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UVtxrf A ROCKINGHAM OMUm PAP2E VOLUME XXIX No. 79. EEIDSVILLE, N. 0. TUESDAY, JAN. 23, 1917 ISSUED TUESDAYS AND FBIDAY3 J r ii r n it Ay L ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT J. R. JOYCE -t . - 1 A DETAILED REPORT OF WHAT THE COMMERCIAL & AGRICUL TURAL ASSICrATION HAS AC COMPLISHED DURING PAST YEAR. PRAISE FOR SECRETARY Dill To The Members of The Reidsville Commercial & Agricultural Asso- elation. Gentlemen: It fc. believe me, with sincere regret that I find it incumbent upon me to be absent from the sec nd annual meeting of your assocla tion, in response to the demand in the Legislature, but I can assure you of my most hearty interest in your proceedings, and my equally hearty congratulations upon the conclusion of the second year of its successful existence. Your association has touched every phase of social and in dustrial life in our community dur tug thf fiscal year just closing, and its influence has been felt, and ac Jtnowledged, as a power for good in Reidsville and Rockingham County That it may continue its work of un selfish usefulness in the coming years Is my most earnest prayer. Your dirctors have held, during the year just .ended, 21 regular monthly and sDecially called meetings, at .which the average attendance of your board was 12, or two above the necessary quorum of ten. They have alBO held fourteen committee meet ings, necessitated by various circum stances, at which theT average t at tendance was six. I cannot help com mitting upon the self sacrificing spir it with which your directorate has responded to insistent calls, and the invariable interest , maifested by them in the objects under discussion ' itnd that much greater" "results have not been accomplished during a year of hard work reflects no discredit up on your executive, however I feel that much has been accomplished that does not show on the surface at this time, and that the third year of the existence of your organization will prove, faithful if the past record ' be as faithfully maintained. Pursuant to the express policy, of your association, special attention has been devoted to the agriculture "of the county, and in this work your secretary has had the close cooper ation of Mr. F. S. Walker, your Vice President who is also County Farm Demonstrator for Rockingham. Re sults of a most gratifying character have been obtained through the ef forts of this agency, and I feel that beginnings along special lines inau gurated ia. the past year must, when their, results become more generally known, bring to pass a great change in farming methods in our county. kameliately following your first annual meeting, a campaign of lec tures in public schools was underta ken by your secretary and Mr. Walk er, the subjects treated being Poultry and Corn. The whole coun.y . '. was ' covered during this series of lectures about 34 schools being visited, and en attendance of 1723 was -registered. The talks were repeated in our own auditorium, and, assisted by charts provided by the International Harvester Company, they proyed to be very instructive, and. must have had a splendid effect wherever de r livered. The cost of this campaign was borne by the association, whose members donated the use of automo biles, free of charge, bringing the en tire financial expenditure to a mlni- annj. Later In the summer a film was shown in the local picture house demonstrating the care of poultry. end was seen by large numbers of people. Some benefit has accrued from this campaign, but I am In hopes that the coming spring will see a harvest that will be' the cause of congratulation, our county is es pecially adapted to the poultry busi ness, and the raising of pork in a commercial manner, and It has been the aim of our association to lose no opportunity of pressing home "these facts through the columns of The Reidsville Review, which has always been thrown open to our sug gestion, and Instructive articles, in a most generous manner. In the early spring a plowing dem onstration was held under the au spices of the Association at ths Coun ty Farm, where over 200 farmers of the county were In attendance, and great Interest was manifested In a subsoil plow, with resultant benefit. Considerable Interest has been ae - corded by your secretary to farming (Continued on. Page Two.- ANNUA TAKES COW ALONG TO PAY COLLEGE EXPENSES - A Jersey cow. the .property of $ II. F. Erdley of Hhiwatha. Kan., has an Intrinsic value of $300, $ but it would not be possible to 8 buy her from Erdley for several S times that titnomit. A year ago Erdley sent his son John to Manhattan to attend the State Agricultural college. and he sent this cow with him. John took the cow to a Maubat- tan man. who fed it, used the 4 milk und In return gave the boy his room and board. The board was figured as be- insr $1" n month. At the end of the school year, after figuring all expenses, the Manhattan mau now claims tbut he is 520 to the- good. 