North Carolina Newspapers

EH3 THE DUNN • » *7 • *’ * M v#l- * ' puwh. w. c.. o^rTf, m» SUCCESS ATTENDS INITIAL EFFORT OF ENTERPRISE HERE Crowd* and Exhibit* Surpass Expectations of Those Interested RAHM THREAT1&S OPENING CEREMONY Muddy Roads and Haavy Cloud* of First D*y Hurt At! undone#, Bui Good Wauthor Follows—Catonal McLean Introducos Rohan N. Pago. Sores Fair; SOME FAIR? That Is the vsrdict of the thou* sands who hav- swarmed through the tratM of th# ft rut Great Dunn Fair dlKt thay wnro opened to the public Tuesday morning. Rain, mud, clouds, hot and cold weather, hove not stem* mrd the tide. The moat rotate ex pectation* of th# promoter* have al ready bson pos»»d and today's at tendance promisa* to eclipso all former recorH* for county fair* in North Carolina. Tomorrow, th*. final day of th# event, is expected to acc close to 20,000 person/ within th# *at*s. Thar, has not bssn s dull moment on th, mammoth grounds tlnce the sltver notes of Colons] Dsn Hugh Mr Lasn summoned the few hundred who had braved th, (dorm# to witness the upening ceremony together to bear Robert N. Page, candidal, for Gov ernor of North Carolina, make the speech which formally opened Uy ex position; Colonel McLean’s glowing tribute to Harnott and th, community were preceded by a paradt from th, bean of Dunn and a brief address by Rob ert L. Godwin, originator of th* Fair movement and One of thm biggest . forces In Its euccsas, who *eUlcomcd tk, BSfMk)* la til# l»rnnnMi ■airi thank. •d Inn for dw cooperation they had fives thg management bio Harts Atteedaaca. A steady downpour of rein for forty-eight boors immediately pre ceding the opening ceremonies inter fered scHously ' with arrangements and eroded to materially. Isapra the . expected attendance. Bain bad made [Mm away from town. As it was, however, the parade was creditable. Scares of sslwuhilui fsff led 5y th» bard and traversed thr boslncss district on their way to the grounds. Lowering clouda_a|:ll threatened: when the mud-enc., .tyd whirles fin ished the journey, .at just as the venerable Dan Hugh firyhed hit elo quent eulogy In that voica which haa touched the hearts of thousands snd which haa lost non# of Its power In the years that ha\> crowned him with silvrr, a tiny ray of sunlight seeped down through the grandstand and played upon his hoary head as a har binger of good weather through the real of the wuelt It was a good sign —en encouraging omen. Officials, still under the spell of tbe golden tongue, were given new cheer. With hupe In their hearts and sunlight nn the turf all was wall. Aaaistesneati Open. Mr Page's address was finished within three quarters of an hour. Che audience of 300 listened attentively from beginning to end, ‘.-tirred by hla patriotic utterance*, warmed by his prulsc and made to think by hla com monaenee argument for greater thought of the things upon which the Commonwealth depends for future development. The completion of Mr. Page’s ad dress was the signal for the opening of amusement features, exhibit halls, races and other features of the Fair. By mid-afternoon thvf«, were in full awing, the races, lh« St ire walls Family of five oerobata and Mias Charlotte M. Brand, oooratie singer, getting moat of tlu> attention. Sunshine through the aftornoon lightened th„ heavy track, dried roads and permitted many hundreds to come into town. Sineo then there haa been a steady stream of visitors. Success In evary department is the verdict of all who have atlrnded. COATS J. W. Driver of Dunn was in town a few hour* Friday. Mias Helen Pimpkina of Buie’* Creek spent Saturday with Misses Mary and QMdyt Stewart. Kat Overby of Lilltngton wat a business vltitor Here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Bain spent the week-end with relative! et An rier. Mrs. Fannie Walters of Willow Springs spent a few days last week with Mrs. J. L. Johnson. Rodgers Sexton and Dr. C. 0. Fu qnay and Mias as Laura Parrish and Callie Stewart motored to Kaleigh Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. M Keen spent Sunday salt hralatives in Foot