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VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, APRIL 25, 1917.
NO. 38.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
Tkif mi flthar IUHam
flappSOiBS 01 IWS IN UUW Moan are
far SBYen DayS AH
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OlfSi.
THE NEWS OF THE SOUTH
What If Taking Place In tha South,
iand win te rouna in
war.
Brief Paragraph.
DomestlC
The deadlock in the balloting for
bishop of the Episcopal diocese of At-
l "i - i- niTiinAj K !n m I
Janta iua,;, v auccu iuc icilb
jand Kinloch Nelson, was broken on
the seventeenth ballot, when the Rev.
Robert Sanders Coupland of New Or-
lean was elected.
Prominent instructors in economies
in tne umieu oiaies, in a memorial i
forwarded from Minneapolis, Minn., to
each rr.emoer 01 congress ana me pies-
idem and his cabinet, urge the adop-
tion of the policy of taxation rather
than that of bond issues as the prin-
cipal means of meeting the expendi- to
tures of this country in the war.
Secre: codes containing a cipher
order to dismantle machinery on in-
terned German liners upon the sever-
. j .
ance ci diplomatic relations by the
United States were discovered on the
German steamships Prinz Oskar and
Rhatetia, according to W. H. Berry,
collector of the port of Philadelphia.
It is announced that when interned
liners are made seaworthy they be 01
placed in trans-Atlantic merchant serv-
ice
Figures compiled by the Anti-Saloon
League show that 142 saloons were I
voted out of business in elections in
various cities and towns of Illinois.
The drys won in fourteen wet cities
and towns, but lost three dry towns. 1
Michigan's $5,000,000 war loan bill
has been signed by Governor Sleeper,
The bill also creates a state war pre-
laredness board.
The -war was brought to the shores
of the United States when the destroy- 1
er Smith reported by radio that an
enemy suomarme bad tried unsuccess-
fully to torpedo her 100 miles south
of New York.
Recruiting figures for the regular
army made public by the war depart-
ment show that more than enough
men to form a regiment are being ob-
tained daily. For the five-day period,
April 11 to 15, a total of 7,171 men
were recruited, a daily average of
1,434.
Detailing of army officers to educa-
tionai institutions for military in-
struction work is ordered discontin-1
ued by the war department, with the
suggestions that students of military
age can best serve their country by sians, but were repulsed, says the Pe
joining the army or navy. trograd war office.
The white house is about to join
the increased food production move-
ment by planting a garden of its own
in which President Wilson may wield
a hoe when he finds a spare moment. Several big German business establish
The assistance of the department of ments are reported destroyed by fire,
agriculture will be asked in select- Russia has forwarded assurances to
ing seed for the land. I
The Minnesota legislature passed a
bill, which has been signed by the gov-
ernor, providing a commission of pub-
lie safety for the duration of war. The
bill carries an appropriation of one
million dollars to be used for war
1
purposes.
The eovernor of Marvland an-
nounces that all idlers in that state
must go to work either voluntarily on
the farm or in houses of correction.
A bill has been introduced in the
houte of representatives at Washing
ton proposing that exemption of mar
ried men from military duty under any
ucuic vumpuisory serviuu KgiM.iuu
snau not apply to those married after
April 1, this year.
Washington
The government's nroeram for food
control during the war was put be-
fore congress by Secretary Houston
m a communication to the senate ask-
ing power for the department of agri-
culture to take direct supervision of
food nroduction and distribution in the
United States and requesting a $25,-
000,000 appropriation for putting the
Plan into operation.
MarkPt croa MaOCOc tnr farm
produce, according to the agricultural the Turkish throne, arriving at the
department, is one of the chief needs German main headquarters presented
of the country to insure proper condi- Emperor William a -sword from the
tion, in producing and marketing of sultan "as a sign of the royal corn
farm products radeship in arms of the allied armies
T r ident Wilson orobably will name
within a few days a group of distin-
guished Americans to confer with
members of the Russian duma anent
th( war with Rprm9nv
Any one who has knowledge of a
nable act and fails to make
known the facts may be sent to prison
tor seven venrs ThP TTnited States
war is in a very different position
from a neutral. The. iron hand will
be applied to any form of treasonable
utterance, deed or suppression of in-
formation.
