North Carolina Newspapers

THE DUNN i 1 • l ' 0L* 1,1 Dunn, >. C. Julj.Mli, 1U1 «> ,310, f IHL rOLUTIl IN MCaN 'i l»o .Kind* of JVipIv tjAn for the \nnual ( i L‘l»r:i«.oa- '.ho I'lradv Aw Evrellnil On*— i 'onlctdant* ll cihr Hum!red* of Duilark Worth c»l Crimea. Vho Fr*ui h of July won celebrated in Dunn in n wry fuiinj* manner. The event \\ hj, h is an aonuut one * kvhil»* the crowd was not as great as v*n« hofM il for, »h« •'•joyed by a I iiumhll* variously e-tinuitcd from * thiv*' to Mvc thousand people from! Harnett * .1 otacr com'!««•». The |>on.<jc wa> «n intevei-ling fen*! bur of th« w o*iun. I' w.i* foi itjc'I n‘. tort o'clock by i hit l Marshal Her * 'u and hi* n**j.-»latitM. -*d , hemM by the Uur.n |(iu«n i;jnd and til' boy Sroutm, m.v.c'hp'J thiuash th«.* i nnrapal street* of Utc towu. There " .r» (touts, built aud decorated es I 1 -cially for the even'; automobile* decorated; cs;tF Uit.md by (ionica . jrauls and most every .onceivable motive power; vehicle* of every <lc utiptiofi; u*hi’ie«> l.\ the thousands • f people here they made a jam ant ' * ! worthy of the r.umc. In the foi cnoon cmdr*t* foi prises ♦ taiiUK were held on Lucknow; I jw.di\ Ip the uftei noon ihure were I ifiiUal* in Dancing. Uatijo picking, j .easy pole, climbing, (VI-Uiuk. Mug.; i g~-in nil of " hivh valuable prise*! i awarded. Iwc wnirt of oukclisll were play id with Duke the n»fa»rt of which nil bo found ir. another place. Thu «.«> WHS a MtrttUeUA one lor the ndilvnu ami the bv>ine*« life of ihc town, how* vet, thv* older wan ex cellent. The winner*' of the several prem*. .i.itj fnllnur L'.-et pair of Mules H. V. Lewi*. Sucund Got pair of Mules -Archie j. n.igan. I bird bed pair of Mules—W. J. Wood. Fotiebl Mule in the parade -Char* he William*. Best ttpflc horue and harness • Bud Jackson. m Fat toot Milk Cow In parade—R. A. TcaraalL Best mounted marshal—Mias Jio« n.tu Crockett. Second Iks*t mounted (marshal— Miss W**>*i.*) Buttle. Itcst lorkn.fr hoi -* in puirtoo - Kathleen JcfTiie*. Best decorated float— Goldstein t ompsnjr. Hot decorated automobile float— l' a:-»a|l Kh‘cl»ic Company. Ib-M dfeui ulcd automobile—W. D. .11 >uge. 11'*at decorated Ford automobile- - M. Ruurell. Rml 1««ly automobile drivcT—Mias Ka Pearson. Heat decorate*! bicycle—G. M. Tilghman, Jr., Second l»e*.t decorated bicycle * mas Hood. Best decorated pony — Rosalie Goldstein. Second he*t docorated pony—Jno L. Thompson, Jr. D.V, singing rluHi*-—Pleasant Grove school,' Marion Fanis, Manager. Second bert singing class— Savan* rah Hill, Nathan B. Barefoot, Man ager. Third beat singing class- Shady Grave, (’hathum West, Manager. Fouith beat tinging cl a as—Long Honch, Frank Beasley. Manager. Banjo content—M. F. HowU, Dur f n. K. c. K ddler’s contest—Ottie Wan). Bert Stalk of cotton—J. A. Holt Beat stalk of corn—0. 51. Bam h II. IWt clou dancer—L. D. Jackaon Climbing greasy pole—Wm Byrd i . Prettiest Girl—Miss Maym# War ren. Fattcat Baby—Chilli of 3. F. Greg ory. O'dest Man—J. C. William*. Oldcat I sidy—F.lisalwUi Lucas. largest Family—B. W. Williama Raeaa. riO yard Bash—First, Rdgar Ray r< ; Second, Ilarrey Barefoot. IHO-ynrd dnsh—Pint, £dg*r Roy p- r; Rccom!, Harvey Barefoot; third, Kl nor Wilkin*. Shoe Baca—Edgar Raynor. mrs. nrmn gkprn gkad N>w York Bulletin. July 1c-Mn Prtllc Qrecn. said to be the wealth iest woman In the world, died at Hot home hare today. She had 3 stroke* of paralysis dur hg the past two month*, and. f»i several week* WSJ prortirally help le««. 