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THE . WILMIING'I'OK DISPATCH- MONDAY, jvj A r- 2P,te 91 , TIOfflJSTOIlflWfl r ' , Published , , DAILY AND SUNDAY BY DISPATCH PUBLISHING CO. TELEPHONES: General MaiUMrVCceT." . Advertising Department. ... .'. 1 44 .....176 .....176 44 .....205 Circulation Department. Managing-Editor. - . . . 4 . City Editor ... FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE. MEMBERS OF TiHB ASSOCIATED PRESS. Th-e Associated Press is exclusively enti tled to the use for republication of ail news dispntetes credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper sad also the local news pabllshed serein. All rights f re publicatlon of special dispatches bereia are also referred. v BY MAIL: . Daily and Sunday .$6,03 Daily and Sunday, Six Months... $3.00 Daily and Sunday, 3 Months. . . . . .$1.0 Sunday Only, One. 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And gen- erally the poorer a man gets the X prouder he becomes. i jvu. icoujr warn, 10 neip tne Doys j In the trenches, then assist in raising i the hundred million dollars the Red k CrOSS is Cettiner un for their honafit The weather man seems to have' an -,- idea that there was a change in the j seasons as well as in the hours of the i day. He is trying t6 give us April weather in May. You ha.d better take warning from your last winter's experience and be to get In your supply of fuel for the next. Coal will keen if you keen I it under lock and key. Every man who has ever rmhHoho j a newspaper can sympathize with the president in his troubles over con- gress telling him how to run his of j flee. It is said that In England the fami lies of the king and of his humblest subjects have the same ration cards. This is hard to believe if it means that they are supplied with the same quality of food. This is what Is called an off year In politics, and "some of the party leaders are trying to make it more "off" than ordinary, but they can't succeed. There are too many men anxious for office for such a move to succeed. We hear much about non-essential industries in these days of war on waste. The question has been asked What is a non-essential industry? The best answer we have seen is that it is the other fellow's. Don't you want our boys in France to berelieved as far as possible of suffering? It is the Red Cross that ministers to them when sick and wounded. Then "if you feel for the boys who are suffering, contribute to the Red Cross fund. That last batch of American sol diers to arrive at the front created so much,more stir than usual among the allied men in the trenches that it must have been a larger body of men than any former American reinforce ments.. They have gone, too, to the point where the fiercest fighting is expected to occur. ' "The lightning rod agent hasn't : been seen lately. Wonder what has become Of him and why, if it was a - good thing fifty years ago we don't . put up rods to dodge the ligntning jipw? Funny how science even falls flat on some of its best propositions, says the Greensboro Record. Why not;, say it is because the people are not so easily humbuged as formerly? The Red Cross drive in this coun try will, probably: be on at the same time as - the mostl desperate drive of the Germans against the allies line. It is likely that before this time next week Red Cross ministrations will be in greater demand ,in, France than at any time since ; the war, began. - Ana remember that there . will be ever so many mere ot sur soldiers to the next jattle than In any of the past. - , mr; aberneth resigns. Jtn resigning from the office1 of so licitor of the fifth judicial district be-, cause of his candidacy for the demo cratic nomination for congress, Charles L. Abernethy, , of New Bern, has, as we see it, done exactly as he should have done and has complied with the best conception of the ethics of political campaigns. "Mr. Aber nethy could have held on to his office as solicitor awhile langer and not only not have seriously violated the proprieties of the game, but would have had ample precedent for such a procedure. However, he took the other and' more praiseworthy course, for which he should be commended. As The Dispatch has stated before, we have no interest in the third dis trict contest: other than that of a casual onlooke'r, believing that the voters there are perfectly capable of picking their own representative in the lower house of congress, but we repeat that W. T. DoVtch.Mr. Aber nethy's opponent, should resign as United States marshal for the east ern district of North Carolina, and make his campaign unfettered by reason of holding one office while seeking another. IMPROVING SCHOOLS. The people of Mecklenburg county are Wake to the importance of greater educational facilities for the coming generations and they