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PKINCIPJLES, NOT MEN
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCB.,ti
Asheboro, North CarliV?hiirsday, February 16, 192!i
VOLUME XLVII
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DOMESTIC AND NOT
FOREIGN ISSUES TO
FIGURE IN CAMPAIGN
(By David F. Saint Clair.)
PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN
NORTH CAROLINA
is
WEEK'S SGML W MS
Baptist Missionary Society Meet
The- womans missionary society of
NEAR EAST RELIEF
CAMPAIGN NOW ON
the Baptist church met with; Mrs; ve.t
sunset?
H. King, at her home on
Sunday, February 12th, the active
campaign to raise funds for the Neai
(Mary B. Pahaer.)
Public library development in Nort:;
I Carolina has been rapid during the
I last 2 years, 11 public libraries nav-
Washinpton. Feb. 14. The ending s I ing been opened in that period. Fit' ty-
has cleared: six 0f the. 63 North Carolina towns of I In;?,..
tne political atmosphere, There, is I more than two thousand people,, havejMrs Gibson made a Scriptural taiW the a"d county, that a collection
at .this time no organized- Democratic Tpublio libraries. Forty of these ureib ged on the 23rd Psalm. ' Mtedames';;1 be taken next Sunday, ebruary
" suusuiuuun - i FMi .r Lambert, and BettS jra1-'""" """"
Avenue Thursday afternoon from 4:? sutterers negan, a.m tne Coopera
te R 'Wlr An eihieRtional Bre-""" "1 CYCJJ """""'l'"
gram had been
and was
arranged by Mtf01 8,e.arnesH! T T 1 r
Afty-sx libraries have annual incomes happenings. Mrs. Barker .lf t
of less than one thousand dollars, and , artwi;,i Hpfinirinn of OiriatiaMv: eounty have also sent personal check;
only five have Jiwre than, five thousand pos reaA a . tract on the "fh 0ur quota is not yet raised, and wi.
mosition in the Senate io the severe ;iree and sixteen are subscript;
treaties negotiated by the Conference, jbraries. However, thirty-eight of the 1 gfiort reading about present
One of the strongest, reasons 101
lack of opposition- some Democratic
Senators are saying is the prediction
that these treaties must inevitably re
suit in brinerinfir America into t!ie
leacue of nations. Then point m tnafi the
Japan has done two notable tkings at
the Conference that she had fngagcw
to do 'tirough the league and wouia
have -done had America been a
church.
Several of the good people of the
GOVERNOR'S APPEAL
RAMSEUR NEWS
TO ALL NORTH C AROLINIANS TO
I'KODl t K FOOD FOR HUME
( ONSI MPTIUN
annually,
On December 30th, the Council if
American Library Association
passed a resolution stating its Kelief
that one lollar per capita of the pop
ulation of the community serve! is a
reasonable minimum annual revenue
Meaning of Love."
closed the program
"x . il i 1.-
IWvd Tiiltf ,K uot e unttjss every one wane
with a noaitt' the fact that these people, who
member o fthe ieague, for the last two j for the library m a community desir-1 as nuts,
"Secret of a Happy Day"
Roll call was answered by
names of newly appointed
Carolina Missionaries.
The hostess served apples,
years. Japan bas surrendered tne
JVnlo-JaPane-e alliance and returned
Shantung to China.
These Democrats say that very
achievement of the Conference no
tended to strengthen the league ,
stead of disaivite it was feared by
its friends when the .conference nrsi,
ing to maintain a good modem pub
lic library .system with trained libra.,
rkuis. i
Standards of service for this amount
include a registration of caul holders
equal to af least thirty ner cent of
the .population, and a considerable
collection of the more expeYisiv-
The next meeting will be held
Mrs. Calvin' Frazier
1
up 10
have
Worshipped Christ longer than an
ther nation, are starving to death b
cause they rerused to renounce
Jojki Turks their enemies.
