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VOL. XXXIX.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM CO SEPTEMBER 27, 1916.
NO. 8.
EPITOME OF THE
WEEKS EVENTS
to a Condensed Form the Happenings if
All Nationalities Are Given
For Our Readers.
WEEK'S NEWSAT A GLANCE
Important Events of the United States
and Particularly in the
South.
Mexican News
Revolutionary attacks are reported
to have been made upon Guadalajara,
Tampico and Vera Cruz on September
16, simultaneously with Villa's Hidal
2:0 day attack upon Chihuahua City.
The government losses in killed and
wounded in the recent battle of Chi
huahua City are placed at fifty-three,
and the Villa casualties are estimated
o have been in the neighborhood of
two hundred and fifty, including ninety-four
prisoners taken and executed.
Private John Clyne, B company, Sec
ond Missouri regiment, was shot and
killed by a military guard at Dolores,
Texas, as a result, it is said, of an
altercation with the guard.
Villa's own troops executed a sur
prise attack on Chihuahua in the dark
of the morning, and ended in a com
plete victory for the de facto gov
ernment troops under General Tre vi
no, who received a flesh wound in the
left forearm under the fire.
The attack on Chihuahua City by
Villa occurred at 3:30 o'clock' during
a heavy rain, and while the people
were asleep, after the festivities of two
nights in honor of the Mexican Inde
pendence Day. The Vilal forces enter
ed the town in two columns, one of
which made straight for the peniten
tiary and released the politcal prison
ers.
Domestic
Cool weather in North Carolina and
parts of South Carolina has caused
.some damage to cotton.
Picking and ginning cotton is pro
ceeding under favorable conditions is
most of the Southern states.
Most of the tobacco crop in Virginia,
Kentucky and Tennessee has been
housed and is being cured.
Rains have delayed picking cotton
in western Florida and sbme lint has
been stained.
In Georgia the cotton crop is about
all open, and the weather is favorable
for picking.
In Louisiana and Texas little or no
top crop is expected, owing to boll
weevil. Cotton is reported as being
made in the greater portion of Ar
kansas, which state will reap a har
vest from that staple unless all signs
fail.
Frost did considerable damage dur
ing recent weeks to late corn in sev
eral northern states.
The trustees of the Mississippi
state prison farm sold 400 bales of
cotton at an average of 21.49 cents
per pound and four carloads of cotton
seed at $46.20 a ton.
President Wilson has anonunced
that he has no intention of making a
campaign tour, but that he will carry
out plans already tentatively made for
several speeches on public questions
before non-partisan organizations.
It is announced at Democratic na
tional committee headquarters that
President Wilson has many invitations
to speak in various parts of the coun
try. North and South shook hands in the
white house of the Confederacy at
Richmond, Va., now a museum of the
Confederate Memorial Literary Soci
ety, when presentation was made by
the Worcester Continentals of a Con
federate drum picked up on a battle
field near Winchester and retained in
possession of the Continentals from
then until now.
The members of the civilian naval
consulting board are Thomas Edison,
William L. Saunders of the American
Institute of Mining Engineers, Dr. Pe
ter C. Hewitt of the Inventors' Guild,
Thomas Robbins of the Inventors'
Guild, W. R. Whitney, L. H. Baeke
land, F. I. Sprague and Lawrence Ad
dicks. Two possemen were killed and two
injured in an encounter in the Ever
glades (Florida) with four bandits
sought for robbery of $6,000 from the
State Bank at Homestead, Fla.
Mrs. Anne E. Howe, only sister of
President Wilson, died at a hotel in
New London, Conn., of peritonitis,
from which she had been suffering
for some time.
European War
Maj. Ernst Bassermann, a leader of
the German National Liberal party,
declares that the submarine campaign
has been postponed, not abandoned.
He advocates the widest possible use
of both submarines and Zeppelins and
the most ruthless methods of warfare.
The reduction in the price of bread
stuffs was followed by a lowering of
the meat prices in Berlin.
Roasting beef has been reduced
from 60 cents to 40 cents a pound in
Berlin, with a corresponding decrease
in other grades of meat.
The-war chancellories at Berlin, So
fiia and Vienna record victories for the
Teutonic allies over the Roumanians
in Transylvania and Dobrudja.
