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VoL t ? QUESTION OF A BOND ISSUE UP TO VOTERS ; OF CITY ON MONDAY the question of issuing bond* in tiie mm of $85,000 for die pur pose of completing the sewer sys tem and installing a fi*e alarm system in the city will be sub mitted to the voters of the city <m Monday/ May 8nL $5,000 of '.he amount to be used in install ing! the fire alarm system and the balance for the completion of the sewerage system. K great portion of the cfty has not as yet been provided with sew crage. A statem^* was publish ed in the Daily News sometime sgrt giving in detail the exact con dition of the sewer system, show ing what has already been install ed and what is contemplated. Ev ery voter should famib arize him self with the true conditions be fore casting his vote so as to do so |n an intelli*rent manner befit ting a true citizeii. Pt is important for the health of hte city to have the system in stalled. in an article jtist issued by the State Board of Health Dr. W. A. Evans states that "North Carolina is at the bottom of the list with death rate of 57.4," in speaking of the typhoid vlesth rate of the varions states of the Union. The average dcsth rate from typhoid in this country, cording to Dr. Evans is 17.9. If these figures sire true, and they are taken from Government reports, North Carolina has d death rate from typhoid fevot ov or threo times as high as the av erage in the United States and over eight tim#* as that of Ver mont. - Tbe latter has the lowest death "rate from typhoid of any state In the Union. Th*m may he mentioned two conpitioms as slightly accounta ble' for North Carolina's high death rate from typhoid, bait the de.Wt alter the fact that she i? needlessly sacrificing several hun di*4 deaths a year to this filth disease. Tho first is that the fig ures were taken from the cities and all the towns ha vine more than 1.000 inhabitants. The tr nh^id death rate in cities msy not V ,so high as that of the conntrv districts but that of the small towns, where there is inadequate IK HI in Washington Hospital. Hire Conoly, superintendent of the Haepftal, who attended the ^ acM u rra y- ,T oynor wedding at lioanoke Rapids, urnl also visit ed in Richmond, Va., for a few wf:cka, returnod to <he city a few days ago. M r. J. H. Purvis of near Ham ilton, who* is being treated by Dr. Ht W. Carter, i? a patient in tne hospital. Mrs. L. A. Tripp, "of Kdward, It a pa'tient in the hoxpital. Mrs. Gastrins of Edward, who was operated upon Tuesday, Is doing nloely, Mrs. Ballanee of Hatteras, who r??ntlv underwent an operation ii rapidly reoovdrtng. Mm. Dunbar of Royal, who was operated upon recently for appen dleltis, it oonvaleseent, Mr. Joe Grady Corey of Wil li ameton, who hat been^ft the hos pital for some time receiving treat lrtnt is rapidly recovering. Mrs. Alligood Warren, of WcJwa, who was "Mrsfted upon tor appendicitis, is improving rap .w* Mfift Mary Henerle, nf Anro ra, who underwent a *er? serious MM few days ago, It protection offend by aewervge. Those who are provided al ready with adequate sewerage should not permit themselves to lose sight of the duty they owe others who are not. As the sys tem now is it does not cover one third of the city and wil be of lit tle use to the people generally. The moet expensive prt of the work has been completed and the work which is now contemplated in ctotder to complete the system is shallow work as compared with the work just finished and the { cost will be comparatively small. And the .contractors Are on the ground, have their force- end equip ment here, and have agreed Co finish the work at the pfieea now paid them, and accept in '-payment the city bonds at par. This work .would have to be done at some future time, and why not now? If this work is. not $jbmplote<l now no . improvement^- could l>o made on the streets toffiiout hav? ing to tear them up inKrnie fu ture time, which would add prcat ly to 'the work, 'above the cost of dcinp Jhe work at this time. The funds which hove hereto fore been Appropriated for the purpose of installing the system have been practically exhausted. There is now in the hands of thf Improvement Committee enon?r? funds provided to finish the work a.? it is laid out, and when tlii* work is completed unless 4lm bond issue asked frtr is authoriz ed. the work will stop. Fire alarm boxes will eh able the fire department to immediate ly determine the oxact location of a fire, and many conflagrations which often result disastrously ran be subdued without material' li?