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IN GREAT DANGER
DR. J. Y. JOYNER ISSUES AN AP
PEAL FOR MORE SCHOOL
FUNDS.
DISPATCHES FROM RALEIGH
Doings and Happenings That Mark
the Progress of North Carolina Peo
pie, Gathered Around the State
Capital.
Raleigh.
. , To the county and city boards of
education and superintendents in
North Carolina, Dr. Joyner has issued
an appeal calling their attention to
the necessity of Increasing the school
funds to meet the necessary increase
in the cost of operating the schools
and other Increased expenses due to
war conditions. Dr. Joyner declares
that the state is facing a grave danger
of having the school work disorganiz
ed and greatly decreased in efficiency
at a time when there was such great
necessity for carrying It on in full and
-even in greater efficiency?"
Dr. Joyner's appeal In part follows:
"I beg to call your attention again
to the urgent necessity of increasing
the school funds in orderto provide a
reasonable Increase In the salaries of
teachers and to meet the necessary in
crease In operating expenses of
schools, on account of the increase In
living expenses and In all other ex
penses incident to war conditions.
Nearly every day the papers contain
notices of the resignation of superln
tendents, principals and teachers to
accept other positions at increased
compensation most of these In other
lines of work. Unless your boards
act promptly in availing themselves
of the means provided by law for In
creasing the school funds so as to be
able to give the teachers on or before
the close of this school year, some as
surance that their compensation can
he increased next year at least suffi
ciently to meet their living expenses
and somewhat in proportion to the in
creased compensation that is being of
fered them in bo many other lines of
work, we will lose many more of our
best superintendents, principals and
teachers, and there is great danger
that we will be unable to supply teach
ers of any sort for many of our
schools. You will agree with me,
Tinow, that an Incompetent teacher
is worse than no teacher, and that It
Is the worst sort of extravagance to
expend public funds In the employ
ment of incompetent teachers. We are,
therefore, facing a grave danger of
having our school work disorganized
and greatly decreased in efficiency at
a time when there was never such
great necessity for carrying It on in
full and even in greater efficiency
The whole country is confronted by
similar conditons produced by .the
same causes, and similar campaigns
for increased school funds for lncreas
ed salaries of teachers and other ex
penses for schools, are being carried
on In all parts of the country.
Allies Strong for Schools.
"According to my information, Great
Britain and France, that have already
suffered infinitely more than the Uni
ted States, and more I pray than the
United States will ever be called upon
to suffer from this war, and are con
sequently far less able than the Uni
ted States to do it, have greatly in
creased their educational appropria
tions, practically doubling them. In
this crisis, we can not afford to let
our schools suffer and our children
starve intellectually and spiritually
for lack of proper education by a dis
organization and a decrease in the ef
ficiency of our schools and teachers.
You as boards of education, school
trustees and superintendents, hold in
trust the interest of the schools and
the children, and the primary respon
sibility is upon you to avail yourselves
at once of all legal means to protect
these.
New Sugar Orders.
The retail merchants of North Caro
lina have recently been taking too
large a margin on sugar, in the opin
ion of the Food Administration, wiich
has Issued a new ruling, effective at
once, governing the sale of sugar.
Under the new ruling, no dealers
will be allowed to charge a margin of
more than one cent a pound on sugar
In original packages. On sugar that
has to be reweighed and repacked, a
margin up to 1 cents a pound Is al
lowed. Under no circumstances must
the maximum price exceed 9 cents
without the specific permission of a
duly authorized Food Administration
official.
Work on Yard Begins.
Construction of a trolley line from
the Sunset terminal to the gates of
"Wilmington's steel fabricated ship
yard, a distance of approximately
6,000 feet, has begun, giving the yard
and city rail connections and the
stringing c telephone and telegraph
wires will be started soon. Road Su
perintendent Burnett has been in
structed by county officials to place
every available convict at work on the
macadam road that is to be built from
the Fort Fisher highway to the ship
yard at th earliest possible moment.
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EM
TIJ Us Your 'roubles.
Who do you call on to minister to
your physical Ills? Who is it that at
tends to your spiritual affairs ana
your financial matters are generally
handled on the aa vice of your banker,
or the good business friend of your
acquaintance, are they not? So, when
you are troubled with perplexing ques
tions In regard to your farming opera
tions, why not call on the Agricultural
Extension Service of tho State Col
lege, and Department of Agriculture,
in order that they can give you the re
sult of he long years of training and
experience which has fitted the spe
cialists for their present work?
