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THE CHATHAM RECORD ttm& 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. H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms' of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly in Advance VOL. XXXIX. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, JUNE 27, 1917 NO. 47. (J1 ' IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given HE NEWS OF THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Domestic The Dixie Highway executive coun cil, at a meeting in Cincinnati, plan ned to secure the completion of the Dixie highway from Chicago and De troit o Miami, Fla., within the pres ent year, by aid of the United States government war department as a war measure. Kansas City, freely exploited as the heart of America," was awarded the 1918 convention of International Ro'.ary. A statement expressing opinion that pronounced movements in cotton - are mimical to the best Inter ests of the United States is contained in a letter sent to all members of the New York cotton exchange by the president of that organization. Government pools of coal production and distribution and of rail and wa ter transportation were recommended to congn ss by the federal trade com mission as the only possible means of avoiding a disastrous coal shortage for the next winter. The federal trade commission says there are enough coal cars in the country, but not enough are delivered to the mines, and these cars not mov ed to the point of consumption with he greatest ease, nor are they at all promptly discharged. Vehemently shouting in his vigor ous, virile manner that "there actually are Americans who recently have been asking why we are fighting," Colonel Roosevelt, in an address to a Red Cross gathering at his home, Oyster Bay. L. L, told his auditors that Eng land's navy is all that has saved the United States from invasion by a Ger--i man army. He was profuse in his praise of French and English soldiers. German propaganda has entered the officers' reserve training camp at Fort Sheridan, 111., in the opinion of offi cers o: the regular army who are act ing as instructors, and orders have been given that every effort be made to ascertain the source of "baseless reports" concerning risks taken by men who may go to the front in Eu rope. When the Russian mission arrived in Washington, big crowds, free at the lunch hour, greeted them all along the way. and showed the warmest in terest in the representatives of the far distant allies. Flags of Russia, Belgium and Italy are now flying from the state, war and navy buildings in Washington in rec kon of the missions now in the United States. Most of the Russians accompanying the Russian mission to the United States are dressed in the Russian uni form of a khaki coat, blue trousers and black knee boots. Food conditions which face the al lies and this country are being frankly explained by Food Administrator Hoo ver. He very plainly tells the Ameri can people that without government food control we may lose in the world vide war. Food Administrator Hoover does not mince words in placing the blame for the present high prices at the door of the speculator. It is reported that there are wide spread attempts on the part of muni tions makers to evade the payment of Profits taxes imposed by congress last September. The extent of the alleged evasion of the war munitions tax is reported to have reached the enormous total of 110,060,000, and the end i3 not in sight, according to those investigating the alleged fraudulent returns. Indi cations are that the figures will go at least two million dollars higher. Washington "scnal letter to President Wil son iron; King Albert of Belgium, de livered by Baron Moncheur, head of the Belgian mission to this country, which has just been made public, is one of great laudation and felicitation for the American people. ne American war machine which select 625,000 soldiers for serv Frawae is geared up and ready tostarl wurk. President WiUjon's broc aination of regulations, which will machine by putting. into oper actual selection of men, is completed and ready to be issued. The rules of selective conscription r- promulgated soon. Two classes -emption boards will be created. - he momentous lottery in connec with selective conscription will ? be conducted during the rst week of July. The sixteen great contonments for new army will be built under a 'al form of contract, by the terms i wMch no contractor will be permit a to overcharge the government, the maximum profit of any contract being fix' W $250,000. amr!-idnt Wilson has issued a proc amaUon designating the week of June as recniiting week for the regu m? ariDy aod calling upon unmarried war dependents to enroll for service in order that the ranks ae regulars may be filled promptly. voL!S the Presidenrs first call for Steers in the present war. . ' The act of registering under the selective draft law does not prevent men from enlisting in any of the government's forces that are now organized. Men be- tween the ages of eighteen and forty can volunteer for the reg- ular army, the navy, the marine corps, the National Guard or the naval militia. Men are needed at once to Ifill the ranks of all of these branches of the service. The contest between Chairman Den man of the shipping board and Major General Goethals, manager of the board's emergency fleet