realize that under present conditions it takes more money and consequently heav ier taxes to secure the needed edu cational advancements. Therefore the Mecklenburg people do not hesi tate to vote more taxes on them selves for public education. As to what they have done along this, line The Charlotte Observer says: "The season for voting additional schcpl taxes is now on in Mecklen burg county and it is a pleasure to note the degree of enthusiasm char acterizing the manner in which the people of the county are going at it. In six districts only 28 votes were cast against increases, and 25 of these votes were cast in a district which strangely enough has the rep utation of being one of the most progressive high sehool districts in the state. Seven other Mecklenburg districts are to vote today and there is no doubt that the good record al ready made will be maintained." It is gratifying to be able to say that the people of Newf Hanover couit ty have been alive to the necessity of improving the public school condi tions in their county as are those of Mecklenburg. This is shown by the handsome majority given at the recent special election for a large bond issue and an increase of the school tax. The time has come when every county in the state must spend more money on its public schools or the cause of education will suffer. If the state does not go forward in educa tional matters it will go backward. There is no standing still. It is progression or regression. To pro gress will take more money. Because of conditions at present the dollar has depreciated as much in value when it comes to buying education for the children of the state as it has in the purchase of any material commodity. It will take more dol- las to furnish the same amount and quality of education formerly avail able for a certain sum. The sooner the people understand this the bet ter it will be for the whole state. THE CONVOY SYSTEM. British and American navies broke the record for destruction of subma rines during the month of April. ' In that month they sank or captured twelve of these sea scourges. Sir Eric Geddes accounts for the great success in this way, as he recently told the house of commons: "One result of the convoy system has been to drive the enemy closer to the shore, thus rendering the open sea safer for navigation. During the first months of the unrestricted sub marine war 50 per cent of the losses (of merchapt ships) occurred more than fifty miles from land, and only 21 per cent within ten miles of the shore. Today the losses outside of the fifty-mile limit have 'fallen to 1 per cent, while the losses close to land have risen to 61 per cent. This transfer of attacks nearer the coast gives increasing opportunities for at tacking the enemy by patrolling sur face craft and airplanes, and enables us to save many vessels which would otherwise have been lost i oajs xu.o J-ruro&m sun; - rne Das ers of North Carolina have formed an organization a service board. We hope they will do good service, and devote themselves to raising bread and ' gardens, but not put the leaven of prices on;, the bakery products." it's the people -who are bothered about raisin. we . prices xor tne,, m A l -i. a .'" bread. FLOUR FOR SOLDIERS. . , , , ,. The North Carolina flour mill men are showing - their patriotism . in '.a substantial way by " sending large portions of their outputs to? the boI diers In France. The state food ad ministration bulletin says; r v: "All of the; larger roller mills of the country have been furnishing the government with 40 per cent of their, output of flour during the past sev eral weeks for export to our army and the armies of our allies In France. The mills of less than 75 barrels capacity, which- are not work ing under agreement with the grain corporation, have not been called upon for flour except in a few in-' stances. A numbe.r of them, "how ever, in co-operation with patriotic wheat producers in their respective communities, have , recently oft ered flour to the food administration for export. Among these communities are Cedar Grove, Orange county; Kernersville, Forsyth county; Davis Springs, Alexander county, and a number of others which are now as certaining if they will be able to. get up a full carload for shipment, either by themselves or " in combination with other similar mills. "It would be an inspiration to any community to supply through its lo cal mill a carload" of flour for the fighting men in France. The identi cay wheat that is grown upon the farms of these communities will, In some instances, be used to feed the soldier boys that go out to battle from North Carolina, and all of it will be used to feed either these brave lads or men who are fighting shoul der to shoulder with them. "Mills desiring to offer flour for export should communicate