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VOL. VIII.
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INfVISmOE RSRlMEN
Analysis of Figures Shows That Balance of Trade
S. Tfll Big War Orders Came In
,i "Special Correspondence, ' ;' 't ;'
.H- Washington June 16. In his ad
4ress: bef ore -the Chamber of Com
imerce of the United States, Secretary
; Kedfield, of the Department of. Com
! mercej gave : a" brief review of our
-' monthly trade balances. August,; 1914,
"'" to January, : 1915, and glossed over
: the subject with, these words-. ! ; i
: - "I beg of yoV gentlemen; not to be
: ; persuaded by.'the daily news columns
f'iflie; press into the; belief that;; our.
" foreign trade lies chiefly in what -one
. may -call, for lack of a better name,
V'-'Twar;' orders. .That, is not so.'
' : Since makingthat statement the
. Department & campaign, publicity bu-
tri-weekly proof of
PROP. J ALLEN HOLT DIES ';
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Well Known Educator Succumbsto
V;;an" Attack of. Bright's DiseaseTC
Oak Eidge, Jtjne 16.--Prof. J. AUeii
Holt died at his home Oak Eidge
this afternoon at 8:15 o'clock '.after1 a
lingering illness of BrightV' disease,
acred 62 years. . five months - ahd."23
; days.'IIe is survivedby his wif efc Mrs.
iSaJine a.: JtioiT;,;aiia uiree ycniiarsB.
Prof. Earl Pv. Holt,' of Oak - Ridge,
Olyde Holt, o Greensboro, andjMrs. J.
H. Gwyn, of Mount Airy:; !Foi;.moxe
than 40 years-he was one of the pxin:-
cipals of Oak .Ridge .Institute and .at
CAME TO RALEIGH TO
. SHORT LINE RAILROADS
OUT OF TROUBLE; t
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HELP
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ter-4auaatorv oi xn 'uemucrauc .
..'-minietK)linTt- nnrl TlClirea On. Luc eiJ.
its existence by supply mg T to' the
f press of-the country columns of mat-1 , He served terjfiHai the' state sen
-ate, lor ma,t years was castujuau ui
Guilford County Board of Education
and prqminentjin; the" political and" in
dustrial affairs of his staters .welfas
in. matters educational.T: "
f, His eYaI'te.-Wld " at Oak
.Kidge -Td''0i&eTi7tisilft' m.
i ne nonpraryj patiTDearexs. ,wiu c-,a
the acng" paXl-bearers iit4 acfieTs.
Hewa3 ;i:amembr6fe-jWrd;6f
trustees Of ; the University of North
Carolina: v 4 " -
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" Death of Mr, John M.Thompson. 3-
I Mr. John M. ' Thompson died
Wednesday morningi at. s his 'home'on
North ' Kerr;tseet, abojiti 10:30
o'clock.1 Mr, Thompson had been quite
ill for .a number of weeks.-He was
about 60 ?years of , age, and was born
at Rocky Ttiver, but about '20 years
ago' he inoved to Concord, and has
l li vpd Tiere ; until his - death. : Mr.
in our favor dropped to $351,311,000 tThompsonwaV a-meinber. ; of. the.
y oodmeir or, tn vv oria. -M.r; lnomp
sdnr is -Survived by his Wife, and six
children) Mrs. Joe Helms, Misses Ja
nie and " Louise and Messrs.; Thomas
ompsonoM
ifObe' :M&ipr& Mraiv A
Th'otnpsortof Riverside, ' S. Cj and
onexother Mr.? J, CI Thompson, of
this cityt i:;"-;;.. .-
; ! 1: i xxlated. to make a vgullible reader
;;K swll up like the fabled $ frog and
" v tAturst with anticipated' prosperity-;
-The ; truth ; of. the matter .13. inai.uj
Ir; -Redfield. would give the public
the ,, traae oaiances . oi . otue o
..States Vwheii . international commerce
'was' oh;a peacev footing the 'showing
Vv?ould bbarrassing to the ad-
iTnstxtion. but off td date he has
l'Tl'l'e effort to
:':S,iyrztUttL . Viesfe'V' :-'7&isi-
i--ordXThRepublican
VtMj3aVe ?'ade;. balance , in
wr fWr to th am?unt of 452,547,
' VWOQ f or'the :six mbn
. "f $54,740,000 in' lour, .favor f r-m 'pcto
ber, 19l2td: Ju I913i :The Demo
; cratie- tariff :2iW ,Went unto - cffeet . ift:j
" .October. 1913, and the trade baMic?
