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On Second tey
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213 a ;
Of Two Hundred Called Fur Exam
iriaiion Thirteen Slackers Failed
To Appear
SPECIAL MEETING
FOR SOLDIEB BOYS
iorlal churchrtiil nr specUp-
meetlnr. In honor of Mi boys whe
har gone and those irto wlU go out
from 1U membe'r&Mp m ioiaterB.
Among these are. Earl Chesson. Henry
Vawhold and Joseph Peele, all rery
irttve In B.'Y. P. IT. woj since na
ornlsatlon here. The meeting will
be held at seten o'cioca.
Te Pasquotank county exemption .
Kard completed Weanescay evening
he examination of the second levy ;
of two hundred men registered for
military service under the selective;
araft law Saturday.
V' ct the two hundrec called for ex-
V iimlnatlon .thirteen registrants failed
: Jto' appear. These "slackers" are the
following:
- ) 3 9 M att fiew Cartwrlght.
686. Fred Sawyer. R F P 3.
781 Jas Ballamy, uty.
DIG INCREASE 19
FOOD PRODUCT
i5'Ajo81iu& Anite-clty
isio
1183
J84
JJ98
t 4
1021
29
Cleveland R. Cherry.
Wm! Henry White, CUy
J. A. Jackson, City.
Oscar Johnson, City.
Tom Louders, City.
A. S. C. Perkins, City.
Geo. H Wood, Cliapanoke.
Gordon Jeffries, City.
Edward Johnson.'
VALtTie-OF INCREASE IN THE OLD
NORTH STATE AGGREGATES
OVER 115.000.000 FOR INCREAS
ED ACREAGE OF 20 PER CENT
HX PRICK I
USTHllCllE OH
COPPER DICTATOR WILL NEXT
RE APPOINTED AND STEEL
CONTROL MAY POSSIBLY FOL
LOW
rBv Uni'i Press"?
Washington, Aug. 23. The prices
of anthracite coal will be fixed "hy
President Wilson probably .within Z 4
OfWOPRRATION BETWEEN TOWN
OP INCREASUVQ NATION'S FOOD
crop ;.a' . .
(D United Prs) . It la offlcially stated
Raleigh, N. C. Aug. 23, During . 8imultaneousIy announced
the recent war months, Nortn ar-tnat
Una hm Inrranni1 It food OUDUt 10'
was
the President
appoint a
una nas lncronaou n iuuu vuPv ""jppgj. dictator ior me aireci pur
the extent of approximately 116,000,-1 chM,ng and dl8tributlon of copper
nAA it ,o oiiriori hnnt 'ft nercent to .
wrfl
me
1 000. It has added about '0 percent to roduct8
tatoes, sweet potatoes, cowpeas and
minor crops.
The State F6od Conservation Com.
Those examined on Wednesday and
the physical ammn- ' xT 4.. m.,ttnUn of N 'th Car ' -i-
nui iw""i'"-'- price-nxing ui .
olinians is launching a big Fall drive ( EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY
with two principal objectives, une is
in accodane with the appeal of Her
ebrt C. Hoover's nation's food admin-
paBs i ne
wer e:
1857
285
1313
1051
1 J03
63
843
t ' 10S0
' 1879
X-K X99
l 1075
i 750
E8
'; : 19
400
;J. 1320
" 832
r ' tOi
" 228
'872
' 430
S 965
i'l 3?.S
Jas. E. Jenkins, City.
Richard Thompson, City.
Hezekiah Pool, City.
J. P. Carter, City.
M. F. Sanders, Weeksville.
W. E. Aydlett, R F D 4.
J46Ha'.ry Sedgewick, City.
Jas. E. Lumsden. K f u .
Chas. P. White, City,
E M. Moor. ltr -
Dodson White, City.
Willie Burden, City.
Celon Martin, City.
Eugene Pailin, City.
Irving Falls, City.
Wallace Russell, R F D 5.
Isaac Butte, Okisko.
Alfonso Klnsey, R 1 Wksville
Arthur Watson, City.
R. D. Raper, R F D 1.
William Garfield, City.
John T. Leigh, City.
Everett Phitchard. R F D 2.