Every day, year in and year out, the
workers of the Agricultural Experi
ment Station are engaged in conduct
ing experiments which have for their
purpose the finding of new truths
about agriculture. These experiments
are run on a scope, and under a vari
ety of conditions that would be im
possible on the average farm. The
results are of much value. These re
sults are yours for the asking.
The Agricultural Extension Service
has a force of something over 200 men
and women at work in North Carolina.
There is a county agent in apractlcally
every county in the State. He repre
sents the combined and co-operative
activity of the State College of Agri
culture, the Agricultural Experiment
Station, the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture, and he can get the special
ist from all three of these to aid him
in attending to your problems. Let
us help you. A card to the Agricul
tural Extension Service, Ra'eh, N.
C, will receive prompt attention.
Much Interest in Cheese Making.
Returning from Sampson county,
Mr. A. J. Reed, of thy Dairy Field Of
fice reports considerable interest in
the making of farm butter and cottage
cheese in the different counties where
contests In this work have been inau
gurated. Under the plan which has been
adopted by the Agricultural Extension
Service, the Dairy Field Office will as
sist nine counties for five months. A
worker will be sent to teach the best
methods of making cottage cheese,
and to give Instructions along other
lines of dairy production, so that these
valuable products may be brought to
a higher state of perfection than be
fore. Twists Slackers' Tails.
W. W. Love and A. S. Lentz, ret!l
grocers of Albemarle, R. M. Trexler,
retail merchant of Baden, Dr. W. C.
Trexler, proprietor of the Central Ho
tel of Albemarle and Peter Andres, a
baker of Baden, were found guilty of
violations of the Food Administration
regulations after a hearing before
Food Administrator Henry A. Page.
The case against Messrs. Love, Lentz
and Trexler were disposed of by the
agreement of these merchants to close
their doors for two days, posting no
tice to the effect that the closing is
due to the violation of Food Adminis
tration rules and further contribute
$50 each to the Albemarle Chapter of
the Red Cross. If this is complied
with Food Administrator Page will not
issue a black list against them. Final
settlement of the other cases will be
held in 'abeyance for several days.
New Enterprises.
Charters were Issued from the of
fice of the Secretary of State for the
following corporations to do business
in North Carolina:
Yonahlossee Land Company of
Shull's Mills, to conduct a real estate
business with $100,000 authorized cap
ital and $10,000 subscribed. The in
corporators are W. S. Whiting, J. M.
Lacy and E. C. Alaxendar, all of Ellza
bethton. Kernersvllle Knitting Company,, of
Kernersville, with $125,000 authorized
capital and $25,000 subscribed. The
incorporators are R. R. Ragan, J. J.
Griffith and M. L. Bales, all of Ker
nersvllle. Drafted Men to Be Mobilized.
Special from Washington. The
training camps to which the 150,000
drafted men ordered mobilized will be
sent were announced by Provost Mar
shal General Crowder. In some cases
States have been directed to send
their men to camps other than those
to which they previously had been
sent, due probably to the crowded
conditions In some camps.
The camps, with totals assigned to
each, and the states from which the
men will come, Include:
White
Camp Lee, Virginia, 8,311; Penn
sylvania.
Camp Jackson, South Carolina, 6,-
318; Alabama, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Florida, Tennessee.
Negroes
Camp Lee, 1,886; Virginia, Tennes
see.
Camp Jackson, 3,512; South Caro
lina, North Carolina.
Camp Grant, Illinois, 3010; Norfh
Carolina. Illinois.
Camp Meade, Maryland, 2,604; Ten
essee, District of Columbia Pennsyl
vania.
rqanize War Savings Club.
The Brotherhood of Railway Car
men of Salisbury and Spencer has or
ganized a war-savings society which
starts off with 300 members. There
are 500 members of the Carmen's
union and the leaders of the move
ment are confident they will have ev
ery member In the war-savings soc!-
tv soon. The men organized in
Salisbury at a largely attended meet
ing which was addressed by Walter
Murphy. S. C. Llsk was named pres
ident of the society and F. N. Cuddthy
secretary.
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Lake
EL SALVADOR, the little repub
lic on the southern coast of
Central America, Is not behind
any part of the world in the
matter of the picturesque and the in
teresting. It has Its natural phe
nomena, its beauty spots for tourists
that should be double starred In trav
elers' guide books, its relics of ancient
races, Its quaint and busy cities with
their artistic works of architecture,
writes Hamilton M. Wright in the Bul
letin of the Pan-American Union. In
the world there Is not a more wonder
ful volcano than Izalco, which, more
than four generations ago, ascended
from the plains and has since re
mained active. There is not a more
wonderful lake In the world than llo
pongo, distant about ten miles from
San Salvador, the capital, and con
nected with It by a splendid highway.