8h« WHS 80 year* old. Foi several weeks past Mr*. Green had been unable to walk, and been prac Really all the time In a Wheel rhair Her son. Col. Green, and daughter Mr*. Wilke*, who were the only chil dren hod been with her much of Uir Umc, and It was recsntly reported that Mrs. Green had turned awry al financial affair* to her ion, Charles VANDERBILT INN To UK THE | NAMB OF OVKUHiLLS HOTEL Td Coats in 200 Rosim and be C«a plrted by November L 1017. Greensboro, N. IX, July 4.—Upoj U»e return of Mr. J. P. Jordan, one of the promoters, from several weeks! striy in Now York, It is announced Unit the Overhills hotel development on the Atlaatic Coast Line between Fayetteville and Hanford is now as Mired. The fact Uut the house ia to bo called Vanderbilt Inn, and that it Is I to be run in connection with and un der the management ef the Vander hilt Hotel, New York, moans succors! fur the enterprise from the very t>c -"'"inK. as the New York hotel ran (ill the place at Ovurhills with gilcsUF from its own clientele alone. The plans are being drawn by the, famous architrcG, Warren A Wel l more, who butJt the Belmont. Van.! ilerblh. RH>-Carlton. Plaaa and Bill-1 more hotels and the Grand Central! station. New York, and the the an' ihileclv of the Timas Square hotel,' now building, at a coat of (2,000,000. Vanderbilt Inn is to open Novem-' le*r l, 1S17. Two hundred room* 'Till be constructed, with kitchen and dining room Urge enough for 200 more rooms, to be added later. Among those interested with Mr Jortlnn in this enterprise are B. N. Duke. George W. Watts, Rverit Ma cy Frank R. Chambers, Harry P. • Shedd. A. Monell and Crawford Liv ingston. of New York; J. B. Cobb .ord K J. Reynolds. PL'QUAY SOCIETY Kuquay Spring*, July 3.—Mr*. W. S. Ragvdal* entertained the Embroi • , diTy Club Priday afternoon. A **l-, ail I'ourae fid V»w**l by an ice course was k< rved. Mlaa Nanry Parmer of Nruae Per ry. Va.. and Mlaa Katie Maynard of Morrlaville are yueeta of Mra. J. D. Lae. Mra R. R. Aiken haa returned to her home here after a visit to her father, B. Nooe, In PtUaboro. M - - - - - - Mix M. H. Mdadowa, who continuee quite In. Mra. A. L Check of Saxapahaw ia vixitiny her ton, Dr. C. E. Cheek. Mr*. Perl Bradshaw of Roxboro ia vianiny Mm. J. D. K. Richmond. Dr. Noah Thornton of Elberton, Ga. la the yueat of relative* and frienda her*. Mra. J. R. Edwards ia viaitiny her mother, Mra. Rarkcr. in Apex. MUf Hattie Sauia of Corinth ia the yueat of Miaa I.ula Kuquay. Mlaa Annie Suddith of Gliulya, Va. ia the yueat of her aiatcr, Mra, C H. Rcavea. Fifty Thousand Militiamen Now in Mohilliation Caw pa. Approximately 50,000 National Guaidamen from the States in thu Department of the East are now in mobilisation camp* awaiting order* and squipment, Major General Wood announced. It ia expected, he said, that $35,000 from his department would be in the field by the end of the week. Already at the border or' on their way, then are 24,028 State troops. These men are divided by State* ■■ follow*: New York 6,643; MannachuictU 3,437; New Jersey 4, 05C; Pennaylvani* 3,398; Connecti cut 2.221; Maryland 1,166; Maine \r 029; Vermont 888; Rhode Island 181. Movement* of militia units will be much slower from now on, Ceneral | Wood said, but be announced that | the remainder of New York’s caval ry contingent would be sent South at once. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following doedi have been HI eti for re flit ration la the office of Register of Deeds line* our lent is eue: O«o. E. Prince and wife to Aioneo Parrleh, 8 14-100 aeraa in Avaras l*oro townehip; conaideration, $825. F. D. Byrd to Kate H. McNeill Byrd, M 1-4 aerea In Stewart'a Creek townehip; consideration, $2440. H. M. Speer, to R. E. Mark., 54 acres in Andereos’e Creek township; consideration, $100. S. D. Stone and wife t« J. J. Lane, 1-2 Ut No. | according to plan of Dunn; consideration, $1000. Archie Smith to Willie J. Smith, W 1-S acres In Upper Utile River township; consideration, $M. A. c. lawrjr end wife to Q. A. Wood and Rena Wood. 1-2 lot F. N according to plan of Dunn; conoid ! • ration, $4.00. I R X. Marks, mortgagee, to H. M. I H|'-*r», $4 acres In Andernoa's Creak lownakip; coeeidoration, $144.—Har nett Poet. Mr. K. W. TUrrU, of Wendell, who Is pleasantly remembered here, spent ' the fourth of July la the dty. Agid Woman l'*w«r* Away. j Monday morning, July 3. at :i;au o'clock, Mr*. t'arriv Grantham, wid ow of the lute M. K. Grantham, posa «d peacefully away at her hums m Smillilield ut the age of 7C y*sar*. She survived her builatMl about J!i' years, Mrs. Grantham hail been in failing' health for quite a while und fur sometime those closest to her saw that the end was approaching. Last week nhc s.iffcii-d a breakdown n *d gradually grew weaker until the tiled , ami patient *<rul broke forth from it* tenement of day and ascended to W Maker in the early morning of Monday. The deceased was the mother of! thirteen children, eleven of whom survive her. Of these alt were pres ! ent when the end came except two, klr. law Grantham, of Clark*. Lou isiana, and Mr. Irving Grantham, of I.uinbcrtun, N. C., who strived ye»-| terday and was present at the fun-| end yesterday afternoon. The funeral service was held at I the home yesterday afternoon at 4:30, rundm l*d by her pastor. Rev. R. B. John, assisted by Rev. T. II. Spence, of the Presbyterian church The rsmsint were accompanied to th«r last rest in place by a largel concourse of sorrowing relatives! and friends. The pall-bearers were. Messrs. W. 8. Steven*, T. K. Hood, d. ( . Turnape, !!_ 3 Ldmun.itsou, V. H. Brook*, bam T. Honeycutt. W. Il.j Austin ard J. D Spiera. The floral offerings were many axul beautiful showing the great esteem in which Mr*. Grauthnm was helik ono icvri rignt son* an«l three daughterx, as follows: Messrs. N. if Kd. D. nnd Waller Grantham, of Smhbfl.-ld; Geo. K. and Will H. Grantham, of Dunn; Hiram Gran-I tham. of Heal Spring*; Irving Gran-I tham. of Lumber-ton. and law Gran, ninghnm. Mr.. F. II. Parruh a)|l| Mi»» Alice Grantham, of Smithileld lhaiide* she leaves 2<J grandchildren and three groat grandchildren. The" deceased had been a member of the Methodist churrh aioeo her youth and faithful in her devotion to tha Master's qausa through bar an-j WdtW'WtJBViliJ We was a benediction in her home and in the community and the ra diance of her happy Christian life Diine even in th. Uve* of those yet] unborn. Sympathetic and kind, ten der and true, she went about quid-! ly doing good, and th# fiag.ancr of her sarthly life ascends a* a awoet incense to tha Father's throne in heaven—Smithfield Herald. No Laager a One-Many Parly. If Mr. Roosevelt evsr imagined' that *>e could deliver tha Progressive vote to Mr. Hughes, hr had 'a wholly mistaken notion of his personal hold on the pony that he deserted. If. following th# Chicago Conventions »he emissaries of Mr. Ilnghss were led into believing that the Colonel carried the Progressive party aim it with him in his pocket, they were also grossly deceived Not all Progressives are as ready to shift their ground or shed theii principles as the .Repablicgn-Progrcs-' Dve-Republican leader whose trump, e* never called a retreat. In Indi ana the Porgresslvc State Centra committee U preparing, in conjunc tion with other Stale committees, to