Large quantities of ammunition and
war material are falling daily into the
hands of the British and French in
the fighting along the Somme.
Artillery engagements for the most
part are going on along both the
British and French sectors of the
front.
Heavy battles are in progress on
the eastern front in Russia and in
Galicia.
Along the Stokhod river the Ger
mans and Austro-Hungarians have
taken the offensive against the Rus
sians, according to Berlin, near Za
recze have crossed the river in pur
suit of their retreating foe and have
captured 31 officers and 2,511 men and
seventeen machine guns.
In Galicia, a counter attack by the
forces of the central powers along the
Narayuvka river southeast of Lem
berg, brought further success to the
German arms and resulted in the cap
ture of an additional 4,200 men.
In the Carpathians, in the Ludowa
region, the Russians have gained some
new positions.
Along a wide front the British have
advanced and have captured a Ger
man fortified work which had previ
ously resisted all their efforts. This
is indicative of the intention of the
British commander to force the battle
along the Somme front without cessa
tion. North and south of the Somme the
British and French troops at various
points are keeping up their vigorous
offensive against the Germans, and
have put down strong German coun
ter attacks.
In Macedonia the French troops j
have captured the town of Fiorina, j
Greece, from the Bulgarians.
In the Lake Ostrovo region and near S
Cerna the Serbs have gained addition- j
al ground.
On the Doiran front, where the Brit- j
ish are engaged, only artillery engage- I
ments have taken place recently.
To stem the tide of the advance of
the army of the central powers in the
Dobrudja region of Roumania, the
Roumanians and Russians have ceased
their retreat and drawn a definite bat
tle line.
The British have lost since the war
began 41,014 officers.
During the last fortnight of August
British General Potter was killed;
also five lieutenant colonels.
A torpedo sank the British ship
Kelvinia, carrying twenty-eight Amer
icans. This is the statement of G.
W. Dillard of Richmond, Va., who was
one of the passengers.
Capt Franz von Papen, former mili
tary attache of the German govern
ment at Washington, D. C, is now in
the center of the fighting on the
Somme front, being the chief general
staff officer of a division holding one
of the most crucial salients on this
front.
German positions exceeding four
miles in length were captured by the
British and French armies in the con
tinuation of the offensive north and
south of the Somme river in France.
Prince Frederick William of Hesse
has been killed at Cara Orman, it is
officially announced by the war office
at Berlin in its reports on the opera
tions on the Balkan front.
Near Thiepval the British report im
portant gains, and have captured
ground for which they have been con
tending for weeks,
chavenes.
Washington
Great Britain has formally express
ed regret for the action of a British
destroyer in holding up and examin
ing the Philippine steamer Cebu with
in the territorial waters of the Philip
pines. Because of a heavy fog, it is
explained, the destroyer commander
did not know the vessel was so near
the shore.
It is reported here in dispatches
from China that nearly a million peo
ple have been mnde homeless by one
of the greatest floods on record in j
that section of China.
The navy civilian consulting board, j
composed of twenty-four of the na- j
tion's most eminent scientists and en- j
gineers, took its place as a legalized
bureau of the navy department, and
the names of its members, headed by
Thomas A. Edison, as chairman, were
placed upon the rolls under a recent
act of congress as "officers of the
United States government."
The lowest death rate in the coun
try's history is shown in the prelimi
nary vital statistics for the year 1915,
made public by the census bureau.
The rate, 13.5 per thousand, is based
on reports from twenty-five states and
forty-one cities, with a total popula
tion of sixty-seven million people.
In 1914 the census bureau states
the percentage of deaths was 13.6, the
lowest ever recorded up to that time.
The average rate during the period
1901-05 was 16.2.
Maj. Gen. Albert L. Mills, chief of
the bureau of militia affairs, holder
of the army medal of honor for brav
ery under fire, builder of the new
West Point, and former president of
the Army War College, died in Wash
ington after fifteen hours of illness
from pneumonia.
The task of federalizing the state
troops under the plan laid out by con
gress in the reorganization bill recent
ly signed has rested largely upon Gen
eral Mills. Who has just died in Wash-
I ington, as he was chief of the militia
bureau. The work was greatly com
plicated because of the fact that the
irnni)s were called for border duty
! before an opportunity presented itself
to work out the new scheme.