Srf It was only this past spring that the
gijpTurks were driven from Armenia anil
ine people oi tne country nave nan no
V onuortunitv to raise food nor rroduce
Young Woman's Auxiliary
Meeija
clothing. Hon, Josephus Daniels, Mr
rGeorge H. Bellamy and a score of
Governor Morrison desires tlint puli
licity be given the following appiv
We trust the Courier readers will ).:
it their careful consideration:
Nofth Carolina has been pushed t
a high comparative position amo:-.
the states of the union in the pji-
uuction on our farms of money
tor the market; but our whole agi
cultural life is weakened by the
that we have neglected the pro
duction of sufficient food on the rarm
of the state to make our agricultural
life independent and give it strength
to stanoV the periodic vicissitudes cm
mis-fortune to the money crops, due to
slump in prices, or other causes sure
to occur. Much improvement has been
made, in the last few years in this well
understood weakness, of the state, bcz
there is yet much to be done. It rs
hard to "get out of a rut."
A highly competent authority crrv
clared recently: "There is not .
single county in the state
iu v iir a....:k-S f u Cff m tne i,aie in wnictl
u a u u s ij V" : u t S " I 7t '."" " c c " there is raised enough food in value
the Asheboro Baptist church hekF-its at the head of this work, and have'or quantit for the"human an
reirular monthly meeting Ftodav made strong appeals in speeches aiu: moi i;-f t ......
met. Some tof the irreconcilables t books ot reference with a home usemgnt reoruary 11, 'Wiui Misses jyii- me press ot tne,&tate lor the people. Independently of the annroach of
ertemies of the league are for identk-: of about five volumes per capita per j mie and Vera Thomas. The meetfff to come forward and help. 'the boll weevil this nhHi nf' nr
cai reasons ntgnung ue conTereuce , 1 tT, ti , X i ,. ' t""". f". s . agnciuturai Iile should be strenirtn
n ca Lie a in ic lueiiauj. naruing amr juugea oy me nnanciai .sianuaru oi . , rt , x ' . : . , T
HmeheB tliev cnatend as trviw Ltw ..dnllnr y ntia not m muA ner gave a -reading on A Little Chiid that these starving children
Mrs. F.llen Allrel, who foi 5everal
years has resided at ltamseur, Xf-i,
who has been ill for over two mortem,
died at her home here Sunday, 3ir.
Allred was loved by many fjWSHW .
and relatives and was held in high fy
esteem by all who knew her. M
endured much suffering and exprtM '
ed desire to be taken out of it, jefry 1
ing she was ready to go. She lexwt
a daughter, Mrs. Will McDaniel, one ",
sister. Miss I. i7.zip. Rnrdas. Ifawi, s '
noney crops brother c)int James and gj t
whole agrv ,, ... t
tact . 1 ,,,u ...:n 1 irt.. ' '
lllclliy llieuur. nuu viu uuB lief. XJHF-
funeral was conducted by Re-.'. XI, JL
Smith at Rehobeth church Mpjodajr
afternoon.
Sheriff J. A. Brady a0 fanflly, a
Asheboro, visited friends here jSm
day. '
W. E. Luck left for Asheville ' -day
afternoon. 1 If
A son was born to Mr. and Mr?. . ,4
E. Covington last Saturday, .J
The friends of Mr. a'hd Mr. JL
Finnison deeply sympathize wBJs
them in the serious condition of tkefcr '
little son, Fred- We hope he wijf
soon be much improved in health.
