EUROPEAN WAR A Ur AGO THIS WEEK i Oct. 18, 1914. fighting near Nieuoort re TH 4 in . ,s- repulsed Dy Belgians Yser and by French at Biver pi- St pie. . :vacuated Courtral. repulsed at River Germans Austria ns Sin Serbians routed Austrians on the Drina. - a M U ' Anti-( .German now in uunuun. oresiaent romcares country ci destroyed by Germans. ho"" Oct. 19, 1914. Allie8l- aided by British war- ip-rr ietween INieupon anu uiaiiiuuc. fi.'rmans attacked allied line A. Jlti Ostend to Lille. Fierce fighting near Warsaw and przemysi. Serbians captured Satujevo orts. ' British battleship Triumph dam aged at Tsingtau. Japanese cruiser Takachlho .k bv German submarine in QUI'" - Kiaochow bay Austrian submarine sunk by I French cruiser in Adriatic l Fifty thousand Belgian refugees returned from Moiiana. Irish nationalists in London took pledge to avenge Belgium. Italian fleet mobilized. Oct. 20, 1914. Germans gained near Lille. Battles along banks of the Yser, r it -J At on the Arras-noye nno ana on inc Meuse. - ' Allies reported recapture of Bruges. Przemysi forts badly damaged. Austrians advanced in StryJ and Stica valleys. ' Serbians won at Prekiet. British submarine E-3 sunk. JaDanese fleet took Islands of Marianne group. Two German ships sunk at Ja- uit Oct. 21, 1914. British monitors bombarded Ger man right wing on Belgian coast. a ..1. J J" M eVeVe.4.tVe B O.V nVVUVI l ew WW ewawe owwww Isee. Heavy fighting on the Yser. Russians defeated German-Aus- tn'ans in northern Poland and halted Austrians at the San. Serbians repelled Austrian at tacks in Bosnia. Cattaro again bombarded. German cruiser Emden sank five British steamships in Indian Ocean. All unnaturalized German and Austrian residents in England of military age ordered put in deten tion camps. Oct. 22, 1914. French retook Altklrch. General Helmuth - von Moltke, chief of German general staff, re tired on account of health. Russians defeated Germans near Warsaw. Russians captured many Austri ans and some guns In Galicla. French and British warships bombarded German positions on Belgian coast. British cruiser Carman ia dam- aged. American relief committee cabled $50,00 to Belgians. Oc .23, 1914. German right wing, re-enforced, 3ained ground at La Bassee. "eavy finhtino between the Ghent-Bruges line and Roulers. nussians won battle alona the Vistula and pursued the Austrians "i Poland. Germans moved fortified posl- tions to River Warthe. austrians reoccupled Czerno- and announced capture of fo1s near Sambor. German aviators dropped bombs " Warsaw. . woman spies executed In Ger many. They Always Do. uoes anyone think your son has a future?" "Yes; the life insurance fcpanies." Life. The Desired Co . m troubled with n flanao rt frill- jess after eating," said the dyepep- tic. tin I 1 An -3 uuu neavens!" exclaimed the aitny eourmand. "Isn't .that what 'U eat for?" I Thm Mai tui I un - --- i lllliu, I seems stran i . I :arous sorts of inauirififl thniiwa. UBt nr,, T. . I ,rxV uave about coins." .Thy 80 ?;' v.. circie all a man wants to SUE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE I RTY-FIVE Ml LLS SEEK TO PREVENT ENFORCEMENT OF BLEACHED FLOUR LAW. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our RmHa Over North Carolina. Raleigh. Thirty-five flour mills, both in and mt of the state, have joined in a suit against the state department of agri culture, particularly Commissioner W. Graham, to prevent the enforce ment of the act of the last legislature regulating the sale of artificially bleached flour in this state. The law firm of Tillett & Guthrie of Charlottte is retained as counsel for the plain tiffs and the case is filed in the Wake county ' superior court, the hearing to be on October 25. The staute complained of requires the registration of "brands of flour. that packages of flour artificially bleached shall be eo branded and each mill is required to pay an annual tax of $25. The flour manufacturers in sist that the bleaching of flour through the process as used, is per fectly harmless, and that the statute works a great hardship and real in jury to their business. The issue is taken that the ax is unconstitutional since It is in no sense an inspection fee, such as is the tax collected from oil inspection. The list of complain ant companies follows: Liberty Mills, Phoenix Flour Mills, Laurenceburg Roller Mill Company, Sparks Manufacturing Company, Bal lard & Ballard Co., Hopkins ville Manufacturing1 