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LEAKSVILLE-SPRAY The The Junior Order of Spray held a flag raising at the Holland's School near here last Thursday after noon., Attonrey P. T. Haizlip pre tided over the meeting. The flag was presented by Rev. P. H. Gwynn and Accepted by Mr. John Barnes. The Itible was presented by Rev. T. M. (Jreen and accepted in behalf of the. bchool by Hon. A. ft. Ivie. A large crowd attended who greatly enjoyed '.he exercises. Mr. Uussel Dallas visited "friends near Reldsville Sunday. The IJerean Class of the Spray Bap tist church entertained the Fidelia class at a social last Wednesday even ing. The occasion was very enjoy -hie for all present. Miss Margaret HufTines has return ed to her home in Bedford, Ind. after a visit to her uncle, Mr. T. W. Fields. There is a plan on foot for the churches of Leaksville-Spray to have mid-week prayer meeting on the aan-e night, Wednesday. Mr. R. U. Osborne is ill at her home on Bridge Street. Miss Lucinda Martin left this week to take a position as teacher in the school at Haw River. Mrs. Thos. Stocks of Charlotte is the guest of her father, Mr. J. F. Lewis, this week. Mrs. R. J. Moore, teacher nt the Leaksville-Spray Institute is confined to her room this week with an attack I of la grippe. I Mr. A. E. Millner of Leaksville who 1 was operated on for appendicitis in j Danville hospital a few weeks ag), is expected home this week. Mr. I), G. Robertson and family j from ne-ir Holland's School havo .moved to Spray. Mr. Khodenhizer has moved to the farm of Hon. A. I). Ivie nnd will have charge of the farm. Mr. John Morehead. Jr. has return ed from a short trip to Durham. Mr. A. E. Tucker of Danville is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. F. Lewis, this week. The Mothers' Meeting of the Sir Graded School held a very enjoyable session on last Wednesday afternoon and wis attended by a large number oi laaies. The meeting was a very interesting one. Mr. W. L. Lashley- who has for some time been with the Lily Mill of this nl.-u-R. leaves next week wun his family to Rammon, X. C where he has secured a good position. SOUTH'S COMMANDING POSITION IN THE COTTON MILL INDUSTRY Uch Dot 10000 0ttn &pntfl& Ari fomieWt Southern ffciWcp tnM (Ml h prwxipi tQ ton mill darrtti KEEPING ENEMIES FROM OUR COASTS Five Hundred Mile Iron Arc Wi I Be Kept on Guard. ALL PLANS READY FOR WAR I (o) I Map of Southern Railway lines showing'location of cotton mills, each dot indicating 10,000 cotton spindles. Washington, D. C. (Special.) The commanding position of the South with respect to the cotton mill industry is graphically shown by figures and a map presented in the annual report of Southern Railway Company for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1916. "A notable feature of Southern manufacturing development," says President Fairfax Harrison in the report, "is the rate at which the consumption of cotton, one of the principal raw materials of the South, has increased in Southern mills. United States census figures show that in the twelve months ended July 31, 1916, the mills of the South consumed 3,526,787 bales, as compared with 3,026,969 bales last year, an increase of 499,818 Dales, or 16.51 per cent. The mills of all other States consumed 2,869,185 bales in the twelve months this year, as compared with 2,570,393 bales last year, an increase of 29S.792 balesor 11. 62 per cent. Fully Beventy-five per cent of the cotton spindles of the South are In mills along the lines of Southern Railway Company and its associated companies." CLOSE MARGIN QF PROFIT IN OPERATION OF RAILWAY Large Amount Of Capital Risked For Very Small Returns OF VITAL INTEREST TO PUBLIC MT. CARMEL. Farm work is progressing nicely in this section. Most verybody finished nurning plant land and are now busy cutting and preparing their flue wood and clearing land ready for the plow as soon as the weather will permit. Same of the early birds report that they have tobacco plants up. The wheat crop is looking better at this writing and it is hoped that it was not hurt by the dry freeze, as was once reported. Mrs. Holmer Chisman of Oak Grove visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. f I. French, the past week. Mrs. John Sparks of Laud era visit ed her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G, D, Ellington, the past week. Mr. Joseph Stone of near Wolf Is land visited his brother, Mr. S. V. Stone, Sunday, Mr. Lester Jarrett of Riiffin visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jar iett, Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. W. E. Dix is out again after - a severe spell of sickness, her many friends are glad to learn. Mrs. J. C. Wall is on the sick list, her many friends will regret to learn. We understand Mr. Willie Dix will leave in a few days for panvlle, Va., where he will reside -in the future. Rev. F. L. Townsend filled his reg rlar appointment at Mt. Carmel last Sunday, A large crowd heard him. It