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LBLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878,
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JULY 25, 1918
VOL. XL.
NO. 5L
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BUNDED FIGHTERS
RATIONAL INSTRUCTION AND
.fKABILITAi ion i nuaniAL
IN BALTIMORE.
0 TAUGHT USEFUL TRADES
In Field and Camp Get Many
ktSecretary Wilson Explains
General Mobilization of Labor for
yyjr industries.
.-.mtttee on Public Information,
Washington.--Returning federal sol-
s sailors and marines are being
Lived now for vocational Instruc
m and rehabilitation at Hospital
Training School General Hospital No.
' the former home of Mrs. T. Har
rison Garrett, at Baltimore, Md. The
hospital is outfitted to accommodate
250 men and has large recreation
fields and an extensive acreage in gar
dens. m
ca Tames Bordley of the surgeon
general's office in charge of the re
education Of tne Dlinu, lias uuuuuutwi
the appointment of O. H. Burrltt of
the Pennsylvania Institute for the In
struction of the Blind as the educa
tional director of this army hospital
tMinine school, with Miss Jenny A.
Turner, former designer for the Masr
Mehusetts commission for the blind, as
reconstruction aide. Miss Turner
bu been working with the returned
sounded soldiers at the Walter Reed
tooltal. Washington.
lie blinded soldiers from overseas
will be discharged from the hospital
ifter they have been taught a practi
cal gelf-supporting trade, have been
put in good physical condition, and
taught to read standard printing in
raised tvpe. The men will be sent to
theft" own home communities and
placed in the trades for which they
have been trained. Red Cross work
er? will watch after their welfare.
Co-operating with the army medical
department, the Red Cross Institute
for the Blind is now making a national
surrey of industries open to blinded
Midlers. Instructions will be made
to conform with preparations for these
Industries. The federal board for
vocational education is arranging a
plan for the economic and social su
pervision of all wounded and maimed
soldiers.
The war service committee of the
American Library association reports
that 435.000 books were shipped to
American soldiers in France up to
July 1. The books went in tonnage
space granted at the request of Gen
eral Pershing on the decks of trans
ports, where they were used by the
men on the voyage and unpacked for
use in France; in naval vessels for
naval bases abroad ; and in Red Cross
tonnage for the h'ospitals in France
and England.
A total of more than 2,500,000 books
lave been supplied by the American
Library association to the camps and
stations in the United States and over
sew. Approximately 500,000 of these
books were purchased, others having
nie as gifts from the American peo
ple through the public libraries of the
wintry. yearly 40 library buildings
have been erected, and 600 camps in
America, alone, have received collec
tions of books.
hundred librarians, including
totes In their profession in this coun
try, are giving their time to library
'ar SerrW ...
I . - Jiost or mese are serv-
f 8S CamD llhrnrlonc acdctonfo o r4
,ers in the field; others are In
jwpatch offices for the shipment of
boks to France.
Methods of thrift now enforced in
ne army quartermaster general's of
5 ?Chling the repalr of clothing
AL .v8, Where Posble, have cut
IT I of new clothing and
30 t0 40 PCT Cent iQ Sme
flThe plants where the mending is
and rare FUn m connectlon with forts
amps by the camp quartermaster.
Z V !mer tears or rips a gar
er m Jt in t0 his sPP!y offi-
OBUr I!11?6 S'eS 0f hiS Sh0eS WeaF
io ill ? runs down the shoes
sarmll !he same officer. These
npalr " una sh,s are taken to the
naon nianaSei by the conser
ftWrJ recIaraation officer. When
to thPUt.in0rder they
are re-
anrtwt original owner lf Ps"
'oeatPH k orlginal owner cannot'
djer ea they serve some other sol-
Ployed bi , women are being em
orkotr War dePartmnt in the
tiers andi r,ng the garments of sol
Mi fant n the laundries at camps
7mpnts- Preference in this
oCw' the WiVeS' S,SterS'
fctia- i of men i" the service. By
l,!,8 wmonth soldier is entitled
e nurnh 'V Undle of laundry in which
Duner of articles Is not limited.
