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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNT??, N. C, JANUARY 3, 1917. NO. 22. a. 1 i IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OYER Happenings ef This and Other Nations Fir Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS M THE SOUTH What is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs, Mexican One more appeal for modification of i he protocol providing for the with drawal of American troops from Mex ico is made by General Carranza in a message delivered to Secretary Lane by Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mex ican members of the joint commis sion. Carranza's chief insistence in his latest utterance is that the American troops shall be withdrawn uncondi- iionally. An El Paso dispatch says that 300 recruits for the regular American army have been quarantined in tents on the parade grounds at Fort Bliss because five of the recruits were found to be suffering with measles. A report has been received in El Paso, Texas, from sources known to be close to Villa saying that Villa's forces captured San Luis Potosi. No details are available. Domestic The jury in the case of eleven de fendants charged with the use of the mails to defraud in sales of wild hcrses in Coconino county, Arizona, re turned a verdict of guilty against eight defendants and founty two not guilty. One defendant was dismissed by the judge. David Caplan, last of the alleged dy namiters brought to trial for the de struction of the Los Angeles Times building in 1910, was sentenced to ten years in San Quentin penitentiary on a charge of manslaughter. President Wilson pasesd his sixtieth milestone on December 28. Southern Methodist members of the joint commission on union with the Methodist Episcopal church met in Baltimore for organization. Bishop Warren A. Candler of Atlanta was se lected as chairman, succeeding the late Bishop A. W. Wilson of Balti more. Pour persons are known to have been killed near England, Ark., in a tornado which swept through portions of Loncke and Jefferson counties. More than a score of others are re ported to have lost their lives at Keo, Tucker and other small towns in the path of the storm. The statement was made at the meeting of the American Genetic As sociation in New York that every woman should rear at least three chil dren. It was further stated that col lege women were shirking the respon sibility of motherhood, and that they were not only damaging their mental ity but their physical beauty and pro portion as well. Six men are under arrest at Salt Lake City, Utah, as a result of the finding cf a bomb near the residence of Governor William Spry- A reward of $1,000 has been offered for a con viction in each case. Washington A joint session of the Mexican American commission will be held Parly in January, at which the Ameri cans will give the Mexicans their an swer, and on its nature depends the future course of the commissioners, who have been trying for four months to adjust questions at issue between the two countries. Tt is learned in Washington that Carranza has raised no insuperable barriers to an adjustment of the dif ference between the United States and Mexico. It is stated that one of the Condi tions to which Carranza objects to the protocol is that under which the terri tory evacuated by the American garri son would have to be filled by Mexi can troops.' At the session of the American As sociation for the Advancement of Sci ence in New York, the principal topic of discussion was that this continent was inhabited between 125,000 and 300,000 years ago. A machine that, shows "how sound looks' was also exhibited, and attracted much inter est - i , The League of Peace, in session in New York, opined that for the United States to join a world-wide : peace Wgue would m no way jeopardize the Monroe doctrine. rn a circular 'sent but by the mili tia bureau, it is stated that eyery able bodied male citizen between the ages f 18 and 45 is liable for military serv ice in case of. war. Miss Julia. Williams, daughter of Senator John Sharp Williams married Thomas Rive's Boykin' of Savannah I)ficember 28. ' s It is announced that thjji'. resources of the national banks of $e country exceed $321,000,000. There were 23,500,000 persons at tending schools of some kind in the United States in 19-16, according to es timates of the United States bureau f education. "This means," declares the annual report of the commission er of education, "that approximately 24 per cent of the inhabitants of the United States are attending school, as compared with 19 per cent in Great Britain, 17 per cent in France, 20 per cent in Germany and a little over 4 Her cent in Russia." 