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r THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance at ham ttmA 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 VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, AUGUST 22, 1917 NO. 3. uontracts will be made. RTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS J)FTHE SOUTH AAhat Is Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Domestic. A Valdosta, Ga., dispatch says that the Georgia Southern and Florida railway, through its general counsel, j E. Hall, of Macon, Ga,, has obtain ed a temporary order from Judge W. E Thomas of the superior court, re straining Sheriff J. E. Passmore of Lowndes county and his deputies from entering its trains and searching the baggage of passengers for whiskey without warrants. All official connection between the navy and the navy league was severed by order of Secretary Daniels as are suit of the recent action of the league headquarters in charging that inves tigation of the recent fatal explosion at Mare Island navy yard was being blocked by influence of labor interests, when it had been clearly shown to the secretray that the labor interests had nothing whatever to do with the mat ter. Two army divisions instead of one, comprising a total of at least thirty eight thousand men, will probably make up the first contingent of the National Guard to go to France. Issuance of $7,53S,945,000 worth of 4 per cent federal bonds, subject only to income supertaxes, war profits and excess profits taxes and designed to provide $4,000,000,000 for further allied loans and to retire $3,000,000,000 non taxable 3t-2 per cent issue now author ized to cover loans to the allies, is contemplated by Secretary McAdoo. Th;s is the news flashed from Wash ington throughout the country. Three German civilian prisoners William Wagner, Robert Aeur and Gus tav Hartwig escaped from Fort Ogle thorpe dentention camp, near Chatta nooga, Tenn. How and when they left the camp is a mystery, they all hav ing answered roll call as usual in the morning. The United States senate at a brief executive session confirmed the nomi nation of Judge Beverly D. Evans of Sandersville, Ga.. as judge of the dis trict court for the southern district of Georgia. The food administration has pre pared to take over the entire 1917 wheat crop if necessary to stabilize prices throughout the year. It formed a $50,000 corporation, with all of the stock held by the federal government, to buy and sell wheat at the princi pal terminals. Enthusiasm is running high among the members of the three Macon (Ga.) companies of the Second Georgia regi ment who have been assigned to the 151st machine gun battalion, which is one of the units ordered to prepare to go to France immediately. Washington. Secretary Daniels told Robert M. Thompson, president of the Navy League, who charged that the labor interests were hampering investiga tion of the fatal black powder maga zine explosion at Mare Island, that the statement was slanderous and false, and that the best way Mr. Thompson and the other officials of his organiza tion could serve his country would be to "get down and out" at once. This is the organization from which Colo nel Roosevelt resigned not lone since. claiming that it was hampering the government. The Navy League, which is in a controversy with the secretary of the navy, is a civilian organization formed some twelve years ago to work for a bigger and better navy, and among its members are many retired naval offi cers. Mr. Thompson, president for a number of years, is a financier of Prominence who graduated at Annan olis and attained the rank of master n the navy before resigning in 1871 The organization hai; heen continual y attacking Secretarv Daniels since "e assumed the duties of the naval Portfolio. Private corporations and individuals that have planned to reap a harvest of dollars through the establishment or restaurants, lunch rooms, tobacco stands, soda founts and confectioner ies within the borders of armv can tonments and camns are rlnnmpH to disappointment. The war department nas determined that there shall be no profiteering. Five American passengers lost their nves wties the American vessel City of Athens was sunk hv a mine nff n, Town, Africa. Four 'Of the crew and ten additional Dassens'Prs wore io O " ine vessel Brooklyn and New York to Cape The peace nronnsaTa -f t T , - " VJJC 1JCUC- aict have been delivered to the state aepartment, and will be made public m a few davs. The United States, it is announced, in Britain, France and Italy iTv rerusal to issue passports tc ference616568 t0 Stockholm con ongressionnl , w,vx0 linui mea y Secretary McAdoo that it would oe necessary for them to authorize 1L "us and the winter co0; - - "xooiuu Ul tUU" trZ an additinal nine billion dollars . wr expenditures to June 30, 1918 including additional loans to the allies. MDfl fir y Government control of the coal in dustry appeared imminent when Pres ident Wilson turned his personal at tention to the subject and heard the mine operators' and miners' presenta tion of the situation. The interests now will be presented by the federal trade commission, which has just com pleted its investigation of coal produc tion costs. Provisions of the food control bill giving the president power to fix coal prices from the mine to the consumer and investing in him authority to requisition