Z'? loe' Says the Un,ted
a C aflrainistration. Do not use
Nts, ' t0 sprve with salads,
fea foods and do not nut
Vte s,necessary in glasses of
Thero i " uluer "rinks
e use of curtailment on
hP . as a necessity, but it
V anv ! carefully in localities
k insider J age ls lndicated. It
5rserVe f f necessity when used to
ort flrT and in administering
be'nmd Tery reasonable effort
WwiS 1 f!e that flmilies are
lth thei? legitimate needs.
Secretary of Labor Wilson makes
this explanation of the general mobiliz
ation of labor for war Industries,
recruiting for which is to begin Aug
ust 1 under direction of the United
States employment service :
"Beginning with common labor,
this service will gradually take charge
of the mobilizing and placing of all la
bor for war industries employing 100
or more workers. This will profound
ly affect all other Industries and all
other workers. It will correct the
abuses and troubles growing out of the
large labor turnover with the conse
quent disruption of regular work.
"Every safeguard must be taken to
protect the standard of living and the
morale of the wage earners. Espe
cially must great care be taken to
keep the age limit of those who enter
industry at a high level, lest we rob
our future citizenship of its right to
growth and time for education. We
must also take knowledge of the dan
gers attendant upon the large entrance
of women into heavy and. hazardous
Industries.
"The exigencies of war times should
not be made the occasion for the break
ing down of those standards of hours,
wages, and conditions of work which
are designed to protect the childhood,
the womanhood, and the motherhood
of the present and the future.
"Experts tell us it takes from six
to ten workers at home to keep one
soldier on the firing line In Europe.
Whatever, therefore, helps to mobilize,
distribute and energize those who do
the work of our war industries has
become as important a' factor: in win
ning the war as the prowess of our
armies in the field or our navy on
the seas."
The war department has established
five central officers training camps, at
which civilians and enlisted men will
be trained for commissions in the of
ficers reserve corps. Infantry train
ing camps are located at Camp Lee,
Petersburg, Va. ; Camp Gordon, Atlan
ta, Ga., and Camp Pike, Little Rock,
Ark.; field artillery at Camp Taylor,
Louisville, Ky., and machine gun at
Camp Hancock, Augusta, Ga.
These training schools will be 'run
continuously, a new class being admit
ted monthly. The course of training
will be four months at the infantry
and machine-gun schools and three
months at the field artillery school.
The schools are open to qualified en
listed men in all branches of the serv
ice except coast artillery, signal corps
and labor units. The number of civil
ians admitted will be limited.
To be eligible for admission candi
dates must be between twenty years,
eight months and forty years; citizens
of the United States, and not born in
any of the countries with which the
United States ls at war or allies of
such countries. Enlisted men must
have the moral, educational and phy
sical qualifications required of an of
ficer. Civilians must be graduates of
a high school or have pursued an
equivalent course of- instruction, be of
good moral character, and have the re
quired physical qualifications.
In addition to the above qualifica
tions, candidates for the field artillery
must possess a thorough understanding
and working knowledge of arithmetic,
and plane geometry. Trained civil, me
chanical, electrical, mining and archi
tectural engineers are desired. Civilian
applicants will be certified by the army
officer on duty as professor of military
science and tactics at the educational
institution nearest the residence of the
applicant.
A children's recreation drive is on
to continue during July and August,
under the auspices of the children's
bureau, department of labor, and the
woman's committee of the council of
national defense. It will culminate
in "patriotic play week," September
1-7, in which the work of 11,000,000
women In organizing recreation in
10,000 communities will come to an
end.
"To be strong for victory the na
tion must let her children-play," said
Charles Frederick Weller, associate
secretary of the Playgrounds and Rec
reation Association of America. No
time nor money can be spared from
war-winning activities, but the win
ning of the war depends on man pow
er, and man power cannot be sustain
ed In any nation without health and
wholesomeness in the children.
Far worse than exhausting Ameri
ca's financial capital would be the ex
haustion of child life, which is man
power capital.
"England and France began as the
United States has been tempted to be
gin by letting the children pay too
heavily for the war in child labor, in
creased delinquency, overtaxed nerves,
weakened bodies, and premature
deaths, but England and France turned
to lift war; burdens- from the children'
by giving them a chance to play. There
s urgent need to give our boys and
girls an American square deal their
safety valve of play."
