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volume xxxxiy
Ashebore, North Carolina, thursday, September if 1919
NlMBEKSS
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OMPULSORY SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE LAW
iAn Act to Provide for the Compulsory
Attendance upon ine ruDiic ascnouui
of Children Between Cer:ain Ages
and to Regulate and Restrict the
Employment of Children and to
Provide for the Enforcement ot ine
Kter 857, Public Law. of 1909.
rri.e General Assembly of North Caro-
lina Do Enact:
Section 1. Every parent, sruarcnan,
or other person in tne state of North 'j-ne wnter has recently returned
Carolina naving charge or control of from a trip to Detroit. The trip cov
a child between tlie ages of eight ana erej about two thousand miles and
fourteen years shall cause sucn child was w;th a party of auto men. 'i.o
to attend school continuously tor a pe-
riod equal to the time wnich tne pub-
lie school in the district in which tne
Icl lid resides shall be in session. The
Jprincipal, superintendent, or teacher
twho is in cnargc oi sucn scnooi mmu
ihave the rigut to excuse the child from.
temporary attendance on account oi
fcickness, or distance of residence from
fehe school. Or Other cause Which dOCS
Jnot constitute truancy as defined by-
'the State Board oi n,uucation.
Section 2. Any parent, guardian or
other person referred to in section one
of tnis act, violating the provisions of
the aioresaid section, shall be g-ulty of
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
shall be liable to a line oi not less than
live dollars ($5) nor more than twen-
ty-live dollars ($25) and upon failure
or refusal to pay such hne the said
parent, guardian, or other person shall
be impriconed not exceedmg tmrty
days in the county jail. j
wtir.n 2a. It shall be the iutv of
the State Board of Education to form-
ulr.te s xh rules and. regulations as
may be necessary for the proper en-
forceme..t of the provisions of this act.
Scid board shall prescribe what shall ea wiui tnis. iou never round a curve
constitute truancy, what causes may without having been warned that mere
..nr.Bt.it-.ti. Witiwmta pvciisps for tern- is danger. Usually at least two Dan-
r...-!. nnn-ntt -.rfnipo rfno to nhvsical
nr mnntol ingh tv tl. oUnri 'ind IlIUIAr
wVmt rironmRtnnpf.a touchers urinci-
pals or superintendents may excuse
. r u i j. j
pupus ior non-anenuiiiicc uuo iiiuifc-
diate demands of the farm or the home
in certain seasanaoi- -the yea&Jn,
eaftinra of the state. It shwl
, k .-.., all Br-hn.'il -ftflfwiak to
Icarry out such instructions from the there being no notice whatever on t..ej jsual order. A little group of the cells
State Board of Education, and any dangerous curves. We must begin to ; forms a lawless colony, which eonsti
Whool official failine to carry out such wake up more along these lints; in j fates an unhealthy, growing spot in the
tintructions shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor: Provided, that section one oi
tiiis act shall not be in force in any
city or county that has a higher com-
pulsory attendance feature than that
provided in th's act: Provided, that
wherever any district is without ac-
quate building or buildings for the
proper enforcement of this act the
tounty boards of education may be al-
lowed not more than two years from
July 1, 1919, to make full and ample
provisions in every district. -
Section 3 The couhtv superinten-
,rr -i" ..u.;. ,!. ii,,f enhnnl
.. ...a. . m w.
. , . ....,.. nPRfw nf In.unt nfiirpr nro-
:,i.i 4-- k in,..ri,0ti iiwoafri o-nt nnH
prosecute all violations oi tne proyi-" 7
sions of section one of this act. I build it up, etc However I .Ion t say
tko Qtoto j,,r.i.r-iriti.nHPTit this altogether because I live here, lor
Section 4 The State sP ntendent .
of Public Instruction shall prepare 4
such rules of P J rnany respects. We have the tour best
school officials as y,"8, our school is hard to beat, no political
KSSa T trouble8' busincM et on n,cely
of attendant to toe chief adance everything that haa whcei8
t Sl ahaU Jrito tuning time, and while the wage
ihlJf7Ll'mV claim sometimes that ne
ASSSSStt cannake more dollars in Borne large,
the TnonttendancV of any child, that towns, ye they often come back home
SSfJ&tS tl&t ToVdLrtrtet wn of Kimseur on this score. Our
S aS nf wlSn Syvpoint: Hou tXt
promulgated by th. State Superintend i '11!
