North Carolina Newspapers

11 ''Vjr. WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA; Afternoon, Februarys 5, T9rs. - PAGE EIGHT '.VAR STAMP INSTITUTE was m succsss Great Elnthusiasm was Arous fed by Whitehair and Gov JrW ernor Bickett V;; (Special to The Dispatch.) Raleigh, Feb. 15 Governor Bickett closed the War Sayings Institute of twoT days here with a sweeping appeal po all visitors to go home and dedi cate themselves to the great job ahead. Twenty-four hours before that 500 or more were attending the opening session, but at the close nearly anoth er 600 had come. No such meeting as this has yet been held in the State. The State is fired into an enthusiasm that has marked no stage of the war. Sftyifferent towns in the State were seeking G. W. Whitehair, Y. M. C. A, worker sent here by Washing ton; for Whitehair has aroused a frenzy of public spirit that has been equaled only by the speech of Gov ernor Bickett on the visit of the Trench High Commission. I Whltehair's address Tuesday night highwater for the institute was & big, powerrui young II 11 H mi mi -iiii i r-j ii ii i ynl iii ni 31IH MM NEWLY ARRIVED AMERICAN FIGHTERS ON THE "SCUP LINE" IN FRANCE. American fighters just arrived in France are not a bit backward in showing that they can do other things besides fight. Copyright, Underwood & Underwood. has been through the submarine zones without injury. He has been everywhere. He has seen everything. He has it all there and with his big body and voice can make the people a picture that filled four newspaper hen is a slacker but you can swat columns. any old rooster you run up against Mr. Fraker tried his best to beguide In closing his brief speech he said the Whitehair into coming to Spray and ; Prussian's nature is alien to chivalry "it is fair, gamble to guess that White-1 and more than any war yet is this hair will find some way to speak to in Raleieh's mammoth cave, more dig- nifledly called the auditorium, hear the Rockingham citizenship. Mr. him. When he had finished and told: Fraker promises a holiday when that tTp.p his hearers that England will not bur-1 time comes and half a State as audi- nthipTpirow under the dirt because she is on ence. Who but Tf ew years ago was" standing the way to Berlin hundreds went up The Rockingham delegation so in . the Cornett-lice and telling Yale 'and begged him to come back and over ran all others that it came near . - i antra XTriT-tVi PornliTiQ a Hn70n rlaros trottintr tno Tinhlir-'o ev nnnnrn Tr rn- and Harvard and Princeton and Car- llsle that "they must not pass." Last night he was talking of Verdun and Vkny Ridge, Callipoli and a dozen battlefields which he has visited in his quest of men who need help. To Ilaleigh in composite it was the great est? speech of them all. Many have surpassed it in beauty of structure, put his was the one that brought these hundred hells right before the syes and opened them wide. Thirteen times the young fellow women's war, Weeklies May Make Reprisals. Railroads now breaking their first of the year contracts with the news papers whereby mileage was exchang ed for space in these' journals, have notified their ticket offices that no such transportation will be honored eive North Carolina a dozen dates. ieettinsr the public's eye enough to ob f i,Qm on w9a wvinorr. !&cure the vision considerably. Mr. by their conductors and dozens of ed- with .him . itors are paying their way on the ut i;uui &e, iui ilu y iuub. cl.ii uiu;- . . trains. President Santford Martin, of Gov- blue ribbons. More than forty of,"s was a sort or ennic in conserva- Ition. He came with a record. Three made a colony that easily made itself i thousand people in his mills have war . ernor Bickett s office, has been in the bride of the whole event. Every-1 stamps now. ine company gave eacn body observed Rockingham. The de-. these employes $5 in these stamps, legation was headed by G. W. Fraker, dropped a little bunch of money, $10, president of the Carolina Cotton and 00 int an enterprise which the com -Woolen Mills, who gathered his brood ,Pany of many millions regards as a great investment. iNoooay eise at- as a hen her chickens and with Gov ernor Bickett in their midst, struck i I . - 1 Iho V n -mar dati) VQlr Ilia Uiab. Uu i-iCLJ CCiJLU ftuv& mileage book and get his war tax. Mr. Martin is corresponding with Secre tary McAdoo whose order has stop ped the issuance of such mileage Letters are going up from many week tending this institute heard of any ; lies protesting, and one of the former In Ye Olde Daves IblkesJGiew Goode Coffee XT7HEN good fellows of long ago gathered about ye festive board for a snack and a smack, thaj demanded that coffee be ye very best in ye land. That's the kind you get today when yon drink Lcrianne. Just try it. If it doesn't taste better than any other coffee, you've got a real "kick" coming to yon, and your grocer will refund every penny you paid for it. Get in line with the thousands of good people who drink Luzianne regularly. Buy soma today, in the air-tight, sanitary can. 