The postal censorship board, post of
fice department, announces that trans
lators of Spanish are In demand at
New York and other port cities. These
positions are open to women who Can
translate accurately and quickly.
Mrs. Stanley McCormick, in charge
of v the department of food production
and home economics of the woman's
committee, council of defense, gives
this advice to farmerettes: "Watch
your feet. Don't ignore footwear. You
must have a good spinal column to
keep up with a good job. The condi
tion of the spinal column depends
greatly on the feet. Be picturesque if
you wish, but be sensible. Wear good
stout boots to preserve health."
Paper, thread is a Denmark war Jmb-
stltue for use in binder twine.
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BATHES ON EAST
WEST FLAMS
GERMANS MAKING DESPERATE
IF FORTS TO SQUEEZE OUT
OF POCKET.
GREAT NUMBER OF PRISONERS
There Are Strong Indications That
German Defeat May Result in
Disastrous Rout.
The German high command appar
ently is making desperate efforts to
hold open the base of the salient be
tween Soissons and Rheims until
troops far down the center of the
great pocket toward the Marne can
be withdrawn. With French and
American troops hammering away
from the east, and French, British and
Italian forces battering at the west
flank of the German position, it was
still far frdm certain that the enemy
would be able to get his force out of
the southern end of the salient with
out terrific losses.
Already great numbers of prisoners
and guns have been taken by the
American and allied forces. The only
estimate from official sources cover
ing the aggregate captures by French,
American and Italian troops during
the first two days of the counter-offen
sive, gave 20,000 as the probable total.
There are indications that the number
captured on Sunday night might be
greater, although enemy withdrawal
from the Marne and Chateau-Thierry
sectors probably accounted in some
part for the swiftness of the ad
vances made during that day.
The situation, on the flanks of the
salient was not so clear, although it
was plain that on both sides the effort
to pinch the enemy retirement was
making progress. Heavy artillery fire
and airplane bombs are raining over
all his communication lines in the cen
ter of the salient over which the retir
ing divisions must make their escape.
Apparanetly, the enemy is fighting
hard to hold his position -around
Oulchy-Le-Chateau, where a railway
line from Fismee, probably his chief
advance base and located at the ap
proximate center of the base line of
the salient, between Soissons and
Rheims has permitted him to assem
ble considerable forces to resist the
Franco-American advance.
Should the counter-attack succeed
in forcing this position or breaking
through either to the north or south
of Oulchy, however, it ls indicated
that the German defeat might be
turned into a disastrous rout.
GERMAN CONTROL OF THE
METAL INDUSTRY CUT OUT
Washington uerman control of the
metal industry in America has been
wiped out by Alien Property Custodian
Palmer in the seizure of several of the
largest metal concerns in the United
States with ramifications into South
America, Mexico and Canada.
Mr. Palmer announced that he had
taken over the business of L. Vogel-
stein & Co., Inc., of New York City,
with assets of more than $9,000,000
and Beer, Sondheimer & Co., Inc.,
also of New York City, with asets of
upwards of $5,000,000.
In addition the custodian has seized
the enemy-owned interest In the
American Metals Co., controlling soma
16; companies in this country and
StaHforth & Co., of New York, dealers
in- silver bullion, with a capitalization
of. $1,000,000.
It was revealed that the Beer, Sond
heimer and Vogelstein companies
were closely affiliated with the Ger
man Metal Gesselschaft, which, for
some years, has dominated the entire
metal market of the world, and that
they, with the American Metals Co.,
controlled most of the principal metal
and smelting companies of this coun
try. These two companies are believed
by Mr. Garvan to have supplied Ger
many with vast quantities of copper,
zinc and other necessary war mate
rials after the war began.
MANY COMPLIMENTS ARE
PAID AMERICAN TROOPS
r London. Many compliments have
been showered on the Americans by
British liason officers, and reports
reaching London from their two sec
tors praise their fighting ability, dis
cipline and adaptability. One staff
officer reported: "The Americans
have already earned a great reputa
tion for the thoroughness with which
they clean up the territory they move
across. ' They are just as good as the
Australians in this open offensive."