The president personally appeals to
the faore v, a,v. n ninnt
-.ii. ui 1. 1 1 VT UUUIU t"
foodstuffs. He says the Southern farm-
ers "can show their patriotism in no
"erter or more convincing way than by
sting the great temptation of the
Present price of cotton and helping
' : 'he nations and the peoples every
where fighting for their liberties and
our own."
President Wilson has created a pub
licity board, the head of which is vest
pd in Secretaries Lansing, Daniels and
fcaker of the state, navy and war de
DHiiments, respectively.
The agricultural department asks
wmgress to require of transportation
companies preference for the move
ment of farm machinery, seeds, fertil
isers ana materials that enter into
me processes of food production.
Approximately three thousand Gar-
man rsoUantn .
ul ue unuea states
under close surveillance, depart-
,uem 01 Justice officials announce, be-
eir acuvies in behalf of
the German government hofr. o
i uivi C LUC
United States entry into the war or
SET of prKSerman w
ine senate has recorded itself in fa-
vor of a press censorship during the
First call to the countrv for war
finances will be made. Secretarv Me-
Adoo announces, as soon as the seven
billion dollar bill becomes law.
The war finance bill, providing for
1CC.1k.f 4 7 AAA AAA AAA .
uauauv.c Kji p i ,vu'j,uuv,vuu in securities
the largest single war budget in, any
nation s history was passed uani-
mously by the senate.
vieorge uaKmeten, Kussian ambas-
sador to the United States since 1911,
v - ttUlou l" provisional government at
Petrograd that he has decided to re-
""yuiou ms uinue ana asas mat some
one be named to take charge of the
embassy.
That, in the inability of the nation
supply men at once for the fight-
lnS ne, money should be America's
lmmediate contribution to her allies,
I urn B J ..A j.. l V m
00 c uuminani mougnt expressed
durin the debate on the war finance
hill in fhp cpnata
""
European War
Steady progress is being made by
tne troops of General Nivelle in driv-
in& hack the Germans in the region
Soissons and Rheims.
Since the beginning of the French
offensive in the west, more than nine-
teen thousand prisoners have been
taken from the Germans.
General Maude, commanding the
British forces in Mesopotamia, has
forced a passage of the Shatt-el-Ad-
hem, attacked the Turkish main posi-
tions, and completely routed the Turk-
ish forces.
The British operating in Egypt have
advanced to formidable positions north
of the Wadi Ghuzze.
The great offensive of the French
army against the Germans from the
Dena in me line in France from Sois-
sons eastward into the Champagne
continues unabated. In three davs'
fighting more than seventeen thousand
unwounded prisoners have fallen into
the hands of the French, together with
seventy - five cannon.
The British war office reports that
the forces of Field Marshal Haig have
gained additional ground along the
River Scarpe, to the east of Fampoux,
and also captured the village of Vil-
ners - Gaislain, north of St. Quentin.
Northwest of Braila, on the Danube
river, in Roumania, the Germans deliv-
ered a violent attack against the Rus-
Popular feeling against Germany in
Brazil is reported. German newspapers
have suspended publication, and the
German flags have been taken down.
the United that under no conditions
now conceivable will the provisional
government of Russia yield to the
overtures from German and Austrian
Socialistic representatives to negotiate
a separate peace. The entente diplo- i
mats frankly confess a great sense
m U m
U1 ,eueL
A Madrid, Spam, dispatch says that
th Spanish steamship Tom was torpe-
uu u" Z . c"
iailin me loss OI
General von Bissmg, governor gen
eral of Belgium since German occupa
tion, and who became notorious be
cause of his consent to the execution
lf Misg Cavell an Engiish nurse,
.g dead
It is freely admitted in Germany
that if Germany loses the monarchy
lnaos with it
The emperor and empress of Aus-
tria prayed for peace in St. Stephen's
church, while the people sobbed.
