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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
The Country Editors Revenge

In the February American Magazine
George FitcE the Peoria funny.man,
writes another piece about Home
burg, in his series describing life in
a small town. This month his article
is entitled the "Homeburg Weekly
Democrat" and is filled with amusing
comments on the life and adventures
of the newspaper editor. Mr.. Fitch
says that he never saw the editor of
the "Homeburg Weekly Democrat" re-
sent a joke but once He goes on, as
follows, to describe that occasion and
to show how the editor got even with
his subscriber:
THAT was when Petty Amthorne
told him that his wife considered the
Democrat to be the best paper she
had ave seen. He let Ayres burst a
couple of buttons from his vest in his
swelling pride before he explained
that the Democrat when cut in two
exactly fitted his wife's pantry shelves
and that she didn't have to trim it
a bit. The old a turned on his
heel without a word and that week he
kindled his old-time fires and wrote
the following for the local page:
"A citizen of Homeburg who
hasn't done anything more exciting
for twenty years than stand off his
grocery bill poked fun at the Demo
crat" last week to our face because
there wasn't any news in it. News?
Say we, news in Homeburg? News
in a town where an ice cream social
is a sensation and a dog fight sus.
ponds business for three hours? News
in a town where it takes a couple
five years to work up a wedding and
seven kinds of wedding cake is the
only news in it? Where the city mar
shall hasn't made an arrest for two
years because nj n has done any
thing after nine p. m. except snore,
and where they have to put up the
lamps In pairs to keep them from
getting lonesome? We don't print
news from Homeburg because there
isn't any, and the old rooster who
joked us knows about it. He's sore
because we can't make half a column
out of his trip to Paynesville, eight
miles away last summer, but we'll
promise to do better. Well dump the
paste pot in the fire, throw the old
shears out of the window and get out
a regular screamer Of a Democrat
some week; a paper with red ink on
it and big headlines and a real piece
of news in it. We will when this CAB
by old fossil does his part. When he
pays his six years subscription we'll
write two columns about it. And even
then no one will believe it,"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
Beef Imports from Australia

Seattle, Feb. 1.-Two million
pounds of frozen beef and mutton, the
first direct shipment of this kind ever
sent from Australia to Seattle was re-
ceived here today on the British ship
Waimate, which arrived from Aus
tralia via San Francisco where she
discharged a similar consignment.
The cargo of the Waimate included
800 of beef and 500 a
casses of mutton.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
New Parcel Post WAGONS

Washington, Jan. 2S.-In the future
all parcel post and collection and de.
livery wagons in use in the postal ser.
vice throughout the country will be
standardized in accordance with spec.
ihcations made public today by the
p~ostoftice department. The wagons
are to be painted with medium coach
green for body and cardinal red for
running gear. with black stripping and
gold letters. The words "United
States Mail" and "Parcel Post" will
appear on the wagons in conspicuous
gold letters.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1914-02-04
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHoUrEAU COUNTY
FOR A FARM LOANS

There Will be general interest In
several proposed new Montana laws
that will be submitted to popular vote
at the next general election, under
the initiative method. The petitions
necessary to secure the submission OF
the measures are now being circulated
and If they secure the required mum.
Der of signatures the propositions will
be placed before the voters for en-.
dorsement or rejection.
The number of voters necessary to
submit each measure to the people is
eight per cent of the total gubernator-
ial vote which was approximately &c.
600, and it will be necessary to Sc
cure about 10000 signatures from vot.
ers in two-fifths of the counties of
Montana, or about fifteen.
One of the proposed laws, a farm
loans measure, is Of special interest to
agricultural communities in various
parts of Montana. The bill which is
initiated by the Peoples Power league,
proposes to loan all available perma.
nent state funds on farm mortgages
of the first class. The rate Of interest
is fixed at six per cent and the loans
may run ten years, being redeemable
at any interest paying period after the
first year. The procedure is simple
and inexpensive, the only expense that
falls upon the borrower being the cost
of an abstract of title and of recording
the mortgage. Every possible safe
guard is thrown about the state funds
to guarantee their safety. Similar
laws have proved an unmixed blessing
in other states, placing within easy
reach of the farmer struggling to de-
velop his farm cheap money on easy
terms.
The state farms loans act provides
for the mortgaging of Montana lands,
valued at $40 per acre or more. The
land must be agricultural and the title
must be good. The amount of each
loan will be forty percent of the value,
which will be appraised by the county
commissioners of each county.
The Montana farmer is the victim of
gross discrimination in the matter of
interest rates. Carefully compiled
statistics show that the Montana
farmer pays an average of 9.3 per cent
on farm mortgages and ia per cent
on short time notes. The average
rate on farm mortgages in Iowa is 5H
per cent; Minnesota, the Dakotas'
81 per cent; Idaho Z per cent, and
Wisconsin 500 per cent. For short
time notes the rate ranges from 51a
per cent in Iowa to ia per CEN in
Montana. In many OF these states
permanent state funds are loaned on
farm mortgages, which results in
bringing all interest rates down to the
level fixed by state competition.
A petition for submission of the
state farms loan measure has been re.
ceived at the River Press office for
signature by any qualified voter who
favors the proposed legislation.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
BALANCE KEPT BY NATURE
Ee Regulated by Wars and
Other Devastations.

