. V JC Ad CI: Mi Ci1 i IT I tlr er v. IK il T n r: r- re: jp. B I10 :ir ir IE 1U et )' px 3r ia Is? r i rl J -1- 1 11 It i 'i 3 ' PAGE TWO DRAGGING era FOR AN OLD BRASS CANNON ! :.New-'Bern People Trying to 11 1" Recover Civil War Gun for Brass (Special to The Dispatch.) ; New Bern, Feb. 15. During the days of the Civil War there was Niink at a point up Jack Smith's creek a Vessel which had been used in some of -the naval battles in this section and on board this boat , was a long brass cannon which at that time was a regular "bear cat" of a gun. )Thi8 cannon has for many years been lying somewhere at the bottom of the creek and since the price of brass has jumped to unusual heights, there have been a number of attempts made to locate and take it from its watery bed. ' During the past week there have been at least half a dozen parties who have taken oyster tongs or some other ; implement and prodded tbe bottom of the creek for a mile or more, around the spot where the boat is supposed to have gone down. The old cannon Is supposed to weigh something like four or five hundred rounds and the man who finds it will f 'Jbe able to dispose of that much brass i at a price which will pay him for the trouble he has gone to in locating the lost piece of armament. ; If. there is more than one cannon burled there ,as many say is the case, their gain will be further increased. -:'-'If plans which a number of the re tail merchants In New Bern now have under consideration are put int.6 effect, the residents of this city will soon be carrying their own bundles and paying cash for the goods which they buy or it may be that they can purchase their goods for cash and leave them to be delivered at one or twev delivery periods during the day. ; The merchants claim that by cut ting out their delivery system and selling for cash that they can reduce their prices in some instances as much as fifteen per cent, and that even if they can cut their delivery system down and make two deliveries I dally that they will save money. u Tnis plan could not- be successfully carried out unless every merchant in the city or at least those operating on .an extensive scale agreed to the proposition and this is now being put before them and their decision is awaited, after which some action will De uiKen. It is believed that the cash and two deliveries each day system will prove to be the best plan and that is the one which is being agitated the most. Unless some unforseen circum $ stance occurs and if the present plans J of the agriculturists in Craven coun i ty and the surrounding section mat I erializes, the crop of Irish potatoes p which will be produced in this sec I' tion durng the next few months, is ,Soutk Carolina News It iiiiiiuiiiiiiniiniitummmir GROWING PURE BRED HOGS. " Rock Hill Bank Puts Effective Plan in Operation. " ..Rock Hill, S. C 15. In view of the interest being aroused throughout the LSouth in the raisin of cure bred hoes. t the plan recently adopted by the Peo ple's National Bank or this city is of general interest. Under this plan al , ready several score of registered brood . sows have been placed on farms in this community and several dozen more have been ordered. The plan is ' one whereby every farmer who so de- sires can stock his farm with pure bred hogs at no-cost, except the feed - ing and care of the sows. t 'The plan is for each farmer to take a- registered brood sow, either a Duroc Jersey or Berkshire. When the first flitter, of pig is four months old, two ; sow, pigs are returned to the bank. ! When the second Htterjs four months v old two sow pigs are returned to the bank. The sow is then the property of the farmer without cost. If the sow . dies meantime, the bank sustains the olss. The bank maintains a registered r boar for breeding purposes. The sec ' ond phase of the plan is known as the ' endless chain proposition. The gow ypjgs secured from the distribution of sows are distributed among the boys r-bf the country, each bov asrreelnr to iV return to the bank two four months "ld iIgs in payment for his pig. These pigs are in turn distributed to othor boys and on and on until the entire country is stocked. The registered :boar will be at the service of all men - bera of the club. Already quite . number of the first who secured thee a v. brood sow3 have fine litters of pigs, rsome of which will goon be old .enough to begin placing in the end ...'less chain club among the boys. V Scores of banks in this and adjoining C States, have written for information j regarding the plan. Ugly, Unsightly Pimples a A " ' A Mat. mm . I SP Heed to the Warninir. . runpies on the face and other '"- v3 &0Jy are warnings from ; ' Mature that your xblood is sluggish md impoverished. 