The English house of lords and
house of commons have passed resolu-
tions expressing profound appreciation
of the British nation for the action
of the United States government and
people in entering the world war in
defense of the high cause of freedom
and the rights of humanity.
Prince Ziaed-Din, heir apparent to
and in recognition or me ueu .
the German army. ine prince piu-
ceeded to tne wea"
French troops in tne aeparuneui ui
tht Aisne and the Marne delivered a
violent infantry attack against the
Germans over a front of twenty-nve
miles and made important gams ana
raptured more than ten tnoutuiu pna
oners and large quantities of war ma-
terial.
London reports that the German war
losses since the beginning of the war
total 4.180,966 men.
Admiral Sir John R. JeUicqe- now
Trn-HoV, first sea lord, says tnax any-
JUglu -
thing and everything in the way oi
sman craft, from destroyers to - tugs,
wiU be the most userm coninimuuu
the United States can make against
German submarines.
The news comes by way of Swit
zerland that the answer of the German
people to the United States' declara
tion of a state of war is a "huge pop
ular war loan.
German war losses during the
month of March this year are reported
to have been 545.803 men.
STARS AND STRIPES
HONORED IN
S
AMERICAN FLAG IS FLUNG HIGH
TO BREEZES IN FRENCH
CAPITAL.
WAS "UNITED STATES DAY"
Great Day in Paris. Twenty-one Gune
Are Fired and Procession Marches
to Statue of Washington at Foot of
Which Bronze Palm is Laid.
Paris. The Stars and Stripes were
flung to the breeze from Eiffel Tower
and saluted by 21 guns. This marked
the opening of the, ceremonies of
"United States Day" in Paris. The
French Tri color and the Star Spang
led Banner were at the same hour un
furled together from the residence of
William G. Sharp, the American Am
bassador in the Avenue D'Eylau, from
the American Embassy, from the City
Hall and from other municipal Gov
ernment buildings.
It was a great day for the Red
white and Blue. Over all the Capital,
street venders did a thriving trade in
the colors of both Allies, while 40,000
American fla&s, handed out gratis by
the committee, were waved by the
people who thronged the vicinity of
the manifestations.
Jules Cambon, General Secretary of
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Gen
eral du Bail, Military Governor of
Paris; the members of the commit
tee and others were received at 1:30
o'clock by Ambassador Sharp at his
residence whence they preceded to
the Place d'lena, where a bronze plam
was deposited at the foot of the
top of Eiffel Tower.
Members of the American LaFay
ette flying corps, a delegation from
the American Ambulance at Nuilly,
and the American field amblances,
with a large representation from the
Association of Veterans of the Marne,
were the guard of honor before the
LaFayette statue at the Tuilleries
Gardens, where the official proces
sion halted to deposit a bronze plam.
WASHINGTON WELCOMES
ARTHUR BALFOUR AND PARTY
Greeted at Station by Lansing and
Other Officials Soldiers Guard.
Washington. The American capital
extended a sirmple, but heartfelt wel
come to the British minister for for
eign affairs, Arthur Balfour and the
other members of the British com
mission which has come to Washing
it, "to make co-operation easy and ef
fective between those who are striving
with all their power to bring about a
lasting peace by the only means that
can secure it, namely a successful
war."
There was no music to greet the
visitors, the original plan, including
the presence of the Marine Band, hav
ing been amended to conform to the
view' expressed by President Wilson
and Secretary Lansing that this was
a grave and serious event in American
history, and not to be lightly treated,
or regarded as a social affair.
On the Union Station plaza were
gathered some 5,000 people waiting
patiently for a glimpse at the nation's
guests, restrained at a proper distance
by hundreds of blue-coated policemen
ond by two troops of the Second cav
alry, commanded by Colonel Fenton,
part of ' the garrison at nearby Fort
Myer.
