VOL. XXVII. VADKINVILLE, YADKIN CO., N. CM THURSDAY, APRIL /8, 1921 MLiS —■' "— .. ... ' - .. -. ■__ _ FUTURE FOR PLANES Von Tirpitz Considers Airplane i ' Superior to Zeppelin. k - jp Admiral Doubts, However, That They Will Become Serious Menace to War Vessels. St. Blalsen, Baden.—Admiral Alfred Son Tirpitz, German naval authority, In an interview, gave his views on the Influence of aircraft upon future wars. He discounted the Zeppelin airship fcs too much subject to wind and too Srulnerable for ordinary reconnoiter Ing. The airplane, in his opinion, has a much greater future, as it has an eeo ' comic importance for trafllc which will tend to perfect it for war purposes. While the airplane has taken a high place in land fighting as a substitute for cavalry, Admiral von Tirpitz said it had not developed Its usefulness to the same degree in sea recon nattering, but that was probably due to the new ness of the airplane, which water planes of the future might conceivably v pvercorae. The admiral reserved his opinion on the possibility of effective attacks by (airplanes upon battleships, but clearly Showed that he doubts that airplanes Sriil become a great menace to the warships, as, he pointed out, the latter will develop devices for defense, while heavily loaded airplanes will always be in danger of counter attacks from lighter machines. ‘In comparison with ships,” he said, “airplanes will always have a funda mental disadvantage in their small loading capacity, especially when they are to be used on a wide expanse of jocean. From a study of the history of naval warfare, the greatest expohent Of which was an American, I am per suaded that the nature of naval forces Will not change with a jerk, hut will develop organically, for development takes some time which only in imag ination and fancies will be skipped. In this respect, the late war lias not Effected any fundamental alteration, although, of course, the rate of tech nical development is much faster than formerly.” ENGLISH BIRTH RATE HIGH Vital Statistics for 1920 Show Mortal ity the Lowest Ever .Recorded. London.—Vital statistics just issued by the Ministry of Health show that j the birth rate for 1920 in England is j the highest for the decade and the | death rate the lowest ever recorded. | The infant mortality rate also is the J lowest on record. The number of j births is the highest ever recorded, while the number of deaths is the low est since 1802. when the population ivas only 20,000,000. The figures are: For England and Wales—Birth rate per l.OOt) of the total population, 25.44; deaths, crude rate, 12.4; deaths under one year per 1,000 births, 80. For London—Birth rate per 1,000, 26.8; deaths, crude rate. 12.4; deaths Under one year per 1,000 births, 75. The increase in the birth rate is at tributed to the number of delayed marriages prevented by the war and to the remarriage of tvar widows. It |s suggested that the low death rate may be due to the rapid strides taken In ery, medioiue and sanction during (he war. AMATEUR “FIXES” GAS TANK Hot Iron—Then Neighbors Called the Police Reserves and the Fire Department. ij _ New York.—"Now then, doggie, we’ll have this thing fixed in a jiffy,” said IWilliani S. Grey to his dog, as he placed a hot soldering iron on a partly filled gasoline tank in the kitchen of his home. The tank on his auto had been leak ing and he decided to fix it. He had scarcely finished the sen tence when the top of the'tank went bp to the ceiling. Tenants on the three upper floors rushed to the street, police reserves, firemen and detectives were called and InsJI'ftor Callahan of tire bureau of combustibles, who was in the neigh borhood, ran to the house. ’ The police entered the apartment to take charge of a corpse, but found only a l.'-iken window, a dismembered tank, and a perfectly healthy man. 1'' fu!liBlue” Laws in Jai!. C§> ^ us, Ind.—Prisoners in the BartholoWw county jail have laid dowh - a set of rules for their own (government which very much resemble "blue laws" now being enforced in some parts of Indiana. One rule re quires each prisoner to vv.dk three miles , daily in the corridors to keep himself in good physical condition. Another forbids card playing on Sun day. Th<* use of profanity is strictly fork ;! ... .1. Weber Srai.h, awaiting on a charge «>f firs: degree mur der, - is preside:;! of 'lie c'ub. U,:' '/W'|i‘ , / NOW HAS “FLYING WARSHIPS* Great Britain Builds New Powerful' Plane That Is at Home on Sea or in the Aif. London.—Details of an entirely new type of seaplane, two of which are under construction, and which can either fly or cruise as a warship, have been made public here. They are larger and stronger than any seagoing aircraft yet construct ed, and each will carry a crew of seven, with implacemcnts for five ma chine guns. The vessels are being so construct ed that, while being light, the hulls are sufficiently seaworthy to ride out the roughest waves, and will join in all navy maneuvers without a parent vessel, operating from a sea base just ns the submarine does. They have a range of 1,500 miles. FIND NEW LOCAL ANESTHETIC Substitute for Cocaine Eliminates Ne cessity for Using a Habit Farming Drug. Urban*, lit.