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IEED COUNTY I TO MIT FIRES .... ? - 4* ? * ? " * ' -*? ? ?*' GOVERNOR URGES COUNTIES TO CO-OPERATE IN FORST FIRE PROBLEM. Raleigh. Counties of North Carolina will he nrged- to co-operate with the State in prevention and Control of forest fires by Governor McLean in a letter whit h was mailed to every county commis sioner in the State. .j This matter of helping the farm era and other owijers'of woodland to increase the value of their property and secure larger revenue from it by protecting it from fire, is very close to my heart." Governor McLean states ? in the letter : " in fact I consider it *>?** of the most vital questions in the State today." The .Governor's- letter follows: ??fjjf. damage resulting .from the devastating forest fires which have recently. occurred in all regions of Mi.r1 h Carolin.f makes i; advisable to carefully review the situation and see if each section, of th?* community i? doing its part to protect our forest lands from this scourge 'The State, with the assistance of; the Federal government, has. through the Department of Conservation and Development, offered, to the counties expert help und financial assistance on a 50-50 hasis in th.' prevention and suppression of forest fires, but too few of the' counties have realized the \;aiue of this help. Instead of prompetly requesting an adequate share of. the fun. is which* are avail able. the tjme of the forestry '.official# ha# in many instances t'een taken up in trying to peratuide the counties i to begin, continue appropriations, to be matched by Stale funds for ibis Important work. "The forest lands . located in your county are owned Ivy the taxpayers; mho contribute to. your county re\e ?pe. Not- only are these tax-payers , entitled to some measure ot protec tion to their property, hut you must realize that the taxable valut of the.i wooded land varies With lUtf value T}t the timber crop which is growing | ujn;n >t. The finances of tht county therefore would be improved and the prosperity of >< ur people ? enhanced ? by' jiou actively taking part in such j opporturt:ti-s 'tor protection which are available. The Stale Forest Ser , nc?- is-aOJtums f?? extend U? co-opera tive protection work to -jdd.r.onai counties bil oniy a '.im.it number . can be helped UBttt* the tNnera; A.? Setnbly make- further provision for "ths work. . . . ? "This matter of helping the farm en and other owners of woodland to;j increase the value of thvir property and secure larger revenue from it by j prot M t :ng it from fire, is ?vrv close <c my heart*, in fact 1 consider ?t . one ot" the Most, vital questions mi the Slate today. Let Ri? urge you to-, take such action as -is possible without delay." .. Fire Prevention Week Cct. 4-10. Governor McLean issued a procla mation celling upon tfc^ people of North Carolina to observe Fire Pre vention Week which ha.s been desig nated for rhe week of October 4 to 10. "The State of North Carolina has for years .led in efforts to reduce fire I waste and its attendant loss of life ) and' property October 4th to 10th | inclusive has been designated as Fire j Prevention Week throughout the United States, axrd I appeal to our Citizenship . who are co familiar with the destruction of fire to become vitally interested in this great econo mic waste. "The fire loss in the United States last year (I91M) was more. than, five hundred am! fifty millions of dollar* with more, than 17. 00?i persons killed and a vastly larger number crippled and maimed for jfife. North Caro- ?. lina > share in t] is loss was more than five million three hundred and twenty thousand dollars, with X43 lives and hundreds o* our people maim ed. It is well Known titat careless, ness and ignorant* of - fire hazard go hand in hand- if . the chief causes Of. our great national bon. fibre." "I. therefore, urge, that the week of October 4th :o i??'h be. set asiue. as Fire Preyent'ioa >Yee.k in accordance with Sectii.n ti; so of Consolidated Statutes, wh kin provides that the Gov ernor of No: tit Carolina shall, each year in October, issue a proclamation urging the ots^pie to a proper obser vance. "During 'h't- week I also urge thst fire drills be held in schools, factor ies. and stores, and that they be con tinued at regular intervals. Notaries Public Commissioned. The fob j wing notaries* public were commiss;pned bv Governor McLean: Miss Ve*a Albert. son. of High Point; P B. Bir ke. of Roseboro:. T. W. Cham bliss. o? Raleigh: Miss Johnnie Gar vin. of Avden : C. T. GHllkin. of More head City; D. K. Helsebeck, of Stone viile: A. E. Jones of Thomas ville; C.: S: Noble, of Winston^Salem ; H. V. Rose, of Smithfieid; Walter -T. Chahff ner. ' of Asheville: .1. A. Thomas, of Charlotte; J. G. Williams, of Liles ville. and Elbert G. Weston, of Wasn- J lngton. ? Gooa cneap Koae Now Great N?