North Carolina Newspapers

BOARO ASKS FOR MORE BUILDINGS ' i- ■ DIRECTORS OF STATE HOSPITAL FOP INSANE HOLD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING. t ... ' DiSFATCHES FROM RALEIGH Oaings and Happenings That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo ple Gathered Around the State C»oitol. Raleigh. A annual meeting of the board, of directors of the State Hospital for the Insane, Raleigh, held their annual meeting a few days ago. the prttfcipal business ccming before the Iward bo ing that of mapping out the work for th*» criming year and estimating the amount of.money needed for the Insti tution for 1915'16 . which the next general assembly will be called upon to appropriate. The following direc tor? were present at tlie meeting: I), A Mr-Donald, Carthage; H, o. Daniel, I.ltllolonj 10. F. Aydlett, Elizabeth City; A P.. Crohm, Jr., Wilmington; 1 >r. K (i. Moore, Elni City; Dr. C. A. Woodward,.* Durham; Dr. Albert An derson. superintendent of the institu tion, rrnt with the board In addition to the running expenses the legislature will lie asked to make «t! approprlntlon for the erection of a numher of new buildings at I lie hos pital Thee. it Is estimated will cpst «roiit:l SI 75.000 The buildings want ed ar»» a receiving room for women to 'lie equipped with modern appliances, this nmm to he used as a place where patients run he kept until their cases urn he properly dlagaosed. Another building which the super intendent says Is badly needed Is n nurse.-* home. Mere the women at tend.mis would have a building to themselves and not have lo live in the main buildings. Outlier buildings which the honrd recommends lie erected are an amuse ment hall, where motion -picture and other entertainments can be provided fur the patients, thue giving them mental relaxation as well as medical treatment, which they are now receiv ing, an Industrial building, a granary and a new kitchen. The present kitchen, it is declared, Is entirely too f-mall for ihn needs of tbe Institution. The hospital farm yields handsome dividends to the institution, the nn niinl outrun amounting to about 1, 500 bushels of wheat, 700 bushels i» ~TWcl~and several hundred hushelrf of corn, School Libraries Grow Wonderfully. In the rounding up of the compila tions for the forthcoming biennial re port by the state department of edu cation it develops that the rural school library movement has readied such proportions that there are now something like 1,167,002 volumes In original libraries and 53,642 volumes In the supplemental libraries. There aje now in the state 111,750 original libraries and 1,490 supplemental. Of this number 102 original and 98 sup plemental libraries have been Issued in the completion of the two yenrs fisral year of the department Novem dcr 30. Asko Governor to Protect Game. Washington. Secretary Houston has asked Governor Craig to provide a law for the protection of game In the Appalachian forest reservation In North t l nrotlnn. "The Depart in en t of Agriculture has l>een informed that many Northern hunters are prepar ing to hunt deer, turkeys, grouse and quail In the Pisgah forest, purchased recently by the Government from Mrs. George W. Vanderhih'. Mr. Houston would prevent a slaughter. Secretary Houston's secretary told Representative Webb that the depart ment prefers for the state to protect the game on the government land, but 1f the state does not act, the federal authorities will. Mr. Houston desires 10 make the Government forest a great .game re serve. To Exhibit at San Francisco The North Carolina Department of Health has been requested to con tribute its model village exhibit as a part of the board's better health ex hibit at the Panama Kxposltlon. This model village in which the number of births in the homes Is shown by light ed windows and the number of baby deaths by the lights in the windows being extinguished was brought to the notice of the Children's Bureau of the Department of Labor by the re cent exhibit made at the health asso ciation meeting at Jacksonville, Fla. Governor Locke Crlag Caned. Governor Craig was caned recently, not in a violent manner, but on the other hand in a way that was exceed ingly pleasing to bis excellency. Some months dgo Mr. John W. Thompson. & Raleigh citizen, who la holding an important judicial position in the Panama canal tone aent material to IVeasurer Lacy with instructions that same should be finished in the beat possible manner Into a cane for North Carolina's governor. Mr. Lacy accepted the trust and the result is a very handsome piece of workmanship. River and Harbor Project# of StAX». Washington,—There arc some the statements lu the report of the chief of engineers of the United Steles army for 1914 concerning North Caro