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HOT OPPOSED 10 OIL KING'S CASH ANTI-DUPLICATION COMMITTTEE OF AGRICULTURE FORCES VIGOROUS ACTION. DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH Doings and Happening That Mark the Progress of North Carolina Peo pls Gathered Around the State Capitoi. Raleigh. t The joint committee of the State Department of Agriculture and the ' Trustees of the A. and M. College doesn't think well of the plan being agitated by some members of Congress to refuse any longer to use money donated by John D. Rockefeller for the farmers' demonstration work now being carried on by tne United States Department of Agriculture. The com mittee took emphatic action in a meeting held a few days ago, adopt ing the following resolution: "The joint committee of the State Department of Agriculture and the Trustees of the North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts weuld deplore any Interferance with or discontinuance of the farmers demonstration work now being carried on by the National Department of Agriculture. This work i3 enormous ly benefitting the farmers of North Carolina. These two bodies hereby appoint a committee consisting of the Commissioner of Agriculture, presi dent of the college and Mr. C. C. Wright, of the Department of Agri culture, to take up this important matter with our Senators and Repre sentatives in Congress and earnestly recommend that provisions be made to carry on this work in case the money from the General Educational Board is withdrawn." The joint committee, which was appointed to prevent duplication of work by the State Agricultural DS partment and the A. and M. College, held a meeting here recently and transacted . much business of import ance to theagricultural interests of the state. Full reports were made by Maj. W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agriculture, and Dr. D. H. Hill, president of the A. and M. College, an dthese indicated that there is now and these indicated that there is now were understood to be fully satisfying to the committee. To See That State Is f a. permanent . i the ex- J" . the benefit to just what c the state will .s to general con- e conference trie commission were the Hogan at dinner. va Egyptian Pink Worm. toial from . Washington says were represented at a hearing by the Agricultural Quarantine Board on the 7vquestion of excluding the Egyptian ink worm by J. O. White and J.H. liepark of Gastonia recently. It Is the purpose of the department of agri culture to exclude Egyptian cotton and cotton-seed so far as the South ern tSates are concerned. The seed maybe excluded entirely and the lint be admitted only to Northern States. Revenue Collections For April. The rnonthly revenue collections in the Statesville distict continue to ex ceed tw half-million mark. The record' Collector Watts office show cr,", for last month as follows: x $48.75, cigars $2,449.92. 25,000, tobacco and snuff Usts $8,612.94, a total of Collections on spirits a thing of the past for- r In the district having kahd removed from the N. Glenn Williams last to go. 3 fd.TT, ! A c Decisions of Supreme Court. The Supreme Court delivered opin ions recently in 23 appeals, one of the. most notable being that of City of Gastonia vs. Bank of Gastonia in which $100,000 bond issue under un usual conditions Is sustained. There was a special act authorizing bonds for streets, schools, waterworks, sew erage and lights, no election being provided. The commissioners issued $$9,000 bonds for the purposes, ex cept schools, issuing none for the schools. The bank, as purchaser of tne bonds, questioned their validity. The court declares that while this court has settled as a fact that schools are no part of the necessary expenses of a corporation, the school system being founded with statewide laws governing them, there is no rea son why the bond issues actually made by the Gastonia government should not stand. The full list of opinions follows: Thurston vs. Southern ""Railway, Ala mance, (four cases) affirmed; Hol ton vs. Moore, Alamance, affirmed; Starr vs. Cotton mills, Gastonia, new trial; City of Gastonia vs. Bank of Gaston, affirmed; Wilson vs. Manufac turing Company, Lincoln, affirmed; State vs. Wellman, Rowan, no error; Ray vs. Peterson, Hoke, error; Alex ander cs. City of Statesville, no error; Cooper vs. Southern Railway, Cabar rus, new trial; Tester vs. Horner School, Cabarrus, no error; Pharr vs. Commissioners of