*d. Research to provide moderate priced highway which wilt meet the demands of traffic is being carried on by the Highway Research Board of the Na tional Research Council through S-. S. Steinberg, field representative, who is now in North Carolina making a study of the earth roads of the State. Charles M. Vpham. State Highway engineer and director of the Highway Research Board, declares tnat a cheap serviceable road is the most important problem iiow confronting highway engineers. Only 15 per cent of the highways of America are of hard surface construc tion. according to Mr. Steinberg, while the other S."> per cent are roads of cheap construction. Since this is so it is manifestly .impossible to build hard surface roads to all communities and opening up all territory in this country, he declares. By building good moderately priced roads the mileage, for any expediture will be vastly greater than if expen sive bard surface roads are construct ed, he declares. The highway Re search Board is seeking to determine the best moderately priced roads. Mr. Steinberg its Conducting the "Karth Road Investigation" of the board. . "The research work that ha< been done In North Carolina under the direc tion of Mr. Cpham leads the whole country." declared Mr. Steinberg. | More Births in State Than Last Year. I* The number of births in North Car olina continues to grow, while the deaths are on the decrease; This is shown by figures compiled by the state bureau of vita! statistics. The first six months of this year stiow ! ed an increase of births over the same period in 1924. and the comparative figures for the two periods show that ' there were fewer deaths in the state ' during the first half of this year. The bureau's figures show a total of -12.030 births in North Carolina dur ing the first half of 1924 as compared with 42.197 for the same period this year, the' increase' being 167. The deaths during the first six months of 1924 numbered 17.746. | Heaths the first half of this year to- , taled 16.S2S; a decrease over the same period last year of fc.V Of this number of deaths? for both | periods- the bureau estimates. .<1131 j .< 00l? were infants, that is. babies un I der one year. In ot he 3 words, of : tie 42,e:t? oabies born during the . first six months ot 1924. .'l.MOti of t he in are dead f now. ; ?. I f And not less than 25V of t he mothers ; of these 42.l?3o children born during [.the first six months oj* last year have i 'died during the year, the bureau I figures show. j j Pou Makes Second Appeal. George Ro&s Pbu. superintendent of! the State's prison. ..-sued his second 1 letter to the chairmen of the boards !o? county commissioners of the hun dred counties of the State in an effort | "to secure orders for convict clothing j for county convicts which is now be i ing manufactured at the prison. Fall convict clothing for the Wake County prisoners was made at the; State's Prison, and the Wake County j roa t officials state rh.at they are much ! pleased at the saving effected and the quality of workmanship, according to Mr. Pou. Clothing mad.e by the prison | is sold oy the Rosntr Sales Agency, j ? ' Phorlntto , j In his letter to the county otfi Mr. Pon states that there are now convicts at the State's Prison gainfully employed and "unless t prisoners are placed upon a reve producing basis." he declares, prison cannot be self-supporting." Will Teach About North Carolina. That teaching North Carolina is tng to be quite popular in the pt schools this season is indicated by numerous requests for maps and o information about the State rece by the Department of Agriculture ing the past few days. N'ume teachers have applied for copies ol agricultural map distributed by department and of "North Caro ! the Land of Opportunity." ! Tearhers throughout the State s j interested in teaching the rising ! 'e'riition. facts, about North Caro [ with especial emphasis on the St. ? itu r it.-ulfural opportunities.- Howev t number of calls have been rece for anyhing of interest about N . Carolina." ' Cotton Association Wants Crop. State prison directors 'at their n | >n^ in HaHfax couiity on the Tillei j Caledonia farm, will he asked to ; ket the state farm's cotton j through the Co-operative Cu j Growers association with hearit I ters at Raleigh. j The state "will raise from the J fax farms upwards of 400 bales il j promise of today holds. New Corporations. The following certificates of i poration were issued: Amendment to charter of the I sylvania Lumber Company, incre. authorized capital from $10,000 to 000. Highland Realty Company, lotte. with author-zed capital 1 l>(>0 and $2a.00d suhsi-ribed by f Guthery. T. B. E. Spencer. Johr Durham. Juo. C. Shepherd and ] | Southerianu. all of Charlotte. 