ENEfeY CONTINUES BACKWARD
MOVEMENT UNDER PRESSURE
With the American Army. The
Franco-American advance continues
on the line on the south, and to the
west. The Germans gave more
ground and are slowly continuing their
backward movement to the north of
Chateau Thierry. Two additional
towns have been taken by the Ameri
cans' on the front north of the Marne
since daylight. In the region of Sois
sons another town was captured by
the Americans. - "r
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COMPLETE VICTORY
SEEMS' IN
T
WITH STUBBORN PERSISTENCE
LLIED TROOPS CONTINE TO
PRESS ENEMY BACK.
GERMAN LINES ARE BROKFN
Americans and French Penetrate
Enemy Lines, at Sotfte Points to
Depth of Three Miles."
Victories for the allied arms in
France continue to multiply. Over
the entire 60-mile front running from
Soissons to Rheims the allied troops
are fighting with a determination that
'brooks no denial of their efforts. And
the Germamns are steadily giving
ground, though stoubborn resistance
is being offered on some sectors.
Further goodly sized indentations
have been made in the German line
between Soissons and Chateau-Thierry
by the American and French troops
and almost all the gains made by the
Germans in their recent drive south
of the Marne and toward the vicinity
of Rheims have been blotted' out un
der the counter attacks of the Amer
icans, French, British and Italians.
Cateau-Thierry, which represents
the point in the battle line where the
Germans had driven their wedge
nearest to Paris, has been recaptured
by the French troops and almost sim
ultaneously the vilage of Brasles, two
miles eastward, and the heights to the
north of the village fell into their
hands.
Acting in harmony with the move
ment on Chateau-Thierry, American
and French troops northwest of the
city struck the Germans another hard
blow, broke through the German lines
and drove through at some points
more than three miles. Large num
bers of prisoners were taken and the
machine guns of the allied troops lit
erally mowed down the Germans who
endeavored 'to stay their progress. To
the north, along the Oureq valley, the
French are making good progress.
The entire southern bank of the
Marne having been cleared of enemy
forces, French, British and Italian
troops now are harassing those south
west of Rheims and they have been
forced to fall back in the Courtcra
wood and the Ardre valley and near
St. Euphraise. Aviators continue to
leand assistance to the troops of Gen
eral Foch, scouting the back areas
and harassing the retreating Germans
with their machine "guns. Notable
work has bbeen done by American
Indians for General Perishing's men,
the Aborginles taking a prominent
part In characteristic western fashion.
SUBMARINE ATTACK ON
MASSACHUSETTS COAST.
Orleans. Mass. An enemy submar
ine attacked a tow off the eastermost
point of Cape Cod. sank three barges.
set a fourth and thedr tug on fire and
droDDCd four shells on the mainland.
The action lasted an hour and was un
challenged except for two hydroplanes
from the Chatham aviation station,
which circled over the U-boat causing
her to submerge, for only a moment,
to reappear and resume firing.
The crew of the tow numbering 41
and including three women and five
chlidireni, escaped amid the shellfire
in lifeboats. Several were wounded,
but only one seriously. ,
The attack was without warning and
only the poor marksmanship of the
German gunners permitted the escape
of the crews. The one-sided fight
took place three miles south of the
Orleans coastguard station, which is
located midway between Chatham, at
the elbow, and Highland light at the
extreme tip of the cape. The firing
was heard for miles and brought
thousands to Ihe beach from which
the", flashes of the guns and the out
line of hte U-boat were plataJy visible.
Possible danger to the onlookers was
not thought of until a shell whizzed
over their heads and splashed in a
pond a mile inland. Three other
shells buried themselves in th sand.
1,200,000 UNITED STATES
SOLDIERS SENT OVER
Washngton. The high water mark
of the German offensive movement In
France has been reached and the ini
tiative now is passing to the allied
and American armies, General March,
chief of staff, told members of the sen
ate military committee. Later he an
nounced that American troop ship
ments had now exceeded 1,200,000
men, insuring the man power , to hold
the initiative on the western front.
