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A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People VOLUME XXXIII. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY, OCT. 3, 1916. READ IT FIRST IN THIS PAPER NUMBER 67. CORRESPONDENCE STATE'S CAPITAL :i'higii, Oct. 3. There's more inter i:i politics than anything else .le-j required in each district, irrespective of sparsity or density of population and tl'.e State equalizing fund further tak ing of ail these things into considera tion is used to correct any inequality in length of term and educational op portunity that may be found to exist in TILS DRAINAGE CONTEST FOE. NORTH CAROLINA FARMERS Announcement and Rules Governing the Contest by the North Caro lina Drainage Ass'n. ;,,..ii,sr :iround the State Capital this v, k. V.'ith the election only five .,, ..:, ahead it is natural that this -.;.,e;M be so. i:: what Governor Bickett and Sv.p ,.iritciident of Public Instruction Joy n, ; have done within the last few days Candidate Linney 's absurd noise, ;(lii.r the alleged "extravagant" con ,(m t hi' the miblie school system by the in -::mTats of North Carolina is not i: j. h to close that sly politician 's hono.er ::iowi!i ou the subject, then he is dead v ::.i:'it, and has not sought to fairly honestly enlighten the people, ii' Kepublieau spellbinders of small er i-aiihre who liave echoed (Jondiuate c.hu-v utterances on this matter do :.ot row shut up 'shop and close the !;r.ttirs of their political gossip manu-i-tnvv, then it will be because they :'v ilecided to continue to ignore the truth in the continued hope of fool- some of the voters and keeping -'i-v.i fooled till after election day in To stimulate interest among the farm- the various counties after the distribu- j ers of the State and to aid in the dis tion of the general State and county j semination of information regarding land in each county." - ! the benefits of tile drainage, the North State Fair Ground Improvements. i Carolina Drainage Association offers a Former visitors to the North Caro- j prize of $10.00 to the farmer who sub lina State Fair Grounds will find this j mils the best report of benefits ac vear a greatly improved property in '! tually received from tile drains, every way. The old agricultural hall ! The following rules apply: has been practically rebuilt, all .the; 1. The area reported upon may be main and annex buildings have been of any size, shape, and location with given fresh coats of paint inside and ! in the State, outside, and a few of the smaller af- j 2. The report shall include? fairs from" a past regime have been : (a) A description of the field, in takon down altogether. The road- eluding location, acreage, shape, top- 5EHTJKEE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MEETING ENDS Five Thousand People Attend Sessions at Smithwick's Creek Near Williamston. Though the weather was cool, the days, during which the Kehukee Prim itive Baptist Association was in ses sion at Smith wick's Creek, ten miles from "Williamston, were bright, and there were fully 5,000 people on the grounds Sunday morning to hear Eld ers Gold and Keane preach. The ser mons by these two eminent men were the most important, as well as the most impressive of all during the Association, and affected the vast concourse who listened very attentively. The meeting opened on Saturday TWO HUNDRED QUARTS OF WHISKEY IS CAPTURED ways connecting buildings will no prove obstructive, but have been raised at least two feet in all low er places,- given a good crown, and by morning with the introductory sermon ography, and description of the soil by Elder Strickland of Hobgood, his and subsoil. text being taken from the first chap- '(b) A statement of the drainage ter of St. John, first to the fourth conditions before the tile drains were the time the big fair opens October ; constructed and the crops grown, if lfitli, each of the walks "and roadway will be covered with a screen of stone. The main exhibit and agricultural hall any, witn approximate yields received. - (c) A statement of Here is just one overshadowing fact ri ; t is enough to settle any doubt these si.-ili.imlors may have raised in the mirtd of any voter rational enough to 'iii-inulate an idea and receive a thoutriitt'ul suggestion: Today, after 16 ve.irs of continuous hard work on the proposition, the State of JCorth Caro under Democratic administration nf affair.