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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 COUNTY,. NC, FEBRUARY 28, 1917. NO. 30. 4 L, J IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Natitts far Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS J1FJHE SOUTH a s" Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs. Domestic Rain and wind storms were pretty general throughout Alabama, Georgia ami Mississippi February 23, and thir teen persons are reported killed and more than a hundred injured. Under the suggested universal mili tary " raining plan, all will be liable to a call to the colors until 32 years of age. passing after the first eleven months of traing to the first reserve for the next four years and one months of training to the first reserve and finally into the unorganized re serve until the age of 45 is attained. This :s somewhat on the order of the system Napoleon permitted the queen of Fru-sia after he had conquered Eu rope. Two killed, a number injured, one of whom is dying and thousand of dol lars' worth of property laid to waste, was the toll taken by a tornado which descended upon Lithonia, Ga., Febru ary 23. The tornado raged through the town with the fury of t:he ele ments gone mad and spent itself nst a little mountain three miles distant. It is the opinion in New York that fruit will be much cheaper in the United States in a few days, due to the fact that Great Britain will import nothing but essentials in the future. A riot by the wives of striking em ployees of a sugar refining company re sulted in the killing of one man and the serious injury of nine others when the police and strikers clashed near the refinery in Philadelphia. Following many clashes between the police and women food rioters at the city hall in New York City and in con-ge:-;ed tenement districts of the same city. Joseph Hartigan, commissioner of weights and measures, announces that he is doing everything in his power to stimulate the flow of food stuffs into that city from all parts of the country. The food situation in New York City has reached such an acute stage that there are calls for the establishment fcy congress of a food control commis sion to meet the per capita consump tion of food in the United States. New York City women have become desperate in some parts of the city over the food situation. They are set ting upon peddlers and driving them to cover every time one shows him self on the street. Omens are selling at 15 cents a pound in New York City and potatoes at & and 10 cents a pound. The Mothers' Vigilance League of New York City has decided to keep the children out of school until the food situation is alleviated. It is asserted that children can make no progress in school unless they are adequately fed. Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston, com mander of the southern department of the United States army since Feb uary 15, 1916, died at a hotel in San Antonio, Texas, a few minutes after he had finished diner. He collapsed while seated in the lobhy of the hotel talking with friends, and was playing with a little girl when he fell un conscious. Death was almost instan taneous. Major General Pershing, who has been in command of the El Paso dis trict since the withdrawal of the puni tive expedition from Mexico, will auto matically succeed to the duties of commander of the southern depart ment until an appointment has been made as the result of General Fun ston's death. Three American duck hunters who ventured into Mexico are reported from Yuma, Ariz., to have been held up by two Mexicans dressed in sol diers' uniforms and robbed of $55 in cash, two shotguns and a rifle, and one of them was threatened with death. Washington The purpose of the universal serv ce biil is to constitute a first reserve v;ith a srtength cf one and a half mil lion men, ready to respond instantly tQ a call to arms, somewhat on the or der of the Swiss system. h is estimated by the war depart ment that there are in the United States not less than five hundred 'houpand boys who become 19 years a- age annually, and this number would be available, for military training. A dispatch from Halifax, N. S-, says that three women on board a ship h:ch sailed for Europe were permit ted to continue the voyage, bat nc ( anadanian women were allowe.i to go. A Havana, Cuba, dispatch announces that the veterans of the war independ ence endorse the stand President Wil son takes regarding the unsettled con ditions in the "Gem of the Antilles." Advocates of prohibition are divided among themselves over the expediency of the drastic prohibition measure just passed by congress. Some friends of the cause declare so drastic a law will have a reactionary effect. The president is fully determined that the rights of the United States shall be respected, but is just as anx ious as any member of the house or senate to avoid war. Secretary Baker's army general staff universal service bill has been trans mitted to the senate military commit tee. The administration forebore to make a definite expression on the gen eral subject of the specific proposal. Secretary