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TIIE SUNDAY CITIZEN, ASHEVILLE, N. C, APRIL 1, 1917. 29 Years of Service to Home Builders 1911 1917 Yob Can Own Your Own " Home Systematic Saving, Regardless of Income. Building and Loan Stock Not Only Helps You to Accumulate, But Your Savings Have Earning Power. The X Series of the Home Building k Loan Association HOME BUILDERS On every thousand dollars you borrow from the Building and Loan you save at least $165 over the cost of the money if borrowed from private sources at 6 per cent. Worth saving. IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS PAYMENTS IN THE NEW SERIES BEGIN APRIL 1 FOR INVESTORS Every thousand dollars you invest in Building and Loan stock will net you a fraction over 6 1-3 per cent better than government bonds. Better than real estate. Absolutely safe. Worth a thought. Your Rent Money Will Build a Home HOME BUILDING & LOAN ASSOCIATION F. R. HEWITT, President. C. W. BROWN, Vice President. S. L. FORBES, Secretary and Treasurer. LEE & FORD, Attorneys. DIRECTORS: F. R. Hewitt, 0. W. Brown, S. L. Forbes, C. G. Lee, H. A. Miller, A. C. Brandl, T S. Morrison, W. B. Williamson, Erwin Sluder, W. B. Davis, W. Vanes Brown, Dr. Jere E. Cocke, 1 M. F. Hoffman, J. Gk Merrimon, L. B. Rogers, S. Finestein. ' immijilimlltllllllt',l lllllMlHHlMlllHIMHHHltMllllHit Real War Cloud Helps Recruiting Young Men Learn of Advantages of Navy and Hasten to Join the Nation's First Arm of Defense Against a Possible Foreign Foe. IItlIIIIIIIIItninTflt?M!MTT''""""'""""" 'w.lth the government.. The executive , that congress Mfffl.'..' meet In extra session secretary. Mr. William Mather-Lewis, gay that they found bM unable-to &s- has taken up the question of the mill- tino the real statu 4 ot the United tary census being made In a number j States. Most of the .diplomats went of states. He has called the atten-laway with . the lmtreMion that the tlon of governors of the states where this work Is being done to the fact that the several censuses would be of the greatest value If they were conducted everywhere after the same plan. In several the method of con ducting the census are different and there Is also a great variance In the only thing remaining was a declara tion of a state of war which would then enable neutral ' countries to again issue proclamations of neu trality. The administration is preparing for war with a determination to leave no stone unturned to make America's I WASHINfOTON, D. C, March Si. Since the rising of a real war cloud the preparations of the army and navy have been speeded because it baa been possible for executive officers to put into being plans definitely adopt ed long since, but up to this time kept unused on account of the lack of legal authority to employ them. It is the first thought to speed recruiting In both arms of the service. There are several reasons why many young men have retrained rrora joining tn navy. These reasons are not sound; they ar based on false beliefs. In the first place it seems to have been a fairly general opinion that the men in the navy, as a class, were not of the high est standard socially, and that there was a great percentage of foreign born wearing the colors of the United States. The facts, as explained to a representative of the Navy league by one of the higher officers In the navy,, are these: Statistics show that ot all the en listed men 96.5 per cent are citizens of the United States. Of this num. ber, tl per cent war born In this country; and of all branches of the naval service about 4.1 per cent are mesa attendants and men in such po sition principally from the island pos sessions. No man ia received in the , navy unless he ia first of all an Amer ican citizen; then ha must be of the character and type of man that would be welcomed In any trad or profea- - Advantages Offered. , The advantages onered to young . men tot-the navy are mora than the average person realise. This is strik ingly illustrated by a canvass re cently made of th reasons given for enlistment or Zio men. These men were the first ones received at the Great Lake station, Illinois. The re y suits ware as follows: Ninety-three men gave as their , reason their desire to learn a trade, ! or that they had always intended to enter the navy, and simply waited un. til they were old enough; IT men were persuaded to enlist br relatives friends la the navy who were well Informed regarding the conditions; man enlisted because of the reasons furnished by the literature issued Vr the department and newspaper ar ticles, t men enlisted because they . were out or wore, ana 1 man because he took this means. or entering the Naval Academy at Annapolis. Sine the