A fine national road which, at one
point, cuts the mountain side 800 feet
above the surface of the lake- also
comes in from San Vicente.
Itopongo is an alluring spot for bath
ers, for the people of the republic
thoroughly appreciate the charms and
advantages of their own country. It
is the watering place for San Salva
dor, with hotels, bath houses and
launches. The surrounding ridges and
mountains are beautiful and colorful
and dip Into the lake steeply. Viewing
this superb sheet of water, with the
nearby eminences verdure-clad or col
ored by past volcanic eruptions, with
drifting clouds casting their fleeting
shadows upon its surface, one has a
feeling that he is far from the haunts
of man, until perchance his eye lights
upon a launch far below, sending Its
ripples over the expanse of waters.
Fine Mountains and Climate.
There are In' the world no finer
mountain peaks than those of EI Sal
vador. The volcanoes Santa Ana,
San Miguel, San Vicente, Usulutan,
Zatecoluca, and San Salvador, rising
from Santa Tecla, and half a hundred
others have all the characteristic
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The Volcano Izalco
beauty of the symmetrical volcanic
eminences elsewhere In Central Amer
ica. In the healthful uplands or moun
tain basins, where a larger part of the
population lives, 2,000 feet or more
above sea level, are to be found tree
shaded cities and rich country dis
tricts that In charm and Interest will
repay richly every moment the trav
eler will spare them. The healthful
climate gives rise to a vigorous and
enterprising population. This little
country has a record of having pro
duced 75,000,000 pounds of coffee in a
single year, 1916, perhaps more In
earlier periods.
We did not stop long at La Union,
but continued from the port up the
coast to La Libertad, the nearest sea
port to San Salvador. There we an
chored out in the open roadstead, a
mile and one-half from shore, and took
a coffee barge to the pier, where we
arranged for a conveyance to San Sal
vador, 40 miles distant by automobile
road but less than 30 for mules. It is
a very short trip up to the capitol, but
the traveler beholds the varied re
sources and climatic changes of an en
tire continent within the brief Journey
to the uplands. This part of the coast
Is a center for Peruvian balsam, a
remedy for pulmonary complaints and
so called because In early days It was
first shipped from Salvador to Peru
before being reconsigned in through
packets to Europe. The tree Is found
over an extended strip up and down
the coast.
Highways Are Excellent.
The journey from La Libertad to
San Salvador Is a fine one and the
road Is good. In fact there are 1,
800 miles of through national high
ways In the republic of Salvador. Tho
roads of San Salvador are a national
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llopongo.
institution. Great work has been done
in grading and bridge-building. Some
splendid permanent concrete bridge
have been constructed. La Libertad,
which is also reached by road from
San Vicente in the east central part of
the republic, is the seat of the cable
station between North and South Amer
ica, where messages are handled with
great dispatch. The roads leading
into La Libertad are much traversed
by oxcarts, as La Libertad is a great
port for San Salvador.
The mountain scenery on the way
to Santa Tecla, 2,650 feet above sea
level and but 11 miles from San Sal
vador, is inspiring. The great coast
range of mountains sends out giant
spurs and hogbacks to the very shores
of the Pacific, and between these He
numerous watercourses that run to the
sea. The region, of which the extinct
volcano, Quetzaltepeque, is a magnifi
cent feature, is very mountainous and
rugged and Is Intercepted by magnifi
cent and fertile valleys.
Santa Tecla, also known as Nueva
San Salvador, lies at the base of the
mighty volcano San Salvador. It is
connected by railroad and also by a
fine avenue with the nearby capital ;
It will be the most important city be
tween San Salvador and La Libertad
when the railroad spur to that port
has been constructed. The city is well
illuminated at night, has attractive
drives, fine public buildings, churches,
barracks, hospitals, beautiful resi
dences, villas, and suburban homes
and estates, magnificently kept up,
with fine lawns and gardens and all
the appurtenances of fashionable coun
try homes. From a social viewpoint
it Is almost a part of San Salvador.
The city has a population of about
12,000; It owes Its origin to an earth
quake which overwhelmed the capital
about two generations ago.
San Salvador a Handsome City.
There Is nothing of the "dolce far
niente" type about Sau Salvador which,
with Its environs, has a population of
J&
05,000. With the exception of Pana
ma City, San Salvador has more au
tomobiles than any other Central
American city. Moving pictures, too,
are popular In the capital and through
out the republic. The city attracts
by its beautiful, shaded parks with
their fine sculptured monuments, the
splendid national palace, the cathedral,
the National university and the Poly
technic Institute.
