ROANOKE RAPIDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS. N. C.
The Double Squeeze
By
HENRY BEACH NEEDHAM
Illustrated by IRWIN MYERS
Coprr'tht. b D.jubVdy, Tt ICo,
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PART II Continued.
The story did not get to Miss Klley
In expurgated form. An uncompli
mentary remark hnd been made about
hfr "Oli. nothing if any consequence
bless your heart, mi!" and "James"
ksd tliniiKht himself culled uon to
defend her with his fists. Miotic hoy!
Win Shute, In hi wlioli'Miiiip and
Innocent view of things, IIIivmI that
the unfortunnte affair In the smoking
mom would he hushed up. Having
liberally rewarded the steward for th
rouble llmt Iiml been enusod Mm, and
flilnklnic that "those present" would
rent the episode from the standpoint
of the least mild 'thi' quickest forgot
mi. Win went about In high spirits,
an If nothing had happened headed
wtralght for Mis Hlley.
They were getting on famously. To
gether they hnd won many of the
vents In the sports, and nt ship's len
tils, which required agility and a sure,
iulek grip on the elusive ropen rings,
hey were In the finals to he played
that morning. Miss Klley couldn't
have avoided seeing him had she horn
o minded.- They won, nnd were Vo
rlnimed champions of the sea at
least of that part of It dominated hy
he slcamshlp Colonla.
It had been a hard-fought match, In
which physical condition played not a
mall part. Miss Klley rather amused
Win as they were resting In steamer
chairs en the boat deck hy saying:
"You seem to he pretty fit."
"Kit?" His tone had In It a shade
of sarcasm. "I'm always tit always
ready to Jump In and play anything
"Always?" She looked at him quiz
zically.
lli was blind as a hat. "You bet-
In season and out of season."
"You must have a splendid constitu
tion."
"1 have hut I don't abuse It. I
want to.last." This had a queer mean
Ing, he saw too late, hut be didn't try
o explain.
To his surprise she said, quite Im
jiulslvely: "I do believe that's sure."
And for emphasis she rested her hand
for n moment on his sleeve. Her
touch gave him an odd thrill.
Miss Hlley got :p to go to her Btnte-
room, and then, as If under the spell
of Impulsiveness, added quite shyly:
"It was good of you to take my part
In Hie smoking room."
"You didn't bear?" asked Shute, his
face horror-stricken.
"Oh. I didn't hear verbatim what
was said about inc." she explained
her tone a little hard. "Hut I can
Imagine. Men are such brutes most
men, And I wanted you to know that
I I liked what you did, no nmUi
what others say about It. I must go
now."
She slipped away, leaving Win
happy nnd angry, turnabout ; happy nt
her unexpected tender of gratitude,
angry at the man who had blabbed.
Hut happiness soon took the ascend
ancy. In his limited cxeiionce he
hadn't much to compare It with, ex
cept breaking Into the majors the
very Hummer be graduated from col
lege. This, on second thought, seemed
a most unhappy comparison, as Miss
Hlley didn't care for baseball.
Then she could never care for a pro
fessional ball player! He hadn't
thought of It before, but now, for
Him an Odd Thrill.
' didn't
Her Touch Gave
ome Imperative reason that hi
trv to analyse, the Idea forced Itself
unon him. If she couldn't cnte, what
then?
"We land at Gibraltar tomorrow.
Win Shute heard a passing reinurl
nnd suddenly It dawned on him that
the dav he once had looked forward to
most keenly, but which be had nl
most forgotten, was at hand. At last
he could move against his enemies!
Now he could establish bis Identity
ltut something held him back. Miss
Riley wasn't fond of baseball I She
had come to Pke "Mr. James," hut
woitid she. a "real swell," ever look
with favor upon Win Shuie. profes
sional ball player? He shook his head
gloomily.
Looking uisin the mnch-ndvcrtlsed
rock next day, he wasn't at all Impa
tient to leave the ship.
Going ashore?" inquired a voice at
his side. It was Jed Mansel, the wire
less operator.