Baker is anxious that wide publicity shall be given the army general staff universal service bill to the end that hoth congress and the war department can have the benefit of an enlightened, thoughtful public opinion upon the needs and wishes of the country. The report now is that Robert Al len Haden, an American Presbyterian missionary, stationed at Foo Chow, China, perished when the French liner Athos was destroyed by a submarine, 210 miles east of Malta on February 17. The soaring cost of foodstuffs throughout the country was the sub ject under discussion by the cabinet on February 23. It has been suggested in certain offi cial quarters that, in view of the food rise in prices the government pur chase ten million dollars' worth of necessities and dispose of them at actual cost. There is a variety of opinion ex pressed as to the cause of the. increas ing cost of living. Some hold that the prices are intertwined with the alleged car shortage, and others that prices are affected by the German sub marine warfare. Absolute prohibition legislation took its longest forward stride in the na tion's history when the house, after two hours of uproarious debate, ap proved by a 4 to 1 majority a senate measure which would raise an ironclad barrier against importation of liquor into prohibition territory. A provision of the "bone dry" legis lation of congress is a provision inhib iting liquor advertisements in prohibi tion states. The United States in a note trans mitted to the Berlin foreign office through the Spanish Ambassador, has again demanded the release of the Americans made jjrisoners on the prize ship Yarrowdale. It is generally conceded in Wash ington that President Wilson will ad dress congress again on the German crisis. Major General Pershing has been formally appointed to succeed General Funston as commander of the south ern department of the army. The engagement of Miss Nona Ha zlehurst McAdoo to Ferdinand de Moh renschildt, second secretary of the Rus sian embassy, is announced. Drastic measures of precaution have been adopted by the chief railroads of the east to meet carrying emergency Reeds for coal and foodstuffs from the Mississippi river to Maine, due to the acute shortage and congestion of freight cars. Major General Funston's sudden death is a great shock to high offi cials of the army and to President Wilson himself. He was one of the most distinguished commanders of the service. Secretary Baker of the war depart ment is particularly grieved at the loss of General Funston. "His death is a loss to the army and to the coun try. During the trouble on the Mexi can border his work has been difficult, exacting and delicate. His conduct has been that of a soldier," says the secretary. European War More arrests of members of the Gaelic League, an Irish organization operating against the British govern ment in Ireland, have been made. The largest iron and machine works in Europe, located at Seraing, Bel gium, have been wrecked by an in cendiary fire. The loss 'is placed at ten million dollars. David Lloyd-George, prime minister of all England, announces that the United Kingdom faces a serious food situation, and that in future no at tempt will be made to import non-essentials. Under this head comes such things as apples, oranges and rye. The breweries in England will have their production curtailed to the min imum anent the food situation and the decision of the prime minister to im port only essentials. The Greek king announces that Ven izelos is a traitor to Greece, and that food supply in that little Baltic king dom can only last but a short while Again the British forces fighting in France have attacked German posi tion at several points and been re warded for their efforts by an aggre gate gain of more than 1,150 yards. South of Armentieres the German line is reported to have been penetrat ed deeply on a front of about 650 yards. It is reported from Copenhagen, by way of Berlin, that fifteen hundred per sons were killed and three thousand wounded in an explosion of ammuni tion at Archangel, Russia, February 4. Two Americans were on board the Norwegian collier Dalbeatie, from Glas gow to Gibraltar, which was sunk by shell fire. In a forty-minutes battle between a German U-boat and the French line steamship Guyane, on the coast of France, the submarine wns sunk. The allies report that they have ad vanced on a front of 500 yards at Ypres. The report that the American flag had been ordered down at Brussels is all bunco. The question of hauling down the flag at the American lega tion in that city has never been dis cussed between the American minis ter and the German administration. The German governor general of Belgium, communicating with Brand Whitlock, American minister to Bel gium warmly congratulates him on his relief work, and exxpresses the hooe that he will continue it. PUN INDUSTRIAL COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED BEING APPOINTED TO AR RANGE PROGRAM. NATIONAL DEFENSE COUNCIL Wilt Co-operate in Organizing Indus trial and Civilian Activities of Na- - tion "In View of the Critical Situ ation." New York. A tentative