•Id by Dr. Culpepper the m been notable and permanent. The nernoni Whmd by Dr. Cel of c«e pel truth* that in cal to do arach rood. He haa ■st been bitter hi hie deonciation of aim hot haa presented Ma subjects in nch a way that one cannot help M be Impressed with Ma earnestness. "I hate sin with a bitter, barning hatred." he said in mm of hie sermons, *%vt have only love and pity for the ahtner." The modern dance, card playinr and promiscuous bathing, along with Joy riding, are evila that Ike church haa to fight today. It is the dirty of the clergy to call atten tion to these forces that are sapping the vary vitals of spiritual troths i the youth of oar laad, and If not there la great danger of the dykes riving away. A warning la given to parents to aot only keep the faith theauelvn. tat to see that their children are reared In the proper atmosphere. If yon have a One dog or cow yon take •are of it, and know where it can be found, bat if some of yoa parents lad to tell where your boy or girl is or be hanged yoa would say get the tape, for yoa do not know where they are," declared Dr. Culpepper In one of bis sermons. "Pastors ltd longer have the influence over the youth that they once had," said the speaker, cry is for license, liberty and It would pay Mount Airy ■ot« than any other one thing if the parents! would go home and whip •vary child from sixteen years old 4own, Just to let them know who is The Culpepper Party. Ill ere are four in the Culpepper party—Dr. Culpepper, Mr. William 8baer*on, Mr. Ems Culpepper and Ma U. Robinson. Mr. Slaaarson is tke organization man and ha • charge of the personal work, prayer meet ings, shop meetings, delegations, etc. He hat had wide experience in thia line of work. Mr. Rom Culpepper, who (a a nephew of the evangelist, ia 4be director of young people'* work. He has been very successful In this His first appearance was last ay night, wh^n he addresaed the rtgr people at the Methodist church. Mr. Wohinson is the director of music. A large choir has been organised and the singing will be a feature of the ■Mating. Two piano* are being need tad an orchestra of several pieces ia ■bring valuable assistance. Comai ratty Revival. The revival b strictly what Its canaraaKy revival, ia invited to Join fat. "A two things," said the "It brings the entire cota eer together and everybody «fcaar to God. Cone in and get all yOT can, but do not can all yon fat tall H to others. Bring la jrotr and friends." house M splendidly comfortable. A large km erected for tha choir, b the rear of the building a competent help in csii h<* iminni that thiir receive tha very beet attention if left in tha nnraary. Amm There will ha two services daily-—j !• a. m. and 7:80 p. m. At tha even ing service the choir wilt have at leaat a thirty minutes' song aervice. There aril) ha three servteaa held in the warehouse Sunday. At 11 a. m. Dr. Culpepper will preach a spe cial sermon to e»efyhudy. At 3 o'clock tn the afternoon he will preach to men only. He has a "red hloedsd for red-blooded men." At night he will preach on the "Hohl Spirit" *' Delighted With the Start. Rev. H. K. Boyer, paster of tha Central Methodist church, said that he was1 delighted with the progra of the meeting, that it has had eae afl th* mofvt iiMpidoQi Hffinninfi th&t| ha haa ever aean. 1 am very an inas that the people of Moont Airy| and surrounding conn try hear Dr. Culpepper. I regard him one of the leading evangelists of the Methndiet Episcopal Church, South, and a man very much in demand throughout the church. We are fortunate hi being able to get him here at this time." Baaiaaaa Men's Prayer Meat inga. Each afternoon at 4 o'clock a prayer meeting for the business men is held in some store down in the city. These meetings are largely attended. They last for twenty minutes. Tobacco Crop Boat For Smrtl Tom. Greenville, An*, t.—The tobacco crop in this immediate section U probably the beat in color, weight and quality that ha* been grows for several year*. While the first cur ings have a tendency to ha light in weight, some of the fanner* are ex hibiting curing* from near the top | of the plant that will almoat equal in body the heavy tnhaceoe of the dark belt*. A great many of the grower* will have their entire crop housed within the nest ten day*. General natUfaction prevail* all over •he Eastern section in present crop condition*, and it i* predicted that the yield from alt field* will exceed that of many leasons. Automobile Prico Slashing Started. New York, Aug. 1.