*s, while under the present ay* : tem in voene here confusion as i to the location is ?enerallv the caae. H*ire alarm boxs will de crease insurance rates. a*id will mean a fcerat saving to th? city in this form. Every voter should carcfull'v consider both these questions and go to the polls on Monday and vote for the best interests of hig city, as it appears to him. uow doing very nicely. Mr. George Jordan of Aurora, who has been in the hospital suf fering with a fractured arm, is improving rapidly. FOWTE MEMORIAL. V Mr. Chauncey Sawyer of Scran ton, was operated on at" the hos pital last week for appendicitis, He is doing nicely at this time. Rev. J. H. Warren of the Col legiate Institute, who was oper ated on by Drs. J. L. Nicholson and J. G. Blount Tuesday, has greatly Improved and ;s now at V'k homo In "Washington Park Mr. Grcu Singleton had his right eye dissected by Dr. Yl. W. Carter at the hospital Wednes dav. Mr. Singleton is doing nice ly. Mrs. P. M. Roberts, after upend ing ten days at the hospital is gieatly improved and is now at >the home of Mrs. Fowler on East Second itreet. L Miia K*>1a GarrliL of Scran ton it a patient at the hospital; pad underwent t very serious op eration yesterday morning. At a late report she was doing n'oely. Mrs. Wfll Hollowell of Wilmsr was operated on at the hospital yesterday morning. Mrs. Hoi' lowell's condition ig most favor able. Miss E. A. GoWfttron, superin tendent. of the hospital, who has been spending the past two weeks in the western fart of the state, if enpeoted to return to the city the Utter part of the week. / * 1 DIEM mmiEo HEBE is hiii; Governor Locke Craig arirvcd in tho city this morning at 10:55 .via the Norfolk Southern .to straighten out the differences be tween Fish Commissioner H. L. Gibbs arid the Fisheries Commis sion which was in session hen j * vj?" the matter of whether or not J. H. LeRoy should be appoints Assistant Fish Commissioner. At. late hour this afternoon C. W. Morgan of Hertford wan rec ommended by Mr. Gibbs as n compromise, for the office of As sistant Fish Commissioner, and ,wo? approved hv the* eoinmusion. Jno. A. Nelson of Morehead City, wos also recommended by Mr. Gibbs for Shell" Fish Com missioner and same was approved bv the C ommission. ARMY CHANGER. Washington. I). O.. April 29. ? Major General Arthur Murray, commanding western dopartment. attained the retirement ape of six ty-four years today, but bv order of Secretary Garrison will be re tained in his pi**ent command until tho end of the Panama Pa cific Exposition n-rxt December. Brigadier General Hugh L. Seotir, chief of staff, of the army, under a recent order. l*e?-mn" ImVjor general today, and Col. j 1 "roderick S. Strong of the coast 'artillery now stationed at Charle? ton. S. C.. l>ccame a brigadier I peneral, in accordance with plans I made by the Wirr Department in anticipation of the statutory retirement of General Murray. GUEST OF MISS TANKAfoD Miss Theo^Weltch of .Tackson ville, Florida, is the guest of Mis Man.' Tankard at a20 North Mar ket street. BEGINNING of a riighi y * REVOLUTION Let. ii? halt for u moment to straighten thu Bnes and verify our position. Eighteen states have past pro hibition laws i^tho not all of these laws are vft effective. Nine staltes have l>ccn won bv ?thc' dry September 1, 1914. States which have passed pro hihitory laws are: Alabama, A rizona. Arkansas, Colorado, Oeor" ?na, Towa, Idaho, Kanasas, Maine "North Carolina, North Dakota. . Oklahoma, GiVgon, Tennessee, Virginia!, Washington and West 'Virginia. Local option election? have been won by the hundreds. Seventy-, 'tive oer cent of fhese contests have .'resulted in dry victories. Nearly 600 adily newspapers .n? w decline liquor % advertising and the number is being increased almost daily. Ilufidreds of these papers are advocating national prohibition. Conventions of medical men have spoken against alcohol. A recent Investigation in hospitals show# that fflllcohol as a medicine is falling into disrepute. . Bifcineta men Arid employee of labor literally by thousands are demanding abstinence from their employes