WILSON SENDS MESSAGE
TO COLONEL ROOSEVELT
Washington. Upon learning that
German aviators had confirmed the
death of Lieutenant Quentin Roose
velt, President Wilson sent this mes
sage to Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster
Bay: "Am greatly distressed that the
news of your son's death is confirmed.
I had hoped for other news. He died
serving hia country and died with fine
rallantrv. I am deeply grieved that
his service should have come to this
tragic end."
SIGH
ARMOURED CRUISER
( OFF COAST
TOLL OF LIVES TAKEN, IF ANY,
HAS NOT YET BEEN
DETERMINED.
DEF'NITE CAHEE OF LOSS
Submarine Had Been Operating Off
Coast Which Indicates Sink
' ing by Torpedo.
New York. German submarines ap
pear to have renewed operations off
th" American coast. The United
States armored cruiser San Diego
was sunk not far from the entrance
of New York harbor. Circumstantial
reports reaching here indicate that
she was torpedoed.
There were also reports though not
confirmed, that other ships had been
attacked, one being described as
coastwise passenger ship.
Whether, there had been a toll of
lives taken on the San Diego was not
known up to a late hour. No more
than 335 had been accounted for put
of a crew of 1,144 men aboord the
warship of which some 300 reached
New York . on a tank steamship.
Thirty-two men, a lieutenant, an en
sign and 30 sailors, were landed in
lifeboats on the Long Island shore.
Survivors were reported to have
been picked up by other ships, how
ever, and to .be on their way to New
York.
The San Diego was sunk at 11:30
a. m., about ten miles southeast of
Fire Island, which is off the Long
Island shore about: SO miles east of
the entrance to New York harbor and
on the main highway of trans-Atlantic
ships bound in and out of the port.
Although the navy department an
nounced that the cause of the loss of
the San Diego had not been determin
ed, information received from reli
able sources in the afternoon indicate
that submarines had been operating
off the coast and that she had. been
torpedoed. There were rumors that
the cruiser had been in collision, also
that she had struck a mine, but re
ports current : where survivors landed
on the Long Island shore bore out the
indications that a German submarine
had been responsible.
Washington. (Later.) The navy
department has received information
that two steamships which are pro
ceeding to an unnamed port have
aboard 1,156 officers and men of the
United States cruiser San Diego,
AMERICANS FOIL COUNTER
ATTACK BY GERMANS
Not withstand ing the fact that the
Germans have thrown large reinforce
ments into the new battle line be
tween Soissons and the region of Cha
teau-Thierry, they nowhere thus far
have been able to stem the tide of the
onslaughts the American and French
troops are making against them.
Friday saw the Americans and
French batter their way further east
ward into the deep triangular salient
which has Soissons, Rheims and Cha
teau-Thierry as its points, and suc
cessfully withstand a terrific counter
attack.
The gains of Friday were carried
to their greatest depth in the center
of the 25-mile line and on the south
ern flank northwest of Chateau
Thierry, where the Americans are
holding forth.
GERMANS BRING UP THEIR
RESERVES; BATTLE FIERCER
With the French Armies in France.
The battle along the front of the
Franco-American counter offensive be
tween the lAdsne and Marne rivers is
becoming fiercer. The Germans are
bringing up reserves.
Hoover Arrives Safe in Great Britain.
London. Herbert C. Hoover, Amer
ican food controller, arrived at a port
from America.
SCOTTISH TROOPS CAPTURE
PRISONERS AND VILLAGE
London. 'Scottish troops captured
the village of Meteren, together with
more than 300 prisoners and a num
ber of machine guns, In an operation
in the Bailleul sector, according to
the official report from Field Marshal
Haig's headquarters. Austrian troops
advanced to a short distance south of
Meteren and took 80 prisoners and 10
machine guns and a large quantity of
other munitions of war, the report
adds.
NO IMMEDIATE NEED FOR
NERVOUS UNITS IN CLAS8 TWO
Washington. With the calls for in
creasingly large numbers . of draft
registrants to fill up training camps
and the first quotas of the na
tional army, there- is much specula
tion throughout the country as to how
soon class 2 men will be called for ser
vice. There need be no 'immediate
anxiety on the part of these men or
their relatives. No call for fighting
men will, be made upon class 2 men
In 1919. fn all probability. "
sum
I ri
ENEMY LOSS MORE
3ERMAN8 ATTACKING VICIOUSLY
BUT EFFORTS PRODUCTIVE
OF SMALL RESULTS.
