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FIRST EDITION.
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 8, 1921
SIX PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
IS
Count Plunkttt
NEW NATION
AT SOUTHER?
WILL HAVE
BERODOLL
BACK TO
WIFE SAYS HARRIS
TOLD STORY .'ABOUT
MURDER OF ELWELL
CASE OF! WILLIAMS
WILL SOON BE IN
HANDS OF OA. JURY
HAPPER ILL IE
UNDERGO STRIKE
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MAYOR OF
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iLARGE
OF NORTH AMERICA
COMING TWO YEARS
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ENGLAND
Railway Men and Transport
1 1 Workers Will Probably
Join-Miners
.LABORERS' ARE DEFIANT
Iirnore Lloyd GeorgeGov
ernm'ent, Prepares Peliver
I, Food by Airplane Sol
diers' Scattered-Through
out the Country Now
(By the United Press)
"' London, April 8j King George
1 today called) the army reserves
,nd volunteers into active serv
ice as a result of the threaten
ed industrial revolution. The
King's action was caused by re
fusal of the striking coal min
' trs to meet with the owners and
the decision of the Triple Alli
ance to meet late today to de
i termine . plana for a general
London, April 8. The British
miners .' today , praptically refused
fiemier Lloyd George's request that
they renew negotiations wun i-w
mine owners, the Board of Trade an
At the same time it became, known
ii.t 4h. Iranmnrt workers and rail.
uiai m- - - - ..
way men had -voted to strike unless
the ; miners ana owners reacn ar
spree ment. V "
A general strike if ordered is ex
pected to Tiegih Sunday at midnight
,. TWa irniprnmpnt is nreDarinor tc
use great fleets of airships for food
delivery if a food shortage due to
the Strike should demand . such act
ion. ' 1
Soldiers are already stationed at
sll points likely to be affected by. the
strike.
Gotham Gets Rare
' fruits From Africa;
B k V .
Strange Crosses Seen
C' (Bv the United Prese) ' '
New York, April 7.- Gotham is
flow eatine its fruits .from South
.Africa. Shipments of plums, nectar
ines, peaches, pears, and honey-dew
melons from far-off 'Cape Colony
are helping the city to keep he? rep
utation for ignoring seasons in the
matter of food. Strange crosses of
'peaches and plums and apples are
imong the shipments, resulting in
; colors of deep red splashed with yel
low iri odd ' shapes that are un'amil
itt to most of us. :
Took Imagination
to Devise Costume
. v.
Like This Creation
New York, April 7. This' Sounds
like an anibitious effort, even in
these days of super-souls. One of the
gowns at the recent Liberator ball
at Tammany Hall had as its purpose
in life aside from that of respect
ably sovering its wearer the inter
pretation of Tod Kofcbin's story, "The
Dfeath of Sin." It was a sufficiently
striking costume to ibe" almost any
thing, but one must admit that the
, cneme aad its '.difficulties. Be
sides, as one of the discerning guests
or the evening well pointed out, "Sin
" never died yet."
J10O for a
' Rescue; Little Old
. Woman Remembered
(By the United Press)
Toulon, 111., April 7. A fairy god.
mother in the form of a little .old la
dy whom he only saw once has made
George Fogelsong happy with a gift
.of $10,000.
'Fogelsong has been informed that
Mrs. Marie Lee of Chicago has died
and left him a legacy of $16,000.
' While in the nearby town of Galva,
about' three years ago, Fogelsong
rushed into the middle of a street and
carried Mrs. Lee to safety when she
became confused at the approach of
an automobile. In saving the aged
woman from possible death, Fogelsong
"arely. escaped injury himself. .
. , "rs- Lee had stopped in Galva on
Jier way home to Chicago to change
trains. She fainted from the excite
nient of the narrow escape and Fogel
song assisted her to her train. Just
as the train started, she asked his
name but did not get his address. ' .
Administrators : of Mrs., Lee's jwill
Marched for Fogelson around Galva.
"e was finally found through an ad
vertisement in a Chicago paper. He
Aih. almost forgotten the incident
hen he learned he was to receive the
fle.OGO bequest for his bravery, '
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The well known Sina Fein leader
Horse Racing Back
to High Plane in '
the British Isles
(By the United Press) !
London, April 7. Jlorse-raeing,
the Englishman's favorite sport, has
begun and this season promises to be
a record one. The pre-war standard
as regards the number of horses in
training has not yet; been attained,
but " there are plenty of horses and
another year or two should bring the
turf, back to its original standard.