C. B. Smith is leaving this Witt '?
for Northern markets where hf
buy spring goods for Carter Mercav " ;
tile Company. 1 ff
The Ground hog is making oe''
UOY.-
are
JVmencan jnto the league by iindiree-1 library in North Carolina is prepartd I olmu iau "ni wnue mrs. a. i, re.icmug uui meir nanus w u.,, :ei us
tion and false pretense. They do noJto sei-ve the entire population. The i,Glbson" ave m her touching manner ri'-e up as ore man. and ive Horn tu:
now call 'it the leaaiif hnr Mcmnniii .Khvaria. f K cft ntt.mnV.,i i the story of The Girl Who Failed stores. A'.y contribut'on be it laruc
eniang?;
alliances. , i laderjaate libraiy service with an-
The atJtitnJte ot asjrumber at Demo- jnual income of from twenty to thlrtv
cratic .Senators is ' tiffiref pre to' sts- jents per capta, and the result has
port the treaties and thus 'rltminai.. j been tnat not all people have had
the league as a possible issue in xa, l-book's brought to them,
fall elections. Discussion of the tree, k TOe' home use of bnfVs in .NjrUi
ties however may after, a time chang Carolina libraries is umarkoble in
the prent Democratic attitude rorivj of flie financial reaourceB
what goes irtto tto Ser hoppw these institutions. The Burling,
often comesut very different ttaw..;lon PuMjc Library was the only
But these Democrats now see - giW brary in the state that reached the
advantage m the -elimination of fte standard of five volumes per capita
league as a political issue not with- ;jn 1921 , tlmugh several circulated
Bianuuig ine recent. Bingnuicani speern 1 vojumes tier capita
of Ex-povemor Cox. They jIt seems evitlent .that
At the conclusion -of "the provram or small will be gratefully received by
a delightful social hour was speit. Mr. I. C Moser, treasurer for the
The next meeting will be ' telJ Mear East Relief in the County.
JUarch 11 with Miss Bessie Fousti-l
Literary Society Meets
The Tar Heel Literary Society ix&t
Wednesday morning in the 'sacicly
hall of the Asheboro high schOef",
the pijflgram was very interestuifr
NORTH CAROLINA COAL
The government says there are m:--hons
of tons of coal in North Caro
lina; but most people had been under
the impression that our natural re
sources were negligible. Loal is
ened throughout the state; but Mr L J Steed of Oxford 41 .
approach of the boil weevil threaten.- a fav or two wkh 'his brother E. f
a serious b ght to a larsre area nf L ? u y , i Dioiner, jj j
th state iVl i i g e,aiea ot Steed, here last week.
areas fwnt?f Ulfrb; he gTen The auction sale at Moore' Ja
of cotton ZgtV the, gl?m'- Saturday resulted in the sHI k
have theleiLt- V?1 shoUld Wntity of overcoats, shoes, etf.
crons thlItf-i1 Upon tnt' V. C. Marley and wife fl V i
of the ; tatrri,.; ' ,.",seclI0n Sunday with friendsat WUH; Y
.uwi iv iia.
A v, i .. . " ana a lew aays at, oaiuraoi. c-
r. B io me south Ot US, an,, t.W will solt snrir-, , ' -'.
II tne nenn o in tk. . . .
- r- ... ,jti.uii seciions dress poods
of the state t x , luehs goons,
ioic inure iooi
supplies for themselves and their ani-
uitrn ney nnve harvt. 'nro m- 4.1.- . 4 aaia'At. .4.1.
ed, it will certainly result -in wide
s, etc., for Ma -V'- "
Mrs. j. e. Ytfowyua:
week end
no . 1 . . . .
First The Old North State warsw . ZTr'f i, r,r .,i'ICT henng and destitution. This
by the aociety. Second, jokes. Third,
Society paper. " Fourth, Ouvient
events. ' Fifth, storv, 1'.
their son, Mr. C. E.