The cathedral presents perhaps
more the typical French renaissance
style than the typical cathedral in the
capitals of the new world, though it
is a most ornate and beautiful work of
architecture. Altogether San Salva
dor has a distinct European note In
the air of its shops and stores. The
broad streets, fine cement curbs, the
ornate, low-lying buildings with their
handsomely grilled and latticed win
dows, the beautiful, semitropical parks
with their luxuriant foliage and com
fortable seats, where the visitor may
watch the parade of fashion and the
many cosmopolitan elements of the
city, engage in social chats, make new
acquaintances, and listen to an excel
lently rendered concert all these ren
der a stay In the "capital a pleasant
event.
Forty miles to the northwest is San
ta. Ana. second city of the republic,
and rightly accounted one of the load
ing cities of Central America. Santa
Ana will be the first important city of
Salvador to be reached by rail from
the north when the line to connect
with the Guatemalan sysfonn Is built.
The city has a population of between
4o,000 and 50,0(10 and an elevation of
2,1 (X) feet. It is a lively, prosperous,
well-ordered community, with an nlr
of assured stability. Its business
houses are man v.
PUSHES POTATO CAMPAIGN
State Food Administration Calls Upon
Twenty Larger Cities of State
for Help.
Raleigh. State Food Administrator
Henry A. Page has called upon the
city and county food administrators in
the twenty largest cities and towns in
North Carolina to organize at once and
push vigorously an Irish potato cam
paign. The potato situation has reached a
critical stage. The crop last year was
large and the winter was so severe
that for a period of approximately
three months It was difficult to move
potatoes in any considerable quanti
ties. This situation has resulted in an
abnormal condition at this time when
there are millions of bushels of pota
toes in excess of normal demands and
when, according to the North Caro
lina Bureau of Markets here, more
than 25,000 bushels remain in the
hands of the North Carolina pro
ducers. Mr. Page's wire to the county food
administrators went out In the morn
ing. Before his office closed in the
afternoon ha had received reports
from Winston-Salem, Durham and Ra
leigh to the effect that plans for the
campaign in these cities were well
under way.
Buy Bonds, Says German.
Raleigh. E. Schilling, a native. Ger
man living at Raleigh, has given the
following to the press:
"Dear Friends: Every German-American
should buy a Liberty Bond or a
War Savings Stamp. We have select
ed this country by choice. Why? Be
cause it is a country where anybody
attending to hia duties is bound to
succeed and as a' whole we are, but
there are slackers in all countries.
We don't want to be of this sort. No,
the word slackers shall not be brand
ed on us; it is our Christian duty to
wards our boys they are precious to
us, and no finer body of young men
have been sent into the field than the
American boys. Speak to them wher
ever you see them and show them the
greatest respect they deserve It, and
do not forget to pray for them when
you go to bed and arise in the morn
ing. "Now should you not be able to buy
a bond, offer yours, your wife's and
children's service. There Is work for
everybody. It is like the widow's mite
the good Lord will see it, the Amer
ican people will see It and the blessing
you receive will be so bountiful as to
fill your heart with joy never to be
forgotten.
"May the good Lord bless you and
vour family and give you strength to
help this great country.
"E. SCHILLING,
"German-American."
Urges Tithing In Loan.
Raleigh. Major A. W. Graham, com
missioner of agriculture, has issued a
letter to the members of the force of
the North Carolina department of agri
culture, suggesting that that inasmuch
as the people of the state are expect
inf the men who are receiving sala
ries from the state or national govern
ment be liberal in their subscriptions
to government objects, every state
employe ought to arrange to lend the
government at least one-tenth of a
year's salary.
Major Graham, himself, when all his
subscriptions are settled will have
loaned the government $1,525.
His suggestion to the members of his
force follows:
"The people of the state are expect
ing the citizens who are receiving sal
aries either from the state or national
governments to be liberal in their
subscriptions to Liberty Bonds and
War Savings Certificates. They should
not disappoint these expectations. You
know what amount of money you will
certainly have at a specified time, and
I suggest that each one arrange to
lend the government for its several
calls for bonds and certificates at
least one-tenth of a yoar'3 salary.
Many have already done this. As the
farmers are more than four-fifths of
the citizenship of the state, we must
by the number make up for the
amount of loans.
"This, cf course, it not assessment,
but a suggestion for every member
connected in any way with the depart
ment. W. A. GRAHAM,
"Commissioner of Agriculture."
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.
The negroes, so far as we have been
able to learn, have fully measured up
to the demands of the country in this
time of stress, and certainly this Is
true of the North Carolina negroes.
