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LOSS $800,000 RALEIGH HAS BEST RECORD AMONG LARGER CITIES OF STATE. 34 TOWNS ON HONOR ROLL Principal Class of Property Damaged or Destroyed Includes 144 Dwellings. Raleigh. The aggregate of loss by fire In North Carolina during February was f864,251, according to official reports of each fire on file in the State Insur ance department, made public by Commissiner. Stacy \V. Made. This shows an increase of about $200,000 over February last year. For the United States and Canda ^February loss is estimated at $31,447,900, a de crease of about $10,000,000 from last February. The marked feature of the State's loss is the small average loss of the 270 fires occurring as compared with the aggregate of 27 fires in which the loss was $5,000 and over. This totals $765,675, an average of' $32,062 per fire, while for the remaining total cf $9S,576 for the other 243 fires, the average loss per fire was tut 405. The heaviest single losses were: a film exchange at Charlotte, $156,000; business building at Wilmington. $55, 000; oil mill near Henderson, $106,000, fish fertilizer plant at Shallotte, $50, 000; a store at Littleton, $30,000; dwelling at Pinehurst, $28,000. Charlote heads the cities with heavy losses, having had 28 fires with loss of $172,935, followed by Gastonia with 4 fires and loss of $67,155; Wil mington with 11 fires, loss $58,915; and Winston-Salem with 37 fires, loss of $49,380. Raleigh has the premier record among the larger cities, with 8 fires, and loss of* $340. The major fire causes were defective flues and shing le roofs, 82; overshot stoves and fur naces, 15; oil stoves, adjoining build ing, smoking and over carelessness, 14; while spontaneous combustiton ac counted for 8 fires, incendiary, short circuit, child and match 6. There was not a single electric iron fire, but there was 3 due to explosion oi lamps used under incubators. The principal classes of property damaged or destroyed includes 144 dwellings, 18 stores, 9 barns and stables and 7 werhouses, four schools and dormitories, 3 churches laundries and factories, and four hotels, movie theatres and cafes. The statistical table also shows that while out of the 270 fires the losses of buildings was $390,695 and contents $473,556, or just about equal ly divided, in the 27 fires in which the big losses occurred, the contents loss exceeded the building loss by nearly four to ond. The total value of property at risk Is shown to be $4,938,029, insurance $3,033,924. The following towns and counties reporting no fire or no damage from fire during February, are placed up on the department's honor roll for the month. Plymouth, Tliomasville, Mt. Olive Concord, Mt. Holly, Fairmont, Badin Fuquay Springs, Spring Hope, Waynes ville, Roxboro, Wake Forest, Jackson ville, Stanley, Creedmoor, Tabor Rockingham, Randleman, Albemarle Elkin, Granite Falls, Lumberton, Hunt ersville, Marion, Tryon, Elm City Forest City, Carthage, Hickory, Louis burg, Kings Mountain, Pilot Mountain Murphy. Encampment Dates For Guard. Summer encampments for the North Carolina National Guard wit commance this year on July 1, when the field Artillery regiment will gc into training at Fort Bragg and wii: close on August 30, according to the April issue of the National Guarc bulletin, which is issued monthly bj Major Gordan Smith,* Assistant Ad jutant General. According to the bul letin, there will be 3,000 guardsmei in camp, the largest number sinct 1916. The schedule of the training camp: follows: Camp Glenn, N. C., July 20; 120tl Infantry, StafT Corps and Departments 30th Signal Company and 117th Mo tor Transport Company. Fort Bragg, N. C., July 1-15: 105tl Engineers. Fort Bragg. N. C-, April 2-1C: 117tl Field Artillery. Camp McCellan, Ala., August 4-18 109th Calvary and 105th Medical Ilegi ment. Fort Monroe, Va„ August 16-30: Coast Artillery. What Good Road* Have Done. Good roads saved each motorist 6< gallons of gasoline last year which al 25 cents the gallon, is a financial ad vantage of $16.50. The State Highwaj bulletin has figured out. The bulletin has found that th« gasoline consumption per car durinj 1923 was 66 gallons less than 1922 Automobiles have increased and gooc roads have been conducive of greatei use of them so that the estimate ol saving is considered reasonably con aervative. ■ Governor to Visit Charlotte. Highway Chairman Frank Page has brought Charlotte into the Pan-Ameri can road show, and that city will ba host Sunday. June 8, to the South American highway engineers and builders, ambassadors from South American countries, governors of seven states. Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and other distingush ed officials and citizens of two contin ents, making up a party that will spend a weak watching Tar Heel road builders at work. Receiving the news from Mr. Page Commissioner W. C. Wilkinson, of Charlotte, began devising ways and means of extending the visit at least another day. He will get the local folks behind him in plans for elabor ately entertaining the distinguished guests. And Mr. Page likely will be besought to give the city at least two days so that the visitors may have ample time to see the town and sur roundings. Approximatlv 2.000 people are ex pected to be included in the list of invited guests to the road show, which has been designated a “Shirt Sleeves” exhibition, because the visitors will come to see road construction in act ual progress in North Carolina. The state will give one grand show of its good roads, and it will be literally "showing the world” how to build them. The South American highway engi neers and builders will number half a hundred. Seven ambassadors to the United States from South American countries will be in the party. Secre tary Hoover will represent the federal government. Governor Morrison and the governors of six South Atlantic states have accepted invitations. Sen ators Simmons and Overman, the North Carolina delegations in Con gress and senators and congressmen from other states will be present. In vitations have been extended to mem bers of road governing boards in every county in the South Atlantic states. The "Triangle Cities,” Greensboro, Winston-Salem and High Point will be the official hosts because of hotel fa cilities available in the three cities Five hundred automobiles will be used in transporting them over the state. The official party, wihch will num ber about 75, wrill arrive in Raleigh on a special train June 4. Taking automobiles here it will go to Greens boro. Leaving Greensboro Saturday the official party and visitors will gc by automobile to Charlotte to spend Sunday; and Monday, if Mr. Wilkinson can carry out his plans. From Char lotte automobiles will take them to Asheville .where they will board a special train for Tennessee June 10. Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point are raising a large sum to provide for the entertainment of the visitors, and Commission Wilkin son propuses that Charlotte give them an elaborate reception. The show, with the distinguished visitors, will prove of tremendous ad vertising value to the state and to the cities to be visited. Staff representatives of New York newspapers will be here, and the press will give prominence to the event. Bulletin on Boll Weevil. "Habits and Control of the Cotton Boll Weevil” is the title of a new bul letin just issued by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture for the Agricultural Experiment Station. The bulletin is issued as the March 192f Bulletin and is written by Dr. R. W Leiby and J. A. Harris, assistant Ento mologists, of the Experiment Statior staff. This bulletin sets for the stud ies, experiments and results obtained from work done during 1923 from the field station of the division of Ento mology located at Aberdeen in the Sandhills. According to Professor Franklir Sherman, Chief in Entomology, the bulletin brings out several importanl facts. Some of the principal findings are stated by Prof. Sherman as fol lows: On April 17 the first weevil out ol hibernation was found, but none were found on young cotton until last hall of May. Earliest laying of eggs was about mid-June; and the generation oi weevils from these eggs appeared largely from July 10 to 18. It was found that the time for starting the general dust-poisoning (i e. when 1C per cent of squares were being punc | tured) averaged about July 25, whicl agreed with the observations mad< ; during 1922. Tests were made with several meth ods for control of the weevil. Foul applications of home-made sweetenei mixture gave a net profit of $1.50 pel acre, while seven applications of th< material known as Hill’s Mixture gavi a net loss of $3.29 per acre. As early season applications of sweetened mix ture did kill many overwintered weev ils, and as later applications had bu little effect, during the time befori blooming, the recommendation fo 1924 are to use the home-made mix ture. A test of the “Florida Method’ gave net loss of $5.08 per acre; henc< while this method may later be adapt ed to our use, it is not yet recoin mended. New State Charters. Charters were Issued by the secre tary of states office as follows: Citizens Insurance and Realty com Dany, Fayetteville, authorized capital $50,000; subscribed, $400; incorpora' tors, G. E. Edgerton. L M. Edgerton Thomas D. Clark, and F. H. Thomp son, all of Fayetteville. ; Green Lumber company, Thomas' ville, authorized^capital, $25,000; sub scribed, $16,000; incorporators, W. E Founts, Z. V. Crutchfield, E. W. E Founts, Z. V. Crutchfield, E. M. Crutch' field, all of ThomasviUe. 