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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER YEAR Strictly in Advance Chatham 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 Contracts will be made. VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, SEPTEMBER 26, 1917 NO. 8. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER Happenings of This and Other Nations For Seven Days Are Given. THE NEWS MM SOUTH yyht !s Taking Place in the South land Will Be Found in Brief Paragraphs. Denestic The Texa.s farmers' union held a i ling at Dallas and decided that a lokjimuni price of 30c a pound would i- about the lowest price the United States farmers should secure for cot i this year. Difficulties in the mobilization of the 40 er cent of the new army recently . aBed to the colors were reported from a Enber of states in the central west, is reported that a county in the ,-:iral west which was to have sent fifteen men to the new national army seal only one. Herbert C Hoover, national food ad litefiietrator. speaking at Atlantic City, J., of the world food situation, de clared that starvation would ultimate ly win the war, and said the side best bte to organize its resources for food - diction would come out victorious. ird Northcliffe, head of the British innciission in the United States, says he is spending for Great Britain be tweem fifty and sixty million dollars a week in this country. The "food war" has resolved itself in an attempt on the part of the al lies to block the shipment of supplies to Germany, and on the part of Ger many in sinking food ships. So far "jiapetent critics are inclined to the belief that it is a "dog fall." Ftaod Administrator Hoovar says .at owing to the limitation of ship viog facilities we must confine our -sports to the most concentrated foodstuffs grain, beef, pork, dairy products and sugar. The war library council of Georgia at a meeting at Macon, Ga., outlined plans for raising $6,000- toward a fund for one million dollars for libraries for -tJkaers throughout the United States, it being decided to open the campaign September 24. R. L. Foreman of At sata is state director. Sergeant Alfred Bonhaupt, Sixth 1 nited States infantry, has been in erned at the prison camp at Fort Oglethorpe on instructions of the bu reai of immigration following his dis charge from the army on orders from ihe war department, on the ground that his sympathies for Germany pre ioded the performance of his duties as a soldier of the republic. President Wilson has issued a proc lamation calling upon the school chil Iren of the nation to do their part in - war by joining the Junior Red 'rose to assist in the mercy work of 'he senior organization. A Baltimore dispatch carries the in formation that Gotthold Prusse, one of the designers of the German raer- nam submarine Deutschland, who weat to Baltimore on the first voy age of that craft, committed suicide in that city by hanging himself in the y jail, where he had been imprisoned - an alien enemy. 3y the payment of $100,000 to Fed- Judge James E. Boyd, John F. raithdeal of Asheville, one of the four defendants indicted two years ago on charges of defrauding the government of 1403,000 by illicit distilling of in toxicating liquors, settled the case afainst him. The case began in Flor ida, but was moved to North Carolina ieeause Smithdeal was a resident of tat state. IMsturbances in various parts of San rrancisco marked the strike of ap wosimately twenty-five thousand met-?-i trades mechanics in San Francisco aad nearby cities. Numerous arrests ere made. Most of the disturbances ere in connection with the strike "f employees of the United Railroads fompany and with whom the striking raetal workers expressed sympathy. EuroDean . operor Charles of Austria Hungary Besses the hope that the pope's pro posals for peace will lead to peace if 'he belligerent nations will enter into negotiations in the sense of the pon uffa suggestions in which he sees a Stable basis for initiating exchanges toward a just and lasting peace. He j'r'Pes (he countries at war with Aus na -Hungary will be animated by the swie idea. K is stated that the new German ' agitation advocates the restora :r'n of Belgium by Germany, and the papers comment that "we have .'nation" that the move is sane toned by the bundesrath. A strange thing about the recent ac ;rn of German nws censors is that appear to be permitting the news Papers to discuss the peace matter 'feely. in a formal reply to the peace pro posals of Pope Benedict the central Powers, headed by Germany and Aus-o-Hungary, express the hope that the pontiff's efforts may bring about a .on ot hostilities. As expressed .Emperor William, the powers "cher- Z,L y desire" that Vatican's O ' may meet with success. otaJfJ nsizza plateau, northeast ian r"aT- Knd in the reion of Monte vceo thn-the Italians have ceu their lines on the southeastern dorna' 1 operations General Ca- fctradred prisoners in k 1 1 nantnnKj , i T v,ulHUie more man four Twenty-nine British ships were sunk by German U-boats in the past week. This is a perceptible increase over the preceding week. Casualties in the British ranks for the week follow: Killed or died of wounds, 136 officers and 4,755 men; officers wounded or missing, 431; men wounded or missing, 21,843. German submarines have sunk the Norwegian