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rAGE TWO FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 CAPE FEAR NEWS PpMiahei eeery ssoreias la the week, except Msarisy- " A- M. MOORS. Editor u4 Oner. 224 Hay Street. Telephone lie. SOS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: Om Tear M-M U Mentha AJ TWm Mentha Ob Week by carriers ia the at) J The Newt wants to be rep re sent tire of Its readers aad ta ainc this, they are riTen free access to these eolu Entered as second-class mat . car Deresnber 24, 1916, at the aastsmns at rayetteriUa, North Carolina, under the act of March t, isn. AAdr see an eommunieatioas Ae the Caps Pear News. Fay- l ; aatsaiH, N. C TTKIDAY. SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 WE WILL PAV THE FtE'Clr Since .the great railroad str?ke ap .pcari to be inevitable, the innocent oystanders will pay the freight, what ever may fcf the reelt of the conflict The lut will fall heavily upon the public in the loss that will be tus 'tamed by all lines of business in its tlifhtiiig effect, bur if finally the .ma-'-er is adjusted in the interest of tie trainmen the cost will come oat - 4 the freight payers' union. The rail -road presidents state that the eight- aour system applied to the handling ,-f freight trains will increase their expense by 150,000,000 a year. The ,raJway trainmen contend that it will c exceed $20,000,000, but whatever - may be the railroads will recoup rry dollar of it out of those who jy the freight. if the railroads ran show that the tnereased expense cuts down their revenue below a reasonable earning basis, they will be authorized to in crease freight rates along lines upon which there is a lack of density of ,;raff.e for the roads. There is little I likelihood of any further postpone . sent of the impending strike and the probability is that Congress will do nothing, as both Republicans and j:x-wats fear the political effects of j&o .'rd of action in the face of a capaign. Nevertheless, the people .look to Congress for some kind it ortjoc to avert the strike, if such .A TtfinK is possible at this late hour. -Wiiroinzton Star. THE RAILROAD. Wbat would be ir.vylved in cae the itf -herboods put the:r strike order r efftd alocday rooming? ( There err very few readers who could give ci-Hnpreherisive idea because there as but few -who have a conception of 4e vast system of railroads that se-vjM be tied up. N'o country in the wrfjs could engineer a strike of so ireat proportions, by reason uf the fact that no country hits so vast a . rsileajfe ,of railroads as the I'nited States. The car wheels in Ithis coun try ruraole daily over 2.r7..r'9 miles M ra.irad track, or more than 50, ,'Mi miles in excess of the total mile are of all Europe. The rackepe in the Tnitwl States, with the sidings and switches included, would make a ! in North Carolina should write, to I itfie SiU.Ot! miles lor.g, and this as ( members of Ccngress and call for le Agured out by the bulletin writer of-' islation which will tend to relieve -ae National Geographic Kciety', the situation, and the newspaper pub--would lie sufficient to reach from the libbers should be diligent to conserve . mrta to the moon, with enough left every pound of paper girdle the globe six times. The Newspapers have influence. They number of locomotives that would betevert it at times to help others. Arj luoateamed in the round houses is 65.- they row going to be "asleep at th-j dOO The cars that would be emptied switch' and fail to use every influence of peseer.eer and freight number and precaution to sav themselves? Igil.oaa When we rome to a con- News and Observer. .-uderaU'iei of the capital involve! we i " e.ve t- speak ,n big figures. It jn nJU)Ml prepareln4. amounts to sl.ghtly l than $20,000.- r( fj, to kp yourtttlf phys. mlO.OOrt. or about 44 per .cent of the rar fit iatal indebtedness of all the Nations . , of the earth. It enua's 10 Pr cent of Heart disease, pneumonia and tu - the svaole wealth of the country. lierculoeis cause more than 30 per (if course the main trouble is about cent of deaths. more pay for the employes. Shorur hours and other jtems are involved, but more pay is at the bottom of iu The general officers of the roads the men who manage ' and operate this (Teat system of railroads are, as a matter of course, the best paid. They draw on an average a salary of $16.16 a day. Other officers ranking second get $6.48 a day. And right behind these head men come the engi neers with a daily pay of $5.24. Next to the engineers come the conductors with earnings of $4-47 a day. The very lowest paid men in the service of the railroads are the trackmen and they get $1.59 