and are fighting the sa loon. / Professional men are favoring the <tfx>llftiion of liquor. MWe than H00 of these professional men in one city of Philadelphia signed a petition demanding a dry law. Distilleries snd breweries are failing with monotonous regular ity. The national revenuo from drink is declining rapidly. The men who wrre "humWst ed" by Secretary Daniels* order making the navy dry are nowl squirming .with. intense "humilia-l tion*' over the fanaticism of Hie C*a^ King George and the other' Havre, France, April 29. ? The Belgian official committee appoint ed to investigate reported viola tion* of international law ha* re ported in detai) to Minister of Justice Wiarti on the German use of asphyxiating shells. It is said gaaooua cloud*, extending 300 feet into the air, were carried away from the German lines by the wind. The clouds ware preen in color at the base, gradually shad" inj#to yellow toward th** fop Several kinds of paBeB appear to have been used, including chlo rine, the nitrous vapors of sul phurous anhydride, and others, rhp nature 6f which has not yet been determined. Four methods were employed, the report state*, in generating *hese gases The first was to ligjit fires in the first line of trenches and permit the prind to blow t|je ;'as formed towards the allies' , lines. The three cither methods involved inclosing the gas in some kind of missle. These included < nns thrown either by hand or mine howitzers, cylinders of eom pressed gas or shells containing compound* which were transform ed into gns when they exploded. The effects 'of thn fumes were felt, at a distance of half a mil Thev produced a kind of stupor which lasted for three or four hours. A German prisoner be longing to 'the 1 6th army corn* who was taken on April lf>rh said ras cylinders were placed alone the entire front held by this corps. | There was one ovory six feet, and I linen speejallv instructed in their use were told off to see that they produced the desired effect. These were proviiN with smoke hel mets. "Respirator* wore distrib uted to all the soldiers. HE WO WILL PRESENT ETHEL GRAIN Large crowds attend the Bellmo Theater every night where they aro showing gome of the most wonderful photoplays ever witr no^Cd in this city. Misses thel Orandin and El sie Alberst and Mr. Gene Gran tier are some of .the stars formerly of the Famous Warner Feature Pictures. Tomorrow t.h'ey are showing Afiss Ethel Orandin in the "A dopted Daughter* in which Mis* Orandin plavs two separate parts, displaying her wonderful talent as an actress. <rrs CLUB .Sir GOT VESTED DAY. The Washington Oun Club held tlieir weekly shoot on yester-' ''?hv at. the foot of Bonner street. FJpven mermbers participated and v*#?re lead bv Sqilirea with n total ??f <0 hits out of SO chance*. Aruch interest is beine manifested bv tbo members and visitors are Invited to attend the meets. provincials of Great Britain and the Continent. led by Mr. Bryan, scores of political leaden are standing four .square against the Amsrican aa loon. Scientists aro speaking out; ^alienists and neu/ologiftta are .spoaking out; physicians are ( speaking ont; the proa* is speak ing out. Truth no longer lifts its /oice in vain. People know that prt>hibition has made Kansas, by jati excess of $300 per capita, the wealthiest state in the union. (Thoy know *hat only two states pro more lightlv taxed smd they know similar thing* about other ^prohibition states. "Will the nation go dfyf* is ,no longnr the qnaetion, but tfHow Wr u _ , rum* sum huh run r Yesterday Mr. R B. Mc Adams moeaengor rrom fcho United States .Fish Hatchery at Eden ton, deliv ered to Metis rn. Swindell and F ul ford twenty-five cans containing about 50,000 fry to the can, mak ing a total of one quarter of a million young shad vhich were turned loose in Pamlico river be low tie bridge. , Tho Hatchery at Eden ton is do ,ing a frreat work for the fishing industry of the state. The gov ernment is also helping to s*ock some of the smaller sti*am? with bass and other fish. During 1914 26,550 young fish fmgerHngs, numbers one's and two's of black ba*s and sunfieh 'were distributed as follows In Wake artinty? At Raleigh, Apex, Wendell, Kntghtsdale and Wake Forest Harnett county ? T)ufifi, pouts* Springs and Coats. Johnson county ? Prineetofi. Smith field. Clayton and