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PRnUY1, AUGUST S, 1917.
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LADIES WEARING APPAREL OF QUALITY
Interesting Events In the County Thirty-Odd Years Ago as
Recorded 1b the Gazette To Which Is Added State and
General N'ewa Notes and Some General Reading Matte
That Proved of Interest a Third of a Century Ago.
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141ST INSTALLMENT.
Locals.
(From The Gazette of Oct. 9, '85.)
Mrs. Dr. Herron, of Steel Creek, is
Tlsltlng her sister. Mrs. V. M. Gal
lant, of this place.
Mr. Wra, Bradley killed a calf one
,lay last week, 17 months old that
ireignea 100 pouuus.
Messrs. J. E. Hill and J. X. Hen
derson, of Begonia, called to see us
on Thursday.
Mr. J. R. (Duck) Fayssoux is
wearing a pleasant smile these cays.
It is e. boy.
Miss Xannie Sexton, of Dallas, has
accepted the position of music teacn
er in the Franklin Academy at Lan
caster, S. C.
1 We acknowledge receipt of an In
vitation to attend a Ball given by tne
Dallas Light Infantry, at their arm-
. ofy in Dallas on yesterday evening in
honor of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Tipton.
Mr. G. C. Ormand. of Old Furnace,
has bought the old B. F. Briggs
'"plantation in the Bethel neighbor
hood. York county, for $10,000. Mr.
Ormand is a young man of excellent
character and the good people of
Bethel will find him well worthy or
their confidence and esteem.
Dr. T. C. Carter, editor of The
Methodist Advocate, published at
Chattanooga, Tenn., preached at the
M. E. Church, South, on last Sunday
morning, and at the (cross roads) M.
E. Church in the afternoon. The
Doctor is an earnest and eloquent
speaker.
(From The Gazette of Oct. 9, '85.)
Pecks Sun, published at Milwau
kee, Wis., is the most humorous pa
per published in America today. Geo.
W. Peck, its editor and proprietor,
stands without an equal as a humor
ist. He believes in making people
nappy, and no one can be otherwise
who reads his most excellent paper.
Oar readers are inyited to read the
Make Use of the Sunlight.
(State Health Bulletin.)
So essential is sunlight to cleanli
ness and good health that the State
Board of Health says open up and
let the sunshine in. Houses that have
been closed this summer or that have
'sot bad daily airings, especially as
to the furnishing and clothing, need
the cleansing effect of sunshine and
fresh air. AH household furnishings
should be exposed to direct sunlight
for a number of hours fit least every
few days. Direct sunlight is the best
disinfectant known. It kills germs In
( B few hours. Diffused sunlight or
. daylight may have aa good effect, but
. in a much longer time.
Shutting the sunlight out of the
house is an unhygienic custom. It
should go as have gone many of the
: Ideas and customs belonging to the
dark ages. Germs live and thrive in
darkness. For that reason sunshine
should find its way Into the home
dally and its presence should be wel
comed as a messenger of cleanliness
and good health. The drawing or
shades and the closing of windows to
. keep the carpets and draperies rrom
fading should be discouraged. It is
better to have carpets and draperies
that are faded than to have boys and
girls with cheeks that are faded.
Roses In the cheeks are more valua
ble than roses In the carpet.
Drive For Fall Grain Begun.
(Farm Extension Bulletin)
With a circular, letter to all the
millers of the State in regard to the
question of conserving the supply or
. good wheat seed and with a call to
farmers and agricultural agents to
take steps towards conserving the
supply of rye seed for cover crop
planting this winter, the Xorth Caro
lina Agricultural Experiment Station
and Extension Service this week be
gun it's drive for a greater production
of winter grains. It is planned to
make this movement on the order or
S state-wide revival. There is a be
lief among the workers at the College
. and Department that more land could
be devoted to fall grains than hereto
fore with good results, as well as.
aiding in the patriotic production of
" such staple food products as will be
needed later.
Tests made at the Experiment Sta
. tion have proven that the best time
to plant wheat for the maxium yield
's is between the first and 25th of Octo
' ber and it is hoped that the farmers
of North Carolina will have all plans
' made and the soil and seed ready
for planting by this time.