COli CpLiyiNG :Is4HlGffiR;
liArf JJEFORII TARIFF LAWmi;
PASSED.
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OilG MEEji AEWtOElt
. v W ANT& P Rtip A RATIONS V y j
:f or the -nine oil,ndmjgia::imci
.l914.r.This was ?233,000;000: less than
' '..-,:' the balance).itt our, f 4yor for thenine
' ' ' 'months, dirjmiepij'''
j A. y xmoMr trade 'lancfes. lowmg'e:
' ' ctment iiBLe'D1',.; VIL-iL.-.
r$il09,544 against tis ind- renfkMd
against us every nibntntiereaftier
; junta September, 1914, hen- war or
)' ders placed up on the, right- side of
the ledger to the amount of $16,341,
- 000. The following tabulation will
give some idea of the effect of :these
orders: . '.' .' ; " '- ' :
Month. - ' . ' Balance. .;.
.v-., September, 1 913- $ 5458,569
f ' .October, ; 1912' 76,645,5ia
road. The road will start ' at a point
Z. ,ni0" -tfK-iAQoq-irneaT the York furniture factory and
November, 1912 --- ,2 3 0 tIlo Tlin w, t J,A
. ; December, 1912 9b,220,ibd
.'January, 1913 63f969,492
Fehruary1913 l---- 44,081,424
j V March, 1913 :l;tit;i.. 32,025,713
A April, 1913 -ii- 53,618,977
M September, 1914 1"1. .16,341,722
;l October, i914;:...-i 56,630,650
i 5 . November,. 1914 r.... 79,411,271
December, 1914 130,976,013
- ; ;: January, J915 l. 145,730,996
'.. February, 1915. 174,682,478
v ' March. 1915 .188,479,83.6
: April, 1915 123,900,000
or ..the whole period of the opera
' tion of the Democratic tariff law, Oc
;? tpber 1913, to April, 1915, "the trade
. .balance in our favorjwas $1,201,496,-
084, compared with a favorable trda
'l balance under Republican now Octd-
ter, 1911, to April, 1913, of $1,012,
l . 423.19.' The difference of $189,000,
; OOO .in favor of , the former ; is ac-
'counted for by, the increases' for the
..months of March and April, 1915.
felnv other words, after the war. had
?given ,us a favorable balance, it took
from October, 1914,' to February,
?1915,; with the war orders giving us
S; large and in some instances, astound
' ; , ing monthly trade balances, to even
; up with the favorable trade balances
. . " under NRepublican law : for October,
'; ' V1911, to April, 1913, in . times of
7 peace. That these heavy exports are
j ' doe to war orders, an analysis of the
v -export tables conclusively shows. In
- every instance where our : trade with
'-: ' a neutral - cbuntry has not been , se
i' ? riously interrupted, our .favorable
b trade balance with that country has
':-:U-:. fallen off, or disappeared. -
Damages To Be Assessed.
' Superior- Court ; Clerk C. C. Stone
street yesterday "appointed a jury to
go over the Harris street extension
for the purposes of ascertaining and
assessing damages to property on the
will intersect the Tulin road at the
old Jack Means place. : It will, go
through the property of ..Robert F.
Phifer in number 4 township Those
who compose the jury are J; A. Ka.
nett, Frank Barrier, Lee Sapp, M. L.