steamship Facto, 2,372 tons, gross, and the Thomas Krag, 3,569 tons gross. Gen. Baron von Freytag-Loringho-ven, chief of the supplementary gen eral staff of the German army, has published a pamphlet in which he says: "The general political and eco nomical situation of the world works only in favor of our enemies and the German soldiers will be defrauded of the fruits of their victories." German military critics are awaking to the fact that trench warfare was a great mistake, and the more pessi mistic says that only an aggressive attack could have brought success to the German arms. Here and there a little of the German unrest seeps through to the outside world. The Munich Post, in an editorial, expresses ' the hope that the pan-German who would hope to conquer the world "with his mouth" will learn to estimate correctly the limitations of Germany's military power. In Champagne and in the Verdun egion the German crown prince has made ineffectual attacks against the French lines. Washington. Favorable replies from both Berlin and Vienna to Pope Benedict's peace proposals were not unexpected in the United States and allied country cap itals. Secretary Lansing has made public without comment the text of a message sent by Count von Bernstorff to Ber lin in January, 1917, asking authority to use $50,000 to influence congress through an organization which the Ger man foreign office was reminded had performed similar service before. To supplement this move the count sug gested an official declaration in favor of Ireland for its effect on the Irish Americans in the United States. It is given out in Washington that German intrigue and propaganda have prevented a full understanding be tween the United States and Japan. Dispatches from Athens received at the Greek legation in Washington state that the work of mobilizing the army of Greece in the field is progressing smoothly and swiftly. It is stated fur ther that there are now 70,000 Greeks fighting in the allied lines. A dispatch from Amsterdam, Hol land, says the Bavarian king is offer ing the royal jewels for sale in neutral countries. Major General Tasker H. Bliss has been named chief of staff of the army to succeed Major General Hugh L. Scott, who retired from office on ac count of age. General Scott will be immediately recalled to active service. A Buenos Aires dispatch brings the wholesome news that the Argentine senate, by a vote of 23 to 1, has de clared for the breaking off of relations with Germany. The resolution now goes to the chamber of deputies, and there is a strong feeling that the cham ber will follow the lead of the senate. News that the Argentine senate had voted overwhelmingly to sever diplo matic relations with Germany was re ceived with gratification and no little surprise in Washington. Marshalled for the last time as ci vilians and under civilian authority, more than three hundred thousand men of the national army are going for ward to the sixteen cantonments to be trained for the battle against Ger man autocracy. Their next move will be as fighting men toward the battle fields of France. The war department has issued a statement saying the enormous task of obtaining equipment and supplies for the army is moving satisfactorily. It is stated at the war department that some of the men of the national army may be only partially equipped for some time after they are mobilized and no attempt will be made to fur nish them with full war equipment un til the eve of their departure for Eu rope. Some civilian clothing wrill have to be used for a time, especially over coats. The war department states that there are indications that a deficiency in men will be disclosed when official reports from all the thirty-two train ing camps are available. Strikes in Pacific coast shipyards holding government contracts have assumed such serious proportions that Chairman Hurley of the federal ship ping board announces that he is con sidering going to San Francisco in an attempt to settle the trouble. The house passed the seven billion dollar war deficiency bill, carrying huge appropriations for the army, for tifications and shipping board. The vote was unanimous. Diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and Germany are considered sev ered as the result of steps taken by the government. All Germans resid ing in Costa Rican ports have been ordered interned. A Buenos Aires dispatch says that the Argentine foreign office has spurned the halfway apology made by Germany for the conduct of von Luxburg. The dispatch states that the Argentine government will not con sider satisfactory the mere verbal statement of Barn von DemBussche Haddenhause, who is only an under secretary and speaks without any au thor5 ty whatever. The secretary of labor has been call ed upon for assisting in settling the Pacific coast strikes, and William Blackmon, and experienced concilia tor, has been assigned to the work. SCOTT, RETIRED, TO GO TO FRENCH FRONT RETIRING MAJOR-GENERAL WILL BE SENT TO FRANCE FOR SERVICE. IS SUCCEEDED BY T. H. BLISS New Chief of Staff Will Be Retired in December and Will Be Succeeded by Joseph E. Kuhn. Former Head of War College. Washington. Major-General Hugh L. Scott, who retired from his position as chief of staff, will be sent to France for active service. He will be fol lowed there shortly by Major-General