18 ARRESTED BY “DRY" OFFICERS NEW YORK PROHIBITION AGENT8 MAKES BIG HAUL ON SEA AND LAND. MUCH WHISKEY IS CAPTURED Steam Yacht, Schooner, Motor Boat, Four Trucks and 2.635 Cases of Liuor Caught. New York.—Prohibition agents in this d’strict, working on land and sea, arrested IS men. captured a steam yacht, a schooner, a motor boat and four trucks and 2.G35 cases of liquor. Authorities began the day with a race off Montafu Point between one of their new high powered rum chas ers and a fast little battleship from the rum fleet. The motor boat Mick ey was captured with her crew of fcur and her cargo of 500 cases. The p er of the Fabre Line Syria was used as a base by federal agents, who fired : volley after volley of pistol bullets in a vain attempt to halt a black speed boat which, according to the authori ties, was surprised in the act of taking on a cargo of liquor from the deck of the Syria. When the motorboat escaped the agents raided the Syria. Two fire men were arrested. Two radio mes sages from the revenue cutter Vic tory, told of the seizure off Gardner’s Point, L. I„ of the steam yacht Theo dore and the Sloop Sadie E. Nicher son. and the capture of their crews and liquor cargoes. The yacht, valued at $S5,000, had 535 cases of whiskey and the sloop, hailing from Nantucket, Mass., 700 cases. Four moving vans with 900 cases of whiskey were seized en route to New York and their drivers arrested. A naftermath of the raid on the Syria came when Samuel Arbeey of Brooklyn, called at St. Peter’s hos pital for treatment of a bullet wound in the neck. He told a detective he wa sshot when he went in his motor boat to the Syria for a bottle of whis key for his invalid wife. Two Killed and Many Injured. Lilly, Pa.—Two men were killed, an other believed fatally wounded and a score of others were more or lass seriously hurt in rioting between townspeople and members of the Ku Klux Klan, a close check-up by state police and deputy sheriffs disclosed. Four residents of Lilly ware being held by state police upon charfes of rioting while at Johnstown 25 men, said to be klansmen, were being held by Sheriff Logan N. Kellar, pending an investi gation. The rioting occurred when the stream from a fire house was turned upon the klansmen as they were board ing a special train for Johnstown, ID miles west of here, after having pa raded in the darkness through the town from an adjoining bill where a ceremony attended by some GOO klans men had been held. Firing began im mediately, and when the special train pulled out 30 minutes later several wounded men had been taken aboard while Phillip T. Conrad and Floyd Paul, both of Lilly, lay dead on the street. Eleven of the injured, all de I flared to be residents of Lily, were L, ken to the’ Altoona hospital, the moat ocriously hurt being Frank Mias co, whose recovery physicians declar ed was doubtful. Business More Cheerful. New York.—Recovery of bond prices last week followed a return of easier money rates and assurances that sen ate action on the tax reduction bill would be expedited. Constructive in fluences were at work, based an the assumption that funds would continue in supply indefinite at reasonable fig ures, stimulating activity and rising prices in all sections of the list. The return of railroad shares to stock market leadership for the first time in many months was accompani . ed by a similar development in bond trading. Moderate gains were reg . istered by a wide variety of the hteli , grade railroad investments with nu , merous speculative mortgages, such as St. Pauls, New Havens and Eries, . staging spiritual rallies. Strength of European currencies t was reflected in a stronger tone for ! foreign bonde. French republic issues r reached new high levels fo rthe year. • The improvement along with that ol ' other foreign government obligations, ! was attributed partly to the confidence • inspired by the forth coming Dawes - report. Serbian 8’s and Cuban 5 1-2's also moved into new high ground for 19i*. Pride of Obregon Navy Disabled. New Orleans --The Mexican rebels have disabled tlie gunboat Bravo, at Tampico, and the pride 'Of the Obregon navy may be out of commission sever at months, according to a rebel efficlal report brought here for transmieslon to the revolutionary headquarterss. Rebels in the crew, according to t( the report, cut down the feed water supply to the boilers after the shi; arrived in the Panuco river from Nev Orleans an done boiler wae so badlj burned It must be repeliced or rebuili HOLD BOYS WEEK APRIL 21 Interesting Program to Stress Inti mate Relationship Between Ju niors and Elders. Statesville.