WMmM
IS
STATE WAR SAVINGS
TO MARCH 1 $048.834
For Moalh ml FArit-f Nebraska
LmmA Wllk $2.06 Per
Capita
Washington, March 19.—The Unit
ed Slate* Ti*o»ury Department an
nounced today that the total war tar
Injr* securities Hubncribcd by North
Carolina to March flrat war· repre
sented In tho figurwa $(*49,824.81.
The War Saving· Stamp· per capita
are thirty-four conu, ranking at the
sixth lowest State in the Union. The
State of Sooth Carolina foot* the
Hit with only flfUcn centa being sub
scribed per capita.
For tho month of February Neb
raska led with $2.08 per capital. Mary
land occupied eeeond place with
$1.83 to th· person and Wisconsin
shifted from, eighteenth to eighth
place during the month.
The MlMouri river country standi
at the top of th· Uat in per capita
sal·· of war savings sccurMea, aa
shown by report· compiled today.
Up to the end of February the re
ceipts inr ut whole country war·
<94,000,000 or 89 cm ta per capita.
Nebraska, Missouri and Kmm rank
1b this order at the bead with uWi
of 119,000,000, or >0 per cent of
the total. Nebraska ha· eold $4 30
par capita, Missouri $2.54. and Kan·
kas 12.31.
Missouri lead· In total mien, with
$9,016,880 to har credit, a· coopered
with $7.907,764 for New York, and
$7,000,640 for Pennsylvania.
Of. Ule Zt states leading la per
capita salsa, Btat·· waet of the Mis
sissippi oumbar 17. * Of the ΛγΛ
eijfht St*tea, the'-fcnly ter· out of the
river are Heryland and the District
of Colombia. "* w.
Pennsylvania and New todf rank
. S9th and 80th in the Ust "on tft· par
capita ratine, aMboagh ia velu&a t£f
aalea they stand third and second re
spectively.
' SAVE THE PAIMKM Kt =
FAJLMINC ·'
Raleigh, N. C., March 19 —There
bas never been a time In the history
of American sgrirultur· when the
ίΜΜΗΜΝΙ
"representing not only the first Unes
of defonse trenches, bat actually thi
contact lighting. front, depletion ot
agricultural labor and agricultural
skill will mitigate harshly atfainjt eut
military success.
Calling attention to this fact in ■
very raeent public statement. Prési
dent Wilson has this to say concern
Ins the selective draft and its effect
/ . - _ , I _
U|wn iumia|. ιοί letmri » uau
contributing men to th« army, and I
an keenly alive to the sacrifices In
volvfd. Out of 13,800.00 mo engag
ed in farm industrie·, >01,000 have
been drafted, or about 1.44 per cant
of the whale number. In addition
te tlieee there have been volunteers,
and the farmer· have loat a consider
able number of laborer* because the
«agee paid in industrial pursuits drew
Umb away. In order to relieve the
farming industry m far aa possible
from farther drain of labor, the new
draft regulation· have boen drawn
with a view ef taking from the farm*
an even smaller proportion of men,
and it. «a my hope that the local ex
emption board· will make the rlsisl
flcations with a view of lightening
the load upon the farmer* to the ut
meet extent."
"Thoae in the Agricultural Exten
sion Service who have been delegated
to deal with local district exemp
tion boards are more than glad to
testify as to the very eeditabU and
extremely satisfactory manner is
wbJeh these groupe of patriotic men
have handled the draft situation, par
ticularly in so far as Η has referred
to conserving agricultural reeoureet,"
says Mr. S. O. Rnbinow, Assistant
to the Director.
"With a bigger strain than evei
on the country's food status, witl
greater and still greater food produc
tion aa the only offset to the with
drawal of 40ΛΜΜ,00· men and women
from productive occupations, wit)
larger and better yields as to tlu
only practical opposition to the sub
marias menace, Hmder the stress ol
such times, sending a good farmei
or skilled agricultural expert to thi
trenches. Instead of allowing him U
remain on the farm or In the labors
tory, Is a serious mistake aad not ii
eon/or—tien with the wishes of tlx
President of the United State·."