Tasker H. Bliss, who succeeded him as chief of staff. Both will serve un der Major-General Pershing. General Scott reached the age limit for retirement Saturday, September 22. General Bliss will reach it in De cember. The war department, how ever, it was authoritatively stated, proposes to utilize their experience and ability by keeping them in active service indefinitely. Both men are eager to get to the firing line. When Major-General Bliss retires in December he will be succeeded by Major-General Joseph E. Kuhn, for mer head of the war college, and now commanding officer of the national army cantonment at Gamp Meade. During the first two years of the war General Kuhn was military attache at the American embassy in Berlin. He saw much of German warfare. DECLARATION OF WAR BY ARGENTINA POSTPONED Message Received From Germany Just In Time to Avert Break. Buenoes Aires, Argentina. Just as the Argentine chamber of deputies was preparing to vote on the question of breaking off diplomatic relations with Germany, an official communica tion was received from the Berlin for eign office. The note disapproved of the Idea expressed by Count von Lux- i burg, the German minister here, re garding Germany's "bruiser warfare.'' The word "cruiser" left some doubt in the minds of government officials as to whether Germany intended to modify her submarine campaign. A declaration of war fty Argentina on Germany, however, was postponed by the receipt of the German note. Note Gives Satisfaction. London. A dispatch from Buenos Aires to Reuter's Limited, says that Argentina has received a note from Germany whwich has given complete satisfaction to the Argentine govern ment. NO REASON TO ALTER THE UNITED STATES' POSITION Washington. The complete texts of the German and Astrian replies to the papal peace4 note show that neither lays down any definite terms as a basis for peace. There was no offi cial indication that such exami nation as had been made of the docu ments revealed no reason for altera tion of the position of the United States, its aims or its intentions. CONVINCED HE WAS TOOL OF GERMAN PLOTTERS Chicago. Jasper T. Darling, one time president of the American em bargo conference, aroused by the rev elations made by the state depart ment regarding former Ambassador von Bernstorff, in a signed statement said he was convinced that he had been made the tool of German plot ters. Mr. Darling, long prominent in German circles, said that he was con vinced that he was selected and mis led by the plotters because of his reputation for patriotism. He said that the source of money was always a mystery to him and that a great deal of it passed through his hands in opposing the export of munitions and other acts which he feared would draw the United States into the war. HAS DECIDED TO REDUCE NUMBER OF MEN IN ARMY Petrograd. The provisional gov ernment has decided to reduce the number of men in the regular army. This decision was reached for two reasons, first, because it was thought desirable to relieve the army of men who are too old to fight or who have been wounded, and whose fighting ca pacity therefore is not great. It is believed the measure will have impor tant financial results by reducing the amount required for dependents. RELATIVES HAD GRAVE OF MRS. BINGHAM OPENED Louisville, Ky. The body of Mrs. Bingham, formerly Mrs. Henry M. Flagler, secretly was exhumed at Wil mington, N. C, Sept. 18, at the in stance of Mrs. Bingham's relatives, an autopsy performed in the presence of a detective of national reputation and several physicians, some of the vital organs removed and sent to New York and the body presumably reinterred, according to a statement by attorneys for Judge Bingham. GERMANY REPLIES TO PEACE NOTE GERMAN GOVERNMENT CHER ISHES LIVELY DESIRE FOR SUCCESS OF APPZAL. AUSTRIA - HUNGARY HOPEFUL Kaiser Has Followed Papal Efforts With High Respect Hopes That a Suitable Basis 'for Peace Will Be Found. In reply to the peace proposals of Pope Benedict, the German and Aus-tro-Hungarian governments express the hope that the pontiff's efforts may bring about a cessation of hostilities. Enperor William "cherishes a lively desire" that the Vatican appeal may meet with success. Germany's reply is written by a member of the emperor's entourage, wwhile that of Austria-Hungary is a personal missive from Emperor Charles. Both notes to the Pope were made public almost simultaneously and apparently both follow the same general trend. Emperor Charles declares the "pro posals will lead to peace if the bel ligerent nations would enter into ne gotiations in the sense of the pontiff's suggestions, in which he sees a suit able basis for initiating exchanges to ward a just and lasting peace. He expresses the hope that the opposing belligerents may be animated by the same idea. The future arrangement of the world, the emperor says, must be based on the elimination of armed force, the freedom of the seas, and on the rule of international justice and legality. Emperor William has been follow. ing. the efforts of Pope Benedict to ward peace with "high respect and sincere gratitude." The German reply designates the Pope' note as an "em phatic peace appeal." Meanwwhile. the opposing armies still are busy from the North sea to Switzerland in the west, from the Bal tic to the Black sea in the east, in