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NORTH CAROLINA LOSSES Of FIRE INCREASE ATTRI BUTEDD BY COM MISSIONER TO RURAL RISKS. Raleigh. Figures made public by the state in surance department show a total tire loss in North Carolina during March of $905,277. with values at risk $4.S93. 397. Insurance on the property at risk was $4,557,970. The number of fires was 26t>. Fire- damage in the state during March, 1924, was $406,360, with property at risk worth $2,717,639 and insurance for $1,786,291. Fires in March. 1924. totaled 204. Commissioner Wade attributed the increase in losses to rim^l industrial fires, which totaled $628,740 last month, while the entire loss in towns and cities, embracing 236 tires was only $276,537. Of the 30 rural fires, with such an immense damage. Com missioner Wade pointed out. t h values at risk were $875,400, with $640,000 insurance. "On the other hand. h? added, "with 236 fires in cities and towns, with values over $4,000,000 and insurance over $3,000,000, the loss to taled only $276,537 The loss from 21 fires totaled $765,435. leaving for the remaining 245 tires a total loss of $139,842. Principal losses for the month in cluded the following: I Cotton mill in Johnston county, J2!4.("'t>: .lumber plant in llalit'aa county, ti'-ar Hollister. $15o.osm: lum b?r plant near Littleton, in Halifa: county. ?130.m"0; Hour mill and dwell ing :n Forsyth county. $33.0i.iO: dwel 1 : r: ::i St kes county $20,000: fertilia er plant in New Bern. $24.5i?n; dwel l.ns and contents at (Jre^nville. $17. 500; schiK?l dormitory at Oxford. $13. 500: dwelling and teacherago at. Hei Springs. $ 13.20" : dwelling at Gsstonia $20,000: church at Greenville. $12."<?0; Quartz company at Charlotte. $l??.'2>5: .business ;>uild;?ig at Winston-Salem $13.im?o: store and contents at Knudle man. $12.0o0. Shingle roofs and defective tltiei caused 1"2 March tires, the causes o 61 were unknown and 12 were at tribute t ) carelessness. Four wer reported us Of incendiary origin I seven fr.mi everhot stoves aad fufl Daces, There w re 160 dwelling's burned ifl North Carol ha in March. 13 industrial plants II unstored automobiles I trucks. 9 garages. 7 stores. 6 chu rebel 5 business buildings and 4 lumb'fl plants and schools. The following places were pracH ca'.iv fir. -tree in March. Kins: I A! i1'-"! : i Monroe. Concord. Kbfl ?ry. Way: ????. !,o-:.sv A' 'rd-xM Li::Ie*o:i. .<??'. ma. lv:n Or; I \ I'inehurst. Zebuion. lion;.", PirH top. Granite Fails. Jefferson. llimteH viile. Middb ssex and Fairmont. I Can Cons gn Perishable Produce. ? Commissioner of Agriculture W. I Graham announced that pmshabM farm products can still be consign? in C.O.I), shipments. This policy I said to mean a great ileal to fruit .ail vegebtale growers in North Cardinal A movement was launched with! the ranks of the Southern Freight aH sociation to prevent the acct ptance <1 fruit s and vegetables when consisneB "Order Notify" from to and betw1 w points in Southern territory but :!:0 movement has been abandoned. When notified by Commissioner Brown .of Georgia, that such a eh.-nge was being considered, Commissioner Graham immediately brought pressure to b'tir . n the Southern Freight, Asso ciation to retain the present status for perishable products. Commissioner Graham said in his te* ? .sram :> the association: "Such- action would have a ten dency to place producers and pro ducers" organizations more at the ii.oycy of ruthless speculators aad !N hor.es t commission merchants. The 'order notify' plan makes ir j)os.<.;>ie for producers and producers' oragniza tions to have a voice in the matter of damage, . " Appoints Equalizing Board: Governor A. W. McLean through. his secretary. Charles II. England, an nounced the personnel of the Equaliz ing Fund Commission, which was giv en sweeping powers by the 1925 Gen eral Assembly, in a matter vitally af fecting the counties of the State. The commission is composed of Dr. E. C. Brooks, president of the North Carolina State College; Chas. A. Webb. Asheville; W. C. Feimster. Newton: Mrs. W. J. Jones. Salemburg and E. D. Broadhust, Greensboro. The last Legislature increased the eqnalizing fund from $1,250,000 to $1. tOO.OOO annually and provided that ap proximately $1,150,000 of the amount should be distributed to 67 of the 100 counties in the State. Governor Paroles Two. Governor A. W. McLean paroled two prisoners for the remainder of their terms, paroled another for thirty days, granted one reprieve and declin ed six petitions. All of the actions were taken on the recommendations of H. Hoyle Sink, Commissioner of Fardons. Paroles were granted to Will S. Williams, of Rockingham County, who has served five and one-half months of a nine month sentence on the roads, and to Fletcher Womble, of Rowan County. HUMAN TARGET