—Boys’ week, sponsored by the Rotary club, of which C. H. Turner is president, will be fittingly observed in Statesville April 27 to May 3. A most interesting program having as Its object the establishment of a closer and more intimate relation ship between our citizens of tomorrow and their seniors, will be carried out. Sunday, April 27, will be boys' day in the churches of Statesville. It is the intention to have every boy in the community attend a church on that day, when a special sermon for the boys will be preached. J. G. Shelton and F. L. Johnson were elected co chairman in charge of the program for the day. Monday, April 28, is to be boys' day in the schools. Special programs will be put on in the different schools with a view to stimulating the boys to a fuller realization of the import ance of education, both as a means of increasing one's earning capacity and one's power to serve others. F. A. Sherrill was chosen chairman. Tuesday, April 29, will be boys' day in industry. On this day the boys will become acquainted with the dif ferent industries and business houses of the community—they will see the wheels go round. C. E. Keiger and C. M. Steele were selected as chair men. Friday, May 2, will be boys’ day in the houmes. Parents will be asked to spend the evening with their children at home, the idea being to emphasize the home as the greatest institution for character building and good citiz enship. Pegram A. Bryant was elect ed chairman ofr this day. On Saturday, May 3, the principal feature will be loyalty day parade. Hundreds of boys will march in the parade, which will also include attrac tive floats representing the city's busi ness houses and industries. D. J. Craig is chairman of the day’s pro gram. The object of the parade is to give the public an opportunity to re view its potential citizenship and to focus attention on the boy as the me dium through which all problems in society can be solved; likewise, to de velop loyalty to the nation’s ideals on the part of the boys. William Wallace was elected chair man of the week, with the following advisory committee: C. H. Turner, Hon. W. D. Turner, J G. Shelton, W. A. Thomas, N. B. Mills, J. A. Brady, R. R. Clark, L. P. Henkel, D. M. Aus ley. Will Sell Airplanes. Dunn.—One of the latest additions to the business life of Dunn is a whole sale and retail airplane business. The Stephens Wholesale Company, of Dunn, recently purchased a solid car load of the machines used for travel through the air. The airplanes have already arrived and are on display at the company's big store. While this concern heretofore has confined its sales to the wholesale trade, V. L. Stephens, bead*of the firm, states that he will fill orders from this depart rtent for one airplane, or even a part of one machine. Three Belmont Homes Burn. Belmont.—Belmont was visited by another disastrous fire when three residences on Cox street were com pletely demolished. Fanned by a high wind, and with practically no water protection, it looked for a time that several other houses would be burned, but although one more did catch on the roof, it was put out by prompt work on the part of onlookers. The Southern Power company was working on the eelctric line to Bel mont and the current was entirely cut off, this made it impossible to work the water pump and rendered the Bel mont fire department practically use less. Sandhills Has Good Season. Pinehurst.—This is the best winter season the sandhills have ever known. Both at Southern Pines and Pinehurst the demand for accommodations has gone beyond the supply, notwithstand ing the many new houses, hotels and apartments provide 1 during the sea son. The new club house at Southern Pines has been doing a limit business, and the new golf course opened there during last summer has been crowded to capacity, bringing before the board of directors the problem of another nine holes this summer if it can be done. Mid-Pines club at Knollwood village is full, along with the cottages, mak ing it necessary to plan for more building there this summer. At Pine hurst and Southern Pines as well as at Knollwood Village the building schedule is more comprehensive than probably ever before so early in the season. Land For Boys’ Summer Camp. Henderson.—Dr. R. J. Gill, one of Vance county’s beat-known citizen, and one of the oldest physicians, from the standpoint of service, in the county, has donated to the Henderson Rotary club a tract of about 25 acres of land at the old Gill mill place, several miles south of Bobbitt, to be used as a summer camp for the boys and girls of the community. Dr. Gill was pre> Ht at the last meeting of the Rotarj dub as a guest and made tt»e pra38nta Ion in person. A POWER COMPANY PURCHASES MILL BUYS CONTOL OF BIG PROPERTY SITUATED ON CATAWBA RIVER. MILL WAS BUILT IN 1884 Tuckaseege Plant of Gaston County Passes From Possession of Mt. Holly Citizens. Gastonia.