Buchanan, A. M.r Brown. They will
meet tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.
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Weekly Weather Forecast.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
States: -Showers Wednesday, Satur
day and Sunday, with temperatures
above the seasonal average.
A horse , in a wild state lives 'to "be
from 36 to 40 years old; when domes
ticated he is usually played out at th
age of -25. . , -
' More Baseball Tomorrow.
" - -v-k. . . ;
. Flushed with their success in their
victory of last week' over the doctors,
the lawyers' baseball club have chal
lenged the druggists .pf- the city iu
meet them upon the diamond. The
druggists joyously accepted and to
morrow at the Locke Mills park at-the
hour of 3:15 the: matter will be set
tled. Thejdruggists say .they are go
ing to give the lawyers a dose that
will put them ;to sleep forever so far
as baseball is concerned and'the law
yers reply , that they will' restrain the
pill rollers from ever appearing upon
a field again. The proceeds of. , . the
contest are to go to the Civic League
which is a good cause and so those
who attend will not .only have a good
time but will be doing their Christian
duty as well. ;: : ' . . " ' ;
Degree of D. Vl Conferred Upon Lu
. theran Minister. :.
' Susquehanna ' University of Selin's
Grove, Pa., has conferred Athe degree
of Doctor, of Divinity upon the Rev
erend J. P. McLaughlin of this city.
Dr. McLaughlin is the well known
pastor of St. James Luthern church.
He. has lived here for several, years
and is highly regarded as a man and
preacher. , 1
Preaching at Mt. Olivet. v
There will be services at the Mount
Olivet Methodist Sunday , church Sun?
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, conducted
by the Reverend A. S. Raper. " . . j .
, Mr. and Mrs. F..N. York and fam
ily are spending the month in Hiden-ite."
Bailey Saves Jobs, for His . Friends.
-. May Lose Out Later Though..; .
,j.,Raleigh, June 16. The Republicans
and Progressive's see much that is sig
nificant in the visit this week of the
representatives . of the big railroads
which" run into North' Carolina, be
cause they, came-here aid th -corporation
commission in; giving relief
to the short, line railroads which the
act known'as the Juslicfr eight; law
" The bill that the .Guilford statesman
drew v?as a thing fearfully and won
derfully made. Everybody admits, that
now.3 It was' never .designed;- to' pask
the refractory senatej)oliticians sayj
Mri Justice -then having in mind
defeat of Overman for. the senat&"As
it was popular, to denounce the senate
as owned by the railrdadsfjustice had
an act which he could have capitalized
for campaign purposes,; prvided no
body; knewwhat it. was and did not
tjead it. ' Reading it would not: have
told ;what-ft was. My- ' :
And then came those-.conf erences,
those-; mass "rntrngsthosererizied
arid ; gbjy-iookg newspaper articles.
Men of wisdom one of them Justice's
daddy, . sat'On ; thai - Justice ; ill and
what 'they did. for it was an' 'over
whelming plenty. The state lost. thour
sands 'in; the investigation... . ; !
And the short lines, which Justice
meant to help, as . he : said in many
appeals 'asked to.be saved from ; the
Justice act. ' Th long and 'short haul
utterly removed .them from all.-par-ticipation
Sn the bulk of freight busi
ness. The suceedirfg legislature gave
relief." The roads were here,s this rweek
to get something of the same privi
leges to : divide business . with ' the"
small roads as they had prior to the
Justice act's passage.-:. ' .. ..
And politicians, are saying 'as how'f
pleasant it .will be to answer all these
questions while economy ; is , enjoined
and money grows daily tightefor, the.