Macedonia, and in the Austro-Italian mountains to the Adriatic. GERMAN EMPEROR SPENT MONEY TO BRIBE CONGRESS Lansing Publishes Text of Bernstorff Cable to Berlin. Washington. The American gov ernment's publicity spotlight reveal ing German intrigue in neutral lands turned upon the expenditure of money by the Berlin foreign office in an ef fort to influence Congress on the eve of the ruthless submarine campaign which drove the United States to war. Secretary Lansing made public without comment the text of a mes sage sent by Count von Bernstorff to Berlin last January, asking authority to use $50,000 to influence Congress through an organization which the foreign office was reminded had per formed similar service before. To supplement th.s move, Von Bernstorff suggested an official declaration in favor of Ireland for its effect here. The organization to be employed was not named in the message and Mr. Lansing did not discuss its iden tity. It was freely suggested among other officials, however, that it was one of the various societies which flooded members of the house and senate with peace messages when President Wilson was asking that a state of war be recognized. This disclosure adds another chap ter to the amazing story begun with publication of the famous Zimmer- mann note in which Germany pro posed an alliance with Mexico and Japan against the United States and which has included the German Swedish breaches of neutrality in Ar gentina and Mexico. It connects the German government and Count von Bernstorff directly and conclusively with machinations which the Ameri can public had assumed was a part of the world-wide Teutonic intrigue, but which many people firmly believ ed were carried on or financed in this country by German-Americans with out actual authority from Berlin. EVERY "PACIFIST" SPEECH IN EFFECT TRAITOROUS White Sulphur Sprnigs, W. Va. America. has entered the war against Germany so that "freedom and democ racy shall be made supreme through out the world," Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo said in an address here to the West Virginia Bankers' Associa toin. He attacked the pacifists, de claring that every pacifist speech in this country is in effect traitorous adn announced that the government in tends that they shall be silenced. McADOO TO TOUR COUNTRY FOR THE LIBERTY BONDS Washington Secretary McAdoo will devote the entire four weeks of the second liberty loan campaign to a country-wide speaking tour in behalf of th enew loan. The secretary's itin erary contains the following dates: Cleveland and Toledo, O., Oct. 1; In dianapolis, Oct. 2; Madison, Wis., Oct. 3; Sioux Falls. S. D., Oct. 4; Aberdeen, S. D., Oct ; Butte, Mont., Oct. 7; Spo kane, Oct. 8; Seattle, Oct. 9; Port land. Ore.. Oct. 10. GEN. HAIG LAUNCHES GREAT OFFENSIVE ATTEMPT TO CUT OFF GERMAN BASES ON BELGIUM COAST. RIG SUCCESS IS REPORTER Over 2,000 Prisoners Taken First Day. Heavy Casualties Inflicted on Teutons and Many Important Po sitions Are Captured. Another concentrated effort by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, the British commander-in-chief, to break down the German defenses east of Ypres is under way. A British drive along a front of eight miles between the Ypres-Comines and the Ypres-Sta-den railways was started at dawn Thursday morning. At nightfall of the same day the British commander reported the occupation of important positions, the capture of more than 2,000 prisoners and the infliction of heavy casualties on the Germans. Heavy artillery preparation for days had been going on and extensive raids in anticipation of a tremendous infantry assault, and when the British left the trenches they were preceded by row upon row of barrage fire, reaching into the German lines to a greater depth than on any previous occasion. Concrete redoubts, hun dreds of machine guns, barbed wire entanglements and marshy ground faced the British in their storming op erations, but the heavy guns had cut down many of the barriers and the British went forward steadily, gain ing all the objectives laid down in the plan Of operations for the first day and penetrating the Germans lines in places for a mile or more. The unofficial report from Field Marshal Haig characterizes the result of the day's battle as a great success, and the Associated Press staff corre spondent at the front declares that to which they have advanced "they will have accomplished one of the most remarkable and most important achievements in recent months." German Forces Strong. Strong German forces had been as sembled for the purpose of holding back the British troops in 'this most important sector, as the tremendous bombardment which had been going on daily, several times reaching drum fire intensity, presaged a determined effort to break through, and the Ger man resistance at many points was of the fiercest nature. The weather is reported favorable for the continua tion of the battle and as the visibility is improving the flying men are tak ing a prominent part, both in the way of observation, air fighting and at tacks upon the enemy infantry and batteries. FIFTY PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES FOR CAMP ZONES To Work in Co-operation With Local, State and Federal Authorities. Washington. Fifty public health nurses have been assigned for duty in the zones around