tinues between the Entente and Teu
tonic Allies in the Macedonia theater,
in the region of Lake Ochrida east
ward to Kavala, on the Aegean but
with results beclouded by diverging
atateanonys of Berlin and Paris.
CONGRESS PLANS
TO ADJOURN
SOON
JOINT RESOLUTION IS EXPECTED
FROM BOTH HOUSES DURING
WEEK.
TO END FRIDAY PROBABLY
House and Senate Leaders Plan to
Close Session as Soon as General De
ficiency and Revenue Bills Can Be
Gotten Through.
Washington. Congress is getting
ready to adjourn next Friday, if pos
sible, ignoring all threats of members
to prese special bills for consideration
over protests of administration lead
ers. It is expected that a joint reso
lution to provide for adjournment Fri
day evening will be submitted to both
houses next week as soon as general
deficiency appropriation bill has pass
ed the house probably on Tuesday.
Democratic leaders declare the resolu
tion will be adopted and that 'this will
operate te check a threatened pro
longed fight in the senate over the
Owen corrupt practices bill.
Senator Smith of South Carolina,
intends to seek another opportunity to
pass the immigration bill.
To clear the way for adjournment
Majority Leader Kitchin sent urgent
telegrams to all House absentees, ask
ing that they return at once for the
final legislative drive of the session.
The House has the shipping bill as
amended and the forthcoming reve
nue bill conference report to dispose
of next week.
In the Senate it is planned to lay
aside the revenue bill to pass the de
ficiency appropriation bill as soon as
it gets through the House.
"When that is done," said Senator
Simmons, chairman of the Finnance
Committee, "all general debate on the
revenue bill will halt, and it will be
rushed through."
If anything should happen to pre
vent adjournment next Friday, it will
be necessary for Congress to stay over
until the following week as President
Wilson will be in New Jersey Satur
day receiving formal notification of
his nomination for re-election.
GEORGIA MILITIA CAPTAIN
KILLED IN CAMP BY WOMAN
Officers Say Slayer Accused Victim of
Wronging Her in His Office In
Atlanta.
Macon, Ga. Capt. Edgar J. Sprat
ling of F. Company, Fifth Regimenti
National Guard of Georgia, was shot
and killed in his tent at the state mobi
lization camp near here by Mrs. H. C.
Adams, an Atlanta woman, who, ac
cording to officers at the camp, ac
cused Captain Spratling of having
wronged her.
At the Bibb county jail Mrs. Adams
asserted that Captain Spratling, who
was a physician, had caused her to
shoot him by attentions paid to her
while she was in bis office in Atlanta
for treatment before the Georgia
troops were mobilized.
Mrs. Adams, who Is about 30 years
old, came from her home in Atlanta
and going to the state camp, inquired
the way to Captain Spratling's tent.
Reaching the tent she asked he offi
cer it is said, if he were Captain
Spratling. On being answered in the
affirmative, she fired twice from a
small calibre pisto). both shots taking
effect.
The woman, according to Lieut.
Samuel A. Kysor, of F. Company, who
seized her a moment later, cried out
as she fired "you have ruined my
home." Mrs. Adams' husband is em
ployed at a laundry in Atlanta .accord
ing to information received here.
COWBOY BAND GREETS
HUGHES IN CHEYENNE
Cheyenne, Wyo. Charles E.
Hughes reached Cheyenne, Wyo., from
Salt Lake City. The nominee stopped
at Laramie en route and made a brief
address.
At the station he re Mr. Hughes was
met by a cowboy escort and two
brass bands. The nominee and his
wife headed an automobile parade
through the streets.
FIRST BORDER SESSION
AT NEW YORK SEPT. 4
Washington Secretary Lansing will
attend the first meeting of the American-Mexican
commission to adjust bor
der difficulties which will be held in
New York September 4. An official
announcement of this decision follow
ed conferences between Mr. Lansing
and Secretary Lar e and Judge Geo.
Gray, two of the American commis
sioners and Prof. Lee Rowe, secretary
of the American group.
