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PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JANUARY 2, 1919
VOL. XL NO. 22.
The
Chatham
lECORB
THE WEEKS EVENTS
IMPORTANT NEWS OF STATE, NA
TION AND THE WORLD
BRIEFLY TOLD
ROUKD ABOUTJHE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happenings
Of Interest From All Points
Of The World
Domestic
John Barrett, director general of the
pan-American bureau in Washington,
cays a pan-American treaty to secure
peace on the western hemisphere is
urgent and important. "This league,"
says he, "not coercive, but moral, can
make peace forever permanent on the
western hemisphere, avoid European
and Asiatic interference In American
affairs, and preserve inviolate the
Monroe doctrine."
The strike in Kansas City of the
trainment of the Kansas City Rail
ways company has grown serious. It
is feared state troops may be resorted
to quell disorders resulting from the
clashes between strikebreakers and
strikers.
Gathering mistletoe in a tree-top for
his mother, Lyman Hearn, an Eaton-
ton, Ga., boy, touched a live wire, and
was instantly electrocuted.
Responsibility for the disposition of
the surplus stocks of equipment and
supplies acquired by the war depart
ment during the war has been as
sumed by Assistant Secretary Crow
ell, at the request of President Wil
son.
The second section of the Dixie Fly
er, which recently left Chattanooga,
Tenn., was wrecked six miles this side
of Chattanooga as a result of spread
ing rails, which caused the locomotive.
tender, two mail coaches and the bag
gage car to leave the track. None of
the passengers was injured.
The will of Miss Mary Custis Lee,
daughter of Gen. Robert E. Lee, was
admitted to probate in Washington,
D. C, recently with the register- of
wills, in which she made bequests to
Virginia institutions and relatives ag
gregating $157,000. She requested in
her will that her body be cremated and
the ashes placed in an urn inscribed
with her full name, date of death and
the words: "The last surviving child
of Gen. Robert E. Lee."
European
A report sent out from Copenhagen
says the former German empress will
hardly live to see the new year. Her
ailment is heart disease, and she has
grown gradually worse since the Ger
man debacle.
The Sinn Feiners of Ireland want
to meet President Wilson, and have
invited him to listen to their side of
the question. The president may. vis
it Dublin before returning to France
The Montenegrins are hot after
their king. They don't like his flight
from the country when they had to
give up to the central "powers.
Italy will act as trustee for 500,000
tons of Austrian shipping now in Ital
ian ports and distribute it for use ex
clusively for war supply and trans
portation, none to be used for com
mercial traffic.
Bulgarian troops fired on the Greeks
near Troussova and wounded three
Greek soldiers. The Greeks returned
the fire and went over the top. The
Bulgarian hot footed to Mont Beles
By way of Copenhagen comes the
report that a "school of revolution
has been established at Moscow. The
school Is attended by Chinese and rep
resentatives of nearly every European
country.
Reports are to the effect that Rus
sian teachers are studying all the lan
guages of the earth in order to teach
the philosophy of the Russian revolu
tion to the world.
The whole Russian question of Rus
sia Is under serious consideration by
the allies. No plan has been formu
lated, however, because President Wil
son has not yet made known his views.
The president has already told the
world that no one man has the secret
of solving present world problems.
It sc ms now that Germany will
found a republic. The executive head
will have authority midway between
tha. of the president of the United
States and the present king of Great
Britain.
K. von Buch, German minister to
Luxemburg since March, 1914, has, to
gether with his advisers, been expelled
from the country by the grand ducal
government.
Legislation " authorizing increase of
the permanent enlisted strength of
the navy from 131,000 men to 217,000
h.s-been recommended to the house
naval affairs committee by Capt. H.
Laniujf, acting chief of the bureau of
navigation. This would include 175,
000 seamen, 24,000 apprentice seamen
and firemen in training, 12,000 in trade
schools in training and 6,000 in the fly
Jl,g corps.
We are Void that German propa
ganda is still rampant in the United
States. It is being directed, accord
ing to the report.. by a German profes
sor at The Hague,'; and is trying to
kindle animosity between the United
oiates and her associates in the war.
State department officials are reticent
as to the report, but some of them
says it is a "pipe iream."
The director of the Russian Informa
tion bureau in New York says that
Russia lost eight million men before
he quit the war. Three million of
these were killed and one million dis
ced for life.