Oaks Braxton Byrd of Dunn was a visi tor bare Sunday. Rev. and Mrs. Fred N. Day of Wln storv-Beleia spent n while here Thurs day. Archie Stow art spent Monday In V arias. Miss Altec Jones of Charleston, S. C., la the guest of Mlea Meta Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Jessie H. Parrish motored to Dunn Sunday. Two hands and a brain are all ths capital that anyone needs to make J success. I The seances of something for noth Ing are aeon exhausted Business la service. I • ' I .V’e JUVENILE COURT i 'V* V ny i F. Lea-ley. Stato liom i fimaaioncr of Public 1 ' ) Welfare. The aVfiMlfle court a* ih«* tntuM i whereby it I* found that dependent, neelecicd urul delinquent children cun ben be -avail from live-* uf fidlure and disaster and made to jp*t»w intc useful and law abiding ritlxriia. This is very gimd for th* child; all will admit it. It is ccniaPy gnml for society. Paoio-rs and criminal* ; ar.. liabilities lo tb* luxpuyerr Law* : a bid a* citizens arr an a*M*t i The juvaiiila court principle i# now beinir op»d»ed all over th* Untied State-* and in foreign countries. It ts one of the *r«nt forward stipe of ike nr, and the most important i advance in coart method* lr* many ycari. It can no more be .checked ■ than th* public* sc hool. It S/ to .••toy , and to be improved. The juv«*nSL court can't serve ev* «ry child. Bat it has been provan ;hat when lhr lystcra U properly c»r • ied out It will save seventy five per cent of them. That U more than worth the money. It Costt the taxpayer* ten time* more to rapture, try, |Hinidi, and maintain an adult criminal than it does to nave a juvenile delinquent. All the children in North Carolina under sixteen years of acre who arc delinquent, neglected. or dependent, tr* v»id#r the jurisdiction of the juvenile court Every juvenile court ha* * proba tion officer whnxr hueiros** it l* In investigate every ca«e of auch chil* dnm. lay the facts before the judr*. *nd then carry out th* decision of the emirt This u called probation work The court stands in th, relation of parent In sach children, and will ills* I pline. guide and control them through |rnbation, Just at a wise father would Th, court may pun.-h a child if H '* neces-ary, but wayward children arc mo/e ln noed of wise guidance and ju«t discipline and fncodly help than of punishment. The judge ia the kind and. wise father, the probation oAcer is the big brother of the boy who ie about to be loot. ■ Both ar« studying ways %ad mean* to mdho * man of bun. Do you -bhliere la saving bey. and girls whose pa rests lot them go hat ray or »tu hava do parntaf »v 7 t .-.y. If you art a- Cn8U, you 'hheo hainly ought toamay.JOhhaO eneodr »B« this alii>_|jy B to <mr\at>r»ork-' If you good dtisan you ought to hafp It, for you baQave ' i having good omens apd If you are a msn you ought u> help, because this is a practical ap plication of th. .brotherhood of man. The Juvenile court Is really a part of th® educational system. It carries opportunity to children who other wise would not have it. The juvenile court doe* not ask what ran be dor^ to a child, hut whol can be donr for him ... to make a man or a woman instead of a human wreck. Th^ peopi# who do not brliavc in human wreck, have risen in their power and wiped out the whiskey traffic. They are now preparing to w'jo out the other influences that tnZxt wrecks of young * nl holplcs# children. Thin is a Job for God'* noble men and women. Such men and women arc putting their hands to (he plough in every community In North Caro lina. They are already tw.ting the . Joy that come* from It and have no t detire to look back. If these word* ! matt your eye. you ore invited to come in with u>. Write for information and liter.. , lure on child saving to The Stair ’ Ruurd of Charitipn anil Public Wel fare, Raleigh, N. C.t or to your own I county superintendent of public wd , fare. MANNING ARGUES , INHERITANCE CASE Louisville, Ky„ Oct. 7.