all coal produced and sell it to the public are expected to be put into operation almost immedi ately. The coal situation, according to offi cials who have studied the subject, is in a more chaotic state now than it has been at any time. Prices are go ing up despite the agreement between the government and the operators, and many sections of the country face a winter with a coal famine. It is considered likely that the pres ident will commandeer all the coal in ; the country, which is a bitter pill for I some of the local concerns and the , big operators. It is reported that German Emperor ! William recently narrowly escaped be- ing killed by a bomb thrown from an j allied airship. The representatives of the labor or- j gamzations are jubilant over the stand Secretary of the Navy Daniels took with the resident of the Navy League, and advise the public to pay no atten tion to any reports of the disloyalty of labor to the country. They say or ganized labor is willing to follow the flag anywhere. Advance news of the pope's peace proposals show that he suggests the restoration of Belgium, Serbia and Roumania, and a peaceful solution of the problems of Alsace-Lorraine, Trent, Triest and Poland. It further proposes that there be no annexations and no indemnities except in special cases, such as Belgium and Serbia; the return to Germany of her colonies in exchange for the conquered terri tory she now occupies; freedom of the seas, disarmament and the forma tion of a supreme court of arbitration for the settlement of future interna tional disputes. It is stated in Washington that Ger many and her allies will probably ac cept Pope Benedict's peace proposal, but that there is little probability that they will be accepted by triple en tente. It is believed that Senator King (Dem.) of Utah has taken a big for ward step toward suppression of dis loyalty in the bill he introduced to prohibit foreign language newspapers from publishing any comment respect ing the government of the United States and its policies without pub lishing in a parallel column an accu rate and complete translation of such publication. The entire 687,000 men composing the first increment of the army draft forces will be under training early in October. EuroDean . Tired of being killed, the Germans have ceased their rushes in the Ypres sector, and many prisoners are being taken by the allied forces. A falling off in British tonnage sunk last week by mines or submarines is indicated in the weekly admiralty statements made public. Fourteen vessels of 1,600 tons and over were sent to the bottom against twenty-one the previous week. Lens is again the center of the fight ing on the western front. The Cana dians have taken Hill 70, dominating the city from the north, and are with in the city itself, engaging the Ger mans in desperate fighting at close quarters, after advancing on a two mile front to an extreme depth of one mile. Fighting in southwest Moldavia ap parently is lessening in intensity. In the mountains the Russians and Rou manians have given up a height west of Ocna to the Austro-Germans. In Flanders the intense artillery fighting goes on with undiminished vigor. On the Dixmude road, northwest of 3ixschoote, the French have pushed forward and succeeded in realizing considerable progress. Artillery duels and small isolated at tacks have occurred on the French front from St. Quentin to the Swiss border. The United States soldiers in France object to being called "Sam mies," and the French, at all times masters of etiquette, will call them anything they elect to be called. The French would not for any considera tion put an indignity upon an Ameri can, and say so. Unfavorable weather again is ham pering large scale operations in Flan ders. A day of great political excitement in London concluded with the an nouncement that George Nicoll Barnes, minister of pensions, had been appointed to replace Arthur Hender son as Labor member of the war cab inet. The appointment has the ap proval of all the other Labor mem bers of the government. Ex-Czar Nicholas and the czarina have been sent to the wilds of Siberia, where they sent so many of the Rus sians during their reign. The czar is much downcast, but the czarina is in the best of spirits. A rather grim little point of trench etiquette has been settled by the French with their usual politeness and magnanimity. American officers visit ing the French front under the "set tlement" may "pot" all the Germans they care to, and not a single French man will object, but will pat him on the back and shout "Vive l'Ameri-cano!" BIG WAR PROGRAM IS WELL ADVANCED LEADERS EXPECT VACATION BY SEPT. 15 OR OCTOBER FIRST AT LEAST. SOME NEW FINANCE BILLS After Passage of Revenue Measure Congress Leaders Will Devote a Short Time to a Peace Debate on Resolution of LaFollette and Others. Washington. The legislative pro gram of Congress has assumed such definite form that leaders expressed hope for a vacation about September 15 or not later than October 1. Included in the progrem for dis posal within the next three or four weeks are: The $2,006,000,000 war tax bill. A new war budget authorizing about $7,500,000,000 in bonds, proba bly at four per cent for further loans to the allies and to retire the $3,000, 000,000 of 3 1-2 per cent bonds al ready authorized and providing for $2,000,000,000 worth of certificates of indebtdness and a like amount