THE NEWS-RECORD, MAI3IIALL, N. C.
GOVER;;ons are
INVITED TO SHOW
KENTUCKY GOVERNOR HAS AU
READY ASKED FOR INVI
TATION. 1 '
i ii
Raleigh
Formal Invitation to the Governors
and councils of State of twelve South
ern commonwealths to attend the
"shirt sleeve" road show which begins
In six weeks will be sent out by Gov
ernor Cameron Morrslon immediately,
and more than three thousand invita
tions will be sent by Highway Commis
sioner Frank Page to county and city
engineering authorities.
Unwilling to wait for formal assur
ances that he was to be invited to at
tend the road show, Governor W. J.
Fields, of Kentucky, wrote Mr. Page
last week to inquire if it would be all
right if he came anyhow. Mr. Page
immediately Informed Governor Fields
that Kentucky was on the list, and
the show wouldn't be complete until
he got here. Governor Morrison will
repeat the assurance, and the Blue
Grass executive wlU be one of the
9rst to arrive and the last to leave.
Formal invitations will also be ex
tended to the diplomatic representa
tives of the score, of Latin-American
countries for whose benefit the show
Is being staged under the auspices
of the North Carolina Highway Com
mission and the American Road Build
ers' Association. The engineering de
partments of the several countries
have already made ready for their de
parture for America and will reach
Washington during the coming month.
Plans for the road show are develop
ing satisfactorily. Manufacturers of
road building machinery and others co
operating with the Highway Commis
sion in staging field demonstrations of
all types ot road construction and
maintenance have made arrangements
to install the most modern equipment
on the projects where construction
will be demonstrated? All other de
tails are being worked out by Mr. Page
and Charles M. Upham, business man
ager for the road builders and State
Highway Engineer:
More Cotton Being Planted In N. C.
More cotton is being planted In
North Carolina this year than ever be
fore. It is estimated that the Increase
In acreage will be from five to ten per
cent over last year.
. An increase of about the same per
centage in fertilizer is indicated by re
y ports from various sections of the
State. These reports are from both
aymen ana processionals, mey rep
resent a cross section of opinion but
are not submitted as conclusive Infor
mation on the subject .
Planting Is from ten days to two
weeks late in mst sections of the
State. Wet weather and a backward
spring have been responsible for the
delay. These factors have also result
ed in Inadequate preparation for plant
ing. Labor is scarce and this has help
ed to delay planting also.
Cotton is being planted over a wider
area than ever before. Piedmont and
western counties that have never be
fore gone in for cotton on any consid
erable scale are making preparations
to make a killing this year, if possible.
- Weather In June and July will tell
the story for cotton in North Carolina.
The boll weevil will be in his glory in
' those months. If weather is favorable
for cotton then, a big crop will be
made; if it Is favorable to the boll
weevil a limited crop is expected.
Legion Auxiliary to Do Prison Work.
A new important activity ' of the
American Legion Auxiliary has been
undertaken in the state under the pres
ident Mrs. J. Renwick Wilkes, of
which work .Mrs. D.' B. Desbriere Ir
win is chairman. The veterans serv
ing time In prisons and confined in
county and city Jails will be cared for.
ThlB is in accord with the National
past President, Dr. Kate Baret's report
last year. ':':..--
The Raleigh Post No. 1 Auxiliary on
the occasion of last Armistice Day,
forwarded packages of gifts' to each
of 160 veterans in the State's Prison
camps. These gifts were inexpensive,
consisting of candy, cigarettes, fruit
and cigars, but Included all that was
necessary In the way of expense, time
and effort, unless it be an occasional
visit to a Jail of county or city. , This
originated the work.
Weather Cut Down Completed Road.
Heavy weather during the , most of
March cut down. the production of fin
ished road for the month to 2S.S7
miles, according , to announcement
made at the offices, of the State High
way Commission. The high record
still stands for October, 1923, when 91
miles of road were completed. Some
what better showing is expected for
April, though a' majority of the days
have been to wet for laying concrete.