Mr. Theodore Yor "
: .1 a, i. l 1. 1 . 1 j ;i mi. 1 n ,i ii
itiueiu, .uiav puutic iruia- inere Deing no xuuner , OUsinesn , ..loo 4 rr.nnnic i,..,vt i,.m
trjes ,?Wnot ; ve complete service on ( to Come before the society, the meet- )1lade ftr operating the mine' on'au
...w Ui. w WW "f" capitiv, rmg aqjuuma io meet again .cme; extensive scale
eTtCVm Carha day, February 1. f ; .--jcale.
vi .v. .it.iii luir KiiMTifi nnp jnji lur .101' rM .. 1
77 . ......... i'- ... 1
consentrate the alttractiw of the.
country on 'the domestic remxl of their
opponents who would like aothinor 't
ter than 'to hide 'that recewl Dehlnct
battle aver these treaties,
ThelTatiff
threatened dantrer and M ;. ,,",u,c. "'irU kl
, . 1" win. i'i c) saiT-riiMii mi I. .... , . n .. ,n 4H inv
, , - "
it m,... .1 v. ....... .1. . 3'.lrt LWfi . 41 f
,,l 4. v, - ,. ciiuicn were ylea . ;i onta ii
in th f,Jl!rV! P?IV ad0pte; think he has n"lS.T ''0gM 'J
whsVC ,7,4.1 I . Ule 8130 studying for x a
,,,i,T ri ' ' strengthen tr ,UT A i rW
4.1.. .. 4 ' . A.lVl I E1L lhl.U.l4U I Al
vaynd'ftrem -then- Sunday night..
TVio irx ho, rt fMV , . iCrt!
Ul IXllLVt 111C llllll Iiao C4 V, V. , O
U. D. C. Meets
X he egular inht
.sa ir9r jipriU.erviiMi without a re-
t WSlOlt w the'-MTefttie system. , . Wtui
'face to iaWbothths rifi'lf-
soluble proHem and a darwerous poli-sHiia has a well ecuipued libvai-.- tiicvarfernoon' with Mrs
tical ditemma. They do- .not , knbwjwill stfll be a rural .oonulation oi tv.10 ! George Ferree
what to do with the tariff. under pre- i million withaut puidic library laciii-; business was disposed
TWO INTERESTING SERVICES
AT M P. CHURCH
the cotton s9ction, fart in the entius
state,
We must so o'rdev
THE C0lfKT'H0VB SUNJUI
ent rapidly changing conditions nor ties. The people ot Durham, GuiL
how and where to find the, money v,. ford, and Forsyth counties now haw
pay a bonus to fmir million ex-serv-jUibrary privileges .through approprl:
ice men. Tie Senate finance commit j tions from the county ' cominisaioneiv
tee has been wrestling wilh a tariff.) or county boards of education to ll.p
bill ever since last August ..and it hss'i libraries in .those .counties. Noi 'r.
not yet evdved a bill that it feels' Carolina's gisaatest Jibrary needs is ji
safe in re pertin g id) the .Striate ancif, strong rount,y library with depo -.i
the country. There is a radical divl-, stations and rural hook dcivrry if
sion in the ranks of the manufacturers, every county, Secretary N. C Suite
over certain teatnres or the Houses Library tyommission.
bill passed and sent to tne Senaev
six months .awo. 'Oie of the features'1 Edison Expects to Work 15 Ytnr.i
is the American valuation plan ani
the gneat Middle West is opposed to'
the increase in certain schedules' de
manieJ by the East. There never was
, so much confusion of fact and opinion
among the great beneficiaries of prc-
our asl'ieult.uiP. An C ! , k ."t-.i lf'
11111: fn M,.. . - . . . - .. -" . . VM4UUI, 4.9 . V
W 3,,.iov. treKri, .i9ti. tke i.Hp,5 XL' . . ' outlay at 11 b'clbck. the Adieh. rvftw" V
hostesses. After theie ounding oi tne society the staflp for the MWmSTOd.ii
j; a. most interesting service. 10 lerm : tarmra n,i .4. ... . ---t""- w uio st7 -.s
tea and home
served.
made cajidies
M
Mrs. E. C Morris Hostess
On February 11, Thomas A. Edi
son, the noted inventor and elcctricaj
wizard, celebrated his 7.r)th birthday.