call another National convention of the Progressive party lo name a1 Prseidentlal candidate. In Kansas and other Western Roosevelt strongholds, leading Pro gressive! refute to be accomplices to the hetruyal of their party. In Kings county tha Progreaxivaa re ject resolution* indorsing Mr. Hughes declare that they wtll exercise their individual judgment in supporting candidates and revile their lost lead rr. There 1* a Mr# end active Progrer aive party that hai parted company with Colonel Roosevelt in hk new political wandering* and remains ataadfaat in ita conviction that the Republican party u what <l vena In 1912. It will ha heard rrom be-| tween now and election day and on November 7. it I* no longer a one. man party or (me man'* political property—New York World. I Every Pall In the cotton Stator, we Anger lomelhlng like a bil’ion denari In cold re eh. When the cot ton k good, debt* are paid up, tra i it brisk, the baak* are briny, <Hvu dendi arc big, end everybody fee’* pro* per on • and chert y. Rut It k >n ly a kind of fox-fire proeperlty. Verily, It would teem that only chil dren could be fooled by R. Perma nent farm proeperlty can heraekonoa only In term* of accumulated wealth It raanot be estimated In mop to tali however mormonr, Urvlrem't/ Mew* Letter. Mr*. J. J. Lane ha* returned from a vixlt to reiatlree at WUaen. Sill HIVING at i;OUK OAKS * L. h. J'lkiwon StMti T»« Nmr*oi Aod lx HiliaMf SKol •-—•* ’* i’ on i Ou|t, Judb —A scrimn lIioo.h g affray took* place here th.i n.u tii« g whm L. ^ Johnto*., a young wh*tc non employ*^ by bn-t ion fore nm i W. J. Hukcr, ofcot Dave am » <• iu fcinynnr, coign*!, section h*ivt< v> . ki;g lor »S(c‘Jb© Foi'vniun T. E a.dkjii:*.. *• TIim two crcwi been working I'oi Uo¥^ .throe day* put SiiiK in a spur t.-jefc for the Fotu Onk.H plant. Ok yesterday John, wu's tiiotbr mgyl in a friendly usslo wi'h Ocm #rfs> Qir, uherrup. on f.. II. Johi sUf ^rwurksi': “You ought to b# nfhcijtf4.of yourself, tas* • In g ***h a n'ffkAF** Dai* Jfaynor who is <]uiie a took il up and cl* wed Jehnson s rv< i-ything h' cooki think of. ml" morning when ih** hand* met ulpt^e section house Johnson display 1 culibic re pealing lift* a a retraction fmm Dave Mayi lb- abuse of the day ln/orc, ljx>n Dave and Oeai idnynor ugly look ing gu.v and 1 ln*r at John »**»%. o-'t bullet , him in the U paw ng thi i\ lodging i*: Die other Jc*. opened Are on the negroes, ing wound \ fr»*in urh eh i‘ iderod very doubt/ jl as to ithor of them will r ••cover. fimh nyraps felt for John, .•or. be*. 0- be h ang n>an of good character s, never bo (one l>* -ng in *utdo of any kind, nknlc the » are known as troobl—Old lers. DidmrvaimU Dur »•« *0.—Dur ing May J91C, Railway Company labor, mate rial. supplies purpose* »«i 261.914.09. IMU.476.04 or lift.47 pse paid to Indi viduals and in tbs boulb. Vad* by the Company iu the South was ixcou of tbs total oy tbs South for purpose*, according to lavras announced tcxl.' V by Comptroller A. H. Plant, showing ihc rsMilta of operation of the Com pni.y fm tha month of May 1910, unj lor the puriod of eleven montJLa, end cd Mnv 41. 1910^ compared with the value mo.uli and period in 1916 ami 19,4 exclusive o^ mtareat, rental* and other income rhargex The cem pitrixon with 1914 is made for the iea»on thut in lllft- the efTect *.? bUxineex deprtaaism was IwflrcteJ thiouh the reveneea of the rompany. Gross revenue, May 191G, *d’01. 