S'pose so." answered Shute with
out show of enthusiasm.
"Why not join me? I know the spot
and the nays of the native holdup
artists. I'll act as guide If you say
so glad to."
Never before had .lerrold Mnn of-.
fensl to do hbn a fnvor. Their only
contact after the first day's consulta
tion over the wireless messngi had
come In rivalry over Miss Hlley's time.
Now the hero of the Itegent w as brim
ful of friendliness. Win Nhute's sus
plclons, already sutllclently aroused
regarding Mansel, were considerably
augmented by this urgent Invitation.
Hut he smiled as he might have done
In facing a pitcher who had something
on" him.
"Thank you I've no time for sight
seeing. I have some business to at
tend to here."
Win Shute was off the ship among
the very first before the wireless op
erator; he saw to that. Ho hired a
conveyance and ordered the driver to
make tracks for the cable ofllce.
If you get there befouf anybody
from the ship III give you doutiie
fare!" promised Shute nnd he bad
to. x
He wrote out a long message to Trls
I-'brd, explaining In detail what had
happened to him nnd bow he had done
his best to communicate by wireless,
and how he stood over the operator
while be sent it. Then he asked how
long It would take to get an answer.
"From two to six hours," was the
reply.
"I'll wait," announced Shute.
"Hut don't you want to see the
fortifications?" asked the operator.
"You will have ample time."
"I want to see nothing .except the
reply to that message," replied Shute,
sitting down and making himself com
fortable for a long wait.
After six hours of waiting, the oper
ator handed him a cable dispatch. It
read :
"Ford out if town. Iteport to Amer
ican consul, Naples. Do you need
money?"
It was signed by t'.in club's secre
tary. He cabled In answer to address him
care of the consul at Naples. He did
not ask for money. And he went back
to the ship In no hilarious frame of
mind. His team had lost the world's
championship the plot ngalnst Mm
had been thoroughly successful ! And
be was no nearer spotting his en
emies than he was before going ashore.
Atul Miss Hlley didn't care for base
ball! This seemed to cup the climax.
Strange how values change In a voy
age across the Atlantic.
Aboard ship be ran upon the ship's
doctor and the wireless operator In
close confab. Win Shute was not cu
rious until he caught the doctor's
words :
"The Ginnt-klllers lost. I see by the
IMspntch, and you won. I'll puy you
when we get paid off."
"Mv tip wns pretty good," admitted
Jed Mansel. "1 made quite a killing
Cleaned up two thousand dollars."
Two thousand?" repeated the doc
tor. i ou were lucky.
"Not lucky wise," corrected Man
set, winking slyly. "I knew that one
of the Giant-killers' best men couldn't
play."
Win Shute wns certain, 'l lie wire
less operator was a crook. He was a
party to the devilish conspiracy that
had drugged and put him away on
the ship !
Huge such as he bad never felt In
all his life consumed him. He could
not curb his desire to hurl himself up
on Mansel and beat Mm to Insensibili
ty. Hut as ho was ou his toes to
spring, a restraining hand was laid
upon his ann.
It was Miss Klley. "May 1 speaK
to you, please?
Keluotnntly Win Shute turned from
bis enemy. He and Miss Klley walked
along the deck until they were out
of hearing of everybody.
"I looked for you before the pass
engers went nshore," she said. "You
see," she went on, then faltered
"you see I wanted to ask a finer of
you." She slopped.
The ship's mystery nniiceounliihly
flashed across Win's mind! Hut he
didn't pause a second In replying:
"Sure! Auk oincihiin,' hnnl. Wish
I could do a real big favor for you."
"You can. I have a queer feeling
that something Is going to happen.
It's nerfectly silly, of course, hut
If something should, will you look af
ter mother? She Is so devoted to me
and st dependent on me Unit I don't
know what she " Again she fal
tered.
"I sure will and look after you,
too." answered Win.
"That's so 'good of yon. Hut don't
trouble about uie. It's mother I'm
worried about." Then with a look of
unconcealed admltation she concluded:
"But I feel better now. It, seemed
to me that you wre tne owy one
to 'he
mother
on the ship that could go
oiilv one I wanted to trust
to."