enactment of the law making It possible for 10 men every year to ho admitted to the Naval Academy at Aanapons, mora high - grace young men man ever have en tared the service. While some of .these men do not reach the goal of ; their amxtiuon tn great majority are -non the lees contented because the same work which would prepare them to enter the academy puts them -In line for billets as petty officers. : v As Indicating the co-operation of citizens in the work of recruiting for ' the navy an interesting incident cornea ' from Boat. . In that place, in co operation with ' Captain Rush, Com mandant of the Navy Xard at Boston, . Mr. Harry K. White, state chairman of the Massachusetts Navy league, 'planned to cover a numb- of t:--seacoast towns In New England. It occurred to him . that the trip could be better .made by automobile, but the appropriations for recruiting do not cover items of this kind, conse quently Mr. White asked that several people volunteer to aid the govern ment by furnishing their automobiles. Within a few hours after he made this request to the publio fourteen auto mobiles were at his command. The National Committee of Patri otic Defense societies, which is rep resenting in Washington the promi nent patriotic preparedness organi zations, is active in its co-operation Kind or information obtained. The ! nart pfflripnt and effRrtlve. On ! War Department suggested to tne Na- j thing President Wilson and the cabl- ftnn.l njimmlM.. . V. -. . . , . . , i vvM. (J.tuumwD( imi mo Ruvvruoro j nei nave resoivea 10 ao, wnaiever of the states contemplating such a I shall be the scope of belligerency census should appoint a committee to I that the United States shall attain, standardize the work and that such and that is to reduce to a minimum committee, before taking any definite ! what is known as war profits. There action, should obtain the advice of. has been a cry that the present agl the war department as to what Items J tatlon is entirely due to the greed of should be Included in the census. munition makers. If so, the manu The country is virtually on a war facturers of war supplies will soon basis. The passage by congress In i discover that thev nlaved a losing extra session of a Joint resolution rec ognizing that a state of war exists with Germany will make little change in the outward aspect of events. In a dispatch to the New York Evening Post from Washington by David Lawrence, he calls attention to the fact that those ambassadors and mln- game. The government will endeavor at first to consult frankly with mu nition manufacturers, and to obtain supplies on a basis of reasonable prof its. The copper manufacturers al ready have agreed, through the na tional council of derense, to furnish raw materials on the same basts of isters who called on Secretary Lansing pr0fit as the record of peace-time since the request by President Wilson CHORUS GIRL RISKS BULLETS; GALLED IRELAND'S BRAVEST COLLEEN 1 ' 7 v 'm transactions shows. Secretary Dan iels Is having considerable success in the same kind of negotiation with manufacturers of material for the navy. The appeal to patriotism will be first made, but If the government encounters any difficulties tnere will be prompt commandeering of private plants. The purpose of the administration In this respect is a resolute one, and there will be no hesitation to take vigorous action to secure for the gov ernment war supplies on the most reasonable terms. The experience of Great Britain and France with mu nition makers Is well known to the United tSatea government," and no scandals will arise If officials here can prevent It. t OFEJJI1VO 5,000 BANK AC- COUNTS HE IS TEACH- INQ MILLIONS TO SAVE. Z In the April American Magazine is an account of the novel scheme adopted by a wealthy Californlan to awaken In boys a deslr to save their money and to get ahead in the world. This scheme Is being copied in other parts of the country and has had far reaching results. "F. B- Silver wood, of Los Angeles, or 'Daddy' Sllverwood, as ha is called by five thousand boys, believes that the best kind of a nest egg Is a silver one, and so he has set five thousand silver dollars In banks wTiere each boy can sit on his particular egg and hatch thrift from It. "The first batch of these eggs, or one dollar bank accounts, was de posited In 190S, and this letter writ ten to five hundred boys: "Dear Young friend: 'You are one of five hundred boys I have selected in Southern California for whom I am opening. a bank ac count. One dollar has been deposited to your credit In the Los Angeles Trust and Havings bank, corner Btxth one of the great men of the future, I remain ' " F. 8. BILVKRWOOD.' "Three fourths of the boys for whom accounts war opened fulfilled the requirements and added to the nest egg. 