KITCHIN HAS BILL TO
REDUCE BANKING COST
Washington. Representative Kitch
in, the Democratic leader, introduced
a bill to authorize member banks of
the Federal reserve system to make
"reasonable" instead of the actual cost
charges now allowed by law for the
clearing or collection of checks. Repre
sentative Glass, chairman of the
hanking committee, introduced a meas
ure which would facilitate the transfer
of large sums of m ney between Fed
eral reserve banks.
ADMINISTRATION
SECRETARY UPHOLDS PRESIDENT
WILSON'S EUROPEAN AND
MEXICAN POLICY.
SPEAKING TOUR IN MAINE
Declares That Policies Have "Infused
the Spirit of Declaration of Inde
pendence and of the Golden Rule"
Into the U. S. Foreign Relations. .3
Waterville, Maine. President Wil
aon's European and Mexican policies
hare "infused the spirit of the declara
tion of independence and of the Gold
en Rule" it the United States' foreign
relations, Secretary of War Baker de
lared in .n address here in connec
tion with the Democratic campaign in
Maine. "The Administration has kept
the peace,' Secretary Baker continu
ed, "it has done unto Mexico as we
would be done by."
"The Administration has i kept the
peace. It has done unto Mexico as we
would be done by and has infused the
spirit of the Declaration- of Indepen
dence and the Golden Rule Into its
foreign relations. It has maintained
friendly relations with the European
belligerents and placed this country
in a position from which when the
end of tha great European struggle
comes the moral forces of the United
States can be exercised in the inter
ests of justice and humanity.
'"Large problems lie before us in
the next four years. The re-construction
must take place. No unfamiliar
hand should be put in to guide the
course of our Nation during that per
iod. No uncertain voice should be per
milted to speak our spirit at the coun
cil table that re-organizes the uni
verse. This is a time when, having
pressed forward nobly on a high and
difficult course, the finish should be
left to those who have demonstrated
their ability by their work already
done."
TO BESTOW DECORATIONS
ON DEUTSCHLAND CREW.
Messages of Congratulations Are Re
ceived From All Parts of Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur
key. Amsterdam, via London. According
to a dispatch received here from Ber
lins Emperor William has sent the
following telegram to the owners of
the submarine Deutschland:
"With sincere pleasure I have just
received news of the safe return of
the submarine liner Deutschland. I
heartily congratulate the owners and
builders of the vessel and the brave
seamen under Keonig's command."
The message also expresses the in
tention of Emperor to bestow decora
tions on members of the Deutschland's
personnel.
From all parts of Germany, Austria
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey mes
sages of congratulation are arriving
for Captain Keonig and the crew of
the Deutschland. One came from the
Hungarian lower chamber addressed
to the German Reichstag.
The press gives liberal praise to
the fair and neutral conduct of the
United States Government. The Co
logne Gazette says?
"The American Government was
thoroughly and correctly neutral. The
American fleet saw strictly that the
American boundaries were duly re
spected by the English as well as the
French."
WANT MORE AVIATORS
FROM PALMETTO STATE
Columbia, S. C. Members of the
National Guard of South Carolina are
urged to enroll in aviation schools in
a letter from Alan H. Hawley, presi
dent of th3 Aero Club of America to
W W. Moore, adjutant general.
CANDLER NOMINATED
FOR ATLANTA MAYOR
Atlanta. Asa G. Candler, million
aire soft drink manufacturer, was
nominated for mayor of Atlanta in the
Democratic primary over Jesse Arm
istead, member of the city council.
DISREGARD FOR CIVIL
SERVICE IS CHARGED.
Salt Lake City, Utah. Charles E.
Hughes, speaking before an audience
that crowded every available foot of
space of the great Mormon Tabernacle
here assailed the Administration for
"specious disregard" of the civil ser
vice regulations in making appoint
ments. Mr. Hug es spoke with the
Democratic candidate for Governor
sitting on the platform and with other
Democratic candidates and party offi
cials, specially Invited guests
GAINS ON SOMME MADE BY
UNITED BLOWS OF ALLIES.
London. Striking simultaneously
the British and French- armies have
made substantial gains on the Somme
front according to the official reports
just issued. Maurepas has fallen to
the French, who have pushed forward
more than 200 yards beyond the town
or. a front of a mile and a quarter.