Thos. E. Hollowell, Wksville.
Miles Russell, Jr., R F D 5.
Mordecal Keaion, Wksville.
i noa nni hpfin dnctded whether a
steel dictator will bo added to the list
or not, but it doe3 not now appear
likely.
The President is eliminatng all en
gagements possible to clean up the
coal
Prices fixed on bitumrnouos
are now In effect.
n ... Ttimnltv wrntA All en
QUI I iavv.v. t OBCICLftl J J Uiuu'.; " " v "
,istrator,Jor Increased live-siock pro. Qulrer about the new schedule,
duction. The other admittedly .one ..Eflectively immediately."
of the foremost Questions ior tue
state to sojve Is extension and re
forming of the state marketing sya-
tenr. '
I in,. rMnmininit wants better mar-
keta for IU corn crop, for flawEeatn
t otti. and for meats. Recent es
tablishment at Raleigh, New Bern,
Charlotte and elsevtiere, of meat
- tk. AAinmlflfllnn hp-
D&CE1DK uUUbcd, luo vuuiii
lleves, is going to g a long ways to STATE AGRICULTURAL JBMTJM
. .. . .. I trcwT STATION URGES FARM-
"VZZZZTZ as ERA TO FULFILL OBLIGATIONS start
far as practicable, adequate profit to . TO FAMILY BY SOWING W rai
the farmers of the state is one of
the first plans of the commission. West Raleigh, N. C, Aug. "
,a urn." ,.. nnfntpH the way While the growing of wheat on a
rreaiucwL mvu v -
, .hi. rtirprtion. "Profiteering" also, larpe scale Is not advised for the farm
(By W. J PEELE)
Am m. auffroatlon to promote lnten
sire farming which Yeryhody knows
is good farming, nd tenaa to pieniy
dwellers in cities, iow and 'rtt-
lareii mav each hate ; .cultivated on
shares one or mora acres of land In
wheat thla wtntr-r-they furnish the
iMd wheat and fertiliser a plenty or
fertiliser and tha fanners do. the
rMt it woald oat both sides; for
the ten bushels per aera, which con
tents the averngs tarmsr in North
Carolina can oe raised to thirty or
forty hv a nlentv of fertiliser; and
both parties to tha contract, will pro
fit the farmer especially.
I mentioned the Idea and offer to a
farmer today and he closed tha trad
at once, ana m wmww
was would I .furnish enough fertlll
ser to make, on good natural wheat
land, in ordinary seasons, good crops.
We meant tor making good crops to
put in en6ugh fertiliser to reasonably
double aad perhaps much more than
double w)iat he had been maklng.Thls
contract , pays both sides. He gets nis
seed free and more wheat than he
.usually makes and all straw, and , the
effect of the fertiliser on his land tor
future crops. (
The science of farming isthe science
of fertilizing..
Np'It;up:.in.'-'::;
i.ens StiU The Hottest Point Of The,
Fighting Oh The ; British Front.
French And Italians Fighting With
Incessant' Fury;" y-tiH
(By United Press) ;' y-l'M;
T nnlnn Anmt. 9TThe" Alliei creat offensive, un--;
coasinely" boring ahead, has already cost the Germans and Ans-;
tiians close to luu.uuu aeaa ana wuucu u . o.. vvzr :ij
orisoners on the British, French and Italiaa fronts. : ;,
But despite tnese staggering wssea mw .
in the deluge of shells and of men, ' - V. ' H
itr f tVi Italian front the Germans are starting a .
f V vmV V vv awt - -
defensive of their own against the Russians and in their drive
nave aireaay gameu jjiuuuu ww -
t .tui aiia VirtttPRt nolnt in the flcrhtintf tin the ;
jUCUS tO 0lwvi r . " - .
British front. Despite all resistance, the Canadians advanced f .
their encircling lines sligntiy lasi nignv, repq . ,
NEW ZENITH DESTRUCTIVENESS
umriT rnti
iWlirlll rUil
mm m v ! n
I l ai'iiun ii r
fid I Lull H. U.
