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t MttmA THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly in Advance THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion . - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 For Larger Advertisements Liberal Contract! will be made. VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C NOVEMBER 14, 1917 NO. 15. ( (Lliatham mxt IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER MPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN IHE NEWS W THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South. land Will Be Found In Srief Paragraphs Washington. Russia's latest upheaval will not bange the attitude of the American joverniaent toward the measures un der way for the relief of economic . .auditions in the demoralized country. Suffragists from several states, head-, i by the president of the National tmericaa Woman's Suffrage Associa and the celebrated Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, called on President Wilson, and asked him to present worn ..3 suffrage as a salient to the next congress. Nothing is known of what he president promised them, but the 'adies went away "feeling fine." The select service questionnaire which will determine the class and or der of service of America's remaining million registered men, will be mailed out soon. Among the radical departures from the original plan is "ne placing of ail married men in the non-belligerent class." This means that only those men whose families ..ad dependents are fully provided for will be put into fighting units. Plans for continuing the Liberty ixan financing between periods of in tensive campaigns, through disposal of bonds by banks and other large pur chasers to individuals who have not already subscribed to the extent cf (heir ability, have been formulated by flie governors of the twelve district re--erve banks in conference with Secre tary McAdoo and the federal reserve hoard. Reports from El Paso, Texas, say :.hat a large force of Villa troops is roving toward Ojinaga, opposite Pre lidio, Texas, and that a battle is ex pected in that vicinity soon. That gar--:son is sleeping on its arms every night to prevent a surprise attack. Discouragement felt here over the overthrow of the Kerensky govern ment is tempered with the hope that the Radicals can't extend control over !he army or any considerable part of roe country. Action to restrict the use of elec tricity for advertising in the early eve ting hours is proposed by the adminis tration as soon as one or two legal points are cleared up. The American steaship Rochester was torpedoed and sunk November 2 Four sailors are known U have lost their lives. She was in command of Capt Erik Kokeriitz and plied between Baltimore and British points. Information than a Teutonic sub marine was sunk by an American nav ai gunner has been .received. The vessel was returning in ballast from an Italian port after discharging a car ?o of munitions from America to Italy. The government is about to deny able communication with neutral countries to a number of persons in the United States, including some American citizens, on the suspicion that they have furnished information to the enemy on military, naval and commercial operations. Telegraph and cable companies, it was stated, will be ?iven lists of individuals who have been under surveillance, with instruc tions to refuse transmission of their messages. The American gunboat Palos was fired upon by Chinese bandits on the Vang-Tse-Kiang near Chungking, in !he province of Szechuan. It was damaged slightly. Domestic. Lieutenant Hans Berg, who was put n charge of the British ship Appam when it was captured, and who escap ed from Fort McPherson October 23, is again in the hands of United States authorities. Lieutenant Loeschner was captured at the same time with Lieutenant Hans Berg. They were below Laredo, Texas, near the Rio Grande. Tb,e capture of the German prisoners was affected by Customs Inspectors Rumsey snd Chamberlain, and the men have been turned over to the military authorities. With the arrest of two of the remain 'Qg German prisoners at large it has been definitely established that a wom in helped in the escape on the night of October 23. The offices of the Hamburg-Ameri-'an steamship line in New York were seized by United States Marshal Mc Carty on orders received from Wash ington from A. Mitchell Palmer, cus todian of enmy property. Julius P. Meyer, vice director of the company, 'nd about seventy employees were ordered to leave forthwith. Six women were killed when a four tory building, which, authorities say. 