274, an increase at compared with 1916 of 114144443 or 27.34 per cent, iilu! ns compared with 1914 of $64l>, 436 or 1149 per cent. Operating ex peases and uiucUk tilde railway revenues. May 1614 64.239.461, an ioc case OS Compared with 1916 of $6Ct>M:, or 18.44 pci ccr.t unn a decrease as comparer with 1014 of 6426.461 of 0.12 per cent. In addition to the- foregoing opo. rating c»pe-sca, tha Company apeni ■n May 1916, for improvements It its roadway and structures 6786, 231.63 a* against 1711)47442 during 31 ay 1916 and '$276414-88 during May 1914. Coin-uondinu reunite fur the II monthV periods it« n» follows; (jrars revenue this year £04,310, •*i61. »n iurreaa* as compared wilt 1916 of *45.803,00* or 11.0ft pc. cent u"d n decrease a* compared wilt 1014 of $1,109.04* rr 1.83 pm cent Opera tiny Kxpenar*, taxes and un mllcctilile railway revenue* thi* yeai * 14.1181X01, a dodcaer as compare, wdh 1915 of fSUXJO or 0.47 |>ei cent, aril as rompn.ed with 1914 oi *4.<>9t>.OIO or 10 00 per cent. In addition to the foregoing oprr ni.ng expenses, the Company tpen during the eleven month* thi* ycu for improvement* to it* roadway nm etrartu.es $7X43.048.73. «* ngntn* “8,441.210 05 during the same pern* in 1014. SOUTHKI4\ MAT SPEND $3,004300 ON BRIDGE! SlHtcevlll*. July 4—Cenerrte re Inforrnm.'nl wo.k, whlrk l* being l»* gun at various Points along tb Southrrp Railway between States ville aid Riltmere. means nn expen dlturr tor ihr rnPrond company o posaM.ly Ihrr* million dollars. The ic-lnforrentent of th* bridge is in preparation .for heavier truOl ev.-r th!.* Hos of the Southern. It i o* •!***'-oil that ,4be mmpniTy me *omolat s putiinjt into arrriru man of thr mammoth ng» freight engine of the Parlftr typ*. READ THE DUNN DIsrATCfl I ON t&KUi:*G liOGS i Wool tSulrigb, July. 4U*.—“id wl* J *»•«' t° ffet th# b<**t and most ccoinnn n*4«l ixvultn from lulling hog*?,” aayj •*'. Luil Hu*to;lc», ' amyl* umi Agn .tiny ir ccplaelo mu»i »<• |h-»>\ u|.*n I u \ic» lluu tllC •*•!>* .g • wi h the least v ;pct«oi«un< ai .nutii untf .11 llu* nimi1 Iriv to r»l;v*v o| it«i waitc vi either iiu t*t|Uin constituent* of th t 1 «vi. ‘•a clean fwlmt t.vuxh, ieige cimucb for th* (iudiIk*.' -*l he/-* tu b* J«*il, anti hvttMi MUidscloty ji i:«nginjcut f*»r getting th.- fuutJ m *h« ti*ooirh before it hut Ihjco Np.be*! aiv Ihc two main i-djui*'iic.» wheJV h int!-fuelling iu th/iic. Wb*-ic i. me to im h il .4w|w, the trout U» rleul.: ( bf placed with i.nc cul clou- t*» t < • IciK'C Iasi with a wnnllvi *-h k •*hu«c mi coiiNLruclc'ti tha«. th«- luwvi er«ti will extend down i .to Ihc trough root which the ho«iN rat, o**d the up 1 per crwl extend op through lb* fence, t ’Ihc ff'otl may then Ik* ;*»uim into the1 • * »per ej>*| nruf l*r dirretri* i iui the t.uuj*ii w*ith*id the fronot . • i-.j. •• th: |**n. “Koch a method woex* • I) • ho*v • ly a fen hotra n»v |n »..i. bvl •f <4*jrv*t Kip.ililr where nyiv. • i*cr an* to iw fed. breue the mi4jJ I pi ll ««f Uie feed in thi »«*• tvisj fail "in on.I of the lltluyb. In tin* | way Nomr of lb* boo- trl;» f * in ti«l f.cl than the others * A better t»'Tnncemoi.l f*.; <uh J iitl mi <1 li<|uiil f«M%ci is tu ..i.IIJ tor i«u»,rh into le-l nior.g^eu* ill, •*»*1 tu hsnvtr th-* lower twu tu three i feet of the ft nee, j urn a I k> v #• th, 1 trotigb, fto that »t may !*c punf***.* in win Keep me net's svn.ic the feed is Icing insured in. After »tw hingnd see lion nf the fi-tm may l< K'vnr.i; hock into piarc I*’ *1 (lie ho-> allowci’ to rune up to •lie lrou;;n. Dy this method, if the trooeh is deep enough »<> feed is wasted and the ai.iir.ols .ill have an I equal opportunity. | “Where (eif-feeders nr» usgd, the i prim-.pal require meat fti to lufy.