The Division of Agronomy is bend
. ing Its energies toward the produc
tion of a greater crop of wheat than
ver before. Xorth Carolina farm
ers will be assured of strong prices
. . for this cereal for the period of
the war and for a considerable time
Afterwards according to those who
sre familiar with marketing condi
tions. As an aid in this campaign for win
' ter grain. Director B. W. Kilgore has
- written the County Agents to see
- after the matter of conserving the
apply of rye seed. There has been
- a shortage of the oat crop and it is
probable that vetch and crimson clo
ser seed also will be bard to get. Rye
will therefore have to take the place
13 Reward, $109
' Tn readers of this paper will be
yltarHI to learn that thera is at least
mmm 4re4d diteaae that science has
able to cure in ail its stares, and
tkat la catarrh. Catarrh baing greatlr
inflaace4 br eonaUtatioaal conditions
require constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken internally
4 acta thru the Blood on the Mucous
Sarfaeea of the System thereby da
ttroytat; the foundation of the disease.
rtrlr the patient strength or bulMlnc
tip the constitution and assisting na
tare la doia Its work. The proprie
tors have ae much faith la the curative
T-oweru ef Hall's Catarrh Cure that
t r 9ar One Hundred Del tars (or aar
that tt tails to curs. Send for list
ll teatiatonlala.
rmm: V. 1. CHEET CO, Toledo,
eld a ail fcrusfUa, tu.
prospectus of Peck's Sun. in another
column. Sample copies mailed free
to any address.
Appointments.
(From The Gazette of Oct. 9, '85.)
Appointments of the Blue Ridge
Annual Conference of Methodist Epis
copal Church, held with the church
in Gastonia, Oct. 1st to the 5th, 'b:
Asheville District J. D. Roberson.
Presiding Elder.
Asheville 1. M. Clayton; Bakers
ville and Cranbury, W. T. Ford; lia
kersville Circut, Wiley Perry; Boone.
W. A. Ballew; Catawba, to be suppli
ed; Clay and Murphy, I). X. Frank
lin; Henderson, E. H. Reynolds; Lei
cester, R. M. Wett; Pigeon River, L.
D. Gillespie; Pisgah. A. Graybeal;
Tryon Mt., F. M. Friesby: Tryon. J.
F. West; Webster and Highland. J.
H. Gilespie.
Greensboro District .1. M. Well
born, Presiding Elder.
Alexander Circut. A. H. Peepies;
Antioch, R. L. Selle; Forsythe and
Guilford. X. M. Cooper: Gastonia, C.
W. Smith; Harkers Island. J. R. Can
non; Jefferson, J. X. Baker; Mocks
ville, F. A. L. Clarke; Mt. Mitchell.
W. R. A. Graham; New River, E. J.
Winkler; Moharrie. H. D. Chrlsten
bury; Wilkesboro. L. F. Sechrlst;
Yadkinville, A. .1. Johnson.
(From The Gazette of Oct. P. '85.)
Goldsboro Messenger: The loss of
the Goldsboro Rifles by the accident
near Asheville last summer has been
adjusted to the satisfaction of all the
members of the company, with tne
exception of Messrs. Jesse Scott and
John T. Edniundson, who were not
included in the settlement. The in
juries of these two gentlemen were
more serious than those of the oth
ers and hence they were indisposed
to settle on the same basis. We hop
however that a settlement in their
cases will soon be reached.
(To Be Continued.)
of theso crops. ,
One thing of vital interest is the
question of good seed and it is here
that the millers of the state have
been asked to aid. At the present
time they are being given good
wheat of high yielding varities to
I i i , - . a ' i . . ...
grind into uour. u some oi mis
seed is saved for the fall it will he
available for the use of those who
will put in an increased acreage, (t
has been shown by comparative tests
that hotiie grown seed are best when
carefully selected and cared for dur
ing the summer, w hen properly treat
ed for smut and fumigated against
attacks of Insects.
The question of varieties to plant
and the fertilization of same will be
answered by the Xorth Carolina Ex
perlment Station and those desiring
information in regard to this should
write Director B. W. Kilgore.
FARM CONVENTION.
Ills Meeting of the Fanners of the
State to Be Held August 2H to 3
at A. & E. Food Conservation
Will Be an Important Subject of
Study.
Special to The Gazette.
RALEIGH, July 28. Food pro
duction and conservation will be the
"big idea" at the State Farmers' and
Farm Women's Convention which
will be held at the A. & E. College
Tuesday-Friday, August 2Sth-30tn.
when more than l.oou farmers and
farm women from all sections oi
Xorth Carolina are expected to be
present to profit by and enjoy an ex
ceptionally fine program of lectures
discussions, demonstrations and rec
reative events.