'vaa condemned twenty years ago as onaafe, collapsed ,in Brooklyn, N. Y. Five bodies were recovered. Firemen battled a blaze originating from the explosion of an ammonia tank in the basement after the crash occurred. Heavy machinery on the top floor is mVed to have caused tne collapse. Woman suffrage won in the elections in New York November 6. Early returns show that woman suf--rase lost out in Ohio.' The Socialist vote in New York City "bowed a gain of 400 per cent. Entry of the United Statese Into the war may prove the most import ant event in the history of the tuber culosis movement in this country, ac cording to Dr. George Eaves of Bir mingham, whose address featured the opening meeting of the Southern con ference for the study and prevention ol tuberculosis, in Chattanooga, Tenn. The Farmers State Bank in the vll- ; lage of Concord, Mich., ten miles south I of Jackson, was wrecked by burglars, ! who got away with $18,000 in cash. j The H. C. Frick Coke company an- j nounces in Connellsville, Pa., a wage ! increase of from 10 to 20 per cent increase. This is the second increase given by this company in two months and the sixth advance in two years. Twenty members of the Industrial Workers of the World, called Syndi calists in Italy and Spain, were taken from the Tulsa, Okla, police by a band of masked men, dressed in black robes, who took them to the Osage hills, applied the lash, a coat of tar and ; feathers and warned them to quit the country. European. The entire Turkish army in Palestine is retreating toward the north, and is being pursued by British airplanes which are bombing them. British and French naval forces are co-operating against the Turkish com munications along the Mediterranean coast. The revolutionary element in Rus sia, under Nikolai Lenine, holds the Russian capital, but with the attitude it the Russian soldiers on the various fronts regarding its assumption of lower still unknown. j That the Russian coup d'etat was en gineered and subsidized by Germany 'or the purpose of eliminating Rus sia from among her enemies, is the virtual unanimous opinion expressed n English newspaper editorial com- . meats. The conference of British French ind Italian representatives at the Ital- j an army headquarters has resulted j !n the creation of a permanent inter- j allied military committee. General Cadorna, who has been in j supreme command of the Italian army since the beginning of the war, has been retired to the inter-allied mili- J tary committee, and General Diaz has j been appointed first in command, with j General Bagdolio second, and General Grandino third. The Italian armies continue their re- ! treat across the Venetian plains to- ! ward the Piave river, where, it is ex- j pected, a stand will be made by them, because, at that point, they will doubt- j less be aided by British and French I reinforcements. The larger units of the Italian army j are retiring without molestation from the Austro-Germans, but strong rear j guards are giving the Teutons battle at several points. Germany called up her last reserves j within the last few days, according to a report at Zurich. All men who pre viously had been rejected were order ed to present themselves for re-examination and within twenty-four hours all not utterly incapacitated were on tire way to the tra'ning centers. This action, says the correspondence, is at tributed to the intention of the cen- j tral powers to make a final effort on ! the western front before America's ! help becomes effective. Austro-Geimau forces in northern It- j aly have crossed the Livenza river, j army headquarters announced. Ital- i ian troops to the number of 17,000 were cut off from the Tagliamento and "aptured, the official statement adds, j The total number of prisoners taken j by the Austro-German forces is more than 250,000, it is asserted. The Vossiche Zeitung of Berlin says j that Budapest papers announce that j the Austro-Kungarian ausgleich will J be renewed provisionally for two years, j The ausgleich is the compromise reached between the monarchies of Austria and Hungary in 1867 by which each possesses a separate parliament j united under a common emperor. Pertograd is in turmoil. The provi- j sional government has been thrown out i of power by the extreme Radicals, headed by Nikolai Lenine. Several of j his ministers have been p aced under j arrest. The winter palace, the seat of the government, has been bombarded by the guns of the cruiser Aurora and of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress, and forced to capitulate by the Rev olutionists. The woman's battalion, which has been defending the palace,.! finally surrendered. A congress of the workmen's and soldiers' delegates of all Russia has convened in Petrograd and will dis cuss the questions of organization of power, peace and war, and the forma tion of a constituent assembly. A delegation has been named by the new revolutionary Russian congress , to confer with other revolutionary and i democratic organizations, with a view to initiating peace negotiations for the ourpose of "taking steps to stop the bloodshed." The leader of the , Centrist party in Germany says that autocracy has lost out, and that henceforth the Ger- man pmnire must be placed in the democratic column. The municipal authorities of Santa Anna, Deliveramento, Brazil believe that the settlement of the strike which has been in progress in Brazil for some time, is amy icuul j the Germans are fomenting a new walk-out. The strike just settled was the third to some in quick success sion and, like the others, it greatly interfered with the shipment of ,ood stuffs and other supplies to the en tente allies. The English report that the German communication with submarine bases at Ostend and Zeebrugge is seriously threatened. WILSON ISSUES THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION Washington. President Wilson is sued his 1917 Thanksgiving proclama tion, calling upon the nation, even in the midst of the sorrow and great peril of a world shaken by war, to thank God for blessings that are bet ter than mere peace of mind