lina river and harbor protects- The state gets her chare of the $20,000,000 provided in the last river and harbor bill, but many of the project* already commenced will suffer, if additional money is not provided noon. During the fiscal year, ending June 30, the Inland waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet at, a cost of slif,7T4 01, exclusive of outstanding liabilities. The freight tliat passed through the canal amounted to 258.441 tons. The total number of passengers carried were i,5S2, The vessels that passed through numbered 5,342. The Scmppernhng River project had an unexpended balance •,of $;'>2,487 July 1. and the chief of engineer* says that $5,400 couid l>e profitably expend ed in the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1916. Fishing '"reek has available for the year ending June 30, 1915, $1,467.54 and could use $2,000 (Tie next year. Improvements in the waterway con necting Swan Quarter Hay with Deep Itay here rendered navigation safe between Swan' Quarter and Pamlico River. The freight transported in lhat waterway last year was 1,881 Urns more than that of the previous year. llay Illver has $1,205.64 to run till June ISO next and could use $3,400 the year following. The N'euse River improvements were follAv/ed by an Increase o/ traffic last year of 60,820 tons ih grain, lumber, fertilizers and general mer chandise. Tbo engineor has allotted $25,000 for the fiscal year ending June "0, 1915. The Increase In tonnage in the Trent River for a year after the Im provements were made amounted to The Inland waterway from Pain l!ro Hound to Heaufort Inlet has been completed. A number of new projects arc plan ned by the chief of engineers. It In considered advisable to Improve northeast Capo Fear river for three miles above Hilton Bridge; Manteo Ray nt a cost of $28,000 with $2,000 annually for maintenance; Cape Channel at a cost of $17,900; Beau fort Harbor by providing a turning basin lu front of the town of iieau ifort for $15,900 and Thoroughfare Ray, at a cost of $5,200. The Cotton Fund Committee. The North Carolina Committee for the Wade Cotton Loan Fund appoint ed by the (leneral Committee In Wash ington met here In organization and uiado tentative appointments of local committers in about 20 sections of the stale, whose duty it will bo to receive and turn In the applications for loans In administering North Carolina's por tion of the $185,000 cotton pool. These committees will have to be ap proved by the General Committee at Washington before they are announc ed. J. F. Wiley of Durham was m rt> secretary of the North Carolina Com mittee, Joseph G. Brown having been designated as chairman by the Wash ington committee. Members of the committee partici pating in the meeting were Chairman Ilrown, Raleigh; Secretary J. F. Wiley Durham; J. Elwood Cox. High Point; Netll Ellington, Greensboro. Absent members were George Stopehns ntid \V. C. Wilkinson, Charlotte, and J. V. Grainger, Wilmington. Deliver Opinions In 17 Appeals. The Supreme Court delivered opln lons in 17 appeals as follow^: Weston vs. Roper Lumber Com pany, Pasquotank, petition to rehear dismissed; Insurance Company vs. Cherokee Lumber Company, Cumber land, affirmed; Edwards vs. Chemical Company, Mecklenburg, new trial; Lumtnus vs, Insurance Company Mocklonburg, affirmed; Ilouser vs, Fayssotix, Gaston, affirmed; State vs. Dalton, Lincoln, reversed; State vs. llannon, Polk, no error; Brittain vs. Southern Railway, Burke, reversed; State vs. Bailey, Burke, no error; Howell vs. Hurley. Montgomery, new trial; Forney vs. Seaboard Air Line, Cumberland, reversed; Dunlap vs. Raleigh, Charlotte A Southern, Ran dolph. no error; State vs. Heavener, Catawba, no error; Mundy vs. Town of Newton, Catawba, error: Glavenernnd Housed vs. Glouster Lumber Com pany, Transylvania, affirmed In both appeals; Ilyder vs. Southern Railway, Henderson, reversed; Land Company vs. Floyd, Henderson, new trial. Western Insance Hospital Report. The principal matter of interest be fore the board of directors of the Wostern Hospital for the Insane was Supt. John McCampbell's report for the two years which closed with No vember 30. The report showed that during the two years 359 patients were admitted to the hospital and the total number under treatment, during that time wa« 1,689. During the two j-ears 116 patients were discharged as recovered, 85 dicharged improved, nine not Improved, two not insane, oue transferred, and 117 died. Lawyera Moved By Governor. Argument of nineteenth district ap peals in the Supreme Court brought to Raleigh a notable group of western Carolina lawyers who were honored by Governor anXJ Mrs. Craig with luncheon at the mansion. The guests were: J. C. Martin, Garland A. Thom aeon, Thomas S. Rollins, W. R. Whit son. Mark W Brown, Alf S. Bernard, Walter Haynes, Joseph S. Ford, Thomas J. Hawkins, Zebulon Weaver, R. S. McCall, W. G. Fortune, ex-Judge H. B. Stevens and. ex-Judge -Thomas A. Jones, Ashevtllo, and J. W. 