- New Bernians saySinorts-has
decided that Bickett may be nomi
ated governor and that perpetuation
of the Simmons-Kitchin factionalism
will not only, endanger' Simmons but
thep arty.. '
It is the first thing quoted from the
senator, who, .'confident enough that
Wilson , will win in 1916, may notbe
able to carry a united state in North
Carolina's vote. Parker Anderson says
Bailey will not run for attorney, gen
eral. It is likely, Bailey has " been
talking that way several weeks, rit is
said. The trend .is plain. Simmons
wants no trouble about the offices. Al
though : Democrats are said, to have
no official "cupidity,, it isn't wise to
have a fight for the spoils. : ' '
Pou Has Troubles. ; '
And then'again, the troubles of Pou
jn the fourth, are manifold.. 'Pou
backed Bailey for collector and Gat
ling became postmaster solely because
Pou stood by . Bailey 'nd Bailey stood
by Pou. I This recent history, has not
been forgotten. Bailey and Catling led
a revolt in the Democracy. They arr
gued passionately that one set of
Democrats stole enough votes from
another set to nominate one. faction
alist over another factionalist. And in
the end the country . people slaugh
tered the regular nominee, Bailey and
Gatling voting for the independent.
.' That arrayed the Jones element in
the Wae Democracy squarely against
Bailey and Gatling. Pou will have the
fight of his life to. carry Wake and
Solitifitor Norris is nursing a few ar
ticles 'on Pou. . With, a district torn" to
pieces as this' one appears destined
to" be, hot only "does Pou stand : a
doubtful chance of 'l the nommation,
but disaffection serious chough; to
threaten the majority in : the state is
feared. The News and ; Observer has
begun to make its usual fun, abortive
attempts at humor, of Republican.f e
unionr .but the men of political sense
talkv very 'differently. ,
Collector Bailey is home from
Washington. He brought back the five
Democratic hides - which had ; been
taken by the administration and re
stored them to his" deputies. The offi
cial force of the Raleigh collector is
apparently as industrious as the: best
of them 'arid Bailey say no reason why"
he should be victimized by the convul
sion' of economical conscience in
Washington. The hold on these places
is only temporary; however, and the
work may be sharper.
. Office ' Holders Happy.
The happiest of the officejholding
Facts Are $hovK $y Statistics from
0 .Department lot Labor. ; '
2ew. Yrky June ,15. r A Washihgtoh
dispatch; to .the Sun says :;-i f ?t??l
The; .'cost X Jivin to the United
States is higher now than: w ever has
beei3ft ojtwthstandihg ; the ' promises
made by the Deniocraticleaders that
tMe reHuctiort pf the , tariff and the free
listing of aiiy.'!.f ood article would
ureisiatt lihey wet Q - under .ej.-much
maligned PaVne'Aldrich tariff law
f ;SnpWKbyOfiiciai Statistics.'
These; facts are -shown in-statisticsi
lurnisaea yay ;ine ueparxmenx. oi ua
. ' Tliese ;statistic's show that for . fif
teen: ftrticies" ;Which are served' on the
table rbf - the) workingmanN-in . ;the
United States : the average price; for
the year "1914 was 2- per -debt higher
than 3jSa iiyiij, and about au-is percent
higher. tjian in 1912.;;. ,r . :
c? In jithef .wordsT the: 'American: w&rfc
mgman; is noWipaying an;, average
priced of lp2for what:he got in 19J3
for dIihC19r12 f o 97.4 per eiit.
. The statistics show that the cost of
living ;has mcreaeieadilyJrfojr
these iteenarticles since T1907i?rtien
the aveTagepriceWaS only: 8I.I4
1908 Stf jumped to 84.2k in 1909, to
88,6; IifWO 92.9;in:i911 tO?99
and so on up to 102, the average price
which ;thAmerican;wOTkingmen paid
in 1914.::. i'-V ":.-;
These'iigures show that the hi
pricesinJ914?rere - reached fo' Sep
tembe r fwhen; the"" price : of all 'foods
was ,7.1 per cent ,higherthan the"' av
erage price" for 1913, The lowest point
Was reached in April ; when : the - price
was 35 ptr -cent lower than the aver-
AliroujMEitEsuS
JFUL;BEF0RE IXsifiiNG 'jr?