W4t. th. Vrinrh Armiea Afield. AuiTUSt 23 A? WW ! i W
zenith of destructiveness is being set by French artillery fire wt.; V
of Verdun. ': . -'.''1''
mi.. t.-2i -r a tVa 1TrATipt imnrtArfl floured and ''. ' '
-xin oo-ftirtet. t.hA Germans and as far exceeded ' ' v
EUil UUUbXUUCU. VW 4Vkii ; (,
i i- i-i.4t.. omnrrfttn the enemv the nnnrecedented hor
There are doubtless toany thousand iiu na P""1 JV u . p,.a1. tlinsfc
acres ot und in North Carolina that'r0r of the great German guns at Liege and Brussels as tnose.
ktv.u mathnA ran Im aowed in wheat) V AorW lava nf t.Hft war RUmaSSedanT tre . v
vious artillery. ' v1,;i
ITALIANS UNCEASINGLY ACTIVE
With the Italian Armies Afield, August 23. A' gun
' ' . i- .Li. m vvnt nf 37 iyiIIak was th concentration
d tHUges ot Northievery imnxjfwwvuev.v. - r .
rhojrouid do w.eii tojcf artillery achieved in one place in tot great line where General,
hv this method.ca'n be sowed In wheat
this winter and splendidly fertilised,
which would otherwise IM iaie, or
what ts nearly as bad, be sowed In in
ferior grain with poor preparation
and meager or no fertilisation.
' rhata am mmv tiousand dwellers
In the towns and tillages ot North
'ottua Alone who
aat'tfn their bread i
next vear by' having aowec down tor
them this fall at least one good acre
of wheat well prepared and well fer-
clllsed. I do not mean by a good acre.
.ik lanri thnneh that Is better to
l V. 1. . H U , -.J
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,!V. T. Willoughby, City.
'Kaleifth Williams. R F D 4.
"g j Walter Carver, R F D 4.
125 Joe Hughes.
Those falling to pass the examina
tion Wednesday are:
Frank Kramer, City.
John V Barclift, City
Henry Spe'iimnn, R F D 6.
K. ('. Western, City.
Frank Jones, City.
Mulllns Stalllngs, R F D 6.
Raleigh Morrisette, City.
Alex R. Wilson, City.
Abram Shannon, Weeksville.
Patrick Ives, City.
Wm. Reginald Lambert, City
M. F. Gregory, City.
Thos. 8. Owens, cuy.
Wm. C. Etherldge, R F D 4.
Thomas Perry. City.
In line with the president's edicts in Eastern North Carolina, still there
must cease in North Carolina, says is considerable of mis grain produced
the commission. - in this section, and there are some
Besides production, the commission farms where the production com
cooperating with the Home Demon- pared favorably with that in the Pied
. f iw.nrtrapnt .of mnnl. and Mountain sections of the
Btraiion oeii-" u7 . ,
i.,it,P. ha8 conducted a state- State. In the opinion of members of
nm.t tvw-u- l
for drying and
aimnt.lw 2.000 t!lerv nieces of every conceiv-
AT ai VAaawvy I " mm - ,
able calibre are unceasingly acti o in this sector. The enemy is;
?oritiv rmt headauartcrs detected signs of waver-
1 that is better to , f t enemy'g forces in the face of this inces-
ith. but I mean land adapted "6 -
' A. Tl. .11a At
to wheat natural wheat land. There 821 IKUiivu uio.
is plenty of it
WILL BUI LESS
5 15 Kl GAS
10.".:
7i:
S4
2l
1119
660
llfi3
229
410
1189
115
1180
136
544
1269
wide campaign
ning of surplus fruris anG vegetal.
As a result, 3,000.000 cans, it )
mated. roiose in North Carolina's war
larder.
J. Paul Lucas, of Mecklcnnu -'.
County, heads the Food Commissi . n.
Mrs. James McKlma.on directs l..t,
Agricultural Department's work.