of small denominations war savings cer tificates. Great New Appropriations. A deficiency appropriation measure aggregating between $6,000,000,000 and $7,000,000,000 now being prepar ed by the House appropriations com mittee. The administration trading with the enemy bill, which passed the House July 11. The administration insurance of soldiers and sailors bill. The Webb export trade bill, peace resolutions in the Senate, extension of the espionage act and several minor measures. Most of these measures leaders be lieve can be disposed of while the war tax bill is in conference. Should obstructive opposition develop against the less important bills some may be postponed until Congress reassembles. Passage by the Senate this week of the war tax bill is expected by lead ers of both parties. The Senate has entered upon decisive and vigorous disputes over the income, war profits, publishers' and consumption tax pro visions. Immediately after passage of the revenue measure. Senate leaders plan to devote a short time to a peace de bate, on resolutions of Senator Le Follette and others. Administration and some republi can leaders expect to overwhelmingly table pacifist proposals. NOW PERFECTING PLANS FOR GREATEST TROOP MOVEMENTS Draft Armies of 687,000 Men to be Mobilized in Three Increments, the first September 5th. Washington. Plans for the most im portant troop movement ever attempt ed in this country involving the trans portation of 687,000 men are being perfected by the American Railway As sociation at the request of the federal government, according to an announce ment made her by Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroads' war board. "The movement of troops from the various states to the army canton ments will start September 5," said Mr. Harrison ,and between that date and September 9 the railroads will complete the entrainment of 200,000 men, approximately Hiirty per cent of the total number to be moved. "It is expected that a second move ment of 200,000 men will begin Sep tember 18, continuing for four days and a third movement of the same size on October 3. "Some conception of the task which confronts the association may be gleaned from the fact that 6,229 cars made up in 366 trains, with as many locomotives and train crews, are re quired to one field army of 80,000. "The railroads have also been ask ed to supply transportation for 350, 000 soldiers of the national guard to their training camps. This has al ready been started and will continue in increasing volume until all have been moved." FORMER CZAR NOW EXILE IN SIBERIA Petrograd. It was officially an nounced that the residence of Nicholas Romanoff, the deposed Russian empe ror is at Tobolsk, a western Siberia town which recently achieved a du bious publicity in revolutionary Rus sia as the birth place of Gregory Ras putin, the mystic monk, who wielded a remarkable influence over the ex-emperor's family up to the time of the priest's assassination. GENERAL DUVALL TO WOOD'S CHARLESTON POST Washington. General officers to command the departments of the regu lar army relieving the major generals, detailed to service with troops, were announced as follows: "Maj. Gen. Arthur Burray, western department; Maj. Gen. W. P. Duvall, southeastern department; Brig Gen John Ruckman, southern department; Brig. Gen. John A. Johnson, north eastern department; Maj. Gen. Wil liam H. Carter, central Apartment. NORTHERN TROOPS WHOLE AMERICAN MAY GOJO FRANCE ARMY REORGANIZED I ' MANY NEW ENGLANDERS WILL I PROBABLY NOT COME SOUTH TO TRAIN. TWO DIVISIONS WILL GO SOON '. Will Make Up First Contingent of Na tional Guardsmen to Go Abroad From New Englana Who Will Train Six Weeks at Home. Washington. Two army divisions instead of one, comprising a total of at least 38,000 men, probably will make up the first contingent of the national guard to go to France. Although no official confirmation was abtainable, there was evidence that the composite forty-second divis ion whose organization recently was announced, will be accompanied abroad by the twenty-sixth, made up of New England guardsmen. The commander of the twenty sixth is Major General Clarence Ed wards, now acting as commander of the department of the northeast. The forty-second is commanded by Major General W. A. Mann. A report was current that suffi cient shipping will be available for forwarding two divisions within the time fixed for the departure of the forty-second and that the twenty sixth had been selected to go because it comes from a compact area and is com" sed largely of regiments of high rating, and representing states whose troops were left out of the composite division. The forty-second division is being mobilized at Mineloa under the new European standard, which requires that the strength of the individual in fantry regiments be increased more than fifty per cent. The process ne cessitates the addition of some units not included in the original order, for where one company of infantry, for instance, was to have come from any state, two companies have been con solidated to give the 250 men neces sary. Thus hundreds of men have been transferred to fill up the regi ments selected to go. All the other national guard divisions will so through a similar process on arrival at divisional camps. No hint has been given as to the probable time it will require to pre pare the forty-second for embarka tion. The question