dent of Publie Initniction. But m ev-'h buiWinf .W0" "fhm
ery caU in wbJch.it beeowM necewary KV rhl rfii
" to proaecuU for . aon-attndnce tha hornet en i be rented so JV-
cLSXlbo rerred to the chief at, jhMhride town downln thpect
tendance officer of the county lor fur- ?f horaebuilding, I am sure. Then last
towionProvidad. that In towns but most important; ) we , have t- good
S dti2 SrlniVpeSal adaofft- folk. That, of course, count- for mo.
Mptti" to7 thTtow. ordty fund-Jin any place. No on. is perfect but
aid officer- shall ham' full authority are fladM byhfe
to preiecuU for relation, of this act food number of rood people here
all, Vi IaaIZa ik. .'jrct. r go. ifl conclusion let u- fay, we
.-.nrovS tO'ot ' town. , We e
of. fourteen , year- -ball P'Mueve in it and we expect to do some
M T2r.Vinf Ll Prt ,n MUing itxw, materially,
lUhment, laundry, bakery, mercantile Pwer.
juble, re' P' of ""Ti V In and around Corpus Christi, T-
e..triUV.u& bribed "ost destructive -tor- that ha-
SltrTtedh T " thil country There were
tJrYnS TrU today that more tharf -126
Provided, tlreplorment ta this -e- been' covered from the
ti wir It ZrTnT N y, and that 26 peon- had
XX?tnlZdbv Se lirri-n "covered dead In the city, with
X,nTtXe4 from the provision- or. h h M wction.
, , ' , The -torm ilsrW Satunlay, night
Section 6a. It -nail bft tne duty of '-nd kppt ffcttlAs; worse until om of
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tne county ootxnia oi ern-auun oi wn pople COmraetVcel leaving Uietr
county In the SUte of North Carolina hfmtm f0T1(uy, and by Monday almost
to cause this act to be publish! In full mrf trme fcuilin-; in or near the city
In mm nowupBrn' putlir.hd In thWfre Proved. ' ' '
cminty if thre in ofl", and if tnr be ' ' .
P'.no, !' rn r rirrilar form and di jyTrt, Penon KIHd In Ant AerW'ttl
' ' r""" ' '' ' r I'-t f"'ir ()n t,o l-yl.vny, iir.r Nt.rf'.itt, Va.,
RAMSEUR NEWS
INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF TRIP
TO DETROIT RAMSEUR ONE
OF THE BEST TOWNS IN THE
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Mrs. L. A. Smith and children, of
Clarkton, are visiting Dr. Tate and
other friends. V
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jJffiS iS'StL
Messrs. Gant and York have bought
ilne 0la "very staoie sue irom u. i.
i Wright and expect to build a garage
soon. Thev will sell Overland cars.
Hudsons ' and two Essex cars were
brought back. There were lots cf
siCrnts 0f interest ior us as we went
through some ot tne great manufac-
turinjr town and saw so many maau-
iacvuring plants ot tilings common to
us that we almost felt at home. Some
few 0I' these were: Delco Electric
L,glt piantj Willys-Overland plant at
Toiprln. and Tnlpdn Scalps iliininanv:
Maxwell Motor Co., Hudson Motor (Jo.
anti ford Motor Co., ail at Detroit:
Found Detroit some town. We drove
over three great highways. First, the
Highway, a great wide Hat brick and
asphalt road Irom Detroit to Pitts-
burgn. inen the Lincoln Higuway
from Pittsburgh to Hagvrstown.