and pros perity of enterprise. The proclamation, fixing Thursday, November 29, as Thanksgiving Day, follows: "THANKSGIVING 1917. "By the President of the Uni ted States of America. "A Proclamation. "It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year -in praise and thanksgiving to Al mighty God for His many bless ings and mercies to us as a na tion. That custom we can follow even now in the midst of the trag edy of a world shaken by war and immeasurable disaster, in the midst of sorrow and great peril, because even amidst the darkness that has gathered about us we t an see the great blessings God has be stowed upon us, blessings that are better than mere peace of mind and prosperity of enterprise. "We have been given the op portunity to serve mankind as we once served ourselves in the great day of our Declaration of Inde pendence, by taking up arms against a tryranny tnat threatened to master and debase men every where, and joining with other free poeples in demanding for all the nations of the world what we then demanded and obtained for ourselves. In this day of the reve lation of our duty not only to de fend our own rights as a nation, but to defend also the rights of free men throughout the world, there has been vouchsafed us in full and inspiring measure the esolution and spirit of united ac tion. We have been brought to one mind and purpose. A new vior of common council and com mon action has been revealed in ui . We should especially thank Gxl that in such circumstances, ii the midst of the greatest en terprise the spirit of men have entered upon, we have, if we but observe a reasonable and practica able economy, abundance with which to supply the needs of those associated with us as well as our own. A new light shines about us. The great duties of a new day awaken a new and greater national spirit in us. We shall never again be divided or wonder what stuff we are made of. "And while we render thanks for those things, let us pray Al mighty God that in all humble ness of spirit we may look always to Him for guidance; that we may be kept constant in the spirit and purpose of service; that by His 2jrace in our minds may be directed and our hands strengthened; and that in His good time liberty and security and peace and the com radeship of a common justice may be vouchsafed all the nations of the earth. "Wherefore, I, Woodrow Wil son, President of the United States of America, do hereby des ignate Thursday, the twenty ninth day of November, next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer and invite the people throughout I the land to cease upon that day and in their several homes and and places of worship to render thank3 to God. the great ruler of nations. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to :o be affixed. "Bone in the District of Co lumbia, this seventh day of No vember, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, and of the independ ence of the United States of America the one hundred and forty-second. "WOODROW WILSON." "By the President: "ROBERT LANSING, "Secretary of State." ENEMY ALIENS ARE TAKEN TO OGLETHORPE j Baltimore. A train from Boston j passed through this city on its way to ! Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., with 50 alien j enemies under guard for internment, i Three Germans arrested here recently joined the train and were welcomed ' on board by the others, who burst into the chorus of "Die Wacht Am Rhein. What He Left OuL "This curbstone orator says he had the crowd going." "He didn't complete his sentence. He should have added another word after 'going.' " "And What word is that?" " 'Away.' " A New Idea. "What did Mrs. Comeup have to say about their plans?" "She says they are going to build themselves a barcarole in the su-perbs." MACHINERY FOR 2ND DRAFT IN OPERATION PRESIDENT WILSON WRITES FOREWOR DTO REGULATIONS FOR SECOND CALL. lilt BE MADE III FEBRUARY Regulations and Questions Forwarded to Local- Boards Must be Complete Inventory of Qualifications Of Each Registrant. Washington. President Wilson for mally put the new machinery for the carrying the selective draft bill into operation with the publication of tha foreword he has written to the regula ions under which the second call will be made. The regulations themselves and he questionairos which more than 9.000,000 registrants will be required to fill out are being forwarded to local boards, but have not yet been made public. War Department officials estimate that the whole process can be com pleted within 60 days. This means that no second call will be made upon rhe draft forces before the middle of next February, as the period of classi fication will r.ot begin until December l"th. The Dresident describes the new - plan of dividing all registered men not already mobilized into five classes, subject to military service by classes, as being intended to produce "a more oerfect organization of our man power." "The selective principle must be s carried to its logical conclusion," the President said, and he added that there must be made a complete inven tory of the qualifications of each registrant in order to determine "the place in the military, industrial oi agricultural ranks of the nation in which his experience and training can 'si be made to serve the common good." The inquiry projected in the ques ionaire will go deep into the qualifi ation