Benson. Guilford county ? Greensboro. Lee county ? Sanford. Wilson county ? Wilson. Buncombe county? Bailey. Fluankiln courity ? Louishurg. Macon county ? Franklin. Scotland county ? Gibson. Hoke county ? Raeford. Caldwell county ? Lenoir. ? Orange county ? Hitlsboro. Loo^jyunu^ ? Sanford. #TOeMn oo. ? Lumber Bridge. Vance ?county ? Henderson. Moore county ? Carthage. Catawba eountv ? Newton. There wore other applicants but the Nation was unable to fill them. During tho last five years the Edenton Hutched has distributed more than three hundred million shad fully fljl per cent of which were planted in North Carolina waters. Should the new fish law, passed at (the last session of the legisla ture be successfully managed, there will be other hatcherics es tablished in the state. Among those in attendance wp on the meeting of the Srate-Fish Commission here today are Hon. IT. L. Gibbs of Oriental, who has )?ren named Eish Commissioner t 71 on. P. H. Bell of Edenton : Dr Joseph Hvde Pratt. State Geolo gist and Mr*. J. H. LcBoy. who i.? at present Fish Commissioner. MB HON in nil In the vernacular of tridav M>les Standish is there with the goods when it comes to fightrin* Indians, but John A Mm is hot ter at besieging maiden's hearts Tf you wish to livo over thesr btirring scenes of colonial lif don't miss the play at the schoo1 auditorium this evening. After associating with Purita maids and war-like Indians go o>?< into the front eoT*ridor where yoi will be transported to the twonti eth century bv partaking of the up-to-date refreshments which will be sold bv the Eta Trap1 Club. A SPECIAL COMMrNICATTON A special communication of Orr Lodge No. 104 A. F. and A. ,M. is called for thin evening at t^eir hall corner of Third and Bonenr ^tfreots. Work \n Mjw ters Degree. The members urged to be present. Visitors cordially ooiVlially invited. By order of the Worshipful jtfaeter. O. M. WTNFIELD, * * Secretary. "MUNICIPAL EFFICIENCY IN RELATION TO HEALTH PROGRAM"-DR. DOWLING Muakogwe, Ala., April, 2?. ? Cities of the United State? must throw off <b# ab^ckk* of 'ring polities, antiquated aaa??ment ejs terns, haphazard imaged. employ ment of tbo untrained, find extra? agancv, before *eal municipal ef ficiency can bo realized,'' accord ing to Dr. Owiar Howling, preei .dent of. .the Louisiana boaid of ^health and president of the South ern medical Association, who spoke before tlie Southern Com mercial Congress here today. l)r. Dowling spoke on "Munic ipal Efficiency in Relation to the Health Program." and assert?*d that tbePe is not one municipality in the United States where sani tation and the health program is as coinprefiencsive as it should be "Consequently, whjle much ^ l?een accomplished." he s?a "there is no city to which th term efficient rightfully mnv be applied. ?"Experiments of European cit ies prove it le remunerative ft-r a city to create a santary envmu: .ment. to prolog the indivHuai from threafeni d dangers, by ob servation. advice and treatment, to establish agencies for the pro motion of mental ajfid moral health. A program of Wealth may develop parasitism in a few but it is certain U> bring good t? the many/' "XoUO of thc*c can be accom plished," he concluded, "until you have thrown otf the municipal shackles which tie so many cities to inefficiency/4 Several commercing secretaries discussed problems involved in municipal efficiency. A \ . Siudl of Charleston. S. ('.. pointed e?u that "the South must stop ship ping its raw material to foreign nations and to the north and must learn to prod lie finished pro ducts through jco-offctation.** "The south should manufacture its raw materials in the factories ;>f the south and sell the finished prod nets in the markets wf the south." he said. "This can he*iw^ complished bv the business of ev* cry community * combining anil establishing small ftietorie? ihn' will finish the product of the ?nr "?ounding district. Such cooper ation between the farmer and the rif v man would eliminate an e normous annual loss to the <o,irh. Carl 'T. Tlaher of Little Pork Ark., said that a rrrtat stco to ward municipal efficiency is n Hioroughly equipped commercial bodv. "T man a body through wind nrtt onlv the business man. but al tf, ev^rv eitiurw of a town ''an get a vision of the opportunity an'l * rohlems of hi* city We should '???rin