Never were such large ; sums of
money offered for stock as now and
there are no sighs of a slump. It was
the owner-breeder who saved the situ
ation during the war. i With few ex
ceptions all big breeders.-kept their
studs going, with the result that to
day the whole turf Situation is bet
ter than might have been expected.
Rate courses are ovarcrowded and
the executives are perplexed as to
how they can accommodate the thou
sands of people who now attend. '
Nowhere else in the world is horse
raVing quite so "exciting" as in Eng
land. The : raucous : shouts of the
bookmakers, the picturesque Vgipsies,
the blare of color as the horses' go
flitting past, the frocks of the so
ciety dumes in the grand stand, from
the roof of Which the "ticktack" men
send, their mystic signs down to their
colleagues in the ring, the deftness
?f the three-card tricksters who reap
1 golden harvest among the unwary,
the frenzied shouting and stamping of
the betters as the horses dash past
the winning post all these things go
to make an English race-course one
of those "sights" so dear to the hearts
of tourists.
Sell Life-Saving
Stamps in Drive
for Relief Chinese
Atlanta, Ga., April 7. The sale of
life .uiving stamps for the relief , of
famine victims in five great 'provinc
es of China has been put actively un
der way throughout the ten states un
der the jurisdiction of the Southern
Committee, for ; the China Famine
Fund. : The stamp sale feature of the
ampaign has been placed in the
hands of Miss Daisy Davies, one of
the best known women of the South,
who has taken charge of the women's
division with headquarters at 50J
Candler Building, Atlanta.
Miss ,Daviesk who was for sonic
time president of LaGrange; (Ga.)
Female College and for years has
oeen recognized as one of the fpre
.nost Sunday school workers in the
country, has taken steps to get in
touch with women leaders in every
jommunity throughout tht South.1 The
sale of the life saving stamps is be-
ng carried on principally through the
women's missionary societies of . the
various denominations, and through
woman's organizations generally,
.vhethcr religious, educational or so
cial. v . .
HIOGS T)0 MORE TO
GIVE NEW YORK A -
FRIGHT THAN BOMBS.
New York, April 7. New York's
nerves are pretty good. Bomlbings
don't frighten it, nor gorillas appall,
But fifty women tried to go out of
the windows of a Broadway subway
express train at Times Square when
1.500 frogs burst through a . huge
paper bag and 'began a hopping con
test-in the midst of silk-clad ankles
and feminine shrieks. The guards
opened ' the xfoors just in time to
prevent the window exodus. Two
well-meaning boys were responsible
for the near panic. They are frog
hunters, they exclaimed, and were on
their way home from Van Courtland
Park . swamp, with their harvest of
dible frogs. They admitted the "ad
vantage of cloth acka over paper
bags for the conveying of their
auarry, but couldn't understand why
so many people got excited about
the accident when they were ' the
inly ones who lost any money out
of it ' .
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Th ree t Central American
Countries in New Federa
tionTwo Others Expect
ed to Join Guatemalan
- Congress Ratifies
(By the United Press)
Washington, April 8. iBirth of a
new. American nation was announc
ed today by Dr. Julio Bianchi. , 1
Ihe Guatemalan assembly ratified
the treaty of San Jose, which cre
ates a federation of the Central Am
tiican countries.
The republics of Honduras, Salva
dor and Guatemala are now signa
tories to the treaty. Costa Rica and
Nicaragua are expected to join the
confederation shortly.
Costa : Rica ,. has a .population pt
about H 500,000, Gdatemula 2,200,000.
Nicaragua 600,000, Salvador 1,700,
000 and Honduras 000,000. .
The area of Costa Rica is 23,000
square miles, Guatemala 48,2'.)0, Nic
aragua 49,200, Salvador 7,;!5 and
Honduras 46,260, ,
When all five powers have joined
the new "United States" it will, have
a population of 6,500,000 and an area
of 174,065 square miles. ,
It will be bounded on the north by
Mexico, south by, Panama, west by
the Pacific and east by the Atlantic
Ocean. '.. -; , f
FIND AKCHBF.LL SHOT ,
HIMSELF TO DEATH.