of equipment also enters into the fixing of a sailing date. The same considerations apply also to the twenty-sixth. The war department announced the final allotment of state troops among the national army cantonments and made public the list of colonels as signed to regimental commands in the various divisions both of national army and national guard. WILSON TO GIVE APPEAL OF POPE GRAVE ANALYSIS May be Several Days Before Concrete Step is Taken. Washington. That the government is determined to give Pope Benedict's peace proposal the most deliberate and painstaking consideration before framing a reply was evinced again by developments both at the white house and the state department. The cabinet, holding its first session since the note arrived, avoided any general discussion of the subject because Pres ident Wilson is understood to feel that there must be a searching analysis of the questions raised before such dis cussion would be profitable. Secretary Lansing and his advisers, on whom most of the responsibilities for making this analysis will rest, con tinued their study of the pontiff's sug gestions with every indication that it probably would be several days before any concrete step could be expected. Meantime the undercurrent of offi cial thought manifestly continued to trend toward a conviction that the grand alliance will find some of the proposals in the Vatican note very difficult to accept. PLAN SEVEN BILLION DOLLAR LOAN FOR ALLIES Washington. 'Issuance of $7,538, 945,000 worth of four per cent federal bonds, subject only to income super taxes, war profits and excess profit taxes and designed to provide $4,000, 000,000 for further allied loans and to retired the $3,000,000,000 non-taxable three and a half per cent issue now authorized to cover loans to the allies is contemplated in suggestions sub mitted by Secretary McAdoo to the house ways and means committee. PICKETING AROUND WHITE HOUSE MUST STOP Washington. Formal notice was served by the police upon leaders of the woman's party that so-called pick eting of the white house would be tol erated no longer, and that in future banner bearers would be arrested as fast as they appeared. Several hours were allowed for the warning to take effec, then six women posted at the executive mansion gates were carried off in a patrol wagon much to the de light of a watching crowd. EVERY UNIT IS MADE TO CON- FORM WITH EUROPEAN ARMY STANDARDS. AT GEN. PERSHING'S REQUEST Infantry Company Hereafter Will Have 250 Men Two Captains, Four Lieutenants to 'Provide Against Dis organization. Washington. Complete reorganiza tion of all branches of the Americau army to conform with European stan dards as recommended by Major Gen eral Pershing, is provided for in army orders revealing that the recentlv an nounced divisional reorganization plan in to be carried down into the regiments and companies. The ad ministrative unit of the infantry arm hereafter will be a company of 250 enlisted men and six commissioned officers, in place of something over 100 men and three officers. The com pany will be divided into four platoons each in command of a lieutenant. There will be two captains as first and second in command, one first lieutenant and three second lieuten ants. Reports of the review of the American troops in France show that this plan already has been carried out in General Pershing's forces. The object of assigning two cap tains to each company, it is under stood, is to provide against disorgan ization of the unit through the loss of its commander. The second captain, under the European system, does not go into battle line with the company if his senior is present. He is held as a reserve to reorganize the com pany if necessary. Under the new plan each regiment will have three battalions of four companies, making a total of 3,000 men. Supplemented by the regimental headquarters, sup ply and machine gun organizations, the strength of the new regiment3 wiil be brought up to approximately 3,600 men as against little more than 2,000 In existing war strength regiments. Other Arms Not Changed. The unit organization of the field artillery and other arms of the ser vice has not been changed. As a re sult of reducing the number of regi ments in a division, the division, in stead of 28,000 men, will total here after about 19,000 men, 15,000 of them infantry. The advantage of the system, in addition to the better adaptation of the divisional unit to trench warfare, lies chiefly in the reduction in over head expense. One colonel and his regiment staff, including his three battalion commanders will now han dle 3,600 men instead of a little more than 2,000. NEWLY APPOINTED OFFICERS GO TO FRANCE. Will Be Given Intensive Training By Gen. Pershing. Washington. From the 27,000 offi- ! cers taken from the training camps i just closed a considerable number are j being selected to begin immediately j intensive training in France under direction of Major General Pershing. The plan provides for establishing an officers' school in the American army where they can be given inten sive instruction similar to that being given the regular army contingent al ready there. In addition some of the young offi cers may be sent to French and Brit ish officers' school as both govern ments have expressed their willing ness to undertake post-graduate work of that nature. Some of the young officers also will be attached to