-jvnt quantity of thf proper load before the hen! at a^l tjmqp. ‘ .When W ImJ ‘ roti.g pigs rjuicay. The self-feeder ui very advantageous from a lahor I saving standpoint, ns wall as fori _-v»ting the right amount of the dif i ft-lcul feeds to curb beg. I “Mr. W. W. iihuy, ,/ Crato. North (*11 rulino, has had ;tood success wi'.h * the sctfsfmi'i r mnl ••-■at i, primarily! ! for |dg> just aftet (it j i*»c wtar! I He las-- hi- feider -»l near a eh sc I rieiunluin rtn uln. in a good are and in sptwaing of it says; ‘He bavt round nothing that trill so iwiisfnr tnriiy develop a pig its thi* fivnv | choice system, and we knon that wo , cannot obtain at good remit* frem| | the most expert hand-feeding, eith er with the Mime or a grenlir mwj, t of feed.' ”—extension harm News. I_ YOl'NC MEN The liest thing a young I-Iii: -an do when be starts out in life it *o get away fintn home. I!* cun ;|i. i w.iy» get n better pusition in a stia.igc community than hr is . ;v the place whom he *aj raised. Of course tnerre us exceptions •» Ibis tilatcinont, but they nri very aT I’.y going to nnotber town a yvn* ms'i is thrown on his own tswu'r-1 Mr | knows he has to ranks good, and hr I cun start to work with his mm-c/ec | with the "knowIr,Ige thi.t ha:, os'” to I ib-liver the goBMls. His .niplnyer I iruunn i ncrottariay Know . kh.* 11. a j days bo !-ppfit in kllom * ;jivl .riii yudirc him entire)? i,y *•, i ik cun •In now. Thoa-r who ki.cr. . ,r y.mng men ul homo arc ul rut- v» rt-»i(LoJ Ihi m l»< nuro they haven t r*iaiiJ.m-jc in their InjeiiicM amglaiir i—Ox * know whul pxi»evle.*cc they U.i'o h ••! , furt think of the men who |miv« ja l. •vl to make mxnl at home, who he r imno to other plure* mad ar>- «••'» , doing welll In nearly every n:n;t I Umn will lx- found quite » fuir youne men who do not woik lienum they ore *»korc*l of U place to xlrep nod , id'.-nly to ml. They don’t tee tho |, neremrily of gottmg hu«?, and if they iIhI all the pnxifiwo of any ae | count are token or are nut worth tal - ( ink- The army an«l navy ntferx goa»i |. training for young men. The civil umwleo ofTerx thoaaiindx af poxltloo* I wi’h fairly hiuh enliartex. Your I in (school now wall count when you begin your life work if y;na appl-, | yourxctf In 1ha lower achamlv nnl | tnkp »h» richt kind of conrreii ir .I college. The worlal now lx 'l-f>uar. I Ing i si o’c terhnieaal knowlvslp.p ih-an , it formerly did. Urn without •uni tnl should have a aperiul train’.';; c , ananr brunch of wotIc. A IM /rnrj conrae til college will not taceaauea -.1, j fit yow for n poahiran after you halve | ro lege.—Ex. --- l l)r. CJaronce D. Mala retainer ilo' tl »y from A •hmlt’r where he nt tended the r.nnoal mc-ttng of Uw North Carolina Denial AasoetatJan. rRCAMUBY BAtXANCE IS MOM tt3frAT»A30. , f1".' l-*r*cvt la Years and Aecxtbcc by Mr. MrAdaa as "Uaprecrdent. • d Irusperiiy,, of Country. Uuahington. D. C., July 1.—That the -.1080 the A*cal year yteterday (miml the balance in tbe funeral fatal of lit* Traaaury to be I2SC, 600.000.H0, wa* tb* statement of Wii 1 dam C. McAtloo said thi* latf* bo I eiKc, which i» th# largest In year* la «lue to th* “ unprecedented proa, parity of rhe Country.*' Eliminating funda to tbs credit of •I''burring ottlcerr, which Mr. Mc Aciuo i tic) Utica in bis let all, the ba1. •tore la $1 ?«,98b ,231.37. The fis.