Notwithstanding the hitter dlsai
polntnient of the day, Win Shute
went Into dinner that nlirhl with a
heart as buoyant as a toy balloon.
He was planning a walk and a talk
by sunt hern moonlight with Miss
lUley.
Hut all evening she paced the deck
In earnest conversation with Jerrold
Mansel.
Win Shute figured out to his own
satisfaction why things were thus. He
knew that .Miss Klley was receiving
wireless messages he had seen Man
sel hand her more than one nnd
Shute decided that Hie operator was
PROCEEDINGS OF
1 LEGISLATURE
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REPEALING PRIMARY LAW
TO REFERENZJM VOTE.
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Oefore Adjournment fie House Voted
to Table Bill Increasing Salaries
of Stats Officers and Employes
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Rage, Such as He Had Never Felt in
All His Life, Consumed Him.
taking this means to keep In touch
with her. Whereas a steward would
carry Mnrconlgrnms to other passen
gers, ,lcd Mansel Invariably delivered
Miss Riley's messages himself. Nat
urally this attention would be recog
nized by tin appreciative person like
Miss Hlley.
That Jerrold Mansel was downright
crooked, there wasn't much doubt.
Hut W'ln had to admit that bis proof
was far from conclusive. Trls Ford's
wireless was a fake but there wa
the possibility of faking somewhere
along the line of transmission. Man
sel bail bet heavily against the Giant,
killers but so hnd thousands of oth
er persons. The operator's remark
about the player who would be missed
from the line-up was strong circum
stantial evidence against Mm nni
still It could have been a "second
guess;'" he might have heard after
the series that one of the best mes)
had been out of the gnme. Certainly
there wasn't enough solid proof to
warrant Win Shute In denouncing the
wireless operator.
And If he did If he warned Miss
Klley against Jerrold Mansel It
would Involve a disclosure of the fact
that he, James Wlnton Shute, was a
professional baseball player. lis
wasn't ready to make that admission.
The fact that the finest girl didn't care
a hang for the national pastime con
stituted a mighty serious problem. It
wasn't pleasant to continue to mas
querade as "Mr. James." but It was
an Incognito enforced. So things were
permitted to drift.
It was moonlight
rononn, the last night but one of Win
Shute's long voyage to Naples from
uuconsclousness. He had started out
to act the part of a "trusty" to do
nothing against the captain's author
it v. hut secretly to work toward one
end, namely, the circumvention of his
enemies. After a fori night nt sen, al
though he was naturally Interested In
his own case, he had lost much of
his violent anger against those who
had forced him to become a passenger
on the ship. Tor If they hadn't if he
hnd , remained nl nnim he would not
have met the (Most tflrl ! As Trls Kurd
would have said: "There ain't noth
Ing to that."
Tt was early, scarcely dark, hut with
A fell moon, nnd together they wets
en the lookout for the first sight ol
(lenoa. They had arrived at that Im
portant slage of their noo,utilutancs
when the original discovery was to
be made of front names.
"You've never told me your name."
he urged.
"Mother always calls me T.lrlie,'"
she responded, half In fun.
"I know hut I never was strong fot
pet mimes In public, I mean. Tll
me your real name."
(TO BK CONTINUED.)
on the Medlter-
Raielgh.
Aug. H. Senator Gray, of Kors)th,
when the vole stood 21 to 21. hroke
the tie tonirht that prevnt-il the pa-i
sane of a bill making divorce easier
In North Carolina. The measure was
designed to reduce Cle number of
year of separation necms.ny tor ui-
vtin e from 1 1 tu seven.
The house killed the sal.iry hills
during the night session and voted for
Joint resolution to adjourn tie apei-tal
session sine die Thursday morning at
in o'clock.
The senate, by a vote of :(S to B.
passed the revenue act. which now
becomes law. fulfilling the pledge of
the democratic legislature to uphold
the revaluation act.