Advices sent from Laredo, Texas,
to the war department indicate that a
reign of terror exists in the state of
San Luis Potosi, Mexico, from the
Neuvo Leon state line to Queretaro,
as a result of the activity of a band
of outlaws. One report states that the
bandits recently held up a train near
Tamosopo.
Two British officers commanding
the boarding party which recently held
up and examined the Philippine Cebu
within Philippine territorial waters,
were armed, according to a report re
ceived by the war department from
Governor General Harrison.
KIFFIN ROCKWELL
KILLED IN BATTLE
DARING NORTH CAROLINA AVIA
TOR MEETS DEATH IN AERIAL
BATTLE IN FRANCE.
FIGHTING FOR THE ALLIES
Son of Mrs. L. A. Rockwell of Winston-Salem
Honored By General
Joffre as Bold and Courageous
Pilot. Wore Numerous Medals.
Winston-Salem, N. C. Kiffin Yates
Rockwell, formerly of Asheville and
Atlanta, who had been serving with
the French aero corps on the Western
battle front, was killed in a fight
with a German aircraft. Announce
ment of his death was contained in a
cablegram from Paris received here
by his mother. Mrs. L. A. Rockwell
of this city.
The message announcing the avia
tor's death was very brief and came
from an influential friend of the fam
ily in Paris. It said:
"Kiffin killed this morning in aerial
battle in Alsace."
Young Rockwell had been serving
in the French army since September
30, 1914. He was very active in the
aerial fighting around Verdun and
succeeded in bringing down four
German aeroplanes unassisted. For
this feat he recently received a war
cross and military medal from the
hand of General Joffre, who referred
to him as "a bold and courageous
pilot." He ahd been frequently men
tioned for bravery in the official re
ports. Mrs. Rockwell had received a letter
from her son only a few hours before
the news of his death reached her.
In the letter he stated that he had
had a leave of absence of eight days
and had spent the time in Paris with
his brother, Paul Rockwell, and that
he had had a great time. On the day
he mailed the letter he was leaving
for the front and said he had been
transferred from Verdun to a more
active sector.
Aerial fighting in which Sergt.
Kiffen Rockwell of North Carolina
was mortally wounded by a German
airman took place over the town of
Thann.
Rockwell was serving as a volun
teer in the Franco-American flying
corps on the Verdun front. A few
hours previous to the engagement he
had been promoted to the rank of
second lieutenant but died without
knowing of the new honor.
MEXICAN-AMERICAN
COMMISSION PLEASED.
Progress Made in First Three Weeks
of Joint Discussion Satisfactory
to Members.
New London, Conn. Professing sat
isfaction with the progress already
made, members of th e Mexican-American
joint commission have begun the
fourth week of their conference. It is
expected that the American members
will continue their inquiry into the so
cial and economic as well as the mili
tary problems of Mexico on the ground
that the conditions in Northern Mexico
are too inmtiately related to internal
affairs t justify them in entering into
an agreement for border control with
out a definite understanding of what
changes fur the better are to be made
nearer the seat of government.
The Mexicans have received from
Andres Garcia, Mexican consul at Ei
Paso, a report of the attack on Chi
huahua by Villa forces, denying that
the attacking party obtained any am
munition or that Villa personally ap
peared in the city.
THIEVES GET GFMS
VALUED AT $15,000
Baltimore, Md. Defying detection
from tte hourly visits of a night
watchman, cracksmen early today
chiseled their way into the inner re
cess of a 3,000 pound safe in the jew
elry store of Cemen and Norwig and
escaped with gems valued at approxi
mately $15,000.
WILSON AND HUGHES
CALLED "CAPITALISTIC"
New York. President Wilson and
Charles E. Hughes were characterized
as "candidates of the capitalistic
class", by Allan L. Benson, nominee of
the Socialist party for president at a
meeting held in Madison Square Gar
den. Mr. Benson and his running
mate, George R. Kirkpatrick, candi
date for vice president as well as other
Socialist nominees were applauded by
a large crowd which assembled for the
formal ratication of the candidate.