Reports current In Washington are
that the people of the United States
as represented in their senate, who
are supposed to read correctly the pub
lic barometer and write their wishes
into law, will violently oppose the
sinking of the German navy. There
is no developed plan as to its disposi
tion, but many say it would be wan
ton waste to sink such fine ships.
Declaring that the widest diversitp
of opinion exists regarding formation
of a league of nations and on the def
inition of freedom of the seas, Sena
tor Knox of Pennsylvania, formerly
secretary of state, in an address to
the senate, urged postponement of
these questions until after the peace
conference. .
Amsterdam hears that a revolution
has broken out in Bulgaria, and is in
full swing. .
German soldiers, according to- re
ports from French officers in Berlin,
are returning home like conquerors.
They are singing "Deutschland Uber
Alles" with all the enthusiasm of vic
tors, . and are bedecked with flowers
like gladiators of old.
A. J. Sack, director of the Russian
information bureau, recently told the
New York Foreign Commerce Club
that Russia's pitiful condition was due
to exhaustion from war in behalf of
democratic ideals. "She is lying in
Beas of blood and tears, and, further,
millions of her people are facing
death, this time from starvation. She
exhausted her food supply from the
war."
There is much speculation as to what
will be the final outcome in Germany.
Many believe the peace of the world
will best be subserved by keeping a
strong central government as oppos
ed to a league of states .like, for in
stance the "joke league" of Balkan
states.
Washington "-.-'"""
Under the spur of war, mineral pro
duction in the United States has
reached the unprecedented value of
$5,010,948,000 in 1917, exceeding by
43 per cent the previous record made
in 1917. . ; .
Don Leopoldo 6ce jo, Spanish -via
consul at Puruandiro, state of Michoa
can Mexico, recently was assasinated
by a captain of the Mexican govern
ment forces, according to stories told
in Havana, Cuba on the arrival from
Mexico of the steamer Estrada Palma.
It is reported that Emiliana Zapata,
a rebel, has captured the Jalapa,-capital
of the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico,
and rebels are reported to be con
stantly attacking trains running , be
tween Mexico and Vera Cruz and re
moving from them executing Carranza
soldier escorts.
The general opinion expressed in all
quarters toward the south is that the
Carranza government in Mexico is
slowly tottering.
The latest report from Mexico is
that followers of Felix Diaz are con
templating a revolution.
The American battleship squadron
attached to the British grand fleet dis
played a spirit of true comradeship
throughout its period of service, de
clared Admiral Sir David Beatty, the
commander-in-chief of 'the grand fleet.
in a farewell address on board the
U. S. S. New York, on December 1,
the day the squadron was detached
from the grand fleet. All hands had
been called to muster on the forecas
tle to hear Admiral Beatty.
President Wilson gave his -personal
impressions at a meeting ; with repre
sentatives of the American press of his
experiences thus far in Farnce. :At
the same time announcement was
made that the -members of the Amer
ican commission to .negotiate peace
would meet daily with the press.
"I am confident that the big council
of statesmen of the world will be able
to reach a just and reasonable solution
of the problems that will be presented
to them, and thus earn the gratitude
of the world for the most critical and
necessary service" which has ever been
rendered it," said President Wilson, In
an interview, referring to the ap
proaching peace conference.
It is the observation of all . states
men in all countries that President
Wilson is truly representing the. Amer
ican people abroad regardless of poli
tics or other sentiments. Ills conten
tion that "we have got to put our
hcad3 together and pool everything we
have got -for the benefit of the ideals
which are common to all," has almost
become the shibboleth of the Labor
Party of Great Britain. .
President Wilson says the Versailles
congress was a conference of "bosses,
and further opines that we have' ad
vanced too far to permit the confer;
ence for world-peace to be anything
more than a meeting place of the serv
ants of the peoples represented by
delegates. "There is no master mind
who can, alone and unaiaea, seine
the nroblems of today. If there is any
body who thinks he knows what is in
the minds of all peoples, that man is
a fool."
The royal castle In Coblenz, to pre
vent the removal of valuables, is be
ing guarded by American troops. . ;
"It was owing to ther action. or. tne
Russian Bolsheviki tha hundreds o?
thousands of German troops were, let
loose to hurl themselves against our
men on the western front. It was ow
ing to their betrayal that Roumania
with all Its rich resources, in grain and
oil fell into the bands of the Ger
mans." This is the explanation the
British secretary of war offers for the
keeping of allied troops in Russia. ,
Undoubtedly KerensKy ana ms iui-
lowers want to represent Russia in the
peace conference, but whether their
status will be recognized is entirely
another nutation.