of each of nearly 10 000,000 men. The success of the plan and its comple tion within the estimated time rests absolutely upon the whole-hearted sup port given by the people especially by the doctors and lawyers of each com munity. REVOLUTION IN RUSSIA ON VERGE OF COLLAPSE Troops Loyal to Kerensky Are March ing to Capital. London. The Bolsheviki revolution in Petrograd is reported to be ap approaching collapse. Regiments loyal to Premier Kerensky are marching on the capital ,and fighting is under way in the city, according to reports reach ing here from Petrograd. An organ ization which has adopted the name of All-Russian committee for saving the country and the revolution an nounced that the defeat of the Bolsh?. viki movement was a matter only of days or hours. The town of Tsarkoe-Selo, 15 miles south of Petrograd. where former Em peror Nicholas lived much of the time, is said to have been captured by loyal forces, after which the rebels retired to Petrograd in disorderly mobs. Paris. A wireless dispatch from Haparanda in Sweden, near the Fin nish border, says that Premier Keren sky has 200.000 men supporting him. The wireless message, which escap ed the censorship of the Bolsheviki by being sent from Haparanda. says Pre mier Kerensky left Petrograd Tues day for general headquarters, bem concealed in the bottom of an auto mobile ambulance. It is understood he was accompanied by General Alex leff. former commander-in-chief, and by Foreign Minister Terestchenko. Premier Kerensky now has 200.000 men devoted to him," the dispatch con tinues. "It is believed h is going to Moscow to reestablish his government there and march on Petrograd. This possibly may be unnecessary as the latest news from Petrograd says a bat tle is going on in the streets and that the Cossacks have joined the minimal ists and are mastering the maximal ists." TO STANDARIZE BREAD AND BRING DOWN PRICES Washington. Definite steps to stan dardize bread and lower its price were taken when President Wilson issued a proclamation placing all bakeries uiider government license Lecember 10 pnd subiecting them to food adm nis tration rules prescribing ingredient? and weights of loaves. Prices will not he fixed, but with the standardtz?ion It is expected that natural" competition and simplification of distribution will force down psices. Fancv breads will be eliminated and the multitude of sizes now produced will be reduced to conform with stan dard ingredients. The weights will be one pound, one and a half, two and four pounds. The loaves will have a -rease in the middle to permit their sale in halves. In baking only three pounds of sugar will be allowed for a barrel of flour, instead of an average of six pounds now used, and twe rounds of vegetable oil shortening -mist hp. usfMl instead, of six pounds ol 'ard or oil. The food administration expects to save 100,000 000 pounds oi sugar and the same amount of lard. 5 RELIEVED; COMMAND: LAN PERMANENT INTER-ALLIED GOVERNMENT FORCES ARE COM MILfTARY COMMITTEE HAS I PZLLED TO SURRENDER WIN BEEN APPOINTED, TER PALACE. GENERAL DIB SUCCEEDS HIM Rated as one of the Ablest Men in the Italian Army Allies Aroused to Necessity of Closest Union in Nam ing Committee. Italian Army Headquarters The conference of British, French and Ital ian representatives has resulted in the creation of a permanent inter-allied military committee. New leadership for the Italian army has been provided. General Cadorna, who has been in supreme command of the Italian army since the beginning of the war, has been given a place on the new com mittee. General Diaz has been appointed first in command with General Badog lio second and General Grandino third. General Foch, chief of staff of the French war ministry, and General Wil son, sub-chief of the British general staff, will serve on the interallied com mittee with General Cadorna. Among military officers the decision of the allies to create a permanent military committee has caused great satisfaction. It is accepted as evident that the allies have awakened to the necessity for the closest union of the whole length of the western front for the epolitical and military conduct of the war. General Diaz is rated as one of the ablest Italian military leaders. For years he was connected with the gen eral staff. He took part in the Libyan war, serving as a colonel and was wounded so severely that he asked tc be wrapped in a flag, feeling that death was at hand. General Badoglio is a northerner. In the war he has been in command of a brigade of Berseglieri, whose heroic deeds have done much to decrease the gravity of the disaster. RUSSIAN WORKMEN'S-SOLDIERS' COUNCIL MAY SEEK ARMISTICE Armistice of Three Months is Maxi malist Leadere's Proposal. Petrograd. "We plan to offer an immediate armistice of three months, during which elected representatives from all nations and not the diplo mats, are to settle the questions of peace, said Nikolai L.enme, tne Max- ma list leader, in a speech before the workmen's and soldiers' congress. "We offer these terms," M. Lenine added, "but we eare willing to eonsid- t any proposals for peace, no matter rom which side. We offer a just peace, but will not accept unjust terms. The congress of soldiers' and work men's delegates appealed to the Rus sian army to stand firm and to protect the recvlution against imperialistic attempts until the new