' Sidney, N. C, April 8. "We believe
that the -deceased met death at hi
own hands," was the verdict of the
jury in the coroner's inquest over the
body of T. Bonner Archbell, promi
nent farmer found dead at his home
here. . ArchbeW's body had a bullet
hole in the. head. . Relatives pressed
for an investigation. ';' No evidence
was presented to , warrant suspicion
against any other person. . ;
MORE TH" THIRD OF
MILLION FOR STREETS
Washington, N. C, April 8,---Sealed
i - i ... : m u : ) v. .. f f ,. 1 v..,-,,
UUia Will UK ICVCITCU UJf IfHILIUIt, urn
May 16 for the sale of $390,000 of
street improvement bonds, lhe is
sue will bear six per cent. : The bomli
will be in $1,000 denominatipn; am
will he retired by 1938. ;" ' .y-'
New Bern Post Takes Ward. .
New Bern, April 7. The post of
the American Legion here has adopt
ed a ward at the Biltmore hospital
and will care for disabled ex-servicemen
there.
300 DIE FROM FIRE
IN 12 MONTHS' TIME.
. Raleigh, April 7. Nearly three hunr
dred people in North Carolina me
their death last year by fire, the to
tal being barely below the record for
the previous year. In 1920 there were
18 lives lost in conflagrations, while
279 died from other burns. The total
was 297. For 1919 there were 24
lives lost in conflagrations, and 276
from other burns. The total was;3pl,
just four more than for the last year.
The statistics were announced by the
State Board of Health. The majority
of the deaths from burns were of chil
dren, resulting from the accidental
catching, fire of their clothing either
from open fires or , playing with
matches.
Baby Tax Instituted
by Owners Apartment
Houses at Boston Now
New York, April 7. New York
is. supposed to be the giddy, selfish
city, Boston the serious, dutiful one.
How, then, is this to be explained?
On the same day in which the chil
dren's fight against landlords is won
iri New York with the passage of a
bill making it a -misdemeanor, for
apartment house owners to discrim
inate against families with children,
the Boston landlords raise the cost
of apartments $10 per baby. ! The
leases just being distributed read:
"This apartment is leased for a fam
ily of 'persons and for each ad
ditional person : in the family the
rent ' shall automatically increase $10
pe month."
Rosen Shown by
.Man Who Admitted
Genius Had Talent
New York, April 7.-Max Rosen,
the tvsll.tnnwii violinist, was amus
ing himself at the phonograph re
cording laboratory by playing oyer
a jazz number with a syncopated or
chestra. One of the ragtimers, un
aware of the violinist's identity, took
the instrument from 'him and aid:
"Pretty good, but let me show , you
how to - nlav this stuff.. Just the
same, you got talent, I'll say."
Montreal Wants Big Fight.
li.nnl Anrll 1 Tor Rirknrd
iviiivat, -' -'
Amn liaM in Iipav Montreal's
llldjf - tvmc "tv
bid for the Dempsey-Carpentier bout.
Kahn Will Reintroduce Res
olution Monday and De
mand That Congress Ask
Germany to Give Up
Wealthy Draft Evader
(By the Unltod Press) "
Washington, April 9, Grover C.
Bergdoll. the millionaire draft evad
er, will ibe brought back to this coun
try, Chairman Kahn of the Houso
Military Affair Committee predict
ed today. ' '
Kahn will reintroduce Monday his
resolution for investigation of the
entire Bergdoll affair and will also
demand that Congress call on Ger
many to return Bergdoll.
Men Stick to Old
.Night JShirl; No
Fancy for Pajamas
(By the United Press)
Chiojjgo, April 7. In musical com
edies and magazine advertisements
you find your fancy striped pajamas,
but in real life men are clinging to
the old night shirt.
' At least, that's the opinion of P.
II. Layland, 'Chicago haberdasher. -;
. "Not only the; jazzy old boys, but
gay young friskers are keen fpr the
comforts of the roomy night shirt
that' covers up your -feet," said Lay
land, ' ' "Snappy, up-to-the-minute
styles in public, but comfort in the
bed room that is' the policy."-
James A Patton," wheat king, was
quoted the other day afc saying:
"jjamn pajamas! ' His traveling bag
had been stolen. ;(. Jt contained a night
shirt. A, :friend offered pajamas.
Pierce, Veteran of '
Thirtieth Division,
Goldsboro Candidate.
Goldsboro, : April 8.-rnMaj. Went.
worth Pierce, world war veteran and
lawyer, has announced as a candidate
for mayor here, Pierce was in th
30th Division in France. Some years
ago as a noncommissioned officer in
the First Engineers he posed for the
pictures in the army infantry drill
regulations.'-;", ' -, ,... . r :.
Tarheel Dead at Hoboken.
New-York, April 7. More than
1,200 iwar dead for whom services
wore held at Hoboken yesterday in
cluded more than 1,000 from the 30th
Division.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
IITTLETON MAKES
STARTLING STATEMENT.