Th" bill to raise the legal rate of
interest In North Carolina was report
ed unfavorablly and the senate has
voted to put the question of repealing
the statewide primary law to a refer
endum vote.
Suffragists are charging that tli"
anti are now busy at the task of poll
ing the members of the regular se
sioii on tile speakership They in"
said to be advocating Representative
Greer. It Is also understood that the
suffragists are equally as lively in
their arguments that he should not
ho elected sneaker and it is hint't
that tills question may be an. "Issue"!
on which the women, if tliey are al
lowed to vote this fall will cast their
ballots for members of the legislature, j
Aug. 25.-The senate adopted the i
measure providing the machinery for
t)i ! registration and voting of women
U)ion the ratification of the nineteenth
amendment, passed the bill fixing the
Intrastite passenger rates In North
Carolina at three cents per mile.
A bill passed in the house fcrovides
that pensions of Confederate veter
iins nhall lie paid In December for the.
insning year Instead of twice a year
as under the provisions of a bill enact
ed at the i:U!) session. The bill now
goes to the l'pper house for conider:i
tloil. Aug. 20. After defeating the Rcale4
bill nrovidine for the registration and !
viting of women in North Carolina
under provisions of the nineteenth
aim liilment to the con stit iitintl hy i
vote of 4!l to 31 the house upon mo
tion of Representative Houghton re
considered nnd passed the measure
upon Its third reading. The vote was
52 to 2S. The bill was Immediately
Kent to the senate f ir concurrence In
the house amendment which restricts
the non-payment of poll taxes to l't'.'D
and provides thai the act shall be in
f.irce from and after legal ratification
of the federal amendment anil after
IW lrralitv has been contested and
settled.
Representative Houghton made it
plain that in urging the passage of the
Scales hill the opponent! nf women
suffrage were not making any conces
sion and tl.at in the event certifica
tion of ttje amendment was held up
the measure would he non-operative.
While Representative Bryant, of
Durham, was urging the passage or
the bill Doughton Interrupted to ex
plain that opponents of the .'ine
enth amendment do not admit that
-iitiflrntlnn has been legal, but that
hould the secretary of state and the
supreme court hold the 3iith state had
ratified proper machinery ouaht to be
provided for women voting in the No
vember election.
Before adjourning the house upon
motion of Redwine. of Union, voted
to t-able the Warren senate bill, pro
vldlng for increasing the salaries of
all constitutional officers of state and
the hm aranting Increases to other of
ficials and minor employes
state.
ir Nofh Carolina M iss-fi
to permit fie iiiiiuM-- t if-
to hiiiM aa more n a Is in
until we nave d-vi-ed and
tested out an adequate
system of maintenance.
"Therefore, I r"o;nmend that this
cin-ral assembly .iiitliorize the state
hlg.iway commissi. n t i tet oat on a
number of road, seb ct-d by the com
mission, the he-t systems of mainten
ance now in force in any of the stiles
In the union anil submit t.ie result of
I leir i xie;1e:i( H to the general assem
bly of 1T.M. It Is simply throwing
away money to build roads of any
type unt I e provide and enforce a
-ystem of maintenance that will in
sure the roads from going to pieces "
School Roll Shows Increases of 1,784
Pupils. Yet the Enumerators foot
Up Total Gain of 42 Only
are
( 10.-
llll-s.
neces.-
Manning Sas Worr-n Can Vote
"While there would he no olij-'ct ion
tj the North Carolina lenislaltire pass
Ins law urovidlng for omen to vote
under the Susaa II Anthony am'
men'." Attorney General James
M.mnlng said. "It is not at all
sary.
"The amendment to the cunstitu
tion in this instance, which, in reality,
is but an amendment to the fifteenth
amendment, automatically changes
the constitution of North Carolina.
The fifteenth amendment changed 'it
by striking out th word "white" he
fore "mates." The Anthony amend
i. lent will strike out the word "males"
and franchise will he extended to all
"P"Mons' regardless of
"The status of a woman under the
amendment is the jume cs the status
'of a mti'i reaching his majority. All
i she will have to do will be to present
jherse'.f for n gist ration. She will be
required to p.iy no poll tax this year
because she nas, in essence, rem-m-u
her "majority" as far s vol in? In con
cerned, since the time for li
taxs."