1 . A policy of absolute silence regard ing the peace negotiations for the war ring Europeans and Asiatics has been adopted by President Wilson and Sec retary Lansing. Resources of national banks of the United States, Comptroller Williams announced, have increased more than four billion dollars during the past two years. Farm loan banks will be located in Springfield, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Columbia, S. C; New Orleans, La.; Houston, Texas; St. Paul, Minn.; St. Louis, Mo.; Louisville, Ky. ; Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kans.; Spokane, Wash., and Berkeley, Cal. It is expected that the government will have to supply most of the $9,000, 000 capital for the farm loan banks, but stock subscription books will be opened nevertheless. In spite cf the wide gulf between the insistence of the central powers for an immediate peace conference and the forecast of a unanimous refusal by the entente allies to enter such a conference without knowing Germa ny's terms in advance, the American government believes that the negotia tions in progress are resulting in good. House leaders predict that the pro posed increase in postage rate on sec ond class matter never will be enact ed into law. Congressman Jeff McLemore of Tex as and Miss Fannie Clark were mar ried at the home of the bride in Gal veston. Foodstuffs continue to leave Amer ican ports in vast quantities. The official returns of the national election held in November show that Wilson received 9,116,296 votes and Hughes 8,457,474, a plurality for Wil son of 568,822, The total popular vote in the na tional elections in November was 18, 638,871, against 15,045,322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,593,549, ac counted for by the increased popula tion and the women vote in the new suffrage states. Plans for a great naval demonstra tion to signalize American acquisition of the Danish West Indies, are being considered by state and navy depart ment officials. Probably the entire At lantic fleet will be ordered to St. Thom as, the long-sought naval base site, to participate. The Atlantic fleet will mobilize at Guantanamo, Cuba, for winter man euvers during the month of January, and will be reviewed by Assistant Sec retary Roosevelt. Germany's reply to President Wil son's note is regarded in Washington as having advanced the peace move ment another step, despite the fact that it disappoints in not meeting his ug gestion for an avowal of terms. The battleship Delaware was ram med and a hole three feet in diam eter was stove in her stern above the water line by the naval tug Sonoma at the Norfolk, Va., naxy yard. None was injured. A Havana, Cuba, dispatch says: "Raising a flag saying that they would be removed only by violence, 174 in mates of the San Lazaro hospital for lepers, who were to have been trans ferred, refused to leave the building. The officers of the institution were un willing to use force. However, the le pers agreed to leave San Lazaro hos pital for Mariel, on receiving the prom ise of health officials to remove them thence to a new hospital now under construction, as soon as it is finished." The presence on this side of the At lantic of a formidable fleet of allied warships is indicated definitely at Bos ton, Mass. The vessels are known of ficially as commerce protectors. They are heavily armed and disguised. For obvious reasons their exact disposition is not revealed. More than one billion dollars net in come from operations was made by the railroads of the country during the year now closing. The huge total is the peak of prosperity in railroad operations, and stands more than one third higher than the total of 1913, hitherto the banner year. European War The Greek government has address ed a second note to the entente pow ers pointing out the growing popular resentment against their blockade. Considerable fighting is again taking place on the eVrdun sector around Le Mort Homme and on the eastern slopes of Hill 304. Air raid by French, Germans and British are reported in the western zone of fighting. The net of the Teutonic allies is apparently closing in upon Braila, Roumania's oil and grain center on the lower Danube. Having taking Filipechti, thirty miles to the southwest, Field Marshal ven Mackensen's troops have now cap tured the railroad town of Rimnik Sa rat, relatively the same distance to the ' east. In northern Wallachia, along the southern Moldavian border, and in Do brudja, the Teutonic allies continue to make gains over the Russians and the Roumanians. Two allied patrol boats were sunk and four other allied warships were damaged in the recent naval engage ment in the Strait of Otranto The guns of the Teutonic Dobrudja army are hammering the Russo-Rou-manians at the bridgehead at Matchin, on the east bank of the Danube. In Mesopotamia the British forces are still in quest of Kut-el-Amara, in which sector they have made further 1(1 VflU C C S . The British victory over the Turks at Maghdaba, 90 miles east of the Suez canal, is considerable propor tion. In addition to make prisoners of 1,350 men of the Turkish force, seven guns, a large number of rifles, much ammunition and large quantities ALLIES IKE KNOWN THEIR PEACE TERMS SPECTATOR OUTLINES DEMANDS ON CENTRAL POWERS BY EN TENTE ALLIES. ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED Peace Terms Are to Start From Status Quo Before the War. Must Give Up Much Possessions and Change Gov ernment. London. The Spectator devotes tht. greater part of its issue to answering President Wilson's question as to what are the peace terms of the entente al lies. Briefly summarized the principal demands as outlined by the Spectator follow : "The peace terms are to start from the status quo before the war, thus in cluding the evacuation of the whole of northern France, Belgium and Luxem burg, and of all lands taken from Ser bia, Rumania, Russia and Montenegro. "Alsace-Lorraine is to be restored to France. The Danish portion of Schles-wig-Holstein is to go to Denmark and Posen, Polish Prussia and Austrian Poland are to be added to the new sub kingdom of Poland which the Czar has pledged to create. "The Slavs of Bosnia, Herzegovina, Delmatia, Croatia,, etc., are to be created into a new kingdom. "Bohemia is to be an independent state. "The Rumanian section of Transyl vania to be added to Rumania. "The whole Austrian Tyrol, plus Triest, Istria, and. the other portions of Austria which are Italian in blood or feeling, to be added to Italy. "Turkey to yield Constantinople and the straits to Russia. "The Armenians to be put under Russian tutelage. "The Arabs to be freed, while Syria, Asia Minor and Mesopotamia are to be under external protection guarantee ing tranquility. "The German colonies to remain in the hands of the entente. Moreover, a money indemnity for the ruin Ger many has done in Belgium, France, Serbia, Montenegro, etc. "As regarding shipping, Germany to make reparation in kind for all ships of commerce destroyed ton for ton, neutral shipping to be replaced only after all the demands of the allies have been satisfied. "The German navy to be handed over and distributed among entente nations. "As a guarantee against future war, the allies are to insist upon the demo cratization of the German government. "The Kiel canal to be neutralized under an international non-German commission including the entente countries, the United States and other neutrals." REFUSAL OF MAKERS TO TALK STOPS PAPER PROBE. Department of Justice May Be Asked to Take Hand in Investigation. Washington. Hearings reopened here by the Federal Trade Commis sion in its news print paper investiga tion came to a sudden end when paper manufacturers refused to discuss the reasonableness of news print prices. Both publishers and jobbers had been heard. The manufacturers declared that they had not had time to study tables prepared by the commission's inves tigators purporting to show huge prof its. Members of the Trade Commis sion announced that despite an appar ent unwillingness by the manufactur ers to co-operate in the investigation, the commission's report would be is sued probably in about 10 days and that such recommendations to Con gress would be made as were thought necessary. At the same time it was said the commission would soon be in position to announce whether its con sideration of a paper distribution plan showed an actual paper shortage and a need for distribution under super vision of the commission. FOREIGNERS IN MEXICO MUST RESIGN RIGHTS. Mexico City. A decree has been is sued giving, foreigners holding title to real estate, mining and oil properties and timber lands until April 15 to re sign their treaty rights in so far as the properties In question are concern ed. Formal renunciation of such rights must be made in accordance with the decree issued more than four months ago which provided that such foreigners must become citizens in so far as their property was concerned. NATION-WIDE RAIL STRIKE AGAIN RESTS WITH ORDERS. New York. Special circulars put ting up to the 400,000 members re sponsibility for the next steps to be taken by the railroad brotherhoods in their controversy with the railroads over the application and interpreta tion of the Adamson act, were sent broadcast by telegraph after a confer ence of the four brotherhood chiefs. Announcement of the action was made by William G. Lee, president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. CARRANZA APPEALS FOR GRANGE IN PLAN FIRST CHIEF SENDS OBJECTIONS TO PLAN FOR MEXICAN BORDER CONTROL. NOTE IS NOT MADE PUBLIC Latest Suggestions For Changes In Agreement Will Be Considered by The Three American Representa- tives, Lane, Mott and Gray. Washington. One more appeal for modification of the protocol providing for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexico is made by General Car ranza in a message delivered to Sec retary Lane by Luis Cabrera, chair man of the Mexican members of the joint commission. The Mexican first chief replied to the insistent Ameri can demand that the protocol signed by his spokesman at Atlantic City be ratified with an eight hundred word document in which he failed to ac cede to the demand, but refrained from writing anything that could be construed as a flat repudiation. The latest suggestions for changes in the agreement now will be consid ered by the three American represen tatives Secretary Lane, J. R. Mott and Judge Gray. Secretary Lane ad vised his colleagues of the character of the reply and asked them to meet him here as soon as they conven iently could. A joint session of the Mexican American commission will be held at which the Americans will giye .the Mexicans their answer and on its na ture depends the future course of the commissioners. y It was learned that the Mexican commissioners were confident that no inseparable barrier had been raised by Carranza. The chief insistence of Carranza has been that the American troops should be withdrawn unconditionally which the American commissioners would not consider. It was indicated that Carranza's