—Jamas S. Manning, attorney general of North Carolina, in his argument in the coun ty court here today agamst levy by tha Stats of Kentucky of the inherit ance tax ou the annuity left the Uni versity or North Carolina, contended that under tha inheritance lax Law uf dCentucky no bequest left hy a t-illzm cf Kentucky to sn educational > r charitable institution outside of this State la subject to taxation. In th0 argument made by attorney', i for th0 Stale, It developed that, under I the term* of the will of Mrs. Mary I Lily Flagler'Bingham, the University of North Carolina was given un an. naity of 97S.OOO It was computed that to produce this ««n at six per cant. Intereat it would lake a trust! fund of 91.2&0.000, and that the ap praiser of the estate had made an appraisement accordingly. which should yield 12111,000 Inheritance Ux for Kentucky, with the exception of institutions which arc controlled by municipal corporations outside of Kentucky, Attorney General Man ning stated that proper construction of tha Xcnturky law would show all bequests made to educational and eharltr' Institution; are dkempt. >tf' «>»>d K waa never intended by ’ «*L law to narrow tha beneliceneie* of generous and good citizens I* u citing several decisions sustaining hla contsntlon, mainly one in Louisiana, where a cHiten left a large bequest ta a French Institution, he said the 1 court held that Istuisiana could not • levy an Inharitance tax on «oeh a be | quest Attorney Oonerel Manning ! ’a«reed that tha decision on thin ques l.tion should also apply to other be quest* for similar institutions In | Florida. After completing hla argu • intent Mr. Manning left far his home. ! Politeness when overden* is won# than rtxfenaaa. COMMERCIAL CLUB i IS TO BE ORGANIZED l/.uincct Men Will Meet toj ; Form Association Next Monday Night BEAMAN TO ATTEND Sacralary and Praiidant ml Raleigh Ch«>n bar of Caanarca Esp«eta 4 I !• Addraai Catkwiay—Fint See lion Hald Last Friday. I Dunn will begin tha organisation [of an -edr-iuataly financed, proparly functioning commercial and et*lc or Kin i.ution nmt Monday night when ! Muuruc H. Beaman, mcretary of tha Hall-nth Chamber of Commarce, and Pnniiii-nl PwarLtein, of tha Sanaa organisation, maat hare with local burincra mm t«. lay the foundation for such a prujuct. liana for tha mining 1 acting art tha outgrowth of a visit to Dunn by Mi. Bt am.-ir last Friday night. At 'hut time ha waa tha gaaat of local huoinrie men whn had iarttod him I hi re lo discuss commercial organise lion work and lo got his advice oa Ur. bert methods of procedure. Ho pleaaad ware tha local man with ilr. rtraman's talk that tha* aaa*ad to begin ut one* to estaMish such an organisation ns ho advised. Tha Monthly night meeting was than de cided u|k>b and Mr. Bcantaa aad Mr. PcurUtain were invited to attend. Only twenty of Dunn's ha 11 no as men w crc rounded up for lent weak'* misting Many others who era inter ..lid »crc oot of town or had other .•rowing business engagements. Hi :tret, were expirmrd that npry eiti «n ur the town was not prueent to hear hint! [ Mr, Piemen had just won tha big Iruiipht Fhfr rasa Ikssa..^. „ki.L Vamk Carolina iB pat on an equal b*«4 wit* V Alma. It was a b% victory, wen after many years of effort. It ni modestly pointed to by Mi. weaker aa an evidenc* of whet united business men ran aecomnliah and was used aa an argument for tka unification of efforts here •a 1- _ a a inclusive, and iha indication! are that of all the fain bald by the Asaoeiw tson in tbc Cap* Pear City this wUl be the beat. Agricultural and liv» stock exhi bits undoubtedly will be of a much pester variety and the quality will "* t*8je too. Th* other department* will otTcr more to tboee Interested than ever before. There will be plenty of amusement, too; the be* and cleanest attractions traveling the Southern State* have bean beokad, and thasc include many and virled open air stunts. All veterans of th* Confederal* Army, the Span Uh-American Veter an*. and tho veterans of our (moat recent unpleasantness with Germany) VVorld Wsr ere most cordially In vited to attend on Military Day, Wednesday, October 29. Of all th* day* this promise* to be on* ef the most interesting, aa