New Hern - New I)--ra pe .pli
ant In the collor over the figu.-cs
oo:ii given them by descensus bureau
and claim tiiat an entire city ward has
been left out. Complication of tV ires
co-n.iile.'i by the census enumerators
here show that more than 12,000
names at" on the Ints complied here
and the district supervisor reported
to a local newspaper some time ago
taat the report showed more than 12.
iiui) names.
It is the contention of local citizens
that an entir- ward has been left out
and one man oftered to wager $ lO.mni
against .'.mi that more than 12.ont)
pi-ople can he counted in this city.
In the past ten years the school roll
has showed an Increase of 1.7S4 pupils
white and colored, yet the census
gives the city an increase of only 42
people in ten years. No less than one
hundred telegrams have been sent to
the director of the census to the effect
that New Hern has been given the
rawest, of a raw deal and asking that
the wrong be righted.
Hickory. Highland, a Hickory su
burb which was one of the towns to
show the greatest growth in the last
lit years, has voted $:!f,00t) for school
bonds hy an overwiuiiinis majority.
St ff Raises in Price of Snave and
Hair Cut Provokes Declaration of
War Against the C-ty Barbers
Kinky Mount -To the list irf wa.-l
now beit.g a!ied in th world may
now b- a-Ued the .truggle b.'tw.f.l
the barbers of Roiky M unt and th
board of aiib-r iien wiiuh s it under
way w.lh an open d-i laratiou of hiM
t iit.es at the mce-ing of t he board
when the ilty fathers sum tione.1 re
taliatory measiii . a in the form of
birth licensis as a ine.ms of combat
ting the recent imteise in the price
of shav-eg and hair cuts at the local
barber shops
The preliminaries l-ading t oien
Lostilities began wa-n barbers of the
city raised the price of a hair cut
from 40 to SO cents, wtitte me pries
of a shave took wings and soared to
two bits
The aldermanlc offensive tk th
ti.rm of a motion, which provided t'lit
the present license fee charged by the
city for each barber chair, be raised
to graduated scale to correspond,
with the prices charged by the bar
bets The terms of the proposed mo
tion provide that a tax of $10 be Im
posed on each ch.ilr when the barber
charges from 40 to 75 cents for a hair
cut, and that where the charge Is over
75 cents the tax be raised to f.loO, ei
cept, as Mr. l'arrish said, where the
barber is (ailed out to work on a
dead man.
The proposed motion was carried
over until the next meeting of the
board for definite action. In tthe
meantime, the barbers are marshaling
their forces and a battle royal is
promised.
id ; tip
May Defeat Salary Bill
The light which broke out In
House over the bill to increase
fees of tile several solid -i s in
Sttito litis threatened to defeat the
arv hills for State officials and cl
In th" State departments. Governor
Rufe Doughton head of the finance
committee, holds to the opinion that
the salary Increase measures ought to
he deferred also.
the
the
the
Charlotte. -With .'U
tied in lionil" whisk'-y
seat of his aiitoinoi lie
was arrested in front
quarts of hot
in the back
K. K. Hewlett
of the Selwyn
hotel hy Officers Mosi r and West.
Dunn Ruiblltig operations approxi
mating a cost of more than tl.OOO are
now nniler way, jttst completed or
planned for the immediate future here,
according to estima'cs compiled by T.
Wilmington. I resldent IT K. Ho
ney, newly elected head of the Cham
ber of Commerce, called a meeting of
'he executive committee of the Cham
ber of Commerce to consider Immedi
ately action as to the consolidation,
of the city and cou-ity government.
Lexington Da vidson county dem
ocrats, in convention here gave the
right hand of fellowship to the en
franchised women and acknowledged
their entry into the realm of politics
by nominating Mrs. Mattie Cecil
Young for register of deeds.