IS LATEST JOB A : _J_, ___ , . New York Man Is Shot at in Demonstrating Bullet Proof Vest. New York. ? The job of human tar jet is one of the latest on New York's occupational list. In the last six months Alva Jacobson has been shot at at least 1,000 times, demonstrating the bullet-proof vest. lie thinks no more now of standing up before gun lire than if he were watching a pyro technlcal display, and he coolly kicks away the flattened bullet that falls at his feet. One day he went into an armor corporation's office looking for a job as a trained mechanic. Lie was told to slip on the vest. A man In the ollice picked up a revolver. "If I had been deaf and blind I wouldn't have known that he shot," said Jacobson. "I couldn't feel it any more than I would if some one just touched me where the bullet hit." Jacobson j;ot the job, and ever since lie lias been getting bullets in the j chest, lie is hardened in the tnriret ' y "We have a special rate for police men? that's all." "No, I'm not a policeman. I'm In business for myself ? the real estate business." "Look here." says the company's representative. "We have to be care ful to whom these vests go. Our name means something, you know. It wouldn't look so well if one of these vests were fountl lloating out beyond the 12-mile limit, would it, now?" "You'll be all right," Is the answer. "I want them for export." The company's men tells the custom er to mail in his order, with his pis tol permit number filled in at the bot tom. The chances are the man will not be heard from again. It is against the rule to sell vests to any one who has no pistol permit, but this has not kept them from playing their part, in the Chinese tong wars. llerrin, 111., and the mining towns of West Virginia have furnished much trade for the new vests, and as many as 3,000 have been shipped at one time for army use in some foreign land. A special vest has been devised for bank ^^ssengers and those who carry pay Is. It has a safety-deposit vault In e and is locked to the messenger's ly, so that his assailants, to get tlieir it, must stop to cut the metal vest m their victim's form. NEWEST FAD The painted ear is the newest fad from France. The model is shown applying a coat of rouge in compli ance with the latest hints from Pari sian beauty parlors. Gold Miners Set Record Ottnwa, Ont.? Gold production of Canada shattered all previous records last year, exceeding the peak output of 11)23 hy 3GO.OOO ounces, according to a report issued by the Dominion bureau of statistics. The total 1024 production was 1,525,000 ounces, valued at $31,522,000 ft) Hunt Arctic Region by Plane lonald MacMillan to Head I Expedition to Map Vast I Frozen Expanse. ?Washington. ? Naval aircraft will at ?npt this summer to bridge the vast ft expanse that has so far shut out fcm human knowledge great regions I the Arctic, where a predicted con Bient has long lured the toilsome ef Irt of man by sledge; without an an B-er to his guess. ?In an expedition headed by Donald I MacMillan, seasoned wayfarer of le northland, who is returning there li ills ninth voyage of exploration ftxt June, naval pilots will bring their Bait to the furtliering of man's strug le to map the mysteries of an area of lore than a million square miles lying 1st ween Alaska and the North pole. I Indorsed by Coolidge I Although not a government project, lie plan has been approved by Secre pry Wilbur and indorsed by President Coolidge, and also will have both the inanclal and scientific backing of the National Geographic society. As It is a private project and differs n this respect from the scheme nban loned last year for a polar expedition vlth the dirigible Shenandoah, the laval pilots who will accompany the jxpedltion will have an extended leave 'or the purpose. 7 : ? ? ; ~ r ? v Of those Commander R. F. Byrd will be one, while there will be at least two others along with two or three me chanics, still to be chosen from both the navy and marine corps. Commander Byrd will be In charge of all flight operations. Two planes of the Loenlng amphibian type will be supplied, having a cruising range of more than 120 miles an hour. In charting the unknown regions, as well as participating In the many other scientific undertakings projected. Including and ascertaining high alti tude, temperature and taking weather observations, Mr. MacMlllan believes more can be accomplished with the planes in the two months planned for the expedition than has been done In the Inst century. Expedition Starts June 15. Leaving Wlscasset, Me., about June 15, on a vessel already chartered, the expedition will make its way along the Labrador and Greenland coasts up to Axel lielburg Land, at the northern point of which, probably 250 miles from where the ship will station, an attempt Will b<j made to