government had obtained a democratic peace. The proclamation further declares that the soldiers' and workmens con gress will propose an armistice to come into force at once on all fronts." The congress of the soldiers' and workmen's delegates in its proclama tion announces that it has taken over governmental authority and says: "We appeal to the soldiers in the trenches to be vigilant and firm. The congress expects the revolutionary army will protect the revolution against all imperialist attempts until the new government has obtained a democratic peace which it will pro pose directly to all the peoples. "The new government will take adequate measures to assure to the army all necessaries and by energetic requisitions from the upper classes it will also ameliorate the economic sit uation of soldiers' families. "The power of the soldiers and workmen's delegates will assure the free return of all private, state and ecclesiastical lands to the pasants' committees. It will guarantee to all nationalities inhabiting Rus sia the right of their sons to organize tkteir own future." CAMPAIGN IS STARTED TO MAKE METROPOLIS "DRY" New York. A campaign to make New York City "dry" through women's votes is under way. Opponents of the liquor traffic announced few days ago that at New Year's eve watch services in New York chcrches. women quali fied as voters by the ratification of the state suffrage amendment in last Tuesday's -election will sign petitions calling for a referenedum on local option next April. ATTITUDE OF UNITED STATES WILL NOT BE CHANGED Washington Russia's latest upheav al will not change the attitude of the American government toward meas ures under way for the relief of eco nomic conditions in the demoralized country. This statement, applying par ticularly to contracts placed with money borrowed from the United States for vast quantities of shoes and clothing for the civilian popuulation was the only authorized coir men t at the state edepartment. REVOLUTION HAS UPSET AGAIN ROSSIA KEREN FEEES IRE ME Workmen's and Soldiers' Delegates are in Complete Control .of Petroflrad. Woman's Battalion Defending Pal ace is Forced to Surrender. Petrograd. Government forces hold ing the winter palace were compelled to capitulate under the fire of the cruiser Aurora and the cannon of the St. Peter and St. Paul fortress across the Neva river. The woman's battal ion which had been defending the win ter palace surrendered. The workmen's and soldiers' dele gates are in complete control of the city. Premier Kerensky was reported at Luga, 85 miles southwest of Petro grad. After the government forces had been driven into the winter palace, the place was besieged and a lively fire of machine guns and rifles began The cruiser Aurora, which was moored at the Nicolai bridge, moved up with in range, firing .shrapnel. Meanwhile the guns of the St. Peter and St Paui fortress opened fire. There was spasmodic firing in other parts of the city, but the workmen's and soldiers' troops took every means to protect ciizens, who were offered to their quarters. The bridges and the Nevesky Prospekt. which were in the hands of the government forces were captured and held during the night by the workmen's and soldiers' troops. Washington. Discouragement felt here over the news of the overthrow of the Kerensky government at Petrn frad is tempered by hope that the ex treme radicals who have seized the capital may not be able to extend their control over the army or any J considerable part of the country. How ever, it is reared tnat mucn niooo may be shed and the nation further demor alized before any power arises above the turmoil strong enough to control the situation. COTTON REPORT SHOWS 7,150,254 BALES GINNED Washington Cotton ginned prior to November 1 amounted to 7,150,254 bales, counting round as half bales, and including 133,170 round bales and 57,381 bales of sea island, the census bureau announced. Last year 8,623,893 bales were ginned prior to November 1. including 154.141 round bales and 0,727 bales of sea island. Ginnirigs by states this year were: Alabama, 305,106; Arizona, 2,758; Arkansas, 495,977; California, 11,614; Florida. 34.17fit Geo'a 1.295.5: Louisiana, 422,089; Mississippi, 498, 532; Missouri, 19,816; North Carolina, 277; 963; Oklahoma, 523.357; South Carolina, 783 513; Tennessee, 81,956; Texas, 2,392,511; Virginia, 3,472; all other states, 1,911. Ginnings of sea island by states: Florida, 26,008; Georgia, 299,540. and South Carolina, 1,833. SHIPPING FACILITIES IS NEXT BIG WAR QUESTION Washington. Aside from the sub ject of actual military operations, shipping will be the most important auestion taken un by American and allied representatives at the Paris war conference. Officials said it was realized that an international policy respecting the disposition of tonnage must be worked out. The United States shinping board has announced that it will turn out between now and early in the soring a million tons of ships. This will fall short of the ever-increasing demand, with the army and navy on the one hand and the allies on the other call ing every day for more vessels. For every ship made available, the ship ping board finds a dozen uses. NEGRO SOLDIERS MAKE TROUBLE IN MONTGOMERY Montgomery, Ala. Quick work, by the military police, aided by Major John C. Fulton, commander of the Tenth training battalion (negroes), probably