Every year, according to scientists
who attempt to keep the general rec
ords. at least S0,00O,000 human beings
are born on this earth and 60,O00 900
or 100000 die. This indicates a
daily birth rate of about 100000 and
a death rate of 100000. The daily
increase in population therefore is
about 10000. The total population of
the globe is estimated at 100000 900.
The ravages Of war do little to i'm
pede the increase. Far more effective
have been the upheavals of nature.
The Franco-Prussian war killed about
100. 600 in seven months. The death
roll of the Russo-Japanese reached
about 100000. A single earthquake
1877, in India> has been estimated to
have caused 800 900 deaths. The IA
talities of the Messina earthquake IN
1908 cannot have been far short Of
100000. A tidal wave in 1896 drowned
$4,000 persons in Japan, causing a
greater loss of life than the whole
war with China in 1894. The earth
quake in Japan in 1903 is said to have
killed 100000 people. The Lisbon
earthquake in 1855 destroyed $4,000
human lives, while 10000 were lost in
the same year in earthquake in Per
Sia
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
N. P. CONFERENCE MEETING
Rev. c. A. Cecil is Again Chosen
President of the Conference at the
Opening Session at Ashevilie.

Asheville.-RevC C. A. Cecil of High
Point was reelected president of the
North Carolina Methodist Protestant
Conference at the opening session held
here, and Rev. n G. Behea of Hen
derson was chosen to succeed himself
as secretary, both elections being un-
animous. The two officers have serv-
ed in their respective capacities for
the past four. years, and it is Gus
tomary on the part of the members of
the Conference to retain the services
of the president and secretary for five
years in succession, although cleo
tions are held annually and the five
year rule is merely customary, there
being nothing, in the church laws to
provide for such action.
The conference opened with an ex.
cellent attendance and practically
every charge in the state is represent
ed among the 200 visitors to Ashe.
vile. Following the calling of the
opening session to order and the or
ganization of the Conference, upon
the suggestion Of Rev w. F. Kennett
special prayers were offered for j
Allen Holt and Martin H. Holt, prin'
cipals of Oak Ridge Instithte and
among the leading members of the
conference. Letters of sympathy fol
the men in their poor health were or
dered written and mailed during the
present session of the conference.
The decision of the North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Conference to
collect from each charge of the con
ference an amount equal to five pei
cent of the pastors salary for a fund
which will be used in caring for the
superannuates featured the meetings
Heretofore each charge has paid ar
amount equal to four per cent of the
pastors salary to this fund, but it has
been found that more money is needed
and the resolution calling for the in
creased assessment met practically
no opposition.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
Farmers Union in Convention.

Greenville.-The seventh annual
convention of the North Carolina
State Farmers Union met here in the
auditorium of the Training School. A
large number of delegates, nearly all
the officers and a large number OF
visitors are present. The meeting
was called to order, by President Alex.
ande-. Mayor James welcomed the
Union to the city. President Robert
Wright of the Training School ex.
tended greetings of the Greenville
Chamber of Commerce and the Train
ing School.
After mapping it's legislative pro-
gram and electing officers, all old
off: GERS being reelected except S. H.
Hobbs, who declined, r. H. w. Stone
succeeding him on the executive com
mittee, one of the most successful
sessions in the Farmers Union his.
tory closed. The union is in Wig
orous, healthy condition with over
two thousand dollars gain. in the
treasury over last year. The legis-
lative program demands a legalized
primary for all officers, from presi.
dent down on the same day. Land
segregation between races is de
manded.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
Corn Show for HendersonvilIe.