'Daddy Sllverwood kept his promise and also put In money. "A little newsboy added $176 to hi account the first year. Others have done almost as well. They are sparred on to save by letters which Mr. Sll verwood writes, encouraging them to work hard and better their conditions." W you sijjojr MendeltwoIinV songi without word-? "1 don't know as J heard m," 1 replied Mr. Cumrox. "But I want to say that Mendelssohn tu thm ri v. idea. What keeps a lot of these songs from beln fit to listen r i. . words." Washington Star. "Minute men of the rails. ready at an instant' notice to nt on a railroad "wrecker" are kept in touch with th dispatcher's offtoa by, means of a portable telephone ouflt installed la th wracking train. , jl JLv&f J. Uf IIIHtg H l-l? U1WH j I SOUTHERN FARMER'S FERTILIZER ADVANTAGE South' Deposit of Phosphatlo Materialman Aid In Boll Wvll Fight.. C. A. WHITTLE. Recently a Southern fertiliser con tern obtained a large order for acid mi anrin. .tr.t. i -H i. . .4 PBospoat from Holland at 165 per ton that it remain there for five years. Contrast this f 65.00 per ton with $30.00 except In case of sickness or death, for the reasin that I want to add to it from time to time If you endeavor to do the same. 'You are living In a land where no body is held down by caste-r-tn a country where poor boys from the farm go to the White House;- whore brakemen, and even section hands, beoome railway presidents; where tne poorest boys become our mer- per ton paid by the Southern farmer. If the Dutch farmer can afford to pay f66 per ton for acid phosphate ind make It pay, how much more can Southern farmer obtain when he can buy about three times aa much phoepbat with the same money? Dutch farmers are shrewd and thrif ty. They have developed agriculture to a very high state of efficiency, and chant princes; where the factories j ;hey know quite well what can be and Institutions of every description are built up by boys with no oppor tunity except their own energy and Integrity. Trusting that yu will decide to be LOUISA NOLAN SHOWING HONOR MEDAL TO CHORUS GIRLS. : IClas Loalsa Nolan, lt-year-old fcnorai girt la Thre . dears,", playlns la London, ia called Ire land' bravest . colle. - Klnf' Georffe a as Just awarded her th sanitary medal for heroism In tb , Irish revolt. . During a battle on tb Dublin bridge. Miss Nolaa saw an English, officer fall woanded. When shv went to him, h asked for a stlmn lant 8b had to cross th Jin of Sr to get It. . . - - Miss Nolan ran the gauntlet of bullets and got the stimulant. Re turning sbe again defied death. Rhe saved the ofilcer- 'ttiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiisiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiMiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiijmuiuw? CHETWYND'S DEATH RECALLS ; ROMANCE AND TRAGEDY tiitmnininn mimm LONDON, March 0.Th death of 81r George Chetwynd at Monte Carlo recalls the most famous love story of the Victorian era. linked to American Interest by the fact that his hslr, George Guy Chetwynd, married In 10J an American girl, Rosalind Holt Seeor, who, however, divorced him. This story of love and the turf Is recalled by the Star- as follows: "Chetwynd was . one of the famous figures of th turf and polo set and appeared in a famous turf cause cele- bre when he brougnt - libel action against Lord Durham., for a speech at th Gimcrack club in which the peer criticised the running of 8ir George's horse FuIIertoa m th rac ing season of 1J87 Th Jockey club refused to Inves tigate the matter and flr George brought an action agatnst Lord Dor ham for $100,008 damages. Th case was brought before three arbitrators. James Lowther, M- P.: the Karl of March and Prince Bolrykoff. Though the graver charges of pulling were round by the arbitrators t be unfounded, there were such unsatis factory conditions abont running of th Baronet's horses that they award ed him only a farthing damage and ordered each side to pay : Its own costs. . , . "Sir George took this as a slur noon him and resigned from th Jockey clob. His lot-key was subsequently warned orr the turr "Fir George's turf career had a ro. mane. He was married In 117 to Is still alive at th g Of II. In HOT. This lady, whoa beauty and form led to her being called "th pocket Venus," was tb only daugh. ter of the second Marquis of Anglesey. They called her lady bird in the days when Queen Alexandra was a young onae. "Lady Florence Pa ret, as she 'then was. was engaged to marry Henry unapna. an drove witn mm one morning to a well known West End shop to buy part of her trousses She was passionately attached to the