-;, is educating properly 288, !" school children for 124 days in the vrar at a cost per child of only 2 1-2 i oi.rs more than the Republicans spent to educate'7 in an inferior manner less thru? half that number for only 73 p.ys of e:.'-h year. ruder the Republican regime the children attended school in the poor est school houses known wherever peo ple wear clothes (with apologies to Mr. Kiekett), and were "taught" by the poorest paid "teachers" under the sun (eclipse not excepted), and the chance to 'jet much of an "' eddieashun " under those conditions was iim enough to supply everything else needed to com plete the deadlv parallel of the con trast between then and now. Is there :i well informed father or mother in Xorth Carolina who would vote for, or ik'siro the election of the Republican ti-ket in this State this year, because of any possible advantage that might fa-rue to tneir children? 1 don't be-j line it. And I don't believe anybody else ! elieves it. If there is any one thing, of the ir.:.y splendid accomplishments of the !i :uocrats in North Carolina during the last sixteen years, that towrers over I'll the others (important and valuable as they are), it is the growth of the p'dlic school system, viewed from all anjrles, and as was emphasized in these letters last week, it is being lone in a iii'ite economical manner, so far as the spending of money goes, thr.n in am other State in the American Union snve and except one. It is a record of which the Demo crats of Xorth Carolina are proud, when they come to know the truth and dis i huse their minds of the impressions n :i le Ly the shyster tricks of the Re publican speakers made at the ex pense of the truth in the desperate aie thev are playing to "fool th? vit'is." For they are not going to. "stay fooled." The Raising and Distribution of School Funds. Superintendent Joyner says this I'hout Candidate Linney 's absurd sug-p-.lion that the sparsely settled couu- like Ashe, Alleghany and Watau siiould have as long school term as populous counties with large cities, Kiiihani and Forsyth, for instance ni-h annually contribute over $15, e:: h through their five cent State on the 4100 valuation of property. the State equalizing fund for the 'fit of Alleghaney, Sampson and 'her counties having less than five ''Is in any school district). Dr I'lyricr says, and what he says is the ''h word, ' ' so far as one is qualified ' ?('( k on the subject of this latitude ls coiicorned: "I'roiii a moment's reflection it will eii that unequal distribution of "am must be taken into consider- as well as unequal distribution wealth in the equalization of edu ?:"!::il opportunity i In the equaliza ! o advantages there must be taken have been connected by a spacious j drainage conditions and covered archway, and many other sub stantial improvements made in the property. The attractions this year are finer than the management has ever before been able to gather together. More North Carolina countie's are ap plying for space this year than any time in the history of -the exposition. The live stock exhibit will be of the highest class. The free attractions in clude much outdoor work of an enter taining character. The fair has a con tract with Jean Domenjos, an acrobatic airman, who uses a French B?riot and performs perilous stunts in the air that are a succession of thrills. Current Events of Importance. Candidate Linney 's visit to Raleigh yesterday did not materialize the ' ' blaze of glory ' ' which the Wake County promoters of the blowout an nounced. Wake will roll up anywhere from 1,000 to 2,000 majority next month. At a meeting in Raleigh of the joint committee of North Carolina Bar Asso- or accurate the present crops grown with approximate or accurate yields, received. (d) A drawing or sketch showing the shape of the field, location and ar rangement of tile drains, location of canal, creek, or open ditch into which the drains discharge, and height of wa ter in the same and any other points mentioned in the description. (e) Number of feet and size of tile used, cost of tile, and cost of digging and back-filling the ditches. (f) Total cost per acre. 3. The report shall be mailed to the Secretary of the North Carolina Drain age Association, (Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt, Chapel Hill, N. C.,) so that it shall be in his hands before the time of the annual Convention of the Asso ciation which is to be held at Greens boro, N. C, November 22 and 23, 1916; or shall be filed witli the Secretary on the first day of the Convention. - 4. The report shall be judged -by a committee