either with the food administration at Ral eigh, or with the milling division, food administration, Nashville, Ten nessee." A NECESSITY. are calling on America to hasten for German forces on the French front are calling on America t ohasten for ward her troops, there is a greater and more urgent appeal coming to us from them. It is for food. Food is of more importance to them than men and ammunition, great as the demand for the latter. Raise all the crops you can; produce all the food possi ble is their pleading. For the allied armies to win they must have food The army that has an extra ration is the army that will win, and we will not have the food the allied armies will need unless we realize the duty placed upon us in this respect, and act upon that realization. Our peo ple have got to do more along this line, than they have done in the past. If they do not do so voluntarily then it will be incumbent on the. govern ment to make it compulsory. There will be drafting for agricultural pur poses just as there is now for mill taiy. The leg'slature of Nortn Da kota has already taken the initiative along this line. It has passed a bill for conscripting men for labor on the farms. There is possibility of many other states following this example in the near future if there is not a large increase of farm products. THE ANTI-DRUG LAW. It has been three years since con gress passed what is known as the Harrison anti-drug law. That legis lation was an attempt to put a check on the rapidly increasing drug habit among the people of this country. As bad as was the liquor habit, the ad vocates of the Harrison aw claimed that the drug habit counted its vic tims by the many more thousands than did the other. fTS 89 To effect a remedy through ,f that law was considered by many as only an experiment it was better than no law at all along that line. It was worth trying because it might do good and there was tjhe chance cf real reformation resulting from -its enforcement. After three years' trial of the effi cacy of the law one of the best au thorities on that subject and matters of public health generally says that there has been much improvement in the country along this line. He thinks, however, that the law should be strengthened and supplemented by stronger and uniform state legis lation on the subject This authority on-the subject says that indications ar& that the num ber of confirmed addicts to Jthe drug habit has not been greatly reduced as a consequence of . tbyd law, but wherein the law1 has done most good is In the reduction of the num ber of new recruits to the army of drug fiends. If the law has prevented people from becoming drug fiends, even if it was not able to cure a single person already a slave to the habit it should be considered a success and If legis lation is needed to give it greater power to do good by all means let the law be amended. It we will lick the war stamps our boys wm-fl,tt&nd tp. licking toeHuns. With'The Editors f i - v . - "; ; . Rocky Mount Teleram: The" boys "over there" .need the, 'money,. ; and McAdoo is , asking congress' to raise part of I tby increased taxation.' It is reported from Washington that from $1,500,000,00 Oto $2,500,000,000 will be needed. But at" the same time it is reported "the proposition has met with 'a storm of opposition in both house and senate." It is stated that congressmen and senators are afraid to vote for a new war tax bill before they go home to meet their constitu ents. In fact, such leaders as Sim mons in the senate and Kitchin In the house have said that it is the uaanimpus desire of congress-not to take up taxes until after the fall eleel tions. In other words, congress is afraid tq go home and tell the people the truth: That is what it boils down to. ;v,v j 7 Durham Sun: A whole squadron o German submarines of a OTw, large type failed to return ofter a cruise, according to " information receive from a German '--source. It would not surprise us one bit if they did not fall in with some of your Uncle. Sam's boys and found them such good com pany they cannot leave them. ' The New New Bernian: We and our British friends have been accus tomed to being sport-crazy. The Ger- fmans particularly have criticised us for "wasting so much time on oth letic games, when we might be train ing our minds. We may have over done it, but the-Tresults speak for themselves. In the supreme game of war, the sporting nations - fight clean. It is the nation without sports that has done the "dirty fighting" and set the standard of this war at its lowest mark since Europe first rose above sheer savagery. Greensboro Record: The Baptist women have been given long denied rights in the way of church suffrage. The Methodist ' conference also be stowed the same broad privileges on women bestowed by the Baptists, but