1 Sometimes they .oretell eczema, boils, blisters, scaly i??0118 "l otner skin disorders lhat burn like flames of fire. S s"l SeSr?lyouf l0i needs - Oito purify it and cleanse it of - hesftpwe accumulations that can - " raWed trouble. This remeS Is the neatest vegetable blood Sar? 3 '- ADS1ANS RESUME AITACKJN ITALIANS Battering Ram Tactics Again Used Against New Line of Defenders. Rome, Wednesday, Feb. 13. Al- Uhrough Austrian press recently has kbeen! referring to preparations for an offensive which they say the Italians are making as justification for Khe asertion that it is impoeible to with draw either men or guns to help Ger many in France, the Austrian com mander apparently wishes to brine: an ened to the period of inactivity.. He is resuming his battering ram tactics in the -mountain section. In the last thre days the Austrians feave attacked the new Italian line in the Frenzels and Bella Valleys where important positions were wrested from the Austrians a short time ago. The enemy preceded his attacks by violent bombardments, but when the Austrian infantrymen attempted to press for ward as they did in the Bella valley by advancing into the Selle and Vall etta woods, they came under the fire of Italian artillery and machine guns which compelled them to beat a re treat with enormous losses before even reaching the Italian trenches. The Austrians met with another and equally severe check in the. Frenzella valley yesterday. n the course of this fighting Lieut enant Ranza. an aviator, brought down two enemy airplanes, increasing the number of his victories in aerial encounters to 16. Dave Robertson Quits Baseball. Norfolk, Va,, Feb. 16. Dave Rob ertson, outfielder of the New York National league team, has accepted the position of athletic director and coach of the Norfolk high school. He declared he had retired from baseball and returned his contract unsigned to Manager McGraw, owing to a dis agreement as to salary. destined to break all previous records and will -bring the growers an even larger amount of money than was the case last year. "We are going to plant Irish pota toes and plant much of our acreage In them" is the answer every farmer makes to the query as to what he U planning to do in regards to grow ing tnat particular crop. While thousand of acres will be devoted to the growth of the "spuds," other produce will by no means be forgotten. Early peas and cabbage are to be raised in large quantities; in fact it is predicted that these two crops will also be larger than, has ever been known. Taken as a while Craven county and the surrounding counties aer loowng rorwara to a Spring and Sum mer crop production that will help greatly in feeding the world and which will bring much money into this section. ' ' y ems ARMY'S SMALLEST MAN Lumberton Soldier at Camp Jackson Is Five Feet One. Columbia, S. C, Feb. 15. Camp Jackson claims the distinction of having the "shortest" soldier in the entire American army in the person of Private Gatewood Smalls of Three Hundred and Twenty-first Field Hos pital. As 'Shorty" Smalls is but one Jaalf inch over the requfred height of five feet it is highly probable that ho is the shortest in stature of any of Uncle Sam's warriors. Only since the declaration of war has it been the n'! icy of the war department to accept for the army men of that height, he minimum height up to that time h.i' ing been five feet four inches. "Shorty" Smalls hails from Lum- berton, N. C, and has been at Camp Jackson since Sentember S. Desnitn his lack of inches he is a splendid speciment of manhood, tippjjng the scales at 150 pounds. Withal he i? very much of a camp "character" and is a favorite with, all the boys of the camp who know him. Oswego Store Burned. Sumter, S. C, Fell. lS.The general merchandise store of S. M. McCoy at Oswego was destroyed by fire wd nothing was saved from the buildmis. Only, partial insurance covered the loss, which was estimated to be more than $,Q0. Teaohert Meeting Postponed Rock Hill, S. C., Feb. 15. On ac count of the