' . TIL-pESE4-
DEFENSIVE FORCES : NEEDED mmM&mmmm&M
Prominent Men Speak : on Necessity
l::: V of : Preparing for r.Wari. :;
; New YorK June 15.-A1 resolution
introduced by , Maybr Curley, of Bos
ton, appealing tp President Wilson ' to
call the attention , of Ceagress to "the
pressing need of prompt and efficient
a"ction'".with regard to" the national
defense,' was unanimously-: adopted
today by the delegates to the peace
and preparedness conference -0f , ;the
National : Security League.-, The Mas
sachusetts .delegates, at first "proposed
that a special session of congress be
demanded . to ; consider . - what. : they
termed the ; unprepared state of .the
country, but such action was "deemed
inadvisable and was abaiidoned
;; Preamble . to ' Resolution.
Report ;Shows:ThatHeUt:Cnd V'''y'J
. . Are Improving in ' thelSt at ei: i VifH V$-.'
Greensboro Junel6The: ;f eature V? 5
of most general state-wide interest at ' ,
the morning session the State Med-,. X';'-;;"
yesweruay. ixiomuig was uie auiiuunc
:': i-"- 'Jf 1
nient; 6yDrHubert AARovsterv
or examinersioi . tneuccessrui . addu- :r-
cants:;:f:fecensetoractic
xor license, aim J-uu oj. uiese- success- .., -.
fully -passed the-examinati6ttsutmi?i v2
r '-.
agepfieein
' i X JWSdren?s - Day, . Services. r ;
i Chile'sda'; y services: will be con
ducted bexi?undayv at :jgers?MethX
mng -at-lO yaockheilwiil ' iie Jfo
gram of songs and recita tiohsihithe
afternoon there will be two addresses,
one to be made by the . Reverend
James Lapsley and the other by the
Reverend M.'T. Smathers, of Concord.
Democrats are Bryan Grimes, Secret
tary of State who hears that." Jim
Hartness is going to hold on to his
job in Statesville;" Collector J. W.
Baileys who hears that R. A? Dough ton
is not going to run for attorney gen
eral; 'Representative R. A. Doughton,
who hears that Bailey is not going to
.give up the certain collectorship for
the uncertain ;. attorney generalship
and District Attorney Francis D. Win
ston, : who learns that Reverend Sena
tor Doctor.R.H. Speight, of Windsor,
'.wants him to run for' governor. . ; '
A ,f ew more rumors of this charac
ter would please Attorney ' General
Bickett .mightily. Lieutenant Gov
ernor Daughtridge' is making great
epistolary,, demonstrations these days
despite the fact that .somebody has
told him to run for . treasurer against
Lacy. They suggest that , being a rich
man Daughtridge would make a bet
ter treasurer than ' a ; ;'.. governor and
that somebody of business turn- oght
to: hold the treasurer's ohlce. -. Such
suggestions may not have -come from
those who will : profit most .;. from
Daughtridge's appropriation to "ex
penses." They do come from wise
heads, though.; ':;:; , -
Then Hartness ;has received a Ral
eigh . tip. Somebody; has written him
that he picked out the one Democrat
in the administration who - has been
always on the' job, has made an effi
cient officer and naturally is the hard-est-man
to ; beat. Hartness goes
against - Grimes, conceding , that he
does,' with, nothing - but the years of
Grimes in ffice against the secretary.