the bishops came in and held it up for awhile. ' Gradually the women are coming into their own. But a short time and universal suffrage will go on and forget, that It took a hundred years to convince the men that women had rights. Hickory Record: Woman suffrage Is marching, across the country. The goal may be long, but the women' will reach it. A few congressmen may defeat suffrage a few years, but op ponents had as 'well recognize that women will vote. Let them voteC Charlotte Observer: Our German fellow-citizens at Hot Springs had been decorating their quarters and making things in general quite com fortable in expectation' that they 'would not be disturbed during the war, and they were, in a rebellious mood when word came that they would have to migrate. Out of this disturbing of a comfortable and con tented situations our people will be able to derivo considerable satisfac tion. :. State News Hoarder Helpa Red Cross. A voluntary contribution of $200 to the Plneville chapter of the Red Cross was made by J. E. M. Davenport, -a banker of Plneville, to save himself from prosecution for hoarding food stuffs, according to an announcement today by State Food Administrator Page, at Raleigh. It was shown at a recent hearing before Plummef Stew art, Mecklenburg county food adminis trator, that Mr. Davenport purchased in December a ton of sugar and had on hand excess quantities of flour also. It was stated that Mr. Davenport re turned to the retailers the excess quan tities, retaining 24 pounds of flour and five pounds of sugar. Charlotte Ob server, Union County Wheat Crop. Reports coming in from over, the county Indicate that the . wheat crop in Union county this year is better and bigger than it has been for many years past. The county used to raise about enough wheat to supply its needs and then the rust and other ene mies got so bad that wheat culture was practically abandoned, but the 'highj price of uour and the' great need for mora wheat for the. European countries led many farmers to sow wheat last fall. Perhaps because of the long rest the land had, perhaps because of the Improvement in wheat itself, whatever the reason, the wheat crop is doing fine and many Union county farmers will have some wheat to sell. Waxhaw Enterprise. . Cattle1 Dipping Proceeding Weil. According to statements- ;made by the government agents who axe engag ed in the work of freeing Craven coun ty from the cattle tick they are mak ing considerable progress, and are making headway for the first time in many months. The men who are en gaged in this work are going about among the cattle raisers explaining to them the benefits that will be derived front freeing their cattle of the tick and are asking their co-operation in the matter. Many of the cattle raisers who have been opposed tothe measure in the past have seen that the project is one which will benefit them and are giving their assistance. Onslow Prog ress. J. Frank Wooten Endorsee! for Solicitor The- members of the county bar of Onslow met here Tuesday and endors ed J.' Frank Wdoten, for solicitor of tho Sixth Judicial District of North Carolina. Onslow Progress? Double Poolroom Tax. Rocky Mount failed to follow in the train of Raleigh, Wilson, Goldsboro and other municipalities in the state, and did not revoke the poolroom licenses fore the coming- year. The board of alderrhm last Ma-hf. rrrMAr tfi -matter in executive session,-and finally aeenrea to simply oouwe tne poolroom license tax for the coming year. Rocky Mojint Telegram. A;Year of Selective Service By FREDBRICKX HA8K1N .Washington, b; O, May ?0, An or ganization : which' a, year ago existed only in the - minds ' of half a dozen men and now reaches out frpn, Wash ington to: every' part of the United States; and its possessions ; a national employment agency a year old, which has now -placed in service 1,300,000 men with prospects of placing 3,000, 000 ; more in r another year such is the division of the war department known as -the department Tbf the pro voet marshal general, which handles all the work connected with the-draft until the .men summoned are actually in- camp.' ' ' - : VmJ!p ;" -"r v It was on; May & 1917, that Presi dent Wilson signedthe selective;serv ice 'aet Six weeks-after the declara tion of war America: had taken the step to Which England was more than a - year in , corning to, and -which the North did x not adopt until the Civil VV.'