th* authorities at Camp Hrai>g ar* going to show tha poop)* of this section some of tha modern machinery of war. There will be In their exhibit and parade *omc of those artillery places that showed the Itnn that Uncle Sam not only would fight, but had the right matsrlnl to win, with, such as tanks, big gun*, mounted on tractors, and some drawn by tractor*; others horse drawn, and thalr horses, too, are won derful. In this !tn* of fighting ma chine*. wc think the aeroplane baa a very important place, and Pop* Pleld ho* agreed to rivo special flights for this occasion and the boys know how to manruvO a flying machine in deadly action, and will give eome of the stunt* they palled off while wrestling the rrnremney in th* sir from th# Rocho. Veterans of the World War are aakrd lo participate In Uniform; !ho«e of the Civil and Spanish-Amer ican War will kindly join their or cranizatlona at nlatrt ta ho innnmia.j later. AU veteran* praticipoting ia thia parade will b* admitted fra* of charge and It la hoped thRt yea will ha present. CAPE FEAR FAIR ASSOCIATION R J. LAMB, Chief Marahal. R. M. JACKSON. Secretary. TO AIL DISCHARGED SOLDIERS AND THEIR FRIENDS AND FAR. rSTS: A mrmbrr of th* North Carolina U 8. Army Recruiting party-ia aow in Dunn, North Carolina, and will be In Donn, North Carolina, during the llamatt County Fair, for it, pur. pore of giving information to dla rharged aoldiem, thair friend* and paranta, in regard* to thair "Victory Button,” t<K) Bonne, Liberty Bond, War Riak Inaarmnc* and additional Iraval pay, and othar mature eorv camlng th, U. 8. Arm*. Th. ander aigned member will alao be glad to give any yoang man any Information that he may with in regard In en listing in the U. S, Army. Th* Unit ed mat** Army I* now olTartrg on limited opportanittea for young man that ar* inferreted In battering lhatr earning powora. ^ry -ir^aur,^ Aargaont, G. S. Infantry. Sueeoaa I* largely a donation of habit* DAN HUGH Ml£AN REVIEWS IpORY Of COUNBTS LIFE Shows HsisstKs i In Sp—eh hi R. RECALLS 1_ OF ijOW ___ UCTION kerneatari Wkaa £jai PraJvaad Only Qaartar ad 'Bab Far Acre a*d Na Railroad Ta ‘ the Caaa maeily—Resiles SR Frag rasa. "My Countryman: "Thera art sinsid— Lh* lives of man whan the taught Tails to give expression to the imr"'— of tho heart. Standing hergrfathe nsldxt of the*# magnifleaot andMml* af a pre plan’ thrift, entarpriaa'had industry, t And no Isngaaga at M Hpa to eX praaa the gtsUMa .gad admiration da# ta thaaa beav# <«*■ *nd fair woman who are tho dHmtscte of this wondraos a*h(httlan.\ p7 WUsary af Hpr^feCoRoty. “TWa is, indeed. ^Qhachal day in th, histar yof HarnaBoaaty. tin mouataina have sent Mgr .their rilla; ths bffls, their rtrjk/tha Yallayr, (hats floods; and babXihn avatanchr af people 1# ban. Harnett County tutors upon (yin of pro* psrity sad deveiopadfir hnknoam to bar paapia ia tho hUpna by. To day sk« breaks thdWt1™ of sloth and inortla which hdEba^dirappa-d bar la ths past. kiUjKuds forth to an admiring worid.TQftk't ready to ran • race. Today-W pe»pta have theft eyaa flxpd gsdiV rising san of a now day and mSBmting into the faea af a glaHaa# futfey Her vstch word in and will Ust-sll n* it. receratlba* af th* forward— forwaMI feraver until *h* will have attaint degree of hoMr and glory _ ha. been de creed to har by tt» of Almighty God. .. *~A. m Prank Ibvth# wbmill captured • harneaaad __ ». ecledtl re volu te* and man aant Guiding Hand HanMtl A* It ^uet 64 yean ago, th« County of Harnett wna loglr'nUd Into being. Her territory at that ti*w waa eparao ly eettlad and her milfor the moat part waa poor and unproduettve and worth only upon aa average of about 13.00 an acre. Her maia money pro duct wae derived from th* turpentine fathered from her foreete. At that tinea very little cotton eraa -lantad and the product waa upon an average of a one-fourth of a bal* to the aero; the average yield of th* corn crop per ocre waa eetlmaUd at * buiheU; lb* other farm product* war* in the earn# pro portion*. At that time not a foot of KaHroad trackage baa been built Harwell County of