And Hartness has hot suffered at-the
county trough with its not inconsider
able prequisites and pickings.',; -
And the happy gentlemen .men
tioned, will preserve in their joy until
it becomes certain that the late Demo
cratic primary, designed to put office
ambition within the ; grasp of every
"poor man", must be entered, and the
price paid. .A modest estimate of the
entrance 'cost, ra study made by one
who helped to pass it, is $1,000. The
scramble for the lieutenant governor
ship, for instance, an be duly appre
ciated. - . . -
The preamble to '.the " resolution
read : in part; as follpws : : ; f
'Events of the past year have dem-
onstrated the: fact that war, jnp mat
ter howgreatly At may be .deplored,
may "suddenly; and unexpectedly occur,
notwithstanding . the ; existence of
treaties of peace and unity aijd they
have;hown thatfrkH-uheparid-
have paid and are ;piyj&e;'pce3.qf
their; lack V'of ..forf sight? he)prta
of ?our Jtryi'nayal experts have
madl it cear iiiat
qf the country are madeqiiate for the
proper protection of ; our coasts, to en
able'oBr oiment"o maintamts
accepteoliciestq, fulfill obligations
to oth; fces? 'and to exert in the ad
jstni&aof international", questions
he iniueftces to which the republk! is
entitled." " ' .. ' -v'-
Appeal to President. -
' .The resolution itself urged that, the
president be appealed to ; tb'V call Vlihe
early ; attention . of 'congress to "the
pressing need of prompt and efficient
actionJ';, -' .: ; ;'.;;ar.
The' resolution : was adopted" at ..an
i executive session following a luncheon.
which more' than a thousandpersons
: attended.- Thei speaker- were - Gcirge
Navy ;v Luise E. Wright, former Secret
tai-y of. War;5Major : George - Haven
Putnam and Frederick RCouderk
International Law Disregarded.
: "We have seen the, well established
rules : of international law as ". applied
to blockades and rights of neutrals,1
said for mer Secretarjh'Wright, "'dis
regarded by two of the great bellig
erent powers. It behooves us to see if
this bloody tragedy which is being
played before our eyes does not carry
with it some lesson' to us. - " '
"One of those lessons is that treat
ies, however solemn, in the stress of
angry passion or ; . selfish ; : interests,
may be torn to shreds- and thrown ;in
the waste- basket. Another qne is that
the rights .of .rieutrals re not always
carefully" regarded by angry;.bellige'
ents, and third,' the most important
to lis, that if a nation can hope to es
cape danger, to its prosperity or to
its very existence, it must be by prep
aration and by a reliance upon its own
preparedness, rather than, upon trea
ties and ;written papers of any sort.
" "They say the LorU takes care of
drunken men and sailors.. I sometimes
think : the United States of America
ought to , be added to the list of those
who are under - His especial guidahce.
"I believe we ought, to' have a reg
ular, army, adequate - to: make a first
line and to give up a "breathing spell
Within which to Organize out of pur
magnificent . raw material an army
which would be sufficient."
ted to hem: by : the - bjaartf' last yweekJj
inations:;'cpvermg only.ith
years' work. A total of. 38 niade appli-'T: ' ' " " v
cation I for Teciprocity; liceifs,van'd;.A2 'Z5 ; ;f
of thesewere accepted. Only.Qt:a';-rC;:,'-U;- T
piiea jot limited licenser anot poxa yfexi.r- ti
accepfc:;;-N
jl ici e - was . ryvuj wixiii iiitjttiug, - ue
of the' medical ',
Carolina' state
Dr. W. S. Rankin. -.' xeerpfav'' - nrrrfpy-t r"'-"":
wnose direction aurmg psjt y
vrk or : the 'board has i
vital aid in promoting
conditions in every hook and corner of J : -k
tllstte wasvrelected-as' secretary V J'
forjar term of six years. His election . ' " '
was unanimous, and there were many i ; : W"; ;?; y:
present; ,; to ' commend him; in; jfcbe .
strongest ?jrms fprt-his accpmglish'';,;
nh&;;-
The' Only other officer elected at this" ' . ,
time;vasDr. M etcher "A ifrisbf
Henderson,; as" a. membefof eJbdMd."i v '
Heai'tosucceled,; Dr AAK
Lenoir, who retired from : hia nosiHnn' " Z1! - .' ' : -: -
on the. board after having been elected
a member; of Jthe North Crolina'gen- .
etal assembly last November s
olutfon w3 passed thanking . Dr, . keirit ;
fof his work as a member o;-'stateH:!'f :st'-
boards also for' his' efforts In' 4t-'&ra'-S:;::-rV t
era! : assembiy -diii -behalf ibf Wlthn ; ' -
ine swe n.d we interests oi toe med-- .
m
i ...