BATTLE STUBBORN CONTEST
In No Instance Have the Americans
Been Forced to Withdraw Ger
mans Bring Up Fresh Troops.
London. Casualties sustained by
Ihe German troops in the offensive up
to the present are estimated to num
ber lOO.OOft, according to news receiv
ed in London from the battle front
In France.
Although the Germans still are at
tacking the alied lines viciously on
both sides of the Rheims salient, what
gains they are making continue to be
small ones on isolated sectors and
seemingly are confined to the region
along the Marne anad immediately
southwest of Rheims.
Eastward from the cathedral city
through Champagne, the French re
port that they everywhere are hold
ing the enemy and keeping their line
intact notwithstanding the prodigious
expenditure of shells by the Germans.
Everywhere the battles are being
stubbornly contested, and where the
French and Italians have been com
pelled to give ground it has been only
after the infliction of extremely heavy
casualties ontheinvae d.sr
casualties on the invaders.
The Americans nowhere have been
forced to withdraw. On the contrary
nerar Fossoy, near the bend of the
Marne between Chateau-Thierry and
Dormans,,they have made further im
provemnets in their positions. Like
their French comrades in arms, the
Americans also have been engaged in
violent fighting with the enemy.
Dally it becomes increasingly appar
ent that the strategy of the German
high command in the present battle
has foremost in its consdieration the
blotting out of the Rheims salient and
the straightening of the line east
ward through Champagne toward Ver
dun to reach the railroad running
from Rheims to Epernay and force
the evacuation of Rheims.
It is reported that French reserves
have entered the fighting line along
the Marne and that to the north of
LaChappelle-Monthodon they have re
captured lost territory. The Germans
also, as was expected, have brought
up fresh forces in an endeavor to push
forward their project in this region.
On the British front in northern
France and Flanders the Germans are
keeping up violent bombardments on
various sectors, using both gas and
high explosive shells. Gas has been
used extensively on the Villers-Bre-tonneux
sector, where the British
for several days past have been de
livering successful patrol attacks.
In Albania the French and Italian
troops continue to make progress
against the Austrians, and in the Ital
ian sector, up in the mountains, re
peated Austrian attacks have been re
pulsed by the Italians.
RESULT OF GERMAN DRIVE
MUCH IN ALLIES' FAVOR
Washington. The initial failure of
the new German offensive, so care
fully and formidably prepared, is char
acteristic of a new phase of the war,
said M. Edouard de Billy, deputy
French high commissioner to the Uni
ted States, in discussing the results
of the first two days of fighting east
and west of Rheims.
The success of the Franco-American
co-operation, M. de Billy said, al
ready has been demonstrated and he
added that the allies can wait for the
future with the same confidence
shown by the population of Paris un
der the long range gun bombardment.
"The result of the first two days'
fighting is, on half of the front, decid
edly in our favor," said M. de Billy.
"Over the rest of the front, the enemy
succeeded in gaining at most four
miles at the price of heavy losses.
LIEUT. QUENTIN ROOSEVELT
IS KILLED IN ACTION
Paris. Lieutenant Quentin Roose
velt, youngest son of the former presi
dent, has been kiled in an airplane
fight, the semi-official Havras News
agency announces. His machine fell
Into the enemy lines.
Lieutenant Roosevelt was last seen
in combat on Sunday morning with two
enemy airplanes about 10 miles in
side the German lines in the Chateau
Thierry sector. He started out with
a patrol of 13 American machines.
GENERAL GOURAUD IS THE
HERO OF THE DARDANELLES
With the French Forces in France.
General Gouraud,. the hero of the
Dardanelles, was the French com
mander who barred the advance of
the German crown prince in the
Champagne. ""It was he who, to the
east of Rheims, in one day brought
the host of Germans, to a standstill.
This was done with only comparative
ly insignificant losses among his own
men in consequence f his admirabl
defensive preparations.