a day. The railroads have been carrying passengers at an average rate a little under two cents s mile. They have been hauling freight per ton mile at less than three-quarters of a cent. To operate the railroads for the year ending last June the treasurers spent $2,08,000, 000 of the $256,000,000 they took in as operating revenues, leaving $S68, 000,000 for maintenance, for keeping up equipment, for building depots, ex tending lines, paying damage awards and court costs, taxes and a consid erable number of items that daily confront the auditors, and a larger or smaller share, according to the suc cess or failure in management, to be distributed as dividends among the men and women, widows and orphans who hold the stock. A strike nailing down all these immense interests even for a cay would involve enor mous consequences to the people of every State in the Union. Charlotte Observer, "ASLEEP AT THE SWITCH." That there is a crisis upon the newspapers of. the country is so pa tent that it should impress itself up on ever' man who baa anything to do with the publication of newspapers But the evidence is that many of them are "asleep at the switch" at a time when there should be action and alertness in doing all that is possible to avert whit mjy prove a vast dis aster to the newspaper business. In Greensboro on Tuesday there was held a meeting of newspaper men to discuss plans to lessen the increas ing high cost of paper, and to adopt some program that would tend to overcome the problem presented by the shortage of paper. The men who were present did all that they thought possible in behalf of present and per manent relief, but it was a pitiably small gathering to make plans for the great number of newspapers in the State'. There were exactly ten men at the meeting, and these ten men represent ed nine newspapers: two morning dailies, five afternoon dailies, and two weeklies. In the face of the big prob lem that is being fared the attend ance was a tragedy. Lack of interest this State, and the same lack of other States may make it a real tra gedy in many newspaper offices, un less there is relief found for condi tions which threaten to grow worse. The newspaper men who assembled in Greensboro passed .certain reso lutions, urged .action along various lines. Congress was requested to make legislation to aid, ar.d publish ers were called upon to enur upon a proftram of rigid economy in the use of newsprint paper. - Every editor Aih i ' Ke fi,- te tr ,t Ci..-, - a tt a Thcte l ::v V.. if a should be .-.; nnon i' repreiuiiUiia ni.il." : o? an insurance eoci;-any. '1 ii. -v p-ty Tides that every ajiect si; "icarry Lis license with him and exh' :t on -Biaud. Read tee law: Section 4704. Agent cmst procure Ucense. Every agent ot auy Insur ance company authorised to do bust nets In this State shall be required to obtain annually from the Insurance Commissioner a license under the seal of this officer, showing that the company for which he is Kent Is li censed to do business la this State, and that he is an agent of sack com pany aud du'.y authorized to do busi ness tor It- And every tuch agent, on demand, shall exhibit las license to any officer or to nny person from whom he shall solicit Insurance. Sec. 34 S5. Agent to exhibit license If auy agent of any Insurance com pany shall, on demand of any person from whom he shall solicit Insurance, fail to exhibit a certificate front the Insurance Commissioner bearing the seal of his office, dated within one year (rem such demand, he shall be fined five dollars or Imprisoned ten dsys for each offense. SUSPICIOUS FIEES. AH suspicious fires must be Investi gated and prosecutions msde where the evidence calls for them. Faction 4819. Commissioner te take testimony, cause arrests and prosecu tions, and furnish information to so licitor, st shall be the duty of the In surance Commissioner to examine, or cause examination to be made. Into the cause, circumstances and or I sin of cJl ores occurring within the state to which nls attention has been called in accordance with the provision of the next preceding section, or by inter ested parties, by which property la so cl den tally or unlawfully burned, de stroyed or damaged, whenever in hit Judgment the evidence Is sufficient and to apeclally examine and decide whether the fire was tbe reouk of care lessness or the act of an Incendiary. Ths commissioner shall. In person, by deputy or otherwise, fully Investigate all circumstances surrounding such fire aad. when In his opinion such pro ceedings are necessary, take or cause to be taken the testimony on oath of all persons supposed to be cognisant ef any facta or to have means of