Within the station lines had been
drawn separateing the traveling pub
lic from the space at the eastern
end of the concourse across which
the visiting party was to pass on the
way from the train shed to the presi
dent's room. All of the police captains
of the district had been ranged here
in a double line as a guard of honor to
keep back intruders. Two score news
paper men, standing to the east of the
concourse, were the only unofficial per
sons permitted in this section of the
station. Detectives swarmed every
where through the crowds and at va
rious angles where any danger might
lurk. Altogether, the precautions tak
en to insure the safety of the nation's
visitors exceeded anything ever known
in the history of the District.
BIG BRITISH GUNS '
HAMMER GERMAN LINES.
Apparently a big battle is brewing
along the front between Arras and
Lens, where the British guns are again
hammering the German lines. Except
for this artillery activity and some
gains south of Loos and between Ar
ras and St. Quentin, in the region
of the Havrincourt woods.
Likewise on that part of the front
held by the French, artillery duels
predominated, being intense between
the Somme and the Cise.
BRITISH HOSPITAL SHIP
SUNK, MANY WOUNDED.
London. The British Hospital ships
Donegal and LanFranc, with many
wounded aboard, have been torpedoed
wi'hout warning. They were sunk on
April 17. Of those on the Donegal
twenty-nine were wounded men and
twelve of the crew are missing. The
LanFranc carried German wounded as
well as British. Of those aboard,
nineteen British and fifteen Germanfc
are believed to have perished.
ONE HUNDRED PER
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BRITISH VISITORS HERE
CONFERENCE IN HISTORY
Some Of Empire's Most Prominent Men, Headed By Foreign
Minister Arthur J, Balfour, Arrive To Take Part In War Coun
cil To Convene In Washington As Soon As France's Repre
sentatives Arrive Port Of Arrival Kept Secret.
With the Balfour Party. Great Brit
ain's high commissioners to the inter
national war council to begin in Wash
ington .this week set foot on American
soil and made their way to the capi
tal.
Arthur James Balfour, secretary of
state for foreign affairs of the empire,
formerly premier and often called the
dean of the world's elder statesmen,
was the central figure of a party that
Included some of Great Britain's most
promient men. With a genial smile
playing over his features, he consent
ed to a brief interview, warmly ex
pressing his appreciation of all the
United States has done as a neutral in
charitable and relief work in Belgium
and German prison camps, his gratifi
cation that England and the United
States now were allied for a common
purpose, and his conviction that this
country in its war efforts would as
tound the world, particularly Germany.
The object of the commission, Mr.
Balfour said, was to "make co-opera
tion easy and effective between those
who are striving with all their power
to bring about a lasting peace by the
only means that can secure it, namely,,
a successful war.
"Your president, in a most apt and
vivid phrase," Mr. Balfour aaoea,
"has proclaimed that the world must
be made safe for democracy. That
self-governing communities are not to
be treated as negligible simply because
they are small, that the ruthless dom
ination of one unscrupulous power im
perils the future of civilization and tne
liberties of mankind are truth of polit
ical ethics which the bitter experience
of war is burning into the souls of all
freedom-loving peoples."
Received With Honors.
England's leading statesmen, hav
ing safely evaded the German subma
rines and mines which sent Lord Kitch
ener to his death, were received with
the highest honors as guests of the
American people when they arrived at
a place in America which cannot be
named. A delegation of state, war
and navy department officials wel
comed the commission in the name of
the Government, and ? ?t out with them
to the capital for what is admittedly
the most vital conference in American
history.
The commission was received with
the utmost simplicity and cordiality,
and with every reoogniition of the fact
that Great Britain had given of her
very best. It is said, Indeed, that no
foreign minister has left England for
the length of time that Mr. Balfour
will be away since the Congress of
Vienna a century ago.