Mtimrro
Neuritl· (Mtrt Inflammation) fa
something mer» tkan ft Mw-finfl·
uai for an obaoleta allmont, "Rkeo
wtl—" haa aarred the »ορ«τΛ<·|«1 41
«gnoatlelaa and the k>n*-dietenc<
"apeetftlfct" extremely ««II far oven
jraarm. Now, hazily, people ar· b*
Clamine ·· raaBM tWt ihle lim I
chiefly a «leak for igeoraaeo ar la
•inference. MniUit, in MM Mm
wenhJea. kaa enjoyed rogva aa a mo*
"«Wwy'· aaboUtuta, wheel tha beale
iooait knew or eare moch whet I
PRESIDENT SIGNS THE
DAYLIGHT SAVING KILL
Washington, March IS.—l*reiident
IWIImih lignrd the day lldht wring
Ibill I txlf»3r. It will baeoi»* elTrctWo
I'.he lasl Sunday In thia month when
julucTc» will h put forward one hour,
j while they wili be turned back lb·
I In it Suotlev in October.
I The 1:Jt+it. imvinjj P'*° w'" 8° into
efTe«t without any dl»onrani:ation or
I Impairment of ex latine condition».
Train* w·ill be operated an uaual and
.all lYature* of dally Mfe into which
' tiir rlament of time enter· will bo un
changed.
; SMITHFlEi-D LOSES
ITS CITY CLERK
Death of Mr. Walter Ivm, Ova >(
the OUf.l Cilia·o« ,f Smllkteld.
SmlthlleW, March 19—Walter M.
It*» died at hU home here yceterday
«•renin»·· at A o'clock alter as Ulneee
of about a week. Mr. Ivee was 66
year· of age an>) on· of the oldest
orlrinal citUens of Smithfleld. A
brother, John Ivri, aboat Ό year·
ok). torrther with four damktvi and
1 two pone curvive him: Mra. Κ. 0. Ed
Kerton and Mr. Walter Η. Irea, Jr.,
ι of Rakish, Cora Bell, John White,
I Ilelene and HctUe Devi· Ivea. Mr.
Ives wai a widower, his wife, whe
waa formerly Miss Nowell of Naafe·
ville, having ilicd about fifteen year·
aito.
Mr. Ire· at the time of hi· death
waa town clerk' and tax collector for
SmithS»ld He bad been ettfaced aa
I clerk and bookkeeper with W. M.
Saadsrs, Cotter-Underwood Co.. aad
other mercantile ostabUshateiita of
9mtth/lold since hie young manhood.
The funeral waa contacted from
the reetdcnce by hla pastor, Rev. H.
F. Hrinaon. this afternoon at 4 o'
clock, and Ma rerikaina iatarred la tke
CHy OrmeUry.
Mr. tree waa a consistent wHiiir
od the Isplkt church aad had-been
* descos tn the church for a mnaher
>qf years. The town and community
haa tart a aaef ol cUas* aad the
church a helpful auwAtr.' "
AMERICAN tank ship believes
IT SENT U-BOAT TO BOTTOM
Oa February 24.
At Atlantic Tort, March IT.—At
the end of an hour's battle between ■
German submarine aad aa Americai
tank steamship, the Pautskoro, of
the Vat sum Oil Company; which ar
rived hero today, the U-Boat appar
ently was sank, according to offlcen
of the American veaseL
υι» οι un crew on idc iinut w·
wound*d by a ikell And by the sub
marine. Two other shots struck the
American ship, which waa act ssnoos
ly damaged.
Τhe flrhl took place in tha Bristol
Channel on February 24. Tha Ameri
can vnnl waa about S4 hou· out
from a Britiah port when the U-Boat
waa sighted. The tanker triad to »
cap· and waa pursued. After the
American vaaae) had been within tor
pedo rango for seme tine without any
attempt being made to alnk bar In
thta way, the U-Boat began shelling.
The tanker halted and (an battle.
The officer· laid the shrapnel shells
fired by the American (run crew either
fell short or ptseed over the I!-Boat
for a time, but Anally one struck the
submarine fairly In tha center and
she disappeared immediately. The
American venael is of about 4,000 tons
grosa.
We ha*e to put every ounce of
effort behind the men behind the guns.
0
Not "Bit" but "Utmost"—the .end
is worth our "AIL"
the matter wrtii th« patient.