corporation, for authority to exercise powers grant ed by congress will be settled by the president giving Goethals authority, with directions that he build all the ships possible both of steel and wood. The police have begun dealing with the suffrage pickets about the white house with a firm hand. Miss Lucy Burns of New York and Miss Catherine Morey of Boston, suf frage pickets about the white house, refused to move on, and were arrest ed and taken to the police station. An American steamer arriving at an Atlantic port on June reports a thrilling encounter with a German sub marine after the enemy boat had fired a torpedo at her, which hit, but failed to explode. The submarine was bad ly damaged and may have been sent to the bottom. More than four million persons pur chased Liberty Bonds, the treasury de partment announces. The New York federal reserve dis trict "led all the rest" in the purchase of Liberty Loan Bonds. The New York federal reserve dis subscribed more than three times as much as did the Chicago federal re serve district in the Liberty Loan cam ! paign. The recruiting bulletin shows that since April 1, 121,363 men have been enrolled as war volunteers of the 183, 898 necessary to bring the service to war strength. The special diplomatic mission from Russia, upon its arrival in Washington, was received with every possible ef fort to reflect the United States' most profound hope and confidence in the newest European democracy. Secreary Lansing, Counsellor Polk and Assistant Secretary Phillips met the Russian envoys' special train at the end of their long journey half way around the world and greeted them formally in the name of the government and the people of the Uni ed States. Federal commissions to control wheat, sugar and a few other "prime commodities'' by regulation of produc tion, storage and transportation and sale are contemplated, Mr. Hoover says, but says that instead of injuring farmers, these things will benefit both producers and consumers without cur tailment of middlemen's normal and fair profits. The line of demarcation in Canada over the proposal to enact a measure of compulsory military service has been defined by parliament, but it is likely that the measure will have to be passed upon favorably by the peo ple at a special election before it can be enacted into law. European War Twenty-seven ships (British) of more than sixteen hundred tons each have been sunk in the last week. No fishing vessels are included in the number. This is the largest number since the disastrous week ending April 28, and shows that the submarine is still the greatest menace to the allied powers. Sixteen children, only two of whom were over five years of age, victims of the last German air raid on London, were given a public burial, being laid in a common grave, over which a fit ting monument will be erected. Former King Constantine of Greece has arrived at Lugano, Switzerland. He was met by a large number of Ger man personages, and shown all the at tention commensurate with his dignity-Robert Grimm, Swiss Socialist, who has been in Russia agitating the peace program, has been deported. The min ister of posts says if any others, So cialists or otherwise, act as Grimm did, he will meet a similar fate, or maybe worse. The American oil tank steamship John D. Archbold, belonging to the Standard Oil company, has been sunk by a German submarine. Denmark dispatcher report that throughout Germany grain crops are burning up in an unprecedented heat wave. c Tropical temperatures are reported throughout the German empire, and the weather bureau states that the prospects for rain or lower tempera tures are very slight. The women have won the ballot in England. The house of commons by a large majority, which astonish ed the warmest supporters of the measure, passed the final reading of the clause in the electoral reform bill dealing with the question of women's suffrage. King George of England has deem ed it advisable due to the conditions brought about by the war that those princes and princesses of his family who are his subjects and bear German titles and names should relinquish these titles and henceforth adopt Brit ish surnames. "I hope I never hear of such an inci dent again," was Minister of War Ke rensky's short dismissal of a request from a committee of soldiers, ap proved by the workmen's and soldier's council of the city of Buigulma, Rus sia, for leave for nine companies of soldiers. FOOD CONTROL BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE ONLY FIVE MEMBERS CAST VOTES AGAINST ADMINISTRATION MEASURE. PROHIBITION AMENDMENT Forbids Making Use of Foodstuffs in Intoxicants. Dry Victory Came Agter a Long Preliminary Struggle Carries $152,500,000 Appropriation. Washington. The administration food control bill, giving the President broad authority to control the distri bution of food, feed and fuel for war purposes and appropriating $152,500. 