seems that our friend the Grooms scribe thinks it advisable for the farm ers of that section to stop reading farm papers and read the Mt. Carmel news. The writer does not advise anybody to stop reading farm news, but this is to inform our friend the Grooms scribe that the average read er would better enjoy reading her news if she woul advocate a few farm notes in her news every veek. Wake up, Thompsonville, and tell bs your dreams. Investors Will Not Provide Money for Improvements Unless They Are Assured a Reasonable Profit on Their Investment HANDLING OF 0. S. TROOPS WAS BEST IN ALL HISTORY Report Of Quartermaster General Com pliments American Railways. MILITIA MOVED PROMPTLY p RUFFIIM. Mr. and Mrs. John Lord are visit ing relatives in Asheville. Mfss Marjorie Worsham sent th week-end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Worsham ; Mrs. E- B. Fitzgerald Is visiting her mother, Mrs the Quick neighborhood. Mr. William Worsham is at home for a few days, as his eyes are giving him trouble . Atlanta, Ga. (Special.) The close margin of profit for a railroad under present conditions is strikingly shown by figures submitted by President Har rison in the annual report of South ern Railway Company for the fiscal year ended June 30th, 1916. In the most prosperous year of the Compa ny's history the net operating income ($21,004,005.09) represented only 5.31 per cent on the investment ($395,722, 785.06) in the railroad and equipment which produced it - "It may perhaps be said," said Mr Harrison, "that there is no industry ex cept a railroad in which so large a capital is risked for such a reiuiu in its most successful year." At a time when the newspapers dai ly are printing articles in regard to increasing railroad groso earnings, as indicating a rising title of general prosperity, it is well to bear in mind the very small return on money In vested in railroad property. Many-persons ;..e misled into believ ing that the railroads are fabulously prosperous by the mere size of the fig ures in which the earnings of large railroads are expressed, but it should be remt ...uored that an enormous sum. of i,..y was required to construct and equip their plants and that the return on each dollar invested is rela tively small. It is manifestly in the interest of the employees of a railroad and of the public served that the railroad Splendid Results Attained by Cordial Co-Operation of Railway Em ployees and Officials With War Department D. C (Special.) no case in history Washington, There has been where troops have been as well han dled and cared for as in the move ment to the Mexican border during ! iiary movement. The distances in volved in this movement of the Or ganized Militia are very much greater than those in Europe, the longest run in the German Empire, from one fron tier to the other, being about 700 miles and those in France much less. The distances traveled by the militia or ganizations of the United States vary from 608 miles, in the case of the Louisiana troops, to 2,916 miles in the case of the Connecticut troops. The majority of these troops came from North and Northeastern States and were carried over 2,000 miles; In most cases in remarkably fast time. "When it is considered that these trains were, as a rule, heavy trains of from 17 to 22 cars each, and were composed of freight, passenger and baggage equipment (which was nec- Lessary in order to enable each unit to proceed to its destination intact with all its equipment and impedi the summer of 1916, says the annual report of the Quartermaster General ments), it will be seen that the move- OI me IJ, S, Army, Which has JUSt 1 mont wns mafia with CTeenflnnal ra. been made public. On behalf of the railways, super vision of moving the troops was in the hands of a special Committee on Co-operation with the Military Author ities appointed by the American Rail way Association, at the request of the War Department, and composed of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, chairman; R. H. Aishton, president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway; A. W. Thomp son, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; W. G. Besler, pres ident of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The report tells of the uniformly excellent handling given troops and supplies through the co-operation of railway officials and employees of ev ery rank with the War Department officials. It states that to carry the first 100,000 of the National Guard moved to the border, 350 trains, which, if combined, would have been nearly 90 miles long, were required, and that mey inciuuea j,ouu passenger cars. 400 baggage cars, most of them equip ped as kitchen cars for serving hot meals en route, 1,300 box cars, 2,000 stock cars, and 800 flat cars. Approx imately 4,900 road locomotives and crews had a part in handling this movement, in addition to a large num- Pidity." FREIGHT CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY SAYS HARLAN