'Bleaa THE ENTERPRISE, WILLIAMSTON, NORTH CAROLINA ilKli READY FOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY *■- CANDIDATES FOR JOBS IN GIFT OF LEGISLATURE ARE ACT- IVELY AT WORK. WILL BE MARKEDLY CAREFUL General Impression is That Incoming Leg islature Will Steer Clear of Radical Measures. Raleigh.—The state depart men is and people of KiSdgh are getting ready fur the convening of the legis lature on January 6, and candidates for office in the gift of the legislature in perfecting Its organization for the 60 dayx of w#rk ahead of It are getting active in all parts of the state. O. Max Gardner, of Shelby, Is Ibn only candidate out for president pro teni of the senate. H. O. Self Is with out opposition thus Ifir In seeking re election to the chief clerkship of tho senate. A three-cornered contest Is on for tho speakership of the house, with T. ('. Howie of Ashe, E. it. Woolen of Lenoir and L. 11. Allred of John ston, seeking tills position and A. A. F. Seawcll mentioned as.~a possible additional candidate. Tho weaLum section of the state Is claiming the speakership fofr Mr. Mowfu on tho ground that it is tho West's lime as Georgo W. Connor of Wilson was tho Speaker two years ago and Walter Murphy of Salisbury merely filled oil* lils term In presiding as Speaker for T. G. Cold) of Morganton is seek Ing re-election an chief clerk of tin llouae and J. 1). Iterry of KnlH>! Ih uh yet Iho only avowed rtuid Ida to for reading clerk of tho ■ House. .1 H. Morlng of Wake is so fur without opposition for reflection aw sergeant at-arms of tho House. 11. Gaslor of Kayettevlllo Is seeking the place or sergeant -alarms In the senate. Tho organization of tho Legislature | UH to the lilliriK of all those places j will i>e settled ill a caucus of the j Democratic member# of each branch of the Assembly on tho night of Jan uary fi. There is a very general -Impression entertained by Htate officials and cit izens generally that the Incoming legislature will be markedly conser vative in comparison with legisla tures* til at have leathered here for several sessions past, the general Inf presslon being that the dominant forces of the General Assembly will -ateer i-»lear~of what -may be term«i»\ redlcal legislation of any sort. JOURNAL OFFICEB REMODELED Winston-Salem Morning Paper Makes Big Improvement. Winston-Salem, —With the coinple tlon of extenalvo improvements on tho offices and composing rooms of the Win»ton-Saleni Journal, that paper now has one of the beat newspaper office arrangements to be found In tho state and one of the most modern and most sanitary of composing rooms. The entire first tloor of the Journal biulding on Main street formerly occupied by tho business offices, the editorial rooms and the composing room has been converted Into offices. The- composing room, formerly locat ed In cramped quarters In the rear end of this room, has been moved into the basement. Good Farmlno In Lenoir Kins-ton.—W. C. Boone, an expert of the United States department of agriculture stationed here, will en deavor to have corn replace cotton on a fair per cent of the acreage of Lenoir county farms next year. Boone is enlisting every ayailnhle farmer lad in the Boys' Corn Club, lie has also statrted a movement for Increas ed production of legumes and various truck crops. ~ As an example in diversifying, J. T\ Turnage, a Hugo farmer, this year made $2,000 worth of tobacco, n.OOO pounds of cotton, a good quan tity of corn, 75 bushels of sweet pota toes and enough garden stuff for hi? own use on R5 acres. Overcome by Gas. Elizabeth City.—Aydlett Turner, 12- year-old son of ex-Judge R. W. Turner was overcome by gas, fell Into the bath tub and drowned at the residence of his parents on Church street. A com panion, Leslie Spence, 10-year-old son of E. R. Spence, was also overcome by gas. but escaped drowning by falling on top of the Turner boy. The boys were alone In the bath room when the accident occurred. The cook detected gas and Investigated. She found the Turner child lying In the bath tub, submerged in water. Bottlers Elect Officers. Salisbury.