PEACE LEAGUE IS
. PRIME NECESSITY
SOME TRIBUNAL MUST LIMIT
SCALE OF INTERNATIONAL
ARMAMENT.
MUSI BE MEN WD MKT
Withj Completion of New Three Year
Building Program America Will
Still Rank Second.
Washington. Unless a league of na
tions or other tribunal that will make
certain the limitation of international
armament is established, the United
States must build the greatest navy
in the world, Secretary Daniels told
the house naval committee.
"It is my firm conviction," declared
the secretary, nhat if the conference
at Versailles does not result in a gen
eral agreement to put an end to naval
building on the part of all the na
tions, then the United States must
bend her will and bend her energies,
must give her men and give her
money to the task of the creation of
Incomparably the greatest navy in the
world."
With the completion of the propos
ed new three-year building program,
adding 10 dreadnaughts, 6 battle cruis
ers, 10 scout cruisers and 130 smaller
craft to the fleet, America still will
rank second in naval . strength to
Great Britain, said the secretary, who
appeared before the committee to
make his final recommendations for i
the 1920 naval bill.
THE MOST ACTIVE DAY IN
PEACE CONFERENCE CIRCLES
Paris. This has been the most act
ive day's discussion in peace confer
ence circles since the American dele
gation arrived, as the declarations of
Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Min
ister Pichon in the chamber of depu
ties gave a rallying point in the form
of the first official announcement on
the plans of the French government.
The statements disclosed .that;
France had determined upon its line
of action on practically all the ques
tions involved, including a society of
nations.
Premier Clemenceau's statement on
the freedom of the seas was the first
announcement from a high authori
tative source. This was accepted as
showing that the British and French
viewpoints were in accord. M. Clem
enceau's reference to his talks with
President Wilson indicated that they
had tended to bring out the signifi
cance of the French premier's pre
vious" : conversation with the British
prime minister regarding the action
of the British fleet during the war,
without which he admitted France
could not have continued the war, as
well as his favorable attitude toward
the future British fleet.
The sentiment prevails in confer
ence circles here that the American
attitude will not become definite until
further knowledge is obtained con
cerning the conversations between
President-- Wilson, Premier Clemen
ceau and Premier Lloyd George.
M Clemenceau's overwhelming ma
jority; in the vote of confidence in the
chamber of deputies makes him a com
manding figure in France, similar to
that of Lloyd George as a result of
the British elections.
CAMPAIGN SOON OPENS TO
o i-1 i tit mn nnn liM emiiiDe I
Washington. The 1919 war savings
campaign will be opened actively by
a nation-wide celebration on January !
17, .the aniversary of the birth of .
Benjamin Franklin. District war sav-
ings directors in conference here were j
so informed by Harold Braddock, the
new" national director of the war sav
ings movements.
The day will be devoted particular
ly, Mr. Braddock said, to the organi
zation of thousands of war savings
societies to systematize the preaching j
of . thrift and promote the sales of j
$2,000,000,000 worth of stamps during
the year.
NORTH CAROLINA DOCTORS
TO BE KEPT IN SERVICE
Washington. The services of North
Carojina doctors are so badly needed
by the government that they will not
now; be released from the army for
health work in the state. The surgeon
general holds, that because of the
large number of returning soldiers
who? must be examined and treated, it
Is necessary to retain the experts for
this: work.
: Many communities in North Caro
lina fere asking for their doctors.
CITY OF LYNCHBURG SCENE
OF GREAT CONFLAGRATION
Lynchburg, Va. Fire originating in
a four-story brick building in the
heart of Lynchburg's business section
burned fiercely for about an hour de
stroying the building, damaging the
Y. M. C. A. building slightly and for a
time seriously . menacing others, but
waWsobn under control. The stock of a
Main street florist and a clothing store
were ruined, -causing the greater part
of the $40,000 loss.
RIOT IS
RESULT OF INSULT
AMERICAN FLAG FIRED UPON
CAUSES BLOODY FIGHTING
ON STREETS OF POSEN.
CAUSED BY GERMAN OFFICER
Delegation from British fission Pro
tested to German' Commander Who
Declared He Had No Control.