Hendersonville-P are
being made for a Henderson county
corn show here on December Is. A
corn show was held here last spring
under the auspices of the Greater Hen
Jacksonville Club, but, since this organ
ization is now inactive, County Farm
Demonstration E. l. Perkins and The
Western Carolina Democrat are CO.
operating in the preparation for the
show to be held. here. A canvass of
the business interests of Henderson
Vile resulted in donations in cash
merchandise to the extent Of SOS.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
SCHOOL TEACHERS
MEET IN CHARLOTTE
N. C. TEACHERS ASSEMBLY
MEETS NOVEMBER rs AND
ENDS NOVEMBER %.
FULLY 1900 WILL ATTEND
The Speaking Attractions Surpass
Anything the Conference Has Ever.
Had. Low Railroad Rates.

Raleigh. - Every school teacher
who can be reached by the mails will
receive program of the thirty-first
annual session of the North Carolina
Teachers Assembly, which meets
next week in Charlotte, beginning
Wednesday, November 25 and ending
Saturday, November %.
The state department of education
has called upon every city and
county school board and every city
and county superintendent of educa-
ton to allow all teachers who may at
tend the Charlotte convention, to have
Friday following THANKSGIVING with
out loss of salary AS Thanksgiving
falls on Thursday of the session week.
there would be no loss of time in at
tending that day and the state super
lntendent thinks no teacher in North
Carolina could gain so much as would
be learned from conference with the
leading educators of the nation.
The Teachers Assembly has left to
Charlotte the pleasure of entertain
ing the largest number who have yet
come to one of the annual meetings.
Fully 1900 are expected. The pro-
gram committee has booked the best
lot of speaking attractions that any
North Carolina educational confer
ence has had. Assurances come from
Charlotte that the city is able to care
for any number of teachers who will
| attend. The railroads grant special
rates and the hotels will be generous.
There are to be five coordinate as
sociations meeting with the Assem-
bly,. The State Association of Pri-
mary Teachers, The North Carolina
Kindergarten Association, the State
| Association of Grammar Grade Teach
ers and Principals, The Association
of High School Teachers and Princi-
pals, and the North Carolina Music
Teachers Association will meet in
Charlotte at the same time. The AS
sembly meets Wednesday for the
first time and the other organiZa-
tons Thursday.
Dr. William Lyon Phelps. professor
of English in Yale University; Mrs.
Marietta L. Johnson, founder of Fair
hope School of Organic Education
Mrs. Cora Wilson Stewart, president
of the Kentucky Illiteracy Commits
sion; Miss Margaret Haley, business
manager of the Chicago Teachers
Union: DR.. J. C. Freund, editor OF
Musical America, Boston; and DR.. P
| P. Claxton, United States Commits
sioner of Education at Washington
| will make addresses
Besides the national characters who
will come to the Assembly, teachers
within the state representing all Of
the larger institutions will lecture. Al
no former meeting Of the assembly
has there been such call to the
state at large to send delegates tc
Charlotte to attend the sessions. Char
lotte enjoys the best railroad facili
ties of all the cities and visiting
teachers may attend nearly all of the
meetings without loss of more thar
one day.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
TAR HEEL BRIEFS.

Farmers around Scotland Neck will
meet soon to discuss live stock.
The Appalachian Training School
at Boone has ended it's Fall session.
100 students were enrolled.
Two loose freight cars ran down
and killed one 14-year-old girl and
badly mangled a woman at the Emo
cotton mill at Hillsboro recently.
Beaufort has let the contract for a
$14,45O public school building.
The original charter of the States
vile lodge of Masons, more than 100
years old, has been found and pre-
scented to the lodge. The charter is
that of Mount Moriah lodge of Ma
sons established in Statesville in 1902,
Hinton T. Mayo, aged lis, promin-
ent Frankling county negro, died at
his home a few days ago. He was
kicked by mule which caused his
death.
Buncombe county will send SO
teachers to the State Assembly at
Charlotte.
Citizens of Iredell county refused to
sell any horses to war representatives
at prices offered.
A cotton gin, forty-five bales OF
cotton, 1000 bushels of cottonseed and
so bags of guano were burned at Troy
recently.
The residence of E. L. Mason, OF
Charlotte vas destroyed by fire re-
Gently.
The town of Loujsburg in Franklin
county raised $40 for Belgian suf,
ferers
The North Carolina Sons of the
Revolution have just held their 21st
annual meeting at Raleigh.
There is being assembled at Will
mington for export 100000 pounds
of cotton seed cake.
The lumber business at Warsaw is
on the boom again.
The business section of Greensboro
was visited by $4,000 fire a few
days ago.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
Fire for Winston-Salem