—The second annual con vention of the North Carolina Bottlers Association cloeed a few days ago to meet next In Ralelgti. Officers were elected as follows: President, R. L. Ellis, Ashevllle; first vice president B. D. Melcbor, Winston-Salem; sec ond vice president, C. Lavear, Char otte; secretary. George H. Marvin, treasurer, J. A. Long, Greensboro. A number of addresses especially helpful to members of ths organisation featured the meetlnc. A CHRISTMAS CONSPIRACY How Grwtdrr,ether's Heart Wii Glad dened by Remembrancea From the Children. "Grandmother Jessup!" Stella's tone was distinctly ac cueing; It was evident that grand mother had something o answer for. Grandmother, from her invalid chair, looked across at the girl who stood at her bureau drawer. She had en dured years of pain and weakness; but they had not succeeded In quench ing the spirit In the frail figure; her voice was as saucy as a girl's. "Not guilty—what is It?" "It's your handkerchiefs. How many dozen have you?" "Seven or eight. You see, I have seven of the dearest grandchildren In the world. It's queer, Isn't It, that your nose should be so eßpeclally honored when you grow old?" But Stella's gray eyes forgot to Iqugh back at grandmother's. Some thing had disconcerted her. She put the handkerchiefs back, made some trivial excuse, and ran up to her own room, where her sister and cousins were holding a Christmas conclave. "I wonder," she burst out, "that grandmother can endure Christmas at all!" "What under the sun do you mean?" Corlnno and Isabella ex claimed together. "Corlnne, what did you give grand mother for Christmas last year?" "A box of handkerchiefs. Why?" "And you, Isabella?" " "An embroidered handkerchief with little weeny Initials." "Mollle?" "Two handkerchiefs." Mollio con fessed. "There didn't seem to be anything else*—except slumber slip pers, and Aunt Maria always knits those." * ' And Laurie and I gave her hand kerchiefs. We always glvo her hand kerchiefs—because she's old, anil they're the easiest thing to. think of! Girls—she Isn't old —she's ns young as any of us down in her heart, and she loves pretty things Just as much as ever. This year let'u give her the biggest surprise of her life—a Christ inas that will make her really happy." "Hut how—what —" Corlnno stam mered. "What do we like best—each of us?" "Jewels!" "Books!" "Hand embroid ery!" "Candy!" "Silk stockings!" Tho answers came In a laughing shower. "Well, then, why not? Grandma'd love a bit of Jewelry from us—chosen lust for her. And books—not 'Thoughts of Cheer,' ns If Bhe were melancholy, but love stories that end well. And why not embroider her something? And If not silk stockings, then a» pair of slippers with tiny vel vet bows. As for candy, she'd love to have It to pass round, even if she couldn't eat much herself." - 1 "And let |»ob nnd Archie send her their absurd Jokes as they do to tho rest of us? It doesn't seem —respect- ful." "But grandma doesn't want to bo seemed respectful-to," Stella declared. "She'd Just love to be counted in with the rest of us, little vanities and Jokes and all. O girls, try It once» and see!" And that was the way the Christ mas conspiracy started. Grand mother's eyes on Christmas morning were proof of its success. —Youths' Companion. "Some generous person," said little Socrates Bulginbrow, of Boston, "has been kind enough to send me a copy of Mother Goose's lyrics for Christ mas. Do you know, the theory that a representative of the bevine genus at one time leaped over the chief luminary of the night leads to some Interesting calulatlons aa to the mus cular development of the cows of that time. I have ascertained that they must have been endowed with strength proportionate to that of the flea of the present day." X f 'f'M THE JOY OF SHOPPING. By Wilbur D. Nesblt I love to go and shop for thing* To send as Christmas gifts to friends. For then my fancy girds on.wings. I feel the Joy that never ends. O. what a rapture 'Us to stand And be stepped upon, bumped into, Joggled, Jostled, pushed, squeezed, shoved, frowned at, scowled upon, bruised, slammed, rushed, hurried, Jolted, and finally get up to the counter and discover that you are at the v rong one! j LEE 'MS I* QN SffIAOADSj JTOtRDJHijrJ Muh mammy »«y dat Sandy Cla.ua com* Ter KOOA 11'! hoy*, En bring er ho'n en er bis red drum, Kn yuther teya. But why white chllluna get* dem new I coin' on'atan'. I KU«'Hfi I known wbul Sandy Claua do— He aec'n han' man! jj wjj Las' yah he clonili down ouah stovepipe W'tnit I's eraleop, En fetch nonie oyrges—bout half ripe— En th'i'«» toy sheep, En '>n- d' »f Jump" Jacks—broken, dough— But den. mv lan'! 