meningitis situation it has been deemed unwise to hold tho meetign of the State Teachers' Assoc iation in March as had been plannod. J. P. Kinard, president ,and R. C. Burts, secretary, of the association, acting upon the advice of the execu tive committee and other members of the association, reached this conclusion. Are Signals or Bad Blood ftfemino .liter lenrrwn nrn4 ,("m?n n fier known, and contains no minerals 2l. ItllMHtilAl. mVg I'm At.. 1 ... catd skin. bottie of S, S. S. today, and get rid of those irasifthtly and disflenrW pimples, and other skin irritations. And. it 'will cleanse your Hood thor ongluy. If you -vrish special medical advice, you can obtain it without tSfoJSS- Medical DLrec Gorrfl - Uooratorj, Atlanta, Wilmington; north carolin ONA: FROM MEDITERRANEAN There is Much Speculation Over Admiral Sims, Visit to Rome Washington, Feb.- 15. The pre sence of Vice Admiral Sims at Rome .s regarded here as not having to do with any' proposed" assault on the Austrian naval "base at Pole in the Adlatic as has ., been stated , in some oublished reports, but be more likely conected with plans for cleaning up the submarines in the Mediterranean. Naturally navy officials here are not know of, but . the . suggestion that a caval drive on Pola is in contemplBi tioh meets with a cold reception. The1 Austrian base is well located and flanked by land defenses of the strong est character. It Is - very doubtful that a proposal to storm those defen ses from the sea without land sup port would be favored by any power. There seems no doubt, however, that Admiral Sims visit to Rome was conected directly with plans mapped out b ythe naval section , of the supreme war council. It - is certain that a definite, part in whatever is in prospect has ben reserved for the American naval force?.. One object sought. by any plan that may have been laid by the naval strategists necessarily is the elimina tion of the submarine in the Mediter anean. ' In a general way, naval opinion bore appears to favor a bottling up cam paign against submarines in the Adriatic rather than assault by sea on the bases. Wys nd mens of carrying out such a plan depend on many fac tors not available fro discussion. NEW YORK LETTER. , By O. O. Mclntyre Special Correspondent The Dispatch. New York, Feb. 15. The spin of the roulette wheel is to cease in Gotham under the new Police Com missioner Enright, who was himself a copper. The word has gone out to the big hotels where all the high stake gambling was played to cease. It has been a blow to the gamblers who have been flocking into New York expecting an open town. All of the tough resorts that moved from the Bowery since that thoroughfare became an, artery of commerce are also to be closed. There remains only one resort that smacks of the old days of Suicide Hall, Ainette Lane and. the Haymar ket It is on the fringe of the Ten derloin a short way from the theatri cal district. It is one of those places that has been the fly in the ointment for so cial workers. It has for years been a ousenest of depravity. The crooks of the town could be seen there nightly. Subway dips, cocaine sellers, till tappers, pocket slashers and porch climbers collected there in a putresr cent brotherhood of abomination. The FHE BIG BIG PICTURE PRODUCER W 1 . . ... ' j80k ' I jf& M $ k M0Jm THOMAS H. rriCE, PRODUCER To simply look: Into the face of Thomas H.; Ince, one of the world's greatest producers, is to see the hun dred and one reasons why he has made such real, red-blooded, wonderful screen productions for Paramount, for I rak-faced cadets,' inY their loud cheap siWc shirts, held 'their v daily "cohfer en ces of crime iover the beery tables. . ' rallow-fjaced J women, ' with Hps heavy with rouge and unsteady hands Indicative ofTneedle pumping, made it their . rendezvous, .The .underground, wires gave the . message that, the new commissioner meant , business and in a few hours the place " was almost lifeless, ,". 