Company, Lexington Roller Mills Company, H. C. Cole Manufacturing Company, O. Gam- brill Manufacturing Company, D. A. Stickell & Sons, Cape County Manu facturing Company, Aunt Jemima Milling .Company, Barnett, Craft & Kaufman Milling Co., George P. Plant Manufacturing Company, Val- ier & Spies Manufacturing Company, St. Mary's Milling Company, Wagon er-Gates Milling Company, Amendt Milling Company, Eldred Milling Company, Gooch Milling & Elevator Company; Allen, Wheeler & Co., Northwestern Elevator & Milling Company, Acme Milling Company, Morristown Flour Mill Company, Mountain Milling Company, Shelton Mills ' J. Allen Smith & Co., Model Milling Company, Jefferson Milling Company, Valley City Milling Com pany Voight: Milling Company, "Lar abee Milling Company Kansas Mill ing Company, Twin-City Milling Company; Wells, Abbott, Neiman Company, Gwin Milling Company, Austed & Burke Co., Acme Evans Company, Lyon & Green and J. C. Lysle Milling Company. Naval Militia Camp Big Success. Adjutant General Laurence Young and Lieutenant E. H. Connor,. In spector instructor, have returned from Camp Glenn where they have been with the naval militia encamp ed ttiAr for fhe week. ' For the first time in the history of the state the naval militia has bpen in camp for the purpose of holding rifle practice and both Adjutant General Young and Lieutenant, Connor were delighted with the -showing made, forty-five of the men having qualified as marKS- men and forty as sharpshooters, ac- croding to the requirements of the naval course. General Young attrib uted much of the success of the en campment and the splendid showing of the men under training, to the tire less efforts of Lieutenant Connor, in spector instructor. innnnn Have Been Vaccinated. . . . I to stAte board of health finds that m l ua juTrrvnrvoi , there WPTfl I - I X 111 liJ.g . lllO ifOlO VJ. t over 75,000 people immunized to ty- hpoid fever In connection with the campaigns for free vaccination carried on through the co-operation of the county and the state board authorities and probably 25,000 others vaccinated in the other counties of the state, mak- ing a round -100,000 vaccinated. "Bafety Wirst" Exhibit for Fairs. Comm act"- pf Insurance James R. Young " ik. ving a complete ex hibit for his department made to be Installed In the fairs that are yet to be held this season in different parts of the state. This will include repre sentation at the Mecklenburg fair in Charlotte, The exhibit will be made m of "safety first and fire preven tion effort, with appliances for use in cases of accident, these to Include the rmlmotor. which has come to be such & factor in efforts to resuscitate those overcome In sucn accidents. .j' , Fewer Distilleries Are Reported. : Col John Nichols, United States commissioner, says there has been a marked falling off in the number very of blockade distilleries reported the nast 10 days by "informers," and nrosoectlve oossessmen. Consequent- rnH oi-o hc1nr either located or raided. The change is at- .r ihv th a , Tntpmal v ' TTWUIOU IU wiuv " I- - . . . . n - r0onw mafloltn 'be the develDment-of the noted ah thA Wmenrof fees to "Informers" or per diem to pos semen unless the still Is captured pr arrests uidwuv" - o r rr North Carolina. Tain't way up North Where Winters friz; Tain't 1 way down South. Where Summers' sizz, Tain't 'way out West Like Oregon; Tain't inland 'way To 1 - and gone! But . just right here Where tot to be And here 111 bloom Perennially. Hit ain't too high; Hit ain't too low, Nor tain't all rough Like Idyhoo; Nor tain't like some That's on the map A State that's good For just one crap. Of all the Nation Leastwise, that's my Expectoration. Taint overgrown Like Texas there, Taint dinkeyfied Like Deleware, Taint droughty like Like New Mextco; Taint drounded out Like- some I know I dont know much But this I does The North State is . Where Eden wuz. Clyde Davis, Aberdeen, N. C. Corporations Are Paaying 1916 Taxes The Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, the Norfolk Southern and num bers of the smaller of te railroad companies in the state have already paid their 1915 "taxes on the basis of the increased asessments made by the Corporation Commission and the check from the Seaboard is expected any day now. It has been delayed by the suit the comcanv instituted in the Federal Court and later withdrew. The state will have about $200,000 revenue this year from tHe railroads, Of