- I War bad been in progress for two years. All over the country there were gloomy prophecies that con scription Jn America would, be a fail ure and that pn' registration day only a small percentage of the nation's young manhood would enroll for service. But. the results have amply justified the foresight of those who realized that in a conflict such as the present the whole power of the nation must be mobilized without stint or hesi tation. The manhood of America re sponded promptly, to the call, 'and old army officers say the drafted man is making as fine a soldier as has ever fought America's 'bat ties. Draft ed men are already in the trenches, have borne their share of recent heavy fighting, and have taken Ger man prisoners. Before Kkig George on May 11 five trainloaas of them marched In review on their way -to France. Lloyd George, prinie min ister of England, -has sajd that the outcome Of the war depends largely on the work of the selectives of Amer ica. Theirs is the opportunity to turn a crisis in world history. Here is Washington, at the office of Provost Marshal General Enoch M. Crowder, all the work connected with the draft is centralized. Not even in existence a year ago, today this of five is probably the most" perfectly or ganized branch of the war depart ment. General Crowder. and his staff have never received wide publicity for their gigantic work; neither have pages of the newspapers ever been filled with accusations and charges that their department had broken down. They have not been harangued by investigating committees; they have not been called before congress to spend valuable time in explaining the expenditures of vast sums of money. The total appropriations for the provost marshal general's office up to July 1 this year have been only $19,000,000, and of this sum General Crowder informed congress the other day $7,000,000 is still unspent because ? 3,000 local, boards have done their work at their own expense. - This does not mean that no mis takes have been made, and that in a year of operation the policy governs ing the draft has never undergone a change. But it does mean, what is really higher praise, that when the provost marshal general has realized that to meet a changing situation new methods must be adopted, necessary adjustments have been made without delay or hesitation. Much unfair criticism has been lev elled at the army officers who are forced to stay in-'- Washington In charge of administrative work, and the bright saying of "Uncle Joe' Can non, who remarked that he supposed these officers wear spurs to keep their feet from sliding off their desk tops, has gone the round of the country. But if you could walk through the draft headquarters in the old land office building in Washington and talk to the officers in charge, you would discover that the life of. at least a few of these "swivel - chair officers" is by no means a bed of roses. There is no room for spurred boots on the top of a desk piled with plans for special calls or requisitions on states, which must be apportioned by pre vious calls, adjusted to population and sent immediately by wire. This office is entirely different from any other branch of the war depart ment. Instead of dealing with coal, Steel, explosives, ships and machin ery in terms of production and ship ment, human beings, every one of whom is efficient in some employment and useless in others, .are the (Units to be, considered. Instead of long and short tons, General Crowder and his staff must think in such terms as machinists and farmers, shipwrights and dentists, Carpenters and wireless operators. Not only is the modern army a highly specialized organiza tion, where the majority of men must be skilled in other things than the handling of bomb or bayonet, but great care must be taken not to dis locate the industries and farms which feed and supply the army and pro vide the second line of defense. Ev ery effort is being niatxe to flthe right man in the right. place and to take none for military service who would be more valuable in his work at home. The industrial, agricultural and mil itary classification of . registrants, which is being worked out under the direction of General Crowder for this purpose, has been the source of a very annoying misconception In the public mind. Hearing, that the gov ernment is classifying registrants, thousands of people whose relatves and friends have left home and dis appeared, are writing to the provost marshal general describing the lost one in the belief 'and, expectation that Uncle Sam ; haa 4dm .listed and will immediately forward his latest ad dress. Every day hundreds f these letters are received in Washington. While the government has check on every registrant T and : "Will calf him when his services-are needed, draft headquarters werenever intended as a , detective agency: for missing' rebv tires, fj6&s:Qr : :i$&ZS'i:&hZ A ' busy and interesting branch of the draft office Is the appeals division. CHAPTER XVI I An:k Urirestf ulRest ba'y;$ J went to bed very early, and laugh ingly said; that as long as I had been given ythe; next day: torest up, they needn't expect me to get out of bed until .noon. vfiuf about 7 o'clock the