000 for its enforcement and adminis tration, was passed by the House after far-reaching prohibition provisions had been written into it. The vote was 365 to five, Represen tatives McLemore, Slayden and Young, of Texas, democrats, and Meeker, Missouri, and Ward, New York, re publicans, voting in the negative. The prohibition provisions adopted would prohibit the use of foodstuffs for the manufacture of alcoholic bev erages, and would give the President authority to take over for war pur poses all liquor now on hand. They were put into the measure during the evening in committee of the whole and when the bill came up in the House proper the anti-prohibition fac tion did not demand another vote. Few important changes were made by the House outside the prohibition section. The control powers of the President were limited to articles spe cifically mentioned in the bill, instead of giving him blanket authority; vol untary aids in control work were made subject to the penal provision; all persons in the fool administration except those serving without compesa tion were placed under civil service, and the President was required to make an annual report on the opera tion of the bill. After several hours of parliamen tary sparring, during which the pro hibitory proposals were thrown cut repeatedly on points of order, the prohibition element got the upper hand and forced adoption of amend ments which would forbid the use of any foodstuffs during the war for making intoxicants, and would give the President authority to take over, in his discreation, all stocks of dis tilled liquors. Action on the prohibition amend ments was taken in committee of the whole, and opponents of the propos als immediately began mustering their forces for a reconsideration when the bill comes up for final discusion in the House. MORE THAN HALF MILLION MEN HAVE VOLUNTEEERED Between 700,000 and 800.000 Men Are Now Enrolled. Washington. More than half a mil lion men have volunteered in the American army and navy during the period of less than three months that has elapsed since war was declared to exist. The army, navy and national guard represented an aggregate strength of little more than 300,000 men when the war resolution was adopted. Today between 700,000 and 800,000 are en rolled in the various branches of the fighting services and the great major ity of them are armed, equipped and under training. They will be joined at the end of the summer by nearly a million men selected for the new na tional army from the millions register ed for war duty June 5. The regular army totalled a little more than 100,000 mer. three months ago; it is nearing tha 250,000 mark today and war officials, backed by the press of the country, are bending every effort to bring it up to 300,000 during the present week. The National Guard, 150,000 strong when war came, numbers nearly 260, 000 today, according to the best esti mates available. Of that number nearly 75,000 actually are under arms, guarding against German plotters and doing the job in a thoroughly and sol dierly way. The marine corps, whose sloyan of "first to fight," has been heard by the government, which attached a season ed regiment of sea soldiers to Major General Pershing's expeditionary force to France, has been raised from 17,000 to nearly 30,000 men. The regular bluejacket force of the navy, the men behind the big guns and who already are trying their metal against the enemy off the Irish coast under Vive Admiral Sims, or upon armed freighters has been raised from less than 60,000 to 120,000. The boys of the country have thronged to the navy in great numbers. GIVE NPLACE ON GEN. PERSHING'S STAFF Paris. General Pershing announced that he had appointed Major Grayson M. P. Murphy head of the American Red Cross mission to Europe, a mem ber of his staff. General Pershing's intention is to exercise through Maj. Murphy such control of the direction of the American Red Cross activities in France as will enable the Americar army to assist the armies and thr people of France most promptly anr1 effectively. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE OVER THREE BILLION TREASURY DEPARTMENT MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT OF FINAL TABULATION. ALLOTMENTS ID BE MADE Secretary McAdoo Announces That All Subscriptions of More Than $10, 000 Will Be Pared Down. New York District Led. Washington. Liberty loan subscrip tions totalled $3,035,226,850, an over subscription of nearly fifty-two per cent. The final tabulation has been offi cially announced, showing that more than 4,000,000 persons bought bonds. Ninety-nine per cent of subscriptions, or those of 3,960,000 persons, were for sums varying from $50 to $10,000, while twenty-one subsribers applied for allotments of $5,000,000 each or more. The New York federal reserve dis trict led the list with subscritpoins totalling $1,186,788,400, or more than three times the amount subscribed in j the next district, Chicago, $357,195,- j 950. The other districts sent sub scriptions as follows: Boston, $332,447,600; Cleveland, $286,148,700; Philadelphia, $232,309.