ahc fUonnt ^irn ESTABLISHED 1110 MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY. MARCH 1st, 1823. 91.6.0 PER YEAR IN 'ADVANCE KING'S ROBE FOUND AMONG THE RELICS Motl Romantic Find Rnult/ Among PricaUaa Array of Ralica Uuf, Crypt. Jab. 21.—King To terihamun'* body, praaerved by em halmcra *lww prorr** la now • Inat art, Ilea untouched within the great aarcophagua found by tha Kcavv tor* laat Friday. Tha mummified heart, livar and inteatinea of tha Pha raoh were found In canopic jam undar tha pm tart kin of four goda among a bewildering maaa of objacta litter ing tha annex to tha aarrophagua chamber. Tha moat r tntic find yat mada waa alao revealed whan tha roba of tha king, mada of gold thread aawn with precioua atonaa and unuleta, waa found In a Jumble. It la probably one tha Pharaoh wore on great atate occaalona. All doubta aa to whether the klng'a body would be found untouched were cleared to the aatia'action of tha tomb dlacoverara. Tha Pharaoh'a aaat in the coffin holt waa found intact. The Innen tomb having eacaped the de predationa of the ghoul* who through the Intervening centuriea hare found tomb looting a lucrative paatime. tha j world aoon will he afforded a look at | a dead king of ancient Egypt utiff within hia wrappinga brown with age, but exactly aa he wai left by the laat member of the funeral party to re- j treat ailently through the doorway, the aeala of which have endured through time and were violated only within the laat few day*. The official opening of the inner tomb waa very different from the dramatic aecret forcing of the anr cophagua chamber laat Friday. It waa a social occasion. Women in filmy aummer dreaaea In the blazing •unahine holding gaily colored para eola and men In flannela huay with luncheon baaketa awaited the arrival of the Queen of the Belgiana and Lord Allenby. It waa difficult to realize that only • few yard* below ground waa that dim, impresatve, cave-like room In which the king atlTI aleepii surrounded by the rrumhling object* placed there by hia bereaved auhiecta *o lone mi A hundred cameras cl'cked as the Queen and her ion, Prince Leopold •tepped down into the dark punp which opens inb> the first chamber. They found themselves facing the broken wall. Light* Rhone in the mummy chamber and in the larger room leading off it. Facing the broken wall ia the door of the sar cophagus which, when found Friday was bolted and sealed. This was 'broken and the door opened. Inside were the king's jewels sparkling in the electric light as if awakened after centuries to show their beauty. There were a number of fine scarabs—a symbol of resurrection. Notable among these was a magnifi cent red scarab inscribed with the king's name. Near the sarcophagus were several dark wooden objects, the oar* of a sacred boat which the king was expected to row about at night and enjoy himself. Most bewildering is the second chamber with ita amacing confusion of articles necessary for the welfare of the royal soul in the other world. Gilded chariots stand as if the horses had just been unyoked and taken to the stables. Several beautiful curved boats, like quarter moons, one : of them at least four feet long, stand awaiting the moment when the soul of their master calls the tittle model! mariners to life and with magic words tells them to sail out with him into| the milky way, which, to the ancientj Egyptians, was the heavenly Nile. It is hoped the king's crown will j be found in one of the sealed boxes in the burial chamber.- In a locked cup-1 board in the annex to the chamber were found two statues eight inches > high of Tutenhamun standing on the | back of lionesses. The statues are of gold. The great canopy over the out er sarcophagus bears an immense gold serpent on top. The creature is represented in the act of crawling, with its head poised to strike. One of the most curious discoveries is a large stretcher of gilded wood which I* the image of a gold or a sacred boat carried on the shoulders of priests. In the sand on the floor was found a gold headed image of the God Herat. Another remarkable thing was a crepe-like black belt sewn with little crsacent moons. It was found shrouding the Inner coflln Only one other resembling It wms aver found—years ago at the tomb of Prince Yoaa. The chariot wheels still bear the M mark* of "hundred gnlad Thab**." "Marvaloua indeacrihehle, mora won derful 'han a drr-iir," vara anonf ■ha exclamation* I • at broke from thoae who *tood awe-*truck and silent in the preaanre cf tha run who lived whan tha world waa cen'uriei young er Ruin* of Anciant City Found in South Amarica Rwnni Airaa, Fab. M.