Forest Conservation Urged.
. Chapel Hill. J.' S.;: Holmes, State
Forester and head of the forestry divis
ion of the North Carolina Geological
and Economic Survey, issued a state
ment here calling attention to procla
mation by President Coolidge designat
ing April 21-17 Forest Protection
Week. v.' ' "-
The co-operation of the Agricultural
Extension Service, civic clubs, wom
en's clubs, and school authorities Is
being sought in an effort to arouse
K rrih Carolinians' to the seriousness
ef tie present, situation.
ULia.i o:j i:.;fekts
Forty-Six Eastern Carolina Counties
Are Making Good 8howlng For
Progress. ' ' .
Klnston. "Within a period of five
ears the 46 counties covered by this
organisation will spend on schools,
roads and public buildings, nearly
$100,000,000,"' is the claim ot Eastern
Carolina Chamber ot Commerce here.
Acordlng to estimates by Newell
Bartlett, manager of the Chamber of
Commerce, improvements ot these
kinds will be authorised by county
and community officials at the rate of
considerably more than a million dol
lars a month during the present half
decade.
School consolidation will be in full
swing shortly, it is believed, and re
placement of antiquated frame struc
tures with modern brick buildings
will call for the expenditure of large
sums. Many handsome schools have
been erected during the past two
years; "they were only the beginning,"
It is claimed. "The one-teacher, school
will soon be a thing of the past," and
the dirt road "Is fast fading Into his
tory." The section's boys and girls
"tor several generations will have the
very best equipment that can be
found in the whole country" in the
way ot educational facilities, and per
fect roads over which to reach the
schools.
Plan Training For Directors.
Greensboro. Three days of inten
sive training for directors of Vaca
tion Bible Schools will be given in
the First Baptist church of this city
April 30 through May 2, under the
auspices of the Baptist State Conven
tion in cooperation with the Baptist
Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tenn
Mrs. Ludia Yates Hlllard, Raleigh, who
is In charge df the elementary work
of the Sunday schosl department of
the Baptist Mission Board and who
has special training in this line of
work, will direct this training school
The entertanment of the guests will be
on the Harvard plan. Rev. O. E. Lee,
Greensboro, chairman of the entertain
ment committee.
Ship Carload of Spinach.
-New Bern. The first carload of
spinach to be shipped out ot this tr
ritory in recent years left here during
the week, according to C. B. Faris,
Craven county agent The car wiir be
sent to a Northern market and is be
ing supplied by six farmers, who will
furnish 600 crates of the produce, the
amount ot the car, it was stated. F.
M. Simmons, Mrs. George Simmons,
L. C. Hadder, W. C. Laughinghouse,
H. A. Patten and William Dunn, Sr.,
are supplying the car.
State Merchants Will Hear Pierce.
Statesvilie. Martin L. Pierce ot
Canton, Ohio, has accepted an invita
tion to address the 22nd annual con
vention ot the North Carolina Mer
chants Association, according to an
nouncement made by J. Paul Leonard,
executive secretary of the Association,
who is just back from Winston-Salem,
where he has been in conference with
W. N. Dixon, president of the State
Association, and J. F. Morris, presi
dent of the Merchants Mutual Fire In
surance Company of North Carolina,
relative to the convention to be held
in Morehead City in June. The regu
lar sessions of the convention, it was
decided, will be held on the regular
dates fixed by the by-laws, which will
be Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday,
June 17, 18 and 19.
Officer Shot Trying to Stop Row.
Hendersonvllle. Policeman Jesse
Maxwell is in a critical condition in
the hospital here wth a pistol shot
wound in his back and policeman Gas
ton Freeman is suffering from a blow
on the head with a club, as the result
of a shooting affray growing out of
free-for-all fight at a negro church
here. ,
Chris Pilgrim and James Pilgrim,
two negroes alleged to have figured in
the shooting and to have inflicted the
wound which may prove fatal to po
liceman Maxwell, are held without
bond in the Henedrson county jail.