At this age mnst men have retiredu.
from from active life, but not so with'
were especial interest to the occasioi
iSung, of Shanghai, Cliina, was
ent and spoke to the larpe number o!
peopJe present. Miss Sung was edu
cated in a Christain Mission school
Mrs. E. G. Morris delightful!;, en- and was converted there. Last fall
tertainad the members of live liar-lshe came to Greensboro and mtcrM
dolph Book Club and se velar invited the Greensboro College. She was at
guests jtt her new home on Salisbury Icompanied to Asheboro bv Miss Jennie
street. In the .absence of Mrs. Wm.jT. Clark, of the G. C. W faculty. The
";ine periodic stumps which
nrpt- ,-...;..,.
i tuuses. am f ho .,i4.
men and large land owners earn-,
withstand the boll weevil bliirht !
it comes, ad feed their tenants '"
farm laborers through it. Buvin- o,
lood elsewhere and raiino- ' ,., '
- ri I 1 1 M ( v
crops requires too much capital
is to hazardous for our neon,
Wt.i t what Vin.1 nf .u. teritiJdlSOn, WHO Slates lliui. ne em w
i he in the harness lor ai eisi. 10 vtLoj .--
they wait and the leaders of tthe He-
publican party never felt so uncer ll'
vain va oufiKir gmiuiiu iw miiiii acgimu.
tion. Secretary Of Cemmerce Hoov
er sees a paralysis in our foreign
trade If the tariff rates are increased
to the figures written "by the House.
The Bonus
The bonus issue has now rescnee
the stage where the Republicans win
be damned if the do and they win
be damned if they don't. The leader
of the four jniilion ex-BerrJce men are
-demanding action and they are going
to get it or the scalps ot a large mixu
. ber of gentlemen in the. House in tnu
fall elections. These ex-service mrn
-wont nearly $400,000,000 per annum
but where and how are they to get it I
Senator Simrooju, a Democrat, has
told the Senate and the country mai
this money could be htd by collecting
the interest m lllOOXKX),000 wajl
debt owing the United 8Utea by for
v.." elgn countries. But the lnternayonai
; ' bankers to vhpoi. these same foreign
" con Btrle-also owe billion, do not
' ' , want thr United State to, collect
"'ther InWrest or principal of tho tl
' ' 000,000,000 debt, They.wit the debt
cancelled that they may not only
lect their own debU but to make bl-
: Iion mer in their dealings wiUi Ktl
fcpe. - Theso big financial f Interest
, control thW Republican party so thU
' Irtterest monty Is 'not svaOabl for
' . 1 the bonus .' notwithstanding (Engtano
ha slresdy mad known th fact that
" she U, ready to ootmnene paying
the debt the owes us,',; ', ; ..'.-,
Mr!!o Tryytnjr.to Make Itonu
' popular by IUting Direct Tax
' le Utin the Fund . -.. ,'.-
JVcrrthry MtlLm th representative
in t!. fovm-nment of thefe. financial
i ro'di, ha told Con grew that th
.on! U rein this money for
1"! 1.1 it io dan sn additional tax oi
I-" ?r taxed Amertctn po
5 'i . 9 v, r, . jipo jr, jpiign su'
v -4 t'tfive-l .y th fnnrstl
i ix ; '. . I' t It I r."f rnl.
et.
In a conversation with friends he
remarked that Roo.welt was tec
greatest man he ever knew, 1 and
Sarah Barnhardt, the actress, the
freatest iwaraan. He regards Henry
lord as the greatest manufacturer.
. The greatest electrical develope
roent duriDg the past year, in his
opinion, is tie radiophone.
Telegrams of felicitation were re
ceived from Presiaent Harding,' Sir
Thomas Liptnn, Charles M. Schwab,
and numerou other? of urominence.
