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THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH. FRIDAY; MAY 10, 191 8, EEN INTEREST IN Moore Than; Two Billions Wanted For Next . Year. FOR CONCRETE S H S Wilmington Greatly Interested in the Plans of the Ship ping Board. ..... THE CHANNEL PROJECT Sehate Adopts the Program for Rivers and Harbors as Sent Over bv the House Simmons Statement Washington, May 10 North Caro lina, and particularly the coast city of Wilmington, has a decided pecu niary and patriotic interest in esti mates submitted to the house com mittee on appropriations by the ship I ing board and emergency fleet cpr poration covering the shipbuilding program for the next fiscal year. For shipbuilding and expenses con nected therewith the shipping admin istration asks a total of more than ?2,000,000,000, and it is learned that t is proposed to allow from this vast um fifty millions for concrete ships. Many of these millions must neces sarily be spent at Wilmington, where a concrete shipyard is under way. Al though the shipping board may possi bly establish two additional concrete ship establishments onthe south At lantic coast, the NirtbT Carolina 4 city has the bulge on the situation because ft is the first to equip itself for turn ing out concreteEsels. Assuming that congress will allow the, shipping board all it asfcs since statesmen of this and other allied na tions all agree that ship construction is the key to America's- participation in the war it will readily be seen that the general estimates submitted to -the house committee bear vitally upon the industrial development of the Tar Heel state. Concrete Ships. An official of the shipping program practically confirmed reports that it ha&: been decided to invest fifty mil lions in concrete ships. ??aturally the citjj of Wilmington already started in .the construction of concrete vessels, - :x i in n wiii suare iiDerauy in uus appropri ation. The first concrete ship was con structed recently by private interests at "San Francisco. While final tests a3 to the waterproof ness bf the ves sel -hire hot ben officially reDorted. the experiment Vis gained sufficient recognitionboth - in congress and aft the shipping beard to merit the ex penditure of a reasonably generous sum for construction of a number of vessels. . . For a time the shipping board was understood to be averse to spending fifty millions for concrete ships "un less congress would appropriate spe cifically for them, or give a suffi ciently large lump sum appropriation i to justify the board setting aside a number cf millions for concrete con struction. If the house committee al lows the large sum asked today, how ever, it is understood to be the pur pose of the board to allot fifty mil lions to this work, regardless of spe cific authorization. Unless there should be an unexpect pd fall down in the tests of the con crete ships, the government will go right ahead making, them as auxiliary vesB3ls to the steel and wooden fleet That th. government has fostered a concrete shipbuilding yard at Wil mington is perhaps the best indica tion of the initial faith of Uncle Sam in the venture. Shipping Board's estimate. Officials of the shipping board sub mitted to congress today total esti mates of $2,223,000,000 for the ship ping program. This includes $1, 200,000,000 for new contracts, $55, 000,000 for building ships in Japan; $25,000,000 for improved terminal and docking facilities at porjs, $5,000,000 for the operation of ships, including the Dutch vessels, by the . shipping board, and $10,000,000 for the recruit ing :of officers and men. The project of the board of army engineers in favor Of a new channel for .the port of- Wilmington, while given the support of Senator Sim mons, has been -met with a vigorous protest on the part of the administra tion and carried out by the house and senate members in charge of the riv ers and harbors bill. Despite the efforts of the senior sen ator from North Carolina the policy adopted by the rivers and harbors committee of the house and thNe com merce committee of the senate to include no new. projects in the p?nd ing bill, makes. Wilmington, so Ear i3 any increase in the appropriationTor the Cape Fear river is concerned, ut terly helpless. Channel Project. In calling attention tes these efforts which . he has made in. behalf of this project, Senator Simmons, from" his office issued the following statement: "Senator Simmons stated that, ho had: made a vigorous effort Jn the committee On commerce in favor of increasing the amount carried in the rivers and harbors bill as passed bj tile- house for maintenanc v on the . Cape Fear and also for the adoption Cf lbe recommendation of the board of engineers in favor- of ( a new pro ject for a SOcfoof "depth" below Wil mington. "The committee, however, decided to follow the rule adopted by th Louse and recommended by the ad ministration, .which is that the bill should carry o fcew projects, except such as the "engineers reported as being necessary for war