Tlit Buskst
Town in U.S.A.
TOI . X
Federal Board of Vocational
Train?ng Accomplishing
Great Things
seven- hundred late
METHODS PRESENTED
\ ~ . f ' ?*
? : / . * -
Courses Are Cfiosen According
to Temperment of Men, Ft
is Stated "]
W ashington, Jul/ 24.? The
question as to where disabled
ex seivice men ate being re
educated is answered by the fact
that 5,067 disabled soldiers, sail
ors, and marines under. the di
rection of the Federal Boar&for
Vocational Education- are^iri J
training in more than seven
hundred different institutions
throughout the/ country. Five
hundred ana foi?y-six schools
and colleges now number wound
ed soldiers among their student?,
and one hundred and ninety
eight commercial and industrial
establishments have disabled
men oir their force learning the
trade. In Order to give the men
the kind of course they wanf as
near their homes as possible, the
of automobiles, Y. M. C. A.
schools; trade schools, big shops
and small shops, all vie with
each other in giving their best
training to these returned sold
iers.
The course they "cfioose differ
as the 'emperment of the men.
Five hundred thirteen of them
are studying some branch of
agriculture; 721 have chosen
manufacturing and mechanical
pursuits; 280 are takisg engineer
ing courses; 101 arc reaming
drafting and desining; 414 are
Xow pursuing purely educational
courses preparatory to r voca
tional course.
The County Educational De
partment ir calling attention of
the public td the fact that high
school advantages are i^reach
of any boy or girlie Pitftcounfy
free of tuition charge. Any stud
ent who# able to enter the Ugh
school department may attend
the well equipped i high schools
at Bethel Farnmlfe, Grifton or
AMER, FORCE
ARE TO STAY
IN SIBERIA
Wash^oo^C, July 25-;
PresidenryWlfsctt today *aa vise#
the Senate thai the American
expedition in Siberia was there
to protect and maintain opera
tions of the Siberian railroad and
indicated the expedition, would
remain as long as such protec
tion was necessary.
Another purpose ?Hhe expe
dition as outlined, by the presi
dent was to give relief to the
Russian people in Siberia by
supplying ; food*: clothing and
other supplies. Mr, Wifeon said
there was no intention of inter
fering with Russian sovereignty.
The retinuition of American
trQops to protect American Rail
way forces under John F.
Stevens, the Presidents -letter
slated is ajHtal element.
j>- Hi... "
Official figures of the fire loss
es for North Carolina . during
1917 shows that 63.6 per cent
were dwelling houses according
to authentic figures worked out
by Actuarial Bureau of the Na
tjonal Boafd of Underwriters.
These losses on dwellings aggre
gated $612,941 or nearly one
fourth of the total losses for the
year. The figures worked out
by the bureau were on reports
of 2,674 fires reported.
These findings; says Insurance
Commissioner and Fire Marshal
James R. Young, give further
empasis to the necessity for the
fire prevention work that the
WomanV Clute and the child
reo, through the North Carolina
Safety Leagues, are doing in co
operation wiifi (he fire and acci
dent prevention divisionof the
iosurance department ?
7, 8, 9 Sud 10,
fortbeUm^c
erans* annual
nj On Board/. 3j|? U. S. New
Mexktfi'Sunday, Jun? 27.? (By
-Wifeless, via Colon to the As
sacked ; &<gs)? The Pacific
fleet, which passed successfully
through the Panama Canal yes
terday on its voyage from Homp
ton Roads to the West Coast of
the United Statesr sailed tonight
from Panama for~Saa Diegc^
Cal.
President Belisario Pprras, of
flie Republic Jof" Panama, with
members of his family and his
staffr made an official call on
Admiral Hugh Rodman, com
manding the fleet today. Presi
dent Porras was given full presi
dential honors, including a sa
lute of 21 guns.
Thousands of sailors from the
fleet took peaceful possessidn
of Panama today. They enjoy
ed their visit ashore and no dis
order of any sort occurred. Un
til recently American soldier*
and sailors were not allowed to]
visit Panama: Admiral Rodman,
however, .expressed confidence
thai the ylsit ofhismen ashore I
would be. entity pleasanF-gBJg
Work Done Hc^e HwProven of
Wonderfut Benefit to targe
Number of Children in tHe
Farravifle School District. -i
-
Dr. A. M. Schultz, of the State
Board of Health, makes the
following "report as to the work -
done here during |he week end
iog July 26tb, at the FreeJDental
Dfepens try conducted by him
at the Farmville School:
Amalgum fillings 121
Bement. 6
Abscessed treated 4
Teelfa extracted . Z9
Gmttri teetH cleanedl::; 34;
Treated for pyairhei^^:" 1
Miscellaneous treatments- 4
Children needing nothing
done 6
CWIdrea unmaE_ageable-'..:^ 1
fe total cost (conservative
esiimate) if done in a private
ofr?cef $338.50.