—Announcement j of extensive automobile priee cuts by several of the leading automobile manufacturers this week generally la regarded in Wall Street aa a fore I runner of intense ceeapefMea this fall Some of the reductions have been the raoet drastic in years, totalling nearly one-third at former values. Close j watch is being kept by financial statisticians on sales and earning* of all companies and the street gen erally would not be mrpriesd to see a . few of the smaller cMymlei dttnr disappear or be absorbed by larger tai • leselnsnhip Hk. Other bitor aato of the «tats In the rarf kin i» quire further participation in legal moves, it wna stated. The state's i lawm ia said to en and in the rotation of tha A. and T ta the old Cape Peer and Tadkin rail road. The old C. F. and T. ohm a continuous Hna from Wilmington to Mount Airy, waa broken at San ford a quartor of tiitaif ap. The Atlantic and TadUl forma that pan betnaan Sanford and Mooi^t Airy Tha eastern half ia owned by tha Atlantic Conat Linai A aoit brought by tha atoto laat yaar, anUiif t«i bring about tha reunion of tha broken Una, revolted in a victory for the rail road ownera. The A. and ▼. waa pot into reeefcr erahip by the Soathern, which owned ft, tut ynf, Mr. Brmnmitt and Mr. Brooks now hope to prevent tha Southern from rafaJnbif poaaaaaion of tha road when it ia offered for aale under tha receiv ership. Thar* waa no suggestion a* to whether they would aeek buyer* In opposition to tha Southern, though tha governor mid It had not been sag rested that tha atoto buy it in. Mr. Brooks ia appearing in tha matter aa attorney for the commis sion created by the 1K4 apacinl ses sion of the legislature to aeek legal recourse in an effort to affect a reun ion of tke Cape Panr and Tadkin Valley. The reaahrtion creating the commtaoion directed H to ftrat seek relief in the conrta, and failing there, •« negotiate with the railroad imueu - prohibition, tka equality of mm and aR tha gooi «ity of adapting ideals to prartica -ducational vming waa essential to tka — erase ful institution of prohibition; am that tha country weald ha randy fa woman rafrtp only traininf. Upon the announcement of ! Yajima'a death tha Emperor ad upon bar tha Junior Grade of thi Fifth Court Rank in recognition a W remarkable aai »Waa aa a welfar worker. Tkia ia the hirhaat rani ever riven to peraona who have pro ia aaid m ba tha Aral woman apoi whom it ban been beatowad at death For years aha had. in addition t other duties, advocated ly the abolition of the tera in Japan. It waa my ptUBagi to be a delerate to a (rent intonation al rathering in the national capital i few yeara afs whan Madams Yaihni waa introduced. She waa maiTiai •arly in life; hat It waa an nnhapr match, and aha obtained a divorc Her ffoing to Tokyo and Vecoming i Chrietian and fhrtnc to her natioi •neb distinguished service make read in* equal ia intoreat to a novel am far mora inspiring. uit month we MM another pM earthquake fai Japan. 1W damag waa not ao terrible a* that occasion ed by the rreat catastrophe of Sep •ember 1, 1923, partly Aw to the fac that th* centre of tbe ahoclca las month waa away froai any grsa I'CUtfV of population and of waaltl Aa it waa. at least aUty-eight mllHoi yen worth of property waa dsetroyec and quite a toll of human Htm wa exacted. Our son Grady waa in th mefoctura where shocks did the grea damage, but on the opposite coast, fc tbe city of Kobe. While Kobe wa also shaken, tbe boy has never men tioned the earthquake hi Ma eorra spondence. It doubtless lacked th thrill which the ahake of IKS gar him when he waa aent sprawling t the earth. Yet 1 waa proud of a bo; who could go through with what w did for flee days aad nights witboa *eemh»g to leee his nerve. Yon are doabtleaa reading abou the trouble in China where there I fl eh ting and eulfint Bat H wil probably auhaide era this la in >rtni Any coaament upon the attaattof! even at thia cloae range, which might make would probably ha atal raadtag by the tea yea would rmt II So 1 daeiat. Mi sight la hat Neat month wfll probably And « up at Goteaaba, under the tediw o Mount Fuji trying to heep cool. - Uwajima, Japan. Juae It. IMft. J. W. FRANK. SNOW DAMAGES CMH in NommN wnooNsn • Marinette. Wta„ Aug. «. fcaw fel for free minutes over aa ana of see era! square aailaa ysalirday neai Amberg. 