$1,000,000 LOSS AND ONE
DEAD IN PHOENIX, N. Y., FIRE.
Syracuse, N. Y. Fire destroyed the
entire business district and more
than half the town of Phoenix, caus
ing a loss of more than $1,000,000.
One person is known to have per
ished. Eighty-two buildings were de
stroyed. The fire burned without
check for 15 hours and the volunteer
fire department was made helpless
by the early destruction of the water
pumping station.
WORKERS
VOTE FOR STRIKE
OVER HALF MILLION ARE CALL
ED TO JOIN IN NEW YORK'S
BIG WALKOUT.
STRIKE FORMALLY ORDERED
Organized Worker In Virtually Every
Industry ki Greater New York Call
ed Upon to Cease Work September
27th at 8 A. M.
New York. Organized workers in
virtually every industry in Greater
New York were formally called upon
to cease work at 8 a. m. Wednesday
morning in sympathy with striking
traction employes. Union leaders as
sert approximately 600,000 men and
women are involved.
The call as embodied in resolu
tions adopted at a conference of la
bor leaders representing the Federat
ed bodies in all the boroughs of the
city as well as many national and in
ternational unions. Of the 80. unions
in the city represented it was said
some already had voted in favor of a
strike. A call it was said would be
issue not only to organized workers
in New York but also to those in
Westchester county in which the cit- j
ies of Yonkers, New Rochelle and
Mount Vernon are situated, and
would extend throughout a wide
range of industries.
"It was decided by unanimous vote
by representatives of 80 unions in
Greater New York and vicinity that
there shall be a general suspension
of all work in all trades and indus
tries in Greater. New York and vicin
ity the same to commence Wednes
day, September 28 at 8 a. m."
BRITISH PROPOSE MORE
STRINGENT SHIPPING CONTROL.
Claim Depletion of Supply of Ton
nage as Result of Submarine Action
Must Be Met by Increased Measures
London. The continued depletion
of the world's supply of tonnage as a
result of the operations of the sub
marines of the Central Powers will
be met by an increase in stringent
measures by which the Entente Al
lies design to control shipping, so as
to ensure it being used to the best
advantage of the Allies and prevent
it even indirectly aiding their oppon
ents, according to a statement made
to the Associated Press by Lord
Robert Cecil. Minister of War Trade.
Lord Robert admitted that even the
present rate of destruction without
considering the possiblliy of a re
sumption of unrestricted submarine
warfare, meant a serious loss to the
world's tonnage and that consequent
ly it would not be expected that
British coal or ether British facil
ities should be expended on ships
carrying goods to blacklisted firms
The Entente Allies will increase their
shipping measures, which already are
proving valuable in making the best
use of available tonnage in propor
tion as the Germans succeed in de
stroying merchant ships.
RESURRECTION OF VILLA
DENIED BY DE FACTO CHIEFS.
Washington. Whether Francisco
Villa again ha become a factor in
I the military situation in Northern
Mexico remained a question of con
siderable doubt despite nearly a
week's effort by the state and war
'iepartments to ascertain what part,
if any, the bandit chief took in the
attack on Chihuahau City.
Secretary Baker let it become
known that War Department officials
do not regard as conclusive the re
port transmitted by Brig. Gen. Bell,
saying that Villa led the Chihuahua
: City attack in person and the Mexi
can Embassy announced receipt of
official advices declaring Villa was
not in the attacking force. The Em
bassy's report came from General
Trevino, commander of the garrison.
The resurrection of Villa is not
' true," said Ambassador Arredon.
"The attack on Chihuahua City was
made by a combination of juntas an
tagonistic to the de facto govern
ment." i 18 FEET OF GREAT 12-IN. GUN
BLOWN OFF BY EXPLOSION.
Norfolk. The U. S. S. Michigan,
badly damaged by the explosion of
the muzzle of one of her 12-inch guns
while engaged in target practice on
the Southern Drill Grounds, arrived
in Hampton Roads. Late in the
afternoon after transferring yoeman
Robert C. Cooper, injured in the ac
cident, to the naval hospital and tak
ing on a small boat the battleship
sailed under rush orders for the Phil
adelphia for repairs.