All aorta of trouble· accompanied
«-1th palo and enduring for a con
I nldsrable period of weeks «r month·
or coming and goint! Irregularly hav«
been incorrectly labeled "neuritis."
Far" hi the outland·, «e find, this iort
of "ncuritl*" If mil considered rather
fnshlonabi». as eoot and appendicitis
used to be In the urban districts. Dont
: h,ivr »uch rvlfar ailments as
tis" If you want te belong to the' re
gular* ; have autointoxication, or, to
be realty advanced, call It toxemia.
Among Ute causes of true neuritis,
which practically atwaya lasts for
, many months even under atoet skll
ι fol treatment, ara (I) such poison
aa alcohol ia modération, arsenic li
various occupation·, lead in occupa
Mens asd ia varions cosmetic·, ear
the poisons af syphilis and of soom
I .other iafsctlooa diseases; In some »as
I] sa Mtoint oxlcstlon is at least Oh
■ι handicap which hapedee recovery, il
■ { not the primary cause of a aeuritis
i, <t) Extension of Inflamssatioa fro»
rj a neighboring part, as In tfcs facia
. neuritis (one-third face paralysis)
■ ; which often develops la es su of neart
-' tls involving nerve· pasalag over ia
-, fiamed Joints. (t) Focal iafeetiM
ι of the nerve aubetanee, from · sept*
r fores ia the tonsils, game, pelvis
» etc. (4) lnjartee to the nerve.
DELIVERS BIG BLOW
AT ALL BLOCKADERS
WUI Prot*cuU Dtibn WU Sad
FwJ Produete I· TWm WW
Make WkUkey
Another (Up foreran! for prohlM
tion ami Id the war a«ata*t the opera
tor» of blockade rllaUlUrric*. was Ukn
yesterday afternoon when 8tat· Pood
Administrator IIgory A. Pa«c declar
ed that those who supply food pro
duett for such operator* will be rl$
erooily prosecuted under the pro rie
Ion· of the Lever act.
It ii no M»crwt that the liquor block
ade r« have to bare «rain and other
food products In order to carry on
their butine*.*. It ie just aj appar
ent that theee supplies bare been
furnished to knt* quantities by deep
en who certainly had at least a
suspicion of what waa to become of
the supplie*. Into the tamp of the
btuckadors and the merchants and
millers who hare been MPP>7inc tke
bloclcadvn with food prodacta, Mr.
Pa»* dropped a boob bk the shape
of a statement characteristically short
and pointed.
ne wvH u» loiioinnf n«cntgt;
"To oh food product*, laru, cors,
m «ni, tr.oiaim· and th· 11k· la the
manufar ir· of blockade whUjcay,
rum, rte.. *· clearly a wilful waate of
fuod and aa each la puniahabte under
the Itertr act. It It abo onlawfal ter
marchant» or mtllerk to aall theae pro
duct» to «arb pervani, or in audi
quant.ltίο» aa make it appear myB'
ably cortaio that they are to ba u*ed
ia the manufactura of Illicit tiuoxi
canta.
"The Federal Food AMmialatntioa
for North Carolian rirei notice that it
win take prompt and draatic actios
when evidence can be beared that
any marchant* or miliar· have offend·
CAtinc the blockade* off from h la
eupptfre i» a new way of biuhîf the
haaine··, and Mr. Par· expect· to
Obtain reeulta from th· order made.
Of eosrae he ia not priaaarfly rater
etUd In th· fact that the blockader
h ·η the act of —Mn aklalLay and
iUUnff4ha he, bat he ia very nuaeh.
laterèated la the amount of food pea
duct» that ia thai being diverted fro»
can be obtaiaed ia needed to feed
people.
AU aectlona of th· State are affect
ed by the rullaf that Tiolaton will be
proeecnted under the food law·. In
the western aection there ar· known
to have boen a nambrr of aal·· of
corn nude that could hardly have
been tor any other pnrpoee than that
of making com whbkey. Ia the eaat
•m «action. there km boon large
sale· of moluK· that nulfMtl; im
for the converting Into that popular
drink, "monkey run." Mr. Pact bo
hero· that evidanee can ho obtained
againat tho merchant· and miller·
Who aetl theee food product· for tho
making of is ton cant·, and We in ton da
to got them. ^
THIS 9BOO WAX SAVINGS WEEK
State Called e· For 10.000 Ihatm.