4* miles norfhsweet of Mari nette. Advices today that the freal Ktortn was followed by hail dat level ed grain aad stilppad greea corn ti the stalks X MAGIC HOG ISLAND TO GO FOR A MERE SONG ; Maw Yarh. Aw. I—Whoa the wl > riUpyard erar 'id down*ta STE 1 tory of the world, are by the United State* SMppin* M on O*. I lobar I. It win be tater*ettnf to learn how maah of the fAS.0M.M0 Hnrl. ' 8*« f>»it oh tho gigantic milinrt tag la to And tta way back late hia coffer. Ona official of tha Emerg 1 eaey Fleet Corporation haa bm qaot ' ad aa laying that If a biddar —mm ' forward with aa offer af UjtOOfiOO for tka property he will ftpd bimeelf . •aeoroiy lockad tm the roam until ha ! haa dg»< na tha dotted Una. It la thought that tha ialand, with ail ite paraphernalia of plai a. ahip Although tha United Statea had baan at war with Germany for about aix aumtha whan tha work of oon niMag Hoff Ialand, a taady waate of qoftoaa hi tha Delaware Riwr fa tight of Philadelphia'* City HaU, began about Ortobe,- 1. 1917, tha *peed with which the VMfonaatina waa affected compelled atta^tton. It waa a breathlaaa aort of thiaf; Ilka rubbiag a ma air lamp and coauaand iac that a city appear. There waa *oawthiag heroic, epic, in tha way Hoc Ialand emerged from Ha waate* • to bar am* a community of MM) ItNia. i-j im miry or um umno SHOT ir.to the World War mad* nscesssry the prompt construction of a hoc fleet if octM carrier*, ships of mc dnifn, which could be fibrioM in various parts of the country—for there are mora than 20,000 separata parts to the freighters the yard turned oat— the units transported to convenient points and there asaiiblsJ into the -ompteted voaaeL Hog Island was one of the places sslnfcd by reason of its accessibility and the deep waterway flanking it. Work on the place was hegun a boat October 1, 1917, and rarely have engi neers been faced with sach a problem. It meant completely changing the landscape, leveling, filling in and (*r edging Fifty shipways. more than Hi any five shipyards in the country, weie planned, and provision had to be Made for the housing and main tenance of the legion of steal work ers, shipwrights, engineers, and al lied artiaans who were coming after to throng the place in so shaft a time By the time the apper sandy layer of the island had been piaiUatsd by the diggers it was necessary to thaw the land here or to blast a way throogh froaen mod there. It was like going through stone. Bat the work went on and on, day and night, the latter by electric light and the tnomination of bonfires by which the chilled workmen clustered at intervals to shake off the penetrating cold. la time the 80 shipways were com pleted, bat on concrete bases, the great barracks to house thonsand* of man, the long mess halls, the score of administration buildings, the 72 miles of trackage to transport ma terials about the island—the entire M acres wars occupied. Sevan piers, with a total length of a mile and two fifths, ware built, and there were mora than U acres of covered struc tures erected. There had te be a keen eye to the future of the island I aa the war ptogriisssd. because 1,000 shops all over the country, — |iliijhig fabricate the inaumeisbis parta of [ the voaaeis which wars te (Ms down tha ways at Hog Island. TV* contract with tha American International Shipbuilding Corpora tion. acting aa agont far thit United States Shipping Board, wna far Um , construction of ISO freight tsiilns of IM* to 1.000 tone, to be 4M feet 1 long by SI feet bsam, with engines developing 10.000 hersspuwot. Tide ' required snch aa agmy ef nsikmsn that the raster eventually mas to SOjMO. Bach noon hour 14.000 men wore fad In the Mm hah. IMr • gamr* <>f rlratara «t ml, "»* *»T thay itum In Mra. Woorfmw veaaal. President Wllaon ont at tha ear hia hat at tha naw craft glided M* tha waMr. , Thar* waa annthar raaaaU .hoald ha H«f Inland, tha total Bant waa 1SS, and Mm ialand i ..war by tha i