- 250; San Francisco, . $175,623,900; Richmond, $109,737,100; Kansas City, $91,758,850; St. Louis, $86,134,700; Minnr -oils, $70,255,500; Atlanta $57, 878.",. n , and Dalas, $48,948,350. These sul criptions include those sent direct to the treasury and apportioned among the various reserve districts. Allotments Made. Allotments will be made, Secretary McAdoo announced, as follows: An subscriptions up to and includ- tag $10,000, full amount. These sub scriptions totalled $1,296,684,850. More than $10,000 up to and in cluding $100,000, sixty per cent of the amount subscribed, but not less than $10,000 in any instance. These sub scriptions totalled $560,103,050. Allot ments to subscribers in this group w'll aggregate $336,061,850. More than $J0,000 up to and in cluding $100,000, sixty per cent of the amount subscribed, but not less than $10,000 in any instamse. These sub scriptions totalled $560,103,050. Allot ments to subscribers in this group will aggregate $336,061,950. More than $100,000 up to and In cluding $250,000, forty-five per cent of the amount subscribed, but not less than $60,000 in any instance. Sub scriptions in this group totalled $220, 455,600, and allotments "will aggregate $99,205,000. More than $250,000 up to and in cluding $2,000,000, thirty per cent, but no less than $112,500 in any instance. The total of subscriptions in this group was $601,514,900. Allotments will aggregate $184,381,000. More than $2,000,000, up to and in cluding $6,000,000 each, twenty-five per cent but not less than $600,000 in any one instance. Subscriptions in this group totalled $234,544,300 Allot- ments will total $58,661,250. More than $6,000,000 up to and in cluding $10,000,000 each, twenty-one per cent. Subscriptions in this group totalled $46,674,150; allotments will aggregate $9,801,600. Two subscriptions of $25000,000 each were received. The allotments to these subscribers will be at the rate of 20.22 per cent, and they will re ceive bonds of the value of $5,055,000 each. One subscriber to $25,250,000, the largest, will be given 20.17 per cent, or $5,093,650. NO SERIOUS DELAY IN CANTONMENT CONSTRUCTION Baker Thinks All Will Be Ready September 1st. Washington. There will be no se rious delay in construction of the six teen cantonments for the national army, said Secretary Baker and all of the establishments probably will be ready about September I, the ten tative date considered for summoning to the colors the first 625.000 men. The process of selecting the men, the secretary indicated, probably will be set iii motion early in July. Regulations for the exemption and selection processes have, been prepar ed and will be made public next week. President Wilson is understood to have approved the general scheme worked out by the war department to secure fair and unselfish application of the law through local officials. Mi nor modifications are being made but plans will be completed In a few days. AMERICAN JACKIES RECEIVING GOOD FARE Base of American Flotilla in Brit ish Waters Jackies of the American patrol flotilla are getting the best of care and fare, as one result of the adequate equipment of the flotilla's mother ship and the efficiency of the men who man it. "It is really mar velous what you Americans can do," remarked a British officer. The ship m i r float in trim hut f iiui oniy B-ooyo xuo i bakes the bread and performs innum I erable other services for the men. OF CONTROL BILL PROSPECT FOR PASSAGE BY JULY 1 APPEARS MUCH BRIGHTER NOW. FEW IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS Senate Leaders Tentatively Agreeing to Compromises is Designed to Greatly Expedite Consideration. House is Making Progress. Washington. Prospect ' for passage of the administration food control bill by July 1, as earnestly desired by President Wilson, appeared brighted after the House had rejected import antamendments which promised to de lay final action, and Senate leaders had tentatively agreed to compromises j designed to greatly expedite consider ation. Rejection in the House on a point of order of proposals to include shoes, clothing, farm machinery and cotton seed under the regulation food provis ions cleared the way to passage to such an extent that a final vote is expected soon. Prohibition proposals and Rep resentative Lenroot's amendment to strike out the licensing feature of the bill constitute the only apparent ob stacles to a final vote at that time. To pass the measure with as few addi tions to the original draft as possible in order to expedite conference con sideration is the plan of Representa tive Lever, in charge of the measure. He told the House that minor changes could be made at leisure while it now is of the utmost importance that the big control maehinery be started. House republicans are rallying gener ally to support the bill. One of the speeches in its behalf was delivered by Representative Gillette, of Massa chusetts, acting republican leader. While perfunctory debate was pro ceeding in the Senate, substantial progress towards composing differen ces was made by the leaders at infor mal conferences. The changes tenta tively agreed to include: Elimination of the section author izing the food administrator to requi sition factories, mines and other plants when he finds it necessary. Elimination of provisions authoriz ing fixing of wages, including those of farm laborers; Elimination of specific authorization to regulate consumption by rationing or control of individual meals; Exemption of foodstuffs stored by producers from the anti-hoarding penalties ; Provision for control of foodstuff purchased in this country to prevent competition in buying between the allies and the United States; and Further provisions to prevent hoard ing or speculation in foodstuffs. With these tentative agreements, senators believed the chaotic condi tion in the Senate is clearing, with a prospect of an ultimate complete com promise except on a few basic points. PROVISIONAL MINISTER IS ORGANIZING RUSSIA For Purpose of Conducting War Says Count Bakhmetieff. Washington. The Russian mission, headed by Special Ambassador B. A. Bakhmetieff was entertained by Presi dent Wilson at a