program for mobilization of the industrial and civilian activities of the Nation "in view of the critical situation," will be outlined by a committee of 100 na tional leaders of capital, labor, agricul ture, and organizations of citizens of foreign descent, it was announced here by V. Everet Macey, president of the National Civic Federation. The committee which is now being appointed, will co-operate with the committee on industrial mobilization of the National Council of Defense. Its formation was authorized at the recent meeting in this city of the Fed erations executive council at night members of the defense council urged the necessity of co-ordinating civilian activities with those of the nation, states and municipalities. "Concerted effort, poist, and knowl edge will be requisite to deal with the question of how far the government shall enter into private industrv through the stress of war necessity," Mr. Macey said in a statement out lining the scope of the coramittea's program. "But it is the duty of American economists, business men, labor and agricultural leaders to take care that this is done as an 'emer gency war measure,' so to speak. "In the event of war with the Cen tral Powers, this country would face problems never faced by any othf-r country, growing out the fact that 33.000.000 of its population are either foreign-born or of foreign or mixed parentage and that 28,000.000 came from the countries now at war, many having transferred to our shores their hatreds and sympathies. "These transplanted antagonisms will produce their own peculiar prob lems, the solution of which will call for understanding, tact and patience." EXPLANATION MADE BY THE GERMAN LEGATION As to "Relative Safety" Promised Dutch Vessels Navigating the English Channel. The Hague. The statement issued by the German legation here to the effect that the torpedoing of the seven Dutch merchantmen was due "to an extremely regrettable coincidence of circumstances which is unfortunate, but was beyond our control," contains also an explanation, made, it says, "to prevent erroneous impressions." Jt states that in view of the situa tion of Dutch vessels in English ports the sailing time for these ships was first fixed for February 5, then for February 9, and then for midnight of February 10. Finally "for reasons for which England was to blame," the sailing date was postponed to Febru ary 22 or March 17. The only date of sailing for which absolute safety from submarines could be guaranteed was March 17, the statement says, as by that time all German submarines would have possessed instructions in regard to these vessels. Even then, safety from mines could not be guar anteed, shippers having been warned on Feb. 6 that the danger zone had been mined extensively. For the same reasons, the statement says, until Mar. 5, relative security, meaning safety de pendent on good fortune, will apply to the channel to the west of Denmark through which Dutch transatlantic shipping must pass. FODDER DESTROYED; MUST KILL CATTLE The Hague, via London. A large amount of fodder was on board of the merchantman torpedoed on last week. In consequence, it will be necessary to kill a large part of Holland's cattle. FOUR KILLED AND THREE INJURED IN BIG WRECK Philadelphia Four persons were killed and three injured, two seriously, in a double wreck on the New York division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Bristol, Penn. All of the victims with the exception of J. R. King, an engineer, were attendants in charge of two cars of thoroughbred horses be ing shipped from Center Hall and Wil liamsport, Pa. Seven of the horses were killed- The wreckage caught fire nd was destroyed. OWER HOUSE VOTES FOR FOOD INQUIRY. Washington. The House adopted, as an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill, an appropriation of $400,000 for an investigation by the Federal Trad3 Commission of the high cost of food. The vote was 83 to 51. The investigation was order ed by President Wilson, who directed that particular attention be given to charges of combinations to control food prices. The Department of Ag riculture was asked to assist. 1ILIZ T N FIGHTING FORGE OF FOOD MILLION BIG ARMY WOULD BE PROVIDED UNDER UNIVERSAL SERVICE BILL, SUGGESTS WIDE PUBLICITY Secretary Baker Wants Benefit of a Thoughtful Public Opinion. Bill is Sent to Senate By Secretary of War. Washington. The Army General Staff universal service bill was trans mitted to the Senate Military Com mittee by Secretary Baker without a definite expression by the Administra tion either on the general subject or the specific proposal. The Secretary suggested that wide publicity be given the staff plan "to the end that both Congress and the War Department can, in any subse quent consideration given to the sub ject, have the benefit of an enlight ened, thoughtful public opinion upon the needs and wishes of the coun try." In round numbers, the staff plan would supply a trained force of 4, 000,000 men with one year of intensive military instruction. It is estimated by the War College that approximate ly 500,000 boys in their nineteenth year would be