London. Firing by German officers
on an allied automobile carrying an
American. flag was the cause of street
fighting In Posen late Friday, says a
dispatch to - the Exchange Telegraph
from Copenhagen. The Germans were
defeated in the fighting. About 138
persons, including a number of women
and children, were killed during the
rioting.
The dispatch says:
"There was severe fighting between
the poles and Germans in Posen Fri
day, which resulted in 38 women and
children and about one hundred Ger
mans and Polanders being killed. The
affray originated as a result of a Ger
man officer firing on an allied auto
mobile which was proceeding to War
saw, carrying the American flag.
"The Germans insulted the flag and
the Polish guard was called out. The
fighting lasted several hours and the
German. were defeated.
"A delegation fro mthe British mis
sion to Posen protested to the Ger
man commander in the town. General
Schimmelfeng, but the German officer
declared that he had no control over
the soldiers."
EFFORTS MADE TO PROVE
' INNOCENCE OF EX-KAISER
Berlin. A "league for the protec
tion of the kaiser," has been formed
and will issue an appeal to the forme
advisers of the ex-emperor, as wel'
as diplomats with whom he was asso
ciated, to submit all possible docu
ments to prove the kaiser's innocenc
of bringing about the war. Princ
Henry, of Prusia, who was proposed
for president of the league, suggested
Von Hindenberg for the post.
HORSE MEAT EXPERIENCES
ANOTHER ADVANCE IN PRICE
With the American Army of Occu
pation. Horse meat again has expe
rienced another advance in Germany
Meatless days are being generally ob
served throughout Germany.
In Coblenz, the week beginning De
cember 16, was a meatless one. Th
ruling prices of horse meat in th
area occupied' by the Amercian arm3
is at preesnt as follows per pound:
Horse sausage, one mark, 80 pfen
nigs; horse meat, one mark, 60 pfen
nigs; horse liver, one mark, 40 pfen
nigs.
GREAT FIRE CAUSES LOSS
OF $1,000,003 IN PROPERTV
Bristol, Tenn.-Va. Fire which orig
lnated in the five-story building occu
pied by Mitchell-Powers Hardware
company in State street, on the Vir
ginia side, completely destroyed that
structure and four other, buildings in
the heart of the .business district, at
an estimated loss of $1,000,000 partial
ly covered by insurance. The other
buildings destroyed were occupied by
the Bristol Gas & Electric company
offices, the Lynn-Kaylor company, and
the other two by clothing stores.
The fire, which was the most dis
astrous in the history of the city, was
gotten under control shortly after
midnight when it reached the Domin
ion National bank building on the
north and the Strauss department
store on the south, damaging these
buildings.
Lack of water and the explosions
of powder and shell in" the Mitchell
Powers building greatly handicapped
the- firemen and when the blaze began
to spread on each side of this building
an appeal was made for assistance
from Kingspart and Johnson City.
24 WARSHIPS WILL BRING
OU"? TROOPS FROM OVERSEAS
Wasrngtcn. Fourteen battleships
and 10 cruisers have been, assigned
by the rs.vy department to help bring
American troops home from France.
The work of altering the battleships
to fit them for transport work is being
rapidly completed anjl several of them
already are in service. All of the 10
cruisers have -been fitted up and the
navy department announced that one
had sailed from Brest with its first
load of troop's. .
BERLIN NEWSPAPER SAYS THE
EBERT CABINET HAS FALLEN
The Hague. Brutus Molkenbuhr,
Liebknecht supporter and former lead
er of the executive committee in the
Berlin soldiers' council has been made
military commandant of Berlin. This,
of course, means a complete victory
for the 5partacus group. Herr Scheide
mann has fled and Ebert's government
virtually no longer exists. According
to a report, marines and other troops
who Joined them are virtually masters
of Berlin.
1633,528,80 TURNED
OVER TO TREASURY
REVENUE DERIVED FROM SECRE
TARY OF STATE'S OFFICE FOR
BIENNIAL PERIOD.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
ple, Gathered Around the - State
Capital. -
! Raleigh.
For the two year period ending No
vember 30, 1918, Col. J. Bryan Grimes,
secretary of state, has turned over to
the; state treasury a total of $833,528.80
m fees and taxes according to his bi
ennial report prepared for the Gover
nor and the General Assembly.
The largest item in the list, by all
odds, of course, is the revenue obtain
ed from automobile registration total
ling $321,776.03 in 1917 and $422,709.76
in 1918, representing the automobiles
and motor vehicles in operation dur
ing that time.