They have responded to the call of
the draft beards with fine spirit, and
their leaders have aided the govern
ment in every possible way.
Congressman George E. Hood will
not be a candidate in the coming pri
mary to succeed himself, owing to bad
health.
Wheat estimates by the government
for North Carolina in 191S is 208,000
against 204.000 last year, and South
Carolina, 312,000 against 304,000 In
1917.
Three hundred and five additions to
the Baptist Church was the result of
a revival recently held in Durham.
Miss Julia Alexander of Charlotte
was the first woman lawyer to argue
n tppp before the Supreme Court.
Over $17 000 worth of Thrift Stamps
have been sold in Vance ccur:ty.
R. J. Thornton, professor of journa1
'm at the University, has enllstc
-i the navy.
LOOK AT CHILD'S
TONGUE IF SICK,
CROSS, FEVERISH
HURRY, MOTHERI REMOVE POI
SONS FROM LITTLE STOMACH,
LIVER, BOVELS.
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP OF FIQS
AT ONCE IF BILIOUS OR
CONSTIPATED.
Look at the tongue, mother! II
coated, It is a sure sign that your Ilt
tle one's stomach, liver and bowela
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once.
When peevish, cross, listless, pale
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat o act natu
rally, or is feverish, stomach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhoea, full of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs," and In a few hours all the fouL
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out of the
little bowels without griping, and you
have a well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children to
take this harmless "fruit laxative;
they love its delicious taste, and It
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for a bottle of
"California Syrup of Figs," which has
directions for babies, children of all
ages and for grown-ups plainly on the
bottle. ' Beware of counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine,
ask to see that It is made by the "Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Company." Refuse
any other kind with contempf. Adv.
Good Receipt.
A man once advertised that he
would send for the small sum of ten
shillings, a receipt which, If followed
to the letter, would keep folks from
growing old. Some credulous persons
answered the advertisement, remit
ting the required fee, and receiving
the following reply :
"I should advise all such asses as
you to commit suicide at about the
age of twenty-five." Pearson's
Weekly.
FRECKLES
Now Is the Time to Get Rid of TLete Ugly Spots
There's no longer the slightest need of fee ling
ashamed of your freckles, bs Othlne double
strength la guaranteed to remove these homely
pots.
Simply get an ounce of Othlne double
strength from your druggist, and apply a little
of It night and morning and you should soon set
that even the worst freckles hnve begun to dis
appear, while the lighter ones have vanished en
tirely. It Is seldom that more than one ounce
Is needed to completely clear the skin and gain
a beautiful clear complexion.
Be Bure to ask for the double strength Othlne. '
as this Is sold under guarantee of money back
If It falls to remove freckles. Adv.
Desperate Expedient.
"How Is your nephew getting on,
Sally?"
"He's purty bad, miss, and yester
day they done took him to the horse
pi tal to perforin a autopsy on him.
Soothe Baby Rashes
That Itch, and burn with hot baths of
Cutlcura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cutlcura Ointment.
Nothing better. For free samples ad
dress, "Cutlcura, Dept. X, Eoston.
Sold by druggists and by mail. Soap
25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv.
Fair and warmer Is the prediction
the weather man lays up for a rainy
day.
This Is Better
Than Laxatives
Dno NR Tablot Each Night For A Week
Will Cor roc t Your Constipation and
Mako Constant Dosing Unnocca
ary. Try It.
Poor digestion and assimilation
mean a poorly nourished body and
low vitality. Poor elimination mean
Clogged bowels, fermentation, putrt
f&ction and the formation of poisonous
eases which are absorbed by the blood
and carried through the body.
The result is weakness, headaches
dizziness, coated tongue, Inactive liverj
bilious attacks, loss of energy, nerv
ousness, poor appetite. Impoverished
blood, sallow complexion, pimples, skla
disease, and often times serious Ill
ness. Ordinary laxatives, purges and ca
thartics salts, oils, calomel and the
like may relieve for a few hours, but
real, lasting benefit can only com
through use of medicine that tones
up and strengthens the digestive as
well as the eliminatlve organs.
Get a 25o box of Nature s Remedy
(KR Tablets) and take one tablet eactt
night for a week. Relief will follow
the very first dose, but a few day
will elapse before you feel and realizo
the fullest benefit. When you get
atralghtened out and feel Just right
again you need not take medicine
every day an occasional NR Tablet
will then keep your system In good
condition and you will always feel
your best. Remember, keeping well is
easier and cheaper than getting well.
Nature's Remedy (NR Tablets) ars
sold, guaranteed and recommended by
your Crusslst.
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