'S , This yeHr Erdley sest his son to school and with him three cows, all sisters of the one that went to college last year, and the boy now expects re return home a capitalist. I THE NEWS IN BRIEF SINCE OUR LAST ISSUE The total production of tobacco in ihe United States In 1916 was 1,150, 622.00 pounds; total acreage, 1,411, 800, and total value $169,008,000. The average acre Is worth $119.71. The average price a pound is 14.7 cents. In 1915 the total production was 1, 062,237,000 pounds; total acreage 1, 369,000, &nd total value, $96.281,000v The average price per pound was 9.1 cents, and the average value per acre was $70.28. The Textile Department of the A. &"M. College is announcing a short course in textile work for mill men, beginning February 12 and conttinu ing. through March 24. The course is especially designed for busy peo ple wishing to make every moment count... Carding, picktag. spinning. loom-flxing for plain or fancy weav ing, cloth analysis, designing, and dyeing will be taken up in the six weeks' course. A resolution to sanction the pay ment of $10 each to the dependent families of State convicts has pass ed the State Senate, Senator Person introduced a bill to amend the consti tution to limit all salaried State and county officers to two terms each. Senator Jones of Buncombe intro duced a bill to require railroads to pay off engineers, conductors, fire men and all other trainmen as well as shop employes every 15 days in stead of every 30 days. Japan will spend about $53,316,740 on her navy in 1917, an increase of $2,194,507 over the previous year's estimates. More than half of the to tal is classed an "extraordinary" ex penditures for various items, some' of fhem due to the war. The sum of $7,164,604 is for continuing the seven year building programme, among the ships being three battle cruisers, three large and six small " scout cruisers, twenty-seven destroyers and eighteen submarines. To Study Opportunities While making a tour of Brazil, Uru guay, Argentina, Chile, Peru, and Panama, from which he has just re turned, Charles Lyon Chandler, Sou thern American Agent for the Sou thern Railway system and the: Mobile and Ohio Railroad arranged to have a number of young men sent from those countries to study in various Southern factories. ',- . These young men will be placed by Mr. Chandler and will learn at first P rst hand what is made In the South and will be able to intelligently re present Southern- manufacturers when they return to their native countries. Mr. Chandler made a thorough study of opportunities for Southern manufacturers, especially of cotton goods and tobacco. Complete infor mation will be furnishedd by him on request addressed to the South Amer ican Agency, Chattanooga. Tenn. A large number of Importers and exporters expressed their desire to be put in touch with manufacturers in this country and Mr. Chandler found that opportunities are partic ularly good for Southern manufactur ers of cotton piece goods of alPkinds, tut of ginghams especially. ' The Chilean government recently has shown its appreciation of the work of the South American Agency by presenting valuable books to it through to the Universities of Vir ginia and North Carolin. How N-ut Your subscription 7 Subscribe today e 0 A 10 LATEST GERMAN ; ROVER RE CALLS EXPLOITS OF EMDEN AND OTHERS GALLANT COM MANDER OF EMDEN WAS AD MIRATION OF THE WORLD. ESCAPED IHE BRITISH BLOCKADE The raids on allied commerce by the mysterious German sou rover which !mu already claimed a score of victims aud whose activities have caused a loss to Germany's enemies estimated by some as $40,000,000 recall the oth er famous commerce raiders which es caped the vigilance of " the British blockade and brought terror to mari ners. ' . " The Emden and the Moewe, the I'rlnz Eitel Friedrieh and the Karls ruhetbese are names which Germany treasures, to which she thrills as proud ly as the Englishman of centuries ago to the mention of the Pelican, the Gokl en Hind or the Revenge. '; . Raiders ail, buecaueera of the time of quick flrers and turldne engines, this quartet has gained the praise und admiration of friend and fair minded foe alike. For months each of these four light, swift vessels played a lone hand against -the greatest nary of the world. For mouths each was harried and chased from sea to sea. Dodging and hiding, matching craft and daring against force, they wrought terrific damage to the merchant commerce of the allied untions before their Work was through. War Enemies' Admiration. " v First in order by time and by glory Is the Emden, Her captain, Jj)u Mul