Member Of Interstate Commerce Com mission Praises The Railroads. N0CAUSEF0RJUSTCRITICISM Mr. Harlan Tells Freight Claim Asso ciation of Surprise of Commission at Excellent Showing as to Prompt Payments secure new capital for additions and Der of yard engines and crews, improvements to its plant so that itf Striking sentences from the report may give better service and offer en- are as follows: larged employment. However this' "Considering the great distances can be accomplished only by allowing trave,pd h tne militia from the vari tho raiirnari t u'lng; ous camps to the Mexican border, the Tii ? amUnt n that ,here was but a single ac vjr ,u,ChjU suincient cident, and that of a minor character, to promise a return on the additional capital desired. Governmental agencies may depress rates and enact restrictive legislation which will deprive the man who has already invested in railroads of a fair return on his investment, but no plan has been devised for forcing th m Cora Worsley, of , wlth ni0nev in th i,nir f . - lb into railroad construction or improve ment. Unless the investment appears ' the celerity with which the trains were moved and the entire absence of congestion or delay, it is believed that there has been no case in history where troops have been as well and safely transported or as well cared for while en route as in the recent mob ilization." "Every assistance possible was ren dered the Government by officials and employees of all railroads concerned, from the presidents of the companies Sloans Liniment Fr Rheumatism The torture of rheumatism, the pains and aches that make life un bearable are relieved by Sloans lini ment, a clean, clear liquid that is easy to apply and more effective than mussy ointments because it pene trates quickly without rubbing. For Ibe many pains and aches fallowing xposure, sprains, strains, and muscle soreness, Sloan's Liniment Is prompt ly effective. Always have a bottle handy for gout, lumbago, toothache, backache, stiff neck and all external pains. At druggists, 25c. 'Although the movement of the Or- attractive to him and offers a fair' (1n to tne minor employees." return he will put his money in some enterprise that cannot be affected by governmental agencies. .every employee of the Southern uaiiway ana every shipper served by It who recognizes his true interest will da what he can to insure such a re turn on the capital now invested in the Southern Railway as will make tht securities of the Company more at tractive to investors, so the Company will be able to secure the additional capital needed to carry on a consist ently constructive program which will mean Increased prosperity for every interest In the territory served by It Southern News Bulletin. Washington, D. C. (Special.) Where the claims of shippers against railroads are well founded they are paid promptly, declared Commissioner James S. Harlan of the Interstate Uommerce Commission to the mem bers of the Freight Claim Association in an address in which he told of an investigation made by the Commission and the surprise of its members' at the excellent showing as to prompt payments made by the railroads. "Before taking my seat," said Mr. Harlan, "I wish to make a very frank confession. During the course of my ten years service on the Commission so many complaints had come to me of the delay in the payment by car riers of the claims of shippers that I had come to think that the matter of claim adjustments was a very weak spot in our railroad administration. I was, therefore, particularly interest ed in the suggestion that Interroga tions should be addressed by the com mission to the carriers for the purpose of ascertaining, among other things, the length of time taken by them in j settling the claims of shippers. "The results that were tabulated by the commission on the answers return , ea Dy tne carriers about a year ago were so surprising to me and to my i colleagues and were considered by us j of such Importance that we at once re i ported the facts to the Congress as Protection For New York, a Country'i Greatest Commercial Center, and Pennsylvania Coal and Oil Field It Provided Foi Work of the Fast De stroyers. As relations between the United States and Germany hnve become more nnd more strained with the pas sage of every twenty-four hours, thf expert buttle tacticians of the navy, especially those of the naval war col let:o at Washington, are concent rutins their strategy upon the naval defenses of the Atlantic seaboard. This means primarily the defense of the two zone? which have boon deemed to be the most important the region immedl atcly about New York and that about the Delaware capes, says the New York World. The necessity for the protection of New York is Considered obvious, ns the financial nnd commercial center of the count rv. The demand for the ade quate defense of the Delaware capes lies in the fact that from that point a successful enemy would have access to the great coal and oil