establish an advance flying base. From tfiore planes will venture over the unknown regions to the northwest in an efiort to determine whether a continent or land in any form exists there. The most Important aspect ol this question Is the probability that such land| ultimately could be utilized for aircraft bases in flight routes from Europe to '.Asia. Explorations of the ancient Norse ruins in Labrador and Greenland, re eovery of the records which Peary left at Cape Columbia before the final dash from there to the pole and extensive radio experiments, for which Eugene F. McDonald, Jr., president of the Na tional Association of Broadcasters, ol Chicago will accompany the expedi tion, are among the other undertakings projected. Idle Mail Box Traps Partridge in Winter Winsted, Conn? A steel mall box fastened to a hemlock tree at Highland Lake, a summer resorr, trapped and killed a full grown partridge last win ter. The bird was found in the mall box when the cover was lifted. The box had not been used for other than cold-storage purposes since last fall, as the II. F. D. carrier doesn't travel that way In winter. Illgh winds, It Is believed, blew down the steel lid Im prisoning the bird In its novel winter home. Vertical Lines The only mountain zebra to live ufter being born in captivity. The Ut ile "el low, named for the governor of New York, is shown witli his mother and the keeper of the Bronx zoo. MILLIONS LOCKED UP IN GOLD AND SILVER TROWELS Implements Used at Cornerstone Lay ing and in Turning First Sods Hoarded as Souvenirs. New York. ? What becomes of gold trowels after use at cornerstone lay ings, or of silver picks and shovels after being used to break ground for some new fane or public work? These commemorative tools almost Invariably end up in the archives or strong rooms of the Institutions concerned, where they are carefully preserved, say man ufacturing jewelers in answer to ques tions arising since Mayor Hylan re cently used silver to turn the first earth for a new subway division. Jewelers say these Implements de luxe could scarcely be thrown aside or melted up again, their material and artistic, as well as sentimental value, being too high. A gold trowel, for all It has but a few brief moments of actual use, costs V us much as $1,500, according to the price lists. Silver trowels command $150; silver-plated, $50. A pick or shovel fashioned out of solid silver would stand any committee on opening day arrangements a good $S00; even a plated tool costs $150. Though the metal Itself might be re claimed, jewelers say, not so the art work the best of these souvenirs rep resent. The chased work and engrav ing. the latter giving name3 of dig nitaries and an inscription of the event, reveal workmanship of a high order and would make them prized among collectors. As*proof of sentimental worth, jew elers report that gold trowels used at laying of cornerstones of churches are usually placed afterward with the old communion sets. Sometimes, in cases of establishments which outgrow a llrst expansion and have occasion to solemnize a second cornerstone, the first trowel is used again to relnvoke the blessing It seemed to have be stowed originally. Girl, 19, Walks 450 Miles to Rejoin Her Husband San Francisco.? Walking all the way from Los Angeles to San Francisco, more than 450 miles, to rejoin her hus band of a year. Airs. Mildred Gustav son, nineteen, was arrested here for vagrancy as she was waiting at the dock, scanning every man In uniform who passed. Her husband Is Clifford Gustavson, second-class carpenter's mate aboard the U. S. S. Mississippi. When the young woman told her story to Police Judge Jacks the case waa dismissed and she was commended by the court for her loyalty and con stancy. .Two-Headed Snake Oakland, Cal. ? A milk snake with two distinct heads was caught on Mount Diablo by a cattle herder re cently. The reptile Is on exhibition at the University of California museum. Fort That Has Figured in American History Fort Michllllmacklnac, Invariably clipped to "Mackinac," resulted from Father Marquette's mission established In 1(573 on Point St. Ignace, and La Salle's visit there two years later. The lirst defense, as found by La Salle, was a palisade, and the garri son consisted of Indians. La Salle did much to strengthen this post. La Motte Cadillac also was there and fur ther added to the strength of the fort. Then Detroit swung into the lead as a fur and trading center, and In 1712 the settlement was moved to the south side of the strait, where Mackinaw City stands. There the second l'ort Mackinac was built. It was this fort Charlevoix describes in Vol. II of "A Journal of a Voyage to North Amer ica." This fort was surrendered to the English when France lost out. It was captured l?y Routine's Chlppewaa and