the regular regiments now in France. When they have re ceived sufficient training they may re place officers now in charge of the American units and whose experience would be of value in training the new armies at home. It is possible also that many of the new ogicers will be sent home as instructors as soon as they have completed training courses in France. GENERAL WOOD IS TRANSFERRED TO KANSAS. Washington. Assignment of gen eral officers to the army cantonments announced reveals that Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, commanding the south eastern department, is to be trans ferred to command the Eighty-ninth (national guard) division, Camp Fun ston, Fort Riley. Kan. Official an nouncement of this intention on the part of the war department was made by the department Friday, August 10. THIRTY-TWO MAJ. GENERALS ASSIGNED TO WAR DUTY. Washington. Thitry-two major gen erals are assigned in a war depart ment order just made public to com mand the national guard and national army divisions of the war armies. On the list are all of the present regular departmental commanders, including Major General Leonard Wood, ranking officer of the service, who now are called upon for duty in the field and probably at the front in France. er I OF THE NATION SOON It Will Equal Two Bushels for Every Person in the Country. SDecial Efforts Will Be Made to Handle Fruit Without Any Loss May Find Help Shortage in Some Places Staples to Allies. In order that we may help win the war against autocracy, Americans must do everything possible to fur nish sufficient food to help our fighting allies. We must eat more perishable and semiperishable food at home in order that the staple articles, such as wheat, may be sent abroad in great amounts. In a couple of weeks we will begin harvesting apples all over the country. 1 This is a war crop. It will amount to two bushels for every man, woman and child in the United States. The motto this year is: "Eat an apple and send a biscuit." War conditions also confront the apple growers, for there is a scarcity of pickers, and careful preparations must now be made to see that this crop is all safely harvested and put Into storage. Now is the time to be gin organizing picking crews In every apple growing section. A survey of the situation shows that the farmer will need co-operation from business men In the towns and cities round about at which he trades, and which have just as great an interest in this crop as the farmer himself. This is emergency organization work to be taken up immediately by chambers of commerce, boards of trade, state and county councils of defense, and busi ness men generally. The labor supply to harvest this crop exists right in the cities adjacent to the apple orchards in most cases, but the draft and demands of fac tories and railroads for labor have disturbed the normal supply of work ers upon which the farmer usually draws, and it is necessary to recruit new kinds of workers. People who have never regarded themselves as ap ple pickers may this year be asked to go to the orchards and help get in the crop for patriotic reasons. The organization work should take the form of an immediate survey of labor resources to see where a picking force is to be recruited. Stores and factories can often release clerks and workmen for this service If notified in time. Families who would like a week or two of vacation in the country with light, healthy outdoor work at satisfac tory wages, may also be induced to join the picking army. It has been sug gested that the schools might be open ed later this year so that boys and girls can be sent to the orchards, but this will not be necessary in all cases. One very good source of pickers can be found among the women's organiza tions of this country, which are all keenly interested in helping in any practical patriotic work. Much is heard about the scarcity of labor, but there is not as great a scar city as most people imagine. Workers upon whom the farmer depends in or dinary times have simply been shifted into other occupations, and war condi tions demand that business men step In, locate other classes of workers who can be shifted to the orchards for this emergency and see that the farmer has plenty of help. There will probably be some diffi culty in harvesting the apple crop with these volunteer workers, many of whom have no experience at the work. Perishable fruit must be handled care fully to prevent Injury to the skin and bruises. These would later cause de cay when the apples go Into storage. The principles of careful fruit pick ing are very simple, and easily under stood. If the farmer can start wiih two or three experienced pickers and spend a little time explaining sood picking methods to his volunteers he should get excellent results, for these volunteers, while new to the work, will also be people of good average intelli gence, and the war emergency will ap peal to their interest so that they will be more than ready to help harvest the crop skillfully. Apple growers are advised to get in touch with the business organizations In their nearest town, ask that help be given in securing pickers and report the number of pickers needed by them selves. One of the greatest difficul ties in organizing harvest hands for any crop is that of gathering accurate information as to how many helpers are needed on each farm and in each township. For