ier, is the Drake and the Grenvlllo of the German navy rolled into one. When war began the cruiser was In the In dian ocean. In the three months before her destruction she harmed England more than any other craft that flew I me uerinau uag uus ueen uoie io uu in this struggle. The little cruiser sliped into the har bor of Madras and bombarded the city, firing oil wells, wrecking much gov ernment property and spreading a pan ic among the inhabitants. Then she Was gone, and while the black oil suioke rolled up behind her she duck ed like a rabbit across the Indian ocean. ; Ran Into Harbor. .Then came the most daring feat of her whole wonderful career. With an extra funnel made from cloth she came blithely Into the harbor of Penang one day, where three French torpedo boats and a Russian cruiser lay at anchor. So magnificently audacious was bet action that the ships of her enemies never knew what had happened un til the torpedo boat Monsquet was sunk, the cruiser Jemtchug was sink ing and the Emden hud gone. At last the end came. Trapped at the Cocos Islands, In the south of the Indian ocean, the Emden did not sur-I render. She came out of her hiding place to meet the more powerful cruis er Sydney with every gun blazing. She went down with them still flaming, but before she died she had accounted for twenty-five merchant ships that the allies could 111 afford to lose. The Karlsruhe followed hor. She was such another vessel as the Emden, .light and fast, with a clever, chivalrous com mander. In the fall of 1914 she made the south Atlantic a place of . terror t allied vessels. She sank thirteen, and when her work was doue she slipped back to the channel, ran the blockade and returned to Kiel. Two Raiders Busy. From the Karlsruhe until the last few weeks no German sh'p of war ha'! sneaked thr-tr:!i i!n stci'l ring tbstf l-i-closes the Noiui -ea. but two !:ips. merchant vessels in appearance and raiders by virtue of the guns Iney car ried bidden, have pained the open sea and have buried many vessels of Eng land and France there. Of "these' the .M'lewe was .the". more successful. Iip traiU'J uji r.iul down the Brazilian coast for months in the fall of 1015 and sun!: f:l'te; n vessels Imv fore she turned her prow homeward. Count von Dohna-Schlodien, her com mander, brought her back to the Ger man base with 1,1 500,000 marks in gold in her hold, with four British officers and twenty -nine sailors and marines and 1GG noncombatants. . The Prinz Eitel Friedrieh had a longer but less spectacular career. She left Tslngtau at the outbreak of war and arrived at Hampton Itoads on March 10. 1915. She had accounted for several vessels on her long Journey. She dodged the allied war craft that waited outside and entered the harbor, bat the watch was so strict that she dared not leave again. Her commander. Captain Thierichens, Interned her. 4Irs. Annie K. Brown has been appointed postmaster at Red Springs. Her son was running -against her for the placd. OCEAN DAintD ARE OR ED A ENTHUSIASTIC MEETING HELD AT WENTWORTH SATURDAY. COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PREPARE BY-LAWS FOR THE ASSOCIATION; ANOTHER MEETING ONiFEB. T4 In response to the call issued by Mr. W. G. Lindsay, there was a good attendance at Went worth last Satur day for the purpose of considering the matter of organizing a . Farm Loan Association, and after a care ful deliberation of all sides of the question, an association was organ ized, the stockholders being Messrs. Fleming Goolsby, P. B. Neale. Mrs, Robt. Broadnax, Messrs. J. D. Pritch ette, A. A. Walker, R. A. Walker, W. H. Settle, W. G. Lindsay, F. H. Wil son, F. S. Walker, A. D. Ivie, T. S, Malloy, W. F. Burton, J. R. Williams, Alex R. Williams, W. P. Hudson, W, T. Carter and O. L. Hudson. Mr. W. G. Lindsay was appointed temporary chairman, and Mr. J. W, Dumi, temporary secretary, and the election for directors resulted in the oppointment of Messrs. W. G. Lind say, F, S. Walker, A. D. Ivie, J. R. Williams and T, S. Malloy. Messrs. Alex Williams, A. A. Walker and W. F; Burton were elected appraisers for the association, the election of presi dent, vice-president, and secretary and treasurer being deferred till the next meeting. , A committee was appointed con sisting of Messrs. A. D. Ivie and F. S. Walker" to "prepare by-laws, and to submit same to a meeting of the stockholders, which will be held on February 14th, at which time either Mr. F, S. Millsaps, or some member of the State Agricultural Board will be present to explain more fully the details of the working of the meas ure. At this meeting will be signed the reguar applications for (loans under the act and the organization will be in shape to make regular ap plication for its charter. There will be a meeting of the directors held in the