appointed by the President of the Association, and the award shall eiation and the North Carolina Farm-! he. made in open session of the Colt ers' Union, n committee wns nTYnninted vention to draw a bill for presentation to the Legislature next winter providing for certain changes in the Ton-ens law. One' of its " principal features - will be that' which provides for the creation of a "Land Court for the adjudication of matters coming within its jurisdiction the judge to give his entire time to the work. Ths provision was omit ted from the original bill because of opposition developed at that time. The reduced rate tickets to the State Fair this year over all the railroads will be good for a longer period than Wreck Near Kinston Saturday, heretofore, namely, ten days from Oc- j The local train No. 73 from Kin- tober 14 to 23rd inclusive. Secretary ston to Weldon, due "here Saturday Pogue is expecting some 25 counties j night at 7:40, did not arrive here un to make county exhibits this year, and ! til after midnight, and even then the about half that number have been fav- run was made by a special sent from Senator Clarke Dead. Little Rock, Ark., Oct. 2. Senator James P. Clarke, of -Arkansas' presiden t pro tempore of the United States Sen ate, died at his home here at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Senator Clarke suffered a stroke of apoplexy Friday and never regained consciousness. News of his death' came as a shock, as it war; not generally known that his condi tion was serious. Rocky Mount to take the place of the regular train which had been derailed orably heard from. ' The midway will be a clean one, and while it will be stripped of all gambling devices and j this side of Kinston other objectionable games of the f ak- The tender and baggage ear left the irs, it will collectively be the best ever j track and fell down an embankment, seen in the State. LLEWXAM. j seriously injuring the mail clerk. The coach and disconnected trucks were taken up by a wrecker Sunday, the tender being in such conditio!, that it was left temporarily. Fortunately no others werj hurt, the passengers suffering no inconvenience except delay. The track was imme- Soyal Arcanum Rates Raised. Actuaries employed by the Supreme Council of the Royal Arcanum, a fra ternal insurance organization, recom mended some drastic changes of irisur rance rates charged, which will fall heaviest upon the older members of ; diately gotten in shape so that the regu the order at the Supreme Council held j iar service continued without inter at Saratoga, N. Y. The representa- j ruption. tives were forced to vote for the raise i . which will go into effect December next and probably have the effect of splitting the order wide open again as verses. An intermission of half an hour was then taken. The afternoon sermons were preached by Elder Cor bett of the Contentnea Association, his text being taken from -the 2nd chapter of Ephesians 1-10 verses, and Elder Adams of Black Creek, who took no text. ' . Elder P. D. Gold opened the services Sunday morning, his sermon being bas ed upon the 7th chapter of Romans," 1-5 verses. Following Elder F. W. Keane of North Berwick, Maine, took as his text the 13th chapter of Exodus and 10th verse. The Sunday afternoon service was opened by Elder Willard of High Point, followed by Elder Rowe of Baltimore, Md., whose text was taken from the 27th Psalm, 1-4 verses. Monday morning E. E. Lundy of Wil mington, N. C, opened the meeting, his sermon being taken from the Gospel of St. Luke. Elder Wyatt of Selma, N. C, followed with the last Sermon of the meeting, the text being taken from the 23rd Psalm. The Association closed at noon yes terday to enable the great multitude to be comfortably taken to the railroad, to get to their homes. Too much can not be said of the ex cellent arrangements made for the com fort and well-being of all those who came from a distance. There was a place for everyone. Plenty, to eat, and well served. It was the pleasure of all the members in tie tfeitiyf S Wil liamston to open their homes to the strangers, but, once there, none were strangers, and so it is the pleasure of the Commonwealth, in behalf of the people of this vicinity, and all others who wish to convey their thanks, to say to the good people of our neigh boring, and neighborly, town of Wil liamston, that they have our deepest appreciation for the manner in which they handled the Association, and made us feel at home. ' The next Association is to be