Greatest country for beatiun niour.-
tain scenery anil a very tine aspnait
road, Coo. i have never seen a picture
ti.at would exceil some oi tne views
we saw :n Ohio on tins mountain road,
Then we came over the National Kigh-
way irom nagerstown. nils is a.so
hne. though not so good all tne w ay
Irom Wasmngton to Durham. li.e
folks North have taken great care lor
human life. We were greatly linpress-
ger signs are seen and posts and rocKs
uailltCU W1UIC ml aiuiiu au u.ak uut
may see the location oi the load larfbe compared to the mortar. However,
ahead. Tuese road signs are placed
Vioro hv t.hp Iarcp tirp and rubber ror-
o- ; - ---
porations with tneir. ads. Wnen, we
jtj-seached the .Virginia line we almost
tookl1the'"Woods a lew times before we
realized we were rounding curves,
fact we are giad to boast tnat we ua vc
in mis pan oi iorui aiu.inu. .u aa' me u:eaot, siuiuui.i, wraai, ui in au
far ahead oi some sections n we are 1 part of t o biidy. Frequently they
slightly behind Omo. AKogeuier i..!iorm a little hard lump which can
trip was mucn appreciated oy an uneasily be detected by touching it and
party and we hau lots ot inn loueuu . , : v.hic.i can very eaisly be removed by
made a number ot tricnos ar..i ci-,1 ,.c physician. If this mats is not re-
mucn . as anything appreciated t,tt,-1 moved a-: once it usually continues to
ting home. I fj.uw and to brunch oil into the sur-
The writer was on the train recent- j .minding tissues. Tins penetration
ly and heard a man v. no was on i...-. marks t.ie (li.i'erence, the fatal line be-
way to kamseur, where f,(. uve.., le-U.vecn the benign or harmless growths
mark that he was ,-gom to tne unlike warts, aim maiigant growths or
town in the state." ui course 1 hear-1 cancers. Finally a large mass is formed
tilv aarreed with him as 1 live at ka.n-1 i.n.l minute portions become detached
spur and love mv town anil bcncve .in
everybody holdmjr up tor the town in
i mU-mU U - liiina nnl minrv ill I n n T n
A DREADED DISEASE
In spite of the fact that Cancer is a
curable disease, if treated in time, it is
getting to be one of the most dreaded
disease, and is increasing the most
rapidly. The question is how are we
going to control this disease? The
control of it is a matter of educating
the people, concerning the facts about
the disease. The doctors of the United
States urge that the public be trained
to recognize Potential diseases in
sores, laccratiens, Etc., and at first
alarm seek advice from some com
petent physicain. N
Cancer ranks along "with tubercu
losis, pnormonia, and heart disease,
and is much more feared than any of
ttose, and as stated this is because we
do not know much about the cancer.
The people of North Carolina, and of
Randolph County ought to studv the
facts in this issue about the cancer, ana
learn more about it, inorder to know
hoW to prevent, and cure it.
' The most important requirment in
such a campaign of education isthattiie
public change its view point. The Unit
ed States Census Bureau for 1917 gave
a total of 61,4o2 deaths trom cancer,
as compared with 112,821 Irom pneu
monia. 110,285 from tuberculosis
115,337 from heart disease and 80,912
from kidney disease.
Cancer is increasing at the rate of
two and one-half per cent each year.
It has increased from 62.9 deaths per
100,000 of population 1900 to 81.6 in
in 1917.
it is not that cancer is contageous,
and ignorance to this fact has caused
a great deal ot' suffering, and some
times cruel neglect ot the people from
the patient; but the scientist stale
that there are no germs about cancer
that can cause the spread of the disease
in that way. in cither man or animal.
Another myth is that cancer is heredi
tary, but we find that is not true.
The tissues of the body, the muscles,
the glands, the bones, arc each com
posed of a very large number of very
tiny cells, wnich may be compared to
the brick in a building, and they a. o
uuu WKCUIU
a maa-ml wmth may
the body cells are alive, constantly
p-rowine1 atid (ivino- off. according to cer
.
tain laws which we cio not completely
understand. Sometimes these ceils be-
gin to grow and develop along lines
v;iich are not in harmony with the
- boay. I his may occur on the skin in
! and are earned to other parts of the
boi'v. Wiicn ordinary cells become de
tached and get out of place they usual
ly die. Cancer ceils, on the otr.er hand,
have such a power ol survival they con
tinue to grow wherever they are depoa.
ted and new cancers are the result.