prevented serious trouble when some of the negro soldiers be came excited over the report that one of their comrades had been captured by a mob and was being taken out to be lynched. For a time It appear ed there was danger of a race riot, but the military police prevented. SUFFRAGISTS END HUNGER STRIKE OF 72 HOURS Washington. Miss Alice Paul, head cf the woman's party, and Miss Rose Winslow, hunger-striking In the dis trict jail hospital, were fed by the jail authorities. Liquid food was given them through rubber tubes, breaking a fast of something over 72 hours. Whether force was employed may be always a matter of dispute. Dr" J. A. Gannon, the jail physician, said 't was not and tnat both women took the nourishment without protest A CAROLINA MILL LEADS NATION ERLANGER MILL VILLAGE STEPS TO FRONT WITH GARDENING RECORD. GARDENS PRODUCE $11,000 Under Supervision of U. 8. Bureau of Education Eight Thousand Dollars Have Been Saved. Lexington. The Erlanger mill vil lage steps to the front with a garden ing record that beats the United States according to all available statistics for the year 1917. Under the supervision of Miss Linda Clement, a United States department of agriculture expert, this village entered the mill garden con teat conducted under the eye of Dr. P. P. Claxton, of the United States bureau of education. The records have been counted up at Erlanger and the net results was a saving of eight thous and dollars in garden truck used on the table. In addition to this the people of the village have canned 14,468 quarts of vegetables, practically all from these gardens, and in addition 2,103 containers of jelly and 384 quarts of preserves. The value of the canned stuff, at very conservative estimate in view of present prices, is three thousand dollars. Thus have these mill toilers produced on a wornout soil, in small back yard gardens, eleven thous and dollars' worth of products in one year. The final garden round-up was held in the nature of an entertainment at the village Y. M. C. A., probably the best in a village of the size in the na tion. Prizes for gardens, flower and vegetable, were awarded to the extent of $175. One hundred and eighty gardens were enrolled In the contest against fifteen last year. J. W. Smith estab lished himself as champion, with pro duots worth $102.80 grown in a small back lot. Mrs. Burt was second with $86, and Mr. Freeman with $78.79 was third. The average yield of gardens was $45. After the prizes were award ed, a ten dollar gold piece was pre sented to Miss Clement by the garden ers as a token of appreciation of her work in assisting them to such a splendid victory over high living costs, la addition to her gardening work, Miss Clement has conducted a green house at Erlanger, which is doing its full share in beautifying the homes with flowers. So far as can be learned here, the nearest approach to the Erlanger recor dwas made by two combined mill villages in Concord, which report 12,000 cans of vegetables, with no estimate on the amount of truck used from the gardens on the ta".!?s. The town of Lexington has con ducted a smilar contest during the past summer and the big round-up was he'd in the court house Friday afternoon, with Mrs. Jane McKimmon and E. S. Millsaps as speakers. Seventy-nine prizes of a total value eof $250. given by the city commissioners and Lexing ton merchants were distributed. The contest was inaugurated by the town council and has been under the direc tion of the county farm agents at Dav idson. Livestock Meeting for Ashevllle. Asheville, Farm demonstrators from Madison, Haywood. Henderson and Transylvania counties .as well as R. S. Curtis, animal husbandman of the state department of agrculture, and several other officials of the state, will be present at the hog and cattle conference to be held here Friday. November 16, according to announce ments made last night by the com mittee in charge. Local men, ac quainted with the condition of the Bur rounding country, will explain the de sirability of this section as a hog and cattle raising country and the affair promises to extend itself so as to take in all of western North Carolina. Of ficials' of the board of trade, city offi cials, county authorities n"d wmhe-s of the various civic organizations are co-operating to make the conference & big event. D. A. R. Reelects Officers. Winston-Salem At the morning ses sion of the annual convention of the Daughters of the American revolution, the following officers were re-elected for the ensuing year; recording sec retary, Miss Jennie Coltrane, of Con cord; registrar, Mrs. J. L. Chambers, of Charlotte; chaplain, Mrs. Mary Mc Elwee of Concord. A committee com posed of Mrs. E. B. Jones and Mrs. John Gilmer was appointed to have charge of the confarence printing. The state organization will present at the next general meeting of the D. A .R. the name of Mrs. W. N. Rey nods, of this city, as a candidate for vice president general. The confer ence unanimously adopted the report of the nominating committee and the D. A. R. of North Carolina will pre sent the name of Mrs. Reynolds at the next general conference. An interest ing discussion of the morning session was the question of the adoption of a design for a state badge. The old field d?,8y was one of the most promi nent mentioned.
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