this the Southern pays $136,903; the Coast Line,, $95,852; Seaboard, $65,679, and the Norfolk Southern $24,087. The tax assessment of banks was certified to the various banks by the state treasurer within the first week, and already the payments of taxes by these institutions are coming in at the rate of about 30 a day. The tax revenue from the banks will aggre gate $60,416. This does' not include the banks in Wake county, which have not yet been certified. The assess merits against corporations generally will go out, duly certified within the next few days. State Treasurer Lacy and State Auditor Wood both say there is not the slightest possibility of any deficit the coming year, in the state finances, either the general fund for adminis trative purposes or special funds to meet the appropriations for state in stitutions and - other purposes set aside by the last legislature. Last year, the general fund was sufficient for the needs of tne state, but funds for appropriations was short some thing like $250,000. Several New Charters Granted. The Hilton Compress Warehouse Company of Wilmington, capital $100,000 authorized and $30,000 sub scribed I for general cotton compress, ginning and cotton manufacturing business. The Asheville Packing Company of Asheville, capital $25,000 authorized and $4,390 subscribed for general gro- eery Dusmess The Alamance Lumber Company of Burlington, capital $30,000 authorized 'and $10,000 subscribed. The Simmons Forced Draft Com- pany 0f Goldsiboro, capital $125,000 authorized- and $10,000 subscribed for the manufacture of special -ventilating and. heating appliartes and dealing in general machinery. An amendment for the charter for the Auto Transportation Company of Winston-iSalem changes the Horn Office to Rural Hall and makes the capital $100,000 authorized and $1,200 1 tL.J suusunueu rt, it ine DflaWW)! Motor Company, Lexington, capital $25,000 authorized and $3,000 subscribed. The Star Grocery Company, Bur lington, capital $25,000, an(d $600 subscribed. The Winston-Salem Crystal Cola Bottling Works, Inc., capital $10,000 authorized, and $300 subscribed. Farmers in Good Condition. Capt. T. B. Parker, director of the Farmers' Institute Division of the state department of agriculture says that he has recently been into every section of the state and that he never knew the farmers to b ein better con dition or finer spirits than at this time. The improved prices of cotton cottonseed, tobacco and other money crops have produced far more home supplies this season than - ever before, Captain Parker thinks, have broueht s about the improved condi tions. To Develop Egypt Coal Mines.- " The Lee Coal Mining Company, with principal office at High Point, was chartered with $125,000 authoriz ed and $1,200 subscribed. The incor porators are D. H. Parsons, A. E. Coplin and C. E. McManus of High Point, W- J- Tolley of Bonlee and T. E. Jennings of Thomasville. . The pur- i - oose of the corporation is unaersioou Egypt coal mines in Lee county, work I , , . J.J - on wnicn was suspenueu year ago. The plans of the company are not yet maue puuiic A Patriot's Prayer By REV. JAMES M. CRAY Deaa of Moodr BibU lMtunt of Chicago TEXT-I . . . . DrayeL-Nehemiah 1:4. Nehemiah was a great man, a great statesman, a great administrator, a great leader of men. But he was great In the spir itual realm as well, he had great power with God. Although a Jew, yet he dwelt in Persia and occu pied a position of peculiar influence at court; he was the king's cup bearer. It was some time after the re turn of his coun trymen from that land of their cap- tvity to their beloved Palestine, but they were not prospering very well since their return. Some of them on a visit to Persia had been telling him about it. They were in great afflic tion they said, and in great reproach from their enemies round about. The walls of Jerusalem had never been re paired since they had been burned down by Nebuchadnezzar 150 years before, and the result was they had no protection against assault. Man Deeply Affected. This deeply affected Nehemiah, so that he sat down and actually wept. When patriotism moves us to weep for our country it looks like the real thing, especially when it is followed by something else as it was here. The weeping was accompanied by fasting also, so different from the modern way of showing patriotism, which not infrequently takes the form of a banquet with speeches. This fast