'When It Poors, It Reign" SiiBaSBS J rf-H-fcl ll'l'll COFFEE such philanthropy. Rockingham came to pass the spirit on. Bickett Tells How. Governor Bickett in closing the in stitution told the delegates how to get the money. The farmers must be reached, he said. The tiller of the soil h'as got the money, you have to go after it," he said. "There are plenty of them who do not know anything about it. "There are plenty who know noth ing about the war" he said, illustra ting his point by a story of a school of 40 children in which a solitary hand went up as the teacher asked how many had heard the war discussed. "A few days ago two women teach ers wrote me that they were having patriotic exercises every morning, but there were people in that neigh borhood who would not allow their children to salute the flag. I wrote them a letter that scorched the en velope and a few days after that I had another letter telling me that every body in the township was saluting the flag." (laughter.) The Governor's drollery had the crowd continually in laughter. He told the teachers, especially, that they must go home and get the men to buy stamps. "See your neighbor and make him take $1,000. And when he does he will begin to talk about it. (laughter). He will let his light shine. It is worth two dollars of liber ty bonds to take one in the stamps. When a fellow won't buy them turn him out of the church. Great laught er.) Get his money tied up in his government and he will think more of his government. "The women have this day. It is woman's day. Anybody who kills a associa-reprisals presidents of the editorial tion is quoted as favoring against the government. He would pledge the editors to a policy of silence? on all great move ments; would have them refuse to print any propaganda sent out from Washington or from agents else where. Liberty loans, war savings and selective drafts would have uo more champions in this State. The Government would be asked to pay for all the space given it and the news papers would make more when all things printed are charged for, al beit, the newspapers are perfectly willing to resume old relations and to continue & policy which always gives the soulless cororations the UPs on them. From every section of the State are going protests. Some of tbo county papers are using all their edi torial space to show the injustice of this treatment. Men wno have not paid fares in lo these many years be gin it now with great difficulty. A committee is expected to go to Wash ington soon to lay the issues before the new director of the railroads. uesiaes tms, tne interstate com merce commission will be pressed in to appeal for the editors. They don't like a bit this interruption of the free ride when traveling has been here to fore so- easy. Mr. McAdoo has gone against the real thing. Boston Bean in Dodo Class. Boston, Mass., Feb. 15. Great are the changes wrought by war! As to the truth of which may be cited the ffact that the baked bean is rapidly disappearing from the Boston menu and promises to become as extinct as Mm Keep in mind the fact that Bevo, being; a soft drink, will freeze at 32 Fahrenheit . just like any other non-alcoholic beverage. Be careful about this, as freezing affects the rich fullness of that delightful Bevo flavor which goes so particularly well with a meal or a bite to eat. If Bevo were merely a summer beverage this warning might not be so timely but, as all who drink it know Bevo is an all-year-'round drink Everybody enjoys it for more than just its thirst-quenchbg qualities the pleasure it gives comes from its flavor, purity and wholesome nutritiousness the enjoyment of these qual ities is independent of time or season. To get full pleasure out of Dutch lunches, Welsh rarebits, oysters, clams, lobsters, sausage, cheese and many other such delicious edibles, Bevo should be included. You will find Bevo at inns, cafeterias, restaurants, groceries, department and drug stores, soda fountains, dining cars, steam ships, canteens, soldiers' homes, navy, and other places where refreshing soft drink beverages are sold. Your grocer will supply you by the case. Demand the genuine have the bottle opened in front of you see that the seal is unbroken covering the crown top and see that the crown top bears the Fox. Bevo is sold in bottles only; and is bottled exclusively by Anheuser-Busch St. Louis f BRYAN & BOWDEN Distributors WILMINGTON, N. C. 3B- the Dodo, if the war and its conse quent high prices continue much long er. Even before the war old High Cost of Living had boosted the price of beans to a figure that obliged the Bostonian to dig ueep fDr the where withal to satisfy his appetite with his favorite Saturday night and Sunday morning dish. But now, with the price of salt pork ranging around 75 cents a pound well, many Boston housewife has sorrowly put the bean pot on the shelf to remain until the return of peace and lower prices. For baked beans without an abundance of fat pork is not to be thought of. Only one solace remains to the war-strick en Bostonian. So long as the sacred cod holds out he will not be denied his fish balls. AlUCollege Patriotic Rally. Boston, Mass., Feb. 15. The colors and cries of more than two-score of the foremost universities and colleges of the country will be seen and heard in the Boston Opera House tomorrow night when prominent representatives of the various institutions of learning will assemble to voice their loyalty to the nation and their determination to aid in the prosecution