Taday. Today little las* than 100 mile* of railroad trackage travaree her border!, which, like the artarlea of th* human body, giv# life and vigor to th* w^ol* are# of the eoanty. Lam than fomy year* age th, amamaaaat of the rtal and peraanal property af the county war nine hundred and fifty thouaend dollar*; today th* tax book* «how th* aaaaeneeat of th* taxabl* property la the Coanty a raounte to twelve million dollar*, and th# population of th* county has in creaeed BOO par cent The value af th* land la the county today will average 128.00 par acre ca*h. Nc coanty in North Carolina or any other elate of *e Sunny South cax , make a bettor eh owing than thu raapit mm •••man. No wonder our people feel proud pf their achtevamsati; they hare honored thenurlve* end have honor ed th« State that guv* them birth. No wonder eur people moat of whom are here today, for only the Nek and the infirm are at home, feel proud of thil record. Her brave ■one end fair daughter* hava been the architect* ef her greatnem. Aa proud aa Harnett County is of her herok eon a, prouder rt-n ia abo ef her fair daughter.. They am aa pur* aa her gold and aa beautiful aa th* morning. There has been no ctmam •taaco through which North Carolina has paaaed but what the ami of Har nett County have been ever ready to rui|i to her relief, and te give their life blood, if aeed he, in her defense "Twaa the Harnett County boy. who helped to break the Hin denberg Hue, many of whom new sleep on th. kltl aide* and valley* ef runny, gfrriooa Trane*. T# their memory »e amrlbed every boner with In our power te confer. Bom* day w* will bring them beck to Nee* In th* beeom at tbNr nathr* land which they loved ao well. Me tell laadatlaa. Thia ctory of Harnett', greatae*. w* wanted the warld to kwow, bat our people war* to* atodeet to rnlect on orator within oat own borders te repent this glorious detail, ao w« hav* sent abroad and cbomw a typical North Carolinian to he with a* today te syllabi* her ntnisa. The orator, whom Jr* h*ve with ui today, la almost a Harnett Count] . men} he aecnped this fate by ahuoN a hair's breadth. Ils father one. ■end hi our county and begun hia bnatnem career *u the bank* ef the bietori* Cap, Tear. Twna In Hsrneti County h* found mid wedded hh , wife—a woman of rare attainment! and th* miatreea of every grace d form and Intellect- In her vein* wa REPUBLIC IS MENACED* BY RADICAL UPHEAVAL SeMtnr PoidaxUr' Decloni There la Real Dagger to the Government. Washington, Oct. 14.—Warning that there is "reel danger that the government will fall" if it continue* It* attitude of "supine inaction’’ to ward the radical element* over tba country waa given today «n the senate by Senator Poindexter. Republican, of Washington. Heferring to propaganda circulated at Garr. laid., argirg steel worker* to revolt and establish a dictatorship, Scrntor Poindexter said there eras “ample proof of the revolutionary movement, not only at Gary, but throughout lh« country.” Many of th« strikes now in effect, he added, were called “In pursuance of the re volutionist#' plan to strike down all government.’ The Washington sen ator offered a resolution asking why the department of justice had not proceeded against tha circulator* of' revolutionary propaganda. Senator Thomas. Democrat, of Colorado, ques tioned the need for the resolution. He aaid the steel striker* in hi* state had ao grievance; that they were fighting for nationalisation of the ■tael industry. Senator Pomerene, Democrat, of Ohio, remarked that hie information waa that the strike leaders were bold ing out the inducement that the plant* soon would be in the employee' hand* a* a mean* of getting the men tu remain In lh< union*. While the senate was discussing radicalism, the honor foreign affairs committer favorably reported a reso lution extending for on* year war time Daasoort restriction* ao as to, exclude radicals und undesirable ali ens. thoasands of whom ara waiting to come to thia country, according to ronaular reports from abroad. JOHN ROBINSON'S CIRCUS I. Coming in All It. CUry With