The British report a 300-yard advance
south of Thiepval and the capture of
many prisoners and munitions.
ALLIES AT SALONIKI
CENTER OF INTEREST
THE PLANS OF THE ALLIES IN
NEW OFFENSIVE ARE SOME
WHAT OBSCURE.
BULGARIANS MAKE ADVANCE
Berlin Reports Advances Against Ser
bians. French Mark Time in West.
Fierce Struggle Around Fleury in
Verdun Sector Continues.
London. Witfc y nP important
changes in the main war. theaters in
terest remains centered on the new
Allied offensive on the Saloniki front.
The latest dispatches, however, throw
little light on the situation and the
Allies' plans are somewhat obscure.
The British report that the Bulga
rians have advanced along the Struma
Valley and have entrenched them
selves at various points. Berlir also
reports further advances for them on
the right wing where they face the
Serbians. Apparently, however, no
action of first importance has yet de
veloped. Interest in the attitude of the
Greeks has been heightened by dis
patches telling of the determination
of the Greek commander at Seres to
resist the Bulgarians and of volun
teers being organized for his assist
ance by the Venizalos leaders at Sa
loniki. There has been no further develop
ment in the Rumanian situation. The
last report from Berlin maintains that
Rumania has not reached a decision.
On the Western front the French
are apparently marking time while
the British push against Thiepval and
Guillemont. The British report n
fresh tightening of the ring around
Thiepval in the capture of 200 yards
of German trenches south of the
town. Bitter fighting is going on in
this section. The Germans succeeded
in entering some British trenches but
according to London were immedi
ately evicted.
The fierce struggle around Fleury,
in the Verdun sector, continues. The
French claim "an appreciable ad
vance" between Fluery and Thiau
mont and the capture of 200 pris
oners. Conflicting claims are made by Ber
lin and Petrograd on the fighting on
the eastern front. Both report the
capture of positions near Jajblonitza
Pass, where a violent struggle has
been in progress several days on the
crest of the Carpathians. Berlfn also
claims the sanguinary repulse of Rus
sian attempts to cross the 3tokhod
and apparently desperate fighting is
going on.
BORDER BOARD MEETS
EARLY IN SEPTEMBER
Mexican Joint Commission's Sessions
to be Held at Some Place on New
England Coast.
Washington Secretary Lansing and
Eliseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassa
dor designate, tentatively agreed
that the joint commission to discuss
border problems should meet at some
place on the New England coast dur
ing the first week in September.
Mr. Arredondo called at the depart
ment to receive formal notification that
the American commissioners had been
selected and were ready to meet the
Mexican members as soon as the time
and place could be arranged.
Both the embassy and the depart
ment were in communication with
Mexico City in regard to fixing a date
for beginning the sessions.
AMERICAN STEALER
FIRED ON BY U-BOAT
Rotterdam, via London. According
to information here the American
steamer Owegor regarding a reported
submarine attack on which the Ameri
can government . has inquired of Ger
many, arrived liere August 13. and . re
ported encountering off the "Isle oi
Wight the German submarine which
fired 10 or 12 shots at her without
warning, it is declared, some shells
striking very -close to her but inflict
ing no damage. ,
, . :
FEDERAL PROTEST ON
VIRGINIA QUARANTINE.
Washington. DiKrict Health Officer
Woodward sent a protest to" State
Health Commissioner Williams of Vir
ginia against the action of health offi
cers and physicians of Virginia recom
mending a state.-wJie infantile paraly
sis quarantine. : -
Mr. Woodward cited the action of
the conference of Federal and state
health officers held here last week, in
which state-wide quarantines were dis
approved. PACKERS ACUSED OF
BOOSTING BREAD C08T
Washington.-:--Ch arges that packing
companies, seeing a possibility that
meat .consumption might increase if
prices for bred were raised, have had
a hand in thjs, movement for hdghei
bread jprices were made by Represen
tative Rainey ef Illinois before the Fed
eral Trade Commission. Representa
tive Rainey declared one of the big
gest Chicago bakery companies ado
cating a price adv ince is controlled by
packing interests.
U. S. FOREST MEN
BUY MORE N.G. LAND
OVER SEVEN HUNDRED THOUS
AND ACRES ARE IN TRAN
SYLVANIA COUNTY.