held commencing the first Sunday in Octo ber, 1917, at Robersonville church, Rob ersonville, N. C. Among those who went from here included Messrs. B. J. Allsbrook, Clar ence House, Thomas and Alec Strick land, Tom Johnson and Lewis Bailey; Mr. Lawrence House and wife, R. H. House and wife and G. W. Andrews and wife; Miss Susie Shields, Mrs. Streeter Cherry, Mrs. A. M. Riddick, Mrs. R. G. Shackell and Mrs. Margaret Leggette. Weldon Officer Chases Suspicious Auto and is Rewarded with a Find for His Trouble. With light out, and running fast, an automobile with two occupants made a dash through Weldon Sunday night, which aroused tnc suspicion of - Chief of Police Lance Everett, who gave chase, and, when close enough to see the ear, opened fire upon them, punc turing the tires of the fleeing car. The two occupants did not wait to esti mate the damage but took to the woods. The captured ear was brought back to Weldon, and upon examination there was found to be two hundred quarts of whiskey wrapped -up in the body of the machine. It is thought that the parties who own the machine will be traced, though it is unlikely that the automobile is owned by either; however, there is soma trace in regards to them, and the case is being looked into with every hope of discovering the culprits. INTERNED GERMAN CRUISERS MOVE TO PHILADELPHIA, PA. After 18 Months at Norfolk, German Commerce Raiders are .Transfer red to League Island Yard. Norfolk, Va., Oct. 2. The German interned cruisers Kon Prinz Wilhelm and Prinz Eitel Frievirich left the navy yard Saturday for Philadelphia. ' The Kronz Prinz left about eight o'clock. She was towed by five tugs. the Ontario, Sonoma, Hercules, Pat uxentand Alvah Bushell. About an hour later the Eitel start ed out under her own steam. The Vermont, Minnesota and other ships of the Atlantic fleet convoyed the German ships to Philadelphia. ADDITIONAL LOCAL ITEMS OP INTEREST Mr. W. E. Daniel of Weldon stopped over between trains yesterday on his way from Hobgood to his home. Mrs. W. L. Harrell and daughter, Miss Lillian, will entertain Thursday afternoon in honor of Miss Dorothy Miriam Dunn. Washington, Sept. 20. The Federal Loan Board has returned to Washing ton after a tour through 29 states to gather information for its guidance in dividing the, country into 12 farm loan banks authorized under the new rural credits law. The tour began at Au gusta, Maine, on August 21, and took the board to the Pacific coast and as far South as Missouri. A similar trio will be taken soon through other States in the South and Southwest. A statement issued last night by the board said: ' ' The keenest interest in the Federal farm loan act was manifested fcy farm ers and every class of people in the communities visited. The law was uni versally approved by farmers, business men and bankers who assured the board of their cooperation. ' ' The need for the Federal farm loan law was especially emphasized by the wide inequalities in interest rates dis closed in the hearings, these rates rang ing from five per cent per annum to five per cent per month." In several states it was called to the attention of the board that joint stock land banks were being organized by questionable means by stock land salesmen or promoters .who are- taking I 'advantage wf'W -"farmer V aes&e " f ord loans on the amorized plan to sell stock to farmers. Farm are advised that there is no necessity for subscribing to the stock of any private corporation for the purpose of securing such a loan and are cautioned not to do so ex cept upon an investment basis. The board suggests that farmers make no investments in such land banks until they have first inquired of the Federal Farm Loan Board at Washington. In Honor of Miss Dorothy Dunn. Miss Dorothy Miriam Dunn, with a number of , her friends, were delight fully entertained last Friday after noon from 4:30 until 6:00 by Mrs. J. G. Elmore of Plymouth and Mrs. Ashby Dunn at the home of Mrs. Kate Dunn. The guests were received by Mrs. J. H. Alexander, Jr., and Mrs. Elmore, who invited them upstairs into the hand somely furnished apartment of Mrs. Ashby Dunn. Mrs. Duim cordially re ceived everyone and invited each to partake of most delicious coffee and sandwiches graciously served by Miss Sue Dunn. A recipe book was then passed and each was asked to contri bute to Miss Dunn 's store of know ledge by writing their favorite there in. After a most dainty ice course was served, Masters "Jim" Elmore and "Billy" Lawrence made their appear ance, drawing