Honors House Guests
Mrs. A. Lee Gibson gave a delight-
Lfully informal party Wednesday
evening honoring Miss Ruth Hadley
and her house guests Misses Betsy
And Beuloh Harris and Marsraret
he and the, Republican leaders wa:i
to hear, hecawie they do net warn u
give the ex-service men ' a annus and
.they not 'intend to do so if they
can &nd a way around it They not
only know that th public will resent
a further burden E laced upon them m
this time when they are itv the throos
of , adiersltv. . but the Mollons
lenftw. tkat everr abla hodied self-re-
peeling ex-servke man will feel Dis
inclined to accept a nonns unaer sucn
drxnamrtancea, ' That knowledge aoe;
m tMHhU i man like Mellon imt it
doe greatly trouble Uiinling and th
militant Jaader of ; the party , lr Con.
gross for they -know they, mast pro
duce a bonus from somwher or they
cannot ancap tho wrath ,7 of th i
errice nnn-i vrjiy . . ,
.m.m thatr in net thlnldn' of the
bonus or -th tarUT they are racking
their brains orviioW to ociena inem
eelves ., against th dishonor, of Nwv
berryism, Ther U careely day
now that th Newberry .scandal .does
not hi som hap flare op', in t th
Senate becaou th whxl country ii
reacting to it In a manner that kp
the Newberry Pin stow on th run." ,
v Henry Ford's proposal , to lee.
Mucle Shoals ahlch has.ben aei.t
by th Secretary f War to tb 8n
kte hu already caused som of ' ths
Newberry Senators to red It has
boen pmlicted thot every ' Smator
who voted to fat .Newberry will rote
n rJct th5 Fori propnI. Mucl
rii.n!! will l anofhor r r r.l N'ewbrr.
rv fr.rff-t 'iinp (, f-rvi"-' sre 1 1
- !' ;t ,.-,; I- v,i
Hammer, Mrs. J. U. Koss presided
at the meeting also reading tiie
chapter from Edward Bok. Current
events jjroved an interesting ,oart H
the program. The hostess served a
desert course of fruit cocktail, ivm
kinds of home made cake, .coffee and
siutt'ed tlates.
talk made by Miss sung was mn.-t in
teresting as well as giving the infor
mation as to the good of niiv.ion work
in China first hand, which is an op
portunity few people have. She no.
only told of her work in the Mission
school, but told of the different kinds
of religion that are prevalent in her
home country. At the close of hci
talk she was requested to s:u
"America" in Chinese.
On Saturday afternoon the Distric1
Missionary meeting was held thereby
giving all the Missionary societies of
the county an opportunity to hear Miss
startih&use nnd most of the
ocet-r from the town have kindly consented lo'-.
call off their services at that .hour
and join with the Iv, of P. i ttiv MjS
union service. ;
There will be special music for
the occasion and the Rev. Parker " '
Holmes, of Forest City, will preach
on the principles .of the flrflet.
Mr. Holmes is a former pastor 0$.
the Asheboro M. E. chuwJa ami i
well known in Asheboro. '
The public is cordially invited to '
be present at the court house SnnHe.-.
11 o'clock,
neon o
h..r,. 1 un an extensive ca'r
! . 'lave ma'le every effort' to r,
I cite the mterest and active effort, o,
, he State College of Agricultu"
4.K,neenng, the ar cultural de
partment, the department of e, u ' .
he 'state . 'if P'ment of The Johnson Company, of Char.
people owanfrTT6'.'4 thV LUe' ne f chain of cotUn
out deiav XrLtl parp. with" '.this, name has closel temporarily.
jj, j .7 ",c i""iuctioii iius mrows tne izo employees
- ..1 Lilt; M. J Ti' h.,i..n tT
of food
at
1
consumotion,
ciici areirs. nut
work with no
tor re-opening.
definite date
out
give
th re.n .