The formal welcome was extended
by Third Assistant Secretary of State
Breckinridge Long, through the pre
sentation to Mr. Balfour of a letter
of greeting from Secretary Lansing,
which the British statesmen acknowl
edged with equal simplicity while Brit
ish and American officials mingled to
gether. A special train of five cars, which
had been waiting with steam up and
crew aboard for five days, at once got
under way for the capital, guarded as
almost no other train ever has been
guarded in this country. Double pro
tection had been afforded at all tun
nels and bridges, and every mile of
the track had been gone over within
the previous 24 hours to guard against
a possible fanatic. No detail of any
sort whatsoever which could betray
the place of arrival or route of travel
was allowed to escape.
Break Into Groups.
Almost immediately when the train
started, the large party broke up into
groups, of army, navy and state de
partment officials to begin at once the
Informal conversations which are ex
pected to sketch out America's part in
the world-fight against German autoc
racy. Mr. Balfour and Secretary Long,
Dieut. Gen. T. Bridges, who drew the
first blood for England in August, 1914
and Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and
CENT AMERICAN j
FOR MOST IMPORTANT
OF THE ONITED STATES
Rear Admiral Sir Dudley de Chair and
and Rear Admiral F. F. Fletcher were
soon in deep conversation on the va
rious phases of American participa
tion. On all sides it was reiterated that
the British had come in a spirit of ser
vice and appreciation, and that it
was their hope that lessons they had
learned in the war at such cost might
be of service to this country in avoid
ing similar mistakes. Similarly, as one
official expresed it, the commission
was moved by exactly the same feel-
fings which raised the Stars and Stripes
to the flag tower of the Parliament
building in London for the first time
a foreign flag has ever flown there in
history.
Secretary Balfour, a tall, slim,
white-haired man of 69 years has held
the highest posts in the empires since
he first entered parliament 43 years
ago, saw today the completion of one
of his life hopes expressed under vast
ly different circumstances on January
15, 1896, when he was largely instru
mental in averting war between Eng
land and America over the Venezuela
dispute.
NATION-WIDE ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN DECIDED UPON.
Best Means of Disposing of War Bonds.
Department Flooded With
Offers.
Washington. A nationwide adver
tising campaign of extraordinary pro
portions has been decided upon by
Secretary McAdoo as the most effec
tive means of disposing quickly of the
$5,000,000 bond issue soon to be offer
ed to the public.
So many patriotic offers of aid have
poured into the Treasury Department
recently that practically every method
of publicity in the country will be at
the Government's disposal, without a
charge, in helping to make the issue a
success. "
Newspapers, magazines, street car
advertisements, even the billboarks,
soon may be proclaming the issue in
hig type and summoning every Ameri
can to his duty to his country by sub
scribing. Large advertising agencies
have offered their services, free of
'cost, in writing the advertisements
and otherwise assisting in the cam
paign. Many newspapers have opened their
advertising columns, without charge.
Officials have welcomed such offers
and expect others of a similar nature.
There will be no general campaign of
paid advertising, it was said authori
tatively, nor the Incurrence of any
items of expense whatever that are
not absolutely essential.
Five million dollars will be avail
able for all items of expense. A force
of approximately 1,000 persons will
be added to the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, already working night
and day, to meet the present heavy
demands of the Government, and at
least 200 clerks will be employed in
the clericai work incidental to the big
bond lssue This force win be ob
tained through the civil service.
Offers of assistance have been re
ceived from many unexpected sources,
apartment stores have offered not
only to accept subscriptions, but to
solicit them-
There probably will be at least
150.000 places in the United States
where bonds, may be purchased.
REPORT IS ALSO
RECEIVED AT BASAL.
Basil, Switzerland, via Paris. A dis
patch from Constantinople dated
April 21 says the Ottoman Government
has notified the American Embassy
that following the example of its
Ally, Austria-Hungary, it has broken
diplomatic relations with the United
i States
FOOD CONTROL IS
PUT UP TO SENATE
GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF PRO
DUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION
IS PROP06ED.
ASKS FOR AN APPROPRIATION
Secretary Houston in Communication
With Senate Asks For $25,000,000
to Put Plan Into Operation. Wants
to Fix Prices.