The program differs in many re
spects from those of previous years
The mornings will be given over en
tirely to sectional meetings and de
monstrations. There will be four
sections devoted to live stock, Mr
I'an T. Gray, chief of the Animal in
dustry Division of the Agricultural
Extension Service, having arranged
a patricularly .strong program for
this branch of the work. The sections
will be devoted, respectively, to dai
rying, poultry, swine, beef cattle and
sheep. The women's section will be
devoted to demonstrations in the
canning and drying of vegetables and
fruits, discussions of the conduct or
the household and kitchen under
present conditions and other topics
of vital import to farm women.
The afternoon sessions will be giv
en over to joint sessions of the men's
and women's convention. At this
time well-known speakers will lec
ture on subjects bearing directly up
on the part Xorth Carolina farmers
and farm women will play in the pro
duction and conservation of food ahd
feed stuffs, with practical sugges
tions for increasing crop production
and farm products. The evening
sessions will be given over to one
lecture each evening and a motion
picture program.
Every inducement is being offered
to encourage the farmers and farm
women of the State to attend the
convention. Low round trip rates
have been granted by the railroads
from every county in the State, good
from August 26th to September 2nd.
Dormitory rooms are given free at
the college and meals are served at a
cost of only 25 cents earn. All who
attend, however, are expected to
bring with- them bed sheets, pillows,
towels and necessary toilet articles.
Very Suggestive.
Lincoln Times.
. If hell was lined with shelves rilled
with popular, trashy, dime novels and
the inmates bad to read them, some
would soon want to exchange, and
help mother In a hot kitchen. But
the last supper is over and mother is
at rest.
Tai (bjftBJM Tkat Dsn Not Affsct Tat Htat
Beraaae ef it tonic aad laxative effect. LJ XA
ri VH BKOMO OCIKINH ie bettcrthaa ordinary
Qainioc aad does mot caaae aroaaa aof
racist la bead. - tiataliii the fall aame and
took, for the aigewtarc of K. W CIOVB. tSe
The
Submarine
One of Morgan Robertson's
Best Yams About the
Subconscious Finnegan
Copyright by Harper & Brothers.
BY wireless telegraphy, interna
tional code signal and dispatch
Itoat gossip her existence was
known to the allied fleets, but
the world at large had learned of her.
while yet in process of construction,
through indiscreet official babbling at
St. Petersburg and immediate publica
tion of the news in the Ixudou Times.
Later on Japanese spies heard of her
as far inland as Ijike Baikal, coming
along on a flat car of the Siberian rail
road, and so retorted, but at Harbin
all trace of her was lost it was not
known whether she would proceed far
ther east to Vladivostok or whether she
would turn south and take to the sea
from Xewchwang, Shanhaikwan or
Port Arthur. But, though her where
abouts was doubtful, her plans and
specifications were known to every of
ficer on every ship from Vladivostok
to Shanghai, and to all lookouts, search
light men ami boat parties instructions
were given to watch for an object Te
sembling small, thin telegraph poles
sticking out of the water.
This would be her periscope all that
would show when she had risen to the
surface for a ieep around. For the
rest, according to specifications, she
was sixty-three feet long, cigar shaied.
with five torpedoes and a tule in her
nose, a gasoline engine for surface run
ning and a reversible motor dynamo,
drawing jiower from a storage battery
charged by itself for submarine work.
With ballast tanks empty she floated
high and could easily be seen. With
these filled with water she sank to the
awash condition, from which she could
dive out of sight In a few seconds by
the aid of her motion and horizontal
rudders.
But, with every tank full and her en
gine stopped, she still possessed a re
serve buoyancy which would bring her
slowly to the surface. She could trav
el awash 400 miles ; submerged, fifty.
In this radius of action she could ex
jend her five Whitehead torpedoes and
return to port again and again for
more.
Her tonedoe8 were miniature mod
els of herself, with thirty knot speed,
automatic controlling gear to replace
the human intelligence within the moth
er boat and a 120 ounds charge of gun
cotton in their beads that exploded on
impact.
Her mission was secret and unseen;
her blow sudden and deadly; and even
t bough 6he struck no blow ber pres
ence in eastern seas was of more In-
A Shrewd Faced Man Yelled Incompre
hensible Thing at Finnegan.
Jury to the morale of the crews than
was the gunfire of action, for she was
conducive to neurasthenia ; officers wore
an anxious, worried look, men lost
their apjetites and saved on their mess
money and old man Finnegan of the
Argyll stopied drinking. It was bad
for bis uerves to stop so suddenly, and,
as it was given him to be the first one
to see that inverted washtub while out
at the end of the boat boom, be prompt
ly sang out the news to the bridge and
then fell overboard.