Cancer often arises after continued,
long irritation of various kinds and in
ami about benign growths, or ulcera
tions. Cancer ol the lip and mouth has
been known to come irom burns, from
pipe stems, from constant irritation
from bad teeth and among East Indian
races from clewing the betel nut. Can
cer of the external abdomen in thena
aives of Kashmir, never observed
among other races, arises from burns
from kangri baskets of live, coals which
these mountaineers wear as a kind ol
warming pan. Cancer ot tne oesopha
gus ia observed in the Chinamen who
eat their rice to hot, while it is absent
in the woman who eat their rice cold at
a "second table."
Women, unfortunately, are most sus
ceptible to cancer. Between the ages
of 85 and 43 three times as many wom
en as men die of cancer, and between
45 and 50 twice aa many die.- They
should, therefore, be especially educat
ed to recognize the first sign- of a be
nign, growth and consult a physician at
once. Persistent ulcerations, crack- ana
ores,' warts, moles, or Diruunarju
which change in appe ranee, or grow
larger, ahould be removed. All forms
ot chronic Irritation ahould be prevent
ed. While no one in particular can be
said to be susceptible to cancer, it can
truthfully be said that so far as is
known no one is immune to It and statistic-
leave no room to doubt It 1 on
the increase. The time haa coma when
the general public ahould be. educated
as thoroughly a- in the nation-wide
campaign for the control of .tuberculo
sis. . " - .
To aid In this work the United State
Public , Health -. Service haa carefully
prepared a neat, pocket -iced booklet,
"Cancer. Facta Which Every Adult
Should Know." written in lay term-.
This book will be forwarded on appli
cation to tbe Public Health Service,
Washington. . ., ' ' .
' Fact- About Cancer
Cancer U unquestionably incrcaslnt
throughout the world.
At the beginning cancer ts usually
painlt- and difficult to detect. .
At first small growth la can be safe
ly and easily removed by a competent
urgeon. . . .
Carvrr I- not a constitutional, or
"Wood" dipoime. , ,
("nnrff not contaeriorm,
( .'' r la, jirartraliy p'-Vlnir, nn
SENATOR COOPER KILLED
Tennessee. Lawyer Kills United State
' ' Senator
Some time' ago the body of Robin J.
xruiiii m t j
. r- . w' Tennif ?ra8)foun
K Lyt- WM "t"""1 th
blood, eontaiiing his empty pocketbook
and the si
of a mighty struggle forest labor probicm North Carolina has
life.' . . v
i efra'?B"on ;u no'. On Wednesday of this week the
reveal anything as to the murder or thousands of working people of High
murderers, M the policemen are pro-Point the bi . t furnlture manufac
ceeding on fee flieory that Cooper was turing center in the United States,
lured Iromjhis home by persons deter- with the one exception of Grand Rap
mined tojfe him, as it is known that kls Michigan, will return to work af-
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vAuiwi - uou urawu u.uuu irom uieter nfarv Piv,t wv i,iiBnoca
had drawn
bank short time before he disappear
ed. Authorities think that he was en
ticed to go to the place of the murder,
and the physicians say that due to the
small amount of water found in the
body of the. dead man, that he was kill
ed, dragged and then thrown into the
creek where he was found. The govern
or of Tennessee has offered a $500 re
ward forAthe arrest and conviction of
the murderer, and a similar amount is
offered by the family.
The Carmack Tragedy
The Carmack Tragedy, the most no?
able in-the history of Tennessee, grew
out of the Carmack-Patterson race f or
governor in 1908. Col. D. B. Cooper,
lather oS Jtobin J. Cooper, was one oi
Pateron's closest advisers. In the ra
tal 'encounter which occurred on an up
town street of Nashville, November 9,
1968, the son fired the shot which ended
Carmack's life, and in the shooting was
himself wounded. Father and son were
convicted of murder in the second de
gree in the lower court, but on appeal
of the case to the Supreme Court, trie
v&jtict' was reversed as to the son, the
judges standing 3 to 2. The verdict as
to Colonel Cooper was sustained, but
before leaving the capital the father
was pardoned by Governor Patterson.