a large box prettily done up in colored ribbons behind them. The interest of all present was great ly aroused as they stopped before Miss Dunn. The box was found to contain a handsome collection of hose. Just here Mrs. Elmore appeared with "The Loving Cup" and each drank to the health and happiness of the bride-elect, to which she readily responded in a most charming manner. Those enjoy ing the hospitality of the Mesdames Dunn and Elmore were: Misses Doro thy Dunn, Hilda Hancock, Gertrude Kitchin, Lillian Harrell, Sue Dunn and Irene Whitehead; Mesdames J. H. Alex ander, Jr., H. L. McDowell and W. O. McDowell. Mr. J. E. Condrey of the North End Drug Store returned last week from the North where he purchased a line a cut glass and other novelties suit able for wedding presents. The expert from the makers of the organ now being installed in the Epis copal church states that he expects to have the work completed this week so that service may be held in the church next Sunday. Mr. L. J. Baker of Palmyra return ed last week from Norfolk, where le bought 13 head of mules, valued at $4,000, for Martin county, for work to be done in that county b free lab tie; pl the Ilk, v.-' Il'l'i it did ten years ago. There are a quar ter of a million members in the United States and :the South is largely rep resented, especially among the older men, to whom the new rates will be a great burden, and many will be forced to abandon their insurance which has been carried for many years. i Miss Helen Anderson of Weldou spent yesterday with her uncle, Mr. G. C. Weeks, returning to her home on the evening train. he of Colored Man Locked Up. Scoouey Eddingale, a colored man, was arrested yesterday in the north end of town by Chief of Police Heniy Gray, and was so obstreperous that he had to be carried to the local jail in Alonzo Powell's truck, a half dozen men holding him down. 'Even in jail he had to be left hand-cuffed. His case will come up this morning. The charge is fighting and disorderly conduct. The Better Way. It is better to lose with a conscience clean Than win with a trick unfair; It is better to fall and to know you've been, Whatever the prize was, square Than to claim the joy of a far-off goal And the cheers of the standers-by, And to know down " deep in your in most soul A cheat you must live and die. Mrs. A. M. Riddick, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Andrews and Mrs. R. G. Shackell left Saturday morning hy automobile to attend the Association meeting at Smithwick's Creek, ten miles the other side of Williamston. The meeting closed yesterday and they returned last evening by railroad. Mr. Loftus Dickens, who has had charge of much of the road work in this county, has gone to Martin coun ty to take charge of the good roads work to be done there between Pal myra and Ook City, and between Pal myra and Hamilton. THE ACCEPTANCE SPEECH AN EDITORIAL APPRAISAL Wilson's speech of was comprehensive, Who wins by prize, trick may take the Mr. C. T. Landis' went to Kinston yesterday oh business. ineht. fi'ldi her , (Olil.t -. the- , , 'l'i"i.t!v (a-sideration term, house, equip attendanee, number and quali ;i of teachers. No exclusively M'ita distribution of State and school funds can take all of ' n to consideration, and conse- such a method cannot equalize '''"rational opportunity. Under th.? l!1';-ei1t i,i;U1 0f distributing school ii North Carolina, all of these are taken into consideration. county and State school fund is hstribut.ed ns to o-ive pmml lentrt.h And at first he may think it sweet, But many a day in the future lies , When he'll wish he had met defeat. For the man who lost must be glad at heart And walk with his head up high, While his conquerer knows he must play the part Of a cheat and a living lie. Crescent Mill Opens Branch. Another branch of the Crescent Hos iery Co., is being established at Fay etteville, N. C. Mr. A. McDowell has already made arrangements to take over the knitting mill at that place, which has ample space for the work that is proposed to be done by the company The building is now being renovated, new floors put down, and 60 knitting machines driven by electrieiey will be installed as soon as they are received from the makers. The plant was lately stated to have been organized by the Fayetteville Chamber of Commerce. This was, of course, erroneous, as the Crescent Hos iery Co., has been doing a large busi ness for many years and has another branch mill at Halifax. It is a great pity that labor is not