Gma«r Ihhril Fader· ee Mem.
Limit Clak Member· to Cot
Few MeeHUw.
For the reaeon that Mt everybody
couM be a number of the Thouaand
Dollar I.lmit Ctab by buying $1,000
worth of War Sarin** Stamp·, It haa
been decided at State Headquarter»
at Winston-Salem to make this weel|
beginning March IS, a WOO weak.
Thia decision waa mad· at tha requeat
of many War Saving· werkata who
in tho Limit Clab Campaign foand
many willing subscriber·, who could
not reach the $1,000 mark.
Governor Uickett highly eadersaa
the 1600 drive during thia weak. Ha
not only call· far all local and district
official· and committee· connected ]
with th« campaign to redouble their
effort· and to go forward with untir
ing teal to malt· thi· drive a soeeeee,
but he earnestly entreat· every per·
eon in the State to sign one of tha
pledge* for a monthly inuaatmert to
be paid during the year. Ha any»:
1 "The value of thia War SavlMn Cam
pair» to Um Government la tha win
ning of th· war and to the people In
training them to Uky Mid· a working
capital for aae after the war «aaoot
bo oVtr «Mimatad."
It ku been earef ally «timaUd that
there art Ιβ,ΟΟΟ man and women la
North Carolina «bo will aecept tfclf
opportunity of tavaatine $500 la War
Sa viae* Stamp*—the aafeat Οβτβη»
11 ment bond· thart haw· r»«r been of
fered. Tha UaK Club drlra tkl
ended la«t week provM that thla la
tha eaae. The refera, «very aiab·
r|of a The ο «and Dollar Club haa beea
commiaaioDod by Stato
to imn foer ItM member*
11 quota. Pewoaal work ea tha part ef
the Limit Clab member* la being
borna tod on aa the ataani of iaaktat
Rot. A. ft. MeÇtteoa. partor of Ih
Preebyterlar church, la ^ewdiag tha
day la CrMuhw*.
COQTEft WINS
ΓΑΤΕ ΜΗΛΤΟβ
"2£L"
WUmlngtoe, k&rch It.—WJtfc only
on· tnaM· ward ^accounted tot Nov
Hinnn cunlf today ·)κΜ W. B.
Cooper U the Βφ* Bulata by a mm·
Jority of «W
L. l'Uyto» On&t «aa ntwiiW
th« Iowm bmiat atr CtfL MAgm* d.
[WitliMu by a.ffc majority wfalla
Gcort* Harri* iJifwhilaliia· Mat
Brook· O.
Giorn Jaekaoa φ fa ilacttd ι
by a big |ilinll|jiiai 8. P. Omn.
WAI VOMUMONC THS
Tb« (cIVrwiti* J»pt ru bar· Ml
ι "bowing »iajku baas 4a·· ·
of tba
W# waaftAr tka tnakk
rapttiM te kawIaUi aai· far]
tbaaa reporta H Mfla4 η— to
«tek Uachar U t®«oanty. bw of1
the Kkook Λ
«mil aloac tbU'Ba da ut
Other* and
W tk
■ckooli Id Ik· rertdee, scttool district·:
Arprmtboro— ,'1·
No 9 p.„. II i i
BuUegt—
No. 1 0*0
Ne. I 37 M 7
No. ( M β t
Blmrk RW«—
No. 4 11· 11 01
no. ο ··.·····..· is
jro*ï—
No. 1 0 S SO
No. a to 17 «S
No. β «1 0 181
No. 7 14 1 1·
(two woekm).
Hocior'i Crook— ·
No. 1 te 7 1
No. t ..· 0 M 17
No. I .0 1· SO
No. S - · 11 0
Upper Llttlo Ri**—
No. S 0 0 1
No. &. 0 0 11
No. » Λ M If S
No. 10 4 7 S
k
Totek 41· SAO «1»
COLOKD:
Aadonon'i Crooks
No 4 J.—: 11 I ·|
No. 4 S · θ!
8t»*mrt'» Crook
No. S 16 1» 0|
Dpp»r Little RJvoe—
. No. 4 St IS ·
No. Β 4 0 S
The nfcoolo roportlo* tkk week
lew done won <Hk Own No. ·
boding ia tU lok of War Γ
St»r» p. Wo tnat U»t more
wo bogr tku -tie ikn« ta
and wo hope for a,Wter report ι
«rook.