the national army cantonments, national guard camps and naval bases. The Ameri can Red Cross war council announced that they would work in co-operation with local, state and federal authori ties in an endeavor to prevent spread of tuberculosis, malaria and other dis eases. Nurses already have begun work in civil districts around several canton ments including Hattiesburg, Miss., Atlanta and Newport News and Pe tersburg, Va. Besides the special work in camp zones, Red Cross nurses in the town and county nursing service are at mork throughout the country, largely in rural and mining communities, in furthering the movement to protect the families and homes of men called for war service. The nurses particu larly are teaching the care and feed ing of infants, first aid and home di etics and assisting in the fight against tuberculosis. FOUR POUCHES DIPLOMATIC MAIL IS SEIZED Washington. Four diplomatic ail pouches sent by the Swedish foreign office to the legation in Washington are being detained at Halifax by the British authorities. They were taken from the steamer on which were Dr. Hjalmar Lundvohm, who is coming to the United States as a special envoy, and First Secretary Reuterswerd, of the Swedish foreign office. No rea son for the detention of the mail could be obtained. PRICES OF COPPER FIXED FOR GOVERNMENT AND ALLIES Washington. Copper prices were ixed at 23 cents a pound, about three cents below the prevailing mar ket, by agreements between the gov ernment and leading copper produc ers, effective for four months. Sales to the government, the public and the allies will be at this price f. o. b. New York, and producers agreed not to reduce wages now paid in the in dustry. They also pledged themselves to maintain maximum production. BAKER ASKS FUNDS TO EQUIP 2,300,000 ASKS SENATE COMMITTEE FOR AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIA TION OF $287,416,000. ! MOBILIZATION WAS SMOOTH Busy Days Ahead at Cantonments Preparations Being Made For Call ing Next 500,000 Men of National Army. Washington. While mobilization of the. first major increment of the na tional army was proceeding through out the country, Secretary Baker and the chiefs of the war department ap peared before the senate appropria tion committee to present requests for an additional $287,416,000 with which to provide equipment for a to tal force of 2,300,000 men. Included among the items in the ordnance equipment for the next 500, 000 men of the national army, al though the 300,000 or more men on the move today toward the training cantonments are only half of the first cal. Dispatches from all parts of the country indicated that mobilization was being carried forward smoothly and amid scenes of popular enthusi asm. The national army men were given a tremendous send-off as they trooped to their trains led by the lo cal board officials. Almost the entire 45 per cent of the first call force of 687,000 men will be under military control and training. Every essential for the health and comfort of tht men had been provided for. They will be fed and sheltered without difficulty and their arms, uni forms and other war equipment will be ready for them as rapidly as they are ready to use it. There are busy days ahead at the cantonments. Not only must the men be examined by military doctors and finally accepted for army service, but they must be organized immediately into provisional companies for admin istrative purposes and to make pos sible their final assignments to the in fantry, cavalry or artillery or to the special corps of the army. The qual ifications of each man are to be noted and his ultimate duty as far as prac ticable will bear some relation to the training he has received in civil life and his own inclinations. Time also will be required to de termine what men of the national army are to be transferred to the national guard divisional camps to fill those divisions to fighting strength. The organization of the companies, battalions, regiments or other units of the national army itself cannot be completed until the transfer has been made. BOMBARDMENT OF GERMAN LINES IS MOST INTENSE Berlin Is Much Exercised Over In crease of Shells. Bombardment by the British artil lery of the German lines in the Ypres sector, in Flanders, continues most intense, but there has been no infan try movement in force. An attack on a larger scale than the usual daily raids probably is imminent. Berlin apparently is much exercised over the exer increasing volume of shells from the British big guns. From the Houtholst wood, northeast of Ypres, to the River Lys, on the Belgo French border, Berlin reports, the British fire has been destructive. Field Marshal Haig's artillery increased its volume of shots to drum fire several times. As on the front in Flanders and Ar tois, there has been no major opera tion on the French portion of the western front. At several points from the Aisne valley to Lorraine, the French have made raids into the Ger man defenses. Here, too, the expend iture of ammunition is great, especial ly on the Aisne front and northeast of Verdun. The Italians have b&sn more active on the Trentino front, harrassing the enemy with raids and istrong artillery fire. AMERICAN STEAMER PLATURIA TORPEDOED London. The American steamer Platuria was torpedoed by a German submarine on September 15. Forty