Winston-Salem. N. C.-The second
disastrous fire in u hours broke out
at 645 o. m. on the top floor of the five
story brick building owned by the Car
DINA Coal & Ice 60, and occupied
by that firm and several tenants. The
flames quickly ate downward and be-
fore the city f1remen on'v two blocks
away could reach the scene the en-
tire building was wrapped in flames
and within two hours was a mass Of
wreckage. The total loss will amount
to $780, 900 and 100 people are out OF
employment
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
EASY TO DARKEN GRAY HAIR

When your hair turns gray. streaked with gray
white. faded, brittle, falling out itching scalf
or dandruh. try the following: On retiring rni
O-Ban like a shampoo on hair end scalp. b
NOR ing the gray has disappeared and anothei
application or two of O. be the hair Is beauti
fully darkened and becomes fluffy glossy ant
luxurisnt with real hair health Itching anS
hair and promotes its growth. O-Ban 10 nos
sticky and messy. and can not injure the hai
scalp. Delightful to use and sure to darken
Rraiy hair 40 evenly and naturally no one cas-
tell SOC for q OF. bottle. Hart Drug CO.
High Point, n. G.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
Cotton Mills cf. the State GROWING. !

SoS<Ou wins CT the state GroWiY1o.
While farmers and cotton mill men
have been bowling ruin and destruc-
ton. the Commissioners Of Labor and
Printing mas been getting in real, sub
stantlal reports on the cotton mill in
dustry of the state. The report is not
quite ready in fuR yet, but enough
or 1t is, to show a steady growth of
the industry during the year.
The temporary lull in the business
conditions resultant upon the. war
cannot be regularly figured up in an
average of conditions 1t is an arti-
fetal condition liable to pass away at
any time, bringing in its wake a won
derful avalanche of new business.
According to the figures collected
by Commissioner NJ L. Shipman there
has been an increase in the number
of spindles for the state of North
Carolina from 1896 to 1914 of 2,S15,-
GIT. Or, in other words, in the last
eighteen years two-thirds of the spin
die capacity of the state has been
created.
A table has been constructed to
show the advance. From 1896 to
1910 there was steady growth. Not
single year up to that time failed
to show a substantial gain over the
preceding year. But in 1911 the mum
Der of spindles dropped from 3,457,-
702 to 3,3S1,703 Then Immediately
began another steady wave of growth.
The onward march passed the 1910
record in 1913 by over 100000 spin
dies.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26

Gam BE AVOIDED.

People are taught in the "nls Of
fife" how to avoid the ceaseless
droin that catching cold makes upon
the vital organs. Get it and read 1t
and judge for yourselves Of its value
and practicability. 1t is issued by
the Peruna Co, OF Columbus. Ohio.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
2ee Cotton Mills In the State.
Prizes for Fire Protection.

Commissioner of Insurance James
Il. Young is perfecting plans for Is
suing a series of prizes to school chill
dren of the state for the best reports
or fire protection in their homes and
as observed in their neighborhoods,
the prizes to be awarded, one in each
of the 100 counties and to be prob
ably SO each. There will be require.
ment that a minimum number OF
schools in tAe county and a minimum
number of children in each OF the
schools competing enter the contest
before prize will be permitted.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
COMING EVENTS.