available for training annually. They would, under the plan, be liable to call to the colors until 32 years of age, and then would pass into the unorganized reserve un til 45 years of age. The bill's purpose is to constitute a first reserve of 1,500,000, ready to respond instantly to a call to arms. A second reserve of equal size, but only partially equipped, would require some time to take the field. Eventu ally, there would be 1,000,000 addi tional men ready to fill in gaps at the front. In addition, there would be a regu lar army of 24,400 officers and 285, 886 enlisted men. Of these, 97,000 would f:rm the oversea forces and 29,000 the frontier forces, the remain der composing the permanent train ing personnel which could take care of the instruction of reserve recruits annually. If the proportion of avail able men for training was great?r tlan estimated the permanent train ing force would have to be propor tionately increased. SAN FRANCISCO HONORS MEMORY OF FUNSTON. Remains of Hero Lie in State Until Interment at Presidio. San Francisco. The body of Maj. Gen. Frederick Funston, who died in San Antonio, Texas, last Monday night, arrived here ov r the Southern Pacific Railroad for interment at Presidio. A drizzling rain fell on Army of ficers and four companies of coast ar tillery who stood at attention under arms as the flower-covered casket was taken from the ar into a hearse. The funeral cortage marched to the City Hall where the body is lying in state. At the depot and along the line of march, crowds of civilians stood, heads bared in the rain, in memory of the gallant soldier who won the hearts of all San Franciscans, for what he did for them when they were homeless and panic-stricken in the chaotic days of the 1906 fire and earthquake. VILLISTAS CONCENTRATING IN VICINITY OF JAUREZ. El Paso, Texas. Villa troops are reported to be concentrating in the angle formed by the Mexican Central and Mexico Northwestern Railroad, south of Juarez, in the Guerrero and in the St. Andres district west of Chihuahua City. The State Capital again is threatened with attack, and residents of Juarez fear that city will be beseiged by Villa troops. Villa's main command was reported to have reached San Andres, Chihuahua. Wounded Carranua soldiers were brought across the border, following the fight at Ruidosa, Chihuahua. CUBAN GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE DELAYED. Havana. The Government forces under Colonel Pujol have been delay ed in their advance against Cama guey, Capital of the Province of Cam aguey, and still another day has pass ed without any' serious fighting. Col onel Pujos reports from Gasvar that the rebels have been offering re sistance to his advance, blowing up bridges and culverts and removing all stock from the zone through which he must pass. PREMIER GIVES PLAN TO COPE WITH U-BOAT MENACE. London. David Lloyd-George, the British Prime Minister, presented to the House of Commons his program for coping with the problem of short age of shipping space. The speech was a serious and grave effort, the Premier emphasizing the serious sit uation with which the Nation is faced, owing to the shortage of food stocks and the German submarine menace "ie suggested increase in home food moductn and curtailment of imports OFFICIALS ARE VOTED FREE GY COMMITTEE PROBERS INTO LEAK ON PEACE NOTE HAVE COMPLETE REPORT. UWSON CHARGE UNGROUNDED Fails to Substantiate Charges Against the Government Officials. Short Selling on New York Exchange is Criticized in Report. Washington. Vindication of all public officials whose names were brought into the investigation of charges that there was a leak to Wall Street on President Wilson's peace note was voted unanimously by the House Rules Committee. The report has been put in final shape after cer tain additional records of New York brokers have been examined. "It is understood the committee finds that Thomas W. Lawson's sen sational charges were not substanti ated; that R. W. Boiling, brother-in-law of the President, had nothing to do with a "leak" and that advance information concerning the note was furnished to brokers by J. Fred Es sary and W. W. Price, local news paper men, who connected deductions with facts obtained in conversations with other reporters who had been told in confidence by Secretary Lan sing that a note was coming. In connection with violations of newspaper ethics, the report says a sub-committee nas been appointed to confer with the standing committee of correspondents to determine what changes shall be made in the rules regulating the admission to the con gressional press galleries. No recommendations are made, but the practice of selling short on the New York Stock Exchange was criti cised. F. A. Connolly, a local broker, is censured for his testimony befor-i the committee and E. F. Hutton and Company for failing to produce copies of all mesages concerning the note which reached its office. ALL WOMEN WITHDRAW FROM INAUGURAL PARADE. Controversy With Chairman Harper Because State Foats Were Rul ed Out. Washington. A controversy over what part women shall take in the In auguration ceremonies