The police were called to restore
order in a negro church meeting in
the west end section of Henderson
vllle. The meeting had been called
for the purpose of ejecting the pastor,
it is said, and the fight among tactions
transcended words.
' Officers Seize Much Liquor.
High Point. One hundred any elgh
- eallona of corn whiskey and a 1923
ty
model Hudson touring car were seized
by Prohibition Agents McGhe, Ken
nedy and Moore, all of High Point,
after an excitinz thltrv-mile chase In
which their car, a bigh-peed Packard,
was driven at tne rate or oa to ou
miles an hour. ' '
The driver escaped, but the auto
mobile and its liquor cargo were
hroucht to Hleh Point where they
will be held pending disposition by
the federal -authorities.
v Irish Potatoes In LaQrange.
Klnston. First Irish potatoes of the
season have been dug in the LaGrange
section according to a report from
that town. The crop will be heavy in
some districts surrounding this city.
The corn acreage will beisllghtly in
creased over last year's, it is estimat
ed. Farmers plan a cotton production
about equal to that of 1923. Warned
by tobacconist in all localities in the
belt not to Increase the acreage derot.
ed to the weed crop, plantation own!
era are holding dow nto last year!
Dlantinn. - ,
wmmm
Pershing Writing a
rapidly that the traces of war will soon
general good humoredly refused to
war In Europe or to guess whether
turned to America by that time.
Genera! Pershing took occasion
LsimM, ..-i
about the upkeep of cemeteries of the A. E. F. in Europe. He declares tne
cemeteries are being satisfactorily attended to and will be in good condition
by Memorial day. "Trees -will not grow overnight" he said. Only the ceme
tery at Romagne Is behind the others, the general says, and that is because
the roadbullding there Is not yet finished.
Barry Tells Stories of Capital life
Observing visitors to the capltol
note at the right hand and a little in
front ef the vice president as he pre
sides over the United States senate a
smallish, neatly groomed, mustacbed
man, with penetrating eyes. He is the
senatorial sergeant-at-arms, and while
he is sitting there on the dais be offi
cially represents "the power and dig
nity of the United States senate" al
though there are people nowadays who
think it has little of either.
As senate page, as newspaper cor
respondent and as sergeant-at-arms
this man has been nearly half a cen
tury on the Washington scene. His
name is David S. Barry, and be came
as a boy from' the Michigan town of
Monroe, near Detroit He must be
about sixty-five years old. He looks
like a man who couM tell a lot If
he would.
Well, Mr. Barry has written a
book, "Forty Years at Washington."
He has told many interesting things,
Mr. Barry was correspondent of
papers, and bis memoirs cover the period
a brilllunt chapter to the Hayes-Tilden
awhile to plunge the country into another civil war. ,
Columbia Dean Takes Daugherty's Place
Mr. Stone is a native of Chesterfield, N. H. He was admitted to the bar
in New York city in 1898 and the following year he undertook his work as in
structor of law at Columbia. He has
for a year and his resignation as dean
his confirmation by the senate. Ever
has had an active law practice, with much success. He Is also a director of a'
railroad company and of several other
Ladd, Chairman of
Senator Edwin Freemont Ladd of
North Dakota has been the chairman
of the senate committee investigating
the oil leases since the resignation of
Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin, because
of 111 health. His well-fed and com
fortable look Is a good, advertisement
of his ability as a chemist agricultur
alist and food expert For a Repub
lican from North Dakota, with a Non
partisan endorsement, he looks sur
prisingly mild mild enough to offset
the fierceness of his fellow-member, -
Senator Walsh-of Montana.