:
m;j
i Mr .a nd Mrs. Carl Speares. little
daughter," on Bell a venue, is very sick.
Another Store Added to The-Parks-.-';
Belk Circuit. ' : : ;
.'. Another link has been added to the
long chain of stores operated by the
Parks and Belk people.. The new store
is located at Raleigh .and will ! prob
ably be the biggest mercantile enter
prise .in the: capital city. Owing to
their business,- like methods . the stores
operated by the Parks-Belk syndicate
are highly . successful . and no " doubt
the Raleigh" one will be of the' same
sort. , -
TV the' Sunday School Superintend
ents of Cabarrus County: - :.
Are there any vacancies in the office
of president "of the various township
Sunday school associations ? ' If ; so,
kindly let me know at once. : - : ;
" Very sincerely, n " '
M. IRA WINECOFF, "
Pres. ,Couhty S. ,S. Asso., Glass, N. G
Mrs. J. A. -Ross underwent an oper
ation Wednesday and is doing nicely.
;cjolhC'ses5E
Rockefeller : Sanitary -: f ommissioh'' f or-,'
its 'work in thisT stateurihes'the -past S?
five y earsX rnlping ad the :. yt
hookwormsse;
,u? ihe anmjai. report of Dr. W. Sv.Ran- ?
Jcin was then made," and was -received i
with the.losest attention, those ih atr
tendance -recognizing in this report
the real history .of . the public health
movement', in North ; Carolina during .
the past"yearThe, report was full in
every detail,, and showed; that aetivi- '
ties in all departments last year were
greatly mcresaecL ,,; -.' i' l ;;; i,i,:
Relative to the state laboratory of ''
hygiene. Dr. . Rankm!a-report showed .
that' there was a"gain;lprithe year of
25 per cent in, routine work alone. B e
sides.this, however, here were distrib- ""
uted. 11,006,000' units of ;dipfitheriai'
antitoxin, as compared to : $954,000
the previous year. There were also di s
tributed 137,211 doses of anti-typhoid
vaccine, as against . only '30,000 tW
previous, year. Dr: Rankin announced w
that it is proposed : f or j this 'depart- -ment
id .construct a biological labora- '
tryin. which te; state may 'pro
its :pwn iyaccines,..antitoxin rand other
serum. This laboratory will add yery
greatly to the efficiency of this partic
ular department -.;';.-' ' v;--.;'-;" ;:
The department of education - and '
engineering, which was organized for
the. purpose Qf educating the public in
the work of the board and to arouse '
interest in - promotion of community ff
health, hygiene .- and sanitation, ' ; ac- "
cording, to this report, distributed last
year a total of -47,000 sopies of the
Health Bulletin monthly. In addition "
to this, there were supplied to 31 daily '
newspapers in the- state a; total . of
162 news articles, and to 275 weekly
papers 140 newsl articles. This showed
an average "for the year of something
over one article' a- day -appearingiin
the state press on subjects of ' vital ' "
interest to'the citicehs. . . '
.
Climax of Poverty. - ,
From Jester, " " :
"Will you marry me, darling ? M " ' -"You,
. you poverty-stricken: boob?
Why, you couldn't bup enough to feed
the rats in my" hair." -
Ed Walter," who has been with. -the.
Chronicle for. several weeks, has gone -to
Lexington, where le will be on the ' '
new paper to be started there. A; T.
Yoder, of Newton, succeeded him on -the
Chronicle. :. V r .;'- , --j. ;
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