came to a head with an announcement by Mrs. James H. Boggs, president of the Women's Wilson Union and a member of the Inaugural Committee, that be cause of a ruling barring from the inaugural parade a section of state floats being organized under her direc tion, she had declared "the withdrawal of all women from the parade." Robert N. Harper, chairman of the committee, replied to the announce ment with the statement that Mrs. Boggs had no authority to declare such a withdrawal. He said women were wanted in the parade, and that the state floats had been barred Only because the plans for them were in so uncertain a stage that he fearod they could not be completed in time to conform to the committee's stand ards. The decision to withdraw, Mrs. Boggs declared, had the endorsement, of the executive board of the Wilson Union, including the wives of many Senators and Representatives and other public officials and would re ceive the backing also of millions of women throughout the country. ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL PASSED BY HOUSE. Washington. The Army appropria tion bill, carrying about $250,000,000, was passed by the House without a record vote. An attempt to add uni versal training legislation was defeat ed by a point of order. In the Senate, an effort will be made to attach as an amendment either the universal service bill al ready favorably reported by the Sen ate Military Committee, or the meas ure just completed Uy the Army Gen eral Staff. RESOLUTION TO POSTPONE DATE OF "BONE DRY" BILL. Washington. Postponement of the effective date of tt.e "bone dry" pro hibition amendment to the postoffice bill which has just been adopted until October 1, 1917, is proposed in a con current resolution introduced by Rep resentative Moon, of Tennessee, chair man of the Postoffice Committee. Mr. Moon announced he would press it through as soon as the postoffice bill itself is finally disposed of. AMERICAN CLUB HOLDS PLEASANT MEETING IN PARIS. Paris. The banquet of the Ameri can Club of Paris on the occasion of Washington's birthday was a patriotic demonstration. The principal speaker was Rene Besnard, Under-Secretary of State, who represented the French Government and whose remarks evok ed great applause. Among the other speakers were William G. Sharp, the American Ambassador, and Laurence Benet, President of the American Club. CONGRESS PASSES THE 'GONE CRT' GILL ABSOLUTE PROHIBITION MAKES LONGEST STRIDE IN . HISTORY. HOUSE VOTE WHS 4 TO 1 Measure Has Already Passed the Sen ate and Will Shut Off All Shipments of Whiskey Into States Now Dry. Washington. Absolute prohibition egislation took its longest forward stride in the Nation's history when .he House, after two hours of uproar ous debate, approved by a four to one majority a Senate measure which vould raise an iron-clad barrier against importation of liquor into pro aibition states. It is expected to re eive the approval of President Wilson vithin a week, adding immediately to he "bone dry" territory about one ?hird of continental United States. The provision is said to be the most v"ar-reaching that could be enacted by the Federal Government, and as sweeping as would be possible until Any method short of a National pro hibition amendment. It would cut off entirely liquor importations, amount ing now to millions of dollars annual ly, into the large number of states rhich have forbidden manufacture or tisle, but have permitted importation tor personal use. Advocates of prohibition divided 'hemselves over the expediency of the ;tep, some friends of the cause de daring so drastic a law would have a raactionary effect. In the same way, '.hose who have opposed prohibition vere not unanimous in opposition vhen the vote was taken. The roll ?all brought cheers and cries of "bone Iry" from all parts of the House, how ever, and the result was greeted with noisy demonstration. ' The vote as officipiiy announced was 121 to 72, but a recheck of the roll -hanged it. to 319 to 72. Party lines vere completely broken down, and mmerous Representatives from promi Dition states were recorded in the legative. So large a vote seldom is ecorded on any measure. A provision barring liquor adver tisements from the mails in states hat prohibit such advertising is in cluded in the measure, Which came lefore the House as a rider to the an nual postoffice appropriation bill, in serted by the Senate last week on mo ion of Senator Reed, by vote 55 to 11. AYS MENACE OF SUBMARINES WILL SOON BE SOLVED. ) 3-oat Britain's Navy at Grips With i German U-Boats, Declare Carson. London. In introducing the naval estimates in the House of Commons, Sir Edward Carson, First Lord of the Admiralty, said the vote for 400,000 men which the government was ask ing demonstrated the strength of the navy. He expressed the opinion that the country was extremely fortunate in having Admiral J'jico at the head of the Admiralty. Admiral Beatty, cont'.nued Sir Edward, was now com er an ding the greatest fleet which ever sailed the sea, and had the complete confidence of the officers and men. In announcing that he had reecived rsports of 40 encounters with