THAN 100.000 MEN
NORTH CAROLINA
TO GET5I,I0I.24
FEDERAL APPROPRIATION AVAIL
ABLE IF STATE CONTRIB
UTES LIKE AMOUNT.
BENEFITS ARE STATE WIDE
In the Distribution of Thlv Fund a
Wide Range of Counties
Are Interested.
Washington. The Federal Board for
Vocational Education has announced
that North Carolina's apportionment
for the fiscal year of 1918-19 under the
Smith-Hughes act for the promotion
of vocational education was $51,191.24.
The stipulations governing the dis
tribution of the federal funds specify
that this amount must be matched by
a State appropriation of equal size.
Thus North Carolina will have avail
able for investment in vocational
training a sum of $102,382.48.
The distribution for North Carolina
follows :
Agricultural, for salaries of teach
re. supervisors and directors $28,
690.82; trade, home economic and in
dustry for salaries of teachers, $5,
647.73; teacher training, for salaries1
of Jeachers and maintenance of teach
er training, $16,852.69.
The educational institutions of
North Carolina sharing in the allot
ment of federal funds are: Lowe's
Grove Farm Life School. Newton, R.
F. D.; Craven County Farm Life
School, Vanceboro; Sand Hill Farm
Life School, Vass; Red Oak Farm
Life School, Rocky Mount, R. F. D.;
Rich Square Farm Life School, Rich
Square; Cary Farm Life School, Cary;
Rock Ridge Farm Life School, R. F.
D. No. 2. These funds are designated
for the purpose of promoting agricul
tural training.
The Institutions to receive appro
priations for teacher training are the
Agricultural and Engineering College,
of West Raleigh, and the North Caro
lina Agricultural and Technical Col
lege of Greensboro.
Schools sharing in the distribution
for the purpose of teaching home eco
nomics are the Slater Industrial and
Normal School (colored) of Wluston
Salem, and the State Normal andIn
dustrial College of Greensboro. 1
Schools designated under the clase-i
flcation of vocational Institutions are
the Winston-Salem High School and
the Cary Farm Life School of Wake
county.
Trades and industries will receive
an impetus by the distribution of
funds to the following Tar Heel
schools :
Roanoke Rapids graded school of
Roanoke Rapids; Weldon graded
schools, Wilminigton graded schools
and East Lumberton High School.
Ravages of Red Spider.
Raleigh. Complaint of the ravages
of the Red Spider in the cotton fields
of North Carolina are coming in from
various sections of the State. Fine
cotton plants, some entirely destroyed
by the pests, were brought into the
State Agricultural department by
farmers from the Bayleaf section '
in north Wake. The farmers who
(brought them, stated that the spiders
are giving the farmers not a little
concern.
The United States and the State Ag
ricultural Departments are studying
this pest which seems to be worse
than usual this eeason. It is a very
small spider, so called for want of
a beter name, and attacks the leaves
and squares.
Recent N. C. Casualties."
Raleigh. The following is a list of
recent casualties among North Caro
lina troops as shown by latest reports :
Killed In action Private A. J. Hug
gins, Enrolce; H. K. Burtner, Greens-'
boro.
Died of wounds Privates G. K.
Spratt, Belmont, and James B. Chap
man, Taylorsvllle.
Severely wounded Private Wm. A.
Elkinj, Fayetteville.
Liquor Case at Lenoir.
Newton. Frank Keever, of this
place, charged with selling poisonous
liquors last February causing the
death of two young men from Con
over, Garland Bolick and Lloyd
Smyre, has been found guilty of man
slaughter by the jury, but has not yet
been sentenced. After the death of
Smyre and Bolick some of the liquid
sold these young men and the stom
ach of Smyre were sent to State
Chemiet W. A. Withers at Raleigh for
analysis, which was found to contain
18 per cent menthos (wood alcohol)..
Elon "Over the Top."
Elon College. Elon College now
has 400 of her sons with the colors.
Hen enrollment five years ago was by
the board of trustees fixed at 400 a
year and now she has furnished the
nation with a number -equal to her
annual enrollment. The authorities of
Elon College are rejoiced thus to serve
the cause of righteousness and free
dom. The Elon faculty identifies re
ligion and patriotitsm In this war, and
in this thought they have the united
support of the board et trustees.
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