Washington. The Government's
program for food control during the
war was put before Congress by Sec
retary Houston in a communication
to the Senate asking power for the
Department of Agriculture to take
direct supervision of food production
and distribution in the United States
and requesting a $25,000,000 appropri
ation for putting the plan into opera
tion. Authority was asked for the Council
of National Defense, in an emergency,
to buy and sell foodstuffs and to fix
minimum or maximum prices.
As outlined to the Senate, the Gov
ernment's plan is first to make a com
plete survey of the country's food
supply to determine its ownership and
distribution, then if necessary to
license and control the operations of
all concerns engaged in the manufac
ture of foods or feeds, agricultural
implements and all materials required
for agricultural purposes. Authority
is sought for the Agricultural Depart
ment to take over and operate the
concerns if it appears at any time that
course is demanded by the public in
terest. Giving the Government power to
deal directly in foodstuffs probably
would make its application unneces
sary, Secretary Houston declared, as
its very existence would tend to keep
conditions normal. Market grades and
classes for farm products, Secretary
Houston said, is one of the chief needs
of the country to insure proper condi
tions in producing and marketing
farm products.
Authority also was asked for the
Department to require of transporta
tion companies preference for the
movement of farm machinery, seeds,
fertilizers and materials that enter
into the processes of food production.
The Department wishes to allow its
market service division to assist in
obtaining rerouting of foodstuffs to
relieve congestion on transportation
lines.
In its plan for an investigation of
the present food supply, j.he Agricul
tural Department has arranged for
the help of the Federal Trade Com
mission, which, with the Department,
was directed by President Wilson
early in the year to make an inquiry
to ascertain the amount of food stocks
and determine if the anti-trust laws
have been violated in food produc
tion, storage and distribution. As soon
as Congress makes the necessary ap
propriation for this specific inquiry,
the Trade Commission will proceed.
Some officials believe the Trade
Commission has enough power to
make unnecessary the use of extreme
legislation in regulating the control
of food, although additional powers
should be given for an emergency.
Officials of all Departments and
divisions of the Government realize
that the facts of the situation exist
ing must be learned before remedies
can be planned.
STEADY PROGRESS BEING
MADE BY THE FRENCH
Driving Back Germans in Soissons and
Rheims.
Steady progress is being made by
French troops in driving back the
Germans in the regions of Soissons
and Rheims. In a new offensive, the
French also have entered the German
second line in the Argonne forest. Ger
man counter attacks on the Vauciere
plateau, south of Laon, have been re-
julsed.
Since the beginning of the Frenon
offensive last Monday, more than 19,
000 Germans have been taken prison
ers. Guns captured exceed 100, not
Including machine guns.
OFFICIAL ROUTE OF
BANKHEAD HIGHWAY.
Birmingham, Ala The official route
of the Bankhead Highway from Wash
ington, D. C, to Little Rock, Ark., will
be seelcted by a pathfinding commit
tee, which will make the trip in the
next 30 days, the Bankhead Highway
Association in convention here de
cided. Points to be reached by the
Bankhead Highway ; include Lynch
burg, Va., Reidsville, Greensboro and
Charlotte, N. C; Atlanta, Ga., and
Holly Springs, Tenn.
MANY GERMANS IN THE
COUNTRY ARE BEING WATCHED.
Washington. Approximately 3;000
German residents of the United States
are under close surveillance, Depart
ment of Justice officials announced,
because of their activities in behalf of
the German Government. The De
partment's field force of officers is
keeping so close a watch upon the
aiisneet8 that it would be possible to
arrest virtually every man under sus
picion within 24 hours.
WILL ENROLL ARMY
OE CLUB MEMBERS
BOYS AND GIRLS OF STATE TO
HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO AID
IN FOOD CONSERVATION.
20,000 MEMBERS WANTED
More Than Five Hundred Have Al
ready Begun Activities Others
Are Urged to Enlist.