ing lasted for days, he must have been alone in it; but at length it came to a head in prayer. Oh, if our statesmen, and politicians and reformers only knew the secret! How much more they could accomplish at the Throne of Grace than by legislation,- and con ferences, and harangues, and newspa per articles. A Wonderful Prayer. It was a wonderful prayer this. First, it was so unselfish. He was not praying for himself but for people, who, for the most part, he did not know and had never seen. They were his countrymen, that was all, and they were in sore need. How much do we ever pray for our southern negroes, or the mountain whitesp or the dejected Indians on our western plains, or our dependents in the Philippines?" What real interest have we in eitdbr their material or spiritual conditionTS Second, it was - such a hfonble prayer. Somehow or other he felt a sense of personal responsibility for the condition of his countrymen afar off though they were. He confessed to sin in the premises, and included his "father's house" in his confession. If he and his ancestors had acted dif ferently things would not have been as they were. What do we know of that? , Third, the prayer was helpful nev ertheless. Hopeful, because he had a strong promise of God to rest upon. "Remember thy word," he said, and then he quoted that word. Can you do that? You must know the prom ises to be able to do it, and you know the promiser also. How much do you search God's word to discover its treasures for yourself or others, and how much do you. exercise yourself to bring them down from heaven for life on earth? Nehemiah just agreed with God about this matter. Ah! that is power. Read the chapter for yourself and see how he did it. Fourth, the prayer : was very deft, nite. He didn't go round Robin Hood's barn as the saying is. He didn't mouth out a lot of fine phrases or pious noth ings. He told God just what he want ed and when he wanted it, if it would please him to give it. He was going to stand before the king on a certain day in his capacity as cup-bearer, and that would be a good time to ask a favor of the king. He was going to ask him that he might be commis sioned as governor of Jerusalem to go up there and build the walls and de liver his people out of their affliction. The king must be disposed to grant the request, and he asked God so to dispose him. Why do not the rest of us cultivate that simplicity and di rectness? How interesting it would make both our private and public de votions, and how it would enhance God's glory as we thus came to look for answers to what we asked. Fifth, the prayer was successful, of course. "It pleased the king to send me," says he, "and I set him a time." The God of Nehemiah still lives and nothing is too hard for him. The prom ise In Philippians reads: "Be anx ious for nothing; but In everything by prayer and supplication, with thanks giving, let your . requests be made known unto God." Our national Thanksgiving day will soon be here again, and if sincerely we count our national blessings during the past year, it will be the best preparation for that earnest prayer we so much need. Afflictions are upon us in cer-; tain quarters and perils are ahead and greatly d we as a cation need God. VARIETY OF RECIPES ALL WORTH REMEMBERING BY CONSCIENTIOUS COOK. Vegetable Soup as It Should Be Made for the Best Results Potato That Will Be Attractive to the Invalid: Vegetabie Soup. Take one large po tato or two small ones, one carrot and one turnip of medium size, and : one small onion; wash, pare and slice them, and let them boil for one hour in one quart of water, adding parsley or any herb preferred for flavoring, arid more water as it boils away, so that there will be a quart when done. Thicken with a spoonful of flour or cornstarch, dissolved in a little cold water; or a spoonful of rice or any coarse cereal may be added when the vegetables are half cooked. Strain off the liquid, season to taste, and add a few spoonfuls of sweet cream. If a dish a little more substantial is de sired, the vegetables may be rubbed through the strainer also and 'mixed with the liquid. Bread Panada Toast slowly Beveral slices of stale light bread, until they are a golden brown all through. Pile them in a bowl, sprinkling each one with a little sugar and a pinch of salt; then cover with boiling water, close tightly, set the bowl in a pan of boil ing water and let simmer gently until the