—Diacovery of a foaailixed human akull of tha tartiary pariod waa announced today by Dr. G. Wolf, who haa Juat returned aftar two yaara of exploratiun In Pat agonia on bahalf of La Plata mua •um. Dr. Wolf declared tha foaailiaation waa that af a tartiary aandatona and that thara waa no doubt K waa for marly tha akull of a human baing, not an accldantel formation. Tha lowar Jaw ia miaalng, bat other wii« tha ikull ia almoat parfact. Tha aya socket* and, what la itill mora convincing, tha locket* of tha taath in the uppar jaw, ara claarly defined. The cranium ia lone and oval, and sloping. Dr. Wolf went to Patagonia pri marily to study '.he language aru' mythology of tha Indiana and found the akull in poaacaaion of a white aettler on the Andean alope who picked it up aome yeara ago and kept it aa a rurioaity, not realizing ita scientific value. He aaid he had left the foaall in tha poaaaaaion of the aettler, whoae pro party it waa, and that he had *ub mittad data ther^un to La Plata mus eum for auch action aa the muacum care* to take to obtain it. Tha acientiat alao announced the dincovery of nilna of an ancient for tified town in the heretofore unex plored region north of Lake Cardiel, in the territory of Santa Crux, which he believea to be remnanta of a civ ilization probably earlier than that of the Peruvian Incaa. Section* of -walla 46 feat km. height, built of block* each of three cubic feet, cut out of baaalt, are (till itand ing. The wall* extend for a diatance of IN) yard* between hill* which serve aa buttraase*. Within are tha ruin* of habitationa. Dr. Wolf aaid the fact that the walla contained archa* indicated that their builder* had reached a compara tively high itate of civilization and intellectual attainment. The walla were alao carved with at range hiera tic inscription*. ne noiea on* carving in wnirn ap peared the representation of an ani mal resembling the extinct glyptodon. He roughly estimated the age of the ruin* at from 2,000 to S,000 yean, hut thought excavation* might more definitely determine their age. There have been other evidence* of an ancient civilisation in Patagonia but thia i* aaid to be the fint discov ery of actual ruin*. Some diatance further south he found what waa per haps an ancient thoroughfare along which for more than a mile the rocka were covered with similar inscrip tions. After leaving his data with the museum Dr. Wolf plans to return to Patagonia nert month When he is to search for the "enchanted city" of Patagonia Indian mythology, sup posed to be situated in the Andes. Indians refer to as the home of the Sun God, will prove to be the ruins of another ancient city. Baptists Will Visit Sweden Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 24.—Approx imately 750 Southern Baptist will go to Stockholm the' last week in July for the third sesaion of the Baptist World alliance to be attended by re presentatives from every nation in the world in which there ia a church of the denomination, according to a preliminary survey made public by Baptiat headquarters in thia city. Southern Baptist will not go in • single party, but will be composed of a large number of tourist groups which will visit pointa of interest in Europe and the Near Bast while abroad. Representatives of the varioas boards of the Southern Convention already at work, in co-operating with officiala of cone*ponding groups from all sections of the globe, <n the preparation of a comprehensive graph ical and photographic exhibit that will outline the work of the Baptist of the world are doing in behalf of the caoaea of missions of all kinds, education, bennvolaoces and other general denominational activities FRENCH GENERAL IN RUHR ISSUES STRINGENT ORDER TO GERMAN PROPRIETORS Poilua H*t« Authority to Holp DmhiimImi in Public Houmi •n«l Shop* if the Ownora Re fuao to Sorro Thorn. / K«wn, Fik. IB. -General Fomiar French mmmuvlrr, not if lad t/ini Mayor I.utbar lo<Uy that tha occupa tion force* had been authorlxed tc halp themaelvea in public houaea am ■hop* if tha proprietor* refuaed tc •erve tham, and that any eatahli*h mant whara aarvica la rafuaad will tx cloaad. Dr. Luther rapliad that It waa con trary to tha Canaan law for any om to aarra himaalf In a German ahop 01 public houaa. Fir* caaaa dealing with virtual)} all tha naw forma of Carman reaiat anca ara achadulad for trial tomor row bafora a Franch court-martial al Bredeney. It ia expected that tha firat of thaa« -a*e* will he that againat Lord May or Arnatein of Oberhauacn, who ra fuaad to permit Oberhauaen'a mair railway atation to be aupplied witt electricity nr r*« after it had been oc cupied by the Belgian*. Other peraona accuaed include Di rector Buazmann, of tha Rhenial Vive Lord Mayor Schaefer, of Eaaen both of whom were arreated in con nection with cutting off electricity from the Kaiaerhof hotel here Charge* with regard Ui thi- on-de livery of coal alao are pending againat Herr Schaefer. Vn Eaaen police official named K.ein la alao to be tried, and likewtaa Recorder Cuyena, of the Eaaen retail dealer* axaociation. Their caaaa an underatood to be concerned reapec tively with the refuaal of the German police to aalute French and Belgian officer* and the boycott of the mer