Many New Neeel and Soaeatieaal Features. Fresh from winter quarters, bright and glittering with gold leaf and veri-head paints, teeming with hun dreds ef sew aad novel features, lohn Robinson's Circut, the largest, ; sldeat and best in tha whole world, will five a wonderful parade and two oerformaece* in Fayetteville, Tues day. October 21. This reason marks the 96th for this remarkable lea ted organisation, uae that is now being managed by the haad af th» third generation ef the family bearing a name that is a household word fwftn coast to rqnxt. John Robinson, the First* orig inated, the first traveling tented dtfw iMfr. United "tate» in UUy and the operated »%r tiaeu. Old John Rob^] In von died in Cineionati, Ohio, short ly after the close of the Civil War and the management of the show, than a null affair, palled from plats to place In wagons, devolved upon the oldest son of the owner, John the Second. The latter modernised tha organisation and we. the first shaw man to use thn railroads for trans portation and fh light bis tents with elertririly. Year by year the eireui grew In ev ery department until It boeaaae the largest aad brat In existence. Sever al years ago John Uie Second retired from active life aad the show panned to the leadership of John G. Robin son, grandson of the founder, aad a men well known to numerous resi dents in this vicinity. This season the circos has four long railroad trains, five hundred horses, 1, 427 employees, three hun dred famous arsnic artists, a remark able menagerie, including "Congo." a baby Hippopotamus ar.il a herd of twenty-five elephant*. happily blended the blood of the Krenrh and Anglo-Saxon. Thla made her emli-ently fit to roar, educate and refine a family of scholar*, states men, and men of affair*. Three boys bo t^of Mil* union have filled and *<Kf- -d ion* of the highest positioaa of- honor and trust which can be at tained under our glorious form sf government, in which there Is no dis tinction without merit, no preferment without worth, no line of d cm or ration beyond which an aspiring youth may not go. Our orator of today 1* a man whole Hpa have been touched from the altar flrea of oratory and rhetoric. He can weave for our entortainawnt gar land* of the rarest flower* from the enchanted land uf poesy av.d rhetoric, but h« can do more—he can tell the story of a man who began at the low est round ef the ladder, who by dilig ence persistent effort, and benedt teM, baa reached the highest point in the temple of fame. Ho l» one of nature's noblemen. Hu ia a ion of tell, who in hi« youth mu made to tread the wine-pre*< of advene cir cumstances. Hc we* not born with a ailunr apojm in his moulh, bul made Olo «v») n hy konv-l work. He be to Ibat class whom the paapla dolight to honor, for hc is In full touch with them In at) matters per taining to th.lr wieL Ha ha* been faithfal, loyal and **P*bi* •« every relation of Ufa with Ms state and fultow-citlmena. What •’•f/ste aa fortune has Imposed up •a Min in hln career as a public aerv ant he ha* measured fully up ta ths Una of duty and Unity. Whether driving -pike* in railroad ties, open ing the randMlia of Moure County ta ths commerce of tha world, or sit ting In the eoanell* of the nation at Washington, standing watch on the ramparts of th« temple of liberty, it might well lie mid ef bias: UJ1** Argu* o'er the people’* right*, path hi* sternal vigtlenoc keep. No soothing strains of Mains* Harp hi* watchful eyes ta aieep. Mr fellow-citizens hear him today, far be bring* to os a mesasge of in formation and entertainment His will bo words fitly spoken which art Ilka apples of gold and pitchers sf silver I have now the distinguished honor of prosonting to you Hon. g M. Page of North Curoffna. 'NEW COTTON TO BE i NOW CoOfTWMioMl Action on Resolution For Octobar Eskimo to. Washington, Oct. 14.