knowledge In relation to the matters as to which an examination Is hereto req sired to be msde. end shall cause ths same to be reduced to writing and If be shall be of the opinion that there Is evidence sufficient to charge any person with the crime of arson, or other willful burning, he stall cause such person to be arrested and charg ed with such offense, and prosecuted, and shall furnish to the solicitor ot the district all such evidence, togeth er with the nsmes of witnesses snd all the information obtained by him Including a copy of all pertinent and material testimony taken In ths case. WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS In ths Dsys of Abraham People Hsd Clear Ideas of Personal Liaoilt ties - for Fires. In the days of Abraham. i25 224$ B C. Hammurabi, king of Babylon, promulgated a law that those guilty of(.arson or Incendiarism should be thrown Into the fire. In the 22d chap ter of Exodus and tth verse the great lawgiver, Mosos. csught hold of the same Idea and wrote as follows: "If fire break out, and catch In thorns (dry ra -is. piles of refuse and rue bisb' so that tho sta ks of corn, ot the standing corn, or the field, be con sumed therewith..' he Ihst klndlerk the fire (through carelessness or any other meanst ahall surely mske rest! tutlon Home cleer Idess ss to per sons! liability were evidently enter tainml by the ancient tswmskers which their modern suceeasors would do well to cultivate.-- Fire Kscts INSPECTION OF FIRE RISKS. I.'nrler the. law enacted by ths last Legislature, no fire Insurance agent In the Htate can issue a policy cover ing any property In a elty or town esuUl he has Inspected tbe Bropertg as to Its value and Insurable condition This Is a very Ln. port ant law and ap plies to the Issuii.g of all policies upon city or town property. The failure to comply with this law makes the agent liable to have his license cancelled. The Investigation of several recent fires has Impressed upon the Inawr-an.-e ( omiTM'stuner the importance and value of this law. and he Is notify ing the companies and agents la the State that It must be strictly obeyed PERSONAL LIABILITY. r U. Ptetsoo. chief of the fire de partment of tbe city ot Seattle, us an aidreae before the Municipal .!eagae cf thla city, aaid that "the erly man ner ia whbh fire losses In this country can be reduced, and the only manner ln which the fire hazard can be cow ststently lessened. Is by making care less property owners and careless tenanta responsible for the losses from fires which start on their prop srty. or on tte property of wh!h they ere la charge " Fire Facta. ymti HFulHECi ! ti tit. mm I tmmm Typhus Fever is Raging Throu ghout the Country. Hun dreds Die. Zl Paso, August 31. Conditions are worse now than at any time dur ing the last six years of revolutions. Americans arriving here from Mexico City and other interior places bring this information to the border. Re fusal to accept Carranza paper mo ney in payment for their work is causing the execution of hundreds of laborers by the Carranta military au thorities. Wroknien receive ten pe sos in currency for a day's toil. That means about twentw-five cents in gold. When they refuse t acept the paper their employes complain to the nearest military post and the labor er is shot. Typhus fever is raging throughout the country and hundreds are dying Only the very wealthy can afford to pay $50 a bottle for the necessary medicine. The beautiful city of aea tezas has been ' almost deserted by its 60,000 people. They have gone into the country districts for food and to escape the typhus. Famine is spreading and the meat supply has been seized by govern ment officials. They are holding most of it for themselves and friends The Catholic confession has been forbidden by government decree and nuns are being expelled from the country wherever Carranza finds them. Cathedrals are being used as barracks in many of the northern states and church property has been desecrated by soldiers. Villa bandits, 200 strong, are re ported to have circled north ef Cbir hauhau City from Satevo. Counterfeit Brass Checks Lead to Arrest (By International News Service ) Owensboro, Ky., August 81 Every body knows the man ho counterfeits coin of the United Ststes stands in a fair way to spend a few years in ' a federal prison. Cut Charles E. and j William Sullivan, brothers, did not j see where the government would have I any claim on them if they counter feited brass checks used by the West Kentucky Coal Company as its com missary. , They uttered. some oi tne j brass checks and sent them by mail to some freinds who "cashed them" 'at the commissary. The counter ' feiters were