state dinner at the White House with with members of the cabinet, congressional leaders and high officials of the army and navy present. Ambassador Bakhmetieff accepted an invitation from Vice President Marshall to address the Senate. Secretary Baker, acoompanied by Major General Bliss, assistant chief of staff, returned the official call paid upon him by Lieutenant General Roop, the military member ofthe mission. Russia's consecration to a war to the end with German autocracy was avowed by Special Ambassador Boris A. Bakhmetieff, hea,d of the Russian mission here, in a statement to the American people. Only through vic tory, he said, can a stable world peace and the fruits of the Russian revolu tion be secured. "The Russian people thoroughly understand and are fully convinced," said Mr. Bakhmetieff, "that it 4s abso lutely necessary to roout out the au tocratic principles which underlie and are represented by German militarism which thratens the peace, the free dom and the happiness of the; World." All glasses in Russia, the ambassa dor said, are concentrated on the enor mous task of reconstruction made necessary by the sweeping away oi the evils of the old regime, and always noticeable results are apparent, espe cially in the army under the ener getic leadrship of Minister Kerensky, RAISE IN MAIL RATE FAVORED BY SENATE. Washington. The Senate fianance committee took what the members ex pect to be final action on publishers' taxes in the war revenue bill, adopting by a vote of eight to six an increase of one-quarter of a cent a pound on second-class postage rates and an ad ditional levey of five per cent upon publishers' net profits over $4,000. Revenues of $3,000,000 annually will come from the increase in postage rates one-quartercente a pound. EARLY PASSAGE 000 INCREASED NUMBER OF VESSELS LOST TWENTY-SEVEN BRITISH SHIPS HAVE BEEN SENT DOWN DUR ING WEEK. BRITISH RE-TAKE POSITION Germans Gain Foothold in French First Trenches in Champagne Re gion. Huge Activities Along Many Fronts. The weekly report of losses to Brit ish shipping sunk by submarines or mines has again reached alarming pro portions. It shows an increase over the re ports of the past six weeks to ton nage destroyed. The latest figures, twenty-seven vessels of over 1,600 tons and five under 1,600 tons, place the losses in the first category high er, except during the weeks ending April 21 and April 28, than during any similar periods since Germany's intensified submarine campaign be gan. During the latter weeks forty and thirty-eight merhantment, re spectively, were sent to the bottom. On the fighting fronts in France, the British forces of Field Marshal Haig have recaptured important posi tions from the Germans east of Ar ras, while the Germans in the Cham pagne region have gained a foothold in French first-line trenches. The British gain was made east of Monchy-le-Preux, where Monday the Germans, under cover of a violent bombardment, drove back the British and occupied their trenches. Between the Ailette river and Moullin de Laf faux, the Germans in a strong attack in which huge effectives were used, captured a section of a trench held by the French. The attack was delivered over a front of about two-thirds of a mile and followed a violent bombard ment of the French line. Near Lens, the Canadians, in an as sault on a position held by the Ger mans which was barring the way to Coal City, routed out the defenders and captured the trenches and incor ported them into the British lines. The Germans, in vicious attacks, en deavored to- regain the lost terrian, but were beaten off. PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF CHINA'S TROUBLES FORECAST. Washington. Peaceful settlement of China's internal troubles was fore cast in an official dispatch to the Chinese embassy from Peking. The message said the two southern prov inces of Yunnan and Kwantung had notified the central government that they favor co-operation towards a peaceful settlement and are ready to do everything possible to clear up the situation. President Li Yuan Hung, who com plied with the revoluting governor's demand for a dissolution of parlia ment, has issued another decree call ing for an immediate new selection. The old parliament elected in 1913 was held to be unrepresentative, and failed to draw up a satisfactory con stitutional draft. PRESIDENT WILSON CALLS FOR ARMY VOLUNTEERS. Washington. President Wilson is sued a proclamation designating the week of June 20-30 as recruiting week for the regular army, and called upon unmarried men, without dependents, to enroll for war service in order that the ranks of the regulars might be fill ed promptly. The proclamation fol lows: "Proclamation by the President: "I hereby designate the period of June 23 to June 30, next, as recruit ing week for the regular army, and call upon unmarried men between the ages of eighteen and forty years, who have no dependents and who are not engaged in pursuits vitally necessary to the prosecution of the war, to pre sent themselves for enlistment during the week herein designated to the number of 70,000. (Signed). "WOODROW WILSON." The President's action was taken at the request of army officials who have been seriously concerned over the slow; rate of recruiting for the regular army, despite the fact that the war department's recruiting agencies covet every section of the country and theft men are