1. -Lufiiyrtic hirHtthiy exercises .it ?? est . I'Oiiti .\iuu..rv aia<'?*iii\ \\liett .it. mimhI .silent oite minute 111 h<>r.<>r or t lit* victims the Shenandoah. 1!.? (*en. John H. Russell, American hijrh commissioner r<> Hayti, in Wash ington for conference. 3. ? Scene in Shreveport, La., after conflagration that made 1,000 persons homeless ami did $."i<?0.00<f damage. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS Honolulu Flight Aviators Are Found Alive Near Island of Kauai. By EDWARD W. PICKARD WIIKN h??pe for their survival tint! h??en almost ahainlonvd. the live men who coiiiptistfil the crew of the Honolulu llijrlit plane I*N-!t No. 1 were fount! on Thursday iiiVrnoon. afloat on their plane and all well. Capt. .7ohii Kodirers and his four com panions had been at the mercy of the sea for ten days when they were picked up liy the stihiliiarine H 4 fifteen lirjh-s east of the; island o { Kauai. This was considerably outside of I he -/.one previously searched; the plane had drifted about -"<? miles, jia'ssitij: 10 the north of Oahu island on which Honolulu is situated. Ueu tenant < (shorn e. commanding the sub marine that found t he aviators, at ? ?nee iii. titled the naval authorities at i Honolulu, and a later message -aid . tin* erew ard plane were being taken to Naxvjliwiii on Kauai island: The member's of the plane's crew, besides Captain lJodgers. are: Lieut. l!yr?<n .1. Council, assistant pilot; IMttshurgh. I'a. : Skiles N. Pope, avla ri'. n pilot. Jackson. I'a.: William IT. Howl in, aviation chief machinist's i".K?te. Uielmioink Ind. : ? 'tis Stantz. chief radio .in: n. Terre Haute, Ind. C"Mi:KOI?Y is line to get a sound ^ thrashing in Morocco within a short time; according to current dis patches. It may he the Ititliians. against whom the French and Spanish ! forces are starting a great offensive squeeze movement. whose Objective is J Adjir. the capital of Al??:-el- K rim. Or it may he the Spaniards in the west sect Mr. f,?r it is reported that the Hif- j dans' ,hav?? them almost surrounded at Tenia n ami that the capital of the ! Spanish protectorate is in danger of j L Moiwvii and p?rtly to k?*ep the Ital ians from aiding tireat Britain in the Mosul dispute. Sheik Ahmed, the Senussl <-l?i??f. is likely to In* made caliph of Islam amfc leader of a general uprising of Mohammedans against Christian domination. IV the annual assembly of the League of Nations. I'aul l'aln leve. Its honorary chairman and pre mier and war minister of France, made an eloquent plea for world dis armament. urging the delegates of the fifty-four nation? represented to pre pare a Y-all for a conference as soon as the European security pwt and other regional agreements are con cluded. By some this was looked on as another attempt of the ieague to forestall President ('uolldfe's plan to ??all another disarmament conference in Washington, hut Mr. Ooolhige at once let it be known that his chief concern was that such a conference should the held, thaf its place r] if] not matter 'so much, and that he would ) ?vait tot see if there was aifl- chance for the league conference to 'material- I i/e. I'aul .oebe. president of the ?Ier ninn reh'hstag. warmly approved of M. Pain love's suggestion hut siid it did not afce tin- initiative iVoru Prec* dent < '? ijidsc and he believed the crucial trane had coine for the latter to j carry through his plan. Senator I >andnrand ?>f Canada was elected president hf. the league 1" <r the I entitling year. Delegate Zalile of Denmark iiir/c a proposition that if adopted- miirht in crease thi* opposition in Amerii'a to. j adhering to the internal iotyl <:ot:rt of justice. Briefly, he proposed the 'Tea thin of a special, conunittee of con- J i-iliatioii. oilicially iittached to . the world court, to \vhi<rh all states ad hering would he obliged to submit "all disuptes without any exception." That <|imrrei over yet With its rich hard one for the Leas settle. While Foreign! the Mosul vila il wells is a le "f Nations to Minister Tew tik Itushdi l.tey* >>f Thjrkey. now in (ieheva. is pacific i ti\ his talk, the Turks generally are freely predicting war if Mosul is taken from them ahd rit are I is i n< 1 !ltS but ide. ira is ii:ir N*:t; rja ?:n :* ns tins a l"d ?rn ..II ;iir iiP ?!W IM'. -rii ci:ii t :<> isli r?'|>. .