postman came, and wjth. him; came a letter that effectually -prevented my eleeping, even' staying in bed. ' v "Dear Mips, Matthews," itv read, "will you go to the moving picture show, with me tonight?. If it suits you, we will see Douglaa Fairbanks. Hoping to hear from you; I am very truly yours, George Harkness ,He probably . thought v I would let him know at noon when I went : out to lunch. The"leiter had been sent special delivery,' so I would get it be fore I left the house. I. was still very 8tiff,'but what were stiff knees that I should let them bother me when I had an invitation to go out with a nice' looking and 1 agreeable young man? I dressed and had breakfast with the girls. Betty teased me unmerci fully. . .. , "I thought you were' going to stay in bed till noon'." , , , "I don't get a chance to go out often, and I'm going if I have to go on crutches," replied. ; A Telephone Acceptance As soon as I thought George would be in his office I put on my things and started for a telephone. "Now that Mary has a beau, I think you should put in a telephone," Mary said to Mrs. Fagin, who happened' to come irr. - . ."Shure - and -it's-glad I am, Miss Mary! It's the'nice girl you are' and desarvin' a sweetheart. You has no need to blush for an old Irish woman, dearie. No need, at all. It's meself had many a, follower in me own day, though I don't look it now. What with the hard work since Fagin died and no one to help me, I Jiave lost what looks I had along with me hair and me - teeth But it's the young things should have the good, times. Good young things like you." "How about me, Mrs. .Fagin?" Bet ty asked. "Oh, you- go along! You've lots of time! You ain't nothin' but a baby, you ain't!" she answered Betty, who was an .immense favorite ..with, our kind-hearted and uneducated but not overly clean landlady. George was in and- came at once to the telephone. . "Shall we ge't a bit of supper some where and then go " he asked, after I had accepted his-Jnvitatlon. "I am at home today," I told him. I knew he thought. I was- at .the office. . , ;jNot lost your position?" he i asked, a note of concern in his Voice whlcb The whole selective service system is so organized that much authority is given the local boards, few indi vidual cases coming directly - under the jurisdiction of the main office. However, appeals to ,the President tor deferred classification on grounds of engagement in necessary industry or agriculture are made, through the of fice of the provost marshal general. Already about 30,000 of these appeals have been received anfl over "half this number affirmed. Each ..ease re quires careful individual study and attention. Comparison of the working out of the draft in the present and in the Civil War forms an interesting con trast between methods of now and then. After two years of unsuccessful war with the Confederacy the North decided to follow the example set by the slave states and in' March, 1&63, the conscription act was passed by congress. Two months were then con sumed in building up , a military mat chine to administer the law and en roll the. local boards. Iff. required four more months to complete the registration, during which time" there were serious rios due to" the-unfair ness of the -law, v?hjch permitted a rich man to buy himself out of serv ice by furnishing a substitute. Eighteen days after thejpasSage of the selective service act of 1917 4,000 local boards had been appointed. Be tween eunrise and sunset of ; the eighteenth day, June 5, (1917, prac tically every male in the United States within the prescribed ages had registered for military service, the number totalling 9,586,508, equal to the entire population of the Confed eracy in 1861. Napoleon, thirsting for world con quest, must bear - responsibility if or the system which makes every man of military age liable to military service. In 1798 the first conscrip tion law was 'passed by France. Prus sia took up the Idea in 1808V intro ducing universal military training largely for the. purpose of resisting French aggression. The system has never lapsed in Prussia and its de velopment Is generally regarded as a chief cause of the present struggle. - Names in the News THE ALPINT pronounced "al-pe-ne" are the Alpine soldiers of the Italian army. They- are I a picked force of mountaineers and ere regard ed as the elite of the army, both as regards physique , and stamina. Hearst and Roosevelt Mr. JHearst occupies t four columns Of display BDace In th New - York papers to tell what he thinks of CoL Roosevplt. And perhaps , CoL Roose velt would need about as many col ummns to tell what he thinks of Hearst. However. In thia War war taosf two gentlemen are. simply; aide snows along with the Bearded Lady and the $nake Charmer. . The big showlls on and ..it is the attraction. Neither