The State Journal from Raleigh, North Carolina • Page 6

Friday, March 16, 1917. THE STATE JOURNAL. A Glance Over the. Whole State Prof. Z.

P. Metcalf, of the Department of Zoology and Entomology of the North Carolina Experiment Station, Raleigh, has written an interesting article, as an Insecticide," which has recently appeared in the Journal of Economic Entomology. Mr. Warren H. Booker, of.

the State Board of Health, states that figures show that North Carolina is giving more attention to its water supplies, and thus safeguarding the people's health, than any other State. Ninety-seven towns in the State now have a water system. Mr. John L. Hill, a capitalist of Ohio, has invested in Pender soil, having purchased 1,000 acres of the Lillington land in Holly township and proposes to conduct a model stock farm.

Mr. Hill, with his son and daughter, have already arrived and will begin operations at once. The Ministers' Union, of Goldsboro, has decided to launch a simultaneous meeting in all the churches of the city to begin March 25 and continue for two weeks. The plans are for each pastor to do his own preaching, but it is left to each church to secure singers at its own will and pleasure. The farm life school in Cary is reported by Mr.

T. E. Browne, supervisor of agricultural education for the State, to be in a very satisfactory condition. One of the attractive features of the farmi the home orchard. Mr.

Howard, the teacher, has a fine orchard that should be a valuable dem The handsome new "Murphey school, Raleigh, was formally opened Monday when 480 students entered for work, The cost of the building it $47,000, and is a modern building in every respect. Dr. W. H. Wanamaker, head of the Department of German of Trinity College, spoke at the High School, Kenly, Sunday on "Poor Town Government and the Remedy." A large crowd heard the address.

Dr. McNeill Poteat, of New York City, Traveling Secretary of the New York City Y. M. C. has been secured to make an address before the Y.

M. C. A. at Wake Forest College on Monday night, March 26. D.

H. Hedgepath, aged 26, a prominent young man of Proctorville, accidentally shot and killed himself Saturday while hunting only a few hundred yards from his home. He was alone when the accident occurred. While preparing to clean his rifle last Thursday, Mr. John Calloway, of Alebmarle, accidentally shot himself.

He is in the hospital in Salisbury, where the wound was found serious, and there is little hope of his recov-ery. Asheville observed last Saturday as "heart day" for the benefit of the Carolina children's bureau, which is from injuries she received in the accident, is getting better and will be able to leave the hospital in a few days. An eight-year-old son injured in the accident is still in a serious condition. Mrs. Flonnie Hallman has purchased the James home in Marshville as a home for herself.

About one year ago Mrs. Hallman rescued a little son of Mr. F. O. Caudle, in Marshville at a great risk of her life, from a well into which the little fellow had fallen.

The attention of the Carnegie Hero Commission was called to the fact and she was awarded a check for $1,000 and this she has invested in a home. While driving along the country road Monday afternoon John W. Howell, a farmer of Wayne county, was held up by a negro, who pointed a pistol at the farmer's face and demanded that he hand over his cash. Mr. Howell attacked the negro with an axe and during the struggle was shot through the hand.

He hurried to Goldsboro, where his wound was dressed by Dr. Theodore Ginn, and notified Sheriff Edwards of the attempted hold up. Sheriff Edwards hurried to the scene and it is hoped the negro will be captured. The spring baseball schedule for the University of North Carolina shows a total of 22 games, only eight of which will be played away from Chapel Hill. In addition to the usual games, with North Carolina colleges, the nine" will this year play some of the leading colleges of the East and South.

Yale, Colgate, Hav-erford, Virginia and Georgia have places on the schedule. The season opens March 15 and continues until the first of May. Hillsboro will soon have an $8,000 new postofflce building. High Point has been wrestling with a sugar famine not a pound for sale last Saturday. Dr.

Joseph Hyde Pratt spoke on Prison Reform at the Woman's Club, Raleigh, Thursday afternoon. There have been 247 cases of measles reported in the city of Raleigh since the first of the year. The county commencement of the public schools of Stanly county will be held at Albemarle today, the 16th. The next meeting of the North Carolina Pharmaceutical Association will be held in Asheville June 19, 20 and 21. The fund for the Methodist Orphanage, Raleigh, continues to increase, $3,569.87 having been reported in hand March 11.

President E. K. Graham will speak in Kinston March 25, before the men of the city who are studying sociological questions. Durham is perfecting plans for a Carnegie Library at an early date. T.

B. Fuller is looking after the site and other details of the proposition. With the coming of spring weather will continue the paving of her streets until all the principal streets are paved and many of the side streets. President W. L.

Poteat, of Wake Forest College, started off on an eight-day speaking tour Saturday, speaking in Sumter, S. Atlanta, and Lexington, N. C. Director Walker, of the University summer scnooi, is expeuuug uuccu hundred students this summer. There will be many new courses and ten or twelve new teachers.

Lee Gooch, of Oxford, has been The Golden Belt Fair. The Vance County Agricultural Fair will hereafter be known as "The Golden Belt Fair." Mr. II. Leslie Perry won the prize of $10 for sending in the name selected. Under the presidency of Col.

Henry Perry and with some of Henderson's leading business men as directors, there will be many improvements, and the success of the Fair is assured. The date is October 9-12. doing a great work for crippled children. From the sale of "hearts," the fund went to the work of the bureau. Judge Robert H.

Sykes, assistant attorney general, has been invited and has accepted the invitation to deliver the memorial day address at Tarboro, May 10. The invitation came from the U. D. and the Camp of Confederate Veterans. Miss Nell Lewis, daughter of Dr.

R. H. Lewis, of Raleigh, has been chosen to take an important part in the Senior Dramatics at Smith College. In presenting Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" Miss Lewis will take the part of Feste, the clown. Mr.