B. f. GENTBY.
t UnBllAL ο» Hill RlUft
SUtma, March 1»—The fowl «f
Mia Bbum Hom, «ko 4M FHday
■ftotnoo* from mtdi MM by
KrMrt Crocker, A) abot kw Me
day cenlng, wu MwM (rem the
Baytfat ebnrch a* II o'elaek Ranter
mornlo* and waa eoadaeted Vy M
Rrr. α L Stevené. former paaUr al
tka ell«Teh, aa4 tka la*. C. K. Pre®,
tar; paator a ftfca IMmM Cktnk
Ha church *u Had ta oeertawkti
by ralatieee M Waada 'tf tka de
ceaaed. Tka flanl-aMeri·» ware o<
rare hamty and IHMaUy coveted tki
•hlta anaaaelod ■ iiMaL Tka laftar
ment vraa at Belaaa ciailai·
A pathetic faaura of Ml· Baae'i
uattealjr and tηφ daatk waa Mm
faet that Mm waa tabo Married to a
yentlemaa of WkeM early la April
Bar bolkmtkod arfHad ihoftly «Mm
aha waa akot Monday sight to M ai
Mr. and Ml*. J. O. Layta·, ·<
Bala'a Creek, Wee· I* Dm yeater
'day- ' ·
. I ;
how cvurr amejucan
BOY CAN HELP WIN WAR
I Washington, March 1».—How OT
■; Anarleu boy, although Nptnttd
byth· Atlantic Ocwi tram tha actual
tWater of war againft •atoeracy. ran
play hi· part in opholdlag American
Idaah h raggwted by bentory ol
Agrieultor» Darid T. Hoa*ton, in
■ in«|ii to th· Aourtcu Boy Scoots
Mdtk· Usttad Stat·· Boy·' working
F—«nri Tbo bard«n of the appeal
Is for these yraionnt boy organiaa.
Haae ta cooperate is lettering the
t«4gUn of th· labor rftaatioa and
eatMlyti to tha world (apply of food
by growing ragaUbl·· and raising
ρig> and poehry.
Th· Uaitad atom Employment
Serrfte, a divM·» of th· labor depart
"««at. today ansoaaaod th· ς acta that
North Carottas h aspactcd to contrib
its In Ik· ftfttiOB-wide PA—wU· to
•nroll ISO,MO Ugh school boys. Th·
Tar Baal State is ssked to draft
7,000 boy· lato this production an
terprtse of fanaing. The State of
MahM liiiiMil the aa· quota,
while Now Toft Btau is expected to
BMbOias dn'amy of «1JM high
school toy·»-·,4m aasllaat number
Is d«isads< sf "tha Btoto of Nevada,
with oaly ft» quota. Virginia
«U1 raroll 1,000. wfcll* the quota
for T«mmm Is 10,00·.
In todlu*. (kni tb· boy* ihmii
41iwt»> wM —wrlco
la Washington. "wUb t«M (us lai>or
situation wo acute and tb* ι·ιιμκ|
only t few »nh off. Um boys «fork
ing mini « |Mt m in portas t » the
Libert» Loua."
•The ^lendtd my of Boy Scouts
of lussrirs «■ be of wry put help
to the natkm fat this tee of »U
■HI." mMI litiiiuy of Aiitatae
BoMon. "The wur ten be wtt ooly
if we deihrer the en, the eM*e, end
the. food ta nScieat numbers and
"WiD you not help your aowtr)
again this year even ta a bigger and
better way than you did dmiwg thi
•nnuaer of 191TT Tear task win b·
to beet your own record Sa food pro
duction. May your sotte fer 1911
be, every Scoot te feed a eoidler ant
one other."
rtlCE or WHEAT
«Λ I U AUYAHl.ti/
Waaktogtoa, Mwet 1·.—WMla
today to a»et tko critical wfceat akortj
||| kr ι farther i»<foclkm tm ee
fomptiom tko Sort· again took φ|
end defeated heUlatton to taeroa
production by ralelnf Λ· prie· om tko|
1811 crop.
Tko food »dnint«trmtkm va» «tir.