The case against Robin J. Cooper, wnen
it came up in the Davidson coun:y
criminal court was dropped. ' '
A preliminary examination indicated
that Mr. Gooper had been shot through
the head, the bullet coming out through
the left eye. There was also a bruise
on the forehead. As the body was tak
en from the water the left ear bled pro-
fiiaKlwL ft-lia rf-oat was almost torn from
and bore other evidences that the body
had been dragged over the rocks.
Home Building & Material Company's
Plant No. 2 Breaks Uocord in Dress
ing Lumber.
Tne Home Building and Material
-',. ..i..4- v 1'". (inn foe; I
- ... ;.. 7q V', ' t',,;,;. r.1
week.
According to records this breaks any
previous record ever made in Randoipn
coujity. This company is to be congrat
ulate upon this splendid record ami we
are' sure that the people who are so
anxious to build home.; v. ill he aiul -ticd
that this enterprise is putting out
lumber at such a rapid ia...
Everybody's Day
Everybody's Day will bo again at
Thoma;;ville, Oct. 4th. This is an an
nual occasion for Thomasvide, but on
account of the war they did not observe
it last year, but expect to muke it the
best this year, tnat has ever been ob-
aei -
A Mi.mr.rinl
President Poincare on September??' J'-olph Council No 215 Jr. U.
21st will lay the first stone of a mon-
umcnt to the memory of the rrencn
and American heroes who freed St.
Mihiel from the Germans.
Corvdon Goes Down
The Ward line steamship Corydon .
went down in the Bahama channel,! After a short business meeting the
last Tuesday morning, and took with rgc council room was thrown open to
her 26 members of her crew, only nine the general public. Short addresses
being saved. The nine members that .ad by 8evcrf1 .of thc members
were saved were brought in by the and the" young laches present took
life savingcrew had been adrift for charg of meeting. Ice cream and
three days without food or water. 'other refreshments were served, and
There wa- not but one, member of the !'-"y of the members seemd to th.nk
.row that was able to talk and he was
very weak.
Chautauqua at IUrascur Sept. 18-20
The Courier takes pleasure in an
nouncing that the Chautauqua will be
hold at Ranueur September 18-20.
There are to be several important sub
jects presented, and the best of con
certs.
On last Monday morning at thc M.
E. parsonage in Asheboro, Miss Evelyn
Poole, ol Asneooro, oecame tne onue
of Mr. J. D. Hancock, of Raleigh.
Rev. Ira Erwin officiated.
United State- Citiiea- Barred From
Meiico -An
order has been issued that no clti
um of the United States would be al
lowed to enter Mexico, unless all claims
of loss of life and property were waiv
ed.
examined by a competent doctor.
Persisten abnormal discharge or
bleeding ia ausplclou.
Sores, cracks, lacerations, lumpsiuid
ulcers; which do not heal, and warts,
moles, or birthmark- which change in
site, color or appearance, may turn in
to a cancer untesa treated and curea.
Prohabl 60 per cent of cancers Of
the rectum are flrst retrarrtea as plies.
Insist on a thorough medical eamlna-
tlOIVY - ' - '.
Continued Irritation in some form i
the usual cause ef cancer. . It rarery
reult irm mitVlnn injury.
A doctor Yo trnU a uplclm)
Hrrnf t'.m v n-;t naliny a thorough
RALEIGH LETTER
(By Maxwell Gorman.)
Raleigh, N. C, Sept. 15. We all
.cti line miiug uui hols iu vjuvernor
Bickett on his return from High Point
where he has successfully intervened,
m nettiement of thP knntti.
had upon its hands.
brought about by the closing of forty
factories then because of differences
arising between the factory manage
ments and the people who were em
ployed as operatives, the latter having
joinjd in the arrangement to form la
bor unions, on the same basis as work
men in other branches have done and
enjoy. " t
Largely through Governor Bihkctt's
efforts the manufacturers have come
to an agreement with their workmen,
under terms which are csentially as
follows:
Admission on the part of the man
ufacturers that union labor has a
right to work without discrimination.
Admission on the part of union la
bor that a non-union employee has ev
ery right t;ie manufacturer "conceros
union employees.