Cabarrus, no er ror; Land Company vs. Floyd, Cald well, new trial; Boger vs. Lumber Company, Burke, affirmed; Tucker Pope Company vs. Aluminum Com pany, Rowan, affirmed; Bowman vs. Blankenship, Catawba, no error; Lit tle vs. Telegraph Company, Ruther ford, no error; McKinney vs. Street, Mitchell, reversed, Deaton vs. Lumber Company, Henderson, no error, Coop er vs. Express Company, Henderson, error; Bolick vs. Cline, Catawba, no error; Sigman vs. Shell, Catawba, no error; Michael vs. Leach, McDowell, no error ; .Byers vs. Express Company, Buncombe, no error. State Sells 2,500 Acres Land. A deal was closed recently between the State Board of Education and the Tidewater Power Company of Wil mington conveying to the Tidewater Company the state's title to 2,250 acres of marsh and overflow alnd about Wrightsville and Greenville Sounds, the deal being a preliminary to extensive developments on foot by the company. The state gets $1.50 an acre and a percentage of profits in the development. Much summer resort development is contemplated. The company pro poses to fill in and drain much of this property and will construct an electric belt line and automobile road that will extend from Wrightsville Sound over to Wrightsville Beacn, much as the present . electric line runs, and then up the beach beyond Lumina and back across the sound kto Greenville Sound, connecting near Vireenville station,-''with the present 'e running to .Wilmington. hsot i rorxran rresemea. ;hief Justice Walter Clark, of the ipreme Court, declared in accepting ie oil portrait of Hon. Cyrus B. Wat Vm of Winston-Salem, to be placed in !e Supreme Court library among the lintings of distinguished lawyers of h state, that while there is no sucn vlv cr&Atfc nnsiHrm ns Ifiadr of thA . .,, i- Association, there would be no ;dious distinction in declaring that here were such a position to be 11 the eyes of the profession and fie people of the state would turn great unanimity to Cyrus B. Wat I as that uncrowned king. I ' Charters. rhe American Fire Appliance Com ply, Gastonia, was chartered with ),000 capital authorized and $2,000 inscribed by J. S. Gray, J. H. Sea Xrk and M. F. Henderson. The com- in 1 li l : 1 jauy win yromuiB aim svn cueiua-ai and other fire-fighting appliances. Certificates of dissolution were filed with the Secretary of State for the Swannanoa Drug Company, Asheville, and the M. B. Nicholson Company, Osborne, Richmond County. Governor Grants Commutation. Wei don Horton, Franklin County, was granted a commutation of sen tence recently by Governor Craig. He has served since last October on a two-year sentence for criminal assault on Mamie Williams. The Governor .gives as his reason that the guilt of the prisoner is doubted. Committee is Named. A committee consitlng of Commis sioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham, President D. H. Hill of the A. & M. College and C. C. Wright of the board, has been appointed by the joint com mittee of the A. & M. College and the tSate Department of Agriculture, to urge upon the Federal Government that there be no discontinuance of the farmers demonstration work now car ried on through the state and the Fed eral authorities, nor any interference with its work as now carried on. Forestry Student Visits N. C. Mr. Ralph Harvey, a young forestry student of Pennsylvania State College, who has been touring the South on an inspection and instructive trip through North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, has been in the city the past several days as the guest of Mr. J. G. Yon, a member of the Raleigh baseball club. He left for Petersburg, Va.,. where he will join a party of other students. The party from Pann. State College have ben inspecting the big lumber plants and mills in these Southern States. BANK HEADS MEET OPENING SESSION LARGELY AT TENDED, NEARLY 300 BANK ERS PRESENT. WILLIAMS MAKES SPEECH Welcoming Speeches Made at the Night Session Are Responded to By W. E. Daniel. Raleigh. The preliminary welcom ing ceremonies for the eighteenth an nual convention of the North Carolina Bankers Association took place with a record breaking attendance of near ly 300 and great numbers of other bankers were on hand for 'the busi ness sessions. President George A. Holderness of Tarboro, presided and there were addresses of welcome on the part of -the state, the city, the commercial organizations and a fitting response by Hon. Walter E. Daniel of Weldon on the part of the