-a. >ear showed a surplus of 378,7.7, •'•lil.il, aa compared with a drtlclt of ♦• 1*130,130.10 for the year ondeH a year #*o. The income tax yieldad *lf4JW7^ 4M.2$, a* compared with lea# thru SSfr.OfrOjWO for the year previous, j’lilt* indmkd $5CAU»A41.78 fron coi poratiorm and 3C7ART,4*8.50 from individual*. Customs receipt* for th* year rmoantod to ttUJWUtUU. n against 330U.2rdi.ifr7.45 tbe previou year. and exceeding the estimate by inure than $ld,000/>00. Kecciptf from internal revenue r***i lied the tr.tal of 33612.740,7W.M. Oi uuur y internal reuem.a receipt* -mountad to 3387.373,330,30, and ex cluding the emergency revenue from *| Wv»v pruximutety $7O4UKW4»0, or $42,000, ixm p.tailor than had bean estimated Koct-ipls frun tobacco ssrt the neatest in the history of the inter nal revenue service. The exact to. tal for the year, which closed yester day, will not be available until the mum. have been analysed, but for the eleven months ended lluy 15*16. rartnpt* from tobacco exceeded the income front this aoiuxp daring the. eo* responding period at the pew vtoji* year, bp UMiMjOCO, akclusive ok all fcnxargsacy cvSsWna* T»»« •**< of eoliectiag the nus of «SI2,740.7WAd of Urns) nsvsnos D°etor’a Adrien to gnhUer Boys Sow Leaving far the Bards t. ••NrvsT mind the ballets, but watch out for the flies,” is the advice of an *^ny surgeon, who served in the war in Cuba and who haa recently boos in am vice at the various army posts along the Mexican border, to the N'orth Carolina boy* now leaving tot Um l«nks of the Rio Gramie. He Miys that there U more dangvr from flics nloiic in Mexico than from hot ■a. other and bullet. UMnbii'.cd and 'la- there's safety to be had only behind sneers and not even then dm* the great eat care i. with the food and water. As to anti-typhoid vaccine at a pi wen tl vc against typhoid fever, hr onyx that it is a groat thing, a won derful thing, but unless the boys tukc the utmost caro a* to their sat ing, urinking, their personal hygiene and their sleeping, that not even will . ascination keep off all typhoid fr •Of. but that it will reduce their •hancc* against it over g thousand timw. Then, too,” uy< he, "Lhere's pneumonia to guard against, for the '•hernusneter in Mexico runs to 160 it, the »an anH from 106 to liW in use shade, while at night* it often <!iopa so low as to bring on sudden chill. This makes pneumonia dan gurous, bat with the proper rare of rni’’s soJf, a n>an may keep lit and I amid sictrnese. “Another health haiard,” says the doctor, “thoi • soldier is likaly u encounter down in Mexico Is typhus fevar. As you knew it is carried mm one u> another by the body loune Just as malaria or yallow fevet is carried by the mosquito. Careful ncaa and good personal hygiene h ntrotn one of the beet preventives hVcqucat lathing and clean clothes do morh to keep off the loose and iv,wit Infection, white nephthsloae lu iosene and various powders an recommended for kilting the lice sad nils. ”Uut," says the dorter, “If a »ol dicr has been varrlngted agabiot ty phoid and smallpox and will guart i against infection and will pradio, daily as much personal hygiene a, la possible, three will give him hit hesi chances for coming back home.' BOM* PEOPLK They let the butcher step their mexl They made the landlord wait) , Their grocer's bill they bad In beat I The taller called too Into. I They let the gas bill go unprld. . The laundry man they shunted: They kept the wages of thrir aiaid The baker for them heated. They bough t their winter's coal o ti-netj Nil's came from near and fa' > , It oacd op all their Income Just To run their motor earl NKW SILVER MONEY W READY TO CIRCULATE New Quarters .od Kglf Dollars May K—raitilc Cssilrrltti Bat They Are Gsti Washington, July L—Don’t think ur >- utraugc new coin* you get la change arc counterfeit—they may ninety be some of the new dimes, iiauMers or half dollars which made •heir first appearance today, l»s' the law the secretary of the treasury 1> permitted to change the ■li-sign of coins after 20 years. This Is the fret time since lfiyi that a thtinge bus been Blade in any or i5u.se coins. Keccr.Uy the half dollar hat fallen )>'U> disuse, treasury oMciaD state. Use puipocc of the new deetgn on W. com is to make it popular again. .