purposes. PBIflENI'SHW MET IN THE WORLD Great Volumes of Mail Receiy: : ed at the White House - ' Every Day. j ). Presl Washington, D. C, May 10 dent Wilson's mail-bag. is the largest in the world. Since the' commence ment of the war the voiumue oi mail received at the white house execu tive offices haa4ncreased several fold. Thousands oBs letters arrive , daily. The come from ' alrIaTtsof the United states, in fact, from nearly all parts of the world. All classes of peo ple are represented among the writ ers. Some are personal friends or ac quaintances of the president,,, but the vast majority of them are totally un known to him either by name or rep utation. Men and women alike appear to have the habit of taking pen in hand to complain of anything that is not to their liking, or to offer a sug gestion as to how the war should be conducted. To the credit of the fair sex, however, it may be added that the most of the letters of a nonsensi cal nature come from the men. Every letter of any importance re ceives the president's individual at tention. Of coui-se, he is not able to read all his correspondence himself. This difficulty is overcome by a carefully-developed system by which the contents of the white house mail-bag of any consequence are' laid before Mr. Wilson each iay. The work of selection falls upon a corps of confidential clerks, who work under the general supervision of Sec retary Tumulty; These clerks open the letters and, give therd a first reading. Then they are carefully sort ed. Many of them, as before stated, new project as being of tha. charac ir. But for this rule, strongly sup ported by a majority of the commit tee, the senator said, doubtless there would have been no opposition to the adoption of the new projd'.t and an appropriation of the amoun: recom mended by the engineer or it. "The senator expressed regret that although he tried very hirJ to con vince the department that It should modify its report in this respect, he was unsuccessful. "With refernce to maintenance, Colonel Newcomer, in behalf of thi department, stated to tha committee that there would be $98,538 left over from the appropriation oi the pres ent fiscal year; which would be avail able for the next fiscal year, and that that sum added to the $42,000 carried in the house bill making about $140,000, would be all that woul$d be needed for maintenance of this waterway for the next fiscal year." Mr. Small's Position. In reporting a rivers an J harbors bill, providing only .fori wrt'mc pro jects the house co'mmmae on rivers and harbors, headed by Congressman Small, felt obliged to carry out the wishes of the administration. The administration has taken the position that both in rivers and harbor 3 and public buildings improvements, ex penses should be cut to the quick during war time and that cniy the most vital projects, from the-stand-pointst, of national defense and com mercial necessity, shall be appropri ated for.- Under this wartime policy the house committee restricted its biH and Chairman Small and his colleagues were obliged to cut out many local projects which would have been ex ceedingly meritorious in times of peace. Put your money in 2ml Tires and get more mileage FAIR 2 in 1 901 N. Fourth Phone 738 The Best Tea oiiEarth Kenny's High Grade Cof fee 25c tt. Baking Powder RICE At Cut Price. Buy W. S. S. -. - r t jjL D. Kenny k Ptoss 67a 16 So. Front CHEQNTEA are7 opinions or suggestions relating to the. war or", questions- of national policy, v Many of them are mere rub bish, but not all of them are to be so classed. Some: of the writers are well known . as scientists educators, busi ness men or others, i whose-opinions are worthy, of attention. These let ters, after- .courteous : acknowledge ment, are referred to the proper de partments and placed on file unti the matter can be taken up for con sideration. Hundreds of the missives are pure ly formal, or contain impossible re quests. These are . immediately an swered by the staff, and signed by one of the president s assistant sec retaries. Such communications as the presi dent ought to see are clearly briefed that is, a slip is pinned, at the top of each letter, and on this is a type written synopsis of its contents, tell ing who the writer is , and what he has to present. - Frequently the president is suffi cientlv interested by the brief to cause him to read the whole letter, Sometimes the communication is re ferred to a member of the cabinet to the head of one of the departments or bureaus, or, perhaps, to the chair man of one or another of the commis sions created since the commence ment of the war. In' this case the slip is retained at the white house execu tive offices and filed. Requests for charity are continual ly pouring in. These, however, aro sent tq a separate department, which goes fully into each one before reply ing. When a large number of persons write the president on the same sub ject the letters are bunched, and the brief at the top gives the names of those who present one argument, and on another list are given the names of the persons who offer a different view. Mike Brady, the well known ' pro fessional golfer, has joined the naval reserve in San Francisco. Brady spent the winter as professional at the Brentwood Country club, at Santa Monica, Cal. Whenever You Need a General Strengthening Tonic. Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC. It con tains the well-known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON and is very valuable as a general strengthening tonic. It purifies and enriches the blood and you can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating effect. 60c. Miller's Antiseptic Oil, Known as Snake Oil Will Limber You UpA New Creation, Pain Killer and Antiseptic. For rheumatism, neuralgia, lumbago, stiff and swollen joints, corns, bunions, or whatever the pain may be it is saw to be without an equal. For cut burns, bruises, sore throat, croup, dipa theria and tonsil! tis it has been founu most effective. Accept no substitute. This great oil is golden red color only. There is nothing like it. Every bot tle guaranteed.- 25c, 50c and $1 o money refunded, by Robert R. Bellamy Drug Co. adv. For Sale 4,000 Bushels Oats 10 Cars Hay 2,000 Kegs Nails 3,000 Sacks Salt 200 Sacks Coffee 1,000 Bushels -Peanuts nd all kinds of other goods usually carried in our line. Get )ur prices before buying. D. L. GORE COMPANY A NEW CAR ,F0R YOUR' OLD ONE It is the FINISH, that makes the. machine as far as. appearance goes What about let ting us repaintlyouft automobile?' We agree toTglveyou a quick handsome 2dur-' able job, at the low-, est possible price We agree ta use throughout Valentine & Company a s . varnishes, colors and -other mat erials which are THE MOST EXPENSIVEn first dost but stand ard for excellence -the frorld over Valentine & Company guarantee 'duality J. E. LEWIS &"SON Corner Fourth and Princess 1 ' . -- CRUSHING PLANT AT J BADIN BURNED. - Winston-Salem, N. C, May 10. A dispatch from Badin last night an nounces the burning of the crushing and mixing plants of the Hardaway Construction company, which has been , building a dam below the big aluminum, plant. The loa is estimat ed at between $50,000 and C 175,000. Operations will be suspended for, a while. Both plants will be rebuilt as soon as matrial can be secured. As Jack Dempsey, the Salk Lake heavyweight, will be hot on the-,trall of the winner of the Willard-Fulton match; it is doubtful if the victor of the coming 'bout can stay out of the ring as longsaa did Willard after de feating Johnson. SAVES WOMEN , FROM TORTURE Put a few drops on a touchy corn, then lift, corn out with fingers , Your high heels have "put corns on your toes and calluses on the bottom of your feet, but why Care now? For a- few cents "you can get a quar ter ounce of the magic drug freezone recently discovered by a Cincinnati genius. Apply a few drops upon a tender, aching corn and instantly, yes immedi ately, all soreness disappears and shortly you will find the corn so loose that you lift it out, root and all, with the fingers. Just think! Not one bit of pain be fore applying freezone or afterwards. It doesn't even irritate viie surround ing skin. Hard corns, soft corns, or ocrns be tween the toes, also hardened calluses on bottom of feet just seem to shrivel up and "fall off without hurting a par ticle. It is almost magical, it is a compound made from' ether, says a well-known druggist here. (adv.) THE NEW CALOMEL A PERFECT SUCCESS Calotabs, the newly perfected calo mel, is absolutely purified from all of the unpleasant, sickening and dan serous qualities of the old-style calo mel tablets, as they are much more effective as, a liver cleanser and sys tem purifier yet are entirely free from all objectionable" qualities. The new Calotabs are sold only in original, sealed packaged; price, thir ty-five cents. Your druggist recom mends and guarantees them. Adv. Li Physician Believes a Genuine Remedy for the Disease Has Been Found Rheuma, the wonderful rheumatism remedy-sold by R. R. .Bellamy and all ; druggists, gives quicker and more last-; ing relief than other remedies costing many times as much. Rheuma passes the deadly poisonous I secretions into the bowels and kidneys from which they are quickly thrown off j in a natural, healthy way. Read what a reputable physician : save ohrmt Rhmrna "T have mnria a ' most careful invstigation of the form-; ula employed in the manufacture of Rhema, and I heartily recommend it as a remedy for all forms of rheumatism. I find Rheuma far in adyance of the methods generally employed in the treatment of rheumatism, and alto gether different in composition from the remedies usually prescribed." Dr. M. C. Lyons. This should give any sufferer from rheumatism confidence to try Rheu ma. Adv. - v N. J ACOBI H A ROW A - Vs. .- , . , ' - "ina mom Increases etreftftli ef delicate, tenr, mix - 4nfifl. Used Md BlffMy Ctt- dorsed by former United State Senators land Members oi - onaxesab JZC"" . physicians and former oac ein ora cials. 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