bankers. Hon. J. Bryan Grimes welcomed the bankers fo rthe Btate. He paid tribute to the wonderful growth of the banking interests" the past 10 years, more especially the increase, being over 400 per cent, which he de clared to be only a token of the ever increasing confidence the people have in the bankers of the state. He re cited the noble manner in which the bankers came to the relief of the state financially four years ago when the state was refunding her bonds and the "Repudiated bond" interests North were hammering on the foreign credit of the state. He predicted that the banking in terests are just now entering a new and greater era of usefulness made possible through the Federal reserve system being inaugurated. He pre dicted that the rural credits problem would be worked out through the co operation of the state and national banking interests to mutual advant age. - . Mayor James I. Johnson welcomed the bankers on the part of the city which he assured them was as much theirs as Raleigh's, being the state capital, with the very streets owned by the state. President J. C. Drewry welcomed on behalf of the Chamber of Com merce and E. B. Crow, president of the Commercial National Bank, on behalf of the bankers of Raleigh and the Raleigh Clearing House. He pre dicted that soon there would be a sparkling and refreshing "branch" flowing this way from Richmond to Raleigh in which all the bankers of the state would be welcomed to come and wade in at Will. Electricians Meet in Raleigh. Raleigh. A rejuvination of Jovians was in progress in this city for two days with electricians who constitute the membership from all the principal towns of the state and from other sec tions of the country, from Baltimore to St. Louis and Atlanta. The affair was under the direction of a local committee headed by Statesman at Large N. L. Walker and Statesman J. S. Ham mack of Raleigh. The Jovians met in initial session in the city auditorium for the welcom ing ceremonies. Mayor James I. John son welcomed them on the part of the city, Albert I. Cox Introducing him. The response to this address was by Statesman at Large N. L. Walker. There was also an address of welcome on the part of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce by President John C. Drewry. Poultry Progress in Iredell. Statesville. C. B. Ross, poultry igent for North Carolina, was in Ire dell recently lecturing before the poul try clubs of the county. A large club was organized at the Feimster school. In the northern suburb of Statesville a few nights ago. Miss Elizabeth Orr was elected president, Miss Lu cile SherrllL vice president; J. O. Rockwell, secretary. Mr. Ross talked to the club about the care of little chicks, illustrating his lecture wtih stereopticon views. Lectures were also delivered at Troutman High School and other schools in the county. Three Postoffice Appointments. Washington. The following post office appointments were made: God win, Hector Mclntyre; Cerro Gordo, Clarence W. Harrelson; Rockford, Charles B. Davis. Prepare For Press Meeting. Wilmington. Local newspaper men will hold a meeting within the next few days to perfect arrangements for the entertainment of the North Caro lina Press Association, which will meet in annual convention at Wrights ville Beach June 24th and 25th. There will be a number of pleasing features. It is likely that they will Include a Dutch supper, trip down the river to Fort Caswell and Southport with an automobile trip over some of the splendid roads of New Hanover county. New Collector of Customs. Wilmington. Col. Walker Taylor recently took charge of the office of collector of customs at this port to succeed B. F. Keith, his commission having arrived Wednesday. No formal ities attended the event. The retiring collector w:;3 t in the city and Col. Taylor jui walked in and began his official career. The5 commission was mailed to the collector of si3toms and Mr. Keith left word with his offi cial family to look after it upon tin presentation of his oath CAROLINA MAYORS ADJOURN " " ,i lumerous Lectures by Prominent Men. Robert E. Lse of Baltimore Speaks Interestingly. Charlotte. With an attendance of nunicipal officers from all over North Carolina from Asheville to Beaufort, -he seventh annual convention of the Carolina Municipal, Association two busy and interesting sessions were aeld." The first feature on the pro gram was the parade which left the sity hall shortly after 10 o'clock and traversed several of the principal streets of the city, passing through Dilworth,' Myers Park, Chatham Es tates and other prominent suburban sections. Forty automobiles were placed at the disposal of the members. f the convention and these with the various city departments including oliee, fire, health and school, made i most creditable showing, as they lutoad through the city behind the Steele Creek band. The sessions were featured by the iddresses of Robert E. Lee of Balti tnore, Mayor T. J. Murphy of Greens txro, Mayor P. Q. Moore of Wilming ton and Col. T. , J. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte. Especially interesting were :he addresses of Mr. Lee and Mr. Murphy as their views upon the ques tion of commission government did lot by any means agree. According to the secretary's regis :er the following visitors wer. present: lames I. Johnson, mayor of Raleigh; r. J. Murphy, mayor of Greensboro; I. G. Foushee, one of the thre.e com missioners of Greensboro; J. S. Mi ;haux, clerk to the Greensboro com mission; Sherwood Brockwell, chief Df the Raleigh fire department; R. F. Lee, secretary of the mayor of Balti more, and secretary of the municipal league; O. B. -Eaton, mayor of Winston-Salem; O. P. Shell, mayor of Dunn and secretary of the Carolina Municipal Association; Fred I. Sut ton, mayor of Kinston; W. E. McNair, mayor of Rockingham; John P. Bean, mayor of Rutherfordton ; J. E. Mc Neill, mayor of Fayetteville; J. G. BuTgaw, alderman of Washington; P. Q. Moore, mayor of Wmington; L. F. Tillery, mayor of Rocky Mount; Seth Sibbs, mayor of Beaufort; J. E. Moore, mayor of Burlington; C. B. Armstrong, mayor of Gastonia; F. Stikeleather, mayor pro tern of Ashe ville. Funeral Directors Adjourn. Winston-Salem. The funeral dierc tors and embalmers of North Carolina met in annual convention in this city. An address of welcome was given by Mayor O. B. Eaton, to which a re sponse was given on behalf of the as sociation by J. M. Harry of Charlotte. The remainder of evening was taken up with the appointment of commit tees for the convention by President J. K. Willis. The annual address of the president and the reports of offi cers were presented to the association at the morning session. The examination of applicants for license as embalmers was held. Dur ing the convention many social cour tesies were extended the visitors, al though all were of an informal nature. Just before adjournment the mem bers were shown a model, of a new emblaming table invented by M. C. McDugal of Laurinburg, and which attracted considerable attention and favorable comment. The afternoon was given over to entertainment", the members visiting the mammoth Prince Albert tobacco factory of R. J. Reynolds & Co., and being tenderd an automobile tour ovei u.e .ctiy and county roads. Senator Simmons Has Measles. Washington. Thdre is grave dan ger that all the members of the Sen ate who have not had the measles will break out, for Senator Simmons, who ha sbeen organizing the forces for the bill to repeal the exemtpion clause of the Panama Canal act has it. Mr. Simmons was in the Senate but was not feeling well. He button noled many Senators in his efforts tc get them in line for the repeal bill. When he waked In the morning his face was red like a beet, and 10.00C specks covered his body. Methodist Women Adjourn. Hendersonville. The second annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Western North Caro lina Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, came to a close after selecting Charlotte as the next an nual meeting place and pledging over $15,000 for foreign and home missions. Fair Where Big Pumpkins Count. Southport. There is some talk of a big county fair at Southport this fall a fair -where : the fattest hogs,, the yellowest pumpkins, the sleekest Bteers, the finest horses, the prettiest crazy quilts, the best of fancy work, the fluffliest of bread, the most palat able of biscuits, the juiciest of pre serves, the firmest and yellowest of butter, the biggest watermelons, most and largest eared corn, the heaviest boiled cotton, the hugest of turnips, the roundest and most solid cabbages, and such like things will lead. Good Roads For Mount Airy. Mount Airy. Mount Airy township will now begin the construction oi good roads in earnest for the highway commission has authorized its chair man, A. E. Smith, to award contracts for the construction of the Low Gap. Old Hollow, an d WTiite Sulphui Springs