SOUTHERN LABOR CONGRESS
BACKS STRIKE AND 8-HR. LAW.
Memphis. The fifth annual meet
ing of the Southern Labor Congress
was concluded here, the closing ses
sion being marked by resolutions sup
porting the street car strike in New
York, endorsing the proposed syn
pathetic strike of other unions there
and approving President Wilson's
foreign policy and his action when
the railroad strike was impending
recently. Jerome Jones of Atlanta,
was re-elected president.
VILLA PROMISES
TO RETURN SOON
WILL COME BACK TO CHIHUAHUA
CITY, SCENE OF LATEST
ATTACK.
Gi-N. BELL SENDS REPORT i
Commander of El Paso Military Dis
trict Tells U. S. War Department
That Bandit Chief Led Mexican In
dependence Day Raid.
Washington. The most detailed ac
count yet received of the fighting at
Chiuahua City when Villa celebrated
the Mexican Independence Day by a
successful assault on the Carranza gar
rison, reached the war department
from Brig. Gen. George Bell, com
manding the El Paso military district.
It asserts that Villa personally led the
attacking forces that he took and held
inumerous impprtant buildings In the
city for several hours; that he was
joined by a thousand or more men of
the Carranza garrison and retired,
promising to return soon and taking
with him a large quantity of captured
arms, ammunition and artillery.
General Bell's dispatch does not
show the source of his information and
many officials believe his account of
the incident was founded on rumors
reaching the border and were various
stories which have been transformed
by state department agents. They
were inclined to believe for that re-v
son that the full truth of what trans
pired is not yet known. Reports mo
far received are similar only in thnt
they show a fight did occur on Septem
ber 16 and that the Villa followers
took the penitentiary and some other
buildings. They all conflict as to the
part Villa played, not even agreeing
that he was present.
"Evidence increases to show that
Villa was completely successful in his
attack Saturday upon Chihuahua and
accomplished all and more than he
said he would do There is diversity
of opinion and statements as to the
number of men with which he enter
ed Chihuahua. Some reports, state he
only had about 500, while others give
him 1,700. but all agree that he was
able to secure possession of the peni
tentiary the governor's palace and the
federal buildings, hold them for sev
eral hours and all this with a Carranza
garrison at Chihuahua. He liberted
over 200 prisoners, secured and carried
away more than 16 automobile loads of
arms and ammunition under an escort
of deserting Carranza troops. He left
Chihuahua with from 1,000 to 1,500
more men than he enter with.
Villa retired leisurely and practi
cally without molestation. The firing
by Trevino's artillery occurred after
Villa troops had withdrawn.
NAVY CONSULTING BOARD
BACK FROM TARGET TEST
Secretary Daniels and Civilian Officials
See Atlantic Fleet in Action at
Southern Drill Grounds.
Washington. Secretary Daniels re
turned here from the Southern Drill
Grounds where in company with mem
bers of the civilian consulting board
tie watched practice maneuvers of the
Atlantic fleet Including an exhibition
flight from the aeroplane ship North
Carolina and special operations.
The yacht Dolphin put the secretary
and the board members aboard the
euperdreadnaught Texas in Lynnha
ven roads and from the big flagship
they witnessed short range battle prac
tice ami various other tests including
night firing by the battleship Minne
sota. A spectacular feature was a sea
aeroplane flight by Lieutenant Bel
linger, of the North Carolina, who
was dropped overboard in his machine
by the ship's crane and left to get un
der way in a rough sea. He executed
a long flight, scouting the waters far in
advance of the fleet.
Numerous subjects of naval inter
est were discussed by the board.
Among these was the question of se
lecting a suitable site for the projected
$1,500,000 naval laboratory.
It was said no decision was reached.
W. J. BRYAN STARTS OUT '
ON SECOND CAMPAIGN TOUR
Rock Springs, Wyo. William J.
Bryan has started on his second
day's tour of Wyoming in support of
President Wilson and the democratic
ticket. Mr. Bryan, speaking here,
appealed for the re-election of Presi
dent Wilson on the ground that
President Wilson had kept the United
States out of war. Mr. Brayn de
clared the republican party had been
unscrupulous in methods concerning
votes for women in suffrage states,
states.