lack of such informa tion it very often happens that one township will be handicapped because It is without sufficient helpers and a township twenty-five or thirty miles away will have a surplus of workers. By ascertaining in advance just how many workers will be needed In each locality, business organizations will be able to recruit a sufficient force When Money Talks. "Your candidate seems to have some ability, but he murders the king's Eng lish." "Don't let that worry you," answered the practical politician. "He has a bank roll that speaks half a dozen languages fluently." Obvious Thing. "Are the illustrations in papers and magazines reduced in cost?" "No; why should they be?" "Aren't they furnished to cul prices?" GREATEST NEED IS MARKETING SYSTEM HOLDBACK TO AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPER ITY OF NORTH CAROLINA. MEET PRESENT EMERGENCY State Food Conservation Commission Issues Statement to Bankers, and Business Men. Raleigh. That the agricultural de velopment and the prosperity of North Carolina are being held back by the lack of an adequate and fair system of markets for corn, wheat, oats, hay, beans and other staple food and feed stuff is a striking declaration in a statement issued by the State Food Conservation Commission to the sup ply merchants, bankers and other bus iness men of the State. The Food Commission for several weeks has recognized the great econ omic importance of adequate markets, not only as a means of meeting the present emergnecy but as a necessity under normal conditions. "We cannot expect our farmers to diversify their agriculture and raise a surplus of corn, wheat, oats, hay and other crops unless they can sell these products at fair and equitable prices," says the statement. "In spite of this very evident fact, however, it is a notorious fact that in the majority of cities and towns in this State the merchants have been prone to take advantage of the absence of such markets and pur chase the small amount of products offered on a long margin instead of of fering fair prices and finding a mar ket themselves for the vastly increas ed amount of products that would re sult from such a course. This is a shortsighted policy, and the prosperity not only of our rural sections but of our cities and towns as well is being throttled by its operation. "The big essentials are: "First, a disposition to give the farmer a square deal, to give him ; preference over the farmers of the Central West, and, "Second, warehouse space and ' equipment for shelling corn, grading and cleaning corn, wheat, oats, beans, peas and other products and for bail ing hay. "Merchants have excused them selves for their failure to develop a market in the past by the statement that the farmer did not have his corn, for instance, properly graded, or even shelled, perhaps. The farmer who has a surplus of only 25 to 200 or 300 bushels of corn cannot afford to pur i chae shelters and graders for so small an amount, yet the possibili ties of production He with the farmers of this class. The merchant must : provide the shellers and graders. "The fact that the farmers will ap i preciate and utilize a fair and ade ; quate market has been demonstrated, even in . the South, too often to be j cruestjoneay Gainesville, Fla. is a I fair example. Here a market was ! established by a North Carolinian, j by the way, and was able to purchase ! from the farmers of the community three carloads of corn and two car l loads of hogs, among other things, the I first year. The second year the farm I ers 'of the community produced and ! sold 20 carloads of corn and 19 car loads of hogs. That was last year. This year an increase of more than 100 per cent above these figures is looked for. What was done at Gainesville, Florida can be duplicat ed at almost any county seat in North Carolina while large markets should be a normal development in Wilming ton, Charlotte, Raleigh, Asheville, Winston-Salem, Greensboro and pos sibly a few other of the larger busi ness centers of the state." Director B. W. Kilgore of the Agri cultural Extension Service has ad dressed a letter to 3,000 bankers and merchants of the State, calling atten tion to, and embracing, the statement of the Food Commission. Confidence is expressed that these men will rise to the situation and see to it that better markets are provided than have heretofore been available. Holiness Camp Meeting. Dunn. The eighteenth annual Holi ness camp meeting begins at Falcon August 23 and will continue through September 2. Drs. R. E. Erdman, of Buffalo, N. Y., and A. G. Doner, of Ontario, Canada will be the leading preachers during the meeting. Pre parations for the entertainment of several thousand visitors are now under way. Julius Culbreth, a Dunn banker, head of the entertainment committee and leader of the Holiness movement in this section, will leave this week to complete details. A Mammoth Wheat .Yield. Durham. The champion wheat grower of Durham county has reap ed a harvest, and the yield reads like the productive efforts of a West ern grain grower. Joe Tilley, a far er, one mile west of Bahams, sowed one bushel of seed and garnered therefrom 58 1-2 bushels of the beard ed crop. A friend and well-wisher of the Bahama farmer is prone to nudge Mr. Tilley when he intimates hat it took two years to get in readi ness for the crop. 6
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