Ottawas on King George's birth day (June 4), 1 7<?:t. It was without a garrison for four years. At the begin ning of the Revolution It was strength ened and heavily garrisoned. The Kngiish commander, fearing capture, moved ids forces to the "island ??f Mackinac in November, 177!), where the third fort of that name was built. It was occupied by the British until July, 17o0, but did not figure In the war. It was turned over to the United States in 17!W>. A description of the last Fort Mackinac, as It was In 1880, is found in Uriah Tracy's report on it to Samuel Dexter, secretary of war. It had a garrison of 57 men at the outbreak o. the War of 1812. It was captured by an overwhelming British ! force of soldiers and Indians, and its capture brought many tribes to the British standard. The blockhouse on the hill back of the old fort was built by the British during t lie war. It was surrendered to the United States In July, 1818. Got Out of It Neatly Sir Henry Robertson was an ofllclal of the local government board for Ire j land, and be had been entertained by an old priest who, finding his larder low, had prepared a large pancake an inch thick, swimming In grease, for his ? guest's suppf r. Sir Henry, with re spect for his digestion, slipped it ir.to ! a pocket containing two leather bags, and then mailed one of them at the village post office. Upon finding a con venient ditch in which to deposit tin ? pancake, lie looked in the bag and found It full of papers. lie had mailed the pancake to the oflice of the governme.it board. Presently he re ceived an angry letter from headquar ters, Inquiring for what purpose th:> contents of the pouch were forwarded. "I did not wish to give away my care lessness," s'.iys Sir Henry, "so I head ed my reply, 'Failure of the potato crop ? san. pie of food consumed by small farmers In the west.'" Intelligent Deer Mrs. Delia Austin, postmaster at Fort Kent Mills, Maine, has a pet df-er which she has had since it was a fawn arid it has become thoroughly domesti cated. Not only that, but It shows marked housekeeping abilities. A little nuthouse has been provided for the deer, and it has an electric light which may be turned on with a string. The daor is kept hasped to keep out intruders, but when the Austin deer feels the need of food or shelter it will nose up the hasp, enter, pull on the electric light and proceed contentedly to munch the supply of Aroostook po tatoes which are kept in a box, says the Boston Globe. Remarkable, If True j "Academies," said Robert \V. Cham bers at a dinner In New York, "always bar out the very people they should ; welcome in. Thus the French acad emy barred out Zola, and thus our American academy liars our Dreiser. "The great American painter W'his j-tler, once visited an exhibition of the Royal academy at the Grosvenor gai 1 lories in London. After reviewing a I mile or two of execrable canvasses. Whistler vawned and said: I '"Great men's origins : re always { interesting, but it isn't generally : known that several Royal academi cians actually, began life as artists.'" i Sad, but True Most listeners have remarked the j fact that the broadcaster speaks slow : !y and distinctly at the outset and ! frequently pauses ? ahem ? between ' words. Then suddenly lie changes his pace j and we know that the official in I charge of the station lias nodded to him that his time is almost up and he will bavetogosomelfhewantstogetinail of his scheduled address w ithin the pre scribedtimelimit.? Judge. Airman Kills Antelope George I'omeroy, an airplane mall pilot, who runs between Omaha and Cheyenne, having made good time on the early part of his trip, spotted an antelope from ids high point of van tage while flying over Nebraska anj descending, shot it. He crammed the antelope into his plane and continued his journey, only later to be appre hended and fined $15.") for Ids sport by the game warden at Lincoln. New Uses for Castor Oil Railway chemical engineers havj produced a special lubricant from cas tor oil, which is now being used with great success on the Chinese Eastern railway. It is said to be efficient and economical as a car lubricant. Castor , oil is coming Into extensive use for technical and medicinal purposes. In China it is also used as a food.? Pop ular Science Monthly. \ WEEK Put in aNcU! Set of Champions Next week, more than 95,000 equipment dealers will assist you toward greater motoring economy with a special Champion Spark Plug week. Begin now, with a new set of Cham pions, to give your engine a real chance to deliver its full power, pick-up and efficiency. Champion X for Fords is 60 centj. Dine Box jor all other cars, 75 cents . Champion Spark Plug Company Tolrdo, Ohio CHAMPION DependtibU for Every Engine *??? 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