, n 41 .
t,l " uuie Stair ' .
goveS Partme?-t f Ur st:Ue Kw. board of agricul
fnennl? ?;f'1 ",iy organized tjire, the department of health, 4
Boyland. Card games furnished en- Sung who spoke also at this service. ; this all-important m'.fi Z ,P , . . 'ieViment of educatioh.I appeal
Jtertainmeat for live evenimr. W hile As well as an invitation being issue.! are now movit L?k ' am . th"' to the Peof,,e of the tate to fifty
refreshments were served Mn Oih- to all the M. r. Societies in the county, ' their ,nl,i;,i J . mnrugh -ummunny m-etmgE, and
. A I.IIIU.. OL. ..,.. Ai..4loll the Miaainnnrv nrietioc nf Ihf 4-1 ," (.""JMUWl 01
ouAj icu 11 ucn 3iie was Auuut,"" - ' ' ' v . men lo nelD. 1
Sixteen," by Riley,
Valentine Party '
Valentine score cards, stfvall red
of lie winter was a Valertine party
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Ollie,
Preanell hostess. Tables were ar.
ranged for cards in thiee rooms.
Bridge and rook furnished the enter
tainment for the aftemojn. Places
at the table were found ly means of
dolph Book Club and sereral invited
baskets 'filled-with sake! nuts were
at each place. . Prizes were givtn
for bots. games. They lfent to Mes
dames L 5. Moser, Will McGninn and
H, . W, Walker,. The f refreshment
Plate farther carried :pjt the Valen
tin touch and contained chicken sai
ad Jwsf ers, Uvea, heart shaped .sand
wiches, coifm, hot roll and stuffed
date. Bod hearts weM in profu
sion throughout "the Entertainment
rooms. . Cut flsweri sid ferns made
the rooms mor attradlv. Orr 80
guesu wen present
Presnell's , hospitality,
was assisted in eni
Charle. PreenelL
Tm Junior MImIoi
The Junior . Miaslc
th M, E. church i
noon with Mrs. a
lowing ar the Voffli
Evslyn . Moore.
Frm, secreUryr I
treasurer ' t'X
.'MUsioa
' Mabel -Ingram,
Betts, secretary M
, an, a. v u
Societies of
other churches of the town were in
vited to attend in large numbers. After
the lecture, a social hour was held ami
tea was served by the hostess society.
Special music added to the cnjoyme.i'
of both these services which wn
held on the first floor of the ne ,
church building.
co.operation
We must
DISARMAMENT TAKING EFFECT
Secretary Denby Orders Ordnancr
Plant Closed. Lays Off Navy Vara
Employees Suspends Battleship
Construction.
The natal ordnance plant at South
Charleston was ordered by Secrets t-
Denby of the Navy Department, laut
Thursday, to close at once and to lay
off, without pay until June 30, all em
ployees except those necessary ror
maintenance and protection of the
plant '
Approximately ifiw ot the 7,ouu
mployei of the Washington sv
yard were Handed temporary rur
lourhs without pay when they pi.
imttd themselves- for work last
Thursday, Most of the men furlough-
d were machinists.
- Secretary Denby also sent Instruc
tions to suspend all battleship eon.
Moadav ftr. irt miction work, in . ComDlranc with
Cranford7Fo,.lVeRtdent Harding'i 1 direction as
for the vtin result of the firmament - eonf rne
prmldent ' ,Vrs agreement. ' Ths order ffct work ai
May ; I'snish, the Broouyn navy yara on two taw
ships, Boutn Uaiota ana Indiana,
which wart ibout 7ft ; per eent ,om
pletod. '- .
nJby "-Mr
Th hostess
Jning by Mrs,
Bociety Met
Society of
tendentr'
das
resident:! Mary
k J..T. Lwatln,
pranrord, fuperin-
of
l- . . f r,
m Years tV f
CallowSy, District Director
. John M. Galloway, reported to be in
largest tobacco grower In the world,
has hn elec.to.J dlrwriof from tiiin
diufrict of th Trl-Ktat Ttdmrro tm.