New .York, ! April 8. Martin
, W... Littleton, attorney . for Mrs.
W. E. I). Stokes in the suit for
r divorce against her, today made
the charge that Stokes' agents
. sought to obtain evidence show
ing that Mrs. Stokes killed Jos
eph B. Elwell, murdered whist
wizzard, and that they also tried
: to obtain evidence identifying
her as one of the red-haired,
women in the divorce suit of
James A. Stiilman, in a state
ment to the L'niU-d Press.
CHILDREN OF PRIMARY SCHOOL
ENGAGE IN ? MUSICAL CONTEST
The children of the Primary School
engaged in an interesting and spirit
ed musical contest Friday at the
school building. ' Mrs. Nan Goodson
Howard, director of music in ; the
schools, conducted the contest and sev
eral sets of judges passed upon the
different phases of the contest? For
the best hymn a prize of $5 ,'. was
awarded; for . the best recreational
song, a prize of $5, and for the best
tone matching in each grade, a prize
of $2.50 was, offered. The prizes
were given by the Primary Parent
Teachers' Association. All the class
es in each grade joined in singing the
respective class hymn and the recre
ational song and each class then con
tested separately for the class honor
in tone matching. Splendid improve
ment was noted in tho singing since
the first annual contest was held last
year. ' ;
-The prize for the best hymn was
awarded the second grades. The
hymn was "What a Friend-We Have
in Jesus. The fourth and third
grades were given honorary mention,
their vhymns being respectively
"Come Thou Found" and "Onward
Christian Soldiers." The third grades
were given the prize for the best re
creational song, their song being en
titled, "The Sailor." The first grade
got honorable mention in this class,
their song bing, "Children Go To and
rro." The first grades' hymn was
"Little Feet Be Careful" and the se
Not Guilty of Charge . He
i Lodges A gainst Self.
Third ' Degree Fails to
Break Down Buffalo
Man's "Confession' '
(By the United Press)
Buffalo, April 8. Mrs. Roy Har
ris, wife of the man who confessed
he was one of the two men who kill
ed Joseph B, Elwell, the New, York
whist expert, last year, today said
her husband's confession wag a mere
fabrication' and that he told her he
is innocent. . -
She believes his mind is deranged,
Detectives put Harris through the
third degree today to break down his
alleged confession in order, to deter
mine whether he did the actual kill
ing, but (Harris stuck to the story of
his guilt.
Saucy Costa Rica
I Has More. Teachers i
Than Men in Army
(By the United Press) ,
Washington, April 7. School teach
ers are more numerous than soldiers
in Costa. Rica, according to reports
from that country in a bulletin issued
today by the National Geographic So
ciety here. iThe trouble between Pan
ama and Costa Rica, which has stop
ped by offers from the United States
to - mediate, has brought the little
Central American republic to the front
page. .-..: . ; '-', ;":-w', '-;--tv;'
Although about equal jn area to
West Virginia, the great majority of
the half million inhabitants of Costa
Rica live on a i mountain-fringed
plateau 50 miles square, in the cen
ter . of the country. The regions
bordering Nicaragua on the northwest
and Panama on the southeast are al
most uninhabited except for Indiana.
United States is .
; Hard Hit by Fires
in Forest Lands
Washington, April 7. Forest fires,
sweeping over .j 56,488,307 acres of
land in 45 states,, caused! damage
amounting to $86,715,747 during the
five years 1916 to 1920, inclusive, ac
cording to information made public
today by the Forest Service of the
United States Department of . Agri
culture. A total of 160,318 forest
fires occurred during this period. Min
nesota; was the chief sufferer,' its loss
being $30,R95,8C8. ; , . - ,,
The bulletin presents the latest sur
vey of the country's forest fire situ
ation, and points out that the major
portion of the damage to . America's
forest resources, due to human agen
cies, is preventable. Railroads caus
ed the, largest number of all fires
ch'irgeable to such agencies.
The bulletin also present reports
from the Forest Service on fires in
the national forests and from state
forestry officials covering conditions
in 20 states. These reports deplore
the present day, waste of natural re
sources and emphasize the need for
public education to avoid the disas
trous consequences of continued neg
lect in failing to provide adequate fire
protection for the forests of the coun
try. x
cond grade's recre. '-mil was
'"On Tiptoe." The f.,ui.:, ,.4..i.c'j re
creational song was "Soldiers." ...