roads, the bids to be in by May 14. These contracts will be awarded to the lowest responsible bid der who must give bond for the faith ful performance of duty. The roads are to be sand-clay, built under the su of r vision of a civil engineer. For Handu Bous and Girls to Make and Do , (Copyright by By A. NEELY HALL. Ducks, swans, turtles and boats of different patterns for floating in the bathtub, furnish fun by the hour, and they are toys which are easily made. For the duck (Fig. 1) get a medium sized tapered cork, and split it In half from end to end, using a sharp knife with which to do the cutting (Fig. 2). Draw a head and neck upon a piece of cardboard, using Fig. 1 as a pat tern to copy from, and cut a slit in the round face of one of the halves of the cork, as , indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, for the lower edge of the cardboard neck to fit into. The turtle (Fig. 3) is built upon a pickle-bottle cork. The, head is a piece of cardboard, with eyes marked upon it in ink, and the feet are four other pieces of cardboard. Fasten the head and feet to the upper face of the cork, near the edge, with a couple of pins or long carpet-tacks (Fig. 4). The tail is a short piece of twine fastened to the cork with a tack di rectly opposite the head. Make the shell out of a piece of stiff paper, fold ing it into the shape shown in Fig. 5, and lapping the ends. The little raft (Fig. 6) 13 made of two halves of a split cork, fastened side by side by means of pins. The houseboat shown in Fig 8 Is built upon a cardboard platform mounted upon four corks, one at each corner. The little house is made of stiff writing-paper, cut ' to the pattern ROOF Floor shown In Fig. 9. This pattern shows but one-half of the house, and must be marked out twice. The dimen sions of the house may be whatever you' wish to make them, the only im portant thing to look out for being to make the -walls short enough so there will be space on the platform around the house for a walk. Cut along the solid lines, and fold along the dotted lines. The portion D on the end piece Is a doorway, and is cut along one side and top, and folded along the third edge, for a door. The portions marked W are window openings. i Side ! End i I S j 71 5 ; ! I L A, Neely Hall) By DOROTHY PERKINS. With the home-made colorscope shown in Fig. 1 you can make un colored picture cards appear colored, and colored cards in colors other than those in which they have been printed. A shoe box forms the colorscope case, and Fig. 2 shows how the box and its cover should be prepared. Cut the opening A in one Bide of the box, near one end, making it about three inches wide by the full depth of the box. " Then from the rim of the cover cut a piece of corresponding width, in the right position to come directly over the opening in the side of the box. Across the top of the cover, at the same end of the cover that opening A has been cut through. cut a slot about one-quarter inch wide (B, Fig. 2). Figures 3 and 4 show how to make the holder for the picture post cards that are to be viewed. The dot ted lines in Fig. 4 show where to bend over the edges to form grooves for the pictures to slide into. The color screen7 shown in detail in Figs. 5 and 6, is of a cardboard disk about twelve Inches in diameter. Three openings of an equal size should be cut in this disk, with straps left be tween them just wide enough to hold the center in place, and a rim around them wide enough to be rigid (Fig. 5). Get three pieces of tissue paper red, yellow and green, if possible, and paste them over the openings In the disk as shown in Fig. 6. Then punch a one-quarter-inch hole through the center of the disk, and fasten a small silk-thread spool over the hole for a hub. To the outer edge of the rim fasten a common thread spool for a handle. For mounting the disk upon the box, you need a stick shaft, and a hole must be punched through each side of the box, in the position shown at D (Fig. 2), for this shaft to run through. To operate the colorscope,' slip a postcard into the holder and drop the. holder through the slot in the box cover; then stand beside a window, with the side of the box on which the disk is mounted turned toward the light;, look through the pair of holes In the end of the box, and turn the disk handle so as to allow the light to pass through each of the three pieces of colored tissue paper. ! :. ! o "T
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