CONSPIRACY TO KILL
VENIZELOS REVEALED.
Milan, via London. A Solniki dis
datch to the Secolo, says:
"A conspiacy to kill Elipthrois
Venizelos has been discovered with
the result that the guard of Cretans
about his house has been augmented
and friends accompany the ex-premier
when he goes out.
"Two lines of trenches have been
built around King Constantine's pal
ace which is constantly guarded by
large forces."
STRIKE
T BLOWS
STRONG EFFORT TO RETRIEVE
PART OF THEIR LOST TERRI
TORY FROM FRENCH
DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER
French Hold Positions Along Line and
Germans Retire in Disorder Leav
ing Ground Almost Covered With
German Dead.
London. In an effort to retrieve in
part their lost territory, the Germans
despite the bad weather, made vio
lent counterattacks against the
French over a three-mile front in
the region between Priez Farm and
Bouchavesnes, north of the Somme.
In mass formation the Teutons
threw attack after attack along the
line from 9 o'clock in the morning
until dark, and at the end of the day
the French were everywhere holding
their positions, according to Paris,
and the battlefield at points was cov
ered with German dead.
During the fighting the Germans
penetrated the northeastern part of
the village of Bouchavesnes but here
the French met them with the bay
onet and dislodged them. Four as
saults at the Priez Farm at which
the Germans came on in waves were
repulsed by the French whose obser
vers assert that the Germans at last
withdrew in disorder, leaving many
dead behind them".
On the British front the inclement
weather still holds the opposing sides
to artillery duels.
In the eastern theater, in Russia
and Galicia, both Berlin and Vienna
report the reulse of heavy Russian
attacks in the Lutsk sector.
Local successes for the Russians in
the Carpathians are conceded by the
Teutonic Allies, who say, - however,
that in whole the Russian attacks in
this region were repulsed.
RMY DOES NOT SEEK
WAR, BAKER DECLARES.
Secretary Tells St. Louis Business
Men That as a Civilian He Opposed
I Professio nal Soldier But Mind is
Changed.
St. Louis. Secretary of War Baker
n an adress before the Business j
Men's League here, said that as Sec
retary of War had discovered that the
Army does not desire war.
"As a civilian," he said, "I believ
ed that a standng army was a me
nace to free institutions and that the 1
professional soldier desired war. But
I want to make a confession to you.
I have found as Secretary of War
that the Army of the United States
; from the commanding general to the
last enlisted private does not desire
war. I know of no body of men who
have a more singular devotion to
duty than the the Army, and no body
of men who would be more willing
i to lay down their lives for their
i country-
I "The militia was mobilized on the
border a distance of 1,800 miles
twice the distance from St. Louis to
New York with great success and ef
ficiency. Notwithstanding the fact
that the men came from all walks
of life and are doing service In a
! strange climate, the efficiency is
such that the sick report is less than
j two per cent one per cent less than
I that of the regular army.
"The time has come where there
! must be power on the part of the
Government to mobilize all the forces
j of the country for the common in
terest." BRITAIN REGRETS HAVING
HELD UP PHILIPPINE SHIP.
Washington. Great Britain for-
mally expre-ed to the United States
regret for the action of a British de
stroyer in holding Up and examining
the Philippine steamer Cebu within
the territorial waters of of the Philip
pines. Because of a heavy fog it was
explained the destroyer's commander
did not know the vessel was so near
shore.
LEADING MEN ATTEND
SETH LOW'S FUNERAL.
New York. Men of nationwide
prominence representatives of educa
tional and financial institutions and
delegations from civic, historical and
political organizations, paid tribute
to the memory of former Mayor Seth
Low at his funeral here. Among
those present were Governor Whitman,
Mayor Mitchell, J. P. Morgan, Elihu
Root, Samuel Gompers, George W.
Perkins and Alton B. Parker. Burial
was in Greenwood Cemetery.
MILLION MADE HOMELESS.
BY BIG FLOOD IN CHINA.