I Governor Bickett thinks North Car
olina's commission has accomplished
about as much If not a bit more
than any similar state food commv
' , i .ho union. Also. Governor
the staff of the Agricultural n-xpen-raent
Station, the crop may be grown
profitably, at preiseat prices, in cer-
, .,; ;, ; u i of Cue Coastal Tlaln,
if several precautious are observed:
First. th) soil usd for planting
must be fine-grained and fairly com
pact In nature, and well drained; the
land must be properly broken, allow
ed to settle well, -and the surface Tor
i inches put In fine condition Just be
fore seeding by means of disk and
moo ning harrows; seedings should
peck
tU UIIULH
Kill THREAT
nniuwn
nyi.il
he made at the rate of 4 to 6
Bickett insists .on telling you of th- per acre of good seed of standard var-
' wav North Carolinians have bacnen leties, sucn as v Du. -way
worm v, p,iflr Prnle 8traw. and
hU C0ram,S8ln UP- rultV or ft. bearded Fulcaster and
! qi a PXIPPCl FTJJOY Diets-Mediterranean; an excess of oi-
I TEACHERS ENJOY Hke a9Bi weedB ana
DELIGHTFUL ISVIiJMIJMW ,egumlnoug cov,r crop8. should not be
turned Into the soil at such a time
and in such a way as to leave the soil
The teacher-students who are at- iQQ oppn ,n lu nature; the wheat
tending the Teachers Institute here ghould be geeded after the flrBt kill-
enjoyed a delightful evening ai 'v- Jng frOBt; good apPHcauons oi iarm
i..'. Rnnrh Wednesday. mnnnrea. supplemented by the right
iru o . , ---
About forty or fifty of the teacne., k,ndg of commerclal fer:ilisers, or or
ih Rimerintendent Giles and Mrs. , alone.. If manures are not
Johnson who are conducting the In- avallable( ghould be used In the right
"MOCTH OF THE PIT" PKICHS
PROMISE TO hp; LOWKH IN THK
HOltH THAN IN OTIIKU Hi:(
TTOVS AM) TRANSPORTATION
lWTANF.S ARB LHS8
( IJy Ci ulO l'l mat I
1 Richmond, Au 23. D xio win'
! burn up less money in kitchen
i;UOv8 "this winter than in many
o kl winters past.
The coal mon here have ngreeu
thnt consumers in the South may
nroiit even more by President Wll-
on's "mouth of tha pit" price fixing
them in other sections.
The prices named at Southern
mines, it Is pointed out, is in most in
stances lower than in other sections
and transportation distances are less.
FRUITS OP VICTORY ;
Paris, Aug. 23.-" Prisoners in
France 's great ' drive ; taken v
since Monday have increased to:
a total of 8,426, ccordlng to an-; V
nouncments from the war of
nee.
TOM THEMSELVES TO IX)8E OF wv uwoyii-a, w
what the boches uheu with Other fruits of victory are 24
deadly effect at ifiBST cannon and more than 200 ma-
chine guns. 1 ' ,
(By j. w. peoler) Rome, Aug. 23. - The Ital-' .
With the AmerUan Expeditionary v.r- -r-
Army in France? Aug. 23.-
4 . ' ,
in their sweeniiixr ad
troops have been "gassed." Vance, of Which 350 are OfflCCTS.
It was a purely voluntary gassing,
however, part of the battle naraening
COTTON REPORT
(f.y United Press)
(y United Pregsi
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Washington ,uAg. 23.- Germany
Mill bring pressure to bear on the
..u.iona with the threat to give
more- steel for shipbuilding
, .h000 shins be UBed for Oer-
un ess i"4"1" ,
man interests during
flVp ve.irs after.
, . wiition, Germany told Holland
tv ,v can.have a certain allotment
0V( oaib .t!f she wishes more she
send her own imu
Washington. Aug. 23. Exports ot
cotton seed products August 1st, 1916
m i.,iv 31st. 1917. amounted to 162,-
osn 9R9 nounds of oil: 614,094 tons
Johnson who are conducting me Bllablet ghould be used in tne "gnu 414.907 running
stltute. and with several members o way. and finanyt good seed free from I
. a r.A nihor nv ted nt,n.,iH h. ticoH Thfi D,1B" "uu ...
h pirincation uutnu auu v..v-. disease Buoreo ouuu. ,
observance of these lew simple ruies
will add Insurance to the growing of a
l'ul' ci'op.