!j Riddle, secretary
of Commerce.
of the Chamber
Concord. I'll'. ns and
for the Mecklenburg i
Stonewall Jackson Trainin
Concord will be completed
specifications
f.age at the
school at
within the
Revaluation is About Completed
Revaluation, with almost ncgligahle
changes in tthe Rickett Maxwell pro
gram is about completed. The peti'i
meiit .scf-ms to be firm that it will
prove popular at' the polls and that
an overwhelming majority will vote
to ratify the amendment this fall.
This done, the General Assembly
meeting In will be able to deal
with State needs in a generous man
ner. Some doubt exists as to the wisdom
of providing machini ry for the new
voters this fall. The ant s. as a gen
eral proposition,-are against it The
official opinion is that legislation ts
unnecessary. The disposition, how
ever, among many democrats Is to
grapple with this problem now.
next few days and are expected to be
placed In the hands of cunfracirs for
bids on the erection of the cottage.
Washington. I Special). The popu
lation of Wilkes county in the ten
years, 1910-1920 increased from SO,
282 to 112.044. the census bureau an
nounced. In 1900 there were 2fi.272.
North Wilkesboro's population, jump
ed from 1.902 to 2.:bi3. It was 9 IS In
1900.
of (he
Objections to School Bill
Objection to the school bill on the
ground that It will not provide suffi
cient funds for some counties 'and in
others, where the valuation of tax
property has jumped five or six times,
allow the counties to levy a tax ill ex
cess of the ten per cent limit pledged
under the revaluation of property
caued the House to adopt the follow
ing committee amendment to the bill:
"Provided that no county shall par
ticipate in the equalizing fund until it
shall have provided by tax ley ten
pur cent more for the school year
1920-1921 that it proviii-d in the
school year 1919-1920."
Under the bill, the total authorized
levy will be thirty-one cents on the
hundred 'dollars as cont raised with
the present levy of eighty three and
three-quarter cents.
Confederate Near Pensioner Dirs
When the bill providing for a
pension for Ahner Bryant, of Caswell
county, came trp for its third reading
in the house of representatives it was
requested that it be tabled. The l .11
passu Its seconu reaiiing iasi no m
and after it had passed this reading
llryant. a Confederate veteran, died.
Cniifedertte veterans are d-.-inu in the
stale nt the rate of one a day. No
i-ietisui-e asking for relief for the re
maining ones has been turned down
i-.v the iegi.sl.it tire.
Wilson. On account of lateness of
the South Carolina crops and scarcity
of freight cars, which necessitated
the closing of some of the markets in
that belt several days, the leading to
bacco companies have requested that
the Kastern Carolina tobacco markets
postpone their opening until Tuesday.
Sept. 7, at which dale they can ar
rarpe to reiie ve all of tv,r buyers t i
this section.
Wlnston-Stlem. Revenue officer
were here after an extended r.viiliiit?
trip through Henrick. Patrick. Frank
lin and Roanoke counties, in Virginia.
They report that a hand of 50 officers
broke up 51 illict distilling plants and
raptured more than three hundred
gallons of moonshine whiskey.
Monroe.-Work on the county road
which It was feared would he held up
on account of the dullness of the bond
market, is going merrily on. A loan
of $159.1)00 has been negotiated pend
ing the sale of additional bonds.
About two hundred teams are expect
ed within the next few days.
Charlotte The Charlotte recruiting;
station of the U. S. navy elisted seven,
men for service during the week, an
nounced the names as follow.!. John
L, Wilson. Claude D. Gordon and Me
bane Dingle of CJiarlotle; (lien C. Sig
more, Clairmont; Krnost v. Hartsell,
Mt. Giiard; William Henry Trull ana
John R. Siierin. Monroe.
l'i -Irtsvllle. The 11. C. Harris lot on
Settle strett brought a total of $51,000
at the auction sale here last week.
This same lot sold in 1 S74 for $4un.
The handy man for figures can figure
up the per cent of profit made In 4(1
vearn.