Washington. Nearly a Tiillion peo
ple have been made homeless by one
of the greatest floods on record in
that section' of China where the
American Red Cross already has spent
$600,060 for flood protection and where
the $30,000,000 loan for reclamation
work which was postponed by th
war. was to have been spent. R;
ports to the State Department fro
Nanking said the Hwai River had i
undated an area of 7,000 square mile
GERMANS
STATE APPLE CROP
ft REPORTED GOOD
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
SAYS YIELD IS LARGER THAN
LAST YEAR.
1972000 BARRELS LAST YEAR
Winesap, Rome Beauty, York Imper
ial, Stayman Winesap and Limber
twig Show Larger Crops.
Washington. The North Carolina
apple crop promises well this" year.
Several of the leading varieties will
yield far more than they did last
year. In a statement issued the De
partment of Agriculture says that the
winesap, Rome beauty, York imperial,
Stayman winesap and limbertwig
have increased over the last crop.
The Department statement says:
"The September 1 forecast of total
apple production this year 4n tbe
United States, as reported by the
Bureau of Crop Estimates, U. S. De
partment of Agriculture, is 67,879,000
barrels of three bushels each (agricul
tural and not commercial basis) as
compared with 76,670,000 estimated
produced last year, of which not
quite 65 per cent were sold. In the
past ten years estimated production
has exceeded the present forecast
five times. Taking the country as a
whole, it thus appears that the apple
crop will be nearly an average, but
12 per cent smaller than last year's
large crop. The crop is larger than
last year in the Atlantic Coast States,
including North Carolina, New York
and Pennsylvania, and in the Pacific
Coast States, but smaller in practi
cally all the interior states except
Michigan, which has about 34 per
cent more than last year. For the
first time this year an attempt has
been made to forecast the crop by
important varieties.
"The following estimates are based
upon reports from especial lists of
apple correspondents to the Bureau
of Crop Estimates:
"The winesan forecast, North Caro
lina 178,000 barrels, an increase ol
nine per cent.
"The Rome beauty, North Carolina,
93,000 barrels, an increase of 39 per
cent.
"The York imperial. North Carolina,
92,000 barrels, an increase of 33 per
cent.
"Limbertwig, 227,000 barrels, an
increase of 10 per cent."
The North Carolina apple crop of
last year amounted to 1,972,000 bar
rels at 79 cents per barrel.
The crop will be much larger this
year if the increase in other varieties
keep up the record promised by the
ones mentioned by the Department
of Agriculture.
New Bank Gets Charter.
Raleigh. One new bank and
amendments for two others was the
record of charters and charter
amendments in the office of the Sec
retary of State. The Carolina Bank
of Gibson was chartered with $100,
000 capital authorized and $10,000
subscribed by W. H. Sanders, E. L.
Gibson and others for a general bank
ing business.
The Bank of Pamlico at Bayboro
amends its charter so as to authorize
the establishment of branch banks.
An amendment for the charter of
"The" Citizen's Bank of Gates, Gates
County, provides simply for the elim
ination of "The" from the charter
name of the corporation.
Plan For Tuberculosis Week.
Tuberculosis Week will be observed
in North Carolina the week of De
cember 3-10. This week has been set
apart by the National Association
for the Study and Prevention of Tu
berculosis in which special attention
shall be given this all important sub
ject in every state in the union.
Through the Tuberculosis Bureau of
this state, of which Dr. L. B. Mc
Brayer of the State Sanatorium is at
the head, efforts will be made to en
list the co-operajtion of the churches,
the schools, and all anti-tuberculosis
and public health organizations.
State Engineer Surveys B idge.
Mooresville. State Engineer Fallis
and his assistant, Lewis Craven,
spent the afternoon at the river eight
miles west of town, making a survey
of the proposed free bridge ordered
by the county commissioners to be
built at once. It is quite probable
that a new site will be recommended,
although if it can be done, the site
of the Brown and Troutman bridge
will be utilized. Commissioner W.
C. Johnston was with the engineers,
together with a number of interested
private citizens.
Extension Service Staff Busy.
Thirteen members of the Exten
sion Service staff are out during this
week engaged in some form of de
monstration work. The demonstra
tion agents in nearly all of the coun
ties are now busy with the county or
community fairs apd are doing every
thing possible for their success. The
State Fair is also in the attention of
the agents and the other members of
the service and plans are being made
to make the exhbits at the fair big
ger and better than they have ever
been.