of the war. The all-college affair promises to be one of the biggest patriotic rallies held anywhere since the commen ment of the war. James M. Beck, o! New York, and John R. Rathom, ot Providence, will be the principal spei ers of the evening. ninniiuiiunnniiiiiiiiniiiniiiiiiiniminiiiiiiiiiiiiiii J. B. McC ABE and CO. ! Certified Public Accoun- H tants. i Room 810 Murchison Bank Bldj. : Phone 996, WILMINGTON, N. Cj innnniiinninimiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiniHiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiffi Mm, A n If 1 BY ELSIE BNDICOT. RANCESCA sat before her desk regarding the white heap of correspondence. Ev ery morning it was the same. She knew perfectly well what most of theae daint ily addressed, mono gr&mmed envelopes contained. Irest," she thought. "I'm tired of Eple and platitudes. rm even red of myself. . I haven't had a 'chance to be alone and do exactly as i-pleased since I was a little girl. I Sfant to- read and think and get ac iC&ainted with myself and Aunt Jen jde instead of dressing four times a 'Say.: Poor Aunt Jennie! For four years she has played , the role of laperone. beautifully. In any other capacity of service-she might demand vacation." There was a rap at the door,, fd i Sawed by the entrance of an elderly woman with blue eyes that had never lost their childish, directness of gaze. cne carried a bowl of pansies. dear since yon came to this house. You're going to have time now a long, beautiful, happy time. Now, Just sit down here at this desk and decline some of these formalities for me, while I set Lucy to packing the needfuls," and Francesca ran from the room. The gleeful anticipation of a child possessed her. She was up early next morning that she might order break fast and get Aunt Jennie through hef toilet in time for the 8 o'clock train. At 4 that afternoon they reached the little station at Aldrich. They hurried to the small, low, yellow house which Francesca remembered, though she .had not seen it since she was a child and had came to it with her father. Silence and musty air met them. Aunt Jennie sat down in -a rocking chair, lifted her veil and wiped her eyes. "I hope Ellen Town hasn't let the miee get at my quills," was the first thing she said. "I'm sure she haan'V Francesca cried cheerfully. She ran to the win dow. "Here is Jehu with our travs. Where shall I tell him to put them?" "You can have your trunk taken up to the front chamber and mine to ute one. adioiniae. The on that A box Of them 1USt came from rmf IltCe jplace in the country," she said. Lholds the books and like of that we -I divided with von. ' Wat beautiful velvety thinxsr Francesca, cried. She rose and bentl . j ..... r oer iace over xne mowers. ' And they still have their country freshness! I didn't know that your place grew "Oh, yes; tbere-4s a great bed of them. EUen Town looks after it in ;my absence. She gathered these and sent them. J apbs fccongry for them. ( Those we3sve ftPffKtb florists don'?t "(Mm tb mtarxttf V i t VFraiicesca arrnedtheTjnasL taA)wn Sngers. "Aontie,!! shet said at ; last, 'let's lesve errorythittg; Itere ?nd; go ana Jive in Tau-jKrasenms '-vrtoter. Let's run swajr."' . - - . , - ;!France8ca, . dear -chlkU'V. began ! aunt: Jennie iaintlr. Franceses, vln- tsrrupted ber. ' " . . city. When she returned to the yellow house she found Ellen Town there with a basket laden with home-made bread, a loaf cake, a jar of pickles and a great bowl of cottage cheese. "Why didn't you let me know you were coming " she chlded Aunt Jen nie. 'Td a-had the house warm as been trying to- recall things that, we re he's smart. I heard him speak once quite familiar to me when I used to come here with my father. There was a girl I played with. Her name was Belle and she had black eyes. Do you know what became of her?" "You mean Belle Chase, I guess.' She's married and lives out West. Francesca is better unpack down here. We must have a fire- said, shivering a little. x nereis seasoned wood In the shed. We have stoves and -arnni what every one burns around here "Of course." JPYanceaca . said ly. "Now, while I'm confabbine with Jehu, do, please, . dear auntie, make us a nice fire tntbat shiny, kitchen range." "If I hadhadtlmeloteJi niiun Town . to .onen tht hons ' and M.f Hhdngs ready.it would hase been pieasaorter f or you, my dear," she said u Francesca. as thev sat down rtheir tea. "Nothinar could be uleas&nter Kthis,", Francesca sighed haunilv Next moraine she iKftmf fh -i lag store to make purchases which x y. tt 'iTTi' . ere necessary until the suDnlies Kb Uvt never liate to. Had how had ordered sh Suld arrive Som Se "THIS WILL BE OUR LAST MEETING HERE." toast and something eatable baked -up for. you." "We didn't know about it our selves till the day before yesterday," Francesca explained, laughing. There followed a great flying1 of tongues. Aunt Jennie had " many questions to ask and Ellen Town much to tell. Francesca, . listening, suddenly -realized how dear' to her aunt were these -people. "Mrs. Town," she -said, VI have She was a limb, that Belle, but she married one of the nicest men you ever saw." "And there was a -boy .Peter. He had red hair. We began to make a snow man once, but father took . me away before it was ? finished." "That