wild Marquis of Hastings, and she left th West End shop by a different door, leaving Chaplin behind. . She met th Marquis outside and married him. Marqais of Haoting SaMde. "Three years hater a dramatlo re venge cam. Chaplin , won th Derby with Hermit, a rank outsider, at It to 1. and th Marquis ot Hastings want a cropper and lost so heavily en the raoe that he waa ruined. Shortly after ward h committed suicide at the are of t. "Judge not that ye be not lad red," eays th text on his tomb stone at Kensal Green eecnetery. . "Thro rears afterward his widow married Sir George Chetwynd. They bad a sow and two daaghtera." Th story f th Marquis of Hast Inrs ruin on Derby Day and his sub sequent suicide after marrying Chap lin's fiance has been th basla of more than on melodrama In Drary Lan that has later been seen he th TJnlted States. . Chaplin is now svteount and Cbet-j lone with acid phosphate at 166 per ion. Their land is not poor. To the contrary it Is highly developed and tortile. Every rod that can possibly m used lor agriculture is cultivated ike a garden. They bay found that to matter how rich their soil, fertllia- ag it pays. Out of their experience they find that it pays them bow to nvest as much as $55 per ton in acid ihospnat. , Aids In Combatting Boll Weevil Under boll weevil conditions, early attiring of cotton Is essential. Add phosphate, ot course, promotes the fru ition ana maturing of cotton. AU ag ricultural authorities are bow recom- Bending liberal use of add phosphate b fertilisers as aa Important measure n combatting th boll weevil If the Southern farmer had to pay 165 per ton for add phosphate, what i disadvantage he would face! Since be only pays about one-third this price, how fortunately situated he Is! Na ture ha placed her la th South treat deposits of rock phosphate which, when treated with sulphuric icid. becomes acid phosphate, aa lngre- ueat oi fertiliser. Not only Is the Southern farmer fa- rored by reason of the natural de posit of phosphatlo materials, but la recent years, the south has become t great manufacturer of sulphuric ftdd. Sulphuric add has an lm port rait place In many forms of mnfie- turlng, and Is one of the essentials la making munitions of war, hence largo quantities of It hare bees drawn to the munition plants at enhanced tricee, The high market for sulphuric tdd has lifted the price ot add phos phate over that of former years, but tot enough to prevent its a till being a nost economical plant food. f . The Quickly Available frm Add phosphate is that form of phos phatlo fertilisers most readily avails" ble as plant food. Hence this Is why agricultural authorities are stressing Its use tn fertilisers for boll weevil territory, where the purpose is to has ten maturity of the plants and to gel as much cotton set as possible before , the weevil has developed In sufficient number to get all the new squares and the bolls that form, as it will do later on' In th season. PUSH COTTON IN WEEVIL TIRRITORV J. C Prtdmor, Agronomist Inquiry "How would you ferUlim to beat the boll weevil to the cotton r In growing cotton under boll weevil conditions, several factors must bt given consideration. The land should be well drained and well supplied with vegetable matter. Good seed ot a va riety adapted to the locality should b chosen, and, of course, a variety that will mature its fruit quickly and resist wilt should be planted. Fer tilise liberally, and properly cultivate. On the heavier soils, such aa the red clays and clay loams, the use ot a fan tlliser carrying 10 per cent to 13 per cent phosphoric add, t to 4 per cent nitrogen and a small per cent of pot ash, if It can be had, should be used. Apply at the rate of 260 to 400 pounds per acre. On lighter soils la which nitrogen, phosphorus and potash are all BsnaHy deficient, a fertiliser aarry. ing all three elements Is desirable. Use 10 to 13 per cent phosphoric add, S or 4 per cent nitrogen and 1 or I per cent potash, at the rate of 100 to 400 pounds to th acre. ; . SOY BEANS. IN THE ROTATION. Inquiry "Will you recommend a rotation la which soy beans, cotton and some other crop will.be usedf Soy beans are highly recommended. They are a legume and, therefore, do not require much nitrogen. The hay Is abundant and the feeding vain high. -Th oil mill afford a ready market for the bean, and the cake which is produced by the mills baa splendid feeding values. A good rotation to iouow is votton followed by con with soy beans, fol lowed by oats and oowpeas. Tor southern conditions Hollybrook and Mammouth Yellow are recommended N. HARPER, Agronomist, . U Marchioness of Hastings, who died wynd was It.
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