more plentiful in Scotland Neck, as these mills would then have been established here, but girl labor is hard to get, especially as there is no work in this town that the fathers of these mill workers can get to do, as there is plenty of. labor to get if labor inducements could be made for the male members of these mill work ers, then extensions would be made that probably in course of time would dou ble the capacity of the present mill. Notice of Dissolution. The firm of Allsbrook & Boyette of Scotland Neck, N. C, heretofore com posed of Bernard Allsbrook and D. Ray j - - Boyette, has this day been dissolved j The prize seems fair when the fight is by mutual consent of said partners. funds thills The SO i -"wuuvu o,c VJ ci v , V vj uai inc uii M term to all districts. in each county j Chas. J. Shields, '"'""ling to the number of teachers 1 0ct. 2, 9, 16, 23 said D. Ray Boyette having purchased the interest of Bernard Allsbiook in the firm, and assumed the payment of all outstanding debts due by said firm. The business of the old firm will hereafter be owned, controlled and conducted by D. Ray Boyette. This the 28th day of September, 1916. Witness: BERNARD ALLSBROOK. RAY BOYETTE. But save it is truly won You will hate the thing when the crowds are gone. For it stands for a false deed done. And it's better you never should reach your goal t Than ever success to buy At the price of knowing- down in your soul That your glory is all a lie. Detroit Free Press. Parker is Out for Wilson. -Long Branch, N. J., October 2. Jno. M. Parker, progressive nominee for vice-president, has offered, to speak in support of President Wilson in the cam paign. His offer has been accepted by the president. He will make speech s in New York, Ohio and New Jersey. The president receivd a letter from him from New Orleans today, accord ing to an announcement by administra tion officials. President acceptance frank and direct. It was the utterance of a man and a political party conscious of the honesty of past endeavors and confident of ability to cope with whatever problems the future might have in store. No President has eveT been called upon to face more serious conditions than has Mr. Wilson. He has met them with patience and de votion that have won the respect and admiration of the world. With domestic legislation to di rect, giving- the relief from eco nomic abuses that the country's wel fare demanded, with a long list of promises to fulfill, the great war that burst upon the world threatened to check him in his efforts and to in volve the nation in the disasters that are afflicting almost every nation of the old world. How he has brought the country through it all, with honor and with astounding prosperity, the accept ance speech succinctly and modestly tells. In three and a half years the coun try has been set aright, every class protected in its liberties and its op portunities, the whole commercial system set in order, with prosperity abounding. And reason has never abandoned its throne in all of the country's perplexities. The speech was a message to the people of all the world; it was a notice to the world that this country is big enough to maintain its honor and to keep out of war, and at the same time big enough to regulate its domestic conditions. The speech was no apology, no defense, no complaint. It was a speech that all men and women should read to learn what the country has really been doing. C Hen. Claude Kitchin at Shelby. The Leader of the House of Repres-' entatives, Hon. Claude Kitchin, left here Sunday afternoon for Weldon, where he connected with the Seaboard train to take him to Shelby, at which place he was scheduled to address the voters in the interest of the party. To day he will make a speech at Morgan ton, then he will come back to Rocky Mount where he will introduce ex-Governor A. J. Montague of Virginia at the opening of the Rocky Mount Fair. Friday next he will journey to Durham "where great preparations are being made for him to address the Democrats at Bahama, a suburb ' of Durham, at which a( big barbecue has been adver tised. The following week he will speak at the Nash county rally on Oc tober 13." Mrs. Henry Gray charmingly enter tained the bridge club Thursday after noon, to which were invited a num ber of guests not members of the club. After games were played a very elab orate salad course was served, follow ed by after dinner mints. Th-3 guests upon leaving were emphatic-in their praise of the splendid entertainment provided