1 . . ' ' J The proprietor knows that he Is un dW the ban and that there is noth ing else left to do but put up the shut ters and; wait for something to turn up. .. : ; j The last person to leave the place as a flaccid blonde, burdened with cheap jewelry. . She stood in the en trance wiy and looked back. "I'm glad," she said; "maybe now I can go (to the country for awhile and get fsome fresh air." And she coughed a racking sort of cough that left her flushed and trem bling and on the handkerchief she put to her mouth was left a stain of pink. Amelita Galli-Curci's triumph was the ijpst thrilling spectacle New York has witnessed since Caruso won his spurs. For two years the little Ital ian singer had knocked at . the aus tere portals of New York and her sue cess in Chicago madfr her face a crit ical audience. The pause that follow ed after her rendition of her first song was the most agonizing period I have ever witnessed. When the ap plause started it was deafening and the entire audience a billowy sea of white shirt fronts and a dazzle of dia monds rose to cheer in unison. There were in all 65 encores. The lyric stage lives off glamour, for glamour, by glamour, and when a new singer swims into New York's ken opera re ceives a new lease of life. Seats for Calli-Curci for her second perform ance sold as high as $250. Among those I saw in the boxes were W. R. Hearst, Rex Beach, the writer, Louis H. Chalif," the Russian dancer; Ger aldine Farrar, the singer; Otto Kahn, the banker, and Rol Cooper Megrue, the playright. Spanish dancing seems to have swept the town. A well known Broadwayite was talking about the new dancers in a cafe the other night. Those Spanish dancers simply fasci nate me," he said, "by the way they use their, cascarets.". Down in the Dutch Oven an obser ver saw a woman smoking and knit ting furiously between puffs. And there was a fire in the Bronx the other night caused by a woman knit ter permitting fire to fall from her cigarette onto the sweater she was knitting. It is evident that something has got to be done to prevent smok ing from interfering with knitting or vice versa. , A lightweight named Morris Lux is showing his wares in and about Kan sas City. Lux is 1 no doubt a clean boxer. Quite an 'array of amateur boxing talent is expected to be displayed at the big simon-pure tournament to be held in Pittsburgh next week. According to winter dope, George Sisler, the Browns' star, was offered to the New York Yankees for $50,000, but the Yanks wouldn't dig that deep. OF PARAMOUNT PICTURES every line and every expression sheds forth the facts that he is a big BIG man, with ideas and Ideals even big ger. He Is of the Intellectual, jovial, determined, alert, aggressive and prac tical type, a .combination .-unbeatable. AFT ERNOON, FEBRUARY !5, 1918. MNJY YEARS SINCE THE MAINE DISASTER Anniversary of Sinking of the American Warship in Ha vana Harbor Washington, D. C, Feb. 16.The 20th anniversary of the destruction of the battleship Maine in f Havana harbor was made the occasion of sev eral notable patriotic demonstrations here today. ' Patriotic and . military organizations and representatives of all branches of the regular military service participated in the exercises at Arlington National cemetery, where many of the sailors and . marines who perished in the disaster are buried. Floral tributes from President Wilson and the President of Cuba were placed on the Maine anchor and mast in the cemetery. his afternoon the memory of the Maine dead was further "hon ored with impressive exercises held in the riding hall at Fort My er under the auspices'of the District of Colum bia branch of the Spanish War Vet erans. The blowing up of the battleship Maine in the harbor of Hayana on Feb. 15, 1898, resulted in the loss of 266 officers and men of the United States Navy, and suggested the cry of "Remember the Maine," which be came the slogan of the Spanish-American war. The battleship had been in Havana three weeks at the time of the disas ter, having been sent there on a frindly visit and at the same time to protect American interests and resi dents at a time when the Cuban re volt against Spain had reached a critical stage. The Maine was in com. mand of Captain Charles D. Sigsbee. She was moored in a berth assigned by the naval authorities of Havana. It was at the least used buoy in the harbor, one that had not been pre viously occupied by a war vessel for many years. The Spaniards at Hav ana resented the presence of the American man-of-war and threats were uttered against the ship and her crew. At 9:40 o'clock on the night of Feb ruary 15, while the majority of the crew were asleep, a double explosion occurred forward directly under their quarters, which rent the ship in two, causing he to sink almost instantly. Out of a