PART OF THE PISGAH FOREST
0her Tracts Lie In Avery, Caldwell,
Macon and McDowell Counties and
Total About 2,000 Acres.
Washington. Addition of 66,880
acres to the government's forest re
reserves in the Appalachian and White
Mountains bringing the total area pur
chased up to 1,396,367 acres, was an
announced by the National Forest Res
ervation Commission. Fifty-nine tracts
are comprised in the new acquisitions
the largest being in the "Kilkenny pur
chase area" in New Hampshire and
covering 36,000 acres.- About 17,000
acres are in the White Mountains
making the total acquired there 698,
086 acres.
Smaller tracts were purchased in
the Southern Appalachian Mountains,
the largest total on any area being
that of 7,678 acres in Transylvania
county, North Carolina, on the Pis
gah Forest. Other tracts In Avery,
Caldwell. Macon and McDowell coun
ties, North Carolina, on the Boone,
Nantahala and Mount Mitchell areas,
aggregate 1,870 acres.
Aproximately 2,000 acres of the
approved lands are on the Potomac,
Shenandoah and Natural Bridge areas
in Virginia, 56 acres are In Rabun
and Union counties, Georgia and the
remaining 586 acres are in Monroe
and Sulivan counties, Tennessee.
Apples Rot for Lack of Road.
section are beginning to lose patience
over the failure of the state and gov
ernment to provide them with a road
to market. There are thousands of
bushels of the finest mountain apples
to be found in the country simply rot
ting on the trees, a farmer from that
region declared here and all that is
necessary is a road by which they can
be brought to some station and ship
ped to market. 9
"If we can get a road" this farmer
explained, "the people of the Bat
Cave section can take care of them
selves. We do not need charity.
What we want is a road, and we will
furnish our own charity. But with
winter growing closer every day, and
no road in sight, the prospects are
not exactly rosey hued. With a de
cent road into Bat Cave we could have
a large number of tourists there right
now, but we can't get them if there is
no way for them to reach the country."
The only road open to Bat Cave
at present is the road from Henderson- N
ville, and that is largely due to the
methods employed by Scott Freeman
in handling the relief funds. He put
the funds into roads, and the money
went to the people just, the same. The
result is that there is one road by
which the country can be reached, al
though an automobile cannot get to
Esmeralda Inn, one of the show places
of the section.
With the Asheville-Charlotte High
way restored, it is estimated that a
large number of people will yet visit
the Bat Cave section and this tourist
business, combined with a chance to
dispose of their apples and other fruits
will make the people of that section
independent for the winter.
, . Print 3,000,000 Ballots.
Raleigh. The State Board of Elec
tions is preparing for the printing of
three million ballots to be used in the
general elections in North Carolina
November 7. This is on the basis of
five times as many as there were
votes cast in the election four years
ago, which was 120,000 Democratic
and 80,000 Republican, in round num
bers. The state board is required to
have the ballots in the hands of the
local election officers at least 10 days
before the day of the election. The
actual printing of the ballots will be
gin at once and constitutes an espe
cially heavy run of printing.
Fayettevllle Light Infantry Celebrates.
Fayetteville. The 123rd anniver
sary of the Fayetteville Independent
Light Infantry was celebrated with a
target shoot and barbecue at Beaver
Lakke, six miles from Fayetteville.
The company gathered at its armory
on Maxwell street at 8 o'clock in the
morning for the trip to the lake where
a day filled with .pleasure was spent.
The target shoot was held in the morn
ing and many excellent scores were
made. First prize was carried off by
Sergeant W. M. Vann. Second prize
went to Corporal R. M. Holland.
Spencer Expects Big Crowd.
i . Spencer Spencer, the youngest rail
road town In the South, is already far
famed on account of her annual cele
brations held on Labor Day. This
.year the celebratidn falls on Septem
ber 4 and great preparations are being
made to outstrip all former events'. One
of the: features. Which has on all for
mer occasions impressed the thous
ands in attendance, Is to be a mam
moth street parade starting In Salis
bury, three miles distant, and reach
ing all the-way to Spencer where the
main events take place.
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