asked to serve only for thg, period of the war. It had been hopea that the regular service could be brought to its whole war strength of approximately 300,000 men by June 30, which would have permitted the war department to carry out its plans in regard to the training of all the forced to be raised. THREE STEAMERS SUNK BY GERMAN SUBMARINE. Boston. Sinking of the British steamers Bay State and Elele and the Dutch steamship Eemdikj by German submarines were reported here in cable messages. The Bay State, a Warren liner, was en route from Bos ton to Liverpool with a cargo valued at $2,000,000. She was armed. Her crew of fifty were all saved. The Elele was bound from Boston to Man chester with general cargo. The fate of her crew of fifty is not known hero ASHEVILLE CLAIMS CHALLENGES THE STATE TO SHOW A BETTER RECORD IN MATTER OF GARDENS. 500 BOYS AND GIRLS WORK Making Gardens in Back Yards, Va cant Lots and All Other Available Place in Town. Asheville. The city of Asheville challenges the state to show a better record in the matter of gardens than is being made here. More than 500 boys and girls are employed in making gardens in back yards, vacant lots and other available places. The call of Governor Bickett and the State Food Conservation Commission has been heard and heeded. The products rais ed in the city gardens this year will reach a value of several thousand dol lars. A large part of the cerdit for the mobilization of the boys and girls for this purpose is due to Mr. Ralston Fleming, who is head of the School Garden Committee of the Asheville Board of Trade. There will be a very considerable surplus of products from the hundreds of gardens in and adjacent to Ashe ville and Mrs. Jane S. McKimmon, head of the Home Demonstration Work at Raleigh, is to be here this week to advise with the County Home Demonstration Agent and other lead ers with regard to the conservation of these surplus products. Asheville peo ple are thoroughly alive to the im portance of making and saving every pound of foodstuff possible. The Asheville Board of Trade and the Buncombe County Food Conserva tion Commission have also vigorously pushed a campaign for increased pro duction of food and feed stuff in the county. At this time Buncombe far mers are being urged to plant corn, potatoes, cow peas, sorghum or buck wheat upon the several thousands of acres in the county from which small gain is now being harvested. J. H. Noyes Heads Jr. O. U. A. M. Asheville. John H. Noyes, of New Hampshire, was chosen by the Na tional Council, Junior Order United American Mechanics as National Councilor. H. R. Lochner, of Ken tucky, is Vice-Councilor. The other officers elected are as fol- lows: Charles Reimer, of Maryland, ! National Treasurer; George H. Davis, of Maryland, National Conductor; Sam I W. Plyler, of South Carolina National Warden; Wilbur F. Cannon, of Col ! orado, and W. F. Lambert, of West I Virginia, National Inside Sentinel ; Jas. R. Mansfield, of Virginia, and Mr. Briggs, of Oklahoma, National Outside Sentinel; Rev. M. D. Lichliter, of Penn ! sylvania, National Chaplain. Milwaukee was named as the next meeting place. The council meets i every two years. Folowing the election of officers, the council took up the question of j levying a special tax on the members j to provide an additional fund of $60,000 for the orphanage of Tiffin, Ohio. Bishop Kilgo Going to China. Durham. Bishop John C. Kilgo, of the Southern Methodist Episcopal church, will leave his Charlotte home next week for a four-month sojourn in China, Japan and Korea. By appoint ment of his office as one of the nine bishops of the Southern Methodist de nomination, he goes to the Orient as the presiding church official in the East. Bishop Warren C. Candler, of Atlanta, Ga., will preside over the North Carolina Conference that meets in Greenville in November, and Bishop J. T. Atkins, of Asheville, will con vene the Western North Carolina Con feernce in the absence of Bishop Kilgo. Charged With Burning Hotel. Asheville. Nat Young, who has been in the United States army at Fort Oglethorpe, was brought back to Asheville by Deputy Fire Insurance Commissioner Frank Jordan on the charge of burning the Avery hotel at Elk Park, Avery county, three years ago. The young man has confessed to the actual burning of the .hotel Frosts in Watatfga. Lenoir. Reports from Watauga county show that a heavy frost oc curred in many sections of the county recently, doing most severe damage to vegetation. The bean crop, which is a very large item for the county, has been almost totally destroyed, while the Irish potato yield will be greatly diminished on account of the severe freeze. Visitors coming in from Blow ing Rock report that many large fields of potatoes in and around that section have been charred and razed to the ground and will be almost a total loss. Bankers Maintain Ambulance. Wilmington. Prominent among the features of the meeting of the North Carolina Bankers association was the unanimous decision to contribute $2, 000 for the purchase and maintenance of an ambulance in France for a per iod of one year. This was taken on motion of Col. John F. Burton, of Wil son, every man in the asembly rising to his feet when the president, W. S. Blakeney, of Monroe, put the ques tion. The ambulance will be given through the Red Cross society of the state.
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