chant* against tfee occupying force* Another of Eaaar/a leading <^llj new* pa per*, The Eaaener Allgemeint Zeitung ha* been forbidden to pub liah for a fortnight. Report* from other part* of tha or cu;ried area indicate that inilitar ' tc cu pa tion of the minea ia being re sumed and further arreata are being made. Workmen of the pro*per minr number 3, quit when thia pro pert) waa occupied, and the mil era at th« Rheinbaben and United Wilhelm min e* called proteat etrikea. u ■ innouncva irura uviKiitircner that the 31 policemen who were «r mud there recently are being held •t Recklinghausen, where also *ra imprisoned Grlsenkirchen's lord may or, rice lord mayor, director of th« reichabank, the chief of police and on* major of police. It U announced that an agreement ha* been reached with Holland bj which 60,000 littera of milk will b« aent into Eaaen daily. Dueaaeldorf, Feb. IS.—Rapid at rid ea toward realisation of France'« stmi in the Ruhr are being made daily, ac cording to announcementa from th< occupational headquarter*, which point oat that from eight to nin« train* of coal and coke, or approxi mately 6,000 tona are leaving the oc cupied area every 24 hours for Bel gium and France. These trains an entirely manned by French civilian worker* imported for that purpose In addition, there are aome 12,000 rail men now familiarizing themselves with the operation of the German lin es. The French maintain that the Rhine traffic also shows marked improve ment, coal and coke being sent out quite regularly in barges by way of Strasbourg. Twenty-five steamship* in all have been requisitioned and manned by French and Belgian sail or*. The river fleet include*, alao, hun dred* of bargea. many of which art already loaded with fuel. The French pin great hope* upon this movement of fuel by water, but admit that the *ystem i* not work ing a* smothly a* it should within a short time. a In addition, the French am main taining five daily paaaenger traini from Mayence to Duesseldorf, seme of which carry German* having special permit* granted by the French. Even within the newly occupied •erritory freight traini are running These are mostly ompesed of coal snd coke can, b* when the occasion arises the Frercn alao transport in t.a-Kuhr ft«i-{h». for the German* and shift car* of food wherever they •re needed by the population. ! FAIR OFFICIALS ATTEND STATE MEETING Plan* For A Bigger Fair in Mount Airy — Gambling to Curbed in All Fair* <^W. 0. Sydnor and F.wd. M. Unvllle returned laat wwk from .. Raleigh where they hav* be«>n to • meeting t fur the purpose of organising a cir cuit of Fain for North Carolina. IKt thia mating the following fain were 1 represented; Mount Airy, Wlnaton Sal<m. Gnensboro, Raleigh, Green villa and Wilaon. Thaaa etx fain an admitted to ba tha six largeat fain in North Carolina. They or ganized a cirruit beginning with Mount Airy and following in tha or dar mentioned to ba known a* tha North Carolina Grand Circuit. Then I will be four" stake race* or aarly cloa ing eventa, the rlaaaea 2; 11 pace, t;17 pace 2;20 trot and a 2;14 trot with the purae 11,000 hi each race, then then will be four races of open class es with the minimum purae of MOO each. The offiren for thia new cir ruit are ai followa, W. N. Reynold! Winston-Salem, pnaident, W. H. Dail, Greenville, vice president, I. S. Had ley, vice-president and T. M. Arra smith, Hillaboro, secretary, with a director from each of tha fain inter •••ted. the director to be (elected by the local aaaociation. Theae purae* an expected to bring to North Caro lina the fax teat hone* ever aeen in thia part of the country. The people who live in reach of the Carolina-Vir ginia Fair will have an opportunity to see some of the faateat hone* in the country in action at the fair thia fall. At the aame time the representa tive* of the fain mentioned went befon the legislature in the intenat ' of aome much needed legislation. One bill for the purpoae of relieving agricultural fain from taxation ao long aa they operate without declar ing a dividend and uae their income for improvementa. A *ecord bill for the purpoae of (U-otccUng agricultural lairs against dims running in onHhem during the week befon and the week of the fair. a »ffunti diii tor im purpose 01 passed by which the lUte riven ■ •mall amount of aid to agricultural fair* which will enable them to in rreaae their premium liat. The moat important bill wai on* that thia circuit felt like aa an organ isation it could advocate, put acrosa and get by with it in the future, yet individually each fair secretary thought the chances for finacial re verses were too great for him to un dertake it alone. Than too, they thought that it was necessary for some of tbe larger fairs to blase the way and they took the initative. For ' a long time fair secretaries have ab horred the increased gambling and \ girt shows which have seemed to thrive on fair grounds. One secre tary