At the end of the automobile year,
June 30, 1917, there were 39,809 auto
mobiles registered, 1,401 motorcycles,
and 407 dealers. At the same period
in 1918 there were 62,072 automobiles
registered, 1,432 motorcycles and 601
dealers. There have been .registered
at the close of the fiscal year, Novem
ber 30, 1918, a total of 72,313 automo
biles, representing an increase of more
than 10,000 over the total registered
for the year which ended June 30,
1918.
The payments to the treasurer rep
resent funds derived from the follow
ing sources:
1917 1918
Automobiles ...$321,776.03 $422,709.76
Corporation tax. 23,329.80 23,624.50
Foreign corpora
tions 5,145.00 5,142.00
Corporation
seals 1,354.00 1,223.00
Corporation fees 3,293.86 2,776.95
General fees .. 1,463.65 536.69
Seals 654.00 229.00
Supreme court
reports 5,387.23 4,728.08
Laws and jour
nals .-.s v. -38925 . 404.05
(Miscellaneous .. 241.74 114.47
Trade marks .. 103.10 21.60
Land grants fees 61.50 49.70
Postage 8.80 7.10
Land" grants .... 4,138.54 2,625.45
Total $369,346.50 $464,182.30
Farm Lands for Soldiers.
A special from Washington says:
"There is lots of talk about the plans
of the departments of the interior and
labor to settle the returning soldiers
cu lands that are now unused. As has
been reported before, agents are at
work in Southern states, locating
tracts of tillable soil. The investi
gation and inspection service is now
going into North and South Carolina
with agents to list unoccupied usable
farm lands by county, township and
section, giving the nearest market and
nearest postoffice address, and fur
ther identifying the land by the name
of the owner. This will be supple
mented by statements covering the
entire county, as to the general topog
raphy, nature of the soil, etc. .This
information will then be in the de
partment of labor so that the return
ing soldier or any other person seeking
employment through the land will be
able to locate definitely where these
unoccupied lands are.
North Carolina Gaining.
Major W. A. Graham, commissioner
of agriculture, is rejoicing over North
Carolina's splendid stride the past year
in taking seventh place among the
states of the Union In the matter of
the money value of farm crops. Her
record is shown bv the firovrnnmnr Pe
port, just out, to be $57,450 000. there
being only six states in all the lountry
with higher records. This does not in
clude the value of the truck crops or
such products as soja beans and num
bers of the other special crops that
North Carolina has developed the past
years in very considerable scale.
Accident or Suicide.
Murray G. Toye,- employed in the
mechanical department of Edwards &
Broughton, died in Rex Hospital as a
result of a bullet wound in his left
temple. He never regained conscious
ness. The manner in which the wound
was inflicted has not been determined
by the police. Rumors in circulation
were to the effect that he committed
suicide but members of the family lat
er denied that he killed himself inten
tionally and stated to friends that he
was .accidentally shot while cleaning
his pistol.
In hands of Receiver.
Mr. J. M. Broughton has been ap
pointed receiver for the stores operat
ed by J. E. Befarah- in Raleigh, the
Princess, 112 Fayetteville street; The
Specialty Shop, 125 Fayetteville street,
and the Raleigh Bargain House on
Martin street, the latter doing a whole
sale jobbing business. Mr. Broughton
was appointed receiver by Judge Con
nor at Wilson, pending the outcome
of bankruptcy proceedings. Mr. J. L,
Emmanuel was appointed general
manager by Mr. Broughton and the
stores will continue to operate.
Retiring Eoards Thanked.
"The country can never compensate
you for the sacrifices you have made,"
writes Gov. T. W. Bickett to exemp
tion board officials in thanking . them
for the. services rendered during the
period of the emergency. The letter
is a final word of thanks from the gov
ernor prior to an anticipated early
release of all the board of the state.
"You aie now approaching the end
of your labors," writes the governor,
"and common justice requires me to
bear testimony to the character of
service you have rendered your coun
try in the greatest crisis of its his
tory. ...
Government Land Purchases.
Under the- Weeks law, the national
forest preservation commission has
purchased in the 'Appalachian moun
tains of the south and the White
mountain; of New England 1,132,793
acres up to June 30, 1918. In addition,
509,011.31 acres have been approved
for purchase. .