discovered and now the 'two brothers are facing federal court on a charge of using the mail to de- i fraud. Go to the drug store to buy a tooth brush and then handle the entire stock to see if the bristles are right? KASHORK ROUND TRIP FARES FROM FAYETTEVILtE Summer Excurstoa Fares. $4 05 ta Wrightsvllle 'Beach. $5.69 te Myrtle Beach. $9.20 to Norfolk. Tickets ea sals boat May IS te 3sTtobar 15, tnclustvw, limited retura ag until October $1. Liberal stop Tver pTreflegea. Week -Bod Exeorsraa Fares. $175 to Wilmington. Tickets oa sale for all trains ea see Saturday aad for forenoon (rains ea each sfeuday from Hay Zl to September II, hwlumVa, Ihnfter sa tuxaiaa to reach oafotnal starting natal pteor ta otldnlcht of Tuesday sext following data of sale. Sawday Fs rural oat Farce. tl 60 o Wilmlngtan. TieMa ea sale for forenoea trains -at eavA Sonday frcaa Junta 11 to Bep lesinjea 11, trarasive, hxafted vttxm iiur to date of sale. Schedule and ruithat particulars jfceerAi&y fnnushed apoa epplicatk to P. H. LEX, Ticsust Agent PayettewtUa, N. 0. ATLANTIC COAST LINE The Standard Railroad of tbe South REMEMBER ! If you are short in some clothes to finish the season, call on us we guarantee it will pay you. P. S. New Fall Goods arriv ing daily, some on display now. Stein Brothers "The Store That Saves You Money." MOUNTAIN EXCURSION TO ASHEVILLE -The Land of the sky Tuesday, September 5, 1916 VIA SOUTHERN RAILWAY Ticket Limited Six Dayg Through Pullman Cars and Coaches. Schedule and round-trip fares as follows: I.v. Goldsboro 2:00 p m. $6.75 Lv. Selma 3:00 p.m. 6.25 ' Lv. Raleigh 4:05 p.m. 6.75 Lv. Henderson 2:15 p.m. 6.75 Lv. Oxford 2:55 p.m. 6.75 Lv. Durham 5:08 p.m. 6.75 Lv. Chapel Hill 4:00 p.m. 6.75 Lv. Burlington 6:25 p m. 6.75 Lv. Greensboro 7:20 p.m. 6.00 Arrive Asheville Wednesday morning, Sept 6th. Round-trip fares in same proportion from Intermediate points. Returing tickets will be good to leave Asheville on all regular trains up to and including all trains leaving Ashe ville Sunday, September 10th, 1916. This is the best time of the season to visit the mountains. Asheville, Waynesville, Lake Toxaway, Hendersonville, Lake Junaluska, Brevard and various other points. Make Your Sleeping Car Reservations in Advance. - For sleeping car reservations 'and further information, ask Southern Railway ticket agents or address, 3. O. JONES, Traveling Pasticnger Agents, Raleigh, N. C. eWWaWe,ar ATLANTIC COAST UN'S RAIL ROAD COMPANY The Standard Railroad of the Booth Train BereVel loaiigiesUon of Threagh glxjaviae Can tiiif WBrnhagton and AahevUla, N. C. PaDaasa Una No. WUmxnsrtoa fAmdajs, issae lasts, aad errU the M anday. fmm I ta Ba Dy Aaherille, H, seaedulssu Wastsosiad. A, C. U Trees Ho. Hi Vr.YTUtmKWOH, H, O.- l:s.B. t. FToroaca, 8, CU- tMa.at. L. aaaatar, . O. , as. At. Cetnmhta, a Q 10:M y. sa. Ur. Catanhia, . C 11 sa p. ss. Ar. SaastansBra. 8. C M a. sa. L. BsaanasbDiSA 8. C, 1:30 a. sx. Ar. Hendereaajraa, N. Cv $:&0a.sa. Ar. ASHKVIUjS, N. C, 7.00 a. Bv. Trasa No. 4; A. C L. Trssa Mo. 14 iT.ASMVILLi, M, e p. xa. BUIES CREEK ACADEMY I rrniurted tr . t,f pnD' '1 in l" It r n n di .,.' tt y" aixi uxietj, rac ftawitf tu ir-cti r,,- t,),,, - .,i(i) tn-itt ; u in t(, siaia. ofTe-r I m ... A ll.'T.-N.-n l-s.IJe.-M l ' n i.ii JT C":r-- RtKt IW,M l U JFiW buajru'va train tuff (. h, i .itr,r"-r. lai J","T" l '"'in, of :a.lJifH $e -1 ! ft-,' hr, M4 iL 11 A e uti la-1 re-ftr ( re-w.u -r. Hi ru:nu C ata:. LM Mf.M-w.UaV W i,K, lb 'Hi 1m1 Atv.-fKa Mruiff lnl. law- B 1 1 pt $n-ti iat. rt ( run. iii:. l-jutl Art ml F , , I J Kp..-t.n M-Irn fjii niit, $,: i ClMiiuf I r4 f A ft I, for -f.r lav Uria.iarj uH.ui t. rica. ni I litm"" aajj tOf CB4eU'a. 1 . J. A. CAMPBELL, Principal. I II Bute's Creek. N. C f - -r-tTBT irrm-m- Brat ear assa AeawrtjU bHssj sflaes sho Atfamtle Onaa Una, ta aenMSMea ejttk Be Sftaaro ReJwass, jaS aaaosaxrate t-waa BtsnaVaea Willi i ills Cm AV barwaen WBtsaasrassv K. n . saxl , Q. oa the Mtooaaa- usasssseaima, al. O. :10 p. m. L. Sparssaaesa. 8. 0. ltalo . m. Ar.CoeatoMa, 8. C. S0a.oi. Lt. Coasmhsa, g. C. iUa.as. Ar. Sosnaac, a C. 8:ia. ta. Ar. VUJraKHtM. N. ClahfiO . sa. Una ssssh the ant care Ion WUtaino m and AetMrina, nsrnectirnly, oa 8andB. Oevtemalar mh, lata. This new osevfea wffl afford eosa- foraahla anninisslsllissi torn sera viaUtna; (ho eeashiua and mo tains daring the rsmsssr. w. j. aura. Paaaaneea TralBa Hasjsfer, X Q. WHITH aasanm Arrest By. Train No, a, Eeeryaedy was reaaa ssaoaaiaee oeye see aeaere. aet eeecyaedy ae reeae - i ,77j I aeaea'l key -ailssss I Catch th Drift? 1 Bere-e ISe ssadlasa la reeek the pMole e ale eeesaswiry.
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