Senator Ladd was born In Maine,
in 1859 and was educated at the Uni
versity of Maine. Ha arrived in North
Dakota, by way of New York in 1890,
becoming professor of chemistry at
the agricultural college and chemist
of the experiment station at Fargo,
in 1918 he became president of tie
college. He has been food commis
sioner for the state and head of the
regulatory department for twenty reurt
ministrator for the state during the
titid and putled the Sanitary I"
Md
Book on World War
Gen. John J. Pershing is writing
a book on the World war. It will not
be published until after be retires.
That being the case, perhaps he In
tends to talk plainly. Anyway, he
returned, the other day, from a six-
months' visit to Europe, with material
for his book, and was saluted with 17
guns as he passed Governor's Island
on the United States liner George
Washington.
His book will be published after
he, retires, in September. Meantime,
the genera! i refuses to say whether It
will be an Impersonal history of the
part America played In the war, or his
personal experience as commanding
general of the American Expeditionary
Forces.
While he was in Europe during
the past months Genera! Pershing had
conversations with Marshals Joffre and
Foch and revisited the battlefields. He
says everything Is being reclaimed so
be obliterated in many places. The
estimate how soon there will be another
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll will have re
personally to Investigate the complaints
though by no means all he could tell.
the New York Sun and numerous other
from Hayes to Harding. He devotes
controversy, one that threatened for
Harlan Flske Stone of New York
Is the new attorney general of the
United States, succeeding Harry M.
Daugherty, resigned. The President
selected Mr. Stone because he has
known him for thirty fears and has
confidence In him ; because be regards
the New York man as possessing the
.desired qualities of thorough legal
knowledge and administrative ca
pacity, and because he looks upon the
Columbia dean as a . "$100,000 man
willing for patriotic reasons to accept
a $12,000 job." Mr. Stone received
his degree at Amherst one year later
than the President At college he
played football and was class orator.
Nowadays he's an enthusiastic fisher
man. He is a Republican, but has
never been active in politics. : His fam
ily consists of his wife and wo sons,
one an Instructor at Harvard uni
versity and tht other a student at the
same school. ' ; -
been on leave of absence from Columbia
of the law school became effective upon
since his admission to the bar Mr. Stone
corporations. ;
Senate Oil Sleuths
or more. Ee was tie f 1 food ad
Vs.. J war. Moreover, far Evt yean tt
and tie Forth CJXota Firmer. r
t
feliMdlOOl
T Lesson ,T
(By KSSV. P. B. PITZWATSR, D.D., Teach
, ei soman Bible la tat Moony Bible usu-
, tuts 01 cbhiioj
f B 1114, Wmihi Newspaper Unloa.)
Lett on for May 4
, ASSYRIAN EXILE OP ISRAEL
LESSON TEXT II Kings 17:1-11
r nni.ncN TftXT "1 will dalla-ht n
self in Thy statutes: I will not forget
Tny wara. re. iiw.iv.
PRIMARY TOPIC How a Little Olrl
Helped a Greet Soldier.
JUNIOR TOPIC Israel Driven Into
Exile.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOP
TP A Nation Punlahed for Its Sine.
TOUNQ PEOPLE AND ADULT TOP.
10 Lessons From Israels uownrau.
I. Israel Taken Into Captivity W.
1-6).
This was in fulfillment of that which
Amos had predicted in the days. of
Jeroboam n at a time when the nation
was at the 'height of Its prosperity,
The northern kingdom was ruled by
nineteen kings, all of whom were
wicked. Their wickedness was not be
cause of lack of information or op
portunity but In spite of It ' God
promised the first king His blessing
If he would be loyal to Him. Jero
boam departed from God and the apos
tasy thus begun continued downward
to the end. In the reign of Hoshea,
the last king, the king of Assyria came
and besieged Samaria and carried tht
children of Israel captive to Assyria,
from which they never returned.
. II. The 81ns Which Cause Their
Doom (vv. 7-18). -
1. Conformed to tht Ways of the
Heathen (vv.7-9). God had command
ed them not to follow in tht ways of
the heathen, but these Israelites, In
stead of maintaining lives of sepa
ration, secretly did that which was
displeasing to God Secret sins, as
surely as open sins, bring ruin, for all
things are naked and open to Him
with whom we havt to do. The Ont
who visits Judgment upon tht sinner
knows all things.