James D. Glass, a well-known citizen of Reidsville, died at his home Monday from blood-poisoning, which came from his cutting a splinter from his hand with a knife blade. He was about 50 years old and leaves a widow and five children. Rev. Braxton Craig, who for the past three years has traveled the onstration for the community.

A social club was organized at Windsor last week with Judge Francis D. Winston president. The club will be up-to-date in every respect, and will probably be called "Cashie," after one of the chiefs of the Tusca-rora tribe of Indians and after the winding river on which Windsor is situated. During one of the big days at Monroe the past week, one dealer bought more than six hundred dozen eggs, besides the many that went to other dealers. In addition to being the leader in prices for cotton, it is said that more eggs are handled on the Monroe market than any other city or town in the State.

Walter K. Bethune, of Lumberton, has invented a device to keep the wheel of an automobile from slipping in mud. He calls it the Kno-Slick. The device is made out of a Electric Lights for Mill Homes. The Erwin Cotton Mill Company will soon install electric lights in the mill homes of West Durham.

The lighting system will embrace the cottages of 300 families, the streets will also be lighted, and 1,200 mill workers will be affected by this innovation. The lights will be installed at a minimum of cost to the employes, and other factories in the Erwin chain will be considered later. eieciea niaiiagtu ui me apuoi Baseball Club for this season, by a unanimous vote of the directors. He has reported for duty. Governor Craig's Letter Book, embracing the public correspondence, proclamations and other papers of the Craig administration is completed, and copies mailed out.

The Odd Fellows of the Eighth District met in Raleigh Tuesday for their semi-annual convention. The principal speaker was Brother S. M. Crouch, special deputy, Asheville. Mr.

Stonewall J. Adams was elected Exalted Ruler of the Raleigh Lodge of Elks to succeed Mr. Clyde Parker, retiring ruler, last Tuesday night at the annual election of offl-cers. Messrs. Joe Hubbard and Ed Johnson were probably seriously injured when their automobile turned turtle on the Roseboro road near Clinton Tuesday afternoon.

Mr. Johnson is an elderly man. Kinston's new Chamber of Commerce started off last week on a promising career with Mr. T. W.

Mewborn; president; E. G. Barrett, vice-president, and W. D. Hood, treasurer.

Asheville Scottish Rite Masons are preparing for one of the biggest reunions in the history of the organization in this section, to be held at the Masonic Temple, Asheville, March 27, 28, and 29. At a meeting of the board of directors of the Carolina and Northwestern Railway, held Tuesday at Chester, S. Mr. H. W.

Miller was elected vice-president. Mr. Miller is vice-president of the Southern Railway Company. On being questioned, Mr. Miller said this does not mean that the Southern will take over the Carolina and Northwestern Railway.

Woodmen of the World In New Bern The Woodmen of the World held a three days' session in New Bern this week, more than 200 visiting Woodmen being in attendance. The ceremonies were opened Monday night at the courthouse. The selection of a site for the orphanage they intend erecting was one of the important matters before them. New Bern made a strong bid, and Goldsboro and Wilson were anxious for it. piece of three-quarter inch hemp rope, with a metal clasp at the end to fasten it to the wheel of the car.

A set of two will pull any machine out of the mud. Mr. Bethune expects to get a patent for it. More than eighty delegates, representing twelve colleges, were in attendance upon the annual North Carolina Students' Volunteer Conference, held in Greensboro March 9-11. The opening session was held in the Smith Memorial building.

Other sessions were held in the same building and a number of practical discussions. Two sessions were held Sunday at the State Normal College. Last Tuesday Chief of Police S. P. Fleming and Mayor J.

C. Hardy captured about 35 gallons of liquor near the Seaboard Air Line Railway station in Norlina. The liquor was in seven suit cases. It was taken from train No. 7, which passes there about 9:30 and placed under the platform near the station, there to be transferred to an auto that was to meet it and take it on to its destination.

A car; did show up but it" was a little too late. 'Vv' Mrs. Jesse Cavanaugh, of the Cav-anaugh family consisting of seven, who were run down on a trestle by a Norfolk Southern passenger train in Goldsboro Friday night of last week, who was at one time expected to die, State of North Carolina in the interest of the Judson Centennial Fund, has been called to the pastorate of the First Baptist church at Timmons-ville, S. and he has accepted and will move from Monroe at once. Mr.

Lee Davis, conductor of S. A. L. freight train, lies in a serious condition in Rex Hospital, Raleigh, from a blow on the head from an unknown source. It is thought hoboes struck him when he tried to put them off the.

train. Miss Jessie Field, of the National Board Y. W. C. of New York City, has made several addresses in Raleigh during the past week.

Miss Field has a national reputation. She is now visiting Southern colleges in the interest of the work of the Y. W. C. A.

Competing against 52 preparatory schools, representing every section of the State, Aubrey P. Wiggins, of East Durham high school, speaking on "The Unknown Speaker," last Friday afternoon won first place in the initial annual inter-scholastic declamation contest at Wake Forest College, and was awarded a first prize valued at $62.50, consisting of a scholarship in the college and a handsome gold medal. Marion Luther, of White Oaks high school, was aw irded the second prize, a gold pin. 'Judge Cox in Smithneld. Superior Court convened in Smith-field Monday with Judge Albert L.

Cox presiding, and Solicitor Walter D. Siler prosecuting. There are, three murder cases on the docket at this term: Simeon Barber and Walter Barber for killing Hubert Gower on September 23, 1916, and Everett Ea-son for killing Harry Cook on February 24 then Charley Hicks, a negro, will be tried for killing a fellow laborer, George Stewat, while at work at doubleftracking the Coast Line. There are other cases of minor importance..