Nd to actio» by lepmta (mn tba
DepartoMat of AfrkDltan iknrtet
tket tko (apply of ftal on firm
ead in eoutoy οίοιοΐοτ· Ιο far leoe
it waa a year a*o.
Tko Intta toaatdered a bin by
ter Got·, of OUahooa, to fix
the price at IS.M. or thirty enta a
bake) Μη than let Is a recent proc
lamation by PreeUUat WUeon. la
tko Howe today aleo a MU waa tn
liudaood by kepreeeotative Korean,
of OkbkHM, to appropriate »»·♦,
d 00,00® to cowpew—te producer· for
tkoy (oetained when tko
itabMaked Ha 1»17 prie·
at · ft*ore tower than tke thea
prie·.
TUBERCULOSIS DECREASING
HNJWhIDwIklUtoTn
Τνπ A»
Tabarealoala b daeraaaln* la North
Carolina, aarordio* to *|tuw Jest
—MlHI hy Dr. J. ft. Oordaa, But·
lUhhM. According to Omm Opra
It iNNit that tWr· mi S.flO
hirti from tibanlodi ia North
cmil*· to 1·!·. la 1·1β tMa «am
ber vm dacraatad tva par tant and
Laat 7*ar m atiu futhar daeraaaa of
aae par caat mad' daaptta tha
la lin— fai population. la all, tfcaro
ware J art 81» fawar death* in North
Carolina from tubercule·!· te 1911
than ta Mit.
According ta Dr. Oordaa, It la (tan
a rally aa»ai< that aa a conaarratlvi
•attenta, a death fro»» tabercaleeia
laprwawf a lea to Um faa»Oy aa ·»
coaat of Hajaria« lOaan, laaa ai
tin·» lunlof ια4 etieeliot
of at least 11,000. WKh . tartoi
af St· Urea, thia repraaaata a tot*
•driac to the State froa. tfcie aw
«■ail af tiiili akee ad arar ton
' ar lèverai time· the aad af all tfc
health vaat doaia ta tha ttoto.
"ECCLESS Ε Al TU" WCULD
SAVE M MILLION ICC» BUT—
VmUii|I*b, llinfc 17.—Λ aor»
svuat u erre iim M,IC;,3C3 aggi
for food tbla kf couatry-wkh
hîiiiu» rf «a mUw Kaatar «m
launched km today by inalml
woman WwM by Mm Herbert Boot·
er, Kn. Newton D. Baker, Mr*. Medfl)
MtCurmlek and Mm. P. P. Claxlon.
It «aa ainoaocod recently that «kl
anneal ·π rolling oa tbo whlto boaoa
(loaodi Kaatar Monday would ba
abandoned.
A PLEASANT TBJP
kbaWi to PlaaUad School For
Okk
(Correspondence Diapatch)
Plavland, Mar. S.—The thoaghtfal
nc*a of tbo BahaWif villace and
<omaa unity came to the surface laat
Thursday afternoon whan mora ear·
than we haro aaaa in a \ong time hi
eplendtd runniae order and drcoxatod
in flag* and pennants and card board
boariBR tbo tributoa u> Piaoiasd
School for Girl· rolled up in front
of tbe building and an no «need their
desire to take Mr. and Mr*. Joaee
aad their faculty and «very single sol
itary «tu do at for as o*tis(.
A Kni.oV λΨ hannw *i«la in feaali
whit* Biddy wH> and "SoMkr" hate
war· aaoa on (Mr way to 'Tajratta
ville." Think of il! Mangy wa rottad
•lose alii Baaohoto was mcM
and · iHf WW ■»<«. duita» wM*
Mr. ate0m. roakad o«t with a r+
cart 'M%ot WMIW. Than y«U* of
appneiatioa and atkaal «bit aad
aoac* baepoka tka ■■rrtut af tka
ThA waa » brief atop at Autiy
τίΟ« *Wn tkra ckoari vare ftraa
for tka little towm. Alnntuwnr
ai wedding balla to Fntttnllk Aat
aa wa entered that k&oric aid attgr,
a adnatatativa body of ha cWhm
Mt « la aatoa at 1he aKdb brida»
aad JoiMd nrmMa^Ma* «a oa
thrnath tka ten aad ay thrnftçh A·
beautiful 1 iiHidtlil eectio· of Hay
£SS»SSi5i
captiea t iaH tn 1 at tka bridge) «at
coming nutka city and striae a·
free adaJaaioa to tka picture dm
aad drug ém». It k éWInût to »
proaa how deltaktfal tka yean* tadlai
found tka pietaraa after refreehaaar'j
and aailae boa tka Donaldaan Mili
tary hoyi, who, through previova η
Cacnacat, aawad at tka dray «tore.