five survivors have been landed by the Italian steamer Andrea. The master of the Platuria and eight of the crew were drowned. The Platuria was a tank steamship of 3,445 tons gross register, owned by the Standard Oil Company and was formerly known as the Diamant. AMERICAN PRISONERS IN GERMANY TO GET FOOD KITS Washington. Each American pris oner of war held in Germany will re ceive every two weeks through the American Red Cross committee in Switzerland "three food kits," con taining nine to ten pounds each. It was announced that the food division of the surgeon general's office has prescribed a table of food for each "kit" so that sufficient nutriment may be sent to take care of a prisoner until the next package arrives for him. GOVERNOR APPEALS FOR THRIFT MONTH ASKS NORTH CAROLINA FARM ERS TO OBSERVE NOVEMBER AS THRIFT MONTH. FARMERS ENJOY PROSPERITY Governor Bickett Warns Farmers iainst Improvidence and Get- Rich-Quick Schemes. Raleigh. Appealing to the farmers of the state, in a special message, Governor Bickett urged them to co operate in making Thrift Month, No vember, 1917, a period of substantial progress in the agricultural develop ment of the state. Governor's Appeal to Farmers. "To the Farmers of North Carolina: " 'Opportunity has hair in front. Be hind she is bald. If you seize her by the forelock you may hold her, but once permitted to pass on Jupiter himself cannot catch her again.' "So runs an ancient aphorism. This year Opportunity stands before the farmers of North Carolina- with a forelock that reaches to the ground. You have with superb common sense increased your food and feed crops. You have with splendid foresight can ned and dried your surplus fruits and vegetables. For you the high cost of living holds few terrors. Empyrean prices are being paid for the products of your toil. Never before in this gen eration, and possibly never again will there come to the average farmer so large an opportunity to lift himself and family to a higher level of happi ness and hope. Temptations to frit ter away the proceeds of your crops will crowd thick upon you. Improvi dence will lure you to sleep, and pleas ure and prodigality will call to you with many voices. The "blue sky" artists are already on your trail. They have heard that you are fat, and have marked you for their own. All kinds of get rich quick schemes will be dan gled before you, and the voice of the agent will be heard in the land. "In my inaugural address, and in a series of bills submitted to the Gen eral Assembly, I endeavored to make plain a purpose to make life on the farm just as profitable and just as attractive as life In the town. The intensity of that purpose has deepend with the passing months, and I now call upon the farmers to make a su preme effort in this direction, and to capitalize the opportunity of the hour. To this end I earnestly beseech the farmers of the state to set apart the month of November as Thrift Month, and urge every farmer to do some thing definite and substantial during that month that will insure to the per manent betterment of his condition in life. I suggest the following specific accomplishments and appeal to every farmer to do one or more of these things : 1. If he be a tenant to buy, if pos sible, a small farm and make the first payment on the purchase price. 2. To pay off all debts, and go on a cash basis next year. 3. To start a savings account in some bank or credit union. 4. To buy a milch cow or brood sow. 5. To install home waterworks and lights. 6. To paint his house. 7. To set out an orchard. "The' agricultural department, the joint committee on agricultural work and the state department of education will generously co-operate with the farmers in making Thrift Month a notable month in the agricultural life of the state. I call upon the teachers in the rural schools to read this ap peal to the children. Complete plans for taking a census during the first week in December will be arranged to the end that we may know at the end of the month just how many farmers have redeemed the great op portunity that now confronts them, and have preserved for their wives and children some portion of the blessings of this unparallelled year. "T. W. BICKETT, Governor." "September, 1917." All N. C. Guards in Camp. Greenville, S. C The mobilization at Camp Sevier of all former national guardsmen from North Carolina was completed with the arrival of approxi mately 2,000 men from Camp Greene and other North Carolina points. A battalion of the second North Caro lina infantry, company D, of the first infantry, and a machine gun company of the same regiment, and company B, engineers, attached to the second regiment came here from Camp Greene, arriving on the first troop train. On two other special trains that reached Camp Sevier later in the aft ernoon were batteries B and A of the North Carolina field artillery and the headquarters and supply company from Raleigh; a sanitary detachment from Hamlet, and batteries C, D and E of the North Carolina field artillerj'. All former national guardsmen from North Carolina, and Tennessee are now at Camp Sevier and all from South Carolina except three battal ions now doing guard duty at Camp Jackson. The soldier population of Camp Sevier tonight is estimated at over 18,000.
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