subma rines in the first 18 days of February, Sir Edward said: "The fact that we got to grips with them more than 40 times in 18 days was an enormous achievement." OVE DEAD, NINE HURT AS RESULT OF RIOT OF WOMEN. Philadelphia. Pa A riot by the wives of striking employes of the Franklin Sugar Refining Company, re sulted in the killing of one man and the serious injury of nine others when the police and strikers clashed ner the refinery. The dead man fell before a police volley fired as the rioters showered bricks on reserves rushed from city hall. Mounted Police Sergeant Jolly's jaw was broken by a brick, and a spectator was shot in the stomach by a patrolman. ?ARM WORK IS BEING SERIOUSLY CURTAILED. Lynchburg Va. Farm work is being seriously curtailed for want of tools flue to freight emborgoes on farm sup plies, it was declared in the conven tion here of the Virginia and North Carolina Implement Dealers' Associa ion, and a telegram appealing for re Mef w? sent the Interstate Commerce Commie-ion. President Graves Smith, of Goldboro, N. C, is presiding over the convention, which continue through Fri'dav. STEVENSON WINNER IN SOUTH CAROLINA RACE. Columbia, S. C W. F. Stevenson, of Chesterfield, was elected to Congress from the Fifth South Carol'na Dis trict for the term beginning March 4, according to returns received here. The total vote gave him ,000 votes over his opponent, C. N. Fapp, of Lan caster. Both Stevenson and Sapp are Democrats, and were seeking election to fill the term for which the late Representative David Edward Finley Democrat, was re-elected. HOICK FJPALLT IS MADE PRESIDENT HEAD OF NORTH CAROLINA A. AND M. COLLEGE TAKES OATH OF OFFICE. GLARK ADMINISTERS THE OATH Gov. Bickett Presided and Ceremonies Were Very Impressive. Dr. Drink er of Lehigh Speaker. Raleigh. Wallace Carl Riddick was impressively inducted to the office of president of the. North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, succeeding Dr. D. H. Hill, who has for six months been devoting his energies and talents to the preparation of "The History of North Carolina's Part in the Civil War." The ceremonies were most success ful and inspiring, opening with the academic procession consisting of 11 divisions, and including college facul ty, student body, alumni, state officers, trustees, delegates from societies, from universities and colleges the country over, and the staffs of the State De partment of Agriculture and Experi ment Station and Extension Service. Governor Bickett presided at the inaugural exercises in Pullen Hall, and made a brief and forceful speech on the scope and responsibility of the college in its relation to the state. There were addresses by President Drinker, of Lehigh University, . and Dr. Herbert Quick, of the Federal Farm Loan Board. The oath of office was administered by Chief Justice Walter Clark, and the formal induction to office was by Governor Bickett. President Riddick spoke comprehensively of the work and aims ef the college the training W. C. RIDDICK in agriculture, in textiles and in engi neering and other avocations, of the special short courses to meet the needs of the great army of boys and grown-ups who cannot take the regu lar college training, but have time for a few weeks each season to better fit themselves for life. He laid down a broad platform for liberal education, and high technical training, seasoned and elevated by the Christian culturo that makes for the well rounded and polished manhood. There were greetings by President E. K. Graham, of the State University; Dr. W. L. Poteat, ef Wake Forest; Dr. J. Y. Joyner, for the public schools; Editor Clarence Poe, of The Progres sive Farmer; Major W. A. Graham, Lieutenant Governor O. Max Gardner, James Edgar McDougal, for the senior class and others. The invocation and benediction was by Rt. Rev. Joseph Blount Cheshire, Bishop of the Diocese of North Carolina. After the ceremonies there was a sumptuous luncheon served the spe cial guests and the members of the Legislature and state officers. Optometrists Hold Annual Meeting. Greensboro. The North Carolina Scientific Section of Optometry held Its regular monthly meeting here in Dr. J. W. Taylor's office. This being the time for the annual election of offi cers, the following were chosen: Pres ident, Dr. A. P. Staley; vice president, Dr. A. G. Spingler; secretary-treasurer, Dr. J. Fred Tesh- After the transac tion of business the section went into e scientific session, many subjects af fecting the profession of optometry were discussed, demonstrations in theoretical and applied optics made. Union Continues Club Work. Monroe The Girls' Canning Club of Union county has been assured for another year. The county commis sioners have donated $100 toward the work, the county board of education $100, the Chamber of Commerce $100 and the county board of agriculture $100. The State Department of Agri culture having given an equal amount to the county, that of $400. This work Is In charge of Mrs. B. H. Griffin, of Marshville, and has been one of the greatest developments of Union county.
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