Adoption of the piece-work system.
Compulsory arbitration of differ
ences between employer and employ
ees.
That 55 hours shall constitute a
week's work. The workmen to work
ten hours daily except Saturday, w
en ;
only five hours are required.
It being herein and hereby distinct
ly understood and agree that this
agreement shall not be understood a;
any uort of collective bargaining with
cither agents, committees or represen
tatives cf union labor.
Tiic above agreement is practically
the cpen shop principle, but it is al-:
rcay being yclept the "Bickett Labor
plan," and by whatever name Ave call
this industrial scent (pardon; aroma
or odor is probably the better word
despite the application) will ciing io
it still. It smells nood because it rep
resentfj the pacific ending of a situa
tion that was punctuate with thorns
that threatened dire results to the best
interests of o,.r people as a whole.
Freight Kate Hearing
Attorney
asiiingion
General Manning is in
is part and parcel of the
"a&iiin.
State oi North Carolina in
its efforts
to secure, at t e rate heat ing there
vhic.i began today, lor M.ipicrs in
the state more favorable fre:'!it rates
and to remove some of the rnjust dis
criminations !n favor of Virginia,
l.oints t the disadvantage of Xortii
Carolina m-.-rchar.ts, m:m.ii;.ct'Jrers
; v.d consumer.;. The trouble now is, in
I aii. tnat in? Virginia .n':. lt-. t.-; are
:-.. u.r it i ii nfi- I if.rfi.'i-ii . i i-.-i'n I i
. . vll v,...,
administration the removal ol certain
lui.i..-viuin hi m.ui u. .NUI.II LUllllIia
made four or five years ago. The op
pertunity for a leveling of" rates now
is regarded to be excellent, hence the
strenuous efforts that arc being made
by "our folks."
1. r IT A 1 rll.. ... r :. ...
u.. s. u. ;-v. in. ivuuy hi Liiueny
c i v eiiju.'uuie meeting was nciu
- " fiiy, on oaiuniay eve-
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,"1 -:"', i uiu council us
ficni.-iii iu itjun.u uvui 1,1. u nut; hiiun-
ing made by the order during the past
"."
Along with the rejoicing over past
accomplishments the Council took ac
tion looking to still greater things to
be done in the future. One of the
speakers mentioned the part the Coun
cil had taken in voting bonds and a
special tax to establish the Liberty
State high school. Mention was made
of the fact that there was great need
for dormitories in connection with the
school in order that pupil- outside the
local school district might secure
board with the least inconvenience. At
once the Council went into business
session and passed, without a -ingle
dissenting vote, resolutions pledging
tho active support of the members of
any steps for the betterment of the
school.
Liberty' High School hopes soon to
bo able to care for the boarding stu
dent and add domestic science and
manual training to thc course of In
struction. SHERIFF OF STANLY SHOT
On last Monday afternoon, at Albe
marle, Sheriff G. D. Dialock Attempted
to disarm soco striker- and was chot
by one of them, D. C Porter, and no
sooner than Porter had fired than some
one from the crowd shot him. The
trouble wee duo to some of the strik'
era endeavoring to prevent tbe over;
seer- and machinists from working, as
they have been working ever since the
strike -Urted early in August Porter
was put in prison with a number of his
followers. ' ,.
The govrrnor wa- notified and Imme
diately tmnpt vre oHnrryl from Iic-
irr' "i. ; !n'r-evi!le, Certhn'j", to kMp
ITEMS OF GENERAL NERS
As the month of October draws ;
the monththat state sanitary lav is
to be carried out as to the sanitary
privies, and reaiinzing the necessity
of taking some definite action the
State Board of Health is offering as
sistance to any city or individual that
might write for it.
The State Fair that is to be held Oc
tober 20-25, conducted by Joseph E.
Pogue, is going to offer $200 in prizes.
America is to pay Great Britain the
sum of $81.75' for each soldier trans
ported overseas on her ships.
President Wilson in a message to
Congress asked that the passport law
which was in effect during the war be
continued in operation for one year af
ter the ratification of the peace treaty.