would be glad to eliminate it from hia midway, but he could not alone take the risk of breaking his fair financially by making a clean sweep. So the N. C. Grand Circuit of Fair* offered to the legislature and urged the paaaage of bill that will entirely eliminate all gambling and girl shows. This organization felt like in taking thia step that it was doing what all of the fair secretaries in North Caro lina wanted done. That they were taking" a step .11 the direction of mak ing the fairs a purely agricultural, educational and entertaining proposi tion. We will continue to have agri cultural exhibits, horse races, free acts, fireworks, and decent shows to which you can take your wife or your daughter. Forty Deer Invade New York Suburb Nyack, N. Y., Feb JS—Forty wild deer from the hills laat night were parked about the lawns, flower beds and open spaces of Nyack, contently chewing their cuds and ruminating on the adventure- which Had brought them within 45 mile* of Broadway. Robert H. Drummond, superintendent 1 of Oak Hill, discovered that the hard had invaded hia domain laat night and consumed most of the flowers and shrubs than. Yesterday the usually shy creature* remained on the out skirts of Nyack, just 26 miles from the heart of New York City. Heavy snow* in the hills are be lieved to have sent the deer down in search of forage. When they were discovered members of the Sporta men's Club took a quantity of hay and oaIs and scattered it in open spaces near town. A few hoars later all of it had bean devoured. ORPHANAGES CARE FOR 2,940 CHILDREN Arm Foread to Turn Awt) More Than They Admit. Kaleigh. Feb. 17.— In Dm 2ft orphan' •en in North Carolina, 2.1»40 <lf pendent i hiMn-n art being rarml foi at prwwnt, according to a aurvey ol theae particular Inatitutkina ju*t com i pieted and made public today by th« lata board tif charities and puhlu vt-lfare. The raaults, which hari (wen tabulated, giro a compr*hensiv< view of how ths orphanage* arc meet inir the problem of the dependent child in thia *tata and form ■ baaii of recommendations for improve mrnta. Thaaa figures do not represent hall tha number of North Carolina da pendant children, officials state. Bo cauae of lack of room, the orphanagei . are forced to turn away yearly mon children than they can admit. Esti mate* from reports filed with the de partment places the total of thi atata's dependent children at S,00< "at the lowest." A visit to every orphanage recentl] was made by Miaa Mary U. Shotwell of the bureau of child welfare, a pari of the state board of charities aiM public welfare. The administrate and work of each was studied and i full report written. To each superin tendent waa aent a questionnaire deal in* with five phases of institutional management; administration, finan ces, number of children received anc dismissed, education snd physical rare. One thousand five hundred and eighty-one applications were received by the institutions of North Carotins last year, according to the survey while only 431 children were admit ted. Of the Ml children dismissal from orphanages durinr this period "47 were graduated; 155 returned ti relatives; SI placed in homes; 28 se cured positions; 21 entered college; 27 ran away; three sent to Caswell Training school; two died, and 11 were otherwise disposed of (no ex planation of their disposition hav ing been made by superintendents.)" Of the 2,940 children now in or phanages of the state, 2.80S were is school last year, distributed from Ui< first to the eleventh grade. It wai found that there is "marked decrease" in the number of children who are ui grades higher than the sixth. Sil institutions send their children to th« public schools in tha community ir which they are located. Three send their high school pupils to the city schools and two others receive sa lary from the county for one or mon teachers employed in the orphanagt school. The number of volumes hi the libraries of the orphanages rum from 50 in the small home up to 3, 000 In the Isrger. making a total ol 15,069 in all the institutions, with • total of 120 magaxines. i ne esumateq value 01 orpnanagt property in the ititt is $3,880,000, in cluding 161 buildings and 1,176 acrei of land. Last year 9904,495 was us ed in caring for dependent children in the orphanages. Of this amount, th« churches and fraternal orders gav« 1748,909, the state $80,000 and indi viduals $105,686. Improvement! amounting to $242,388 are being made at the institution." The average annual per capHa cost of earing for the children wai $195, according to the tabulation. Because of failure to meet state re quirements it was necessary last yeai for the board to close two child-car ing institutions and to refuse to li cense 10 organisations and indivi duals wishing to receive children it is stated. A number of special features is being worked out successfully at se veral institutions. For example, one orphanage is run entirely