-'rntlv Mr1.'ti'lt A-I:i' Tl-i
movinir with
-. ...... Lnil;i inrmnrh lu u I m- Hire wnH n-iuu.
. f,, u ftiic
suieration to this important matter;
and to quickly organize for the pot,
pose of promoting a state-wide p.'oI
gram for more and better home gni
ilens, a heavy increase of the poultry '
ami eggs and milk and butter
ply, and the raising of more
meat in the state.
We urge the people of the
to a careful .study of how to
this increase in food in the
ecnomirjill v. nrwl tVn.t ihnv
" .- wil iJRl4
to it, not only during the threat Oi
mo ooll weevil disaster, bat until
North Carolina becomes a great feou
raising state, independent nf tna
ym tnreat or periodic disaster through '
u,. failure to make nrnfit nn th mnn. -,
vie "iiporxance oi ruB.
'use 1,0., UM)
description on nr-
cxiier.
'A nitfn i .1..
of the whole state for u.,T "
.ictrvr-
m the movement,
inrrerie .... i
Ply of meat. We cannot ra,.(.
profitably in a ,Ilr,r .ra'"( '"'''
state. ht . . f.,url "I tu-
' " tan
poultry of even
-MiiL ui ( ur Inner c,,,
ily and cheaply ZTlC" '
anywhere in the union We must 'iT
keeb and iru niai m. ... '
.ki ""Jin. cows nron
ablv Itinra .1. i .. lio
j ' , -'"piy man it can
done elsewhere in the union. If
wuuiu OUl
this
SDffc-
stat
mac . ...
CtftC i
ftiiheiv ti
wu ..uiter, we could make hog .heat. 1 do riot think it will be wise w 'f
I"';' r .and other fowl me, our people generally to undertakft mz'.:R
i 4A H U. 1 .4... 4 . it. . . ." J
thF't ? . ,milk 80 P'ontiful u ft to raise foodstuffs for the
K-rucuiany on the farm. wt; they will not be succemfaj 0
compared to the enormous outlay, with come discouraged and stop. In mmm '
which wrtVcompanj,,n n- of Umc' throu "tudy nd eirsta','.
which we now annually pay. we ar quit sure thee foods tw
th!fJewenUir th rm,e1 kT ou' Pople for th Market '
throat, because of theperiodjc slump profiubly; but present fffert ha .
fn P"0 cotton and tobacco, now best b confined to wpplvjtog u ,
t. ."i,uch ,nmToa, upon labor raising th money epl, t-
f".1 "Ppli. th stat ought v -We ought also to raise ererypotmd
mendously Increas hog and ftoul- of food necessary for our aimaa
YJT8, .Vl flng, and tn The animal bill of North Carolina ror "
upplyjjf milk, butter and eggs to tna food purchaso, elsewhere j for our
tato, hot for th purpose of matinN animal 1 enormoua We tmiet mis
Uietn our mousy crops, but in order to it alL It I pure peculation to r -
natj abundant, rholesom and cheap food for man and animal tipo .
food, whatever xMssitvd may over- to raise cotton and tobacco in f.o, .
Uk the mftney crops j hut the sp- Carolina, i Let us organi and im .
ptoach of th boll weotQ makes bow to rals all the food nerd t ,
absolnto folly not to do o.i f ; . , . feed th animal Ufo of our ttat-, ,
And furthr. our lllltent and tm- irell as the people. . For yeam .
informed people Ought to b macw hsr known this would make the '
uor generally awar of the suprem rich and Independent, and yet w !
importance X Health of the bal- fallM to da it.
snr. ration, and of V enlightened . W nu-''t nrt tr- tl t .
world's knowledn ' hf th nueeanny r mnvinir w;h r-- t 1 " '
of rintrimit nt varied f.,r-.(t. ' cnri r...: - " . -. -