The North Carolina purchase areas
are:
Acres. Sum Paid
Avery . !. . . . 13,107.18 $ 26,428.2i
Buncombe . . . 9,455.66 109,241.24
Buncombe .. . . 13,319.29 66,596.46
Burke ..... 12,629.50 25,000.38
Henderson .. . . 16,949.97 84,083.18
Jackson 1,370.20 9,614.47
McDowell. . . . 35,102.08 253,217.45
Macon ..... 31,712.70 298,307.88
Macon 30,552.33 241,337.63
Swain. . . . . . 2,303.50 13,564.37
Transylvania . . 46,775.45 223,456.76
Yancey ..... 10,481.45 113,793.00
Total;. . . .223,759.20 $1,464,641.07
Cotton Ginned in State. v
Washington (Special). Director S
L. Rogers, of the census, department
of commerce .announces the report ol
cotton ginned by counties, in North
Carolina, for the crops of 1918 and
1917. The quantities are in running
bales, counting round as half bales,
and not including linters.
The report follows:"
County. 1918 1917.
The state 648,515 482,521 !
Alexander .... 1,010 454
Anson j . . . . . . 21,298 17,862
Beaufort . .... 8,199 4,342
Bertie 8,389 6,462
Bladen ..... 8,220 6,279
Cabarrus ..... 8,752 5,618
Camden 1,531 . 992
Carteret ..... 1,692 1,093
Catawba,. .... 6,029 3,014
Chatham .... 5,613 3,838
Chowan ... . . 3,844 2,250
Cleveland 20,025 13,004
Columbus .... 6,204 6,626 i
Craven 4,309 3,112
Cumberland. . . . 16,094 . 11,897
Davidson ..... 1,068 634
Davie. . . . . . 1,176 671
Duplia ...... .10,312 . 6,296
Durham. ...... 381 296
Edgecombe .... 23,320 15,137
Franklin ..... 12,477 8,178
Gaston 6,311 4,158
Gates . ... . . 3,175 2,603
Greene 6,608 5,178
Halifax 25,205 16,057
Harnett ...... 21,469 16,249
Hertford ..... 2,782 2,077
Hoke . . . . . . 14,459 11,219
Iredell ...... 8,149 4,421
Johnston 37,525 29,251
Jones 4,414 2,784
Lee ,. 5,257 3,605
Lenoir 10,581 7,437
Lincoln . . . .T - 5,145 ' 3,084
Martin. " 6,941 . 4,646
Mecklenburg.. . . 18,149 13,029
Montgomery. . . . 3,745 2,505
Moore. . . . . 2 788 ! 1,721
Nash 17,536 14,795
Northampton..'. .13,509 8,994
Cnslpw 4,141 3,505
Oranjge ..... 766 659
Pamlico 3,328 1,922
Pasquotank. ... 2,090 ; 2,243
Pender ..... 2.531 1.513
Perquimans . . . 3.501 3,062
Pitt j ...... 17.717 13,298
Richmond. . . . 12.S47 9,348
Robeson 51.678 43,713
Rowan 5.5 81 3,782
Rutherford. ... 7 458 4,638
Sampson .... 20,776 15,764
Scotland , 28,267 25,589
Stanly .' 4,262 3,661
Union 19,434 15,417
Vance 3,908 3,307
Wake 17,918 14,464
Warren . . . . . 8,282 7,332
Washington . . 2 393 . 1,310
Wayne ..... 25,138 18 415
Wilson 18,739 14,227
All other .... 4,069 3,431
Some New Corporations.
Certificates of incorporation were
filed in the office of the secretary of
state far the following corporations:
Farmers Ginnery, Inc., of Laurel
Hill, with $50,000 authorized capital
and1 $15,000 subscribed. The incorpo
rators are J. D. McDonald, J. M. Pat
terson and Edwin Morgan, all of Lau
rel Hill.
Liberty Savings Bank, of Wilming
ton! with $25,000 authorized capital
and $25,000 subscribed. The incorpo
rators are Ralph Harrett, J. Ci Rourk,
and W. L. Gore, all of Wilmington.
Saved $8,024 in Food. -
Despite the fact that the epidemic
of influenza made it very hard to car
ry on a rat-killing contest in Ruth
erford county, Mr. C. C. Proffitt, coun
ty agent, reports that the boys and
girls in his county did kill a total of
4,012 food eaters during' the contest
which; he recently conducted. Author
ities of the agricultural extension ser
vice at Raleigh figure that a single rat
will destroy $2 worth of food in a
year. .According to this, Rutherford
county has saved $S,G24 worth of food
by: the simple elimination of 4,012 rats.