2. Serve Idols (tt. 10-17). They not
only compromised by "walking in the
statutes of the heathen," but wor
shiped their gods. It was a short
step from following In the statutes of
the heathen to worshiping their gods.
Before they worshiped Idols they cast
off the true God Indeed Idolatry came
Into the world because the race did
not wish to retain God in Its affections
(Romans 1:21-23).' Idolatry did not
come In through Ignorance but through
willful perverseness. People- today
worshiping false gods have first cast
off tht authority of tht living God.
Man Is a religions being. When be
ceases to worship tht true God ht
worships other gods. "
8. They Were Rebellious (vv. 13-15).
God by his prophets has said nnto
them, Turn ye from your evil ways,
and keep my commandments," but
they stubbornly -refused His testimony,
even rejected His statutes. God In
love tried to save them. Ht sent some
of the noblest and best prophets who
ever spoke to men to persuade them
to turn from their sins, such as Eli
jah and Elisha, but they -stiffened
their necks and plunged deeper Into
wickedness. This they did in defiance
of God.
4. Caused Their Sons and Daughters
to Pass Through Fire ( 17). This
was the dreadful Molech worship, the
most cruel rite of heathen worship. It
was done by kindling a firt in a hol
low metal Image until Its arms were
red hot and placing live children there
in to be bprned to death. This was
the depth to which the Israelites bad
sunk,
S. Resorted to Magical Practices
(v. 17). When faith in tht true God
wanes men always turn to the magical
arts. In this way the Israelites sold
themselves to evil In the sight of the
Lord and provoked Him to anger.
III. The Judgment Falls (v. 18).
At this stage of the drama the cur
tain dropped God could not be Inactive-longer..;?
,
L God Was Very Angry. His anger
la not, raving fury but-the revulsion
of His holy nature against sin. : God
cannot tolerate sin In His presence.
His wrath must strike. Though He
waits long, the debt must be paid and
that always with compound interest
There Is only one way to escape God's
wrath; that is to turn. from sin, unto
God through Jesus Christ ; . V
2. Remove Them Out of His Sight
The land of Palestine Is regarded as
the land of God's sight that is, the
place of His manifested presence.
These, people are still scattered
among the nations and as a political
organization they .- will never return
to their land , The Judgment was se
vere, but not more so than the sins
merited God had waited long. The
despising of His grace - eventually
works ruin. Therefore, what Judgment
must fall upon the people who In the
light of this day reject His grace and
His mercy. . ' .. . ' .
-Practical Christianity
"Go," never spells "Stay." Wt need
more religion in the s-o-l-t, as well as
In the soul a -walking as well as a
talking religion. The trouble is not
so much with non-church-golng masses,
as the non-going church. We need
not only a lookout committee but a
"Go-out" committee. H. Q. Olbbud,
'A Christian
A Christian is ont who follows
Christ but la a Itadar of men. Chris-
Can Herald. :.
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Child's .lixatb o. J
"California 'Fig Syrup" .
Hurry Mother I Even a bilious, con- '
ipated, feverish child loves the pleas
ant taste of "California Fig Syrup" and
It never falls to open tht bowels. A
tea spoonful today may prevent a sick
child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali
fornia Fig Syrnp" which has directional
for babies and children of all ages
printed on bottle. Mother I You must
say "California" or you may get an
Imitation fig syrnp. . .
Willing to Squar It
Most was equipped with rod and
basket when he bumped right Into the
parson, the latter being headed for -
church. '. ' - "
"Where to, MoseT" asked the good
man gently.
"Well, parson, to tell the troof, I'm
going fishing." "
"Now, Mose, don't jour conscience
hurt youT".
"Yea, It do. If I has any luck m
leave you a nice mess of fish." At
lanta Constitution.