(Ndl re iota ?oni l^ls. f>. iskn :usi j.ler vlc rere ni?' hfll an<1 iiar cr.il ?M'.I Cive 1IH ?iut lip To he had been correctly quoted. a neces sary stop preliminary to possible trial | . by an army court. Secretary ?>f fhe Nnvy \V|l,l?ur has tnn<l?* no represen- ) tations to tin* War department on hp- I half nf the navy. He did. however, j reply to one charge made hy MRchelT. ; The secretary said the Shenandoah ! had nor been sent on her western trip in an effort to make up f?>r failure A f the polar flight and the Hawaiian | flight. A western voyage had been j planned months ago. he said, before \ the Hawaiian Might was arranged and about the same time that the Arctic expedition was agreed upon, other ; of the. Mitchell charges were denie<l hy army officials, but the rampant colonel reiterated them, and added. "Jf thp War department doesn't like I the {statements I make, let oflici.afs ! take any disciplinary' action they want." IN THE best of health and thorough- ! ly rested. President fool idee | brought Ids vacation to a close last week and returned to the White House in Washington, which in his absence I had been entirely renovated. Within! a few hours of his arrival he plunged again info the business of running the country, holding a cabinet meeting and faking up. among ? ?r }.?-?- matters the distribution of anthracite coal dur ing the strike, the final preparation of the budget estimates and the selection of an ambassador to Japan. It was rumored that Undersecretary of State j 1 Joseph C. Grew would be offered the ! Tokio post, 'fl'e day he left Swamp syott the President received a visit from Nicholas I.ongworth. speaker of the next house, who told Mr. ('oolidge j it would, be easily possible to pass the 1 tax reduction bill in the house before l f'hristnias. He said it might be pos sible to cut taxes more than $400.<KiO | I N K). jXJKW YORK'S mud-slinging mnvor- j | altv primary campaign is about j ! over, which should be a relief to .the j metropolis, whatever the outcome. The J ! fight bifween Tammany and '.he Ily Ian Hearst combination degenerated in ; to a contest between iSnvenior Smith /.nil Publisher Hearst as to which could say the meanest things about the other and the other's candidate. Last week odds of four to one were offe.cd that Walker would beat Hylan for the Democratic nomination, and there were few If any takers. It is taken for granted that Hvian. if defeated, will run as an independent candidate anil on this largely the Republicans base their expectations of electing ; their nominee, probably Mr. Water I man. CHAIRMAN A ITCH! SON of the in terstate commerce committee has been holding hearings in Chicago on the question of increasing freight j rates on the western railroads,. Fred W. Sargent, president of the Chicago and Northwestern, said the unfor- \ turiare conditions under' which the j western railroads are laboring have a ! direct and depressing relatiwit t?> the ' prosperity of the communities served A reasonable increase in rates will cor reel tiiis situation, producing greater general prosperity. Mark W. Porter, oho of rl.o receiv ers of the i-'hic:igi?. .Milwaukee :ini! St Paul. proposed there be a o per cent increase anil that it< beneln s 1?? pooled among the western roads, ] ] <"h. tries Donnelly. president of the i Northern Pacific, opposed tiiis as "so- j ! dalistic. impossible, unworkable and In effect a long step toward govern- ? ment ownership. However, it was i said Charles Evans Hlghes would sup port the I'otter plan in final argu ments before the fi;!l commission in Washington. DilANTE lost one of her most eml lent statesmen in the death of Rene i Viviani. former premier . He'' was at i the head of the government when the | war broke out In 1014. and a year later | became minister of justice. In li>*r I he accompanied General Joffre to the United States, and In 19'_'1 he came with M. Rrianil to the Washington conference. In which gathering he was an important figure. He was a mod I erate Socialist and an anti-e'erical, I and had much to do with the sep | aration of the church and the state a quarter of a century ngo. M. Vivian! was premier three times and a min ister five times. His ability and his pctriotfstu were of the hig! c?t order. Icy Touch of Death . Not Always Terrible "Thorp ar<j few nien in this world to whom death holds no terror, who can meet it fearlessly and unflinch ingly when not hypnotized hy tin* ex citement that goes with battle," a clergyman "Is report<*d to have said when speaking of the death of Mr. Bryan and tin* sentiments the tireat Coiiiinoiier is said to have held on the subject. Yet history abounds with it* stances of men, who seemed not the least perturbed about the imminence of the < ? ri m