In the tone matching contest, in. the
first grades, the song used by all tho
classes was "Baby Land;" Miss Mill
er's class was awarded first prize,
Miss Black's and Miss Roberson's be
ing honorable mention. In the second
grade tone matching, the song be
ing, -''The .Wise Bird," Miss, Kinsey's
class was given the award with Miss
Kornegay's and Miss Blanton's re
ceiving honorable mention. : In the
third grade,' Miss Evans' class was
given the first prize, the tone match
ing song for ' these grades being,
"Rock-a-byo Baby." ; In the fourth j
graaes, ivjiks ocaroorougn s Class was
awarded first v prize and Miss Nor
man's class given honorable mention,
thoir tone matching song being, "The
Robin." ' . - , . . )
The judges of eachtdivision compli--
mented all of the efforts and said that
it had been very difficult for them to
decide. - v '
Little Miss Truett Butler, a begin
ner, who entered schoo lfor the first
time in February was the soloist of
the occasion, singing the scale and a
little song. -,'As. a concluding numbe
all of the children were assembled and
sang one verse ot' the ' State song,
"Carolina." Mrs' Howard announced
that' she wanted the older people pre
sent "to take slwsons" -from the chil
dren and learn how the' song ought t
be sung. " , ' - J
State - Demands Death Pen
' alty Long Address . by
Prosecutor Negro Man
ning Will Not Enter Plea
. of Guilty, Announced
(By the United Press)
Covington, Ga,; April 8. The- ju
ry trying the case of John S. Will
iams for the alleged murder of elev
en negroes ' on his "death farm", is
expected to' get the case today.
Special Prosecutor William How
ard closed the argument for the
State. Jloward charged that Will
iams had the Negroes killed on the
assumption' that "dead men tell - no
tales." Howard talked for nearly
two hours and was exhausted when
he finished.-He was helped from the
court-room. , ' f
Howard demanded the death pen
alty...' '-:'; iv
Clyde Manning, foreman of the
farm and principal witness against
Williams, will not plead guilty when
he is tried, his attorneys stated to
day, i
Send Out Programs
for Annual Sunday
. School Convention
- Raleigh, April 8. -Thousands bf
programs for the State Sunday School
convention which meets in the Bap
tist Tabernacle Church, Raleigh
April 12-13-14, are being mailed over
the State. - The program committer
in cooperation with Dr. W. A. Withers,
chairman of the -general committee
on arrangements, is also sending from
the office b the North Carolina Sun
day School Association other, printed
matter to many people who are in
quiring about the convention, Ac
commodations: for delegates .at the
rate of $1 per night, have been pro
vided! and the people over the State
are assured of ample accommodations.
No Chance Complete
Will Trial for,
Some Days, Stated.
Monroe, April 8. The Ross will
trial, in which 100 odd caveators are
trying to break the will of the late
Maggie Ross, maiden white woman,
who left a -large estate to two ne
groes, went into the eighth day with
little prospect of completing it be
fore the last of next week. Relatives
of the Ross woman are seeking to
break the will on the ground that
Maggie was weak-minded and incom
petent, and that undue influence was
exerted upon her.
Some of the evidence has been of
a sensational nature, being to the ef
fect that a negro woman, Mlttie Bell
Houston, slept In the,, same bed with
iMaggie Ross, forced Miss Ross to
attend to her negro baby, wore Mag
gie's clothing and in other ways forc
ed Maggie to do her will. The fir?
of the caveators is also directed up
on It. A. Hudson, prominent farm
er of : the Marvin community, who
acted for years as confidential bus
iness agent for Maggie Ross, and
who is a legatee under the will.
Grand Jury Throws
Out Many Cases"
for Draft Evasion.
Greenville, S. C, April 8. The
federal grand jury here today threw
out about 50 cases, charging viola
tions of the selective service act, in
which the men had been notified to
report to the local board in Novem
ber, 1918, but failed to do so because
the armistice had been signed in the
meantime. The jury took the posi
tion that while there might "have
been a technical violation of the law
there was no wilful violation.