'print lt»hy ro Knndy Claua—l dea know He aec'n han' man! I as' my mammy «f Bandy Claus alri' Done know dea how Ter men' dem toys, en' fix dey paint. En aho say: "Now. Don' worry, chile, 'bout de white folks, 'cause Hit's do (food Lawd'n plan." So I KUas dat mah Mliitah Bandy Claus— He eec'n han' man! y REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE DAY Puritans of England Made Chrlstmss Illegal and Declared It a Mia demeanor to Be Gay. English Puritans of the seventeenth century guarded against looking upon the rosy side of life. Because Christmas Is really a sur vival of the Celts' Yule,- and la not the actual anniversary of the birth of Christ, they refused to countenance Christmas festivities. JJot only did they refuse to recognize the day, but they made laws to that effect The parliament of 1644 passed an act ordering all law abiding citizens to observe December 25 as a solemn _fast, to be spent In silent atonement for previous Christmas days that had passed In rlotoua living and merry making. Naturally the community did not share in these hard and fast rulea, and many a turkey was surreptltloua ly killed, and many a plum pudding quietly boiled. But woe betide the unfortunate offender against the act were he luckless enough to be dis covered. Soldiers were sent to search the houses of those suspected of harbor ing such delicacies as mince pies, etc.. and many were the pitched bat tles between disagreeing sections of the public. UNDER THE MISTLETOE To ask a girl It you may kiss her before 'doing It is an Insulting way of laying all the responsibility on her. • » a In a man's opinion a kiss la an end that justifies any .means. • a You needn't be afraid of a mere kiss. Thousands are exchanged daily by people of the highest reputation. » • a The klsaed girl fears no mistletoe. • • « A kiss la as good as a anile —and a good deal better, tool • • a The ideal kiss la the kiss that is never given. • • • A kiss too soon nay be a fall stop In the tale of lor*. The child who doubts about Santa Clan* has insomnia. The child who believes has a good night's rest \ , WHY pay money for fancy boxes when what yon really want is high-grade cigarettes ? FATIMA; the Turkish-blend cigarette. "No Gold Tips, but finest quality"—2o for 15c. 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The? art; fraa» •a H. OAVIt, iiw, eioi May St., CHICAGO LITTLE CHANGE IN MANKIND Scientists of Opinion That Dispersion and Separation of Races Was Not Rapid Process. Thought it is conceivable that man kind may have spread from a common center over the entire earth in a few thousand years. Prof. Arthur Keith, In a Birmingham university lecture, has pointed out that the discoveries of the last BO years clearly indicate that the dispersion and separation into widely separated races has not been a rapid process. The inhabitants of the lower Nile valley, though Immigrants have ar rived among them, show clearly per sistence of the old types for 8,000 years. The permanence of human types has been also shown in Amer ica, and a human skeleton of Yansing, Kan., found at a depth of 23 feet In a glacial deposit, probably dates back 12,000 years. The men of England of 5,000 years ago had the modern stature, with the form of head and strength of muscle of many men of today. Professor Keith declared that his audiences had rep resentatives of the men of the Derby shire cave, in red In dian preserves the forra tof men who lived before the last glacial Invasion, and the predynastlc Egyptian survives In tribes on the Red sea. Sure Not. He —I'll never give you up. She —Then there's no reason for me to hurry about accepting you. MESMERIZED A Poisonous Drug Still Freely Used. Many people are brought up to be lieve t. K at coffee Is a necessity of life, and the strong hold that the drug, caffeine, In coffee has on the sys tem makes It hard to loosen Its grip even when one realizes Its Injurious effects. A lady writes: '1 had used coffee for years; It seemed one of the ne cessities of life. A few months age my health, which had been slowly fall ing, became more Impaired, and I knew that unless relief came from some source I would soon be a physi cal wreck. "I was weak and nervous, had sick headaches, no ambition, and felt tired of life. My husband was also losing his health. He was troubled so much with Indigestion that at times he could eat only a few mouthfuls. "Finally we saw Postum advertised and bought a package. I followed di rections for making carefully, and added cream, which turned It to the loveliest rich-looking and tasting drink I ever saw served at any table, and we have used Postum ever since. "I gained five pounds In weight In as many weeks, and now feel well and strong la every respect My hesdaches have gone, and I am a new woman. My husband's indigestion has left him, and he can now eat anything." Name given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Wellvllle," In pkgs. Postum comes In two forms: Regular Postum —must be well boiled. Ik and 35c packages. Instant Postum —is a soluble pow der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly In a cup of hot water and, with cream and sugar, makes a delicious bever age Instantly. SOc and SOc tins. The cost per cup of both kinds to about the same. \ "There's a Reason" for Postum. A —*-eold by Grocers.