Ceaellaallea a-eneralhr Indleatee disordered)
etomaee, llrar and bowel. Wrleht'e Indies
Vecatable Pllle restore reselarHr witnovt
Srtplns. ITS Pearl St., N. T. Adv.
' Bright a
"Hubby.'yon must wash tht car and
the dogT" "Suppose I wash the car
with the dogr . ,
The web bf your life Is of a min
gled yarn, good and 111 together.
II u
Lift Off-No Pain!
Doesn't hurt ont bit! Drop a little
"Freezone" on an aching corn, instant
ly that corn stops hurting, then short
ly you lift it -right off with finger.
Your druggist sells a tiny bottle of
Treeione" for a few cents, sufficient to
remove every hard corn,' soft corn, or
corn between the toes, and tht foot'
calluses, without soreness or Irritation.
flllPV CI V Ifll I CD PLACED ANTWHKBB
UMI4I I LI MIVLII
ATTRACTS AND KILLS
7TT
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Ui ruu, . pen,
clM(BaMatai,oo-
it, ehaap. Lett
on. Med of
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ml. out dIU er
tlpnr: will not Mil
or IntaN anTthln.
Gowmntood ffoatin.
Hm-i.. Bv. , i. mm 1 u Am Brokij, M. X.
Monet back without qneetkm
If HUNT'S SALVE fails in the
treatment of ITCH. ECZEMA,
BINOWORH.TSTTEE or other
Itching skla diseases. Price
Tte at drngffista, or direct from
II. Itterei IheWn Cs. lkenMS,1ea
TOL1ATO PLANTS
arilsne, Stan, Had Borfc, Bonnl Bast. Faml post
amid, 100. Me: 800. Tk; tut. 11.00; 1,000. KM. Chwses
olloet, 1.000, tl 00; I.MO. 14.10; 10,000, 18.00. IWnrtatios
of Csbbaa, two of Ltftueo, thno of CoNord, Banaods
Oslo. Kata, BtomIi BpronU. Beot, Kohl-RaM sluts
Sum pries. Pepper plants: Ruby ItlaeY PlaUenta. To
baaao. Era Dlanta: New YoritlmDi-ovad. PareelDoatDafd
-X, Ue; . 2Ges 100. 40e: , tl 00; But. tl M; 1,000, f.2:
I.Oodop.l tt.00. r.OTS. 8mim.rrill-tw for tl.lt; 1.00
BP St 11.71; 1,000 00 at tl. K. Satiafaetloa gnsrsotssd.
D. F. JAMISON. SUMMERVIIXI, S. C
Ciear'ilioFores
Ot Impurities With
e,ein, T.L-wi eolj Tor Ktiis
Genuine' Improved Nancy Hall and ,
: Porto Rico Potato Plants ,
GoYemment-lnapectad end chemically treat
ed, from a very prolific variety, producinr
four hundred thirty-three buahele per sore .
last year, name crown from No. 1 potatoes)
from this selection at 11.00 oer thousand.
Other plants of sams yarlety No, 1 potatoes.
11. Jt per thousand. Orders can be filled
day received . ,
VICTOR DKKH, ALMA, OA.
y to enroll now for the spriux term. .
Charlotte Barber College, Charlotte, fl C ,
riant Sweet Potatoes la All Vacant Land
sna back yards, uenulns Improved Nancy
Hall and Porto Moo Potato Plants; sov't
Inspected, chemloally treated. II 10 per LAOS.
prsp'd. Orders shipped day ree'd durlns (row-
las ssasoa. victor riant Co., Kocains-nam, ua.
Sasaklns- Tohaecs Ahsolatchr Fresh. Bast
Kentucky hurley, granulated. Special offer oa '
resulsr Ifie can 1 1 cans for II, postsss psld.
Satisfaction snarsnteed. Writs aamov plainly.
a-arsd A bu-unlHi lob. Cs.. Cevinauas, sty.
W. N. U CHARLOTTE, NO. 18-182.
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