in the schools to toaei r-.ir ?hildren to boost their municipal* itv." Howard Strong of Minneapolis Minn., asserted that 'the produc tion of leaders in civic life is the greatest element in the real prog -e<>s of a eit.v. The kitchen should net be ,-nade n place for drudgery, but an ;nteresting liaborrftory for house 'iold experiments, according to \frs. Oeorge C. Lewis, in an ad -|res? before the opening session op tho woman's auxiliary, of the ?onxrress today, ^frs. Lewis, who :s the yleo president of the wom an's auxiliary. asserted that nl1 possible house work should b< made easier by mtafrdiinory. "thm -elicring the dull monotony of work th'fltt often drives country 'oik to the cities." "Thousand* of legislator*. *tfd idministratlve officials, otherwise "hie find thoughtful men fall to ^rraso that the whole prosperity wealth, fighting ?trench tand in tellectual ability of the nation al ways will be swayed for good or l*d . by health or lack o* health.'' Thfs was the ke\uoto of an address hv Rur<wv?p .T, IT White of the Public lfewltli Ser Vieo. Dr. White fWlHrel officials and legislators fsib?d to ??ke idrsiuat' measnHes tr> arreat the 1? <s of l?f and d^terioat.iop the raee "Millions of Uttln o*?? s the ?ehor4s today/* said jhr 4,**re humping their noor Tit*1 ? hj?e.V "Jul twintiBB thrfir nciki (in<l straining their eye* to get a good j light otk their copy-book*, ail be cause nobody knows or cares to show them a better way and ex plain tlie damage to undeveloped bono* f rum such postures and to , even from the strain." The doctor declared that first rate school inspection coupled with common-sense instruction in personal hygiene, would preserve the hea.'fb of thousands. "It is th?> Germarf health officer of to flay.*' ho added, "who is holding hack the airmiw* of the world." "The tariff and the Sherman ar.ti trust law are the jireitwt assets of otir politicians anti the greatest liability of our mer ? hants." declared Geonpte W. Per kins . of New York. He spoke oo "The Ncv South and the New Vorld.** and discussed what ho 1 'Us\ another great reconstrnc" V period. when the new south' | longer that of Henry Gra il v but of Thomas Edison's 1 ci a v O'i ft* problems no longer seeti. Mil national. Mr 'lis deckimed that laws are sue. .. that no man can find out .. uat lie can legally do in business. AJ! tlie bills proposing tariff |?card? and tariff commissions, ^lr IWkins said, fail to provide for sufficient lattitude and power. He ?wd such a body should b?? non-partisan, with ample author it,* and facilities to deal with the unlrject "in a l<ig trav." He said it should lie .1 -.ort of tariff court to which people ->f any industry may ai any rime applv and which :iiay rake .steps to have congress act promptly where injustice has been found and relief shown ner .?<?arv. Congress, he said, should delecato to it. general supervision r-f preparation of tariff schedules and be guided by its expert ad vice. The Xew Theater were to bare ?shown the thirteenth episod* of "Zndora" last night as well as to riight in order to give the sehool ?liildren an opportunity to see it is they will not be able to be there tonight on account of The play at ?fie school house, but the films fail ?d t<? arrive or the night express -o th^y were nnable te show "Zn Wa" la-.t night. As the man* igement of the New Theater ia al ways willing1 to 'try and plea?e Its matrons flier* aro troinc to hold th* 'Zndora" film* over tomorrow. 'Iiat they ran give the children a <hanee to see the same. These 'ilms will have to bp sent of on the 4 :3ft train Tomorrow after noon a'? rhe latest, so any one that can not see "Zudora" tonight can "Se the same at t.h'e matinee tomor* row afternoon if thev will eome of Jt o'clock sharp. There will be three reel<; o* Associated films in addition to wZpdora" tonlffht a* nell a? at ''be matin** tomorrow. All ne*t week this house will hsra 'he "Rlmnle Simon Comedy Com puny" with them for a return en* "neament. This {? the best com* fdv eompan-v plavln# at ponuls* trices that has ever been here. Prices for next week ara 10a and Me. New Theater TONIGHT Tliirti-nlltli Epiwwln of "ZTTnoUA" Tn fw<i Rflcls AI?o .1 A s?rvi h toil Films 3 1 I ' ri cen Br Btifl 10c " AJ1 N?1 WonV 'Simple Rimmn Mn*ir*l Cftrtnij Compmy."
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