W« could hardly believe It raft
wkan we aaw our own "PtnelaK
school (or Girt»" m prominent on
«iated card· af no Mn etyle %»d
ronde rod how H coold Wn happened
Bat PayeUerttle'· OMitir <Cw·
•wee, karing gotten a «Uf οf nt
speetng, had made all the arrange
■eata ^okra of aa a· a«praa«Wn of
lb· tκ·*1! ceurteay aad boepiteMty.
rhaaka to Mr. Sottoa, ita preaidaat,
Miaa Manh, Ma aacrrtary. to Ita m«aa
ber» and to erery ritlara of Pa;itt*·
ritta.
8i* o'clock found the gM* la read·
Inea» to return. A harried trip «aa
made In order to be on ttee ter a
roccptioa to be ghrea at Ptnaland at
S o'clock.
I ) retiming wf foeod the trjildirt
elaahHacu itxelf and baaatifnUy aad
tastefully decorated la Aajn, kt|i
and mall aad otltetebe. After a
floating reception of aereral minute»
» eo.'ie dinner wa« arneuml «ad
«ν entered the dining r join, finding
the ubles end to end extending length
wise ia row· down the ctlnlag roe·
draaaed ia >potlaea Unen aad pot
planta. Mr. Holdca, a aerelait aad
eathaelaatie eitlaen, acted a (toast·
■aaaUr. Tike occasion era· a perfect
■uccaaa la mrjr way and wea of
peculiar intereet In that Mr. and Mn,
Ivey Royal gare op « ted to Mr. end
«mounting to three hundred mai
mnlT two doUara. Mr. aad Mr*.
Λομ gkdly and irtdtuly accepted
the rtn.
The itadenta were aaat to bed aa<
the nMti dapartad aad thia apleadM
ocraaion araa numbered with the paet
Bat ΓΙ ae land gtrla aajr that ttea wfl
only make Ma Memory tha mere tadet
Ible. AH hail to tha Woman·» Ok*
tar we are told they aeade theae Udng!
poixbio and «D hall to the men fa!
co-operating.
IT MITUH VKIUU
SUNK BT U-BOAT
Lenden. March 9·.—Yhe edmireh
reporte the kae by mine ar anbaMrln
•f toeeataea BrUhh min*«fr
la«t week. Of tfceaa eleven ware L
•W toae or oreτ and ■*» aader the
tonnage.
Two Mine »unb were hot Eta
ea merchant men were aaeaeeeeef all
attacked.
I Tha lemea at Brltlah merchant»
, in the law weak are aNghtly an*
ι the leeeee at tha. three precedla
, waeka. when daring aaeh of thai
ι paifrdi ilgfclii raaeek were aaak I
mine or wkmiriai
· ' A - ; f t '·' ·*···."« ·' Î'· · ?·
news or umusTiN
COATS AND VICINITY
I -
I Tb
>CkHI
I chat win Itt't am oianf en Wtfew
day irrcui v, Nuik SOU». 11* m··
btr* of vh:t* ttow will aMet at
Co«'.t ami tnk· ι·ΐι·ι>ΙΙιι to hm
point OB the Cape IW liver. A |W
oral (rood ttao and the yacanHtca o<
the Interrata of Uweo ctoaaee ta ««
ρ*.ted Ma raaalt
Yoanc man ore* SI are gilrti
vary tcarce aa «a* «treat*, Maat <f
than here «ohntawH, thia|h a 0m4
many haw* baa· eciected aadar tka
draft act. It to ;
are elaiatlaK
cUnaiflcatioa outaMe at tka _
mm. Wa axe bafisataf to *aa pa
trio li cm tad patriotic «Ait Ια Mt
μοορί*. They ara r i| ι* il lag «ad to
th» War 8er*nr« aawpali* aad Ma
:aldiiar · Unre intaraat la the )>n>
jreta of the «ar. Va notice that
Orora towathfp ta taadlat (Leat laawa
of Dosa DUpatcfc) an ta aaather ai
nahn af Thrift Society- Wa to
I τ» in ear mranttjr who ken baae
Jstaf tWft aed «m Nvhfi. Ob
"loader light Mr. Urtatn «01 auk· '
ι war tak it the ftnnj ·Αι«Ι la
the latervet ·( War Baviaga t«-f«
Mr. lunnt* Mmh «fl leave fer .