Raleigh. The three North ijirolina
counties having open tobacco markets
during July are located on the north
ern edge of the South Carolina Tobac
co belt, and the development of thu
bright leaf is making rapid growth
in these southern counties. While
the three counties show an average
decrease in the tobacco area of about.
Uper cent, the entire section extend
ing from Moore down through Colum
bus, shows a rciei'k ib e increase.
I'
Aristophanes was partial to slang ll
hla writings long before the ChrUttf
erm.
SHIP TONNAGE STILL SHORT
Will Be Uong Before the Ravages
Made by War Are Completely
Made Up.
New York. In spite of the fact that
the ongoing tonnage of the United
a,ates la today nearly 10.4.H).0O() tons
crenter thnn In WH. nn advance of
more than 500 per cent, and In spile
nt the Intensive steamship production
in Great Britain and the United Stales
for themselves and other countries,
the world's steel stenm tonnage U now
less iiy 3,5tK),(XX) tons gross than
It would have been If the war had not
Interfered with the normal rate of ex
pansion. Hrlluln Is now building nearly l.oOO,
ki gross tons of ships more than this
ccuntry Is hnllding. according to (be
stutemeut, but 'llrltlsb holdings of
steamers are still 7S1.011O below the
total at the outbreak of the war.
The tonnage of the United States Is
placed at 10,049,000, while that of (he
Imlted Kingdom Is 18,:W0,000. The
British lead before the war was 14,
000.000 tons and today It Is approx
imately 2.HO0.OOO, with Indications that
the lead will Increase from nov on.
The British len'd In steel steamer,
however, Is 4,OS(,000 tons, and Ameri
ca own 1,234,000 tons of wooden
steam 'rs, against Ho.000 tons.
The figures Indicate that while the
United States bus trebled Its pre-war
holdings, Great Britain nnd all the oth
er maritime nations combined are still
about 2.3O0,OtK) tons below their IflM
total.
De menstrations and Exhibits
The three features thai are heme
specially s's1-1''! at the rtal i nn
rent ion of farmers at State c -ill
are demonstrations and exhibits, dis
elusions and amus-mienls.
The North Carolina farme. Gn"er
nor Pickett said In hi? ad lr."s i ' -,-el-
conie, has become not orlv a ivti aal
but ail international fliure, in 10 years
climbing from 22nd ,to fourth place,
and of the states ahead of North Car
olina, Texas, does not count for It is
an empire and not a utat-r tne gover
nor said.
Three Cent Passenger Rate
The house of representatives, adopt
Ing a substitute bill on rate fixing,
which was reported by th.? '.-mmi'tee
having the matter In charge, fixed in
trastate passenger rates, effective Ali
gn t 2ti. at 3 cents a mile. I'he origin
al bill took from the legislature the
prerogative of fixint? rales. The sM'n
dilute bill as passed gives to th" leg
islature that right, which it w is point
ed out heliums to that bo-lv Inde
pendent leads of one him
or !'-ss may choree lih-.li
i in.
Asheviller-Arthur S. Treux. man
ager of the Mendersonvilio Ttlephone
company and l.ieut. Geor:;e ;'.ilh"lhau
sen were seiioiisly injured when an
airplane in which they were riding
near Hendersonville. fell 2.000 feet
Zilhelhausen was pdnling the machine
winch was ompb tely vv-cct c I t". t:i"
accident Roth inee were roshe-i t
the Patton Memorial hospital at. Hendersonville.
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New Insectary Completed
The Insectary which has recently
been completed as an addition to the
annual husbandry building at Stite
College, provides considerable addi
tional space fo the department of
zoology and entomology. This depart
ment., under the capable direction of
Professor 7.. P- Metcalf has grown rap
Idly In the last few years and the old
quarters have become badly cramped,
frequently necessitating overlapping
hours for all classes, from freshman
to traduate, In the one large labora
tory.
Lat- Census Reports
Wa-h union. (Special). Madison
nintv lot popiii.ii ton and 1 nion
couniv gained m ino in vea-s irom
191il-1i)20, the census bureau an
noiinced
Madison county had 20, (144 people
ill r.ino, in 1 ti l n uie niiuuier was
i:;2. The new census gives it 20.0SS,
Union county had 27,15c. pi-ople m
1900 and ,13,277 m 1910, year It
was 3H.029.