bread is like jelly. iJerve warm, with sugar and cream and a grating of nutmeg. Potato for an Invalid. Where potato is allowed, select such as will boil up dry and mealy. Peel them and boil un til well done, then mash very thor oughly with a wire masher until per fectly free from lumps. Add rather more salt th-m usual and several spoonfuls of thick, sweet cream; then beat until perfectly smooth and light, and serve at once. Potato served In this way is delicious and much more easily digested by a weak stomach then when eaten with butter. Fruit Toast Fruit toasts are de licious and appetizing and may be made either with fresh or canned fruit. Dip the slices of toast in the hot. juice, removing them quickly to a hot dish, then thicken the juice slightly with cornstarch, adding the pulp, rubbed through a sieve or finely chopped, and pour all over the toast Fruit Whip. A nourishing way of serving fruit, either fresh or canned, is to press it through a sieve or wire gravy strainer and then stir it into whipped cream, regulating the amount of fruit as desired and sweetening to taste. ' Egg Souffle Toast. Place a slice of toast on a white enameled plate, spread with fresh butter or very thick sweet cream, heap on top the stiffly whipped white of an egg, hollowing out the top to form a nest In this place the yolk. Set in the oven to cook the egg lightly. Oyster Pate'. One pint oysters, one tablespoonful each butter and flour, one cupful cream, cayenne, grated nutmeg, yolk of one egg, chopped parsley. Line a shallow baking dish with rich crust. Make sauce of butter, flour, cream, sauce, and when heated through whip in the well-beaten egg yolk. At once pour into the pastry crust (previously baked) and heat in oven about eight minutes. The crust can be molded over inverted muffin cups or made in the regular baking dish lined with paste, and even covered with a second crust is most attractive. Economical Cake. The most surprising of. cakes can be produced without eggs or. butter. To a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda dissolved in a teaspoonful of warm water add a cupful of sour milk, three-quarters of a cupful of brown sugar and a half a cupful of treacle. See that the sugar is well dissolved, and then add two cupfuls of : brown flour, a good pinch of ginger and a teaspoonful of cinnamon. Beat to smoothness, and pour in while stir ring a quarter of a pound of floured raisins less can be used. Bake in a slow oven for a good hour. This cake is economical, and will keep a long time, but it is better not to cut it for a day or two. Manhattan Pudding. Mix together the juice of three or anges, a lemon and a half cupful of sugar; let stand several hours. Whip a cupful of heavy cream, add a half cupful of powdered sugar and a cup ful of chopped nuts or candied fruit. Rub a mold sparingly with olive oil, peur In the fruit juices, spread with the whipped cream mixture and cover with paraffin paper, put on the lid and bury in ice and salt for three hours Serve garnished with sections of or ange which have stood over night In a thick sirup of sugar and water. Scrambled Eggs With Asparagus Tops. Melt three ounces of butter In a saucepan, break into it six fresh eggs; season with a pinch of salt, half a pinch of pepper and a third of a pinch of grated nutmeg. Mix thoroughly without stopping for three minutes, using a spatula and having the pan on a very hot stove. Add a quarter of a bunch of freshly boiled asparagus tops. : .. Apple Float. When.making apple float, try bak ing the apples instead of stewing them! The pulp is removed from the skins and mixed with the whites of the egg, which makes the float much lighter than the old way. ALMOST FAINTED WHILE STANDING And Suffered Dreadfully Froxa Headache, Backache and Diz ziness. Says Now Tfiat Women Are Foolish To Suffer and Tells Why. New Augusta. Miss. In relatine her experience. Miss Irene H. . Craft, of this town, says: "I have been troubled fora right amart while with female weakness. I was irregular ... and was down In bed about all the time. I had chills and fever with these trou bles for at least a year, and a great deal of dizziness, headache and back ache. When I was sick at each month. I had to stay In bed all the time, be cause my back would ache and my head would swim so that I would al most faint if I stood on my feet I endured this for about three veara. 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