Celebrate Day on
Which Allies Were
Joined by America
(Bv the United Press)
Philadelphia, ' April . 7. With the
principal buildings decorated with the
national colors and with many work
ers enjoying a half holiday, Phila
delphia today celebrated "AU-Ameri-enn"
. day. ,.. Patriotic . organization
paraded, the American Legion being
the most prominent. In a proclama
tion, Mayor Moore designated today,
the anniversary of the declaration of
war by the United States on Germany,
as "All-American" day so that loyal
citizens may - "reassert American
principles" and "show their desire to
curb restlessness and disorder in in
dustrial life,"
General Pershing, at the request of
Colonel Franklin L. D'Olier, formei
national commander of the American
Legion and now an active worker in
that organization, will speak tonight
at the Academy of Music,
Everything Out of Way Ex-
, cept 1 Formal Murder, of a
G.O. P. Ticket
TIGHT IN SOME 'WARDS
Victor Carries AH Mater
ial Majorities in Only
Tw'oiComes Out ,112
Votes Ahead of Incum
bentRecord Clear
Mills f TIannpr middle-aired, an
ofimint nnf. and a fnrmpr member of
City Council, will b the next mayor
oi Kinston. . - . - -
Happer defeated Mayor Dawson in
Thursday's run-off primary by a ma
jority oi ivs votes. v 9 ;
, Hunwr's nnniinnHnn hv the: Demo
crats Thursday was equivalent to his
election next month. ' ' ' ' " '
The 1921-2& mayor is a resident of
the Fourth Ward and an employe of
the Hines Bros.' Lumber Company.
He formerly lived at Durham, but he
hn hoon hfcrn lnnir enoueh to becomS '
well-known, this being entirely uper
fluous when the figures are considered.'-
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Hot Fight. ,-- ..-- : .-f ,-'
, j The race was hot. . In three wards
if ,uu a an ctnan thafe it took the faffic-
iii'l count td tell who had carried them.
The Fourth gave. Happer. no natter
ing majority. . ine,..inirn v""" """- .
?on's . goose good and strong, how
aver.: The First and' Fifth gave1 Hap-
... itn-u - --. .w T. f. -t
per majunuea u. uuw , i
The -total vote was 1,538, the larg
sst by far ever polled in a run-off
nrimnrv hni and npsrlv as' laree as
in Tuesday's regular primary; iThe
fact that Happer carrieu every wmu ...
irwiinutmi tlmt hisi innwerful backinir ;
nad been at work everywhere. ' On
Tuesday uougiass' carnea- ine r irsw
while Denton polled ' heavy vote In ,
tho Fifth. Happer's lead in .that
primary over Dawson was 183. Many "
women voted Thursday as on Tuesday, i
The local primary was so important .
:o ninny out-of-town observers, that
tL. .n..tf- ,i,if felatroH iin htl- thA"Wil, .
,HJ icnuiv noo p.;.. " ij "a .... .
mington Morning Star Friday in a s
front page black box. . .
Henry C. Riley of Philadelphia,
formerly having interests here, wired
Happer hi congratulations. He urg
ed him to put Kinston on the map as
the best-run town in the State. Riley
Is a big businessman at Philadelphia.
His Record Clear.;
Happer has a clear record as an
official.' It is likewise a clean one.
He stood for morality on every test
when a city councilman. He is also
a conservative, sound businessman, i
The Vote.
Happer, 'Dawson
147 146
101 97
V 249 166
137 114
191 190
825 713
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Lady Nicotine an
Able Ally in Fight
on Garden Pests
Washington, April 7. Lady Nico
tine can be enlisted in fighting the
plant pests, says today's lesson by the
American Forestry Association, which
is conducting a nation-wide drive of
education in battling against the bugs
that eat up about fifty million dol
lars' worth of property every year.
The safest spray material for kill
ing plant life (aphis) thrips and oth
er soft-bodied insects is a nicotine
preparation. These preparations are
put on the market commercially. Di
luted according to directions -a very'
effective spray is obtained at a cost
little exceeding one cent a gallon. .
"Black-Lear 40" is a forty per cent,
nicotine-sulphate combination which
is very widely used in spraying oper
ations. Other nicotine preparations
of similar or' lesser strength are on
the market, A forty per cent, nicotine-sulphate
solution used at the rate
of one part to one thousand parts of
water, with or without soap, is very
effective against all forms of the more
delicate aphids and tender insects. For
the black cherry aphis and- the black
peach aphis, it is necessary to use a
stronger solution, one part to from
six hundred to eight- hundred; parts
of water being recommended.
Tobacco decoctions can be prepared
readily at home by steeping (not boil
ing) one pound of tobacco stems in .
three gallons of water in a covered
vessel for two or three hours. Strain
off the, liquid and use as a spray. If
very delicate plants, such as new .
growth on rose bushes or sweet peas,
are to be sprayed, this solution can
be diluted with equal parts of water.
Nicotine or tobacco preparations, al
though very effective for their desig-,
nated purposes, do not injure foli-:
age and on that account are very de
sirable sprays.
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