insistence on that point was less pronounced now and that the change in his attitude had been wrought largely by the altered mili tary situation in northern Mexico. ADAMSON ACT CONFERENCE SPLITS OVER WAGE ISSUE End Comes Abruptly No More Meet ings Until Supreme Court Passes On Law New York. Conferences between representatives of the railroads and the four brotherhoods of railway em ployes at which were discussed the possibilities of a settlement of the eight-hour controversy, were discon tinued abruptly today when it became apparent an agreement could not be reached. It was announced by both sides that there would be no more meetings until after the United States Supreme Court hands down its decision on the consti tutionality of the Adamson act. The break came, it was learned, when th5 rairoad representatives re fused to concede the demands of the new wage schedule fixed by the Adam son law, which goes into effect Janu ary 1st. The brotherhood chiefs held, it was said, that their men had the right to begin drawing wages according to the scale rovided by the Adamson law immediately after the law became ef fective, irrespective of the suits brought by the railroads to test its validity. CALIFORNIA PRESS TO INCREASE RATES Sacramento, Cal. An increase in subscription and advertising rates as a means of fighting the high cost of newsprint paper is favored by mem bers of the California Press Associa tion, according to a report made by a special committee of the association. PRESIDENT WILL VETO PUBLIC BUILDINGS BILL Washington. President Wilson told callers that he would veto the $28,000, 000 public buildings bill if it comes to him in the form in which it is now pending in the house. Its advocates plan to seek to obtain a rule for con sideration of the measure by the house soon after the Christmas recess. The president has reached no decision on the rivers and harbors bill laid before him recently by Chairman Sparkman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee. 128 VESSELS SUNK BY ONE SUBMARINE CAPTAIN Amsterdam, via London Announce ment is made in the Berlin newspa ners that the Order of Merit has been conferred on CapHiin Valentiner, cap tain of a German submarine for sink ing 128 ships of a total tonnage of 282,000. Included among the boats sunk are a French gunboat, a troop transport, four steamships loaded with war material and a French submarine convoying 14 coal steamers. GERMANY TO GIVE TERMS ON EIRST DAT CENTRAL POWERS WILL HAVE PEACE OFFER READY WHEN CONFERENCE CONVENES. BERNST0RFFS STATEMENT Count Von Bernstorff in Statement Says He. Considers Answer to Wil son's Proposal as Acceptance By Teutons of All Suggestions. Washington. In spite of the wide gulf between the insistence of the Cen tral Powers for an immediate peace conference and the forecast of a uni mous refusal by the Entente Allies to enter such a conference without know ing Germany's terms in advance, the American Government believes that the negotiations in progress are result ing in good. It was said with authority that until the door to peace actually closed by one side or the other, Presi dent Wilson will continue to hope that any discussion of the subject will tend to hasten the end of the war. Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, returning unexpectedly from New York, authorized the Asso ciated Press to make the following statement: "I regard the note of my govern ment as constituting an acceptance of everything suggested by President Wilson in his note to the belligerent nations of Europe." It was made clear at the Embassy that Germany stands ready to make known her terms on the first day of any conference that may be held, and officials expressed themselves as be ing greatly surprised at the view pre vailing in some quarters here that the Berlin government had failed to meet the President's suggestions by note, setting down in the reply the terms upon which it is willing to make peace. The German displomats say President Wilson has no intention of drawing a public declaration concern ing terms from the Central Powers. On the contrary they think the Pres ident's suggestion "that an early oc casion be sought to call out frcm all the nations now at war such an avow al of their respective views as to the terms upon which the war might be concluded," has been fully met by Germany in seeking an immediate conference with her enemies. RESOURCES OF NATIONAL BANKS SHOW BIG INCREASE. Gain of Four Billions Made In Past Two Years, Mak'ig Gigantic Total of $15,520,000,000. Washington. Resources of National banks of the United States, Comptrol ler Williams announced, have increas ed more than $4,000,000,000 during the last two years and now aggregate $15, 520,000,000 exceeding by about $1,000, 000,000, the total resources of the Bank of England, the Bank of France, the Bank of Russia, the German Reichsbank, the Bank of Italy, the Bank of Spain, the Bank of The Neth erlands, the Bank of Denmark, the Swiss National Bank and the Imperial Bank of Japan combined. In a statement based upon returns from the last bank call, November 17, the Comptroller calls attention to the fact that the increase has been at the rate of approximately 18 per cent a year during the last two years. COLUMBIA GETS FARM LOAN BANK