Keaper. Take anion? ibe kings alone : Frederick I had his cof fin carried In a few hours before lie die/) and had a grenadier lie down *mL It to see if It was comfortable ;mir then suggested that some pillows be placed at the head. Louis XIII. of France, racked hy pain, suddcnlj^fe straightened up and pave orders that* a section of the St. Penis road * be paved at once. "I don't want my body to be jostled like a bale of hay In those ruts on the funeral procession." lie said. Frederick the <?reat ordered all the docks in the old palace wound, so that there would not be any "fool ish and superstitious people" say that they had stopped when the king died. Napoleon, when his eyes were al ready glazing. calmly turned d"wn the page in "I'lutarch's Lives" he was reading and smilingly questioned when In: should continue the narrative. Wil liam of Mrvnire. mortally wounded and certain "f death, suddenly dropped his head while a reader recited the Twen ty-third psalm. And Kdwfcrd VII of Filmland asked that the Whitechapel hand of the Salvation army come and play as usual tinder his window while he lay dying. And who can count the thousands, unknown and unrecorded, who met death without the slightest tremor of fear? ? Pierre Van 1'aas.n-n. In Atlanta Constitution. > His Inquiry "The c;'fy cotJtK'il got btlSV hl?t Week after 'tic fishing season wits about over* .and ordered barrels fil!?*d with cement located In the middle of the intersections of Proud way. Crand ave nue. Throgmorton and Zizzle sheets, for motorists to drive n round." related Constable Sam T. Slackputter. the faithful guardian of the peace and dig nity of i'ettinia. "Then they had signs painted on >m. tixing the speed nf cars at IS miles an h"iir. Aw. I tell you. otjr progressive little city Is going ahead by leaps and bounds!" "Fh-yah !" returned t'ltv Marshal! flrabbitt ?tf I'ec'weecuddybtsmp, win had 'utile over for a fraternal <-aII. "I'ut !,"'v can them fellers drive 'round and 'round them barrels at that rate of sjieed':" ? Kansas city S;..r. Butter in Coffee "It's ,,dd about folks and their cof fee. !<r.'t it':" remarked a wait:*e?s In a city lintel. "S"iiie dr nk if with ream, s^tiie without. Some :ak> sugar and no cream and smue t .? t:.- both crcam and sugar.. in- ^:ri*?!< amoiin'v Only a few drink It plain and black, one 1 1 : : . n will sip his when 's piping hot. another wants It lukewarm. Fat th" prize eccentricity came to my at tention when a salesman came ;n or dered his coffee an-l asked for nn 'extra piece of butter He put ih# butter in his coffee, waited unri! i: had melted. and then drank it. All folks are finicky about their coffee. ? ??: r this ? >ne was the most finicky in my expe rience." Tree Named for Secretary Iti honor of Secretary of Agriculture William M. Jardine a giant juniper tree, recently discovered in Lognn canyon, near I.ogan. Ftah.- and iflid to be the oldest and largest "ne ot Its kind in the world, has been named Juniper Jardine. The tree Iims a fir cumfervnce of about "_'s feet arid Is asserted by local residents to be the oldest living thitVX with the possible exception of the redwood tree* in Cai ifornia. Secretary Jardine was ["res ent at the naming. which took place at a reunion ?if the class of I'tah Agricultural college, of which he is a member. Talk 600 Years a Day The daily average of local and b-ng dlstance telephone conversations in the Inited States is about ?>' or '_"j.?N*i.oi*".tNK) n year A- a basis for estimating we will assutto That the length of the average c. nv.-rsat i.>n Is t!.\e minutes -it may- no* (..? *o long In *h?" very l:rge c|ti? ?>. V:t it; small . :tie-. at'd In :!:??" country ? !:? ? ri?r- the average ? ?. .;i -. ersa'ion ceet|s ; e minutes. < ?r. ii basis of Om i :??'<? s ' ti v??-::: ?? tali.* r . -ate n wotibl consume .M'.^wK-otui minu'es. -.1 loirs, more th.i-i I'-J-hour ilays or a!.<?;,t IBM' years Thrift Magazine. Measuring Blood Corpuscles The bureau of standards. in Wash ington has attained the tiri?*st :?<" measuring devices ? n mechanism !.y which blood corpuscles are ctiuin ated. The blood corpuscles count^ which has become an increasingly im portant aid in diagnosis and treat ment of diseases, has hitherto been a somewhat inaccurate enterprise. 1 k Odd Sale "Caught On" When the owner of an Indiana store left on bis midsummer vacation last year, the clerk* held what th?y called "the boss Is gone sale," This unconventional name attracted much attention and drew business to the ? tore. ? The Progressive <5ro?*er. Timber Harvest Vast Thirty-seven billion feet of lumber were cut in the United States in 1SC4.
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