•I] the designs art considered more sj’istie. Under the lau pictures of them tn-.n-i la: priaU-i, a# you will hare lo wait until yon see one to know 1 whi.l it looks like. The half dollar and dime model« were made b) Adolph A. WHnmaiin suit ibe new quarter dollar model by Hf ! men A. MaeNcilt, both arc scalp tors On the fare of lbo new half dollar Is a full length Liberty, with a back ground of the American ftog. The Qoidtss is standing toward the dawn of u new day. roiryiag lavrel si.d oak iTOichet, nymbolic of civil sad military glory. The reverse side shows as eagle pen-hod on a moun tain rraig with wings unfold, 1 a iif( in the ruck is growing a sap ling of mountain pine, symbolic of a mertca. On the mv 2.1 cent piece is Lib erty, fsli length, stepping toward the coonlrj \ gateway, bearing up braided a shield from which the cov ering is draws The right hand hears aa olive branch of paste. Above the bead is the word liber ty,"■ «4 heiojr % d£to “MS’ The reverse aide bears f figure ef aa sayie in light, wings ■ ■ filed. and the iaeeriptidM .-'flailed Mai ef tod oa the reverae nds U the de «n ef a handle of reds a*d a bet tlraxe, symbolic of unity. DENIAL SOCIETY GOES TO DURHAM NEXT TEAR Dt. W. T. Martin, ef Ban. Find Tire President. Asheville, X. C., June 30. 'Officers were elected and Durham chosen a* 1 the next meeting place at the final eenioo of the North Carolina Den ial Society, which concluded its an nual convention here tonight. The following officers were elected: President. Dr. R. O. Apple, Wtn ,lor.-Salem; first vice president. Dr, I W. T. M»rUn, Benson; second vice | pre»Mien(, Dr, C surge R. Patterson, I Wilmington; rternary (re-elected). Dr. R. M. Squires, Wake Forest; treasurer (reflected). Dr. R. M. I Monow, Burlington; Eeaayiat, Dr. Krunk Netherlands, Aabeville. I _ NATIONAL BANK DEPOSITORS INCREASED OVER M PEE CENT South Show* La Herat Percentage W )*n**>c Since )|1«, Washington, June SO.—Tablet completed today by the Comptroller of the Currency aboer that the total r umber of depositor* In National > TWnk* increased from A,690,4«a at ihr time of the laat compilation la 1910. to 12i«S.0&9 on May 1, laat an incrooec of M par cent. The Southern rtftte* ahowed the largeat percent*** of mcraaaa, the namhar of depositor* growing from 1 .*?*. 74« to S414A**, or 111 par eaaL Tho total number of depoalt account* re* noted by Mato hen lot and by Man and trout companlee waa 1 Ml 4,444. Teimoaaoc «Homed tho largeat 9*r rentegr of Iftcreaaa of all the Mate* with S.H1 per cant. South Caretina wa* arcond with *17 par cant; Vtr einla wre* fifth with 1M per cent and Norlh Carolina alxth with let par cant. i i .. Trooper* of Tenth Cavalry Brought Safely Oat aT Menton, The twenty-three negro trooper* of tho Tenth enraJry, who at Carri aal'Villa Ahctnada, Chihuahua City and Jtaiti have been central figure* , in the Mexican situation, are aafely oat of Mexico. Survivor* of a* an inurement with a »uparlor farao, rte ilnw twice of m*b* that atoned them i mo * than anc* la fewr of a»*rotlan. and. laet’.y, object* of tnterceaaien I He the Preaidant of the United State* they wore breught to tho border from Chihuahua CRy an n apodal * train today and turned over to Q«* cm) Oco Bril. Jr., commandar af the B Pane teat.