boy," Mrs. Town, said;"' was Peter Shaw. He got some" schooling, land knows how, and studied law. He's a senator now and next thing tkegr, say he'j bje in - Congrs. My, and if I hadn't a-knowed I could never have been made to believe he was little red-headed Pete that used ot go round from house to house in the spring selling grated horserad ish." Thus began Francesca's life in the yellow house. She tried to forget that she had not always lived among the simple village folk. She went to church as regularly as the bell rang, taught a' class in Sunday school and bo made the acquaintance of the boys and girls. Snow stayed late in that hill re gion. The boys brought out' a, pair of bobs and these, laden with merry makers, shot the glassy steeps of Lo cust Hill, gaining an impetus that carried them half the length of the village. Francesca joined in heart and soul. One afternoon Francesca and Jes sie Reid and Johnny Payee rode down hill. A man was crossing the street at the foot of the hill. He had a dres3 suit case in his hand and had evidently just alighted from the train, which was still in sight. He did not notice the bob until it was almost upon him, with Johnny shrieking like a steam whistle. Then he looked up, sprang to get out of the way, slipped and fell heavily. As soon as the boy could stop he did so. Francesca was the first to reach the man. He was unconscious. They sot him upon the bob and Francesca ; and Johnny drew it as fast as they could to the yellow house, while Jessie , ran to find Dr. Briggs. He came immediately, but half a dozen neighbors- were -before him and had carried the injured man indoors and s were doing what they could to restore him to consciousness. ; "It's Peter Shaw'Mfs. Town said to Francesca in awe-stricken tones.. But Francesca had already guessed his identity. Peter came to his senses slowly. He had - struck" his head In falling and barely missed a fracture. It would be some time before he re covered, Dr. Briggs said, and. in the meantime he must not be moved. For more than a week. JPeter-was an inmate of the yellow house, at tended by. Dr. Briggs and watched over by Francesca and her aunt. At first he seemed to realize little; then gradually his mind cleared. At last he said to Dr. Briggs: "I have put these kind ladies to much trou ble. Is there any way in which I can recompense them without giving offense?" "Thanks are all too inadequate," Peter said, as he parted with his hostess. "I am sure you understand that I feel so. When I am stronger I should like to come again and and try to express more clearly my- grati tude " His eyes sought Fran cesca's. "Certainly you must come again," Aunt Jennie said, "but not from any sense of indebtedness," she added, with her sweet smile. So Peter came again and again. And In the intervals he sent great boxes of flowers and parcels of the latest books to the ladies. The village folk looked on with delight at his love-making. They kept Francesca's secret well. No one ever hinted to Peter that she was an heiress and he did not suspect it. He remembered Aunt Jennie as a woman ef small means, who during his. boyhood had lived very quietly in the yellow house. This . charming girl, her niece, apparently, was de pendent upon her. Spring came and Francesca knew that she must return to the city. Peter had asked her to marry him and she had accepted him. The day he came to bring her engagement ring, she said to him: "This wlU be our last meeting here. Aunt Jennie and I are going away."- - ' "Going away!" he repeated, as tonished. i - ir V - - V "We are' goinVlback. to, the city and my own home. - Did it ever occur to you that I might have a home of my own?" . .. . "I never themgnt' Peter sa)d, "or cared after I .found that you were willing to let me make one for you," he added tenderly. "Oh, Peter, Peter I" Francesca said. half laughing, half crying- AndtW she made her confession. Peter u tened without a word, but hi amM ment was visible upon his face. Vm ravK nn vnnr kinjdom, exclaimed finally, "to come down .Jen and play the little country , "I was tired of my kingjoa, I Brtftiv "Tt is drw-T work ruling alone and there was one I cared to have rule .ml until- I found you!" she ended, tri umphantly. In 1915. ( a Suddenly the great game w summer of 1915 stopped. "What's the trouble?" shouted w grand stand. "Let the game go ob- "Make them play!" thundered i bleachers. "Soak the umpire. Just then, the manager came and held up his hand. i "Patience, gentlemen pa"e . The game will go on just as boo rf the fly cops can chase that ne airships from over the , Those on them are catching tna n as fast as they are batted upward And then the fly cops began w from every direction. How It Happed- t&a "How's this?" remarked office boy with the newspaper. , is where an educated monkey 6ewing machine." ma tbi "Aw, that's nothing," f f t short office boy? . "Yesterday 1 mouse run a ty4)fixriter.' .jj "Come off! WMt are yon me? Where didhis happen- "Right in the old man s offi mouse came from under m made for the pretty type" she's running yet." J Happy Thought. nd8, Miss Askltt When one parcel by express why do cseDj ask the name and address oi "Percy Pinkleigh - rf' they'll know where to w doDCi case it is er lost or stolen, know. ' I i4- t - it' J, J ,1s I