w:i at and flour both are likely to
. it I
be high In price during ine cumins
WIO cuuuv.
visitors , left town in automobiles and
auto trucks. Arriving at the beach
everybody enjoyed games ana par
took of the delicious refreshments
which had been taXen along. All ex-
Th nh nan iikcu -.-,- - na mii in u -
manv thanfes for automobiles . lnd,vldUal farmers would
tAin fnrniahpii thnt . . .,111. Kllrrof irtti - tn thpir
J neMAr BHH KLil 1LD IUI " t t Til I n I I III V Nil 1 1 LI 1 1 kuVIU ' w
H II II UlUCI i; " 11 w
made the evening success and es
pecial thanks to those who allowed
the use of the beach for the party.
Gates were carefully shut, except In
nn inntance.-and a gen:le remmaer
Imports were 11,982,441.
successes on 'the soutn
jI1'n nriri on1 otrrtTI ft Ttnsl t M& cA.Ti.
process. The soldiers donnea uibh - - . . "
gas masks for the first time and -were tlired,-this is the Official J6
sent through regufarly built "gas port today.
chambers" to meet various kinds ar-1
fected by the enemy In his attacks.
Then there were drills In the don
ning of the masks and their proper
adjustment. The soldiers quicKiy
caught the Idea and oefore Ion were
nn tha ir flitnm In four or
IIUIWUB VM fc" -' " "
five seconds.
n.r the who e American camp
today there was another kind of vap
r. nice, aoothlng, pleasant-smell
Ina one. It was the smoke from thou.
j iaiiM nd uIdss in
DavUUD Ul -
which burned good American tooaeco
nice again. The quartermaster's de-
nnrtment announced the arrival or a
big shipment of Omerlcan "makin's"
and big run on his store followed.
SOUTHERN HEN
(By United Press)
Washington, Aug 23. President ;
Wilson today nominated Jamas T
Newton of Georgia to De Commlss-' 1
loned of Patents, and William,-!., j "v"
Frlerson of Chattanooga, rsnn..- p t
'
7 V '
JCILL MOVE NEXT
TO FOWLER AND CO
fulfilling
families by putting ialJfaW acreage
. a intnrlni III home
OI wueai, biiu vuui iy.fi o m-
bread supply for the seasonA
, n have to send ner owu u. rmlndeT i
Germany for it. .nr'it ta omission to the atten-. Calrtain and Mrs. W. B. Alexander
nenartment advices outlining brought this omission to Trn,ren and Mrs. Margaret Cart:
th maneuver Indicate that the ; tlo. ot VZi motored to the clt from Nor
pressure Is mostly 0,;jZ now rlsitlng In the cty and llfolk Vr Wednesday to spend some
Denmark. too, 1. under mllar PJ" J gaa mtmiX,mn wlth.Mr. and" .Mrs. W. A. Jack-
hnffi Germany. aunou6 r . t M pnnitTlv.Tila Avenue. -
F"W""" . n nreVpntlon. ' " .5 i 1 - J '
7... i. uncertain. .
) 41 O VL "V
"Mie E. M. Stevens Co., now oc-
,nnvin the building on the cornet
f Matthews and Water streets nexi
. j H. Avdlett .Hardware kxtd
rany. will more to tha. building oe-
V.n Sellg's Jewelry Store ana row
rA rnmrianv. '
131 w . .
' m.. v,.iMi ! hnln remodelled
l ., ins .-,--. -
J now and tha ' work is progressing
HER SB1FTE0
'!3 1 E'SU
be assistant attorney general
REPAINTING BUILDING
J. B. FLORA COMPANY
The large building at the foot ot
Main street, occupied Uy ths-J.'
Flora Company Is being repainted
and repaired and begins to take on
the appearance of a new building,
greatly adding to the appearance oi ;
the business section of tne city.
(By 0'iUeu Press!
Washington. Aug. 23 The Natl.
, . i n-.ta.rdsmen who were entrained
tar Paloalco. California, wilt be shlft-
j riirniina.. according to
t u w . v " ,
present War Department plan I
WEATHER
. Generally fair tonight shd Friday;
light southwest ta west wnds.' .'