s Hearst nor , Roosevelt get front v nag a nowfes Thar -are Merer things before the people. Greensboro Record. pleased me in some way. ppr" thought he wouldn't see me if ?S not so often. u 1 M "H ao- I was tired and w day off- I could explaia saw "Then suppose I come up abom , and we take in the movie si I?" 7 get a bite afterward? if Wa . the first show it will be early" A Wonderful Evenina ua.b oiuixu iub exactly, I told him, wa bo at was arranged. T liniMjAJ V n 1 uuiw;u aome as fast as n, lame-knees would let me. I had , 1 to, do. I. took out the onlv dre,e . had - left that was at aU in "style ,J with Betty's help changed it a S Then I carefully washed and inZ my oner set of lace collar and nS afterward darning them. A pro2 I had to repeat each time they Wp washed. Then Betty went out Z bought a pint of gasoline. 1 cieanJJ my gloves and the collar of mv iw weight coat. It was pretty shabbv but the evenings were cool it , ' getting to be late in the fall, ji! dress, too, was thin, and I had felt chilly all .the time for the last week or two. It was 1 late in the afternoon I finished, my preparations. "Nice restful day you've had, Miss Matthews," Betty said. She had little habit of addressing us by our last names '"that was extremely funaT "I am so glad your boss let you iH at home to do your washing and cleaning. Go and lay down for an hour, Mary," she coaxed. "You'll be too tired to have a good time if von don't." I did as she wanted me, but I kneT that no matter how tired I was it woulddn't prevent me having a good time. I sleepily wondered if Georgj Harkness would like me, if he woulc go on asking me to go out with hiii or if he had only asked me because I was a friiend of Alice Newlands. I wanted him to like me for myself. It was 5 o'clock when I woke up, rested, and yet so lame I could scarcely get up. "It will go away in a minute," Bet ty comforted when I complained. And she was right. By the time I had bathed, curled my hair and dressed I was nearly all right. Then just at we finished our supper the bell rang and- Mrs. Fagin came up and told me my young man was in the parlor. I felt highly honored. Mrs. Fagin usu ally stood at the foot of the stairs and yelled to the roomers when any one called. "He's a fine upstandin boy. Ton ain't no call to blush for him," she said. (Tomorrow "A Taste of Pleasurs." CONTINUED TOMORROW. (Copyright, 1918, by Dale DrummM TRAVELETTE THE BUSHMAN The Bushmen are called the "a archists of South Africa." Of all tie native tribes they alone have refused to accept the white man's civilization or to surrender their liberty into his hands. Stories of South Africa are filled with ' tales of their fierceness and. savagery. Despite their diminu tive size they are the terror of both the whites and the other native tribes. The little South Africans are frightened into silence with the name of the Bushman he is the nightmare of their dreams. And yet, despite their unsavory reputation, they are a kindly people. With their tiny round bodies and twinkling roguish eyes they are like the chorus of some burlesque tne clowns of native Africa. Their fuzzy hair grows in small isolated tufts, little islands of fur on the bare brotni Surface of their heads. The Bus men do not worry over the clothes question, their usual garb is a happy smile and a profusion of brass ana iron ornaments. A favorite decora tion J is a huge roll of wire ora around the waist or neck, telephone wire preferred. The women paim their' bodies with red clay and a curi ous native ointment, which, haraeB 'ing, forms a shell over their bodiej. Their language seems to be a sen of clicks and gurgles. The native claim - that the Bushmen talk to monkeys and other animals. partly owing to this fact that tnej are regarded with such awe. The Bushmen themselves do n attemmpt to deny the accusation they grin widely and refuse to " ewer when questioned as to tne ter. A reputation such as ; they W sess is not a handicap in the trour some life of a native South Africa Stolen Auto Recovered This - morning Chief of Police m shee received a telegram from sheriff at Ahoskle telling him that had' located the car which was stoe in his town in March, and belong to J. WV Bull, now of Norfolk, but 8J merly of this city. It is suspecj that Ahoskle is the place where a numbers have been changed oy Sears-Godfrey combination.- re Record. The Same The war department, w-hich placed more than half a million abw Lean troops in France, is the 4 war department which we were some time ago had practically ce to function. Charleston News Courier. Kaiser Bill Imposed Upon Kaiser- BUI still insists that he . with the I"1.: this1 htttcherttg business. It may but we can't think so. Kaiser is deluded he has been by tbre devil, who has eT"fZ ize aU this later. Greensboro K-ecu v. ;r.