complement of 360 souls, two officers and 264 men were killed by the explosion or drowned, and 60 were taken out injured. The first explosion, according to the statements of those on board, lifted the forward part of the ship perceptibly. After a short interval the second explosion occurred, being more open and prolonged. The for ward part pf the vessel was shattered, while the after part was left prac tically intact. It was shown in re ports by the officers that the tem perature of the vessel was normal at 8 o'clock and the condition of the coal bunkers,' storage compartments and boilers such that the hypothesis of an internal explosion was absurd. The Spanish authorities at Havana reported that the disaster was due to an internal explosion and proposed a joint inquiry by representatives of this government and those of Spain. The government in Washington re jected this proposal and appointed a naval board of inquiry to investigate. These officers examined the wreck and found the aottom plates bent up ward, forming a great arch, and a por tion of the forward keel blown through the body of the ship and pro truding above the deck 36 feet in vertical distance from its original position. Underneath the arch was a hole in the mud 15 feet in diameter and seven feet deep. The conclusions of the court of in quiry were that the loss of the Maine was not in any respect due to fault WELL AND STRONG WAS A WRECK 'Tis a Very Interesting Story Louisiana Lady Tells About About What Cardui Did For Her Echo, La. "For sixteen years, un til a year ago," writes Mrs. J. O. Oueringer, of this place, "I suffered and suffered from all kinds of pain, until I got so rundown and weak I couldn't walk across the room . . . I was a physical wreck . . . confined to my bed for three months ... Then some friends of mine advised me to try Cardui. After using three bottles ... I was much improved . , . fn a month I was able to get up. . . and do a little work, and soon after was built-up, well and strong . . . I used 13 bottles of Cardui all to gether. Have been well and strong ever since. I am giving Cardui now to my daughter. It did me so much good. I want her to try it. I am glad to be able to make this statement so other sufferers may be benefited. I can never be thankful enough for what Cardui did for me." Many thousands of women have had similar experiences with Cardui, the woman's tonic. Try it, if you suffer pain, feel run down and weak. Cardui, taken in time, when yon feel the first symptoms of trouble, may saye you a' long spell of sickness, or negligence on the pact of any of ficers or crew; that the ship was de stroyed by the explosion of a subma rine mine, Dut that no evidence, had been found to show who exploded the mine; Congress appropriated $50,000,000 for national defense shortly after the sinking, and President McKinley, on April 20, dispatched an ultimatum to Spain. Spain declared war on April 24, and the United States on the fol lowing day. When the Maine was raised and ex amined in 1912 proof was found that she had been sunk by a submarine mine, The identity of the individual guilty of blowing up the Maine has never been disclosed. - Mel Coogan, the welterweight box er, now at the Newport, R. I., naval station, has been showing 18-K goods in his recent bouts in Newport. Quarantine Raised. Orangeburg. S. C. Feb. 15 The quarantine that was put on the State College, January 25 on account of the development of a case of meningitis n the student body . was raised Mon day morning. Owing to strict regu lations and the splended discipline exercised not a single additional caso developed among the body of over 700 students. WHAT HAS WINTER COST THE NATION Damage To Transportation Alone Will Run Into Many Millions It would be interesting, if it were nossible. to scan a table of figures showing the total cost of the damage wrought by the abnormally severe winter through which we have just passed. The damage to railroads and other transportation companies would run into many millions, and the loss sustained through the interruption of traffic would amount to even more. Another great loss, which cannot be figured, or even estimated, is the d am aze wrought by this winter on the national health. There is no doubt that the season now ending carried with it a new arid extremley tenacious form of cold, which successfully re sisted all efforts