—The University of Il linois announced that it has developed a new local anesthetic, useful as a substitute for cocaine and in many ways superior to cocaine, which will eliminate the Deeessity of using a habit forming drug which causes so much trouble to physicians and to the government. The work was accom plished in chemical laboratories by Prof. Roger Adams and Dr. Oliver Kamm. This new product has, by practical tests by Doctors Suker and Gradle, eye specialists in Chicago, and In several hospitals and clinics in the country proved useful as a substitute for cocaine in local anesthesia of a mucous membrane. A list of the valuable properties of this new substance as compared to cocaine, announced by the university, are these: This. product may be sterilized by heating its solution to boiling point with no danger of decomposition, whereas cocaine cannot be sterilized by boiling the aqueous solution. A 2 per cent aqueous solution may be instilled into the eye and anesthesia is produced so rapidly that the operation can be performed at once. From four to five minutes arc required where cocaine is used. The new substance produces less ir ritation than cocaine, it produces no dilation of the pupil and it does not dry up the secretions of the eye. It has antiseptic as well as anesthetic properties. Procaine, formerly known as novo caine has, up to this time, been used extensively in place of cocaine where the aqueous solution is injected. Where the anesthesia must be caused by surface action on the mucous mem brane in eye, nose and throat opera tions, however, hovocaine is ineffec tive and cocaine is generally used. It seems now that this new product of the University of Illinois will sup plant all such uses of cocaine. i CHICAGO’S STRONGEST COP r- ■■■ ■ ■ -- ■ ■■■-■ —■ ■■■■■!!——■———i■ Policeman William G. Fenn, personal chauffeur for Chief of Detectives Michael Hughes of Chicago, is the strongest man in the Chicago police department. Fenn's policy is to keep fit so he can deliver the goods when called upon. He puts first one leg and then the other around his neck, as one of his exercises to keep in con dition. \ URGE NATION TO SAVE FORESTS Joint Action of State and Fed eral Governments Necessary to Stop Destruction. FOREST FIRES OWE PROBLEM .argest and Most Important Field for Co-operation Is Fire Prevention Cost of Protection Should bo Shared by Private Owner. Washington.—Need for public action to save the remaining forests of the United States from devastation, and to provide for timber production on lands already laid waste, was strongly urged by Col. W. B. Greeley, chief of the forest service, United States De partment of Agriculture, at the hear ings before the house agricultural com mittee on the Snell bill. The bill authorizes and directs the secretary of agriculture, in co-opera tion with the various states or other suitable agencies, to recommend the requirements essential for protecting timbered and cut-over land from fire, refreshing denuded lands, and cutting and removing timber crops so that continuous production of timber will be promoted. To bring into effect these requirements, and with a view to furnishing a continuous supply of timber for the use and necessities of the public, co-operation between the federal government and the states is authorized, on such conditions as the secretary of agriculture may deter mine to be fair and reasonable. Expenses Borne Jointly. Federal expenditures under co-oper ative agreements with states would, under the bill, have to be at least equaled by state expenditures derived either from general taxation or from owners of forest lands under state re quirements. The hill also provides for a survey of the forest resources and requirements of the country, for experiments and investigations in re forestation and methods.of cutting and utilizing timber, for enlarged pur chases of lands for federal adminis i ration as national forests, and for various other features of a national program of forestry. In urging the necessity for action, Colonel Greeley pointed out that the essential problem of providing lor fu ture needs is a national one. “New York,” tlie colonel said, “im ports nine-tenths of the lumber which she requires. Pennsylvania imports four-fifths, while a large group of mid dle western states import 97 per cent of their woodt The bulk of our paper comes from half a dozen states. The growing of timber on enormous areas of land adapted by nature to that pur pose and scattered throughout 39 states is just as much a national ne cessity and just as much a matter for national action as the encouragement of agriculture or the maintenance of interstate transportation. “The growing of timber cannot be left to private initiative alone. Under the bill the federal government will assume the technical leadership of (he i efor-esiasion movement throughout the country. While in the prairie states co-operation would have .to deal chiefly with tree planting, in other states it should cover technical meth ods of fire prevention, of disposal or debris left in logging, of cutting vari ous types of timber so as to secure r new crop of the kind desired, and th (ike. “The largest and most iraportan field of co-operation, however, in all states containing extensive fores' areas is in the prevention of fox fires. This is the first step to a con finuous supply of timber. Onoe r» i vast area of cut-over land suitabn for timber production is really pm lected from forest fires, three-quarters «>f our forest problem is solved, j “The cost of forest protection should he shared by the public and the pri vate owner. But fire prevention is not an epd in itself. The reforesta lion of. timber-growing land and the j actual production of timber is the real j objective. In no instances should fed j oral funds be expended unless the •date carries out the requirements louruJ necessary by the federal forest ervice to make timber grow.” I East Is Not West—No i Bobbed Hair in China \ 5 Shanghai.