FOR CAROLINAS. Washington. Twelve cities in which are to be located the Federal Farm Loan Banks were announced by the farm loan board, and it is expected that within 60 days the new system will be in operation, ready to make the loans for which applications al ready are pouring in from every sec tion of the country. The banks will be set up in Spring field, Mass.; Boltimore, Md.; Colum bia, S. C; New Orleans, La.; Houston, Texas; St. Louis, Mo.; Louisville, Ky.; St. Paul, Minn.; Omaha;, Neb.; Wichita, Kan.; Spokane, Wash.; and Berkeley, Cal. VILLA PREPARES TO ATTACK TWO CITIES. El Paso, Texas. Francisco Villa's forces are preparing to attack Chi huahua City and Juarez simultane ously in an effort to establish railroad traffic between the border and Tor reon, it was said by a man known to be close to Villa. A Mexican refugee from Torreon said Villa was preparing to move north with 5,000 men to attack Chihuahua City. He reported another force of 500 Villa followers to have been at the Caldron ranch. TEUTONS CLOSE IN ON RUMANIAN SUPPLY CENTER. The net of the Teutonic Allies ap parently is fast closing in upon Braila, Rumania's oil and g-ain center on the Danube. Having taken Filipechti, 30 miles to the southwest, Field Marshal von Mackensen's troops have now cap tured the railroad town of Aimnik Sarat, relatively the same distance to the east, while the guns of the Dobru dja army are still hammering and with some success the Russo-Rumanians at the bridgehead of Matchin. CENTRAL POWERS REPLY TO NOTE SUGGEST THAT CONFERENCE BE HELD TO DISCUSS BASIS OF PEACE TERMS. ADVANCE PEACE MOVEMENT In Washington, Action is Looked Upon . as Advancing Cause, Although There is Disappointment Because No Terms Are Set Forth. Washington. Germany's reply to President Wilson's note is regarded here as having advanced the peace movement another step despite the fact that it disappoints in not meeting his suggestion for an avowel of terms. The reception German's reply re ceives among the Entente Allies, whose statpmen have publicly de clared against such a program, now becomes the point upon which a furth er move hinges. The German note probably is the prelude 'o a series ol carefully considered delicate moves in the great game of world diplomacy all possibly leading to an approach for a real discussion of peace terms on grounds which all the baJligerents can place them at no disadvantage. This is the official view of Ger many's reply, so far as it has been formulated on the basis of the un official text. The official copy had not been received and President Wilson was keeping his mind open. Neutral diplomatic quarters, too, re garded the note as a step toward peace and rather leaned to' the view that Germany might follow it with a con fidential communication of some sort outlining her terms. The reply of the Central Powers as given out at Berlin, says: "The high-minded suggestion made by the President of the United States of America in order to create a basis for the establishment of a lasting peace has been received and consider ed by the Imperial Government in the friendly spirit wihch was expressed in the President's communication. "The President points out that which he has at heart and leaves open the choice of roads. "To the Imperial Government an 1m mediate exchange of views seems to be the most appropriate road in order to reach the desired result. "It begs, therefore, in the sense of the declaration made on December 12 which offered a hand for peace nego tiations to propose an immediate meet ing of delegates of the belligerent States at a neutral place. "The Imperial Government is also of the opinion that the great work of reventing future wars can be begun only after the end of the present strug gle of the nations. "It will, when this moment shall have come, be ready with pleasure to collaborate entirely with the United States in this exalted task." The answer of the Central Powers concludes with the usual diplomatic terms of politeness. PLURALITY OF 568,822 GIVEN FOR PRESIDENT. Increase of 3,631,589 in Total Popular Vote Fo rFour Candidates Over That of 1912 Socialists Fell Off. New York. Complete official re turns on the presidential election show that Mr. Wilson received 9,116,298 votes.' and Mr. Hughes 8.547,474, a plurality of 568.822 for Mr. Wilson. In 1912 Wilson (Democrat) received 6, 297,099, Taft (Republican) 3,846,399, Roosevelt (Progressive) 4,124,959. The vote for Mr. Benson. Socialist candidate for President, was 750.000, with eight missing states estimated against 901,873 for Debs, Socialist, in 1812, and for Mr. Hanly, Prohibition ist candidte, was 225.101. against 207.928 for Chafln, Prohibitionist, In 1912. The total popular vote for the four candidates was 18,638,871, as against 15,045.322 in 1912. This is an increase of 3,593,549 accounted for by the in creased population and the woman vote in the new suffrage states. LUIS CABRERA DENIES ANY TIME LIMIT FOR SIGNING. New York. Luis Cabrera, chairman of the Mexican delgation on the Mexican-American point commission said here that.no time limit had been fixed for General Carranza either to accept or reject the protocol proposed by the Mexican-American conference at At lantic City. There was no understand ing during the sessions of the