for them. TILE DRAINAGE CONTEST FOR BOYS' AGRICULTURAL CLUBS Cartoonist Buys Island in the Ocean. Chicago, October 2. John T. Mc Cuteheon, cartoonist, has purchased an island in the South Atlantic Ocean near the Bahama group, it became known today. The island is three and a halt miles long and a little more than a mile wide and is down on the admiralty chart as Salt Clay Island. To mariners it is known as treasure island because of the many legends of buried gold which pirate chieftains placed there in the days when the rovers of the sea plied their calling. McCutcheon says he places more faith in the cocoanut trees, of which there are 30,000, than he does in the tales of buried treasure and he expets his return to come from the products of the soil instead of .from buried treasure. Mr. A. Paul Kitchin was at Halifax yesterday. GASOLINE FROM NATURAL GAS. Mrs. G. Hoffman, accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Moses Oppenheimer of Rocky Mount, left yesterday on the northbound train for Rocky Mount. Our store will he closed Saturday, October 7th. Will open at 6 o'clock. 2t. ' M. HOFFMAN & BRO. Output in 1915 Shows a Gain of Over 50 Per Cent Statistics just completed under the supervision of J. D. Northrop, of the TJ. S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, show that the year 1915 was one of decided expansion for the casing head gasoline industry. The quantity of raw gasoline extracted from natural gas and sold in that year alone amounted to more than 65,365.665 gal lons, a gain of 22,712,033 gallons, or 33 per cent, over the quantity- market ed in 1914. The averaee price re ceived for the unblended product was 7.9 cents a gallon, and the market value of the entire output was $5,150,823, a gain of 0.6 cents in average unit price and of $2,044,914, or 66 per cent, in total market value, compared with 1914. The volume of natural gas utilized in the manufacture of this quantity of gasoline, exclusive of that recovered as drips from gas mains, is estimated at more than 24,000,000,000 eubie feet, and the average recovery of gasoline per thousand feet was 2.57 gallons. Gold Medal to the Boy Who Submits the Most Approved Plan for Under drainage of a Field. The North Carolina Drainage Asso ciation wishes to encourage the young men of the State in underdrainage of their wet lands in order that they may receive a maximum yield with mini mum effort; and that the educational value of the Club work may be en hanced. To this end, the Association offers a gold medal to the member of the Boys' Agricultural Clubs who sub mits the most approved plan for the underdrainage of a field or portion of a field. The following rules apply: 1. The field may be of any size from one acre up and may be selected by the contestant from any land in which he is interested. 2. The plans shall consist of: (a) A -description of the field in cluding location, acreage, shape, top ography, description of the soil and the subsoil, present use of the land and present condition as regards natural drainage. (b) A drawing or sketch showing the shape of the field, location and ar rangement of proposed drains, location of the canal, creek,' or open ditch into which the proposed drains are to dis charge, and any other points mentioned in the description. (c) Number of feet of tile required for each line with size and cost of the tile, and estimated cost of digging and backfilling the ditches. (d) Estimated cost per acre. 3. The plans must represent or ex press the contestant's own ideas in adapting a system of drainage to the field selected, though he may consult others in making his plans and will be furnished needed information upon application to the Vice-President in Charge of Tile Drainage, (Prof. M. E. Sherwin, West Raleigh, N. C.) 4. The plans shall be mailed to the Secretary of the North Carolina Drain age Asociation, (Dr. Joseph Hyde Pratt at Chapel Hill, N. C.,) so that it shall be in his hands before the time of the Annual Convention of the North Caro lina Drainage Association which is to be held at Greensboro, N. C, November 22 and 23, 1916; or shall be filed with the Secretary on the first day of tho Convention. 5. The contestant shall not be obli gated to construct the drains as plan ned, though their construction would probably be profitable. 6. The plans shall be judged by a committee appointed by the President of the Association and the award shall be made in open session of the Con vention
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