C. & A. Association next Sat urday 27th prox., when the officers will be appointed. PIPKIN-CHANCE A quiet wedding was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents on Main Street yesterday, the 22nd Inst, at one o'clock when Mr. Marlon Pipkin, led to the altar Miss Ruth Chance, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Chanoe. Rev. John F. Kirk, pastor of the Main Street M. E. Church performed the ceremony. Only a few friends and relatlvies witnessed the interest !ng event. '''.' ' The newly wedded pair left on No. 36 for Richmond, their future home. Mr. Pipkin formerly lived n Reds ville and is a young man of sterling qualities. He Is a capable machinist and holds a responsible position with a large industrial concern in Rich mond. The bride is one of Reldsville's most winsome young ladies and has a host of friends who wish for her a full measure of wedded happiness. Friday afternoon Miss Louise Craig was the hostess to several of her friends In honor of Miss Ruth Chance, whose marriage to Marion Pipkin occurred yesterday. Miss Flor ence Blackwood, of Chapel Hill, who 13 visiting Miss Craig, was alBO guest of honor. Covers were laid for six and the dining room was attractively decorated in potted plants; the table being made more so with shaded candelabra in old rose, and tiny candles at each place shaded in old rose; the place cards had the Initials, "M. P. R. C, January, 1917." and when the firM candle burned out. thus proving the first bride-to-be. the Initalls were understood, as Miss Ruth Chance's candle was soonest ex tinguished. A delightful dinner of three courses was served, and the guests were Miss Ruth Chance, Miss Florence Blackwood. Miss Susie Stokes. Miss Ollie Trry and Miss Elizabeth Craig. At the conclusion of the dinner, a large basket was brought in and presented to Miss Chance, containing many useful ar-j tides of lingerie. A Prise Ct Mrs. Eames R. Hopkins of Rntland, Vt, has a full blooded Angora cat. which is said to be the largest feline In Vermont. The cat H thirty-six inch s In lenaih from the tip of Its tail t the end of hi nos and weisrlm twenty one and one-half pounJu. Its fur i fire Inches in length. ORGANZ FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION $ PERILS OP AMERICA . TOLD TO SCIENTISTS Professor Edwia G. Conklin of Princeton university before tho biological section of the Ameri can Association For tho Advance ment of Science, which recently met In New York city, told his fellow scientists: The danger that we shall lose our souls is not half so great as that wc shall lose our reason. . There are . too many men in public life who do not realize the difference between a law of na ture aud a law of one of the states. t Achievements of nations are due more to grandmothers than to governments. Our destinies are in the hands, not of rulers, but of investiga tors, '.' Evolution has made the whole living world kin. America is the greatest and most dangerous experiment the world has ever known. America has the best people in the world and the worst people in the world. The path of progress is the path of specialization and organiza tion. .".' . :".,".' It Is' terrible to realize that most people are IrrationaL t. . . .. .,. j Tf TTtTTtTTTTI HAPPENINGS IN THE OLD NORTH STATE Representative Pou, of North Car olina, is back at his post in the House of Representatives after his recent illness. The epidemic of measles in Greens boro is abating somewhat. There have been reported to the health of ficers 118 cases. The trustees of Queen's College. Charlotte, have offered the presiden cy of the institution to Rev. Henry Clay Evans of Austin. Texas. Senator Overman has had inserted in the Congressional Record Gov ernor Bickett's speech on tho Cuban case involving the North Carolina bonds.. ' .,'- ;,:' ''' " The Good Hope Hospital at Dulco is making a good record. It is the only hospital in the South establish ed and maintained exclusively by a cotton mill community. , The North Carolina Cotton Manu facturers' Association met In Ra leigh January-18, for one of the larg est and most important sessions of the organization ever held. W. P. Canada, said to be the only negro lawyer practicing before the Durham county bar, was ejected from his domicile this week because he was behind In his rent. The committee on Indian affairs of the Senate has arranged to give $100, 000 for the purcase of additional ter ritory for farm purposes In connec tion with thei Indian school at Cher okee. The city manager of Hickory has ordered all the pool rooms of the town closed on the charge that they are a nuisance. It Is intimated that the owners may get out an injunction to stop it. Dr. Calvin B. Waller, for the past five years pastor of the First Bap tist church of Asheville, has accept ed a call to