The ship was auchored in a deep and
narrow strait, with a swift but smooth
tide running past. Mr. Felton was of
ficer of the tteck ; be saw rinnegan fan,
saw the circular steel object coming tip
on the port quarter and immediately
ordered a boat cleared away for the
one, aad the secondary battery for
the other, while all hands rushed on
deck and the captain and other officers
Joined him on the bridge.
But Finnegan needed no boat; be
slid up sprawling on the turtle back of
the oncoming submarine. And the lat
ter needed no immediate attention from
the battery, for a circular hatch flew
up from the top of the conning tower,
and a keen eyed, shrewd faced man
popped his head out, yelled incompre
hensible things in a strange tongue at
Finnegan, finished with a profane re
quest in good English to come amid
ships and trim the boat, which Finne
gan obeyed, and steered tne curious
craft up under the loat boom, where
he slowed down, by which time the cut
ter lowered, for Finnegan was In the
water.
"On board the submarine!" shouted
Mr. Feltou through a megaphone.
"What's your name and nationality?"
"Thunder and blazes!" answered the
man in the conning tower. "Are you
English? I thought you were Russian.
Well, darn my fool soul !"
"Keep your hands up in sight," called
the lieutenant "Don't move a lever 6r
we'll sink you. This is his majesty's
Other Heard His Yell: "Leggo me
legal Lamm out!"
ship Argyll. Come aboard and give an
account of yourself. Step Into that
cotter."
"Walt,1 Interrupted the Argyll's cap
tain, "Before you leave empty your
ballast tanks. You are too low In the
water too elusive."
"Empty now, captain," answered the
skipjier of the lesser craft. "We've got
the equivalent down aft In the bilges.
The tailshaft was badly packed and
the engine room's nearly full of water.
We've stopped the leak. Oh, I'm a fool.
Suppose I make fast to your boat boom
first. There'll be no strain on it I'm
steering with the diving rudder hard
down to trim her against that weight
of water and must keep ber turning
over or she'll sit on her tail."
"Do so." answered Mr. Felton. "Fin
negan, take that man's place at the
wheel and steer after the boat boom."
"Steer small," said the captain to
Finnegan as he climbed out of the
hatch and stood knee deep on the sub
merged deck. "It's an air engine steer
ing gear. Don' touch anything but
the wheel."
The old man, shaky w ith age and
nerves, floundered into Xh4 conning
tower and took the wheel the upper
spokee of which were visible to those
on the high bridge of the battleship
while the boat's commander waded
forward on the round and unstable
platform to whore a ring bolt showed
through The water.
"Striken me." he said, with a quizzical
glan-e at Finnegan and at those above.
"that there's no real necessity of a sec
ond man getting wet feet when the
first is drenched through. But I'm not
bossing this."
He was doomed to a worse wetting.
He bad fastened the end of a line
thrown him from the boom to the ring
bolt and v'a9 reaching for a hanging
Jacob's ladder to climb to the boom
when those above saw him sink out of
sight; then they saw the open conning
tower rush forward, settling as it came.
Some saw Finnegan's face, with Its
look of painted amazement; others only
beard his yell: "Leggo me legs leggo!
Lemme out!'
Then Finnegan and the conning tow
er went under, the rope snapped, and
the water was smooth but for the rip
ples caused by the swimming captain
and a line of large, irregular bubbles
that stretched ahead for a hundred
feet and stopped.
It happened so suddenly that not a
shot was fired, though every gun In
the port battery was trained and
ready. Not a gunner on board would
shoot at Finnegan unless ordered, and
Mr. Felton ad not given the word.
But he ordered the boat after it had
picked up the swimmer to pull ahead
ready for Finnegan or any others who
might hare climbed out of that open
batch against the Inrush of water, and
in ten minutes, none appearing on the
surface, be called it back. Drenched
and dripping, the submarine boat's
commander was brought into the pres
ence of the captain and officers of the
battleship.
"Well, sir.' asked the big captain
sternly of the officer, "what explana
tion hare you to offer of this trick?" -
"No trick at all, sir." answered the
(Continued oa page 3)
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through TODAY and SATURDAY
of this week and MONDAY of next
week and we are making a clean sweep.
There is still a good deal of summer
to come but the season is advancing and
we want to move a lot of our summer
goods out during these four days. During
this sale we are making very special
prices on Gossard Corsets, Mar-hof Middy
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