—Announcement is mane by the tormer owners, H. A. Rhyne, of Mt. Holly, W. W. Glenn, of Gastonia, that the Tuckaseege mill, on the Ca tawba river, near Mt. Holly, had passed from their control to that of the Tuckaseege Spinning company, A. Q. Kale, F. S. Kale and C. A. Cochran incorporators. The Southern Power compnay is the real owner of the property, the corporation having taken over the plant as part of its schedule of buying everything up and down the Catawba river. A. Q. Kale, who was formerly connected with the High Shoals mills, is president and general manager. The Tuckaseege mill was built in 1883 by A. P. and D. E. Rhyne, of Mt. Holly, and was knowm as the Tuckaseege Manufacturing company. It was run by water power. A. C. Lineberger, of Belmont, headed the mill for a long time until he went to Belmont. In 1916 the mill and ma chinery were practically destroyed by the big flood of that year. New ma chinery and equipment were installed, and three years ago a hydro-electric development was installed, the mill running by electric power generated from its own dam and generators. The fact that the continuous opera tion of the mill might in some way conflict with the program of the Southern Power company on the Ca tawba led to the negotiations for its sale to the big corporation. The mill has 8,064 spindles and makes fine combed yarns. Rhyne and Glenn each owned a half interest, Rhyne being president and Glenn, sec retary and treasurer. A. P. Rhyne, with a nominal interest was vice pres ident. The Southern Power company took over the mill and 625 acres of land in cluded in the property along the river. From the amount of revenue stamps on the deeds which passed, '.he sale price of the property was slightly in excess of $500,000. Few Shoals in Harbor. Wilmington.—Maps just complete^ of a survey of the local harbor made by engineers in the office of Maj. O. O. Kuentz, district engineer, show that few shoals of any consequence exist in the harbor channels between Greenfield Creek and the Hilton rail road bridge, or in the waters adjacent to the channel. The survey was or dered by Major Kuentz, upon request of the United States Shipping Board, to which board two or three harbor groundings were recently reported. None of the grounding damaged or delayed the ships scraping the river bottom. All vessels that touched up on the shoal places were heavily laden. Onslow Builds New County Home. Kinston.—Onslow county will have a new county home, one of the best equipped in the State, according to announcement in construction circles here. Three brick buildings will be erected on a site a short distance from Jacksonville, the county seat. These will take the form of dormitories for whites and negroes and a home for the superintendent. All modern con veniences will be installed, and the structures will be comfortably fur nished. Work will be started shortly. Governor Morrison Marries. Durham.—Governor Cameron Mor rison an£ Mrs. Sara Ecker Watts, widow of George W. Watts, Durham millionaire financier, were married here at the Watts mansion on South Duke street. Rev. Dr. David H. Scan lon, pastor of the Durham First Pres byterian church, officiated at the cere mony which was witnessed by the Governor’s sister, Miss_ Ida Morrison, his daughter, Miss Angella Morrison, and a few personal friends. Imme diately after the ceremony, Governor and Mrs. Morrison motored to Greens boro where they were to have taken a New York train for their honeymoon trip. The bride, one of the wealthiest women in North Carolina, is a native of Syracuse, N. Y„ and was married to the wealthy Durham capitalist in that city on October 25, 1917. Some years ago, she was a trained nurse, but had given up that profession prior to her marriage to Mr. Watts. Bicyclists Killed By Automobile. Wilmington.—Adrian Matthews, 36 years old, Atlantic Coast Line con ductor, was instantly killed here, when struck by a speeding auto on the Wrightsville Turnpike, Just east of the city limits. The body was drag ged 20 feet, the police say, and the bicycle which Matthews was riding, was carried nearly 100 yards. The irlver did not stop after hitting Mat thews, and police and county officials nave no clue to his identity, other than ae was driving a small sedan. Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION & IN«>K5£ST»0Wi 6 Bell-ans Hot water Sure Relief ELL-ANS £54 AND 754 PACKAGES EVERYWHERE ECZEMA After Others Fail PETERSON’S OINTMENT Big Box 35 Cents '* The mighty healing power of Peter son’s Ointment when eczema or terribU Itching of skin and scalp tortures you is known to tens of thousands of peo ple the country over. For pimples, acne, rough and re<3 skin, ulcers, old sores, piles and all blemishes and eruptions it is supreme ly efficient, as any broad-minded drug gist will tell you. Ion't NegD Inflamed eyelids or other eye irritations. Tou will find a soothing and safe remedy in MITCHELL EYE SALVE. BALL A RUCKEL at all New York City druggists. 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