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78 ILLICIT ESTABLISHMENTS ARE
RAIDED AND PLANTS DE
STROYED IN MONTH.
SEVERAL AUTOMOBILES TAKEN
Blind Tigers and Blockaders Also
Come to Grief, Losing Number
of Autos and Rig.
Statesville. The monthly report for
November, "of Revenue Agent Vander
ford of Greensboro, showing in detail
the activities of the revenue raiders,
who operate In the fifth district of
North Carolina and destroy Illicit stills
and sieze untax-paid whiskey, has been
received at the office of Collector A.
D." Watts, and shows that for the
month, a total of 91 seizures" were
made by the officers. Of that number.
78 were blockade stills and the re
mainder were persons hauling block
ade whiskey around the country with
out Its having had the necessary reve
nue tax paid thereon. In nearly every
one of the 13 seizures for transporting
untax-paid whiskey, the government
also seized an automobile, the cars
ranging from humble autos to the fin
est cars made.
Liberty Savings Bank. -Wilmington.
A new financial insti
tution Is the Liberty Savings Bank, to
be located on South Front street, in
the heart of the retail anA market dis
trict, where a neat new building has
been finished. The capital will be
$25,000 paid in, and . it will attend
strictly to savings accounts, watching
for the day laborer who hasn't had the
savings habit, and helping him with
his Liberty bond and W. S. S. affairs.
Hours will be such as to afford the
greatest convenience to the workers,
especially shipyard men. Ralph Star
rest, general manager of the Carolina
shipyard; Thomas E. Cooper, big bank
er of the city; W. L. Gore, banker of
Whiteville, and others of the city are
interested. It is said Joseph C. Rourk
.will be cashier.
Airplane Is Wrecked. ,
Greensboro. A Curtis airplane was
wrecked here when Lieut. J. W. Cant
well and Sergt. B. Wanaker, who were
in the machine escaped Injury. They
were en route from Emerson field, Co
lumbia, to Norfolk. They left Fay
etteville intending to go to Raleigh,
but missed their way. They stopped
here for gas and oil and the accident
occurred as they were leaving. The
engine is the only part of the ma
chine now of any value. -
Knights Templar Services.
Charlotte. An address by Rev. J. H.
Henderlite, D. D., pastor of First Pres
byterian church, of Gastonia, featur
ed the Christmas day services of Char
lotte Commandery, Knights Templar,
which were held at the Masonic tem
ple. The traditional toast to the Pres
ident of the United States, the grand
eminent commander, all Knights Tem
plar who fell in France and Belgium
in the world war, and to peace, were
given.
The musical program was arranged
under the direction of Harry J. Zehm.
The singers were Miss Peasley, so
prano; Mrs. Avery Williams, contral
to; W. C. Rankin, tenor, and O. M.
Norwood, bass.
"God's Service Star" was the
theme of the address of Dr. Hender
lite. The services in nature were re
ligious, patriotic and memorial. W.
N. Bacon, eminent commander, pre
sided. Peculiar Apple Tree.
Wilmington. Thomas F. Bagley, or
chardist of Seagate, a suburban com
munity, has gathered a second crop
of apples from nine trees in his or
chards, four of which were literally
loaded with bright red apples. He
states that the trees bear yellow froft
ordinarily, and in the regular crop last
summer produced yellow apples,
whereas the mid-December crop is
very red.
Fortunate Chief of Police.
Charlotte. Just before the cloclr
struck the hour of 12 Chief Neal El
liott, of the Charlotte police depart
ment, was presented with a " gold
watch and chain at an informal meet
ing of members of the department. No
speeches were made. The watch was
presented to Chief Elliott by Desk Ser
geant White, who expressed the
thanks of the department for the cour
tesies of Chief Elliott during the time
he has been chief,- and for his fel
lowship when he was sergeant of the
night squad.
Governor Visits Salisbury.
Salisbury. Governor T. W. Bickett
spent the day in Salisbury in the in
terest of the million dollar endowment
movement for Baptist schools and col
leges In North Carolina. In spite of
very inclement weather and the influ
enza scare, the First Baptist church
was well filled to hear the governor.
He presented his ; subject In such a.
manner that at the conclusion of h!
address, Dr. C. A. Owens, the pastor,
was able in 10 minutes to raise $3,050
of the $5,000 that la expected of this
congregation.