After discussing the terms of the
peace treaty fully the Austrian cabinet
accepted the terms.
In Mexico City eight thousand babies
die every year ior the need of proper
food, shelter and clothing.
Of the fifty million dollar war fund
granted President Wilson lat year for
his own use, there remains $2,899,
429.29, on the 5th day of August, 1913.
Business is very good, and according
to reports from federal reserve board
the prices of foods and clothing are
dropping.
The king and queen of Belgium are
to sail for the United States on the
22nd of September, on the preskicntal
ship, George Washington.
The total crop of wneat in the United
Pl.i ii : . t in
oiaies iui iue spring i-nd lau season
is estimated at 920,000,000 busiiels,
which is over three miilion bushels
less, than was anticipated in June, due
to the blight, rust scab, and the grass
hopper, while corn seem:; to be
70,000,000 bushels more than calculat
ed. There are ten thousand American
troops held in France to guard the
40,000 German pri&oners, that weio
captured during the war. These will
have to remain on that specific duty,
untl1 t:ie execution of the Peace treaty
This is costing the United States
$1,000,000. lnontiily.
England has over a uarter of a mil
lion German prisoners, and it requires
60,000 British soldiers to guard them.
The United States and England were
going to replace these prisoners at the
end of the war; but France objected."
The President has asked the farmers,
labor chiefs and other business men to
confer with him at a. meeting early in
October at the White House to discuss
urgent labor problems and matters con
corning the high cost of living. His
action in this matter will be commend
ed by the entire country.
Lexington is to have a new buiiding
and loan association.
Ur. A. C. Bulla, Health Officer for
Forsyth in his report for Av.s'ust says
that there has been a great decrease of
typhoid fever in Forsyth county.
Sheriff Laughridge, of McDowell di
ed at Marion last Thursday night at
, i the age of 62 years. He had held his
0)Ilce lor Jb vcars Lne death was verv
unexpected. He retired the night before
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his death in good health as usual, and
all at once complained of not feeling
good and pasicd away.
tour Mexican bandits were killed by
American trooops in Mexico the past
week. They were surrounded in a block
house that they had built in a mountain
pass.
Only two men of the thousands that
were in the American Expeditionary
Forces, and fought against Germany,
remain unaccounted for, according to
the last casualty report, from the war
department.
Tanks, to the number of 1,050 are
being built for the American tank
corps. The American troops that are
on the Mexican border have one hun
dred tanks, and 650 are elsewhere in
the country, ready for duty.
Frsnklinville News ,
Rev. W. B. Rivenbark preached an
interesting sermon in his pulpit at the
Baptist church Sunday morning and
after a church conference it was an
nounced that vork on the new church
building wculd beqrin Monday morning
E. A. Routh ana family, James BuTe
John W. Craven and family and Mrs.
Lou Buie spent Sunday at Greens- 1
boro.
Mr. and Mrp. Walter Miles, of Mar
tinsville. Va., are visiting at Mr. B. L
Parham'a. Mrs. Mile- ic a sister of
Mrs. Parham.
Mr. and Mrs. Munsy Archer, of
Greensboro, were visitors here Sunday.
Miss Fannie Jones, who ha- been
spending some time at Washington, I). '
C., with relatives, returned home Sat
urday evening.
Frank McK'nnon, of Carthage, was-'
in town lact week.
J. H. Marlcy and daughter, Mis- Ma-
bet, and H. W. Connelly went to .
Greensboro Tuesday, returning
Wednesday.
H. S. Edward- made a bunlnesa trip
to High Point one day last week. '
Mr. B. I. Parham visited hi- father, ',
at Sanford lant week.
J. H. Fentress and family and Mrs. -W.
C. York and aughter, Margaret,
spent Saturday and Sunday with re la- ;
tire- near Carthage. ' . . . . , C
A. V. Trppett, of Revolution, was in
town Sunday. "
John Strickland, colored, died FrW
day and .was buried at Shady Grove '
Saturday.. He was abtout 80 year- old.'
Rev. Brown, colored, conducted the
funeral. " . -
H. P. Black lia moved hi- family to "
the D. M. Weatherly reMdence nar
the iron trii(r.
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