The above report speaks for
itself, and plainly vshows, even
to the pessimist,: tjhst the work
being done by Dr. ScKtjffe fcone,
if not the most important and
directly beneficial branch of thb
State Board of Health's enttre
fe Pa , July 28.
ide at home may
: a$? innocent as its
isor Charles H. La
^^fcvPfaiiadelphia
harmacy, cautions
look oul for the
?me brew, he find?,
lie content of 1.77
alloifs to ffo
"dimnerr'Vlie
? J
prised recently", de
essor La Wall, "to
iu? coughing a little
ig several glasses of
root beer, ? -became
id began an analysis
(he beverage. The
surprising! I found
oholic content was
I had supposed,
red that after stand
s the beverage con
er cent of alcoii'ol;
lys the percentage
.36 and a~ylay or so
imbed to 1.77. The
e irom a natural fer
thepjlansom
Mexcian Bandits i
igton, July
, l^-year-old son of
[Thompson, an Ameri
'' kidnapped ftom
:b, 30 mites from
?and is being held
fits for 2,500
,#ie State Depart
today.
presentations have
]M Mexican gov;
was announced.
ce^cf the Mexican
[obn West Tborap
ican ranchtnaaliv
ico Ci<y, : has fy|
S ransom demand
for the release of
year old son, the
ment was advised
^icsa authorities
jared the bandits
1 ENFORCE
If SCHOOL LAW
AUSTRIA ASKS
FOR MORE T'ME
TO CONSIDER
1 ? " 1
St. Ceramic, En Laye, I uly 27.
Dr. Karl Renner, Austrian chan
cellor and bead of the Austrian
peace delegation, accompanied
by Dr. Richard Schuller, another
member of; the delegation ar
rived here todayi from Feldkirch,
nearr the Swiss border, where
they conferred with Austrian
governmental representatives
from Vienna.
Dr. Rentfer at once, upon his
arrival formulated a request to
the jpeace conference for an ex
tension of the time accorded
Austria to reply to the second
frartof the peace terms -which
5vere communicated -4o -the
Austrian delegates on July 20.
?the Austrians were origionally
given fifteen days within which
to niake reply.
ii?jfcr ' cferstoyed the Atlantic
Coast line A passenger station,
pffice and warehouse at Grif ton.
| The surmise is that during'the
electrical storm which visited
Gi 'fton last night that lightening
struck the building between ten
and eleven o^clock. When first
discovered some time later the
entire building was ablaze and
every effort to save it or any
part of it proved futile.
There was some freight in the;
warehouse at the time and' ihisr]
also;ff?as a total-loss.
The company is today using
a small warehouse nearby for
office etc The loss is estimated
to be around $7,000.
New York, julv 27.-Theend
>f the Itrifce of 40,000 seaman
vhich has tied up the Atlantic
icd Qulf ports lor the last three
veeks is ended as announced by
Jastave Brown, General Secra
ary oUhe Seamen's Union who
Every Feature of Compulsory
School Attendance Law
^ to be Enforced.
.Under the new state law ev>A?y
public School mast run for six
months, and every child between
the ages of eight and fourteen
must attend for the whole term.
The law has- been greatly
strengthened and new arrange
ments have been made for its
enforcement. It is the purpose
of the state and county authori
ties to sse that every child is in
school who does not come with
in the reasonable exemptions of
jhe !aw. The authorities Hold
(hat it is useless to lengthen the
term and provide more efficient
teachers unless the children take
advantage of the enlarged op
portunities. There will be a con
stant state wide effort to secure
a proper enforcement of the ai
tendance law. -
Pitt county has more than its
share of illiterates, and it is hop
ed that the number can be ma
terially reduced. and eventually
eliminated altogether.
Gall Meeting of White School
* Committeemen August 2nd '
For the purpose of stimulating
jybe .work of the;coun
jh
Education," the County Board
has cdled a meeting of all (fie
white school committeemen in
the county for Atigust 2nd. The
meeting" will . be held in the
Training School dining room at
one o'clock, Lunch- wiM be.
served by the Training School,
and a short business meeting
wjjll beheld. It is thought that
this meeting, will be very help
ful, and that a large number 1 of
committeemen will be present.
General plans for the worijc
the coming year will be^'iscus^
fed. -
Washington, I uly 25.?
A letter received yesterday even
ing By friends here from Zeph
Polls, who is spending the week
at Hatteras, tells of * an interest
ing fish which was caught by
Mr Potts and Tom Robbtns
While the two of them were fish
ing off Vae surf Tuesday evening.
Potts had about, a r hundred
feet of line out and was quietly
wading around ip the suii. when
be suddenly jelfi strike on his
fine. So fierce was the pull on the
line that it yanked [ him off his
feet and buried his nose ill fee
sand However, he managed to
regain his balance and fought
the to for half an hour or mote
finally succeeding in landing it.
The fish was of a nature never
before seen cn the island, It