fields of I'enu sylvaula. with the taking of Philadel phia as a natural result. And from the capes the way would be more or less open to the nation's capital. First Line of Defense 500 Miles Out. To meet a naval raid upon the east ern seacoast the experts have devised a plan, subject to a number of varia tions to cope w ith as many conditions, which calls for a naval battle line ex tending from Cape Cod to a point well below the Delaware capes. J - This line, w hich would be the first with which ah enemy would come into touch, extends in an arc with a radius of 5(H) miles in other words, CKX) miles; off the eastern coast It is to be com-1 posed of the fastest destroyers tuej navy can supply, those capable of aj speed of at least thirty knots an hour. They are to be stationed twenty-five miles apart and are to be kept con stantly cruising along their particular section of the arc. Fast Cruisers In Second Line. Stretching from the center of this great arc, a line of destroyers woold be in direct and constant communica tion with the base of the Atlantic fleet, which would be at Block Island or Newport, It I. There, cruising about at reduced speed, but preserving the utmost mobility, the euperdread naugbts of the navy would be assem bled. Two hundred miles beyond them would be the second line of defense. the fast cruisers, capable of making first response to the word brought back from the outer line that the enemy's fleet was on the horizon. After the outer line had discovered the enemy and reported him its de stroyers would have served their ini tial purpose and would fall back upon the second line and eventually rejoin the main fleet of battleships. The bat tleshlps, accompanied by seagoing sub marinesas distinguished from those of smaller size detailed as coast de fenderswould then go to the attack. With them Would go the fast destroy ers which bad done duty on the outer line, ready now to race to within at least 4,000 yards of the advance guard, discharge their torpedoes-.', and dash back under the protection of the great er vessels, there to form for another attack at the command of the admiral of the fleet. It is Confidently expected that In a naval encounter with an enemy the engagement would be fought decisive ly at a distance of not less than 300 miles off the Atlantic coast, as one aim of the American ships would ) to attack while the hostile fleet was still encumbered with its transports and auxiliaries. j RICHARDS Magic Washing .Stick v 5 Nothing like it has ever been discovered before. Itis HARMLESS It has absolutely NONE of the burning, clothes eating, hand stinging disadvantages of common quick cleaners. It is EASY You do NO rubbing only HAND LING; You need no elbow grease no wash board and VERY little time. It is CHEAP It costs less than 2c a washing eold in 25c boxes. It washes colored clothes without fading Woolens without shrinking or hard ening, and positively will not rot or weaken lace curtains so they tear easily, but keeps them strong besides absolutely clean. , Sold by all Druggists and Grocers evetv -where. If yours doesn't handle it, show him this ad he'll get it for you. Or send 25c in stamps to. I. Richards Ca..SkTma,Tii. I wish to associat ion on : the Cani7PH Militia tr Kr.1aK nnmn .r. .rrrVl- , useful public information. -ou,. o. ' I congratulate the hi. -'. . ... .ii.u.- inc 1. 1 1 U Dirt ( . . . , .. . . . . snowing made. was the largest in years, the trans- , ' ' . . ,,; , , The trouble with us was that we with very little interference with reg alar train service and with no conges tion whatever, either at initial or ter minal points or en route." "It is, of course. Impossible to com pare the concentration of the United States Militia on the Mexican border with the mobilisation in Europe In the summer of 1914. In Europe all civil traffic was stopped and the entire railroad system given ever to the mil claims that bad been declined or that were without nierit and therefore stil! pending, and claims that were well founded and bad been promptly ad justed. "The shipping public should know that Instead of being a weak spot in the railroad service, the work of your association has been so systematized as practically to eliminate all reason able and fair criticism." Origin of the Curfew. A note by Kuskin mitterfleld reminds us that, although Shakespeare speaks of "the curfew bell" and Milton of "the faroff curfew sound," Chaucer more correctly refers to "corfew tyme," as curfew was originally an appliance for covering the fire. There are examples still in existence, for instance in the Hastings museum. They look like large tea .cozies in metal. They served, as modern use fire guards, to prevent sparks setting the house on fire, and the housewife heaped the embers to gether at night and placed the curfew over them to lessen the combustion and In the morning save the trouble of lighting the fire apain. London Specta- i tor. 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