Raleigh. A tremendous effort will
be made by the Agricultural Club agen
cies to enroll a great many more mem
bers in the various clubs in the state
during the next two months, the pur
pose being the stimulation of the pro
duction of food and feed crops. An
enrollment of two hundred boys and
girls in each county in the state would
mean an army of 20,000 industrially
inclined, productvie young men and
young women. Already 5,071 club
members have begun their activities.
The following is a list of the lead
ing counties, based on the total enroll
ment for all clubs:
Guilford, 249; Buncombe, 242;
Wilkes 226; Iredell, 201; Wake, 188;
Madison, 186; Stanley, 176; Cleveland,
167; Johnston, 131; Rutherford, 130.
"With the entrance of this country
into the European theater of war,"
states Mr. S .G- Rubinow, of the agri
cultural club work, "will come not
only the call for a display of military
spirt and patriotism, but the assur
ance, on the part of the citizenship
of the United States, of maximum in
dustrial and productive development.
As a tangible part of such prepared
ness measures, the members of the
various Boys' and Girts' Agricultural
and Live-stock Clubs, in a nation-wide
movement, will do a great deal toward
contributing feed and food-stuffs for
the maintenance of both the military
and civilian population.
"In North Carolina this year an
army of 6,071 boys and girls have al
ready begun work on their productive
projects. This effort will resolve it
self Into 2,234 acres of corn, 82 acres
of cotton, 1,215 pigs, from which may
be expected a very large progeny; 72
acres of peanuts, 100 one-eighth acre
patches of Irish potatoes, and 1,278
poultry flocks. What this means to
ward adding to the state's wealth can
be Illustrated by stating that the boys'
corn crop last year increased the as
sets of the state by $20,000; the pig
work produced $10,056 worth of pork
anad the poultry club was responsible
for raising 35,000 birds for egg pro
duction. "Wars are not only waged with guns
and shells; they are fought along eco
nomic lines with food, clothing and
shelter as three great emprirical fun
damentals. In Europe the call for in
dustrial patriotism was sounded al
most as soon as the calls to arms was
made. Women and children are now
tilling the soils of England, France and
Germany, so that the men who fight
may be fed. This country Is embark
ing on an era of suffering and priva
tion. Last year saw an incredible
shortage of almost every commodity
usd for food- Rice was the only ex
ertion. With an increased army and
navy to support and feed, with thou
sands of men drawn away from their
normally productive occupations, with
the destruction of millions of dollars'
worth of food by those in Europe, who
normally would be producing, under
such circumstances, every man, wo
man and child who grows an edible
commodity is a patriot, in every sense
of the word."
Durham Employs Weigher.
Durham. The board of aldermen
has empowered the city of Durham
to employe a whole-time sealer of
weights and measures and 6,000 cop
ies of the ordinance are being printed
for distribution. The office is practi
cally a new one in North Carolina, and
the appointee will be clothed with the
authority of a policeman to minimize
the frauds possibly practiced on the
housewife. His term of office em
braces one year, and it is mandatory
that he visit all firms, persons and cor
porations using balances, weights, etc.
Concord Woman Joins Navy.
Concord. While few recruits have
been elisted for the Army and Navy
from this city, Concord has the dis
tinction of being one of the first
Southern cities to send a woman re
cruit to the war. The recruit from
this city is Miss Cooper Miller, who
writes that she enlisted at Philadel
phia. She has been commissioned to
work in the Navy yards there, and
holds the commission of "Chief Yoe
man." Miss Miller Is a stenographer
of much experience, and her work
will consiBt of stenographic work.
Company Wants Acceptance.
. Eayjeftefille: The Fayettevllle In'
dependent :L.lght infaf try, a military
organization which has kept Its In
tegrity through the generations since
the Revolution, has made application
to the National Guard authorities of
the state for acceptance as a unit of
the state troops. Dr. Carson and Mr.
T. H. Lyon, of Fayelteville, came here
to interview the authorities relative
to its acceptance. More than one
hundred men are enlisted and are
ready for service in any branch in
which Its work is needed.
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