utfcen la Λ: ceiamaaJty wiB .leave
vkh htm on thi ibaaiae* trip. We
>oye Uw? will let their Inhea he
•eraoaally known te the Kalae* 'wMb '
the eeeisUawatt e( thi Aatrita*
Joy ridai eee minllr rtaidUler
!n nun bar en* aeceoat of the abort
ira at geenlln» ia the rr—lawlty.
--"here he· beea ne p< here far ae»
>".ral weeks and we aettce that aert
: Mti hen eccordiafly dieUacd la
3wmbw. Kut what la meet rntiaf
to the mm of he wha tiiha mm
na oil ateve h the faat that tha ■
h a raaiial fe*Har at Ceata that
tbe mcrcbanta ahoald pH—h> tha
ran hereafter who ^rfaga the fin*
ί «4 of koroacae te the·, fawil
V.w already φΙΜ their wUtinr
κ-a to do ao wgudka «bee
they have beea heretofore bcyln*.
λ word ta tha wtae la aaCHeat. Briar
roar eH. Texaco.
, On Friday ««kt, March Hth, tha
I'iftOB Platoon of the Biw Onar4
nr.it at Lilttnicton. Ofdi lualifctma
5 to their umber ·■ ef whom »m
••aaaet aneoyt one who «m la Char
lr tto. The Coats iqiw4 «01 ΜΙΓΤ om
Tueaday nlgrkt for <tri« aad a* other
' net, to be MM ht». Tho ,
Gari to mak'.nζ an effort to mWi
: ) "o. and eotta, w* rannot aay with
■rhat lOKÛts, yet. All the men teen
1-j like the training.
Jin. L. L Llvineoa entertained
the M—htf» «f the Fidelia claa οΛ
1H< Baytiet eharch teat week at the
f -tilar monthly huilai Mrttag,
.'Ue iom hoeteaa win inleUefci the
y Asionary Society on Monday eight.
'•Jeerly »2,COO.O« waa pledged by ■
•b- patrnn· of SorreS MmI near
Γ oàto ia War Savlnga fftaiapi Mmn.
Irrineoa and Rom spoke a* tWa
--V>al on last Wodaeeday aight to
r. Jama crowd. Over IMOfcM waa
bVa pledged at Barclayarflle aehool
ftiof a speech made by Mr. Laetnoaa
f -in* lart we*k. Mr. 0. 8. Ttuc,
If merly of Coat», to the dilliM
t" nelpal of the lut naaied aehooL.
Coats, March 18th.
C Ε. ROBINSON Wlf»
ratSTPLACB IN COWyT
ΤVake FM, Kerch 11. Ο—to·
Ε ItUMO·, imtMriJin Bate*·
Creak Amîoiï, wea Am )hw to the
er iml high reboot
t.-t, the final* of which
h ι htuHi; Bight vtth Or. W. L.
P»Vaa* μ·Ι<Ιι, and ftwimmrw Tk·.
U lake, WUu u4 HIchaaaMh arth*
• jadtoc- Willi Barefoot of
[«r«M kick wheel «μ ·ι urtii
rt and piece. The rreHnlneriee ι
held Thnreday e1«At la the
Â. -Is end etee «fwaken
t. ftnel eoate* out of the :
resle "
H'Hoeh ef North Carotiae.
Te X>.
totitart,
eebolanhty by the
err» «remctit, and Mt.
piv 'entod with · ptm.
ΙΟΓ.1 dllllceKr
•u.
VI
VA the *■« con Which Mi
Imped 1er. . The wmkm ef ι
Utl -ee wee leotewhat
la·: fear, Vut all
No effort Wee ιpared ky the
•ecotiea te «Mertate M
il J' u« their atay 'et the ι
rrs yUon