—The Chinese min- > (■ is&y of edaeution, fearing the ? > advance of modern ideas ahiong 5 * young girls, has forbidden < \ bobbed hair and bound feet. No v l girl- student may be married £ * without parental consent. and ■ * no girls over 14 will hr per > mitted eo-educatiouni schools. s % t, ' * ' General News Five youths in an automobile held up the vice president of a real estate firm in Chicago and escaped with $25,000 which he was taking to a bank. William D. Haywood, a noted I. W. W. leader in this country, and under sentence to serve 20 years in Leavenworth peniten tiary, has fled the country and is reported to be in Russia. Fight men are being tried in Mitchell county,^ Georgia, on charges of attempting mob vio lence in connection with the death of Jim Roland, a prosper ous negro farmer. A dispatch states that 26,000 persons are facing starvation in the mining regions near Birm ingham, Ala. They are families of miners who went out on a strike last fall aod have not been taken back by the mines. Notice to Farmers By an act of the General As sembly, session of 1921, each farmer is required at the time of listing other property to give crop acreages to list-takers, in cluding total number acres in farm, kind of crops grown and number of acres in each. This is not for taxation, but is to get accurate information on crops. T. R. Eaton, Register of Deeds. Notice of New Registra tion. Tlie voters of the Town of Jouesville are hereby notified that’ a new registration of the voters lias been ordered by the Board of Town Commissioners. All persons who exeect to vote in the Town Election to be held on the First Monda\ in May, 1921, will find the books in the hands of 11. C. Minish, Registrar, This the 25tli day .of March, 1921 It. C. MIlSTSH. ____i_ AID IS ASKED FOR AUSTRIANS - World-Famous Physicians Picture Stunted Growth and Diseases From Hunger. Vienna. — Three internationally known Austrian physicians have joined in a statement to the effect that Austrian children will remain perma nently stunted in growth unless ade quate relief is given immediately. '■'lie physician- arc , Dr. WisetlWrg, unt) brain spe .m.sL a..d one of u.e leading surgeons of the city, and Drs. Lorenz and Pirquet, the latter inventor of tl»e tuberculin test and for two years professor at Johns Hopkins uni versity. “At the end of juvenile growth the average boys of Vienna are about four inches below normal height and about sixteen pounds below normal weight. Girls are correspondingly stunted,” they say. I “We alsoj believe from a medical : standpoint these children will never have their normal weight and height, but will go through life in this stunted condition.” I Clerk Burned Photograph l Enclosing Small fortune | !; Stephen Nemeth, a clerk of !| Budapest, Hungary, wasting j! 1; away on the little food his sal- ;! I ary would buy, appealed to his al- ;! most forgotten brother, George, j* who went to America many Jj years ago and is now in Chi- J* ‘■ago. !; When, months later, there J| came from George ‘simply a 1| large photograph, Stephen, dis- ![ appointed and angry, threw Ills || brother’s picture in the lire. The 1| I next day there came a letter. It ![ read: , spent a tew days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Haynes, last week. Center New s Farmers are busy planting corn these days. Not so muca arrangements are being made - for tobacco this year. , Our Sunday school is. pro gressing nicely, w ith a large at tendance. There is a lot of sickness here at present. } Mr. and Mrs. BlumeCook vis- •*, ited Mr. Frank Cook Sunday Dr. V. F. Couch and family ‘ visited here Sunday.' Quite a number of Winston- 5 Salem people visited here Sun- , day. Among the visitors was . Miss Gladys Whitaker, who found a loDg table loaded down with good things to eat and lots ui fripn.H*' to share it with her. Our young people l/av& been attending the Holy Koiler meet ing at Randolph. Let us hear from other corres pondents. —^ I Sale ol Land The following described piop erty seized from John Hutchens, under Warraut of distr int for the nonpayment of assessed taxes due, will be sold as provided by sectiou 5190, lie\ ised Statutes, at public auction, on W ednesday, May 25th, 1921, at 12 o’clock, at - the county court hous. . Yadkin- / ville, N. C. A tract of laud willed to dohn. *5^ Hutchens by J. L. Williams, ad joining Dayton Williai; s land and Dooliu estate and otbf % contain ing 02 acres. J. W. Hailey, Collector, by Geo D. Martin, Deputy Collector. A huge meteor fell from the skies ih Wilcox county, Ga., the other day. Fragments of the meteor, which bursted in midair, were scattered around the coun try 1 >r a distance of thirty miles, •and people, especially the color ed population, were greatly ex cite I fearing the world had 'cone. an end. .