Whfte Temple church, Portland, Ore., and will take up work there' after Sunday, February 18. The House has passed the Sted man bill making the Guilford Battle ground a national military park and providing for three commissioners, one to receive $2,000 and the other two $500 each annually, The bill goes to the Senate, where, it is said, no opposition will be offered. Maj. W. A. Smith of Ansonville has been appointed commander of the second brigade, North Carolina division, United Confederate veter ans with the rank of brigadier gener al to fill the unexpired term of the late Brig. Gen. William L London. The appointment was made by Major General Metts Monday. The poultry department of the Station ! North Carolina Experiment .von sixth place In the class of exper iment stations egg show at Madison, Wisconsin, January 5 to 7, 1917. .All Statee were In " competition. North Carolina's entry number was 10. This was considered very good, consider ing that the eggs were shipped over 2.000 miles and had to be sent so long before the scientific Judging of egs took place. FiRST REGIMENT WILL BE RETURNED AT ONCE OVER 25,000 NATIONAL GUARDS MEN ON BORDER SOON TO BE RETURNED. THEIR DEPART URE WILL LEAVE 45,000 TO 50 000 MEN ON GUARD. REIDSVILLE BOVS WILL Rl More than 25.000 national guards men now on the Mexican border have been designated by Major Gen eral Funston for return home and muster out of the federal service, under the order just issued by. the war department. All these organizations will be started homeward as soon as trans portation facilities can be provided Their departure .will leave between 45,000 and 50,000 men of the' guard still in the federal serrvice doing pa trol work. War department officials continue to withold comment on' reports that the movement of General Pershing' regulars out of Mexico soon will be underway, and the statement an nouncing the guardsmen designated for relief does not connect these or ders with the withdrawal plans la any way. The understanding has been, however, that with the return of the expedition in Mexico and re adjustment of the border patrol all of the state troops gradually would be sent home. The department's statement said: North Carolina First Infantry.' South Carolina Troop A, cavalry r company A, engineers; field hospital company. t Tennessee Ambulance company, No. 1, field hospital No. I. Virginlar-Second Infantry. The Reldsvilte organizations are units of , the 3rd infantry and axe not Included In this order." It Is be lieved, however, that all the; other troops will return within the next three months to their respective sta tions. A CASE A DAY DISPOSED OF IN THE RECORDER'S COURT Reidsville is a- well behaved city. In spite of all that the vlgllent offi cers could do, only 368 cases were disposed of in the Recorder's Court here during the year 1916. t- These cases were divided as fol lows: t Assaults .... ............ 55 Assaults with deadly weapon . . Violating Town ordinances , . Carrying concealed weapon. . . .. Retailing .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Violating Greer Act (quart law) Breaking and entering ...... Gambling .......... .. .1 ,. Fraud ,,v .... .;' ..!.':'.:" . . .'. .. Breaking jail .. .. ., Larceny .... Abandonment ..... , . . .. .. Re8lstinfl Officer . . . . . . .... Violating Automobile Law .. .. Violating Sanitary Ordtnaces .. Disturbing Divine worship .. .. Murder .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . Exposing children to fire . . . . Violating Revenue Act .... .. Fornication and Adultery . . . . . . Vagrancy .. ...... .. .. .. Trespass .. , . .... .. .. .. Contempt of Court .. .. . . .. 34 59 11 29 11 8 4 8 IS 1 1 23 32 3 1 1 3 2 6 14 1 Total cases 36$ Reading Club Miss Frances Scales who has re cently returned from Washington, D. C. after an absence of several months was the charming hostess to the T. A. R. Club last week. In addition to the Club member Miss Scales had as a guest Mrs. A. G. Walters, who is a pleasant Reids ville visitor this winter. The first paper on the program was a splendid one by Miss Scales, the subject being, "Tht Raising of Lazarus". Following this, Miss Jes sie Lawrence gave a paper on the "Scenes of Healing and Other Mi racles," r which stated that the sub ject as a general theme, as well as specific incidents, had been popular with artists. Mrs. M. P. Cummlngs gave an in teresting reading on "Christ and the Paralytic.' by Van Dyke. At the close of the meeting Miss Scales served a delicious salad course and the Club adjourned to meet next with Mrs. M. P. Cummlngs. General Benjamin J. Vlljoen. wtu took a prominent part In the Eocr war, died last week at his horm near La Mesa, New Mexico. Aft r the Boer war he came to the Un'1 '. States and established a colonr 1 " his countrymen near La V, a.