—Quick sc-1 tlsn by Congress on s resolotioa er> •icriug Ou agriculture department to| l-«ac a new ret ton report on Novaaa-I b!r b "kowinr the crop condition as of October tb was proas ised today by bouse loaders. Representative Byrnes, of Booth Carolina, anther of the resolution, an nounced'tonight that be aspaeted to obtain bouse consideration Thursday under aa unaninoua consent agree-1 iment. Such action today wa» delayed I by other legislation bolding the right of way as unnnidiod business and to morrow a previous order of business! util similarly prevent action, revocable recommendation on adop tion of the resolution was given on ominously today by the hope# egrtcmJ lurc committee after southern eoB Krcujnrn had urged immediate ac tion us neci-Hsary so that th» “true, crop rendition" may bo made known. Ujie year for the dean**! benefit ot the cotton plantar. BIG CIRCUS ON WAYi BOOKED FOR RALEIGH Mammoth Shown Arw Now CmUaaf Ami *—ranm Exhibitions At Early Date. Tha world 'biggest amusement In stitution ttnglmg Brothers and Bar "«! * *yfW (Blow, Combined, ia to axhiWt afternoon apd night at BaJ •«h; Saturday, Xovwmbar 1. The runaolidai ion of tha "WorM'e Craatcat Show*” dad tha “Oroatoat Show on Earth" la atm circus of coloaaal site, caaatitatea tha inua m»nt carpalar of the country Noth ing to approach tMa gigantic, new circus haa over bafora (amt Amer ica. It baa beea farmed by merging the pick and the cream of afl that waa biggest and bask in the twp fam au* mows. It avoald bo foBy to at tempt to enumerate Its many won dcr*. Some idea at th« enormous upon whlrh f—tTw tf| m*> seated may ba bad whan It mated that a Quarter of a mflfto* pound* of elephant* taka part In a stngte act r In other weeds ds Hag ea aaany of tha blf-aercd giants than hare ever before been aaaa ia sue main-tool exhibition. All dec to ba scam it In proportion. The armiic store embrace all th« world', fota mem ctroee pa rfarmors Theca amt three hoars of aoveltia and big aaa sational acta. TVs menagerie Is far &erA away the moat eoleatel over ^rfutgrtKrtMMfct ntafi the two or three shown in that to*d. The gnat tournament which opens Um matin-toa« program, ia tha snsssTsSa? sssa •poa hundreds of gorge oasly coat am ed characters and beautiful harass take pact la It The morning street parade ia the longest and moat hdk nsnt as as given anywhere. It is a "tap*adorn soper-etreu stoat bafltao deacriptloa. TH* KTATK PA1U HIM. KKATtltK IIKTTKH PAHWKn HaJeigh. Ctrl. 16—Agrirnltura will i>" enthroned al the Stale ralr. Oct« brr 30 la 35. It will bo a farmor'a fan-. Th* biggncl and mod coisplat* •x mim« to be placed will show seme 1 phase of lha alula's fandamenlal In dustry. Of murae. Iboao Inloraste-.: in other thing* will also flmt It well worth while to Inspect the various othri* cshllill*. hnt agriculture will lm sept-mu*. Tha big gov eminent oxhiltlt alone will be il«roi«d largely lo the work of the i’ldml Depart mom nr Agrtrullura, and will oc cupy (be lurgtial Individual exhibit *pere to be rcsrrvod. Rvory burouu ami ofllct ol this large department Will lie ropraneulrd. la aildttloa to rb* army and uuvy trophies of Ui* Over In Out State building trill bn' Ihn exhibit of Iho State Department of Agrtcnltnrr showing tbe coovrra* live wori of Ihe experiment station and extension service. Tbbt exhibit It now being prepared under the di rection of If. H. Brlmtey. who trill Inaugurate many nuw feature*. Frnc tleully all or the dtvMoue will be represented In thta building, and a good many of Uie exhibits are at present being placed. Mrs June B. MeKImmon and her oorps of worhrn will bava charge of ihe womau'a building. Two yearo ago I be exhibits hero proved 10 bo ora nf the moat popular fnotnmt of the whole exposition. la aplle of a hard garden year, the canning dull* and homo demonstration clubs have done oxcnllnnl work and will wood samples of their hamdlwoih to bo displayed again thta year. Tho la dle* of llrt. McKimniona Ulri-luo will bo uu haad to agplaln and In struct visit pi* to this building Tho pig. poultry and plant el * . will ueo more apace this year than' formerly, duo to tho liberal premiums wbkh bars been offered tad tho n eelleut progroaa mada hr the meui bors In growing pure bred animals and plank daring tho post two roar*. NOT A WOUNDED SOLDI** HAS A EEFULSIV* FACE 8t. Look, Oct. 14.