joint commission he added, which gave the American commissioners authority to impose such a time limit. J4 PLAN BIG NAVAL SHOW FOR THE U. S. ISLANDS. Washington. Plans for a great na val demonstration to signalize Ameri can acquisition of the Danish West In dies are being considered by state and navy department officials. Prob ably the entire Atlantic fleet will be ordered to St. Thomas, the long south naval base site, to participate in the celebration. Minister Brun of Denmark, formally advised the state department that the treaty for the salt of the islands had benn approved WILL ASK LAW FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE WITHOUT IT STATE CANNOT CLAIM $114,000 FEDERAL ROAD APPROPRIATION. COMMISSIONERS MEET JAN 8 State Highway Commission Will Con siders Plans For New Years Work and Report to Legislature. Raleigh. Unless the State Highway Commission can get from the General Assembly legislation providing for the maintenance of roads constructed, the state cannot claim $114,000 of the Fed eral road fund already apportioned among the counties of the state. The commission will meet here on January 8, when it will consider plans for the new year's work, and also settle upon the requests it will make of the legis lature. For one thing, the commission wants its appropriation increased from ten thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars. Already its work has extend ed to more than three-fourths of the counties of the state, and the possibil ities of further extension are only lim ited by the finances. Mr. W. S. Fallis, state highway engi neer, stated that the commissions work has succeeded thus far in every instance where the commission has supervised county work, in saving be tween 25 and 30 per cent of the cost as estimated by the lowest bidder. And with the road work in North Caro lina aggregating five million dollars annually, he declares he is perectly safe in estimating the saving of one million dollars annually on highway construction, if the commission were put in charge of all this work. As to the federal aid, the stipulation wjiich now holds North Carolina from its benefits is the one requiring main tenance provisions in the state. Under present conditions, the county commis sioners in the various counties have maintenance authority for only two years. The federal law requires some thing permanent. And that $114,000, which is due to increase from year to year, will remain idle, so far as this state is concerned, until that mainte nance provision is secured. The highway engineer hopes it will come through the use of the entire au tomobile license tax for maintenance purposes. This will be one of che things the commission will ask of the general assembly. It will ask that 60 per cent of the tax be turned bacR into the counties in proportion to the taxes paid in that county, to be used by the county authorities under super vision of the Highway Commission for maintenance. The other 40 per cent the commission wants turned over to it for use in its discretion wherever it is needed over the state for highway upkeep. Big Hotel For Greensboro. Greensboro. The long-hoped-for "big hotel" for Greensboro will prob ably be a factbefore Christmas, 1917. When the needed $75,000 in common stock was all subscribed at a meet ing ine the Chamber of Commerc rooms a sigh of relief went up from those who have been working on the proposition for some time. The site is to cost $20,000 and the building $300. 000. First mortgage bonds to the amount of $160,000 will be issued, and second mortgage bonds will be In the amount of $85,000. The first bonds and $65,000 of the second class bonds have virtually been placed, so that of all the stock and bonds, only $20,000 yet remain to be placed. Another Dam at Badin. AJbemarle. That wprk on the sec ond big dam to be bant by the Ameri can Aluminum Company at the faUs of the Yadkin about three miles betow Badin is to commence upon a big scale is evidenced by the fact that a double track of railway is to be con tinued down the river from Badin to the falls. It is reported upon good authority that the final survey for this road is now being made and that states are being driven preparatory to active construction work of the road. Craig Issues Election Papera. Raleigh. Governor Craig has made out and delivered the certificates o( election to the federal and state of ficers elected in this state at the No vember election and notifications for the presidential electors to meet in Raleigh January 8 to elect from their number the messengers who shall go to Washington at the appointed time and cast the North Carolina vote for Woodrow Wilson for President. The utmost care is being exercised :o rig idly conform with every detai1 of the election laws. 35,000 Autos in State. Raleigh. Automobile licenses in North Carolina have passed the thirty five thousand mark for the first time in the history of autos in North Caro lina. On June 30, the end of the last fiscal year, the total number of auto mobiles recorded in the office of the secretary of state was 24,000. This shows an increase of 11,000 machines in six months. If the percentage of increases continues, at the end of the present fiscal year will see the number of autos doubled in this state.