Census of New Hanover county. 40,-
620; increase 8,S3 or 26.S per cent.
Some People Hard to Kill
Washington. N. C. -Because things
did not go to suit him at a dance
Henry Ward, pulled out. his gun and
tired at I.ossie Wynne. Th" bull"!
went through the girls head and came
cut through her month, knocking out
several teeth It then continued on
its course and struck Andrew l.earv,
,u the chest I'assintr on throirih bis
body the bulbt (l-iiiliv embedded !
self in a portion nf the wall All par
ties were colored Of Ht-ers Cray and
Ai-uo arrested Ward The Wynne elrl
and I.itiry w 11 recover.
Factory to Make Shirts
irel-;o: -The Hickory Over.,! com
panv, M.in.u. r F A Henle-son nn
noun. -oil today, w.il operate a shirt
factory in West Hickory as an auxil
:iiry, tne lain to ncgin on.vni.ioim now
tcmber 1. to empMv more, than 20
oung women and to have a rapadtv
nf 500 work shirts a day. This will
not begin to meet, the requirements
of the overall factory, hut will be a
start and it. is expected to enlarge
the concern later. W. T. Henderson
will be manager of the new plant.
Wilmington. - Political expediency
and the governor's failure to carry
out a promise made several weeks
aRO to a body of representative citi
zens of eastern North Carolina, to rec-om-uen
dto the sperial session th i -;:-sage
of a statewide tick eradication
measure, were the two things wihch
pi-evented its passage, Is the opinion,
of C. C. Casliwell, a prominent attor
ney of this city, who is a strong ad
vnrate of tick eradiction. Mr. Cash
well attended the hearing.
Murders Successful Rival
Durham.-Holding a grouch over
the loss of his sweetheart through;
her marriage. Claude Howies. A person
county tanner and ex-soldier, shot
and killed Thelhert Kills, the girl s
husband in the presence of iMs. Kllis.
Howies and Kills were rivals for
the hand of I.era Day. The girl ac
cepted Kllis. a prosperous young farm
er. They were married some month
ago. At the time and since, accord,
ing to Mrs. Kllis. Bowles has threat
ened to kill her husband.
Primary Law to Continue
Efforts to repeal the Statewide Pri
mary law at the special session will
likely be abandoned after the submis
sion of the unfavorable report by tthe
House committee on Elections. The
membership of the committer, la un
animously In favor of repealing the
bill, and will say so, hut Is unwilling
to add further confusion to the com
ing general election.
Pending In tthe Senate are two pri
mary bills, and In view of the action
of the Hotiee committee, It is believed
that both will Jie in committee.
$40,000 Special Revenue
Charlotte. Announcement was
made here that mon than $40,000 In
special revenue has been paid to City
Treasurer John M Wilson since July
1. Most of the special taxes were
paid by Charlotte merchants and
other classes of li tslness coming in
der the revenue ordinance.
Not less than $60,000 In taxes from
the special revenue enactment ahould
he derived by the city, Mayor Frank
R, MeWinrh ssld when the draft of
the 1920-1921 ordinance waa passed In
June.
No Appointment of Postmaster
Winston Salem. Two represents.
;ve nf the post of (lie department
liter spending two days here Investi
gating applications for postmaster In
this city left for Washington without
even intimating whom they would ro
ommend for the appointment to suc
ceed Postmaster Calloway. Mr. Callo
way was requested to retain the ofTlcfli
til bis success was chosen. Then
are a number of candidates for the
Job which pays about $4,000.
Change in College Name
Greensboro. For the second time
since Its foundation the GroensbOM
College for Women here changes lt
name. Henceforth It will j known,
as Greensboro College. A certificate)
of an amendment to the charter ot th
college granting the change in the
name was reecived here. The petition
for the change of name was signed by
the members of the board of trustee
of the college.
For many years the college w
known as the Greensboro College lor
Womei.