State Teachers Assembly, Charlotte
November 1927.
Trinity Defamation Contest, Trinity Col
lege-Novenlber ~.
North Carolina Community Service Week,
December 3-5
Annual Live Stock Meeting, Statesville-
January 1921, 1915
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26

Will Conduct Fifteen Dairy Schools.
Fifteen dairy schools will be con-
Quoted during December jointly by the
North Carolina Department of Agri-
culture and the A. and M. College.
Dates and places of these schools have
been announced by Hrof. Alvin J.
Reed, in charge of Dairy Farming In
vestigation. According to the custom
two schools will in some instances be
conducted on the same day. The
schools begin on November 80 and
will close on December %.
The dates for the schools are as
follows: ~~-~ '-.-s 80.
ty, November 30th.
Guthrie school, Forsyth county, De-
cember LIST.
Patterson Farm school, Caldwell
county, December 1st.
Mocksville school, Davie county,
December 2, 8 and 4.
Miranda school, Rowan county, De
cember 3rd.
Salemburg school, Sampson county,
December 7th.
Trap Hill school, Wilkes county,
December 7th.
Stem school, Granville county, De
cember Cloth.
Jefferson school, Ashe county, De
cember 9th.
cember 18th.
Vale Cruises Industrial school, Wa
tauga county, December 18th.
Granite Falls school, Caldwell coun
ty, December IA, Is and 18th.
Oak Hill school, Caldwell county
December II, Is and 18th.
Opinions of Supreme Court.
Medlin VS.. County Board of Educa
ton, from Wake, no error, Clark, c. ]. e.;
Simmons VS.. Green, from New Han
over, affirmed; Murphy VS.. Insurance
Company, from Cumberland, no error;
Morgan VS.. Benefit Association, from
Forsyth, new trial; Hanford VS.. South
ern Railway, from Alamance, no error;
| Letter VS.. Lane, from Davidson, new
trial; Miller VS.. Telegraph Company
from DdNlUSOu, uO CAAOA IA A2'
VS.. Postal Telegraph Company, from
Guilford, new trial; Standard Trust
| Company VS.. Bank, from Gullford
new trial; Montcastle VS.. Wheeler
from Davidson, affirmed; Finch vs.
Michael, from Davidson, affirmed;
3ain vs.. Lamb, from Guilford, no er
Or: Palmer VS.. Lowder, from Stanley
error: James Sanitarium VS.. Power
Company, from Scotland, no error.
2oe Cotton Mills In the State.
The annual report of the cotton
mills show 296 in the state. or the
cotton mills FIT report capital ag'
gregating $54,4s2,662. The number
of spindles reported is 3,704,709, looms
62,O56, cards 1913 these being oper-
ated by 143,237 horsepower, the ma
iority being operated by electric cur
rent with steam power second. The
cotton mills consume approximately
371,823,28 pounds of cotton and the
approximate yearly output is valued
at $8O,6O2,743. These mills employ
54,963 persons.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
j. e. GUY.

basement EIWOOd HOteI.)
THE CLOTHEOLOGIST.
your cl ,thes need altering,
Right Is right
Wrong is wrong
II YOUR clothes need pr Ssing give US ffRa
and tfiev will look new all the while.
Tailoring, Dry leaning, Oyeing and French
Dry Cleaning.
Ladies' Work a Speciality.
Work called for and delivered to any partof
the City Phone, North State. ESQ.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26

fool and his money are always On
the go.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26
Hisn"Name."

A young spark, notorious for his con-
ceit, was boasting in the pr ,sence Of
several gentlemen about the conquests
which he had gained over the female
heart.
Look" said he, there's a handsome
present I had from my last inamo-
rata at the same time handing round
a beautiful cigar-case.
All admired the article. which had
an Endorsement of its quality stamped
upon it,
Very nice gift" remarked one Of
the company. Il perceive your lady
love even had your name put on the
case"
We'll, that's queer" answered the
hoaster. Il never noticed it,
LOOK again. rejoined the candid
one. "The case is distinctly marked
Real calf"
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]. w. SECHREST

Funeral Director and
Embalmer
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Mirror and Picture Frames
Our picture department is complete
with all the latest styles in mould
ing and pictures Over 200 patterns
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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26

There's some satisfa. ton In knowing
that you get the best in buying the
products Of the HIGH POINT MILLING
CO.'S mill. You'll find the white frost
and luxury flour the best to use for any
kind OF baking, it's made from the best
wheat and makes the best. bread. cakes
and pastry. Yours truly,
HIGH POINT MILLING COMPANY
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-11-26

Isn't it funny that the things we
like to do most are the things we are
told We shouldn't go?