to check. This form of cold has not been honored with a name, as medical science ceased christening these colds after the ad vent of "Influenza" or "La Grippe However, it is quite unnecessary in this case, as this new cold hangs on and soon grows into somethng that was a name and is easily recognized Catarrh. As a direct result of this season's colds fully fifty per cent more peo ple are suffering with catarrh today than one year ago, and the impair ment of tBPfe health and efficiency of the nation , has been enormous. The cold that cannot be shaken off is the foundation of catarrh. It may be jn the nose or throat; mucous accumu lates and passes . down, infecting every membraneous surface to event ually lodge in the stomach. When ca tarrh puts this organ out of commis sion the general health of the vie tim quickly declines. To successfully combat the rav ages of catarrh the system must be built up and strengthened and here is where Peplac has demonstrated its value in the treatment of catarrh. This great remedy will put the stomach in better condition, tone up the system and enable the body to throw off this dangerous malady. Anyone who has catarrh, or is be ing dragged down by a cold, would do well to get a bottle of Peplac today at Bellamy's drug store. It is sold there and at all leading drug stores in Wil mington and vicinity. Adv. CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tells How To Get Quick Relief from Head-Cold. It's Splendid! In one minute your clogged nostrils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more . hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dryness. No struggling for breath at night; youf cold or catarrh will be gone. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Ap ply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream in your nostrils. It pentrates through every 'air passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes instantly. It's Just fine. Don't stay stuffed-up with a cold or nasty catarrh Relief comes so quickly. Adv. A Mother's Love Through all , the ages, & mother's love has been the most beautiful sentlmtnt ver expressed. It la the most pathetic the most joyful and the most wonderful fmnng mortals have ever felt The moth er who does not want hr child to ba ner- actertstlo of Trom&tihooA- Is a. mother's love and pride for her baby. The external application, "Mother's Friend", la prepared especially for expect ant mothers. It relieves the pain and dlsoomfort occasioned by the stretching strain upon the ligaments and the skin of the abdomen, when baby Is born. It makes elastic those muscles which na ture is expanding and Soothes the in flammation of breast gflarids. The expect ant mother, remains a pretty mother by usine "Mother's Friend". Hir form ia. preserved and danger is avoided. "Mother'a Friend" is to be had at your drug store. Write the BradfUld Reg ulator Co.. Dept. E, 200 Lamar Building, Atlanta, Os, They will send you a most umh mo interesting dock, wnnout .charge, "Motherhood , and the Baby"; "Mother's Friend" makes it possible for yon. to aid nature yourself In the won fact 1 INVISIBLE BIFOCAL Afford a comfort by those who want near or f!?1 in one pair of glasses. V!Sl0fl They keep your eyes 'young in ln as well as in usefnineeo No line, seam or lump " to Mu, h vision. t! EYES TESTED FREp Dr. Vinery iridsonic Temple m CHEON TEA The Best Tea on Earth Kenny's High Grade Cof. fee 25c ft. Baking Powder. RICE At Cut Price. CD. Kenny Co, Phone 679 16 So. Front FOR SALE 200 Barrels Gore's Fancy Syrup, 50 Barrels Gore's Fancy Molasses. 500 Bags Gore's Fine Ground Meal. Different varieties Seed Oats, Whett ana itye. Please write us for samples ui pri.es. D. L. GORE COMPANY Strictly "Wholesale. CANDY FOR WIFE MOTHER SWEETHEART Before going home tonight to . , A nit mother or wire, or me visn contemplate for tomorrow- "drop" in and slip a "surprise Inv" in -rmir nocket. There viH be smiles for the giver and a treat for tha recipient. Fresh Shipment of Delicious . .Whitman's Candies Just a.. . ... Phones: 211-212 ... . .107 Process Street NEQLIN SOLE? Makes Walkin a Pleasure Attached by SULLIVAN, inn n4 Shoemakers Wanted cattle and hog : l A small ill icugc merits. Highest prices pa Write us what you have ffer. CAROLINA PACKINS COMPANY Wilmington, N. & . 'The South' Higk1 .Market (ft) JARMAN & Mill I Cattle Hogs fca&.ejngln K. : y-