—Facial roc on Hrttloa ha* boon *o swccescful that i ther( I* not an American saldlor. i wounded In the "war. with n ropwktv* ! /ace, according to a report made to I th* convention of tho AmoctaUon of Military Surwnona of tho CaJtof States her* today. R. IL PAGE HAKES '"OPENING ADDRESS TO SMALL CROWD PRAISE FOR THOSE . WHO MADE HARHETT tag WiUlruAbn Far lha bm tial* af lilmaiii Akkouk Robert H Am mSh «u for Governor af Marti wnlH, ipeaking at Aa opeain* af tha Fair ,Sr."~;®.*tFjris’5£ truthj which are certain ta of bit platform hi tha' palgn la which ha. of Charlotte m Shelby «*• ta th. Democratic MucstioRf ;the epaakae dwelt _ __ Wbll« paying high tribute ta tha maa aad woaam who have carved a proa peroua community from what Wha once a dcrotate wan# la wppar Cum borland county,Mr. Pag# drratadmaat [or hie attrotion ta the fwtara. Ma i aitAlfa ha* ia maak - ty but of the whole of North CarsMan Wboee people bad bragged ef MU lag one scaeol he—i a day darn lha coming of Chari— B. Ayeoek hrta lha Governor's Manrioa. He had beam imprs.md by thle dad cry fro— the ranks of Ua Democratic brethera. A Mg thing had ham ac complished. A gierlour thing had been does. It mimed that Met—y would tooa be wl—d tram the fab face of the Old North Mate Bat didliadewmeat came with dte closare made by the inMeNon a—rim draft hoard* Mm It w— inn—I that li per reel ef'the yemag mm af tha State maid neither mad nor write. TMe, mid the speaker, thaw ed that leadMig wm wraag with the gdia. It meant, he aaid, that a Seoranco wae^rUU a groat B4»d ea HMt hoard nporUWd aka dam thsTpracticaDy Up— mat at tha who thraataded the misty aad ha dam Of tha aatse*. Amt had. I he sold, "hat wa'aaa — i I poverty." ad oat, had loaaed l_„, 000.000 u the Federal geoinmial daring the war and had la mend he the a—mried ** ** ****"* A people who could do that, he eaid, could aet pat away whhTalea *f Poverty when aaade j—I — a—at — during the war war* fa Nag Mem. He did not my that it wm Ida parpeee to see that thee, need* mere earad for in the a*e*t he is elected Govern or. but the inference was Mat he would. i f’Mj«*utioasd Ms bearer* Mat ' the need Ur economy w— a* gnat :.“S? tsssja.‘‘AH and unroot war* attributed to *‘—end ing wildly with no thought of the fa turc." Quoting Carter Glee*. tear* tory of the Treasury, Mr. Page aaid that France's war d.bt wu practi cally flve times as great — that af pie United Stales and its rtsmrees lets than half. SUB, with M*0,000 of Its young men killed — 1—rfr~l tolcd by war and the Aaida aad tad— tries of a large part af Ms arm wrecked. H would pay that debt M Stakes to pay its. • This was true, hs aM, --1 tbs people of Prnnca bad ttmM babHa of thrift aad economy, whU« ‘rn* csits, Treed from the attorn at spent wildly and mawiaaiy. Mr. Pan* U a grandma of HamsW. Ills grandfather waa bars and roar ed aad did baalnaas not away miles from Dona on tba banka of tba Capa Pear. Hia wife, too, la a native ad th* county. H. waa a fraqusat viw itar ta tba county aa a child and aa a youth aad recollects 4bo old thus when |ar pitch aad turpentine warn tbs eaty products profitable ta tba man at thorn days. Bar mam tors whea Mad that now a* Be far MM aa acr# weald produce 100 pounds af Bat settee and nia« hutorli af rasa aad that was considered a good crop. Man whs had hroaght that lead ap to K» present raise, be said, knew a moat deal more shout fsnataa tbaa be could taO tbsm. so ha would aa* undertake U advise thaaa. Tba Tab, b* dec la rod, was a fttttog — gmirrt to tba cntsrprla* of vach maa - R rd, he mid. Mr. Pago was aarsrlalasl whAe ft»r» *T ***•? L Qedwta. He was X,companla4 to Dunn by Charles Khsa, of UBIngioa, who la-iialaa Ma candidacy at LUUngtoa. GERMANS USING CAB IN TMBM ATTACKS ON RIGA Copenhagen, Oct. It.-"The Oam •Sana arc aUaeklng Riga with petatR aa* aad aim bombarding tba Iowa with trench mortar*," an a UMh foreign odk# csaaanmlaatiaa Mmd Monday. "Oraet damage baa boon daaa to ! May* aad tba harbor," thTsm3L£ 1 **••* tier, hero base many civilian casualties/'