on tile cot 1 tago system, which provides every thing from kitchen to dining room to sleeping and play quarters, in as perate units of from to to 90 child ren, approximating as nearly as pos sible the family home. Several oth ers have a partial cottage system, using cottages for small children, but having a congregate dining rooms for the older. One of the beat features of sev eral of the orphanages is the "home like atmosphere" found in them, ac cording to Miss Shotwell. In these t ha children recognise the superin tendent "la their friertd." Plans for developing the initiative of the indi vidual child are worked oat, prevent ing, a* far as possible, the dangers of " i nut it ut Realisation." TJntil recently, it ia stated, there was oaly one orphanage that seat its , children to the public school* of tW community. Th* child ran of this in stitution do not know of any othor plan, and their work, Miss Mhotwell states. is "quite ri-msrkahie They take part in all community activities ' and are considered a definite part of th* town. Five othor institutions now ars attempting this plan with good (vaults. In sU or wre orphan «*»«. children attend ehurrh and Sun- ' day srhool outside the institution. "What dependent children nood is exactly what all children nood," ac cording to Miss Shot* IL "Every child is a part of the family group and should be so eonaidered. Any I plan of child welfare that <loe* not t-aks into consideration tho child'* family background in planniag for hi* training and protection la inade quate." On this baa is it is stated, th* *tete board cite* severs! aims to bo attain ed by child-caring institution* la North Carolina, which include: The cot tag* system. An institutional visitor who shall mak* a special study of each child hfefore admission in order to bo satis fied that every possible meaas of keeping th* family together ha* been exhausted and also to secure all avail able knowledge concerning the child'a family history and environment. The visitor, in the judgement of the board should also keep in touch with th* children after they have heen placed in new homes or returned to their own. "Bahy cottages," read* the report, 'should be used to keep a family of children together, or for the tempo rary care of children when there 1* hope of restoring the family unit-" Evtension of sge limit of sdmission to orphsnages. Often, a child of this age has lost both parents, either by death or neglect, and since there in no place to send him he runs th* t hance of becoming delinquent. A regular physical examination of all children at the time of admission; also at least annually during their stay at the institution and before their discharge. Th* state board re command* that there be on file a oon tinous health record of each child. A teacher of home economic* to jive training in food preparation, tex tile* and clothing, household manage ment and laundry work, which would be included a* a regular part of th* school curriculum. IDAHO TO SELL WHITE PINE LAND SUt. Will Probably Obtain $48,000,000 for 200.0C 0 Acre* of Tinibar Spokane, Wuh., Feb. 18.—During the put few month* special interest hu been manifested by a number of the largest lumber companies of the United States in the white pine for- • esta of the northwest. New mills are being erected and new railroada are being constructed into these areas. It now det elopes that Idaho owns about 600,000 acre* of timber land in the northern counties of the state, largely white pine, 200,000 acres of which is to be sold. It is estimated that this tract contains 4,000,000 feet of lum ber, which, at $12.40 per 1000 feat, the price recently paid for another tract, will net the state about $48,000,000. The retail value of white pine lum ber is usually $86 per 1000 feat in the United States, making the ultimata worth of this tract $360,000,000. Eu ropean quotations on select gsadss of white pine run from $190 to <160 par 1000 feet. Lumbermen estimate that the milling coat, to be paid for labor alone, will be at least $10 per 1000 feet, a total of $40,000,000. The white pine tree does not usual ly grow to enormous aise, like the redwood trees of California, hot there is an occasional white pine of marvel ous dimensions. One tree of this va riety milled in northern Idaho, waa 207 feet in length. 42S years old and scaled 28,900 feat of lumber. The timber- cruisers hare discovered on this Idaho tract what is beliavad to be the largest white pine tree hi the world. It measuraa 7 feet and 4 te ches in dismeter, four feet above Ha base. Its age and length cannot ha accurately determined until it has been felled. The tree mentiosied above measured 6 Net and 9 htchea hi diameter at itn base. Nothing Sa Goad far a Caagh ac CaU. "Everyone who has naad Chamber lains Cough Remedy • peaks waft 01 writes Edward P. Miller. Ab botts town, Pa^ Psopls^who ohmmmo

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